Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, March 4, 1913, Page 6

'MAN WHO DRIFTED ON By GEORGE PATTILIO, we dawdled in the shade cast 1, the Bantys told us their was that of restless wan- ritute a never-ceasing avan from as far east as Louisiana, vendirg westward and north througb Oklahcma. Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. They find a virgin country, break it, and nature heaps her boun- ties in their laps. Then comes a bad . year, and they have made no pro- slon; or the spirit of the rover, that will not die, wakes once more; again their wagons take their whining way through the wilderness. Surely the goal will prove fabulously rich; always that hope—it never burns out. The memory of starvation can- not dim; hardships and distance do ! but fan it; it fires their souls as the lure of gold tempts prospectors. And on their heels comes the plodding : farmer, who geos patiently to work to wrest a livi out of the claims they have toned, and wakes, i seme morn nd that civilization !is knocking ai rien. who cons bBanty had (ied raising maize close g 1 RGLER may bave watched you mde that money. @ to the nations : the climate did You may lose it. Pat it in this band where it will be uot agree with him and his wife. g 2 2 7 “F liked it Ed he protested. afe inour burglar and fire proof vaults-—and from which “But ft wasn't doing you no good, vithdrow it A" ANY TIME on demand. he soid ' could see that wrs do this. Wiy not yonr All your @i Goldie,” eusy.” He had nothing to say roean oierhy against the ‘ : elimate. It was good enough climate, ! % 3 ' I i (W 1 bt dts effects were far from satisfac B ;0 '»'. $ | tory. In cons nee, they had dis : a: f ‘ i | posed of their : to migrate to the B | Fanhandle, Al that was years ago. L k 1 d That land s <eliing at 320 an acre i \o_f areiadn | now, ' 1 observed 7 e = | Twenty doll I swan! Do you bl o S RS S S i _ | newr that, girl? This gen'I'man says { | the7're payi $20 an afie for ll::ni g e - . - ® | platus lai said Banty, his eyes glit- | i ‘ ) ) L A AR SRR tering. "And we done sold ours for | i $5. If we'd only waited!”’ i [ o a' "Yrs. his wife sighed: ong Lifeof Linen):: M ".id'u, von recollee, BdA?" Indeed. he did. Banty wagged his | head over the inscriiable ways of the jada Fortine, well. Who'd have thought it?” This was a wornont tale to us, one of little meanivg. Nesters came and nesters went enough we sovetimes furnished the fll | impetus; for ot course, the southwest was intended by the Creator to be a L cow conntry. and it is an iniquity that apriculturisis should win it for corn | cottoa and along with good laundry work is what you are looking for aad ! ‘hat is just what we are giving. Try us. Lakeland *§ team Laundry Phone 130. West Main 8t. ~ ana life Banty had tencs ( a quarter section and murmured, “Well, | wis door 2ud be is “it's too bad :United Brotherhood of Carpenters fone tost that $1.400 in New | and Joiners of America, Local 1776 If they did not go soon | sther mainstays of C. L. ar Kl Capit, nountaing, g ! ¢ i (1S us IR ? o« DEHDB PO NLHOLD BOTDED 00 GOSOPOBOBOPOHOBOHOROBOFOR 1. nestegs in s ‘p. Put the sheep | had dived over a cliff on & night of | rock g storm. and there was none to prove what, or who, propelled them. Much good it would have done him conld he have proved it, So once more he had gathered his seant belongings Fire Often Comes From} Unexpected Quarters to a waj o | that Great is the LosS § |sromcoaioa T T “This is the last time; yes, sip” eried Banty, in his excited cracked tones. “Where vo're going now they say it's a regular Garden of Eden, like what the Cood Book tells abhout. All you have tor to do is to stir the ground some and you've got a crop. If your properto burns and you have No Fire Insurance “Huh huh,” Tvve grunted. He had given the reciai his most earnest at- INSURE AND BE SAFE! Lol GHR OO IR OLOF OIS TFOFCPAF TS CECFUPTHOPOP - B T e e S e s e e e s ac e feather gather no moess.” “What's that you say, “A rolling stone zathers no feath- ers,” Dave corrceted sternly. “You all know what [ moa. "~MecClure's Maga- zine. Y. Z. MANN 0 2O T R e & WHEN WE FURNISH YOU @& Room 7, Phone 30 i Mr. Dave?” i Only Perfect Gem, * The peirl is the only gem not need- ing the hund of man to bring it to 1;;: fection. says the Gentiewoman. | History aff .rds ample evidence of the futense fascination. It has always ex- ercised an a2 the people of every age. It is the oidest olject of personal THE BEST IS NONE T00 GOOD-~ 255 HAROURTRQD. o5 GRAVED BY CORRECT" { adornment. The records of the Ro- mans, Bab) onis Persians and Egyp- WUFACMG ENGRAVE“ tains make mention of it ; LOUISVILLE, KY,U.S.A. WE ARE THEIR EXCLUSIVE AGENTS POR THEIR EXCLUSIVE LINE. #ull line of Dennison's Gift Dressings; also Gibson Art Co's Engraved Specialties, Holiday and Fancy Goods, 1oys, Etc. -~ AKELAND BOOK STORE, Coming to more recent epochs, we | find that Philip 11, King of Spain, paid 1 $200,000 for a single pearl known as “Peregrina.” Found in Panama, it was pear shaped and weighed 134 carats. Another king of Spain, Philip IV., purchased one weighing 126 car- ats. It was brought from India. France owns some exquisite exam- ples, but the biggest pearl known is that which was once the property of the banker, Henry Philip Hope. Cylindrical in form, it is two inches | long, four and a ? inches in circame | fereace at one end and three and & { halt inches at the other. It weighs R. L. MARSHALL CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER “wrwsh pless and speeifcations or will foliow amy pleme and | 1.800 grains and is valued at $3.( w:ll faruithed apecifications Uncie Ezr take to Eph Ho-kin | iting here i Uncle Eber | fashioned. I | thing up-to-daie on't #TRE.LOWE A SPECIALIY won't He's too old Lei o show jou soue [ateisad homes | hawe puily, fight about any- | Proue 267-Graen. FLORIDA LANY, LAKS. and 1 want to argue the Tilden-Hayes | scrap—Puck. y tention, and now he shook his head Prepr 1gly I reprvaent rehablo companies. |l am do.,almq SO B mmsurance only. That is my solc business § e iy s";;r“";‘r ‘t": pe! g these boy e for tel Ravmondo Bldg. 'venrs." he decluved. “Birds of & ILakeiang Lodge No. 91, F. & A |§ Hewular commnunieations held ou but we are alw ays \lHH\ ing " | second and 4th Mondays at 7:30 p ; n Visitinz bretliren cordlally 1o . vited J C. OWENS, W. M. l I h Q anii Lakeland Chapter, R. A. M. Ne We give the “most now but we are anxio 29 meets the firet Thureday night {n more. Phone us and;prove it aach month Ip Masonic Hall. Visit- 4 itz companions welecomed. A, D Beet Buiter, per pound CemmsmEmsess sveris Leonard, H. P.; J. F. Wilson, Secy. Sugar, 16 pounds ....... s s e Cottolene, 10 pound pails. .. c..omvvev o ovnnnn - Palm Chapter, O. E. S. meets every Cottclene, 4-pound pails s second and tonrth Thrrsday nighte s o : ; : \ o b o Sl A Snowdrift, .lo-p?unl DRURL L e Small is the cost of "::_,""”"""" of alfalfa in & year; ¥e8, | piorq Keen, W. M.; J. F. Wilson. 3 cans family size Cream. . .. - o protection “And don't forget how c¢alm and bt sl ;":‘: baryb'lzelg"flm- i T I . . peaceiul i all s Bd," Goldie spoke SR 7 rrel best Flour. ... ...... - A fl()m rifldflflm lflSS fup “hon mind how Brother | Takelxnd camp Ne 78, W. 0, W 12 pounds best Flour...... ........ 1 e | Ducey s v'l‘ ‘h 5 Wt x-'”||| w)}rh-vy;;rlly? ;i & vvory second und fourth Thurs- Picnic Hams, per ponnd ... .. 2 Some one has said: “Fore-think. thougl sAihot. fore IR id ne o bund was lifted | 14y uicnt Woodmen Circle frst < s aeidal el SRR “" i woinst his neizhbor Brother Ducey R R T Cudahy's Uncanvassed Hams. .. 1ell Audogain: - “Caution is the parenf of safety, did." | smander, Mrs Sallie Setp |§ Octagon Soap, 8 for. ... .. VAV e of Circle Ground Coffee, per pound. . .. § gallons Kerosene . ... ... K. OF P. ' Kegular meeting every Tuesday a DI ai 7:30 at Odd Fellows Hall. Visit- ing members always welcome. 1 F. D. BRYAN, | e Chancellor Commanaer. — A M. .ACKSON, Secretary — 30,000, | each month at 2:30 p m [ | secms te | s’ cousin that's vis- ' He wants to nrgu.lm““ every Wednesday night at| | about Andy Johnson’s impeachment, | 7:30, at Odd Fellows' hall. { | perate marches only Is beroism to be Herolsm in Everyday Life. “Not in clanging fights and des looked for, but on every railway bridge and fireproof builiing that is going up today. Oc freight trains, on the decks ol vessels, in cattle yards, on lumber 8. amonz the firemen &nd the poli n, the demand fop covrage is ipeeccist and the supply rever fails.” - W a1mes, More Interesiing to Hep, “It's all very wel' jor the minister ‘o preach from the text, ‘Remembep Lot's Wile,"” said overworkod, dis- couraged matron, “out i wish he would now give us an encouraging scrmon on the wife's lot.” Tam O'Shanter Shape. Many women have already taken to +he Tam o' Shanter, which has been novering on the brink of popularity since the beginning of the season, and in its winter form it {8 likely to be; much in vogue. The stage often, if| not always, leads the way, and one of| the prettiest black velvet hats of this! shope is worn in a play recently pro-» duced. This is quite unrelieved black. | A pretty variant of the Tam o’ Shan-: ter style Is In blue felt with a black taifeta erown end a black aigrette at| the side The fashion of having color and | erial combinations is going to be | v general this season. Silk and| fclt, silk and velvet, silk and plush will be artistically combined, and the | Ylack underbrim with white crown‘ «ill be a feature in modish millnery | for the autuiun season, Meets every Tue:day night at 17 o'clock, at McDonald's hall. R. L. MARSHALL, President. J. W. LAYTON, Vice Pres. J. W. LOGAN, Treasurer. J. H. FELDS, Fin. Secy. H. F. DIETRICH, Rec. Secy. H. L. COX, Conductor. AMUEL BOYER, W. SCARR, WILLOUGHRY, Roard of Trustees. l POST 33, G. A. K. Meets the first Saturaay in every month at 10 1. m. at the home of ;. M. Spacling on Kentucky avenue A SHAFFER, Commander. J. R. TALLEY, Adjutant. Elrora Rebekah Lodge No. 4 meets every second and fourth Mon day nights at 1. 0. N. F. hall. Visit- Ing brothers and sisters cordially in- vited. MRS. F. C. LONGMAN, N MRS. ILA SELLERS, Sec G Lake Lodge No. 2,1.0.0. F meets Friday nights at 7:30, at 1 0. 0. F. hall. Visiting brothers ars cordially invited. J. L. REYNOLDS, Sec W. P. PILLIANS, N. G GLAtoBofL E Orange Blossom Div. No. 49% G L A to B of L E meets every second and fourth Wednesdaye of Visiting i Qisters alwayvs welcome MRS C. BROWN Sec’y ¥ ORDER OF EAGLES. | | Eagles [ The Fraternal Order of J. H. WILLIAMS, President. E. M. SMAILS, Secretary. | s A Snap for oulck Sale 30 Ac, ; As fine land as there is in Florida mile from stztion; 60 a-res under good wir, 30 acres cultivated; 125 | drirg bear m\r ora ) 200 grapefruit trees, budded, + vears M“ fine pine timber; 10 acres choice nammock ered with oak: 10 acres good muck land, The first man with $2,300 cash yet- another $2,000 to be paid in one, t. Act quick as this wili not 1:st. Call o1 write THE ALEX. HOLLY REALTY (0., lakelann, Fi Smith & Stei, For Ail hinds of REAL ESTATE T ————— See Us Fer ROSEDALE and PARK 1iii] | e —— o Deen & Bryant Building Lakeiand, Fy y One angd : and v O‘MO"WO(MWW We Won't Sacrifice (\ I SMOKE INMAN'S v The best Union Made cigar 1" They have stood the test. Subscribe for The Teley