Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, March 20, 1913, Page 4

e / 1 g / ¢ PR A el s I / Published every. afterncon from the Kentucky Building, Lakeland, Fla. Entered in the postoffice at Lake- land, Ficrida, as mail matter of the second class. A Little Nonsense Now uc_l Then | Sam noted with & start M'l‘ could see right through the stranger to & white birch sapling in the back- ground, just as if his neighbor were made of glass. | I reckon that was a fine race we 'had,” remarked the transparent ap- Ghosts, Liver-lip Sam was big and exceed- ' yarition. ingly black, and as game a darky as. «yegsah!” Sam rejoined; “dat wuz ever shook a 'possum out of a per-', pice '’ contest, white folks, but — | simmon tree. He was the only darky ,.fmin’ jike the one we-all am gwine l. F HETHERINGTON, EDITOR. Miss Nellie Fidley HENRY BACON in the county who ventured into the ¢y hap right now!” Mrs. W. R. Graham wodds at night with his hound dos, This time he sprinted away faster SUBSCRIPTION RATES: and left the lantern and torch at yet. In about two minutes he over- Mra. W. T. Mcllwain . lier's. | deer going in the same direction and When Major Pursell offered $5 to ' badly frightened. U. W. Irveson ...... Three months .......... 1.36 anyone willing to stand guard trom" Said the deer sympathetically: ;'.7_ 3"‘::“: t‘:o,::‘l‘: it ol"l'::l::: dusk to dawn in a haunted house on | “I'll pace you, brother.” Miss Georgia Strain ..., ‘:: 10 :.“' . vo’ot. his Bitter swamp plantation, Sam 6 “Gangway!” yelled Sam as he Miss Kittle Funk ...... promptly claimed the opportunity. leaped ahead; ‘“dey ain’t no cow in The major nominated a starless dis whole worl’ what cain put a night, specified that the candi- rockin chair on her haid an’ lead From the same office is lsied (mfe m::tdlv:\'e his dog behind, oth- me when Ah’m in a hurry!” THE LAKELAND NEWS erwise the reward might be wasted | Sam did not stop until he reached A weekly newspaper . giving a re- {in encouraging an impromptu 'pos- Maj. Pursell’s town house, There he sume of local matters, crop eomdl, g, hunt in the nearby swamp. |awakened his erstwhile employer, tions, county affairs, etc. and the major came down to the where for $1.00 per year. door. : “Well, well. Liver-un!” he ex- claimed testily, ““l thought you were going to stay all night in the Bitter swamp house. It's only ten minutes ,after twelve, Why, you're all out of \\ho-e. writes Will MacMhaon in Col- {ook an antlered Virginia white-taij Mrs. J. A. Wood ...,. W. D, Harp... ... wil Willlams .. Miss Lillie May McIntire. . . L R § Sent 8B¥-! <. found u comfortable rocking 1halr in the dining room of the de- «erted mansion. As night came on | The Tampa Times, admitting that he lighted an oil lamp and calmly the Erown bill provides adequate | took up his long vigil with a mind safeguards against fraud in the mat-| istrictly to the benefit accruing from ter of absentee voting, says there is that easy $5. Miss Margaret Marshal] . .. C. H. Tedd ..... -61,78 vixieland Methodist church T 8. Clifford ........ A successful TRAVELING SALES- MAN DRE SSES SUCCESSFULLY. 11,18 32 J.8.C.Cifford ... ... ..... mo sulcicnt demand for . 40 fl- | When at ngth e sudsea e Meh! DId sasthing tihven you || Byrocsing well helps everybody suc- ; lows this up by the amazing state- | hour wust be nearly fve of the 0T G o A { U Pets Weie ... 4] morning, he opened a window and | s ;e man o expostulatoll ment that “the estimate of the Tele- gram that it would save ‘a thousand votes' is excessive by about nine hun- dred.” Surely the Times is not se- rious in that statement The qualified .voters among railroad men in Flor- ceed. People see you before they speak to you. They first judge you by the way you LOOK. Leslie McCraney ........ Mrs. J. W. Cord ...... Luels Knight ....... looked out for the expected graying -°™ l"d““"":" ;N° ';h ¢ A;m ...48,23 of the sky. The night was still pitch :”t a-scared ob nuffin’ nohow! But dark. Then he heard afar off in the, h earned dat money so easy up till itown the slow tolling of the mid- Midnight dat Ah thoight it on'y fair night hour. to run right down heah, boss, an’ eenes 1,05 i | Thelma Mamn ............. ida kept away from home on elec-| «pat eo'tehouse clock am mighty ::::"yov-::.laht'\:o bkl Our c‘othes FIT. FEEL, WEAR and Black tion day by the nature of their dU'xslo“» " mused Sum, “or else de sun N T — R. Black .................. ties are in excess of the Times'|done been delayed somewhehs.” i MRS. FRANCES F uoy LOOK Ee"- The pRICE is as LOW asS Qip Asher figures, and many of them who are He t d und, and there be-! FR S F. not now qualified would undoubtedly ’ Hidce‘h:rl:!,‘npn::tl h::e wh‘i:e c:t — Es GOOD STUFF can be SOId for. register and pay their poll tax if a law should be enacted that would permit them to vote away from home, with red eyes. Its tail was “rappcd‘ ' about the chimney. 1 “You and me,” said the cat in ali And there must be many commercial | frjendliness, “are the only ones l The Home of Hait Schaffner & Marx Clothes l The plano that we are giving traveleis, also, now denied a privi- | pepe.” Y S e i P away Is in our show window for in lege to which they are equitably en- “Yoessah!" Sam agreed heartily ! y titled, and some college students as well and others of other vocations which would make the sum total quite large enough to call for legis- ! lative relief. Because these people Ile lcaped to the ground and start- haven't voted in the past under ex- | ¢ running toward town. nside of fsting laws is no reason why they a balf mile he had to pass the grave- shouldn’t vote in the future. We vard, Here he met a man stumbling live in the day of ripened thought nlongside the road. Sam thought on many sujbeets we didn’t formerly kim one of the white trash habitual think about and that's why there is drunkards from over back yonder in | an insistent call for so much pro-|'"® foothill settlemen’ ! gressive legislation, not radical or "Ihe man carried his head under freakish, but warranted by existing ;:ml arm. The head spoke admir- conditions and obvious justice. AL I “Nigger,” it declared, “you suro‘ " The larger part of our woes in this RIRRES THNRCt: “an’ as soon as Ah gets froo dis win- ' spection. We want every oue to dah, yo'-all am gwine to be de on'y i one heah!” | have a chance to win. Beginning Monday we are going The Hub JOSEPH LeVAY to give $100 worth of plano coupons with every $§1 spent at our store fo crockery ware, consisting of ove 2,000 to select from. We are going to give special prices for one week. This saves you big money and give Louisville & Nashville R. R. you a big chance at the pilano. world are traceable to ignorance "::lebb“ ":-l l;llflt:l‘l)!‘; dSutm eon~' Offers the Best Service to more than to inherent depravi o DADLIAERY, L GRL WAS & Dravity, and walk compa’ed to what Ah’'m gwine the best cure for ignorance is the reading habit, provided the litera- ture is the right kind. Cultivate the love of reading in boys and girls dur- ing their school days until it becomes the fixed habit of their lives and it will dispel ignorance as certainly as the sun dispels the fog, and give them a right view of life und its inuumerable issues, without viuich they are handicapped by the toolis: pre;udices and wild guesswork of un- | | | | show yo'-all now!” ! | He 1it out on his tiptoes. Mrs. Nonl. a soclety woman of After about a mile of record-| New York and Washington, will pose . breaking Sam sank down on a log | in the tableaux on the treasury build: | to puff and fan himself with his hat. "ll steps in Washington on March 3. | Looking over his shoulder he saw a Chicago—St. Louis Cincinnati—Louisville—Indianapolis Cleveland—Grand Rapids with direct connections to Detroit and Toledo South Atantic Limited Montgomery Route Recelved 60 dosen 1 quart fruit jare. 60 dozen 1 pint fruit jars. © barrels jelly glasses. 5 cases fruit jar rubbers. Let us supply your wants traincd, uniniormed miuds all then Lv. Jacksonville - . 815pm. Lv. Jacksonville . . &1Spm. g days. Hence the recommendation o Ar. Cincinnati - - - 850 pm. Ar. Montgomery . . 8:50 am. %' Goveruor ‘rrammell lor circulating Ar.Cleveland . . 7:15am. Ar. Birmingham . . 12:10 pm. & Y18 Mbraries in our public schools is to Ar. Grand Rapids - - 6:50 am. Ar. Nashville - - . 7:40 pm. i be thoroughly commended by all peo- Ar. Louisville - . 9:00 pm. Ar. St. Louis - . . 7:40am. [ e ple who waunt kuowledge and hight Ar. Indianapolis + < 1:50am. Ar. Chicago . . . 9:38am. In Irans‘t = tohr tpo child.rexf ordkh_’“tm rather Dixie Limited Dixie H’c L than ignorance and darkness. Lv. Jacl B . sshaa Lv. Joclaomsille . . SSpm. We have a car of American wrapp i sy Ar. St. Lovis . . . 250pm. Ar. Evansville . . . 943pm. wire fencing on the road and can !0 b Delaware has the unenviable dis- AT« v < e Ar. Chicago - . . GS4am. terest you In prices, Ay tinction of being the fust State 1 the Union to reject the constitutional 1 amendment providing tor the elee- tion of United States renators by tic Electric Lighted Trains. Dining Cars H. C. Bretney, Florida Passenger Agent, 118 W. Bay St., Jacksonville i " people. Thus far cighicen Staies rep- o b resenting North, South, kust aud Nsw 0“ nlspray West, have adopted it, and it is surce SRR S " @ to become a part of the constituticn Wé bve 1ea Baviath of plamward g, even with littie Delaware lifting her- - ' * eelt to the full stature of her august H tought direct from factory on di* i Statehood and sternly protesting. “I ers um er ""n y play at our store, consisting of heary ! FCHIE [ 18 and light ice tea tumblers, water ] The Supreme Court of Kansas h: C O M P A 2 “ i ; | { ) sets, finger bowls, grapefru hes, sustained the constitutlgna ity o It's a real question of dollars and the guarantee bank deposit law in heavy bottom glasses for hotel eer vice and many other selections thal will bear inspection. Make our store your headquarterd that State, and that will help some cents to YOU. when & similar law is considered up at Tallahassee. SIS N— & Governor Trammell is keeping leg- . islators-elect and others interested § in proposed new legislation “on the jump.” He continues to tell the pub- N lic through the press what new laws % be is going to recommend, and the vigorous press discussion of some of these proposed measures, leading to « better understanding of them, is proof of the governor’s wisdom in giving them publicity in advance of the meeting of the legislature. B 2. & £ 0. GARLAND, PROPRIETORS, Phone 23. . Foot of Main Stree: “Do you want to know ust how and where your money being spent?” is 0.14 D § INCH CYPRESS SHINGLES “ 240 5 INCH 400 M NO. 1 STANDARD CYPRESS LATH 400 M MR FLG & CEILING SIDING, INVERNESS STOCK ;25.00 M We are handling the cut of a small mill, and can furnish you rough and dressed framing from 2x4 to 10x12 best heart it wanted, cut from round timber. We make doors and sash and can furnish any kind of mill work out of pine and cypress lumber. Re carry a first class line of points, varnishes and oil. Our lumber and mill business will be managed by Mr E. H. Hopkins, who is well known by the people of Lakeland as an nu-to-date lumber man. Terms: Strictly Cash on Delivery of Goods The only dependable, exact meth- od of solving the above is the open- ening of a CHECKING ACCOUNT. You can practice GOOD economy only when you know WHERE to for your wants. Aty Lakeland Hardware & Plumbing Company curtail the expenditure. A checking account will show you. ——————— This, the holiest weck of the year . ~—Miami Metropolis. Over here it’s the wettest, and our gorest trial is to fecel Toly in wha Mr. Mantalani would call *“such| demned, moist, unpleasant cinum-" gtances.” | > &