Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, April 12, 1913, Page 4

% : H - bition, but that he would cop ten | ||IB tvcfllflo Ielefifdm’a(-um all in one bunch by onel streke of genius'was beyond our most | uture, It is | lening effect suspicious of | Published every afternoon from the Kentucky Building, Lakeland, Fla iadiant visions of b sad to think of the ! s i i e —— | whioh e hi1 Euccred in the postofice at Lake. | 'Mich ©ill make Lini o } iand, Ficrida, as mail matter of m.!(‘\on his best fricnd: vhen he gees| approachinz, this suddeniy svcoud class. lthem AL ALY acquired money will have upon th: M. . HETHERINGTON, BDITOR |sunny soul of ial Sam Sanborn.i T ENRY BACON, Manager. —iWe would glac rrow the whole ___svm from him i{ *.c were in borrow- irg distance, | to save him from tke base, detcriorating influence or | large wealth upon his fine l:,-mm-r-: ament and trusting faith in his fel- low man. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: OD@YEART «vvo sovnoss ... $6.00 8ix months .. .. .o 2.60 Tiree months .......... 136 Delivered anywhere within the limits of the City of Lakeland for 10 cents a week. From the same office 1s lssaed | ! ¢ SIS The way to make the criminal- = | rainded vnderstand that the law | LAN means what it says is to nmke'lt hurt g D NEWS and cut to the quick in its enforce- 4 weskly. newapaper (SIVIAE "l ment. The other day in Live Oak, Samy of local matiers, crop eoadl, an operater in the blind tizer in- tions, county uffairs, etc. Sent any- dustry, doubtless a persistent sin- whore for §1.00 per year. iner who had been retting off light i S B R land despisine the law accordingly, GIVE US A “BLUE SKY LAW." :'\-.'ns brenght up with a round turn PSR {by a fine of $300 and a chain gan~ A State like Florida, now atlract-" Lo oo pinoty days. When he gots fng nuiional attontion aud whose re- throngh \\'i!h.lh:zt dantonbs Tl source advertised and eX< 1 aapstand that the law means what ploited Leycid conparison with those | o o v, of an, oiuer sSwie, viless a ticld l'ur] the fukir and gralter and pmmule!‘l to which those gentry always hasten and proceed to get in their fine work as quickly as possible. They orga- nize all sorts of companies and fill ‘the big papers and magaipes with seductive advertisements sure to catch a heavy crop of suckers. They bled the west for years with- out mercy, robbing the credulous right and left of their dollars, in exchange for worthless stocks and other fictitious values until some Kansas man evolved the “blue sky encugh to ignore precedent and pre- law” which the Legislature of that Perve the full vitality of his i State promptly passed. It broke “plsugn by reading it in person to (on- the zame of the fakirs and promoters ' br simply prohibiting any company, | ecrporation or firm from operating i the -State by ncgotiating bonds, | ing the first ball yosn-rdu.y that stocks or other sccurities without OPeRed the ball season of 1913, pioving to the State comptroller that BT ST everything was “on the square,” the enterprice legitimate and securing his official endorsement and permis- sion. And this permission must be renewed annually. county officers on salaries. ; It was so simple the only wonder sheriff says there are a thousand was it hadn't heen thought of long | "“"’Od reasons against such a change. before; but that's the way with all E’”'h‘ would scem to be more than great discoverics. Thirty-two Stutosi““""““"-‘" One would be sufficient ?f have now adopted the law, and np at | ii had the richt size and quality. Tallahussee Repregentatives Russell ¥ kas introdueed a similar bill whien s are buing gati R We infer from a paragraph in the | Tampa Tribune of this morning that that paper has a mighty poor opinion ¢f the example set by Tampa in the matter of commission government. 1t was good old English unadorned. Wallace and Ed were sure mad when one wrote and the other O. K'd. that paragraph. —0 smarter every day. He was big, win the good will of all the base As those most deeply interested, "the sherifts are making the hardess firht against the proposed bill to | B IO OO IGPOEON OIOUNRY ought to bhecome | without delay }\ We have long necded it in Florida. 2 RlJM lNATlONS le SRS ki 84 The followine is an editorial nlllk‘: - =— of 2 the rural credits subjeet, an invnsti-;fi: ! gation of which as practiced in Eu- i UNCLE HENRY i rope, is soon to be moade by the fed-| g mal ond Ameriean commissions | P@EOIOIOIOUODOPOEOPIE DO jointly hesded by Hon, Dunean U, Dear iter, 1 take my pen in hand Fietcher, U, 3. cenntor from Florida: to let you know that I am about to | “The importance of providing an'write you a nother letter. It is not | often that I start to write without; the United States hag been recotnized having a good and fare idee of whai | by each of the national parties. The 1 am goin to write about, but I have, Democrats considered this matter of | pot mysgelf in the habit of writin to equal importance with currency re- you and so | have got to write ever form and in their platform recom-so offen. And they is a few subjecks | mended ‘that an investization of on which we can allers make a few ! adequate system of rural eredits for eien conntries be made, €0 it may be licht sine and the big board sine ascortaned yral credits eble o conditions in the States! of we was poin to have at the depot y to look upon? vhether a system vised suit- | for the passers United | the party's down the weeds may be d Furthermere The feller whieh platform ovored “fesiglation permit- gos tares in a nabor's yard a2int much tine national boanks fo loan a reason- worse than him which rases them in able proportion of their funds on real 1is own vard and lets the wind plant estate socurities,” [the seed in his nalor's ‘vard. ot “It is interesting to note that the down the weeds, is my mottoe, an! first practical steps toward carrying it had ought to be such with every this constructive policy into effect| citizen of Lakeland. There is a was due largely to the efforts of two|rnother idce. Keep out the flies. Ev- Southern senators, Scnator Fletcher, | ¢t hody had onght to have screens of Florida, and Senator Hoke Smith, to there houses. Grocery stores, bak- cf Georgia. Upon their insistence a|erys, and meet shops had ought to provision was made, in the agricul-|have screens. Women had ought to tural appropriation bill for the ap-|pay attension to these things and by pointment of the Rural Credits eom-!chem meet and grocerys and fish of miesion that is soon to begin its|the places which has got screens. work. A nother subjeck I would like to “There is perhaps no part of the bring up and one which I have ccuntry which has such vital reason | thought 1 would ast Mayer Eaton te be interested in this movement as | about if I should get to talkin to him has the South. In order that the won- | |s the subjeck of the alleys. They are derfully rich and varicd resources ¢ awfull lookin holes sometimes. They this section may be duly developed, |is alleys in this town right in the ite agricultural affairs must have the { very hart of our fare city where all edvantage of business like as well | kinds of trash is throwed out on the us ecientific methods. Especially do|ground or put in barrels which is they require the aild and stimulus of | not covered. Here the flies has a en elastic system of credits. The merry time all day every day. One tagk, which the commission has be-{guch a alley can rase enough flies gun, will donbtless be well pnrformod;m give tyfold fever to the whole and result in a larger and freer era town, and 1t we should et fyfold of southern and national prosperity.” fcver, and T was to heer anybodv blamin it on the Tord, T would arfen The Tonorable Samuel Sanborn of | {n my might and tell about the tLe Pensacola News put one over on | flies and rebuke them which was trv- his esteemed contemporary, the Pen- sacola Journal, last Wednesday night and 2s a resnt now has wealth be- yend the dreams of avarice. He walked off with the 210 prize offered by the Journal for tho hest name for heen done by the flies which we have raced onreelfs. A fly has got to be horn and rased in filth. T1f ther is 1 fiv in town, and von know thev e more than one, that fiv was horn | somewhore and erowed up amon< filth and trach. A fiy fe a walkin| rronf that we have got dark and dir- tv corners in this town where H\‘lhI fiy was horn and rased. i Mugkeeters i another thing which “The Snanners,” beinz pwarded the purse W+ the commit- tee. Wo knew that S s rise in the world was only a matter of time, forl he has vouth, talent, cnergy and am- 1eetion, oy e President Wilson looms bigger and | gress; and he was smart cncugh to! 5 ball #tound eather in puddles or in oli n! players and fans in America by pitch- ! 2holish the fee system and put the| One [up the alleys and the byways of oi {town is to keep them we have got S?L:nl a helthy town, and a dirty tov: apriculteral credit cocieties in for- | remarks, like, there is the l']«'('ll'il"i:;“lfllm city buyer for the city oi| ! Lakelan A nother subeek is about euttin | ing to Mame the Tord for what hac, every town can rase its own supply ! without tryin. A muskeeter aint! scnt by the Lorc ncather, noi by Sa ten. He is bc.n and »ise¢ some place where watui 18 lesw stundi: tin cans and the like. Runnin wa ter which has got fish in it aint the place where muskeeters come from It is old dirty watee standin around and therefor a muskeeter like th:| lfl_\- is advertisin our ignerence and, "carslessners to the world at larie Let us arise in our might and clees: |‘mre city, and let us see that the: {are kept so. Slop barrels had ough! tn be covered, and no slops had ough! tc be throwed on the ground. On: way of gettin good citizens in thic alive as long as we can, We can not keep peeple alive if we have no an't never be a helthy town, Or town has got a repitation of bei a dirty town but we have not =0 to live up to our repitation, | Well, goodbye for this time. present from youp true UNCLE HENRY. ORDINANCE NO. 149, An ordinance, providing for a city buyer for the city of Lakeland, pre- scribing his duties, tenure of oilice and compensation, Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Lakeland: Section 1. That there shall be es- more at frend, GERMAN ROYAL FAMILY GROUP HERCRERRAIIRLr (4 X (ar / \ & \et 7 N (= & e e B e o e d & 4 ol S (=l (3¢ tablished by this ordinance the oflic d who shall hold his oflice the pleasure of the City Council @ ;\\lm shall be elected by the Cit Council. i Section 2. The duties of the cit buyer all be to purchase [ supplies, tools, steek "nt‘..ur material nece: irent condunet of the business of the !eity of Lakeland under the di i and supervision of the respeeti ¢ committees of the City Council o' Lakeland. He shall purchase no| property except by order of the (it Council or chairman of committees Section 3.—He shall keep a ho of all supplies in his possession an4 all property delivered to him by the city of Lakeland or any of its of- ficlals; saild book shall be kept so {that the property belonging under the control of the various commit- tees shall be kept separate from that |of all other committees; he gha!! ; charge up to any person who receives ,from him any property his possession and take a receipt from said person, | describing said property, the date on { which same was delivered and by whose order same was delivered. 1! shall be responsible for all propert+ entrusted to his possession and shall | account to the City Council for the disposal of same. i Section 4. He ehall receive as his compensation such pay as the City | Council shall name. | Section 5. AN ordinances anA parts of ordinances in conflict wit this ordinance are hereby repealed. T heredby certify that the foreesin~ { ordinance was duly passed by th- | Council of the City of Lokeland at » | reznlar seseion on the 19th dav of | March, 1913. i MORRIS G. “1T"VN. Pre Attest: H. T.. SWATTS, City Clerk. Approved by me this 26th day o*! March, 1913, : 0. M. Eaion, Mayor ) R, = S\ N & 2= f [ 7 )% Y T e ST o ' The . AMERICAN STATE B! | i ¢ Lakeland 4 Florig, | i il Q. The Most Rapidly Growing Insti;. tion of a Rapidly Growing Ciiy. (. No enterprise ever launched in La. land has shown as great a growth in short a time as has TheAmerican State By Q. Itis an Institution It Will Doto Tie T, . Your Account Appreciated, Protec:.q and Held in Strictest Confidence, The American State Barl: J. L. SKIPPER, Pres. S. F. SMITH, M. D., Vice.r... P. E. CHUNN, Cashier. CEOPCLOFIIOPOIARC 120404 O *DEOLOLOFOLOEOSOPO 104 (=1 1= o= JOT CHe 0 W O Q3O POPOW OO CROPQ PO (S KODAKS and SUPFLIES DEVELOPING and PRINTING HICH QUALITY..LOW PRICLS The People Suprem, I repeat that all power is 4 +-, that we are accountable for its ¢qq 2 PROMPTNESS clse; that from the people and for 1} )tm:lmabsag:gmvrm people all springs and all musto»y 'w TAMPA RLGHDA, * =—Beujamin Disraell. / LOVELY HOME, one of q the prettiestin the city, for N sale on easy installments. The large, eight-room, two- story residence, just up the hill from Lake Beulah, on west side, large rooms, open fire places, situated on large lot, nearly one acre, with streets on three sides, can be bought at reasonable price, and on very easy terms. This is unquestionably one of the pretticst places in city. Lot is large and covered with laree bearing Crange and Grap trecs, cight large Tangerine trees, Figs, Pomegranitesand other fruits; also various kinds of shrubbery. Lots in this sub-division at almost anypriceyou-want, from One Hun- dred to One Thousand Dollars. Some beautiful lake front property. If you want a site for a home, -or for investment only, you should take a look at SLOAN PARK. R e e T s D. H. SLOAN < ‘mfl Pl 4 b Y e (‘. frruit [} ‘fl‘:m! Wb aie L R L Y7 ad | Aoy At Aut 7/ At [ Rt ] A ] “""l\-'\vvnuv|-|~, I RRRd LA