Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, April 25, 1913, Page 4

PAGE FOUR. the Evening Telegram .Fublished every afternoon from the Kentucky Building, Lakeland, Fla. “Entered in the postofiice st Lake- sand, Florida, as mail matter of m waecond class. ¥ ¥ "HETHERINGTON, . EDITOR. HENRY BACON, Manager. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: ONOYEAT . ... .cocoveee.§5.00 #iz months . teeeseas 380 Three months .......... 136 Delivered anywhere within the limits of the City of Lakeland for 10 cents a week. From the same othce is lssaed THE LAKELAND NEWS A& weekly nowspaper ' giving & fo- oume of local matters, crop eondl, tions, county affairs, ete. Sent any- where for $1.00 per year. Debate over the new Democratic tariff bill is now fairly on in thc House and the rcgulation speeches of the Republican opposition, full of froth and fury and predictions of dire disaster, will have the right of way for a few days without changing & vote or disturbing a conviction and then the bill will pass and go to the Senate. It will pass that, too, after 8 long debate and the president will sign it and it will become the law of the land. That's what the Amer- fcan people put the Democratic party fn power for, and that's what the Democratic party is going to do. fish and bloated than the highly pro- tected manufacturing interests of tkis country, with their resulting L erop of Carnegies, big and little, bu their monopoly of privileges is must cease to prospei at the expense .of every consumer in Am:rica. —0 The ladies of the woman suffrage cult now arguing their case with the | legislative committee up at Talla-| Bossee, will probably fail to win their contention that an equal suf- the people; but at least they have fully inaugurated a campaign of education on the issue, and a claim that would have been flouted and scouted a few years ago as absurd is now being taken seriously, Let tho Jadies consider the long centuries it took to lead up to Magna Charta firct and Declaration of Independ- ence later on, and esteem themselves fortunate that their case wiil get a | quicker hearing. ¢t | except American citizens. aboug | Would it be base flattery to call this'a wife and children and a host ot to end and these special interests legislator? The poverty of the Eng- T frage amendment be submitted to | : | $HE EVENING TELEGRAM, LAKELAND, FLA, APRIL 25, 1913, : * SCENE IN DAYTON AFTER THE FLOOD RECEDED .. | . AMERICAN SIAI[ BAN Lakeland B . The Most Rapidly Growlng Instit tion of a Rapidly Growing City. H Q. No enterprise ever launched in Lgj land has shown as great a growth in short a time as has TheAmerican State By @ Itis an lestitution'It Will Do to Tie T, Q. Your Account Appreciated, Protected and Held in Strictest Confidcnce. The Amencan htate Ban J. L. SKIPPER, Pres. 8. F. SMITH, M. D.. Vice.pre, P. E. CHUNN, Cashier. A scene at Third and Jefferson #'reets, Nayton, O., showing the crumbling walls of bu strewn with wreckage wrought by tha flood. A detachment of soldiers with fixed bayonets be seen directly in front of the bors:s backed agalnst the curb. i What ; McCelland, and the writer. He leavea “Right OI1* relatives and friends to mou:n his Burniag the candle at both eale May the Holy Spirit visit ® one way of making hoth ends mees lish language reveals itself when ceparture. ish languag e b | sceking for the word. i the bereaved ones that they ma) Speaking of hogs and the possi- |Xa0w that thelr loss is his eternai bilities of this State in that direc- &+in of a home not made with hands. tion, did you know that a Floridnl | lho: took the first prise at the Chi- Sieep on, dear brother, and take thy : cago World’s Fair over hog exhibits | rest; { trom all other parts of the world? Lay thy head upon the Savior's | Fact! hreast. | ! — We love you, but Jesus Ivoed. you SHOULD T BE ONE. best, st commmon. OR TKBEE? Wiitten by R. T. CADDIN, Lakeland, Fla., April 26, 1913. | NOTICE OF INTENTION TO APPLY Editor Telegram: Referring to FOR AMENDMENT TO THE the article in your issue of the 21st CHARTER OF THE CITY " in regard to ti:e Sumter, S. Cq plan OF LAKELAND. "ol ono man management for the city under commissicn governwment, 1! ! would like to ask if the author ot tl;m. article can produce figures to YOU WILL BE “ON TIME" it you go about it in the right way to secure such a result. Notice is hereby given that a bill will be introduced im the Legisla- ture of the State of Florida on Thurs- ! i et ; show that Sumter has succecled evep The proposed new county of Santa Fe to be cut out of Alachua and two ™ington, N. C., which cities have five commissioners instead of one. as well as has Columbia and Wil-; day, June Gth, 1913, to amend the charter of the city of Lakeland for the purpose of Increasing the IF YOU CARRY A WATCH amount of bond that may be issued PURCHASED HERE or three other countles made a brief but gallant little fight for existence up at Tallahassce and then retired ficm the scrap to be heard of mno mere during the present session. Sen- _ator MeGreary, of” Gainesville, who ‘opposed the creation of .the new county, hasn’t been & member of the Florida Legislature for twenty years for nothing. When you want to mu- titate old Alachua it would be ad- visable to first get “Mack’s” approval to the operation. —_—— The Indians here are taking on the ways of the white man more and more all the time. Some of them are dressing just as well as we do—- eoat, shirt, pants, cravat and shoes— Fort Lauderdale Sentinel. Why, Brother Matthews, don’t you .wear socks and them other bitur- eated things customary in good so- elety? You'll lme to do better than that when you get to be minister to Brazil. —_0 Our money is up on Austria and the other big powers in their deter- mination to make plucky little Mon- tenegro give up the fruits of her vlc- tory at Scutarl, but all the enthus- fasm in our soul and the earnest de- sires of our heart are with Monte. Little Japan licked giant Russia to tte amazement of the world, and it Montenezro should do as much for the Austrian bully, outside of a small bunch of kings and kaisers ard their satellites, pretty nearly | everybody else would applaud. —_— The Times-Union joirs with the | ! “Tclegram in calling the attention of the Legisiature to the propriety of riving legal effect as early as possi- te to the constitutional amendmen: adopted at the last election giving k1 sub-school districts the right to vots bonds for building school houses. § ——s—— | thie voters of Lakcland that one man Thig one man managemcut has but one redeeming feature, and that, aft- by the city of Lakeland and for the!it will give you the reputation of _purpose of abolishing fee system in punctuality. Here you can tind er-all, is a greater fault than even ghe city of Lakeland and placing the the present plan. The only thing officers thereof on & salary basis. Am" G0OD WATCHES | that can be said in favor of the one| Witness my hand this 4th day of T LOW DOWN PRICES. Every watch sold by us is guaranteec II. (. Stevens e the warm days sure tocome. Bricht furnishings willkeep you CHEERFUL, and what's better t2 live for. e We have the liiie and want ycu to deal with us only because we give you good stuff and good value. | The Home of Hait Schaffuer &Marx Clothes | CEMENT SIDEWALKS. ~ . |The Hub lm lay &' walk of cement the job i JOSEPH LeVAY fiaished—that means you'ro not con | EEEEESTN————— thing in the way of salarics, while 0. M. EATON, ‘there are many serious dangers at- Mayor. tached to it. First, the election MORRIS G. MUNN, |cannot be carricd under the one-man President City Council. pian. The citizens of Lakeland are' Attest: not ready to turn over this city to g, L, SWATTS, City Clerk. 516-Fri eny one man to run, and no onc ran who is capable of running the Satisfactorily Settled. - whole thing would accept the job| 4 very satistactory method of eed | unless he expected to get more out| tling a love dispute occurred in Buds. lot it than a. salary. ‘I do not se:| pest (Hungary) the other day. Twe | but it would be just as well to pay | 8irls, who had decided to fight & duel {three commissioners, citizens, tax- | OVOr & young man with whom they payers, identified with the city's in-| Wer® both In love, settled the matter beco the t | torests, a decent salary, as it would :,{.o ";:::‘::“.fd .:: “Qm:;::: 0 give it to one.out-of-town man in onds. the way of graft, which would be aete 1 the way of rake off in the purchm of supplies, machinery, etc. tie might produce his bills, etc., to skow a square deal, etc. The ques: tion is, has Sumter done better than cthers who have three to five com- meissioners instead of one? We have the figures and annual reports fror rers of several of thesc and it will take facts and the figures from the Sumter government to convinc» Easy. Young Widow—“Did you have any frouble getting Jack to propose?™ Girl Friend—“No, dear; I told him fou were after him."—Doston Trans eript. Virtue Has Few Martyrs. Among men virtue has many preachers but few martyrs —(Claude money—when the job Is finished you || Adrien Helvetins Would you go out in the pouring rain ! have one that wiil last. your best clothes if you had no pr* Improve your property—make & up-to-date, get our estimata on lay- such as an umbrella or raincoat? Notii § could help it, you say. {has more brains and ability than | three, and that one man with no ona ‘to watch him will steal less than | ti:ree with three men to watch them. Respectfully, JEREMIAH B. SMITH. ing the walks you need—the slight added cost will Le more than offse: by the big improvement in the prop erty. Get our estimate. LAKELAND ARTIFICIAL SIONE WORKS Yet some people expose expensive materil the elements without adequate pr The building material in your housc ! pensive and should be protected. Othier®! it will be ruined as surely as the fine clotig you wouldn’t wish to wear out in the rain. IN mon OF ISOM WALKER. Editor Lakeland Telegram: With sadness of heart, I write to inform you of the death of Brother I:om Walker. He died last Sunday morning, the 20th day of April, 1913..He¢ was-dorn In 1833, nearly Dampness causes decay in wood-work. | you keep out the dampness you keep awi decay. Paint made with Governor Trammell made an ex- | eighty years ago. He was the father eellent choice when he sclected Dan- | of fifteen children. His body wae fcl A. Simmons for circuit judge of | 12id away in the cemetery last Mon- Luval county. Judge Simmons Is a | day merning to await the resurrec- ing man intellectually and has the tion. He was a member of Mount Jearning and moral fibre necessary to | Tabor Baptist church in good stand- 20 with ample mentality in the mak- | ing. jcg of a good judge. ‘The writer has known Bro. Walk- —_— er ever since 1878, and was his pas- " They've ot 2 legislator up at Tal- | tor eleven years, while he was a Sahaseee who has introduced a bdill { member of Gapway Baptist church prohibiting any one from being a| The funeral service was conduct- murse in a Florida hospital unless|ed at the Mount Tabor church house | i American born, and forbidding the!:n the predence of a larse comcourse 533098 of the hospital to: any patients | of Ma frienda,, by Mg paster, 8. W. ¥ stantly repalring nor paylng out pity fl'e Unpflinted Houce fattresses made over; cushioms kind made 10 order. Drep me 2l card. Arthur A Douglas 418 8. Ohlo Btrest. KODAKS and SUPPLIES DEVELOPIK - ] WICN QUALITY.AOW PAKEY PROMPTILSS | Yol wp “¥o wm o gud” ooy imbations e 3 l--.u::--— i S euydon Amep o cdede ATLANTIC WHITE LEAD (Dutch Boy Painter Trade Mark) will keep away dampness snd prevent deca/ We sell it. Come in and have a talk with sbout painting JACKSON & WILSON (0