Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, May 5, 1913, Page 4

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s *AGE FOUR. (he Evening Telegram: ;o™ “ocoms i the - orause Fabilshed every afternoon from the | Er0Ves.” Kencucky Building, Lakeland, Fla. R e e There can be no color line uowered [n the postoffice at Lake-| .., .., i ogjgm, and speak- tsud, Florida, as mail matter of the ;) ¢ ¢, pogie hero medals, what's s:ond class. ithe matter with one of them for o F HETHERINGION, EDITOR.|the negro whose name didn’t get icto print in the following story from the Marianna Times-Courier: “News reached this city yesterday of a deplorable accident which oc- curred in the southern portion of Washington county Tuesday, where- hin th in two ladies and a baby were Dellvered anywhere within the JArowned. From the information ob- limits of the City of Lakelsad 'tainable it seems that a Mr. Payne, for 10 cents a week. accompanied by his wife and baby, N e e han ol |and another lady were in a boat From the same office is lssu fishing, when one of the ladies in THE LAKELAND NEWS trying to reach a line on which a A woekly newspaper gIVIRg & P | L. iniocling, became overbal- sume of local matters, crop eomdl, ;0.3 onq in trying to recover dlons, county affairs, ete. 8emt &8F- ;.05 the boat to overturn, throv- where for §1.00 per year. iing all four occupants into the wa- ter, which was only about five feet , deep but had quicksand bottom. A negro was nearby and hearing their frantic screams rushed to their res- cue, reaching Mr. Payne who was unable to swim, first carried him to safety and made a desperate effort to get the others, but was power- less” HENRY BACON, Msnager. T SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Oneyear .... ..........5$5.00 Six months .. .. ...... .o 3.50 Three months .......... 136 HE SEES FLORIDA WITH CLEAR VISION. Mr. E. W. Barber, of Jackson, Mich.,, who has spent the winter in Crooked Lake in this county i8 a tourist full of intelligent apprecia- tlon of our State and its advantages —not one of the kind who can see a knothole in a barn door a mile off, but can't see the barn. His let- ters back to his home paper, the Jackson Patriot, a fine metropolitan @aily, treat us so fairly and show so elearly the superiority of a mind trained to comprebensive observa-: ticn and accurate deduction that it f8 a dclight to rcad what he says Ot Bob Holly, of the Sanford Herald, wants to start off right with his new county of Seminole. Ile wants to arrange for a public thanksgiving service joined in by all the people of the new county in which formal anl fervent praise will be offered for!} the new found lilerty and the es- cape from the hated yoke of Orange. With Deacon Bates to raise the tune about wus; and its excellence is in the song sgervice and DBob to brousht out in especially strong re- preach the thanksgiving sermon lief when put in contrast with some until he got properly ‘“het up” and)] 5 | communijcated his fervor to the en- tire congregation, ft would Le an going ‘ar to partici- of the ctuff which disgruntled tour- {sts write about Florida, after they bave enjoyed our climate and othev) event worth gocsl features all winter and can;pnts in. find nothing favorable cbout us to szy. Mr, Barber believes in Florida,' both winter and summer, and from, one of his recent letters to the Jack- #on Patriot we take the following: ———————— It is eviient from the leminine unrest all over this country that our ' women are getting more or less tired LTI HA e ht Bt A et L e of the *‘pedestals” upon which gome ol our flowery contemporaries insist December, January, February and ¢.4 men have rig A l ghtly placed thewm arch, although then it 18 & grat:-!y; 4 wyore they should remain pos- ful refuge from the wintry blasts of| A llng forever without a chance to of the North. The rain, sleet, B0OW, | somo down and do a healthy stunt ice ani bilzzards of February &“d'von the solil earth after the fashion THE EVENING TELEGRAM, LAK ELAND, FLA, MAY 6, 1913. e ——— = 2 1 WMIAVC UAI S BEST GROUP OF BLEACHERS-WIN OR LOSE, THEY ARE ALWAYS HAPPYV Crawford [. Henry, Apalnchicola;l Willlam A Jackson, Daytona; B. P. Morris, De Funiak Springs; Mrs. Bessie B. Simpson, Kissimmee. Mrs. Simpson is a sister of Senator Bryan, Fourth-class postmgsters appoint- el were: Ida V. Allen, Allen- harst; Martha L. Hansford, Stafford, Amanda H. Richards, Wewahitchea. tow, was a visitor in Washington to- day, on his way home from a trip to New York., Judge Boswell con- ferred with Senator other Florida congressmen. | e Judge Clyrence A. Boswell, of Bar-! Fletcher and CEMENT SIDEWALKS. We eularge on the tact that '« Jou lay a walk of cement the Juu ! Restfll‘e firay “ail‘ifimshed—-that means you're ot 4l istantly repairing nor paying , Improve your property-—make - up-to-date, get our estimate on lay Ing the walks you need—the slight pdded oost will be inore than offset by the big improvement in the prop: e Get eur estimate. LAKELAND ARTIFICIAL - 10 NOtural COlor mewsemras: wi o ™ { By Common Garden Sage, a Simple Remedy for Dandruff, Failing, Faded, Gray Hair, The old idea of usings Sage for ™ darkening the hair is again comlugi in vogue. Our grandmothers had dark, glossy hair at seventy-five, while our motkers are gray before March, and the cold that caused the" of normal human beings, The pod- thermometer on your front porch t0 ogea) figure ns describing the reln-| kept their hair soft and glopsy with register zero and below, We Wholly 4oy of woman to society is unfortu- escaped. At no time has the mer-' .o ol Lo cury dropped below 45 degrees. When you got a cold in the head,, and hatol to venture out doors, what an s the most useful ani practical 8 delight the worst weather bere i oiiuiion in the world, She may would have been, | well resent the figure of speech “Not at all surprising is it that which denies her all but mere pret- this State is galning rapidly in pob-' tiness to adorn a landscapo, ularity. It would take columns to, SRR describe its physical attractions, ml The Fort Myers Press has heara many aro they. Its shady palms and ;n unconfirmed rumor that the Leg- supny beaches; its tropical tangles. jsiature, after being in session near- and open vistas, its beautiful inter- |y a month, had passed a bill of for lakes and pdjacent high lanis gome sort. Three of them at last covered with balsamic pines—or, accounts, in addition to a few locql when improved, with ever-verdant' meagures; and the resulting brain orange and grapefruit groves, fra-' fag calle for a junket to Pensacola grant when in blossom and rich with’ where fish are abundant and “heap yellow globes and green leafage and the overworked legislative gra; when loaded with fruit, the value, matter can be recuperated on the of this season's crop placed at $7,- fish diet generally prescribed by doc- 100,000—present a great variety of tors in such cases. attractions to winter visitors, nearly all of whom are satisfiel. l “Still many erroneous impressions' A prevail. Fashionable tourists see but little of the State. Their objective point is some high-priced hotel. ‘They come and go in Pullman cars; sce the poorest of the flat woods, as the railway engineers seek the low- est and leveliest lands on which to lay rails; they enjoy the climate and the social splurge; they aimire the orange groves, the rose gardens, and| ening Post. the scented air; and, on returning! Well, my son,” observel his fa- to their northern homes, they often ther, cheerfully, “how did you get say the climgte is fine, but nothing|©% 8t school today?” will grow in the Florida sand. ! Johnny sald tvat he had lbeen “Nothing will grow? They would, “W2iPped and kept in. think differently should they see some of the Polk county truck farms, Wrong auswer,” he added. are oxcept for purely ornamental aud Little Nonsense Now and Then Sins of the Father. Tommy came home from school very morose, says the New York Ev- “Last ] and notice the shipments trom day, M8t I askel you how much was a to day at Lakeland, Bartow, Fort million dollars, and you said it was Meade gnd other railroad stations, ® hell of a lot.” That isn't the right and from the State generally. Why, 2nswer.” it is officially statal, Florida hu! more than 35,000,000 acres of cul- REORGANIZATION OF EVER- tivable land, gnd in 1910 had only GLADES DRAINAGE PLAN. 1,157,546 acres under cultlvltlon.l which produced of fleld crops, ‘14--! (Continued from Page 1.) 612,840; or vegetables, $6,825,912; water to leave the land cultivabie, of fruit, $5,905,727; poultry and and yet to leave enough to keep it products, $2,413,940; dairy prod-, too moist, at all times, for burning! ucts, $2,851,479; live stock on hand, Nothing quite like it has been un- $23,967,501; other products, $135,- dertaken before. 435—a total of $56,712,734, ngnlnstl The White Co. and Mr. Randolph, $23,673,317 in 7910. Live stock on for the State, will spend a year in hand in 1900 amounted to but $8,- investigation of these questions be- 143,176, showing an increase in ten fore a spadeful of construction is un- years of nearly 300 per cent. | dertaken, After they have made up “And, with all this, when the their findings and recommend,tions North was snowbound, and Michi- it must then be decided whether to gan wheat flelds were covered with proceed or to give up the entire plan a smothering sheet of ice, those for- as impracticable and uneconomie. tunate enough to be in Florida en- That the vast swamp can be drainei Joyed balmy days and serene nights, is not seriously qoubted: that it can breathing and living and moving in i & healthy out-door air, except the few times when refreshing rains fell upon the earth, and, followed by the warm sunshine, brought the wild is less certain. Flerida postmasters nominated Fri- day were: J. A. Williams, Alachua; worthless! the natural color, sontimental purposes, whereas wom-| aration was the trouble of making “It was because you told me the! be done without prohibitive oxponflx: they are fifty. Our grandmothers STONE WORKS a “Sage Tea,” which also restorea|.. . ; H. B. Zimmerman, Prop. One objection to using such a prep- it. This objection has been over- come by the Wyeth Chemical Com- pany of New Yoik, who has placed on the market a superior prepara- tion of Sage, combined with Sulphur anl other valuable remedies for dandruff, itching scalp and thin, weak, falling hair. The beauty of the hair depends more on its rich, even shading than anything else. Don’t have dry, harsh, faded hair, when a simple, harmless remedy will bring back the color in a few days; and don’t be tormented with dandruff, itching scalp and loose, falling hairs. Wy- eth’'s Sage and Sulphur Hair Rem- edy will quickly correct these trou-14q the bles, and give color, strength and| beauty to your hair. Get a fifty cent bottle from your | druggist today and prove this to your own satisfaction. All druggists sell it, under guarantee that the | money will be refunded if the rem- :edy is not exactly as represented. ———— thousand diamonds. pattern, ure and pride. have it and more to match it. kinds. { The Danger. man who carries his gloves in his hands.” Surely it is no trifiing mat- ter, One might meet the Observer writer any day, and then if one were carrying one's gloves instead of wear- | JOTOROTGCICINSISIGIINSIE N } ;::lthen‘:. what an outsider one would | | .—The Bystander. 7 ’ MY LINE INCLUDE! Real Meaning of Crose. R s sald that the signature et » Newspapers eross, much use¢ on old documents, is often misunderstood to mean igmor ance on the part of the signer. It was M‘g'Zlnes :nmmu due to inability to write, S t quite as often among the Saxons it was an attestation of good faith, o "“onery foria of oath that the statement war true. It was often required of the oigner that he add his oath to his same, and the cross was used as oftes in this sense as Dbecause the mas v not write—Exchauge. —— 8afe W:th Father, In a fearful thunder-storm one day Baby Ida begged her older sister to take her to their father in another room. Just as they started, there camg | & blinding flash of lightning. “Sister,” said Ida, “pray God to take care ot | me until I can get to father."—Youtn's | Companion. Post Cards Cigan Come and see me before pur chasing elsewhere. You patronage appreciated. Miss Ruby Daniel News Stand Lodoy of Bdisonla Thor sr For Tired Feet When your feet ache, caused by | bong standing, exercise them by rising Grst to the toes, then on the heels, 'In a rocking motion for a few times. This was adviscd by a specialist Woman's Home ¢ ~uclon. bbbt td it it e ns] SASDFRSTOTSTGTIEOGOSIHINN Hold a Piece of Cut Glass light and see it sparkle like a Note how deep is the cutting, how beautiful the Such a plece on your sideboard would be a constant source of pleas- You can afford to Our special prices for cut glass make it good for: presents of all i “It may seem a trifiing matter,” says a writer in the Observer, “but I | think that the man who wears his ‘I.I C Stevens gloves seems to be smarter than the . . ; i ' To the nescue. Pesceful Beginning, =% “l am at present devoting a good ' A young barber was telling o deal of time to the Bacon-Shakespeare ' Als regular customers of his p,Q | controversy,” said O1d E¢ Howe, writ- | wedding. “You bet wa had 4 i | tng in his own maguzine. “Think of | time at my wedding," he gaid. 8 !the absurdity of it he continues. | of young pecple there, a big o) | We do. Onur notien of nothing to get ' and we had dancing ang singing lots of fun, and thero ! e - = By ———— excited abuut is this Gukespeare com wasut troversy Gght.” §OEOFOPOTRTOLDE LS QD0 DROORONDBOIO00000000) ' Powe!l & McCorquodale} 4 Staple and Fan.:y Groceries & Grain and Feed. | & @ \ Nice Fresh Stock to Select from, Courteous Treatmsnt eng ; (g 3 Falr Deal for All he % Your Patronage Solicited and Appreciated. | “) NI PHONE 290 RED LHROON Great Midsummer Clearance Sale! OMMECING Saturday, May 3rd at 9 a. m., we are going to dispost of all our Spring and Summe Clothing at a great reduction of 25 PER CENT off the dollar. Now is your chance get a Hart Schaffner & Marx su below cost. No goods reserved unlest paid for in advance, as this sale is strictl for cash. Come early and get your pick l The Home of Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes } The Hub JOSEPH LeVAY Plumking For a House Cof plete Only $115.00 Consisting of a complete bath r oom, containing one enameled tub, one enameled lavatory complete, one closet complete With oa_i.. and seat, one 18x30 sink in kitchen and 130 gallon range boiler ™ necessary pipes to complete job and pay nspection fees for $11°. Call and talk it over, Hot and cold water to all fixtures. MANN PLUMBING C Bowyer Bldg, 203 N. Ky., Ave. Phcme 257.

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