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= *AGE FOUR. R ———————————————————— {72 Evening TVelegram .. Puhiished every Mlemm.\ from the ¥erpucky Building, Lakeland, Fla. Cucered In the pus'.otnu at Lake- mad, Flerida, as mail matter of tho‘ ~-ond class. «F HI:J‘HLRI\ ONe YEAr .. o. cooveenee .$5.00 Blx mouths .. .. co..onnn . 2.60 Three monthe ........ .. 135 Delivered anywhere within tbe llmits of the City of Lakeland tor 10 cents a week. L From the same office is issued | THE LAKELAND NEWS & weekly newspaper gIvIng 8 £/, ...q put it is very likely that|® sume of local matters, crop eondi, tons, county affairs, etc. 8ent any- where for $1.00 per year. The dispatches from Tallahassee fndicate that the advocates of the unborn State of West Florida are seriousiy (ontemplating doing some- thing that may result in the birth of the inluut commonwealth, One dispatch gues the length of saying that so cuinent a legal authority as Hon. W. A. Llount, of Peusacola, de- clares that the Legislature can’ create the proposel State without | imbibed the Ve Ly {that 1 L. 1 and in that el Helz BB “In Tick Vatso Vinces” may be bad Latin but a gowl slo for the lwoithy i ed in the | Roble cat > a chain which to of the destroy- Rescue and Re- 1dous words to bipeds or ,m vats throu | le to rid It med two t when appli I quislrupeas. ive junket to Pensa- y uncarncd and un- That leg cola is a h« if we had becen a member we would have gone with the erowsd and fully spirit of relaxation. Thiz is mercly a fizure of speech and has no covert meaning. 0 It is hard to taink of Jack Lon- don, the roystering story writer, as a champion of prohibition, but that’s what he is. His “John Bar- leycorn” in the Saturday Evening Post is the best prokibition arzu- ment ever made. e el When an act of ‘the Legislature | referring the matter to the People.!can repeal a section of the constitu- We can't believe that Mr. Blount|yion it will be competent for the #aid this, for it takes no deep or We" Legislature to carve a new State out cial learning in the law to knowthat' lof part of the present ome Without 8 question so cssentially tundamen-' submitting the matter to the people, tzl must ‘of necessity be submitted pu¢ not before, to the popular will for precisely the: same rcason that the adoption ot the constitution or any amendment thereto must travel the same road. We can hardly believe that the State division icsve will be st:ri_onsly con- sidered at this session. Submitted to Little Nonsense Now and Then tiie people it would be decisively beaten, but woud poll a good vote im Scuth Florida. Experienced. LEuiployer---Uo you kunow the dutu, of &n ollice boy? Oliice Loy—Ye,, sir; wake up lhc; e e The street railway and trolly lines Luakelund and surroundd- sreten lor q bookkeeper when 1 hewr the boss fug comnuitics recently suggeste 5 fo Lhe Tolesram, is atlracting fave coluing.-—New Orleans Times-Demo- oribic allcution, not only here but Crat. avway fiom houme, ‘T'he Times-Union N has this lo suy about it: Three Idcas of Nothing: i In an Irish school not loug ago a things aund many good people. Now | teacher asked o class to define “noth- a promincnt citizen 18 urging, ing.” He wrote the question on the thiousin the medium of that excel-| blackboard, and did so quickly and leat ncwspaper, the Telegram, that | Tather careless, says the Youth's stcps Lo taken to secure a street rail-! Cempanion, A little red-healed fel- wuy. The idea would be to have a| l¢W's Lund shot up. trolley line that would extend into “Well, Thaddy, what is nothing?” the suburbs and also reach out and Si¢ the teacher, “You may tell us. mcet the lines in nearby cities. Lnkc-l “It's the dot on the i ye've just Jand hus grown fiom a town into a forsotten to make, ror!™ was the tri- city within the past few yoars and | Umphant reply. her people are going abead at a An equally good definition was papid puce. It would not surprise that of the lad, who declaral that any of her friends to see a railway| "o/hing was a “footless stockini without a leg.” [Ie, too, wos Irish. project take hold and be carried to L.:ss imaginative, but no less con- succees in Lakeland.” SR ety vincing was the mercenary defiai- Thut sonorous prophet of war) ton glven by a carny “cleil’ in ' Scotland: with Japan, always on the job, Hon.| Richmoud P, %It's when a man asks ye to haud ruefully, con now takc a fresh grip on hig! M8 Lorse” he explained, propretie functions, wag his head and then just suys, “Thank ye." " with new assurance, ery havoc and et slip the dogs in the best style of | ] land has all sorts of good Hobson, of Alabama,! A story of cxtraordinary deafness was recently related at a meeting of | When all annoyunces have fled; [ \ ‘Llop left—Zeppelin IV., at Luneville, France. French territory are holdlng the ropes and guarding the dirigible. Zeppelln -~ Some product of those cacred pow- THE DAY’S WORK, i ers The day’s work counts— Which guide each mind, uphold each It isn’t what | hand, You mean to do a week aheal; Strive with the best at your com- It isn’t what you know you'll gala mand— The day’'s work counts— It isn’t what you dieamed and The day's work counts. planned— —Denver Republican. Such hopes are but a phantom Ninesiie band-— NOTICE. The day’s work counts. The annual sLCKNCIAErs mecetin . | | e The day’s work counts— l The toot you guined Since yonder sun dispelled the dark, Next week, next month, are vain— Unto the present summons hark; How have you fored ahead gince morn In garnering life's oil and corn? The day's work counts. Auditorium oi at 11 o'cloc ciation met at the Monday p- 6, 1918 nest year o o, ‘tncre not being ssented ut suid meeting was post] Friday, May v, at 2: stockholders are ur to be present at this mecting, as mat- ters of great importance are to be aftended to. CHAUTAUQUA AUDITORIUM AS- SOCIATION, H, D. Bassett, President. L. M. Futch, Sce. HLOCK Tel 7 requested The day’s work counts— It isn’t much, The gain of those few painful hours, But be content if there is shown and Trane, the crod s art. Dut believe us, Mr. liobson, there will Le no “,m.::l mevlical society in Philadelphin betwoen pan and this country. It An elderly lady, exceedingly hard of takes ¢ couse, something really | Pearins, lived near the river. One worth while, to create a state of afternoon a warship fired o salite of ten guns. The woman, alone in| war between modernnations. Nosuch eause cxists in this case, and Japan | Der little house, waited until the) Leoming ceased. Then she emoothed knows-that in any struegle with this michty continental republic there' her dress, brushed back her hair, and | i said sweetly: eduld Le but one issue—her own de- » | a @mw&h Shave for a Rough Face I'he little flowery kingdom| come in."—Tverybody's. to pose, but she knows who to | SLNATOR FLETCHZR UNEARTHS | E00s SWINDLING hAZ&L SRR EANES | PSS whiel: is cet as the hot ! nd the dog days loowm 7 perspective, the Stark Teleoraph says with truth and wis- dcm: & | “It is romething of a sacrifice fm: people to give up dogs to which they have become attached, but it would bde better for every dog in the com- munity to be killed than that the "ite chairman. A Jackeonville at-| Hfe' of one person be endangered.|torney reccived one of the brokes| The Telesraph cannot refrain from| circulars, and cent a dollar for the commending the example of Jake! “bargain” thus advertised. When it Jehns who voluntarily put his pet cdme under a government frank, dog to death when it was known]rostaze free, the attorney began to that the animal had been bitten by|think, He took up the matter with 8 rabid dog.” his senator. _— Palm Deach county defeated pro- Afbition in the election held there a few days ago. This is not surpris- In compliance with consmunon ing in view of the presence there of @and by-laws of B. M. & P. L. U. .\0 the great tourist hotels where the 12, Florida, all contractors in the, plutocrats, snobs andi newly rich of building line will pease take notice a!l kinds, along with many who that on and after the first day of Bate merely the appearance of August, 1913, the working Lours of tiches without the substance thers- this union will be « of, blow themselves during the win-! cents the price per he ter months, For how can a follaw i with ©reased trousers, © #nd tan cshoes blow hir efectively or impressivey town? of dogs, t an | (Continued from Page 1.) The business of the Kers I grown to big proportiol wmd it will ccntinue to thrive until the public learns a thing or two or Conzress stops it. The matter was called to the 1(- tantion of the joint printing commit-| tee by Senator Fletcher of Florida, NOTICE. Y I“‘ eo- on gocks operations of clf eithar paid the seale of in a dry It would be ill-ad » burglary a ¢ | JUH\' MURPHY, President. ] soning on this point by “The' FIELDEN, Financial Secretary. 640 No matter how terder your skin or tough- French soldiers who captured the balloon when it strayed into Top right—French soidiers Bottom left—French soldiers on guard Bottom right—Balloon descending at Luneville. of the Chuutauqua Auditorium assc-| & A 5 A e B A e N ™ e T -~ - - - ~ -~ CEMENT SIDEWALXS, We enlarge on the fact (i you lay a walk of cement t; finished—that means you'rc g stantly repairing nor paying 'money—when the job s finisye have one that will last. Improve your property— uyg ‘ai-to-date, get our estimate | ng the walks you ceed—ti sadsq oust will he Mnore tha « the big tmprovement in ty iy Get our estimate. LAKELAND ARTIF ol STONE WORKS § . |H B Zimmerman, py o~ ..‘..-....------.-.- 00 Powell 6 McCorquodale Staple and Fanoy Groceries Grain and Feed. § A Nice Fresh Stock to Select from, Courteous Treatment and % Fair Deal for All. 3 Your Patronage Solicited and Appreclated. TR PPONE 2°O RED 1d. sumsmer ) ale Still Going O/ i (. Now is your only chance to g that 2§ per cent off lhe dollar. Suits that were $25 now . BB 8 %0aew 1L 2 - " 15.60 i 13.5t I6 # 12.60 " 1.2) B 10.50 I2 " 6.00 T 7.5 $18.75 « « ({3 6 1 1 and wiry your beard, we can sell you a razor that will give you aclean, velvetshave. t It will give you a light orclose shave with no roughness, no irritation, If you cannot shave yourself, we will seil you a safety razor that gives an easy, safe, quick, convenient shave,at very small cost. Besides razors. we sell strops, brushes and other kinds of cutlery. Come in ‘ and talk to us about it. | %Plumbing For a House Co x5 @ Pants also cut down 20 per ceit off. €& Fine Silk Hats, all colors 50c¢ each. The Home of Hait Schaffner & Marx Clothes I THE HUB : JOSEPH LeVAY plete Only $115.00 Counsisting of a complete bath r oom, containing one ena tub, one enameled lavatory complete, one closet com plete with one 18x30 sink in Kkitchen and 130 ary 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 Dldg, 208 N. Ky., Ave. Phbcne 2 €8S