Subscribers enjoy higher page view limit, downloads, and exclusive features.
T MORE PARKS NEEDED AND LAKES SHOULD __ BEINPROVED The time nus come when Lakeland: must offer some forms of amusement and reasonable recreation to the visitors whom she is expecting to en- tertain with the completion of some of her numerous civic improvements. | their plants along Talleyrand avenue, we ought to do something to mal\e](cmex tbem beautiful. the Lakes Improvement Asaoclauon. { Company incorporated organized some time during the win- laws of the State of Florida for $1,- | WOMAN'S CLUB To . HAVE FISH FRY. —r Tomorrow afternoon about 5 o'clock the Woman's Clyb will celebrate Gentlemen's Day, by giving their husbands ang friends a fish fry on i the shores of Lake Morton, probably at the foot of Massachusetts avenue. i All members of the club are en- titled to invite three friends, and o large crowd will no doubt gather on tle lake to spend a delightful even ing. The ladies have also invited , the Governors of the Board of Trade, the invitation to which follows: Lakeland, Fla., May 19, 1913, n Case of Fire| Phone 5,000 Mr. L. W. Bates, of the tax coi- btor's office, spent today in the clty aking hands with his many friends, | S. Mrs. M. Bass and Mrs. F, B, rrell went down to Tampa today a pleasure and shopping trip. fr. D. J. McColl, of Jackson, Mich . remitting for his subscription, | “I ke your editorials, local r, J 0 the H rab; 1oV s and “Uncle Henry.” A good ouorable Governors of the a | Board of Trade, Lakeland Fla.: \-ln s Lakeland; hope to see “j Gentlemen—The Woman's Club of ain. thls city cordially invite you to be bresent at a fish fry given by them jon Lake Morton, Tuesday, May 20, at 6 o'clock, MRS. EUGENE ANGEL, Corresponding Secretary, The new city hall has been about' npleted as far as the outside work ' concerned, and now only remnlns, p interior work to be donme. The |ding shows up well and will be a | STUDIO TO REMAIN QPEN. fr. Claude Park, of Tampa, wu' e ve Monday for a brief visit lo U will remain in Lakeland a1l sum vernor and Mrs, Trammell at the | ™ 224 Will be glad to add new pu- Mr. Park is a cousin of| Pl 1o my STUDIO OF ART. Rates for month of eight lessons: nsion. vernor Trammell and is the son' ) Mrs. J. T. Park, of Tampa, who|<.‘rayons in Black and Sepia...$2.50 at present a guest at the mansion | \VAter Color Painting ....... 3.00 Tallahassee Democrat. {Oil Painting . 3.00 i(‘hlna Painting lewis Richardson, who has spent Samples of my work can be geen eral months in Lakeland, the &t Miss Patton's Store. Call and est of his aunt, Mrs. N. A. Riggins, | '(xnmlue them, then phone 332 Black t this morning for his home 1| lor come to 409 Vermont Ave, b far State of Washington. The|?!2 MISS DAISY B. WILLIAMS. ing man goes within ten miles of T Canadian border and will not SAY! ch his home untfl Saturday. This| There bhain't no “some” big country. vou're digging. You might as well come up with ,‘thp rest of the boys to the Baraea Class at the Baptist church next ott, wife and two children, on an|gypday ang help us dig to make our omobile trip, which will take;cla“ of young men the largest in m away for about a month or six Florida. Nuff sed. The party will first go t) inesville, Jasper, and from there Ocilla, Macon and Atlanta, Ga., ey will visit other points in Geor- | probably and will no doubt en-' their trip and visit with rela- es immensely. taters where {rs. A. H. Darracott leaves to. rrow with her son, Mr. J. W. Dar- “OMMITTEE. —— Not Much Difference. “Da you act towards your wife as (you did before you married her?” | “Bxactly. [ remember just how I md to act whex [ first fell in love - AR R, | with her. | used to hang over the eeing Rev D: B. Sweat carressiny !fence {n front of her house and gase ve-dollar gold piece this morn- |at her shadow on the curtain, afrald , an investigation was promptly to goin. AndIact just the same way tituted to ascertain how an edi- | BOW when I get home late.” right now- We speak of our beautiful lakes, but What has become of ter? Since those people met and' Lake Morton has gone from bad to worse. As a visitor remarked yes- terday, “Your people do not seem to For some reason Instead, she casts up to the and for some time to come since the location of the more hopeless ever. If the toul open cesspool. It seems as though we shall have lo go out of town for lake attrac- ! tion, and, ought to have something done once towards having a park and re- sort on Lake Parker, the largest anl in this connection, we at most attractive lake in the neigh Lorhood. vision will develop a beautiful nat: ural park on the shores of Lake Parker, making at the same time a magnificent resort for our visitors and ourselves, and a big hunch of money for himself by the increased value to the adjoining property, We need the park, we need two parks attractive entertainment fea- these attractions. again, we need a street car progress she is making in other There need be ne guestion of pub lic spirit on the part of one man who could easily meet the situation, Lecause the setting apart of a suit- able site, as has already been pointed people of thui Lake Mirror, Some day a man with a’ Had we such a park to-' day it would not be long before w: pany this morning, he said: had a street car line for lmkelund,‘ -one on Lake Parker ani, another on Lake Hollingsworth, untl; an electric park with aerdome and’ other tures, would be a big drawing caril | for people who would spend mounths here instead of going to other places where they find And, line around Lake Hollingsworth, and a park there would insure the im- mediate building of a street car line. Lakeland is surely sleeping on her ! rights and opportunities, in spite oi the ways. HE EVENING TELEGRAM, LAKELAND, FLA., MAY 19, 1913. ' . SEMINOLE RUBBER COMPANY ESTABLISHES AGENCY HERE. Mr. A. D. Harley, president of the Seminole Rubber (9., with Mr. E. T. (,Iyatt of the company, is in Lake- land arranging with the Model hard- ware Co. to act as distributors for Ithe company in this section. Rela- tive to this concern, the Jackson- I\ille Metropolis of May 14 says: “Many large concerns have located end it has become the manufacturing The newest concern to locate in this city is the Seminole Rubber under the 000,000, and many of its stockhold- || talked over the improvements nec- ers are men who are prominent in essary to be made, the shore around. the banking, and commercial world in this State. ‘“‘Recently the company purchased a plant located on the river at Tal- appreciate these lakes, or they would leyrand avenue and Twenty-first certainly do something to make them ' street, and have begun the work of j more attractive.” | oz other, Lake Mirror no longer mir-' ture preparatory to the manufacture rors, sky a face of the color of “the big mated by those actively engaged m muddy,” improvement here cannot well be ex- | years they will employ nearly two | pected, city’s stock pound and stables has gkilled laborers and who will be @ made the situation than city are not careful, as we have so long loved to know it, mediately began will become nothing more than u ' rebuilding and remodeling the struc- ,of tires for automobiles. It is esti- the company that in less than t.wo thousand men, each of whom ars valuable addition to Jacksonville. “A few days ago Engineer J. (. Purdy was placed in charge and im- to the actual It is necessary ground preparatory ! building operations. to .enlarge the present dockage fa- |8 "cllities, so that ships carrying the raw material may land, to remove | the machinery which is now on th2 ground and' make other changes. t is the intention of the com- cleaning up the]% PAuE AR J. J. DAVIS & CO. Successors to D. Fulghurm 218 and 220 South Florida Avenue Heavy and Fancy Groceries Hay, Grain, and Feeds a Specnalty Phone 334 L : Powell {'3 McCorquodale ; Staple and Fanoy Greceries Grain and Feod. : LT 3 A Nice Fresh Btock to Select from, Courteous Treatment and a Fair Deal for All Your Patromage Solicited and .Appreciated. pany to rush the work forward to|¥ completion and to be in active oper- { ation by the fall of the present year. “General Manager Hardy, who is |} ione of the best known tire men in |3 winter the country, is enthusiastic regard- ing Jacksonville's unequalled oppor- tunities as an industrial city. “In speaking of the plant and the plans of the Seminole Rubber Com. | ‘‘Not only have we found ideal natural conditions, but the continue i co-operation and support we have re- ceived has been far in advance of anything that we have hoped for. Wa are rapidly reaching the limit of the stock that will be sold at this time which will give us ample working capital according to our originai | Plans, i “We are also in close touch with the right men for the heads of the various departments, this is most im- portant and 1 am glad to be able to report that when I took this question lup with these experts in different parts of the country with whom I[ have been associated at one time or { another 1 had no trouble in convinc- ing them of the exceptional oppor- tunities offered here.' " FLETCHER AFTER APPBO- NI PHONE 290 RED EYES EYES EYES Dr. Edgar H. Cole will be here on his regular visit Tomorrow, May 20. All examinations free. All errors of re- fraction carefully correated. COLE & HULL Jewelers and Optometrists Phome 173 Lakeland, Fla. Lakeland l’avlng&(:onstruction Co. Artificial Stone, Brick and Concrete Bulldlng Material Estimates Cheerfully Furnished on Paving and all Kinds of Astiticial Stone Work 307 West Main Street- Phone 348-Black out, would increase the value of ad- | joining property so that it would be a business proposition pure and sim- PRIATIONS FOR FLORIDA. could be in possession of such Ith. Mr. Sweat explained that Shepping In the Ozark Distriot, (Continued from Page 1.) “You keep sportin' goods yur, doa't you?! inquired a fraszled looking eitizen from out on Rurupus Ridge, ad dreasing the proprietor of the Rard wore store at Polkville, Ark. “Eb heb, that's what | ‘lowed. Well, what I was aimin’ to git was a straight Jacket for a orasy man."—Kansas City | Star @P0PPOPE0PEVSP0P+O+E0O SV T00 LATE TO CLASSIFY. ORI D OOOOC-OCRIOCHORRIOTT ATTRACTIVER OOMS TO RENT— Apply to P. O. Box 4, city. 731 Was prize money, the Christian Ad- ate, of Nashville, Tenn., having ered several prizes for suggestions to the best method of observing 2 to be designated as ‘‘Advocate " for the benefit of that paper. thout much thought of securing 3 ze Mr. Sweat dashed off a few emdracing his ideas on the position and was surprised and aséd this morning to learn that bad won the second prize, five lars in gold, which was forwarded him. pecial For: ATURDAYS, ) Ibs Granulated Suuar $1 00 anyone buying for ash other goods to amount of One ollar or more. Only ¢ package of sugar a customer. Every- ng as represented| money refunded. | .T. Chandler Formerly Ferguson & Usher. Phone 123 Adams Building | uager ......ceco o1l orth Kentucky Ave.| mmasxsmmis ..-...& LOST--Orange walking cane, alliga- tor engraved on head and one on the front. J. A. engraved on the hiudlu Return to J. A. Davis, T2 N. Tennessee avenue. 737 2 furnished rooms for 401 N. Flor- 730 F‘OR RENT-— light housekeeping. 2500 0880 00EADDPEES ida avenue. Wm" A BOOSTER 1S ONE WHO DOES THE GREATEST GOOD TO THE GREATEST NUMBER. WE SHOW THB BEST PIC- TURES IN THE BEST MANNER. Open at 5:30. THE SPHINX, OR LOVE UNDER THE RED TERROR. (A Story of the French Revolution, in Two Reels.) HER VISITOR. (Crystal Comedy.) ple: No. SlX-SlXty Si nothing doing, because there is so little enthusiasm. We ought to get together and de somcting, and we ought to do it right now. at least two good parks for the com.|snrough a banking and currency law ing season. We want - A. J. HOLWORTHY, Secretary Board of Trade. IX This is a prescription prepared especial for MALARIA or CHILLS & FEVER, Five or six doses will break any case. and It acts on the liver better :ham 5 and 10 Cents But, in the meantime, there is! fect that the administration, bhav- ing forced on the country a tariff bill which great interests do not like, will endeavor to even things up with the moneyed interests by putting which will suit large banking con- cerns. By no means do all such criticism emanate from Republican sources. Scme of the House Democrats are dis- tlnclly hostile to trylng to legislate n banking and currency in a com. mhenlu way at this time. It looks as if nothing but use of whip and if taken then as 8 tonic the Fever will not | spur could force the House Demo- return. Calomel and does not gripe or sicken. cratic caucus to accept a bill such as is proposed—one drawn on the ‘“re- glonal reserve” bank theory. MY LINE INCLUDES Newspapers Magazines Stationery Post Cards Cigars “ome and see me before pcy 1asing elsewhere. Yor: tronage appreciated. Miss Ruby Daniel News Stand Leboy of Bdisonia Theater STADOTHTSTHOS0GSITSGIOVONIL STOLOT ST O HTSIPUSTGUOOSTI F.& HOFFMAN ~J. N DWIS J. P. NEWBEGKER Pm Sec.& lrcs Supt & Gen, Man. V. Pres. & Asst Mas = q FERNLEIGH INN Gorner Missouri Avenue and Main}Street Electric Lights, Bath and Toilet Gool, Gomfortable and Homelike Rates, Board and Room: Transients, $1.25 per day; Regular Boarders, $5.00 per week. MRS. RUBY W. BRIDGES, Prop. “Clincher” Paint We kiow a paint which holls to the wood like a diiven nail, is porous. cells, wood in the form of a solid, clastic film, fastens into these and the wiole coat of paint is actually rivetcd like armor- plate to the surface it and protects, Atlantic White Lead (Dutch Boy Painter Trade Mark) and Pure Linseed Oil make the pe body. It pat itself —an oater laver o life of the lumber. Scasoned luinbor The pores are the empty sp- White lead paint, which dric- on e pores, decorates paint tat spreacs into a sl Ve ” 1 UCC s a « wond at preserves the Ve scdl it as well as other painting req- wsites. Come in and have a talk with us about painting. JACKSON & WILSON Co0.