Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, May 21, 1913, Page 4

$AGE FOUR. Ite Evening Telegram =+ “ublished every afternoon from the; Kentucky Building, Lakeland, Fla. ’ ViT SAW LIS - 10413 bE:ORE KE LIED (C. D. Clough in Tampa Times). Lakeland, Fla.,, May 20.—'Mid the Entered In the postofiice at Lake- | nun tend, Florida, as mail matter of the ' Florida and Hillsboro in particular, - veond class, | there was probably nd ome better — e e 10w N among the cattle men thau @ F. HETHERINGTON, BDITO&I Berrian Platt, who died recently at his home near the station of You. mans, on the Atlantic Coast Line railroad, aged 90 years. One of the cLief reasons why this artilce is writ- ten is due to the peculiar fact that only a few days ago Mr. Platt had I, W. Crawford, Griffin, Fla,, build him. & solidsbi nd concrete vault in the old'e tog at Mt Evon church, loda ‘about miles northeast ant City,, Mr. Crawford infos e writer that Mr, Platt sent for him to, do the work, cand sat nearby during the day and supervised the construction of the HENRY BACON, Manager. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One year aix montha .. .. ... Three montns Neiivered anywhere within the itmits of 4he City of Lukeland for 18 cents & week. RS ET S0 0 o D s U ¥i.w the same office 1s lasued THE LAKELAND NEWS 4 weekly newspaper giving & re- sume of local matters, crop comndi, tlons, county affairs, etc. Sent any- wlero for $1.00 per year. _lvhen he passed to that world beyond, | Mr. Platt was at ghat time in good lhealth and able %o attend to his i | many duties ,oftgn riding or driv- Death, which renders all meu jng to Plant or Lakeland on egual, has laid its hand upon one|business or pl re. He did not HENRY M. FLAGLER. (our] § ————————————— . MULICE Ug IinikinilUn TO APPLY | LALBLAND sUKMAULL AND LARUWARLE CULZANY, | Notice is hereby given that the s plonecr citibzens of South | undersigned incorporators intend to |apply to the Honorable -Park M. Trammell, governor of the State of | Florida, at Talluhassee, Florida, on wie 14th day of Jume, A. D. 1913, for letters patent on the proposedl charter of the LAKELAND FURNIL. 'TL’RE AND HARDWARE COM PANY, herete attached. E. H. YOUNGS, JR. F. T. HOUSER. F. A. GRETHER. Articles of Incorporation of the Lake- _land Furniture and Hard- : ware Company, We, the undersigned, do hercby as saciate ourselves together for the i burpose of forming a corporation for | brofit, under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Florida, and do vault which was to hold his body | hereby adopt the following charter. 1—Name and Location, The name of the corporation shaii be, The Lakeland Furniture ahd Hardware Company, and the princ:- pal place ‘of business shall be . at Lakeland, Polk county, Florida; but the, corporation shall have the right lows. In the solemn twilight attend-' :::1'::1"’; 'n “::" o‘rhl?ltj:;. ::S:;en‘; :: nofslblo, put &anted to know that: all provisions burlal in_dueftime. After the work was completéd he wrote out his check in payment and rode away to! his home not far distant. On Tuesday, while driving to Plant City in his buggy, the horse became frightened at a car, running away and throwing Mr. Platt to the sround, receiving such injuries that 20 died the next day. The same par- who in life towered above his fel-| drecm of an efl}:yp’ demise, but on the ant upon the phenomenon that re- duces earth’s mightiest, as well as the veriest beggal‘.‘t:o elemental dust, it seems there is possible a clarity of vigion enabling us to pass judgment with ‘gFeater Justice and Eorrectaess than amid the distractions and ob- ecurations of animate activity, Shorn of the glamour that attends great wealth, and relieved of the shadow of to.establish branch offices within;and without the State of Florida, as de.. sired. yere made for his| -, Al 2—Nature of Business. The general nature of the business 10 be transacted by the corpgration :{8hall be to buy, own, lease, hold, Juortgage, sell, ¢r otherwise encum- ber real estate. To buy, own, sell, rent or lease all kinds of furniture, furnishings and fixtures; all kinds of hardware; all kinds of crockery, and -chinaware, and #ny and all kinds of ~ PRESI DENT HUERTA 0 o tii the officers shall be chosen at the day of May, 1913. : [ first annual meeting and duly quall-: k. H. YOUNGS; JR. (Seal). ! fied, the business of this corporatiou F. T. HOUSER, . (Seal). shal]l be conducted by the followin: F. A. GRETHER. (Seal). officers, to.wit: State of Flofi E. H. Yaungs, Jr., shall be the‘c of Pol:l’ B n og::oyre'me C. M. Clayton, & notary LT H , shall be the vice e R » ¢ p,.el:id:‘ntl o Fih public, State of Florida; this day per. . Jr. A 11 be the secretary sonally appeared E. H. Youngs.l ’ v F T. Houser, and F. A. Grether, to ang treasurer. F MEXICO AND HIS ADVISERS Notary Publie, State of Fioria "'My commission' expires on the i envy that great wealth begets, we may now view the real man, and pass upon his record with impartial | ty who built the vault on Monday of leet week closed in the top and ce- mented the outside after the body had been laid to rest Thursday. The writer calls to mind that twenty-nine or thirty years ago he had the pleasure of diring with the‘, Justice. If the works of Henry M. Flagler should pass into nothingness with! his physical being, the inspiration af-1 pjatt family when they resided at forded American youth by his careery t:_ho “Creek Home"” on the old Tamva | would alone suffice to make his lifc‘ and Mellonville road. He had a pal- cne of guperlative usefulness. It was'atial country home for those days, e far cry from the boy working in s!end an elegant orange grove, with country store at §5 per month to the “cattle upon a thousand hills.” His millionaire projector of enterprlses‘home was the stopping place for ol world-wide import, but his in-' hundreds of tired and hungry team- | dustry and perseverance bridged thu!smrs as they went to and fro be- gédmingly impassable chasm, and: tween settlements of Pdlk county .crowned with success n'vaulting but and Tampa. In those days a rail. accurately guaged ambition. - [Foad Was not known in these parts Measured by the importance to hu-| 3nd all produce was carted to Tampa | mainity of his achievements, he may | and groceries as well as every other merchandfse genérally handled or {kept in hardwar: stores and furni- ture stores; to buy, hold, sell, mort- gage, or lease any and all kinds ol personal property; to receive on con- sicnment for sale on commission or otherwise, all kinds of personal prop- crty; or to do any and 211 things necessary for the proper conduct o! the aforesaid business, 3—Capital Stock. The capital stock of the corpora. tion shall be forty thousand dollars ($40,000.00), to be divided into four hundred (400) shares of the par value of one hundred dollars! ($100.00) per share, to be paid in money or in property to be used in the conduct of the business of thej justly be regarded as a great man. | And in his nature the evil was so: article not prdocued on ' the farm were hauled over the heavy sand, F'corporation, & just value of whica I property shall be agreed upon by far outweighed by the virtues that|brought to the settlement stores and the incorporators at a meeting called it would be unfair to designate him/ there sold to the few people. I re-| AP (RO D as other than a good man. tcok advantage of the conditions which made it possible for him to : $10 per barrel. In this famous grove Iof Mr. Platt’s stood one of the largest Said corporation It bo!| member full well when flour sold at ©hall have the right to increase its | capital stock to any amount, mot to | exceed one hundred thousand dol- accumulate great wealth, it should|trees known in.this country, lmviuggl‘"'s ‘“00'000:00!) Wh‘i“ :0 desired be borne in mind that he employed | Produced year after year more thani DY the majority of the stocl A that wealth to far greater advantage| 10,000 oranges, which would make,! by the majority of the stockholders tn his fellow men than have our much vaunted philanthropists. When men asked for bread he did not prof- fer them a book; but his great en- tcrprises opened the way for thous. auds to secure support while main- taining their self-respect. He used his riches well and wisely; and there would be little conflict between cap- 4tal and labor {f all capitalists should Adopt his policies and methods. His influence upon thé. develop-|: auent of Florida will never be fully recognized except by the thoughttul few. It is not only in the fmmediate saction where his activities took shape that this influence was opera- tive. That section, indeed, owes to him ite transformation from a barren, desolate waste to a fair and fruitful country; but the effect of the enterprises Inaugurated there fnay fifty boxes. In those days or- - anges were sold per hundred and not 80 much a box. Mr. Platt told me on that day that an orange seed was planted in a cigar box in Tampa in the year 1838, the result of which a small tree soon made its way up and being carried to the homestead was transplanted: and after :many years grew to be the mammoth tree above described. man's word was his bond and one cattleman was always willing to loan money to his neighbor without ac- cepting any note or mortgage and seldom were suits entered in tii courts for this particular tralxaac-| ' tion. Those were happy-go-lucky | days when the crack of the whip was about the-only thing that alarmed ithe woods save the occasional sound Those days were days when a good | was to turn the eyes of the nation|Of a shotgun when some person be- upon a State which before had been;c2me hungry for a supply of wilu rowning a majority of the stock. 4—Term of Existence, ‘Fhis corporation shall continue for a term of ninety-nine years, unless ! sooner dissolved according to law. 5—O0fficers. The officers or this corporation _shall be a president, a vice presiden:, , & 8ecretary, a treasurer and a boari of directors that may consist of not less than three or more than seven persons as the stockholders or board 'of directors may desire, and suci other officers as the stockholders may elect or the board of directors may rappoint. The secretary and treasur- er may be one or more persons, and the officers herein named may hold any of the offices established by the { stockholders or the board of direc- tors.: - The annual meeting of said corporation shall be held on the sec. /ond Monday in January in each year, but “this date may be changed by E. H. Youngs, F. T. Houser and F A. Grether shall cmpose'a boaru of directors. The majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum. 6—Limit of Liability. shall be an amount equal to thLe | emcunt of stock I geribed. 7—Seal. The said corporation may have i geal bearing whatever words or de- sign said corporation may desire, vhich said seal shall be kept in the custody of the secretary of the cor. poration. 8—Subscribing Incorporators, The names and residences of the subscribing incorporators. of this incorporation, together with. the| amount of capital stock subscribed by each, are as follows: E. H. Youngs, Jr., Lakeland, Flor- ica, $19,750, 1971% shares. F. A. Grether, Lakeland, Florida, $12,750, 1271 shares. F. T. Houser, Lakeland, Florida, 75 shares, $7,500. In witness whereof, the under- signed incorporators have hereunto set their hands and seals this 12th ARCHER New.and Segcind Hand Sto__re FOR.BARGAINS Ol stoves and wood stoves, double ovens and single ovens, dressers ani commodes, Tocking chairs and din- + !ing chairs, tables, kitchen cabinet' sideboards and refrigerators, library table, ‘baby cabs, beds and waikers: The highest amount of liability o:‘; . | indebtedness to which the corpora- |ticn may at any tire subject itself! at that time sub-| them out at i ter and who have described in same, $6. i i Ofregun, finance; de Ia Barra, foreign affairs; g, Reading from left to right: Bayes, justice; Esquinal i : ; ; dragon, war; ‘President Huem;_ Kr‘a Stnyoll. publk; works; Garcia Ggrmdor. lt?te,!‘lflobllgfl, interior: and severally acknowlecged ty, me that. they executed said 5 ] for the uses and purposes thergiy g ! pressed. . In witness whereof I have py unto set my hand and officis this .12th day of May, 1913, C. M. CLAYTON, me known, and known to be tiwe per-. day 6f July, 1916. - ! ecps who signed the foregoing char- JOHN 8. EDWARDS, Attorney for the Corporation, 00 @YUR Suit {and rants’ | Sale will continue a | few weeks longer. We have a few Palm Beach Suits left and will close On Saturday, the 17th -we are going to sell a few Straws at First Come, First Serbed Don’t Forget good fron beds $2, $2.50 and $3; but slightly regarded, and the im. petus to immigration thus given has &ffected every portion of Florida, and will be felt in cumulative effect per- petually. He drank of the cup of success its sweetest draught—the joy of accom- pl'shment. It was given to him to finish the great undertaking which had so long been his dream; to look ,upon his completed work and to pro- nounce it good. Life has no greater compensation to offer than this. He pald, too, the penalty of suc- cess: the envy of lesser minds; the Latred of little souls; the ingratitude the way of fortune. all he pursued his way;, unassuming, modest and kind- 1y, his course marked by many acts of unostentatious benevolence. He has passed now beyond the reach of praise and blame. History will do Justice to his memory. —— We note that the Ocala Banner has sceured the Associated Press service, and the Telegram can no longer lay claim to being the only newspaper in interior Florida carrying that serv- fce. However, we are glad to have such distinguished company as the Banner, the addition of this telegra- phie service being the one touch needful to make it the ideal small city dally. meat, and as it only required a few |the by-laws. In the election of of- minutes to kill a fat buck the hunt-' ficers each stockholder shall be en. er generally satisfied his appetite for titled to one vote for each share of some time to come. There were no Stcck owned by him and said vote markets for fresh venison or wild may be cast in person or by proxy, ! turkey, hence the hunters only kille:! evidenced by ' written authority game when they wanted a change 8:gned by the owner of the stock.'No trom the home-raised meat. Trans.' Person who is not'a bona fide stock- portation in those days was slowil‘omef shall be eligible to hold any' ] and tiresome. The common convey- office of the corporation enumerated!* ' ance was the old time ox-cart drawn | in this charter but any person chosen " f B by two to four yokes of oxen. There by the board of directors may hold were no railroads or automobiles, yer' any office established by the stock. the old cart served its purpose well. kolders or the board of directors. Un- But what a change; from the homes'| of long azo have risen palatial resi-; But through it| convenience moncy can purchase or! § even-tempered | Man can desire, and os time passes: Ly more inventions are brought into service that make life more desirable and home more comfortable. AS OTHERS SAW HIM. A rather pompous-looking deacon was endeavoring to impress upon the rcung minds of a class of boys the importance of living a Christian life. “Why do people call me a Chris- tian, children?” the worthy digni- tary asked, standing very erect and smiling down upon them. A moment’s pause—then a shrili little voice was heard to say: “Be- cause they don’t know you.” and auto! address and is securely held in pl Pours! springs, $1.25, $1.50 and $3.- Wil exchange new furniture for old, Goods bought and sold. Lo =) ‘ b — 210 W. Main St., . d Old Opera House Building, Ts your. § grip or grunk worth 35:7“““‘;5.“.“ worth | tobeidentifiedin case of accident ardeath. | { 1diMificatihPfob, gri or'trink chéck wi address | -umpedu:;'x:r;g over close_.l_ over nameand 50c. Post. BRASS, 33¢, . ‘German silver key ritig with nam# and address | l l ! on by automatic machinery hes long, and lever gript . Postage paid. silver, as we cannot accept Wite or print name and address plainly to avoid errors. Iliustrations are ofie-halfactual size. Make money in spare time by so. liciting Splepdi orders for these mecessities. d proposition for men, women and young folfs. If interested in egent's proposition, writefor full particulars <3P when you order. . Roquemore, | TheHome of Hart Schatfner & Marx Clothes THE HUB JOSEPH S | ————— : Rlumbin g For a House Co! Consisting of a complete bath r oom, tub, one enameleq lavatory tomplete and'seat, onc 18x30 sink in kitchen necessary: pipes - to complete job:and Call and- talk it over, Hot and ¢ Bowyer Bldg, 203 N. Augiiting TAMPA Accounting M. WooDwARD LeVAY pay nspection 6ld water to all fixtures: MANN PLUMBING O Ky., Ave. Phcne 257. containing one enameld , one closet complete w?lh and 130 gallon range boiler tees for $11% Systemad ¥ hitte! rd, orn My erin er ity t c H ncin Mis n w i ome ast ome mosf Rev lori. 2011 here urnin ight. ites | s emb| husiag ute on pers in John 1 Tan ay 30 Pricans ere h ail, wh ix wee ere t| 0 to t a few Nebragk| rother i that ere ele Former Ada