Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, June 7, 1913, Page 4

S P S PAGE FOUR. The Evening Telegrai Published every afteraoon from the Kentucky Building, Lakeland, Fla. ritered in the postoflice at Lake »and, Florida, as mail matter of thc second class. e e e ————— M. F. HETHERINGTON, EDITOR HENRY BACON, MANAGER. ——— e et SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Omoyear ........... i vt $5.00 @ix months ..............e0 2.59 Three months .......... b 1085 Delivered anywbere within the fimits of the City of Lakeland for 10 eonts a week. From tiye same office is issued THBE LAKELAND NEWS, A weekly newspaper giving a resume| ., are they and thrice blessed, of local matters, crop conditlons,| ., iy the sweet cadences of na- eounty affairs, etc. Sent anywhere for $1.00 per year. — “Everybody admits that there were: ot song that soothe and inspire with a number of very able, conscientious arnd patriotic men in the Legislature * which adjourned yesterday; but even . 4t all were intelligent and well dis- posed, it would be difficult to get ng hundred men to agree exactly on what'’s best to be done and the best' way to accomplish it. good sprinkling of dunder-heads, and | of temporal good, years crowned with, a number who went to the Lesgisla- ture to serve no good purpose so far as the people are concerncd, but merely to play politics—it can be un- derstood how greatly augmented were the difficulties in getting through wise and wholesome legislation. Peo-'“where e’ev we turn, O God, Thyv ple forget about the character of leg- islatures from session to session, just as they do about the weather from | year to year. We have never known a Legislature that did not go through these stages to judge from the ex- pression of popular opinion; when it assembled it was by far the most in- telligent body of lawmakers cver got- ten tozether; by the middle of the eesgion it was no better than its pred- ecessors; and by the time of adjourn- nent it was unquestionably the rot- tencst lot of incompetents, time-kil- lers, and self-seeking demagogues that ever disgraced the State. Of ccurse, these estimates are all cxag-' The Legislature just ad- gorated. jorned was an average one, with many members above the average; and when its work is finally viewed in an impartial light, it will doubt- Ices Le found to be as good as that of it predecessors. We could find much to criticise in the course of the ses- sion; we hope to find considerable to nraice as the completed work 18 subjected to review. -—0 Bishop William Crane Gray, who for many years has directed the work of the Episcopal church in Florida, will retire from active service in Qc- tober. He does this because he feels that a younger man should have this' responsibility on his shoulders, Bish- op Gray has done a great work in Florida, and the man who follows in' his steps will have a task to perform if he measures up to the standard set: by the old veteran. Bishop Gray’s! | home is in Orlando. i o It is a question if any place on! earth, “wet” or ‘“dry,” can produce as mgny fish and snake stories as ceme from Punta Gorda, and yet th little city on the bay is in one of! the driest of the dry countics in the Btate. State in the last contest in their ma- Jorities for prohibition. Why the: ghould continue to see those thin 33 18 a mystery. RS Rt The Tampa Times er or not all lobbyist inquirc wheth- from the We presume not—j i zosnel are| ve doing the lobbyiny act our legislative sessions, It is tree, however, that many neople think they would be better emnloyed attending to their ministerial dnties. | — e This is the season of the year when you should sereen your house against the mosquitoes and flies. These pests are your worst encmies, and as an exchange wisely remarks, screens are cheaper than bills.” “‘wire doctors’ —0 W' nat six cents is handed over te Rocsevelt it misut be well to ac- company il(__\\'iih the advice not un-l usial when such a sum is presented: “Now, my good man, don't spend this ! in the first saloon you come to!" —0 Herbert Phillips is a worthy voung man, and his friends all over the! State congratulate him on his good fortune in securing the nomiration | for the district attorneyship. In the death of Capt. J. C. \\'ri:hf.: Bartow loses one of her moest 1 respected citizens. The w! Polk county shares in the lo mourns with the people at Bartow, When, how- i many there are whose active life cov- ever, there was admittedly a pretty | ers half a century of years, years full ! DeSoto and Pelk led all the! A,L. B-GILL & SON | ttan the weariness of daily toil.i S lsomething more than the routine of | " rarvest rejoicings, something mo:‘ei than the exhiliration of a passing | wiee. The aroma of accepted sacrifice i1 in the perfume of the flowers, ‘““the rein upon the mown grass” bespeaks a Father's blessing graciously be- | siowed; the whispering breeze among tlie trees, the soft wind, bending ail its will the golden grain, wafts to the world’s sad heart the news of reconciling love. Every ray of sun- siine reflects the Savior's smile, and in the rainbow, after the summer showers, we behold in seventold beauty the unfailing promises re- newed. To inculcate this lesson ol trast the world’s redeemer plucked one of the lilies that grew by the wayside. God cared for this lily. He made possible its growth, He gave it tragrance, He outlined its beauty. 1f from the beauty and swcetness of this flower the Savior would hw‘ | | NATURE'S SUICER- | TIDE ADMONITION: ; (C. C. Redgrave.) The Bible is not the only “book ot 'God;” Nature speaks eloguently of i per Creator. “God lives through all| :Uis patient love on star and violet siecps, and whispers in the evening pine’s devotion.” And if the lower inanimate creation so universally and| with such all-pervading cheeriness attests the kindly providence of God, shall man be slow to apprehend his goodness? Shall we whom God haz made in His own image, fail in our. descriptions of priarie and give no! timely recognition of the power, the icve, the tender thoughtfulness that shines in every ‘‘flower that summer wreathes,” that whispers divine in! the sun and showers and in the dew‘ chorusing our maker's praise in the harvests teeming to our very -doors? tne soul gather the nectar of divine care, how full and lasting must bs the fragrant memorics of that same unsleeping providence gathered from the wide sweet of nature’s many in- carnations. Not alone the lily of the field, complete in beauty and of frga- rance sweet, but every flower and ev- ery tree of pleasing foliage and ev- ery verdant hill and dale and every zephyr's cooling breath, and every echo of birdlet's warbling, and the music of every brooklet's rippling end the subdued murmuring of every ! river's flow—each speaks eloguently, wure's singing, find music for the soul's uplifting melodies that be- speak heaven’s kindliness and notes the tidings of the fatherhood of God.| One is astounded at the prevalence of practical heathernism in nominally Christian lands. The moral teaching| of nature is as sadly ignored as the ingpired injunctions of the Bible are openly and professedly despised How | cach becomes a God-sent messenger. summer blessings, years of fragrance, a5 s = forethought ol beauty, years of matchless sing- ing, yet years of sterility of sou!, years of forgetfulness of God, years o’ moral stultification. heralding divine love, and tenderest care. And the reverent soul may— “Find tongues in trees, books in run- ning brooks, Sermons in stones and good in every- glories shine; Al ' And all things bright and fair are’ Thine.” Yes, RHEA SPRINGS nas munc’ 'and dancing—the place you can play This is summer-tide teaching tii.'golf, tennis, croquet, go fishing, sress speaks of it, the breezes wllis~f,w1mmmg_ boating, riding and driv- . per it. It sparkles in the showers; it automobiling, ing; !%s mirrored in the rainbow, it lslb‘g | huinted on the Rowers, it is distilleq | Proad walke, and the home of the "in the dew, it smiles in every ray Old Rellable Rea Springs water—! of sunshine, and the feathered song- ! the best that flows—been tried for a! sters sing it in their morning melo-' contury. No better place to ,ecup_i '?"‘:h l‘SL:l l‘“":" el ant LELA, h': erate. Fine accommoaations; rates suthers lnto barns and Stores away p.pgqnanle, Write for particulars. the wealth of years, with soul un- mellowed, with heart unsoftened, RHEA SPRINGS CO., with spirit unchastened, with life's| Cerkness unillumined and with char- ucter yet to be transformed by the|=—= oo Mv— unlifting helpfulness of each sum-; mer's teaching. | In God we live and move and have . our being, He is the giver of every | good and perfect gift. The rain from ' Leaven, the fruitful seasons are His| K N A B E handiwork. This is the faith of the' (World's Best) Christian. And we know by experi- i ] ence that the devout recognition of | P l A N : o this providence stimulates activity, o Rl "insures thrift, comforts in life's re- verses, transforms the ‘“secular” (?)! into the secred, makes the daily task ' Dl'ennen - ,Lattnel' a holy pleasure, and we think of the Company ; "world's vast army of toilers as God’s ORLANDO FLA. Fine lawn and Rhea Springs, Tennessee, If you want Piano Satisfaction, Buy a husbandry, co-laborers with Him in: [the use of gifts and opportunities di-| vinely given. And because of this impregnating of bright days with the song and the perfume of divine tenderness, they should mean to us comething mors = Sole Agents for Central and South Florida, Write Us for Catalogues, PRICES AND TERMS. ALL TAMPA STORES | Close at 12 o'clock jevery Thursday during JUNE, JULY, AUGUST “Try Trading in Tampa’ ? Ready to serve you any time except | i| Thursday Afternaons RICK I| Large Stock Prompt Shipments We Save You Money A. (:. Conyers Duval Building | Red, Buff, Gray and | Common Building i Thinking 0f #Building a Home | Our proposition will interest yua because It Insures you getting whba N . you want at a saviag of . A Home Built by Us on E. Lime St.lars. - ,._;-_)___ BUILDERS OF HOMES. Phone %4 Blaak. X X Jacksonville, Fla, ’Q If You Are g § N EISESERE FLA., JUNE 7, 1913, JNE 6, 1913 BELOW WE GIVE A FEW OF OUR PRICES WITH MANY OTHER GOODS OF EQUAL QUALITY AND PRICE. QUALITY OF GOODS IS THE FIRST THING WE LOOK AFTER AND THEN THE PRICE T0 MEET YOUR APPROVAL WITH A GUAR- ANTEE THAT EVERYTHING WILL BE AS REPRESENNED. THESE PRICES FOR CASH ONLY. 18 pounds Sugar for.........$1.00 Eest Butter, per Ib, -1} Cottolene, 10 pound can ...... 1.2 Cottolene, 5 pound «.....o.ov. 6 Snowdrift, 10 pounds ........ 1.10 Snowdrift, 5 pounds ......... .4 ¢ cans Baby Size Cream...... .25 Octagon Soap, 6 for.......... .25 Ground Coffee, per pound ..... .26 Sweet Corn, 3 for .....evv0e. W23 Best White Meat, per 1b. .... .18 5 gal, Kerosene ............. .60 Compound Lard, per 1b, ...... .10 Feed Stuff is our specialty. We are cut on South Florida avenue. But call us. We deliver the goods. D. H. CUMBIE & CO. Phone 337 Laksland L. W. YARNELL Successor to W. K. McRae. S o TRANSFER LINES Draying and Hauling of All Kinds Prompt and Rcasonable Service Guaranteed. Phone 57 Green UPHOLSTERIWG AND MATTRESY MAKING. Old Mattresses made over; cushior of all kind made o order. Drop w o pestal eard. Arthur A Douglas 415 B Ohis Btrect. Lakeland, Fla L. M. HATTON President m——— 10N. NOTICE OF SCHOOL ELECT ship 27, South of Rang — ning west to the Southw Township 27, South of running North to the N tion 18, Township 26, E thence running K r of Section 16, T Range 27 LEast, and the the Northeast corner of =6, p V. D. Adair, C. C. Your are hereby appointed insp, 9 tion, and Chas Parrish, clerk By order of the Board of pyy « 810-Sat. ! Notice i3 hereby given, that in l!ccurdnn(fe | with Chapter I, Article 5, Section 402, an ¢ c- tion will be held on the 5th day uf..lul,\, 1913, at Davenport, to determine whether 1\3 | territory deseribed herein hall be constitute a special tax school it _to-be known “3 the Davenport Speeial T chool DIs_trch, nnl to elect three trustces to serve two )enr..;‘n.u:l determine the number of mills to be assesse for each of the ensuing two years. The terl- ritory to be embraced In the District a8 fol lows: Beginning at the N. E. corner of Sec. 28, annhlhlp 2‘6, South of Range 27 East, and run- ning East to the county line, thence following DO YOU READ? 1f.you do not, then thifa esttoyou. CBUTIFYOUDO You want to see the bigy line of suitsthat we are:: selling for 25 per cent. off the dollar. This is the kind of weather that makes you feel good in in one of them. Deon’t wait till they are picked over. going at $6.00. IOulfltter The Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothing ] n?.cf!m( m‘xfmi;s, ur “lacing groduetes. Uie anship, B 20w, Postel Car? Wil 2 entay Catalooue, Cut 1 "“GET ¥ ) > S drawn. N Don S\ N ey Prizes also drawn on this date at 8 p. m. {7 DD DDID DI {7 FOURMOREDAYS Prices on Furniture at the WISE STORE"” Saturday, June 7th will be Rug Day. All rugs sold on this date At LESS THAN COST If lady not present when name called, another card will be 't Fail to be Here e r—— U A S G AR LAKELAND FURNITURE & HARDWARE (0. ‘ad will be of no interP Don’t forget our Palm Beach Suits ar Jur ochi lu be Mis vt en ¥, Ik . te dr, a, er, aile ng. LI eti c z - L oyl