Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, June 28, 1913, Page 4

Pacs FOYR, ihe Evening Telegram Published every alternoon from the! Kentucky Building, Lakeland, Fla, wntered in the postotlice at Lake- .and, Florida, as mail matter of the/ sncond class. M. F. LHETHERINGTON, EUITOR.] | ANACER. BENRY BACON, M SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One year #ix months $hree months .............. | Delivered anywhere within the| Hmite of the City of Lakeland for 10 esnts a week. From thie same office ia issued THE LAKELAND NEWS, A weekly newspaper giving a resume i local matters, crop conditions, eounty affairs, ete. Sent amywhere for $1.00 per yeal. e —————————— et et . Most of the editors are awa) ifrom| home this week attending the Press Association, and as a consequence the current issues of their papers are un- usually good. Ry VR O There has been quite a discussion in the press as to who put the “‘Hel’ in Helen. Might ask Lincoln Hulley —he might know. There is a reason for this suggestion if you Hunt for it. dunns gl Wi The Miami Metropolis complains that certain editors are too careless GG 0OO000000000 0OU00 QOUOT . @ JUNE 29 IN HISTORY & ] = 4 DD MO DTG O, 1804--The Hague sent a deputatio to congratulate Napoleon on his accession to the throne cf France. Part of the Table Rock at Niagara Falls gave way. Seven days' battles; four Con- federate divisions, under Gen- eral Longstreet, aided by an armored train, came up with Sumner's corps at Savage's Station, but was repulsed, Sumner thus inflicting a ser- jou scheck upon the pursuing columns. Secretary (hase of the Treas- ury resigned because Congress refused to accept his plan for raising war revenues. Mr. Tilden nominated Presi- dent of the United States by the Democratic National Con- vention at St. Louis. Fall of price of silver througn the Indian currency act; sil- ver mining and works sus- pended in Colorado an other places. -Major-General Merritt sailed from San Francisco to the Philippines on board the New- port. IS0 1862 1864 1893~ “THINKS INDIANS CON- TROL FLORIDA. The following article which ap- peared in the Lake Worth Herald a THE EVENING TELEGRAM, LAKELAND, FLA, JUNE 28, 1913. o0 OOOOOOUOOOOQ QRO LHOEOD =l =3 @ JUNE 28 IN HISTORY 2| o < LO0 SFOTBGABOOINT TOGO GRR | 1796-—Battlg of Renchen; Moreau victorious over the Austrianc. 18 15—Prussians, under Blucher, de- feated the French at Villera Coterets. 1855—Battle of Rivas, in America. 1892-—Battleship Texas launched at Norfolk, Va. 1895—The bond syndicate complete the transfer of wold to the United States treasury; gold balance, $107, 774; cash balance, $192,620,422, report- ed. 1912-—Gen. e 553, Estenoz, leader of the Cuban rebels, was killed in| the battle ending the Cuban Negro rebellion, TODAY'S BIRTHDAY HONORS. Hon. William Edgar Borah, sen- ior United States Senator and Pro- gressive leader of Ohio, was born June 28, 1865, in Wayne county, I1l.; was educated in the common schools of Wayne countyfi at the Southern I!linons Academy, Enfield, Ill, and at the Kansas State University, Law- rence; was admitted to practice law September, 1890, at Lyons, Kans, and devoted his entire time since ex- clusively to the practice of law un- til elected to the United States Sen- ote January 15, 1907. His term of service will expire in 1919. DAILY RIDDLES. Central | The National Steel Reinforg Cement Vault, Best in the World As a Burial Recepy, Nothing Heretofore Manufactured Can Cempete b ? The NATIONAL WATER-PROOF CEMENT VA It is all the name implies: First: Steel Reinforced rhroughout with expanded Sheet makes it strong and ghoul-proof. Secord: It is water-proofed by a Specal Process, and the g is sealed to the body of vault, after the casket is placed therein, VISIBLE SEAL that shows the sealing is absolutely perfect. wbout giving credit for editorials ap- propriated by another paper. ‘“Why short time ago, presents a fair sam- ple of the jdeas and impressions that not use quotation marks when you|scme people get concerning Floridu;' swipe an editorial?” asks the Met.| «joh, geason of Sydney, Australia, | Why, bless your innocent little heart,! cyiqontly has some peculiar notions| : Questions The old method of burials in a Wooden Rough Box is raj mal]-d l:ob:/:ii::m;zlund should an °“'supe"seded by (he more 2. Where is a good place for hun- what would be the use in swiping stuff if we tattled on ourselves that way? Many ap editor achieves a reputation as a writer by his ad- roitness in hiding credits—and there-I by taking unearneqd credit to himself. | werar—s() The people of Florida generally will be much interested in learning| tkat Hon. Peter O. Knight has hark-' ened to the call of the soil and is pow Farmer Knight. The announce- mwent was made by the Hon. P. 0l himself at the press banquet in Tam- pa, and it was received with almost -4ndecorous levity. Farmer Knight} has written to his erstwhile Talla- hassee friend, Cladue L'Engle, for u big supply of Claude's guaranteed gressive garden seeds, and we will await results in anticipation of some agricultural records being broken. e e o0 Dixie thinks ‘‘no one would ques-! tion that Fred DeBerry would make a better Congressman than Spark- man,” but advises the political poet, or poetical politician, whichever you will, to withdraw in favor of Jack' Knight, This may be good advice, tut we don't believe Fred will mke‘ it e alrcady has issued his plat- foerm, aid to have a one-| cent lctter postaze plank in it, be-' gides other things which are more easily wished for than secured. Other but he scems quite serious in the m.xttm which is people may take I'red as a joke, | | of lis political aspirations. SIS N Now, if any community wants a! real sure enough newspaper it has the opportunity to sccure such aj« boon, by sending for *Bill” Mapoles, who woun | the West IMlorida wonder, fame in the Ilorida Lezi bis noble fight for his pure shoe bill. | Incidentally, while in Tallahassee, he| seems Lo have outsrown his native) heath at Laurel Hill, and is looking for a wider field. Bill declares ne has the plant andd the ability to run it. and intimates that all he needs 18 a good town., This is not quite plimentary to Laurel Ilill, which ap- parently has not been duly appre- clative of the greatness that has been abiding in her midst. | slature by | com -0 N That conviet leas the L« ature “step in the direction” of the aboli- tioh of the lease eystem, but we fear it is far from a decisive step. It still allows the leasing of convicts, thoush it is claimed that provision iz made e bill passel by is declared to be ¢ i1 for a “‘zralual withdrawal” of the convicts * he lesees. Let us hope this wit 21 will be not too grad-| ual. ery member of the| last L« ‘2 went to Tallahassee understa the unmistakable sen- timent of | opie in favor of ab- " golute and prompt abolition of the lease system, and most of them themselves to bring about' such The bill submit- ted by Governor Trammell and in- trcduced by Spencer, of Marion, gLould Lave passed. In its stead we fear there has been offered to the people a sorry makeshift. rledged condition. | ten from time to time about Florida, | ' beset us on every hand, of Florida. He has written to the ITerald a letter asking a few quos-‘ tions which wouig be amusing were' it not for the fact that they show' Florida needs a publicity agent in the city of Sydney. Here is a dortion n" come to Florida, hut first want to find out a few things about the Slate{ | understand that in the southcrnl portion there are only a few Indians, | who shoot white men whenever tlu-)l soe one, 1 have heard, also that wild} Leasts of all kinds, many of them, dangerous, make their home thoru.,l and provenit the tilling of the soil. Flease advise me as to this"” The Herald believes that a l'«wf Seminole Indians did ~ome to Lake \Worth a few months ago to trade, bui s to wild animals, well, that is an- other story. Ilven the poor old alli- gator is disappearing so fast that u move is on foot to protect him hy law. No farme rvor fruit raiser has ever reported, so far as can be learncd, having been attacked by a wild tur- key, a deer or a quail, or which thre are many left in Florida. The foregoing reminds us of many ot the erroneous articles we see writ- and often by some of our most cred- ited maagzine writers, If one were to judge some of the stories printe l' about Florida, as, for instance, some- thing to the effeet that the whole| ~ State is a huge swamp, infested with | all kinds of Vi deadly reptiles ¢ rmints” and particularly the fro-' quency with which people who dare to venture out are either scized or 1 by infuriated allig d in the relentless 1 has s clutches o some horrible disease, irdeed be enough to make the “hair stand” and prevent the from ever taking the awful risk ot timid onos| visiting this fair State, where Indians | are sleadily and surely decreasing,! and are selodm seen, and then thoey | are, usually come arrayal in the (-o:'.-; H ventional civilian dress, so surely are' they conforming to the s of th | wkite men, and where aligators, v\’—! en in the vastness of the Everglades| rapidly becoming extinct, and other “deadly" .an are no more numerous than any- vles ‘.lll\ll foes to arc enakes where else, except possibley Owlu | Ircland.” Birds, flowers and tr.n\lml scenery, balmy air, good health, peace and plenty, could more prop- ¢rly be said to be the things that and from these very few try to escape. P. S.—They don’t hurt much when they get you.~—Ft. Myers Press. ! The proprietors of a newspaper in Siam, says the Belfast Daily News,| Lave distributed the following notice: | “The mnews of English we tell the| latest; writ in perfectly style and; t carliest; do a murder commit, we hear and tell it; do mighty chi die, we publish it, and in borders scmber, Staff has each one uco‘x' coilege, and write like the l\mlnr and the Dickens. We circle every, tewn and extortionate not for adver- ' tisements. Buy it. Buy it.” dram, [ R S e S S = ! running North to the Northwest corner of S [ the Northe then it would ' | viher Di ]xtylc. cuffs attached. gry man? Why is it impossible for a bare- Leaded boy to cut down a cherry tree? 4. Why is a scrupulous temper- aLce man apt to break his pledge? H 5. Why is a bigamist like a math- the leler: l . i emitician? “Editor Herald--1 would like to swers. 1. Isle of Mau. 2. Sandwich Islands, Because he hasn't a hat (hatchet). 4. Because three scruples make a yet Because he adds one and has one to carry. e ST NOTICE OF SCHOOL ELECTION. Notice Is hereby given, that In accordance with Chapter I, Article 5, Section 402, an elec- tlon will be held on the 5th day of July, 1913, at Davenport, to determine whether the territory described herein shall be constituted a special tax school district to be known as the Davenport Special Tax School District, and to elect three trustees to serve two years and determine the number of mills to be assessed for each of the ensuing two years. The ter- {ltory to be embraced in the District as fol OWS | Beginning at the N. E. corner of Seec. 28, Township 26, South of Range 27 East, and run- ning East to the county line, thence following the county line to the center line of Town- ship 27, South of Range 28 East, thence run ning west to the Southwest corner of Sec. 18, Township 27, South of Range 26 East, thence 26, South of Range East, thence ruuning East to the northe cormwer ol’ Section 16, Township 26, South of Range 27 and thence running Souih to orner of Section 28, Township 20, South of Range 27 East, which s the point of beginning. V. D. Adalr, C. C. Young, are heieby app od inspect | tion, aud Chas Parrish, cle By order of the Board of Public Instruction, C. A, PARKER, County Superintendent NOTICE OF ELECTION. — tlon 18, Township and J. L. Smith ors of said elee | $10-sat Notice s hereby given, (hu in accordance \» & s&z»z»&gw»vn NOTE i wise [l 3 16, and 18, e was lands e xnmd i an! W. Go o tones, I ML Goiffin and k. S, Ander- son are hereby appointed inspectors of said election, and B. E. Braddock, Clerk By order of ihe Board of ,Public m 854 Sat 30 Cravats 35c 3 for $1.00 Add some newness to (your supply of NECK- 'WEAR. Here you will {find just the shade and >ty|c that suits best-. 'the cost is less than the| {manufacturer woul d chargc you. 81 AND $125 SHATS 758., This lot of shirts con- sist of a beautiful range of patterns --white, neat stripes,plainblues. tans,| 'and many others. Coat! Drop in tonight, WILLIAMSON-MODRE G0, “Fashion Shop For Men” -— | }\ v Q-‘é"- "’“ 53‘!”("“ (‘ “ o/ : ‘m,, J:‘%U .\ S G S R ! e ‘w*Wu’M& Sanitary, Everlasting, Vermin-Proof, Gho Proof, Waterproof, Natural Vault This will last in perfect condition for ages and keep in resp condition the remains of the dear departed. The price is within the reach of everyone. All undertakers can supply it at the Factory Price. ----MADE BY---- LAKELAND ARTIFICIAL STONE WORK H. B. ZIMMERMAN, Proprietor PROPERTY OWNERS ATTENTION Sewers laid for only 10 certs per foot. We are prepar ! wote It In its belng. System 18 one | furnish 4 inch Terra Cotta sewer pipe and dig the ditch and ¥ of the noblest laws in evidence. It fp |& the bive and fill tho ditch for 10 cents per foot complete; i 0 are prepared te furnish lead connections for water mains at | (& cach already to put on, and we will do all the plumbing in a b Where there is five fixtures for $116. Get our prices or you wili lose money. We do first clase *" C.A. MANN, Manage i N *“‘" lC‘Y Ave, Phoie 257 Bowyer Dl Beglin Early to Train Children, It 18 habit alone that creates obeds snce in the child, and for the ch!ld, and it 1t 1s not formed early, nothing buy bard, bitter “warfare” can ever pro | the great “under study” for universs neaca. Oz [ R lia e ~pprees, | T v e { “GET WISE" $2,000 worth of Rugs to be sold during motnh of July. In yrder to do this we will make 20 per cent reduction on all Rugs and Art Squares. all bright, clean stock, TECNRPEYENTWTGRUSSATHOUNDWOT To the first two ladies who put the wil form words of this advertisement, we will give for first answer a $5.00 Rug: second 1< ¢ra $3.00 Rug. HURRY. HURRY, HURRY and getthe f'- answer in to our store. Lakeland Furniture & Hardware COMPA NY SN DES RO ERREE No shop-worn goods-- above together. which i l | \ l l l | l l |