Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, August 1, 1913, Page 4

:. , of some brutal, senseless taking of PAGE FOUR [be Evening Telegram Published every afternoon from the Kentucky Building, Lakeland, Fla. {to wake up to the fearful murder conditions prevailing there and get busy in hanging and otherwise eliminating the murderers. ——————— The Live Oak Democrat has the courage of its convictions and fires ¥ Entered in the postofiice at Lake- it lnt?:e tke non.progressive, shanty "" Florids, as mail matter of the dwellers of that county in this plain seeond class feshibh? i “Many peorle of this section atill ' & P HETHERINGTON, EDITOR.|.yng to the primitive modes of liv- ing, wanting nothing but the free- dom of air, a coon dog and fiddle. They are siill using the old skillet and pot-hooks in their kitchens, and PR HENRY BACON, MANAGER. e e e —————————— SUBSBCRIFTION RATES: ORe yoRT . ... .vivi v vianinn #5.00| tilling the soil in about the same Sx monthe ........co0000n . 3.0 manner that their ancestors did 100 Three months . ........... .. 1.88| years ago.” How to reach this stolid, imert class and infuse some life, move. ment and ambition into it, is one of the difficult problems of our time. Such people are a reproach to our civilization and an incubus upon any commuuity in which they are found. They toil not, neither do they spit, hence they eat little and wear few clothes, a status with Delivered anywbere withia the tinits of the City of Lakeland fer 10 sents 8 week From the same office is issued THE LAKELAND NEWS, A weekly newspaper giving a resume #f local matters, crop conditions, geunty affairs, ete. Semt anywhaere for $1.00 per year T -~ which hey are entirely satiefied, WHAT’S THE MATTER their appetites being light and the WITH GEORGIA?| climate mild. They would fiercely resist any abridgement of their con. stitutional rights, althongh they look askance at the schoolmaster as a person associated in their minds with education and taxes, both of which they deepise, No specific remedy has yet “een devised to reach their case, for neither precept nor example can stir a pulse within them. Happily, their numbers are diminishing and evolution will in due time make something better of those worth saving and eliminate the rest. The State of Georgia is now run- ping up a murder record which probably puts it easily in the lead of _any other part of the world profess- ing to be civilizel. Not a cay passes that the dispatches do not tell us human life in that State for trivial cause that would disgrace & breech- clouded savage, and these killings are oftener among the whites than the blacks. And very seldom do we note in the papers the execution of these murderers for their crimes. The good people in Georgla are vastly more numerous than the bad | wants Congressman ones, and it is a shame that the!joh has declared himself in favor of bloody work of a comparatively|woman suffrage, We trust that small number of viclous, low-grade, | Mr, DeBerry has given this subject fgnorant human animals, incessant- ) tne deep thought it calls for and ly knifing and shooting somebody 0 | that ho will not precipitate-an lssue death should destroy the reputation | jnto our now peaceful midst so po- of go fine a State as a civilized, 1aW- | tent ‘for domestic perturbation and abiding body of people. The trou-| posgible Pankhurst tactis wihout ble {s that the good people don’t|carefully measuring the conse. arouse themselves to the necessity | quences. J. Fred flaming’through of enforcing thelr laws agalnst the | tne district shouting “Votes for criminal element and get in behind { women!” from every stump In our their jurles with an imperlous cyt.over lands, would undoubtedly public sentiment that will visit its ympart spice to the campaign, but penalties sharp and swift upon the ' o put the real tabasco into he con- miserable excuses for men on those ' gst and make Colonel Sparsman bat jurles 7ho haven’t the courage t0 his eyes sure enough, let him de- convict the gullty. clare for the elit skirt. Georzia s our next door neigh-! /T bor and because we like her and re-| A good many people will reister spect her we want her good people 4 kick und poseibly express heir dis. 1 11 T o e —e e s er develop this magnificent property. The class of construction is restricted, and we are have not seen them you will be surprised at their beauty Fred DeBerry, of Plant City, who Sparkman’s EVENING TRLEGRAM, LAK ELAND, FLA., AUG, 1,;1913- - them. They are business enter- prises, pure and simple, and as such are. excellent proof of prosperous conditions and a. hopeful outlook for the State generally. . —— The esteemed Tampa Tribune is informed that there must be a femi- nine prefix to the name of the new editor of the Mulberry Herald who is o lady and not a mere man, as stated by tha Tribune. gust audibly when they read in the dispatch in today’s Telegram that Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish gives a | “Mother Goose” ball at her swell !Newport home this eveniag that will cost $60,000. They think that this Is flaunting wealth offeasively | and grinding the faces of the poor. ! But not so. Every dollar of the ! gixty thousand comes from the Fish hoard and is put into ecirculation among the people. The decorators, dressmakers, caterers, musicians RS U, ' and other wage earners get this B m—_ | money which would otherwise do Wm ung }uo one any good. We wish that AUGUST 1 IN HISTORY $60,000 balls were happenng all gy | over the country every night to BeD- | sy s oRoROmon: LRNRR QROKES arate the plutes from their pelf and 1635—The first Parliament of | increase the volume of circulating Charles I, of England, on R | money accordingly. On with the St ot' the plague 7 et b dance! Let joy be unconfined! Oxford. ? O S The comparative status of woman suffrage in England and America is brought into sharp and suggestive contrast by two dispatches appear. ing by the chance makeup in imme. diate juxtapositioninthe papers yes- terday. The one from Liverpool, : England, read, “Mrs. Edith Rigby, a suffragette, was sentenced today to hard labor for nine months for setting fire to the county residence of Sir W. H. Lever.” The other one from Chicago, reads: ' “Women | cast the deciding ballots in two I elections in Illinols yesterday.” Sane methods and appeal to reason in Il |nou; insene methods and appeal to Sweden by the army, and Aissimilation of the crown. 1864—Union and Confederate arm- ies, under a flag of truce, en. dead who fell’ in a terrific engagement before Peters. burg, Va. ment directed Minister Bow. en to protest against the sei- zure of asphalt properties by the Venezuelan government. 1904—Sortie of Russian torpedo boats from Port Arthur. 1912—Japan mourns death of the Ivlolonce in England, i G . S— ‘ d l Here's a mighty nice one from a | ORI KRCHAOICI KACHOREORRAIININ: I highly valued contemporary which , we take much pleasure in reproduc- -] TODAY’S BIRTHDAY HONORS i !ing. Says the Punta Gorda Herald: | @ e “The Lakeland Telegram, which, | #5050 SECRROCCRORIORNY CHORHONY CREFOXH by the way, is a daily tbat reflects| Ceorze A, Neeley, Democrat, of credit upon the entire State as|Hutchinson, was born at Detroit, well as its own city, has announced ' Pike county, Illinois, Aug. 1, 1879; that it had let the contract for moved to Southwest Missouri with buflding a large and elegant home ' bis parents, “where he remained of its own. This edifice will be an until about 14 years of age, when ornament to Lakeland and worthy A he moved to Oklahoma; worked on | of its excellent newspaper.” |a farm; taught school and worked ' o i his way through high school; ate | That 70-mile-an-hour breeze play- | tended Southwestern Baptist Unt. | ing about the dome of the capitol in | Versity, Jackson, Tenn., and grad- ' Washington Wednesday probably | uated frem law department of Kan. | suggested to those fellows down in 628 State Univerelty; married at the Senate chamber barking at the i Mulvane, Kan, Oct. 31, 1904, to new tariff bill what pikers thoy | Eva M. Hosteler; two children have | were as wind instruments in com- been born, son and daughter, but | parison with the real article. | son is now deceased; was candidate . el L tor Congress in 1910, but was de- Doubtless {n not another State in | feated; nominated by acclamation the Union are so many new weekly | to make race at special election papers being established this sum- !Held Jan. 11, 1913, at which time mer as in Florida. They are coming ! elected, the first Democrat ever lent‘ so fast that we can’t keep up with -ffom this district. | This subdivision is three fourths mile from Main street, one mile to the outside lots. terms that will pay you to consider. You can share in the prosperity of Lakeland and have God, in his goodness to this favored ated of all our charming inland seas. Joyland Park frants on Lake Parker, now but looks very much like the grounds a corporate limits of Lakeland is one of the most beautiful sheets JOYLAND PARK and LAKE PARKER land placed many beautiful lakes in this rolling lying East of Bon Air lots and can be made a veritable beauty spot. of the Tampa Bay what is now one of the pretties parks in the state of Fra SRR L Mt s ad I landscape ders with this 2i4 acre tract. As Lakeland grows we must pro ; head for something beside a hat rack, and get a home in Bon Air ne. Lake Parker and Joyland Park | The John F. Cox Realty Company _LAKELAND, FLORIDA = | orida. 1772—A revolution was effected in | gaged in the burial of the' 1904—The United States govern-|any information about pat.” ithat Redhead did not tice of his departure afthe board- ! was held in the Capltn‘ City Sunday ANOTHER BIG BOOST FOR LAKELAND IBON AIR IS A GREAT SUCCESS The plat for our last and best subdivision was filed on . page 114-115 of Polk County record is perfect and is owned by The John F. Cox Realty Company, John Patterson and John'F.y Cox(?r el ot ool oy We have installed City water and graded the streets. We expect-to spend all the cash we take in from the. sale of lots to furth- proud of the cottages that our customers are i)uilding fof homes. If you of water and strange to say one of the least known and appreci: Time, goed soil, braifis and this wonderful clmate will work won- vide amusement resorts and play grounds. L] . ~ 9,000 BALOONS PUT \ OUT OF BUSIN Columbus, Ohlo, Aug. 1. Greenbund liquor Jicense law g, by Governor Cox to become effery today, inaugurates State contrg liquor licenses, Besides provig, strict regulations of the liquor p, iness, the law by reason of its g, stitutional requiréments, linj;, saloons to one for each 500 p, lation, ‘puts at least 2,000 gajq, in the State out of business. THE BOY IS THE GREATEST Asg CITY TICKET AGENT TAMPA HAS DIAPPE R Tampa, Fla., Aug- 1-Since the mysterious departure off. O. Red- head, city ticket agentior the At- lantic Coast Line( on ply 19, his accounts have been ch¢ked up by railway auditors. Theylo not deny. there is some discrepaties. There 18 no way of ascertalmg for the public the status of Rihead’s ac. counts, but there hnvekten several intimations that they & consider- ably short and one repit has been published to the effect tht they are short as much as $2,10 At Mrs, Hanson’s boalling house, No. 904 Marion street, g«'here Red- head boarded, it was fiated last night that the city tick agent left: the city very unceremoéusly_ This is nothing unusual forhim, how- ever, it was added. Hehas several times stayed away severl days at a time, those at the boaling house being unaware he had gne until he had returned. When ake/.l wheth- er Redhead had settled his board bill before he left, the iformant re- plied. “I don’t want ) give out Wise men who make a study | such ‘things says that the o lillustratesin his growth ang | 'the development of his mind | whole history of the human ry . The boys they classify as i, trating the barbarous or g, ‘civilized age. The older ones; us who have not forgotten | boyhood days know how intere ed we were in all sorts of thj; that now we do not bother g selves ‘about. Each boy dis ers for himself the things that pé ple, as a whole, discovered | ago. Every boy is an explorer, discoverer and an inventor, makes his attempt to develop Iy niakes his attempa. to devel] laws which he thinks will g him and to organize his own g iety after his own notions. T is the reason for the boy gangs; the cities and towns. Who dqf not remember”the secret soci that he helped to organize wh he was a boy?" - There are mighty few bad boy Their mischief is almost alw; misdirected energy. We olif ones often get hardened Although the impresion is left ge any no. ing house, his departur had been previously spoken of atlhe railway office. J. G. Kirkland,che division passenger agent in charp of the of. fice, says Redhead sevenl days be- fore he left asked forp.leave of absence. Redhead di¢ mot, how. ever, designate the he pre- ferred for holidays. Redhead has been 114 the employ of the Coast Line for pveral years during which he‘won tle confidence of his superiors, To hem his de. parture is & sudden_suprise. WANT ALABAMA | 2 weary of life; but to the boy, | !q‘ TAY WET | a wonderful thing, to be ¢ ! plored and experimented i He does not reason about it my but he feels it in body and min People arebeginning to sce ti the boy’s energyy and enth: iasm should be made us | should be directed and not me ly restricted. Most boys want accomplish something they ¢ see . That is the reason why ti often do not care much i schools as schools . are usud conducted. Some towns have very succe Birmingham, Ala., Afig. 1.—The leaders of the liquor flrces in Ala- bama have declded tocome out in the open and fight to kiep this State | in the wet column. Thj news comes | from Montgomery thatia conference at which time plans were launched looking to the callinj of a State conference within. thi next few weeks to endorse a jandidate for governor who will conlinue the pol. fcles of the O’Neal aiministration. it is understood that Gov. O’Neal fully established boys' clubs d is the leading spirit m this move- 'signed to suit ithe boy and to | ment. ; jvelop ‘his instinct for organid SY - 4 3 @ We can sell these lots at prices and LOTS to show for your money. hill country. Lake Paker right on the It is in the rough gardener lay out- Get busy. Use your