Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, August 8, 1913, Page 4

he Evening Telegram blished every afternoon from the Kentucky Bullding, Lakeland, Fla. #ntered In the postofiice at Lake- i aad, Florida, as mail matter of the F. HETHEriNUTON, EDITOR HENRY BACON, MANAGER. % SUBSCRIPTION RATEMS: L Ome yoar [ #13 monthe ¢ Three months i Deliverad anywhere within the i Bimite of the City of Lakeland for 10 | conts a gweek. i et From the same ole‘ !l l-ul o THE LAKELAND NEWS, A wuekly newspaper giving a rreume . of loeal matters, crop eonditiems, _ gounty affalrs, ete. Seal anywhere ¢ for $1.00 per yeas. s e RICE MEN HAVE THEIR USES An esteemed Democratc contem- porary says: “Let us say nothing ¥ to discourage the production of ‘merely rich men’ We need them " and lots of them, and without them . the army of the unemployed would f. overrun the country.” But did you ever notice, brother, that the army . of the unemployed has been continu. i ally growing with the increaso in | the ranks of the idle rich? A half century ago there was no such thing known as the ‘army of the unem- ; ployed.’ It is a very poor brand of Democracy indeed which takes for | its premise the assumption that a few are born to own the earth, and to live in luxury and idleness, whlle: E the great majority—the plebelan : horde—are divinely destined to toil | and sweat, and like Lazarus of old, were a dozen men tramping the rall- road tracks out of work twenty or thirty years ago when extremely rich men were comparatively scarce, where. there is one now when multi- millionaires are numerous. The army of unemployed. in this coun- try right pow is for the most part made up of those who are profes- sional loafers and do not want to work, and there was probably never !a time in our history when there were So few real workingmen out of work as now. If we didn’t have rich men and plenty of them with their vast ag- gregate wealth in numberless labor. employing enterprises this favorable condition could mnot prevail, and when wa set up the conditions which deprive capital of the incitement to enterprise with a view to earning - | money and increasing rches, what’s to become of the factories and the railroads and all the other forms of productive wealth which now fur- nish employment to the working classes and without which the lat. ter would be in very truth an “army of the unemployed?” We know of no “brand of Democ- racy which takes for its premise the assumption that a few are born to own the earth and to live in luxury and idleness.” If the Eagle knows of any such gang of loafers as that and will point it out to us, we will cheerfully joln with that paper in roasting said gang in stason and out until it passes into innocuous de. suetude in the nery furnace of our incandescent verbiage; and if it sur- vives that treatment we will gladly adopt any other practcable method to spray these parasitic vermin out of existence that the Eagle may sug. gest. — e Yesterday the charming and pro- gressive celebrated in appropriate style the 17th anniversary of her birth- day and we join with all the rest East Coast city of Miaml| erated; they give the outsider a bad mmmm 3 TODAY’S BIRTHDAY HONORS E mmmm impression .—Zalfo Truth. We are with you on the snake proposition, brother, but before in- dorsing the rest of it we rise to ask it you include in the “wild animal stories” which are “usually much exaggerated” the justly celebrated fish stories of Bro. Jordan of the Punta Gorda Herald. These stories are a part of the classic faunal or piscatorial lore of the State and are never barred on grounds of inverac. ity from Florida papers. But per- haps fish are not wild animals, al- though whales are so classified, and it must be admitted that some of Bro. Jordan’s fish etories are whal- ! ing big ones. —ee What few patches of hide were left on that old civil war liar and + slanderer, Judge Mansfleld, of Steu- benville, Ohio, after the Telegram operated on him the other day were deftly removed yesterday by the Tampa Tribune. The rusty old cad may never know it, but he’s been skinned alive by us fellers down here in Florida and we done it to the, queen’s taste, too, you bet. And bad as it is, we'll match our gram. mar against his courage in war and veracity in peace. B . ——— The Zolfo Truth has this to say which finds very cordial apprecia- tion at these headquarters: “New papers and new homes for papers are getting to be every-day occurances in Florida. The latest in the home.building class is the Lakeland Evening Telegram, which will erect a three-story building 26x 125 feet. If Editor Hetherington’s new building reflects as much credit on the town as does his bright and sparkling newspaper, Lakeland will sure be justified in flapping her wings and crowing.” — (e To snub or not to snub?—that’s +*NB BVENING TEIBOGRAM, LARELAND, FLA, AUG. 8, 1913, Hon. George Cromwell Scott, Re- publican, of Sioux City, lowa, was born in Monroe county, New York, Aug. 8, 1864; moved to Iowa in 1880; has common and high school education; was admitted to the bar Dec. 7, 1887; moved to Le Mars, Plymouth county, lowa, January, 1888, and engaged in the practice of law; was married June 14, 1888, to Laura Trimble, of Adel, Iowa, in November, 1901; formed a law part- nership with William Milchrist, of Sioux City, under the firm name of Mlchrist & Scott, and removed there the followng year; that partnership is still in existence. He was nomi. nated by the Republican congres- slonal convention July 28, 1912. to succeed the late Congressman E. H. Hubbard; was elect.ed LTHOUGH certain clothiers declare their “ready-mades” equal to - the work of the best tailors, | there never lived a tailor who advertised ‘‘clothes made’ expressly for you— equal to the best ready- made kind.” The situation is too trans- parent to admit cf argu- ment. Have our fa- mous Chicago tailur« Wi TR Some Specialtie; _Offered By =————ouo E. P. HICKSON PHONE 144 Gowdery Block, Main Siref " Florida Steak Florida Pork Roasts - Western Pork Chop, Stews Breakfast Bacon Bologna Sausage ~ Borcless Ham Hamburg Steak - - Boiled Ham Frankfurters Fresh Country Eggs I claim the distinction of making the BES) SAUSAGE in Lokeland. .. I use only gog fresh Pork and Beet with the proper cond ments. |do not USE artificial oils, con starch or ony adulterant whatever, and hay. dle them in the cleanest possiblé manner. |f also carry a complete line CAN ED MEATS| FRESH GROCERIES and FEED | WHY SAFER THAN CASH /| - Paying by checks is nnt only, more convenient than pay- ing in cash, but itis safer, R e to depend for a meagre subsistence F apon the crumbs which fall from the Miami has done wonderful things in . gich man's table. Such Democracy | seventeen years and her loins are { (7, is nauseating. Away with it. ! girded for even greater achivements 4 -—-Estero Fagle. in the near future. Like Lakeland, ] The Telegram is the paper from she is one of the show towns of mod- ‘:, which the Eagle quotes above and ern Florida and the same invincible i we fall to see anything in its com- ' gpirit of continuous progress and ment to invalidate our opinion that ' conquest is present in both commun- ' i we should say nothing to discourage ities. The genius of the New Flor. £ . the production of rich men. And' ida is well {lustrated in both Mi- fn answer to the question of the ami and Lakeland. Eagle, we reply that we have mnot notice that the army of the unem-l . wih the Increase in the ranks of rattlesnake and wild animal stories. . the idle rich. On the contrary there such stories are usually much exag- TP IV PO N P 4 in wishing her many happy returns —_—— Another class of news that we be. | cross-breedinz of all the centuries ployed has been continually growing lleve should be left unpublished is|will never evolute what's bothering the great mind of | el Presidente Huerta along aboutl 1 i bu;.; and dmgn clothes for you that possess shapely ele- gance, that arz good to look at as well as wear. now, as the Americano gringo,, Lind, | draws near the Mexican capital. When in doubt, don’t, is generally & safe rule, Mr. President. —— e That Virginia professor whoi thinks it a worthy aspiration on' the | part of the mulatto to want to bel , White ought to mix his sentiment with a little sense and science. The days of miracles are over and all the i a mulatto into ll war swiser w11 | Willlamson - Moore (o. | ‘FASHION RHOP FOR MEN.’ white man. The Prices reasonablo always be there. ‘ becruse iveliminates risk of | loss. Your account subject | to check--large or small--is , ‘\‘ cordially in¥ited, AMERICAN STATE BANK J. L SKIPPER P.E. CHUNN President . Cashier = er develop this magnificent property. This subdivision is three fourths mil ated of all our charming inland seas..,; ders with this 24 head for somethi cre tract. 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 Coun ty records on Feb. . is perfect and is owned by The John F. Cox Realty Company, Jobn Patterson and John FyCox. S s 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- The class of construction is restricted, and we are proud of the cottages that our customers are build have not seen them you will be surprised at their beauty. dfg W S e 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 LOTS to show for/your mon;y JOYLAND PARK and LAKE PARKER ; GodI ln his goodness to this favored land placed many beautiful lakes in this rolllng hill country corporate limits of Lakeland is one of the most beautiful sheets of water;and strange to sgym dhe of the least known and_eppreck i~V N7TC S o~ P by m Joyland Park frants on Lake. Parker, lying East of Bon Airllots and can be-made a veri tabl now but looks very much like the grounds of the Tampa Bay hotel Park did when Mr Plant ha:j beafity spot.” what is now one of the pretties parks in the state of Florida. this wot As Lakeland grows we must provide amusement resorts and play grounds beside a hat rack and get a home in Bon Air near Lake Paiker and Joyland Park. Time, good soil, brains and The John F. Cox Realty Company LAKELAND FLORIDA ! The mle " We can selt fl#se lots at prices "and Lake Paker’ right on the S S / IM‘F in the rough Ixnds;’ape ener lay out 1 €lmate will work won* Get busy. Use your 4