Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, August 20, 1913, Page 4

PAGE FOUR. The Evening Telegrai { Publishet every afternoou from tb Kentucky Building, Lakeland, Fia AR \ Entered in the postoffice at lake I Jand, Florida, as mail matter of th- #econd - class | S — M, F, HETHErINGTON, EDITOK ' | A ———— , HENRY_RACON, MANAGER. i I e e ————————————— SUBSCRIPTION: RATKS; One year '........ #8404 @ix monthe ....... oo 251 " &hree 'months 1.2:‘| Delivered anywhere witnin the! Wmitsiof the City of Lake!and for 1t . pents.a week. —— e m the same office s Issued THE LAKELAND NEWS, ‘A we@‘ily newspaper giving & resume l of 1d¢al matters, crop conlitions | pounty affairs, etc. Sent anywhere . for $1.00 per year. L — IT IS NEITHER PLEASANT NIR PROFITABLE | The man or the newspaper that goes about hunting for a controv- ersy, or trouble, sooner or later usu- ally finds it. We have long since | discovered that it is neither a pleas- ant nor a profitable occupation, and there are &0 many other and | much ‘better things to do and so lit- tle time in which to do them, we are daily 'growlng less bellicose and be- ligerant. We feel that this is the wiser and better course and find that | it aids digestion and lulls one to slumber and to pleasant dreams.— Ocala Banner, | Well said, Brother Harris- The paper with such a distoraed view of its mission and exaggerated sense ot; its importance that it i3 merely a .common scold, an incessant knocker | and constant hyper-critic finds its, human prototype in the dyspeptic | {ndividual who mistakes his dyspep- sla for a public crisis and his {ll. natured criticlsm for the wisdom that solves problems, the genius that flashes revelations and the courage of the crusader. The serene . philosophy of the Banner is much the better jcurnalism and does more good for all concerned. Therc are plenty of times when the conscientious newspaper in the discharge of its function as a public Journal must criticize and attack, but there are just as many times, and more, too, when it,can commend applaud and encourage, and by the healing magnetism of good words timely spoken, cure ills that would only be aggravated by the prodding of hostile criticism. The influence of journalism is felt immeasurably 4n the aggregate; the influence of a particular journal is determined by its tone and temper, its attitude of cheerfulness, clean writing, clear thinking, high purpose and just con- sideration—or their opposite—and for proof of this we point to every mnewspaper of real influence in Amer- fca today. We have witnessed the rise and fall of many publcations, each with & mission and a battle-axe and a chip on its shoulder, and we have seen them all go down in due sea- son and be promptly forgotten be- cause they missed the true ideal of Journaiism, which is to lead when it can and follow wheu it must, and Dy the constant exaggeration of their own ego and inflation of their ‘own importance offended the self- esteem of their readers. And this| ' {8 a fatal error for any paper to . long persist in which is dependent | upon the patronage of the public. 3 S RS— ' TINE HE WAS GLITTERING Why this prolonged silence from Senator Vardaman, of Mississippi? It was our understanding that when his enthusiastic constituents put him on the job in Wasihngton he was fo take the heroic role as soon as he got his toga on straight and immediately proceeds to do stunts in statesmanship that would not only hold “listening Senates emn- granced,” but would extend/the hyp. motic spell over the whole country and while he had it down, so to speak, amputate the. bastard Fif- teenth amendment from {ts parent eonstifution and cast it to the dogs. But.not a line of news to this ef- fect have we been able to see, nor, fn fact, have we discovered where the senator has made any public showing, except of a sartorial end eapillary character, since his en- trance into the “greatest delibera- tive,” etc. Doubtless he is doing some powerful , thiaking . and : will cut loose sooner or later, but if he don’t get in the Congressional Rec- ord with a speech. of the' “salivat- fng” kind pretty soon, he'll have some embarrassing questions to an- swer when he faces his constituents Sack in “Ole Miss.” . s Vardaman made s0 much noise in that State for a number of years that there is some mild curiosity abroad-es to whether Do is really & ’\. -get out. | practiced law at Carroliton, Ill. was elected to the Fltty-oigith,l Fifty-ninth, Sixtieth, and Sixty-first | ten uot'ce tiereof must be ment to Congresses and re-elected to the|or flled Iz the office of the inspector man of ability on large publie is- sues or a mere shiewd politivian of the *‘rabble rouser” variety wiile ranting before “the boys at the forks of the creek,” and he's in a mighty good place now to enlizhtes public curfosity on that point. The successor of such men a8 Jef- ferson Davis, Lamar and George and colleague of John Sharp Winlams ought to be a bright particular &.ar in the Senate constellation,- and Vardaman should put himself to the acid test of senatorial debate to de- termine if Le is. —— Al With a Democratic président in the White Housé “and’ ‘Demdcrats’ fn conitrol of both ’houses’ of Congress and most of the State governments for the first time in more than fifty years, the Times-Union wants to know; “Are the old parties dead?” The utter dissatisfaction of that pa- per with existing political condi- tions should move it to start a lit- tle party of its own, for it would really look more pleasing in the eyes of the people of Florida cud- | dling a pale and puny infant of its own begetting than incessantly prodding existing parties axd com- plaining at everything in sight. The T.-U. is big and capable, but it is wasted force as {its politics or want of politics are now directed. , yom CHRHEMIOA £RIG2A 42200 Do furnished by the lnspector, and ©|all work shall be e [ until inspected and approved and a Q1 certificate of approval thereof be .“' H o801 QRCRSOR0BHONEHNCHE KERHED: KB | sued by the iLspector. Its boasted independence, negligible in the politics of its own State. It ought to be a leader of tremendous force, and it couldebe it it would cease to worship the fet- ish of “independence,” which in its case seems to be mostly acrid criti- cism of all that is, without any very luminous or practicable suggestions of how it ought to be. —_— They are solving the good roads problem in Missouri today in a wav that speaks volumes for the intel- ligence and patriotism of the yeo. manry of that commonwealth. Ful- ly a quarter of a million citizens dropped their private affairs this morning and in pursuance of a plan previously arranged assembled at the appointed places and under trained directors tackled every pub- lic road in the State. The dirt is flying all over Missour! in the good cause as we write these lines and a | great system of modern roadways is appearing a:s though Aladdin had rubbed his lamp. That shows what public spirit, organization and com- munity of effort can do. Kansas and Iowa had previously done the same thing. —_—— The Telegram is now receiving a little paper published in New York city called “Below the Rio Grande,” recently established and apparently fssued in the interest of the Huerta administraticn in Mexico. No use, gentlemen! We are backing up Woodro'v in that little business, following his lead with true Demo- cratic docility, and the only man in Mexico ..we are. now expressly in favor of {8 John Lind. Whatever John does is all right for he has Woodrow behind him and we are be- hind Woodrow. Senor Huerta will have to make out the best he can in the pending crisis without the moral support of the Telegram. —_— We are glad to learn that Mr. W. L. Stanley, of Leesburg, is mak- ing good headway with Lis plan to advertize Florida through the Northwestern States by sending a “Florida Booster Special” train through those States at an early day. Organizations in 4 number of big cities in that section have ad- vised him that they will be glad to meet the train and give all encour- agemen* to his plan. Mr, Stanley says there is nothing personal in the movement and he is striving to make it 5 success solely to benefit Florida and bring more people here. —_ Somebody at the Mexican end of the wire {8 doing some regular yel- low jourral lying these days, as wit- ness that dispatch yesterday that Huerta had issued an ultimatum to this country and we had to recog. nize his government by midnight or The fellow who concocted thag yarn gngw be made to get ot Tight away before Ne makes real trouble betwéen the two countries. % TODAY’S BIRTHDAY HONORS < 90R0E OROBORORCEINCHCRCROHORCE LRORRORD QROBCRORCH Former Congressman Henry T. Rainey, Democrat, of Carrollton, was born Aug. 20, 1860, at Carroll- ton, Ill, and has resided in the place of his birth all his life. He graduated from Amherst College, Massachusetts, in 1883, with the de- gree of A. B.; three years later this institution conferred upon him the degree of A. M. He graduated from Union College of Law, Chicago, in 1885, receiving the degree of B. L. Soon afterwards he was admitted to the bar. Since that time he has He Sixty-second Congress. 8o far g from glving it power, robs its arm |, of all strength and makes it almost | Since the recent successful invasion of Washington by the suftragists, the National Council an AUGUST 20 IN HISTORY 1812—The American: frigate Con- | City of Lakeland this the 8th day stitution captured the British | Of August, A. D. 1913. l frigate Guerriere. 1836—Richard P. Bland, Missouri statesmap, born. Died June 15, 1899. 1864—Captain Willlam J. Living- ston of the Confederate army ' was hanged as a spy at St. Louis, Mo. 1868—The Chinese ®Embassy in Bo:ton, 1879—James Russell Lowell ap- pointed United States minis- ter to England. 1882—The British assume control of the Suez canal. 1904—Attack on Rihlong renmewed; captured 174-yard: hill after fearful struggle; captured and lost East Keekwan hill. 1909—British parliament passed the South Africa union bill. 1911—The House of Representa- tives passed the amended Statehood bill for Arizona and New Mexico. 1912—The Mexican federal troops ’ took possession of the city of Juares. i 1912—Njcauraguan rcbels massa- cred 460 government troops taken as prisoners. Ameri- can cruisers and marines were ordered to Nlcauragua to protect American inter- osts. '+ ORDINANCE NO. 154. An ordinance to amend sections 8, 4 and 7 of ordinance Ne. 135 of the city of Lakeland, entitled, “An ordinance to govern plumbers and regulate plumbing, house draining and sewerage, and the inspection of the same {n public and private prop- erty anl the bulldings in the city of Lakeland.” BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF LAKELAND, FLOR- IDA: Section 1. That sections 3, 4 and 7 of ordinance No. 135 of the city of Lakeland, entitled “An ordi- nance to govern plumbers and reg- tlate plumbing, house draining and sewerage, and the inspection of the same in public and private property ! and the bulldings In the ecity ofl Lakeland” be and the same are hereby amended to read as follows: Section 3. There shall be charged and collected by the Inspector an inspection fee for all rew, old, or remodeled plumbing work inspected by him in th. city of Lakeland The fee shall be one and 50-100 dollars ($1.60) for the first fixture, or waste opening, and 50c¢ for each ad- ditonal one. The said fee shall be paid by the persom, firm or corpora-l tion contemplating doing the plumbing work, and shall be paid before sueh plumbing work is be- Section 4. No person shall pro. ceed with any portion of any plumbd- ing, drainage, or sewer work, ex- tend or alter old or new work (ex- cept necessary repairs), until such person has filed at the office of the inspector & writter application for permit, giving complete description of all the plumbing and fixtures to be placed in the building and the location of same an? the name of owners end the street number of the buildirg. Such permit shall not be issued until the necessary in- spection f23 or fees shall have been paid to the inspector, and such plumbing work shall not be begun or performed until such permit shall have been lssued. Section 7.—When such plumbing work is ready for inspection a writ- in accordance with printed forms to (1 EVENING TNLEGPAM, LAF ELAND, FLA, AUG. 20, 1913. p——— e — surmsflfi’msnmmu left uncovered) Attest: Owner and Manufac- turers’ Agent Tell'Us What You Have to Sell, We Will Try to Find a Buyer Tell Us What You Wantto Buy; We Will Try to Find a Seller W. K. Jackson-sseaes W, K. McRae for W. P. PILLANS, Vice President of City Council. . L. SWATTS, City Clerk. Approved by me this, the 1lth Passed by the City Council of the |day of August, A. D. 1913, ' 0. M. EATON, Mayor of City of Lakeland. Real Estate Brokerage--Real Estate Rooms 6 and 7, DEEN & BRYANT Bfiilding Lakeland N L | . ) the Clonts storz your store, be our spzcial aim, and your visits will be a preciated. | Veryltnfl A ' S. L. CLONTS' BARGAIN ‘COUNTER The Clonts Store, Glonts Building Gor Kentucky Ave and Rine Street 75¢ Men's Sleeping Gowns.25¢ 25¢ Carpet SIi';b:n.....JOc 25¢ and 35¢ Boys' Shirts..10¢ 15¢ Wash Ties ...........5¢ Carhart Overalls $1.25 kind for ... ........$1. 16 yards 4-4 Bleaching.$1.00 $2.50 Men's Work Shoes $1.98 $1.00 Men's Work Shoes. .8%¢ $1.00 Men's Pants, Pin- check .... .... ......8% $1.50 Mor's. Panls ....$L15 othors ;hi pairs Ladies' Sk apair.ulongnth.y ‘:-"W $2.50/ $ $1 Florida "A CARD ¢ I wish to inform the General Trading Pid lic that I have purchased my store b from Messrs. Murrell & Sharp, and 18 will find me in the Clonts’ Building, @ old stand. P I most cordially invite everybody, both old and new w to come in and see me. I am here to do business and my 1% is not to buy goods to keep. 1 assure you and everybody /& I propose to m:ke the CLONTS STO House in Lakeland. I propose to keep in stock and offer for sale a'standard qui of goods, and you can rest assured that every time you tra tye extent of a penny at the Clonts Store, you will reccive § very best in return. We want you to come and see us. ! Courteous and fair treatment $2.25 Dress Pants ceces-$1.69 Dress Pants......$1.98 $3.00 Dress Pants......$2.25 $4.00 Dress Pants ......$3.39 $4.50 Dress Pants......$3.87 00 Dress Pants ......$4.98 .00 Men's Suits ....$5.69 2.00 Men's Suits ....$7.19 5.00 Men's Suits 20.00 Men's Suits g s $25.00 Men's Suits. . ..$15.00 .- adies’ Wash Ski that we are makin g .r?p::i,?a" w o ufi:;"'"‘m’ th $2, $2.50, on on. m.z;ksou.ooma.so Women Voters has been carrying on a vizorous street speaking campaign in that city, and its workers throng about the capitol every day. Groups of them are here seen on the steps of the capitol, and the inset is a portrait of Mrs James Leeds Laidlaw of New York,one of their leaders. ; Surgical g, Householg 7 Sick Roon plles go to Lake Phgy Bryan’s Dryg ' We wil! send t, lyou and will try, | you right, PHONE, B Our] Dlsplgi of watches, lockets, chigl brooches, etc., is not! : perfect taste as woll u g good quality. The Jewe/# we handle is the kind i 1es to give satistaction tow long it is worn. I} 10 glve sometihng of prmu . yur case will supply it 1. . Stol o " RE the Greatest Bir -...$8.50 --..$12.00