Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, September 8, 1913, Page 1

LAKELAND FLORIDA, MONDAY SEPT. 8 1913 LAKELAND EVENING PUBLISHED IN THE BEST TOWN IN THE BEST PART "OF THE i ‘,t,.! —J ,.u. .E’, 1 | I mm EXERCISES WERE PAR- TICIPATED IN BY WELL- KNOWN CITIZENS hool M Out With Big Enroll- | ment and Fine Corps of . Trained Teachers ! The Lakeland high school opened | |8 morning under most auspicious | cumstances, over SU0 pupils be. z enrolled today. This number | 11 be mereased to over 1,000 with- a few weeks. ! At 9 o’elock the pupils assembled | the audiorium, where already a | ; od many parents had gathered to | tness the opcuing exercises. Dy vin, ‘pastor of the First Lamwti | \ iducted the devotional ex- r which he was called | 5 on f. Jones to make a short 6’ Gavin gave the pupils a | 50 forceful talk on making f their time, likening f auum,m hed . hm., next introduced Rev. | kins, pastor of the Meth- ? h, who also made a very talk. Rev. Jenkins chair of literature at uthern. Colicze for a number of{ al '}fl is as much at ln{nw in | [} room as in the pulpit, and he students some food for - u“ his timely remarks. | ‘fid S. Patterson, pastor of Ja MPualnlmmn church, who ies &hen interest in the school, | e Whe probably visits it more an amy other one person in the y, made a short talk relating to - ¢ @ opportunities that are present. ; each boy and girl, and expressed , a hope that when he visits the g ;1001 week before examination ! at th faces will be found as L ¢ and happy as on the occa- ll,‘ lie opening of school, which adition he urged could only be at- ny f”rough hard and consclen- o, Mr. G. B. Murrell, of the local 100l board, was called on for a ml. but being a man of action » fhan words he preferred to r— hfl ‘work in the past and future sak for him, and he gracefully clined to make a talk. What he sked in oratory was made up for the oOther two members of the ~ ard, Mr. Bassett and Dr. Groov. who made very interesting and sely talks on the welfare of the 1001 and of the splendid corps of wchers Lakeland possesses. Miss ggett, teacher of violin, was in- yduced by Rev. Jenkins, and she ve & beautiful selection, which » enthusiastically received. The Telegram holds that not a 200l in Florida is more fortunate an Lakeland is in regard to her achers, Headed by Prof. Jones, e of the finest instructors in the uth, there can hardly be found ywhere thirty-one instructors tter tralned or more proficient an those in the Lakeland school, \d every indication points to a st suecessful school year. The owing is the faculty: C. M. Jones, principal. | Misg May Tomlirson, English. 8. B. Groom, Latin and mathe. aties. J. P. Farrow, science. Paul D. Phillips, history and | rics. Miss Bda iTowell, Eighth B. Miss Mamie Castles, Eighth A. Miss Myrtle Terry, Seventh A. Miss A. B. Lovell, Seventh B. Miss Harriet M. Shaver, Sixth A. Miss Helia Cox, Sixth B. Miss Ida Schobert, Sixth C. Miss Esther Hosch, Fifth A. Miss Jessic M. Hawkins, Fifth B. Miss Eva Bryant, Fifth C. Mise Charlotte Bradley, Fourth C. Miss Nora Hart, Fourth A. Miss Anabel McKay, Fourth B. Miss Mary McRae, Third A. Miss M. E. Bailey, Third C. Miss Cora Revnolds, Third B. Miss Lena McCrary, Second A. Miss Corinne Finley, Second B. Miss Lillian Benson, Second C. First Grade Miss Cora Griffin. | city officials were approached last | | from | in this neighborhood, and expects to | ' move down here with his machinery ;UNE MILLIONCHILDREN | four women deputy sheriffs recently | Greal, Winnie Streater. Verda Thompson. Pauline Suddath. Miss Lucile Bennett, music. Miss Martha Triggle, expression. Miss Mary Baggett, violin Miss Miss Miss WEST PALM BEACH MAY GET PAPER MILL West Palm Beach Sept. 8—West Palm Beach is much elated over the prospect of becoming the manufac- turing center of a new industry. The | week with an offer from a gentleman named Loomis, to put in a paper | mill here, provided certain condi- tions were found suitable to the es- tablishment of such a plant. Mr. | Loomis is the owner of a mill in Waycross, Ga., where he marufac- tures paper out of saw.grass, and such bananas as can be grown so far their natural habitat. e | realizes that it would pav him bet- ter to he on more equal terms with his sources of supply by putting plant where they are produced in inexhaustible quantities, as they :1rc‘ his as soon as he has experimented on & | carload of materials that are to he forwarded to him from here. it is believed that this innovation will | mark the beginning of a very im- portant era in West Pa'm Beach. ' STARTED T0 SGHOOL INNEW YORK TODAY Like Lakeland There Wasn't Room for All; Lacked Accdnmoda- tions for 100,000 (By Assoclated Press.) New York, Sept. 8.—It is esti- mated that the army of school chil. dren who turned out today for the opening of school numbered more than one million. This was nearly 100,000 more than could be com- fortably cared for. It is estimated | cambling. that 2,000 must go on “part time’ roll. LOCAL MANAGER OF PALATKA STORE, SKIPS OUT Palatka, Sept. 8.—Archie Yel- vington, a young man who for a year or more has been the local manager of McCrory's 5 and 10-cent store in this city, is alleged to have made a clean getaway Saturday about 11 o’clock with a considerable short. age in the funds of the company against him, the exact amount not being known as yet. Mr. C. J. Pronk, inspector of the McCrory system of stores in Florida, came to the city for the purpose of checking up Yelvington and just be- fore 11 o’clock Saturday while Mr. Pron kwas at his hotel Yelvington took French leave, stating to store employes before he left, however, that he was going up town and would return directly. He has not been seen or heard of since. Mr. Pronk, assisted by the local police, is endeavoring to locate the alleged absconding manager and has wired authorities in various cities in the State to look out for him. It is be. lieved that he will be apprehended shortly. Yelvington came here from Day- tona and has a wife and child who reside in this city. His mother, who is also here, together with Mrs. Yelvington, are very much mortified and grieved over the action of the defaulting son and husband. MILWAUKEE'S WOMEN DEPUTIES Milwaukee, Wis., Sept. 8.—The appointed by Sheriff Lawrence Me- bezan work today, their terms embracing the period of the State fair. The appointees have had more or less experience it police work. One is matron at the county jail; two others have served as pro. bation official and store detective and the fourth is a dressmaker. PASSENGER AGENTS IN ST. PAUL Paul, Minn., Sept. 8.—The annual convention of the American Association of Passenger Anents§ meeting began here today with pas-| senger traffic officiais of al: the big| railroads attending. Several im-| St. { portant subjects are to be consid-| ered, rates being prominent among them. The visitors will make a tour of Yellowstone Park after the| convention. | State will EAONES TRIAL AMERICANS I PUTS THAW IN THE BAGKGROUND GAMBLER REACHED COATICOOK TODAY TO STAND TRIAL FOR POKER PLAYING DANGER IN THE WEST INDIES PUERTA PLATO IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC IS TARGET FOR GUN BOAT It Is Thought He Will Be Released 'U. . Gunboat Des Moines Is Hur- on a Technical Error Made in Warrant (By Associated Press.) (‘oaticook, Quebee, Sept. 8. Coaticook townspeople today tempo- forgot Thaw in their inter- the trial of Jerome for The latter arrived on the noon train from Montreal. A | small silent crowd greeted him. It ! |m dicted that Jerome will be dis. wed on a technicality the warrant specitied that he played in a ploce from which he was lifty feet 1 away. | rarily est over as ANYBODY WANT THIS HOBO? Inverness, Sept. William Langley, has been arrested v the §—A white man, ! | to the sheriff here as a hobo, and |18 °n¢ of the { being shelled by rying to the Aid of the Americans Associated Press.) Sept. 8.-—Puerta (By Washington, 8 a Dominican gun- boat, according to the reports of American Viee Cousul Jose M. Es. tava here today. There is great danger to American lives and prop- erty and the United States gunboat | Des Moines is hurrying there. MAINE CONGRES- SIONAJT, ELECTION B (e clection Sept. 8 eressional which held here today to chose a Rep Goodwin, liveliest he'd in this contative late Democrats it is belioved he is wanted for some | Stt¢ for years. e Uniiee | eBiinlired 16| eAIs Stibese) lave . oo nikina, Mo Mulhall Lancley is about 45 years of age, ju arces against Congressman I,?ttlc- five feet, ten inches in height and | ton an st f““‘ the Republicans will weigh 150 pounds; slender [ have been fighting the Democrats on built, reddish complexion, red ll.llr“h‘ tariffl question. William R. and red side whiskers. e claims | | Pattangall is the Demoeratic nomi- to be from Gadsden, Ala. I also " Jolim AL Peters, the Republiean claims his nephew, Milton Bishop, | 1 "1 Bdwerd M. Lawrence the Pro. lives in Tiger Day and is working | ' ive nominee tor Willinm Colli He had a A A arip and two cig jewelry, bracelets and necklaces, which he does not account for. One racelet has the name Flossie en- § od on it, which he claims he re- ceived from her at the Cornett mine Plant City. He walked from here. If wanted wire Carter, sheriff, Inverness, near brooksville George R. Fla. AMAZON EXPLORERS ARE HEARD FROM Declare Indians, Who Saw White Men for First Time, Are Friendly and Hamnless (By Associated Press.) Philadelphia, Sept. 8.—The Amazon exploration expedition sent out by the University of Pennsyl- vania several months ago has just reported reaching Caracari, a settle. ment two thousand miles from the Amazon’s mouth. They will pro- ceed to the habitat of the Caribs and Arawak Indians, which so far as known hasg never been visited by white men. They report encounter- ing only friendliness and absolute safety. MRS. GODBEE'S TRIAL Millen, Ga., Sept. 8 .—The grand jury which met here today takes up among its first cases that of Mrs. Edna Perkins Godbee, who is ac- cused of the murder of Judge Wal- ter S. Godbee, her former husband, and his late wife, Mrs. Florence Boyer Godbee. The trial is expect- ed to be one of the most sensational ever held in this State owing to the dramatic circumstancesg of the shoot- | ing and the prominence of the par.? ties. ! 1 - boxes filled with | MASONS USE GRAND CANYON Phoenix, Ariz., Sept. 2.—The initiation secsion of the Arizona Ma. song being held in the depths of the Grand canyon of the Colorado has attracted such wide-spread atten- tion that an immense crowd gath. ered here to witness the £ of the cercmonies tod moving picture comp: e sent men to “fillm” such oreed- ings as are not secr¢ FUN AT CO. . | New York, Sept. 8.—Coney Is-| land’s annual mardi gras (h puts the iid on the season’s at that lively resort, bezan tnday and will continue throughout the week. |2 | ther The next annual convention of the motion picture show men of the be held in Sanford. I is noth TRINITY COLLEGE DEDICATED Sioux City, la., Sept. S The new Trinity College here, built by the (‘atholic order of St. Francis, w: dedicated today with elaborate cere- | Archbishop J. J. Keane of Dubuque delivered the oration and Jishop P. J. Garrigan conducted the dedicatory ceremony. PELLAGRA GONDITIONS BEING INVESTIGATED Eminent Doctor of England Now in South Carolina for This mony. Purpose (By Associate Press.) (harleston, Sept. 8.—Dr. Louis Sambon, of the British school of Tropical Medicine is a visitor here today with Dr. R. M. Grimm, and P. K. Garison, United States gov. ernment physicians. Dr. Sambon, who is a guest of the Medical So- ciety of South Carolina, i3 investi. gating pellegra conditions here and will lecture this evening on the dis- ease. HUNTERS GLOOMY Duluth, Minn., Sept. 8.—With the bird season opening tomorrow, hunters over the northwest are siz- ing up conditions as a clue to what the shooting will be. There is a re- port that there is a decided scarcity of rice, and this may have the effect of making the stops of the ducks in the northern lakes few and far be- tween. MISS M'CALL TO BE A NUN New York, Sept. 8.-—Miss Nora daughter of the late Am- > McCall and niece of Tam. I candidate for mayor, Edward 5. McCall, gave up society today to yme a nun in the convent of the ioered Heart, from which she grad- nated two years ago. She says there inz lasting in the life of a s0- bell and it docs not Miss McCall has a wonderful eiety her. voice. | WILL LET HOUSE DISPOSE OF BILL FIRST (By Associate Press.) Washington, Sept. 8.—Following nference with his colleagues of tten a co day ppro secured the president’s tentative val of a plan to make no fur- mnvement toward the agree. ment on the administration currency hill until after it is passed in the House. a The con- | i Lo itecm is being | SUCCeSSor | SUBsCRTIONS atartet | , Chairman Owen to- | | : .. | Calkins had the county | Plata in the Dominfcan Republic is | k& 1t | to be | | | | Jacksonville, Sept. 8.—State Sen- ! ator James E. Calkins, of Nassau county, who is in the city from Fer- nandina today, is among the possl‘! ble candidates for Congress from the Second district, represented by Hon. Frank Clark. He has Dbeen urged by a number of friends to make the race, but has reached no definite con. clusion. Senator Calkins belongs to the progressive clan of Dewmocracy, but is not one of the erratic type.! although a staunch advocate of the | initiative and referendum aud other | reform measures. He has just com- } pleted his four-year term as senator from Nassau, and in case he does nnt» tackle Mr. Clark he may be a uuull-. date to succeed himself. Nassau county was in the Fourth, or “shoe | String” distriet, with Duval, but Mr. | transferred | to the Second district for a very good reason. “The Fourth district,” ho said, “includes Jacksonville and Key West, both of which are large ports. Against ports Fernandina would have little chanee in the mat- ter of getting harbor appropriations when left in the same distriet, by reason of which our people preferred in the Second distriet, which containg no strong competing ports.” Senator Calkins is held in high es. lawyer and leuislator throughout the State. these as a ARE HOW POURING INTO HOT SPRINGS The State Has Been Called on for Tents; Many Already Rebuilding (By Assoclate Press.) ot Springs, Sept. Mayor McClendon called upon the State for tents for the use of the homeless as a result of Friday's fire. Generous sibseriptions of money and supplies are arriving. The work of caring for the victims-is well in hand. Many large concerns will begin im. mediately to rebuild. JUDGE DIDN'T WANT TO APPROVE BOND ISSUE The $1,000,000 good roads bond‘ issue of Hillsborough county, car- ried by a majority vote of 2,020 on July 29, was validated this morning by Judge F. M. Robles of the cir. cuit court. The final decree was handed down by the judge of the circuit court, completing the formal- ity required by the act of Legisla- ture enacted in 1911. Agcording to the law, it is required that on the passage of a bond issue, either coun- ty or municipal, the state attorney shall be notified and he shall there. upon petition the circuit court, ask- ing for the validation of the issue. If there is no protest the judge of the circuit court issues the validat- ing order. i State Attorney George P. Raney, in pursuance of the provisions of the act, made the petition to the circuit court, and the date for the final de- cree was set for today. There was no protest from any source, and 8o Judge Robles had nothing to do but to make the order validating the is. sue. “I would have refused to validate the issue, if T could have,” sald Judge Robles. Asked why, he re- pHed: “It is too much. If the commis- sioners had decided on an issue of $200,000, put it to election and then constructed the roads, they could have called another election for $200,000 more, built more roads, and In that way built the roads that | were needed and shown where the money was going.”—Tampa Times. VETERANS MEET AT PHILADELPHIA Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 8.-—Elab. orate preparations have been made for the entertzcinment of Veterans of American Wars who have gath- ered here today for the opening of the Sixteenth National Encampment of the Army and Navy Uuion, with headquarters at the Hotel Walton. Delegates have come from as far as Russia and China, having secured leave of absence from posts where they are on duty. TIn connection with the event the national conven- the Natlo Auxillary beivg held. oi of Navy Union is . Ji E{x{ i g 4 CALKINS MAY OPPOSE CLARK | build and pay for ! paid for the court house. . awarded shortly. COTTONGRONERS [ING AEAL BOLL WEEN MORE COTTON GINNED THUS FAR THAN EVER BEFORE IN COUNTRY’S HISTORY Texas and North Carolina Are Only States That Have not Sur- passed Last Year (By Associate Press.) Washington, Sept. 8.——The great. est quantity of cotton thiat was ever ginned in the secason prior to Sept. 1 was reported by the census bureau today . Heavy ginnings for this I period are a result of maturing the crop in an effort hy the farmers to beat the boll weevil is the opinion ol censns burean officials, Al States reported an increase in ginning for the period over last year's totals with the exception of Texas and North Carolina ., POLX COUNTY COMING NEW JAIL Herald enthuses as juil which soon to have: The follows Mulberry over the new Polk county is Polk connty is to have a new jail that shall be modern and up-to-date in all ways. In fact that shall be absolutely the last word in the jail line. It shall be so built that there will be no more breaking jail by criminals in bunches of five and ten. 1t shall be a jail that will he a fit companion to Polk county's magnificent, court house and will be a credit to the great and magnifis cent county of Polk and an orna= ment to her county scat, the heauti- ful aristocratic bartow. “The citiac wish it and the have decreed this week on at the court county sioners it, for in their meeting Monday and Tuesday comm , house in Bartow they levied a tax of one mill for the building of the Jjail. “The board will soon be ready to the new jail on the same plan that they built and Time war- rants were issued on a tax levied from year to year and the warrants were taken up in this way sometime before they fell due. The tax levy for the jail thig year will give some- where in the neighborhood of $13,- 500. “The old jail is not nearly ade- quate to the necessities and the new one will have to be bullt to take care of about one hundred prison- ers.” SOME LESSEES UNDER- : FEEDING STATE CONVICTS State Convict Inspector R. R. Tomlin, who is in the city today, de- clares that some of the convict les- sees are getting more than their “money’s worth” out of State and county convicts at present, this be- ing due to the fact that the expira- tion of leases is near at hand and to the extremely low prices prevailing on naval stores. “Because the leases will expire within a short time and the lack of profit in turpentine and rosin, I find that some of the lessees have recent. ly been cutting down the food sup- plies of the convicts, and at the same time forcing them to work longer hours,” said Mr. Tomlin. ‘‘Aslde from a few cases of this character, however, I have found conditions in the various camps to be very good.” The Board of State Institutions, of which Governor Trammell is head, is now advertising for bids cn county and State convicts from counties and individuals, and the contracts will be Under the terms of the law enacted at the rccent legis- lative session, counties may lease convicts for road work, being grant- ed a lower rate than individual les- sees, and it is understood that quite a number will apply for a share of the unfortunates.—Jacksonville Me. tropolis WOULD-BE SENATGRS IN RACE Baltdmore, Md., Sept. 8.—Prl mapies.are being held today to name | candfdategs for the CUnited States Corps of thel senatorshi.’ There are several can- he Army and | didates in the fleld for the : parties. various