Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, September 27, 1913, Page 4

PAGE FOITH ———— o ———a it b i . The Evening Felegram Puplished every afternoou from ths Kentucky Building, Lakeland, Fla. ntered in the postoffice at Lale- tand, Florida, as mail matter of the #eneng closs (PSS N P HE THrrsNGTON, EDITOR. 1HENRY $ACQON, MANAGER PR e R 'SUBSCRIPTION KATGS: Dag vear .. #x mouthe Fares won'ha Neiivered anyvhere the witnin Vnits of the City of Lakeland for 10 pacte a week ®»oam fpne same ofiice 18 iesued e LAKELAND NE4VS # weelyy nowspaner giving & resume ®? lceal matters, crop covviitions, ¥ranty ate Jeot anywhere = A BIG REFORM ON THE WAY The notion of altering, amending, reforming or abolishing the Legisla- tures of the States in this Union be- cause they have been weizhed in the balance and found wanting and have “balled up” our laws in such a hope- ! less tangle, has taken fast hold of the minds of the American people and what was at first considered an absurd and quixotic suggestion is now being takn very seriously. That some drastic change will result sooner or later from the discussion is practically sure, for the need of | reform in our legislative system be- | comes more urgent every day. The governors of our variouns States are very conservative zentle- men as a rule, wedded to cnstom and tradition and in partnership with the Lecislatures, so to speak; but some of them havin't as much rever- ence as formerly for that venerable departmert of government, and they speak right out in meeting to that effect. Ilere is romething along this line from the last issne of the Sat urday Tvening Post, full of food for thoueht: “This year's convention of covern- ors at Colorado Sprincs illlwstr;ltm\ the growing recognition by those in the best position to judge of the hopeless inefliciency of State Legis- latures as now constituted. Govern- or Hodges, of Kansas, urged his plan of a very small, single-chamber law- making body, to sit continuously. Other State executives went so far, at least, as to recommend that there be smaller membership, more fre- ' quent sessions, and that a part of the membership be elected at large instead of representing particular districts. Governor O’Neal, of Ala- bama—where the Legislature nor mally meets only once in four years —observed that this quadrennial plan had proved the most prolific source imaginable of hasty, vised, {ll-considered legislation. The American Rallroad Association re- ports that this year nearly fifteen hundred bills regulative of rallroads were introduced in State Legisla- tures, and two hundred and thirty of them became laws; while the As- sociation of Life Insurance presidents reports more than two thousand bills this year to regulate that business. This spasmodic, grab-bag legislation cannot possibly be anything but faulty, ill-digested, conflicting and vastly wasteful. Within a very few years we expect to see Kansas lead the way with a constitutional amendment fcr a small, continuous, one-chamber, expert Legislature And, once the example has been set, other States will quickly follow.” Jacksonville landed a erackerjack when it got W. N. Live Oak and made him secretary of the Jacksonville Board of Trade. The profecsion of commercial secre tary is a comparatively new one, but it has become so important that no up-to-date city, large or small, is willing to zet along without such an official. While the rest of us are absorbed in our individual avoca- cations and so busy that we would undoubtedly let many opportunities pass to promote the general interests of the community, the Board of Trade secretary, who is employved es- pecially for the purpose, “nails” such opportunities and makes them serve the city. He is on the lookout con- stantly for them and any summing- up of his value will show in every instance where a competent man is employed that he is easily worth more than he is paid. P | S — The title of ‘“‘professor” in the South is almost as much overworked as that of “colonel” and the follow- ing on that point from the Miami Metropolis will be arpreciated: “As school begins in many towns in Florida we notice that there are fewer references to the school prin- cipals as “professor” in the Stata papers. FEvidently the lonz suffcr- ing pedavogues have called unon the editors and begged them to desist. In- structors in the colleges and uni- wersities are alone entitled to the 9 |times is when he deliberately an ill-ad- | & Conoley from | ethics of the profession, and thie pub- the name knows that he is sniled at by the men of the higher institu. tious.” R S G, Good luck to Congressman Frank Clark in his libel suit against the obscure and dirty New York publica- tion which called him a crook mere- ly because he introduced a resolu- tion to make all the appointees in There are times when an editor ! ouzht to go to jail and one of those d consciously prints slanderous lies on | honest people. A good editor de- iserves a high place in heaven, but one of the bad kind should never be |allowed to get past St. Peter at the | gate. Those commissioners ‘up in Duval county have some peculiar ideas of ‘the best way to serve the county interest and spend the county money. Their little trade for a county poor {farm in which they azreed to pay 1$200 an acre for land assessed at one dollar an acre was high finance | with all the frille. But the pitiless publicity given the transaction by " the Jacksonville Metropolis broke up i the deal. o, GRS Here’'s a meaty little paragraph fram the Dade City Star which Hon. might do well to thoughtfully pe- ruse: “All this talk about who would be a good man to run for Sparkman’s place next spring is poppycock. Sparkman will represent this district as long as his health will permit him ‘;to serve his people.” o L} { SEPTEMBER 28 IN HISTORY o lic school man who is afflicted with | the House office building Democrats. | | Frederick De Berry, of Plant (‘ity,? XA CRORFODDIHIION0 QOOGD SO0 3 OORHR0 QUL DOOOLACHOCHHO G DG rHE EVENING TELEGRAM, LAKELAND, FLA. SEPT. 27 handle ‘“‘professor,” accordiay 10 the 1 SOOI SO SI0N0 RUMINATIONS ¥ UNCLE HENRY Wm Dear Editer, 1 take my pen 1n |hand to let you no why I have not | ben writin in your absense. it is cn !account of Mrs. H. takin your place. |1f 1 write to the papper | have got {to write to her, and Marthy would not like it. On account therefor of lthings bein as they are | wisn you would not print this uutill after you get home. | Joe Dixon has been vaggin at me !that I should come out fiat footed in !the papper and say that he aiut | writin these letters for me. 1 says one day, says I, “Oh, what is the difference, Joe? You got enough to write them, ain’t you?” *Yes,” says he, “I have. That ain't “the point. I ain't got the hart.” . So, now if you want to o me a fayv- er, Mr. Il., T wish you woui¢ put in the papper that he ain’t writin them and couldn’t write them if he wanted to. You can fix this up to suite yourself, only make it kind of Istrong. Write it so peeple will no 1 ain’t got no hard feelins agin him, ibut just want to get even with him for his little remarks to me. I call to mind a grate manny sub- 'jecks on which I was intendin to Ewri(e but manny of them has slipped ! my mind. On the subject of *“Is Lakeland a ivil]ugc. ete.,” known about this. T aint ever been one to complane of the childern out- | growin there close. When Bobby land Clara Louise was in the growin stare 1 had manny a time to give away a good pare of shoes that was | © a1 rite only got too small, and T {was always ¢lad to do it. T never . made them keep there feet in shoes that was too small to save me from eottin others. [t is true that I man- branes | my opinion is well- | , 1913, up and say, *Y had not ought to be taxed for school, I ain’t got any | childern.” He don’t look deep into subjecks like I do. He don’t see that all he has.got depends on his nabers, and therefore he had ought to do something for them. He don’t cast his eys into the future and see that if this citty is goin to have a full share of sucsess and prosperitty ten yeers from now, we have got to do all we can for the helth, and the minds, and the morrels of the folks which is now growin up. Mt is the same way with other | things. ! If a man is so sot in his | ways that he would ruther get along | with things in the same old way as they have allers been, he had ought to be willin to let his nabors have! improvements if they are desirin of them, consgiderin that he owes ev- erything to his nabors. This com- munitty ain’t run to suite me ex- ackly nor noboddy else. I am sat- | isfyed when I see things come my |way oncet in a while. Noboddy | heers me complanin that improve- iments is too costly. I could live in | the woods where it is cheeper but I ldon’t want to. 1 want to live in ! Lakeland and walk along the streets, {wilin at the childern and tippin my TO THE P UBLI( We have installed modern shoe repairing machiyex:y and are pared to do all kinds of shoe r epairing and rebuilding. All done the same day it is received. We have employed an workman and all work is full y guaranteed. AT—- Dutton-Harris Shoe Sto : 122 Kentucky Avenue Phone 358 Bl “Yes. son, that is a good haircut, 1 have work done there. 1 will haye mother to ta Wary to have her hair bobbed. I a specialty of cutting children’s hair, The PHOENIX BARBER SHO] i< the largost in Polk County L. E. PE£COCK. ‘hat to the ladys, which is farer ' here than any place else I have been, :zlml shakin hands with them men, !uml sayin, “How are you?"” and “I'm !pretty well, thank you.” I would ili‘lm to have the harts of my fellow men grow warmer as they see me i pass; I want that the little childern Ishould no that Uncle llenry loves {them all. T want that the ladys 'ghould no that here is a man which in spite of a jokin remark or two 'sometimes in keepin the image of 'womenhood high in his mind. | These is things which we idon’t pay taxses on—frendship and love andl honer, but if they was taxses on | them, by gum, T would pay the | taxses cheerfully and keep on livin in Lakeland where my frends is. Amen. No more at present FFrom Your True Frend, UNCLE TENRY. Do you remember that case up in Spartansburg, S. few weeks ago when a howling mobh cathered ! about the jail to take from the cus- ! tody of the sheriff a negro prisoner | charged with criminal assault? The | sheriff was dead game and he used | | his revolver to such good effect that 'the mob was defeated and dispersed. | day for the crime the mob wanted to lynch him for, and a jury of white 178%-—Hyder Ally defeated hy the ny & time got shoes a mile too big dritish, under Sir Eyre Coote, lookin forwerd to there future 1849 —The fortress of Comorn, one sroth. but T didn’t get mad when of the strongest in Kurope, they outzrowed them before they ' taken by the Austrians. wag wore out. We had ousht to he 1851 Steamer Aretic in collision the same way about our town. In | with the steamer Vesta, fitty makin - publick jmprovements we | miles off Cape Race; through had ought to make them as big as i the Histardly conduct of the c¢un well be in order to allow for i Aretic's ere wnearly 350 per- the groth of our fare citty. But i sons, many women and chil- When them improvements is out-|That same negro was tried the other dren, were lost. |growed we had ought to go cheer- 1904- -Fourth Japanese army in the | fully and get some more a few sizes i field and another forming; 100 miles. 1911—Italy delivered an ultimatum to Turkey, which was reject- ed the next day. 1912-—Martial law was proclaimed at Augusta, Ga., due to a street car strike. SEPTEMBER 27 IN HISTORY -4 House, at Washington, was started. 1829-—Mill for cleaning rice invent- ed by Ravenal, of South Car- olina. 1849—Great fire at Oswego, York. 1874—Fourteen fishing smacks dis- covered engaged in smuggling Chinese from British Colom- bia into Washington and Ore- gon. 1904-—Japanese reported to be bat- tering down the defenses of Port Arthur, First review of a complete aeroplane armada took place near Paris, seventy-two war airships passing before the French minister of war. A great anti-home rule demon- stration was held at Belfast, Ireland. New 1912 | TODAY'S BIRTHDAY HONORS Hon. Benito Legarda, resident | commissioner of the Philippine Is- (lands at Washington, was born in | Manila, Sept. 27, 1853; was edu- |cated in the Jesuits’ College and St. , Thomas University of Manila, from the latter of which he received the degree of LL. B. He held some honorific positions during the Span- |1sh regime; joined Aguinaldo when “he landed in Cavite shortly after Ad- miral Dewey had destroyed the Span- ish fleet, 1898; was a member of | Aguinaldo’s cabinet at Malolos and | vice president of the Filipine Con- | gress; resigned these positions to re- turn to Manila in December of the ! |same year (1898); co-operated with live interect in the establishment of peace during and after the war be- tween the Filipinos and Americans. On Feb. 1, 1901, was appointed by President McKinley a member of the Philippine Legislature one of the resident commissioners of the Phil- | (ippine Islands in the United States ’ln November, 1907. Kuroki plans flank march of J0R0R0¢ CRORFCRBOITRICCD O QU0 -} Q JORCBCACH0E KBORCHCR0: LRCHORORCAORCACCROB0N HORY ilarger. And we had not ought to complane of the expense of doin so. As T walk and talk about the ecitty, 1 notis that them which hollers about high taxses ain't them which bought property here in the last five yeers. Them peeple has come here 'in faith Dbeleevin that the town would grow and expand like it has done and is still doin. | has been prepared. The ones which hollers i8 them which come here ex- pectin that the town would never amount to much, and they act mad because it is goin agin there expec- tations. Yet these is the ones that iis bennifittin most by the progress 99— 1799—Rome surrendered to the which s goin on. They holler be- | DEahs cause taxses is high. They ain't 1804 i ; : 04~—Remogelling: .of the White complainin because propperty is (high. They say,, “This here town is {too small for taxses to be so high,” |but they ain’t’ sayin, “I had not | 'ought to ast so much for my prop- don’t say, “The town i8 too small for me to ast so much rent.” No, | these peeple is takin all they can get an dnot sayin thank you to the com- munity and there feller sitizens to 'which they owe all they have got. |They ain't anyboddy whose land here would be wuth much if all the rest of his feller mortels was to move away and stay away. That is one thinz we have not let our minds dwell on enough. A man will set — —— Smart Hats For Men The new derbies, soft felts and ve- {lour HATS we're showing are the {season's best creations in hatdom. They embody style, quality and worknanship that will merit your | attention. Priced at $3 and up to $6. We shall be pleased to serve you— \drop in tonight, When unpacking your wlnterl | clothing, don’t forget our | CLEANING and PRESSING De- | | partment. All work guaranteed. WILLIANSON-MOORE GO “FASHION SHOP FOR MEN" | Phone 298. Drane Building Them peeple | lerty in a town this size,” or they | men who heard the evidence ac- quitted him. Comment is unneces- sary. MEDULLA SCHOOL MAKING FINE PROGRESS | | Owing to the size and good at- tendance of our school at Medulla, |it became necessary to employ the fiftth teacher. For this place our principal, Prof. 0. J. Moore, was fortunate in securing Miss Blanche Padrick, who comes well recommend- ed, having taught in both Georgia and Kentucky. This is an agreeable addition to our faculty of efficient teachers, who have labored unceasingly to make a splendid school at Medulla. They | have succeeded not only in the qual- | ity of the work that i{s being done, but also in cultivating a congenial school spirit among the pupils and the parents. And let us loyally support this work, realizing the fact that we have in our midst teachers who have had much success in the building up of schools, and who are willing to make any sacrifice for the good of this great work. The principal informs me that a fcurdial invitation is at all times ,extended to parents and others to visit the school and see the work that is being done. Such visits are i\'ery encouraging to teachers who |are interested and realize the im- ! portance of their work. A PATRON. THE “TENTH JUDICIAL CIR- CUIT COURT OF FLORIDA, POLK COUNTY—Harriet Eugenia Sims vs. James H. Sims. It appearing from the wfiidavit of Harriet Eugenia Sims which is ap- pended to the bill of complaint filed herein, that the defendant, James H. Sims, is a resident of the State of Florida, and has been absent for more than sixty days next preceding the application for the order of pub- lication, and that said defendant is over the age of twenty_one years, and there is no person in the State of Florida service of a subpoena upon whom would bind said defendant. It 1s therefore ordered that the said defendant, James H. Sims, ap- pear at the court house in Bartow, | Florida, on October, the 6th, 1913, ito answer said bill of complaint. ' It is further ordered that this or.! | der be published in the Lakeland ‘ ‘[Evenlnz Telegram for the space of ! four consecutive weeks next preced- | | ing said October the 6th, 1913, | | Witness my hand and seal at Par- tow, Florid I | IN | a, this 21st day of Au-| gust, A. D. 1913 J. A. JOHNSON, | 1185 : Clerk Circuit Court. NEW GOODS Mr. Cole has just returned from a two months’ stay in the kets. We invite you to call and inspect the quality and styles. Al “A Pleasure to Show Goods” GCOLE & HUL Jews.ers and Optometrists Phone 173 Lakeland And Pressing Club Pressing and alteration; ladies’ work a specialty. Work sent and delivered. Hats cleaned and blocked. Ladies work soliei Proprietor Kentucky Ave. Phone 257 IN BUILDERS’ Hardwar: It is most important to select the best hardware for that new home or building. That brings you here, for we make a point of carrying noth- ing but the best builder’s ha-d- ware that adds not only to tke beauty of a building, but to its selling value as well. The sash and door locks, hinges, etc., are a very small part of a building, but will re- pay many times for the cost and trouble of proper selection. We are prepared to name interesting prices on the com- plete hardware for any style of building from the humble cot- tage to the largest office build ing. Yes, Sirl We also sell the best building tools--all moder- ately priced. WILSO] Hardware Compa Phone Tl Opposite Depo They make} MANLGER We are receiving new goods for the fall and holiday ti 3 i ) ]