Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, September 29, 1913, Page 4

PAGE FOUR THE EV In_e Evening _i'eleg(qm l'ucl. hed every afternoou from the Lentucky Ruilding, Lakeiand, Fla. wnteipd in the postoffice at Lake- fand, Fionida, a8 mail matter of the WILL THE BRYAN PRIMARY LAW PUT GILCHRIST IN? BUSY BAPITAI. Se: 3. ’ 5 Sertator Bryan handed us/some: (Continued from Page 1.) _ thing which may be a good thing or |just the reverse when he wrote the primary law enacted by the late Leg- today. It would be no surprlse 1.0 his friends if Mr. Holloway received o e islature. It will be tried out pretty ;a federal office before leaving for :" e ______|tnoroughly next yewr and if its pro- | Florida. 3 2 visions which obviate the necessity — A ‘Hb‘m?_"lu‘\ ED_TE_ of a second primary shall operate to W. H. Rogers, a prominent citi- really defeat rather than express the popular will, as some people now fear, the law is doomed unless radi- lcal amendment can save it. Some #ACCON, MANAGER. SUUBSCRIFTIUN RHATHES: LG ORI I R ‘; gf‘; student of this law has been writing PUEITOnDE oo 0r 5 55 |to the St. Petersburg Times on the Worec mOBMS . .ooeiieiens L35 Gibject and his conelusions do not Delivered auywhere wiinin the Himits of the City of Lakeland for 10 ponta a week from the same ofiica 18 issued THE LAKELAND NEWS M weekiy newspaper giving & resume | crop eanditions, commend it to public favor as a sim- ple and cffective way of getting at the will of a Democratic majority in the primary. We take the follow- ing from the Times: “One of the ablest political prog- nosticators in the State of Florida re o daea! matters, i % £ poanty affaivs. ete. Sent Juywnnrl"\”.”"" ug ])(‘IIH)HQI']) his blLC~llD.élt Bae 8100 per y { this stagze as follows: The campaign /ill be between IMletcher and Stock- ton-—and Gilchrist is likely to win. The new State lulum law becomes None can hope to get a majority of | effective tomorrow, but as we #don’t | first choice votes, he writes; and the do any liquor business tn Lakeland 11*‘lctcher support will vote for Gil- nor in any part of Polk county there | christ second rather than for Stock- is no need to print any of the pro-iton; the Stackton support will vote visions of this State statute to reg- |for Gilchrist second rather than for ulate a trafic we are too Wise to|Fletcher; and these second choice permit. | votes added to his own considerable e —0 first votes are likely to put Gil- The Georgla Bar Association |christ over. The fact that only the two highest can get into the second tached to the name of every lawyer |count would make it necessary for in that State and has resoluted in |Gilchrist to be one of the two high warm terms against the absupd Mmen in first choice votes to win un- habit. But the custom is too deeply dvr this hypothesis, although our Tooted in the traditions of Georgia |Prosnosticator without saying any- and neighboring States to be elimi- | thing upon that point seems to figure nated by a mere resolution. It must | Fletcher and Stockton as high men. be aided and abetted by the earnest |t 18 just possible this new first and personal solicitation of the lawyers |sccond choice ballot is going to tan- themselves, a house-to-house canvas, up even the ablest of our prog- 80 to speak; and in some cases we |nosticators.” is tired of the colonel prefix at- gle suspect that it will take physical O violence to work the reform. The New York World has made less | | than Secretary Bryan out of its of- | “Uncle Si" Lillard, managep of ‘ fer to pay him $5,000 per annum to | the Interstate Fair, which opens in | “upbplement his salary if he would | and lasts a week, keep off the lecture platform. has sent the Telegram an invitation Obvious purpose of the World to ad and a complimentary ticket, for |‘ertise itsell’ by holding Mr. obliged up to publiec ridicule has Pensacola Oct. which we much al though there is no prospect that we are will see the big show. This fair (Out more public sentiment in be- is the real article over in West Flor- |hall of the secretary than he had | ida, a genuine exposition of the re- | before. He needed more and the sources of that section and nude,-|“’"”‘l has supplied the need. the direction of Manager Lillard it has come to be a colossal annual af- fair. The people of that section value it highly and get in behind it every year with the enthusiasm that means success. e s The Times-Union laid itself wide 0 Cracking safes by train robbers is not always the profitable business it is cracked up to be. That robbery of an A. G. S. train in Alabama the other day netted the highwaymen just $50, that being the amount of cash in the express messenger’s open for criticism in the following |safe, instead of $50,000 as first stat- paragraph: ed by imaginative alarmists who “Lakeland will try commission [knew nothing about the matter. As government. Should we be proud |there were five of the robbers they when admitting that we are unfit |made ten dollars each and are now to govern ourselves?” fugitives from justice to boot. Poor And the Apalachicola Times |Pay considering the risk. promptly replied to its careless dic- ——t tum as follows: The largest enrollment of stu- “Commission government {8 not|dents in its enutire history is the an admission that we are incapable pleasant news given out by Presi- of self government. On the contrary | dent Murphree of the University of it 18 reckoned as the nighest type of | Florida at Gainesville. efficiency, and produces results su- perior in-every way to the obsolete methods of aldermanic government. The writer does not claim to be an expert in this matver, but he has| The Central Federated Labor read a great deal both for and|Union of New York has notified Ed- against commission government, and [ward E. McCall, Tammany's candi- his reading has convinced him that |date for mayor of New York that it commission government is the best | will oppose him in his campaign un- that man so far has devised.” less he puts the union label on all And the Times might have added |campaign literature. that the commission form is just as elective as the other and in no way waives the right of self-government. It merely changes the form. ] POLITICS AND POLITICIANS The Progressives of Pennsylvania are already planning their presiden- tial campaign foyr 1916, with Colonel Roosevelt as leader of the party. Why is it that every town or coun- | The announcement of Senator Pen ty holding bond elections rose’s willingness to support the col- pelled to pay large attorney fees and |onel has caused joy in the Progres wait an interminable time to find out whether the that they have issued are good or not? It seems to be necessary under our sys tem, and yet it doesn’'t look as if it should be necessary. Can’t some | system be devised which \\mll(l‘“”ll" G(-r.man). Wil the, view. o make bonds marketable without all d.('mnn,\traun;: to. the German of- ficials, the leading manufacturers of this delay and expense? Yes, ¢ : yes, we are mindful of the constitu. and publishers the magnitude and attractions of the 1915 fair. tion, and all that, but the system seems to be a poor one at that.— iy Orlando Sentinel. The first woman to sail through In the very nature of things there |the Panama canal will be Mrs. Geo. can be jno remedy for the difficulty | Goethals, wife of Col. Goethals, to mentioned by the Sentinel. Capital |whom so much credit for the build- is the most timid thing in the world, |ing of the canal is due. Mrs. Goe- and as nearly every town, city andthals has just arrived at Colon to county in America gets money at|await the realization of her ambi- Do is com- sive camp. bonils — The German Journal is preparing to issue a special Panama-Pacific ex- position propaganda publication in Bryan | reactoe ! reacted iy ssossments, but as the tax books against that paper and has byought | some time or other on bond issues, common prudence demands that thorough examination by competent lawyers must be made in every in- stance to assure the validity of the bonds and that no legal obstruction can be raised at any time against their payment or the interest on them. Put yourself 1n the place of the capitalist and see how minute and thorouzh would be your inves- tigation before you would exchange your money for the promise to pay of some town or county you prob- ably never heard of before. tion. The ! | commission . zen of Sewalls Point, conferred to- day with Representative Clark over political affairs in his district. Walter Platt and Mrs. Platt, of Tampa, who have been traveling ex- tensively in the East, called on Rep- resentative Sparkman and the other members of the Florida delegation today. Senator Fletcher has introduced in the Senate an amendment to the urgent deficiency bill appropriating ! $15,000 for groins to protect the shores of Anastasia island, near St. Augustine. Major William B. of Engineers, who Ladue, Corps has been in charge of the contract division of | the engineer bureau at the war de- partment for about four years, has | been ordered to St. Louis for duty with the Mississippi river commis- sion until December 20, when he will go to Jacksonville, Fla., and take charge of the river and harbor works in that vicinity, relieving Major John R. Slattery, Corps of Engi- neers. TAX COMMISSIONERS WANT STATE CONVENTION Among the visitors to Gainesville Friday were Robert J. Patterson of Madison and John S. Kdwards of FLORDINS IN NATION'S HER LACK OF SYSTEM Lakeland, members of the State tax | These to con- with the several county tax as- gentlemen are | !making a tour of the State | play with them or sell G TELEGRAM, LAKELAND, FLA., SEPT. 29, 1913. By FRANK WINGET. “Where’s the ice pick?” inquired the ordinary man, coming upstairs from the basement and hunting lan- quidly in the tool drawer. “Isn’t it in the drawer?” ' His wife came across the room to help him hunt. “Not there? Isn’t that strange? 1 was sure it was there!"” “Strange!” The ordinary man'’s tone was scornful. “Strange!” He shut the drawer with a bang. “If I've bought one ice pick, I've bought fifty! If I want to have a thing in this house where I can find it when I want it I've got to keep it chained in my pocket with my keys! 1 never heard i of another house like it!” He put his hands into his pockets and strode up and down the kitchen as he talked. “Here's the ice melting and nothing to chip it with—and hot- ter than fury! I suppose you never dreamed that we'd need iced drinks this weather. An ordinary woman would have seen to it that that ice pick was somcwhere where it would be handy! But your mind is wander- ing off somewhere. “It's the same way with every tor- mented thing around this ranch!” stormed the ordinary man. “Last win- ter could I ever find the hatchet when I wanted it? No! Hatchet after hatchet I brought home, and yet as soon as I needed one there was not one to be found! You let the children them for brooms, I suppose! But as far as put- ting them away in any regular place and remembering the spot over night —why, I'd drop dead if you ever sug- gested such a marvel! “Could 1 find the garden rake this | spring? No! I had to go down and buy out the hardware store after I'd laid in a whole new outlit last sum- mer!” “Why.” interrupted hiz wife, “you know yourscif that you lent your gar- | den outfit to Mr. Danicls and he car- | vied them away vien he moved | | and—" “Yes, and you expicted e to come from the office voumd when | Daniels moved, 10 ¢ t he didn't o i W i i | ¢essors in order to gain information ! i that will be useful in arriving at a' mode of making a more uniform as | sossment. It is proposed to have all | {counties, in time, employ uniformity jsessors and members of boards of have been made up for the current ; vear, the commissioners are direct- ing their energy toward securing |the opinions and views of the as- county commissioners in the several counties for use in making assess- ments in 1914. Messrs. Patterson and Edwards stated that they, with Mr. Neel, the third member of the commission, are considering the advisability of call- ing a convention of all county as- sessors and county commissioners of the State, to be held about the mid- dle of November. The tax commis- sioners believe that by holding a convention that the matters to be threshed out with reference to uni- form assessments can be attended to with less expense to the State and counties than were the commission- ers to pursue the course of making several trips to each county for con- ferences with the asaessors—-(.‘.alnes- ville Sun. BADLY MANGLED BY ALLIGATOR Jacksonville, Sept. 29.—George Howell, assistant alligator trainer at the Florida Ostrich Farm, is still in a serious condition today at the St. Luke's hospital as a result of injuries to his left arm during his terrible experience when suddenly attacked by a furious aligator, named Duval Nellie, at the farm, about 3:45 o'clock Saturday after- noon. It was only through the im- mediate assistance of Secretary Frank White that the saved from death after his arm was badly mangled in thc powerful jaws man wag | my work.” 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. : hang around home s “You Fixed Up a Bench.” earry off my property! Hang it! Why den't you watch out for a few things! Why can't you keep your eyes open! You seem to think 1 am solely responsible for things about this place! I don’t know who is responsi- ble if it isn't you! You ought to see the place father had at home. There was the tool shed and if—" “Yes, a big tool shed—and who took care of it? I heard your father say that he passed all his leisure time in that shed. And your mother said she never had to think of repairs—your father was so good about remember- ing everything. He kept all her knives sharpened and—" “I suppose you think I ought to harpening knives, when T can get a man for half a dol- lar to sharpen all we ever owned! It shows how much you think of my bus- fness ability. You can't appreciate “l never said I didn't appreciate anything. But you said your father—" “Now, we'll e my father quite out of the discussion,” exclaimed the ordinary man, warmly. *“!le had noth ing to do with the ice pick being gone Here it is Sunday and no ice pick! 1 tell you it's the same with the ham- mer—and with the screw driver that I got last Christmas. I've never seen them—" “Oh!™ exclaimed his wife. “Don’t you remember that you fixed up a bench in the attic with your new tools Christmas week and I'll bet your things are up there!” “Jiminy! That's what I did!” He took the stairs two at a time. “Yup, here they all are! Lucky I had the good sense to put them away or they’d been all lost by this time. Shows what a good housekeeper you are not to know they're here!"—Chi- cago Daily News. We shall be pleased to serve you— drop in tonight. TODAY’S BIRTHDAY HONORS — Representative Geo. Farmer Bur- gess, of Texas, is 52. He wag born in Wharton county, Texas, in 1861; educated in the common schools and |studied law; admitted to the bar in 1882; has served as county at- torney of Gonzales county, presiden- tial elector and congressman since he was elected to tne Fifty-sixth session of Congress. { When unpacking your winter clothing, don't forget our | CLEANING and PRESSING De- | bartment. All work guaranteed. WILLIAMSON-MOORE Go. “FASHION SHOP FOR MEN" Phone 298. Drane Building Forewarned |s Forearmed. “I'm not In business for my health.” “Neither am 1" “Good! Now that I know you'll skin me if you get a chance and you know I'll skin you if I get a chance, 1 lets’ get down to business.” | Just the Opemng for Them. i “Are you for or against the efficien- { cy experts?” “For ‘em strong. [ notice the gas company is going to hire a whole lot of 'em to go around each month and read the gas meters.” T O THE P U B LI1C done the same da it is receiv ed. We have employed an exp workman and all work is full y g'uara.nteed AT—- Dutton-Harris Shoe Store 122 Kentucky Avenue Phone 358 Blu “Yes, son, that is a good haircut. 1 have m work done there. | will have mother to tak Wary to have her hair bobbed. They make a specialty of cutting children’s hair, The PHOENIX BARBER SHO is the largost in Polk County L. E. PE2COCK. MANAGER NEW G0OODS Mr. Cole has just returned from a two months’ stay in the mas kets. We are receiving new goods for the fall and holiday trad We invite you to call and inspect the quality and styles. Alwa “A Pleasure to Show Goods” COLE & HUL Jewelers and Optometrists Phone 173 Lakeland Fi NUWAY TAILOR SHOF And Pressing Club ladies’ and blocked ., Pressing and alteration; work a specialty. Work sent fo Hats cleaned solicited DUKE the TAILOR R b % Proprietor Kentucky Ave. Phone 257 and delivered. Ladies work Bowyer Building Verylhin [ % G/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 the 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, Sir! We also sell the best building tools--all moder- ately priced. WILSO Hardware Compan Phone Tl Opposite Depot