Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, October 2, 1913, Page 5

ELAND, FLA. s HOCT 1913. PAGE FIV# SON AGR; ..,A r\A— Mr. and Mrs. Richards are again at home after a pleasant sojourn in New York city. In Case of Fire hone 5,000 | Business meeting of the Baraca class at 7:30 tonight in Annex First | Baptist church. Important. Come. “Mr. Fraser Armstrong and moth-| aermm. B. T. Bardin has returned w, Mrs. Arstrong, of Sanford, are| Mrs. n Lakeland, the guests of Mrs. I. home from a pleasant summer spent . Jerkins. | in the mountains and in New York, . and with Mr. Bardin is at home to ‘l'he Dixieiand Circle of the Bap- her friends at the Dad Hines hotel. {8t church will meet with Mrs. J. | B. Melton Friday afternoon at 4' Preparations for breaking grounid fcloc.k, All members are urged to for the Futch building are in prog- ittend . |ess and much of the material is on & the ground. This handsome build- "Dr. J. F. Wilson and wife and ing will front on Main street, fac- ittle daughter are again at home af- 'ing the Tremont hotel property. J. er & pleasant stay of two weeks at F. Townsend & Co. are the contrac- dr. Wilson's old home in Darling- tors and an elegant and substantial on, 8. C. istructure is assured. llfi Gussie Jennings, who has! The wreck whistle boomed out pflt some time with her sister. | 1ouder than usual this morning, drs. Florence Trantham, of thia!making one imagine the Coast Line dty, left for her home in Ft. Pierce lhad a right smart little batch of Nednesday . trains in the ditch, however, the o - trouble was occasioned by a phos- i Mr. W. B. Talley and his part-lphate extra jumping the track at fer, Mr. Sumner, of acksonville, | Seffner. The wreck caused train Wwo of the best architects in the No. 84 to be about three hours late, jtate, are in the city today looking |this being the passenger train due fter several buildings, the erection |here at 7:25. f which they are superintending. Last night the City Council, by A large crowd left the city at 1 unanimous resolution, tendered a yelock this afternoon bound for | |cordial invitation to the Confederate 3artow on the special train, to wit- | i Veterans to hold their next State 1es8 the game of ball, which 'deter-jrcunlon in this city, and Capt. J. D. nines. which team has the best play- | Allen will carry this invitation to rs, this being the rubber. {the Veterans who meet this year ——— |in Pensacola on Oct. 21. Mr T. F. Holbrook arrived homo| —_— ast night from a stay of ueveral‘ Rev. W. E. Pugh, of Florence, veeks at Rock Bridge Alum Sprincs, §. C., who has been called to the Va., where he went for the benefit pastorate of Grace Lutheran church ¢ his health, which we are glad to in this city, arrived last night, ac- 1ote is better than it has been for ‘companlcd by his wife, and will S , long time. !preach his first sermon here next —_— — fSunduy at 11 a. m., and will also Mr. G. Thomas Fleming of the'preach at night. Yor the present .ake Shore railroad, one of Lake- Mr. and Mrs. Pugh are guests at and’s most ardent boosters, writes the home of Mr. Chris Hanson, but rom Buffalo that he expects to start will go to housekeeping at their own or the south within the next ten home in a few days. lays and intends to put in the fuil winter in this ‘greatest of all cities.” NOTICE Miss T. W. Bennet, a popular re- eption and club caterer of New York The regular meeting of Lakeland Chapter, R. A. M., will be held ity, has arrived In Lakeland, and iyis evening at 7:30 o'clock. Busi- 8 located at 207 East Lemon street. | ;o5 of fmportance will be considered fiss Bennet's reputation is well es-|ang a fu)) attendance is desired. ablished, and Dr. Wheeler was for- | J. F. WILSON, Secretary. zfite enough to secure her services T her Fridny reception. | NOTICE fir S. M. Btephens returned last% The U. D. C. will meet with ight from a pleasant summer 8Dent yii A I Darracott at her residence n Tennessee in Mrs. Stephens’ old on South Florida avenue, Saturday ome town, Russellville. Mrs. Ste- ,e10rn00n at 3 o'clock. All members hens did not return and will be ... .ordjally fnvited to be present yway until cold weather, as she '“i 2 mgaged in improving her lar:e: Jroperty interests there and is en- oying the fine fall weather that is 10w so delightful up there. NOTICE R. A. M. Rezular meeting tonight Lakeland ](‘h.\pter No. 29, R. A. M. Com- Weathers returned panions please attend and help pro- mote this work. By order HIGH PRIEST. LOSI! LOST! LOST! Mrs. B. A. ast nizht from Lakeland where she 188 been the cuest of her niece, Mrs, | . V. Stevens, for a week. Mr. | Weathers joined his wife Saturday ind accom»anied her home. Little LOST—A pocketbook containing a Migg Marcaret Stevens is improving $10 bill and 50 cents in silver, on lowly and as soon as ehe is able West Orange street or Missouri 0 travel she will be brought to 6 @venue. Finder will be liberally Jeala. —Ocala Star. rewarded. Return to Telezram ; office. 1251 e A———— e e | s Aunnomw“ MAJESTC. | VAUDEVILLE MISS LILLIAN NAVARRE )pens her enzagement tonizht. Miss | {avarre comes highly recommended | COMEDY COMEDY COMEDY ad bas played all the largest houses | And then some more comedy. Good n the State. Don't miss her high for the ladies, good for the men and lass act any night she is here for fattening for the children. he changes every night. “TWO0’S COMPANY, THREE'S A CROWD" A Scream of Laughter from Start to Finish, Featuring Hughie Mack B s il “THE OLD GUARD” | L Great Vitagraph Comedy, Full of Laughs | *WHEN GREEK MEETS GREEK" | : B A Beautiful Edison Drama | “THE WA\DERER" | A Fine Biograpn Comedy i “THE HEART OF AN ACTRESS” Comedy-Drnma by tne Kalem Co. — 84 ‘A “'RECKFD LIFE” ’e of Those Unbeatable Pathe | MATINEE SATURDAY Western Features GOOD ORCHESTRA MUSIC | WHY COMMISSON FORM 15 BEST i Editor Telegram: It is pretty uni- i versally conceded that the commis- !sion government is a modern im- ‘pm\ement over the old form of al- !dermanic and mayoralty whose pow- | i ers so often distressingly conflict. It ' is also pretty generally the case that the powers that are, that the o cials who hold the reins of govern- ment for the time being, oppose the adoption of the new plan, but I am glad to note that in the present in- /stance in Lakeland there are some [ happy exceptions to this rule. How- ever, those who oppose it can pret- ty generally be traced to the influ- ,ence of some of our city officials. any good argument against the com- mission government. It has been said that it would increase the run- ning expenses. Yes! it would in- crease the current expenses of the administrative division of the muni- cipal government by the addition of an experienced expert business man- ager who would assume the active executive management of the busi- ness of a three million dollar cor- poration. On the other hand the amount of saving as a result of the constant activity and supervision of ,the manager would exceed the ‘amount of added expense nine times. If the tax payer of Lakeland will take the trouble to investigate this fact under a practical test of the ex- penditure of the people's money re- cently the above statement will be substantiated. 1t i{s a well-known fact in Lakeland that recently when | the sand and old paving was being removed by teams to make way for the new paving, the mixed sand and ! clay was hauled to one of our streets and cast there as a kind of paving and was graded for the purpose of paving that street. That within a few days after that job was complet- ed the excavating machine came along over that same street digging a deep ditch for the laying of the sewer pipes, and the clay that had been hauled there for paving pur- boses was mixed with the sand ex- cavated and after the sewer was laid the clay tocether, which raised the streets higher than the sidewalks to the in- jury of the abutting property owners and a short time thereafter the clay, sand anil all was haured away from that same street to other streets to n.ake way for the paving of the same street where the sand had been hauled to. The commigsioners do not have to employ the services of an expert {manager and it is up to them to fix his salary. None of the present em- "ployes of the city would be deprived of their positions such as the police force, tax assessor and collector, su- perintendent of the light and water plant and any others that might ,from time to time he necessary to | carrying on the business of the city. . The manager would simply assume | the executive authority of the com- missioners in actively overseeing all branches of work and of public im- provements with recommendations to the commission from whom he would receive instructions. They would have the rizht to discharge : for inefficiency and employ another at any time. In other words the whole idea of a commission govern- ment is not so much to centralize the power, which is in fact an ad- vantage, but it is for the purpose of placing gome competent person in | the direct supervigion of the busi- !ness of the city, and relieve council men, aldermen and commiscioners of the necegsity of leaving their places of business and going out to attend, within their few spare hours, to the city's business. W e have never had a councilman and never want one who has not a business of his own and who is not a successful business man, and it is reasonable to say that bugingss men of affairs who have the responsibility of their own finances will not give the constant care and personal attention to the city’'s af- fairs as an expert experienced man- |ager who was paid to do that work and was not allowed to engaze in any other business, and who also would constantly face a discharge and removal for inability and inef- {ficiency. If it is true as a general proposi- New Edisonia STEOSDOTEOSDHOSO DSOS TIOHE NEW EDISONIA TONIGHT “A Child’s Influence,” by Pearl White and Chester Barnett. (Crys- | tal) “"Sflcret Service Sam'-—A startling detective drama in 2-reel feature. | (Universal.) These are two very fine pictures. !Something that everyone should see. | ‘\\'e are here to accommodate the| public and especially the ladies and | children. Matinee Saturdey at 3 P M There has not yet been advanced | and sand was mixed ! tion that commission government is | an improvement and is fast succecd ing the old form but that there may be some objectionable features in the present draft of our revision of the | charter to be voted upon adopting the commissjon government, it is | not wise to give up the entire prop- osition because of one objection that each individual voter might find to | it, differing perhaps from the objec- |tion of some other voter, but the plan should be adopted in a whole as it is drafted and then we should go about the work of perfecting the new charter, in the same manner that we proceed to adopt the com- ‘mission government and add to it and build on to it such provisions as may become necessary from year ito year which in each instance will ‘be done by public vote of the peo- }ple of Lakeland. | The eyes of the country are upon Lakeland, and we who live here be- lieve in the future of our town and that nothing is too good for Lake- land, and certainly the adoption of the proposed commission government could not possibly make the situa- tion any worse as there would be five commissioners instead of seven coun- cilmen and there is no reason to be- lieve that the five commissioners could not show as good results at the end of each year as ig being | shown under the system of seven | councilmen and a mayor. | “CITIZEN.” OurBank Js a National Bank. Let US,take care of our money. A National Bank is operated under the National Banking Act. This law places it under the supervision of the Treasury De- partment of the United States Govern- ment. A rigid examination of the bank’s affairs is made several times every year in the interest of its depositors. Do Your Banking With Us FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF LAKELAND GO TO THE RESCUE Don't Wait 'Till It's Too Late—Fol low the Example of a Lake: land Citizen, Rescue the aching back. If it keeps on aching, trouble may come. Often it indicates kidney weak- ness. If you neglect the kidneys' warn- e Iook out for urinary disorders. | This Lakeland citizen will show you how to go to the rescue. R. L. Marshall, N. Massachu- | setts avenue, Lakeland, Fla., says: 1“1 was having trouble from disor- .dered kidneys and was suffering | from backache and soreness through lm\ loins. Doan's Widne,; Pills quickly rid me of thé ®<ijpiaint and !8oon my kidneys were in good work- {Ing order. 1 have had no need of a kidney medicine since.” For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. I'oster-Milburn Co., Buf- falo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name—Doan’s-—and take no other. We Repeat That We Are We Sell Ice That means we are keen for all the business we can get. Merchants WANTED—Girls in mailing depart- ment for two days each week. Ap- ply at Telegram office at once. HILLAR]) Specializes on City property, groves and truck . farms, alter October 1. That we value you as a customer, and there isn't a thing we «can reasonably do for you that we will not do cheerfully. The better our service the more we sell We are not cold-blooded because we handle a cold product. We are human, through and through LETTRT o analhil Judge us as you judge other merchants, knowing that we cannot afford to be arbitrary or partial. Being a headquarters for northern tourists and homeseekers wanting to rent rooms and dwellings, it will pay owners to list them with hin, as well as groves and farms. The finest hotel site here, and res- idence lots and homes offered at the RIGHT PRICES and terms to early buyers. He expects to stay here, and |guarantecs FAITHFUL SERVICE and a SQUARE DEAL, M. G. WILLARD 17 Kentucky Bldg., Phone 102. OUR ICE is good ice. And it is cheap enough for yon to use it freely. If not a customer already, we solicit you now. Lakeland Ice Company Phone 26 ATTENTION T O XYV A1 W ARG R . T T T e ——— Lakeland, Fla. YOUR CORRESPONDENCE If you need a pair of shoes, see us before buying. We have gthe latest styles in all leathers. Just received a large shipment of shoes for the Kiddies. Watch our windows for STYL ES! Hosiery For Al The Family. ———m Kimbrough-Rutherford SHOE COMPANY Opposite New City Hall = Telegram10c Week - Will be a pleasure when you use our stationery. See our superb stock of fine Linen with En- velopes to match. AAKE PHARMACY. Bryan's Drug Store PH 0 N E 42 I