Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, November 17, 1913, Page 4

! ot ———— e —— | The Evening Telegram Published every afternoon from the Xeutucky Building, Lakeland, Fla. Entered in the postoffice at Lake- wand, Florida, as mail matter of the meciid class. M. E HETHERINGTON, EDITOR. BUBSCKIFTIUN RATEN: HX mMODth® ..covvvevencsces 360 faree months ........co000. 126 Dalivered anywbere within the dmits of the City of Lakeland Zor 10 tents a week, From the same ofhics 18 1ssued THE LAKELAND NEWS, ‘A weekiy newspaper giving a resume #¢ local matters, crop conditions, sounty alfairs, etc. Sent anywhere for $1.00 per year. ) [vOTENAEESIR N SISSNUEENEIILL Governor Trammell moves with de- liberation and with a clear view of] the details of every subject upon’ which he takes a decisive step in his’ public life. Hence it can be sufvlyj assumed that he knew just what he was doing when he wrote the amend- ment to the Bryan primary law pro- viding for additional time for regis- tration vnder that law. e has been eriticized for that amendment as in- volving a heavy and needless expense and he has fully replied to his crities and vindicated his action. The fol- lowing from the Palatka News is to the point: “Governor Trammell pleads guilty and mates no apolovies for his ef- forts in having the Dryan primary bill of the late Legislature so amend- ed as to make the recsistration of those livine in the countrv districts more convenient. The original bill providod that the recistration books ghould be open but one day in each of the precincts ot some time be- tween MNov. 1 and Dec. 1, and that from Jonuary to May they were to e onen in the connty seat., This would have worked a horchip to voters in the country precincts. The law is better t the amendirent and Gov- erncr Trammell ghold indeed Dhe pro:d of his work. It is known also that these important amendments had the approval of State Chairman Fearncide, who was at Tallahassee pending the consideration of the bill and who worked for its passagze in the amended form. By the amend- ment the law now provides that rez- istration books sghall be open for one month in each precinct. The amend- ment was adopted by a more than two-thirds majority, and it is a fact that it was opposed by the friends of Benator Bryan.” | & 0— [ There Is a strong desire all over the country on the part of pedes- trians and other helpless classes to writeup of St. Petersburg Inspired bring the reckless person at the| wheel of the automobile to some proner recoenition of the rizhts of ; graphic others, There Is a vast reserve of righteous indignation against him sugzestiens and being stored up, and wnen we hear of such cases as the fo'lowing told by the Ocala Banner, we feel a warm glow of satisfaction which we make no effort to conceal: “Two men in Chicaco who killed persons while reeklessly gneeding their antomobiles were eonvicted of man:lanchter, and were sentenced to serve fourteen years in the peniten- t(‘“li'l"\' U!. ”‘Ht .‘!?"U'. 'i."" were amnealed bt the surreme conrt upheld the decision of the CAses lower courts, and the two automo’ile own- els wi'l have to prt on strives and wear tiem durine the lest o their lives. ‘The urper court holds that the automobile is a more deadly weapon than many varieties of articles that have cerves ne ench. wind of The example in ‘these cases ought and we hope will serve as a warn- ing to automobile owners always to use the utmost caution while run- ning their cars.” President Huerta, of Mexico, has been represented as a tiger In feroc- ity and cunning and in every way made to appear as a very dangerous and odious character. But we have our ‘doubts. Yellow journalism is always rampant in a case like this and we get but a minute goldenl thread of truth along with a vast| amount of dross represented to us 28) the truth. We suspect that if Huer-| ta’s true character were made known | to us we would find him an amiable, well-meaninz old gentleman who loves his country devotedly and is trying to do the right thing undel’l circumstances of tremendous diffi- culty that might well puzzle and em- barrass the wisest and strongest man in the world. Give the old man a chance and cut out t.he tiger stuff, ———0 We note with much satisfaction that there has been at least one con- viction under the new game laws of Florida. It happened up in Bradford county last week, and when the man, white, by the way, had been detected in the very act of killing quail out of season, he attempted to nluff the gnme warden by polneeng his gun at him. But he was arrested all the same and had to pay a $20 fine for his volation of the statute. It will take hard work and constant vigil- ance to secvre enforcement of the new laws, but by making frequent examples the hunters will learn in time to obey them, but without thisi vicilaree they may easily become dead letters. . ORISR | The cost congress in Ocala ought! to have been a success and probably was, for some of the lest men in' the printing trade in Florida were in attendance. We hope they suc- ceeded in formulatine some plan by, which thosge in the printiny business will he enabled to make something like a reasonable profit on their iu-j vestment., I SRHORBIEEE 19 Chief Justice Sbtackleford ang A s{ sociate Justice Hocker, of the Su%’ preme Court of Florida, will both I:r-! candidates for renomination in the' primary next spring. They are both jurists and public servants of | such excellent records that we have geen or heard nothing but approval of them, and as Hon. Jeff Browne wants the job of one of them it will be readily surmised that he has hard sledding ahead. Mr. Browne is a superior man, but he is unfortunate in his selection of offices to run for. ———————— In the last*issue of the Punta Gor- da Herald, Editor Jorzan gave a by a recent visit to that charming city, and it was - real literature, in description, seasoned with wit and humor, strong in wise sound ceductions, and in literary form and style it had an excellence almost unique in its limpid simplicity and crystal clear- WEEKLY HONGR ROLL OF THE LAKELAND PUBLIC SCHOOL Those who have made 90 per cent or above in scholarship and who have been perfect in deportment, punctuality, and attendance, are en- titled to bave their names placed on the followinz honor roll GRADE XII None. GRADE XI None. % GRADE X 4 Genevieve Duggan. ‘Lurlene Pillans. ‘Mary Grigsby. William Nowlin. Lola Crews. GRADE IX James Boulware. Virginia Lufsey. Annie Jones. Gladys Turner. GRADE VIII A Gladys Davis. Elizabeth Dickerson. Mildred Morse. Herman Mathias. Evalyn Adams. GRADE Mada Phillips. Redella Gain., George Tibbals. Nannie Funk. Ferroll Moore. GRADE VII A Vesta Todd. D. H. Sloan. Mary Weaver. Nellie Davis. Roy Huchingson. GRADE VII B Roy Mitchell. Mabel Mathias. Francis Holland. Mollie Weaver. VIII B WooRF IV. How the §hort Ballot Aided Gov. Wilson in New Jersey = - . New Jersey. Wilson. WILSON AND TRE SHO | ON WELSON AD TE S GRADE VI A Essie Gordon. Louise Rogers. George Hamilton. GRADE VI B Mildred Klausmeier. Norris Upson. Herbert Hart, Ellen Watson. Edna Passett. (Continued on Page 4.) GRADE VI C Pansy Richardson. Nora Kanode. Elizabeth Dixon. L. G. Gannon. GRALCE V A Helen Morse. Marguerite Owens. Vir:inia Clary. Willie Birt Anderson. GR'DE V B David Carter. Tyler Jackson. Lester Johnson. ('1zude Melennon., Charles Jackson. GRADE V C None. GRADE IV A None. GRATE IV B Mortimore ilaynes. Billy Norvell. | Angie Tyler. | GRADE IV C i Lddie McRae. Susan Em!ich, GRADE IIT A i Wayne Bevis. | Hattie Davis. | Grace Runyan. Paul Snowden. CHARLES M. JONFS, Principal. BT | A few months after he had launched the Short Ballot campaign, Woodrow Wilson was elected Governor of In this position he had some excellent op- portunities to put his theories to practical test. One day the State “boss” of New Jersey left the ex- ecutive offices at Trenton in a state of mental perturba- tion, all brought on by a polite “good afternoon” from Mr. The incident is still fresh in everyone's mind. But how many realize what light it throws upon the system of government in New Jersey? The fact is, Woodrow Wilson Mr. Wilson knew, better than the “bosses,” where their weakness lay and how they could be out-done. New Jersey, so far as its State administration {8 concerned, is built on the Short Ballot plan. The Governor is the only elective State officer, so that when the people have chosen him they have the key to the whole thing. Had there been a number of minor elective offices, each with his string of camp followers, in the Legislature and in the various offices But Woodrow Wilson struck the | | | | ing of statement. We read it with unmixed pleasure, and at the very end we found the folloywing para-! much | graph which we enfoyved so that we hasten to lay it before onr {renders so that they may share our ienjoyment: “There is only one adverse criticism {that may be pronounced acainst any- | thine or anvhody in =t. fand that is that neither of the excel- lent doily publiched there carry such a pood teleranhie news service as is found in the La%e!lind Teleeram. With this slinht excep- tion, St. Potershurg {rem of a town.” papers A man may be just in his cld clothes cnes, but he docs etershrre, | { trying to disrupt his party. up and down the Siate, it is questionable whether Governor Wilson could ever have put through his great program of constructive reform. Governor Hughes, in New York, had started out on the same road, but at every step he found himself blocked by elective subordinates whom he could not control. machine one sharp blow and it forth- with collapsed. He knew his own power and he accepted the responsibilities which went with it and became a real party leader. to execute the laws, but to take a leading part in fashioning them and getting them on the statute books in the first instance. He purposed not only In acting with so much independence, the Governor was by no means He draws a sharp distinction, all too seldom made, between real parties and mere office-and-favor-seeking aggregations. “Parties are not only necessary,” he says, “but desirable, in order that con- viction upon great public questions may be organized and bodies of men of like opinion and purpose brought together in effective and habitual co-opera- | tion. Successful, orderly government is impossible wit, out them. But the argument for our own particular organization of partics s quite another He goes on to show that because we have alwavs insisted on electing so many oficers, an organization has been necessary to do the work of filling the offices tor, as he says, “The voter has not leisure, and therefore, has not the knowledge for the difiicult and intricate business. | The inference is clear:—When we get the Short Ballat, party organiza- IS a genuine (jons, as we bave known them, will be releaated to the scrap-heap, and resl parties representing valid didferences of opinicn, will come to their ownp, as thankful as in new n't look it. Let Us Serve You Suit to Ed. V. Price & Co,, Merchant Tai this scason by serdingyour correct meas ure and choice cf woolens foran Autuan Nerchant - \ satlurs lors You'll like the ciothes from every point view | Williamson-Moore C., -~ *Fashion Shop For Men” i, / ! 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Onc rew tive-reem Bungalow,« ron | fire plice, cast frent, city water, elocn ¢ lights, K:ght prices, and casy tern< on eny or zil of this properry, , We will place on market in n ‘ few cays cur fire sulbdivisics just vt of Lake Feulch cne of the finest suf- division prcpositicns in Likclgnd, rov ¢ as it is for lovely heme sines, We v in this subdivision, teautiful Lake fron lots, plenty of them with large bearint orarge trees on them, large lots, s lots, lots freniing on L:keland-Tam? highway, in fact almost any kind of lots, at a'l kinc's of prices, Sell only our own dirt See us for bargains. ———— it . . Sloan RLAL ESTAIE DEALER - FLORIDA R e e S—. \