Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, December 8, 1913, Page 4

he Evening ? (dtnhee At o s N Mroang Cigre YUBSCRIFIIUN RATHY: m te a week. ‘om the same office 18 luu;d ™E LAKELAND NEWS v loes! matters, » atr affairs, ete st 8700 par ves) GIVE US SOME The Tampa Tribune says for grammar matches. mar. avery afternoon from the‘ Kentuck: Ruilding, Lekeland, Fla, | #ntered in the postoffice at Laks- w14, Plorida, us moil matter of the M. F. HETHERINGTON, EDITOR. » “eskiy newspaper giving & resuma crop conitions, Sent anywhere GRAMMAR MATCHES, T00 that gpelling matches should be held at regular intervals in every grade of the schools of Hillsborough county. This is all right as far as it goes, but there ought to be some provision It is a fact that there can be no thinking worth the name except in terms of words, and it follows almost as a corollary that there can be po accurate think- ing except in terms of accurate gram- Our best thinkers are always, as a rule, those who speak the best they use. English, and our poorest thinkers are those who know the least about the proper constructiop of the sentences This is especially true as to all abstract reasoning where there is nothing concrete to visualize the confused ideas when he tried * lines of thought. equally true that a majority those classed as tence that will parse. vhings being equal, tle or no consequence. Good grammar tends moral cleanliness. Bad rectly results in slovenly ing in that kind of thought. ———0 Miami The an octopus. victims of Standard what they think about that. finch has no squeeze worth a cent. o- The Tarpop Springs Leader says: people from other sectiong because such coming is an admission op the part of such Californians that Florida has more attractions for im- migrants than California, want ‘to accimulate just as many such admisefons as possible for ob- vious Yeasons. iy never lost. voted dry and the editor of the Fort Lauderdale Sentinel was so impressed with that verdict that he announced he would never again vote a wet ticket. Also he cut all the whiskey advertisements out of his paper, and he will go through life hereafter on a strictly “dry” basis. The adage tells us that the voice of the people is the voice of God, and evidently the Sentinel editor looks at it that way. 0 The German Reichstag is consid- ering the problem presented by the rapidly growing army of une ployed. Many mass meetings have been held in Berlin, Germany, to dis- cuss conditions. A commission of in- vestigation reported that there were more than 25,000 organized work- men without employment. Thus with the immense number otlv unorganized subject and concentrate the faculties, and the man without adequate words to express himself on such subjects is instantly lost in the fog of his own to make progress along those invisible There is no necessary association between grammar and morals, and some of the worst men in the world speak faultless English; but it is of undesirables ‘‘fall down” on their grammar and seldom rise to the intellectual level of a sen- Train up a child in good grammar, and, other that child is much more likely to discover for it- self the essential relations of right and wrong and to shun the latter than the child whose speech is a constant offense against syntax and {8 taught or permitted to believe that accurate language is a matter of lit- to right thinking, to the development of the reasoning faculties, to the possession of an opep mind never closed against new facts by the bigotry of ignorance and egotism, to clean speech and to grammar points the way i, the opposite direc- tion, and, while not necessarily af- fecting the moral devclopment, it di- speech, which means slovenly thinking—and slovenly morals are always lying in wait to take advantaze of any open- Metropolis classifies John D). Rockefeller whom it hopes to secure as a winter resident for that city as a gold finch rather than Just ask some of the 0il methods A gold tentacles and can’t *“Why should we rejoice over the coming to Florida of people from Cal- ifornia more than over the coming of Don’t know that we do, but if we do it is and we The forée’ of ' good example is Dade county recently m-| Politiclan gave the other day a very Felegram WEEKLY HONOR ROLL LARELAND SGHOOL Those who have above and who have been perfect in attendance, deportment and punctu- ality are entitled to have their names placed oy the following honor roll: GRADE XIT ‘bac year ... . ... $6.00 Lloyd Hooks. 42 j«onths ................ 260 Marion Colman. BN MODIIE . e LEB “eilvevac anywhere within the| Esther Heath. 5 te of the ity of Lakeland for 10 GRADE XI Kathryn White. Mary McKay. GRADE X ! Daniel Holland. Nellie Fiddler. Jessie Tillis. GRADE IX Gladys Turner. Annie Jones. Eolia Leighton. Woodson Williams. J. C. McLendon. GRADE VIII A Herman Mathias. Gladys Davis. Elmer McArthur. Hazel Padrick. ‘Elizabeth Dickerson. GRADE VIII B Redella Gain. Mada Phillips. Grace Murrell. GRADE VII A D. H. Sloan. John Will Franklin. Nellie Davis. Louise Pantley. GRADE VII B Roy Mitchell. Mabel Mathias. Frances Holland. Hugh Walker. GRADE VI A None GRADE VI B Mildred Klausmeier. Mary McCaskell. Helen Holbrook. Will Arendell. Norris Upson. GRADE VI C Pansy Richardson. GRADE V A Maxwell Williams. Virginia Clary. GRADE V B Marjorie Hetherington. Charles Jackson. Clifford Wilson. Merson Prescott. Howell McLeoud. GRADE V C Western Leighton. Bessie Richardson. Ralph Upson. Nettie Wheeler, Maynard Cobb. GRADE IV A Johp Cannon. Ella Cameron. Bruce Grant. Carlisle Rogers. Leslie Williams. GRADE 1V B Mortimore Haynes. Angie Tyler. Alline Berry. Jessie Hendrix. GRADE 1V C iddie McRae. Frank Fuller. Mary Louise Boulware. Roy Thompson. Dawson Bates. CHARLES M. JONES, Principal. POLITICAL NOTES King Victor of Italy is said to be the best informed European monarch on American naval affairs. Congressman W. C. Adamson, of Georgia, chairman of the committee on interstate and foreigp commerce, is an expert on automobiles. It is reported that the proceedings| having a connection with the Nica- raguan loan will be repudiated in| the case of Zelaya’s being freed and given a chance to come into power again. The United States has replied in| answer to an inquiry from the Jap-| anese minister that the same pro-l tection will be given to Japanese in 1 Mexico as to any other foreigners on the west coast of the republic in the event of the need of such protection. Rich residents of Piedmont across the bay back of Oakland, Cal., have formed a co-operative association to| reduce the cost of living. Even these | fortunate persons object to paying' 75 cents a dozen for eggs. They will spend $10,000 in building a store for groceries and general supplies. | t % | l What's « Friend? Apropos of gratilude, a prominend amusing definition of a friend. “A | friend,” he said, “is a man who taked | your part against all your enemlesy sticks to you through all your adven ! sities, lends you his last dollar withs out security—and then, when fortund smiles on you ai last, 4 content te take a back seat and keep out of the ol B 90 per cent or) | | | STARNE’S STOCK CO., IN “THE BUILDER OF BRIDGES,” AUDITORIUM NEXT WEEK —— e workers there are aitogether about 85,000 to 100,000 men without work and this army will be increased after Christmas. WILL ASSESS PROPERTY AT FULL VALUE Tallahassee, Dec. 8—When asked ' RS SRS ) 'Specis For Tf Housewives Potatoes, Irish, peck ........ !Evaporated apples, per 1b IEvaporated peaches, per Ib.. . Evaported prunes, per b..... ;. Evaporateed figs, per 1b..... . j Wesson Cooking Oil ......., Coffee, Rio, per Ib.......... Flour, Self-Rising, 24 1bs. Flour, Self Rising, 12 lbs..... any time, anywhere FERGUSON & USHI PHONE 123 Ac.ms Bldg <3~ Visit ~f= The New Jewelry Store if they thought they would have any trouble in getting the assessors to carry out their instructions direct- ing to assess properties at their full value, one of the tax commissioners gaid: “No, I believe the assessors will fall in line and carry out these Next door to Postoffice Select your Christmas present while the stock is instructions and co-operate with us in our work.” Only 14 Shop- pingdaysbefore CHRISTMAS Our store is crowded each day with busy women buying gifts for their fathers and brothers, and sometimes some one else's brother, gift suggestions for tastefnl men have an individuality that can’t be found elsewhere. The list ‘below should be help- ful to you. Read this timely list: Cuff Buttons and Scarf Pin to Match Full Dress Vest Bath Robes Mackinaw Coats Full Dress Sets Gloves Umbrellas Canes Military Sets Traveling Sets Handkerchiefs, Ties and Hose to Match All Christmas good boxed individually. May we serve you? WILLIAM S ON- MOGRF CO. Fashion shopfor men onr complete. We have them to fit all tastes and every purse. PP —— Yours to please, Conner, 0’Steen & King R S R TR 2 DRESSING THE LITTLE . ONES [ ] When This Ice Man of y_o_urs Sigg_zs His One-Word S‘l’l Been Evolved. The children’s fashions this year . are simply charming. One could al- | most wish one were the proverbial old women in the shoe in order to turn to one’s own uses the irresistitle lit- tle frocks and coats for children of all ages. One of the most beautiful of these models displayed recently has to as I a 4 Unanimous praise is accorded his effort, It's the song that means-% : it Comfort for the family— o Relief for the sick— # [ A i D, B, Enonomy for the housewife. F Tallaha A block of OUR FURL ICF is a concrete blessing, . delivered m‘m‘:: | | your Coor every day in the week at so small a cost you don't fe Rev. § the outlay. [ a better time all the time, [ : e ) 4 Lakeland Ice Compan Phone 26 Work your refrigerator full time with OUR ICE and you will ‘flfi‘h-,_ -fi‘uu Jetween th ‘and it is ) & prevailed and that sufficiently New Ideas In SHOE S At_DUTTON-HARRIS COMPAVES When you want something different com tous. We keep up with the new ideas | been sketched and reproduced here. It was developed in white Bedford ' cord with collar, broad belt and turn- back cuffs of old blue moire, The Russian mnde has been modified by | the addition of a number of applied pleces about the skirt, set on 8o as to simulate box pleats and beneath the upper points of which the belt is passed. The coat is closed wi terial-covered buttons, et | { | ’ To Weight Sashes, : Now that sashes promise to be so |l popular this season, the idea which /[ one girl found very helpful in weight- ing these long ends, should be passed on to others. She took a penny and encased it in the same color silk she intended for the sas : tached it ne had an original, but v weight for each sash Come ard see. Igs g pleasure to shof our goods ery satisfactory | il { end, ——— | P esaits e ! B B o (B 2y DUTORIARRIS GO, %, et Ty whleh Soene e o Db Foot-Fitters Quallt 9 hold the machine We Repair Shoes While You Wait