Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, January 1, 1914, Page 4

‘Tne Evening: jelpgram LAEiaw A sacsowviLLz This is a good day to talk about what +.akeland has done in the last “Some I'ublished every afternoon from the‘ Kentucky Building, Lakeland, Fla. l-_uleruu in the postoffice at Lake- land, Florida, as mail matter of the year. ‘Under the caption, Florida Cities,” the Times-Union has an instructive article full of sugges- second class. comparisons between the var- Here is what comparinz tive jous cities of Florida. it says about Lakeland, TON Hn,uul SUBSCRIPTION RAT B VERY 3. s s s $5.00| jts growth with that of Jackson- B NI e z.so;;”“‘.; Thres monthe ..... 000000, 1.25 “Take the case of Lakeland. A re- % Delivered anywhere within the|cent issue of tie News placed the limits of the City of Lakeland for Wmm« unt of money spent in buildings cents a week. last year at $1,794,000, but it in- From the same office is issued cluded money spent In paving, sew- THE L>KELAND NEWS jers and impravement of reilfGad i yards. Taking this out the sum of A weckly newspaper giving a resume conditions, e six times of local matters county affairs, etc. for $1.00 per year. " THE DAY WE CELEBRATE crop Sent anywher Never did fairer day dawn upon a people to mark the birth of' a new year than this good Thursday when thousands meet in Lakeland under cloudless skies, and hearts in keep- thirtieth anniversary of the original settlement of the city. We have made a great day of it and done jus- tice to the subject, big as that sub- Ject was. Our local columns tell the story it here. After thirty years of life, starting from a few cabins in a pine thicket in the vast wilderness of South Florida our people have built a city here, bheautiful, modern and a riht to be proud of, have in fit nanner told the world of our pride and joy and faith in Lakelund and invited all our friends and neichbors to join with us in the Carnival We have made a great day of it with banners and music and parades and decorations and multitudes of people throng ‘streets, with the true holiday spirit sun flooding the world with sparkling light, and our people have cess of the celebration. RGN The good sense of President Wil- 8on grows on us every day. As a ' precedent smasher he is the most daring and brilliant success in American history. Think of what would have happened to him today if he had adliered to the precedents of his predecessors, given the usual New Year's reception at the Whit House and stuck his suffering right hand out to be shaken and \\rnug and squeezed by thourands of ll,‘ women and children passing in .11 gurd procession before him! Tt would | havé been ‘a long, dreadful day of torture for him, with no compensat-! ing advauntage for him or any 019‘ ¢lse and he would have gone to' bed tonight nyrsing a swollen hand without even the eonscioneness that! he had performed a pubiic the sacrifice of his digits. was no question of duty about it. It was simply an absurd custom, grown | more absurd by long observance and; President Wilson had the courage w; ignore it and take his New Year’ l] ;hollday in a rational manner with " his family in a quiet Mississippt ~home. The more we know about /that man Woodrow Wilson the bet- ter we like him, and even the Re- publicans canifind nothing in him to complain of, deeply as they may re- gret it qualified st | duty at| There | 0 An editorial in the Tampa Tribung of yesterday commending the recemnt statement of Senator Fletcher that he will manage his own campaign and stand on bis record rather than on promises of what he intends to do, scems to intimate that ‘the es- teemed Tribune hu about abandoned hope of some South Florida dark * horse to “win in a walk” over elther Fletcher or Stockton. closes its article with these sugges- * tive words: | “Having succumbed to the idea . that we must have a Jacksonville '+ man, the people of other sections of " the State will procced to make up ¢ their minds as between the two can- " didates who reside in that city. On b that basis, it will be a question of ability, of fitness, of capacity for “ 75¢, 5100 §1.50 ing with the day, to celebrate me!lation I past year. tdences buetween and there is no need to moralize on | census ¢ $1,494,000 remains. This is about as much in proportion to Lakeland’'s population in 1910 as has been spent in Jacksonville during |xhe past year in proportion to Jack- sonville’s population in 1910. But the News says that over 300 new res: idences have been built. Since Lake- land had only 3,719 people in 1910, {hese houses provide for an increase of 40 per cent of the town’s popu- in 1910, and to have done as well proportionately Jacksonville would have built over 5,000, instead of over 1,000 re.idences during the! '. Lakeland averages ' building 1,500 resi- 1910 and 1915, the a nopnld with this vear, of 1915 will show tion of 10,000 for that city. 7 is the trouble with the jail or the modern jailer that crim- modern progressive, a eity they have a rizht! to be proud of, which the State has!ol.cn maie their escape? and today we ! in their hearts, all under a elorious its; we read about so freqiently in vari ‘ous parts of the country are very se- every right to be proud of the un-' right now. The Tribune| society most neede its own protec.! That blower who saved his way ouv of the (cksonville jail the other night was one of the most dangerous crim alg in this country and the law sho ¢ hold jailers to a H‘ly strict accoun . Our whole sys justice to set jails strong whom for inals punish afe- ability in such cases eriminal we can't tem of goes picces if ng Ihe’n\uml:,h or jailers with sense enough hold a prisoner after he is under These jail deliveries to lock and key. rious matters for society, which pays| the expenses of courts and jails toi cet protection azainst criminals, and ! they should not be treated lightly as unavoidable accidents. Somebody ought to be held to an accountability so stronz that increased vigilance would prevent such frequent occur- rence of them. e Sl The way those Mexican federals are failing to fight and taking to their heels ever; time the terrifying !vision of one of Villa's rebels rises in front of them, indicates that the| mul is near for the Iuerta regime. Apparently all resisting power has wone ont of the federal soldier in Mexico; he has no pride in his cause | or higngelf and is willing to quit! We can hardly blame ' him, for he has nothing to gain hy vietory and little to lose by defeat. STATEMENT OF T = P THE EVENIN A * b SCENE FROM BOUGHT ANDE PAID FOR, AUDITORIUM TONIGHT > § LAKELAND 15 BEST = A N — i |- =0 (Continued rom Page 1.) 4 i 2 in the St affording, with other| 7 ) i > - [)ld\h')‘ » all the opportunities for| i - W o the .est kind of amusement and : g = co .atberin: s, ceveral large| ) o [~ =) d growinz industries which, adde! | * s e 11, give ‘ (‘;7 c_*. te the larze railroad pay-roll, give| = an income to our peonis which en § e d & L bles them to enjoy life; a good|”™ (= weekly and one of the best daily ‘5: := newspapers in the south, now en-|3 % azed in cre ting its own maznifi- | nt $16.000 buildinz in which to]g ©an extengive plant and carry cn they jarse avd 2rowing buginess; and i as eood and as cheap, when cemoared with other lands from a prodictive standpoint, as can hLe found anywhere; these, and all of nish the appeal to the reas- fou of any 'hinl\in" person as being all which is nccessary for the com- ! fort, welfare, happiness and rity of the thousands to whom earnest invitation is extended come and see for themselves. Board of Trade Active The Lakeland Board of Trade, dur- ing the past year especially, has l" 80, an to been a strong foetor and influence in a good deal of our city buildinz & and is lostering and building up the i . L T \ " % & 7 4 b o ! - progressive snirit of the community. -3: Pf‘Cfi S "?"ZU'," Jfiefilb ¢ hothing flighgr :_: The Board has recently published| :’" one of the best and most attractive BB GHE G BINEHEIE B G GO T S PGB BB FHO AT GG T 3 N -2 i | R g o F 2 G R R SR B U SR T D T B R S R 247 = pieces of literature ever cotten out ; OO0 2O TRV 1YL ST I W\ MO PO A SN 2 Lo i ot b i 05 in the State which sets forth fully and truthfully the mervelons of Lakeland, the inland city of IMlor { ida which has arrived. A copy of this booklet can he obtained free b: !: addressing the Secretary of flN" Board of Trace, who will also be 'glad to answer any and all inquiries, | pros- prowth NG i G e < REQe “INE KL superstition can go har Tomorrow wae v ) ghtful security of 1914 ind can bid deflance to all such 1edieval nonsense, HE CONDITION OF THE American § tate Ba: At close of Busine: s, Dccrmbrr Jist. 101+ RESOURCES Leans and Discounts Trurniture and Fixtures Cash in Safe and in Banks . Overdrafts .... .. ..... LIABILITIES ('apital Stock Undivided Profits ..... Cashier Checks Outstan )Lposns Before me the personally appeared P. of the American State who first being duly s says the above statemen to the best of his knowl $77,846.08 .. 3040.55 .. 32,118.69 224.90 $113,230.22 d’]‘n g ..... $113,230.22 undersigned authority E. Chunn, Cashier Bank of Lakeland, worn deposeth and t of the condition of said bank on December 31, 1913, is true edge and belief. P. E. CHUNN, Cashier. 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The Lakelard Ccllection and Rental Age nc REFERENCES : First, National Bank of Lakeland, Fla, First National Bank of Pearisbvrg, Va, Start the New Year aright by placing all your past year's business in our hands. ITH sixteen years experience in this line of wo » that we are in a position to collect your clai soever nature, in a most satisfactory manner. Phone us and we will come to see you, explain our terms, and show you how we can collect your money when you cannot. It will pay you to place your claims, houses and rents in our bands, as we have the best attorneys, and make no ° charge for our services unless we collect your money. OFFICE: Phone 72 2 and 4, Over First National Bank LAKELAND, FLA PRI e . FING ABOUT L3Ok SR