Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, February 12, 1914, Page 4

1 IS The Evening ielegram Published “every afternoon from the Kentucky Buxldmg, Lakeland, Fla. Entered in the po:rofluo at Lake- land, Florida, as mail matter of the| second class. EDITOR. M. F. HETHERINGTON, SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Jne year Six montne 2,50 Three montns 1.25 ........... .srUUIA Delivered anywhere within the limits of the City of Lakeland for 10 eents a week . From the same office is issued THE LAKELAND NEWS, A weekly newspaper giving a resume of local matters crop conditions, county aftairs, etc. Sent anywhere for $1.00 per year. The Lake City Index has changed hands, J. W. McWhorter, late of Watkinsville, Ga., succeeding G. E. Lantz. 0 A very important conference is called to meet in Ocala today in which representatives of the inter- state commerce commission, the State railroad commission, the Flor-| " ida Shippers and Growers League and the express companies will meet to consider the big question of ex- press rates in this State. It is a vital question to our shippers and grow- ers for it is astonishing but true that despite the recent order of the inter- state commerce commission ordering a reduction of rates by the express companies in Florida, the latter, taking advantage of a technicality, have practically increased the rates. This is doing not only the shippers and growers, but the whole State harm and something should be done to hring the express companies to task. We hope that the Ocala con- ference will find some way to do so. —o0 LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY Today is the anniversary GOf the birthday of Abraham anoln, presi- dent of the United States during the most terrible and trying years of the nation's history and who died at the summit of his fame, just when his work was completed, at the hands of a fanatical, half-crazed as- sasfin, In every land the sun shines on where there arw ctvilized people the memory of Lincoln is revered, and here in the South where he was fiercely hated during the cruel, blinding days of war, that bitterness has entirely passed away and no Southern man speaks il or thinks ill of the great, gentle, sad-faced man. who looked upon us without malevolence even when men’s pas- slons were at their worst and whose highest ambitlon was to see his country reunited as it had been be- fore the chasm opened, with only the curse of slavery removed. At the North there is immeasurable love and tenderness for the memory of Mr. Lincoln; at the South there is universal respect, and as the years 80 by this Southern attitude will be intensified, for Lincoln's fame is growing always, and the just and generous South will concede to him the full measure of his glory as one of the world’s immortals. — THE LAKELAND CHAU- TAUQUA OPENS TONIGHT The annual Chautauqua season opens in Lakelany tonight at the Au- ditorium and for ten days there will be sessions both day and night in which a succession of superior at- tractions will be presented to the people of this city and county. All the wor .l knows what the Chautauqua is and how tremendous| has been its growth in every State in the Union. It is the most attrac- tive modern form of popular educa- tion. education through entertain- ment that reaches our sense of hum- or, our sense of beauty, melody and art, our intellect and conscience, and no average man or woman can visit these Chautauqua sessions being the better for it. The Chautauqua in this city last year was a brilliant success and the memory of it lingers most pleasant- ly with all who attended it. Mr. and Mrs. Rucker Adams to whom we are indebted for this attraction, are determined that the Chautauqua this year shall be as good as last and they have a list of speakers, lectur- ess and entertainers of various kinds, all standard, who cannot fail to please and instruct all who hear them. It is a big advertisement to a city to give good support to attractions of this characer, for it is proof of a population of superior intelligence and appreciation, and we trust that without at the opening tonight the Auditor-| §f m will be crowded wih a represen- tative Lakeland audience. FIRE PROTECTION FOR LAKELAND'S SCHOOL The Saturday recent issue says: ‘““A report of the Sage Evening Post in a Foundation ows that in this country we aver- aze three theaters, three public halls, welve churches, ten schools, two itals, two asylums, two colleges, a hotels lunw\l every week in the year. “Peoplevare not compelled to go to theaters and public halls, or even to churches and hotels; so we may perkaps leave them to the large risk of incineration that these statistics reveal. Jut we make children go to school; consequently we might reasonably take some pains and ex- pense to see that they are not burned up. “Only a little pains and slight ex- pense are needed. All school build- ings can be made panic-proof by proper exits; electric wires can be insulated; construction that makes a building like a stove with an ever- jails 1 twenty-six ready draft to fan any flame can be|It is a dream that never fades corrected; waste and unprotected woodwork can be kept away from the furnace; hot ashes need not be put into wooden barrels—in fact, the school fires investigated by the Sage Foundation were attributable in practically every case to the gross- est neglect. “The trouble is, we think of a school fire hazard as probably exist- ing over in the next county, or away off in New York or San Francisco,|In each man’s heart there floats a’ rather than in the very building which our children attend. ‘“Here is a job for the woman's club—which no community, we trust, is now without: Go over to the school house and look round. If there is an obvious fire risk make a commotion until it is corrected.” Along the same line is the follow- ing timely petition presented by Mrs. E. (. Angell, several weeks ago be- fore the Woman's Club anid unani- mously adopted, a copy of which was sent to the local school board. While no visible steps have as yet |heon taken to carry out the request |of the club, yet the board have promised that something will be done at once as a precaution and the ilaw fulfilled before it is too late. The petition follows: To the Honorable School Board of the City of Lakeland: ‘Gentlemen—We, the undersigned, the Woman's Club of the city of Lakeland, having the best interests »|of our city at heart, and endeavoring to engage in every good work which will improve our city and helping in every worthy cause which tends to protect and promote the welfare of our men, wonten anid children, de- sire to call attention to a matter which we consider of vital import- ance especlally at this season of the year and in view of the crowded condition of our public schools. Allew us as patrons and friends of the public schools to call your at- tention to the violation of section 6, chapter 5937, laws of Florida, rela- tive to fire equipment for public school buildings. This law provides for gongs, fire alarm boxes, fire escapes on all buildings two stories and over, oth- er equipment and also fire drills. Unless we are under the wrong impression, none of these are provid- ed for our schools and we humbly petition your honorable body that you meet the requirements of the law or see that the parties responsi- ble ido meet them and thereby possi- bly avert some terrible calamity and satiefy Lakeland citizens that all has been done to avoid a repetition of the horrible Collingswood disaster. While we realize that there is not much danger from fire alone, yet yow are all aware that a stampede from an explosion in the laboratory, or from a fire on tho first floor while the pupils were cssembled in the Au- litcrium on the second, or any part of the building any part of the day, might cause a horrible calamity in our midst and sorrow in many a home. Trusting that you will realize that we are only solicitious for the safe- ty of the children, and, looking to you as being in charge of the school intcrests of our city, we trust that you will at once do all that can be done to protect our children, We can assure you that this slight expenditure for the protection of the boys and girls will meet with the ap- proval of every citizep, who loves his child—and who does not? Next week or nexe year may be too late. Yours for Lakeland's best ests, LAKELAND'S WOMAN'S CLUB, Julia Etta Patterson, Secretary. No. 666 This is a prescription for HALARIANCHm FEVE veordxduqmllbmkuyc-o, taken then as a toaic the Fever will not return. Ituhonthelivubetm than and does not gripe or sicken. 25¢ inter- bé THE EVENING TELEGRA FiL. FEB. 12, 1914 _IN SOCIETY | | -""J“‘"*"OOC!QQC!QDOC&Q-‘HH'O (R85 3 v“‘ o i < TELEPHONE NUMBERS—SOCIETY EDITOR. i =380 ) e e R R R e 37 ¥ g Residence NUMBEr . ... .oooivvenionninenssumenosasiniyos 7 & SPECIAL NOTICE—Notices for the Social Department can be com- < municated to the Society editor by either of the above telephones. ‘:' & Mail written notices to the Society Editor, care Evening Telegram. ¥ @& Notices of social functions, club meetings, church gatherings and @] & other items of social interest should be telephoned to this depart- =3 & ment as soon as they occur in order that tWwir news value is not =3 & impaired. S o & [R-K-F-%-F-3-F-3-F-R-F-5-%-F-%--R-R-F-R-R-X-X-F-R-R=F=R-R= =0 THE PICTURE IN MY HEART Bates at her cosy home on East Or- ,ange street, Wednesday afternoon lives a from 3 to 6. The color scheme was yellow and green which was prettily carried out by decorations of yellow tender jessamine and yellow roses and also in the idelightful refreshments. Six tables were set for the game and Miss Vera McRae punched the Though weal or woe befall score cards, which were heart-shaped But haunts the heart, and softly and had tiny cupids on them and paints quotations appropriate to the season A picture on its wall. of St. Valentine. No prizes were 'l given, but the honoree was present- ed with a beautiful bunch of Fran- cisca Kruger roses by the hostess. After the game the hostess serverd dainty refreshments in her usual charming manner and the guests de- parted with many regrets that the howoree, Mrs. Walker, was soon to leave Lakeland, as her husband’s business calls him elsewhere. Those present were Mrs. Thomas In each man’s soul there dream. Lit by a woman’s eyes, Whose glance is like the gleam That thrills the evening skies. It is my dream at midnight, And in the crowded mart, That darling face With gentle grace— The picture in my heart. voice That speaks to him alone, The voice of her, his spirit’s choice, He longs to call his own. L. Walker, Mrs. Griffin, mother of The days may hasten like the wind,|the honoree; Miss Vera McRae, Or lag with sullen feet, Mmes. E. L. Cordery, Cole, Hull Some day his wandering heart shall Davis, Lufsey, Paul O'Doniel, C. W. find Jacobs, Connor, W. T. Mecllwain, The face he longs to meet, |I'nlr'y, Knowles, Terrell, L. M. i Futch, Galloway, F. D. Bryan, C. It is my dream at midnight, M. C(layton, Bass, Douglass, Steitz. Its dear eyes ne'er depart. H. D, Bassett Thomas C(Cardwell, Oh, where is she, | 0scar M. Eaton. My bride to be— e The picture in my heart? | VESTRY OF ALL SAINTS CHURCH Oh, some hearts range the wide world through, And through, to find their mate, And some amid the darkness rue The following are the newly ap- iHat they i Bavelmet tooiiates pointed vestrymen of All Saints A wistful glance betrays to each church: What neither dares to sigh; C. G. Memminger, senior warden, The bonds of wedlock ban the| 1II, J. Drane, junior warden. speech 0. M. Eaton, treasurer. That's uttered by the eye. J. S. Jewett, secretary. H. E. Memminger, H. G. Helier, It is my dream wt midni; flt, 1t makes my pulsed stgfts C. E. Garret, B. Jeffcott, 0. W. 0, Fate, be kind, Drane, vestrymen. And let me find H. J. Drane, A. J. Holworthy, i ) IR . (v U. V. Iverson, 0. M. Eaton, and ; seamuchiMinturn Becks 1y @, Memminger, rectory finance committee. The wardens and vestrymen con- stitute the official board of the & Progressive Rook in Honor of Mrs. Thomas L. Walker One of the pretttest social events|church having the care and over- . $900000000000000004 of the season was a progressive rook [sight of church temporalities to party given in honor of Mrs. Thom-|whom all matters of a business na- a8 L. Walker by Mrs. Walter F,'ture are referred. bmmmmmommmm Have a LOOK at Our South Window Special Prices on Sterling Silver Sets $10.50 for a 25 - year Gold Case and Figin Movemeut. Don’t pass this up. See the Tango Mesh Bag. *‘A pleasure to show goods." COLE & HULL Jewelers and Optometrists Lakeland, Fla. mw”mmm.m ! Greatest Care in Making Loans and Discounts This Bank exercises the greatest care and , cordially invited. American State Bank Lakeland, Florida l | Resources over $100,000 J. L. SKIPPER, President. discretion in every investment and loan This assures Safety to all funds entrusted to its care. Accounts subject to check are P. E. CHUNN, Cashier. | S . PRICE . = TRADE "" m ‘DARADE : A Helpful Hint For Eastertide PRING will soon be making its glad. some bow, the city will be all astir with renewed life and the changes incident to looking its best at Easter. Have us send your measure and choice of woolens to Ed. V. Price & Co. And get a tailored to-order suit for Easter. Co:t is moderaie. Williamson-dcore Co. “FASHIGON SZC2 FOR MEN" 5 Good Taste is the Keynoteg of our line ofyPostcards, Folders, Novelties, Party Decorations, etc. For St. Valentine’s Day But they are ‘inexpensive {also The Lakeland Book Store Benford & Steitz It's of vita] start the bank when you are vi importance that you account NOW—now s mple CASH RE xb. fl.lu s best fnend—\vh nots l!:)l:VE Uting that regerve now? In tgl?; 10 vune, the ¢ ) arni may be suff ngs of that Teserve cie fort, 1t to keep you in com- © rou it interegt paid. |