Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, March 30, 1914, Page 4

! PAGE FOUR P AR A i } Pyt . ELAND FLA., MARCH 24, 1914, ELAND. FLA,,,}[['ARCH 30, 1914. ¥ and promote the interests off the'are those allied with the li in- Ihe [Vemnfl 'elegram fruit and truck growers in his dis—'terestsA Happil'; for tie 35"‘00:11;&:1‘35 Eric(, and, being one of them him-|cause, the South is almost wholly self he is pretty sure of a strong|under prohibition law. following in his race. SESEE AL e Published every afternoon from the Telegram Building, Lakeland, Fla. Entered in the postoffice at Lake- S land, Florida, as mail matter of the T O T A good many people who meet the second class. daily temptation to wade through Sew o (fithem and icanit spare the time, will lAKElANu SfiHu“l M. F. HETHERINGTON, EDITOR.|agree with the Punta Gorda Herald that our big metropolitan daily e newspapers are larger than necessary SUBSCRIPTION RATES. and could be cut down with advan-| Those who have made 90 per cent DU JORL cixsitnensinaning $5.00 tage to all Goncerned. They attempt/or above and who have been perfect Bix montne .......... Siakslate s 2.50 to cover too much ground with toojin attendance, punctuality, and de- Three montos ......... ceeow L26| o oh elaboration and the result is{portment, are entitled to have their Delivered anywhere within the congestion for both the paper and names plaged on the following honor, No healthy mind that|roll: ‘wants to go with elastic step in com- fortable marching order through life can do so after {aking on a THE LAKELAND NEWS, oavy miscellaneous freight of a vast 4 weekly newspaper giving a resume variety of hastily collected reading} Mary McKay. of local matters, crop conditions,|matter every day In the year, thel payiq Strohaker. eounty affairs, etc. Sent anywhere| grecter part of which serves no goofll GRADE X for $1.00 per year. purpose in instructing the mind, and (jenevieve Duggan. e e |imiich of which is more or less harm-| Mary Grigsby e 4 ful as filling it with the unpleasant GRADE IX A At last accounts General Villa, 88| qatails of the daily tragedy of the saulting the federals in the outskirts . . i jife. The model newspaper Jv‘z{me.s ‘Boulware. of Torreon, was merely a suburbani ¢ tpe future will show decreased Yirsinia byfhey) villa. i AR Alma Bassett. . rather than enlarged size and elimi- Eolia Leighton L 9 . i nation of much of the stuff with Lena Scall 2 The Lake Wales News is a neat‘ which the reader of today either 4 L y. and attractive little paper, pub-“.,]o),s and clogs his mind or turns GRALE IX B lished every other week, which NOW ¢ror it with weary indifference. Iris Bryant. serves the interests of the Lake o | Lucile Clough. Wales section in Polk county. Judge L. J. Reeves, of Pensacola Gladys Turner. 0 in discussing the question of taxa- Mary Sue McRae. How many hundreds of voters are tion in the Journal of that city, Lottle Rryant. there in Polk county who haven't says: GRADE WIII A yet registered to vote in the June “If your assessor refuses to assess Herman Mathias. . primary? Well, they’ve got until rea] property at its full valuation, Marguerite Straw. April 15 to think about it and con-|you should not re-elect him, for in GRADE VIII B centrate the necessary energy to g0 .doing so you are enabling those who Grace Murrell. to Bartow and register, but after:are better able to pay to avoid their Nannie Funk. that date the books will be closed. |duty and thereby to shift the bur- Redella Gain, Elizabeth Meharg. limits of the City of Lakeland for 10 the reader. eents a week, A DR e T ) S From the same office is issued e GRADE XII None. GRADE XI Ned Skipper. o | dens upon the shoulders of those less The Democratic majority ‘n Con- able.” 1 [ GRADE VII A That reasoning is logical, but it D. H. Sloan. gress is not going to abandon its wise peliey of supporting the presi- is not the kind that appeals to the ent on all vital issues by declining average taxpayer, who can see things to pass the Panama tolls exemption in the concrete a good deal better repeal bill. The tremendous suc- than he can see them in the abstract., cess and prestige won by the admin- As between the candidate for asses Mary Weaver. Monroe Bryant. John Will Franklin. Bert Lane. GRADE VII B istration thus far has been due sor who would assess his property at None. ‘ largely to the harmonious relationslhalf its value and the candidate who GRADE VI A X of the president and Congress and proposed to assess it at its full value None. : 4 GRADE VI B no disgruntled Champ Clark will be he wouldn’t hesitate a moment, for permitted to disturb that harmony.hhv fact that he would have to dig Tolls exemption for American ships up more money out of his own pock- would benefit only rich corporations et to pay his own taxes would be all including shipowning transcontinen- the reason he wanted to vote against ¢al railroads and be of no benefit, di- the candidate who assessed his prop-l rectly or indirectly to the masses of erty at full value. Academic reason-, the American people. ing, high economics and the greatest —0—— good to the greatest number are in- General Villa seems to be getting visible considerations to the man a taste of rea] war in front of Tor-' who is called on to decide whether reon. We are disappointed in that he shall pay five dollars or ten dol- saddle-colored would-be Napoleon.'lnrs in taxes on his property. for after his remarkable successes in —_———— and around Juarez we expected him When representative to rush the game while his adversary women come out strongly for suf- was defeated and demoralized and go frage for their sex, the Solid South through to the City of Mexico. But on that issue is in real peril, fm'I he waited till Torreon was fortified Southern women have always been and another and better army collect- in the habit of doing about as they, ed to oppose him. and he is paying’ pleased with’ Southern men. Miss the price of delay by probable de- ! Belle Kearney, of Mississippi, a lead-' feat. If he had been familiar with'ing suffragette, has thig to say about Stonewall Jackson's way of doingI it: business he would have learned his' ‘‘Southern men do not have to be‘ lesson differently and might now, coerced into giving women the bal- beé in possession of the Mexican cap-|lot. Those who oppose at all do so ital. from the standpoint of sentiment —0 — rather than anything else. Ther | That man, John V. Denton, up in'ha\'e always been more men than Alachua county, who is going tol\vomen in the South who believed in' run against Frank Clark for Con- womdn suffrage. The question has gress, evidently intends to stay right|been agitated to a small extent in} on the job until the votes are count |the Southern States. The. people LaVergne Webster. ed and the indications are that he|have simply thought very little D. H. Houser. will at least make it interesting forlabout it. The most active opponents Mortimore Haynes. Mr. Clark. He wants to go to Con |among men to the onfram‘hisomunt' Angie Tyler. protectbf women in the United States today { Robert Eades. Mary McCaskill. ‘Ellen Yatson. Mattie Burgner. JLawrence Fenton. GRADE VI C John Shannon.. Pansy Richardson. Nora Kanode. Fannie Carlton.. GRADE V A Helen Morse. Willie Birt Anderson. May Blair. Maxwell Williams. Fred McDonald. GRADE V B Sarah Funk. Tyler Jackson. Freida Rogers. GRADE V C Western Leighton. Leona Starling. | William Mecllwain. Ralph Upson. Henry Bullock. GRADE IV A Edwin Franklin. Carlisle Rogers. Frank Hursey. Hettie Belle Reddick. Ella Cameron. GRADE 1V B Southern gress to get lezislation to F’m GRADE 1V C Eddie McRae. Walter Davis. Frank’ Fuller. Fannie Fearrand. Dawson Bates. CHARLES M. JONES, Principal. During last week mnearly 30,000 tons of phosphate was shiped from Tampa terminals to five foreign' countries, [ T s e MO R | “The heaviest bloom in the history of Dade county,” is the unanimous verdict of the commission men and growers who have been keeping an eye upon the grapefruit groves dur- ing the last few weeks, and they de- clare that unless something extra- ordinary and unlooked for happens.’ Dade county will have this year by far the biggest crop in its histor,\z—‘ Miami Metropolis. | MOTOR BOAT SPEED CONTESTS St. Augustine, Fla., March 30. —Several boats with top notch speed records will be seen in the speed boat races which opened here in (the harbor today. The races are run under the St. Augustine Power Boat Club, under the samction and| rules of the American Power Boat ‘Association, so all records will be of- ficial. It is understood that the gov- ernment has under contemplation boats of the speedy light type for use in time of war as torpedo car- riers, supplementing the expensive torpedo beats now in use, which can only make a speed of from 30 to 35 |miles per ‘hour. | FOR COUNTY TREASURER 1 announce my candidagy for the qffice of county treasurer, subject to the action of the Democritic pri- jmary. Having been bookkeeper in that office for five years, I am thor- oughly familiar with the work, and refer to any county commissioner or member of the school board concern- ing my efficiency. Being thus emi- néntly qualified for the position, I respectfully solicit the suppert of the voters, and promise, if elected, to give the same conscentious and pains-taking care to the service of the county in the future as I have done in the past. EDWARD J. YOUNG, e et P e FOR COUNTY TREASURER I announce myself a candidate for county treasurer of Polk county sub- ject to the action of the Democratic primary election June 2, 1914, WERNER G. JONES, Auburndale, Fla. TAX COLLECTOR I announce myself a candidate for Tax Colector of Polk county, sub- ject to the action of the Democratic primary election June 2. F. M. LANIER. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Bids wanted for Annex to Kibler hotel, Lakeland, Fla. Bids to be op- ened at 2:30 p. m., April 11, 1914. Plans and specifications can be had from McGucken & Hyers' office, Tam- pa, Fla. to reject any and all bids. 2317 A. B. KIBLER A MODE’S EASTER " SHOWING of White Lingerie Dresses and Fashionable Millinery Will be held Tuesday and Wednesday, March 31st-April 1st The Ladies of the city are cordially invited (. We also have beautiful Graduating Dresses and can fit the Girls out beautifully La MOde Mrs. H. Logan, Prop. |G for Commencement week. Owners reserve the right{ arrival in New Y WHEN WE MAKE YOUR NEW SPRING SUIT AND OVERCOAT YOU WILL GET THE HEIGAT OF STYLE FOR AS LOW A PRICE AS GOOD CLOTHES CAN BE MADE FOR. DOES NOT OUR REPUTATION JUSTIFY YOU IN TRYING OUR STORE FOR ONE SEASON? {F YOU ARE [N DOUBT ASK THOSE FOR WHOM WE HAVE MADE CLOTHES. LET US PRESS YOUR CLOTHIES. Williamson-Moore Co. “FASHION SHOP FOR MEN.” Phone 298 Drane Bldg TITLED COUPLE TOURING IN AMERICA & "rlm‘earl and countess of Dunmore are making a month's tour of (Y nited States, Including the West. They posed for this photograph on the : : ork. The earl has had a distinguished military career, Wi ning the Victoria Cross in the Afghanistan campaign of 1897.