Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, April 14, 1914, Page 4

PAGE FOUR The Evening Yelegram afternoon from the Lakeland, Fla. ' Entered in the postoffice at Lake- land, Florida, as mail matter of the Published every Telegram Building, second class. S TR B s, M. F. HETHERINGTON, EDITOR, °f toda¥ O L sonnty SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Jne year Bix montns Three montns Delivered anywhere within 1imits of the City of Lakeland for 16! eents a week, From the same office is issu;a THE LAKELAND NEWS, | . 250‘bm .25 the ‘ | THE EVENING TELEGRAM LAK ELAND, FLA. FURTHER DISCUSSION OF 600D ROADS SUBJECT Editor Lakeland Evening Telegram: Dear Sir—1I read the article on the subject of good roads in your issue and believe that I have something better to offer the city and commissioners than the oil | proposition. A solid foundation the first thing to be considered in lding a street or road; the second consideration is the wearing surface —A little oil sprinkled over the sand vull not furnish either a foundation or wearing surface if it was the best "Cahforma. oil which I understand contains a large per cent of bitumen. I also understand the cheap oils A weekly newspaper giving a resume ;rounq this part of the country are of local matters, eounty affairs, etc. for $1.00 per year. crop | e e . s | T Y The Ocala Star wants the railroad commissioners And this reminds us to ask what's the matter with R, Hudson Burrs? What has become of the snap, the ginger, the live-wire qualities that marked him as the people’s own in former years? —0 present conditions, || Sent anywhere \fining of coal oil which has no elas- largely a residue left from the re- tic or tenacious qualities, which are essential to hold material to- made in this pavement to reinforce |the sand and asphalt with small istration if you want to vote in thf‘,squar(' yards of brick paving, which | and you Also, June primary Bartow to register. within the poll tax if you are pay that tax before you can vote, them and already flat places And holes begin to appear; this, however and pay it on or before May 9. there you are! Don't kick about it, right; it is a privilege conferred by {80 you see we have foundation law and you must comply with the one place and wearing surface in before you another conditions fixed by law can exercige that privilege. unreasonable about that. o- Nothing The comedy element has at last | been introduced into the senatorial | contest, but it's no comedy politicians and editors who are fur- nishing the fun. That Wilson let- must g0 10 ig recognized age you must brick have is | Tomorrow is the last day for reg- 'rock. We also have many thousand | LARGE HAT IS GONE | VERY SMALL MODES DECREED FOR TOTS THIS SEASON. Mcdels on Exhibition Surely Sufficient to Tempt Any Proud Mother to Strain Her Buying Power to the Utmost. The bonnets of fine straw and lin- gerie material for the little tot are comparatively small this season. The old large crowned wide brimmed af- fairs which made even the prettiest of baby girls look top-heavy have been superseded by smaller snugger shapes in better proportion to the small wear- | er's head, and, though there may be a frill or flare around the face for finish, this i8 merely wide enough to be be- gether. It is well known that as- coming and make abolished | phalt mixed with sand put down un- a soft, fluffy ‘der the best known methods, in frame. many instances lasts but a few For the baby years. W, have here in Lakeland girl the tiny close- about thirty thousand square yards fitting caps are, \ ; of course, the of paving, an effort having been, thing, and such | delightful 1ittle caps there are, in gurprising variety, too, when one; as one of the best considers the nar- yknown wearing surfaces, but the row scope al-| no foundation under| Blue Serge, White 10Wed to the de- and! Collar, Roman Signer. Some of "can be remedied by lifting the brick because voting is not your natural and putting more sand under them, .' I to the pends on the I think it is a waste of time and money to put clay into a road and worse than that to mix a little oil with sand. The life of any mixed material for wearing surface de- binding material that is to hold the hard substances to- "znth(ar. ter to Arthur Williams in which the ' president cordially endorsed Fletch- er as a standard progressive and expressed surprise that any one should have charged him with being a reactionary, has done the work, and the Stockton bhunch, bland, smug and self-satisfied the moment before, is now tearing through the wilderness like the old gray horse, suffering all the paing of panic and demoralizatién and putting up first-class show in their efforts €quirm from under, Go to it, breth- ren, for vou have a man-sized thay will last you unti]l the primary., June e ! The execution of the four New York murderers vesterday despite the racket and clatter made over “newly discovered evidence” and oth- er devices to prevent it. undoubtedly struck terror to the hearts of the criminal class in New York city.and | a salutary effect in mak- ing life safer there and restraining the hand of the murderer when he feels the impulse to kill. Those four criminals were- incurable degener- the spawn of the slums. and whether justice fails or not in th or whether he be will have ates, Ve case of Becker, guilty or innocent, the result yes- terday has shown that society can| protect itself through law and at least rid itself of its viler elements. Murder is our chief problem in this country and its only solution is by th, iHl.i!!m! pointed out in the «;A.~‘~ of the New York gunmen. —0 TiIE PRECEDENTS ARE AGAINST IT —_— 4 The Wauchula Advocate, doesn’'t want to see Senator Fletcher %t the State press meeting that paper supporting for senator, asks us if think that the discussions at meeting should be confined to ex- clusively newspaper topics. Not if there any value in precedents, Such meetings never have been lim- ited in that way and we don't why they sl-nuld. bhe. The newspaper people undoubtedly together to exchang, opinions and read papers relative to their business, but their business is in its very nature everybody’s business and there isn't a subject under the not within the purview of journalism, there because Stockton don’t that we is see get as sun is neither in necessity nor propriety any such narrow limit to the debate as s ested by the Advocate. Public men are peculiarly “our meat’”’ on such occasions, and rarely a press association meets anywhere that is not garnished by one or more of these g 1 whose presence is ASUT¢ or ough opinions our profes whose us a look at duties from the point of view of an outsider. Such guests never violate the proprieties partisan appeals in their own 1 Senator Fletcher would he last man to do so. These press meeti are largely intended ‘to be’recreative and that end is distinctly furthered by the presence of guests who can give breadth, spice and variety to the oc- casion. which | | a to X the down a paving that combines foun-, | 1§15 The California roads so much re- ferred to are first-class macadam roads before the oil is applied; the o0il used is the best known oil for recad purposes. Don't let us be de- ceived. A little cheap oil put on our sand would come about as near making us a California road as a little oleo- margarine put on a corn pone would make it like cake. Creosote oil is preservative; all other destructive substances and the best known [ N i n i job when mixed with other ingredients it is elastic. tenacious and senatary. The only objection to a macadam road is the dust and upkeep. We can eliminate the dust and get rid of, repairs for about ten years, put ydation and wearing surface in one, {for much less than the cost of brick ‘roads. Why then should we spent O a mile in a well known fail- ure? I hope the good people of Lake- ‘land and Polk county will not think {T am sore or class me as a knocker. I orealize | there is no perfect paving. but some of the road material that is being offered reminds me of the Cornishman that made and a stew after trying it concluded to carry it' | to his neighbor. When he presented the stew his neighbor said: “‘Friend why do you bring me all this nice! stew?” The Cornishman replied: *I jdon’t want stew; dor won't eat stew; you have stew." Let us hav, good roads, bhut not waste our time and substance; one i barrel of oil will furnish just as good a test as a mile of it. Yours sincerely, D. CROCKETT. ITALIAN RAILROADERS STRIKE Rome, April 14. ery employe of th, State railways throughout the Kingdom is threat- ened on omorrow. he men. number- ing nearly 80,000, demand shorer hours and higher pay. The increase would add $10,000.000 to the State budget. It is announced that should the strike be called tomorrow, the railway men will not obey a counter order calling them to military duty. This plan has broken other strikes. Mass meetings have been held, and prominent Republicans and Social- ists have pledged their parties to support the railway men. A strike by ev- AI'l it keeps out water and ; the prettiest are Tie. s made entirely of , around the face by little frills ot Val- enciennes lined with soft silk of very . delicate pink and trimmed with tiny , bows of narrow pink liberty sllk matching the tles. Others are made of fine sheer lin- ——m8emew m—oono———-—- k| gerie material in minute shirred tucks, alternating with frills of the narrow real Valenciennes insertion set | ‘Buyers Are the People *They Know Their Wants, APRIL 14, 1914, NOTICE —_— from stock pen night of Apri 1sit from Fort My- If you have Escaped land during head cattle in trar s to St. Petersburg. 1 |any information of these «-;m)‘ i cit fre 1t Iplease communicate with [reig |agent, Lakeland, or Wilson Bros. [1f you need help of any kind notity WADE AND BAUER. Employment Agents 1403 Franklin Street. Tampa, Fla FOR SAl _Beautiful bay driving| mare; will wark anywhere; also top carriage and harness. E Cook, Dixieland. FOR RENT -3 rooms for | keeping; all modern conv Cheap. 317 South Virginia Who Read Advertisements. but Want to Know Where to Supplx Them. — POLIEA ANN[IUNEENENTS TAX COLLECTOR I announce myself a candidate rorl Tax Colector of Polk county, § 0 LANIER. primary election June My | narrowest real Valenciennes, while a two-inch border all around the face is fashioned entirely of closely set lace frills. Then there are exquisite hand- embroidered lingerie caps with lace Public Instruction, present his name Some , for reelection to this position from {the Third district. and urge the vot- | frills merely around the edge. of the prettiest of these have an em- broidered piece or flap turned back flat over the cap, the scalloped and embroidered edge of this flap meeting the slightly fulled crown. passed the round, close caps may be worn, but for the child of two or three years and from that age to six years there is much variety in the line that office for five years, oughly familiar with the work, aud|. irefer to any county commissioner or| % member of the school board concern-| ¢ | of headwear. One extremely pretty lingerie bon- net with a double frill of delicate shadow lace next the face was headed by an inch band of fine net, . shirred on cords, above which the crown was slight- ly fulled in. At | one side of the crown there was a flat bow of pink | sitk ribbon, while th~ trimmine on the other side of the hat, extenaing down on the iace frilis which ed the face, were flat roses made of pink chiffon. Another attract- {ve lingerie model was a close-fitting cap made of fine net lace, lace frills and trimming cords made of twisted pale pink ribbon. Straw bounets are made of the fin- est lacy braids, soft enough to be handled like lace itself, and follow much the same lines as the lingerie Sual- Fancy Basket Weave. | bonnet, with a very moderate flaring | brim, faced with softening lace or chiffon, among whose foids tiny flow- ers may or may not be tucked. Flow- ers almost invariably appear on these straw bonnets, bur they may be among the ribbon or at the head of the rib- bon ties over the ears. MARY DEAN. BLOOD POISON ¢ . actually millions 1S and_millions of germs that grow from one or two that got under the skin and into the blood. DR. BELL'S Antiseptic Salve d right away would have killed those few g_ kept these mi lic vvufr »m being born, 0 hlv. a 25¢. box of this sulve ready for emer- gencles, ask for Dr. Bell's Anuseptic Salve. “Tell It By The Bell” ¢ [ 2 2 2 & =0 2 B 8 ¥ € W) (andy! Candy! Cand Y WE HAVE IT From Stick Candy to the Finest Box Candy Have you tried any of our HOME-MADE CANDY ? A Triai is Al We ASI| We also have a2 nice stock of Fresh Fruits, Dried Figs. Dates and Raisins Nuts, “SH APALCHICOLA OYSTERS H. O. DENNY -Temdt Delivery Phoze 33 Even after the first baby stage is ,m give FOR COUNTY SCHOCL BOARD , The friends of Mr. J. C. Owens. | recognizing his valuable services as s a member of the county Board of ers to support him. & , |2 Clough Shoe Company. e b FOR COUNTY TREASURER {3 {AM THE SHOE Mau 1 announce my candidaer for thel: e s TrE S office of county treasurer, suhject to &%%Mi"w&w rdrdridfoedresdoedriniodude BnddudnfrinBudniruinb b B0 0 Hdd the action of the Democritic pri-| mary. Having been bookkeeper in ing my efficiency. Being thus emi-| ynently qualified for the position, I|; respectfully solicit the suppert of|® ;xhc- voters, and promise, if elected,| 5 EDWARD J. YOUNG. FOR COUNTY TREASURER | | 1 announce myself a candidate for‘ county treasurer of Polk county sub | ject to the action of the Democratic! primary election June 2, WERNER G. JONES, Auburndale, Fla. | —————————————————————— FOR COMMISSIONER. DISTRICT NO. 2 I take t} to the voters of Polk coun is method of annoy will be a candi for the county commis in District No he prima 1014, In making this announcement, I in a measure at leas alize the i portance attached to the office: th: with the board of county taxable property of the county, and of the construction and maintaining of roads. Tn this connection I de- sire it understood that I belj eve in equality in taxation. and that all persons, both rich and poor should alike, bear their share of taxation in proportion to the value of erty owned by them. prop- | ject to the action of the Demo«r:mc!(;, I am Ihm'vl the same conscentious and| . pains-taking care to the service of}:- the county in the future as I have|< "dene in the past. S 1914. | & commis- sioners rests the duty, among oth- | ers, of equalizing the valuation of 2 ! i =1b-.(., ® & y ) I also believe that better ru.’w':s'@' should be built and maintaineq ':‘: If nominated and elected 1 shal % work to this end. MARK S. BOWEN, CHUCK YOUR OLD HAT. THE GOOD FEE YOU GET WILL BE WORTH MORE THAN THE ppyg OF A NEW ONE. ALLHATS FOR $3 ARE NOT THE SAME QUALN TRY ONE OF “OURS™ ONCE. P WE’'VE JUST OPENED UP OUR NEW CNES, MY! HOW PRETTY THEY ARE! Williamson-Moore Company “FASHION SHOP FOR MEN.” & Sl i i Look At My Wmdow | HAVE A FULL LINE OF BABY DOLL PUMPS, BLACK A&ND WHITE AND ALL KINDS OF COLGNIN PUMPS. il always arrivi We keep up wit b the very newest thingg in fancy foorwear. | pleasure to she v oour goods, nq our aim is to fit you. \Wear only store in Lakeland that ues the custom fitting metho ‘2,3\5? DUHON-HARRIS 0. 5% FOOTIFITTERS We Repair Shoes While You Wait. Security Abstract & Title Co. Bartow, Florida R. B. HUFFAKER, PRES......L. J. CLYATT, SECRE FRANK.H. THOMPSOX, VICEPRES H. W. SMITH, TREAY ABSTRACTS OF TITLES New and upto-date plant. BOPPPP DT g B o Prompt service. eland business left with our Vige President a¢ City B receive prompt and efficient attention, [ 5\.‘;'\>\‘\’M =t N \ \\ ~ \\,\ w?_\,’?'/ t? J stu-ted ; ] a iiuék R A b o 3 ;nl;u;mess asa dmkyllmg river B 1, camet P onand swepton f iy, Cameloapl acewhere she saw},e,. chané 4 L1g' =~ and she did it . . “ e to do somethy o A DEPOblT WITH Th merican St Ch: “Be an Ameri ate B&nk €an--One of us”