Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, May 18, 1914, Page 4

\ ! | i " B &8 1 | R i i | LR o 1) B | H ki | | I v 1 I | & b ; \ | R i § | ! i i | ] § | {14 { ¥ ‘. I ® There was more solid business talk The tveninc elegram ’ubhshed eV er) afternoon from the) Telegram Building, Lakeland, Fla. Entered in the postoffice at Lake- iand, Florida, as mail matter of the' second class. HOW 10 VOTE IN Of course there will be no bother for the inspectors and clerks at the polls of the June primary where 4. F. HETHERINGTON, EDITOR. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. ™ there are but two contestants forthe ‘ne year i ...$5.00one office, but where three or four 81X montn® . -........ Ll e andidates for one position, and the Phree MONTOR . oiivisolisialsivisles 1.25 | »st and second choice is in opera- Delivered anywhere within the|!ion there will he some figuring for {imits of the City of Lakeland for 10; rents a week, any degree of speed. _ | Possibly the following tion of the method will | value to those interested in the mat- explana- of From the same office is issued THE LAKELAND NEWS, A weekly newspaper giving a rv*un‘el ter, and, as it is simply a deduction it might be well to prove JUNE: PRINARY ihe correct reports to be made \\nhI of local matters, crop conditions, fnnm the law, county affairs, etc. Sent anywhere save this article for reference for $1.00 per year. {erence. — e [ Suppose there should 'be fifty vot- | We fing nothing in the (v,r-\lin”‘ivl'fi in a given precinct and the law prohibiting candidates 1"'!'(»(11 en- |should be voting for three can ! joying ve gentle art of fisticuffs dur dates for representative—John Doe, | { Yichard Roe and Henry Jones. The ing the eighteen days preceding the primary, and the dispatches say nothing of an armistice between bel- ligerent congressional candidates. We're looking to you, boys, to put a little life into this punk campaign. ballot that they would vote would be in the following form: For Representatlve For 1st/For 2d ! choice 'choice Vote for one: JOHN DOE RICHARD ROE HENRY JONES: s e iaale e Suppose that twent ve of electors should vote first choice for Doe and as second choice thirteen shoulq vote for Roe, and the remain- ing twelve for Jones; and of the re- maining twenty-five votes, suppose thirteen should vote first choice for Roe, and that seven of this thirteen should vote second choice for Doe, 2oes, land the remaining six for Jones; and the remaining twelve votes cast () et 1t is now unlawful to print or cir- culate any charge or attack upon a candidate, the law providing that no charge or attack shall be pub- lisheq or circulated during the eight- een days preceding a primary, unless the charge shall have been served upon the candidate in person on or previous to the beginning of thol eighteen-day period. | (bt So far as our information Polk county is the only one that jof will elect commissioners by districts |as first choice for Jones, suppose six should vote seconq choice for Doe, and six for Roe. instead of from the county at large. Polk is a great county and not to he bound by the example of the rest of The inspectors of the election in the State, or by Interpretation of [this precinct would fill out the re- the laws by State authorities. The jturns to be certified to the county ine board in the following main point, of course, is to get good and able men who wil] represent all the county and give each section a fair deal. A ssioner should e represent hig own district, primarily, | ¢ of course, but he should remember, |\ also, that he is elected to do busi- ness for all the people of the county, i¢ ang he shoulq be just and fair to' every district and to all the interests | ¢ of the We hope men of broaq caliber will Le chosen to serve | ¢ on the board, no matter what may be the manner of their selection. | cany form: Twenty-five 10ice votes for electors voted 25 first Doe; ang 13 second anq 12 second choice Comm 10ice for Roe; Jones., electors voted 13 first and 7 second and 6 second otes for Thirteen 10ice votes for Roe; 1ice votes for Doe; 1oice votes for Jones. Twelve electors voted 12 first 1oice votes for Jones; and 6 second 10ice votes for Doe; and 6 second county. e choice votes for Roe. The canvassing board, in tabu- ilating the above returns in order to determine the finding no candidate has a majority of first choice votes, proceed by eliminating all the candidates except the highest and next highest in the first choice e A South Florida Press Association was launched at a gathering of newspaper men in Tampa Saturday. nominee, in the hour or two of discussion than at any three days’ meet of the Flor- ida Press Association. The new or-|votes, which would be Henry Jones) ganization is going to accomplish [in the above case; and to determine ling | elected: & ";‘; i & 4 S @ @ L3 S 2 If any little word of mine May make a life the brighter, If any little song of mine May make a heart the lighter, God help me speak the littie word And take my bit of singing, Ang drop it in some lonely vale, To set the echoes ringing."” , The annual meeting of the Wom- an's Club was held Thursday, 14, at the Elks’ Club. The election of officers for the en- suing reports of officers | and chairmen for the past year made year, also the mec one, The following officers were WOMAN'S CLUB ELECTED OFFICERS: REPORTS HEARD President—Mrs. G. M. Wright First Vice President—Mrs. M. G Munn Second Vice President—Mrs, G. E. Southard. Recording Secretary—Miss Julla Etta Patterson. Treasurer—Mrs. H. D. Bassett. Corresponding Secretary—Mrs, M, K. Graham, Press Reporter—Mrs. H. E. Memminger. In re-electing Mrs. Wright as president, the club made a very wise selection indeed, as during the past ~year she has given her untiring ef- forts to the club work and has oc- complished much for the advance- ment of the club and the betterment of civie conditions, in which she has ably by the other of- ficers, committees and members, The much work has been accomplished, and as there are many who are not closely in touch with the work of the club given in heen asgisted year's reports showe(d | Highlands was before the board of county commissioners Tuesday of 000 if they would put down 2 1-2 miles of road beginning at Bartow and Lakeland road north of IHaskell {and running west to corner of (‘ook road to be built as an experi- as Eustis sand-oil road. Board accepted Mr. Hallam's of- |fer and will get looking after isome cheap machinery to make this experiment with. ‘z‘l'u\‘u, | ment, same busy NOTICE purchased the teaming Isen Lange at the phosphate notify all those Having business of J. N algp hig contract plant, 1 desire to and something of practical benefit to the [the nominee they would add to the desiring anything in my line that if mewspaper men, especially in the [first choice votes of Doe and Roe | they will phone me, 187 Red, T will matter of obtaining living rates for |these second choice votes that were foreign advertising. Moreover, it is|cast as first choice for Henry Jones. very likely that no weekly newspa- |The result in the above case would | per in South Florida will be pub-fbe 31 for Doe, and 19 for Roe, con- lished at a lower subscription rate |cequently Doe would be the nomi- than $1.50 per year after next Jan- |mee. uary. That price will just allow a| Of course to get the totals before ‘reasonable profit on the cost of pro-lany eliminations are made the votes ducing a weekly paper, and the in-lof the several precincts are totaled crease is made necessary because ev- for each candidate, and no elimina- erything else has advanced in price. [tjon is made until the total vote of Every newspaper south of Orlando |each candidate is tabulated.—Bx. should be enrolleq in the association and reap the advantages of co- operation. The meeting for perma- REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS mnent organizati i . i i . Eanlzavion wwiilibes holl .m (Instruments left with the Clerk of Lakelanq at an early date, which % S . ¢ Circuit Court for Record, Fur- will be duly announced. Every news- . 5 . A nished by the Security Ab- paper man in the territory men- i ) ¢ stract and Title Company.) tioned, should arrange to attend this meeting May 14, 1914 ; E. F. Shallaberger to C. e Bonton. When men are candidates for of- E. F. Shallaberger to C. A. Boynton. Mary I, Alfred J. Pruden. Herbert E. Fairchild and not {to Margaret H. Horner. of T. L.. Wilson to W. O. Sessoms [nvestment Co. fice, it is only to be expected that other men who want the same job will belittle their best work, or mag- nify the most trivial incident, to the candidate’s diseredit. So it is surprising that the great work Senator Fletcher in behalf of a rural attacked by his op- the peo-| J. A Horning and others to Jones. to W. O. credits system is Jones, ponents. They would have Cox to J. C. Leverett. be pleaseq to serve them. Soliciting any business you may have, I am Respectfully, D. L. Fidler. 2569 PERFECT CONFIDENCE Lakeland People Have Good Reason For Complete - Reliance Do you know how-— To find relief from backache; To correct gistressing urinary ills; To assist weak kidneys? Your neighbors know the way Have used Doan's Kidney Pills; Have proved their worth in many jtests. E. C. Eades, E. Oak St., Lake- ll\nd Fla., says: “l can strongly \rwnmmond Doan's Kidney Pills, |l know that they act just as repre | others { me { have acted effectively. 1 ,‘””S a trial.” ple believe that the Fleteher plan is J. F. Hampton to J. B. Gallo- in the interests of the banks and not of the farm But when they at- K. D. Fenton to D. G. Hillier tempt to discredit the Fletcher bill, C. 0. Stratton to W. E. Greve they discredit the administration John D. Eick to John R. John- | If Fletcher is working ¢ |son. and against the row Wilson. The accord with the all materia bank farmers, so is Wood- for the -—— latter is in hearty | Fleteher measure in The its pro - president of ¢ Uniteq States, the embodiment of t a of Progres- sive Democrac pro Mr Fletcher's rural ( The | people who are after My teher's job clnim that 1} redits plan | . \,T\“s}\,\,\:‘i is objectic VO believe? g Use mk and ; . g : write plainly Preserve can [N celled vouchers It 1 that t of ).\\ receipls. B Sign your name the same. : :' - : 3 : e ., §\.\t_~1 at extreme! bl ; ; { Fi leftof dollar line ) ikl drawing” line Nd liquer I L n tifying %lhl‘ough /n’ showing for our soldier-sailor § Keep recora A most encouraging 1o of each check issued. the progress of the tempera LUSE at heart. Here's Lakeland testimony. for sented. 1 useq them about two years ago when T wag suffering from lame and aching back and trouble with the kidney secretions. They brought prompt relief and whenever I taken them since have they do not hesitate afflicted with kid- | give to advise any one ney trouble to Doan's Kidney | For cents sale by all dealers. Price 50 Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo New York, agents for the Unit ed States Remember sole the name-—Doan's—and the official reports will be detail later. ROAD EXPERIMENT Mr. W. F. Hallam, of I,nkul;awll oS FEPEGRPBEEPEEIPIEEEIEEE INSOCIETY PPPPPRRRERRREE S S Srded FREGRPEPPPPPPIEIOIEIDIBHED SBTE | | May |one 1 ting an unusually entertain- | .:’s BB M«lfl In the notice of the presentation of the opera Mikado, it was stated that Miss Winnie Streater Was one of the three maids. This Was occa- apse of memory on our charming nmi«iI Her singing | compli- ' and y was quite be- | sioned by a l part, as the third was Miss Ellen White. many was the subject of nents during of the witching and captive as [ Thank Offun' Meeti 0f Missionary Societies At o'clock Friday atterno at the hon Mg HLb 1 - son on New York avel the ladics md voung neople! nissionar | cieties of the Cuml vter jan church held the 1 [last week anq offered the board $2.- | | | the LAl Teft meeting number annui hank offering year 1914 A jetieg were present and eting aoodly from both soc had a most interesting me We were especially glad to have with us Grandma Pillans to meet with| labored long Master's vineyard, | | | we and those who have faithfully in the and are still happy in His servic an inspiration to younger workers. Another gratifying feature was the privilege of having the young peo- ple join with us In this meeting. The Young People's Society and the Children’s Band have been organized only a few months but are doing ex- cellent work. Almost every some ffart in the meeting. A to come with hearts full of gratitude and a liberal offering. After the votional part of the meeting a very| pleasant social hour was spent, dain- As the foread is one present took 11 seemed 1 de- ty refreshments were served shadows lengthenea we to big our hospitable hostess feeling that we had hag ¢ and profitable meet- REPORTER. Were adien most ing. T H Tacker, at ‘the macy, hag the agency for Knull, Florist, of Tampa. 247¢ I'OR RENT—2 pleasant L.ake Phar- nicely finished bun- galows in Northeast Lakeland Terms, $10 and $12 )¢ month. Phone 246 Black or sed Mrs, A. J. Black 2568 | I S02 South Flor avenue, 7 rooms and bath., T terms apply at 410 South New York Ave. 2567 FOR CHOICE CUT FL.OWERS for en tertainments, parties, weddings or funerals, see J. H. 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