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

| PAGE FOUR ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Evening Telegram e Published every afternoon from the Telegram Building, Lakeland, Fla. Entered in the postoffice at Lake- land, Florida, as mail matter of the second class. — #. F. HETHERINGTON, EDITOR. bl DON S il R SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Jne year ..$5.00 3ix montos . 2,60 Three montas ........ 1.26 Delivered anywhere within the Iimits of the City of Lakeland for 10 sents & week, s, SNSR>, From the same office is issued THE LAKELAND NEWS, A weekly newspaper giving-a resume of local matters crop conditions, eounty affairs, etc. Sent anywhe! for $1.00 per year. —————————————————— THE TELEGRAM AND MR. STOCKTON Since the writer came to this State some fifteen years ago, Mr. John N. C. Stockton has been more or less continuously before the people of Florida, asking them to give him public position. During all that time | no unkind word relative to Mr. Stockton has ever appeared in any newspapar we have controlled, We have given him credit for honesty of conviction, sincerity of purpose. We have been forceq to the belief, on sundry occasions, that men better suited for the various positions he sought were available. Our judg- ment in this respect has been re- peatedly sustained by the verdict of the people of Florida. We are once again of the opinion that a man bet- ter equipped than Mr. Stockton to represent Florida in the United States Senate may be found in the person of the candidate now oppos- ing him. We have no fear but thac this opinion will again be upheld by the sovereign voters of this State next Tuesday. But, neither in this campaign or in any preceding con- test, have we discussed the relative claims of Mr. Stockton ang those of THE EVENING TELEGRAM LAKELAND, FLA., MAY 30, 1914. ________.._-—-———_—_____-' _\__\ latter have no recourse except in the calm judgment and common sense of the people, who as a rule have in- telligence sufficient to attach to these ravings just the amount of import- ance they deserve. In fact, it is probable that the law was predicated on the assumption that the people might believe what they read in the newspapers, but would pay little at- tention to the candidate who stoops to mud-slinging and villification. R ety One great piece of constructive legislation, such as Senator Fletch- er's rural credits bill expressly de- signeq to enable the farmers to bor- row, money on. long gredit; And low interest, wil} times all ‘that the Stocktbn”erowd can say against him in behalf of that man whose only claim to the job is that he wants it anq has long wanted it and if he don’t get it he will always think, as he has thought on several previous occasions, that the people made a great mistake in not giving it to him. NOTICE e Owing to the necessity of making some repairs which cannot be made while the plant is in operation, the electric current will be off from 8 until 10 o’clock tomorrow (Sunday) morning. R. L. RAFFO, Supt. —————————————————————————— FOR CHOICE CUT FLLOWERS for en- tertainments, parties, weddings or funerals, see J. H. Tacker. Lake Pharmacy, agent for Knull, Tampa the candidate or candidotes opposed to him, in other than in the most temperate and kindly way. We have followed out in his case our invari- able rule of “a fair deal for every man,” regardless of whether we zx\'- or him or oppose him. Now, Mr. Stockton goes out of his way to say unking things about the Evening Telegram, and to counsel the people of this community against heeding its utterances. Mr. Stockton in doing this made a mistake— though this is nothing new in his political career. There are not many people in Lakelani who will join him in decrying an institution that has worked as ceaselessly and as ef- fectively for Lakeland as this paper has. The few people who led the weak applause of Mr. Stockton's at- tack on the nevfispapqrs do not rep- resent the commercial, industrial or political strength of this community. The people of Lakeland have confi- dence in the Evening Telegram, be- cause it has never deceived or dis- appointed them, but has always ad- vocated the men and measures, the principles and policies that have seemeq best for the city, county, State ang nation. Mr. Stockton has in hig make-up the fatal defect of being unable to control his temper, and he makes the mistake of displaying personal ani- mosity towards all who for any reas- on do not coincide with his views. These elements in his character would render him powerless to ac- complish anything of consequence in the Senate, should he by any chance ever be elected to membership in that body. This 1s best evidenced by his unwarranted attacks upon those who have treated him with every courtesy and consideration, and who have incurred his displeas- ure for no other reason than because they consider the present senator, oun account of his splendid worthy of re-election. Mr. Stockton dig not hurt the Ev- ening Telegram or the other papers that came in for his abuse. H e did record, not hurt the candidacy of Mr. Fletcher. He hurt no one but Mr. J. N. C. Stockton. Qi The Evening Telegram has an open mind with regard to the new elec- tion laws, join with those who condemn them because, owing to unfamiliar- ity on the part of the people with and does not unqualifiedly their provisions, their operations in some instances have thus far proven unsatisfactory. But there is one point on which the law is a trifle one-sid- ed. Newspapers forbidden, un- der severe | to publish any attack or matter detrimental to a candidate during a certain period | prior to an election, even though the | newspaper mizht not endorse the ob- jectionable matter, but simply pub- | lish it as an advertisement or as a matter of news. But any little whip- per-snapper of a candidate can get up before an audience and vent his ontweigh a hougand | Evening prayer at 7:30 p. m. ter subject that this will probably B PR BB EE PP EFPIEEIIIEEEEEIEEIEedssid | | LIGHT AND WATER RATES the people to vote for the new lig), i EEEPEaped ¢ SHOULD BE LOWERED OTHER- |and water bonds. it ! At The Churches Temorrow WISE PLANT SHOULD BE SOLD| I am in favor of keeping the play; i - and making of it such a good py). ;ugxsfi;,,;.(;,‘gfl;.yg.q.@@:,3.(3,<3,.g,43,«s»¢3u3us»%«$~iui'%m*WW Editor Telegram: There has beenlic servant and so profitable 1l)a: Grace Evangelical Lutheran— Morning prayer at 11 a. m. lso much written on the light and wa- |there will be no room for any ope % complain. Tennegsee avenue and Orange street. W. E. Pugh, pastor. Pentecost or Whit Sunday. Epis- tle, Acts 2:1-13; Gospel, 14:23-31. Morning and evening worship at 11 a. m. and 7:30 o'clock, respec- tively. The Lord’s Supper will be admin- istered at the morning service. The Baptist— us at the morning hour and Mr. Mec- Laine at the evening hour. After the morning service a short business ent. Sunday school at B. Y. P. U. at be confirmed g¢:this hour. Sunday scheol meets at 10 a. m. | Friends anjy strangers are cordial- ly invited to attend all services. 9:45 a. m. 6:30 p. m. | Methodist— o o . " Bible school at 9:45 a. m. Tennessee avenue, between Main e, A and Lemon streets. W. S, Patter-| Treacise & a. son, pastor. }pastor. the Sea.” Sunday school at 9:45 a. m. | Preaching at 11 a. m. anq at 7:30 p. m. Junior League at 3 p. m. Senior League at 6:30 p. m. ple and others interested in young! 'people’s work, will meet at the, church to discuss the organization of a young people’s society.™ mony."’ Good music. A generous welcome. Christian— Cumberland Presbyterian— Rev. Nichols will preach both ger-| Rev. J. D. Lewis, pastor; Rev. viceg at the Christian church tomor- i W. T. Logan, evangelist; Mr. Stock- row. Everybody is cordially invited. ton, singer, will commence a revival meeting in the Cumberland Presby- | terian church tomorrow. Rev. Logan is one of the ablest evangelists in the country. All Saints Episcopal— Whit Sunday. Holy Communion at 7 g. m. florist. 2475| Sunday school at 10 a. m. | The public is cordially invited. PSSl S LS R D R L R R R *&W@WM*M&‘W'MM O‘t‘l' Grifrsofo oo b Bp PSP dd S B BB s & & %% i CONDITIONS IN\MEXICO § are not more unsettled than conditions in our quarters at i % present. Like the A. B. C. Mediators, we are working §% g heart and soul to rush the work of bettering them, but, é’* unlike, these estimable gentlemen, there is no uncertainty Eg %"' in the accomplishment of our aims. 33 e When the work of remodeling is completed we will ¢ 2 § offer to the public {%* b £ Banking Rooms With Strictly Modern Equipment Efa $ ; % 3:% and all the comforts and conveniences in the transacting gs §§ of your business that careful planning can devise. fi e 3 s £ &%g -“!“v (=m0 A MULE AND A GOAT (A Sequel to the White Elephant.) So many people nave been pleased to connect the little story of “The White Elephant” with the Lakeland Light and Water plant that 1 shall humor them ang in giving the sequel to the story will refer to the “'Ele- phant” as the “Plant.” £ If the owners of the plant (the people) decide to increase their in- vestment, what assurance have they that the rates for light and water will be decreased? 1t would be a costly experiment if it failed to bene- fit them. That we need a larger anq better equipped plant is certain; that the lines and mains should be extended so that every taxpayer in Lakeland could light ang is alsu certain; and the only way for us to use water do these at once is to issue bonds for enough to cover the expense But I do not believe the people will vote for bonds at the present time. If P high over @Al spleen and venom on the newspapel, collectively or individually, and the STATE BANK OF LAKELAND | Y E><3~3"3NE"S“3~<3"Z"ENZNENEHE"E"K"K"E"3"!"&"3"2"3'@"3’&fidfiifl?‘?‘*"fi@‘%‘%’@%fi’*&%‘i’i@"? G B P PR d b D it b v @li"i"snfikfixifii"iflS)‘S*Q*«E’W?‘E”M"&“MW"E"3"3"3’-‘3"S"S"i"fi*‘?‘fi"i"fifli"i"WSNSMS’<§"3' ELTEL BT LR R R RS N Y ®&)OMETIME. among e a temple Willabe unearthed sacred to Success, andy, T exist only ce. a0 bolicte, adhiode? " Olustiai Wil builk the Panama Canal, i Will harnessed the falls of enough of it to start a Bank American State Bai BE AN AMERICAN—ONE OF US. they will not, then what are we to . ido? There are but two ways out of the difficulty—sell the plant, or reduce If, the rates ang still make the plant pay, and thus give the people con- fidence enough to vote for the bonds. The latter can, possibly, be done if we go about it right. Let us call a meeting of the citi- zens and at the meeting select twelve imen to act for us. Let these twelve men select a board of public works of three men. One member of the board to serve {wo years, one to serve and one to serve six ‘hovls. ang so it lasted longer than YORES S the other animals, Let this board take charge of the The man had tried in every way plant and try to make it pay after its make money with the mule, but reducing the rates to the consumers |the mule’s heels destroyed more than {twenty-five per cent. All money re-' ceived by the plant should be kept g o)) the mule for the simple reason in a separate fund from the other (that the purchaser might make the money of the city, and a quarterly ', cestment pay. So he continued to or semi-annual report made of same. ed the mule. But one day the When something of this kind is 10 o6t the man's goat. done, and it has been demonstrated R. E. LUFSEY. that the plant is a paying invest- ment, then, I believe, the people will vote for the bonds. however, it is found that the city cannot make the plant pay at the reduceq rates, then it will be better to dispose of the plant. A man owned once a mule that was exceedingly lively with its heels. It had killeq every other animal that the man owned except a goat. This goat was almost as proficient with his head as the mule was with its four years the mule earned. Still he would not mg the ruins of an ancient land, the altar, hewn info 1iVing rock, these linest” in Man—I am Human\Will. who doutbt themselves destrqy me; they ' ra.SNave you~ Account? a Sinjfi Dollarwill orudil wilid Rev. C. H. Nash, of Tamps, Fla, system so long that I would like to John | will be with us tomorrow and pre\:ch get rid of it. But before I get start- at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p L0l ed T want to say that Mr. Mellon’s and Mrs, Edgar Goode will plag for proposition is not such a bad one as ! meeting will be held at whl;h t::? for public ownership of public utili- pastor’s catechetical class will also ' all members are requested to be p ties, still there are a great number m. by the|plant, if the Times Subject: “The Tragedies of { source of information on that sub- iy o % Preaching at 7:30 p. m. Subject: I man who will take the trouble to in- M Ik e ot e SRR B “The Meaning and Menace of Matri-|vestigate will doubt but that a pri- not be read or at least not carefully I am in favor of paying the inte;. read, but a part of it has been in my est on all its bonds, new anq ¢ lout of the earnings of the plap. then, if there is anything left, yg, the balance for other purposes, T am in favor of bonding for enough to put the whole plant iy first-class shape. I am in favor of bonding for 3¢7. 1000 for cqmpletlng our sewer sysge;n apd putting streets and parkwayg around our lakes. I am perfectly willing to help pay in taxes tngt $3,620 that we have been paying for several years for interest on ouy light and water bonds, but I wapnt the money put to a public use ang not investeq in public wealth. | know that the light and water plant if put in first class shape and prop- erly handled can materially reduce the price of its product to the cop- sumer, pay its own way, even to re- tiring its bonds as they become que pay all the interest on these bonds, furnish light anq water to the city for public use free, keep up all re- pairs and enjoy the luxury of per- fect financial comfort all the while with a snug sum in the bank to uge in case of accidents. I am in fayo of making all this so sure and so plain in the next bond issue that no voter will hesitate to vote for the city to give its endorsement to thesa bonds and pledge its credit to pay both principle and interest, knowiny some people seem to think, and while, as Mr. Holworthy says, there is a strong trend over the country of places where the people were" Wise enough to make such good = terms with private parties that theré s no call for public ownership. All places are not like Tampa, which is being eaten up blood raw by its water is a reliable P R el e i ject. Somebody must have been asleep in Tampa when their water franchise was granted. No business vate ownership can pay a big price for the Lakeland plant, give better service to the city at large than we have had, sell to the city for public use light and water at a price much below what it is now costing to pro- duce it, reduce the retail price to the citizen at least 33 per cent and yet make money. If there is to be no improvement over present conditions, I would be in favor of selling the plant even to that req head and bloody bones—u 1 % private corporation—provided the contract was made and the franchise given on business principles. Under present conditions the citizen must pay ten cents per K. W. for light, one dollar for 4,000 gallons of water, then at tax-paying time he is pre- 'sented with another light and wa- ter bil] of $3,620 and he must pay his part of it or be sold out for taxes, and right here I kick. The city has no more right to charge full price for light and water and then make its citizens go down in their pock- ets for the money to pay for the plant, together with $3,620 a year for interest than a private corpora- tion would have, That is confiscation of private wealth not for public use but to increase the public wealth angd is socialism pure and simple. The Lakeland light and water plant should be bonded for every dollar it cost and if it can not pay the inter- est on the bonds out of the profits of the plant, then the city has no right to go into the light anq water busi- ness and make its citizens pay that interest. The city has no right to use the profits of the plant to in- crease the value of the plant by im- provements, extension of lines, etc., and then make its citizens dig up the money in taxes to pay the interest on the bonds. Under the stress of circumstances these things have been done in the past and are being done now, but it is high time to quit it and if some relief is not given— not promised, but given—along this line, it will be an up hill job to get that the plant will not default and compel the endorser to pay the debt, 1 am radically opposed to building any public utility of a profit-making character by taxation. T want tq leave the whole taxing strength of the city to the use of such publi improvements as in their nature cal .make no direct financial returns bu are yet the very life blood of oul prosperity, our continueq growth an even our existence as a live city. N. A. RIGGINS. FAMOUS AND FAMILIAR FIRMS The Columbia State gives the fol lowing list of familiar firms that a of us know almost by heart: Heart & Soul. Frills & Furbelows. Fair & Warmer. Fuss & Feathers. Law & Order. Hammer & Tongs. Horse, Foot & Dragons. Thick & Thin. Root & Branch. Cut & Dried. Sere & Yellow. Touch & Go. High & Dry. Might & Main. Tooth & Nail, Short & Sweet. WATCH the AD And Shop Early and Ofte s hdlrifode S R T YOU CAN POINT with pride to your jewel case if it contains some of the dainty orna- ments that come from this store. XX AND YOUR:WATCH Doesn’t it need some attention? Or perhaps you would like to have a new one. 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