Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, June 2, 1914, Page 4

e s i 4 PAGE FOUR The tven_inu jelegram 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. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. dDe JEAT ceccecerone veees.$5.00 BiX moDntOA . e.eveiinn R Three mMontAs . ........ ynhe gy Delivered anywhere within the limits of the City of Lakeland for 10 eents a week, — —From the same office s issued THE LAKELAND NEWS, A weekly newspaper giving a resume of local matters crop conditions, eounty affairs, etc. Sent anywhere tor §1.00 per year. —————————————— STATEMENT Statement of the ownership, management, circulation, etc., required by the act of August 24, 1912, of the Lakeland Evening Telegram, published daily at Lakeland, Florida, for April 1, 1914: Editor—M. F. Hetherington, Lakeland, Fa. Managing Editor—M. F. Hetherington, Lake- Busi Manager—M. F. Hetherington, Lakeland, F Publisher—M. F. Hetherington, Lakeland, Fla. Owner—M. F. Hetherington, Lakeland, Fla, Known bondholders, mortga; and other security holders, holding 1 per or more or other amount of bonds, mortg : None, age number of copies of each issue of this publication sold or distributed, through the mails or otherwise, to paid subseribers during the six months preceding the date shown above—I1,125. M. F. HETHERINGTON. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 2nd day of June, 1914, (Seal) A. J. HOLWORTHY, Notary Public. My commission expires August 13, 1916. Dol Have you ever noticed that most of these letters you get that are marked ‘“‘important” are not so darned important, after all? Meantime, will some brother kindly inform us as to the present whereabouts of J. Fred DeBerry's Arrow? “The Arrow shootsstraight,” says J. Fred, and perhaps he got tired of shooting it at an Angle. So far as we know there hasn’t been a flight of the ‘“Arrow” for the past two or three weeks. L A Polk county has 3,590 registered voters, divideq politically as follows: Democrats, 3,148; Republicans, 171; Socialists, 97; Prohibitionists, 18; Progressives, 124; non-partisan, 32. ——0 In his paper this week Albert Wil- liamson makes this final appeal in his own behalf: ‘“Dear Mr. Voter: Please let me go to Congress. [ couldn’t possibly be any worse than the ‘thing’ you have there now.” —0 Those handsome half tones of the statesmen who are desirous of serv- ing us may now be laid away for a couple of years or tonger. Those of L’Engle and Albert Williamson, however, will be kept in good work- ing order by being printed frequent- ly, if not continuously, in the papers with which these gentlemen are con- nected. (o PSR Whichever way the cat jumps to- day, let us all make up our minds to take the results good naturedly. You know there never has been an election 'in lo, thpse many years, in which the men elected had not| been proven incompetent and utterly | unfit—at least to the satisfaction of the opposition. And yet the country has rocked along pretty well, Florida has developed and prospered at an amazing rate, ang it hasn't made so much difference to the average citi- zen who voted for the men who were not given a chance to save the coun- try. Let us be cheerful, therefore; there will be something left of life even if our candidates chance to fail of election. i i AN “OWNED" NEWSPAPER The favorite cry of the demagoguu aspirant to office, whenever a news- paper commits the heinous offense of advocating the merits of some other candidate, or some principle or meas- ! ure to which the demagogue objects, is to refer to the newspaper as ‘‘cor- poration owned,” or “owneq by the interests.” To all such the Evening Telegram woulq respectfully recom- | mend the official statement carried today at the head of this column, in | compliance with the law which com- pels a sworn statement of ownership, | circulation and other matters, to be published semi-annually by daily newspaper. Of course, the people who how!9% about “‘corporations” and “inter ests’” and “owned newspapers,” rule know they are 1yi hope by lying consistently and sistently raise minds o people who are not on to these well worn tricks, ang th fluence of the new dom that anybody is foolish enou to mention the Evening Telegram this connection; however, havir nothing to hide, but being ratl proud to show ‘“where this paper does not hesitate to d close the fact that it is “controlle simply and solely by the conscier of one man, said conscience being fair working order; andthe only “i terests”” it serves are the best inter- every asa | pera that they may be able t\ some doubt m the Impair the i r. It is se! we're at but they 'i THE BVENING TELEGRAM LAK ELAND, FLA., JUNE 1, 1914. I ——————————— ests of the people of its community, its county, the State at large and humanity in general. COMMUNITY HYGIENE Every man is his brother’s keeper. He can’t help it any more than the neighbors can, much as they might like to. He can’t evade the responsibility of such relationship unless he lives in the wilderness and never comes into contact with his fellow man. It is a law of society as fixed as any other enacteq by the Almighty. His conduct, good or evii, or care- less, must affect others accordingly. Individual responsibility to society can not be escaped, whether it be in morals or in physical affairs. The criminal lowers the moral tone of the community, disgraces it and ex- erts a degrading influence. The man who lives in dirty surroundings in- vites disease and thereby endangers the health ang possibly the lives of his neighbors. The conclusion is inevitable that it is the duty of every man to keep himself and his premises clean and healthful, not only for his own sake but for that of those who by force of circumstances must associate with him. Community cleanliness, commun- ity sanitation, is just as much » duty that every man owes his neigh- bors as to be decent morally, for physical illness has a strangely in- timate connection with moral degen- eracy. It is a fact that in the past and to a large degree in the present, law strictly enforced is essential to se- COMMISSIONER MENDENHALL DISCUSSES L. & W. QUESTION Jacksonville, Fla., May 31, 1914. Lakeland Evening Tele- 1 have been following with tieth century have been marked by splendid organization and magnifi- cent effort for the moral uplift of those who neeq uplifting. There has been a practical recognition of the fact that morals can not be perma- Editor gram: nently improveq while phgsical con- {5 great deal of interest what fragre-|the result of poor management in |ing interest and principa) ol ditions remain unimproved--that the 'mentary parts of the light and water hungry man in ragged clothes 18 not ! qiscussionas have percolated through likely to be or to become a devout|tq these “furrin parts” anq there are Christian. There has been a recog-|a few points that have not been nition of the great fact of humantgyuched on, or at least that I haven't brotherhood, but there has not been |geen, that may be of interest in the a corresponding organized effort to-!)jght of what has already been said. ward increasing the knowledge of ) Tg start with, the basis of calcu- proper sanitation or to arouse a sen- |jation for calling for the proposed timent for Dbetter healthfulness | through cleanliness among the same classes that neeq the uplift. " “Good health is the basis of good morals. You can't deny or dodge that fact, and the great moral uplift of the world won't come so long ae you work on any other hypothesis. It is a plain, hard fact that Flor- ida will not get into its full stride towarq its greatest prosperity, until the individual citizen, no matter how exalted or humble, shall real- ize his personal responmsibility in lowering the sick rate and the death rate through voluntary, and not leg- ally enforced, sanitation, through conscientioug and intelligent effort to avoid disease; in other words, by doing everything in his power to raise the standard of community hy- giene. Anything less than this is not in accord with the highest type of citizenship. Dr. SAMUEL F. SMITH: SPECIALIST EVE, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT Eves ExXAMINED GLASSES FITTED HOURS: 9 70 12 A. M. 2To 4P M. FOR CHOICE CUT FLOWERS fo: en- | 3 SUITE, BRYANT BUILDING funerals, see J. H. Tacker. Lake | * LAKELAND, FLA. Pharmacy, agent for Knull, Tampa florist. 2475 FPPEPEDEPREPPPP PP PIOPDBBDIPPDBP PP RPPPEPPPPPRS COND oot present. B refesdodreded 3 PP PPRRPPRDPPRPD PP Gregoer oo TEEE R 5 of your business cure municipal sanitation. This is due partly to ignorance, partly to ity and indifference. otherwise good citizens will persist in allowing their dogs to run at large unmuzzled, and they make a fearful fuss when the police inter- fere for the actual safety of the community., They howl louder than their worthless curs when presumes to enforce the jdea that perver: Some anyone the rights of society are superior to their own selfishness. Some of the ablest scientists in the worlg have demonstrated that ty- phoiq fever is a germ discase, trans- mitted by flies, vet it requires the services of the police to compe] the screening of earth closets. The same gators have proven the traus- mission of vellow fever, of malaria and other diseases by mosquitoes; they have pointed out the methods of prevention, yet the pleas and pro- tests of sanitarians and health boards are disregardeq by the vast jority of Floridians. The opening decades of the twen- ' - are not more unsettled than conditions in our quarters at Like the A. B. C. Mediators, we are working heart and soul to rush the work of bettering them, but, unlike these estimable gentlemen, there is no uncertainty in the accomplishment of our aims. When the work of remodeling is completed we will offer to the public Banking Rooms With Strictly Modern Equipment and all the comforts and conveniences in the transacting STATE BANK OF LAKELAND : DB PP PO BDEDEOIPEDEDD SRR IPBOEBbIbIbbIbigid § il drdiddndndidudidndndnd ITIONS IN MEXICO % that careful planning can devise. oo e e W & TR @ @ SPFdd & o | PLEASANT WAY TO [feel : STOP CONSTIPATION ! better and rands have, Dodson’s Liver Tone Takes the Place ‘able vegetable liquid. Its action is of Disag‘reeable Calomel and its |eagy and natural, with no gripe, no Often Dangerous After-Effects |1 and the after-effects are pleas- You probably know that calomel DU instead of disagreeable. Dodson's is « poison, a form of mercury, very |ldver Tone does not interfere with dangerous to a great many people 'YOur rezular duties, habits and diet, and sometimes cau g disagieeable but builds and strengthens instead | after-effocts for neariy everyvone who ©Of Weakening you or “knocking you tries it. all out” for days. Try 100’ ‘ or days. Try Dodson's and Dodson’s Liver Tone is recommend- ed as a perfectly safe and reliable | remedy to take the place of calomel. | This is exactly what it is made for | and has been made for ever since the first bottle was put up anq sold Dodson’s DLiver Tone is pretty | widely imitated. But be careful to! judge between the loud boasts of the '\IHI:H‘I, The creas i imitators and the plain truth of the ‘IJI : ‘” l.h'. il ot supply in the United States, says Dr. B, iy Hopk ing Dodson’s Liver Tone is sold and u ln‘s' (alls.far GO, KaepioE {Pace with the increase in population, | therefore the principies of scientific farming should be taught in the pub- (lic schools anq in every rural sec- ks tion nie is a palat- Dr. Cyril B Hopkins, professor of agricultural economy and chemis- try in the University of Illinois, says |that America has reached the period in its history when scientific agri- culture is absolutely necessary to provide enough food for the growing | guaranteeq by lLake Pharmacy who | will refung pur se price (50¢) in- j\-mmly with a smile if you are in any way dissatisfied. Vodsopts Liver ~ Ofi&mfi among a Will be' uncarthed sacred to Success high over the altar, hewn into living rock, these m) NG . : ) exist only in Man—1 am Humanwill 2All who doiibt themscio ; they \who believe, achieve? i de'dwywm’}hzy > _Olumar~Will built the American State B ' BE AN AMERICAN—ONE OF Us. N the ruins of an ancient land, v anama Canal, Vieet" VoL b, 1 A ! i('ap. Plute & Co. referred to by gefer until later. Sincerely +Bro. Ley, for they woulq have to \ { bbdedigey Bl S EdEdB S Bd DB BB B eg 1 o | e | figure at least 6 per ceniy bond issue should be mentioned. It est and 6 per ent for diviqi is well known that the present plant, | talling 12 per cent, Whicy 3 sufficient at each stage for the con-|$36,000 amounts to on $3y ’ ditions at that time, has gotten tol Now the $25,000 calleg fil’ be entirely inadequate for present |bond issue woulq enable the conditions. This is not necessarily |devote all of this net earniy, : the past, as in each instance ‘the been estimated that this gy, gentlemen who undertook the dis-|extend lines and mains o, bursing of the bond money for im- (of the city not now serveq provements, govermed their actions| Then let us see what g entirely by conditions as they then |would be in: . The presep existed. No one in the days gone |called for would raise by could tell what Lakeland would |bondeq indebtedness on the;l', be today—if some of them had, some | water plant to $170,000. | of us woulq be able to endow the|this at 6 per cent is $10, town with a complete set of light |year. That leaves $27, and water as well as gas and ice|with which to pay off sipy, plants and a street car line and, still janq ‘interest on remaining bé able to pay our taxes. SO now |ness. This amount can be. again’ arrives the time for building [lated to the best advants. according to condstions ‘as w2 see|for paying interest, puttiy, them. Our present plant is repre-|provements, or, if you wi) sented by a bondeq indebtedness of [ing a street car or gag syg.] §75,000. This covers everything in-| Now arises the question of' cluding machinery that of necessits fier this is an investment 1 would have to wear out eventually. !worth while to the city. Iy With this old machinery we are|that as an immediate pre clearing something over $12,000 a|selling out would reduce year. Exact figures may be obtained [what would we think of o8 in the city hall. We now feel war-|ten years from now when .1 ranted in putting in an absolutely |jzeq that we had taken o L4 first class plant and the items that|step anq sold the most \;ua go to make up the amount of the [get we had for Bro. Ley's bond issue called for are, as best I|pottage!” Would the Atlan can remember them up here, the fol- | Line séll out now, even ut .:/) lowing: A nary fancy figure, just (o Boilers, $10,000; 500 K. W. |gtop paying interest on its ¢ steam turbine generator, $10,000; |indebtedness? P piping, installation, etc, $5,000;| As to the matter of rates:y air compressor or deep well pump, |anq water, it is generally 1 $5,000; reservoir, $5,000; switch-!that as soon as the plant is board and accessories, $2,000; fee@|of the burden of making ”} water heater, $2,000; condenser, [and can generate its povd $5,000; exciters ang auxiliaries, $2,- |gome efficiency, that we can : 000; site, $8,000; building, $6,000. | commodities as cheaply a The list as made up is on file and (i, the country similarly sit.g these figures may be vari-d appre-| e are forced to believe ciably either way but this approxi- |estimate of $30,000 made 2 mates the cost. The additional $10,- | Council as being sufficient g 000 is to cover items that inevitably | plant in first class condition o come up in any installation, and that [ gjyen thegamount of study g are usually included in the heading |for it can be readily seen il 20 per cent for contingencies.” If lamount woulq only just si. the proposition of getting a new site [ wards getting first class me were thought inadvisable this $14,- |The figures compiled werep 000 could be saved, but the value of | from actual bids from mst the present site should inevitably [poyges ang in collaboration “a cover the cost of a new site, and it chinery men. Of course | would be short sighted in the ex-|would relieve the present o treme to continue to buildg on the ed condition, but would not present one knowing that ultimate- plant on an efficient be ly a new one would have to be ac- woulq it take care of extensiol quired. There are also large effi-nlgo fail to understand tle ciency reasons for getting closer to ¢, “separating it from polity water for condensing pu'rposes but [we do not see that politics ha we will pass over these. thing to do with the eflivionr;J With a plant such as could be plant. Depending on a boar thus installed, and using as much of posed of public-spiriteq citiz: the present equipment as would bear would contribute their servid moving or as would pay for the floor [ig the very system that we hoj space, it occupies if the present site recently voteq to eliminate | were kept, current should be gene- ing antiquated and inefficient rated for less than 1 cent anq dis- [pot intending to arraign )Mr tributed for 1-2 cent—or to be lib- [ g article in the paper, as eral, say delivereq to the consumer our year's association on t! for 2c per kilowatt-hour. It is cost- Council I found his judgmen ing at present about 4c. Thus the of the highest order and his cost of production would be exactly |ig still of value to the city cut in half. simply feel that he has made It has been very reasonably esti- timate too low. mated that with the city able to| There is so much to say supply all applicants with light and |gubject that it is hard to st water the net earnings for each |1 wag intending to take up t! month shoulq amount to $3,000 or |ter of the municipality owni $36,000 per year. This is borne out | gag plant, as it coulq be made by the estimates made by Messrs. ag well as the light plant, ! H. D. MENDENI! YOU CAN POINT with pride to your jewel case if it contains some of the dainty orna- ments that come from this store. P XX AND YOUR:WATCH Doesn't it need some attention? Or perhaps you would like to have a new one. Dou'tforgct we are head- quarters for the best watches and 1 jewelry, FEM Conner & O’ Steen kA e LR L LSRR LSS SR ST ST S TR ST S uffer with Headaches ! when you can be relieved with properly fitt glaS.sm ? Dr. Lugh C. Hull has charge of Optical parlors. 5 S Examinatior and consultation free, COLE & HULL JEWELERS & OPTOMETRISTS, LAKELAND, FL y