Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, June 16, 1914, Page 4

stance—should PAGE FOUR The Evening ielegram Published avery afternoon from the Telegram Building, Lakeland, Fla. Entered in the postoffice at Lake- THE EVEMYG TELEGRAM LAKELAND, FLA., JUNE 16. 1914, THE FOURTH OF JULY PATRIOTISM AND POWDER (Board of Health Bulletin.) There's a connection between the land, Florida, as mail matter of the;two which would be remarkable if second class. ¥. F. HETHERINGTON, EDITOR. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Jne year ..$5.00 8ix montns .... e 2,60 Three montns 1.26 Delivered anywhere' wlthln the limits of the City of Lakeland for 10 cents & week. " From the same office I8 issued THE LAKELAND NEWS, A weekly newspaper giving a resume of local matters crop conditions, county affairs, etc. Sent anywhere tor $1.00 per year. The linotype frequently. plays fiendish trickswith the editor’s work, and makes it appear that he doesn't know what he is writing about. The worst of it is that attempteq ex- planations only make matters worse. D= Brethren, we do not wish to usurp any of the prerogatives of the Mi- ami Metropolis, which watches over us ignorant editors with paternal (or is it maternal?) care—but it 1s not the “peninsular” of Florida. “Peninsular Florida” may pass, but it is the Florida “peninsula.’” 0 The Orlando Reporter-Star de- clares it “unthinkable” to use an initial for the first name and give the second in full, as in the case of J. Hamilton Lewis. This may be a hint to J. Hugh Reese, who assumes the editorship of that paper in a few days. Ol “Bill"” Ellis landed as one of the Supreme Court justices. He went out ang saw the people, anq they liked him and voted for him. He will fill the high position with credit. S MR Freq DeBerry seems in some way to connect Governor Trammell with his defeat, and in his Arrow he in- dulges in some criticism of the exec- utive. Don’t do it, Fred. Knock- ing Trammell in this neck of the woods—or in any other part of Flor- ida, for that matter—won't get you a blame thing, unless it be some re- bounding knocks. —0 Whatever may e the opinion of the voters as to the Bryan primary law, there seems to be no dissatis- faction with the Trammell Corrupt Practices Act. The latter piece of legislation has done more to purify politics in the State than all other previous measures combined. —0 such as George Matthews, of the Fort Lauderdale Sentinel, for {n- adversely- criticise President Wilson and charge him with allying himself with Wall Street. Oh, Progressiveness, what a lot of bumcombe and balderdash have been perpetrated in thy name! RSl Newspaper men of South Florida should make thelr arrangements with a view to letting nothing pre- vent them from attending the meet- ing to be helg in Lakeland on June 26 for the purpose of organizing ) s T R R e T T D R e South Florida Press Associatjon. Ev- ery editor in the territery south of Orlando should bep resent at this meeting. The Asociation will be modeled ang conducted on lines look- ing towarg the advancement of the practical anq material interests of the publishers—a phase of the mat- ter which heretofore has been en- tirely overlooked. 7 Gy Tncle Walt Mason has joined the Trade-at-Home crusade, and he writes rhythmically and convincing- ly on the subject, Kersmith & Kickshaw deal in wax anq Chinese eggs ang carpet tacks They are good sports in every way; they cough up money every day to make the town place in which to live your face They a dozen clerks or more, who wait on patrons in their store. Our cross roads burg they would up- thus: a better and push hire build, anq see it with glag people filled, and to that end they blow their scads like truly patriotic lads. But when in need of eggs a few, we seng away to Timbuctoo; and when a carpet tack we wish, it's shi from Ypsilanti, Mich. Each notion in his dome t best from hor order hoods ang away hats, birds ang Maltese « ers in some town remote, who would | not know us from a goat. We ship away our hard-earned kale, and gnt our fourth rate junk by mail. Say, Funny, isn’t it, that the very apos- tles of ‘“Progressive” Democracy— it had not been proved to be rather intimate by the experiences of past years. The near approaeh of the summer holidays, of which the “Glorious Fourth” s the occasion or Inspiration, makes the subject timely. ! The disdsters resuiting from the insane celebration of the Fourth, like typhoid fever, malaria and oth- er sad visitations, are preventable. They are without reasonable excuse, excepting that of ignorance, which isn't acceptable as an excuse in these enlightened days.. Where an explosion of gunpowder in firearms or fireworks results in fatal injury or in instantaneous death, the doc- tor, of course, hasn’'t a chance. The coroner should be summoned. But in the multitude of accidents that pepper the skin with burned powder, that bring shattered fingers and blindeq eyes — the features that make the small boy a hero to his companions—the greatest ganger is not from the superficial damages that might have come from other causes than exploding fireworks. It is in the slow—comparatively slow ——development of tetanus, resulting frequently in complete flexion of the | voluntary muscles and lockjaw. In its final development the death of the victim ig attended by horrible suffering not unlike that produced by hydrophobia. The spasms of ex- cruciating agony in both diseases producing are unrelieved by the unconscious-work beneath lingering death realizing his fate and enduring the limit of pain to which humanity can reach. It is not likely, in the present general indifference to the possibil- ity of accidents of this kind even in the best regulated families, that we shali see any remarkable lessening of this danger. 't is well, there- fore, to be prepareq for it—to real- ize that however slight a powder burn may appear, if it has broken the outer skin, there is a decided danger and risk in not taking ev- ery step to avoiq fatal infection. tackeq by a dog presumably affected with rabies, he takes no chances, but hunts up the doctor, and he gets to him quick. The danger from a powder burn is no less serious and the prudent man will be equally prompt in consulting the physician. An antitoxin for tetanus has been perfected which is as dependable in |the prevention of this disease as is iton of hydrophobia. Its use should be encouraged in all injuries of this nature even though they be appar- ently of only moderate severity. The bacillug of tetanus, the germ that makes the real trouble follow- ing powder burns, is more or less of a mystery, but medical science has him under surveillance, investigat- ing his habits anq methods of work. The doctors have found him an en- emy not to be trifleq with. They have discovered also that he can- not thrive in the presence of oxygen. It's fatal to him. Therefore, he can- not inflict injury on the surface of the skin or wherever else he may be exposed to the air. He must and does the surface and he If a person, child or adult, is at-| | the Pasteur treatment in the preven- | |nerve centers of the body. ; The advice to the layman In the |case of accidents from exploding ,pov\ der is to go to the doctor as soon |sa possible—don't wait until tomor- As first aid to the I row—go now. the wound With injured, saturate wit peroxide of hydrogen, or, as it is known sometimes, with dioxygen. While this must not be depended upon to ward oc the results of in- jury, its large percentage of avail- able oxygen may lessen immediate {danger, until professional skill can hA\e a chance. l If we must be noisily patriotic, let us be prepared for the consequences, and knowing of the danger to the |average small boy, be ready to sav his life for years of future usefu]— ness. |KIND OF WEATHER FLORIDA HAS IN THE SUMMER TIME Russell Kay, recently of Califor- nia, but now assisting his uncle, Editor Wright, in the conduct of the Florida Grower, has the following to say in the last issue of that paper regarding Florida summer weather: Tampa, June 11, 1914. | Dear Billy: So you want to know something about the weather down here, do you? Well, I'l] tell you. According to the natives, they get a much bet- ter crop of weather in the winter than they do in summer. Perhaps they do, but on the square, I can’t {figzure how they are going to pro- duce anything to beat what we are enjoying right now without in- fringing on the Garden of Eden. Why, man! if they could raise a climate like this up north they’d ness of the vietim, and he dies a nurrows along the nerve lines to the build a fence arounq it and charge 0 : We Ask Your Patier_tie § a Little Longer The Good News has just been received that our new fixtures are BPDDLDDDDDODDDGEIIRID DbDBREIDETIDHEHEH DO IS T T oefoidudndododedegeod s 3 2 *[to see it to appreciate it. Keep Your Face Toy, the Sunshme and the Shy ows Will Fall Behiy LET YOUR CLOTHES BE CLEANED BY LAKELAND DRY CLEANING PLANT and your frowns will TURN TO SMILES Our equipment is one of the beg the State. Our Work IS THE B IN THE CITY. “We clean everything but reputation LAKELAND DRY CLEANING PLAN Phones 405-298 Goods Called For and Delivered admission, Yes, they would! And jer useq to have a bit of af it's ten to one they wouldn’t have a free list. rain until T came down i I'm for it strong now. It r ness-like in Florida. You o to run around sky-gazing for; three days wondering won't anq in ‘the eng proper because you guose and left your showercane at ' No, sir! When it begins t in this country you can rest g that there’s something co Say, you ought to see it doesn’t last long, but when it it comes right. Why a gooj & When T wake up in the morning, Billy, anq find a mess of sunshine scattered all over my room playing tag with a fresh salt breeze from off the bay, it sure does make me sore. [ want to kick myself for not blow- ing down here sooner, I can look out of my window and get an eye full of joy at every glance. You'd have Green grass, palm trees, flowers enough to decorate a national cemetery, and the air is just splashed with perfume. |Florida shower would mak Class is a tame name for it. I can |Falls look like a leaky hydra e el HGP SPPP BB BB DI HHDHED §oofodoofo oo oo o B S B oo 3 ; nearly ready for shipment. . Once here the work of Installing them will not take long. Our Atrractive and Convenient Rooms will be at Your Service. \) tate Bank of Lakeland gwmm Y F T P X E AR TS P PPN Brediegeedrefrdnedofdo e dnQRC B oo BB dedy Br@rdo rgedredrdosdrfooecdoerdo BBl b el SRR R BB m«&«w«s»wm‘w DETROIT OFFICIALS WILL RIDE IN FORDS ONLY Detroit, Mich.,, June 16.—Ford runabouts will be purchased for all employes of the city of Boston who are provided with cars in the future, according to a pronunciamiento is- sued recently by Mayor Curley of that city. “I have decided to make the Ford runabout the official car under my administration,” the Mayor declared. “It doesn't cost so much to buy, and can be operated twenty miles on a gallon of gasoline. By discarding the heavy cars now in use and putting in an equipment of Fords, the city will save several thousands of dol- lars without impairing in any way service. The old method of paying a fancy price for a city automobile, the ing an outlay of and finally sell $450 at public for economy.” The its automobile n hav- 100 for repairs, ¢ the machine for ction, doesn’'t make mayor referred to an experience the city had I condemmations ‘f 200 are we seers, or are we fools? Those strangers don't support our school or keep the peeler on his beat, or| help to pave Commercial street. They do not paint the vill builg a fence aroung th p. If our old burg were blown away they wouldn’t care a bale of hay. Ker- smith & Kickshaw ought to get the local trade ailready yet. pump or | [T Ay with | one big machine. At present the city of Boston owns about seventy-five automobiles, rang- ing in price from $3,500 down to $1,800. These will be replaced with Fords as soon as the change can be made, Mayor Curley is bound to stamp out joy-riding by the city employes. A short time ago he opened up a municipal garage where all the city's automobiles must be placed at night ang from which they cannot be tak- en after darkness falls without a written permit. Boston is following the example of as City which a short time ago sold eleven heavy cars at public auc- them with an Ka tion and replaced equipment of Fords | | operate as compared with other cars, { though it furnishes equally as good service that there any size in North not have its equipment of Fords MlflflhmmmmillllllIHMH]IWMMJH“HW “Gheres an old proverd: “Aalving your wants quadruples your weallly’ Over almost everything oxcept our vxrtucs. there might be written thig much. “ds late as the Eiahteenth Century the general was crude and mean. Your rich grandfather suffered t 1 H with which your <urrounbmas are luxurious)” You car’t save money worth lrymg. Bring a dqllar RESOURCES $150,000.00 American State Bank BE AN AMERICAN—ONE OF US, The Forq costs so little to buy and | is hardly a city of | America that does | ? You can if you want to, Its to our mnkytobay and start! MAKE YOUR HEADQUARTERS WITH US. ool PROMPT SETTLEMENT OF INSURANCE CLAIM Sloan, Lakeland, Fla.: Sir—I1 beg to acknowledge receipt of check covering insurance on my home and trees which were destroyed by fire on the 6th inst, Such a quick and satisfactory set- tlement certainly speaks well for your company's manner in adjusting Mr. B H, Dear losses. Yours very truly, 2703. E. 0. FLOOD. LOST—Locket, engraveq “E. J. B.” Supposed to have been lost near railroad station or express office. Reward if returned to Railroad Restaurant . 2704 WIDEAWAKE PEOPLE SAVE MONEY BY READING THE ADS. IN THIS PAPER. WATCH THEM FOR BARGAINS --«:*----- bcscomfor by compared GURTIGN o0 oo oo L | boards. hear the mocking birds tearing off jthe beauty of it is, ten minute this Melba stuff by the yard. And,|the storm has passed you say! a mouth-full of this real atmos- |find a drop of water on the phere is sure one grand little tonic. [the water drains off, the s It just jams joy rignt into your sys-[out again, anq everything is & tem and makes you feel like a regu-|as an express clerk, Ever lar fellow all the time. Better take | blade of grass looks as bri my tip anq come down, where you |clean as a new silver dollar, can get in on a little real life, You |air is cool and refreshing. | will finq everything all to the merry |you about the mocking birds" and soon be galloping around with |permanent residents of this los a face full of happy grin. Well, that ought to be enought T had a lot of people try to crowd |sure this climate against anf the hot-weather idea on me before T|the knockers can spring abot! came down here. TIl tell you|you never heard of a mocking straight, Billy, it’s all bunk. 1t ! liafing arounq in a bum climat doesn’t have a chance to get hot in you? I guess not, and let m Florida. Why as soon ag it begins | this much, Billy, anything to get a little sultry along comes a good enough for a mocking i nice young breeze from off the coast good enough for Yours Truly. and backs the heat right off the VALUE The best little heat-chaser With a Capital of them all is the rain. Now. I nev- SCHOOL BOND MONEY STYLE With a Capital { NOW ON DEPOSIT WITH AMERIGAN STATE BANK O U“fl ICJ itIal T | The proceeas or tne sale of bonds issued by Lakeland school district for the purpose of building and im- proving the schools of this city are now available, being on deposit with the American State Bank, which was chosen as the depository for and Moore’s “Li“ these funds by the county schoor | Style ShOp" Cl()fh board. With a Capital The bonds were voted some months ago for the purpose of building a\' M new school house in South Lakeland || Are emphatically emphas undlto make a substantial addition 3}’15 i’g;gé‘:," R WO to the present school building. amount was $50,000 ang a s;tisg.:xl:f' There Isn t a St‘ M tory sale was made to Weil, Roth & || ‘Worth looking at AL Co., of Cincinnati. The improve- S ments for which the bond money w. 1s, AII We A Sk voted are both well under way, and |} Of vou is that you com will make our school equipment and I&?\I\u \‘-2:: ‘101‘1};5[?}?!?] : fac ilitieg among the best in /i i 1 the | W a C al i ! ith a Capital The selection of the American ‘ State bank as the these funds is a merite d r.uflmhon of the standing and splendid growth of this institution, which is admir- | ably managed, and has the confi- > of the public, angd is regard- r stantial and ments in 2661 depository for | Walk up stairs and save $3.00 to MOORE’ Little Style Shop Rooms 7 and 8, El Phone 243 South Florida Why Suffer with Headaches when you can be reli o ; teved with properly fit! lasses? Dr, Lugh C. Hull has charge of ¢ Optical ; arlors. Exa: : . ion f 3 nination and consultation free. : COLE & HULL ¢ JEWELERS & OPTOMETRISTS, LAKELAND, FLA