Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, June 25, 1914, Page 4

& ot . PAGE FOUR Published every afternoon from the Telegram Building, Lakeland, Fla. « Entered in the postoffice at Lake- land, Florida, as mail matter of the( second class. -k, F. HETHERINGTON, EDITOR. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Jdne year ...... $5.00 BIX MODBLDA ¢ civvsevaosonscs 860 Fhree montns . 1.26 Delivered anywhere within the limits of the City of Lakeland fer 10 sents a week, From the same office is issued THE LAKELAND NEWS, A weekly newspaper giving a resume of local matters crop conditions, erounty affairs, etc. Sent anywhere for $1.00 per year. ; How harq some people will work to get out of doing something! Wit- ness the migration of sundry gentle- men who will walk all the way from ! Tampa to San Francisco—probably because there was a steady job to be had at Tampa. Et tu, Brute! Bill Mapoles says he's going to repeal the Bryan pri- mary law. And we thought no one objecteq to this law except the *‘plu- tocratic press.” Can it be that Bill is lineq up with the plutes? r RS A little California girl called on President Wilson, and at her re- quest the executive kissed her. “The sweetest kiss I ever had,” declares the little maiden. But then she's only ten, and there are other kisses coming to her. Doubtless she will get a sweeter kiss some day, and she won’t have to ask for it, either. Oiriiressiniis Editor Wayne Thomas may well feel puffed up over the way his dic- | tum in favor of the tango has been received. The press of the State has accepteq it as an ex cathedra opinion, argq the tango will now be performed in all editorial sanctums every time a subscriber brings in a dollar. It it's a lady subscriber, so much the better. 0 Willis Powell has discovered a great truth, which he promulgatecs thus: ‘“The hardest working news- paper man in the State is Bob Bent- ley, of the Tampa Times, and he is least referred to. Bob is so modest that he never changes his mind with- out blushing.” Let's start some- thing for Bob—a kind of a Bentley boom, or a Bentley day; something like Father's Day. We chip in this paragraph for a starter. ? R A Our neighboring little city of Au- burndale is to be congratulated on the fine new school building to be erected under the recently voted bond issue. The plans, which have Just been accepted show a very beau- tiful and commodious structure, a credit to the enterprise of the com- munity responsible for it. Polk coun- home in the secretary's office—cight EVENING TELEGRAM, LAKELAND, FLA., JUNE I ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Evening Telegram INTERESTI meaning forty miles, is a stretch .of flai territory with no clear lakes as of Florida. But a few large pine trees are left; not many houses have had a recent coat of paint if ever; log cabins have not passed into by- gone days. Many reminders of fires were seen in blackened mills and days of strenuous labor after six chimneys, showing where once had weeks of combined vacation and field | been homes. As in North Florida, so work in sixteen towns also in Georgia signs were seen of Tuesday, June 9th, State President |the spring drouth, but the vegeta- D. B. Curry, met me at the depot in [tion grew greener as we climbed Jacksonville with his “Christian En- | higher into the req clay hills. . deavor automobile.’* It was pleas- It was indeed warm when Macon/ ant to have with him a consultation | Was reached;‘ One car at t,!'e depot “over affairs of state” that evening|Was labeled “Beer and Ice.” Tempt- i i travelers. th e of his cousin, Miss Mary |ing, doubtless, to some ;.tovee o That wide-awake paper, The At- Vi v : titution, scatters huge ad- Wednesday meant a day of sur- lanta Cons ) enough travel\ifrond 7:30 in tfe Vertising boards along this route. morning till nearly 10 at night, over [One 1. did::not really approve of, NG TRAVELS OF C. €. SECRETARY There were only eight days at ‘Ithe Southern Railway between Jack- |reads: “Georgia’s Secular Bible.” sonville and Chattanooga. It was| Past Macon and on beyond Atlan- warm and dusty; toilet opportunities | ta, the scenery grows more .81”1 more were limited in day coaches on this beautiful. No longer was it evideat road, and I might have resembled a that saw mills had robbevd the forests traveler of darker race and national- | of their green glory. Not tall pines ity before the journey ended. now, but yet trees, and so many of President Samuel, from Atlanta, |them. was Georgia's only delegate at the Cotton ang corn fields and tarifly Southern Worker's Conference, and [little villages were swiftly passed by, went some hours in advance of the|[for this was a ‘“‘through train.” Florida representative. Hence we Tt was past seven when we reached were both alone, but I proudly wore Rome, and I did not try to look out a badge of our State colors, with |[of car windows much longer. “Florida” on it. Feeling a tired and far-from-home So passed June 10th; scarcely | secretary, finally Chattanooga was speaking to any fellow passenger; |reached. But at the car steps was writing letters to the never-forgot- | Andrew Richards, a zealous Endeav- ten comrades of Florida. A whole-|orer of Chattanooga, and inside the some appetite and late “home poper” |gates, with more welcome, Miss Da- while the hours away, and the|vis, Tennessee secretary, and Mr. route schedule, open, told of the|Samuel, Georgia president. land through which we were travel- Three street car rides took us to ing. the Signal Mountain Inn, up 2,060 Between Jacksonville and Jessup, | feet, taking about an hour for the LRRTLLRLLRDLLLLLLLLL LT We Ask Your P Fre@ The Good News has just becn received that ou nearly ready for shipment. Once here the work of Installing them will no;l BB PPPPRPFRI PRSPPI PRDRPP P PEPRPDPRD TP D RDEPD R ty is taking a leading position In educational matters as in all other lines. P RRIISES SR Major George Butler, of the In- verness Chronicle, is tired of this grape-juice policy and has practic- ally s against Mexico on vehalf of Citrus county. ‘“‘Regardless of the wishes of President Wilson, and whether he calls for troops or not,” declares the doughty major, “a few dispatches from the front like those published Monday would cause many a Citrus county man to buckle on his armor and go to the seat of war at once.” The major intimates that the Citrus county army will fight under tie black flag, with no quarter givea or expected. 'If we haq more of Major Butler’s spirit up Washington s Huerta would long ago have had his, and we would not be threatened dur- ing these torriq days with the mid- summer madness mediation dispatches are calculated to superin- duce. these S S, One of the best and most inter- 1ed a declaration of war ) R L e R b k) Beid BRPRR PR BRI DRRBDDIBDEBIPED a Little Longer Our Atrractive and Convenient Rooms will be at Your Service. MAKE YOUR HEADQUARTERS WITH US. State Bank of Lakeland REL 2R 2R RS T TR ELLR ST TELL TR SRR RLL R LR LLLLLL DL LLLLLL T TR BT EL TR LT TR LTS LT TR ‘9 Eredecde Sooohocloosiietcoddh b RoehacociBohoddocts o o oo 5, 1914. fourteen-mile trip. Life then cen tered for two days on C| E activities at this great resort on Signal Moun- GRACE A. TOWNSEND, 1914, State Secretary. tain. June 23, IEND, TO MY FRIEN e NOLD K. ROGERS (Mr. Rogers was late of Frostporoof, Polk County|) By Rogers’ Oriental rooms, When the sun is getting low, The chattering crowds at Espiritu Santo Springs Along the pathway go, And smell the smell of the salt sea front, And the grass that comes with the tide. {4 Ang then we meet all class of folk! From all the country. side— From Washington to Texas; From Frisco to the South; Stand up and drink from friendchip’s As I was passing by, And' thinking over things That's been, both low and hizh, There chanceq to meet me, as in space, A brother I used to know, That haq walked with me on trou- bled seas As Life’'s daily, treadmills go. “God above,” I said, Anq took him by the hand; “Do you still sail these troubled seas? Are you long on this land? It's good to see you, face to face; You among the young.” “If T was sailing life’s seas, I would not now be here.” e atience SRS & FPETTRRTRNR o oo o o s r new fixtures are o oo oo e el B take long. 3o gregos o the tropics, are grown in some por- tion of the State, the soils of the sev- (By W. A. McRae, Commissivuer of | €ral sections herein indicated being adapteq to the production of crops usually grown in various parts of the country. The soils on which these products are grown vary from high pine sandy loam lands to the heaviest clay in the northern and western sections, anqg high and low hammock, also high pine and swamp lands in the The topography of Florida is dif- central ang southern sections of the ferent in almost every respect,from | giato. The various kinds of these other southern States. It is "“‘d“““"soils produce in their respective lo- of several geological formations, and | calities the products usually grown the soils differ quite as much in in such climates. their variety, origin and capacity of Tn the north and west the stand- pr(v(]u(‘-tl\'-vlws-*. arq field crops are mostly produced The climate is that of the tropics FLORIDA Agriculture.) The population of Florida at the last census as taken by the United States was 762,619 showing an in- lang surface, is 54,861. ter 3,805 square miles. 666. Area in wa- Total 38,- the same as in the Middle States. esting bits of reading we have come across in a long time is the article by Editor Benjamin of the Ocala Star, called forth by the arrange- ment of a new sanctum or editorial workshop in the Star office. The ed- itor writes most entertainingiy of the growth of the paper since it started “in a corner of the Florida Baptist Witness office’ nineteen years ago; tells in humorous strain of the methods of his associate, k. R. Carroll, to whom is accrediteq the excellence of the Star’s local serv- ice; and refers feelingly to the gen- ial, big-hearteq Bittinger, who “went to his rest eternal.” most successful newspapers would make an epic well worth reading; but few newspapers rejoice in a his- toxian that\ can so mnerminin:l_\l depict its past ag the Star’s present editor. Here’s hoping that he wilr keep the bigger and more comfort- able corner he now has much longer than the thirteen years he has la- bored so effectively in the “little corner” he has vacated. The history of temperate zone, as well as those of in the far south with variations to the temperature in the north west . 1 2 central portions vegzetables and M the central portions vegetable and fruits, including citrus fruits, About all of the products of the are also grown for commercial pur- poses. In the southern section the great majority of citrus fruits and vegetables for commercial purposes are produced on the various kinds of soils adapted to the purpose. Leguminous crops of all kinds, as far as have been tried, succeed well All | forage crops, which include the sor- in every section of the State. ghums of the Northern and Middle States, do well in all sections of Florida wherever tried, thus insur- ing and proving that live stock rais- ing is a successful Industry in every ybortion of Florida. Live stock and poultry raising are \successfully carried on in every county in the State, with the pos- sible exception of Monroe county, the most southerly in the State. The principal mlnerals of Florida are phosphates, fullers kaoljn, F‘lor;dn is also one of the princi- earth and Tofind athing bossible 720/ ofind “To know that a mine lies und must get to it; Jou must dig down; ; [ o ol o‘}z:‘r?i}‘l?.‘l‘fu“ of ammuniton has oot Wor't make u must keep at it than a thousand dollars you hade- QUour rl n L"ge Ly RESOURCES $150,000.00 American State Bank BE AN AMERICAN—ONE OF US, —— ‘ 't the worth of one lone cartridge in }hei | . A Bauk Account with ils first dollar started is worth more | | allowed to slip throu&lu | -——— D JoliC _7;27 \.| e hing el Vou a rich man: ! and get the metal OX% [ ferbert Kayfmen. ] ' We | have thei| Bank!_L =S cup, And quench sorrow’s drouth. By Rogers’ Orienta]l rooms I b 0 |the Union, :thonsand establishments 1lurpentino and rosin in this State e — Comfort First| Resolve this summer to be clad copf, ably as possible. It’s easy to make y,, dream of cool, safe and sane supy, come true. Be Tailored in a Suit of Mohair, Alpaca or Feather-Weight Woolens The fit and finish will be a thing to bry about. Keep You Cool. Each Suit Order Says he, “‘I am gone, and none But old Capt. Stiff can tell; We all must sail; It’s life's clearing house; And the sun wil] still rise red. I will see you next in kingdom Watch the hardest blowing, come; Friends, all aboard,” he said. "Twixt this ang that, there's many a port, And many is the friend, I'll meet. But it's questioneq if I'll see. Brother, you are safe on your jour- ney now, And you'll be long agoing. The old life tub leaks like a sieve; Watch the hardest blowing. Life sorrows sweep us fore and aft; The flap of the sail, cut of tongue is like the cut of glass. Our bodies in the churchyard lie Our hands no more can feel. They knock at the gates above: Battered, broken with gale. So we know that he has gone, As the best and worst must go; A good, kind, noble man he was We anq others said it was so. On all this earth I have not met A man more true; Time is the best test Here is a Lakeland story th stooq the test of time. It isas with a point which straight home to many of us Mrs. F. M. Smith, Bay &I streets, trouble’s ' used Doan’s Kidney Pills off ax for some time and wouldn't b I had attacks of i ache, no doubt brought on by exertion. The kidney action b« irregular and my health was if Pills w quickly and drove away all out them. ed. —— then stood, “God rest his soul,” I sid, As if a woman I had loveg In a far off land was dead, —W. E, The garments will please g satisfy you beyond all measure gy SPECIAL OFFER ——— Extra Pair Trousers FREE with Williamson Clothing (s FASHION SHOP FOR MEN With heavy heart I turned aw And long T spoke no word I bared my head, Wher Sinclap PALM BEACH SUITS launder; like new for 50 cents, Steam Laundry. Lal! AFTER PASSING YIARS Shaken Lakeland, says: Doan’s Kidney And he has gone, as dreams do go, | toms of the trouble.” Or as a song's sung long before, As the golden days of man in youth When they are his no more. By Rogers' Oriental rooms, A Dbitter thing I heard; e —— pal naval stores producing States of There are over a half producing with a capital investment of about $15,000,000. various kinds, manufacturing pine and other timber into lumber, with a capital invested of some $14,- 000,000, As a general manufacturing State, Florida, while not equal to some in proportion, surpasses many of the older States. The number of man- ufacturing establishments g 5,000 with a capital some $75,000,000, over invested of ! In these indus- tries there are nearly 90,000 people employed at a total wage of $42,- 000,000. This includes all kindg of manufactures, There are hundreds of water pow- ers in all sections of the State lying idle for want of capital to (l"\"(‘lt)]) % them, In brief, it will be seen that Flor- | ® ida offers all the advantages, Dosgi bilities and opportunitieg that person, whether he g simple worker, An investj a capitalist or |2 can desire. ation of anq its advantages is solicited. Any supplied I the country at all timeg information desred on application to the State ! department of agriculture at Talla- hassee, Fla 3 : _ Do they burn, and does yi & and doing faney work? i & metrist who i capable & exXamination, JEWELERS said: Mrs. No Trouble Since Smith hal. Dr. SaMUEL F. Su ‘SPECIALIST will o Lakeland Testimony Remain | of inj “T i “On May 29th, 1914, Mrs &3 “I am glad to agaln t&d to the merit of Doan’s Kidney M My opinion of this remedy hs changed in any way. T haven' to take Doan’s -Kidney Pils quite awhile, as the old coml has not returned.” Price 50¢, at all simply ask for a kidney remedi-f Doan’s Kidney Pills—the same Foster- There are over 500 saw mills of |Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y. dealers, Dt 1T EYE, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT EYES EXAMINED Grassgs Frrren HOURS: 9 70 12 A. M. 2T0 4P M SUITE, BRYANT Bl LAKELAND, FLA BEEDBEBD BB drds s 4 our head ache after We invite you to cons to advise and give you a satisfac! nlt uit - COLE &H vULL & OPTOMETRISTS, LAKELAND, F LA