Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, July 7, 1914, Page 4

PAGE FOUR The tveginu felegram 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. dme fear .....0n sasises s veodBal BIX CIMOWEIE soiiiiiaas e b0 Fhree monwns ........ N ReRsE I 1 Delivered anywhere within the limits of the City of Lakeland for 10 eents a week, " From the same office is issued THE LAKELAND NEWS, A weekly newspaper giving a resume of local matters trop conditions, eounty affairs, etc. Sent anywhere tor $1.00 per year. S s S S I Thank heaven this “safe and sane” stuff may now be put in cold storage for another year, i Over in Miami they are going to add 45 working days to the year by the simple process of setting the clock up an hour. By changing from central to eastern time it is contend- ed one more hour of daylight is se- cured out of each twenty-four. In- formation is not forthcoming as to the official Joshua who is to make the sun stand still during this ex- tra hour, but there seems to be some Joshing connected with the proposi- tion. But what does anybody want with 45 more working days in a year, anyway? Always seemed like there were enough of them as things are. PATESIRS, S AR One by one our 1llusions are ruth- lessly shattered. Now it is said that bloodhounds are not worth a conti- nental in tracking down fugitives— that, in fact, they would find diffi- culty in tracing a pole-cat, which is supposed to leave a somewhat aro- matic trail. Now, what are we go- ing to do with Uncle Tom’s Cabhin, and al] the other fiction that depends for interest upon the fierce and crnel bloodhounds and the fleeing slave or criminal? We confess to much dis- appointment upon being introduced to a “genuine bloodhound.” Tt was a meek, long-eared creature, whom we would not back with any odds against a common gray canine either in a foot race or a fight. Mrs. Stowe seems to have been a first-class na- ture faker, but she was responsible not only in large part for the civil war but for a great deal of perfectly good money that has been spent by county officials and others, under the hallucination that bloodhounds could trace criminals. ClelanB C ot WHAT HAS BECOME OF THE OLD FASHIONED FOURTH? As stated before, we could have written a rip-snorting Fourth of July editorial, but instead we rested on our oars, and let Willis Powell of the Clearwater Sun do the stunt and we give below his effusion which is a literary gem: ““What has become of the old fash- ioned Fourth of July which the kids looked forward to for weeks and got so early on the natal day that there was no use for them to take their pants off the night before, or wash their feet before they went to bed? “And the next mroning at day- break a lot of fools would take two anvils and move them to the pub- lic square and place some powder between them, and with a long not iron touch her off. Sometimes they only lost an eye or a leg, but gen- erally the coroner had to soak up the remains with a sponge. “The anvil chorus was an acclaim that some hundred years before in the little Revolutionary serimmage of 1776, our forefathers got away with the persimmons and didn't play hide and seek game like Huerta. “Then flags would wave, bombs play, and crackers explode and scare the teams from the country. Fair rustic maids were seen on ev- ery hand with their good clothes on and their faces washed until they shone like the sheen of satin. Farm- ers’ boys would walk up and down the street and ask the price of wa- termelons and soda water “Bye and bye the band would come marching down the street playing “0ld Zip Coon” with variations. The procession would then begin to form and point toward the grand stand. “You remember that procession. Girls dressed to represent the thir- teen original States—Miss Columbia wearing a night cap and holding a golf stick in her right hand. Then would come the village fire depart- ment and distinguished citizens rid- ing horse back or hobbies, “At the would read speakers’ stand that new and popular novel entitled the ‘Declaration of In- dependence’ and you had to stay un- til it was £ they hed or tried for heresy or treason. “After this reading was off system, the speaker of the day would set forth the wrongs visited on the You would he Pilgrim Fathers and dish up the bones of G. Washington and T ferson, Then came the grand picnic din- THE EVENING TELEGRAM LAKELAND, FLA, JULY 7, 1914. |ner with all its varrations. Tt was | worth going miles to eat at one of those pienics. as the sunshine after a week's rain. “After dinner the boys chased greased pigs and climbed greased poles until they were so full of hog lard that they were worth more ren- dered than on foot. Watermelon eating contests, sack races, hurdle races and other amusing sports. “Say, it was just glorious. “Then at night John and Saliie would sit on a cross tle down by the railroad yard and hold hands and say oh and ah every time a ten-cent sky rocket burst in the sky—with about as much fire as a punk cigar in the wind. “Then came the dance on a plat- form, and how Tom and Mary would hoe it down, and all hands to the right, swing yer partner. They would sweat until their clothes stuck to them like a mortgage past due, “And everybody would go home and say ‘God bless our native land.‘I so full of patriotism that ten ot"l them could lick both contending armies down in Mexico.” I BUBONIC PLAGUE WARNING BY STATE BOARD OF HEALTH The plague surrounds Florida and is knocking for admission at the doors of her port cities. The warning sounded by the State Board of Health, some two months ago, was not an empty noise. The danger is a real one and the various municipalities . of the State should add their efforts to those of the | Board to ward it off. ! The situation at the present date —July 3—is practically this: Ac-, s ghort program of music and read- You were as welcome ’ o | gofosfododosfordrgrg Elks to Give Dance For Mr. and Mrs, McLain Ice Cream Supper % : 1 A brilliant society event takes place tomorrow evening in the E)ks’ Ergufefubundfududn il g FOPPPOETHPOUMDEPPESDPEEE SEPPbSBPIOP & Gl GO RHPIEDID PP PEEPEEEPIRLE our conduct against the safe-guard- ing rule of common sense, put our- selves in touch with the healing hands of the out-of-doors, get ac- Club rooms when the Lakeland lodge . quainted with the hills and the skies will tender a dance in honor of one of their members, Mr. W. W. McLain and his charming bride, who have recently returned from their wed- d'ng trip. Mrs. S. T. Fletcher to Give of sun and stars, and hope for an autumn that shall usher in the best vear of our lives, putting us on an upward slope where there is the zest of struggle and accomplishment— and a hilltop worth taking. With many of you ‘“whether school keeps Stocking Shower for / 'or not” is immaterial; you won't go Miss Ellen White | Another pretty affair to be given in honor of Miss Ellen White, whose wedding takes place on the after-. noon of July 16, will be a stocking shower given tomorrow afternoon from 4 to 6 by Mrs. S. T. Fletcher. | and wait until another Fourth filled | A large number of guests have been invited and all who go will be given a most delightful afternoon. There will he an ice cream supper at the Dixieland Methodist church | Thursday evening at 7:30. Every- body is cordially invited to attend.| The proceeds of this supper will be used for the benefit of the Epworth League. Ladies’ Aid to Entertain : The Ladies’ Aid of the Christian church will entertain tomorrow af- ternoon from 3 to 5 at Mrs. C. J. Baldwin's home on Missouri avenue. cording to the reports of the United 'jno wil) be rendeted, followed by a States public health service, twenty- another, have been reported in Cuba since Mareh 5, 1914, with six fatal- ities. Twenty-five of these cases each of two other points. Telegra- phic reports subsequent to the pub- lication of the latest bulletin of thei public health service, note a new fo- cus at Santiago, (‘'uba, where two cases have been announced. The occurrence of the disease at INew Orleans is also of recent date. These developments indicate that this danger menaces Florida from three known points, and with one of these, Havana, this State is in daily communication by regularly estab- :]ished steamship Iines, and with the | others by oc onal sailing and | tramp steam vessels, It is probahle that the danger to Florida from the port of Havana is small, owing to the splendid health service of the island under Dr. Gui- teras. The menace from New Or- leans by the marine route is likely to be minimized under the direction of Surgeon General Rupert Blue of the United States public health ser- vice, whe is in charge of the situa- tion there, and who will direct the fumigation of al] vessels bound from that port. A greater danger to other ports from New Orleans may lie in the fact that infected vessels may have sailed from the Louisiana city ! before the plague situation there was announced. New Orleans and the world are to be congratulated that Surgeon Gen- eral Blue occupies an official position through which his services are avail- able in the present situation. Ilis personal direction of the plague eradication in San Francisco some years ago, established his reputation as one of the foremost authorities in the world in treating and banishing this dread disease. The plague, of which the bubonie form is but one phase of develops ment, is probably the greatest cpi- demic scourge in the history of the world. It has claimed more victims in ‘Europe, China and Turkey than all the wars that have ravaged the continent. Its mortality has been as high as ninety per cent. It is communicated by the bite of the flea that infests the hide of the rat, and it gets the infection from the dis- eased rodent. The rat and the ships that carry the marine commerce of the world are inseparable, and the infected rat reserting the ship at any port, may introduce the disease. In- fected rats may be present in a oiv- en locality for several months before the disease is communicated to hu- man beings | n its development in have occurred in Havana and one at Mrs, Trammell Entertains i Trammell entertained the at the seaports on the gulf and At- social hour. All ladies of the church seven cases of plague, in one form or P are cordially invited to attend. MRS. W. B. MOON, President On Saturday afternoon Mrs. Park faculty and students of the Summer Train- ing School very delightfully at the Mansion. Mrs., Trammell is an ideal hostess at all times, and every one present enjoyed her hospitality to the fullest extent. The summer school is composed of teachers and students from all parts of the State, and the opportunity to go through the mansion and grounds was very greatly enjoyed. Delicious refresh- ments were served during the after- noon.—Tallahassee Democrat, o A Plea for..Play A member of the Woman's Club submits the following excellent ar- ticle on recreation to the attention of the ladies, who can peruse it with benefit: The play months of the year are here, so let us take our jobs as light- ly as possible, keep house as little | asw we can, experiment not at all with doubtfal things to eat, measure | will; but let them. if it does. But many others are looking forward to taking up the heavy—and sometimes dull-—books of life each day, turning to where the taskmaster bent down the page the weary night before, and trying to keep the lessons learned. You have been doing this year after year until you have forgotten that every life should have its play-day—must have it or be fined. Since the first child came you have been on duty— loyal, patient, true; you imagine that things will get all awry if you cease your captain’s work even for a day. They may, and probably You, mother, get your day of rest here in the mid- dle journey, that the whole journey may be longer; somehow we feel that we shall need your counsel later more than we need your labor now. Both we fear we cannot have. Ma- chines, even human ones, will wear out. Play. At least, rest, Miss Parker, Hostess. Miss Ora Parker entertained a number of her young friends very delightfully last evening with an old-fashioned candy pulling at the Parker farm. There were about thirty young people attending and the affair was in honor of Miss Hel- en Sheridan of Clearwater and Miss Mary Simmons of Lakeland, who are attractive visitors in the city. The evening was spent with candy pulling and games and all had a very jolly and happy evening.—Tampa Times. A MESSAGE FOR CHRISTIAN ENDEAVORERS Dear Florida Friends of Christian Endeavor: By invitation of Secre- tary Grace 1 am sending this greet- ing to Christian Endeavor friendsin Florida. We are apt to “‘grow weary in well doing” these summer months, : but now is the time to lay our plans for appressive work next winter. A hundred Christian Endeavor so- cieties in Florida is not too large a mark to set for this coming season. It calls fr the trwe missinary spirit to be extended toward neighboring churches and communities now with- e —————— | Ot this C, E. blessing. the human host its progress is usual- ly rapid, reaching its final termina- tion within a few days—generally, in | less than a week. In view of the present situation, the State board of health urges upcn ! the attention of the authorities of every Florida city an immediate and thorough rodent survey, pzlrtlr‘ularly" lantic sides of the State. meant that every effort By this is Every animal showing; indications of disease should be ex- amined bacteriologically for evi- In the churches ot my own denom- ination, for which by call and re- sponsibility T have especial oppor- tunity, I am setting the goal of one or more Christian Endeavr societies in every church. A year may be too short a time to accomplish it all. But if there is a Congregational church near you that has no C. E. ! society T ask you to make that vour special field. Besides this, T stand shall be |ready to help in any way I can to made to trap rats, especially along |broaden and | waterfronts, strengthen Florida Christian Endeavor in every church of every name, to the end that we may help to fulfil the prayer of Jesus dv_n(‘e of this infection. For such ex- | “that we all may be one” in Him. mfilnfl_flons the lahoratories of the Stafe Doard at Jacksonville, Pensa- cola and Tampa are available. The importance of prompt and of thorough action in co-operation with the State board can not be too earn- estly emphasized. ) §m-m tracting in Lakeland and vicinity to furnish estimates and all infor: Phone 169 J byl bbbl 28a 4 FEPEEISSIBIPBEEBDERHHBIOE P o G J. P. STREATER Contractor and Builder $ Having hag twenty-one years’ experience in building and con- § Yours for the Master, GEORGE B. WALDRON, State Vice President, also Superin- tendent of Congregational Charch- es in Florida. 838 Green Street, West Tampa, Fla. July 2, 1914, , I feel competent to render the best service in this line. If contemplating building, will be pleased mation. All work guaranteed. .B STREATER z families from “Sci.ence has accomplished alot of new thing’s in water and air power but hasnt improved on man power.— Nothing so far inthe history of humanity has been discovered as an | acceptable -subsfitute for honest, steady labor.” o 3 > . “\‘ LSS 5Ame S.0.S. has saved hundreds of families fro:ldislmss the High Seas. MONEY IN THEBANK has saved thousan:;: of| distress onland. N RESOURCES $x.5c,ooo.oo w—HERBERT KAUFMAN. | rican State Bank BE AN AMERICAN—ONE OF US. “w BB Grdd PBEBEPDIIIETVIBIDDED PPFDFEDTEEFDDEPEITETT : § i Palm . f)’ea'ch' Sal Every Palm Beach Suit in the Store going for $5.48---Value---$9.00 Grade “1” We don't carry the second grade, onjy the best. Better come select a suit before your size is gone QEFOPODUE PP AP RB OB OE =3 QPP OP BB OB TP PO OB PO DR FODO i Williamson Clothing (o “Fashion Shop for Men” 3 2 3 B BO PO BB BOG 50k DEEFDPFPEDPIPEEEPPPEPIIIPP DI DD BDDIPEDIBBEEE G C.Barton, G.C.Rogan, W.T.Sammon, Wm. 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