Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, July 22, 1914, Page 4

k‘ PAGE FCUR B e ———————— [ie tvgflng felegram sion was all right. the gentlemen who compose the tax . ublished every afternoon from the commission should be upheld as long Telegram Building, Lakeland, Fla. Eutered in the postoffice at Lake- land, Florida, as mail matter of the second class. M, F. HETHERINGTON, EDITOR. SUBSCRIPTION RATIRM me gear PR O $5.00 BiX moatne ... SR 2.50 Three monins R Delivered anywhere within the iimits of the City of Lakeland for 10 eents a week, ——————————————— From the same office is issued THE LAKELAND NEWS, 4 weekly newspaper giving a resume of local matters —crop conditions, sounty affairs, etc Sent anywhere for $1.00 per year. ————————————————— Concordia, Kansas, reported a temperature of 110 and Muskogee, Oklahoma, 107, a few days ago, and yet people out in those torrid sec- tions want to know how it is pos- sible for human beings to live down in South Florida during the hot months. At no time has the tem- perature reached 100 in Lakeland this summer. 0 To read some of the disgruntled Stockton organs unacquainted with the fine art of good losing and which still refuse to be comforted, one would think that Senator Fletcher was a disreputable character. And yet only the other day his fellow citizens by the .greatest majority ever given a senatorial candidate in Florida re-elected him to the United States Senate. Drop the subject, dear, unhappy brethren; take your beating manfully; cease weeping over the political corpse of Stock- ton and turn to healthy, living is- sues. ry T The Orlando Reporter-Star and the Jacksonville Metropolis are hurling leading articles at each other in an effort to determine whether or not the progressives were defeated in the late Florida primary. The con- troversy has now passed out of the didactic and academic stage and threatens to become personal. The Reporter-Star, which was last at the bat, denounces the Metropolis as a “Jungfrau of error,” which seems to open the way for the Met to get busy with Mont Blanc as a weapon of retort. Using such Alpine slap- sticks the controversy ought to cool down at once. Odaicuting There are plenty of homes in Lake- land where cool, green lawns, re- freshing to the eye and mind alike, hide every inch of the sandy soil beneath and give a charm and grame to the home itself in which parents and children can take pride, which intensifies the home feeling and makes an' impression upon the vis- itor which he carries away with him as a pleasant memory of Lakeland. There are plenty of other homes in Lakeland where every inch of the sandy soil glares in full exposure un- der the summer sun save where va- grant weeds help to emphasize the naked ugliness of the yard, and the visitor to Lakeland also carries away Wwith him memories of these places— but not pleasant ones. Why not ev- erybody go in for lawns and make every front yard in Lakeland a beau- ty spot? f it That is a strange story which comes out of Ocala that a saloon there has closed for the want of patronage. Undoubtedly there is not nearly whisky drank in this country as a few years ago and the marvelous growth of the prohibition movement is, we believe, distinctly responsible for the result. It used to be fashionable for men to drink; it is now fashionable for them not to drink, and fashion is an fmperious mistress with one sex not less than the other. It is distinctly bad form for young men of good so- cial standing to be seen in saloons these days, and for that reason, even when others fail, they keep away from such places and diminishing custom, as in this Ocala instance, puts the saloon out of business. 80 much S . s The Sanford Herald comes to the defense of the State against the criticism of some of the State papers in a article from which we take the following: Some papers in Florida are taking a shot at the State tax commission. They intimate that the commission was a political move on the part of a few politicians who created the commission to give three men in the State a position The Herald be- tax commission sensible lieves no such idea was paramount In the breasts of the creators of the tax commission. If these gentlemen are not attending to the duties of their office they should be removed but cause wil] have to be discovered for the remova] before this charge will sti The idea of the commis- as they are endeavoring to do their full duty. Florida has about the most unequal taxes and the poorest system of adjudicating taxes of any State in the Union and any manner of improvement should be wel- comed. It takes just such a tax commission to adjust the taxes and get the taxes of each county upon a uniform basis.” FASE At least it can be said for Gen- eral Huerta as he retires intd what, it is to be hoped, is permanently in- nocuous desuetude, that he was the most picturesque character ever at the head of the Mexican govern- ment. He doubtless has abundant coin salted away for just such an emergency as he now finds himself in, but in case he is short he can g0 on the stage or lecture platform, circuit the globe as a star attraction and make a million. He needn't pay any attention to the bunk from | some of his friends that Mexico will soon call for him again, for, lixe Diaz, he is through with that coun- try permanently and if Mexico ever lays hands on him it will be to bring him to trial for the murder of Ma- dero. The world would very much like to know the actual facts of that cruel business and unless Huerta makes a clean breast of it there will always be a cloud of mystery and uncertainty hanging over it. —0 THE ENDING OF A CHRIS- TIAN ENDEAVOR TRIP Fourth of July was spent quietly but for a buggy ride over the hills of Thorsby, and early on the 5th, before most people were up, the sec- retary started—nearer home, It is a pleasant ride down to Montgomery from Thorsby, not too loug to grow tiresome and with very little dust through this red-clay re- gion. I like the Montgomery depot. It is convenient and really cleaner than most such buildings in large cities. But I was disappointed not to meet Mr. Walter Shepherd and other Endeavorers who had expected to come to meet the Florida secre- tary enroute. Some correspondence, a trip to the lunch room for a cyp of coffee, the waiting time slipped by. Soon T was on the Atlanta and West Point road bound for At- lanta. The Alabama river and it being a greal cotton market, are twc tnings which help to make Montgom- ery a prosperous city. The former with its red waters Jooks bright and cheerful. Red or bright yellow clay makes the green foliage through Southern Alabama, on to Atlanta brignier by contrast than our lighter i colored sei' would. Cotton, cotton, everywhere but in the huildings and on the streets of the. little villages passed, cotton seemg rlantea. Never a laborer in the field this Sabbath day shows the reverence for the “day of rest” felt by these humble toilers in the cot- ton fields not “far, far away,” but right close often to railroad tracks— thus making the plantation song not exactiy suitable now. One wonders what these people would live on if anything happened to their precious cotton. Rarely a crop of grain, vegetables or fruit is in sight. We saw even one church yard planted, and in welcome contrast were the fields of corn getting ripe when we neared Atlanta.™ At Chehaw the Florida secretary left the train for a short side trip, five miles, on a little road by the pretty village Tuskegee. The train stopped on the campus of Tuskegee Institute. Principal Washington was not at home, but Mrs, Washing- ton was and a host of others to cor- dially welcome me. In the after- noon there were two reading classes out on the velvety-green campus, one of them was reading “The Lady of the Lake.” T attended a Y. W. C. A. meeting and then came the early supper served in Tompkin's hall, which seats 1,500 at once, yet is so strongly built that there are no pil- lars to obstruct the view through the immense room. The summer normal was in session, which, added to the nearly one hundred students staying THE EVENING TELEGRAM LAKELAND, FLA, JULY 22, present. The orchestra played and there were about 700 in the dining room that evening. The finest part (unless it was the C. E. lead prayer meeting later), was the band concert on White Hall lawn at sunset. Not only the Quusic was fine but it was a sight worth seeing, about nine hundred well-dressed, mostly young people listening, seat- ed on steps of near-by buildings or the campus itself. Tuskegee has about 2,000 acres. It is really an educational town of fine buildings, parks, drive ways and fine trees and shrubbery. One has to drive to take it all in, just an out-side view of buildings, even; “too far to walk,” they say. Off from Chehaw it was a step nearer nature to get a glimpse of two colored women in a shanty, en- joying a huge watermelon. Then the train pass§d them by and we were among cofton fields again. There was one busy week in At- lanta, guest of the treasurer of Spel- man Seminary. This is one of the oldest missionary schools of the Southt but it is kept up in good con- dition. Eleven large brick, moss- adorned buildings bhesides the wood- en barns, etc. There are seven dormitories and in the school term each had a Christian Endeavorer so- ciety, for these Baptists believe in our world-wide, inter-denomin~tion- al organization. Only two build- ings are now open, tho “president’s house” and the hospital. Seeing from the former stately mansion the many people passing to and from the hospital we were reminded that there is never a life-vacation in sickness and the very common ‘“‘op- erations.”” Somebody, somewhere, is sick and these white-capped nurses and grave doctors must keep on their duty even if school teachers stop work during some hot summer months. Twenty acres compose this beau- tiful green campus of Spelman Semi. nary. Outside are working men’s houses; not far away many ‘“near- beer” saloons to take the poor peo- ple’s money. It was a week in At- lanta of attending C. E. convention meetings. Seeing good friends, like the Congregational leader, Rev., W. H. Hopkins and others, and in learning lessons by observation—the SO el e e o e iR S ey B e R Se L i S e e S e L e i L e e 1914, O Florida needs|to work in vacation, made a large!life kind—by studying people and a tax commission and the hands of [ nuymber conditions around me. Then a quick trip home, and ‘“‘there’s no place like home.” GRACE A. TOWNSEND. Interlachen, July 21, 1914. TAMPA STARTS A RAT CRUSADE — The local Board of Health 's everyone to kill every rat that coMes under their observation, and looking to this end City Manager D. F. Me- Leod a few days ago issued an order to)xs effect, in order to keep down all danger of bubonic plague, which now infests New Orleans and tvhich could be spread to any part of the country by infected rats stored away in freight. Tampa authorities have instigated a rat crusade as will be noted by the following article taken from this morning’s Tribune: ““Tampa is to adopt added pre- cautions against the introduction of bubonic plague into this city. “The city council last night, on motion of Councilman Etzler, au-| thorized Mayor McKay (o incur whatever expense he shall deem nec- essary in safe-guarding the commun- ity in this regard. The councilman, suggesting the propriety of renewed vigilance in connection with the sit- uation, referred to the approach of the tourist season and directed at- tention to the fact, as he understood it, that the introduction of the plague to the city would be ruinous from a business standpoint. “The mayor was present, with a view, he stated, to confer with mem- bers of the council on this matter of public concern. He stated that the PP Tl LT T m@ Have You Ordered That New FALL SUIT Yet? Only a few more days left that you can get those EXTRA Trousers FREE Have your measure taken =3 PRl Bl Zuloulnl Jus 2ul 3 by the man who knows $ his business Q 1 ) : 'T“HNE uuonmfil'?}' WILLIAMSON CLOTHING Co, f?:QWMWWWWWOW%Q&%@C@QQO'E'ow 2B R R K ATH B T8 5 430 8 AT 5 AT #5045 AT A 0 T BT AT AT T A R T A X o KK A B K B A K BB K B A B X B Bl KN —_— delivered at the sanitary offices may the experiment with the exterming. be increased from five to ten cents tOr company’s poison it was miyg each, and that a daily wage of fifty | With pulverized cheese and the poul- cents may be paid to boys who will try removed from the pen before engage, under the direction of lead- bait was set. The rats took g rat killing crusade had proved to be disappointing in its results and stat- ed that he recognized the need of additional and organized efforts in matters of sanitation and the killing of the rats, which are regarded as the greatest menace in the matter of carrying and distributing the plague. The policy of the city administra- tion will include the organization of a number of working squads to clean up the district bordering the Hills- borough river and the wharves, and it is not improbable that the bounty which has been offered for dead rats kel L 13 R ’*WWWWF*WMM@& BATES Cutting the Prlce on Good Merchandise COME AND SEE S oo g oo a S e o T PRI — © < B BB ol T e AR R $189 Children’s Dresses, 50¢ .md O e o 38¢ % Clildren’s \1resses $1.00/ 10 S35 1oy v oot 78¢ e —————————————— PIECE GOODS. % Silk Ratine, 36 in wide, $1.00 value ... ... ... ....... 69¢ :u Silk Ratine 27 in, wide, 85c value ... ... ,0. voouunes, 49¢ % Cotton Ratine, 36 in. wide s0c value.., ... ... ver 00.38¢ % Many good Values Come and See Bates. :i' B — SELLING OUT ALL MEN'S GOODS. BB B PPDBPPRPDPPRRO :;: Don't take my Word; Come and See for Yoursels, $1.50 and $2.00 Straw Hats for ... The Best Sox in Lakeland, 2 50c¢ Four-in-Hand Ties, The Best 15¢ Collars, per dozen ... Yours for Honest Merchandise, BATES SPSPEPPEPEIIPS 2 pr. for .. fori. Ladies’ Waists, 25¢ for... ... Ladies’” Iouse Dresses, $1.00 and$r. 35 for . Ladies’ Underwear, 25¢ and 3 LE (o ol e Ladies’ Under Skirts, Dm and $1.00 for, Ladies’ Silk Drop Skirts, $ b $ A g SR A LT L 2R 2 3 a s g‘o g‘o w gfifig B N O R AN A A as rich as { sand and sagebrush? "\\)xth a souml constitution and tn adtide brain ;E eamcgw peaks of mountains wluu was ing green are .glwtumy With the wWhefi his .finolu M/@sm 1-C-¢0-5-5. R}:.SOURChb $150,000.00 Youre a capalalijt, (ouaua Resolik fo work and Sade! Iny WAl invest 391::' Soary folg";‘ t‘.evounsel in work and we, in our Bank. Iis bi — “that spells TR at\;fil«"' e ___j’ef American State Bar’: BE AN AMERICAN—ONE OF US. ers of the working squads, in the |smell of the provender provided for campaign for extermination of the|their entertainment and gracefyly 1odents. withdrew.” Hard to Catch “The discussion of the situation emphasized the fact that the rats are hard to catch and about every councilman recommended a peculiar way of going after them. Numbers St. agreed that the dead fall was most effective. Councilman Bartlett fav- ored the barrel with swinging head. Stringent labor laws and State i Mayor McKay related his experience ispection of factories are among the with samples of poison furnished by |things being advocated by the North a New York exterminator company, | Dakota Federation of Labor. At the which is in the business of freeing | present time the State is without cities from the ravages of rats, un-|factory inspection laws. der contract. The mayor’s premises LABOR NEWS AND NOTES Austria produced 515,986,000 gl. lons of beer last year. Louis, shoe factories Mo., has thirty-four are infested by rats to such an ex- tent that they steal the feed from the turkey pen in which the mayor is taking precautions against a DOS- sible Thanksgiving famine. In “dead sure” Employes of a dairy in Verona, \. L., have been forbidden to use roug language in addressing cows they milk on the theory that the com will produce more milk if properlf treated. or- der to make a thing of Bforngogs BB BB A G R EAT TREAT PRIVATE DANCING LESSONS GIVEN BY MLLE. ATHLONE DeMOYER A) Graduate of the Famous “CASTLES" of New York. Private or Class Instructions at your Home or Hotel. Special Reduction This Week. Rates Given toClass of Five or More. Apply to % Mlle. 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