Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, July 24, 1914, Page 2

PAGE TWO et ieteat et Rat et e utul Sultuitul Do $ § S Saved Look Good to You? They certainly look good to several farmers about Lakeland, as we have sold the most of the McCormick Mowers and Rakes advertised at “Special Prices. 5 only 2-horse 4% Foot Cut Mowers Foot Cut Mower BLEBLRP OB OB PP D POPLD gulluliaiisl el g PO FARPLIF LS 3 2 g nt G LT o ORDINANCE NO. 170 e An ordinance to prohibit the mo- lesting of growths intended for or- namentation and to define the pun- ishment for such acts of molesta- tion. Be it ordainedbythe Board of Commissioners of the City of Lake- land: The molesting of growths intend- ed for ornamentation of any park, avenue, street, lane, or place of which the City of Lakeland has jur- isdiction, is hereby prohibited. The doing of the said forbidden acts is hereby made punishable by fine in the sum of ten to fifty dol- lars or by imprisonment for the pe- riod of three to ten days, or by both fine and imprisonment. 1 hereby certify that the forego- ing ordinance was duly passed at a regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the City of Lake- land, on the 15th day of July, A D. 1914, 0. M. EATON, Chairman, Attest: H L. SWATTS, Clerk. i r—— R R 33030 R 8 e e O EXN b i b ot o ool oo ool o < o oo B DB 1 only 1-horse 5 Hay Rakes. Come quick if you want to get a McCormick Machine at less than wholesale cost. MOWER REPAIRS MODEL HARDWARE CO. C. E. TODD, Manager We Want YOUR Business el Jat2ulSulud tug ey Sudiat2ed 2u i hudtusu b Sl St g s s EHEHEHEHEHEH TN S tubtrcu]mc tested cows S GG G g B0 never come to you again. EVENING TELEGRAM, 0O BRSO SN SO SUSO SO FO RO S OEO B SQ DO SO ECHO0E ICE CREAM Ask for SWEET CLOVER ICE CREAM Marufactured in your own city under sanitary con- ditions, from pure milk and cream produced from Sweet Clover Farm PHONE 232 RED HOT WEATHER Remedies Don't"let Sore Head (Chicken Pox) attack your flock. It is so contagious it will do great damage if you are not ready to check it promptly with Pralls &y Remedy the sure cure and preventlve. Your birds cannot fight lice and develop or lay eggs. r is the best insecticide obtainable. Eco- Powael::l agi‘; Kille nomical and easy to apply. Destroys Refuse substitutes; insist on Pratts. Satisfaction Guaranteed or Money Back Sold and Guaranteed by D. B. Dickson all vermin and parasites. Get Pratts 160 page Poultry Book e Y G B Dixieland Lots FOR THIRTY DAYS BEGINNING JULY 10th WE WILL OFFER 170 DIXIELAND LOTS at $10 Cash and $8 Per Month NO INTEREST--NO TAXES In Blocks of 10 Lots We will give One Lot Free. Prices from $125 to $200 According to Location (. Better buy now as this opportunity may (0 For further information Call or Phone 72 POEQBQPLSCFCEQEPOPGTU Come and see where it is LAKELAND, FLA., JULY 24, 1914, l < THE RAINS DESGENBED By BREVARD MAYS CONNOR. : 'E'D«Z@M O sald wearily. Little enough to take offense at if we weigh the words one by one, | and consider their simple import, but she had said | 1t more than once that day, and the | reiteration had told on the man’s nerves, already | strained to the | breaking point by weeks of enervating ' dry heat. He had looked across the table with a look in his eyes hers could not bear. “Will—you—shut—up!” She had sat stunned for a moment, and then, choking down a dry sob, said: “I'm sorry, Dick. You've been so worried. It's been terrible—this year.” His face did not soften, and he Q laughed harshly. “#| “Yes, this year and last, and the year before that, and all the rest of the years to come probably.” He stood up abruptly. “I'm going to town.” ARBHGHOE O .10@9§Q«4 A OO BOBO TS O boyish shoulders and the listless drag of his feet, and then she turned and looked out across the baking flelds, where the crowding rows of gray- green corn drooped as if the heat were heavy and bearing them down. The child that lay on the bed tossed and walled fretfully. After she had soothed it back into an uneasy slum- ber, she commenced to clear the table, working swiftly to ease the con- striction in her breast. When her fingers touched the fine- ly-chiseled edges of the cut-glass sugar- bowl that stood so incongruously amid their homely ware, she paused and O g EHEN S bare touch had awakened. alone.” His mother had sald {t—the same who had given them the sugar-bowl— said it in her presence when she and Dick had gone to tell her their re- solve, that they were going to be mar ried. Placing the {roning-board across the backs of two chairs, she Mfted the fron from the stove and tested it with her damp brow, but she did not look ‘3“.’*5"3"?""’2"5“3"%‘3“i"i"S"K"’S"‘"E“E’lz%‘w***m&%i‘i’:fi'flmmm%%& up to see the green haze, B ) Neither did she note the farwff hum, i lke the hum of bees when they gath- 4| er at the home hive at nightfall—a ¢ | hum that grew loudoer, and swelled in E volume tfll it sounded like the rumble o of a thousand busy looms—Iouder, % louder. o An eery note sang through it: loud- &% er and higher, and louder and higher | 2 like the increasing roar of advancing war. g The shrieks of the child seemed fee- ?@, | ble and impotent in the face of the - @& | roar, as she seized it up and plunged @dd | head down into the swirling dust ont- @pd | gide, % i For a moment she was but a play- thing of the storm that whirled her skirts above her head and blinded her., ' She was hurtled along until she stum- bled and fell to her knees on a mound of earth, which with a heart-leap of joy she recognized as the storm-house, Then the door yielded, crashed down over their heads, and from pande- monium she stepped into peace, Long she sat with wide-stretched eyes staring into the darkness of thelr refuge, until things began to take on a dim, ghostly shape, and even the dirt wall opposite came into view, The mutter was dying lower and lower, and the whine was stilled, when suddenly there came a clear, sharp tap on the tin door of their refuge. She caught her breath and strained to hear. Yes, there was an- other, and two, three, four, until it sounded like the preliminary rattle and then the full rolling of a drum, The woman breathed in deeply, au- dibly, and then she screamed: “Baby!—the rain!—the rain!” Swiftly she rushed up the four steps and pushed back the trap-door, half sobbing, half laughing crazily. She lifted her arms and let the water stream down her upturned face, as it she were drinking it in along with the thirsty earth. It was salvation to her life that had been so near ruin that very day, for it was salvation to the corn wherein lay their hopes, and with a glad heart she turned to watch the torrents pour- ing on their fields. Tt erent intn hor face B g B g into her eyes, ar to look, There use in a | rass, ¢ ect, like | ¢ 1 lying 1 foot in | he air She did nrot hear the mad splashing f a horse down the road. where her | husband, bareheaded, came galloping | wiidly rv ough the rain, a terrible fear in his eves He did not notice the fields » nor | even the house, but wh aw h aw her he | ng there discensolate, | ligh {look of terror fled. Swif! "up to her D at the corn!™ but he opened his arms and stilled her net his breast, “The corn? What do I care for the |corn?” And he kissed her again m again 7 he came s s “Oh, if it would only rain,” she had | She noticed the slight stoop of the ‘ whispered aloud the thought that this | “He travels the fastest who travels | a molstened finger. The light breeze | that stirred the curtains felt cool on | The rmts which Caused the Los lightning. able companies: s A Fidelity Underwriters, Nearly One-fourth of all Fires & capital ...... . 4,750,000 Labeled Philadelphia Underwnters Phoenix of Hartford . MANWN & DEEN R. R. Station Avondale |large v est trees, and many deep ar | fort i oy 3»4'-Kr-6*v&fl!NE»i'-i-ifliflifléflflf‘-i"!ulufiv'i)'!»‘l* his eyes | ed up with a great joy, and the | k!" she cried. “Oh Dick, look | s e Conservation On the Farm Practically every farm in this count would show a nice profit if the above ex- pressed idea could be and was carried oyt with all its pessibilities. The great ferm problems of today are many. Good fenccs and lots of them go a long toward solving \he question of biggcr profits. Then why not gct in line and buy your fence from home pcople, who treat you right and ap. preciate your business. Just received a solid car load of American Fence Also a car of pitch pine fence post. WILSO! HARDWARE CO. Of $215,084,709 in the United States in a recent ¥ were ascribed TO THE FOLLOWING CAUSES Defective chimneys, flues, fireplatd heating and lighting faults of construction ment. Matches, sparks and sions lgured prominently by incendiarism, electr We Tepresent the following reli- “UNKNOWN CAUS GRPIRRY $4,500,000 German American, capital 2,000,000 w—/ Springfield Fire and Marine, Why You Should Be Pro ,500,000 3,000,000 Fire Insurance PIO'(C"*“ — capital .on., . Room 7, Raymondo Building Your business \\.Il have the best attention if placed with U AVONDALE SPRINGS TENNESSEE P. 0. Rutlecoe 10 | Ine for a beautiful nook in the mount« ne of health-giving mineral springs, surrounded ! ntold quantities of wilq flowers, cheered by th where a cool breeze is always to be felt ir zlens which surround the grounds, and wher 1e pleasure and comfort of each and prings, Tenn., .on Knoxville & Brist : Ratr: $8 per week, or $1 pe It you are looki f J. I10ffMAN Propnetor S“'Wity Abstract & Title Co. Bartow, Florida R. B. HUFFAKER, PRES.. .. L. J. CLYATT, SECREDF FRANK H. THOMPSON, VICE PRES H. W, SMITH, TREASURS ABSTRACTS OF TITLES New and up-to-date plant. Lake Prompt service. with our Vice President at Dickson Bld¢™ recelve prompt and efficient attentim, “W%MW Y. e B S nd business left