Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, August 27, 1914, Page 2

THE EVENING TELEGRAM LAKEL: H SIEHN Fflflfl fihu effects of high prices for food BEOHIHOH0OOFOEOS0I0N0E 5 i [stuffs in other parts of the world. o —— D SN - MO0y A to buy any meats, grain or other ortant Meeting to Be Held R e o R DGO e Tmpoty i {staple foods from anywhere out-' Fifty-five vears ago today the| | f.~i<1v the South. first driven o1l well i the United | ! The date for the Conference “tates began to give up its prec- | Buckeye Field Fence meets all the tests. It is CXIra y in Atlanta in October. Atlanta, Ga, Aug. 24—The ) n rgia Chamber of Commerce will probably be October 3 and 1Us fluid. The event marked ar is ar ; to hold a big meet- 6. It is possible that it wiil be ¢Poch in the illumination of the > galvanized, has a jOinl that is strong and will not Stip, H ing in . ta in the early part found advisible to change these World and the beginning of many |5 of October, which will be known | dates a little, but it will be held huge fortunes. The chief illumi-|2 gauge wires used. You can make no mls'ake WhC{'} Vou § as the Southeastern Food Crops at about that time in order that ants of that day were sperm, or & Conference. The object of the!the effect may be felt before the “]‘«'1‘.'; oil retailing at $2.25 a gal- o Buckeye Feflce- conference be to secure the fall crops of small grain :\I'c‘l“”: «‘{xmphmlc. & 'lFr;\l;lll\'c T FENCE ARE oer amount of alllnlante Tha eting will fol- turpentine and veryv liable to ex- & 1 growing of a larger amount of alllplanted. The meeting will ‘ol ; yer L ) S N 4 R foodstuffs, both for man and an- low the same general plan of plosion; “coal-oil,” obtained from 2 OUR PR[CES O , IGH R the cotton producing those held during the Boll Wee- ¢val and Scotch bighead. selling states of the southeast. At the vil campaign of last year, when 4t about $2.00 a gallon. How to same time, the cotton states ly- diversity of crops was so strong- light the home and workshop 2 ing west of the Mississippi will Iv urged. They will be inspira- cheaply was a serious economic @ be requested to hold a similar tional in character. At the close, Problem. Tt was that argument & conierence in some suitably 1o~ each delegate will be asked to that influenced two Conmecticut o rate . hin easy reach of personally undertake to create an fnanciers to advance $1,000 to & i heir territory, : |(fiective ” organization in his “"Col.” Edwin L. Drake, who pro- & plans, as outlined by the home county. These local or- Posed to drill an oil well near s { . . . LM ). pe £ tate chamber, call for between ganizations will make a personal, Pithole, Pa., Riege or meuet(p Ph N 2 C E TOD( M 0 ar 100 The can i all farmers and secure: t1ons the local residents had been'! one 0. 340 2 * -D, f imals " delegates. canvass o ioner of Agriculture in'their promises to plant largely in_‘uufl‘u-rlng oil as it floated on the > will be requested to creased acreage in foodstuffs for, Surfaces of creeks and pools. 12 We Want YOUR BUSIfleSS a delegate from each next year. | Drake began work in 1857. His county in his state, with alternate| 1, ,rder to make a campaign | ATy attempts resulted in fail- SOFOPAEOH0 SRR EBBOEODOC delegates in case of inability to,; this nature hring results it is|ure: his financiers refused more| 1 1 N 3 i & \ W7 & Ay 4 st | er——— - — — e e attend on the part of the first one | cccential that it he made wide|Money. and his workmen desert- | s = = named. These men will be se-|cnouah to cover all the dotian t-x} His schcmc. beca’{ne the ]rrko‘(,il has called into existence huge PURFOSE OV VOTING ON THE QUESTION :‘lelh 1;::'1;1‘.0%”, : lected by reason of their influence | e v iner el G ;.o 10f the countryside. “He micht| i : > 'OF THE CITY OF LAKELAND ISSUING el M al b el el Sk [growing states. The Georgia| " ' i i ‘hiskev.” re.iWebs of pipe lines, aggregating BoNDs FOR MUNICIPAL PURPOSES; AND Section 11 among the farmers of their coun- Chamber of Commerce in under |28 Well drill for whiskey,” re- : il o b LECTION \m'nor\lxltll{»h%}* T}::)L\\“ :l;;ulufb\!-h kv g 3 I 4 jt arke. N - ) ~t o re 1¢ 25,000 miles [ AN 4 A y e Ci ties, [takering to call the conference js|Marked —one rural = spectator.(more than 23 THE SAID PROPOSED next precedin The importance of raising ULl ey work for the entire south When on the verge of starvation,!length, which convey the «m;h BOND SN UES St ';\'L.'m“?“(',; \‘,’EE,{-‘,}: Ln,:‘":,} b ficient foodstuffs so that the Drake ifinallyl sectired financialfiptodiict of ‘the oil wellsh to sthedla Fails 08 Luti L otanin Ok o NUM- | Section IV. () southeast will not have to import| oration from every individual! aid from Pennsvivanians and re-!refineries where it is transformed pEg oNE HUSDRED AND SIXTY-NINE, THE ' otherwise qualit.| : any next vear will be earnestly |\ vh calls himself a son of Dixie. . . | . : o sree SAME BEING AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING estate within th sumpd his operations. Months'into its many forms of commerce {5 pyy CALLING HOLDING AND THE paid taxes ther 4 reRcp ) sotino | & » . impressed upon the m“l‘;““f\": Careful plans are being made Since the coming of the Euro-1,, .icire the attendance of at passed. Several drilling methods|—gasoline, naptha, therapautic MANNER OF HoI AN E same shall hay. pean war, the entire south is gCt_:](Ihl one delegate from every 3 ek AND FOR THE (1 AKELAND, titled to vote i proved fruitless, until he sank a ointments and jellies, illuminat- inx, vor THE PURI OF VOTING Section V. ting an «Mcrt ]c,-lwn on the ;vm]- Cotinty ik eath. State: affetted ishness of depending too muc 1 O Thorafore the effect will be such (il ; ' e ' A feonons THE QUESTION OF THE CITY OF LAKE- election three in six-inch iron pipe. At a depth of ing oils, greases and poisonous | \¢\™SEING BoNDs . FOR 1PAL board of publi any one crop, no matter how .o, tyry the present war scare strong a crop that may be. - 1f 15:{,”” a H('“in’\" and to set a new [that compels the heartiest coop- -1 f 1 er fing y ‘o . ~roated o o PURIPOSES AND FOR THE R OF ve such charyot 71 fect the pioneer finally found dyes. It has ¢reated great fleets Lrubotes Axb Fob T SERVE ter of the (it traces of oil, and the next morn- of specially designed oil-carrying AR CORDIR RN T e et o el . SRR ¢ . g : o seas SAID BOND ISSUES AND THE DISBURSE- ! otherwise. ing the liquid was found flowing vessels that sail the seven seas {p 0R 1 [ pallc ; istributing the ot \p- OF THE SATD BOND {liberally upon the ground. Tt distributing the product of Amer S aa S FROM THE SALE ; Section VI. 71 IN A CERTAIN MAN- {in the said elecri AlD VOT BE IN 'each voter ' cau necessary that every county shall“L.m from which to mark the|Vas the beginning of one of the ican oil wells to ifll parts uf' lh‘c FAVOR OF THE ANCE OF MUNICIPAL }:ggeex»::?n;flia(; grow at least enough to feed it- prosperity and independence of greatest of mt:»(!ern industn‘cs, 't.'n'th.. | In the guise of ’{"»““‘1”0 1t ke it orduined by the board of commission- 'trugtegs. i se!f next vear. It is impossible e Creater Sauth | Today the oil wells of the 4 driving the millions of automo- ge ok e L :v‘id};;:h:;!::xlfilu:mm i !th:e?;“;x Ju L to sayv how long this war may : ; : United States are annually pro- biles throughout the world, It!dred and sixty-nitie be and the satme is hore: som city, are horchy last. ~ Earl Kitchener, the Dritish ducing nearly two-thirds of the supplies the power for vessels :md‘!* i elioni e hereby }acg"cl‘l'l““m‘;}“(‘m i Minister of War, who is probably OIL MEN'S HOLIDAY crude petroleum ¢ onsumed railroad engines. It has driven allad Jageg ton theslty “[f»u:}?flm:: in the g;edfigfl;efffxxl.“'r}f:{fi,”'. the most rehable source of infor- throughout the world. The yield wax and tallow candles from the for or ‘against the issue of ‘bonds by the G115 Gt e ion i i i T 1 3 » patahlichi of Lukeland, in the a mation, states that it will extend reaches the enormous total of markets by establishing one Qf”w; sand, in the amot over a period of eighteen months, Section IX. TI Titusville, Pa., Aug. 27.--Thou-|about 10,000,000,000 gallons a its by-products, paraffin, which is| Fire Department That will mean two crops for US. sands of oil men are attending the |Vear with a wholesale value esti- made up annually into 300,000, 'fire depurtment improvement and enlarge. of ordinances in be and the sam I hereby { Twenty thousand doliars ($20,000.00) for L el 2 i ) - ke - 1. ment nance numbered It is imperative that the South wiehration of “Drake Duy.” a holi-|Mated at $500,000,000. 000 candles of more than 700 dif | Light and water distribution system, and | two, was duly b shall be absolutely independent day for oil men. This celebrates the' Thev have created the greatest ferent varieties. flett ‘”n‘f‘l“fi;”.‘ir ‘x:l:;nrfl?‘xn[lnrgz["nwnt. et (r{lleetln;' Frhn]w buard i ¥ s s " 3 . Eik . L —_— . { Une ed anc rty housand ollars | City of Lakeland, of outside sources of \n‘vpl_\: for 5th anniversary of the first oil]single fortune in the w ml’]-j i (£150,000.00) for the enlargement of the light | A. D. 1914, : ! ; e b i : A b sl el it he ORDINANCE NO. 172 and water distribution system and the light next vear. Then, no matter: well ever drillel, and receives its|Rockefeller's. Scores of other . ¢ 8 ¢ .| AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE and water plant. what price price cotton may name from Col. Edwin L. Drake, |of the multimillionaires owe their CALLING, HOLI ov (NTE MANNER OF Building and cquipping Morrell Memorlal | Chatrman of the wh . Ao i cticky fuid, TOLDING, AN ELECTION IN AND FOR THE hospital Attest : brine, we shall be immune from who drilled the first well. present wealth to the sticky fluid. cirv oOF LAKELAND, FLORIDA, FOR THE Fifteen thousand dollass (815,000.60) for H. L. SWATTS, (lu (Mayor of 1 ounts and for the pur- ‘m-’mner of certify BRFOEOHOTOEOTOTOIOTOIOIOIHIOBOT HEOCOOLOTOTOTOHOS el fil BTkttt el WA mic wicl St w3 w i Dol e WSO, 2 m e SOOOSOBOTGHON0 O & T G AR GGt . Telephone Number } YES, WE DO IT--DO IT RIGHT Sogesassaeaaaamal BODOEOTIDODO DO OO : - GENTLEMAN called at our office and said that he did not know we did 2 Ai, Job Printing; that he had ordered some Printing done elsewhere, because ' - he had been told that we confined our attention to newspapers, and did “wedis no Job Printing. This gentleman was a new comer, otherwise l’le would have known that for years we did ALL the printing used in this town: that right now we are doing more, probably than all the other printing off’ices in the county combined ; that we have a larger investment in printing facilities than the eight or ten other printing shops in Polk County combined: that we have built this business on correct and workmanlike service; that we have both the equip- ment and know-how, and that we give an order for 10( visiting cards the (slanll)e pel dul Sl gl gl fu. ful tul 2l Suiful dul tul tul tnlRutZulTatlul Tt ut Sut Sat tat Tt Nt Tat Ta s ut Yot Nal é’. 2 2 4 g g § ik careful attention we bestow on a large catalogue or the publication of a State- i : wide newspaper. We Do Do Job Printing; Indeed, We Do AT AN AN : S S ng Telegr: Tt - ‘|- Send Your Next Order to and N ew! %%%%%gggggggggggg ’ i irst House Qn Main‘ SIY o QOO e R P PR