Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, September 8, 1914, Page 4

- PAGE FOUR e———— i If the picture of Carranza recent- [ne tvc'““u ieleuram.h pulblies:el; lilne(l‘:v American papers —— ———1is a good one, our voice i3 all for rublished every afternoon from the Villa in any vital issue between Telegram Building, Lakeland, Fla. | iicas twe indtviduale. Entered iu the postofice at Lake- Pl iand, Florida, as mail matter of m: The St. Petersburg Times says second class. {that the Tampa Tribune is going to support Gilchrist for senator. We regret this, if true, for we should like to have the Tribune with us on the winning side and thereby make Trammell’s election practically unanimous. sl e There seems to be a growing opin- ion among the newspapers that Hon, R. A. Gray in the Auditor's office at Tallahassee is excellent timber for comptroller in the next State election. The Madison News re- ma’rks that he can get every vote in that office without asking for it. We doubt if a more competent man ifor the position could be found in the State. S ——————— . F. HETHERINGTON, EDITOR. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Jne jear ...$5.00 #ix moucn* 2.50 fhree monuns .. 1.26 Delivered anywhere within the imits of the City of Lakeland for 10 cents & week. From the same office is issued THE LAKELAND NEWS, ‘A weekly newspaper giving a resume 5t local matters ~crop conditions, sounty affairs, etc. Sent anywhere tor $1.00 per year. ——————————————————————— The dispatches continuc to pre- serve an aminous silence as to the fate of Jack Johnson over ir Paris. There is a general desire in this | country to know that Jack is in the ranks of the French army fighting for his adopted France. With Ger- man bullets whistling about his, head Jack would promptly shed his swageer as the ‘“champeen’ of the world and might out of the war a chastened Afro-American- French citizen, with the swelling all gone, his diamonds in hock and an carnest desirc to be a dccent col- ored person for the rest of his life. et ay Frank Clark admits that he has received letters and telegrams from all parts of Florida asking him to enter the senatorial race, but says the time is inadvisable to make any announcement on the subject as there is as yet no senatorial va- cancy. lle says he is opposed to a “headlong rush” for it until there js such vacancy. This is a hurry-up lage, Mr. Clark, with the old traal- tion about the office seeking the man shot full of holes long ago and office-seekers look a long ways ahead now. We take it from your language, however, that there is no doubt of your candidacy if the va- cancy occurs and your name goes on the waiting list. —_— Henry Watterson 1g nearly seven- ty-five years old and he is doing the best work of his life right now. His exposition of the true inwardness of the European war, written without passion or prejudice, is"the best lit- erature on the subject thus far pub- lished in this country and it illum- inates the issue and the causes lead- ing to it with a most convincing light. He puts the burdcn of the monstrous crime upon the ghoulders of the German kaiser, and American public opinion seems to be rapidly crystalizing to the same effect. Marse Henry has the courage of his opinions on al]l subjects and he nev- er hesitates to say what he thinks on public questions, and say it like a gentleman and a scholar, even at the risk of offending the uensibili- ties of his readers. 0——— That genial humorist, Irvin Cobb, of the Saturday Evening Post, is in Europe to observe the comic aspects of the slaughter in progress there,) and he and two or three other American newspaper men attach their signatures to a statement sent to this country denying the cruel- ties charged against the German sol- diers in Belgium. We hope he is right, but we can’'t forget that he made his investigations while he was in a manner the guest of Ger- man officers who, of course, didn’t show nor tell him the unpleasant things. 'Nor can we forget that King Albert of Belgium, who saw what happened with his own eyes, states formally and officially that these cruelties were perpetrated. O i The equal suffrage edition of the Pensacola Journal, issued yesterday, and which is entirely the work of women in behalf of woman suffrage, is a most interesting papcr and is significantly suggestive of the growth of the suffrage propaganda in Florida. Many talented Florida women contribute strongly written articles to this issue of the Journal and there are quite a number of photographs of prominent women in and out of the State who are identi- fied with the suffragle movement. We have neither time nor space now to go fully into the merits of this unique publication, but we can say with entire truth that it is a pro- nounced success and will richly re- pay the perusal of any one, no mat- ter what his views concerning equal suffrage, We suspect that that very talented lady, Miss Celia My- rover Robinson, well-known Flor- ida authoress and who has charge of the society columns of the Pen- sacola Journal, is largely responsi- ble for this interesting issue of the paper and we congratulate the suf- frage cause in Florida upon her conversion to it, for she is an intel- ligent enthusiast in all she wnder- takes and a tireless and capable worker. e The Tampa Tribune har,'re(-uived a copy of the first issue of the Dade City Banner under the management of W. M. Hetherington, recently of this city, and speaks of it in this kindly ‘and complementing way: “REditor W. M. Hethecrington’s newly-purchased Banner of Dade City strikes out in the right direc- tion for itself under the new pilot. Mr. Hetherington is, as far as we know, the youngest editor of a gen- eral newspaper in the State, but he secured his training from his tal- ented father of the Lakeland Tele- gram and News, and he is qualified to assist his father in making the name of Hetherington a power in Florida newspaper work.” WHY S0 MUCH RESENTMENT? come We have never been able to un- derstand the reason for that pecu- liarly bitter and venomous spirit manifested by some of the papers in Florida against the efforts of the commissiop to secufe our State a representation at the San Francisco exposition. It seems to enrage them to have the subject even mentioned, and on the slightest provocation they empty the vials of their sar- casm, irony and resentment all over the commission as though there was some concealed graft in the scheme and honest men ought not to touch it. What is the “nigger in the wood- pile?” The commission is composed of men of the highest character in Florida and certainly it seems de- sirable that our State shouid be rep- resented at San Francisco along If not, why not? The plan now pro- posed by the commission to get a Florida building at the exposition and show the various sections and resources of the State by moving picture films, imposes no tax upon any one and is a plain, practical proposition which should be looked at in a plain, practical way without any display of either sarcasm or de- nunciation. If the plan succeeds it will cer- tainly be a good thing for Florida by giving it good advertising at the exposition; if it fails, there has been no harm done except to Flor- tda, which must go without the ad- vertising. —————— OWNERSHIP OF POLK COUNTY HOMES The United States census depart- ment at \Washington has just issued a bulletin dealing with the owner- shig# of Polk county homes. The important facts contained in the bulletin relating to this county are as follows: There are county. Farm Homes—Of this number 1,244 are farm homes; 963 of the farm homes are owned by their oc- cupants and are free of mortgaged incumbrance. The mortgaged farm homes num- ber 111. Renters ogcupy in this county. Urban Homes—Out of a total of 5,632 homes in the county 4,388 are urban homes. There are 1,003 urban home own- ers in the county. Of this number 124 are mort- gaged; 890 of the urban hemes are free of incumbrance. There are 3,061 homes in the county. The census enumerators were un- able to secure data pertaining to the ownership of a small percentage of both the rural and urban homes in {hls_ county. 5,632 homes in Polk 162 farm homes rented urban By paying its educators what they are worth, the Missouri State Board of Administration is goinz to try to stop the continued loss of teachers from the varions tions of the State. institu- The Southern Pacific does not an- ticipate trouble with its telegra- phers. J with the other States of the Union\‘ efficient | THE EVENING TELEGRAM, LAK'® PROFITABLE PRICES FOR FARM PRODUCTS The greatest encouragement that can be given agriculture is profit- able prices for farm products. Crop destroying insects have been a stub- born enemy, and Jupiter Pluvius has played many pranks on the farmer, but there is no pestilence like low prices; life-blood of an industry. It is one of the most pitiful sights in twentieth century civilization to crop sit helplessly by and watch the bulls and bears of Europe America trample over it, and yet l(| the farmer will only organize and out these animals that devastate his products after the harvest. The Florida farmer needs co-ope- ration as badly as diversification. QUIT TAKING RISKY CALCMEL Here is a vegetable tonie that is far better for you to take than the dangerous drug and poison called calomel. You never can tell when calomel is going to ‘“‘get you.' That is the worst thing about taking so uncertain and dangerous a drug for constipation and liver trouble Cal- omel is liable to salivate you or to “knock you out” for at least a day the very next time you try it. Lake Pharmacy have the mild vegetable remedy that sucressfully takes the place of calomel. This remedy is Dodson’s Liver Tone, a very pleasant tastinz liquid that gives quick but gentle relief from constipation, torpid or “lazy" liver. Dodson’s Liver Tone is fully guar- anteed, and if you buy a large bot- tle for fifty cents and it docs not en- tirely satisfy you, the drve store where you bought it will promptly give you qu money back with a smile. Dodson’s is fine for both chi'dren and grown people. The Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton has ordered 1,000 gondola cars from Cambria Steel, the order being contingent upon some finan- cing the company has arranged. l QBRSSO OO SO SO l | PODOPOOEC Q¥ O3 AR 22 SR 0% i B SO Game Calle Eaaletele Jalal Le e SELSS ¢ Selt- S simple thumbpressure does Let us fit you out with l.akelan: [2ONESSSSSSS ——— (U 1 727277777 see a farmer after he has raised a ;912,000 bushels; $1,067,000 value. amd | 168,000 'value. co-operate he can successfu'ly fence ! BASEBALL Thursda&,’Sept. 10 - PR Elks vs. Mulberry Benefit Elks Charity Fund ~that describes our new stock toa“T" word—not only text books but “every little thing" essential to the up-to-date “tool-kit" of the modern student, including the dependable Fountain Pen NON-LEAKABLE Tt 618 itself—it cleans itself—all done “Whik" 3 cif €mn wink its eye” (4 seconds o D, FLA., SEPT. 8, 1914. FLORIDA CROP STATISTICS Washington, Sept. 8.—The crop reporting board of the United States department of agriculture today gave out the following estimates of Florida crops for 1913: Corn—675,000 \acres, 10,125,000 bushels, $8,302,000 farm value. Hay—47,000 acres, 63,000 tons; they will sap the|$1,147,000 farm value. Oats — 50,000 acres, 900,000 bushels, $630,000 farm value. Irish Potatoes—12,000 acres, farm (lint)—218,000 bales; $5,564,000 Cotton acres, farm Tobacco—4,000 acres, 4,000,000 pounds; $1,240,000 farm value. Rice—400 acres, 10,000 bushels; $6,000 farm value. Sweet Potatoes—21,000 acres, 2,310,000 bushels; $1,732,000 farm value. DEMAND FOR FERTILIZER INCREASES IN FLORIDA ‘Washington, Sept. 8.—There are 29,826 farms in Florida that use fertilizer, and the annual' pur- !chases amount to $3,609,853, cording to a recemt report of the TUnited States census bureau. Ten [years ago the annual expenditure +for fertilizer in this State was $753,120. Fertilizer purchases in Florida have increased $2,856,733, ,or 379 per cent during the past de- cade. Sixty per cent of the farms jof this State use fertilizer and the |hverage for the United States is 29 per cent. i In the entire nation there . are 1,823,000 farms that use fertilizer and the present annual expenditure is $115,000,000. Ten years ago it wasg $53,000,000 for the ontire na- tion. | Ohio Progressives have taken a stand in favor of woman suffrage and prohibition. 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