Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, September 23, 1914, Page 4

PAGE FOUR fhe Evening Telegram| Fublished e\er, afternoon from the Telegram Building, Lakeland, Fla. £utered in the postoffice at Lake- 1and, Florida, as mail matter of the second class. “ 2. F. HETHERINGTON, EDITOR. ———————————————————————————— SUBSCRIFTION RATES. JDE JEBI .e.eeeiesennensss$5.00 4i1x moucn® ... 2.60 fhree monias .....--. 1.25 Delivered anywhere within the’ iimits of the City of Lakeland for 10 eents a week. ————————————————————————————— From the same office 18 18sued THE LAKELAND NEWS, a weekly newspaper giving a resume ot local matters crop conditions, soanty affairs, etc. Sent anywhere for $1.00 per year. T i ———— It is a ghastly and grewsome sub- ject to brag about, but we killed each other with muzzle-loading rifles during our civil war at a far more rapid and impressive rate of slaugh- ter than they are doing over in Eu- rope with modern breech-loaders. Shoot up, gentlemen, if you want to beat the pace we set in the noble game! —0 The safe and sane plan which has now been substituted by the com- missioners for their original program to securé a Florida<gthibit at San Francisco is finding the approval of some of the best papers in Florida, and we are glad to include in this list the Sarasota Sun, whose editor is as wise as witty and says in the last issue of his paper of the commission- ers and their work: “No devoted band of Florida boos- ters have been knocked harder and oftener by the Florida press than they, until finally they bhave been compelled to abandon their original jdea of having an elaborate display of our Florida products and instead have decided to reproduce in motion’ pictures the wonders of Florida in a suitable building. This plan is winning them some approval, and it looks as though they would stem the tide of adverse criticism and gain sympathy and funds for their latest idea. It seems to us that Florida can scarcely afford to remain unrepre- sented. It is equally true that an elaborate display is impossible of ac- complishment without State aid. No one has suggested a better idea than the motion picture proposition.’” D Advertising certainly pays. We learn from a display ad in the Pen- sacola Journal, when all other sources of available were silent on the point, that one Sidney J. Catts over in West Flor- ida is a candidate for governor of this State in 1916. Sidney must be a powerful exhorter on the stump as he says of himself in his ad: “He has been compared in his oratory to Wm. L. Yancy, who stirred the South to fury in 1858 to 1860; in his power to sway men by his eloquence, to Henry Ward Beech- er at Plymouth, England, and in his power to charm by the beauty of his language to the golden-tongued Frank F. Ellis of Baltimore.” Far be it from us to attempt to gild the refined gold or paint the lily of such a gorgeous “recommend”’ as Bro. Catts gives himself in the above, but in the interest of histor- jcal and geographical accuracy WwWe rise to protest against confusing the identity of good old Plymouth church, Brooklyn, U. 8. A., where Beecher long preached, with Plym- outh, the famous English seaport. Candidate Catts may be full of gold- en eloquence seeking to discharge itself upon a waiting world, but he ought to stay the tide long enough to read up on Henry Ward Beecher and the location of Plymouth church. O A German minister in Macon, Ga., says ‘I notice in practically all of the papers stories or dispatches say- ing that German militarism must be done away with. How about doing away with English dreadnaught- ism?” Very true, but there is a large and robust ‘suspicion abroad in the world that English dread- naughtism and all other forms of excessive military preparation among the great powers can be traced right back to the parent evil of the mon- strous military machine built up by Germany. It is inconceivable that England would spend the enormous sums of money for dreadnaughts that she has but for some menace in sight that urged her to it; and there can be ne doubt that Germany fur- nished the menacc. And with Eng- land thus leading the other nations, including our own, were compelled to follow. The chief benefit to the natigns involved and all the world besin?es. to be hoped for &s one of the issues of the Europcan war is that both German and English dreadnaughtism on land and sea will be abolished forever as folly as rank as any that ever oppressed the medi- eval world. information | In the last issue of his Sarasota Sun Rube Allyn breaks loose from all restraints and talks in this reck- less fashion which is fully condoned by the kindly and appreciative spirit behind it: “The splendid temperance article in last week’s Sun for which we are getting credit by our bhest people should have been credited to the Lakeland Telegram, the fountain head of Florida wisdom in journal- istic lines.” — One gratifying fact growing out of the war in Europe is that both sides recognize American public opinion as the most powerful single moral influence in the world and both appeal to it as an arbiter to decide which is right and which is wrong. Moral support fights no bat- tles on the field but it is very often a large contributory influence in de- ciding the issue of the conflict. The Germans are appealing to us with passionate denial of the wanton cruelties charged against them in the war, and the Belgians, French and English flood us with evidence to prove those charges, Belgium ev- en sending us a commission of her leading citizens to lay her unhappy story before us and supply the abundant and specific evidence to support her case. Never in any previous war in the world’s history was the moral support and sympathy of a nation so eagerly sought by both combatants, and before the con- flict ends, when both sides have found the limit or exhaustion, it may be that they will be glad to ac- cept the mediation of America and | leave to the deep, calm, impartial wisdom of Woodrow Wilson the set- tlement of the terms of peace. And that would be a greater triumph for him and the nation behind him than any won by force of arms in brutish battle at the price of immeasurable human suffering. ety It is difficult to think of Virginia as a “dry” State with every saloon closed and consequent death to the | some of them. 'the regular winter visitors who are State. But the ruthless prohibi-‘ famous old mint-bed industry of the AN APPBECIATION OF THE LAKELAND BAND' To the Lakeland Band: I would like to offer a few words of encour- agement to your accommodating and | social little bunch of'band boys. 1 am a Northerner, but spend my win- ters in Florida and derive.many ben- efits from it and therefore consider it my home also. My object in addressing this com- munication to you is occasioned by a kindly feeling toward you band boys on account of the free concerts which you are giving in cur beau- tiful park and also in front of your theater. There is one thing which I would like to call your attention to, and that is the fact that rumors are be- ing circulated around towr that you band boys are about to sell your in- terest in the Palms theater. Now, take my advice: DON'T DO IT! You are just starting in on one of the most prosperous winters Florida has ever known and it would be a very foolish transaction to dispose of your theater now after you have la- bored under difficulties during one of the dullest summers Fiorida has ever known. Let me give you a few facts why Florida will be the biggest tourist State in the Union this winter and why Lakeland will get her share of |them. The wealthy tourists who are accustomed to going abroad each year will not be able to do so this year, nor for many years to come, on account of the unsettled condi- tions in ‘Europe. ' They will natur- ally seek a warm climate, and Flor- ida, being about the best State in the land, will get a good supply of visitors; in fact, more than any previous year and Lakeland will get as many as the rest of the up-to-date towns in the State and more than And then there are always glad to get back to Lake- tionists, who respect no gentleman’s land. The theaters of the city will thirst nor the grand old common- wealth’s most sacred traditions, knocked out the liquor traffic in that State yesterday by a decisive ma- jority. It looks like the handwriting on the wall for Bro. John Trice's cause in the U. S. A. State after State goes dry! Who hag not lost a' State? g A. C. L’s EDUCATIONAL EX- HIBITS AT NORTHERN FAIRS ‘In connection with a_write-up of the Nazareth fair, the Easton (Pa.) Daily Free Press has the following mention of the Atlantic Coast Line exhibit at the fair, indicuting the effective manner in which the At- lantic Coast Line is advertising its | territory: Another of the interesting exhib- its of an educational nature is that of the Atlantic Coast Line railroad, which is conducting a campaign of publicity throughout the North. Messrs. Cardwell and Cohen, the former of the colonization depart- ment, and the latter of the passen- ger department, are in charge of the display, which eonsists of fruits, vegetables, grain and other commer- cial articles of the South ail the way from Virginia to Florida. They have received many inquires from inter- ested parties and it would not be surprising if there were a number of people from this county who will be lured by the riches of the Southern agricultural fields. The exhibit is one of the most interesting and in- structive on the fair grounds and is well worth visiting. A BIRD'S MESSAGE [The following lines were written last May by Mrs. Adelaide Vogt Thomason, deughte: of Col. Albertus Vogt, of this city. Mrs. Thoma- son is now at Winthrop ((\Il?g(‘. Rock Hill, S. €., where she is writing sketches, etc for the “movies,” She is pleasantly embered and as “Addie” Vogt, having been d in the Lakeland high school and at St. Joseph’s Convent, Palatka.] A birdie sang a song of joy, In our old orange tree. The day seemed filled with sunshine. Somehow, the song was meant for me. A traveler on life's weary way Paueed to catéh the notes so gay, And lifted someway was his load. He went rejoicing on his way. Now if a little red bird's song Could make life more complete, What would a kind word spoken Mean to all the folks we meet? —Adelaide Vogt Thumason. Lakeland, Fla., May, 1914. To enable the growers in west- ern North (‘:n'oli)a, east Tennessee and southwest Virginia to promptly forward live stock jgmEastern and Southern markets and to Virginia! feeding grounds, the Southern Rafl-' be patronized by a large majority of these people and will average over twice the amofint each night that they did during this past summer. Now, here is another advantage |whlch 1 would like to impress upon yt)u, and that is the fact that Lake- land is going to have one of the big! (league teams down here this win-| ter, arrangements have already becn made and the contracts are signed and it is only a question of a few . months before we will have one of Ithe teams here with us. Just think lof the boosting that will give our city; just think of the crowds who | will flock here to see them play and to hear you play. Your band con- ‘certs in the park are becoming more popular every day and you are mak- ing wonderful progress. This is due to the fact that you have stuck to- gether these last few years and made good with your music. You have glven your services on many occa- |sions to the city of Lakeland, to the school, to the baseball team, and to many other public gatherings with- out any compensation to yourselves whatever and I think Lakeland ought to be proud of her band, which she undoubtedly is. Now, friends, T hope these words will be accepted kindly, as they are intended, and that you will be en- couraged enough to stick and pull together and maké good, for you are going to gain in the future what you have lost in the past. Wishing you abundant success, I L J am Yours very truly, . A FRIEND. LUTHER LEAGUE CONVENTION Baltimore, Md., Sept. 22.—Rep- vesenting practically all of the Luth- eran synods in this “ountry, the Luther League of America is hold- ing its biennial convention here, commencing today and continuing through the 24th. This is un- doubtedly one of the largest conven- tions of the younger people ever held, and one of the aims of the league is to bring into better rela- tions the many different branches in which the Lutherans of this coun-|g try are separated. It is expected that this session will assemble the plans for the big celebration which is to mark the 400th anniversary of the birth of Martin Luther, which occurs in three yvears. There are nearly a thousand delegates now in this city, and several members of Congress are numbered with them. The Brownsvlle-Matamoros rail- road bridge across the Rio Grande hag been re-opened for regular traf- | The track of the National rail- wn)s of Mexico between Matamoras and Monterey, a distance of 150 way has arranged to operate a week- ' miles, is now reported-to be in good | 1y fast gpecial live stock‘ser\ ice. condition. Bottoms and Covers Knocked Gff Store will run on CASH PRICES in future to suit public of Lakeland ——— et Cash Price Values Bath Robes Undérwear Shirts Sweaters 75c. Williamson Clothing Co. “FASHION SHOP FOR MEN”’ Raincoats “hoes Umbrellas Gloves Hats Neckwear Tailored Suits Overalls Boys’ Hats, Fall Styles, $1.50, Invest Your Money! BUY DIAMONDS At Present Prices they will Make you Money The war in Euvope has stopped the cutting and shipment of all kinds of gems. If you have any spare money, we can offer you a splendid bargain from new stock just received from abroad. **A PLEASURE TO SHOW GOODS.” COLE &jHULL . JEWELERS AND OPTOMETRISTS Lakeland, Fla, Our new club plan of selling makes them possible. By getting several people to combine their purchases we are able to sell sev- eral watches at no greater cost than it | ordinarily takes to working todaid the @&erman Red\ Sl iohy ety Cross Society, to help the American And so we give hospital fund and in addition spends {:[: .:l;‘en‘?enofit 95 much time giving counsel to stray z : You can't buy & American girls who are in need of better wnttch t}mn motherly advice and sympathy. the South Bend which we are offer- ing on this club plan. Come in and let.us show you one. We can make this club offer for a lim- ited time only so take advantage of it immediately. Conner & POLITICS AND POLITICIANS The various proyhets of Europe are taking great credit unto them- selves for the events that have hap- pened during the past few months. As early as January of this year, one noted astrologer of Paris predicted a| There is no federal meat inspec- great European war with a wonder- tion in Brazil, and no fresh meat 1» | ful loss of life, that would probably |exported. The more important cities, change the map of the continent. |however, have municipal abbatoirs Paris is also recalling an especially | With inspection. interestinz prediction of 1901 by a Portuguese, Dom Bosco, who de- clared that Germany would be dis- membered in 1913 or 1914. State Highway Commissioner Chas. W. Gates, whom the Repub- licans have nominated for governor of Vermont, has held his present of- fice for the past five years. His home is in Franklin,~ where he has a large farm. He has served terms in the lower branch of thc Legiska- ture and is 55 years old. Mrs. James W. Gerrard, wife of the United States ambassador to Germany, is bearing up wonderfully under the strain of helping her hus- band in hjs arduous duties. 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