Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, October 14, 1914, Page 4

N G PAGE FOUR The Evening fielegram Pubiished every afternoon from the Telegram Building, Lakeland, Fla. Entered in the postoffice at Lake- lahd, Florida, as mail matter of the second class. ————————————————————————————————— M. F. HETHERINGTON, EDITOR. —————eeee SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Jne sear ....... ceeeneses.$5.00 $iX Mou(n® .........n .. 2,60 Three monuas ......cooovee . 126 Delivered anywhere within the iimits of the City of Lakeland for 10 sents a week. S —————————————— From the same office is Issued THE LAKELAND NEWS, A weekly newspaper giving a resume ot loca! matters crop conditions, county affairs, etc. Sent anywhere tor $1.00 per year. P e = We have on several occasions re- ferred to the remarkable accuracy of the official predicter of the Tele- gram in forecasting events con- cealed from all save those of clair- voyant vision. Did you notice what happened to the Boston Braves yes- terday? And you, of course, remem- ‘ber what our staft predicter said at the beginning of the world’'s series concerning that bunch of heroes. It is good to have prophetic foresight in these little matters, for it re- moves the element of chance from the betting and saves worry. —— It has taken Pensacola eighteen months under a Democratic admin- istration to get a new postmaster, all because the people couldn't agree on the man they wanted and Con- gressman Wilson, whose recom- mendation would control the mat- ter, was left in the valley of inde- cision. But they’ve got him at last and his name is Hancock. Sorry for our friend, Chipley Jones, who wanted the place and would have made an excellent postmaster. Of- fice-seeking is a heartbreaking game and always will be untii ihere are enough plums to go around. o S THE GROWING MENACE UF THE TOUGH KID The “tough kid” is recognized as one of the menacing problems of modern life. He is in every com- munity, and wherever he 1s, except when he’s asleep, he is a focus of evil, corrupting his young asso- ciates and headed for a worthless or worse than worthless career as in- evitably (barring the saving grace of God) as effect follows cause. He must not be confounded with the lively, boisterous boy full of “pranks,” who sometimes works off his ‘“steam” at the expense of our nerves and sense of propriety and the fitness of things, for the two are as wide apart as decency and de- pravity. The Ilatter outgrows his noisy prankishness and occasional rudeness, under firm parcntal ad- monition, and develops into the in- telligent, law-abiding, the other grows and hardens into the brutalized hoodlum with no true sense of right and wrong or civie duty, despises all moral and legal restraint, has all the bad habits he can take on and none of the good ones, and thus equipped makes a wretched failure of his life and is lucky if he dies in bed with his boots off. The tough kid is the germ of the world’s biggest and hardest prob- lems, for he is a bad man “in the making,” and without the bed men this would be such a pleasant world that most of us would want to live forever. We are moved to these sal- utary reflections on a vital question by a communication in the Gaines- ville Sun, written by a citizen there who says: “It is a burning shamc the way great big boys are allowed to con- duct themselves right here in town and there seems to be no way to put a check on it. Take my own case for instance: I send my chil- dren to the store frequently, and my oldest is a girl about 12, and large for her age. Often those boys along the street will demand a toll of a penny from my children, threaten- ing not to let them pasz if the money is not forthcoming. Or course. the girl has to refuse, a¥%d then they curse her and black- guard her worse than anything that a decent person can think."” This is a horrible condition of af- fairs in a civilized community and it would seem that such vermin could be spotted and. brought to punishment. Well may thc Gaines- ville Sun say in comment: “Can it be true, O men and wom- en of Gainesville, that a condition 8o fearfully awful as this can exist right under our own eyes, as it were! Suppose it was your daugh- ter, what would you say?” The Lakeland Telegram submits evidence that the Civil war is over beyond question when it is possible for Stonewall Jackson Triplett to edit the G. A. R. organ at St. Cloud and get away with it. True, true. But the Telegram should remember that Triplett is not only a soldie. and statesman, but is also the smoothest of diplomats.-—Orlando '‘Reporter-Star. Doubtless Brother Tripiett has that fine quality called tact, withoue which the units of organizcd society would be in a state of constant re- pulsion, as Harry Floyd might have said if we hadn't beat him tp it. And that same tact, if more frequently employed, would, with- out the sacrifice of a single princi- | ple worth the saving, heal all the old sores of the Civil war and leave a much better feeling between the veterans who fought each other in that conflict. We have seen these old fellows who wore the blue and the gray and who had tha good for- tune to be gentlemen, equipved with tact and consideration, mingle with cach other for hours at a time in friendly intercourse; discuss the war without passion and in kindly spirit; tell funny stories till the tears came; careful, as gentlemen always are, to say never a word that would wound the feelings of a former foe, and part as friends | glad to meet again, each with a new and truer vision of the motives of the other side and with hearts puri- fied of the poisonous hates and un- reasoning prejudices of the great conflict. And all because they had tact, which cleared the atmosphere and revealed their better selves. ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION ORGANIZED The girls of the Lakeland High school met in chapel this morning and organized for the first time a Girls Athletic Association. Heretofore the girls have content- ed themselves with a few scattering games, played with various teams over the State. Their record was a clean slate last year, and with the enthusiasm evinced this morning it is safe to predict that L. H. will have the best basketball team in its history. The plan is to play as many games as possible, thereby putting themselves in line for the championship of the State. This honor was only lost by the margin of one game last year, and this year both the boys and girls’ teams expect to bring the konors to L. H. 8. SECRETARY OF ASSISTANT. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR IN OCTOBER Greetings have recently been sent to the great conventions in New THE EVENING TELEGRAM, LAKBLAND, FLA., OCT. 14, 1914. May Grow Crops All The Year In Florida The Jacksonville Metropolis recently printed a map of the southern states showing the length of time in growing crops and the actual number of days in which farming can be done. Only the southern states were given, as no other states, except California, can compete with the south in the length of the grow- ing season and California can not touch Florida in dirvversified crops of fruits and vegetables. The lines and figures show in days the average length of crop growing seasons in various parts of each of the six states as reported by the United States Weather Bureau. A crop sea-! son ranging from 200 ao 348! days a year makes this the most profitable agricultural section of America. ! It goes even further and ibrings the matter closer home by proving that the agricultural possibilities of Florida are un- mate and soil, the sun is a little too hot to be considered favor- able for their growth. No state in the union can truthfully say that it can com- pete with Florida in ba]my’cll- mate and the number of agricul- tural products that can be grown from ten and a half to twelve months of the year as compargd with from six to eight month in northern and eastern states. Why And How War Started Everybody has been explain- ing how the war in Europe started, but thus far the most lucid description of the causes, remote and direct, has been furnished by the Glen Elder Sentinel, a paper out in Mitchell county, Kansas. The Sentinel's version is to this purpose: “As we understand it, a Ser- vian Socialist who was partly sane when sober, got drunk and | killed an Austrian noble and his noble escort. Austria, observ-, ing the unseemly incident, ad-; {limited and its unequaled advan-'(ressed herself sternly to Servia, tages over other states in the'!syme what as follows: ‘See here, union in this and a great many'kiq no rough stuff. I propose other repects are unquestion- 'y, pe a father to you. Come in able. There is no single state in ¢, the woodshed.” ‘Hold on, s. | the whole Uunited States so well adapted to such a great variety fof agricultural = possibilities. i With its thousands of acres of cut over lands in all parts of ithe state and the very fact that ithese same lands are capable of Iproducing such enormous quant- _ities of forage crops and furnish |such splendid grazing when properly managed will make i Florida one of the greatest live ,stock states in the union. | Meats of producing animals o all kinds can be raised cheaper in Florida than in any other .stdte in the union. Hogs can .be raised when grazed upon the many different crops that are so well suited to their needs for not more than three cents per pound. The general farm crops such :as ‘corn, hay, sugar cane and cot- iton are the principal crops for north and west Florida and cover a growing period of from ybeginning February 1 and end- ying December 1. Besides these just mentioned, all kinds of ltruck crops that can be grown janywhere in the United States {can be and are being profitably grown all through the north 'north central and western part There are also demonstrated in- |stances that prove that citrus !fruits can also be grown very eight to ten months of the year,! of the state during these months. | Jersey and New York, and the an-|profitable in this section of the nual anniversary celebration of State and with the proper vari- Maryland Endeavors. From Mr. |eties is not considered any more Nuessle, the long-time introduction | hazardous {thaw further south. $ ) e ally 1ave to do is to say so. says Russia, ‘don’t you dare lay il you ha ( 5 a finger on that kid, Austry; he’s my kid,’ says he, ‘and any- how, you'd make a fine father for anyone—I don’t think,’ he says. ‘Think again, you slob,’ says Autria, ‘if you can think twice in one day,” he says, ‘and while you're thinkin’, think vhat I'm telling you,” he says. ‘I don’t like the color of your eyes, and your nose offends me, and your feet don't track; be- sides,” says he, ‘and I can lick’ you,” he says, ‘and I will, too.'i 1‘Good boy, Austry,” sings out' ,Wilhelm; ‘I can lick him my-}| self; I can lick anybody; why, I} .can lick everybody,’ says Wil- ‘helm. ‘We’ll take him on to- gether and show him,’ says he. So Germany starts for Irance iand slips up, incidently landing with both feet in the middle ofl Belgium. ‘Get off me stum-; mick,” wails Belgium, ‘or I'll l)itei ivour leg off,” says he. ‘Ouch, be patient, Belgy,’ says Wil- helm. ‘Begpardon; I'll get off when I have to,’ says he. Ex- cuse me, or I'll soak you,’ says +he. ‘Now watch me paste Gas- iton one.” ‘No fair,’ says France. | ‘I wasn’t looking, anyway, says he, ‘Take that,” says he, slipping Wilhelm a hot one. ‘I hate a fight,’says England, ‘but I can bust the jaw of any guy that slaps my dear friend Gaston, whom I don’t like at all} he says, ‘but will defend till death,’ self-respect- {annual 28th ing citizen almost as certainly as)Jersey City. Although the superintendent in New Jersey came this message: “Greetings from the state convention in sun is hidden behind the clouds outside we are having the light of another shining in our midst making every- thing bright.” In the three conven- tions almost here in Florida we are apt to have much sunshine, but we need that other kind of warmth ane comfort just like New Jcrsey com- rades do. A nice program is made for Ta- vares where Central district con- venes Oct. 16-18, with the theme, “Service.” The week after comes the good time for southwestern workers in St. Petersburg; and yet one week rater, tne trio of conven- tions closes in Sanford. One espec- ially nice feature here is that the convention sermon Sunday morning in the Congregational church is to be preached by the Presbyterian pastor, Rev. E. D. Brownlee. This is getting right down to the heart of real Endeavor living. Our workers are paying up, and Treasurer Cavanagh rejoices. Late contributions to Endeavor causes have been headquarters’ pledge, St. Cloud, Presbyterians, five dollars from Pomona Congregationalists, and a welcome ten from Bradentown Presbyterian young folks. First Presbyterian Society, Tampa, gave toward the secretary’s last year's salary, and the Juniors of Lake Magdalene reminded wus that this United Brethren society and their older relations in the Young Peo- ple’s Society, same church. never fail, year after year. “The Chris- tian Endeavor World” put a nice mention in the paper about our sending the fund of fifty dollars the week Dr. Clark had a birthday. In Jacksonville and Daytona con- ventions, and rallies of middle Flor ida and in Tampa, during Dec. 6-10, our workers from most sections can get to hear Karl Lehmann. His topics for addresses look tempting, and he also leads conferences on The southern half of the pen- insular part of the state stands in a class by itself, and when it icomes to getting early vege- tables on the northern and east- jern” markts, it is absolutely with- out competition with its pine- apples and citrus fruits that are noted the world over for their unexcelled quality. South Flor- ida from October to March 135, andsometimes later is feeding the balance of the country . Practically twelve months of the year some crops can be grown in some parts of the state, there being possibly one and a half months during the year that couldn’t be called perfect and ideal for crop production, and this applies more to the north and western parts, this being from July 15 to September I. I* is not to be understood by any means that crops are not grown and harvested during this peri- od, for, as a matter of fact, a statement of this kind would not be true, but for planting many of the delicate vegetables that are so well adapted to Florida’s cli- Endeavor work in both conventions. It is hoped the Tampa City Union will be organized when he comes ir not before, and for South-Central district such splendid possibilities must be realized in some forward steps that will be of lasting benefit. Several friends noticed the mime- ograph letter pleas for the introduc- tion department and have sent names and addresses of members leaving for the winter or longer. This is a splendid division of our work and wounld be of mutual ser- vice if more would rememier about it. Remember Christian Day is next Sunday, Oct. 18, and on the 25th we learn how zood men | will prayerfully use the ballot. GRACE A. TOWNSEND. Interlachen, Oct. 13. he says. ‘You don't hate it worser than me,’ says Japan, standing back for an opening. ‘Anyhow, ybu started i}, says Wilhelm to Nicholas. ‘You started it yourself,” yells every- body to everybody else, sticking out their tongues. Then they all clinch, and the little fellows dance around watching for a OOF Do You Want to Save Money? § § riufnd s dnedo g If so, get your Suits cleaned and pressed in the right manner and at RIGHT prices Suits SRY . 75c. Suits 32 | 35, We call for and de- liver to all parts of the city. Visit our Plant and you will be surprised at the facilities we have tor cleaning. Lakeland Dry cumensy | Cleaning Plant G. C. Williams, Prop. PHONE 405 "Base Ball ch big ‘The annual three-day convention of FPOOPPODIDIPOPPPPPPDPPPDDD Phe w0® G201 0 b DIPIPIOPIPPPDPPEEH DD | | Elks Vs. 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