Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, November 3, 1914, Page 4

—m—— — ————— — The Evening Telegram published ;;réry afternoon from the Telegram Building, Lakeland, Fla. Entered in the postofice at Laxe- \and, Florida, as mail matter of the second class. —————————————————————— M. F. HETHERINGTON, EDITOR. ———————————————————————————— SUBSCRIPTION RATES. e JEBI .e.cenvecnnnoness$5.00 #ix moacn® csves S50 Fhree MODUOB ..ccevooe . 1.26 Delivered anywhere within the: JAmits of the City of Lakeland for 10 sents & week. From the same office is issued THE LAKELAND NEWS, 4 weekly newspaper giving a resume af local matters, crop conditions, sounty affairs, etc. Sent anywhere for $1.00 per year. ————————————————————————— The true Florida autumn is at hand and this brand of weather in which our fortunate people are now basking is as near perfect as we can hope to fine anywhere in this im- perfect world. We have less to com_ plain of down here in Florida than any people on earth. —_—_—— We will cheerfully concede the election of Uncle Joe Canuon up in Illinois today, but our conceding stops right there. We must see the figures before we admit the election, of even one more Republican. Uncle Joe is an institution and a bully old boy, despite his politics, and not even among Democrats outside his competitor, will there any very keen regrets if he should win cut. His one vote will do no harm to the Democratic majority in the House. 1f the Democratic party doesn't win another great victory at the polls in the national election today it will be because all signs fail. It is too late now to either brag, bet or predict—but we hazard the gentle guess that the people of the United States are going to endorse Wood- row Wilson and his policies this day and elect another Demniocratic House. S el Old Brother John Jasper, colored, of Richmond, Va., won immortal fame a generation ago by his cele- glaled germon {in which he com- batted the accepted theories of as- tronomy and announced in stentor- ian tones from his pulpit that “De Sun Do Move.” And now comes the St. Petersburg Independent and seeks to rob Bro. Jasper of his un- fading laurels by attributing the immortal words to old Peter Vine- gar, a Kentucky negro preacher. Perhaps Peter did use them, but, if 80, he was a rank plagiarist. Bro. Jasper was the man who made the great discovery ana transmitted it to universal mankind in a phrase of noble simplicity and imperishable durability. —— O WHAT'S THE SENSE OF SHIPPING GREEN FRUIT? Yesterday the Telegram printed a dispatch in which it was stated that the price of Florida grapefruit was down to one dollar per box in the northern markets for the evident reason that fruit shipped was green and unfit to be eaten. This is a very serious matter for the fruit growers of Florida and it is high time that intelligent, concerted action was taken to check the slump and re- store the price to a profitable figure. Obviously there is but one thing to do and that is to stop shipping green fruit, There are some very interest- ing, accurate and timely vews on the subject which we take from the Fort Pierce News which we strongly commend to all growers who want a good price for their fruit: “Up to Oct. 21, 863 cars of grape. fruit had been shipped from Florida and 40 cars of oranges. The market reports showed that this fruit had been sold at _an average of about $1.50 a box, while much of it did not bring over $1.00. Experienced growers know that this will not pay and the wise ones are staying out of the market and allowing their fruit to ripen on the trees. October is a poor month for these fruits in the north as there are plenty of good apples and other seasonable fruits on the market and the people will not buy green fruit when they can get other fruits that are ripe and at reasonable prices. Next menth con- ditions will be much better. One of the best growers in this section told the writer ten years ago that grape- fruit was not fit to eat until Thanks- giving and oranges until Christmas. The growers themselves do not eat it, therefore why should they expect the northern people to buy it. The people are not as green ag the fruit, 80 the shippers may expect to lose if they are looklng for suckers. The reports from the markets last week all stated “No exchange fruit of- fered,” which shows that the Flor- ida Citrus Exchange is too well versed in market conditions to ship any green fruit."” THE EVENING TELEGRAM, LAKELAND, FLA. NOV. 3, 1614. mc——— —_— Now that the election is over the next vital question which faces the -press and people of this country is the Shop Early propaganda as re- lated to the Christmas holidays. ;&round this great rssue we can all rally without any division of opin- jon. The inexhaustible fecundity of the theme gives it a rare charm to the tired newspaper man in a hurry hunting for a “filler.” e S Only a few days ago Senator Fletcher announced his purpose to secure for Florida naval stores the same privilege extended to cotton in the matter of exportation to the ports of the warring countries; and yesterday the Telegram carried an Associated Press dispatch announc- ing that rosin and turpentine had been removed from the contraband list by England. Some senator, that man Duncan U. Fletcher! —0— Florida is destined to be in the character of its population the most thoroughly representative American State in the Union for they are coming here from all parts of the nation. The State could never realize its mission otherwise nor find the full development of its vast and varied resources. Provincialism will be a thing unknown here a gen- eration from now. g “Lakeland placed another feather in her cap entertaining the old Vets so handsomely,” is the way the Clearwater Sun looks at it. And Lakeland has two other tig State conventions to entertain in the near future that will put more feathers in her cap. Lakeland is the conven- tion city of Florida par excellence. —_— HE DRAWS LINE AT INDIVIDUAL LETTERS Washington, Nov. 2.—President Wilson has been exceedingly gra- cious about blanketing Democratic candidates this year with the favor of hig personal endorsement, but he has been obliged to call a halt on these letter-writing activities. The president balked when it came to writing letters apprdving Demo- cratic congressmen who are up for re-election by giving them individ- ual letters of endorsement and rec- ommendation. As long as the presi_ dent had no larger an epistolary field to cover than the Democratic United States senators who desired letters from him, he was all right, but when individual members of the House began to ask for individual letters of commendation, he saw that if he yielded in one instance he would be taking on too big a con- tract. There are nearly 300 Demo- cratic members of the House, nearly all of whom are candidates for re- election and if he had established a pecedent of giving each a personal letter he would have spent most of his time until .election writing let- ters and his literary ingenuity would have been taxed to the utmost in “thinking up” something to say. WIDOW GETS BIG DAMAGES V8. ICE COMPANY Pensacola, Nov. 3.—Judgment in the s um of $15,000, with interest at the rate of 8 per cent from the date suit was entered ncarly two years ago was the verdict of the jury in the case of Mrs. Annie Floyd against the Pensacola Tce Co. The case consumed all of the past week, . excepting Monday and it was near the hour of midnight Sunday night when the jury reached its verdict. The jury assessed damages as above for the loss of the husband of Mrs. Floyd, who was an engincer at the plant of the defendant and was killed by the explosion of an am- monia tank nearly two years ago. Authorities on ice machinery were brought here from other cities by both the plaintiff and defendant and gave expert testimony, and there were also a number of local witnesses to the accident. The judgment is the 'largest returned in a damage case in this county. The widows of three other men killed at the same time are also.suing for large amounts but these cases will not be heard un- til the next term of court. The Pen- sacola Ice Co., controlling 21l of the local ice plants, is one of the com- panies owned by the Southern Util_ ities Co. of Florida. e, it BRITISH NEGROES FLOCK- ING TO MIAMI Miami, Nov. 3.—Each boat that plies between Miami and Nassau brings in a large number of colored people seeking work. Tt is satd that business of all kinds in Nassau is paralrzed on account of the war. The last schooner, the Hattie Darl. ing, brought in thirty-six colored people from Nassau. ———— The fInterstate Commerce Com- mission is seeking detailed informa- tion regarding all block signal and train-safety apparatus in use in American railrosds. THEY FEEL SURE TO GET SUFFRAGE New York, Nov. 3.—“It will be impossible for Englishmen to say ‘no’ to us after this war is over. I ministration for this very purpose, fully expect that they will give us and placed the money to the credit the vote immediately,” said Miss orithfrensionffurd She she e Christabel Pankhurst, arch militant not been able to recover from the and leader of Englishwomen who disaster sufficiently to do much for are fighting for equality. Miss Pank- the consumptives and still carry on hurst has surprised many New York- its other work. e ,‘?g&i“’ lthe “mmfl"? idea b:' :n- least like a ‘“‘fury,” as her co-work- BL L manAERmEnL NSt ers have been named. ‘“We are| lub‘erculosis has come to be regarded slboih oo r by i s 2 i" —except that it's a harder price. y the medical profession every-fye . oo jearning, too, that they are where as of doubtful value rather not necessarily so all-wise in mat_!} than helpful, especially in thel, .o ;¢ international policy. It Southern States, where baimy tem- would have been very much better perature prevails. Open air, the for the British government had it clean, fresh, uncontaminated air of spent the last five years in work nature hag been proven far more concentrated on strengthening the beneficial and this idea is changing nation instead of fighting their own the method of treatment in all parts women. They must see how valuable of the country. and necessary is the work that Eng- d]:":::lclfl;:::s:?g' oir moret p';;pfrl’; lish women are doing now, and could L LA have done much more had we been :: c?:: l:‘;‘::‘:st:e dd‘l:ease,t innless::_ enfranchised. G 2 4 RPOLQSEINE tho “ ‘Reform, Not Repression’ is the community from infection. Open air £ i watchword of Englishwomen, par-, is available everywhere and it ev- ticularly of the Liberal perty. But’ ery community in the State could be jon t i educated to its proper usc in this ShenFnoUng (0Nt IOBLASION SOINOR: &n they are not bringing out reform connection, there is reason to be- ; lieve that an incalculable amount of :)tm W9 GRing WIANE. 011 ENay FXEW goSe. Wewhy DE SeuEnaUI Ana “Your men here may for all times many lives saved or prolonged. look back with pride to the fact With the funds at its disposal the that. they gaye women the vote board of health is able to maintain in the State three district nurses, or ;xiltghlll)::fi:‘:dc:i :‘:v:r toh;::ell.l"(‘)l:; instructors, who - 2 redoing st consciousness. The best they can mense amount of good. One for ev_ e ery county in Florida is needed, and dosls Lo reauz? QLS ‘. |late to mend.’” ; in some of the more 1 - : populous couri- | 8 BT luded, “We militants ties two or three. There is no legal authority by shall keep on defying physical force which a man suffering from any |UBtil those using it realize that it « . |is impossible to rule women except disease, tuberculosis, smallpox, yel- low fever or the rest, may be taken With justice and freedom. But we and freedom when from his home, his castle, against Sapestiiaiice v his will or that of his ncarest this war is ended. friends. There is authority by which he and all who occupy the same infected premises may be kept | HEAVY INCREASE IN within those premises for the pro- POSTAL DEPOSITS tectlon of the entire community. Consequently, education appears to Wiashington, Nov. 3.—Postal be the only practical means by |S2Vings deposits in Florida and oth- which the best, or even good, resuits ! eF States have increased since the may be reached. But even cducatlon'E“rtop:“ ':“ :enbn' :::o;i:::mto costs money and this money is not)® Statement made by 09 now available, and ist is n:t llk:(l’; department, which estimates the to- to be available in Florida until pub- tal increase the country over at lic sentiment shall be aroused to de- | $10:000,000, due entirely to the war mand of the law makers a larger de- | Fisis abroad. The department’s gree of intelligence and appreciation “":;mentt;ays: . Id R of health matters. rom the very day hos es op- The legislature, some years ago, ened across the seas, postal savings provided that the State board of |FeceiPts began to increase by leaps health from its funds should furnish :nd bol‘ltnds ‘ntnd wl:hdu:allnt‘ell off, free to the farmers of Florida ho: result quite contrary.to.the. pre- cholera serum to fight this digease‘.; dictions of many well-informed per- | This serum costs the State fifteen |SODS: who, in their imaginations, dollars a quart wholesale, and one [58W lines of feverish depositors at quart is sufficient to treat thirty- | Postoffice pay windows anxious to two hundred pound hogs. This ex_ ;fi:“l ”‘:;: ;:;;" b'e::l:m ‘l‘: "‘he pense to the board during the cur- eg epositories rent year will total clos: to thl:try whence they came before intrusted t:ousand dollars, about onc-third of :o“U:ile Sa‘:n. Butththebtolre:utem the entire fund at its . |failed to reckon on the absclute con- There are about fifty thousa(:ll\;p:::;;- fidence of the American citizen in ers in Florida and one quart of ser-|the ability and purpose of thet gov_ um to each would cost three quar-|érnment to carry out its obliga- ters of a million dollars. Every tions.” farmer has the right to ask, not for one quart, but two to ten. Figure " for yourselt what that wong|TAKING CALOMEL IS DANGEROUS amount to. The State board of health was or- SSHESPPFPSPTINPESHSSHoE | he not be given fertilizer and feed ® 1 for his cattle? g Hogs vs. Humans One-half of the thirty thousand E dollars that will be spent for free B ¥ hog cholera serum this year, would (State Board of Health Bulletin.) ,|enable the board of health to extend its practical aid to hundreds of tu- Which is worth more, a hog 0 &y o oylar human beings, to - lessen human? their suffering and to save human There's a reasen for the quesl'inn lives, by teaching the people of Flor- in Florida, because by enacted law 1ds- how to iake care of their sick a large sum of money Is spent every and to protect themselves from in- year in the State to protect swine tection: lief of tubercular patients, either Of education along health and sani- native or bequeathed to Flcrida by |tary limes. It seems that this. edu- every other State in the Union. cation might well begin with the Inquiry is sometimes mude Wwhy voter, to have him send mcn to the She State board of health doesn’t do |legislature who are compctent men, more for the consumptives. The |unafraid men and men who would answer involves a bit of rather in-|value a human life higher tnan that teresting history. The legislature of a hog. o of 1909 provided for the erection of a sanitarium in Florida for the treatment of tuberculosis, and the identical same legislature ‘“‘divert- ed” from the funds of the State board sixty thousand dollars, which ‘had been accumulated by careful ad- ! Calomel is @ powerful chemical ganized and exists to conserve the ;Zad;rfel"!::l al::;tml‘tys l;z:me'l'h:hg::: phys'icnl welfare of the people of sure way to avoid the.danger of Florlda.—human beings, not animals. calomel is to take no calomel It properly exercises its functions Dodson’s Liver Tone, a veéetahle over animals affected with glanders liquid of pleasant tasté more than and rabies, because these diseases takes its place. Whe’re calomel :‘:n com:unicab:e from' animals to |ghakes you up and shocks your liver ; o.g cholera isn’t. A man and often makes you really sick can mix with sick hogs all he wants Dodscn’s Liver Tone, mild but ef: to \?:d \v‘:th perfect safety. ; fective, builds up and strengthens. NOw the care of sick hogs is a1t “livens up the liver.” Y ou feel splendid enterprise. It helps the | fine after taking it farmer and save much valuable Dodson’s may bé taken without property every year., But why any restriction of diet or habits should the State board of health | You ecan give it to your chlldrfl; provide from its limited funds a|with fine results. cholera medicine whose use affects Get a large bottle for 50 cents at ?tum:m health in no way or degree? | Lake Pharmacy and if it doesn’t do it should furnish this remedy, |an that you think it ought—if it why should it not aso furnish a|doesn’t make bilious spells mere specific against the white fiy or cit- trifies—if it doesn’t “liven up your rus canker? 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