Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, December 10, 1914, Page 7

) 7 Article from $1.00 to $25.00 less 10 per cent. for Cash Ir istmaS from December 1 to December 15. family MNOUNCcement The Owen-Cotter Jewelry Company Take this means of attracting your atten- tion (through your local paper) to their fil and exquisite line of Holiday It is no exageration to say that our exclus- ive wares are not to be equaled in Tampa. Nor is there anywhere to be found so wide a mange of exquisitely designed goods to select from. - Please note that we are manufacturing jewelers, and are perfectly prepared to un- udertake any alterations, resetting, etc., no matter how delicate the workmanship may be. SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO b gy MAIL ORDERS. NG DEy .0. : D, X N OI0%, Thé'Owen Cotter Jewelry Company i 613 Franklin St. Tampa, Long Distance Phone 1079, h Cuuuuhuooooo . Fla. PTGy, DOQ0OO0OOOVRVRVOUNRDLERVUBUBUVUDL OO UO BN L= =00 = 0 = I = 30 = 3 = = % = 3= 30« 3% = 3 = 3 = 3 ( NEW FIRM, But Not a NEW MAN J dE Lakeland Electricat Suppiy Company will be an)!b open for business in about ten days, with an up-to- GTO(" datd Jine of Lighting Fixtures, Electric Irons, Percula- " tors and other useful things of the very highest quality. atten: All work will be personally supervised byfan expert Pk Electrical Supply Co. C. B. LOCKE. MGR. e e, PO H O FHE OFOBATO HOPOER OB “OOOTOTOBIOBO IO T4 o ST JOIN THE i » G SOCIETY FOR PREVENTION Electria) ,,;J,u OF USELESS GIVING your Re < # Best | ALSO THE it L i rices. my ‘giy SOCIETY FOR PROMOTION MLIGS | G = OF USEFUL GIVING 1 Bags A . Electric Irons, Toaster Stoves, Percula- n an B tors, Flashlights, and Table Lamps, are among the most desirable and useful PH QGifts you can select for CHRISTMAS *** Presents. FLOBIBN ELEGTRIG AND MACKINERY G0 THE ELECTRIC STORE Phone 46 307 E. Main St. T T L R SR SRR B A B 2 e L R R L L ) ‘Don’t fail to see us” YEOH0E T before having your Electrical work done. ‘We can save you money and give you better “gtuff’’ than you have been getting, and for 1l a litt'e less money. o 8 L.CARDWELL, Electrical Contractor EVERYTHING ELE CTRICAL PHONE 233 West Main Street and New YorkfAvenue Lt bl s o e L ] L epair | the e fa “* JIM SING PAChInese Laundry First Class Work Guaranteed Ped Work Called for and Delivered 3 I have been a resident of Florida for 20 years, and am g —well kfiown to many prominent gentlemen, all of whom 2 a‘W.wtll end me as doing First Class Work at Reason- 2 —able m‘" JIM SING s;: ~ 2181Pine Street Phone 257 : KELLEYS BARRED Plymouth Rocks BOTH MATINGS Better now than ever before High ‘class breeding birds at reasonable prices. Fggs from high class]pens for hatching. Write me before ordering else where, H. L. KELLEY,Griffin Fla THE EVENING TALEGRAM, LAKELAND, FLA. DEC. 10, 1914. EE 28 R R T - Y o o Q? al o * against us and Ina. WAY OF THE WORLD By VICTOR REDCLIFFE. (Copyright. 1914, by W. G. Chapman.) “It's settled,” announced John Ritchie gloomily, as he entered the humble home kitchen and threw him- self into a chair with an abandon that evidenced strong emotion. His patient-faced wife looked up anxiously, their pretty daughter, Ina, with quick eagerness. Both knew what he referred to, but silently wait- ed for him to explain. “The lawyer filed the will in court today,” proceeded Mr. Ritchie. “It leaves everything to Blanche Morton.” Mrs. Ritchie grew a trifle white about the lips, the hopeful gleam died out of her faded eyes. Ina’s face quiv- ered. She was not avaricious, but she had to confess secretly to a severe dis- appointment. She left the kitchen, passed out into the garden, chose a shaded corner and sat down and cried. “Hardly right, is it, Nancy?" submit- ted Mr. Ritchie to his wife. “It's hard, John, and unjust,” re- sponded his helpmeet with a gulp, bit- terly. “My own brother, too! . see it all now. My dead sister’s folks have been courting favor with Uncle Ralph for over a year in the interests of Blanche. Of course, she’'s my niece, but we know that she is selfish and scheming. They tell me that she and her father just had Brother Ralph un- der their thumb vor the last year. * don’t doubt they noisoned his min” Poor Ina!" anc Mrs. Ritchie wiped ~ tear from her eye with the corner of her ~pron 1nd resumed her drudgery tasks with « hopeless sigh of lesolation. It was, indeed, hard 1or the Ritihiee. Things had gone wrong with John Ritchie ior ‘he nast year or two, and he was desperately in debt There was an old mortgage on the little home, held by Uncle Ralph. They had “oped at the least *hat he would remit this. It seemed not, however. Everything had gone to Blanche, mort- She Inspected It. gage and all. Knowing the ways and worth of that self-centered young lady, Mr. Ritchie doubted if sh2 would show much mercy. He came upon Ina as he strolled about the garden. She was not aware of his near presence, and he softly stol. back to the house, his face more saddened than ever. “Nancy,” he sald to his wife, “I want you to be more gentle with Ina than ever. She's out in the gar- den crying out her heart. Poor child! You know what that means.” “Disappointment about the fortune, I suppose,” observed Mrs. Ritchie. drearily. “She had a right to expect something, and we certainly needed it badly.” “I'm afraid it's that young man, Al- bert Telford,” said Ritchie, bluntly. that far,” remarked Mrs. Ritchie, with a start. “I knew he was friendly to Ina and to Blanche, too. In fact, to half the girls in the village.” “Why, I didn't think it had xone, mantled. Blanche was selling off ev- erything. She offered Ina some of the old relics of the family. In !e.rl[ Ina selected only a framed, faded pic- ture of her dead uncle, which hung in the room where he had died. ! A month went by. Blanche was | urging the closing up of the estate as | speedily as possible. One day Mr. Ritchie came home with a serious, worried face. “There are some pretty heartless people in the world,” he remarked, de- Jectedly. “What now?” questioned his wife. “Blanche. What do you think? Her lawyer notified me today that we must pay up the mortgage on the place here, now owned by her.” A dull blow fell upon all the hearts within the room. It had meant pov- ertz before. It was sheer destitution now. The selfish avarice of Blanche was apparent. The family decided to move to another town. Then came & vast surprise. There came by mail one day a week later a package. It contained the mortgage, the notes and ‘ a release deed. The dear old home: | stead was free of debt! i “Blanche has relented!” cried Mrs. | Ritchie joyfully. ! “No.” dissented her husband. “l have learned positively that Blanche had no hand in this blessed deed. It is some benefactor friend who does not wish his name known,” but the next day he founc out who it was— Albert Telford. What did it mean? Should Ina feel humiliated, or glad? She could not analyze the situation, ye' she felt it needed an 2xplanation. Sha went to the Telford home It was to learn that Alber’ hau gone to the city to f11 . nev .nA better position. | “Oh, my ‘lear. said his mother, ' ‘don’. you wnderstand? It was love tha. prompted him to give all he had for yHur sake.” Then it was not the rich Blanche, but the poor Ina whom he loved! What could Ina do but feel happy! ! And then a second wonderful thing came to light—unheard of, extraordi- nary. in cleaning the old picture of her uncle, Ina noticed a sheet of paper folded in its back. She in-| 3pected it. There was the latest will of Uncle Ralph. Practically a prisoner of Blanche and her friends, he had sefzed a favored moment to make this latter will, just before ne died. It had been witnessed secretly by two old serv- ants, whom Blanche had later dis- charged. ! There was a great commotion in the town when the news came out. In shame and chagrin Blanche Morton disappeared, meanly taking with her woat money she had been able al- ready to secure from the estate. “Come home,” ran a telegram to Albert in the city, and it was signed by.Ina. “l have sent for you to return the money you so nobly gave to us,” she told him. “Your mother misses you, and—and—" “You, too, want me to stay?’ in-' quired Albert softly. And her blushes, her quivering lips, her ardent grateful eyes answered him lovingly. BOON FOR THE SHIPWRECKED Life Preserver Invented by a German Enables Person to Remain Afloat For Days. TSR I TN A T 5\ O W PRI T T | ORENTERT N i A WG RN AR Y EEED o, b eunsl) Qo s s i+ <= Hundreds cf inventions for the pres- ervation of life in case of shipwreck have recently been tested, but what seems to he the safest is a suit which takes the form of a combination of life-belt and suit made of watertight canvas, which envelops the whole per- son. The suit has sleeves ending in gloves, and there is a port-hole in the head, which can be closed when the weather is rough. When this port- hol® is closed, air enters through a tube above the hewd, this tube being 80 constructed that no water can en- ter. Furnished with this device, it is claimed that a passenger might be thrown into mid-Atlantic and live in comfort for many days, while waiting to be picked up, for the suit can be equipped wtih sufficient food and drink | to keep a shipwrecked passenger alive for a week or more. { A man or woman using this device L § 3 Don’t Forget--- Christmas Will Soon Be Here ---And you have not bought those presents as yet We have beautiful Bath Robes with Slip- pers to mat:h for $5.t 0 Ties ard Socks to match from $1.00 to 1.50 a Box Our Hart Schaffrer and Marx Svits are selling batier this Fall than last. Now is your time to ges one. Also, ovr Boys’ Suits are extra good in Quality and Low in prices. Come in and look over our Stock and convince yourself as to Prices and Qualiry of our Merchandise. The Hub THE HOME OF tiart Schaffner and Marx Geod Clothes ® %k % X Don’t forget to ask for your Calendars for 1915 l | JOS. LeVAY — B BB DY D e S BNGE BB 3 B Gl G h el oo v oo focg Boedoefuo Brfosooe L2t ‘::m Mayes Grocery Company & WHOLESALE GROCERS oo E find that low prices a1d lorg time will{ not go } haud in hand, and on May 1st we installed our NEW SYSTEM OF LOW PRICES] FOR STRICTLY CASH. We have saved the people of Lakelandland Foik County thousands of dollars in_the past, ‘and our new system wil] still yeduce the cost/of living, and also reduce our expenses, and “Yes, but lately he has about equal- ! ly divided his attentions between Ina | and Blanche,” explained her husband. ! “And I think he has favored Ina. Of course, that's all over and done with; Furthermore, the apparatus is pro- now.” vided with revolver an signal lights “What do you mean?” questioned | with which the shipwrecked passenger Mrs. Ritchie. can oignal for help by day or night. “It’s the way of the world. Ina poor, | Attached to the apparatus are ropes Blanche rich. He's a likely chap and | by which two or three people can keep can take his pick. It will be Blanche | themeclves afloat i they have not the and the fortune, naturally.” good fortune tc hav. one of these life- However, twice during the ensuing | gaving suits | week young Telford called at the | The <uit is the invention of a Ger- Ritchie home, as was his wont. He | man named Gustave Hernrich, and he was courteous as usual, but Ina | geclares that it will deprive shipwreck fancied there was a new subdued air | o 411 its terrors in all circumstances, which forms the base. This bucket takes in a certain quantity of water, which acts ae ballast and keep the life- saver and its occupant upright. stands with feet In a sort of bucket, ' about him. She learned that he also visited her cousin, Blanche. Telford seemed to be studving her. She could not fathom him. No word of love had ! passed between them. She wondered | if, in his generous-hearted way, he| their close friendship gracefully. She heard great news of her for- tunate cousin, the heiress. had started out spread. She was arranging to sell all the property which she had inher- ! ited. She was talking of building a ' Blanche ! to make a grt—ati career of reckless extravagance. One day she invited Ina to come down to the old home. Ina’s heart saddened as she entered the place, to find it dis- oY 5 & | ar was not making an effort to break ”fli Somerset, Can’ne Sagacity. A re lated at Nuneaton. The z some little time since caton from Taunton, in He came by rail through ' veq at Nu i Birmingham and bad his dog (a Pom) { with him. The day after he arrived he { missed the dog, and diligent inquiries failed to dis E animal's whereabouts. cover anything about the About a fort- night or =0 afterward he receiveu a letter from Taunton, mansion home. She had entered on a dog had telling him the “landed there all on its own.” ! Seeing that Taunton is something like ' | 150 miles away, it is a wonderful in- ' | stance of canine mail. f instinct.—London 3 | rkable instance of canine sa- enable us to put the knife in still’deeper. We carry a full line ot Groceries, Feed, Grain, Hay, Crate Material, and Wilson & Toomer's [IDEAL EERTILIZERS always on hand. ‘Mayes Grocery Company t: 211 West Main Street, LAKELAND, FLA. b4+ HEIEILISEIREEEEEE AR AR IO AL ARR SRt 00 eves] " @ @ - Lower Prices on Ford Cars Iitfective August 1st, 1914 to Augustist, 1915 and guaranteed against any reduction during that time. Al cars tully equipped i 0. bh. Detroit. Runabout Touring Car Town Car. .. Buyers to Share in Profits Al retail buyers of new Ford cars from August 1st, 1914 to August 1st, 1915 will share in the profits of the company to the extent of $40 w $60 per car, on each car they buy, FROVIDED: we sell and de- er 300,000 new IFord cars during that pe- riod, Ask u~ for particulars FORD MOTOR COMPANY lake'and Aute and Supply Co. "OLK COUNTY AGENTS.