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. Davis, 306 afternoon élrcle have “. & Hull, and ite the patronage of their ndth”‘hfl large vho tlbi M Christmas. .. M. Nesbitt., of Macon, 4 o visitor to the city, the Mot hig wister, Mrs. H. M. Sheris He will be here until ai. v rolidays. The many friends -~——ister, Mim Pauline Nesbirr, e fir ¢ frequent visitor to Lake- ani |1 be Interested to learn that SRiav ‘emplates nflnlnz down aiter ~ 0 laye. M tagins returned | from Kissimmee, for several days, hina painting, n enviable reputa- e china decorator jed her studio in “on the market winner in a can- st Tallahassee second State prize Floy Brown alsy work and ' be congrat- s i the Friday Musicale’s Open Meeting Postponed The Friday Musicale will not hola its regular open meeting tomorrow the 18th on account of the piano at the Guild Hall not being available and the Grieg program will be post- poned until Friday, Jan. 8. All members please take notice. By order of president, LUCIE F. B. EATON, Secretary. B. Y. P. U- PROGRAM FOR DEC. 20, 1914 Scripture Lessons: Rom. 12:1—Arlie Black. Rom. 6:12,13—Bert Lane. 1 Cor. 6:19, 20—Ben Franklin. Heb. 13:15, 16—Turner Howard. 1 Peter 2:5—Mollie Weaver. 1 Peter 3:15—Elizabeth Dixon. What Consecration 'Is—Miss Boes- * sie Bryant. The Will in Consecration—Mr. George Haldeman. The Necessity for Clearness. Lottie Bryant. Quartet—Myrtle Ware, Jessie Til- lis, Roy Amadon and Mr. Bradum. Must Be an Unlimitea Consecra- tion—Miss Brunel] Swindell. Must Seek to Be Blameless—Mr. Herbert Hart. Depend Upon God Fail—Miss Johnson. . Vocal Solo—Miss Mignon MecCor- quodale. or We Will SALE AT BATES' DEPT. STORE OPENED WITH UN. PRECEDENTED RUSH The big énlo at the Bates Depart- ment store opened this morning, and long before the hour of opening, the ! street was jammed with an immense throng of shoppers, who filled the. 'store completely when the doors were thrown open at 9 o’clock. The store had been transformed | . | cheaper into a handsome place, in fact no' city store in the country could im-: prove on the arrangement of goods, | the attractive stock being shown to‘ such advantage that each article | displayed can be inspected minutely, the red tags on each showing that a tremendous reduction had been made. One feature of the sale which immediately claims the attention of the shopper is that the first-class stock ig marked down as well as the grades of goods, which warks it as a REAL sale, in fact thcse who do their Christmas shop- ping with this firm will make their .mcney spread out over a greater area :thzm they had ever dreamed of. The sale starts out under most auspicious circumstances, to. liberal advertising and having goods to back up their claims, t’mnd until the closing day of the sale r"his store will no doubt enjoyv an food sale chickens. d dolls also shopper. . of the Lake- ffom Tampa to. of the gas plant h enterprige is ‘arrived home n Lake, Man. in Minnesota where he L Mr.,Straw -tunprecedented business. is convinced from the expressions heard on every hand throughout his travels that the movement toward Florida has only just begun and that there will be a tremendous influx of visitors and settlers coming to this State this season and next. He is an indefatigable booster for Lake- 'land, and found that the fame of this city had been spread abroad considerably through the advertis- ing that has been done, and received assurances from many that they were coming down to iook over the | |situation here. due both | FSISSEPPEPIPPLPSSEP OIS 7 Offlclal Weather Reporti Tampa, Dec. vicinity |mday For Florida: Cloudy tonight ana Friday, probably rain in northwest and in s outh portions. | Winds for the East Gulf: northeast and east. Winds for the South Atlantic: Fresh north and northeast. General Weather Conditions The two centers of high pressure which appeared Wiednesday morning over . the Ohio valley and over Ne- braska have uniteq over the Ohio valley, and have caused generally fair cool weather east of the Mis- sissippi, except over thp Florida peninsula where there has been rain and over upper Michigan and west- lern New York, where there has been |snow. West of the Mississippi the lbarometrlc pressure has fallen some. what, and centers of depression ap- pear over western Canada and over California. Rain has fallen over Cal- Tvitornia and southern Texas and snow ‘over Missouri and Kansas. = 1t is somewhat warmer this morn. Inz over almo:t the entire country, n\c-e-pt Michigan, Ohio, Illinois and | eastern Missouri, and over the north Pacific States, but temperatures are !still below the seasonal average. Temperatures of zero or below oc- curred in northern Ohio, nothern Il- |linois, Towa, the Dakotas, Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana and ‘Wyoming, and freezing temperatures into South Carolina, southern Geor- gia and northwestern Florida. Indications are for partly cloudy weather in the vicinity of Tampa to- night and Friday. Temperature will probably rise slowly. 17.—For Tampa and Partly cloudy tonight and Fresh l.akeland Lodge No. 1291, B, 0. E., meets tonight at 7:30. members urged to attend. P, All { MAJESTIC RANGE DEMON. STRATION AT LAKELAND HARDWARE & PLUMBING CO- An interesting Majestic range demonstration is now in progress at the Lakeland Hardware & Plumbing Co.’s establishment, corner of Main street and Tennessee avenue, which is in charge of Mr. Ridenour, an ex_ pert demonstrator and chef. The ladies of the city will be in- teresteq in calling at this store as they will be served with a delicious cup of coffee and cakes fresh from the oven, served with the compli- ments of the firm, who advertise they will give each lady attending the demonstration tomorrow one of their handsome art calendars. The demonstration continues all this week and it is worth one’s while to iauond. | BANKRUPTCY SALE ! Notice is hereby given that undersigned will, on Saturday, the the 19th day of December, 1914, at 12| o’'clock noon, offer for sale at the Van Huss building at Lakeland, Florida, at public action for cash, the entire stock of dry goods, no- tions, shoes, hats, trunks, etc., ag- gregating the value of six thousand dollars ($6,000.00), known as the Tarlowski stock of goods. S. R. ROGERS, JR, 3545 Receiver in Benkruptey. FOR SALE—Ford auto in good con- dition, cheap, for cash if sold at once. Address P. O. Box 422, re, taken from same name Ml feature p taken at the 00 people in it. d Night HEART oW Night THE HILLS low NSTRELS THE TRAMP CIRCUS Lake- | N I MAJESTIC THEATRE If = man went hunting and did not see !to cheer him up, could he thome and say he got {LOWS? Well folks, have you seen ,Ml'(\lr.-s since we put in the machine? You haven't? Well, are missing a treat, a grand treat dandy pictures including a Keystone scream, another and a two reeler, with music by that Auditorium the state. DO " OBOFOHOBRTOE GO0 TOB0 G a bird and took four drinks come four SWAL- dandy comedy orchestra, the best in !*05’0‘ STOUT HEARTS AND WEAK KNEES A funniest picture long time. Kerstone comedy scream, the we have had in a OVER AGAIN A dandy comedy feature those new THE TOUCH OF A LITTLE HAND The prettiest story you have e you ver seen | Come on down tonight and see four THAT AUDITORIUM ORCHESTRA Worth the admission alone Prices 5c, 10¢ MATINEE DAILY 2:30 to 5:00 Tomorrow—MUTUAL GIRL CHRISTMAS FOR THE ORPHANAGE AT ENTERPRISE The mothers of the children of the primary department of the Method- ist Sunday school are urgently re- quested to send their gifts to Sun- day school next Sunday, Dec. 20. We want to have each child repre- sented in this offering of clothes, toys, candies or money. Many of the children have out-grown clothes which would make nice gifts for this box and be very much appre- ciated. Gifts from any one else will be gladly received. We wish the mame of every child be put on the list of “little givers” which will be sent with the box wishing these lit- tle ones a merry Christmas. MRS. W. F. JOHNSON, Supt. of Primary Department. WEEKLY REPORT OF PIANO CONTEST CUT PRICE STORE No. 1—Mrs. Atha Brine....20,000 No. 2—Eleanor Gaskins ....22,495 0. 3—Jessie Tillis 21,985 . 4—Mary Cresop Dickson 28,465 5—Edna Aylor 45,140 . 6—Ruby May Lane ... , 750 0. 7—Mrs. J. S. Temples. .20,000 8—Nellie King 30,680 The piano contest positively clo-eg on Wednesday night, Dec. 23, and all votes must be in store not latter than 9 o'clock Wednesday night, Dec. 23. The lucky lady can call for the Ppiano Thursday morning, Deec. 24. Wie will publish list and winner in Thursday afternoon edition of the Evening Telegram. BOARD OF TRADE Notice is hereby given that, in ac_ cordance with article 1 of the con- stitution and by-laws, a meeting of the Lakeland Board of Trade will be helg at the Board rooms on Monday next, Dec. 21, for the purpose of nominating officers to be elected at the annual meeting in January. A. J. HOLWORTHY, Secretary. THINK OF IT 30,000 Persons Publicly Recommend Our Remedy. Some Are Lake. land People Owr one hundred thousand have recommended Doan's Kidney Pills, for backache, kidney, urinary ills, thirty thousand signed testimonials are appearing now in public print. Some of them are Lakeland people. Scme are published in Lakeland. No other remedy shows such proof. Follow this Lakeland woman's ex_ emple. Mrs. A. R. Collier, 806 Orange S8t., Lakeland, says: *“I had a dull pain in my back and had such bad dizzy spells 1 could hardly sce my way about. My kidneys a1d not act right. 1 had been reading how good Doan's Kidney Pills were for such troubles and I got a supply at Henley & Henley’s Drug Store. 1 began taking them and was helped. 1 kept right on with the remedy un til 1T was cured. We have recom mended Doan’s Kidney Pillg to other kidney sufferers.” Price 50c, at all dealers. Don’t <imply ask for a kidney remedy—get Doan’s Kidney Pills—the same that Mrs. Collier had. Foster-Milburn Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y. The Ideal Christmas Remembrance The personal thought — spirit of the giving, de- termines the value of the gift. What then, could be more fitting than your portrait for the Christ- mas remembrance —t o carry your simple mes- sage of friendship? A dozen portraits solves, at once, a dozen perplexing gift problems. Hinke Photographer Tampa 813 1-2 Franklin Street L ake,and Pender;s Old Studio Studio now open every day Make an appointment today RAMBLER AUTO SERVICE| 'CARS FOR HIRE ! 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We feel sure—that they do not know that there are hun- dreds of worthy mothers in Florida who are just struggling to keep their little ones alive—and at home. We just cannot believe—that with these facts true—and every orphanage in Florida crowded to the doors—that the people of Florida will let our great work which has cared for 850 of these little ones this year alone—go down for lack of funds to keep it up. Your immediate help—is greatly needed—right now—Please send what you can to-day—to R. V. Covington, Treasurer of The Children’s Home Society of Florida Florida’s Greatest Charity 361 St. James Bldg. JACKSONVILLE, FLA. A LaValliere is one of the daintiest and most ex- quisite pieces of Jewelry wrought by the Jewelry’s craft. You can see some of the very latest design in La- Vallieres on disply at our store both with preci- ous stones and without. Bewitching Jewelry That's what you will say when you sec the new fall creation in Vanity Boxes, for they are delight- assort- in both As to prices—Well come in and he pleasantly surprised. fully attractive. You will find a splendid ment on display in many different sizes gold and silver at our store. Conner & O’Steen NEXT DOOR TO POSTOFFICE OB BEBIDIIODEBDG FIBITDIPDIDEIDIBILDIIEEHES GEPOPIPOPOEEOP &. SEOBOBOE CEOBOPOVOLUBOPOSOPIHISIPONT BPE PP PIEPEIOPDE CONTRACTOR 5£NOD BUILDER Ilaving had twenty-one years experience in building and contracting in Lakeland and vicinity, I feel competent to render the best services in this line. If comtemplating building, will be pleased to furnish estimates and all infor- All work guaranteed. Phone 169. J. B. STREATER. 0000002 L0EE S L4 o404 $H 4410000000000 000 00800005 !. i i mation. i B. STfihEK?”'EWfi‘