Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, January 5, 1915, Page 4

m Evenino Ielenra Sublished every afternoon from the Telegram Building, Lakeland, F4. Entered in the postoffice at Laxe- land, Florida, as mail matter of the secoud class. —_— M. F. HETHERINGTON, EDITOR. ——————— e ———— m BRIG}IT OUTLOOK FOR FHOS THE EVENING TELEGRAM LAKELAND, FLA., JAN. 5, 1915. PHATE MEN OF | FLOBIDA If the information contained Hon. Frank Clark of is true, phosphate to in an announcement just given out by Gainesville, congressman from the Second Flor- ida, a method of resuming exportation of Ger- many and other belligerent parts of SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Jne pear $ix mouarn= “hree moununos . Delivered anywhere ilmits of the City of Lakeland for 10 =ents a week, .00 2.50 within the I B From the same office 18 issued THE LAKELAND NEWS, 4 weekly newspaper glving a resume » local matters crop conditions, wounty affairs, etc. Sent anywhere )r $1.00 per year. ¢ Timely, truthful and sugg paragraph from the Ocala Star: “The Star highly esteems i partne the Lakeland T We both make mistakes, hut w not to misrepresent other folks. £ I a & e ‘The submarine doesn’t cost tenth as much as the dreadnaught and is proving it in the present war to be about ten times more ef_ ficient as a destroyer of s ships. But if dreadnaughts there be mno work for the submarines to do. What's the answer? one - < 0 ilors and we abolish the would ' 1 Whii the us the character difference of the weapons the blood thirsty dwellers of 10,000 years azo and the exeept in ! they e, hetween cave U v blood thirsty day The hi the trench is merely a mope « murderer the was and What a satir ress in civi trench dwellers of to_ S in Burope? ! 1 t wharian in flicient than one th kill on our in the cave | can ‘em faster. | hoasted prog ition " 1 i 1 o The people of Florida hayve faults as others have, but 11 how to elect men who will @ a good, honest State government in which there is no graft and dollar taken from the taxpayers goes richt where it belongs. And that is more than can be truthfully said of a number of othep States in the Union much more pretentious, befrilled and bom= bastic in hoasting of their superior clvilization. From a recent article written by State Treasurer Luning for the Tampa Tribune concerning the financial condition of Florida, in which he goes into the facts and figures in a clear and flluminating way, we take this summing-up para_ graph which ought to give every their know ve them clean, and efficient every t i t L ‘t citizen of the State a mingleq sense (Furnished by the Security Abstract of pride and satisfaction: “I know that every Floridian feels proud of the fact that no State in the Union has better financial standing in the money world than |s our own, and feels an equal pride that every warrant or obligation is- a the European reached, Polk, P only this, portation cluding Pensacola, places, in which were when with Mritish amba shipment were forced stateq that ship and would g % and may gressman Clark stated that confident that if the mining compan - placed upon war zone and scores of Marion and other ould be reopened, thus ployment to thousands of men. can mines Jacksonville, Port Tampa and thrown the shipment eased several months out of of ago. The statement given ot by Con- gressman Clark, here for a few days, follows: who is at his home | be in counties giving em- Not but resumption of the ex- of phosphate would be a stimulus to numerous port cities, in_ Fernandina, other thousands of men' employment phosphate Ensemble Now on Sale. Better get them NOTICE OF LETTERS PATENT. n at the “For the information of shippers of phosphate to foreign parts, Wi ir Ceeil Spring -Rice, ind he informed me that the v any other country, er or other articles of the eereted in the cargo if our people the point ne desired ive onsnl at the f shipment notiec iy place a ended to ship, that the vier con would dock the 10 copper or man en the o foadine, other such article that to the ocated therein, hen furnish f the vesse] and he paper which would preve her from being held up and searched, which would to let permit her o destination without hind 1ce by the v sh navy. ment in ordep take advantage of it. 1If hem any other information." While discussi he es will take a concerted stand the matter there is no reason why his great industry could a thorough hasis. —Gainesville o Jacksonville Metropolis. not REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS and Title Co,, Bartow, Fla.) Jan. 2, 1944 Lewis T. Taylor and wife to L. M. Hays. Lake Wales Land Co. Callender. E. J. Nichols and wife sued by the State is taken care of |Krus. promptly upon presentation at its face value, and that the State prac— G tically owes nothing.” VARDAMAN IS ABOUT TO COME FORTH |60 gal. ordinary paint at $1.50...$90 84 80 4 4 s \ + A Washington news story says that Senator James K. Vardaman of Mississippi, is soon to appear in his great act of repealing the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. e trust the Senator will get the issue out of his system and off his chest just as quickly as possible and that north_ ern Republican newspapers will not feel called on to get unduly excited about the matter and fizht the Civil ‘war over again in consequence of the eruption of the Mississippi vol- cano. ¢ W Vardaman has about as much pros_ pect of repealing Fifteenth Amendment or setting in motion any forces to that end that will have the slightest cffect as he has of ing the or the and Vardaman shrewd politician and he constitvents well He promincnce in Mississippi very the repeal- Proclamation on of Independence, s this better self. But he Emancipation Declara kno n nobody than is a knows his came into this to the on issue, gnd he was elec Senate on it. It is the chief asset in his ]mlnu al stock in tra he tly well if he to his State for re-election the of a “great speech” in the S¢ which he had made redeem his word ed amendment shoulder ang probably , and perfec that went b rk without isking backing ate Titan efforts to and repeal the he would get the cold be defeated Vardaman his hostility to the ment and he in his desire Senate, hence the orical outburst from Jeemes' date. But if he amendment with is perfectly Fif is doubtless sincere in amend < equally elected | prospect of ¢ sincere to be re to the an K. at an early saulted t} € coulc protect orat as- t al budge it as a matter of the theory of such suff rut federal constitution ttay, fonhtfnl cre nld repeal it they as a seottl turbed. to ¥ if even nc rn Stat Up t d war § wou vote to ard it ais - not to be Let your pocketbook consider At $2.15 W. M. illey. Hammett argument Which is more economical? 8 gal. fair paint at $1.75.. 0 gal. high grade paint at §2 OR 30 GALLONS would be chm[u-r had because IDAVIS' rost even twice its price, will out-wear them all. For Sale By MODEL HARDWARE CO. Lakeland, Fla. per mit me to say that just before leav- <hington 1 had an interview ' the ador to this country Brit - ish government did not object to the ' of phosphate to Germany but that they to hold up and search carzoes in order to see that no cop - like were He further British vice arest the place of when they in-| and thrs know tha wonld master ols of tie Brit_ 1 make this public state- that those interested any shippers of phosphate will commun deate with me T will be glad to give be running Correspondence to Effie M. to John to Albert D. this 64.50 s Com charter, w on fi'e in the offic tate of Florida Witness our names this the 16th day November. PICKARD, PICKAR ERS COMPANY. under inc herchy the porators r o the Florida with the following | The said ecorpor Company, its principal place of buiiness shall e lo- cland, Folk County, Florida, blish branch oftices” anywhere tes of America weral nature by gencral aciuire n to in of the bus real otherwise deal and ¢ thorwi wal property o ul to at | wils themselves or sl ana deal in all and farm products; to own wid operate stock farms; to act a5 general winission perchants; o manutacture finished proc il kinds of waterial ; and - conduet packing wd Loan mon ind retail by, citius fruit nt |y l Totels 20 on Il kinds of per- uy and all such ot prohibited by of Florida and this . The amount of capital corporation shall be taenty-five | thousand dollars ( )00.00), to be divided +linto two hundred and (Gifty (250) shares of the par value of one hundred dollars 1 ($100.00) each, be paid for in cash or in labor and serviees at a just and fair valuation to be fixed by the Board « special meeti for which ths corpn- ok of is this the I 3 The business of in be ducted by of three Q) and from time to time he deemed necessary by the Board of Directors. The officers of said corporation shall be' elected annually, to serve ror a term of one (1) year, by the stockholders of the corporation, at an_election to be held on the last Monday in December of cach year. be the officers luct the business ted at the first annual olders shall beelected E, and Treasurer, and ( such oth qualified : Viee-Pres Directors : . F. Pickard; . F. Pickard. Articie 6. ‘The highest amount of indebted- ness or lability to which this corporation can at any time Subject itself shall be one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) . Article The names and residences of the subscribing incorporators and the amount of eapital stock subscribed for by each are as follows : N Pickird, Residence Shares rk Rapids, Minn. Fifty (3 tland Maine Lakeland, Fla. Cokato, Minn, Lakeland, Fla,, ) S WHEREOF, the sald incor- hereunto set’ their, hands and y of Novembef, 1914 TCKARD, " 8, COX. A. E, PICKARD. E. PICKARD. F. PICKARD, RIDA. kard, ckard porator: seals this 1 STATE OF POLK COUNTY, Before me, the undersigned authority, per- appeared A. F. Pickard, J. F. Pickard . Cox, to me well known to be the pa persons _described In and who executed the proposed Charter of Pickard Brothers Com- ccuted the same for the uses and purposes therein st forth and expressed 1 authcrity, per- L 1o me well bed in and me and purposes pressed, (Seal) Notary My commission STATE OF MAI COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, Before, me the uses it it therein set forth and ¢ Public, pires May R. PETERSON Wright Co. Minn, 1, 1919, undersigned authority, per- RUSSIANS NEAR CITY OF CRACOW T Number in Coburn’s Minstrels, INTENTION TO APPLY FOR under- f y uader ;| orig- | of K. D PROPOSED GHARTER OF PICKARD BROTH- purpose laws of pro- d ‘proving the said corporation culttivate, e mortgaze, ex- Auditorium Friday Seats v as we only have 1700 seats. y appeared G. E ard, to me well Known to be the person descrived in and | who executed the proposed Charter of Pick- Brothers Company, and acknowledzed to that he exccuted the same for the uses purposes therein set forth and ex- i d, (Seal) 80 THOMAS A, SANDERS. Notary Public My commission expires April 18, 1919, 3516 | POLITICS AND POLITICIANS The Uhvy have that to put declare attempt bill prohibitionists will make another a national “dry” through Congress The Washington Board of B tion has put itself on record for ap- anti mar + rule for { women school teachers. but law abolishing by Nov valid of apjn the voters of n de States I ton ! has ! United mbe by the in last clared court a be watching Frope -annot last < who hive n | |tre rociess the an war that the than th | dectare onfliet longer year New recd to conperate Business men of York's Ea Side have a: the city administration to help sup- It is claimed that cer tain notorious politi ‘jans behind the by Press gangs., « are committed many of gangsters, crimes Girls in Vienna under the age have of 114 hospital orderlies, and are giving perfect satisfaction. been ordered to s Mhe war department Franc, will soon take up its quarters again in Paris, feeling that it will be safe to leave Bordeaux of Tipperary, the marching song of other side of the trenches in Bel- gium. Refugees talk of a new tune heard in the cafes and other places {gather in which the English runs like “It's a Short, Short March to Calais.” | with said to be | the British troops, has a rival on the | ] where German officers and soldiers the | houses Frostproof, Jan. 5 Since holida are over our packin opened er in and ot | has resumed normal trend. sspects for 1915 are ail L.. Bootr who has held a with the H. C. has taken ¢ the Fre and will sonville, | position (0. of that city. ping | Citrus Packing Co. as assistant general mang concern during the T Mr. Boatright's are expected to arrive Schrader | rge of | the bookkee of y wife son in a i‘dflys, ' Prof. W. 0 attending the Association at turned to Frostproof school Monday. Plans are now Smith, who has Florida Lakeland and Educational has re- opened under way for the organization of the bank of ipper & Co. in this town into a | State bank and the chanze is to take in the near future. Stokes has sold his interest Mp. 3. B will run |r place Pete in his meat market to Gantt. Mr. Gantt meat market in connection with wholesale and retail fish md Mr. Stokes expects to leave for the P west this weck Miss Verda Thompson, who of the girls can for this district, will be ek for the local canninz and town | charge hool club | this w herd rpose of organ_ elub z the zing mo zirls of onr school Among itors for t the our ;':u.\ g (e Atlar ¢ Atlanta, Fort Meud Orlando, Fla. J Houser, are Schweizoer Ga Fla J W 48 Kea Hamlet Ocala Ohio ville, Ky & Wi | Guy Maxey has returned from ri will remain with parents for the and Bill town last Saturday angd days with us We are these boys er DBay and next few months Sowet blew W Grover spent a few to welcome because they bring good cheer and we hope they will Bill said that he | would have stayed longer this time but that he had some heavy work to shael e d] do around Fort Meade. as | HOW BARBED WIRES ARE OVERCOME Jan. .The French sol. | diers are using a device something |like a cross bow for throwing hooks with lines attacked over barbed | wire entanglements and then tearing them loose by drawing on the thin rope. These barbed wire entangle - ments are constructed intricately fand form belts of interlacing wires 20 feet wide and about two and one . feet high. Cutting them by hand is such a difficult process that about ‘the only way they could be destroved Paris, —_—_—— Cut Prices On All Meats Roast Beef per Loin Steak, per Chuck Steak per Pork Chops, per Get my Prices on Groceries, Satisfaction Guaranteed 3 214 Main Stree | gOW!fi*WvOW'W OO to the Kibler DGO FLORICA ELEGTRIC sosotomreee ELECTRIC 2% 1O DO O . Phone 46 OSSO 0 o 0 ed “Don’t fail to see us” before having your We can save you mon stuff " t allite leas n oney T.'L.CARDWELL, EVERYTHING PHON Stew Beef, per pound .. Pork Ham, per pound ..... Pork Stew, per pound ...... We will Move January 1st Our New Store will be the Finest Electrical Store in Florida THE ELECTRIC STORE 20208 ELECTRIC $08e842080808080¢ m-wwm Wfllfli"v'&«i“: PP PIPPEIPIPRPRIOLIP PSPPI EIED pound Sausage, 2 pounds for .... Round Steak, per pound ..... pound ...... pound ...utcee o 8¢'\nd10¢‘ pound ..... . Fruit, Vegetables and Produce They are always fresh and best quality. J. D. McLeod Grocery and Meat Market. Prompt Delivery Phone 273-Re LAKELAND, FLA. BEOPHE DB IPEHSUSODBODHODIBED & 2 ELECTRIC os0s000s -3 » 2 3 b3 3 Hotel Annex O BOFDHOBOSOBO .- AND NAGHINERY CO. 307 E. Main St. — eed i e Electrical work done. ey and give you better 1 and f " G cen getting, Electrical Contractor ELECTRICAL E 233 West Main Strest and New York Avenue FEETIEIPISEIUPSFFEEIEE IR S0 9i¥19373 :c. 2 HOPOSOBOROPOPOSOE | | | | has | Begin the New Year RIGHT — Wear Our Stylish and Correct Fitting Shoes If it is STYLE and COMFORY' you wan COME to US. Introduce y0ur Feet to CORRFCT Fittiag Choc. Our SHOE REPARIRING DEPART- MENT is in charge of an EXPERT. All work done NEATLY and PROMPTLY. QUICK SERVICE our specialty. work CALLED for and DELIERED. DUTTON-HARRIS COMPANY 123 Kentucky Ave. FOOTFITTERS Phone 358 Blye l Shoes that Fit Shoes that Plogse B e e BIOOEOrOTOROROOFOFOIOIOFOICHOE SQPOPAIRIIN0I 010 THE RAYS OF ViSioy are distorted where the not just right. The glass fer are those which wil| rors and strengthen the si. and have your eyes exam should be. Your sizht precious possession afford to neglect it, We do our own lens have your gl S were fitted elsew duplicatg them. and youa they ) successfully is into y always glad yFrench COLE & HuL| Jewelers and Optometrists, L: by hooking them and jjusted to explode when it tearing them free one by one hostile trench. DISSOLUTION NOTICE hand grenade devised by the to throw trenches when they are within reach as @ baseball. A | E wrist of the thrower pulls out a plug from the ball after it has left the hand. A spring is released which sets the for the explosive charge going. fuse may be regulated from one 'second to two or three seconds, or intermediate fractions, and thus ad- Must Little Homeles Children Suffer In Florida? WE DO NOT BELIEVE that the good people of T ida realize that there are right now in our State Hundr] of little children in real need—some absolutely homeles that just must be cared for. The into the enemy's Effective Dec. 19, A. D firm of Peterson & Owens at law, is dissolved by sent. Mr, Peterson will of the practice, the oiics in the Dickson building formerly occupieq by t J. H, PE F. E. OWEN3 as large the is about string tied to a mautn, We feel sure—that they do not know that there are I dreds of worthy mothers in Florida who are just struggl to keep their little ones alive—and at home. We just cannot believe—that with these facts true— every orphanage in Florida crowded to the doors—that people of Florida will let our great work which has ¢ for 850 of these little ones this year alone—go down for ! of funds to keep it up. Your immediate help—is gre needed—right now—Please send what you can to-lay R. V. 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