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AK ELAND : LACONICS Case of Fire Phone 5,000 sercises at the Auditorium - afternoon celebrating | thday, will be held at five | The publie is cordially in-} ¢ present. 1 Steitz of the local military has called a8 meeting for night, Tuesday, Jan. 19, Prior the Gove busin o ity Hall, at 7:30 o'clock, for A;yu:w-«- of filling out eniistment ind getting everything ready nustering in of the company E. Beede and Mrs. Della | y have been in the city for taking a look at the ft this morning for the home Lee at Lakeland. Mrs. Beede -uest of Mrs, Lee in Lakeland, v ook a side trip over here to get ¢p at the best part of Florida. ol rsburg Independent. ————— 0. 42, the fast train leaving here r Jacksonville, was ditched Ih Land Saturday afternoon at , the train striking a cow while ho at the rate ef forty miles an » The entire train left the the negro fireman was fatal red and a score of passengers said to be bruised and badly ken up, several sustaining broken Engineer Toler, of Sanford, charge of the train. ed but not seriously. Ppeter: hose who have signed up for stment in the local military coma v a quested to meet at the <'i\\ Tuesday evening at .t to fill out enlistment hl:”\‘\r other matters pertaining to the Mrs. Geo. Woodward A. Bennett, all of Volusia 10, returned from their ten. trip to the Gulf coast and inter= Friday afternoon, had a very pleasant experi- Outside of Lakeland, hov saw no place they liked Il as Daytona, though they in many of the cities they thought with benefit. Tt rained hard in Lakeland as here the the week, and people wer g the “sunny south” with just uch sarcasm as we are trying e patient under here at home, cold weather is not confined te any means, but one i1 think so to hear the remark ¢ sometimes by the tourists.— tona Journal, and cities, they w points d that L by N. Sutton, one of the; prominent farmers of this scc= vouches for the following re- incident: For some time had been annoyed by the deprea on: of a large hawk, of the va= kable ied away several fine hens. Last ay his son observed the hawk at- iting to fly, but apparently ex encing great difficulty in doing The great bird, after rising a it distance in the air, fell heavily he earth, and when approached it found to have a blacksnake ed tizhtly about its body, drawing coil- more closely about the hawk the latter struggled. The vas despatched by a blow on ‘ but not before it w t the snake would in the end' ceeded in choking the life ts opponent. The fowl had to make a meal of the hut the latter was too quick, 1 strangle hold first. When v catisfied the hawk was ' 1ake unwound itself :md1 tted to depart in peace, it lered that the servi HT Starnes Stock Co. (38 People) in THE CALL OF THE W00DS r-act comedy play with vaudes ialties between the acts CURTAIN AT 8:15 i iaid—— 10c. —_— upstairs, 20c. —_—_— downstairs, 30c. o O L e ¢ by an 8-Piece Orchestra i = mplete change every might of the plays and vandeville | Next Weeksic - THE ¥, ¢, mmco He was | 1 all those who wish to do | Dartona | ed by his een of the higl e has ac and in th ther m 1, €d by a un to make it form of an a l ME W g recently ¢ this Iy epte thus cause: elected two years 10ld associ him back Rev lerowd lag Bible."” Atell given. “Josi an Mr. an Mr. and Idaughter ‘are down pleasantly of W, K. avenue | The fol son, edito; Advocate, iment of t inning nt di lcolumn p clean Hetherinz [that we {dence we wiil meet fatyeiat | g |Committe the in rea ular ocial reg hers may {‘ ral good vveryone too that t get the by ' Sidney {man street I [residen 'y. ral t T little this whil THE MILLION DOL Starts tonight fial pictu ing reels . miss one A. ). Holworthy Re-Elected Sec’ y of The Board of Trade Saturday ; f the * {in this position h i he was promptly re elect=| nation, which wa- reluctant. Mr. Shaffer during the past unselfish and able worker that all his Ty of the p. ‘ome ., from the pen of Rev. J. and take plea i | h meetings. x known as goshawk, which had [¥or both me rers of interest arc it is hope AGED UNION SOLDIER jittle house don’t patronize THE EVENING TELEGRAM LAKELAND, FLA. JAN, 18, 1915, Evangelistic Services— Began Yesterday At n the first of a series of Evange- listic services being conducted in the First Presbyterian church yesterday Dr. W. H. Miley was greeted | congregation that Dr, 10rs of 1 ht the the of Trade held a ) ipal object by a filled the house. Miley chose as his text Mat. 28:18—"All power is given unto me as|in heaven and in earth.” In a plain and convincing manner the people were shown that the power of God for the salvation of the world is am= ply adequate. But men are the in- struments to be used of God in this service. When men in faith ask guidance and strength, God | hears the prayer and zives salvation to the sinner. was the ion of a sec. of Trade for the elec Board L was me formal, con- A, J. s¢ ability and worth een n!wmonsxmr sy d service du: It vork as than that of My wh is recognized by secretary ha I 1est order, and that | I“hed more for Lake- At period than pe rhaps any who might have been God for g comp Text for the evening sermon was .1 Ex “What that in thine The subject of the sermon “Personal Work." All who heard this sermon were made to feel that in their own hands God has vlaced sufficient means for them to fuse in His service. The necessary thing is consecration of those pow . jers and talents that God has given us. Dr. Miley's manner of preaching !s simple and powerful and a man cannot hear him without being helped. His illustrations illustrate. Among the many illustrations used last night the two following will show their strength: ndall preached to a good Mr. Spurgeon went to a livery sta- t night on “War and the | ble and when the horse was broucht I wish it were possible to Out he admired the beauty of the wonderful animal. The proprietor answered, Tonight the “Yes, and he is as fine as he look: d a Sinner {he will work anywhere you put m. | him.” Spurgeon's reply wa: “My! My! How 1 wish he was a member of my church.” Upon one oceasion a man died in (a small villaze. All |of the place were away and none L B ‘(could be gotten. The old sexon was W rv'.-i(l"n('f‘]”lU.d by members of the family NG Flnrinl.lrh()m some form of service over the remains. Reluctantly he consented and his opening remarks were “This corpse hag a member of this ichurch for fifteen years."” Are there any corpses members of your church? is animous expr. t more emphat rising vote. Jackson, one of the 10Vernors, presented on, which, , 100k the lected G Bl i To: d Mr, fill the A, Oy vacaney Shaffer was has been such an untiring, ates are delighteq to have on the Board again. —_— instruction subject Bible study Preaching at 7 p. REPORTER. d Mr Mrs Wilson Swihart, Eli Swihart and eulah from Newton, lowa, for the located Hooks, n are to —_—— Kindly heen 1low comment :ar Wil - Christian enlarge- Dr. Miley wilt preach every morn . With the|ing at 10:20 and every evening at this ex=17:30, All services will begin promptly and in order to secure a Telearam is so | goat you will have to be on time. paper, and the sich people | sure in every evi- r prosperit E r of the Florida regarding the he n of the uily new yvear, ged The a tons arc a seven . 120 £ood nice The The Million start at the ;‘l'hm‘ feature has been the itest of all serial pictures, Dollar Mystery, will Majestic theater tonight. {4500 whole country and has drawn more than Two recls, or Mon advise wion | ine at|people in theaters any other meet . fcature ever made., will be run every Majestic and we intercsted in the movies not to erest to both d A last of | thing of the' mem - Wy at ssion those was nted at the miss this big treat. appo weeting to have charze part The Starnes Stock Co. will open their engazement at the mulmmum tonight in “The Call of the Wooc 1 4.act comedy, with vaudeville spe | cialties the Mr. and promptly f g, strongest company plenty of time | yhig yeap ho has ever hag and they will be seen in an excellent reper= | toire of plays. the clos session the adjourn and have a It = time important for to be between acts. presens arnes has the here may be As several mat. to be d member n=sed | d that every may enefit thercof BOOSTING WENDLER To the Public: The Polk Co. Fair Association takes this opportunity of public that Mr. J. H. Wendler has absolutely nothingto do with the coming i and is in no way identified with or any of its departments. In past tures connected with the has been identified iven to the pub- DIED YESTERDAY Fi h, n living advising the an aged zentle. on No lied at B i management of the goms view of unpleasant fea. exhibition whieh this part with, this notice POLK COUNTY SOCIETY. INC,; AGRICULTURAL Schurman. w colonies of Addres Al. Tacoh THE BANDIT AT BAY We-tern drama AS A MAN THINKETH A sidesplitting comedy THE CROSS IN THE DESERT A great two reel feature Full of action THAT AUDITORIUM ORCHESTRA The bunch that make real music s find a good show at Whenever Yyou catch jmitating it won't be worth yw THE E ONES Tomorroa.—v o i N LAR ).'YSTEBY Prices ¢, l()c Come early; only 350 seats others, WIS t 5 Ree] Feature A DASH TO THE ARCTIC In 5 reels Aleo a Keystone Comédy Scream the e ever made. Two thrill= r every Monday nig episode. nt. Don’t Presbyterian Church; the ministers | talk of the! W. C. T. U. Held Prayer Service At The W, C.|T. U: for the success of national prohibi- ion, held at the Cumberland erian church yesterday afternoon was a decided success. ed in the pulpit: Rev. Patterson, Rev. Wear, Rev, Wray and Rev. Callahan. Rev. Calla- han as host, announced the program and made the introductions. The program was opened singing “Onward Christian sol- diers,” Mrs. G. P. Webb, pianist. Rev. Miley was introduced ana read the scripture and offered prayer. Song—"The Fight Is On,” by the congregation . Mrs. Fleming in her wsnal fine manner read “The Cri In jr. troducing the speakers of the after- noon the ¢ man promised scme- thing good from each and they each made good. Rev. Wear “The Past, Mile. stones of the Prohibition Move- ment’ noted how, in the days of our Miley, Rev. with on Cumberland Pres.‘ praver service Pres- | The following ministers were seat-| grandfathers it was common to keep liquors on the sideboard. It was giv- en their sons, and their grandsons reap the fruits of their sowing. In those days it was common for preachers to take their toddy. An- other milestone was the step pub- lic schools have taken in teaching temperance. We of the saloonless towns must direct our fight against the locker clubs and bling tigers. | The audience was pleased with 'lho next number, “Will You?" a ,song by four little boys, Clifford and Walter Wilson, Boyd Holland and Harlie Morse, Mildred Morse, accom panist . “The Present, day,” by Rev. {in 18 The Wray. 12 a “crank” was * of the Methodist conf Battle of To. He told how 100ted” out rence who wanted to make it rule that preach- ers should be prohibited from mak - ing and seclling whisky. ! he said, ing some Of the cent events is the The pres. “We are go important re- abolishing the canteen from the army and navy; five States gone dry, two more soon to vote. The Catholic Prohibition League; the majority vote on the Hobson amendment, and the abolish— ting and curtailing of drinking in Europe. Mr. Mrs. \Webb, ac compan enjoved by all. Mr. Patterson came next, with the com {plaint that the three of allowed ten minutes cach and Roy W and Rev. Wray had taken up thirty minutes and hadn't left him any time at all But fonnd comething to say on Future, a Propheey.” e W T U. League had grown from ciants and of the wonderful they had accomplished, plshing and will still He insisted that cach and her part. An caused the reporter to miss some of his good remarks. It goes without ving that every - one enjoyed Mrs. Cason's solo. It is always a treat to hear her sing. The resolution endorging national prohibition was read by Mrs. Webh. It was adopted by the audience. Rev, Callahan with a few marks on the impossibility ning anything without called for a collection for the W. €. T. U., after which the bhenediction was pronounced by Rev. Wray. The W. C. T. U. wishes to thank all who took part the It meang much to our wor the so much talent. MRS. 1. B Pre-s Supe ent compared, solo, them were he 1« of Anti infants to work accom spoks how the and sSaloon were accomplish . must do his interruption pointed re. money, nrogram i to have of assistance and o ¢ ration MORSE, rintendent Hon. Jos. G ‘du_\ night Camp will speak Fri the First speak for him He zhly [.1..r»ux by many prominent men at Baptist church. We he |erflow audic AN ov ne is h en- - UNIVEDSAL IKE NEARLY GETS MARRIED You know Tke, don’t you? THE INDIAN'S ECLIPSE A Western drama full of life Mr. and Mrs. Jackley, the cowboy and girl lecturer, will give a lecture | of their travels and hardships to- nizght. Don’t fail to hear them. 1 Third Episode THE TREY 0' HEARTS The most sensational serjal motion | picture ever staged. Folks, I ain’t! kidding your, come and see for rour. self. want this pieture for we know you will be sorry if you do. We don't you to miss Admission the Same Sc, and 10¢ of run- ] Your Chance Of a Lifetime Wanted at Once Several Hundred New Customers To get these we are willing to make the greatest concession ever made in Lakeland. This offer commences MONDAY, January 18th, and positively closes on Monday, February Ist. OUR OFFER Bring us this Ad. with the following blank spaces filled with the names of five of your lady friends who are house- keepers and buy Furniture and we will give you an extra 10 per cent. discount for cash or on time. all our goods are marked in plain figures. on anything you purchase from us, either This is an absolutely bona fide offer, as We will be glad to welcome you in our New Store, so that you may see what a great offer this is. If you are not ready for your goods yet you may take advantage of this great offer by placing a small ceposit on them and our Auto Truck will deliver NAME AND ADDRESS whenever you wish. NAME AND ADDRESS Everything to furnish your home OnePrice Cashor Credit All our goods Markedinplain figures The Alligator | Goods ‘ Hand Painted Pictures Both Southern and Northern Scener)y These are Beauties » We also have a Complete Line of Stationery Magazines Popular SO0c Fiction Post Cards ¥ The Book Store | Come in often, for many attractive nov- elties are <ol plaved, and of house of McKay Furniture Co. Phone 414 Best Yalues for the Least Money. Cash Eéschrm employes east of Pittsburgh and , Pa., 3,804 are foreign while 103,721 are native citi= zens of the United States Happy Home Furnishers of Lakeland, Fla. 218 South Kentucky Ave. More than 19,000 employes of the railroad system were countries now en. European war. Of the Pennsylvania born in those gaged in he born, THE RAYS OF VISION are distorteq where the glasses are not just right. The glasses we of- fer are those which will correct er= rors and strengthen the sight. Come and have your eyes examined as they should be. Your sight is your most precious possession and you cannot afford to neglect it. Wea do our own lense grinding. If you have your glasses broken, and were fitted elsewhere, we can duplicaty them. COLE & HULL Jewelers and Optometrists, Lakeland thay FRENCH SOLDIERS IN NOVEL ROLE French soldiers near Arras belpirg the inhabi.ans repair their ruined bomes s0 that they will be fit to live ic. The houses were wrecked by Ger man shells.