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A ; i on the subject and overcoming a | tend, Florida, as mail matter of tne, ud o RRby ) second class. , lluman nmature shincs out very } M. F. HETHERINGTON, EDITOR.|brizhtly in a recent Kissimmee cpl. { LR LA e lside which we find noted as follows ! IRIEION RN in the Ocala St { e u'::‘:'m_ "Z “g. fie Kissimmee Valley ette e iy 1'25 tell- of a young man arrested in that ; Dellvered anywhere within the| " ' stealing a ride on a rail ! smite of the City of Lakeland for 10,702 train, tried in the city court i Seiith s week. and put to work on the strects for g [thivty days, during which time he % g From the same office 18 1ssued i haa to do the work of and assocjate { THE LAKELAND NEWS, with commion eriminals. At the end } of his sentence the young men of the | - suotished Avery afteruoou from the| Telegram Building, Lakeland, F.a.' tlutered in the postofice at Lake-| s weekly newspaper giving a resume o local matters crop conditions, -ounty aftairs, etc. Sent anywhere, ' 31.00 per year. , i DAKOTA NO PRECEDENT FOR FLORIDA Rube Allyn, of the Sarasota Sun, has been pondering the question of } State division for Florida, nounces himself and an - as an advocate of the proposed biscetion, ydate congressman from this district Rube for di. vizion closes his argument with these words: “Let us hurry out of the academic stage of discussion and get to the (services in the legislature, in whichlflpcnring in print every It's fighting stage quick. got to come—why not now?" No need to get in a hurry about it. Another generation must come Saturday, enthusiastic 'annonnces that he will be a candi- nly petrified prejudi had some thore which may and s hav ense I time, but not now. them at one town clubbed together, bought him some decent clothes and heiped him to find a job. All honor to the ¥ men of Kis wmple be followed.™ immee~ may theiy el B Py FECIStE DRANE FOR CONGRESSMAN In the Lakeland Telegram of last Hon. Herbert J. Drane for He is a man of ability and high char- acter; has rendered distinguished in next yea primaries body he has been president of the Senate for several terms; is fairly well known throughout the district land has the respect and confidence to the front, maks new sentiment |of everyone who knows him. He will fairs since time immemorial to be |this district will favor his candidacy, forces more potent with the yeo.|provided that Governor Trammell X manry who do the voting and the [does not run for the same position. fightinz than more practical consid- | For, it has been suggested in several and kill the old and dominate af. fairs In Florida before State division will have a fighting chance as an jssue in our politics. There are some strong practical reasons in fav- or of it, but arrayed against it are the prejudices, the customs, habits and sentiment of generations of Floridians who revere old things merely because they are old; these have been found in human af - and erationy addressed directly to their judgment and reason. The the original Da . kota into two States to which Rube refers, was a cold blooded proposition with no more sentiment about it than the bisecting of the carcass of an overgrown butchered for convenience in to market. Dakota had ground in history, tradition or sen- no Osceola the division of business steer getting it no back . timent, no old timers, thrilling ; and in her raw e Seminole, nor story of life under five fla tate, with her vast monotonous !amor of this State has ever won a Sl g plains stretcitingz away on every pgee for the United States Senate, ances of a single man did it. [ tifal lots only block from Lake STl okii. with: eHAN A e Rl e Tbiet faur fitneniaye teien | uhe iRthryi O everyamurcai i Motton, Uemy moHeEl) S ELRODNE outs of the mew arrivals, she was|it, The one who did win had to tile success is parallel. The ad-| house desirably located. Fine about as romantic as one of the jmake two successive trials. vertiser who does not l«l_: lay rove property which must be soi reapers and mowers just shipped out | As to the congressional race, Hon. slip by without having his say,| immediately to meet payment past to harve:t her first wheat erop. A, Angle, of Tampa, who ran (i3 bound to be heard from and| due. Will take part trade | There was no more chance for men- |, st Mr. Sparkman last year, has have his influence felt. Every cannot be an available precedent for the latter. Nevertheless, Florida will be divided some day, but not in our time. O The people who are working gen- erally in the cause of good roads for Florida and specifically for a State highway commission to be created by the next legislature as a permanent affair, have started out on a speech. making tour of the State to work up prove a very formidable opponent to Congressman Sparkman, if the lat. PERSIC| T PUBLICITY HITS TiiE EYE OF BUY- Ina PUBLIC. Ii & man kmoasted you on the eye and wassnod away and wait- od a week veiore he repeated the periormance, wou hart Be > very en at- tacks you w have an oppor- tunity to recorvor the effect of the o first blow. i But if he smashed you and kept mauling, cach impact of his fist would find you less able o stand the hammering, and a ha.f dozen would probably knock you down. Now, advertising matter of hitting the eye of the public. i you allow too great an interval to elapse be- tween insertions of copy the ei- fect of the first advertisement will have worn away by the time you hit again. You may con- tinue your scattered talks over a stretch of years, but you will not derive the same Dbenefit that would result from a greater con- centration, In other words, by week, you are able to get the benefit of the impression created the week before and as each piece of copy makes its appearance, the result of your publicity on the reader’s mind is more pronounced—you mustn’t stop short of a knock- jabs is, aiter all ter again becomes a candidate. down impression. Mr. Drane will have the cordial Persistence is. the foundation support of that very influential pa-1of the advertising success. Reg- per, the Lakeland Telegram, as well | ylarity of insertion is just im_l s doubtless of the rest of the papers |ortant as clever phrasing. The of Polk county, and we are quite|man who hangs on is the man confident that the Tampa Tribune |nijy, wins out. Cato the Elder will support him. 1t is likely also|jq oy, example to every merchant that more than half of the papers of \'li, yses the newspapers and should be an inspiration to ev- ¢ storekeeper who does not. FFor twenty years he arose daily! in the Roman senate and cried out for the destruction of Carth- In the beginning he found’ very unresponsive. But he kept on eve , month, after month and year after year, <inking into the minds of all the neeessity of destroying - Carth- age, until he set all the senated thinking upon the subject, and in the end Rome sent an army the cditerranean and | ended the reign of the Hannibals and Hamilear northern Africa. The utter- ie district that the gover . nor will enter the race for congress | Jut. Mr. lik parts of age. his conferees man next year Drance's ¥t cause the governor to decide to be . announcement is very come a candidate for the United, Stateg Senate, which a larze major jity of his friends and many others {fully expect him to do. The gov - ernor appears to be the most popu lay man in the State, and he will make a good race for any position to which he But, during the past ars, only one gov ACross ma pire forty ye over persistent insertion of copy brings stronger er On Saturday, Jan. 16, be tw 1 Lakeland and Bartow, one nickel plated square cornered bumper from an auto. Finder please notify Main Street Garage, Bartow, Fla. 37038 LOST Gent's $5.00 Dunlap and Certified Shoes now ient’s $4.50 Shoes $2.50. All $4.00 Shoes $2 '$3.50 Shoes $2.00. Gent's $4.00 Schoble Derbys now .50. All gentlemen’s soft Hats priced at $3.00, $3.50 and $4.00, now at 2.75. now FOR SALE-—The furnishings of one four and one five room cottage; in. “Taylor,” 1520 Franklin clos “HE EVENING TALEGRAM, LAK ELAND, FLA., JAN. 22_1_9_1/_’_——————’—'——\ LIGHT AND WATER NOTICE All light and water bills must be piid before the ontinued 1 for recor nection LIGHT AND WatTE DEPT 25th or service will 1 charge of 31 THE VASTNESS OF OUR COUNTRY The Forty Niners, as they were termed, took nearly as long to reach alifornia by ron as it took to il arourd the Horn. Commerce and Progr 0 hand in hand and soon the iron rails bronzht the divided ocean States only five days apart, whill telegraph and telerhone cemented business transactions to compar:. tively a few minnte’s separation. The vastness of our country is im and to the average man Alaska has a “far away” sound, al most as much so as eternity itselr. The completion of the Panama Cunal has doubled the efficiency of our navy and a spectacular voyage pressive, such as ensued when the Battleship | Oregon was summoned to tie aid of her sister ships dvring the war with . however, | 7 e Co.v.vaIcE 868 The Frcyc e in OB window w Il be Given Away FRLS Satu day before Easter. Come in, let us teil you about 11. 'EVER mind if the robins haven't arrived yet--Spring 1s on the way, and you’'ll be wise to leave your measure for your custom tailoreq clothes today-- then they’ll be 7 |Spain will rever again be nceessary. | Congress has passed a bill to build a railroad in Aiaska and in a com paratively short time, a trip to that country will ba a matter of common joccurrence and no more tuought of |than was a visit fro'e cue State 1o arother a few years ago. The Alas. kan problems are many but with the knowledge and experience obtained in the building of the Panama canal our government approaches this new undertaking with a confi dence born of success. There will coon be a brief pictor ial history of our great work cial institutions. Advance copies in dicate that it will be profitable ad interesting reading. 3650 New York city builders have in vested $165,000 in more than last year. FOR SALI small grove at 917 street. Address Mrs. W. D. ITar. FIVE RE | SNAPS for quick sale. Improved land. R. J. Straw, 60 tal comlat with the prejudice: declared that he will run again, but, 2 Anchidedn 3675 past in dividing such a te Witk v, Drane fu tho race, Mpr(returnis eoauselit hag the benes| - BRst Iime acte il i A e nEn 6 ten dalAr- BIL IS A1a e L Ve Ho Chanet. Uit of what has heen said hefore | #488#484 3450058888 060631 GI% (%, into two fives. 2 Wo predict that Mr. Sparkman juntil the public’s attention is! - prach Apalachicola * Y ’ The cases of Dakota and Florida, |will not azain be a candidate; how- struck like an eye that has hun:.§ 50 ot ; considered as candidates for bisec-|cver, our political prophecies mm.i-m repeatedly struck, that thei g Qysters S0c qt; pt. &Vc¢ tion and viviscetion, have few ele.|often resulted in non fulfillment.—least touch of suggestion \\'|llE:3: o v e e erm— ments in common, and the former|punty Gorda Herald. }fu-] like a blow.—Florida Grow-; ¢ I'ry our Home made ¢ Peanut Britile and 2 Chocolate Fudge H. O. DENNY Elliston Building. PHONE 226. Prompt Del. |§ KIMBROUGH SUPPLY CO, gentiment in behalf of their plan. | Street, Tampa S nis0: SRR RS PR I Joe Reese, of the Orlando Reporter-| ~ % r Above goods all new stock and Star, who knows Florida legislatures | FOR - SALE- 150 Leghorn pullets. fyapagt styles. Arrow Collars now with the knowledge of an expert, has Also one good work horse; Will | goine ot 7 each. Boys' 25e black times of scant population when the relative numbers of the sexes were so adjusted that every deserving girl The Bookbinders' International All Work Done by an E» i was sure of a husband; but it works Them Repaired Hete. ! differently now when there is :m.which insisted upon equal pay for enormous excess of marriageable men and women i the trade. Women women over marriageable men, and in an army of cases there is nothing ; in the shape of an a-ail>hle man « £ worth his for- .the~‘clinging _Tom;l'fi-@ n.4k;.-,f:!.._;m,:_ are S63 Kotiicks, Ave vine” to cling to. Mr. Clark’s the . receiving a week for unem . % N oi cry is obsolete, and the exores-ion ployment and 30 cents for support of ¢ St.oes that Fit if it is mercly to s»ve the t~ e nf familes of those drafted for service , doing some real study and thinking in war. CECLA I DTG P G o GOC OO N . . City Tax Collector. Equipped in the City. compose about 15 per cent of the membership of this union. 3 |was the first union in this country g |l Has the largest and most comp'ete Undertaking De- no hopes for the scheme, says the work anywhere; price, $50. J. ribbed Tlose, new stock, at 15c. |@ partment in the County,and o ‘ several counties shoald build their| Franklin, R. F. D. No. 1, Box 58. 1qent's $1.50 Arrow Shirts 90c. | are the most reasonab e o St k P ' - L P t N d d t own roads without lesislative assist.| Lakeland (necar Hallam Club ! gent’s $1.00 No Fade Shirts 60c. in prices. ur OC i émp““ e’ ew an up'tO' a Y ance and concludes with this cheer House). 99 Everything must go quick in the Big Lic it e A DS HAVE DEEN o pros it L 3 & icensed Kmbalmer in ALL GOODS HAVE BEEN CUT TO TIilE QUICK, AN -q ful punch on the sncot — | Sale of the Willlamson Clothing e e g T S St QUICK, AND MANY ARTICLES | = o S attendance at all times CUT BELOW 1 “OST TO MANUT . S PR “Knowing something of the tem.| Gent's §3.00 Dunlap and Certitied | Co.’s Pankrupt Stock. DAY PHONE 386 2 Sgfauios Uraltuka TLEM, CONSEQUP_N TLY per of Florida legi-latures, we think 0s now i Sale now on, across Main street o M8 OF ThiS SALL M.sT BE CASH it Il Adviscd to attempt to secure [, Geals §4.50 Shoes $2.30. from the old stand, in the new NCETIEC | DG e S legisiat i & 0 oot tedr. Al oes now $2.23; all | Dyches building, commonly known Calls inawaeedia. Bowrs WE ARE OVER ), OVER STOCKED IN EVE W x IN EVERY . State a r amount of $2.00. as the Futch building. 3707 e ——— WE MUST REDUCE STOCK AND RAISE LA»J‘ ‘;VI-‘H DEPART.I\ T noney ansthing that docsn't | hoble Derbys now | NOT URGE )J 1700 STRONCLY o ’:M” WE THEREFORE cost something will hardly be worth $1.50 | VEOLGTOIOEOED FALQ YOU X34 e ed s e TCOME - TINEVAND ¢ CONVI < e o ! I & E G ri havin temen's soft Hats priced | & ; sttt “ul BARGAIN EVENT LEVER e et b To SAVE MONEY at : i 21008 icked at Random 4 ve thit he!lGent's $1 \riow Shirts 90c. | 3 4 k {1 b U(‘ g ( . f himself Geut's § No Fade Shirts 6vc. |& $ 1 s 3 - . 4 " " n b 1 N . 4 Hes 0 { other day in ston, d eything must go quick in the I g 1 Mof Our Large Up-to-Date Stoeck o nSale at a Big Redue < b an anti sufirage speech on the tl ‘\'«;-‘ of the Williamson Clothin % Vtion in Prices. < nher Ok e s at o ... 85.75 iresses IFelt LTop i ory that woman is mere’; a “cling-|Co.’s Bankrupt Stock. e s " < m = | fng vine.” Well, it is silly to talk| Sale now on, across Main street | HERE'S YOUR CHANCE TO SAVE MONEY BY 3 1 S . Ve : about the modern woman that | from the old stand, in the mnew|§ SPENDING IT. g tals, extends ( 1 8 ak R ckers, also incipid style when we look out into{Dyches building, commenly known - P : g Oak, FumedOuk Early Lne- roomy Porch Rockers i |4 » Futch building 3705 1 9 ish, at 1 the wori and see wat e e actua. as the Puteh bulai. 3705 | % Sale Posilively Closes Monday Night, ¢ lish adies Torch Rockers y doing as an independent, self. —— & Ot O : { : .- 5 R 5 ther Oak Extension n [ ok g sustaining wage-earner in every vo-! NOTICE TO TAX PAYERS |} ~ January 25th b4 bles, 0 and 8 ft g Ladies Reed Rockers ... { cation where she is permitted to| 2 per cent discount allowed on all|¥ ? 2 Colde. 6 3 ] \ work. The “clinging vine” theory !city taxes paid on or before Jan. 30.|% PRICES NAILED TO THE FLOOR $ White Enamel Beds with 2 in widen Oak Dining: Chairs was very well for those primitive H. L. SWATTS, post at All other goods in every Dej Don't Forget That Our Shoe Repair Department is the Best pere ety ana vrompas. weve| | Why buy on Credit when you can save fro “THERE'S A REASON.” DUTTON-HARRIS COMPANY FCG FITTERS Phone 258 Rlue Shoes that Pleu-e at Panama distributed free of charge in this community by one of our finan . especially new structures and alterations during the | | | Tmproved property and | East Orange | vie, Grand Rapids, Wis. 3596 ——eee | IROVE, well improved, | close to Lakeland, near larze lzke, | cash barsain or trade for good house centrally located. Address Box 478. 2675 TwWo beau - itnims K imbrougin o Ready When You Need ’Em first choice of Ed. V. Price & Co.’s exclusive woolensand have the clothes delivered when youwant them---at a price [ Jyouil like to pay. Get the MOORE’S Little Style Shop 205 Main St. Drane Building al | i b "w_- 7 ot o /5 NTIC . Furniture, House Furnishings, Etc For the next 30 days we wil: throw our enti :1$40,000.00 Stock of Furniwic and Househok 1|Goods, Fianos, Organs, Buggies, Wagon Harness, Farming implements, etc., on PUBLIC SALE t astonishing Sacrifice Prices. 25t0 75 per cent. at 'Kimbirough Supply Co., lakeland, | —_—— e dinat