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Tae tvgn_ln_u ]_eleoram ¥ .ulished every afternoon from tre!has called the turn on our scheme. |law; I want the Canal built.” Telegram Building, lLakeland, F.a. Kntered in the postoffice at Lase- d, Florida, 3s maff matter of the nd class. . F. HETHERINGTON, EDITOR. SUBSCRIPTION RATES, Jue gear ces 4 81t moacne ‘bree monine Delivered anywhere within the limits of the City of Lakeland for 10 sente a week. From the same office 1s issued THE LAKELAND NEWS, a weekly newspaper giving a resum o local matters, crop conditions, wanty aftairs, etc. Sent anywhere or $1.00 per year. —ee Pensacola is to have a new week- 1y paper, the Independent, the first issue of which is to appear this week. J. P, Roberts, Jr., is to be the editor, and Herbert Felkel of thc Evening News will assist him. That's a strong team. ! | —— The Arcadia News says that the recent amazing inaccuracy of the Stimulus to all lines of business.! Sanford Herald in stating that Or- lando was the best inland town in make investigation of the can- «care a hang for the law,” if, it! Florida was most likely a case of nery that was place in operation ., i ‘ot “irony mixed with satire.” charitable construction on it, it seems to us merely a trial flight of Bob Holly’s imagination to see how hig wings worked. i It is pleasant 'fo’ ot ‘that the Ocala Banner is quoting matter in defense of Secretary Bryan against need of an industry of this kind, Roosevelt pt Goethals “on the coarse and malicious defama- |)¢ljeves steps should be taken to job.” tion of his enemies. William J. ' Bryan is one of the men, an honor to his country and a dblessing to his generation, and there could be no higher tribute to his greatess and power, to his Washing . tonian purity and patriotism, than the cloud of Lilliputian arrows darkening the air around him in fu . tile efforts to destroy him. Will Crawford, recently appointed prosccuting attorney for Osceola county, is alrcady making good and has opened a relentless war uvpon the gamblers and blind -tigers there, Over twenty have been arrested ‘within the last week. Nothing is more demoralizing to the law and gy bold stroke of our mighty pen cleave ‘the State of Florida in twain, but Ithe cleverest pen-pusher of us all {The Lakeland Telegram straightens us up this wise.” "PRESERVING FACTORY [ ONE OF CITY'S GREAT- “The proposition of building EST NEEDS jand operating a citrus fruit and {vegetable cannery n this city ought to interest every grove- man, packer, trucker, business and laboring man in and around Arcadia,” said a citizen who is interested in the advancement of i the masses to an Enterprise rep- resentative yesterday. Continuing, he said: “We need {this factory as much or more than any community in South Florida. It will not only turn our by-products—truly a shame- ful waste—into thousands of dol- lars but will also give employ- ,ment to large numbers of labor-| ers at remunerative wages. It | will encourage trucking and fruit growing and prove a dicided “Arcadia should by all means Langley, who is at the head of the Auburndale project, to come to Arcadia and give us in detail his plans, since he ofters to lo- encouragement is offered.” . the The Enterprise, feeling at gnce establish a factoiry herc, crop of fruit and the spring and summer crop of vegetables. There is a decided increase in trucking acrcage and there will also be an enormous amount of citrus fruit products. We ought to convert the “culls” into good money and at the same time give employment to our laboring men. A disatch from Palmetto to the Tampa I'ribune of Jan. 25 says: almetto, under the auspices { its board of trade, is about to establish a canning factory to take care of the surplus grape- o ‘THE EVENING TELEGRAM LAK ELAND, FLA., FEB. 3, 19 vegetables of the Manatee sec- tion. Properly conducted, such plants ought to be successful from the start and they will solve DOING THINGS “l don't are a hang for the | This is the remark attributed to Theodore Roosevelt, when President, by Colonel Goethals,! our waste products.—Tampa Tri- as reported in The Tribune’s As-|bune. sociated Press dispatches. The remark was made when President Roosevelt proposed to abolish the Panama Canal Com- mission and concentrate all au- thority in Goethals. When NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE Notice is hereby given that I, as 3 i sheriff of Polk county, Florida, un. osiinle ol iRt e R It It der and by virtue of a certain execu- :\ll‘r.l {a(l;t, l:h_er]' b'elc‘l;etar) Uf “har’ {tion issued out of the circuit court ‘uu)e e 'C{,axy of such a in and for Polk county, Florida, step, the President used the ian-|g..09 the 6th day of February, guage quoted. 1915, in a cause therein pending What ever opinion we mMaylyherein E. A. Well Company is hfwc of Rops.e\'elt s pol!!l_cal plaintiff and C. G. Fletcher and A. ’\'}c\\‘s anfl P°]'5‘3§v we must giVe 'R pletcher, defendants, have levied him credit for doing things. He upon and will, on Monday, the 5th set ‘out to build the Panama|ydy of April, 1915, sell for cash to Canal and he took the most di-|¢he highest and best bidder, at the ‘rcct steps toward that end. He[door of the court house in Bartow, {didn’t stop the haggle over legal |Florida, the following described |technicalities. ~He knew that |property located in Polk county, { Goethals was the man to do the [Florida, to wit: The SW! 1-4 of the work and he didn’t want Goe-|NW' 1.4 of section 3, township 27, 'thals hampered by a commission. [south, range 23 east, and also fifteen It was a one-man job. There (15) acres in the northeast corner had to be one head, one “boss.” of the NWi 1 4 of the SE 1.4 of sec- So Roosevelt took that step and tion 5, township 27 south, range 23 no one can dispute its efffcacy in ‘east, said lands to be sold to satisfy bringing about the desired result. said execution and costs. ! President Roosevelt did not JOHN LOGAN, Sheriff, Polk County, Florida. 3765 as to interrupt the building of | That at Auburndale a fe weeks ago.'the Canal. So he waved aside: may be, but seeking to put a more | think we should invite Mr. ;11 jegal objections. He was! there to get certain work done—| and it was done. With a less' determined, a less positive, man in the White House at the time, 'cate plants wwherever sufficient o might still be haggling about building thé¢*Canal, But we now have it. Goe- thals built it amli‘ the, ! Americans, as a rule, :ulmirc; world's great ¢, that we may handle the late that sort of spirit. It may not be strictly in accordance with law, but it “gets there”. With- out it scarcely any of the great works of this world would hav been accomplished.—Tampa T bune. CANNING FACTORIES | The Tribune is.pleased to sece| Florida waking up to the oppor- tunities it has for the successful | operation of the canning and pre-| serving industry. | Within the past few wecks,| order spirit in the community than iruit and vegetables of the Man- the organization of several con-| to have laws which the officers make Atee section, in conpection with cerns to pack Florida products| no efforts to enforce, for it brings 1ixic Canning Company of Au- has been announced in The Tri-] all law into contempt, especlally burndale, ki, who have a suc- bune’s news ssiul method of preserving day morning, this paper carried|Dustin among young men and boys, and an officer of moral courage and back- grapeiruit which has been in op- the news of the establishment of bone like Crawford is a prize assett. ecraton with a modern plant for a canning plant at Palmetto, tu] ture ce! itwo years, columns, Yester- um, the Clever leading man Auditorium Friday and Sat- handle the surplus grapefruit and urday. t ehproblem of what to do withl in “The Spoilers,” 9.reel fea- (¢ 15. NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR LETTERS PATENT AND INCORPORAYION NOTICE is hercby given that the under- sigued wil: apply 1o the governor of ihe stave of Florida, at his office in the state house in | the eity of Tallahassee, siate of Florida, on | March 2nd, 1915, for letters patent incorpor- ating ourselves, our associates and successors into a body politic, and -corporate, under the name of COLE & HULI We als) hereby declare and show {hat the fallowing charter and articles of incorpora- tion is a full, true and complete copy, the original of which is now on file in the office i of the secretars of state of the sald state of | Florida, at the said city of Tallahassee, dur- ing the time required by law for the publica- tion of this notice, H. H, COLE. ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION AND PRO- POSED CHARTER OF COLE AND HULL. We, the undersigned, hereby and by these artlcles of Incorporation assoclate ourselves together for the purpose of becoming a body politic and corporate under the laws of the state of Florida providing for the formation, management, _liabilities, and immunities of corporations, the provisions of which law are hereby accepted, and we hereby declare that | the following articles of incorporation shall constitute and be the charter of said cor- poration upon the issuance of letters patent according to law, ARTICLE 1. The name of this corporation shall be COLE AND HULL. ARTICLE 2. The general office and prin- cipal place of business of this corporation shall be in the city of Lakeland, county of Poik, state of Florida. The board of directors may establish branch offices at other places from time to time as may be desired, ARTICLE 3. corporation shall be ninety-nine years. ARTICLE 4. The general nature of the business of this corporation shall be: To manufacture, buy, sell, import and export, re- pair, deal in and deal with goods, wares and merchandise of every class and description, The period of existence of this ) o 84 Modern Dentistry This is a day and age of S qc‘ializin . We are Specialists in every branch of GOOD D TSTRY. Our Modern Equipment and years of practical exper- jence insures you Best Work at Reasonable Prices. Crown and Bridge $4.00 Up Roofless Plates A specialty NP Riggs disease, Loose Teeth treated and cured. Teeth extracted without pain. Come and let me examine your teeth and make you estimate. s e e OFFICE UPSTAIRS FUTCH AND GENTRY BLDG Offie Hours 8 to 6. Suite 10-12-14 Separate Rooms and Equipment for White and Colored, Children’s Teeth extracted, under ten years, FREE. Dr. W.H. Mitchell’s Painless Dental Offic i P Y SPILIE a8 Qo Pl Set of Teeth $8.00 Up Work Fillings soc Up BB PEEPIBI and in particular watcies and parts thereof, | Including both movements and cases, canes, umbrellas, opera glasses, jewelry, gold and silver and glass and leather ware, nav- elties of all kinds and other articles that may be conveniently dealt in in counection there- with; to buy, sell manufacture, export, im- port and generally deal in jewelry, watches and diamonds; to buy, lease or otherwise ac- quire, maintain and operate jewelry stores; to carry on the business of wholesale and re- tail dealers, watch manufacturers and dla- mond merchants. ARTICLE 5. Th stock of this corpo thousand dollars amount of the capital tion shall be twenty-five 000) divided into two hundred and fifty es of the par value of one hundred dollars (§$100.00) each. Any or ald capital stock may be paid for y, labor services at a just valuation 1o he fixed by the lucorporators at a meeting called for that purpose, ARTICLE 6. The business of this corpora- tion shall be conducted by a board of direc- tors of not less than three nor more than The annual meeting of the olders shall be held at the principal of- of this corporation on the second Mon- year, or as soon there- at_which meeting there by and from the stockhold- ers a board of directors for the ensuing year, The board of directors so elected shall meet nediately following the adjournment of such annual meeting he stockholders, and shall o1 zanize | from their number vice president, secretary and 8. 1l at the first annual meeting, or after as practicable, adopt the corporatio ARTICLE 9, The highest debtedness or liability to which this corpora- tion shall at any time be subject shall be the sum of twenty-five thou ARTICLES 10, Uniil the cors the busil conducted b s: C. A lopt temporary by- first annual meeting of the stockholders. ARTICLE 11, the subseribers to these articles of incorpor- ation, torether with the number of shares of ital stock subscribed by each, set op- posite his name, are as follows: The names and residences of Number of Residence. Shares , Lakeland, ¥ amount of in- and treasurer, do not change as frequently as apparel, but they do change. Fy all that is new in jewelry this sto It you conte 'plate the purchase of amn ornamej either for yourself or anmother, v is headquarters. AR A s st atatseaess Postoffice Next Door to Us The stockholders of this cor- | ary by-laws for the government of this Must Little Homeless Children Suffer In Florida? WE DO NOT BELIEVE that the good people of Flor- ida rcaiize that there are right now in our State Hundreds The Dacia has, after many m-mys,‘ “A company with about $30, sailed from Galveston for a German port loaded with cotton, which pro. duct is not contraband, as all the warring powers have agreed. The British war vessels are watching for the Dacia with the avowed purpose of making a prize of her, although she is not a German vessel, having been purchased from German own-— ers and transferred to American registry. The ship will edly be taken and the disposition to be made of it will create a very deli- cate, if not dangerous issue between this country and Great Britain. Of course the latter nation wants no trouble with Uncle Sam and the latter has no chip on his shoulder asking somebody to knock it off, Great Britain preferred, but if cot. ton is not contraband and the Dacia delongs to American owners by bona fide transfer, England has no rights in either the ship or its cargo. She may be “mistress of the seas” in al poetic and sentimental sense, but she is not mistress of American ships even though they formerly sailed under the German flag. undoubt..! 000 capitai wil shortly be organ- ized with shares of a par value of “They expect to produce about 25,000 cans daily, employmg about eighty people and usmg trom 500 to 800 boxes ot grape- fruit daily. | “The work done by the Au- {burndale plans shows that the guods can be produced at a prot-! (it of about 20 per cent to the 'company, and aiter allowing a fair profit to the retailer, be soid as cheaply as the cheapest grade, of canned goods that can be ship-| ped in from the north, *“The shares will be of a par! value of $25, somg of the smaller growers bemg allowed to make part payment by future delivery ot fruit, “I'he Manatee l'ruit Cump;m)[ has agreed to take $5000 ot istock and several large growers lare anxious to get in on the 'ground floor of such a generally benefici The Building of the Panama Canal Was a Great Achievement It requires determintion, energy, push and iumber to build anything —even a House, Barn, Shed or Fence Whatever you determine to build SEE US FOR THE MATERIAL al proposition, so no dit- We heard many gloomy predic. ficulty is anticipated in getting tions at the beginning of the winter |41 carly start. that hard times resulting from the| “Grapefruit will be the main war and that ereature of the imag- product, as there is practical no inatjon, “the Wilson panic,” would'competition to meet in that line, deprive Florida of her annual crop 'and the canned fruit sampled by of winter tourists, but these pro.|the board of trade had all the phets of war got off wrong. Lake.|freshness and “tar of the fresh land is full of tourists and more are | {ruit, after bein coming every day. And true of Lakeland seems to be equal.! Iy true of all the other winter re-|gseason, sort cities of the State. fn fact, it | yrown here to keep the factory is likely that this will be a record | yuning on flll time the year year for Florida tourists, for many ruuml."‘ 2 who would now be in Europe lmt‘ % 5 Lo s 5 for the war have come to Florida. | 10he Miami Metropolis of re One winter trip down nere is pretty |“m date . “The s e will sure to mean another one, and once | Vatch with interest the fortunes the habit is formed of coming here "l that new \'i\ll_"inj\' factory at there is no breaking it. | \uburndale. It is proposed to take care of grapefruit that be- cayse of its ‘off color’ or russet skn is not to be sold at a price in northern markets. factory intends to can the vegetables will be canned in and there enough ol is says: Rube Allyn, of the Sarasota Sun, recently jumped into the arena with his celebrated fighting shirt on, and, calling for attention in his well. known stentorion tones, cried aloud: l R s . » “Here, you fellows; I've just thought | PUtS 1t up i delicious style. of something. Let's divide the The Lakeland Telegram, in State of Florida and do it right now, Speaking of the enterprise, says: without any waste of time in aca~| lhat grapeiruit cannery at Au- demic discussion. The thing’s dead burndale, which takes care of all $%ripe for cutting.” It didn’t seem ‘the “culls” and turns out a pre- * ‘possible to us on the spur of the me. pared article, which preservps ment, and we moved to continue the the full flavor of the fruit, it at case for further conmsideration. Ard tracting much attention, not on- now comes good old Rube, who ly in Florida but at the north, quotes in full our motion “r con. and promises to be a paying in- tinuance, with this lovely Jittle yestment. Such enterprises rich- rretace: tv deserve success."—Arcadia “We thought we might with one Enterprise, good I'he fruit canned by the what s {company’s process, but all kinds|# and claims to have a process that|3 Red Cedar Shingles a Specialty Lakeland Manufacturing Company LAKELAND, FLORIDA CEPLPIPIREPICT Fresh Groceries PEPVPP PP Clean Store Right Price Good Service Large Stock $ * : § D. B. Dickson Yours to Please STATE OF FLORIDA, | COUNTY OF POLK, SS. Before the undersigned, a_ notary public in {and for the state of Florida at large, per- sonally appeared . A. COLE and L. C. HULL, who, after being duly sworn each for himself, | deposes and says that he is one of the per- | sons described in and who ed the fore- "going articles of incorpor: as an incor- {porator therein; that he has read said articles | of incorporation | of, that the Incorporators intend in good faith to form a corporation for the purpose of car- rying on a lawful business as set forth in I said articles of incorporation. C. A COLE, L. C. HULL. d subseribed before me this 23rd D, 19 OVERSTREET, State_of Florida. nd knows the contents there- TRU Public OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF COOK, S8 Before the un ned, & mot: personally app H. Col being duly s is foreg ing_articles of Incorporation porator thereof ; that he has read articles of incorporation and knows the ts thereof, that the incorporators in- tend in good faith to form a corporation for the purpose of carrying on a lawful business as set forth in said articles of incorporation, H. H, COLE. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 25th f January, A D, 1915, al) STANLEY W. BALL, Notary Public. My commission expires Oct. 16, 1917. 3150 You Are Not Getting Full Value Out of Your Paper Unless You Read the ADVERTISEMENTS Has the largest snd most comp:ete Undertaking De- partment in the County, and are the most reasonab e in prices. Licensed Embalmer in attendance at all times DAY PHONE 386 NIGHT PHOMNE 224 Calls answered at all hours i MOVED AGAIN!! 1 am nowl ocated in the room formerly occupjed by the White Star Market on South Florida avenue. Thanking all my former pa~ tronsufog soasp, favors and so! licitin~ a share of va-ritrada in my new location, I sours truly am _DENNY "226. Prompt Del. 00648062 i L IPPOP0000000 TOOIRS0S 4 CONIIIRE ELECTRIC mommmmmi . of little children in real need—some absolutely homeless— that just must be cared for. 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—ant every orphanage in Florida crowded to the doors—that the people of Florida will let our great work which has carcd 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 YOUR EYES Are worth more to you than any other part of the body. V you feel them growing tired, I ing, smarting or drowsy, think Cole & Hull for your glasses. do our own lense grinding, all b en lenses duplicated. “A Pleasure to Show Goods.’ COLE & HULL Jewelers and Optometrists Lakeland, Fla. 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