Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, February 17, 1915, Page 5

i LAKELAND w LACONIC In case of fite phone 5000 ARRIVALS AT HOTEL KIELER T llc]l(g:.p L. lrvilu. Cu n. bin Mr. a.n& jrs. J. R. V £ o o enburg, Va.: Dr. y and. wite, Atlan terns, Atlants, Ga. ::s and w?ie. A#l val and wife, Ve A. Kennedy “J ahl, Chi G. F. Rees, C loW Cone, l"n. Mo e n, Pa S pemton, 0°A> "Foss, Cleulnd. om{. m}‘%'. TamllL . Hors. llen, All Y. Rlu. &1 n, .snll Dl. loyd, Tam) lackuonvll fle Romllohe i “Thos haun H Heech, Atlanta, élman, Birmingham, race Robertson, Detrolt Vm. Cliett, Fort Mead y P. Len, Orlando, Fla.; tt, Jacksonvflle. . 'C. Rogers, Mansfield, St. Pe. . Bogh, Tampa, hicago; J ‘Carson, Tampa, Fla : Mrs. Mich la.; Har- Mike Dor- rsburg F nms Thommn, Wauchul Fla.; has. Sertz, Wluchulg[‘ H. 8. nyder, Chattanooga, e (_‘., D. 0ss, Birmingham, R. erger, At a; Mr. and Mn 3. aim. Hnrrll 1. Ir. and Mrs. x. Kuder, N. ¥ orbet};, gldulme G; c rebs, Punndelph Mn Atllntl yner, J on' R. Doyden in on, D, c. . H. D. Baker, Clyde ine; Mrs. Jas. T. Giddendeve and aughter, Bloomington, 111 The Ladies’ Aid Society of Dixie . nd M. E. church will meet at the ome of Mrs. D. M. Smith, 919 outh Missouri avenue, Thursday ternoon at 2:30. All members quested to be present. 1 i good thing. ‘ol. John 8. Edwards, member o1 he State Tax Commission, is' in cland from Tallahassee, being in his section on official business. He ill be here until tomorrow and is ng given a cordial welcome by s many Lakeland friends. Mrs. W.. C. Norvell left Monday ight for Jacksonville, where; she ill join Mr. apd Mrs. Love, the tter Mrs. Norvell’s sister, on a mo- pring trip down the east coast. At- r reaching Miami the party will ke the Over Sea route to Key West. rs. Norvell will be away about tylo eeks .. — Mrs. E. J. Bowyer, her daughter, iss Heloise, and her sons, Berlt‘sknd est, mot down from e dfirnmmuhthecmb— 1. Mrs. Bowyer and the boys have turned, but Miss Bowyer will re« ain with friends here for a few longer.—Tampa Tribune. Mr. R. Carson was in town yes- day doing the advance work for e great play “TODAY” which is poked at the Auditorium next esday, the 23rd. This is one of ose “Within the Law” shows and de stch a hit in Jacksonville hat it was bocked for a return date that city. Lakeland theater pers are lucky to-be able to see this traction as it pldys only the larger ties, but Manager Green told them hat Jax had nothing on Lakeland, b they decided to come here. Mrs. Gus Ta|~on is again in akeland, after.a two-weeks vis- with relatives and friends in Bartow. | I Mr, E. R. Jones of Frankfort, y, a prummcnt educator who lds the position of Assistant tate Superint: 'vnem lggntutk) but who has cently accepted the position of peneral Manager of the Arcadia ews, was in lakeland yester- ay, and stated that he was uch impressed with Souh Flor- a. and Lakeland. Mr. Jones ill make his home in Arcadia. al .‘ therefore when this fair daughter . | makes her debut the interest is in- endent of Instruc-, e POLK COUNTY FAIR DISCISSED o7 FARMERS ltp| s’ Club held aturda; of Mrs, M. A The Lakelay 8 delightful niéting 13, at the home Browere. This might wel] be called a fair. boosting day, for among the ladies ,!:e topic was fair, and among the en equally as much int, orellaey erest was Fhe Farmers' Club feels herself the mother of the Polk County fair, tense. The Jusual sumptuoug dinner was urved—wlth the same good * | fellowship that exists among us. White House coffee was furnished the club on this occasion through the courtesy of Mr. Geo. M. Wright of Lakeland. who ts agent for this fine coffee. After dinner we were treated to a | marvellous exhibition of paper cut work by an artist who will be pres. ent at Yhe fair. Mr. Schurman ad- dressed the club at the business | meeting in the interest of thé fair | and urged all to pull together to | push and to work and work hard to make our fair a grand success. Mr. Alfield, president of the xlubI eight years ago, gave an address which all enjoyed. He spoke in be-' half of the fair and reminded the {armers of the fine fairs they had | held in preceding years—that it takes enthusiasm and the boosting spirit to secure success. The subject | | for February, Spring and Summer 'Cropu for Home Consumption; Feed for Man and Beast, brought out a fine discussion, proving to the many newcomers present that in this 'goodly land where nature yields with such lavish abundance neither man nor beast should want for any | None need dread the soaring price of flour, when at our door is the sweet potato, many varieties of beans and peas, corn and Irish po- tatoes—all can be called the Florida lite Preservers. The Trishs'potato is. solxing the bread problem for starving Europe, as fine bread can be made from the H ‘can ‘maise sugar cane up, .this having one of the moat delightful of all syrups for thelr table. Much information was gained about cassava—a fine feed for s| and chickens—can be used as'IMsi potatoes, also in pud- dings. A finefgrade of starch can be made from the cassava. Mr. Calla. han gave us much information on the dasheens, which stand high as a food plant. Mapy delightful dishes 'can be made fromk this plant. Cuban yams, like the dasheen, can be used as a vegetable and provides a beau- tiful vine for our verandas, while deep down in the soil is buried the immense root which will supply our table with food. 1 Mr, Callahan told us much about budding and the art of propagation and of his work among the children. With such speakers as Dr. Conibear, Mr. Thos. Clifford, Mr. Alfield, Mr. Callahan and others the subject was ably handled. We all folt that we were favored beincs to live in such a State as Forida where the year around such viands could bLe pre= pared, for we women know that the way to a man's heart I= down his throat. The following new mc: enrolled: Mr. nd Mrs. and Mrs. P. H. Mrs. T. T. Yeager. Mr. o:d Mrs. A, |H Clark, Mr. Carl C. Clark, Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Gerdeau, Miss Ger- ldelu‘ Mr. F. R. Gerdeau. A vote of thauks was extended Mrs. Browere for her gracious hos- pitality. Dr. and Mrs Terg were Pert . Dettes, Mr. Lancy, Mr. and Conni' invited the club to meet with them in March. Subject, New Crops -Con- servation vs. Investigation. F. V. VANSICKLER, (AL SERVICE EXAMI- ATIONS T0 BE D 1] The Unlteq sugu Civil Borvlce €ommission lnnonnee- that on March 13 in Lakeland an open com- Petitive examination will be held for the positions of clerk and city car- rier in the postoffice at the place first specified. Clerks in offices of the first and second classes, and carriers in the city delivery service, are divided into five grades, the salaries of which are $800, $900, $1,000, $1,- 100 and $1,200 per annum, respec- tively. Clerks and carriers at first- class offices will be promoted suc . cessively, a grade at a time, to $1,- 100, and clerks and carriers at sec- | ond-class offices will be promoted in the same manner to $1,000, Promotions of both clerks and carriers will be made at the begin ning of the quarter following the ex- piration of a year's service in the next lower grade. No promotion will be made ex- copt upon evidence satisfactory to the postoffice department of the effi- ciency and faithfulness of the em . ployee during the year. Clerks and carriers of the highest grade are i eligible for promotion to the higher ! Ppositions in their respective offices. Competitors will be examined in the following subjects: Spelling, arithmetic, letter writing, penman - ship, copying from plain copy, read - ing addresses. Applicants must have renched their eighteenth but not their forty fifth birthday on the date of the ex- amination. The age limits are waived, however, in the case of per. sons honorably discharged from the United States military or naval ser- vice by reason of disability result- ing from wounds or sickness in- curred in the line of duty. Eligibles resulting from this examination who were under 21 years of age on the date of the examination will not be certified for filling vacancies in the position of aseistant postmaster. Male applicants must measure not less than 5 feet 4 inches in height in bare feet. No male applicant who passes the examiination will be eligi- ble for appointment either as clerk or city carrier who does mot weigh at least 125 pbunds without over- coat and hat. ‘It will be inadvisable for male applicants whose normal weight is less than 125 pounds to enter the exaxmination. Female ap- plicants are not required to be of any specific height or weight. The postoffice department has ad . vised the commission that no person ‘who has any of the following-named physical defects will be appointed to the position of carrier in the post- ‘office service: Hunchback; defective hearing, sight, or speech; blindness in one or both eyes; asthma; loss of arm, hand, or leg; crippled arms or legs; flatfoot; hernia; congenitai weakness of the abdominal wall, or such weakness caused by wound or operation. These defects will alsu debar a person from appointment to the position of clerk in the postoffice service, except that deaf mutes and persons with defective speech or hearing may be appointed to the po. sitions of mail clerk, distributer, anu directory and forwarding clerk, ai®™ persons suffering from flatfoot or weakness of the abdominal wall may be appointed to any position of clerk the dutieg of which they are physi- cally capable of performing. Appli- cations from persons who are not en- titled to appointment on account of physical defects will be canceled. Other physical defects may debar persons from appointment when in the judgment of the commission such defects would render them un- fit to perform the duties of the po- sition for which the examination is held. Married women will not be admit- ted to this examination. This pro. hibition, however, does not apply to divorced women or to women who are separated from their husbands and support themselves. This examination is open to all our last chance to see the Forest omedy Co. in the one hour musical omedy TUNEFUL MELODIES real treat of music, singing and dancing, featuring . Three Acts of Vaudeville ... —And— THE BIG MUSICAL COMEDY 4 BIG FEATURE REELS Doors open at € o'clock FEXT WEEK—TUESDAY Yark road attraction, 0y WITHINTHE LAW™ shows " - floajy Bow. on. sale £Q THURSDAY MUTT AND JEFF IN MEXICO Musical comedy FRIDAY, SATURDAY __ THE CHRISTIAN ' veel feature one of MAJESTIC THEATRE bad a girl nameu LAKELAND Fido, from If BARTOW KATHLEEN, would take its GALL-O-WAY? drink some CLEARWATER TARPON SPRINGS. Well, folks, we are going to give you one of those big majestic pro- grams tonight, five feature reels full of pep; & thrilling 2 reeler and 3 comedies. Good old Mutual ser- vice, the kind that 75 Rer cent of Florida exhibitors are using. Get busy. A POLITICAL FEUD 2 reeler, one of the most exciting we have had in a long time. Sl political A feal A thrilling story of the game. THAT BLACK EVE.. A comedy: samam PEGGY'S INVITATION Another great comedy (] nm:l T e on.a o % Prices 5¢, 10¢c GOOD MUSIC | CONTINUOUS SHOW Special Tomorrow JOHNNY JONES' TRIO Vaudeville classy 3 act in singing, dancing and clean comedy, featuring | BUSTER—THE CLEVER ¢-VEAR. ‘ OLD SINGER THE SECOND CHILDEOOD Keystone scream SPECIAL NOTICE The first standing of the Majestic auto contest will be announced at 8 p. m. tomorrow night. SPECIAL FRIDAY RUNAWAY JUNE First Episode; start it ané you will . = +9¢ sure-to-fnisly 2 The old folks’ concert that took place at the school house a week ago Tuesday night, the 9th, was en- joyed by an eppreciative audience. The old folks “pulled oft their stunts in the approved style and caused a great deal of amusement. ‘The Hollingsworth Rook Club met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Will- cox (Brookside Inn) on Friday night of last week. Mrs. Browere is entertaining her two nieces, the Misses Wright, si ters of Mr. Howard Wright of New York, who are in Florida for the winter. Mr. Adams, of Penn, is the guest of his sister, Mrs. Wi. A. Kerr. Mrs. S. J. Perry is in St. Peters. burgh with her daughter who is sick. The packing house at Sparling started up Tuesday for business. Mrs. Willcox held a reception on Monday for @ few vr her neighbors. The ladies were given needle and thread and pencil and were request ed to hem a piece of bloth with their left hand, and write their names with their left hand. They were also given @ piece of paper and told to tear out a picture of an elephant, using only their fingers or teeth or tongue, and some of the elephants thus produced were works of art. Refreshments of cake and choco - late were served. Those who enjoyed the afternoon were Mrs. Stansbury, Mrs. Moffat, Mrs. Milt Stansbury, Mrs. Geo. Phillips, Mrs. Clark, Mrs. Gracy, Mrs. McCloud, Miss L. K. Pearce and Herbert Phillips. THE EVENING maom LAKELAND, FLA., FEB. 17, 1916 MEETING AT THE CHRIS- TIAN CHURCH. Rev. J. W. Tendall is with us again for about three weeks meeting. It is useless to tell you about Rev. Tendall as a preacher, for many heard him while here about a montp 8O and know what an aB1e"préach- er he is. Come and you will hear what will do you good. The meetings will be held at the church, begining 7:30 p. m., this evening. His subject for tonight is: “The Book of Remembrance”. Everybody is invited to these meetings. REPORTER. Mr. C. D. Clough is confined to his home by illness, which his many friends will very much re- igret to learn, all hoping he will soon be able to be out agam Iakel:md is in the hands ,the decorators, and the city wnll take an @ gala appearance by the time the Polk County Fair opens in this city on next \l'nn— day. The stars and stripes arc alrcadv ornamenting many of the business houses and by the time the big week opens and thc crowds pour in, they will find | Lakeland “all dolled up.” Mrs. W. R. Groover and Mrs. W. F. Hampton chaperoned the young ladies who went to Tam- pa yesterday to grace Lake- land’s municipal float in the pa- rade They were received by Mayor and Mrs. O. M. Eaton and entertained at the DeSoto Hotel. The young ladies, in their strikingly beautiful cos- tumes, were themselves a most {The sing at the house on the hill was very well attended Sunday night and we had a good sing. ‘Ed Middaugh is spending a few day® at Fort Meade. SCRIBE. MR. CHRIS WAHL. Mr. Chris Wahl passed away last night having been ill the past three weeks of fever, at his home on North Florida avenue. The funeral took place this af- ternoon at the family residence, Rev, Pugh, of the Lutheran church, in charge, interment be- ing made in the Lakeland ceme- teny. 4 Mir. Wah! was a native of Ger-' many and since comfhg to-Lake- land three years ago has com- ducted a bakery at his resi- dence. He was 25 “years of age and was respected by all who knew him as a young man of high principles and excellent' ‘character. Besides ‘his wife he leaves a mother, two sisters, Misses Katherine; and Lena! Wahl and two brothers, Jacob and Willie to mourn his loss. The bereaved ones have the| mpathy of a largfi number of | friends. citizeng of the United States who meet the requirements. From the eligibles resulting from this examination it is expected that certification will be made to fill ex- isting and future vacancies. For application blank (Form 1371) and “Instructions to Appli- cants,” address the secretary of the board of United States civil-service examiners at the postoffice at the place of employment or the place of examination named above, or the district secretary at the address be- low. No application will be accepted unless properly executed and filed with the district secretary in time r?r him to arrange for the examina - SECRETARY FIFTH CIVIL SERV. 1CE DISTRICT, Atlanta, Ga. THE LYRIC A LAW UNTO HERSELF 2 reel drama. This is something out of the ordinary. Be sure to see it. FORD STERLING IN HYPNOTIC POWER You know Sterling stands for com- edy; better see it UNIVERSAL IKE AND HIS MOTHER-IN.LAW Another one of those 16 cylinder comedies TOMORROW PERILS OF PAULINE Sc and 10e effective and pleasing advertise- ment for their home city, and attracted much interest and at- tention. They were Misses Mary Groover, Mary McKay, Frances Straw, Reva Fletcher, Mary Owens, Myrtle McRae, Brunell Swindell, Edtih Tomlin- son, COL. BRUCE'S FUNERAL CONDUCTED AT TEN O'CLOCK THIS MORNING. The funeral services over the remains of the late Col. J. H. A, Bruece were conducted this morning at the First Methodist church, Dr. J. E. Wray in ch-nrge, assisted by Revs. Stein- meyer and Patterson.. Dr. Wray and Rev. Patterson read lessons, following which Rev. Steinmeyer made a brief takk paying a beautiful tribute to _the deceased. Appropriate music ,was furnished by the choir. As stated before, the body was placed in a vault at the Kim- hmugh Undertakmg parlnrs, where it will remain until spring, when it will be shippepd to Wil- ton, N. H., for interment. \ How Are Your Office}Tools? Dependablefand efficient tools are [essential in any line of work. If you buy your office supplies of us, youcan [ o Stationery B Fountam Pens Blank Books Supplies Pencils, Inks, etc. Modern Dentistry This is a day and age of Specializing. We are Specialists in every branch of GOO D DENTISTRY. i Our Modern Equipment and years of practical exper- ience insuves you'''Best- Work at Reasonable Prices.” Set of Teeth $8.00 Up Work C Fillings socUp rown and Bridge $4.00 Up Roofless Plates A Riggs discase, Loose Teeth treated and cured. 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Your imimediate 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 Bidg. JACKSONVILLE, FLA. W. O. W. Circle will meet at the W. O. W. hall Thursday evening 8 o'clock. Every mem- ber of the Circle that can possi- bly arrange please be present as there is business of importance! on hand, and only one more meeting before convention, There will be a called meeting of Palm Chapter No. 26 O, E. S. on Tuhrsday evening, Feb. 18, to report on arrangements for the birthday celebration of Sarah M. Duggan. Flora F. Keen. Secy. 0//%Y//4 /Ienelmme fo Sto, and to tell eoch week HELLO. EVERVBODY. I'M HERE TO TELL YOU WHI HARDWARE STORE IN TOWN. I‘l'c.HS i Lakeland Plumbing and Hardware Co. THEY SELL GOOD. RELIABLE HARDWARE. THEY KEEP THE YOO'LIGET A SaORE s "MMERED. DOWN LOW. PHONE 178 YOU'LL SEE ME EVERY WEEK Lakeland Hardware and Plumbing Co. 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