Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, February 22, 1915, Page 4

" Tt T Brsd 8o Pegn land, Florida, as mail matter of the second class. (By Contest Manager.) J The Majestic theater contest management announces that they have withdrawn as the capital prize the 4-cylinder Buick automobile and have substituted a 6-cylinder | cent. Buick, 1915 model, price of which is $1,750. This will be good news to the many active contestants, and will encourage all to remew their efforts with even greater vim. Another chihge has also been made—the date of the closing of the contest hag been changed to July 10 instead of May 10. The following is the standing of the contestants when the last count o F. HETHERINGTON, EDITOR l SUBSCRIPTION" RATES VOMe YEAP <..veesionnns veee.$5.00 Six months “ee 3.50 Three months .... .o 125 Delivered anywhere within the limits of the City of Lakeland for 10 cents a week. D —— e — From the same office is issued THE LAKELAND NEWS, A weekly newspaper giving a resume of local matters, crop conditions, county affairs, etc. Sent anywhere for $1.00 per year. count, $20,175.00. account, $11,131.73. 488.73. 000.00. $257,488.73. ‘The contest department will issue $11,716.97. — |accounts at the different business $927.96 il The Russians are proving a dis. appointment in the European war. tic theater contest. If you owe an|.,unt $1,974.31. as the Germans or they have officers | these stores, now is the time to pay | g36.12. i —_——— Miss Hazel Williams .. 4 When the James brothers were |Mrs. W. J. Merrill . terrorizing the west a generation | Miss Susie Tucker ago and detectives all over the|Annabel Marshall country were trying to run them | Kathleen Carter . down, the man who would have.Anna Ellis predicted that Frank James would|Maud Hardin die peacefully at home in bed, of old Beulah Watson age and with his boots off, would Florence Zimmerman .. have been considered a poor pro-|Mrg, C. Livingston .. phet. But that is just what Frank Miss Helen Sneed .. v did the other day. We never can Mrs. Walter Bates ... g tell about things in this world un. Mrs. R. J. Perkins . 168,550 | lows: 139,600 eral account ... ..127,350 Fines ... ... ... ..123,100 Taxes ... ... ... 119,400, Light and water b til after they have happened. Miss Mary Groover . 117280 | Pound fees .. . ————— i Edith Lundstrom ... 116,350 | Found sale License ... ... . Sheriff Spencer and his deputies, of Hillsborough county, deserves Rl et high credit for the prompt and ef- fective way in which they took hold of the case and caught_ the negro| v o iy ::f::m rape flend who assauled ik’ *the '::."3 Yon_'ner % most brutal manner a white womau | s R g;le g near Fern Lake In _that county. M7 R. E. Sclpper . The negro might easily have made his escape from officers less vigilant 117,250 114,000 Caroline Brusie ../ Lurline: Pillans .. Sanitary ... ... i‘.,’.’,’ifig License fees . ++107.850 | by ibing fees ... ++107,300 | g per connections e + 94,2001 general account Mrs, Wi. B. Moon 4 and energetic, and it is horrible to|Clere Tomlinson 91,400 i think of such a nonster being at |Annebel Marshall 90,300 [ Total .. ... .. ......$15,824.31 Rachael Clpnts .. 88,000 DISBURSEMENTS large to commit other crimes. Ana Hillsborough county now has & fine | Mr®: Ethel Wood opportunity to break all records and | Miss Vera Buchanan bang that villain without a mo-|Hazel McMullen ...... ment of uhnecessary’ delay. Tn such | Rose Lee Stenson .. cases there should- be special pro.|Mrs. Nellle Walker . vision ofslaw to indict and try, the | Miss Emily Wilson . criminal without waiting for reg-|Miss Alpine Richardson ular terms of the courts, and, no|Miss Mildred Hampton matter what the difficulty and added | Miss Edna Aylor . expense of such & quick procedure, | Anna Cardwell it would have overwhelming popu-|Vera McRag . lar approval. It is outrageous to|Anna Streater . let that negro devil feed and fatten | Lillle Melntyre ... for months in jail at the expense of | Mrs. T. E. Watson the taxpayers before the hangman | Miss Helen Skipper ...... gets him. Miss Edith Nelson . Eddle Kibler vee. 5,000 |Sundries ... ... fThe man killers up in Georgla | Rose Lee Swindell ........ 5,000 | Light and water . aro killing them right and left, and | Mrs. Lula Rutherford ..... 5,000, Hoepital ... 80 ravenoug i their appetite for Charity ... ...... slaughter that they have wiped out | FINANCIAL REPORT OF Floating debt fun 87,600 eral account .... 55,600 | Jail ... 51,600 | Street ... . 44,000 | Salaries . .. . 15,100 5,000 Contingent . b both the sex line and the color line ASSOCIATED CHARITIES and shoot them down regardless of Feb. 3, °:'h in baok, gen. former distinctions on that account F BRCORH SR e e shy 'ebruary 16th, 191 The assassination of Banker Oliver fi,cmg's L Feb 18, lonsh in bagk dud by a gang of cowards, supposed to be | Balance Jan. 15 . Al Tespectable, was a peculiarly vile | Receipts since Jan. 15 from plece of work and ought to stir even city commissioners and Cash on hand .... rate of interest, 5 per cent. Bond issue, Sewer, Paving & Pub. Imp.; principal, $150,000; ity, 1940-56; rate of interest, 5 per matur. Notes outstanding, light and wa- ter account, $1,182.00. Notes outstanding, general ac. Notes outstanding, bond trustees’ Total notes outstanding, Total bonds outstanding, five votes on every dollar paid in on Cash on hand, general .176,450 For Month of Jan. 31, 1915 174,360 | To the Commissioners: . 171,800 T beg to submit my report as fol- 148,250 RECEIPTS 141,000 | Jan. 1, cash in bank, gen- .138,000 | Jan. 1, cash in Bank, L. ..135,300 [ @nd W\. account .. 129,900 | Jan. 1, cash on hand. Cemetery and park .. 103,900 50y 31, 0. S. warrants Miss Genevieve Duggan .... 93,000 |54, 31, 0. S. warrants 91,850 | 1, and. W. account... 88.300 | Jan. 1, O. S. warrants gen- Vo 0. $1,106.31 . 81,950 [ Jan. 1, O. S. warrants, L. . 78,100 and W. accoun... 74,100 | Police dept. ... .... 72,650 | Loans and interest, disc.. 68,260 | Sanitary and sewers. 59,300 | Park and cemetery .. . 33.600 | Sinking fund ....$ 962.01 . 28,700 |County warrants..3,918.47 ———— 4,880.48 . 6,000 Fire department .. ... .. 151.00 Street paving fund . L. and W. account.... maturity, $32,- $225,~ Total indebtedness of the city, was made: 3 ‘Total income for month, $8,263.50 Special Offer—(5,000.) fTotal disbursements month, account, houses, participating in the Majes- Cash on hand, light and water ac- They are either not as good fighters | account, or have friends who do, at| (ggh on hand, sinking fund, $3,- unequal to their task. They seem |it, and thus secure five thousand ex=| (CASH ON HAND, FLOATING to have been badly beaten in East |tra vote coupons with every dollar | DEBT FUND, $1,409.72. Prussia and, while they will doubt-|paid in. This offer expires Feb. 25. Total cash on hand, $7,948.11. - less come again and maybe with Standing of Contestants Respectfully submitted, increased numbers, they: will' have, Miss Laura Southard ...... 217,650 A. C. ARMISTEAD, to greatly improve on their per.|Mrs. Kate Booth ......... 214,300 ‘Treasurer. formance up to date if they ever get | Miss Rose Blanch O’Donald. 207,100 | TREASURER’S MONTHLY a fair start on the road to Berlin. |Miss Georgia Lanier ...... 201,000 REPORT CITY OF LAKELAND 224.71 98.76 . 4,618.43 144,00 3,628.13 . 3,849.12 32.25 8.50 the city of Tallahassee, March 2nd, 1915, for letters pas - TREASURER’S REPORT WOTICE OF APPLICATION The EVQ!_W Telegram{MAJESTIC OFFERS NONTH ExDimg Jul.ma'i, 1015 o :;blhhed ::fiiuur;n:kmlfr:‘n :"le flx (:“.mm m :m::n:fl::r:én,l‘is:oom Mo legram u! 0 elan. a. Be Batored 1n the postofice at Lake. AS CAPITAL PRIZE et g el reihecn P principal, $40,000; maturity, 1920; A and Vieinity, Greeting: have been members of Lakelan ating ourselves, our associates new their membership by payin into a body politic and corporate, name of COLE & HULL. ,d:';h".”m g ey themselves in good standing wit original of which is now the the followin of 1! rticl ing ration shall constitute. and ‘be the charior "of said ‘cor | C- L. WILLOUGHBY, Adjt. standing for the yearly report. ‘The next meeting of the camp wi o'clock a. m. Feb. 27, 1015. date. J. A. RITCHERSON, and we hereby declare that ‘Commander . poration upon the issuance of letters patent according to law, ’ 1 rate Vetersns of Lakeland All Veterang who are now, O« Camp No. 1543, are invited to re- their dues for 1915 (50ck and place be held in the City Hall at 10 We urge one and all to join us in the reunion of veterans on that d 14 h tion is a full, true and complete the Camp. There are several that have not paid dues for some years past, but if they will pay dues for 1915 it will place them in good 1 officers the business of this corporation shall ARTICLE 1. The name of this corporation | be conducted by the following named per- shall be COLE AND HULL. sons: C. A. Cole, president; H. Cole, vice ARTICLE 2. from time to time business of this corporation shall be: manufacture, buy, sell, import and export, re- president; L. C, Hull, secretary and treasurer. ;nle said officers shall adopt llmwnz h’? th the Poik, state of Florida, J:Jm:m:,_m. e eee may establish branch offices at other places ARTICLE 11. The names and residences ation, together with the number of shares the capital stock subscribed by each, set o] The general nature of the |posite his name, are as follows: To Number Name. pair, deal in and deal with goods, wares and | C A. Cole, Lakeland, Florida - merchandise of every class and description, |H, H. Cole,, Lakeland. Flori and in particular watches and parts thereof, | L. C. Hull, Lakeland, Florid including both movements and cases, canes, IN WITNESS WHEREOF, umbrellas, opera glasses, jewelry, gold and |unto set our hands this 23rd day of January, silver and glass and leather ware, and mov- | A. D. 1915. elties of all kinds and other articles that may C. A. COLE, be conveniently dealt in In connection there- L. C. HULL. with; to buy, sell manufacture, export, im- H. H, COLE. P'-':l'- nd generally deal in jewelry, watches | STATE OF FLORIDA, an monds ; to buy, lease or otherwise ac- | COUNTY OF POLK, S8. quire, maintain and operate jewelry stores; to | Before the undersigned, a notary public carry on the business of wholesale and re- one hundred dollars ($100.00) each. Any or the subscribers to these articles of incorpor- of of p- of Residence. Shares 51 in and for the state of Florida at large, per- watch manufacturers and dia- |sonally appeared C. A. COLE and L. C. HULL, who, after being duly sworn each for himsel if, The amount of the capital | deposes and says that he is one of the per- sons described in and who signed the fore- thousand dollars $25,000) divided into two ng articles of Incorpordtion as an incor- hundred and fifty shares of the par value of | porator therein; that he has read said articles of incorporation and knows the contents there- all of the sald capital stock may paid for |of, that the incorporators intend in good faith in property, labor or services ay & just |to form a corporation for the purpose of car- valuation to be fixed by the Incorporators at |rying on a lawful business as set forth a meeting called for that purpose, sald articles of incorporation. ARTICLE 6. The business of this corpora- ! C. A. COLE, tion shall be conducted by a board of direc- L. C. HULL. tors of not less than three nor more than Sworn to and subscribed before me this 23 seven members. day of January, A. D, 1915, ARTICLE 7. (Seal) GERTRUDE OVERSTREET, stockholders shall be held at the principal of- Notary Public State of Florida. fice of this corporation on the second Mon- My commission expires May 13, 1917, day in January of each year, or as soon there- | STATE OF ILLINOIS, r as practicable, at which meeting there | COUNTY OF COOK, S8 all be elected by and from the stockhold- | Before th a board of directors for the . | personally in rd | undersigned, & notary public, ared H. H. Cole, who. after d being duly sworn, deposes and says that he e board of immediately following the sdjourn: is one of the persons described in and who 535.50 589.10 862.60 330.00 25.46 6.50 8.26 3.75 41,60 6.00 534.31 l 37.10 61.40 52.37 135.00 19.00 43.96 3,971.15 38.56 59.28 760.21 617.69 927.96 1,894.38 79.93 $15,824.31 Treasurer. i the most languid and decadent pub.| individuals ... .. .. ... i lic sentiment to the propriety of in- : 19548] Respectranty submittea, fiicting some form of punishment| Total ... ... ... ..... $206.76 | 5007 L AN n the assassins. They should at + DISBURSEMENTS least be fined a dollar and costs|Spent since Jan. 15 for ma;m} THE SPOT each to teach them the impropriety plothes, food, beds and for of their conduct. The trench work | railroad fares .. -+ 166.04 | ¢ oy Been Done, So Scores of Lake E over in France is almost tame by ERCET RO comparison with the surer, swifter Balance ... ... .. .....$ 50.72 To get l:l:do(ci:;.:;,:;’bw‘_ and more expeditious way in which ' F. H. CALLAHAN, The sharp twinges, they do it in Georngia. And yet we Sec. and Treas. The tired out feelings, rarely, if ever, hear of a legal hanging in that State. A couple of millions of good people in Georgia are permitting great damage to thefr reputation because they don’t rise up in righteous wrath and compel : kidneys. their courts and juries to hang the vicious yaps and hoodlums who have come to despise the law from long fmmunity andmurder people when~ ever they feel like it. ST S5 S We didn’t know that it was illegal to kill buzzards in Florida, although wvery little of it ig done because of the popular mnotion, hallowed by tradition, that they are very useful a8 scavengers. But whether it is lawful or not, the member from Leon will introduce & bill in the next legislature making it a kind of pub- 4 Yic virtue to destroy these fifthy dirdg and giving a bonus of twenty- five cents for each buzzard head de- fivered to the proper authorities. We are entirely willing, except that ten cents is fully enongh pay for the takes up practically no work. The buzzard undounbtedly room when filled. epreads hog cholera and other dis.| Made of selected bir h, legs eases, and as the living incarnation | strongly oraced and rubber of fifth and putrescence he has no | ghod to prevent noise and pro- right to be at large. Civilized, up- tect polsh d floor to date people should not rely upon = e such primitive agencies for the Weighs 9 lbs. scavenger work. The unspeakable > Price - - - $2.25 Turks are overrun with mongrel dogs of every degree in Constanti- McKay ° Furniture Co. nople and it is not permitted to kill PHONE 414 the cause. ever we can.” Price 50c at all Can be used for a va- riety of purposes. It is easily carried out, Fensacola,Feb. them because they are the municipal “‘scavengers. The buzzard is an of- fense to art, decency and good health and he ought to go to join the dodo. in men’s clothes. Lakeland citizens testify. Mrs. G. F. Richards, 405 South Florida avenue, Lakeland, “One of the family was in pretty bad shape from kidney Rheumatism set in and she got so bad that she could about without help. Her chief com— plaint was a deep seated pain in the back. A friend Doan’s Kidney Pills and securing a 2’ supply at the Lake Pharmacy began taking them as directed. She was soon benefited. We are never without Doan’s Kidney Pills in the house and recommend them when- woman, who gives her Alice Hazel, and who claims to have made her way to Pensacola from the national capital via the box car route, was locked up in the county jail yesterday as a vagrant, and giv- en a preliminary hearing, was re- manded for trial in the court of record. She was given such hearing before Judge Will L. Johnson. This woman, for some unexplained reason “beat” her way to this place attired You must reach the spot—get at In many cases ‘tis the kidneys. Doan’s Kidney Pills aref or weak says: trouble. A SHE_HOBO IN MALE ATTIR® 22.—A white name scarcely get recommended she dealers. Don’t simply ask for a kidney remedy—get Doan's Kidney Pills—the same that Mrs. Richards recommends. Foster- Milburn Co., prop., Buffalo, N. Y. as annual meeting of the stockholders, and shall | signed the foregoing articles of incorporation organize by electing from thelr own' number | as an incorporator thereof; that he has read ! sald articles of incorporation and knows the | contents thereof, that the Incorporators in- tend In good faith-to form a corporation for president, vice president, secretary and treasurer. ARTICLE 8. The stockholders of this cor- poration shall at the first annual meeting, or |the purpose of carrying on a lawful business as soon thereafter as practicable, adopt the s for the government of this H. H, COLI The highest amount of in- |day of January, A. D, 1915. debtedness or liability to which this corpora- | (Seal) tion shall at any time be l\lhh:’“lhlll be STANLEY W. BALL, ARTICLES 10. 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