Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, March 4, 1915, Page 4

SPECIAL OFFER T0 CONTESTANTS ON RED WIDOW TICKETS (By Contest Manager.) The standing of the contestants will be announced tomorrow in this ]'.c [Ve‘“n“ "'elwram are in safe hands. I know of no man 4 in politics at the present time who Published every affernoon from The | Would be as safe at the head of our Telegram Fuilding, Lakeland, Fla.|government as President Wilson. Entered in the postoffice at Lake- | There is no telling where we would land, Florida, as mail matter of the | be just now if Roosevelt were in the second class. chair. A wave of prosperity is cer- tainly in sight and there is no reas- on why we shouldn’t all be jubi. lant.” M. F. HETHERINGTON, EDITOR l SUBSCRIPTION RATES Coar s agh o ong i One year .......... v+.....$5.00| The Tarpon Springs Leader iS a|paper and at the Majestic theater R DhonthS oy s ... 2,50 mighty fine little daily paper, Tre~|i,morrow evening. There was a Three months ..... veveene.. 1.25markably welledited and up-t0- jrg0 gmount of coupons cast this Delivered anywhere within the|date in all its departments, and We, yoep and the manager was unable limits of the City of Lakeland for 10 | note with pleasure that Colonel E. |y, complete the standing today. cents a week. T. Byington is now its sole editor Below is the standing of Feb. 25: and manager. Colonel Byington is The Contest Department of the a gentleman and a scholar and he is Majestic and Auditorium theater strictly onto the job of getting out contest take great pleasure in an- A weekly newspaper giving a resume | an excellent paper. nouncing that Mr. C. Green, man- of local matters, crop conditions, i ST ager of both above named houses, county affairs, etc. Sent anywhere| THE ORIGINAL OPTIMISTIhxg succeeded in booking ““The Red for $1.00 per year. | Widow,” a big musical comedy. Robinson Crusoe was the ! which you all have perhaps heard of. Original Optimist. Times look- [ This production is the one big hit of Robinson—couldn’t | musical comedy. ——— From the same office is issued THE LAKELAND NEWS, TWO0 YEARS OF WILSON 1t is two years today since the in-|c¢d bad for auguration of Woodrow Wilson as|have looked much worse. How-| We will be glad to turn a number | the executive head of the nation and !ever, he did't say, “What's the/of tickets for this play over to con - no president ever had two more|use’” Didnt lie down and testants or their friends to sell and strenuous years, Lincoln excepted, [whimper, kick and growl at|will allow three thousand votes on or better met the heavy responsibili- [ destiny, 'lhe sale of each ticket. Prices $1.50 ties of his station. He commands| No Crusoe used his head; hejand $1.00. the respect of his own country and|thought. Then he thought * “Special” the world, and calm, self-poised, un.|some more—real, serious line of | g will give two $1.50 tickets to moved by the clamor of weaklings!thinking. Just what to do Was|ine contestant who will sell the or the malignant criticism of politi-[the puzzle Robinson was SOlY' greatest number of tickets. Two | cal foes praying for his adminis-[ing. Finally, in came to him inong dollar tickets to the contestant tration to be a falure, he has held [a flash—"1 have it,” said Rob-|wno sellg the next greatest amount. the helm wth steady hand and guid-|inson—"“Fll ADVERTISE.” Standing of Contestants ed the nation wisely and safely| A thousand miles from no- ¢ rhere—: sibll interested | Contestant. while halt the world was at war|W 1ETCea pos 'th'e eading dis- Georgia Lanjer ......... 934,700 | day night, March 8. and Mexico was in flames alongside [party coming within reading Laura Southard ..... ... 932,400 of us. tance of his ad every fewogenrs And during those two vears his|—that was Robinson’s problem. ::’ f(':t:"hmom?“mf” :g;‘:goo 1LARGO BONDS ARE SOLD party, inspired by his leadership, |It was Hard Times—business| ) * o =y “pt ittt g ) ABOVE PAR has enacted more great constructive | depression, a strlmgent Shmcmcy Vlrsllnlu.Mc.Hwnln 801'350 AMUSEMENTS _— a —als hat erman R /i i ? .l:‘esislall;u; ttl;j:tytyl'l:arsczl:.’:r:us r:-:d :l:izki’t\’a: l:\?as fiic Mrs, C. Livingston 785,950 After Being Rejected by State e e - .| Rote Leo Btenson . 773,950 | v408400990044004099940404¢ | at Even 100 Dixie Hollins Ne- deemed every promise made in the| But Crusoe, as before men: Sri. Ghisa. Connes 4558 otiotee Deal With & £ Democratic platform. The govern.|tioned was an Optimist, also alm g & l' e o 761..453 THE RED WIDOW | g 0 to Tak aTh ment was never more honestly andbeliever in persistent advertis- | Mi® Susie Tucker ...... g i | <cago House to Take Them efficiently administered In all its de-|ing Rite TEVA Suecd IR0 W 14 you like to be invited | e uesw. Yov panment)s nor the war on recog-| -He wanted a ship—how would| Mre- B. K. Young 733,c00 N oS (0 be TS Work Clara Tomlinson ..,.. .. Mrs. Maud Hardin ..... Mrs. R. J. Perkins .. Miss Lurline Pillans Mrs, R, E, Scipper 591,300 Nona Turner ........ . 584,600 Genevieve Duggan .. nized -abuses, from the trusts down,|he get it—Answer—"“Advertise,”| more vigorously prosecuted. And he did—flung a shirt from; A war ot \'nparalleled magnitude |the top of a pole. has serfously hurt our commerce andl The first ad brought no re- industries, and, while there are]turns. many men out of work in comse-; Dut Crusoe was not discour- quence, time and again under Re.'ang. 645,700 fete is in progress? He changed the_ “copy”’ publican administrations the situa.|—put up another shirt. Yes,|Mrs. Walter Bates 544,700 tion has been worse, and with no|times were hard—awful hard; Emily Wilson .. .. 534,000 Mrs, W. B, Moon.... 791 200 | to the famous Winter Palace at St. | 654,580 Petersburg when the annual white The Avenue of Palms in the foyer of the Alcazar Music Hall, London. England. Superintendent of Public In- struction Dixie' Mi Holling is 3 So you could| o0 fnancier. He has not on- 5,850 | waltz across the white and gold floor ly kept the teachers of the coun- of the dazzling ballroom to the ty paid promptly, and met all world war to furnish a reasan for it. hu.t Crusoe won gut—he got his Today at the halfway post, Presi-|ship and he did it by persistent dent Wilson and his party can look |a dvertising, Mary Groover .......... Hazel McMullen . 483,250 fum and secure your seats for The of the county. 465800 | Red Widow and you can see it all. Some weeeks ago the State i ,,',,50 It is the finest bit of scenic grandeur Stlmolboayd .purchesed the Largo e s0a | €V€T presented on any stage. It out - school building bonds at par. $8225 for the $8,000 issue, the purchasers paying 101 and ac- crued interest. Although the bonds are 6 per centers, the price is top notch in consideration of the condition of the money market. Mr. Hollins is "being congratulated by local financiers who understand the financial situation throughout ]thc country.—Clearwater Sun, | DONE BY THE TYPES. Newspaper compositors and 576450 |Btrains of an entrancing Russlnni('f the school obligations, but he|men .who edit copy, no matter ‘700 | Waltz? Eh—what did you say—say! has marketed the bonds of new how eagle-eyed they may - be, Then ramble down to the uditor .{enterprises to the advantages|sometimes allow errors to get by that are either humiliating or ;laughable. The Chicago Tri- bune in reporting a political meeting, said that the vast au- One of the three attractive stage pictures introduced ; No. Votes | the New York Astor theater musical triumph, “The Red Widow,” which the management of the Auditorium announce as the Seats on sale at the Red Cross Pharmacy tomorrow morning. offering for Mo, forgotten, when Roosevely fore the chief justice of supr. lcourt, and a few witnesses his simple bath—Ex. ST 0P THAT GO Don’t let that cough on. Stop it before it goes too far. back with pride and satisfaction| Crusoe was the original opti- | Florence Zimmerman ¢ .4'38,400 rivals everything in massive stage Before turning over the money| dience rent the air with their over two years of Democratic ad-|mist.— Florida Grower. Caroline Brusie ... ":6'550 settings ever constructed. the powers at Tallahassee|snouts. Another Chicago paper ministration of the government, for Beulah Watson ......... 374,850 thought they discovered aireported that the propeller Alas- every prediction of its enemies has IN OUR MIDST LI S Riktaon - 350,100 ki Rk mare’s nest in a mere technical-|ka was leaving port with a ar- fatled, and every promise of its|Lakeland Citizens Gladly Speak Out Vera Buchaman ........ 302400 = Mistisioc’s fa o nietletos itv and refused to turn over the go of 40,000 bushels of cats. A "'e‘;"’“ “’deeme"t “'l’ h“" " ‘:":““ When ’;,’:fl'{.‘;“wy El:::;p right ::::: f::il ;’]‘:'m‘ f::'zgg only as a Christmas decoration have money to the county. Buffalo paper, in describing the wisdom may control human affairs. o any of them ‘Bieneer reri| sarkieen Caro | i ;“:550 :: rl‘fi:oo:nm;‘ gr:::e lflt::le:{drheett; 21:‘ Mr. Hollins immediately got scene when Roosevelt took the Al this hullaballoo about our un=|dents, raise their voices in public|yaggie Yates . preparedness for war and clamorous | eXpressions of praise, it forms evi-| pgn, Aylor 3 appeals to Congress to take steps to dence that leaves no room for doubt. Alpine Richardson ...... 165,500 give ug a blg army and in other |Here In Lakeland we print local}zpng cardwen ......... 148,300 |[IF ways put us on a military footing as | Proof—this time in the words of O..yrry Neiie Walker ...... 107,300 | [l though we were in constant danger |D. Bryant, proprietor of the Sunny-| ! We have not dropped the names ||l of invasion is vain babble with lit-|8ide Hotel. What he says and the: ,, ' '\ ciante whose names do not | |l tle or no wisdom in it. Our case is | Way he says it makes an interesting: unlike that of any other nation on |Item. ,appear on thig list, but they have earth. We have a vast continental| ©O. D. Bryant, prop. Sunnyside :::nr::::r:z:'n?e‘: cllll:g“w;l::y ;“:es. “ 5 ey republic, all contiguous- territory, | Hotel, Lakeland, says: “I have used| " . SHRible; Nawever, to ket populated by 100,000,000 loyal peo.|Doan’s Kidney Pills for backache, aioate th thie con'tent We'wonl: 5 ple of the best breeds on earth; and | Pains across my kidneys and other rl:!clale SASIRETRN sttt 4 np“ while it is preposterous to think of [SYmptoms of kidney trouble and pt iy sd. :on il .; LYy any foreign foe attacking us, and |found them to be just as represented ;fl °°:l°'l el..nq““ ;" and meet there isn't the slightest danger of | They regulated the kidney action h" "; on Latty, the manager in anything of the kind occurring, if it |and cleared up the kidney secretions | harge of contestants. did we would destroy our enemies as |2nd did good in every way. T have| OFFICE HEADQUARTERS ARE fast ag they came at us, and that|not had a symptom of kidney com-. AFOVE AUDINFIUM THEATER. wouldn’t give us much of a job|Plaiit since I was cured by Doan’s | Directory of Business Houses Where elther. They are thousands of miles | Kidney Pills some years ago. I pub-} Coupong Are Issued away, with mighty oceans between |1icly endorsed this remedy some time | lLakeland Evening Telegram. us, ‘and théy “odtitdPt * land’ ' thetr | 880 and all I then.sald holds good gl‘l’" .PHl““ Jewelry Store. t) nd food fast | today.’ ] ver Palace. e::?;{, t:u:::m;,e ““ S :". Price 50c, at all dealers. Don't| Lake Pharmacy. i couldn’t dispose of without any seri- simply #sk for a kidney remedy— . The Hub, 8 4 Y ous straln upon our military re.|8et Doan's Kidney Pills—the same, The La Mode. sources. God help the foreign that Mr. Bryant had. Foster.Mil- Majestic theater, I power that ever attacks Uncle Sam |burn Co.. Props., Buffalo, N. Y. :“;:"‘;’ “"Gd'- & Furn. Co. I on hig own soil. for that power BUILDING ROADS. s:“:.' rao:ier;?““' would inevitably be ‘“our meat. With entire truth the St. Peters= Cut Price Store. | Times says, in replying to the state- Dutton & Harris Shoe Co. | ment that New York city is not as Dutton & Harris Repair Co. | well fortified as Constantinople, Bryant's Billiard Parlor. Il “But New York is not the United General Office Supply Co. I States. Any foreign forces that ! The system that is generally in vogue in Florida is to have a county divided up into commis- sioner’s districts, and each com- missioner is given a certain por- tion of the road funds, and the result has been a patch of roads here and a patch there, and gen- erally radiating from the coun- George Ade will now realize that)ty seat. W. B. Arendell Bicycle Shop. should land at New York or any The Flynn Cleaning and Pressing other town would be eaten up.” [ Company. ‘ D — i he got something besides the finest| This road question, when FOR THE SOUTH. ! ‘“ climate on earth when he came to|properly settled and settled on Il Florida thiswinter, Harry Floyd has|broad lines and without pe(tyl I given him “the once over” and says [local claims or demands will do that he is one of half a dozen great |more for the upbuilding of Flor- souls that appear every generation |ida than any other one thing. and stableize society. Stableize is a| \Ve have the climate, and no- new name for tickling your funny |state in the Union can c.unpare] bone, but we make no protest|with it, and with good roads against the distinetion, for a high-|there will come thousands upon class humorist like George Ade is|thousands of people with their a treasure to his countrymen worth [touring cars. These people all more than a thousand fountzins of [ invest when they get the habit | I As the European war gained | headway last fall, and the South | realized that the demand for her i large crop of cotton would be cut short, she was fairly sicken- ed at the outlook. With iood- stuffs high, the all-cotton farm- er found himiself in sore straits. But the South has quit whining 1 ; ! and has set out to help herself solemn, doubtful wisdom undilut-|of coming and the homes will be |, tpe principle that “G[:)d helps ed with a laugh. of such a character that property | those who help themselves.” i —_———— values will rapidly increase, an Take Mississippi for example. 0, Thousands of acres of grain are O | now growing, sown to lespe- deza which will come on and ‘The circus men, especially the big|our taxes will be sufficient ones, keep tab on the times and the |put good roads in every secti state of the money market, with|of the land of sunshine. unceasing vigilance, for their| Let’'s get some system intoimake a hay crop after the grain prosperity depends on the psvehol.lthis road business. Appoint . @ is harvested. Other thousands o2y of the population and the flow | committee of representative of acres will be planted to ey of dollare. The big circuses send! Jacksonville, Tampa, Ocala, peas peanuts, potatoes and \'eg. advance agents out all over the;Lakeland, Orlando and Kissim-!ggaples. (‘rca.mericc are spring- country along their provosed routes mee business men, perhaps bus- jho up. Wheat, a .crnp tl;u hfs to observe the stote of trade. money iness men from other sections been scarcely 'gm“," ir; tl‘le In circulation, etc., and they makefand let them go over the route|Soyth, is being generally plant- their itinerary accordingly. There|from Jacksonville to Tampa and|ed—and flour mills wi"y ff,’uow_ are no better informed business men | make recommendation for con- The desi ¢ 3 esire foi in this country than the Ringlings, [ necting links. stock is domina:lt ;:1 0“:5:‘:: - whose circus is perhaps the biggest Less than one million dollars Exchange. s £ on earth. They have a winter home | will make these connections, and ————— at Sarasota, and John Ringling said [ put the whole in splendid shape, euth to Rube Allyn of the Sarasota Sun, ¢ 5 i and in one vear the fact that it' First Matq (at t exists will bring into the state th' boss is tellin’ th’ mm‘: more than its entire cost.—Flor- least th’ servants suspect nothin'!— ida Grower. {§ 1. the other day in answer to a ques- tion: “Oh, Woodrow is all right. We 201,400 | where it counts next to fire and insects 175,550 | in the amount of damage done. FOR SALE IN LAKEL BY HENLEY AND HENLS 1,550.00 Six Cylinder 7 Passenger STUDEBAKER . For the First Prize-in the Merchants Co-Operative Contest Get your Votes with every Purchase in touch with bond buyers and oath of office as President, said yesterday received a draft for it was a spectacle never to be ——————————————— FIRMS BELOW GIVE VOTES Groceries J. W. LANIER EDMONSON GROCERY CO. FELDWISCH GROCERY L. B. WEEKS D. B. DICKSON W. B. MARCUM. M. R. SANDERS . C.'R. RICE H. J. MATHIAS MAYES GROCERY CO. JOHN L. DEESON. REYNOLDS & CRAWFORD G. W. PHILLIPS CO. G. W. McCORQUODALE. D. FULGHUM J. D. McLEOD. Druggists J. M. WOODS RED CROSS PRAMACY CENTRAL PHARMACY HENLEY DRUG STORE Jewelers H. C. STEVENS CONNER & O'STEEN Billiard Parlors A.CL. HOTEL KIBLER Barber Shops PHOENIX BARBER SHOP W. A. MELTON BARBER SHOP Bakeries PURITAN BAKERY YAUN'S BAKERY Hardware WILSON HARDWARE CO. LAKELAND HARDWARE & PLUMBING CO. MODEL HARDWARE co. ' I 3 N BRIGHTEN-UP FOLKS ‘,:"HT?,’,‘,RQEEAGE E. P, HICKSON N — MOTOR SHOP POLK COUNTY GRO. CO. Dry Goods and Clothing OWENS DRY GOODS CO. Confectioneries - e — Y . 5 1 TY LUMB A o g AT MOORE'S LITTLE STYLE SHOP || T~ =, gy pra v F it C. M. WEEKS. LAKELAND STEAH_LAUNDRY urniture NEW RACKET STORE e e . ottt R. B. CHILDS, PRINTER O'DONIEL & SON S. L. A. CLONTS. ——— CAGLE-NEWSOME . LYRIC THEATRE. FURNITURE 'CO. e F. E. ARCHER Milliners FLA. ELECTRIC & MACHINERY CO.. McLEAN MUSIC CO. Merchants Co-Operative Contest Association KIMBROUGH SUPPLY CO. MISS MINNIE RE McKAY FURNITURE CO. gamnd MRS. E. M. HOLDER