Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, March 9, 1915, Page 4

Tae Evening Telegram Published every afternoon from The Telegram luilding, Lakeland, Fla. Entered in the postoffice at Lake- _ 1and, Florida, as mail matter of the second class. M. F. HETHERINGTON, EDITOR SUBSCRIPTION RATES BSix months .. . 2,50 Three months ... 125 Delivered anywhere within the limits of the City of Lakeland for 10 cents a week. 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. WELCOME TO THE WOODMEN Again Lakeland is host for a big State convention and our streets are IRESPONSE BY HON. W, R. DORMAN TO MAYOR'S WELCOMING ADDRESS Head Consul, Sovereigns of Wood - craft, Ladies and Gentlemen: With unusual pleasure we accept ‘the greeting so hospitably extended and so eloquently expressed. I take ’pleuure on behalf of the State con- vention of the Woodmen of the World in tendering to the good peo- ple of Lakeland, our sincere appre-. ciation for the cordial welcome which has been extended to this as- sembly through their chief execu- tive. ' It is singularly appropriate that the governing body of this jurisdic. tion based and builded on the prin- ciples of fraternity should assemble in this beautiful and progressive city. Lakeland is noted for ‘her man until he becomes one in his heart, and trains himself to put self’ or will and the baser powers and motives out of his life, and in their place generosity to his brethren and all mankind. Sovereigns, may we all live unto the true spirit of our craft, and not be content simply to be members of a noble fraternity with high aims and lofty ambitions, but let each of us resolve to do his full part and work for greater prosperity and hap piness and for the decrease of every form of misfortune and misery. May we ever work so that the loved ones of departed sovereigns may feel that the loving handof Woodcraft is ever open to their needs. Once we were al] strangers to one another and the noble principles that should actuate all true Wood- men, until by a vote of the brethren signitying confidence in our discre. +tion, judgment and integrity, we j were admitted to the rights and the benefits of Wioodcraft. We were di - rected to throw aside the vexatious trust which we have been commis. sioned to discharge. God give us the strength, the intelligence and the courage to ll-l bor in the interest of these twenty thousand homes. P. R. B. ANNUAL HEETINGA,‘[ Philadelphia, Marchi 7, 9,—yFhe Pennsylvania Railroad Co. has made a decided change in its 1915 finan- cing program announced several weeks ago. Stockholders at the an. nual meeting today will be asked to approve an increase of indebtedness of only four million instead of $100,000,000 as had been previously announced by the company. The company iseued the following an- nouncement regarding the change in plans: “The directors of the Pennsyl- vania Railroad Co. decided to re. quest the stockholders for authority to increase the indebtedness of the company at the next annual meeting to the extent of $40,000,000. “Au- thirity already exists, under actions of the stovkholders taken in March, 1909, to ogppreue the indebtedness, $80,000,000, so that the total au- thorlmw imcluding the $40,000,- 000, wil liei be $120,000,000. The $49,000,000 of consolidated mort- gage bonds recently sold are a part of“the authorization. “There will | thérefore be $71,000,000 of author- lized increase remaining to meet the ,capital requirements of the com-. |pany, and which may be issued from : time to time in the future in such! form of security as the board of di- rectors may decide to be more ad- vantageous. In a statement issued in January, the company said that at the annual meeting shareholders would be asked to approve an in- Crease in indebtedness to the extent iof $100,000,000, in addition to the 'already existing authority to in- crease the indebtedness to $20,000, 000. The probable explanation of this change of opinion is that of the $80,000,000 increase suthorized in 1909, $60,000,000 was to pay of a like amount of a three-year 5 per cent collateral note maturing on March 15, 1910, as well as 20,000, - 000 6 per cent bonds, maturing the same year. Both issues were paid off without incurring additional obli. gations, funds being raised by the 25 per cent stock allotment of No vember, 1909. It is evidently now the thought of the management that as the $60,000,000 notes were paid off through the stock issues that amount of bonds still is available. Daily Thought You get entertainment pretty much In proportion as you give. And here Is one reason of 2 dozen why the world is dull to dull perscns.—Stevenson. Home, Sweet Home. One talking machine plus one me- chanical piano-player plus four Nav- ajo Indians blanket rugs plus a por- l trait of Whistler's mother plus two beer steins equals cre reiined Ameri can home.—Life. I The Southeast Baptig Circle will meet tomory,, . at 3:30 o'clock wity, " Ingram avenue. \ STOMACH SUFFERERg Rey So many stomach Suffgy been benefited by 5 simplg tion of vegetable ojj; Whi ;' Chicago drugzist of chrop, liver-and intestina] truume standing that we wap; \-ow try this remedy. 1t ;, : Mayr's Wonderfu) R“me: dose will convince you. Iy gives complete ang permi; sults—even in the most | cages. Ome dose will oy, Mayr's Wonderful Remegy leading druggists everyy) the positive understanging : money will be l'elunded% question or quibble jr [ fails to give you ‘abso] : tion. Mrg G‘ ute thronged with hundreds of delegates of both sexes to the annual conven. tion of the Woodmen of the World, of Florida, and the Auxiliary order, the Woodman Circle. We give them all the glad hand and extend zens, her fair women, and we em.]cares and troubles of life and con- ° brace the opportunity with pleasure | centrate our thoughts upon banish-! in accepting your hospitality. |ing avarice, selfishness and hatred | TheWoodmen of the World emerge |from our ‘own lives. A part of our' from the first two decades of its ex—|obligation is to defend the weak and ' istence panoplied with success un -{helpless, to remember the poor and! them the most cordial of welcomes, for it is an honor to any community to entertain thjs eplendid body of men and women coming from all parts of our big, growing State and thoroughly representative ' of its Ansat citlzenshiy. As everybody knows, the Wood . men of the World is one of the great secret orders of America, of vast nu- merical strength, and growing rap- 1dly all the time. Its influence & all for good and Woodcraft has come to be considered one of the vital forces in the great uplift movement that is quietly and unobtrusively helping the nation along to a higher and hetter life. We print in this iscue the eloquent speech on the purposes of the order, delivered to - day by Hon. W. R. Dorman, of Live Oak, who is a delegate to the convention, and a perusal of that speech will give the reader a clear idea of what Woodcraft means. We trust that our visitors will thoroughly enjoy their stay in Lakeland; that the convention will be a great success, and that the cause of the order in Florida will be benefited by the work done here. —_— Thos. A. Rdison is anothep man who is unable to see any Woodrow paralleled. . Cradled in the genius and vitalized by the epergies of its immortal founders, it has swept like ;good Woodmen at heart are sterling business men, her enthusi - astic Woodmen, her energetic citi- needy and to honor ‘the memory of ithe good and true. We belleve all’ good ' an eagle from the valley to the psak, ‘and true men and citizens. i The hosts of opposition have fallen } like the myriads of Lucifer before the hosts of God. i Twenty -four years have flown into the past since a little band of work. ers, in the prime and brilliancy ot oxalted manhood, inspired by the fibblest impulse that ever thrilled the souls of men, planted Wood- craft's gleaming standards on the banks of the Missouri. Out among the mountains of the west where the flowers and the snows divided the ' kisses of the sum, the silver lips of these heroes were speaking the gos - pel of the new fraternity. Beneath | these standards the people gathered not for conquest, but for country; not for profit, but for protection; not for battle, but for brotherhood. And ag the months have widened into the years, and the years into decades, the order has grown in pop - ularity and strength until today nearly one million Woodmen are pouring down the crest of the twen. tieth century. And before another decade shall have passed the grand divisions of Woodcraft will march in Feview before our Soverelgn Camp, { While Wilson hard times either mow or in IQ.MQ song bursting from the serried the neay future, He says: “The ranks: We are coming twenty hun- wise man will prepare now for the ! dred thousand strong.” l boom in trade that we will goon ex«| It {s difficult to estimate the im - perience and which will be tremen-|portance of this meeting, and the ' dous after the war."” solemnity of its duties, The masses | hoxcame s |of the Florida jurisdiction have con-| The man who owns & few acres of ' fided to this body, the guardianship good standing pitie timber in Flor-|of its growth, the formation of its ida has a fortune that beats money 'policies. It is for the Head Camps | ih the bank. The price of lumber to originate the principles and the ig'ow now, but it will go sky high measures, and elect representatives when Europe begins to rebuild her o the Sovereign Camp, which, like hundreds of ruined towns and cit{es the scarlet thresd of Rahab, shall after the war. lead us to safety and prosperity. Tt o — is for the Head Camps to protect and Thare was a time when Carranza strengthen the structure of the fra seemod to be the one decent and ternity with the iron cables of just honefnl factor in the Mexican situ- and salutary laws. It is impossible atlr but either he has greafly to measure by mere human calcula chan ed or the first public estimate tion the responsibilities for which of “im was wrong. His present we must answer. To attempt to do role cecems to be merely that of an obctrurtive blockhead, somewhat doomed to fail. more nolished and clvilized thnnt The Order of the Woodmen of the Vills but not nearly so intelligent. | World was instituted in 1890, and It ~~y be necessary yet for Uncln‘we now have an emergency re.- Sam to lay Carranza across his serve fund ot over $21,000,000; the knees and spank some sense into the | death losses pald over $58,000,000; noble don. monuments erected to deceased sov- ——— ereigns over $42,000; protection in Without violating our obligations | force almost one billion dollars; new of nentrality we hope with all our |members admitted in 1914 nearly heart that the allied fleets will break | 100,000; distributed to widows and throuch the Dardanelles and throw [orphans in 1914 over $6,000,000. enourh shells into Constantinople to|This is a showing that we may well send the unspeakable Turks scurry- | rejoice over and feel exceedingly ine across to Asia and scare them so | glad, and if we infuse the true spirit Dadly that they will never want to|of fraternalism into our camp life come back. For centuries past they |and work, a greater and better har- have been an obstruction to ¢ivill-|vest of new workers will be gar- zation, and now is & most opportune | nered, but let us ever remember that time to run them out of Europe for.|fraternal prosperity without frater- ever. Nothing good can be said of [ nal love, will sooner or later prove the Turkish government. It is all |to be like the house founded on the bad. sand. The principles of Woodcraft _— are inferior to none; its precepts A qualm of disgust will run|and teachings are among the lofti through the country at the news;est; -its social and educational fea - that Evelyn Nesbit Thaw is to again | tures unexcelled; its business man- get on the front page of the news-|agement unrivaled for honesty and papers as a witness in the Harry|skill, and its financial standing as Thaw case now on trial. Had she|firm as the rock of Gibralter. been 2 woman of the right type of | Wooderaft has made the greatest character and conscience, she might | growth of any fraternal order of its have made a man of Harry, but as|age in the country. From its in she was an “unmoral” little animal, | ception it has grown at first like dowered with the fatal gift of beau.|the tiny snowball rolling down the ty and sensual charm, she ruined |[mountain until it has become like him and pretty mnearly everybody |[an avalanche, sweeping every selfish else, including Stanford White, she |obstacle out of its way, and carry had anything to do with. * |ing hope, help and blessing to all it t——— reaches. The Fort Plerce Tribune takes a| Woodcraft makes no pretense as shot at a fellow who has been writ .|8 religious institution, yet it be- ing back to his home paper in West | comes almost divine as it bears each * Vireinia and packing as much false- | other's burdens and prepares for the hood and misrepresentation about | future welfare of those it loves. The Florida -as possible into the space |order has been prompt to pay every allowed him. After correcting the |[death claim, and it extends relief eross misstatements of the man the ! 2nd svmpathy to the dependent ones Tribune concludes with these words, |of all deceased sovereigns. It is to which will as well apply to nearly | be hoped that the monuments erect every county in South Florida: ed and dollars and cents provided “Occasionally some winter loafer j through the operation of the prinei imposes himself on our community |Ples of our bemevolent fraternity is and makes life miserable for those,but a tithe of the good that has been about him. Impossible to satisfy, |accomplished by our brotherhood. finding fault and criticising elways, | The Order hag a higher meaning he fails to appreciate the glories and [ than can be expressed through mar opportunities of the best county of ble and coin. As spirit is superior the best State in the Union. But for | to matter, g0 is the operation of the every one of his caliber a hundred | true vrincinles of the secret mean: boosters gladly sing the praises of ing of our brotherhood higher and St. Lucie county—the Land of Op. nobler than any mere tangible be. portunity and Promise.” nevolence. No man is a true Wood 8o would be to assume a task fore-| Woodmen, this order of yours is but another expression and manifes. | tation of that finally complete brotherhood of man, which we are all looking forward to with such confident kope, The great and far-, reaching benefits which have come through the brotherood, some few of which T have mentioned in a general way, should cause your hearts to beat faster and pulsate with glad- ness, your eyes to swell with loving tears when you consider the good {that is being accomplished by the membership. Great and helpful as are your beneficiaries, and the ma. terial aid given by, or resulting here, or resulting from the order, is attained omly by and through its fraternal 4and brotherly features. For instance, the fraternal certifi cate, the insurance feature, is but a plece of paper, yet strong enough to carry yourself and loved ones safelv and happily down the river of nfe. Tt is more valuable than bank notes, | or gold and silver, these represent ing merely money, natural wealth, the insurance certificate ' means money plus peace, money plus | love, and sure though sad content. ment, money plus tenderness, | thoughtfulness and everything ln:‘ life that a departing sovereign can | leave behind. | (Fraternal insurance enables the men of moderate means to protect| their families at the actual cost of protection. Insures that your boys, and girls shall nbt become objects | of charity in the event of your3 death. It binds you and your fam 1 ily in the boundsof fraternal friend | ship to thousands of other families. ‘ Jt drives away the anxious thought | of the morrow which would rob your | life of many pleasures and much peace. Fraternal insurance indi. cates a spontaneous desire to a higher plane financially, socially, morally and otherwise. It will not shorten your life a day but may add to it the days anxiety would cut off.' The fraternal insurance companies ' are dropping into the laps of widows and into the bread baskets of or | phans $100,000,000 each year, | $12,000 each hour, $200 each min - ute. Every dollar expended through | this medium has been a star in the Imidnight of some widow's distress, | and some orphan’s despair. Think of | the people that have been turned from pauperism, wreck and shame through this institution. I would rather be an active Woodman and take to the throne of God one wid. ow'’s prayer than to be Napoleon ae- companied to judgment by the thun- ders of Austerlitz and Wagram. Man cannot stand alone; he must have the protection of friendship, love and truth to even be a good citizen in the community where he lives. As the sun gives light to the universe and warms the human heart, likewise the principles of Woodcraft gives light, sunshine and happiness with all its stands for to & united brotherhood, consisting of a membership of nearly one million strong. Upon examination we find that there were nearly twenty thou . sand Woodmen in good standing within the confines of the fair state of Florida on December 31, 1914. This shows a net gain of about three thousand members within the past two years in this state alone. In the dusk of evening, just as one of the loveliest nights that ever glorified the world is about to fling its jeweled mantle over the bosom of infinity, T see a Wioodman's humble home. At the gate is the father returning from the work of the day, covered with the stains of toil, the symbol of the only real nobility. In the doorway is the mother, poised live a qureen withont a crown. ‘bout her are children in whoss locks the sunset seems imprisoned. A silence falls unon that group nd/ they turn toward this Mead Camp. The dimpled hands of the little children are in suppliance extended, the mother’s eyes, dimming with prophetic tears, as she thinks of the day when the Woodmen certificate may be her only aid, are prayerfuily] rerarding us; and the stalwart fa ther, with mournml earnestness, Joins the pleading. It is these people we are Tepre senting today, and you can have some fugitive conception of the Merchants Co-Operative Contt FIRST | t‘l I | Firms Standing of Giving Votes . Hazel Williams Groceries Anna Belle Marshal J. W. LANIER LUMONSON 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 & GRAWFORD G. W. PHILLIPS CO. G. W. McCORQUODALE. D. FULGHUM J. D. McLEOD. G. B. MURRELL E. P. HICKSON POLK COUNTY GRO. CO. Confectioneries H. O. DENNY Furniture O'DONIEL & SON CAGLE-NEWSOME | s FURNITURE CO. F. E. ARCHER KIMBROUGH SUPPLY CO. McKAY FURNITURE CO. e e Druggists J. M. WOODS | RED CROSS PHARMACY CENTRAL PHARMACY HENLEY DRUG STORE S s U Bakeries PURITAN BAKERY | YAUN'S BAKERY e Hardware WILSON HARDWARE CO. LAKELAND HARDWARE & PLUMBING CO. MODEL HARDWARE CO. BRIGHTEN-UP FOLKS Twin Clouds Miss Iva Braddock Ona Browne Mrs. T. C. Smith . Hattie Patton ... Mrs. L. C. Pamplin Vera MkRae Georgia Fannin . Mary Wilson Louie Layton J. C. Jones ... Juanita Perkins . Lethea Logan ... . Marie McLendon. .. Lillian Kaufman Edna Bassett . Emma Lee Deason Alpine Richardson Mrs. Mills Mrs. Pauline Curry Lula Miller Ben T. Driscoll Miss Ruby Bridges Mary Sue McRae Mrs J. P. Nora Hart Lillie Robinson .. Thelma Ilester .. Fanny Hendrix Mrs. T. A. Cloud Inez Sidman Miss Ruby Berry . Edna Aylor Myrs. \! Edith Lundstrom Mrs. Granthum Cora Parnes Susie Tucker Tk \Marchall Ovieda Clayton . Mrs. P. V. Ryals . Reva Fletcher . .... Jula Etta Patterson Mrs. Cleona !"elen Conibear . Vaude Roberts Jim Holcomb Ailene McRae Miss Seblee X Miss Mada Phillips ... Mrs. Henry Burke Mrs. W. M. Garriss o Mehants o-Operative C Week ending March 6th ... 3,340,500 Mrs. W. D. Galoway Mary Francis Buchanan .... Mrs. G. J. McClelland . Miss May Tomlinson o Mrs. H. B. Mprse . ... Miss Edith Edwards Mrs. J. Z. Ward .... Mrs. Bessie Mclntosh E. Tucker, Sr. Moncrief ... Verie Mpv Holland Walter Bates . PRIZE cLL/ (/7 Contestants 1 2,823,100 .. 2,000,400 1,873,900 .+ 1,055,000 1,639,600 1,535,000 1,502,600 1,380,500 1,343,000 . 1,200,100 1,080,700 991,100 939,600 916,100 857,100 798,100 776,600 710,000 742,600 667,400 557,900 503,100 410,600 467,400 629,300 378,400 272,900 170,400 170,900 480,000 446,600 266,800 229,700 205,700 191,500 170,000 149,000 101,100 100,000 89,000 87,900 84,700 69,900 67,100 52,800 38.300 38,300 36,300 31,300 28,900 27%4™M 17,400 13,102 12,000 11,700 12,800 12,900 12,200 11,700 11,100 11,100 S. L. A, Mildred Mrs. E. Hazel Smith Viss Hazel McMullen . Harvey Cumbie Maude Alfield e o . g Six Cylinder 7 Passenger Studebaker Get Your Votes with every Purchase Firms Giving Vot Dry Goods and Clothing OWEiS U. G. BATES ]. C. OWE .8, MOORE'S LiTTLE STYLE C. M. WEEKS, NEW RACKET STORE "RY GOODS Co. CLONTS. Milliners MISS MINNIE REYNOLDS MRS. E. M. HOLDER welers H. C. STEVENS CONNER & O'STEEN i Billiard Parlors A.C. L. HOTEL KIBLER Barber Shors PHOENIX BARBER SHOP p W. A, MELTON BARBER SH! Garages CITY GARAGE MELTON GARAGE MOTOR SHOP LAKELAND BOOK STORE e —————————. POLK COUNTY LUMBER ¢ — LAKELAND STEAM LAUNDE R. B. CHILDS, PRINTER LYRIC THEATRE. FLA. ELECTRIC & MACHINERY CO.. e ——————— McLEAN MUSIC Co. BRANNINS DAIRY Maude Bryan .. Lonise DeRee Mrs. Wallace Wear Colbret ontest Association