Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, March 30, 1915, Page 4

The Evening Telegram Published every afternoon from The Telegram Euilding, Lakeland, Fla. Entered in the postoffice at Lake- land, Florida, as mail matter of the second class. ST M. F. HETHERINGTON, EDITOR SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year ..... ...$5.00 Six months . Three months Delivered anywhere within th; 1imits of the City of Lakeland for 1 cents a week. From the same office s issued THE LAKELAND NEWS, A weekly newspaper giving a resume of local matters, crop conditions, county affairs, etc. Sent anywhere for $1.50 per year. o = T d has the finest auditor- jum in the state,” truthfully afiiirms the Clearwater. Sun, and that paper urges Clearwater to build one just like it. “Lakelan -———— We think it safe to say that the true South Florida spring has :t last arrived, but the tourists will be wise to bear in mind that there al"e ample quantities of pneumonhn weather still held in stock in the states north of the Potomac and the Ohio. o——— The Sunrise, Fred DeBerry's pa- per down in Tampa, had the follow- ing to say in the last issue about Hon. H. H. Drane of this city: i «Hon. H. J. Drane of Lakelan has been elected to the Presidency of the Florida Fire Insurance Peo- ple. Senator Drane is one of Flor- {da’s brainy men; he has been un- uccessful in business, but usually 8! has always found time to lend a helping hand to the upbuilding of Lakeland, Polk County, South Flor- ida and the State at large. Herbert Drane, as his friends know him, has a heart too big for the measure- ments of puny man; he is charitable, in fact this, too, is a strong item of his makeup. He is thoroughly demo- cratic, and should the people of his district see fit to elevate him to a seat in Congress he would undoubt- edlq make them a good representa- tive. Mr. Drane has no tom-fool ideas, but is a plain, successful busi- ness man and profound thinker, con- servative and reliable. Florida un- doubtedly has many good things in store for Herbert Drane. [P N — Neither criticism, nor abuse, nor prejudice can stay the onward march of the commission form of govern- met. Nearly every week we hear of some city, large or small, in some part of the United States adopting this new system of municipal gov- ernment, and the latest to head in that direction is St. Augustine in this State. They are preparing to adopt it in that city and there seems to little or no opposition. There {8 a growing conviction every- where that the new way makes for efficiency and the elimination of ward politics and politicians, and all the wire_pulling, corruption and graft which that implies. The com- mission system is far from perfect and will take on many improve- ments as time progresses, but it simplifies government wonderfully right from the start and clears the atmosphere of the fog of peanut politics so that the people can see every part of the machinery and dring to quick account those who wre not doing their duty. ————— Some of these days the Torrens system of registering land titles is going to prevail all over this coun- try and the present cumbrous, costly and inadequate method will pass ./ into the limbo of primitive things . discarded by the human race as it * mdvances in intelligence and civili- ) £ ity in the legislature. ‘most legislators take it, doubt if Bro. Langford is of that zation. Anm effort to introduce the Torrens system into Florida will be made at the approaching session of the legislature, but as very few peo- ple know anything about it yet and its adoption would overthrow ways and customs and crude machinery entrenched in centuries of use, the attempt will fail ths time. But the Torrens system is on the way and it will arrive in due season. 1t it is to be trench warfare be- tween the St. Petersburg Independ- ent and the Clearwater Sun we may look for the wusual deadlock in such cases and a protracted period of unpleasantness, but if submarines, floating mines, aeroplanes and Zepp- elins are used the issue may be more quickly determined. Here is an elegant opportunity for Straub, a triend to both parties, to volunteer as an intermediary and pacificator and nip a threatening situation in the bud and we hope he'll do it. Blessed are the peacemakers! IR S, W. C. Langford has resigned from the editorial force of the Arcadis News and will go to Tallahassee next week to represent DeSoto coun- It is swapping a hard job for an easy one, the way but we %ind and believe that he will put the best there is in him in the arduous work of making, repealing ana amending laws for the people of Florida. Meanwhile the Arcadia News is in good hands, for Mr. E. R. Jones, who has recently taken editorial charge of the paper, has bimsel? right man in the the paper dail. S 'STANDING OF CONTESTANTS WIL BE ANNOUNGED ' THRSDAY AT MAJSTI Wrist Watch and Million ExXtra comes to the Auditorium Thursday, Votes Will be Awarded. Friday and Saturday has one of the finest bands and orchestras of an: Standing of contestants Will be i/, eing show. “Old Arknnnw! announced Thursday night at Ma-|gpieh Wil pe produced Thursday jestic Theatre, and the wrist watch, ,;.4¢ is o fine four act comedy that ) now on display at Cole ‘dH““ ’et:’}has made thousands of people laugh elry store, will be awarded to the gy15ver the world. 10 20 and 30c | contestant standing first. will be the prices these three days. In order to give all contestants an opportunity to make every day count| g Bujletin No. 10—Among the for something, standings will not b"grnnd assembly of Elks who will announced again until April 1st. participate in the big minstrel do. Cotestants are not required to make ings on April 9 is Earl C. May, he report to Contest Manager until Mar. | ,0"po pregs department. Earl will 31st. No reports will be accepted i, gisciose his birthplace, but he after 12 °’°lf'ck' noon, on April 1st. is always telling what a grand thing Stafding of Contestants a brick library building would be in Miss Georgia Lanier. .6,754,850 | Pauway,s0 he must have a tender Mrs. Kate Booth .. .6,501.900|feellng for that noisy little burg. Mrs. Chas Conner.. .5,859,900 ; Earl was enticed away from home at Miss Laura Southard .5,787,900 |the age of 12 by a chorus girl but Mrs. C. Livingston 5,437,850 [she jilted him on account of a wart Mrs. W. J. Merrill .......5,109,800 [on his left elbow which greatly im- Miss Susie Tucker .4,845,600 | Peded his speech. In later years Miss Helen Sneed. .3,979,550 Earl became very close, caused Miss Clara Tomlinson....3,798,550 [PV his treatment at home in his Miss Mary Grover. ... .3,459,150 | Younser days His mother used to Mrs. B. K. Young . .3,356,700 give him 10 cents to go to bed early Miss Nona Turner . .3,208,900 and then charge him 15 cents for 2 breakfast. Farl says Lakeland has Miss Rose Lee Stenson ...2,984,600 male & mAn out of him aad if e Mrs. R. J. Perkins . ..12,567,900 Mrs. W. B. Moon . 12,345,300 does by any chance sing a solo in the minstrel he will sing that pop- Miss Vera Buchanan.. 2,109,800 ular little ballad written especially Miss Lurline Pillans . -2,369,600 | 1y him by Futch & Gentry entitled Miss Virginia Mcllwain . -1,635,890 | «yop MAY run around for awhile Miss Maud Hardin 1,459,600 [ byt 1’1 nail you in the end.” Miss Genevieve Duggan . .1,451,800 Mrs. R. E. Scipper ... .1,429,900 Miss Florence Zimmerman.1,203,600 Miss Caroline Brusie .....1,021,400 Miss Kathleen Carter . 845,800 Mrs. Walter Bates ......1,005,600 Miss Emily Wilson 893,600 Miss Hazel McMullen 701,800 Miss Edith Lundstrom 538,900 Mrs. Nellie Walker ...... 302,650 AMUSEMENTS Eo TR TT LI RA LR B2 SR R elebrites Who Will Take Part In The Elks Ministrel April 9th (By Earl C. May) 3 SPEPPOPSEEIIEFPII IR POLLOS ! (Jimmy Holcombe) We have left out some names as| Aqmitting that Commodore “Jack” contestants failed to make report|chyunp s the handsomest man in the this week, but we have not drop.:cast of the Lakeland Elks' Minstrel ped same from our active list of con-|ghow to be given at the Lakeland testants, We must ask, however, | Auditorium the evening of April 9, that al] contestants positively re.|it must be conceded that Captain port on Wednesday of each week, | “Jimmy G.” Holcombe runs him a until further notice. close second. “Jimmy G.” has been adorning Lakeland only a few To the contestant wno stands firet months and yet his dark, unearthly in the Majestic theater contest on|masculine beauty has made an in- April 1st we will give one million | delible impression on the hub of the ARRIVALS AT HOTEL KIBLER A. DeShong, Jacksonville, Fla; J. D. Futch, Jacksonville, Fla; E. C. Aikinson, Tampa, Fla; E. S. Bryan, New Orleans, La; G. L. Hill, Lynch- burg, Va; R. G. Matthews, Barnes- ville, Ala;C. L. Gall, Partland, Ore; A. W. Farrar, Jacksonville, Fla; C.| M. Carrier,’ Punta Gorda, Fla; F. R. Brown, Lynchburg, Va.; John A, ‘Whiten, Jr., Jacksonville, Fla.; J. A. Griffith, Thomasville, Ga.; A. B. Wright, A. C. L; J. R. Hinson, St. Paul, Minn; A. D. Whilden, St. Paul, Minn.; Mrs. Ann Sloan, Toronto, Ont; Gilbert D. Leach, Tampa, Fla; Wm. L. Bradley, New York, N. Y; A. B. Arnold, New York, N. Y.; A. W. King, Boston, Mass; Sheldon Borden, Los Angeles, Cal; Wm. E. Butss, Brunswick, Ga; J. L. Devon, Atlanta, Ga; Paul Paynter, Sullivan, Ind; M. D. Clowers, city; Jas. Mc- Gee, Tampa, FFla; J. P. Meredith, Fort Myers, Fla; E. H. Lightfoot, N. R. T. Swengood, Jacksonville, Fla; H. A, Boggs, Tampa, Fla; 1. W. Lee, Tampa, Fla; W. L. Peeblee, Bartow, Fla; Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Hill, Nashville, Tenn; Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Bonebrake, Pittsburg, Pa; G. H. Hulett, Daytona, Fla; H. J. Doo- little, Cleveland, O; W. L. Bowler, Daytona, Fla; W. N. Sawyer, Cleve- land, O; B. Hermans, N. Y.; V. J. Garren, Tampa, Fla; Henry Toomey, Baltimore, Md; Chas. Rice, Tampa, Fln; A. E. Knight, Tampa, Fla; L. L. Green, Charleston, S.C.; C. E. Be- lote, Jacksonville, Fla; T. H. Burt, Tampa, Fla; G. L. Hill, Lynchburg, Va; B. T. Barden, city; H. C. Bran- neoll, Syracuse, N. Y; W. G. Reed, Erie, Pa; Mrs. Reed, Erie, Pa; M. G. Price, Erie, Pa; A. P. Brown, At. lanta, Ga; E. C. Jones and wife, Tampa, Fla; W. D. Hopkins, Tampa, Fla; Geo. Roeting, Irvington, O; B. H. Barber, Arcadia, Fla; Andrew R. Dryer, Jacksonville, Fla, H. E. Houser, Winston-Salem, N. C.; Miss Maggie Harris, St. Petersburg, Fla; W. J. Whaley, Birmingham, Ala; B. Barnsten, N. Y; W. 8. Doyle, Tam- 'Kine, city; B. Feinberg, Ft. Meade, | pa, Fla; Herbert Tait, Tampa, Fla; G. W. Martin, Atlanta, Ga; H. B. Macrory, Pitsburg, Pa; H. D. Moore, Chicago, I1l; Mr. and Mrs. C. D. I Don’t let that cough \ hang on. Stop it before it goes too far. FOR SALE IN LAKELAND BY HENLEY AND HENLEY TORIC Lenses Widen Vision The deep curved form of the Toric lens entirely does away with the unavoidable hazy vision at the margins of the ordinary flat lens. Toric lenses are an imporvement of the flat lens, greatly icreasing the efficiency of the eye. Let us examine your eyes and fit you with the glasses that will aid your vision most. Examination Free Cole & Hull Manufacturing Optometrists. Lenses Ground Here. ; LAKELAND, FLORIDA Fla; A. T. Hackl, Louisville, E. V. Camp, Savannah, Ga; J. Ky; L. 'Wyllt. N. Y.; Wm. F. Stroud, Phfl-| adelphia, Pa; Esther Enstrong, ——— A e ‘Florida Lands T S T B e s S Sy | In Large and Small Tracts SUITABLE FOR Fruit, Truck and General Farming Improved and Unimproved Unimproved and Improved Samples BARGAIN—4 acres, inside city limits, with 6-room hous 2 acres in bearing trees and two in highly cultivated garden. 20 ACRE FARM—Close in all cleared and fenced; 100 bearing orange trees. payment required. e about Price $3000.00. Large cash 23,000 ACRES—In Polk County at $6.00 per acre. Timber worth more than half the price. 40 ACRE FARM—35 in bearing Orange Grove, 8-room house, packing house and barn, large lake front. New Irrigation plant, good heavy soil and good road. Six miles from Lakeland. Price $30,000.00. FOR NON-RESIDENTS—Good Fruit Lands, well located in ten, twenty and forty acre tracts; Co-operative Devel- opment Plan. NEW BRICK STORE BUILDING—In the city of Lake- land; Leased for five years at $2,600.00 per annum, $30,- 000,00. Will trade for Orange Grove as part payment. 9-ROOM HOUSE and three vacant Lots. Close to Lak Morton $4,200.00. ol e $1,200 down and terms. TWO HOUSES In Dixieland (5-rooms), rented. $3,000.00. Terms. TWO GOOD SUBDIVISION Propositions. ] Both close in and desirably located. 34 ACRES OF RICH HIGH .HAMMOCK land near Cen- ter Hill. Close to school post office and store. Five acres clear. Price $550.00 extra votes. To the contestant who stands sec~ ond five hundred thousand extra votes. To the contestant who stands third, two hundred and fifty thou- sand extra votes. To the contestantwho stands the fourth, one hundred and twenty- five thousand extra votes. To the contestant who stands the fifth, seventy five thousand extra votes. To the contestant who stands the sixth, fifty thousand extra votes. OFFICE HEADQUARTERS ARE ABOVE AUDITORIUM THEATER. Directory of Business Houses Where ¢ Coupong Are Issued Cole & Hull Jewelry Store. Silver Palace. Lake Pharmacy. . The Hub. ‘The La Mode. Majestic theater. i Lakeland Hardw. & Furn. Co. Smith Bros. Grocery. Smith's Bakery. Cut Price Store. Dutton & Harris Shoe Co. Dutton & Harris Repair Co. Bryant's Billiard Parlor. General Ofice Supply Co. W. B. Arendell Bicycle Shop. . 1akeland Evening Telegram. The Fiyan Cleaning and Pressing Compaay. IT'S GREAT FOR BALKY BOWELS AND STOMACHS. We want all people who have chronic stomach trouble or consti. | pation, no matter of how long standing, to try one dose of Mayr's Wionderful Remedy—one dose will convince you. This is the medicine 8o many of our local people have been taking with surprising results. The most thorough system cleanser | ever sold. Mayr's Wonderful Rem- edy is sold by leading druggists everywhere with the positive under- standing that your money will be refunded without question or quib-| ble if ONE bottle fails to give you absolute satisfaction. The Kimbrough Supply Co. has just received a large shipmeat of Columbia Graphophones and Grafon. olas and a large assortment of the latest records. They also have a complete line of |the Baldwin Piano Company's in. 'struments at their showrooms end {will give votes on all cash purchases ,and collections. 4000 NOTICE. —_— This week only, Mrs. Jennie Wil- lets china painting studio will give Majestic voting coupons with pur- chases. This is your last oppor- tunity to secure any of Mrs. Willet's china, as the studio closes Saturday. Optimistic onmmm.um & country through having the good Polk county universe. “Jimmy G.” has a particular and ticklish job with the Lakeland Elks’ Minstrel Show in that he has to “hold” the audience while the as- sembled company gets on the stage. Just how the company is going to eget on the stage and just how “Jimmy G.” will hold the audience must remain a secret until the fate. ful evening. But that “Jimmy G. will be sufficient unto the responsi- bilities thrust upon him those who have seen “Jimmy G.” manage the Elks’ ball team are certain. Local fans well remember how “Jimmy G.” marshalled the FElks’ cohorts not so long ago, marched them on to— fileld, did valiant battle with the Louisville Colonels and only missed beating them to a (pulp by a narrow margin of forty- eight runs. It was Captain “Jimmy G.” at short-stop who really saved the Elks’ team from an inglorious finish. His playing was like noth- ing ever seen ona local diamond be- fore or since and was something for fathers to tell to their children un- to the third and fourth generation. In making his maiden speech be- fore the Lakeland public it is opined that “Jimmy G.” will surround him- self with histronic honors just as he won fame and glory while leading his men at the rout on -Flela. “Jimmy G.” is the mew Exalted! Ruler of Lakeland Lodge B. P. 0. E. No. 1291, holding the position of exalted ruler for the second time in his career in Elkdom. He first came to Lakeland from Mobile as the representative of the Gurley Construction Company and after he had discharged his duties with that concern decided that he liked Lake- land so well and was so much at home here that he ought to become a fixture. He is now secretary of the Lakeland Manufacturing Com- pany and probably has more friends here than any one whose residence in the premier city of Polk county covers such a brief span of years. As before mentioned, Captain “Jimmy G.” is scheduled for a very ticklish specialty with the FElks’ Minstrels. Those who have most closely followed his career are cheerfully guessing that he will either do better on the stage than he has on the baseball field or he will be shot at sunrise. See the line of cameo rings. Spe- cial sale. Coe & Hull. 3996 NOTICE OF INTENTION TO Notice is hereby given that a special legislative act will be intro. duced durin> the 1615 session of the lecislature of the State of Florida amending the charter of the City of Lakeland ag it now is, in certain re. spects. This 16th day of March, A. D. 1915. 3945 FOR RENT-—Modern 8-room house in heart of town. All modern conveniences. Phone 236 blue. The cameo window of Interest to » - R ™ PSS WHO GETS THE MONEY YOU EARN? DO YOU GET IT, OR DOES SOMEBODY ELSE WHO DOES NOT EARN IT? YOUR “EARNING POWER" CANNOT LAST ALWAYS. WHILE YOU ARE MAKING MONEY BANK IT AND BE FIXED FOR OLD AGE. JUST DO A LITTLE THINKING. BANK _WITH US, . WE PAY 5 PER CENT INTEREST ON TIME DEPOSITS. American State Bank “BE AN AMERICAN ONE OF US.” See the 1915 Buick Models Buick Automobiles Salesroom located W. Main St. at Motor Shop Grady Deen. Local Agent x4 Fayrab fedt - The credit system has become -a- great- factor. in trans- acting business in this country, and much consideration has been given to the causes that stimulate credit. Payment by check creates a decidedly favorable effect bcause everyone realizes that those persons who pay by check are SYSTEMATIC IN THEIR DEALINGS and safeguard their resources by keeping their money in the bank. THIS Bank offers to its patrons the best facilities for the transaction of all financial matters that are consistent with our well established policy oi Responsive Bankifig. Yours very truly, a‘é m? W osin | FIRSTNATIONALBANK | For Further Information See J. Nielsen-Lange Lakeland, Florida Phone 354 Green. Office Evening Telegram Bldg. Get Your Coupons in the Great VYoting Contest at the Hub. This is the only Gents’ Furnishing Store in Town giv- ing Yotes with Purchases of Goods Our Spring Line Is Coming in Daity See Qur Windows They reflect the Superb Stock with which our Store is filled. —_— The Hub THE HOME OF Hart Schaffner and Marx Good Clothes JOS. LeVAY I “It simply goes to show that can’t nold this country dowo- — Cynical Comment. as Heaven made i -3 it il i i