Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, April 2, 1915, Page 4

M. F. HETHERINGTON, EDITOR ‘SUBSCRIPTION RATES Rix menths . ‘Threesmonths ..... $5.00 oo 250 Delivered 1imits of the Oty .o "i .+ 126 ocents & week. o 5 ey From the same ;: ® ssupdi THE LAKELAND NEWS, A weekly newspaper giving o résune of local matters, crop couditions, county affairs, etc. Sent anywh: for $1.50 per year. [ LANGFORD’S COMPULSORY EDUCATION BILL Representative-elect Langford, of De Soto county, seems to be deter- mined to be first at the post with a bill to provide for compulsory school attendance in Florida, and the Ar- cadia News publishes 'the full text of the measure which Mr. Langford will introduce. It ‘was evidently prepared with much care and its author has doubtless and very prop- erly consulted compulsory school laws in operation in other States for guidance in drawing his bill. This act makes all teritory lying within a radius of four miles of any public county rural school and the territory within the boundary of any incorporated town or city with- in the jurisdiction of thé law, and children between the ages of six and fifteen shall be compelled to attend such schools, subject to certhir ' ex: nta, of guardians as to the age of children or other vital questions are punished by se- vere penalties, and teachers are 1. W, B. Moon NG AT MAXESTI The standing of t-zbu in the Majestic eo-u:t“ v’: announced last night at the theater and Mrs, Kate Booth having the largest num- ber of votes was awarded the wrist watch. The following is the stand- ing.of the contestants: 8l c. L Misy Vera Buchanan ....14,600,350 13,650,900 13,155,600 12,987,000 Mrs, W, J, Merrill, Mrs. B. K. Young Migs' Clara Tomlinson ... 8,584,300 Miss Helen Sneed 1,456,450 Miss Virginia Mcllwain.. 6,867,900 Miss Nona Turner ...... 5,437,900 Mies Lurline Pillans . 4,256,800 Miss Mary Groover 4,136,900 Miss Florence Zimmerman 3,576,700 Miss Genevieve Duggan . 2,986,550 Mrs. R. E. Scipper ...... 2,436,600 Miss Caroline Brusfe.,.. 2,158,900 Mrs. R. J. Perkins . 2,567,900 Miss Maud Hardin . . 1,580,000 Mrs. Walter Bates 1,066,600 OFFICE HEADQUARTERS ARE ABOVE AUDITORIUM THEATER. Directory of Business Houses Where' Coupong Are Issued Cole & Hull Jewelry Store. Sflver Palace. Lake Pharmacy. The Hub. ; The La Mode. Majestic theater. 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. Generag] Office Supply Co. W . B. Arendell Bicycle Shop. akeland Evening Telegram. The Fiyon Cleaning and Pressing Company. . charged with the duty of reporting| ‘%! te the county superintendent -the non-attendance of children .. of acholastic age, whereupon the par- ent of guardian is Warned in writ- ing, and it such warnlilg is neglect-{ ed legal compulsory 8 bug jpst what form ¢ pultlon shall be ’ the child attend se¢ tioned in the bill, scribed is as follows: : Any parent, guardian or oth person failipg to eopiply with the 18 not penaity on the Aeat day of NOBLESSE -OBLIGE. Personal liberty versus per- sonal responsibility! i Recent news dispatches tell that an ‘officer in ‘the United States Navy has resigned his position rather than submit to required vaccination against ty- phoid fever. He regarded the requirement as an infringement on his personal rights. | That's his side of it. There’s another side. The War Depart- meént insists that every man in the United States Army shall be’ thus protected against the dis- ease. The result hag been that in' 1913, only a few mild cases occured in the army, and not a single death from the disease.’ The experience .of the Depart- ment in the past has been that typhoid fever is one of the worst enemies that an army en- counters in active warfare, and this was proved notably in the Spanish-American war in 1898. The United States Navy has adopted the same treatment making it compulsory. I It would be unfair to require acceptance of the treatment by' the private and to except the commissioned officer in either service. Every good soldier recognizes the fact that rank confers no right to exemption from discipline. If this particular requirement involved personal inconvenience or even slight suffering, the principle would remain the same. On the contrary, it is practically without inconven- ience and it brings an immunity against a disease that has been, and without it is, one of the problems most difficult of solu- tion that army men everywhere have to meet. It is‘a treatment that is finding wide adoption in civil life, wher it is accepted voluntarily becauge of its proved efficiency. - 2 When, then, an officer of either branch of the service, who has received free of cost to him- self,.a splendid education to fit himself . for special duties, who {has a, position assured for life rs ‘patent of the or during-good behavior and is .retired on ample pension at an age when men in civil life are still fightig for their daily bread, refuses to receive this treatment for the reason that he cqnaiders it an invasion' of personal liber- ty,’and when he regards the wel- fare and discipline of his fellow soldiers of less importance than his real or fancied personal lib- - |erty, there is strong suspicion provisions of this act shall forteit to! the ube of the school within the dis-) trict in which such child lives, a sum not less thin five dollars, nor more: than fifty" dollars, for the Brat ..1'5 “h’# y whr_ offense, nor less than ten dollars nor .:,',éfi '&,‘.‘:’,,h?,,‘,-é:" 'Efl or art or more than one hundred dollars for the second and every subsequent of-~ wh fense, and to which shall be added the cost of the suit. Discussion and debate will prob- l&.,.m, or place or cemmunity; ably pick holes in this bill and it',.o° jfine’ Nflnwn.:d'?lm. e but manper of storageplant with &r.wll.hzut ll';: will require much amending, afterall the big question is whether space. for_the the ‘Tegislature will nass it in any ‘M'ml“'l‘.“'-fi e e ‘ shape. Old prejudices are first to in any ecity, towm, village or vicinity In the be 'Gonquered, for it takes a tall miifi 't6'11ft his eyes above the horle 1t zon ‘of' the rut in which he and his and ‘maintain gus distribuf ancestors have always traveled and awabiished. and, or gas around I" " I where'a better highway for human !u'»lzln;ls“ U see the great areas all progress may be found. 1 s The European war has accustom- ed us to a daily story of tragic and terrible things, and while there have lm;r flulc as_aforesald ; been horrors on a far greater scu'e' in Eurgpe since last August, there bas been nothing to surpass in dra- ing or sn other. of_activity ; matic,quality and Deart-breaking ' stomces o e pathos that story that came lroml To L or “fiul ® ol “the- to- it or vicin- -t lll' or, sale by ish ."W utun\l or or in the city, town, or viein- which the plant is located, ‘or in any ate cold stor- Y artificlal | process To establish, equip ency of refrigeration; f rrog State of Florida, for the manufacture of gas, To gas manufactured in any measure ant or at any other point or at onsumption, and to establish, equip system or sys- plants may be rchased for sale in such places as afe To establish, equip and electric in _any eity, operate town, village da, for the gen- eration of electrical sumption, tain electric distributing in such places as electric plants may lished, and, or electrical energy ‘manufacture products of the soll; To secure products or substances for manu- facture, sale or other manner disposition, by agriculture, horticulture, forestry and min- racter Honolylu harbor, of twenty-one seute American sailors shut in the steel: 7y walls of & sub-marine and slowly suffocating to death at the bottom of the #éa. At least we can be thank- | ful that there is no enemy to gloat ‘over their death, as the allies would over any fate,no matter how terrible, that might befall the destroying sub-marines of Germany. ——i—s St. Augustine wants a new city charter, but she has to go to the legislature to get it; which is abe mfll surd on the face of it. The legisla- ture knows nothing about the char- ter needs of that city, and beyond a few members of that body, who are personaly interested, don't want to be bothered with such a purely local matter. The people of St. Augustine are permitted and requir- ed by law to elect their own mayor and uldermen and the latter enact the ordinances for the government of the city, hut they are strietly pro- hibited trom doing the very work they of all others-wre most fitted for would e own Siit¢ constitution, but must call on Co% for that purpose. S A‘* — 0 — b of di It l&&o be the opinion of all the editors in attendance that the recent misiion of the Press Associa- tion in M was the best ever held and in slliways most profitable and enjoyable. - Miami responded nobly to the claims upon her hospitality, and as the charming queen of the lower #ast Coast of Florida she will be long remembered and well adver- tised by mewspaper people present at the meeting of the Association. Fla, say that the | people tof Florida shan't make their |Board of Ditectors, to-wit : 1 e |man unfitted to be a good sol- - | service, responsibility is imposed ; [others. that the service is well rid of a dier, ; In a wider sense and beyond the limits of military or naval by position, by education, by supefrior . | opportunity. The grand principle Noblesse Oblige, the idea of personal responsibili- ty conferred by personal advan- tage, are opposed to personal sefishness and disregard of No man can live unto himself and escape the consequences, and they are as sure as death and taxes. In the matter of health and sanitation there is a responsibi- or |lity resting upon the intelligent 2 i people of Florida, which is neg-|' ’ |lected mainly because those up- ‘ lon whom it rests do not realize ystems | it. With ' the unmatched condi- tions that conserve health and low sick and death rates, Flori- da is not prominent in these re- spects. Nature has done every- _|thing she could. Man through his_ignorance is depriving the state of many of its natural ad- vantages. How? By refusing or neglecting to : |adopt precautions that ward off preventable diseases, by permit- - Iting insanitary surroundings, by To Incorporate or rehabilitate businesses or eniel whether incorporated or not: To contract and to be contracted with gen- erally ; - - To subscribe to & majority of the common stock of any banking, raliroad or other cor- poration, promoted or incorporated by this tion o promoted _otherwise. CLE IV. The authorized capital of corpor: fifty thousand dol- lars, divided Into five hundred shares of the par value of one hundred dollars each . The capital stock shall be paid in cash, property, labor or services, or by either or any, at a just valuation to be fixed by the incorpora- tors or by the directors at a meeting call for such 3 , labor or services may be also paid for with capital stock at a just valuation of such property, labor or ser- vices, to be fixed by the director . poration at a meeting called for purposes. The capital stock of this on may at any time hereafter be increased of decreased as provided by the laws of the State of Flor- ds. ARTICLRE V. The shall_be ARTICLE VI shall be period of corporate ex- mited and perpetual. business of the el s m«mmnmu ; vice-ver- i the r. . that treasurer, ot The fallaving persans <hall constitute B P Leu, and As K. of u'a‘tnmonum shall be A. X. ERI N, Secretary. Fending or until the regular annual election irect the storkhoMers, which sald regular eleciion shall be held on the first Monday of January in each and every year. ARTICLE VII. The amount of in- debtedness or llabill can at any time. _ P. Leu, Orl shares Witness the bands and seals of the re- spective _incorporating _subscribers this 20th | day of March, A. D. 1813 A X Siate of Florlda, Covaty of Polk, ss. Personally appédred before me, this 20 day lea |it will be because neglecting to'screen dwellings, earth closets, and foods, by re- fusing vaccination against smallpox andtyphoid fever, in short by failing or refusing to follow the simple instructions of medical science that have been demonstarted as effective in a thousand or a million instancs. 1i ever Florida shall erach the acme of its possible perfection, the leadrs lead the way. EVENING TELEGRAM TO GIVE VOTES ON ALL CASH PAYMENTS From this date the Evening Tele - _ | gram will give votes In the Majestic theater contest on all cash job ting and advertising, also on all itg Dald. Votes wrm be given ‘the same basis as all other mer. hduts to his contest. | * For subscriptions, however, we of - | fer unusual inducements, xs every much by three pald Tor anrthing ‘]dollar pald In this way counts as else. Thus, & year's subscrilition to!. the Evening Telegram carries with it 15,000 votes; a yearly subscrip- ton tion to the Lakeland News. 4,500 keland, | yeu and A. CURED MEATS Kingham’s Hams (sliced) Kingham’s Picnic Hams ’s Hams, regul Bologna Sausage 0il Sausage GROCERIES Flour, 12 pounds ......c..s +e- Flour, 24 pounds —-..... Best White Lard, 10 poun Sugar (granulated, cane) Black Eyed Peas —_..... -..... Irish Potatoes, per peck ..... ... Sweet Potatoes, per peck .. New Florida Syrup, per quart Senate Brand Coffee Tampa Bell Coffee .. Bulk Coffee .. Country Eggs . Fresh Mullet Fresh Water Oysters, per quart ... . PROMPT DELIVERY TO ANY PART OF THE CITY J. D. McLeod Phone 273-Red 214 W. MAIN ST. Green Bone Ground for Chickens == GA] N We are sparing no expense to accommodate you. We havegput on another delivery truck and are now prepared to deli promptly to any part of the city Or vicinity. Our salesmen the most accomodating, our delivery the best, our prices the-lowest, come and see. The Big Grocery Store On the Corner Sugar 16 pounds Picnic Hamsg ...... ... o0ee AL Bacon, Sides per pound 12¢ Cuts .. Swift’s Premium Hams, per pound Swift’s Oxford Smoked Bacon, per pound . Picnic Hams, per pound Swift's Country Sausage, per pound .. Swiit's Sliced Bacon, per poun cans Eagle Brand Breakfast Bacon ™ ‘' punod iad . Meal and Grits 11 pounds for ...... «..vu. s Flour, 24 pounds Plain ........ ¢ Flour, 12 pounds Plain . 5 Flour, 24 pounds Self-Rising Flour, 12 pounds Self-Rising . Compound Lard, per pound .. Snowdrift Lard, large can... . Snowdrift Lard,medium can . Crisco ,large size can Crisco, medium size can Wesson Oil, Small Size, 23¢, large Cottolene, Large Size Cottolene, Medium Size Butter, Clover Hill, per pound . " Butter Renovated, per popund Oleomargarine, per pound Octagon Soap, 13 bars for 30, 27 bars for $1. Coffee, White House per pound 35c¢ or three pounds $ Coffee, Arbuckle, per pound 5 Coffee, Bulk Ground 20¢, 2 pounds for .. Coffee, Green, per pound Condensed Milk, 10¢, 3 cans for .. Pet Cream, tall, 3 cans for ...... 3 Everyday Cream, baby size 7 for . Pet Cream, baby, 6 cans for Corn, Good Grade, 10¢, 3 cans for Tomatoes, 2 pound cans 2 for 18¢, 3 pound cans 3 for Peas, good grade, per can .. s o Campbell’s Pork and Beans 10¢', 3 cans for . Lenton Cling Peaches, per can Lye Hominy, 3 pound cans, 10c, 3 for ... Evaporated Apples, per package ... ... Evaporated Peaches, per package .... Kellogg’s Corn Flakes, 3 packages . Mother’s Oats, 8¢, 3 for ........ A BRAF. Cream of Barley, per pkg. ........ .... ... Ketchup, Blue Label, Small 12¢, Large Ketchup, Bert Olney, Small 12¢, Large ...... . Hyman’s Quart Jars Pickles . A Rice, Fancy Jap, 18 pounds ..... .... R Rice, Fancy Blue Rose, 17 pounds .... Trish Potataes, ner peck of 15 pounds . Coal Oil, per gallon 13¢, 5 gallons We Sell for Cash J. W. LANIER, Lakeland, Fla. North Side, Corner Pine.and Tenn. Ave. PHONE Prompt Attention t6 Mail Orders. o Automobiles ‘Salesroom located W. Main St. at Motor Shop ‘Grady Deen. Local Agent ® In Large and Small Tracts LT SUITABLEIFORS L0 i el BARGAIN—4 acres, inside city limits, with 6-room house, 2 acres in bearing trees and two_in highly ~cultivated garden. LA 20 ACRE FARM—Close in all cleared and fenced; about 100 bearing orange trees. Price $3000.00.. Large cash payment required. 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 vacaht Lots. 'Close to Lake Morton $4,200.00. $1,200 down and terms. TWO HOUSES In Dixieland (§-ropms), rented. $3,000.00. Terms. : ; TWO GOOD SUBDIVISION Propositions. Both close in and desirably located.: . -, { A 34 ACRES OF RICH HIGH .HAM'MOCK Jand near Cen- ter, Hill. /Close to school post office and' store. Five acres. clear.. Price $§50.00 + For Further lnfonnation"See J. Nielsen-Lange Lakeland, Florida . Phone 354 Green. Oflu Evening Telegram Bldg. 1 p Get Your Coupons in the Great Voting Contest at the Hub. This is the only Gents’ Furnishing Store in Town giv- ng Votes with Purchases of Goods Our Spring Line Is Coming infDaify’ . See Qur Windbws They reflect the Superb Stock with which our Store is filled. The -Hub . THE HOME OF ., _. Hart Schatfaer and Marx Grod Clothes - JOS. JLeVAY eii l G E i i i ! { H ¥