Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, April 20, 1915, Page 5

AKELAND } LACONIC Lo 22 2] case of fire phone 5000 here will be & meeting of the U. v. V. at the City Hall tonight | .30. All members are urged to pd . rs. A. R. Bond, a former rell..i of Lakeland, who has many | ds here, is.in the city the guest rs. George Peterkin at her home Sparling. he eighth grade, taught by m..; je Castles, are enjoying a pic- | on Lake Hollingsworth today. ' various grades’. ‘alwayd - enjoy | Ings of this kind ak the school draws to a close, and the young always have a most delightful iss Ruby Daniel. left yesterday Lake Butler, where she went to her brother, R. R. Daniel, and ly for a week or so. In her nce her business is splendidly d after by Miss Lula Miller. yor O. M. Eaton left last t for Tallahassee, where he was d to attend to some matters rel- e to legislation affecting the Or- of Railway Conductors. He will ut of the city two or three days. r. and Mrs. Oscar Cason’s many eland friends are glad to know are no longer living at Brooks- b, but will make this city their e in the future. rs. J. F. Wilson and little ghter, Frances Murray, left this ning for a month’s visit to the (Coast, spending some time with ; sister, Mrs. Love at Delray and fiami with her parents, Rev. and i . J. R. Cason. he first entertainment to be giv- during commencement week will r next Monday night when the ors will give that laughable edy, “When a Man’s Single.” past plays given by the Seniors ¢ been splendidly put on, and e delighted the crowds, and ev- body who has seen one knows t a treat is in uwre<(or all who nd Monday night. r. G. F. Beyer, a Kansas tarmer.l p has bought and is clearing a cre tract of the Webster & pohundro land, has heard from iend in California who says that growers are selling their oranges 92 cents per box. Lemons, too, low in price. Lakeland oranges pow bringing from $2.356 to 50 per box f. oa b. according to Citrus Exchange of this city, ch would indicate that Florida ges have it on the California Tampa Special,” a fast through n operated by the Atlantic Coast e between Tampa and Jackson- ., will be withdrawn Sunday, the announcement made by J. Kirkland, division passenger nt, vesterday. The train has n leaving Tampa at 12:45 i ng in Jacksonville at 7:30. ccording to the announcement, last “Tampa . Special” south- nd will arrive here Friday at 4 ock and the last train morth- nd will leave here at 12:45 Sat- ¥ No. 80 Leaves Later rain No. 80, which has ing Tampa at 10:30, will, hing Sunday, leave here at 12 ock noon. It will arrive at nt City at 12:33 p. m., and will to Lakeland at 12:53, will ar- at Kissimmee t 2:13 p. m., at ndo at 2:43, at Sanford at 3:26 Jacksonville at 7:30 p. m. schedule will be only forty-five | been be- the “Tampa Special.” ing off in local travel due to zeneral depression - suffered by railroads, is the reason assigned NO ATTRACTION TONIGHT day— SPECTRO illing 5 reel feature. Don't miss this day— AL PROGRAM FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN TEEASURE ISTAND SPECIAL FEATURE day Next Week— WHEN A MAN'S SINGLE Comedy 3 act play Lakeland High Schoal Semiors — Seats now on Sale ) M00SE MINSTREL MAY 28 | Wwill pe Presented Monday, Aprj 26 tractive ' Pete ON FNE PLay MONDAY Nt “When g Man's Single,” which by the Seniors on » has a very gat- cast as follows: Jim Horton—Dpavigq Strohaker., Pete Adams—Leonard Groom . Paul Briscoe—Forrest Clonts \\’inlhrop Briscoe- : Mrs. Albert Rae. Evelyn Briscoe—Reva Fletcher. Norah O’'Neil—Jeweli Swindell . Eleanor "UT!O!I'»A\lary Groover, 'Board of Governors believe should in Upper New)D® aligned Act 1—A Farm York State. Act 2—Garden at Newport . Act 3—Library in New York Jim Horton, who is David Stroa- haker, a widower, married - three times but about to he caught again . Adams (Leonard Williams), bachelor but really very much in love. Paul Briscoe, with an eye- glass and a don‘t-cher-know a;r. This will be Forrest Clomts; don’t you want to see him as a languid Englishman . Winthrop Briscoe, a bachelor; Ned Skipper fills this part and also acts the dude Englishman . Mrs. Albert Briscoe, a star part, is represented’ by Myrtle McRae and is the type of the fashionable wom- an of the world“who sacrifices ev- erything for money. Evelyn Briscoe (Reva Fletcher), shows that a city belle can have an unspoiled heart in the midst of the worst Norms of fashion . Noah O'Neill (Jewel Swindell) is a fine type of Irish ser- vant girl. Eleanor Horton is Mary (;roowr“hm the organization shall keep well fand experiences many emotions of 4 ‘the heart as the result of her aunt’s SRy 0LLIs Sy ATy BODs machinations REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS (Furnished by the Security Abstract and Title Co., Bartow, Fla.) April 16, 1915 W. F. Fannin and wife to D. 0. Rogers. Bowman Realty Co lace Riggins. to L. Wal- T. E. Hollingsworth and wife to |3§k You to watch them closely, and H. H. Galloway. Victoria M. Sherrill and husband to W. L. Hallam & Co. S. L. Wilson and wife to H. Hallam & Co. Ale V. French and wife to 1. M. Trammell. H. H. son . w. Carter. Tandy G. Lalker and Florida Lalker. A. C. Jones to R. M. Marler. Florida Development Co. to Ame- lia Fournace. T. H. Nushing, Jr., to Eliza A. Rushing. C. B. Eason and wife to C. Cook. C. B. Eason and wife to A. B. Cook . United States to Mary P. Fox. United States to Mary P. Fox. United States to Mary P. Fox. R. H. Omohundro et al. to Frank McCollum. R. H. Omohundro et al. to J. J. Haldeman. J. J. Haldeman and wife to G. Beyer et al J. P. Creel and wife to R. N. Jones. F. Swan to N. J. Robert- B. Hill and wife to S. L. wife to A F. April 17,1915 Tandy & Preston to Geo. E. nons. Henry M. Pfann et al port Cattle Co Elizabeth Towles to M ings. : a Mollie Rutter to Trustees of Ev Can- to South- E. Bill- ergreen (emetery Florida Development R. 1. Mainland, admr. Florida Development Co Mainland J. A Bartow Eli M ern lLand Securit Co. to to R. L Pierce and wife to ity of Rugg and wife to Sonth- jes Co R by the ( t Li for withdrawing by st L the fast train Tampa Tribune TSNS P | : Ned Scipper. |bearing the signature of President Briscoe—Myrtle Mc- Geo. E. Southard. | \ | | | | ship, its financial strength and the | more representative body of men. {1and is growing rapidly, and because | day | certificate in Florida shows that the OPENS THURSDAY.: Official announcement of the Board of Trade movement to make that organization truly community- The local Baseball Association an- nounces that the first games of the A season will take place Thursday and Wide in scope and capitalized ade- Friday afternoons, at which time an quately for work along many lines | American team from Tampa will is made in a letter which is helng’meet the Lakeland club. The games Sent out by the Board of Trade, and | will be called at 3 o’clock sharp and an admission of 25 cents will be charged. There will be some new faces in the Lakeland line-up, but the old standbys, who are in splen- did form, will be seen in actlan.l !lmung the number being Watson, | Bescdiot the rehabilitated | Sawyer, Gillesple, Riggins, the two ' of Trade. Mehargs and Spivey. The letter in part follows: & Manager Trimble, g of the Lake- e splendid work achieved by iland club, stated today that the pon-' the Board of Trade, during the past "sibility of organizing a State League ¢ few years, is ample Justification for interests the local club, who would the steps which the Board is now be glad to enter and who will agi- taking for increasing its member- ,tate a movement looking to this end. “With Tampa, St. fetersburg, Bar- tow, Orlando, Sanford, Ocala, Plant City and Lakeland a league could be organized,” sald Mr. Trimble, “that would create gregt interest, draw big crowds and give fans a fine ex- hibition of ball playing. I belteve the different towns should get busy right now—in that way there wouldl In addition to the present members of the organi- zation the letter is being mailed to several hundred others that the in personal backing of a larger and “As you are well aware, Lake- of this growth the demands upon the Board of Trade are constantly increasing and our facilities in t! future, unless something immediate is done, will he wholly inadequate, and will deserve the criticism of yoursolf and every other citizen for lack of forcsizhteduess in keeping — up with ovr rapid commercial ex- l be time to have two series, fol- lowed by a post series to determine the winner of the pennant." pansion . “Your Board of Governors and committees, on which you have thrown the responsibility for the success of the Board, are determined Official Weather Report} SEPEEESDPDOIIIPIPES BB BIIIP Tampa, Fla., April 20.—For Tampa and vicinity: Fair tonight and Wednesday. For Florida: Fair tonight and on Wednesday . Winds for the east gulf and the South Atlantic: Light, veriable. General Weather Conditions Pressure continues low off the New England coast, and rain has fallen in the lower Lake regian and the St. Lawrence Valley. Elsewhere east of the Mississippl fair weather has prevailed. A shallow barometric Oklahoma, n the forefront of the commercial that the steps that they are now taking for greater organization an: efficiency will meet with your just approval and co-operation. “In entering invo this movement Wwe must do so with a determination to make it the greatest success of its kind ever undertaken in our city. In this we must have your co-opera- tion. Daily we will lay before you depression appears over our plans as they develop, and we B RUoRTS Arkansas and Missouri this morn- ing, and rain has fallen over south- ern New Mexico, western Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas. Elsewhere over the country west of the Mississippi fair weather has prevailed, although a center of low pressure appears this morning over Montana, and has caused partly cloudy to ¢loudy weather over the northwest. Pres- sure is relatively high over the up- per Lake region and cific coast. It 1s warmer this’morning east of the Mississippi, especiéfly in we hope you will give us your whole- hearted support. “Assuring you of our best efforts in behalf of Lakeland, I am Very truly yours, G.E.SOUTHARD, President . TO IMPROVE OUR SCHOOLS. along the Pa- The legislature should amend the i school law so as to recggnize high- grade certificates of teachers ‘from other states that are as well advanc- ed in educational matters as Flor- ida is and also recognize diplomas from colleges and universities of high standing as entitling their holders to teach in Florida without examination. A diploma from a first-class edu- cational institution is surer testi- monial of fitness than a successful examination under the Florida law the vicinity of Tampa tonight and would be, for it represents a wider Wednesday. range of education and its is the . product of years of test and not of as well advanced educationally as one day. Under our present system Florida represents the same as a an applicant for a teacher's license teacher's certificate issued jn Flor- may be asked the very questions he jda and should be treated with equal can answer and yet may be 1gnOT- . . i40ration, but the diploma of ant; or, if generally well informed, a high-grade college or university may happen to be asked the very represents scholarship as shown questions that he cannot answer. through tests too long continued to The success of an applicant may al- be the result of accident. so depend in great measure on his Florida is filling up with people physical or mental condition on lh,e from other states, but the best class of examination. A teacher's of teachers are not apt to come to this sate because of the uncertainty of the examination. No man, for instance, would give up a school in Georgia and accept one in Florida when he would have to be examin- ed before he could know whether he would be permitted to teach. And the fact that he might not feel ab- golutely certain of passing an ex- amination would not prove him un- at Tampa, 66 degrees. It is slightly cooler over Minnesota, Texas, Louis- iana and Arkansas and the south- west; and slightly warmer over the northwest. Temperatures are lbove| the seasonal avergge this morning in nearly all sections of the country. Indications are for fair weather in applicant for license knew a certain percentage of the questions that were asked and knew them on the day of examination. We do not say this in opposition to the present plan of examining teachers. It is much better to secure a teacher who knew on a certain day the answers to a fixed percentage of questions | asked than one who did not Know L fit to teach, because as we have said, but we think this method of "N‘n.!(he eig gl i cing teachers should be supplement- 1"0“ S entiialy Tres frow neel 60:by & Better (ot dent, It is conceivable that some A teacher’s certificate in a sta e‘""““o“ might be asked that Su- If Howard Denny made some home made FUDGE, did Jess Willard make a CHOCOLATE DROP? Fido, it's a long road that has no tin can. Wwell fol Do you like to laugh? Are tonight. nd blue? Do you con disconsolate a s ikt our head t 2 Does toss abont & d weary? che? Is jour mind ache? - n specialist. | akeland's rescribe for you at the Ma Greer 2.3 Hours 2:30 will p . jestic theater. to 11 p. o ZINGO IN AFRICA ler full of Thrilling comedy £t et of sen- comedy and o and funny situations jons, thrills sat ous Zingo series The last of the fam Con! ks, we have a Jo¥ ProgTam | moyorrow and Thursday— | see Lr. | | | | THAT SPRINGTIME FEELING Keystone scream Tonight THE DECISION Two reel comedy drama full of gin- ger and action DANIEL FROHMAN PRESENTS James O’Neil IN The Count of lMonte Cristo THAT AUDITORIUM ORCHESTRA Lakeland's Choice tinuous show 2:30 to 11 p m . 5 reels and vaudeville BARNELLO TFE FIRE KING ' Great Noveity Act . Fridey URAWAY JUNE da gé;n%xo THE CITRUS CANKER Special 2 reel feature IN FIVE ACTS REAL REELS ’m" FAIL TO SEE THE PATHE MUSICAL MUSIC . 3¢ i TURED FEATURES " GET BUSY very attractive school children for Friday. “Treas- ure Island,” a 3-reel feature, will be one of the good things on the bill. All children know this story and it will be a treat to see it in pictures, Three other comedy reels will shown. LOST—Lady's SEE 'DR. the | would improve the average northeast. The'temperature at Bos- |teachers of Florida, ton this morning was the same as'should be made.—Times-Union. We Meet Every Require- ment in Young Men’s Clothes O St gt . Sl Bhcatchonind REPRESENTATIVE) - LAKELAND VS. TAMPA, i1 You'llinstantlyrecognize “what’s what” in personal expression and sec.re clothes that 1aper to your own particular type, if you have Ed. V. Price & Co. fashion them to fit your own figure. Moore’s Little Style Shop Exclusive Local Dealersfor Ed. V. Price & Co. AMUSEMENTS TP P00 1000000000000 Manager Green booked “Fighting the Citrus Canker,” a two-reel feh- ture to be shown at the Majestic next Tuesday, Growers will be glad to see this as well as all Floridians who are in- terested in the downfall of this pest. April 27. Orange “Spectro,” a five reel feature, will be shown at the Auditorium Thurs- day night. Manager Green has arranged program for be black leather hand- bag, containing bank book, papers and money, between Dr. Coni- bear's and Lakeland. Finder re- turn to Commercial Hotel. Re- ceive reward. 4080 BRYAN at the Lake Pharmacy for your orders for flowers for the graduating class. 4081 perintendent Sheats himself might not be able to answer, though he is far the best educated man who has ever filled the position he holds, and one of the best educated United States. in the change of the it We think the proposed and it so The annual stockholders’ meeting ,of Chautauqua Auditorium Associa- tion will be held at the oflices of the company on Wednesday the 12th of May, 1915, at 10 o'clock a. m. All stockholders are urged present as important business mat- ters are to be discussed. to be This 13th day of April A. D. 1915. J. E. MELTON, Sec. 4056-Tues-4t Why Not Write More? Post Cards For all occasions Souvenir, Invita- tion, Congratula- tions, Birthday— 1 to S cents Conklin’s Self-Filling Fountain Pens Parker’s Self-Filling Fountain Pens Stationery Many kinds, many Styles 10c to $1.00 AU 4 R AR NOTICE these formidable rivals for his pat- ronage by spending a comparatively This is to advise the public that . few dollars in advertisdng in his differences between Mr. H. A. Ken-'home town. dall and ourselves have been ad- Jjusted. Mr. Kendall has taken con- tract for clearing, draining and sub- soiling the old Carter tract, dyna- mite to be furnished by us. TAMPA AGRICULTURAL DYNAMITE CO. On next Saturday evening a meet- ilg of traveling men will be held in the Masonic Temple, Chicago, for the purpose of discussing the pro- 4082 -Posed advance in intra-state pas- & | senger fares by the railroads of Illi- s 1nois. The meeting will be held un- The mail order houses spend many der the auspices of the United Com- thousand dollars in advertising. mercial Travelers' Asociation of The home merchant can combat America. Send your Palm Beach Suits ‘ to the i Steam | aundry We are prepared to handle them in the proper way, and our price is 30 cents a suit. The Lakeland Steam Laundry PHONE 130 R. W. WEAVER, Prop, Our brushes will **hold their bristles **--- will hold for us your trade. Look at your old hair brushes, tooth brushes, paint brushes, brushes of all kinds and see if you don't need NEW ones. Then come to us for the new brushes you need---and all of your Drug store things. WO0O0DS’ DRUG STORE PHONE 408 _WE TAKE CARE BRACELETS, RINGS AND LAVALLIERES in large variety. We are extrava- 8ant in one respect and that is in the variety and quality we carry in stock. Women will browse with de- light among this attractive collec- tion of pretty jewelry. It is first in excellence and the rinces are invari- ably low.