Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, April 23, 1915, Page 4

foe Evening Telegram Published every afternoon from The Telegram PBuilding, Lakeland, Fla. Entered in the postoffice at Lake- land, Florida, as mail matter of the second clase. M. F. HETHERINGTON, EDITOR SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year .... vee..$5.00 Six 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 $1.50 per year. —— e We object to the designation, by one of the State papers, of Allie An- gle as a “shrinking violet.” He re- minds us more of a big sunflower. Any right-minded, normal man would as soon go fishing as work these delightful spring days. Instead of doing either, however, some people write poetry. The Arcadia pNews declares that Lakeland is “a most beautiful city, indeed, and the home of the Tele- gram, ‘a thing of beauty and a joy forever.” 0 The editor of the Evening Tele- gram hastens to disclaim authorship of the splendid article credited to it this morning by the Tampa Tribune, entitled ““The Little Word 'If."” The article was found going the rounds of the press without credit, and was printed in this paper because of its merit, and with no thought of claim- ing it as an editorial produgtion. We would gladly have given credit had we known to what. pablication the credit was due. g 1s the mayor of Jacksonville a stockholder in a hat store? He has issued a formal proclamation com- manding all Jacksonvillians to pro- vide themselves avith a new straw bonnet by Saturday, April 24, Per- haps, however, he only means to fur- ther the “buy now’ movement. He may work some order of this kind on the men, but we'd like to see any mere Mayor with nerve enough to issue a proclamation concerning.any article of woman’s dress. i Sl 7 RS A. J. Angle,"the big, genial ex- Representative from Polk county, and who has singe been more or less in the ‘political lime-light in this State, will probably become a candi- date for comptroller. Mr. Angle will receive strong support from ‘West Florida, as well as from this section, and from the present out- look has an excellent chance of elec- tion. There are several gentlemen mentioned in connection with this office, though, so far as we are in- formed, E. P. Hagard, of Ocala, is the only other avowed candidate. The Punta Gorda Herald will hard- ly be classed as a conservative. Among the suggestions offered are these: Abolish the Legislature; di- vide the State; remove the capital. We are not prepared to question the soundness of the Herald's position on any of these points, but we merely want to put in Lakeland’s claim as the capital, either of the present State, in case of capital removal, or of the new State Brer’ Jordan pro- poses to create. We are sure no one can question the absolute fitness and sweet reasonableness of our position in the premises. The Merchants’ Association of St. Petersburg have decided that all ad- vertising, except that done in the newspapers, is to be controlled by the advertising committee of the as- sociation; and a fine of $5 is to be imposed on any merchant who goes into an advertising scheme not ap- proved by the committee. This is a wise and proper action, and a similar’ plan should be adopted in all towns. No one has any objection to helping along a worthy local object, by tak- ing an advertisement in a school pa- per, an entertainment program, or other proposition of the kind; but the merchants should not allow themselves to be preyed on by the traveling advertising grafters, whose worthless schemes during the winter months constitute an almost contin- uwous performance. We all have our worries. A pro- posed saloon bill prohibits the sale of intoxicants more than three feet above the surface of the ground. Ed Lambright calls attention to the fact that pearly all the bars are more than three feet above ground, and esks whether he'll have to get down .on his knees or sit on the floor. Well, the law also works the other way, providing that there shall be no sell- ing three feet below the surface. An arrangement mi~ht be made to have a kind of double-bar - one section three feet above the ground, the oth- er three feet below. By standing on a level with the latter perhaps an earnest reacher could utilize the; former, and the long and the short could thus be accommodated. Tf this don’t work ont, Ed, call on us for, further suggestions. We realize this momentous question must be solved, ! and we know it would hurt you to' “ get on your knees. J Tne Inefficient (By Dr. Frank Crane, in Atlanta Journal.) I am talking to you, son. You're a healthy young fellow of twenty. You are strong in body and your mind is not weak. And I say to you that it you are broke, stranded and friemd- less, it’s ten to ome that but one person will be to blame, and that’s yourself. For you can make yourself effi- cient. There is some one tfilns.l maybe two things, that you can be ' able to do better than most other people can do. And for a person who can make good there is always an opening. This world is full of second raters, of unskilled, untrained, blotching, butter-fingered incompetants. * They usually are so because they were too lazy or too ignorant to prepare themselves to do well some part of the world’s work. Lord, Lord, the poor work that fills the world! Think of it! Of all the mothers in this town, how are successes. How many are ap- plying themselves, by study and con- stant effort, to the business of moth- ering? I had, T suppose, a hundred teach- ers, more or less, in my school days, and of them I can’t remember over two or three that understood how:to teach. The others were just holding their jobs. Most preachers you hear are bad —not bad men—but bad preachers. Most singers cannot sing. Most ac- tors are mediocre. Most books are a waste of time. Most houses are not fit to live in. Most cooks can’t cook. Most clerks do not earn even the small salary they get. I do not speak of genius, nor of the exceptionally gifted people. It is a plain fact that the man who simply does well the thing he is paid for doing is a rare quantity. That is the shameful truth. And the direct road toward al- ways getting employment, toward being indispensable and in *demand, is to equip yourself to do something well, p Efficiency? Why, I don’t know a solitary hotel or restaurant in this town where you can get a slice of bread that is real bread like mother used to make. And as for hot bis- cuit—they haven’t the remotest jdea of them. You can get forty-seyen kinds of meats and vegetables with all sorts of sauces, all tasting about alike, but never a piece of home- made bread. It’s almost as bad with coffee. When you hire a carpenter, paint- er, paperhanger, upholsterer, plas- terer, of plumber to do a job in your house, it is reasonably sure that his work will be slighted, bungled and unsatisfactory, unless you stand over him with a club. What a field is open to the man who does good work, who is punctually, honest and capable. No, my son, don't get led astray by wild-eyed theories. To be sure, it's a wicked, cruel and selfish world. There's a deal of injustice and spec- ial privilege and all that in it. ¢ But I'm talking to you, And I tell | you that the way to keep out of the {mud of failure is to train yourself, to study, to be industrious, and to lfit yourself to do something well, to make good.. They tell you that every employer \has more applicants than he has Ijobs. The truth is that he has more inefficient applicants. If he knew that you could do the business sat- isfactorily he wold give you the work immediately. The world is hungry for men who can and do make good. Not all can be employers or lead-' ers, but there's always room for the man who, doing his stunt the best he can, knows right down in his heart that the boss can't hang any- thing on him as one man expressed it the other day. And this was mot said in any spirit of antagonism. Recently a man said to the writer, “I'm up against it. I've had to let two of my best men go—they weren't loyal.” Thi§ man is a responsible man (and an honest man, and one who wouldn't look for nor expect per- fection—but he balked at disloyalty, and these two men, capable and effi- cient as they had been—had lost their usefulness to him. He needed them in his business [ but he needed loyalty more. In speaking of the matter, the man showed no bitterness—he simp- ly dismissed the subject and the men as closed issues, and he needed both of them—but they are dead to him ~—they lacked the ounce of loyalty. They had known him for years; there was nothing new to them in his personality or ways of doing business and with their help he was building up a fine business and they were receiving their share. But the ounce of loyalty wasn't fused into the chain which boundi {them together and they are drifting | nent, training and direction today. - Middletown Journal. THE PRICE Jean longed for a kitten. When illness made it necessary for Jean to 20 to the hospital her mother said: “I will make a bargain with you, Jean. If you wil be a brave little girl about your operation you shall have the nicest kitten 1 can find.” Jean took the ether, but later, as she came out from under the anes- thetic, she realized how very wretch- ed she felt. The nurse leaned over to catch her first spoken word. “What a bum way to get a cat!” moaned the ¢hild. MADE ON FRE T NARIANMA (Continued from Page 2.) es then arrived, taking charge of the other line. Both lines were being directed down the west stairway. Of the ninety-five boys in these two dormitories all those from the sec- tion for smaller boys had reached safety, all from the larger boys, sec- tion had passed except three. By this time the stairway had become obscure by smoke and the attendant | wrapped his coat around his head, instructing the three remaining boys to do the same and follow him. He dashed down the stairs safely, but | these three boys did not follow and were lost. One smaller boy, known to have been somewhat deficient mentally, ran back after coming to a place of safety and was lost. One young hero lost his life in an at- tempt to rescue the acting superin- tendent, who it was thought had not been awakened, but who had gained safety by going over the roof. Two employes, father and son, were lost after gaining safety, each other. “One boy reported as lost is known to have run away. It being neces- sary to keep the inmates in confine- ment at night, the fire escapes were locked, the keys being in the office on the main floor in a place known to all about the building. However, had these fire escapes been opened and that method of escap eadopted it is the testimony of those present that the rapidity of progress of the fire would have increased rather than decreased the casualtyl oss. Tt would be one bright spot in this ma-' eous occurrence if all the deeds of heroism and self-forgetfulness on the part of the boys and employes during the fire, and of the loyalty of the boys to the superintendent and to the institution after the fire might be here recorded. “The board of managers had no desire to escape any censure that may justly be theirs in this connec- tion, but simply desire, in view of many conflicting and erroneous re- ports given publicity, to place the facts before you. “In conclusion we recommend that your honorable body pass the following bills: “An act making the commitment of all children for the term of their minority, unless discharged earier by the board of managers as reform- od, ‘An act appropriating for tenance $150 per annum per inmate payable quarterly. “An act appropriating $60,000 for buildings, cold storage plant, light and water system, stock, im- plements, furniture and equipment. EUROPEAN NEWS AND NOTES.. —_— London, April 23—While England is torn with the discussion of the drink problem, it will not only be interesting but news as well, to know that there is in Great Britain a tavern where smoking is prohibit- ed. The house is situted in Artillery Row, not a stone’s throw from Liver- pool Street Station, and it is remark- able how few Londoners know of London’s only smokeless tavern! It was established in 1682, The stranger who enters its door | is promptly served with pamphlet in which is set for the curious rules by which the establishment is bound. Rule one puts up the bar against him who hlsfirank unwisely and too well. Rule “No person or party of persons can be served under any cir- cumstances more than once, the rule being ‘that he, she or they (as the case may be) must have left the house at least half an hour before either are entitled to be served again.” All Germany is talking of Baron Hans von Spesshardt, who is only 19 years old, and yet has won both the iron cross and the Ritter Kreuze of Saxony. He fell on the battlefield on the last day of 1914 and is now in the final stages of his conveles- cense in a Berlin hospital. The story of Baron von Spess- hardt is one of those glimpses into the simple life of a young soldier 2 which are some times revealed to |- one or another of the corps of cor- respondents in the moments when they are not haunting the Foreign Office for news of a long-anticipiat- ed expedition to the front. To tell the story of one man seems almost futile, when there are the stories of s0 many men to tell. But this story and others like it sérve a bigger pur- pose than the mere narration of pie- turesque campaigning. They con- Germans have won in the east and the west. The elaborate organiza- tion of modern military methods has but one object to place the common soldier and his immediate officer face to face with the enemy. Ger- many gives her men the finest equip- of which he is capable. After that of rest with the soldier whether to ad- vance or retreat. The wll-to-win is an ephemerzl stindard that most be borhe in exery soldier’s heart. There are more than 70,700 Au=- trian was prisoners in Serbia, both are in Nish. Despite the scarcity of food the Austrian prisoners are well fed. The officers are exceedingly fed, in fact while the men get the same rations as the Serbbian sold- iers, namely, a loaf of bread with a piece of lard or cheese every day and occassionally some beans. Of course it takes time for the Austrian to get used to this spare diet, but on the going | back into the building seeking the! i other hand it cannot be expected that the prisoners should fare better than their captors. The cheerfulnes of the wounded and maimed is one of the remark- able features of the war. No mat- ter if the men have empty sleeves or ! disfigured faces with an eye missing or minum a leg, they can be seen going about with the most cheerful view of the future. | A remarkable scene during thei performance’ of “La Vivandiere” a few nights ago is the talk of every- one. The opera is particularly ap- propriate for the present time and the great “Hymn to Liberty,” the | ‘cllmx of an act, always receives an !ovation. All the audience arose and | applauded at this song except two men in the uniform of officers. There | {were murmurs until it was seen that jthe right sleeve of one and the left | ‘sleeve of the other were empty. That | ended the interest of the audience 1in the opera. A great cheer arose. | The orchestra quickly turned to the “Marseillaise” and the two men re- ceived a reception. | | HOLINGSWORTH ITEMS. | Mr. Saudh, an elderly gentle-| man, living with Mir. Winberg. is very sick being under the doc- jtor’s care. | M. W, | tbeen very {with complications, better. Mr. C. A. Clark, wife and son, {Carl, left Friday for points inj { Ohio, ‘thence to their home in} Two Harbors, Wis. Mr. Winberg having sold his place will leave soon for Colora- {do. His family will remain un- til September. : Mr. and Mrs. Frank Winkie. after spending some time on the "East Coast, are visiting at the| home of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Adsit. Mr. Al neat, new picket fence front of his residence, Holingsworth. Prof. F. Clark Perry, with his quartette, hel da song service at the Hollingsworth school house Tuesday evening. Those who were fortunate enough (owing to the shortness of the notice) to: be present, greatly enjoyed their singing. i N sick with “Grippe,” is very much F. Pickard is having a built in on Lake 1 SCRIBE. | But try again, Gracy, who has} THE BRIGHT SIDE SRS { Brace up, be brave, don’t wWorry. a smile, away. Face trouble with The cloudy day will pass *Twill brighten after while. Misfortune and disaster May almost bear you down, o your grit maintain; Cheer up, just smile, Despair is not a winner; The race is for the strong : The weary steed can have no speed: Despondency is Wrong. No life is without trials. No pathway always clear, - But don’t despair, just subdue care, And beat it with good cheer. Let not your courage faiter, Only the weaklings ,\'iold;' Keep in the fight for all that's ri Let valor be your shield. Be just, be fair, be fearless, To knockers give no heed; Take the bright side; *tis the right *Twill help you to succeed. side; ght; _Frank Eberle. NOTICE The Board of (‘ommissioners of th 4 City of Lakeland on the fifth day oi av. 1913, will receive sealed b for‘ the supplying of wood for the jear 19 delivered and racked on ;I\o premises of the Lakeland 1 and Water Plant under the spec tions on file with the city clerk . Certified cheque for fifty dollars to accompany bid. Certified check for The commissioners riEght to reject any and all bids E. C. FLANAGAN, Commrissioner of Municipal Aetivities R. L. RAFFO, Superintendent, Light and Plant. FRENCH BULL DOG SHOW fifty dollars reserve the $04: New York, April 23—The exhibi- tion of the French bulldogs under the auspices of the French Bulldog Club of America, was opened at the Astor Hotel today. All of the lead- ing kennels of the country are rep- resented. Daily Thought. Love is better than spectacles make everything seem great. to main- | ,A ¢ y ; Groceries FRUITS WOOD J. D. McCLEOD'S | 'GROCERY AND MEAT MARKET 214 West Main Street Phone 273 Red. PROMPT Deliv ery. CURED MEATS Fresh and Salt FISH Produce Vegetables and COAL PRICES LOW 7 atray an Special Sale Da and LACES el <l Monday S of Each W eek y BATES’ For Bargains r Specials Each Week don't frown. | Water | | ! purrance. {seph J R. Johnson . | James. 1.\!. A Laurett Arche i vH‘ A. Brown and husband to Frank C. Thompson. | 'BIG RECEPTION FOR KRICKLEY i | coach of | terial. Seward. 1Rrickle_\‘. the famous. Harvard drop kicker assumed his new position as (Furnished by the ——.\' Suit Made For You REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS — Security Abstract and Title Co., Bartow, Fla.) April 21, 1915 Frank A. Smith and wife Tobin and wife. Barber et al. to Chas. f to Jo- Edward W. wilson and wife. Florence E. Inman to Inman \ ohn Brown. fnh Stanford Have your Py, Suit made accordip, your indiviaua| ye ments. Florence E. B.i | £. James and wife to S. | i | ) are rice |. Chase Bare to Mau - Maurice Wilson . Asa A. Yonally to Dora V. Moth- ed. United States to John R. Croft. F. B. Waters and wife to F. W. Palm Beach Syjt to Measure $10 to 82, Imported Silk Syj, to Measure . $20 to 335 B. Woodham and wife to J. I, Pollard. John P. Fore to Mrs. Willie B. A ! ' pike Adair and wite to W. H. Adair and wife to Grace Ar-, Robinson and husband to S. Archer. Palm Beach Suiig Cleaned and soc Pressed MOORE'S Little Style Shop PHONE 243 DRANE BLyg, j. F. Mann and wife to L. P. Baltimore, ~ April 23—Charles Johns Hopkins football ma- The famous kicker was giv- len a rousing reception. T OO Responsible ethods To The Public:(— Our conception of Ideal Service is a Service that offers to patrons every accommodation consistent with Security | B and Strength. Every transaction is subjected to careful consideration and is guided in spirit as well as in letter by the laws and ideals of Responsible Banking Methods. Long experience with the commercial and financal needs of Lakeland has enabled our Officers to guide this In- tensive Service for the best interests of ALL patrons. Yours very truly, g FIRST NATIONALBANK THIS BANK IS A MEMBER OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM. In Large and Small Tracts SUITABLE FOR Fruit, Truck and General Farming Improved and Unimproved e — ——————— " Unimproved and Improved Samples 23,000 ACRES—In Polk County at $6.00 per acre. Tim worth more than half the price. i %0 ’.\hCRF FARM—35 in bearing Orange Grove, S® quae, JPacking house and barn, large lake front. New ., irmgation plant, good heavy soil and good road. miles from Lakeland. Price $30,000.00. FOR NON-RESIDENTS—Good Fruit Lands, well locil In ten, twenty and forty acre tracts; Co-operative D¢ opment Plan, BARZG;\CL\'—_-l acres, inside city limits, with 6-room l}_ gard:ls_ in bearing trees and two in highly culti i :\lLR}I‘ I:A?R)I*CIOSE in all cleared and fenced; 3% 00 bearing orange trees. Price $3000.00. Large Payment required. 9;RO\(I)oA\rI HOUSE and three vacant Lots. Close to [ ~lorton $4,20000. $1,200 down and terms. TWO GOOD SUBDIV e close # S VI oth close and desirably | atefION Propositions. Both ¢ 3¢ ACRES OF RICH HIGH .HAMMOCK fand nes er Hill. Close to school post office and store acres clear. Price $550.00 40 ACRE FPARM— 3 ard o) All fenced; aboNur Griffin, Fla, . close to larf iy : about “half cleared and some citrus tre® :::rmg' is is a fine combination farm; both Sl truck land par excellence. House and harn: ™ 2¢ equipment and half interest in crops goes \pl».;(‘r‘ Price $5000.00. \k“v{nlf. l.:'k‘\li"(?““ quarter mile south of ¥ house gt iruit and truck, spartly clear ol use and harn Cheap if sold soon: will ¢ terms, HOUSE—In Dixieland. $900.% r (¢ i % limit} v l'NH\'ISHF,D For Further Information See J. Nielsen-Lange Lakeland, Florida Phone 354 Gre p— ]