Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, May 13, 1915, Page 2

The County School Board [Transacts Business of Importance Bartow, Fla.,, Mar 13—The Board of Public Instruction met in regular session in the office of the superin- tendent with all members and the superintendent present. Minutes of { the previous meetings were read and | approved. i Messrs. Crum, Singletary and Mitchell, trustees of the Homeland School appeared before Board and asked that an additional teacher be granted to that school next term. Same was granted provided that the average daily attendance is sixty or more. The consolidation of the Combee and Lake Parker schools was report- ed unfavorably by the committee and it was ordered that the Combee school be allowed to remain in its present location and that a school be located in the Lake Parker neigh- borhood, same to be established in a more tral location than the it site and not less than three es from the Combee school. The Board agreed to pay a sum not to exceed $100.00 for the material of said school. Moved and carried that the Coun- ty Treasurer be instructed to trans- fer from the general school fund to the Fort Meade school district, the sum of $2, .00, the amount now due on refunding warrants issued by said district. He was also instruct- ed to transfer same back to the gen- fund as soon as funds in the Fort .\lr\:\de' eral school are avalilable school district bl D. M, Pipkin, one of the trusfes of the Medulla school appeared be- fore the Board and asked permie- “Sion for the Medulla school district indebtedness for the painting of said school. Same was granted. _ .3« The sale of the Davenport special tax school district bonds were or- dered re-advertised, bids to be open- ed for same on the 15th day of June. Superintendent was instructed to notify all parties furnishing mater- ial for the erection of the Frostproof school building, that the County School Board would be responsible for any indebtedness, and that such parties must look to the contractors for payment. The consolidation of the Midland and Eden schools was reported fa- vorable. The school was ordered lo- cated on a site to be selected by the committee appointed by the Board, said location to be approved by the County Board. Messrs, McClelland and Lightsey, of Eden, appeared before the Board and asked for the re-establishment of a school at Eden. Same was not granted as the Eden school had been consolidated with the Midland school, It was moved and seconded that the County Board on receipt of a satisfactory warranty deed to the Summerlin Institute property by the City of Bartow, that this Board pay to the City of Bartow, that portion of the proceeds of the sale of the bonds recently issued for that pur- pose. Warranty deed to be approv- ed by Attorney Olliphant. Messrs. Williams, Fort Meade; Holworthy, Lakeland; and Mears, Bartow, submitted to the Board, the table of rates that their towns would offer to the students of the Polk County Normal. After some discus- sion, it was agreed that Fort Meade offered the best inducement. Fort Meade was designated as place for holding the normal. The business of Board, yet being incomplete, the Board adjourned un- til Wednesday, the 5th. C. A. PARKER, Supt. and Secretary, Bartow, Fla., May 5—The Board met in adjourned session with all members and the superintendent present. School elections were ordered call- ed in the following school districts to elect two trustees and to deter- mine the number of mills to be as- sessed the ensuing two Yyears: Auburndale, Eloise, Bartow, Kath- leen, Socrum, Midland, Winston, Athens, Homeland, Enterprise, Sur- veyor's Lake, Welcome, Tiger Bay, Chicora, Berlin, Irvington, Rock- ledge, Fairview, Davenport. The appointment of Geo. Me- nett as principal of the Bartow school, C. E. Kensinger as principal of the Winter Haven school, and Jno. A. Miller as principal of the Fort Meade school were confirmed on condition that each of them se- cure a State certificate, the first State examination to be held for that purpose, The appointment &f Geo. Me- Auley as one of the trustees of thej Surveyor's Lake sub-district was confirmed. Messrs. Stivender and Gibbons of the Waverly School appeared before the Board and asked permission for the Waverly district to incur in- debtedness to the amount of $600 for the purpose of building an addi- tion to the present building. Same was deferred as the Board was of the opinion that the present bulid- ing was large enough to accommo- date the present enrollment. The Lake Alfred school was or- dered continued for the two weeks remaining on this term. The Treasurer's Report which is as follows, was examined and ap- proved: General School Fund on hand last month. . 1913 taxes 1914 taxes .. 1914 taxes .. 1913 poll taxes . 1914 poll taxes Tax redemptions 1914 e bl To sale of school house (J. C. Owens) : transfer from District No. Bal To To To To To To To Total ... By warrants the month paid during To balance onhand..$16,269.98 Special Tax School District Funds To balance on hand last month ...$34,952.50 To 1913 taxe 2.45 To 1914 ta 1,141.49 To 1914 t 82,201.40 To tax redemptions, Dec. 1914 ... ... To interest First Land .. o e es To forfeited check, C. A. Parker ... To interest, Citizen's Bank Bartow 38.66 vat'l Bank, 8.73 200,00 43.44 $44,588.67 By transfer to Gen. Fund ... School 175.00 $44,413.67 during Total By warrants the month paid To balance on hand...$42,065.28 All bill on file together with all teachers’ reports Were examined and approved and warrants drawn for famo, e mm———— The Board adjourned to meet azain on May 11th to receive bids for the Fort Meade School Bonds and to select plans and specifications for the Winter Haven school building. C. A, PARKER, Supt. and Secretary. BEHAVIOR. There is always a best way of doing everything, if it but be to boll an :gg. Manners are the happy ways of doing things. each once a stroke of genius or of love, now repeated and hard- ened into usage. They form at last a rich varnish, with which the routine of life is washed and its details adorned. If they are superficlal, so are the dew- drops which give such a depth to the morning meadows. Man- pers are very communicable Men catch them from each oth- er. Consuelo in the romance boasts of the iessons she had given the nobles in manners on the stage and in real life. Tal- ma taught Napoleon the arts of behavior. Genius invents fine manners, which the baron and the baroness copy very fast and. by the advantage of a palace, betters the instruction. They stereotype the lesson they have learned into a mode.—Emerson. RIGHT TO INHERIT. The question whether inher- itance is an inherent right or a grant from public soclety has been already considered by such great jurists as Theophilus, Cic- ero, Grotius, Vinnius, Cojas, Puffendorf. Bynekerschoek, Leib- nitz, Doneau., Lord Mansfleld, Montesquieu, Merlin, Toullier, Proudhon and other equally great jurists and philosophers of all times and places, and the best thought of the world at the pres- ent time is generally conceded to be expressed by the conclusion that the right to dispose of prop- erty after death is a natural and inherent right of mankind which cannot be taken away by the state. It is said by one of the greatest of the world’s jurists, Troplong. that no country is en- titled to be regarded as free where a right to dispose of prop- erty by will does not exist— Judge R. L. Fowler, Surrogate, of New York - - — Tracing Phrases. | \ Lusitania Sinking Recalls Titantic Disaster In 1915 :o@oeo«ao':-»oc-o@oévo‘ The sinking of the Cunard liner $753.58 | Lusitania recalls vividly the great- est of all marine disasters, the sinking of the White Star liner Titanic, April 14, 1912, with a loss of 1,63’ passengers and members of the crew. The Titanic, at that time the largest ship afloat, was making its maiden voyage from Southamp- ton, England, to New York. Representing the last word in the art of shipbuilding, thegiant liner was believed unsinkable, but as ft was plowing through a calm sea 800 miles off the Newfoundland banks, it rammed a submerged cebery and sank in two hours. Whole World Appalled The whole world stood appaled at the magnitude of the disaster, the greatest of a the ages in which man has sought to conquer the eements. It appeared that fate had thwarted all the well-laid plans of pysmy man, for a huge berg with only a small part showing above the waves, ha ripped out the entire bottom of the ship. Under these conditions there was no hope for thestricken vessel and it sank in water estimat- ed to be two miles deep. So much care had been taken to- ward making the Titanic the most marvelous floating palace ever built that the number of life boats proved pitifully small, Some of this num- ber capsized and of the 2,340 pas- sencers and crew that sailed proud- ly forth from England, only 705 ever reached port. Stories of Heroism Thrilling Gradually as the news of the catastrophe filtered into this coun- try, there came stories of untold bravery on the part of the men in upholding the rule of the sea. “Wo- men and children first.”” _All the' world took pride in the manner in whicii these men met their fate] smilifig bravely as their loved onnil were put into the life boats whllel they remained behind. Stories of brave attempts at rescue, of agon- ized efforts on the part of the wire- less operators, all helped to miti- gate in a way the awfulness of the tragedy. So unshakable was the belief that the Titanic could not sink that afe ter the real extent of the accident was known to the officers and boats were being lowered, many of the passengers refused to enter them, preferring to take their chances on the mammoth liner. Had it not been for this, more lives probably would have been saved. Prominent Persons Victims Included in the Titanic's list of dead were persons known through- out the civilized world. Among the number were John Jacob Astor, Maj. Archibald Butt, military aid to Pres- ident Taft; James Clinch Smith, Dr. Washington Dodge, assessor of the port of San Francisco; Charwles M, Hays, president of the Grand Trunk /////////.//////////// Like most other things, a phrase is ordinarily a social product. It fs dif- ficult to find the origin of an idea. It is dangerous to say that one has found it. In his late book, “Applied Social- ism,” Mr. John Spargo traces Proud- hon's “Property is robbery” back to the early Christlan fathers. In a fol- lowing paragraph he speaks of the in- equalities which divide men into rich and poor, “bringing some into the world saddled and bridled and others wearing spurs and ready to ride the saddled ones"—and Mr. Spargo ascribes the metaphor to Helne. But Macaulay, in his “History of England,” quotes Richard Rumbold as saying on the scaffold in 1685, “I nev- er could believe that Providence had gent & few men into the world ready booted and spurred to ride, and mil- lions ready saddled and bridled to be ridden.” Your good phrase has usually an an- clent lineage. A Mere Guess. “Pa, is it true that George Washing- ton never told a le?” “1 guess it is, my son. Why do you ask? “I was just thinkin’ if it was true Martha must have always gone with bim when he went out anywhere” llIlIIIllllllllllfllllllllllll////llfl//////l/ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\‘ W g W e Pacific of Canada; W. T. Snead, F. D. Millett, artist; G. D. Widener of Philadelphia; Henjamin Guggen- heim, Mr. and Mr; Isador Straus, J. B. Thayer, vice-president of the Pennsylvania railroad; Heury B. Harris, theatrical manager, and many others. Numbers had post- poned their voyages or puid high premiums for the privilezes of mak- ing the Titanic's maiden voyage — St. Petershurg Tiwmnes. O 0 Q00000 0UDn o THE GERMAN VIEW. k-3 o = By Hugo von Klest. k= LT = 20 - - - B - B - I - O - S - T - Germany is a democracy. In the event of victory, the peace terms will be dictated by the Reichstag. The Germans will not easily give up what they have won with their blood. The Germans have no desire of crushing any other people, but they intend to fortify themselves so that the history of 1914 can never repeat jtself. Germany has no de- sire to keep all of Belgium or to re- tain more than a fortress or so on French soil But to avoid mari- time strangulation in the future she will insist upon Antwerp and Calais. She will take the German provinces of Russia but may be ready to sur- render her Polish provinces to a new independent Poland. She will take the Congo, Madagascar, Morocco; she will extend her protectorate over Mesopotamia and co-operate with Turkey in the commercial redemp- tion of Asia. She may not insist upon her lost islands in the Pacific, | ' but she will insist upon the free- dom of the seas on all oceans and the open door on all continents. In case of an overwhelming victory, she will return Gibraltar to Spain and give freedom to Ireland as well as Finland. But even if her victory should not be so decided, ev&h if her demands should be still more moder- erate than outlined here, the result of the present confliet will probably be a Federation of Central Europe, consisting of free and independent States, bound together merely by a customs union and certain military conventions for mutual defence. This Federation will embrace all Germanic States; it will be closely allied, however, with Turkey, and probably fMtaly. These may not be the peace terms of the German cab- inet. the German people. Good Advice About Oilcloth. After washing oflcloth and linoleum, be sure to dry it properly. If left damp it will speed!iy rot and soon be- come totally ruined. It is a great mistake to use too much water for washing it. The cloth should be wrung out and passed lightly over the surface. They are the peace terms of | al By Albert W. Bryce } The effect of institution of con- seription in Great Britain will prob- ably as it was in America, compel | !pel men to enlist voluntarily who || would otherwise be drafted. The conscription stimulates voluntary enlistment. If men must g0 anyway, and know that they must g0, they { prefer to go as free soldiers, rather | than as conscripts. They decide, at H last to take their portion in the’ country’'s glory. | The horns of the great nations of | Europe are locked in a desperate and prolonged conflict, The nations have lost all illusions on the subject. | Great Britain buys and manufac- tures munitions to last three years; the government actually enters imo! contracts coverinz that period. Ger- “For a Man’s House is His Castle” —Sir Edward Coke Air Castles are often built by dreamers to later vanig The Foundations of an actual, real castle are built on the rock of assured success by the persistent bank depositor, That pleasure and satisfaction in the building of a hom, § is made possible in the upbuilding of the SAVINGS (.| COUNT, which eventually provides for the homes’ ‘“uim& nance. All depositors, regardless of age or the amount of the; deposits, are equally welcome, C. W. DEEN, President C. M. CLAYTON, Cashig, FIRST NATIONALBANK THIS BANK IS A MEMBER OF THE FEDERA]L RESERVE SYSTEM. many is making purchases of suy plies, both food and war pplies, where it can, for four years to come. Of course everybody hopes that the war will be over long before that time. But all prepare ror the worst, and the rest of the world—the few | lands left in peace, America at their | head—must prepare for it as well | It is a long and steep and Dbloody | road that lies before the world SURE ABOUT THE SUFFERING Small Boys, in Their Ideas of the 8Suf-, ragette, Were Certain of One Thing, Anyway. To two little French-American boys belongs the credit of establishing new and logical definitions of woman suffrage. The boys are Paul and Allan Ul a%:ha little sons of Mr. and Mrs.| | Eu _Paul Ullman, whose hgmg ! fa §n'rfl, ana wEo have been gpen 1-#! |8 part of this winter in New York. | | The boys have heard much, of course, 'of suftrage and the militant move- | ment, and the other day Paul, who is ! 6, turned to Alan, who is 6, and said: “Do you know what a suffragette "fu." responded Alan, promptly, {“I do. A suffragette is a lady that 'vuntn to have something to do with | | the government and the men won't, let her and so she suffers. She suf-| fers awful” | Paul shook his head. “I don't think ' it's that way,” he differed. “I think a suffragette’s a lady that breaks win- {dows and gets put in jail. And them | ! won't eat anything, and that's how she suffers. I bet she suffers awful!” Too True. Mrs. Bacon—I understand one can learn different languages from the | phonograph? | Mrs. Egbert—Well, since our neigh- | bor got his I know my husband has | used language I never heard him use before. 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