Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, May 21, 1915, Page 2

The Call Of The Land Of Flowers Is Irresistible Florida invites insistently and appealingly. There are few grown-up boys with red blood in their veins who at times do not hear the the wealth of the State. Its cit-] rus fruit industry has expanded until it carries many millions of jdollars into the State annually. The value of the phosphate rock which it mines is nearly 88 per cent of the value of all the phos- phate rock mined in the United States. It has become famous for the great number and the quality of the cigars which it manufactures. The possibilities in a number of its sections for [the raising of live stock are be- Elbert Hubbard Laughed at Lusi- tania Warning There were anxious, white faces looking over the railings of the big Lusitania when she set sail from the Cunard Line pier. 'l“hese passengers knew all about the warning advertisement publish- ed by the German embassy in Wash- ington, telling Americans not to sail call of this land of romance. Ii,|ing developed extensively, and like most healthy youngsters, they once had dreams of pirates and their lairs and of carefree days in a sunny clime, the call of Florida embodies, though it may be indefinitely, the hope that they yet may see the tur- baned head of some polly rover of the sea as he peeps from am- bush behind a pillar that marks the ancient gateway of St. Aug- ustine, or perchance meet amid some riot of semi-tropical growth a follower of Ponce de Leon still searching for the fa- bled Fountain of Eternal Youth. The invitation of Florida ap- peals like the murmur of a loit- ering breeze bearing the per- fume of flowers; like the glint of a flowering sail off a friendly shore; like the beckoning smile of a dancing sunbeam; like an airy voyage on a fleecy, dreamy cloud throughout a long sum- mer day; like romance when the youthful heart is thrilled by the wine of adventure; like a pass- word to peaceful scenes of pein- ty. Of all the states of the Union, the history of Florida is most replete with romance. Florida has been under five flags, and within its borders have occurred numerous armed conflicts between the English and French and Dbetween the whites and Indians, From the Perdido river which marks the westernmost bound- ary of Florida to Cape Sable, the southernmost point on the main- land, is a distance of 700 miles, and Florida has shore lines ag- gregating more than a thousand miles, with the Gulf of Mexico on the south and west and the Atlantic on the east. At the southern extremity is one of the most important naval stations in the United States, occupying, as it does,a commanding position at the entrance to the most fre- quented passage to the Gulf and being near ports of the West Indies owned by foreign powers. under the British flag or any of the flags of the allied nations.: They knew also of mysterious strangers who had appeared on the piers be- fore sailing time and warned pas- sengers of their danger. Many of these men spoke with decided Ger- man accents, and while no one knew from whom they had come, it was accepted generally that they were agents for the German government. News that the Germans were whispering frightening warnings to the passengers reached Edward Mul- len, chief of the steamship com- pany’s detective force. He rounded up his men, and the stranzers were driven from the pier and the vicinity of the docks. . Good “Ad.” for Hubbard There were many on board who laughed at the German advertise- ment and the mysterious warnings from the mysterious men. Among the latter was Elbert Hubbard, who, with Mrs. Hubbard was bound for France. Referring to himself as ‘“the Lusitania of literature,” he said: “The Kaiser’s warnings may be directed at both the Lusitania and me. To be torpedoed would be a glorious way to peter out, but it would be a good advertisement. Mr. Hubbard then expresses the opinion that possibly theKaiser was peeved because he wrote ‘““Who Lifted the Lid Off Hell?” ‘“After the war is over I expect to call on the Kaiser at St. Helena,” concluded Mr. Hubbard.—New York World. it is becoming one of the most important cattle raising states in the eastern part the country, Through its ports go annually millons and millions of dollars’ worth of products to other countries. When a man of wealth leaves a section that is gripped by re- lentless winter, and, after a journey of a few hours in a splendid train, steps out into balmy sunshine and amid the blossoms and perfume of flow- ers, it is no wonder that he feels he has arrived at something like an earthly paradise. 3 When, in the midst of his vis- it of leisure, he observes with the eve of a trained business man the possibilities of undevel- oped resourc it is no wonder that he makes investments. The largest investments ever made bv a single individual in Florida were those of a far-seeing bus- iness man who went there as a tourist. In this way tourists, many of whom are men of wealth, aided very materially in beginning the real development for which Florida is now noted. Thousands and thousands of other men have gone to Florida invested their money, engaged in business and become prosper- ons, and in the meantime the charm of Florida as a place of residence has never lost its de- light to them. Flarida has attracted ' people from all over the country, and thus its population is made up, to its benefits, of men of many minds about different things. Through interchange of ideas and adoption of the best, this fact has contributed in a pecu- liar manner to the upbuilding of Florida and to the constant growth of its many activities. In the last census decade the population of Florida increased by 42.4 per cent, while the per centage of increase for the en- tire country was 21 per cent. In one city of Florida the per cent- age of increase was 138.5 per FEPODPBHEEODIOPEB DD The Barefoot Boy With Cheek of Tan Pt The barefoot boy is with us. In of the agonies of the ground itch and prognostications of the hookworm, the early morning sees him astir, go- ing on his way, “with merry whistle tunes, and turned up pantaloons.” His whistled tunes are good for the soul. They speak of summer, and woodland ways, and dew-wet morn- ings. The birdsongs are no more blithesome, even if more tuneful, and 8w T N S Located between the temper- ate and tropical regions, Florida enjoys exemption from the se- vere cold and sudden changes of tifere is something sturdy in the very way the barefoot boys wing down the path to the reed-fringed bayous. cent. In the previous decade the gain in population of the state was 35 per cent. the one and the excessive heat of the other. An authority of world-wide recognition declares that “statistics show Florida to be one of the healthiest, if not the healthiest, state in the Uni- ted States,” and that Florida has “one of the most equable and agreeable climates of the contin- ent.” Within Florida’s area of 358- 666 square miles are possibly a greater number of important in- dustries than is possessed b any other state in the Union. It supplies the finest citrus fruit grown in the world; it sends vegetables to sections in which the carth is rigid with ice of mid-winter; it furnishes a large percentage of the world’s supply of phosphate; it is among the leaders in the lumber and naval stores industries; its cigar man- ufacturing industry is one of the most important in the world; its live-stock sections are extensive and among the best in the coun- try; it has a soil of wonderful productivity; palatial trains car- ry hundreds of thousands of tourists to its palatial hotels, to find health and happiness in its sunshine; almost from its shore line istarts ‘the wonderful Gulf Stream that caarries warmth and life to other climes and makes habitable and the loca- tion of happy homes and pro- ductive activities countries which otherwise would be grim Florida has made remarkable gains in the value of its farm property. In the period referred to the increase was 165.5 per cent. the total value having been $143.183,183. The average val- ue of farm lands increased by 152.7 per cent. the value per acre having been $17.84. Florida produced last season the greatest citrus crop in all its history. Unfortunately the market was affected by general business and other conditions to such an extent that poor prices in the main were received, but, nevertheless, the crop as a whole was a magnificent dem- onstration of Florida’s produc- tive possibilities in this respect. and the combination of circum- stances which brought about low prices could hardly come to pass agin in many years. Florida is doing big things on a broad scale, and the future holds no greater promise for any state than for Florida.—From the Florida number of the In- dustrial Tndex, Columbus, Ga. OTHER VIEW POINTS (New York Times) | | The visit of the Atlantic fleet to this port falls at the right time. The splendid naval display on the North river will be viewed by mil- lions with admiration and will justly larouse patriotic enthusiasm. A fine lot of modern ships, well equipped, and frozen and lifeless. A new note has come to domi- nate Florida’s invitation Achievement and success beck- on to the development of great lopportunities. In the last cen- sus decade, twice the percentage of people accepted Florida’s in- vitation as went to the other states of the Union on an av- erage. And only a beginning has been made in Florida. De- velopment is but at the thresh- hold of its wonderful resources. The rapid rate at which the population of Florida is increas- ing and the great progress which is being made in the be- ginning of the development .of its wonderfully rich and varied resources has attracted the at- tention of the entire country. At one time Florida was re- gadred largely as the the flower garden, the truck farm and the winter playground of a portion of the United States. This of itself was of a rather large de- npomination, but, while Florida still maintains this position, it has become much more. It has ing industries that are being ex- tended constantly and are add- ing greater and greater sums to well officered anl manned, their pres- ence here at any time would ap- preciably stir the public spirit, But just at this time the effect of their coming will be to set the multitude thinking about our navy as a means of national defense. This is the time to think and to think deeply fand sanely about that important matter. The thought will inspire study and consideration of the re- cent testimony of experienced naval officers as to the defects-of the navy, as to its lack of submarines and aeroplanes and of newer types of battleship cruisers. We have many gzood ships, but for the defense of this country against the onslaughts of a first-class power we need many more, and ships cannot be built over night or in a few weeks. In an hour of great peril we have been adhering to the ordinary program of naval development. The situation demands a change. The people are now aware of the gravity of the situation. Nobody is thinking of war, but nobody except a fool can say at this time that we shall never have an- other war. We need the means to |defend our coasts and our outlying possessions from foreizm invasion. built up important manufactur-; We need to maintain in the immed- ite future a stronger regular army to serve as a nucleus for our land forces in case of invasion. The Nature smiles largely upon and down by-paths they go, to sport with glad, spirits of the out-of-doors. Summer is the playtime. All the year, over thedesk the men or to- morrow have been cunning lessons of men land mtehods and manners, nations, and needs and notions. of But now summer calls. Mother them, Early swims in the bayous bring lusty appetites, and long days with ball and bat, bring dreamless slum- ber at night. “Blessings on thee, little man, Barefoot boy, with cheeks of tan.” The scene was made for you. Without you and your whistled tune it would be an unfinished picture— a picture with the very heart of summer left out. May your days be full of happi- ness; your early morning swim bring : you hedalth and happiness, and your long happy summer days, dream- less sleep, to fit you for the world's work, of which there is so much be- fore you in the years to come. Make the most of summer days, bayou and woodland ways ,for life lurks just around the corner, wait- ing to put youw into harness. For there is work to do, and the bare- foot boys of today are the strong, sturdy men of affairs of the morrow. —Pensacola Journal. Felt His Importance. Many of the New York playgrounds have swings in which the kiddies can pull themselves up high above the ground. One little boy drew himself up, and gazed around delightedly: “Oh, I can see a bird; and there is a leaf that I can almost touch, and—" he folded his arms proudly—"Oh, gee, 1 feel just as important as God."—Ex- change. Origin of Japanese. It is, of course, impossible to be precise upon the subject of the origin of the Japanese people. They may have come originally from China or Malaysia, or from any one of a dozen | It is certain that they other regions. are an amalgamation of several differ ent races, but beyond this all is guess- work—as is the case of the origin of every other race of men. ——————————— e, President has the power to carry out the plans proposed to the last Con- gres§ by Secretary Garrison for the enlargment of our mobile forces to the extent already authorized by law and for thestrengthening of our various harbor defens An execu- tive order will esrve now as well as a special act of Congress. This question of the national defense is now uppermost in the public mind, and the administration can scarcely afford to ignore it. It was the dom- inating thought, undoubtedly, in the minds of thousands of the people who thronged Riverside Pary yester- day. Prosperity Is Coming (Miami Hera;di Notwithstanding the dislocations of trade caused by the European war in some branches of industry, busi- ness throughout the United States during the past four weeks has con- tinued in its improvement, says the Washington Post. Bank clearances are greater; ton- St. Petersburg man Starts on Long Drive Behind Horses St. Petersburg, May 21 —Behind a team of fine horses, each of \\'hiu‘h had a long pedigree, J. W. Morris left St. Petersburg Thursday morn- ing in a carriage bound for Phila- delphia. He will go through the country with the team taking ib g s atatras s it nages offered the railways are larg- |journey by easy stages and stopp er; the number of persons employ- ed in the manufacturing establish- ments increases with every day that passes; the great coal strike in east- ern Ohio, which for thirteen months kept thousands of miners without employment, has been compromised, and these thousands have resumed work. The states of Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia, east- ern Kentucky and Ohio are all vital- ly interested in the production and sale of coal, and the city of Washing- ton derives much of its business from the coal districts in the states surrounding it. Philadelphia, Baltimore and Nm‘—' folk are the ports of export for the states named, and they are admir- ably equipped to care for the in- creased millions of tons of which are soon to pass over the rail- ways and through their harbors to supply the foreign countries in every continent. There is a call for millions of tons of coal from the states adjacent to our Atlantic seaboard by reason of the British embargo upon all coal from Great Britain save that which shall go to its allies. English coal, which formerly sold at $14 per ton in Spain, is bringing today $20 per ton, and the King of Spain, with the approval of his cabi- net has suspended the 40c¢ import duty formerly charzed upon coal from the United States, and it will now be admitted free of duty. Spain last year imported 3,000,000 tons of coal. Italy needs coal. Hol- land needs coal, and with more than half the coal miners of Great Brit- ain gone to the army, Great Britain cannot produce enough to supply herself and her allies. All Europe needs our coal save Germany and Austria. South Amer- ica needs our coal, and under these conditions the mining districts of the states immediately surrounding Washington should be, and will be, making record outputs by maximum numbers of persons employed at the mines. So the coal-carrying roads of these states will be showing surprising gains in tonnage. Reports from every section of the coal off in such towns and cities as tract his attention. He will be cn the road several weeks. was anxious to go through with Mr. Morris but business prevented, re- quiring he rpresence in St. Peters- burg. i The horses that Mr. Morris driving were brought here from Ok- Jahoma two years ago and both ar: well known. The horses were driv- en about the streets here by Mr | Morris’ daughter who han the r:lr»- riage for hire and did a good busi- ness among those persons who did not like automobiles. is river, clean to the Pacific ocean, show wheat and oats in magnificent condition, and within the next four weeks Te and Oklahoma will be shipping new wheat to the market. With Europe and Asia facing an- lother year of warfare and no re- serves of food in any country in either continent and admitted short. age in area planted this r throughout every European immense crops in the United States { will mean far more money to our farmers than they received even in this last year of great income to them. Given the immense crops of g fruit and vegetables now in prospect, | with the already assured foreign and domestic demand for them at high prices, even if the war closed tomor- row, it certainly seems that every week now will stimulate business so that by the months of August and September all records of trade vol- umes and values in the United States will be broken. It is upon a growing high tide of prosperity that the United States is floating today. How Ugly Faces Can Be Cured. The discovery that changes .n the adult’s face depend chaiefly on alter- Mrs. Morris | Better Business All recent business reports reflect a decided, B tone in business circles. Foresighted business mey, ... timistic over the near future. But whether times be lean or prosperous, a i |, ing connection is essential to the modern, progressiy, ness man. Periods like the recent depression and the prese; ‘imism strongly emphasize our ability to unders, care for the needs of business men in Lakeland, FIRSTNATIONALBANg C. W. DEEN, President C. M. CLAYTON, Cashigr a THIS BANK IS A MEMBER OF THE FEDERy|, RESERVE SYSTEM. ations in the amount of fat below the skin has led to a new way of correct- ing ugly facial defects. Fat, trans- planted from other parts of the body, is used to fill in unsightly depressions due to the removal of tumors or the resections of scars. In the same way deformities, such as receding chin and grain belt lying west of the Ohio irregular jaw bones, can be corrected 1UIEED PRI IPPEIIIIITI PP PRI FIIE $DE 202 $EAO0IEIEEE S LR Florida Lands In Large and Small Tracts SUITABLE FOR Fruit, Truck and Improved and Unimproved Samples miles from Lakeland. Price opment Plan. garden. payment required. 9-ROOM HOUSE and three and desirably located. acres clear. Price All fenced and equipment and half plaec. Price $5000.00. terms. UNFINISHED For Further Information See J. Nielsen-Lange Lakeland, Florida : Office Evening Telegram Bldg, Phone 354 Green. General Farming 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 {ront. Irrigation plant, good heavy soil and good road. FOR NON-RESIDENTS—Good Fruit Lands, well located in ten, twenty and forty acre tracts; Co-operative Devel BARGAIN—4 acres, inside city limits, 2 acres in bearing trees and two 20 ACRE FARM—Close in all cleared and 100 bearing orange trees. Morton $4,200.00. $1,200 down and terms. TWO GOOD SUBDIVISION Propositions. 34 ACRES OF RICH HIGH .HAMMOCK Jand near ( ter Hill. Close to school post office and $550.00 40 ACRE FARM—Near Griffin, Fla,, ; about half cleared and some citrus tree bearing. This is a fine combination farm; both and truck land par excellence. 24 ACRE FARM—One quarter mile south of Combination fruit and truck, partly cleared: house and barn Cheap if sold soon; HOUSE—In Dixieland. $900.00 Unimproved and Improved New Six $30,000.00. with 6-room house, in highly cultivated - 1 fenced; about Price $3000.00, Large cash vacant Lots. Close to Lake Both close in store. Five close to hard road. S in fruit 1 House and barn; mules interest in crops goes with the city limits small will give good | CEOE PO PSSP B S LBb i b b S IIE PSPPI SEIEEPROERIPDEPIIEIED PP E SIS SEOTFES PP Abdd SEPE RIS EIFOFFIIbIbbb At Sd Sddd THE Summer Season is comingon and you need a COOL SUIT to wear, Why notcome round and pick out a Palm Beach | Prices $7.90 to $9.00 Everything to Match 1 \ i $ * % % X We have a FINE LINE of Manhattan Shirts Also Arrow Shirts A Full Line of Hart Schaffner & Marx Suits 70 Fit Eberybody x ok Xk X AIOTOTD > @ JOS, LeVAY Zmmmmmrons The Home of Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothing The .Financial Crisis Over | We'are now in shape to give you the benefit of our Low Expenses. Let us wire your House and save you money, Lower Insur- ance, Cleanliness and Convenience are the results. T. L. CARDWELL Phone 397 . With Lakeland Sheet Metal [Works; WMM”W Sl CONSULT US ON THE ELECTRIC WIRING IN YOUR HOUSE OR STORE We Are Electrical Experts FLORIDA ELECTRIC&MACHINERY Co THE ELECTRIC STORE hone 46 Kibler Hotel Bldg ELECTRIC ODIWMAOTTM ;mw{'m‘ ‘W‘AA ‘m‘ “m‘A Safety In Dampness- e o l::lohk;:d! of clock watch- A sclentist declares that 12 must work before b, much longer he der storm the safest course f 4 ® other sees how o\ 5 DOMe— man being is to get thorougbl? can work before ng o " 100€er he He declared that he could Kil & Pord Times, Ust g0 home~ when dry by means of &0 © diecharge, but never mhes it ¥5¢ 5 00 b