Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, May 24, 1915, Page 4

cabooaon a0 WHY IS BAD AIR? Ql Air is bad, when it is overheated, u.\nhs\n it contains an excess of moist- ture, and when it is chemically con- |taminated. This is the conclusion 'of the New York State Commission LE-E XX E-X E-X %-% SIDE TALKS L E-X X-] Tre Evening Ieleqram COMMITTEE’S REPORT ON INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL FOR BOYS AT MARIANNAfg ‘ll"l[ STYLE Shor THE ALLIES VIEW LAKI:I.AND'S BEST CLOTHES sy, By Albert W. STANDING MAI[SIIC CONTE The following is the standing of | contestants in the Majestic contest | as announced at the theater lasl[ Published every A(!ernoon from Thel Telegram PBuilding, Lakeland, Fla. | Entered in the postoffice at Laka] land, Florida, as mail matter of !he. L 2 By Ruth Cameron Bryce =1 CRER-EE-ERE-ER-EE-EEICEE-EE-ER-EE-ER- %K X by second class. M. F. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year .. 8ix months .. Three months 1.25 Delivered anywhere within the Hmits of the City of Lakeland for 10 cents a week. .$5.00 2.50 THE LAKELAND NEWS, A weekly newspaper giving a resume of local matters, crop conditions, ecounty affairs, etc. Sent anywhere for $1.50 per year. It is not often you hear anyone knocking the Lakeland Evening Tel- egram, but whenever you do, ask him how much he owes the office. o The godly members of the House unanimously voted to go on a junket to Chattahoochee on the Sabbath day. We wouldn't have believed it of such a pious bunch of brethren. bl lon L. Farris is the latest among those who it is said positively will run for governor. Farris is popular and capable and will make a good race—but Knott and Hudson are mighty good runners, too. oy Many communities are big celebrations for the Fourth of July this year. The eagle will scream louder than ever before, de- spite the fact—or because of it— that he has had a few feathers plucked out of his tail. e Mighty glad these days that the prediction of the friends of our earl- jest youth failed to come to pass. They thought we were headed straight for the Presidency. Just now, at any rate, we'd rather be right than President. O A shipment of 29,100 pounds of guava paste was received from Cuba by a Tampa firm the other Guavas grow as naturally as weeds in Florida, and though little or no attention is paid to their cultivation, large quantities of them go to waste in the State every year. Again it is pertinent to ask the question, “What's the matter with Florida?"” D See Richmond P. Hobson quoted as saying that every glass of beer a man takes lowers his efficiency 8 per cent. Thus, after a man has drunk his thirteenth unlucky beer he is evermore worthless to the world. We hate to figure on how abyssmal- planning 1y “in the hole” as regards efficiency | this calculation will leave some of our esteemed fellow-citizens. o 1t we were governor of Georgia, | we'd try to go a little further than Governor-elect Harris, and consider the Frank case irrespective of the sentiment in Georgia or anywhere else, but solely on its merits as viewed from the standpoint of indi- | vidual conscience and the sworn duty ! of the State's chief executive officer. It is hard for a govetnor to do this| in such a case, but that's one of the penalties of heing a governor, The St. Petersburg Times, noting that the Germans are using explo- gives invented by Lakeland’s own Al | bertus Vogt, hands him its sprig of lilac in the shape of nominating him for Conzress. Well, Albertus is one of the few men left in the State who hasn’t been nominated for some- thing, and we'll bet he'd stir things in Congress just like his ex- plosives do with regard to armies of men and groves of stumps. o Commenting on the little exchange of pleasantries indulged in by this paper and the Clearwater Sun, the Ocala Star says: “Aw, let Powell alone he gets out one of the liveliest rags in the United States, and s long as his readers like his news ser- vice it's nobody else’s kick.” All of which is true, and which is the reas- on for our good-natured persiflage. 1f he were a dead one nobody would care to prod him. His fame as a fabler is fabulous; and now that he's “dropped into verse,” Walt Mason should look to his laurels. Qe HETHERINGTON, EDITOR day. | up | (Continued from Page 2.) had retired before the fire was dis- covered. 1 also learned that there was no regular watchman on duty at the time of the fire, ed from all the boys that did escape | that all the doors were locked. Some of the boys say that the keys were hanging on the outside of the !door. The fire escape was also lock- jed. Just where the fire started prob- ably will never be known. 'It seems that a lamp was burning on the stairway, or close to the stair, prob- |ably fastened to the wall as one {would go upstairs. Or it might have exploded. The walls and all of the woodwork inside of the dor- mitory had been freshly painted. I also learned that the paints, oils, a iot of old greasy rags, and some dynamite was in a little closet un- der the staircase, which might have, being combustible material, caused the fire. 1 don’t think from the best information I could gather that the building was set on fire. It might be that the cause was from smoking cigarettes, but all the boys that I questioned say that they were alseep. Eight little boys were burned like rats behind iron bars at the win- dows. This was more of a jail than a dormitory. Most all of the boys tell about the same story. Anyway, Mr. Speaker, it was an awful thing for those little boys on the outside to look up at the windows behind those iron bars and see them burn up like rats. More probably would have been saved, but they were asleep and when they did awake the heat and smoke was too much for them. I think if the right kind of men had been on the job at the time the fire would not have happened. It seems that a bank robber from Pensacola was in charge at this school when the fire occurred, and that he was not at the dormitory until late that night. Mr. Speaker, is it not enough to melt the heart of Russian Czar or the heart of a Ger- man Kaiser if they could see how things have been run at this Reform School. 1 should say penitentiary, for as best 'l could find out at that Her Luck “My goodness,” cried the girl ho had been saying something !sharp about the departing guest, “he w! £ 5186 dekin: Istopped right outside, I'm afraid he heard me through the open window. If that isn't just my luck. I'm al- ways getting caught like that!™ What a queer idea of people seem to have! The girl with the sharp tongue calls it “‘her luck” because she some. times gets caught saying sharp things about people. Should a man who spends most of his time out of doors call it “‘his luck” if he oc- casionally gets caught in a shower? Should anyone who is always play- ing with edged tools call it “his luck” if now and then he cuts him- self? Should a girl who is always saying sharp things about people call it “her luck” if now and then one of them overhears or in some other way gets wind of her ill- natured remarks? Such a Temptation The temptation to say sharp, witty things about people the mo- ment they are out of earshot is very strong to many of us. It is so easy to be sharp and witty over the pe- eculiarities that the very best of us luck some lof our friends. time it was more of a penitentiary than Reform School. Under the present management things are quite different and cannot be im- |proved much at this time under the present circumstances. Sixty-odd boys sleep upstairs in the house where the Superintendent lives. They are badly cramped for room. I would recommend that something be done now as soon as possible for these unfortunate boys. These white bovs work some in the garden. They go to school, some of them in the morning, others in the afternoon. If this institution 1s to be rebuilt and remain at Marianna, I think it a good idea to buy a canning plant, where they can can up tomatoes and other vegetables. This would go a long way in helping the institution to be self-sustaining. 1 would also recommend they buy several incu- |bators and learn the boys to raise chickens. Plenty of corn is raised on the farm at the school to make |lhls a paying industry. Something \'Hko a novelty works or some ma- chinery for making chairs would be ta paying proposition, as these boys should be at work and. learn some- thing, so when they are paroled they could go out in the world ahd imake an honorable living. As the Negro school, 1 found things in fairly good shape. Everything is very sanitary, i1 found that they have good shower baths and swimming pool, good clean beds and linen. These negro boys look well. This school is very healthy, and about four have died in this school in the last year, and there is something like two hundred or more negro boys in this chool. I would recommend thate something of an industrial nature be placed | this school. These boys work on the farm, but their services are not re- quired all the time on the farm. I find a brick yard on the farm. These boys work at the brick yard, and plenty of brick can be made erecting all the buildings necessary at this school. mend that electric lights be put in a | or Number 2 have, and the joke seems to take on a particularly delicate flavor from the fact that its object has so re- cently “left his character in our hands.” The first stratum of courtesy, the stratum to which almost all of us have attained is not to say unkind things to our friends, the second stratum is not to say unkind things It is surprising how few people keep themselves uniform- 1y on that level. And She Never Said a Word While I was visiting a friend of mine one of her neighbors came to call, bringing her little girl. The child was strikingly unattractive, al- most repulsive. No one could help being painfully aware of the fact. When the callers had gone 1 ex- pected to hear my hostess comment upon the child as ninety-nine peo- ple out of a hundred would have done. Not one word of disparaging comment or even of that condescend. ing pity that is worse if anything, did she speak. I can't tell you how much 1 admired her. That is the fine flower of court- esy—to hold back one's tongue from the sharp criticism, the witty un- kind thing we might have said, and the people who have that flower in their hearts will never need to com- plain of “‘their luck.” DIXIE HIGHWAY MAY COME BY TWO ROUTES Florida will have a western as well as an eastern branch of the Dixie Highway if the State’s com- missioners can be prevailed upon by the citizens to recommend it, accord- ing to information received in a tele- L. P. Dickie, of the Tampa Board of Trade, from Lycurgus Burns, one of the fourteen delegates represent. ing the ‘““central route.” Mr. Dickie reached Tampa yesterday morning but Mr. Burns and several others re- mained in Chattanooga longer and secured later information. The fact that the other States through which the Dixie Highway is to run will have two routes, because there was a dispute among the rep- resentatives as to where the road should run, it is believed to augur at | for T would also recom- | well for Florida also and has influ- enced the Dixie Highway (‘ommis-l sion to grant the Florida Commis- sioners, Mr. Saxton, of Tallahassee, and Mr. Belcher, of Miami, ninety days in which to decide on a western route. These gentlemen have been invited to attend the convention to be hld in Orlando Jun 10. The statement in the telegram that the Commission has granted the Florida Commissioners ninety days to decide on a ““western route” is not thoroughly understood and it is not known whether this “western route" refers to that chosen by the Central Highway Association or one further west, along the Gulf coast, but these matters will be straightened out, it Governor-elect Nat Harris issues a [at Doth schools and two guards at is thought, at the Orlando meeting. statement in regard to case, in which he says if the matter is considered by him the entire out- side world will not be taken into consideration, and if he considers the case he will consider it altogeth- er from a Georgia basis, with the in- terests of Georzia and Georgia per- sons at heart. This is somewhat non- committal, as sentiment is very much divided in Georgia as to Frank's guilt or innocence. Harris succeeds Slaton on June 26th, and as Frank is scheduled to hang June 224, if the program is carried out, it will not make much difference what decision the consideration of the incoming governor may lead to. SRR R TRIBUTES PAID T0 WOMEN Woman is the masterpiece.—Con- fucius. Women teach repose, and dignity.—Voltaire. Shapespeare has no heroes has only heroines.—Ruskin. All that T am my wmother Quiney Adams n was the last at the at us civility he made cross the grave E. S . i % the Frank each school be on duty all night, and | —Tampa Tribune. that all iron beds be removed froml the windows of the dormitories and la decent salary, then I think these that the boys be not locked in, and 1snhno|s. both white and colored, that the fire escapes all be unlocked. would be a credit' to the State, and If this is done I think it will be per- ,in time, if properly conducted, would fectly safe from fire at all times. T be a paying proposition. The,man- noticed that the horses and mules agers now in charge are a slendid are in good condition. T find cattle looking fairly well, I would also recommend that if a good, responsibe man be put charge of this institution and paid inj the 'and honorable set of gentlemen who ! will take pride in its progress . ! Very respectfully submitted, JOHN W. DAVIS, Chairman of the Committee. Specials for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday ;‘7 Rexall Tooth Paste And a Good 25¢ Tooth Paste Both for Use Bryan’s Spray for Flies. Mosquitoes, Insects LAKE PHA 2y 50C qt ACY RM gram directed to Assistant Secretary It is with a lordly air of conde- scension that Germany now avows a | willingness to recognize some of the rights of neutrals at sea. So far as this is a modification of the decree of Feb. 4 and an apology for the crimes that have attended that pro- clamation, it will be accepted as a slight indication of returning san- | ity. We are to remember, however, that international law is no more po- tent in protection of neutral ships ' than it is in safeguarding the lives of those who, being non-combatants, travel upon the merchant ships of | Von Tripitz today ad-| the enemy. mits that he cannot with his subma- | rine assassins rule neutral ships off the ocean. The same high author- ity which he now recognize in their case must eventually bring him to reason as regards neutral rights on merchant ships of every description. The present retreat by the Ger- man admiralty is almost as impu- dent as the original order, for it is based upon the theory that a civil- ized nation, without a single legiti- mate ship of war at sea, is in a po- sition to lay down metes and bounds for the commerce of the world. Ger- many can exert no power over the commerce of the world xcept as tt uses its submarines in violation of the law of the world. We are going to have inernational law and not Prussian law at sea. We are going to have international law not in part but in its entirety. We are not going to bargain with Ger- many for this right. The bullies of Berlin have retreated half-way. They are going to retreat all the way. == T - - - T - - - T - - I ] o THE GERMAN VIEW, By Hugo von Kliest. =4 = L= 0 = T - S - K - - O - T - B - O - O - | Feeling extremely annoyed be- cause the Lusitania was blown up, just when he was being sued by a fellow politician, Theodore Roosevelt has declared war on Germany. But let Mr. Roosevelt be consistent. Let him join the English army. We are sure that General French will gladly give him a commission. The Colonel might be very useful in combating the famous German gases. Perhaps on the theory that it takes like to catch like. SOoOCOT TODAY’S BIRTHDAY HONORS John Wilbur Dwight (Republican) of Dryden, was born May- 24, 1859, in that place was elected to the Fif- ty-seventh, Fifty-eighth, Fifty- ninth, Sixtieth and Sixty-first Con-' gresses, and re elected to the Sixty- second Congress. Listen! PROMPT Below are only a few u:ml th .lum S zon Soap, 6 for .. Ivory Soap, 0 for .. Star-Napthia Washing l‘o\\(l Grandma’s Washing Powder, lLarge Size Cottolene, 10-pout Small Size Cottolene ...... Medium Size C I'resh Country { \White House Coffee 35¢, 3 Corn Beef Hash ..... Chip Beef Lima Beans, per punml v Beans, per puun(l t ‘ompound Lard . Grated Pineapple Pork and Beans, P 1'6 Tetley's Tea .... Peanut Butter, lo¢, or 2 fo Postum, 15¢, or 2 for 5P pPPRPPPBePDILP 2 e Best Grade C Meal, Bolted, 10 pounds for Meal, Water Ground, 10 pou Grits, 10 pounds for .. Sugar, 15 pounds for Salmon, Pink ...... tore Lye Hominy, 10¢, 1 mr ok Best Grade Peas, 15¢, 2 for 6 cans Potash for .. Large Size Can Pears Grapenuts . . CEPPEPPPEPPEIOPPIR PP Shreaded Cocoanut, 6 for .. Durker Salad Dressi Shrimp, 15¢, 2 for .... W.F. Johnson, Manager Listen! At These A,s'tonishing LOW PRICES Live and Let Live, is ou;* Motto Phone 161-Black-2 Rings for Groceries in proportion. , per dozen Pure Cider \ mc;ar_ per quart 10¢, or 3 quarts lv\~t Ilorida Cane Syrup, per pmt % Large Size Prepared Mustard ........ Good Grade Can Corn, 10¢—-; for Can Corn, 10¢—3 for Rose Bragd Milk Milk, 10¢, 3 for . Eagle Brand Milk, 208, 2 for ... ng, 15¢, 2 for .'f ‘(m Ventilation, as summarized | Professor C. E. A. Winslow, Chair- man, in the official organ of the Nat- | ional Association for the Study and | Prevention of Tuberculosis, the Journal of the Outdoor Life. Professor Winslow shows that | while it has been a matter of com- {mon belief for a long time that | stagnant air was bad for the body Cunul recently no one know why this |\\as so. The New York State Com- "mission on Ventilation has definitely proven two counts against bad air, ione of them for the first time in his- | tory, and will probably prove others later on. The first indictment against bad air shows that an increase in tem- lnomture beyond the normal sevents degrpes produces serious derange- 'ment of the. vaso-motor mechanism ,of the body, resulting in a rise of lcmperuture increased pulse, and a lowered blood pressure, with a cor- responding decrease in efficiency, both physical and mental. In addi- tion to this, overheating conduces to an undesirable congestion of the mu- cous membranes of the nose, thus possibly paving the way for colds, sore throats, and attacks of various germ diseases. The work of the Commission also proves that chemical accumulations in the air as a result of air stagna- tion, bring about a decreased appe- tite for food, which in turn must have an unfavorable effect on the entire body. In the Commission's experiments, the people living in fresh air ate 4 1-2 to 13 per cent. more than those living in stagnant air. ““These experiments,” says Profes. sor Winslow, “indicate that fresh air is needed at all times and in all places. While we have changed our ideas as to what causes bad air, ven- tilation is just as essential to remove the heat produced by human bodies as it was once thought to be to re. move the carbon dioxide produced by hvman lungs, and it is now proved to be essential for carrying away chemical products which ex- ert a measurable effect upon the ap- petite for food. People who live and work in overheated and unventilat- ed rooms are reducing their vitality | rand rendering themselves an easy prey to all sorts of diseases, such as | tuberculosis, pneumonia, grippe, ! ete.” — A big Independence Day celehra-‘ !tionn will be held at Winter Haven lon July 3 ,Saturday. This big day will be under the auspices of the Winter Haven Concert Band and Winter Haven Fire Department. There will be a big parade; prizes for best float, best trimmed automo- i bile and races. Games and aquatic jsports of all kinds. Baseball, basket dinner, fire works and big dance; in fact a complete day and night program. Everybody invited. Watch for posters. E SEEEPIBFBFBISODEDI IS Listen! DELIVERY Y of our Prices All other 30¢ 25¢ 25¢ 25¢ .. 25¢ 31 30 . 55¢ 45¢ 20¢ 25¢ $1.00 iss S¢ 15¢ ¢ 8¢ 10¢ er, 6 for ... 6 for e 1d bucket ..... for nigh Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Miss Miss Mrs. Miss Mrs. Miss Miss Miss Miss [ T Skaggs, ‘em; said ‘em. mon, and paid the whose trade was bad, and who was sad, This whil thou, kink wazges, head phra gist’s blazes. gone these roubles; need troubles. winsome maid, Anni buck And lads much trouble ceased, and creased, and kept mounting. you local and ¢ ...15¢ and 30¢ 25¢ T nds for . B i e A i bt spieler. New, Fresh, Clean, DAILY NEWS t: Charles Conner . B. K. 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By Welt Mason bought some rags of Ta§ and paid him when I he wept with glee; “For now,” he, “I'll pay my bills, dod rot So on the run he took the corner grocer, because the wolf drew closer. made him smile, and for a e the man of teas and sages, ght cheerful thinks, forgot the s, and paid his clerks their And Biliam Burk, the old clerk, put up some thankful ses; his wife was ill—the drug- bill had worried him like The druggst cried, ‘“Dog- your hide, I thank you for I'm in the hole and a roll to ease my weight of " The druggist paid that his first assistant, e, and just for luck she blew a for roller skates for granny. thus my scads brought help to and girls beyond the counting; joy on mounting, You see, my friend, if should spend your coin with dealers, you're spreading glee ecstasy to beat the sunshine PALM BEACH SUITS To Measure, $10 to $15 SILK and MOHAIR SUITS To Measure, $20 to $30.. MOORE’S Little Style Shop PHONE 243 DRANE BLDG. in- LOST—Diamond setting from rin between Grifin and Lakeland near Roselawn farms. Finder rg turn to Telegram office. Receiv] liberal reward. 418 Post Office Cafe | Regular Meals 25c Special Sunday Dinner 35c¢ e Now Open N Everything Give us a trial, and we know you will be pleased Up-to Date In Large and Small Tracts SUITABLE FOR Fruit, Truck and Improved General Unimproved and 2 Farming and Unimproved Improved Samples 23,000 ACRES—In Polk worth more than half 40 ACRE FARM—33 house, ‘Ppacking hou County at $6.00 per acre. Timber the price. in b;a:;mg Orange Grove, 8-room ! se and barn, large Jak o Irrigation plant, good heavy soll a%'nd go:)d{r?:ad Sel\:( miles from Lakeland. Price $30,000.00, : PORm\teO\‘RE\lDE\ TS—Good Fruit Lands, well located n, twenty and forty acre tracts: Co-operative Devel opment Plan. : BARGAIN—4 acres inside ¢ ] s ity limits, with 6-room house i s g;:sx;: in bearing trees and two in highly cultivated 20 ACRE FARM—Clo 100 bearing orang - Payment required. 9-ROOM HOUSE ang three vac: ant Lots. Morton $4,200.00. $1,200 down ando fer TWO GOOD SUBDIV ISION Propositions and desirably located. : 34 ACRES OF RICH HIGH ter Hill. Close to school oy acres clear. Price 40 ACRE FARM—Near Griffi All fenced; about hal % -fron bearing. Th:s (:lsl y cleared and and truck land p. se in all cleared and fenced; ut € trees. b Price $3000.00, Large cash Close to Lake Both close in MOCK land near Cen- close to hard road. some citrus trees in a?- gzselclombmatlon farm; both fruit} ence. - H, ; a;\d equipment and half interest “:!llcs;) asnd barn' r‘r:ull: plaec. Price $5000.00. isgudaans: 24 ACRE FARM—One quarter mj ‘("nmbmatlon fruit and truck, t:r::: and barn Cheap if solq UNFINISHED ile south of city limits partly cleared; small soon; will give good HOUSE—Ip Dixieland, $900.00 For Further Information See J. Nielsen-L a Lakeland, Florida nge Ofic. Ev:mng Telegram Bldg