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e —— MEMBERSHIP COUNCIL A rETELeTVESOSIEOIINN 139 3 : LAKELAND - w LACONIC. Ir ~ase of fire phone 5000 \J Phdded | The Membership Council of the | {Chamber of Commerce will hold its | first meeting tomorrow for the ;i CHAMBER COMMERCE | | MEETS TOHORROW | INEMORIAL DAY OBSERVED BY LET US FORGET pur-, By Max Ehrmann - Se of organization. The chairman | NOTICE TO TAXPAYE; R ' RS of the council, Mr. E. H. Youngs, Let us forget the knife of war City taxbook t(;TQH taxes will Jr., has addressed a personal letter ! That tore the tender flesh of youth, |there is some excellent material to Order and opened with prayer by close May 31st. to oac.h member of the Council, urg- | Sent White-haired men to ugly |pick from, one of the best amateur Comrade .\|r.\lnl!\-n. ‘Th" Toll e Pay before that date and save ing hxsl presence at this first meet- death, shows that Lakeland has seen ought Gtlled and the following were ‘prrr- Cri H. L. SWATTS, ing which, as he says, is called to And made the land a thing un- |to be the result. There will be spe-'€0t: J. D. Allen, Brassell, Chap- 4195 City Tax Collector. meet on Tuesday, June 1, at 12 couth. o’clock noon, at the Colonjal Cafe, “on the advice and judgment of those who have had a large experi- ence along this line of work, and in —— Mr. J. w. Scalley and daughter, Miss Lena, leave tonight for Wash- ington, New York and other eastern order to test its value and desirabil- cities. A ity, as well as practicability, in our Mr. and Mrs. C. Rucker Adams|°%" community Mr. Y s, i is and the latter’s brother, Mr. Cole- Youngs, in nis letter, goes on to say: * v man Adams, went over yesterday to ay: “Of necessity, of course, each St. Petersburg, where they will spend several days. the expense of the luncheon, which Mr! A" (5 TAfe 18aves toniaht of !\\hxilsl ::em”m and I do not feel that Valdosta Georgia, where he will be e amount should stand in the guest of his parents, Mr. and |'M® WAY at all of making the meet- Mrs. A. H. Lane, Sr., for a week, | "& @ big success and bringing out Mr. Lanelill Faturn to Tabainnd n\'or_\'l member of the Council on these about Saturday. occasm'ns. I trust, therefore, that You will make a very special effort to be present at this time and let us co-operate for our own as well as the collective interest of the community. T am satisfied that when we get this Membership Council in working or- der, as we can only do by a hearty €0 operation, that we will have an lorganization working within the Chamber of Commerce which will be of great value to the individual members and also to the whole town. In order that the restaurant may be advised of the approximate number to provide for, will you be kind enough to call up Secretary ‘ Hol- worthy on Tuesday morning before 10 o'clock and advise him of expected presence.' The attention of every member of the Chamber of Commerce is called to section 5, article 4, of the con The regular meeting of the La- ' dies’ Memorial Association will oc- ‘cur tomorrow afternoon at 3 p. m. at the home of Mrs. J. L. Skipper. All members are urged to be pres- ent. —— Trains to and from Tampa were considerably delayed last nightowing to a freight wreck at Winston. A de- tour from the main line was made at Winston, the A. C. L. using the | Seaboard tracks from Bartow to Plant City and thence to Tampa. The track was cleared by this morn- ing. —— Ll Watermelons were on the market Saturday at $2 each. The flavor will be just as good when the price goes down about $1.90 and a good many of us, until it does, will de- clare that “we never eat water mel- your “All meetings of the Membership ons too early in the season; they :our;;'xl Sh“'”‘ be ;’""‘““0(.‘;"1(’"}:""'""‘;4 Not that we can confer ]lunnrs‘! don’t agree with wus, dawn't you (‘c:) a mp'?' bers:of the - "'":‘ 2 I" for that has already been done by know 7" hImeras;; auboiparticipation byt anolice higher than we are, voice or vote shall be limited to the | For one 1 believe that the Al- Auditor Straton has just complet. T¢8Ularly elected delegates to the ed the work of auditing the hooks (‘0","“]' EXeEDt a8 ”‘_" “‘"f"“‘] T (t’he‘ArliErican State Bank, and his invite participation in discusson, % his instituti X and also to sections 6 and 7 which rep:rlmz::wssatn;Mtr:)sr;’ln r"(‘)’rl:dilt‘i‘nnm also provide that in case of failure ;;‘nder the management of President O_r neglect t.)l'. :fn_\' tr.:ul-‘ or prn.fvf. J. L. Skipper, this institution has SioNal subdivision of the membershiy v idly from the start, and js '© Promptly select its delegates to G A ) ot substan. N Membership Cowncil the Presi- ::lm; %:::;:: :232,2“ bt _dent is authorized and directed a : to | — | ppointment of such delegates, jand absence from three consecutive delegate may be considered the equivalent of his res- ignation and his place declared va . Messrs. Frank Daugherty and F. meetings M. C. Taylor, of the Scofield Engi- neering Company, of Philadelphia, by any were mighty forces at are in the city for the purpose of cant. .| werk, of which we know but little, making the necessary surveys and It is hoped, therefore, that this directing the building of this great estimates, preliminary to the com- first meetin of the membership mencement of work in connection Council will be largely attended, not with the extension of light and wa- only by the regularly elected dele- ter lines and other improvements gates but also by many of the mem contemplated by the last bond issue. bers generally, so that a :m.nl E t Mr. Daugherty is vice president of may be had and the foundation laid the Scofield Engineering Company. ‘\'ur aggressive work. . The hond trustees are trying to get Don’t forget to call up .\m‘rlomry everything figured out so that the Holworthy not later than ten o “"'f k citizens will get just the improve- tomorrow (Tuesday) mrning, advis- ments for which they voted. |ing your attendance. {W.C. T. U. Picnic : ¢ Q, e s R ol 2 Ladies of Secur- | ; < .(yTh:PK;;lgnl:stzn:h,’:ilx: (\(:m‘r'l‘“"_ their amilies and all friends of the ity a J L ; members and i i W. . T. U. are invited to join in m M night, which e | i eatld.el:’::ztl?elilngo\'ery pleasur_ | @ Picnic on Lake Morton next Thurs- gives ev = able. A feature of the affair will be 44¥ a debate between prominent author- ities on the subject, Resolved, That THOUGHT FOR THE DAY When it seems as if no chance were P are fd ipants that are still living were mere est sprinzs in the mountains. From L5 cadlon ot santine d’". o left for you, boys at that time that did little more rooms now being reserved shuwxi4 i ooks | When the darkness scems to thick- than think like their father’s there will be a fine crowd there this a0 edusation andTiep toxthon.ks Iy close about '(hnuxh! Hence were not fully ac- summer. Temperature in summer 65 flmhenase Mo 00 B HE ". ¢ "l‘rlul .*Im' is anywhere | oo capto : to 88 degrees. Finest water in Kast G bhyone of the dpiters, ”"O " 1"‘;" n\ol"“' ] | \\'n‘ slrr‘rw flowers today not to Tennessee. Table unsurpassed. (et % ghish Dot taylag besnichoken)al this When \«Hl‘ feel your breaking | aye horoes of them, for their hero- all particulars from F. J. llun‘mnn,' Thlnk Of e heart assailed by doubt ism was established on many a bat- Rutledge, Tenn. 4193 —_————— That's the time to prove your '““'“‘ e !ivld.‘hul to commemorate their m‘m;j;dfl-(h:." e US NOTICE Haslly Blote SO WIS TEORA ‘"""“';" '", ""”:” ‘,",'” He pare e our usefulness to mankind. If these i cling sizned to them to do. To the hope that makes the poorest There will be a meeting of Lake- man the equal of a Kin 3 say ‘‘they foug o to free land Lodge No. 91, F. & A. M., at Samuel Ellsworth Kiser. | His wise purposes and upbulld a U@ 10 88 “they fonght only fk. P the Masonic Hall tonight at 7:30 to BT mighty nation that will under the The great bulk of the civilized ok, Faper o s O OREes: ANl el e TisdiBhed Foanid oF L gt aes bt e Pronuei i WOt ArE KT aliees Yo dhe Yootn Enve lopes bers are urged to attend. Visiting |i:-)n‘ housekesping, clos n 1ce in bringing u):(m(( L wtlitarini ATcoliol 4nd Mate B brothers welcomed. where there are no children. |} peace to the other nations S Mucilafle I v YALEON, W. M Phone 114Red 1215 that are now suffering from the E. 0. GARLAND, Secy. member of the Council will be ex- pected to provide his own share of stitution which provides as follows: God that [e used them to write out O blue, O gray, who long since met Let us forget, let us orget! No matter now which won or lost— 1 say our country’s traitor he Who pricks afresh the healing scars, A brother’s blood again to see. On gray or blue grim victory set By murder—God, let us forget! On every grave I drop a rose Of love, and question not if gray 1 Or blue the sleeper be. My heart With each lies buried there today, If blue or gray, let us forget . {1y and beautifully | morial Day this morning, a isized crowd 8oing out in cars about 9 o'clock to the cemetery, where a memorial service was held, and a wealth of beautiful flowers placed on all Union and Confederate graves. | Speaker of the occasion, and his re- marks were given the closest atten- |tion of the assembly, ana it gives jthe Telegram pleasure to reproduce 'herewith his address: Comrades, Ladies, , Fellow zens: Gentlemen and the graves of those of our comrades that have passed to the beyond. mighty deals with the affairs of na- tions as well as those of the indi- vidual. i If sceptical on this point, pare our condition now to that at the beginning or close of our Civil war. Who then living could have imag- ined our present wealth and power, or standing nong nations? The soldie 1 credit to himselt for the part he performs, but is a small factor in building a powerful nation . ) There nation on the ruins of our horrible Civil war. We are still blessed by having a president at this time who, it seems, is especially fitted to unite and guide the destiny of this nation and main_ tain peace for us when nearly half the other nations of the world are at war. Who can carefully take all these things into consideration and deny that the Almighty the gpiding hand? 'If, as 1 have briefly tried to point, He controls, why should we boast of the part we performed? Why should we complain if on the losing side? Besides all those politicians that had a hand in bringing about the war on both sdes have gone to their rewards long ago. All the partici- has Let us join in giving thanks to The Coolest Picture House in Town TODAY'S P X0 ATTRACTION TONIGHT & Moose minstrel has been post- Poed until Jume 4, on account of ¥r. Green's absence from Lakeland Pror to his father's death. Friday, June 4— ! MOOSE MINSTREL 40 comedians, singers and dancers g T%0 hours and a half of fun \ é ing ) = Snging Quartette | - i ical Quartette ! e k Face Comedy Act & oo Bovlty Act ’ H Bpectacylar finale ensemble Rip- Maring firgt part, up to date songs’ 2 clean comedy. : mwwmmmmmmrmmmmm'fl&“@"“flw’i“" Saats now on sale. 50¢, 75c. DR. JIM 2 Reel Drama ANMBROSE'S LOFTY PERCH THE STOLEN BIRTHRIGHT THE ROUNDUP A four reel western feature. lobby display Thursday | ROGRAM | ] REATAT AT AT AR | | | | EUBUBUUT T T U B R T TR G A W S R R ecial feature See the G. A. R. CAMP MOOSE MINSTREL T0°BE PUT ON songs are the very latest, them being Runaway June, FROAY Nt | The Loyal Order of Moose will ! stage their first Minstrel on Friday night of this week. For four weeks | Y-+ met in the City Hall at 19 a. the boys have been rehearsing under |J- " the leadership of C. Green and as | chair. T - SATURDAY IN Lakeland Camp No. 1543, U. C. m. Ritcherson commander in the The meeting was called tc cial scenery and costumes, while the man, Colier, Hutchingson, Mathews, among McClellion, McMullen, Odam, Ritch- Har- | erson, Tucker, mony Bay, They're on Their Way to Minutes of the last meeting were Germany, The Cute Little way That Tead and adopted. Comrade Finger He Did It, 1 Didn’t Raise My Boy to Peing unable to attend on account of Willoughby . REGULAR SESSION, The The latest arrivel at the LAKELAND STEAM LAUNDRY is a Braud New 'l Palm Beach '|d Press Machine Built especially for that class of work. It is the onl Polk County. Be a Soldier, Harmony Joe, Follow Sickness, the commander appointed 1 And memory sits with eyes all wet, The local G. A. R. Camp fitting- observed Me- good We come here today to domralul com- results are written out, which I ful- ly - T SO S A RO S| |Good Ventilation Clear Pictures The Call of Her Child| the Crowd, Jake the Yiddisher Ball (omrade J. A. Chapman in his stead Player, Tulip and Red Rose, The ©n the committee on resolutions on Packard and the Ford, You Beautiful the death of Mrs. Gen. Jackson. and Baby, and many others. The finale the committee was given of the first part will be one of the time in which to report. most spectacular bits ever seen in Commander, Miss Buelah Lakeland and the finale of the show SNt a message of thanks . Will also be a big novelty to theater- Camp for the book of goers. Will be seven specialties, including Sented to her. The question of a black face monologue, a singing placing markers on the graves of all quartette, a musical quartette, a confederate soldiers buried in the special singing and comedy act and !-aKeland cemetery was brought up three other single acts. The tickets @nd after discussion it was decided By Hooks, to the songs and are selling in a satisfactory manner 'O appoint a committee to take and as the prices are within every- charge of the work and see that | body's reach, 50c and 75c, the markers are properly placed . The house no doubt will be well filled on Commander appointed the following Friday night. ,as the committee. John F. Cox, V. | W. Stephenson, Sons of Veterans — ter any comrades who are reported to fick and see that they have proper Hugh W. Wear. Ralph C. Fernald and wife further the In the vaudeville olio there Stories of the South which they pre- If you are not Beaches to us, send y mectine of thar kind in e sending your Palm us a Suit; we want to show you how nice we can launder them. The Lak-land Steam Laundry d PHONE 130 R. W. WREAVER, Prop | MOTOR RAC'S REGULATED ! Detroit, Mich., May 31—The first ,motor races under the new rules ZOV-~ lerning motor racing at fair associa- itions will be held here today. a ) . Darra A S - The regular memorial ritual was REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS 1:‘] o‘,‘:;e :,M;“‘o(:t SR Moo Bl . carried out by the officers of the Lty s i SUMMER SCHOOL i ; : P S ty stract | The commander appointed Com- {Camp, and a beautiful solo, appro- (Furnished by the Security Abstract ! B ! 4 B priate to the occasion, was splendid-| and Title Co., Bartow, Fla.) rades 0. W. Collier, J. B. Odum Having received inquiries con- Iy sung by Mrs. L. ¢. Hull j May 28, 1915 and T. J. McMullen as a sick com- cerning my teaching a summer br.ow. H “Conlbeat was the' Edward E. Comant and wite to Mittee with instructions to look af-|gehool, 1 wish to confer with any one who may be interested. If a suf- ficient number to justify teaching is Hugh W. Wear. attention. secured, a two months' course will | Leon L. Fernald and wife to Hugh | John F. Cox, V. W. Stevenson |be offered, embracing individual ‘\’0‘4 Wear, and Dan Johnson, members of the . jwork in any department. Dosa Reulerson et al. to Hugh W, ©f V. Camp, were present, and aided | ;o1 D. (. TREXLER. Wear. us with counsel and advice needed. | o e Florida Lake Region Land Co. to We¢ decide to have the S. of V.s meet lALC. L. R. R. with us as often as they can attend. On motion the meeting was closed with prayer by the chaplin, 0. W. Collier. ONE CF WAR'S TRAGEDIES ; — J. A. RITCHERSON, ! | C. L. WILLOUGHRY, Adjutant . i —— Between Two Fires. “I hear you intend to move. What's | the trouble?” “Why, hang it, the fam- 1ly above us has bought a pianola, and the girl in the flat below s learning to burn leather "--Roston Transcript ———— VyLC_;NIZING | CASINGS AND TUBES- REPAIRED. No matter how bad they are, bring them -1 can repair them. ALL WORK GUARANTEED, ————————————. LAKELAND Vulcanizing Plant S#E4SOCITY GARAGE ¥¢0dde yI 0] PNt Spvice A German scout finding an outpost who had been mortally wounded, and With his last strength had crawled to a stream to quench his thirst. AN A A A~ A One of the popular resorts is Avon- dale Springs, Ruttledge, Tenn. Fin helleve will be, who will there When yo want or any other Office Supplies We furnish you with Best Qualities of Account Books Ledgers Day Books Note Books Invoices, Bills And cvery variety of LYIIC g A Rainy Day A very appropriate name for this two part drama Stationery for the Home, Office or School. A biograph drama The Kidnapped Lover Selig comedy We invite you here to Save Money on your Stationery bills. You cannut get better qual- i‘ies elsewhere. B The Book Store PHONE 260. Tomorrow—Charlie Chaplin in A NIGHT OUT In two acts Prices 5 and 10 Cents When those dear to your heart are ill take no chances. Do your drug business with us. WOODS’ DRI " PHONE 408 1 At5 ot Oty bam a R SAFETY DEPO VENIENCE. IT IS A SAFE P! PAPERS AND JEWELRY; YO ARE; THEM. THIS RELIEVES YOU LOSING THEM. Dc you want to be SURE that your prescriptions will be filled right? 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