o . THE LAKELAND Published in the Best Town in ti: LAEELAND FLOBIDA, TUESBAY, JAN. 21, 1913 EWEHAGE §IX (AR T YARDS HERE, AND WORK WILL BEGIN AT ONCE. RS SEWER PIPE Now I . 2000000 ;,o.;.ooooo ' FIREMEN WXLL BANQUET. ' 4 cC. v, o eland’s Excellent Volunteer _’FMION . : ganization Will Have a Celebu- A - X i tion Wednesday Night. < It T :upa and Jacksonville < ‘, The Lakeland fire department has « don’t look to their laurels © | irsued thg following invitations to its < they will lose their claims to ¢ “ members, the mayor, members of the B )l called the Loancention ' City Council, and a few other citi- p @y for Lakeland will put & ! e ] oo e S RLANL | You are cordially invited to attend U | *in a claim for the title. That &/ | the banquet given by I enterprising young city has ¢ T i e he Lakeland Volunteer Fire Depart? g 4 been holding a wumber o o|NEGRO TAKEN BEFORE GRAND ENTERS UPON SECOND TERM DE- | aqetee” Fire Jo¥r” | HAROLD DAVIS TOOK NEGRO'S {® large gatherings this season, | JURY TODAY AND SENTENCED | NOUNCING VARIOUS INSTITU- | oAty opom, LIFE ON ACCOUNT OF A o TIONS, MEN AND MEASURES. | Kennedy's Restaurant. $5 DEBT. some of them (he largest held € < in the State, notably the Bup- < \ W Gurley, of the firumof| = g iy & (0., of Mobile, Ala., ¢ tist State convention. Last ¢ today, for the purpose < they have been having the o .12 out the ocniract of [€ State Federation of Labor in v installing ar up-to-date | & its annual session. This isan © . spstem o Lakeland. SIX |00 bods. and the bare © ~wer pipe wi: now in the i R ] railroad v:.rds, and work | T act of its meeting in a cer- € reat pul improvement is < tain place advertises that ¢ mmediately and will be (€ place among a wide-pread € utmost expedition. | & constitnency. Tampa Times, & oo tact will be completed 2 v s s s s oot tosaodae ¢ 1 or rainy season sets «ing to make a potato r rincipal streets,” de- E ‘;} o Guriey, “but we will not | that way long. So\'eml’ IH[ |NAUB“HAI. pat to work at differ- and we expect to progress vork at the rate of com-| Wilson Is Kept Bllly Explaining His 1 am here in 1o supervise this work, be- 1 enzineer? Mr. Hazelhurst, LT i Jnsists upon work com- woorizhitoap to the mark, and that's 4 of work Lakeland is goirg lock a day, W Gurley & Co. have carried Ler of big contracts of this South, and have a repn- woon for rapid and business-like iton of such work. The instal- will be followed i ey h-. the paving of t‘u\l s ul Lakeland will then he a { . and will enter upon an growth and oros- ! i | ot | OF JAX CROOKS KILLS HIMSELF. 1 the or ureat est CTIM (TIX ulonot aim o lose my Hie took it away . I love you and my but know | with me now."” t Fy vars of age, men o, you ] 1 l | above lines to his et Landerdale, V.| a farmer | * resideny of Okiahoma. ' il oof deadly carbolie the empty bottle down | < at hig boarding | \dams street, and | fecel vesterday morning s life becanse of he- | nd rohbed of voin Jacksonville S Linto the old game of match- | s by two crooks, Gober lost | esday. Listening to the ap- the men, who told him he Yack his $50 and $500 r went to Fort Lauder- withdrew $200 from his fturning to the city Satur- * niet at the Union station onfidence men. The game “+d and the farmer’s funds "in the hands of the crooks. U< Gober the confidence team P him $20 of his money and to leave for home, agree- YeT, to meet him in the | ‘“ated building before he left omething for him.” Trust- "en the farmer kept the ap- "It but the pair failed to and he then reported the the detective department. “'ricken and fearing to face iober walked to the desk . arding place yesterday “ and tendered the clerk the %im by the crooks, in pay- s Toom rent. Receiving “ he walked from the house ¢ drug store and purchas- I of carbolic acid retraced 'o the boarding place. stairs Gober 1 tnd then cried: 1 have LETE ained 18 7’|lt'l‘l\f} will he improvements of | eraey Other erected surnise. The is a dark vhite spot on forehead, unshod, and f\‘ as hitched to a high top buesay | S | Mr. Wendler will give a reward for recovery of the property and the conviction of the thief or thieves, (By Associated Press.) ' Guadalajara, Jan, horse roan with are expected to 2ot ander way as soon | as weather conditions permit, ANOTHER CITIZEN APPROVES IDEA OF MORE SHADE TREES. Editor Telezram—In last Satur- 21.—The vol- | qav's jssne of the Telegram. we no- cano Colina broKe into active erup-{yice an article headed. “\ Word ton last night, thousands fleeing | \hout Shade Trees.” We heartily from villages. It is believed that {commend the idea sugszested and there has been loss of ilfe in remote | hope our City Council will take the villages. | matter into consideration at once, a8 e {now is the time to set shade trees. LOCAL OPTION ELECTION It probably would be a good idea IN FRANKLIN COUNTY | to let the City Council have the work | done and charge iy up to the prop- erty benefited. In the older parts of our city where Fla, 24 Carrabelle, Jan. 21.--On Wednesday, Jan Franklin Coun- ty voters will azain decide the liquor | ghade trees have been set, they have Guestion, or not the | grown remarkably well and are an county will continue in the dry col- ornament and a comfort to such por- umn or be numbered among the wet | ¢jong of our city. The campaign The setting of shade trees in front prior 1o the is one of the | o 115 and residences will cost but a most heated ever witnessed in the | ¢rifa anq wili be an enduring monu- as to whether eetion county, and close observers predict ment to the progressive spirit of our thar the vote will be a close one. | citizens. W iliam il U ESHEN T A LRI, Alots All whom | have conversed with ter known as the Georgia Cyelone. | oy this subject azree that it will be s heen enzaged to conduet a num- Ler of mectings in behalf of the pro- a wise move to have shade trees set all over Lakeland, and we believe the | hibition cause ! City Council will approve the idea. fome have alveady expressed them- sENATuH HWE“ WILL selves, favorably, and one of our most prominent members has ex- pressed o willingness te allow a re- BE RE-ELECTED (By Associated Press.) Oklahoma City. Jan. 21.— The re-| tion of Senator Owen was ity taxes to the owners f setting 1} bate of th, for the o trees | lep us zot wise to the situation and set to work at once. Yours truly, PROPERTY OWNER ele assured today when the two Houses of the Petor

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