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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-05-23
NEW TEACHERS ELECTED
FOR SOUTHERN COLLEGE

Sutherland. May 80 Prof. W. l..
Clifton, one of the leading educators
Of Mississippi, who has just cOmplet-
I'd special course in Columbia uni
,ersity, has been chosen president OF
southern College to succeed Dr. j. =.
liilburn, who resigned last December.
Prof. clifton comes very highly rec
commended and is expected to make "A
line success. DR.. lIilburn has con-
sented To remain several months and
assist him in familiarizing himself
with the conduct of the Institution
Dr. Hilburn has made capable
president, and the institution has
prOspered greatly under his care. II
is with great regret that citizens see
him leave. Southern College has now
about 300 students and is rapidly
growing.
Other members of the faculty Sc
lected are: Chair Of English and lit
erature, II. +. Harris; chair Of math
ematics, +. W. McMullen. d. A.;
chair of Latin language and lhera
ture, Miss Mary A. Grifith, B. A.,
chair of Greek language and liter
ature, II. ". Limpert; chair Of mod
ern languages and literature. Mis-
Settie E. Carter, NJ. A.: chair Of his
tory, Bible and political economy, o
ID. Wagner, NJ. A.; principal Of th'
academy, ". II. Funk. Phi. D.; frs
assistant, Henry W. Limpert, b. A..
second assistant, Garfield Evans. B
A.; third assistant, Miss Annie
Dickenson; preparatory, Miss Lei;
Cecil, b. A.; director of music ito b'
supplied; piano. Miss Bessie Cecil
NJ. NJ; voice ito be supplied,
stringed instruments, Miss DorOth.
Moreman, b. A; school of expression
Miss Florence Ogg, b. A.; school o
art. Miss Jessie G. Sutton; school o
commerce, ". e. Baugh; school o
domestic science, Mrs Maggie Baugt
: Mrs. l.. r. Conrad was named a
lady principal and matron OF tn
dining room; Mrs Belle Cecil, ma
tron girls dormitory; Mrs. NJ. A San
ford. matron of boys dormitory; Mis-
Nora Morgan, Office stenographer
Harry Moore coach of basketball
team; A. o. Burleson. coach OF base
hall team.
Rev. T. J. Nixon, presiding eide
OF the Ocala district, was elected pre-
ldent of the board of trustees, wit
A. c. Clewis of Tampa vice pres
dent; L. n. Pipkin, of Mulberr.
treasurer, and Rev w. s Lawler. {
Tallahassee, secretary.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-05-23
PURE FOOD WILEY, JR.,
Il EMGAGEO GE At I AGE
OF TWO Weeks
(8y Associated Press.)

Washington, May 23.-Dr. Harvey
! Wlley, former government pure
lood expert, has announced the en-
cement of his Eeck-Old son to the
two-year-old daughter of Food Com.
miss ioner II. NJ. Allen, OF Kentucky
subject to ratification of the respec-
tive parties to the agreement lI,cr.
Wiley said Allen and his wife mad
made formal plea for the hand OF
young Wiley for their daughter.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-05-23
], S, CONSUL TO GERMANY
KILLED BY h FALL
(By Associated Press.)

Frankfort -On-thc- Main, Germany,
Nav c3 United States Consul Gen
cral Hill. of Minnesota, was killed
by falling over the railing Of a stair
case at IA hotel here today. 1t Is sup
posed a spell of giddincss caused the
fall
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-05-23
ANOTHER BIG STRIKE
THREATENS INDUSTRIAL
CONDITIONS IN LONDON
(By Associated Press. }

London, May 23 The national
executive committee of the Trans
EOrt Workers Federation decided
upon Il general strike. commencing
tonight. in support of the Thames
lightcrmen in their dispute with en-
rloycrs. No fewer than one hundred
and fifty thousand dock workers will
be involved, and the entire trans
port work of the port of London will
be hrOughd to standStill
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-05-23
virginia MAY SEMO
UNRESTRICTED OElEGATlON
(By Associated Press. }

Norfolk, Va. May 1.-The Nir-
einia Democratic Sta-e convention
net here today TO name twenty-four
delegates to Baltimore Prospects are
for an uninstructed delegation. work
ing under the unit rule.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-05-23
CELEBRATED INDEPENDENCE

On last Friday night at the Nor
wegian church in Pensacola the Nor
wegian people there celebrated their
national independence day. May IL.
this being the ninety-eighth anniyer-
sary of this occasion. a fine pro-
gram and delightful refreshments
were enjoyed, after which magic Ian
tern pictures exhibiting views OF Nor
way were shown
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-05-23
SCHOOL ELECTION WILL
Be HELD SATURDAY.

An advertisement which has been
running in the Lakeland News Tor
the past thirty days gives notice that
there will be an election held on Sat-
urday. May 25th. for the purpose Of
selecting three school trustees. aud
naming the mileage to be assessed
for the two ensuing years. in the
Lakeland Special Tax School district
c. G.. Arendell. G. P. Quaintance
and C. NJ. Trammell are named q.
inspectors of election and H. L
Swatts, clerk.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-05-23
TEDDY CAN COUNT ON
80 OHIO DELEGATES
(By Associated Press. }

Columbus, o.. May Scatter
ing additional returns of Tuesday S
primary indicate that Roosevelt
delegates will not drop below the ).
hitherto accorded him.
Gov. Wilson made slight gains. !!
is possible that llarmOn's delegates
will not total more than. u. The
count of the Democratic vote 81 faI
received shows. Harmon, a3,22N;
Wilson, 10, l31
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-05-23
TAFT AND TEDDY SHIFT
BATTLE GROUND
TO JERSEY
LATE RETURNS SHOW R0OSE.
VELT'S VICTORY IN OHIO
WAS DECISIVE.
(By Associated PreSS.)

Newark. May %. New Jersey be-
came the battlefield ut national poll
tics today when Taft and Roosevelt
moved into the State to battle for
the % delegates to Chicago. Wilson
is the only candidate named on the
Democratic primary ballots. The
primaries will be held next Tuesday.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-05-23

Il is understood that between sfifty
and sixty cars Of watcrmelOns will be
shipped from FroMproof between now
and the fifteenth OF June. This is Il
now shipping point OF melons in Flor
ida
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-05-23
MAY TELL EN- HOW
TO NAVIGATE SALT RIVER
(By Associated Press. }

Washington, May 23.-President
Taft left early this morning for Phil
adelphia to address the lnternatiOEa.
Navigation Congress. Tonight ne
goes into New Jersey to open a cam
paign for votes at Tuesdays primary
He will be in the State until lht
evening of the primary.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-05-23
NEGROES REPORTED SUING
FOR PEACE
(By Associated PreSs.)

Havana. May 23 III is reported
here that leaders of the insurgcnt ne
grOcs have sent enissarieS to the
camp of the government commander
Lrar Guantanamo to sue for peace.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-05-23
To MAKE SMALL FARMS
Of LARGE PLANTATIONS
(By Associated Press.

Washington, May 23.-Senator
Fletcher, president Of the Southern
Commercial Congress, has appointed
a committee to consider the problem
of breaking up the large plantations
of the South into small holdings.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-05-23

THE Oaks" Mrs. Potter Palmer S
winter home at Osprey Point, is un-
dcrgoing considerable improvements
new sea wall, more gardens, new
electric light and water plants ana
barns. Tampa Tribune.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-05-23
PRESBTER|ANS WILL
NOT EvkNCEl|lE
"uEiTHEN CATHOLICS
(By Associated PreSS.)

Bristol, May ID. The general as
sembly of the Southern Presbyterian
church this morning refused to adopt
the majority report of the committee
en- ROmanism which urged a cOmpre-
hensive plan of attack on Catholic
ism by the evangelical churches OF
the United States and Canada.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-05-23
BARACAS AND PHIL
ATHEAS NOTICE

The Naraca social, which was to
be held Friday night of this week, is
postponed until date to be announced
latter. WILLIAM EMERSON.
Chairman Social Committee.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-05-23
5000 BOOZE GOES
UP, INSTEAD OF
GONG down
(By Associated Press. }

Schcnely, Pa. May 81. Nearly
eight hundred and sixty thousand
gallons of whiskey were destroyed in
distillery fire here last night. The
loss is approximately eight hundred
thousand dollars.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-05-23

The bad weather conditions in
Pensacola have prevented work on
the Gulf, Florida and Alabama rail-
road. The grading has been washed
cut in several places and will have to
be done over again.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-05-23

The people of Sanford are prepai
ing for a big celebration TO commemo-
rate the opening of the Geneva pr'oee
for wagon and foot travel across 'he
81 Johns river at Geneva ferry
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-05-23
OFFICERS NAMED
BY GRAND LODGE

jacksonville, May 23-The SIXTY
sixth annual cOnvOcatiOn Of the
Grand Chapter, Royal Arch Masons
Of Florida, has drawn to a close.
The occasion has been one Of great
pleasure to the brethren, who
came from all parts of the State, some
of whom are very prominent citizens
end have been attending annual
lodge sessions for fifty years or more
Election Of Officers.
This forenoon grand officers to
serve for the ensuing year were elect
ed as follows:
High Priest Robert Met LELAND
of Gainesville.
Deputy Grand High Priest Harr!
y. Sweeting, of Tallahassee
Grand Kingdom NJ Caldwell. o.
Jasper.
Grand Scribe-Will Address. o.
Jacksonville.
Grand Treasurer-M,rcus Endei
OF Jacksonville.
Grand Secretary-W. p Webster
Of Jacksonville.
Grand Chaplain E. Webster, o
Gainesville.
Moved Up.
McClelland was raised from deput!
high priest to high priest; S~eetin'
from grand king to deputy grant
high priest; Caldwell from CRANE
scribe to grand king; Andre iron
grand captain Of the host to CRANE
scribe; w. p. Webster and Irving Z
Webster and Endel were re-el""ted.
Eulogies.
Eloquent and pathetiI -'oule
we're paid to the memory oi nc lat
William H. Jewell, of Orlando. wh
had made a splendid record a. Ma
son, serving as grand high pri"st an
l., other positions of distinction II
the order. Companions william 4
O'Neal and Past Grand filga Priest
silas B. Wright, of DeI.and' harcu
Endel, of jacksonville; J X VEIN
erell; ]. W. Boyd. OF Miami, Jamc
Carnell. of Ormond, and f. f. has
kell, of Palatka, were the speaker
Past Grand High Priest oamu'
Pasco, of Monticello. a.so Paiu
beautiful tribute to the !afe fa7
Grand High Priest u Bo~es. WI
recently died in Raleigh, y. I
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-05-23

-.atka is TO have a new brick
The building will contain
'ores and will be a two-story
Structure.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-05-23

A!ligators must be plentiful in the
hack woods" Engineer ] W. Will
liams. of the b. {. passenger train.
ran over a nine-footer Sunday short
distance north of Southport.-thip-
ley Banner.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-05-23

. Petersburg now boasts of .
loer Of electric signs.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-05-23
IN0 WRECKS ON COAST
LINE D|SARRANGE
SCHEDULES
NO 50 RAN INTO OPEN SWITCH
NEAR TAMPA AND NO. "a DE-
p.JLED NEAR PLANT CITY.

b..dules on the Atlantic Coast
h,va been cast aside today and
.,,n. have been running as best they
,ld all due to the fact that pas
..n.,r train No. 50 was wrecked this
corning at Gary, a small station this
II Tampa. AS consequence OF
.h. wreck. train No. 81 did not ar
r, mere until 9:4O and No. s, due
-, l:S-. reached here at 2:4O this
a.,yrnoon.
rhe wreck this morning occurred
.hnrrly before o'clock and railroad
..Ytborl,les state it was due to the
.,, that a switch had been tam
,.rrd viii. The train was slowing
nm for the Tampa Northern crossing
y.brn the accident occurred, and on
III. account is due the fact that no
a., was seriously injured. The en-
.in. and express car left the track,
,.a engine turning over in the ditch
and the express car landed out in a
,..,rby field. The fireman jumped and
l.as unhurt, but the express messen-
.er received injuries in his back
Waith. however, it is not thought
yl be- fatal. Engineer Peters, OF
sanford, stuck to his post and went
down With the engine. Luckily there
N.., small opening through which
!.e escaped unharmcd.
The name of the injured express
messenger is Lilliecrap and this was
his first trip on this run.
Al the other coaches remained or
,nr track, and other than severe
snaking-up, none of the passenger
wero injured. Conductor Barton ex
aMued the switch Immediately afte
II, wreck and ii was his opinion tha
souir one with a railroad key had un
10 ked the switch.
Wrecker Called Out.
Tae wrecker, which is stationed
l,sr. and which is the largest in tn
>ate. was wired for, and it left 10
The scene shortly after o'clock. Il
TIE meantime, passengers were be
ine Jietoured TO and from Tampa o
IN Scaboard tracks No. S4, du
10 arrive here at $50. pulled int
l.aa, iand nearly three hours late.
Another Engine Jumps Track.
troubles never come singly, q
hast that is what the railroad OF
Ii ials and passengers have about dt
cided, for Train No. 50 due here q
Ii5. while being detOured on tn
S"aboard had the misfortune TO hay
is engine jump the track just 9
il was entering the Plant City yart
about 1870 this morning. The Ell
gineer stopped the train before tt
engine had gone more than car
length, with the result that tt
wheels Of the engine never left II
ties. A freight train was drawn U
on side track, and after wait
several hours, during which tin
the Seaboard and Atlantic Coast Lii
ottieials were being communicate
with. the freigha engine was secure
and with this means of locomotio
the train was brought on to LAX
land. continuing IFS journey fe
minutes before 3 o'clock to Jackso
Vile. the tired crowd on board no
ing that there would be no more iol
and tiring waits. and no more acc
den.s.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-05-23

The new Methodist parsonage az
Titusviile has just been completed.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-05-23
PORTUGAL WILL ABOLISH
lEGLTOn It VATICAN

(By Associated Press.)
Lisbon, May 23.-The chamber of
deputies voted to abolish the Portu-
gese legation at the Vatican.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-04-05
rHE MISSION oE TEDDY.

Although he probably does not re-
allze it in the stress of the moment,
Theodore Roosevelt is performing a
great service for the country at the
present time. The colonel cannot cap
ture the nomination. He never had a
chance. The cards were stacked when
he first showed his chips into the game.
But the colonel is showing up the
evils of the spoils systematic rotten
ness fostered by machine rule and the
methods used by political manipula-
tors to thwart the will of the popular
majority
Were the matter of selecting the
presidential nominee left to the voters
themselves, Roosevelt doubtless would
be the choice of the republican party.
Almost anybody could beat Taft. But
/ the president has the party machinery
and is using it,
Roosevelt is crying out against the
political iniquities that are initiating
against his candidacy He is using
strong language. What he is saying
is not new nor original Hundreds OF
newspaper editors have said the same
thing. Coming from Roosevelt, though,
the people will read and ponder and
then they are going to demand the re-
forms that he urges. 1t matters not
that w. J. Bryan fathered these re-
forms whic hthe versatile Teddy is
fostering. 1t is results that count
Four years hence it viii be a mighty
slow state indeed that has not adopted
direct primary law which will en-
able the voters to express their per-
sonal choice for presidential nomi-
nees. The day of gang rule is passing
just as inevitably as doomsday is ap-
preaching The far-sighted wisdom of
the Owens and LaFollettes the Cuber-
SONS and Bristows will be proven
Colonel Roosevelt, in continuing his
campaign in the face of defeat, is sac
rifcing himself to worthy cause
the peoples cause. He is just one fac
tor, and an important one, in the com
bination of potentialities that is work
ing a revolution IN American politics
which is destined TO give the people
more direct control of their govern.
wcrt OklghOmar
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-04-05
TIE spRlNa POET.

She is no myth of the paragraphers
All the older country editors know
her
Usually she is little elderly woman
shy Of manner and sweet Of face. Her
gown is reserved. often bit rusty
Her expressive eyes suggest that life
never gave outlet for emotion. So she
writes little rhymy iingles for the
poets corner. and puts thoughts into
them that she is too timid to express
in words
The country editor mostly pays the
freightage TO Publicity He is not en-
thusiastic about it. 1t costs as much
for type setting as the news about
Uncle Reuben's big potato patch and
not half SO many people read it.
Then too the editor is a bit Of a
critic, and commonly has favortes of
verse he would prefer. But both lit
er0ry and business Judgment are won
over by the home poets winsome face.
You do not find poetry in even the
country paper as of yore. Perhaps
the pert paragraphers have been too
saucy about it. The poet seems timid
about entering the sancmm To be
sure, the editor with his tousled hair
and inky fingers. is not imposing. But
even the most struggling weekly
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-04-05
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seems to the poet a forum of politics
and sociology, where heart throbs are
rudy jostled.
OF course the shrinking verse maxi
er can always commit her literary off
spring to the impersonal rural car
rier, and receive the doom of rejected
manuscript in the protecting seclusion
of home. But she recognizes instinc-
lively that the front page of the news
paper is no longer a school bellies
lettres. This is the iron age of bus
ness, and 80 point headings sell more
papers than iambic meters.
Nevertheless, spring poetry still
flourishes, such as it is. We found
40 titles under that heading in an
index of leading magazines the other
day. Complex and obscure images are
fashionable now, and you would need
a guide book to find out what it all
means.
The black gowned and silver haired
poet of Lonesomhurst did better than
that. She was at least ineligible,
lacking which all other gifts are
sounding brass and tinkling cymbal.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-04-05
THE EFFICIENCY OF BUYING AT
HOME

Did you ever stop to think whaf
a convenience it is to have full line
of good retail stores at home in oul
own community?
1t enables people to see goods al
any time before paying down money
In that way the purchaser detects
many faults that could never be found
in buying from catalog cut.
Furthermore you get your goods
when you want them without bother
letter writing, or without the fatigue
of a journey to big city and tramp.
ing all over it's streets. 1t is an econ.
omy of time, car fares, human energy.
Furthermore, you can do your shop
ping at your leisure, when you are in
mood for it, rather than in the haste
and furry OF trip out of town. In
our home stores you take all the time
you want to talk over your purchase
and inspect goods. You can positive
" assure Yourself that you are buying
right,
Furthermore you get more personal
and intelligent attention in a home
store thar anywhere else. The pro-
prietors ard clerks must please home
trade or get out of business. 1t is
human nature to take more pains for
people that are known than for strang-
ers. The home merchant will go the
utmost limit to give satisfaction for
defects in the goods, and without irri-
tahng red tape.
When locating for residence or busi-
ness, people are as slow to settle in a
place lacking good stores as in a place
where the water is not good.
If we want to draw in new resi-
dents. everyone must do his share to
provide them with the conveniences of
retail trade The only way to do this
IS to patronize the home merchant.
1t is the good fortune of this com
nunity to have line of finely equip
ped an dattractively stocked retail
torres. But if every dollar possible
Nere spent at home. these stores could
,r>w faster put in fuller assortnents,
employ more clerks. Thus they would
contribute to the convenience OF every
resident. and add to the prosperity of
very property holder
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-04-05

paper which is edited with remarkable
sincerity and an alert intelligence.
Colonel Wilson made the Lawrence
Register. noted newspaper twenty
five years ago, and he has lost none of
his acuteness as an observer. He
sizes up the political situation on the
democratic side as follows:
Who's who in the democratic party
is still unsettled. 1t seems to be Will
son. He doesn't appear to have a big
brass band, but he is stepping lively.
In Kansas last week he got fourteen
of the twenty delegates His manager
claims that he is already certain OF
500 delegates, which will make two
thirds and to spare. The Hearst ele.
ment is fighting Wilson furiously, but
that will increase his strength. Speaker
Clark is his real competitor and the
avowed candidate of Hearst. Governor
Harmon is not mentioned as much as
Clark or Wilson, which is to be ac'
counted for by the fact that there is
a great underlined democratic host ly'
ing back that has not expressed itself
If Hearst or Bryan doesn't get that il
will go for Harmon But the signs
at present are that Wilson will be nom
mated"
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-04-05

DR.. Holmes condensed a few wise
and memorable words when he wrote:
There is a little plant called reyer-
enee in the corner of my souls garden.
which 1 love to have watered about
once a week" Away down deep
in the life of every man there is
desire for spiritual things. Men
who do little for the church still
love it and reverence it and would not
have il moved out OF the community
for anything The things that are
seen are temporal, the things that are
unseen are spiritual and eternal, and
there is an innate craving for the fuller
knowledge OF the unseen things of
life.
Sometimes we complain of criticisms
of the church and it's mission, but
honest criticism is helpful, When a
squad of soldiers go out to target prac-
tice and man steps to the front and
fires the men around him may cheer
as much as they please, but the mar
ker down at the target when he wig
wags back that the shot has missed
the mark induces the shooter to take
better aim and do little better next
time. The question as to whether the
church Is affecting the life of men as
it should is interesting. and the fault
is perhaps more with the men than
with the church. The motive of very
man who attends church is under
scrutiny as to his purpose. Whether
he goes because of merely conven-
tional purposes, or for the sake of
supporting an institution that his
neighbors consider useful, or for spirit
ual up lift is always considered.
A sermon ought to be practical and
touch the lives of men-in short should
have human interest" in it to attract.
Business and politics are poor themes
for the preacher. We hear enough Of
these things during the week and nat
urally want to get away from them
on Sunday This is pretty good old
world after all and we don't want to
get away from it until we are forced
to. Kindlness and charity are better
to preach than denunciation and in
yective. ~