The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-07-20
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Dear Editer, Lots of peple is Won
derin why | have not wrote for a
long time. Marthy and me has ben
on a trip back to where We use to
live and we have seen lots of things
which | am gOin to write about
when | can get to it. But, anyway,
have not always got time to write.
A reel literary man had not ought
to have other things to do like have
got. Seems like if get reel good
idee to write on the yeller rooster
gets out and have got to drive him
in again. BY that time | am all het
up and not in the umer to write a
letter. | expect nOthin else than
will kill that blamed rooster some
day. have drove hogs and | have
drove mules and they amt any one
as hard headed and contrary mind
ed as that rooster. If }. B. Smith has
harmed to run his automobile yet, he
can come over an tackle that rooster
and will be much Obliged.
There is a subjeck | wish to speek
on, and that is this II we are goin
to get peple to come to Lakeland We
have got to get them when they are
comm to Florida, an that time is now
in the immeadiet present. There
amt no sense in lettin thin settle
down elsewheres an in five or ten
yeers try to dig them up and bring
them over here. The time to be ad-
vertizin this town is now if we ever
cXpeck to- Several things had ought
to be done. We had ought to have
everybody belongin to the bord of
trade. or a Boosters Club, or they
could name it after me if they was
tC insist on it. Just SO we have
got band of peple organized to-
Scthcr to boost this town an get
northern pcple to huntin it on the
map as they plan there southwark
trips would be willin to be pres
idcnl, or secretary or treasurer, any
thing to help along. haint nevc.
ben one Of the pcplc that @roWlS an
hoWls worscn homesick pap an
amt willin to work Here is poplo
every day comm to Florida Nilhou,
secin lakeland. If lhcy hccr of this
town at all they hcrr y Lat II told
them about it in Sanford ANA Barrow
and TT. Myers, an them towns has
often got mcasly narrer minded pcpl.
whose word had not ought to be took
on amy subjeck.
The way to have Il bord of trade
IS to have Il secretary and a Oils
both OF them bein paved and rented
for the bord of trade. 1t could be
done all casey enough ii everybody
as is anybody was to jinc in and sl,-
port it. Where is the sense Of hay
ing half Il dozen good members o!
the bord of trade in Il town like his
where they is hundred that had
ought to belong to one that does
The rccson most of these don't be-
long is because they hain't been asst.
md because they is pcplc which don
get on Il tranc till it begins to start.
am sorry that the reel estate
Eien haint organized yet. II They
men haint organized yet. Ii they
amt willin to do more they had
light to jinc together to adyertiza
the town. If they would put there
'dvertizin mony together, il would
maybe amount to something.
There is lots OF things which is . /
tclp 10 the town but we had ought |
10 have IA sosictty or two that would !
make that there business.
There is another thing. We had
ought To take il for notice To- Noo,,
he boosters. They are humcn je-
ms and humcn beiu is apt ia Ia I
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