The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-06-11
Nominations of
|..Uncle Henry.

Dear EQlteF, TAKE NY Peu al n"""
in response to the inquirys OF NANNY
and varyed anxus trends as to what
has become of me. Well, | have been
busy. Marthy is cleenin house get
tin reddy for when Bobby and Clara
Louise comes home, which will be
soon, and of evenins | have been at
tendin the movin pictur shows some
have a idee that some OF them Dlame
fools which thinks am lady WOul+
vote for me at the Auditorium bu'
such has not been the case up to date
am not going to get mad until
see how the contest for the most pop
Ter gentleman comes out, and II M
boldly votes for me in that | Will n.
that gratitude no longer dwells u
the harts OF men. | have wrote up {;
lot of good paper and the Lord only
knows how NANNY pens and led pen
&c is for the good Of this town, ana
while my fame has spred fur ani
wide, that was not what l was aim
at My first idee has alters been TIC
good of Lakeland and my Teller clt!-
zcns. But you will see that them
which thinks | am lady change
there minds when it comes to votll
for the most popler lady, and when
il comes to votin for the most poplci
gentleman they will all think at
a lady agan. Some folks is that way
am not mentonin names, further
than to say there name is Logon.
| would like to have been movll
pictur acter often think OF thai
could of done SO ii had OF payeC
attention to it and went after the
Job, but | will not try now, as II
would often take me away from home
Not that | would not like to 60 to
the burnin desserts Of Africa, but
there is Marthy to be thought OF. She
has never liked the hethen In this
country and ii she was to get over
in there own lands where they far
cutnumber the white population she
would not feel at home. took the
part of the corps of Caesar one time
in little seen from Hamlet played
Ivy our literary society back where
come from, and everybody sayei !
give very life-like presentation OF
the carachter. would not speek Oh
my own talents this way, but | know
from what you have sayed that you
are one which appreciates my abii-
itys.
Before | forget what started to
write about, | will now come to the
roint. Are we, or are we not going
to do some thing about the schor.
proposition? 1t has hung lire about
long enough. 1t is panefull to me
to have to heer that there is some
people in town which is not alive 70
the Impotence of the matter. Every
citizen of Lakeland had ought TO
hang there beds in shame and never
lift them up agan until we have
GOT a new school house. We are no:
swim a soar deel to the most impor-
tent OF our fare citizens, our chill
dern. How can our civilization fur
ish if we are not rasin helthy an:
happy Children? | would like to hec.
i anser to the subject. The trubbl>
is they is people in this town which
5 not brod minded. l hope this re
ozark will not be coppyed into Other
appers where it will be red by tho
outside world, but it is fact. Th@y
: people here which has not tryeo
0 grow Intelligent and more inte..
iscnt with the passin yccrs as
cave done. They is people here
which will never arouse to the faci
+, that what was good enough for j
lew yeers as0, or 4 generation az
IS not good enough now. A man
which thinks that what was good