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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-09
NO DANGER OF RAILS
{ ING TOO MUCH

From the latest of the admir-.
able series OF letters written by
Mr.. L. w. Barber from Crooked
Lake, in this county, to his home
paper, the Jackson (Mich) J,
Patriot, we take the following:
"Florida is growing 50 rapidly
that some fear its producers will
in the near future so ovcrStock
the early markets that they will
cease to get profitable returns.
This is hardly possible. Soon
the population Of the United
States will reach hundred mil
lion, and will keep on growing.
The increase will be largely con-
sumers. Consumption in Flor
ida itself will increase as fast as
in any other State. A demand
for many things, with the growth
of commerce will spring up far
Their south as well as up north
The last Sunday in March Mr..
and Mrs. Yelling and myself
had dinner at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. w. D.. ALLEN, now
pleasantly located at Crooked
Lake, and the chicken. the new
potatoes, the tomatoes, the let
tuce, the pickles, the lemon pie
we're all Florida products, and
they have been here but little
more than year. A tree near
their front door set out less than
year ago, has 28 half-greeu
peaches. There is no apparent
possibility of overstocked mark
cts. The people of Florida
themselves can prevent this.
! The escape from glutted market:
lies in diversity. The fruits
make the finest jellies and mar
malades. But few OF the pro-
ducts of other States fail to grow
iii Florida. Wheat, oats, barley
rye-these can be raised, but not
prohtably. Apples are a foreign
fruit. There are many States in
which more corn can be produc-
ed to the acre, and yet a boy cul-
tivator in the northern part Of
the State grew I72 bushels on q
single acre last year, and another
boy in Polk county raised nearly
90 bushels, as the result of &
boys contest stimulated by the
people of several counties. Up
land cotton does not pay as wei
as in some other States, but Flor
ida leads in growing the high
priced Sea Island variety. d"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-09
ORDINANCE NO. 1865

An Ordinance Creating the Office OF city man
aper. and defining the duties, powers anu
character of the office. .,
BE 1T ORDAINEDI BY THE BOARD 0F
COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY of
LAKELAND. FLORIDA.
Section |. That the office OF city manager
10 hereby created to have such emoumeht
incident thereto as the board OF commission
ers may determine in any particular instance;
Section g The incumbent OF said oince shdii
be selected by the board OF COMMISSIONER ohaiI
from available applicants and ne shal,
hold office during such period as the Doard
Of commissioners may then or Thereafter ues-
! ignate. .u - ro.,o5
with the powers and charged win the uuties
In the City OF Lakeland, Florloa' as hereih-
after defined: - w
4 ta) To occupy an office in the City Hall
M To require the enforcement OF the laws
and ordinances
Gc, To exercise control OF all the officers
and employees Of the city, and to prescribe ana
direct their activities.
(dl To employ and dismiss officers and
employes of the city provided, that before
employing or diSmiSsinG any department neau'
the manager shall receive a favorable opinion
on his contemplated action from at least
three of the city commissioners
lnl 10 superintend the works of conStruc-
zion in all respects in which the city may have
jurisdiction
IA To attend the meetings OF the board
Of commissioners
"a To advise the board OF commissioners
NJ regular meeting of the financial condition
of the city. :
To make at appropriate times reports OF
any phase of city activity
70 suggest needs and means OF city better
mCnt. ~.
M To perform such other duties as the
hoard of commissioners may require by reSo-
lution or by ordinance
III To approve or disapprove the requSl-
zion of any officer or employe of the city
prior to the purchase or other transaction III
respect to the requisitiontd article.
Section a Provided, That the said city
manager shall not be deemed vested witt
control of the municipal judge or the city
afiorncv, but that il the said named Officers
are not in harmony with the policy OF the
city manager it shall he his duty to so re
port to the board OF commissioners
Section s. That the said city manager
shall have the character generally of th'
chief executive officer Of private corporation
, in respect to municipal activities; he shall
have the courtesy of participation In discus
, sions during the meetings OF the board o
commissioners as though member, but shall
have no vote,
Section g. That the said city manager shall
be subject to the approval OF the board 0
, commissioners in respect to the FOLLOWING
acts: ,
(a) Courses Of acts that tend to form thu
policy OF the city in respect to any insttu
tion.
tbl Purchase Of a current nature requiring
an expenditure of more than five hundred dol
lars (s5OO.00).
hereby certify that the above and fore
!, going ordinance No. l66 was duly passed b.
! the board OF city commissioners in adjourned
session on May It'll, 1914.
Witness my hand and seal this the 18th da
, of May, A. d. 1914
O. NJ. EATON, Chairman.
II T. SwATTs, city Clerk. 253
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-09

The selection Of Richmond as
the next city in which to hold
the Confederate reunion was
wise one. There has been only
one held there and that was
many years ago and yet from the
Civil War point of view Rich
mond is the most interesting OF
all cities. No red-blooded
American can visit that beautiful
and historic community without
feeling his pulses quicken, fol
every inch Of its soil is hallowec
with heroic and splendid mem
cries which appeal to the deepes
sentiments of the heart-and al
so Richmond people are not sur
passed on earth for hospitality
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-09

The Orlando ReporterStar
says, in speaking Of the prevail
cnce of officers uniforms at Con-
iederate reunions: 1--WE know a
gallant veteran who has never
attended reunion because it
makes him tired to see these par
lor soldiers in action" We also
know an old soldier who left an
arm at Gettysburg, who attend
ed one Of the reunions years ago,
but swore he would never attend
another one, and he kept his
word. Asked why, he replied
that he saw too many men III
uniform who did no fighting dur
ing the war and it "riled" him to
see them posing as heroes" L
is easy enough to sympathize
with the view of this old one.
armed ighter,-but there is nc
way to prevent these things
and we can easily forget them il
the knowledge of the fact tina
the vast majority of the veterans
present were real soldiers /ane
did their duty whether they sui
fered wounds on the firing lin
or were fortunate enough t
come out with whole skins.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-09

General Ellis, of Tallahassee,
candidate for supreme court JUS
tice, showed wisdom in coming
to South Florida to mix with the
people and push his candidacy.
We told Judge Avery, Of Pensa-
cola, candidate for the same Of
flee, that he ought to do like
wise, for he is not generally
known down here and our folks
like to look at man before they
vote for him in State elections
Judge Avery still has time, but
if he don't come and Ellis beats
him in South Florida he will
please acquit us of all blame III
the matter.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-09

The renewed activity in the
war department and calling on
the States to find out how MANY
of the National Guard they can
put in the field in short ord II
doesn't necessarily mean crisis
in the Mexican situation. But it
does mean that we are going to
be ready when the crisis arrives,
and, if occasion demands, pou-
such an army into Mexico as will
make kuick work of the actual
fighting and the end of organized
resistance. 1t all depends on
Huerta.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-09

to keep them from sneaking By
him into heaven, where they will
be as ready to disturb the peace
as on earth. But despite their
presence at Jacksonville the re-
union, like all its predecessors,
was a success and we congratu-
late that city that she pulled
off" the big stunt SO well.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-09

Editor Woods of the Eustis
Lake Region heard Senator
Fletcher speak the other day for
the first time and he was So en-
Unused that he went right back
to his Office and wrote: "After
hearing him we are glad to re-
iterate in its entirety our edi-
torial of some months ago." And
that editorial, believe us, was
hot stuff giving the strongest
possible endorsement to the
Senator. "To retire him would
be the height of folly" was the
keynote of the article.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-09

The various aspirants for the
postoffice at Fort Meade arc
tired waiting for the pie and
have agreed to have little pri-
mary of their own on June I'd
to discover which one of them
has most supporters for the Of
fee. OF course such a primary
amounts to nothing in law, but il
would be a fine backing of public
sentiment for the man who got
the majority of the votes. Vos
Populi is some citizen in this
country, even in postofice ap
pointments.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-09

FOR CHOICE CUT FLOWERS for en-
tertainments, parties, weddings or
funerals, see ]. H. Tacker. Lake
Pharmacy, agent for Knull, Tampa
florist. |f'o
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-09

The Ocala Banner promises to
soon celebrate the fftieth ami
ersary of its existence, and when
that day arrives we propose to
speak from our heart and say
something mighty nice about
that excellent paper and its
highly esteemed editor. But,
Unlike some of the other breth-
rem, we shall not violate the
unities by saying it in advance OF
the event.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-09

am authorized to loan money
on dwellings and business property
in Lakeland for term of years, re-
payment of the loan to be MADE IN
small monthly payments. See me for
particulars. H. j. DRANE, Drane
building. zoo
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-09
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER

To the Democratic voters of Polk
county: The many friends of Mr..
F. B. Swearingen hereby announce
him a candidate for county COM
missioner for district No. ., sub
ject to the primary June ., 1914.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-09
FER COUNTY TREASURER

! announce myself a candidate for
county treasurer of Polk county sub
ject to the action of the Democratic
primary election June 2, 1914.
WERNER G. JONES,
Auburndale Fla.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-09

The great reunion up in Jack
sonville is over and from all ac-
counts it was a big success both
i'll point of attendance and the
hospitality of the people of that
city, OF course, in such a
huge mass of visitors there was
more or less discomfort AMI
cause for irritation, but that Is
inevitable on all such occasions,
for the grouchers and grumblers
are everywhere in the world and
ST Peter will have a hard time
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-09

J. H. Tacker, at the Lake Phar-
macy, has the agency for hnull' tne
Florist, of Tampa. f''
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-09
NJ. F. HETHERINGToN, EDITOR.
From the same Office Is issued
THE LAKELAND NEWS,

A weekly newspaper giving resume
Of local matters. crop conditions,
county affairs, etc. Sent anywhere
Tor $1.00 per year.
The Keota news., 1914-04-03

Miss Matte r. Tyler. 20, a grand
daughter of President Tyler. went to
the White House to plead with Presi-
dent Wilson to continue her al post
master at Cortland, Va
While denying extreme statements
attributed to him. DR.. P. p. Claxton.
United States Commissioner OF Educa-
tion, reiterated his belief in continued
school activity Of some kind in sum-
mer months for most children.
Designed to check what Is declared
Of the American people to make the
Easter season the occasion for display
ing fashionable clothes. a movement
was launched in Washington to form
the "So.iaty for the Prevention OF
Easter Dissertation"
The Senate passed the House bill;
directing the Interstate Commerce
Commission and the secretary OF the
treasury to promulgate regulations
for keeping In sanitary condition all
interstate passenger cars. Surgeons
of the public health service are au-
thorized to enter cars at any time to
enforce the regulations.
Charges that the treaty between the
United States and Mexico creating the
water boundary commission involves
a scandal" and that the state of Colo
RADIO has suffered direct damage Of
$17. .250.0OO because OF the prohibition
in 1896 of use OF the flood waters Of
the Rio Grande in that state under the
treaty. were made by Senator Thomas
OF Colorado.
The Keota news., 1914-04-03
SPORT.

A bowling tourney, composed OF
singles and doubles, will be held at the
Overland alleys In Denver April 1910
In the opening baseball game of the
season the Naval academy defeated
Swarthmore at ANNAPOLIS, Md, 13 tc
8.
Sven Kuber. junior from Wheaton
Ill.,, was elected captain Of the Univer
sity of Illinois basketball team at Ur
bana.
Cambridge University won the an
nual athletic contest against Oxford
University by six events to four al
London.
Opponents of boxing in New Yors
practically admitted that efforts te
hamper the fight clubs are off for the
time being.
Western golfers will compete in
their open championship at the Inter
iachen Club at Minneapolis ON August
25 and 26. 1t was announced at Chi.
cago by r. r. Stone. secretary of the
Western Golf Association.
The Keota news., 1914-04-03
HEAD BEGAN TO FEsrER

P. o. Box SIS, Greenville. Cal.-"Last
fall my baby boy, two and half years
old, fell and hit the back Of his head
on the decreasing. cutting quite
cash. l thought 1t would heal right
away, 80 when I picked him up and
washed his head put some -- on
it and he soon was playing again. The
next morning there was . scab over
1t. but after few days 1t began to
tester and other sores came near 1t.
They commenced at his neck and
gradually spread to the top Of his
head. The eruption was like ulcerat-
ed pimples and itched and irritated
him awfully, especially at night, when
he would scratch and dig his head.
I had hard work to keep him from
scratching them. His hair fell out
where the sores were thickest.
The sores looked red and mattered.
I had all his hair cut close to his head
30 could get the Cuticura Ointment
on we'll night and morning and I
washed his head well with the Cuti-
cura Soap. After q few applications
night and morning the itching stopped
and no more new sores came. In two
weeks 1t was healed nicely and in
three weeks he was cured and there IN
not even scar on his head" (Signed)
Mrs. A. B. Wolters. Dec. II, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample Of each
free. with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cuticura. Dept. L. Boston. ADV.
The Keota news., 1914-04-03
soston's Celebration.

One hundred years ago March Is
Boston celebrated the thirty-eighth an
niversary Of the evacuation Of the
city by tho British. troops under Gen.
eral wilkinson during the Revolution.
The celebration naturally was accom-
panied by great display Of enthusi-
asm. for the second war with Great
Britain was then in progress and the
spirit of patriotism was running high.
Flags were displayed in profusion by
the citizens and salutes were fired by
the ships OF war in the harbor. A largo
military and civic parade was the
spectacular feature Of the day. In the
evening there were fireworks and illu-
limitations and q public banquet at
which patriotic addresses were deliv.
cred by officials of the state and city
and officers of the army and navy.
The Keota news., 1914-04-03
GENERAL.

The exodus OF thoroughbreds from
the Juarez race track to Denver has
commenced.
Miss Eleanor Wilson, daughter OF
the President. spent several hours
shopping in New York. making several
purchases for her trousseau.
BY action of the House the Massa-
time in its history In favor of refer
ring to the people the question OF
granting suffrage to women.
On the theory that they may have
diseased brains and require mental
treatment rs substitute for punish
support their wives hereafter may be
sent to laboratory instead Of to jail.
Those arrested on other charges may
receive similar treatment.
Building Commissioner McKelvey OF
St. Louis and his assistants were CEN
sured by the coroner's jury that inves-
tigated the death of seven men in the
collapse Of the building occupied by
the ST. Louis Seed Company. The jury
reached a verdict Of accident in the
case.
The woman in a mans sized job
Mrs. ]. Borden Hartman. member of
the federal commission on industrial
relations-thinks a woman's intuition
is needed on the commission. She
told United Press correspondent SO
in the first interview explaining her
work she has granted since President
Wilson broke precedent and appointed
her to job heretofore supposedly re-
served for man.
Louis Rosenberg, Lefty Louie"
Frank Cirofici, .Dago Frank" Jacob
Seidenfeur. Whitley Lewis" and Har-
ry Horowitz, alias "Gyp the Blood"
convicted Of the murder OF Herman
Rosenthal and now awaiting death in
the electric chair at Sing Sing prison.
New York, issued another statement,
through their attorney, in which the
claim is made that a stranger. Harry
vallon. and Bridgey Webber. had shot
Rosenthal.
Josiah L. Fernald, administrator of
the estate of Mary Baker G. Eddy,
founder OF the Christian Science
church, completed the settlement OF
his accounts in the Probate Court at
Concord, N H.. by turning over the
sum of s2.590.632 to the trustees ap-
pointed under the will. He also made
a final payment Of 1882 on account
lof inheritance and succession tax.
making the total paid to the state
$l1s.5s2.
The Keota news., 1914-04-03
WASHINGTON.

The Senate passed the annual army
appropriation bill carrying s101.75e.-
600, about s7,500,000 more than the
House bill and about the same amount
over the last army appropriation bill
The Keota news., 1914-04-03
Fiaht for Principle.

why did you oppose that motion
at our meeting, asked one lady.
"Oh, had nothing against the mo-
tion. But the member who made 1t
once opposed motion Of mine and it's
the first chance have had to get
even.'
The Keota news., 1914-04-03
FOREIGN.

FOREIGN.
The Unionist member OF East Bel
fast, Robert James McMordie. died IN
London 1t the age of sixty-five.
Sir Lionel Garden. British minister
to Mexico, cancelled his booking on
board the Mauretania, on which he
was to sail from Liverpool for New
York on his return to Mexico City.
The existence of bubonic plague was
officially confirmed when Carlos Are
chaga, q Spaniard. twelve years DID,
died from the disease. He was the
first victim officially reported. at Ha-
vana, Cuba
Ferdinand Eglinski. fifty three
years old. q tailor Of Ahlbeck. is Ger
many's champion father. 1t devel-
oped at Berlin. OF his marriages
with two sisters thirty-five children
were born. twenty-six Of whom are
still living.
General Francisco villa was notified
Friday by General Maclovios Herrera
that his brigade. together with part Of
the Zaragoza brigade. had captured
the bull ring and almost the entire
southern portion Of Torreon.
The Dowager Empress Haruko OF
Japan is seriously Ill at Numazu. a
watering place southwest Of Yoka.
hama, where she resides In the impe-
rial villa She is suffering from heart
disease and her condition causes con-
siderable alarm to the members Of the
imperial family. The Dowager EN-
press is sixty-four years old.
Joseph Caillaux. former minister OF
finance. whose wife shot and killed
CASTOR Calmette. editor Of Figaro, at
Paris. il preparing to defend her. The
shooting occurred as the result of the
political battle waged against Caillaux
by his enemy Calmette. In which Cal
mette printed letters which Caillaux
sent to his wife before they were mar
ried.
Next June will be the Tooth ami
versary of the birth of Roger Bacon.
the English scholar. who may be said
to have been the first man of science,
in the modern sense of the word. On
the 18th of that month statue will be
unveiled in that city in memory of the
great scholar. Lord Curzon is to be
president of the commemoration COM
mittee. and q Roger Bacon Society is
to be the outcome of the days pro-
ceedings.
An official message from the front
Sunday night stated that fighting was
still going ON for the possession OF
Torreon. The telegram said that the
rebels now hold .all positions except
the main barracks and the smaller bar
racks In the previous twenty-fcur
hours it 10 reported that General Villa
took Cerro de la Cruz and the Torreon
foundry. 1t was reported by a private
in q message received at Chihuahua
that General Villa had been wounded
and forced to retire from the front.
SPORT.
A bowling tourney. composed OF
The Keota news., 1914-04-03
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS, poIN q ., ACHIEVE,
MENTs, sUFFERiNGs. HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
wes,ern Newspaper Union News Service.
WESTERN.

Three men were shot and killed and
woman probably fatally wounded
as the result of a feud at Noga. Ark.
An alibi will be the defense of John
b. Koetters, on trial at Chicago.
charged with the murder OF Mrs.
Emma Kraft of Cincinnati. In Chi
cago hotel. Nov. II. 1912.
Luke Plese. striking miner who
was on trial at L'Anse. Baraga county.
on the charge OF having murdered
Deputy Sheriff Pollock OF Houghton
county, Mich, on Oct. %. 1913. was
found not guilty.
California girls are lazy and native
sons are "notoriously so." according to
James A. Vandegrift. a manufacturer
OF Oakland, whose remarks In speech
before the Oakland Rotary Club crc-
ated a furry in the audience.
Bearing a letter from Governor Stew
art OF Montana to President Wilson.
Red Fox. Sitting Eagle and Three
Irons, Indians of the Crow reserva-
ton, started from Billings, Mont. on
horseback trip to Washington. d. c.
Peter de Rock. a fisherman on the
north shore, who Is credited with hav-
ing saved more than fifty persons
from drowning. was killed at Chicago
in q saloon when he attempted to sep
arate two men who were quarreling.
Better sell some of the common
cattle you have, Mr.. Farmer. and get
a few good ones" was the advice
given at the banquet of the Central
Shorthorn Breeders Association at
its sixteenth annual meeting at Kan
sas City.
Two .firemen were killed and three
injured and between 100000 and
100000 damage done in a fire which
swept the quarter block at the south
east corner of Fourth and Nebraska
streets, the heart Of the business dis
trict In Sioux City.
1t was announced by the clerk of the
Federal District Court that the cases
of sterilization Of Iowa state convicts
and the Iowa blue sky law would be
heard before three federal judges-Mc-
Pherson, Pollock and Smith-at Keo-
kuk. Iowa. April II.
Three practical tests Of the defen-
sive strength OF the strategic points Of
the West will comprise the maneuvers
OF the regular army and militia under
the Jurisdiction of the Western De-
partment this year, it was announced
by army officers at San Francisco.
Seven armed men entered the Elma
National Bank at Elma in southwest
Washington, made a prisoner of the
cashier and escaped with about $1,000
The bandits set the town schoolhouse
on fire to distract attention. Several
shots were fired but no one was hurt