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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-30
WILLIAMS BARGAIN COUNTER

20 ACRES--Fine truck, strawberry
and citrus land, miles south of
Lakeland; some bearing orange
trees; s acres in cultivation, bal
ance pasture, all under good wire
fence. Small house, barn and
packing house, excellent water.
Price 1880. Easy terms.
WILL EXCHANGE $3.50 player
piano in first-class condition,
slightly used, for lot desirably To-
Gated and of equal value--a fine
deal for some one.
ONE OF THE FINEST combination
fruit and truck farms of so acres
in Florida. 20 acres, in high state
of cultivation, good 2-story s.
room house, and out buildings, in
town limits Of San Antonio, Fla.
Fine proposition for anyone wish
ing to do general farm, fruit and
stock business in this fertile Sec
ton. Price $500, $500 cash,
balance to suit purchaser.
WILL EXCHANGE modern s room
house and or 3 valuable lots in
one of South Georgia's best cities
for improved Lakeland or near
Lakeland property. Must come to
Florida for climate.
WHY NOT pay rent TO yourself?
Will sell you a nice broom house
and lot, 100X150 feet, full of
bearing fruit trees, one of the
best ocations In the city, for $2,-
ESQ; small cash payment, balance
like rent.
FOUR LOTS--25x100. in one square
body, near Jacksonville, paved
streets and motor bus within one
and a half miles on national high
way. City rapidly building this
way. This is corner property in
new addition to Jacksonville and
III Sooh IioiC thoh uoubiC III
value. For quick sale $275 for the
four.
FOR SALE OR TRADE-One or two
good 7-room houses and lots, mod
ern fixtures, on principal street, 5
blocks from depot in splendid
neighborhood. This Is bargain.
WILL EXCHANGE good Groom
house in nice condition, lot 190x
200. so bearing grapefruit trees,
store house with small stock Of
merchandise. Will take good au-
tomobile as part payment, balance
on very easy payments.
IS ACRES A 1 CITRUS and truck
land, overlooking beautiful lake,
near Fort Meade. Will trade fol-
city property or take good auto as
part payment.
G. ]. WILLIAMS.
Phone 242 Red
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-30

Our agent for Chicago Refining
Co. will be in the city for a few
days. Will call and pay highest cash
price for old broken jewelry, silver
and broken watches, at Hotel Loyal.
from | to 3. j. Sternberg. 1926
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-30
Universal peslrA.

To be happy at home Is the ultimate
result Of all ambition. the end to which
every enterprise and labor tends and
of which every desire prompts the
prosecution.-Samuel johnson.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-30

FOR RENT-Five room fiat In the
Colonial Apartment house over
looking Lake Morton All modern
conveniences. Address s.. NJ.
Stephens. city. 405S
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-30
NOTICE

Having been convicted of murder
in the second degree on April 16,
1914, in Polk county, Fla, | shall
after ten days publication of this
notice apply to the pardoning board
of the State for pardon of said of .
Tense. KID LUCKY.
This June 22d, 1915. 1878
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-30

FOR SALE-Horse in first class con-
dition, also new surrey and new
harness. Will sell cheap for cash.
Apply J. Chrisner, Finney street,
Dixieland, Lakeland. 1923
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-30

Old Lawyer-How did | get my
start? Well, shortly after hung out
my single rich uncle died and |
came into possession of large sum
of money.
Young Lawyer-Then you owe your
success to relative.
Old Lawyer No. he was no rela-
tive; it was a clients uncle who died
-Boston Evening Transcript.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-30
GENERAL ROOFING

CONTRACTORS
Every description of roofing and
repairing carefully estimated and
promptly executed. We make a spe-
cialty of roof painting. All work
guaranteed and personally superin-
tended.
THE L. A. STEFFY ROOFING CO.,
Lakeland Hotel. Phone 1919 Blue
NJ. j. Cleary, Local Manager
1880
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-30
Expecting Another Drop.

Some time ago Mrs. Green called on
her friend. Mrs. White, and after
clutching. kissing and saying how
dreadfully delighted they were to see
each other. they turned to the inter-
esting topic of the day
by the way said Mrs. Green.
after time. Il haven't heard any
thing about Eva's divorce lately.
wonder what has become of it,"
Il heard few days ago that she
had dropped all proceedings" an
swered Mrs. White.
Dropped all proceedings. was the
wondering rejoinder of Mrs. Green
you don't really mean it,"
Yes returned Mrs. White. Her
husband has taken to aeroplaning and
she has decided to let the thing ad-
just itself"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-30
NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS

The Board of City Commissioners
Is sitting daily at 1880 p. m. as the
Board Of Equalization of taxes for
1915 taxes on property in Ward 3.
Make your complaints now as af-
ter the equalization is completed you
have no legal redress on your as
scSsment. Fl. l.. SWATTS,
City Clerk and Tax Collector.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-30
F o r r f N T

FOR RENT-11-room house No. 919
South Florida avenue, thoroughly
screened. All modern convent
ences, 2 bath rooms. Apply A. D.
Boring, Oil South Floring avenue.
1892
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-30
II I S c E L L NEO US

WANTED-Ticket to Chicago, Gin
clnnati, or Detroit. Address
Ticket" care Telegram. 1868
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-30
NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that | will
not be responsible for any debts
contracted by my wife, Mrs. J. A.
Hester. J. A. HESTER
Lakeland, Fla, June 90. 1918.
1924
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-30

EXPERT PIANO TUNING-Price
$500. Work guaranteed. No
charge for examination Phone
1916 Red 4201
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-30

PUBLIC STENOG2APHER-Accu-
rate work done promptly. Room
200, Drane building, phone 6.
1856
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-30

roh RENT-Six room bungalow in
me neighberhood; modern i'm
proVements; very low rent to good
ne' fnone III. 5000
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-30
FOR RENT

nice furnished light housekeep-
ing rooms and bath si2 per month.
Also 4 rooms and bath unfur-
nished. Free electric lights, water
and phone, s12 per month. Inquire
Lake Region Land Co., 213 South
Kentucky. 1872
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-30

Cars have been designed for an
electric railroad in Ireland to be run
by gasoline-electric generators
which they carry, or by the overhead
trolly system.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-02-20

closing a check for $40 as q more
material expression Sunday waved
the check. 1--WE endorsed it, he said.
"and 1t goes to the Emergency AID
Committee" The committee was or
ganized to relieve distress consequent
upon unemployment here.
Sunday was as vehement q sever IN
his sermon. He denounced "spineless,
rum-fed. passion.hell dubs who don't
know enough to come In out OF the
DEVILS rain OF disaster" After the
sermon 10s pledged themselves con.
yerted. In the afternoon. when the
evangelist preached OF" "GospelIP Plans
165 hit the trail! .
The afternoons defamation was an.
rected against the Unitarian belief.
Scriptural conception OF Christ as q
divine sacrifice and off the ~iiteralness
OF His promises brought the conyerts
down the sawdusti aisles. An inspired
genius Of s%tagecraft could not have
bettered the picture, which formed
itself after the Iesrmon. AFprize fight.
ier walked up and forsook the ring"
for life and aged menydroppedsoni their
knees, their eyes streaming.
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this policy be carried out and the
slaves 10 be freed should be paid for
by the government, and that they
would probably turn against him II
the party in power failed In this pol.
Icy. Born. reared and enlisting In the
Union army In Virginia in 1861 and
locating in Missouri at the close OF
the war, ] was familiar with the senti.
ment prevailing in the Virginias,
Maryland, Kentucky and Missouri,
and know that 1t was then believed in
all those states that the government
would carry out the policy OF Lin.
coin and pay loyal owners at least,
for all their slaves freed as the result
of war, and / assume that this was
the policy Of the party in power in
our war period. It was in c~onsidera.
ton OF. these reasons and to bind more
closely to his administration the Dor.
der slave states, that he then made
these exceptions. Had lawful author.
tty been vested in him to free any
slave, then he might have exercised
such authority to free all slaves. But
knowing he had no such legal author.
ity, he not only did not attempt to
exercise 1t. but on the contrary, In
that proclamation expressly says. "by
virtue of the POWER in me vested as
commissioning of the Army and
Navy OF the United States in time OF
actual armed rebellion against the au-
thority and government OF the United
States" Recognizing the fact that
he had no lawful authority. he knew,
as did the world. that he did have the
POWER, as the head of our army and
navy, to issue that proclamation as
"a fit and necessary. war measure
warranted upon military necessity.
Had he then gone further and pro.
claimed freedom to All slaves, those
within the border as we'll as those in
the states then in actual rebellion, no
one would have questioned his power
to do so. With him the question of
public and party policy as to this was
simply and only n of power, and
he then exercised that power down
south, but not upon the border. 1t
may well be noted In parenthesis, that
for the exercises Of this military pow.
er, Lincoln then had the high and
mighty precedent set by General An.
drew Jackson as commanderin.chief
of III southern military district, Just
after his victory at New Orleans on
January s, 1915, when Jackson freed
the negro slaves who with the Pirate
LATTE had helped him win that his.
toric battle over the British. Jack.
son and Lincoln alike had the power
and exercised 1t, and the act of each
alike closed one .oftenest given by ora.
tors, press and people. is that the parts
so excepted We're not then in actual
rebellion. But 1t is reasonably certain
that for this discrimination, there
was then these stronger, deeper, pc.
litical reasons. The people within
the excepted territory and their rep,
r%esentatiyes at Washington were alike
earnestly supporting the administra.
tion and profoundly interested In the
political success and destinies Of the
war party; and Lincoln knew that
whether they were right or wrong,
neither he nor his party could ignore
their viewpoint.
Do not forget that Lincoln was born
in the slave State of Kentucky: that
he knew master and slave, as well as
human rights; that as a sagacious
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and far.sighted political leader he
kept his ear TO the ground. his fingers
on the public pulse, as did no other,
man OF his day; that with all his
humility, he was still human. q party;
man. and you will reach the conclu.
sion that in SO framing his proclama.
ton. Lincoln did that which he hon.
Iestly believed to be for the best in.
terests of himself and his political
party, as well as for the country. Lin.
coin abhorred slavery; but he then
knew that the hour had come when,
either the Union or slavery must per.
fish. Constitutional and lawful free.
dom. however. did not come to all.
slaves until the adoption OF the 18th
amendment to the Federal Constitu.
ton. proclaimed on December IS,
1856: but apart from the right or
wrong of human slavery, with neither
Lincoln, nor the great majority OF his
party, was the freedom OF slaves In
the states then in actual rebellion, a
mere matter Of lawful sentiment, but
a necessary incident, or as he put
1t, "a at and necessary was measure
to suppress a mighty rebellion.
The people now concur in the be.
lief that the freedom OF negro slaves
was a blessing to all; and after the
lapse Of half a century, they are now
waking up to the fact that the greater
good was then done to the whites OF
southland.
It Is true that a mere handful OF ex.
IRENE abolitionalists, regardless Of
Constitutions or laws. demanded that
the President strike down slavery as
soon he and his party come into pow.
er. But combining the attributes of
politician, patriot, lawyer and states:
man, Lincoln was far the wiser. He
knew that he must keep his oath OF
office and that human slavery was
then lawful; knew that to abolish
slavery in 1861 would not only result
in grounding the arms Of every regi:
ment from the border slave states;
but drive from him and his party
the leading men Of such border states.
both in and out Of congress, and with
these facts all in his great mind, he
wisely and patiently waited, and final.
ly acted at the right time and in the
right way for the highest and best
interests of the whole country.
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ADDRESS
By He. MD0UGAL
Former Marion Man Pays
|. Excellent Tribute to Mar
tyred President.

address made on Lincoln's Birthday.
address made on Lincolns Birthday,
by Judge b. @. McDougal OF Kansas
City, Mo, d former resident of Mar
ion county, who was born and raised
on Dunkird Mil Run, five miles from
Pennington. Many OF the citizens OF
the county are well acquainted with
Judge McDougal and we gladly print
this address which was sent us some
Of his Marion county friends:
lincoln the Politician.
In his speech at Kansas City, Mo-,
on February 70. 1915. Judge H. c.
McDougall, q native of Marion county,
paid the following tribute to Abraham
Lincoln as q most sagacious politl.
clan.
Comrades and Friends-As one, Just
one. OF the 2~,8o00,0O0 men who wore
the blue during the Civil war, though
past the three score years and ten"
allotted TO man by the Psalmist, my
pulse quickens in contemplating the
fact that In the days of our youth ana
our glory we made It possible to an
i1uaily Commemorate the birthday OF
our beloved leader. From that silent,
modest commander who reached the
summit OF q soldiers fame at Apo
iiattox, downSto those who like myself
served as O private in the rear rank.
the man who then wore the uniform
Of the Union soldier was proud of the
fact that throughout his service he
confidently leaned upon the strong
arm OF the commander.in-chief of the
army and navy Of the United States In
the person OF Abraham Lincoln.
Without exception the world now
comedies that in combining the attri.
butess OF lawyer and statesman, writer
and thinker, philosopher and leader.
Abraham Lincoln had neither. rival nor
peer. But press, people, orators and
takers are alike silent as to another
phase OF the character OF this many
sided man, and ignore the fact that
from his entry Into public life up to
the day of his death. no American
played the game political with greater
sagacity or more marked success.
Lincoln was a pioneer in both thought
and action; netiehr said nor did any.
thing because another had faith In the
PARTICULAR movement; and his sole
guide IN all public and party matters
was the right thing, at the right time
and IN the right way.
A distinguished American soldier
once said that the immortal Wash.
ington had degenerated into a more
steel engraving; but the survivor of
our war recalls Lincoln as a strong,
manly man OF flesh and blood. and
possessing all the aspirations, hopes
and ambitions Of the human.
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The line which marks the difference
between the patriot, leader Of men
and statesman, upon the one hand.
and the lofty politician upon the other,
may not be clearly defined; but no
student OF life and achievements can
fall to reach the conclnsionithat while
lbgood and great, Lincoln was also
far:sighted, gtant:minded, broad and
big practical politician. Let us con.
consider Just examples of this:
valiandiahar.
On May s, 1853, Clement L. yallan-
digham. formerly congressman Of
Ohio, was arrested, and later tried by
q military commission at Cincinnati,
found guilty of Unreasonable utterances
against the government and sentenced
to CLOSE confinement in some fort
ress of the United States" to be
designated by Gen. Burnside, then
commanding that military depart
ment. This part Of the sentence was
committed by President Lincoln to
%banishment to and within the lines
OF the C%onfederacy until the close OF
the war. But when so banished, to
the southern soldiers valIandigham
again protested against his sentence,
insisted that he was a citizen Of Ohio
and Of the United States, and asked
that he be received as q prisoner.
This talk upon his part did not ap-
peal to the South. and later President
Jefferson Davis ordered Gen. Bragg to
deport him as ian alien enemy" and
that order vas obeyed. So ValIandig-
ham ultimately left the %Confederacy
and made his way to Canada.
The great Union victories culmin.
ated at Gettysburg and at Vicksburg
on July 4, 1863, and In the year fol-
lowing Lincoln was a candidate for
denomination and reelection, while
Vallandigham was still in exile, and
then located at Windsor, Canada. Lin
coin knew that the exile greatly de-
sired to return to the United States;
that he yearned for yindication and
believed that the war for the Union
was a failure; and upon his part Lin
coin believed that once in his native
health, this great Democrat would
openly and ably expound his personal
and political views, II and when op-
portunity offered. Lincoln also knew
the loyal sentiments Of the people
who were not In rebellion, and as a
trained politician foresaw-that the
return and public speeches Of VAL
landigham would hurt the Democratic
party and help the Republican party.
While he was in exile. In Canada, the
Democratic party Of Ohio unanimous.
ly nominated Vallandigham for gov.
ernor Of that state on June II, 1858;
he accepted at Niagara Falls on June
18th, and later from Windsor directed
and controlled the campaign Of his
party in his state for that year. The
amount of repeating at the polls both
by civilians at home and soldiers in
the camp, at the Ohio election in 1853,
may be approximated from the fact
that although Vallandigham then had
about 100000 more votes than his
party had ever received therefore, yet
he was defeated for governor by John
Brough by over 100, 900 majority!
About the middle of June, 1864, Val.
landigham left his Canadian exile
home and returned thence direct to
Hamilton. Ohio, in his old congress.
sional district, but there are these
two conflicting stories as to HOW he
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landigham went by rail from Ham
ifIton direct 10 his homo al Dayton,
Ohio. where another ovation waslgiyen
him and he was never again molested!
AZ the Democratic national conyen.
ton held at Chicago, In 1854, the
attention given and honors accorded
EtoIVallandigham were not less marked
than had those been In his home state.
He was made chairman Of the CON.
mittee on resolutions and there. drew,
reported and cause.-the be adopted. the
platform of his party against the
further prosecution of the war, and
urging immediate peace; and also
caused the convention 10 adopt o
own course.
The President had correctly est.
mated the temper OF the people. and
the wisdom of his policy in SO treat
Ing Vallandigham was later made ap.
parent to the world, for the result Of
the election in November, 1864, was
the utter reputation at the polls of
the party and policies for which Val.
landigham stood, and the triumphant
reelection Of Abraham Lincoln. The
verdict of history was we'll stated by
Holland to be that Vallandigham did
more than any other man to destroy
the prospects Of the Democratic
party"
Emancipation Proclamation.
The only other act, of Lincoln, show.
ing him a ~far.seeing politician, to
which attention Is now called, may be
found in the many exceptions by him
written into the Emancipation Pro-
clamation, dated January i, 1853. In
this immortal document, "as a ut and
necessary war measure" warranted
upon military necessity" Lincoln
proclaimed all slaves FREE upon that
day. within those states and parts OF
states then in rebellion against the
United States" and as to those within
the excepted parts he therein declared
that the negro slaves were .for the
present, left precisely as II this pro-
clamation were not issued" In no
direct way did this proclamation eff
feet the legal status OF any slave in
the border slave states Of Missouri
Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky and
Tennessee, nor did 1t affect the slaves
in certain designated parts of Louisi.
ana and Virginia. including that part
which is now West Virginia. Why
were these exceptions then made? AS
an able and trained lawyer, Lincoln
knew that he had no lawful right, as
either President or commander.in-
chief, to free a single negro slave
anywhere; knew and had declared that
his paramount object was ito save
the Union and not either to save or
destroy slavery" knew that the policy
of President and congress then was
that the government Of the United
States should pay for all, slaves IL and
when freed; knew that the states and
parts of states then excepted were at
the time represented in the congress
of the United States by both senators
and members Of the lower house, the
vast majority of whom were earnestly
and effectively supporting his war poll
cies; and he in turn earnestly de.
sired the continued and affirmative
support Of all such representatives of
those people. He knew further that
such Representatives, as well as the
people who lived or owned slaves
within the excepted territory, expected
and relied upon him to see to it that