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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-27
TRANS Centennial
RAILWAYS Want TO
HAVE MONOPOLY
CONTINUED from Page ~

Commissions can possibly be. No
objection is being urged against the
improvement of harbors, where, as
a rule, railway companies own and
control all terminal facilities. The
opponents of appropriations for riv-
er improvement seem to be perfectly
willing that any amount of money
shall be appropriated for these har-
Dor improvements because, in the
final analysis, oney SO expended
benefits the railway corporations.
81 am neither a prophet nor the
son Of a prophet, but l predict that
there will be in the future thor
oughly organized and well directed
efforts to defeat bills appropriating
money for the improvement of inter-
nal waterways, particularly where
those waterways compete with rail-
way transportation / know of no
better way to compel the enemies of
waterway improvement to show the
SioNNh ioot IMAM ny PiuSihS uPpio-
priations for harbors, which are
railway terminals, in one bill and
appropriations for internal water
ways, which are competitors of rail-
ways, in separate bill. vt is safe
to say that in the former instance
there would be little, if any, OPPOSE
ton; while in the latter the fight
against appropriations would con-
tinue to be as strenuous as it has
been since the completion of the
Panama canal and the passage of
the act of 1912.
'It will not take the people of
this country long to wake up to the
fact that the opposition to the de-
velopment and improvement of our
waterways is really inspired by the
interests that cntrol transportation,
just as they finally woke up to the
fact that opposition to the consruc-
ton of the Panama canal was in
spired by the trans-continental rail-
way systems.
ITO quickly waken the people Of
the country to a realization of the
facts-and when the awakening
comes action is sure to follow-re-
quires campaign of education such
as that being continuously carried
on by the National Rivers and Har-
bors Congress. The opposition is
we'll organized and apparently has
ample funds at it's disposal, and the
friends Of waterway improvement
must be vigilant and active at all
times. Their work is largely la.
Dor of love and is in the interest OF
the masses Of the people, who main.
tain no lobby at Washington. ask
no favors and simply desire that jns
tice be done to the shippers and pro
ducers Of the whole country"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-27

dreaded direct ray with its accom-
r,nv;pe glare so detrimental 10
young eyes.
The building has twenty CLASS
rooms. "a feet by 30 feet, ana ah
auditorium with a seating cap'ci''
Of 500; a complete stage, loot llsh''
dro, curtain, colored flashes. aa'"
rooms. rear passa e, ana TWO SeA
arate entrances to ante-rooms. Inc
tuildirg is lighted with electrlcEf'
has spacious corridors, four out-s!u'
entrances. two fire escapes. enc. 1t
has been examined by the State in
s sector OF schools and parsed VIII
the Al mark of proicienc'
Mr.. 7. NJ. Bryan, OF hakeiahH'
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-27

An Atlanta preacher has been sued
for. $40. 900 damages. Preachers who
confine themselves to practicing and
promulgating the teachings of the
meek and lowly Nazarene, and who
eschew sensationalism, are in little
danger Of having to defend libel
suits. The trouble with some pres
ent-day preachers is that they are
willing to stand on their heads in
the pulpit to get little notoriety.
although they abuse the newspapers
which give IL to them.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-27
PETITIONS.
(By George Fitch J

A petition is a strin3 of names
brought around by personal friend
who is in a big hurry and Sign
here, please"
After you have signed, there is
no valid objection to your calling up
the friend and asking him what it
is all about. However, this is sell
dom done.
IL indicates a want of con idence,
and everything in. this country, even
crops, depends on confidence.
When the compiler of a petition
has secured list of names as long
as delinquent tax supplement, he
takes it to some public official. pre-
sents it to him and says: 1--WE, the
free and unterrified voters of this
district, demand the following"
And when the official sees the list
Of stern and implacable citizens who
are willing to lay down their lives
for their rights, 81 submit to the
will OF the people. State your re-
quest"
The right of petitions is guaran-
| teed in all constitutions. There is
scarcely country so destitute OF
liberty as to forbid its citizens to
prepare petitions and present them
to authorities. In general, however,
1t has been found that when a body
Of petitioners possess the divine
right Of suffrage, the said petitions
are much more terrifying.
Petitions in this country are now
, so powerful that few legislators pre-
sumo to cast their votes upon great
subjects without preparing a petit
tion in advance from their constit-
uents. 1T is indeed an imposing
sight to witness an obedient SER
want Of the people casting his vote
against bill because q majority
of his constituents have petitione
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-27

A Hillsborough county represen-
tative the other day introduced six
new bills in just six minutes. 1t is
not the number Of bills legislator
introduces that constitutes his use
fulness. A man may go to the legis-
lature and never present a single
measure during the session, and yet
by using his influence for sane and
constructive laws and against freak
ish and unwise ones, be Of far more
value to his State and his constit-
uents than the champion bill intro
Queer.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-27
MAJESTIC CONTEST
Standing Of Contestants in the Ma
jestic Theater's Voting Con-
test Will be Announced
May / at Theater

The standing of contestants will
be announced at the Majestic the
alter Saturday night at 8 o'clock.
Contestants are to make reports to
contest manager on Wednesday of
each week, until further notice.
Standing of contestants will be an
nounced on Thursday night of each
week at the Majestic theater.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-27

To imprison a person for ten
years for passing a worthless check
is too severe punishment, but some
thing should certainly be done to
break up the practice. All who
have experienced the sensation of
having a check come back marked
by the bank, mo funds" or "insuf-
ficient funds" will agree with us.
The busy little banker generally
endorses on these checks the sad but
significant cryptogram. 'Tnsuf."
This always seems to us to stand
for insufferahle.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-27
LAKELAND ARCHITECT
DREW PLANS FOR
HANDSOME SCHOOL

The Southern Architect and Build
ing News, leading architect Journal
of the South, has the following to
say of new school in Monroe coun-
ty, Of which T. NJ. Bryan of this
city was architect:
One Of the newest school houses
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-27
built by the county board of educa-

built by the county board of educa-
tion.
This school building has the
unique distinction of being located
in the most southern county OF the
U.iiisd States. right on the very tip
Ct the Florida peninsula at the lower
end of the Gulf of Mexico.
The building is OF reinforced con-
crete with round galvanized rods
a1d galvanized wire. The founda-
ton rests on the solid reef rock (this
ISL nd is Of coral formation. there
Fore affordimg firm foundation)
Tte roof is of natural asphalt peb-
lie end tho flores as well as the
walls are tinted to relieve eye strain,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-27

The Tampa Tribune complains
that so far the war has not pro-
duced a great story or a great poem.
If we are not much mistaken, we
have seen some great stories
about the war on the Tribune's first
page; and if it wants a great poem,
let it Just punch up Harry Floyd or
Fred DeBerry.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-27

We knew it would come. The Mi
ami Herald dominates Miss Sue Bar
co as "the first woman candidate
for governor" after woman suffrage
carries. One trouble about these
early political nominations, where
the ladies are concerned, is that by
the time the dear voters would get
familiar with the name of the dear
nominee the latter might change
her name. and then a lot of adver-
Using would have been wasted.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-27

The Arcadia News figures that "the
centers of population, trending from
Tampa southwark, will be Lakeland,
Arcadia and Fort Myers" and this
just about precisely states the stu
alton. These are three Of the States
best towns and all of them are get
ting bigger and better at surpris-
ing and most gratifying rate.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-27

George e. Chamberlain, who is
serving his second term as United
States Senator from Oregon, has
never been defeated for office since
he started in politics 81 years ago,
although he has always been in the
minority party.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-27

Hiss Caroline Davis. the clever
singing coincidence. made quite
hit at the Majestic last night, re-
ceiving more applause than any act
that has been here yet. She has a
brand new line of songs and knows
how to put them over. She will ap-
near all this week at o'clock mat
inee, 1880 and 9 o'clock night shows.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-27

women in arms-God forbid" is
the Mortified exclamation of the
Palatka Post. 1t all depends on
whose arms they're in, brother. One
at a time, and the arms not hinged
on to the other fellow, the sensation
is not half bad. AS the medicine ads
say, try this once, and you will new
er do anything else.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-27

There's a new town over on the
East Coast, known as Fellsmere,
whose charter provides for some in
novations in the exercise of the
franchise. Women can vote in the
municipal elections; SO can corpora
tions. Thus the most soulful and the
utterly soulless get their civic
rights.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-27

The new county Of Broward has
been created. 1t is not unmeet that
the stalwart and honest Floridian
who died Just at the beginning OF
his time of greatest usefulness
should have his name thus forever
perpetuated among the people and
in the history of the State he loved
and served.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-27
THREE NEW ORDERS OF h0NOR
fRy Associated Press

Cairo, April 27-Three new or
ders of honor have been decided on
by Sultan Hassein to supersede the
titles in vogue in the time Of Abbas.
They are the the Order of the Nile.
the Order of Agriculture and the
Order of Kamel. the latter for wom-
en-.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-27

The Tampa Tribune appears to be
very favorably disposed to A. j.
Angles candidacy for comptroller.
In this respect it reflects the gen.
eral sentiment of this section.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-27

The Ford Company is now turn
ing out 1000 cars daily and the al
legged humorists are manfuily try
ing to manufacture a joke to go
with every car.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-27

1.-The red clay hills of old Leon"
are again proudly rearing their
crests through the columns of the
State press. These hills get paint
ed red every two years.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-27

Fighting the Citrus Canker 10
rho attraction at the Majestic TO-
night. an educational feature Oh
sterling worth.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-27

The Heart Punch, a feature with
Jess Willard in the title role, will
he shown at the Majestic Wednes day,
Nav 5 A nine round bout is staged
in this picture.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-27

him while his the
nobly without
almost sdered i-naued
o
Petitions petitions regarded
but the insists
need considerable revision his drinks must
stutcns should confusion
RIGHT faithful but nmd
read all petitions presented public
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-27
ADJUSTMENTS

The seats are now on sale for the
Primary play at the Auditorium on
Thursday night. Better get them
early.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-27

Twenty slides of the Wliiard-'onh-
son fight will be shown at the Au-
ditorium tonight, also five feature
reels.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-27

Roy Mcintyre, drummer at the
Majestic, is laid up with chills and
fever.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-27

Belgrade, the Servian capital, has
known many masters. and more than
once has fallen in the hands OF
Austria.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-27
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
From the same ONCE Is issued
THE LAKELAND NEWS,

A weekly newspaper giving resume
Of local matters, crop conditions,
county affairs, etc. Sent anywhere
for $3.50 per year.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1915-01-26
SERVIAN ARMY HAS
BEEN REINFORCED BY
RUSSIAN C9SSACKS
t~--'~fed from Page Ons,)

H North Sea Sunday in
aaa torpedoas may have
ylbla for the sinking Of
cruiser Bleucher and a
User.
lac vn.oal detailed report has
not been issued
1t is coujeetlred here that the
torpedoes which are believed to
have sent the warships to the bot
tom were delivered by torpedoe
boat destroyers between the line Of
the cruisers it being argued that the
range of from So to 1919 miles
over which the battle took place
would have been too great for tor
pe1oes to be fred from the cruisers
One German cruiser was hit by
u shell but was able to remain in
the lighting line Submarines ap
parently did not participate in thC
battle. IT is understood the weather
during the engagement Was clear
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1915-01-26

The Blcucbcr was at the reain-
ming OF The war Prince Henry OF
Prussla's flagship in the Baltic. but
it is understood that at the begin
ming of winter he hauled down his
flag,
The Times naval correspondent
in review of the fight, assumes
that from the composition Of the
German squadron as announced by
tie British press bureau, it was
intended that the adventure should
&c or large scale and ut q lon~
listmce from thc German base.
Probably. tho correspondent
adds. 'iha sauadrons met ia thu
'slly morning and apparently q run
niug n4ht Of hundred miles or
more secured at 80 miles an hour.
Il does q cat credit to the marks
wanslip Of the British sunners that
At saeh rate Of speed they should
hayt inflicted sph serious damage
q the retreating enemy
1.-THE names Of the four German
e:s4isers m .nsie all the efectiy
vessels 81 this class in German
waters, except the Won der Tam.
which recently was reported to have
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1915-01-26
TALK No, IL
What Special Supervision For The
Protection of The Public Does
=----=--=-----------
The State Now Have Over
Water Works?
TALK No, IL


A water company cannot fix rates
or changes them any more than a rail.
road can change It's passenger rate per
mie. All change # rate must be made
or appro ID by the state
o. aplaint from a city or single
individual, IN unfair or unreasonable
rate or charge for service can be changed
by he state at any time.
The above protection applies not
only to rates but to quality Of service
and equipment, ETC., as well.
All improvements and equipment
of any Importance can be installed by a
water company only after approval by
the state,
The public is now protected by the
state against irregular OF inadequate ser,
vice, poor quality Of water, Ct
Tie Cairo Water CO. has been ready
to make some very inpoli.i improve
ments, bu il cannot do SO wiaout funds,
Funds cannot be raised urtl ne fran.
chise is ext ndc5. A corooratlon cannot
d the impossible.
1aiIo. Water company !.
Putnam patriot., 1915-11-19
WORTHY or STUDY BY ALL
Lessons Taught IN the Book Of Ruth
Should Find Comprehension in
Every Mind.

The Book OF Rath is the greatest
pastoral idyl in literature. Il IS
founded on loving kindness. the low
ing kindness Of the Moabitess re-
vealed 70 her family. and the loving
kindness OF Boaz. the wealthy Israel
tie, TO Ruth. his ktnswoman. Il also
contains the germ Of that great-heart-
edness which is the center OF the Cos
pei OF Christian love
It liz = book that opens with tears
and famine and ends with the soufs
Of wedding bells. The story turns
upon the traightforwardness Of Boaz,
who showed kindness and manliness
10 Ruth, a member OF a nation that
was IsraeTs foe. and IN that kindness
founded a new house. the house OF
Jesse and David, the royal line that
begat a greater than David.
It was first the mingling Of the
blood Of the Jew and Gentle. symbol
ic Of the cosmopolitan With Of the
Christian religion i was the sign
that that religion was not to be found
ed upon wealth, or upon social caste.
but upon the large. wholesome love
Of the human heart. Boaz is immor-
tai among Bible heroes for his kind
ness, his plain. everyday generosity,
his sense OF protection and care for
the lonely, unprotected Moabitish girl,
his dead kinsman's wife, who IN her
poverty CLEANED in his harvest field
after the reapers. Boaz gave order
to his reapers that they should allow
her to CLEAN even among the sheaYes
OF barley, and by his laTge-hearted-
ness gained a wife, and. more than
that, made a place for himself in that
immortal company who are renowned
for naught but for being kind.--Chris-
tian Herald
Putnam patriot., 1915-11-19
NATURE HIDES ITS SECRETS
Scientists, Using the Finest Of instru-
ments, Admit That They Have
Learned But Little.

Greenwich (Eng1 observatory was
founded by Charles II. mainly for the
purpose of investigating the move
ments of the moon in the interests of
navigation, but though generations of
astronomers have In the intervening
two and a half centuries been working
at the problem the moon has not yet
been made amenable to their math-
ematics. The astronomer royal, in his
report of the work at Greenwich dur
ing the last year, calls attention to
the increasingly big deviation between
the calculated position OF the moon in
the sky and its real position as shown
by the Greenwich observations.
This deviation has lately been in
creasing ir a serious manner. the error
last year being more than 12 times
as large as ii was 20 years ago. the
average annual increase amounting
in the two decades 10 half second
of arc in longitude. The cause Of the
failure of astronomers to make the
moon amenable to their exact mathe-
mstics, based on the dynamical laws Of
graNtdllOni Is DelleNeu " pS soAho
attractive force OF which we are at
present ignorant. though in all prob
ability one factor is the true shape
of the earth. which still awaits ac-
curate determination Fortunately the
chronometer and wireless telegraphy
have made seamen practically indie
pendent of lunar observations in as
pertaining their position in the track
less s.-Westminster Gazette.
Putnam patriot., 1915-11-19
ONLY SURE CURE FOR COLDS
London Newspaper Asserts That Evil
Must Be Fought With Practically
Its Own Weapons.

Doctor Johnson. knowing nothing
OF microbes. thought he had crushed
the story OF the cold that strangers
bring TO St Kilda by asking; How
can there be a physical effect with
out a physical cause?" Then he pro-
ceeded TO make merry. The arrival
OF ship fun Of strangers. he laugh
ingly supposed, would kill the inhab-
itants of the island: for If one
stranger gives them one cold, two
strangers must give them two colds,
and so in proportion" In vain did be
levers in the story argue that it was
annually proved upon the arrival OF
the owners steward. which always re-
suited in a cold for all the islanders.
1.-The steward" replied Johnson, al
ways comes 10 demand something
from them; and so they fall a-cough-
ing"
The proper cure for a cold, which
always seems to have baffled the doc
tors, is-cold-on the principle of
homeopathy. The only sailors in the
Crimean days who escaped sore
Threats We're those who could not get
muiiers. The members CT the Scott
expedition never got Geld until
they had left the frozen Antarctic and
reached civilization We should es-
tablish the refrigerating chamber as
antiphon to the Turkish bath for cure
of colds-London Chronicle.
Putnam patriot., 1915-11-19
FIeas as Broad Jumpers.

The jumping powers of feas have
been much exaggerated, according to
a bulletin on these insects recently
issued by the department OF agricul-
ture. The species known as the hui
man flea tPulex irritans) is probably
the best jumper According to Mitz-
main, the maximum horizontal dis
lance this species can jump is thir-
teen inches and the maximum verti-
cal distance less than eight inches.
The question of the fiea's jumping
powers is of Importance in connection
with the spread of bubonic plague
and other diseases of which this in
sect is the carrier. The Indian plague
commission. which has investigated
the habits of the Indian rat flea, finds
its maximum horizontal jump to be
only five inches, while Mitzmain re-
cords the maximum height to which it
can Jump as three and one-eighth
inches One species of flea, the stick
tight is nearly incapable of jumping.
Putnam patriot., 1915-11-19
PHRASE ESTABLISHED As OLD
Expression ~fn Our Midst" - Not ac-
ceptsd by the Fastloious Users
Of Our Language

The phrase. ''in our midst. is sound
English, but Il is not used much BY
those who have regard for the plain
meaning Of the words rather than for
their idiomatsc force Il turns up &C.
cssicnaIly IN an Apericsn newspaper
or IN a speech IN congress but the
mere fastidioBs shun IL. It appears TO
be Ia good newspaper standing IN Eng
land. however. for the Daily Tefe-
graph has just used IT IN TWO sue
cesEive DAYS. once in the heaafrg Of a
leading editorial article namely. Ger
mars IN Our Midst and sgain IN q
special article. as thus The foreign
restaurant grew up and fJerished IN
our midst" II the editorial writer had
headed his article. Germans Among
Us. 1t would have been cutie intimate
enough for personal comfort. while the
idea Of a foreign restaurant. or even
a native enc. growing and fearishing
in our midst" is decidedly painful or
decidedly grotesque. according as one
may feel about t.
The word midst means middle. and
sounds all right as Shakespeare used
il. Sin the midst OF the fight" or as
the Bible uses it, in the midst
of the garden" in the midst OF the
cloud" "in the midst of Jordan" and
so on, or in that famous passage. For
where two or three are gathered to-
gether in my name. there am ! in the
midst of them" Where the idea IS
objective or collective there is moth
ing unpleasant m speaking of its midst
or the midst Of them: but when our
midst" is said 10 be crammed with
hostile people, or with growing res
taurant, the normal meaning is clearly
subjective and personal and is alto
gether too suggestive of green apple
days and later stomach ache The
idiom is good. but diagram is re
quired with the usage in order to save
one from a wholly extraordinary. not
to say nonsensical. indigestion.-Ha
ford Courant.