The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-05-17
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To LAKELAND IN
OCT; HAD GREAT
TINE At BARLOW

'o''oiuay, and last nigh
maze the welkin ring around The
court House as late as 70 o'clock and
AFTER the evening hours being de-
'otea to street dancing. Lakeland
viii De the next city to entertain. the
ohflners, who will meet here in DC
ooer' OF the festivities, this morn.
ihgs Tampa Tribune has the follow.
ing TO say, under Barlow date line.
The seal of Egypt Temple has
oeeh stamped on Barlow to day in
red' white and blue and the festiv.
tues will go down among the red let.
Ter chapters Of Polk county Stores
We're closed, business was at stand.
Stlll' and the own belonged to shrine.
dom.
Early this morning the Mobiles com.
menced to pour in from TAMPA Lake.
land Orlando and St. Petersburg
while odd camel trains brought in the
sand from Canada and California
ana under the sea of red fezzes that
covered the thoroughfares were the
smiling faces of Shrners from all
over the world.
More than 800 members of the clan
were in the biggest parade ever
held here. Hundreds of mobiles at.
tended the barbecue at Egvpt
springs. while seventy-one noyiees
III their classic night shirts, were mt
over the grill tonight in the Barlow
opera house. The Egypt Temple pa.
trol drilled like veterans and through
II all was a plea for the Red Cross
that brought several hundred dollars
to the Barlow chapter, besides $500
voted to the national organization nv
the shrine.
Following the barbecue, Illustrious
Potentate Harry Roberts mounted
the Platform and auctioned off the
shlrt tails of famous men made into
attractive aprons, the shirttail Of
Mayor Mckay, donated secretly by
Mrs. Mckay, bringing the ton figure
OF $l3, 1t went to Noble Joe Guerra,
OF Ybor City. Harry Roberts bid in
me remains and Capt j. M. Hender.
son. OF Barlow, bought the end of a
shirt once the property of Chief of
Police Henderson at ten bones each.
j. j. Swearingen purchased his own
for $lO and small pair of pants,
made out of the end Of the under
shirt of Sam, the Barlow COD, was
knocked down at three bucks to r
T. Joughin
Noble Steinberg gave Sc for the re.
mains of Col 7. l.. Wilson's shirt,
and ]. G. Barley paid 81 for a sim
lar portion of the wardrobe of f. l..
Mack president of the city council.
Joe Reed got dead alligator for IS
and two-gallon bottle of Spanish
cider donated by Manuel Garcia. and
bearing Harry Roberts picture, with
the word Shot at last fell towards
| DR.. E. S, Carter when he offered 500:
but Mrs Carter grabbed it. DR.,
Phillips paid So for Mrs Odell's silk
handkerchief. and all the money was
turned over to the Red Cross here.
Novices Chained to Telegraph Poles
During the afternoon the novices
were chained to the telegraph poles
with tin cups, and given freedom
when they collected $40 each for the
Red Cross beautiful, pure white,
thoroughbred horse and buggy was
sold and 500 of the proceeds turned
over to the Red Cross The prize
went to Mrs. F. P. Winthrope of
Barlow. Noble E. Lamar offered to
fall in Egypt Springs, formerly ks
sengen, if anyone would give 500 to
the Red Cross, but the spectators
feared a high tide and baked.
Mobiles A. S. Metzner and A. R. Ad-
olson started the fun this morning,
getting everybody away from Tampa
en- schedule, and shortly after II
O'Clock the crowd piled up at the Elks
Club at Lakeland for a fine buffet
lunch put on by the mobiles of that
city. 1t was a splendid reception,
and few minutes after / line OF
autos stretched along the beautiful
Polk county road as far as the eye
could see. the caravan being on its
wav to Barlow. The beautiful oaks
of the city took the place of natures
paraso to ward off slight rain that
fell after the arrival here. and hun
dreds of mobiles lined the streets,
singing dancing, circling about the
girls and turning the little town in
side out There was no refuge for
anyone, with Sheriff Logan and sam
the Con in cahoots with the potes
for the day, and rains were frequent
the bandits emerging with the most
hoortiful of Polk county's girls