The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-10-06
LAKELAND MINISTER
PULLED FOR SPEEDING
IN H|LLSBOROUGH


ID. Lowe and Mr.. T. l.. Hendrix
We're pulled for speeding in Hills
borough county, while endeavoring to
reach here in time for Rev. Lowe to
unite Miss Eva Bryant and Mr.. Fred
Chandler, Of Dunnellon, in the holy
bonds Of wedlock. They were. later
found mot guilty." but had to pay
the costs of court amounting to $3.50
OF the exciting ride, the Lakeland
correspondent to the Tampa Tribune
says:
can interesting romance connected
with Lakeland wedding has reached
The Tribune correspondent. It seems
that Pastor Lowe, of the Lakeland
Methodist church, was under promise
to unite pretty young lady and
! very promising young man in the
bonds of holy matrimony one day this
week. In company with T. l.. Hen
dirk, his Sunday school superinten-
dent, and others, Mr.. Lowe went down
to Tampa that morning to attend the
great Wesley Bible Glass Federation,
Mr.. Hendrix assuring him that he
would be sure to get him back home
in time for the wedding. For enthus-
iastic Sunday school men like Mr..
Hendrix and the preacher it was rath-
er difficult task to get away from
the congenial crowd at Tampa on
time, and so when they left the city
they had just about time to reach the
home Of the bride in time to meet the
engagement and tie the nuptial knot
by keeping full head of steam all
the way. Realizing that they were
on Hillsborough soil, they held the
speedometer on Mr. Hendricks ma
chine right to the thirty-mile notch.
\ Once they ran up on a big car and
save ZIG oi6HdI. ACt I'D pd5o, VIC lC
in hurry-haste to the wedding" in
the politest language, but the driver
instead of giving the road, put on
more steam and moved down the road
at about thirty-fve miles an hour
Later he slowed down and the wed
ding car passed him. Then in a few
minutes here came the big machine
again, flying past like the wind, with
out even asking for part of the high
way.
Just at this juncture the motor cop
who had been watching the speeding
cars and claimed to be keeping track
of their rate of speed with his speed
ometer, made drive for the front
car and placed the driver under ar
rest, taking bond for his appearance
before the court. Being pinched him
self and feeling that misery loves
company, the driver of the first car
suggested that he pull the man just
behind Acting thereon he tagged
the Hendrix car down and said while
he appreciated the occasion calling
for haste to marry the couple, he
would have him see Judge White the
next day in Tampa do what you
are going to do in a hurry" said the
Sunday school man, Il must get this
preacher to Lakeland before $3.50 and
| haven't a minute to spare"
The necessary deposit was made
and the wedding car reached Plant
City to find the way completely
blocked by a Seaboard train, which
delayed them several minutes more.
But, as Mr., Hendrix expresses 1t, 1--WE
soon reached the line of Polk and got
en- to the magnificent roads that make
our old county the paradise of the au-
tomobilist and fearing neither the
motor cop, the train nor other him
ORANGES, we made pretty lively time,
reaching Lakeland Just in the nick of
time to save the day at the wedding. /"
A jolly spirit such as he didn't mind
bit IL he did have to tell the Judge
about TIT gave him another day