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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-27
HOTEL KILLER SOLD;
h. B. CARTER, PURCHASER;
PRICE SAID TO Be AP-
FORTUNATELY 100000

me most important real estate
deal perhaps that has ever been con-
snmmated in Lakeland, ha, just been
closed, the Kibler Hotel having been
Sold to H. B. Carter, the considera-
tlcn being in the neighborhood of
100000.
The sale was made through the
agency of the Clayton & Callahan
Real Estate Company, which is do
ing big things in the real estate line
since it recently began operations.
The sale includes the hotel proper,
with its furnishings and equipment,
and in addition, the Annex in which
there are several store rooms; also
the Casino theater building. The
rental property is occupied by high
class tenants, and is among the most
desirable in the city.
Possession will be given the new
purchaser in 80 or 40 days. Mr.. Car
ter expects to employ first-class
hotel management and to operate the
hotel on the highest plane. His
plans are to add two more stories to
the main hotel building little later,
the foundations having been put IN
with such an addition in view.
The Hotel Kibler was put up in
1913 by A. B. Kibler and lis asso-
ciates; the original cost being about
$l25,oOO, though additions have been
built to it later. 1t is an admirably
arranged and substantially built hos
telry of some hundred rooms, and
would be creditable hotel plant for
city of $4,000 people. 1t has al
ways been a profitable concern, and
in the new era Of growth and pros
perity upon which Lakeland is
emerging after the war it is bound to
continue to e splendid paying
property.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-27
THE STATE WILL GRIEVE

The entire state will grieve to learn
that, according to telegraph.c dis
patches to the Jacksonville Metrop-
oils, under date of Wednesday, Prof.
w. N. Sheats, for many years, and
now, state superintendent of educa-
ton for Florida, is critically Ill at a
hospital in Atlanta.
Professor Sheats has been foremost
in educational work In Florida for
many years, has the confidence Of the
people, and the cooperation Of the
teachers in his work Of making the
Florida school system the best in the
South.
General deep sorrow will be felt at
the news of his illness, and a uni
versal wave of eager hope for his
rapid recovery will show the deep
esteem in which he is held.-Tampa
Tribune.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-27
SCHOOL NOTES
(By H. Bullock.)


School! Yes we are back at it
again! Nor do we return to our task
grudgingly, for most of us have
caught the spirit and see that gain
ing knowledge in school is for easier
than gaining it by experience.
Accurate figures concerning the en-
rollment of the Lakeland Public
Schools are as yet unavailable. How
ever 1t is evident that the enrolment
this year surpasses that of any previ-
Gus record, probably totaling 100 or
more.
The High School department alone
has registered over $50 students. The
faculty is the most excellent in the
history of the school. All the depart
ments are we'll equipped and ex-
ceedingly active, in fact, SO much so
that the student body is being exposed
to a peculiarly verile type of know
ledge of which many cases are devel-
oping
Miss Padgett has the History de-
partment humming. All history stu.
dents are making study Of the Peace
Treaty as it is brought before the U.
S. Senate from day to day They are
also keeping lists of the Senators in
order to observe their actions on the
treaty A committee of ten has been
appointed from the Ninth grades to
prepare from the students note books
program of study of class research.
full business course has been add
ed to the curriculum of the High school
Mr.. Dix, an excellent instructor, has
been obtained to manage the Business
department. This department will
include, bookkeeping, typewriting,
shorthand, commercial law, and COM
mercial arithmetic. Any of these
subjects are open to- students or grad
yates of the Lakeland High School.
Others may receive these courses at
reasonable rates. Under the instruc.
ton of Mr.. Dix every student in the
High School is receiving a course in
Penmanship.
The Domestic Science department
has on roll 40 girls who are already
making splendid progress under the
supervision Of Miss Roe.
Miss jennie Haynes has been ap-
pointed choir leader for the year and
already she has developed choir
that is capable Of mounting shrilly to
heretofore unattained heights or
tumbling to sonorous bass. Friday
morning at chapel we were surprised
by quintet, composed of Lolian
! Foulks Roger Ford, Billy Norvell,
Catherine Young and Clifford Wilson.
They sang, THAT Dear Old Pal
O'Mine,' which was, indeed so we'll
rendered that a repetition of thechor-
us was necessary before Mr.. Jones
could proceed with the exercises.
Thus begins school, with the best
faculty, the largest enrolment and in
fact everything pointing to most sue
cessful year.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-27
ME-, MALCOLM BASS
WRITES OF HIS TRIP

Pittsburgh, Pa, Sept. "a, 1919.
Evening Telegram,
Lakeland, Fla.
My Dear Mr.. Hetherington:.
No doubt you are aware that I left
that beautiful city of Lakeland on
Labor Day, Sept. LIST, for a trip to
the North. After passing through
North and South Carolinas, Old Vir-
ginia, Maryland, the state where Bar
bara Fritchie waved the flag, and
through Pennsylvania to the Smoky
City," known as Pittsburgh, l arrived
at my destination.
Now, Mr.. Hetherington, I never saw
a place as dirty and smoky in all my
life as this town. While 1t is o won
derful city and l have had a fine time.
Have been the guest Of Mr.. and Mrs.
John H. Risbeck at their home on
Squirrel Hill. They have been enter
tanning me to queens taste.
1 have seen the hills and valleys
and especially that great place known
as Fort Pitt, where the two rivers
Allegheny and Monongahela-meet to
form the Ohio, which is one of the
great water ways of the South. Pitts
burgh in my estimation is one of the
greatest cities in the country. You
can stand at Mr.. Risbeck's home and
look down over the hills and see tn,
greatest furnaces, iron mills and
steel mills Of the country.
At the present time there is a strike
on in the steel mills of the country
but here the mills have not been very
much affected-outside of the city
understand there has been some trou.
BILE and few people killed.
No doubt you are aware that I an
one Of the many employees of tn,
great Success Furniture Company
which is next to you and would b.
glad to have you tell Mr.. Simmons
March or the boys that I am havinl
the time of my life.
We expect to leave tomorrow ii
Mr.. Risbeck Daniels car for tn
South. In the party VIII be Mrs
Risbeck, Miss Dorothy, Mr.. Risbecl
and myself. When we arrive in Lake
land 1t will be a great pleasure t
drive up in front of the Evening Tel
egram as well as the Furniture Com
pany so that they will know we ar
rived home safely.
Hoping that the sun still shines il
Lakeland and that we will be home Il
ample time to enjoy some of the earl
oranges and with regards, from bot
Mr.. Risbeck and myself, am
| Yours very truly.
| MALCoM Il. BASS.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-27
Mr.. HENRY HICKS

Mr.. Henry Hicks, age n, died We'd
nesday at the home of his son, George
Hicks, near Lake Gibson, five miles
north of Lakeland.
The deceased had only been sick
for six weeks, but had been in bad
health for months. He leaves to
mourn his death Mitchell Hicks, Geo.
Hicks and Philip Hicks who live on
Lake Gibson; Sam Hicks Of Winter
Haven, Susie Hicks of Lakeland,
Abbie Smith of Winter Haven, .Addie
Hutto of Fort Meade, AWE Collins of
Orlando, Allis Swinson of Tampa, Ella
Smith of Tampa, Louise Easter Of St
Petersburg, and Mary Parnell Of An
thony, Fla.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-27

Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Henderson are
at home after most delightful two
weeks trip, which included a visit to
New York City, Washington, Savan-
nah, Jacksonville and Gainesville.
They saw Mr.. Drane and daughter,
Miss Josephine, while in Washing
ton, but the day they were there Mr.
Drane was confined to his bed with
a severe cold, but his physician
thought he would be up very shortly.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-27

DR.. and Mrs. c. s. Lowery, of
Jacksonville, former residents OF
Lakeland, delighted their many
friends by dropping in on them an
expectedly yesterday afternoon, COM
ing up from Plant City, where they
are visiting relatives, DR.. Lowery
nracticed medicine here about fifteen
years ago, and he and his Family are
held in highest esteem by the older
residents Of the city, who are always
glad to welcome them to the city on
their occasional visits.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-27

Among the Lakeland people who
have been summering in the. noun
tains and who have returned home
during the past week are Mrs. c. M.
Clayton and lovely little daughter,
Mary, who have been spending the
past several months at Henderson
vile, N. c., where Mr.. Clayton pur-
chased a summer home, completely
furnished, early in June. They are at
present at their former home In
Dixieland, which was recently pur-
chased by Mr.. John Logan.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-27
NOTICE TO BEREAN
BIBLE CLASS OF THE FIRST
BAPTIST CHURCH

Let each man be in his place to-
morrow at II a. m. Bring some one
with you. Rev. Claude W. Duke OF
Tampa, who delighted US so much
at our fun and fellowship meeting,
will be present, and address the class.
He has a great message for you
don't fail to hear him. Also mes
sage from our pastor and teacher to
be read. Come, let's make 1t great
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-27

The friends of the family will re-
gret to learn that Ray Lamar, young
son of Mr.. and Mrs. G. E. Cumbie,
IS i'll at the home of his parents on
South Virginia avenue. Mr.. Cumbie
is just recovering from an illness
which ne contracted while on visit
to his old home in Wilmington, N. c.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-27

Mrs. G. F. Bowen left yesterday
for Cincinnati, for visit to Mr..
Bowen's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E.
T. Bowen. On her return, about next
Friday she will be accompanied
home by the elderly couple, who will
make their home here and enjoy the
genial climate as a welcome change
from the severe winters of that Sec
ton.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-27

Bert Bowyer Of Lakeland, mem
Der Of the 1918 class Of the Gaines
vile High school, has entered the
University for this year. Bert is a
nephew of Mrs. j. W. McCollum and
Mrs. T. W. Fielding of this city, and
his many friends will be glad to well
come him back again. He is an S.
A. E. pledge. Gainesville News.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-27

Mr. E. H. Dennison has lust re-
turned from a two weeks business
Trip through the Carolinas, and with
MRS Dennison leaves tonight for Mi
ami where he goes on a business
mission, going from there to Moore
Haven, where they will again be To-
Gated the coming winter.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-27
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR CORPUS
CHRISTI FLOOD SUFFERERS

The percentage of the receipts at
the Auditorium donated to the storm
sufferers last night will amount to
about $40, we understand-much less
than was hoped for, but help, new
ertheless, and the generosity of the
Auditorium management is appreci-
ated. The contributions that have
been turned over to this paper so far
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-27

Borden Wilson underwent an on
Grafton at the hospital in Lakeland
the first of the week for trouble not
Oh serious nature, and is getting
along nicely. His wife is with him.
Word came this morning that he is
getting along nicely and that he will
probably be able to return home to-
morrow. Barlow Record.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-27

Mrs. Lula Cason and children, Elita
and Dwight, returned last night from
delightful visit with relatives in
South Carolina. They also visited
Mrs. Cason's sister, Miss Winnifred
streater at Washington, D. G.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-27
Lakeland Lac0nics

Mr. and Mrs. Lester Hall, Of Man
.hester, N. H., and niece, Miss Scott.
u Massachusetts, are recent arrivals
n Lakeland. At home All Lake ave.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-27
T. E. L. Glass

]. (. /. Class
The I. E. l.. Glass meets at IL
o'clock tomorrow morning at the First
Baptist church. All members and
visitors cordially urged to attend. The
regular business meeting of the class
will be held Monday afternoon at 4
O'Clock with Mrs. E. IN. Good. There
will be automobiles for members with.
no conveyances Every member is
urged to attend as 1t will be the occa.
sion Of election of officers
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-27

Col. and Mrs. D. o. Rogers have
taken apartments at the Cochrane
Apartment House, corner of Lemon
street and Tennessee avenue, where
they are now at home to their friends.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-27

MIS- A. P. Bullock, who has been
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
henry 7. Smith and her son, Henry
Bullock, for some days, will return to
Jacksonville TODAY
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-27

WANTED TO PURCHASE about a
dozen pullet hens Plymouth
Rocks, Rhode Island Reds and Buff
0rphingtons. Phone 800 Green or
write Box 1854, Route A, Lake.
land. s7Os
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-27

DR.. F. D. Bryan returned last
night from a two weeks vacation
snent at Green Springs. He was
Greatly benefited by his stay there.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-27

FOR RENT-5-room furnished house,
light and water. Inquire at Tele-
gram Office. 9701
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-27

FOR RENT-Furnished apartment,
with bath. Apply to 5O2 South Ten
nessee avenue, Mrs. Cason. s702
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-27

Preaching at the City Park tornor-
row afternoon at four o'clock, by H,
L. Veach. Let every lover Of truth
and good come. Bring your Bibles
and your song books.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-27

We extend our many thanks to our
friends during the illness and death
of our beloved father.
PHILIP HICKS,
GEO. HICKS,
MITCHELL HICKS.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-12-04
DECEMBER 18TH is TIME LIMIT
ON BRAND RE-RECORDING

PHOENIX, Dec. 3.-Hundreds OF
Arizona stockmen are In danger of
losing their title to brands because
of their neglect to file applications
for ye-recording in accordance with
the new law, declares Ed w. Steph-
ems, secretary of the Live Stock SAM
tary Board of Arizona.
Out of 10000 brands recorded dur
ing the past twenty years, approx
mately one-fourth only have been
filed for re-recording. December 12
has been fixed by law as the final
date on which applications for re-
recording may be filed with the Live
Stock Board. After that date it will
be necessary for the owner of live
stock to secure a new brand and pay
SIS fee for the same. All brands
which have not been re-recorded by
that time will be subject to re-distri-
hutton and distributed to applicants
in the order filed without regard to
their previous use.
From the above it will be seen that
immediate action must be taken by
stockmen if they would avoid endless
confusion, not only with reference to
their own brands but to the live stock
industry in general.
All applications for the re-record-
ing of brands should be addressed to
Ed w. Stephens, secretary of the
Live Stock Sanitary BOARD of Ari-
Eona, Estate Capitol, Phoenix.
Secretary Stephens desires to make
clear that those who have already
filed applications need have no con-
cern. 1t will take several weeks to
complete the work of re-Aecording and
there may be some delay in the mat
ter of receiving certificates but those
on file on or before December 18th
may rest assured that their interests
will be fully protected.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-12-04
RED CROSS IN SIBERIA

VLADIVOSTOK, Dec. 5. = The
American Red Gross flag, emblem of
mercy, flies over military hospitals,
refugee barracks, sanitary and relief
trains, dental clinics and feeding sta
tions, from the peaks of Russian ISL
and to the banks of the Angara river,
but nowhere does it wave more gal
lantly than over the little sixty-bed
hospital on the ground floor of Naval
Barracks 7, Vladivostok. Here women,
who had forgotten that there was
mercy and kindness in the world, and
little children, apparently condemned,
through want and ignorance, 20 death
or lingering illness, have learned to
bless the "Greatest Mother in the
World" who has taken them into her
sheltering arms.
The little hospital was originally
designed for the care of civilian pa
tients of all kinds, but it is to the
mothers and the babies that are lust
coming into the world tliae the great
est service is rendered. Although the
maternity ward has space for but ten
patients, thirty babies month is the
average and for six days they stay
getting the start in life that has been
denied to the other Russian babies
almost since the great war began
over five years ago. On two long
tables rest the babies, covered with
gayly-colored afghans muce of scraps
of worsted left over, no doubt, from
the sport coats and sweaters of theil
grown-up American sisters, thousands
of miles away.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-12-04
EVAPORATED IN TRANSIT

A we'll known brokerage firm re-
lated to "The Oasis" yesterday that a
consignment of Canadian Club
whisky, crossing the United States
in bond consigned to Chinese firm
in hermosillo, arriving at Nogales
yestel lay, was found to include only
twenty-five bottles, while the bill of
lading and waybilling called for fifty
cases. The shipment crossed a num-
Der Of very dry states, and it is likely
that the missing liquor evaporated in
transit. .
The daily morning oasis., 1919-12-04
IMPORTANT REAL ESTATE DEAL

Yesterday Mr.. H. o. Bostwick in
formed "The Oasis" that ne had made
a sale of a valuable parcel of real
estate on Curtis street, the purchased
being Mr.. ], II. Hiser, recent arrival
in Nogales who pays about $4,000
for the property, which includes a
new apartment house just completed.
The property is in a most eligible
locality, and is a revenue producer
right from the start.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-12-04

Mr.. H. J. Temple, general super
intendent of the S. P. de Mexico, is
here. having come from Tucson yes
terday.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-12-04

/. Capt. A G. Capron is on the sick
list, but under the skilled ministra-
tion of Doctor C. B. Wiley, the gen
tleman is reported improving.
The Rice belt journal., 1919-06-14
USE OF PENNANT ON WARSYI
Writer Traces Its Origin 10 D.
When Vessels Were Generally
Commanded by Soldiers

A contributor to Chambers Juun
is authority for the statement that .
naval pennant, or pendant, came h
use long before the days Of Adnh
Blake, who commanded the ElIE
navy in the war with the Dutch ht
seventeenth century, we are told, VI
seamen were mere nobodies. At e
time there were no such things aS
ular men-of-war, and ordinary u
chant ships were hired or conns
deered for use as fighting TsSS
whenever the necessity arose. I
reQuisitioned ships were commas
by military officers, gentlemen ID
NOR, who transferred the sinsleH-
pennons borne on their lanceS 70 .
mastheads of their ships,
In larger vessels or squadron; =
commanders might be knights
knights banneret, who few Their ~
lowtalled and square banners VI
they risked themselves adoat GS-
to sea in those days was somethlE
an adventure, especially If a man
overheard in armor; but these Z
blems of command have been lsAs
down to posterlty in the cOmnola'
broad pendants and the admlrals .
tangular flags Of the present day
The Rice belt journal., 1919-06-14
WHERE NO MONEY IS USED
People of Ascension Island Would
Seem to Live in State Of Ideal
Communism.

The island Of Ascension, in the At
lantic, belonging to Great Britain,
is of volcanic formation, eight miles
by six in size, and has population
Of about 450. 1t was uninhabited
until the confinement Of Napoleon
at st. Helena, when it was occupied
by small British force. 1t is $50
miles northwest of st. Helena. Vast
numbers of turtles are found on its
shores, and it serves as a depot and
a watering place for ships.
Ascension is governed by cap
tain appointed by the British ad-
miralty. There is no private prop
erty in land, no rents, no taxes, and
no use for money. The flocks and
herds are public property, and the
meat is issued as ratiOns. So are
the vegetables grown on the farms.
When an island fisherman makes a
catch he brings it to the guardroom,
where it is issued by the sergeant
major. Practically the entire popu-
lation are sailors, and they work at
most of the common trades. The
muleteer Is jack tar; so Is the
gardener; so are the shepherds, the
stockmen, the grooms, masons, car
penters and plumbers. Even the
island trapper who gets rewards for
the tails of rats is sailor.
The climate is almost perfect, and
anything can be grown.
The Rice belt journal., 1919-06-14
When Congress Lauahs.

Senator John Sharp Williams Of
Mississippi is against almost all legis-
lation which creates new commissions.
"Once started, these things 60 on
forever" he said in the senate one day.
"a friend Of mine once had one of
these commission jobs. After it had
been running several years l asked
him one day:
Judge, that commission of yours
has been running quite while, hasn't
it?'
ayes, John, 1t has, he answered.
"'Well,' said, don't you think you
will be able to wind up the work
soonT
"'Weil, john he replied, I'm get.
ting along in years, but if have any
luck that commission ought to last as
long as / do
sand it did," concluded the Missis
sippian with smile.
The Rice belt journal., 1919-06-14
BOND SITUATION IS
RELIEVED BY COURT
JUDGES RULE ROAD BONDS IS;
SUED BY VARIOUS PARISHES
ARE ENTIRELY LEGAL.
ARTICLE 291 is AUTHORITY
The Decision Was Written BY Justice
O'NeilI and Was Concurrsd in BY
Justices SommerviIIe, Proves
ty and DaWkins.
New Orleans

New Orleans
An opinoin by the Supreme Court
upholding the power Of the parishes
to levy road taxes under both Article
PSI and Article POI Of the COnstitd-
ton. is generally believed to have
relieved the road bond situation il
Louisiana and to have saved the
states highway program from disaS-
ter.
Whether or not it has made unne2-
essary the calling Of a special se5"
sion Of the Legislature in the near
future to draft a new and clearCE
constitutional provision on the sub
iect was still debated, although the
Supreme Courts latest expression is
declared to be so specific as to leave
little room for uncertainty as to the
the axact meaning Of the provisions
of law involved.
The opinion, handed down in the
case of Daniel r. Sheridan vs.. the
Police Jury of Washington PARISH,
declares the view expressed by the
court about a year ago in the Hayne
case, and the obiter dictum to the
same effect in the fremont Lumber
Company case to be mot correct
and says that they should not be al
| hered to-"
! It asserts positively that road taxes
the police juries are allowed to i'm
pose under Article POI are in add
ton to and not in lieu of the roao
tax authorized by Article 2S1.
The decision was written by JUS
tice O'Neill. 1t was concurred in bS
Justice sommeryil1e, Provosty ane
Dawkins. Chief Justice Monroe, VINO
rendered the decision in the Haynt
case, now reversed, dissented iron
Justice O'Neill's views, but did no
write a dissenting opinion, simply IN
dorsing on the judgment the state
ment that he adhered to his origlna
declaration as made in the Haynt
case. "a