The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-31
DR.. Kime'S Personal
Card To Citizens
OF Lakeiand
To the Citizens Of Lakeland:

II When I accepted the chairmanshir
OF the committee for a memorial to
the war heroes I did it eheerfully
feeling ! could give some patriotic
sincere service to so worthy a cause.
felt the service would be in honor
OF the heroes Of the war. possibly a
distinct service Of benefit to the city
have no time to fool away on ser.
vice not OF value, and IL I cannot give
honest, sincere, truthful service in
any cause I represent and especially
IN q service in memory of the sacred
dead, THEN I AM DONE.
1t is bad day for this city when
decent person cannot do any civic
service without being made out a
trickster, a hypocrite, liar. by one
OF your daily papers. A professional,
mans character is his all, and he IL
not much of man IL he will not de
fend It.
l have not asked the city for one
cent for myself; have not asked it
Tor any office; I am not trying to get
| any graft am only guilty Of trying
to give the city an honest, conscien-
tious, sincere service to the best Of
my knowledge and ability. That ser.
vice has been given cheerfully and
sratuitously by appointment and Sc
lection as chairman of the committee.
In return for this service my char
acter as to honesty, truthfulness, and
square dealing is blackened by unjust
criticisms, malicious insinuations and
wilful lying by one who asks his
support and backing from the citizens
Of Lakeland.
AS long as you, as citizens OF
Lakeland aid, support and encourage
such a vulture of human character,
you are in measure responsible for
his actions and its results or the
moral development of your city.
No city can be progressive and har-
Dor such a factor for strife, conten-
ton and blackening of moral char
acter.
If Lakeland ever expects to be pro
gressive she must have house clean
ing, and put premium on honest,
sincere, moral. social and civic SER
vice. Then and not until then can
you expect to enlist your best element
In social and civic service.
If a memorial building to the war
heroes and the need of moral civic
center In Lakeland. that will furnish
a home and center for the Boy Scouts,
Y. M. c. A. and Y. W, G. A. work,
a reading rco', and library, memoir
ial hall for names Of war heroes in
bronze for tourists meetings, LEG
lures, society and club meetings, also
social gatherings, Accommodations
for social and intellectual entertain
ment Of tourists. to say nothing Of
other civic forces that might Re In
Guided, does not appeal 70 that which
Is highest and best in the citizens Of
Lakeland then I am mistaken and my
services along moral civic lines, ars
In vain, useless and not worth while.
cannot and will not believe, until
I am compelled to do so that the citi-
zens OF Lakeland will vote against
a community building in the park
when It means so much to the phys!-
cal. moral, social, mental and spirit.
ual uplift of the city even were, !.
not considered a memorial to the war
heroes, and even more when you con-
slider the building will increase the
space for use in the Park BY twice
the space It occupies, the building
having three floors, and that space
can be used rain or shine, hot or
cold, day or night.
It Is a sad disappointment to me
that I feel compelled to matte this
nuh,'c statement to the citizens OF
Lakeland.
Respectfullv and sincerelv submit
ted for the best interests Of Lakeland
n r KiNE