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THE EVENING TELEGKAlt, LAf ELAXD. FLA., OCT. 23, 1912.
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he Evening Telegram
I'ubiuued every afternoon front the
ieutucky Buildvng, Lakeland, Fla,
Entered in the poatofflce at Lake
tnd. Florida, as mail matter of the
M-cond claw.
4 F. HHTHERINGTON, EDITOR.
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DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
For President Woodrow Wilaen.
For Vice President Thomas C.
Marshall.
Presidential Electors Jefferson B.
Browne, J. Fred DeBerry, Charlea E.
Jones, W. Chipley Jones, Leland J.
Henderson, H. C. Sparkman.
Congressman, State at. Large
Claude- L'Engle.
Congressman, First District S.
M. Sparkman.
Congressman, Second District
Frank Clark.
Congressman. Third District Em
r:ett Wilson.
Governor Park Trammell.
Attorney General Thos. F. Weat.
Secretary of State H. C. Craw
ford. Commissioner of Agriculture W.
A McRae.
Treasurer J. C. Luning.
Comptroller W. V. Knott.
Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion -V. N. Shctts.
Lakeland in its campaign for new
members is expecting t0 increase Its
Hoard of Trade to 400. Good for
Lakeland; that looks like boosting
some. Orlando Star-Reporter.
But as dear old Mrs. Partington
ol sacred memory might have said,
the increase exceeded Lakeland's
most, sanguinary expectations. In
stead of 400, the number went to
ros, nil nood men and true, who con
stitute u Board or Trade of which
any city, brgi or small, niip;ht. be
proud.
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Oregon sure must be a tough
country. An Orlando lady writes
back that she would rather die in
Orlando than live in that State.
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Governor Gilchrist has issued his
proclamation designating next Sun
day, Oct. 27, as Tuberculosis day,
following the lead of the national
association for the study and pre
vention of tuberculosis.
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The Lakeland Telegram opines
from a perusal of the Tribune that
the climate of Tampa would not be
healthful for Jack Johnson. How
cbout Lakeland's? Tampa Tribune.
Absolutely pizonous for him.
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Orlando voted last Saturday on a
sewerage bond proposition and the
returns show that it carried by a
vote of 172 in favor of bonds and
only 7 against. Good for Orlando.
That beautiful and growing little
city has done the right thing and
did it by a majority which speaks
volumes in favor of the progressive
spirit of its people.
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The Tampa Times has looked into
the matter and discovered that there
i no law which requires that th"
nr.nies upon the ballots to be voted a
the approaching election shall be ar
ranged in alphabetical order. That
requirement applies only to primary
elections. In general elections the
only restriction is that the names of
all candidates for the same office
shall be printed "together."
Charles Edison, son of Thomas A.
Kdison, has set out to beat his fam
ous father as an inventor. He is get
ting his scientific education at a
Massachusetts school and when he
gets through there he will concen
trate his faculties upon the discov
ery of some cheap substitute for coal,
which he says is getting so scarce
that in fifty or a hundred years it
will be a luxury which only the rica
can afford. If he succeeds in this
the old man may well contemplate
his son with awe not unmixed with
envy.
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The Titnes-Knioii is unrelenting
in its hitter animosity toward 'ol
oncl Roosevelt. It gave him but the
scantiest measure of sympathy when
ho was wounded, and as soon as it
vs known that lie was not seriously
lu't that paper promptly resumed
its former altitude toward him. Be
cause (ioveruor Wilson referred to
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About thirty days ago we put these the City's choicest Residence
lots on the market. Today one-third of them have been sold.
WHY? BECAUSE:
Orange Park is the closest in of any sub-division now on the market, only five blocks from Munn
Park. Orange Park rises sharply from the shores of beautiful Lake Morton to the highest point with
in the city. Orange Park is the only subdivision with heavy bearing Grape Fruit and Orange trees on
every lot.
ORANGE PARK is in the center of the most rapidly developing section of the city.
ORANGE PARK is sold only to those able to build good homes, there is a $1500 building
restriction on each lot.
ORANGE PARK is being purchased by your own people, the people of Lakeland, because
they know values and realize opportunities. If you haven't seen this choicest of Lakeland home sites,
don't delay another day. Call at our office or telephone and let us take you out there. Our car is at
your service. The finest homes in Lakeland are being built on land adjoining Orange Park, and
Orange Park lots are going fast.
For a few weeks more we will sell these lots at from $600 to $850, on terms of one-fourth cash,
balance six, twelve, and eighteen months, with interest at 8 per cent., 5 per cent, discount for cash.
We had some $1250 lots, but they are all gone.
Let us show you the prettiest property in Lakeland,
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iuvuiiiiiuriA v. vujilj
the wounded Bull Moose leader a3
'that gallant gentleman," and Mr.
Bryan used the adjective "manly"
in connection with one of the Col
onel's statements, the T.-U. reads
those distinguished Democrats a lec
ture which is nothing less than
pagan in its entire freedom from any
tincture of the spirit of the Sermon
on the Mount. Our Jacksonville
contemporary takes Mr. Roosevelt
too seriously and hates him so cor
dially that there really seems to be
some personal animus in i noc
related to his candidacy. It is actu
ally un-Christian and sets a bad ex
ample to the rest of us who are try
ing to live up to the spirit of tho
higher journalism which expells all
poison from its consideration of
public men and measures.
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THE GENESIS, CHARACTER
AND CAREER OF JOE LEE.
Joe Lee, the negro leader of the
Republican party in Florida, has had
plenty of newspaper notoriety in
years past, but there has been a sin
gular absence of information about
his personality. John Stillman, thi
reformed Pensacola Republican, sup
plies this information in one of his
letters now running in the Pensa
cola Sunday Journal, and from it
vu condense the following:
"It is surprising that more lias
not been known of the history ol
this wonderful character of Florida,
and it seems strange that I should
in a way be his biographer. He Is
reputed to be wealthy, has never
been known to intrude himself where
not wanted and is retiring and in a
native dignified way is deferential
to white people. He can make the
best speech on short notice, deliver
the best sermon likewise, and is also
the best parliamentarian and presid
ing officer that you would meet in
t lany a day's travel. I took occasion
onc e to ask him something about his
personal history and as near as I can
now recall, the following Is an out
line: lie was born in Philadelphia
and reared by a white family in that
city Quakers, it my recollection Is
right. He was born Ions enough
before the war to be old enough, he
told me, to remember seeing Abra
ham Lincoln when he was passing
through Philadelphia some time dur
ing the war. I remember he told me
that he climbed up a lamp post to
enable him to get a good view of the
r.ian who freed the slaves. The whit'1
family gac him a good education,
and in due course he went to Wash
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ington and there entered HowarJ
university, the leading negro Insti
tution for learning in the country,
(and studied law and ministry, grad
uating in both. He was now ready
for business and decided on a polit
ical career. Taking down a map of
the United States he looked it over
carefully with the view of selecting
the best location in his judgment for
such a career. The city that he final
ly decided to favor with his citizen
ship was Jacksonville and the State
was Florida and that is where he
came, along, I think, in the early
seventies. And he has done well in
his chosen career for himself.
"It almost makeB one's blood run
cold to g0 back and consider this
little black man in his young man
hood, deliberately selecting the place
of action, and especially when one
further considers what his decision
meant to what promised at one time
to be an oasis in the desert, that is
a decent respectable Republican par
ty in the South, and if not a whit?
party one with white leadership. For
the material and conditions were
there in East and South Florida for
such a party, but for the blight that
this superior black man put upon
It, in carrying out his ambitions as
he had planned them for himself in
his earlier years.
"lie preached some and he prac
ticed law some. In 1S8S
Harrison was elected president and
Lee received the appointment of col
lector of customs for the Jackson
ville port and served until Cleveland'
was elected. He was again appoint
ed in 1 897 to the same office and'
held it for a year or more1 until aft
er the Ixng-Lee-Chubb combination
was effected in September, 1898.
when he was promoted to the posi
tion of collector of internal revenue
for the State of Florida, which ho
has held up to and including now."
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The opinion long entertained by
m.'.ny people that Tom Watson, of
Gtorgia. ex-Populist and alleged
Democrat, is "nutty" or thereabouts,
vill be confirmed by the news thai
he has bolted the national Demo
cratic ticket because Woodrow Wil
sow, while a church member In goo.!
standing, is tolerant of another de
nomination which Watson doesn't
approve of. t
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SHUTT-UPP.
Mr. Shutt and Miss Upp were mar
ried in Port Chester. X. Y recently
It is up to Mr Put to marry her sis
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WHY
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order for a Fall Suit with us is because:
1 . We carry the largest, best and choicest
stock of woolens.
2. All our fabrics are guaranteed to be
pure wool.
3. We make the best clothes in town for
the least money.
4. We make the garment distinctly for
you to your individual measure.
5. We positively guarantee a good fit
and workmanship.
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