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IAKKU&D. FLORIDA, FRIDAY, DEC. 6. 1912.
No. 30.
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FOR RECEIPT OF
BOND PROCEEDS
MADE AT SPECIAL MEETING OF
CITY COUNCIL CALLED FOR
PURPOSE LAST NIGHT.
Last night the City Council held
; special meeting for the purpose of
nuking final arrangements for the
i re i jit of the bond money, when it
shall become available, and to desig
i:;.ui a depository for the funds.
Alter some discussion it was de
, idi'd that the First National bank
t. custodian of the bonds, be eni-
powtTed to send the latter to the
h.uiowr bank, their correspondent,
;Mi(J to receive from the latter the
lttct'(-ls of the bonds, upon final ap
imival of same, iu installments of
$.".0.oo0. as agreed. It is under
Mood that when the money is re-
ci-ived here, the city will divide it
lutwieii the three banks, letting
each handle a part of the funds,
ii poti a basis of what may be con-
sidered a just and equitable appor
tiuiinient.
Notwithstanding that all known
olijections to the bond issue have
Ik en cleared up by the decisions of
the courts, the bonds are still sub
jeet to the approval of the attorneys
in' the purchasers. These have writ
ten for abstracts of the legal pro
ceedings, including the decisions of
the various courts, which have
passed on tiie legality of the issue.
This involves some additional delay,
but it is hoped that every pretext
lor ' postponement will be shortly
satisfied and that actual work on
sewerage and street paving will
soon begin.
BOARD OF TRADE
MEETING TONIGHT
The regular meeting of the Lake
land Hoard of Trade will be held to
night, and the Hoards new quar
ters in the Auditorium building will
I'm used for the first time. The hour
oi meeting is 7:30, and it is hoped
tlat a good attendance will be on
hand.
Orders for advertisements for our
Christmas edition, to be issued on
Wednesday, Dec. 18, are already be
ing given by enterprising merchants
who realize the value of this med
ium in reaching the holiday shop
per. Hardly a household In the ter
ritory from which Lakeland mer
chants draw their trade, but will re-
Hive a copy of this ra;er. j;nd it.
will be read with Interest, as much
fur .the "store news" In the adver
tisements as for the other interest
in? features. The advertiser who
ir ts his copy in early will get the
le st deal.
FOUND DIFFERING OPINIONS
AS TO DIVIDING STATE.
T'cnsacola, Dec. fi. Simply to as
rtain the state of feeling, he ex
j'lains, and not from any partisan
!iip basis, John G. Oliver felt the
l'.lse on his recent business tri;)
1-rough East Florida upon the prop
i: it ion in that section of the Stat.?
form a new commonwealth oi'
st Florida, with a capital at Tal
lahassee. "There is not the sentiment
against creating a new State of Wesc
Florida, I found." said Mr. Oliver
-sterday, "as there was when the
t'i position was up some years ago
' have Alabama annex this part of
''rida. Naturally, there would not
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"Cut to say," he said, in answer
t" a question, "that I encountered
nine opposed to It would be foolish.
1 was through Tampa, Key West and
s';f h cities and towns and there are
csentially many against It. At the
me time, I talked to a number of
n'n who admitted that they would
T't oppose it."
FEIL TWENTY FEET AND
DIDN'T WAKE UP.
Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 6. Wel
bfurne Starnes, a student of the
anderbllt university, while walk
in? in his sleep last night fell from
,he window to the street below, a
d:anc9 of twenty Wet.
ST. JOHN'S PRESBYTERY
OPENS IN TAMPA TONIGHT
At 7:30 o'clock tonight the Pres
bjtery of St. John's will open its
session in this city. Rev. J. C. Tims,
pastor of the First Presbyterian
church, will introduce the leader of
the conference, Rev. C. K. Vardel.
Rev. Vardel will address the as
sembly on "Personal Evangelism to
Fmphasize Evangelistic Campaigns."
Later Rev. J. V. stagg will deliv
er an address on "Consecrated Pos
sessions." The announcements and
the benediction will follow.
Delegates throughout the Presby
tery will arrive today to y take part
in the gathering. An "All Together"
campaign will be begun to forward
church work. The Presbyterians in
this country have set before them
selves the task of raising $1,000,000
for the church cause and $500,000
for extension work during the com
lug year. Tampa Tribune.
STATE CLOSED
III ALLEN CASE
Trial of Sidna Allen Will Soon Go
to Jury; Defence Begins Thii
Afternoon.
(By Associated Press.)
Wytheville, Va., Dee. G Ths
commonwealth closed its evidence
today at the trial of Sidna Allen,
leader of the Ilillsvillc gunmen,
charged with the murder of Attor
ney William Foster at the Carroll
court house shooting. The defence
will begin late today.
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Richmond, Dec. 6. Rural credit3
and plans for States to check the
drift of population to tho cities,
v ere the principal subjects dlscusse
at today's session of the Governors'
Conference. Myron T. Herrick, am
bussador to France; Governors
O'Xeal, of Alabama; Burke, of Kan
sas; Lberhart, of Minnesota, and
lladley, of Missouri, were the prln
cipal speakers. Tomorow the gov
ernors go to Washington to meet the
president.
WORKING HARD ON
ARCHIBALD CASE
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Dec. 6. The House
i i.i: agei.s conducting the prosecu
t'on of the Judge Archbald impcach-
tte nt trial worked early today over
a brief cc wring the law in the case
Senator Works asked yesterday that
both sides present at once legal ar
fitments on whether Archbald could
h" impeached for his acts before he
became a member of the commerce
ewirt.
MILLIONS FOR
NATIONAL BANKS
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Dec. 6. The House
banking currency committee today
considered the levy resolution di
recting the secretory of the treasury
to deposit $50,000,000 of the gov
ernment's fund in National banks,
and referred the matter to a subcom
mittee.
NEW GOV. GENERAL APPOINTED
(By Associated Press.)
Tokio, Dec. 6. Lieutenant Gen
eral Count Terauchi, governor gen
eral of Korea, was today appointed
premier of Japan, succeeding Mar
quis Saonji.
BOOK SWINDLERS
ARE INDICTED
(By Associated Press.)
Boston, Dec. 6. Indictments were
returned by the Suffolk grand jury
today against three alleged rare
bcok swindlers, Walter V. Dutton.
Frank T. Daniels and Geo. M. Fisher,
all of whom are under arrest.
CREDITS
US
GOVERNORS
Bill REVISE
TARIFF FROM
TO ZINC
HOUSE LEADER UNDERWOOD'S
FORECAST OF INCOMING AD
MINISTRATION'S POLICY.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Dec. 6. "We're go-
iug to revise the tariff from agate
to zinc," said Majority Leader Un
derwood at the White House today,
when hearings in the matter were
begun. He said the opportunity to
he heard will be given every intet-
est affected. He talked with Tuft
but not On the tariff.
NEBRASKA ADOPTS INITIA-
m REFERENDUM.
Lincoln, Xeb.. Dec. C. Governor
lldrieh today issued a prorlamr.tion
declaring adopted the State consti
tutional amendments voted on last
n.outh and giving them immediate
fleet. That providing for the privi-
lege of direct legislation through th
nitiative and referendum carried by
vote of 180,200 for, to 15,3 H
ainst.
fllSTERS' CONFER-
EfHIEETS MONDAY
Will Be Called to Order by President
William D. Nowlin at
2 o'CIock.
Dr. Nowlin, president of the Flu.
lia Baptist Ministers' Conference,
will call the conference to order
Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Fol
ic wing is the program:
The most effectual way of utiliz
ing our country churches, .1. R
Wells.
The charac ter of the prof iling
u.ited to our homes, J. E. Skinner.
The problem of the town and the
city churches, J. J. Cloar.
How may the tide of material
prosperity be turned Into channel
ol spiritual utility? E. R. Pendleton.
The work of the paBtor, W. G.
Patterson.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR-
ERS AT WORK.
That Christian Endeavorers arc at
work in Florida a good many of us
know. They are also on the move in i
other States. "The Texas Emlcav
oier" for December said its state
president since his election lust
Jrne had written 1,?,00 l-tcis.
They are already getting program
Plans made for the Texas annual
meeting next June.
Almost all the papers railing
our office had helpful words in true
Thanksgiving spirit. Among -liem
we noted with special Interest that
ot "The Miami Herald," for it.- reas
ons for thankfulncbs took in tn. en
tire city and were mainly oi the
piactical sort, or as may !c ex
pressed, "the common things of
life." The other paper was The
Lakeland News, which contained a
beautifully written explanation of
the similarity yet difference.
be-1
tween growing old in years ami the
late autumn weather especially that
of northern States.
Something splendid in the way of
news came from Miss Maude ( lark,
secretary of the large society in
West Palm Beach. "We have insti
tuted a weekly C. E. "At Home"
to give the young people, their
friends and strangers, a social even
ing once a week. Now we have our
new (Congregational) church we
have the old room for social gather
ings. This At Home is informal.
We have simply a drink for refresh
ment and play games. Different
ones are donating checkers and oth
er games. We also have a reading"
table. Here we keep the society
copy of the C. E. World still taken
by the leader of the prayer meeting
committee. One member gives The
Christian Hem'd. Best of all. "an
unknown friend" sent a missionary
library of thirty-eight volumes.
Twenty of the books are the mis-
HE
EV E R YTHI TJG
CONSIGNED TO
HELL BY BLEASE
SOUTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR
HAKES SPECTACLE AT GOV
ERNORS' CONFERENCE.
(By Associated Press.)
Richmond. Va., Dec. 6. A sweep
nig resolution repudiating the re
marks of Governor RIease of South
t'alorina, In support of lynch law,
was adopted at the Governors' Con
ft reme today by a vote of 14 to 4
Governor Bleasc, defending himself,
snapped his fingers in the faces of
the other governors, and declared he
cared not what the conference did
or left undone. "Four times this
morning has my life been threatened
for my utterances," said Blease.
was quoted yesterday as saying 'To
hell with the constitution.' I say
now to hell with the governors of
uM the States and al' the people of
tle United States."
I he conference was thrown Into
an uproar. The governor of Ala
Imiiih and others denounced Mease.
ON ROCKS ALL NIGHT
Wireless Message Says All on Board
Are Safe But Pumps
Damaged.
(By Associated Press.)
Duluth, Minn., Dec. 6. With fif
teen passengers and a crew of twenty-five,
tho steamer East on wat
stranded on the rucks, thirty-live
miles this side of Port Arthur, On
tario, all night, while a stiff north
east gale raised mountainous waves
mid the snow fell heavily. A wire
less messago says that all aboard
are safe, but tlx: steam pumps are
damaged badly.
The citizens in I'ensacola are pre
paring to vote upon a $400,00 bond
issue for municipal dock purpose.
sionary campaign library No. 2 of
the Voting People's missionary
ii.oveinent. We have our social Fri
day night, always the samu time and
the same place, so it is easy to know
where to go if one time is missed
We average nearly lift' present ev
ery week so far."
There are some good people who
seem to think that Christian En
deavor Is not a strong enough move
ment then- days for young people of
the large hurches and towns. We
vonld like such believers to note
carefully the above, for West Palm
Beach, especially in the winter, is
not what would be called a village
and this church is one of the largest
and most popular the year around
of any in its locality.
Werner Jones, merchant Endeav
orer, of Auburiidale, had recently
the misfortune of losing his store
by fire. Co-workers of other places
besides those in Auburndale and
Southwestern district, will surely
sympathize with Mr. Jones, who has
been an officer in his home, Presby
terian society, "lo, these many
years."
One of our minister friends in
Jacksonville has written saying he
enjoys reading the Endeavor press
news and it helps him. The ques
tion comes to the mind of the press
writer, "Why do not people say such
encouraging words oftener?"
Bradentown has a live Young Peo
ple's society and they are now en
joying services in their fine new
Presbyterion church. With other
young people of the town they have
formed a branch of the W. C. T. V.
and are going to work for the tem
perance cause. They are to meet
regularly in these union temperance
meetings and are sure to accomplish
something.
Recently greetings came from Mrs.
Mary Bradt, leader of Sunshine so
ciety work for Florida. She is much
encouraged as a Mr. Plngree of the
STEAMER
STRANDED
Florida Sunshine movement is now
acting as ber helper. As .Mrs. Bradt
is not personally, in the field, but
lives in New York city, she appre
ciates all the more the help of
workers living here who will write
to her address, 352 W. 2Sth St., New
York, of Sunshine hospital or any
kind of benevolent service done by
Florida people.
GRACE A. TOU'NSEND.
lnterlachen, Dec. 4, 1912.
FORMER LIEUT. GOVERNOR
GETS IN BAD.
Birmingham. Ala., Dec. 6. Henry
B Gray, former lieutenant governor
of Alabama, and one of the most
prominent society men of Birming
ham. Tuesday was fined $100 and
sentenced to jail for twentv-fniir
hours for contempt of City Recorder
Clement Wood.
The contempt consisted In giving
an assumed name when arrested in
a raid on an immoral house, and
misrepresenting the case when tried.
in ins CASE
Trial Will Probably Proceed With-
out Further Obstructive
Tactics.
( bsjjj powpossv xq)
Cincinnati, Dec. 0. The cross ex
amination of Joseph E. Warren, an
automobile dealer of Boston, fornier-
an employe of the National Cash
Register Co., was resumed today in
he trial of John E. Patterson, ami
v.'cnty-nino others connected with
he company, charged with violation
of the Sherman law. Good progress
u;s been made lit Warren's exami
nation, and It is believed now thai
ho trial will proceed without fur
lier obstructive tactics.
USE OF ALCOHOL
(By Associated Press.)
New York, Dec. fi. - The use of
nlcohol among army and navy ofli
cials was declared to be the most
v filing obstacles to progress, in the
report of Colonel Mervln Mans,
hier surgeon of the Eastern Di
vision of the army, lie recommends
that no one using alcoholic bevcr
apes be appointed to any position of
responsibility or importance.
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.
Subscribers have ben respectfully
requested through these columns on
several occasions not to pay the car
rier unless he delivers the proper re
ceipt. This is a mutual protection
for all parties concerned and If Biib
cci ibers Tail to take the receipt they
rcust not be offcnoYd if this office in
slstii on the payment of amount
td'own by their account to be due.
The Torm of the receipt, as will
easily be seen, prevents any mistake,
if only the subscriber will insist nu
receiving it from thecarrier.
TORE DOWN FENCE
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(By Associated Press.)
Princess Anne, Md., Dec. 6. A
crowd of one hundred men aud boys
tore down the fence today to wit
ness the legal hanging of Wiley
Mills, a negro, for assault on the fif
teen-year-old daughter of Former
Sheriff W. G. Phillips. Miles con
fessed his crime.
Walton county has just let the
contract for the construction of sev
enty miles of hard roads.
A woman's exchange is to be op
ened in Crescent City by the Wom
en's (Tub there.
FIVE MEN HERE KILLED
BY AN EXPLOSION
(By Associated Press.)
Huntington, W. Va., Dec. 6 Five
men were killed by an explosion of
a boiler at a sawmill near Wilson
dale last night.
PROGRESS
MADE
BAFFLING
OBSTACLE
Tirrn
HANGING
W II HUG
0II1CE PUT
OH FIRST READ
LAST BUT
ORDINANCE 141 MODIFIED SO AS
TO PERMIT STREET PREACH
ING UNDER REGULATIONS.
At a special session of the City
Council held last night, an ordi
nance to take the place of crdinance
141 was presented, placed on its first
reading and put in line for passage
at tho next regular meeting of the
Council.
The section of the ordinance re-
ferring to street preaching, a
amended, will rend:
"Every person or persona giving
t.edi performance, exhibition, pa
rade, let me, speaking or vending,
shall pay a license of $." per day;
provided, that the mayor shall have
the power to issue such permit with
out license to bands for parades, to
political speakings, and to preach-
rs, for services, under the following
onditioiis: That any preacher de
siring to hold street services, before
applying lo the mayor for such per
n it, shall secure the endorsement of
iliiee or more of the white resident
pastors of chur lies of different de
nominations, for such permit, and
shall present said endorsement, with
request for permit from mayor. ,Th3
r.iarshal shall have the power to flea
Ignato what point on a particular
street may be used for such pur
poses." Mr. Shillhamer, who has been tin
nost. vigorous objector to the law
its it now stands, was asked by a
Telegram representative what ha
thought of the proposed modifica
tion, and he intimated that in the
main it would be satisfactory.
K0W MISS YOAKUM SHOT
UP THE WILD HOGS.
Kingsville, Texas, Dec. f,. -Miss
Bessie Yoakum, daughter of B. F.
Yoakum, chairman of the board of
the Frisco system, who has been
passing several days at the Kin
tatich, had a thrilling experience re
cently when out deer hunting. Miss
Yoakum ran into a pack of javall
lies, or wild Mexican hogs. Her
Mexican guide dropped his gun and
took refuge in a tree. Miss Yoakum
bad but three shots. She killed threo
of the Ja valines. Picking up her
guide's shotgun, and retreating to a
tree, she killed two more of tho
vicious beasts, which were charging
at the foot of the tree, the others
escaping into the underbush. Mis3
Yoakum will have the head of tho
largest javallna mounted and keep
it as a souvenir of the trip.
WORLD'S GREATEST AUCTION
BOOK SALE.
New York. Dec. 6. The greatest
auction Bale of looka the world has
t'Vcr known came to an end here
recently with the last of the offer
Has Trom tiie library of the late
Robert Hoe. The sale, begun over
a year and a half ago and divided
Into four sections, fell but little
short of the $2,000,000 which it was
estimated the famous library would
bring. The total, when the last book
vas disposed of was $1.0:52,0J0.60.
The four largest library auctions In
the last seventy-five years in their
grand total have realized less tha.t
the Hoe library in which new rec
otds have been set for almost every
offering of rare manuscripts or
books.
WORKING HARD ON
ARCHBALD CASE.
THE JACK JOHNSON MAR
RIAGE DISGUSTED HIM.
Belleville, 111., Dec. 6. Enraged
by the marriage of Jack Johnson,
the negro pug. and Lucille Csmeron,
white. Charles Ranch of the Illinois
Legislature, declared today that h
r ill introduce a bill at the coming
session prohibitng the ntermarrage
of whtes and blacks. Illinois is one
of the few States which allocs mis
ING
cegenation.
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