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TBI tftAJ THCCTAM. LAD LAND, FLA., MONDAY, JAN. 14, 1 918 lakeland Laconics G. E. Southard returned last from a business trip to New City. He will bo here until esday when he will go over ta Ulle and other points on the Coast, where he has contracts Municipal wells. H. A. Self and three children, Ickson, Tenn., arrived yesterday end some time with Mrs. Self's V, Mr. B. F. Wilson and family. Self lived here for a short time fe her marriage and made many Is who will make her stay most Ut She is prominent in the If her home town, her husband cashier of the First , National of Dickson. G. P. Quaintance is quite Berl in, which his friends will deep- ret to learn. His two daugh- om Jacksonville and son, Mr. !3 Quaintance are at his bed- iut his other daughter in Texas be unable to come at this time. ry Dickson arrived this after- from Newport ptews, va., to a ten days' furlough' with his ts. The latter were unaware lie was coming at this time un- fey received a wire from him at tmville this morning. Henry uch of interest to tell his s, having recently returned a trip to Franpe. Whysall and two brothers are liners to Lakeland from Ohio, jtarted to winter in Asheville, and found that had too much same brand of weather they ixperlenced back home, and decided on Lakeland and are ill pleased with the town they ipend the summer here as well 5 winter. They have leased the of Mr. W. P. Pillans, and will lined on Wednesday by their fcr. Mrs. Whysall and granc Iter, who will reach here on pay from Asheville. W. J. Beck, who owns what is illy known as the Denslow prop south of town, received a wire Hay apprising him of the, death father. The latter had been ill year, and on leaving after the ys, Mr. Beck states hi3 condl- ras no worse than formerly, how- Ithe end came on Saturday. On t of the long distance and un- p rail conditions, Mr. Beck will p up to the funeral. He has the 'e sympathy of his many Lake- 'riends. ptenant Shelton Meharg pleased bents and friends greatly by s in this morning from Camp ler, looking the very picture of health. In speaking of the re tstorm which swept over Camp Per, Lieut. Meharg stated that wo of Company D's tents blew and that all weathered the fine. A heavy rain fell but the go was good where Lakeland's are camped, and the water ran pily, and no inconvenience was fenced to speak of. Lieut Me- pays that all of the Company D pre well, and in speaking of Dr. er Tie said, "Everybody likes poover, and all the men want to pto his ward. He is doing a work up there, and. is looking d fine", which will be pleasing to the Doctor's many Lakeland In Society Girls Sold Trench Puzzles onent of the Red Cross Saturday afternoon a bevy of young girls, eager to do their bit, sold Trench Puzzles on th troaa -wvvio, DUU ever since everybody in town has been trying to make a "perfect T" out of four impossible looking strips of cardboard. Even after many have u BUOwn, u is next to impossible to get each piece together correctly, and therefore even real omo n, wwui v W1AD found they, didn't know everything, and were glad to be shown. , The team selling their alinttrt number of tickets first was composed oi Misses Frieda Rogers and Emily Battle, and they were each present ed with a half pound box of candy by the Magnolia Pharmacy. The puzzle was put together first by an Insurance man, whose name was not secured, and he was presented a book by the Lakeland Book Store. Harley Morse was the second person to put the puz zle together and he was given a nice handkerchief by the Clonts Store. The following were the girls who worked and the amount secured by each team: Frieda Rogers and Emily Bat tle $ 7.75 Ellen Watson and Marion Pat terson 5.70 Marjorie Hetherington and Is abel Bruce 6.00 Fay Fletcher and Ruth Halde man 5.00 Myrtle Wear and Marjorie Smith 4.00 Margaret Joyner 1.40 Total Secured $28.85 Mrs. Kauffenberg Entertained Mrs. Kauffenberg, who is spending the winter in Lakeland, entertained several friends at 2 o'clock dinner on Saturday. In the afternoon an auto trip to Lake Hollingsworth, at which time kodaking took up much of the time completed a very enjoyable day for the guests, Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Cox and daughters, Eva and Lucinda, and Mrs. Kingan. Children Give Circus Benefit of Red Cross "We just wanted to do something for the Red Cross, and so several of us children gave a little Circus, and we thought if other children knew of It they would do something like we did and help out the Red Cross, and I wonder if you wouldn't print this little notice for us", said a sweet bright faced little girl, whose name we learned was Marjorie Mayes, who lives on South Florida avenue The notice, which ve are pleased to nublish. follows: A children's Circus was give Sat urday afternoon at the home of Mrs. J. T. Ashby on South Florida avenue, which was a very enjoyable affair. Tha receipts were given to the Red Cross. The performers were Misses Anna V. Ashbv. Josephine lauey, Marjorie Mayes and Mr. Frederick Maves. The circus was originate and conducted by the children. LOCAL COMMITTEE TO LEND THEIR AID IN SECURING I AND ALLOWANCES TOR SOLUMb' tANIUto A recent law enacted by Congress requires that a married man in the army and navy allot a portion of his monthly salary to his wife or chil dpen. The government will also give them a family allowance, in addition, while the man is in the service of the government ' The Lakeland Chapter, American Red Cross, through its Committee on Civilian Relief, will be glad to assist those families for whom no allotment has yet been made to secure one without further loss, of time. In ad dition to this service this Committee will also be glad to explain in detail the fatures of the allotments, allow ances, powers of attorney, Insurance etc., as provided for the families of men now in the service. It desires to emphasize the fact that men who were in service on October 15th, 1917 have only until February 12th, 1918 to take advantage of the insurance clause 'of the War Risk Insurance Law now in operation. Families of men who have as yet failed to take advantage of this are requested to immediately take the matter up with the relative at the front. This Com mittee will be also be glad to assist in this work. Information as regards any of the above mentioned subjects may be had by telephoning 505 Red between the hours of nine and six. The Civilian Relief Committee is glad to be of service to you in any manner any time, just as we stand ready to help or advise you in any matter which -may be troubling you because of the. absence) of a man from your family. EGBERT E. LUSK, Chairman, Civilian Relief Committee, Lakeland, Fla., Chapter, A. R. C FIRE DEPT. CALLED ' OUT TWICE; ONLY DAMAGE WAS TO GENTRY HOME The Fire Department was called out Saturday night and again yesterday afternoon. The first call was to the house of Col. T. J. Hooks, where a chimney was burning out. Neighbors saw the flames, and thinking no one was at home, called the Department As there was no fire, there was no damage. About 1:15 yesterday afternoon the Department was called to the home of Mr. J. H. Gentry on South Florida avenue, where the kitchen had caught from the same defctive flue which caused a fire at the same house sev eral days ago. Before the fire was discovered, it had gained considerable headway but the flames were extin guished by the Department with only a loss of about $50. Mr. Gentry stated today that he was going to tear that flue down com pletely and build a new one from the ground up. He expressed deep ap prciation of the good work of the Fire Department and assistance and interest of neighbors. He wished especially to thank the Fire Depart ment for their prompt response and excellent work. Lakeland Loses Her First Loldier, W. K. Tillis; Stores To Close During The Funeral ASINO TONIGHT ood how Tonight First Quarterly Conference The First Quarterly Conference for . nrpB(nt vear was held in the First Methodist church Sunday af ternoon Jan. 13. The newly ap pointed Presiding Elder. Rev. C. F-m.-twii. nrenided. The report of iciatai""'" " Ithe church made to the Annual Con ference was read. Some or we newa of interest are the following: Mem Hnrlne the year, 105; 1 pern i " the present total, membership being C61 The womans aiiBaiuuaw w iciety raised $456. The Epworth Leagues have a memDersnip 01 and raised $140. The Sunday school enrollment in all the departments Is 527, and raised $1,079. Total amount raised fcr missions $1,049. This does not include money raised by the Mis sionary Society for the support of a Bible Woman in Korea. The total amount of money raised by the church was $8,128. Ti.cra or two other fMethodist this denomination in Lakeland, Myrtle Street and Dixie. .... A i 1 I M land. This report floes noi immuu anything done by these churches. iiev. C. F. Blackburn made a splendid impression on the congre gation in the morning. His sermon was deeply spiritual and very com forting to all who at this time feel burdened on account of the war. Many expressions of appreciation came from the large congregation which packed the building.. The year's worK nas nesun "od iously and this year is expected to be the best in the history of the church. Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock Wilbur K. Tillis died at the hospital at Camp Wheeler after an illness of about three months, death bein cauEed by tuberculosis. "Bobe," as he was familiarly known among his friends in 'Lake laud, was one of the selects who went from here to Columbia, arrd was later transferred to Camp Wheeler, being placed in the Engi nt'ers' Corps. He was only at Macon a short time before he became ill and from the beginning had been in a very serious state. Mr. Tillis is survived by his par enls, Mr. and Mrs. Reid Tillis, two staters and two brothers. Messrs. O M- Tillis and C. E. Tillis. The wires hare been down since .his death, and it is not known when his body will arrive, but it will be shipped here for interment and will 00 doubt be given military burial. This is the first soldier Lakeland has lost, and In his passing his fam ily have the deepest sympathy of many friends. STORE CLOSING NOTICE Theatre Heated The first Lakeland soldier to have died (Wilbur K. Tillis) will be bur ied sometlm, tomorrow, depending upon the hour of arrival of the re gains, and, acting in concert with the Lakeland Retail Merchants As sedation (the members of which ihave all agreed to close) all other merchants are respectfully resuested t) close their places of business dur. ing the hour of the funeral, which hour will be fully announced later. FOR SALE Lake front city resi dence property; the beautiful home place south side lake Morton, for. merly owned by R. L. Mayes. Good rlce, easy terms. 7100 D- H. SLOAN. Owner. LLOYD HOOKS WRITES "ALL IS WELL" In writing to his mother from Cpn-iP Wheeler. Lloyd Hooks has the following to say regardng the re ni stArm that awent over the VV U V wvww - - camp: Headquarters; Co. 106. Engineers, Camp Wheeler, Ga., Jan. 12, 1918 Lest you might be induced by news paper headlines Into false or unnec snry fears or alarms. I am writing yon this morning to let you know tbat the sun is shining bright on the morning after the night before and ALL 13 WELL! We had the strongest wind here' last nlgbt tha. I ever experienced, and the strangest neither. A heat wave with a very warm breeze struck us about 6:30 p. m., which brought th weat out. The i- .. .1 ADDITIONAL LOCALS Mr. J. C. Swindell, accompanied by the remainder of the members of the Polk County Board of Commissioners, left this morning in Mr. Swindell's car for Gainesville, where they go to attend the State Convention of Coun ty Commissioners. They expect to return on Thursday. In the neighborhood of $150.00 was the amount taken in at the col ored show "A Soldier'B Sweetheart" given for the benefit of the local branch of the Red Cross. $120 is al ready in hand, and a number who sold tickets have not yet reported, and it is believed that the final total will show, the above amount, which is quite a splendid Bum. The first drill of B Company Home Guards since the members received their guns and uniforms will be held tonight, and members should report at the Armory promptly at 7:00 o'clock. Every member should feel the responsibility of making the or ganization a capable and efficient one and the company ought not develop a single slacker. The regular business meeting of the W. C. T. U. will be held tomorrow af ternoon at 3 o'clock at the Cumber land Presbyterian church. All mem bers requested to be present. Mr. Jos. H. Green, of Gainesville, for several years connected with the Gainesville Sun, arrived in the city last night on a visit to friends. Mr Green is one of the best printers in the south, and at one time was a val ued employe of the Evening Tele gram. wind was just like the warm breeze off the gulf in the summer time. It kept increasing In velocity until it was a regular tornado and the tern perature dropped steadily until this tmorningt was the coldest ever regis- teed so far, in the opinion of all. The tent in which I was due to sleep blew down luckily before I oc cupied it last night and I moved up In another tent where S sperft a warm night, though the wind roared wiihout. As I supprre you read in the paper, one soldier was killed from the collapse of a building. EVANS Sight-Seeing Bus PARTIES OF TEN OR MORE to the following named places, Tampa, Plant City, Mulberry, Bar to, Fort Meade, and St Petert buro. DYlvet around the lakes and local points of Interest a specialty. For Information Phone 303-Green. Art Needlework' Parlors 10 and 15 Discount for the next 6 Day's on all package. Embroidery Goods NEW. SPRING GOODS JU8T 4 ARRIVED STAMPING DONE TO ORDER MRS. 0. L. ALLISON $96 South Tennessee Are. Phone SOS ALL WOOL French Srge In Fancy and Solid Colors 82.25 Values, now on Sale at $1.65 $1.50 Values, now 95c. Fancy Silks, Satins and Taffetas 82.00 and 82.50 Values now on sale at 81.65 REYNOLDS I "We Own the Land" 10 acres, three and one-half miles of Lakeland on Lee & Jackson High wayall cleared no stumps all fenced. Has fine dark soil good drainage just plowed, ready for planting. Small house and barn good well. Properly cultivated this year's crop will pay for this tract. Price $1000.00 Florida and Georgia Land Co. KIBLER HOTEL BLDG. LAKELAND, FLORIDA Xf W A.H.T. . Cigar I Is the one that always pleases We have branches in 27 towns and all report a Big Business the past year Still being Sold for - - CAt all Drug Stores A. H. T. Company Phone 99 (SOUVENIRS FOR THE VISITORS See our Attractive new Postcard Folder of Lakeland 18 Views for 5 cents FULL LINE OF Alligator Goods Pine Needle Baskets t Let your Northern friends get a, reminder from you; let us show I you what to send them Lakeland Book Store PHONE 260 FRED BENFORD, Mgr. nm 33 Admleslen 6 and 18 Cento