The evening leader., October 05, 1916, Image 1

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VOL. 3. SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS.
NATIONAL PAY-UP
NOW IN PROGRESS
mm 2 TO 1
National Pay-Up Week, which is an
nounced for October 2 to 7, is to be
truly national in scope, as thousands
communities in every section of the
United States from one coast to the
other and from the north line to the
Gulf of Mexico will take part in it.
During this week the energy of mil
liohs of people will be centered upon
passing busy dollars around, cleaning
up old debts, starting in anew and
prosperity will certainly result from
it.
If we turn into the channels of
business the millions of dollars that
we all owe each other so that we car
again use the dollars to buy more
things we need, every man who is sup
plying a need will prosper. The farm
er can make no money if there is none
to buy his surplus products. As th.e
farmer prospers, all prosper. As the
other commercial interests of the
country prosper, the farmer prospers.
We must all look to each other for our
living. That is the object of National
pay up week, and you can help and
you can be helped if you will pay up
during this week.
Don’t make any mistake in the plan.
The idea is not that you pay me so I
can pay the other fellow, but I’ll pay
you and you pay the other
we all take it upon ourselves to start
the ball rolling we can have a real
rousing pay-up week right here. If we
wait for the other fellow to pay uplit
might not be so much of a
it should be. % '
While the merchants of Aurelia
have not taken the initiative in joining
together in this national movement
and calling the attention of it to t'.< e
who are indebted to them, yes they
will be glqd to have all who are owifig
them drop in and help pass prosperity
around. Just try it and realize the
power of a moving dollar.
Altogether now, let’s pay up all
those little or big account* tjftat Have,
been slipping our minds for some
time.
Winfield, lowa, carried on an experi
ment during the first national pay-up
week and demonstrated to the great
surprise of the committee which had
it in charge what one five dollar bill
will do when it is kept moving paying
up debts. This five dollar bill is to be
used only for payment of accounts.
Accept it and go at once and pay some
one else. Sign your name so we can
see how many dollars in accounts it
will pay in one week.” At the end
of the week the bill was found, the
names counted and to the surprise of
the committee, fifty-eight names had
been signed, showing that the total
debts paid were $290.00. This shows
what money will do when it is kept
in circulation and also demonstrates
the importance of National Pay-Up
week as a time when accounts are
squared and slates wiped clean for a
new start.—Ex.
GEO. Hi
WRITES LETTEG
Los Angeles Limited, Oct. 1.
My Dear Lucas:
Just a few lines enroute to Omaha
where will mail at noon. So far havd
had a very pleasant trip and fine bus
iness. Hope you are enjoying the
new quarters and that things in Tar
pon are going good. Write me at San
Francisco. Best regards to all from
your friend
George Emmanuel.
As we are so beastly busy we will
answer George’s letter through The
Leader as he arranged to have the pa
per sent to San Francisco.
Friend George:—The business here
is improving fast since you left. We
don’t say that your leaving is the
cause of the improvement, but will
say that we have more time to work
though we are not having quite so
good a time in a general way. We will
make an attempt to get our business
in such shape that when you return
(if you are still a batchelor) we can
have some more joy rides. Some of
the fair ones here look very sad since
you left. We have attempted to cheer
them up but haven’t made a howling
success of it.
Quite a few strangers are arriving
and we are beginning to think that
interferres with our pleasure
we may give up our business,
THE EVENING LEADER
BOARD OF TRADE
TO BE KEPT OPEN
Hereafter the Board of Trade rooms
on Tarpon avenue will be open all day
throughout the winter season.
A register will be opened for vis
itors,, and such products as are pro
duced in this vicinity that our citi
zens may care to display, will be kept
on exhibition.
J. A. Lutz will have charge of the
rooms, and will distribute folders and
other literature descriptive of Tarpon
Springs.
It is expected to provide for the ex
pense of keeping the room open and
attending to such duties in that con
nection as may be necessary, by pop
ular subscription.
This is a wise move and will no
doubt be joined in heartily by all those
who have the good of the city at heart.
Tarpon Springs will have many vis
itors this winter and a place of this
character where they can obtain in
formation without trouble, and de
scriptive matter, will no doubt be ap
preciated by them.
THIRTY- FOUR GOVERNORS
ARE TO BE ELECTED
Washington, D. C., Oct. s.—ln thir
ty-four states a governor and all, or
nearly all the elective state officers ari
to be chosen the elections which
take place four weeks from next
Tuesday.* The elections will differ no
ticeably from those of 1912 and 1911,
the disappearance of the
progressives as an_ organized party
leaves the republicans and democrats
to fight for uk state offices as was
tl* case before the birth of the so
called third party. The prohibition
and socialist parti.es have named can
didates for the principal offices in
many of the states, and in some of the
states there are several minor tickets
in the Jield. In all the states, howev
er, itris regamed as a practical cer
tainty that the new governors and
other principal officers will be either
democrats or republicans.
WORLD SERIES BASEBALL RE
PORTS WILL BE PUBLISHED IN
THE LEADER IN FULL*AS THE
GAME PROGRESSES. BULLETINS
WILL BE DISPLAYED IN THE
LEADER WINDOWS BEGINNING
SATURDAY AT COMMENCEMENT
OF GAME IN BOSTON.
ELKS AT SANTA BARBARA
Santa Barbai-a, Cal., Oct. s.—Santa
Barbara is entertaining during the re
mainder of this week the annual con
vention and reunion of the Elks’state
association of California. The city is
profusely decorated in honor of the
visitors, who have come from all the
| leading cities of the state to attend
jthe gathering. Dr. Ralph Hagan, of
I Los Angeles, is presiding over the
j business sessions. A parade and sev
eral notable features of entertain
ment are to be included in the pro
gram.
Miss Sarah Colton Smith, probation
officer, asks The Leader to call atten
tion to the fact that she has in her
charge two little children, a boy three
years of age and a girl six, which she
asks some charitably disposed family
in this city to take care of for a few
weeks until some permanent arrange
ments can be made for their care. The
mother is dead and the father has
been taken to the hospital where he
will be compelled to undergo an oper
ation. Anyone disposed to care for
the children can leave their name and
address at The Leader office and Miss
Smith will call on them in a few days.
George Lowry, the three-year-old
son of W. R. Lowry, was bitten on the
leg by a ground rattlesnake yester
day morning when the little fellow
was crossing a vacant lot. He stepped
on the reptile. His leg is badly swol
len, but we are Informed that the boy
is in no immediate danger.
but this method has its objectionable
features, so after due deliberation we
have decided to continue in the usual
way*
The Fall season has fell on us and
every one seems pleased with both the
Fall and the fact that it fell.
Mr. Macanares still wears his broad
smile. The coffee house is crowded
each morning and we enjoy the con
versations we hear among the Greeks
there. They seem to know what they
are talking about, but we’ll be hanged
if we do, though we’d like to.
Hope you return with an order for
a million dollars worth of sponge and
a beautiful wife. If you will do this
and let us know in advance we’ll get
out the band and welcome you. So
get busy. Your friend
Lucas.
TARPON SPRINGS, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1916.
VETERANS OF WEST VIRGINIA
Huntington, W. Va., Oct: V.—Hun
dreds of Confederate veterans from
all sections West Virginia and a num
ber from the neighboring states are
here in attendance upon a two-day
session, beginning today, of the West
Virginia division, United Confederate
Veteraps. The city is profusely deco
rated in honor of the old soldiers.
Gen. C. S. Pyton, division commander,
presided at the opening of the pro
ceedings today. Among those sched
uled to address the reunion is Robert
E. Lee of Baltimore, a grandson of
the famous Confederate chief tan.
UGLY GIRLS HAVE AN INNING
New York, Oct. s.—The general be
lief that every girl thinks herself
beautiful was shattered to smither
eens today, when a veritable, brigade
of femininity lined up at Madison
Square Garden in response to an ad
vertisement for “the ugliest girl in
New York.” The girl who was homely
and knew it was wanted by the Print
ers’ Supply Salesmen’s guild to lead
the grand march at the annual ball of
the organization. There were appli
cants a-plenty, but disappointment
was in store for the crowd that assem
bled with the expectation of seeing
feminine homeliness en masse. There
may be girls in New York with eyes
that refuse to do team work, elbows
that approach the felonious, ears that
flap in the wind, and ankles that are
not entitled to the name. But they
did not show up in response to the ad
vertisement for the “ugliest gild.”
Those who did appear would pass
muster in any crowd and if they are
a sample of the homeliest, then Father
Knickerbocker has good reason to be
proud of his girls.
HEM LOSSIN
COTTON COOP
... :;:v.
i STORMS AND INSECTS CAUSE
LOSS OF ALMOST THREE
MILLION BALES
Oct. s.—Storms and
i insects have ca,usejl daqasp tq ti' A
[cotton Crop to an extent that is es
timated at almost 3,000,000 bales dur-
I ing the growing season.
The total crop is estimated at ap
proximately 11,367,000 bales by the
agricultural department. On June 25
the crop was estimated to be 14,260,-
000 bales.
RHODE ISLAND DEMOCRATS
Providence, R. 1., Oct. s.—With all
of its important business practically
disposed of in advance, the democratic
state convention met here this after
noon to name the party ticket to be
voted for in the election next month.
The slate prepared by the party lead
ers calls for the nomination of former
Congressman Peter G. Gerry for the
United States senatorial nomination
and Addison P. Munroe for the gov
ernorship.
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MARY MILES MINTER, the world's most famous little girl, a screen star
of the first magnitude now at the age of 14 yean. Playing under the direction
of James Kirkwood at the American-Mutual Studios.
ANCLOTE RIVER BRIDGE PROJECT
DELAYED FOR THE SECOND TIME
PRESIDENT WILSON AT
OMAHA CELEBRATION
Omaha, Neb., Oct. s.—With Presi
dent Wilson and scores of other dis
tinguished guests in attendance, Oma
ha today held a great celebration in
honor of the golden jubilee of Nebras
ka statehood. The big features of the
day’s program was an elaborate street
pageant depicting the growth and
progress of Nebraska from the early
pioneer days down to the present time.
cbunTtsghool
BOARD CHANGES
MEETING DAY
At the meeting of the county school
board yesterday plans were completed
for the sale of the Largo agricultural
1 school bonds on November 14. It is
thought that there will be several bid
| defs, and that the bonds will bring a
good price. It is expected that at the
' time of the sale of the bonds parties
who have land to offer for the location
,of the agricultural farm-school will
submit propositions,
i The board decided to change its
; monthly meeting dates from the first
j Tuesday in each month to the second
| Tuesday. One reason for this was that
occasionally the first Tuesday falls on
day of the month, and incon
venience is created; as, for instance
when warrants are to be issued to
pay bills at a meeting held on the first
day of the month, parties to whom
the money is due no not always get in
-their bills promptly, and may be de
layed in getting their; mopey until the
fallowing monthly meetjng. By hold-
Jffg monthly meetings on the second
Tuetfikiy there will be plenty of time
for all parties to get in their first of
the month bills and have them approv
ed and ordered paid.
The board also decided that it would
make official visits to all the schools
in the county between now and Christ
mas.—Sun.
MISSOURI CONFEDERATE VETS
Independence, Mo., Oct. s.—With
many gray-clad veterans in attend
ance, the annual reunion of the Mis
souri division of the United Confeder
ate Veterans began here today and
will continue over tomorrow. Gen. T.
C. Love, the grand commander, pre
sided at the opening session. Little
business is to be transacted at the
meeting and most of the time will be
given over to informal reunions and
l features of entertainment.
Only Two Bids Were Made First Time
and They Were Rejected. The Plans
and Specifications for the Bridge Were
Not Before the Board at Their Meeting
Tuesday and This Necessitated Delay
At the meeting of the county com
missioners last Tuesday the plans and
specifications for the building of a
bridge across the Anclote river at Tar
pon Springs was not before this aug
ust body and therefore the project has
been delayed for the second time.
Who is responsible for this second
failure we hesitate to say, as from
past controversies regarding responsi
bilities for roads being built which do
not comply with the specifications and
terms of the contract it seems to be
a very difficult matter to place respon
sibility on any one for any thing done
in Pinellas county. It may be that
the county’s business affairs just run
themselves and that no one is respon
sible. However, the fact remains that
the prospect of getting a bridge across
the Anclote river here is no brighter
than it was two months ago.
The Leader has been informed by
responsible parties that requests made
to the county clerk for plans and spe
cifications by prospective bidders were
not furnished for the reason that the
clerk did not have the plans in his pos
session and hence could not comply.
Os course these prospective bidders
could not bid and were effectively
barred from competing for the privi
lege of bidding on the bridge.
The Leader would not say that the
county commissioners are parties to
LICENSE IS ft PROTECTION
TO LOCAL BUSINESS IN
BUSINESS CANNOT BE LEGALLV CONDUCTED WITHOUT LICENSE
—WALK UP TO THE CLERK’S OFFICE
AND SETTLE
All municipal occupation licenses for
the year 1916-17 of the City of Tar
pon Springs, were due last Monday.
No business which is a licensed busi
ness, whether professional or other
wise, can be legally carried on without
a license.
The business man’s license is a mu
tual benefit serving purposes to the
city and to the individual which are
essential to the commercial welfare of
the community. An important part
of the revenue, in the neighborhood of
12 per cent, of the city of Tarpon
Springs is derived from the licensing
of occupations. The city has large
obligations which must be met year
after year in some way or another. If
the revenue from one source fails the
deficit will be made up from another
source thereby working an injustice on
someone who is already doing his
share. The benefit to the city is ev
ident. The benefits of licenses to the
individual are just as evident when
we stop to consider what they are. A
man’s business is his means of acquir
ing substance and accumulating
wealth. Some things are always ne
cessary byway of preparation for the
actual transactions. The merchant
could locate on a vacant lot, but pre
fers generally to avail himself of the
MITCHELL RELEASED ON
BAD CHECK CHARGE
St. Pete Candidate for Governor Given
Liberty by Justice of Peace
in Jacksonville
Noel A. Mitchell, of St. Petersburg,
candidate for governor on an inde
pendent ticket, who was arrested in
Jacksonville recently on a warrant
sworn out by Otto Barth, who runs
an automobile line, charging him
with issuing a worthless check, was
released when arraigned before Just
ice of the Peace John W. Dußose. Mr.
Mitchell made good the amount of
the check and explained that it was is
sued by mistake, Mr. Mitchell having
been under the impression that he had
sufficient funds in the bank to cover it.
In discussing the incident, Mr. Barth
denied the charge made by Mr. Mitch
ell recently that his arrest was inspir
ed by political animosity. Mr. Barth
declared he was not interested in the
political situation, but merely wanted
to get the money that was due him.
TEN CENTS A WEEK. NO. 227.
this effective barring of bidders or
that any special contractor is in line
for the job.
The following is from the Clearwa
ter Sun of October 3rd and reports
the action of the commissioners on the
bridge project:
Anclote river bridge bids for
the construction of which had
been readvertised was the first
busjness considered. The plans
and specifications not being be
fore the board, action was defer
red. Commissioners regretted
this action, but the opening of
bids and letting of contract at
today’s meeting would have been
illegal. All bids were returned
to bidders. As soon as the plans
and specifications are on file in
the clerk’s office, he was in
structed to advertise for bids to
be opened in thirty days.
The people in the north end of the
county realize the conditions which ex
ist in the county’s affairs and the man
ner in which the county commission
ers have attended to the county’s bus
iness, and The Leader will offer to
place a wager with any one that if
the contract is ever let for this bridge
that the contractor who is now build
ing the infamous lugged brick road 3
will be the lucky firm who secures the
contract.
advantages of a room indoors which
he expects to pay for at a regular
rate. He could locate in the country,
but prefers generally to avail himself
of the advantages of the business sec
tion of some city. The license is the
accepted charge which the city makes
for the advantage of its business sec
tion and the payment of his license is
his acknowledgement that he expects
to partake of these advantages.
Oftentimes a legitimate business is
made unprofitable by transient compe
tition. This is true with the profes
sional man as with the merchant, or
the drayman or numerous other pur
suits. The municipal license is a good
protection to our local business men
and should be considered their friend.
In order that this last named bene
fit may be fully enjoyed every estab
lished business should take out their
license when licenses are Que, thereby
opening the way to the city officials to
immediately deal with transient busi
nesses which seek to take our money
and evade the license.
ententelllTes
FORGE BULGURS
OR BALKAN FRONT
London, Oct. s.—with rain still keep
ing operations of the Entente allies
and Germans on the western front in
France mainly to artillery duels, in
terest in the world war has been
transferred to the Russian, Rumanian
and Macedonian fronts on all of which
heavy fighting is in progress.
The fierce battle which has been
raging for several days west of Lutsk,
in Volhynia, still is without decisive
result for either side, while in Galicia
along the Zlota Lipa river, where the
Russians are trying to push through
to Lemberg, the Austro-German forc
es still are holding back the Russians.
Berlin in its official account of the
fighting near Lutsk says the Russian
dead numbers thousands.
Bucharest still is silent with regard
to the operations of Foumania’s
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