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VOL. 3. SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS.
THE fdlY GO.
ISSUE CIRCULAR
TO DELINQUENTS
The Leader has had brought to its
attention a circular letter printed and,
being circulated by the J. B. McCrary
company, of Atlanta, Ga., in relation
to the certificates of indebtedness for
street improvements now due and un
paid. The circular letter, after quot
ing the law under which the improve- j
ments were made and the method of j
collection therefor, adds as follows,'
which we reproduce in the interest of
our citizens:
“We sincerely trust it will not be
necessary to burden you with this ad
ditional and unnecessary expense, but
your continued inattention to this
matter makes it necessary that we
take steps for the protection of our in
terests. We therefore, notify you
that UNLESS YOU PAY THE
AMOUNT OF YOUR ASSESSMENT
TOGETHER WITH INTEREST TO
DATE ON OR BEFORE THE SEV
ENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1916,
PROCEEDINGS WILL BE INSTI
TUTED AGAINST YOU. Your at
tention to this matter before that date
we earnestly request in order that we
may be spared the trouble and you
the expense of such proceedings.
“Please call at once at
American Bank, where you wifi be ad
vised the amount due.
“Very truly yours,
“The J. B. McCrary Company.”
Why be Afraid
Seek Sunshine
The Missoula (Mont.) Sentinel of
recent issue contains an editorial un
der the above caption that may be of
great value if the language is proper
ly construed and rightly applied. We
give it below, hoping that at least
some will read and heed':
“Man is a timid animal; in each
little pain he senses the pangs of dis
solution; every ache he invests with
the potentiality of a fatal malady;
and, though such be his nature, he
takes no care lest his body become
unfit and, consequently, diseased.
Man lets himself become fat and soft
or thin and flabby, as his physical
heritage is, doses himself with drugs,
feels miserable—and reaches for mere
medicine. Would he but forget his
aches and take exercise in the air of
the open, he could soon rid himself of
his usually imaginary fears about his
own health. The out-of-doors, that’s
the only panacea. Why be afraid?
The human body can stand things that
would kill a horse.
The Way of the
Transgressor
Why is it that there are always some
who are willing to take the risk of at
tempting to evade the law for the sake
of a little larger returns than are re
ceived along legitimate channels? In
the long run Nemesis overtakes them,
their gains become losses, their repu
tation injured and legitimate channels
closed to them. There may possibly
be caused some minor hardship in a
few cases by the operations of the
law against the shipping of green
fruit out of the state, but that it is a
good law and for the greatest good of
the citrus fruit industry in Florida the
majority will admit. The activity of
the government citrus inspector in the
neighborhood of Cocoanut grove re
cently, where 300 boxes of alleged im
mature grapefruit were seized, is to
be commended.
LUMBER MILLS SHUT DOWN
Charleston, W. Va., Nov. 2.—Lum
ber mills at Baskin, La., will be closed
indefinitely by January 12. The com
pany says it has plenty of orders but
shortage of freight cars prevents ship
ments with any regularity. Several
big Louisiana mills have already quit
operations for this reason.
STEVEDORES STRIKE IN JAX
Jacksonville, Nov. I.—About 200
longshoremen employed by the Clyde
Steamship company quit work today
after the company had refused to
grant a five-cent an hour increase for
day work and a ten-cent increase for
night work. The company offered a
compromise of a general increase of
five cents an hour for both day and
night work, which was refused. New
men were secured to unload the
steamer Apache, which arrived today.
THE EVENING LEADER
PINELLAS COUNTY
FRUII GROWERS
IN NEW INDUSTRY
A new industry which will mean
many dollars in the pockets of Pinel
las county fruit growers will be real
ized this year. It is stated that $3 5,-
000 more can be realized by the citrus
fruit growers of Pinellas county this
year than they would ordinarily ob
tain from their crop, according to
James Murphy, of Tampa, one of the
prime movers in the Florida Fruit
Products company, of Largo.
This amount will be paid by the
company for what has formerly been
a dead loss in culls and drops. Mr.
Murphy estimates that the crop in
Pinellas county will be 200,000 boxes
of grapefruit and that fifteen per cent
of the crop, 30,000 boxes, would ordi
narily be lost in culls and drops.
For these culls and drops his com
pany will pay fifty cents per box, this
price having been fixed by the parent
company, the Florida Fruit Products
company, of Haines city. Another
branch of the company is located at
Miami.
The company at Largo will operate
under an arrangement with the par
ent concern, of which the originator
of “Street’s Grapefruit Juice” is head.
This concern, which began operation
last February, manufactured 15.000
gallons of grapefruit juice and had or
ders for 55,000 gallons. This product
was manufactured by the Street pro
cess, which is similar to that used in
making grape juice.
The company at Largo will make
90,000 gallons of juice, if the estima
ted 30,000 boxes of cull fruit is se
cured, and Mr. Murphy says that the
entire output is already conti-acted
for by large distributing companies.
The company will also make use of
the peels, seeds and pulp in the manu
facture of fertilizer by the live steam
process. Government chemists, ac
cording to Mr. Murphy, have pro
nounced this fertilizer superior to. any
stable manure and have stated that it
contains twice as much potash.
OLDSMAR NAME
OF NEW SAFEIY
HARBOR lOWN
H. J. PERSONS ARRIVES TO TAKE
CHARGE OF DEVELOPING
REOLDS FARMS
Harry J. Persons, general manager
of the Reolds Farm company, has ar
rived to take charge of the develop
ment of the 37,000 acre tract on the
shore of Old Tampa bay. Mr. Person
announced yesterday that Oldsmar,
the new town which is to be built by
the company will be located at the
point where the West Coast road
crosses the tracks of the Tampa &
Gulf Coast railroad at Safety Harbor.
Plans have been made to begin imme
diate work on twenty houses and Air.
Person .states that the contract has al
ready been let for the installation of
water and electric lights, the engine
and pipes for the pumping station be
ing already on the way here.
Mr. Person, with his family, is stop
ping at the Hillsboro for the present,
but he will take up his quarters at the
townsite as soon as possible. The map
which he has of the town shows that
the streets radiate out from a park
which is located on Safety Harbor.
Plots have been reserved for a hotel
which will be begun next year, and
for R. E. Olds, president and chief
stockholder of the Reolds Farm com
pany, who will probably erect a ho ne
near the hotel.
On the outskirts of the town a large
plot will be reserved with a view to
use as an athletic field, Mr. Person
stating that he plans to erect quarters
suitable for use as a spring training
camp, by a league baseball team. Men
are already on the ground to start
work on Oldsmar.
The plan of the company is to divide
the large tract into farms of forty
acres each, fenced and cleared, a neat
house and barn being erected on each
farm, which is to be equipped by the
company with farming implements,
and ten cows, twenty-five chickens and
two sows, on the share system. The
company will secure an expert to give
[instruction m the methods of farming
best suited to Florida.
Easy Payment Plan Adopted
The farms will be sold on the easy
payment plan, the contract calling for
TARPON SPRINGS, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1916.
FLORIDA COULD BE
MOST HEALTHFUL
AREAJN GLOBE
The awful death rate among chil
dren—young children—is due largely
to two general causes—unhealthy par
entage or to criminal incapacity or
ignorance attending childbirth. More
than one-half the blindness in the
United States is caused by the neglect
of simple precautions at birth, admin
istered to counteract the effect of
venereal disease of either parent.
No law has ever been written into
the statute books of Florida to pre
vent marriages of persons, man or
woman, who are contaminated by dis
ease transmissable to the next gener
ation. Popular sentiment is not yet
ready to sanction that. No law de
mands proof of the physical fitness of
any person to marry. Safety for un
born generations cannot be secured
through such regulations—not yet—
and the possible evil results of par-,
ental impurity must be, and can be to
a large degree, counteracted in ether
ways and by other means.
Typhoid fever can be prevented, and
malaria and tuberculosis, just as cer
tainly as yellow fever and smallpox
and bubonic plague. Medical science
has not yet advanced to the reasona
bly sure control of all diseases, even
of those which are more or less com
mon in the United States, but classi
fied knowledge, which is the concrete
product of science, is sufficient to re
duce Florida’s death rate from ap
proximately 15.5 per cent per annum
by one-third, and with a ratio between
10 and 11 per thousand, Florida would
be the most healthful and inviting
country of equal area on this terres
trial globe.—State Board of Health.
Redeeming De Soto
County’s Finest
Farming Lands
Mr. Harker who, about five years
ago, purchased a faVm three miles
east of the city on Coon prairie, is
erecting an up-to-date, two-story,
eight-room residence. Mr. Harlcer be
gan his career in farming with some
misgivings, but he is making good in
every direction. He now has about
1,000 citrus trees growing, while in
the meantime he is doing general
farming, from which he is supporting
his family, and will in a short time
have a citrus grove that will make
him independent. In addition to the
farming interests, Mr. Harker is do
ing well with his poultry business.
We congratulate him in the success
he is having, and believe any one else
can have the same who will go about
the matter persistently and intelli
gently. A few years ago the Coon
prairie land was looked upon as being
valueless, but with the draining of
this section, more than 5,000 acres of
which is now nearly completed, we ex
pect soon to see this a great farming
community.—Arcadia News.
HIGHWAYMEN GET SI,OOO
Chicago, Nov. 2.—Six armed men
stepped from a motor car a few blocks
from the center of the city tonight,
held up a money wagon of the Adams
: Express company, as it was returning
| from the Union station and escaped
with SI,OOO.
an initial payment of perhaps one
fourth the total, the balance'to be paid
in three years. The company will re
serve the right to cancel the contract
of any homesteader who does not
make a success of farming. In this
way it is planned to get a high class
set of owners on the property.
Preparations are now being made to
plant forage crops, and to stock the
place with a big herd of high grade
cattle. The work of clearing up the
land, and the construction of houses,
barns, and the construction of houses,
barns and fences will be done by a
large force of men, and it is figured
that the farms will be on the market
by next winter.
The Reolds Farms company is a
closed corporation. The property was
acquired by R. E. Olds, and in forming
his company he took in only his busi
ness associates.
Mr. Person is making his headquar
ters at the office of Conoley & Bie.
Major Douglas Conoley was responsi
ble for the purchase of the Safety
Harbor tract by R. E. Olds, and many
of the unique points in the develop
ment scheme which is being carried
out were adopted at his suggestion
Tampa Tribune.
RENEW OFFENSIVE
ON SOMME FRONT
British and French Make
Small Gains
RUSSIANS FAIL
IN NEW ATTACK
London, Nov. 2. —Hard fighting is
again taking place on the Somme
front in France between the Entente
allies and the Germans. Since Tues
day the British and French near Cour
celette and on Les Boeufs Geudecourt
front and to the south have been at
tacking violently, with the Germans
tenaciously holding them back, except
to the east of Les Boeufs, where com
bined Entente forces have gained some
ground, and to the west of Les Boeufs,
in the St. Pierre-Vaast wood and near
Sailly Saillesel, where the men of Gen
eral Foch took additional German
■trenches. Between LeSars and Geude
court, and in the vicinity of the Schwa
ben redoubt the Germans are heavily
bombarding British positions.
On the Transylvania front the Ru
manians are keeping up their drive of
the Austro-Germans in the Jiul valley.
But according to Petrograd, the Teu
tons have occupied two villages south
of the Rothenthurm pass. In the Pre
,deal Pass sector, the Germans have
penetrated Rumanian positions and
captured ten cannon and seventeen
machine guns, and also have made
further progress southeast of the Ro
thenthurm pass.
A wireless message from Bucharest
this afternoon declares that the ad
vance. of the Austro-German forces on
Ithe Southern Transylvania front has
been arrested, while in the Carpa
thians along the Moldavian frontier
the situation is excellent and the con
viction is firm that the Teutonic forces
will not get through.
The Teutonic losses in the Carpa
thian fighting are said to have been
enormous, while the ground they have
gained has been negligible, and in
eight days they have lost 3,000 men in
prisoners, eight heavy guns, six field
guns, forty machine guns, and large
quantities of material.
The first period of bad weather that
has prevailed along the front in gen
eral is now hampering operations.
Again the Russians have assumed
the offensive in Galicia along the Nar
ayuvka river and in the Michisouv
region. Berlin records the repulse of
five heavy attacks in the former dis
trict, and Petrograd admits that the
Russians in the latter zone have been
pressed back by superior Teutonic
forces.
LIVE STOCKSHOW
IN FOUR DAYS
Effi SESSION
The livestock institute which will be
held at the University of Florida, at
Gainesville, in January, has been ex
tended one day. It was formerly sched
uled for three days but owing to the
greater intere t stockmen have shown,
it will cover four days, January 16 to
19 inclusive.
John M. Scott, animal industrialist
to the experiment station, will have
charge of the program. He will have
a tentative plan of the meeting ready
within the next few weeks. Tick erad
ication is one of the most important
and interesting subjects before' live
stock raisers at present and it will re
ceive considerable attention during
the institute.
Forage crops will be another im
portant topic for discussion. It is
well known that better feeds will be
supplied when ticks have been driven
out. Better animals will be raised,
and stockmen realize that it will be
to their interest to provide better
grades of feed.
Other topics of timely interest will
be discussed. Some of the best live
stock men of the state and nation will
attend the meeting and give lectures.
These men will be in position to give
valuable suggestions, and no stock
man can afford to miss the meeting,
since in no other way will he be aule
to obtain or command such informa
tion.
FULL PREMIUM LIST
PINELLAS CO. FAIR
HELD AT LARGO
List Covers a Wide Variety of Articles,
Premiums Generous, and Interest
is General
Thursday, January 25th, Largo Home
coming and Children’s Day.
Friday, January 26th, Citrus and Ag
ricultural Day.
Saturday, January 27th, Pinellas Day.
Exhibits may be entered by any one
in Pinellas county, but those compet
ing for premiums must be the work
of the exhibitor.
Ist premium, blue ribbon; 2nd pre
mium, red ribbon.
CLASS I—CITRUS FRUITS
Dr. R. L. McMullen, Superintendent.
Best box Oranges, Tangerine.?,
Grapefruit.
Best display Kumquats, Limes,
Lemons, Shaddock.
Best largest bunch Grapefruit.
Best largest Lemon.
Best Display Citrus Fruits, Ist pre
mium, $5.00 Silver Cup; 2nd premium,!
“Worthy Exhibit” gold ribbon.
CLASS 2—FARM PRODUCTS
F. R. Francke, Superintendent.
Vegetables. (A)
Best 3 bunches—Beets, Carrots, On
ions, Radishes, Turnips, Rutabagas.
Best 3 heads—Brussels Sprouts,
Cabbage, Cauliflower, Celery, Lettuce,
Red Cabbage.
Best 6 —Cucumbers, Egg Plants,
Peppers, Squash.
Best half-peck—String Beans, Eng
lish Peas, Tomatoes, White Potatoes,
Sweet Potatoes.
Best largest Pumpkin.
Best Display Vegetables, Ist pre
mium, $3.00 silver cup; 2nd premium,
“Worthy Exhibit” gold ribbon.
Cane, Forage Crops, Grains. (B)
Best display—Sugar Cane,- Hay
Grasses, Oats on stalk, Rice on staik.
Best display—Corn, Cojv Peas, Oats,
Rice, Velvet Beans.
Best Display in Section B.:
Ist premium, $3.00 silver cup.
2nd premium, “Worthy Exhibit”
gold ribbon.
Fruits. (C) Not Citrus^
Best display—Bananas, Papayas,
Pineapples, Strawberries.
Best largest—Papayas, Pineapple,
bunch Bananas.
Best Display Florida Fruits:
Ist premium, $3.00 silver cup.
2nd premium, “Worthy Exhibit”
gold ribbon.
CLASS 3—PANTRY STORES.
Miss L. Saunders, Superintendent.
Citrus Products. (A)
Best display—Marmalade, Jelly,
Preserves.
Best display Beverages ar.d
Punches.
Best display—Confections, Cakes,
Salads.
Best Menu for Citrus Lunch.
Best Display Citrus Products:
Ist premium, $5.00 silver cup. >
2nd premium, “Worthy Exhibit”
gold ribbon.
Food Products. (R) in glass.
Best display—Canned Fruit (not
citrus), Jam, Jelly, Marmalade, Syr
ups.
Best display—Canned Vegetables,
Pickles, Relishes.
Best display—Guava Products, To
mato Products.
Best Display Canned Fla. Products:
Ist premium, $3.00 silver cup.
2nd premium, “Worthy Exhibit”
gold ribbon.
Bread, Cake, etc. (C)
Best loaf—White Bread, Brown
Bread, Cocoanut Cake, Chocolate
Cake, Angel’s Food, Fruit Cake,
Pound Cake, Doughnuts, Cookies.
" Best Ornamental Cake.
Best Display Baked Products:
Ist premium, $3.00 silver cup.
2nd premium, “Worthy Exhibit”
gold ribbon.
Best Display Products, all classes,
from one farm, SIO.OO silver cup
and special premium from “Citizen”
—slo.oo cash.
CLASS 4—HOME-MADE MILLI
NERY
Mrs. J. T. Sauls, Superintendent,
Best Palmetto Hat, Palmetto Trim
ming, Pine Needle Hat, Fiber Hat.
Raffia Hat, Crochet Hat, Child’s Hat,
Hat made from any other material.
Best Display in Class 4:
Ist premium, $3.00 silver cup.
2nd premium, “Worthy Exhibit”
gold ribbon.
CLASS S—BAMBOO AND PAL
METTO
TEN CENTS A WEEK. NO. 251.
Mrs. J. S. Taylor, Superintendent.
Best display—Bamboo articles, Pal*
metto articles (not hats).
Best Display, Class 5:
Ist premium, $3.00 silver cup.
2nd premium, “Worthy Exhibit”
gold ribbon.
CLASS 6—SHELLS AND SPONGES
Best display—Shells, Sponges (not
commercial).
Best display Painted Tarpon Scales.
Best Display of Articles Made From
Sea Products:
Ist premium, $3.00 silver cup.
2nd premium, Worthy Exhibit” gold
ribbon.
CLASS 7—BASKETRY
Mrs. Ida Geiselman, Superintendent.
Best—Tray, Sandwich- Tray, Small
Round Basket, Large Round Basket,
Oblong Basket, Flower Basket, Baby
Basket, Work Basket, Collar Box,
Glove Box, Covered Basket, Jardi
niere, any other article.
Best Display Basketry:
Ist premium, $3.00 silver cup.
2nd premium, “Worthy Exhibit”
gold ribbon.
CLASS B—FANCY WORK
Mrs. H. D. Walker, Superintendent.
Best Crochet—l yd. Edging, Inser
tion, Collar, Yoke, Center Piece, Set
Doilies, other articles.
Best Knit—l yd. Edging, Insertion,
Best Knit Article.
Best Tatted—l yd. Edging, Yoke,
Collar, other article.
Best Embroidered—Waist, Lunch
Cloth, Set Underwear, other article.
Best Patchwork Bed Spread, other
Bed Spread.
Best Baby Bonnet.
Best Display Fancy Work:
Ist premium, $3.00 silver cup.
2nd premium, “Worthy Exhibit”
gold ribbon.
CLASS 9—FLOWERS AND
PLANTS
Mrs. Lottie Barker, Superintendent.
Best Basket Cut Flowers, Bouquet
Roses, Carnations, Petunias, Nastur
tiums. Bouquet other Flowers, Set
Flower Piece.
Best Collection—Ferns, best single
Fern, best blooming Plant.
Most Perfect Rose, Most Unusual
Plant.
Best Display in Class 9:
Ist premium, $3.00 silver cup.
2nd premium, “Worthy Exhibit”
gold ribbon.
Best Pen and Ink Landscape Por
trait.
CLASS 10—ART
Mrs. Judkins, Superintendent.
Best Water Color—Landscape, Por
trait, other subject.
Best Oil Painting—Landscape, Por
trait, other subject.
Best Display in Class 10:
Ist premium, $3.00 silver cup.
2nd premium, “Worthy Exhibit”
gold ribbon.
CLASS 11—CHILDREN’S WORK
(Under 16 years)
Mrs. Steve McMullen, Superintendent.
Best—Hand Sewing, Patch Mend
ing, 1 yd. Crochet Edging, Sofa Pil
low.
Best—Cookies, Candy.
Best Bird House, Bamboo Article,
Household Article (not furniture).
Best—Bouquet Wild Flowers, Col
lection Grasses.
Best—Map Drawing, Pen and Ink
Drawing.
Best Display Vegetables, grown by
exhibitor:
Ist premium, $3.00 silver cup.
2nd premium, “Worthy Exhibit”
gold ribbon.
Best Display Bamboo Articles—Pre
mium given by Bank of Largo:
$5.00 Savings Deposit.
Best Display Woods Grown in Pinel
las County—Premium given by W.
E. Campbell:
Ist premium, SI.OO.
2nd premium, 50c.
Best Kite—Premium given by Mrs.
Marcia Tritt:
Ist and 2nd premiums, 50c each.
All applications for or information
regarding crnce:.'or; oe made to
Walter Geisrlman, for entries, to Mrs.
Sarah Sayers. Applications sn-ntld
be made as early as possible, thereby
securing the better location.