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VOL. 3. SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS.
FOUND A TRUE
BILL AGAINST
JOHNL. BBANGH
John L. Branch, county tax collec
tor of Hillsboro county, who was sus
pended by Governor Trammell Octo
ber 14, was indicted by the grand jury
before it adjourned yesterday on ac
count of the alleged shortage of $83,-
078.29 discovered in his accounts. In
the indictment it is alleged that the
money was embezzled between No
vember 25, 1915, and October 15, 1916.
This action follows a recent audit by
Assistant State Auditor Mclntosh and
the placing in office of Mr. Branch’s
successor, Theodore Lesley.
The capias was served on Mr.
Branch soon after the indictment was
found, bond having been named at $3,-
000. No trouble was experienced in
furnishing this sum, and H. L. Knight
and A. J. Knight signed the bond,
which was approved by Judge F. M.
Robles. During his tenure in office
Mr. Branch was under bond of $30,000.
The case will be tried before the Crim
inal Court of Record. Thomas Palmer
is expected to represent him.
Mr. Branch was suspended by Gov
ermor Park Trammell October 14.
M. C. Mclntosh, assistant state audi
tor, had spent three weeks on his
books, and had reported to the gov
ernor that he was $83,257.98 short,
and on this report the order of sus
pension was issued. Details of the
audit, of transactions involving real
estate owned by Mr. Branch, and of
a trust deed which he made transfer
ring all of his property to the First
Savings & Trust Co., for the benefit
of his creditors, have come out since
the executive order was filed.
BAD GOINS ABE
IN CIRCULATION
Secret service men and other gov
ernment officials are investigating and
warning the public of an influx of bad
silver dollars which have been making
their appearance in Tampa for some
time, the latest victims of the bad
coins being the internal revenue office.
In one way they were not victims, as
Deputy Collector O. L. Knight dis
covered the bad dollar before he had
given anything in exchange for it,
and in place of turning it back, follow
ed out the instructions to government
officials and seized the coin, to be later
turned over to the secret service men
in charge of the case.
The bad dollars are almost a per
fect imitation of the real thing and
those who have seen them believe
they have been cast from regular gov
ernment dies. They bear the date of
1902 and except for being underweight
are hard to distinguish from the gen
uine coin of the realm.
Pedro Cassalas came into the reve
nue office this morning and tendered
the bad silver dollar among other good
coins in exchange for stamps, and the
coin was taken up. Mr. Knight has
another of the species which came
from the factory of Joseph E. Reyes,
prominent cigarette manufacturer, and
it is believed that the source of dis
tribution is somewhere in Ybor City.
Those who have tendered the coins at
the internal revenue window have
been innocent of the fact that the
money was bad, as have others who
have been “stuck” with the bad dol
lars. Several of the banks of the city
have a collection of the coins as well
as the stores, and the government n.en
are hot foot on the trail of the coun
terfeiters, and expect to make an ar
rest before a great while longer.—
Tampa Times.
J. C. Beekman
Who has been 111
Now Recovering
Mr. J. C. Beekman has been quite ill
during the past week, but is now re
ported to be on the road to recovery,
and will, no doubt, be able to attend
to his usual duties in a few days.
Mr. Beekman is an independent can
didate for county tax collector, and
his illness during the finish of the
campaign was unfortunate. He is an
old and highly respected citizen of
this city and if elected will make a
most efficient officer.
THE EVENING LEADEB
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PARENT-TEACHERS COMMITTEE
REPORT HALLOWEEN SHOW
The Hallowe’en committee of the
Parent-Teachers’ association held an
interesting business meeting last
night to take up the bills and count
the receipts of the Hallowe’en carni
val.
The checking up showed a balance of
$42.45 in the clear to go into the treas
ury of the association, and all of the
committee expressed themselves as
delighted with the outcome.
In this connection, the president of
the Parent-Teachers’ association de
sires, on behalf of the association, to
thank everyone who in any way, par
ticipated in the carnival, for his or her
part in making it so splendid a suc
cess. Especial thanks are due to the
Hallowe’en committee, of which Prof.
Portz was chairman, for their able
handling of the preparations. On their
shoulders were placed the work and
the responsibility, and they met it no
soanelfusled
MENTAL FIXING
ON SEX QUESTIONS
Some of us need mental readjust
ment on the question of sex. With
complacency born of dishonest view
point and social deceit, many of us re
gard women as the protected and fav
ored sex, and then in the same breath
the man agrees with the Oriental in
thanking God he was not born a wo n
an. His illogic does not extend to
thanks that he has no financial protec
tion or othen favorable opportunities.
His gratitude is merely for unfavored
sex.
Corra Harris, a southern writer who
says some very clever things, has this
comment in the Saturday Evening
Post:
“Why should anybody, man or wom
an, thank God for his or her sex? Is
there any advantage before Him in
being born a male? I believe there’s
a plus mark put after every woman’s
name in the Book of Life! We have
not fought the wars; or built the eit
! ies or carried on the Divine business
of amassing wealth in this present
world; but we do keep the faith. What
would happen if all the churches drop
ped out and went into business with
the brethren ? The pastors might still
get their salaries, but your missiona
ry collections would drop two-thirds.”
Storing Butter
In the South
Southern creamery butter has about
the same keeping quality in storage
as any other creamery butter of the
same quality. It has already been
proved, the department specialists
say, that southern storage butter of
good quality can be marketed in com
petition with northern and western
cold-storage butter. The lower the
acidity, the better the quality of the
cream used, and the higher the quali
ty butter the better it will “hold up”
in storage. It is therefore highly de
sirable that butter for storage be pro
duced from pasteurized sweet cream.
The use of very sour, old cream with
a high acid content is very undesira
ble, as the butter made from such
cream is likely to develop “off” fla
vors after it has been in storage a few
weeks.
An attractive appearance is neces
sary if the butter is to be marketed
successfully. Specialists of the de
partment, therefore, advise the prep
aration of the package goods in well
molded, carefully wrapped prints, in
air-tight cartons.
In putting up tub butter, it is point
ed out, bright, clean tubs should be
used. The tubs should be paraffined
on the ipside and lined with parch
ment liners made for the purpose. The
liner should be carefully placed so that
W'hen the tub is filled it will fold over
the butter about an inch. A circle
should be put in the bottom of the tub
and another on top. If a cloth circle
is used on top, it should be moistened
with water after it is applied, so that
it will stick to the butter. A small
'handful of salt should be sprinkled
: over the upper circle and the cover
fastened with four tub fasteners,
which should be doubled tacked at
each end. The tubs should be kept
clean and under proper refrigeration,
both at the creamery and in transit.
TARPON SPRINGS, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1916.
bly, aptly typifying the truth that
“responsibility always gravitates to
the shoulders of those who are strong
enough to bear it.”
Prof. Portz is a host in himself, not
only through the school, but in the ac
tivities of the association, and in all
things pertaining to the welfare of
our city. In the Hallowe’en prepara
tions he and his committee were un
tiring.
As soon as the Hallowe’en prepara
tions were begun, our city press took
hold with a vim, and the association
appreciates how, almost daily, The
Leader kept the city informed of what j
was being done by the committee.
Then the city council came nobly to
the assistance of the association, and
that assured success.
Again, because the newspaper world
of South Florida has learned that
what The Leader has to say is worth
while, the neighboring press copied its
comments on what was in preparation
and thus the outside world knew of it,
and planned to come to Tarpon
Springs to participate in it.
Again, the association appreciates
the way in which the business men,
the other clubs, —all professions, bus
inesses and organizations caught the
spirit and responded with their con
tributions and displays. Enough can
not be said in praise of the whole
heartedness with which the people of
Tarpon Springs worked for its suc
cess.
Greatly does the association appre
ciate the services of the home band,
and their generous donation to the as
sociation. Many compliments were
passed upon their work, and they
did much to make the evening a suc
cess—perhaps more than they them
selves realize.
The Hallowe’en was a magnificent
success, because each and every one
took hold with so hearty a good will, 1
and became a vital part of the festival
in preparation.
And with our thanks we wish to ex
tend to everyone a cordial invitation
to come to our semi-monthly meet
ings, find out what we are doing and
lend us your counsel and advice.
Our next meeting will be in the
High school chapel next Thursday at
three p. m. Come and hear the report,
and listen to the interesting program
which is being prepared.
Harriet Baker Robinson,
President.
WAR FRONTS
MORE QUIET
THAN USUAL
Violent fighting continues to mark
the Austro-German attempts to pene
trate the plain of Rumania south of
Kronstadt and Hermanstadt and to
ward Bucharest. The stiff defense of
the Roumanians is yielding slowly to
the blows of the Austro-German artil
lery and infantry about Predal and
Berlin announces further progress
south of the border for them.
East of Predeal, however, the Ru
manians advancing in the Buzeu val
ley have driven the invaders back over
the frontier in the region of Table
Butzi. They also have taken Mount
Siriul and Taturamia, along the Tran
sylvanian border southeast of Kron
stadt. South of Hermannstadt in the
region of Rothenthurm pass the Aus
tro-Germans have extended their lines
and captured an additional 350 prison
ers. West of Rothenthurm and in the
Prahova valley the Rumanians are
holding their ground.
On the eastern front fighting has
taken place east of Kovel, in Volhvnia,
and southeast of Lemberg, in Galicia.
Bei-lin announces the repulse of seven
Russian attacks against the Austro-
German positions on the left bank of
the Narayuvka river near Halicz, in
Galicia, while Petrograd says the Rus
sians have reoccupied part of their
trenches on the west bank of the Stok
hod, in the region of Kiselin, in Vol
hynia. Near Lipnicadolna, in Gali
cit, the Russians have pushed back
the Austro-Germans in some places.
There have been no heavy actions
on the Somme front. The French
have made slight gains at Sailly and
the British have taken a German
trench east of Gueudecourt. Fort
"NEVER SAW ANYTHING AS PRETTY AS «
TARPON SPRINGS IN THIS COUNTRY"
LAKE LARGO DISGT.
IS BEING PUSHED
10 COMPLETION
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WORK STARTED ON CONSTRUC
TION OF THE BRIDGE ACROSS
FOUR MILE BAYOU
i 1
All the work which is to be done by
the dredges west of the railroad
tracks has been done. There is stili
a great deal of finishing work to be
done and this will be carried out by
crews of men.
The dredges are now side by side
and working their way to the lake.
If there are no unforeseen delays the
canal into the lake should be done in
two weeks. This Lake Largo canal
has been the most difficult piece of
work in the entire district, the roots
of oak, hickory and many other va
rieties of trees being interwoven in a
thick mat. Work started last Mon
day on the actual construction of the
bridge across the bayou on the Ul
merton road. As the county has re
fused to help the district in the con
struction of this bridge it will not be
possible to have the artistic structure
for which the plans had been drawn
some months ago and the district will
therefore replace the old half-rotten
structure by a substantial wood
bridge. The board of supervisors did
not feel that the district was liable for
the construction of any bridges on
county roads and in other counties in
Florida the law has compelled the
county to build all bridges, but rather
than inconvenience the people in the
country by taking this matter to the
courts, it was decided to build these
bridges as the work progresses.
Tire new tax book containing the
taxes for 1916 was turned over to the
county collector last Saturday. These
taxes are due November first and be
come delinquent April Ist. This year
,a small maintenance tax has been add
ed to the regular installment tax. This
maintenance tax is at the rate of 1%
of the total benefits assessed. For
instance if the original commissioners
appointed to assess benefits decided
that a certain pai’cel of land would be
benefited to the extent of $l5O by
reason of the construction of chese ,
ditches, then the tax would be $1.50. j
The board of supervisors have under 1
consideration a plan of having a cut
made of the entire plan of reclama
tion showing the location of all ditch- j
es. If this can be done for a reasona
ble sum the publication will be made
in the near future.—Clearwater News.
Hobo’s Best Friend
Ben Hogan, Dies
Founder of “Hogan’s Flop” Never j
Turned Bedless Man Away
Chicago, Nov. 2—Pen Hogan, found
er of “Hogan’s Flop,” which for many
years sheltered thousands of derelicts,
hoboes and caste.ways at two cents a
bed each—if they had it—died at the
age of eighty seven, at his home hero.
With the passing of the former prize
fighter, preacher and humanitarian,
was recalled the days when thousands
of unfortunates were fed and shelter
ed by the humane mission which
friends said he always operated at a
financial loss.
“Moody, the noted evangelist, taught
me to preach,” Hogan once said, “and
then I learned that there was more to
serving mankind than by giving hun
gry men words. That is the reason J
started the soup mission and the flop.”
Hogan served both the Union and
Confederate armies in the Civil war
as a blockade runner. Nearly half a
century ago he fought Tom Allen for
the world’s championship and was
beaten.
Vaux in the Verdun region, has been
occupied by the French following its
evacuation by the Germans.
Although fighting continues at va
rious points along the Macedonian
front from Lake Presba to Lake Tahi
nos, there has been little change in the
general sitcation. British troops have
taken Alitsa, on the left bank of the
Struma, from the Bulgarians.
“Old Spanish Trail” Association Gets Our
Pictures-Will Publish Them in
“Motor Age” in Chicago
Through the secretary of the “Old
Spanish Trail” association, Stewart A.
Leßlanc, and other officers of that
body, Tarpon Springs and vicinity
will be brought to the attention of
the tourist and automobile public as
it has never been brought to their no
tice before.
Something like a month ago The
Leader received a request from the
headquarters of the “Old Spanish
Trail” association, at Mobile, asking
for photographs of Tarpon Springs
and vicinity to be used in making cuts
to illustrate articles in motor and
tourist publications published in dif
ferent big cities of the north. This
matter was brought to the notice of
the Board of Trade who went to sleep
on the job. Finally we asked Mr. J.
C. Beekman to take half a day off and
secure these unmounted photographs
and forward them as requested. He
at once “got busy” on the proposition,
collected 'the photographs and sent
them at the cost of an hour or so of
time and a few cents in postage
stamps; result: —the best and cheap
est advertisement Tarpon Springs ev
er had.
The secretary of the association, Mr.
Le Blanc, was not only pleased with
the collection of photographs sent him,
but they were a revelation to him. We
republish his letter to Mr. Beekman
acknowledging the receipt of the pic
tures, and also his letter to the pub
SCHOOL lEHMS OF
BOYS AND GIRLS
OF IHE SOUTH
In the Education Special of the
“Progressive Farmer” for June 24,
1916, the editor, Clarence Poe, pre-1
sents one of the most fearless, logical, j
and eloquent pleas ever made for a
longer school term for the rural chil- ,
dren of the South. His appeal for a
longer school term is of vital interest
to the entire country. It is, therefore,
submitted in our nation-wide cam
paign for better rural schools. Mr.
Poe declares:
“We must give the boys and girls
of the rural South longer school
terms—and w 7 e must do this no matter
what it costs in time, effort or money.
Not only is it true that in no other
section of the United States are the
people doing so little for their boys
and girls as we are doing; not only is
it true that probably no other country
in Christendom except Russia is doing
so little for its boys and girls as we
in the South are doing, but the shame
fill fact is that when the writer was in
Japan, he found even that so-called
heathen country aroused to the im
portance of education and giving its
country boys and girls twice as long
a term as we are giving ours—and
with compulsory attendance.
“Simply to stir us up and shame us
into action, we are showing the num
ber of days schooling received by the
average child in each state in 1910.
We of the South have made gratifying
I progress since then, to be sure, but yet
jail too little. Your boys and girls,
kind reader, your boys and girls here
in Florida who were getting only 51
days average in 1910, South Carolina’s
with 50 days, Virginia’s with 58, and
Georgia’s with 62 —these boys and
girls of ours must face the competi
tion of boys and girls from Massa
chusetts who were getting 131 days j
average, from Ohio who were getting ;
113, from Illinois who were getting
108, and from Washington who were
getting 107. and so on down the line.
Are you willing simply in order to
save a few pennies to send your boys
and girls out into life less well equip
ped than their competitors?
“Nor can we lay the flattering unc
tion to our souls that in proportion to
our means we of the South are doing
as well as people of the other states
are doing. We are not.”
The judge advocate general who
ruled that the pursuit of Villa is con
sturctive war must believe that ac
cording to Sherman’s doctrine this
case is mere constructive hell.
TEN CENTS A WEL % NO. 253.
lishers of the “Motor Age,” of Chi
cago, as follows:
Mobile, Ala., Oct. 31., 1916.
Mr. J. C. Beekman,
Tarpon Springs, Fla.
Dear Sir:-
Your letter of the 28th and enclos
ures received. Thanks. I had no idea
that there was anything as pretty as
Tarpon Springs in this country. I am
today sending pictures on to “Motor
Age,” who are w king up a story in
connection with ”ie Old Spanish
Trail,” with request that they return
same when they have served their
purpose.
Yours truly,
S. A. Le Blanc,
Secretary.
Oct. 31, 1916.
Miss Ruth Sanders,
Care Motor Age,
Mailers Building,
Chicago, 111.
My Dear Miss Sanders:-
I beg to enclose herewith some pic
tures of Tarpon Springs, Fla., on the
“Old Spanish Trail,” near Tampa.
Please let me have pictures back
when they have served your purpose.
I am certain that very few motorists
in America know of a spot as pretty
as Tarpon Springs.
Yours truly,
S. A. Le Blanc,
Secretary.
BAIN A BLESSING
IIEBETABLES HE,
r BEBBIES BLOOMING
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If there is one class of farmers hap
pier than another in Florida today, it’s
j the strawberry growers of Plant C’ty
| and vicinity. The plants were in a
fair state of thriftiness last week, but
since the drizzling rains of Saturday
and Sunday the plants have assumed
a Teutonic front and it’s going to take
all manner of Allies to prevent pro
duction of a bumper yield. Blooms are
reported by several while others are
just beginning to set plants, thus as
suring a long shipping season. The
precipitation amounted to only three
tenths of an inch in two days, but the
sky was cloudy when it wasn’t raining,
and as a result the water seeped into
the soil, affording maximum benefit.
Vegetables Moving
The movement of vegetables, which
has been on for several weeks, holds
up well. There is no great increase
in number of packages, but prices
range fair to good, and the growers
are satisfied with results so far. Cu
cumbers have been bringing from
$1.50 to $2 on the platform this week,
and in most instances the product was
of the quality to command the $2
figure. Egg plant ranges around S’ 50,
squash, sl, and pepper $1.25. Okra
sells well, the local association getting
returns from a shipment to New
York last -week, netting $1.60 the
hamper. These prices have obtained
pretty much all the past week on the
platform, the principal buyers being
Robt. Daniels, Louis Rothstein, W. T.
Estep, T. M. Fox and E. L. House,
secretary to Manager Galyean of the
Plant City Growers’ association.
Many other well known buyers are
noted on the platform daily, but a ma
jority of them are “laying off” await
ing the spring movement.
Sett ting Cabbage Plants
Since the light rains, setting of cab
bage plants has been on in earnest,
and shipments of plants to other
points has been quite heavy r veral
days. Many are still planting seed,
the Kilgore Seed company having
sold forty pounds of a fifty-pound lot
received yesterday morning. These
seed were seold locally, and from what
can be ascertained the acreage will
likely be double that of last year.
Planting of peas is also under way.—
Florida Produce Journal.
Germany resents Norway’s stand on
the war sub. Sure, it’s not to her lik
ing. A small nation has no rights
which either entente or alliance recog
jnizes in this war.