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IN ROYAL THEATRE TOMORROW NIGHT
PINELUS COUNTY
RECEIVES (4,066.25
SCHOOL MONEY
The superintendent of public in
struction, D. M. Hollins, received no- j
tice from the state superintendent last!
Saturday that the semi-annual appor- j
tionment of the one-mill tax for Pi
nellas county, which was apportioned
on the first of this month, and which
amounts for this county to $4,066.25,
is now available and will be used to
help pay the teachers of the county
their second month’s sa'ary, due Fri
day, Nov. 10th.
This sum is the largest Pinellas
county has ever received from this
source, and is derived from last year’s
tax levy.
THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH
TO APPOINT LOCAL REGISTRAR
The state board of health is desir
ous of getting into communication
with some man or woman residing in
each of the following voting precincts:
Gulfport town and voting precinct
(8), Pinellas Park town and voting
precinct (5) and Bay view (18).
A local registrar of vital statistics
is to be appointed for each voting pre
cinct for the purpose of looking after
the reporting of births and deaths,
for which he will receive a fee of
twenty-five (25) cents for each birth
and death certificate properly report
ed.
Any person residing in one of the
above named voting precincts desiring
this appointment, should, without de
lay, write the state board of health,
bureau of vital statistics, Jackson
ville, Fla.
BOYS AND OYSTERS
UPSET BOAT IN !
OLD TAMPA BAY
An accident with a lucky termina
tion occurred on Tampa bay last Sat
urday. Three boys—Clarence Porter,
Frank Green and Bruce Grant —se-
cured a boat last Friday night and
went across the bay to spend the
night. On Saturday morning the boys
decided to get some oysters before
starting home. Accordingly the boy s
loaded the boat with oysters to an
overload capacity. J. J. Youngblood
and John Brabham were also at the ■
bar getting oysters and all started,
home at the same ..time. The boys '
headed straight across T'ampa bay for !
home while Mr. Youngblood and Mr.
Brabham followed the shore intending
to come byway of Booth’s point as
the bay was a little rough.
When the boys hg4 dggp.
water channel went down,
leaving the boys in the bay in rather
a • helpless and hopeless condition. 1
Luck was with the boys as Mr. Young
blood at this time turned and looked in
the direction they had taken. All he
and Mr. Brabham could see was trhee
heads and thinking an accident had
befallen the boys they turned their
boat and poled as rapidly as possible
for the channel, reaching there in the
nick of time to save the boys from
drowning. The boys were taken into
the rescue boat and all reached home
in safety. Had the boys taken the
longer route home they probably
would not have met with any accident,
all of which goes to prove the truth of
the old adage: “The longest way
round is the safest way home.” The
boys certainly were lucky, even if they
did lose boat, bedding and oysters,—
Safety Harbor Herald.
The German soprano who said that
lack of food ; s making the German
worn' n thin a id elegant doesn’t real
ize that she may be doing something
to reduce the high cost of living over
here. You never can tell how little
women will eat to become thin and el
egant.
THE EVENING LEADEU
K.
K. OIL ENGINES
GOST MUCH LESS
THAN GASOLINE
In view of the high cost of gasoline
farmers should hesitate before they
buy an engine which can operate only
jon gasoline. A number of engines are
jon the market which will burn not
ionly gasoline and kerosene but crude
oil as well. Kerosene will give just as
much power as gasoline and at a re
duced price. F. M. Rast, of the farm
engineering department of the Uni
versity of Florida college of agricul
ture, cites some of the advantages of
burning kerosene:
“1. Kerosene is cheaper than gaso-
I line. An engine burning 20 gallons of
kerosene a day at 15 cents a gallon
would save its owner $1.50 a day over
the same engine burning gasoline at
25 cents a gallon, assuming that it
burned two gallons more of kerosene
than of gasoline. A hundred days of
work at this saving would mean $l5O,
which shows that there is no economy
in using a gasoline engine when a
j kerosene engine can be had.
| “2. Kerosene actually produces
! more power than gasoline. A gallon
|of gasoline weighs 6.18 pounds, while
a gallon of kerosene weighs 6.8
pounds. They contain the same niim
,ber of heat units per pound, namely
1 19,999. Therefore, a gallon of keio
! sene would develop 11,780 more heat
units than a gallon of gasoline and
! consequently produce more power.
“3. Kerosene is safer to handle than
* gasoline: Thin is because gasoline
. evaporates a great deal more easily
than kerosene, and, therefore, offers
I more danger from an explosive.
1 “4. Oil refineries are facing a short
age in the production of gasoline. The
supply has not increased in the same
J proportion as the defnand, which is
j plainly shown by the increase in
price.” The price of gasoline may
drop, but it is not probable that it ever
j will be relatively as cheap as kero
! sene.
Coast to Coast
Over Good Roads
Director W. M. Corry, Quincy, Fla.,
reports that Jefferson county, Fla.,
has just had an bond election and vot
ed $52,000.00, most of which will be
applied on “The Old Spanish Trail”
leading east of Leon county to the
Suwanee fiver, which is the western
boundary of Madison county. It has
been definitely settled that “The Old
Spanish Trail,” Jefferson county, will
gp through the city of Montlcello,
wliere it will connect with the Dixie
Highway and coincide with it to Live
"Oak. He states that these roads are
being put in excellent condition and
that travel is increasing steadily. The
citizens of Gadsden county held a
mass meeting in Quincy and by a
practically unanimous vote agreed to
bond Gadsden county for their share
of cost of bridging the Chattahoochee
river. The Florida State Highways
commission has agreed to appropriate
$42,000.00 towards this bridge and as
soon as Jackson county votes to pay
their share, work on the bridge will be
commenced. We sincerely hope Jack
son conuty will not delay doing this,
because headquarters is in receipt of
invitation to route “The Old Spanish
Trail” around Jackson county should
they fail to do their part. This bridge
over the Chattahoochee river, together
with the approaches, will be nearly a
mile long, making a magnificent link
in “The Old Spanish Trail.”
TAMPA, THE CIGAR CITY
Tampa is making a record for itself
jin the production of cigars in spite of
I the fact that the war on the other side
jis furnishing a lot of smoke. Tampa’s
| production for the month of October
was 37,726,233 cigars, nearly 9,000,000
a week, or 1,377,000 for each working
day. That number of cigars signifies
I that a number of men and women, too,
j are kept employed at wages that are
I commensurate, and such things do not
I represent hard times.
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TARPON SPRINGS, FLORIDA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1916.
LEESBURG GROWERS
FORM FIRST FARM
LOAN CLUB ASSN.
According to published notice, a
public meeting was held in Judge
Gaines’ office October 28, for the pur
pose of creating in Lake county a
National Loan association.
The federal farm loan act authorizes
the sectional land banks to make loans
not to exceed 6 per cent interest on
long time installments through its ap
proved agencies on the following con
ditions: Ten or more persons who own
and cultivate farm lands likely to be
approved as security for a mortgage
ioan, may form such an association,
provided the aggregate of the loans
desired by the membership is not less ■
than $20,000.
At this meeting sixteen land owners
desiring loans much in excess of this
limit were enrolled and were prepared
to organize by electing officers and
signing the necessary applications. K.
J. Peters, chairman of the meeting, ex
plained that the requisite blanks and
other forms for organizing, which he
had applied for, had not yet been re- ‘
ceived, but was assured of their being
supplied without much further delay.
It was then agreed to adjourn and
meet again at same place Saturday,
November 11, and at that time perfect
the organization. H. J. Peter was re
quested to act as a temporary director.
—Leesburg Commercial.
The Rural
School Term
j
School attendance is an essential
factor in the actual length of the
school term. How to make compulso
ry school attendance effective is one
of the most perplexing problems con
fronting law-makers and administra
tive school officers. Prior to 1890 only
27 states and the District of Columbia
had compulsory school laws and many
of these were optional and therefore
inoperative. Now all the states ex
cept Mississippi have either mandato
ry or optional compulsory school at
tendance laws. School attendance in
percentages of children 6 to 14 years
jof age is as follows, according to the
j bulletin on compulsory attendance
published by the bureau of education
in 1914:
High—9o and over: Connecticut,
lowa. Massachusetts, Michigan, Ne
braska, New Hampshire, New York,
and Vermont.
Medium —80 to 90: California, Col
orado, Delaware, Idaho, Illinois, Indi
ana, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Min
nesota, Missouri, Montana, Nevada,
New Jersey, North Dakota, Ohio, Ok
lahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Riiode
Island, South Dakota, Utah, Washing
ton, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyo
ming.
Low—7o to 80: Kentucky, Missis
sippi, New Mexico, North Carolina,
Texas.
Very low —below 70: Alabama, Ar
izona, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana,
South Caroliria, Virginia.
No law can be effectively enforced
unless public sentiment is back of it.
One of the most effective agencies in
the enforcement of compulsory school
laws is found in an act of the Nebras
ka legislature for 1915, which provides
that three-fourths of the state school
fund shall be distributed to the sev
eral districts pro rata according to the
average daily attendance last returned
by the directors of the various dis
tricts. Such a law is not only fair,
reasonable, and just, but it immediate
ly appeals to the enlightened selfish
ness of the people themselves. Under
such a law as this, public opinion will
demand that all pupils of school age
who are without a reasonable excuse
shall give proper attendance while
school is in session. It is much more
equitable to apportion school money
upon the attendance of pupils at
school than it is to make such appor
tionment on their non-attendance. To
equalize the burden of a reasonable
school, Nebraska apportions one
fourth of her state school fund equally
WALTER PETERS
SHOT SATURDAY
DIES IN TAMPA
WAS ENROUTE TO SUTHERLAND
IN AUTOMOBILE—SHOT BY
CHARLES LEWIS
Brought to Tarpon Springs for First
Aid—Afterward Sent to Tampa—
Dies Sunday Morning
Walter Peters, who was about t.r.ir
tyfour years of age, and who is said
to have resided near Sutherland, was
shot by his brother-in-law, Charles
Lewis, in a drunken row near Suther
land late Saturday afternoon.
The shooting and row occurred just
beyond Sutherland on the main road
between Tarpon Springs and Tampa.
Both men were passengers in an auto
mobile bus operated between Suther
land and this city. Lewis was arrest
ed and brought to Tarpon Springs and
afterward taken to the county jail in
Clearwater.
In the bus, also, were Mr. and Mrs.
John Redding, also of near Suther
land. It is said they left the car when i
Lewis and Peters began to quarrel.'
They were followed by the two men,
and Lewis is said to have hit Reddihg
in the face with a revolver. Peters !
is said to have caught the gun barrel,
and in the fight the weapon was dis
j charged. The bullet entered the üb
; domen just below the navel and came
I out at the back on the right side,
| piercing several of the intestines,
i Peters was brought to Tarpon
Springs, where Drs. Douglass and Vin
son turned him over to Dr. Logan of
Tarpon Springs, who drove the in
jured man to Tampa and placed him
in the care of Drs. Snow and Cam
eron of that city. An operation was
found to be the osly means of saving
the man’s life. Peters lived but a little
more than an hour after the operation.
Walter Peters was arrested in Tam
pa last Thursday night by Officer
’ Palmer and Lieutenant of Police York*
in a coffee shop operated by Jose-Fer
nandez, on Fifteenth street, between
fifth and sixth avenues. He was #hprg
ed with being drunk and fighting. It
is alleged that he took the salt and
pepper receptacles and placed them’in
j his pockets and fought the* waiters
,; when they tried to recover, them.
! He was fined $lO by Judge Watspn
in municipal court, forfeiting a bond
for this amount put up, by a friend.
It is thought that-this .friend' was his
brother-in-law, Charles Lewis. Sergt.
’ P. C. Flynt says Peters’ “friend” who
put up the cash bond came back Sat
urday morning and asked for the
money, saying Peters had-told him he
was discharged. When told that Pe
ters was fined, the man went away in
a rage, according to Sergeant Flyat-
A coroner’s jury was empane'lfed
who went to Tampa yesterday- anp
(Continued on* page 4)
MUCH IMPROVED
V ,
The mayor of Tarpon, Springs has
been spending the pas,t,mqjj*h in camp
near Weekiwachee Spring's op the riv
er of the same'namd. He has gained
ten pounds in weight and is* much im
proved in health and .strength. His.
wife tfnd Ralph Williams are yrith hup-
A party of Tarpon friends .of the
mayor motored up to see him Sunday
and they were delighted with the sec
tion selected for the camp. Mr. and
, Mrs. Ernie Meres,. Mrs. A. P. Meres,
Mr. and Mrs. Newman Craig, jr., Er,
nestine and Emily Meres and Miss Al-*
ice Josephine Petzold were members
’ of the motor party.
' among the several districts of the
; state, and where a school district votes
■ the maximum school tax and conducts
> its business prdperly, the state comes
• to its Assistance by direct state aid in
- sufficient amount to provide a nffni
r mum school term of seven motiths.
The election returns, state and na
tional, will be featured on the screen
at the Royal theatre tomorrow ni»ht
as fast as the returns are received by
the Western Union Telegraph office.
Elaborate preparations have been
made to give the best service possible,
so that our citizens can visit the thea
tre, seat themselves in comfort, see a
good show while awaiting the returns,
and know at the very earliest possible
moment whether it is Hughes or Wil
son, Catts, or Knott.
The show will include the groat
“Fantomas,” a three-reel melodrama
of the west, “Paddy McGuire,” a two
reel side-splitting comedy, and five ex
FRENCH SMASH GERMAN
LINES NEAR VERDUN
■ ' — —
London, Nov. 6.—The French troops
in the Somme region of France and
northeast of Verdun have again
smashed the German lines hard. North
of the Somme, between Les Boeufs
and Sailly-Saillisel, to the east of the
latter place and on the St. Pierre-
Vaast wood sector, important gains
were made in violent fighting which
proceeded throughout Sunday, accord
ing to the French official communica
tion. The attack on the St. Pierre
Vaast wood, which was made from
jthree sides simultaneously, netted the
j French three trenches on the northern
jside and the entire 9 erman positions
on the southern outskirts of the wood..
To the north, despite the stormy
weather, the British over a front of
a thousand yards captured the hills.
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New Port Richey, Nov. - 6.—At a
depth of forty feet a splendid" flow of
water has been secured ir. the well
which William Stibbs &. Co( are put
ting down for the Port Richdy compa
ny as the first well in the waterworks
system. - * • <
An' enthusiastice road meeting was
held recently at the “Parke# Dell
Farm,” the pretty sjrburbhn hopfe of
Dr. and Mrs. <5. H. -Parker.' All of
the residents, in that section were
present and discussed plans for secur
ing more.and better roads. Frank
I. Grey was made chairman of a com
mittee which, will interview the coun
ty commissioners with a view to se
curing the opening of the section road
past the farms of Tony De Vries, John
G., Hofzscheiter, Frank L Grey, Chas.
Elder, L. L. Pearcy and others: Thp
road will probably be hard surfaced.
The gentlemen attending the meeting
weoe, accompanied by their wives and
after, the, business Session a tiitfe "Was
spent .socially.
Many Tatters of vital interest were
discussed at a well attended meeting
of the Roard of Trade. Committees
were appointed to prepare croquet
grounds, and tennis courts in Enchant- j
ment park and to erect > palmetto.]
shades for chess and checker tables- j
This is the' nucleus- of the New Port
Richey playground movement. Five
new . members Were received. Gerben
M-. De Vries was mqde the first hon
orary member m appreciation of his
services' since tffe organization'of the
feo&rd of trade. '•
New Port Richey is the first town
jn the state of Florida, it is believed,
to establish a cainping ground for hu-*
tojnobile tourists, Upon suggestion
of some of * the members'of the Board
of Trade, this body having supervision
of Enchantment park,-a portion of the
park adjoining the Dixie highway was
set apart for the use of auto toujists
desiring off stopping for a time iff the
pretty little town. * 4 The camp is pro
vided with water, abundance of 'shade,
r.nd a station 1 is near the
immunity clubhohse where visitors
may read or writs at pleasure. ,Large
aton.es are arranged for campfire?.
The Cootiff rjvcr is hear where fish
and oysters may be obtained and all
kinds of supplies may be secured from
stores nearby. Several parties of auto*
tourists eh joyed*, the park fast winter
and now that special facilities have
jbecD prepared for their comfort it
jis anticipated that it will b 0 a favor
ite spot during' this and other season*.
TEN CENTS A Wl.' -v NO. 254.
tra reels which have been especally
secured to make up the entertainment
and keep the crowd roaring with
laughter while the returns are being
flashed upon the screen from time to
time, as received from the telegraph
office.
As this will be the only place in the
city where the complete returns will
be given, there will, no doubt, be pres
ent as many as the theatre can seat,
about 400 people.
The price of admission will be ten
cents to everybody.
The returns will ""umence coming
in by 7:30 o’clock, so is desired that
those attending come early in order to
avoid confusion.
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in the neighborhood of the Butte ae
Warlencourt.
Keeping up their offensive in. the
Vrdun region, the French have occu
pied the entire village of Vaux -and
also the town of Damloup, which is
situated a mile to the east of Fort
Vaux.
Violent fighting continues to mark
the operations in the region south of
Gorizia, where the Italians are endea
voring to break the Austrian lines and
advance on Triest. Fresh gains have
been made by King Victor Emmanu
el’s men an the Carso plateau, south
,of; the Oppachiasella-Castagnievizza
road, and to the south of this region
they are alternately bombarding the
Austrian positions at Jamiano and
L . (Continued on page four.)
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* SOUTHERN COLLEGE
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Hallowe’en festivities have made
the work unusually pleasant for the
•young ladies and young men at South
ern college. The annual Hallowe’en
entertainment this year was held last
Tuesday night, and it was in the na
ture of an outing instead of an indoor
social function as was the case last
Q The outing came as a*partial sur
prise to the students, and it was for
this reason the more enjoyable. Early
in the evening the student body
marched to the short dock, where Hal
lowe’en games and entertainments
were in progress untii 10 o’clock, light
refreshments appropriate to the oc
casion having been served throughout
the evening. Fortune telling, bobbing
for apples, and many other appropri
ate games added to the gayety of the
occasion.
.. . Practically the entire student body
went to the outing, there,being.very
few who did not participate in the jol
. Titty of Hallowe’en. The outing served
to show again how large an enroll
meat there is at Southern college this
i ytear, as the assembling of the entire
'student body at one time served to
j emphasize.
* T. B. McLearn was a business vis
itor to Clearwater Wednesday.
The first issue of the Southern Mag
azine will be out in about 3 days. The
-November issue will be out about the
lioth of this month.
~/* There is a lot of interest in the dom
ing election. You can hear Kn >tt and
Catts talked on the campus b most
all the students. There is a lot of the
< students who can vote this time. Those
Who cannot vote here will go home
, and vote. It seems that the mjfrity
.of them are for Knott.
r Miss Ouida Knight was a vis I or to
i rCarpon Springs Tuesday. fur
President R. H. Alderman went to
j Tampa Thursday on business. !
. 81 Rev. R. H. Hodnett of Plan' City,
yms a visitor to the college this reek
. Mir. Hodnett served the college iU pas
; tor for three years.
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.|_ A citizen of Tarpon Springs nort
i ed to The Leader that he was l id up
I for $35 in a poker game the >ther
i night. He explained how he he'd cer
* tain cards and his opponent h<- 1 n
■ tain cards and asked us wh’c’ \nnci
' •should have won. We told h t> we
tj didn’t know the front side fr **he
- back side of a card and we ks t nu»
. $35 in our pocket.