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The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-05-20

days of the commencement season are
being eliminated from the calendar,
whereby economy and all desirable
features are secured. The commence
ment program was as follows:
Saturday, May IS
2:30 .. m.-Student recital.
400 p. M.-Contest between litera-
ry societies.
500 p. m.-Annual concert.
Sunday, May 10
HOO a. m.-Baccalaureate sermon
by DIR. w. F. Dunkle, st. Petersburg.
500 p. m.-Sermon to the literary
societies, Rev. R. 1. Barnett, Ocala.
Monday, May 20
IL a. m.-Graduating exercises and
address by Judge H. C. Gordon, of
Tampa.
Though the commencement exercises
have been curtailed in this very no
ticeable way, the students are enter
ing into the exercises with the same
enthusiasm as usual. The various
contests and recitals are of unusual
quality, and number of visitors from
various parts of Florida have been in
Sutherland to enjoy the commence
ment season.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-05-20
EAT CORN
bAfI SAVE @l
49, WHEAT w.
AMONG THE HEROES.

Along with the sad news that one
of our Tarpon Springs boys is among
the missing and the general belief
that he was blown to atoms in the
big explosion of the Aetna Chemical
plant on Saturday afternoon near
Pittsburgh, we feel that it is appro-
pirate to call to mind the fact that
this dangerous labor is one of the ne
cessities of the war. Our boys go into
these plants to manufacture the most
dangerous explosives with which it is
hoped to bring about a permanent
peace by blowing all the hopes of
world conquest out of the German en-
peror and his people who are fighting
desperately to enslave the world that
they may enjoy all the fruits of the
labor of their slaves.
Thousands, yes millions, are going
into the trenches to face death for the
same cause and daily and hourly they
risk their lives for US. The men who
go into the explosive plants and play
with death are just as much heroes as
the ores who go into the trenches and
they deserve all the honor which is
due a soldier who gives up his life for
his country.
We do not feel that these men should
be discouraged in their dangerous
work, but that they should be encour-
aged to accept it and do their bit. If
they are lost, though it brings untold
sorrow to their relatives and friends,
it is the fortune of war, and a certain
number are bound to be sacrificed; but
for every one who makes the supreme
sacrifice the determination on the part
Of those who are left to fight until
Germany is destroyed should be and
is strengthened.
We are paying the price of war for
liberty, and liberty is dearer than life
itself. With the dawn of each day let
us in our hearts renew the pledge to
beat the Beast of Berlin and avenge
our sacre ddead.
The Red Cross is doing it's part and
is today asking your help. Give all
you can-others are giving their lives.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-05-20
Contract Let
for Furniture
for Courthouse
PORTION OF EQUIPMENT TO BE
SUPPLIED BY CHARLESTON,
SOUTH CAROLINA FIRM

Commissioners Give Miss Smith an
Auto-Home Guard Officers Apply
to Commissioners for Recommends
ton for Appointment by Governor.
AT special meeting of the county
commissioners held for the purpose
yesterday afternoon, bids for con-
tracts to supply the furniture for the
new courthouse were opened, and the
contract for the major portion of the
furnishings was let to the firm of
Walker, Evans and Cogswell, of
Charleston, S. c., Contracts for the
remainder of the furniture will be let
on June 8.
For some time past the commission
ers have been urged by petition of cit
liens and otherwise to purchase for
the use of Miss Sarah Cotton Smith,
county probation officer, an automo-
bile; and yesterday the commissioners
decided to purchase for her use an up
to-date Ford car.
A communication asking that GER
tain officers of the county guard, cap
tains, lieutenants, etc., be recommend
ed to the governor for appointment
was received. The officers will be rec
commended and will be appointed by
the governor.
The notary bond of Mrs. Pearl Nc
Creary, of Tarpon Springs, was ap-
proved.-Clearwater Sun.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-05-20

of any kind, all farm products,
or, in fact anything saleable,
will kindly take same to Red
Cross headquarters on Tarpon
avenue. The sale will be during
the afternoon and evening, and
it is the desire of the chapter
greatly to add on this occasion
to the funds already raised to-
ward the $4,000 allotment.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-05-20
Another u. S. Ship
Sunk Over There

Washington, May 2O.-The Ameri-
can cargo carrier J. G. Mccullough
has been sunk by mine or a torpe-
do in foreign waters, the navy depart
ment was advised today. 1t was re-
ported that all hands were saved ex-
cept Engineer Daughtry.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-05-20
Sale!

On next Saturday there will
be big rummage sale for the
benefit of the Tarpon Springs
chapter Red Cross held on Pr
nellas avenue. Everybody who
has anything they can give,
either in the way of clothing,
vegetables, fruits, chickens
dead or alive), eggs, pigs. meat
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-05-20
Commencement
Exercises at
Southern College

Sutherland, Fla May 20.-Tn accord
ance with a custom that has been
adopted very generally throughout the
country in the colleges, Southern col
lege is this year shortening it's COM
nnencement season as much as posi-
bic. In this way about two or three
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-05-20
II Killed, Is In
jured by Wind

Omaha, Neb., May 20.-The tornado
at Bloomfield, Neb., Saturday night
killed twelve and injured twenty-five
persons, it was learned today when
communication I was re-established
with that town.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-05-20
As Names on To-
days Casualty List

Washington, May 2O.-The casualty
list today contained As names. Killed
in action, 7; died of wounds, /; died
of accident, 1; died Of disease, Z; Sc
verely wounded, 27; slightly wound
ed. 2.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-05-20
Work in Hay Loft

American women in France are car
rying on Y. M. c. A. work at some
points in hay lofts, no other place be-
ing available.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-05-20
~ ~
u. S. Lost Shoe
Case in Supreme
Court Today

Washington, May 20.--The United
Shoe Machinery company today won
its case in the supreme court against
the governments antitrust action.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-24

Of about twenty-five feet of garden
hose In fair condition. One end of 1t
wa introduced into the shack through
a knothole. and the other vas secured
by wire, round the faucet of a hydrant
In the stable. Thus, If members of the
order were assailed by thirst during an
important session, or I'm the III Of
an initiation. 1t would not be necessary
for them all to leave the shack. One
could go, instead, and when he had
turned on the water at the hydrant,
the members in the shack could drink
without leaving their places. IT was
discovered, also, that the section Of
hose could be used as a speaking-tube !;
and though Il did prove necessary to
explain by shouting outside the tube
what one had said into 1t, still there
was q general feeling that 1t provided
another means of secrecy and an addi-
tional safeguard against intrusion. 1t
is true that during the half hour i'm
mediately following the installation OF
this convenience, there was a little
violence among the brothers concern
Ing a question of policy. Sam, Roddy
and Verman-Verman especially
wished TO use the tube ITO talk
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-24

through and Maurice, Penrod and
Herman wished to use II ito drink
through" As q consequence OF the
success of the latter party, the shack
became too damp for habitation until
another day, and several members, as
they went home at dusk, might easily
have been mistaken for survivors or
some marine catastrophe.
Still, not every shack is equipped
with running water, and exuberance
beftted the occasion. Everybody
agreed that the afternoon had been
one of the most successful and impor-
tant in many weeks. The Order of the
In-Or-In was doing splendidly and yet
every brother felt, In his heart, that
there was one thing that could spoil 1t.
Against that fatality, all were united
TO protect themselves, the shack, the
ritual, the opera glasses, and the wa
ter-and-speaking tube. Sam spoke moi
only for himself but for the entire or
der when he declared, In speeding the
last parting guest
well, we got to stick to one thing
or we might as well quit Georgia Bias
sett better not come pokin' aroundr
mo. sir - said Penrod.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-24

brouaht down from the attic quietly
though. as he said, II wasn't any use
on earth up there" There were TWO
lame chairs from Periods attic, D
along one wall ran a low and feeble
structure intended 10 serve as Il
ar diyan. This would come In handy
Sam said, IL any of the party had TO
Law down or anything" and at a pinch
fsuch as n meeting of the associatloh)
n would serve to seat all the members
In n row
For. coincidentally with the develop
mont of the shack. the builders became
something more than partners. Later
no one could remember who nrst sug-
eested the founding of a secret order
or society, as u measure OF exclusive
ness and to keep the shack sacred 10
members only, but II was an idea ina
presently began 10 be more aDsorolhs
md satisfactory than even the shack
,tseIf The outward manifestations Oh
n might have been observed IN the III
creased solemnlty and p~reoccupatloh
of the hleiipV'' W."
few ceremonial o~bservances eXposeu
10 the public eye. As an Instance OF
these latter. Mrs. Williams happen
ing TO glance from Il rearward window,
abont four o'clock one afternoon, fouhd
her attention arrested by what seemed
10 be Il 1ag-ralsing before the doo Oh
The shack. sam and Herman n YER
man stood in attitudes of rigid atten-
ion shoulder to shoulder, while ZEN
rcd Schofeld, facing them was aP-
~narently delivering some sort Of eA-
bortatlon which he read from a SCRIP
Mo- sheet of foolseap. Concluding
this. he lifted from the ground d ions
and somewhat warped clothes,prop'
from one end of which hung u Whi.lsii
dag. or pennon, bearing IN inseripuo"
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-24
Copyright, 1917. Wheeler Syndicate. Inc -

49, SShuiNalt5 luc.)
and the effect upon him was wbat
alienated his friends. Then these alien,
ated friends We're brought (by odIous
comparisons on the part of grown peo.
ple) TO Il condition of mind wherein
they suffered dumb annoyance. like .
low fever, whenever they heard
oeorgie's name mentioned, while asso.
eiatlon with his actual person became
every day more and more irritating
And yet, having laid this fuse and hay.
ing kept 1t constantly glowing. the
grown people expected nothing 70 han.
pen to George.
me catastrophe befell as a conse.
qnence OF Sam Williams deciding "a
nave a shack In his backyard. sam
had somehow obtained Il vasty piano
box and a quantity of lumber. and
summoning Penrod Schofeld and the
eolored brethren, Herman and yerman.
he expounded to them his building
plans and offered them shares and
benefits In the institution he purposed
to found. Acceptance was enthusiastic
stralghtway the assembly became a
union OF carpenters all of one mind,
and ten days saw the shack not com
pleted but comprehensive. Anybody
could tell, by that time, that II was
intended for a shack.
There was a door on leather hinges
1t dropped, perhaps. but 1t was n door.
There was a window-not a glass one,
but. at least, II could be Cooked out
Of" as Sam said. There was a chin.
ney made of stoyepipe. though that was
merely decorative, because the cooking
was done out of doors in an under.
ground furnace" which the boys ex-
cayated. There were pictures pasted
on the interior walls, and. hanging from
q nall, there was a crayon portrait of
Sans grandfather, which he had
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-24

parental comment during moments OF
strained patience In many homes. 30
NAT altogether the most remarkable
fact to be stated Of George Bassett is
mat he escaped the consequences as
long as he did.
strange as II may seem, no actual
violence was done him except upon the
incidental occasion Of a tar fight, into
which he was drawn by an obvious &C.
cehtricity on the part of destiny. Nat
uraliy, he was not popular with his
comrades; In all games he was pushed
aside and disregarded. being inyarin-
oily the tail-ender In every pnstime In
which leaders "chose sides :" his coun-
sels were sighted as worse than
welghtless, and all his opinions instant
" hooted. Still, considering the cir
eumstances fairly and th~oughtfully, II
Is difficult to deny that his boy com
.panions showed credltable moderation
IN Their treatment of him. That Is, they
were moderate up to n certain date,
ana even then they did not directly at
ack hlm-there was nothing cold
oiooded about II at all. The thing was
forced upon them, and, though they all
.eit pleased and uplifted-while IL was
happening-they did not understand
precisely why, Nothing could more
elearly prove their innocence of heart
'nah ibis very ignorance, and yet none
VI The grown people who later felt
themselves concerned in the matter
was able to look AZ Il IN that light.
nov, here Was n characteristic working
OF those REACTIONS which produce what
IS sometimes called the injustice OF
NE because the grown people were
responsible for the whole affair, and
Were really The guilty parties. 1t was
IRON grown people that Gergie Bnssett
aearned that he was n boy set apart,
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-24

George Bassett was n boy set apart.
A., only that George knew that he
- a boy set apart. He would think
- II far ten or twenty minutes at a
.l..o and he could not look at himself
mirror and remain wholly without
-..,,ion Whit that emotion was, he
..,oold have been unable 10 put into
lord. hut II helped him to understand
~, there was n certain noble some
,hIng about him which other boys did
not possess. A..
=. discover that George was a boy set
.nort In fact, George did not know
~ until one day, when he happened TO
avorhoer his mother telling his aunts
shont n. True, he had always under
.,ood hat he wa the best boy In town
md he intended to be n minister when
he grew up. but he Ind never before
romnrehended the full extent of his
s%apctIty, and, from that fraught mo
ment onward, he had an almost the
IA4lI
s,rlcal sense of his set-apartness.
penrod Sehoheld and Sam Williams
and the other boys Of the neighborhood
all were conscious that there was
something different and spiritual about
Georgle. and. though this conscious
ness Of theirs may have been "a little OBJ
azure. II was none the less actual. That
Is to say. they knew that George Bias
sett was n boy set apart. but they did
not know TINT they knew II. Georges
Afr and manner AZ all times demon
strsted to them that the thing was
30. and, moreover, their mothers alb
sorbed appreciation of Georges won
darfulness from the very fount Of It,
for Mrs. Bassett's conversation was of
little else. Thus, the radiance of his
character became the topic of enyious
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-24

ITO keep the secrets" Roddy re-
peated.
"Io keep the secrets in infadelaty
and violate and sanctuary"
"What?" Roddy naturally inquired.
Whack
"owi" cried Roddy. THAT'S no
fair -
You got to say just what | say"
Penfod was heard informing him.
That's the ritual, and anyway, even
II You do get 1t right. Verman's got To
hit YOU every now and then, because
that's part of the ritual. too. Now go
on and say II. Il solemnly swear to
keep the secrets in infadelaty and vio-
late and sanctuary"
II solemnly swear"-Roddy began.
But Maurice Levy was tired of being
no party to such fascinating proceed
ings, and he began TO hammer upon
the door.
SAN Sam Williams - he shouted.
"Lemme In there, / know lots ,fhout
'nishiatin'. Lemme in -
The door was flung open, revealing
Roddy Bits blindfolded and bound,
lying face down upon the floor of the
shack but Maurice had only q fugitive
glimpse of this pathetic figure before
he. too, was recumbent. Four boys
flung themselves Indignantly upon him
and bore him to earth.
"Hit" he squealed. What you doin',
Haven't you got any sense2"
And. from within the shack, Roddy
added his own protest.
Let me up, can't you?" he cried. II
got to see what's goin' on out there,
haven't l? I guess I'm not goin' to lay
here all day What you think I'm
made off"
"You hush up :" Penrod commanded.
This Is a nice biznuss ~ he continued,
deeply aggrieyed. What kind Of a
'nishlation do you expect this is, any
how7'
well, here's Maurice Levy zone and
seen part of the secrets. said Sam, In
a voice of equal plaintiveness. Eyes;
and | bet he was listenln' out here.
too %
"Lemme up - begged Maurice, half
stiled. Il didn't do any harm to your
old secrets. did II Anyways. I Just as
soon be Insulated myself. / amt
afraid. SO if you 'nishiate me. what
difference will II make If l did hear a
lIttlefn
Struck with this idea, which seemed
reasonable, Penrod obtained silence
from every one except Roddy. and 1t
was decided to allow Maurice to rise
and retire To the front yard. The
brother members then withdrew with
in the shack. elected Maurice to the
fellowship. and completed the initiation
of Mr.. Bits. After that. Maurice was
summoned and underwent the ordeal
with fortitude. though the newest
brother-still tingling with his X
periences-helped TO make certain
parts of the ritual unprecedentedly Sc
we're.
Once endowed with full membership,
Maurice and Roddy accepted the OBJ
legations and privileges of the order
with enthusiasm. Both interested
themselves Immediately in improve
ments for the shack, and made excur-
sions TO their homes to obtain mate
rails. Roddy returned with a pair of
lensless mother-of-pearl opera glasses,
II contribution which led to the erea-
ton of a new Office, called the war
ner." 1t VAS his duty to climb upon
the back fence one every fifteen min
utes and search the horizon for in
truders or anybody that hasn't got any
biznuss around here This post proved
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-24

so popular, at first, that it was found
necessary to provide for rotation In Of
fee, and to shorten the interval from
fifteen minutes to an indefinite but
much briefer period, determined prin-
cipally by argument between the in
cumbent and his successor.
And Maurice Levy contributed a de-
vice so pleasant and so necessary to
the prevention of interruption during
meetings, that Penrod and Sam Won
dered why they had not thought of 1t
themselves long before. 1t consisted
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-12-13
After Forty
The Breakdown

The period of life from the age Of
nrtv. when man or woman should be
r the most perfect physical and men
al condition, to the age of fifty or
eter is marked by many wrecks due
% careles sness. At this time of life
general breakdown" or, as some
asv-going souls prefer to call it,
nervous exhaustion" too frequently
rtersenes upon a career ant upsets
ne best laid plans Of men and wo-
pen Why?
The most widespread disease In
iruerica today IS not tuberculosis. not
,neumonia. not typhoid fever, not
.ancer. not malaria, but cardio-vas-
mar degereration-heart and artery
Wearing out The various ways in
which this exceedingly common de-
rpneration manifests harden
NJ Of the arteries. high blood press
are. heart muscle failure (slow in
adious heart failurel, nephritfs
Bright's disease) and apoplexy
stroke Of paralysis, cerebral hemor-
hage)-render it difficult for health
authorities to cope with it, since the
yerage victim prefers to ignore the
arrer evidences altogether. Or, what
S perhaps worse assumes that the
disturbance Of health is merely func-
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-12-13

Off for months and years the visit to
good doctor and the thorough gen
eral examination which is so neces-
sary to detect the earliest or inciai-
ent signs of approaching breakdown
before the breakdown arrives. There
is no real difference between ''func-
tional" and organic" disease Dis
ease is nothing but disturbance Of
function. To call it merely func-
tional' is to bubble with facts.
Every organic disease is functional,
OF course, and if the disease cannot
be recognized definitely at the begin
nation or observation Of the patient
has been made, or because the dag
nostic methods at present employed
are not sufficiently delicate to enable
the doctor to reach a positive dag
nOsiS
It is impossible to picture in q.
, brief space the multitude Of more or
less trifilng symptoms which suggest
cardiO-yas cular disease. And no che
or several of the symptoms in them
! selves would warrant the conclusion
that the patient has cardio-vascular
: degeneration. The diagnosis FAUST be
made by careful examination OF arte-
ries and heart, blood pressure, urine
chemical and miscros copicaI exami-
nation). That means, consult a good
physician. But here are some of the
symptoms which at least should warn
| the individual that it is time to be
overnauled: Breathlessness on mod
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-12-13
STEADIER HOG MARKETS PLANNED
Hog Producers and Packers Confer With Repre-
sentatves of the Food Administration and
Agricultural Department and Adopt -
New Plan of Regulations
New Plan of Regulations

with
ton
convened in Washington
Agricultural
consider
The conference timeme
Of the
foreign pork purchases
The conclusions the follows
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-12-13

Aonal'' and hence appropriately treat
I'd by any old nostrum which pur-
PORTS to be good for the stomach, the
Aver. the kidneys, the nerves, the
Hood Or whatever the victim assumes
at faHit
1ans placed undue emphasis on a GER
Pin distinction OF so-called s'func-
1nnal' ailments from organic all
pen4s. and this artificial and sense
sss distinction has led many victim
4 csr3io-vascaler dagsn Grafton to put
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-12-13

crate exertion Sieeplessness. I'm
'wonted headaches Accumulation of
superfllous weight Digestive upsets
or dyspepsia to which YOU have not
previously been subject. Nervous
ness developing in one not herCsa2sore
nervous. Aremia Unexplained IA
tigue Or run down condition" OF
course such symptoms are as likely
due to other causes. but if you have
them. Your CID machine probably
needs an ove1fa!lling by an expert
repair naan-the doctor
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-12-13

SHORT ON THE COMEBACK
Examination
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-04-10
NEW PASTOR ARRIVES.
Rev., {. II. Squires and Family Now
Occupying PresDyterin nMnnsc.

Rev. G. II. Squires. who has come
to accept the pastorate of the First
Presbyterian church succeeding Rev.
&. i. Rankin, resigned. conducted his
first services in the church Sunday
morning, being heard by large and
apDreciative audience. Sunday even
ing all of the other churches of the
city were closed so as to allow the
various congregations to welcome the
new minister by attending tho even
Ing service. Rev. Squircs was again
heard by u large congregation which
was visibly affected by his words. Pre-
rcding the evening discourse, Rev. S.
II. TcmDlcman, pastor OF the Bap-
tist church, and Rev. J. NJ. Stcadman,
pastor of the Methodist church, en-
tended TO the new minister Il cordial
welcome on the part Of the other
churches Of the city
Rev. and Mrs. Squircs and children
Hrc now occupying the Mansc, which
vas ovcrhauicd before their arrival.
hey will be cordially welcomed in
10 the religious as we'll as social and
educational life of the city.