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The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-03-07

DIR. Earl Douglass Holtz, noted or
ator and lecturer, of Pittsburgh, Pa,
will deliver his popular lecture, Grip,
Grit and Gumption," at Trinity M. E.
church Saturday, March 9, at 7:30 p.
m. There will be no admission fee,
but an offering will be taken at the
close of the lecture. DR.. Holtz will be
in Tarpon Springs week, and this
will be the first of number of very
and instructive lectures.
After this first lecture Saturday night,
DR. .Holtz will give series of lectures
on travels through the Holy Land,
which will be very interesting, espe-
cially to all Bible students. By edu-
cation, training and travel through
the countries of the old world, includ-
ing nearly every country of Bible
lands, DIR. Holtz is especially well
equipped to conduct this series Of
trayelogueS.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-03-07
Dope Diggers At
tempt to Rob the
Old Reliable Drug
MIR. LITTLE THWARTS ATTEMPT
TO STEAL DOPE FROM HIS
STORE THIS MORNING

The following story was told The
Leader this morning by w. E. Little,
at whose drug store the incident &C.
Cured:
A tall, angular man and short
woman, both sallow of complexion,
went into the store to trade. The man
wanted to buy a hair brush, so DIR.
Graham took out various brushes to
show him, and it seemed to be quite
a job to make choice. The woman
engaged Mr.. Little with showing her
all sorts of rouges, powder, etc., ex-
patiating at length upon the subject.
In the meantime, while this couple
were taking their time, second man,
rather shorter and heavier set than
the first, entered and bought a corn
plaster. DR.. Graham and Mr.. Little
had already suspected something, so
when this second man asked if he
might go into the back of the store
and put the plaster on his corn, Mr..
Little was on the alert. After a min
ute or so Mr.. Little suddenly appear
ed in the back and caught the man
fumbling in one of the medicine clos
cts where dope is kept. When discov-
cred in his attempt at theft he merely
'jerked his hand away and resumed his
seat. Mr.. Little told him he'd better
be mighty careful what he tried to pull
off in that store, and the three, who
are in league, evidently travelling
around stealing dope, left the store.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-03-07
Distinguished Lecturer to Speak
in Tarpon Springs Next Saturday

DIR. Holtz is one of the strong men
of the American lyceum world. Hum
dreds of delighted audiences through
out various states testify to his great
worth, to his intellectually and to his
eloquence. Combining, as he does,
ripe scholarship, large experience,
close association with men and af-
fairs, he is splendidly equipped for the
great work of the popular teacher and
lecturer. He knows what it is to live,
to realize noble purposes, and there
fore he comes to the people with a
message Of love, of hope, of courage,
and of inspiration.
DR.. Holtz has seen much of the
world and its people. He has Travelled
in each of the four continents of the
globe. He is a keen observer and is
full of the things he has seen and
heard. A man of spotless character,
with burning message pleasingly
/ delivered with just enough han1or to
enliven and attract.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-03-07

Philippines, had won the venison as
the five hundred prize.
Mr.. Schwamb then stepped forward
and announced that he was going to
auction or the block of ice containing
the second piece of venison, and other
small pieces of ice to which were at
tachcd lunches of quail. AS every
one seems to feel sure we are in for a
hot summer, the price of ice took a
jump, and Mr.. G. A. Louden opened
the bidding, to be promptly raised.
Higher and higher went the thermom-
eter as the enthusiasm increased I'M
til it reached the $500 mark. The la
dies were good sports and joined in,
in fact took the lead, in the bidding
for this precious ice. The quail, veni-
son, end turkey, OF course, were given
away with the ice.
Mrs. Windham, VINO won the turkey,
asked that it be auctioned, and Mrs.
E. G. T'avidge bid it in for ST, and
promptly declared it was too much
ice for 81 and should be re-auctioned,
when Mrs. Andrews got it for S55.
Mrs. Davidge made her check for
$40 instead of 81 which she bid.
The spirit of giving permeated the
very atmosphere and was still in evi-
dence this morning, when the contri-
buttons continued.
M. A. P. Beckett said his family
was not so large since he left the Phil
ippines, and too much ice was wilful
waste, asked that his prize be put up,
whereupon Mrs. Mathewson got it for
ST.. She offered to resell it and Mr..
HARRISON fell heir to it for $12.
These enthusiasts seemed to have a
liking for the smaller pieces of ice
to which the quail ,vere attached, and
when Mr.. Schwamb held up about a
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-03-07
Tarpon Springs and
the Tourists
How to Make Them Happy
and Get Them Back
Year After Year

| A tourist is person travelling for
pleasure. Naturally, he spends money.
Therefore, if he comes in sufficient
numbers, he is a commercial asset.
The tourist, therefore, becomes bus
mess proposition, and the tourist bus
mess in this country has been develop
ed along the lines of other businesses.
| Tourists, like other birds of passage,
are on the wing at all times and sea-
sons.
In selling tourist certain locality
you must, as in selling any other mer-
chandise, deliver the goods. There is
honest merchandising for tourists as
for anything else. Climatic conditions
must be favorable, and must at least
approximate their representations;
the local conditions must be attract
i've; hotels must give the moneys
worth; the sports and amusements ne
cessary for the entertainment of the
tourist must be there.
! This is, the stOck-in-trade which
must be sold to the tourist, and it must
come up to standard, or at least up to
the expectation created in the tourist
by advertising.
Given the stock in-trade that has
real value, community can easily sell
/
itself to the tourist. There is no hocus-
pocus, or mystery, about the matter.
1t is a plain business proposition-as
much SO as selling hardware or groce-
ries-and the primary method is AID
VERTISING, which, however, must be
backed by personal craftsmanship.
1t is more satisfactory to enforce
general principles by specific cases.
San Antonio, Texas, has been def
nitely and almost consecutively build
ing tourist business during the
past ten years. During eight of these
years it has been my duty to super
intend, and to a certain extent man.
age, this municipal effort.
Perhaps shall best illustrate this
subject by outlining the methods of
the San Antonio campaign-not
thereby asserting that these methods
are the best possible, but they have
been successful and have produced re-
suits, and may therefore be proftably
studied.
San Antonio has this stock-in
trade: A wonderful winter climate
in reality the climate is as good or
better in summer than it is in win
ter, but as despair of convincing a
Northern audience of this fact
will stick to my text.
The climate has a preponderance of
bright, sunny, bracing days, and is,
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-03-07

The Tarpon Inn was the most inter-
esting place last evening. The guests
arriving to participate in bridge and
five hundred were first permitted to
view the prizes which were three two.
hundred pound blocks of ice standing
in a row before the fireplace in the
lobby. This looked refreshing and
when you were told that one of these
cakes contained a wild turkey while
the other two contained each fifteen
pounds of venison, you began to have
a longing for the game. To increase
this longing you were shown a box
which sat upon one of the ice cakes
and contained quail. All this game
had been bagged by Mr.. Fred W.
Schwamb who had conceived the idea
of using them to raise funds for the
Tarpon Springs chapter Red Cross.
which has an appetite for money like
pelican has for fish--in fact, it is
never satisfied, for the calls for more
and more comforts for the wounded
soldiers continue coming in and the
ladies here are trying to make up for
all the deficiencies of those who have
failed to do their bit. Box after box
has gone forward and brought COM
fort to many brave men who stand be-
tween us and the murderous Hun.
From the sale of tickets S71.50 was
raised, and as the tickets were only
SO cents each that would make 143
guests. The bridge and FIVE hundred
tables presented a brilliant appear
ance and when the game was called it
was announced that Mrs. Wyndham
had won the turkey as the bridge prize
while Mr.. A. F, Beckett, who recently
escaped from the head hunters in the
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-03-07

Germans to reach consolidated lines
between hamburg and Gdoff. 1t is re
ported that Pctrograd banks have re-
opened, property restored to landlords
and other conditions approaching the
old regime revived in the towns occu.
pied by the Germans.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-03-07
LA1Es1AssOC|ATED PRESS DISPATCHES
GERMANS In RUSSIA REOPEN
THE BANKS

London, March THE German adj
vance into Russia was stopped early
Tuesday, according to Exchange Tel
egraph dispatches dated Wednesday,
but was resumed during the night on
several sectors in order to allow the
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-03-07
RED CROSS BRIDGE PARTY AT TARPON INN NETS
$3.50 90 FRED W SCEiWAMB ORIGINATED THE IDEA,
FURNISHED PRIZES AND ACTED AS AUCTIONEER

Bidding Spirited
Andrews
Bidders
VIRGINS CONTRIBUTED
make tn amounteve Was o Hear Them
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-03-07

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according to the scientific statistics of
the men of medicine, favorable to hu-
man life. This fact was spread by
word of mouth and drew people to
San Antonio in the winter time.
| Once there, they found interesting
old buildings, the chief being the his
toric Alamo, where 1873 Texans died
! for liberty in 1895. Then there were
the old Missions; the queer, winding
Spanish streets; numerous parks and
plazas; a little meandering river that
brings touch of the pastoral into
the heart of the city; a cosmopolitan
population-senoritas in mantillas,
cowboys in "chaps," soldiers by the
thousand, with all the pomp and cere-
mony of mimic war, from aeroplanes
that circle the blue above to raucous
trains of army trucks loaded with am
munition and GRUB" for the soldiers
on the border.
The tourists came and crowded the
hotels that had ten years ago past the
point of comfort.
Then they began to GO away, and
a simple sum in subtraction convinced
the business men of San Antonio that
they were not getting the tourist bus
mess that they were entitled to.
They advertised.
They got 9 new tourist business,
and quickly lost it as they lost, the
old. Then certain unpopular prophets
rose up and spoke some truths, to wit:
"You fellows expect to get the
Lord to do it all, whereas the law
is that He helps those who help
themselves. Your hotels are made
quate and not up to the standard.
Your streets are badly paved and
dusy; your sidewalks are insufficient
and rough. You have no amusements
to offer your guests except glimpses
into the historic past, which are not
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-03-07
ANOTHER GERMAN RAID FAILS

parties which attempted to reach ou'
lines southeast of Bots Grenier, cas-
of Poelcapelle, were equally unsus
cessful. Enemy artillery has been act
i've in the Scarpe valley west of Len
and east of Ypres.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-03-07

Mrs. HI. H. Woodrough
Mrs. David Fleming
Mrs. w. H. Staley
Mrs. j. M. Wiglesworth
Mrs. George P. WEIGH
Mrs. Guy c. Bayley
Mrs. G. w. Hemn1inger
Mrs. j. w. Osterhout
Mrs. E. M. Culver
Mrs. Malcolm Gum
Mrs. L. NJ. Russell
Mrs. L. S. Fernald
Mrs. Bailey
Mrs. E. N Knapp
Mrs. Blendinger $500
Mrs. Barbara Hibbing .t'
Miss Mary Gibson y
Mrs. A. P. Beckett 6
Miss Mona Bates
Miss Matte Fernald
Miss Minnie Clark ~
Mr.. Merritt Clark !; !
Captain M. E. Gregg 7 4
Mrs. M. E. Gregg = I
Miss Ruth Davis
Mr.. ]. w. Osterhout
Mrs. H. Bige,ow
Mr.. Hayes Bigelow
Mr.. L. S. Fernald 4
Mrs. T.. Lansing Snyder ! "
Mrs. S. S. Ballard T'2'f
Mrs. w. Welge y
Mr.. H. P. Worden ~
= Mrs. H. P. Worden "
Mr.. and Mrs w. F. Chidester
Mrs. NJ. H. Alworth i
Mrs. Marshall w. Alworth
Mrs. f. G. Davidge ~
Mrs. Russell Virgins
Mrs. E. E. Hoadley
Mrs. Ernest Meres
Mrs. A. P. Meres
Mr.. E. E. Hoadley
Mrs. l. j. Belcher
DR.. I. ]. Belcher
Mrs. G.. A. Louden
Mr.. A. P. Beckett 's''
Miss Marie Summons
Mr.. J. M. Wiglesworth
Mr.'Hal Craig
Mr.. T. B. Gibson
Miss Caroline WEIGH
Mrs. V. A. Andrews
Miss J. B. Young
Mrs. E. NJ. Window
! Senator E. B. Hawkins
Mrs. C. P. Mathewson
Mrs. w. G. Norman
Mrs. w. j. Burts.
Other guests, not players:
Mr.. and Mrs. Harbinger
Mrs. F. Schwamb
Mrs. Read Kelley
Mrs Alice Woodrough Chapman
Mr.. and Mrs. Lucian L. Lucas.
The hunting season is over but tbs
ed Cross season is in full swing
Tho VIII think up and carry out some
n'que proposition that will raise
lore money for this cause than haC
II. Mr. Schwamb Were listening
ont all speak at once.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-03-07

London, March IA raid attempt
ed by the enemy last night east of
Epehy under cover of heavy bar
rage was completely repulsed, the war
office reports. Other hostile raiding
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-03-07
FIGHT ON ITALIAN LINE RESUMED

Rome WednesdayThe Italian and the Office today which
Italian
have again taken reciprocal actvi- ships
to a made
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-03-07

dozen birds, Mr.. Louden made another
bid which was raised and raised and
raised. Finally Senator Hawkins said
fifty" and Mr.. HARRISON said "sev-
enty-fve," but this morning he
handed in his check for 500 saying
the quail (or the ice) was well worth
it. Of course Mr.. HARRISON is
quite fond of quail and venison- and
of the Red Cross cause for which we
have been told he and his wife have
lone great deal in their home city.
Turkey feathers make dandy busters
and everyone, seemed to want those
sticking through one of the Ice cakes.
The bidding was spirited and finally
Mrs. Andrews took them for $55.
Senator Hawkins evidently was
quail hungry, for failing to get the
first lot, he bid in the second for $50.
Miss WEIGH took some quail on
toast (no, ice) for $40.
Mrs. Wiglesworth secured another
lot for the same amount-$10.
Mr.. Schwamb bid in a bunch for
Mother" as he said, for $40.
Taken all together, the evening was
one which will never be forgotten. The
guests gave three rousing cheers for
Mr.. Schwamb as an express OF
heir appreciation of his services to
he cause which is near the heart of
every true American-the Red Cross.
The following is list of the play
erS:
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-03-07

interesting when you are hungry and
have no decent place to sleep"
approximately $4,000 a year is ex--
pended. We have tried, by careful
study of the tourist business, to fnd
where our tourists come from and to
advertise for more tourists in those
communities, with a reasonable pro-
portion of the funds to advertise for
new business in new communities.
Newspaper Ads Greatest Aids
We tried advertising in the nation
al magazines. 1t paid, but it did not
pay as well as advertising in She lead
ing newspapers in the. definite local
tiles from which our tourist trade is
nturally drawn; and the reason is that
only portion of the business gener-
ated by the national magazine adver-
Using were able to follow up with per-
sonal craftsmanship.
That was because the travelling
passenger agents n the territory
served by the railroads centering in
San Antonio followed each prospect
that we sent them with personal So
licitation.
The railroads giving US this service
Then followed a reformation.
Two new million-dollar hotels were
built, and other followed quickly.
Ten million dollars were voted in
bonds to build the streets, put in
storm sewers, and to improve the
country roads.
The dust nuisance was banished.
Golf courses were built, one of
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The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-03-07

At the beautiful ]. C. Beekman
home on the bayou, Mrs. Beekman en-
tertained at luncheon this noon Mrs.
Edgar Lewis, state president of the
Florida Federation of Women's Clubs,
who is to deliver her address on "Con-
servation" this afternoon at the Red
Cross rooms; Miss Elizabeth Skinner,
president of the Pinellas county fed
Grafton, and the officers Of the Civic
club and the Cycadia Cemetery asso-
clifton of Tarpon Springs. Mrs. Lewis
was the guest of honor.
The following ladies were present:
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-03-07

Any one having scraps Of cotton or
silk materials are requested to bring
or send same to the Red Cross rooms
to be used in making comfort pillows.
Mrs. G. E. Fulton, Chairman Linen
and Pillow Department. If.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-03-07
MRS. BEEKMAN ENTERTAINS

Mrs. Edgar Lewis, Fort PIERCE; Miss
Elizabeth Skinner, Dunedin; DIR. Grace
Whitford, Ozona, chairman of state
health committee; Mrs. J. S. Davis,
president Civic club; Mrs. George A.
Jameson, secretary Civic club; Mrs.
Ed O'cramer, treasurer Civic club;
Mrs. S. B. Parker, chairman executive
committee Civic club; Mrs. G. E. Mob
lit, president Cycadia Cemetery asso-
citation, and Mrs. Harriet Baker Rob-
inson. The hostess, Mrs. Beekman, is
secretary and treasurer of the Cyca-
dia Cemetery association.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-03-07
FIRST IN THE LOCAL FIELD

All the local, county, and state
news-that is news-while it is
news. Boosting Tarpon Springs.
Wide-awake, Truthful, Unafraid
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-03-07

one hundred miles away. There is
evidence on all sides of the removal
of war supplies.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-03-07
PETROGRAD QUIET AND ORDERLY

Petrograd, Tuesday.-Petrograd is
quiet and orderly today, regardless of
the presence of German troops only
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-03-07

Washington, March THE pur-
chase of more than $4,000 acres of
land in the White mountains of the
The Topeka state journal., 1918-07-15

church, Walnut Grove Methodist
church, Central Park Christian church.
First Christian church, First Baptist
church, First Methodist church. Unita
rian Church, and an Indianola organ
ization, Buds of Promise
The home is managed by a board of
directors of twenty-six members. Of
ficerS are:
Mrs. S. L. Wilson, president: Mrs.
H. w. Foster, vice president; Mrs. ].
P. Kaster, recording secretary; Mrs.
F. A. Koester, financial secretary;
Mrs. r. T. DeArmond. corresponding
secretary; Rev. ]. P. Hicks, treasurer;
the Rev. C. E. Rash, chairman of
rescue committee; Mrs. Virginia Whit
aker, chairman purchasing committee;
A. T. Daniels, chairman financial COM
mittee; Mrs. NJ. Signor. Miss Martha
Bennett, the Rev. L. H Holt, the Rev.
B. H. Hobbs. devotional committee;
Dr. L. B. Bushong, head physician,
and Mrs NJ. J. Zacharias, superfnten-
dent
The Topeka state journal., 1918-07-15
BUILDING FINE ROADS
Iowa Sets Record Which Kansas Could
Well Follow.

The people of Iowa started two
years ago on a statewide campaign
of building 365-day roads. That state
was in the same class with Kansas,
in having very few miles of hard sur
faced roads The Iowa state highway
commission and the people are CO.
operating and planning to give the
state d fine system of roads as soon as
conditions will permit
During the first half of 1918 there
were built 406 miles of gravel road
and the program at present is 20
build 1000 miles more during the next
twelve months. In many counties
good road building gravel is found and
the roads can be built at small cost.
Twenty-one counties bought gravel
pits during 1917 and are now building
or planning to build gravel roads ex-
tensively. The people in that state
are not waiting for the war to end
before building this cheap, time and
money saving roads.
j. Frank Smith, manager of the
Kansas Goods Roads association, says
southeastern Kansas has as fine road
building gravel as can be found any
where and the people of that section
are planning to build many miles of
good roads in the very near future
Wilson county has completed ten
miles this year and expects to build
twenty-five miles during the next
twelve months. Montgomery, Neosho.
Labette, Woodson, Coffey and other
counties are getting ready to start
building gravel roads. Good crops
and a growing need for the roads are
bringing the changed conditions.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-07-15
Germany May Not Be Allowed
in "Priority Board"
International Body To Distrib-
ute After-War Materials.
BOYCOTT MAY Be THE CLUB
III Kaiser sBreaks Over" Then
He Must Suffer Trade.
Belgium, Serbia, France and
Italy First ON List.

Washington, July 15.-An inter-
national priority board. to control the
distribution of raw materials after the
war, probably will be sanctioned by
the allies.
Whether Germany shall be per-
mitted to enter this and other inter-
national agencies already formed or
contemplated, depends entirely upon
what is the outcome of the war. Until
the Teutons change their present tac-
tics of enforcing economic burdens
upon nationalities coming under their
domination and until her policies of
deceit and intrigue are abandoned.
Germany cannot be admitted to the
civilized union, officials declare
The purpose of this prioritieS board
as openly sanctioned by British Minis
ter of Blockade Lord Robert Cecil-is
to combine the resources of.all civil
ized nations to the end that suffering
nations may be assisted in the work of
reconstruction and restored to pros
perity.
Under the plan Belgium, Serbia,
northern France. Italy and others
would receive priority in supplies of
new materials for upbuilding.
Ready for Boycott.
1t is a development of the square
deal after the war trade policy" which
this government is known to favor. in
the wake of allied victory. The United
States tariff commission and other
agencies have been working for
months investigating trade treaties and
secret agreements of all nations. Def
mite policies have been formulated
and reviewed by President Wilson to
meet any exigency. If Germany threat
ems to break over again" after peace
comes, the machinery for a boycott is
ready to be set in action.
America is in a position to play a
great part in the proposed internation-
al economic directorate. Already lead
ing officials and financiers are advo-
eating great raw materials reserve
in this country so that America may
have the foundation to support her
after-the-war trade policy.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-07-15
OUR BIG BUSINESS
Topeka Is the Home OF 175 Whole
sale Firms Employing 1000 Persons.

The industrial survey of Topeka
compiled by the Chamber of Com
merce shows that the city is the home
of one hundred and seyenty-five
wholesale firms handling almost every
conceivable variety of goods which go
to make up the sum total of the needs
of mankind The survey indicates that
the IT'S wholesale houses employ a to-
tai of about 1900 persons. The
wholesale businesses of Topeka point to
the entire West as their territory, and
some of the firms even include GER
tain of the eastern states as part of
their sales region.
The survey shows that from three
to five carloads of perishable fruits
and vegetables are received in Topeka
every day and the supplies distributed
to the various retail firms in a 100
mile radius of the city. The annual
egg packing of the capital city mounts
to the total of 200 cases per an
mum, mostly shipped to the eastern
states. Six million pounds of butter
is the annual output of the Topeka
creamery and butter institutions, and
it is said that there is hardly a city in
the whole United States where Topeka
made bdtter is not one of the staple
articles of food.
Among the other articles prominent
in the list of the Topeka wholesalers
are foodstuffs, castings, machine shop
and foundry products, sand, drugs and
medical supplies and appliances, brick
and building materials. school furni-
ture, cigars, candy, eggs and poultry,
meats. road machinery and auto