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The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-03-05

Mr.. F. w. Schwamb, who is quite a
hunter and, as a very charming lady
told us yesterday, "a fine fellow who
is always trying to think up some
thing nice for some one," called at The
Leader office this morning and told us
he had fine wild turkey frozen solid
in a block of ice, also quarter of
venison, ditto, which he was going to
give as prizes at the bridge and five
hundred party which takes place at
the Tarpon Inn on Wednesday evening
from 8 to G:15.
Everyone in our city is urged to be
present at this party. Tickets will be
only fifty cents and che entire pro-
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-03-05
A GREAT ACHIEVEMENT
In ART OF SEIIPAUILDING

Philadelphia, March 5.LMore than
onezthird of the war vessels and mer-
chant ships called for by the program
of the United States government are
building in shipyards along the Della
ware river, according to figures which
have just been made public with the
permission of the Emergency Fleet
corporation. The tonnage contracted
for, according to government officials,
has transformed the Delaware valley
into the greatest shipbuilding center
in the world.
w. b. Ferguson, representative OF
the Emergency Fleet corporation, es-
Inmates that an army of about $4,000
shipworkers will be required to COM
plete the 272 ships, including war YES
sells, contracted for by the eleven ship
building plants between Trenton and
Delaware City.
Work on 120 cargo-carriers at the
new government yard at Hog Island
is progressing and this plant is en-
gaging to turn out 100000 addition
al tons in 1918. More than 2,250,00O
tons will be the Delaware rivers first
quota in the fleet which Uncle Sam
relies on to help win the war.
At the new shipyard at Bristol, Pa,
forty ships are contracted for. Here
more than 5000 men are at work and
it is expected that 10000 more will be
necessary to complete the vessels on
schedule.
Ten vessels are being constructed at
another new yard at Cornwells, Pa.
The force there of 500 men will be in
creased to 1000. At a well-known
Philadelphia shipbuilding plant more
than so ships are to be turned out.
Most Of these are government craft
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-03-05
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WELL ELL NT ssss 6 sIEAR
MI|ay. shaRPLEs SPEAK

There was splendid crowd out to
hear Mrs. Jennie Sharples's address
yesterday afternoon at the M. E.
church, South, the house being filled.
The meeting was opened by Mrs.
Gammage, who gave short talk, and
Mrs. Dagger led in prayer. Mrs. F.
M. Boyd presided at the piano. Mrs.
Sharples spoke of the manner Of
dress, the card table, the dance hail.
and the cheap moving picture show as
the chief causes of immortality today.
She also spoke of the automobile in
reference to young girls, and said that
auto parties of young people should
be carefully chapcfoned. She endeav-
ored to impress her hearers with the
necessity of having our girls chaper-
oned wherever they go, a custom
which has received serious neglect.
here in the United States, and espe-,
cially in the South. Mrs. Sharples
has been working in the cantonments
all over the country, trying to bring
about higher moral code in the camp
life of the boys. The men of TarpoE
Springs are urged to be present to-
night at the Baptist church to hear
her address at 8:15 o'clock. This is a
subject which closely concerns not on
ly the whole world, nation and state,
but one which Tarpon Springs Should
be thoroughly acquainted with. We
see about us constantly the terrible
physical and spiritual results Of i'm
morality, and every man, woman. and
child should rise up in arms against it.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-03-05
Dr.. ]. E. Douglass
a Good Optimist


When fellow gets buncoed out Of
ten dollars and rejoices because it was
not more, he's real optimist that's
DR.. ]. E. Douglass.
A supposed doctor, giving his name
as ]. D. Cooper and his home port as
Quitman, Ca, was in Tarpon Springs
recently and was royalty treated by
DIR. I. ]. Belcher and DIR. Douglass,
being taken over the country and
shown the wonders of our section.
When he decided to take a trip to
Port Richey early one morning he ask
ed DR.. Douglass to cash a check for
ten on the First National bank of
Quitman, Ca, saying that DR., Belcher
would be glad to accom- Modate him but
he was not on hand. DIR. Douglass
wouldn't be outdone for courtesy, so
he accepted the check and parted with
the ten and today the check came back
Marked: "No account"
DR.. Douglass said he would have
cashed the mans check for $25 just as
readily as for ten and therefore he re-
joiceth at the saving of SIS.
DIR. Cooper was familiar with the
friends of DR.. Douglass in Quitman
and related incidents of the past
which were quite correct.
One good thing about it is that it
will lessen DR.. Douglass's income tax
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-03-05

20 16x24 paper-backed pads
SO 12x25 oakum pads
40 8x12 oakum pads.
Making a total of 1908 dressings.
Truly the Tarpon Springs Red Cross
is doing a great work for the relief
Of suffering humanity and our ladies
God bless them-deserve unstinted
praise.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-03-05
Insulting a Dog.

We saw dog yesterday that looked
like cross between a German dasch-
und and Russian wolfhound, and we
Immediately recognized it as Boil
shevik cur.-Tampa Tribune.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-03-05
GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS
IN SHIPBUILDING YARDS
Mayor.

Continued from column two.)
Labor difficulties and shortage Of
steel and other materials, it is ex-
pected, will treble the original esti-
mate of the cost of the ships contracts
ed for. Recent investigation Of the
Delaware river plants indicated that
most of the vessels being built will be
completed in schedule time.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-03-05
CAROLINA CANDIDATES

Columbia, S. c., March 5.-The an
nouncement that Senator Tillman will
not be candidate for reelection is ex-
pected momentarily and win be fol-
lowed Immediately by the announce
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-03-05

ment that Congressman A. F. Lever
will be candidate for the senate, ac-
cording to information received here
from Washington.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-03-05

ceeds will go to the Tarpon Springs
chapter Of the Red Cross and be used
to purchase more goods to work up in
to necessities for our men at the front.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-03-05
JAPANESE WILL ENTER SIBERIA

Toxic, Saturday.-The Russian sit
uation is completely absorbing the
press and public. There are frequent
meetings of the japanese cabinet to
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-03-05

discuss the entire, question apparent
ly with full realization of the seri-
Gus nature of the responsibilities in
volved.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-03-05
--LATEST ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES
JAPAN MAY PLUNGE IN ANY DAY

tied, the allies, including the United
States, having agreed on immediate
action. -, -. >, -,
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-03-05

The German invasion of Russia
took the Bolsheviki by surprise, but
it was what everybody else was look
ing for. ~
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-03-05

Fully four hundred guests are ex-
pectcd and the ladies Of the Red Cross
will superintend the details of the en-
tertlinment and receive the guests.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-03-05
AMERICANS DECORATED

With the American Army in France,
March 5.-Among the Americans dec
grated by Premier Clemenceau yester-
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-03-05

London, March 5.-The Evening
News says the question of Japanese
in Siberia has been set
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-03-05
NO UNDERSTANDING WITH JAPAN

Washington, March 5.-Discussing
reports of possible action by Japanese
in Siberia, Senator ]. Ham Lewis,
democratic whip in the senate, today
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-03-05

day was Lieutenant William Coleman
of Charleston, s. C.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-03-05

declared there was no agreement or
understanding between the United
States and Japan on this subject.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-03-05
Another Large Box Being Packed Today

20 9x9 gauze congresses I,
60 FLINDERS
rs many-tailed bandages
rs 2x2 gauze sponges
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-03-05

The second box of surgical dress
ings, which will be sent tonight, will
contain:
100 triangular bandages
1870 4-tailed head bandages
5 split irrigation pads
5 heel rings
s 5-yard rolls
10 12x12 laparatory
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-03-05

20 gauze wipes
20 folded gauze strips
40 4x4 gauze congresses
$50 4x8 gauze congresses
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-03-05
GERMANS CONTINUE ADVANCE ON
PETROGRAD

London, March 5.-Narva, 100 miles
southwest of Petrograd, has been cap
tured by the Germans. The enemy
is reported as continuing to advance
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-03-05

Who's to be Queen Of the Gypsies?
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-03-05

on Petrograd, according to Exchange
Telegraph dispatches from Petrograd
dated Monday.
IS continued on page two.l
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-03-13

Now there came morning in
Spring, and awoke, and heard the
birds. And rose and Washed my
body with Clean Water, and / cloth
ed myself in Clean Raiment, and /
looked out, and the Sun was Shining,
and the world was Beautiful. And /
sat me down to Break my Fast, and
Keturah sat over against me. And
she was in mine eyes as Lovely as
the Morning.
And lifted up my voice, and said,
Keturah, thou art Pleasant Sur
prise.
And she answered and said, Did not
my lord expect to see me here this
morning?
And / answered, For eight long
hours / forgot thee. For / went to
bed at Ten, and slept till Six; and l
forgot thee, and the Sunrise, yea and
my God also; but awoke, ara the
Sun is here, and thou and my God.
And Keturah answered and said, Is
that what thou dost call Surprise?
And / said, / will not undervalue
the good gift of God by taking them
too much for granted. Had ] awak-
ened and found thee not, nor God nor
yet the Dawn, had been Of all men
most miserable. Yea, and this think
is why Married Life groweth mono
tonous to some who there inhabit,
that each doth take the other too
much for Granted; but thou art to me
q never ending joy, SO that each day
/ thank God that find thee here, and
the sunrise and my God. And I love
them all. The morning miracle of
the rising Sun shall not grow old to
me, nor love Of God, nor thee.
And Keturah said, Safed, my lord,
I like to hear thee speak after this
fashion. Thinkest thou every man
doth speak so to his wife?
And I said, hope so.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-03-13
F A r M A NJ d
O r G H A r d


Pear Psylla Increasing in Michigan
Reports indicate that pear psylla,
an insect pest which pear trees, is on
the increase.
The trees attacked present a sorry
spectacle when this pest is not con-
trolled says, Don Il. Whelan, field en-
tymologist for M. A. G. Early in the
season badly infested trees take on
sickly appearance, looking as if they
had been scorched or subjected to a
bad case of spray burn. The leaves,
early in summer, turn brown and soon
fall and the fruit does not develop,
but drops to the ground prematurely.
The trees can not long withstand
these attacks, as they become greatly
weakened, more liable to winter-kill-
ing, and more susceptible to damage
by other pests.
In fighting this insect the first step
is to clean the orchard of trash and to
scrape the loose bark from the trees
to make them unattractive as hiber-
mating places, and to make it easier
to reach the insects with a spray.
This spray must hit them in order to
kill them. The efficiency of the con-
troll depends upon the spray used and
upon the time of application. About
the best spray that we know of now is
nicotine sulphite, using it the
strength of one pint of forty per cent.
nicotine sulphate in 100 gallons of
water, adding about five pounds of
soap to make the spray spread bet
rter. To get the best results from
this spray it must be applied when
the pyslla are exposed and when it is
cool enough so that they won't be too
lively. 1t has been advised that the
best time to spray them is on some
warm day during the winter. During
these days the adults come out and
gather on the sunny side of the
branches and twigs, but are generally
not very active.
When making the application, both
sides of the tree should be sprayed
before proceeding to the next tree, as
the insects may dodge around to the
dry side and escape. The spraying
should be done befor- the leaves come
out, otherwise it will require more
of the spray material to do the job.
If delayed too long, the young nymphs
will also have developed their wings,
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-03-13
POULTRY
CONSULTATION DEPARTMENT
To Organize Clubs of Boy and Girl
Poultry Producers

To Organize Clubs of Boy and Girl
Poultry Producers
The organization of series of
poultry clubs among the boys and
girls of the state in rural and urban
communities alike is one of the pro-
jects the Michigan Agricultural col
lege is pushing this spring to increase
the production of food, and inciden-
tally to build up focks Of pure-bred
poultry within the state. An appeal
has been issued by the club depart
ment of M. A. c. to boys and girls
in every village and town to join in
this enterprise.
"All that is necessary to secure a
beginning in this work in your COM
munity is for some individual to find
SIX or ten boys and girls who would
Ike to form a club and help Uncle
Sam-and also themselves-by rails
ing chickens" says q bulletin from
M. A. C. "Then if. this person will
send in a request from these young
and Girls Club department, East
Lansing), an organizer will be fur
n;shed who will form the boys and
girls into an official club, and will in
struct them on what they are to do
next.
GAS for the rules, they will be as
/ follows:
"First-Every member or contest
ant must be between the ages of 10
and Is years.
"Second-Each member must select
a Matching and brooding project, an
egg and meat production project, or a
combination of the two.
"Third-The members choosing the
Matching and brooding project must
set at least three settings of eggs and
rear the chicks. A large number of
settings is especially recommended
to members who can handle larger
fiocks. since this will bring about a
greater production of poultry pro-
ducers-a matter of vital Importance
at this time.
aFourth-The members selecting
the egg and meat pr duction project
must feed and care for flock of not
less than ten chickens for a period of
not less than four months. In this
case larger focks are also recon-
mended where it is convenient to
handle them.
sFifth-All members are required
to keep an accurate report of the
costs of the business, income, expen-
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-03-13

an dthe chances of hitting them with
the spray are greatly reduced.
Miscible oil has been employed with
very good results and kerosene emul-
sion has also proved itself to be a
first-rate spray, but they have not
been found as satisfactory as the
nicitine sulphate spray when used as
recommended above.
Old Seeds May Do for 1918 Gardens
Evidence that Michigan's army of
gardeners is beginning to bestir it
self for its 1918 operations is COM
ing daily into possession of the Michi-
gan Agriculture college through let
tiers inquiring about seed matters.
One of the most frequent questions
asked is these is this:
II have a considerable supply Of
seed left over from last year. Can
use these seeds this spring, or must
order fresh stock?"
A table indicating the length of
time which seeds may be safely kept
has accordingly been issued by the
department of horticulture: Gas
paragus seeds, the department says,
"can be kept two years, beans years,
beets years, cabbage 3 years, car
roJS, year, caullHOWer years,
celery years, corn l year, cucumbers
5 years, egg plant 5 years, endive 2
years, kale years, kohlrabi 3 years,
leek years, lettuce years, musk
melon 5 years, okra years, onion I
year, parsley / year, parsnip 2 years,
peas years, pepper 8 years, radishes
2 years, satisfy 2 years, squash 3
years, tomatoes years, turnips 5
years, and watermelons 5 years.
81 all gases the department recon-
mends the testing of seed for ger
minability before planting. The plate
and blotter, or the plate and canton
flannel methods are simple means by
which this can be DONE"
Gardening work among the boys
and girls clubs of the state will be
under the general direction this year
of Emil C. Volz. Mr.. Volz who re-
Gently was appointed to the position
of state gardening leader is gradu-
ate of M. A. c. and the Cornell uni
versity and is a man of several years
experience in the work he will under
take.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-03-13
Kaiser Replies to Devil, Suggests
Dual Throne Might Be Established

The Banner recently printed let
ter written by his Satanic Majesty in
reply to the Kaiser who asked the
Devil to intercede for him. We have
received the following reply from
Wilhelm:
Royal Palace, Berlin.
My Dear Lucifer-Your kindly let
ter received and it's contents noted.
Indeed my dear Satan, you fiatter me,
but / cannot help but feel that all
your praise is not misplaced.
l will tell you frankly / was a lit
tie incensed when you compare me
with Nero. To my mind, Nero was a
piker. But on second thought, /
realize that he did not possess the
many advantages do for carrying on
his devilish work. He had no guns
that would shoot twenty miles; he
had no gas bombs or flame throwers;
he had never had the opportunity to
drop bombs on schoolhouses and kill
little children; he could not send his
aviators over cities and drop poison
ed candies for the children to eat; he
did not have the advantages under
which he could sink passenger ships
and kill women and babies. Taking
all this into consideration, | think
that Nero did pretty well, consider
ing the disadvantage under which he
worked. If / had lived in those days
do not know as / oculd have i'm
proved on his methods of raising hell,
although some if it looks crude to me
now, with my refined cruelties.
thank you from the bottom Of my
heart for your gifts to me. My alb
normal ambition has made me the
most hated man on earth. 1t has
sent my soldiers through peaceful vii
lagos, bent on murder, rapine and
arson. 1t has made million widows,
and has made a million mothers child
less. 1t has produced an army of a
million men, NAMED, with out arms,
without legs and without sight. II
has bereft some of their reason and
they will go through life with their
minds a blank. 1t has robbed thou
sands of women of their virtue and
brought them down to the level of
slaves. My name is coupled with
curses in every cline.
Until now have always cursed the
loathsome disease that left me with
withered arm, but now / discern
your inscrutable wisdom. Without
that might have had human in
stincts which would interfere with
my ambitions, and might have made
me show a semblance Of pity as / saw
the result of my fendish work. With
out that twist in my moral makeup ]
might have told my generals to treat
the Belgians with consideration and
kindness. / might have told Tirpitz
to order his submarine commanders
not to sink ships without warning
and to give the passengers a chance
to save themselves.
Indeed, my dear Mephisto, / share
with you hatred of all things Eng
lish. 1t was England that stopped
my victorious soldiers at the Marine
and prevented me from conquering
the world and making all nations my
vassals. It was England that tried
to interfere with my plans by pro-
posed mediation when / had all my
plans set for world-conquest. Eng
land has taught savage people Chris
tianity and the love of their fellow
! men, while / have endeavored to in
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-03-13
CRICUL TUR


NiuSt Il ftpdIt " RdiSc OWu octuS
Gardeners, who soon will be break
should prepare this season to raise
their own seed.
The present supply of vegetable
seed is the lowest in the history of
the country. Never before has the
carry-over reserve of the seed COM
panies been so small, or the supply on
hand so limited. Also a report has
come within the last few days from
the Pacafic coast country, the main
vegetable seed section of the United
States, telling of shortage in 1918
crops of radish, spinach, onions,
beets, carrots, cabbage, turnips and
other garden crops, which have al
ready been cut in half by adverse
weather conditions. The season prom
Uses to be the worst in the vegetable
seed industry, one of CALIFORNIA;
leading seed firms informs us.
The seed shortage as a whole, how
ever, is the result of number of in
fiuences among which are an increas-
ed demand and decreased importa-
tons. Many cargoes Of seed now lie
on the bottom of the ocean.
This means that the present supply
must be wisely planted and cultivat-
ed. The gardener should make sure
of hsi next years seed supply by the
production in his own garden of such
seed crops as radishes, lettuce, spin
ach, onions, melons and even the root
crops. Present prices have increased
as much as $50 per cent over last
year in some cases. Everything pos
sible must be done to rest all the
impending vegetable seed shortage
for 1919 or many standard varieties
will not be obtainable year hence at
any price.