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The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-03-22

laws of the country have pit a ban
on his nefariOus trade. Perhaps he
goes about his work with more care.
He goes to the homes while the men
are at their work, preys on the unsus-
pecting lady of the house, shows her
how some lady somewhere else is
making lot of money from an invest
ment in oil stock in a we'll that has
no existence in fact, gets a payment
on stock, delivers a worthless piece of
paper with fictitious names attached
and HES to some other place.
The same old game with the same
old gags. The same results, always,
to the innocent purchaser. Sometimes
1T is the gullible wOrkmen who gets bit
by the smooth stranger.
We know of commendable efforts to
float stock in local concern made up
of local business men who live here,
that would be a good investment and
help to build the town. And yet they
find little support. The stranger comes
to town and is permitted to get away
with some of the good money that be-
longs here, and leaves nothing but re-
morse in its stead. we wish to sound
a note of warning to those who may
have little money to invest. Be
careful. Consult your banker or your
merchant before you take hold of
something of which you know nothing.
If a man has a good thing for you to
buy he will be in no hurry to sell. If
he is swindler he will, of course,
have pressing engagements elsewhere
and must get away soon to keep those
engagements with people who are
waiting for him. Just give that fellow
the once over, postpone the transac-
ton and see some one who can advise
you. Tell him to call again. He Will
never come back. You will have done
yourself favor and assisted the COM
munity in being rid of crook and a
thief.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-03-22
VILLAGE GOSSIP

(From the McCordsville Exhumer.)
A country jeweler would rather fix
a 98-cent alarm clock than sell a hun
dred-dollar ring.
Steve Mercer, the barber, says that
customer in the chair is worth two
waiting-and a whole shop full of
loaferS.
Aunt Amelia Yoder was 81 years old
yesterday. She can distinctly remem-
Der the wet spring of 1852, for Marsh
billiards. wagon show came through
here that year and the elephant got
loose and ct up every vegetable gar
den in the settlement. Aunt Amelia
says she owes her long life to DR..
Gums Domestic Physician and still
keeps it on the center table with the
Bible and Watts hymns.
Since this town went dry Marshal
Pusey carries a barrel stave instead
of a mace-he uses it to locate hip
pocket TASKS.
Jason Gage got fired out of the
band, He didn't play loud enough.
Old Hank MCGEE is a good provider.
He took his little boys wagon, went
around town and provided his wife
with seven washin's.
Old Job Terrell told the Whiting
club out under the hay scales shed
that he hadn't took bath in twenty
years. Jake Bentley says he's now
gone so long he ought to begin usin'
harness grease.
Hub Neff was just seen leaning up
against the Jones block down at the
corner. 1t seems that he ran away
with a circus. He wore big cowboy
hat with straps around it and his
wrists. When asked what states he
went through he said he didn't know,
for they travelled at night.
Jake Bentley. who is one of the
trustees, visited the McKees Creek
school house yesterday and heard the
first class in arithmetic recite. He
gave the head of the class in arithme-
tic a problem which was: "How many
grains of corn will it take to make a
foot of mush ?" The scholars all have
a good time when Jake comes to visit
'em but the teacher says it's hard to
keep order.
Uncle Andy Crevenson has placed
street car straps over the bar at the
Central hotel for the benefit of his
tired customers. Uncle Andy is al
ways up-to-date.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-03-22
MRS. GRACE MAY HOPE.

! One of the best beloved women of
Tarpon Springs, Mrs. Grace May
Hope, died at the residence of her only
son, Sam M;cklcr, today at a. m.
Mrs. Hope was the second child of
Captain and Mrs. S. E. Hope. She
was born in Brooksville, Florida, Mar.
IS, 1863; her father, at that time an
officer in the Confederate army, was
on duty in Virginia.
She W asmaricd to Barton Mickler
at BrooksviIle of which union there
survives one child, Sam Mickler.
The first husband died a number of
years ago and she later married j. W.
Hope. They had two children, Mrs.
L. X. Vinson and Mrs. Louis Drane.
All three of her children were with her
during her last sickness and at the
time of her passing away. She is also
survived by her father and mother,
one brother, J. j. Hope, and one sis
ter, Mrs. j. NJ. Baggett, and grand
daughter and grandson, children of
Mrs. L. K. Vinson.
Mrs. Hope was converted in early
life and united with the NJ. f. Church,
South. She was always prominent in
church work and being both capable
and willing she was worth much to
the cause. For years prior to her last
sickness she was the teacher of the
primary department in the Sunday
school of the Tarpon Springs NJ. E.
Church, South, a work that she dearly
loved. How she will be missed in the
church. However, the memory of her
good deeds will abide and will con-
tinue to bless many in the years to
come. 1t can be truthfully said of
her as it was of that noble woman of
our Lords time: "She hath done what
she could"
The sympathies of the entire com
munity are with the loved ones that
remain and especially the aged father
and mother, pioneer citizens of Tar
pom Springs and respected and loved
by all that know them.
| The funeral was held at the resi-
dence of her son, Sam Mickler, on
Park street, at o'clock, Rev. l. W.
LOngacre officiating. Interment was
made in Cycadia cemetery, Under
taker Vinson in charge
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-03-22
BUYING OIL STOCK.

It would seem that, with all the ex-
perience of ourselves and the expert
ence Of others for our proft, we would
by now have become a little cautious
Of STANCE men and doubtful schemes.
Nevertheless some of us are gullible
to the limit and bite like a hungry
fish at anything that comes along in
the way Of bait. The strange part of
it is that it is the same old bait that
conceals the cunningIy covered hook
with the sharp point.
We do not think that suspicion. as a
rule, is good quality; but there is
something akin to suspicion that the
conditions Of the times makes justif-
able. The old scheme of selling stock
in various ventures is still popular
among the credulouS and finds it's adj
herents now as in the years gone by
when we were boys and had dreams of
'olth flowing from the ground or be-
Is evolved by other imaginative
smOoth-looking schemes of clever
scoundrels. The "get-rich- quick, ]
Rufus Wallingford" plan, with its
slick "Jackies'', etc, has a fascination
to some, that is hard to eradicate from
the human simpleton's mind.
Thare is no more favorite, more at
tractive bubble to such than the
thought Of flowing oil wells pouring
forth their minis into the laps Of
trusting, sind-heartcd ones. We re-
call, in fact, the experiences of stale
business mon who have taken the bait
on this hook and have contributed
their part to the slick stranger who
came to their community, while, per.
haps some worthy cause of a Ioca
nature went begging for support. II
these times the CRATER is a little more
careful because he knows that the
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-03-22
THE BOY AND THE MAN

'The proper study of mankind is
man."-Pope.
What pity that so many of us
fail in the correct conception of this
truth, 1t forms the basis of all that
is necessary for successful outcome
in our dealings with most of the prob
lens of life.
One Of the most essential features
of this question is the proper study of
young manhood, the boy. The boy i
the most successful student of man,
strange though it may seem. He ana
lyZes mankind with a readiness that
is surprising and without error, as a
rule. This is a lesson we should learn
Too often we relegate to ourselves a
superiority over the boy. We could
make no greater mistake. We wonder
at the boys so-called obstinacy, his
aversion to things which We know to
be for his good. We search the lexi-
con of ethics and of study to discover
the trouble. We are like the little ro-
dent whose circumscribed vision sees
only the immediate present in motion
while the uncircumScribed mind of the
boy is dissecting our own littleness.
Much of the failure of the teacher
lis due to his failure to raise himself
to the level Of the boy whom he seeks
to Instructive boy whose mind is
uncontaminated by the dogmas and
foibles of the man. The man looks
over and beyond searching for thu
ideal that stands before him. The
boy sees and understands this and his
estimation of the man is formcd-and
correctly so. Boys are far smarter
than men. They have more of the I'M
aduIterated knowledge of true life.
Their conception Of truth and justice
is greater. Naturally they resent the
implied inference that they are wrong
and the man is right,
If we could bring ourselves to look
through the clear, unpolluted mind of
our boy, if the teacher could grasp the
greatness of the boy and his superior
ity, then would he be useful to the
boy.
"The boy will learn more true wis
dom in the public school in a year
than by a private education in five
1t is not from masters, but from their
equals, that youths learn a knowledge
of the world. johnson.
How true this is. However, it re-
mains that the teacher in the public
school must be the equal of the boy
and this is too frequently not so.
Many teachers pose as masters while
in reality they are inferior to the boy
both in intellectually and in judg-
ment.
The greatest mistake that a teach
er can make is to be unjust. Right
then and there they lose their useful
ness and become a menace to the boy
a correct judgment on anything go
to the boy in preference to the man.
Nine times out of ten he will render
correctly while the man fails in fifty
per cent of his efforts.
Better to be driven out from among
men than be disliked of children."-
Dana.
The teacher who incurs the dispIeas-
ure of the boy through injustice is the
most to be pitied of mortals. He is
a subject for just derision and an OBJ
ject of pity
Let us give to the boy his proper
place in the world-at the head of the
courts of learning. Don't try to turn
him from the course for which he was
designed. Don't essay to improve on
his imagination or his conception of
the truth. Better take him as an ex-
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-03-22

ample and learn of him. He is your
superior by virtue of the fact that he
possesses the originally of God. He is
uncontaminated by all the influences
that have made your life a failure or
only only partial success. Give him
chance. Treat him fairly, honestly,
justly and he will do the rest. He will
learn his lessons. You won't need to
teach him. Just watch him grow.
"The child is father of the man."
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-03-22
OUR BOY FORGOT

On one of the carrier routes last
night we were obliged to work a sub
stitute. Through some misunderstood
ing the little fellow got mixed on his
dates and failed to show up. We did
not learn of it in time to remedy the
error, but will be careful to prevent
the recurrence of anything of the
kind. We trust our subscribers will be
patient with us in this matter There
are some unavoidable mistakes in the
newspaper business as in all Others
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-03-22
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

In Court of the County Judge, Pinel-
las County, State Of Florida,
In re Estate of
Mikes Alahuzos, deceased.
To all creditors, lcgatees, distributes
and all persons having claims or de-
mands against said estate:
You, and each of you, are hereby
notified and required to present any
claims and demands which you, or
either of you, may have against the
estate of Mikes Alahuzos, deceased,
late of Pinellas county, Florida, to the
undersigned administrators of said
estate, within two years from the date
hereof.
Dated January 20, A. D. 1919.
EMANUEL PASSARIS,
MICHAEL ALAHUZOS,
Administrators,
Tarpon Springs, Florida.
(Jan. 81; Feb. 7-14-21-28; Mar Ills
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-03-22

A lady called US up this morning
saying that she did not receive her
paper Lass night. This was true, for
reasons explained in another column.
But the lady futher gave one of her
reasons 10 want that paticular paper
she wanted to read the Split Nickel
az before doing her Saturday buying.
II other groeermen had been running
special ais For Saturday buyers this
lady wou.d have wanted to see their
ads as wei
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-03-22
BUILDING PROSPECTS POOR IN
IRELAND
Continued from page one)

lin could borrow eight millions under
the scheme proposed. Belfast is COM
paratively new city and has not the
same slum problem. But it has an in
creasing population and great short
age Of houses it wants nearly $1,000
900 for the schemes it Immediately
contemplates, and eventually will re-
quire &5,00O,000. 1t has not the same
hostility to the local government
board that Dublin has, but it is about
equally disappointed with the propo-
sails of the government.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-03-22
so SAY WE

It's ali right to cut the price of
u mo wants to eat the stuff
4 little reduction in ham and" would
be more interesting to we common
mortalS.-St Petersburg Times,
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-03-22

Billy Sunday advised his first con-
gregation Of 1900 at Tampa not to
cough during the services. If there
is any coughing to be done it must be
at the conclusion of the sermon, then
you can cough up until it chokes you.
Clearwater Sun.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-03-22

Il Billy Sunday will address US we
will give him subject to talk about
in Tampa which will be worth while.
& no. Demon Rum and the Human
C4-lIer backed off the boards mile
Clearwater Sun.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-18
IN HOODS CANAL

By Howard Mumford Jones. in Reedys
 Mirror Over the smoky water The lilac mountains. flat and myster-
 ous, Rise into the evening air.' Their tops are shoals of purple islands In the luminous ocean of air; The laboring galley of the sun Has stranded among them. The crew of the sun, Beholding how they are caught on the
 purple mountains, Hurry to tighten the ship. Over the vessels golden sides They hurl into the water Baskets of flame -colored jewels. Till the waves flash with them; Also robes of crimson, Yellow silks from China, Barrels of perfumed rose-1eaves And ca sks of yellow wine: And hoisting on their rosewood masts Gigantic sales of purple and crimson They move slowly Into a lemon sky. I hear the wild songs of those distant
 sailors Float in the evening wind The canvas. up the enormous masts. Mounts like flame.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-18
AFTER THE HUN IN METZ

was to be had; good beef sold at the market-place for an equivalent of 60 cents a pound. There were little booths in the parks where one could secure kaffee and kuchen for % pfennigs, though of course the kuchen showed lack of sugar. Candy was not entirely wanting, however, hard variety be- ing on sale at the confectionery stores. Two curious things were evident-shs shortage of rubber and the substitutes for leather. Bicycles trundled abour the streets with curious kind of tire. It was made of wood fastened to tho rim by an ingenious system of springs. Shortage of leather had given rise to the use of a peculiar makeshift for shoe soles. I sa wthem ins the shoe shop windows made of a number Of scraps of leather tackled on a thin sheet of leather
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-18
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Cause For Poor Spelling

A friend of mine dropped in my store the other day and we got to talking about the great difference in the modern method of teaching from the old way before and just after the war" said J. M. Webb, the bookdealer.
 He was inveighing against the poor spelling of the average public sclool child, and wondered if it was the new way of teaching it that was respon. ole am q college graduate and have coina in contact with a number of noted pro- fessors, but none of them ever made the impression on, me that was made by pr. Thomas Northern, now of Ashland, but who was then a country school teacher in Chambers county When a boy passed through his hands he was drilled in the three 'Rs' l owe him a debt of grati tude for grounding me in the fundament als and I am now glad that now in his old age wealth and honors have become his uortfpu H
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-18
Enjoyed Tominson's Talk

'l was greatly impressed with the straightforward talk of Director Tomlin- son of the inland waterways of the Uni ted States railroad administration at the luncheon at the Tutwiler,' said NJ " Joseph. 5.1
 q enjoy oratory and get enthused when one of the great speakers gets under full sway, but like many others find it d re- lief when just plain business man gets up and presents subject in. business like way. I have not had time to look at the problem he brought us from all angles but it appears to me that it is now up to Cordova Tuscaloosa, Birming- ham, Mobile and other affected towns to take serious stock of the situation and see if itNis not possible to cash in on the large sums spent by the national government
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-18
LUKE M,LUKE SAYS

The old fashioned ad-minded Chris
 tian who was always trying to do
 something for others now has mar
 row-minded proh. .Diton son who is al
 ways trying to do something for others.
 Yes, Alsernon, a skinny girl who is
 worth SlJ5,0O0 might be said to have d
 splendid figure. And you might even say that she would make a capital wife.
 In spite of the fact that there are al-
 most a couple of billion folks in this
 world, nearly every man you meet will
 tell you that hard luck has singled
 him out as the goat.
 A wise man first kisses the girl anG then reasons with her and asks her permission.
 Ever notice that the more times a
 man gets married the less sense he
 seems to use in picking a Wife? We know lot of fellows who do not believ in hell. But any woman ca tell you that the man who gave his wife an enameed soup pot for Christi
 mas present is going somewhere that bessns with an '.H" and doesn't end with an ''n.
 A man always intends to tell his wife about it when he gets raise in sal
 ary, but he figures that he will enjoy the raise himself for few weeks first. And after few weeks have passed he forgets all about having gotten the I raise. The reason a man is known as such ! a good -natured fellow is because he is ! able to keep his temper with every 1 body but his wife.
 l If girls legs are properly built she'll tell you that long skirts make her hot even when the temperature is around zero
 l Funny how things disappear How | long has it been since you saw and old ! fashioned pug dog?
 1 Women are great little savers. Many I mother makes her son shave himself l before she goes downtown with him So ! she will be able to con the street car conductor into letting Willie ride tor l half fare.
 | You never hear wife admit that she 1 is wrong. But at that she would rath- CT admit that she was wrong than ad-
 init that her husband is right.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-18
AN OLD CLOTHES MAN

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 Uncle Sa~l demands that each dis charged solder return to the govern ment his uniform and all the raiment supplied at government expense There is a generous allowance of four months. Each soldier, to escape an embarrassing predicament is warned to see his tailor in plenty of time
 It is not difficult to understand wlr~
 Uncle Sam demands that old uniforms Already there have been compla; ;nts that Ia few solders--a very few in compari
 son with the tota, number of discharged
 men-have been going from house to house peddlns or soliciting and using
 he uniform as a means to arouse sym pathy and attract trade. Such men re- fleet no credit on the army, and their activities are drowned upon by the gov ernment and by the charitable and phil |anthropic organizations which take an interest in the welfare of the discharged men. It is to prevent this exploitation of the uniform, rather than because of any desiSe for profit, that Uncle Sam has
 turned old cloes man.
 It would be far more satisfactory to permit the boys to retain their uni forms were it considered possible Ninety nine per cent of the soldiers would never wear them in civilian life The more or less soiled khaki would Ions retain an honored place in many thou sands of attics and cubbyholes and would be brought forth only for the admiration l or awe-struck grandchildren Thus the uniforms would become practical object 1 lessons in history and patriotism. Fifty years hence the war may not seem very real and new generation may need a substantial sign to impress realization of Americas s sacrfive of 1918.
 | Might it not be possible to permit the | soldiers to retain their regimentals. slip- ulating that they will be forfeited if put 1 to any unworthy use?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-18

zation, about which well meaning agents furnished daily fantastic reports.'' The German secret service again Adept as it is in slimy methods, and always has been, total failure in giving it's gov ernment information about the condition of enemy countries. In 1914 it told it's government that England could not enter the war because it was crumbling, and that France would be easy to whip be- cause it was degenerate. No other secret service would be guilty of such errors. It is characteristic of the German mn1 that it sees what it wishes to see. The German is an optimist in that respect.
 On July 15, when the Germans resumed their offensive, we expected grave events in Paris for the end of July. The offensive was to help them along. Three days later, lon the 18th, even the most optimistic among us understood that all was lost. The history of the world was played out in three days" They based their last play on the fantastic reports of we'll meaning agents
 The ex-crown prince, in an interview published in the World yesterday, gives some further details He says that just before the Rheims offensive in July ne reported to great headquarters that thera were 40 American divisions in France, having received this information from his intelligence officers. Great headquar- ters repied Nonsense. Impossible. There are only 14 American divisions in France, and five of those are no good and can't fight Did ever nation go galloping to it's downfall in such a far cicial manpero
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-18
IVAN OFF THE REsERv ALTON

From the Chicago Herald and Examiner.
 Tn the good old days when the gifted Pavlowa and the more or less gifted Gorky were the ehiefest links between us and Russia we thought of the Car s domain as sequestered institution, given little to exportation and overflow. Even her refugees existed in the public clement reports
 We associated with Russia some times such inconsiderable things as wolf hounds, sables, book leather, caviars, weird literature, lemon in tea, plays we lied when we pretended to live, knouts, Cossacks' whiskers and bombs outside of those things and few like them we considered Russia only as a distant and mysteriousy isolated country
 Now that the moujik is free to roam, however he seems to be making up for
 lost time in spreading his treasures over the world. We find him suddenly be- come missionary, carrying the torcn of enlightenment to the corners of the earth. The seven seas are no barriers to his all-enveloping evangelism. Two thousand "rebelS'' are rounded up in Buenos Aires. A closeup reveals them as Russians. A collection of surviving rioters is made in Berlin. German pro- letariat?$ No--Russians Freed Poland dey yelops social collie. D.agnosis-Rus- .sianS
 Ivan is going some" But where is Ivan getting the expense money?