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The Chautauqua is a success from every viewpoint. Each day
has had its successes. The selections have measured up to the best
expectations, and the attendance has been satisfactory. Great credit is
due the Gentlemen Managers and the citizens who have co operated
with them in securing and assuring the finances. The value of high
class entertainment goes beyond the immediate—it reaches into the
making and development, intellectually and morally, of every man, wo
man and child. ‘The institution should be made permament and its in
fluence perpetuated. |
Some people are inclined to underestimate the value of “Amuse—l
ment” for the young. Children, as well as older people, are in need of ‘
wholesome entertainment and the kind of instruction and encouragement
which are the natural growth of Chautauqua entertainments. To get the
highest results we must mix ipstruction through voice and,vision with
the pleasures of Jife, apd this week has been full of both.
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“Lay Down The Arms.”
Captain Hobson and Ex-Governor Hanley, of Indiana.
Let the citizens of Ben Hill county turn out and give these intel
"Jectual giants the biggest audience ever assembled in Fitzgerald.
The Herald of Peace matched with the Champion of War, the hero
of the Cuban war, will each present thelworld’s best arguments for and
against the enormous sacrifice of men and money.
Shall we have Peace through preparation for war or through the
development of an international understanding and the gospel of univer
sal of Brotherhood. .
The speaking begins at 3:30, sharp, Saturday afternoon. Admis
sion 50c at the Grand Gpera House.
Mr. Hudson's Withdrawal. %
» It had been currently reported during the recent State Convention
.. Hudson would withdraw from the race for Governor. Defeat
was abvelutely certain. This was a hopeless case. Former friends,
who in the moment of need, had been forsaken for apparently better
qualified connections, felt the ingratitude of the desertion. The newly
made friends had failed to be inspired with the new convert’s fitness—
tke politician without following, had but one avenue of e3cape—retire
ment. The hopes and ambitions, the friendships of a decade, all were
sacrificed upon the altar of a cause whose leader has proved his treach
ery to former allies and should have been sufficiently well known, not
to deceive as astute a politician as the erstwhile Commissioner of Agri
culture. We have a great deal of personal regard for Mr. Hudson, but
had lost our interest in his political fortune when he deserted to the
enemy.
Presidential Statistics.
We print below the presidential popular vote and electoral vote
for four successive campaigns, which no doubt will prove of interest to
our many readers. It might be well for the average politician to clip it
out and paste it in his hat for future reference:
1896—William McKinley, popular vote, 7,104, 719; electoral vote,
2921. Wm. J. Bryan, popular vote, 6.302,915 ; electoral vote, 176.
1900—William McKinley, popular vote, 7,207,993 ; electoral vote.
9292. 'Wm. J. Bryan, popular vote, 6,358,188 ; electoral vote, 133.
1904—Theodore Roosevelt, popular vote, 7,623,486 ; electoral vote,
336. Alton B. Parker, popular vote, 5,077.911: clectoral vote, 140.
1908—Wm. H. Taft, popular vote, 7,678,908 ; electoral vote 321.
Wm. J. Bryan, popular vote, 6,409,104 ; electoral vote, 162.
Thos. E. Watson ‘
Is Bound Over
Special to The Leader-Eaterprise.
Augusta, Ga. June 7, 1912.
W atson bound over under same
bond to next term court he takes
position Jeffersonian Publishing
Co.. and not he as individual re
sponsible for mailing magazine. -
Augusta, Ga., June 6.—Thomas
E. Watson will appear before
United States Commissioner W.
H. Godwin tomorrow morning at
11 o’clock to answer to the charge
of sending obscene literature
through the United States mails,
in bis.magazine. His bond of $5OO
. is returnable tomorrow morning
and he has sigrified his intention
of being present and his anxiety
that the hearing be as open and
free as possible.
Mr. Watson does not attach any
blame to the federal officials for
his prosecution, but states that
the warrant has been brought
about by his enemijes. He says
that be only used certain sections
of a copyrighted book, and that
he used quotations from the
twelfth edition of the book,
Prominent local Attorneys who
have been questioned regarding
the case, contend that no matter
how much or how little of the
book was quoted, if the matter
was obscene, he could be prose
cuted, as the coypright only
protected the publisher of the
book from infringent, and did
not permit the publisher to send
the book thru the mails.
Special Ten Day Excursion
Fares to Tybee Island, Ga.
Via Seaboard Air Line.
Rate from Fitzgerald is $6.
Tickets on sale every Saturday
from June Ist. to Aug. 31st limit
ed ten days from date of sale.
For full information® relative
rates, schedules, etc. See nearest
S:aboard Agent or write -
‘ C. W, Small,
- Davision Passenger Agent,
Savannab, Ga.
THE LEADER-ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, JUNE 7. 1912
Georgia State Board of Health Points
~ QOut How Disease Might Be Erad
icated Through Proper
| Precautions.
Atlanta, Ga., July 24.—(Special.)—
Do you know how to tell the differ
ence between the Anopheles and the
Culex? Or, to put it in plain Eng
lish, could you tell the difference, if
you tried, between the malarial mos
quito, the particular mosquito which
carries and transmits the germs of
malaria and to which the name Ano
pheles is given, and the common, or
dinary, every-day mosquito which is
known as the Culex?
There is one important distinguish
ing feature, about which there is
nothing sclentific or involved, and it
is this: Observed when at rest upon
a wall or other surface, the body of
the malarial mosquito is almost
straight and sticks out from the sur
face upon which it rests, while the
body of the common mosquito is hent,
forming an angle, and both its Y-ak
and tail point toward the surface to
which it is attached.
The accompanying illustration
shows this difference so that any one
may recognize it, Every one should
have this information, for it may
prove of material assistance in avoid
ing a dangerous attack of malarial
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ANOPHELES. CULEX,
Malarial Mosquit >, Common Mosquito.
The malarial mosquito is found in
many sections of Georgia, and in
some parts of the state the preva
lence of the disease has proven a
sérious drawback to development.
~ The Georgia State Board of Health
hus already done much work looking
to the eradication of malaria, and
since the disease can be prevented if
certain precautions are taken, it is
important that the people of Georgia
should know just what should be done
to stop it, and how to do it.
It has been proven beyond all
doubt that malaria is contracted only
through the bite of the Anopheles
mosquito. This mosquito bites a per
son suffering from malaria; the germs
are taken up with the blood whicn the
mosquito sucks. After the proper pe
riod of incubation, about e:.ght days,
these germs make their way to the
venom gland of the mosquito and are
transmitted into the blood of the next
person it bites. This is the process,
and it goes on and on, and the germs
of malaria are transmitted from one
person to another solely and only
through the agency of this particular
kind of mosquito.
The malarial mosquito lives chiefly
in or around the house or stable, and
is rarely seen in the woods or the
open. His favorite haunt is in the
dark corners of rooms or stables. He
does his work by night, rarely ever
becoming active during the day,
which explains why the danger from
him is reduced to a minimum during
the daylight hours.
The Board of Health has already
called attention, in an article given
to the press and published generally
over the state, to the importance of
screening houses, Only by effective
screening can this dangerous insect,
along with flies and other insect pests,
"be kept out. Persons in malarial dis
tricts should not sit upon open porch
es at night, and should take care to
sleep under properly constructed nets.
If this is done there is no danger of
any one contracting the disease.
These precautions are not necessary
during the day, because, as stated,
the malarial mosquito rarely attempts
to bite except at night,
Those who have the disease should
remember that they are a constant
source of danger to others about
about them, and should not only treat
it vigorously, but should also be dou
bly careful as long as they have the
disease to avoid being bitten by a
mosquito at night.
~ Many children often have malaria
without showing symptoms of it, and
‘unless they sleep under nets are lia
‘ble to infect large numbers of mos
‘quitoes. The blood of children in ma
‘larial localities should be examined
from time to time, and if the para
sites are found, they should be given
proper treatment until cured.
Almost all negroes in malarial lo
calities are affected, théugh very few
}of them show symptoms of the dis
ease. It is important, therefore, that
'they should be treated properly and
their white neighbors should see tos
it, for their own protection, that such
negroes do not sleep in houses unpro
tected by nets. =
If these precautions were carried
out for a few months, malaria would
practieally cease 'to exist in Georgia,
and would not recur uniess individu
als suffering from it should come into
districts where the Anophelés mos
quito is present.
The germ or parasite of malaria gt
tacks the red corpuscles of the bload
and produces a poison that causes the
symptoms characteristic of malaria.
The most common of these symptoms
occur in that form of the disease
known as malarial or intermittent fe
ver. In this type. the patient, wt;s
may or may not Rave noticed chillx
sensations, a feeling of fullness in thée
head and general bodily depression. is
suddenly seized with a chill followed
hy a high fever and subsequent Dpro
“ise perspiration. The patient then
~e*nrrs to mnormal until snefher at
rack ‘follows. The most common form
in Georgia is that which produces a
chill every other day. The disease
may come on insidiously producing
bilious or remittent fever; it may
come in chronic form, subjecting the
patient to attacks of fever at irreg
}ular intervals for years; the brain
may beceme affected, producing very
alarming symptoms, and in many
cases the malady ultimately termi
nates in chronic Bright's disease.
Quinine and other drugs are used
in the treatment, according to cir
cumstances and the particular form
the disease manifests; but it is not
advisable tc prescribe these except
under the advice and direction of a
physician.
The State Board of Health at its
laboratory in the state capitol, At
lanta, is prepared to make examina
tions of the blood of any person for
malarial parasites, free of charge, and
will very gladly make such tests and
report .the results to any one desir
ing them. Specimens should be ad
dressed to Dr. H. F. Harris, Secretary
State Board of Health, Atlanta, Ga.
Rleased for use Week July 22.
Georgia State Board of Health Has
Done Splendid Work in Supplying
Pasteur Virus Free.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 7.—(Special.)—
One of the most important works
the Georgia State Board of Health
is doing for the people of the state
is that of supplying the Pasteur treat
ment without cost, in all cases, or
probable and possible cases, of hydro
phobia produced from the bite of a
dog or other animal afflicted with the
disease. Hydrophobia has grown
more prevalent in recent years; ani
mals are allowed to run at large and
in this way it spreads among them
making its communication a matter
of more ease and frequence.
It would be manifestly impossible
for physicians to maintain in each
county of the state or even in a few
of them, the extensive and costly lab
oratory necessary to the preparation
of the Pasteur virus; it is a duty,
therefore, which devolves upon state
boards of health, and the Georgia
Board has developed the.treatment in
the most scientific and practical man
ner possible.
The Board began the Pasteur treat
ment three years ago, and within the
period since then has administered it
either directly or through the physi
cians of the patients to about 1,500
persons, There were approximately
500 cases treated during 1911, and
more than 200 during the first four
months of the present year in only
one of which there was a death, that
of a child which recceived a severe
face injury, and death in this instance
was due to the fact that the wound
was not properly treated at the time.
In 75 to §0 per cent, of the brains
of animals, such as dogs, horses, cats,
cows, examined under the direction
of the Board, changes have been
found which indicated that they were
suffering from nydrophobia. It will
be apparent, therefore, to what ex
tent the danger exisls of contracting
the disease.
Kacial wounds are always the most
dangerous, because the tface is close
to the bram. it is in the brain that
the poison does its work and when
the wound is in the face, it gets there
more qu:.ckly. Always, theretore, {n
the case of facial injuries persons
should act more promptly. The wound
should be promptiy cauterized and the
treatment adm:nistered with the least
possible delay.
Where a person is bitten by a dog
or other animal, the wound should
be washed and then thoroughly cau
terized with nitric acid or carbolic
acid. This always lessens the dan
ger. In the case of a severe facial
injury, as pointed out, unless it is
thoroughly cauterized, it is often dit
ficult to get the Pasteur treatment in
time to effect a cure.
If ‘the animal was acting queerly
at the time the person was bitten, it
should be killed and its head sent im
mediately to the laboratory of the
Georgia State Board of Health, At
lanta, for examination. If, on the oth
er hand, there are no symptoms of
hydrophobgia in the animal, it should
be confined and watched for develop
ments, because if the animal is killed
in the early stages of the disease, it
is often ditficult or impossible to find
the pathological changes in the brain
which indicate the presence of the
disease. But as soon as hydrophobic
symptoms make their appearance, the
animal should be killed and the head
sent to the Board of Health properly
tagged and labeled. Every possible
test is made by the Board to ascer
tain whether the disease is present,
and where the ordinary methods fail,
the inoculation test is made, some
of the substance from the animal’s
brain being injected into a rabbit or
@ guinea pig to see whether it will
develop the disease, thus showing its
presence in the head of the animal
under examination.
The process of preparing the Pas-|
teur virus is an interesting one. Heal
thy rabbits are used for the purpos&l
An emulsion is prepared from the
prain of a rabbit which died of hydro
phobia, and this substance is injected
into the brain of a healthy rabbit. |
Within seven to eight days this rab
bit is practicaly dead from hydropho-l
bia. It is then chloroformed and its
spinal chord is removed. It is this!
chord that is used in the. Pasteur
treatment, the patient being given by
injection twenty-one doses, or onej
dose each day for twenty-one days;
when the treatment is complete. 5
, There is always danger in the bite
of an animal and few, if any, care to
take chances on the result. The Pas
teur treatment as prepared by the
Georgia State Board of Health is ab
solutely free to those desiring it, and
they may either come to Atlanta and
have it administered at the Board's
laboratory, or it will be mailed upen
application to their family physician
for administration at home. |
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Petition fo)( Charter
State of Georgla, County of Ben Hill.
To The Superior Court of Said County:
The Petition of-
Adams, H, A.
Adams-Rogers Hardware Company.
Beall Grocery Company.
Beall Brothers.
Bussell, 1. J., Jr.
Boney and Son, J. C.
Borum, W. A.
Brown, E. J.
Baker, C. E,
Bryant, Geo. H:
Barrentine, J. M,
Bryan, Byron S.
Ball, G. C.
Bowen, W. R.
Bruner, A.
Bryant, W. K.
Bush, J. C.
Bond, J. A.
Buck, L. N.
Clark, P.F.
Churchwell, J. H.
Cook, A’ B.
Davis, Raymond.
Dorminey, E. J.
Dorminey, A. B. C.
Dorminey, J. L.
Dorminey, E. L.
Dorminey, J. D.
e Dorminey, J. H,
Dykes, W. R.
Dickey, Lon.
Dickson, M.
Dixon, J. B. F.
Deyo, H. B.
Davis, E. N.
Dodd, H. M.
Elkins, O, H.
Enniss, J. M.
Fretwell, C. A.
Fletcher, R. B.
Farmer, E. K.
Fountain, W. H.
Gibbs, Erlie.
Gray Brothers.
Glover, J. C.
Giddings, J. N,
Griffin, D. E.
Griffin, J. A.
Gelders, I.
Griner, L. L.
Goodman, J. H.
Haile, Will S. -
Horton, J. R.
Holt, M. D.
Hayes, C. W.
Isler, H. B. & C. S.
James. H. H.
Jones, R. L. .
Jones, J. A.
Jolley, G. A.
Kendrick, W. H.
Kratz. A.
Kimball, C. W.
Lee,R. E.
Luke, Marcus.
Martin, D. L,
Mayo, B. W.
McLendon, H. L,
McLendan, R. W.
Morris, J. W.
Maffit,R. L.
Moss, J. H.
Mercer. J. E.
Newcomer, C. A.
0. K. Barber Shop
Paulk, W. R.
Paulk, W. T.
v PauikeDi T,
Paulk, Drew W.
Powell, H. G.
Patterson, J. P.
Prentiss, R. J.
Pryor, S. G. i
Perry, J. L.
Pass, J. W.
Pitman, J. L. %
Russell, J. B.
Roush, A. J.
Roach, E. E.
Robitzsch, L.
Scarborough, J. W.
Sandlin Furniture Company.
Smith, W. L.
Simon Brothers Company,
Stovall, W. L.
Swords, A. J.
Thayer, Lewis.
Thurmond, A. H.
Tisdel, L. O.
Wightman, E. P,
Wilbanks, T. M.
Watkins, Newton.
Wall, J. B,
Whitehead, E. M.
Wilkerson, W. C.
Whitley, D. W. M.
Warren, H. M.
White Swan Laundry
Ware, D. B.
all of said county, and
Paulk, J. B. D.
Walker, Eli W.
both of Irwin County, Georgia, and
Dorminey, J. J.
of Coffee County, Georgia, respectfully shows the
following facts to-Wit:
1. That they desire for themselves, their as
sociates, successors and assigns to become incorpo
rated as a private corporation under the name
and style of the BEN HILL FAIR ASSOCIATION.
2. That the term for which petitioners ask to be
incorporated is for a period of twenty years with
the privilege of renewal at the expiration of that
time. .
3. That the object of said Corporation is pecuni
ary gain and profit for the Stockholders thereof;
and the uplift of Ben Hill County.
4. That the principal place of business of said
Corporation shall be in Fitzgerald, Ben Hill Coun
ty, Georgia, but Petitioners desire the privilege of
establishing and operating branches of said busi=
ness at such other places as may be deemed best.
5. That the capital stock of said Corperation
shall be Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), divid
ed into Two Hundred shares of the par value of
Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) each. Petioners de
sire the right to increase said capital stock at
any regular stockholder’s meeting to any amount
not to exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00),
and in like manner to decrease said capital stock to
any amount not less than Five Thousand Dollars
($5,008.00).
6. Petitioners show that ten per cent of said
capital stock has been already paid in
7. That the particular business which petition
ers desire to carry on as such Corporation is as
follows:
Te maintain a fair and amusement ground; to
operate the same for profit; to use or to lease said
ground ‘or the purpose of holding or permitting to
begheld therein fairs, carnivals, races, olympics,
tournaments, ball games, displays, exhibitions,
convention, public gatherings, and amusements,
‘and for &1l other like purposes, and uses, and for
agricultyral purposes; ana to buy and sell for pro
fit at wholesale or retail, or both, all kinds of
goods, wares and merchandise, and all commodi
.ties of every kind of description whatsoever; to
purchas¢, improve, own, hold and convey all
kinds of broperty. whether real, personal or mixed;
to offer and give prizes, premiums, and awards; |
and generally to do or perform every act and thing
which miy be necessary or convenient or profit
able for tye carrying on of the business of said
Corporatbn to the best interests to the stockhold
ers theredf, or the uplift of said county.
8. Tha in addition to the powers and privileges
or doing the things herein before recited, petition
ers desire and pray that said Corporation be
clothed and invested with all the powers and priv
ileges usual and incident to corporations in gene
ral and in addition thereto the following ¢ rs
and privileges: To sue and be sued; to haxoz,gd
use a corporate seal; to elect a president: Wice- -
president, treasurer and secretary, and beard of
directors, and such other officers as may be deem
ed expedient and sufficient and to prescribe their .
powers and duties; to make acd adopt a Constitu
| tion and By-Laws for the government and direc
‘tion of the business of the said corporation and
the officers thereof; to lend or borrow monsy and
to issue bonds, notes or other negotiable evi
dences of debt and to secure the same by mort
gage, pledge, trust deed or otherwise, and to pro
vide for the payment thereof; to sell rea! estate,
personal property, goods, wares, merchandise and
commodities of every kind on credit, and to take
mortgage or other evidences of debt, or any kind‘\
of collateral whatever, to secure the payvment of
the purchase price of the same.
9. No person shall become a shareholder in
said Corporation by transfer unless the same is
done on the books of the company in accordance
with its rule and that said Corporation shall have
the first lien upon the stock or shares of the stock
holders for any indebtedness that the stockholder / &
may owe or be liable for to the Corporation in any
manner, whatever.
10, Petitioners desire and pray that the shares
of stock of said Corporation shall be non-assess
able.
11. Petitioners desire and pray that no share
holder of said Corporation shall be liable individu
ally to the creditors of the said corporation, ex
cept to the extent of any unpaid balance due on
his stock subscription.
12. Petitioners desire and pray that said Cor
poration be_ authorized to accept and receive in
payment for its Capital Stock real estate and per
sonal property of any kind.
Petitioners pray that they and their associates,
succesors and assigns. may be incorporated under ‘
the name and style aforeraid, and for the time '
and purposes aforesaid; and with all the powers,
priviliges and immunities aforesaid.
GRIFFIN & GRIFFIN,
ATTORNEYS FOR PETITIONERS.
Georgia, Ben Hill County.
Office of the Clerk of Superior Court.
I, D, W. M. Whitley, Clerk of Superior Court
of Ben Hill Caunty, do hereby certify that the
above and foregoing is a true and exact copy of
the original petition for charter now on file in this
office in the matter of the Ben Hill Fair Associa- /
tion.
Witness my hand and official signature this the
6th day of June, 1912, -
D. W. M. WHITLEY,
| CLERK SUPERIOR COURT, BEN HILL GOUNTY, GEORGIA
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' Sheriff’s Sale.
'Groreia—BeN Hirr Counry.
l Notice is hereby given that the
‘undersgned will sell at public out
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cry to the highest bidder for cash,
at the Court House door in said
‘county, within the legal hours of
sale, on the first Tuesday in July; o
1912, the following described prop
erty, to-wit: The entire stock of
goods, wares, merchandise, fixtures,
furnishings, etc., now located in the
certain store house situated on the -
east side of South Sherman Street,
between Pine Street and Central
Avenue in Fitzgerald, Georgia, said
store being numbered 120 and now
occupied as a place of business by
Early Gibbs & Co. Said property
levied upon and to be sold as the 4
property of Early Gibbs & Company,
Early Gibbs and Thomas S. Gibbs,
under and by virue of an execution
issued from the City Court of Fitz
gerald, Georgia, in favor of the Con
solidated Grocery Company. This
June 6, 1912, C. C. DoziEr,
Deputy Sheriff City Court, Fitzgerald,
Georgia.
Sheriff’s Sale
GeorciaA—BEN HiLL Counry.
Notice is hereby given that the, 3
undersigned will sell at public out
cry for cash to the highest bidder,
within the legal hours of sale, at the
front door of the Court House, on
the first Tuesday in July, 1912, the
following described property:
Lot of land Number One Hundred
Ninety in the Third Land District of
Ben Hill County, Georgia, containing
Four. Hundred Ninety acres, more or
less. Said property levied upon and to
be sold as the fproperty of Thomas
S. Gibbs, late of said county, deceas- ¢
ed, under and by virtue of an exe
cution issued from the City Court of
Fitzgerald, Georgia, in favor of the ‘4
Consolidated Grocery Company
against Willis Gibbs et. al. This
June 3, 1912, C. C. DoziEr,
Deputy Sheriff City Court of Fitz
gerald, Georgia.
GEORGIA—BEN HiLL CouNTY.
To All Whom it May Concern:
F. J. Clark having m proper
form applied to me for Permanent
Letters of Administration on the
estate of Dorcas Grimes, late of
said Couaty, this is to ¢ite all and
singular the creditors and next of
kin of Dorcas Grimes to be and
appear at my office within the
time allowed by iaw, and show
cause, if auny they can, why per
manent administration should not
be granted to F, 1. Clark on Dor
cas Grimes estate,
Witness my hand and official
signature, this 4th dav of June,
1912, : :
C M. Wise, Ordinary,