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We may loose New York, but Georgia will go far Wilson.
Well, we have a near-Populist for nominee, so we ought to be
satisfied and we are.
L e
To Wm. Jennings Bryan belongs the credit of the nomination
ofiWoodrow Wilson.
ee e iet s
Government Ownership and the re-establishment of the double
standard of gold and silver are some of the Democratic possibilities now.
We nominate Mr. Bryan as Secretary of the Treasury.
Another Lost Cause.
The South has lost a grand opportunity. The North has had its
eyes fixed on Baltimore and the Southern delegations.
Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Florida, though steadfast to
the fortunes of Underwood, lacked a Leader, one who could get the
attention of the Convention and was filled with the spirit of the New
South.
The opportunity had made Mr, Underwood the ideal Candidate,
but he needed an able exponent at the Convention—one known be
yond the limits of his home town and with the ability egual to his
antagonists. The time was ripe, but the spirit of the Bourbon held
the fort, and another generation will have passed ere the man and the
opportunity meet again at the National Democratic Convention to un
bind the fetters of Southern Manhood.
B e s e
Our Leader subscribers have been rendered a statement of their
subscription account, and we wish to urge upon you the importance
of a prompt settlement, We must make a report to the Post Ofiice
Department of our subscription list and unless you pay promptly will
have to discontinue your paper. If you are short of ready cash come
in and fix it the next best way. We don’t see why Uncle Sam takes
such a paternal interest in a newspaper’s business, but he insists that
we gt paid for our papers if we use the Post Office.
State Entomologist Has
Army Worm’s Number
Atlanta, Ga., June 30.—" Army
worm is such a picturesque name
for an insect that the little pest
known by this designation has attrac
ted as much attention by its queer
cognomen as its ravages on Georgia
Crops.
One legislator who arrived on the
scene yesterday and who has seen
on his own farm what devastation
the bug can accomplish, ventured
the opinion this morning that the
bug was christened Sherman'’s hosts
which burned Atlanta and cut their
wide swath to the sea.
But whatever the origin of the
pame, State Entomologist Lee Wor
sham has got the “army worm's
number,” and announces to Georgia
farmers that Paris green or arsenate
of lead are weapons that will prove
surely effective in fighting it.
“The army worm is unusually
abundant,” says State Entomologist
Worsham, “has done a great deal of
damage this spring in Georgia. Each
female moth of the army worm de
posits from 500 to 700 eggds, and
consequently they cover a large area
in a very short time when conditions
are favorable.
“About one pound of Paris green
to the acre is necessary to fight the
worm. The best method of apply
ing is by mixang with four or five
pounds of cheap flour or slacked
lime and dusting it on the plants. i
“If arsenate of lead is used, the
powdered form should employed,
Itcan be’ used alone or with an
equantity of flour or air-slacked
lime. It should be applied by dust
ing and at the rate of of about three
pounds of arsenate of lead per acre.”
Miss Roth Clay, of Tampa, who
was the guest of Miss Isla Green,
Jeft the latter part of last week to
be the guest of her brother at!
Douglas. |
Fitzgerald Bonds
[n Demand.
Provident Savings Bank
and Trust Company Suc
cessful Bidders.
Below weo give a complete list
of the bids received by the Water
Light and Bond Commission for
the $40,000 Bonf issue, the same
selhing at approximately 2% per
cert above par, putting Fitzgerald
in the first class for Municipal
Bond lovestments,
The bids received are as follows:
Farson, Son & Co, ______s 666.00
Gl . Culla.. .. o o 0100
Seasongood & Mayer____ 810.00
Wooden, McNier &Moore 828.00
S - Rean & Co._ .. ... 100,00
Thos. Hilsman & Co.____ 434.001
Stacey & Brown________l,ooB.oo
A.T. Holtz & Co.______ 84700
Harris, Forbes Co.____ 836.40
Provident Savings Bank '
& Trust Co.____________l,lOo.oo‘
C. F, Childs & Co. ______ 100.00
Mavyer, Depper & Walter 912.00}
Gouncil Sustained
Action Of Mavor
The City Council met last night
in reguiar session. A number of
citizens constituting the anti-saloon
league, thiough their legal repre
sentative, Col. A. J. McDonald,
presented a protest to the Council,
against the re-opening of the sa
loons.
After a careful presentation of
the facts in the case by Mr. Mec-
Donald, the Council sustained the
Mayor’s action by a vote of 5 to 3.
A picnic party from Fitzgerald
will spend Wednesday at Lucy
Lake.
THE. LEADER-ENTERPRISE. TUESDAY JULY 2, 1912.
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Stock Of Dry Geods
| Damaged By Fire
' The stock of dry goods, shoes
and clothing belonging to the
Jones Dry Goods Company on
east Pine street was considerably
’damaged by fire last night, the
same having leen discovered at
three o’clock this morning by the
night policeman.
The fire was first discovered in
Dell’s furniture store next door to
Jones’ place, and upon extinguish
ing that, whicn was a rather small
job as it had gained no headway,
Chief Wiikerson states that he
noticed that instead of clearing
away, the smoke seemed to get
thicker, and upon going round to
the front of the building it was
discovered that Jones’ Store was
also burning but there was no ap
pearance of eitner of the places
having caught fire from the other.
The Department broke open the
front door of Jones’ Store and al
though the heat and smoke were
intense forced their way in with
the chemical apparatus and suc
ceeded in extinguishing the fire
'without the use of the hose, This
1s indeed one of the most expert
pieces of fire fighting ever known
in Fitzgerald and the Chief and
the boys are being praised very
highly. The tire in Jones’ store
was on one side of the room, but
as the room was air-tight, the
smoke and heat was teriffic and
practically everything was damag {
ed more or less, Many garments
were crumbled to pieces without}
ever a flame touching them. Itis
estimated that within five more|
minutes the sky light would have
bursted and then the flames would
have had full sway and been be
yvond control. |
Mr. Jones' stock was worth
about $3,000 and is partially cov
ered by insurance, |
Mr. Dell’s stock was not damag
ed. |
Revival Services At The
Central M. E. Church
The Revival Services at the
Central Methodist Church continue
to grow in interest and numbers.
The day service at 4 p. m. is well
attended and most helpful. Good
crowds at 9p. m. indicate that the
people of Fitzgerald appreciate the
warm, eloquent and intellectual
sermons by Rev. Robt. S. Stewart.
The services will continue here
Sunday and further perhaps.
Will Thomas S. Felder
Enter Race for Governor?
Atlanta, July I.—Of course it is
easy to say that Thomas S. Felder
is going to run for governor, but as
a matter of fact nobody will posi
tively know whether he will or not
until Wednesday.
The attorney-general has frankly
adinitted the possibility that he may
enter, and has likewise declared that
the matter is not yet settled. He
will reach his d:cision today or to
morrow and will announce it Wed
nesday.
It is known that a certain number
of the old Hoke Smith partisans have
been trying for some time to get a
Hoke Smith candidate into the field
for the reason pure and simple that
John M. Slaton has always been on
the other side of the fence in State
politics.
They have found it a difficuit task
because Mr. Slaton is not running
on a partisan or factional platform
and many of his strongest personal
friends are Hoke Smith men.
Practically the whole of the ele
ment in both of the old factions
which now hope to see factional
lines blotted out is using its efforts
to prevent Mr. Felder from entering
the race as a partisan candidate,
feeling that no matter what the re
sult it would be sure to revive use.
lessly the old bitter lines.
~ Cnisp Net Coming
~ Congressional Candidate
- Unable to Be Here on
% the Fourth.
The following telegrams received
this morning are self explanatory,
and it will be indeed quite a dis
appointment to his friends in the
county that Mr. Crisp will not be
here to participate in the debate of
the fourth.
Baltimore, Md., July 2nd,-12
Isidor Gelders,
: Fitzgerald, Ca.
Crisp services needed by the party
and at my urgent request he re
mains.
Ollie James,
" Chairman Couvention.
Raltimore, Md., July 2nd,-12.
Isidor Gelders,
Fitzgerald, Ga.
Chairma 1 James urgently request
ed me to remain here so can’t be in
Fitzgerald. It is a great disap
pointment to me.
Chas. R. Crisp.
Army Worm Checked ‘
Ravager Just About Killed
Off, Says Worsham ‘
Atlanta, July I.—Reports from
many sections of (eorgia whichl
were recently visited by the araiy
worm which played havoc on ail
crops, indicate that the ravages of ‘
this insect has neen greatly check
ed, says E. Lee Worsham, state
entomologist. Mr. Worsham de
clared that it was the quick action
of the farmers in carrying out
the advice given them that saved
a large percentage of the crops,
““Never before in the kistory of
Georgia has a pest of this nature.
been checked so quickly,” says{
Mr, Worsham. ‘‘And it is all due
to the co-operation given the farm
ers and the department of entomo
logy by Georgia business men, for
without their aid it would not
bave been possible to have sent
word to all the farmers as to how
to rid themselves of the little pests.
“When the army worm made
its apearance in (Georgia, bankers,
manufacturers and other business
interests in the state rallied to aid
us in getting information before
the farmers and by quick action in
applying the remedy the farmers
stopped the march of the disas
trous insect.
“The cotton caterpillar wiil
soon make its appearance and if
the farmers will take equal pre
caution as they did in this case
thev will not be bothered near as
much as they were with the army
worm.”
One hundred thousand circulars
were mailed to the farmers
throughout the state telling them
the remedy for the army worm,
on this circular was also printed
the remedy for the cotton cater
pillar and if the advice of that
circular is heeded, farmers need
have no fear of the latest pest
which threatens the crops.
Scuthern Lawn Tennis
Association Opens Today
Atlanta, July I.—The Southern
Lawn Tennis Asoociation’s annual
tournament opens this afternoon on
the beautiful East Lake course of
the Atlanta Athletic club with over
fifty entries.
All the large cities of the south
are represented in the contest. The
drawings and pairings were made
this morning and got some of the
best stars of the tournament togeth
er in the very first sets.
The Atlanta players of big favor
ites to win—Nat Thornton, who re
cently won the Old Dominion title,
and Ed Carter, present South Atlan
tic champion are Atlanta’s strongest
players in the singles. |
Ramspeck and Orr, who on Sat-i
urday won the South Atlautic‘
doubles championship, and B. M.
Grant and kd Carter, the local favor-‘
ites in the doubles.
Charley Rodgers and Rob’t Cowan,
of Kaoxville, and Brools an‘! Bart
lette, of Birmingham, are probably
’the most widely known oit-of-town
entrants.
t A good representation numbering
both men and women will be on
}hand from New Orleans, Chatta
nooga, Memphis, Augusta, Macon,
!Savannah and Columbus,
~ Besides the trophies in the men’s
singles and doubles for the southern
‘championship, some handsome cups
are offered in the ladies singles, mix
ed doubles and the consolation.
The Doyle Brothers of Washing
ton, D. C., who for the past two years
have won all honors, will not be in
attendance on this tournament. The
winners of the tournament will be
awarded the southern cups. There
is no challenge round. :
Meeting Of Woodmen.
Mr. O. G. Johnson, State Depu
ty of the Modern Woodmen of
America, will hold a meeting at
the office of J. A. Justice & Co.,
Friday evening at 8 o’clock, All
interested are invited to attend,
Read the ads and learn the best
places to trade at.
Georgia State Board of Health Shows
How“ Death Rate May Be
Materially Reduced.
" Atlanta, Ga., May 27.—(Special.)—
Practically every one of the many
hundreds of deaths—no one knows
how many, and the number may un
into thousands—which occur annually
in Georgia from typhoid fever alone,
might be prevented through observ
ance of the common rules of sanita
tion and cleanliness, asserts the Geor
gia State Board of Health. -How many
more deaths, easily preventable, are
added to this number yearly through
dysentery and kindred diseases, there
are no records to disclose. In mor
tuary receids and vital statistics Geor
gia is lamentably deficient.
That eternal cleanliness is the price
of health, is the lesson the individual,
the family everywhere must learn.
Morevoer, it must be the right kind
of cleaning:; it does not answer sim
ply to gather up and burn the trash
and garbage, for it is not so much in
these the danger lies, as in the ex
cretions of the human body. These
excretions must be rendered harmless
and made powerless to distribute the
germs of disease with which they may
be contaminated. And unless this is
done the danger of disease contami
pation will be always present.
Typhoid, dysentery and like diseas
es are just as certainly products of
filth and dirt as daylight follows sun
rise. Their germs breed in filth, in
human excretions, and are communi
cated to wells and cisterns; they are
carried by flies and other insects,
taken into the system through con
taminated drinking water, through
milk that has become infected and
even a person’s hands coming into
contact with the germs, may convey
them to the system through the
mouth,
Typhoid fever develops slowly; it
is marked by loss of appetiie, head
ache, fatigue upon slight exertion.
Then fever develops.accompanied of
ten by chilly sensations; the temper
ature gradualy rises, going some
times as high as 105 degrees or morg.
In many cases there are no symptomg
of bowel trouble; in severe forms,
diarrhoaca may come the first week
and continue. Later small reddish
spots, resembling flea bites, appear
on the abdomen and legs; pneumo
nia may develop and bleeding from
the bowels is an occasional symptom.
Upon the first appearance of the
symptoms a physician should be call
ed; careful nursing and a liquid diet
until the physician permits otherwise,
are imperative.
Dysentery is of two kinds, the amoe
bic or tropical, caused by drinking 1
water containing a small single-celled
organism called the “amoeba’”—a se
vere type of which may continue
even years after being contracted
through taking impure drinking wa
ter into the system; and then, the
common kind which is communicated
through impure water also, and,
again, after the manner of typhoid
fever. This disease is most common
in the rural districts where water
supplies more easily become contam
inated.
Cleanliness is the absolute, the only
preventative of these diseases. By
cleanliness the Board of Health means
more particulariy the proper removal
and disposition of human excretions
where they will be poweriess to comdps
municate intection, First and fore
most, as pointed out in a former state
ment by the Board of Health, houses
should be securely screened so as to
keep out flies, mosquitoes and all in
sects. The barnyard manure pile
should be screened so that fiies can
rot make it their breeding place. Yard
closets should be so constructed that
flies cannot get into them ; they
should be kep thoroughly clean at
all times and far removed from the
well or the source of water supply.
Lime should be freely used about all
such places. Stable yard, pigpen and
cow lot should be kept dry and clean.
Garbage should be kept in tight cov
ered cans. Care must be taken to
prevent any possible contamination
of the well or cistern; every family !}
should know that its drinking water
is' pure. In making preparations for
milking, boil the water in the vessel
into which the milk is to be drawns
pour it into another vessel and do not
then wash out the first bucket. Be
fore milking wash thoroughly the
cow’s udder with the boiled water ;
typhoid gets into milk through the
use of water that is contaminated.
Have no stagnant or standing water
about the house or premises. Cereful
and thorough observation of these
common rules of sanitation will elim
inate probability of the presence of
these diseases ; it is the only thing
that will do it.
In the case of typhoid fever pa
tients extreme care must be taken
to prevent communication of the dis
eases to other persons. Where possl
ble, typhoid fever patients should be
completely isolated, attended only by
those whose presence is necessary.
Excretions from patients shouid be
thoroughly disinfected and removeda
far from,springs or wells. All cloth
ing of whatever nature removed from
the patient’s room and everything in
it should be subjected to complete
fumigation. Only through such care
can the communication of the disease
to others be reduced to a minimum, if
not made practically imposisble. <
If every citizen would proceed upon
the assumption that he might possi
bly, become the next victim of one
of these diseases, Georgia could eas
{ly be made so clean from a sanitary
standpoint that the state’s death list
would unquestionably be c¢ut down
many thousands annually.