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fi The Sixth Year of the Third District
AGRICULTURAL and MECHANICAL SCHOOL
7' Opens September the Second ;
! Educators and the people everywhere have endorsed the school. It offers a practical, sensible
il Titerary course that extends through the High School. The Mechanics department is the best of
#i its kind in the state. Scientific and appiied agriculture taught as actual preblems and not as
i theories. Board $7.50 per month or only $67.50 for an entire year. For want of room 45 stu
, ‘ dents turned away during September 1911. Write for catalog.
£ JM. COLLUM, Principal, Americus, Georgia.
Cabaniss Fertilizer
.
Bill Meets Death
sut Passes Bill for Woraen
Notaries Public
Atlants, August 13.--The Sen
ate was in a killing humor at this
afterpoon’s session and the only
measure it actually passed was the
{louse bill perwitting women to
become notaries public and to
serve on local boards of school
trustees and the hke.
Tne Senate first proceeded to
administer a death blow to the
House bill providing such qualifi
cations for railroad firemen as
would exclude negroes, This was
done by refusing to let the bill go
to a second reading, the vote be
ing 23 to 17,
A bill which failed to get a sec
ood reading today cannot possibly
be passed at this sessicn as there
is only one more day left of It,
The same dose was administered
1o the Cabaniss fertilizer bill which
came over from the House. This
is the measure prohibiving the
sale of any fertilizers in Georgia,
whtcu contaln artilicial fillers. By
a vote of 25 to 15 the Senate re
fased to let it o to a second read.
ing. |
The House, however, still has
the Senate bill which permits the
use of fillers, but requires that
the amount be specified on the
sack together with the statement,
“‘warthless as a fertilizer.” The
House may pass this bill to-mor-
FOW.
Another constitutional amend
meat permits the abolition of
justice courts in cities baving a
population of more than 20,000
except in the city of Savannah,
aunl the substitution of municipal
eourts in their stead, the duties
and powers of the new courts to
be defined by the Legislature,
Cenrtal Christian
Church.
August 18, .
Bible School 9:30 a, m.
Communion and Sermon 10:45
& m.
Preacher, Rev. L. H. Martin.
There will be no night service.
{Advertisement)
Mr. Mercer is Encouragad.
Cauvass of District Reveal
ed Situationthatis Pleas
ing to him. 1
Hon. John R. Mercer, who has{
tn the last few weeks visited all’
sections of the Third district in
the interest of his candidacy for
congress, met with much encour
agement everywhere and is pleas
ed with the outloox, ‘
Mr. Mercer says the solid and
substantial citizenry of the_distric*
who are more interested in having
& representative business man and
farmer 1n congress than they are
in the political advancement of
any individual who has been play
ing the gamein a smaller way
with more or less success, have as
sured him of their support in large
numbers and is very optimistic as
%o the result on election day.
Mr. Mercer will do considerable
more canvassing in the time inter
wening between now and election
day.—Dawson News. 59-tf,
HORSE FOR SALE—Good work
and driving horse. Knquire of
J. H. Shafer, 805 West Pine,
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Blind Man Hejies
To See Through
l Murderer’s Eye
~ Atlanta, Ga., August 15 —A
surgical operution that would have
staggered the imagination of Poe
in his wildest dreams of fancy is
soon to be performed in Atlanta,
The eyes of a man corndemned
to death for murder are to be
taken out and put in the sightless
sockets o®a blind man who sells
newspapers on the corner of Deca
tur and Pcachtree street,
The condemned man is Robert
L. Clay, who killed -his wife some
months ago; and the news boy is
John Cashin, who lost his sight
several years ago.
Dr. Phin zy Calboun, eye spe
cialis€ and son of the late Dr.
Calhoun, has prowised Cashin that
he will give the operation a trial
provided Clay and his relatives
will consent to give his eves to
blind Cashin, and another well
known specialist is alsointerested.
The story is one worthy to be
handled by a man ot genius. Cashin
has clung to a hope that some day,
somehow, his sight would be re
stored; just as the child dreams
that his dead mother bas been
miraculously raised from the
grave.
When Cashin read that Clay
must die for murd.r, that there
was no hope of stay or respite, he
conceived the idea of having the
condemned man’s orbe transferred
to him, and went to see eyespecial
iste. They were inclined to treat
the proposition as absurd and
childish, while from a scientific
standpoint they thought it impos:
sible.
But Cushin persevered, finally
convinced them the operation was
worth attempting, and Cashin, be
lieving with implicit faith that
he will see again, is the happiest
mean in Atianta.
Pellagra
Don’t die with Pellagra, We
cure it to stay cured, Remedy
discovered a year ago.
Drs. Mathews & McLauchlin,
60 2t. Moultrie, Ga,
A man spends a good portion of
his time deceiving himself, ‘and a
woman spends a good portion of
hers before a mirror. Its the
same thing.
Forget Your Feet.
A busy man might as
well be crippled as to be
poorly shod. Poor shoes
make it awful hard to
keep your mind off your
feet. B
King Bee and Easy
Street are comfortable.
They are made in our
Georgia Shoe Factory
and are ‘‘there’’ on
style and wearing qual
ities.
Two new classy lasts
have just been put in
“Ty Cobb,” Red Rock.”
They'll pleass you.
Just ask your dealer to
show them. .
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}. K. Orr Shoe Co.,
ad Scal Shue Factory,
£lanta.
THE LEADER-ENTERPRISE FRIDAY. AUGUST 16. 1912
| To the Citizens of Georgia
I As you no doubt know, lam at
preseut bolding tha position cf
'Assistant to the Commissioner of
Agricaiture and feel in honor
!bound to remain at myv post of
gduty. Therefore, it will be Im
| possible for me to see all the regis
tered voters of the State during
'my short vacation this summer,
‘ ard for that season I am callirg
iupon my friends throughout the
State to lend me a helping hard
1~ lay race for Commissioner of
f Agricuilure. ol
i In entering the race, Idid so re
'l\in.g wholly wvon the judgment
of tne people. I am proud that we
;have reached the time i Georgia
when the iadividual merit of the
!candndare has become the criterion
ib;,' which he is 1o be judged when
every voter does his own thinking
land votes Lis honest convictions.
' Being a practic:l farmer and
knowing thit every interestof our
}great State is dependent upon her
agricultural resources and having
’devum-i some of the best years of
wy life to the vpbuilding of the
acriculturat interest, I do not
besitate to ask the support of my
fellow citizens.
Witk best wishes, I am,
Very truly yours,
. J. J. Brown.
Bowman, Ga,
For Sale.
The following car-loads just arriv
ed: Brick, Flour, Horse and Mule
Swret Feed, Hay, Wire IFencing and
Nails, prices as follows:
Brick 90c per 100 or $8.50 per
1,000.
Nails 3c per Ib. or $2.75 per 100
pounds.
Flour 75¢c sack or $5.75 per bbl
Mule Sweet Feed $1.90 sack or
$35.00 ton.
Cotton Seed Hulls 50c sack or
$8.75 per ton.
Cotton Seed Meal $1.50 sack or
$27.00 per ton.
Best Granulated Sugar $1.50 sack
or $5.75 per 100. ;
The above is for cash only—quick
sales and small profits.
52-tf Dopp Suppry CoMmPANY.
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$lOO,OOO to Loan
ON BEN L'LL FARMS
And on Fitzgerald Ci. * Property
Loans Negouate ¥ 'romptly
Terms the Best; Interzst
the Lowest.
Come and See Me.
W. M. BRYAN
Garbutt-Donovan . Building
Room No. 311, Fitzgerald Ga.
Representing
ELLIS & ELLIS, Tifton, Georgia
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'Bills Passed at this Session of General
1
| Assembly of State.
i The following are the most important of the bills passed by
both the house and the senate this session of the legislature:
l The Ault committee bills, limiting number of inspectors, pro
viding for inspection of gasoline, benzine and naptha, and requir
ing the fertilizer tax to be paid into the state treasury before any
expenses are paid.
The Harris substitute fertillizer bill, preventing the manufac
ture or sale of fertilizer containing filler tunless so specified on sack
or tag.
Bills creating the new counties of Bleckley and Wheeler. I
A bili proving for a change of venue for electrical power com
panies operating in Georgia. :
| The general insurance bill.
l General deficiency appropriation bill.
| Special appropriation bill.
| Bill to require 21l promissory notes taken for mining stock to
| have consideration and specification of said stock on face of notes.
l The farmers’ free li-t bill, exempting certain articles from tax
,ation for a year.
| A bill to provide for the appointment of an official cotton
weigher in every cotton-growing county in Georgia.
2 The Tallulah Falls resolution requesting the governor to insti
gate a suit against the power company developing the falls.
! A bill requiring all passenger cars operating on Georgia lines |
to have cinder deflectors.
Abdlition of the justice.system in cities of over 20,000 popula
| tion, with the exception of Savannah. i
! A bill prohibiting cemetery official to discriminate against cer
‘tain kinds of coffins.
| A resolution expressing the disapprova! of the Georgia legisla
!ture of the manrer in which congress passed the Bristow amend
' ment.
: The bill allowing the pulling of mileage on trains.
| A bill known as the ‘‘blue sky’’ law, which is aimed at fraud-
Elent stocks and bonds.
’ A bill strengthening the present game and fish laws of the
state.
A bill repealing the tax on dogs. l
The Tippins bill. killing near-beer saloons and locker-clubs,
passed by both houses, but vetoed by governor. House refused to
lnass again over veto. l
Peschtres Yill be
Business Thoroughtare
Atlanta Ga. August 12.—The
last obstacle to the widening of
Peachtree street, in order to com
plete its transformation from resi
dence into business property, Las
been removed by the city council.
This city is to buy a narrow strip
so that Albert Howell can set back
his new $500,000 apartment house
at Peachtree ana Ponce de Leon
COMMUNICATED
On the Eve of Victory Mr. Mercer
Has a Final Word.
As the congressional race in this district draws to a close I
want to say a final word to the people.
First, lam in the race to the finish. I waut this distinetly
understood. I paid my entrance fee, made my canvass, expressed
my views and stated my platform with but one thought in mind,
viz: that of making a clean complete and faithful race. The old
trick is being worked by the opposition. They say: ‘Mercer’s not
in it.”” ‘“Mercer is going to come down.’’ ‘“‘Mercer is preparing
to quit the race.”’
Don’t you believe any such thing. Mercer is “in it.”’ He's
very decidedly in it. He’s so much in it that he’s worrying the
other fellows. Mercer is not preparing to ‘‘come down.”” He is
no quitter. He’ll fight to the finish, and he believes the finish is
strongly in his favor. ‘
In the second place, I want to say that I have made my
canvass on clean and honorable lines. I have not resorted to trick
ery and subterfuge. I have not practiced the wiles of the cauny
politician. I have appealed to the people of the district in a direct
and straightforward manner, asking their support and pledging
them my loyalty and my very best service.
I was urged before the actual opening of the race to enter
it as a candidate representing the farmers of this district. The
state of Georgia has only one farmer in congress at the present
time—Hon. Dudley M. Hughes. There are hundreds, yes thou
sands of the people who believe that a district like ours, composed
of a very large proportion of the agricultural classes, should have
an agriculturalist to represent it in Congress.
" 1 believe this. I know that my supporters believe it. Not
that there is more or superior merit in being a farmer than in be
ing anything else that is honorable, but that the farming interests
of our state need close and expert attention, and an honest, clear
headed farmer who has these interests at heart wil! do the people
great service in the law-making body of the country.
I am confident of the support of even larger numbers of the
people than have verbally or otherwise pledged themselves to me.
I have had only encouragement and good cheer as I have summed
up the situation on the eve of the election.
: I believe my race has been run in the interest of the people,
and I also believe that they approve of the methods I have used
in my campaign.
" 1 urge every voter to see that my name is on his ticket, and
that when he goes to the polls on election day he will see to it that
he is casting his ballot in the interest of clean and honest politics.
If you will do this, Mr. Voter, my next public communication will
be a letter of thanks to you for naming me as your Representative
in Congress. Very truly yours, J. R. ME&)ER, |
tf : “In the fight td"the finish.”
avenue, and is to pay $7,500 dam
ages to the owner of a smull store
suilding opposite the new Capital
City club.
These transactions mark the
passing of oune of the most famous
residence thoroughfares in the
country. The name of Peachtree
street is as well-known in Europe
as'is the name of Champs Elysses
in America. Since the founding
of Atlanta it has-been the city’s
leadiung fashionable residence
street. Now 1n the rapid march of
progress it is destined to become
the city’s leading business thor
oughfare.
Announcement Of
Wright T. Paulk
G )
FOR RE-ELECTION IN THE GEN.
ERAL ASSEMBLY OF GA., 2t
From Ben-Hill County, Under
Such Rules and Regulations ag
Prescribed by the Proper
Authorities
To the People of Ben Hill County @
During the 1911 session of the
General Assembly of Ga., which
[ served you, I endeavored earn
estly and }aithfully in the support
of all the General measures that ¥
advocated and pledged in my for.
mer race for Represcntative. viz. 4
Laws with reference to Labor,
and the extension of Education.
And in co-operating with others
equaliy interested, snch Lawsw. re
enacted and in my opinion of
thought, have met with approval
in geueral to the people of Geor
gia, especially in the New School?
Law where an additional One
Hundred Thousand Dollars goes*
to the children of this State.
I voted for <very meaure that
tended to uplift the people and
stute,
1 was always on the side with
the people in compion as against
special interest, *
1 met regularlly with my Com
mittees, having been assigned to
soma among the most important,
such as, Eaucation ‘‘Banks and
Banking” Railroads” Ways and
M:rars and Corporations ete.
My conduct as your Represen
tative is a muiter of public record,
and with such experience as I
bave had I feel that I am in better
position to still render imore and
bettcr service t 2 the people of my
County, ~ 8
I am anxious to serve you again
in the (General Assembly from our
County, not in any consideration
of money for, all one can get out
of it is the consciousness of hav
ing served his people well and
faithfully, and to me this is great
er than money.
I therefore earnestly appeal to
your kind consideration, promis
ing if re-elected the best efforts of
my life in all matters of general
as well as of local interest.
~ Faithfully Yours,
tf, Wright T. Paulk.
Announcement
To the Voters of Ben Hill County:
I am a candidate for the State.
Senate as the representa.ive in
that body of the Fifteenth Sena
torial District, subject to the com
ing Primary Election, If elected
to this office, I will appreciate the
honor of the position and will en®
deavor to realize its duties and re
sponsibilities, I will consider the
position as a public trust, and will
be untiring in my efforts at all
times to discharge the obligations
of the trust in such a manner as
will be to the credit of the Dis
irict, of Ben Hill county, and
of myself. I will be very grateful
for ail support given me,
O. H. Elkins.
Announcement.
JUDGE SUPERRIOR COURT. 4
lam a candidate in the Demo
cratic Primary -of August 21st for
the office of Judge of the Cordele
Circuit, unexpired term, and subject
to the rules of said primary election.
Your support} will be appreciated.
Very respectfully,
W. F. GEORGE.
Announcement
To the Voters of Cordele Judicial
Cireuit:
lam a candidate for the office
of Solicitor General of this Circuit.
I will appreciate every vote cast
for me. I realize that olection to
this office ‘will impose upon me
serious responsibilites.
If T am elected I wiil discharge
the duties of the office vigorously,
impartiay and without respect to
person.
: Respectfully,
Joseph B. Wall.