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‘ " The Sixth Year of the Third District AGRICULTURAL and MECHANICAL SCHOOL Opens September the Second Educators and the people everywhere have endorsed the school. It offers a practical, sensible literary course that extends through tke High School. The Mechanics department is the best of its kind in the state. Scientific and applied agriculture taught as actual problems and not as 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. J. M. COLLUM, Principal, Americus, Georgia. My farm of 90 acres ot good W land, 70 acres in cultiva tion, well improved, with 3 good buildings, good pasture, all under wire fence. Will sell at a bargain before August 2nd. Located 8 miles north of Fitzgerald on graded road. B. W WOODHAM, R. F. D. No. 1, Fitzgerald, Ga. Smith Might Again Manage Atlanta Team Atlanta, Ga,, August 19—The Atlanta baseball team 1s appar ently doomed to stay in the cellar, and Atlanta fans, like fans every where, are roasting the club and the players, but there’s at least one supporter of the Crackers whose loyalty has not waned and whose liberality has not been af fected by the long losing streak. He is Preston Arkwright, the club’s chief owner and generally conceded to be the game’s truest sport in this city. Although the fans have not always approved the managers selected, nor a good many of the players, they don’t criticise Arkwright. They koow that be has spent $25,000 this season, for example, trying to build up the team and that he spent money like water last year. They know, also, that whatever may be the fate of franchises in other Southern league towns, At lanta will never lose hers through a case of cold feet by the franchise owners, The news that Billy Smith will probably come back next year as manager has been hailed with de light and everyone expects the flag to float again over Ponce de Leon park. Ga. Boys Camping On Chesapeake Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 19,—0n the shores of the Chesapeake bay near Norfolk, Va., is encamped a large party of boys from Georgia, and it is evident from the stories in the Norfolk papers that thev are having the time of their Jives and making themselves very popular with the many visitors whom the) have entertained, In the daytime the boys go swimming and boating on the wa ters of the Chesapeske, enjoy the fine fishing, hunt small game, and play base ball and other games near their camp. ln the evening it is their wont t> tune up guitars, mandolins, violins and other musical instru ments, and seienade their visitors as well as making excursions to the surrounding neighborhoed.: Be.ng under the supervision of their teachers, the boys hail from Riverside Academy, at Gainesville, Ga., the boys are well taken care of and their parents can read the pews of their fun without feeling the least bit of uneasiness. S DRt ik A free thinker is a man who isn’t married. S ARt LSRR When a lecture is free you are expected to buy 8 book or a shav ing strop from the man who de livered it. : ; F . The water wagon is like a street car at supper time. You can’t get anywhere with it, because it has to make so many stops. e Eph Wiley says ‘he has noticed that the man with a long chin is the one most likely to accentuste #by wearing whiskers, Moderate Weather for This Week Washington, D, C. Aug, 18.— The coming week will be one of moderately high temperatures in the southern states and generally over the middle west according to a bulletin from the weather bureau. Iu the northerr states and west of the Rocky mountaizs temperatures will be near or below the seasonal average. “The precipitation during the week,” the bulletin says, “will b light and local over the south ern half of the country and gen erally above the normal in the northern states, The next distur bance to cross the country will ap year in the northwest Tuesday, cross the middle west about Thurs day and the eastern states Friday or Saturday, There are no indi cations at the present time of any disturbance in the West Indies.” (Advertisemer.t) Mr. Mercer is Encouraged. Canvass ef District Reveal ed Situationthat is Pleas ing to him. Hon. John R. Mercer, who has in the last few weeks visited all sections of the Third district n the interest of his candidacy for congress, met with much encour agement everywhere and is pleas ed with the outlooz, Mr. Mercer says the solid and substantial citizenry of the district who are more interested in having a 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 pumbers and is very optimistic as to the result on election day, Mr. Mercer will do considerable more canvassing in the time inter vening between now and election day.—Dawson News. 59-tf, 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. 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 please you. Just ask your dealer to show them. ) (LR Red Seal Shoe Factory, Aslants. e To the Citizens of Georgia As you no doubt know, I am at preseut holding the position of Assistant to the Commissioner of Agriculture and feel in honor bound to remain at my post of duty. Therefore, it will be im possible for me to see all the regis tered voters of the State during my short vacation this summer, and for that reason I am calling upon my friends throughout the State to lend me a helping hand 12 my race for Commissioner of Agriculture. In entering the race, Idid so re lying wholly upon the judgment 0" the people. I am proud that we have reached the time 1n Georgia when the individual merit of the candidate has become the criterion by which he is to be judged when every voter does his own thinking and votes his honest convictions. Being a practical farmer and knowing that every interestof our great State is dependent upon her agricultural resources and bhaving devoted some of the best years of my life to the upbuilding of the agricultural interest, I do not hesitate to ask the support of my fellow citizens. Witk best wishes, I am, i Very truly yours, ‘ J. J. Brown, | Bowman, G How the average married man would like to see & tax on the old bachelors! For Sale. The following car-loads just arriv ed: Brick, Flour, Horse and Mule Sweet Feed, Hay, Wire Fencing and Nails, prices as follows: Brick 90c per 100 or $8.50 per 1,000. ~ Nails 3¢ per Ib. or $2.75 per 100 pounds. Flour 75¢ 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 Dobp SurpLy ComPANY. l W. W. Martin, The Auctioneer. Telephone or cait at Miller hrm&i tare Company, Fitsgerald, G@s. . Next Governor Will Be-Decided Tomorrow Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 19—In one more day will begin the baftle‘cf ballots, to determine who Georgia.’s< next Governor, legislature and state house officials are to be, Hon, John M. Slaton’s last word before the election has been issued. It is a quiet, dignified review of his stand on the main Issues of the campaign. Regarding his failure to make any extended speech-making tour, Mr. Slaton frankly says that he ‘was too busy with the legislature and the farmers were too busy cultivating their crops. He upholds the judiciary of the state; advocates a policy of econo ‘my in bandling the state’s finances; | arvocates a permanent registration law; advocates the county unit plan; opposes the sale of the Wes tern & Atlantic railroad; advocates liberal appropriations for public ‘education, and urges -he need for ‘co-operation between the state and the agricultural interests; and ad vocates an efficient health depart ment. A statement issued by campaign headquarters of Hon. Hooper Alexander disputes the claim that a majority of the members of the legislature are supporting Mr. Slaton, and disputes the claim that he is getting any support from the Anti-Saloon league ieaders or the members of the W, C. T. U. Both these organizations are claimed to be for “Alexander. The statement further claims tkat the travelng men of the state are supporting Alexander. The statement takes occasion to roast the papers that have refused to print, free of charge, the Alexander platform. Col. Charles B. Teal transacted business in Valdosta Saturday. Mr, George Wooten spent Sun dey with friends in Valdosta. Mr. John Sikes; of Jefferson ville, Ind., is here, visiting Mr. John. Frazer. 2 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 want this distinctly 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 init.”” “Mercer is going to come down.”” “Mercer is preparing to quit the race.”’ Don’t you believe any such thing. Mercer is “init.”’ 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 canny 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 distriet like ours, composed of a very large proportion of the agricultural classes, should have an agriculturalist to represent it in Congress. I 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 will 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. , _ : T 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. : . ; ‘ ‘ I 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. 1¢ you will do this, Mr. Voter, my next public communication will be a letter QIW nks to you ‘or naming me s your Representative &g“ erytruly yours, 3. R.MERCER, 1 Positive Proof Should Convince the Great est Skeptic in Fitzgerald Because it’s the evidence of a Fitzgerald citizen. Testimony essily investigated, The strongest endorsement of merit. The best proof, Read it: Wll-{ liam Goebler, 211 Roanoke Drive, Fitzgerald, Ga.,says: “lam pleas-} ed to recommend Doan’s Kidney Pills as they have helped me wc;n-J derfully. My kidneys troubledi me for years and I was compelled to get up several times at night, owing to kidney weakness. My iback a-hed almost constantly and I rested poorly. When I got up in the morning, I felt lame and stiff and could hardly get around. Hearing -about Doan’s Kidney Pills, I obtained a supply and their use ccrrected my trouble. I can say that Doan’s Kidney Pills have been of greater benefit to me than anything else I have ever taken.” (Statement given April 15, 1908.) \ RE-ENDORSEMENT. Mr. Goebler was interviewed on April 26, 1911 and he said: “I authorize the continued publica tion of my former endorsement of Doan’s Kidney Pills. This reme dy has certainly been of benefit to me'” l For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents, = Koster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. L Mr. Harry Beauchamp, Harry Camplin and Ellis Blandford have returned from a pleasant visit in Savannah Tybee and Pitts, Ga. - $lOO,OOO to Loan ON BEN RILL FARMS And on Fitzgerald Cii 7 Property Loans Negotiate 1 ’romptly Terms the Best; Interest the Lowest. Come and See Me. W. M. BRYAN Garbutt-Donovan Building Room No. 311, Fitzgerald Ga. Representing ELLIS & ELLIS, Tifton, Georgia e - g Announcement Of & Wright T. l’aulk.g FOR RE-ELECTION IN THE GEN ERAL ASSEMBLY OF GA., | AR s From Ben-Hill County, Und,fi- f] Such Rules and Regulations as | Prescribed by the Proper \ Authorities | To the People of Ben Hill County: ! During the 1911 session of the : General Assembly of Ga., whichy I served you, I endeavored earn- | estly and faithfully mn the support of all the General measures that T advocated and plédged in my for- i mer race for Representative. viz. Laws with reference to Labdr, and the extension of Education. And in co-operating with others equally interested, such Laws wcre enacted and in my opinion of thought, have met with approval in general 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. yp~ I voted for every meaure thgt tended to uplift the people and state, I was always on the side with the peoplein common as against special interest, 1 met regularlly with my Com mittees, having been assigned to some among' the most importakt, such as, Education ‘‘Banks and Banking” Railroads” Ways and Means and Corporations etc, My conduct as your Represer.- tative is a matter of public record,. and with such experience as I have had I feel that I am in better position to still render more and better service t> the people of my County. ; I am anxious to serve you again in the General Assembly from our County, not in any consideration of money for, all one can ge¥ ou of it is the consciousness of hav ing served his people well an faithfully, and to me this is great er than money. § I therefore earnestly appeal td@ your kind consideration, promis} ing if re-elected the best efforts o my life in all matters of gener as well as of local interest. I Faithfully Yours, ‘ tf. Wright T. Paulk. 3 g | Announcement & To the Voters of Ben Hill County lam a candidate for the Stati Senate as the representa.ive il that body of the Fifteenth Seng torial District, subject to the cox& ing Primary Election, If electe to this office, I will appreciate tg honor of the position and will er deavor to realize its duties and ré sponsibilities, I will consider ti position as a public trust, an%’ wlg be untiring in my efforts at times to discharge the obligatio of the trust in such a manner will be to the credit of the DT trict, of Ben Hill county, ai of myself. I will be very grateq for ail support given me, i O. H. Elkins. Announcement. JUDGE SUPERRIOR COURT lam a candidate in the Detj cratic Primary of August 2lst the office of Judge. of the Céj Circuit, unexpired term, and-sub to the rules of said primary elec Your supporty will be apprecia Very respectfully, W. F. Geore Announcement To the Voters of Cordele Judi ~ Circuit: e I am .a candidate for the o of Solicitor General of this Cir I will appreciate every vote for me. I realize that olectio this office will impose upon serious responsibilites. If I am elected I will disc the duties of the office vigoros g impartially and without respec| person. ; 3 % s N fi-,‘",z,--J e S b ,8.4: h ;: