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Enteredat the Postoffice at Fitzgerald, as Second-Class Mail Matter, under Actiof
Congress of March 18,1879,
Official Organ of Ben Hill County and City of Fitzgerald
Rates for Display Advertising furnished on Application.
Local Readers 10 cents the line for each insertion. No ad taken for
tess than 25 cents.
Atlanta is on-trial to-day. The greatest fight for municipal
cleanliness is being waged to-day. All Georgia is interested in
the success of the moral forces in our capital city. The
election of a mayor for Atlanta is on, and the issue is plainly be
t ween the better element and the free and easy crowd. With the
record of Weodward before the voters, his election would be a plain
and decided reflection on the morals and integrity of the citizens
of Atlanta ar.d would be a serious handiccapfor theforces that have
organizedto free Atlanta from its vicious and immoral denizens.
. The State Fair.
The Georgia State Fair opens to-day in Macon, the permanent
home of the Fair. Owing to its splendid railroad facilities and its
geographical location Macon is the ideal city for the State Fair.
Large crowds will attend the Fair and out-of-town visitors will do
well to provide themselves with hotel accommodations ahead of
their arrival. Thursday the Legislature and the Governor will be
the special guests of the city ard the association, and a large at
tendance is expected.
Who Is Responsible ?
The dastardly attempt on the life of the Ex-President will be
deplored by all fair-minded men, no matter to what political party.
he may belong to. Mr. Roosevelt embodies the betterment of
political conditiors, as expressed in the restless undercurrent all
over the country. ‘The social unrest is well . recognized by all ob
servant patriots and the platform as presented by the Progressives,
perhaps more than any other national party embcdies the princi
ples in stategraft believed to be remedial of the evils of which the
‘“‘body politic’ is suffering. To charge this attack to socialists is
absurd, as socialism would have nothing to gain by the assassina
tion of Mr. Roonevelt, whose leading issues are expressing the de
mands of American Socialism. Capitalism, the expressive term of
organized predatory wealth is more interested and in fear of
Roosevelt than are the men behind the plow or the men in the shop
cr factory, the sources from which Socialism draws its following.
If Etter and Giavaniti in Lawrence can fairly be charged with the
death of a woman shot by the Massachusetts militia during a strike
in that city, then it is equally true that the unreasonable attacks
and fiery editorials and speeches of the Republican Spellbinders
are responsible for the outrage upon the F x-President having fired
the imagination of this would-be assassin through their exaggera
attacks on the ‘‘Third Term.”
The City Beautiful
Fitzgerald with its symetrical streets, parked in the business cen
ters, built after a plan, needs the hand and mind of a skilled artist to
properly utilize the space given by the builders of the city to make it
the prettiest city in the south. Built, as it is said, after a “Blue Print’
with the proper view to its future importance as a center of culture and
fostered by the best system o f public schools, w e should now plan
for i}s qigic adornment. With its miles of paved streets, bordered with
an abundance of electric lights, made possible through municipal owner
ship of this public utility, and the liberality of our business men, it
should become a part of the tennets of our women clubs and societies to
agitate and help create a spirit of beautifying t h e parks and thorough
fares of the city. The interest thus far displayed by the property
owners along the "paved street territory, argues well for the futnre. The
present city administration has accomplished wonders inpublic
improvements, traveling men covering the states, are loud in their praises
for the spirit dssplayed in the developement of the city. All about us in
Ben Hill we see evidences of permanent improvement, the county au
thorities are building roads second to none in the State, and the waste
lands are rapidly being put in cultivation. Another decade and Fitz
gerald and Ben Hill County, if we do our duty, will be the garden spot
of Georgia. Let Fitzgerald's progressive men and women co-operate in
this desirable civic problem. _ ;
STONER-MOSS.
Mrs. Flora P. Stoner and Dr.
Jerome H. Moss were married
Monday evering, Oct. 7, at the
home of Rev. J. L. Leichliter,
who performed the ceremony in
the presence of his family and
several friends of the bride and
groom,
Both bride and groom have
lived in Fitzgerald for a number
of years and have a host of
friends who are now showering
their best wishes upon them.
Dr. and Mrs. Moss are.at home
at their cozy little cottage on
West Pine Street.
Mrs. W. W. Waters and little
son, L.ewis Layne, left Saturday
night to join ker husband, at
Chester, S. C, where they will
make their future home. Miss
Mary Lewis Putnam accompanied
her home and will spend several
days before returning to Fitzger
ald,
Mrs. J. H. Goodman left at
noon today for Altanta, to be the
guest of Mrs. . F. Thompson.
* The Ladies Aid Scciety of the
first M. E. Church will serve a
fish dinner at the W. R. C. Hall,
Wednesday Oect, 16. Dinner 25
cents.
THE LEADER-ENTERPRISE, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15. 1912.
~ THE AUTHENTIC LEE.
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His Two Master Spirits Were Lofty
Pride and Fierce Enthusiaum.
Under the habitually uuruffled com
posure of that ovean of reserve and
dominated, as I believe, by two masier
spirits, lies the authentic Lee. And
what were those master spirits which,
blind to facts and deaf to reason, drove
him on from KFarmville? Were they
creations of his own? No. not at all.
Nature herself had planted them. And
what were they? One, an all pervading.
unconscious pride, a pride not sordid
or arrogant, but lofty: the other. dif
fused through his whole being and puls
ing in every vein, a burning, even
flerce, enthasiasni.
These, in my judgment. were the in
grained. controlling temperamental
qualities in Robert E. Lee which deter
mined his fate. The former could not
stand the humiliation of being over
thrown completely in a cause he be
ileved right: the iatter eonverted him a’
danger's first challenge. as was again
and again displayed in the field, into
a prompt and inveterate fighter.
As, for instance, at Antietam, al
though he had met and stood off Mc-
Clellan, yet with such carnage that i
was in effect a defeat. still for a day
after the battle he held his ground
among his dead. resolutely challenging
his adversary to come on if he dared.
. 80. too. he stood for a day at Gettys
burg after his frightful repulses, invit
ing Meade to attack, and when with
his bleeding army he reached the flood
ed Potomac, with every bridge swept
away. undismayed he turned his back
on the raging stream and. planting his
colors. defiantly bade the Army of the
Potemac to strike.
Who can forget. too, how quickly he
accepted Hooker’s gage of battle in the
Wilderness and how a year later—the
violets were just in bloom agaln for
the first time on the blood stained
ground of Gettyshurg—he plunged at
Grant?
No eagle that ever flew, no tiger that
ever sprang. had more natural cour
age. and 1 will guarantee that every
field he was on. if you ask it about
kim, will speak of the unquailing battle
spirit of his mien. Be not deceived—
Lee. notwithstanding his poise. was
naturaily the most belligerent man at
the head of any army in the war.—Mor
ris Schaff in Atlantic.
A NAVAL REBUKE.
Two Admirals, a Captain and a Fool
In Manila Bay.
'When Dewey’s fleet was at Manila
the late Admiral Chichester was then
a captain. On one occasion Admiral
Diedrichs, the German, sent out the
Irene on an unrevealed errand and
without the customary notification to
the commander of the blockading fleet.
Admiral Dewey had suffered, he
thought, sufficiently from that sort of
thing, and so the admiral sent a vessel
across the Irene’s bows and notified
her captain that she would not be per
mitted to depart without a statement
as to her destination.
It was not Admiral Diedrichs’ mis
sion to quarrel with both the Ameri
can and the English fleets on this
critical occasion, so he sought to find
out Captain Chichester’s purpose in
case of a collision. Going on board
Chichester’s ship, he angrily exclaim
ed. “Did you see what Dewey did to
my ship?”
“Yes.” replied Chichester.
“YWhat would you have done if it had
been an English ship?*
“Well,” said Chichester, convenient
ly assuming that the Irene’s captain
had sailed without erders from Die
drichs, “I'd have put my captain in
arrest, and then I'd have gone on
board the Olympia and apologized to
Admiral Dewey for having such a fool
in command of one of my ships.”—
Harper's Weekly, i
et
His Littde Scheme. :
“Going te Wombat’s dinner party?”
“Guess so. Why i he announcing
that reporters will be rigidly ex
dmded ™
‘W to get the affair
wedl .*—T.euwisviile Courier-
Journal,
ROACH-ISLER.
The marriage at Amercus last
evening of Miss Ira Roach and
Charles Isler was aolemnized at
the residence of the bride’s pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. William S.
Roach, by Dr. Lansing Burrows,
paster of the Baptist church
there. Owing to illness in the
families of both bride and groom
the marriage was a quiet home
occasion and witnessed only by
relatives and immediate friends.
The bride is the only daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Roach and widely
popular. The groom is a promi
nent wholesale grocer of Fitz
gerald, to which city they went
immediately following the wed
ding ceremony.—Sunday’s Macon
Telegraph.
Mrs. Riley Elgen and mother,
Mrs. Donaldson, returned Sun
day morning, after a visit of sev
eral months in New York City
and Baltimore with relatives and
old-time friends.
Where igno.rance is bliss it is
folly to cultivate the acquaintance
of a chap that krows it all,
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Model “K” Touring Car—Completely Equipped.
Equipment includes: three oil lamps, two gas lamps, Pret-o
lite tank, mohair top with side curtains and top cover, wind
shield, horn, demountable rims with spare rim, tire holders,
F. 0.8. Detroit tool kit with jack, and tire repair outfit with pump, nickel F. 0.8. Detroit
and black trimmings. .
For three years the K-r-i-t has been a
sure and certain success for every
dealer and every buyer who has
come in contact with it.
But it was a success limited by our
production capacity.
The result, during these three years,
has been that every K-r-i-t has been
sold before it left the factory.
For that reason we have been unable
to supply buyers, except through
those dealers who were fortunate
- enough to have early identified them
selves with the K-r-i-t line.
But, now we are in a positicn to make
prompt deliveries, because we have
largely increased our production,
This means a golden opportunity to
the dealer whose experience has
taught him to recognize the possibili
ties of a car already firmly en
trenched in popular favor.
K-ri-t character and K-r-i-t quality are
an old story, and with the momentum
of nation-wide success and prestige,
point out the money making capacity
of the K-r-i-t line.
The dealer who associates himself with
the K-r-i-t now, can be swept along
on the wave of K-r-i-t popularity and
enthusiam.
The K-r-i-t price is all K-r-i-t value. It
does not mean flashy equipment and
ornamentation. It is all in the car.
It means, Mr. Dealer, that in the K-r-i-t
you offer to your trade a car at $9OO
which in roominess, ease of riding,
length of service, and power to per
form, is in a class by itself.
e Sy Established dealers should write or wire
4 R ~to Geo. A. Crittenden, Sales Manager. - |
Care Of ,
K-R-I-T MOTOlgn_ CfiIéa.COMPANY . . \
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Or our Special Rnprmhfivo e |MW ;
G. V. H. CAIRNS, i
Burlidge Hotel Jacksonville, Fla.
Furman D, Lee
On Saturday afternoon shortly
past four o’clock Mr. Furman D.
Lee departed this life from his
home cn W. Ocmulgee street after
a week’s illness due to apoplexy.
Mr. Lee was one of the oldest
and most highly respected citizens
of this city. He was born in Indi
ana June 22, 1837. Later with his
parents he moved to lowa, where
he was married 1n 1856 to Miss
Eliza A, Myers.
Upon the outbreak of the war
between the States be enlisted in
the 3rd lowa Infantry. This first
enlistment was terminated by his
return home upon the deach of
his daughter Blanche. After a
few months he reinlisted in the
18th lowa aad returned to the
front. He was unfortunate in
being captured and the rest of his
army experierce was ore of re
peated esc e and recaptures. He
was finaily exchanged from Tyler,
Texas at the c'ese of the war,
In 1870 Mr. Lee removed with
his family to Kansas and in 1880
!to Nebrasks. In the latter state he
held offices of importance, being
‘Sheriff and County Commissioner
of his county and state Senator.
He also lectured frequensly upon
his army experiences.
Mr. Lee was one of the colonists
who came to this city in 1895. He
was & member of the first Board
of Aldermen, and at one time was
Dept. Commander of the G, A.
R. of S. C., Ga,, and Fla, He was
of pleasing personalty and had &
host of friends.
The funeral services were held
yesterday afternoon from the
First M. E. Church, of which he
was a member, Rev. K. J. Ham
mond officiating, The attendance |
was large and the floral tributes‘
numerous. ;
Mr. Lee leaves to mourn his
demise a widow and two sons,
Clarence and Dick, both of the
Fitzgerald Post Office force, be
sides a number of grand children
and many friends. The Leader-
Enterprise extends Its sympathy
to the bereaved family.
The reason for this is that the K-ri-t
is the product of one organization;
this means less cost of production
and greater value in the car, with
correspondingly greater satisfaction
and longer service to the owner.
All main bearings in the motor and
transmission are of the annular ball
type, which means less friction,
greater efficiency, no adjustments,
and ability to outlive the car itself.
The motor, clutch, and transmission
are a unit; the motor has the valves
enclosed and fully protected.
Transmission and differential gears are
cut from chrome nickel, the hardest
and longest wearing steel.
The equipment is complete and all
exterior metal parts are finished in
black and nickel, sightly and stylish.
For $lO additional we equip the K-r-i
-with complete electric lighting sys
tem, which includes five lamps and
100-hour storage battery.
All models are furnished with either
55 or 60-inch tread. :
K-r-i-t reputation, durability, character
and value create K-r-i-t sales almost of
themselves, once the K-r-i-t is intro
duced into a community; and no
shrewd dealer will turn away from
the chance to connect with an estab
lished car.
And the Company stands back of the
car—with every K-r-i-t goes a written
guarantee for a year.
Other Models—“Kß” Roadster $900;
. “KD” Delivery $900; Completely
Equipped F. O. B. Detroit.
If we make a list of those
farms, or those neighborhoods
where it is most common to flush
or break or broadcast the land
that is later to be bedded for cot
ton, we find it toinclude the areas
where the most successful farm
ing is done. My observation ie
that a much larger proportion of
the land intended for cotton is
now flushed than was the case 10
years ago. Certainly it ought to
be a universal rule thus to pre
pare all land wherethere is much
vegetation, and to prepare inthe
same way as much of the clean
or old cotton landas time permits,
beginning with the stiffest soil.
—J. F. Duggar, in The Progres
sive Farmer. Q
Mr. Randall LEgyan leaves to
morrow for Quiman, where he
h»s accepted a position with the
South Georgia and Southwest
Railroad,
Get a season ticket and it
will cost you oaly 10c for
admission to the Fair.