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Congress of March 18,1879.
Official Organ of Ben Hill County and City of Fitzgerald
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Rates for Display Advertising tux nished on Application.
Local Readers 10 cents the line for each insertion. No ad taken for
tess than 25 cents.
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Vote for Wilson and Marshall Nov. sth. Ben Rill County mvst
give the party a full vote. The danger is in the apathy of the voters
after a primary. We owe it to the party’s nominees to get out a full
vote. The Bull Moose and the Republicans will poll their full
strength, the Democrats must do the same, It’s our duty so let us do
The merchants as well as the evening shoppers would appreciate
it if the Water and Light Commissioners would order on the Commer
cial lights as well as the Whiteway in the shopping district about an
bour eurlier. If the present schedule is maintained for the sake of
economy, we suggest that economy &s well as the public would be
better served if the lights be started about 4 p, m. and discontinued
at 11 p, m. It is in the early part of the evening that the peoplede
rive the greatest benefit from the lights on "the streets as well asin
the stores and offices. There are few people on the streets after 11 p_
m., it is in the early evening when we need the lights most.
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Fitzgerald has out-grown the village stage, and the police de
partment should make some of our hoodlums realize it. The fussil
ade indulged in during and after the fire last night was a disgrace
to any community. After the alarm is given there i 8 no excuse
whatsoever for discharging fire-arms, and frequently it is done to
the injury and annoyance of the sick in the vicinity. The Police
should make an example and put a few of these braves behind the
bars over night. The City and State laws are violated by such
indulgence and the lives of pedestrians are jeopardized needlessly.
Let’s put a stop to the practice.
Dates to be Remembered
November sth., Presidential Election.
November 20th., Opening Ben Hill County Fair.
November 28th., Thanksgiving Day.
December 17th.,:City Election.
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We Are Building A City
You can’t build a city on hot air alone, there must be some
thing behind the growth and push of a community. From every
side, the stranger within our gates, the commercial traveler and the
prospector from other States, can be heard in glowing terms prais
ing the evidences of progress in our midst. Our citizens, surround
ed daily with the signs of:development get so accustomed to them
that they fail to appreciate the strides we are making towards
s*THE CITY”’. The youngest in point of years, Fitzgerald has
more pretty homes, more and larger mercantile houses, more cot
ton warehouses and more and stronger banks than any of all the
other towns of South Georgia, many of which were county seats
before the War.
We are marching on and Fitzgerald needs the enthusiasm of its
citizens to keep up the pace, that has been set. Talk Fitzgerald
talk it at every opportunity and then make new ones to impress
your audience with the fact that you mean business, that you are
helping to build the prettiest city in the State. Get behind this
“CITY BEAUTIFUL’”’ movement and help push it to success. The
founders of the city made the plans—it is up to us to complete
them, and now is the time to start.
The civic spirit of the Woman’s Club has its memorial in the
beautified court house grounds. In the short time employed by the
ladies last year they have demonstrated that a little co-operationin
public affairs will pay a big dividend, If the same ladies will take
the lead we do not doubt that the city council wili__, give them
all the assistance possible in developing and caring for the
parks. The permanent curbing will protect whatever is
planted inside the park. and one of the regular street force
could be given charge of caring for the plants. Mayor Cook
informed us that he will at his own expense plant and care for
one section of the Main Street park.
COFFINS and fa .t
CASKETS i
All prices from the : TR 2
cheapest to the best. All calls receive our .immediate
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SANDLIN FURNITURE AND UNDERTAKING COMPANY
Day Phone 116 Night Phone 375
THE LEADER-ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18. 1912.
QUEER-OLD MINES
The Orpiment Workings In the
Snow Clad Himalayas.
A DAZZLING BLAZE OF COLOR.
Splendors of the Dismal Mineral Pits
as Thoy Sparkie In a Brilliant Mosaic
of Gold and Rubies In the Light of
the Flashing Torches.
High on the flanks of Tirich Mir, one
of the snow clad giant Himalayas of
Chitral, are the old mines where orpi
ment is found. Orpiment is a flaky.
flexible mineral, a compound of arsenic
and sulphur, the basis of certain beau
tiful yellow pigments, the auripigmen
tum of the ancients. Ba “Sport and
iife in the Fartbher nmalayas” Major
Kennion describes his visit to these
workings, the first visit to them, be
was told, ever made by a European:
“The holes through which the mines
are entered are in the face of a precipi
tous rock and are reached by a narrow,
downward sloping ledge. They were
about large enough for a hyena to walk
into without inconvenience.
“On my arrival five or six men with
bloodshot eyes and faces covered with
yellow dust crawled out. Although not
injurious to health, the orpiment, 1 was
told, affected the hands of the miners
in a peculiar way. That was obvious
enough. - The hands of many of the
men | saw were shrunkea to the bone,
of a dark slaty color and covered with
knots and excrescences.
“] told my guide to lead on, and he
disappeared into one of the holes. |
followed more deliberately, surprised
at being able te get in at all. After
crawling a few yards we found our
selves in a small chamber about eight
een t&t lemg, In which a man could
stand upright. The air was fresher
than | had expected. but there was no
orpiment in sight.
“In the farther corner there was
what looked like a well, and toward
this my guide le@ me. Following his
example, 1 sa¢ on the flosr and let my
self down feet foremost intc this dark
and narrow hole. The shaft did net go
straight dewn, and on the whole it was
easier to descend thap a factory chim
ney. for here and there were projecting
ledges on which yoa could rest your
toes. But for any one except a sweep
or an orpiment miner it was difficult
enough.
“After descending some twenty feet
I felt my legs swinging im space, a
hand grasped eme foot, guided it to a
rock and I let myself down on solid
earth. [ was in apother chamber.
smaller thamn the first and stuffier. But
still there was no orpiment.
“A hole appeared to lead away in a
downward direction from the farther
end of the chamber, and on one side a
lot of debris had fallen. My guide
cheerfully told me that this was the
grave of elght men, who had been bur
fed under this fall of stone while work
ing at the end of the passage.
“My guide now disappeared into the
hole and I had te follow. There was
no room to erawl—you had to lie down
and work yourself along with your toes.
The air was foul and full of sulphurous
dust. If it had been possible to turn
round and retreat I think I should have
done so. After traversing forty feet.
which seemed as many miles, in this
painful manner we reached another
chamber, in which it was possible to
sit up.
“Here at last was the orpiment. and
it was almost worth the trouble of com
ing to see. Except where the roof was
blackened by our terches—the miners
do their work in the dark for the sake
of purer air—the walls of the mine
seemed a dazzling, scintillating mosaie
of gold and rubfes. The light was
thrown back from an infinite number
of glittering points. in which every
shade of red and vellow, from the deep
est raby to the most brilliant scarlet.
from old gold to the palest sulphur,
was intermingled to form an {inde
scribable blaze of color. '
“After admiring the fascinating glit:
ter and gleam and ever changing blaze
of beautiful color of this display of sub
terranean splendor for awhile and
breaking off a few specimeas of vari
ous hues I began to long for the upper
alr. So we began the ascent from Aver
nus. which I was pleased to find con
siderably easier than the descent.”
Just the Same.
“Do you act toward your wife as you
did before you married her?”
“Biactly. I remember just how 1
ueed to act when I firet fell in love
with her. I used to hang over the fence
in front of her house aad gase at her
shadew on the curtain, afraid to ge in.
And I act just the same way now when
I get home late.” :
Not 8o Very Unexpeeted.
“adn, dearest Ada, will you be
mine?”’
“oOh, Charles, this is so unexpected!
You must give me a Mttie time.”
“How long, darling?"
“Oh, 1 will jukt cal mamma. She is
walting in the next room.”—Fliegende
Blatter.
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| Retribution.
“oOh, George. who opened the canary’s
cage?”’
~ *] did. You told me a little bird was
whispering to you when 1 was
naughty, so I knew it must be him, as
there was no other little bird about. so
1 opened the cage and the cat's eaten
% him!
l\ Ancxiety does not empty tomorrow of
i fts sorrow; it empties today of its
strength.—Maclaren.
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Increased production now enables us to
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Here, therefore, is the opportunity for dealer
and btfxtyer alike—a car of medium tglqe
that offers such value and service that it
has made a clean sweep.
One of the explanations of K-r-i-t value is—
that all the essential parts are made within
the K-r-i-t organization ; the money is Iput
into the car itself and not in useless
equipment.
Dealers who know the K-r-i-t, know that the
best part of the K-r-i-t profit lies in its
character—which makes it a successful
car next year as well as this year because
the K-r-it reputation rolls lu{p the sales.
Moreover they know that K-r-i-t service
means that the K-r-i-t Motor Car Company
stands back of every car—that a written
guarantee for a year goes with each car.
The dealer knows also that when he is offer
mfi the K-rit he is offering his client a
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Scene fom “The Rosarg” which will’ ‘be played at the Grand
Opera House in this city next Thursday, Oct. 24th.
“The Rosary” Will
Open Fitzgerald
Opera Season
This beautiful new play ‘The
Rosary,” under the direction of
Rowland & Clifford will be pre
sented in this city at the Grand
Opera House next Thursday Oct.
24th.
What is thecause of mirital un
rest? Why is it that the percent
\ge of divorce cases rises steadily
wery year in the United States?
Why should it be that today—to
norrow you may meet your hap
pily married friend, and inre,
sponse to your question regarding
his wife, he shakes his head and
replies, **Divorced!”
* Why should all this bet
These are questions that the
ablest minds bave wrestled with
for the past decade without evenl
a mediocre answer. But the ques
tion will not down; it confronts
every thinking man and woman
over and over again. Legal brains
have tried to reply; orators have
used their eloquence; the papers
have printed reams of matter and
the pulpit hes thundered Its ful
‘minations, Still the question re
‘mains unanswered, unsolved.
in riding, room, comfort, and reliability—
more in fact, for that sum than he could
ever offer before. -
Therefore, the Dealer who ties up with the
K-rit will be scoring, like others before
him, the biggest business stroke of his
career. He will be tying to a car that
will sweep through his territory just as it
has triumphed elsewhere.
If you understand the technical side of an
automobile, bear in mind that the K-r-i-t
motor, clutch and transmission are a unit.
That means conservation of power, getting
as near as possible 100-per cent efiiaency.
And speaking of power, don’t forget that
while the K-r-i-t is medium in price, it is
full powered, staunch and husky, equal
to any work.
K-rit models are finished in black and
nickel and with 56 or 60-inch tread as
desired. Their equipment is complete.
An electric lighting system including five
lamps, and 100-hour storage battery is
added to each car for $lO extra.
Other Models—“Kß?” Roadster $900; “KD’*
Delivery.s9oo; Completely Equipped
F. O. B. Detroit.
Now comes a modern play en
suing a drama called ““The Rosa
ry” written by Edward E. Rose,
and produced by the well known
theatrical managers, Messrs Row
land & Clifford. Quietly and
modestly, with no blaze of trum-4
pets, it projects a quiet word into
this turmoil of opinions, which
many believe will revolutionize
our ethics of marriage and divorce,
“Look within,” it says. *{Look
into the hearts and souls of our
men and women to-day, See if
there be within the same rugged
faith that carried a Republic froge
the wilderness and raised abeve it
our Stars and Stripes, Search for
the abiding reliance on things un
seen, which forever beld up our
pioneers when they faltered under
privation, dangers and hardships.”
For an illustration ““The Rosary”
takes you into the heart of a typi
cal American family. It shovi
the peace aud happiness there,
then suddenly unmasks the canker
spat, lack of faith in the husband.
Slowly, little by little, is seen tbifi
devastating power of atheism; how"
it saps{the strength and melts the
will, s 6 that when doubt and sus
picion creep in they find the soil
fertile for their direct descendants,
Hatred and Revenge, and the
home goes down to ruin with B
crash. Then comes tbe spiritual
power of a great man, a Priest,
whose life is given to mankind.
Slowly by sheer faith he analyzes
the situation and leads the two
forth, the husband and wife whom
he loves, out of the darknesgof
their despair to happiness and
peace. :
Rescrved Seats on sale Monday
at Adams Candy Kitchen.