Wednesday
Edition
Official Organ Ben Hill County,
FITZGERALD SCHOOLS OPEN
WITH FINE PROSPECTS
Public exercises at the High
School building ushered in the
new term for the 1915 school
year. A number of patrons of
the schools met in the assembly
room of the High School this
morning to meet the teachers
and students :nrolled for the
year. Sup:c. H. B. Ritchie in a
short talk expressed to the pupils
and the members of the board of
education his appreciation of the
cooperation given him in his
work for the past seven years
and feelingly parted from the
pupils, with most of whom he
has labored during their entire
school activities. Rev. R. M.
Mann, being given charge of the
exercises, also paid a high tribute
to the retiring superintendent
and preceeded the offering of a
prayer, with an appeal to the
pupils for character building and
the necessity to develope a clean
healthy strong body and mind to
HIGH SCHOOL
Aurbrey Mathews ................. Principal
J. W. Morris.........Prin. Commercial Dept.
Aubrey Mathews. ......Mathematics-Science.
B G L POwWaL. ... ... ......... oy ’
Miss Floye P0we11........... .Latin-French.
Miss Sunolia Vaughn...............Eng1i5h.
‘ JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
Mrs. M. E. E11ar5.......... .. Mathematics.
Miss Ethel Adam5..................Eng1i5h.
Mrs. G. R. Wamb1e.............. ..History.
FIRST WARD SCHOOL
Miss Jeffie Persons, prinecipal.
Miss Alice Morris.
Miss Barbara Reynolds.
Miss Elizabeth Pryor.
Miss Mary Hartnett.
Miss Nellie Tyler.
Miss Virginia McLarin.
Mrs. Carol Wimberly.
SPECIAL DEPARTMENTS
E. G. 8eauchamp.............Manual Training-Drawing.
Miss Bernice Geddes.........Domestic Science and Arts.
J. W. M0rri5.................5upervi50r of Penmanship.
Bernice R0hrer.........................5upernumerary.
COLORED TEACHERS
D. H. McLean, principal.
Julia Clark. Harriet McMillan.,
Gertrude Bell. ~ Carrie McEvoy.
Rosa B. King.
Casper Hide Co.
Wholesale and Retail
Dealers in
Hides, Skins, Pelts, Wool,
Beeswax, Tallow, Furs,
Metal, etc. We pay the
market price.
J. CASPER,
Pres. & Gen. Mgr.
R R R R ——
School Shoes for Boys and Girls! We’ve never shown such a splendid stock of School Shoes before--Prices $1 to $3
e e e . e ——
hl ‘@ o @ Our buyers are in New York and {
they are sending the new things [||
to us every day. You'll be de-
Brisk September Sellmg at the Blg Store BiissmE ;
the opening Fall! '
The new Woolen and Silk Dress Goods from 50c¢ to $1.98 a yard---The new Cotton and Silk Dress Goods at 25¢c---The new Percales, Ginghams &c at 10 to 20c }
Truly a wonderful lot and well calculated to help you greatly in your Fall p]apning! MPIRE MERC ANTILE CO. |
' These new models will help you wonderfully in the E “ONE PRICE T 0 EVERYBODY" :
Nemo & Thomson Coreets $1 to $5 correct “look” of your new suit or dress. Wm. R. BOWEN, lqre[s:ideficz i J. A. MURPHY, Manager fl‘
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Free tickets to the Grand! Every $3 worth of cash purchases entitles you to free admission--Coupons with cash sales
THE LEADER ENTERPRISE
accomplish the work cut out for
each in the pursuance of what
ever vocation they may choose.
Pres. Turner of the Board of
Education in introducing Dr.
Ford, the new Superintendent to
the classes, made an impressive
talk for the welfare of the pupils.
Dr. Ford outlined his plans for
the management of the schools
and the students and strongly
impressed the boys and girls as
well as the visitors, with his sin
cere desire to make useful citi
zens out of the children placed
in his care. Rev. G. W. Mathews
closed the exercises with a short
prayer after a brief address by
Mr. Aubrey Mathews, Principal
of the High School. More than
900 pupils have already been en
rolled for the year and the indi
cations are that the enrollment
of pupils for the public schools
this year will far exceed any pre
vious enrollment in the city.
The teachers assigned are:
THIRD WARD SCHOOL
Mrs. Rosina Howe, principal.
Miss Minnie Colsher.
Miss Nellie Averitt.
Miss Inez Dorminy.
Miss Laura Merritt.
Miss Helen Mathews.
Miss Jennie Washburn.
Mrs. J. H. Burke.
Money on Farm
Lands
Terms: sto 10 years
and conditions to sut
borrower,
Improved farm lands
only.
CLAYTON JAY
FITZGERALD, BEN HILI, COUNTY, GECRGIA, SEP. 1, 1915.
Woman’s Club |
Reception In Honor
Of The Superintendents
Last evening the Woman’s ()lubl
rooms and the Carnegie Hall were
the scene of a most delighttul
gathering of the friends and pa
trons of the public schools under
the auspices of the Woman’s club.
Members of the club were buily
engaged during the day in prepar.
ing for the eutertainment of thelr!
guests and the artistic appearance
of the rooms bespoke the industry
and excellent taste of the com.-
mittees in charge. |
Op arrival at the hall the visitors;
were received by a large commit
tee who in turn introduced the
teachers and patrons to each other,
spending a delightful social hour.
President J. E. Turner, cf the
board of educafion, in well chosen
words for the occasion addressed
the visitors in behaif of the schools,
assuring the patrons of the value
of cooperation and the benefit de
rived from parent-teachers ac
sociations in the proper develog
ment of the schools and the re
sulis achieved. Mr, Turrer paid a
beautiful tribute to the retiring
superintendent Prof. H.B. Ritchie,
;and 1n a humorious vein iutroduced
the newly elected superintendent
iDr. A. S. Ford. Dr. Ford ex
‘pressed his appreciation of the oc
casion and fully convinced the
members of the school board pres
ent as well as the patrons that the
splendid foundation laid by the re
tiring superiniendent will be but
the beginning of an even greater
development of the already well
established system of public in
struction, Prof. Ritchie, in a
short address bade his many friends
farewell, expressing in thoughts
full of feeling the appreciation of
the compliment and esteem in
which he held the officials and the
patrons of the schools, whom he
has served so satisfactorly. Mrs.
L. A. Cooper and daughter ren
dered some music on the piano and
violin during the evening which
was much appreciated. The young
ladies of the Woman’s club pre
sided at the punch bowl, which
flowed freely, and also served sand
wiches the entire evening. There
are so many who have contributed
to make the evening enjoyable
that it would require a roster of
the Woman’s club to do them
justice, We are sure everyone
was appreciated and the guests of
the club trust that the Woman’s
club will give them other oppor
tunities to enjoy their splendid
hospitality,
THRICE-A-WEEK
Ceorgia State Board Of Entomology
Tells How To Apply Effective
Remedy
Atlanta, Ga.—lnformation is in the
hands of the Georgia Board of Ento
mology showing that the army worm
is ravaging the crops in several wide
ly separated sections of the State,
and that there is danger of a still
more serious spread of the pest unless
proper means are taken by the farm
ers to combat it.
The army worm, which is so named
because it travels in great numbers
and devastates as it goes, should not
be confused with the cotton cater
pillar. The cotton caterpillar attacks
the leaves of the cotton plant, while
the army worm seldom, if ever, feeds
on cotton,
The army worm attacks corn, sor
ghum, alfalfa and forage crops, ‘and
the principal damage it is now inflict
ing in Georgia is on alfalfa, sorghum
and young corn,
The army worm hatches out from
eggs deposited by the moth in clus
ters of fifty or more on the exposed
surface of grasses and food plants.
When the worms or caterpillars hatch
out they usually form a colony at first,
remaining in close proximity to each
other. They grow very rapidly, and
in two or three weeks reach a length
of about one and,a half inches. There
is a wide variation in the color mark
ing. The ground color on the back is
usually either greenish or black.
Three distinct yellow stripes are plain
ly traced along the back. When seen
from the side, a stripe is noticed just
above the legs, which may be light
gray, pink or yellowish in color. When
imolested it holds on tenaciously to
the object on which it is feeding.
l An Effective Remedy.
~ While the ravages of this pest are
'serious if not checked, State Ento
mologist E. Lee Worsham points out
that there is an effective and easily
applied remedy, which consists of the
use of arsenate of lead or Paris green
- as follows:
’ In the case of young corn or sor
‘ghum, the poison should be applied
as a spray, using one of the following
formulas:
Two to three pounds of arsenate of
lead, and four to, five pounds of un
slaked lime to fifty gallons of water.
Or, one pound of Paris green, and
two to three pounds of unslaked lime
to 100 gallons of water.
On.g thorough spraying should be
sufficient, but if the pests recur, the
plants should be sprayed again.
The spray, however, is only for
young corn and sorghum.
For alfalfa, and all other crops oth
er than corn and sorghum, it is much
better to apply the poison by dust
ing, for which one of the following
formulas should be used:
One pound powdered arsenate of
lead to six or eight pounds of unslak
ed lime or flour.
Or one pound of Paris green to
twelve or fifteen pounds of lime or
flour.
How To Use Poison Dust.
The most convenient way is to dust
through bags of eight-ounce duck. A
good arrangement is to take two bags
and place one on each end of a pole,
walking through the flelds with the
pole held horizontally, or resting it on
the saddle bow if riding on a horse
or mule. If the crop is planted in
rows the pole may be cut so as to
measure just the width between two
rows, so that one bag is above each
row as the dusting progresses.
The same dusting combination may
be used to splendid advantage in con
trolling the spread of the worm and
preventing it from entering new fields,
The best way to do this is to dust the
plants thoroughly around all the edges
of the field, thus forming a poisoned
barrier which the army worm cannot
pass. .
Room For Rent
Nicelv furnished room for light
housekeeping. Apply to Mrs T.
L. Warren, 408 S. Grant. 104 3tp.
ussians Capture
Special to The Leader-Fnterprise. .
Berlin, Sep. 1, 1:45 p. m.—Since May second the German trooy s
have captured one million and one .hundred thousand Russians, ac~
cording to official review of military operations issued here today,
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apan Mayf;@ dK€ alt
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Soecial to The L.eader-Enterprise.
Paris, Sept. 1, 1:55 p. m.— What apreers to be intimation that
Japan may co-operate in the cempaign to force the Dardnelles is con
tiuned in an interview with Baicn Huyechi, Jepsrese Ambassador to
Italy, today,
U. 5. And Germany
Agree On Terms
Special to The Leacer-Enterprise,
Washiogton, Sept. 1, 1:55 p, 'm.—Germany has accepted im
principle Americys irtarpretation offthel Rules jurder which her sub
marines may operate. Count Von Bernstoff, German Ambassador, so
i-n_flfirfixal‘m’é‘aw‘;rffimE“L:Es'i‘:);rvt'(;(-!::y' at a cenference of fourty
five minutes. Only the matter of reducing formal agreement to
writing and serving it on the state departnient remains to be done.
German’s action is accepted as the greatest diplomatic victorv of the
war. Hereafter no merchant vessels will be attacked by submarines
‘without first being warned, visited and searched and opportunity af
i forded for their passengers and tke crew “o escape,
Tae “Short Route” Meeting
Tor:orrow the last of a series of
meetings along the Dixie ‘“‘short”
route will be held at Waycross by
the Ware county chamber of com
merce, to which all the counties
along the line have been invited.l
Jacksonville has sent word that
more than fifty cars have register
ed to;make the trip to the South
Goorgia city and it,is expected
that nearly one hundred cars will
come to Waycross from the south
ern extension, Douglas will send
mrzigs:aqd so will Ocilla ard
Messrs Drew W, Paulk, M. W.
Garbutt, Wiley Whitley and oth
ers from this city have promised
to enter their cars for the trip.
:Commissioner W. T. Anderson
and Engineer Grafton of the
Dixie Highway association are ex
pected to arrive over the Dixie to
make the trip with the Fitzgerald
cars in the morning. On account
of the absence of Chairman W, R,
Bowen of the ‘short route’ associa
tion, Mr, J. C. Brewer of Doug
lass will preside. A barbecue and
other entertainment is promised to
all participants,
Mrs. A, H. Thurmond and chil
dren are expected home tomorrow
from Commerce.
Mondayv
Wednesday
Friday
VOL. XX. NO. 104
Miss{Loris Paulk has returned to
her home in Ocilla, aftef a pleasant
visit with Miss Mabelle Paulk.
Miss Annie Duncan has returned
to the city toattend the city schools.
She is with her grandmother, Mrs_
Ida McKay.
You will segret it if you fail to
attend the free concert at Griner-Li
‘geour Co.'s music house, Friday af
ternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. James W, Logamn
of Macon arrived in the city
‘Tuesday and are stopping at the
{Empire. Mr. Logan, who is a
versatile newspaper man wil} do
some special work for the Lead
er-Enterprise.
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Ritchie
left this morning for Athens,
where they will make their
home. The best wishes of the
entire community accompany
them to their new home. Mr..
and Mrs. Ritchie leave a host of
friends behind them in the city
who sincerely regret their de
parture,
For RENT—Rooms for light
house-keeping, freshlv fumigated
and nicely cleaned. Every con
venience. Apply to Mrs. L.
Kennedy. s-1-6t
Don’t forget Concert Friday after
noon at Griner-Ligeour Co. All
latest music demonstrated, piano
and violin. Grafanolas and records
received today; all brand new play
er pianos. Concert costs you noth
ing.
