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Local Readers 10c per Line for each insertion. no ad
taken for less than 28¢.
The merchant who foigets to advertise should
not complain when the buyer forgets that he is in
business. It is just a case of *‘forget” all arouud-
Macon'is preparing to entertain a large crowd of S. Georgial
good roads boosters on the 28-29, when a meeting has been called
in that city to select twelve State Roads leading to and from Ma
con. The splendid road of the ‘‘Dixie Short Route’’ will be a
candidate for oneé of these State bighways and several of the‘
counties along the route will have delegates at the meeting to se
cure the title. In calling this meeting Macon has made a strong}
bid for popularity in South Georgia and when these roads will
link the various sections together for better roads not only Macon
but the entire territory will be greatly benefitted. The promoters
of the meeting have hewn out a great work.
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12¢ Cotton A Possibility
The visible supply of cotton being some 3000000 bales less this
year than was consummed in 1914-15 it is reasonable to expect a
strong demand for this years crop and 12¢ is but a fair price under
normal conditions. With seventeen million bales last year there
was only a surplus of about 2 million bales and with a crop esti
mated at 5 million bales less than the one harvested in the South
last year the supply will readily find a market, Says the Progressive
Farmer in its recent issue.
Of the 8,543,000 bales of Amerizan cotton shipped to Eurcpe in
the fiscal year ending July 31, 1915, only 242,000 bales went to Ger
man poris. Of course, there was more that went indirectly to Ger
maay, but we must remember that a considerable part of Germany’s
normal demaud for cotton was exported to Germany’s foreign trade
and that this trade will now be supplied by other countries. The con
traband order may almost be termed infamous if England does noth
ing to compensate us for trying to make Southern farmers bear her
burdens, but in any case to offset the contraband order we have, (1)
the greatly increased demand for cotton for war purposes, (2) the in
creased demand from American, English, and Continental factories
that must supply the trade formerly supplied by German mills, to
gether with the fact (3) that Germany is almost sure to buy and store
up cotton right here in America to hold until] sea trade is reopened.
Even with the contraband order in effect, therefore, twelve-cent prices
are amply justified, whereas with open seas to all Europe, cotton
would likely bring fourteen or fifteen cents.
An able and eminent committee on arbitration ought to be named
at once by England and America, to make a fair and just estimate of
the damage in prize per pound resulting from the *“‘orders in council”
end contraband order, and England should then be required to pay
this amount per pound as a bonus to every American cotton producer
this fall.
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Encourage The Rural Schools
Another season of instruction for the youth of your community
is before you.
Meet it as becomes an enlightened people who seek to
give their offspring an education which will enable them to success
fully cope with the many obstacles that will beset their pathway
through life. -
“*But that is up to the teachers—what can we do?’ you say.
You may perform our own duty in the premises by extending
to the instructors your loyal support and encouragement, both by
act and word.
You may impress upon your children the necessity and im
wortance of absolute obedience to the will of the teacher.
You may instill into their young minds the knowledge that un
less they improve their educational advantages and opportunities
of teday, the commercial advantages of to-morrow will pass
them by.
This is a day of education, and the man whose mind has received
proper training will be found invariably in the ascendent, filling
the important positions of life, accumulating the financial com
petence which their uneducated brothers seek in vain to the end of
€heir days.
1t is vitally necessary that the children of to-day receive every
«educdtional advantage possible to bestow upon them. and this
may only be accomplished to the fullest extent by working in har
mony with both teacher and pupil. ‘ :
Be not hasty in condemning the teacher for. trivial things, but
wrather bear in mind that the child who comes home with complaints
often veices conditions which exist mainly in its too vivid imagina
¢ion.
- Remember that the teacher has reached the age of discretion—
“hechild has not. The reasoning capacity of the one has been ex
tended and broadened and developed to a degree, while with the
other it is just beginning to bud,
The future life of the children of your community will be
smoothed and sweetened by your loyalty to the teacher to-day, and
ia your own decline of life you will view with pride the results of
wisdom properly applied.
THE LEADER-ENTERPRISE, WEDNESDAY. SEP. 15, 1915
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MELTING IN THE SOUTH; 5
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SNOWING IN KANSAS
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Washington, D. C., Sept. 14.—N0 relief from the excessive
heat which has gripped the East and South since the midc{le of last
week is promised by the weather bureau during the next thirty-six
hours. Unseasonably cool weather prevails in the West, and tem
peratures at or below the freezing point are reported from many
points in the Rocky Mountain and plateau regions.
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Phillipsburg, Kans., Sept. 14.—An inch of snow fell in Nor
ton, Phillips and Smith counties in this state carly today. Parts of
Southern Nebraska also reported a slight precipitation. A Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific Railroad train was delayed one hour west of
here when it encountered a snowdrift. A strong wind prevailed.
In Memorian
Once more the call has been
made. Taps have been sounded,
and another Comrade has been
summoned to rest from the toils
of life, to answer the last roll
call from the Camp Eternal.
Comrade S. C. -Brown, a
worthy member of Geo. Crouse
Post No. 17, G. A. R., departed
this life August 4, 1915, aged 83
years. :
A loyal husband, father, soldier
and comrade. We mingle our
sympathies with those mourning
and record this tribute as an
everlasting tribute, in memory
of his faithfulness to duty in
times of war and ia times of
peace. '
Resolved, that these tokens of
respect by his comrades be
spread upon the records of his
post. Also a copy be sent to the
bereaved family, and a copy to
the city papers for publication.
Also tl.e emblem of mourning be
dispayed for 30 days in the Post
iroom.
‘ By order of Geo. Crouse, Post
No. 17, G. A. R.
| E. L. MASON,
W. B. Tobpb,
J. H. WERNER.
801 l Weevil Conference,
Thomasville Sept. 17, 1915
A. B. & A. will sell tickets
Sept. 16th and for train No. 17
morning of Sept. 17th. with final
return limit Sept, 18th.
Rate from Fitzgerald $2.65 for
the round trip.
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For Ordinary
To the Voters of Ben Hill county:
As through the sad death of
our friend, Judge C. M. Wise, a
vacancy occurs in the office of
Ordinary for Ben Hill county, I
hereby announce myself a candi
date for the office, subject to the
call of election. I assure the
citizens of Ben Hill county a
faithful painstaking administra
tion of the affairs of the office
should they favor me with their
votes.
With appreciation for your
favorable consideration, I am,
A. E. JONES.
FOR ORDINARY
To the Citizens of Ben Hill County:
At the solicitotion of many of my
friends I here by announce myself
a candidate for the unexpired thrm
of the Hon. C. M. Wise, and should
you honor me with the office I prom
ise a faithful and absolutely clean
administration of the affairs of the
office. always looking to the best in
terests of all eoncerned.
Yours very respectfully,
J. R. HORTON.
1 For Ordinary
i To the Voters of Ben Hill County:
As through the sad death of
our friend, Judge C. M. Wise,
a vancancy occurs in the office of
Ordinary for Ben Hill county, I
ihereby announce myself a candi
date for the office, subject to the
election called for September
22nd, 1915. 1 assure all of a
faithful, proper and correct ad
ministration to the best of my
ability of the affairs of said office,
should you see fit to honor me.
With appreciation for your
vote and influence, I remain,
Yours sincerely,
D. E. Griffin.
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# School News ¢
We are having some drills in
‘marching now and in a few
weeks we will march out and in
'to the building like we were Ger
{man soldiers. The main thing
‘we will have'to-'learn is not to
!march like tco many soldiers.
‘Too many of us take advantage
when the line is keeping step
and ‘‘stomp’’ the stairs. Of
course it is a very smart thing
for high schoul pupils to ‘'stomp”
the stairs but it is very wearing
to the steps and to ‘anyones ner
ves who has a little more refined
idea of smartness.
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The first football game of the
season will be played tomorrow,
Wednesday, on the High Scheol
field. The second scrub has been
slightly weakened since it was
organized as several of its mem
bers have deserted to the ‘‘first
scrub’’, mainly because of its
name, which name it has only
because it was organized first.
The second scrub will put up a
big fight and if it is beaten the
opposing side will know that
they have been in a game of foot
ball. The winning team, in its
place as scrub, will probably
play the varsity in a few practice
games until:--that position is
wrested from it.
Dr. Ford is coaching our var
sity eleven now and under his
tutelage, with-the sand, muscles
and brains of -the boys we are
'going to come back at Americus
and Tifton with a kick like an
ostrich, The first out of town
game will come off against Tifton
on the local field soon.
'l"» £ %k
The hard training the football
squad is going thru now will be
of great advantage to us in the
Distriect Contest in the spring
and we are certainly going to
win it. i \
For the same purpose some
literary societies should be or
ganized immediately if not soon
ler. If any of the students of our
F. H. S. want the societies all
they have to do is to *‘holler’’ for
them and the more you want
them the louder you should
l **holler.”
* * *
Why not keep the floors of the
study hall a little cleaner? That
study hall is the home of one
hundred and ninety-five people
for over five hours of each day.
If you keep the floors of your
hgme covered an inch deep with
Daper there is some excuse,
Anyway think of the impression
it makes on visitors to see such a
dirty floor. How would we feel
for instance, merely for instance,
if President Wilson was to walk
in and see the heavy fall of stage
snow?
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It would certainly be appre
ciated if someone would send us
in some news from the other
grades. We are often hard put
to make a decent showing in this
column. The parents of you
people in the ward schools would
like to know what you are doing
and we would like mighty well
to let them know.
* * *
’ The pupils of the 6A, Third
‘Ward, enjoyed a visit to the
Amusu—the courtesy of the
manager, Mr. Harris.
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Greatly Reduced Rates Via
The A. B. & A. Railroad
Account 801 l Weevil Con
ference Thomasville, Ga.
September 17th. 1915
The A. B. &A. Railroad will
sell round trip tickets at greatly
reduced rates frem stations on
its line to Thomasville, Ga. ae
count 801 l Weevil Conference,
September 17th. Tickets will be
sold September 16th and for
trains due to arrive Thomasville
before noon September 17th.
Return limit September 18th.
Get complete information from
Ticket Agent,
W. W. CROXTON,
General Passenger Agent,
