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Acorn Fed Hogs
xhis has certainly been a freak
year,” said Gen. W. W. Gordon
upon his return from his planta¬
tion in Jefferson county. Oats had
been almost a tatal failure, both to
grain and straw.
“Peas planted between rows of
corn did not yield as much as was
planted. Peas harvested for hay
tinned out about one-third of the
yield of the previous year. Corn,
each wagon load being weighed
upon the plantation scales, yielded
12.90 bushels an acre, against 15.31
bushels for the same acre last
year. Cotton yield 247 pounds
an acre, against 293 pounds an acre
last year.”
Gen. Gordon, who has been in-
terested in agriculture for many
years says that while his acreage
ot cotton will not yield the returns
secured from similar acreage last
year, he had made abetter crop of
An Open Letter
To My Friends and Patrons • •
I wish to make the announce,
ment I? that, 7 while as a result of
my recent misfortune by fire,
I am temporarily out of busi-
£ 1
•
ness, the insurance adjusters
are now f at work, and it will be
. .
a matter of a short time before
I will be established again and
ready to serve you in the same
old way. Don’t be in a hurry
to buy your goods. Wait for
your old and RELIABLE friend,
66 JIMMIE JONES, 99
117 East Pine Street.
THE FITZGERALD LEADER, WEDNSEDAY. JANUARY 4. 1911
the staple than was secured by
his Jefferson county neighbors.
His success in this particular he
attributes to his system of fertiliz¬
ing. Geo. Gordon is particularly
pleased with the quality of the
meat secured from the slaughter
of his hogs this winter. The
lent flavor of the meat he attributes
largely to the fact that the hogs
have fed to a considerable extent
upon the sw T amp acorns, which are
larger and more numerous than his
manager, who has lived upon the
place for more than twenty years,
has ever seen. This diet, followed
by the feeding of corn to harden
the meat just before killing gives
to the meat a peculiar gamey
flavor which is not to be obtained
in the packing house products.
“It is customary,” said Gen.
Cordon “to turn the bogs into
the held after the crop has been
gathered, and they usually thrive
upon the corn which they glean
there. This autumn most of our
hogs broke through the fence
around the corn field and got in¬
to the river swamps. We com
menced last week to gather these
hogs, and found they were larger
and fatter than those which re¬
mained in the corn fields, or those
t . .. , , . , .
A £ pr . s and other pro ducts of the
r i ver swamps are what gives the
peculiar flavor to country fed and
cured hams and meat of the
^°uth.
, ,
t he hogs had become so wild dur-
j n g their sojourn in the swamp
that were dangerous and had to be
shot. They had reverted in large
^as “^1“ £ ‘Themla™ howeve"
finer in flavor then the meat
0 f the swill-fed hogs, or those that
are raised upon a corn diet alone,
Gen. Gordon brought back with
considerable i’e^theTylmps' than The?
are larger acorns
usually grown in this section.—
Savannah Morning News.
Leave To Sell Land.
Georgia—Ben Hili. County.
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned has applied to the
ordinary of said county for leave
to sell land belonging to the
estate of Julia E. Benton for the
payment of debts and for mak¬
ing distribution. Said applica¬
tion will be heard at the regular
term of the Court of Ordinary
for said county to be held on the
first Monday in February, 1911.
This January 2, 1911.
J*. S. Benton,
Administrator Estate of Julia E.
Benton. l-4w
Citation.
Georgia—Ben Hill County.
To All Whom It May Concern:
Charles Benton having applied
for guardianship of the person
and property of William E. Ben¬
ton, minor child of Julia E. Ben¬
ton, late of said county, deceased,
notice is given that said applica¬
tion will be heard at my office at
ten o’clock a. m. on the first Mon¬
day in February next.
Ads Janury 2, 1911.
C. M. Wise,
I-4w Ordinary.
Notice of Sale.
Agreeable to an order of the
Court of Ordinary of Ben Hill
county, will be sold at auction at
the court house door of said
county on the first Tuesday in
February, next, within the legal
hours of sale, the following prop¬
erty, to-wit: City lot number
eight (8), in square number two
(2), in block number five (5), in
the City of Fitzgerald, as shown
by the recorded plat of said city.
Sold as the property of E. P.
Keefer, Sr., late of said county,
deceased. Terms cash.
This the 2nd day of January,
1911. E. P. Keefer, Jr,,
l-4w Administrator.
Miss Mattie Harvey left Tues¬
day for Macon, to enter Mount de
Sales Convent.
Miss Elizabeth Pryor, after
spending the holiday season very
pleasantly with her parents in the
city, returned Monday to Andrew
Female College at Cuthbert, where
she is a member of the junior class.
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Application for Homestead.
Georgia—Ben Hill County.
J. H. Roberts has applied for
exemption of personalty, and set¬
ting apart and valuation of home¬
stead, and I will pass upon the
same at 10 o’clock a. m. on the
6th day of February, 1911, at
my office C. M. Wish,
l-4w Ordinary.
Citation.
Georgia—Ben Hili. County.
To All Whom It May Concern :
J. B. and R. R. Dorminey, hav¬
ing in proper form applied to me
for permanent letters of admin¬
istration on the estate of Jacob
Dorminey, late of said county,
this is to cite all and singular, the
creditors and nextof kin of Jacob
Dorminey, to be and appear at
my office within the time allowed
by law, and show cause, if any
they can, why permanent admin¬
istration should not be granted to
J. B.and R. R. Dorminey, on
Jacob Dorminey’s estate.
Witness my hand and official
signature this 2nd day of Janu¬
ary, 1911. C. M. Wise,
l-4w Ordinary.
Public Sale of Land.
Georgia—Ben Hilt. County.
By virtue of an order of the
court of ordinary of said county,
will be sold at public outcry on
the first Tuesday in Febuary,
1911, at the court house in said
county, between the usual hours
of sale, the following real estate
situate in Ben Hill county, to-wit:
Twenty-acre acre tract number
Forty-five Hundred and Twenty-
one (4521), of the colony domain
as shown by the recorded plat of
such subdivision, the said tract
being a portion of land lot num¬
ber 248 in the 4th land district
of originally Irwin, now Ben Hill
county, Terms Georgia.
of Sale: $25.00 cash,
balance in one year, with interest
at 8 per cent, on deferred pay¬
ment. O. P, Webster,
Administrator Estate W. S.
Lee. l-4w
to come daily to the window to be
fed, but some thoughtless boy shot
him, to Mr. Watson’s intense ang¬
er and grief. Out in the wide
lawns and groves around the house
you can see the squirrels playing.
Everywhere you will find trees and
shrubs that bear nuts and berries,
down to the ragged poke berry—
all for the squirrels and the birds.
Looking on these things, or
reading between these lines, you
may learn much of the true nature
of the man, gentle to the gentle,
unrelenting to cruelty, treachery
and greed.
Tom Watson’s home life is very
.simple, almost severe. His diet is
plain, and he is abstemious in all
things. Throughout his life he
lias never lost an opportunity to
strike at the evils of intemperance
and the system of legislation which
allows the baroom to exist. His
first public speech was on that sub¬
ject: while in the Georgia legisla¬
ture he drove whiskey out of four-
fifths of the counties in the state;
and in congress he arraigned and
did his best to demolish the open
saloon underneath the hall of rep¬
resentatives.
He is a tremendously hard work¬
er, and when he quits work he
Tom Watson’s
Life At Home
A pair of wrens had nested in a
corner of the awning on the back
porch of Tom Watson’s house
Thomson. Ic was a canvas awning,
which shaded the windows of
summer dining room and ran
length of the porch. When
tiny nest was discovered the awn¬
ing was down, and down it stayed,
through sunny days and dark days,
until the little birds were feathered
and had flown out iuto the world,
then the awning was drawn up.
The summer was not quite over
and the wrens had another nest
built in the awning and filled with
e ££ s ' ‘ 11S . tl,ue . the , awning stayed
-
up, through cloudy and sunny
days, until Tom Watson’s tiny
friends were strong enough to Hy in¬
to the trees and shrubbery around
the house. This was last year.
This spring Mr. Watson decided
to add two side porches to his
house. When the carpenters came
to put up the timbers for the porch
on the western side they found
that a pair of wrens had nested in
an angle of a window. Tom Wat-
son was told about it, and work of
building that porch stopped right
there. Contractors, carpenters,
bricklayers and concrete men—all
waited for the little wrens to make
their start in life ere the work
went
The birds and the squirrels are
Tom’s friends; and he protects
them as he would members of his
own family. I have heard tales of
his shooting down neighbor’s cows
and dogs that were trespassing.
These were the verbial wabblings
of distorted brains and twisted
tongues. Tom Watson was never
guilty of any act of wanton cruel¬
ty. Stray cats with murderous
ways; sparrows that quarrel noisi¬
ly and drive away the song birds,
hawks and all animals and birds of
prey are given no quarter; but all
things that Jive gentiy and useful¬
ly are friends of his. You may
sit in his library and hear the
woodpeckers drumming under the
eaves, cutting their way to open
spaces under the roof, where they
build and make their homes year
after year. Not long ago a red
bird—the Kentucky cardinal—used
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FITZGERALD. GA.
Model Csxfe Will
Open This Week
Fitzgerald is to have another
up-to-date Cafe, which Mr. I.
Manheim will open to the public
next Saturday, January 7th.
The new restaurant will be
known as the Model Cafe, and
when the work of installing is
finished it will do doubt be one of
the most attractive places in the
city. Mr. Manheim is the pro¬
prietor and the Cafe will be situat¬
ed at 119 East Pine street, the
former quarters of the Mutual
Mercantile Company. Tne place
will be made as attractive and in¬
viting as possible with all the up-
to-date equippage to be found in a
City Restaurant, and Mr. Manheim
promises that the service shall be
the best. The location is also very
favorable as it is right in the cen¬
ter of the business section and has
no objectionable surroundings-.
Mrs. Manheim will supervise the
cuisine.
Mr. Manheim has recently
moved to this city from Hawkins-
ville, having formerly been con¬
nected with J. II. Churchwell.
He is thoroughly i conversant with
the requirements of a good Cafe,
and no doubt, the Model Cafe will
be a very popular place.
Mr. YV. P. Griner, of Douglas,
was the guest of his mother, Mrs.
T. L. Griner, on Sunday.
James Frazer of Fitzgerald who
has been the guest of Frazer
Durrett for several days, returned
to his home this afternoon.—Cor-
dele Dispatch Dec., 30.
Mrs. E. H. Powell, of Ocilla.
visited her sister, Mrs. Gordon
Adams, here Sunday. Mrs. Adams
accompanied her home Monday
and will be her guest.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kabrieh
were visitors in the city this week,
guests of the.latter’s brother, Mr.
R. E. Lee. Mr. Kabrieh is a
former Fitzgeraldite and his many
friends will be interested to know
that he is now Inspector for the
Southern Express Company at
Jacksonville.
Subscribe for the Leader.
The tented schools at Ashton fill
the bill. We were pleased with
their neat appearance and have no
doubt young America is getting
the three R’s as complete as in their
former beautiful building, The
grounds are cleared up again and
the community will begin erecting
their new building soon, sufficient
money has about been subscribed
rebuild the school.
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throws everything to one side, and
puts every atom of physicial and
nervous energy into his exercise or
pleasure. A man who edits an in¬
fluential weekly newspaper and a
magazine of international circula¬
tion; who is constantly contribut¬
ing articles to other publications;
brings out two or three new books
each year, acts as advisory counsel
in important law cases: conducts
political and educational cam¬
paigns; keeps up a lively persona,
correspondence with many thous¬
ands of friends and sympathizers,
and incidentally looks after a large
number of charities has not many
idle moments on his hands.
Satan will have a hard time to
find an opening to get at Tom
Watson.—Dawson News.