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Official Orjan Ben Hill County,
‘ Lm& Lime" WorRed
Wonders On New Ground
The use of “Land Lime” by the
best authorities for the past five
vears has been thoroughly discuss¬
ed and by them recommended.
Judge William B. Moore, of
this city, has for his personal sat¬
isfaction given ’-Lana Lime” a
most thorough test by applying it
in a new ground, ip order to find
out the real value as claimed for
it. Judge Moore has a 25 acre
place, near the north east corner
of the city, that in October 1910
was a gall berry and pine sapling
thicket, and when it was learned
that he was clearing it up for cul¬
tivation, many of his friends in¬
formed him that he would not
any results the first year, on
count of the fact that the land
as low, hard to drain, and sour.
He paid no attention, however, to
all this good advice, but broke the
land in November with a No. 7
Sycamore plow, ten inches, putting
the wiregrass clean out of sight.
The Judge then let it stand and
take the rain until January 1911,
at which time he applied 400
pounds of “Land Lime” to the
acre, broad-casting it. Then with
two big mules, a b:g riding harrow,
and a big negro, he cut the land
thoroughly twice, and at the pro¬
per time had it bedded for cotton.
His man informed him that
owing to this being new ground
he feared the roots would keep
him from giving satisfai- ior in
bedding as the land had n"t been
dragged for roots, as is the custom.
Well the outcome and result was
Shaw Opens Upon A l¬
most Everybody in
State Politics
Atlanta, Ga., July 6.—Emmett
Shaw rips the lid off with a i e
sounding open letter “To the Fo'ks
at heme,” in his paper, the B ! ide
and Bludgeon, this week.
Shaw represents the Eleventh
district in the senate. He has for
years been one of Hoke Smith’s
most ardent supporters, has work¬
ed for and with him and cam¬
paigned in his behalf. But he h;
evidently come to the parting or
the ways with the governor in t’*
latter’s ambition to become United
States senator. Here are some
things from Senator Shaw’s letter
to the home folks:
“Last year we went to the bal¬
lot box and elected us a governor.
He asked tha people of Georgia
for the job, and by about 7,000
majority they decided to take him
under his profession of faith for
the term of two years.
He is contracted with the sover-'
in people of this state to be gov-
,.-nor for two years. To go to the
United States Senate would violate
his part of this contract, and would
not please the majority of the peo¬
ple of Georgia, is your senator’s
belief.
You will remember that this
paper and this editor your sena¬
tor, begged the people to enter
this contract. We did it in the best
of faith. We wanted to help com¬
plete our work for the people that
had been promised. We didn’t
have fair chance in 1906 and 1907,
and we wanted, after the panic had
gone, after the clouds of political
discontent among our ranks had
subsided, to try it again. Now if
Hoke Smith were to surrender the
governorship, who will take care
of his measures and promises to
the people? Who will guide the
ship of legislation? Who will ful¬
fill the promises made to you?
If John M. Slaton were elected
governor would he do it? If Tom
il udson were in the seat of gov
ernor, could you count on Tom ?
Who could be depended on, who
as a shadow of a chance to wun
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FITZGERALD , BEN HILL COUNTY , GEORGIA, JULY 11, 1911.
that on commencing the work of
bedding, the man encountered
veiv little difficulty, as the “Land
Lime” had so well done its work
oy rotting the roots that they
broke off like pie crust when his
plow would strike them.
The land was a little bit late in
being planted, and Judge used
the celebrated “Mortgage Lifter”
cotton seed, the same that have
been so successfully grown by
Dr. J. Hawkins Goodman of this
city.
His patch is now in fine shape,
and every farmer who has any
doubts whatever concerning the
efficiency of “Land Lime”, is urg¬
ed to go out ani take a look at it.
It will satisfy any skeptic that all
the sourness has been taken out,
the soil sweetened, and the land
made to produce.
It is well known that the use of
“Land Lime” cuts down one half
the use of commercial fertilizer,
and on this field of cotton, only 200
pounds of 10-1-3 was used to the
acre, and from present prospects,
the cotton will easily produce one
bale to the acre. It is near town
and should certainly be seen by all
who are interested in the p oduct-
ivity of the soil in this so . >n.
It might be classed as low ground,
such as has often been said would
uot produce a crop under any con¬
ditions. Judge Moore is of the
opinion that “Lai d Lime” caused
these results on his low lar Is, and
1 will continue k lse it.
Rev. Hammond’s
Sermon In Part
Rev. E. J. Hammond, Pastor of
the First M. E. church of this
city, took for his subject last Sun¬
day evening ‘'The Question of
most Importance to Fitzgerald.”
Mr. Hammond did not speak in
a sensational manner, but thought¬
fully and clearly. After prefacing
his remarks with the statements
that the question of what is not
necessary in Fitzgerald should be
one of vital interest to every citi¬
zen of the city, and that it is dis¬
cussed by the city council and busi¬
ness men with many good moves
for the city’s welfare resulting.
Mr. Hammond said in part, “But
there is danger that the question
of most vital importance be over¬
looked. That question : s not ma¬
terial, but moral. In the public
and private lives of the people of
this city in general, is righteous¬
ness or sin the stronger force ?
I am not raising this question as
a “knocker’ of the city. This is
my city.
I am here to help to build her
up. And I raise this question to
that end. It should be faced and
answered. Not by those who see
only the worst, nor by those who
see only the best; but by those
who see things as they are, and
can form a sound judgment. And
by those the conclusion will be
that righteousness could be the
stronger, but because it is too
ofteu asleep or indifferent, sin
carries off the victory.
As one of the best proofs of
this, let us consider the near-beer
saloons. No respectable citizeD
cons ders t em anything but a
moral detriment. And yet they
were licensed by the city council.
Why? Some say, ‘Because a ma¬
jority of the council wanted them.
But I contend it was rather be¬
cause public sentiment wasn’t
strong enough to prevent it. The
majority of public officials will
execute the demands of strong
public sentiment, if only from
policy. True a petition was pre¬
sented. But why did some of the
signers put their names to it? Be¬
cause they didn’t want to refuse a
woman’s request. And they knew
it wouldn’t count; and the city
council understood it too. When
many of the leading men who line
up on the side of righteousness say
that we had better have regulated
near-beer saloons than to have
Blind tigers (which we had, if we
had to have either, but neither is
necessary, and when others say
that we must have the license
money or taxes will be so high,
instead of all of them saying, ‘Put
the near-beer saloons out; hunt
down the blind tigers; clean the
city up. We would rather taxes
were twice as high and the city
have twice as good a name,’—what
would you expect the council to
do but just what it did?
The near-beer saioons and other
evils exist in the city; the laws are
not justly enforced because public
sentiment is either n at strong or
else not rightly directed. There
is need of a strongly organized
civic righteoi^sness league of some
sort in this city. The trouble with
all these movements since I have
been here has been that they have
lacked competent leadership, or
sufficiently strong following, or
after Hoke hu tossed aw iy for
ambition’s sake the gover irship?
“Gentlemen will you s md for
turning over of the vie >ry we
nave fought so hard for to our
enemies? Would you be v, ding to
sacrifice our state government to
tbose who have always been op-
possed to us? Are you w ling to
take Jack Slaton, of th royal
family of Grants, to go\ -n yon
and use the veto power f. the in-
tesests of Georgia after > ur leg¬
islature had enacted la* which
you are for and for which I have
fought in the lines of Hu/e Smith
that we might have?
I have nothing personr against
Slaton. He is one of the most affa¬
ble fellows tb'* world aas ever
known. But ho elongs to a differ¬
ent political school. His populari¬
ty is on account of barbecues and
melon cuttings, pleasant smiles
and handshakes. He has b en in
the legislature for about an eighth
of a century, and can’t point to a
single law he has enacted r helped
to enact in behalf of the mpover-
ished masses, Not a sing 3 page of
the code of Georgia will show
footprints upvi them i- r the peo¬
ple. Shall we send Hot Smith to
Washington and take him?
How about Tom Hudson. He
was appointed to office by Terrell
and Obe Stevens and his support
of Hoke Smith is only for the gov-,
ernorship, and his failuie to sup¬
port Terrell is the most ungrateful
thing that politicians ever saw,
and it is talked commonly about
the capitol and the Kimball. Even
robbers and burglars and safe
flowers have been possessed of
gratitud3 ? but here is a man who
has turned his back on the man of
his own-school of thought, who
made him politically, at a time
when Terrell is a physical wreck
and politically in trouble. Do you
want him?
Tom Hudson is the biggest
crook, according to my idea, that
ever swung himself through the
corridors of the capitol. You beat
O. B. Stevens last time to a fraz¬
zle; but, Bud, I say to you that;
while Tom is the handwork of Un-
cle Obe, that Uncle Obe, is as
Continued on Page Eight. i
Joint Ballot For U. S. Senate
.
As indicated by to-day’s balloting in both branches of
the Georgia Legislature, the result will be as follows:
Hoke Smith______ 127 votes.
Joseph M- Terrell 53 U ;
Pleasant Stovall _ 19 44
L Thos. W. A. E. Covington. Watson. 14 5 44 4 4
real honesty in profession of prin¬
ciples.
We have no real leader of
righteousness in this city—no man
who is brave, able, untiring; who
can arouse and direct public senti¬
ment; who can gather testimony
and prosecute cases; and who will
stick to his task until it is cleaned
up or he goes down. We have too
niahy good citizens who leave it
for somebody else to lead and
somebody else to tell all they
know, and for somebody else to
do it all. We have too many who
are afraid to openly line up for a
light; too many who are not suffi¬
ciently willing to take an active
part to even register for election.
And the result is that every one
of these helps give evil the victory.
If we could have tonight the testi¬
mony that is locked up in the
forces of righteousness; if we
could have those forces thorough¬
ly organized and determined, we
could compel the present mayor
and police force to make this a
different city, and with a set of
officials thoroughly in sympathy
with such a movement, the last
disgraceful blot upon our city
could be removed.
Above all we have been hurt
sometimes by inconsistent men in
the lineup. There is no use of a
mau talking prohibition if he keeps
his whiskey in the house continual¬
ly. There ; s no use of a man
talking of making better moral
conditions if he keeps his wife in
the parlor and his mistress at the
back door. One such man is
enough to kill a good movement.
And then we have been hurt by
the radical man whose very
espousal of a cause is enough to
create opposition.”-
In conclusion Mr. Hammond
said, “I would like to see the
forces of righteousness in this city
thoroughly aroused and organized.
I would like to see all the honest¬
ly righteous men and women in
city in the line, and only such. I
would like to see the laws enforced.
I would like to see better officials
in the laws enforced. I would like
to see evils cleaned out, and our
young protected, and a city made
of which we may justly feel proud
in everv respect. But we can pray
till Domesday and never get it
until we wake up. Individual
righteousness, strong public senti¬
ment, organized and well-directed
efforts these are necessary with
prayer. Lord, raise a leader and
let us have these.”
Frank Campbell Co.
At The Hippodrome
A large crowd attended the show
at the Hippodrome last night,
when the management presented
Mr. Frank G. Campbell with a
company of nine professional act¬
ors and actresses.
Mr. Campbell’s company is head¬
ed by little Miama and Miss Mae
Henri, both of whom are favorites
with Fitzgerald theater-goers, and
the performance last evening was
received with loud applause. The
show is a good one, worth many
times the nominal price of admis¬
sion, 10 cents to everybody, and
the indications are that they will
be favored with a large house each
night this week.
Immence Gathering Of Georgians To
Celebrate Independance Day With
Thomas E. Watson.
insistings, upon matters of public
importance.
People must bear in mind the
date. Plan for it. Accumulate
questions to be there considered.
Thomson need not be called a
Mecca in ©rder that the Fourth b e
a memorial; though the city is
much larger today than on July
3rd.
Nearly seventy dollars were
raised toward expenses of the com¬
mittee that is to be in Atlanta*
during the legislature session.
This fund, and its subsequent ad¬
dition, was in response to the reso¬
lutions introduced by F. D. Wim¬
berly.
These resolutions •oncern:. 1.
The management of the f ee
schools. As now managed the
system costs the children too much,
does not provide proper text books,
and does not educate pupils into
intelligent citizenship. 2. The
county unit plan must be restored
that the rural districts do not suf¬
fer from city infringement. 3.
Passage of an act giving franchise
to every white man, 21 years old,
who has paid his tax—“a white
face, a tax receipt.” 4. Refer¬
ence to the people the election of
a U. S. Senator to fill present
vacancy.
The committee are: S. J. Cowan,
Walter Hendrix, J. H. Parrish,
J. T. Yoik, F. D. Wimberly, W.
S. Hubqard, J. J. Hollaway, J.
W. Arnold, J. W. Moore, C. O.
Goodwin, Alonzo Talley, James
Rogers, J. J. Brown, S. H. Jack-
son, M. L. Porter, J. R. Hogan,
Maj. Chas E. McGregor, C. H.
Kittrell, G. W. Jenkins, T. A.
Strange, George W. Burnett.
Jeffdom had a large Fourth, and
there were abundant signs that a
larger and longer day will come
with passing years.
When eight or ten thousand peo¬
ple do not mind the weather—
warm, windy, or washing—and
stay around a place from’ a day to
two days, something must be go¬
ing on.
Mr. W atson overrode physical
indisposition and early joined the
great waiting throng gathered un-
der the canopy. His ringing ap¬
peal was supported I y the presence
and speeches of other stalwarts,
notably those of S. J. Cowan, of
Emanuel county, Capt. Jack Craw¬
ford, Rev. J. A. Scarboro, J. J.
Brown, and- Messrs. Fleming and
Campbelle. One of the happiest
incidents of the day was the ad¬
dress of welcofne by Mayor Burn¬
side of Thomson, and his extension
to Mr. Watson and the guests the
freedom of the city.
Throughout the day thei-e were
conferences and plannings on the
part of the awakened in order to
better legislation and the enforce¬
ment of that already good. Old
Man Peepul seemed to be grinning
from ear to ear as his interests got
this unstinted, unceasing attention.
It would be a pleasure to us if
we could reproduce some of the
good things devised and said.
There is not necessity for it now,
as the papers daily give the atti¬
tude of Mr. Watson and his fol¬
lowers toward the issues para¬
mount The thing today.
to remember is that
this fourth of July gathering is a
big emphasis, a series of staccato
Farmers’ Union
Met At Crisp
The Ben Hill County Farmers’
Union met in regular session July
8th with Crisp local Union.
The forenoon session was call¬
ed to order by President G. C.
Ball, and the topics discussed
were mostly confined to the state
convention held in Fitzgerald 20-
21-22 ult.
G. R. Cooper delivered the wel¬
come address after which the fol¬
lowing orators delivered excellent
speeches, A. J. Sword, J. S. Hill,
G. R. Cooper, L. Robitzsch and
A. L. Huling.
The first and last named are not¬
ed for blowing much hot air tho
at this occasion but little hot air
was blown. The speeches being to
the best interest of the people at
iarge, were very cool and soothing.
A. L. Huling our most noted ora¬
tor also County lecturer and organ¬
izer brought forth some interest¬
ing historical happenings in the
year 1860-1870 of the first organ¬
ized secret order in the United
States. The little crowd was held
spell bound nearly 30 minutes by
the noted speaker.
At noon refreshment were
spread by the kind ladies and
showed that people near Wolf Pitt
eat plenty and to spare. At 1
o’clock the President called the
house to order for the transaction
of such business that might come
before it.
The Union assembled in secret
session, felt it their duty to offer
the following resolution feeling
thankful for the support of the
good citizens < f Fitzgerald and Ir¬
win County U lion men. 1st. Be
it resolved th; c we give a note of
thanks to the >eople of Fitzgerald
and adjoining counties for their
co-operation entertaining the
State Convem on and delegates at¬
tending same ad that said items
and resolutioi he sent to Leader
and Enterprise for publication.
No other business of import¬
ance. Union adjourned until our
next regular meeting which will
be held with Williamson Local
Union August 12-1911.
G. C. Ball, Pres.
Geo. A. Drexler, Sec., Treas.
C. L Williamson,
Correspondent.
Big Growd Opening
Night At Park’s
C. W. Park’s initial show, “The
Man Who Dared” was played last
night at the big tent on Magnolia
street, and the large crowd that
Park always draws when in tioz-
gerald greeted the actors with the
first rise of the curtain. This is the
first season Park has played Fitz¬
gerald in about two years, and nat¬
urally their many admirers in the
city were quite eager to see them
again and the old players, includ¬
ing Frank Maddocks, Sam Pevk
and wife, and Miss Tucker were
each given a warm ovation as they
appeared before the foot-light.
Mr. Park has an unusually
strong company this year, produc¬
ing all rew plays and up-to-date
in every respect. “The Man Who
Dared” had never before been
played in Fitzgerald, and wjas
heartily enjoyed by the large au¬
dience of last night. The special¬
ties, too, are very spicy and in
themselves are a good show.
Mr. Park has lengthened his
tent 30 feet, affording a greater
seating capacity, and has also re¬
duced the general admission price
from 25 to 10 cents. Re?e ved
Seats 25 cents extra. Tonight,
“The Lost Paradise” will be pre¬
sented, and is said to be a highly
interesting play, and one that al¬
ways pleases.
There will be matinees Thurs¬
day and Saturday afternoons.
Col. Hill, of Cordele, is in tfre
city attending City Court.
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Hill County. $1.50
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