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Official Organ Ben Hill County'.
Can*! Move Morse
Morse Not Able To Be
Moved Yet
Atlanta. Jan. 24.—Charles W.
Morse still is at tne post hospital
iu~fort McPherson, too ill to be
moved. Ever since President Taft
commuted his sentence last week,
•the ex-banker has pleaded with his
physician. Dr. A. L. Fowler, to
have him removed to a private
hospital, but without success.
“While Mr. Morse has been
mentally uplifted by the president’s
action in his case.” said Dr. Fowl¬
er today, “his physical condition
^ would be dangerous
\3r
Dr. Fowler said that there was
no hope for Morse’s ultimate re¬
covery and that whatever improve-
' * ad occurred had been due to
ntai stimulus provided by
ctcj* *
tiii commutation of his sentence.
Morse has been so ill that Dr.
Fowler would not permit his per¬
sonal attorney, Thomas B. Felder,
to see him, although Mr. Felder
has called at the hospital several
times for the purpose since his last
successful trip to Washington.
Price Of Cotton Takes
On Another Advance
The Old Crop Months
Show a GeJn of 22
Points
New Orleans, La., Jan. 24.—
The price of cotton took on a stiff
advance today on a quiet market.
The old crop months were sent,
soon after 1 o’clodk, 21 to 22 points
over yesterday’s close, while Oc-
tober scored an advance of 18
points. The market closed 14 to
18 points up. The gossip of the
exchange was that spot interests
were buying quietly but largely.
Futures rose in the early trading
because of the huge spot sales in
Liverpool, that market reporting
transactions in the actual cotton
amounting to 18,000 bales.
This was taken to mean that
English spinners themselves be¬
lieved that labor troubles among
the mills were over.
Spot markets in the cotton belt
felt the effect of thi« improvement
and several of them marked quota
tions up from one-sixteenth to one-
eighth of a cent a pound.
"ten I Hill Drawn
From the Hat
Pensioners in This
County Won't Have
To Wait For
Money
Ben Hill County was one of the
sixty lucKy counties drawn from
the hat Monday, when Governor
Slaton proposed to Commissioner
Lindsey that, instead of keeping
the Confederate veterans in all the
140 counties waiting two weeks
longer for their money, to use the
$550,000 that was already on hand,
as far as it would go, and forward
each county’s share to them imme¬
diately. Commissioner Lindsey
approved the idea, so on Monday
afternoon in the Governor’s office
the names of all the 140 counties
were placed on seperateslips of pa¬
per and Captain Tip Harris drew
from Ihe receptacle until there had
been enough drawn out to absorb
the money in the treasury. There
were sixty counties drawn out,
Ben Hill being among the lot.
Ben Hill’s portion of the $550,000
is $3,270, and the old vets in the
county are congratulating them¬
selves upon the fact that they live
in a lucky county and therefore
wont have to wait two weeks long-
er for their pension.
FITZGERALD, BEN HILL COUNTY GEORGIA, JANUARY 26, 1912.
Little History Of The
American Stale Bank
A hen is not supposed to have
much common sense or tact, yet
every « m e she lays an e gB she
cackles forth the fact
A rooster hasn’t got a lot of in-
tellect to show, but nevert e i.gs
most roosters have enougigooc
sense to crow.
The busy little bees they but*.
bulls bellow and cows moo .in
watch-dogs bark and ganc ersquac s.
and pigeons coo, so Elbett n
bard says, therefore to ® t tae
public know what we aie oing,
vve will haveto tell you turn ie
columns of the Leader especia y
those who have not yet begun to
do business with this bank.
We starred the bank with only
$1,000 on deposit—This was Sept.
28th, 1910, a little over a year ago.
At thc end of the first month, our
deposits were only $5,000 but we
were not discouraged for we had a
principle we were fighting for and
we knew success would come our
way after awhile. We wanted a
bank where the farmer could invest
and all those who were not for¬
tunate enough to become stock¬
holders in the other good banks of
Fitzgerald when they were first
organized. We first placed our
stock generally among the most
substantial farmers of Ben Hill
County, got our diiectors most'y
among the farmers and being a
State institution, we made it possi¬
ble for the people to borrow
money on their real estate at a
reasonable rate of interest. No
wonder we succeeded and at the
end of our first year, we were able
to show $90,000 on deposit and
willing to compare our record with
any other bank in this section of
the State!
Wo built our vault unusually
large and strong, bought the best
Oil rglar proof safe on the market
equipped our bank with every
modern convenience so as to handle
the business with care and dis-
patch.
It has paid us for the public
now has confidence in our manage¬
ment and the care we manifest in
their business.
Our directors are men who
have lived around Fitzgerald a
long time and who are recognized
as being its leading citizens in
whom the people have implicit
confidence.
While our first year’s business
was delightfully surprising to us
even though we expected much,
we are going to make 1912 even
better. It will take work but we
enjoy work around at onr bank
nothing worth while comes
without earnest effort.
The safety of our management
has been commented upon many
times by the public. We have
never had to sue a note and hope
we never will be obliged to.
The public has been very kind
to us and we take this occasion to
thank them gratefully. We will
•ontinue to use our best efforts to
please our customers and also to
contribute our share totbegiowth
and development of Fitzgerald and
surrounding county by lending
money to the people at reasonable
rates.
Watch us grow in 1912 and also
help us grow. We will appreciate
all you do for us.
Very Truly Yours,
American State Bank,
“The Bank around the Corner.’’
Lost
Two promissory notes; one for
$100 on H. B. Boyd, due with
terest 15th of October, next; the
other for $105 due October 1st,
next, on Revels, and II. B. Boyd
for securitor. Finder please re
turn to It. I. Kirkland and re¬
ceive reward.
SEMI-WEBKLY
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Loving Remembrance Of
Mrs. Robert Vincent Bowen
| “There is is transition, no Death! What
so
| “^^"" 1 ,^,
Whose portal we call death.”
Death to her was not terrible,
q er lifelong she had been
see ki n g for the Unseen; now she
is with Him whom her soul loveth.
Is that terrible?
She took leave of life without a
j f ear> \\ ith a heroism born ot her
faith, in Jesus of Nazareth
| s he approached the end; she pass-
e d over the great divide fearlessly,
as one w h 0 knocks at the gates of
eterna i m0 rning.
Some one has said, “Wisdom in
the man, patience in the wife bring
peace to the home, lis true.
With her never-ending patience,
with a gentleness born in the heart
Of a Christian wife peace reigned
supreme. She was a peculiar gift
from Heaven to the man by
side she walked for more than
half a century. The long and close
as-oeiation makes the
more severe, but much of the
sweetness of her life was due to
the love and affection lavished up-
on her by her life’s companion.
. Would it be like God to create
such beautiful unselfish loves ]ust
for a life time here? Would it be
like H:m to let two souls grow
so closely together that a tew day
separatiou means loneliness and
pain, and then wrench them apart
for eternity? W hat^ is mean ■ y
such expressions as, risen
er, sitting together in heaven y
places? Tuey mean recognition,
are love, not enjoyment. dead; they Our go \ovcAi on living, ones
they are near us always, and Go
has said “We should know eac i
other there.
Mother! We have all known
her, not in the same person ’tis
true, bnt the same glory frames
eacn separate face in the aureole
of its own Divinity.
As a mother she gave the best
there was m her'whole . . . b e in k
being charged with the love o i
dariU" tor Me here.
From this ^-o - ovew i
take take Irtsii (rcli! coma co°ra“e e every every day: u. y
from her strength xn^ke^ure of
your own strength, from *-
derness gather compassio ,
from her steadfastness gam the
.... that . leads , • onward A i unwnrd
me . ~ r ,... nr „ an nr ) <
facing each day bravely and know
that in spirit she is with you.
She was a friend. It costs much
to be a friend, there is nothing else
in life, except motherhoed, that
costs so much. She looked for the
best in others and gave the best to
be had. She bore life’s buftetings
a ith a gentle patience and sought
to raise those with whom she
came in contact to a higher iife.
She was filled with love for hu¬
manity because she knew by ex¬
perience of the love of Christ, She
Sweat A Candidate For
Senator From Fifth
Waycross, Jan. 24.—Judge J.
L. Sweat, one of the state’s best-
known attorneys, is a candidate
for senator from the fifth Georgia
district. Friends of !iis have been
insisting that lie become a candi¬
date and have announced him for
the position. As a representative
for Ware, Judge Sweet has al¬
ready done much good for this
county. He was for a number of
years judge of the Brunswick
judicial circuit. This being Ware
county’s time to name the fifth
district’s .senator, much interest is
being taken in the matter. A de*
tailed announcement of Judge
bweat’s platform will be given
lived The ini only Corinthians, 13-13.
society to which she
Mor*ed was The Kingdom of
^ oc| , a socit t compose o
^ e st men and women, wor ,n ^
^ ie cst encs, \vi 1 '® 1 ^
, motives, accort mg o
pnncip es. ice eeps i .
Book in which »- «corded the
™ aQ .V e ®* s o ^
\ !e,e " an ac a °
me in» ie.ii ’
w ien on. untay mornin„, . _
lourteen i sie wen ° '
swer 0 * s na ‘L ’
l ^ ou p 00l j aD * ai 1 . ,
t ou ia>. )eui^ ai i i u few
w*
■L 7 enter thQU inJo the
joy . , ,,
° t ly. on. ..
ers was a comp e life . The
three eie^n s of a complete life
° r ^ kght
; ^ proportion,
‘ j of the life
nt n work. In
Him 8h eglori-
bed the common everyday ,, jork u
u nc 1 ‘ er w *
ecaus ® J . ^ailv with
5
* wise uge ()f
. , , f
comDC -
, •* God the second
‘ ’
e.ementjn ~ . ^^Uie * , J » if mam, ni
^ ^ wi hout whioh
^ ^ a , ong death} death
f victory. Love
^ ^ ^ and the dlvinee i einen t
makeg comp i ete | ife . God is
* In faer sweefc submissive
God an(J M humanitv i ay
ie ^ ,
e jt ^ how the life
rentle sQ kindj SQ sub .
^ wedded such a power for
^ be fe ^ not onIy in her
own family circle, but reaching
far out and taking hold on the
hearts and lives r»f many whom
she little dteamed she touched?
She let go of self. In the eternal
life there is no greed. Over There
is neither “mine” nor “thine,”
aU ‘ thin<TS r are f or a n.
Lett . n of Uie UQWO rthy
thtass-preteDSe. worry, <1,.content,
God ; iove au d faith she be-
came an inspiration ot strength
a raarvellous Messing to many.
^ ^ to hye as closely as
we can Christians such as she,
™r we cannot uvo un worth lives
in the constant presence ot such
nob i e beiri'^s
Her life was an inspiration; her
death a benediction. She was the
shadow of His virtues and the echo
of Hi s wisdom.
And as she enters now into the
joys of that “country from whose
bourne no traveler returns” we
bow our heads in reverent silence
and humble submission, and < ur
hearts swell with a sympathy and
a new have sense suffered of fellowship for all
who a like sorrow.
K. B. M.
Mr. Earl Jones, of New York,
is spending several weeks with the
family of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. F. Jones.
W. H. Babbitt Dead !
All that was mortal of W. II.
Babbitt was interred Thursday at
Evergreen Cemetery, following
the funeral at the United Brethern
Church, conducted by Rev. J. L
Leichliter.
Mr. Babbitt was a/i aged man
and the end had boon expected for
many weeks. He has been a resi- 1
old soldiers of the community.
Besides n sen in a distant state, ;
the deceased is survived by his
wife, who also is in very feeble
health.
VOL. XVII. NO. 6
Recall, Initiative and Referendum
Not Worth a Whoop!
Says Barrett, Unless the Farmer Learns to
Distinguish Between the Politica.1 Fakir
And the Genuine Statesman.
()gj cers an d Members of the Farmers’ Union:
The representatives of the Farmers’ Union now in Washington
looking after legislation in which every American Farmer is interest-
ed, expect to secure definite results this session. We will probably
^ wet reforms for which we have long been contending more quickly
the raost optiraistic of us iniaj;ine Certainly, we will procure
.
them all, just as soon as the average congressman learns the farmer is
j n earnes t demanding them, and that he will not be put off by
the "lad hand, free seed little petty job evasion,
or a or two for the brethren,
But we are not going to advance one inch farther along the road
until we learn to smash out of existence the old school, hypocritical
politician, with his little bag of inherited, or acquired tricks, and pin
our faith to the man who takes the large view, the sincere view. L
W ant to impress these facts upon the farmer at what is practically the
outset ot what promises to be one of the most exciting sessions of re¬
cent years.
I can illustrate what I mean very easily with two little stories.
The first is ^ a personal experience l I approached a well-known Con-
^ south ,,„ mE thc recent SKsioll> an[1 asM Wm „
he were going to support the bill calling for a general parcels post,
Quickly as lightning he said: “Barrett, I’ve got a nice job for a kins-
man ot yours.” I told him I wasn’t hunting jobs for my relatives,
and asked him again if he were in favor of a general parcels post.
“Certainly you know I’m with ^ you fellows,” ^ he answered. “But tell
^ ^ ^ a ^is post," I demand-
ed. “ I favor some form of a general parcels post,” he lia-dly replied.
That was as far as I could make him commit himself, and yet that man
has the entire confidence ot his district, thousands of his farmer
stituemts believe he loses sleep devising COll-
Another ways to advance their interest,
^ story: I received a few days ago a letter from an influen-
^ thanking mp for the efforts we arc putt i„g forth in beh alf
of certain measures. Among them he also specified a general parcels
post. “Go ahead”, enthusiastically, “we’re backing you up. The pol-
itician> are not go ; ng to fool us any longer. We’ve let them do that
long enough. But I do wish you would concentrate your energies
getting the recall. We on
want to be able to turn thc rascals out when
they deceive us.” This brother proceeded to tell me that his especial
representative was a simon-pure friend of the farmer, wno could al-
ways be depended upon to help whenever help was needed, and whose
smcer ity was unchallengeable.
That same highly recommended Congressman, the “farmers’ friend”
the paragon of sincerity, told me ia the presence of several witnesses
that he could not support a general parcels post bill. I asked him if
he were not satisfied that at least eighty per cent of his constituents,
want such a measure. He said he was.
I am in favor of the recall. I am in favor of the initiative and
referendum. I have voted for them as long as I had the chance, and
I will continue to vote for them until we enact them into law, arid that
will be at an earlier date than the average man hopes.
But what earthly good will the recall do such farmers as those I
have mentioned, the constituents of these two precious patriots? If
they can pull the wool over the eyes of the farmer in the absence of
the recall, they can do it just « easily when the recall is operative in
Only the leaders of the farmers who try to get things done in
Washington, know the bunccm.he and gold-bncks handed out eonsis-
ten tW to the man ot the acres by the politicians. There Hre a few
good> siron g, upright, sincere men in both branches. But the majori-
t y proceed upon the theory that the best way to continue to hold of-
(j ce cc is to trade, juggle, Hatter and mislead the man whose vote is the
tirst necessity toi ornce holdino aoiiiin^.
That is why I say that though 1 heartily advocate the recall, ini
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tiative and referendum, as aids to direct government by the people,
t hat none of them are worth a whoop unless the farmer learns to dis-
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tinguish the. political fakir from the statesman. We can’t put off our
responsibilities as intellgent thinkers and voters upon any convenient
legislative device. The American poop* thought they had founded
genuine democracy when they decreed they wouldn’t have a king, ora
hereditary nobility. They are still in voluntary bondage to the faking
politician. The farmer is an especial offender. Until he learns to sep¬
arate the political sheep from the goats, the recall, initiative, refeien-
dum, direct election of senators, or anything else will only partly
emancipate him—for, according to present indications the politicians
can work their little bluff game as easily with as without these handi-
caps. Charles S. Barrett.
Washington, 1>. C., .Ian. 24, 1912.
Notice To Grand And Traverse Jurors
GEORGIA BEN HILL COUNTY.
By order of Honorable W. F. George, Judge of the
Superior Court in and lor Ben Hill County, notice is
hereby given that all jurors, grand and traverse, need
not appear at the October adjourned Term of said Su¬
perior Court, to be held on the first Monday in February
next.
All parties and witnesses are hereby notified that
there wij j J, e j ury issues disposed of at this adjourn-
^ ^ * i:i
Jed anri all deiruirers pending will be disposed of by
Court ui Said time, This January,25th., 1912.
D. W M. Whitley,
. i the Superior * v in and for Ben Kili County.