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! ; Published Every Tuosdss; and Fridey by THE LEADER PUBLISHING COMPANY BABL I BRASWELL, ... ooty noiiin s v i Sigunes bontance tvns ....City Editer ONE DOILLAR AND FIFTY CENTS PER YEAR Eirod ot the Postoffiodat Fitsgerald. as Second-Class Mail Matter, under Actof : Congress of March 18,1879. '—“#M(V)Afficial Organ of Ben Hill County and City of Fitzgerald . Rates for Display Advertising ‘urnished on Application. | : fiLocal Readers 5. cents the line for each insertion. No ad t;ik_en for fess than 25 cents. i Y, 4 Qur Slogan. - [k Georgia’ For Oscar W. Underwood L ,; ; For President, ‘/m &8 1 i B : i “"' {The City Coungil,pmed_?the Central Avenue Paving :;d‘_inance E ;ils meeting Monday night. Twelve additional blocksYwill be, wpdernized and the 'White Way extended from the A. B% A asgenger station fo the Court House. . : o e e 1.3 e : No city in Georgia will give the viitor quit¢ so good an im sion as the Colony City, when allf these improvem g,hgye. feeh made. Homéseekers'and investofsiwill ‘e attractdds " Good: & pols and a clean towi are. features that will double cur popula ri Let’s pull tagether and watch ourselves grow. Bl gER oi~ £ 1 | ?Thus far Jim Hill, the insurgent (,otton Ginner, hafb not been i ested, He has persistently rofuse(j to give any more% informa | 3‘9 to the census department. Tom Watson has - promised’to defend | n in the courts. "It is probable that ginners generally will refuse to fivalge their businéss in futufe and thus}icripple the Cotton speculat rs to some extent, . Without exact information, as gathered through bhe Ginners’ Reports, buying cotton futdres will be a very unsafe bet, E hé farmers will be the gainers, if the faw of supply and cgemand is Fiv;an a fair show . : ¢ A ee B : .~ Tariff reform has been' the Democratic Slogan—-on its merits the Party has based its consideration by the American People. The time gs ripe to gather the harvest of these many years’ planting., The ex ‘pert and tactful leadership of Mr. Underwood has united the Demo g’fci'atic Party in Congress as never beforeffand the result has been prac ‘tical legislation along the cardinal principals of Democracy. | The nominaton of Mr. Underwood ‘will insure the enthusiastic ‘support of all Tariff reformers in the doubtful” States, agsuring his ‘election, if nominated, ' i q tggh "t' ' In another column we are reproducing ‘an editorial write-up from the Dawson News, of Hon. John R. Mercer. Hav‘i'hgt pre _viously published the platforms of his opponents, Messrs. Chas. iCrisp and Emmett Shaw, we deem it proper to also §g‘ive these Efa&ts to the voters, as all three gentlemen are more or;:fless stran .gars to our people, being newly added to this district, and the. vaters are justly entitled to whatever inforr;jation wecan get afiout] :them There is plenty of time yet to pick your choice. | & | " | Democrats in’the States that are. solid Republican ifavor Mr, 3‘:Wilson for President; they can vote in the Cdpvention buffcmnot ‘}je;,,, ; ver a single votq”in the Electorial College. ‘;:Démocratic %&m,,&é f;‘g yuthern Democr;ticv, is splid for Mr. ljnfderyyob‘d‘land will dei??éix;:,l% E‘gl‘ictorial votes for the nominee of the in‘rty."ig_ Ve B o N ! Will the South cdntinue to allow New England, Penn%lvmmanfi ,Ei@tixer Republicanigtrohghélds to nomiif]a@e f.‘_'t,ie‘candidate,‘ to whose %l?chon they cannot cpntx;ibqte a singlef e‘ectorial vote?. ot | Official Ballot @gor County Primary “(Election, f{igifiil ’l?;h. Following is & xvcomzpleteb:flst of e candidates running for the offices to be fiiled at the County Puimary electionzof April 17th, “?T ORDINARY; f D. L. Martin: = | C. M. Wise g ’CLERK SUPERIOR COURT 7 W. L. Smith i D. W. M.*Whitley : | SHERIFE W.?H. ¥ountain ! & J. W. Norris = G. W. Rogers: - TREASURER G. A. Jolley E | F. M. Smith :| TAX RECELVER J. B. ¥. Dixon .| @ Early Gibbs %1 TAX CORLECTOR »3‘ F. M. Grabam .| SURVEXOR ‘ i Oscar Baron CORONER. ; ‘Wm. McCormick s W H F Lee G 0 R B NRIR w 3 | 'COMMISSIONER RGADS AND | i i CRBVENUES : Prumoo | 1§ .5 Minshew iy | b f Web White . JUDGE, SUPERIOR//COURT% |5 gE, Griffinf™ "\ 0 ‘ E:Wall * s@Ll<l§T93 CITY { GOURY, | R R WOH Hornd™Nmh : Alex McDonald, - LOST—GoId Fraternitv Pin, 17 'Opals around edge. Reflt?u and get reward. £ 1o | Dr. G. W, ¥cLejn § sth Floor Garbutt-Doféxan.. ; g. Election Offlcet;g% | Eiks Lodge . The following have gbeen e[éfitq‘d‘ as officers for the Elk§’ Todgpe for ‘the ensuing year: | A | D, P. Adams, Eiaxted Rulerg. 'J. B. Wall, Est. Loyal Kbnight; IT. J. Dickey, Esteémed Loyal | Knight; L. L. Griner, Esteemed | Lecturing Knight: &A, Day, Sectretary: I. A. Carcwell, Tyler; D. W. Paulk, Trustee, 4 Progresa a Matter of ldeals. The progress of man has been measured by the progress of his ddeals. eoroemmccsevnacs s THE FITZGERALD LEADER, TUESDAY APRIL 9, 1912 The Man For The Third 106 Man ror Ine inir ] 1 i ~ District To Send To Gon { ~ gress, Hon, John R. Mercer ress On 0 laa z y IUL, ! 8 ; It is a good thing for any country when its farmers take a hand im toe affairs of state. It is a fortunate thing for the Third Congres sional district that its most successful and progressive farmer offers ‘himself to the people for an office in which he can fairly and adequate ly represent them. 'The greater part, by far, of the voting constituency of the Third district is composed of farmers. South Georgia is ‘the richest sec tion of the state, and its possibilities have never vet been half exploit ed. Itlsa distsict whose greatest wealth is not in the far-famed l;fieeundity and the opulent bounty af Mother Earth, but in the splen i did and progressive spirit of the mgn_’;pvlbo.manipulat.e these.resources. ‘Thé farmer today is doing more fo« develop the greatness of the .‘Sg}}h than any ofther man, He hés s{haken the - proverbial hayseed Egfi‘;?of his hair. ‘He has been watehing the trend of affairs. He has been plowing and;,pfbgressing. \ZVQHQ he has been tending his crops Jth zealous caré'lie has been studying the cvolution of the public jt‘?:de toward Hidealling and has been making up his mind to ‘a few thigs on his own account. e 2 - oo ‘v‘“buch a man is" Hon. J. R. Mercer, who is new offering himself to Fe'figi?sent the ’l,‘lfif‘}'ii’(listrict in Coggress. =" Mr, Mercer is a type of thefpeally progressive farmer, Bormn and bred'on™ his »father’s farm Webster county ,getting a common school education at-old Cambridge academy in Gooseberry district, doing everyshihg on{ the farm from cotton chopping o gencral managjng. He knows the life from be ginning to end. , He knows its stfu;irgles as ‘well as its victories, His has been the life:of the hushand, “fed bv the bounty of the earth and sweetened by thé airs of heaven.” : When 25 yaars of age Mr, .\&er‘cer married Miss Ella Perry-of Dawson. Soon afterward he ente}ed' Business for himself as a ware houseman, which business he.soldé in 1894, Since then he has been the owner and manager of Georgia’s most bountiful farm, “The Ella dale Estate,” which is one of the traly examples'of farming in which modern ideas are applied to the world-old truths.of agriculture. A suggestion of Mr. Mercer’s progressive spirit ‘is the fact that he!was the first man in Georgia to offer to pay. cash prizes for the largest yield of corn per acre. The first year’s prize was won on a yield of forty-odd bushels: the last year’s of more than one hundred and sixty, Mr. Mercer’s own farm showed a yield of 116} bushels of oats to the acre last year, and he is planning to make it 200 this year. He is at present constructing a modern roller ‘process wheat mill in order to encourage his neighbors and frierds to plant more wheat, Now, the thing that counts in this old world is. achievement. When you can do a thing well yourself it is good. But when you get other men, by your encouragement, example and co-operation, to do bigger and better things than they have ever done before you are multiplying your usefulness‘to an infinite degree. Surely, Mr. Mercer has done ‘well if measured by this standard! : : So busy has be been with practical things and the‘:develgpment of the material resources of his section Mr, Mercer has not cared greatly for political office. True, he was twice mayor of Dawson. The first time he was elected over a strong and popular opponent; the second time without opposition. : : ’ ‘ ~ In 1906 be was elected to the legislature by his county. His| record in the house is a most worthy and interesting one. The fam ous John Randolph of Roanoke ¢n one occasion, when he was electedl to the Constitutional Convention, was asked what he meant to do. £’m going to vote ‘no’ on every question,” he replied. Some one' asked Mr, Mercer to state his ppsition .on what he "proposed as his _p{'{pgram for the legislature, He replied:*‘l’'m going to vote torepeal% every bad and pppressive law I dan’lay hands op—and there’s many a oßn¢ of that sort,” As a matter'@f fact, Mr. Mercer’s hard common sense and his keen intuition madg him a_éuccesé;fui chamgion of what ‘“F" measures e favored. Heiwas strong.forthe repeal pf existing l@ys that were ‘seless and burdehsome to. the people. His own ex perience as a farmer gave him a ¢clear insight into the needs of his iggstituency and he was active in every possible way-to-see that-they got a square deal. Every bill h¢ introduced, with one notable excep tion, was to repeal an unnecessaiéy law. == This one was a bill to relieve Terrell county of an oppressive dispensary license tax. = % In this master he had strong opposition from Joe Hill Hal. Mr. Mercer defended the right of tli state’to collect a tax. He‘compli ,ented Hon. Joé Hill Hall, who had just made a .vigorous ‘speech ;%zesbablish this very point, Mg Mercer also complimented the state f«‘“@fi"g?on having se valuable a *‘wateh dog’? for her treasary as Mr, Hall. He admitted that in principle the law was right, but”argied that it @?uld be an ofpgression and im@si@ionéém tljé good R‘g‘opleg{;of Terrell g}mty to make them pay a thowsand dollars tax on. a busiess that gonld be and would be closed out in a few weeks as a *‘remnant sale.” Lfie carried his'bill through by § large and enthusiastic majority. ~ The representative that the people need is one who will fight to the bitter endté secure the kind of legislation that will benefit them, To do this he must thoroughly ‘understand their needs, He must be familiar with tHe wishes and the requircments of his section and con stituents. It ft'ot, therefore, %sq,lut_ggl_zkzlpgjgal that if this constitu ency is ovenvheh%ingly of the :grifihltural classes and of those busi uess men whose business is bonfgd_j?up in the success of these agricul tural ciasses—is it not logical tg say that the best man to represent it is one of its own kind—one of these very same agriculturists¥ When this “‘one of themselves” happe®s to be a “plain. farmer” with.a suc cessful record behind him, with?e}iperiencé in -legislative: produce, with an open mind, with a thorétgh knowledge of the needs of his section, and with a clear grasp of the situation in general, why should the people hesitate to put him in the office for which-he seeks their ¥ There seems to bein some quarterss solt of aristocratic skepticism as to the propriety of sending a plain farmer.to Congress. ‘To any yho may be blinded by such woel ‘over their eyes we ‘commend this ;figought: The rugged honesty of the plain farmer and his sincerity of purpose go a long way to offset his:‘;'lack of superficial culture and his ig-called t‘country ways.” What the people want and “need in Con gress is something more than a man who can shine by reflected light. They need a man who will unselfishly serve ‘themi to the” end that their district may be built up and become the greatest in Georgia. It is no discredit to a man to be the wearer of descended honors. Elisha got Elijah’s mantle and was proud of it, But let us remember what !old Plutarch said: ‘‘lt is, indeed, a desirasle thing to-ba well descend ed, but the glory belongs to our ancestors,” Mr. Mercer stsnds o his own record and on his own strengtn. He is not counting for votes on the record of any other man. He stands for himself before the people of his district, and if they honor him with their suffrage he will serve them well. He will see that they get representation that counts big in their favor The editor of The News has an acquaintance with Mr. Mercer of more than twenty-five years and during that time has known him only as a big-hearted, progressive man and who has spent his life helping his less fortunate fellow-beings over the rough places and in develop ing and advancing along material lines his community and section, Aud through all of his busy life he has not neglected the higher and better things. He has been loyal to the church and contributed liberal ly to its support. Don’t let this good old Third district, with its smiling farms, its prosperous towns, its thousands of wide-awake, progressive people go before the world as one that sets its great farming class in the back ground, Let them not forget that the true son of the soil is the true lover and friend of his home and country. Let them remember that the great state of Georgia is pre-eminently an agricultural state whose wealth can be best i‘ncreasfed, whose resources can be oest conserved and whose vital interests can be best upheld by men who_love Ler for her own sake and who, in the halls of state, will stand byher and her people through all the storms of adverse argument and hostile . effort, What we need is men. Where e get them 1s in the country. - Oliver Goldsmith was Tight,.; ; . TII tares thejland ‘to hastening ills a prey;. 7 « 2 Where avealth acctmulates and men decay;i : g B & Princes] gmd%lofrds may flourish or may faj[de—sg— % ». . A breath'can maKe them, as breath has made. £ : But hold'a peasantry; their country’s pride, - : »7° = When ¢née destroyed, can never be supplied. - " P “Let the Third distridt attest heve faith by rallying - to the support of+Farmer Mercer,—~Dawson Newsy»: kg : News Boiled Pown and Dished Up from Ash ton Graded dchool Mr. L. E. Kilpatrick is enter taining his mother aud sister from N. C. this week, .; A woman wants protection, but tavors free speech. - Mr. L. Robitgsch- made 2 busi ness trip at Ambrose Monday. Miss Florence Kilpatrick spent Thursday night with Miss Nellie Wilbanks. w 4 No, Henry, it isn’t difficult for a woman to keep a secret—going. That Cornecticut farmer who gives morphine to his hens to make them set will doubtless dis tribute suffagrette literature among them when he w"shes to reverse the procedare. Miss Selma Thornton of Wray was the recent guest of Miss Flora Whittield. ] New York is trying to be big ger and foggier than London. ‘Miss Robbie Kilpatrick spent Wednesday night with Miss Bea thice Rébitdses: ..~ 1 - 2 & ~ A hotel of 1,000 rooms is to be built in Regent st:, - London, and tipping is to be forbidden in it, - Mr. Jue Lyna frorré town was a recent visitor at this place. : It Is-still about as ea?;v to find-a man who will sell his birthright for a mess of-potatoes as it was in the time of Esaw. Miss lallie Jones from the city was the guest of heriaunt Mrs, W. H. Robitzsch Friday and at tended the commencement at the Ashton school in the. evering. . All the world’s ‘B. stage and a}l the men and wox_;pgn{’ar,e me}-el'y Kickeps. 2 = &4 1 Our. school closed Eriday night An nteresting program :was carried out,” which all the people seemed to enjoy very much. A laige growd Wwas present, - Misses Edith Bishoé -and- Clara Wilbanks spent Tue:sdav with Florence: Robitzsch: ; = * When a man lias tccasion to ap pear before a police: magistrate he is aptito forget "his own name, 3 - Mr: and Mrs, .M., Moore visited their grandfanher at Wray Thurs ey = T o f W = " There are-still plen:ty of gi-ee% pastures for-all the - Mrd’s;sheep;, The sing :‘at""-"-.D;')rn_iinéys mill Sunday was well attended, The Kansas judge who wants tp abolish love, at first s?ght should advertise his serom.™ | ~ A New York man tied his wife to a telephone pole the other day and she didn’t like it because it isn’t the style. = s Tioonne “Deloraine, Church Directory - | Every pastor ia Fitzgeraid is urged | tosend in his notice of church ser-: vices for this column. & s 3 " . CATHOLIC CHURCH : Sunday School 9:30. . - Mass 2nd and 4th Snnday in each; month at 10 o’clocks ' A. BH. Schonhardt, Priest. : i U. B. CHURCH : Directory of Services. ¢ Sunday School, 2:30 a. m. : v Preaching 10:48 <. m,and 7:30 p. m Y.P.C.E.U.,Gpm.% : Mid week services. Wed. 7:30 p. m. . Official board meeting the first Thurss day evening of each month at 8:30. J. L. Leichliter, Pastor. FIRST M. E. CHURCH. , Lee and Magnolia Sts. : E.J. Hammond, Pastor. Residence; 118 W. Magnolia Street, Phoue 406. Sabbath :Serviées. i Sabbath School— 9:30 a. m. i Morning worship—lo:4s, i Epworth League—6:4s p. m, 3 Fvening worship—7:4s. < Prayer service Wedhesday evening at 7:45. The general public, especially strangers, always w‘elcpme._ ) CENTRAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH Lee and Jessamine Ste. Louis C. Hamuiond,: Pastor, - Bible School, Howard W. Brown superintendent, ;meets every Lord’s Day at 9:30 -a. m; = Morning worship, with Lord’s -Supper, Littla sermon for: Children, and Sermen, {11:00. Y.P.S.C ‘E. 830, Evening worship at7:3o. Midweek service. with address by the pastor, Weduesday evening at 7:30. Everybody weleome at all meetings Only once a straoger here. i CENTRAL METHODIST CHURCE Cor. Lée St. and ifi?entral Ave. Sunday School 9:45 a.m.C.'A. Wheeler Superintendent, Preaching by pastor e g e 4:00p. m. Seniorf;‘.:Epwiorth League 6.45 p. m. Preachiog by!pastor 7:30p.m, Prayer meeting-Wednesday night at 7: 00. : A, - All are cordially invited to these services and strangers are espetially welcome & 1 e 3 Guyton Fisher, Pastor. " . FIRST BARTIST CHURCH. ‘W. Magnolia, betweeh Main and ‘Lée Streets. »y & g 0 Sunday schook 9.30 a.dn. L. Kefihn({—' Preaching services every Sunday at 11 a. w. and 5:00 p. m. Royal AmbassadorsiSunday evening 7:00. b ; Trayer meeting~ Welnesday wnight B:¥.P. U, Friday night, 8:00. 3 : ‘All are cordially invited to aftend all these services, ™ | x 4 b Thos. M. Callaway, . Eskimo Wife a Hard Worker. Eskimo - widowers ' often remarry within a week after the demise of the wife. Thé helpmate; of the sayage does most of the work, and he is al most helpless without! her. She makes and breaks camp, cooks, cuts up her husband’s kill and carries it to camp. She dresses the skins of deer and seals. She makes the footgear and clothes, paddles the canoe and carries every burden. Without her no domes tic arrangement can go forward.