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POLITICAL ANNOUNCE
MENTS.
. For Ordinary.
To the Citizens of Ben Hill County:
Having been elected to fill the un
‘expired term of the Hon. C. M, Wise,
as ordinary, I have tried to attend to
the duties hereof to the best nterest
of all parites concerned, I hereby ask
the good people of our county for sup
port and influence in any primary to
be called. T will, if elected atend to
the office to the best of my ability in
the future as I have in the past few
months.
For your vote and influence I thank
you. Yours to serve,
3-t-a-w P J. R. HORTON.
To the Voters of Ben Hill county -
Thanking you for your past favors
and support in electing me to the of
fice of county treasurer, I again feel
the necssity of asking you fcr your
support for (’_)rdinary' at the coming
democratic nomination on March 29.
I wish to state that I served in the
capacity of Ordinary in Berrien coun
ty for the term of ¢ur years and
with that experience I feel amply
qualified to serve you in the same
position here, as there was never an
appeal from a judgment of mine
rendered in the Ordinary’s court dur
ing my administration.
I will he glad to meet all my friends
and those interested in that office and
discuss with you any subject pertain
ing to said office.
Thanking you for your past
support and asking you once more
for your vote and influence in the
coming primary, I am yours to serve
with the best of my ability,
3-t-a-w F. M. SMITH.
For Clerk of Superior Court,
To the Voters of Ben Hill county:
- I hereby announce myself a candi
date for the office of clerk of the Su
perior court of Ben Hil' county,gsub
ject to the primary to be called. If
elected I promise the faithful dis
charge of all the duties of this office,
to the very best of my ability, and it
will be the height of my ambition if
elected to this honorable office to
serve the people at all times.
“Soliciting the support of all the vot
€22 of this county, I am
' Yours to serve,
ev-is W. D. BRANCH
“To the Voters of Ben Hill county:
I hereby announce my candidacy to
succeed myself as Clerk of the Supe
rior court of Ben Hill county, subject
to the primary, date to be fixed later.
If elected, I promise¢ to faithfully per
form the duties of the office in the
same manner as I have heretofore per
formed them.
. Assuring you, of my sincere appre
ciation of all past favors shown me by
the voters, I respectfully ask your sup
port in the coming primary.
3-t-a-wp D:W. M, WHITLEY.
; ' For Tax Receiver.
I hereby announce myself a candi
date for the office of county tax re
ceiver. If elected I promise the faith
ful performance of all duties required
of me and shall administer the affairs
of this great office without prejudice
to any tax payer. I shall appreciate
the votes of the people of Ben Hill
county at the primary that may be
kalled by the county executive commit
tee. Truly yours,
3-t-aw-p W. BH. ¢ _LEE
To the Voters of Ben Hill County :
Owing to my physical condition and
disabilities of lif2, I hereby announce
myself a candidate for the office of
Tax Receiver subject t~ the Primary
to be called later and ask you to con
sider my application. Should you fay
or me with the office I promise to
faithfully perform the duties thereof in
@ business like manner.
M&F C. L. WILLIAMSON
! For Sheriff,
WO THE VOTERS OF BEN HILL
COUNTY:
"~ I hereby announce myself a can
idate for the office of Sheriff of Ben
Hill county subject to the white pri
mary to be called later.
. I have been deputy Sheriff for the
Psat 5 years and with the experience
I have had in this office I feel fully
‘qualified to serve the best interests
of the yoters. ne
If elected I promise to faithfully
_'(_lischarge my duties to the best of my
~ability without fear or favor to any
~ man, Yours to serve,
22-M-3.T C. F. DIXON
WO THE CITIZENS
b OF BEN HILL COUNTY.
' At the solicitation of a great many
of my friends and neighbors, I here
by announce myself a candidate for
Sheriff of Ben Hill county, subject to
any Primary that may be called by
the county executive committee. If
elected, I promise the faithful dis
charge of all the duties of this high
office and the certain enforcement of!
the laws of the State as far as it will‘
be in the power of the office of the
Shieriff. |
[ shall appreciate the vote of all
good citizens.
E. H DORMINY.
For Ccroner,
I am a candidate for Coroner of
Ben Hill county and would appreciate
the support of the voters of the coun
ty at the primary March 24th.
tf. G iy REEVES,
For Tax Collector,
I hereby announce myself, a candi
date for re-election to the office of
Tax Collector of Ben Hill county, sub
ject to any white primary that may
be called. If elected, T will perform
the duties of the office in the futurc
as in the past to the best of my ability.
Thanking the voters for past favors, |
will appreciate their vote at the com
ing primary.
ev-is FRED M. GRAHAM.
For County Superintendent of Edu
cation,
To the Citizens of Ben Hill County:
I hereby announce myself a candi
date for the office of County Super
intendent of Education (County
School Commissioner): of Ben Hill
county, subject to the approaching
primary. If elected I promise the dis
charge of all duties of this office.
I have taught 14 years in public
schools and 5 years of that time in
Ben Hill county.
I wil appreciate your vote and in
fluence.
J. H. BULLARD
I'or County Commissioner.
At the solicitationr ot a number of
my firiends, I hereby announce my
seli a candidate for county commis
sioner of Ben Hill county, subject to
the primaiy called by the county exe
cutive committec. If elected I shall
be the servant of the people, and will
strive to have all legalized graded road
in our connty systematically worked.
And cdo everything 1 can for the coun
ty's best interest in all business mat
ters. 1 will appreciate the support of
all voters of the county.
Yours to serve,
3-t-aw o L. TAYLOR:
WANTED—GOOD . DRY BONES
in ton lots or upwards, delivered Sav
annah ftcory, reply XYZ No. 1, this
office.” : |
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LEADER-ENTERPRISE PRINT
ING PAYS. l
LONG STAPLE
Cotton Seed
Pure Brad to Pedigree
H. 4. JAMES,
FITZGERALD, GA.
Agent for
COKER’S PEDIGREED=meme
LONG STAPLE COTTON SEED'
Direct from Breedsrs and Growers
Coker's Upland Staple Cottons can be ETOWN any
where in cotton growing section of the South. Yield
usually equal or above short staple varieties unaer
fair conditions. Length of fibre 1 1-4 in, tol 8-Bin,
Lint brought last season 17 to 20 cents a pound,
Much preferred by staple mills on account of
strength and uniformity of fibre, Webber and
Hartsville varieties originated and introduced by
us. These cottons now planted in every Southern
State,
Every Bushel Pedigreed Cotton Seod We Sell
Is Grown From Specially Selected Seed for Seed
Purposes and Under Our Personal Supervigien.
PRICES 20 Bu.at Per Bu
Ooker's Pedigreed Hartsville No. 9 $2.00 $2.25
Heavy yielder, big boll, long fibre. Latest strain,
Highly resistant to adverse conditions. A staple
cotton that ‘‘makes good.”
COoker's Pedigreed Webber No, 82 £.OO 2.25
Latest strain Webber, makes longer fibre, higher
wr ‘:‘gxhge lint and heavier yield than original
ebber,
Coker's Pedigreed Webber No. 49 .75 8.00
Earliest-of-all staple cottons. Best ever bred for
boll weevil conditions.
Caker's Podigreed Wobber 1.95 1.40
Original strain, Most largely planted uvland
staple cotton. The seed beingoffered as **Webber'’
by other seedmen and growers is from this strain,
two to four years removed from us,
Coker’s Improved Keenan (Goodson)No,3 1.10 1925
A :tood yielder. Easy to pick. Very popular
variety,
All Prices For Cash, Subject to /Unsold Stocks
All our cotton seed ginned on our private gin
used exclusively for our fine seed cotton. Allseed
?nded and recleaned by special machines. Tested
or germination and g:n\unteod true to name and
type, under the 8. C. Pure Seed Laws, Our Ten-Day
Money Back Guarantee Goes With All Seeds,
Get Your Staple Cotton Seed Direct From
Headquarters
Staple cotton seed will “‘run back” in two or three
years if unselected or mixed at gin. Absolutely
Fnro seed is first requirment for largest profs
rom growing long staple cotton. Buy your s.ed
from us and know you are getting the best.
- Other Seods
Including ¥ine Pure Bred Corn Peas, Velvet
Beans, Soy Beans,Millet,Sorghum. l"eannta. Chufas
and short staple cotton, including wilt-resistant
varieties, prices and catalogue
on request, A
PEDIGREED SEED CO,, W9l —f’D
' David R. Coker, President Wg34[0,11:
Address Dept K Hartsville, S.C. E 7757)
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Southern A gents‘‘Clipper” Seed g b N
Cleaners and Separators. Small )
size $23.50, large size $33.75. Write '\ *,,#
for special eircular. R
The Guarantee of Quallty
NOTE—I carry a large stock
of these seed in my warehous®
in Fitzgerald, in order to make
quick deliveries. Above prices
f. o. b, Hartsville, S. C., 15¢
freight for prices {. o. b. Fitz
gerald, Ga.—Order from H. H.
James, Agent for Pedigreed
Seed Co., Fitzgerald, Ga. i\
THE LEADER-ENTERPRISE AN DPRESS, MONDAY, FEBR UARY, 28., 1915,
BEN HILL COUNTY SUNDAY
SCHOOL CONVENTION WHICH
CONVENES TOMORROW
The Ben Hill county Sunday school
'convcntion will be held on Tuesday
iand Wednesday, February 29th and
March Ist, at the Central Methodist
church. The indications are that this
will be one of the best meetings ever
held in the county.
This is an interdenominational meet
ing and every white Sunday scheol in
Ben Hill county is urgently request
¢d to send a good delegation.
The program is as follows:
FIRST SESSION.
Tuesday Afternoon, February 29th.
| 2:30 Praise service led by Rev. L,
A. Hill
2:45 The First Four Years—by Mr.
E. P. Green, Birmingham, Ala., Supt,,
of Sabbath School work, Alabama Sy
nod, Presbyterjan church, U. S. A.
3:2o—Song,
3:25 How to Hold Pupils in the Sun
day School—By Mr. W. D. Sims,Sec.,
|/»1' the GeorgZla Sunday school Associ
i'ali(m.
| 4:00 Questions answered on Sunday
school problems.
4:30 Adjourn,
SECOND SESSION
Tuesday Night.
7:30 Praise Service led by Rev. R.
M. Mann.
7:45 Traiiing workers—Why and
How—By Mr. D. W. Sims.
B:2o—Song.
8:25 The Challenge of Adolescence
—By Mr. P. E. Green.
9:oo—Adjourn,
THIRD SESSION
.. Wednesday Morning, March 1.
10:00—Praise service led by Rev. E.
A. Wanless.
10:15—Busy Business Men in Sun
day school Work—by Mr. i B Turh
er.
10:40Report of the County Presi
dent—by Mr. J. H. Burke.
10:50—Report of the County Sec
retary—Mr. R. L. Riggs.
11:00—Report of Division Presi
dents—Division No. I—L. O. Tisdel—
Division No, 2. J. H. Burke—Division
No. 3. Marcus Reeves.
11:15—Song.
11:20—The Organized Class in the
Secondary Division—By Mr. P. E.
Green.
11:50—Leading The Class to Christ
—By Mr.D. W. Sims,
12:20—Adjourn.
FOURTH SESSION. ..
Wednesday Afternoon.
| 2:3—Praise service led by Rev. E. G
Orahood.
2:4s—The Graded Sunday School—
by Dr. A S. Ford.
3:lo—Essentials and Advantages of
a Banner Sunday School—by Mr. D.
W.. Sims.
.3:4o—Song.
3 :45—Questions answered on Sun
aay School Problems.
4:3o—Adjourn,
FIFTH SESSION
Wednesday Night
7:3o—Praise service led by Rev. L.
A.l Cooper,
7:4s—The Livangelistic Opportunity
of the Sunday School—by Mr. P. E.
Green.
B:ls—Song.
B:2o—Sunday School Work in Geor
gia—by Mr. D. W? Sims.
B:so—Free-will Offering for the sup
port of the work,
o:oo—Adjourn.
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Prof. E. L. Martin, of Macon, Geor
gia, writes: “The university of in
digestion should caase the world to
lgive hearty welcome to any prepara
tion that will relieve the excurciating
‘pain and distress which it causes.
Apprieciation of the most instan
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resulted in my own case from the use
oI a bottle of CauloilC prompts me to
tender this testimonial as to its effi
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delief that it will prove the universal
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An intimate personal acquaintance
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ables me to testify to their sterling in
tegrity as business men; and that the
public may rely with aboslute confi
dence on their claims and represen
tations. SIGNED.
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TION give C—l—C a chance to prove:
to you that its the remedy you have
so long wished for. Price fifty cents
per bottle.
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Ocilla News Items
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Ocilla, Ga., February 26.—Mr. Ed. C.
Bruce of Brunswick, and Mr. D. A.
Dixon of Thomasville, motored over
to Ocilla from Douglas on business
Wednesday.
Mrs.H. C. Mcllnnis, of Jacksonville
is the guest of her daughter, Miss
Bertha Mclnnis this week.
Miss Beatrice McDonald spent last
week end in Fitzgerald with relatives.
Mrs. Daniels, after a visit to her
mother, Mrs. Mary E. Smith returned
with her children to their home in
Belleville, on Sunday.
Mrs. H. E. Oxford, after a two
week’s visit to relatives in Macon and
Leslie, returned to her home one day
this week.
Mr. and Mrs, Ralph Johnson and
children were the week-end guests of
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Puckett and Mrs.
R.W. Goodman in Tifton.
Miss Gertrude Grantham spent
Wednesday in Fitzgerald with friends.
Mrs. A. S. Harris has returned from
;;\llzmta where she spent several days,
| Mrs. D. Bonnett and two younger
chldren returned to Ocilla Wednesday
night after a visit to friends in Tif
ton.
Mrs. Burgin, of Birmingham, Ala.,
arrived Tuesday for a wvisit to her
daughter Mrs. G. W, Willis.
Mr. Will Coleman, of Sumner, Fla.,
is spending some time with his moth
er, Mrs. S. E. Coleman.
Misses Sarah Mitchell and Annie
Carswell of Abbeville, were guests
this week of Mrs. D. W. Paulk.
Drs. W. W. Dent, I. C. Smith and
A. L. Castlelaw and Messrs, A. L. and
W. A. Tucker were among the Ocilla
people invited, to the birthday dinner
viven by Mr. J. M. Willis at his home
~car Mystic on Thursday of this
week A long table was placed in the
yard, on which a sumptious dinner was
served. There were between sixty
five and seventy guests prsnts.
Mr. and Mrs. Jon L, Jams, of Sa
lem N. C,, after a week’s visit to their
daughter, Mrs. 7. C. Hawes, who has
been very 111, left for their home on
Tuesday. .
Mrs. Alia Peiry is visiting friends in
Jacksonville. Tia., this week. '
Mrs. A, J. Simpson and little grand
son spent a few days at Gladys with
Mrs. Tom Furvis this week.
o ACT QUICKLY,
Delay Has Been Dangerous in Fitz
gerald. .
Do the right thing at the right time.
Act quickly in time of danger.
In time of kidney danger Doan’s
Kidney Pills are most effective. :
Plenty of Fitzgerald evidence of
their worth. !
Mrs, M. F. Echols, 808 S. Grant, St.,
Fitzgerald, says: “I suppose heaVy
lifting or overwork brought on my
kidney trouble. I noticed the trouble
most when I got up in the morning.
I had dull pains across my back and
always felt tired and languid. I also
had dizzy spells and occasionally ev
erything turned black before me. One
box ¢f Doan’s Kidney Pills cured the
atlack. Two or shree times since 1
have had a slight return of the trouble
but Doan’s Kidney Pills have always
rid me of the attack.” ;
Price 50c at all dealers. Don’t
simply ask for a kidney remedy—get
Doan’s Kidney Pills—the same that
Mrs. Echols had. Foster Milburn
Co., Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
MANVILLE-THOMPSON
Mrs. A. J. Manville and Dr. D. F.
Thompson ‘were quietly married at
his home on N. Main street, Saturday
eveneing by Rev. E. G, Orahood.
Mrs, Manville has been a visitor a
Fitzgerald for several months, coming
here from Bowling Green Ky.
Leader-Enterprise Printing Pays.
Mr. arnd Mrs. W. G. Hair moved to
Florida last week, where Mr. Hair will
engage in the lumber business.
Mrs. D. J. Hendesron, Jr., and child
ren, have returned home after a visit
to relatives in Fitdgerald,
Mr. S. H. McAllister, on last Friday
about noon, got two fingers on his
left hand cut off in a feed mill, with
which he was cutting corn. He was
atending to the mill, and when it failed
to feed properly, he put his hand into
the hopper to push the corn down.
His foot slipped and he thrust his
hand down to the revolving knives,
with the result that the two middle
fingers of his felt hand were cut off.
He sustained some other cuts op this
hand, but these wounds will heal.
‘ Announcement has been made of the
‘Henderson Lumber Co., that their mill
‘which has been operated at Ocilla for
many years past, will cease operations
at this point on the 29th of this month.
after which time they will begin op
erations of a large saw mill at Leila
ton, Ga. The mill at this point is
one among the largest present mills
in the state, having cut on an average
of something like fifty to sixty thous
and feet of lumber per day. The new
plant to be operated at Leilaton is es
timated to cut from sixty to seventy
five thousand feet per day.
AN OLD RELIC OF
THE STARS AND BARS
Atlanta, Feb. 28.—The Geotgia Con
federate museum has been presented
by Dr. George Brown with a Confed
erate flag, shot-riddled and torn
which went through 100 battles. It
was the chief banner used by Gen
eral Natha, D. Forrest, and was car
ried by W. R. Brown, of Duval's
Bluff, Ark.
Hastings Catalogue Tells You Ail
fbout Them
No matter whether you farm or only
plant vegetables or flowers in a small lot
you need Hastings 1916 Catalogue.
It is filled (100 pages) from cover to
cover with useful farm and garden infor
mation.
It tells of seeds of kind and quality that
you can’t buy from your merchant or
.druggist, seeds that cost no more but
give you real satisfaction and a resl g 1-
den.
It tells how every customer can get ab
solutely free five packets of easily grown,
yet showy and beautiful flowers.
Hastings is both the best ard largest
seed f.rm in the South, the only firm that
you should buy seeds from,
When you plant Hastings Seeds, you
meet “Good Garden Luck” more than
half way. Write today for their big 1916
Catalcgue. Itis free. A postal card re
quest will bring it. H.G. HASTINGS CO.,
Atlanta, Ga.—( Advt.)
PETITION FOR FORECLGSURE
. A. J. McDonald vs. Lila George,
Guardina for Marie and John Barfield,
torney’s lien. Partition Ben Hill Su
perior Court, April Term Nineteen
Sixteen.
TO DEFENDANT, Lila George,
an dJohnetaioshrdluetaoinshrdluetaoi
Guardian for Marie and John Barfield.
You are hereby commanded to be
and appear at April Term nineteen
Sixteen, of Superior court Ben Hill
County, show cause, if any you have,
why relief is said petition should not
be granted.
Witness Hn. W. F. George, Judge
Superior Court said county. This
February Twenty First, Nineteen Six
teen.
D. W. M. WHITLEY, Clerk
Feb 25&28 Mch 10&24
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LOST OR STOLEN, »
One pointer dog named TIKE witly
mark on hair around neck from wear
of chain. Is large portly lookingj
white dog in good order with. jver
spot about head and one or two on
body. Scar in right or left flank under
leg on body. He rides on running
board of auto and has thehabit of run
ning in front of car and barking when
car starts. Is affectionate and knows
his name, Tike. Reward paid for his
return or information leading to his
whereabouts. Dr. C. A. Holtzendorf,
Dentist, 2tp