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Rev. R .V. Miller at the First Baptist Church. He speaks every
day this week at 10:00 a. m. and 7:45 p. m.
NEAR THREE HUNDRED
RATS KILLED IN A DAY
Atlanyp, Ga., May 6.—Accord
ing to reports fron: Alpharetta, T.
3. EMington, who lives near Le
banon, had a rat-killing time at
his house recently. * Beginning
about 8 o’clock in the morning he
and his little boys, assisted by
their smart little dog worked con
stantly at the killing of rats until
after twelve o'clock. They killed
two hundred and fifty-seven of
the rodents and let nearly one
hundred get away. In seven dif
ferent bedg they found eight lit
tle rats. Mr. Ellington said these
grain-caters have destroyed at
least twenty bushels of corn for
him.
COURT RECESSES
Washington, Di C.,, May 8—
The Supreme Court today took a
recess to May 22.
Wkhy don't you ADVERTISE in
THE LEADER-ENTERPRISE. It
PAYS.
A Handsome C
HEN you pay several Lo
dred dollars for an automo
bile, why not gect a good
looking one—onc that you will be
proud to own, proud to drive and
proud to take your friends out in?
Maxwell owners have a just pride in
the handsome appearance of their
automobile for Maxwell Moter Cars
have the same attractive lincs, the
same graceful design as the higher
priced types.
In addition to good looks you
weant, of course, a reliable, sturdy and
economical car. But there is no
doubt in ycur mind on these points
since the Maxwell a short time ago
-established the World’s Motor Non- ;
Stop Mileage Record. Any car that
can run continuously for 44 days and
nights, averaging 500 miles per day—
-22,000 miles in all and without once
stopping the motor—is beund to be a
well designed cnd well made car.
Any car th_t can perform such o
wonderful feat on an average of one
gallon of gascline to ¢very 22 milcsis
bound to be an cconomizal car.
We have such cenfidence 1 tho
Maxwell car and the company be
hind it that we are willing to sell
these cars on partial payments—
and deliver the car to ycu when ycu
make the first deposit. In justice
to yourself you ought te know mero
about the Maxwell car and ouv
- pay-as-you-ride plan. All we asit
is the opportunity to tell you,
Tou:g Car, $655. Roadster, 3635
Prices F. O. B, Detroit &
Jonnson Hardware Co., Fitzgerald
CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL
ASSOCIATION TO MEET
IN BIRMINGHAM
Alanta, Ga., May 6.—The gen
cral meeting of the Confederate
Southern Memorial Association
will be held in Birmingham May
15 to 19. Mrs. A. Mci). Wilson,
vice president for Georgia, made
the announcement yesterday.
Headquarterg will be held at the
Tutwiler hotel.
Mrs. Wilson urged that names
of delegates be sent at once to
Miss Daisy Hodgson, No. 7909
Sycamore street, New Orleans,
and dues paid to the treasurer,
Mrs. John . Maxwell, Pensacola,
Fla.
1 ATTENTION, W. R. C.
' All members of the W. R. C.
are requested to meet at the Hall
Lon Tuesday, May 16.
ELIZABETH KNAPP,
President.
ELIZA MAHER,
I 3t Secretary.
THE LEADER ENTERP RTSE AND PRESS. WEDNES DAY, MAY 10, 1916.
s ——— &7
JUNIOR FROM FRIDAY
Friday evening, May sth, the
Junior class of the Fitzgerald
High School was “at home” to
the Senior class at the palatial
residence of Mr. and’ Mrs. W. R,
Paulk on north Main street. El
bert and Miss Nora Paulk were
host and hostess to about seventy
guests, including the Junior and
Seniar classes and the high school
faculty. The three parlors were
tastefully decorated in the Senior
colors, green and white, as was
the spacious veranda.
The guests began to arrive
shortly after eight o’clock and
were met by Miss wWora Paulk
and served with punch. The
“dignified Senior” arrived carry
ing their dignity in conspicuous
places, but it was scon washed
down, apparently by the punch.
As soon ag the guests had arrived
tally cards—were distributed by
the hostess and the promenade
began. After twenty numbers of
progressive conversation, Prof. A.
S. Ford arranged the Juniors in
a ring about the Senior and as
they marched around them a song
in honor of the graduating class
was sung, each verse, ending in
the name of one of the “dignified
Seniors.” After this was over the
guests passed into the house and
were served with refreshments.
These consisted of a plate - con
taining fruit salad, pickles and
tidbits and a green cherry on a
leaf of white lettuce, the Senior
colors. The next thing on the
program was the reading of the
nrophecies for the “class of 1916”
by Prof. Mathews. These prophe
cies were all in rhyme, written by
‘Miss Marie Clarke poet -of the
“class of 1917.” They were all to
‘the point and very amusing. The
‘ce course was then served, con
sisting of brick ice cream and
small cakeg with “16” in green
letters on white icing.
. Taken as a whole the Junior
i“rnm of 1916 was fully the suc
~ess it was expected to be and
%'mt(!i(l all previous effortg of Ju-
School #Jews
STEWART F. GELDERS, Ebiror
R o ee e gang e Sl g
Uses and Abuses of Fertilizers |
By Prof, R. J. H. De Loach, Director of Georgia Expecriment Station. {
1. THE USE OF COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS—HISTORY.
The First of a Series of Six Articles.
We would not be disposed to try to give a complete history of the use of
commercial fertilizers, but only to show how this great industry began anc
&rew. in the Southern United States. Generally gpeaking, the farmers of this
generation inherited the habit of applying fertilizers to soils, but have not
been taught the underlying principles of the industry.
The use of some kind of manures on soils with crops for the purpose cf ia
creasing the yields goes back to ancient times. We know that many ancient
people applied animal manures to their soils for this purpose., The Chinese,
centuries ago, applied manures of ¥arious kinds to their soils and gardens and
With phenomenal results. In Von Tshudi’s Travels in Peru we find that as
early as the middle of the last century notes were beimng taken on #he actual
value of Guano by the Peruvians.
Bousingault speaks of seeing fields in Peru on which wheat grew every
year for two centuries, and the yield still high and the growers prosperous.
The practice of using mineral fertilizers was introduced direct from Pe
ru to the United States in the year 1846, and was based on such reports
as we find above. It had already been used in England before it found its
way into the United States, but Peru seems to be the country in which the
application of minerals to soils as plant food origimated. @We do not
know this is true, but all evidence points to this. It is of greater interest
o us therefore that we know about the customs in Péeru,
The First Use of Peruvian Guano.
The first man in the Southern States to use this Peruvian guano was David
Dickson, ot Sparta, Ga., who saw an advertisement of it in the old Ameri
can Farmer published in Baltimore, The South has perhaps never had a
more successful farmer than David Dixon, who made many millions of
dollars farming, and who was a pioneer in many other lines as well as in
the use of mineral fertilizers: In the year 1846, the year after it was intro
duced imto the United States, he bought three sacks and used it, and on find-
Ing that it paid him, bought it in increasing quantities till the year 1855
and 1856, when he ‘“went into it fully.” As is suggested above this is no
doubt the first instance of the use of a concentrated mineral fertilizer on
cotton in the United States. :
The universal success with which Mr. Dickson met in the use of this Pe-'
*uvian guano led many other preminent farmers to follow his example,
and in every reported case, success followed its use. We are constrained
to Dbelieve that the application of this mineral fertilizer to the
cotton and other crops in the South could not possibly have been an acci
dent. Its success was unquestionably based on the actual needs of the soil.
A quickly available manure was what the crop needed, and when this was
once applied results were evident.
After a time it was found that the Peruvian guano, which contained prin
cipally nitrogen, produced too much stalk and not much increase in the
yield of fruit, and henee its use was somewhat discouraged for a season. i
The First Use of German Pbtash. !
About this time the war between the States began, and at the same
time the discovery of the potash beds of Germany, also, the offering on the
market of various kinds of mineral fertilizers resulting from the teach
ings of Von Liebig of Germany, who was at that time the greatest cham.
pien in the world of agriculture and its possibilities. As a result the pop.
ularity of Peruvian guano subsided and more study was given to the gen:
eral question of the use of mineral manures, both by farmers themselvesv
and the students of agriculture. i
Two great contributing factors to the rise of the fertilizer trade in the
South are first the abolition of slavery, and second, the rise of agricul
tural education. Before the war the question of land was secondary. 3
growing farm crops in the South “were the land out,” there were plenty of
slaves to “take in more land.” It was cheaper to take in land than to pay
for any artificial manure. In 1862, the Morrill Bill passed €ongress,
creating agricultural colleges in the various states, after which there be
gan a campaign for improving methods in agriculture. Experiments at
public expense were begun on a small scale, and the public was induced to
make greater use of plant foods of all kinds, as well as to improve methods
of tillage. This, of course, caused an immediate increase in the use of min
eral plant foods, and out of which grew demands for great quantities of -
fertilizers. From this great demand there sprang up fertilizer faetories in
all parts of the country. All kinds of materials were tried out, some was
good, and some was not, but much of both kinds used. The factories had
no restricticns and many of ‘them palmed off on the farmers anything that
would smell strong an¥ that could be put in sacks. This condition on ac
count of state laws did not last long. We begin the next article by giving a
resume of the part taken in the rise of the trade by the states themselves. '
nior classes to make lighter the
sorrow of those who graduate
from Fitz-Hi, our first, and to
some, our only Alma Mater. -
This being so near the final ex
ams everyone ig so busy that very
little is happening. Only ten days
till holidays and most of the week
will be taken up in review.
Two baseball games have been
played by the second school team
or “little high school” and both
have been chalked up to the cred
it of Phil Booth, the mighty hurl
er of the high school second team.
The first game was against the
“little bums” or second town
team and resulted in a six inning
slaughter for the later team. The
last game was against what is
supposed to be the High School
varsity and resulted in a second
victory for'the second team.
Mr. Eilis, a representative of a
text book company, helped teach
ninth grade algebra Thursday
morning.
Thursday we were visited by
Mr. Whitehurst, superintendent
of Lawrence county schools. Mr.
Whitehurst made a short talk to
part of the students in which he
told us in two minutes what
many other lecturers have tried
to tell us in as many periods. He
took the mother goose rhyme:
“Pussy cat, pussy cat, where have
you been?
[ have been to London to see the
queen.
“Pussy cat, pussy cat, what saw
you there?
I saw a little mouse, under a
chair.”
Mr. Whitehurst applied thig to
school life thus—Many boys and
girls come to school to get educa
tion, as the mouse went to see the
aueen but like the mouse they
don’t sec the big thing they come
to see but only some incidental,
thing, possibly something un
pleasant.
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GEO. W. BROWN
Phone 475
119 East Pine Sirset - - Fitzgerald, Ca.
BUREAU OF STANDARDS
CLOSED ITS CONFERENCE
Atlanta, Ga., May 6.—The Bu
reau of Standards has closed its
southern conference in Atlanta
after a successful session. The
discussions were largely technical
the last session being devoted to
underground electrical connect
ions and the resulting danger of
electrolysis.
A. T. Scheen, chairman of the
directors of the Affiliated Techni
cal Societies of Atlanta, said the
ACCOUNT
United Confederate Veterans
Specially Arranged Train Service and Equipment, May 15 to 19
' Inclusive.
SCHEDULE VIA A, B. &A, ALL THE WAY
Leave Fitzgerald 10:35 p.m..-Ar. Birmingham 10:25 aLI.
SCHEDULE VIA ATLANTA AND CONNECTING LINES
: Leave Fitzgerald 11:10 a. m. 10:35 p. m. &
Arrive Atlanta 7:10 p. m. 6:10 a. m.
Arrive Birmingham 6:00 am. 12:10 p. m.
Pullman tourist sleeping cars will be operated leaving Way
cross for Birmingham, via Manchester, night of May 15th and 16th,
and leaving Birmingham for Waycross evening of May 18th and
19th also standard sleeping cars if there is a good demand for
same. The lower berth rate from Fitzgerald will be Standard, $2
Tourist $1.25.
Tickets will be sold May 13th to 17th inclusive, and for trains
scheduled to arrive at Birmingham before 1:00 p. m.,, May 18th.
Return limit May 25th, 1916, unless extended to June 14th by de
posit of ticket at Birmingham prior to May 25th and payment ef
-fee of 50 cents.
Further information will be cheerfully furnished by A., B. &
A., Ticket Agent or W. W. Croxton, General Passenger Agent, At
lanta, Ga.
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conference had been of great ben
efit to southern engineers and
most of the delegates expressed
the same opinion.
MORE TRCOPS ARRIVE
ondon, May B.—Australian and
New Zealand troops have arrived
in France and have taken over a
portion of the front, it was. an
nounced in an officiai statement
tonight.