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A FARMER’'S TOUR FOR BEN HILL
Let's give our farmer friends in Ben Hill county an outing, take
them through some of those fine neighboring counties and take them
over to Moultrie and show them that Packing House, where cat
tle and hogs are slaughtered by the hundreds every day. Fitzgerald
merchants can well afford to'make this investment, some time in the
iuture it \\'UU](l‘])Zl)' a large dividend in increased friendships that
will be made on the trip and in the encouragement our farmers would
get along the route for better farming and methods of diversification.
A trip through Tift, Colquitt, Worth, through Sylvester to Albany
on to Americus, I't, Valley, Montczuma, Cordele, Ashburn and back
home would take up about two days and take our farmers through
some of the best farming country in South Georgia. In speaking
of these farming tours inaugurated by Appling county, the Tifton
Crazette says:
“The method of getting a party of Appling county farm
ers together to Inake a tour was a rather good one, it seems
: to us. County Demonstration Agent Rogers, who headed
the party, and who was the leading spirit in its organization,
stated that each man who joined the party deposited five
dollars, this to be put in a fund to pay for gasoline, tire re
pairs or other running expenses of the trip. Each member
of the party paid his own cating and sleeping expenses, and
was therefore allowed to make this cost whatever he felt
like. The merchants of Baxley furnished the cars, and driv
ers where necessary, but the party left Baxley with ninety
cight members in twenty-five cars only a few of which were
supplied because the farmers owned about three-fourths of
those making the trip.”
\ The l.eader-LEnterprise will furnish one car for the trip, to stan
,%m‘nc time during the latter part of this month, when the peach sea
son is still on and watermelons are plentiful in the fields.
A We call for volunteers for this trip, at least a hundred farmers
should be invited to go and Fitzgerald merchants should furnish the
cars,
Who is the next? !
FREE SCHOOL BOOXS
Is Kansas again pointing the way which ceventually others will
iollow? If so, would we not do well to begin at once? The Dublin
Lourier-Herald says:
“Under the caption, ‘The Way to a Miracle, the Pensacola Jour
nal calls attention to the fact that the State of Kansas has just ap
propriated a quarter of a million dollars for the purpose of establish
ing a state school book publishing plant. We need something like
this in Geargia, but we need compulsory education first. The Journal
SaySs:t
“T'he state publication of school text books has been undertaken
by Kansas. The Legislature of that state has appropriated a quar
ter of a million dollars to establish a text book plant. This is to be
the extent of the taxpayers’ investment. Books wiii be distributed
at a pomt suflicient to cover depreciation, replacement, and an inter
est of 4 per cent on the investment. ame v
“The cost of the publication of the state school books is not ex
pected to be much less than that of publishing houses. But Kansas
intends to save its citizens from paying the big profits made by the
book concerns. It does not have to create its market. Education
1s compulsory. The school hook market is created by law, and thus
‘there are no advertising expenses, no traveling men, no resident
agents in large cities, no lobbies at the state capitol. Dealers are al
lowed 15 per cent profit and the dealers pay the freight charges.
“For forty years Kansas has found other kinds of state printing
by the contract system, under which the state printer often made
from $20,000 to $30,000 annually. To do away with this abuse, Kan
sas finally undertook to do its own printing, with so much success in
reducing the cost that the present experiment in the publication of
school books followed as a matter of course.
“The Kansas enterprise deserves the attention of all serious cit
-Izens. Compulsory education should mean the best education at the
lowest possible price. It should not mean that taxp;‘lych may bc
forced by law to submit to exploitation by school book combines.
“By taking over the publication of text books, the State also
«liminates the political activity of private publishers, and thus ‘takes
the schools out of politics’—so far as such a miracle is possible.”
When Fitzgerald organized its system of public schools twenty
years ago, the Colony Company, through its Board of Directors, long
Defore the town was old enough to become a municipal corporation,
purchased the initial instalment of books for all the children enter
ing the schools organized by the Colony Company and when some
months later the city became incorporated and elected its municipal
officers they in turn took over the schools and incorporated the free
school books into the city budget. :
The scheme has been a success and the cost has been small com
yared to the benefits derived by all the people. Compulsory educa
tion has not been necessary so far as the children of Fitzgerald arc
concerned, as the attractive school system, combined with free books
swid free tuition, has been inducement cnough to attract every child
to the school house.
THE LEADER ENTERPRISE AND PRESS, MONDAY, JULY 3. 1916
DOCTOR'S PAT !
ENT
GAING 17 POUNDS
Prominent Georgia Physician
Continues to Use Tanlac in
His Daily Practice With Sur
prising Results. '
One of the strongest and most
convincing evidences of the rem
arkable results being accomplish
ed by Tanlac throughout the
South is the large number of let
ters that are now being received
daily from scores of well-known
men and women who have been
benefitted by its use. ¢
Among the large number that
have been received in the past
few days, none are more interest
ing than the following letter from
Dr. J. 1. Edwards, of Fayette
ville, Ga. Dr, Edwards, it will
be remembered, recently gave
Tanlac his unqualified indorse
ment in a public statement, and
the testimonial, published below
was recently given him' by one of
his patients. His letter follows
just as it was written:
Fayetteville, Ga., Jan. 4, 1916,
Mr. G. F. Willis, Atlanta, Ga,
Dear Sir: [ am enclosing you
hercwith statement [ have just
teceived from M, T. M Mec
Gough. He has soid out here and
1s moving to Turin, Ga. He was
here this morning and came in to
tell me what Tanlac had done for
him. He says too much cannot
be said about Tanlac. It certain
ly has cured him.
Respectfully,
J. T. EDWARDS. M. D.
Mr. McGough’s statement fol
lows:
"l suffered from indigestion and
could not eat anything but what
would hurt me. Constipation
gave me a great deal of trouble
also. My symptoms were indi
gestion, heartburn and gas on the
stomach after eating. My appe
tite was irregular and my food
failed to nourish me. This trou
ble caused me to get very poor--
in fact, I got so thin and weak
[ was hardly able to go about.
“1 bought three bottles of Tan
lac on Dr. Edwards’ recommen
dation, and I am now feeling all
right again, and am able to attend
to business. 1 gained seventecen
pounds in weight and am doing
fine. Tanlac.did the work.
“lI now recommend Tanlac to
everyone who wishes: to take
something that will help them.”
Tanlac is sold by Denmark
Drug Co—Advertisement.
NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS
FOR STATE SANITARIUM
Atlanta, July 1.-—Powerful
cfforts will be made by state offi
cials and friends of the state in
safie asylum at Milledgeville to
secure from the legislature’ this
session the imperative needed ap
propriations for a new building
for white females and a new
building for negroes at that insti
tution.
Notwithstanding the condition
of state finances, Governor Harris
put the state’s duty to the insane
first and foremost in his annual
message to the general assembly,
declaring it to be “Georgia's
ereatest charity,” and asserting
that the state “is bound to care
for the helpless insane.”
As a result of the fact that the
state insane asylum has not had a
new building of any character in
the last twelve years, the white
female and the negro departments
are not only crowded beyond rea
sonable limits, but are compelled
to take care of double the number
of patients for which they were
built. These unfortunates are
herded together almost like cat
tle, two living and sleeping in an
apartment made for one.
The report of the trustees, sub
mitted to the legislature, shows
among other things, that while
insanity does not ordinarily shor
ten life, the death rate at the as_\k!
lum is fourtimes as great among
the whites as among the general
population, and more than ten
times as great among the negro-
FITZGERALD LODGE NO 35,
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Meets each Tuesday evening at
£330,
Paul Gungl, N. G.
W. W. Hughes, V. G.
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C. M. Simons, Fin. Sec.
Members urged to attend. and
visitors always welcome.
Lodge Room Telephone No. 146.
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1o The Ladies
Keeping Young and Beautiful
THE. men of today are just as keen on having their wives reta.in their youth
and beauty as the women are themselves, and it is an indisputabie fagt
that the American woman is becoming more beautiful every day. But there's
a reason.
Sanitary conditions are better today than they ever were 'q.efor_e, an'd this
plays an important part. Tue natural intelliience of womanhood is rapidly in
the ascendant, and this, too, is showing its effect. _
And then comes the use of toilet preparations for the development and re
tention of ‘that youthful appearance.” This has been reduced to a science,
and puts the finishing touch to the work of intelligence and sanitation.
Our lady friends are advised thac the very highest
and most reliable and cffective toilet preparatiorns, the
same that are used by many ot the most famous beau
ties of America. We invite an inspection at your
convenlence.
NATIONAL DRUG CO.
T GooD DRUG SITORE
In all things and at all times,
obey God. He doesn’t help the
disobedient.
The revival closed Thursday
evening at Pine Level with an
enrollment of about twenty-five
new members.
Mr. R. J. Prentiss from town
attended services at Pine Level
Wednesday evening.
Rev. Jas. Bishop conducted
regular services at his church
ncar Wray Saturday and Sun
day.
| Mrs. S, P. Register and daugh
ters, Misses Gladys and Jessie,
from town, wer the guests of
Mrs, C. E. Bishop Friday.
Some of the mistakes folks
make come from following ad
vice of those who “have heard”
<0 and so, but who never have ac
tually tried the things which they
recommend. Before you ever ac
‘u'pt advice that way, think
about it. May save you a lot of
trouble and some money to
‘boot.
Mrs. Lizzie Willingham, from
the city spent the week-end with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. G,
Reeves.
Oftener than is suspected, the
sale of something to a neighbor
is the cause of unfriendliness or
bitterness for a series of years
following. The man who is care
less or over-reaching in a deal, is
sure to lose the regard of the man
who is caught. |
\
Mrs. William Troupe is at
home again after undergoing a
serious operation in Atlanta.
Quite a number of our boys are
in town working at the cantaloupe
pasking house.
Try to make somebody happy
every day and show him or her
how to pass it on, and so make an
endless chain of happiness that
in time shall brighten up the
whole world.
Mr. Geo. Myers died Thursday
at his home near Dickson’s Mill.
Interment was made at the Bar
nes Cemetery. Rev. Jas Bishop
conducted the funeral services.
None of us is infallible, we all
make mistakes, but all do not
profit by them. That is, we do
not look into them and under
stand them, so that we may avoid
repeating mistakes. Each sea
son brings lessons of one kind or
another to those who would
learn. How fortunate it is that
we are never too old to learn.
Mr. W. H. Minix left here Fri
day for his home at Plant City,
Fla., after spending a few days
with his mother.
Don't growl about hard times,
though what with cloudbursts,
losses, etc., we've all had a hard
time. Consider how much worse
offt you'd be if you didn’t have
what you've already got. Even
the poorest man has an appetite,
if nothing more, and if he will
work, can eat, if only hominy.
beoprstandt
el e
SALVATION ARMY GO
“DOWN IN MEXICO”
Atlanta, Ga., July I.—There’s
another army going to Mexico,
but it’s not the army of the
United States. It will pitch its
tents along with Uncle Sam’s sol
diers, but its ammunition will be
reading matter, home comforts
and ministrations instead of gun
powder.
The Salvation Army will send
as many officers as it can spare to
the firont.. Brigadier A. W.
Crawford, commander of this di
vision, with Atlanta as his head
quarters, has offered the services
of the army to Governor Harris
and he telegraphed the army offi
cers in the {four southeastern
states to do the same, and they
have done =o.
~ The girl members of the Salva
tion Army are as anxious to gd
to Mexico as the first recruits that
joined the Fifth regiment. Three
of them are in Atlanta, Lieuten
ant Saphronia Curts, Cadet Reba
Crawford and Cadet Edith Ayers,
said they would like nothing bet
ter, but in all probability the ar
my will send only.its male officers
to the front.
The Salvation Army will work
in Mexico as the Salvation Army
works in Europe. Four thousand
of the Salvationists are in active
service in the trenches, but there
are many others in field tents in
France, Germany, Russia and the
other warring countries.
Field tents like these will be es
tablished in Mexico. There the
boys in Khaki will find' a place
to write home, a place to read,
spiritual advice if they want it, a
kind word and a friendly hand al
ways.
LASTING PROHIBITION
IS SOUGHT BY RUSSIA
Petrograd, July I.—The duma
today passed the bill permanent
ly prohibiting the sale of drinks
containing more than 11-2 per
cent alcohol. The measure must
be passed by the house and sign
ed by the Czar before becoming
a law.
If you need some clean old
rewspapers for different uses
around the house we will supply
you at one nickel per large bun
dle. Leader-Enterprise.
The Store That
Advertises
Is the
Store That Does
The Business
ESTATE OF 850,000 WAS
LEFT BY KITCHENER
London, July I.—The will of
Field Marshal Earl Kitchener
was admitted to probate today.
It shows that he left an estate
valued at 171,420 pounds sterling,
(approximately $830,000.)
Lhe largest bequests were the
sum of $20,000 to his nephew,
Henry Hamilton Kitchener, and
the Broome park estate and all
lands in Kent county to his nep
hew, Commander Henry Frank
lin Chevallier Kitchener, of the
Royal navy, a son of the new c&%l
The will makes a number Yof
smaller bequests to relatives and
friends, including $2OO each to
several officers who <erved “on
Lord Kitchener's personal staff.
Among these are General Sir Wil
liam R. Birdwood.
To Colonel Oswald A. G. Fitz
gerald, Lord Kitchener's person
al military sccretary, who was
drowned with Lord Kitchener's
lands in British FEast Africa,
amounting to about 5,000 acres.
Swords of honor, plate and oth
er gifts frome public bodies are
devolved as heirlooms in settled
estates. The will was dated, No
vember 2, 1914,
ARMORED AUTOS ON
DECKS OF WARSHIFPS
~ Washington, July 3.—Armored
automobiles on the decks of war
ships, in sea-going raits, for use
of detachments of the United
‘States Marine Corps in shore op
cerations, may soon be added to
the regular equipment of naval
vessels, :
Experiments at the Boston na
vy vard a few days ago demon
strated that these indispensable
cars can be stowed aboard by the
means of electric cranes on war
vessels, in a very few moments,
and that the deck space they oc
cupy is very little,
United States - Marines found
great need for armored cars in
their recent operations in Mex
ico, Hayti and San Domingo, but
the cars they used had to be ship
ped to them by regular naval
transports,
PLENTY OF TROOPS IN
STATE FOR PROTECTION
Atlanta, July 1 —Adj. Gen. J.
Van Holt Nash made a statement
today to allay any fears which
may. be aroused as a result of the
removal of the National Guard
from the state.
He called attention to the fact
that eight of the best companies
still remain in Georgia, including
'those at Lindale, Elberton, Hart
well and Winder and the four
companies of the coast artillery
reserve corps in Savannah.
He said that with four compa
nies in North Georgia and four in
South Georgia it would be an
casy matter to get out suck
troops as are needed for any
emergency., ;
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