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Under Act of Congress, March 13th, 1897
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Rates for Display Advertising t'urnished on Application
Local Readers 10¢ per Line for each insertion. no ad
taken for less than 25c.
“Savannah to Share in Chinese Trade,” says a conspicuous head
fine in the Savannah Morning News. Why, Fitzgerald has been
shipping cotton products to China for ten years. What’s the matter
with Savannah? :
J. J. Brown landed the much coveted job of Commissioner of
Agriculture after six years of earnest effort. He will no doubt fill
the place to the satisfaction of his friends. Mr. Brown was the Farm
ers’ Union candidate and should make an excellent commissioner.
Macon Telegraph: There is every reason for Democrats to feel
elated over the returns in Maine. Maine is one of those states where
there is not a question of whether the Democrats or. Republicans in
a straightaway race can carry it, but how much the G. O. P. candi
dates can win by. The normal majority for the party of Lincoln and {
Crant may be put at 25,000. Anything less than this is bound to au
’vgur well for the Democrats in the forthcoming national election.
With the Republicans going in with but half of the normal majority
of the party and no third party in the way to help Democrats to a
plurality, it can be set down as a kind omen for Woodrow Wilson. |
The Republicans are going to let the country papers share in
some of their campaign fund. Of course the papers are in need of
financial support and are entitled to take it from any legitimate
source. We would not refer editorially to this advertisement if it
didn’t contain so many misleading propositions. Of course the
writer of this advertisement has a perfect right to call the Georgia
Republicans Progressives if he can stretch his conscience, however,
he should inform his following that the Progressive Party, as such,
is dead and has no ticket in the field this year. It’s the “old time”
Republican party to which he is inviting your support. The Demo
cratic party, having to its credit this year the many progressive and
constructive acts of legislation, which the Republican party failed to
even adopt in its former platform dem:inds, makes the Democratic
party the ideal party for all classes of citizens, from the lowliest to
the highest, the rich and the poor. The Federal Reserve Banking
Act provided financial facilities for the merchant and banker ; the‘
Rural Credits Act makes the same provisions for the farmer, both
measures bein}“cnacted by the Democratic party. The patriotic so
lution of the railway strike should secure for Mr. Wilson the entire
union labor vote, north, south, east, and west, and we believe it will.
The entire country has prospered during the past years as in no
other time in the history of the country, and this is largely due tq the ]
party in power. Georgians will not be swept off their feet at a time
‘when cotton brings 15¢ a pound and every farmer who will, has al
bank account. i !
‘ ABOUT TOBACCO
Ben Hill county farmers in looking around for a profitable crop
to partially offset the coming of the boll weevil are preparing to go
into tobacco culture to some extent. The past season several have
mnade a success in a small way with five and ten acres, netting as
smudh as $7O per acre on the tobacco and are now looking for a big
hay crop from the same land. - For information to the farmers we
quote from a government circular as follows about lands best suited
for this crop:
“A tobacco grower must exercise good judgment and careful
management of his fields where 0 grow tobacco, so that they
will be in the best shape for :h}o at the proper time. Tobac
@o experts have demonstraty e fact that the character of the to-
Bacoo produced will deper{‘fl&quite as much on how the fields have
been handled in rotation, as upon the fertilizer used, or cultivation
given direct to the tobacco crop. Handle tobacco land so that it
may be kept in good life. It is highly desirable to have a liberal
supply of vegetable matter in an advanced stage of decay in the soil,
though not an excessive amount of ammonia. Large quantities of
slow acting organic ammoniates are against fineness, sweetness, and
€olor of the leaf, and for this reason clovers, cow-peas and other le
gumes, except in a limited way generally, cannot be used on tobacco
i‘nndnw‘ilh satisfaction, unless removed two or three years before
planting tobacco.. ~ ~
- The organic matter of a freshly cleared or old broom grass field
sof akind well suited to tpbacco, as it-consists chiefly of dead leaves,
woots and broom gtass. Such, vegetable matter of ample amount
makes the soil mellow and pliable and of a splendid water-holding
wariety. . :
Fertilization greatly influences the grade of quality of leaf.
‘Where a large quantity of nitrogen is added, the leaf tends to become
thicker, heavier, and more gummy. The grade of tobacco is princi
pally dependent upon the cultivation, fertilization, and curing of the
€rop. :
Bright tobacco soils as a class are naturally rather infertile : but
they are of a character which will respond readily to fertilizers, par
€ ularly in producing a crop of high money value like tobacco.
V thout a sufficient supply of ammonia tobacco will be so small and
1! n, although the color may be good. Potash, like ammonia, im
#uoves the body of the leaf, and it has a noticeable value in tending
W <minish or prevent specking. Acid Phosphate may be considered
tl . most generally needed plant food material. It strongly increases
£ wth and maturity, also tends to brighten the color because of its
©, cided effects in ripening the leaf. One requisite which must not be
o zrlooked in growing tobacco is the supplying of sufficient plant
food to keep the plant from burning up in dry weather. The writer
has often noted the loss-of over half of the leaves on a stalk of tobac
<o i oor three days, causcd by buriting for lack of plant food.”
THE LEADER@NTERPRISE AND PRESS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1916
MRS. P. R. BOOKER
On Tuesday evening at 8:30
o’clock Mrs. Booker, wife of P. R.
Booker, passed away.
Mrs. Booker had been ill for
some eleven months, and during
the entire time she had been a
great sufferer. Everything was
dqne that loving hearts and hands
could do for her by her family and
friends, but it seemed that God,
in His allwise mercy, saw fit to
take her from this life of pain and
suffering to her heavenly home
of rest and joy. Through all pain
and suffering she maintained a
sweet and cheerful spirit and bore
it all with Christian fortitude.
Mr. Booker and his family came
from Kansas in the early Colony
days and have made this their
lhome for over nineteen years.
Mrs. Booker’s maiden name was
Miss Margaret Ann Gott. This
happy couple, with their family
and friends celebrated their gold
en wedding anniversary on the
fourth of last February.
Mrs. Booker was sixty-seven
‘years of age, and the mother of
‘eleven children, all of whom she
raised to the years of maturity,
the youngest being twenty-three
years old. Ten of the children are
living and were at the bédside
when she passed away. Miss Kate
E. Booker, John H. Bert, Cassus
M., Jerry M., and Arthur P. Book
er, Mrs. Lillie Hoffman, Mrs.
Nancy Graham, Mrs. Della Hen
dricks and Mrs. Pearl Moody.
The grandchildren number twen
ty-four and twenty of these were
present, the other four being de
tained at their home in Indiana.
The funeral services were con
ducted at the home by Rev. L. A.
Cooper o fthe First Baptist
church. After a song, the reading
of scripture and prayer, Mr. Coop
er in a brief talk called attention
to the fact that Mrs. Booker filled
the place of woman that God in
tended, that of a devoted wife and
loving mother. Her main desire
was to make home what it should
be. Every member of the family,
husband and children always
looked to her, and it was her de
light to give counsel and render
tender ministries to each and all.
Mrs. Booker was a member of
the First Baptist church and dur
ing the last days of her illness
“Whatever else you may forget,
don’t forget God and your duty
to Him.” -
An unusually large number of
friends attended the funeral. The
floral offerings were many and
beautiful. E
After Mr. Cooper had finished
his talk, the W. R. C., of which
Mrs. Booker was a member, con
cluded the exercises. ‘The body
was laid to rest in Evergreen
Cemetery, awaiting the resurrec
| tion. ‘
' To the husband, who shall be
lost without her, to the children
who fondly cherish her memory,
we desire to extend our deepest
sympathy.
A FRIEND.
[ FOR COURT OF APPEALS
The state convention will have
to make the selection of three
members for .the Court of Ap
peals as none of the fourteen can
didates received a majority of the
convention votes. The five high
est candidates are:
Bloodwotth. . ...i.... . .00 196
e o OLA e
OB . e 134
ST, s Lokt s B
PIRNON (. il i yaes 108
191 votes are need to elect.
The Nation Needs It. So Does
! The Home.
Spring is Almost Here and so is
the Enemies of the Home Bil
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due at this season
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The new Liver Medicine, NA
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to defend itself against its ene
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practically every assailant and
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* When Nature needs assistance
always get the best medicine you
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the oldest and youngest members
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pleasant to take and does not
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a bottle. Price 50c at National
Drug Co. ¢ adv.
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of them does what Chesterfields do, for Chester
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ANNOUNCEMENT
There will be preaching at
Osierfield next Sunday at 11:00
o’clock. Will also preach the
first Sunday in October at 11:00
A. M. Let usthave attendance.
Revival services will be in prog
ress at Mystic Methodist church.
All next week, day and night.
You are welcome. !
Rev. Robert Rouse will do the
preaching.
Come one and all.
B PRICKETT,
Pastor.
*
Resolutions of Respect
Whereas it has pleased the Su
preme Council Commander to
call our brother and friend, Harry
L. Beauchamp, Jr.,, from among
us, and, ;
Whereas, Sovereign Harry L.
Beauchamp, Jr., was a beloved
and worthy member of Colony
City Camp No. 239, and
Whereas, the officers and mem
bers of Colony City Camp No.
239 keenly feel the loss of this
worthy member and condole with
the beloved family of the departed
brother, therefore,
Be it resolved, That Colony
City Camp W. O. W. do extend
to the bereaved family our sin
cerest condolences and that cop
ies of this resolution be spread
upon the minutes of our Camp
and the same be published in the
Leader-Enterprise and copies of
the same be sent to the beloved
wife of our departed brother.
‘Fraternally,
L. L. SMITH,
; G. C. PLAYER,
R} SPELL.
Committee.
September 14, 1916.
Four evenings of refined enter
tainment by the Greenwood Com
pany has secured for them large
audiences at each of their perfor
mances. The music, vaudeville
specialitics 4nd singing, especially
the -latter, have carned for them
many rounds of applause. Mr.
Greenwood, the pupular manager
of the show, is to be congratulat
ed . lving the people so much
for tncir money.
SUPPLY COMPANY. TF
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Correspondingly Low Fares from nearby Stations. Return
limit September 24th, 1916. Ask A. B. &A. Tickets A
gent for further information, W.W. Croxton, General Pass
enger Agent, Atlanta, Ga.
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