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PONSONBY DEPLORES POSSIBLE LAND-GRABBING
From the Atlanta Georgian:
We commend the following extract to those ridiculous persons
whao get frantic with rage cvery time an American newspaper ven
tures to discuss the war situation with reasonable fairness,
The atricle from which this was taken was written by Arthur
Ponsonby, Mcember of Parliament and a Briton whose loyalty is
without a blemish, and wos in answer to the nation’s request for a
general expression of British views of rightful peace terms:
“Let us remember that our unpopularity as a nation is due to
our incorrigble habit of giving utterance to high-sounding phrases as
our motives and following them up by deeds which are in no way
m accordance with our declarations. We entered the war with the
sole object of standing up for small nationalities and defending our
ally and neighbors against attack. We declared we had no aggres
sive intentions, nor desired to further extension of our vast empire.
We entered the war as a disinterested champion of international jus
tice.
“Are we going to come out with West Africa, the Cameroons,
East Africa, and the Pacific Islands and Mesopotamia, not to mcn-(
tion Egypt and Cyprus, painted red on the map? Are we to declare
that, while we do not really want all this territory, we can not con
trol the ‘new nations’ who are fighting with us?
“I hope every right-minded British citizen will blush with shame
at the very idea of our adding eight hundred thousand to a million
square miles of the world to our empire under the cloak of disinter
ested championship of international justice.”
We have no doubt at all that the mass of Britons firmly believed
two years ago that they were embarking upon a purely unselfish war
for the rights of weak neutral States. There are still a number of
Americans who have never got beyond believing the same fable.
The aristocratic and military castes in Germany and Austria
wanted war for war's sake; the aristocratic, bureaucratic, hierarchic
and military castes in Russia wanted war for their own protection
agamst domesti€ revolution, as well as for conquest and loot; the
military caste in France wanted war because Jean Juarez and the
French Socialists behind him were about to overthrow French mili
tarism ; and the political, financial and naval castes in England want
«d war, as they always wanted war, to exercise the navy, to grab
more territory for English traders to exploit, and to furnish London
financiers with more opportunities for money making.
There is a heavy load of blood-guiltiness on every man—bellige
rent or neutral—who either by word of deed strives to add to the bit
termess or to prolong the duration of this dreadful and wicked and
selfish war.
ELECTION IS OVER; LET'S GET DOWN TO BUSINESS
Farming being the biggest business we have here in Ben Hill
«wounty, we make no apologies for using so much of our space for the
benefit of the farmer. Now more than ever will it be necessary to
hammer it into the man on the farm that NEW METH
ODS OF FARMING will have to be resorted to to keep ahead of the
boll weevil. We have reports from. Crisp, Dooly, Sumter and our
meighbors, Irwin and Wilcox counties, that the weevil has made its
appearance on farms in those sections. Up to date no definite re
ports have been made about its arrival in Ben Hill but he is all
around us and sure to get over the line. The greatest danger lies in
mmpreparedness and lack of co-operation among the farmers. This
«wondition must be remedied and to that end all must work. We have
appealed to the men in the city, the merchant, the banker and ths
numerous others whose entire living is made off and through the
farmer. It’s too late when the season is advanced and the pest has
taken root in your fields to attempt its destruction.
Right now the first step of preparation is to be made, CUT
YOUR COTTON STALKS AND PLOW THEM UNDER. This
is essential, and is the remedy advised by the experts and the men
who have gonesthrough the fight. Then plan to plant cover crops,
get your food supply assured and if the cotton crop falls short next
year, you will still be in good shape to weather the storm. But act
you must, and now is the right time.
HELP THE PARTY WITH YOUR DOLLARS
' "Wearein receipt of a communication from the National Demo
<ratic Committee, urging that Ben Hill county take some part in the
<ampaign funds to aid in winning the coming election for Woodrow
Wilson. His wonderful campaign before was aided by ninety
thousand individual subscriptions and it was pitted against the mil
lions furnished by rich corporations and financial men for the Re
publican and Progressive parties.
This year the National Committee hopes to win. A stream of
‘wnpolluted dollars will do more than all the wealth that corporations
with an end to be gained can do. Above-board dollars 1s the slogan
=od Ben Hill county should do its share. The Leader-Enterprise
1 upes this appeal will be met with a response that will show beyond
«jy estion our loyalty to the Democratic cause and our willingness to
wii the machinery of the party in its effort to keep in office the great
w.'man of the decade.
What about a county exhibit for Ben Hill county at the State
Fairs? We have a chance to show up the fertility of our lands and
attract new settlers by making such an exhibit. Demonstration agent
Pittman will look after the details if our farmers will furnish the ex
hibits. 1 you have anything that looks good to you save it and help
make up a county show.
THE LEADER-ENTERPRISE AND PRESS, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1916,
HAS N 0 MORE NEED
FOR CRUTCHES NGW
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P. CG. Hooks Spent $2,000 Trying
To Restore His Wife’s Health—
Gains 16 Pounds on Tanlac.
Another wonderful indorsement
ior Tanlac that will be read with
interest by tfousands of frail, suf
fering women tihroughout the
South was given iccently by Mrs,
llizabeth Hooks, of Rome, Ga.
Mrs. Hooks is the wiie of P. C.
Hooks, a well known Southern
railway engineer. Mrs. Hooks
made the remarkable statement
that she had received more bene
fit from four bottles of Tanlac
than from medical treatment that
had cost her husband $2,600 which
he had paid out in the past two
years in an effort to restore her
health.
“IFor about two years,” said
Mrs. Hooks, “I have been in very
bad health and have suffered from
stomach trouble, extreme ner
vousness and a bad form of rheu
matism. For more than seven
months I was confined to my bed
and was almost a nervous and
physical wreck. My digestion
was so poor I had to diet myself
and rarely ate anything but soft
boiled eggs and milk and things
of that kind, and even the lightest
of foods would nauseate me and
lay heavily on my stomach.
“Any sudden noise would af
rect .my nerves, and my husband
had to quit setting the alarm
clock and the door to my room
had to be kept closed so I could
not hear the ringing of the tele
phone. 1 have had the rheuma
tism in my left hip and shoulders
so bad I could hardly bear any
thing to touch me.
“My condition became so bad,
my husband took me to Hot
Springs, Ark., where I remained
for a month. I had to use crutch
es all the time. The treatment
there helped me for a while, and
I returned home. 1 soon relapsed
into my old condition, and then I
was taken to a specialist in At
lanta.
“I had fallen off from one hun
dred and twenty pounds until I
only weighed eighty-nine pounds
—just a shadow of my former
self.
“The specialist prescribed a
course of treatment, but before
using the medicine 1 decided to
give Tanlac a trial. I did this
because of what 1 had read of Mr.
Cooper’s new medicine and be
cause my husband had heard so
many railroad men recommend it.
“That was the best resolution
of my life. I am now on my fourth
bottle and feel better than at any
time since I became ill. I can
now eat anything I want, and my
food agrees with me—besides, ev
erything I eat tastes good and 1
enjoy my meals.
“I have set my crutches aside
and actually feel so much better
I told my husband a few days ago
I believed T would turn off the
cook, but he insisted that 1 wait
a while.
“I now weigh one hundred and
five pounds, which is a gain of
sixteen pounds, and am improv
ing right along every day. Before
taking Tanlac I was so weak and
frail I was greatly discouraged
and could not persuade myself to
believe that T would ever be able
to enjoy another well day. But
[ don’t feel that way now. I am
not nervous like I was, and I can
sce and feel a great improvement.
I sleep better and my strength is
returning rapidly.”
Tanlac is sold by Denmark
Drug Co., Fitzgerald, Ga.; Giles
Drug Co., Pitts, Ga.; Paxon’s
Drug Store, Abbeville, Ga.; Vis
~her’s Pharmacy, Rochelle, Ga.;
Wilson’s Pharmacy, Pineview,
Ga. adv.
TO INCREASE NUMBER
OF U. S. MARINES
Washington, D. C., Sept. 17.
The United States Marine Corps
recently opened recruiting sta
tions in forty small cities from
coast to coast. This action was
taken to meet the demands made
necessary by the recruitment of
5,000 additional enlisted Marines
just authorized.
The following additional Ma
rines have been authorized, mak
ing their present total strength
15000: 28 sergeants-major, 117
quartermaster sergeants, 107 first
sergeants, 107 gunnery sergeants,
500 sergeants, 855 corporals, 50
drummers, 50" trumpeters and 3,-
233 privates. g
Keeping everlastingly AT IT, will
bring FINAL SUCCESS to the ad
veritser.
For Fall Planting !
All kinds of fresh gar
den seed. |
South Georgia Seed Rye.
Burr Clover. '
Crimson Clover.
NATIONAL DRUG CO.
THANKIN" THE EDITOR
In Anysort of village there was
held one summer night
A convention of the people; there
were speeches neat and
bright
In appreciation hearty of the men
who made the town
Resolutions complimentary—to
the mayor clean on down.
Toward the ending of the meeting
one old citizen arose,
Cleared his throat and wiped the
prespiration deftly from his
nose,
Said: “I've got a litt'e matter I
would bring up if you please,
An amendment to the motion to
express our thanks to these—
“l'd include the weekly . paper,
that we've read year in and
out,
In a resolution hearty that you'll
think is queer, no doubt,
An appreciation proper to the edi
tor I urge
Who has chronicled the happen
ings from the babe-cry to the
dirge;
“Who has published all the items
of our families and folks,
From obituaries, marriages and
meetings, through to jokes.
Here’s ‘Resolved, That we most
highly recommend him with
out stint—
That we thank him most sincerely
for the things—he doesn’t
print.” "—D. G. Bickers.
BOLL WEEVIL IS FOUND
IN DOOLY AND CRISP
Americus, Ga., Sept. 15.—The
Mexican boll weevil has advanced
entirely across Sumter county,
crossed the Flint river and is now
scattered over the fields of Dooly
and Crisp counties.
This information is brought to
Americus by reliable parties who
have made more or less thorough
investigations of boll weevil con
ditions in Crisp and Dooly coun
ties, with the idea of ascertaining
whether the pest was actually
present in that section.
Only a few weeks ago the wee
vil had not been found further
east than about 3 miles west of
Americus, but within a compara
tively short time the insect has
made its appearance in all por
tions of Sumter county and has
evidently continued its eastward
progress across the Flint river to
ward the South Carolina line.
Several specimens of the gen
uine Mexican boll weevil were
brought to this city yesterday by
parties who secured them in cot
ton fields in Dooly and Crisp
counties, so that there is no long
er any doubt but that the pest is
actually infesting those sections.
MONEY to LOAN
Unlimited amount on
Farm and city property
E WAILL
OFFICES;
Davis Building - Fitzgerald,
Bank Building - Rebecca.
PLAN TO ATTACK THE
PROHIBITION LAW
Atlanta, Ga., September 18.—
That plans are being made for a
grand assault in the next legisla
ture upon the prohibition laws of
Georgia is perfectly apparent al
ready, though less than a week
has elapsed since Governor Nat
E. Harris, who made possible the
enactment of the laws, was de
feated at the polls.
It is the same old story that has
been enacted and re-enacted in so
many states where prohibition
has come and gone and come
again, its fortunes varying with
the degree of earnest and clear
sighted vigilance exercised by its
supporters.
In the state of Georgia, in the
recent election, the prohibition
ists allowed themselves to be di
vided by the entrance of Dr. L.
G. Hardman into the race, with
the result that a governor who
had rendered more recent, more
conspicuous and more effective
service in behalf of prohibition
than any other chief executive in
the country, went down in de
feat.
Today the enemies of prohibtion
are already hailing the result as
an anti-prohibtion vietory. A re
markable similarity prevails in
the conversation they are handing
around. The Georga laws are
“the most drastic in the country,
and the people were not given a
chance to pass upon them,” they
say. Governor Harris included
prohibition in the call for the ex
tra session against the advice of
many friends, and see what hap
pened to him, they say. Prohibi
tion was the principal plank in
the governor’s platform, and he
got badly mangled, they say, etc.
etc.
And another point upon which
one hears them laying special
emphasis:
Hugh Dorsey said he would fa
vor no change in the present laws
WITHOUT submitting . the
change to the people.
Which means that all sorts of
attacks will be launched upon the
laws when the legislature meets,
and one of the principal efforts
will be to pass a local option bill
with a referendum clause attach
ed. Of course this would open
the way for the liquor interests to
expend the biggest slush fund
that was ever turned loose in the
state of Georgia. |
THREE ARRESTS MADE IN
ATLANTA LIQUOR FIGHT
Atlanta, Ga., September 16.
City detectives yesterday made
three more arrests in their cam
paign to clean out the blind tig
ers and to eliminate the whisky
“stub” nuisance. Sanders Nollie,
a negro living at 65 Robins street,
was arrested at the receiving de
pot on a charge of obtaining
whisky under false pretense. De
tectives say that the negro had a
long list of fictitious names which
he was using when they arrested
him. George Massar and H. T.
Williams were arrested on charg
es of violating the traveling blind
tiger ordinance.
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W. RAINE
222 EAST PINE STREET
New and Second Hand Furniture
- —=Heaters and Stoves— |
DORSEY RECEIVED
VOTE OF 111,335
Atlanta, Sept. 16.—St. Elmo
Massengale, secretary of the state
Democratic executive committee,
has issued figures showing the
popular vote for governor and
other state house officers in last
Tuesday’s Deniocratic primary.
The convention vote polled by the
fourteen aspirants for the three
places on the state Court of Ap
pealsialso has been completed.
The complete consoldation fol
lows:
For Governor—
BUIREY ..o voo i il B RS
EENENS . ivisisliciiaii 70,546
R S R 27 846
PO i e 7,129
For Comptroller General—
WIIEBE . .ivssciisevivoeliillp
Dobbs .0‘.....'.1...‘.. 93’015
For Treasurer— '
SPERE. .. sprnsvrve il D
R 84,776
For School Superintendent—
Beittain . ... cisbenssnivi LIRS /
DN 108,319
ture— ¢
Brown vedstvia s onnaria BN T
Price ..o aniivie 10080
For Prison Commissioner—
DBVISON . ... cunrisoriees JOEE
o AR e s 30,027
Henslee seessnnndviine vy T
TuEßle ... 0. .. b 0
For Railroad Commijssioner—
Candler .. csosscsscssaseslll9,24o
Peeples ..., 0. 00 dvs s SRR
For Railroad Commissioner—
PORtY .. g ceet Vioae TLEDR
McLendon eceeyeccese.. 95302
The vote complete as the four
teen candidates for the Court of
Appeals places go into the con
vention as follows:
Conven
' tion Votes
Bloodworth ... 0000 sl
B e
RNt e
EWORRE ol
BRI, .. v i e
BN V. 0. 00 e A 8
POMEIRRON .a 1
s . e
B i
B L koo
BN s
SEERlels . e
NOOMANS o o
HOLDER WANTS SPEAKER
SHIP
Hon. John N. Holder, who has
just been nominated for the house
of representatives in Jackson
county will, it is positively stated
by his friends, be a candidate for
the speakership.
The statement made is that Mr.
Holder did not decide to make the
race for the house until he had
concluded to try for the speaker
ship, and it was with that under
stnding among the gentlemen in
his community who wanted him
in the race, that he entered the
legislative camipaign in Jackson.
L J
FARMERS"
Attention!
Wthave plenty of money
to loan onlfive year terms
on FARM.LANDS in Irwin®and
Ben Hill Counties. If you are
in need of money, it will pay
you to see us, for we are pre
pared to make quick loans.
McDonald & Bennett