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WHY BUSINESS IS GOOD
IN FITZGERALD!
W ELY X thousand fifty-five bales of cotton have passed througli
T’shr_ warchouses here and more than two thousand more have been
<eliveresd direct to the compress of the fleecy staple raised in the
ouwnty. More than one million dollars paid out for cotton alone in
the past two months and several hundred thousand dollars for its
<evel. Ewery farmer has shared in this fortunate condition, when
pces and yield have for the first time co-operated to make the pro
<incer get the benehit of both,
in this year of prosperity it is well for the average farmer to look
=head and prepare for a possible lean season and, though we believe
vy the producer is entitled to all the pleasures he can get out of
Jife, through whatever way that appeals to him, yet as the rainy days,
1 the form of weevils, are sure to come, it would be wise to lay by
2 fumnd, a sort of sinking fund for the future, in some reliable bank, to
fa> ddrawn on in the days of need. ‘
TRUSTEES AND TEACHERS OF
THE RURAL SCHOOLS
y ROF. }. Gordon Holt, principal of the Ashton school and Presi-
Pdenl of the Ben Hill County Teachers’ Association, has called a
mavedang of the tgachers of the county for next Saturday at the Car
sregre Library in this city to organize the school work for the current
wear. To secure the best results in the county schools, a certain
woonnd of correlating work among all the schools should be done
aring the year, and it 1s only possible to get the best results by a
co-perative system of mutual understanding among the teachers of
the different schools. The haphazard method of allowing each school
1o ram Mself, or not at all, as it will certainly terminate if no or
wanized effort is made, is a total loss to the children, a waste of coun
wx wooney and will do the spirit of public education in the county a
severe mjury.
We welcome the step taken by Prof. Holt and shall co-operate
wlth Bien W make the meetings of the teachers a success and their
~ork i the county fruitful and profitable to the children. In con
mection with this meeting we would urge the attendance of every
scivoal rustee n the county, so that right from the start, the teachers
and patrons of the schools will know that they have the help of the
trustees and the good will of the patrons of the schools. So much
cam e Qone for the county at those schoolhouses and through the
teacher that it should he a pleasure for the trustees to meet with them
at thas, their first méeting of the teachers, to get a right angle on
the work to be <done and to lay definite plans for the year’s accom
phshments.
‘Let's all get behind the country schools and make Ben Hill
wommty the banner county of Georgia through lEducation.
REVIEWS DEVELOPMENT OF
THE COTTON TRADE
“The growth of the world’s cotton industries is shown in the an
mmal cottonm handbook of London, the latest issue of which is review
«d by ghe Textile Mercury, of Manchester, England. The present
wotal of the world’s cotton spindles is 151,667,000, compared with
T SBR 000 21 years ago. The greatest advance has been made in the
L mites] States. Since 1904 there has been an addition of more than
40000000 spindles throughout the world, and since 1895 about 57,-
00000, There are now 6,513 cotton firms in all cotton spinning
oeuntries, 2,004 of these being in Great Britain. The number of cot
‘zon looms 1s estimated at 2852947, In commenting on the figures
presented the Merenry says: ;
It appears strange that the United States, with a con
siderably smaller number of spindles, should be using twice
as many bales of raw cotton as we are, and that India, with
only 6,849,000 spindles, should be consuming more than half
4he bales that we dispose of with 60,000,000 spindles.
Wrrters are pointing out that comparatively we are going
back { but the difference in spindleage and consumption is
50 obvious that we must look elsewhere for an explanation of
~our-position. Iwe are remaining practically stationary in
comsumption with an increase in the number of spindles and
-of speed, it is clear that we are forging ahead in the quantity
of raw material used. The predominance of the ring frame
-accounts to some extent for the apparently enormous con
sSumption. But our place lies in the use of better qualities, in
“devoting more time to the spinning of a given quantity (for
the production of higher counts), and in much less waste.
This #s the direction in which we continue to lead, and it
ds what we have to think about in discussing the problem
ol growing cotton for our purpose in our own Empire. In
* this respect our attention is now frequently directed to In
«dia, but our supplies from this country are so small and the
call from cother countries so great that we can not hope to
get any satisfaction from India for a long time to come. We
amst also look elsewhere.
THr LEADER-ENTERPRISE AND PRESS, MONDAY, OCTOBER 16, 19:6.-
oAYS MRS, BISHOP
MOTHER OF NINE CHILD
REN SUFFERED FOR
TWENTY-TWO YEARS
~ “When a médicine gets you
lnvcr your troubles you've had for
twenty-two years and takes you
off of crutches, there’s nothing in
the world too good to say about
it, and that’s what Tanlac has
done for me and I certainly ought
to be willing to testify to the
truth and let everybody know
about it.”
This unusual statement was
made by Mrs. N. A. Bishop, of
Roswell, Ga., who is the mother
of nine children, and has a great
many friends and acquaintances
in that section. Mrs. Bishop was
talking to Mr. R. S.-McDerment,
ot the G. T. Lyon Drug Co,; of
that place, who had heard of this
remarkable case and driven five
miles out in the country, to the
Bishop home to investigate the
report.
- “Yes,” continued Mrs. Bishop,
“lev’ been a cripple with rheuma
tism for a long time and for three
years I've been wusing crutches
and hadn’t been able to do any
thing about the house for a good
many years back. That’s the
plain fact and my folks and all the
neighbors know of my helpless
condition, and will tell you the
same thing any time you ask
em,
“I would have severe pains in|
the hips and small of my back
even when I wasn’t trying to get
about, and besides that, I was not
in a very good general condition.
It may have started because I
couldn’t get about and take exer
cise, but I lost my appetite and
things didn’t taste good nor agree
with me after I had eaten. T was
constipated a good deal, too.
“I saw where Tanlac was help
ing a great many people and I
thought maybe it would make me
feel a little better even if it failed
to help my paing; but I am happy
to say it has done a hundred
times more than 1 expected, for
I have laid aside the old crutches
and am now aectually doing all
my house work. ‘ :
“I have taken five bottles and
can walk anywhere I want to
without crutches and my rheuma
tic pains have left me. My ap
petite is good and I can eat any
thing I want without its bother
ing me in the least, and I believe
if T continue to take it a while
longer it will make me entirely
well for good and all.
“I want everybody to know
about this great medicine for it
certainly is wonderful—my case
ought to prove that to anybody.
I want everybody that has such
troubles to get it and stop wast
ing their money on quack medi
cines.”
Tanlac is sold by Denmark
Drug Co., Fitzgerald, Ga.; Giles
Drug Co., Pitts, Ga.; Paxon’s
Drug Store, Abbeville, Ga.; Vig
cher’s Pharmacy, Rochelle, Ga.:
Wilson’s Pharmacy, Pineylew.
Ga. adv.
Mayor Drew W. Paylk and R.
B. Fletcher left Suhdghy for St.
Louis and other pojhts to pur
chase mules for the T aulk, Broad
hurst & Fletcher Company.
HEREAFTER 1 shall deposit my
money in The Exchange National
Bank. I see in recent sworn state
ments published in Fitzgeraid papers
that it BEARS EAR-MARKS of
GREAT STRENGTH. I understand.
also, it is an HONOR ROLL BANK
[ don’t know exactly what tha
means, but evidently it has done
something EXTRAORDINARY for
the benefit and protection of the pub
lic, or else it would not have AT.
TAINED THIS HONOR.—Mr
Reasoning Mind.
FARMERS!
®
Attention!
WE;have plenty of money
te loan on five year terms
on FARM LANDS in Irwin and
Ben Hill Counties. If you are
in nced of money, it will pay
you to see us, for we are pre
pared to make quick loans.
McDonald & Bennett
WAIT! WAIT!
~ FITZGERALD
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THE UNMARKED GRAVE
By Rev. J. L. Ware. .
When loved ones have gone, and
gone to stay,
You consign their bodies to the
cold, cold clay;
Then mark the place that you
may know. .
Where loved ones sieep, of long
ago.
For we must go, as they have
gone,
And no one left over them to
mourn; :
Nor under the blue etheral sky,
Can any onec tell where loved
3 ones lie.
Is it a father, who's manly form
Carired you safe through every
storm?
He lies in his grave in the cold,
cold greund, .
With nothing to mark it but the
simple little mound.
May be.a mother, whose tender
love g
Hovered over you till called
above.
You pass her grave, it's naked and
bare, !
'No slab, no monument, no mark
! ér there, :
‘Then again from us'‘a little girl
.Has slipped away to another
world.
She left her little body, it is left
to your care,
Place a monument over it, and do
not leave it bare.
If it was a little boy who chanced
to'go
Away from this world of sorrow
and woe,
Remember his grave in the ceme
tery lot,
Put a monument there to mark
the spot.
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WARNED AGAINST SWEAT
ING
Washington, October 13—
Orange and grapefruit growers
and shippers were warned today
by the department of agriculture
that the shipment in interstate
commerce of fruit sweated either
before or during shipment is a
violation of the pure food law.
Sweating tyrns green, unripe fruit
yellow and ‘makes it appear ripe.
The warning was occasioned,
the department’s statement's
statement says, by growers and
shippers inquiring what action
would be taken during the com
ing season to prevent the ship
ment of citrus fruits artifically
colored by sweating.
THE LEADER - ENTERPRISE
GETS THERE. ARE YOU IN IT?
Mr. and Mrs. L. ..Adams, of
Carrol, lowa, with their - two
bright litt§ sghs, George and
Leonard, passe¢fl through the city
Sunday enréyte to Miami. They
expect to spgend the winter in
Florida and return to Towa next
Spring.
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FITZGERALD LODGE NO 35,
1.0. O.F. :
Meets each Tuesday evening at
7:30 o’clock. ¢
W. W. Hughes, N. G. . ;
H. E. Nelson, V. G.
C. A. Fretwell, Rec. Sec,
C. M. Simons, Fin. Sec,
Members urged to attend, and
visitors always welcome.
Lodge Room Telephone No. 146
R R e
Casper Hide & Skin (205
228-229 EAST PINE STREET.
WANTED TO . BUY-Old
Clothes, pants, shirts, coats,
sheets, quilts, old cotton sacks,
burlap bags. Phone 306 and have
our dray come get your stuff. Al
so buying hides, scrap iron, metal
and rubber.