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WOMAN’S MISSIONARY
SOCIETY, M. E. CHURCH
Snap-Shot# From tha Atlantic City
Conference of tha Intar-Church
World Mor#m#nt.
Only twenty-one per cent of the
people of Russia are able to read and
write. Eighty-six per cent are peas
ants.
To give the gospel to the whole
world is a task for (he whole church.
Seven hundred million people have
already heard the Gospel of Jesus
Christ, while ten hundred million
have not so much as heard that there
is a Christ.
On an average the Protestant
Children of the United States receive
twelve hours per annum in Relig¬
ious Education.
Twenty-seven million children in
the United States are spiritual illiter¬
ates.
I’rayer is not the preparation for
the battle. It is the battle.
The Northern Methodist Church
needs 13,000 trained recruits for
church and missionary service. A
like estimate for all the protestant
churches would mean a call for 100,
» 000 volunteers.
There are in the United States only
ten hospitals for Negroes. Three of
these are in the North.
There is always a new horizon for
” forward looking folks.
Take advantage of the tide.
Indicative of the interest in this
jCountry in Latin America was ar, in¬
cident at the Student Volunteer Con¬
ference recently held at Des Moines,
la., when the convention divided in¬
to groups for study of various coun¬
tries, 2,000 out of 7,000 delegates
joined the Latin American group.
U Keep together, keep together!
shouted a commanding officer over¬
seas. ‘No man alone can taka a
trench.’ I say, keep together, keep
together, men of God. No church
alone can take a world.”—G. Sher
wood Eddy.
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s» THE NEWS IN SAME FIX EX¬
ACTLY. »»
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(From The Cedartown Standard, as
quoted in The Dawson News).
The price of newspapers has al¬
ways been ridicuously low in pro¬
portion to the labor and expenses
involved, and the same thing will
be true even after increased rates
go into effect.
When you think of getting your
home paper for only three cents a
week, and do a little figuring on
how little of anything else you can
buy for the same amount, you will
see that there is a woeful lack of
proportion, It is only half the price
of a “dope II or n cheap cigar. And
at the present price of paper you
might as well expect a farmer to
sell cotton at ten cents a pound,
or a hen to lay eggs at a cent
apiece, as for a newspaper to main
tain such a low rate.
If paper continues at the present
price, or increases, The Stan.laid
will be obliged to increase its sub¬
scription rates on Feb. 1st. We
make no promise as to whether the
rate will be $2 or $2.50 a year, the
latter being the rate recommended
by the Georgia Weekly Press As¬
sociation.
Until Feb. 1st we will continue
to receive subscriptions at $1.50 a
year, bui you had better hurry if
you expect to get. The Standard at
that price. We are now paying
three times as much as usual for
paper, to say nothing of the great¬
ly increased cost of labor and every¬
thing else that goes into our bus
mess, We cannot, afford to run at
a loss no sensible person expects
us to do so—and there is fully us
much necessity for a newspaper to
raise prices as for the farmer or the
merchant.
All over the country big daily pa
pers are consolidating, and some are
refusing to accept new subscrip¬
tions on account of the paper short¬
age. Small papers are being forced
out of business in every state,
Everywhere newspapers are find
ing it necessary to increase sub¬
scription and advertising rales, or
quit the game.
The Standard expects to stay in
business, but in order to do so we
will have to follow the example of
our brethren everywhere We have
increased our advertising rate to! i
20 cents an inch on yearly con
tracts, with 30 as the rate for the
occasional advertiser. By Feb. 1st
we shall know just what our sub¬
scription increase will have to be.
We make no promise
of course, that we will carry out
aur contract!. JLiSB
The Dyspeptic Ostrich.
Long ago the phenomenal power of
tie ostrich mt# immortalized in th#
dfom of ail the world’s great Inn- I
ftmges. To have the “stomach of an '
tstrlch" I* the synonym for fncora ■
♦arable digestive power. As a matter r j
>f- 'net, however, the ostrich. If net
t confirmed dyspeptic, has n most del
i cue digestion, nnd the successful
Sealing of csfriche# is captivity re
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THE LEADER TRIBUNE, FORT VALLEY, GA., FEBRUARY 12, 1920.
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THE OLD ROLLER TOWEL.
How dear to our hearts are the thim£!«
of our childhood
When fond recollections present
them to view!
The old district schoolhouse, the pail
and the dipper,
The same cud of gum which in turn
we would chew.
No fear of a microbe ever beset us,
No state board of health interfer¬
ed then at ail;
We ba'hed dirty faces in one com¬
mon basin
And turned to the towed that hung
on te wall,
The old roller towel, the stiff roller
towel,
The gerrn laden towel that hung
on the wall.
Of crash was this towel, in gen’rous
proportion
And never was changed more than
once in a week;
We turned it around and used it all
over,
And for a dry spot it was idle to
seek.
With use and abuse it grew grayish
in color,
Acquiring an odor exceedingly
rank;
By Saturday night it presented a sur¬
face
As hard and unyielding as any
inch plunk.
The old roller towel, the stiff roller
towel,
From which the fastidious foolish¬
ly shrank.
But now it is gone, vanished out of
existence,
By virtue of power which the
board of health holds;
No more can we bury our streaming
wet faces
Within its bacterial,
folds.
No longer we' meet with the
colored banner,
Which hung from a roller
up on the wall;
On clean hueabuek, initial
ered,
We wipe away tears which
ively fall
For the old roller towels, the
roller towels,
The germ-laden towels that
on the wall.
—Georgia White, in the
Herald.
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PLANT GARDENS EARLY.
Irish potatoes are easily
by freezing, but they require about
a month to come up and may be
planted about the same time as
tuce and radishes. It pays to take
a chance on the early planting of cer¬
tain of the more hardy garden vetf
etables. If they are killed or se
verely injured they may be replanted.
A good method is to make about
three ‘plantings at intervals of two
weeks, and if the first planting is
killed the later ones take its place;
it not killed, early vegetables will be
produced and the second and third
plantings provide a continuous sup¬
ply.
Keeping up the gardening interest
throughout the season is just as im¬
portant as making an early start.
About the time the more hardy veg¬
etables are planted in the garden the
seeds of tomato, eggplant, and pep
pers should be started in a window
box indoors. By the time the
ground and the air are warm these
plants will be of good size and ready
to set in the garden. In the mean¬
time a few “frost-proof” or hardy
cabbage plants may be set out. Next
will come the planting of snap or
string beans. Then follows the
planting of Lima beans, summer
squashes, melons of all kinds and
other of the more tender vegetables.
And don’t forget the greens, We
all need more greens in our diet,
Spinach, kale, and turnips will keep
you supplied with greens during the
late fall and early winter, but you
should have a bed of spinach planted
now, in the Gulf Coast region, for
early spring greens. Early turnips
and beets are excellent for use as
greens and later you can have del
icious Swiss Churd. B&ssGllfi with
U„,b heal m , ke ,
summer greens. The main point in
*he most out of your garden
' S t0 begin earIy and keep going
throUf?hout the entire season, mak
ever y foot of land produce to the
GLOOM AMONG NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHERS IN OKLAHOMA
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High Costs Have Killed 230 Stat
Papers Since 1917.
OKLAHOMA CITY.—Hard times
ahead for small country news
papers of Oklahoma, it was said at
convention of more than 100 mem
bers of the Oklahoma Press Asso
ciation meeting here Friday and Sat
urday. The shortage of newsprint
and the high cost of labor, it was
had caused 230 Oklahoma
to suspend since 1017.
FOR MAYOR.
At the request of a goodly number
of friends J hereby announce my
didacy for re-election for Mayor sub
ject to the rules governing Primary
as will be later agreed on by the ex¬
ecutive committee.
Your support is respectfully sol¬
icited.
Yours respectfully,
H. C. NEIL.
FOR TAX RECEIVER.
I hereby announce as a candidate
for the office of Tax Receiver of
Houston County, subject to Demo¬
cratic Primary. Your vote will be
appreciated.
C. N. ROUNTREE.
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FOR SALE.—One modern Gaso
line. Range. Call “189. i*
FOR SALE.—Five-Passenger Au¬
tomobile. A bargain. Apply The
Leader-Tribune.
FOR SALE.—Desirable lot near
on Anderson Avenue. Apply to E.
J. Spillers.
2-12-tf.
FOR SALE.—Excellent Bay
six years old, weighs about eleven
hundred pounds, perfectly gentle
and thoroughly broken to buggy,
wagon and plow. Also buggy and
harness. Can be seen at
residence, 107 E. Church St., Fort
Valley, Ga. I l-29-3tpd
FOR SALE.—Field Peas all varieties.
Write for prices.—Settle A Robison,
Jackson, Ga.
ROOMS FOR RENT!—Light
keeping. Apply to .J. C.
care Ft. Valley Cafe, at 9:30 p. m
2-5-2t.
LOST. -Buggy Lap-robe, tingle-ply
pluah, solid gray on one tide, mixed
color on other side. Finder please
notify F. P. Shepard.
2-12-3tpd.
LOST.—Boy’. Overcoat,
Scotch Plaid, with belt same mater¬
ial. Finder please notify C. E. Mar
tin.
LOST!—Old-fashioned ladle#’ brooch
with gentlemnn’# photograph inside.
Liberal reward. J. L. Riley at A. J.
Evan# office.
LOANS ON REAL ESTATE AT
ATTRACTIVE RATES.
A. C. RILEY, JR., Attorney at Law.
LUMBER FOR SALE.
Sawed to suit you. We have con¬
tract for three years cutting in orig¬
inal growth, long leaf, unturpentin¬
ed timber. Ten thousand feet per
Jay average capacity. Let u# have
your order. State specification# and
we will quote you prices. Address:
Brown & Greene, Powersville, Ga.
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HAVE OPENING IN THIS VICIN
ity for several county representa¬
tives to handle high grade line of
Oils, Paints and Specialties.....Side¬
line or full time proposition.... Write
The Buckeye Oil & Paint Co., Cleve¬
land, Ohio.
LET EVERY FORT VALLEY
BUSINESS MAN, CAPITALIST OR
GENTLEMAN OF LEISURE, AND
EVERY FRUIT GROWER AND
FARMER IN THE VICINITY OF
FORT VALLEY BE AT THE MASS
■ MEETING AT THE CITY HALL
MONDAY NIGHT FEBRUARY 16,
' AT 7i30 ’ T ° «S1ST IN
' GAN,ZING THE FORT VALLEY
BOARD OF TRADE,
Contributors to The
bune will earn the gratitude of th#
editor and force by getting their
copy in as early as possible and
I nearly as possible in suitable form
I for publication. Friday is none too
early; Wednesday is often too late.
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i If you know of any news of local
interest and if it is of any interest to
; you or your friends that it appear
in The Leader-Tribune, take the
trouble of getting it to the ear of the
editor. He can’t hear the inandi
ble nor see the invisible.
Every time a widow hears of a man
who has been disappointed in love
she makes it her business to get him
away from the crowd and sympathize
with him.
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to the wonderful film at the
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FEB. 14
He had seen Dolores come dripping
from the stream and tiptoed forward
to seize her. Suddenly from a chasm
in the rocks a great bear rose, grovel¬
ing fiercely, and the girl snuggled be¬
hind it.
Never A Film Like This
Story of Dolores, the swimming girl of the Canadian wilds,
whose love of animals makes them her friends and protectors
from men of prey more heartless than the beasts themselves
A Tale of Love and Villainy
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TO GOD’S
COUNTRY
adapted from the story of “Wapi, the Walrus” in
“Good Housekeeping’’ by
James Oliver Curwood
featuring the brilliant and daring swimming star
NELL SHIPMAN
Winter scenes and Wapi’s great fight for Dolores’ life actually
photographed away up in
THE ARCTIC CIRCLE
(North of 53°)
16 Varieties of Wild Animals 16
The Greatest Deg Fight of the Screen.
I Dolores’ fight for her life and honor and the
life of her wounded husband on the frozen
Alaskan barrens.
Admission For This Picture
20c and 30c
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