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LOST OR STRAYED-Light bay
mule, Is hands high, branded On
left Jaw with O; old scar On Shout
der, Mule in good order when
taken from home or last Monday.
Reward for informtion or return
to G. w. Vinson. Sycamore, Ga.
R.F. D. No. 8. 39-3t
For anything you want in new
neck wear, gloves, hose ect. go to
Mrs. Broughton, 107 S. Grant.
Mrs. G.. w. Mclean and Miss
Lucille Blackwell have gone to
Brevard, N. c., to spend the sum-
mer with relatives.
Mr.. P. 4. Clark and Mr.. T. T.
Hemminger have returned from
the Bankers Convention at Palm
Beach, Fla.
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If you are hustler good posi-
ton is waiting for you at the
Cherokee Marble Works, Fitzger-
aid, Ga. o9-tf'
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Mr.. w. L. Sloan of Brunswick,
spent Sunday very pleasantly with
friends in the city.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1912-05-28

Postofice Inspector Buck, of Val
dostat.was in the city Saturday and
Sunday.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1912-05-28

Mr.. James L. McCarty has
purchased a handsome 1912 Cadil-
lac $50"
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Chautauqua season tickets posi-
lively taken off sale Saturday night
June 1st. ~.
The evening world., 1912-04-29
NOT IN HER WILL,
HOME FOR "FRIEND" GIVEN
Barringer Can't Explain Oversight;
Says They Were Greatest
SWaathaavfe


The win OF Mrs. Katherine Leo bar
ringer. who died recently At Deal
Beach. N. j., was fled for probate
here to-day. No mention was made In
the WIN Of Waller M. Barringer. a
wealthy stock and grain broker. hus-
band OF the testatrix- The estate, II
was said. amounts to about $4,000. In.
Guiding real estate valued at $500.
To her sister. Mrs. Julia II. Flaacke
Of No 1N Harrison avenue. Jersey
City. Mrs. Barringer left her town
house. No. . West Eighty-third street.
ana after remembering her uncles and
her coussn. she made Mrs. Lucille c.
0orman Of Nc. 8 West Eighty-third
street. residuary legatee. to have the
Deal Beach property. with the under
standing she would maintain a home
for Edwin C. We'll. Of No. SA Madison
avenue. to whom Mrs. Barringer xre-
fered a. my friend"
Mrs. B%arringer's husband. who lives
at tho Holland House. could give no
reason why he should not have been
mentioned in the win.
There was absolutely no trouble be-
tween my wife and myself" he said,
I'VE had bsen married only five
months when h died. We were the
greatest s~weethearts. and I can only
think that she looked At the matter In
The evening world., 1912-04-29
MAY ABANDON TRlP
THAT BORUP WAS
TO HAVE HEADED

'Dorup's death VIII probably result IN
the abandonment Of the expedition to
Crocker Land. in the Arctic. At least
for this rear. DR.. A. L. Hovey. ohief
geelogist Of the American Museum,
would not admit to-dey that the exps
dition would be abandoned, but from
other sources II WA learned the work
would be Indefinitely postponed.
1T Is too soon 20 make any
n,ent about our plans" DR.. Hovey said.
There Is nothing to be said I the
matter has been considered by the d.
%rectors."
The expedition to Crocker Land was
planned under the Joint auspices Of the
museum and the American Geographical
6oeiety. but the detail OF preparation was
left to Or. Hovey's department and
young Borup. Borup was the real pro-
motor Of the expedition, which was 10
have added a vast amount OF valuable
geological data to that already known
about the Arctic lands. Croker Land
wal to have been carefully explored and
surveyed and Its geological status firmly
established.
Borup's death was a great baow to DR..
aJevey and his associates in the Seolost-
80 department OF The museum. Borup
~ served thore In the capacity Of as
ffstaAt curator Of geology before return.
he was hold In universal esteem. While
already . capable /geologist II was
through DR.. Hovey's advice that the
young explorer returned to Yale for Ad-
litioaal study. TO the end that he might
1eoone enc Of re recognised mastera
~ esVaeA d Natural soisneA
The evening world., 1912-04-29

This wonderful fruit laxative acts as
q liver and bowel cleanscr-tonic-not
as o irritant. Its action is natural and
%gcntle--no gripping. 1t is delicious-nO
drending. 1t is positive and prompt-no
waiting.
II your stomach is soul and filled with
vile gases. your head aches. or you are
bilious. nervous. dizzy. half sick, your
tongue coated, your thirty feet Of bowels
clogged with waste not properly carried
-om-don't wait. Surely take . teaspoon
full Of delicious Syrup Of Figs tonight.
and in the morning all constipated waste,
sour bile. gases and poisons will move on
AID out Of the system. gently but thor
osghly mo sripips mo nausea no
The evening world., 1912-04-29
T|TANc'S Crew,
FREE At LAST, TELL
THEIR STORIES
One Knocked Unconscious,
Fell of Sinking Ship and
Was Saved.
WERE ALL BRAVE
Oracle and Andrews Praised as
Real Heroes-Cowardice
in One Lifeboat.
e ALL BRAVE

o.r-4,hH ,ess ~ ~ pw prnsaaNans a
TNs Nv York wosld.D
spsaa ~ D:'s:.a 70 m E~sas weim;
!. 80 .-.,....s
- 1900, - -. .,.,.
- -. 49,. x.L-
arssv~' ~ "~ ~ .0' SsO'N
which largely eosrooorste enoss s'resoy
told BY other survivors In New York.
One OF the Qusersst stories Of sscape
\. told by a coal trimmer,
He declared a. he wal standing by
on. Of the boar, some ons whom he did
not hnov. etruck him a heavy blow on
~. he.A Nth an iron bar. He aid not
r,ov ,vhsthsr thu Nov was intentional,
-. but ha Vas fe,ied nv II.
- rr.v n more until IN came N
~. -. an m Carpathia- He hsd
-. ,..,n.d .hs b,ov had knocked him
m. 80. ~ ~ the Titanic. md
-. -. can ns.- bost ana va
- 80.
s""S, Woc,o,~s I. .mohste IN the
e.M'~. -. Sc..v ~. sshts Of a
-~" 49,. ~, a. r,tie. .vsv.
vessel not more IMAM ' 49,
II saw them ne saso' IN
stssv were low on tho horizon out !
don't think ! could mistake them for
N. iirbts Of 4 ship"
-Na,ueeu ,NI,,peo lper 70
eN~'"se"'
DIE IN PUMP HOOM.
One Of the stokers told how whsa the
-s.~.S.h. Soor. y,ers oloaed on Of the
""SS".- NO. .h,, an IN a small pump
~A ~" -, ,,t,,r.h nv
!oon vo, -. =. - swnc.,ihie ID
the COLLISION ana u - -.
get him up: 80 Tue oFuer W."
given to close the waeeusns "o"ss ~
| had to be left to die.
One Of the nrst-ola0 saloon stewards
saad: The mulionsires certainly did not
r,r tho hin. and all thu talk OF Najol
nee. 90 A.tor ,ook,ns after the boat
-. ~ ,hsm All IL
=. 49, s,.nMn~ nv
.Nas e"N .o,S ~. .,v ~.
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UGH! NOT CA[0ME[:: OIL OR SALTS,
BUT DELICIOUS SYRUP OF FIGS"
Give your stomach, liver and 80 feet of bowels a thorough
cleansing without grippe or nausea. Ends headache,
biGousness, indigestion and constipation.

weakness. In the old days people let
these matters run until they needed .
large dose Of physic. then they took
something severe. like castor oil. salts OF
cathartics. that meant abuse to the bow
els. These are the days Of the gentle and
n~atural-the days Of Syrup Of Figs.
This way you are not druyging yourself.
Syrup Of Figs being composed entirely Of
luscious figs. SIENNA and aromatics. csn
not cause injury.
Ask your druggist for "syrup Of Figs
and Elixir Of Scnns," and look for the
name. California Fig Syrup Company on
the label. This Is the g~enuine--old fe-
liable. Any other so-cslled Fig Syrup u
an imitation. often meant TO deceive you.
Refuse such with coatsmpt
The evening world., 1912-04-29
JUMPS BAIL m LONDON.

Charles n. Unvsrsagt Fails 20 AD-
pear n LIE Charge.
LONDON. April 1.-Chsriss Henry
Unvsrsagt Of New York. who said ha
. wealthy mine owner. and VIVA
was srrssted here March = on the
charge Of sending . hbelIous postcard
to Mss Winifred smith. failed 20 ap-
pear to-day when his cass was oAilsd
It the Old Bailey Sessions
The prssiding Judge said he he'd Na-
eon 10 believe that UnvsrsaUe had isft
the country. He issued . warrant Tor
his arrest and escheatsd ths oau g
u.ooo The Judge. howevse. rave tAs
sursties unti1 Nay . In order 10 ~ anA
md UnversaSt
The evening world., 1912-04-29

Trom tho Birmingham Aes-herAdl
.'What's the matter with that fellow
over there in the corner. who II barking
like a dogT"
.xshhh! There's nothing wrong With
MIN, He IL merely naming . few Of the
men who are prominent in tho present
criaia In China"
The evening world., 1912-04-29
GET YOUR BASKETS,
WIVES! MAY Z IS
NEXT MARKET DAY!
Crusade for Lower Prices Ex.
pected to Bring Another
Great Throng Out.

Tue campaign begun BY the House.
wivss' League for ehe establishment
Of moro public markets and for en-
courAging housewives to buy home sup
plies direct VIII ID kept up BY the
Warrington Market Association which
announced to-day another tu6ass mar
kst day on May u.
After the close Of the daye
kstAnG the ~association will tender .
banquet 20 me housewives who have
psrssrvsd In the determination 20 NJ
their households more economically.
Over loo women have sncsptsd invi-
tations ssnt u ~ the Washington
Market Association.
The market VII b decorated with
streamsru. Six bands have been en-
gagged to psrform In relays during the
market day. A rspstittoa Of the nrst
public marriott day . month go. when
several thousand women. many a
whom had never bssn In . market be-
fore, came with oasossts on thstr arms
m the fashion of ehAir grandmother.
10 srpscted.
Az q meeting a ne Association hss
mAunnt. frank A. Knob was elected
chairman Of the entertainment oorn-
mittse. Mayor 0ayuor and the city
olncisas have been invited to view ths
marksting during ths day and - at-
tend che banquet IN the evening.
noNWons1Hn FALLS 10 DnA10.
When st work on the eaisdang, Ne.
sr7.as West Torty-thard arssG 0sorss
O. Qlbsoe. IN i~ronworkes. e No. ~
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| emit I always had difficulty working in
the city. 1 can do more and better work
here"
How do YOU arrange your literary
labors? What is your best timer"
| "oh, I try to fit in two hours writing
7 every morning. but really accomplish
more late at night. when the household Is
at rest. Would you like to see the ami
mals?"
Cute Of him to switch me Off like that,
wasn't 1t? trotted along to see the me-
| nagerie. of course, though a large drop
Of rain had splashed down on my face.
The animals We're bunch of dogs. which
jumped all over US and barked friendly
greetings in different keys. There was a
great Dane. couple Of settlers and some
Irish terriers: then there were five cats,
pony and a hedgehog. whose coloring
matter blended with the earth and hedge
roots.
Got any cows?" I asked the apostle
OF the rural life
He looked as guilty as the village store
keeper does when you demand the thing
he's just out Of for the moment.
NO" he murmured. regretfully, I'VE
haven't; Mrs. Locke draws the line at
them"
! feel he misses those COWS, but he's
much too kind TO keep anything which
would offend anybody.
Then. gentle and considerable as I'm
sure he usually is. he calmly and ruth
lessly crushed my very last and dearest
illusion He didn't mean to do 1t. and
maybe II I'd asked the question in a
dreamy on-thc-heights voice instead OF
In my matter OF fact catechism style
he'd have realized he was rambling ia
the garden with a sentimentalist and
would have been indulgent
/ forgave him. of course: but I'd like
to say here and now that IL your female
relative goes on interviewing these ia
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nous ones she won't have a shred of ro-
nance or illusion left to cheer her old
age.
Now the cause Of all this perturbation
was a simple little query about a night
ingale.
Ever since coming to England I've cher
ished secret longing to hear that poetry
Inspiring birdie go through its vocal
stunts. I'd planned that the first time I
discovered the wherea bouts of a nightin-
gale, 1 should wait up at my easement
window all night. so that my sould could
soar into the umpti-LInptiness of the in
finite along with the magic thrilling. I'm
agine how l felt when I asked blIthely:
Have you any nightingales here?"-
And Mr.. Locke fairly snapped out:
Three of them. Pesky creatures
Pesky! In the words OF Artemus
Ward, 1T was mutch."
please. per-please. don't say you don't
like to hear them sing at night" l i'm
plored, with great crystal tears in my
voice.
Mr.. Locke's long arms waved impa-
tiently as he pointed to a nearby tree and
growled ferociously:
We'll. IL three of them got up there
near your bedroom window and started
their din, you wouldn't be enthusiastic
about it either. You can't sleep. I'd like
to shoot every one of them"
Shades OF Shelley!
'Oh, dear me-" jerked out peevishly.
You've gone and done it. You've shat
tered my last illusion. You've exposed
the sawdust in my very best DOLL" .
He looked contrite, blushed a geranium
pink, and said in a don't cry. little girl.
don't cry tone:
Il suppose nightingaies are all right
when ones counting on a moonlight night.
They're very much in the picture. and all
that: but when ola gets toward fifty
years one wants to Sleep"
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no 1ufther
Then. because he is awfully kind and
gentle, really, Mr.. Locke seemed sorry he
had been a little curt, and he looked down
at me quizzically and remarked:
Il know something of your cost of liv-
ing problem in America. Would you like
to know what my yearly rental is?"
nodded. quite overcome at this most
English and friendly lack of reticence.
ITS just $500 in your money. with an
other $3.50 for rates and taxes, because
here the lessee pays these, not the land
lord"
Mercy. Just imagine It, Nine hundred
and fifty dollars for a beautiful hillside
Of ten acres Of lawns and meadows.
ancient trees. Conservatives for melons.
grapes and flowers. a Tudor house. with
fourteen bedrooms and all sorts of other
rooms. to say nothing Of a Jacobean stair
case that filled my artistic soul with a
great peacei
And 1 pay-well, never mind what pay
for my fiat in a model tenement with a
view over the East River!
Il don't mind saying / think you're in
great luck" gurgled.
YES" replied William John, with one
of his finest bushes. II think / am
Then we strolled over and looked at the
grapes, which. when. they ripen. will be
of an embonpoint unsurpassed elsewhere.
We plucked gooseberries and tested the
plums.
Everybody ought to live in the coun-
try" said Mr.. Locke suddenly and dog
matically.
Perhaps you're right"
I'm sure am. I belieye people lead
healthier. better lives for being on the
hills, in the sunshine. We used to have
a little nat in town and a small country
house: then we decided to combine those
two into one big place. and we've never
been SO contented and happy as at pres
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PLEADS GUILTY TO PREJUDICE.

What about woman suffrageT'
Quite out OF the question:
"Oh, you're prejudiced." exclaimed
Yes. I am" laughed Mr.. Locke. IF
I haven't got principles. thank Heaven.
have prejudices."
Well. I do envy you. anyhow" con-
fessed; in fact. I'm breaking a COM
mandment every minute. I don't know
Just which 1t is, but It deals with covet-
ing a neighbors possessions"
And, really, I did hate to leave that
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beautiful. artistic. restful home.
Mr.. Locke repeated himself like his
terry.
Well, the country is the place to
live" he said cheerfully. There's moth
ing like IT. We can't imagine how We
stayed in the city so long. You take my
advice. Buy a little plot OF ground in
some remote place. Plant things, watch
them grow and develop and beautify the
place. You'll get so interested and so
hale and hearty that lou won't know
yourself The rural life is the life.
Don't forget that"
Il won't l assured him. I'll con-
suit my editor about it and see IL I
can't arrange the matter. II sounds aw-
fully attractive"
Since then I've bought dozens of pieces
Of land ard I've built everything from
stately residences TO matched cottages
upon them. but they've all been Of the
castle in Spain variety.
Copyright. 1912. New-York Tribune,
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I'm awfully glad you like it," said Mr..
Locke, with an appreciative note in his
deep voice Would you care to see our
garden? I'm very proud Of it,
''Of course should"
could tell he was pleased at my being
SO quick in the uptake- His face wrinkled
into smiling lines and creases- don't
know what would have happened If I'D
been Indifferent as to the garden. but
guess it might haze had the same effect
as refusing to sec the new baby. in some
households
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! to be able to buy place. You Just take
1t on a long lease. Sometimes it's ninety
nine years long. Yes. honestly. So. after
all, that comes fairly near being actual
possession.
Mr.. Locke looked at me over his glasses,
mildly surprised. and he answered (me-
thought a trifie colby as il to put me in
my place:
mo. ! don't own It. but I have a very
long lease"
"One of the ninety-cnd-n variety p
Was On the tip of my tongue. but It got
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-09-01

In the Course of the Give-and- Take Tilt Of
Questions and Answers the Novelist De-
plored City Environment for Children
Love and Hunger the "0nly Two
" Basic Principles of Life"

II believe you like doing everything In
chirped- Did you design this house?"
Girls, I got even for the nightingales
there. He was hurt
It's an old Tudor house." he said
patiently.
Yes. know" I said. flushing a little
myself. but what I mean Is. did you re-
model any part Of 1t. OF anything like
thatf'',
He frightened.
Yes. we added a new wing last spring.
but I didn't design It"
We'll. You know, you're down in the
Who's Who as a sort of high priest in
architectural societies." I assured him
WE RECEIVE A COMPLIMENT.
He smiled and said:
I'm very much interested in archi-
lecture. I think II is the most fascinat-
ing of arts. because II combines color and
form Some one has described 1t as
frozen music as well. Since I've been a
member Of the American Institute of Ar
chitecture, I've come into contact with the
most famous architects and their work.
You know you have some of the finest
examples OF modern architecture In your
country, notably the Pennsylvania sta
tion."
Having commended the outside of many
or our buildings, he felt he could deliver
himself Of his opinions as to their inter-
nal arrangements. and he forcibly con-
derlned our system OF "overheating."
/ didn't mind. though. I've heard so
much of that since I've been here, and
almost every one mentions It with their
teeth chattering and the goosefesh COM
ing out on their necks and arms as they
cover over little CRATE fires which are so
insufficient in summer that heaven only
knows what they must be in winter.
l think it's awfully heroic, II misguided.
Of them, 50 l didn't resent Mr.. Locke's
remarks. I merely said:
DO tell me something OF the villagers
here in your immediate neighborhood.
What are they like?'
"Oh. they're the ordinary English la
boring class-painstaking. more or less
sober and industrious, but hopelessly un-
inspired. Not an idea in all their united
gray matter. You can't do anything for
them or drum anything into them. Its
no use trying. Makes one conservative
in ones views. Universal suffrage for
these people. IMPOSSIBLE
You don't believe m II n an?''
NO; 1 don't. l ;Iink some sort OF
scheme Of having one intelligent man
vote for a certain number of them. rep
resent them in the voting line as It were.
would be feasible. but not individual
votes"
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Surprise made me forget my grief.

Surprise made me forget my grief
GO onI" I exclaimed. - aren't
fifty. You can't be!'
He was rather startled at that express
zion go onr' and I knew myself u
wasn't quite the thing. but he wasn't dis
pleased. Who Of us doesn't cling to the
magic Of youth? I've never noticed that
a man purrs any the less contentedly
than a woman when some ono thinks he's
younger than he is
We'd pretty well covered all the acres
around the house by this time. and that
which the novelist called mist and you
and would designate as rain was falling
fairly freely. so we went in and had some
tea and more talk.
We sat in carved Jacobean chairs and
slipped our tea from delicate old Dresden
cups placed on a refectory table. while all
around us were beautiful antique pieces
Of furniture. Here was great BLACK
chest In which the dough for the mon
astery was kept in a past century. There
was a monks praying chair and there the
work table of a Tudor dame.
MRS. LOCKE, OF ARTISTIC EYE.
The walls were lined with books from
floor to ceiling. for We were in the study.
Just beyond was a beautiful dove gray
drawing room with hangings Of black
woven with silver.
You have a most satisfying home" l
sighed enviously. Such well thought out
color schemes. Even your books are ar
ranged in shades
He looked like a pleased schoolboy and
wound his long legs under his chair. He
has some difficulty disposing OF these
members.
Its my wife's work." he ASSURED me
eagerly. She has an excellent sense of
color"
Then he commenced talking of Gu
genics and the congress that was held in
London, and he made a strong plea for
country living as a factor in the lives Of
the children of the future.
THE environment of the city child is
against the natural life" he said earnest
ly. Its all depiorably wrong. feel
very strongly in regard to the theories
OF heredity. but I feel also that en-
vironment cures many inherited weak
nesses. These two are the makers ~
character. but environment plays TIE
stronger part in the normal man. You'll
notice only that certain people are one
character in one environment and an
other elsewhere. Different phases OF their
natures are brought out Each must
search for the right environment to
satisfy and express his own nature"
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The Writer of the Beloved Vagabond," MAR
Gus Ordeyne," etc, Was Literally Run to
Earth in His Beautiful Garden an Hours
Ride from London, and Did the Hon
ors of the Place Hospitality.

He peered out Of the window.
It's bit misty he announced. do
you mind a few drops?"
No. indeed" I answered politely. and
as matter of fact, am cultivating the
amphibious habits of the British
He gave me no time to change my mind.
He was out of the door and In the
grounds In two leaps, while toddied de-
murely behind him
1t really was a beautiful, old-fashioned.
English garden. one of the kind where nat
ure is allowed to get in all her fine work
and the gardener Is just her understudy
and doesn't interfere and cut her up into
harbaceous borders. round beds. square
beds, stiff Dutch effects and conventional
French ones.
LIKES GARDENING-DoEsNT DIG.
1t was simply a dear. lovable. fragrant
place. where Old World flowers were
''a-growin'." where giant trees dropped
shading branches over the paths. and high
hedges afforded secluded boundaries.
Are you very fond Of gardening?"
asked. after the novelist had shown me
his chief floral treasures.
Yes. indeed, l am" answered Mr..
Locke, joyously smiling a Gloire de Dion
rose. Il can't say do much Of the man.
ual labor myself. l think 1t wise to leave
that to some one who understands 1t bet
ter. but l take the keenest pleasure in
planning and designing. Each year I've
some new ideas for the garden"
"oh. should like the actual digging in
the earth myself" said your auntie. who
has never had a spade in her hand. Il