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faint but unmistakable.
IT ROARED AT DUBLIN.

Dublin, Ga, Oct. 22.-A sharp
earthquake shock of few seconds
duration visited this city tonight
about 8:15 o'clock.
Several p,rsons in the city felt
the shock, which was perceptible,
especially at the city hall. At this
place the members of the light and
water commission were in their
regular weekly session and they
Immediately adjourned as the
building shook, the windows rat
tied and the roar accompanying
the;;;convuIsion Of the earth was
unusually loud for an earthquake.
The city firemen in their sleep
ing rooms upstairs over the fire
department Immediately made for
the street, and there was consider
able commotion for short time.
Persons in all parts of the city
f cit the shock, which was accom-
panied by roar, many of them
thinking it was an automobile &C
cident of unusual proportions. So
far as is known no damage swas
done to any of the buildings.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1912-10-25
Seismic Shock
Sh D kes State

Macon, Ga. Oct. % "A dis
tnct earthquake shock was felt in
Central Georgia tonight about
.8:15 o'clock. As far IS could be
learned from Macon no damage
was done TO property or life, al
though nerves we're badly shatter-
ed in some instances.
Ia Macon chandeliers ratified
and buildings, especially those of
frame construction, q u i ere d
slightly. A wedding was in pro-
gress in Macon at the time and
the shock battered the ceremony
until the bride could be resuscitat-
ed.
In Dublin, the only other place
reporting a seismic disturbance,
the quake was quite sharp and felt
all over the city. Dublin is sixty
miles due southeast of Macon.
The city council was in session,
but adjourned in stampede to
the street when the city hall shook
noticeablv. The correspondent of
the Macon Telegraph reports that
loud roar accompanied the quake.
The fire department was thrown
into a near panic and it was
thought there that some great ex-
plosion had taken place.
Albany and Americas and Fort
Valley, southwest of Macon, re-
port that no shock was felt in that
section, and Savannah and Angus
ia did not feel it. Brunswick also
reports no tremor in that section,
and it evidently did not become
manifest north of Macon.
Macon and Dublin are the only
two points reporting 1t, and both
felt it at the same time, the great
er violence being noted in Dublin.
Sparta, 60 miles east and slight
ly north of Macon, reported to-
night that about s o'clock al
slight jar" was felt there. It was
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1912-10-25
Halo cen Night
- Nearly Here Again

Atlanta, Oct. DIDO you be-
|lieve in ghosts? May be not all
the time, but if you you have any
Imagination or fond memory OF
childhood you ought to believe in
them now, for Halo zen. the sea
son of ghosts, is again at hand.
Darkness, Shivers, Creeps and
Groans!
Mouldy Graves and Dead Mems
Bones!
Fairies, COLLINS, Gnomes and
Elves!
Witches Switches! Save Your
seves!
Rose are the verses that the
cid grandmothers Of half a cen
fury ago used to repeat, half IN
play, to impress upon the child
Adren the ghostly nature OF the
liday. The pumpkin-heads'
lgith eyes and mouth and nose
lcut through for the light to shine
bre rough limitations of deaths
head. and the stuperstitlons
kbout looking in the mirror and
h the cotton of the coffee-cu
Ire relics of the belief that witch
Gs.and fortune tellers had more
Fer on that particular night
'eban any other time Of the year.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1912-10-25
Pink. Ballots For
Democratic Party

Atlanta, Oct. Painless all
signs fail the Georgia polling
places for the coming presiden-
tial election will look like a con-
fetti carnival before the fateful
day is over.
1t will no longer be a Snow
drift of white ballots" as it has
been for so many years; it will
be a kaleidoscope riot of colors
if plans now under way are car
ried out.
The Democrats announced some
time time ago that the Wilson
ballot would be pink, to distin-
guish it from all others. No
sooner was this precaution taken
when the Bull Moosers, Socialists,
Taft Republicans and Prohibi-
tionists, none Of them to be out
done. began to consider the ad
visibility of having a special col
or for the election, too. The
Socialists, it is said, about agreed
on a red ballot. Prohibitionists
were about to adopt blue, as typ
flying purity of purpose, until
somebody suggested that a blue
ribbon on a prohibitionist might
offer opportunity for the quibs
and jokes of the worldly-minded.
The Taft ballot, it is suggested,
could properly be red-wf1ftes and
blue, as Taft is the official candi-
date of the present American
administration; what colors the
Bull Moosers will adopt no one
yet knows, but black and tan
in a design has been suggested as
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1912-10-25
The Weather Report

Washington, D. c., Oct. 20. =
Fair weather will prevail over
much of the country during the
next few days, according to the
weekly bulletin issued tonight by
the Weather Bureau. Local rains,
however, are likely to occur in
the Eastern states tomorrow
night or Tuesday.
"The next general storm to
cross the country" says the
bulletin, Twill appear in the far
West about Thursday, prevail
over the Middle West Friday or
Saturday and the Eastern states
at the end of the week. This
disturbance will be preceded by
rising temperature, be attended
by rains on the Pacific coast and
in the Southern states and by
rains and SHOWS in the districts
from the Rocky Mountains east
ward. It will be followed by
change to the coolest weather of
the season. The cold wave will
make it's appearance in the
northwest Saturday or Sunday.
There are no Indications at
the present time of a disturbance
in the West Indies"
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1912-10-25
Schrank is Sorry Now
That He Shot Roosevelt


Milwaukee, Wis, Oct. %. -Jno.
Schrank is sorry over his at
tempt on the life of Col. Roosevelt
according to the statement today
of John Frey, on trial for wife
murder. Frey was lodged in the
same tier Of cells with Schrank.
He has played checkers with
Schrank and during one game
Schrank, according to Frey. said:
Il considered it my duty at the
time l fired to rid the country of
a third-termer, but I am sorry
DOW. !"
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1912-10-25
Georgia S Opportunity
For Practical Advertising
Her Wonderful Resour-
ces at the Land Show,
Chicago, Nov. q to
Dee, s.

- Under the auspices of the
sGeorgia Exhibit Association,
Georgia was splendidly represen-
ted at the Land Show held in the
Coliseum, Chicago, Ills Novem-
Der and December, 1911. Through
The exhibit at the Land Show,
sxnany thousands of pieces Of lit
erature, exploiting Georgia and
her wonderful resources and ad-
avantages, were distributed. and
Hsnany thousands Of people visited
1 the exhibit and, as a result, a
large number Of people have
moved to the State Of Georgia.
Advices received by Mr.. W. H.
Le&hy, President of the Georgia
Exhibit Association, show that
space at the Land Show this year
has been taken by the States
of Texas, Mississippi, Florida,
Alabama, Louisiana, Tennessee
and the Carolinas. No state in
i the Union offers to the homeseek-
I er and inventor greater advant-
ages than Georgia, but we can
lot afford to rely upon our ad-
vantages without giving them, IN
this day of publicity, the adver-
Using necessary to attract atten'
ton from other sections of the
South which are putting forth
every effort to secure attention.
Every community in Georgia has
ma interest in this matter.
The Georgia Exhibit Associa-
ton estimates that a very credit
able exhibit can be placed at the
Land show this year at a noml-
nal cost, and the basis upon which
sit is proceeding to give the show
such that the more communi-
IS who participate the less the
Cost will be to each.
The question is, can Georgia
afford to be absent from the Land
Show, with practically all of the
'Sother States in the South present?
Can we hope to procure our share
ESthose progressive citizens of
The Central and Middle West who
ARE looking Southwark unless
proper efforts are put torth to
Sdraw their attention to the En-
spire State of the South.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1912-10-25
- 81 rs ..lssisE Vslsassszsss
Southern Insurance Com
panies Solder Than Ever

Atlanta, Oct. "a. According
to the men who gathered here
recently for the big insurance
conference, there was time. not
many years ago. when Southern
people were somewhat like the
romantic redskins of the Fenni-
more Cooper novels. in that they
would buy anything that plaus-
BILE stranger happened to bring
from afar. just as the Indians
used to trade land and valuable
furs for strings of common glass
beads.
But that time has passed. they
declare, and the South is no long
er a fertile field for the eXplolta-
ton Of nigh finance" schemes.
The principal reason for this, it
is stated, j., that the South has
come to realize the advantages
of having it's own institutions and
industries and patronizing them
at home.
Figures are dry things, but
they are of the strongest spot
light" that can be thrown upon
the bald assertions of fact.
Twelve years ago southern IN
surance companies were strug-
Cling for existence; an existence,
nevertheless, which they meant
to maintain. Today the situation
is different. Home companies,
solid as the red hills of....Georgia,
are on every side. They have
become as much a solid part of
the south as it's very soil. From
an insignificant amount OF busl-
ness done by the home compan-
les twelve years ago. the south
ern companies carry a big per
cent of all the insurance, fire and
life, written within the south's
borders. Southern companies
are surrounded with the same,
and often with stricter safe
guards than those of the north
and east. Georgia's new insur-
ance law, passed at the last SEES
sion of the legislature, and now
in force, is recognized as one of
the best the lawmakers could
devise. This. together with the
growth of the idea keeping
money at home," has made the
southern companies soldier than
ever. The keeps money at home
slogan has been particularly the
watchward of the insurance
leaders who have preached it
everywhere as the gospel of the
New South.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1912-10-25
Rull Moose Tag Day
[ Barred by New York

New York, Oct. 21.-One mil
lion -sickets printed in prepara-
ion for a proposed "bull moose
80 day" here will prob
' 81 he wasted, because the city
authorities today ruled that tag,
&c IS a technical violation of
law prohibiting begging on the
IN. A. number of progress
i've woman had proposed the
...taQ'' enterprise.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1912-10-25
a..sSaT .ssssssz
Porto RiCO.IS
\. \. Rich Possession

Savannah. Ga; Oct 21.-lt is
he opinion of Maj. E. P. Lawton,
Who lives in the mountains a few
niles from San Juan, that Porto
Rico is the most fertile ground
yer which the American flag
waves. He is here visiting his
ster, Mrs. William Garrard, be
ng on his way from Europe back
20 Porto Rico. g
Maj. Lawton owns a large citrus
fruit plantation ne,r San Juan.
He first went to Porto Rico dur
ing the Spanish American War
with Gen. Miles VIII n the island
was captured. Growing wild were
delicious orangesj which the SOL
liers ate as they marched, There
was no eff )rt being made bY the
natives to cultivate the fruit, but
some of the Yankee invaders saw
she golden opportunity that the
oranges afforded. -'s;'H sI. q s sE9
Among these was'Maj. Lawton,
Who promised himself that when
he was retired from the army he
would look into the commercial
prospect of the island. He was
ordered to the Philippines, how
ey. and it was four or five years
before he left the army. ETThen he
found that he had not been the
only American who] had}observed
the fruits CT the island and capital
zed the observation. However,
the enterprise was new there and
he resolved to carry out his origi-
nal purpose.
He bought the land and made
arrangements for the cultivation
If citrus fruit. Ia time some of
the enterprising planters brought
pineapples from Cuba and found
that fruit hourished as the oranges
nad. Sugarcane industry was
greatly increased by American
capitalists, and the American To-
oacco Company has enlarged it's
operations on the island until prac-
6 "a, every foot of the land be-
tween the mountains and the sea
in the northern part of Porto Rico
&c under cultivation. The natives
never believed in raising fruit for
export.
Mai Lawton says the Porto
Ricans have never entirely become
reconciIed to American protecto-
rate: that they seem to be quietly
ese n t f u | of the tremendous
amount of development that has
been done by the Americans. The
manner in which the government
IS organized tends to gall them al
50. The governor is appointed by
the President of the United States
an TIE councn is cCmpuouu ii
four Americans and three Porto
Rlcans. which gives Uncle Sam a
Slight margin III civic aGalis.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1912-10-25
Towns BARRIERS at War;
Slaves Cut to 3 Cents

Sharon, Pa. Oct. %. The adj
vent of a new barber in the town
of Pulaski and his reduction of
the prices of shaves has refulted
in a frst-class shave being now
offered for three cents with the
threat that free shaves will fol-
low if the newcomer meets the
cut.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1912-10-25

The question of feeding is one
of the most important the poultry
man has to ans yer.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1912-10-25
Western s. Atlantic
Rental is Received

Atlanta, Oct. .21.-The state
treasury department on<S Saturday
received a check from the West
er and Atlantic railroad for $685.
900 for the road rental for the
month of September.
The check was slightly delayed,
but still within the time limit,
which is twenty days.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1912-10-25

Get a season or 3-day Fair
ticket and vote for King
and Queen.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-28
VIRGINIA WOMEN
TO Be IN PARADE.
Miss Mary Johnston Organ
ICES Delegation to Join
in Suffrage Affair
PAGEANT WILL co
DOWN IN HISTORY
Will Start in Gotham from
Washington Square, Wind
ing Up at Carnegie Hall
for Mass Meeting

Miss Mary Johnston. the author,
ginia women to take part In the great
suffrage parade In New York city next
Saturday. Predictions are made that
all past performances OF the equal
rights advocates will be surpassed. and
that the coming pageant will go down
in history AZ the most spectacular
and forceful demonstration ever stag
ed by suffragettes. At the head
quarters OF the Woman's Political
Union, under whose auspices the regi-
ments Of women Will assemble, rumors
OF the parade's immensely are con-
irmed by the unprecedented prepara-
lions already made and by the en-
thusiasm with which woI m through
out the United States r. come to
the support OF their Eastern sisters.
There are to be colored suffragettes,
Chinese suffragettes, suffragettes
astride horses, suffragettes carrying
banners. a suffragette fife and drum
corps. beside the thousands that will
trudge the New York streets or ride
the rnagniaeently decorated floats eIn-,
blazoned with pleas for Votes for
Women" In addition to these fea-
lures California Suffrage Special"
picking up hundreds OF ardent West
ern advocates Of the cause" will
arrive in the Grand Central depot on
saturday morning, bearing perhaps a
! thousand more sisters to swell the line
OF paraders. 1t Is estimated that 49,
900 women will be In line.
For weeks the women in charge of
the coming parade have been busy
perfecting the details and rganizins
corps of women to march Mrs. Hn'-
| riot Stanton Blatch. Mrs. Arthur
| Townsend. Miss Eleanor Brannon.
| Miss In-z Milholland. Mrs. o. II. p.
! Belmont, and others. known from
| ocean 10 ocean for their activity in
suffrage circles, have lent their per-
| sonai and financial aid to the pro-
! jeet. Prominent business men have
! been importuned for aid and millions
! of dodgers have been distributed by
I tallyhoes filled with sudra gettes, which
! are daily to be seen In the city
streets.
The question Of unforming the
| paraders has been disposed of by the
4, adoption of suffrage hat of but
! ter colored straw. which will he sold
to the parading sufraeettes at csc.
| apiece. These hats arr. of bale gold
Clipped straw. trimmed with black
/ satin, and those INDUCING III spring
+ millinery at the low price quoted are
required to give Il written pledge tina,
they Will attend the parade. The profit
on this head gear will be turned over
10 the orga nization for the dissemina-
ton Of suffrage propaganda.
Plans for the parade, which have
been under Adjustment since last Au-
gust, are now practically complete
The procession will start from Wash
| tngton Square and proceed up Fifth
avenue and across Fifty-seventh
street to Carnegie Hail. where a grea,
suffrag e mass meeting will be held
There viii be a delegation from the
| Mems League. composed from mas
cuifnity attached to the suffragette
marCherS. IN the various Offices Of huz-
bands, sweethearts and brothers
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-28
WOMAN FROM MAINE IS
NOLONGER MYSTERIOUS
She Is Mrs John Calvin Lane, Her Speech in the Senate
Was on Statewide, She Loves This Dixie
Land and Pras es Our Schools

delivered my little speech from
that magnificent rostrun, never
thinking for a moment TO hear OF y
again. I have spent two months IN
Virginia and am truly in love with
Hia Dixie land and her people.
Praises Our schools.
"tfaye been especially interested in
the newspapes articles relative to the
elimination of some Of the so-terme1
-uu[rntortant branches from the pub
Tic schools attended the Phil
harmonic concert given at the Audi
torium and wish to ask the unde-
cided ones;
DO you not think the work Of
that chorus of girls and boys was
worth while
Il have st0dted music many years
and have been connected with music1l
work and training in many parts OF
the country. and wish TO say that /
am sure Richmond has much to be
proud Of In the musical work OF her
schools. 1t maans something to me :
hear It chorus of boys and girls, not
over fifteen years Of age, render that
selection from Gaiia in a manner that
would have done credit 10 old and
experienced singers Let me say that
/ am not worry ing about your elimi-
natinE music or normal training from
your Sc hools
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-28
bURRELL JURY
STILL D|SAGREES
JUDGE AGAIN ADJOuRNS THEM
OVER TO TRY TO REACH AN
AGREEMENT.

Failing still to reach verdict, the
jury in the case Of W. P. Burrell. ono
Of the 1--WE officers OF the True Re-
formers bank under indictment Oh
charges OF receiving deposits after
they knew the bank to be insolvent,
was adjourned by Judge Wells at 2
o'clock yesterday afternoon to II
o'clock tomorrow morning
Durrelrs case went to the jury at
1922 o'clock Friday night At 8:4b
o'clock tho Jury was called back into
this courtroom by Judge Wells; Whit
asked the foreman. Leon Ruskell, IL 1t
would be possible for the jury to reach
y verdict. Foreman Ruskell said that
the jury was hopelessly divided. bur
though that nights rest might bring
them to a unanimous opinion. The
jury was recalled again yesterday af-
ternoon when 1t was again annouceo
that the twelve men were hopelessly
divided In their opinions They had
been, in session since IL o'clock, At 2
o'clock the Jury was adjourned. with
orders to reRppear again tomorrow
morning. The members were warned
by Judge Wells not to discuss the case
with anyone, and were then allowed
TO 80 home.
II seems to be the general opinion
on the outside that the Jury will never
agree in which case Burrell will BE-
held for trial again.
Az many people were affected In tho
downfall OF the bank the case IL At
tracing wide attention among the col
ored people. and the sessions Of the
court are thronged everyday by those
who lost their sayings Of years when
the institution went to IT. run.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-28
TRINITY GETS A
NEW FRATERNITY
BETA LAMBDA CHAPTER OF
SIGMA CHI INSTALLED IN
METHODIST COLLEGE.

TRINITY COLLEGE. DURHAM.
n C.. April 27.--The most interesting
and important event In the social and
fraternal life of Trinity College for
this year, at least. were the two-day
ceremonies connected with the in
stallation of the Beta Lambda chap
ter of the Sigma Chi fraternity at the
college. Sigma Chi Is known all over
the college and fraternal world as
one of the really great national fra
ternities. having sixty five active and
forty-two alumni chapters with
membership of over twelve thousand.
On the roll of the fraternity are
such names as Grover Cleveland.
George AIDE. Booth Harrington. and
numerous cabinet officers. governors,
and statesmen. The fraternity was
founded at Miami University, oxford.
ohio, in 1855 along with Beta Theta
Pi. Phi Delta Theta, and Delta Kappa
Eslon.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-28

Identity Of the mysterious woman
from. Maine" who was alleged to
have delivered suffragette discourse
from the classic rostrum If the VIZ
s.inia senate chamber, II In Emily
T'ankhArst. with two spectators ana
rows Of vacant desks her only listen
ers, has been disclosed.
She Ia nut mysterious,
Eut a most esiimaale woinan--Mrs
John Calvin Lame, now Is South Third
street.
nd she did not deliver a lecture
on womau's suffrage
Her subject was IN earnest plea
for Statewide prohibition IN the sam"
spot where the movement met its
ieathhiow in the State Legislature.
spoke Tor Statewide.
Writes Brs Lane to The Nirgtnian:
The mysterious woman from,
Maine. eho was given such import
ant space III The Nirginian Thursday
morning thinks that ii the article
was worth writing, it Is worthy Of
correction"
Continuing, Mrs, Lane declares that
the plea delivered To the empty desks
was for Statewide prohibition"
II am sorry she stated. that !
could not have been credited with
my exact words and thoughts when
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-28
iMMANUAL BAPTIST CHURCH
SUNDAY SCHOOL CLOSE SOCIAL

One OF the most enjoyable social
occasions in the history of the schoo,
was the social of the auditorium class
of Emmanuel Baptist Sunday school,
on the evening of the 2ith
The Sunday school room was mar
moniously arranged. and decorated
with the colors of the class and cut
flowers.
From O'Clock until II o'clock over
enc hundred young people. with hap
by faces. entertained each other with
music. recitations and contests. The
pastor OF the church. the superinten-
dent of the school, and officers OF the
class gave words OF greeting. A spirit
OF enthusiasm and good fellowship
Cake and cream were served by Il
committee of young ladies.
The auditorium class Is composed
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-28

f.. will join with the lodges Of Church
lin In celebrating the ninety-snsrd
anniversary Of tho institution Of ODD
Fellowship at tho Leigh Street Baptist
church this morning at III o'clock
The members Of Patrick Henry Lodge
wili-me at Fraternity Hall an0~ 60
to the church in q body.
The members Of Patrick Henry
Lodge will also attend night services
at Marshall Street Christian church.