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The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1912-07-09
Underwood Able Leader Says Sun.
High Tribute Paid Southern Man
Who Accepted Defeat Gracefully

Washington July 6The New York Sun referring editorial
of Washington dealing with the good
displayed by Oscar W. Underwood after the convention
eouanmty his daily duties in his old
ruf1ed way, says:
By eighteen years. experience national legislator and his
knowledge Of the country need Mr. Underwood was emil
neny qualified which Governor Wilson received
practice awman distinguished from the theory Off, counts
anything W. Underwood had superior claims the
nomination.
In temperament pose judgment and resolution not to speak
personal integrity the Mr. Under
admirable candidate In the dispatch of business he has
superior the democratic side of the house. He as stable as
he is clear in conviction of opportun He
gods popularity He has never neg
promote his political fortunes Such man
would hgh-mnded, brave and dgent president, radical
enough irrational enough to be SAFE
campaign that has closed Mr. Underwood bore him
dignity and propretY standing by his convictions yielding
nothing expediency, his record clear aud bright
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DIVORCE
The Great Advantage of Live
: Stock Farming.

Many seem to think that the Chief
purpose of live stock on the farm is
to furnish manure for the land. 1t
is true that at market prices OF feed
ing stuffs, only pure-bred breeding
stock, sold at a high price, or extra
good dairy COWS, are likely to pay
more than fair price for the feeds
consumed and the labor required
leaving little more than the manure
as the profit; but there is an indirect
advantage from keeping live stock
that should not be overlooked, be-
cause it is of great Importance.
AWhen live stock is kept there must
of necessity be class of crops grown
and rotation or variety of crops pro-
duced that tends to increase soil fer
tility. The farm with little livestock
is usually largely devoted to cotton
or corn, or wheat, or some other crop
which tends rather to deplete tnan
increase the fertility of the farm; but
when live stock are to be fed, grass,
leeumes and other forage crops are
crown that are of a nature to I'M
prove the soil and these are almost
certain to remain on the farm in
stead of beng sold. This is truly one
of the chief advantages of live stock
farmine-The Progressive Farmer.
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Why Manure is So Much
Needed on Southern
Soils.

In comparing farm manures with
commercial fertilizers, we realize
that nitrogen, phosphoric acid and
potash in the former may not be SC
valuable pound for pound, but when
we take into account the vegetable
matter present and it's mechanical
effect on the soil and also that it is
applicable to all varieties of soil
and crops, its superiority cannot be
questioned. If the fertility and value
of soils depended mainly on the
amount of mineral matter in them,
their fertility might remain unim-
paired for centuries to come. The
mineral matter can only be exhaust
ed from a soil by cropping, if we ex-
cept small quantities of soluable
matters, which are sometimes leach
ed out of certain soils. All cultivated
soils loose more or less mineral mat
ter through crops removed, but this
loss is very slight when compared
to the loss of nitrogen and organic
matter, which are lost rapidly both
by teaching and oxidation. The lack
of organic matter is. in my judgment,
/ the primary cause of the low pro-
ductive power of our Southern soils.
Organic matter is much easier re-
tanned in Northern than in Southern
soils. This is mainly owing to heat
and moisture of the South, which
carries on the decomposition more
rapidly in a warm than in a cold
climate. And since cotton culture
is such a Misunderstanding process,
it renders the outstanding Of this
valuable principle as perhaps the
most important in Southern agri-
culture,
A well kept manure heap may be
safely taken as one of the surest in
dications of thrift and success in
farming Neglect of this resource
causes losses which, though vast in
extent, are little Approximation.
E. R. Llyd, in Progressive Farmer.
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More Hot Weather
During Present week

Washington, D. c., July Con
tinued warm weather east of the
Rocky mountains and over the in
terior middle and southern districts
to the westward was promised for
this week in bulletin of the wealth
er bureau tonight.
The highest temperature" the
bulletin announced, will probably be
experienced in the great central val
leys and along the eastern slope of
the Rocky mountains. There will
be no well-defined storms, and pre-
cipitation will be limited to local
thunderstorms, or heat showers that
will not overspread extensive areas
in any one day.
In Ethe south Atlantic and east
gulf states the showers probably
will be less frequent than during the
week just ended"
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1912-07-09
The Original Wilson Man.

Atlanta, July 8.-The real hero of
the Woodrow Wilson fight in the
South has been Senator w. ]. Har-
ris of Georgia. The Cedartown man
was not merely one of the Woodrow
Wilson managers in Georgia. He
was more than that. He was among
the first leading public men of the
south to declare for Wilson before
a primary was even discussed in
this state. He was one of the hardest
fighters in primary. Nothing daunt-
ted by the setback of the local re-
suit in Georgia, Senator Harris pack
ed his grip and went to Baltimore
where he rendered signal service to
the man who is now the Democratic
nominee.
Senator Harris never gave up
hope. He was for Wilson first, last
and all the time. And now he is
enrolled among the governors most
swalwart workers south of Mason
and Dixon's line for the coming ma
tional fight.
Senator Harris admiration for
Governor Wilson dates back. He
was a school-mate of Stockton AK
son, brother of Mrs. Woodrow Viii
son. 1t was Senator Harris who
caused the legislature to pass the
resolution last July inviting Cover
nor Wilson to come south and speak
to the Georgia solons.
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DIVORCE

There is a new call on the tele-
graph wires. 1t puzzled all the
operators from Florida to Maine
until they got onto it. 1t is g. w."
Nearly every operator who heard it
for the first time going over the
wires wondered what it was and
asked. If you are an operator any
where in the eastern part of the
United States and get a main wire
and call C. w." you will find your
self quickly connected with a little
tent on the front lawn of a cottage
home at Seagirt. C. w." stands for
Governor Wilson," and means that
the big telegraph companies have
"cut in" main wire direct to the
democratic candidates front door
and have given it a call its own in
dependent and different from the
Seagirt call.
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Announcement

To the Voters of Ben Hill County:
| am a candldate for the State
Senate as the representative in
that body of the Fifteenth Sena-
toriaI District, subject to the COM
ing Primary Election. II elected
to this Office, | will appreciate the
honor of the position and will en-
deavor to realize its duties and re-
sponsibilities. l will consider the
position as a public trust, and will
be untiring in my efforts at all
times to discharge the obligations
of the trust in such a manner as
will be to the credit Of the Dis
trict, of Ben Hill county, and
of myself. | will be very grateful
for all support given me.
O. II. Elkins.
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DIVORCE

Watch the columns of Leader
Enterprise.
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Is your subscription paid up?
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Don't be afraid to feed the brood
SOW, the dairy COW and the brood
mare literally while they are carry
ing their young. A hundred such
Onimals are injured by under-feeding
where one is injured by too much
feed. Mothers, well fed before the
birth of their young, are not only
less likely to have trouble at deliv-
cry, but bring forth better young and
are able to feed them better after
ward.-The Progressive Farmer.
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WORKED LIKE MAGIC
RED, SCALY ECZEMA YIELDS TO
SAXO SALVE.

A Highland, N. Y, woman writes:
Since 1901 l suffered from eczema
and my skin was very tender, red
and scaly, and could find no relief
until l used Saxo Salve. The first ap-
plication worked like magic, in less
than a week the scales were gone and
now the skin is healed and smooth,
thanks to Saxo Salve.
In all forms of eczema, and all 9TH
er crusted or scaly humors and erup-
lions, Saxo Salvo has given astonish-
ingly good results. The great improve
ment that it makes in the first few
days shows plainly that you can place
full trust in it's curative power.
We have so much confidence in it
that we give back your money if you
are not satisfied with Saxo Salve.
Denmark Drug Co.
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DIVORCE

A good reliable man can get
permanent employment at the
Cherokee Marble works to take
orders for monuments. 39-tf,
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List Of Jurors for July Term
Of City Court.

T. M. Parson
II. NJ. Warren
r. J. Bishop
j. S. Mccall
G. S. Cummings
John Gray
j. S. Ellington
Geo. +. Gray
[. Goldenberg
G. E. Baker
S. P. Dykes
j. r. Mercer
T. M. Griffin
j. D. Mink
Fred Land
r. +. Ashley
Coy Brown
T. J. Luke
&. G.. Reeves
j. B. Seanor
NJ. d. Meyers
ID. T. Paulk
w. O. Miller
c.. M. Booker
N. B. Andrews
r. w. McLendon
T. j. Griffin
j. D. Holt
T. W. Harris
Byrd Mobley Jr.
NJ. L. Hobbs
j, B. Butts
j. NJ. GrIner
j. M. Smith
Sam E. Booker
j. D. Mashburn
w. j. Stone
j. w. Morris
T. w. Williams.
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DIVORCE
Horse Wanted

VIII give S. for the use of a
horse for 30 days and feed him to
the highest. Write or call me.
j. E. Harper, Osierfeld, Ga.
51-2t.
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WATERMELONS, CUCUMBERS,
SQuashes and Garden Vegetables,
some choice Pickles, fresh and
fine. See j. j. Larisey, Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays. 49-tf
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Furnished rooms close in for
light house keeping with all con-
veniences or to young men with
meals near. 4O8 South Grant St.
Phone 275.
48-4t Mrs. T. L. Warren.
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The Flat That Failed

Howell = How do you like your
new home?
PoweIl-It is a fiat failure.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-04-13
BACK COVERED With
MASS OF P|MPLES
Burned and Itched So He Could Hardly
Stand 1t. Tried Medicines, Etc.,
NearIy3 Years. In Eternal Misery.
Started Using Cuticura Remedies.
Now Has No Signof Skin Disease.

my troubles began along in the summer
in the hottest weather and took the form of
small eruptions and itching and a kind of
smarting pain. 1t took me mostly all over
my back and kept getting worse until finally
my back was covered with mass of pimples
which would burn and itch at night SO that
could hardly stand 1t. This condition
kept getting worse and worse until my back
was solid mass Of big sores which would
break open and run. My underclothing
would be a clot OF blood.
II tried various blood medicines and other
remedies and salves for nearly three years
and was not getting any benefit. 1t seemed
I was in eternal misery and could not sleep
on my back or lean back on chair. I was
finally given set of the Cuticura Rem
edies by my brother who recommended them
to me very highly. I started using the
Cuticura Remedies and inside of two weeks
I could see and feel great relief. kept
on using Cuticura Soap, Ointment and also
the Resolvent, and in about three or four
months time my back was nearly cured and
I felt like new being. Now / am in good
health and no sign OF any skin diseases
and / am fully satisfied that Cuticura Rem
edies are the best ever made for skin diseases.
I viii always recommend them to any,
body who will use according to directions.
/ would not be without them" (Signed)
W. A. Armstrong, Corpin, Kan, May 20, 1911.
For more than a generation Cuticura Soap
and Ointment have afforded the most eco
nomical treatment for affections of the skin
and scalp of infants, children and adults.
Although sold by druggists and dealers
throughout the world, liberal sample Of
each, with 32-p. book on the skin. will be
sent Free on application to Potter Drug &
Chem. Corp, Dept. 27A, Boston.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-04-13

the moon was observed. Certain moons
were called DRY" and other wet"
Trees Planting Guides.
Among the common guides were the
trees. The time of planting corn was
determined by the coming forth of the
leaves on certain trees. Many of these
observations are preserved in the
form of rhymes easily remembered.
The Elm, the Oak and the Ash have
always been great rivals in the num-
Der of legends clustering about them,
they were great rivals in predicting
weather and furnishing rural people
signs by which to do their planting.
Here are examples of some of the
old rhymes that still are repeated in
England
If the Oaks before the Ash
Then you may expect a splash;
But if the Ash is fore the Oak
Then you must beware a soak
and
When the Elmen leaf is as big as a
mouses ear
Then to SOW barley never fear.
When the Elmen leaf is as big as an
Ox's eye
Then say l "Hie, boys, HE"
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An Antidote Handy.

The woman was the author Of a cook
book that had been published at her
request with wide margins and occa-
sionai blank pages for notes and adj
diuonal recipes. Often she had ex-
pressed a wish to see an old copy of
the book and find out to what use the
blank spaces had been put One day
In a secondhand bookstore her hus-
band unearthed an old volume. No
ticing that it had been annotated free
ly. he bought it After a day or two
he said:
How about the Notes In that cook
book Were they Interestingly
NO" she said CURLY: they didn't
amount to anything"
When he got chance he looked
through the book himself. Every note
the book contained was a remedy for
dyspepsia aud stomach trouble.-New
York Times.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-04-13

dice from Hades, that his grief was so
great that the music he played was
so UNNECESSARILY mournful and sweet,
than even the Earth was moved and
caused a grove of beautiful dropping
elms to spring up for his shelter The
Elm therefore is called in the legend
"The Tree of Orpheus."
A curious superstition connected
with the Elm and other plants as well,
was that some of them were inhabited
by witches. There is one English spe-
cies called by that name now. There
used to be a fine specimen of Witch
Elm standing in the yard of Mrs Ross
on East Main street. 1t was cut down
when the house was bought and en-
larged by Mr.. Evans.
Popular Superstition.
1t was popular superstition in Eng
land and Scotland years ago, and in
deed have heard of it in this country
that by means of rod cut from the
Witch Elm certain people could locate
water under ground, and minerals as
well. A hazel rod worked as also one
cut from peach tree. 1t was believ-
ed that about one in forty persons
would possess the super normal abili-
ty of working the rod.
The rod had to be cut from the tree
in the morning, when the sun was
rising. 1t consisted of a forked
branch having two or three inches of
a stump and the two forks about a
foot long. This had to be cut from the
east side of the tree with the sun shin
ing between the forks. The operator
would take fork in each hand with
the angle or stump pointing away
from him and walk around over the
ground and when he came where
there was water beneath, the stump Of
this Divining Rod, would nod.
1t was a popular superstition in
Scotland, that a witch couldn't cross
a stream of water. We all remember
that it was a stream of water that
saved poor old Tam O'Shanter's scalp
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BY PROF. j.. E. THOMPSON.

The Genus is a small family of trees,
having about sixteen species in it and
is found in all temperate countries
north of the Equator Most of them are
found in this country in the East and
Central parts, but none in the West.
Europe has two and the genus is rep
resented in Asia and Africa.
There is a strong family resem-
blance among the species; when once
we learn to know one we can nearly
always point out the others. The
leaves of the Elms are all very much
alike. all rough, some of them very
rough, with one side longer than the
other, like a begonia leaf. The edge of
the leaf has sharp teeth, like those of
a saw, except there are small teeth on
the longer ones. The wood is heavy,
hard and very difficult to split, be-
cause the grain seems to interlace,
which makes it also poor for lumber,
for when it seasons the grain does not
have seen fences made of Elm boards,
anu IN snort LlIne one emu OF Inc
other of nearly every board had
pulled the nails out OF the post, to
which it was nailed. / asked Mr.. Geo
Seidel once about Elm lumber and he
told me that an Elm board would warp
to such an extent that it would turn
over and roll away.
Good Wood For Hubs.
= But this unsplitable quality of the
wood makes it good for wheel axles.
The hubs of "The Wonderful One Hoss
Shay" were made of this wood.
1.-THE hubs of the logs from the 'Sett-
ler's Ellum.'
Last OF it's timber--they couldn't
sell 'em.
Never an axe had seen their chips.
"And the wedges flew from between
their lips.
Their blunt ends fringed like celery
tips
Most of our deciduous trees are of
recent origin, geologically speaking,
but the Elm has long line of ances-
tors reaching back into the past, and it
therefore has it's legendary history
deeply interviewer with that of the hui
man race
There is mythical story which says
that when Orpheus returned from his
unsuccessful attempt to rescue Fury
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ssa Water For Street cle.nino

Sea Water For Street Cleaning.
In Blackpooi. a city Of Lancashire,
the authorities have given a great deal
of attention TO the prevention Of street
dust. The principal streets are paved
either with wood or asphalt and are
swept from twelve to twenty times a
day. The watering is done very thor.
oughly, and for this purpose sea wa
ter is used almost exclusively. since
it has been found by actual test that
sea water prevents dust about three
times as effectively as fresh water
and that it has no injurious effect
upon the road surface when properly
applied. The streets are not merely
sprinkled. but are thoroughly scrub
bed. brushes being used on all the
paved streets.-London Mail.
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MASONIC CALENDAR

Monday, April 15.-Richmond Com
maRdery, No. S, K. T., Special Con
clave, work in Knights Templars De
gree.
Tuesday, April 16.-Richmond lodge
No. 196 F. & A. NJ. Called meeting
work in Fellowcraft degree.
Wednesday, April 17.-Webb lodge
No. "a, F. & A. NJ. Stated meeting.
Thursday, April 1S.-Webb Lodge
No. "a, F. & A. NJ Called meeting
work in Master Mason degree. Light
refreshments =
Saturday, April 2o.-Loyal Chapter
No. AZ, o. E. S, Stated Meeting:
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from being snatched off by witch.
Now, of course, if witch inhabits a
Witch Elm, and you try to carry a
branch over water the witch in the
rod will resist and the nodding of the
rod is the struggle of the witch,
against being carried over water
OF course from discovering water
by this method was an easy step in
superstition to locating minerals. 1t
was even carried SO far that it was
thought thieves and criminals of all
kinds could be located by this Divin-
ing Rod.
Elm Guide to Gold.
Linneaus the great Swedish Botan-
list, had a secretary who claimed he
could locate gold by means of Witch
Elm fork, and to test his skill Lime
aus put hundred ducats of gold in
the ground and marked the spot and
invited in some of his friends to wit
ness the test The secretary was
blindfolded and given his Elm fork;
the crowd followed him about, and so
trampled up the ground that Linneaus
lost the place and so lost his hundred
ducats of gold.
The Elm and the soft-Maples are the
first trees to show signs of awakening
plant life, in the Spring. The flower
buds began to swell week or more
ago, and soon our side walks will be
strewn with little brown scales that
have been around the flower buds
during winter When the Elm begins to
show a faint shade of green, many
people think that the leaves are COM
ing out, but these are green flowers
which come out before the leaves and
hang for a few days in graceful tassels
and then slowly turn into little brown
round winged seeds, that fall and are
blown away before the leaves unfold.
In the days of "Old fashioned Win
tiers and Old fashioned Summers" be-
fore the Weather Bureau was invented
people tried to predict storms and fair
weather by certain signs. If the husks
were thick on the ears of corn, or II
hickorynuts and the like were abund-
ant there would be a hard long win
ter, and we still have a good deal of
respect for the Ground Hog. In the
Spring, when planting time drew near,
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The new field bread of the United
States army lie TO have its first field
trial in the Philippines II is much
like ordinary homemade" bread. ex-
cept that each loaf is baked separately
with thick. hard crust. which will
keep il in good condition for a fort
night After that il can be freshened
by dipping in water and rebaking.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-04-13
STORY Of ELM IS
TOLD BY THOMPSON
City Forester Gives Facts on
Trees to Be Planted
Here Arbor Day.
ELM HAS A BIG FAMILY
And There Is a Strong Re-
semblance Among the
Various Elm Species.
ELM HAS A BIG FAMILY

On Arbor Day $500 American
Elm trees will be planted in this
city by the school children. One of
the interested spectators will be
former Vice President Fairbanks.
Prof. J. F. Thompson, city forester,
in the following article tells of the
Elm family of trees-a timely and
interesting article.
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INVENTIONS SHOW
OPENS IN GOTHAM
tNational News Association

NEW YORK. April 1s.-The brain
children OF Thomas A. Edison and 9TH
er famous inventors of the present
day are to be seen in the Grand Cen
trail Palace, where the Inventions
Show opened today for a weeks run.
The exhibition has brought together
many of the important inventions and
labor-saving devices produced in the
last decade. One notable section as
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devoted 10 a loan exhibition from the
United States Patent Office, the feat
ures including the first. sewing ma
chine, the first automobile and the
first talking machine and electric
lamps.
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His Number,

He gazed tenderly into her eyes as
she spoke.
Life" she murmured dresmily, 'is
after all, nothing but a romance in
which we are the characters. moving
hither and yon as the supreme author
Of our being directs"
And in the novel Of your nfe." said
he tenderly. where do I come in?"
your" she answered with a smile.
"Oh, you are-let me see-oue, two.
three-you are Chap Seventeen."-Har-
pers' Weekly.
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Don't be surprised if you have an
attack of rheumatism this spring. Just
rub the affected parts freely with
Chamberlain's Liniment and it will
soon disappear. Sold by all dealers.