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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-11-21
cHAs. E. vARnEy coMIne
wilt Deliver Next Number Of Lecture
Course November Is

The next number of our
lyceum course is a lecture by
Charles E. Varney. A breadth
of experience, a liberal educa-
tion and a genial disposition
together with a goodly pres
ence and a rich voice make
him a splendid platform speak
er.
Charles E. Varney has pass
ed through some grinding ex
perjences in the earlier strug-
giles of his life. He has had a
steady rise to his present suc-
cess, by sheer force of hard
work and determination.
He is an interesting speaker
and will make good with the
people of this community. He
ought to have a large hearing.
Reserve the date of Wednesday,
November 26, for Charles E.
Varney's lecture.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-11-21
WOMAN SUFFRAGE PERIL.
! am led to make Z few re-
ma rlra nm vnnnam snfPra~n II -

am led TO make q few re-
marks on woman suffrage. It n
q beautiful dream that female
suffrage Win purify politics.
But the vital and important
thing for us to consider = the ef-
feet on women themselves. We
had better endure the evils Of
corruption In politics and de-
bauchery In our government
than bring about Z condition
which will mar the beauty and
dim the luster Of the glorious
womanhood with which we have
been familiar. ! know the de-
mand for suffrage on the part
Of women is growing too fast for
old fogies like me to stop It. ex-
cept possibly In the. south and
New England. where conserya-
tism Is more strongly intrenchod
than anywhere else in the coun-
try. sincerely helieve that the
I nsefulneas and goodness OF wO-
man vary ilyersely as the extent
Of her participation In politics.
! believe she will improve poll
tics, but ultimately politics win
destroy her. And when our good
wognen are no longer to be found
I tn doom Of tl,e republic Il near.
Senator Hen Tillqan 4
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-11-21
IN COUNTY COURT

On Friday. hearing on peti-
ton for letters of administra-
ton in the estate of Frank
Donaho, late of Lansford: John
Mckenzie appointed admin
strator and qualified.
On same day, hearing on
final account in estate of the
late Sarah Smith; account al
lowed and final decree issued.
There was also hearing on
final account in the guardian
ship Of John c. Waddle ct AL.
minors. account allowed and
guardian discharged.
On Friday there was also a
hearing on a petition to parti-
ticn rcat sestatc 'beiursRinR q
the guardianship of Evar Leck.
man. This matter was taken
under adyisement.
The will of Knut X. Hagen,
late of Landa. was admitted to
probate and Calvin Peterson
qualified as executor.
Monday hearing on petition
for the appointment of guar
dian Of Hazel Cole, ct al. mi
nors. Thos. Taylor of Omemee
was appointed guardian.
Tuesday, hearing on report
of mortgaging real estate in
the estate of Matilda Stolp;
proceedings were confirmed.
Wednesday, adjourned hear
ing on report for, nortgaging
real estate in the estate of
Chas. Pugh; mortgages con-
frmed.
Yesterday there was a hear
ing on report for mortgaging
real estate in the estate of
James A. McFarlane; mortgage
confirmed.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-11-21
IMMIGRATION EVILS.
For years the United States

For years the United States
has endeavored to correct Its
immigration laws. Every think
ing person knows that some
thing must be done to check the
Influx. Now that it has become
necessary to conserve our ma
tiOnai resources s--O,lr timber, our
coal lands. our water power sites
1T stands to reason that this
conservation is intended for our
children and not for the chill
dren OF the hOrdes now in
southern Europe +" The
outbreaks of the Industrial
Workers Of the World aud the
growth Of socialism In this cOun-
try may be directly charged to
this great incoming Heterogeneous
mass Of undesirable wage cut
ting inha bitants. many Of them
admittedly temporary inhabit-
ants, who. before they have
learned to speak our language
and before they know Of our GUS
toms and institutions. are taught
by foreign horn agitatOrs to hate
the United States and to con-
tribute their money and their
energies 10 Il revolution. blood
less or otherwise. which plots
the downfall Of our present form
OF government. Congressman
Albert Johnson OF Washington.
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STATE SCHOOL OF FORESTRY

A literary society has been
organized with the following
officers: President, Fl Z | e II
Rae; secretary. Clara Wood7
ward; treasurer, Katherine
Rae; vice president, Robert
K ue e; sergeant alarms,
Francis O'Connor; doorkeep-
ers, John Condie and John
Callahan.
The second demonstration
lesson by the cooking class was
given last Friday. The sub
ject was salads. The de-
nonstration was we'll attended
by the ladies. The next public
lesson will be given at 2: 80
o'clock on the afternoon of Fri.
day, December 5.
The contract for the heating
plant in the greenhouse has
been let to Crane & Ordway.
Shipment of materials has
been started and the actual
installation begins next week.
Work has been received that
the manual training benches
were shipped on November 1.
This means that they will soon
be in place. The boys have
waited very patiently for them
and will enjoy starting at the
actual work with the tools.
The first basketball game of
the season for the School of
Forestry will take place on
Thanksgiving day at 2: 80 in
the afternoon. The game will
be with the Westhope high
school. AZ the Forestry team
have had but little practice and
arc all mostly new to the game
all that they hope to do is to
hold down the score. How
ever, the game will undoubted.
ly be fast and interesting. The
WesthOpe team is noted for it's
quick, accurate play.
The Bottineau County Bank
has offered twenty-five dollars
for medals this year to stud
ents of the State School of
Forestry. The contest is to
consist of papers upon agricul-
tural subjects. The subject for
1013-10l4 being The Advant-
ages Of Stock Raising over
Grain Growing The papers
are to be in the hands Of the
president on or. before March
l. They will then be turned
over to q committee for grad
ing. The judges will not
know who wrote the papers, az
they will not be signed hut will
bear a mark for Identification.
The winner Of this contest will
receive a gold medal and the
writer Of the next best paper
will be presented with a silver
medal. The winning papers
will BE- read at q public meet
ing during the latter part of
March, al which time the med.
als will Be awarded.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-11-21
North Dakota Farm Statistics Rvn late
Eys-0psnlsg Figures
GRAM sRoWIua AND pAlRYIne
labor's Report OF AgvlcuO-
tuvaI Activities For 1919

The State Com mmiesiOner of
Agriculture has announced
striking statistics covering the
states agricultural activities
for 1918. Grain growing and
dairying are both covered. and
the report substantiates the
assertion that live stock breed
ing is becoming a greater
factor in the state.
This year there were "a, 1877
farms operated with a total
acreage of %, 1884, ,341, of which
15, 400, 101 are cultivated.
Grain yields for 1912, with
acreage, also are reported as
follows:
Spring wheat-7,O7 742 acres
1O4, 2O1, ,891 bushels produced,
averaging Is. 40 per acre.
Durum wheat-5A. 393 acres;
8, 793, 72l bushels produced,
averaging 1877 bushels per
acre.
Fourteen thousand acres of
durum wheat sown was not
harvested, while about 300, 600
acres sown to spring wheat
was not harvested, hail and
other forces being to blame.
Winter wheat-6, 856 acres;
66, 500 bushels, averaging 1881
bushels an acre.
Flax, $40. OH acres; 13, O2S,-
728 bushels, averaging 9.29
bushels an acre.
Oats-Average yield increase
of from ~. 40 bushels an acre to
"a, 60 bushels AN acre. Total
acreage l,94S. 6O6; 81. 424. .948
bushels.
Barley, ,398.8l6 acres; N,-
O99, 5l4 bushels produced, aver
aging 1852 bushels an acre.
The acreage and yield almost
doubled compared with the
previous year.
Hulless barley-Increased
yield from 1917 bushels to
more than 1900.
Spring rye Increase of more
than 100 acres, with yield of
$50, 295.
Winter --l95, $50 acres;
2, $50. l79 bushels produced,
with average of 1886 bushels
an acre.
Speltz i 1920, 495 h II s h Z Is
produced. averaging 80. 81 bu.
an acre.
Garden prOducts-$22O. 579.65
us against $l67. 7.278.6i for the
year previous.
Poultry and eggs $9OS. 226.-
3S. as against $40. 697.7 u for
the year previous.
Butter made in dairies drop
ped from lO.O4O,2lO pounds to
8. N)9, go pounds.
Pounds of milk and cream
sold increased from l.343, 321
pounds of milk to 1886, 1853 of
cream. to 3.694, 635 pounds of
milk and 9,S4l,3 1892 pounds Of
cream.
For cream and milk sold to
cheese factories aud creatneries
the farmers received 81, ,307,-
O77.55, as against $SO8, 125. 40
for the year previous.
Milking cows increased from
1Sl, 750 to 100. 1924.
Horses increased from 5O8,-
895 to 538. 743 head.
Cattles of all kinds fell from
N7, 201 to 534, 638 head, because
of the closing out Of several
big ranches in the western part
of the state, while sheep fell
off about 5O.O0O head for the
same season. -WillistOn Her
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-11-21
NleN SCHOOL NOTES

T Senior: Say, l call this
tough. After learning that
Gettysburg speech good and
thorough once, now we have to
No and learn it all over again.
! The schedule for basketball
games is being rapidly filled
and the teams are about ready
for them.
Coach Healey is giving the
boys some hard work and they
are doing sp'endidly. The girls
were little late in getting
started but work hard. With
eight organized teams the gym
floor hardly has time to cool off.
Some excellent apparatus for
demonstrations in electricity
and light has been placed in
the laboratory.
Thursday evening. the tiftieth
anniversary of Lincoln's speech
was observed by the Crescent
Literary society. Twenty four
slides showing the life of Lin
coin and twenty-four showing
scenes of Gettysburg We're
shown.
The senior-sopl,oinore and
the ior-freshman divisions
Of the Crescent society have
organized aud the lot fell to the
former to put ON the program
for December 5th.
What became of that chal-
lenge the seniors got to debate.
did they get scared:
Bettlaeau County Births
To Mr.. and Mrs. Lars Lar
son of Lansford, on TUESDAY,,
October %. twins, son and
daughter.
To Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Hunt.
er Of Lansford. Thursday, Octo-
ber 80. daughter.
To Mr.. and Mrs. Gus Reiber
of WesthOpe. on Saturday Nov
ernber l, a son.
To Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Lee of
Lansford, on Wednesday,
November >, a daughter.
To Mr.. and Mrs. q. Baggen-
stoss of Lansford. on Thursday,
November 6. son.
To Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Ha-
gen of Lansford, on Friday,
November Z, q son.
To Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Camp
bell Of Max base, on Wednesday
November IL, daughter.
To Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Mar
tin Of Kramer, on Saturday.
November 8, a son.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-11-21
0aly court Cases Being Heard at the
Court houso
TWO GAMBLERS PLEADED GUILTY
Ok Aliens Admitted to citizenship
end . Number os Civil
Cases are Heard

NukOy 1IOuUdy night anu AT q
p. m. the November term of
district court was convened.
There is no jury in attendance
at this term and only court
cases will be tried. The calen.
dar was called Monday night
and the cases to be tried dur
ing the term set.
On Tuesday naturalization
papers were issued to the fol-
lowing aliens.
William Smith Hunter of
Souris, a native of Norway;
witnesses, p. B. Stanton and
Henry w. Peterson.
Robert Bernhard Lauckner
of Kramer, a native of Ger
many; witnesses, George E.
Cloves and Ernest Lauckner.
Peter Werness of Landa, a
native of Norway; witnesses,
Rasmus Hunskor and Andrew
'Rosendahl.
James Wellington Jackson of
Bottineau, a native of Canada;
witnesses, Hugh Nichol Sr.,
and Henry Warner.
Peter Andreas Larson of
Landa, a native of Norway:
witnesses, Knute Larson and
A. r. Taralseth.
John johnson of Landa, a ma
tive of Norway; witnesses.
Tosten BjoIGpe and Ole Holen.
The fir6t cAse called for trial
ne the&E3rst State bank OF
Eckman 70. Martinius A. Bak-
ke, John p. Haugen. the La
Port Cattle company. State
Bank Of Newburg, State Bank
Of Maxbass and w. III. Godfrey.
The case arose from the fore
closure by publication of the
defendant, Bakke's, half-sec-
tion farm near Eckman by the
bank and the testimony covers
his transactions with the bank.
On Tuesday. Ed Lennon,
agent for the 500 at Hurd. who
was recently arrested on the
charge of maintaining a gatnbl-
ing place in the Hurd depot,
was arraigned and entered a
plea of guilty. He was fined
$25 and costs (amounting to
$22. 4O) and sentenced to serve
D Jail sentence of thirty days.
The Jail sentence was suspend-
ed upon payment of the fine
and costs.
On Wednesday. D.L.c'Doc")
Thompson of Omemee entered
a plea of guilty to gambling
charge and was given a $50
fine and a forty day Jail SEN
tence, with ten days additional
in default of payment Of the
fine and costs. The building
in which he operated in One
NEE was ordered closed for a
period of one year. The charge
against him of carrying con-
cealed weapons was dismissed
by the states attorney.
The Dunbar-D0rr contrOver-
sy over the draining of high
way in Scandia township was
settled.
Yesterday testimony wa 8
taken in the divorce case of
Katherine Korte We. Gerhard
Korte Of Lansford: and in the
case Of ]. S. Shelter vs. Dave
Carroll of Blaine township.
The latter 10 a controversy
over accounts.
Today the case of IverListoe,
y. j. Glomseth and Christian
Noun W. John r. Krogan. an
action brought by the plaintiffs,
seeking TO enjoin Mr.. Krogen
from interfering with the flow
Of water from one Of the lakes
in the hills near his farm.
Court will probably adjourn
tomorrow.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-11-21

Marriage licenses have been
issued as follows:
julius Shellerud of Maple
Greek, Saskatchewan, and Miss
Amalia Wall of Bottineau.
Chester A. Pope and Mrs.
Ella ]. FOllis, both of Omemee.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-11-21
lsthsras cbsssh

There will be services in
English next Sunday evening
at 1850. We do enjoy seeing
you there.
Services at II a. m. in the
ManGers church. At 3 p. m.
Young Peoples society at the
same place.
Fl. n. Bake, pastor.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-11-21

The Postum Cereal comp
any's demonstrators will be at
+. +. Woods store from Mon
day. November 24th to Satur-
day, November 20. and will be
pleased to serve all who call
with cup of the new food
drink, instant Postum, also
with a dish of the foods, Post
Toasties, Grape Nuts and Post
Tavern porridge. You are all
cordially invited. (15)
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-11-21
We Reach tho people

Its usefulness is unlim tied.
Use the long distance service
of the Northern Telephone Co.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-11-21

Advertising in The courant
brings results.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-11-21

Frank B. Feetham Of Grand
Forks. v. Ormsby Soule Of
Westhope, John 3. Martin and
D. 4. Kennedy Of Maxbass and
Ralph G. Morton Of Lansfords
1are the ont Of town stforneys
in attendance il district court.
Evening star., 1913-10-05
The Two Kinds

The Two Kinds
a He
in professional For
unaduted wisdom the several million who record
those who dont!
habit what philosophers call ui
o significance There just two
kinds of like. and those don't
this because of the spirit of it.
OUR specially
~ which has Torchy
distinguished there good deal Of truth that
should
started brilliantly last June
thoughts that
trouble sufficiently
to Ev ematrnn the play much 10
Maybe there
JUDITH
S
there is looming interesting love
THE
MACHINES fighting engines and his particular to show that the
take the ainen much seriously than we do
Hernia Normandy
nothing
This his strongest and best % thus far The has illustrated
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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1913-05-15

No. 63-SUPERIoR FANCY WORK OUTFIT. This
beautiful outfit is certainly the biggest and
the hest bargain ever offered to those interested
in embroidery. 1t contains l large tray, size
SKY inches stamped on imported Irish linen.
doilies to match, 519x514 inches, stamped on
imported Irish linen. oblong pillow top, size
17x21 inches, hand tinted on ecru art cloth 1
bone stilleto for punching holes for eyelet en-
broidery. 10 skeins of white embroidery cotton
for working the various designs. IL embroid-
cry needles, different sizes. large sheets of
Superior transfer patterns, size l8x2i inches,
containing, baby bib, cap and shoes to match,
also panels for dress, complete corset cover,
also designs for lingerie, complete alphabet.
II assorted sprays of flowers suitable for scarf,
pin cushion, table covers, etc. Illustrations
for using are included with each sheet The
perforated stamping outfit which is included in
this bargain consists of l shirt waist design,
tiront, collar and cnti), shirt panel and hat to
match Chat also can be used for an Is inch cen
terpiece), belt, calendar, towel, and many de-
signs not shown in illustration; cake of su-
perior stamping preparation. and full and ex-
plict directions for transferring the perforated
patterns to cloth without the use of hot iron
If you bought each of the above separately they
will cost you several dollars. We will send you
for short time only, the entire outfit for the
special price OF 70 cents
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1913-05-15

9275-9224-HoME OR AFTERNOON DRESS. Com
posed of ladies' skirt pattern 1921 and ladies'
sailor blouse pattern 9275 The skirt has a
habit back and the waist may be finished with
full length or three quarter length sleeves. AS
here shown, white corduroy with trimming of
blue linen was used. The waist is cut in
sizes, 49, a. sc, SO, 40 and az inches bust meas.
ure The skirt in sizes, %, "a, 26, % and 30
inches waist measure. 1t requires 7 yards of 40
inch material for the sc inch size for the entire
costume. This calls for two separate patterns
which will be mailed to any address on receipt
OF Ice for each pattern in silver Or stamps.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1913-05-15

We illustrate herewith a combination OF
breakfast cap, fancy apron, centerpiece, and
pillow. Apron and cap are stamped on fine
white lawn, centerpiece on hite art linen and
the pillow on brown Holland linen. With each
article we will include skeins OF Whlte en- =
broidery cotton, l package of needles aud a
complete course in embroidery and fancy work,
illustrating all the principal stitches and max
ing embroidery so simple that any child can
do it, We will send any one Of these articles,
including the skeins of cotton, package OF
needles and lesson in embroidery for 25c, or the
articles for 75c send coin-no stamps ac-
cepted. Order by number-Cap 101, apron 1O2;
centerpiece 103, pillow top lO4.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1913-05-15

915S-LADIEs' PRINCESS SLIP. This design is
fitted by bust darts, underarm md shoulder
seams and back darts 1t may be developed
with circular or strait gathered hounce,
sleeves. The pattern is cut in sizes, 80, 81, &c.
SO. 40 and AZ inches bust measure. 1t requires
556 yards of 36 inch material with 21s yards ex-
ira for straight tiounce, or 23s yards extra for
the circular hounce for So inch size A pat
tern of this illustration mailed to any address
on receipt of 100 in silver or stamps.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1913-05-15

When ordering patterns please state
SIZE of pattern desired to avoid any
unnecessary delay.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1913-03-13
SUCCESS WITH POULTRY.

/ have been raising chickens for
lie past ten years and have learned
that raising chickens is not all song,
bat some work. Yet it is a very
pleasant work.
Last year | kept an account Of all
iced used, all chickens and eggs sold,
md d all chickens and eggs used on
the table. My sales for chickens and
.ggs amounted to $135, and chickens
md riggs used for the table were
worth $35. The feed used amounted
20 $50. | have left IS hens and
three fine cocks.
My success is due to the attention
| give chicks. I select strong healthy
parent birds, and keep them proper
y fed and housed.
Two-year.old hens are the ones to
breed from. | never use pullPt eggs
for breeding purposes.
use the natural method" ofin-
cubation, and raise 50 per cent Of
matches.
The old saying, An ounce of pre-
vention isworth a pound of cure" il
true with raising chicks. | always
start when sitting my hens. | hav,
a good lice powder to dust over the
hens every few lays while sitting, to
keep off lice and mites. give the
hen a thorough busting with the lice
powder, when Itake her off with her
brood. Then put them in dry coop
With dirt floor.
For the first feed give them fresh
bread crumbs. Then for the first two
week fee them three times a day,
all they will eal UP clean of dry feed
[ never use the old-time cornmeal
dough, but use crushed corn, crush
ed peas and bran. After chicks are
two weeks old they are allowed free
range and are fed three times a day.
/ keep clean fresh water before them
at all times. | use some milk for
them, feeding it in shallow pans. ]
hardly ever have any sick fowls. ]
work to prevent diseases.
My chicken house is cleaned out
each week, and all rcosting poles are
sprayed once month with kerosene.
For every ten or u hens allow one
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1913-03-13

cock. Every two years | get new
stock to keep my flock healthy and
strong.
! feed my hens in the morning a
mash made from bran and table
scraps. For the evening meal | feed
grain, corn, PEI s. and oats scattered
in litter. We hive oats planted near
the house where they eat all they
wish. and slimmilk fine for lay
ing hens. In the spring we plant
sunfowers and sorghum near the
house. We find the seed of both fine
for chickens.
As my husband is a farmer we
use only such grains as he raises at
home.
We have a great disadvantage as
to market, as we live nine miles from
the town yet we know there is a
good living in The poultry business.
/ prefer Barred Rocks to any othe
breed. Mrs. Frank Mitchell, in The
Progressive Farmer,
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1913-03-13
The Largest Magazine in the
World.

ToDAY's MAGAZINE is the largest
and best edited magazine published
at soc per year. Five cents per copy
at all news lealers. Every lady who
appreciates a good magazine should
send for a free SAM lie copy and pre-
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MAGAZINE, Canton Ohio.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1913-03-13


Frank j. Cheney Ii axes ath that he is
senior partner of the firmoi f. j Cheney
4 Go doing business in tie City Of 10
ledo, County anG State Aforesaid, ana
that said finn viii pay Ties IN Of ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and ev-
cry case Of Catarrh that cannot be cured
oy the use of HALLS CAT ARRH CURE
FRANK j. CHENEY
Sworn to hefore n eand subscribed IN
my presence, this 9th day OF December,
A. d. 1886.
(Scall A. w. GLEASON.
n, tary Public.
Halls Caiarrh Cure taken internally
lnd acts { ir city upon the blood andmu-
'ous surf: ces OF the system. Send for
testimonials, free.
r. J. CHENEY & co, Toledo, O.
Sold by all Drug, ists, nc.
Take HalisFan lily Pillsfor constipation.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1913-03-13
Pecan Trees Ready
For january Delivery

TIE public is hereby informed that
our Nursery Stock of Pecan Trees, in
GLIDING tht best standard varieties Of
paper shell nuts, budded and grated,
will be rea y Tor delivery January LIST.
Also Japanese pcrsimmons and Satsuma
oranges in limited quantities.
Smithwick Orchard Co.,
Phone 593. Americus, Ga.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1913-03-13

VOTE for E. S. Ferguson, Jr.,
a native son of Lee. for the Georgia
State Senate in 1914.