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The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1914-06-15
Sectional Politics

Atlanta, June 13. The premial
charge that Atlanta wants more
than her share of political honors
has bobbed up again in connec-
ton with this summers cam
paign. but Atlanta politicians say
that Macon and Sandersville,
from which the criticism princip-
ally comes might well remember
and apply to themselves the
words Of thatoheepopular vaude-
vile song.
you can't get anything On
me-.
Macon, they point out, had
United States Senator Bacon for
"a years: had a chief justice of
the supreme court, Judge Sim
mons, for many years; has had
the congressman from the 9th
district for practically forty
years; has had the attorney gen.
eralship Of the state in Col.
Thomas S. Fielder. And in the
present campaign Macon has one
candidate for governor, two for
United States senator and one
for the U. S. district attorney
ship.
Sandersville, which has had
Congressman H lar d ok for
twelve years. and Judge B. D.
Evans of the supreme court for
years, as we'll as the superior
court judgeship for that circuit,
has in the present race two candi-
dates for congress and two candi-
dates for the United States senate.
Atlanta politicians have always
held that it is the man himself
and not the geographical location
that counts. and from the Allan
tian's viewpoint it is all right for
Macon and Sandersville to have
all these political honors which
they have if they produce the
best men to fill the offices, but
what the Atlanta politicians re-
sent, in perfect good humor, is
that in the face of these facts
Atlanta should be criticized be-
cause it happens that two Allan
ia men loom up in the U. S. SEN
atorial situation. The Atlanta
view is not the local politicians,
say, that Atlanta has any more
rights than any other city, but
that a Georgian is a Georgian
and represents all of Georgia if
he is a true Georgian, no matter
what city or town he is from. 1t
is the old point of Zines of
thought rather than geographical
lines"
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Money On Farm Lands

| am now in position to secure
money or Ben Hill County farms.
Reasonable terms and quick SER
vice. Five years time. The most
rational and the only safe method
of owing money. Come to see me
and, if convenient, bring along
your deeds.
W. H. Horne,
18-tf $40 Garbutt-Donovan Bldg.
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HI---REINCARNATION
THE STORY OF A PRIVATE HELL

OF course, there was only one thing
of consequence-the reputation of that
other woman. If there had been any
thing between us, it would have been
different But the woman was Spotless,
absolutely And she was dead and be-
yond self-defense If any harm came
to her name, it would be by my act.
myself was solely and entirely respon-
sible for it. lay and cursed myself.
My thoughts danced TO and from one
subject to another with the unhealthy
hurry of feTerish night-avoiding the
more difficult places, drawn always
along the path of least resistance. And
very soon | lay, as had all the night
before, thinking of that woman's death !;
oppressed by the physical horror of it,
and the sense of personal regret. | had
not analyzed too closely the relation
into which the dead woman had come
to me- ] refused to do so. But / could
not refuse TO acknowledge that intol-
cradle choking sense OF regret which
burdened me that night and the night
before.
Night is the time, of course, when
the real sense of death-your own Or
another's-descends on you With me
it is always the same sensation-a ply
sical oppression, sense of weight on
my chest and lungs, strangling in my
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straight and tight, and her pale blue
eyes looked at me over the dogs body,
hostile and staring. Her whole face
seemed to have Sharpened. turned
the matter over in every possible way
in my mind. What was in her head
now? Was it jealousy? That was the
natural sequence of her worry about
her age; on. of the commonest diseases
of the population Of the apartment ho-
tel, always raging there, epidemic
] wondered, going home, whether it
could be true that she had been in town.
Was her conhdante, that old servant,
watching me? ] ran across the creature
continually. lurking about the halls. If
so, she was undoubtedly putting the
worst construction on my actions. They
do, quite naturally, in those places. Z
There was nothing, absolutely moth
ing, between us. In that early time
before had met my wife at all-it
might have been. Yes; if it had not
been for an accident-very Hkely. But
then, nothing. As a matter of fact, the
woman was not merely sick; she was
facing death.
/ hadn't realized this entirely before.
But ! had scarcely returned from my
visit with my wife when | met the
Scotchwoman in the hall, and she told
me-
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fore. All these tens of thousands who
died around me-but never one IN my
sight Il was horrible, horrible-l can't
say how horrible-this woman who died
with her eyes in mine. / can never en-
tirely forget them-the shock of It My
mind did not clear until that lean
Scotchwoman, as competent with death
as life, was putting me out of the room.
You'd better go now" heard her
say. She's dead"
That was 10 O'Clock at night. The
next afternoon my wife came home.
When ! entered the room that evening.
found her there. Involuntarily l
stood still on the threshold What was
she doing there?
Her actions did not reassure me. For
a moment we looked at each other.
Then, all at once, she burst into shrill
laugh.
How funny you look, Perkins" she
said. Did ! scare you?"
Her eyes were sharp, and her face
flushed. She seemed trembling with
excitement. On any or no excuse, she
broke into sudden laughter; and then,
just as suddenly, lapsed into Nsilence
again. She did frighten me, as mat
ter of fact. | had never seen her in
exactly that state before But l did my
best to keep my poiSe.
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You're back early, aren't you?"
said, as quietly as l could.
Not too early, Perkins" she AL
swered-and laughed again.
One thing noticed at Once-hcr
Pomeranian was gone.
Where's the dog?" | asked her.
81 killed him." she said calmly. Her
face was absolutely expressionless.
"Nonsense!" ! said. Where is he ?"
Don't you believe it," she answered.
Il did. / had him chloroformed. Moth
ing must come between you and me
now, must it. Perkins?" she went on
and gave another of those sudden
laughs. I'm home now, Perkins. And
| know just how to please you. We're
going TO have the time of our lives to-
gether."
l was thoroughly frightened now.
That was an ugly joke about the dog.
| didn't believe then, of course, that it
was true But the whole style of her
banter, the tones of her voice, were so
hard and ugly. She was very clearly
under great excitement. Why? l didn't
think-I didn't dare to.
What are you going to do to amuse
me tonight" she asked me suddenly.
at once proposed the theater-any-
thing to divert her mind. We went. 1t
was another vaudeville show, an in
terminable hodge-podge of vulgarity.
At o'clock-that was the hour OF the
funeral serviceS-I was watching an
armless man operating a trombone
with his feet. My wife was dull and
excitabIe by turns. / tried to entertain
her
Il never knew you to be so lively in
my life, Perkins" she said. when We ar
rived home. "You love me a lot, don't
you? You're so glad to see mel She
took my arm, anC rubbed up against me
like kitten, and laughed again-and
just as suddenly let go and drew away
from me.
You see the condition in which / en-
tered that night. The night before |
had slept practically not at all. That
night sleep was further away than ever.
lay and tried to force myself to think.
And failed.
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"Shc isn't so WELL" she said bluntly.
"She can't live very long. i think you
ought TO know il.
1t was heart disease, likely to culmi-
nate sometime in a sharp attack. | had
debated about correcting that misundcr-
standing. Nothing more had been said,
of course But | knew she still thought
me unmarried. Sooner or later, l un-
derstood. she would know But now
l couldn't do it! And | saw her often
er than before.
1t was my fault entirely. That's what
l want you to understand.
She was an extraordinary woman
intelligent, widely travelled, and, more
than that, an individuality very highly
developed-in this crowd of dressmak-
ers' marionettes. That was the chief
attraction-herself. But, besides this,
her situation-hera illness, her loneli-
nessi She had no relation, she told me |;
she was absolutely alone in the world.
She had furnished her quarters for
herself-a very beautiful living-room in
rose and gold, the colors of her dresses,
suited especially to her type and COM
plexion. She had that gift of success
full women, of creating an atmosphere
of their own which surrounds them.
She sat most often, toward the last, in
a long, yellow-covered reclining chair,
by the main lamp in the room-a slen-
der electrolier with a rose-colored
shade. Occasionally she played her
piano. with a somewhat limited range.
She lacked the fire and force for the
fAr.,,e Af emotion Snrf7a
little Chopin, some Beethoven; but
mostly the melancholy Schumann-the
Night Pieces, the bright little fragments
of the Carnival but, more frequently
than any one thing, "Warum." You
know it. probably haunting, insistent,
pleading little thing, most melancholy,
of course.
This went on-I saw her-several
weeks. One night / was there in her
rooms. An attack came And she died
practically in my arms
II may seem strange to you-a doc
tor; but had never seen death be-
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throat, which sooner or later, if it per-
sISts, drives me TO my feet, catching for
air.
| had no idea how long I lay there
in that wretched condition. not moving,
with that sensation growing constantly
heavier and more oppressive. There
was something adding vaguely to it. My
mind moved back and forth, recalling
the past few weeks; color and sound,
the room of rose and gCfd, the music,
her dreSs-her perfume. Suddenly it
came to me. That was it-that per-
fume! 1t seemed to me | smelled it
again, in that room.
/ lay still by main will power and
argued il through, until at last | con-
vinced myself that the thing was i'm
possible. 1t was the faintest conceiv-
able suggestion of the scent, if anything.
Unquestionably it was my imagination.
But the thing was too much for me at
last. 1t was physically impossible for
me to lie there any longer. got up and
went into the living-room, and sat there
and read the remainder of the night.
What are you prowling around for?"
my wife called to me, as / passed her
bedside.
81 can't sleep" l said.
oh she said, and nothing more.
That next morning. for the first
time, saw that expression she has
worn so often since-that curious small
smile II was unpleasant, even then;
but relief from the laughter of the
night before, anyway There was no
more of that harsh banter of the first
night. In fact, there never was again.
She seemed much quieter, and much
more like herself The absence of the
dog seemed queerer than anything else
to me She said nothing more about
him, but he never appeared again. She
had probably told the truth about him.
She had really had him killed, l think
r0w.
With the daylight I very quickly re-
assured myself. The whole thing had
been a trick of my imagination. And
that next nightCI made up my mind, l
would have some sleep. | had been two
nights without it.
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He stopped, passed his hand over his
face. oh, she'll break mel" he said,
and waited again. several seconds more
Whats the usc?'
A revulsion of feeling came over him
all at once. This is a mistake;
shouldn't have talked at all" he said,
seized his hat, and bolted out the door.
He never came back again. l don't
know suppose he thought he'd talked
too much. l saw him just once more,
a few days afterward, on the street.
There was a small blond woman with
him; they walked along, looking straight
ahead, without talking-as so many
married couples do.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-04-17
Should Huerta Refuse to Comply With
American Demand Peaceful Block
ade VIII Be Attempted and
War Would Be Result
HUtRTES Fate RESTS IN HIS OWN HANDS
Secretary Daniels Today Ordered Cruiser
Cleveland at San Francisco to Steam
To Mazatlan Immediately.

a ships orderly, in full uniform, in
Vera Cruz on business for the United
States, had been arrested and held
for several honrs.
Mexieans Board American Boat and
Take Men Of
II was made known today that
when the American marines from the
Dolphin arrived at Tampico. Mexicans
went aboard their boat and took two
OF them on and placed them under ar
rest and others were taken after
they had landed.
This act is regarded by expert in
ternational lawyers here as an act of
war.
Secretary Daniels today ordered
the cruiser Cleveland. which is at San
Francisco. to steam to Mazatlan inn
mediately. Six battleships are al
ready on the west coast.
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IMPROVEMENTS AT THE FIRE
STATION

Fire Chief Chambers says that he
has now accomplished what he has
been trying to do for some time. He
has arranged so that he can give a
fire alarm direct from the fire sta
ton to the water company, and has
the direction for calls so arranged
that it will be possible for him to 10
cate fire before leaving the station
For instance, the water hydrant al
the corner of Watula and South
Third streets is known as fire plug
90" Instructions are printed in
large letters on a card placed on the
telephones in that neighborhood to
ring fire plug 49," and to state wheth'
er or not the fire is north, east, south
or west of the said plug. When this
information is received at the station
the chief locates the fire instantly,
and saves probably several minutes
by it. In phoning the alarm to the
water pumping station the direct
pressure is at once turned on, and
unless the fire has quite a big start
the chief and his men can soon have
it under control.
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LAKE KERR

On Wednesday, April Mr.. and
Mrs. Geo. H. Smiley left for Mime
waska, N. Y. and the same day Mr..
and Mrs. Geo. Davis left for Tillson.
N. Y.
Miss Myrtle Hicks is home from
Oxford where she has been attnding
school,
Last week r.. r. kellogg captured
an alligator measuring five feet four
inches. Claude kellogg was fortunate
enough to get one also the day be-
fore he left for Mattawan, Mich.
At the social gathering Friday even
ing Miss Myrtle Hicks favored the
company with a historical recitation,
Joan of Arc" which was duly .appre-
ciated and applaused.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. F. Smiley and Mr..
and Mrs. G. Woodruff were the next
winter visitors to take their depar-
ture, both parties left on Easter Mon
day. Mr.. and Mrs. Smiley went to
Minnewaska, N. Y, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Woodruff to Bayonne, N. j.
The Easter Sunday services was
conducted by Mr.. and Mrs. A. F. Smi-
ley and was particularly interesting.
The usual interest being maintained.
although our number is growing less,
we. regret to say. Master Wesley
Floyd gave an Easter selection. Mrs.
S. B. Atwood will act as organist in
place of Mrs. A. F. Smiley.
Miss Ida Snow is house guest at
the Hicks residence.
The worst storm of the season
visited Lake Kerr Thursday. April 9,
many pines fell in the path of the
hurricane. There was also some hail.
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Billie Smith, our bachelor Scotch
man is making things hum on the
farm these days. He and Grady Martin
who are farming together appear to
be setting a precedent for the other
farmers of the community in point of
getting things going Corn, cane, Irish
potatoes, sweet potatoes ETC., all
growing and looking very promising
indeed.
Miss Cornelious Martin of Island
Grove, and Miss Hester Boyer of
Boardman, who have been visiting
the family of w. l.. Martin have re-
turned home.
Mr.. Brown is a new addition to our
community. He is building near the
George Turner place. We haven't
talked with him yet to find out his
native state, etc., but suffice it to say
he has the appearance of a worthy
gentleman.
Mr.. George Turner made business
trip to Birmingham last week return
ing Thursday. He says that farming
operations along the route appear to
be somewhat delayed this spring.
MARTIN.
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$50 A YEAR
LAKE WEIR w. c. T. U.

The Lake Weir Union held their
regular meeting at Weirsdale Thurs
day, April 8. The meeting opened
with a song, followed by reading OF
End Psalm and prayer by Mr.. Reed.
The roll was called and approval OF
minutes of previous meeting given.
Three billie were ordered paid, one
for the anti-cigarette day expenses,
one for song books and a bill OF Mr..
Richie for stationary.
A vote of thanks was given Mr..
Richie for a discount allowed us on
his bill.
A letter from Mrs. Northup was
read and laid by until next meeting.
A protest was circulated to be sent
to the Woman's World, in regard to
the century of songs. The secretary
was instructed to write to Mrs Lane
about organizing union at Fruitland
Park. A report was given that the
Robson resolution sent by the union
to the Christian Endeavor Convention
at Gainesville was adopted by $50
votes. That presented at the Presby-
terrain church at Weirsdale represent
ed So votes. The resolution was adopt
ed by the Lake Weir Union and they
voted to send copies to public gather
ings. 1t was moved and carried that
the voters be requested to sign petit
ton for constitutional amendment in
favor of prihibition.
Meeting adjourned.
Anticigarette Program
The following program was rendered
under the auspecies of the Lake Weir
Union at the Presbyterian church at
Weirsdale, Sunday morning April 5th-
Welcome Song.
Invocation,-Rev.. Logan.
Exercise, Cigarette Girls
Song, We're Coming.
Recitation,-Th Girls.
citation,-Clarence Siler.
Exercise, On the Street Corner.
Song, Let the Cigarette Alone.
Demonstration by the children.
MINNIE d. ALBERTSON,
Press Supt.
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WoMEN's VOTES AND FREE LOVE

Hamlet-Do you see yonder cloud
that's almost in shape of a camel?
Polonius-By the mass, and tits
like a camel, indeed.
Ham-Methink it is like a weasel
Pol-It is backed like weasel.
Ham-Or like a whale?
Pol-very like a whale.
Hamlet" Act III, Sce-e 2.
To the imagination of the "anti-
woman suffrage takes various porten-
tious and fearsome shapes. But it has
remained for a recent "anti" to see in
it grave menance to marriage. "The
infamous ethics of the feminist move
ment will destroy the sanctity of the
home,' he says. "The majority Ct wo-
men who vote will be those who will
advocate free love, and the result
will be that women will be unsexed."
If women are unsexed there will be
no perpetuation of the race and con-
sequently no suffragists to worry
about. But what evidence to support
his fears does the gentleman find in
the states where women already vote :?
Is feminist free love breaking up
homes in California and Oregon?
There are enough logical and ra-
tional objections to woman suffrage
available for those who oppose it
without the need of recourse to fan
cied perils. Marriage has not been
affected adversely by mems -yoting;l
why should voting by women affect
it, except, perhaps, to strengthen its
bonds? The theory that women will
make use of their new-won political
power to put themselves at disad-
vantage socially is illogical and takes
no account of the fact that it is to
women that marriage mainly owes
it's sanctity.-Enid (Okla) Events.
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special Cor. Ocala Banner:

Special Cor. Ocala Banner:
Struggling reports continue to come
in from the hail stricken districts. l..
B. Jordan, with two-horse load of
people including his own family and
some of the neighbors and their chill
dre2, was caught out in the storm. In
trying TO get the horses from the
wagon Mr.. Jordan's hands and arms
were exposed to the hail, and were
badly bruised The hail went through
the roof of Mr.. George Cartons resi-
dence and piled up on the overhead
ceiling to such an extent that it was
required to be shoveled out the follow
ing day. Oranges and peaches were
stripped from the trees. In the pine
woods the ground is solidly covered
with pine burrs and small limbs which
were torn from the trees.
Alma Jordan, who is attending
school in Ocala spent Sunday at
home. She was accompanied by the
children of Mr.. and Mrs. w. R.
Bryce.
Mr.. w. H. Whitford is repairing the
,, large barn of Jimmie Hall. Jimmie
and Willie Hall have been shipping
citrus fruit quite extensively for the
past month.
The Farmers Protective Associa
ton held quite an interesting meet
| ing last Saturday evening at the
school house. Several new members
were added and quite a number OF
| matters of Importance to the commu
nifty and association were discussed
Among other things it was decided
to have social evening Wednesday
%. The leading feature will be chick
en- pilau in the afternoon on the lawn
at the home of the president of the
association, Mr. w. L. Martin. Quite
an active interest is being manifested
and no doubt there will be very
seccessful afternoon spent.
The association is now in readiness
to consider propositions from mer-
chants in regard to buying supplies
in bulk. The association believes that
it will be able to buy these supplies
in car load lots.
Mr.. Grady Martin spent Sunday at
Fairfield and Boardman.
Mr.. ]. G. Easterling, of the firm of
Easterling Brothers, was in from his
farm near the Withlacoochee river
Tuesday, with sample of cantaloupe
vines, which persons engaged in the
same business said were more adj
vanced than any they had seen. They
were reminders that we will soon be
feasting ION this luscious fruit. De-
spite rain, hail, wind and cold wealth
er, Florida is going to supply the mar
kets with watermelons, cantaloupes,
cucumbers, beans and every tempt
ing fruit and vegetable. A great state
is Florida-the land of fruits and veg
etables, as well as flowers.
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HUERTA WILL SALUTE AMERICAN
FLAG OR ATLANTIC FLEET WILL
SEIZE TAfPLCO And VERA CRUZ

received, and offers ground for hope
that the club win be represented:
Your most courteous invitation,
sent in the name of the State Press
Association to the Gridiron Club, in
viting the members to attend the
State Press convention to be held at
Fort Myers April 1925, has been re-
ceived, and l hasten on behalf of the
club to acknowledge it and thank
you for it. l shall take great pleasure
in placing the courteous invitation
before tie cfnb, at it's next meeting,
April IL. will notify you of the clubs
actinn il the er."-Times-U Union.
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FOR THE LEGISLATURE

The friends of VIM. T. Henderson
of Lynne hereby announce his name
as a candidate for the legislature, be-
fore the democratic primary in June.
Mr.. Henderson being a tiller of the
soil, and a public spirited, enterpris-
ing citizen, we respectfully solicit a
good patronage of votes for him at the
approaching primary election.
Very respectfully,
ad-tf FRIENDS.