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The Leader-enterprise and Fitzgerald press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1915-1915, 1915-11-16
steps will be taken to raise a part
if'not all Of the money.
As TO MISSIONS

ifnot all Of the money.
As TO MISSIONS
From The reports that have
come in from the different church
e8 it is shown that an advance of
more than $1,000 was made in
state mission receipts during the
past six months, as compared with
the same period the year before.
The slump in state missions in the
first part Of the year was over
5000 more raised for this interest
for the year than was raised last
year, Nearly $4,000 more was
contributed to state missions this
October than last October. The
receipts for all objects in October
were the largest for that month in
the history of the mission board.
The total receipts for state missions
for the past year are $62,578 and
the total receipts for all objects
fostered by the state mission board
are SPILL 92. With the state mis-
sion receipts running ever $4,000
ahead of last year and the state
mission expenditures cut down
$l0,O for the year, our indebted
ness will be greatly reduced.
DIR. JONES, THE PREACHER
The annual convention sermon
will be preached by DR.. M. Ashby
Jones, of Augustaorby DR.. D. w
The Leader-enterprise and Fitzgerald press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1915-1915, 1915-11-16
DIXIE HIGHWAY
As CONTEMPLATED

Key, Of Monroe, his alternate, DR..
Jones IS justly regarded as one Of
the strongest preachers and deepest
thinkers in tie convention, Dr..
Key is a man Of remarkable pulpit
power and tha convention is IS
sured of al unusual doctrinal ard
homiIetical feast.
There are in Georgia nearly u
thousand Baptist pastors, but not
more than 200 Of them generally
attend the convention meetings.
Last year at Carrolton, there were
358 messengers IN attendance and
ten visitors, all men, as the wo-
mer hold their meetings at a diff
erent time and place, Fitzgerald is
preparing to entertain not less
than 500 messengers. They will
represent $500 Baptist .schurche
with a membership of 100000.
The Leader-enterprise and Fitzgerald press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1915-1915, 1915-11-16

| make proper mention of the bid Ben Hill
ana Fitzgerald have made for the pro-
posed Dixie Highway. There may be
other roads better than the one leading
from Fitzgerald to Della, but have not
seen them. Smooth as "a single just
turned from the mill. built of clay and
gravel, and as hard as nails; so ovaled as
to insure perfect drainage; this run of
ten miles very neary touches the acme
in road building.
The highway has a width of thirty
five feet, with steel bridges over the
only two streams passed en- route to
ociila. These bridges are wide enough
to admit OF the passage of two autos
going in opposite directions.
LANE OF PEcANs
is PROMISED.
While the thoroughfare already is well
shaded, it is planned by the builders to
plant pecan trees on both sides from
fitzgerald to Ocilla. 1t Is figured that
in five or six years time they will have
reached such foliage as to insure. at
any hour Of the day, ten-mile lane
Of absolutely perfect shade If this idea
finally is carried out, it not only will
intensity the natural beauty of the route,
but viii be source of considerable profit
to the two counties directly interested.
Pecans are worth from 40 to 60 cents
per pound, and with twenty miles Of
trees twenty feet part, there would be
, some pecans to sell,
GENERAL NOTES reff~ q
AND FINS. .3aeq
Fitzgerald has two large cotto1 oil
mills within her limits, and six large
| Warehouses to handle her cotton re-
ceipi= THE largest cotton mill IN south
Georgia also is located there.
There ar? 7cc@2- & -,@?- industries
in Fitzgerald and Zen TIL that have.
not remotely referred to. They cen til
tute a valuable part OF the business of
the whole but being limited as to space,
1t was possible to skim over only. the
larger factors which censpire to the ex-
, pansio2 Of q greater Fitzgerald and a
bigger Ben dill-the latter not in miles
| OF area, but in output of soil.
Finally, it is difficult for me yet to I'M
derstand how this bow of so many
strings strung in a pine forest less than
twenty years ago could have done what
she has in the way of civic and physical
| development. Were it not for the evil
dence Of my eyes and the cold certainty
Of city and county figures I likely would
decline to believe that Fitzgerald earned
the distinction, the wonderful metropo-
lis of south Georgia"
| Whenever | think of Fitzgerald it will
be pleasantly, but in different way to
any other city, because it is different
city to any other city I ever knew or
heard Of
The Leader-enterprise and Fitzgerald press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1915-1915, 1915-11-16
HOMEGROWN BRooMs
is LATEST cAPER.

Autoing through what may very prop
erly be termed a section of these five
and ten acre tracts. came to a SPLEEN
did thirty acre field of broom corn. The
sight was novel and pleasing. Through
this range ran avenues of topped corn
being cured by the natural process OF sun
heat. 1 learned something of value right
there, namely, that when these tops fin
would produce still another crop of
brooms-yes, brooms.
This may sound rather farfetched, but
it is so near the actual fact as to be
perfectly admissible. And this is why:
The first row of broom corn is within
Forty yards of the owners home, barn
and outbuildings. The disable portion of
the corn, that is to say, the top, goes
from the field direct to the factory forty
yards away, where it quickly is whipped
into a real honest to- goodness broom,
from wiring to a painted handle and the
finished product sold to jobber or house
wife. If this doesn't mean literal home
grown broom, wouldn't know one if I
saw it.
. SO, then, what is done by this partic-
: ular broom maker can be done by others
He makes two profits-frst on the bare
straw shot up from the earth, and, sec
ond, a profit on the finished product
Simply can't be beat
I'm in love with these five and ten
acre tracts. Each spells independence
with a wide latitude of pursuits to at
tain it. But if 1 owned one or more
should follow trucking and poultry. al
lowing broom corning to go to the man
who is genius enough to grow finished
brooms on land that twenty years ago
was a pine forest.
The Leader-enterprise and Fitzgerald press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1915-1915, 1915-11-16
CIVIC IMPROVEMENTS
VALUABLE ASSET.

Fitzgerald owns her own light and wa
ter plant, with a day and night current.
At night the main thoroughfareS are
made brilliant through the use of calcium
and incandescent lamps, producing great
white ways" which would creditably re-
fleet the progressiveness of larger cities.
There is a paid fire department, head
ed by a capable chief. The effectiveness
of this branch OF the city government
is plainly shown in the small annual
losses. Fire chiefs throughout Georgia
recognize Fitzgerald's system as well
worth While, and endeavor to model after
he1.
Reference already has been made to
streets and parks, but it is not amiss
to repeat that these departments are
ably managed as S the policing of the
city. Every casual visitor to Fitzgerald
makes mental note c these essential fac
tors and rarely fails to give outward
evidence of his full appreciation.
The Leader-enterprise and Fitzgerald press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1915-1915, 1915-11-16

7n4 fail to see what this means to til
farmer as wen as the merchant in the
.city?
It is the boast Of the county commits
sicpers, and very modest beast it is
at that, that before very long there win
be IA good graded road right to the very
door OF every resident of Ben Hin With
50 much already accomplished, and en-
ploying the convict system of road build
ing, it is easily seen that the boast is
not an idle one.
The tax digest Of Ben Hin county
shows a property valuation of $4,75OO goo
with rate of $3.50. Considering the
manifold advantages the farmer reaps in
schools, good roads ana law and order,
the rate Is very moderate. The Same
applies to Fitzgerald.
DIXIE HIGHWAY
As CONTEMPLATED.
should feel myself most shameful1y
neglectful Of the rights Of the pleasant
task just about completed if I failed to
The Leader-enterprise and Fitzgerald press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1915-1915, 1915-11-16
CANE PROFITABLE;
OUTPUT GROWS.

Cane cultivation is one of the most
hopeful of the county's agricultural as
SETS new acreage being added every
year. Peas and potatoes are other ready
money crops, while alfalfa rapidly is
coming into general favor. The real ae-
''lculturist also will be interested in
knowing that rice, while hardly yet a
standard crop, is rapidly growing in
avor and futurists see thousands of
acres under cultivation in the course OF
the next few years. Every agreeable
fruit, including apples peaches, pears,
2lums and Strawberries, in addition to,
antaloupes and watermelons, thrive we'll
n Ben Hill. Each year witnesseA% an
increased export business in these house
hold commodities and the people of Ben
Hiu EXPECT to rank with the foremost
n these branches before many moons.
The Leader-enterprise and Fitzgerald press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1915-1915, 1915-11-16

Mrs. L. II. Tomblin will take in the
Harvest Festival before returning
home.
The Leader-enterprise and Fitzgerald press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1915-1915, 1915-11-16

bales per acre, while the average 70,
corn will approximate. twenty five bush
els per acre Wheat in this section of
Georgia is practically new, so far as ex-
tensiveness is concerned, but the aver
age yield, despite the lack of knowledge
as to how wheat must be treated, ranges
from twenty to twenty five bushels per
acre
The Leader-enterprise and Fitzgerald press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1915-1915, 1915-11-16
BIRDS OF FEATHER
FLOCK TOGETHER.

So, then, whatever 1 have heretofore
said of Fitzgerald that is bad, Indifferent
or good applies with full measure to the
county of Ben Hill. The two are as in
separable as the Siamese twins.
AS in the case of Fitzgerald, I shall
commence with the school system, be-
cause it is the backbone of the county S
civilization, though it's riches are God
given.
1t is not going too far to say that
the school system of Ben Hill county is
vastly superior to the average county
in Georgia, as well as the average county
in the southland. The school buildings,
many of them substantial stone struct-
ures, are modern in architecture and
The Leader-enterprise and Fitzgerald press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1915-1915, 1915-11-16
NC~NS%A SNA4O III IAN
FCADS-TAXES
FINE AND REASeNAELE.

The citizens OF Zen Hill do not think
themselves whit smarter than the
people of ether sections. But they do
affirm, and with a large measure OF
sruth, that they have conserved, pre-
served and added to their natural re-
sources shade mere prog es5ively than
some of their older neighbors. And they
have.
The Leader-enterprise and Fitzgerald press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1915-1915, 1915-11-16
HIGH STANDARD
is MAINTAINED.

In 1911 six tNacBkrs with normal ex-
perience were employed, but at this time
gust double this number are employed
There are "A members of the corn club,
as against So four years ago, while the
girls canning club has increased from
y in 1911 to 62 in 1915
If there is any other evidence needed
as to the progress of Ben Hill county
is making along educational lines do
not know what it is, unless it be added
that all the schools are up to the full
The Leader-enterprise and Fitzgerald press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1915-1915, 1915-11-16
Twenty Years Of Steady Growth Makes FITZGERALD
the Marvel Of the State

equipment. In 1911 the value of the
school property was, in round numbers,
$1s,6o0. while in 1915 the valuation is
$24,70O, an appreciation OF approximately
40 per cent.
During the last four years the attend
ance has jumped from SS5 in 1911 to
1,424 in 1915. This certainly is a most
excellent tribute to the efficiency of the
school system Four years ago the total
funds available for county school pur-
poses just exceeded $4,000, while for the
current twelve months it steps over the
$4,000 line. Nearly all the school build
ings are painted and equipped with pat
ent desks and such other appliances as
occasion demands
The Leader-enterprise and Fitzgerald press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1915-1915, 1915-11-16
Ben Hill County.

Personally, I think it is asking whole
lot of scribe to demand of him that he
go the limit of honesty-soup to nuts
in his transient vision of a municipality
as it appealed to him, and then, right
face-about, ask him to repeat the soup
andnuts idea, merely substitute the
nam of Ben Hill for Fitzgerald. In the
parlance of the street, it cant be did,
for the two are SO inseparably connected
that to tell of the merits of one is but
to sing the virtues of the other. But at
that, and despite the apparent contra
diction, 1 opine that Pen Hill county
owes q whole lot to Fitzgerald the diff
ferent city. The latter came into ex-
istence less than twenty years ago, while
Ben Hill dates only from 1907. The city
very well could have done without the
new county, but it is absolutely certain
that the new county could not have done
without FITZGERALD
The Leader-enterprise and Fitzgerald press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1915-1915, 1915-11-16
SToCK-cATTLE
SHOW INCREASE.

While Ben HILL in the main, has, lived
at home she nevertheless has been
somewhat Shy in the matter Of stock
and cattle raising. However, during the
last five years farmers have devoted
much of their time to these twin indus-
tries and they are able now to show an
increase in stock and cattle OF something
in excess Of 1000 per cent over the pre-
vious decade. This really is a wonderful
| showing but it actually represents only
mere beginning, because Ben Hill is as
wei adapted to the furthelance Of these
, two items ms, as she is t3/the growing Of
The Washington herald., 1915-02-21
Blood Sufferers
Want to knc'
The Light Is Turned on to a
Subject of Darkness.

The mere fact that s. s. s.. the famous
blood purifier. drives out disease Is
worlds story topic Of conversation wher-
ever men get together.
They wonder why, simply because most
remedies are mystifed and put before them
as discoveries The facts are that We
pay too much attention 70 possibilities and
not enough to real, homespun accomplish
ment. S. S. S. is a remedy Of our fathers.
1t has a history that Is written deeply in
mems minds because 1t has done the work.
driven out deep seated disease, revived
hope, put the o. X. on appearance and
cIamped down tight any effort Of germs
to get the upper hand. Any sore spot on
the skin is an immediate demand for
s. s. 8. since the first principle Of this
famous remedy Is to strike out for places
Of trouble. This Is a physiological fact
and 8. 8. s. il true to the workings Of
our body.
Get q bottle Of s. 8. 8. today at any
druggist and begin blood health. It will
master any blood disease and do 1t In a
way to emphasize its influence. And II
YOU would like definite advice write The
swift Specific Co.. SO Swift Bldg. Atlanta.
Ga. Their medical department Is where
most people FIRST seek advice that puts
rsem on the straight road
The Washington herald., 1915-02-21
DIR. G. c. SPENCER Is ELECTED.
Becomes President of wOrccstcr
PoI,technic Institute.

Dr. G. c. Spencer of the Department oil
Agriculture. was elected president OF the
Alumni Association of Worcester. Mass,
Polytechnic Institute at it's annual meet
ing Friday night at Cosmos Club. ]. n
Schofield was elected vice president. and
Victor Cobb secretary-treasurer.
DIR. Spencer delivered an address tell
ing of student life In Germany. DR.. Ira
NJ. Hollis, of the institute. told Of in
stitute and alumni matters. He an
noiInced that President Wilson will at.
tend the fftieth anniversary Of the In.
stitute in Worcester June ?.
Twenty-Five years ago. when Mr.. VIII
son was at Princeton. he delivered an
address at commencement exercises a;
the Polytechnic Institute. After the bust.
ness meeting there was a smoker and
buffet luncheon.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-21
FAMOUS WOMAN, Her
BIRTHDAY and YOURS
Alice Freeman Palmer. Elizabeth
Thompson.

BY MARY MARSHALL.

No other woman in this country
ever received so many university
honors in the course of so short a
lifetime as did Mrs. Alice Freeman
Palmer. the second and the most dis
tinguished president of Wellesley COL
came president of Wellesley when she
was only twenty-six years old.
Six years later. when she was
thirty-two, she resigned in order to
become the wife of George Palmer.
professor of philosophy at Harvard
She was again in active college af-
fairs in 1892. when she became the
dean of women at the University of
Chicago, a position which she held
for only a few years. At the time of
her death not long after she was uni
versally lamented as one of the most
inspiring and charming women who
ever became identified with the de-
velopment of education IN this coun-
try.
Elizabeth Thompson was born in
Vermont ninety-four years ago today
and her rise in the world was due en-
tirely to her own initiative. As a
child of nine she worked for her liv-
ing at the rate of % cents a week,
and many were the years that she
spent in the most mental household
fair education and 1t was due to
this and to her remarkable beauty
that. penniless and without family as
she was. she became the wife of a
millionaire named Thompson when
she was twenty-three. Before many
years she was left a widow with an
enormous fortune and 1t was in the
remarkable way in which she dis
posed of this that she gained fame.
She was welded to the cause of tenn
perance and not only did she spend
her money for this cause, but she
wrote a famous tract called Figures
of He'll She gave $4,000 to the
United States Congress for the inves-
tigation of yellow fever. she establish
ed the city of Longmont in the Rocky
Mountains. she gave heavy endow-
ment to vassar College. she provided
song services for the poor in many
cities and she donated Francis b.
Carpenters picture of the signing of
the emancipation proclamation by
Lincoln to the United States Capitol
In token Of this gift she was granted
the freedom Of the floor Of the United
States House Of Representatives, an
honor never before granted to any
woman.
(Copyright lsi5)
The Washington herald., 1915-02-21
HOROSCOPE.
Sunday, February Fl, 1918.

..Isdmoo lou op mo suIIouI sIels suL..
This is day in which the stars
are rather friendly, but there Is no
rule that is strong. Neptune exercises
the most dominant power for good and
Saturn is mildly benefc.
1t is a rule held to be fairly aus
picious for whatever is inspirational
and should be helpful to preachers.
poets and musicians.
There is a prophecy that the year
Will be marked by n widespread quick
ening of interest in all religious mat
tiers. The churches should prosper eS-
ceedinEly. but it is foretold that they
will engage in many purely humane
tartan enterprises
Hospitals will multiply in the United
States as well as in Europe. Large en-
dowments are said to be indicated by
the stars
Today's conilEuration is believed to
be favorable for visits among friends.
II should be conducive to sympathy
and understanding
AS Neptune's kindly sway Is sup
posed to render active all latent emo
tions for romance, lovers should ben
eft under this astral government.
Saturn gives faint encouragement to
the aged. who should feel stimulated
and hopeful while the conhguration
Farmers and gardeners have a for
tunate outlook in most places In the
United States Good crops are prom
Used. but plaques of insects and storms
may cause severe losses.
The spring may bring unfortunate
conditions in Great Britain and an
urgent need of extraordinary exports
of food from this country. The
planets are said to presage famine
among the poorer classes
According to the seers il Is wise
for residents of the United States to
prepare for a season OF national I'M
rest and anxiety some time in the
summer or before. The President will
suffer from severe nervous strain and
will have reason to conserve his
strength
Again the death or assassination OF
a person of prominence Is foretold.
It will take place within the next six
months, the astrologers predict.
Persons born on this day have .
good omen for the year. They should
prosper in financial affairs. Sickness
NAV cause some concern. Young girls
probably will have offers Of marriage.
Children born on this day are like
IL to have many admirable traits
They should be generous and loving.
Girls have the augury Of happy mar
rage.
lCopyr;shy isljl
The Washington herald., 1915-02-21

for distinguished bravery was Meth
odist deaconess.
A correspondent of the CongreSa-
tionallst gives the following account
of conditions in the English camps.
With downpours of rain. literally
oceans of mud and gales of hurricane
velocity, the life of the Canadian
troops under canvas on Salisbury
Plains is far from pleasant II only
tends, however. to make the men APP
preciate the Y NJ G. \ tents and
buildings all the more. and nightly
they are crowded with soldiers eager
for the social fellowship which pre-
walls, and to hear the gospel message
told in song and address.
There are four distinct camps. and
a, each the British National Council
has erected either large marques. or
substantial wooden buildings These
are largely manned by volunteer lay
workers from the leading association
centers. and cooperating with these
workers at each camp are the seven
Canadian secretaries who accompanied
the contingent overseas Visits of out
standing speakers such as Virgo.
of London Central. W Lane. one
of the evangelists of the Men and
Religion Forward Movement. Canon
Walter Hicks. a prominent English
church. speaker to men. do much TO
augment the evangelistic efforts.
Through the cooperation of the
Canadian War Contingent Association.
a frst-class concert party visits each
camp every week. and a moving pic
ture machine and operator is entire
~ given over to the amusement OF
the Dominion troops. An energetic
temperance campaign is in progress,
and hundreds of pledges have been
signed for the duration Of the war.
Letters by the score are being re-
ceiyed by the secretaries from moth
ers and fathers who are anxious for
the welfare of boys who have either
neglected to write home or whose let
tiers have gone astray. One such case
was that of widow who had not
heard from her only boy for six
weeks She wrote one of the secre-
taries. asking him to look the boy
up, and within forty-eight hours the
boy had been persuaded TO write
home. The appreciation of the officers
is expressed in the statement made
by the commanding officer of one
brigade. who said quite recently, Tn
til l came on this campaign / had no
use for the Y. NJ e. A. but now
consider il the greatest institution
In the world for doing work among
men"
The interdenominational character OF
the work can be judged by typica
Sundays use of one of the buildings;
1880 a. m. Church of England COM
munion: $50 a. m. Roman Catholic
mass; $50 a. m, Presbyterian and
Methodist services: 1890 a. m.
Brigade church parade: p. m, Bible
class: p. m, informal singsong;
p. m, evening service: $50 p. m,
family prayers.
Concerning the Methodist war relief
fund. DIR. George NJ FOwles, treasurer
of the Board of Foreign Missions re-
ports that up to February 10. the sum
of s93.307.5S had been received, near
ly $4,000 having come in during the
past week.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-21

like a man who built his house upon
the sand. but he said more than that.
He said that the difference between
the wise man and the fool / man was
this. not that the foolish man heard
the Word. but did not believe accord
ingly. but he said, Whoever heareth
these sayings of mine and doeth them.
he is the wise man.
Il wish we could learn that the en-
phasis of the business of Jesus Christ
rests. not upon what we know about
the Bible. but what we are doing be-
cause of the Bible. and that every one
of us is measured not by the number
of verses we can recitc in a test, but
by the kind of life we are living day
by day with our fellows. in our homes,
in our churches. in our schools. in our
business. in our city. and in our coun-
try