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The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-07-23
CURIOUS HAWAIIAN GRASS.
Why Thousands of the islands Cattle
Never Drink Water.


The proverbial horse which can
be led to water, but which cannot
be made 20 drink, exists in large
numbers in the Hawaiian Islands.
Among the cattle he has thousands
OF cousins of the same proclivities.
1t is a surprising statement to
make and yet one tNt is EErally
true and SO commonplace that no
one there thinks anything about it,
that there are hundreds Of horses
and thousands of cattle which never
take drink Of water throughout
the whole course of their lives.
On all the islands the upper alti-
tudes of the mountains are given
up to cattle ranges. The cattle run
wild from the time they are born
until they are rounded up to be sent
to the slaughter house. Except dur
ing the possibly two or three months
of the rainy season there are no
streams or pools of water in any
part where the cattle range.
But everywhere there grows a re-
cumbent, jointed grass, known by
the native name MAMMA. This is
both food and drink, says a recent
traveller. Horses and cattle grazing
on it neither require water nor will
they drink it when offered.
Our first experience with this fact
was on a trip to Heleakala. A party
were mounted on horses which had
just been brought in from the
range. The journey they made was
fourteen miles, in which distance
they assembled 5000 feet. The party
started in the afternoon and at sun
set halted for supper. They thought
it strange that the horses should
leave a feed of grain to nibble the
scanty grass which grew near by,
but were willing to trust their in
stinct in the matter.
However, before starting, they in
sisted that they be given water. The
native guide demurred, saying that
they didn't need it, but with the
good natured compliance of his race
yielded to requests and led a detour
of about mile, which brought the
party to ranch house where there
was a well. But to the utter amaze
ment of the travellers the horses
would not drink.
They took it as another case of
instinct and assumed that the water
for some reason was not good and
SO refrained from drinking it them
selves. 1t was not until the return
the second day to Kawaapae that
the travellers learned the secret of
the wonderful MAMMA grass.-Phil-
adelphia North American.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-07-23
FAMILY AVOIDS
SERIOUS SICKNESS
By Being Constantly Supplied With
ThedfOrd's Black-Draught.

McDuff, Va.-"I suffered for several
years." says Mrs. ]. B. Whitaker, Of
this place, with Sick headache, and
stomach trouble.
Ten years ago a friend told me TO try
Thedford's Black-Draught, which | did,
and found it to be the best family medi-
cine for young and old.
| keep Black-Draught on hand all the
time now, and when my children feel a
little bad, they ask me for dose, and Il
does them more good than any medicine
they ever tried.
We never have a long spell of sick
ness in our family, since we commenced
using Black-Draught."
Thedford's Black Draught is purely
vegetable, and has been found to regu-
late weak stomachs, aid digestion, re-
ieve indigestion, collie, wind, nausea.
headache, sick stomach, and Similar
symptoms.
1t has been in constant use for more
Than 10 years, and has benefited more
than million people.
Your druggist sells and recommends
Black-Draught. Price only 25c. Get a
package to-day. NC ia
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-07-23

school buildings and must be pre-
sided over by three freeholders
who are patrons of the school at
which the election takes place.
The names of those elected with
the number of votes received
must be reported to the County
Superintendent R. J. Prentiss by
Saturday Oath, inst, and then
given to Board of Education for
confirmation.
Signed:
Board of Education,
Ben Hill Co., Ga.
R. j. Prentiss,
J-12&19 Co. Supt.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-07-23
Sheriff's Sale,
GEoRGIA-BEN HILL COUNTY

GEORGIA-BEN HILL COUNTY
will be sold, on the first Tues
in August next at public out
cg'y at the court house in said
county, within the legal hours of
sale. to the highest bidder for
cash, certain property, of which
the following is a full and ccm-
p]ete description: City lot four
~, in square three ~ in block
six (6), of the City of Fitzgerald,
astper the plat of said city of
record in the office of the Clerk
of the Superior Court of Irwin
county, Georgia.
Said property levied on as the
property of William Heck, to
satisfy an execution from the N.
P. & J. P. Court 1537th dist, G.
M. of said county, in favor of
Mary A. Green against said Will
!, liam Heck. Deed for purpose of
levy and sale filed and recorded,
and notice given to tenant in pos
sission. Levy made by T. H.
Hendrix, L. c. and handed to me.
This July 9, 1915.
p W. H. Fountain, Sheriff.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-07-23
Southern Makes Good Record

Atlanta, Ca, July IGNORE
than sixteen and a half million
passengers, a number greater than
the combined population of Vir-
GINA, North Carolina, South Caro-
lima, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee
and Kentucky, were transported
by Southern Railway during the
year ending June 80 with only one
fatal injury to passenger while
on train and that one was stand
ing on a car platform in direct
violation of the Company's rules.
Of this great number of passen-
gers, not one was killed in a train
accident.
This excellent record was shown
in the official figures given out to-
dav indicating the high degree of
safety that has been attained in the
handling Of Southern Railway
passenger trains.
In marked contrast are figures
recently given out by President
Fairfax Harrison, of Southern
Railway, showing that during the
same period twelve persons riding
in automobiles were killed in &C.
cident at public highway crossings
every one of which accidents could
have been prevented had the driver
of the car observed the familiar
warning, Stop, Look, and Listen"
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-07-23
Sherif's Sale.

GEoRGIA-BEN HILL COUNTY.
Will be sold on first Tuesday in
August next, to highest bidder
for cash, within legal hours of
sale, before court house door,
saidcounty.
Seventy-seven acres more or
less, lot of land 1911, in third dis
trict, more particularly described
Gas follows, starting at the north
Yeast corner of said tract of land
near head of branch. running
said branch to a certain stob near
Another branch, thence west 10
a stob near another branch,
thence north to a stob corner.
thence back to starting point.
Said tract being known as Di-
vision No. 4 of estate of late
Allen Gibbs, deceased.
Said land levied upon as prop
er8 of J. H. Taylor, to satisfy
execution issued from City Court
of Fitzgerald, in favor of A. B.
Cook, assignee, against ]. H.
Taylor.
This July 9, 1915.
w. H. Fountain, Sheriff.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-07-23
Citation.

GEORGIA Ben HILL COUNTY:
To all whom it may concern:
G. R. Mcdowell having in pro-
per form applied to me for Per.
manent Letters of Administration
on the estate of Robert w. Nc
Dowell, late of said County, this
is to cite all and singular the
creditors and next of kin of Robert
W. Mcdowell to be and appear
at my office within the time allow
ed by law, and show cause if anv
they can why permanent admins
tration should not be granted to
u. K. Mcdowell on Robert w. Nc
Dowell estate.
Witness my hand and official
signature, this 5th day of June,
1915.
D. E. Griffin,
Judge City Court of Fitzgerald
Be1 Hill County, Georgia, act
ing Ordinary in absence of G. NJ.
Wise, Ordinary. D.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-07-23
"The Pear Is Not Ripe."

Bourrienne asked Napoleon before
the expedition started if he had really
determined to risk his fate in Egypt.
YES" was the reply. IF | stay here
| shall have to upset this miserable
government and make myself king.
But we must not think of that yet.
The pear is not ripe. l have sounded.
but the time is not yet come. must
first dazzle these gentlemen by my ex-
ploits. liable Talk and Opinions Of
Napoleon Buonaparte.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-07-23
Jury Finds Polk Sane

MilledgevilIe, July 21.-Tbe
jury in the case of G. f. Polk,
charged with wife murder, return
ed verdict finding him sane, in
sanity trial proceedings consuming
the past three DAYS in the superior
court here. 1t is announced an
appeal will be made to the state
supreme court.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-07-23
Citation.
Georgia, Ben Hill County;

Georgia, Ben Hill County;
To All Whom 1t May Concern;
JyC. Glover as administrator
at the estate Of C. A. Oliver,
deceased, having in proper form
applied to the court of Ordinary
of said County for leave to sell
seven shares of capital stock in
Nhs Johnson Hardware Compa-
u a corporation under the
laws of the State of Georgia,
said stock belonging to said Oliver
estate. this is notice that said
application will be heard at the
Ordinary's office in Ben Hill
County, Georgia, On the first
Tuesday in August, and such
Il e granted if it is shown to
be necessary for such sale. I'M
less sufficient cause is shown to
the contrary.
Witness my hand and official
signature, this 9th. day Of July,
1915.
D. E. Griffin
= Judge City Court of Fitzger-
ald, Ben Hill County, Georgia,
aging as Ordinary in absence
of'C. M. Wise, Ordinary.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-07-23
Company Manners,

The teacher had been giving her
little ones some lessons in table
manners. 'Tf you want to leave the
table," she said, 'before the Others
do you should always say, Excuse
me-" The next day, wishing to
see how well they remembered her
instructions, she asked, Erred, when
should you say Excuse me- at the
table,"
"When we have company" was
the earnest reply. - Pittsburgh
Chronicle.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-07-23
Difficulties of Pronunciation.

What is the most difficult English
place name for foreigner to pro
nounce? That is question suggested
by a writer in the London Observer.
He pumps for Southampton as the
most difficult port Of CALI for the
Frenchman bound for England. Obvi-
ously it cannot be spelled phonetically,
as there is no 18th" in French. We all
have these little international Difficult.
ties. But the Frenchman gets over
the sea to Southampton by calling it
"Sudonton."
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-07-23
Notice Of School
Trustee Election

The Public Schools of Ben Hill
ounty are hereby notified that
Wednesday July 21st, is appoint
ed as the day for the election of
School Trustees in all the schools
of the county.
The hours for the election shall
be from 10 to IL o'clock A. M.
on said day at the respective
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-07-23
No Match For Women

"Pa, write me an excuse to take
to teacher"
"Your teacher is a woman, isn't
She"
eyes"
"Well, my excuses have never sat
isfed my mother or your moth
er. Better apply elsewhere, son.
Washington Star.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-07-23
No White Teachers
For. COlOred!SchOOls

Atlanta, Ga. July 15-Educators
in Georgia and abroad will watch
with interest the bill passed
yesterday afternoon by the state
senate drawing the color line in the
schools, and which applies to all
institutions whether supported blythe
state or not. 1t was introduced by
Senator Way, and it prohibits white
teachers from teaching negroes and
negro teachers from teaching whites.
There are a number of negro
institutions in the state, supported
principally by Northern capital, and
they object strongly to such a law.
They say they have chosen
experienced white teachers in the
North, who have no objection to
teaching negroes and sent them here
for this work, and such a bill serious
ly interiors with their institutions.
Among the schools affected is
Spelman seminary in Atlanta,
founded by the late Mrs. John D.
Rockefeller.
IA similar bill, recentlyspassedIby
Kentucky, has been upheld as
constitutional. The senate passed
the bill unanimously but sharp
fight is expected in the house.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-07-23

Il hear that you have college
graduate for a cook. Isn't that very
expensiveY
mot very. She works for her board
and clothes"
why, how does she come to do
that?"
"She Is my WIFE"
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-07-23
ParadoxicaI.

He-You have had a week now to
think over my proposal Of marriage.
She Yes; and the more I think of it
the less think of it.-Boston Tran
script
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-07-23
Cynical Wit.

Less brains are required to say bril-
liant bitter words about people than to
say brilliant kind words. The cynic's
wit is easiest and cheapest,
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-07-23
The Ever Present casus asIIi.

Judge-What's the row between this
man and woman? Policeman-You see,
they're married and Judge - Was
there any other reason for the fght?-
Philadelphia Ledger.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-07-23
Citation

GEORGIA-BEN HILL COUNTY.
10 ALL WHOM 1T MAY CoNCECN:
]. T. Cass of said county, hav-
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-07-23
To Drive Out Malaria

THU OHHIu Up nc SYSTEM
Take the Old Standard GROVES
TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know
what you are taking, as the formula is
printed on every label, showing it is
Quinine and Iron in a tasteless form.
The Quinine drives out malaria, the
Iron builds up the system. so cents
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-07-23

The 0ulnlne That Does Not Affect The Head
Because OF its tonic and laxative effect, LAXA-
TIVE BROMO QUININEi is better than ordiuary
Quinine and does not cause nervousness nor
ringing in head. Remember the full name and
look for the signature OF z. w, GROVE. 25c.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-07-27
Foreign Light on Mexico,
the Seattle Post Intelligencer.

From the Seattle Post Intelligencer.
People of the United States have
been kept largely in the dark about
everything relating to Mexico, to con-
ditions there and to the actual results
which have followed the American
policies toward that country. We
must look to foreign sources for real
information. The cold business state
ments made by Vincent w. Yorke, at
the annual meeting In London of the
stockholders of the Mexican Railway
Company, is Illuminating. 1t was
futile, he assured the stockholders, to
look to their own government for any
serious relief at this time, on account
of the war The efforts of the gov
ernment of the United States hither-
to, excellent as they were in inten-
ton, had, in his opinion, tended to
prolong instead of to shorten the
period of revolution"
Fifteen months ago all appearances
in Mexico pointed to the ending of
the revolution. Then came the occu,
patton of Vera Cruz by the American
forces and the deliberate application
of physical and moral pressure
against the element in Mexican poll
tics which, in the opinion of all those
who had known the country longest,
was on the point of acquiring domi-
nation and restoring order. Since the
withdrawal of the American forces.
he said, the various parties had been
allowed to bleed each other white and
the political and economical deterior-
alton of the country had become more
serious.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-07-27
OPINIONS AND VIEWS FROM THE EXCHANGES

for the victims of the drug habit.
Unquestionably there are many
cases of acute suffering on the part
Of confirmed drug users cut Off from
their sources of supply by the opera
tion of the Harrison law. Such cases
arouse a natural pity. The unfortu-
mates, however, must be compelled 10
turn for relief to trustworthy physi-
clans sympathy for the suffering
cannot be pleaded as an excuse Tor
winking at infractions of the law.
The strict enforcement OF all the
terms of the law is matter of public
welfare. The way to crush the drug
habit is to make 1t difficult, rather
than easy, to obtain the poisons.
Legislative action was found neces-
sary because of the large number OF
fresh recruits who, 1t was found, an
nually were being added to the list
of drug fiends.
The peddlers of morphine, cocaine
and other habit forming drugs con-
agents are turning up cases where
sales are by no means confined to
those already in the shackles of the
habit. So profitable is the Illicit traf-
flc that, Notwithstanding the new
law, persons have been found seek
ing to enlarge their nefarious busi-
ness by starting children on the
downward path.
The authorities are to be COM
mended for what they have done IN
the way of detecting these criminals.
This work. however, must be con-
tinued with increasing vigilance.
The place for distributors of habir
forming drugs is behind prison bars.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-07-27
Court Decisions Affecting Labor

work, workmen installing block sig
nal systems, a carpenter building an
addition to a freight shed, a laborer
carrying coal to heat a shop in which
interstate cars were being repaired
etc. Employments, which according
to the decisions were excluded, were
workmen constructing cut-offs for
shortening interstate trackage. hos
tier killed by the explosion of the boil
er of a locomotive whose last run
was intrastate, and a switch engine
fireman who was at the moment han
ding only interstate cars, though his
work regularly involved the handling
of both classes of commerce indis-
criminately.
Other classes of Federal laws that
received considerable attention in the
court decisions are those limiting the
hours of service of railroad employees
and requiring the supply and MAIN
tenance of safety appliances.
Other interesting cases are one that
grew out of the textile workers strike
in Massachusetts,, in which the ac-
countability of the collectors of a
fund intended for the relief of strik-
ers' families was affirmed one con-
nected with the bridge workers cam
paign against non-union employers
involving the transportation of ex-
plosives in interstate trains: murder
trial growing out of the Indictment
of a strike leader urging his follow
ers to prevent arrest in the hop pick
ers' strike in California, and the ques-
ton of the validity of a sentence OF
military court during the disturb.
ances among the miners of Silver
Bow county, Montana.
The power of an employers associ
alton to enforce the rules Is main
tanned in a case in which such an as
sociation is held by the court to b.
entitled to recover from one of 1t
members the sum of $4,000 as dam
ages for his detection in a struggl
against closed shop contracts. I,
connection with this may be men
toned case deciding the illegalit
of combination in restraint of trad
undertaken and carried on by an as
sociation of retail lumber dealers b
blacklisting wholesale dealers VIII
sold directly to the consumer.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-07-27

The other day I overheard a busi-
ness man say that when an employe
got stale with him tnat vas the end
of him. Perhaps not a single person
in this mans employ ever dreamed
that he was liable to be discharged
because he was getting 'staie." Trey
may not have realized that employers
in general regard enthusiasm in en-
ployes as very great asset in their
business and the lack Of it as a la
bility.
One of the great obstacles to the
advancement of many employees is the
loss of enthusiasm. After awhile they
begin to slacken their efforts and
rest satisfied with what they have
achieved. This is especially true
where they have a feeling of security
in their positions. Instead of ever
lastingly trying to improve in their
work, in their method, in their spirit,
they get into ruts. Sometimes with
out knowing it they lose that upward
reaching, persistent habit of self-goV-
ernment, elf-betterment, which Is the
essence of progress.
If those Indifferent employees would
take the trouble to look around them
they would see that their employers
nave to be constantly on the alerL 10
keep their business up-to-date in the
line of progress. Not only must they
continually be on the watch for
breakers and rocks ahead, but they
must be everlastingly improving
something somewhere, or else fall be-
hind their competitors in the race.
In this age of competition, where
everything is pusher or pushed, there
is little hope of advancement for the
employe who loses his enthusiasm at
the start; for those who not only do
not hold the pace at which they set
cut, but who do not improve on 1t.
The half-hearted, Indifferent worker,
without vim or enthusiasm, will be
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-07-27
CAMP pERILs FOR BOY SCOUTS.

Scouting, the official organ of the Boy Scout move
ment, warns members against dangers which they
are likely to encounter while camping. Every camp
master it declares should ask himself: Am will
ing to it certain, by personal inspection II neces
sary that every particle of food Is free from centsm
nation, that every drop of drinking water is pure,
that every abrasion of the skin is protected, that
every boy entrusted to my care is shielded even
against the consequences of his own carelessness?'
The responsibility of such position is heavy.
And yet much depends on the boy. He must do his
share. The Japanese fought their with Russia
at death rate from disease much lower than had
ever been achieved before Newark Boy Scouts and
all boys from everywhere who go camping this sum-
mer should understand why. Every Japanese was
taught the simple rules of camp sanitation and would
go thirsty rather than drink polluted water.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-07-27
WHAT THE SOUTH is LEARNING.

Perhaps the most significant fact connected with
this years bumper harvests is that than 60 per
cent of the countrys total gain in grain production
is due to South where the increase in cereal yield
will be % per cent against 5X per cent for the
rest the United States Adding the rice crop, esti
mated 30, ,OO0, 900 bushels, to the wheat and
oats the total Southern output of grain this will
approximate 1,570,O 600 bushels, gain of more
than 285, ,O0O, 900 bushels over last year.
These figures reveal the extent to which the
farmers of the South abandoning the old and
anti-economical practice of sole reliance single
staple. The policy of diversifcation and rota-
tion means that hereafter poor for cotton
will not spell disaster to the South. The whole
try will benefit by the ntelligently directed in
dustry of the Southern farmer, and he himself will
reduce his cost of living by feeding himself in part
from his own soil instead of having to buy all his
victuals with his cotton.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-07-27
TEE MOTOR REPLACES THE HORSE

But for the motorcar this country would be put
such great danger of being drained of its equine
stock by the demands of the European belligersnts
that it would be imperative to place embargo on
the export of horses and mules. From New
Orleans, Galveston Newport News, New York. Bos-
and other ports hundreds of thousands of horses
have been exported From Newport News alone the
export has been upwards OF two hundred thousand
Meanwhile the auto factories turning out
cars by the thousands daily, and the prosperity of
the farmers enables them to buy freely. The motor
car is largely used in farm work. as well as for
and type has been placed ON
the market that will do the ordinary work Of the
horse agriculture. So the country will not acutely
the loss of its horses which Is dead loss since
none of the exported stock will back.
Nearly all will manure the soil of Europe.