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Real Democracy

Before Denmark consented 70 ssu
the Danish West Indies to the United
States a plebiscite was held, and IN.
electorate voted upon the question
The people Of the United States how.
ever, were never consulted as to wheth.
er they desired to make the purchase
The people Of England vote directly
on national questions whenever parIis.
ment is dissolved, and the government
"goes to the country" on nearly every
matter of really vital import
Many Americans fondly imagine that
the United States is the only real de.
mocracy in the world. AS a matter Of
fact, in Switzerland, Australia and
New Zealand government is more Il.
rectly responsible to the people than IN
the United States; Canada's govern.
ment is at least equally Representative
as ours, while England, although nom
nally a constitutional monarchy, prob
ably is more democratic than the Unit
ed States.-St. Paul Dispatch.
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Bees and Fruit.

An agricultural society Of Florence,
Italy, has recently carried out thor
ough investigation Of the alleged in
jury Of fruit by bees and has COM
pletely exonerated the latter. Bees are
unable to perforate the skin Of the
fruit, and it Is only incidentally that
they suck the juices Of fruits injured
by other natural causes. The damage
sometimes attributed to these insects
is due to poultry, wild birds, wind and
hail, and even more frequently to hor-
nets, wasps, vine moths and other in
sects. Instead Of being harmful to
orchards and vineyards, bees perform
the useful service Of effecting the
cross pollination Of flowers, and hence
the setting of fruit as well as the de-
struction Of damaged fruits Especially
grapes) by sucking the Juice and pulp
and thus preventing fermentation and
rot extending to sound individuals.
The orchards and vineyards frequented
by bees give the most constant crops
Scientific American.
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TRAGEDY of Being Dull.

In the Woman's Home Companion
Arnold Bennett describes the tragedy
Of being dull:
'The man lacking imagination is the
utterly matter of fact man. He is nee
essarily the man who never has and
cannot have any point Of view except
his own. He is the Wordsworthian
man to whom primrose by the rivers
brim was strictly a yellow primrose
instead Of being a miracle. He is i'm
prisoned in what to him is the actual,
and he is always the exact center of
the prison, which is Of thickest iron.
His tragedy is that he does not sus-
pect and is incapable of suspecting
that he is in prison at all and that the
prison walls and floor and roof entirely
prevent him from really getting at
any other human being whatsoever.
He is always in his own place. This
is the deep meaning Of dullness, and
this is the dull mans DOOM
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Submarine Torpedoes.

Launching a torpedo from a subma-
rine is simple. The torpedo fits closely
in a tube or cylinder, with an opening
at the rear made alright when closed.
At the desired moment there is a dis,
charge of cordite and the torpedo is on
its way.
When the torpedo is projected from
a ship or boat into the water lever
is thrown back, admitting air into the
engines, causing the propellers to re
volve and drive the torpedo ahead
The torpedo travels under water at q
high rate Of speed. 1t carries large
charge of explosive. which is ignited
on the torpedo striking any hard sub,
stance, such as the hull of ship.
The distance the tube is submerged
depends on the target, but the nearer
the surface the more effective.
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Value Of VSc,,;--

Vacations, according to t tSa :
Medical Journal, are natn,1 new Set
valves for the relief of tSa :! aie
sure resulting from eficiencr u'sa pses
cy demands that throurbo1;. Eaciea,
hours all the faculties be tsr working
utmost without waste Of n to ae
OF energy, but if properly dio o.
aims at making an efficient m directed t
an efficient product. Tbsras Ian Oettes
duction may not exact that 'Sse prn
speed up beyond his endurance ne na
The recent application ~
methods makes the vacation u eucieae
ever necessary. "The yacatioO re tAaa
the Medical Journal, @sbonIS sa
nearest approach to the simnla ~, us Tie
is for this reason that the copDtl lue It
all its many Inconvenience il - VIII
chosen for the place of yacat;o - Oitea
vacation period allows for tSa :, IAe
ton and elimination of tbo s aus
products from the system accrr,' aIsue
in the pressure period of tba I'd
The longer the vacation, therefo,s sG q
better the subsequent work. De
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Art and Nature.

Art is the revelation of man, and
not merely that, but likewise the re7e-
lation of nature speaking through man
Art pre-exists in nature, and nature Is
reproduced in art. AS vapors iron
the ocean floating landward and dis
solved in rain are carried back in nv
ers to the ocean, so thoughts and the
semblances of things that fall upon the
soul of man in showers flow out again
in living streams of art and lose them
selves in the great ocean, which Is M
ture. Art and nature are not tnen'
discordant, but ever harmonious!
working in each other.-LOngfelO"
Hyperion"
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The Actors Indifference.

1t is probable that the height OF In
difference is reached in the veteran ac'
tor. l saw one at the Press club re-
Gently who confirms this suspicion
thoroughly.
He is in a good show, but has q
small part. appearing only in the first
act.
"How is the show?" 1 asked him.
"Pretty fair, I'm told" he answered
whats it about?"
Cant say"
How does it end?"
Don't know"
"For goodness sake" 1 asked
haven't you ever seen the play? You
are in it yourself?"
mo" he answered, with a look OF
being bored. Several times 1 have
thought of going around front to see
what it was all about; but, my dear
old chap, i have never seemed to get
around to t-"-Washington Star.
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All In the Dialect.

a New Zealand man vouches for the
truth of the following story:
Dick Seldom was of Lancashire orr
gin, and when he died the Lancastrian
society in New Zealand sent wreath
with the following inscription: 81 have
gone whoam." The journalist who re-
ported the funeral evidently did not
come from Lancashire and consequent,
~ was somewhat puzzled by the word
ing and, after thinking hard, conclud.
ed that some one had blundered. His
report read:
1.-THE Lancastrian society sent a
beautiful wreath bearing the inscrip-
ton: i have gone. Who am ~"
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Where the Five Points Was.

The Five Points, once a most dan
gerous part Of the New York slums,
is now the site Of Paradise park. 1t
is at the crossing Of Worth, Baxter
and Park streets, near the junction of
Park row and the New Bowery and
Chatham square and practically adj
joining Mulberry bend. In 1740 four
teen negroes were burned here dur
ing the negro insurrection. Here the
Dead Rabbits had their headquarters
and fought the Bowery Boys. The
Seventh regiment was called out July
3, 1857, to quel a riot here. The Five
Points mission was incorporated in
1850.
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Politics and Tobacco.

Something like half a century ago q
man named Dan Bradley started the
custom In a little cigar store In Brook
Ign of keeping box Of smoking to-
bacco on the counter, with a sign
above it saying. Fill your pipe" Part
ly on the strength Of his popularity,
due in no small degree to the free fill
ings for a pipe, Bradley ran independ-
emily for the state senate and was elect
ed as against the regular candidate.
Five thousand clay pipes did the
trick for Dan" was a saying at the time.
"a man would have to give away au-
tomobiles to get elected to the senate
nowadays" observed one of the new
school OF politicians.
1.-THE days Of the election cigar and
tobacco are gone foreyer."-New York
World.
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Fish Versus Mosquitoes.

Myriads Of mosquitoes used to infest
the rice plantations Of Madagascar.
DR.. Legendre, a savant well known in
scientific circles in Paris, conceived
the idea Of freeing the region Of mala-
rial trouble by the Introduction into
the watercourses Of cyprin, or red fish,
which are very fond Of both mosqui-
toes and their eggs. Within five months
500 fish multiplied to 10000, and these
destroyed nearly all the mosquitoes.
The fish besides being a malaria de-
stroyer became very important as an
addition to native food-London Tele-
graph.
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PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT.
Restrain a Couch.

= A patient German statistician I
= has calculated that a patient who I
= coughs once every quarter Of an
. hour for ten hours expends en- I
= ergy equivalent to $50 units of 1
= heat, which may be translated I
= as equivalent to the nourish- 1
- ment contained in three eggs or I
= two glasses Of milk. In normal I
= respiration the air is expelled I
= from the chest at the rate Of I
= four feet per second, whereas in
s violent coughing it may attain I
= a velocity Of 800 feet This I
= waste Of energy is especially i'm I
= portant because it occurs for the I
= most part in persons whose as I
= similative functions are already I
= working under difficulties; conse-
= Quently the ingestion of the cor I
. responding quantity of nourish- I
. ment by no means compensates I
= for the exertion. 1t follows that I
= persistent cough Is per Sc a
= cause Of emaciation, though I
= there are many other factors I
. which tend in the same direc- I
= ton; hence the desirability of re- I
= straining cough within safe lin I
. its, especially when it is due to I
. Initiative rehexes, such as are .
. excited by laryngitis and pharyn- I
= gitis.-Medical Critic and Guide. I
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PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT.
Diet and Health.

- In an article on Tanning the {
= Liver" Worlds Work says that .
- the daily meal Of the average {
- business man consisting of meat {
= and potatoes and white bread is {
= ideal for inducing constipation. {
- Most OF US should not eat more {
y than once a day. Eat the shells !
. OF your baked potatoes and eat !
- whole wheat bread or graham &
- for the help that what we call s
- "roughage" has in stimulating !
- bowel action. And see to it that {
= you take liberal portions Of at Z
- least two kinds of vegetables at I:
y both luncheon and dinner, such :
- vegetables as peas, beans, let :
y tuce, parsnips, carrots, turnips, 4
y celery, oyster plant, cabbage. I
= Brussels sprouts, tomatoes, salsi- I
- ~, Spanish onions, asparagus I
. and spinach. If you dislike these I
y you will be able to substitute I
y fruits that you do like. Eat the I
y nght things, get sufficient exer- I
else and rest and you viii have I
no need for habit forming laxa- I
yves which eventually may do I
= you much harm. 4
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Shun "Tipsy if You Play Stocks.

Whatever you do, don't go it alone"
is the advice that Harold Rowland
gives to women investors in the Wo-
mans Home Companion. "Shun the
financial gossip Of the uniformed, the
cocksure counsel of the irresponsible,
the glittering generalities or the more
insidious particularities Of the con-
ceited ignoramus. Beware of rumors,
tips and inside information Base
your transactions upon the firm ground
Of accurate information, sound judg-
ment and disinterested advice. Don't
try to get rich quick"
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DESTROYING an Idol.

Charley, DEAR" said young Mrs. Tor
kins, you can say anything you like
nowadays about George Washington,
can't you?"
Eyes. The lid seems to be Off"
"Well, I never liked to mention it be-
fore, but have my doubts about his
being incapable of an effort to deceive
His pictures look to me as if the old
gentleman wore a wig."-Washingt
Star.
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What She Wanted.

A woman was knocked down Q! .
horse, but happily escaped with le"
scratches.
A man rescued her and said' Oan
get you anything|
She Cmuch out Of breath and gaspms
with excitement)-Oh-oh-ean !Ou
kindly get me
He-Some brandy?
She-No-not drink-some sAi''
pins. 1 feel I'm falling all to pieces
Pittsburgh Chronicle.
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PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT
Rheumatism.

For acute articular rheuma- I
tism the following treatment Is I
recommended by q writer In the 1
Medical Adviser, quoted by the I
, Medical Record: An ointment
made OF four drains each Of ich- 4
. thyol, methyl saicylate and oil 1
Of turpentine, mixed with four I
ounces Of lanolin, Is applied to 4
} the affected joints and covered 1
with cotton and oiled silk. The 1
} patient is put to bed in flannel 1
} nightclothes and between blan- 1
kets for absolute rest I
His diet must be liquid, prefer 4
} ably milk, together with fruit 1
juices and plenty OF water. 1
, Elimination through bowels, skin 1
and kidneys must be attended to 1
} carefully. At the beginning Of 4
} the treatment q dose OF calomel
} and bicarbonate Of soda Is given 1
and followed after four hours by 1
rochelle salts or q seidlitz pow I
der. Rhubarb and soda may be 4
} given to advantage until the
) tongue Is clean. Throughout con- I
} valescence the patient must alb I
} stain from all animal foods and I
/ alcohol
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Damascus Swords.

Damascus swords, whose fame at one
time made them almost one Of the won
ders of the world, were made Of al
ternate layers Of iron and steel, so
finely tempered that the blade would
bend to the hilt without breaking, with
an edge so keen that no coat Of mail
could resist it and q surface SO highly
polished that when q Moslem wished
to rearrange his turban he used his
sword for O looking glass.
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Smiled the Wrono Way,

"Well, my boy" he asked cheerfully
at the breakfast table the morning aft
er Cholly had taken the leap, show did
things go last evening? Did she smile
on your proposal?'
'tNo," said Cholly family, pushing
away a breakfast roll. "She smiled at
it"-Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph.
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His Modesty.

"Are you an art connoisseurT
"Yes," replied Mr.. Cumrox, although
I should never speak Of myself as
SUCH"
"Why not?'
Because I'm not absolutely sure l
know Row to pronounce the word
New York American.
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A Matter of Protection

Actor-I say, old man, 1 wish you'd
advance me S. and take it out Of my
first weeks salary. Manager - But,
my dear fellow, suppose it happened
that couldn't pay your first weeks
salary. Where would I be?-Boston
Transcript.
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Shrewd.

The manager, writing out the an
nouncement Of his show, ended with
these words:
1.-THE patronage of children under
eighteen is not encouraged"
''That," he remarked shrewdly, will
appeal to the children over eighteenr'
New York Post.
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On the Lookout.

Friend-You are not going .. 70 IN M
again? Congressman No; II y,SS.
strenuous. 1 was sent down - Lt,+ non"
ington to look out for my cV In.tars I've
and from the tone Of their Letters : rst
cot to look out for them when
home.-Puck.
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Heard at the Club.

"That's Fred Darling just come -
You know his wife made him.
"You mean that fellow Win q "
mustache and manicured nailsT
Eyes" -, ,,rrv
"Well, / knew women III. =, any.
work, but I never knew they oa -
thing as fancy as that"-Ezcnans'
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Luxury and Labor,

Alexander the Great, rejecting on his
friends degenerating into sloth and
luxury, told them that it was a most
slavish thing to luxuriate and a most
royal thing to labor.-Barrow.
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Communication.

Life is compensatory to this ex-
tent: When a man reaches the point
at which his wife is compelled to make
the living for the family he has also
reached the point at which the fact
ceases to humiliate him.-Topeka Capt.
10
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Hard on the Records,

Freshman Gin awed voice)-See that
big fellow over there? He broke
three records last week. Sweet Young
Thing-Mercy, I wouldn't let him run
the phonograph!-Penn State Froth.
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eannnd SIGHT.

do you believe in second T SlSnu' I 60
shopping with her she a Il, an5 look at
the assistant, I'll come in anu nh
t tho ogoin '"-LondOn Telegraph
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Probably.

"Pop, you know that famous bare
foot winter at Valley Forge%
"Yes, son. What Of it.?
"Was that the time they said tried
mems soles ?'-Baltimore American.
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HARDNESS.

Happiness rarely is absent 1t is that
we know not Of its presence. The
greatest felicity avails US nothing if
we know not that we are happy.
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Sharp,

Jack-Do you know that Kitty is an
awfully sharp girl? Percy-Yes; she
cut me on the street the other day
Cornell Widow.
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Blindfolded.

If blindfolded, it is said, no person
is able to stand five minutes without
moving.
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He Was Fat.

Skinny-What made the tower o
Pisa lean? Aver d. Pois-n I knew II
try it!-Yale Record.
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Mars Photoaraphs,

The best photographs Of the canals
Of Mars were taken through red and
orange screens.
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hid Her Best.

Teacher-Do you Know Know, r. Rsckrow-
ton of New York? Name Mann. but then
Not all of them, ma an .vo years
we've only lived here WV
Puck.
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What Every Woman Knows.
A woman always knows when q man
Is in love with her. A man often knows
q woman Is In love with him when she
tsn't-Exchange
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Perseverance always wins In the long
run-usually In q walk.
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The Champion LIE

Probably the unmitigale;u n and year
most frequently told yea uelcOme bon
out out tta takes anls State J0ufD'-
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70 fret and funo !. ua s9Is.3I5 sap =
cidaIly foolish and I sns stevenson
donable.-RObert LOUIS '
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-09-26
COURTY'S TAX
LEVY CONTESTED

a.
rr.s.nt.L - 49, n reotlsn was
Ahb.v;11. $3.50: - "a ~ o'u'a -
Nv 81. $50 80 '"N 'eNS 'Naue
III - 80. ;..~'s - 60 "o,N
CO, $50 - '>N1', 'euee
tbe rar,,.;,.:a. ~ ~, : 'lDi' ~ :
C,or4a1. n.~l c.4.,,. - N@"'0 a.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-09-26
STORM HAY STRIKE
GULF COAST TO-DAY

Washington, Sept. 25.-Warning
was given today by the weather bu-
rcau that theNWest Indian hurricane,
which did great property damage at
Jamaica Sunday, evidently had pass
ed into the Gulf of Mexico, off the
western coast of Cuba, moving north
northwest, and would probably strike
the American Gulf coast Wednesday
night er Thursday.
Warnings on the Gulf
Hurricane warnings have been or
dered GA the Gulf coast from Mobile
to Apalschicola and northeast and
southeast storm warnings on the re-
mainder Of the Gulf coast of Florida
to Key West
No reports had come tonight from
the Gulf of Mexico indicating the ex-
act location of the disturbance.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-09-26
MENINGITIS IS FOUND
IN RAI9D0N DIVISION

Camp Mills, Miaeola, n. Y, Sept.
25.-Three quarantine groups have
been established ia the Rainbow, or
And Division Of tAc federalizcd Nat
ional Guard here as result of ccre-
bro-spinsl meningitis infection among
the troops, 1t was Anneaaced today
by Colonel Gressiagcr, division sur
gcon. One death has eccsrred and a
number OF carriers Of the gerns have
been discovered ia Company G, Of the
10Th Infantry. formot4y the FoArth
Alabama, threagh fhFSat eaifsros.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-09-26
GOV. FERGUSON IS
RELIEVED or JOB

Austin, Tex, Sept 25-Tapes z.
Ferguson was formally declared re-
moved from efice as Governor Of
Texas and barred from hereafter hold
ing any public Office "of honor, trust
or profit by the adoption late today
IN the Senate high court of impeach-
ment OF the majority report of spec
'al committee OF the Senate. The
majority report was adopted, after
q minority report recommending only
removal from Office had been defeated.
The vote on adoption Of he majority
report was Z5 to 5, with one pair and
one absent.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-09-26
JUDGE HORTON
TRIES HIS FIRST
CASE IN COURT

Judge Horton tried his first cases
MoRday afternoon as Judge of the
new Juvenile Court with Miss Agnes
Mckinna, the Probation Officer OF
the county
Three of the Boys charged were
present with members OF their fami-
lies and the offended parties were also
represented.
After hearing the charges read to
them the boys were Questioned by
Judge Horton and several details
brought out, fully cooperating the
prose cation and the investigator, Miss
McKinfla. Judge Horton ordered the
boys committed to the State Reform
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-09-26

New York, Sept 25.-Bakers OF
New York announced today that the
price Of IA ounce loaf 81 bread
weufd bs cents if the price Of -four
is fad at $11 barrel.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-09-26
HOUSTON SHERIFF
MAKES BIG HAUL

Perry, Sept. 25.-Sunday &. w.
Wins. Sheriff, together with Deputy
Sheriff Asa L. Woodward and City
Marshal w, B. Watson arrested Hill
Taylor, Roland Butler and Fred Leak.
three neg1oes, about two and a hall
miles from town and found in their
possessions I25 quarts Of whisky, two
ons-gahon packages of whisky and
one either package containing two
&allens
Discovered by Negro.
me negroes were in a six-cylindcr
National automobile and were return
ing. from Jacksonville.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-09-26
Fitzgerald FITZGERALD COUNTY GEORGIA. SEP &C. 1917
UNION SINGING At
TENT SEPT. $3.50

SksFs will be a uaisa siaxing held
at Fitzgerald, Ga, ca Saturday and
Sunday, the 29th and 3Oth. under the
large tent that was ussd BY Bob Jones
during the big rsvival which ended
last week
1t is union Of the Royal Singing
Convention. and the Boa Hill county
singing convention.
Everybody cordially invited to come
and bring Well-flltd dinner baskets.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-09-26
BREAD SC POUND IN iONDoN;
il. %. FOR 8 CENTS IN THE U. S,

BSAdoa, Sept. .2s.-Thc food Goa
tr@ffer has fixed the price Of bread
at 90 cents for a feur-peuna loaf.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-09-26
GUS STEVENS BUYS THE
REGISTER MEAT MARKET

Mr.. Gus Stevens has purchased the
Register Meat Market located at 317
East Pine, Phone AS, and respectful
iy SELECTS your patronage when yso
wxaf the best in meats. adv
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-09-26
U. D. C. NOTICE

The U. D. c. will sAeef Friday sf-
ternooA at 3:3e with AIRS. z! F. Lee
on South Lee street. Delegates to be
elected for State CoAseatian. Mrs.
R. NJ Mann will coz duct en- interest
ing progra@ All moMbefs' urged to
be present.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-09-26

Mr.. and Mrs. B. S. Ambrose, of
Cordcle, were the guests Of Mr. and
Mrs. S. N. Jackson Sunday.
Putnam patriot., 1917-12-14
Advent Christian Church

Sunday services. Morning service at 1O.30. Sunday school noon. Young People's service at 6,15. Evening ser vice at 7.
 Prayer meeting Thursday evening at 7.30.
 The subject of Rev. G. Il. stones Sunday morning sermon will be "Three Classes of Sinners represented bv Adam and Eve" In the evening, 1.-Two Fundamentals of Happiness will be his subject. Owing to unfavor able conditions, only few were at church last Sunday to listen to the two addresses by Rev. c. H. Hudson, one of our India missionaries. The evening addiess was particularly in' teresting dealing ss it did. with his experience for eight months or more, asaY. Nj. C. A. secretary with the British and Indian troops in Messapo' tsmis. some of the time at the battle front under shell fire.