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The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-01-24

The girls team intended prac-
ticing basketball this afternoon
but the weather hardly allows it.
The boys FIVE keeps at it when
ever, 1t isn't actually pouring.
They have ambitions. And thew
will achieve them.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-01-24
FOR THE FARMERS

Call at the Planters Warehouse
and Loan Company and place
your orders for fertilizer. We
have what you want at the right
prices. Call and see us. Plant
ers Warehouse and Loan Com
pany. ded %
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-01-24

The Essay Circle met
"Wednesday with Miss Sims.
Many good writers are in
rFae Circle but a few pre-
7cDding to ''hide Il cir light under
* fsushel" We heard wise old
man once say that most of these
guys who hide their lights under
"a barrel could use a thimble to
INST rs good advantage-and
whether it is true or not, folks are
zsure TO think it so.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-01-24
COTTON SEED

| have about 80 bushels left of
Covington Tooles cotton seed
recommended by the agricultural
department as meeting all re-
quirements of boil weevil condi-
tons.
ia. G. RAGSDALE.
2tawlm. Phone 1O11
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-01-24
School News
STEWART F. GELDERS, EDITOR

sfrs. Brown announced Monday
shat sR,c would accept contribu-
7isH1s To be forwarded to the Bel
gs1zu Relief Fund.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-01-24

+ Mrs. Brown was absent from
school Tuesday and the super
numery was not available for
some reason, SO Gordon Forbes.
star senior, taught Mrs. Browns
history classes.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-01-24

The hiSh school flag flew at
hallf mast Thursday and Friday
Rn respect Tor Admiral Dewey,
Rslao has gone to join John Paul
sUncs. Perry, Lawrence, Decatur
zssld the rest OF the brilliant ga
Bzxy Of American naval heroes
who put the "fame" in the u. S.
at America.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-01-24

With the passing of Col. Cody
and Admiral Dewey, two of the
most noble figures in American
romance go to take their places
with King Arthur and Robin
Hood. For the lives of these two
men, Buffalo Bill especially, fur
nish as much fact for gripping
stories as all the wonderful myth
that has grown up around the two
older heroes. 1t will be a long
time before this pair finds an
equal.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-01-24

Although the s. G.. c. beat our
gIrls at basketball, the Fitz-Hi
girls had the visitors beat for
RrMA1s-and those McRae girls
asT& pretty good themselves.
The Senior class wrote some
poetry in the line of duty in Eng
E'sf. At beast the specifications
a's the lesson called for poetry.
Nut We would call it by another
2n1Rae.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-01-24

Ten weeks are ali that is left to
us to prepare for the District
Contest at Americus. This next
ten weeks will fly as only time
can when it is limited. If we are
to win back our laurels we will
have to work like the allgitout all
the time until after the fatal or
glorious day. Everything should
be arranged as far as is consistent
to prepare for winning a victory.
Although no branch of work
should be subordinated to this
prime object, it should be given
equal rank 1t is time to quit
talking about what we are going
to do when the time comes.
THE TIME is HERE.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-01-24

Speaking about Fridays game
against the S. q. c. girls we can't
hclp making the remark that
chose Wolfe girls are bears at
basketball.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-01-24

The Isitz basketball team plays
Ashburn in Ashburn Friday, and
NcRae, the S. G. C., in McRae on
Monday immediately following.
Then On Friday they come home
&c gre an exhibition in canning
Gex'dele. The last scheduled
game of the season will be against
= &C. here. Thus we have only
tHo more games at nome.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-01-24

The debating club met Tues
DAY night and looked over the
negative side of the question for
fisr debate pretty thoroughly
Zach member was asked to make
u short talk and but one of the
affirmative debaters gave any
1hIng OF Importance. Prof. Strin-
ger outlined several good points
kuT the negative. 1t was decided
eo hold two meetings a week un-
AL after the preliminaries, Feb.
Roth, and accordingly, the club
viii nacet Thursday night. To-
xrsorEow the main discussion will
concern mostly the affirmative
side OF the question.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-01-24

The proceeds from the girls
Basketball game Friday amounted
&C. little more than $ll, which is
= pitIfuily small amount compar-
sd with what the team needs and
rSsc merits Of the game. The
High School cannot be said to be
sEadug as part until every leather
Banged lad and iady-like lass
csEnes to the game with a ticket
FSHRcd ON. We can't expect the
ENzfsle from out in town to come
nmf strong until the school itself
dogs its part. We have two splen-
did teams. Let's develop single
splendid spirit and pull together
aoT only in union is strength.
5s'Cauphoof NJ v.Ju yea
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-01-24

DR.. Joseph S. Stewart, OF Ath-
CHS, has arranged the dates for
4he debates in the Third District.
The whole program will come off
2n March 18th. The triangles in
ssGr district win be-Fitzgerald's
negative debates at Cordele; Cor
alclc's negative debates at Fitz-
gerald, the other has only two
acamS, Cuthbert negative at
AnaeriCus and Americas negative
AT Guthbcrt. The team in each
n-ianglc which wins the highest
yumlscv of points will debate
~~oN-ay s:..c'it, A~"l n a.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-01-24

The water fountains are fixed.
They are not SO pretty as the
original spouts were, nor perhaps
quite SO sanitary, but they are
serviceable and promise to be
permanent and are a great i'm
provement over what the boys
have had to put up with for some
time past.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-01-24

The Junior class has taken up
plane geometry and the Seniors
are just getting ready for solid.
Both classes will start keeping
notebooks.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-01-24
NOTICE, CITY TAX PAYERS

Executions will be issued
against all deliquent tax payers
alter the 9th day of January.
1917. After this date the cost OF
executions will be added to the
amount of taxes.
Drew w. Paulk, Mayor.
If David L. Paulk, City Clerk.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-01-24

The tennis court has been il
pretty regular use up to the tim'
Jupiter Pluvius started back t.
work.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1917-05-24
Tuesday, June 5th, from Z a. m: to 8 ,:
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ister Penitentiary Offense

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Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1917-05-24
CONSCRlPTION DATE SET
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Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1917-05-24
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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-03-13
Legislative Special Session
From the Savannah News,

There should be no extra session of the
georgia Legislature unless there is an Eek
traordlnary occasion" for it; that is what
the constitution of the state says. An eek
traordlnary occasion" is not created merely
because more than half of the persons who
nave talked or written or telegraphed Gov
efnor Harris about the matter favor a spe-
clal session to pass bone-dry bill. That
mas nothlng to do with the question.
Anyhow, the governor has not felt the
pulse OF Georgia; he does not know what
Georgia thinks about a special session
Wnat the voters think. He knows that he
1aiied OF reelection although it was he who
called a special session of the legislature
and put into his list of subjects, to be dis
cussed and perhaps acted upon at that SEES
sion, the matter of prohibition. That cleo
u0n IN which he was defeated was the latest
olnclaI statement the voters have made that
pears IN any way on the question of a sec
ond special session.
Yet the governor apparently has at last
made up his mind to call the legislators tn
Atlanta, although these Legislators have al
ready had three sessions instead of the cus-
iiomary two and although their successors
nave been elected and will be in session in
Tess than four months; and although, too,
Che special session will cost several thou
SANDS OF dollars, maybe $4,000, at a time
When' the state government cannot afford
TO spend money for things that are NOT
needed. NV
How the governor has been able to CON
vince himself that~an "extraordinarv occa-
sion" exists is a mystery.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-03-13
Now For a Rest.

Everybody expects the federal government
to enforce the Reed amendment, which pro-
hibits the shipment of liquor into states
which have statutes against the manufac-
ture or sale of liquor within their borders.
1t will not be winked at as state prohibition
laws have beena so the outlook is that
Georgians who have been clamoring for bone
dry prohibition are going to get it.
In this connection The News joins the Sa-
vannah News in the hope that, whatever the
ultimate fate of the Reed amendment, the
long period in which prohibition has been
part of politics in Georgia is at an end
Let the ambitious men of state and the po-
litical time-server find something else on
which to base their pleas for political pre-
ferment. The prohibition issue has gone
dry, says our contemporary, and for this
relief much thanks. Georgia has fought
long enough over this one thing. Without
this issue the state can grow and be increas-
ingly prosperous if its people will get to-
Savannah paper says;
Georgia needs more people, more
farms, more factories, more food crops
fewer cattle ticks, fewer boil weevils
more broad mindedness, more and bet
ter public schools, higher standard of
public school teaching, countrywide To-
cal taxation for schools in such counties
as do not levy tax for this purpose, a
better system of looking after state
finances as to coordination of income
and appropriations, biennial sessions of
the legislature list is very long and
full of things of great Importance.
Bone dry prohibition has about arrived.
which is as dry as prohibition can be;
so, let Georgians forget it as a polit-
ical stepping stone or stumbling block,
as the case may be, and get busy for
Georgia
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-03-13
Not So Bad.

The superabundance of talk of ruthless
ness, frightfulness, overt acts and the like
has naturally created in the public mind an
exaggerated idea of the destruction wrought
by Germany's U-boats under the recent ad-
miralty order. The figures show, however,
that the havoc achieved in February was not
altogether startling; it was merely better
advertised Germany had estimated that
she must destroy a round million tons of
shipping monthly to put through her subma-
rine program. Yet the total for February
was just 100000 tons. That is a heavy loss,
but December showed 346,656 and January
322,067 tons destroyed, without causing any
widespread belief that the British Isles
faced starvation. 1t was recently estimated
that while 10 per cent of the worlds mer-
chant shipping had been destroyed during
the war the deficiency had practically been
overcome by the floating of new craft.
The indications are that Germany's cam
paign on the sea has failed, even on her own
figures.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-03-13
Our Great Section.

The real, thoroughbred Southwest Geor-
gian the one who really loves the section
fo@ what it is, the best agricultural section of
the union, hasn't any objections to the
climatic conditions at any season of the
year. Summers heat and winters cold, the
frosts, the rains, the droughts all have their
missions to perform in natures laboratory,
in which proper preparation is made for
the big, bountiful crops that are harvested
year after year. Without these changes of
the season the farmer would not be so rich
ly rewarded for his labors. Nobody better
knows the truth of this than the farmer, the
man behind the plow, the man who plants,
sows, cultivates and harvests the crop. He
understands that winters cold the freezing
and thawing, puts the ground in good condi-
ton for crops. He knows, too, that without
the hot days and nights of summer there
could be no bumper crops. He is satisfied
with Southwest Georgia for just what it is
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-03-13
The Hidden Worth

You've got to go below the skin to know
fellow we'll;
You've got to learn what's deep within his
worth to really tell.
The outside doesn't mean thing, it's moth
ing but the case,
A sort of airproof covering that keeps the
heart in place.
Don't ever judge him as he looks, it is
foolish plan,
You wouldn't do it with your books, nor
should you with man.
For underneath the toughest skin and back
of all you see,
The chilling frown, or idle grin, the warm
est heart may be.
You've got to dig beneath his vest to know
fellows worth,
Man isn't always at his best in public scenes
of mirth
And what fellow seems to be where all his
deeds are known,
May not be what he is, when he is standing
all alone
know some men that others pass indiffer-
emily by
Because their rough outsides alas, do not
attract the eye
And yet full many silent deed of kndliness
has come
From them whom strangers only read as
brothers cold and glum
You've got to go below the skin to know
fellow well.
You've got to know what's deep within the
most Indifferent shell.
You cannot say you know man and know
him at his best,
Unless you've had a chance to scan what's
underneath his vest
EDGAR A. GUEST.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-03-13
The Birds and the WeepiE.
From the Augusta Chronicle.

The Savannah Morning News has again
Joined in the Standing by friend" crusade
the campaign to "save the Birds" and is
pleased that one of the most important mat
tiers considered at the conference of sea is
land cotton growers at Valdosta was the re-
lation of birds to agriculture This con-
ference decided to seek legislation that will
protect especially the boil weevil destroying
birds. The bureau of biological survey
points out that thrty-eight sorts of birds
prey on the boil weevil. Among them are
the kildeer bob white, bullbat, phoebe, cow
bird, red-winged blackbird, meadow lark
orchard oriole, white-throated sparrow, car
dinal, painted bunting, mocking bird, brown
thrushes, Carolina wren and purple martin.
The kildeer, orchard oriole and bullbat
are classified as being destructive of the boil
weevil.
There is a fight on for and against quail
protection in Ohio. The Cleveland Plain
Dealer says in comment thereon: Zone quail
will eat thousands of harmful insects in
single day. Where quail are plentiful in
sect pests of many kinds grow discouraged
or disappear Ohio farmers have learned
the quails value, and are strong in their
demand that legal protection be continued"
The Morning News is right. Birds that
sing beautifully are protected because they
sing, and that is fine thing; but common
sense demands that other birds be saved for
a reason that is even more important to the
entire race.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-03-13
It's Called.

Governor Harris has called the extra ses-
sion of the legislature. He wants to make
Georgia bone dry in advance of the regular
session of midsummer, and before the time
assigned by congress for the federal bone
dry law to go into effect.
That the governor, in the exercise of the
discretion conferred upon him by the con-
stitution and laws of the state, should have
decided to call an extra session of the gen
eral assembly only few weeks in advance
of the regular session is to be regretted
The people who pay the bills do not regard
with favor too prolonged or too frequent
sessions of the law-making body.
If the legislators are as long enacting the
proposed legislation as the governor has
been in making up his mind to call them to-
gether the extra session will run into the
regular session in June
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-03-13
COOPERATION BETWEEN
THE TOWN AND THE COUNTRY

From the Atlanta Journal
The Dawson News touches a subject of
Importance to the entire state as we'll as To
us own community when it urges a closer
cooperation &C. of town and country interests,
lime was when the affairs of business men
and farmers were regarded as if thev wera
wholly unrelated if not antagonistic, excent
IN rather a narrow province of buying and
selling. The idea of town folk and country
getting together on plans of common interest
and working together for the whole coun-
trys weII-being was once as strange as now
1t IS familiar. The forward-looking mer-
chant or anker realizes today that the con-
quest of the boil weevil, the production of
1oodstuffs, the building and maintenance of
good roads and all else that nromotas fo,no
prosperity are no less important to the town
than to the country
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-03-13
Another Kansas Freak.
From the Chattanooga Times.

Kansas is leading the way again, and this
time she has "bucked" bigger proposition
than John Barleycorn. A bill has been in
PRODUCED in the state senate prohibiting
clandestine or hurried marriages on pain Of
fine of 500 for the first offense, increas-
ing automatically as the number of offenses
increases. 1t seems they can marry often in
Kansas. A section of the bill requires all
marriages to be announced in the newspa-
pers in ample time for some busybody to
prevent its occurrence, if any he or she
here is one law if it should be passed that
even Kansas will not be able to enforce.
Human nature in Kansas is much the same
as in other states, and when a man and a
woman decide to marry the probabilities are
they are going to marry, even if they have
to go over in Nebraska or into Missouri to
get the license and find preacher
Kansas will reach the limit presently, and
there will be no more laws to be enacted;
and yet things go on in Kansas much as they
do in other states-no better and no worse.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-03-13
sELF-sATIsFIED CHURCH MEMBERS

From the Triton Gazette.
correspondent who signs himself "Prohibi-
ton has some pertinent things to saw about
the liquor traffic and in the course of his
weil-connected plea has this to say of the
self-satisfied church member:
Realizing my own limitations and short
comings say it in the fear of God: It is
my honest belief that the unfortunate in
the gutter struggling with an inherited ap-
petite is nearer the Kingdom than the self
satisfied church member, no matter how
high his seat in the synagogue, who boasts
that he drinks or let's it alone at pleasure.
AS l see it there has never been so much
genuine goodness in the world as in this
year of grace 1917, and never was there so
little room for sham"