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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1917-07-19
The Time Is 0ppOrtune
(By James H. Malone.)

movement for a Constitutional Conven-
ton over a quarter of century. EV-
cry time it has come up coterie start
he cry that this is an ''inopportune
line" Each time they have a differ
emit reason for the cry
This time the war is cited for an ex-
use, which is a poor one. Every right
hat free men enjoy has been won in
battle and times of war. The armed
Darons in 1915 A. D. met King John on
he field at Runnymede and wrung
rom him Magma Charta, the very
foundation stone of our rights as citi-
;ens of free republic.
The right of petition for redress of
wrongs, and the declaration of rights,
we're won at the point of the sword.
The Declaration of independence,
ur palladium of liberty, was written
fter war had been commenced and
lIood shed on battlefields, to wrest
from England the right to free gov
ernment in America.
Russia, the greatest country in area
3nd population on the globe, only
found her liberty in this great world
wide war; and even now she is fash,
oning and writing new constitution
that will usher her into being the lar.
gest republic in the history of the
world.
The States of Massachusetts, Indiana
and Arkansas will re-write their con-
stitution in tho year of our Lord 1917
while Illinois will vote on the subject
Of calling a convention.
Even Holland, that wonderful little
country ruled over by woman, and
begirt and threatened by autocratic
Germany, will this year also revise her
constitution, thus displaying the spirit
of the lion, which is the proud symbol
of the manhood of the little kingdom
Mr. Edgerton, who happens to be
president of part of the manufact
urers of the state, made proclama
ton that he was against the constitu
,ional movement, because war is go
ing on In European cour &c. es. The i'm
preston was made that lie spoke for
the manufacturers of the state, but
his own members in Memphis have
repudiated his position.
Seventeen editors, out of 1870 in the
State, in a meeting after an address by
Mr.. Edgerton, passed a resolution by
II to giving 1t as their opinion that
we had best wait while. What right
have II men to speak for 1870?
F.. A riglteous war is great arouser;
it toughens the muscles, it hardens the
fists and brings fresh air into the
lungs; it exalts life to heroic heights
1t kindles patriotism to fervent heat.
This is why the greatest charters and
constitutions ever written were era
died while shot and shell rent this
world, and this old earth was being
drenched with the blood of the sons of
men.
A few men here and there, with
spirits like the mouse, say that Ten
nosseans are an exception to all man
kind; that they can do nothing except
mark time while charters and consti-
tutions are now being written by the
heroes of the age, for the liberty and
advancing civilization of mankind
throughout the world.
Tennesseans Of old had the spirit of
the lion, and we Indignantly deny that
Tennesseans Of today are the degen-
crate offspring of as noble an ancestry
as ever trod American soil.
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NEGLECTED. COLD GROW WORSE

A cough that racks and iIrita.e s
the throat may lead to a scrioW
,hronc cough, if neglected. The
healing pine balsams in Dr.. Bells
Pine Tar Honey-Nature's own rem
edy-wil lsoothe and relieve the iiri-
tation, breathing will be easier, and
The antiseptic properties will Kill the
germ which retarded healing. Have
handy for Group, sore throat and
.hronic bronchial affections. Get a
,ottle today. Pleasant to take. Al
I'll Druggists, csc.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1917-07-19
CONSTIPATION MAKES YOU dull

That draggy, listless, oppressed
feeling generally results from cons.l-
patton. The intestinos ar clogge(
and tn blood becomes poisoned. Re
lieve this condition at once with Dl.
Kings New Life Pills; this gentle
non gripping laxative is quickly effect
i've. A dose at bedtime will make
you feel brighter in the morning. Get
bottle today at your Druggi3t. 25c
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1917-07-19

Let us fly the flag of our country
on all suitable occasions, but let us
not neglect to pay it the respect which
is its due. Let as have more flags,
but let us not fly them all perpetu-
ally. So far as possible treat the
flag as a thing whose lovely folds
must not be cnmped, or bound, or
held down, or otherwise restrained
from liberty to wave in the free air.
Take proper care of it. By all means
see that the flag flies clear and is
not fouled-if this is not possible,
take it in temporarily. Do not al
low it to remain out through the night
unless for some special reason, as
when it flies from a tall staff and has
powerful light trained upon it.
From sunrise to sunset is the rule.
There is seldom any excuse for al
lowing a flag to remain out through
storm. In the military service spe-
cial and smaller flags are designed
for this service. Disgrace is cast
upon its owner when flag is allowed
to remain frayed and torn, for it then
bears unmistakable testimony TO the
neglect with which he has treated it..
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1917-07-19

Mobilization of the National Guard
for war service began Tuesday While
no orders for embarkation of State
troops for France will be given until
after August 5. when the entire force
will be formally drafted into the Unit
cd States Army there are indications
that some divisions will be regarded
as ready to board transports soon
after that date.
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lingering Coughs Are Dang lrous

Get rid of that tickling cough that
Keeps you awake at night and drains
Jour vitality and energy. DR., Kings
New Discovery is pleasant balsam
remedy, antiseptic, laxatiyc an6
promptly effective. 1t soot1cs the IL
itatcd membrane and kills the colo
germs; your cough is soon relieved.
Delay is dangerous set Dr. Kings
New Discovery at once. For nearly
fifty years it has been the favorite
rmody for grippe, Group. coughs and
colds. Get bottle today al your
Druggist, Soc.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1917-07-19

The look of worry on the average
woman's face should convince a girl
that men are not worth the eXertiOn
necessary to capture and then hold
them.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1917-07-19

You can't prove your patriotism by
plastering yourself from head to foot
with small American flags or by at
taching them to your hosiery. More
over, that's not very good way to
win a reputation for intelligence.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1917-07-19

Mr.. Mcclellan, at the risk of being
accused again of being copper
head" continues to speak out in the
senate in the interest of common
sense provisions in the food control
bill. The new senator from Tonnes
see has proved his courage, and his
ability has made him one of the dem
ocratic leaders already. Chattanooga
News.
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The only difference between med
ding and investigating is that you
always investigate and the other fell
low NEEDLES.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1917-07-19

ALL AGENCIES
WORK TOGETHER
The Food Situation Calls For
United Effort of All Men
and Women
WHAT PART ARE YOU TAKING?
The Problems In Each County Must Be
Approached BY the Citizens of That
County-The Interest of Every Per-
son Is Expected at This Time of War.

Let everybody work together this
year. We shall probably learn that
this business of producing foodstuffs
and handling them properly on the
markets is not the business of the
farmer alone. In the county organiza-
ton for food and seed preparedness
many agencies will be expected to join
in the efforts. Leaders can well look
to every agency that is human. Here
are few which have been used in sew
eral counties at the beginning of the
organization. Perhaps you may have
several others in your county:
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1917-07-19

The owner of recorded livestock il
under heavy obligations to the breed
and its breeders. He is not only ex
pected to keep the quality of his hero
or flock up to the standard it had wher
it came into his possession, but he
must improve it, If possible.-C. d.
Lowe, Division Of Extension, Univer
sity of Tennessee, Knoxville.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1917-07-19

When a man has wheel in his
head, the tire is furnished by his as
sociates.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1917-07-19

Life after all is but a big bundle
of little things.
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Certaizs-geed Certai1-teed
Roofing

is tte most efficient typcof roof
ing for all kinds Of buildings.
For the sky-Scraper a built up
roof of CERTAIN-TEED is
nowrecognized as the ideal roof.
For factories. especially where the
roof area is considerable, the light
weight, economy and long life OF
CERT AIN-TEED makes it by far
the most desirable type of roof. For
garages, out-houSes, farm buildings,
The economy, ease Of laying and long
life make CERTAlN-TEED super
Tor to any other. For residences
CERTAIN-TEED Slate Surfaced
Shingles are artistic, light weight,
economical.
CERTAIN TED costs less TO buy,
less to lay, and less per year Of life.
1t is light weight, clean, sanitary and
fire retardant.- 1t will not dry out or
rust, and is absolutely weathertight.
CERTAIN-TEED is made in rolls,
plain and slate surfaced; also in slate
surfaced shingles. Three tlicknesses,
but only one quality--the best. Guar
anteed S, 10 or Is years, according
to thickness Il, 2 or~3 Ply, but viii
outlive the period Of guarantee.
The long life of CTRTAIN-TEED
is due to its quality and the saturation
of a special blend of soft asphalts,
kebf soft, and prevented from drying
out, by a coating Of Aarasr asphalts.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1917-07-19

Some people are away up in the
social scale because they are too
light to bring it down.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1917-07-19

A fertile imagination often pro-
duces a crop of rank ideas.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1917-07-19
Paints and Varnishes

are made by experts and mixed
by modern machinery, SO that
every can exactly conforms to
the expert chemists formula,
both as to ingredients and color.
With modern facilities for manufac.
turing full line of paints and varnish-
es, on a large scale; with unlimited
resources. and the extensive sales or
ganization of the Ccrtain-teed Pro.
ducts Corporation, costs are materially
reduced, and CERTAIN-TEED
Paints can be sold for less than good
paints usually cost.
The professional painter can not mix
his own paints and compete with
CERTAlN-TEED Paints any more
than the small shoemaker can COM
pete in price and style with the big
shoe factories. 1t is better, both for
the painter and the man who pays
for the job. if the painter uses
CERTAIN-TEED Paint. All un-
certainty is eliminated, waste and
left-overs are avoided, and the quality
is assured.
Besides, CERTAfN-TEED Paint is
guar ntced to give satisfaction. In
stead OF the painters guarantee you
have the guarantee of a business which
has become the largest of its-kind in
the world, because it makes and sells
good goods at the lowest possible
price, and backs them with all of
its enormous resources.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1917-07-19

Women are naturally credulous
when their portraits flatter them.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1917-07-19

It's surprising how easy it is to get
something you don't want.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1917-07-19

A financial note says that money
is easier. Perhaps it goes that way,
but it comes as hard as ever.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-04-18
GEN. WOOD CHOSEN
FOR WAR COUNCIL

" ashington. d. c., April 16.-Maj.
Gen. Leonard Wood, ranking officer
on the active list of the army. was
designated as one of the committee
which will welcome to the United
States the distinguished British war
commission, headed by Foreign Min
ister Balfour.
The selection of Gen. Wood is in
line with the administrations plans
for according every possible honor to
the high rank and notable character
of Great Britain's commissioners.
The state department is represented
on the committee by Breckenridge
Long, third assistant secretary; the
navy by Rear Admiral Fletcher, of
the general board, and Commander
E. F. Sellers, and the army by Gen.
Wood and Col. R. E. L. Niche.
Wilson to Receive Wednesday
1t was stated at the White House
during the day that the president has
arranged to receive the British visi-
tors Wednesday and the French COM
mlssioncrs at the same time if they
reached Washington. The state de-
parment, however, announced that it
was not certain when Mr.. Balfour and
his party would come and that moth
ing definite was known concerning
the arrival of the French commission.
Emphasizing the governments de-
sire TO omit no precautions to insure
the safety of the visitors, the state de-
partment has asked that nothing be
printed in regard to the movement
of the parties until officials are ready
to make them known. Tie British
government itself has let it be known
that it would appreciate such consid-
ration, having in mind the fate which
overlook Lord Kitchener when the
ship on which he was travelling on a
special mission to the Scandinavian
countries was destroyed off the Irish
coast
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-04-18
SWEET LITTLE MOTHER OF
MINE

Tired and little bit sleepy
Nighttime and silver stars;
Sing-song of wee woodland dwellers,
Lights from the going cars.
Heart-longings mystic and tender,
Whispered by soit-sfghing pine;
Thoughts of Beautiful Lady,
Sweet little Mother of Mine.
Feeling all down ana discouraged
Tired Of the cares of the day;
Trying to find where the light is,
Even the tiniest ray.
Tears, but they form me a rainbow,
When your dear eyes through them
shine
And DER the rainbow I see you,
Sweet little Mother of Mine
Weary and worried and homesick-
Tired most of all of myself
What an old world do we live ill.,
Vanity, striving for self.
But 10! the worries all vanish,
Leaving no cause to repine,
When DER the distance you whisper,
Sweet little Mother of mine.
Working and hoping and smiling,
Trying to love and be true;
Trying to trust and be patient,
lust as ! know you would do.
Unto the kingdom divine
Where I shall know you and love
you,
Sweet little Mother Of mine
Exchange.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-04-18
MANY UNFOUNDED RUMORs

Atlanta, Ga, April Ii think
there must be a rumor hatchery out
in my neighborhood, for every time
| go home ! find them all in a stew
over the latest report OF violence"
said an Atlanta ewspaper man yester-
day, as he hung tip the telephone af-
ter assuring an anxious citizen that
the city waterworks hadn't been
blown up.
Last night when I went home they
told me that it was generally report
ed in the neighborhood that man
with several bichloride of mercury
tablets had been caught OIL the bank
of the waterworks reservoir" he con-
tinued, "and every time they call me
up they have new one to ask me
about"
Another newspaper man came into
the conversation.
No worse out in your neck of the
woods than. it is in mine," said he.
Last night when I hit the front steps
they asked me if it was true that the
Kaiser had been assassinated. I told
them not to worry, that his assissina-
nation would be the biggest story
that could happen in the world short
of peace, and that the newspapers
would certainly tell tie news if it
came"
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-04-18
OCILLA ORGANIZED HOME
GUARD MONDAY NIGHT

Major Halle, Capts. Nipper and
Bowels, Postmaster Adams and 9TH
ers assisted in organizing a Home
Guard for Irwin county Monday
night. The Ocilla band played for
the occasion and a great deal of en-
thusiasm was displayed by the large
assembly of representative citizens
that met at the city hall.
Mayor G. S. Wilcox opened the
meeting and on motion of Mr.. O. 7.
Clark was elected chairman, with T.
J. Flanders, secretary for the evening.
A number of speeches were made the
objects of the organization being
thoroughly explained by Major Halle.
IL young men enlisted. Attorney
Dwight Rogers was elected Captain
of the company and Hal Johnson
treasurer The other officers of the
company are to be elected at its first
regular meeting, which will be held
next Monday night
The company will very likely attach
itself to the battalion already form
ed in Fitzgerald TIE entire Oci1la
band joined, giving the company the
distinction of being the only Home
Guard in Georgia with its own band.
and it's some band.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-04-18
FOR RENT

FOUND-Suit case. Owner can
ret same at Office of Armour and Co.
" identifying contents and paying
or this advertisement. 1t.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-04-18
LAST OF WOLFF FAMILY DIES

Charleston, S. c., April 15.-Ger-
hard Carl Wolff, II years old, last sur
viving members of the family of Ed
ward B. c. Wolff died at hospital
early this afternoon. Three hours
later his father, mother, brother and
sister were buried in Bethany ceme-
terry.
The family was wiped out by
VOLTS terrible act of smashing the
heads of his wife and three children
and shooting himself in the temple
some time Thursday night. Probably
no tragedy in the annals OF Charles
ton has so stirred the whole COM
munity
Explanation of the hideous tragedy
has not come to light yet.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-04-18
TRESPASSING ON RAILWAY
PROPERTY IS DANGEROUS

Washington, April 1~-"Trespass-
ing on railway property, at, all times is
perilous practice, involves an even
greater hazard for the trespasser now
that 1T has become necessary to place
armed guards at strategic points to
prevent possible interference with the
country transportation facilities
through the depredations of enemy
agents" said Fairfax Harrison. oresi-
dent of the Southern Railway system
and chairman of the American Rail-
way Associations Special Committee
on National Defense, calling attention
to the Importance of all loyal citi-
zens' keeping off railway premises
unless they have business thereon.
I'm addition to the ever-present
danger of being killed by a train" Mr..
Harrison continued, "the man who
now trespasses on railway property
subjects himself to the peril of being
shot, should he fail to heed the chal-
lenge of the military guard. Charged
with the duty of protecting railway
structures whose destruction would
interfere seriously with transporta
ton, the guards cannot afford to take
any chances. Unfortunate occur
rences'can be avoided if citizens who
have no business on railway property
will keep off. 1t is especially impor-
tant that pedestrians who have been
accustomed to walking tracks. rather
than the public highways, should un-
derstand the added danger and recog-
nize that they can perform patriotic
service by avoiding it,"
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-04-18
BOY PLEASED
WITH U. S. ARMY LIFE

Fl. Thomas, Ky, April Is, 1917.
Mr.. w. A. Adams,
Fitzgerald, Ga,
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-04-18

Ft Thomas, KY, April Is, 1917.
Mr w. A. Adams,
Fitzgerald, Ga,
Dear Sir:
! passed all exa limitations all 0. K.
VI. Is sworn into the service last
y edhesdaEt afternoon. There was one
hundred and forty-one sworn in at
the same time I was, and about fiji
teen hundred more waiting to be cx-
Amined and sworn in, they have been
coming in here from all states in the
Union at the rate of $50 day.
have. been assigned to the clerical
department. of the 18TH recruit COM
Pany permanently stationed at this
post. Like the army fine, and will
Ike 1t all the better now for | am
where l can get some valuable ex-
Perlence that will st>y with me.
There is about $500 men at the fort
bow, 400 left the same day I arrived,
Pnd 600 two days later, and 800 leave
tomorrow.
You can tellrall my friends that
pm having the time of my life, and
he army is the thing for any young
|nan, M ~ good wishes.
v Joseph R. Battle,
18th Recruit Company,
Fort Thomas, Ky.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-04-18
EXPERTS PLAN FOR FOOD
CRISIS

st. Louis, April 10-Representatives
from all parts of the United States.
except New England and the Pacific
coast, are in conference here TODAY
to plan an appeal to Congress to pass
laws guaranteeing a minimum wage
to farm laborers. There will also
be a call upon the bankers to lend
money to the farmers to buy seeds
and demand upon farmers to in
crease farm production by greater
acreage and more scientific methods
OF cultivation. The conference was
under the direction of the Secretary
OF Agriculture, David F. Houston.
The conference will put its pro-
gramme into final shape today and
will adopt definite Recommendation
to Congress.
The agricultural experts agree that
since the United States has entered
the war it will fall to the lot of this
country to feed itself, France and
England, and will cali for an increase
IN farm production to an extent never
before undertaken by this country.
May Form Farm Army
One OF the proposals to place men
rejected from the naval and military
services in what may be called the
agricultural service" the proposal
entailing new department in con-
nection with the army, 70 be paid on
the same basis as the army and to
have the same scale of rank and pro-
motion.
Secretary Houston said that the
conference in ST. Louis was called af-.
ter he had received thousands of de-
mands from all parts of the United
States for information as to what this
country would do ia cne present cri-
sis.
That a great emergency really ex-
lists and that steps should be taken
Immediately to insure planting of the
greatest crop in the nar1on's history
within the next five weeks is the opin-
ion of all the men in the conference,
including deans of various agricu1tur-
al colleges, presidents Of nearly every
agricultural university in the United
States and men from various state
agricultural boards. All the editors
of farm papers will meet in St. ouis
VI cdnesday.
Would Stop Liquor Output
Henry J. Waters, president of the
Kansas State Agricultural College,
said that the bread output could be
increased by milling 81 per cent Of the
flour, instead of 70 per cent, which is
the present method. This, he said
would make an increase of 100000
barrels of -four He also advised the
closing Of all breweries and distil1er-
les, which, he said, would save more
than 100000 bushels of grain.
Secretary Houston said that it was
the duty of the government to see
that the cannels of distribution of
food products are kept open and that
manipulation and speculation do not
dominate the marketing of the prod
ucts.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-04-18
BETHLEHEM ITEMS

The farmers are busy planting their
drops.
Mr.. I. c. Wilson, Of Atlanta, spent
Pne day last week with Mr.. and Mrs.
l. Stone Mr.. and Mrs p. T.
Ptone entertained a large number
Pl trends alta fish fry given at Bow
ms Mill last Friday night. Among
nose present were Mr.. and Mrs.
cry Fitzgerald and their sweet
oung daughter, Miss Vivian, Mr.. and
MRS, K. l.. Stone, with their son, Paul,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Tomberlin, Mr..
P B. Iomberlin, Mr. Albert Branch,
Iar. Quincy Robitzsch, Mr. r. O.
Ptone, Mr.. H. F. Stone, Mr.. and Mrs.
Macon Dix and son, Webster, Miss
lara Belle Stone, Miss Fife Mae
Ptone, Lizzie Frank Stone and Mr..
Pnd Mrs. H. f. Cooper with their
BON, William r.
Mr. and Mrs. w. A. Stone, of Pitts,
gisited Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Cooper
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. H. f. Cooper visited
Mrs 6. w Elliott, of Pitts, Sunday.
Miss Lille Stone is home again, af-
Ter having been away several months,
Teaching.
BLUE EYES
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-04-18
PREACHING ECONOMY

Atlanta, Ga, April 17.-Atlanta
meat market men are appealing to
their customers to practice economy
on the following lines:
Eat less meat
Waste less meat
Have one meatless day a week.
They know they will lose business,
but they know that unless the people
buy sparingly now they can't buy at
all, later on.