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The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-11-12
THIS is SOME DICTIONARY
Arabic Affair Used by Scholars Is in 20
Volumes and Weighs About
100 Pounds.

The ponderous dictionaries of En-
rope, even the famous many-volumed
chronological index of Larousse, which
is the monumental work of all modern
tongues, are more than surpassed,
says the New York Sun, by the Arabic
dictionaries of 500 years ago, which
are still the great authority for stu
dents in that language.
The Arabic dictionary most used by
scholars who are familiar with nc
other language is in 20 Quarto vol.
umes and weighs close to 100 pounds.
There is 50-pound ten-volume abridg.
ment of it, presumably for use at
home. This and virtually all the Ara
bic dictionaries were made in the
time of the Harun-al-Rashid.
The Islamfc empire is credited by
Moslems with two great eras. The
first was that of conquest, when the
only history was written with the
sword. Then came centuries of Mo-
hammedan domination, when the Mos
lens peacefully held the empires they
had conquered in Asia and in the Ibe-
rian peninsula. During these art and
literature flourished and the Arabic
dictionary was born. In Arabia the
flower of this period was in the golden
time of Caliph Harun-al-Rashid.
Each of the words that have been
familiar in the daily life of the no
mad Arabs for centuries has an enor-
nous number of synonyms. The lion,
for example, was feared by villagers
and hunted not only for sport but
as matter of necessity. Therefore
al the Arabic dictionary the lion has
more than a hundred different names.
The camel was the sole means of
transportation across the thirsty des-
erts and is characterized in 100 diff
ferent ways.
But above all, the horse and the
sword were the two great stand-bys
of the Arab. There are more than 200
words that convey ideas of "hOrse"
and Sword" All other familiar
words, such as tent, flock, herds, wa
ter, woman, sun and air, have long
lists of synonyms that are interchange
able and in constant use. This affords
some slight explanation why Arabic
dictionaries are of so large size.
Arabic, so the Arabs say, was the
language of the BabylOnians, and it
Is also contended by them that it was
the tongue which Abraham spoke.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-11-12
ALL WANT TO LIVE IN PARIS
So Many Foreigners Are There That
the Frenchman Is Being
Crowded.

The New York Evening Posts Paris
correspondent says that in an article
in Excelsior a French writer contends
that while Paris before the war was
the meeting place of all nationalities,
it has now become their permanent
abode, so that the Parisians are crowd
ed out into the suburbs or unable to
find an apartment in the city.
The writer says that if you take a
census of the average apartment you
will find that 1t contains "Belgians
who left when the Germans came.
Russians driven out by bolshevism,
French families from the devastated
regions who seem to like it where they
are. American students with their
omnipotent dollars. Englishmen trying
to do business and representatives of
the Balkan states, Poland Turkey and
other distressed and unsettled regions
who are living on the Lord only knows
what Paris is proud of her coSmo-
politanism, but is finding it inconveni-
emf when the peoples of the world
show so little inclination to move"
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-11-12
OUR BIRTH RATE IS NORMAL
Census Bureau Statistics Show That
Births Exceed Deaths by About
One Third.

The census bureau, on the strength
OF registered returns, gives figures to
show that the birth rate in the United
States exceeds the death rate by one
third, which is gratifying fact. We
are not one of the nations that need
be anxious on this vital point as far
as present conditions are concerned.
one OF the most serious troubles in
France Is the warning in its censuses
that in some years more of it's inhab-
itants die than are born. some of
Its neighbors grow much faster in
population. This disparity was some
what noticed in the past. yet without
fully realizing the terrible menace in
yolved. The desolated towns and
farms of France are a monument to
the old census admonitions and the
awful sacrifice of young French man.
hood is far more dreadful than the
devastation. Often have the public
men of France sounded an alarm on
the defective birth rate. It is much
discussed now by thoughtful French
legislators and writer's. A census al
ways demands intelligent study.
The United States grows by immi-
grafton as well as births, and our
school system tends to Americanize
the whole body of citizens. Our
schools are great melting pot for
Americans of the future and to in
crease their proportionate number.
The welfare of children is a great
national issue. The birth rate and
death rate need continuous attention.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-11-12
Trade With Australia Grows.

Trading between this country and
Australia is showing healthy growth,
according to figures supplied to the de-
partment Of commerce by A. w. Fer
rim, trade commissioner, who is at Mel
bourne. They cover imports and ex-
ports for the first quarter of the cur
rent year. and show the imports dur
ing that period to have been about
$27,775,0 900, against exports to this
country Of approximately $16,350,000.
February exports nearly eQualed In
value the totals for January and
March. and in that month the outgoing
shipments exceeded the imports. In
the same month. however, the value of
the imports was less than half of the
goods brought in during March.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-11-12
Cardinals Hat SYMBOL of Office.

The peculiarly of the cardinals hat
is that it is not to be worn. On one
occasion only is it to be seen on the
head of the cardinal, and that is when
the pope himself places it there as a
symbol of its owners elevation to the
Sacred college. When the cardinal dies
it is placed in his coffin. The hat is
of a deeper red than that of the robe
worn by the cardinal. 1t has long
heavy silken cords, each with Is tas-
sells at the end, hanging on either side
The crimson robes which, like the hat
denote the cardinals Office, are made
Of cloth which for several generations
past has been supplied by firm of
cloth merchants at Burtscheid, near
Aix-la-Chapelle. The process by which
the dye is distilled is a jealousy
guarded secret.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-11-12
SHERIFF'S SALE
GEORGIA-Ben Hill COUNTY !:

GEORGIA-Ben Hill County:
Will be sold before the Court house
door of said county between the legal
hours of sale on the first Tuesday in
December, 1920, to the highest bidder
for cash, the following described prop
erty:
Five bales of cotton towit: num-
bers 1886, 3197, 1898, 2672, and 29l4
of the 1920 serial numbers in the ware
house of the Ben Hill Company, lev.
led on by ]. B. Roberts, Deputy sher-
iff of Said County, under and by vir.
tue of distress warrant for rent in
favor of Geo. H. Bryant against Ma.
thew Brown on the 30th day of Sep
TENDER, 1920 and found in the name
of ]. A. Parrot in said warehouse.
This November LIST, 1920.
]. B. Roberts,
ny Deputy Sheriff
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-11-12
Makina Il HomeIike.

On Dolly's birthday she was pre-
sented with q baby bulldog, and her
delight was delicious to behold.
1t was very young, and she insist
ed upon taking 1t to bed with her, but
the next morning she was looking
very tired.
Haven't you slept we'll, darlingT"
asked her mother.
"No, mummy" said Dolly. "Nel-
son was crying in the night for his
mumsey, so kept awake with him
for company, and l made awful faces
all night to make him fink l was his
bulldog muvver to comfy him AN
swers, London.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-11-12
"Didnf Resi- Well"
Prominent Georgia Lady Suffered from Faint Spells
and ieepteSsness-l2elieued by Zir0n.

II didn't rest well some nights.
would be just as tired when I got up
in the morning as when I went To
bed. would get weak, and have kind
of fainty spells-at times hardly able
to do my homework.
II heard Of Ziron, and felt maybe
a tonic would help me. th0aght 1t
would at least strengthen me.
ri believe ziron has done me good.
/ feel better. l am glad to recommend
1t as a good tonic"
Try Ziron Our money-back guaran-
tee protects you. At your drnggist's.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-11-12
NOTICE

We will open the stock yards in
Fitzgerald just as soon as there is SUI
ticient business to warrant the OPEN
ing, at this time hogs are moving
slowly and the market will discourage
selling for sometime.
We will handle your hogs promptly
through the Della yard until the Fitz-
gerald yard has been opened and urge
you to call us at Della for any infor-
nation as to market conditions, call us
reverse and we will gladly advise you.
w. |. McCranie Livestock Co..
Phone Is and so, Della Ga.
bed Dec. L
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-11-12

board. Four commercial flying COM
panies have been formed at Winni-
peg, and there are companies at
Regina, Moose Jaw. Saskatoon, Ed
monitor, Hanna (Alberta), Calgary,
Lethbridge, Banff and in Vancouver.
Aerodromes are to be built at Virden
and Vancouver. Passenger flying is
the first object of these companies,
and mail carrying and distribution
for large shops are expected to fol-
low.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-11-12
LEGAL NOTICE

GEORGIA, Ben Hill county.
Notice to Creditors and Debtors:
This is notice to all creditors anG
debtors OF the estate of Nancy A,
Nicholson, deceased, that all creditors
of said estate are required to file
their claims with the undersigned
before the first Monday in Decem-
Der, 1920, and all debtors of said es-
tate are required to make settlement
with the undersigned before the first
Monday in December, 1920
BESSIE N. KEEPER,
FdNov19p Administrative.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-11-12
ADVERTISEMENT BY
ADMINISTRATORS FOR
SALE or TANn

GEORGIA-Ben Hill County:
BY virtue of an order from the
Court of Ordinary of Ben Hill county
will be sold at public outcry, on the
first Tuesday in December, 1920, at
the court house door, in said county,
between the legal hours of sale, city
lot number Twenty-Eight 1881 square
number Five (s) Block number sew
en- (7i in the City of Fitzgerald, cor
gia, according to the plat of said city.
Terms of sale, cash.
This November LIST, 1920.
J. A. EVANS,
Administr. for estate of J. w.
Evans. N 70.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-11-12
In One Direction Around World.

A person starting on the equator on
a trip around the world would 60 east
all the way providing he started east.
He would not go east half the way
and west the other half. If the
Journey is started toward the west
that direction would be maintained I'M
Ill reaching the starting point again.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-11-12
rA EoPLE who get to feeling weak

~ EOPLE who get to feeling weak
every now and then, and who do
not seem to get the proper re-
freshment from rest, sleep and recrea-
ton, need tonic to help their blood
revitalze and build up their system.
For this, you will find Ziron Iron
Tonic very valuable, as the testimony of
thousands already has proved. Mrs.
J. w. Dysart, lady of prominent
Georgia family residing near Carriers
vile, says:
"T didn't feel like myself.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-11-12
CONCENTRATED Minis.

The weakest living creature, by con-
eentrating his powers on single OBJ
ject, can accomplish something; the
strongest, by dispensing his over many,
may fail to accomplish anything.
Carlyle.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-11-12
Aerial raxlcahs In Canada.

Seventeen aerial taxicab compa-
MES are being formed in western
Canada. and a number of these al
ready have been licensed -hx the air
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-11-12
LEGAL NOTICE
GEORGIA, Ben Hill County.

GEORGIA., Ben Hill County.
To all whom 1t may concern;
Mrs. w. H. Dykes having applied
for guardianship OF the person and
property of Hazel Aileen Sirmans
late OF said County, deceased, notice
is given that said application will be
heard at my office at ten o'clock Am.
on the first Monday in December next
This Nov. lst 1920.
J. R. HORTON,
Ordinary and exofficio Clerk
Court OF Ordinary.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-11-12
Instead of Sheep.

Normally, says DR.. Godfrey Reyes
person has $4,000 millions Of blood
.orpuscles circulating In his body. Peo-
Die suffering with insomnia might try
counting them in bed.-London Punch.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-11-12

Everything for Chr'srnias presents
at Haies' see the windows. MS
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-11-12

Usually High One.
Experience is the only teacher in
oastion to demand and get it's own
rice.-Colorado Springs Telegraph.
, 1920-02-20
17,298,57eI8

last broken over its conventional or con-
venient wall of traditionalism and got
Il, 1000 tons of sugar on June LIST from
Java, America and one or two other places.
Some of the sugar cane via london on
English and Japanese ships. ibid.
There is a general shortage for food
for bees and the beekeepers are anxious,
especially in New York and Pennsylvania
to get consignments of sugar to keep
their bees alive during the winter.
There was a lack of nectar during the
summer and fall and thus the short
agn.-Ibid.
, 1920-02-20
SUGAR NOTES.

Netherlands has had a revival IN the
manufacturing of marmalade. Before the
war there were only 8 small concerns
that made marmalade but as a shortage
of fats hove in sight during the war, the
neOnle wanted a substitute for these and
TODAY there are 40 such institutions that
worked up 1000, 900 Kilograms OF trult
during the past season. Owing to the
decentralization of the army and an IN
crease in fats, the industry has some
what gone backward, but the STURDY
dutch have learned the value OF these
food stuffs and will possibly have the
Same instructive desires for this kind OF
sweet food as do their ~neighboring cous-
ms. the English.
The German sugar manufacturers are
having the time of their lives. Some OF
them feel that the economic condltlonS
oro ca intolerable and receive so little
~a9l sympathy from the present Govern
ment that they will be obliged to close
shon, The political organs OF the present
German government look asEance at
this and proceed to castlgate some OF
thoso men as criminals who want to cave
Germany without food. The editor OF
DE Demtsche ZuckerGnduStr1e takes the
leaders to task for these ~lnslnnatlonS by
enunciating three things
First The German sugar industry is IN
danger of deterioration and destruction
because the government does not nave
intellectual facility enough to adapt itself
to the times and expects the sugar manu-
facfIirers and planters to carry on an IN
dustry with loss.
Second There are wild agitators 7ho
&C about getting the Xxi all
, 1920-02-20

wrought up to leave their jobs, resulting
in a large acreage OF beets being LETT IN
the ground, which 1eets cannot even De
used as fodder.
1hird-These agirators are driving Tor
eigners off the beet fields who have done
good work in tie last, thus making a
continuation of The industry Impossible.
themselves the real hieves that rob the
industry of a future. Louisiana Planter.
Turkey, which mas been receiving
most of it's sugar from Russia, has at
, 1920-02-20

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and Holidays eTcepted) By G. Johun8on
at the AVis Office.
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Contribution TO this paper 10jU be glad
IN received when the I'M deals NTH nat
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dents nor does he necessarily endorse them.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-11-11
STOLE BONDS AND MONEY.

Robbers entered the home of Han
nah Page, an industrious colored
woman living near town, last week
and stole liberty bonds and money
valued at 100000. There is no clue
10 the robbers but it is thought that
ii was some one who knew some
thing about the premises or was
aware of the fact that the money and
bonds were concealed in the house.
The loss falls heavily on Hannah who
IS hard working woman, as the
bonds and money represent the saw
ings Of years.
The robbery should serve TO remind
people that it is dangerous to conceal
money. bonds or other valuables
around the house. Money and bonds
should be placed in the bank. The
banks have burglar proof vaults and
they carry burglar insurance. II rob-
bers should enter bank and steal all
the money in the vault the bank is
protected because it is insured
against loss. 1t is habit with some
people TO conceal money around the
premises when times get little hard.
This is the very time they should put
il in the bank. The money is put in
circulation and does the community
some good, and again robberies
are more frequent when money is
scarce than when il Is plentiful.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-11-11
KILLS YOUNG MAN
To ASSAULT GIRLS.
John Ford Loses Life in Attempt to
Protect Young Women.

Charlotte. n. c.. Nov. S-Two un-
identified negroes early tonight held
up an automobile party OF two young
men and TWO girls. white. on tI''
highway. three miles from Gastonia.
n. c., killed one Of the young men.
John Ford, of L!ncOltOn, y. C..
dragged the girls from the automobile
INTO the woods and assaulted them.
and made their escape, according TO
telephone messages 10 the Charlotte
police department.
Late tonight Charlotte police Of
ficers, with a posse of officers and
armed citizens of CASTOR county
were securing the countryside III
search of the negroes, who were be-
lleved however, TO have hade their
escape on a passing freight train.
Feeling was said TO be intense.
The two young women were taken
TO a Gastonia hospital, where II was
said late tonight their condition is
serious. Their homes are in Gastonia.
The two young men, John Ford and
Ransom Killian. both of Lincolnton,
were said to be unarmed when at
tackled by the negroes. Killian was
not injured. Ford was shot and
instantly killed when he offered re-
sistance to the negroes in their at
tempt to take the girls from the au-
tomobile, according to the report re-
ccived here.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-11-11
STOLE FORD TOURING.
Offered Car at Low Price and Arcus-
ed Sheriff's Suspicious.

A young white man was lodged in
Jail Saturday charged with stealing a
Ford touring car from Fair Bluff
citizen. The man was at local ga
rage offering the car for $2QO.OO.
but as the car was almost new the
byStanderS were suspicious and would
not take him up. One bystandcr no
ticcd that his sign was missing and
asked him where it was. He said il
dropped off while he was crossing a
swamp between Dillon and Mullins
and he got out. picked 1t up and put
under the seat. Asked how II" beard
the sign drop when the car was run
ming he failed to max" an intelligent
answer and moved off up street
Sheriff Lane heard about the car and
started toward the young man with
the remark that he was the man h"
was Cooking for" Th" fellow jump
ed out Of the car and started to run
away, but the sheriff grabbed him
and put him in jail. Owners o. the
car were found in Fair Bluff.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-11-11
A CARD TO THE PUBLIC.

In justice TO all parties involved
wish TO offer the following eXpla-
nation in regard to the meeting held
here Monday afternoon: |; was for
the purpose of allaying feeling and
any possible misunderstanding for
peace and harmony and for the best
interests Of the community as a
whole. The citizens feel that the OBJ
ject of the meeting was accomplished
and resulted in a better understand
ing and better feeling between the
races. In this connection | wish TO
urge upon all classes the Importance
of coming together in mutual under
standing and working and COoperat-
ing together for the purpose OF gath
ering the cotton crop before it Suf-
fers looses in grades. The community
cannot stand still; II must so for
ward. We must work now TO put our
selves in position 10 max" another
crop, and unlcs: We gather and get
the most for what We have mad" W.
will not have the means 10 pitch an
other crop. and If our farms Ii" idl"
next wear there will be much suffer
ing among both whites and blacks.
Therefore il is aS much 10 tn" inter
est of one as to the other 10 work
diligently until our Cor'oH is hArE"-'-
ed and ready for market.
Sincerely.
!. II. HANEk, Mayor.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-11-11
SENTENCED TO OWN JAIL.
Conducts Campaign Through Bars
and Beats Judge.

Whitesburg, Ky. Nov. 5-Probably
the most unusual outcome of Tues
days election in Kentucky was the
victory of Fess Whitaker, jailer of
Whitesburg over Stephen Combs. Jr.,
in the race for county judge. Whita-
ker had been sentenced TO his own
Jail for a term Of six months by
Judge Combs on the charge OF at
lacking county officers. including the
sheriff.
After being placed in the jail of
which he was the legal keeper WhitH-
ker escaped. was rccoptured and again
sentenced for Jail breaking. Follow
ing one Of the most exciting cam.
paigns known to the mountains o.
Kentucky. Whitaker. though in iatl
won over Judge Combs by more thar
q thousand majority. Governor Nor
raw three times refused to pardon
Whitaker.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-11-11
TRAITORS GRAVE OPENED.
Mysterious Woman i'm Black In
humeS Condemned Officers
Body.

There has just happened n LuEe-
vile IN event that recalls the sOWbcr
days OF september, 1914, relates the
newspaper. Le Petit PGriSicn OF Paris.
That event is the clandestme eXhum-
alton OF the body OF Commandant
Wolff OF the seth infantry, who, ar
rested OF the field OF battle by one OF
his officers, was taken before coun-
Gil of war, condemned and immediate
ly shot.
The censor did not permit at the
time of the execution, the publication
Of the details and so it came that
there were many versions OF the case
the most common one being that
Wolff who had a brother in the Ger
man army, which was advancing on
Luneville, purposely led his regiment
into the range of hidden German ma
chine gunners, where the men were
slaughtered by the score and that as
soon as he had his men in the trap he
tied white handkerchief to his
sword in token of surrender. The
officer second in command arrested
him at once and he was sent to the
rear under guard. That night he was
tried and the next morning shot by
survivors of the regiment which he
had betayed. Other versions are. for
the most part, only variations Of this
story.
The body of the officer was buried
at Remenoville in what came TO be
known as the accused corner" Ev-
every year a very we'll dressed wom-
an, wearing deep mourning, visited
the neglected grave and placed a
wreath and cut flowers OH it and soon
after each of her visits the wreath
would disappear and the flowers
would be trampled TO bits and cover
ed with filth.
a few days ago it was noticed that
the grave of Commander Wolf had
been disturbed. Officials opened il
and found that the bones, except for
two or three small ones, had been re-
moved. That discovery set Lunevile
to wondering and several persons re-
called having seen the mysterious wo-
man in black sitting by the Wolff
grave and the next afternoon a resi-
dent of neighboring village met a
woman in heavy mourning carrying
willow basket down the road. She
asked him to help her to the station
with her burden and he did so. Ii
was supposed that she took the train
there. There is no clue to her identi-
ty.