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The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-12-20

bled and steered away from the map
propriate phrase, came falling from
his lips.
"And for many a year, he finished,
'may you sit by your own Preside as
| the shadows of life lengthen, with this
chair to give you comfort and to re-
mind you of the boys of the old town."
There was nothing for the rest to do
| but applaud that speech, to wish
Merry Christmas over and over, to
bend the head for that venerable "God
bless your" and to go quietly away.
The car was turned westward again
before any man spoke word. Then
it was Will Stearns:
"Well, what do you know about
that?"
There's nothing for them now, but
we can scare up something tomorrow
and say nothing about this" said an
other.
But someone told one of the girls
who knew all about the chair, and at
the collation. the whole story came out.
viii Stearns was even made to stand
up and give that speech. And the
bride declared and, bless her dear
heart everybody believed her, that she
was glad it had turned out just the
way it did.
Somebody remembered the old lady's
name, and then somebody else remem-
bered that it was said that her father
was the man who planted those elms
on Elm street in the early days of
the town. The bride announced that
she was going over to see the dear old
soul.
She did go, and often, and her nurs-
ing did much to ease that rheumatic.
When Harry and Harriet moved into
the big house they now occupy, paper
circulated among the old residents
bought the bungalow at a bargain
price. There tie pioneer was moved
by "the boys of the old town." where
she could be under the shade of the
elms ner father planted. There, for
she was a wonderfully spry old lady,
she may be living to this day.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-12-20
ODDITIES OF GERMAN VOTE
Peculiar Sentiments Revealed in Re.
cent 6alIoting for Members of
Reichstaq.

The total number of valid votes
cast at the recent election in Germany
for the 446 members of the reichstag
was 26,017,590. The votes that had
to he thrown out ran into the thou
sands. One woman wrote on her bal
lot: II am voting for you major
Ny socialists this time but unless
can get Westphalian ham that is
made in Westphalia from now on I'll
never do it again" Quite a few
votes were cast for the kaiser on the
ground that eff elected the humilia-
ton would serve him right" One
man from Magdeburg deposited in
stead. of his ballot a five-mark note
without comment.
But the prize ballot came from Lin
en-. 1t was a piece of wrapping pa
per, on which was written Isaiah u,
1924" The verses read: "Show the
things that are to come hereafter that
we may know that We are gods; yea,
do good or do evil, that we may be
dismayed and behold it together. Be-
hold. We are of nothing and your work
Of naught; an abomination is he that
chooseth you"
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-12-20
Natural Wonders.

When waters charged with carbon.
ate of calcium derived from limestone
are evapors ted they deposit masses
of the carbonate, some of which are Of
great beauty. This process can be OBJ
served at many warm and "petrifying'
springs and also in limestone caverns
were stalactites and stalagmites are
heing formed. according to the United
States geological survey. Mexican
-'Onyx" is formed in this way. It's
variations in color and texture, which
make it attractive and valuable as an
ornament, are commonly produced by
impurities or inclusions, such as oxide
of iron. or even mud and clay.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-12-20

the wedding, of course, right here at
the very opening of the story, really
makes the story sUperfiuous, which is
Bostonese for mo use" In "A story,
the wedding is supposed to be the very
last thing.
Harry was young architect and
engineer who had only just opened an
office in the town. When he came out
of college he reached the conclusion
that he would do better to set up a
business in some small town ard grow
up with it than to grow old uInoticed
in some older town. That is how he
came to be here. He met Harriet soon
after his arrival and it wasn't long be-
fore he was desperately in love with
her.
There really wasn't very much the
matter with Harry--except Harriet.
And there wasn't anything at all the
matter with Harriet-in Harrys opin-
ion. So, after he had got down to
business-both at his office and with
Harriet-she said Eyes" Their mar
riage brought them great deal Of
happiness, and what was more Pc
cuiiar, great deal of happiness to
someone who wasn't related to them
In any way. Which is what the story
is about. This other person not only
was not related to them, but was
scarcely known to them. She lived in
the other end of town. Elm avenue
runs right through the town from east
to west. AT one end, the west end, it
is well named, for it is bordered by
stately elms that shade fine residences,
and cozy bungalows, like that which
Harry had provided for Harriet,
planned with the architects best
thought.
1t had been arranged that they were
to be married at high noon on Christ
mas day at Harriet's old home. Then
there WIS to be quiet family dinner
there, followed by reception to their
friends at Harriet's new home, where
open house was to be kept in honor of
the day and the event. There their
friends gathered in the afternoon, and
there the presentation was to occur.
For Harry's young men friends, of
whom there were few despite his
short residence in the town, and Hnr-
riet's, of whom there were more, had
decided to give them, in addition to
all the little stuff" one practical gift
of larger proportions. So they had
"chipped in" and bought them mag
nificent leather rocker, one of the big,
comfortable kind; and that was to be
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-12-20


luavering voice when the- knocked
So they entered in the dusk. 1t was
bare room, with few old-fashioned
pictures in walnut frames ON the
walls, some archaic furniture of the
same period, and a rag carpet itself
reduced to it's original material.
Not far from the window stood the
celebrated leather rocker, with a cane
close at hand. In the chair sat a little
old woman, with her face smiling hap
PLY under unkept gray hair. Her face
was white, her wrinkles were many,
but her eyes shone with the real Christ
mas light.
Il can't ask you boys to set down.
she said, trying to turn toward them,
'becatse there isn't much to set down
in except this, and the sofy over there.
But l knew you'd come, and l want to
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-12-20
Census Involves Much Work

The 100000 cards needed to rec
ord. the population of the United
States in the new census made a
stack more than ten miles high. With
out machinery it would be almost i'm
possible to manage census nowadays.
1t took seven years TO complete and
publish the census of 1890, and nine
years TO complete the census of 1880.
By means CT electrical mechanism
which punches something like 100000
cards a day. the cards are now sorted
and tabulated in weeks instead of
years. The device also saves expense
and eliminates error
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-12-20
sno,,sh conquest Of irelano

The conquest of ireland by the Eng
ssh was "a gradual process. The first
,tep was taken by Henry Ii, who Is
aid to have obtained bull from Pope
1adrian ~. authorizing him to take
possession of the country. The Tu-
Tors steadily pursued the policy OF
aking land from the Irish chiefs ana
living it to English settlers. The final
yet of the union was passed sad pro-
damned IN January |. 1901
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-12-20
Her Eyes Shone With the Real Christ
mas Light.

thank you, l want TO thank you all,
and every one OF you, for the lovely
present you sent me, and for remem-
berlin an old woman like me. When
it come and read the card, From the
boys Of the old town. the boys of the
boys used to know, for guess knew
all your fathers, l told them to put it
here, and would set in it and wait
until you come. Amt you Will
StearnS?"
Yes" stammered the chairman,
quite undecided what to say or do.
II thought so. My, how you favor
your father! And l was at your
christenin'. l guess THAT was about
the last time l was anywhere when
my rheumatic got so bad. And your
father would "a been proud Of you
this day. If he could known what you
was goin' to do for an old friend of his,
God rest him !"
At the mention of his father, the
chairman was astonished to find his
hat still on his head. He pulled it off,
HuTTleuly, dSHdlneu. linen through
that head went fitting first quick
memory of his father and then the
most astonishing thing in the world
his carefully-prepared speech to the
bride. He had said it over so many
times to himself in secret that after
noon, to make sure he would not break
Town when the moment came, that now
everything else seemed to have van
ished. Then an even more astonishing
thing happened. 1t astonished him,
and it quite paralyzed the other young
men.
That presentation speech, altered by
but a word here md there as he stun.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-12-20
The Boys of
tkeOld Town
II Christmas
Story
By DOUGLAS MALLOCH
(Copyright.)

CHRISTMAS we'd
ding is always q
very C h ar m / n G
thing, The holly
lends such gayety
to the decorations,
and the mistletoe
seems so appropri-
ate. Then it makes
one present do
W n ere otherwise
two would have
been required. And
anyone who brings
that to pass is a
public benefactor.
This pnfpranca fo
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-12-20

Banana Static Horses.
Chopped bananas ~';!'NS. used as soon
IS the fruit has hr n harvested. have
,een used In 'and for feeding
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-12-20

III Can't See What Has Happened"
duly presented at the hour of its ar
rival that afternoon. 1t had been ar
ranged that it was to be delivered
while all the young folks were there,
as sort of surprise extra Offering.
But, as the afternoon wore on, the
face of the chairman of the delegation,
who was to make the presentation
speech, grew longer and longer.
Il can't see what has happened" he
said in confidence to group of the
fellows, when an opportunity for con-
tidences arrived, land why that darned
chair doesn't come"
Are you sure you gave them the
right number, and everything?" some.
one asked.
"Sure-S7 Elm street West. That's
simple enough"
1t must have been five o'clock wheu
one of the boys had an Inspiration
DO you suppose by any chance thai
chair was delivered to ST2 Elm stree
EastT ne asked.
At last here was clue; and tn,
chairman, a chairman without chair
ana "a self-appointed research commit
tee OF three, loaded themselves int,
car, after making unbelievable ex
cuses to the bride and groom, ant
speeded away across town in pursul
The Keota news., 1920-01-02
Watch the Little Pimples;
They are Natures Warnin,

uulimited trouble. This remedy |,
one OF the greatest vegetabi.
compounds known. and contain,
no minerals Or chemicals to injur.
the most delicate skin.
Go to your drug store, and re,
bottle Of s. s. S. today. get I'd Of
those unsightly, dishgurine Din.
Piles, and other skin irritation /,
will cleanse your blood thorough.
ly. For special medical advice ir..
sddress Medical Director, n SwN,
Laboratory, Atlanta, Ga.
The Keota news., 1920-01-02
| SEEMED TO BE LEFT on
American Found Il Somswhat Han,
Tell Just Where the FIowery
Kingdom Was.

Tho system under which the d
diplomacy functioncd In China was
grant concessions to foreign na,loca
for railways having Industrial or p,l
ical advantages. Often concesssr
were obtained merely for future tn
Ing purposes or to block the ra,rs
some other national. About 1912. v
liam +. Carey Of the Stems Carey T.,
way and Canal company wen; \
Pcking. antr In a short time ob;atr
iivc concessions.
Each one Of these was q develops
project. II WAS Mr.. Carey's dcbu, ~
c0ncexxi0naire. Silss Rent writes
Asia Magazine. And II is related Il
In making himself acquainted With d
mysteries of the situation he ,i.A,
the charge at the Russian lcea,Ioa 4
the two stood looking nj map q
Russian interpreted Chinn's rcossih
lie explained that the Ynngtxc ,al,
was Engllst (nieaning thnt II ua
British sphere Of influence }. ,ha, II
nan Was French. that kukicn mud Vi
churia were Japanese. and ,ha, "
golia was Russian.
Mr.. Carey stood silent few
mentx. intently inspecting the map
then looked up.
"But where II China:' he asked
The Keota news., 1920-01-02
Unsishty asd Dis6surins Sig
nals Il Bed Bleed.

Pimpies on ths face and other
pssts Of the body are waFninSs
IRON Nature that your blood 10
sluggish and impoverished. Some.
times they foeetell eczema. botls.
blisteYs, and other skin disorders
that burn like flames Of FIRE.
They mean that your blood needs
5. S. S. to cleanse il Of these i'm.
pare seeumulstioas that can cause
The Keota news., 1920-01-02

hel1and'o Great Wall.
The gigantic wall which the r:'.
are building acroxs the entrance
the Zuyder Zcc will he Is miles N
and 30 feet wide at sen level.
The Keota news., 1920-01-02
FROM ALL SOURCES
OAvINo0. ooIN q ., ACHIEVE.
MgNTs. sUFFGRiNos, HoPGo
AND FGARS or MANKIND.
Western Newspaper Cnian Ns~s service.
WESTERN

Twenty.onc alleged !. ". W. were
released and charges against them
under the state syn,licalism Inv were
dismissed ut Tacoma, Wash. In the
Superior Court. Fifty remain In jail
Ia bc tried on the state charge.
james =. Armour. n realty dealer.
shot aud killed his l4.ycar.old sou.
james cochrnnc Armour. while the
latter lay In bed on sleeping porch
at the Armour home In one Of the best
residence districts In Pasadena, and
Then shot and killed himself.
State Land Commissioner ". A.
Aiocur md ". J. kingsbury. banker. Of
Tempe. Ariz.. were slightly injured aud
Samuel l:arklcy. u Phoenix business
man. wns seriously hurt when motor
truck colii,ic,l with tho automobile In
which they were riding from Tempe to
Phoenix.
The r,,isin crop this year will net
growers about $:riO0O. .O00. which Is
ui,out double wluat II hns Decn any pre-.
viuus year. President william Griffin
of the California Associated llalsin
Company announced at Fresno. Calf.
For the first time In It's history. the
growers have sold the entire crop.
J. \. Pacond Of Jackson. Tenn. WINS
killed nnd llnwar,l Russell Of Marshall.
vn.. seriously injured when the auto.
mobile In which they were riding over.
turned eighteen miles west Of Nognlcs.
Pnroud and Russell were students mt
the University of Arizona nt Tucson
nud were returning there when the &C.
si,lent happened.
Pulling q stroke of forty.two tn the
minute. n crew from the United States
cruiser Birmingham easily defeated a
crew from the scout cruiser Salem in
rnce Of one aud onc-half miles for
iwc,vc.Oarcd cutters on Sun Diego hay.
II is reported that more than $4,000
changed hands ON the event. The time
WIS announced US II minutes and Is
seconds.
Jackson Barnett. richest of Uncle
SUMS Indian wards. can now buy an
automobile and employ chauffeur, in
addition to donating x2OO.OOO to the
Baptist Church Cato Sells Of Wash.
ingtOn. commissioner Of Indian affairs,
arrived In Fort Wsrtl'. Texas from,
1;Hrnctt's home ut Henrietta aud sni,i
that he had authorized these cxpcntii.
lures for the Indian.
WASHINGTON
Secretary Baker has asked tho
House appropriations committee to In.
cludc S13O.OOO In the deficiency bin to
continue the council of national dc.
fcnsc until matters pending before the
body arc settled.
investigation Of labor conditions on
islands Of the Gulf will be made by n
committee Of the American Federation
"f Labor aud the widest possible pu,,.
Iicity will be given its findings, 1t wus
announced at the federation hea,lauar.
ters In Washington.
The report OF ira fife handled On tho
western front during the war BY the
sisnal corps made public mt Washing.
ton shows that 31O.G65 enemy radio
messages were Intercepted and 1;8 Oi3
radio bearings taken on enemy s,n.
tiUns.
The Keota news., 1920-01-02
FOREIGN

In Paris, Marshal FOch says nc as o''
vInely inspired to defeat the 00mans
and that the allied victory was vinee
by God.
Maxim Litvin0ff. Russian soviet rep
resentative at Copenhagen. predioeed
In mn Interview with tho Social De'n'
okraten that peace between the Bob
shcviki and the allies IL imminent.
An unsuccessful attempt has been
made to axsaxSinate General Dcnikine
head Of the government In Southern
Russia. according to adviccs received
by the Berlingxke Tidende. One OF
Denikine's aides was killed.
BY accepting the bOard Of trades
declaration that the president living
wage should be estimated Mt e and
II shillinEx weekly, the Austrian gov.
ernment will add f2.jOOO0O annually
to It's pay roll for state employees.
New paper money to the extent OF
400 OOO. 900 marks, was placed In cir.
culatiOn during tho holiday week. &C.
cortiing to statement just made by
the Imperial bank. Germany's printed
money now totals more than 1874.
O0O.OOO marks.
Though there IL no reason for any
nlarmlst fears nx to n rccrutlcxccnce OF
Germany's military power In the imme.
dIate future. British officers In POSI-.
ton to know the true state Of affairs
see several clements In the situation
TINT need careful watching.
Through train service between Mex.
leo City aud Juarex has been resumed
after having been suspended several
years. One train carrying sleeping
car departed for Mexico City and one
similarly equipped arrived from the
capital In Juarcx.
Fourteen thousand pcrsons were
shot by the B0lshcviki Of Russia dur.
Ing the first three months Of 1919. by
order Of the extraordinary committee
at Moscow. according to nm official
note published In the Bolshcvixt organ
lsvestia Of Moscow. says . dispatch
received at Bernc..
Gen. francisco Nurguiu. commander
Of Mexican federal troops In the state
| Of Coahuila. has revolted against Pres.
idcnt Carranza, according to confiticn.
tial ndvices received from Mexico. Car.
ranxn's control Of Coahuila. his home.
is put In Jeopardy by this act Of his
general. II is believed. since Villa and
Ms forces, who are supposed to bc On.
cnmpctl In the mountains In northern
Coahnila. may take advantage Of this
weak spot and sclxc the state.
French automobile production for
1910 will he 100000 cars, against H..
O0O In 1914. These figures do not In.
cIule commercial trucks. The indus.
try Ii nevertheless quite unable to
cope with even the French, demand for
cars, which Inns reached unprecctient.
cd proportions owing to the past five
years non.proluction. The 10000
touring ours and trucks bought from
the American army has already been
absorbed without In the least adverse.
~ affecting home production.
GENERAL
Five thousand dollars worth Of Lib.
erty bonds was taken by bandits who
tunnclctl their wny into the vault Of
the Lone Jack State Bank Mt Lone
Jack, Mo.
Food Administrator williams OF New
York announced that dealers who RI.
tailed sugar Of the new Cuban crop for
more than 20 cents q pound would bc
prosecuted. Sugar Of tho old croD must
be sold for II cents pound, the price
t'xcd by the government. Dealers sell.
mo INA
The Keota news., 1920-01-02
MADE HIS ARGUMENT GOOD
Small Jehnny Drew On oiblIeal knet"I.
edge 70 Convince Mother Of
Danger He Was In.

Ten.ycar.old John lives next door
to q little girl near his own age. Tho
mothers arc good friends and insist on
their children being piaymates. But
this doesn't suit John. who wishes 70
get out with the boys. So he tries his
best to start quarrel whenever play
time with Edith arrives. And tho ex.
plantations for this trouble. which he
offers to his mother are often clab.
crate.
Last Wednesday he had succeeded
In making Edith angry. Like . little
fury she dew at him and pulled his
hair. Then John went home to make
tho announcement that no longer
would he play with this girl. II can't
that's all." he ended. 'It's danger.
GUS for me-"
His mother smiled. ''Oh. think
not" she comfortcti. 1T isn't such
. calamity to lose few hairs"
"Well this In just the beginning"
John returned. ''and remember what
happened to Samson just on account
Of woman"
ha1aedo at 0elf.
DO sou have to play the ball from
where Il lics.'
"Of course"
"Mine's In . hornets nest."-I.ouis.
vile Courier.Journal.
Nothing seems to please loafer 80
much ~ an opportunity to bother q
man who is busy.
The Keota news., 1920-01-02
Haxaedls at oolf.

Nothing seems to please q loafcr 10
much ~ an opportunity to bother q
man who is busy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-08
census FORECASTS.
CONGRESS CHANGES.
South and West viii Gain Most
S in Membership If Ratio
Is Unchanged
FOUR FOR PENNSYLVAN
BY the Associated Press

Washington. Oct. S.--Examinati ion of
the final census figures Of the country,
which place the total pnpu alton OF the
sentimental United States IT OI.6S}.-
10S, indicates that the West and the
South pronortionatclv will gain more
in political wav than The Fast or
Middle West through increased mcm-'
bership In the House of Rcprtscrtatives.
more votes In the electoral college and
in larger delegations to the national po-
liticnl conventions.
For the last half century the prece
dent has been to increase the size of
the House so ms to prevent loss Of ex-
istiAg reprcsentation by any state. As
n result the House has grown from 2l3
70 Ar members with only three states
Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont
losing one member each IN the last fifty
years.
IL this precedent is followed this year
five additional rcDrpscntatives spats
must be given to California. four each
for New York. Ohio PENNSYLVANIA and
Michigan: three to II inois and Texas.
rwo to Massachusetts,. New Jersey and
North Carolina. and ono each TO Ala
bama. Arizona. Connecticut. Georgia.
MARYLAND. Montana. New Mexico. Okla
homa. Oregon. South Carolina. Tenn
essee, Washington. West Virginia. Wis
consin, Virginia. Arkansas and Mime
sofa.
\ While the present basis of apportion-
ment is 211 .ST7 inhabitants. or its
major fraction in the congressional dis
trict. Congress can increase the basis
to 1927 without causing any loss.
To advance beyond the latter figure
will mean that Maine would lose one
seat, with the net result Of forty eight
new seats In Congress.
Congressional leaders are strongly
opposed to any large increase in the
House. as they regard the present mem
bership of 49, as too unwieldy. When
the House census committee. headed
by Representative Siegel. Of New York.
begins consideration Of the problem.
effort will be made to hold down the
increase. but the pressure for the in
crease is expected to come from the
states which would benefit from a
larger house.
by holding the House membership
10 435 gains would be distributed with
three to California. two to Michigan
and Ohio. and one each to Connecticut.
New Jersey. North Carolina. Oklahoma.
Texas and Washington. To Offset these
gains Missouri would be forced to lose
two congressman. while Indiana. Iowa,
Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana. Maine,
Mississippi, Nebraska, Rhode Island.
Vermont and Virginia would lose one
each. All other states would retain
their present numerical delegations in
Congress.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-08

cana, politica che-e' dovuta soltanto ad
iniziativa personale del Presidente VIII
son la cui autorita' sta per tramontare.
Dice che al riguardo II successore di
Wilson sara costretto dalla volonta'
ripetutamente manifcstata dal popolo
americana a non intromettersi piu' oltre
negli AFFAIR." europei da cio' deduce che
nessuno potra' impedire l'adempimento
pieno complete del patio di Londra.
Philadelphia, Pa, 8 ottobre.--1l
Regio Console 1taliano in questa citta .
ieri, partecipava al Sig. Giuseppe A.
Di Silvcstro. Grande Venerable per 10
Stnto di Pennsylvania dell 'Ordine Figli
d'Italia In America, che s. NJ. IL Re-
d'Italia 10 aveva insignito della Croce
di Cavaliere della Corona d'Italia, In
considerations dele patriottiche benc-
merenze che ha conquistato durante
dieci piu' ami di vita indcfessa spcsa
a favore deliItalia dele masse italiane
In America.
/ Figli d'Italia di questo State,
nell 'onorifcenza oggi concessn nj loro
capo. vedono prcmiata anche fopcra
patriottica che hanno svolto vanno
svolgendo pro dell'Italia Ia riconos-