The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1920-01-16
Scientist and Explorer, Who
Dealt Deathblow to zeppe-
lin Raids on Poor and De
fenseless w omen and
Children Of London, Stirs
People Of Macon
WIFE DECORATED BY
THE KING OF ENGLAND
His Greatest Discovery,
However, to Cause Even
Bigger Sensation and VIII
Affect Millions Of Men and
Women Everywhere

Macon has never witnessed SUCH
b spectacle as may be seen every
day at Third and Cherry streets,
where John Pomeroy, the remark
able New ,Zealander, is meeting the
public and explaining his unique
theories.
1t would be hard to estimate
3ust how many people call to see
Mr.. Pomeroy during a single day.
The store where he makes his mead
uuarters seems to have become the
mecca d for hundreds Of people
gsxioits to see him and to heir
him tell his bewildering, but con-
yincing theories.
Mr.. Pomeroy has gained world
wide reputation for his scientific
genius, and especially by giving the
Allies the means to stop the das-
tardly German air raids on the
poor, defenscless women and chill
dren of London and the entire sur
rounding country.
The genius of the wars greatest
romance, the man who received
S125,0O0 from the British govern
ment as a partial recognition of the
obligation ofaAe nation to him, the
Saviour OIL london" the man
whose wife was decorated by King
George of England personally for
"self sacrifice and nleritorious ser
vice" in making up the LIST 5000
Pomeroy bullets herself when
others feared to, go near them on
account of their high explosive
power, the man who could be
toasted and feted by royalty and
the nobility wherever he goes, II
he so desired, came to Georgia I'M
heralded.
eyes, it is true" said his secre-
tary.when seen at the Hotel Demp-
sey in Macon several days ago,
chat Mr.. Pomeroy is the man who
created the explosive bullet that put
an end to the Zeppelin raids on
England.
Words can but weakly picture
the terrors inflicted by those air
/. monsters Of incarnate destruction,
the Zeppelins.
Imagine, il you can, quiet,
home-loving community In England.
1T is nightfall mothers tucking
away their precious, helpless little
: tots for the night. Shades drawn,
lights burning cheerfully, and the
older children gathered round the
table for the evenings study. hour.
Suddenly comes tearing, mad
dening crash, rending the quiet
peace, followed by the horrible
mingle of screams Of terror and
the agonizing cries of the mangled
victims.
"A devastating, death-reaping
bomb has been dropped into this
peaceful community Of inoffensiVe
helpless women and children, from
a huge Zeppelin manned by a crew
of fiends whose greatest joy lies in
deeds of unspeakable humanity.
"Until Mr.. Pomeroy stopped the
Zeppelins from ravaging England
the people Of London were terror
stricken and afraid to venture out
from their places of hiding, know
ing that at any moment German
bomb might fall right into their
midst and annihilate them. Imagine
such condition in one Of our own
cities, and then see the gratitude
of the people when the menace Of
instant death is taken away. That
is how the people Of London and
entire England worshipped this
man when they saw the Zeppelins
brought down in flames one by one
as fast as they came from theil
haunts across the Sea. Everywhere
could be heard the now familiar
slogan: Good old Pomeroy, we love
YOU as each German air raider
fell, never to harass the defense
less women and children Of civiliza
ton again.
"Mr. Pomeroy does not consider
this his greatest achievement
however" continued his secretary
"The bullet was just an incident il
connection with his life work
which has been the conservation 9
human life and alleviating the
fering. For years he ha~
all ovnr ~ Antipn