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The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1921-01-17
QUEER PETS
Animals and Birds That Have
Figured in History.
Death of King Alexander of Greece,
! Credited to Bite of Monkey, Calls
| Forth Renaissance.

The report. which later was denied,
that King Alexander of Greece died
from the bite of a pet monkey, and
the presentation to the prince of
Wales of young kOala, or Australian
bear, a mountain devil, and barking
lizard. during his trip around the
world, bring to mind the peculiar pets
Of nations and of famous men and
women of history, says a bulletin from
the Washington headquarters of the
National Geographic society.
The natives of Pisa, Italy, kept
tame eagles. The Florentines kept
lions, and the Romans had wolves, the
latter as an outgrowth of the Romulus-
RemuS story Of the foundation of the
city. Many peoples besides the Ro-
mans have made pets Of wolves. De-
spite their proverbial ferocity in the
wild state. many, taken as cubs, grow
tame and manifest the traits of
faithful dog as a companion.
The history of the sport of hawk
ing. or falconry, engaged in to some
extent today, extends to prehistoric
times and recalls the intelligent devo-
ton displayed by the pet hawk of
Genghis Khan. which three times in
succession dashed cup of water out
of the hand of its master, who was
thirst-parched after a hunt in order
to save his life. The water had been
collected drop by drop from pool on
the height of a cliff. When the hawk
had deliberately knocked the cup from
his hand for the third time and at
lat sent it spinning between the rocks,
= ""'"ter drew his sword and killed
I I@"'i Then he YEARLY climbed
III, cl.H. only to find the dead body of
the most poisonous variety Of snake
coiled at the bottom of the clear pool.
general favorites, perhaps because of
the uncanny intelligence they show.
The pathetic little beggars with the
organ grinders on our streets, the
mascots of airpianes, and Prof. Gar
rer's Tittlo Susie" are notable exam
Piles. King Solomon had apes brought
into his kingdom once in every three
years, and after stating this fact, the
account naively adds that he exceeded
all the kings of the earth for wisdom.
The part played by dogs and horses
In the World war is a complete story
In itself, but cats, chickens. cows. and
goats shared with them the hOnors
among the boys in France The cats
In the trenches furnished amusement,
so the tale is told. Puss seemed to
have no fear of bullets, but manifested
high degree of annoyance when her
glossy coat was spattered with mud
during the process of washing her
face and cOmbing her fur on the top
OF a parapet.
Every child has heard the story of
Dick Whittington's cat which was sent
to sea and won her poor little master
a fortune by killing the rats that
wrought such havoc on the dinner ia.
BILE of foreign king But, sad to
relate, the history of this early lord
mayor of London does not substantlate
the legend.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1921-01-17
Copy American Methods.

Four French cities where Y. w. C. A.
foyers are maintained have recently
put on finance campaigns Ia true
American fashion, ami have raised
sums of money exceeding the most OPP
timistic predictions. according to a
Y. w. G. A. secretary just returned
from France. They are st. Etienne
Tours, Bourges and Mulhouse. The
finance campaigns were mapped out
and directed by American secretaries
and accomplished by the French di
rectors. Sufficient money to carry the
1921 budget of expenses for Y. W. c. A
work in these cities is now in the bank
In Mulhouse 100000 francs were raised
for joint Y. NJ. G. A. and Y. w. c. A
work.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1921-01-17
SPIRITUAL SOUINTS

You cannot serve God and The man with one eve
on 1od and the other has spiritual squnts moral as
Ills vision is blurred by the the focus The
eye, only possible when BOTH converge one
OBJECT that the picture We
men met IN headon collision why don't you where YOU are
sad one Why don't where you are looking was
the reto That on which eyes converge will direct orr feet
am would keep God another on the rewards f
lie got crosseyed full of darkness and wholly missed
MS way Mt racing botways crosseyed The devil oets
whose spiritual squnts not healed by the Master Oc;f
Northwestern Christian Advocate ''0' OeulSt'-
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1921-01-17
A Thought for the Evening
A VERSE AND A VIGNETTE
BY Dan G. Bickers
ON BEN FRANKLIN's BIRTHDAY
BY Dan G.. Bickers

ON BEN FRANKLINS BIRTHDAY
here but paying debit increase of industry in
raising income of LAYING out"-Carve
Today begins the Thrift Week"---I have thought
Some Inexpensive thoughts thrift on how ought
TO practice it. First would learn
Justwhat it is To
Is not the whole, however much nv wage:
TO hold and hide and keep in every age
Has proved to be the meanest small extravagance:
Economy alone is the whole
OF thrift the miser's meanness is not part at all
Carlyle right; The thrifty soul
Is one that's keeping busy at productive work
Who does double-time and effort shirk
Who steadily increases the incoming pay
For honest labor, and each day,
Winter and summer, spring and fall
Guards carefully what is expended SO
hat 1t shall be most wisely put, invested where
Returns In margins saved dividends quite fair
May be the certain and steady, too, if slow!
THE CORRECT ORDER
"You first
Said Riches to Poverty.
i will be more appreciated following in your wake"
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1921-01-17
Lakes Peculiar MinratInn-

Near valdosta. In Georgia, there IL
lake three miles long ana three
quarters Of mile wide. with an aver
lge depth of twelve feet Of water,
Which disappears every three or four
Tears and then comes back again. It
disappears into natural subterranean
passages, taking two or three weeks
n the process and leaving a beauti-
Jul sandy basin. After month or so
inc water begins to come back. and in
couple of weeks IL is the same old
lake.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1921-01-17

my office in Cordele, Georgia, on the
date named below, at which time the
said creditors may attend, appoint a
Trustee, examine the Bankrupt, and
transact such other business as may
properly come before said meeting.
Date of this notice: Jan. 18th, 1921.
Date of adjudication: JAM II, 1921.
Date of creditors meeting: Jan. 49,.
1921.
u. V. WHIPPLE,
Referee in Bankruptcy, -
Cordele, Ga.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1921-01-17
The Yearnina for Prominence.

"Why do you insist on walking out
In high hat and frock coat?'
We'll, everybody likes to be consid
cred great man. whether he deserve!
it or not. Every now and then tn,
conductor If sightseeing wagon
points me nNt as Il cabinet official o.
senator or something"
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1921-01-17
NOTICE OF BANKRUPTCY

In the District Court of the United
States for the Southern District of
Georgia.
In the matter of the following
Bankrupt: Matte Smith Gaddard,
Bankrupt Fitzgerald, Ben Hill Coun-
ty, Ga
To the creditors of said Bankrupt:
Notice is hereby given that the above
named Bankrupt was duly adjudicat-
ed Bankrupt on the date named be-
low; and that the first meeting of his
creditors will be held at 10 A. M. at
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1921-01-17
ASermon to Live By
By Rev Elan Franklin Dempsey, D. D.
BIBLE APPRECIATED

Not only is the Bible holding its place of supremacy as the
best seller from month month"; holds rndnuted
over the minds and lives OF thoughtful
pie the world over AS Illustration of this interesting fact this
testimony offered 1t from DR. H Morrison of Gas
gov and IS Leaf out Of his recent ministry Zone thing
TO me as revelation Some began giving Monday
enng lectures June the scripture These lectures
are strictly exegea and critical began the hail. expecting
a audience but hundreds from all the ctv and
we have met since the church. yet folks tell US no
one cares tor the Bible nowadaysNew Christian Advo
-NN''
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1921-01-17

~ AT the top is the tree where, 1t
is said. Daniel Webster hung his
scythe when he left the farm and
The path from that tree led Elm
on and on, but always up
Through the halls Of Congress, to
the laying Of the Bunker Hill
Monument cornerstone. to the
office Of secretary of state, and, in
the opinion Of many. to the posi-
tio2 of being the greatest orator
and statesmen the country has
ever produced So the American
Forestry y Association has an
Founced the trees acceptance 70:
tAe iiali Of Fame on the anniver-
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1921-01-17
Relievina Rheumatism.

Tenpornr! relief"from the pain of
muscular rheumatism is often obtained
from local applications of equal parts
Of oil of wintergreen and olive oil.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1921-01-17

"T've tried for gold and copper, even
for diamonds. But | can't seem to
strike pay dirt"
why don't you try farming2"
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1921-01-17
The Weekly Wash

To the man who has brand new
car, and his first one, every Sunday
Is cleanup day. But he gets over
it.-Mohawk Messenger.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1921-01-17

And still firmly convinced that prices will eventually
come down when go up and get them.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1921-01-17

With the aborers striking against the capitalists and the
asts striking against the borers and the producers striking
against the and the striking against
ducers it is highly probable that everyone will strike
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1921-01-17

They don't have any desertons in the army.
merely Observation-Disclosures"
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1921-01-17

Also there isn't any stealing in these times.
appropriations
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1921-01-17

The cookbook tells to love neghbors as curse
that in certain cases. might be rough the neghbor
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1921-01-17

Don't crate upon your good qualities YOUR children
esty forbids that they attempt to Guido dad
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1921-01-17

The government continues to insist that prices
down But not at the speed at which they up.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1921-01-17

The time has when plumber go
job if he isn't wearing a silk shirt.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1921-01-17

Every mother knows the good qualities of her children.
neighbors know the
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-12-17

But, where the Village Literary Club
meeteth, all is decorous; and Life hath a
Serious Meaning. And, behold, their con-
verse is of Psycho-Analysis and Disarmament
and Keats and Karma and the Oversoul.
The Simple Ingenue diverteth herself with
the spicy magazines and revelleth in the
erotic motion-picture dramas.
But the Actorine devoureth Lady Aud
ley's Secret" and delighteth to practice
home cooking.
Wouldst thou learn worldly wisdom and
the secrets of the latest divorce scandal?
Then, l charge thee, join the Sewing Circle,
where the hostesses and the dowagers are
gathered together for works of charity.
But, among the Wild Women of Bohemia,
all their babble is Of Art and of Poetry
and of Futurism and Spiritism and Trans
cendentalism
The Blushing Debutante rougeth her lips
between dances and flaunteth her vanity
case frankly; but the Show girl HIDETH
her tipstick, and her cheeks are whittier than
lilies and her frocks more unsophisticated
than a college professor.
Then, charge thee, my Daughter, be not
deceived by false signs.
For not EVERY man that looketh like a
celebrity is a foor-walker; nor is every
man that looketh like bootegger a celeb
rity.
And flapper's skirts are sometimes no
longer than her grandmother's.
Selah.
Copyright, 1921, by The Wheeler Newspaper
Syndicate.)
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-12-17

TALKS-It'S Pep
and with his mind full Of the business Of the
day, gives his wife ham-and-eggs-davor
peck as g goes by her that is as liable to
light on the back of her head, or the tip Of
her nose as on her lips. He repeats the
meaningless performance when he returns
home, tired and hungry, of an evening, and
he breathes a sigh of thank-Heaven-that-is
over with when the family ritual has been
performed.
There are women who not only suffer
these duty kisses, and return them in kind,
but who insist upon them, and remind the
men who are trying to avoid kissing them,
that they have forgotten something. Such
woman is SO SIT l,id that she does not rec
ognize that kiss without passion behind it,
al undesired kiss, is an insult She doesn't
even know, poor, dull soul, that every kiss
of obligation is a nail in the coffin Of love.
OF course, you cannot keep a thrill in
| anything you turn into habit, and for that
reason the family daily kiss should be abol-
ished. If husbands and wives lips only met
in some emotional moment the domestic
brand of kiss would have as many thrills in
it as it did before marriage, instead of be-
ing the cold, clammy, flap-jack kind of a
thing that it is, and that is all that most
wives ever get
other so? They do, you know. Almost any
married couple who are yawning their heads
off when alone brighten up when company
comes in and look ten years younger.
1t is because they don't take the trouble
to be interested in each other. When you
analyze what we Call fascination in person
you find that it is certain aliveness,
keen, vital interest in everything that is be-
ing said or done. inety per cen. of the mar
ried men who wander away from home go
forth in search of some woman who will
laugh at their jokes, and talk to them about
themselves, and tell them how wonderful
they are. Practically every woman who finds
er real soul mate in some man who isn't
her husband has discovered him in some
glib talker who discourses to her about her
higher nature, and tells her that she is more
beautiful at forty than she was at twenty.
Why husbands and wives haven't enough
sens, to apply these tactics to each other
nobody knows. That they will work is a
matter of common knowledge. For matr1-
mony is like every other business on earth,
you've got to put pep and zip into it to make
il go.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-12-17
MRS. SOL ONION SAYS-Bv Helen Rowland

My daughter, since Adam first sought to
impersonate injured Innocence" POSING
hath been mans favorite pastime and wom-
ans whole existence.
How, then, shalt thou know the sheep
from the goats, in world full OF maskers
and dissemblers?
For, the Heartbreaker talketh of mental
companionship and spiritual love and sigh
eth for the "ennobling influence of beau
tiful woman"
But the 1nnocuous Youth discourseth
cynically OF love and SCOTCH at marriage;
he secretly yearneth to be accounted reg
ular devil"
Tle usband with the going foot and the
wandering eye cajoleth his wife with flow
ers and flattery and peace offerings, and the
neighbors say Of him, How devoted!'
But the husband with d clear conscience
payeth the bills and pecketh his wife absent
mindedly upon the cheek He walketh two
feet ahead Of her and convorseth in grunts
and monosyllables; and unless he be RE-
MINDED thereof, e ay, peradVenture. tor
get to kiss her upon their wedding ami
versary.
The arm hound" and the little man are
full OF noise and buster and yappings and
frightfulness but the Great Dane and the
big ian are silent and slow to anger, and
easily bullied by a woman.
Behold, where the Wits and the High
brows and the Sages are gathered together.
all the chatter is Of the pric of gasoline
and Of the latest recipes for home brew
and a First Year High School Glass at a
Halloween party were not more frivolously
sportive.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-12-17
BE LEARNABLE
By H. Addington Bruce

wv HEN you were a little boy beginning
| Wv school you appreciated the fact that
you knew very little You paid at
! tention to what your teacher had to say.
| You recognized that the school books given
yo-, to study would impart information you
| did not before possess.
That is to say, you began school in a
receptive, a learnable attitude. In so far as
| you ave remained learnable you have prof
tied from the instruction Of the schoolroom.
And now that you turing from the
life of the schoolroom to the life of the
W orkaday world, tha' You are launch
ing on a business career do not make the
mistake of thinking that it is no longer
necessary for you to be learnable.
AS a matter Of fact, you are merely
changing from one school to another-from
the school of formal lessons to the school
of industrial and commercial experience.
You cPA no more dispense with learnab1l1ty
in the latter thai in the former.
Many young men, unfortunately for them
|selves do not take this SUI ficiently into ac-
cou t. Many young men actually behave as
though they had nothing more to learn once
they put school behind them.
Being inexperienced in a business way,
they are sure to make mistakes. But they
do mot profit from these, as they would if
they were learnable. Their mistakes are not
to them the lessons they ought to be. So
they continue to make similar mistakes-as
long as their employers will give them OPP
| rtunity to do so.
Moreover because they do not sense the
Importance Of being learnahle, they do not
keep their eyes and ears open to draw USE
full hints from their superiors and from
older fellow workers. If hints are specifically
offered they may even reject them as super
flu, us.
The result is that they 90 all their work
mechanically, unreflectively, ineffciently
And the result of this in turr is that they
gradually sink to the level of the unem-
they soon or late driver to realiza-
ton that they must all their days toll in in
ferior positions.
Only the learnable progress. And always
the most learnable, those who properly
evaluate their work as offering opportuni-
ties for constantly growing in knowledge,
progress most rapidly. This is a rule with
out exceptions.
Wherefore be careful not to begin your
own work in foolish "know it all" frame
of mind.
Admit frankly to yourself that, in the ma
ture Of things, you really can know very lit
tie about the specific work for which you
have been employed until you have been
engaged in it for some time And admit
also that time alone will not suffice to make
you grow in knowledge.
From the outset you must be learnable.
Day in and out you must remain learnable.
Else mediocrity and failure are your certain
fortune.
Copyright, 1921, by the Associated News
papers.)
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-12-17

in foreign bills will not be greatly
chandged.'
That is not say, however, tina any consid-
cradle body of French business opinion
would look complacently or without dsquiet
on anything resembling financial chaos east
o. the Rhine. Sober judgment everywhere
has come to ,alze that in the restoration of
the worlds credit bases and economic we'll
being Germany must be reckoned with an /
that not unless her house is in order will in
ternational prosperity rise to it's hoped for
levels. Nor does the matter end there A
Germany bankrupt and demoralized would
be an arid field for the experiment in de-
mocracy now going on within her borders
and involving a vast deal for the future of
others as we'll for herself. Thoughtful
observers throughout Europe and the world
earnestly hope that conditions in Germany
may grow, not less, but more stable and pro-
gressiye.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-12-17
DOROTHY DIX'S
TN HE riddle of the sphinx, that every mar
ried woman spends her life trying to |

TN HE riddle of the sphinx, that every mar
ried woman spends her life trying to
CUES, is how to keep her husband in
terested in her. for it is easy enough to catch
man, but it is a parlous job to hold him,
and none but the luckiest, or the cleverest
Of their sex succeed in doing it.
A THOUSAND solutions of the problem OF
how to retain husbands affections have
been suggested. One is to feed the brute.
Another is for the wife always to keep young
and beautiful, and preserve WilloWy figure.
But there are manifest obstacles in the way
of the working out of either Of these amiable
theories.
The husband who is stuffed like a strass-
bourg goose is sure to develop dyspepsia,
and peck the hand that feeds him, to say
nothing Of souring upon domesticity in gen.
eral. Nor can any amount of wifely devo-
ton stop the devastating march Of time for a
woman and enable her to compete in appear
ance at middle age with young and bloom
in flapper.
So the conundrum of how to keep hus-
band a lover has remained one of the Dun
dreary things that no woman could find out,
and man himself has supplied the answer.
And he says it's pep
In a recent divorce case a woman testi-
fed that her husband told her that he had
ceased to care for her and had fallen in love
with another woman.
sis this w.man younger and better look
ing than I am?" asked the wife.
NO." said the husband.
"What charm, then, has she that lack?"
demanded the wife.
"She has pep" replied the husband, "she's
alert, alive. You are bored, uninterested.
Her kisses thrill, your are perfunctory, the
kisses of habit and duty
There is no doubt that this man offered
the real explanation of what has always been
the greatest psychological mystery in the
world, and that is why men and women, who
are wildly in love with each other when they
get married, SO soon fall out of love with
each other. 1t is because they take no
trouble to make themselves interesting to
each other. They bring no zest to their
daily life. They put no punch into domestic
ity, and the result is that when they want a
thrill they nave to go away from home to
look for it.
Take this matter of the connubial kiss, for
instance. Most married people consider that
as much a part of the daily regime as put
ting on their shoes, or washing their faces,
and it has just about as much real heart in
terest in it. A man hurries through his
breakfast, and in his rush to catch his car,