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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-10-15
PASTURE>
PUeLlc ROAD

yards. Nearly all fences serve two
yards. The barn has a central alley
Ito allow the winds to blow through
it from south TO north. Generally,
the plan lightens drudgery and aims
to make for pleasant appearances
and good views.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-10-15
rnithologica

Lady Visitor-"But you're wrong in
thinking the birds a nuisance. They
devour the insects and caterpillars."
Mr.. Sububs-"Tm glad you told me.
It's a great consolation to know that
they eat my fruit merely for dessert"
Life.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-10-15
TactIess!

She-"He bored me awfully; but I
don't think l showed it. Every time
l yawned 1 hid it with my hand"
He Crying to be gallant)-"Really,
l don't see how so small a hand could
hide-er, that is, isn't it lovely
weather."
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-10-15
Disaereeable Weather.

Did ye hear that our weather fore
caster is tryin' to get transferred ,"
mo, | didn't, 81, What's the trou-
BILE"
"He says the climate doesn't agree
with him. "3Wester Christian Adyo-
cate.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-10-15
One at a Time.

Excited Lady Cat the telephone)-'I
want my husband, please, at once"
Telephone Girl (from the Exchange)
Number, p~lease?"
Excited Lady (snappishly)-"How
many do you think I've got, you i'm
pudent thing"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-10-15

Kenneth-"Father, what are ances-
tors?"
Father-'Well, my son, Pm n OF
yours. Your grandfather is another"
Kenneth-"Then why do people
brag about them so much?"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-10-15

With thousands of RESTAURANTS and nearly every drug store now
having a lunch counter, one of the biggest industries in New York
City is the daily manufacture of at least a million sandwiches. Science
and invention have stepped in. and now there are special machines
Tor, cutting up bread, ham. Chicken, and for putting the sandwich to->
gether and wrapping; II in oiled paper; also there arr formulas for
making the more liquid ingredients. like pimento cheese. in huge guam
titles We have the above picture of a New York sandwich factory
by special arrangements with Popular Science Monthly.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1921-02-09
CLASS Up SALTS
CLEANS KIDNEYS
If Your Back Hurts or Bladder Both
ers You, Drink Lots of Water

When your kidneys hurt and your
back feels sore, don't get scared and
proceed to load your stomach with
lot of drugs that excite the kidneys
and irritate the entire urinary tract.
Keep your kidneys clean like you
keep your bowels clean, by flushing
them with mild, harmless salts
waste and stimulates them to their
normal activity. The function of the
kidneys is to filter the blood. In "a
hours they strain from it 500 grains of
acid and waste, so we can readily I'M
derstand the vital Importance OF keep
ing the kidneys active.
Drink lots of water-you can't
drink too much; also get from any
pharmacist about four ounces of lad
Salts; take tablespoonful in glass
of water before breakfast each morn
ing for few days and your kidneys
will act fine. This famous salts is
made from the acid of grapes and
lemon juice, combined with lithia and
has been used for generations to clean
and stimulate clogged kidneys; also to
neutralize the acids in urine so it no
longer is a source of irritation thus
ending bladder weakness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive; cannot in
jure; makes a delightful effervescent
Whitewater drink which every one
take. now and then to keep their kid
neys clean and active. Try this, also
keep up the water drinking, and no
doubt you will wonder what became OF
your kidney trouble and backache.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1921-02-09
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1921
Folly to pepenu on ornsrs

The independent chap is the fellow
who tries to do things for himself. Bill
Jones used to sit next to us at thi
little ole red schoolhouse" on the hill
He never thought of doing the sums
himself. That was a matter of labor
and labor was not a thing he wouli
cheerfully boast about. So he JUS
made it a habit of "peekin'" and put
ting down things as he saw them
Many time he did it to his embar
rassment, but that did not matter. Yo,
see he had the habit and there WASH
anything else for him to do. He didn'
learn the first steps and so had to de
pend on others the rest of his days
But he could talk independent enough
and what he was going to do to tina
teacher was enough to make you
blood run cold. But he didn't do any
thing. Such fellows never do unlesI
it's an accident. Then they are al
surprised as anyone else that the thinj
happened:-Exchange.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1921-02-09
with Milk and Honey."

There was once an ancient nation
well fed on bread and meat and gravy
that left it's fieshpots and steeret
northeast out of fat Egypt toward 1
billy land flowing with milk an(
honey" 1t did not seek land of bi
sons and bumblebees, but of honey
bees and dairy cows. The honey maker
of the Promised Land was a small
swift, furiously earnest worker Will
an obsession of heaping up wealth fol
others to enjoy. The milk provider wal.
dairy COW that could raise her owl
calf and feed a baby into the bargain
The land that flows with milk ant
honey is the land of the overfowins
spirit, of the trimming milk pan, tn,
dripping hOneycOmb; the land of swee
surpluses, the country whose worker
do more than merely eat what the1
produce.-EXchange.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1921-02-09
Flowers Express HOPES.

There are three flowers which send
out the message Of hope. One is the
Towering almond, and the others are
the hawthorn and snowdrop. The
Towering almond is little shrub
which grows from two to three feet
in height and blooms in May. The
color of the flower is a pinkish white.
The petals are small and numerous,
like the daisy or the chrysanthemum.
The hawthorn is generally white, rose
colored or sometimes deep crimson
1t bears a small fruit with a yellow
pulp. The leaf is similar to that OF
the oak and is cup-shaped and spreads
as it becomes mature The hawthorn
is often called MAY" from the sea.
son of blooming iii England, and it is
also called whitethorn to distinguish
it from the sloe, or blackthorn. The
snoWdrop is so called from the color
of the flower. The root of the snow
drop produces two leaves and one sim
gle flower, which is bell-shaped, and
hangs like bell or the Dutchman's
breeches
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1921-02-09
BOYCOTT ON CLOSED SHOPS
to Sell Its Product to Employers
of Union Labor.

The Bethlehem Steel corporation
will refuse to sell fabricated steel
to builders and contractors in the
New York and Philadelphia districts
to be erected on a union-shop basis.
This policy was disclosed by Eugene
G. Grace, president of the corpora
ton, who testified at New York be-
fore the joint legislative committee
investigating the alleged building
trust" replying to charges that his
corporation was sponsoring the "open
shop" movement by Withholding steel
from builders employing only union
iron erectors.
81 think it is proper thing to pro-
tect the open shop principle" declared
Mr.. Grace, who explained that his
stand would not be changed, even if
building operations in New York were
to be suspended because steel could
not be obtained by union erectors.
Whether the corporation will ,ex-
tend its policy to other parts of the
country, the witness said, depends
entirely on what effect | should eX-
pect it to have on our general labor
situation"
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1921-02-09

She was beautiful girl, bubbling
over with intellect an ambitious girl,
too who had studied out the matrimo-
NAL problem to a nicely. Eyes, sup
pose I shall eventually We'd" she said
"but the only kind of masculine
nuisance that will suit me must be
tall and dark, with classical features.
He must be brave, yet gentle, withal
he must be strong-a lion among men.
but a knight among ladies'" That eve
ming bow-legged, lath-framed youth,
with red hair and bat-wing ears, wear
ing check trousers, and smoking a
cigaret that smelled worse than a
burning boot, ratified on the ratings
with whangee, and the beautiful girl
knocked four tumblers and a cut-glass
fruit dish off the side-board in her
haste to get to him.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1921-02-09
Faux Pas de Luxe,

Mrs. Jones had never entertained
the sewing circle of Horseshoe Bend
that she did not commit an absent
minded faux pas of some kind. She
would either forget to invite her next
door neighbor or forget to entertain
the sewing circle. She was so alb
sent-minded that her own children
began to get skeptical of her mental
health after she had taken their
medicine on several occasions. This
afternoon she was making a final eff
fort to entertain without pulling a
bone" Everybody seemed to be pres
ent, and local gossip was being swal-
lowed with as much relish as was
Mrs. Jones delicious ice cream, when
suddenly Mrs. Jones put down her saul
GER, gracefully arose and said: "The
afternoon has been just delightful, but
really must be going."-Virginia Reel
university of Virginia).
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1921-02-09

1t IS a mistake to assume that civil
lzed man can perform and endure Xix,
the uncivilized. Centuries of inbreed
ing and adaptation to environment
have changed the human machine int,
a stronger mental and a less stron,
physical mechanism. In other words
the bodies of most men are bette
adapted to demands of a mental ma
ture, such as quickness of decision
constructive planning, etc., rather tina,
to tasks demanding mere brut
strength. There are, of course, thos
among us who still possess the latte
to remarkable degree, but their mum
Der is probably diminishing. A littll
more insistence on this point by phys
1cal examiners and instructors nigh
bring about much good to the youth o
the land.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1921-02-09
Weak-Minded Spirits Suggest Suicide

1t would seem that there are not
only good spirits and evil spirits how
er1ng about US, but that there are also
Weak-minded spirits. These, it ap-
pears, are well meaning souls that
often work injury to us. The New
York Medical Journal remarks:
These discarnate spirits believe it
is sad sometimes that human souls
must tarry in this world when every
thing is against them They long to
have them enjoy the larger, freer
life. If one of these spirits becomes
attuned to weak or diseased mind,
1t may suggest suicide, but purely
from a desire to help. Suicides are
generally deemed irresponsible. This
theory confirms it; but one reluctant
ly admits weak-minded spirits Devils
I and angels we know, but how are we
to discern these Others?"
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1921-02-09
Face Reveals Character.

Cautious people have nostrils tina
lie fiat to the face, and the nose ter
inmates in thin, pointed tip. A per
son with an ignoble character has {:
head which is prominent close behind
the ear. narrow forehead, and only 4,
short space between the outer cor
ners Of the eyes and the ears. A Ion,
nose, when accompanied by a pointed
chin, is also an unfavorable indication
A prominent upper lip is distinctive
feature OF noble character. 1t i.
generally found in persons of superio
merit. The three sections of the fac;
forehead, nose and chin--will be q
equal length in such a face.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1921-02-09
Wrong Idea of Independence

A show of independence is usually
about as ridiculous as it is unwise. It's
the exhibition of mind that has rot
risen to the point where it sees things
in perspective. Tired of ore thing it
decides that 1t will cut the job and do
something else. But as a matter of
fact most people just change their de-
pendence from one employer to an
other, and every time they do it they
are becoming more instead of less de-
pendent. Every change of job that is
not a promotion is a step backward.
Most folks can't be made to see it,.
They cannot understand that they have
to begin over again and that means re-
newed dependence. Think it over be-
fore you take the next leap.-Grit.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1921-02-09
Really NOTHING New,

In Java is the great temple of Boro-
oodoer, temple of the many Buddhas,
which, was unearIhed some years ago,
and is known to have been built in
the fifth century, and right near it is
the lesser temple of Mendoet. Further
north, in the Caroline islands, are the
ruins of an ancient city whose streets
were waterways just as those of Ven
ice are today. So when visits are
made to these virgin islands and one
feels almost like a discoverer of new
lands it is we'll to remember that there
Is nothing new, even under the tropi.
cal sun.-Exchange.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1921-02-09
ANNOUNCING
FOR MAYOR
To the Citizens of Fitzgerald:

To the Citizens of Fitzgerald:
Recognizing the Importance of the
changes made through the addition
of the Women voters for the election
of officers of the city, and appreci-
ating fully their laudable aim to help
to make Fitzgerald bigger and better
city in conjunction with the former
voters of the city, have consented to
become candidate for Mayor at the
solicitation of numerous friends
among The men and women of the city.
who have the v ellfare of the commun-
ity at heart.
Should the voters honor me with
this office, it shall be my purpose to
administer the affairs of the city in the
interest of all of the people, without
prejudice or favor, to the end that
the moral and material welfare of the
city may be properly advanced with
due regard to the tax burden from
which the taxpayers are entitled to
reasonable relief. 1t shall be my aim
to enforce rigidly all ordinances lead
ing to higher morality and to the pro-
lection of life and property.
Assuring you of my fullest appre-
citation of your careful consideration
OF my candidacy, am,
Drew w. Pau1k.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1921-02-09
Ouch! Lumbago!
Rub Pains From
Sore, Lame Back
Rub Backache Away with Small Trial
Bottle of Old est. Jacobs OIL"

Back hurt you? Can't straighten
up without feeling sudden pains,
sharp aches and twinges? Now listen
That's lumbago. sciatical or maybe
from a strain, and you'll get>felief the
moment you rub your back with
soothing, penetrating "St. Jacobs
Oil. Nothing else/>takes out sore
ness, 1amenesf aud stiffness so quick
ly. You simply rub it on your back
and out comes the pain. 1t is harm
less and doesn't burn the skin.
Timber up! Don't suffer! Get a
small trial bottle of old, honest st
Jacobs Oil" from any drug store and
after using it just once, you'll forget
that you ever had backache, lumbago
or sciatica, because your back will
never hurt or cause any more misery.
1t never disappoints and has been rec
commended for 90 years.
Advertisement.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1921-02-09

Ih1s anecdOte is of a lady-a sor
of social Mrs. Fry-who had been fJ
some time lecturing Lamb on his IL
regularlties. At last, she said: "Bu
really, Mr.. Lamb, I'm afraid all tina
I'm saying has very little effect OF
you. I'm afraid from your manner O
attending to it, that it will not do yo,
much good" mo, ma'am, said Lamb
Il don't think it will. But as all tha
you have been saying has gone in a
this ear (the one next her) and GU
at the other, dare say it will do thiI
gentleman a great deal of good" turn
ing to a stranger who stood on thu
other side of him.-R. Fl. Stoddard
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1921-02-09
MuStard=NoW and Then

Mustard belongs to the same order
of plants as the cabbage, and is near
relative of the wallflower and ten
week stock. The glo-Saxons mixed
mustard seeds with honey to give a
piquancy to their sweet buildings, and
it was used as far back as the time
Of Hippocrates for medicinal purposes.
Arab physicians discovered the distil.
lation of alcohol from the lees of wine
through experiments with mustard.
Mustard in its present familiar form
was first made by Mrs. Clements of
Durham, Eng, who separated the
black husks from the seeds before
grinding them.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1921-02-09
Iron Ores Formed by Bacteria.

Biologists are realizing more fully
As they extend their studies the mag
nitude Of the work done by plants and
animals in. building up and tearing
down parts of the crust of the earth.
Even microscopic organisms perform
a large part of this work. Pasteur
long ago showed us the deadly power
of bacteria in disease and their eff
cheney in promoting fermentation, but
their influence on the fertility of soils
and their work in expediting rock de-
cay are still subjects of scientific
study.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1921-02-09
Her Nice NeIuhbork1ood,

Bernice, aged six years, had Just
started to school and was in the first
grade She also was very proud be-
cause of her progress. 1 recently Wis
Tied her home and asked her mother If
could take her for a stroll In the
park. While walking along little boy
about her size passed us, at The same
time giving Bernice a friendly smile,
who returned it, saying to me: Aunt
Jane. don't you think he's a nice neigh
oorhOoG T'-Exchange
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1921-02-09
At Sea.

There is nothing in life that gives
one such sense of distance, of in
unite remoteness, as the setting of the
sun or moon at sea. 1t defines the inn
measurable leagues of water which
separate you from those you love with
sharpness that is scarcely felt at
other times. 1t is the only mark upon
the circle of the ocean and courts you
into reckoning which there is some.
thing too vague in the bare and inf
mite horizon to invite.-William Clark
Russell.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1921-02-09
Youth.

We should pay as much reverence
to youth as we should to age; there
are points in which you young folks
are altogether our superiors; and
can't help constantly crying out to per-
sons of my own years, when busted
about their young people-leave them
alone; don't be always meddling with
their affairs, which they can manage
for themselves; don't be always insist
ing upon managing their boats. and
putting your oars in the water with
Unsatisfactory.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1921-02-09
Moving Wheat in the soudan.

One of the most novel craft encoun-
tered on the Nile is the grain boat. It
Is fashioned of willows and grass, and
Is propelled by two men who sit in
the stern and WELD pair of oars or
paddles. Occasionally sail is hoisted.
These boats are capable of carrying
three to four hundredweights of ce-
reals. and are the chief means by
which the wheat is carried from Khar-
soum to Omdurman.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1921-02-09
Scorched Feet.

"What's the matter with that new
arrival?" asked Satan, angrily. "He's
believing loud enough to be heard
clear across the birthstone lakes"
"When he was on earth, SIRE" replied
an imp, she went to revivals and got
converted once or twice a year. He
just now mistook a white-hot cinder
path for sawdust Irail."-Birmipg
ham Age-HeraId
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1921-02-09

Vermont was not state until after
the Revolution. A commission was ap
pointed by New Hampshire, which hat
charge and controlled the territory
When it was admitted as a state it de
rived it's name from the Green Noun
tains, Verde-green, Mont-moun
tain-VermOnt.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1921-02-09
Touch Luck.

A chap in Newtonville, Ala, rea,
about a man who hel2ed an old won.
an across the street in New York and
was left $35,97624 by the grateful
person. The Newtonville gentleman
bought ticket for New York, helped
the first old lady he saw and was an
rested for trying to hold her up
Richmond Times-Dispatch.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1921-02-09
Early American Hist

plymouth was the first permanent
white settlement in New England and
dates its founding from the landing of
the Pilgrims, Dec. 81, 1920. The iron
works on the banks of the Saugus
river, established in 1913, were the
hrst iron works established in Amer
lea. A small iron pot cast there in
the first forge in America is now the
property Of the city of Lynn and is
IN glass case in the Lynn public
library.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1921-02-09
WINDOW GLASS WORKERS
OPPOSE WAGE REDUCTION.


Jos. Neenan. Cleveland, presi-
dent of the National Window
Glass Workers association, at a
meeting of the National Glass
Distributors association, de-
clared that all organized labor in
the industry, through it's general
officers, had agreed to give each
other all financial and moral sup
port to stabilize the industry.
Mr.. Neenan said the union organ
izatiOns had decided to assist
each other against any attempt
to lower the existing standard of
wages.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1921-02-09
Presidential Oath.

The oath was prescribed by the con.
stitutional convention, of which Wash,
ington was president, in 1887. Most
of the detailed work in connection
with the framing of the Constitution
was done by a small committee of de,
tail, which did not include Washing
ton
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1921-02-09
Cement for Iron Vessels.

Work up mixture Of equal
weights of red lead and litharge with
glycerine, adding more of the latter
until the mass becomes homogeneous
and has the consistency Of GLACIERS
putty. This is said to be a perfectly
waterproof and fireproof cement fol
iron vessels.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1921-02-09
Hunting New P-arl Rehs

The pearl fishermen of the Orient
@nd OF the South sea are hunting
FOR new beds of pearl oysters. The
uemand for pearls is so great and the
fisheries are being worked so contin-
uously that new pearls do not have
time to grow.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1921-02-09
FOR ALDERMAN AT LARGE

After comforting with my friends
have decided to be candidate for
Alderman at Large in the coming
primary to be held for the election
of city officers and will appreciate the
support of all the voters.
A. H. THURMOND.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1921-02-09
FOR ALDERMAN AT LARGE

At the solicitation of many friends
l hereby announce myself a,/candi-
date for reelection as ALDERMAN at
Large, subject to the choice of the
voters at the coming primary.
GEO. L. KILCREASE.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1921-02-09
FOR ALDERMAN AT LARGE

My friends having Requested that
I be candidate in the coming prim-
airy for reelection as tAlderman at
Large, I hereby announce myself a
candidate and will appreciate the
support of the voters.
w. R. PAULK.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1921-02-09

"The plays the thing" said Hamlet.
"Don't let the stage manager or the
actors hear you say that" warned Pc
lonius. "They may get Jealous Of the
author and call an actors strike"
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1921-02-09
FOR ALDERMAN AT LARGE

At the request of large number of
citizens, hereby announce for Alder
man at Large. If elected I Shall
serve the city to the best OF my abil-
ity.
JOHN B. RUSSELL.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1921-02-09
FOR ALDERMAN AT LARGE

After careful consideration I here
by announce my candidacy for Alder
man at Large, subject to the prim-
airy to be called by the executive COM
mittee.
E. J.. DORMINEY.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1921-02-09
Awkward

1t - awkward when you didn't hear
the comedian but laugh anyhow. and
then your wife calls upon you to ex-
plain the joke.-Louisville Courier
Journal