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The question of the day! DID YOU PASS?
bT e T s e L e e
Everything succeeds in Fitzgerald. The Bond election was pulled
off successfully. The May lete was a success. Now everyboady pull
for the Chatauqua.
Then why Not Underwood?
Says our friend Col. Watterson:
/ The national campaign before us will be fought
out on the great issue of tariff reform. The
strength of Champ Clark’s candidacy is his
identification with that great issue,
But why not Underwood rather than Clark? It is Oscar Under
wood who is.peculiarly identified with the issue of tariff reform. It
is Oscar Underwood who has made the Democratic party’s record ip
Congress for tariff reform, If that issue belongs to anybody 1t belongs
not 1o the Speaker but to the Chairman of the Committee on Ways
and Means.—New York World.
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Election Of Senator By The People.
What will be known as the seventeenth amendment to the Federal
Constitution is found ir. the Senate resolution which passed the House
by far more than the required two-thirds vote and which will now
go to the States, where its ratification is assured. It follows the
Income Tax amendment, which is already being ratified,
This seventeenth amenament will provide for the election of
United States Senators by popular vote. It will bring the upper
branch of Congress into closer touch with the people and into smaller
possession by special interests. It hasrepeatedly been adopted by the
House in years past and repeatedly blocked in the Senate,
But the Senate has at last yielded to the pressure of public senti
ment, and to the fine leadership of Mr. Underwood in the House is
due to the melting away of Southern opposition to a provision which
in reality gives Congress no more power in regulating elections of
Senators than it has had and has exercised,
So again is it being demonstrated that the Constitution is suffi
cient for its own changing without resort to revolution or judicial
misconstruction on penalty of popular recalls of Judges and decisions.
The Mayor Is Pleased With Results
Mayor Cock has great faith in Fitzgerald’s future. In discussing
the bond election with the Leader ' yesterday he stated that he was
very much gratified at the way the people of Fitzgerald got together
on a business proposition. Continuing, he said ‘I have lived in a
town of this size, which boasted of its culture and progressive spirit
and I have watched closely the affairs of a number of Georgia cities
and it affords me much satisfaction to note the unanimity with which
our peopl2 view progressive measures, Every member of the City
Council is a Progressive, Large property owners like Mr. Bowen,
Mr. Davis, Mr. Farmer, Mr. Garbutt, Mr. Seanor, and many others,
are giving their cordial support to those policies which assure the
commercial supremacy of Fitzgerald, and when it comes to education,
sanitation, street improvement and other important matters. I do not
believe there is a town in the South where the large tax payers, the
small erchant, and the laboring man, support with more enthusiasm
as a unit, those policies which make & town a desirable place to live in
than here in our city, and it is indeed a pleasure to serve the citizenry
of such a town.”"
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THE LEADER-ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY MAY 17 1912
THE CHILDRENS' MAY FESTIVAL.
The Parade and Crowning of May Queen Witnessed
by Large Crowd---Prizes Awarded.
The Children’s May Festival, which was held yesterday, was a
splendid success in every respect. On no previous occasion has Fitz
gerald ever witnessed a parade so exquisitely beautiful. Youth, art and
beauty blended most harmoniously to make the procession of pretty
children, with the gaily-bedecked vehicles and floats, a most spectacular
sight. :
To the teachers of the Third Ward school is due a large aniount of
the;credit for the success of the Fete, but the mothers also contributed
largely, for, without their assistance, the parade would have been an impos
sibility. The mothers decorated the bicycles and floats and made the
costmues for the little tots, and to them a glowing tribute is due.
The!parade began promptly at five o'clock at Jessamine Hotel on
Maine street, and proceeded toward Central Avenue, the Fitzgerald Brass
Band leading the parade, followed by the school children, numbering
about five hundred.
Little Miss Margaret Pope Thurmold, resembling a dainty little
fairy, was in the first vehicle following the parade. Then came scores
and scores of girls and boys, some in vehicles and others on bicycles, all
lavishingly decorated with crepe paper and flowers. Numbers of the
floats, bicycles and so forth were the production of art and represented
very skillful planning on the part of those doing the work. There were
many of these that deserve special mention, but lack of time and spac:
prevents our speaking of them at this time, only collectively.
The May Queen, little Miss Ethel Beall, occupied an elevated seat
in an artistically decorated vehicle, and was attended by a number of maids
and pages, who very gracefully held her veil.
The sidewalks were lined with hundreds of people to see the pa
rade, and the univeral opinion was that it was a grand success. The
climax of the festivities was reached when little Miss Ethel Beall was
crowned Queen of the May Pole, immediately following the parade.
: The ceremony took place in the Grand Opera House, which was
packed. At the expressed wish of the pretty little Queen she was crowned
by Master Harry Kendrick, who performed the act gallantly and grace
fully amid a storm of applause.
The coronation exercises were followed by the May Pele Dance,
which was beautifully carried out by a number of little dirls and boys,
while other interesting features were the “Children’s Fete Day” yells and
songs by several hundred children occupyiog the front seats of the opera
house.
The affair was indeed a rare treat and will long be remembered
by the participants and those who witnessd it as well.
Following are the prizes awarded by the judges of the parade:
Ist Prize, Boys’ wheel, No. 65, Williain Shallenberger.
2nd Prize, Boys' wheel, No. 67, W. D. Dorminey. ,
Ist Prize, Girls' wheel, No. 50, Mary Lou Moore.
2nd Prize, Girls’ wheel, No. 48, Athleen Dickey.
3rd Twin Prize, Girls’ wheel, Sarah Farmer and Sarah McDonald.
Ist Prize, Boys’ play vehicle, No. 10, —————
2nd Prize, Boys’ play vehicle, Walter Boney.
Irst Prize, Girls’ play vehicle, No. 1, Margaret Pepe Thurmond.
2nd Prize, Girls’ play vehicle, No. 22, Virginia McDonald.
3rd Prize, Girls’ play vehicle, No. 78, Catherine Clark.
Ist Prize, Boys’ play float, No. 101, “Uncle Sam,” Sion Carter.
2nd Prize, Boys’ play float, Hussey Bros.
Ist Prize, Girls’ play float, No. 52, Mildred Ellison. Yo
2nd Prize, Girls’ play float, Agnes Van Heide.
3rd Prize, Girls' play float, Quinette Prentiss.
- Ist Prize, Pony, Ralph Russell. :
- Juniors Entertains.
The Juniors entertained the Sen
jors and High School Faculty very
delightfully at the home of Mrs.
Claudia Hoover Friday evening.
Three rooms were thrown together
and were especially pretty with dec
oration of the class flower—sweet
peas. !
As the guests arrived they were
presented with adainty hand-paint
ed card tied with class colers—blue
and gold.
On the arrival of all the guests,
they repaired to the Grand Opera
House, and after the show returned
to Mrs. Hoover’s, where they enjoyed
progressive games. During the eve
ning many piano solos were render
ed by Miss Carolyn Hoover, and
several vocal selections by Miss
Atha Meyer.
At a late hour a three-course
lunch was served, during which
toasts were given to the Seniors.
Those present were Misses Linda
Jones, Raiford Dozier, Pearl Linne
man, Ethel Hullhen; Messrs. Mark
Mathis, Herman Martin, David
Paulk, Miss Dollie McLendon, Mrs.
Hoover, Mr. D. B. Nicholson, Mr. H.
B. Richie, Misses Atha Meyer, Vera
Linneman, Ealalie Chambers, Ida
Johnson, Russell King, Briscoe
Waters, Reason Paulk.
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A Silver Tea.
The ladies of St. Matthews’ Epis
copal Church have decided to give
a series of silver teas during the
summer months, the first to be giv
en Wednesday, May 22d, from 8 to
10 p, m., at the home of Mrs. D. P.
Adams, on W. Central Ave. There
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please notify Miss Annie Laurie
Jolly. It,
Mr. A. H. Thurmond left this week
for Augusta, Ga., as a duly associat
ed delegate of the Fitzgerald Lodge.‘
Rev. J. C. Flanders, formerly
of this city but now of Baxley,
was shaking nends with friends
in the city Wednesday. .
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