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can save a little.
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ing to a saving plan; a matter of making one’s
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The Ghautangua
Olosed Last Night
Fitzeeraid's first Chautruqua
closed last night with a very inte
resting program, which was en
joyed by a large crowd, The
Chautauqua will no doubt come to
be a permanent fixture in Fitzger
ald as alreadv its influence as an
educator and entertainer has been
feit. The people of Fitzgerald and
surrounding territory have placed
their stamp of approval upon high
class entertainment, and will from
now on look forward to a week of
excellent entertainmentsuch as we
have just finished. This is merely
a beginning and it is reasonable to
assume that the attractions will be
better each succeeding year. The
management of the Chauntauqau
Association are to be congratulat
ed upon the skillful manner in
which tbey have handled the whole
affair and the people of Fitzgerald
who have enjoyed this week of
wholesome enjoyment feel indebt
ed to them.
Nothing as cheap in the
past, present or future. It
starts Thursday morning.
I. Goldenburg Co’s.,
Excursion Rate Sale.
Keep your eyes on the ads and
learn where t 0 find your wants.
Great Embroidery Event now on at The Empire St
o | 27inch $l.OO Funcing for 79¢; 45inch $1.25 Flouncing for 89c | menam |
FLOUNCIN(}S fresh and crisp from St. .Gall, Swtzerland—Eyelet work, Baby Irish emb.roidery——-.Ne.west, prettiest styles for ladies’ and chrildrens dresses—2 yards of
the 45inch sufficient for ladies skirts. SIDO and $1.25 were our former special prices. Daintiest bargains of the season. :
_______;,.,_,_.,"___,_m_*gf?_(is_ff_ nf_t_c_h#w above at 25 to 59c. Plain mgterial— a_l_l:s_»o, ,at2s to 75¢
Cl : Ld' 9S : $lO to $18.50 for Suits that sold
ean-up prices on Ladies duits from $l5 to $25
WHITE, Tan and Novelty Sui.ts. Light Wooleps for Summer travelling and early F all wear. This seasons choicest styles from New York’s best makers. A gre:
chance indeed. Come in at once and s¢ if your size is here.
Silk Dresses, $<4.98; | Lingerie Dresses, $4.75; Children’s Dresses €49c¢
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EMPIRE Your netv Summer Corset is heresexro% EEMPIRE |
THE LEADER-ENTERPRISE
Factiene! Lines
© Wil Not be Drawn
. Atlanta,” Ga., June 11.—Leaders
of the Iloke Smith faction in Geor
gia have deflnitely decided against
putting any factional candidate in
the field against the Hon. John M.
Slaton for gevernor, and conse
quently the state faces for the first
time in years a gubernatorial con
test in which the old-factional lines
will not be drawn s
This decision is due, it is said, not
only to the fact that many Eoke
Smith men are warm personal sup
porters of Mr Slaton. Although
Mr. Slaton has always been id¢nti
fied with ‘he side represente[!l by
Joseph M. Brown leaders, he ignot
running on a factional platform,and
is avowedly anxious that factbnal
politics be kept out of the campiign.
Notice to Merchants.
The Ordinance against throying
trash and paper on the streetsiand
alleys will be strictly enforced, It
is not possible to have decent Lok~
ing streets without the op-operé",ion
of the merchansts. [
Please place all paper, trashfand
rubbish in a box or can wheje it
will not litter the streets. L
A. B. Cook, Mayfr.
FITZGERALD, BEN HILI, COUNTY, GEORGIA, JUNE 11, 1912.
ISome of Georgia’s Resources
gia’s R
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- In “National Finance.
By Chas. B. Teal.
In Ben Hill and ¢ djoining counties, there are special features of
interest to the investors that do not apply to all localities in South
Georgia, which I wish to call attention to in this article. Investors
I who have never studied the conditions, under which lands have en
hanced from two and three dollars per acre to twenty and thirty
dollars per acre in so few years, might think a false valuation or only
a boom that would be against the interest of the money lender; but,
| we have first to remember that, not more than twenty-five years ago,
the soil in this country was of scarcely any consideration in the sale
‘of lands, as the turpentine and saw mill man was the only person that
' dealt with these lands, But a decade Igo, what few people there were
“in the country, awoke to the faet that the turpentine was about ali
‘gone, and the only timber left was but a few scattering pines,
It was a great scope of country with but a few people in it, who
'bad boxed the trees for turpentine and cut and carried the logs to the
imill, As a matter of necessity, these people commenced to clear the
?iand and cultivate patches to find the value of the soil. From the
raore crowded sections of ihe state and elsewhere people came where
| they could buy lands cheap, and they have made rapid progress. Not
‘until recently did the farmer find, from scientific discovery in experi
'moantine with the =ail, that he could make as much cotton in Ben Hill
County on one acre of land as any other place in the world; as much
corn on cne acre as i the West; and, the greatest advantage over
(lands further north, he can reap two crops with most every product
|except cotton. He sows his oats in the fall and reaps them in the
'spring; he plants the same ground in corn, sets it out in potatoes, or
|SOWs it in peas, or other forage. One sacre last year sowed in peas,
lafter a large crop of cats was cut, fed a mule for the eight following
!months.
; It should be of special interest to the investor to know th:t, in
this section, crops never fail. The lard is not ¢s fertile as the black
}dirt of the West and fertilizers must be used. but in no vear of the
’past has the farmer made a total failvre—a failure in which it could
|be said that he didn’t make a living. Of course, the money lender
|always wants to know how much the borrower can pay each year,
‘and unless he makes enough each year to make these payme its as per
‘terms of the contract, there is nothing left to do butto foreclose
which the lender alwavs tries to avoid, Especially is this true where
there are severai bad years [together. I have never seen any place
| where the farmer could calculate with as much accuracy in the spring
[as to what he will have in the fall as in this section.
} There are many things which have had much to do in developing
the farms in this locality. A few years ago the public roads were
‘vere poor, but since 4 change in the law that gives every county a
right to work its own convicts, has caused a wonderful improvement
of the public hichways. Graded roads are running throughout the
counties and, in a few years more, no farmer can complain for their
will be many more. Fitzgerald, which is only sixteen years old and
has a population of eight thousand, including the factory and railroad
shops, which the census does not show, promises to be the best city
south of Macon in this state. Its streets are now being paved and it
has all the i.nprovements that could be expected of a young city.
There is no place in Georgia where the farmers need long loans
more than here. They need to build better homes; they need to stump
their lands which bave not already been stumped, and they need to
get more of the soil ready for the plow. The local banks can help
them, if they need it, to make their crops but the money must be paid
back 1n the fall, It is not usually understood in the North how the
banks in this country must guard against letting out money unless
they know that tney can collect it before the end of the year, Thei
farmer who wishes to improve bis farm must take four or five years
to do it 1n; and he cannot pay the money back until he has time to
make it on this improved property; so this makes it very necessary
for the farmer to borrow his money for a term of years. New homes
must be built, barns must be built and more land must be cultivated.
While aloan is on the property. the security must grow stronger.
Being almost as level as the prairies ot Texas, it cannot wash away,
and the investor can rest assured that their cannot be a decrease in
value on any farm land where he has placed his money,
SEMI-WEEKLY
Hobson and Hanley
Debated Here Satnrday
The Hobson-Hanley debate. the
feature of the ChautauquaXtook
place Saturday afternoon, and al
though the opera house was not as
full as it might have been, owing to
the fact that many of the business
men were deprivediof goingjon ac
count of business rush, still there
was a large audience and onejthat
enjoyed the occasion thoroughly.
The question, “Resolved that the
United States Should Control the
Sea, both in the Atlantic and Pacific
Ocean,” was ably discussed by
these able statesmen of world-wide
fame, and for three and a half hours
the audience was thrilied wich the
crato y and intellect of the men.
Ex-Governor Hanley, of Indiana, the
champion of world-wide peace, had
the affirmative side of the question,
Captain Hobson taking the negdative.
Mr. Hobson opened the debate and
also had the closing.
The abnormal weather conditions
during the past few days has been
the subject of considerable com
ment among the old settlers, The
atmosphere has been so heavy at
tiraes that 1t has been necessary
for the ladies to lay aside their
thin summer attire for coat suits.
At this time of the year it is usual-
Mr. William R. Bowen
Mr. Jack J. Dorminey
Mr. John D. Dorminey
Mr. Jim E. Turner
Each of the above gentlemen are real bank Cashiers.
Mr. William Bowen was Fitzgerald’s first resident bank
Cashier. Mr. Jack Dorminey was The Exchange Bank’s
first Cashier. Mr. John Dorminey is the present Cashier. Mr.
Jim Turner brings to this bank his experience gained in two
other Fitzgerald banks, as Cashier. € The banking knowledge
and experience of all four of these men are employed in the
penetrating and searching monthly examinations of the bank.
q Here then, it cannot be denied, is a hank of e traordinarily
experienced officers, whose chief detern:ination is T 0 BE SAFE
AND STRONG ABOVE EVERYTHING; and, to treat the people fair
ly and upon a LIVE AND LET LIVE PLsx. § Such signs and evi
dences of strength, and such liberal policy as they have used
in the past, have enabled this bank to publish the following:
Capital Stock Strength, Surplus and Profits $300,000.00
Resoliroes . ..... .o Lo i suin vy o CUBEREE 8
DBPOBILE . ... . .iieis: osnc woiins dos cror .SO TN
(We are steadily gaining new accounts and continually invite
others upon our showing of strength and correct treatment.
THE EXCHANGE NATIONAL BANK
TUESDAY
FRIDAY
VOL. XVII. NO. 44
o UNITED STATES
RESOURCES - $300,000,00
ADEROSITOR T g
ly very warm in south Georgia
and this is reputed to be the cold
est weather we have had in June
for « number of vears.
B g
Waters Receding
‘ . °
In Ilood Bistricts
"~ Atlanta, Ga, June 11.—All the
railroads which have offices or agen
cies in Atlanta have aanncunced the
complete tesumption of regular traf
fie over their lines in the flood dis
trict of the Mississippi valley.
According to special railroad re
ports the watérs have sufficiently
receded everywhere to make quick
repairs possible. The Shreveport
gateway is open again, and the fast
route to Louisian: and Texas points
from Georgia is again available.
