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Cool Clothing that fits your form
at Prices that make you Smile
All $22.50 and $25.00 Suits to close out at $14.10
All $17.00 to $20.00 Suits to close out at $11.95
All $14.00 to $16.50 Suits to close out at $ 8.95
The above stock consists of all of the best woolen up-to
date fabrics of the season, and the make-up and workmanship
is the very best to be had.
Ask the fellow who has worn one of our suits. This stock
of clothing must be closed out at once and these prices are
sure to move them. You had better come in and be one of
the first to get the pick of them. .
All other summer furnishings for men are cut low in price.
These prices are for Spot Cash Only.
E. E. ROACH, Manager
214 E. Pine St. Fitzgerald, Ga.
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Call Meeting ;
At the request of a number ofi
farmers I hereby call a meeting ofi
the Georgia Agricultural Society |
of Ben Hill County, at the Court!
house Thursday the 15th inst 11
a. m. for the purpose of consider
ing several matters of special in- i
terest to farmers, chief amongi
which is the fixing of a reasonable
and just price for picking cotton,
ana other classes of work and
items of interest,
We all know that one of thel
chief causes contributing to thel
improfitableness of last seasons
crop was, the inadequate highl
priced labor that prevailed from!
start to finish. I
There is a remedy within the
bounds of reason and justice for‘
this very andesirab.e condition,
and the man who fails or refuses
to co-operate in the administration
of it is either unrightiously selfish
obstinate, or conceited and is like
ly afflicted with all of these ungen
erous trails.
Brethern lets try a little com
mon sense cooperation along prac
tical lines and see if we can’t reap‘
its logical . benefits as do others in
other vocations.
No branch of our commercial or’
industrial interest pay so small a
dividend as does that of our Agri
cultural. Many of these adverse
conditions exist that we can elimi
nate quickly if we will but co-ope
rate in an effort %o exterminate
them. Reason and J ustice admon
ish us to do it and lets heed this
sane administration. “He that
hath ears to hear let him hear and
he that hath eyes to see let him
see.” ; _
What ought to be a practice |
with us farmers is often an ex
_ periment, but the experience of
others dearly demoustrate the
great benefits derived from prac
tical co-operation, SO lets try it,
in fact we must or pay 2 heavy
penalty for our folly. 3
The present conditions make it
imperative and you must be on
hand to see and hear what may be
a surprise to you. We call the
meeting at 11 84 1. to get a good
Fitzgerald Mercaniile Co.
UNDERTAKERS
and EMBALMERS
Day Phonre | 19--Night Phone 99
Schools Will Open |
September Znd. |
The public schools of the city
will open Sept. 2nd. This gives
four months before the Christ
mas holidays. Semi-final exam
aminations will be held and pro
motion made the last of Decem
ber instead of the middle of Jan
uary as has been the custom be
fore.
The faculty has been comple
ted and the prospects are bright
for the term 1912-13. The fac
ulty is as follows:
Principal of the High School—
U. J. Bennett. ;
Principal of the Commercial
Department—J. W. Morris.
Latin—Miss Myrtle Venable.
History—Mrs. Claudia Hoover.
English and Science—Miss
Florence Taylor.
Seventh!A —Mrs. Rosina Howe!
Seventh B-—Miss Anna Patillo.
~ Sixth A—Mrs. M. E. Eliars.
~ Sixth B—Miss Ellie Bradburg.
~ Fifth A—Miss Jeffie Persons.
~ Fifth B—Miss Jennie Tyler.
l Four—Miss Julia Conn and
Miss Laura Merritt.
i Three—Miss Margaret Emery
and Miss H. M. McLendon.
Two—Miss Jennie Washburn,
tMiss Nellie Tyler and Mrs. Daisy
[Brabham. :
One—Mrs. R. E. Lee and Miss
Adalaide Reilsam.
If Emmett Shaw had not
defied that Guano tag tax,
the Farmers of Georgia
would most prebably been
paying $2,000,000 a year
|ta'xes on their tags.
Istart for ap afternoon session and
we are advertising a call in the
Ocilla paper for the Irwin farm
ers to meet with us, we have seen
several of them and they want to
meet with us.
Don’t forget the time and place
and in the mean time work your
self up to the manly manhood of
doing unto others as you would
have them do unto you.
W. T. Paulk Sec.
D. L. Martin, Pres.
THE LEADER-ENTERPRISE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1912,
Mr. McCarty Leaves
For Eastern Matkets
Mr. James L. McCarty, of the
McCarty, Johnstone Company,
left Saturday night for the big
markets of the Kast, where he
will spend about two weeks pur
chasing fall and winter stock for
his firm.
Mr. McCarty is one of the most
experienced buyers in the section,
having for a number of years
before going into business for
himself, served in this capacity
for the Empire Mercantile Co.
He states that he expects to bring
to Fitzgerald this fall the most
up-to-date line of dress goods,
shoes, ladies’ ready-to-wear. etc.,
that the trading public of this
section has ever witnessed in a
small city. The McCarty, John
stone Company, since opening
their new business less than a
year ago, have established a
splendid trade, and their custo
mers appreciate their efforts to
please, and to carry in stock just
as good goods as can be found at
the big stores of the larger cities.
Their stock this coming season
will be the high standard that
the trading public appreciate and
they will no doubt double their
already expansive business,
Newt Watkins Brings
In First Bale Cotton
Mr. Newton Watkins brought
in the first bale of 1912 cotton
last Saturday, and after having
it ginned at the Fitzgerald Cot
ton Oil Mill, sold it to the Ben
Hill Company Warehouse for 13¢
per pound. Mr. Watkins is one]
of the county’s most enterprising
planters,and was the first to bring 1
in a new bale of cotton last year.
The cotton season is fast coming
on now, and good crop reports
come from every section of the
county. -
The fact that Emmett
Shaw has dared to in his
poverty wage the battle he
has single handed and
alone, is sufficient procf
that he would be fearless
in Washington.
Mr. Harry Camplin spent Suu
day in Brunswick and St. Simons.
Sale-Guarding Life At Ses
Washington, D. C., August 2.
—The care of trans-Atlantic pas
sengers of Tate months has been
sedulously provided for by every
’agency of the Federal govern
ment. Notwithstanding the per
ils of sea travel, despite the un
foreseen horrors of the Titanic
disaster, the stream of travel
from America across the Atlantic
and from the farther shores to
the United States has not notice
ably diminished. People these
days will come and go, tragedies
by land or sea to the contrary.
American shores make a magnet
no calamity can negative. They
will keep coming hither from
alien lands, just as they have
done from haylcyon’days of Col
umbian discovery. And they
will keep going hence, the de
scendants of these earlier and
earliest settlers, curious to look
upon the land of their ancestors.
The multiplication of ships, the
improvement in every way of
facilities for ocean travel, added
comforts, even luxuries. speed of
the craft more closely linking
socially and in business wise the
old world and the new—all these
things have very greatly augmen
ted the importance of ocean move
ment both of passenger and com
mercial trade. |
An absorbing question is wheth
er the government to which they
are bound by allegiance of oath,
birth or citizenship, is inclined to
care for them or not in the risks
they take at sea.
It is worthy of note there has
been no dereliction upon the part
of the United States government
in the obvious duties that have
devolved upon us since the catas
trophe which sunk more of the
world in grief and horrorthan
anything of the kind thot has
visited humanity in modern
times.
What machinery of this gov- |
ernment is available to promotei
the safety of lives and property |
in transit across the seas has
been used energetically, intelli
gently and without stint.
Supervising Inspector General
George Uhler of the Steamboat
Inspecting Service has devoted
himself unceasingly and most
earnestly to all the problems in-,
volved in the share of this gov-]
ernment in responsibility for the|
safety of ocean travelers. He
said to-day, talking on this sub
ject: -
‘‘Ag soon as the Titanic disas
ter occured everything was done
to provide life-saving equipment
for everybody on board ship, in
cluding passengers and crew.
Although the American rules pre
vious to this provided for the care
of more than twice as many peo
ple as were provided for by the
rules of the British Board of
Trade, still we did not relax
efforts to improve the situation.
The basis of both American and
British rules, however, is the
tonnage of the ships rather than
the number of passengers, the
same basis being acknowledged
by all maritime nations of the
world, with the possible excep
tion of Norway, which country,
since 1909, had provided for full
boatage on trans-Atlantic Ships.
With the event of the appalling
Titanic calamity, all nations have
interested themselves actively |
and profitably for the safety of|
lives and property crossing the
seas, and more effectually than
our own government.
‘‘lndeed nothing has been left)
undone, conceived by ingenuity
and pains-taking thought, to in-'
sure safety for ocean travel.
Any sincerely urged project ;01'
that end that appeared upon i'tsi
face to be feasible and practical
has been instantly tested. The
steamship companies, realizing
to the full their responsibilities,
have not been remiss in attention
and activity in the emergency. I
know of one company that. even
before our rules went into effect,
has already placed orders for 280
lifeboats, all of which are being
built as fast as they can be
Pictorial Review Patterns
INCLUDING 3
Cutting and Consiruction Guides
| FREE
10c. and 15¢. each
Increased Sales causes us to
double our Pattern stock. You can
now get all styles and all sizes.
September Styles and Patterns now ready
Large quarterly Fashion Book and
any Pattern for only 50c
McCarty, Johnstone Company
Exclusive agents Pictorial Re
view Patterns in this section
PORCH SWINGS
(WITHOUT CHAINS)
$1.50
DELIVERED TO ANY PLACE IN THE CITY
F. M. GRAHAM & CO., ™°
Mr. Working man: You
cannot find one single time
when Emmett Shaw has not
been on your side, and
fichting your battles. You
cannot find where either of
the other candidates ever
legislatively did one thing
lin your behalf. Will you
stand idly by, and see the
Politicians of the District
politically slay your friend,
or will you stand by Emmett
Shaw, as he has stood by
you? Just one of your own
men who has walked the
common way. One who has
offered his all. It wont en
courage others to do battle
for toil, unless you teach
them a lesson now while
you have a chance.
Mr. Vance Brigman, of Dothan,
Ala., spect several days here re
cently, sbaking hands with old
friends,
turned out by working day and
night and Sundays.
“The very earnestness with
which our country has engaged
in forwarding a solution of the
greatest possible promotion of
safety for life in transit over
the sea has tended unquestion
ably to keep confidence alive, and
all reports indicate there has been
no material diminution in such
travel and business. The Amer
ican people will travel, if they
have reasonable assurance of
ordinarv care for their safety.”’
In this connection it is inter
esting to know that nearly fifty
bills have been introcuced in the
two houses of congress since the
Titantic disaster looking to the
safe-guarding of life at sea.
Some of these bills @are merito
rious, others wholly impractical
and inadequate, but all well in
‘tended, relating in these instan
ces to lifeboat equipment, suffi
’cient crew service, fire-fighting
apparatns, etc., but most are
crude. It is nevertheless be
lieved that an intelligent concen
gus of view will be reached be
fore Congress adjourns that will
evolve the best possible law.
Certain it is that nobody in this
administration has been permit
ted to be derelict in this particu
lar emergency.
If Emmett Shaw had
never fought indiscrimin
ate Imigration and used his
power to help keep Ga. from
establishing a bureau or
coaxing station, your hard
tax money would have
gone for ships to bring
them here. He has been on
the job for the plain man
for years. Won't you be
on the job for him on the
slst. ,
Dr. B. S. Clay has returned
from a short visit in Montgomery,
Ala.
Mr. Harry Beauchamp spent
Sunday in Brunswick and St.
Simons, e
Mr, Lon Dickey has returned
from a visit of several weeks in
Chicago. i
Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Davis are
spending several days this week in
Savannah, Ga..
Mr. C. M. Wige is expected
home from Johus Hopkins Hos
pital in several days
Wanted—FKurnished rooms for
housekeeping by couple. near A.
B. & A. depot. I¢,
Loéts-—Physician’s medicine case.
Finder will please return to Dr.
M. S. Cohen in the five story
building.
The City Pressing Club
Phone 459. ‘Work guarranteed.
Cleaning ladies skirts and men
and women pats a specialty. 598 t.
Just 2 boy all at stake
who was reared in an hum
ble home on a farmia Clay
County. One who was
taught that merit would
win, and that he could be
trusted and would be by
his people when he proved
himself deserving. A boy
with just a poor mans work
ing chance who has climed
the ladder round by round,
Will you hurt him or will
you help Him? Do him as
you would like to be done,
or as you would have your
boy done on Aug. 2lst.