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Official Organ of Ben Hill County and City of Fitzgerald
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John M. Slaton’s stock hasn’t depreciated since Hooper Alex
ander entered the race. South Georgia will go for **Jack’’ Slaton
—they are not experimenting this year.
Hooper Alexander’s platform is a mixture to catch the old-time
Populist. They once responded to a false apostle of “Reform”’
and elected him Governor, but failed to reap the fruits of their
jabor. It’s not likely that they can be fooled the second time by an
jmitation.
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Ben Hill County will give Joseph B. Wall a solid vote. Infact
we have not heard of any opposition to him. County pride and
loyalty to home folks will play a strong part with the voters. Mr.
Wall has no personal enemies and he has not mixed enough in local
politics to have political ones.
The State Road and The Governor's Race.
We favor the extension of the State Road, but we do not care
to see it used as a political hobby-horse to ride into the Governor’s
cffice on. The issue is too important—it should have a full hearing§
throughout the state. The fact that Mr. Alexander has tied the
issue to his kite will not bring to him the support of those desiring
to see the extension an accomplished fact. The passage of the bill
establishing a commission to investigate the renewal of the lease
and the extension of the State Road is more in keeping with good
business management. The short space of two weeks during the
heat of the campaign does not give the people a fair expression on
this impertant measure. Mr. Alexander will be ingloriously de
feated and the opponents of the State Road will endeavor to make
capital out of the defeat to the injury of the State Road.
The people want a commission ard we want that commission
to publish their report befere the next session of the legislature,
so that the people may form an intelligent opinion on the subject
and instruct the representatives as to their wishes.
Wall For Solicitor-General.
In the regular announcement column this week appears that of
Col. Joseph B. Wall, of Kitzgerald, who aspires to be Solicitor-Gen
eral of the Cordele Judicial Circuit, Col. Wall is young in years, but
is brimful of knowledge of criminal law and practical experience that
essentially combine to qualify him for the responsible office he seeks.
For several years he has been a prominent member of the Ben Hill
county bar where he has been successful in many legal battles that
have won for Limself eminent distinction in the practice of his pro
fession. Personally there is r.ot a cleverer or more deservedly popu
lar young man in the state, among his entire acquaintance, than is he.
Col. Wall is not in this race of his own volition, although he has a
high sense of appreciation of the honor that would attach to the win
ning of the ofice. He was sought carnestly and pleaded with most
persistently by mesabers of the bar over the circuit to allow the use of
his name. Finally he has yielded and having done so, he naturally
desires to succeed. Col. Wall’s friend are most active in his bebalf
and not one entertains a doubt of his vietory in the primary. He was
1o Unadilla Saturday afternoon meeting a few old friends and enlist
ing many Dew ones. Where he is best known he is best liked. -
Unadilla Leader,
Remember Your Last
Dose of Calomel?
You Wil Probably Recall the After-
Effects of the Calomel More Thau
you do the Sickness you Took It for
You don’t have to go through
this again. -
Next time your liver gets slug
gish and inactive, we suggest that
you go to J. Hawkins Goodman’s
drug siore for a bottle of Dodson’s
Liver Tone, & vegetable liqnid‘i
that will start your liver as sure
ly as calomel ever didand with_
none of the after-effects ot calomel. l
It is absolutely harmless boih to
children and adults and demands
no restriction of habits ot diet.
J. Hawkmns Goodman guaran
tees Dodson’s Liver Tone to take
the place of calomel, and will re
fund your money if it fails in
your case.
Watch the columns of Leader ’
Harris Fertilizer
Bill Passes Senate
Atlanta, Aug. 8. The senate
today after a debate of two hours,
passed by a substitute the Bla
lock fertilizer bill by a vote of 34
to 5. Many substitutes were
offered and considered, but that
offered by Senator Harris won
out. The original bill was in
tended to prohibit absolutely the
use of fillers in fertilizers. The
substitute simply requires manu
facturers to stamp on the pack
sge the amount and kind of filler
used and the statement that it is
not a plant food.
Job was a patient man, but he
pever found the cat asleep on the
piano just after he had varnished
it.
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Many a fellow is a goner before
he has had a chance to be a comer.
THE LFADFR-FNTEPPRISFK, FRINAY ATICIIST 9, 1912,
EmpireMerc. Co.
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Buyers in”the East
Mr., William R. Bowen, Presi
dent and Treasurer and Mr. J. A
Murphy, manager, of the Empire
Mercantile Company, are now er
route to the Eastern Market:
whither they go to buy a complete
new line of merchandise for the
Fall trade.
As 15 well known the Empire
Mercantile Company’s Store is one
of the largest businesses of its
Kind in this section, having during
fhe past tén years or miore built
um most gpviable trade, drawing
patronage &b‘m miles around, and
it is a recognized fact that the
personal magnetism and fairness
on the part of the owhers and
managers of this enterprise, coupl
ed with the unusual interest they
show in their patrons, is largely
responsible for their success.
Mr. Bowen, as president of the
institution, has made a close study
of the needs of the trading pub
lic of this vicimity and each suc
ceeding vear brings to the city a
larger and more complete line of
goods than the year before. This
year, however, there is a great
surprise in store for the patrons
of the Empire, for with the blend
ed ideas of two such experienced
and indiscriminate buyers as Mr.
Bowen and Mr. Murpohy, it is!
natural to assume that this season’s
line of goods will outclass anything |
ever brought to Fitzgerald. Mr.
Murphy was formerly with the
Dannenberg Company, of Macon,
and like Mr. Bowen has had a
thorough experience in dealing
with the wants of the public.
Mr. Bowen stated to a Leader-
Enterprise representative, before
leaving last night, that ‘“we expect
to bring back something ‘big’ this
time. We know this year’s crops
will mean a big Fall business and
it is our intention to make Fitz
gerald the most up-to-date trading
place in this section of South
Georgia, by having the goods to
do 1t with and letting the people
know it.”
Mr. Bowen and Mr. Murphy
will leave no stone unturned to
bring back to Kitzgerald just the
stock that an intelligent and pros
perous citizenry demands.
Another Epidemic of
v Petty Burgtaries
It seems that Fitzgerald is hav
irg another epidemic of retty
burglaries, the latest victim being
Mr. Harold Beall, whose home on
Central avenue was entered last
night about nine o’clock, The fact
that the intruder is unskilled was
evidenced by the unnecessary noise
he made in crawling through the
dining room window, knocking a
table over as he entered. Mr,
Beall states that he had just retired
and would’t have paid any atten
tion to the noise, hed he not seen
the reflection of the light in the
room. He immediately procured
his pistol and himself stumbled
over a chair trying to find his way
to the door leadirg into the dining
room. The noise of course fright
ened the burglar and he escaped
by way ot the window just as Mr,
Beall was entering the dining
room. Mr, Beall’s opinion is that
’he was merely looking for some
thing to eat. A search was insti
'tuted but the burglar made good
‘his escape.
! Mr. C. A. Miller’s house was
ialso ransacked one night recently
‘while the family was at the show,
the intruder getting away with
}seveml pieces of wearing apparel.
Mrs. R. B. Fletcher and little
daughter, Wille Mae returned
bhome Sunday from Hampton
Springs, Fla,, where they spent
the past two weeks.
A telegram was received in the
city to-day from Jobhns Hopkins
Hospital, stating that Mr. J. M.
McDonald has been operated on
for appendicitis and stood the ope
ration well. This will be giatify
ing news to his many friends.
Use Knife to Cure
| Desire to Steal
Minneapolis,® Aug. s.—ln an
operation today on the skull of
John Howard, aged 21, self-con
fessed burglar, who has urged
surgeons tofoperate in order that
he may become an honest citizen,
two local doctors removed a tu
mor which was pressing upon his
brain, besides lifting a depression
of the bone over the right temple.
They believe Howard will be cur
ed of kleptomania. Howard, who
has been in the reform school,
was paroled to the physicians on
the motion of the county attor
ney in order that the operation
might be performed.
Gov. Brown Signs
Farmers’ Free List
& Atlanta, Aug. 6.—Gov. Brown
today approved the amendment
to the state constitution just
passed, known as the ‘‘farmers’
free list bill.”’ This provides for
a constitutional amendment per
mitting the Legislature ' to enact
a law which will exempt farm
products, in the hands of the pro
ducer, from taxation for a period
of one! year. The bill reached
the Governor too late to be ad
vertised in time for a vote of the
people in the regular election of
October 2, and it will be submit
ted to them in the national elec
tion in November. .
Stock Holders Meeting
There will be a stockholders
meeting of the Ben Hill Fair As
sociation next Saturday the 10th
inst 3 p. m. at the American State
Bank for the purpose of adopting
constitution and bylaws and at
tending to other matters of special
interest, Itis the duty of every
stockholder who can possibly at
tend this meeting to do so. It
will probably be some t.me before
another is called. Please be pres
ent, :
P. F. Clark, Secy.
| D. L. Martin, Pres.
First M, E. Church
Sarvices next Sabbath at the
usual hours. l
Theme of the morning sermon,
“The Holy Spirit and the Church
today.” Night theme, ‘‘The Joy ofl
Beinr a Christian.” l
Good music, a cordial welcome
to all especially strangers. ]
E. J. Hammond, Pastor. ‘
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Mr. E. Wackym was called toi
Wilmington, N. C., Saturday
night on account of illness in his
family who are spending the
summer there. After arriving
in Willmington Mr. Wackym
wired friends their one year old
baby had died. The corpse will
be brought here for burial.
. Mr. J. C. Buckley was in from
his plantation two miles from town
this morning, and was showing
two fine ears of corn raised this
year. Both ears were extraordi
parily large and well filled with
pretty frain, one ear yellow and
the other a deep red. Mr. Buck
lev raises an unusually good grade
of corn and is very proud of this
year’s bumper crop.
Little Lang MacDonald of Lu
dowica is spending his vacation in
the city the guest of little Cecil
Rowland.
f Mr. Carl Willismson has re
tarned to the city, after a visit of
several weeks with relatives in
north Georgia.
Mr. R. V. Handlev’s many
friends will be interested to know
that he is recovering from his
recent illness.
Is your subseription paid up?
More dairy products are wanted.
Administrator’s Sale. !
GEORGIA—BEN HiLL COUNTY.
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned will sell at public
outery to the highest bidder for
cash at the court house in said
county, within the legal hours of
sale, on the First Tuesday in
September, 1912, 16 shares of
the capital stock of the First Na
tional Bank of Fitzgerald, Geor
gia, of the par value One Hun
dred Dollars each, said shares
being represented and evidenced
by Certificate Number Fifty-two
of the capital stock of said bank.
Said property will be sold under
’and by virtue of an order of the
'Court of Ordinary as the prop
erty of the estate of Alice G.
‘Garbutt. This August 5, 1912.
l T. W. GARBUTT,
Administrator -of the Estate of
| Alice G. Garbutt, deceased.
Sheriff’s Sale
GEORGIA—BEN HiLL COUNTY.
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned will sell at public
outery to the highest bidder for
cash, at the court house in said
county, within the legal hours of
sale, on the First Tuesday in
September, 1912, the following
described property: One hand
drill; one emery wheel and stand;
one gas tank; one lineshaft and
pulleys; one engine and lathe;
one roller-top desk; one typewri
ter; one lot of hand tools; one
lot of automobile parts in show
windows, all of said property be
ing located in the certain build
ing on the &&at side of S. Main St.,
between Pine Street and Central
Avenue, in Fitzgerald, Georgia,
known as the ‘‘Enterprise Gar
age.”’ Said property levied up
on and to be sold as the property
of M. G. Vaughn to satisfy an
execution issued from .the City
Court of Fitzgerald against said
M. G. Vaughn in favor of Stand
ard Qil Company. This August
8, 1912, C. C. DOZIER,
Deputy Sheriff City Court of
Fitzgerald, Georgia.
Sheriff’s Sale.
GrorciA -BeN Hirn Counrty.
WII be sold on the first Tuesday
in September next at public out
cry at the court hcuse in said
county, within the legal hours of
sale, to the highest bidder for
cash, the following property:
=One mouse colored mare mule
about eight years old; one dark
bay horse mule about 7 years old;
said property levied on as the
property of W. M. Fussell to sat
isfy an execution issued from the
City Court of Fitzgerald in and
for said county in favor of Hus
sey ‘& Parrott Hardware Co.
against said W. M. Fussell and
Robert Firssell, said property be
ing in possession of W. M. Fus
sell. This 9th of August, 1912,
J. W. NORRIS, :
Sheriff City Court of Fitzgerald.
Sheriff’s Sale.
GEORGIA—BEN HiLL CouNTY.
Will be sold before the court
house door in said county, be
tween the legal hours of sale, on
the First Tuesday in September,
1912, the following property, to
‘wit: 3
The entire stock of merchan
dise, consisting of furniture, car-
Royal Singing Convention.
7 Mystic, Ga,, Aug. 8. 1912.
Mr. T. J. Luke Sec. Tl
Fitzgerald, Ga.
Dear Sir:
: [ am in receipt of a letter from the Ocilla Class asking for a
union Smg to be held the second Sunday in Sept. at Lucy Lake on
the anlla Southern and you will please notify all the croristers of
the different classcs that the Singing will be held at that time and
place.
Yours very Truly,
W. J. Royal, Pres,,
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pets, bedding, ete., and all store
fixtures, located in the store room
on E. Pine St., in the City of
Fitzgerald, Ga., now occupied
by by C. Kilburn. Levied on as
the property of C. Kilburn, to
satisfy an execution issued on
28th day of May, 1912, from the
City Court -of< Fitzgerald, Geor
gia, in favor of the Greenville
Furniture Company vs. C. Kil
burn. This August 8, 1912,
C. C. DOZIER,
Deputy Sheriff of City Court of
Fitzgerald, Ga.
Sheriff’s Sale.
GEORGIA—BEN HILL COUNTY.
To Emma Walker: You are
hereby notified that on the Tth
day of August, 1912, a fi. fa.
issued from the City Court of
Fitzgerald. of said county, in fa
vor of Roberts, Maxwell & Tins
ley; which -said _fi. fa. was
tfor value transferred to O. H.
Elkins by said plaintiffs in fi. fa.
‘was levied by the undersigned
upon the following land situate
in said county, to-wit: Lot No.
10, Square No. 5 and Block No.
16, in the City of Fitzgerold, Ga.,
as described in the plat of said
city of record in the office of the
clerk of the superior court, and
that the same will be advertised
to be sold on the first Tuesday in
September, 1512.
JoHN W. NORRIS. Sheriff.
GEORGIA—BEN HiILL COUNTY.
I have this day served Emma
Walker, above named, with a
true and correct copy of the no
tice above set out. This Bth day
of August, 1912. :
JOHN W. NORRIS, Sheriff.
Alexander’s Platform.
Atlanta, Aug. 8 —Hooper Al
exander today made public the
platform upon which he is run
ning for governor. The main
tenets of his political creed are
as follows:
Condemnation of “‘still hunt’’
methods and expenditure of large
sums of money by gubernatorial
candidates.
Extension of the Western and
Atlantic Railway to the sea as a
remedy for excessive transpor
tation rates. :
Laws allowing the condemna
tion of water powers by private
capital should be repealed.
A permanent regulation law re
quiring that no man should be
allowed to register for a general
election who had not paid his
taxes six months before such
election,
A law limiting the election ex
penses of a candidate to one-half
the first year’s salary of the office
he seeks.
A law requiring all political ad
vertising to be plainly marked
showing that it is paid for and by
whom.,
~ Laws which will eliminate the
use of foreign money in Georgia
elections.
Remedy for extravagant appro
priations is a law providing sep
arate tax levies for the public
institutions of the state and the
limitation of the appropriations
to the tax levies. ;
A strict enforcement of the
prohibition law and the abolition
of all locker clubs. e
Mr. Alexznder selects for his
slogan: “One law for rich and
poor alike.’’
Fitzgerald Mercantile Co.
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