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Official Organ Ben Hill County,
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‘ The Bank for Your Savings.
Meeting Called Off
Owing to the serious illness of
Hen. V. Otis Robertson of Jack
son, Miss., the meeting of the
Farmers of Ben Hill county called
for Aug. 21st ras been called off.
Mr. D. B. Mull, of Washington,
D. C., is shaking hands with his
many friends in the city.
Loise Jobnson won the prize in
note writing. Competition in third
grade in Mrs. Harrisons music
class.,
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- Why Charles R. Crisp.
Editorial from The South Georgia Progress,
“The congress of the United Staies is proba
biy the most wonderful legisiative body in the
world today. Not only because 1t 1s representa
tive of the most wonderful nation in afl history,
but also because of its magnitude ot license in the
transaction of business. Its final action, oy virtue
of the Constitution of the United States, is
supreme. :
As everyone knows Con 'le's consists of the
Senate and the House of Representatives. From
the first continental coneress down to the sixty
second, now in session #nd akeut to adjourn, the
work has grown in volume each vear, the compli
cations more and more pronounced, the respocsi
bilities of the members greater each ses<ion than
tee preceding session. It is a natural consequence,
then, that tne two brancies of Congress become
as crucibles in which the talents of men are tried
by the supreme test of Fitress. Hundreds of men
have been sent to the House of Representatives
who never were heard from the:eafter. Capable
men, 100, in their respective communities, but by
reasor. of lack of experience, or lack of ability
aloug certain lines, or natural environment, they
failed to measure up to the standard, and there
fore as reprentatives of their eonstituency they
were of necessity failures, It is true in all walks
of life, and will doubtless contivue to be as long
as mortal man shall aspire to anything above hum.
This is history, and 1t is human.
Next August the voters have the privilege,
and the duty, of nominating and-laier electing a
representat ve in Congress for the Third Congres
sional District and never has there been so good a
chance to Jook th:e situation -squarely in the face
and determine by the serious application of ‘*horée
sense” the man who is best fitted to represent the
district and who is most likely to be keard from
after he gets there.
This brings us to the point of our argument.
We have not the gift of flowery rhetoric, and do
not . anticipate tbat any reader may change his
views or his vote because he should be attracted
by a sunburst of wooing or winning cadences ex
tolling the virtues of Charles R. Crisp, nor by any
bitter words against his competitors for the honor.
We simply ask 1o plain language that every voter
consider the situation without Prejudice or Bias.
We have the statements of Speaker Clark,
Representatives and Senators, all ieaders in the
62nd Congress, that Charles R. Crisp, is capable
in every way, 1n ability, in training, in tempera- .
ment, in sagacity, in power of application and in
adaptability to meet unseen co .ditions—capable,
they say, in every way to represent every fibre of
the diversified interests of the Third Congression
al District. And the people of his home county
and city cheerfully add to the testimony of his co-
THE LEADER-ENTERPRISE
| Go to Denmark Drug Companyv
!and get a sample of Dr Palmer’s
lSkm Whitener and Skin Soap,
The most successful face bleach
gsold. -
The First M. E. Church proper
ty.is being improved by a flight of
concrete steps and tile walk there
'to at the side door.
~ The Fitzgerald colony at Blue
Ridge report a fine time and all
are enjoying good health. ‘
FITZGERALD, BEN HILIL COUNTY, GEORGIA, AUGUST 13, 1912.
BGR A, STRI
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Vote of Employees Will Be
Known August 24---Demand
30 Per Cent Wage Raise
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Macon, Ga., Aug. 12.—The
greatest strike of conductors,
trainmen and yard men in the
)history of Southern railroads is
imminent if* other employees
‘throughout the South share the
sentiment of the Macon work
men andfjvote as the latter are
doing in favor of a walkout,
Nineteen railroans south of Ohio
' and east of the Mississippi River
are affected. 1
The employees of these compa-}
nies are now casting their ballots
by mail for or against a strike, ‘
‘and the result wil! be known on
Saturday, August, 24. The re
sult will be communicated to the
railroads as an ultimatum,
and if the proposed new wage
scale is rot granted, the strike
will be called.
The conductors, trainmen and
yardmen have demanded what
amounts to an average raise of
30 per cent in wages, and in the
reply from the general managers
of the railroads refusing the in
creases it is declared .that the
reads will be bankrupted if the
demands are granted. It is said
that the increases, if granted, |
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Hon. Charles R. Crisp, Qur Next Congressman
workers in the Nutional Legislature the facts of
charming personality, an unblemished character
and a record on the bench wherein a proper re
spect for the law was happily tempered with
mercy and good judgment.
Mr. Farmer, who would you desire to plow
your land, a practical man ora man who had
never seen a plow? Who would .you go to for
legal advice. a lawyer or a layman? Who should
shoe your mules. a blacksmith or a dry goods
clerk? Who then, should represent you in Con
gress?”
SEMI-WEEKLY
4 .
Emmett R, Shaw Will
: Speak Saturday
Hon. Emmett R. Shaw, candi
date for Congressman from this
District will address the voters
of Ben Hill County next Satur
day, Aug. ITth, at the Court
‘House.
The speaking will begin at 8
p. m., and all the voters of the
county are invited to be present,
- Mr. R. V. Handley, who is sick
at his home in this city, is report
ed much improved today.
‘wou]d amount to more than $4,-
.000,000. a vear.
A flnal conference of the com
'mittees from the workmen wes
‘hele here Saturday afternoon,
‘with the result that the blank
‘ballots were ordered distributed
throughout the South, The Mc
con employees are openly stating
that they are voting for a strike
unless their demands are grant
ed. If a strike is called, railroad
‘men do not hesitate to say the
entire South’s traffic will be tied
up to a great extent, and pas
senger transportation will be
seripusly handicapped, for a while
at least. Some 8,000 railroad em
ployees are affected.
W. M. Hamilton and H. A.
Fox, of Macon, are chairmen of
the two committees of the Broth
erhood of Railroad Trainmen and
Order of Railway. Conductors,‘
which met here -Saturday after
noon and rerfected plans for the|
ballot. ‘
~ Bishop F. D, Lests
To Speak Here Thursday
Night, Aug. 15th.
Rev. E, J. Hammond, pastor of
the Fiist M. E. Church, received
rword from Bishop F, D. Leete
yesterday morning, stating that
the bishop would visit Fitzgerald
this week and would speak at the
First M. E. Church on Thursday
night.
~ Bishop Leete is one of the new
ly elected b shops of his church,
)and was sufficiently popular to be
elected directly from the pastorate.
He is evangelistical 'in spirit, a
lgreat friend of men and an author
of no little ability. At the time of
his election to the episcopacy, he
was pastor of the largest church
of his denomination in Michigan.
The Bishop will speak upon
““Wincing Christianity.” Doors
open at 7:00; service begins 7:45.
There will be good music; a cor
;dial welcome for everybody; and
no charge for admission, a volun
tary offering only being taken.
The Fitzgerald Fruit and Candy
Co. has just received the first
shipment of California fruits, fine
peaches, grapes plums and peas.
Phone to Greek American Restac
rant, We deliver orders anvwhere
in the city. 61-2¢6.
Messrs. Sam Abram, I. Golden-‘
berg, and Isidor Fisher, attended
the Michals-Schneidman marriage)
at Albany last evening,
The subject of this sketch was born in Ellaville, Ga., Cect.
19, 1970, and moved with the family to Americus when he was
two years old. He was reared in Americus and went through the
public schools of that place. '
At the age of 17 he struck out for himself and went to
Wachiagton, D. C., and worked for three years in one of the de
partments with much faithfulness and devotion.
When his father was elected Speaker of the National House
of Representatives, he was made his clerk, in which capacity he
served two terms, until the Republicans again came into power;
he then came home and studied law and was admitted to the A
mericus bar in 1895.
Upon the death of his father he was elected without oppo
sition to Congress in 1896 to fill the unexpired term, and served on
the “‘Post Office’”” committee. Conspicuous among his acts was
his labor and vote for the first bill ever introduced in Congress for
the ‘"‘Rural Mail Route”” system. This measure was ecarried, and
the first appropriation was for only slo,ooo.—an experiment.
This service has grown so large that today There is appropriated
for it yearly about $40,000,000. : :
After serving this term in Congress he practiced law for
sometine in Americus with Hon. Frank Hooper under the firm
name of Hooper & Crisp, when he was appointed Judge of the city
court. This position he was afterwards elected to without oppo
sition and served with ability.
. He resigned the Judgeship when he was chosen by Speaker
Clark to ba Parliamentarian to the National House of Representa
tives, and has filled the position so creditably to the Democratic
side of the House that he was elected by the National Democratic
Convention which assembied in Baltimore to be Parliamentarian
of that notable body.
This last position he filled so acceptably that both of its
chairmen and each of the candidates for President bear testimony
of his fairness, and of his quick and lucid construction of the rules
governing that Convention: _ ' :
Judgs Crisp began his career so young in life that he could
not have the advantages of a college education, but he has learn
ed his lesson in a broad school. He is thoroughly dependable and
is a frank, clear and forceful speaker, courteous in manner, modest
and retiring in disposition, and withal, is a deep student of current
events. ' :
Today he is the winning candidate for Congress from the
Third Congressional District of Georgia. .
COME OUT AND VOTE FOR HIM. : '
TUESDAY
FRIDAY
VOL. XVII. NO. 61
Maddocks-Field Players =
At the Grand Thursday
Another treat is in store for
theatre-goers of this city, as the
company to appear Thursday left
a fine imgression on their last
visit, and everyone ean be assur
ed of a pleasant evening’s enter
tainment this time. @A number
of new people have been engag
ed, including Miss Pauline Gray,
airect from Boston, Mass.; Mr.
George Grandin, from Chicago.
Among the old favorites are Nor
man Field, Mary Daniel, Osear
Boes, Dixie Burleigh, Wm. Hoey,
Louise Potter, Jack Kearney and
Frank Maddocks.
A number of new plays will be
produced, including both comedy
and drama, and Mr. Maddocks
states he will positively appear
in nearly all of the plays during
the engagemet,
The play selected for the open
ing is a brand new one and one
of a high order with a deep heart
interest and filled with thrilling
sensations.
Specialties will be introduced
between the acts as usual mak
ing a continucus performance.
The prices will remain the same
10-20 & 3Cc and from the favor
able comment heard on all sides
the Grand will have standing
room at a premium every night.
Denmark Drug Company is
this week installing the handsom
est and most costly soda tountain
in Fitzgerald. They are getting
ready to dispense the best soft
drinks to be found in this section.