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fficial Organ Ben Hill County.
YOUR FRIEND IN MISFORTUNE
That's your bank account. It meets you
smiling when you're in distress and while others
shun you. It’s the true friend that is always
ready to meet the expenses of sickness, death,
accident or disaster."
Why not start an account NOW with this
safe, strong bank. Your money wili be absolute
ly secure against loss, will draw a liberal rate of
interest, and will be always ready when you
want it.
Come in talk the matter with us. :
First National Bank
Fitzgerald, Georgia
The Bank for Your Savings
Cooking Demonstra
tion.
Beginning Oct. 3rd. for one
week Demonstration of the Malle
able ““Eteroal” Range. The latest
model in Ranges.
Fitzgerald Hardware Co.
9. E. Central Ave,
specal showine Naww Dresses, Suits, Coats, 5 Empire Store
¢y &% In Mens
€ %' Good Clothes
b
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il & < , Marx Clothes of ours are by
o % ~_ 748 far the niftiest things we’ve
b i ”;,/ X W seen in the Clothes way---
N 7 : '!} _ They fit right, look right,
/ ' wear right---notice the young
' fellow in the accompanying
é@ | illustration--- ~
/' ‘\\ You'll look as well as him
4 ) or better with one of these
[ ‘ | 4 nobby suits on---
Come in and try on a coat
' or two---test their good fitting
: qualities—--catch the “feel” of
them--- :
Costs nothing to try
=' ‘ | Not much to buy---
/ ; e Black, & Blue Suits--Novelties
e » 818 to $27.50
~-ight Hart Schaffacr & Marz }
The Enid--- |
The Harvard RN
The Peerless--- b "‘,«é‘;’ : :
Great fitting lasts these | fa !
Snappy -—~new ---stylish ?" 4
In Patent : o
In Vici Kid T ey A
In Gun Metal g/ &
In Tan £~ 44D
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$5.50 and $6 4
The new Douglas and '33") 7
Thompson Bros., Shoes e
also $3.50 to $5. SR ‘
THE LEADER-ENTERPRISE
The members of. Magnolia Re
bekah Lodge will ‘eelebrate the
sixty first, (61st) Anniversary of
the Order with a literary and
musical program Friday evening
Sept. 20th,, at eight o’clock at the
Odd Fellows Hall. All Odd Fel
lows and their families are cordial
ly invited to attend these exercises.
FITZGERALD, BEN HILL COUNTY, GEORGIA, SEPTEMBER 17, 1912.
Allen and Edwards
Trailed and Caught
Through Fiancee
Virginia Qutiaws Taken in
Des Moines When Girl
Goes There to Wed
Des Moin¢s, lowa, Sept, 14.
Two mer, said to be Sidna Allen
and Wesley Edwards, of the Allen
gang notorious in the Carroll
county, Virginia, court house
tragedy, were arrested here today.
Detectives from Koanoke, \'a.,‘
made the capture,
" The two men were betrayed by
Maude loeler, a voung girl from
Mount Ayr, Va,, who - came here
to marry Edwards. She was fol
lowed by detectives who knew ofl
their romance. She positively
Identitied the two men and the de-‘
tectives are jubilant at the capture.
The men will be taken to ergima‘
at once. }
The detectives mace the arrest
at a boarding house and enforced
their demands with shotguns. The
local police were quickly summon
ed and the outlaws were transfer
red to the county jail,
Two large furnished rooms for
rent. Suitable for light house
keeping if desired. Kvery con
venience and splendid location.
Apply Mrs. C. E. Crawley, 708
south Main street. el
We cordially invite every lady in Fitzgerald to come in and look at these lines---the biggest as well as
well as best we’ve ever brought on---
Charming Suits and Dresses from New York’s best known modistes--—-Correct in every detail of
style---perfectly tailored---distinctive---new
We’ll both lose meney if you do not see this line before buying-—-for we’ve bought in such quantities
that the price-saving to our customers will be worth while. e
Starting at $9.98 and ranging to $27.50 you’ll find the choicest selection of the season’s best
styles. At every price they’re exceptional. At $12.98, $14.98, $16.98 and $19.98 you’ll find
your savings to run as high as $7.50 on many of the suits. :
Bought right and marked at a moderate profit for quick turnover it’s no wonder that ladies who've
look through the lines are as enthusiastic as ourselves over the values---
And see these also
The new one-piece wool Dresses $5.98 to $13.48
The new one-piece silk Dresses $9.98 to $15.98
The new Coats $5.98 to $16.98
The new Childrens Drssses 98c to $3.98
. %
Lovely Silks $l.OO a Yard
Serges and Messalene Silks in dainty stripes. The sea
son’s best colorings. These are the finest 35 and 36-inch
widths---values in this lot to $1.50.
School Hose for the Cluld
Everwear, every pair warranted, - 25 and 33c pair
Wonderhose, truly wonderful wearers, - 28c¢ pair
Best Ever, Fine Ribbed, guaranteed, - IB¢ pair
Boys and Girls School Shoes--*"THIE: BEST?”
Send us your Mail Orders
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W.R BOWEN, President J. A. MURPHY, Manager
“TEN PER CENT OFF TRUNKS AND BAGS TILL OCTOBER IST.
SEMI-WEEKLY
Big Free Barbecue
And Free Basket Picnic
And Auction Sale of Busi
ness and Residence Lots
on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 1912
at Talmage, a New, a
Beautiful Townsite on the
Ocilla Southern R’y, Eight
Miles from Rochelle, Ga.
Talmage will be the only town
between Fitzgerald and Rochelle,
because it is so beautifully locat
ed in a fine farming section and
thickly settled )}eighborhood.
WATCH TALMGE GROW !
Already “a large and modern
ginnery is near completion, and
will commence ginning next|
week. -
Several prominent merchants
will erect three or four brick
stores just as soon as the road
can haul material, which will be
Soon.
Investor! Don’t fail “to plant
a few dollars in TALMAGE
LOTS, as they are SURE to
‘thribble in value within the next
12 months.
Hear! The two Bodenhamer
auctioneers of Greensboro, N.C.,
who will give you a fair, square
DEAL. POSITIVELY there will
be no by-bidding allowed on lots.
Wm. M. Horton Dead
News has reached the city of the
death of William M. Horton, one
‘of tHe eaily colonists, who for the
past six years has been making his
home in Kogartyville, Fla. Mr.
Horton passed away September
3rd. He leaves four daughters re
siding in Fitzgerald, whoare: Mrs,
Tom Hopper. Mrs. Mable Cline,
Mrs. Dora Peabodv, and Mrs,
Mary Linehan.
Card of Thanks
We wish to express our heart
felt thanks to the many kind
}frienc!s who ministered to our
‘wants during our recent sad be
reavement, We feel that we owe
vou a- debt of gratitude that can
never be repaid.
Mrs. W. F, Bullard,
Mr. and Mrs. M. Griffin.
Everyhody is invited to attend
this BIG OCCASION.
Come! bring the ladies and
children and join us in partaking
of the delightful ‘““‘CUE’’ and en
joy the excellent music furnished
by the superb Fitzgerald Band!
RAIN or SHINE the Big Ex
cursion will run! The band will
play and the ‘‘Cue’’ will be serv
ed! Attractive excursion- rates
on Ocilla Southern R’y for BIG
DAY at Talmage.
‘ Respectfully, “
ANDERSON & NICHOLSON.
More New Pattern Hats
Another shipment just received—Gage Hats
and other celebrated lines---Newest ideas from
Paris and New York---You are cordially invited
to see them
More popular than ever are the new Serges---one number
in particular at 85¢c---1 1-4 yards wide---is sponged and spot
proof---others from §oc to $1.50.
Bedford and Repp Giess
. Goods
These of fine mercerized yarns, in Black, Navy, Brown,
Alice White, Tan--The Bediord Cords 25c---The Mercerized
Repp 35¢.
Ladies Shoes
Misses Shoes
Infants Shoes
TUESDAY
FRIDAY
VOL. XVII. NO. 71
Mrs. Womble Left Last
Night : ‘
Mrs, G. R, Womble, wbo,haéf’?f
just resigned her position as teach
er of the sixth grade in Moultrie
public schools has accepted a nice
place in the Fitzgersld system of
schools, and left last night for her
new home and her new work.
Mrs. Womble resigned here be
cause of the fact that Mr. Wom
ble had recertly accepted work at
Fitzgerald and that he desired the
removal of his family.
During the time that the family
have ‘lived here they bhave won
many friends who regret to see®
them leave Moultrie, 4‘4’
Mrs. Womble is an earnesb
Christian, an intelligent and able
teacher and holds the contidence of .
her constituency. At the recent
examination of teachers Mrs.
Womble made the highest mark in
the county, securing first grade
license,—Moultrie Observer.
Notice
Spanish War Veterans of Fite
gerald and Ben Hill County, there
will be a meeting Monday night,
September, 23rd. in the Armory
Hall for the purpose of organiz
a Spanish-War-Veteran’s Post.
All veterans of the Spanish Ameri
can War are earnestly repuested to
attend and take part in the organi
zation of this Patriotic Order.
They are in now
The Best
at every price