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Enteredat the Postoffice at Fitzgerald, as Second-Class Mail Matter, under Actlof
Congress of March 18,1879,
Official Organ of Ben Hill County and City of Fitzgerald
Rates for Display Advertising furnished on Application.
Local Readers 10 cents the line for each insertion. No ad taken for
less than 25 cents.
To what extent is a man’s private character to be brought into
a political campaign, is to be an issue in Atlanta, through the may
oralty race just closingin that city. It appears to us that the
citizens owe it to themselves to demand a man, to head their city gov
ernment who at least is known to be an average man, of habits and
conduct that are condoned by the people generally. As it is im
probable that a man’s personal acquaintance in so large a city as
Atlanta would extend sufficiently to be known to a majority, there
can be reason why the newspapers may not properly teil of the
qualifications or disqualitions of any candidate aspiring to the high
office of mayor. A man of well-known corrupt habits whose un
moral proclivities are publicly known, should not offer for office if
his private character cannot stand the search-light of publicity. ‘
‘W. H. Fountain, Sheriff
After two years retirement from the sherift’s office Mr, Fountain
will again take cimrge of the office January Ist, Mr, Fountain has
a host of friends 1n the county who believe him the man for the place
and even bis opponents admit that he will be the Man on the job. If
it is Mr. Fountain’s ambition to serve Ben Hill County as sheriff for a
period of years. he has the opportunity, as with a reasonable effort he
can add numbers to the already stiong following that swear by him,
We extend to Mil. Fountain our congratvlations and assare bhim our
unstinted co operation in makipg his administration of the Sheriff’s
office a success.
The Strike and Its Lesson.
A controversy between a railroad and its employees, when it
reaches the strike stage, becomes one in which the public has a
live interest. It is the principal duty of the railroad, as a publicl
carrier, to keep trains moving for the use of travelers and the car
riage of commodities. In controversies arising between individual‘
citizens, the law does not allow personal settlements. Courts have
been established and rules and regulations laid down by which such
private quarrels may be adjudacated. In the interest of the pub
lic, which is the greatest sufferer in these wars between these cor
porations and their employees, a law for compulsory arbitration is
badly needed. The spirit of Unionism among the working class
is commendable. Individually, the laborers could get no hearing
from these corporations, and we admire the spirit of the man who,
for the protection of his co-laborer is willing to quit his job and
sacrifice his interest. But the interest of the whole people is par
amount to the interest of either the railroad or its employees, and
the State should step in and and compel an adjustment of the
differences as they are without the resort to a strike, which so
seriously affects the welfare of the people and the business interest
located along the lines affected. ‘
With the development of the industries of the State and the
growth of our railroads, industrial differences are likely to arise,
and Georgia should have laws that would meet these new condi
tions. We have a Commissioner of Labor, without a law to enforce
or a purpose to obtain. The Legislature should give the commis
sion some authority to compel arbitration and to enforce his find
ings. Pending investigation and settlement traffic- should not be
interrupted.
General Election Held Wednesday;
W. H. Fountain -Elected Sheriff
The regluar election for the purpose of declaring elected the
nominees of the Democratic Primary pasSed off very quietly
in Ben Hill county Wednesday, notwithstanding that there was a
lively interest in the outcome, owing to the fact that Sheriff Noiris,
who was defeated in the primary by W. H. Fountain, came out as
an independent candidate. Mr. Norris received 382 votes and Mr.
Fountain polled 560,
There was no other contest, and all the amendments to the
Constitution received a large vote.
In the Sheriff’s race. the vote by precincts was as follows:
: Fountain Norris
Wil WM. . s 29
NS BN 4
TR R i
B e e 9
RN N e 29
Filape v ... s 0 308 290
Tolrlk e L Re 382
THE LEADER-ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, OCTOBRER 4. 1912.
Plans for U. D. C,
Convention.
Athens, Ga. Oct. 2.—For the
first tie in a body the Georgia
division of the United Daughters
of the Confederacy will the last of
this month visit ‘*Winnie Davis
Memorial Hall” at the State Nor
mal School a building which they
erected and which at the last state
meeting held in Athens, in 1899,
was located here, succeeding a
strong fight between the Georgia
Normal and Industria! College at
Miledgeville and the State Nor
mal School located in Athens. Com
mittees from the state organiza
tion have from time to time visit
ed the beautiful hall erected as a
memorial to the first real daugn
ter of the Confederacy, but the
divisiczc as a whole has never
visited their ‘‘living monument,”
Committees have been appointed
by the local chapter for the work
of preparation for the CODVt*DI}IOD;I
the city will be spick and span and!
clean, flags and flowers will be
much in evidence, and many social
functions have been plaaned for
the week when hundreds of repre
sentative (Georgia women will be
guests of the historic classic city.
After the opening session on
‘Tuesday night, Oct. 29, there will
be a reception tendered the visi
tors in the parlors of Lucy Cobb
[nstitute by Missses Brumby and
Gerdine, co-principals,
Wednesday following at 1:30
there will be a luncheon given by
the Laura Ruatherford Chapter of
the Daughters of the Confederacy.
Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 30
at 5 o’clock the entire delegation
will be tendered an automobile
ride over the city and environs.
At the conclusion of the ride the
visit to the Winnie Davis Memorial
Hall at the State Normal School
will be made and from 5:30 there
will be a reception ut the Normal
School to the members of the con
vention by Dr. Pound, p.esident,
the other members of the faculty,
and the students of the institution.
Wednesday night from 8 to 12
there will be a reception at the
home of Mrs. W. W. Welch, presi
dent of the L ura Rutherford
Chapter.
Thursday, October 31, at 1:30
o’clock in the afternoon, there will
be a luncheon 'tendered by the
Woman’s Club of Athens.
Thursday afternoon at 5 o’clock
there will be a reception by the
local chapter of the Daughters of
the American Revolution at the
home of Miss Frances Long Tay
lor, .
Thursday evening at 8 o’clock,
in Seney-Stovall Chapel, Lucy
Cobb Institute, the address wi!l
be delivered by the president of
the state division, Mrs. William
D. Lamar of Macon, who wili
speak on the theme ‘“The Daugh
ter of the Confederacy as a Citizen
of the Republic.”
On the same evening theaddress
by Mrs. Daisy McLaurin Stevens,
former president of the Mississippi
division, and a daughter of former
Senator McLaurin of Mississippi,
will be heard, “The Daughters of
the Confederacy and the South.”
Administrator’s Sale.
GEORGIA—BEN HiLL CoUNTY.
Under and by virtue of an order
of the Court of Ordinary of said
county, the undersigned will sell
at public outery, to the highest
bidder for cash within the legel
hours of sale, the First Tuesday
in November Nineteen Hundred
Twelve, at the Court-house in said
county, One Share of the Capital
Stock of the Bank of Dudlev, in
Laurens, County, Georgia, said
share being evidenced by Certifi
cate of Stock Number Seventy-six
issued by said Bank. Said prope: -
ty to be sold as the property of
the estate of Gieorge M. Hoeker,
for the purpose of paying debts
and making distribution. October
2nd, 1912. >
L. Kennedy, Administrator
George M. Hooker, Kstate,
Three more salesmen wanted by
Cherokee Marble Works apply to
C. W. Hayes, manager. 75 2¢,
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by our Chicago tailors, Ed. V. Price & Co., lh‘* bl %:4
don’t possess a lot of new fangle button-holes, \fi‘i 3% )
fancy buttons and gingerbread flaps. They *‘%ngmgffi; ,
sell without glittering decorations because /*jg /N
they are honestly tailored throughout along %/é »
simple, dignified lines, and are 800
Demanded by men who
| show refinement in dress
They embody, of course, correct fit, latest style and pure wool
ens, yet the price is very moderate. l.ook at the new woolens
for Fall and Winter, and have us take your measure. t
Suits to your individual measure and :
patterns confined to you $l5 to $5O |
McCarty, Johnstone Company
The Store That Fits 'Em
Administrator’s Sale.
GEORGIA—BEN HiLL COUNTY,
Notice 15 hereby given that the
undersigned, under and by virtue
of the power and authority vested
ic him in and by the last Will and
Testament of C. A. Bucher, late
of said countv deceased, and for
the purpose of raising funds neces
sary to be expended in properly
caring for and providing for
Samuel Bucher (the sale of the
property herein described being
necessary for that purpose and for
the purpose of paying other de
mands against the estate of said
deceased, will sell at public outcry
to the highest bidder for cash
within the legal hours of sale on
the First Tuesday in November,
1912 at the Court House Door in
said Countyv, the following describ
ed property as the property of the
estate of said deceased, to-wit:
City Lots of land Numbers Two
and Three in Square Number
Twelve in Block Number Eleven
in the City of Fitzgerald, Georgia,
as shown by the original town
site plat of said Citv. .
Also Ten Acres, more or less, of
lot of land Number One Hundred
Fiftv in the Third Land District
of Originally Irwin, now Ben Hill
County, Georgiaand more particu
larly described as Five Acre Tracts
Numbers Nine Hundred Fifty-two
and Nine Hundred Sixty-seven of
the lands in sard county surveyed
and platted by The American
Tribune Soldiers’ Colony Company
a plat of which is on file in the
office of the Clerk of Irwin Superi
or Court.
Purchasers will be for Titles.
This October 2nd, 1912.
L. Keunedy, Executor of the
last Will and Testament of C.
A. Bucher, deceased,
Tax Collector's Nctice
The tax books will be open at
the Court House for the payment
of State and County taxes, Octo
ber 7, 1912
Ashton, Monday, Oct. 21, from
9tolll a. m.
Dickson’s Mill, Monday, Cecto
ber 215 from 1 to 3 p. m.
Bowen’s Mill, Tuesday, Octo
ber 22, from 9 to 11 a. m.
Vaughn, Tuesday, October 22,
from 1 to 3. p. m.
Williamson’s Mill, Wednesday,
October 23, from 10 to 12 a. m.
F. M. GRAHAM, T. C.
Receiver’s Sale.
GEORGIA—BEN Hirr Counrty.
Equitable petition in Ben Hill
Superior Court, Transferred
from Irwin Superior Court.
Mary Orr Andrew vs. Samuel
" Greerand Frederick R. Greer.
Under and by virtue and in
pursuance of, a degree duly made
and entered in the Superior
Court of said county on the 13th
day of April, 1911, in the above
stated case, the undersigned as
the duly appointed, qualified and
acting Receiver in said cause, will
sell at public outery, to the highest
bidder or bidders for cash, with
in the legal hours of sale, on the
Ist Tuesday in November, 1912,
at the court house door in said
county, the following desecribed
property, to-wit.
City lots of land Number One
and Two in Square Number Fivo
in Block Eleven, in the City of
Fitzgerald, Georgia, as shown by’
the original town-site pldt of said
city, together with all improve
ments thereon, save and except
seventy lineal feet of the front
or west end of said lots; also the
whole of city lot of land Number
Three, in Square Number Five,
in Block Number Eleven, in said
city, as shown by the original
town-site plat of said city, togeth
er with-the improvements there-]
on.
Said sale will be made subject
to approval or confirmance by the
order of judgment of said court.
The highest bidder for said prop
erty will be required to de
posit with the undersigned on
the day of sale the sum of 25 per
cent. of the amount of his or her
bid in cash or in the form of a
check duly certified by sume re
sponsible bank in this state, the
same to be returned to such bid
der in the event such sale is not
approved or confirmed by the
court. In the event of the ap
proval or confirmannce by the
court of said sale the remairder
of such bid will be required to be
immediately paid. Purchasers
will pay for titles. This October
2 1912, FRED J. CLARK,
Receiver in the Above Stated
Cause.
Miss Leila Griffin went to Cor
dele today to meet her grand
mother, Mrs. Sarah E. Connell,
who will be the guest of Ma, T.
I. Griffin and family on S. Main
St., for a couyle of weeks.
Gov. Marshall Asks
Gov, Brown to Par
don Indiana Man
Atlanta, Ga,, Oct. 2.—The in
flaence of Governor Marshall, of
Indiana, the democratic vice presi
dential nominee, is being relied on
by two Indiana young women here
today to obtain the release of their
brother who is serving a term in
the state penitentiary for robbery.
The two women have a letter from
Governor Marshall recommending
to Governor Brown, of Georgia,
that the 25-year-old prisoner be
released, -
His mother, who lives in Indian
apolis, is said to be dying of grief
over her son.
The prisoner, who was arrested
after a number of daring escapades,
was sentenced to the penitentiary
for four years in 1911, He gave
the name of Charles Sutton to
the officials, but admitted that this
was not his right name. He refus
ed to give it for the reason, he
said, that his family were respect
ed people in Indianoplis,
Mrs. M amie Penniston, of
North Vernon, Ind., and Mrs. M.
E. Beachman of Indianapolis are
he two sisters who have come here.
They expect to see (Governor
Brown this afternoon in the inter
est of their bother,
Dinner for Veter
The Veterans and Wo@
the Confederacy are mos
diall invited to attend a dinner
to be given Saturday, Oct. 19th,
at the Blue and Gray Park, by
Ben Hill Chapter United Daugh
ters of the Confederacy. In case
of rain on this occasion another
place will be selected for the din
ner, MRs. L. W. MEAKIN,
Pesident.
MRs. J. L. McCARTY,
Recording Secretary.
Mrs. Joe Little, of dcilla, was
in the city yesterday, the guest
of Mrs. J. C, Fussell.
Misses Mittie and Lillian Dor
miney were in the city yester
day, guests of their sisters, Mrs.
J. E. Turner and Mrs. A. J. Mc-
Donald.
Col. and Mrs. Clayton Jay will
leave in a few days for Macon
to attend the wedding of their
sister, Miss Dixie Jay, and Mr.
D. B. Nicholson, Jr., which
occurs next Tuesday. ‘
