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Official Organ Ben Hill County,
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E. K. FARMER, = oAk THURMOND,
President Cashier
$40,000 Per Day
Cost of Strike
To Georgia Road
Settlement Is Not in View,
in Fact, The Conditions
Are “Worse Since The
Strike Began
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 7.—No effort
was made today to run trains out
of Atlanta over the Georgia Rail
road. At 7:30 o’clock, the hour £
the departure of train No. 2, which
has been running regularly sicce
the second day of the strike, there
was no train under the shed of the
union station. There was little sign
\of life around the station or in the
Georgia yards,
Augusta, Ga., Oct. 7.—The
Georgia Railroad strike today ap
peats no nearer a settlement than
it has since the men walked out
last Tuesday evening., There were
conferences held throughout the
morning and Commissioner of
Labor Neill talked with the repre
sentatives of the railroad and with
the strikers. Vice Presidents
Grege and Murdock, of the con
duetors and trainmen, announced
today that there was no statement
to be made. General Manager T.
K. Scott was asked for a state
ment, but said there was nothing
40 cive out, Mr. Scott had confer-
E}te_s_ with the labor commissioner
nd with the railroad’s attorneys,
Messrs. Jos. B. and Bryan Cum
ming.
It has been estimated by those
in pos.tion to know, that the
Georgia Railroad is losing from
$25,000 to $40,000 per day in reve
nue because of the strike.
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World’s Series Began
This Afternoon
The series of seven games of
Base Ball between New York
and Boston for the world’s
championship begun this after
noon, and the base ball fans of
the city will be interested to
know that Denmark’s Drug
Store and Adams’ Candy Kitch
en get the returns by wire after
every inning. The game this
afternoon resulted in a score of
4 and 3in favor of Boston. The
batteries were: Boston, Woods
and Cady; New York, Tessereau
and Myers.
C. C. Persons, the tailor, invites
you to call on bim at 117 Pine
street.
THE LEADER-ENTERPRISE
[nßeligions Frenzy Hug
Kills Preacher
Negro’s Exhortations Stirs
Up Too Much Enthusiasm
Thomasville, Ga. Oct. 6.—A
negro preacher living near Pavo
has been hiterally hugged to death,
The negro had gone to church in
this county to hold a *‘pertracted
meetin” and was doing well in his
sing song exhortations to better
livicg for the hundreds congregat
ed to listen and shout, The relig
ious fervor of the negro without
much exhorting mounts to a tre
mendoas pitch, but on this occas
jon it reached the pinnacle and
during the great frenzy of enthusi
asm one of the husky brothers of
the congregation went into the
pulpit and grabbed the minister.
He hugged him like the proverbial
bear, the excitement lending him
added strength.
The preacher took the expres
sion of religior without flinching,
but when he got home he began
to feel dire effects fromthe squeeze.
In a few davs he died, internal
disarrangements resulting from
his experience, 1t is stated that
the negro was well liked and that
the style and custom of the reiigion
of the negroes of that vicinity is
going to be radically changed.
Bull Moosers Will Run
Behind Taft in Georgia
Atlanta, Oct. 7. Bets are be
ing offered here even money that
Mr. Roosevelt will not get as
many votes in Georgia as Presi
dent Taft.
A few weeks ago the opinion
was strong that Col. Roosevelt
would poll a very strong minority
vote in the November election in
Georgia, but if betting is any in
dication his chances.are not
regarded as favorably now as
thev were before he came out.
Of course the Bull Moosers
never claimed that they would
carry the state, but now it begins
to appear unlikely that they will
get even as many votes as the
regular old line republicans. -
The regulars are pretty well
organized, and the republican
machinery, of which Henry S.
Jacksen is the head, is working
to turn out as good a vote for the
president as possible.
Mise-Martha Willis. of Valdosta,
and Miss Lillian Carter; of &t
-larta, the guests of Miss Kadie
Griner, will leave tomorrow or
next day for their respective
nomes. :
FITZGERALD, BEN HILI, COUNTY, GEORGIA, OCTOBER 8, 1912.
Wm, A.Pfefler, Militant
R eformer Dies At
Age of 82
Topeka, Kans, Oct. 7.—Wil
liam A. Pfeffler, first and only
Populist senator from Kansas and
founder of the Populist party, died
today at the home of his daughter
at Grenolo, Kans. He was born
in Pennsylvania in 1831,
McDonald Acting As .
Solicitor-General
Col. A, J. McDonald is Solici
tor General for Ben Hill County
Superior Court in the absence of
Solicitor Max E. Land. This is
the last session of Superior Court
under Col. Land’s regime, as Col.
J. B. Wall "will entér upon his
duties on Jan. Ist, next,
Lovely Suits and Dresses at the
Empire Store—New Armvals--
The one-price
Store of
Fitzgerald--
Better goods for same money--
Same goods for less money”
The old style way of the
salesman saying--I'll make
this to YOU at such and
such a price is fast dying
out--- .
In fact its gotten to be
that intelligent men and
women simply smile sarcas
tically when the salesperson
says it---
Its almost an insult to
their intelligence for they
know that if the price was
n’t PUT UP to start with
they couldn’t come down---
and j}.! '
s this Empire Store way
of one price to all and that
price the lowest that good
merchandise can be bought
for, is adding new friends
and customers to this big
fair dealing business every
day--Customers who know
what a dollar should buy---
and who’ve found out that
their dollars go farthest at
this good store---
More New Silks
Bengaline in black and s‘l
colors at $1.25 and
New striped dress Silks $l
black and new colorings
Full line colors in 36 in $1
all Silk Messaline for
Special Wool Goods
35¢c a yard
Plaids, Diagonals and solid
color cloths--a special pur
chase--50c values for 35c
New Laces on 5¢ Table
Vals and English Torcheon
Wunderhose 25¢ |
The best wearing, best
looking quarter stocking for
children--men--women -
SEMI-WEEKLY
Beware of Fake Insur
ance Companies
John Copeland, deputy com
missioner of insurance, has called
the attention of the farmers of
Georgia to certrin so-called fire in
surance companies seeking, by
means of circular letters, to write
insurance on cotton gins through
out the state ‘‘at whatever rate
the individual farmers may figure
to be acceptable and right.”
These circulars, Mr. Copeland
points out, are plausibly worded
and apt to deceive. e puts the
farmers on notice that all such
companies seeking business in
that manner are discredited in his
office, and that none of théem is
recognized by the insurance de
partment of the state as legitimate.
Some wonderful values in Black, Blue, Copen, i =
Red and Tan all wool Serge Suits, with guaranteed (i Re¥ S
linings, values in this lot $l5 to $16.50. Every size /,,r ) |
in the lot now 34 to 46--all at one $ll 9 8 W ‘35// A
price for ch0ice...............c......... e / ;q&\ {‘\\ ¥
Elegant Diagonal and Cheviot Suits in the new [(lff £ SE/RS)
mixtures and illuminated Cheviots and Diagonals—--a |/% ’/////// &
good selection of individual styles at $14.98, $17.48 /7 ///y/ |
$18.98, $19.98, $21.48, $23.48 AE 0381
andupto...... " 327'48 7//’ /f/ ;/
by New evening dresses of Lace @//J;’, .
LAa ; and Chiffon--in cream, pink, mais ‘!‘“/// 7
\ ,@‘ and light blue--Very dainty frocks "fo” /I
/ ? of Chiffon and Lace over Silk--- o ’;%
7T, $18.98, $14.98, e
/ ;:\,/qfl”fi\\ b - $13.98 and as low as $9098 : f//’ o
CARA Lovely Silk Waists of Chiffon g%/ 2/ :
&ot;; I |{' Over Silk in black and colors— 4 f;, &
% 1 Braided and Lace 0 : ;
i //?’é I trimmed styles $5 val. s3'4B
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/ ,/g‘f‘é, | ’ Sample Long Coats---These are one of kind only.
'k %2% / They have the new long straight lines with Directoire
B | Collars--very elegant Coats at $25, $9 98
g //j ; $18.98, $§15.48 and down to ........ .
;é %jfi * Girls Coats in the Bto 14 sizes--navy $4 4 8
pf; ;‘g % and red with trimmed collar and cuffs o
_/é/% - » New Skirts--black, navy and brown $ 4 98
T Tailored and Silk Braid Trimmed ...... e
Ladies’ and Children’s Knit Goods
Goif style Sweaters in the new combination of colors--white with
blue and red collars and Cuffs---Navy with :
red---brown and other combinations...... .... p"ces 98(: to s6°so
. . A special purchase of
New Rain Capes for 6 to 14 Year Girls ¢ 7.t Caver of
unusual merits--Guaranteed Coats--the usual $2.50 grade for §]1.98
M delighted with th
Hart, Schaffner and Marx Clothes—
They've stood the test in Fitzgerald as well as elsewhere--over a
million of Americas best dressed men are today testifying to their
goodness---black, blue, fancies---the newest cloths---$lB to $3O :
N S), for B Snappy, mannish sltllits that look well,
fit well--wear well--
ew ults the oy neat, strong, stylish--s].9B tO $lO
TR THE' New Stetson Hats---
i 7 ‘- Manhattan Shirts
R No fade $1 and $1.25
| STORE sin st v
W. R BOWEN, President J. A. MURPHY, Manager Shoes
Boy Dies While Drug Is
Held in Postoffice
Americus, Ga,, Oct. 7. Because
a package of medicine from the
institute 1n Atlanta was held in
postoffice here yesterday, under
the recent postal order, abolishing
Sunday mail deliveries, John
Worthy, three-year-old son of an
Americus patrolman, is dead from
bydrophobia. The package of
medicine was delivered this morn
ing, but too late to save the child’s
life.
Mr. and Mrs. E. L, Kulp, after
a visit of several weeks with the
family of Mr, and Mrs, Frank
Hager, have returned to their
home 1n Elkhart, Ind.
TUESDAY
FRIDAY
VOL. XVII. NO. 77
Correction
The Dinner for Veterans and
Women of the Confederacy will
be given next Saturday, Oct. 12th
instead of October 19th, as stated
in our last issue, The dinner will
be given by the Daughters of the
Confederacy at the Blue and Gray
Park, and all the Veterans and
Woman of the Confederacy are
cordially inmvited to attend. In
case of rain, the dinner will be
given elsewhere.
Card of Thanks
In behalf of myself and familvy
I wish to express our deep sense
of gratitude and appreciation to
the many friends who were so
thoughtful during the sickness and
death of our loved one. Your
kindoness shall never be forgotten
and we are profoundly grateful to
you for all your minisirations,
H. F, Newton.
