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Official Organ of Ben Hill County and City of Fitzgerald
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Local Readers 10 cents the line for each insertion. No ad taken for
fess than 25 cents. : .
Congress has adjourned for the holidays, but will meet again
Jan. 3rd. to complete the work of the session.
ol A e
Hon. Roscoe Luke, the irrepressible, has been elected mayor
of Thomasville. We congratulate him and his constituents upon
his election.
The progressive farmer, whose mind is open to conviction and
has the time and meaas to spare to take 10 day lay off will help
himself and community by taking advantage of the liberal offer
made by the State to give special instruction in farming at the
State Agricuitural College at Athens. We hope several of our
farmer friends will take the time and bring the message to their
neighbors. It’s the kind of missionary training that will bring di
rect results.
Dispatches from W ashington state that the Temperance Work
ers in session in that ecity, to advocate a bill to prohibit shipments
of liquor into dry territory, have decided to raise $500,000 to help
the movement. Legislation in Washington seems to come high and
they have evidently concluded after leoking over the field, that
they will have to fight the devil with fire, as there are ample funds
for the whisky forces to distribute among their supporters.
State Appropriation for Common Schools.
According to the report of the State School Superintendent
just filed with the comptroller, the total appopriation for schools in
Georgia is $2,550,000. Ben Hill county receives $6,322.72, and
Fitzgerald $4,437.60 for its schools frem the general educational
fund from the State.
Free School Books for Atlanta Chiidren.
The movement started in Atlanta for free school books for
the children in Atlanta’s schools is a tardy recognition of the ben
efits of the system adopted in the schools of Fitzgerald sixteen
years ago.
Hon. Shepherd Bryan, a member of the Board of Education
of Atlanta, has started the fight for the children of that clty and
we trust will keep at it until he is victorious. The State of Georgia
should furnish all of its school children its books and establish a
d2partment, whose duty it should be t o print and publish al! of
the State documentsg saving the State not only thousands of do!-
lars on its present printing, but the tax payers, the patrans of the
schools, could be saved a million dollars that now go intothe coffers
of the school book trust. There is no reason why the State Board
of Education, whose duty it is to select the text books from amorg
those offered it by the school book publishers, could not beicharged
with the duty to select and buy the right to publish its text-bool 8
from the authors direct and have the State printing plant prirtl
and distribute them to the different counties. A recent compari
son in prices paid for school books of similar grade and quality inJ
Toronto, Canada, with this country developed the startling fact that
we in the States are paying three and four times the amount fcr
school books that it costs this Canadian province to furnish them
to its pupils. The fact also developed that in most instances labor
receives a higher wage in the production of these cheaper books,
though better in quality, than is being paid b,y the American
publishers of school books.
Mr. Wilson And The Money Power
Inoculate the Country with an issue of Greenbacks, Mr. Wilson,
it is the sure cure for panics and the only preventative known to the
Doctors of Finance.
The Money Lords are the owners of the bonded indebtedness of
the large manufacturing interests as well as the bonds of the Govern
ment. The Money Lords, as positively brought out in the present in
vestization of the ‘““Money Trust” control practically the entire sur
tlus of real money through their banking connections, and the Money
Lords will be the ones whose interest will be seriously affected by a
¢ ange in the administrative policy of the Government. President
elect Wilson has sounded the tocsin in his speeeh on Dec. 18th. Like
Lincoln he faces the threats, spoken and implied of the Money
Lords and like that lamented martyr to the cause, he throws the gaunt
let in the ring and dares it taken up. If now Mr, Wilson will, should
occasion present itself, apply the Lincoln remedy when the time ar
rives. the country will free itself from these money barons and sail
the ship of commerce and industry safely to port. Ihere is nothing
that impresses itself so much upon these money lords, as the power of
Greenbacks issued by the Government, and nothing they fear as much.
The proverbial hatred of the Devil for holy water is no comparison to
the fear these morgsnized banks have for an issue of Government
currency. The “‘System” will be GOOD if you will threaten them
with an issue, the countrv will be benefitted if you will carry out
ycur threat, Mr. Wilson.
THE LEADERENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 912.
'To The Public:- 1
’ Ve have lots of U. S. mail boxes free .
; for merely your calling and asking.
i We ask nothing in return but your good
will.
' Moreover, we wish you a Happy Christmas.
THE EXCHANGE NATIONAL BANK.
The Honor Roll Bank
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[ How Morgan Rules Nation's Finances
J. P. Morgan & Co. and four associate financial institutions have:
« 118 directors in 34 banks and trust companies,
30 directors in 10 insurance companies.
105 directors in 32 transportation companies.
63 directors in 24 trading corporations,
25 directors in 12 public utilites corporations.
A total of 341 directors in 112 corporations having total resources
of $22,245,000,0C0.
J. P. Morgan & Co, and 17 associate financial institutions have
746 directorships in 131 corporations with total resources of $25,325,-
000,000. Among the directorships are:
325 directors in 11 insurance companies. :
155 directors in 31 rzilroad companies.
6 directors iz 2 express companies,
4 directors in 1 steamship company. :
Advertisement,
If You Eat You Need Digestit
The New Relief for Indigestion
It has been stated that more
than eighty million people in the
United States are victims of some
form of indigestion. The Ameri
can people do not take time enoughl
to eat, ‘The result is stomach dis-!
tress, gas, belching, indigestion
and dyspepsia.
Digestit is the new relief— it
has been found a certain, quick
and permanent remedy. Thousands
of people have found relief from
its use. Their own statements on
file in our office are proof. Youl
Study By Child Not
Natural, He Asserts
Chicago, Dec., 18, ““The most
unnatural thing in the world for
the average child is to =it at a
desk and work at a book,”’ said
Charles Kenny, president of the
Michigan State Norman college,
in an address before the Cook
County Teachers association in
Fullerton hall, Artinstitute. ‘All
the child’s instinets are toward
motor activities. What we need
are devices or anything that will
hook up the natural interest of a
child with the subjects of study.
Mother Drops Dead
When She is Told o 7
Daughter’s Elopement‘
Columbus, Ga., Dec. 19.—Mrs.
Lizzie Elliot, a widow aged thirt
y-five, is dead at her home here
as the result of a stroke of apop
lexy produced by the shock she!
recieved upon learning that her
sixteen-year-old daughter had
eloped and married.
The marriage occured Tuesday
evening. Mrs. Elliot learned of
it and retired to her room. Later |
at night she was found in an un
conscious condition and died with
out regaining consciousness,
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‘Empty Stocking Fnnd
‘ Is growing. we need names of
‘some that will be in need of ap
ticles that have been sent in to
us. Be sule and send here what
you can spare, there are g
great many that will appreciate
small gifts. We will record
your name and what you send
here and record the name to
whom same is sent to. Don’t
neglect the little ones.
Yours for service, ‘
DODD’S SUPPLY CQ.
““The Poor Man’s Friend.”
can try it yourself without any
risk—if it fails to give you abso
lute satisfaction your money will
be returned. Brown’s Digestit is
a hiitle tablet easy to swallow and
absolutely harmless. It relieves
Indigestion almost instantly, stops
food fermentation, prevents dis
tress after eating and cures dys
pepsia. You need it even though
you are not sick—it aids digestion
and gives you a!l the nourishment,
Yor sale by
Frazers Drug Store,
Rev. E. J. Hammond Is
Made District Supt.
| The many friends here of Rev.
'E. J. Hammond, who has been
gpastor of the First Methodist
{ Church for the past four years,
will be greatly pleased to learn
that the Conference didn’t take
him away from Fitzgerald en
tirely. Mr. Hammond was made
District Supertintendent of the
the Atlanta District, of which
Fitzgerald is a part. He will
make his home in Atlanta, but
is scheduled for a visit to this
city four times a year.
The Atlanta District is a splen
did charge and the Conference
lia to be congratulated upon their
selection of a superintendent as
Mr. Hammond is well fiitted “for
the work and will be an inspira
tion to the churches under his
jurisdiction.
Christmas Turkeys
Come to The Bee Hive
Grocery for your X’Mas
Turkeys, fat hens aud fry
ing size chickens, Also
country butter and fresh
country eggs.
A full supply of fruits,
raisins, currents citrons,
cranberries, parsnips, car
rots and any thing in the
line of fresh fruits and veg
etables, alsofancy groceries.
Bee Hive Grocery
215 E. Pine St.
Phone 72, Prompt Delivery.
FOR SALE—Not for rent, eight
room residence and large barn,
No. 318 south Lee street. On
terms to suit buyer. For fur
ther information apply to C. C,
Carter 318 South Leest. orJ. J.
Bull & Son, Oglethorpe, Ga.
95-4 t-law, |
Street Paving Is
All Completed
Superintendent Oates, of the
Alabama Street Paving Company,
delivered to the City of Fitzger
ald this morning fifteen blocks of
paved streets, thereby complet
ing their contract w ith the city
The work was completed this
morning w hen the finishing
touches were given the half-block
on North Main Street. The ac
tual work of this half-block is
finished. but the concrete will
have to . dry several days before
the thoroughfare is ready for
traffic. :
The other fourteen and one
half blocks have been in use some
time, with the exception of West
Central avenue, which, however,
was opened a week or so ago.
Fitzgerald now has streets in her
business section that will com
pare favorbly with those in cities
many .times her size and they
are the kind that last. Sub
stantial vitrified brick, furnished
by the Copeland-Inglis Brick
Company w a 8 used, and the ex
cellent manner in which Mr.
’Oates and his assistants had the
‘work executed has reczived fav
orable comment.
During their residence of ten
menths in the city the gentle
men in charge of the work have
made numercus iriends, all be
iag clever, genial fellows, and it
is with regret that we see them
I:ave. NMr. Cobb expects to leave
in a few days, but Mr. Oates
and Mr. Harbison will remain in
the city until after the first of
January as it will require that
much time to get their notes and
other matters in shape.
Chula. Postmaster
Pleads Guilty to
Embezzlement
Albany, Ga. Dec. 18—In the
’United States court here today
Abram C. Ross, formerly post
master at Chula, Tift county,
pleaded guilty to a charge of
embegzling funds of the money
order department. He was in
dicted some time ago. In con
gideration o f extenuating cir
cumstances and the fact that
the shortage was made good,
Judge Speer let Ross off with
a light sentence, two months in
the Albany jail.
Ross began serving the sen
tence at once. Court adjourned
shortly after noon after the
shortest session in the history of
the Albany division.
¢o>mmon, and in various ways
can co-operate to advance their
common interests. It is neces
sary for a few to start the move
ment. The principal need at
the present time is some one
in each community to lead off;
many others will join.—John
Lee Coulter, in the Progressive
Farmer.
Marshall to R est
Six Weeks in Arizona
La Porte, Ind. Dec. 18—Gov
ernor Thomas R. Marshall, vice
president-elect will leave in Jan
uary for aweek’s stay in Arizona.
He will spend his vacation in
Scottsville, near Phoenix. ‘
Governor Marshall is anxious
to have a long rest before as
suming his duties in Washing
ton.
Miss Florence C. Jones. who
teaches school in Cordele, is ex
pected home in a few days tol
spend Christmas with relatives.
Wilson’s Life I 8
~ Threaiened Again
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' Newark, N. J. Dec. 17.—Presi
dent-elect Wilson’s life again has
been threatened bp a letter writer,
The letter was mailed in New York
December 12, received by the
governor’s secretary, at Trenton
the next day and turned over to
the postal authorities, Itis in pos
session of Assistant United States
District attorney Lindabury, who
declined to discuss it.
The receipt of the latest threat
ening letter became known today
at the arraignment of Jacob and
Warren Dunn and Seeley Daven
port, of Wharton, the three moun
taineers who were charged with
having sent Governor Wilson, on
November 11 last, a letter demand
ing $5,000 under threat of death,
The hearing was not concluded,
but United States Commissioner
Stockton dismissed the case against
Warren Duann and took under ad
visement a motion to make a simi-
Ilu_r ruling in the case of Daven
port,
’ Against Jacob Dunn, alleged
author of the chreatening letter,
the government made out a strong
case, Commissioner Stockton said,
He held Dunn, pending the con
clusion of the hearing tomorrow
evening when Joseph P. Tumulty,
Governor Wilson’s private secre
tary, will be called to testify that
he received the letters,
Governor Wilson, though under
subpoena, did not attend the hear
ing. and it was sa:d he would not
be required to do sc tomorrow, in
asmuch as the letter never reached
him. The latestletter threatening
the governor’s life was unsigned
and a dozen or more secret service
mer. and detectives are seeking to
learn the author.
Salvation Armvy Girls
Getting Money For
Poor
Atlanta, . Ga.—The most pic
turesque street feature of these
sunshiny before Christmas days
in Atlanta, when everybody is
thronging the pavements, is the
little Salvation Army Girl, with
her blue uniform and quaint
bonnet, standing tambourine in
hand beside the iron kettle, hang
ing camp fashion from a rough
tripod into which the passer-by
is invited to drop a dime .r
quarter to help buy Christmas
dinners for the poor.
All day long the Salvation
Army girls stand and watch the
passing throng. Sometimes they
speak a word; usually it is not
necessary. The coins jingle
’from morning to night, and the
’ pot keeps boiling.
The streets are thronged with
’all kinds of people in all sorts of
’costumes, d o wn-ea st yankees
|w ith bright colored ballons;
iswarthy Syrians with their many
istrands of shiny beads hung in
‘manifold necklaces around their
!own necks, hawkers who have
flitted South from Coney Island
with their inflated rigs and pa
per toys; but in the kaleidoscc=
pic movement there is no figure
that attracts the eye more pleas
antly than the pink cheeked las
sies of the Salvation Army, smil
ing beneath their blue bonnets,
standing from morning til night
beside the iron pot that repre
sents free Christmas dinners for
the poor.
FOR SALE—Cheap for cash. One
Number 6 Kemington Type
writer. Apply toJ. E. Craw
ford, P, O, Box No. 485. 12-tf.