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Official Organ Ben Hill County,
Business From
Seven Gounties
Result From Ad In
Leader-Enterprise
Ore of the most conspicious en
terprises in the county is the Flour
and Grist Mill operated by the
Hon, Marion Dickson on his farm
near Osierfield. Through his ed
in the Leader-Enterprise he is
called ou to grind the wheat made
this year in the several counties
about Ben Hill and has been forced
to put on an extra crew, milling
day and night. Mr. Dickson says,
that the success of the wheat crop
this year in this section will en
courage an increased acreage in
the future and he believes that in
a very few years, wheat will be
one of the money ecrops of South
Georgia. The average yield per
acre has been abcove 20 bushels,
some harvesting as high as 30
bushels to the acre, a record for
any country. At the present price
of $1.25 per bushel and the use of
the land for a second crop, of
either corn, cotton, hay or pota
toes, proves the worth of South
Georgia lands,
Christian Endeavor
Prayer Meeting
Central Christian Church.
July 11 Tpm
Topic—Making Life Worth
While.
Leader—G. A Kent.
Song—Selected by chorister.
Prayer—Leslie Bryant.
Scripture reading—Luke 12:13-
23—Harold Parrot.
Prayers—By Loren Parrott,
Wnm. Shallenberger.
What makes Life worth while to
you ?—Mercer Babb. -
ITow can we become rich toward
God?—N. B, Andrews,
How can we make Life worth
while to others—Raymond Davis.
The Fabie of Peasantand the
Fairies slipper—d Jack Mannoach.
Sentence Prayers. [Clippings.
Scripture quotations, ete., by all
that have not taken part.
Special music selected by choris
ter.
Announcement. Mizpah.
,Judge W. C. Lankford
To Run For Congress
Douglns, Ga., July B.—Judge
W. C. Lankford, of Douglas, for
six years judge of the city court
of Douglas, has definitely decid
ed to enter the race for congress
next year, from the Eleventh
district.
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o o New Shirts, Hosiery, Neckwear, Under- ' ’
VlSlt the Mens wear and Furnish;ngs-to' help you spend EMPIRE MERC ANTILE CQG “
the summer pleasantly--See special . . ‘
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Remember Men--to keep your cash sale duplicate tickets--Every $2 worth entitles you to a State Seal Spoon
THE LEADER ENTERPRISE
This In The City
0f “The Men And
Religion Movement”
Atlanta, July B.—The favorite
theory of Balzac that wickedness
is more fascinating than virtue,
even to persons who are them
selves virtuous, seems to be born
out by a remarkably interesting
combination of circumstances
which occurred here yesterday
on Peachtree street.
A certain well known Peach
tree picture theater announced
for the day a very beautiful pie
ture, dramatized- from a great
novel, teaching a splendid moral
lesson, well acted, and power
fully interesting for its own dra
matic sake.
Another theater only a couple
of blocks away announced a pic-‘
ture of lesser dramatic and liter
ery value, produced on a less ela
borate scale and with less notable
actors and actresses, but it fur
nished opportunity for the ap
pearance on the screen of a very
wickedly beautiful woman, who
as an actress is known to present
the most abandoned and immoral
and voluptuous phases of the
character of the human female—
to present them in such a way
that she has been deseribed (of
course from a standpoint of art
and dramatic criticism) as a
) ‘“‘vampire,’’ as a.‘‘siren’’.
The first picture did a very
ordinary business, while the
theater which showed the pic
ture depicting female wickedness
with the ‘‘vampire woman’’ in
the leading role was crowded
from morning to night. The
crowd was made up principally
of women, of mothers and daugh
ters of irreproachable lives and
of unquestioned modesty and
goodness in their own conduct!
It is an interesting point for
psychologists to reflect on.
Thieves Entered Godfrey’s
Studio Last Night
Some time between 8 and 10
P. M., when no one was at home,
some thieves entered the house
through a window by cutting the
screen. Their object was the
money drawer, which was broken
open with an axe, the money had
been removed before night, but
two pocket books were overlook
ed, which were lying on the table.
By the method they used and the
time entered it must be the work
of some boys.
FITZGERALD, BEN HILL COUNTY, GEORGIA, JULY 9, 1915,
Tornado Strikes
And Lays In Ruins
Town In Missouri
St. Louis July 7,—A tornado
struck St. Charles, Mo., 25 miles
northwest of here av 4:20 o’clock
this afternoon. It was reported
that the storm razed a district 18
blocks long and fourteen blocks
wide that two large churches were
destroyed and that the Wabash
bridge across the Missouri river
was damaged. :
CARS BLOWN FROM TRACK.
St. Louis, July 7—Four cars of%
Wabash passenger train No. 9,
from St. Louis to Kansas City,
were blown trom the track by a
tornado near Gilmore, Mo., this
iafternoon, but according to infor
‘mation received by General Man
ager Cotter, of the Wabash, no
one was hurt badly enough to need
medical attention,
The Union Man’s Creed.
I believe that in union there
is strength. I believe in the
union I represent, in the cause I
am fighting for, and in my abili
ty to win the fight. I believe in
fighting, not in waiting; in smil
ing not in weeping; in boosting,
not in knocking; and in the
pleasure of defending my union.
I believe a man can get what
h 2 goes after, and that a fight
to-day is worth a war tomorrow.
I believeno man has taken the
count until he’s down and out,
and has lost faith in himself. I
believe in to-day and in the
fight lam waging; in tomorrow
in the battle I hope to continue;
and in the future for a decided
victory. I believe in genuine
backbone, associated with the
best brand of grit, sandwiched
with the bread of honest sweat,
coupled with ability to look the
whole world in the face, and all
fortified with a pure heart, born
of anoble birth and parentage.
I believe I am a man of that
caliber. Amen.—Exchange.
Money on Farm
Lands
Terms: sto 10 years
and conditions to sut
borrower,
Improved farm lands
only.
CLAYTON JAY
THRICE-A-WEEK
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Look Over This List It
You Want To Know
Who The Auto Club
Boosters Are
NOMINATION FOR
MEMBERSHIP STILL OPEN
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{ This includes all of the city of
Fitzgerald and Fitzgerald Rural
Routes. At least two prizes will
be awarded in this district after
the Grand prizes are awarded.
Mrs. Teddie Meyers_ ______24,2oo
Mrs. Willis Cole .. ... _.- 96,975
Miss Pearle Blount________2o,loo
Miss Madlen Davenport___2s,37s
Miss Anna Huling________2s,o2s
Miss Allie Mavyes_________2s,oso
Miss Edith Griner_________22,9oo
Miss Mary Fred Broughton 21,625
Miss Ruby Hunter________23,97s
Miss Melba Dozier________22,6oo
Miss lsabelle Paulk . _______2s,l2s
Miss Gladys Holtzendcrf__2l,2oo
Miss Martha Turner______. 20,100
Mrs, George Davis________2o,6oo
Miss Floy McLauchlin_____22,67s
Miss Emily Griffin________2o,3so
Miss Hazel Jolley_ _______22,6oo
Miss Nelt-Frazer________. 23,975
Miss Helen Patterson__.___24,6oo
Mrs, Clarence S Lith_______2o,9oo
Miss Kate Bailey__________2l,62s
Miss Ruth Stephens_______26,3so
Miss O'a Mae Martin______24,l2s
Mrsi.C A . Ginon: -~ 90375
Miss Grace Dickinson_____924,9oo
Miss Luctlle Whitley______23,6oo
Miss Margaret Spiller_____27,9oo
l Miss Jermina Hogan______24,2oo
Miss Pearl George________2o,loo
Miss Willie Barentine_____2l,6oo
l District No. 11.
This includes all territory out
side of Fitzgerald. At least two
prizes will be awarded in this dis
trizt after the Grand prizes are
awarded,
Mystic.
Miss Minnie Register______l4,62s
Miss Myra Poole__________l7,loo
Miss Bertha Jones________24,2oo
Miss Maud Crawford______2o,2oo
Mr. Leo Bussill___________l6,9oo
Miss Annie Lau Spier__ _ 16,150
Miss Bessie McCook ______ 18,225
Miss Alice Fletcher_______ 26,900
Miss Mae Lupo___________l7,6oo
Amsterdam, July B—(German newspapers, according to advics
from Berlin, admit that the attacks of the Russians between t! e
Daiester and Pruth Rivers are becoming very vigorous and that the
Russians appear to have gained a serious advantage on the Dniest r
and Bug over the armies of General Pflanzer and General Balton.
Great British Stores At Arras Destroyed
Berlin, July B—The bombardment of Arras, France, resulted in
the destruction of great British stores there and also prevented the re
grouping of French forces, it was offizially announced today.
The shells from the German guns also set fire to the Arras Catbe
dral which was destroyed. Deep regret over the destruction of the
bautiful edifice was officially expressed here today.
The British stores destroyed were the main supplies of the English
army on the front,
WAR BREVITIES
Washington advices say the outline of the German note as
communicated to the State Department by Ambassador Gerard is
“far from satisfactory,”” while the latest Berlin dispatches say
the note will be forwarded in approximately the same form in
which it was drafted, This draft has received the endorsement
of the German Emperor.
The Sayville, L. I. wireless station, has been taken over by
American navel officers and will be operated by the government
until the close of the war to insure against violation of neutrality.
In the West the Germans have directed a strong attack against
the trenches in Flanders which the British troops took July 6th,
but the attack, according to the French, failed as did a German
attack against the French between Angres and Souchez.
Miss Mazie Floyde_______ 12,400
Mrs. Juanita Sims___ ____lo,ooo
Ocilla.
Miss Alynne Howell ._____ 20,125
Miss Edna Tucker.._______l9,6oo
Miss Mildred Griner____ . _18,200
Mow Evig 10l . . 90005
Miss Gladys Vickers______ 17,650
Miss Iris Dickson________ 16,200
g Rochelle.
Miss Francis Browr______ 17,300
Miss Mae Witton __________l6,2so
Miss Artie Gorden_________lB,96o
Miss Lorina Wells_________2o,loo
Miss Carrie Doster._ _____24,9so
Miss Kathleen Rivier_____ 20,925
Miss Geneive Fenn_____ ___lB,6oo
Miss Alberta Rickey_ _____l6,7so
Miss MattieClaudeGrouthamlB,9oo
Osierfield
Miss Blondine Wilbanks___2s,97s
Douglas.
Miss Hester Brewer_______l3,7so
Miss Wunice Lott_________B7,lso
Miss Maude Lee Bryan____2o,6oo
Broxton
Miss Ruby Meeks ________2o,3oo
Abbeville
Miss Louise Oliver________2o,7oo
Miss Eunice Smith_. _ ____l7,soo
Miss Susie Carnes_________lB,3so
Miss Hattie Grace Carswell 16,650
M ss Willie Wilkinson_ ____17,925
Mrs. C. C. Fulghum______l6,l2s
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Wednesday
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Mrs. N M. Patten:.__ ... 10,900
Miss Gladys Nunnaway____l6,7oo
Irwinville
Miss Bennie Lawrence_____l4,4so
Miss Mattie Fussell_______l4,loo
Miss Lillian Luke_ ___._ ___13,450
What's The Matter With
|~ The Fire Department
Analarm sent in at no on fromAll
timaha and N. Lee brought out the
Fire Department, which promptly
’turned down S, Main to Pine
and then to Lee in search of the
ltire. It gradually dawned upon the
| boys that they were looking in the
wrong place for the fire and turn
ed to the scene on N, Lee when
‘one of their horses fell, A fter some
delay the boys finally arrived at
the fire after some ladies had ex
tinguisded the flames. It is sim
ply up to the Fire committee of
the city counzil to investigate in
to the reasons for the several in
stances of late, when the depart
‘ment showed rank carelessness in
answering with alarms,
If the firemen are at fault, it
is better to make a change be
forea more serious conflagra
tion may cause the city serious
damages. If itis a fault of ti e
alarm system then the system
should be changed. In any
event the people are entitled to
better fire protection,
