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Monday Edition Official Organ Ben Hill County, MRS. G. W. COLE WINS GRAND PRIZE POLLS 7,506,850 VOTES IN AUTO CLUB CONTEST Miss Margaret Spiller Is Second With 5,499,425 Misses Ruth Stevens, Lillian Luke, Madleen Davenport and Blondine Wilbanks, District Prize Winners The Leader-Enterprise’s Big Auto Club Campaign is now a matter of history, and all that re mains to be done is to distribute the splendid prizes and exteud congratulations to the happy win rers. Promptly at nine o’clock Satur day night, the three judges— Messrs John W, Yates, W, S. Walker, and A. H. Thurmond, L. L. Dickerson tovk possession of the ballot box and proceeded at once to decide the final winners. A copy of the juage’s report is given below: Award of Judges, August 21,1918 We, the undersigned, judges in the Leader-Enterprise Automobile }Club Contest, by count of votes cast up to nine o’clock Saturday evening, August 21st, 1915, find the following to be the correct totals, and hereby award the -prizes as follows: First Grand Prize, Maxwell five passenger 1916 Model Touring car, Mrs. Willis Cole, Total Votes Ca5t—7,506,850. Second Grand FPrize, $350.00 Piano, Miss Margaret Spiller, Total Votes Ca5t—5,499,425. District Prizes, District No. | . First Prize, $40.00 Diamond Ring, Miss Ruth Stephens, Totel Vote Cast—=Bo3,97s. Second Prize, $15.00 Watch Bracelet, Miss Madleen Davenport Total Vote Ca5t—545,165, District Prizes, District No. 2 First Prize, $40.00 Diamond Ring, Miss Lillian Luke, Total Vote C05t—2,297,465. Second Prize, $15.00- Watch Bracelet, Miss Blondine Wilbanks, - Total Vote Ca5t—814,575. (Signed) : John W, Yates, W. S. Walker, 3 A. H. Thurmond. The First Grand Prize which is a 1916 Maxwell five passenger Touring Car has not arrived to the present time but we have been assured by the Johnson Hdw. Co., from whom the car was purchased that the car would be here ina vary few days. Owing to the Visit the 2nd Floor Dept.--Silk Suits and Dressm Early Fall Special Silk and Cotton Dress Goods for 29¢ a yard- N ° ' : FTSRE Rg T e 75 W”———“WE——————_. ' == Free tickets to the Grand! Every $3 worth of cash purchases entitles you to free admission to the Grand Theatre THE LEADER ENTERPRISE enermous demand for the ““Little Wonder Car” they have been un able to get a car. The ’l6 Model is the latest and the winner can be proud of her prize as it is well worth being proud of. The Second Grand prize which is a beautiful $350,00 piano, now on display at this office. The District ‘prizes were award ed the winners Saturday night. Non Wincers Well Paid All those candidates who re mained active up until the close of the campaign and who failed to win a prize will be given an eight (8) per cent cash commission on every dollar that they turned to this office, Non-winners can have their commission by calling at the Leader-therprise office. Under the 8 per cent plan there can be no real loosers. Six happy hustlers receive the magnificient prizes, and all those who failed to win a prize will receive full and generous pay for the time that they spent working in the Auto Club, + = Big Circulation Increase The Contest brought hundreds of new subscribers to the Leader- Enterprise, and the value of the paper as an advertising medium 1n Ben Hill and adjoining counties has been greatly increased. Tne Lea der-Enterprise wishes to compli ment every. contestant for the good work done. [t has been a pleas ure to have them connected with the paper for the past eight weeks under the direction of the compe tent contest manager, H. R, Bisby, of the Frank E. Miller Companv,‘ Chicago, 111., and although all could not win the first grand prize, | their work was very successful, To the able judges of the con test who spent several busy hours Saturday night counting the vote, the Leader:Euteri)rise wishes to extend its sincere thanks. Their services were without compensa tion and they cleared up their strenuous task cheerfully and efficiently : FITZGERALD, BEN HILL COUNTY, GEORGIA, AUG. 23, 1915. - e o L N T A Time Saver oq A Money Saver DO A Public Servant IS THE HOME PAPER It advertises home bargains, which are the best bargains. " It has all the home news and works for the home town all the time. Fourteen steamers, with a total gross tonage of 47,698, have been sunk in the last forty-eight hours by German submarines. This toll establishes a record for the period. Three other vessels reported torpedoed may add another 6,925 tons to the aggregate destroyed in the past two days, So far as known there has been no loss of life, except in the sinking of the White Star liner Arabic, The recrudescence of submarine activity began August 12 and in the week ending August 18 the British admiralty reports thirteen vessels of a total tonnage of 22,970 were sunk, eleven of them by un der-water craft and two by mines. This makes a total _known loss of 70,668 tons of shipping in nine days. ‘ Ten of the vessels sunk in the past two days were British, three iwere Norwegian and one was Spanish. : i The largest vessel whose loss has be_en confirmed was the Arabic of 15,801 tons. Reports that the Lapland, 17,640: sons .and the {N icosin_, 6,119 tons has been sunk have not been verified. The fate of the Dunsley, 2,956 net tons, reported torpedoed just before the Arabic was sunk, has not been definitely determined. The British Press As sociation has denied the reported loss of the Bovie, of 6,500 tons. Underwater craft torpedoed Friday the British steamers Restor mel 2,118 tons; Baron Erskine, 5,585 tons; City of New York, 2,790 tons; Samara, 3,172 tons; Gladiator, 3,359 tons; Bittern, 1,171 t.ons;} and the Ben Branchie, 3,908 tons; the Nerwegian steamers Sverres-‘ borg, 674 tons, and Bras, 1,351 tons and the Spanish steamer Perla§ Castillo, 1,920 tons. The vessels sunk Thursday were the Arabic, 15,801 tons; Grodno 1,955 tons; Serbino 2,205 tons, and Magda, 1,063 tons, a total of 21,- 024. All these were British, except the Magda, which was Norwegian. A submarine halted the Norwegian mail steamer Irma within Norwegian territorial waters, but disappeared before torpedoing the vessel when warned by a Norwegian torpedo boat that the attack which apparently was intended would constitute a violation of neu trality, " Loss of a British submarine in the sound with fifteen members of her crew is reported by London and Berlin, but London claims tke boat ran aground while Berlin says it was ““destroyed.” Except for another serious reverse for Russian arms there were no striking developments in the day’s military operations. Berlin re ported the fall of Novogeorgievsk, where the Muscovites made their last stand in Poland, with the loss of 85,000 prisoners and a large bag of artillery. > ; The hard pressed forces of Grand Duke Nicholas, the Germans claim, have been pushed back to Koterkakulva, southeast of Brest- Litovsk, while they are being pursued east of Kovno and have lost ground south of the Bug on the Brest-Litovsk line. T ‘ The allies on Gallipoli peninsula are continuing their assaults on Turkish positions and the British left wing has made some progress an official report asserts. 5 Italy has declared war on Turkey, Reports asserts that the entente powers have succeeded in induc ing Serbia to agree to the immediate cession to Bulgaria of a part of Macedonia in exchange for the Bulgar’s participation in'the war, Silk Stripe Poplins, Cords, Repps and a be wildering array of the pretty early fall mater ials are here for you in the newest shades and coloring for 25¢ yard. THRICE-A-WEEKRK London Foreign Offi Expl .g Latest Ord Heavy Imports To Neutrals Caused Contraband Order Londor, Aug. 22—The foreign office today issued a statement in connection with the declaration of cotton as contraband purporting to show that imports into Hollind and Scandinavia of raw cotton and of cotton waste during the months of May, June and July totalled 17,344 tons as compared with a normal average of 35,303 tons. Of the latter, however, it is stated that all but 16,557 tons were re-exported. “These tigures show,” the statement continues, ‘‘that during these months importation of cotton Las not been substantially greater than in times of peace, and it is a fair deduction from this that apart from any other measures that have been taken Germany has not since May 1 received any considerale supply of cotton through those countries. “It is pot anticipated that owing to the declaration of cotton as contraband there will be any great difference in the importation of cotton into countries concerned and there is no reason to suppose that the American or Egyptian exporters of cotton will in the futhire be in a less advantageous position than they have been in the last three months. SUBMARINES TAKE LARGE TOLL: I London, August 21—Fourteen steamers, with a total gross ton nage of 47.698 have been sunk in the last fortv-eight hours by Ger man submarines. This toll establishes a record for the period. Three other vesscls reported torpedoed may add another 26,965 tons to the aggregate destroyed in the past two days, So faras known there has been no loss of life except in the sinking of the White Star liner Arabic. The recrudescence of submarine activity began August 12, and in the week ending August 18 the British admiralty reports thirteen vessels, of a total tonnage of 22,970, were sunk, eleven of them by underwater craft and two by wines. This makes a total known loss of 70,668 tons of shipping in nine days. ' Ten of the vessels sunk in the past two days were British, three were Norwegian and one was Spanish, The largest vessel whose loss hus been confirmed was the Arabic, of 15,801 tons. Reports that the Lapland, 17,640 tons and the Nicosian, 6,369 tons, have been sunk have not been verified. The fare of the Dunsley, 2,956 net tons, reported torpedoed just before the- Arabic was sunk, has not been definitely determined. The British Press association has denied the reported loss of the Bovic, of 6,500, tons. Crown Prince Hopes For Early End of War Geneva, Aug. 21-—A correspondent on the Vosges front states that an army order recently issued by the Crown Prince contains the following: 4 : _ *“We shall take, must take, Verdun, Then the war will be ended by December, at the latest.” ; Casper Hide Co. Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Hides, Skins, Pelts, Wool, Beeswax, Tallow, Furs, Metal, etc. We pay the market price. J. CASPER, Pres. & Gen. Mgr. EMPIRE MERCANTILE CO. “ONE PRICE TO EVERYBODY”’ Wm. R. BOWEN, President J. A. MURPHY, Manager Mondav Wednesday Friday VOL.XX. NO. 109 Money on Farm Lands Terms: 5 to 10 years and conditions to sut borrower, Improved farm lands only. CLAYTON JAY