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Official Organ Ben Hill County,
COTTON 11icIN FITZGERALID ©tonSeed $33.00 ger Ton
THE BIGGEST THING IN FITZGERALD
The Sunday Schools of the various protestant church organiza
tions held a field day Sunday afternoon. By far the greatest enthus
asme prevailed on the occasion that has ever been displayed at any
festive gathering in the city. Headed by the Fitzgerald Concert
Band playing “Onward Christian Soldiers” twelve hundred members
of Fitzgerald’s Sunday schools gathered on W. Central Aye. near the
Lee Grant hotel and marched to the martial strains of the Band to the
Blue and Gray Park, where exercises were held. Sup. R. J. Prentiss,
of the Central M. K. Church opened the services with prayer, which
was followed by a scripture reading Ly J. H., Burke, of the First M,
E Church. Mr. T. F. Hemminger of the Christian church int%ro
duced Dr. A S. Ford, Sapt. of the Public Schools of Fitzgerald, the
main speaker of the day. Dr. Ford soon justified his selection by the as.
sociated Sunday school workers and emphasized the need of child train
ing, not only in spiritual things but in the things that arise daily for
solution in its life. ~ After the conclusion of the eloquent address of
Dr, Ford, Mr. T. J. Griffin closed the exercises with prayer. Several
selections by the Band, appropriate to the occasion were beautifully
rendered and fully appreciated by the large audience. Fully twenty
five hundred people were present at the Park for the afternoon
1280 children acd grown ups were in the line of march, representing
the Sunday schools of the Episcopal, Presbyterian, United Brethern,
Central Christian, Central M, E., First M. E. and Baptist. One of
the fe.tures of the parade was the banner carried by each school,
stating the number of pupils in attendance on the morning exercises
at the various churches of Suaday Sc!:.fiols as follows:
Episcopal, Dr. Cass, Superiutendant, 45,
Presbyterian, R. L. King, Superintendant, 51. |
‘ Cotton Mills, Fred Weaver, Saperintendant, 80.
United Breth:en,_C. M. Smith, Superintendant, 86.
Central Christian, T. F. Hemminger, Superintendant, 130.
First Methodist, J. H, Burke, Superintendant, 190.
Baptist, T. J. Griffin, Superintendant, 379.
Central Methodist, R. J. Prentiss, Superintendant, 439.
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ussia’s Ultimatum To
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' Decide By 2 p. m.
Special to The Leader-Enterprise.
Petrograd, Oct. 4, 1:30 p. !Tl.— Unless Bulgaria has conceded ful
ly the demands of Russia concerning the breaking of relations with
the Central powers by two o’clock this afternoon, the Russian Minis
ter and his staff will depart. HHowever as Russia draws distinction be
tween the Bulgarian government and Bulgarian people, no repressive
measures will be adopted against Bulgarian subjects in Russia.
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iroplanes Drop Bombs In
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Metz; French Claim Progress
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Special to The Leader-Enterprise.
Paris, Oct. £, 1:30 p m French troops have continued to mnke]
progress to the north of Arres. There has been almost continuous
fighting between the trenches accompanied by artillery exchange in
the vicinity of Nouvron and Quennevieres. A squadron of French
geroplanes has thrown down some forty shells of heavy caliber onl
SRailroad station at Metz.
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Free tickets to Grand Theatre! Every §3 worth of cash purchases entitles you to free admission. Save all Coupons
THE LEADER ENTERPRISE
THRICE-A-WEEK
FITZGERALD, BEN HILL COUNTY: GEG;{CIA. OCT. 4, 1915.
This is official announcement to you that this bank now has the
honor to say its deposits have exceeded
ONE-HALF MILLION DOLLARS.
Henceforth you may say this to the stranger in our gates; to the
person whom we might like to interest in our city- and section and thus
convince them of the importance of this city in the commercial and finan
cial world of South Georgia
It is most overwhelming and convincing proof of our popularity and .
strength.
To our patrons we make the very most profound assurance of our
deep and keen appreciation. : .
William R. Bowen, President. James E. Turner, Active Vice-Pres
James B. Clements, Vice-Pres. John D. Dorminy, Cashier
Thomas S. Price, Vice-Pres. Marlin M. Stevens, Asst. Cashier
Ben Hill Superior
Court In Session
Judge Walter F. George con
vened the Fall term of the Ben
Hill county Superior Coust this
morning, making an unusual
strong charge to the Grand Jury.
““The enforcement of law in your
community is largely resting upon
the efficiency and willingness of
the members of yorr body” said
Judge George, ‘‘you owe it to the
good citizens of the county, to
make every honest effort to bring
the violations of the crimiual code
to the attention of this court and
to do so fearlessly and without
favor or malice. No real progress
can .ever be achieved by a com
‘munihy which fails to protect the
rights of the individual in the
possession of his property or in
the peaceful pursuance of his vo
lcation and lawful acts. If you have
a man in the jury box, who should
be in the chaingang it will be 1m-
possible to enforce the law in your
county, as the officers of the court
cannot in themselves enforce Lhe‘
laws, unless the jurors are honestl
enough and huve' the desire toi
see the laws entorced.” The
Grand Jury was organizad with
R. I. Matfett as Koreman and D.
A. Bragg as Clerk, Thos, Ransome
as usual was elected bailiff for the
erm. A large audience of citizens
listened attentively to the able
charge of the court, Considerable
civil and criminal business is on
the docket for the term which
Judge George hopes to dispose of
during this session.
Demonstration Of
New Beauty Flour
Miss Kate Bailey and Mrs. Louis
Kime will give a demonstration
of Dunlap’s New Beauty Flour
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
afternoon from four to six o’ctock
lat the store of McCarty, John
stone Company. Housewives are
cordially invited, 118-3 t.
County Institute
The Ben Hill County teachers
held their first institute for the
year at the Carnegie Hall Satur
day and received their instruc
tions from Supt. R. J. Prentiss.
Twenty five of the teachers re
sponded to the roll call and en
terred with a good spirit into the
discussion of the problems, which
of neccessity arise at the beginn-
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Railroad Is Seized In Macidonia
Special to The Leader-FEnterprise. ‘
Athens, Oct,, 4, 1:30 p. m.—All doubt as to the entrance of
Greece in the war on the side of the Allied powers has now been dis
posed of. The official organ of the government says that landing of
Frenck: troops at Saloniki is for the purpose of assisting Greece. The
Greek government has seized Maccdonian railroads of which two are
Austrian and one French,
Mondayv
Wednesday
Friday
VOL. XX, NO. 118
’Father Enjoined From
- Speaking to Wife and Son
Atlanta, Oct, 2—S. M. Bernolak
of Atlanta cannot say ‘“good
morning” or so much as ‘‘how do
‘vou do” to his two year old son,
Stephen.
Neither can the unfortunate
gentleman say ‘““Good morning,
wife” or even so much as raise his
hav and say ‘‘Salutation, Madam?”
1f he meets her on the street.
‘ No, Mr. Berpolak hasn’t lost his
voice, nor is he tongue-tied. The
reason he can’t say “‘good morning”
to his family is that the court has
issued a particularly rigid injunc
tion, prohibiting him from so
much as opening his mouth to
either wife or son.
He was particularly anxious
that the order would be modified
so that he could occasionally talk
to his boy, but the court was ob
durate.
Whether or not Mr. Bernolak
will be permitted to take off his
hat if he happens to find himself
by accident in the same elevator
with his wife, is a point that has
not been covered by the injunection,
R egistration Notice
Notice is hereby given that the
Registration Books _are now open,
and will remain open at the City
Hall, until the 9th day of Novem
ber 1915.
Voters must register in order to
qualify for the regular City elec
tion to be held December 21st,
1915,
David L. Paulk,
ei-Nov. 9. City Clerk.
ing of the school year. It'is evi
dent from the personal and the
proposed new plans for the year,
that the rural schools are en
terring a year full of promise
for better results the coming
term.
