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The Fitzgerald L EADER
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Vo/. XV
Rpgula* Meeting Of Council
BeM Moanay Night, February 7. h.
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The C ity Council met in • regu
lar session Monday night, Feb.
Eaulk 7th, 1910, with Mayor and Drew W.
aldermen presiding, D„ the-folio wing
present: P. Adams,
Dr. Adams, Ware, White, Seanor,
the Jolly and Dykes, The minutes of
previous meeting were read
an». I approved, ‘portion in with reference the exception the
to
) |n held by churches, Alder
beanor stating that in his
statement at the previous meeting
he stated that the Catholic-church
wanted and was willing to pay
city held taxes on the second location
by them. v
, The statement of the treasurer
|r*d I ,? reports and Health from Officer the Chief of read Po
ft were
1 ordered filed.
A ’he Finance Committee submit
their bills and pay roll for the
\>h notion of January, of Alderman 1910, and beanor on
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lows: Ayes, D, P. Adams,
fe dams, Ware, White, Seanor,
0 Fft Axe land Jolly, Nays. none.
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Si a petition from
[■As i m refrence to the
wife -.having been
KI Ln the vi )t half of lot
Iffd ;k 5, in the city ceme
lot having the been pur
rloy him from city on
9 23, 1906- On motion of
*„i^\dams the the city same attorney was refer- and
officer, with instructions
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>u»vd that the petition they of
is correct, that
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returned to their origi
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Fitzgerald, Ben Mill County , Georgia, Friday, February II, 1910.
their findings,
Letter from the Civic Commit
tee of the to the Womans’ city buying Club in trees ref
erence
for the park on Central Avenue,
read, and on motion of Aid. Ad
ams same was filed as read,
Letter from Civic Committee
of the Woman's Club in reference
to the city joining with them
with view of improving and
beautifying the public school
grounds was read and on motion
of Aid. Jolly same was referred
to the Committee on Public Build
ings and Grounds with instruc
tions to confer with the commit
tee
Mrs. Gelders, representing the
Women’s Clubs of the city, ad
dressed the councl in regard to
the benefits and pleasures to be
derived from a public library,and
spoke in behalf of the Carnegie
Library, requesting that the city
donate to them a lot on the east
corner of the city hall for a li¬
brary building and $1,000 yearly
for the maintenance of library.
On discussion the matter was re
ferred to the Committee on Pub
lie Buildings and Grounds and on
request of the ladies, said com
mittee was requested to meet
with them Friday evening at the
W. R. C, Hall, at 3:00 p m-, to
discuss the matter,
Ordinance -No. 296, an ordi
to amend ordinance N<
282, the same being Hie plumb
ing ordinance of the city of Fitz
§' eralxi > and for other purposes,
was given its second reading and
passed with the exception of see
tion one.
Ordinance No. 277. an ordi
nance to amend ordinance No
255, to provide 1 for the time and
manlier of advertising tax sales
and for other purposes; ordi
nance No. 298, an ordinance to
provido suitable crossings for
railway tracks in the city of Fitz
gerald wherever the same inter
sector crosses any of the streets
w ithin said city; ordinance No
299, an orinanco closing the al
ley-way between city lots Nos.
21 and 22 in square 14, block 6,
in the City of Fitzgerald, Ga-,
ordinance No. 300, an ordinance
granting the right to the A. B.
& a Railroad Co. to construct
additional tracks in the city of
Fitzgerald and for other purpos
es, all were given their first
reading. N^
--t-Per business appearing
Aid- couneK j/ ,4<>urned Adams. on motion of
rmuh
Ben Hill’s Candidates.
announcements for
officers appears in this
issue of the Leader, and it was
the intention of the editor to
make special mention of each,
the enterprising merchants
of Fitzgerald, appreciating the
value of advertising space in the
Leader, forces us to surrender
our editorial page. We print
twelve pages this week, and
would print more, if we were not
determined to mail our paper in
time for the rural routes Friday
morning. Next week we will
print sixteen pages or as many
as our business men demand, and
will also make editorial mention
of all the announced candidates.
Mr. William Bailey has lecent
ly been appointed Teller of the
First National Bank of this city,
to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Mr. B. O. Childs,
who came to this city from At¬
lanta sometime ago. Mr. Bailey
has been in banking business only
a very short while and his promo¬
tion to the important position of
Teller is quite a credit to his
ability. Mr. Childs, during his
snort stay here made many friends
who regret very much to see him
leave.
For Sale— 8-room house and lot
in best resident portion of the city.
Real cheap for cash, or will make
tarms. Apply to T. S. Graham.
Healthy Blind Tigers Captured
By Sheriff W. H. Fountain
Sheriff W. H. Fountain and his
deputies made five arrests this
week for the unlawful sale of
whiskey, and three of the five
have already been tried before
Judge J. L. E. Britt Wall. drche )
plead guilty
charge and a sentence of 8
months on the public roads or
$100-00 was placed upon him;
Martin Hightower and his sister
Emma Hightower also plead
guilty and each received sentence
—Martin, 8 months on the pub¬
lic roads or $100.00 and Emma,
six months at the state farm or
$50.00. So far neither of the
three have been able to raise the
necessary cash to buy their free¬
dom.
The other two arrests made
weae W. L. Wilcox at a prelimi¬
nary hearing before Judge Paulk,
Wilcox was allowed to give bond
in the sum of $100.00 and Brig
mam in the amount of $200-00
which they both did.
Brigman’s trial wash set for
last Wednesday, but being un¬
able to be present on account of
sickness the trial was^,postponed
until he is in a positia o to leave
his room. Wilcox’s * ihl is .set
for next Monday. •8
Both men are well known, and
it is hoped by their mar y friends
that they may be able to clear
themselves of the charges. %
MONSTER CROWDS ATTEND
OPENING SALE.
For about 10 days this concern
has been telling the people about
this great sale, first by scattering
mysterious circulars all over the
country and then following up
with a full page announcement.
The whole country was stirred up
and ready for whatever was going
to happen, and if you were one of
the vast throng on the opening
day you will say with us that
something surely did happen.
In talking with Mr. Roach, who
was about the busiest man we ever
saw, we could get nothing out of
him except, “too busy to talk—
tell the people we thank them.”
With this he rushed off to try and
satisfy about a dozen customers
that were trying to get at him all
at once.
In walking through the store
we were very much struck with
the unique manner of decoration
and arrangement. Everything
seemed to have been arranged for
the special comfort and conven¬
ience of the shoppers. Not one
article but what was tagged and
marked in plain figures; the old
price and the new was there and
the saving could be seen at a
glance: there was no argument be¬
tween the customer and the clerks
as to the price. A very impor¬
tant feature was the ease with
which the vast crowd was handled.
Clerks who usually took one cus¬
tomer at a time were waiting upon
o or three and older salespeople
were actually waiting upon even
more—in fact we saw many peo¬
ple who were waiting upon them¬
selves, and had gkxls already sel¬
ected waiting for a salesman to
make out a check.
The Josey Shoe and Clothing
Co. are among our most energetic
merchants, and we are very glad
to record this great success. The
sale is billed to continue until the
19th, and there seems to be no
question but what the remaining
days days will be as great as the open¬
ing were.
Call the Central Market for
dressed poultry. 20 tf.
Do You Know Your
Neighbor?
The regular weekly issue of
The Leader on February the 19th
will contain a special supplement
in which will appear one of the
most interesting inaugurated puzzle contests
ever in the South.
This is known as the “Do You
know Your Neighbor” contest
and a number of prizes will be
offered to contestants correctly
solving the problem of “Who is
Your Neighbor.”
Eleven prizes will be awarded
to as many lucky contestants, the
first prize being a handsome gold
watch purchased from Russell
Bros, the well known firm of
jewelers. Ten yearly subscrip¬
tions to the Leader will go to the
next solving ten this lucky persons correctly
The special mysterious puzzle.
edition will supplement to this
contain the adver¬
tisements of a number of the
most prominent firms in this city,
each advertisement being con
spicious by reason of a blank
space appearing therein in the
upper left hand corner. In this
space should appear a picture
which will be found on another
page. To correctly solve the
puzzle the contestant must cut
out the pictures and paste them
in the blank space on the adver¬
tisement to which they rightful¬
ly belong and attach to the paper
a written list giving the name of
each advertiser in this- special
department, what line of goods
they advertise and where they
are located.
Each contestant must be a paid
subscriber to The Leader and
pay one year’s subscription in ad¬
vance.
Should a present subscriber
win one of the subscription prizes
you will be credited with one
full year’s subscription from the
date of your expiration.
The plan of awarding the
prizes and other instructions will
appear in the next issue of The
Leader. Some one will win the
grand prize, you may be the
lucky one. So pay up your sub¬
scription to The Lesder, get your
scissors and paste pot ready, for
you may be the one that will win
a watch that is well worth the
try, aside from the fact that in
the event you do not win the
grand prize you may get a year’s
free subscription to The Leader,
also put in many interesting
moments solving the puzzle.
Cases Disposed Of
In. City Co\irt
In the city court last week, the
following cases were tried and
disposed of by Judge E. Wall.
H. C. Stevens vs E. W. Skinner.
Verdict for plantiff.
Elizabeth Gamackey vs General
Accident, Fire and Life Insurance
Co.
A. R. Hobbs vs J- D- Small.
Damages. Verdict for Defen
dnt.
Milo McKee vs R. V. Handley.
Exception to auditors suit with
draw at cost of plaintiff.
Brown Wagon Co. vs Clark Co.
Suit on account. Verdict for de
fendant.
A. A. Jones vs River View
Land and Irrigation Co.
H. B. & C. S. Isler vs Enter¬
prise Grocery Co. Suit on Note.
Verdict for plaintiff.
Wm. and H- S. Copper vs C.
T- Cooper. Suit on Note. Judge¬
ment for the plaintiff.
Calmut Keen vs G- W- Kinard
Trover. Verdict for plaintiff ,
F. M. Berry vs Mrs. W. L
Moore. Suit on Note. Judge¬
ment for plaintiff.
Jesse Lacy vs Lon Dickey.
Suit on account.
Official Statements of Fitz¬
gerald’s Three Strono Banks.
No. 8250.
R.eport of the Condition of
EXCHANGE NATIONAL BANK,
At FitzgereJd. Ga.,
At the close of business Januuary
31st, 1910,
RESOURCES.
Loans and Discounts............ $321,169 84
Overdrafts, secured and un¬
secured................................ 6,680 64
U. S. Bonds to secure cir¬
culation................................ 100,000 00
U. S. Bonds to secure U. S.
Deposits............................. 1,000 00
Premiums on U. S. Bonds.. 4,000 00
Banking House, Furniture
and Fixtures...................... 10,130 12
Other Real Estate owned ... 19,100 00
Due from National Banks,
(net reserve agents)......... 49,371 61
Due from State and Private
Banks and Bankers, Trust
Companies, and Savings
Banks................................ 20,725 88
Due from approved Reserve
Agents................................. 34,650 53
Checks and other Cash
Items................................ 60 97
Exchanges for Clearing
House.......................... 6,762 50
Notes of other National
Banks.................................. 3,710 00
Fractional Paper Currency,
Nickels and Cents............. 174 03
LAWFUL MONEY RESERVE IN BANK, VIZI
Specie 1 j- $32,505 00
notes..............J Legal tender
1,000 00 33,505 00
Redemption fund with U. S.
Treasurer (5 per cent of
Circulation)....................... 5,100 00
Tqtal.. $616,041 09
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in......... $100,000 00
Surplus fund......................... 75,000,00
Undivided Profits, less Ex¬
penses and taxes paid......... 9,870 62
National Bank Notes out¬
standing... ........ 100,000 00
Due to State and Private
Banks and Bankers......... 11,089 57
Individual deposits subject
to check............................... 259,502 58
Time certificates of deposit 55,776 69
Certified checks................. 285 28
Cashier’s checks outstand
ing 3,516 35
United States deposits........ 1,000 00
Notes and bills rediscounted None.
Bills payable, includirjg
certificates of deposit for
money borrowed............... None.
Total $616,041 09
State of Georgia Us.
County of Ben Hill
I, J. D. Dorminey, Cashier of
the above-named bank, do sol¬
emnly swear that the above state¬
ment is true to the best of my
knowledge and belief.
J. D. Dorminey, Cashier.
Correct— Attest:
W. R. Bowen
L. O. Tisdel,
E. T. James,
Directors.
Subscribed and sworn to before
me this 3d day of February, 1910.
M. M. Stephens,
Notary Public,
Ladies R.aise Money
For New Church
The ladies of St. Mathews Guild
have inaugurated a very unique
means of raising money to apply
to the building fund for the new
Episcopal church. They have had
printed 1300 circular letters and
each one of these letters will be
mailed to the rector of an out-of
town Episcopal church.
In the letters they ask that the
Woman’s Guild of that church
donate one dollar to the cause of
erecting a church in this city.
The amount asked tor is very
small and that the Guild of the
1800 other churches will respond
gladly is unquestioned.
The idea is a very bright one
and the money realized from it
will help considerabby toward
building the new church edifice.
Wanted— A good patent. State
^-jars. T. W. Wright, 105
v. New York O ty. 20t f i
Number 21
REPORT OF THE (OM ITITION
OF THE
First Mional Bank
OF FITZQEKALD,
At Fitzgerald, in the State of Geor¬
gia, at the Close of Business, Jan.
31,1910.
RESOURCES.
Loans and Discounts................ 1070, 864 15
Overdrafts, secured and unsecured 5,716 17
U. S. Ronds to Secure Circulation.. 100,000 00
Hills of excliange(cotton)........... 54,965 04
Premium on U.8. Bonds............ 2,000 00
Bonds, Securities, etc................ 1,000 00
Banking House,Furniture and Fix¬
tures .............................. 19,718 32
Other Real Estate Owned.......... 5,332 50
Due from National Banks (not re
serve agents...................... 12,736 55
Due from State and private bauks
and bankers, trust companies
and savings banks................ 14,002 97
Due from ApprovedIReserved Agts 36,163 44
Checks and Other Cash Items....... 373 10
Exchange for Clearing House..... 6,394 35
Notes of other National Banks...... 3,000 00
Fractional Paper Currency, Nickels
and Cents ........................ 302 31
Lawful Money Reserve in hank,viz:
Speolc $10,690.30.
Legal-Tender Notes..... 14,477.00-136,173 30
Redemption fund with U. 8. Treas¬
urer (5 per cent circulation).... 5,000 00
Total $660,489 10
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock Paid In................ $135,000 00
Surplus Fund........................ 70,000 00
Undivided Profits, Less Expenses
and Taxes Paid.................. 3,891 #1
National Bank Notes Outstanding 100,000.00
Dividends unpaid...,................ 30 00
Individual Deposits Subject to
Check............................ 246,634 67
Time Certificates of Deposit........ 33,367 96
Certified checks 36 27
Cashier's Checks Outstanding...... 2,124 37
Notes and bills rediscounted...... 22,914 83
Bills payable, including certifi¬
cates of Depostlt of borrowed
money......................... 57,500.00
Total $080,489 10 '
State of Georgia—lien Hill County.
I, A K. Thurmond, Cashier of above named
bank, do solemnly swear that the above state¬
ment is true to the best of my knowledge and
belief. A. H THURMOND, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 7th
day of Feb-dflO. \V.
II. Bully,
Correct—Attest; Notary Public.
.1. H UVKINB Goopman,
M. W.Gakiiiitt. i Dlrectdts
R. IS. Lkl
Report of the Condition of
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At Fitzgerald, in the State of
Georgia, at the close of business
Jan. 31, 3910.
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts .$122,724 82
Overdrafts, secured and unsecured, 1,759 52
U.S. Bonds to secure circulation ... 50,000 00
Premiums on U. S. Bonds............ 1,100 oo
Furniture and fixtures................ 3,556 36
Due from National Banks (not re¬
serve agents)...................... 23,646 62
Due fromlstate and private banks
and bankers, trust companies and
saving banks...................... 073.79
Due from approved reserve agents. 3,369 34
Cheeks and Other Cash Items....... 146 64
Notes from other National Banks.. 05.00
Fractional Pap’ r Currency, Nickels
and Cents............ ............. 279 21
Lawful money reserve in Think, viz:
.Specie...................... $15,150 80
Legal tender notes ........ 2,080.00—1/,2:i0J60
Redemption fund with U, 8, Treas
ure-(5 per c nt of circulation). .. 2,500 00
Due from I , S. treasurer............ 243 00
Total ,$387,094 80
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock paid in........... ...... $50,(03 CO
Surplus Fund.................... ....... 3.0)0 00
Undivided Profits, Less Expenses
and Taxes Paid ................. 3,881 «6
National Bank Notes/ outstanding 50,000 00
Due to other national banks, 358 oo
Dividends unpaid 292 00
Individual Deposits subject to check *10,468 85
Demand certificates of deposit 13,631 82
• 'ashler’s Cheeks outstanding....... 1,463 65
Bonds borrowed 25,000 00
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St Ben at HI k of l Gkorl County, o. ccntleL ^borhood. <».- ,
I C. E. Baker, cashier 1 oy*
ed bank, do solemnly sweariS«r „
statement is true to the best of m;/. ,
and belief. C. E. Ha, _
Cash
Subscribed and sworn to before me .. “
5th day of Feb., 1910. Oiias. !!. That,,
Notary Public Ben Hill County
Oohkkct—A ttest:
A. 15. Cook,
.1. o. Glovku, Directors
J. G. Knai*p,
Dissolution Notice,
The firm of Booker & Bryant
hits dissolved. All accounts due
the firm must be paid to Geo. H.
Bryant, and all indebtedness due
by the firm will be paid by Geo.
H. Bryant, he having assumed
all liabilities.
W. R. Booker,
21t4 Geo. H. Bryant.
Mr. C. D. Blalock, who for
several weeks has had in charge
t(>e rnanagemen'- of the Pbllull
^Drugstore, left Wednesday fOr
his home at Hawkmsville.