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The Fitzger JSt. d Leader.
Vol. XV
Savannah Presbytery Will
Convene Mere Next WeeR
For the first time in ten
and the second in the history of
the Presbyterian Church, the dis¬
tinguished body composing the
Presbytery of Savannah, will
meet in the church on South Grant
street, and conduct the business
connected with the 34 churches in
this district.
The first session will be held on
Tuesday evening, opening with a
sermon by the retiring Modarator,
Rev. Chas. Montgomery of Mount
Vernon, after, which anew Mode¬
rator will be elected.
On Wednesday morning- at 9
o’clock, a business session will be
held, lasting until 11 o’clock, when
Divine services will be held, Rev.
L. A. McLaurin of Statesboro,
preaching.
Afternoon session from 2:30 to
5 p. m.
Evening service at 7:45, Rev.
F. D. Thomas, of Brunswick,
preaching.
Thursday, the usual business
and devotional services, Rev. W r .
A. Nisbet, of Savannah, preaching
at 11 a. m., and Rev. L. W.
Bitzer, of Valdosta, preaching at
7:45 p. m.
Fridav, business session as usual;
Rev. W'. S. Milne of Darien,
preaching at 11 a. m., and Rev.
R. A. Brown of Waycross at 7:45
p. m.
Savannah Presbytery is • com¬
posed of 14 ministers and 3
churches, eacli of which is entitled
to a representative to Presbytery.
The spring meeting of Presby¬
tery is always the largest and
busiest meeting of the year, when
each church sends i s yearly re¬
ports of all departments of church
work. These reports go to the
Genera! Assembly, which is the
highest court of the. church, arc
reviewed by them, and.the report
of the whole church is t hen prnv ed
and sent to each pastor.
The sessions of Presbytery in¬
open to all who desire to attend,
and it is hoped there will be
visitors to all of the sessions.
A reception will be tendered the
members of Presbytery on
nesday evening, probably im¬
mediately after tbe evening sei vice.
P r es by t e r i a 1 co ra rn u n ion serv ice
will be held on fhursduy evening.
Dr. A. L. Patterson, of the
BlL kshear church and Presbyteri
al Institute, will remain for a week
after adjournment of Presbytery,
to assist* the pastor in protracted
services. Dr. Patterson is one of
the very best preachers in church,
and those who hear him will be
delighted red materially benefitted.
The Presbyterian church of
Fitzgerald is only about twelve
years old, but is one of the busiest
and healthiest churches in our
town. Four years ago it laid a
membership of only 45: today it
has a membership of 104. Few
people are aware that in connec¬
tion with this church, there is a
mission Sunday School among the
colored population, with 45 enroll¬
ed; that there is also an Industrial
school soon to open for colored
people to be known as The Presby¬
terian Industrial School.
The present pastor of the church,
Rev. W. 8. Harden, is now in his
fifth year among us, and says he
will lie here just as long again if
the people want him to remain.
The Presbyterian church, as a
whole has always stood for the
Bible as the Inspired Word of
God. The only Infallibe Guide,
to be believed in preference to all
creeds of fallible rnen. No person
is required to subscribe to its
Confession of Faith to become a
Fitzgerald, Ben rlill County , Georgia, Friday, April 8, 1910.
R_epres intfitives For
Contest Are Chosen
Willis Quinn in music, Mark
Mathews in oratory, and Miss
Julia Prentiss in elocution will
represent the Fitzgerald High
School at the annual contest of
the Third Congressional Oratorical
Association, which will take ulace
Friday and Saturday, April 15 and
16 at Cochran. This decision was
reached at a contest last week, the
judges of which were Miss Dillard,
teacher of Expression at Ociihi,
Miss Cotton, teacher of Music i t
Cerdele, and Prof. Worsham, of
Jeffersonville.
The High School of.the city will
be given a holiday next Friday,
as possibly all of the teachers and
a large number of the pupils wish
to attend the contest at Cochran.
Prof. Smith, Superintendent of
the City School system, will extend
an invitation to the Association to
come to Fitzgerald next, year and
thereis every reason to believe that
it will be accepted.
Birthda-y Party
Ihe prettiest ...... *‘social . . event ’ of „
the past week was the lovelv
party on \\ ednesday afternoon at
which little Miss Dorothy Thur
mend was the charming hostess in
honor of her fifth birthday.
Twenty seven little guests were
i n v i ted and the afternoon was de
lightfully spent in playing gamas,
dancing around the May pole in
the yard and fishing little .souve¬
nirs from a pond.
In the center of the dining room
table, was a lovely birthday cake
on which were five burning candles
and delicious cakes and candies
were served.
The Quests were Ethel Beall,
Margaret Wise, Mabel Alberson,
Ethel Ligeour, Mamie Redmond,
Elizabeth McCarty, Ethel Boyd,
Athleen Dickey, Marjorie Den¬
mark, Dessa Searcy, Mildred Hale,
Martha'Turner, Perrene Cardwell,
Catherine Cox, Mary Ruth Mur
ray, yrle Scarborough, Laura
W hit-ley, and Qui ette Prentiss.
Neii Alberson, Burt .Mosher,
Ralph Cohen, Harry Kendricks,
William Frazer, Eldridge Powell
and Fietcher Fussell.
The little hostess was assisted
in entertaining her guests bv
Misses Rhea Wise and Hilda
Cooper and .1. C. Fussell,
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Churchwel! Will Have
Great Wonder Sale
Special attention is directed to
the two-page advertisement, in
this issue, of the J. H. Cliureh
well Stores in the 5 story building,
This great wonder sale will begin
next Thursday, April 14th
will last through 9 sales days. In
this advertisement w.ill be found
bargains in every line, and
Churchwel] can back up this
traordinary ad with the goods at
the prices named is not doubted
by those who have attended these
sales in the past. Everything in
the large store in marked down ’
and now is the time for bargain
seekers to turn out and make pur
chases.
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member, but only to confess faith
in Christ.
We feel sure that the
session of Savannah Presbytery
will prove a blessing to our town,
and we extend them a sincere
welcome.
Elks Installed
Officers T\iesd«xy
A delightful event of the week
was the installation of officers of
Elks Lodge, which took place
Tuesday evening at theirhandsome
ly appointed quarters in the Buice
building, three hundred guests
having been invited.
The halt and the parlors were
brilliantly lighted and having been
artistically decorated for the oc¬
casion, presented a most pleasing
appearance.
Besides the installation of the
new iy elected officers, which in¬
deed, was a very interesting fea
turn, a delightful musical program
was rendered, some of the best
talent of th? city taking part.
At a late hour delightful salad
course was served.
The following were interesting
numbers of the program:
Instrumental Solo, Miss Saunders.
Vocal Solo, Miss Kistler.
Reading, Miss Pecker.
Vocal Solo, Miss Mercer.
Reading, Miss Dillard.
Vocal Solo, Miss Green.
Violin Solo, Miss North-Tummon.
Male Quartet, Messsrs. Perdue,
Smith, Turner, Watson.
The following officers were in¬
stalled for the ensuing year:
P. C. Jay, Exalted Ruler.
W. R. Bowen, Esteemed Lead
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J D.‘ Dorminey, Treasurer,
i. A. Cardwell, Tyler.
D. W. Paulk, Trustee.
J- 4- Campbell, Installing
Officer.
Company ‘*C” Will Go
To Albs, nv
The local Military Company are
now busy making preparations for
their visit to Albany, to be present
on Governor’s Day during Chau
taugau Week. Thursday, April
20, has been named as Governor’s
Day and the military boys expect
to leave on the night of the 19th,
returning on the morning of the
2ist. The trip will he a nice one
and the boys are looking forward
to it with much anticipation.
Small Fire Satvudtg^y.
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Saturday afterno;m the Fire
Department was called to the
home of W. J. Furgeson, 227 E.
Magnolia st, to extinguisu a small
blas5e in ^ ™ ot ot 1,is h< f
wh,ch , ca »ght toon. ®P aMS , iron;
tbe en S ,ne ot a wood, aid ncxi
oor ‘
The fire was immediately dis¬
covered and was extinguished be¬
fore much damage was done.
Mr. Furgeson’s loss is estimated
at about $10.
BeiigfoTfviI Picnic
Quite a number of school boys
and girls made-up a - party \vh»
complimented Miss Maggie Mull,
their former teacher, with a sur
P r * se picnic at her home last i hurs
c ' a Y afternoon.
Lunches had been prepared by
the young ladies and iatc in tin;
afternoon they were heartily par
takcn of »nder the lovely shade
trees.
In theparty were Misses Eleanor
Allen, Bertha Wiles, Emma
Shivers, Ethel Rozar, Grace Jack
son Nina Fletcher, Hattie Wide
man Helen Patterson, Wilma
White, Ethel Hampton, Virginia
Brightman, Clyde Cobb, Dora
Matthis, Ethel Mayo, Agnes
Dickson, and Bessie Huff,
Tommie Wideman, Ivan
Mark Matthis, Frank Pryor, D. B.
Brightman, Raymond Butler, and
Miss Carolyn Jenkins, chaperone,
Two Big Revive!
Meetings In Progress
Two soul-stirring revival meet
ings are now in progress in Fitz
gerald, one at the Central Christian
and the other at the Central
Methodist church and much inte
rest is being manifested in both
meetings Tirst
The services were held last
Sunday, and the two churches,
which are amon<>• the largest in
the city were taxed at both morn
ing an J evening services to accom
modate the lat-o-e crowds.
Rev. Mr. Clarkson lias charge
of the services at the Christian
Church and the excellent sermons
he has preached this week has
been the source of much favorable
comment amono- those who heard
him. He is decidedly practical
and puts the gospel truths in such
a way that the most ignorant need
not mistake it. His voice, too, is
full and clear and never fails to
reach every corner of the church,
l)r Fisher pastor of Central
Method* Church, is doing his
own preaching, and during the
week has delivered some of the
strongest sermons that have been
heard in Fitzgerald
The music It both meetings is
exceptionally good. Pastor'HoUin
worth of the Christian Church
having charge of the singing at
Clarkson Meetings; and at the
Methodist church the music
under the excellent direction of
Mrs. Cunyers and Mrs. Turner,
both being relatives of the late
Sam P. .Jones, of whom the latter
is a daughter.
Services at the Christian church
are being held only once daily,
7:45 p. ra. and at the Methodist
church-twice daily, 9:30 a. m. and
7:45 p m
J. V. Blum Stubbed
By A M. Brvice
Much excitement was created
last Saturday at the Fish Market
of Mr. A. M. Bruce, who Stabbed
J. V. Blum.
The cutting affray was the re¬
sult of a discussion between the
parties in regard to an alleged
debt which Bruce owed Blurn and
which Blum was endeavoring to
collect. Blum’s wounds arevrry
ugly ones and quite painful bpt
!ire not 'bought to be in any way
serious.
Mr. Bruce was placed in jail hut
has b ° en rcieaypd ns no a ^'
peared to prosecute him,
United Brethren
Church
Bible School, 9:30 a. ra., Miss
Katie Booker, Supt.
Preaching, 10:45 a. m., Subject,
“Zachariah’s Vision of A Golden
Candlestick.”
Y. P. C. E.' U. 6:30 p. m., Mrs.
LeRoy Graham, leader.
Preaching, 7:30 p. m., Subject,
“We Would See Jeaus.”
Mid-week service Thursday 7:30
p. m. Studies in the Epistle to the
Ephesians, begin this (Thursday
Apr. 7th) evening.
A cordial welcome to all.
J. I>. Leichliter. .
Mr. F. II. Williams has accept
ed a position with the Watt
Holmes Hardware Company
Cordele, and is preparing to move
his family to that city. At present
Mr. Williams is in the employ of
the Watt & Holmes Hdw. Co., of
this city, having been with them
for several years He and
Williams have a number of friends
here who regret very much to see
them leave, but wish them every
happiness in their home.
M. Foum aim’s Body Mangled
Beneath A, B. ® A« Switch Engine
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Registration . Hooks -
Closed T\l©sdsvv
'
The County Registration Books
were closed Tuesday night at eight
o’clock, after having been open for
thc P ast four raonths - The bool f
closed with 1468 names registered,
whica is said to be one of the
lar §’ est registrations m several
years. It is stated, however, by
Tax Collector Smith that the list
wil1 be P ur £ ed possibly about
twelve names on account of repeti
tion > leavin g the totil1 nurabe J °*
registered voters at about 14o6.
Of this number, 104 are negroes,
* 6 of thcni bein S residents of the
cit y a "d the remaining 58 from
the country districts.
Registering during the last three
d a Y s before the books closed was
indeed quite lively, keeping-Clerk
Geo. Brown very busy, and there
have been 300 to register since the
23rd of March.
K >“ als0 interesting in this con
nection to note that the tax payers
of tbe countr Y dlstncts are re g is ‘
tered almost to the man ’ and lt is
the city residents, largely, that are
disqualified now on account ot not
registeiing.
Abbeville-Fitzgerald
Ball Came Tie
The base ball game Monday be
tween Abbeville and Fitzgerald,
wliich was played at this place and
was the tirst game of the season,
resulted in a score of 13 to 13.
The game was well attended and
the manager of Fitzgerald team
appreciates the patronage.
W. C. Wilkerson of this city
umpired the game and following
was the line-ups: Fitzgerald—c.
Stout, lb. Askew, 2b. Harvey, ss.
Mitchell, 3b. Vibbert, rf. Webster,
cf. Dcyo, If. Jowers, p. Bateman.
Abbeville—c. Smith, lb. Monroe
2b. Richards, ss. Ford, 3b, Winn,
rf. Snow, cf. Reid, If. Mitchell,
p. Mixon.
Superior Court In
Session This Week
The April term of Ben Hill
County’s Superior court convened
Monday morning at the court
house in this city, with Judge
W ' ; e i.’ sii iii .
The vo- nJ ou.y was called
as follows: J. E. Mercer lore
man, VV. R. Paulk, vice fore
man, A, A. Newcomer, secretary ,
B. W. Woodman, B. T. Strickland .
W. H. liobitzsch, A. B. Cook
W. R. Dorminey, Gaff, J.‘ It. F. Kobitsch
S. S. C. Bor-iey, T. M
Griffin, Harold Beall, Wiley hi. Mc¬
Millan, I. Goldenberg, A
Burkhart, W. T. Paulk, J. L.
Tomberlin, McCarty, A. S. Dorminey, Wright
li. O. Stone, J. D.
Small, J. B. Butts.
Judge Whipple commented
brieflly on the excellent appearance
of the time new court house, as this the
first it has been used by the
superior court, after which his
charge to the grand jury was de¬
livered in clear and concise terms.
Court will last through next
week, at which time the criminal
docket will be taken up.
hollowing are the Traverse
Jurors for next week: C. E. Baker,
M. Dickson. W. II. Kendricks,
M Tucker, John liobitzsch,
Gaui'lui, •* c ' I T .y G ^ eel ‘. 1 ’’
J. ’ McLendon'"j.” t L.' ltormincv r
]] s. Solomon, L () TTsdel, D.
P. Adams, H B. Boyd, J. E.
rurner, ii. M.^ G; ;-i i on, I. J..
’*(/ * n’J 1>".
j /. W. Gaff »S
Walker, er, T. Mathis, ,M. H.
p^-aus J. W. Bostwick, Geo. F.
Gray, R. T. Lee, and William
Williams,
Number 29
Another serious accidentoccurr
etl Wednesday afternoon about
5:«>0 o clock '' hen Mr. .7, M.
fountain, hi other of Sheriff W.
H. Fountain of this city, was
knocked down and his body badly
mangled by an A. B. & A. switch
en S ine - The accident occurred
near the Merrimac Drive crossing,
It appears that Mr. Fountain
was on his way to Ids home at
Abba, and stepped off of one track
to avoid the shop train, which was
coming in, but failed to see the
switch engine approaching from
the opposite direction,
Mr. Fountain’s body was badly
mangled,but it is hot thought that
his wounds will prove serious,
He was immediately removed to
the Fitzgerald Hospital, where he
is reported as resting quite easy,
This is the third accident of this
nature that has occurred on Ocmul
gee street in the last three months,
one of which was fatal, and al
though it seems that they are
attributable largely to individuals
injured, yet the need of some
means of avoiding such is most
imperative and should be inaugur
,ted before more fatalities occur,
The Clarkson Meetings
\\ lien the Central Christian
church was built four years ago,
wbb a membership of about 50, it
was thought that a seating capac
Ryot woirni be sufficient,
Now, however, it has been lound
rn’cessary to increase the sittings
to and even at that the build¬
ing was taxed to accommodate
those who gathered last Sunday
night to attend the Clarkson meet
ing.
The evangelist is earnest and
enthusiastic, and at the same time i
safe and sane in his methods. He
appeals to the reason in order to
convince men of the truth of his
message, and then he appeals
directly to the heart as he urges
his hearers to obey the gospel.
His wide experience makes him
well fitted for his' work, and those
who attend are well pleased. -jj
The music is by a mixed chorus
and a children’s chorus, and the
soloists are changed nightly, the*
Central Church having u wealth
of material at its command for
this purpose.
No day meetings are to be held,
out of respect for the wishes of
the business community. Services
arc held nightly at 7:45, and three
services on Sunday. The topics ■i
for the coming week vviii be as
follows:
Sunday. 10:45 a. m.- ‘‘The High |j
Calling of God.”
Sunday, 3:30 p. m —“Wild
Oats”—Free Lecture for Men
only.
Sunday, 7:45 p. m.—"What
Kind of a Church Would Jesus
Have on Earth Today?
Friday—“The Monday—“The Goddess Judas Free.” |jj
of the
Erring.”
Wednesday- • “The Broadest Re¬
ligious Platform-”
Tl;ursday“The Twin Serpents.”
Friday—“The Faithful Saying.”
Saturday—“A Change of Heart”
: - J ,len< ’' 1 ,h ' \ ,oran J
Instate Agency has sold the '
Hugh Man on place just East of ,
c itv. Ten acres at $100.00 •>
acre. ”
FOR SALE—All inds Cora-'f
mercial Fertilizers, Dodd Supply
Co., Fitzgerald, Gtu