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A . The Fitzgerald Leader.
Vol. XV
A. B. ® A. Picnic at Dooly
Camp Grounds Big Success
The transportation accommoda¬
tions, to be first considered, were
ample and comfortable and the
ride to the camp grounds was very
pleasant, and after having arrived,
every conceiveable form of Athletic
sport was indulged in, something
over a dozen prizes being given to
the most proficient in the different
lines on contests.
Dinner was served at noon, and
only those who partook thereof,
can describe the many sumptuous
delicacies to be found in the per¬
fectly splendid repast, the burden
of which caused the tables to fairly
The feature of the afternoon was
a heated baseball game between
the shop team and the Vienna
nine, in which the score was 4 and
11 in favor of the shops.
Prizes which were given in the
different contests were offered by
I Fit%erald business men, and those
who had in charge the arrange-
ments for the day’s outing feel un-
der lasting obligations to those
) who so generously donated the
furnished ^ Music for the occasion was
by the Fitzgerald Brass
Band, who did themselves proud
in every detail.
f The excursion train arrived in
the city, on its return, at about
' eight o’clock, and when the A. B.
& A. shops were reached, every
I whistle on the premises was open¬
ed and for about five minutes the
■ |ir was rent with,—judging from
the sound,—a thousand and one
combined screams.
Following are the prizes given
a\< av, together with the donors
And winners: Prize for the most
popular young lady was a lovely
rosette offered by Walker’s Millin-
and an umbrella by Fitzger-
aid Haberdashery, the winner be-
ing Miss Annie Drake. The pair
slipperS off ered by 8tory Shoe
Company for the best lady dancer
: was won by Miss Nan Jo Young.
race, Miss Harrison won the toilet
set offered by Peacock’s Pharmacy.
In the 100 yard dash, J. A. Mur-
dock was the winner of the stick
pin offered by Russell Bros., and
Mr. Murdock was also the winner
of the hat offered by J.H. Church-
well for the running high jump.
Mr. Askew won in the standing
I broad jump contest the prize being
a pair of- shoes donated by the
Josey Shoe and Clothing Co. The
box of cigars from Wilson Gro.
Drake. Mr. Askew was proclaim¬
ed the most popular gentleman
1 present, thereby winning the pair
of trousers offered by Willis L.
Smith: and Mr. C. L. Minter was
4'the winner of the prize for the
most popular married man, the
prize being a water cooler, given
: by Johnson Hardware Co. In
he Quoit pitching contest, Mr.
Innes was awarded the box of
cigars offered by the Vendorae
Grocery: and in the Boys’ Potato
Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County , Georgia, Friday, April 29, 1910.
Memorial Exercises
Largely Attended
The Memorial Exercises at the
Central Methodist church Tuesday
proved a success from every point
of view, and the program carried
out was indeed a most fitting ob¬
servance of the day.
The church was beautifully
decorated with spring flowers ar.d
confederate flags, and every seat
in the house was occupied.
Dr. Wray, the orator of the
occasion, delivered a very brilliant
addiess, at the close of which he
was warmly applauded.
The musical feature of the pro¬
gram was also greatly enjoyed,
and after the benediction had been
pronounced, Mrs. W. A. Green,
the pianist opened up the old
familiar tune, “Dixie” which
brought many wild cheers from
the enthused audience.
Following the exercises, a dele¬
gation went to the cemetery and
decorated the graves of the de¬
ceased confederate soldiers.
Fitzgerald Ball Team
Won At Dooly
The Fitzgerald Ball team scored
another victory Tuesday at the
Dooly Camp Grounds Picnic,
when they “licked” the Vienna
sluggers by a score of 4 to 11.
The writer hasn’t seen “our
boys” play any this year but
there’s one of two things about it
—the Fitzgerald nine is either a
“crackin’’ good one or they have
been playing some mighty sorry
teams, because out of the six or
seven games played this year, they
haven’t lost one.
We are glad to note their suc¬
cess. and hope they will break
the record and not lose a single
game.
First M. E. Church
At the First M. E. Church next
Sabbath the subject of the morn¬
ing sermon will be “The Influence
of Personal Contact;” of the even¬
ing sermon, “The Atonement and
the Ages to come,” being the last
of a series upon 'The Atonement.’
All services except Sunday
School will be fifteen minutes
later during the summer months
The general public, especially
strangers, will find a cordial wel¬
come at all services.
E. J. Hammond, Pastor.
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Race, , Mr. t , Li. Inms T the .
won pm*,
offered by the Exchange
ank. The Jardiniere, offered
Clark Company tor the
popular married lady was won by
Mrs. I. A. Cardwell. Mr.
was awarded the clock oliered by
Sandlm l urmture Co. ,n the shoe
race, and ,n the young ladies race
Miss Dupree won the pair of
painted vases ottered by E.
Wightman. The box of
donated by the Dixie Pharmacy
for the Tug of war contest was
won by Morris’s Team.
The longest hit during the base¬
ball game, was made by Glover
Deyo, who was awarded the box
of perfume ottered by Hailes Drug
Store. Messrs Bill Goodman,
Askew, Ben Talbott and Van
Martin tied for the prize offered
for the most hits, which was a
$25 suit of clothes from
Empire Store, and these gentlemen
generously donated the suit to Mr.
Robt. Hampton, one of their num¬
ber who has been unable to work
for some time past on account of
ill health. Mr. T. A. Hogg was
winner of Beall Brothers prize
the Rope Climbing contest.
Fitzgerald Played
Tifton Wednesday
The Fitzgerald base! ball team
played Tifton Wednesday at the
latter city, the result of the game
being a tie score, 5 and 5.
Only eight innings were played
as it was impossible to play after
that time on account of the rain
and increasing cold. The Fitzger¬
ald laddies have not yet lost a game
this year, and they shudder even
now when they remember how
near they came to losing the game
with Tifton, and had it not been
for the extraordinary good batting
of several of the home boys in the
last inning, Tifton would have
triumphed.
Neither team scored until the
fifth inning, and in the last part
of the eighth, the score was 2 and
5 in favor of Tifton. There were
already two outs and two strikes
on Bateman who was at the bat,
but the next ball was right over
the plate, and in the twinkling of
an eye, Bateman lost it somewhere
out in center field and while the
fielder was finding it, he made his
way to second base. Next to the
bat was Deyo who was given his
base on account of getting hit.
He was followed by Askew, whose
hit brought both Bateman and
Deyo into home, scoring two
more runs. Vibbert, next to the
bat had no difficulty in driving out
a nice one that placed himself on
base and brought Askew in home,
thereby tieing the score.
Unquestionably, the most excel¬
lent play of the entire game was
that made in the sixth inning by
Vibbert, 3rd baseman for Fitzger¬
ald, whose quick thought and
quick movement changed the
whole course of the game. He
was playing deep third, and the
opposing team had three men on
bases, and there were two outs,
when the man at the bat bunted
the ball in time, but Vibbert with
a swift bound secured it and fired
it to the catcher who put out the
man from third who made a dash
for home. Had it not been for
this fine piece of work on the part
of Vibbert, the Tifton team would
have scored one if not more runs
and the game would have been
theirs.
The game was umpired by
Powell, of Tifton, and the batteries
were, for Tifton, Daughtry and
Bacon; for Fitzgerald, Bateman
and Stout.
Cl\ristia.n Church
The Clarkson meetings came to
dose with Wednesday's service,
which „ for the membmhip
onl A re80 , utio „ was adopt! . d
ssi tlle apprec iation
^ ova „„ e , ist aml CODgregation
the courtesies extended by the
^ of the city during the
^ Thirty were added to
J membership as a result of the
c amJ Mr C|arks0n has madc
jiumberless friends during his stay
of nearly a month. He left Wed¬
nesday nignt for Greenwood, S.
C., where he began work in anoth¬
er meeting Thursday night.
Pastor Hollingwortli will occupy
the pulpit on Sunday, his sermon
topics being “The Grave of Giv¬
ing,” in the morning, and “How
to Win Fortune” at night. The
Bible School at 9:30 a. m., and
the Y. P. S. G. E. at 7:45 p. m.
Everybody welcome; only once a
stranger here.
Notice
Beginning next Sunday the hour
of evening services at St. Mat¬
thews Episcopal church will be
changed from 7:30 o’clock to 8.
Woman’s Club Met
The Woman’s Club met in regu¬
lar session Wednesday the 27th.
Only twenty-two members answer¬
ed to roll call, the unpleasant
weather making it impossible for
some to be present. The club was
pleased to have as visitors, Mr.
and Mrs. E. H. Wilkerson. form¬
erly of Fitzgerald, now of St.
George, Miss Adams, of Savan¬
nah and Miss Henderson, of Rome.
An important feature of the
afternoon wa J the installing of the
new officers, President. Mrs. J.
B. Wall; Vice-President, Mrs. E.
K. Farmer; Recording Secretary,
Mrs. J. E. Turner; Corresponding
Secretary, Miss Mary Lobingier;
Treasurer, Miss Della Majors; Re¬
porter, Mrs. L. S. Osborne; Parli-
mentarian, Mrs. I. Gelders: Mrs.
Mercer, the retiring president re¬
maining a member (ex officio) of
the executive board for the suc¬
ceeding year. After roll call and
the reading of the minutes by the
secretary, Mr. Wilkerson present¬
ed the plan of The American Wo¬
mans’ League to build a chapter
house in this city. The club gave
close attention and on motion, a
special meeting was called for Fri¬
day afternoon, when the club will
decide what action it will take in
the matter.
One new name was presented
for membership and unanimously
accepted. The program for the
afternoon included four papers of
so much merit and on such vital
subjects that they might well have
been presented to a much larger
audience. The club asked to have
Mrs. Prentiss’ paper printed in at
least one city paper; and to furth¬
er show the interest in these sub¬
jects, a committee will be appoint¬
ed to confer with the council with
regard to these moral “Problems
of the Children”, the subjects dis¬
cussed were: “What is it that
Makes Boys Bad,” Mrs. M. W.
Cooper “'Sanitation in the Schools”
Mrs. J. E, Turner; “Enforcing
the Curfew”, Mrs. .1. G.. Knapp;
and “Moving Picture Shows from
an Educational and Moral Stand¬
point, Mrs. R. J. Prentiss.
Mrs. J. B. Wall then read the
resolutions and vote of thanks
tendered the retiring officers by
the club; and also presented in be¬
half of the club a beautiful
glass vase to the retiring presi¬
dent, Mrs. J. E. Mercer. This
token was to show the club’s ap¬
preciation of her faithful and de¬
voted service for the past two
years. S. Osborne,
Mrs, L.
Club Reporter.
Resolutions of Thanks
To the retiring officers of the
Woman’s Club.
Whereas the retiring officers are
going from the present executive
position in the club, having served
the limit of time perscribed by
the by-laws of the organization,
and whereas they have served the
club faithfully and with capacity
and entire satisfaction:
Be it resolved: That the mem¬
bers of the club extend their hearty
appreciation and deep thanks to
these officers. Mrs. Mercer, Mrs.
Farmer Mrs. Russsell, Mrs.
Osborne, Mrs. Dickey, and to the
efficient chairman and members of
the committees for their excellent
service. And be it further resolv¬
ed that the reporter include these
resolutions in her reportf to the
city papers and that a copy be
spread upon the minutes.
Mrs. J. B. Wall
Mrs. Harold Beall
Mrs. J. M. McDonald.
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Four More Days Before
County Primary Election
Frost GerteraJ
In Cotton Belt
From Columbus, Camak, Savan¬
nah. Waynesboro, Waycross and
Thomasville, frosts were reported,
the bulletin from Augusta show¬
ing heavy frost; but it was not
sufficient to damage the fruit trees
anywhere, according to the weath¬
er man’s statement. He said that
in all probability the cotton was
further injured by the frost, and
the vegetation on the truck farms;
but, on account of the lightness of
the frost, the damage to even those
crops was not so great as had been
anticipated.
GENERAL OVER COTTON BELT.
The frost was general through
the cotton belt, however, reports
of such being received all the way
from Texas to the Carolinas. No
reports of the amount of damage
done were received at the weather
station, but, following upon
the earlier frost, it will add large¬
ly to the extent of the damage of
the cotton crop.
A killing frost was reported
from Charlotte, N. C., but the
weather man said that it referred
merely to the growth in lower
places and on the truck farms.
Killing frosts were reported also
from Millen, Quitman and Thom¬
asville, Ga., Yemassee, S. C., and
Little Rock, Ark.
Light frosts were reported also
from Asheville, N. C.; Birming¬
ham and Montgomery, Ala.;
Meridian, Miss.; Fort Worth,
Texas, and Jacksonville. Fla.
Temperatures are now slightly
warmer in western and central dis¬
tricts, and lower in the eastern dis¬
trict of the cotton belt; and scat
tered Ohio valley as far south as
Tennessee the Carolinas and north¬
ern Georgia.
The absence of severe frost in
Georgia was due to the storm
which is central over Detroit,
Mich. The barometer is below
29.65 degrees, and resulting cloudy
weather extends through the Ohio
valley as far south as Tennessee
and western North Carolina. The
presence of this disturbance kept
the weather both cloudy and windy
in northern Georgia, thereby pre¬
venting the expected frost.
public by the committee in each
precinct,and that the district bailiff
police the polling place and be
paid at the same rate as a manager,
was moved by Mr. Vaughn. Mo¬
tion carried.
That each voter be required to
vote in the precinct in which he is
registered was put in the form of
a motion by Mr. Ewing, and was
carried.
J. E. Mercer was elected treas¬
urer m connection with the secre¬
taryship, on the motion of Mr.
Vaughn. that only clerks
The motion two
be supplied at each precinct was
made by Mr. Vaughn, and was
carried.
A motion by Mr. Vaughn was
to the eff ect that the members of
the executive committee, including
the secretary, receive $2.00 per
day for their services and that
clerks receive the same amount
was carried.
Mr. Vaughn moved that after
all the elections are over, if there
should be any money in the
treasury, same should be pro-rated
among the candidates contributing.
Motion carried.
No further business appearing,
the executive committee adjourn¬
ed until eleven o’clock on the
morning of May 5th.
Number 32
There remains but four more
days before the county Primary
comes off, at which time candidates
for the different county offices will
be nominated for the General
Election in October. The county
executive committee held their
meeting Saturday, at which time
rules and regulations, governing
the primary of May 4th, were fix-
ed.
Those present were B. E. Wil¬
cox, chairman; H. D. Vaughn, D.
Ewing, J. G. Minshew, and G.
A. Roberts. J. E. Mercer acted
as secretary.
After the minutes of the last
meeting were read, the list of
qualified candidates were read as
follows:
For Tax Collector—J. D. Mash-
burn, Fred M. Graham, 8. G.
Pryor and W. B. White.
For County Commissioner—H.
M. Warren, H. R. Peavy, Wesley
R, Walker, H. D. Vaughn, J. G.
Minshew, T. M. Parsons, and W.
R. Dorminey.
For Sheriff—C. C. Dozier, J.
M. Hanes, Moses Pridgen, J. W.
Norris, and T. H. Porter.
For Treasurer—J. Hawkins
Goodman, J. C. Bush and Wm.
Williams.
For Tax Receiver — E. E. Bailey,
F. R. Justice, Early Gibbs. J. B.
F. Dixon.
For Clerk Superior Court 2 —D.
W. M. Whitley, Zeb Barden.
For Coroner—W. H. Rogers,
Wm. McCormick.
For Judge City Court—E. W r all.
For Solicitor City Court—A. J.
McDonald.
The list was closed on the mo¬
tion of G. A. Roberts with 32
candidates and $300 to defray ex¬
penses.
The Registration Books having
been destroyed several weeks ago
when the Enterprise office burned,
this matter was discussed at length
and an agreement was signed by
all the candidates to abide the re¬
sults of the Primary under the
Lists.
The motion by Mr. Ewing to
the the effect that the lists be
certified by the Tax Collector and
purged by the registrars—that
this list be used in the Prgnary—
was carried.
Mr. Minshew moved that he be
substituted on the executive com¬
mittee by G M. Williamson, inas¬
much as he is disqualified by rea¬
son of his candidacy. Motion car¬
ried.
On the motion of Mr. Roberts,
W. H. Roberts was named to sub¬
stitute II. D. Vaughn, who is dis¬
qualified on account of his candi¬
dacy.
Mr. Ewing moved that the
managers be at the court house at
11 o’clock on the day following
election for the purpose of con¬
solidating the votes. Motion car¬
ried.
Motion by Mr. Roberts, that in
the event any ticket appears in
the ballot box bearing less than
three names for county commis¬
sioner, the vote on such ticket for
county commissioner not be count¬
ed, was carried.
Mr. Ewing moved that the
democratic rule, requiring each
candidate to have a majority of
the votes cast, be adopted at the
coming Primary, and in the event
no candidate receives a majority
that the leading candidates be
allowed the privilege of running
in the state primary. Motion
carried.
That the secret ballot system be
adopted and that the polling place
be roped off thirty feet from the