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The Fitzgerald Leader €
Vol. XV
Board ol' Education Elects
' Superintendent and Teachers
Professor E. E. Sams, of Mar-
ian, N. C., has been elected super-
intendent of the public school sys¬
tem of this city for the 1910-11
term.
The action of the Board of Edu-
cation in selecting a superintend-
ent was taken after much consid-
eration, and they have every rea-
son to believe that Mr. Sams is the
proper man for the place and will
till it in a most credible manner.
He has been superintendent of the
Marian Schools for five years and
his experience in that city as well
as in others particularly qualifies
him for the position to which he has
just been elected. The Board is
thoroughly satisfied as to his abil-
ity as 4 a teacher and as manager of
teachers, as he has furnished the
best of references.
Mr. Sams is thirty-four years
old and has a family. He has
been in the city this week, famil-
iarizing himself with the class of
work done in the schools and at
the same time getting acquainted
with our citizens.
Professor Simeon J. Smith, who
for the past two years has been
superintendent of the schools, has
not decided yet whether or not he
will leave Fitzgerald, but his many
friends and acquaintances trust
that he will decide to remain.
$)thfer teachers that were elected
at the meeting of the Board Fri-
day night are: Professor Horace
B. Ritchie, assistant superintend¬
ent and principal of the high
school: Mrs. M. E. Ellars, princi¬
pal first ward school; Miss Willie
Wood, principal third ward school;
Miss Dollie McLendon,high school:
Miss Myrtle Venable, high school:
and the following who will be as¬
signed grades at some subsequent
meeting: Miss Florence Jones,
Miss Margaret Mull, Miss Willie
Willis. Miss Carolyn Jenkins,
Mrs. H. M. Saunders, Miss Nellie
Tyler. Miss- Jennie Washburn,
Miss Adelaide Reibsam, Mrs. Ka¬
trina Ivlepper, Miss Margaret
Emery, Miss Louise Posey, Mrs.
paisy Wilcox Brabham, Miss Ella
McLendon. Miss Glen Allen,
teacher of music; Miss Edith
Pecker, teacher of expression.
The Board is now investigating
the Bookkeeping department, and
the matter of providing teachers for
the next-term will be taken up some
time later, as will the election of
teachers for the colored school.
The present janitors for the dif-
fferent school buildings were re-
1 elected as follows, viz: W. E.
Dunn, first ward; L. J. Barnard,
second ward; J. A. Selby, third
ward.
Good Bill At
Canvas Theatre
The extraordinarily good bill at
Gelders & Maddock’s Canvas
Theatre this week is attracting
record-breaking crowds efery
night this week.
Miss May Milligan, a very neat
and refined comedienne is doing
the vaudeville stunts and the mo¬
tion pictures shown are of the
highest order. Besides being in¬
teresting they are beautifully tint¬
ed and some of the lovliest spots
in the old country have been pic¬
tured this week.
“Roosevelt in Africa” a film of
2000 feet was put on Thursday
night, and will be shown again to¬
night and Saturday night. This
is the first picture made of Col.
Roosevelt’s travels in Africa and
gives a very vivid description of
his exciting experiences.
Fitzgerald, Ben tiill County , Georgia, Friday, May 20, 1910.
C. E. Baker f Ivesigrvs
At a meeting of the Board of
Directors of the Third National
Bank of Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald,
Ga., held on the 13th of April,
Mr. C. E. Baker’s resignation as
Cashier of the Bank was accepted
to take effect on May, 15th., and
at a meeting of the Board held on
May 12, Mr. A. B. Cook, Vice-
President was elected to succeed
him and Mr. E. S. Hurst was
elected Assistant Cashier.
The Third National Bank was
organized in November, 1907 and
opened its doors for business on
January 2nd., 1908, “during the
panic,” The Third National has
enjoyed a very nice business since
its organization as shown by the
following figures: Capital $50,000,-
00 Surplus & Profits, $8,000.00.
Deposits $83,000.00 Loans & Dis¬
counts $138,000.00. Cash and
Sight Exchange $23,000.00. Be¬
sides the above Surplus and Pro¬
fits the Bank has paid out $5,000.00
in dividends.
Mr. Baker graduated in the
Banking Business in the Citizens
Bank of Valdosta, his old home,
and left there in 1905 and organiz¬
ed the First National Bank of
Evergreen, Alabama, of which he
was Cashier until he sold his inter-
est and retired. He then accepted
'he Assistant Cashier-ship of the
First National Bank of Live Oak,
Florida, and remained with them
until the Third National was
organized.
Mr. Baker is an able Banker
and leaves the Thie J National to
enter business for himself.
On July. 15th., Mr. Baker will
open the- Central Warehouse &
Supply Company, just' opposite
the Court House, and will handle
Cotton. Fertilizers Farmers
Supplies etc.
W C, T. U. Entertain¬
ment,
On Saturday May 28 from 5 to
9 p. m. the ladies of the W. C. T.
U. will serve ice cream and cake
in the little park by the drinking
fountain on Main street, and
cordially invite the public to at¬
tend. We need some money to
carry on our work and we take
this method of raising it and we
feel sure the public will assist us
by being present. Bring the
children and let them learn some-
thmg about the good work the
W. C. T. U. is doing. Should the
weather be inclement we serve
Adams Candy Kitchen.
Come one, come all, for we will
be prepared to serve every one.
Respt. W. Committee,
Mrs. P. Meyer.
Woman’s Missionary
Society
The Womans Missionary society
holds its regular monthly meeting
at the Baptist church, Monday
the 23rd 3:30 p. m. The First
Ward Circle with Mrs. J. B.
Wall as Supt. will have charge of
the program. “Indians as Ameri¬
can Citizens” is the topic for study
and as the leader lias spent several
months among the Indians on the
frontier, learned their'language
and made a study of them, no
doubt she will make it an interest-
ing meeting. Visitors gladly
welcomed.
Bishop Reese D. D., assisted by
the clergy, will lay the
story of the new Episcopal church
Tuesday. May 31st.
Wesley IL. Walker
In Shooting Affray
County Commissioner Wesley
R. Walker was shot Tuesday after¬
noon through his right elbow by a
negro thief. Ed Humphrey, whom
Mr. Walker in company with
Sheriff Fountain, officer Putman
and others was pursuing.
The negro on Tuesday morning
had stolen a pistol from Johnson
Hardware Company and they,
suspecting him, notified the police
force, giving a description of
Humphrey. He was yesterday
afternoon singled out by one of
the officers, but as soon as the
negro saw the policeman headed
for him, he took to his heels, run¬
ning in the direction of the Denis-
ton Broom Factory on Magnolia
street, where the shooting affray
took plack.
Mr. Walker joined in the chase
and was close at the negro’s heels
when he (the negro) pulled bis
gun and opened fire on the county
commissioner, one bullet, as above
stated, takirg effect in his right
elbow. Mr. Walker then, in self
defense, fired at the negro, strik¬
ing him in the left leg above the
knee and breaking the bone.
Humphrey, being wounded and
unable to run further leaned up
against a house and surrendered
to the officers.
! Mr. Walker’s wound is not
thought to be at all serious, but
the negro is said to be in very bad
shape. ~
Summer Schedules,
A. B. A.
Announcement is made by the
A. B. & A. R. R. that a general
change in schedules will be made
effective 12:01 a. m. Sunday, May
28th: new terminal figures will be
as follows:
Train No. 4, now leaving Atlan¬
ta 10:10 p. m., will leave at 8:15
p. m., giving an arrival Brunswick
at 8:30 a. m., connecting with
steamers for St. Simon’s and Cum-
berland. Also giving arrival
Waycross 6:35 a. m., connecting
with South Atlantic Limited of
the Coast Line for Jacksonville.
Train No. 17 will leave Fitzger¬
ald at 6:00 a. m., arriving Thom-
asville 9:00 a. m.
Train No. 26 will leave Birming¬
ham 3:30 p. m., arriving Man¬
chester 11:15 p. m., connecting
with No. 4.
Train No. 3 will leave Bruns¬
wick 8:00 p. m., leave Waycross
9:55 p. m., arrive Atlanta 8:25 a.
m.
Train No. 20 will leave Thomas-
ville for Fitzgerald 7:45 p. m.,
| j amve Fitzgerald 11:00 p . ra . ?
connectins with No.. 3 for Atlanta
and Birmingham.
Train No. 25 will leave Man¬
chester 5:20 a. m., arriving Birm¬
ingham at 1:00 p. ra.
No. 1 will leave Brunswick 7:15
i a. m., Waycross 9:25 a. m. , one
hour later than at present, making
all junction and terminals about
: one hour later than present
schedule.
Train No. 2 leave Atlanta 7:20
a. m. with slight changes at junc¬
tions and terminals. Sleeping car
line will be inaugurated on trains
4 and 3, between Atlanta and
Brunswick, and the Atlanta-Thom-
asville sleeping car line handlec
on these trains will be maintained.
Central M. E. Church
Rev. Guyton Fisher, the pastor
of the Central Methodist Church
will preach the annual sermon at
the Commencement of the Byrora -
ville High School on next Sunday
morning. Judge D. B. Jay wil
preach at Central Methodist church
at 11 a. m.,' and Mr. Fisher wil
fill the pulpit at 7.45 p. m.
Local Talent Shows
At Family Theatre
Arrangements are now complete
for the local talent shows that will
be presented next week at the
Family Theatre, under the auspices
of St. Mathews Choir Guild.
The productions are under the
direction of MissSallie Alexander,
who has been faithfully rehearsing
her amateur performers for the
last three weeks, and there is no
doubt but that they will “pull off”
each show like veteran actors.
On Monday night, “My Turn
Next” will be presented. This is a
very breezy farce comedy and that
it will be highly amusing to the
audience is not questioned. The
cast for “My Turn Next” includes
Misses Daisybelle Thompson,
Pauline Reeves. Isla Green and
Messrs. Win. Bogart. Randall
Bryan, Frank Haver and Earl
Braswell.
The bill for Tuesday night will
be “Old Folks Concert”, and those
taking part are Misses Rea Wise,
Allie Mays, Eleanor Allen, Mary
Eva Martin, and Messrs. Sam
Ivassewitz and Howard Whidby.
Wednesday's program will be
an interesting one in the form of
amusing specialties by Messrs.
Roy Adams, John Frazer and lit¬
tle Misses Gladys Carney and
Pauline Goldenberg.
Miss Mildred Wooten and Mr.
Edwin Gatchell will be the star
performers Thursday night in a
“Pair of Lunatics” and specialties
will be done by little Miss Alice
von Heide and Master Edwin
Goldenberg.
The performance Monday night
will be opened with a recitation
by little Louise Smith.
The last two nights of the week,
Friday and Saturday, the two pro-
ductions that made the biggest hits
will be repeated.
The shows will be something
entirely different from anything
that lias ever been presented here
before and an hour of real, good.
wholesome pleasure is promised
all those who attend.
The price of admission will re-
main the same—10c.
Chxistmn Church
The World’s Sunday School As-
sociation is in session at Washing-
ton, and in accordance with their
request to all the churches, next
Sunday is to be observed as
“World's Sunday-School Day.”
At the Central Christian Church
the morning sermon theme will be
“The Bible School and the Great
Commission,” in accordance with
this request. The theme for the
mghtservice will be“TheGospel—
What It Is and Does.” The
music will be the best, as
The Bible School meets at 9:30
a. rn., and the Y. P. S. C. E. at
6:45. Everybody welcome at all
services. Only once a stranger here.
On Tuesday at 8 p. m. the
Bible Study Class will meet.
This is open to all who desire to
know more about the Bible, and
is undenominational. The week¬
ly prayer service is held a half
hour previous.
Baptist Church
Rev, Thos. M- Callaway, pastor
of the First Baptist Church, will
return from Baltimore the last of
this week, where he has been in
attendance upon the meeting of
the Baptist Convention and will
occupy his pulpit at the usual
hours next Sunday morning and
night. The Sunday School meets
at 9:30 on Sundays. The B, Y.
P. U. meets at 4 o’clock p. m.
A. B. ® A. Railroad Now Has
Up-to-date Passenger
Mr. and Mrs. T. L.
Griner Entertain
Another delightful compliment
to Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Knapp was
that given Friday evening by Mr.
and Mrs. T. L. Griner at the
lovely home of Mr. and Mrs. L. L.
Griner on south Main street.
The lower floor of this handsome
new home had for its lone decora¬
tions, luxuriant ferns and palms,
making an attractive back ground
for the twenty five or more guests
who were so cordially received by
the host and hostess.
An added pleasure to the oc¬
casion were the piano solos render¬
ed by Miss Glen Allen and appro¬
priate talks were made by Rev.
Guyton Fisher, Mr. J. E. Mercer,
Judge D. B. Jay and Mr. Knapp.
It was greatly regretted that Rev.
North-Tummon was unable to be
present on account of sickness.
Throughout the evening, fruit
punch was served by Misses lvadie
Griner. Mary Livingston and
Helen McAlister and ere the guests
departed a delicious ice course was
served.
The invited guests were Mr.
tmri Mrs. J. G. Knapp, Mr. and
Mrs. Drew Paulk, Mr. and Mrs.
C. M. Wise, Rev. F. North-Tum-
mon, and Miss Allene North-Tum-
mon. Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Griner,
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Gwyn, Mr.
and Mrs, R. A. Majors, Mr. and
Mrs. J. E. Mercer, Judge and
Mrs. D. B. Jav. Col. and Mrs. J.
J. Bull, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Cook,
Miss Julia Conn of Milledgeville.
Miss Patten of Douglas' Miss
( Hen Allen, Mr. E. R. Perdue and
Mr. 11. B. Ritchie,
Work Will Begin
On Church Edifice
Work on ... t h e new Episcopal
c h urc h edifice, which is to be
erected at the corner of West Pine
and Johnson streets, is expected
to begin at once, as the contract
for its construction has already
been let.
Contract for the stone work was
let to a local concern, whose
figures for the job are $2,777.00.
The interior furnishings, wiring
and sanitary arrangements have
not } r et been contracted for.
Gua.ra.nteed
Under a bond issued by the
Fidelity and Casualty Company of
New York, the strongest bonding
company in America, the Third
National Bank guarantees its de-
posits and furnishes this protec-
tion to its depositors without ex-
tra The charge, having
plan of your deposit
insured by a reliable bond com¬
pany has been adopted by some of
the largest banks of the country.
It all ;rds absolute safety to the
depositor and the time depositor
is given a form of absolute protec¬
tion under the bond that appeals
to him.
No bond company could afford
to gaurantee a bank’s deposits if
the management and policy of
such bank was unsound.
It is a protection to bank depos¬
itors that some of the best bankers
of the country endorse and the
Third National Bank will explain
in detail to the depositor the Sur¬
ety bond under which the guaran-
tee is given,
Mr. A. Bruner, of the Bee
Hive Grocery, attended the
Knights of Pythias convention in
Brunswick this week.
Number 35
The formal opening of the new
passenger depot of the Atlanta,
Birmingham & Atlantic Railroad
took place last Saturday afternoon
from 2 to 4 o’clock when a public
reception was held at the new
station. The purpose of the re¬
ception was that all who so wished
might have an opportunity of
going through and inspecting the
depot, and it is censervatively esti¬
mated that during the two hours
there were eight hundred or a
thousand people who availed
themselves of the opportunity.
r The afternoon train pulled in on
time, 3:15 o’clock, but the honor
of being the first train to unload
passengers at the new station be¬
longs to the ambitious little Fitz¬
gerald, Ocilla& Broxton Railroad,
as they arrived from Ocilla prompt¬
ly at three o’clock. The Empire
State Band was on hand and pealed
forth a welcome to both trains as
they pulled in.
To say that those who visited
the new depot Saturday are well
pleased with it is indeed express¬
ing it mildly. There is not a
feature about it that could be
justly criticized, and there are
very few towns in the state twice
the size of Fitzgerald who can
boast of a depot so elegantly ap¬
pointed in every particular as the
one we now have. It is a matter
of regret on the part of the rail¬
road officials that the new furni¬
ture for the building did not arrive
in time for the opening of the
d e p o t. It will be furnished
throughout with mission, which
will add much to the general ap¬
pearance.
Picnic at Bowen’s Mill
Don Knapp, who left Sunday
with his parents for Nevada, was
complimented by a number of his
friends with a delightful picnic at
Bowen’s Mill on Saturday, the
party being chaperoned by Mr.
and Mrs. L. O. Tisdel and Miss
Veneable. Don is a line boy and
will be greatly missed among his
set with whom he was quite pop¬
ular.
Those participating in the good
time were Misses Jennie Mash-
burn, Pauline Crawley, Inez
Dorminey, Eva Forbes, Nell
Frailer, Kadie Griner, Helen
Osborne, Glenn Griffin. Helen
McAlister, Iva Hogers, Irene
Jones. Bertie McLendon, Linda
Jones, Edward Perkins, Eulalee
Braswell, Elsie Tisdel, Mary Lou
Gatchell, Hazel Tisdel, Kate
Graves. Blossom Mercer. Messrs
Stanley Davis, Loren Dickerson,
Tom Wilcox, Willis (^uinn. Van
Martin, Lawrence Glover, Cecil
Reeves. Boy Adams, Myron
Cooper, Mack Pryor, Herman
Martin Ethridge Adams, John
Frazer. Frank Maddox, Bowen
Shepherd and Willie Mashburn.
Dinner For Mr.
and Mrs. Knapp
Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Adams
entertained a few of the friends of
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Knapp at a
very elaborate and enjoyable
course dinner on Saturday evening.
Those invited were Mr. and
Mrs. Drew Paulk, Mr. and Mrs.
H. C. McFadden, Mr. and Mrs.
L. O. Tisdel, Mr. and Mrs. Willis
Smith, Mr. and Mrs. James Paulk,
and all voted Mr. and Mrs. Adams
abundantly able to satisfy the
most fastidious tastes of the“inner
man.”
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