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THE FITZGERALD LEADER m
Vol. XV
Can’t Fan Dying Embers
Of 1908 Into A Flame
From Micon Telegraph
Atlanta, Ga., May 22.—How¬
ever willing the people may be to
continue the present state adminis¬
tration in office, which many be¬
lieve the August primary will show
it is certain that there will be no
dearth on aspirants for gubernator¬
ial honors this year.
With two announced candidates
and with the practical certainty
that Governor Brown himself will
stand for re-election, it is not im¬
probable that at least two other
candidates who are being groomed
by their friends, and who are im¬
patiently waiting for the breeze
of popular sentiment to blow in
their direction, may come into
the race.
One thing is almost certain.
With former Governor Smith
eliminated, there is little chance
of a renewal of a campaign of the
intense personal bitterness of that
of two years ago. The attempt
to revive the old animosities and
the old so-called issues of two
years ago will fail, by whosoever
it may be made.
The friends of the present ad¬
ministration are not at all alarmed
by the entrance of several candi¬
dates in the field. While they
would have preferred to have
seen Governor Brown elected
without opposition, feeling as they
do that his quiet, business-like
administration has entitled him to
such an indorsement they do not
believe for a minute his chances
of re-election are in the slightest
diminished by the presence in the
field of several opponents.
With the general unanimity
throughout the state, those who
supported Governor Brown two
years ago have signified their
satisfaction with the regime he
has given us, and it is not likely
that any man who might enter the
race could make serious breeches
in their ranks.
WILL RUSSELL WITHDRAW ?
There is much speculation as to
what Judge Russell’s program will
be and from just what elements he
expects to draw his support. It
is known that he has declared
himself in the race against the
advice of many of his friends who,
under other circumstances, would
have been glad to vote tor him.
Some of them have gone so far as
to express the opinion that on his
return from Canada the judge will
reconsider, and decide to with-
draw.
He has between four and five
years more of his term as judge of
the court of appeals to serve,
which place he would probably
lose by a fruitless attempt at the
governorship.
While it is generally known
that Judge Russell is personally
favorable to local option, his state¬
ment that he did not think it
should be an issue this year, and
his refusal to discuss prohibition,
would indicate that he is unwilling
to go before the country counties
on that issue. With that in view,
it is difficult to see how he could
expect to get the support of local
optionists as against Governor
Brown. Just what reason he has
for his candidacy other than a
personal desire for the office, it
will remain for him to show when
he comes back to Georgia this
week.
A RADICAL OF RADICALS
As for the other candidate,
Senator H. H. Perry, of Gaines¬
ville, while he is held in high per¬
sonal regard for his patriotism and
integrity, no one at all familiar
Fitzgerald, Ben Bill County , Georgia, Friday, May 27, 1910.
Blooded Work Horses
In Prize Para.de
Cincinnati, O.—Even at this
early date the owners of classy
work horeses in the Ohio Valley
are beginning to pay special at¬
tention to their stock with the
view of having them properly
groomed and dispositioned for the
big parade of work horses, to be
given under the auspices of the
Ohio Humane Socity, in connec¬
tion with the Ohio Valley Exposi¬
tion in Cincinnati next fall. For
some years this society has been
endeavoring to carry out a plan
by which owners of horses who
have treated their animals kindly,
and drivers who, through their
ability and gentleness have re¬
mained in the employment of one
firm for a long period, might be
rewarded. The Ohio Valiev Ex¬
position offers them this oppor¬
tunity, and a schedule of
prizes now is being drawn up
that will call for the distribution
of about $2,500 in money and
medal premiums. In the matter
of judging the horses the gentle
and docile manners of the animals,
showing proper treatment, will be
taken into consideration, with
hard working condition as another
issue. The highest cash prize
will be $25, which will be given
to the driver showing the longest
continuous service with one
owner of tp-m. There will be
medal prizes for single, double,
three, four, .five and six-team
spans of horses, for single and
double mule spans and for ponies.
Dr. Walker Lewis of LaGrange,
passed through the city Tuesday.
with political affairs in Georgia
believe for a minute that he would
have a Chance of being elected
governor.
Perry is a radical of radicals.
When he goes in for “reform,”
it is for all the reforms, both state
and national, which have been
suggested by radical leaders for
the past ten years. As a Smith
disciple, he out-Hoke’s Hoke him¬
self.
His conferes in the senate know
that the very mention of a rail¬
road or any other public service
corporation, has a worse effect on
Perry than a red Hag is said to
have on a bull. It makes him
fairly snort with rage, and he will
take up an hour denouncing all
railroads since the first chapter
was issued 70 or 80 years ago. go¬
ing into details as to what he con¬
siders their oppression of the peo¬
ple and their other “enormities”
throughout the whole course of
railroad history.
However, the people might have
taken to Perry’s radical doctrines
two years ago in the midst of the
panic, it is a pretty well establish¬
ed fact that in this year of pros¬
perity they may not be expected
to meet with much favor.
Now that former Governor
Smith is final!} eliminated from
the race, no follower of his can
expect to hold together anything
like the full strength of his fac¬
tion.
On the other hand, it is not be¬
lieved that the entrance into the
field of any Brown supporter of
two years ago will make any ma¬
terial breach in the ranks of the
conservatives.
The people will not have it.
That is the situation in a nutshell,
as viewed by the best-informed
politicians who visit the capitol.
Decoration Day Will Bp
Observed At Andersonville
Monday, May 30th. is Decoration Day, and a special train will
be run from this city to Andersonville, where the National Cemetery
is situated; and whither thousands and thousands of northerners make
pilgrimages, as it were, each year to do homage to the memory of the
Union soldiers buried there.
On this occasion, the graves of the dead are decorated with
flowers and the day observed with appropriate exercises.
For this year’s observance, the committee has arranged the follow¬
ing program:
PROGRAM
1. General decoration of all the graves, under the direction of
Comrade Hugh Kerr, Commander of George Crouse Post, No. 17, G.
A. R., of Fitzgerald, Ga. r
2. Prayer by the Chaplain of Post 17—I. B. Allen.
3. Song—Quartett.
4. Grand Army Salute to the Flag—Post 14 and 17.
5. Reading of Orders by Adjutant Post 17— M. S. Harrod.
6. Song—Quartette.
7. Reading Lincoln’s Gettysburg address—Comrade C. A. Oliver.
8. Reading of Poem by National Patriotic Instructor of the
Woman’s Relief Corps—Mrs. M. M. North.
9. Song—Quartette.
10. Address of the Day—Rev. J. L. Leichliter.
11. Song—Quartette.
12. Short Address by Invited Guests.
13. Special Services to Unknown Dead—Ladies of the Grand
Army.
14. Song—Quartette.
15. Salute to Dead—Military Company.
17. Taps—Bugler.
Upon arriving at Andersonville, every comrade, and all others
who are willing, are earnestly requested to secure from the Flower
Committee a basket of flowers and then fall in line under the direc¬
tion of the Officer-of-the-Day, Comrade J. H. Carpenter, and march
to the cemetary. A halt will be made at Memorial Hall to deposit
lunch baskets, and then all will enter with their baskets of Mowers
and proceed to distribute the flowers, being very careful not to over¬
look a single grave. At the conclusion of this observance, all will
assemble at the speaker’s pavilion, where the above program will be
rendered.
Train will leave Fitzgerald depot at 6:30 a. m., and arrive at
Andersonville at 9:50 a. m. Returning train will leave Andersonville
at 4:30 p. m. Fare for the round trip §1.35. To avoid delay, tickets
will be on sale by agent on Sunday, May 29, from 2:00 to 6:00 p. m.
Committee.
Fourth Of July
Without Fireworks
The following article which we
clip from the Ladies Home Journal
gives some idea as to how a Fourth
of July can be celebrated without
the explosion of gunpowder; and
is of interest inasmuch as the
“safe and sane” idea of keeping
the day is being agitated here at
present.
“A Fourth of July without fire¬
works? Never!
Can’t you fancy you hear the
question repeated with amazement
and answered with the utmost
scorn by some active American
boy you know ? Give up his
most precious holiday, with all
the racket that rightfully belongs
to it? Hardly!
Yet, after all, is there anybody
who would advocate letting Inde¬
pendence Day pass without any
observance whatever, simply be¬
cause it happened to be utterly
impossible to get any fireworks?
San Franciscans did not do so
after the earthquake last year,
when the sale of fireworks in the
city was strictly forbidden; on the
contrary, they had a capital cele¬
bration. With a splendid military
and naval parade to Golden Gate
Park, a flag-raising, while thous¬
ands of childen sang “The Stai-
Spangled Banner,” the reading of
the Declaration, athletic contests
in which 4 the victors received
prizes and were crowned with
laurels—with all these things to
make them happy the people did
not miss the fireworks at all.
Rev. J. T. Lee, of the Rochelle
Baptist church preached for the
Rev. W. S. Harden in the Presby¬
terian church last Sunday. Rev.
Harden preached commencement
sermon in Rochelle on same date.
Laeying Of
Corner Stone
The laying of the corner stone
of St. Mathew’s Episcopal church
will take place Tuesday, May 31st,
at the site, corner of West Pine
and Johnson streets.
An appropriate program for the
occasion has been arranged, and
the exercises will be impressive
indeed. Bishop Ree&e, I). D.,
will deliver the address.
Among other things that will be
deposited in the corner stone is a
booklet which is now being com¬
piled by one of the members.
This booklet will contain the
name of the presiding bishop, the
rector, the visiting clergymen.
A page will be reserved for the
names of the Warderns, also one
for the vestrymen, one for
officers and members of St.
Mathew’s Choir and Altar ’
one for communicants, one for
residents and a page for children,
Each person registering their
name in the book will be assessed
a certain amount, and the amount
realized therefrom applied to the
church fund.
J. G. Kn.0k.pp to R.e-
turn to Kimbsrly
J. G. Knapp of Fitzgerald,
Georgia, who spent several weeks
in Kimberly, leaving for Georgia
recently to close up his business
there, has had finished a four
room residence in Kimberly and
will return shortly to reside
here and enter into business, giv¬
ing his time principally to mining.
A wire received a few days ago
states that he and his family will
be here on the 20th. Mr. Knapp
was formerly engaged in the
banking and lumber business.—
Kimberly News, May 19.
Subscribe for the Leader.
Wm. McCormick Elected To
Highest Office of Encampment
Oa. Odd Fellows
Gather In Athens
Athens, Ga., May 23.—The
Grand lodge of Odd ’ Fellows of
Georgia, the grand encampment
and the Rebekah state assembly
will all convene in Athens Tuesday
morning and over 2,000 visitors
are expected to attend the sessions.
Every preparation has been made
for the convention and Athens is
ablaze with decorations, while the
mammoth auditorium, where the
conventions wiil assemble, is
magnificently decorated.
The usual attendance at the
grand lodge sessions is more than
2,000 and with the other conven¬
tions many more will be in attend¬
ance.
Preparations have been made to
entertain the largest number of
visitors that has ever thronged
the city for a convention. In ad¬
dition to a royal welcome, the Odd
Fellows will have splendid enter¬
tainment during their stay on
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs¬
day. The University of Georgia
will play two special ball games
on the campus; the State Normal
school will present Shakespeare’s
“As You Like It” on the campus
of the institution; an immense
dance will be given at the audi¬
torium, and the grand parade
Wednesday will be the greatest
ever held in Athens.
A number of the members of
Fitzgerald Lodge are in attend¬
ance.
Big Crowd Will
Go To St, Simons
Sunday next, the Atlanta Birm¬
ingham and Atlantic Railroad will
run their first Sunday excursion
to St. Simons, adopting their
regular summer week-end rates.
The round-trip, from Fitzgerald
to the island and return will be
§2.00 and this rate will prevail
for week-end trips all during the
summer.
The new schedule will also go
into effect Sunday, the early train
leaving about two hours sooner
and the night train from Bruns¬
wick returning one hour later
than at present. This change
allows the excursionist practically
the entire day on the coast.
Plans for a number of parties
are now on foot and the indications
are strongly in favor of a large
crowd from this city who will go
down Sunday.
Greerve-Little.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Perry
Greene, of Cortez, announce the
engagement of their daughtei,
Miss Cortez, and Mr. Pinkney
Stephens Little, of Ocilla, the
wedding to take place the latter
part of June.—Abbeville Chronicle
May 19.
O. E. S.
The members of Adah Chapter
No. 15, who have been in attend¬
ance at Grand Chapter, which was
held at Cordele, have returned and
report a grand time. Those that
went were Mesdames Emerv,
Newcomer, Smith, Griffin, Dykes,
VV. A. Green, Wilkerson. Miss
Mary Lobingier and J. W. Pear¬
sons. They report that Cordele
Chapter exemplytied the work
perfectly, much to the enjoyment
and instruction of all. Fitzgerald
captured one Grand office, Miss
Lobingier being re-elected as
Grand Conductress.
Number 36
Athens, Ga. May 24.—The meet¬
ing of the grand lodge of Odd
Fellows promptly began its ses¬
sions here today by electing the
following grand encampment
officers for the ensuing year:
Grand patriarch, William Mc¬
Cormick, Fitzgerald.
Grand high priest, C. H. Bell,
Gainesville.
Grand senior warden, George
O. Hook, Alpharetta.
Grand scribe, Alex Dittler; At¬
lanta.
Grand treasurer, J. G. Blood-
worth, Atlanta.
Junior Warden, R. H. Bramlett,
Athens.
Representative, E. A. Baughan,
Atlanta.
All was in readiness for the hun¬
dreds of thousands of visitors who
will attend the three-day conven¬
tion of the grand lodge of Odd
Fellows of Georgia, which began
today.
The usual attendance of the
grand lodge convention of this
greatest of secret orders numbers
about 2,000, and with the mem¬
bers of the Rebekah state assemb¬
ly and grand encampment, there
will be over 2,500 visitors here for
the three days.
Christiaan Church
Pastor Hollingworth announces
the services in the Central Chris¬
tian Church on Sunday as follows:
Bible School at 9:30 a. ra., fol¬
lowed by the Lord’s, supper, little
sermon, and sermon, “The Great¬
est Blessing in the Kingdom of
God;” 6:45 p. m., Y. P. S. C. E.
prayer service; 7:45,sermon theme,
“Youthful -Joys and Responsibili¬
ties.” Everybody welcome; only
once a stranger here.
The Bible study class meets or
Tuesday evening at *8 o’clock, a
half hour after the prayer meeting.
Deposits Insured
The Third National Bank has
adopted the plan of having its
deposits guaranteed. This plan
has been endorsed by some of the
largest bankers in the country.
The Fidelity and Casualty Com¬
pany of New York, the largest
bonding company in America,
furnishes this guarantee and it not
only affords absolute safety to the
depositor but this additional pro¬
tection paying the usual rate on
time deposits.
Bank depositors, especially
Saving depositors, will be interest¬
ed in this form of bond as it is a
better guarantee than is furnished
under some of the state guarantee
laws.
First M. E, Church
At the First M. E. church next
Sabbath services will be as follows:
Sunday School at 9:30 a. m.
Morning worship at 10:45. Pulpit
will be filled bv Rev. Jesse Miller,
formerly pastor of this church.
Evening Epworth League at 6:45 p. m.
“The Call worship at 7:45. Theme
of God and Country to
the Youth of Today.” The even¬
ing sermon will be special to the
young and the patriotic. The
general public, especially strangers
cordially invited to every service.
E. J. Hammond, Pastor.
Mrs, Jenifer W. Brown, Dis¬
trict Deputy for Ladies of the
Maccabees, is here in interest of
the order. Mrs. Brown is stop¬
ping with Commander of White
Jessimine Hive, 706 S. Grant St.,
where she will be pleased to meet
any ladies who are interested in
the order.