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The Fitzgera % __al l j o Leader € i
Vol. XV
I. R. Stuckey and Son Homer,
Not Guilty of Hyde’s Murder
At the commitment trial Tues¬
day of J. S. Stuckey, charged
with the murder of Claude Hyde
on July the Fourth at B® wen’s
Mill, the evidence submitted by
the state was to the effect that
when the shooting occurred,
Stuckey was in the baggage car
with his son, Homer, who had
been badly cut, and the warrant
was accordingly dismissed and the
accused man was released.
A similar case against Homer
Stuckey was also tried and dis¬
missed and he was released on the
murder charge but will be tried
next Friday for pistol toting.
No other arrests have been
made this week in connection
with the bringing to justice of the
party or parties guilty of Hyde’s
murder, and developments have
been rather slow, but with the
number of warrants that are sworn
out, it will be only a short while
before the responsibility of the
crime will be placed upon the
guilty one or ones.
For Miss Dotey
One of the most enjoyable social
events of the season was the fortv-
two narty Wednesday evening,
given by Mrs. Wil is Smith in
honor of Miss Dotey of New
Jersey.
Mrs. Smith was assisted in enter-
taining by her sister, Miss Elinor
Marston. Refreshing lemonade
was served during the game and
at the close an ice course was
served. At a late hour the guests
departed after a most pleasant
evening. Among those who en¬
joyed the evening with Mr. and
Mrs. Smith were, Misses Hazel
Dotey, Maude Glover, Pauline
Reeves, Eileen North-Tummon,
Mary and Helen Marston, Mary
Putman, Grace Ivistler, Daisybelle
Thompson and Messrs. Geo.
Brown, Morrison, Fred Sherrill,
Dr. Louis Turner, Clair Smith,
Earl Braswell, Frank Haver,
Edwin Gatcheli, and Mr, Swartz
©f Cincinnati.
Burton Archer
The many friends of Mr. and
Mrs. Burt Archer sympathize
deeply with them in the loss of
their twenty-two months old son,
Burton Raymond, who died Mon¬
day, July 11th, and was buried
Wednesday at Evergreen Ceme¬
tery. The funeral service was
conducted at the United Brethern
Church by Rev. J. L. Leichliter
when remarks wrnre comforting to
the oereaved parents.
Burton was sick only twelve
•days, suffering with stomach
trouble. He was an exceptional¬
ly bright child and was just at the
age when a little one is the pride
of tie mother and father.
During his illness, the best
medical skill was employed but
despite this and all that loving
hands could do, the inevitable
came and the spirit returned to
the God who gave it.
Baptist Ch =rch
At the F'irst Baptist Church
Sunday morning Rev. T. • M. Cal¬
laway will discuss “ The Modern
City—Its Possibilities and Its
.
Perils.”
At night, “Restoration of the Er¬
ring or Comfort for the man who
is down.”
All are cordially invited to these
services.
Mrs. H. M. Warren and child¬
ren have gone to St. Simon’s Is¬
land, to spend the summer.
Fitzgerald, Ben Bill County , Georgia, Friday, July 15, 1910.
The Duty Of The Par¬
ent To The School
I have repeatedly asked parents,
when visiting school neigborhoods,
“Have you got a good school?”
Very often the reply is, “No, we
have not much of a school. The
teacher does not take much inter¬
est,” or “The teacher has favor¬
ites,” or “We do not like the
teacher,” some such answer, which
shows that the speaker has no in¬
terest or knowledge or wish to co¬
operate in making the school a
good one.
Now a school is a community
matter and a community responsi¬
bility and no force should be strong
enough to interfere with the effi¬
ciency of this best of institutions.
If the teacher is weak and poorly
equipped, all the more reason then
why the patrons should rally
around that school and see to it that
because of the misfortune of a
poor teacher the school itself shall
not suffer.
Personalities and petty grievan¬
ces have no place when it is a ques¬
tion of the education of the boys and
girls for future citizenship. You
know as well as I of numerous in-
stances of foolish parents who have
withdrawn their children from
school, perhaps for an entire term,
because perchance some one was so
unwise as to laugh at or ridicule a
peculiarity of manner or dress in a
member of the family, or because
of a real or imagined grievance a-
gainst the teacher. You
and I know, of instances of
ren being kept at home throughout
an entire term because the parents
had a grievance, reai or fancied,
against another school patron.
The boys and girls who are being-
deprived of school advantages to¬
day because of petty neighborhood
misunderstandings, real or fancied
wrongs, will have a number of se¬
rious questions to ask their parents
a few years hence when they face
a work-a-day world unequipped for
their duties.
It should be the business of ev¬
ery father and mother in every
school neighborhood to see to it
that the school attendance is 100
per cent for the school term. It
must be borne in mind that one
absent pupil retards the progress
of the entire school. If a parent
is zealous for the advancement of
his child, he can secure that end by
seeing to it that his neigbor’s
children are also in their places.
Nothing so handicaps the progress
of the school as irregular attend¬
ance.—Mrs. F. L. Stevens, in Ral¬
eigh (N. C.) Progressive Farmer
and Gazette.
At Lynnwood
Regular services will be conducted
Sunday afternoon, four o’clock, at
the Lynwood School House. Any
from this city who attend and es
pecially members of the Episcopal
congregation will find a hearty
welcome.
F. North-Tummon.
Mr. John D. Walker of Sparta,
Ga., spent a few hours in our city
Thursday morning between trains.
Mr. Walker, who is largely inter¬
ested in the American Trust &
Banking Company which is being
organized in Fitzgerald, is also
terested in over a dozen new banks
organized within the past two
months. His popularity as a bank-
er is gaining daily and lie is always
in great demand. His offer of the
presidency of the new Mortage and
Trust Co. in Atlanta, with$l,OOo,-
000.00 capital was one of the high-
est honors ever bestowed on so
young a ’.nan in the State.
The Sta.te Campaign
TO EDUCATE PEOPLE TO VOTE
(From The Lumpkin Independent)
Ex-Governor Smith will tour
the state making educational
speeches, that is, he proposes to
educate the people to vote for him
in the approaching election for
governor.
MADE many friends.
(From The Americus *Times-Re-
corder.)
Governor Brown made many
friends by refusing to “play poli¬
tics” and give incompetent men
positions.
missed their guess
from the hawkinsville DISPATCH
and news.)
Governor Brown’s reasons for
not buying those Chattanooga
terminals are so plain and reason-
able that even a child can under-
stand them and see at a glance
that he acted with good business
sense, just as he does in all ques-
tions that come before him for
consideration. Those who thought
they were going to find the
governor “in a hole” on this pro-
position missed their guess.
been decided long ago.
fFrom The Brvan Countv Fnter
orise 1 " '
Pshaw! What’s the use to bother
about the gubernatorial race?
Little Joe will be reelected, for
the papers o\ er the state decided
tiuU loa £ a «°-
a bodv blow at corrupt politics
(from tiie jackson argus. )
The present registration law,
fathered,, urged and put into exe-
cution by Hoke Smith, is unques-
tiouaij j v a bodv blow‘at
'
politics *
.
NOT THE HEAT OF THE CAMPAIGN.
(From The Eiberton Star.)
Judge Hart was overcome by
the heat the other day; but it was !
not the heat of the campaign.
HAD BEST INTERESTS OF STATE AT
HEART
(From The Senoia Enterprise
Gazette.)
The message of Governor Brown
to the Georgia legislature as
to why he did not purchase the
Chattanooga land showed most
conclusively that the governor
had the best interest of the state
at heart and he gave good, sound
business reasons why the pur¬
chase was not made.
MAKE IT UNANIMOUS.
(From The Macon Telegraph.)
The way to restore peace and to
keep it—the best guarantee that
prosperity shall prosper-is to
make the reelection of Brown as
nearly unanimous as possible.
HAS KILLED CHANCES.
(From T-m Madison Advertiser.)
If .M:'. Smith’s ambition is to be
United States senator, his actions
within the past few weeks have
killed his chances as dead as the
proverbial door nail. He stands
absolutely no chance to be elected
governor of Georgia in these days
of prosperity and good will. We
repeat, we regret Honorable Hoke
Smith’s advent into the race for
governor of Georgia.
LIKE IIIS OLD FATHER.
(F'rom The Dalton Argus. |
They have accused “Little .Joe”
of being ugly, and some of his
enemies even say that “he hasn’t
any sense,” but he displays his
good « jud g ment » like that of his
Q j d f a tbef
WHY SHOULD WE BE IMPOSED UPON <
(F'rom The Dahlonega Nugget.)
One hundred thousand white
persons are disfranchised in Geor-
gia by Hoke Smith’s registration
law. No other state in the Union
has such a drastic law. Why
should we be imposed upon just to
please Mr. Smith?
Our Population
Official statistics from the head¬
quarters of the census enumerators
at Washington, D. C., credit Fitz-
gerald with a population of only
5,795, which comes as quite a sur¬
prise to the majority of the people
of this city, who were of the opin¬
ion that our population would, to¬
tal at least 8,000. There can be no
doubt though concerning the accu¬
racy of the statistical figures, and
if the fact is taken into considera¬
tion that when it comes to a matter
of square feet, Fitzgerald is not
near so large as many other towns
in tlie state ot ec t ual im Portance,
P eo P^ e a veiy g° oc s ow
There are, however, not less
than 8,000 people and possibly
more who do their trading here
and are virtually citizens of Fitz-
gerald, the other 2,205 inhabitants
including those who live in the
Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic
Railroad shop district and other
settlements just outside of the in-
corporate limit.
Were Fitzgerald’s bound ties
broadened to an equal area with
the other above mentioned towns,
tb a t are generally classed with this
city > our population would in all
probability exceed any of them.
_
Mends And Mends ,
At The Air Dome
” presenting Mena.-, am ** ents
at then An Dome this week, ie c-
ers and Maddocks aie offering a
J' er >’ ° ov ® c ° me '; y actpe rio 'i me
by ( f e ® l ° a “' 161 . r
co “e uy “ . 01 raucu ,
v
.' e “‘ resh a , 4 slau a <I uan and ry ° 1 r ’I
* eCtJy * «' numerous i
neu ^°^ e8 are introduced,
Both members of the team are
professionals in their line, and they
put up decidely the best show that
has been seen at the Air Dome in
several weeks. Their vaudeville
features have been well received
by the patrons of this popular pic¬
ture show, and large crowds have
witnessed the show each night.
The pictures shown at the Air
Dome are also of a very high ord¬
er, being instructive and in almost
every instance amoral is connected
with each picture.
‘‘The Cat Let Out Of
The Wallet”
It has developed that the (Pine
Street Merchant) Of News-paper
fame is so desirous of protecting
the Dear People that he has volun¬
tarily taken under his protecting
wing, that he wishes to be ap¬
pointed Milk Inspector (at a good
salary of course) Now while the un¬
der-signed would welcome such an
officer, for Heaven’s sake, don’t im¬
pose on our good nature and man¬
hood by appointing trie above men¬
tioned (Pine Street Merchant.)
A. H. Kimler.
Dairyman.
Mr. J. M- Mosher sustained very
painful injuries Tuesday, when
while in the act of starting his auto,
the crank kicked him, knocking
him down, and trie machine passed
over his body. While Mr. Mosher
was not seriously hurt, it is certain
that he will not soon forget the
experience, and will in future, be
more careful in handling the car.
Mr. Luther Stallings, of Dublin,
was in the city Wednesday.
WHAT BUSINESS .MAX IS NOT
SATISFIED
(From The Oglethorpe Echo.)
What man with any business in¬
stincts is it who is not entirely
satisfied by Governor Brown’s
reasons for not purchasing that
Chattanooga property? Would
you have made the deal under the
conditions?
Rev. W. S. Harden Accepts Call
Of Cordele Presbyterian Church
Connellys Playing
The Family
An extraordinarily good bill
been played at the Family
this week by the Connellys, the
dividuality ot which has been
instrumental in filling the house
at each performance.
The acts played by the
are of a ve refined Datur6j em
bracing singing? dancing and
talking-. Both have good
and their rendation of a number
^ ie latest songs has won lor them
rauc a ppl au se.
Miss _ ^ nelly appeared Monday
on
and Tuesday nights at the first
s ^ ow doing one of the most diffi-
cu ^ d ances known, and on each
° ccas i°b was taken from the
* n au unconscious state, so great
was ^ ie nervous strain as well as
bodily exertion. She has not been
physically able to appear since
Tuesday night, the doctor
hut Mr. Connelly has succeeded
* n entertaining the large audiences
present each night. However,
» thought that Miss Connelly will
be able to resume her part of
program to-night, and all who
not vet seen her famous dance
wbich had beenthe rage whe reever
she performs it, should avail them-
tbe 0 pp or t lin ity either tonight
01 . tomorrow night, as Saturday
conc i uc j es their en ga.g e m e nt here,
Manager Mays informs us that
has engagaged the Cary sisters
for next week and that the team
cmne bearing excellent recommen-
dations.
Selling At Wholesale
Prices:- Remnant
Sale
During July and August we off¬
for cash goods lower than can
bought elsewhere.
We have some real good bar¬
in Remnants in the drygoods
and it will pay you to call and
these at and below wholesale
cost. These are good bar¬
Come and see. Our line
boys and mens suits of clothes
cut down in price nearly \ and
will pay you to buy these also.
F'or every $10.00 worth of rem¬
nants, dry goods ang shoes we sell
you atone time, we will give you
25 pounds of best granulated sugar
for $1.00.
F’or every $10.00 worth of dry
goods and Groceries we sell you at
one time, we will give you 31
pounds of good rice for $10.00.
Blue'{Belle Cheviots 8 cents,
worth 10 cents, best flour 80 cents;
sugar 6 cents, grits 21 cents; Roas¬
ted and Arbuckles Coffee 15 cts;
Lard 12cts., Green Coffee 11 cts;
Rice 4 cts; 15 balls nutmeg for 5
cents 3 bottles ink for 10 cents;
Corker tobacco $1.48 per cady.
We buy in large quantities, we
cut out the delivery expense and
give tliis to our customers, and
by your co-operation we can keep
prices from getting out of reach.
Trade with us, we will tresttyou
right. Ice water free to all our
customers, call for it.
Yours for lowesPprices,
Dodd .Supply Company.
Something New!
You can purchase of the Ticket
Agent A. B. & A. R. R., excess
baggage book containing coupons
the value of $12.50 for $10.00,
at a discount of 20 per cent on
regular excess baggage rates. If
are traveling with excess bag¬
it would pay you to purchase
of these books.
“Tetley’s Teas, Please.”
Number 43
A card from liev. W. S. Harden,
pastor of the Presbyterian church
of this city, who at present is con¬
ducting a meeting at Erick, Ga.,
announces that he has accepted tbe
call of the Presbyterian church of
Cordele and will go to that field
of labor the first of next month,
preaching his last sermon here
July 31st.
Mr. Harden’s resignation of the
pastorate of the Presbyterian
church of this city was filed with
the session some time ago and
was made to go into effect on
August the first although at that
time he had not decided whither
he would go.
He has been pastor of the
Presbyterian church for a number
of years and is one of the mos t
universally loved ministers that
has ever made Fitzgerald his
home. During his pastorate, the
chur h has prospered in many
respects, and his congregation is
grieved beyond measure that they
will have to give him up.
In point of service, Mr. Harden
is the oldest minister in the city,
and is president of the Ministerial
Alliance.
It is a matter of general regret
that Mr. Harden will leave Fitz¬
gerald, but he carries with him to
liis new home, the very best wishes
ol the Leader, who takes pleasure
in recommending him to the peo¬
ple of Cordele as a scholar and a
eocsciencious man of God.
Another Convenience
To The Traveling
Public
Offered by Atlanta, Birmingham
a Atlantic Railroad.
The Passenger Department of
the Atlanta, Birmingham and At¬
lantic Railroad announces that,
effective August 1st, that road will
sell local excess baggage books,
which will bear face value of $12.50
for $10.00; these books, are limited
one year from date of sale. The
coupons in these books are to be
as casii in paying charges on excess
baggage, and are in denominations
of five cents each.
This is a 20 per cent discount on
regular excess baggage rates, and
should be an inducement for trav¬
elers, generally, and particularly
commercial travelers, to use the A.
B. * A. R. R., and get the benefit
of the discount.
Five Near Beer
Licenses Granted
Five near beer licenses were
granted this week, one being for
the wholesale handling of near
beer and the other four for retail¬
ing the beverage. The retail
license for the handling of near
beer for the remainder of the
year, 1910, was placed at $500.00
by the city council and $100.00
for wholesale dealers.
Those who have paid the
licenses are: wholesale, G. W.
Smith; retail, Frank Hager, W.
W. Murray, R. B. Radcliff and G.
E. Davis. Sale of the near beer
was begun Tuesday.
Notice
The Ladies Aid Society of the
F'irst M. E. Church will give their
regular monthly dinner at the res¬
idence of Mrs. S. S. Stewart 415
W. Pine Wednesday July 20,1910.
Dinner 25c.'
Mrs. M. E. Whitman.
Sec. *
Mr. George Wooten, the effi-
cient clerk at the F'irst National
Bank, is enjoying a much-needed
vacation this week.