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Thf. Fitzgerai t) Leader
Vol. XV
Proceedings Of Monthly Meeting
Water, Light and Bond
The Water Light and Bond Commission met Sept. 6, in
session, with Commissioners Kendrick and Tisdel present. Minutes
*■ of the last regular meeting were read and approved, after which
iiowing pay roll and hills were audited and on motion of Coramis-
M oner Tisdel, same were ordered paid:
, W. A. Green. Superintendent_________ ____Salary
C. (). Peterson, night attendant________ 44 60.00
S. G. Seagrove, day attendant_________ “ % 60.00
Elie Searaore. night Fireman__________ 44 46.50
S. Davis. Lineman____________________ 44 44.00
Mose Baisemore, day fireman__________ 44 25.30
Chas. Richardson, fireman. ___________
J. A. Green, repairing water main_____ V u
Will Seagrove, tapping water main_____ u 18.75
Charlie Richardson, installing water meters________ it 23.75
Miss Nina Weaver, bookeeper________________ __ ll 40.00
H. Mueller Mfg. Co., Goose Necks and Corp Cocks ... 75.25
Standard Oil Co., 1 bbl. cylindar Oil______________ .... 2140
The Lane and Bodely Co., supplies________________ 7.40
F. M. Graham & Co., cross arms and board._______ 2.60
The Turner Brass Works, Two Torches___________ 9.02
Standard Oil Co. 1 bbl. cylindar oil______________ 13.27
Standard Oil Co. 1 bbl. engine oil_________________ 10.80
Doubledv Hill Elec. Co., Insulators and Wire_____ 17.02
L. O. Tisdel, cash paid C. N. Reynolds.._________ 5.00
Cotton States Supply & Bllg Co. supplies_________ 18.28
WestinghouseElec. & Supply Co. 1 water M._______ 12.60
C. N. Reynolds, material and labor on resevoir____ 6.00
E. L. Banes, 1400 statements___________________ 4.00
Hussey & Parrott, supplies__________________1____ 3.25
It. C. Stevens, hauling poles______________________ 2.50
Watt Holmes Hdw. Co. Material________________ .. 20 39
Fitzgerald Granitoid Co. meter bores___________... 31.50
..
Gray Bros., drayage & freight..____________________ 27.60
..
W. A. Green, express__________________________ 1.85
I. D. Morgan & Co. Y branches______________... 5.00
A. J. Roush & Son Y branches__________________ CM OI
T. F. Hemminger, refund on June water account.. O
Communication was received from T. F. Hemminger, relative to
overcharge of $1.40 on his June water account. The matter was dis¬
cussed and commissioner Tisdel moved that refund be made and
voucher drawn to cover. Motion carried.
Commissioner Tisdel stated to Commission that he had received
letter from McCoy & Co, of Chicago, relative to semi-annual interest
on $130,000.00 Water Extention, School Building and Sewer Bonds,
so nesting that interest due on Sept. 1st be paid in Chicago, but that
Tie had advised McCoy & Co., that the bonds stated that the interest
K? paid in Fitzgerald, and that same would be paid through any bank
or banker in this city; and stated further that the city council had de¬
posited with the Exchange National Bank of Fitzgerald, the amount
of $3,250.00 to provide for coupons now due.
Matter of investing the Sinking Fund with J. H. Hilsman &
Co.. Bond Dealers of Atlanta, Ga.. was discussed. No action taken.
Report of Superintendent Green covering estimate of cost of
pipe to lay water mains on Jessamine and Grant streets, and Lee and
Grant streets, four blocks, was received and ordered liled with under¬
standing that same be received and pipe purchased as soon as funds
were available to provide for same.
Statement of vouchers drawn and not authorized at regular meet-
ing:
Gray Brothers, freight & drayage.__ ____$ 31.81
A. H. Thurmond, cashier, fuel,_____ 331.04
First National Bank 4 .
First National bank 44 291.78
No further business appearing, commission adjourned on motion
of Commissioner Tisdel.
E. L. Hanger, Clerk.
Prison Commission
To Examine Case
fir* Atlanta, Ga.. Sept. 13,—The
case of Annie Clare, a white worn-
an who is alleged to have been
given 100 lashes by Deputy Ward-
en O. O. Fanning for a violation
of the prison rules in this county,
will be taken up before the prison
commission on next Friday. the
It is against the rules of
prison commission for the lash to
be administered to a white woman
under any circumstances, As soon
as he heard about the lashing, Sec¬
retary Goodloe Yancey sent for
Warden Fanning and madeimiuir-
y. He also dispatched Robert
Gardener, Clerk of commission,
and Prison Inspector Tuggle on
the ground to make a personal in¬
vestigation. They reported that the
vvaman
was administered a iashlng. Un-
less Warden F’anning can show
better cause for the severity of the
punishment, he will be discharged
from the department.
WANTED— Several good men
with teams to Solicit and Collect.
Apply. Lee Goodson,
13 Pendleton St.
49 4t. Waycross. Ga.
Fitzgerald, Ben Mill County , Georgia, Friday, September 16, 1910.
Centra,! Ch.ristia.rv
Chvirch
The sermon themes at the Cen¬
tral Christian Church next Sun¬
day are as follows: Morning,
“Profit and Loss in Christianity”:
Night. “The Church Without Spot
or Wrinkle,” a discussion of what
the church is and should be.
The Bible Study Class meets on
Tuesday “The night at 8 o’clock. Top¬
ic, Tabernacle.”
At the prayer meeting on Wed¬
nesday evening at 7:45, the sub¬
ject will be “The Fall and Rise of
Peter.*’
Everybody welcome at all meet¬
ings. Only once a stranger here.
An important congregational
meeting will be held at the close
of the Sunday morning service. It
is specially urged that every mem-
ber be present.
Mr. M. D. Holt was a business
visitor to Shellrnan this week.
Mrs. W. A. Green and daugh¬
ter, Miss Isla, have been spending
this week at the home of Mrs.
Clara Bryan, owing to the fact
that there are several cases of
small-pox in their neighborhood.
Liquor Campaign
On In Fion a
Jacksonville, Fla,, Sept. 14.—A
campaign to determine whether
Florida shall have state-wide pro¬
hibition will begin here tomorrow
with the assembly of two state
conventions, the local optionists,
opposed to the state-wide principle
and the prohibitonists, favoring it.
Upon the results of this cam¬
paign depends the question wheth¬
er the entire southeastern corner
of the United States shall be ‘•wet*’
or “dry”, for outside of Florida
anyone who wishes to buy an al¬
coholic drink legally across a bai¬
rn ust travel westward to states
bordering the Mississippi river, or
northward along a portion of the
journey to Mason and Dixon's line.
The issue is an amendment to the
constitution providing for state¬
wide prohibition, instead of local
option, which Florida now has.
This amendment will be voted on
at the November election, Both
of tomorrow’s conventions are
called to lav plans for the campaign
on this issue.
LIQUOR INTERESTS AT WORK
The local optionists have refused
to give out in advance anything
about their campaign plans, but
they have been canvassing the state
quietly and thorougly to work up
enthusiasm for tomorrow’s conven¬
tion. Although the ad jacent states,
Georgia and Alabama, are com¬
pletely “dry,” the local optionists
declare that one factor in keeping
Florida following their example
will be the fact that a popular vote
decides the issue here and that few
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^ ' s V sai ° ^ « that that thelocll the local optionists ontionists
* eres lU ^ ave s v ' ^ uc 1 fPP iave ort muc ° 1 h lt f 0 b ' a f vt
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in the shipping business in the
wide belt of drv territory immedi¬
ately north of the state.
ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE TO FIGHT
The prohibitionists are expected
to name a full state ticket, not
with the expectation of electing
their candidates, but merely to add
the power of the organization
which will contend for the amend¬
ment. The convention’s real bus¬
iness will be tbe discussion of
plans for the campaign, in which
the assistance of the state Anti-
Saloon League is expected, To
date the prohibitionists have been
waiting for the local optionists to
move before launching the dry
campaign in earnest, meanwhile
employing two agencies to keep
the issue live. One of these is a
male college quartet, which is tour¬
ing the state singing prohibition
songs, and the other the selling of
stamps by the Woman’s Christian
Temperance Union*. The stamps
advertise the cause and yield a
revenue for the approaching cam¬
paign.
Luke-Troupe
Friends in this city and vicinity
will be interested in the marriage
of Mrs. S. E. Luke and Mr. C.
Troup, which was solemnized last
Sunday at Abba, Ga. The im¬
pressive ceremony was performed
by J. R. Ballinger, of Norman
Park.
The contracting parties are old
residents of this section, and are :
well known in the county. Their
many friends extended congratu¬
lations.
The Ladies Aid Society of the
First M. E. Church will give their
regular monthly dinner at the resi¬
dence of Mrs. H. L. Beauchamp
615 S. Main st. Wednesday Sept.,
21, 1910. Dinner 25.
Mrs. M. E. Whitman, Sec.
Official Program
U. D. C. for
QUESTIONS.
1. Locate Hampton Hoads.
What was the date of the battle?
2. What important ports had
been seized bv Northern war ves¬
sels. increasing the danger of cap¬
ture for Confederate ships which
ventured to run tne blockade?
3. Give description of the Vir¬
ginia. How did the Confederates
come into possession of it, and
what was the original name?
4. Name some of the officers.
What Georgian was commanding
Flag Officer ?
5.. On the 8th of March, the
Virginia accompanied by two
small vessels left Norfolk and
steamed down the Elizabeth river.
How did her appearance effect the
Federals? What effect had the
shot and shell hurled at the strange
looking craft?
6. Upon what large wooden
frigate did the Virginia sweep
down and sink in a very short
time?
7. Describe the attack upon the
Congress, tell the result.
8. Flow did the Minnesota and
other Federal ships escape total
destructien after having suffered
severely from the Virginia’s guns?
9. At sunset, when the Vir¬
ginia drew off, what was her con¬
dition? What effect did these
sudden onslaughts and destruction
of their vessel have upon the peo¬
ple of the North ?
10 Describe the Monitor. Give
an account of the battle between
the Virginia and the Monitor.
11 accomplished Although the all Virginia had
not that the South
had hoped, what effect did her
presence in the Norfolk harbor
have. What prevented the Con¬
federates from constructing other
rams like the Virginia?
12 What effect did this en¬
gagement have upon the naval
warfare of the world ?
Answers to these questions may
be found in Stephen’s Pictorial
History of the United States,
pages 687 to (588 and Lee’s school
history of the United States.
Parks Show Here
All Next Week.
The story that the red banners
to be seen on telegraph poles all
over the city tell is one of in¬
terest, for when the announce-
ment is made that C. W- Parks’
Dramatic Company is booked for
a week’s engagement in Fitz¬
gerald, there are few hearts in
this city that do not throb with
pleasant anticipations.
And the announcement that
they will play Fitzgerald for one
solid week beginning next
day is of more than usual
terest, for this is the first time ;
this excellent company has been i
to the city in nearly a year. Mr. I
Parks has made it a point for
many years to play two engage¬
ments here each year, but failed
to stop last Spring. And too,
the company is larger and bet¬
ter in every respect than it has
ever been before, and the rep-
retoire of plays which they will
present are new and up-to-date.
Mr. Parks’ company this year
embraces forty high-class artists,
who are able and capable of pre- i
senting successfully the latest
plays of the day. He is also car¬
rying a car load of new and beau- j I
tiful scenery and apparatus
to produce eiectrical effiects. 1
Of course everyone under-i
stands that Parks’is playing in j
his canvass theatre, which af- j
fords ample room for all who at- j
tend, and is always comfortable.
There will be a show every j
night next week, and matinees
on Thursday and Saturday, mak- j
ing eight performances in all.
The prices are the same, adults;
25c; children 15c; reserved seats
,
10c. ’
655 Pupils Enrolled During
The First WeeR Of School
Girl Given Freedom
Man Fined by Jvidge
Hurrah for Judge Andy Cal¬
houn, of the City Court of At¬
lanta. Wish there were more like
him. Read this:
“The sins ye do
By two and two,
Ye shall pay for one by one,”
says the poet, but society and cus¬
tom. nine times out of ten, makes
the woman pay for both, while the
man goes Scot free. However,
Judge Andrew Calhoun, of the
city court, decided, just for the
spice of variety, to turn the tables
for once in a case that came be¬
fore him for disposition Thurs¬
day morning.
The woman was Jessie Miller
—she was really little more than a
girl, for she gave her age as 15
years, and testified that J. Y.
Jackson had persuaded her to
leave her home over in Alabama
and come with him to Atlanta.
She said she trusted him, and came
on and lived with him, and never
thought much about whether it
was right or wrong, because at
iirst she loved him a very great
deal. She told it just like that,
without any frills or tears, for the
benefit of the jury.
After she came here, it seems,
things went rather from bad to
worse, and neighbors complained
and the two were arrested. Jack-
son tried to pose as the regretful
protector of the girl, but his story
didn’t seem to set well on Judge
Calhoun’s mind. In fact, the more
he said, the more the judge began
to feel sorry for the girl.
The upshot was that he soaked
the man with a stiff fine and sent
the young woman back to her rel¬
atives with a kindly word of ad¬
vice and warning. Of course,
she was just as guilty as her com¬
panion, according to law, but Judge
Andy occasionally develops an
idea that transcends law.—Atlanta
Journal.
Lightening Struck
School Building
During the thunderstorm last
Saturday afternoon, the First
Ward School Building was struck
by lightning, the damage done,
however, amounting to very little.
The bolt struck the chimney, cut¬
ting it off to a level with the roof,
l, nd also demolished the stove
which was connected with the
chimney, besides slightly damag-
log the floor in one of the rooms,
There was no one in tbe building
!lt the time of occurrence, but it
was {immediately discovered that
the lightning had hit it, and an in¬
vestigation followed. ltis rather
significant that this same chimney
was struck by lightning about ten
years ago. doing practically the
same damage as in Saturday’s in-
stance.
American State Bani<
Open Monday
On Monday, Sept. 19th. at 10
a. m. there will be held in the
American State Bank on Central
Avenue, a stockholders meeting, at
which meeting the officers and di-
rectors of the new institution will
be elected and directors of the new
hank on that day.
All stockholders of the Arueri-
can State Bank are urged to be
present as this will be an itnpor-
tant meeting.
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Jess Troxell, spent several days
of this week in the city, guest of
his mother.
Number 52
The first week’s enrollment for
the Fitzgerald Public Schools was
as follows:
First Ward Building.
Fisrt grade________ 41
Second grade B. 39
.
Second grade ...
A.. 40
Third grade------- ...
Fourth 41
Total grade------ 44
205
1 bird Ward Building.
First grade..------- 36
Second grade------- 43
Third grade....... 29
Fourth ..
Fifth grade------- 43
grade B.------1 41
Total_____--- ... 192
High School Building.
Fifth grade A._____ 34
Sixth grade B.________ 37
Sixth grade A.________ 39
Seventh grade B._____ 25
Seventh grade A.______ 25
High School____ ... 82
Business Department. 16
Total___________________ Grand Total_________ 258
The 655
report given above . is for
the white schools only.
E. E. Sams.
$35,557.26 Paid By
All Candidates
It cost the twenty-three candi¬
dates for statehouse offices the
grand total of $35,557.26 to make
their races, successful and unsuc-
cessful, in the campaign which
closed on August 23.
Of this amount nearly half was
expended by Governor-elect Hoke
Smith, who spent out of his own
funds and from contributions made
by his friehds the sum of $17,596.-
10 .
The smallest amount expended
by a candidate having opposition
was that of B. M. Zettler, candi¬
date for state school commissioner
who spent $201. He was defeated
by M. L. Brittain.
The list of expenditures as shown
by the statements tiled with Comp¬
troller General Wright is as fol¬
lows:
Hoke Smith, governor $17, 596.10
..
Joseph M. Brown, governor 3,950.75
Edwe.rd H. Walker, governor 550.75
W. J. Speer, treasurer 2,296.40
P. M. Hawes, treasurer 025,58
J. A. Perry, railroad commis¬
sioner 2,105, 65
O. B. Stephens, railroad com •.
missioner ...............' ^ 1,662.25
Joseph F. Gray, railroad com¬
missioner ..... v . . 1,241.54
E. B. Hornady, railroad com¬
missioner ...... 265.29
C. M. Candler, railroad com¬
missioner ...................... 85 00
T. S. Felder, attorney gen-'
eral ............... 643.27
H. A. Hall, attorney-general 291.68
J. W. Lindsey, pension com¬
missioner ............ 158.00
R. E. Davison, prison com¬
missioner 62-5.0U
M. L. Brittain, school com¬
missioner ...... , 230.00
B, M. Zettler, school com¬
missioner .......... 201.00
W. H. Fish, supreme court L50.00
W. M. Beck, supreme court 50.00
A. G. Powell, court of ap¬
peals ..... 50.00
Philip Cook, secretary of
state 50.00
T. G, Hudson, commissioner
of agriculture 50.00
W. A. Wright, comptroller
general 50.00
G. R. Hutchens, prison com¬
missioner 431.00
Total $;i5,557.26
WANTED
50,000 pounds Cast Scrap Iron.
We pay from 20 to 50 cents per
hundred, bring in your Iron and
turn it inty cash.
49-3w Fitzgerald Iron Works.
Go to Sandlin Furniture Corn-
pay for coffins and caskets. tf