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The Fitzgerald Leader.
Published Every Wednesday
and Saturday by
THE LEADER PUBLISHING CO,
Isieor Gelders Managing editor
Earl Braswell City Editor
$1.50 Per Year.
Application pending to be entered as
Second-Class Matter under Act of Con¬
gress of March 3, 1979.
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furnished on Application.
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lor each insertion.' No ad taken
for less than 25 cents.
Official Or^an of Ben Hill Co.
With this issue of the Leader
we begin the publication of two
papers a week, as promised our
subscribers when the new manage¬
ment took hold. As per the no¬
tice in the paper we have been
made the legal organ for Ben Hill
County, which guarantees perma¬
nency to to the publication. We are
appreciative of the honor conferred
on us and will give Fitzgerald and
Ben Hill County a NEWS PAPER
dedicated to the best interests of
the City and County.
Upon what meat does this our
Ceasar feed, that he lias grown so
great?” from whence does come
this sudden awakening of our press
to the greatness of the “cannoniz-
ed” Brantley: we are from Mis¬
souri, Brethern, and will ask you
to point out a single mark of states¬
manship displayed by our Con-
gressman from the 11th that would
entitle him to all this
praise. Where is the measure,
that has had his suppoit, from
which you gather the size of his
mighty brain and intellect. If you
will trace his every step for 14 years
«,r more of congressional inactivity,
you’ll find no law of general im¬
portance to his people, that bears
the earmarks of Brantly! There
suddenly seems to have gone out
an order, that this man must be
saved from the oblivion to which
he is justly entitled, the System
seems to need him for their plans.
Somebody is working up a bluff to
keep the Democrats in Congress
from meting out the just punish¬
ment to him for deserting his
party on that critical day, March
15th 1909, when they lmd Cannon
on the run and Brantley, Howard
and Livingston deserted their
colleagues in Congress and saved
Cannon frora defeat. The constitu¬
ents of Livingston and Howard have
paid more for their treachery to
the peoples’ interests, the Demo¬
crats in Congress are about to
give Brantley Ins well merited re¬
buke, when all this tooting ot
horns, as if a string were pulled.
The man behind the plow is asking
“what’s he done for me,” the
merchant, the mechanic, for them?
their answer all along the line is
Nothin*! ! Nothin*; ! Nothin*; !
The Ladies Welfare committee,
header; by Mrs. S. M. Whitchurd
in presenting a petition to the
City Council against the granting
of licences for Near beer saloons,
made a strong appeal for their
cause of temperance. Whilst it
was anticipated that tho license
would be granted yet the strong
sentiment behind their plea will
help to strengthen the hands of
those who will make special efforts
to at least stop the illegal sale of
whisky in the city. The Mayor
and council have framed regula¬
tions for the conduct of these
saloons which will be most strin¬
gent and violations of the same will
forfeit the licence of the offender.
Not only will the authorities make
special inspections of these places,
but all violators of the prohibition
law will find it difficult to ply their
trade if the Hon. Mayor will
carry out the program as he out¬
lined it to the Leader. In this
effort he will have our full sup¬
port and we believe some nice
looking chaps will soon wear
stripes if they don't move into
other pastures.
F1TZGEERALD LEADER, WEDNSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1911
TO OUR. READERS
The advertisements that appear in The Leader
are in a sense an agreement on the part of the ad¬
vertiser to sell a given article of agreed merit at a
given price. The Leader will assume the responsi¬
bility of guaranteeing the performance of the con¬
tract on the part of the advertiser, and will protect
the purchaser, of any article advertised in our col¬
umns,agairst frauds,provided that the buyer in mak¬
ing such purchase will state that he saw the arti-
cle advertised in The Leader.
Workers of The World
(by peter power)
BOILERMAKER SUCCEEDS LABOR
CRUSHER AS PREMIER.
John MacGowan, a boilermaker,
is now prime minister of New
South Wales, the most populous
state but one in Australia.
The liberal-conservative fusion
party has just suffered n bitter de¬
feat, and the labor party has cap¬
tured the third of the six states in
the Australia federBtion, besides
controlling the national govern¬
ment.
Via Europe we learn that not
only has the majority of 5K liberal
conservative members to 82 labor
members in parliament been wiped
out and that the labor party has
gained control by a majority of
two, but that Premier Wade has
gone down in the crash, and will
quite likely be shoved into politi¬
cal obscurity.
Wade was responsible for the
most drastic anti-labor law ever
enacted in Australia. Last year,
during the miner’s strike, Wade
gagged the minority and forced
through a law similar to the ordi-
nance that exists in Los Angeles,
which prohibited picketing and
classified any meeting of work¬
ingmen to discuss a strike or
boycott as a conspiracy.
A dozen men, including Harry
Holland, secretary of the socialist
party, were thrown into prison
under sentences of six to eighteen
months.
Protests went up all over the
country, and Wade was made an
issue in the national election
last April, which resulted in the
most sweeping labor victory that
has ever been won in the world’s
history. Wade attempted to es¬
cape his impending doom by pard¬
oning the imprisoned workingmen
and promising to “reconstruct” the
labor laws.
But the labor people ridiculed
the prime minister’s change of
front, and fought him all the hard¬
er. Then Wade adopted a radical
platform, and, with his big major¬
ity behind him, believed that he
would be able to overcome the
storm of opposition. Yet his des¬
perate politcal play was in vain, and
Wade and his fusion party were
driven from power.
LABOR ADMINISTRATION “MARES”
MONEY FOR PEOPLE
The financial bill brought for¬
ward by the labor party in the
national parliament of Australia
will become a law on the first of
the year. It is unique legislation
in British history. When the lab¬
or party won in the national elec¬
tion last April the defeated liberal,
conservative leaders gloated pub¬
licly and announced that “so¬
cialistic” legislation would be
blocked for want of funds and that
the laborites would be embarrassed
in the matter of paying old age
pensions.
But Fisher, the miner premier,
declared that the government was
going to “make” money, just the
same as the bankers “made” mon¬
ey, based for the most part upon
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nothing but the credit of the peo¬
ple, and morever that the Austra¬
lian commonwealth was going to
enjov a monopoly of that sort of
thing. There would be no more
“dividing up" with the distin¬
guished gentlemen behind bank
counters.
Premier Fisher said the govern¬
ment would issue $25,000,000 of
Australian notes on a 20 per cent
gold basis, thus leaving K) per cent
“fiat,” or credit money. The
bankers stormed, their newspapers
raved and the fusion politicians
predicted a panic and all sorts of
calamities. The common people
applauded and said, “Go to it,
Fisher.” Then the premier struck
an awful blow at the opposition by
coming forward and announcing
that all bank notes would be forced
out of existence by the imposition
of a 10 per cent tax to take effect
on March 1, 1911.
Say! The bankers became as
tame as a lot of kittens and an¬
nounced that they were ready to
eat out of Miner Fisher’s hands.
They said they would accept the
Australian notes, or “rag” money,
and hoped the government would
go forward with its public works
and enjoy years of long life and
prosperity. Do you know why
the bank gents saw a great new
white light? Because they real¬
ized that Fisher and his stalwart
labor colleagues were not a lot of
political puppets to be bribed or
bulldozed, and that if they started
to boycott the government’s money
the government would boycott
them and drive them out of busi¬
ness.
Sir John Quick, one of the few
aristocrats still left in parliament,
showed the fear in banking circles
when in the course of a melancholy
speech he bewailed the agitation
that is sweeping over the land,
“aimed at the annihilation of priv¬
ate financial institutions and the
establishment of a government
banking system!” The bankers
have decided to try to be good to
prevent the starting of a, state
bank. The laborites make no
promises.—-Atlanta Journal.
President Barret says that last
year lie took a census and found
enough Congressmen and Senators
who said they were in favor of a
parcels post law. to pass it through
both houses. They are not going
to pass it, however, until the farm¬
ers make them, and now as Con¬
gress is meeting sgain, it is time to
get busy. Let vour Congressman
and Senators know how you feel
about it. Petitions don t count,—
don’t waste time with them,—but
a personal letter is likely to inter¬
est the legislator, and a hundred
or so personal letters will almost
surely put him to work. Write
yours Progressive to-day.—Raleigh Farmer Gazette. (N.C.)
The best paying mercan-
tile business in Fitzgerald
for sale, with fixtures and
stand. If wanted, see E. E.
Roach at Josey Shoe and
Clothing Co , who will show
you.
G. H. BRYANT & SON,
Rear Opera House, : Phone 190. j
f COUNTRY BUYERS 1
Who desire to know where to
purchase goods can advertising find on t by
looking over the
columns of THE LEADER.
PERSONALS
Miss Blossom Mercer returned
Tuesday to Bessie Tift College.
Mr. H. M. Dodd made a busi¬
ness trip to Savannah this week.
Mrs. G. C. Smith and three sons
spent several hours in Waycross
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Israel Levin went
down to Douglas Monday, to visit
relatives.
Miss Bessie Wilkinson, after a
visit of several days to Miss
Evelyn Bruce, left Monday for
Thomasville.
Mrs. Wallace Hawkes arrived
in the city from Macon to spend
some time with her mother, Mrs.
R. A. Locke.
Editor J. P. Rudasill, of the
Coffee County News, published at
Douglas, was a business visitor to
the city Monday.
Miss Angie Adams, of Ocilla,
was iD the city Monday, en route
to Gainesville, where she attends
Brenau College.
Mr. Charlie Lee Rogers has re
turned to school at Dahlonega,
after a pleasant visit to his father,
Mr. J. C. Rogers.
Mr. Stewart Ray received a
telegram last Friday from Mr.
and Mrs. F'red Waller announc¬
ing the birth of a nine pound boy
at their home on South Boulevard
in Atlanta.
Representatives of the Insurance
Companies are now in the city
making settlement with J. A.
Jones whose stock of dry goods,
clothing and notions was damaged
by fire last week. Mr. Jones will
re-open for business as soon as
satisfactory adjustment is effected.
WANTED FOR U. S. ARMY.
— Able bodied unmarried men, be¬
tween ages of 18 and 35; citizens
of United States, of good charac¬
ter and temperate habits, who can
speak, read and write the English
language. For information apply
to Recruiting Officer, 113 South
M* B
York St., Savannah, Ga.; 108 West
Forsyth St., Jacksonville. Fla.;
140 Market St., Charleston, S O.;
or Southern Building, Waycross,
Georgia-
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Make one of your reso¬
lutions for the New Year
a resolve to purchase
your coal of us—and you
will be able to look back
on December 31, 1911, as
a period of warm com-
fort and real fuel satis-
faction.
We thoroughly clean
our coal—it actually does
carry the smallest
amount possible of for¬
eign matter. It comes
from excellent veins of
coal that have a remark*
ably small amount of
non heat produc ing
materials. Once tried
--never changed.
Athletic Club
Is Proposed
A movement is on foot among
the young men of the city to
organize an Athletic Association
and the proposition is receiving
the hearty support of all to whom
it has been mentioned so far.
The idea of the young men who
are the prime movers in the mat¬
ter is to organize with about
twenty-five or thirty members,
charging an initiation fee of $5.00
and making a monthly assessment
of just whatever amount it will
require to maintain the organiza¬
tion, each member paying a pro-
potionate share. It is proposed to
rent a hall and equip it with
gymnasium apparatuses and bath,
where the -members can indulge in
almost any form of gymnastic
exercise including basket ball. In
connection with the Athletic Asso¬
ciation the boys will arrange a
place for playing football and
tennis.
Such an organization as the
young men propose has many vir¬
tues, too numerous to mention,
and there is no doubt that the
members would derive much bene¬
fit from it. It is to be hoped that
those pushing the movement may
not have any difficulty interesting
the young men of the city, for
with the proper co-operation it will
be the question of a very short
while before plans are perfected
and the organization completed.
Anyone desiring information on
the subject would do well to con-
fer with Ed Hook, Ted Myers or
Alex Harvey.
LOST
1 bunch of Keys—Between Post
Office _ „ and . hirst
National T Bank,
Finder will receive suitable reward
on delivery to Fred Bigham or
Leader Office.
FOUND
1 Bunch of Keys—belonging to
some Sheriff or Jailor,
can get same by identifying them
and paying for this advertisement.
cl . eme A Fletcher £
215 East Magnolia. f*
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Sf The Finest Car-Load of £
MULES
8 Ever Shipped to Ben Hill Co.
An early call will secure you £
best selection. BOB FLETCH¬
Ifi ER will be pleased to show
a them to you.
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Tlie Model Cafe
“THE PLACE TO EAT”
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119 East Open Saturday, Jan. 7,1911 119 East
Pine St. Pine St.
Thoroughly Good up-to-date, and catering to the best trade. i
Dinner Cooking, Clean Service and Prompt Attention. r
parties prepared for on short notice. A place M
to come to after Church or Entertainment.....S
The Model Cade. 119 Ea.st Pine Street.
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For Sale Cheap For Gash ft*# i
One Lroom house, West Magnolia Street, 200 feet from
M. E. Church. Price, $450.
One 6-room house and corner lot on South Grant Street. ■
Price $550.00.
House, barn and 3 lots on South Lee Street, between M.
E. Church and Christian Church. w r ater and sewerage, beau¬
tiful location. Titles perfect. Price $2,000.00.
L. L. DICKERSON, Fitzgerald, Georgia. -
Christmas Party
Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Mahoney
were host and hostess on Monday
evening, Dec. 26th, at a most de¬
lightful Christmas party, to which
a number of their friends were in¬
vited. The affair was a most en-
joyable one and the following
guests were present:
Mr. and Mrs. Darby, Mr. and
Mrs. Cardwell, Mr. and Mrs.
M a 1 c o m, Mrs. Colyer, Mrs.
Morris, Mrs. Horne, Mrs. Rey¬
nolds, Misses Allis Schnair. Alpha
Horne, Louise Morris, Addie
Darby, Allie Darby, May Darby,
Perrene Cardwell, Mary Cardwell,
Lois Malcom, Iris Lee Malcom,
Ruth Mahoney, Messrs. James
Turrentine, Forrest Mahoney,
James Darby, James Reynolds,
Wesley Colyer, Roy Horne,
Emery Cardwell, Walter, Mai com.
Miss Dollie McLendon has re¬
turned from a visit of a week t
relatives in Bluffton.
Miss Jennie Washburn returned
Wednesday from a visit of a week
in Tallahassee, Fla.
Laaid Sale
TOOMBS COUNTY
CEORCIA.
AUCTION
ADOUt a OjUUU aaa MCicS- Ar»*«<=
Best class of South Georgia pine
land in healthy district, with
10,000,000 feet (estimated) virgin
long leaf pine near the towns of
Lyons and Vidalia, and near S. A.
L. Ry.. G. & F. Ry., A. W. &
L. Ry., with survey for another
railroad running through it. This
land divided into lots of 25 acres
and upwards will be sold at Vi-
dalia between the 18th and 25th
of January, 1911.
Rare Opportunity
To acquire homes and good land.
Payments, part cash, balance on
easy terms.
For further information
communicate with : :
WILLIAM L. CLAY,
Savannah, Georgia.