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Official Organ Ben Hill County.
Fly Ordinance
Was Not Passed
Dr. Osborne’s Fly Ordinance
was voted down Monday night at
the meeting of the City Council
when it was put on its passage,
after being read the second time,
and received only two votes.
However, it was not that the
council failed to recognize and ap¬
preciate the incalculable value of
suclija measure when enforced, but
they also realized,and that was the
main objection to it, that it would
be impossible to enforce an ordi¬
nance so radical and extreme.
The ordinance as it was read to
the council purports to employ
e most drastic means of literally
%. |a |,ting the fly out of business.”
*- sense of the ordinance is
uov only that all doors and win¬
dows shall be screened, but it
also stipulates that garbage cans
containing any refuse matter shall
be screened, and that livery
stables and other parties owning
horses or live stock of any kind
snail be required to clean the
stables daily, covering the recepta¬
cle, in which such matter is plac¬
ed, with a screen.
The ordinance is a good one and
is no doubt an effective means of
ridding a place of the fly nuisance,
but the council considered it
rather too sweeping in its nature,
hence its non-passage. Dr. Osborne
was instructed to draw up a simi-
Ier ordinance along practically the
same liue, though not quite so
drastic, and submit it to the body
at their next meeting.
“I Know Nothing About
My Life-Work/’
Only a day or two ago, I met a
little woman and a sick baby.
With the utmost complacency this
woman admitted that the baby’s
illness was brought on by improp¬
er feeding ending up with a sigh
of excuse, saying, “Oh, I know
nothing about housekeeping or
babies!” Fancy, if you please,
what would happen if a doctor,
lawyer, merchant, or teacher were
to presume to enter upon a career
for which he had given no time or
preparation. Hasn’t the time come
when the home-makers of to-day
and the home-makers of tomorrow
should “set to” and endeavor to
face this question of household
management in its various phases,
to master some of its problems? well
It is not enough that we be
intentioned, since even then we
may be painfully or harmfully ex¬
travagant, through ignorance. We
need to know not only that pure
food, hygienic clothing, and taste¬
ful, durable furnishings are well,
we must know what constitutes
and how to secure them.—
F. L. Stevens, in Raleigh
V. C.) Progressive Farmer.
Central Christian
Chvirch
At the revival meeting in the
Central Christian Church, the top¬
ics for the remainder of the week
will be: Tonight, “Choosing Your
Destiny”; Thursday, “Backslid¬
ing”: Friday, “Behold the Man”;
Saturday, “An Introduction to the
Devil.” Other subjects will be
announced later! Everybody wel¬
come.
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Increase Profits Under
2-Cent Fa.ir Law
Lansing, Mich. April 3.—That
the profit in operating steam rail¬
roads in Michigan has not fallen
off under the 2-cent fare law is
shown by information obtained
the offices of the state railroad
commission.
Comparisons of passenger
ings under the 3-cent fare in
and under the 2-cent fare in 1910
shows increased revenues on all
roads.
SEMI-WEEKLY
The Fitzgerald Leader.
FITZGERALD , BEN HILL COUNTY, GEORGIA, APRIL 5, 1911.
Union. Of Churches
Favored by Ministers
The Presbyterian Ministers’ as- j
sociatian on Monday morning en¬
gaged in a two hours’discussion of
church union in general and par-
ticulary organic union between the
northern and southern Presbyteri¬
ans. The discussion was opened
by a strong paper by Rev. Dun¬
bar Ogden, D. D., in which he
showed the desirability of union,
and the encouraging outlook for it.
“Three great questions are in¬
volved,” he said, “doctorinal, his¬
torical and racial, and in each of
these the difficulties and differences
are disappearing and the way
opening for the union so much
desired. He advocated the taking
of steps toward bringing it about.
His paper aroused the most in¬
tense interest and 25 ministers
took part in the discussion, the
time being extended twice.
No action was taken, but the
concensus of opinion was that such
union is desirable. Although the
hindrances are fast disappearing
the way is not yet clear for actual
union, but some form of federa¬
tion and co-operation is sought
for and will be advocated in the
pulpit.—Atlanta Journal.
Bonds Win At
Americvis
Americus, Ga. April 4.—The
discordant shrieking of a score cf
factory whistles at 6 o’clock to¬
night announced to Americus the
pleasing fact that the election to¬
day for municipal improvement
bonds was carried overwhelming¬
iy-
It announced the fact that the
business streets of Americus would
be paved immediately, the sewer¬
age system extended several miles
in residence districts and substan¬
tial improvements made in the
waterworks department. Advo
cates of bonds worked unceasingly
in getting out voters and the elec¬
tion was carried on with less than
a dozen dissenting votes. The city
will immediately issue $105,000 of
bonds which, supplimented by
amounts paid by property owners,
pro rata for street paving, means
the expenditure of a quarter of a
million dollars in municipal im¬
provements this summer.
Socialist Organizer
Will Lecture Here
J. L. Fitts, national organizer
of the Socialist Party will be in
this city April 11th, and will de¬
liver a lecture on the subject of
Socialism, the hour and place of
the lecture to be announced later
Mr. Fitts comes well recom¬
mended as a speaker and a scholar.
He is a first honor graduate of the
South Carolina Military Academy,
has taught in public schools, liter¬
ary and business colleges and has
been on the lecture platform for
eight yrars.
The following clippings are
comments on his lecture: y
“A clean-cut, witty, intelhgen
address, instructive and well re¬
ceived. Clear, penetrating voice,
extremely simple language-mean¬
ing is unmistakeable. Good-na-
turedly answered a rapidly fire of
questions from his large audi¬
ence”.—Extract from Miama,
(Fla.) Herald, Feb. 15, 1911.
“Large attentiv eaudience—forc¬
ible hits apt illustrations, and
pointed witticisms, brought fre-
quent laughter or applause.”—Ex¬
tract from Daytona, (Fla.) News,
March 8, 1911.
Dr. J. M. Adams went up to
Atlanta Sunday to attend the ses¬
sions of the Southern Dental As¬
sociation, which convened there
this week.
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Winner Of The $1,000 Crp—Grows Best
Fat in the 3.125,718,600 Bvishels of
La.st Year’s Bumper Crop.
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and the-1910 Champion Ear
R. A. James, of Charleston, Ill.,
has the proud distinction of having
grown the best ear of corn in all
the 3,125,713,600 bushels of last
year’s bumper crop. At the
al Corn Show just held at
bus, Ohio, this gentleman was
awarded the W. K. Kellogg
National Corn Trophy, donated
in 1909 by W. K. Kellogg, presi
dent of the Kellogg Toasted Corn
Flake Co., of Battle Creek, Mich.
Thousands of ears of corn from
all parts of the country and of all
varieties were entered in the com¬
petition. The selection of the
grand champion Sweepstakes and
the award of the Kellogg trophy
were made on general points of
superiority.
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World’s Best Ear of Corn
for 1910
The ear of corn grown by Mr
James is of Reid’s Yellow Dent
variety. It is 10 inches long,
inches in circumference, and has
20 rows of kernels, 6 to the inch
in the row, average £ of an inch
in depth, and 5-16 of an inch in
width. It is indeed a very correct
type of yellow dent corn.
vigorous Mr. James, the winner, is a
farmer about f<
years of age and of pleasing
sonaiity. a man who has given
careful study to corn culture, and
who his achieved his success as a
grand champion winner only by
years of hard work and painstak-
ing' seed selection and careful
breeding from season,
Illinois growers are especially
elated over the result for the reason
that this is the first time in four
years that the honors have been
wrested from the state of Indiana.
Last year’s champion ear, the first
winner of the Kellogg trophy,
was grown by Mr. Fred C. Palm,
of Newton, Ind. It was also of
Reid’s Yellow Dent variety, cross¬
ed with Alexander Gold Standard.
Last year’s prize winner is the
most perfectly formed ear of two,
though it requires a careful judge
to distinguish the points of supe¬
riority.
The trophy awarded to Mr.
James was made by Tiffany, of
New York, for Mr. VV. K. Kellogg,
at a cost of $1,000. It is made of
Sterling silver, bronze and enamels
and is a truly artistic creation. It
stands 30 inches in height. Mr.
Kellogg’s interest in corn growing
can be understood when it is stated
that the Kellogg Toasted Corn
Flake Co., of which he is president
has an output requiring 10,000
bushels of corn a day, raw pro¬
duct, for its manufacture. A pe¬
culiar feature is that while the
Kellogg product is made exclusive¬
ly from selected white corn, the
Kellogg trophy has been won each
time by a yellow corn exhibit.
The trophy is offered for annual
competition until won twice by the
same grower.
The National Corn Show at
which , the award was made, was
an event of tremendous magnitude.
At one of the sessions President
Taft was present and delivered an
address.
Corvfederate Veterans
The Confederate Veterans will
meet at D. B. Mull’s Store Friday
morning at 10 o’clock. A full at¬
tendance is urged.
D. B. Mull, Commander.
J. H. Hicks, Adjutant.
Mr. Fred Smith, of Broxton,
was in the city a short while Mon¬
day.
Mock Court Trial
Was Big Success
The Mock Court Trial Monday
night at the court house, given
under the auspices of the Woman’s
Club, proved a great success from
every point of view, The court
room, as well as the balcony were
both literally packed and a num-
ber were turned away.
The entertainment was a breach
of promise case in which Miss El
la McLendon and Mr- Percy Clatk
were the principal figures, and a
number of young people in the
city were witnesses. The whole
entertainment was in a humorous
vein and the audience were kept
in a continuous fit of laughter.
From the entertainment the lad¬
ies of the Woman’s Club realized
a very neat little sum.
Great Commoner
To Tour Georgia.
f (Atlanta Journal.)
William Jennings Bryan has
signed with the Alkahest Lyceum
System for a Chautauqua and
lyceum lecture tour of the south
to begin on June 12. Already
about two dozen chautauqua as¬
semblies in theCarolinas, Georgia,
Alabama, Mississippi and Louisi¬
ana have applied to the Alkahest
for an engagement with Mr. Bryan
and a full schedule will be made
up for him soon. It has been settled
that Mr. Bryan will open his
southern tour at Dublin, Ga., on
June 12th, as the first attraction
of the Dublin Chautauqua program
this season.
Russell Bridges, president of
the Alkahest Company, leaves to¬
day for Dublin to complete the
arrangements there for Mr.
Bryan's engagement as well as the
rest of the program. He will visit
several other cities in south Geor¬
gia and South Carolina in arrang¬
ing Mr. Bryan’s itinerary before
returning home. It is quite prob¬
able that another engagement will
be arranged here in Atlanta for
Mr. Bryan either in June or in the
early fall on the lyceum course.
He has two new lectures, neither
of which have ever been delivered
here. “The Signs of the Times”
and “Passing of Plutocracy.”
Captain Hobson, Congressman
Caleb Powers, ex-Governor Varda-
man and Hon. Victor L. Berger,
of Milwaukee, Wis., the first
socialist member of congress, also
have engagements booked on the
Georgia chautauquas this summer.
Socialist Ticket
Triumphs in Butte
Butte, Mont., April 4.—Social¬
ists swept Butte, electing mayor,
treasurer, police judge and
live out of nine aldermen. Two
ago the demociats elected
candidate in Sitver Bow
Today’s upset followed
exiiosure of alleged shortage
disclosed by a recent ten year’s
of the financial affairs of
Butte.
Socialists in Walkerville, a sub¬
urb, elected two of three aldermen.
Kev. K. J. Duncan, a Unitarian
minister and socialist, was elected
mayor of Butte over J. J. Quinn,
democrat, by a plurality of 1,834,
the largest ever given a mayor
here. Duncan carried every ward
except one.
Thomas J. Boorheer, who at¬
tracted national attention at a
Western Federation of Miners’
convention in Denver two years
ago by his remarks on the Ameri¬
can flag, was elected police judge.
Helena elected one sociali t
alderman, the first socialist ever
elected to office there.
SOCIALIST MAYOR FOR FLINT, MICH.
Flint, Mich., April 3.—John A.
0. Menton, socialist, was today
elected mayor bv a plurality of
between 400 and 500 over Edwin
T. Atwood, republican.
Official Organ of Ben
Hiil County. $1.50 a
Year.
VOL. XVI. NO. 26
Fred Eliis Made
Graceful Flight
Those who witnessed the flight
of Fred Ellis in his Curtis Bi-plane
yesterday afternoon were more
than pleased with the ascension.
The machine was working admir¬
ably and the aviator rose to an alti¬
tude of about 100 feet and flew for
a distance of possibly five hundred
feet, making several slight though
graceful dips.
There was not a shadow of a
doubt in the minds of those pres¬
ent but that the aviator could have
easily carried his machine to a
height of several hundred feet, but
this Mr. Ellis dared not do on ac¬
count of the strong gale that had
been blowing all day long.
This was the best flight that has
been made by the Berger Aviation
Company since they have been in
Fitzgerald and it was sufficient to
strengthen the hope of those pres¬
ent that they might have the priv¬
ilege of witnessing a real flight
before the aviators leave.
Superior Court
Convened Monday
Judge U. V. Whipple convened
the spring term of Ben Hill coun¬
ty superior court Monday morn¬
ing at ten o’clock.
The grand jury, as empannelled
for this term, consists of the fol¬
lowing named gentlemen:
A. H. Thurmond, foreman.
J. C. Strange, Clerk.
J. M. McDonald.
W. G. McGlamory.
Wright Tomberlin.
L. D. McCrimmon.
D. V. Williamson.
J. B. Russell.
G. H. Bryant.
Marion D. Young.
Z. A. Dorminey.
W. L. L. Babb.
G. H. Conally.
J. E. Dykes.
Burr Stokoe.
T. M. Parson.
P. C. Austin.
J. E. Turner.
James Fletcher.
J. C. Ross
H. C. Drew.
J. M. Hanes.
The docket for this term of
court is unusually heavy, and up
till ten o’clock this morning the
following cases had been dis¬
posed of:
Bank of Ocilla vs. J. F. Barnes
and Luke & Clements; suit on
notes. Verdict for plaintiff in the
sum of $382.35.
Burley Thomas vs. Will Thom¬
libel for divorce. Total di¬
vorce granted.
J. W. Manbeck vs. Elizabeth
Manbeck; libel for divorce.
divorce granted.
C. P. McMillan vs. Leonard
McMillan; libel for divorce.
First verdict.
Henry C. Powell vs. Mattie
Powell; petition to remove dis¬
abilities. Verdict for plaintiff.
Edith McGlown vs. Will Mc-
Glown; libel for divorce. Total
divorce granted.
J. H. Taylor vs. Mabel Taylor;
libel for divorce. First verdict.
M. P- Sessoms administrator
will-annex of Gracie Anderson
vs. Ocilla & Valdosta Railroad
Company. Verdict of $50.00 for
plaintiff.
Dick Rountree vs Mrs. L. P.
Hayes; default judgement.
Hayes Udybackjvs Sallie Udy-
back, libel for divorce. First
verdict,
Seely McCormick vs Jane Mc¬
Cormick, libel for divorce, First
verdict.
Will Becton vs. Lula Becton;
disabilities removed. Verdict for
plaintiff.
Mrs. Jim Paulk has gone to
Tifton, to visit her parents.