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Official Organ Ben Hill County.
Lexter From D. B. Mull.
To tlis Fitzgerald Loader
Washington, D. C., June 5, 191L
I would like to occupy some of
your valuable space so as to give
your readers qn idea of the gov-
eminent buildings. I will first take
up the government printing
ing. This structure cost $2,500,-
000, and its employes number
4,000. at an average of $400 per
day for eight hours work, or an
expense of $1,700 per day. The
job printer receives $4 85 per
day; the linotype operators the
same, There are 83 linotype
machines in the building; 18
stereotype machines, 1 electro¬
type and 124 key boards to the
monotype. There are 127 presses,
2 self-feeders. One press prints
30,000 cards per hour. This gives
one some idea of the amount of
work one of these presses will do.
There are 12 folding machines
that fold all kinds of book work;
2 stitching machines for pamph¬
let work; 2 paper back-cover ma¬
chines; 4 round-backing ma¬
chines; 63 stitching machines
that do the work for all kinds
of books; 20 ruling machines; 7
casing machines; 4 paging ma¬
chines. The machinery in this
building cost over $3,000,000.
This will give our people some
idea about the department of
printing. This building is the
biggest printing establishment in
the world.
In reference to locating a sol¬
diers’ home in Fitzgerald, I
am very much interested it get¬
ting the home or anything else
from Uncle Sam in a way of an
appropriation, but it is useless to
talk about a soldiers’ home any
more. The government has more
homes now than they need.
There has already been three
bills introduced in Congress for
two homes m Georgia and one in
Florida. They will never reach
the committee on appropriations,
and if they do, they will never
be reported back to the house.
If the government needed these
homes it would be no trouble to get
the appropriation to build one ;
and it would be no trouble to get
our congressmen to introduce a
bill. It is like a merchant once
said to me one time that it was
no trouble to get trade, but it
was h— to hold it. That is the
way with any kind of a bill—it is
no trouble to introduce it, but
getting the appropriation is an¬
other thing.
'This congress isn’t going to
make any appropriations unless
they see the need of it.
I don’t think there will be any
trouble to secure an appropria¬
tion of $50,000 for a postoffice
building in Fitzgerald at the next
regular session. I think I will
be of much help to our congress¬
men in getting that bill through
The members of congress seem
to be very friendly to Georgia.
They all seem to have a high re¬
gard for the Empire State. They
all seem to have great confidence
in our congressman. He seems
to be a great favorite with them,
and stands very high here. I
believe if any man in Washing¬
ton can get what he wants it
would be Hudley M. Hughes. I
do not say this because I hold an
appointment under him, but be¬
cause I know how he is rated
here as a member of congress. If
'you were here in Washington you
would soon learn about the mem¬
ber who has the influence. I have
been here four weeks today and
I can - tell and know who is the
most prominent member here.
Don’t forget to send me The
Leader, as I want to keep up
with the Fitzgerald news. I hope
this letter will prove of interest
to our friends. D, B- Mull.
SEMI-WEEKLY
Fitzgerald
FITZGERALD, BE A HILL COUNTY, GEORGIA, JUNE 7, 1911
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A. B. And* A.
Tax Controversy
! City Of Brunswick
Tax Dodjt ing Charge !
j Atlanta, June 3.—The 'Ai.'.ui;
i Birmingham and Atlantu. ond
g nc | s itself m the WHy ol paying
several years back Mixes to state
and county on its valuable docks
and wharves at Brunswick, be¬
cause it. had a row with the cn.y or
Brunswick over the valuation of
said property.
. It seems that when the A. B. &
A. built the docks, Brunswick
agreed to a tax exemption for a
period of years. That time was
up last year mid then Brunswick
asked for a valuation from the
road. The road said $200,000, nix,
said Brunswick. Something like
$750,000 would sound a deai more
like the real value. Then they
locked horns.
Finally the scrap was brought
to the comptroller by Brunswick.
Wb'ereupon the comptroller scan¬
ned the returns of the road for
state and county taxation for the
past several years and found no¬
where any return for Brunswick
docks and wharves.
Comptroller Wright at once
took the matter up with President
H. M, Atkinson, who said he did
not know the omission had been
made, but acknowledged that it
was a fact, after investigatidh.
Now the state and county of Glynn
want back taxes for several years
on the docks and wharves.
Comptroller Wright agreed to
accept the valuation fixed by
Brunswick, but President. Atkin¬
son and tbe city of Brunswick are
still wide apart in their estimates.
A. board of arbitration may have
to be called in to settle the mix-up.
E&ckbone
By Rev. Chug. StcJzie.
When all men speak well of your
organization, watch out. It means
that you have developed into a
flabby, invertebrate, forceless in¬
institution. One of the glories of
organized labor is that it has
strong euemies as well as strong
friends. There is danger in too
much commendation. There is a
letting go of the vital things when
prosperity and flattery enter. The
man or the movement that lives and
moves is bound to make mistakes.
He who never makes mistakes
never makes anything else. The
best men and the greatest move¬
ments make stepping stones of
past failures. But criticism and
mistakes avail for very little un¬
less the oganization has back nf it
a great p'urpose. The perfunctory
meeting and the platitudinous ad¬
dress never win out. This is true
of the labor union as it is true of
the church or any other movement.
The social aspects of an organiza¬
tion’s life is important. But vaude¬
ville shows and smokers and all
such affairs have never yet held to.
gether a company of earnest men
who were supposedly banded to¬
gether for 1 the purpose of really
doing things. When an organization
is compelled to resort to such fea¬
tures ih order to hold its men it is
an indication that somewhere there
is a falling down, either in leader¬
ship or in purpose, and it is des¬
tined to fail.
Project a big idea—make men see
that your organization stands for
some vital truth and that all who
become indentified with it must re¬
spond to the call, “Come and suf¬
fer.” This will appeal to all true
men. Such men have given power
to the greatest movements in the
world’s history.
Hon. J.A.J. Henderson, of Ocil¬
la, was among the prominent vis¬
itors in the city yesterday.
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guns accuracy
precision of small rifles, and they are continually establishing new records.
Firing at a floating target with an area of 400 square feet at a distance of
from two to ten miles with a thirteen inch gun, one crew made a record of 75
per cent of hits, and the .lowest record made In recent, years with a gun of this
size was 40 per c-enlt. As each shot from one of these guns costs $800 the im¬
portance of making few misses can readily be understood. That the good
results obtained in shooting at targets can be duplicated in warfare was
shown at Manila and at Santiago de Cuba during the war with Spain. The
government, in addition to the large amounts expended for powder and shells,
appropriates about $200,000 a year to be divided as prizes among the best
marksmen of the navy. These prizes increase the keen rivalry that exists
among the bluejackets. The photographs printed above show men stretching
a canvas over a target and others examining the netting and canvas to count
the hits. , The pictures were made during target practice near Fort Monnae,
Another Lie Nailed.
Birmingham, Ala., Mav 25, 1911.
Mr. Thos. E. Watson,
Thomson, Ga-,
My Dear Sir:
I am enclosing you a communication whicn I am sending to the
Alabama Baptist for publication and which explains itself. I am send¬
ing it to you for the reason that you will probably see the report re¬
ferred to and I want you to know the facts. If you deem the matter
of sufficient importance to desire a statement of what I did say I shall
be glad to furnish you with it. Yours very truly,
W. J. E. Cox.
NKWKPAl'Klt RKPORTKRS.
I have seen so many erroneous and false reports in secular news¬
papers of matters that I was familiar with that I am sometimes dis¬
posed to question anything I see in the papers. At the recent meet¬
ing of the Southern Baptist Convention at Jacksonville, Florida,I made
the report on pagan fields and followed the report with a short ad¬
dress. In the course of mv remarks I referred to two statements
which brethern had informed me were made by Mr. Torn Watson irr
his magazine about foreign missions. I was exceedingly careful in
my remarks as I always try to be in my public utterances. I was
very much mortified to find that an afternoon paper in Jacksonville
ignored ail I had to say except my brief reference to Mr. Watson’s
statements, and a sensational feature was made of that. There were
large headlines stating that I had made a bitter attack on Mr. Watson,
which was without any foundation in fact. Concerning one of Mr.
Watson’s statements the reporter stated that I said, “It is a lie.” I
made no such statement nor anything resembling it. The whole re¬
port was an inexcusable misrepresentation of what 1 did .say. The
paper of the next morning represented me as comparing Mr. Watson
to a flea. I said nothing that had the faintest resemblence to such a
comparison. Evidently these reporters do not like Mr. Watson and
they put into my mouth what was in their minds. W. J. K. Cox.
A card from Mr. J. H. Carpen¬
ter states that he and Mrs. Car¬
penter are now at McPherson,
Kans., where they celebrated a
family reunion on the fourth of
this month. Mr. Carpenter states
that he is meeting quite a number
his old friends of the days
of the seventies, and that the
is proving a most enjoyable
They leave tomorrow for
Bellington, Wash., their future
home.
after frisking around the
and watching the negroes
work, finally began of its own ac¬
cord to pick the fleecy staple as
as well .as any of the men, and with
an almost incredible rapidity.
As animal trainers on the stage
have demonstrated, it is compara¬
tively easy to teach monkeys to
perform any order of manual trick
or labor. It is confidently believ¬
ed that the experiments on cotton
will prove of practicil use. Small
monkeys could work almost as
efficiently as larger ones. The
cast would be infinitely less than
that of human labor, and the men
who are working up the idea al¬
ready have visions of turning loose
a whole horde of nimble monkeys
on a white cotton patch and hav¬
ing every boll picked and transfer¬
red to tbe bags almost in the
twinkling of an eye.
Mr. B. R. Johnson, who for the
past two months has made Fitz¬
gerald his home, left last night for
Atlanta, where he has accepted a
position with the Southern Rail¬
road Shops.____
,
Mr. E. B. Sheheeand Mr. M. S.
Reynolds are spending a few days
in Atlanta.
Mr. and Mrs. D. W. M. Whitley
and children, Mr. and Mrs. H.
B.Isler and Mr. Cbas. lsler have
returned from a visit to White
Sulphur Springs and Jacksonville,
Fla.
We invite the attention of the
housekeeper to the the page ad in
this issue of the Miller Furniture
Company, in which they call at¬
tention to their excellent line of
stoves.
Monument To Wo¬
men Of South is
Unveiled
Macon, Ga., June 5.—The mon¬
ument-erected to the memory of
the women of the South was un¬
veiled before a large crowd here
Saturday afternoon, Mrs. Waiter
Lamar accepted it on behaif of
the Daughters of the Confederacy
with a neat speech. The local mil¬
itia was out and tired a salute when
the unveiling occurred.
Mr. and Mrs. Roberts
Take Lee-Grant Hotel
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Roberts
arrived in tbe city from Ocilla last
j night, and have taken active
I charge of the Lee-Grant Hotel.
| This announcement will be the
| source friends of much of pleasure Mr. and to the
; many Mrs.
I Roberts and the friends of their
daughter, Miss Alrnaandson, Mr.
John Roberts. For several years
Mr. and Mrs. Roberts had charge
| of the Aldine, and they are most
I favorably known to all the travel¬
ing public. Since giving up the
Al iine last year they have been
conducting the George Hotel at
Ocilla.
Air Dome Opened
With Large Audience
The new Air Dome opened Mon¬
day night as advertised, and play¬
ed to several large audiences, al¬
though the inclement weather kept
many from coming to town Mon¬
day evening. The interior of the
Air Dome is arranged iD a very
unique style, there being plenty of
room, and the left side of the en¬
closure is arranged with tables and
palms, where refreshments will be
dispensed.
All who attended the show Mon¬
day and Tuesday eveninls were
well pleased with the character of
the show, and are very warm in
their praise of it.
Teaching Monkeys
To Pick Cotton
Atlanta, June 5.—An attempt
will shortly be made in Fulton
county by French cotton experts
to teach monkeys to pick cotton,
and if the experiment proves
successful, a whole colony of mon¬
keys will he brought here this fall
and worked in the fields.
The idea grew by accident out of
the antics of a pet chimpanzee
carried by a farmer boy into the
fields. The imitative little animal,
Official of Ben »
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VOL. XVI. NO. 33
Fitzgerald Bankers So
To State Convention
Bankers from every part of
Georgia are to-day wending their
way to Tybee Island, Ga., to be
present at the annual convention
of the Georgia Bankers’ Associa¬
tion, which will be in session there
tomorrow and Friday, this being
the twentieth anDua) session.
The body will represent f every
section of the state, and many per¬
sonages of national prominence
^ in be P resent - Hon. Edward
Vreeland, congressman from New
Jersey, and vice-president of the
United States monetary commis¬
sion, will address the Georgia
Bankers and will enlighten them
on the provisions of the Aldrich—
Vreeland currency plan, the pro-
moters of which hold that its adop¬
tion by the government would
have such an effect upon the cur-
rence system as to eliminate any
danger of panics. Others who
will speak are Professor Lawrence
Laughlin, holder of of the chair of
political economy at the Univer-
sity of Chicago, also Dr. Andrew
M. Soule, president of the State
Agricultural College at Athens,
Ga.
The Fitzgerald Banks will be
represented at tbe convention by
the following gehtlemen: J. E.
Turner, vice-president Exchange
National Bank, E. K. Farm ci,
president jjFirst National Bank,
T. F. Hemminger, Vice President
First National Bank; W. R. Paulk,
president American State [Bank,
and A. B. C. Dorminey, vice
president American State Bank.
Irwin Convicts Are
Working Ocilla Road
The Irwin County convict gang
is now at work on the Ocilla end
of the road connecting that city
with Fitzgerald.
This will indeed be welcome
news to the autonuobili&ts in the
city, who travel back and forth
between Ocilla and Fitzgerald, as
the Irwin division of the route is
in very rough condition.
D r. Elliott Signally
Honored By Georgia
Osteopahs
Tbe many Fitzgerald friend* of
Dr, J. W. Elliott, who visits his
patients here on Wednesday and
Saturday of each week, will read
with interest the following from
the Cordele Rambler:
Dr. J. W. Elliott and son, Wal¬
ter, returned Saturday night from
Savannah where they attended the
Eighth Annual Sessionof the Geor-
gia Osteopathic Association Friday
and Saturday. The meeting was
attended by a large number of
leading and prominent osteopaths
from throughout the state and sev
eral matters of vital interest and
importance to the public health
were presented for consideration
and discussion, prominent among
which were their open condema-
tion of antitoxin and a too fre¬
quent use of vaccine and other
strong and dangerous drugs.
Aside from tbe interesting busi¬
ness sessions Dr. Elliot says th<3
vi-itlng doctors were most royally
entertained while they were guests
the city. Main features on the
entertainment program were a
trip to Tybee and a Sumptuous
banquet at Thunderbolt Casino.
’ Dr Elliot was chosen as the del -,
of the association to the
American Osteopathic Association
to bo held in Chicago
July 24th. He together with
his son Walter who has just finish¬
his first year in [tbe school of
Osteopathy at Kirksville. Mo.,wile
about July 20th for Chicago
to be in attendance at the meeting.