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Aye You A. T. O's!
Come out of that awful, miser¬
able, uncomfortable, bot coat and
enjoy the cool breezes (blowing to
keep you from sweltering) if you
will only shed that old coat and
smile.
The A. T. O. Anti Coat club
will be launched next Sunday,
May 18th and continue its journey
until Sept. 1. Come out Sunday
morning and help us ‘‘Keep Kool.”
We are going to Sunday School
minus that coat, so have that
Sunday Shirt “Spie and Span”
and sign your name ‘‘Keep Kool
Willie.”
“To The Bashful Boy:” If you
will come with us, we will give
you the place of honor!
about it Mr. Dunn?
Raymond Davis.
President, A. T. O. Clas.
Thayer Completes
Apartment House
The old Christian Church at the
orner of Jessamine and Sherman
streets has ' been converted into-
two of the most convenient and
desirable flats in the ci$y,, which
are now completed and ready for
occupancy. The property belongs
to Comrade Lewis Thayer, and all
who have seen the flats are con¬
gratulating him upon the excellent
manner in which he has arranged
them. There are nine rooms in
each apartment, with separate
bath and toilet, as well as individ¬
ual entrances. The flats are close
in, and there is no doubt about
Comrade Thayer’s keeping them
Occupied.
v dbama Cotton
Mails Close Down
Montgomery, Ala., June 14.—
On account of the high price of
cotton, which it is stated makes it
impossible to operate it at a profit,
the Montala Cotton Mills, with
10,000 spindles, and the Mont-
gomers Cordage "Company, using
125. bales per month, have closed
their plant for the summer. They
will not resume until the crop is
harvestered in the fall.
It is reported to local brokers
that two mills at Selma, Ala., two
at Mobile, Ala., and at Florence,
Ala., have suspended operations
for similar reasons, and that the
mills at Arondale, Ala., and Co¬
lumbus, Ga., are running on short
time.
Cotton mill men regard the
situation as critical.
Mr. J. B. G. West, of Cordele,
spent Thursday in the city.
Mr, R. Grantham, of Wray, Ga.,
was among the sojourners in the
city Thursday.
SEMI-WEEKLY
The Fitzgerald Leader
FITZGERALD. BEN HILL COUNTY, GEORGIA, JUNE 17, 1911.
Joe Hill Hall
Seriously III.
Macon, Ga., June 14.—Hon Joe
Hill, one of the representatives
from Bibb county, and one of the
best known members of the Geor¬
gia legislature, will not be able
to attend the opening of the gen¬
eral assembly on account of a
serious attack of rheumatism,
which has confined him to his
bed for nearly two months.
He is in such condition that it
is doubtful if he will take part in
the legislative proceedings at all.
His relatives are apprehensive as
to his condition.
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I, J&CiiSOII Will
Move To Ocilla
Mr. J. T. Jackson has severed
his connection with the Armour
Packing Company and will leave
Monday for Ocilla, where he will
be associated in the mercantile
business with Mr. T. A. Young,
one of Ocilla’s most enterprising
merchants. Mrs. Jackson and the
children v^ill be here about thirty
days longer. Mr. and Mrs. Jack-
son have made Fitzgerald their
horheffor thetpast nine years; they,
are fine folks and we hatfe to see!
them leave, and while they, are
leaving a mighty fine city, we
will admit that they are going to a
good ono also.
The vacancy occasioned by Mr.
Jackson’s withdrawal from the
Armour Packing Company, is be¬
ing filled by Mr. T. H. Groen, of
Cordele.
Firemen Make Plans
to Protect Themselves
Rome, Ga., June 15.—At the
meeting of fire chiefs here this
morning the topic of discussion
was proposed legislation for pro¬
tection of firemen.
A «bill similar, to that now in
force in North and South Carolina
and other states will be introduced
by Representatives A. A. Law¬
rence, of Chatham. It states
that a tax of one cent annum is to
be levied on premium receipts of
fire insurance companies doing
business in Georgia cities, said tax
to be paid to the insurance com¬
missioner, and turned over to the
municipalities, in proportion to
amount of business done in each
city. This fund will be expended
by a firemen’s relief commission
in payments to disabled, aged or
indigent firemen, and as pensions
for dependent relatives after death.
President Ballentyne, of the
association, says many pledges of
support have been received from
legislators and predicts the pass'
of the bill within the next yea:.
Mr. L. N. Bushville, of Haw-
kinsville, was in the city Thursday,
attending to business matters
To Every Automobile Owner In
Fitzgerald, And Ben Hill County
You are invited and urged to enter your machine m an automo¬
bile parade to be given to the several hundred delegates to The Farm¬
ers Union Convention, which will be held in Fitzgerald Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday, next. The parade to begin at three o’clock
Wednesday afternoon, and to consist of about seventy-five cars from
Ben Hill county, with twenty or thirty from neighboring town. The
parade will pass over the best roads and by the best farms in the
county, and probably reach into some adjoining county,
By this means we can bring about the greatest advertisement pos¬
sible of our splendid roads and rnagnificient farm lands, as these are
representative farmers coming to us from every section in the State
of Georgia. The parade will travel at a speed of about fifteen miles
per hour, and of itself will be the most spectacular parade in ma^r
respects that tins ever been given.
Please, therefore lend your assistance by being ready promptly at
three o’clock p. m. Wednesday, next at the Post Office building for a
start. This ride, as much as it will be taken over our very best roads,
will not work hardship on any car, but should in every respect be exhil-
larating and full of pleasure. Yours for the good of our section,
D. B. Ware.
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J. E. Turner.
R. B. Fletcher
Automobile Parade Committee,
Carnegie's Part
*1 $ 5004000,000
Judge Gary’s testimony before
the congressional investigating
committee gives the public a bit
of the lilne'.on what Mr. ; Carnegie
got out of the gigantic, steel merg¬
er. “The syndicate,” Judge Gary
te: tided, “delivered to the Carne-
g'e interests $303,450,000 in bonds,
$98,277,120 preferred and $90,-
289,000 common stock. The total
was $492,006,160. This, of course
did not represent all of Mr. Carn¬
egie’s fortune. He doubtless had
some few tons of millions in other
pockets. No wonder he can afford
to be the Laird of Skibo, and
build libraries, and have his pic¬
ture printed on the front of hero
medals.—Ex.
There- will be preaching ser¬
vices at the Firemen’s Park to¬
morrow afternoon at 4:30, Rev.
T- M. Calloway, of the First Bap¬
tist Church, speaker.
Farrand Osborne Mak¬
ing An Excellent
Record
Governor Joseph M. Brown
presented medals and scholarship
trophies to the following members
of the junior class who have made
the highest averages during the
three ye'ars they have been at
Tech.
W. F. Osborne, P. T. Shutze,
W. S. Hazzard, W. A. Linton,
J. N. Manay, J. T. Peacock, E.
D. Drummond, H. N. Pye, J. W.
Spears and F. A. Stivers.
The foregoing extract from the
Atlanta Constitution’s write-up of
the Tech, commencement exer¬
cises, will be of interest to the many
friends here of one of the young
men, Mr. Osborne, who is a son of
Dr. L. S. Osborne of this city.
Old Maids Won
Base Ball Game
The Merry Widow—Old Maid
base ball game, was pulled off
Thursday afternoon, with a large
and enthusiastic crowd of specta¬
tors.
The players in dress parade ac¬
companied by'the band, took in
Main, Pine, Grant and Lee streets
just before the game, and those
who witnessed the passing proces¬
sion were afforded much amuse¬
ment. It would require more time
and space than we have at our dis¬
posal to even attempt a descrip¬
tion of the costumes worn by the
two line-ups, but suffice it to say
that there was “some class” to the
whole bunch, and there were cer¬
tainly some nifty gowns in evi¬
dence.
The gamo which was given for
the benefit of the band, resulted
a score of 9 and 6 in favor of the
Old Maids. The collection taken
at the game aggregated about ten
dollars.
The two line-ups were as fol¬
lows: The Old Maids, Lester Nor¬
ris, C., Art Chaple, P., Hubert
Roush, 1st base, Alex Harvey, 2
nd base; Randall Bryan, 3rd base;
Ted Myers, S. S.; R. Davis, E.F.;
Byron Bryan, C. F., Eugene
Sharpe, L. F.; The Merry Wid¬
ows; F. Cardwell, C.; Will Ad¬
ams, P.; Ed. Hook, 1st base; W.
Quinn, 2nd base; B. Owens, 3rd
base; I. Manheim, S.S.; J. Brad¬
ley, R. F.; C. Miller, C. F.; W.
Davis, L.F. The game was um¬
pired by Ed. Deeseand Will Haile.
Mr. E. P. Hamilton, one of
Abbevelle’s prominent bankers,
was shaking hands with friends in
Fitzgerald Thursday,
Our School
Close to the people of the
State is the Training
School for Teachers
More tha n all the other state in¬
stitutions put together the State
Normal School at Athens is the
school that touches the great mass
of people of the state. Nearly ev¬
ery county is represented in its
student body and the influence
reaches the remotest school dis¬
trict in the most inaccessible coun¬
ty. One Georgian writing the oth¬
er day to the president of the board
of trustees Said “Your big Insti¬
tution is doing more good in Geor¬
gia than all the others combined,
and at less expense, with no blow
about it.”
Here are some tersely put facts
about this, our own institution,
which the people of the state will
be glad to know;
HERE ARE THE PACTS:
Exactly half of the members of
last year’s graduating class have
been teaching in the country
schools.
Of the 524 graduates of the in¬
stitution (to June 1910) over four
hundred are or have been country
school teachers.
During the last sixteen years
8,027 graduates been" and undergradu¬
ates have common-school
teachers.
The last report of the State
School Commissioners shows that
2,198 white teachers in the com¬
mon schools have Lad at least one
year’s Normal training. Twenty-
three counties do not report on
this matter. There are several
teachers in every county of the
state who had Normal training.
Ben Hill county has 4.
Thejnormal School at Athens is
the pith and core, the heart and
hope of the common schools of the
state.
There are 197 normal schools in
the United States. The United
States commissioner of education
has placed the Georgia school—
our own school—among the best
fifteen in this large number of
schools for training teachers.
No school in this or any other
state is closer to the common
school problem'. This year 188
teachers have come from their
schools to this school, have re-
mained as long as their small
means permitted, and have then
gone straight back to their schools
again for better service to the gen-
eration that is growing up. No
other school in America has a rec-
ord like this.
The student body this year
numbers seven hundred and niue-
ty-six. There are 122 of the 146
counties in the state represented.
In addition to the teachers com¬
ing to the school the Normal has
gone to the teachers. Two mem¬
bers of the faculty, Misses McCul¬
loch and Reynolds, are living in
Official Organ of Ben !
Rill County. $1.50 !
a Year.
VOL . XVI. NO. 36
Grasshoppers Attack
Cotton
Denton, Tex., June, 13—Driven
from pastures and meadows by
the drought, grasshoppers are
reported today to have attacked
cotton in this section. Some darn -
age is reported.
Wants Papers To
Print Editors’ Names
Washington, June 15.—A bill
providing that every paper must
print in a conspicuous place the
name of the owner or owners,
publisher and managing editor was
introduced by RepresentativeBarn-
hard of Indiana
J. G. Knapp President
Mining Company
Information has been received
in the city that J. G. Knapp ex-
mayor of Fitzgerald, has been
elected president of the Bullion
Mountain Mining Company, a
Nevada Corporation; we also no¬
tice among the board of Directors
names of’ two,other former Fitz-
geraldites, J. E. Cameron and H.
C. McFadden.
the schools and homes of the coun¬
try people in Laurens and Douglas
counties, giving all their time and
attention throughout the school
year to efforts for betterment of
conditions. And as fast as women
can be found specially fitted for
the work and willing to go into
this endeavor, the school can have
other field-work without expense
to the state.
The school management has
been issuing 8 bulletins on farm
life conditions—evidencing the
profound interest of the institu¬
tion in country-life civilization.
Write for copies of these bulletins.
Some condensed facts as to the
school: It is in Athens, Ga.; it has
eight school buildings; it has for-
t v-two officers and teachers; it
has eighteen departments of in¬
stiuction; it has abundant appara-
tus, equipment and courses in do-
mestic science, elementary agri-
culture, physics, chemistry, phy-
siology, manual arts, and music;
it has a beautiful new library; it
has two teachers whose entire
time is given to physical culture
and sanitation; it has an une¬
qualled health record; it has a res¬
ident Y.WC.. A. secretary and op¬
tional Bible study courses; it has
four times as many calls for teach¬
ers as it can supply; it offers to
the Georgia young people a maxi¬
mum of culture at a minimum ex¬
pense—less than a hundred and
twenty-five dollars a year; tuition
is free.