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Official Orjjan Ben Hill County.
Whipple Will Stay On
Cordele, Ga., Aug. 23.—Judge
U. V. Whipple, after considera¬
tion, has definitely decided that iie
will not resign the judgeship of the
Cordele circuit. It has been cur¬
rently reported from Atlanta that
it was Judge W hippie a inreiuion
to resign his office and that his
resignation would soon reach
the governor. In au interview
Judge Whipple in a positivestate-
meat advises that he will not re¬
sign at an early date, .fudge
nipple further advises that when
J r a ready to resign that he will
’■'j the people of his circuit plen¬
ty of notice, sp that they can name
his successor at the regular elec¬
tion.
Judge Whipple gave this inter¬
view before leaving for his summer
home at Blue Ridge, where his
family is domiciled, and this sets
aside all political rumors of his
resignation.
Much Damage is Done
to Cotton in Georgia
Helena, Ga., Aug. 23.—The
Farmers Union of Telfair county
held a rally at McRae Saturday.
Members from Telfair, Dodge and
Montgomery counties werepresent.
Upon a vote be ng taken it was
ascertained that the cotton crop
has deteriorated at least 25 per
■cent in the last six weeks. Plans
were perfected to keep the dis¬
tressed cotton off the market.
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ank In New York
WANTED TO MAKE
$50,000.oo Collection In Fitzgerald,
They Wovild Desire to 3elect a VERY STRONG Bank here.
To find that bank they would look into their bank directory and find a bank
having large deposits, large reserve and controlled by a highly rated set of directors
and officers. To find out the rating of these officers and directors they could consult
their mercantile rating agencies.
An examination and inquiry into the standing off The Exchange .National
Bank, therefore, would convince them that they could find no safer bank in this sec¬
tion of the state to handle their large collection. The Exchange National Bank
always has more reserve than the National Bank Law requires.
Its stockholders are very strong men financially, most of them self-made, and
of a live and let live kind.
We exhibit below our list of directors, who have been successful in their own
affairs, are men of large holdings, and who meet once a month to give the highest
order of direction to the affairs of The Exchange National Bank.
ROBERT V. BOWEN, Capitalist.
J. B. CLEMENTS, Capitalist and Planter.
W. R. BOWEN, President Empire Mercantile Co.
. J. J. DORMINEY, President Dorminey-Price Lum¬
ber Company.
T. S. PRICE, President Ashley-Price Lumber Co.
E. T JAMES, President Planters Warehouse and
Loan Company.
The Honorable Comptroller of the Currency in Washington says in effect:
“Give me a strong set of stockholders, a strong set of directors and a tried and
proved set of active officers, and you give me a strong bank.’’
It is no wonder, therefore, that this bank has very large deposits and stands in
such high favor with the people of Fitzgerald and surrounding territory.
We shall always endeavor to lend our money first to those good deserving peo¬
ple who hava deposited with us, and with whom we have become acquainted, then
we will next serve those deserving people, who have been able to depost considerably
with us] always trying to help the different sections around us from whence we get
our patronage.
We Shall always endeavor to treat people co liberally until they shall feel that
they have profited by dealing with us, as well as we ourselves have profited-
We invite new accounts, and would be glad to discuss'in a strictly confidential
way, with prospective patrons their business affairs and probable needs.
The Exchange National Bank
R. V. BOWEN, President. J. D. DORMINEY , Cashier .
J. E. TURNER. Active V.-P. M. M. STEPHENS, Assistant Cashier
SEMI-WEEKLY
The Fitzgerald Leader
FITZGERALD, BEN HILL COUNTY, GEORGIA, AUGUST 25, 1911.
j Mrs. Gilbert Griffin
la Big Four Wreck
The mane friends in the city of
Mrs. (r. A <rnffin wdj regret to
know that she arid her voung son
wpr« pa in full v injured last Friday
morninu, wnen two coaches of the
• {Tg F->ui”- were derailed near
0. i unibus Ohio. The coaches
were thrown from the track and
rolled down-an embankment ten
feet h'gh, practically demolishing
the coaches and injuring many of
the passengers. Only one was
reported dead. Mrs. Griffin and
baby were considerably shaken up,
and received many scratches and
bruises, but fortunately there
were no broken bones, or any in¬
juries that are likely to prove se¬
rious.
Mrs. Griffin and the baby are
doing nicely under the cate of a
physician in Gabon, Ohio, which
city was the destination they had
in view where they left Fitzgerald
about a week and a half ago. They
will spefrd the remainder of the
summer with relatives in Gallon.
11,000,00-Bale Crop.
Waycross, Ga., August 23.—
Former President J. J. Lee, of
the Georgia tanners’ Union, stat¬
ed here today that the cotton crop
of the south would not exceed the
11,000,000-bale mark, despite the
reports from various ' sections to
the contrary. He further stated
that conditions in many Georgia
counties were not a third as good
as reported.
' H. M. WARREN, Naval Stores an.t Planter
M. DICKSON. Naval Stores and Planter.
W. T. PAULK, Naval Stores and Planter.
J. E. TURNER, Active Vice-President.
L. KENNEDY, Attorney-at-Law. '
E. F.-CHAMBESS. Capitalist.
BEN DREW, Capitalist.
JOHN D. DORMINEY, Cashier.
Schools Will Open
September Fourth
The Fitzgerald Public Schools
will open Monday September the
fourth at 8:30 o’clock.
All pupils should apply at the
superintendeat’s office bttween
Aug. 26th and Sept. 1st. for ad¬
mission. (Office hours 9-12 a. m.
2-5 p. na.). Those who have pio-
motion cards will bring them to be
countersigned by the superintend-
ent. Those who have not been in
school and those who wish to re¬
move conditions should confer with
the superintendent before Aug.
30th in regard to their examina¬
tions. When children are enter¬
ing school for the first time it is
very desirable that their parents
accompany them to the office.
Teachers will be instructed not
to enroll any pupils who do not
present properly signed cards. The
superintendent will not be in his
office for the purpose of enrolling
pupils September 4th.
So, if you can not make appli¬
cation before that time, wait until
Tuesday, September 5th, at 8:30
a. m.
E. E. Sams, Supt.
Services At The Park
Sunday afternoon, at the regu¬
lar preaching at the 1 ireman’s
Park, the sermon, wilt be deliv-
ered by Rev. Albert W. Pierce,
pastor of the Presbyterian Church,
“
Dr. A. H. Denmark has return-
ed from a business trip to Atlanta.
School Opens Fall
Session September 4
The school boys and girls have
well nigh spent their vacation, and
only a few more days are left in
which to play. All have had ample
time toefijoy themselves during the
warm summer months and there
are nofce who should not be ready
and willitg to lay their frivolities
aside for * part of the day and set¬
tle down to hard work in an effort
to fit thetoselves for the time when
circumstinces may force them to
grapple With fortune for their own
living.
The Board of Education have
selected in excellent corps of teach¬
ers for the scbolistic year, and
with the co-operation of the par¬
ents there is no reason why the
year 1912 should not be made the
most successf ul in the history of
the schools.
As will be seen elsewhere in this
issue of the Leader, school will
open on Monday, September 4th,
and the faculty this year will be
composed of the following:
Superintendent, E. E. Sams;
First giade, Mrs. R. E. Lee, Miss
A. Reibsam; Second grade, Miss
Cleo C. Bell, Miss J. Washburn,
Miss Nellie Tvler; Third grade,
Mrs. H. M. Saunders, Miss Marga¬
ret Emory; Fourth grade; Mrs.
M. E. Ell&rs, Miss Julia Conn:
Fifth grade, Miss Willie Willis,
Mrs. Daisy Brabham; Sixth grade,
Miss Arrie B. Lawton,---
(to be selected); Seventh grade,
Miss Dovie Blair, Mrs. Rosina
Howe; High School, Mr. H. B.
Ritchie, Mr. J. W Morris, Miss
Dollie McLendon, Mrs. Claudia
! Hoover.
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Price Of Meat Jumps
And Will Go Higher
New York, Aug. 23.—The price
of meat was boosted again today.
Meat is higher than it has been in
two years, with prospects that its
cost will soar further. This is the
season when the packers begin to
place their product in cold'storage.
Preparations are being made to
send vast quantities to the refrige¬
rators. The dry summer is blamed
for the advance in the cost of meat
The same cry is being raised by
the butter and egg interests, who
this week began to place enormous
quantities of those products in cold
storage. Ribs and loins of beef
are selling at wholesale today for
16£c a pound, an advance of four
cents since the first of the year.
City Is Cutting Weeds
And Mowing Grass
It is the policy of the Leader to
give honor to whom honor is
due and credit to whom credit
is due, therefore wewish
to congratulate the Health
department of the city for their
activity in having the streets of
our city cleaned, cutting down the
weeds in the boulevards and mow-
ing the grass. The business sec¬
tions, particularly, present a much
more attractive appearance, to say
nothing of the improvement in a
sanitary sense. (The department
of health have men at work in dif-
ferent parts, cutting the weeds,
near the sidewalks,
the general effect is good.
United Brethren
Church
9:30 a, m. Sunday School.
10:45 a. m. and 7:45 p. m.
j Preaching by the pastor.
7:00 Monthly Missionary
! ing of the Christian Endeavor.
J. L. Leichliter, Pastor.
Policy Holdeis Get
Rough Deal
Milwaukee, Wis., August, 23.—
Important legislation for the con-
trol of insurance companies doing
an industrial health and accident
business is proposed in the report
of the special committee of the
insurance commissioners of the
United States, which was made
public at the convention here to¬
day.
Basis for new legislation is giv¬
en in reports on the examination
of fourteen companies in which
nearly 2,000 settlements effected
by these companies are discussed
and criticised.
SETTLEMENT Of CLAIMS
In discussing the settlement
of these claims the report says;
“Of the specific claims examinded,
where the amount is usually con¬
siderable, the percentage of un¬
sealed or rejected claims is high —
indeed, very much too high to be
explained by error of judgement
or carelessness. Indeed the com¬
mittee feels warranted in conclud¬
ing that when dealing with com¬
panies doing an industrial health
or accident business, the policy¬
holding public of the country-
particular ly those who through
ignorance @r poverty are unable to
protect themselves—has too fre¬
quently been the victim of incon-
scionable practices in the claim de¬
partment of the companies criti¬
cised in this report. Promises of
reformation made at the hearings
are therefore not enough. This
convention should take action
which will guarantee the just treat¬
ment of policyholders in the fu¬
ture.”
The list of companies whose
.animation was trie occasion for
report is as follows:
Standard Accident Insurance
Company, Detroit, Mich.; United
States Health and Accident Insur¬
ance Company, Saginaw, Mich.;
Massachusetts Accident Company
Boston; Great Eastern Casualty*
Company, Detroit; Equitable sc
cident Company, Hammond, Ind.;
North American Accident Insur¬
ance Company, Chicago; National
Casualty Company, Detroit; Fi¬
delity Accident Company, Sagi¬
naw, Mich.; General Accident, F.
and L. Assurance Corporation;
American Assurance Company,
Philadelphia; Phoenix Preferred
Accident Company, Detroit,
Mich.; German Commercial Acci¬
dent Company, Philadelphia.
WITHOUT CONSCIENCE
AND WITHOUT RIGHT
The report says of one com-
pany
“It is impossible in language
fitted to an official document apt¬
ly to characterize what seems to
have been the practices and meth¬
ods of the industrial department
of the corporation in settling with
its policy holders. It aopears to
have resorted to every possible
means not merely to protect it¬
self against imposition—for which
it could not be criticised—but also
more particularly to cut and shave
down claims, apparently without
conscience and certainly without
right.”
The report further says that on¬
ly two or three of the
examined have been found to be
substantially undeserving of any
criticism, and continues:
Three or four others merely
show “ ! soi * tBd
either errvrs in adjustments, 1 or
that the bad practices of competi¬
tors were sometimes followed.
About half of the companies ex¬
amined show serious conditions in
their claims departments, specially
adjustment of specific claims of
considerable amounts, while in at
least two such companies
j conditions immediate are so shocking as to
i call forth and emphatic
Official Organ of Ben
Hill County. $1.50
a Year.
VOL. XVI. NO. 54
Baker Supply Co. To
Have Grist Mill
Mr. C. E. Baker, whose ware-
house is now situated in the for¬
mer stand of the Crystal Bottling,
Works, will within the next thirty*
days install a grist mil!. Mr.
Baker has purchased a gasolene
engine and all the other accessories
for the operation of a grist mill
and just as soon as same arrive,
will be immediately installed and
ready for business.
Mr. Baker, who is proprietor of
the Baker Supply Company, is
admirably situated for handling
the cotton trade this summer, and
with the addition of the grist mill,
his place of business should receive
a large patronage.
Bowen Telephone Co.
Buys Abbeville Plant
The Bowen Telephone Company
of this city has purchased the Ab¬
beville Telephone Co. from Mrs.
Ida Holton, and are now planning
extensive improvements on the
plant, the execution of which will
begin immediately.
The Bowen Telephone Company
is extending its lines rapidly in
this section, having added several
rural lines this year, and with
offices in Rebecca and Rochelle,
and their recent acquisition of the
Abbeville Telephone Company,
cover quite a scope of territory.
Special Attraction At
Lyric Next Week
Xhe manageraent of tiie Lvric
Theatre —
j announce a bill of extra¬
ordinary merit for next week,
when the Sydney Juvenile Quar¬
tette will be the attraction. These
talented musicians, who are quite
proficient with all kind of string¬
ed instruments, cornet, and also
render vocal selecnions are now in
Atlanta, and are attracting much
attention.
Miss Benton, the dainty little
soubrette, who appeared last night,
and will be on for the remainder
of this week, is without an excep¬
tion one of the best that has ever
appeared at the Lyric. A petite
little Miss with many winqing
ways and side glances, dancing
esyes, and graceful movements,
her performance is a delight to all
who witness it.
Notice!
Property owners are hereby no¬
tified that the weeds on ALL
lots, whether occupied or vacant,
must t e cut at once or the author¬
ities will cut same and charge the
expense up to the property.
By order of the Mayor and
Council, per L. S. Osborne,
Health Officer.
Fitzgerald, August 25th, 1911.
reforms.”
■SQME RECOMMEND ACTION.
The report concludes with 24
recommendations, the most im¬
portant of which are:
That a standard industrial health
and accident policy provision law
be enacted; that pro-rating for
change of occupation should be
permitted only when the insured
has actually changed his occupa¬
tion; that the policy fee be abolish¬
ed; that all industrial agents and
collectors be licensed by the state;
that frequent examinations cover¬
ing not only financial condition,
but also treatment of policy hold¬
ers, be conducted either by the in¬
dividual states or by a committee
ft heconventionandthatpnblici-
ty be given to the results of all
such examinations.