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Official Organ Ben 11111 County.
The Bill At The
Lyric Theatre
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Professor Walter Baker, the
magician at the Lyric. Theatre,
tertained several large audiences
last evening, and will be seen
again to-night, and tomorrow
night. Professor Baker is natur-
ally an excellent entertainer and
does and says many amusing
things, aside from Magic, that
cause much laughter. His slight
of hand tricks are gracefully per¬
formed and are baffiling in the
es-terni e.
Q for”the Lh management first Richardson half of have and contract- Bernard week,
next
and there is a rare treat in store
for those who care for “classv”
negro dialect. Richardson
Bernard are playing in Cordele
this week and have been drawing
big crowds at the Cordele theatre
since their first appearance. Mr.
Richardson was formerly second
tenor in “That Texas Quartette”
ana Miss Bernard is late of the
“DeCosta Gills”.
ToThe Salaried Man
Will you spend all you receive
and live and die poor, or will you
start a savings account with us. on
which we will allow you interest
compounded four times a year?
We are anxious for you to make
the beginning.
THE EXCHANGE NATIONAL BANK.
=j IF A |
$25,000,000 Bank In New York
WANTED TO MAKE
$50,000.oo Collection In Fitzgerald,
They Would Desire to $ jlect 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 of 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.
ROBERTjV. BOWEN, Capitalist.
J. B. CLEMENTS, Capitalist and Planter.
W. R. BOWEN, President Empire Mercantile Co.
J. J. DORMINEY, President Dorminey-Price Lum-
J *^ * 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:
11 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 have deposited with us, and with whom we have become acquainted; then
we will next serve those deserving people, who have not been able to deposit consider¬
ably with us, always trying to help the different sections around us from whence we
get owr patronage.
We shall always endeavor to treat people so 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
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FITZGERALD, BEN HILL COUNTY, GEORGIA , SEPTEMBER 1, 1911.
Swollen Streams
Wash Away Bridges
The Ocmulgee River has been
on a rampage for the past few
(javs, as a result of the recent
copious rainfall. The oldest settlers
in that district claim that its
waters have risen faster and high-
er than at any time in their recol¬
lection. Reports come from every
section of the county to the effect
that all streams are swollen, and
in many instances bridges washed
away. Roads in the eastern part
of the county are impassable, and
Dormioey’s Mill Dam was destroy¬
ed. It has been necessary, in or¬
der to repair the damages done by
the rajn, for County Commission¬
ers to put the entire county gang
to work, as a result, the improve¬
ment work all over the county will
l)e delayed,
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Atlanta, Aug. 29.—Atlanta has
made great preparations for the
celebration of Labor May. There
will be a big speaking next Mon¬
day night at the Wesley Memorial
Tabernacle. The speakers will be
Congressman William B. Wilson
of Missouri, Governor Hoke
Smith and N. H. Kirkpatrick, Federa¬
president of the Atlanta
tion of Trades. A big parade will
be given during the morning
through the main streets of the
city.
H. M. WARREN, Naval Stores and 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.
Labor Day, September 4th.
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The regular preaching service at
the Firemen’s Park next Sunday
will be conducted by Rev. E. J.
Hammond.
Seab Wright To Edit
A Prohibition Paper
Lindale, Ga., Aug. 29.—The
Georgia Free Lance, a weekly
newspaper, edited by "Captain A.
B. S. Moseley, of Rome, that has
been established here for years, is
to be removed to Rome. It is said
that a stock company is to be
formed and turn the paper into a
morning daily, to be edited by
Georgia’s strong prohibitionist,
Seab Wright. It is understood
that the policy of the new paper
wiil be to defend the present pro¬
hibition law, tight against local
option, and that it will demand
that Hoke Smith retain himself as
Georgia’s governor.
W. T. Hammock
Leaves Aldine Hotel
Mr. W. T. Hammock has sev¬
ered his connection with the Al¬
dine Hotel, after conducting it for
the past year, and the establish¬
ment is now under the personal
supervision of the owner, Mr. J.
L. Dorminey.
Mr. Dorminey has associated
with him in the capacity of clerks,
Chas. Waters and Chas. Gill, and
Mrs. Lilly has been engaged as
housekeeper. Messrs. Watson and
Gill and Mrs. Lilly have had con¬
siderable experience in the hotel
business, and witn this able corps
of assistants, Mr. Dorminey will
be able to give the best service
possible.
Heart Of Jersey Boy
On The Right Side
Bloomfield, N. J., Aug. 29.-—
Dr. Jacob Wolf discovered today
that the heart of eleven-year-old and
W illiam Stevens, son of Mr.
Mrs. Joseph Stevens, is on the
right side of his body instead of
the left.
The boy had been complaining side
of pains in his right for
several day, and when home reme¬
dies failed to relieve him, the
physician was called. Dr. Wolf
found nothing the matter with the
physical condition of the boy un¬
til he applied an instrument to
his . left side and found no heart¬
beat. He was puzzled for a mo¬
ment and then tried the right side.
Cases on record of misplaced
1 heart are rare.
School Opens
Monday Morning
Mondav morning, Sept. 4th at
8:30, the Fitzgerald Public Schools
will open. Pupils will come to
school, receive their books, and
the necessary instructions from
their teachers concerning other
supplies. We call attention to the
fact that the copy booktnethod of
teaching writing has been discard-
ed in favor of “The Palmer Sys¬
tem of Business writing” which is
the muscular system. In the pur¬
chase of pencils for the children,
we ask parents to select for the
pupils of the first and second
grades a large pencil with very
soft lead. We had selected Dix¬
on’s Beginner’s Pencil, but the
manufacturer has failed to make
shipment as agreed upon. There¬
fore it is necessary to get a sub¬
stitute. Some of the dealers have
ordered substitutes from other
factories. Remember that a school
child’s pencil should not have an
eraser on it. This encourages
carelessness. Furthermore, if he
starts to write something and pffts
a mark through it, the teacher
has an idea of his first thought or
impulse and can follow the work¬
ing of his mind in making the
correction.
We invite the patrons and others
who are interested to'attend the
opening of the High school. Your
presence on this occasion gives
encouragement to both teachers
and pupils. Often words spoken
on such occasions are carried
through iife by some boy or girl.
More than one life is at the
turning point. It behooves all of
us to use every influence that each
and every one may be influenced
in the right directiot, may be en¬
couraged to struggle against
obstacles and difficulties.
E. E.'Sams, Supt,
And Still They Come;
Error in Pension
bill
Atlanta Ga., Aug. 30.—A blun¬
der has been discovered now in
the appropriation bill, making the
fourth measure affected by clerical
error, which ran the gauntlet of
the engrossing committee, the
governor’s secretaries and Gover¬
nor Smith himself, without detec¬
tion.
In the section relating to pen¬
sions the original bill, gave $120,-
000 to “maimed ana disabled sol¬
diers.” The engrossing clerk
wrote it $127,500, and it so stands
in the measure signed by Gover¬
nor Smith.
This means that an additional
$7,500 will go to this class of pen¬
sioners, and the governor must
honor the warrant of the pension
commission for the increase when
it is drawn.
This further emphasizes the
necessity for expert proof readers,
embodying the plan of Clerk
Boifeuillet of the house. The
genial official is distressed very
much that so many serious blun¬
ders have crept into vital acts,
the first of moment he has had in
his thirteen years’ of service as
clerk of the house.
With an increase of $44,000,000
in tax returns for this year the
state will get $220,000 additional
revenues. This means that there
will not be anything like the deficit
Governor Smith constantly assert-
ed would exist if there were any
increases in appropriations. In
fact, it will come within about
$40,000 of caring for both the
general and special appropriation
bills, which largely justifies Chair-
man McElreath’s coutention right
along.
VOL. XVI. NO. 56
Judge Wall Passes
Sentence on Howe
City Court Judge, E. Wall,
passed sentence on L. W. Howe
Wednesday afternoon, Howe hav¬
ing been found guilty of a viola¬
tion of the State Prohibition Law.
The sentence was generally ap-
proved by the public. Howe will
have to serve three months on the
county gang and pay $450 into the
County Treasury. Attorneys for
the defendant moved for a new
trial, which motion will be heard
on Sept. 15th. Pending this hear¬
ing, Howe is out on $850 bond.
Before the sentence was passed,
Messrs. C. E. Crawley and B. B.
Watkins made splendid talks in
behalf of the defendant.
Atlanta’s Charter
Has Been Ruined
|By Clerical Errors
Atlanta, Aug. 29.—Clerical er¬
rors seems to be playing havoc
with the work of the recent Geor¬
gia legislature, and to cap the
climax it now appears that At¬
lanta’s new charter may be invali¬
dated by the same trouble. The
error was iu writing 1911 when it
should have been 1910. It may
yet be remedied, but the discovery
is causing a world of talk.
BLUNDERS OF CLERKS
The Atlanta newspapers began
to jump on the system in vogue
at the capital several days ago
when’it was discovered that some
of the most important bills were
made foolish and probably of no
force by the blunders of inefficient
clerks. The necessity for civil
service regulations that would in¬
sure capable work was clearly ap¬
parent. Most of the clerks who
are given these positions are fa¬
vored entirely on political grounds
without any regard to their abili¬
ty to do the work; in fact, the
clerks are often changed before
the session is half over in order
that other clerks might be given
the places to pay the political debts
of the lawmakers.
WORST OF ALL
Now comes the big blunder in
the Atlanta charter, After all the
hubbub in getting it passed—and
it took a world of work to do it—
it may be N. G. by an inexcusable
error.
The question has been raised as
to whether the special election can
be held this year. The error was
made in section 154 of the bill and
that section provides that only
those citizens who have paid their
state county and city taxes for 1911
can vote. The state and county tax
books are not open for payment
until Oct. 1, 1911. The election
is set for September 27, several
days before citizens are permitted
to pay their taxes.
Whether the error of the clerk
can be remedied before the next
session of the legislature is not
yet determined.
Phil Cook, secretary of styite,
said the question was, in his opin¬
ion, identical with that raised Inst
week when Putnam county was
transferred to the wrong congres¬
sional district by an error of the
rolling clerk. The governor’s
opinion on that was that the error
could not be rectified until the
next session of the legislature.
Auction Sale.
Auctioneer Britt will sell at
auction, complete line of house¬
hold furniture, practically new.
Sale Saturday afternoon, in front
of First National Bank.