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yj‘ I Declared
Against
Violators of Prohibition
L»w in Atlanta-Will
Be Given Limit
Atm ta, January 1.—A war to
the •|mfe, ’ Star5-i and knife between to the the hilt, city
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‘»ves a o the whiskey : filers.
V-'bite men arraigned i- 1 found
are l*in? linxl
j wb.a« ll.jciv ,..t $100 u
tm »'.5 ago. second . rienners
j being sent to the gan.r without a!-
terr-ftive.
Tee arrested men. on (he
hand, are employing legal talent,
and are bridging counter-attack
against tin* detective.-,
that t he officers violate the lav
theinseives to obtain evidence,
breaking into private dwelling
'houses without search warrants,
uid often confiscating .small
, ities of whiskey without any evi¬
dence at all that the owner had
Icon selling any.
I The interstate commerce law h s
!bcen called into play, in the de¬
f fense of the men who have whisky
shipped in to them from outside
states.
Huge Pension For
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Sun Francisco. Jan. 1.—John C.
Stubbs, director of traffic for the
Harriman lines, w s today placed
on the pension roll of the South¬
ern Pacific. He is No. 461 on the
fist and will draw the largest pen¬
sion of any railroad pensioner in
the world.
Stnbbs’ salary for the last ten
years has been $36,000 a year.
According to the rules of the pen¬
sion system his allowance will bo
about 41 per cent, of his present
compensation. In rdditiou he gets
extra allowance because of an
arrangement by which he retired
s consulting director of traffic, to
subject to cal Is for advice. For
jhis ^ reason ho will be allowed
V 0Ugh m ° re amiU(il,y 10 brin ?
income, inclusive of his pen-
up to $18,000 a year,
ust ahead of Stabos on the
U > si<iS /o cP s Cuthb ' rt - a
, T“ d re<J ^ f the Southern
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Term’toll? ™ jff j J a PP fsftlt ea »‘fd iAoV^ ment . has wh[) been is
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L.. vV i! ness rat ,r
not be g ra III II f T>ecernbe-t c a
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FireeBJMXZ), jbjb/v Jinx coimry Georgia, January s, tm.
Associati in
Will Meet Monday
The Retail vlcrcnants’ A ,-,oc;a-
tion of Fitzgrrsld will hold « very
important meeting at the City Hall
n t Monday night, a td a!) the
members are urged to i e present,
a s nutters o? interest to /-very
member will he discuss d. /
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School Is N.a-riy
j, inished
i 'Manchester, Jan. 3.—The new
10 .l-0u brick schooi bunding be-
I erected here was near enough
complete ou Monday morning for
t.!,e school to be assembled there,
Only a little over 150 pupils at-
tended the first day, but it is
thought there will be more than
200 enrolled before the close of
week. Prof. L. F. Herring is
in charge of the School and has as
his assistants Misses Ora Mc¬
Whorter, Pearl Clark and Pearl
Hatchett.
C. L. Orser Grcery
Company Opens
Mr. Charley L. Orser has open¬
ed a first-class grocery business
at East Central Avenue, next
to Marion Hotel, and invites the
public to give him a trial order
for anything in the way of fancy
and family groceries. He will
make a specialty of prompt de¬
livery. and you need not fear to
trust your “hurry up” order with
him. His telephone number is
236.
Mr. Orser has many friends
in Fitzgerald and vicinity who
wish him much success in his
new undertaking.
The White Swan's New
Laundry Budding
Work on the new brick build-
mg, being erected on W est Pme
Street by the White Swan Laun-
dry, is progressing nicely and it
will be only a matter of a few
weeks before it is ready for occu-
paiicy. In their new and com mo-
dious quarters, the White Swan
will have ample room for the esc-
cut ou of the large amount of work
they do, and the new building will
b quite nn attractive addition
the business . ent’iok of West .. -
street. /ith
jEscapisg “Hammond” From Prison Retrrns 28 Years to Live Ago “Hm tf ’
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Dearborn, Mo., Jan. 3.—Wil¬
liam D. Hammond, as he was
known here for twenty-five years,
will become Nathan B. Hurst again
and under his real name left here
today to begin life anew in the
home of his youth in Texas. His
father, who came here with a par-
don from the governor of Texas,
where Hnrst was sent to the
Possession of 20-Cent Piece May
Convict Men of Safe Robbery
Savannah, Jan. 3.—Two white
men. brothers, are confined u,
Chatham county jail charged with
the burglary of the store of Wil¬
liam Sawyer at Thunderbolt, from
which a 500-pound safe with valu¬
able contents disappeared. It is
alleged that five men were impli¬
cated in the robbery. The roen
under arrest are Marion ard Wil¬
liam Sineath, of a well-kitjnvn
family of Thunderbolt. It wa»
through a due furnished by t
marked coin that the arresi wa-
One Dozen Raiiroa
Charters for Georjgia
Aixanta, Jan. 3.— During! 1911
an even dozen nlktoad cHuti'is
were granted by the sew^'.fry of
sfate for Georgia. Under this
head came a street car proposition
in VV veross, Albany’s terminal
proposition for a union station,
and lh>' big development ot the
Georgia Railway and Power Com-
pany, the affairs cf which are not
yet satisfactorily worked out,
ing to the ruling of the cailroad
commission stock issue $10,000,000. iu cutting fj>wn This con- its
corn was chartered by the secrete-
ry of si a to, with ^54,000,000 capi-
tab Other concerns chartered dur-
ing the past year were:
Chattanooga & Atlanta
Ry. Co. $ 20,000
Blakely Southerv Liy Co. 222,000
Moultrie, Western Ft. Gaines &
Ry. Co...... 100,000
Cary Northern & South¬
ern Ry. Co........... 100,000
Elberton & Eeastern Ry.
Co._____■.......... 500,000
Adel, Pavo & Thotnas-
ville Ry______________ 100,000
Green County Ry. Co___ 100,000
Albany Terminal Co.____ 75,000
Waycross Street & Sub¬
urban Ry. Co 150,000
Etowah Valley Ry________ 50,000
Albany Passenger Te rci-
nal Co. 15,000
It is understood that work be-
gan on some of these projects,
while others will be developed dur¬
ing the present year. Figures are
not yet available on the new steam
and electric railroad mileage in
Georgia for 1911, but, the railroad
commission will be able to an¬
nounce them shortly-
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Elects Officers
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The Ladies’ Aid Society of the
Presbyterian Church nu t at the
home of Mrs. Cifude Allen on
south Loe street last: Tuesday lifter-
noon, and elected officers for the
ensuing year, as i illows:
dent. Mrs. George E Ricker,
Vice-President, Mrs. A, B. Cook.
Mrs. ( JW, (}.
J f Mrs. ‘
pe ,'^ f 'fmen
i tentiary and from which institu¬
tion he escaped twenty-eight years
iago, has won his plea for the eon
to return home and five down the
past. Hit wife and children will
take the name of Hurt! and ac-
company him. Hammond had Urge
business interests here, but wii
take the management of his fath-
Texas plantation.
made. The coin is one of the old
time 20-cent pieces almost as large
as the present-day quarter, and it
had a large “K” stamped on it.
This coin was found in Marion
Smeath’s possession and he was
quickly arrested. It is believed
that the robbers carried away the
safe from Sawyer’s store in a
wheelbarrow and after looting it
tossed it into the river nearby.
The Sineath brothers deny any
guilt
St. Mathews Episcopal
Church.
Sunday next 1st aftar the
Epiphany. Celebrarion of the Holy
11 a. m.
Communion and Sermon.
3:30 p. m. Sunday School.
7:30 p. m. Evening Prayer and
Sermom.
Strangers always welcome.
F. North-Tummen Vicar.
First Baptist CKvirch
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The pastor will preach Sunday
morning a t eleven o’clock and
p ro f, jp. V. Nicholson, Jr., will
preach at night at seven o’clock,
A cordial invitation is extended
tjy attcuol these services,
Xhe Lorc P s Supper wifi be ob¬
served at the morning service.
B. Y. P. U. at 6:15 p. in.
Sunday School as usual at 9:30
aud prayer meeting and month! /
Conference Wednesday night.
Thos. M. Calloway, Paster.
First M. E. Church
Services next Sabbath will be as
follows: Sabbath School at 9:30 a.
m. Morning preaching at 10:45
Sermon, “Praying Workers.”
Children’s class at 3:30 p. ru.
Epworth League as 6:30 p. m.
Evening Preaching at 7:30 p. m.
Sermon, “An Entreating Savior ”
There will be apecial music at
both preaching services. Orches¬
tra at night. The general public,
especially strangers, wifi find a
oordial welcome at every service.
It gives me pleasure to announce
that the musical committee of the
church held their annual meating
last Saturday with the result that
better music is provided for this
year than ever before. The pres-
ent choir is retained. Mr. Ray S.
Frey will serve as pianist morning
tn d night. Miss Vernice Beau-
champ continues as assistant
pitnifct< ^ Kurr tjtokoe, Mrs
j" A jj Owen, Miss Marjorie Owtn
RU( quality r< Eldrcd speak for
the of the solo work; while
ne w Gospel song books with ordered' parts
foe orc ^ hestra have been enlarged'
an( j orchesfera will be
invite thos0 who faa v e no other
urch perferencc to attend
r yices.
E J. Hammond, Pastor.
Public Speaking At
Odd Fellows’Hall
The Independent Order of Odd
Fellows will hold a public meeting
at their Hall next Tuesday after¬
noon at 2 o’clock, to which the
public is incited. Ber. W.
H. Harden, formerly of this city
but now ef Cordele, will be the
of the day and those whe
hare heard him speak ou previ¬
ous are in a position to know and
appreciate the fact that a rare
treat is in store for all who attend
this meeting. Ail who attend will
receive a most cordial welcome,
and the Odd Fellows will make the
afternoon pleasant for you.
Georgia Nov Fonrtb
Agricultural State
According to figures ou file in
the agricultural department '^e
capital, Georgia stands,^ fourth*
uary 1, 1912, the
the union in value of agr
products, and is disputin ,
for third place. Illinois'^- ^
first and Texas second,
figures involve all agric>
products. R
It will also interest Geoi\ * *
to learn that this state has
rapid strides in the p > rowt^.
corn, and from a state which .
years ago produced
none at all, has now come to the
fifth place among the southern
states iu production of corn, and
the eleventh place in the union,
Commissioner of Agriculture Hud-
son, who has been at the head of
the department for the past six
years, is being congratulated on
the showing. He says the con-
gratulations ought to be direct to
the farmers themselves. - Ex.
Forged Notes Caused
National Bank's Fall
Washington, J-.m. 3.—Comp¬
troller of the Cun t iicy Murray t< -
day announced tliet the forged
notes, which caused Urn fdlure of
the Albion i4aUon.*l bas-k, of Al¬
bion, Mich., -.moui.it-d to §144,090.
The notes, nevoid mw to Uie type¬
written aoiionncoinent issued by
the comptroib r wc»t: piaccd in the
bank by its cashier.
Mr R. R. Bruce has returned
from Columbus, where he spent
the holiday season very pleasant¬
ly with relatives.
V. S. Will Decide Cot¬
ton Ownership
VT New Oklkans, La., _ Jan. , 3.-
The Dnjted fetates «“P rem e <=o«rt
Wlil P robs ' j| >’ be caUf d u P on for 8
hMl ^termination of the owner-
ship of the several thousand bales
of coMon wliich lbe trustees of the
baakru P t cotlon Ur,u of Kni Fht,
Yaace >” & bas forthe P ast ^ ar
tried to get posession of through
Co “ rt ulder *
11 was atated herc toda y tbat an
a Ppeal willprobablybe taken from
the decision of the United States
c > rcu i t court of appeals which yes-
fcerd ’ 4 ^ decided that the cotton in-.
vol ved rightfully belonged t« the'
{orc H’ii spinners to whom it had
been t,b< •hipped 1 :il a of few days of previous j
'° ‘ " re t!,i ’ 1 ’' rm
Yancey A Co.
The question of the spurious
of lading is involved in this
litigsAion.
vol.
GfOD PfOdllCtiV
Has Been
_fio.ee
Interesting Lettci
Robitzsch, Ch»ii
Committee of Cor*. I
and Cotton Con- j
test.
To The Fitzgera^ .v 1 * "w ■
It was only 4
fanners of this' ‘
making ten to* 9 *#
corn and ' s
abale.f M,; J IJM .00
Board of Eau
lous, offered the *
teen years a small
beet .
acre of corn, anu f AS
startled our best farmers-
The First National Bank I
fell in line and offered I
prizes for the best five ail
corn did their and cotton banking to in any <JJ
Fit*
The good spirit of fariJJ
ereased to such an ext^
business men meeti^ </•&
*■ mass V
““Kbout v 1 *
# fTOlH "*Vy;
t(T? ,in"
a »»
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tAL -tits .'*-**yfor North
l and
‘ ’ aiu * ^ e ^ vv ecu
. ffoditml iNo ^ H
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our yield per acre j—^-
land more suscept* A. M. %
tion w
and fertilize—'—A
lands of Ben Hill ! 8:10-”
I started out to •;
contributed and made »
At any rate we make qursei
w h a t we are. and judging fr **
the past it will only be a si
while before we can bodst of l-
best county in the state with ti
most prosperous people on
globe.
L Robitzsch, Chairman,
Committee Corn and Cotton Con.
test
Mrs. Mary Town Dead
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Mrs. Mary Town died Sunday
morning at her horp'*
Suwanee street, Jd w
Cemetery. Sunday afternooi^it The '• .era! Evergreen occurred
at the United Brdbcrn eburch.
Mrs. Town was’9 f y«arf of ag#.
and had been in /fifing IfaHli for
several yetrs. f'le was aa oara
Christian charact r and Was iOgpi
by all who knew ler. She i.s sirt*
vived by her j aughter, Mrs.
K a
Auto $hovr
■ffae,- 1 -
Atlanta, . Juq. m « 5.-
second automobile aho '
to sar the P city’s ass the big fi #_, UK V'
m
the auspices ef tfce ;
mobile and Av^smt
a local organizatioi
Th « d ^es are Febrr
inclusive. Tbousan
will be spent for deij^.
exhibitors will pay the.
No one will make-anw
the show. The exb^
get all or part of th
back from theorem’
surplus treasury. wdl The go>^ nS*
the value of U|/
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