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Official Organ Ben Hi!l County.
Civil Docket January Term
City Court of Fitzgerald, Ga.
Monday, January 22, 1912, the following Civil Cases will be in or¬
der for trial:
No. 173, page 203. Mary Mulligan vs Henry Stewart; Elkins &
Wall, McDonald & Grantham for plaintiff: Haygood & Cutts for de¬
fendant.
Watt Holmes Hdw. Co. vs Mrs. C. E. Crawley; Haygood &
for plaintiff; Elkins & Wall for defendant.
No. 193, page 96, Fred E. Wall vs Chas. E. Taylor: J. B. Wall for
plaintiff: O. H. Elkins for defendant.
Mrs. Joe B. Smith vs First National Bank; Elkins & Wall for plaint¬
iff; Haygood & Cutts for defendant.
No. 411, page 238, W. M. Cooper vs George Brown; Elkins & Wall
|TWg edilaintiff, McDonald & Grantham for defendant.
2S, page 242, Third National Bank vs Fred Clark; Clayton Jay
^ _Taintiff; McDonald & Grantham for defendant.
No. 206, page 212, McCall Company vs Sam Adams; Bull & GriBin
for plaintiff ; Eiikins & Wall for defendant.
No 236, page 218, Dodd Supply Company vs Keller & Baker; Mc¬
Donald & Grantham for plaintiff; C. B. Teal for defendant.
No. 227, page 215, Dixie Trust Co. ys J. C. Bush; Elkins & Wall
for plaintiff: McDonald & Grantham for defendant.
G. L. Waters vs First National Bank; Elkins & Wall for plaintiff;
Haygood & Cutts for defendant,
First National B. nk vs G. L. Waters & O. IT. Elkins; Admr, Gar¬
nishee: Haygood & Cutts for plaintiff; Elkins & Wall for defendant.
No 238, page 218, N J. Northern vs G. B. A. Kinard; McD na!d
Grantham for plaintiff; Elkins & Wall and C. B Teal for defendant.
No. 145, page 107, Milo McKee vs R. V. Handley; Clayton Jay, O.
H. Elkins and Crum Jones for the plaintiff; Haygood & Cutts for
the defendant.
No. 159, page 110, R V. Handley vs Milo McKee, James Fletcher
and WTiey Williams Garnishee; Haygood & Cutts for the plaintiff' and
Garnishee; O. H. Eliiins and Clayton Jay for the defendant.
No. 198, page 119, R. L. Norman vs Ida McCutchinsJ Bull & Read
for plaintiff; E. Wall & Clayton Jay for defendant.
No. 55, page 175, Fitzgerald Trust Company vs H. A. Burkhart;
Elkius & Wall for the plaintiff; A. J. McDonald for the defendant.
No 60, page 176, J. K. Livingston vs J. L. Dorminy; Elkins & Wail
for the plaintiff; A. J. McDonald for the defendant.
No. 127, page 190, D. L. Martin vs J. A. Sasser; Griffin and Griffin
and A. J. McDonald for the plaintiff: Elkins & Wall for the defendant.
Tuesday, January 23, 1912
No. 407, page 238, A. R. McOaskill vs A. B. &. A. R. R. Co.; F.
G. Boatwright for the plaintiff; Elkins & Wall and B. Whitfield for
the defendant.
No. 27, page 6, Clara S. Williams vs L. Kennedy, Admr; Clayton
Jay for the plaintiff; McDonald & Grantham tor the defendant.
No, 26, page 6, Roberts Maxwell & Tindsley vs N. V. Fussell; Mc¬
Donald & Grantham for the plaintiff; Haygood & Cutts for the de¬
fendant.
No. 434, page 244, H. B. & C. S. Isler vs John W. Newman & Co.,
Merchants Bank Claimant; Elkins & Wall for the plaintiff; Clayton
Jay and McDonald & Grantham for the defendant.
No 56, qage 176, J. K. Livingston vs Joiner & New: Elkins & Wall
for the plaintiff; Haygood & Cutts and McDonald & Grantham for
the defendant.
No. 223, page 215, A. J. McDonald, Rec. ve D. P. Adams; Jesse
Grantham for the plaintiff, Elkins & Wall and C. B. Teal for the de¬
fendant.
No. 232, page 217, Ludden & Bates S. M. H. vs J. M. Barrentine,
Elkins & Wall for the plaintiff: Clayton J<jw for the defendant.
No. 405, page 237, American State Bank v^John Ross; Elkins &
Wall for the plaintiff; C. B. Teal for the defendtibt.
No. 171, page 113, J. B. Russell, Admr. vs F. O. & B. R. R. Co.;
F¥nk)s & Wail for the plaintiff; McDonald & Grantham for the de-
'It.
. 175, page 204, Will Harrell vs A. B. & A. R, R. Co.; Hay-
goods & Cutts for the plaintiff; Crovatt and Whitfield, Elkins & Wall
for the defendant.
No. 396, page 235, Mrs. Ida Smith vs H. M. Atkinson Rec. et al A.
B. & A, R. R. Company; McDonald & Grantham for the plaintiff;
Elkins & Wall for the defendant.
No. 398, page 236, C. A. Davis vs S. A. L. R. R. Co.; Elkins &
Wall for the plaintiff, L. Kennedy for the defendant.
No. 401, page 236, P. I), Adams & Co. vs S. A. L. Railroad; Clay¬
ton Jay and Elkins & Wall for the plaintiff: L. Kennedy for the de¬
fendants.
Wednesday, January 24, 1912.
American Bonding Company vs W., H. Fountain; McDonald &
Grantham for the plaintiff; Elkins & Wall for the defendant.
Page 163, Beck & Gregg Hdw. Co., vs W. H. Fountain, Sneriff;
Elkins & Wall and Drew W. Paulk for the plaintiff; McDonald &
Grantham for the defendant.
No. 406, pa e 237, W hitehead & Perry vs Tlmd Williams; McDon¬
ald & Grantham for the plaintiff.
No. 409, page 238, Griner Sons Co., vs Warren Nobles; McDonald
Grantham for the plaintiff.
No, 422, page 241, Third National Bank vs J. C. Edwards; Clayton
Jay for the plaintiff; W. II.‘Horne f.:r the defendant.
No. 429, page 242, Third National Batik vs Clark & Company, and
Fred J. Clark; Clayton Jay for the plaintiff; McDonald and Grantham
for the defendant.
No. 124, page 192, Jahn McHuliff fs Joe Carlo; Clayton Jay for
the plaii tiff, Elkins & Wall for tne defendant.
No. 139, page 195, Third National Bank vs W. J. Lewis and Earlv
Gibbs arid T. S. Gibbs claimant; Elkins & Wall for the plaintiff; A.
Mc-Donald for the Claimant.
No. 140, page 195, Third National Bank vs J. A. Zorn and C. E
Bar, rf. A. E. Railroad, garnishee; Elkins and Wei! for the plaintiff;
Haygood and Cutts for the defendants.
No, 143, page 196, Third National Bank as A. L. Moore and Early
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SEMI-WEEKLY
-. , Fitzgerald
FITZGERALD, BEN HILL COUNTY GEORGIA, JANUARY 19, 1912.
Office of County Commissioner
Statement of accts, from Jan. 1st, 1911, to Jan. 1st, 1912.
OK. BILLS PAYABLE
Notes and Warrents Re¬
deemed $34,360.96
Outstanding notes 1.838 80,
Amt. of taxes yet due $ 36,199.76
County ranges around 9,000.00
$ 45.199.76
Wesley K. Walker,
Clerk of County Commissioners Ben Hill County.
Purse Snatchers
Are In The City
Two very bold robberies, in the
way of purse snatching, were made
in the city Wednesday night, Mrs.
M. C. Russ and Miss Myra Hub¬
bard being the victims.
Mrs Russ, in company with
Mrs. McCrary, were going home
aouut 6:30 o’clock Wednesday
evening and at a point on we6t
Pine, near Mr. F. R Justice’s
home, a man overtook them,
snatching Mrs. Russ’ land b g.
Mrs. Russ stated that they were
aware that someone was approach-
ing but paid no attention to the
fact, and that before they had
lime to notice whether the party
was a white man or negro, he had
darted , . i around . nearby .
a corner.
They immediately ,summoned a
policeman but the thief had made
good his escape. Mrs. Russ’ loss
consisted on $2.50 in money and
several valuable articles.
The other robbery happened
later in the evening, when Miss
Hubbard was within a block of her
home on west Ocoree. Miss Hub¬
bard states that the party grab¬
bing her purse was a negro man
of medium size and that he snatch¬
ed the hand-bag while passing her
and her sister. The young ladies
were greatly frightened and
screamed for help but the negro
was out of sight before anyone
arrived on the scene. The likeli¬
hood is that the same party is
guilty of both robberies. Miss
Hubbard, however, is fortunate in
losing only 45et. No arrests have
been made.
Population Of
Georgia By Color
Washington, January 16 —The
population of Georgia by color
was announced today by the census
bureau, subdivided as follows:
White, 1431,836; negro, 1,176,987;
all others, 318, including Indians,
Chinese, Japanese, etc. The negro
population constitutes 45.1 per
cent as against 46.7 in 1900.
Ben Hill County has 6962 whites
and 4901 negroes.
Irwin County has 5545 whites
and 4916 negroes.
Advance of A. B. &, A.
Rate Suspended for
Two Bays
Washington, Jan. 16. — Ad¬
vances in rates for the transporta¬
tion of freight originating and
destined to points on the Birming¬
ham Southern and on the Atlanta,
Birmingham and Atlantic railroad
which were suspended by the in-
tuslate commerce commission to-
day to January 23.
WARRANTS ISSUED UK.
General expense acct $ 10,422.34
Road and chaingang 11,615.24
City Court fc fc 2,844.79
* k “ Jurors U 1,785.00
Superior Court CC 220.56
“ jurors “ 1,327.00
Sheriff and Jailors i » 1763.84
County paupers ( *•
Building and main¬
taining bridges “ 959.99
Coroner expense “ 82.50
Principal and inter¬
est on bonds (6 4,250.00
$ 36,199.76
9,000.00
$ 45,199.76
To Suspend Tariff on
Potatoes
Washington, Jan. 16.—A sus¬
pension for six months of the tar¬
iff duty of 25 cents per bushel on
potatoes was proposed in a bill in¬
troduced by Representative Ayres,
of New Yark. The bill stated that
“the scarcity of potatoes iri the
markets of the United States 1ms
ra ised the price to a point almost
prohibitive to the consumers.”
MorSe’S Release SS
Ordered By Taft
Washington, D. C., Jan. 18.—
President Taft toni . ht comnuited
to expire immeui-tely the 15 year
sentence fur violation of the
Mtiuml llsnWl , K , aws nnder whkh
Charles . W. ... Morse, of , VT New v York, .
banker and ice king,” served two
years in the federal penitentiary
at Atlanta. The commutation of
sentence, which gives Morse his
complete freedom—but which, un¬
like a pardon, does not restore his
civil rights—was granted upon
recommendation of Attorney Gen
era! YVickersbam and Surgeon
General Torney, U. S. A. Accord¬
ing to the surgeon general’s report
to the president on his condition,
Morse could not live one month
longer in confinement, and even a-}
liberty probably would not live
six months
WHITE HOUSE STATEMENT
The White House statement
granting freedom to Morse follows:
‘*The president this afternoon
commuted the sentence of Charles
W. Morse to expire at once. This
action was taken upon the reeom-
mendation of the attorney general
based upon the following report of
Surgeon General Torney:
& < A careful review of the
re¬
ports makes it clear to my mind
that he is suffering from a com-
bination of diseases due to degene¬
rative changes which are incurable
and progressive. The reports show
that both the condition of the
kidneys and the heart are growing
worse. I regard the attack of
cardiac dysponeu, or heart-block,
from which he suffered on the
morning of the 15th instant, as an
ominous occurrence. In my opin¬
ion, the prisoner’s duration of life
will be in all probability less than
one month if kept iu confinement,
and in the event of his release un¬
der commutation of sentence, it is
not probable that he will live as
long as six months.”
Mules Horses
J. L. Perry has just received a
fresh load of good mules and
Sold on time to parties making-
note.
Call to see them at his bar n op¬
posite court house. j
Official Organ of Ben
Hill Countt $M>0
a Yeat.
VOL. XVJI. NO.
Eleventh District Agricultural
School Fertilizer Test
Fertilizer Test On Oats
BARNYARD MANURE YIELDS 931 BUS.
300 Pounds, Nitrate Soda |
400 pounds Potash I Yields 73J Bus.
400 4. v
pounds Nitrate Soda/ Yields
pounds Potash 721 Bus.
300 pounds Nitrate Soda Yields 71 j Bus.
600 pounds Cotton Seed Meal Yields 55V Bus.
400 pounds 9 2-3 Yields 541 Bus.
500 psunds Phos. Acid /
500 pounds Nitrate of Soda j Yields 46£ Bus.
400 pounds Kainit Yields 45| Bus.
500 pounds Phos. Acid |
400 pounds Potash Yields 32V Bus.
CHECK NO FERTILIZER
500 pounds Phosphate Acid Yields 211 Bus.
IV Ton Lime Yields 30 Bus.
Nitre, i© Of Soda Test On Oats
Amt. KIND OF FERTILIZER WHEN APPLIED YIELDS
6001 bs Nitrate of Soda Six Applications 691 Bus.
600 lbs. Nitrate of Soda Two Applications 683 Bus.
300 lbs. Nitrate of Soda December 1st. 581 Bus.
300 lbs. Nitrate of Soda January 1st. 57V Bus.
300 lbs. Nitrate of Soda February 1st. 53| Bus.
300 lbs. Nitrate of Soda Maich 1st. 19V Bus.
300 lbs. Nitrate of Soda April 1st, 45 Bus.
300 lbs. Nitrate of Soda March 1st. 36 Bus.
Test On Oats. Rate Of Seeding
NO. BUS. SEED PER ACRE. YIELD PER ACRE.
2J Bushels 56V Bushel
2 Bushels 55 Bushel
IV Bushels 51 Bushel
1 Bushels 4 4 Bushel
7 Bushels 33 Bushel
Farmers Considering It A Disgrace,
Says Barrett. To Be Skinned In A Horse-Trade,
i' oolt-d By Poiiticia.ns ILvery Day About
Parcels Post and Other Political
sures.
lb the Officers and Members of the Farmers Union:
The main reason the American farmer is not now and has not
for some years been enjoying the benefits of a general parcels post, is
his own laziness. Added to that, perhaps, is his practice of letting
the politician give him a toy to piav with and distract his attention,
when he begins to seriously demand a general parcels post. The same
rule applies to other needed legislation.
The hardest reforms or measures to enact into law are thos
favored by the overwhelming majority of people, but for which this
sone majority will not develop sufficient energy to get out and make
a light, there are no reasonable men in America opposed to a gener-
•ai parcels post, except those few who have, or think they have, a sel¬
fish interest in defeating it or postponing it. Yet we have the spec-
tacle, these years, of representatives of the farmers striving in vain to
obtain the crystallizing into legislation of a measure self-evidently
just, and self-evidently popular.
The express companies have been charged with maintaining a
noli and powerful lobby against tbe parcels post. Other interests
have been plastered with the same indictment. It would not be sur-
prising or unnatural if either, or both, accusations, were will-found
ed.
But all the express lobbies, and all the other lobbies in Am eri¬
ca couldn't prevent the enactment of a general parcels post, if the
American farmer, whose vote controls congress, brought sufficient
pre. sure to bear on his representative and senator to get results.
Under treaty agreements, we now have a general parcels post
with considerably more than half the civilized nations of the world.
It is possible to mail an eleven-pound package from San Francisco to
London, to St. Petersburg, Vienna, Paris, Berlin, Hon Kong, to the
negroes in Port-au-Prince, Hayti, for twelve cents a pound.
But it costs sixteen cents a pound to mail the same package
from your County Seat to the County Seat Adjoining, and even then
you have to split the bulk into three or four parcels.
The President has recommended a parcels post on the rural free
delivery routes, with an investigation as to the advisability of a
general parcels post. That is progress, but it is of the crab variety
—very slow and tortuous.
Just suppose you sit down right now, write your representa¬
tive and serin or, and make your support of him in the next election
contingent upon his supporting a general parcels post bill. Talk
about‘‘practical politics.” That’s practical politics with a vengeance.
You must insist upon a straight answer, though, and then you must
follow up the ansv-er with letters prodding him until his vote is ac¬
tually recorded for a general parcels post. Be from Missouii. You
would everlastingly keep your eyes peeled to keep yourself from be¬
ing skinned in a horse trade. You’d think it a disgrace to admit you
bad palmed off on you a spavined or wind-galled nag. Yet you get
skinned, time after time, in important political measures by the follow
you’re paying to represent vou arid attend to your business. Isn’t it
about the time you applied the si me vigilance to politics you do, or
to do, to horse—trading and business generally?
Charles S. Barrett.
Washington, D. C. January 18th, 1912.