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Official Organ Ben Hill County.
Central Road Reduces
Shop Forces Sat¬
urday
♦ Savannah, Ga., Feb. 14.—
Twelve and one-half per cent of
' the men employed in the shops of
the Central of Georgia railway at
Savannah, Macon, Albany, Cedar-
tows and Columbus, will be re¬
leased Saturday night, and the re¬
mainder will have their working
time cat 12 1-2 per cent, This
announcement was authorized to-
day by F. F. Gaines, superinten¬
^conference dent of motive power, following a
of committees from the
above named shops. It is said
that the Central has recently been
doing much extra work, but that
it has now caught up, and that it
will accordingly be necessary to
-Jet the extra men go. Games went
to Macon this morning to inyesti-
^ gate the situation t lie re.
Now Arizona. State
Washington, Feb. 14.— Presi¬
dent Taft signed the proclamation
admitting Arizona to statehood at
10 o’clock to-dav.
Central Christian
Chvirch
Minister Rev. Lewis C. Hammond.
Services and meetings Feb. 18.
*t Bible school 9:30 a. m.
v\ Communion and sermon, and
children’s sermon 10:45 a. m.
Christian Endeavor 9:30 p. m.
This is regular consecration meet¬
ing.
Preaching service 7:30 p. m.
Subject: Redemption. welcome.
Good music. A hearty
Remarkable Saving on Fine Clothing
m ps have such elegant A ”
so little. & Marx can make no
better suits than we pass out every day to our customers and in many
•>rt: instances the present saving will run to half-it’s a great chance for you.
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^4 I ^ % m i 85 W/ $25, In this $27.50. lot are $30 cream All at of one our winter price stock - numbers — black and blue— i
r ®S! none reserved. Best suits in the country at price of the ordinary kind, e
$22.50, $20, SI8.50, $16.50 Suits all go at
Suits for all, big men, little men, young men, old men—regulars, slims, S i.
stouts—-black, blue or fancies—All— - *
/! $15. $13.50, $12.50, $10 Suits in sale at
'// 1 Choice of the greatest line of good, medium-priced clothes we’ve ever shown for
j the money. The saving is remarkable- Choice - I
n ir-s
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- Odd lot Men’s Suits at Half former price.
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7/ n Nearly all sizes in this iot; mostly Suits that soid for $8 and $i0, B \
! Good, warm, serviceable suits, in mixtmes and solid colors.
I Vs m I HALF PRICE FOR CHOICE. f03k L
Copjriabt Halt, Schslfuct & Marx ‘ - J i‘vi eg.t Hart, .'chaffacr & Marx
ONE-THIRD OFF EVERY OVERCOAT. You can lake your pick now from Fitzgerald’s Greatest Overcoat stock at a fraction ot actual worth
10 per Cent. Off Furnishings
Underwear, Shirts, Neckwear—A generous saving on everything in the burnishing line.
Be here Saturday ! Get the Savings ! They’re Worth While !
sat.F6b.1J Fri. Mar.
SEMI-WEEKLY
Fitzgerald
FITZGERALD, BEN HILL COUNTY GEORGIA, FEBRUARY, 16, 1912.
Belated Celebration
Washington, Feb. 24. —The pa¬
triotic element of Wnshington de¬
plore the fact that the centenary
of Alexander H. Stephens, the
“great commoner’’ and vice presi¬
dent of the Confederacy, was al¬
lowed to pass unnoticed at his
home town — Crawfordville — as
well as throughout Georgia, as far
as is known here.
A movement is ou foot among
the patriotic organizations to pre¬
pare for a belated celebration of
tnis notable event here in the near
future. Mr. Stephens received
and it was by the means of finan¬
cial aid rendered by the local
Presbyterian church that young
Stephens was enable to receive the
training which he at first thought
would be his prepaiation for the
ministry. When he later, how¬
ever, decided to study law the
young statesman honorably re¬
turned the money to the church,
which had been proffered for his
ministerial education at Franklin
College, now the University of
Georgia.
In striking contrast to the fail¬
ure of a centennial celebration at
“Liberty Hall” or elsewhere in
the state, is the notable celebra¬
tion of the one hundredth anniver¬
sary of the birth of one of the
most remarkable men Georgia ev¬
er produced, in Louisana and oth¬
er states that composed the Con¬
federacy of which he was vice
president, which was observed on
Monday as his anniversary fell on
Sunday, February 11.
In the hearts of the citizens of
r M 1 THE- CD
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STORE
W. R. BOWEN, President J. A MURPHY, Manager,
Tom Hopper Goes
Into Larger Quarters
Thomas M. Ho »pper, the veteran
harness maker o f Fitzgerald, has
moved from his former stand
across from the Five story Build-
ing and now has commodiousquar-
ters at 221 east Pine, one door
west of Beauchamp’s market.
Mr. Hopper has a neat freshly
papered room and is prepared to
execute any and a') kinds of harn¬
ess He repairs and harness making.
will do your work promptly
and properly.
Connty Primary
Election Apr. 17th
At a session of the County
Executive Committee today it was
decided to call a Primary, for the
election of County Officers Apr. 17
This allows a full legal registra-
tion and sufficient time for the
several candidates to canvass the
voters. Candidates will be assess-
ed for the expense of the election
for which purpose the Committee
will hold a special session about
March 15th. The Australian Bal¬
let System will be retained.
Mrs. Ike Levin entertained
twelve of her married friends very
informally at the Lee-Grant Hotel
yesterday afternoon. The after¬
noon cial was delightfully spent in so¬
chat, and later Miss Alma
Roberts end Mr. Harry Rawley
added pleasure to the occasion bv
rendering several musical selec¬
tions.
Stephens’ Washington, Alexander Hamilton
memory lingers, and
they are pressing the effort to cel¬
ebrate his centenary as they think
it should have been at Crawford¬
ville on the 11th.
In Successful Farming And Farmer’s
Movements, Says Barrett;
As In Keligion, Every Man Must Work Out
His Own Salvation, Accepting of Personal
Responsibility the Secret of Progress.
To the Officers and Members of the Farmers’Union:
Did you ever hear the good old exhorters and revivalists tell you
that you must work out your own salvation?
Well, the same principal applies to successful farming, and to
the success of farmers’ organizations in securing the reforms for which
they are contending by legislation, and with their own ranks.
There’s no such thing as enlisting in the battle of life and then
paying a substitute. If you do, you’ll either have to be satisfied with
short rations, or wake up some morning and find that the substitute
has walked off with the bacon, the Carnegie medal and the laurel
wreath. It would be just like you then, to growl that the world had
given you a “cold deal.”
I lay it down as a broad, first principal, that we’ve got to learn
to manage o. r own affairs, whether on the farm or within the oi-
ganization, before the world takes us with the degree of seriousne; s
our members and our importance to the world really justifies,
If you demand of your Representative, for instance, that he vc te
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’ he
passes your place and sees the chimney tumbling down, weeds in your
fields, and just a few razor backs rooting around, he isn’t apt to get
busy and obey your orders.
If you elect as your Farmers’ Union officials, or the president of
some Union enterprise, some oily, smiling, hand-shaking, baby-kiss-
ing brother, just because he is these things, rather than for the fact
that he has proved himself a go«d farmer, a good business man and a
good leader of men, you are evading your share of personal responsi-
bility, and you have no right to complaiu if things hit the ceiling,
Or if you get into the hallelujah-lick at a meeting and promise to sup-
port almost any old enterprise suited, and then go home and for-
get all about it, you needn’t come around with the hypocritical criti-
cism that there “isn’t anything in a farmers’ organization,” and that
you’re not getting your money’s worth.
These are just a few instances of the need of exerting personal
responsibility, if you succeed in your own affairs, and if you would
have tins organization achieve the ends for which it was founded.
is well to remember them at the beginning of the New Year.
Union Charles S. Barrett.
City, Ga., Feb. 14, 2912.
10 per Cent. Off High Shoes
Every pair of High-cut Shoes now in stock. This includes Zeiglers, Dorothy Dodd, Dougiass
and Woods Childrens’, besides our own specially guaranteed brands. All high-cuts 10 per ct. off
CASH SALE,
NONE ON APPROVAL
Official Organ cf Ben
Hill Courtly. $1.50
a Year.
VO XVII. NO. 11
A. Moritz Accepts
A. B. & A. Position
G C Smith's Successor
Assumes Duties of
Superintendent
Mr. Adolph Moritz arrived in
the city Wednesday, Feb. 14th,
and assumed the duties of super¬
intendent of the Brunswick Divi¬
sion of the Atlanta Birmingham &
Atlantic Railroad, succeeding Mr.
G. C. Smith, who filed his resigna¬
tion with the Receivers of the road
last month.
While Mr. Smith’s resignation
was indeed a great blow to the A.
B. & A., they are to be
congratulated upon being able to
procure the services of so able a
naan as Mr. Moritz to succeed him
Mr. Moritz is a man of exten-
sive experience in the railroad bus¬
iness and comes to the A. B. & A.
from the A. & W. P. with whom
he has been connected for a num-
ber Q f years in the capacity of
train master, with headquarters m
Montgomery. His career with
the f ^ ljeen a
the experience gained while with
this company fits him very pecu-
liarly holds. for the position which he
n J °'7 StoT
b. & A. will find a warm welcome
by the business circles of the city,
and Fitzgerald is glad to claim him
St^ith, asac ‘^. L°now ze Q- raSg^a ^oJr
of
the road, getting acquainted with
the agents and employees in the
different towns touched by the
Bee Line.