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ISIDOR GELDERS ... . Managing Editor.
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Under Act of Congress, March 18th, 1897
OFFICIAL ORGAN Siygiiisatcrataiand
Rates for Display Advertising Furnished on Application
Local Readers 10c per Line for each insertion. no ad
taken for less than 25¢.
Beware of the Grecks when they come with presents!
Christmas next stop! All aboard for early shopping.
With next Monday’s issue we w.ll begin to publish letters to
Santa Clause as our little friends are anxious to let their patron saint
know about them.
The Constitution will have a damage suit on their hands, They
got Governor Harris’ and Mr. Hands pictures mixed acd we guarantee
that any jury in the State will give the Governor a verdict.
The people must pay the freight, Mr. McAdoo now advocates, a
direct tax to defray the jinco expenditures. Congress may hear from
the **dear people” if they try to saddle this new burden on them.
The toys are in the windows and the little ones are beginning to
make their selections to write old Santa of their heart’s desire. Mer
chants making holiday goods their specialty, should begin to tell about
them in the Leader-Enterprise, the surest way to success,
Buy it at home this Christmas! Keep prosperity in this towp!
What better slogan couid we have for a progressive community spirit?
Everybody wants to see this town prosper and we all want to share
in the fruits of that prosperity. Even the fellow who habitually sends
out of town for his own goods wants his full quota of the riches that
are accumulated through the thrift and husbandry of his fe_llow-a'fi'-
zens, Producing and selling the surplus abroad and then Eée&m
money at home by buying from home dealers will add many thousands
of dollars to the money in circulation mn this community. It is the
sure way of meeting prosperity with open arms and gathering in our
share and a little more for good luck. Let other communities support
themselves. Our interests and our duty are at home. Let’s keep pros
perity in this town. :
How many of our good citizens realize that this town is de
pendent to a considerable degree upon the good will and patronage
of the farming community surrounding us? And how many ever
give a second thought to the comfort of the farmer and his wife
and children when they come to town?
If we have never done any thinking along this line before it is
not too late to begin now. Let’s begin.
. We cannot do everything at once, but we can make a start in
the right direction by selecting a convenient site and build sheds
w’here the farmers can leave their rigs and hitch their horses and
feel safe in their minds that their teams will not be frightened by
tile innumerable automobiles that are constantly whizzing by.
Some may argue that there are livery barns and feed sheds
where the farmer can stable his team for a price.
‘_ True, there are. But when a man from town drives out into
the country and stops at a farm house does the farmer charge him
a quarter or a half dollar for a place for his team to stand? Not a
bit of it. That team is put right in the barn, or hitched in a safe
place away from the road, and there is no price attached. ;
And if the town man is thus taken care of in the country why
shouldn’t the farmer be shown cqual courtesy when he comes to
town and spends his money here? ;
. If we want the farmer’s trade we will have to treat him right
when he comes to see us. If we don’t he will find other places to
g 0 and no one will have just reason to complain,
- This is but one of the items in the count. Let’s dispose of it
and then tackle the others.
Cream And Skimmed Milk
The reader who keeps his eye on the advertisements in tbis papcr
gets the cream of the bargains. Others get the skimmed milk,
Merchants who advertise get the cream of the business, while the
fellow who doesn’ believe in printer’s ink gets the clabber.
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It Points The Way
Thousands of dollars will be spent by the people of this com
munity in doing their Christmas shopping.
The ads in thig paper will point the way to the stores with the
b:st bargains. :
The live merchant will take prompt advantage of this opportunity.
Wood, Coal and Building Material
95,50 €y 2 SE.SO pertarre in the 8550
Phone 190. G. H. BRYANT & SON.
THE LEADER.ENTERPRIIF AND PRESS., FRiNhAV. NV, 26, 1915
Hotel Seminole to
Be Headquarters of
Highway Boosters
Jacksonville Board of Trade
Making Preparations.
Letters received from th e
Jacksonville Board of Trade and
the chairman of the Georgia-
Florida Highway association. Mr. “
J. H. Williams informs us of the |
preparations being made to er.-‘
tertain the ‘‘Short Route*’ visi
tors on December 3rd. A special
committee from the Jacksonviile
Board of Trade is scheduled to
meet with the boosters at Folk
ston, where the Charlton county
people have arranged for a big
fish frye and barbecue for noon
en the 3rd. Perry, Hawkinsville
and Abbeville will have a num
ber of cars arrive there for din
ner on the 2nd and several cars
are promised out of Macon to
escort Commissioner W. T. An
derson on the trip. The party
will be received here by Presi
dent William R. Bowen of
the Short Route association and
Mayor Paulk and the Board~ of
County Commissioners, who willi
tender the visitors a luncheon.
‘The party will spend the nizhfl
in Wacyross, the guests or the
Waycross Chamber of Commerece,
which has made s;ezial arrange.
ments for an evening of out
door entertainment, including a
special electrical display, Fifty
cars are promised to be in the
caravan from Georgia and the
delegation is determined to se
cure the final decision for the
t‘Short Route on this this trip,
The Seminole Hotel of Jack
sonville will be the headquarters
for the party.
Auto Turns Turtle;
Kills 3; Injures 4
Americus, Ga., Nov. 25.—The
overturning of a large automobile
near Americus at noon today re
sulted in the death of three of the
occupants, while four of the other
occupants of the car escaped with
severe bruises.
Miss Edith Hildreth, of Live Oak,
Fla, aged 18, was killed instantly,
her neck being broken and skull
crushed. :
Henry Lanier, Jr,, aged 20, and
driver of the car, was crushed be
neat his steering wheel dying at
4:30 o’clock this afternoon at Eila
ville where he was taken from the
wreck.
Miss Sarah Tower, of Americus
aged 19, crushed,
Stephen Pace, ga prominent
Americus lawyer, sustained a
fractured ankle and minor in
juries. Miss Mary Bell Hixon
had her foot severely cut, and
Miss Mildred Hollis and John
Flournoy, of Americus, escaped
with minor scratches, :
Miss Hildreath was a beautiful
young gir!of Live Oak, Fla. the
guest here of Mrs. Lee G. Coun.
cil. Her body was sent tonight
to Live Oak, Fla.
Dan Mahoney began the erec
tion of a two story stone build
ing on S. Grant. The lower
floor will be a store building and
the uper will be cut up for living
apartments.
Fred A. Harnish & Son,
<= SHOE REPAIRING :-;
OPPOSITE 5 STORY BUILDING. -:- PINE SI‘REET.
With skilled workmen we are prepared to serve you promptly. -
- All Work Fully Guaranteed.
Warren Lott Is
Seriously Wounded
Shot After Quarrel With
His Father G. W. Lott
Douglas, Ga., Nov 24—Warren
L. Lott 30 years old, prominent
naval stores operator at Westgreen
twelve miles from Douglas, is in a
hospital here tonight dangercusly
wounded as the result, it is said,
of a quarrel he had with his father
}G. Wash Lott, a prominent plan
ter and land owner of Westgreen.
The two Lotts, it is said bad
been principals in a business trans
action which had terminated ur
satisfactorily for the elder. Just
before the shooting the two were
seen together in conversation. A
short time later pistol shots were
heard. One oullet took effect 1n
Warren Lott’s stomach, another in
the hip and a third in the foot.
He is not expected to Live
Wash Lott, the fatker is said to
have returned to his home after the
shooting changed his clothes and
left the place. The sheriff went to
the scene with several deputies.
but up to a late hour tonight had
not returned.
Later— Warren Lott died at his
home Thursday and his father G.
Wash Lott has been placed in the
Coffee County jail, charged with
the murder, =
Sheriff Fountain Jails
Alleged Murderer
A negroe, traveling under var
ious names, was arrested a few
days ago on suspicion of being
the murderer of the late Mr. Mad
dox, shot to death at the Ice
factory some time ago. Several
negroes have idendified the man
as having been in this neighbor
hood at that time and that he
dissappeared about the time of
the murder. An eye witness to
the murder is out of’ the State,
but the sheriff will endeavor to
have him present at the next
term of the Superior court.
- Mrs. Ludlow Griner left for
‘Milledgeville' Tuesday to attend
the marriage of her sister Miss
Julia Conn, who is so pleasantly
remembered in Fitzgerald. Her
marriage to Mr. Gray is the
uniting of two of Georgias old
estand best known families.
Musical Recital.
The pupils of Mrs. Livingston
will give a piano recital this
evening at eight o’clock at the
Carnegie Library Auditorium.
There will be no charge for ad
mission and a large audience
will be appreciated.
Mrs. T. L. Griner arrived in the
city Tuesday afternoon to be the
guest of her son Mr. L, L. Griner
on S. Main St. She has for the
past months been with her daugh
ters, Miss Edith who is at Brenau
College and Mrs. Marian Smith at
Athens, Ga.
_Col. U. J. Bennet returned
from Commerce where he at
tended the wedding of his
brother.
J. R. Dickens gets the year’s
subscription to the Lesder-Enter
prise, he brought us ten fine quail
on Thanksgiving.
BOOKS LOST.
Two salesman’s canvassing books,
containing accounts. Their return
will be greatly appreciatd.
S. K. Jonnson,
Itp 408 W. Roanoke.
Is by education a physician. He practices a new and com
plete system of treatment. He diagnoses a case and treats it.
He MUST know diseases in all their phases and manifesta
tiens. e must be a skilled anatomist, for he is an anatomical
engineer, the body mechanic, and he effects his cures by scien
tific adjustment of the structures of the body. Thus it is plain
that to speak of Osteopathy as “rubbing” 1s gross carelessness
of speech and to call it massage is a confession of ignorance
of its principles.
Dr. Fred Keefer
Physician Osteopathic
5-Story Building Fitzgerald, Ga.
Capt. Mathis Brings His
Warriors
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Americus H. S. Buys Arrive
Eleven stalwart boys of the
Americus Highschool arrived in
the city last night from Way
cross where they played a
good gamei of foot ball with
the boys from that city’s High
school. The boys came in their
autos over the ‘‘short route’’ and
report the roads in good condi
tion for light cars. With Capt.
Mathis were C. B. Chambliss, R.
T. Comer, J. A. McDonald, C.
S. Wheatley, B. S. Webb, E. E,
Bolton, G. H. Reese, L. G.
Chappel, W. A. Dodsons, C.
Callaway, and J. A. Holst. They
play Fitzgerald this afternoon,
and return home tonight.
Wanted “A Barber”
~ Atlanta, November 25.—1 f you
see a stranger with long hair
and Rip Van Winkie whiskers
enter your town some fine morn
ing soon you will know by the
same token that he is a native of
the little village of Springfield,
Effingham county.
That town is sorely lamenting
‘the loss of the town barber who
took Firench leave a few days
ago and went to other climes.
The town afficials have appeal
ed to the editor of the county
newspaper to urge that a new
barber come and settle in Effing
o
Wednesday, Dee, Ist the Wo
man’s club will devote an after
noon to civics. Mrs. J. E, Turn
er will give an interesting illustra
tion of home play grounds for
children, aud illustrations of beau
tiful home gardens and lawns will
also be shown by thecivic com
mittee The time is ripe for home
lovers to become interested n the
beautifying of home and public
grounds, and no one should miss
this progrom which has been care
fully studied and prepared by this
committee, |
| A. B. & A. |
AUTHORIZES REDUCED RATES TO WAYCROSS
ACCOUNT ’
)
Prosperity Week
On account of ‘Prosperity Week' the A., B. & A. will sell tickets
to Waycross and return November 29th to December 4th inclu
sive, good returning uvp to and including December sth, at the
following low fares:
Fitzgerald, .o $2.40
Douglas, - - - 1.55
Correspondingly low fares from other stations, Cordele to Beach.
inclusive. Half rate for chlldren of half fare age. For further -
information apply to A., B. & A. ticket agents.
W. W. CROXTON, Gen. Pass. Agent, Atlanta, Ga.
Christian Endeavor Meeting
Central Christian Church.
Nov. 28. 6:30 p. m.
**Afternoon Local Home Mission
Work” will be the priociple theme
for discussion by the Endeavorers
‘while the lesson will be Luke 14,
15 24. The program follows:
Leader—R. L. Hiags.
Song No. 28.
~ Prayer that Christian Endeavor
‘may have larger vision in this
icommunit.y, Raymond Davis.
~ Good work begins at home,
i William Shallenberger.
~ Example of Missionarv Enter
‘ prise, Olive Owen.
~ Our Community’s Greatest Need
‘Mercer Babb.
i What Kind of Mission Work
%May Endeavorers Do, Miss Mary
Crenshaw.
| Missicnary Marching Orders,
}Mrs. Smedley.
Farms For Sale
For Cash Or Terms
We have 280 acres of ex
cellent farm land, all under
'cuitivation, with three set
{tlements on the place, The
‘farm is three miles frorp
Fitzgerald on the Qcilla
!road, one of the best farms
in the county, We will sell
}all cr part of this land, to
suit the purchaser 1-4 cash,
;balance to suit the purchas
er. :
Apply to Seanor and Ge!-
ders. :
Davis Block, :
Fitzgerald, Ga.
1 Farm For Rent
‘ I have for rent for the next
year the plantation known as
the J. P. Sweatt place near Arp
Ga. Parties with stock desiring
torent all or less will call on the
undersigned for terms.
D. R. Henderson,
1423 t 1-aw p Ocilla Georgia.
Come to Fitzgerald to shop.