Newspaper Page Text
Wednes?ay
EMition
- Official Organ Ben Hiii County,
Anglo-French Line
. : £
Berlin, Dec. 14— Bulgarian troops have broken through the
# Anglo-French line and cut off the French forces from the British, ac
'cording"!o an official statement dated December 12 received here today
i from Serbia. : '
. It s stated a long section of the French front was taken by storm
L the Freoch forces suffering heavy losses. Pursuit of the allied troops
fcont,inues. b :
The statement as given out by the Overseas News agency follows:
| “‘The Bulgarians continued pursait of the Anglo-French troops on
:}mtb baoks of the Vardar, in the direction of Gievgeli and Doiran.
“On the right bank of the Vardar the Bulgarians stormed the
. whole French front between Milektovo and Smokavitza southwest ot
Kovanetz. Freoch regiments number 435, 84, 145 and 284 suffered
i,‘,l;eavily. Near Nebortzi our cavalry routed a Krench battalion and
;_(_:aptured its commander.
H “On the left bank of the Vardar we ejected the French and British
from fortjfied positions on Raba mountain. The, d,g._f.g:g't.gg‘il};it,i/sh with
drew to the southeast toward Karauglarlar an&mth‘e;Fgapéh to the
_southwest toward Bogdantzi. A Macedonian division broke through
the front, captured Bogdantzi and cut off the French from the British.
; *“The French killed or captured belooged for the most part to
‘(General Bailloud’s division, composed of regiments 175%and <176 and
Eythé second regiment of Zouaves. TP ‘
Austrians Advance ,
In North Montenegro
. Berlin, Dec. 14—Anstro-Hungarian troops are advancing in
porthern Montenegro, having compelled the forces opposing them
)ere to retreat, it was announced today by German army. headquar
%ers. No other important operations are reported in the official state.
gment, which reads: ;
% ““Western and Eastern theaters of War: ‘‘There is nothing to re
“Dßylkan theater of war: ‘‘To the southwest and south of Plevlje
?(in northern Montenegro) Austro-Hungarian troops again forced the
;enemv to retreat. Here and in the esstern Montenegrin mountfins'
“about 2,500 prisoners were hrought in,”
Bulgars Occupy Border Positions
‘ London, Dec. 14—I. a dispatch filed at Saloniki Monday Reuter’s
correspondent says the Bulgarians haye occupied the positions former-.
1y held by the Serbians along the Greco-Serbian_frontier. At last re
ports all was quiet there. ‘ : .i
The most attractive line of Neckwear for men that we’ve ever shown 50c to §I; Men’s Sets, very pretty combinations $1 te $2
Busy Big Store Helps for Christ
USEFUL things for every member of the family Special pre-Christmas 13 off reductions on Ladies’ Suits and Dresses—
: Ladies’ and Children’s Coats *; off—Millinery—Smart, stylish Trimmed Hats 1/3 off—in fact---
Il There’s loads of good things for you o the 2nd floor as well as in all the main floor Depts.
: # @ én unéns_tially'rg‘om}‘l %?lrie(:y-l-)-Those el;gant
® splendid Garments mako stout figures look |
Dresses and Suits for the Stout Ladies; Eisnizmsz
NOvEL T l E S 29¢, 50¢, 75¢, $l.OO, $1.25 and $1.50 Items--- |
; g ® A splendid collection of nice little things for Gifts---Hand made Novelties such as Sewing and Manicure !;
: 9 Sets, Cushions, Racks, Nice little silver Novelties and Cut Glass items. Collars, Neckwear. Furs. I
Handkerchiefs---In nice packages for Christmas. A i
7 $ All our Hart, Schaffner & Marx clothing 109 off }!
® All Boys’ Suits and Overcoats 10% off. |
Z, n e en S 0r e ® Specially attractive line of Bath Robes, Slippers, |
it ™ Neckwear ; FUl'S—The best makes and most reasonable prices ! l'
‘ Great Blanket Selling $1.19 to $10.50 EMPIRE MERCANTILE CO. |
Big Double Blankets---in woolnap and all wool---Solid white and plaids in daintiest colorings -- ONE PRICE TO EVERYBODY
m g:::;:llgo?;g:&ti;i3n8u:l;b;gs.ot:)f: $2.25, $2-75, $3.98, $4.98 and $5.98--Silkaline and Wi & AWEH St ). A, NURPHY Mumsger
! Trunks, Traveling Bags and Cases 10% off for Christmas—Art Squares and Rugs 10% off also
THE LEADER ENTERPRISE
FITZGERALD, BEN HILIL COUNTY, GEGRGIA, DEC. 15, 1915.
¢ Saloniki, Dec. 14 —Bulgarian troops have occupied all posts for
merly held by the Serbs on the Greco-Serbian frontier.
m——-fim—_”—_—:—m—
-2,300 MONTENEGRINS ARE
Berlin, Dec. 14—Montenegrin forces opposing the Austro-Hun
garian troops have been forced to tretreat, the War office announced
today, Montenegrin prisoners recently taken by the Teutonic forces
number 2,500.
A Musical Treat
i By The Band
The concert given last evening by
the Fitzgerald Military Band under
the efficient leadership of Prof. M.
Setterick was an artistic success but
enjoyed only by a very limitedi
audience. Overtures, solos andi
marches as well as a beautifuly ren- |
dered vocal number by Dr. Louie
Turner, showed a marked degree of
training and a credit to the leader
as well as to the band boys who are
giving their time to the study of
music. The absence of members of
the various institutions who have
had the free services of the band
since its reorganization, was espec
ially noticeable, as the boys deserv
ed at least the courtesy of attend
ance by those whom they served
free when called upon, Gratitude
does not seem to be in the vocabul
ary of some people. The band
!boys are making every effort to
‘make their band a geod one, is an
lasset to the city when needed and
the public must awake to give them
a better support. |
Be sure and see the car load of
nice Tennessee mules at Spell
Live Stock Company. 1t
I LEND FARMERS MONEY
5 and 10 years best
terms. J. E. TURNER,
Exchange National Bank.
tf
THRICE-A-WEEK
Negroes Have Fatal Fight
Two negroes employed on the
Warren farm, south of the city
are laying a: the point of death
as a result of a fight early this
morning. One of them was shot
the other fataly cut. Sheriff
Fountain went to the scene and
brought one of them to the jail,
where he is being attended by
the county physician the other is
being attended to at his home.
It is propable that both will die.
Chicago Wins A
- @. 0. P. Meeting
Washington, Dec. 14—Chicago
was selectek by the Republican
national committee tonight as
it.\he meeting place of- the 1916
Republican national convention,
to be held June 7, one week be
fore the Demoncratic convention
in St. Louis. ‘
I WRITE FIRE INSUR~-
ANCE
lin old, strong compa
nies, I don't risk
young, companies.
J. E. TURNER, at
Exchange National Bank
; tf
Minstrel Friday Dec, 17
The home talent show which is
to be held at the Grand Theatre on
Friday night Dec 17 is the largest
and most complete home talent
show ever attempted here. It is
composed of the best talent in‘
Fitzgerald and consist of 35 peo.
ple, every one is well up in his
part and anyone seeing the show
will be well pleaced.
There will be a large parade ard
everyone will find it up to the
minute and in keeping with the
rest of the show from all accounts
we cannot praise enouch and you
will have to see the show to appre
ciate the good work by the young
talent.
The outline of the show is as
follows, it will open wup with a
Minstp:l after which their will be
an intermission during which time
the orchestra will render a number
or two, then comes the OLIO
which will consist of ten vaudevyille
acts all of these are good, the show
will close with an after piece and
it is a laugh from start to ftinish.
Those taking part in the show are
as follows: Geo. Stubbs, Hy.
Evens, Dow Brown, .Jim KEvans,
Abe Krugger, ¥. Schmitz, Bill
Mashburn, Chas. Garwood, Lester
Norris, K. Green, Dick Hack
ney, S. Doolittle, Mr. Shaw, S.
Stilhe, H. Watters, G. Waters,
R. Waters, H. Rigsby, J. Reiss,
Ed. Dormicey, Coy Brown, Jim
Murry, O. Barron, M. Barron, C.
Hansen, R. Chappie. F. Harring
ton, A, Lagerstrom, J. Cone, J.
C. Cruse.
The quartette composed of J.
Cone, B. Mashburne, Geo, Stubbs,
Jim Evans, will be one of the fea
ture acts. It is not only good sing
ing but it has plenty of good
comedy mixed in this one act alone
is worth the price of admission.
The dancing by Bow and Evans
has been greatly improved and will
_Monday
Wednesday
- Friday-.
VOL. XX. NO. 1: 0
OF “UNCLE” SAM
For Fraudulent Use of Mails
Albany, December 12. —Homer
C. Stroud, a young white man,
was bound over Saturday to the
federal grard jury by U. S. Com
missioner Cruger Westbrook in
the sum of $2OO, on the charge of
using the mails to defraud.
Stroud was brought here by
Deputy U. S. Marshal W. D.
Dayis.
It is alleged that in the year
1913 he ordered articles from a
Chicago mail order house, using
fictitious names and giving
checks bearing signatures of per
sons whom the postoffice in_Spec
tors have been unable to locatk.
The names given were of per
sons supposed to reside in the
vicinity of Mcßae and Helena.
As these two places are in the
Macon division of the United
States court, the bond was made
returnable to that division. Wit~
nesses in the hearing here yes
terday included W. N. Norman,
cashier of the citizens’ bank of
Helena; J, M. Smith, assistant
postmaster at Helena; A. S. J.
Mcßae, postmaster at Mcßae,
and J. B. League, a postcffice
‘inspector. ‘
k Mrs. Lula Bowen Shepard ar
rived in‘the eity to spend the
holidays at home.
prove to be very entertaining.
The parade will form at the A.
B. & A. depot and marzh dowp
Central Ave,, to the court house,
out Sheridian to Pine and up Pine
St. to Grant where they will stop
and make announcements from
this point it will go to the opera
house. Starts Promptly at 11:30
o'clock,