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Official Organ Ben Hiii County,
SUNDAY-SCHOCL INSTITUTE
TO BE HELD IN UNITED
BRETHEREN CHURCH FEB 22
Rev. Charles W. Brewbaker, P. H.
D., and Brotherhoods of the ‘United
Bretheren church and Miss Ida M.
Koontz, general Superihitendent Ele
mentary work of the church, will be
in personal charge of the institute and
will hold two sessions Tucsday after
noon Feb. 22, at 2 o’~leek. znd %:30
in the ¢vering.
Ohiect of thesz Institutes.
To show how to build up better and
bigger Sunday schools along aggres
sive lines and help boost a great in
crease campaign in the churches and
Sunday schools of your Conference,
and to give greater strength to our
denominational life as a factor in the
extension of our Master’s kingdom.
What Will be Done.
Miss Koontz will discuss vital
themes relating to the Elementary div
ision of the Sunday schodl, which in
cludes the Cradle Roll, Beginners,
Primary and Junior departments.
The addresses of Secretary Brew
baker will deal with the Secondary and
Adult divisions. He will tell how to
build an up-todate Sunday school in
your city, town and country.
Each address will be followed by an
open conference. Everybody will
have an opportunity to ask questions.
Workers are asked to tell of ways and
means which have proven successful
in their schools.
BIG MOTOR CAR COMPANY
TO ESTABLISH IN ATLANTA.
Atlanta, Jan.29.—The announcement
that the Reo motor car interests are
considering the establishment of a big
branch plant in the south, probably in
Atlanta, has attracted widespread at
tention in the financial and business
world.
The couth is becoming more and
more investment center for big en
terprises of this sort, and Georgia is
getting her full share of northern and
eastern capital. The Reo people have
just paid a dividend of 100 per cent on
their capital stock. The company has
no preferred stock and no bonds.
The present capital is six million dol
lars, all of which is represented by
cash and tangible assets. The main
plant, at Lansing Michigan, covers
twenty-two and one-half acres.
Let the Leader-Enterprise figure
with you on your next Job. %
ANTI-PREPAREDNESS
FORCES DEFEAT BILL.
Washington, January 31.—The anti
preparedness forces won first blood on
the floor of the house this afternoon
when they prevented consideration of
the Padgett bill increasing by half the
number of cadets at the Naval Acad
emy. The bill was reported at the re
quest of the Navy Department. By
skillful maneuvering opponents of the
bill sidetracked it in favor of the In
dian appropriation bill and it can not
be again reported this week.
The Patriotic Order, Sons of Amer
ica istalled officers Friday night, a
large number of members being pres
ent. The new officers istalled were:
President—Brwon McCall; Vice
President, H. T. Hogan; M. P.—]. H.
King; C—L. E. Owens; Inspector—J.
Sullivan; Guard—A . % Wynn; Treas
urer, H. L. Mannon.
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' .. i . Ladies $5 and $6 Shoes for $3.98. Ladies $4.25 and
: : hld Sh $4.50 Shoes for $3.48. Ladies $3.75 and $4 Shoes
SpeCla argalns ln a les an l : rens oeS""‘for $325. All other prices in Ladies and Childrens
| ‘ Shoes at 10% off regular Price. ;
EW SHIRTING MADRAS 15c to 30c TYMPIRE MERCANTILE COMPANY
and new Percale Shirting at 10 ;md 12%5¢c--all of these are best makes and colors— Was, R, Bowen, Pres. ONE PRI CE & EVERYB ODY
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THE LEADER ENTERPRISE
FITZGERALD BASEBALL
ASSOCIATION ORGANIZED.
At the meeting of the baseball en
thuisasts, which was well attended
at the city hall Monday night, per
manent officers were elcted and auth
orized to apply for'a charter for the
association with a capital of $1,500,
lin shares of $lO each. More than 50
shares were subscribed for at the meet
ing and the committee appointed ‘to
solicit for shareholders report splendid
progress. A grandstarnd is to be
erected at once at the basebal
and a permanent fence was authorized.
and some ten weeks of ball is looked
forward to by the fans of the city.
The officers elected were, A. H.
Thurmend,, President; L. L. Griner,
;;(;/‘pe-d‘resident; D. B. Nicholson,Secty
afid J. D. Dorminey, Treasurer. The
directors are A. H. Thurmond, ‘L. L.
Griner, D. B. Nicholson, J. D. Dor
miney, E. L. ,Dorminey, G. E. Davis,
D. W. M. Whitley and Wiley Wil
liams. Pis p
PRIZES OFFERED FOR § |
LONG-HORNED CATTLE.}
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*Macon, Jan. 31.—1 n the premium]
list issued today by ‘the Georgia|
State Fair Association for the fair
next November increased cash awards:
were offered for the best showing of
long-horn cattle. In all, more than
$5,000 will be given in prizes for the
exhibits of cattle and swine. -
The awards for agricultural dis
plays will aggregate $5,000. It is plan
ned to make the live stock displays
one of the big features of the next
fair. :
U. 8. TO INSIST TRADE
VESSELS BE DISARMED.
Washington, Jan. 31.—The United
States will insist that the Entente Al
lies agree to disarm their merchant
vessels, or they will be denied clear
ance from an American port This is
the attitude that the State Department
has decided to take, despite the unof
ficial announcement from London and
Paris that the British and French Gov
ernments intend standing on the here
tofore accepted rule that merchant
vessels have right to carry guns for
defense.
As soon as the offical text of this
decision is received by Secretary of
State Lansing he will renew the orig
inal proposition. He will also make
it plain that the entire question of
compelling submariges to observe the
requirements of stoppage and search
of merchant vessels before sinking
them hinges on the point of whther
3the Entente Governments have di
rected merchant vessels to carry guns
;to resist attacks by submarines.
120 OFFSPRINGS TO BE
AT GOLDEN WEDDING.
' Waycross, Jan. 31.—9 n event of
much interest will be the golden wed
ding anniversary that Mr. and. Mrs.
Bryant Crews. will celebrate at their
home south of Waycross tomorrow.
They have 11 children, all living in
this section; 89 grandchildren and 20
great-grandchildren, all of whom- are
expected to be present.
Mr. Crews is 71 years old hag lived
on the same farm for 43 years, anc .
has never had a sick day.
Let the Leader-Enterprise figure
with you on your next Job. They
are equipped to do any kind of work.
FITZGERALD, BEN HILI, COUNTY, GEORGIA, FEB. 2, 1916.
JOHN W, GRAHAM
FORMER LOCAL RESIDENT
SUDDENLY STRICKEN.
Man Whe Built Bridges on Dolgeville
Railroad Stricke With Apoplexy at
Fitzgerald, Ga.
! Dolgeville Jan. 24—John W. Gra
ham, a former local contractor and
the father of Mrs. C. W. Brayton, of
State street, died very suddenly re
cently at his home in Fitzgerald, Ga.
Mr. Graham was very well known
here, where the news of his death
will be received with keen SOrrow.
On the day of his death he arose. in
seeming good health and had driven
down town in a carriage to attend to
the purchase of some groceries, - A
short time later he was found dead
in the carriage. Physicians ascribed
his death to an attack of heart
trouble.
‘ Mr. Graham was born ever 70 years
ago in Michigan. . 'He lived there for
some years and also in Kansas, later
going to Maryland. He came from
that state to this village a quarter of a
century ago. He was a contractor and
builder by occupation and charge of
ct the construction of the bridges on
the Lit:lé¢ Falls & Dolgeville railroad,
when the road was being built. A few
‘years‘later he removed to Chicago and
from there went to s present Clace
of residence in Titzgerald, Ga. At
that place he has for some years con
ducted a lumber mill, manufac
turing dimension stock for building
rurposes. Mr. Graham was a leteran
of the Civil war and was a G. A. R.
man. He was a memter of the Fitz
gerald Masonic lodge and was also a
mem* er of the A. O U. W. H.: is re
mem~erd with kindest feelings by the
residents of this village as a man of
‘pleasing personality and sterling chars,
acter who' was ‘popular among his
friends. Mr. and Mrs. Graham had
frequently wvisited Dolgeville since
their departure, making their last vis
it here two years ago last summer.
Besides the wife, the relatives surviv
inge are four sons, Alexander Graham
of Herkimer, formerly one of the best
amateur baseball pitchers in Central
New York, and Fred, Roy.and Wil
liam, of Fitzgerald; and one daughter,
Mrs. C. W. Brayton, of this village.—
iLittle Falls (N. Y.) Evening Times.
IMPORTANT NOTIICE TO PUBLIC.
We have never before met with so much favor by the public in
selling Chautauqua tickets. Seats are being reserved rapidly. '
It appears that there is to be the largest crowd attending this
Chautauqua ever attending any series of entertainments before.
We warn you now to get your tickets early and reserve your
seats. It is impossible for the ticket committee to see
everybody and for this reason we give ‘this notice so that you may
not lay blame on us if you fail to get your ticket and have
choice reservations made,
There will be no chance to get choice seats Just a few days .
before the entertainwents. Others will have gotton ahead of you
To be fair we have placed tickets on sale at each bank and
at Adawms Candy Kitchen.
Reserve seats at Adams Candy Kitchen.
The only satisfactory way to get a desirable seat is to get
a SEASON TICKET and GET IT NOW. :
| THE TICKET COMMITTEE. : ‘
THRICE-A-WEEK
JACKSONVILLE, FLA, IS TO
HOLD A BIG POULTRY SHOW.
February 22-26, Inclusive—Open to
The World.
This exhibitoon to be staged by
the Jacksonville Poultry and Pet stock
Association, promises to eclipse all
previous show in this section from
several standpoints.
Jacksonville, the Metroplis and gate
way to the State, is the mecca for
thousands of winter tourists, and the
show will take place at the height of
the tourist season there. In view of
this fact, a very large attendance is
anticipated by the association, who are
now very active in making final ar
rangements for a most successful ex
hbiition.
Attractive cash prizes will be award
ed. In addition, a great many loving
cups and other valuable prizes will
be given. All prize money and prem
iums will be in hands of the Executive
committee by the time premium list
goes to the press.
Judge F. J. Marshall will officiate
at this show.
A cordial invitation is extended\ to
all exhibitors and assurance that all
will be given a square deal. Entry
blanks, premium list and full informa
tion will be cheerfully furnished by
Mr. C. R. Bill, Secretary, Jackson
ville, Fla. s
This show is endorsed by the Jaclks
sonville Chamber of Commerce and is
under the rules of the American
Poultry Association.
CHAUTAUQUA POPULAR.
The ticket committee of the Chau
tauqua report a popuiar sentiment for
the coming great entertainment. A
large number of tickets have been dis
posed of and reserved at the Candy
Kitchen. The low price of tickets and
the high’'standard of the entertainment
appeal to everyone and the prospect
for standing room only, in the large
auditorium of the Opera house begins
to appear in the theatrical horizon:
Fitzgerald will do itself proud on this
occasion, as a number of the tickets
are being sold to our neighboring
towns. Get yours.
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Miss Mary Fred Broughton left
yesterday for Macon, where she will
join her sister, Mrs. Earl Braswell, of
Augusta. Mrs. Braswell will pay a
visit here to her mother, Mrs. M. P.
Broughton.
MUSICAL TREAT AT ?
. THE CHAUTAUQUA.
Good music, well rendered, is tonic
to the human mind and tired body.
Science has proven this. Great edu
cators have declared that the student’s
learning capacity is greatly hampered
iwhen this taste for fine music has not
been cultivated, when he is given no
‘opportunity to hear high class music;
}and it is for this reason that our pub
}llc schools, our universities and col
‘lcges have arranged musical courses
for their students. This is why some
lof our leading colleges ¢o to the enor
‘fi'lous expense of presenting the great
singers and instrumentalists of our
jcountry.
To spend an hour under the in
fluence of inspiring music rendered by
real artists, is as beneficial and stimu
lating as an hour spent under the
charm of the eloquent words of the
masterful orator.
Recognizing the value of high class
music, the management of the South
rn Chautauqua and Artist Festival has
felt that the musical features of the
coming program to be presented here
next February, should be the very
best that could be procured.
In bringing the great Mozart Qin
tette into the Southland for these
events, the Southern system is giving
the South the opportunity to hear one
ofthe most brilliant collection of mu
sicians the American platform has of
fered. The company was organized
to supply the demand for the highest
grade music, rendered in a manner
which will appeal to the mixed audi
ence. Each member is an artist of un
usual merit,
This is a very unusal company.
Aside from the superb music it offers
the manner in which it is rendered
is worthy of note. The company is
elaborately costumed in the pictures
‘que attire of the period of Louis XV,
creating an effect most pleasing to the
)eye. The stage fittings and light ef
fects are especially pleasing,, and their
‘ensemble work is particularly' strong.
The program moves along with no
loss of time between the numbers.
There are many companies of for
eign musicians appearing on Amer
ican platforms, but none that seem to
have grasped the demands or under
stand the tastes of the typically Amer
ican audience, as have the Mozarts.
They are presented on the coming
Festival program for their true mus
ical worth to the community.
Monday
Wednesday
Friday
VOL. XXI. NO. 14
PARENTS-TEACHERS ASSO.
.ORGANIZED AT FIRST WARD.
SCHOOL ON LAST TUESDAY.
A large and most enthusiastic crowd
of mothers and teachers gathered at
the Ist Ward school building Tuesday
afternoon at 4 o’oclk in respogse to
a call from Mrs. J. E. Andrews, vige
president of the 10th Congressional
District of Georgia Congress of Motl
ers for the purpose of organizingb}
iI-’arent—Tcachcr Association for th
\V\"ard school, which at present, takes
in all the grades up through-the 7th-B
to the junior high school.
The High school will be organized
seperately the 22nd, of February at the
library.
"~ When the new school buildings are
crected in the different wards there
will be a division of the association,
just organized, each school having its
own seperate district Parents-Teach
er association, which will be united
however, through the central council
which will be composed of the officers
of each ward association and the 14
ladies already organized. All matters
of importance will come before and
be decided by this council.
Dr. Ford, our superintendent of
schools was present at the meeting
’yesterday and rendered valuable help
iand assistance in organizing, besides
giving a splendid and most practica}
talk, voicing his appreciation of our
efforts, and of the work being done by
the Mother’s Congress throughout
our whole country.
All .business that could properly
come before this meeting was trans
acted except the election of officers.
This matter being carried over until
next Tuesday afternoon at the same:
time and place and hour of first meet
ing. Dr. Ford and others present
feeling that it would be best for the
chairman to appoint committees from
ieach ward to nominate officers from
each section before a regular ‘election
is held. - . ; %
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" ZEPPELINS RAID ENGLAND.
LONDON, Feb. I.—A raid by six
or seven Zeppelin airships took place
last night over the eastern, northeast
ern and midland counties of England,
according to an announcement of the
war office. A number of bombs’%ere
dropped but up to the present no con
sidrable damage has been reported.
A resumption of the Zeppelin raids
on London and th east coast of Eng
land was expected by the British an
thorities and on January 25 the police
issued a special warning to the public
to take cover in event of air raids, ;
Last raids on England by German
aircraft occurred January 23 and 24
on the east coast of Kent and the sta
tion, barracks and docks at Dover
were attacked by aeroplances,
After the Zeppelin raids on Paris,
Saturday and Sunday nights, French
authorities said these attacks were
‘doubtless merely a prelude to a more
Ecxtcnsivc movement by German air
lcraft and the fast that six or sev
len machines have taken part in the
new raid on England would indicate
a well considered plan by the Germans
to increase the activity of their dirgi
bles and probably bring into play the
new Fokker machines, which are re
ported to be very effective engines of
war,
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