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Official Organ Ben Hiii County,
CONFEDERATE VETERANS TO
GET SOME OF THEIR
MONEY THIS MONTH.
ATLANTA, February 2—With the
payment Wednesday of $50,000 in
warrants _for the University of
Georgia, the State Treasury begins to.
find itself “on its feet,” according to
State Treasurer Speer, following the
disbursement of more than $1,800,000
in settling he stchool debts of 1915,
the last lingering liabilities of the
last year were about scored off by the
payment to the University, which has
been seeking the stttlement for some
tifne. ;
“But the best news I have,” con
tinued Colonel Speer, “is that we shall
begin payment of the Confederate
veterans’ pensions this month. We
hope to cancel the old soldier’s
claims as, promptly as we did last
yvear, when we paid out $1,070,000 in
three installments, disbursed in the
latter part of February, during March
and in April, respectfully. Possibly
we can do even better this year.”
“Receipts for this February, now ar
riving in goo dshape, are putting us
back into good shape, and we have a
fair working balance on hand now.
We paid the 1915 school salaries this
year in January, while last year the
1914 debt hung over until February.
The State now is in excellent finan
cial shape to meet all claims coming
upon it as they mature.”
LEADER-ENTERPRISE PIG
CLUB BOYS AND GIRLS.
Mr. Marion Dickson informs us that
you can secure your pigs Saturday,
February 12th, at his sale in this city.
Please cw and get yours. We
want to cover Ben Hill county with
Hempshire hogs,.and your start will
bring this splendid breed to the atten
tion of your settlement. The Lead
er Enterprise pigs will be known by
their beautiful white bands, just as
the Dixie Highway through Fitzger
ald is konwn by the white bands we
put .around the trees and telephone
poles. Let’s make Ben Hill county
prosperous with Hempshire hogs.
The Hope-So Club will meet with
Pauline Goldenberg, on Sa*urday af
ternoon. This being Leap year, if
the members were a little older, we
would expect to see this a “make-it-so’
club before 1917.
WANTED—A young lady V\;ith some
office experience and willing to learn
more. Apply to Judge D. P. Adams,
317 e
PAWN BROKER'S ;
BUSINFSS FOR SALE
I will entertain
proposition to .trade
my Pawn Broker's bus
iness, with rental of
building for same on
East Pine St., on ac
count of my illness.
G. W. RODGERS.
& @ 5 and $6 Ladles’ShnE?Redlchd tf; | - « $3.98
The Big L adleS Sho es Reduced Rt Tl oo e * 1
. All other Ladies” and Childrens Shoes 10
StOifle ! . b _ off during this February Sale,
M ns Suits One Rack Cassimere and . Worsted Suits at 1-2 Price
€ One Rack H. S. & M. Suits and ‘Overcoats at 1-4 off
This is snappy weather men and more to come, the weather man says. Its a good tip!
HE NEW PERCALES AND SHIRTING ?VIADRASIO to 25¢ : o 4
TDandy Stripes for Shirts Childrens Dresses, House Dresses, Emplre Mercantlle CO'-
| {gficeéggdasntdhzgraighl!’ercales, Mohecan Madras, Celebra- Wi, R üßrgfiv;nMExr;zsg%?t, ONE PRICE TO EVERYBODY.
See the new White Goods--Voiles, Organdies, Cords--The new Colored Goods--Dainty Stripes, Dots, Figures, 15 to 50c yd.
THE LEADER ENTERPRISE
THE GOVERNOR ISSUES wiers
0 A PROCLAMATION
About “Georgia-Go-to-Sunday-School
Day,” Feb. 13th.
The Georgia Sunday School Asso
ciation which is a cooperative organ
ization of the Sunday schools in the
state, irrespective of denomination,
and whose object is helpful 4nd broth
erly co-operation for more and better
Sunday schools, months ago agreed on
February 13, as “Georgia-go-to-Sun
day-schoolDay.” The indications is
for a record breaking attendance in
the Sunday schools of all denomina
tions through out the State.
The information comes that more
than one thousand Sunday schools al
ready have indicated their willingness
to use the program which is being
fulrnished free by the Georgia Sunday
School Association, 1519 Hurt, Bldg.,
Atlanta.
The Governor of the state has is
sued the following proclamation;
To the People of Georgia:
Whereas the supreme need of our
State today is the spread of a true
intelligefice among its citizens which
shall direct the forces that make for
character; and,
Whereas, One of the noblest means
of disseminating this intelligence and
building up a character in keeping with
the teachings of a true Christianity is
the Sunday school, and
Whereas, the first state-wide “Geor
gia-Go-to-Sunday-School Day”, was
observed with marked success on Feb
ruary 14, 1915, at which time the Sun
day school attendance was greatly in
creased; and, .
Whereas, in an effort to increase
Bible study and produce Christian cit
izenship, the Georgia Sunday School
Association has appointed February
13, 1916, as a “Georgia-Go-to-Sunday
School Day,” and,
Whereas, the Sunday schools of all
denominations will observe this day
with appropriate exercises and are is
suing invitations to all our citizens to
attend Sunday school; and,
Whereas, it is desirous that all those
who feel an interest in the welfare of
the State should work in harmony to
produce the best results in citizenship.
* Therefore, I, Nat E. Harris, Gov
‘ernor of the Commonwealth of Geor
‘gia, call upon all Georgians, as well as
visitors within eur borders, to attend
Sunday school in the church of their
choice on February 13, 1916, that those
engaged in carrying on these schools
may receive due encouragement and
the work of their hands prospering in
the serivce of their God. -
In Testimony, whereof, I have caus
ed these letters to be made patent and
th seal of the Commonwealth to be
hereunto affixed.
Done at Atlanta, Ga., on this 2nd,
day of February, in the year of our
Lord, One Thousand, Nine Hundred
Sixteen, of the Independence of the
United States the One Hundred and
Fortieth.
& N. E. HARRIS Governor.
PHILIP COOK, Secretary of State.
FITZGERALD BOY HONORED.
Milton Cohen, who has been in
terned at the Hospital of Louisville
since his graduation from the Univer
sity of Kentucky, has secured a posi
tion as Asapatologist at the City Hos
pital of Cincinnati.
FITZGERALD, BEN HILIL COUNTY, GEORGIA, FEB. 4, 1916.
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. Dr. A. S. Ford, honor graduate of
Harvard college, is one of the most
| popular, progressive and efficient men
|Fitzgerald has ever had connected
with her schools. Dr. Ford came
here, from Troy, Ala., in September
and since this the school has made
many strides towards efficiency. Dr.
Ford taught us many rousing college
songs, he worked with the football
team and made it fit to represent our
school and before Christmas, with the
aid of the other members of the fac
ulty, gave a splendid reception to the
high school students. All this has
has been-a great factor in weating a
splendid school spirit.
Through the instrumetality of Dr.
Ford the high school has been organ
iized into a Student’s Council, giving
the student body virtual self-control.
The honor system has thus been in
stalled and the moral of the student
body has been raised. Instead of one
literary society there are now five
spirited organizations—one for each
AT CARNEGIE HALL.
Miss Daisy Davies, President of La
Grange College of the Southern
Methodist church will be in the city‘
Saturday and remain several days in
the interest of her work at LaGrange. ‘
Miss Davies is an educator of state
wide reputation, having through abil
ity and untiring effort established the
college firmly upon a basis second to
none -in educational facilities for the
young women of our state. Miss Da
vies is a member of the Women’s
Missionary Council of the M. E.
church, South, and also an untiring
Sunday school worker. She is teach
er of the Wesley Bible class of men
‘at La Grange, a class numbering more
than a hundred, in a menibership
composed of the best business men
of that city. The announcement that
it has been arranged for her to have
THRICE-A-WEEK
Dr. A. S.. FORD
class’ in .high school. Considering
what will be accomplished through the
spe{:ial athletic association and the
literary societies, thére is no doubt
but what Fitz-Hi can take highest
honors in the 3rd, District meet to be
held in Cordele April 12,
If Dr. Ford stays with us, and
every single pupil of the high school
hopes he will, old F. H. S., will soon
be not only the best but the biggest
and strongest high school in the state
of Georgia.
» The Editorial Board of the High
School News wishes to state that this
article was omitted” from the peper
through mistake.
FRANK: PRYOR,
GEORGIA LEE-.KIRKE,
STEWART GELDERS,
ELVYNNE ALBERSON,
CHAS. MANN,
DOROTHY CASS,
HAROLD KASSEWITZ,
charge of the men’s Wesley Bible\
class at the Carnegie auditorium on
Sunday next is being anticipated with
pleasure by the members of the class.
During her stay in the city, Miss
Davies will be the guest of Mrs. J. A.
Murphy on W.,Magnolia street.
Mr. Geo. E. Ricker left Wednesday
night for Atlanta -on business. He
will be home Saturday and Sunday
will leave for Albany where he will
attend United States district court
as a grand juror.
~ W. R. C. ENTERTAINMENT.
A special program will be rendered
at the W. R. C. hall Tuesday Feb. 8,
at 2 p. m. Luncheon will be served.
All members and members of the G.
A. R. are invited.
MRS. L L. HUTCHINSON,
F&M Correspondent.
ANOTHER FLYING DUTCHMAN
ALLIED SHIPS IN DANGER.
Washington February 2—A German
raider loose on the seas, with a known
record of seven enemy ships sunk and
another captured, at a time when the
German naval flag was believed to
have been swept from the ocean ex
cept for the submarines ,is the most
startling feautre that attracts atten
tion here to the capture of he British
liner Appam and her daring dash
aaross the Atlantic to a haven at
Hampton roads.
American naval officers, who have
not been reluctant to admire the ex
ploits of German sailors, agree that
the cruise of the Appam and the opera
tions of the mysterious raider which
took her prisorer, deserve a place in
the naval history of the war beside
the consummate daring of the Emden,
the cruises of the Prinz Eitel Fried
rich and the Kronprintz Wilhelm, and
probably beside the untold story of
the Karsruhe.
While the mysterious raider remains
at liberty, avoiding the traveled lanes,
of taking refuge in unsailed waters
and picking off a prize, when the
guarding lines of British cruisers are
not near, the allied shipping faces a
new and unexpected danger.
The enterprise which armed the
raider and got her to sea when neu
trality laws and British ships are sup
posed to be guarding against forays
on allied shipping is no less admired
among naval men that the exploits of
the shipherself. One theory advanc
ed, although admittedly without any
knowledge of fact, is that the raider
might possibly have secured some of
her armament from the cruiser Karls
ruhe, now missing many months and
variously reported sunk or wrecked.
The most plausible story thus far is
that the cruiser was wrecked some
‘where in the West Indies. Her crew
‘never has been accounted for and na
val men have never believed all were
lost. .
It is regarded as possible that at
least some of her light armament
might have been salvaged and to what
ship it might have been transferred
only time can tell. The fact that there
are four German merchant ships
named Moewe, and that the master of
one of them is named Berge lends col
or to the suppesition that it might
‘have been one of those.
Within the last few months there
nameless ships slipping away from
South and Central American ports
with German crews. British secret
service agents, it is known, reported
to the embassy here the movements
of tramp steamers in American waters
which they regarded as suspicious.
Ships suspected of German ownership
have been watched and tramps clear
ing with questionable cargopes for
ports where trade is light, have been
kept under the eyes of British agents
‘to avoid the equipment of just é.uc,h
jan elusive raider as took the Appam.
CHRISTIAN' CHURCH.
Subject Sunday morning—The Epis
tle to Titus.
Sunday night a sermon to young
people, and all the young people of
the city are especially urged to hear
this sermon.
Mondav
Wednesday
Friday
VOoL. XXI. NO. 15
GEORGIA’S RESOURCES |
IN MOVING PICTURES
TO BE HERE SATURDAY.
Playing to more than capactiy hous
€s at every point, the Big Georgia
Motion Picture, 8,000 feet in length,
began its tour of Georgia on January
24th, and will be shown in Fitzgerald,
tomorrow.
The wonderful Georgia moving pic
ture takes two hours to run. It was
shown in Atlanta and drew twelve to
fourteen thousand people to the At
lanta auditorium, five thousand of
whom were turned away for lack of
even standing room in the great aud
itorium,
The picture is thrilling from start
to finish, and there is harldy ten min
utes passes that some scene does not
bring applause from the audience—amn
unsval tribute one seldom paid to any
motion picture.
Among the thrillers in the picture
may be mentioned:
Ist. The sensational run of the Ma
con Fire Department, dashing madly
through badly crowded streets, which
the police tried in vain to clear.
2nd. Dangerous mine blast at Har
ites mine near Cartersville, when the
man who sets the fuse, which proved
an unusually fast hurner, barely‘&;ot
away in time to save nis iife. .
The picture has been builded with
an eye to entertain, as well as educate
and in securing some scenes, the oper~
ator had to prform dangerous feats,.
all of which are shown and add to the:
thrill which every few minutes audibly
sweeps through’ the audience. ;
The Wonder of Georgia.
Few citizens of Georgia realize fully
the wonders, both natural and man
made, within the borders of their.
state. These are shown in striking
manner in this picture, which whei
ever presented, has proven an eye-:fi\
ner even to native Georglans.
Remember:
No Georgia citizen can afford fo
miss seeing this picture before it
leaves the state for its five year trip oy
er the natiqn. Profits from the pic
ture, received fro mits bookings in
Georgia, will be used to defray the.ex
penses of running the Georgia Motion-
Picture in the North, East and West
to advertise the resources of Georgia.
AT THE MAYOR’S COURT.
Two white men contributed $25 each
to the city’s finances this morning, for
the theft of an overcoat from a travel
ing man at the Johnson Hardware Co.,
last evening and will answer to the Su
perior court for tll‘is and other alleged
stealings. The erooks are beginning
to have a hard time in Fitzgerald, the
new police department lets nothing
get away from them.
Mrs. W. H. Hall, of Warrenton,
Ga., Mrs. A. C. Lovelace, of N. C., and
friends are the expected guests of Mr.
and Mrs. E. K. Farmer at their home
on Roanoke Drive. The party is en
route to Tampa, Fla.,, on a pleasure
trip over the Dixie Short route and
are expected to arrive Saturday. The!
splendid roads of the the Dixie Short
Route are enabling autoists of this,
section to plan these splendid trips.
At the Grand Monday THEDA BA
RA in a photoplay version of “CAR
MEN,”