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MONDAY
EDITION
Official Organ Ben Hill County and City of Fitzgerald
Great Day For
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CROWDS FROM NEIGHBORING TOWNS AND VILLAGES
BEGAN POURING INTO THE CITY AN EARLY HOUR
THIS MORNING—ALL OF THE RURAL SCHOQLS ARE
REPRESENTED BY (STUDENTS FROM THEIR RE
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- “Every valley shall be exhalted and every mountain
and hill shall be made low, the ctooked shall be
made straight, and "the rough places plain.”—
Isaiah, 40:4. i
At an early hour this morning the streets began to show the in
terest being taken by the people of this county and éurréunding
territory, when the children of the rural schools, accornpanied by
their teachers and parents began to artrive in the city. Every con
civable vehicle, motor and horse—dfiraw, in the county was requisi
tioned to bring the little ones to tow. s _in the Dixie Highway
celebration. Probably a thousand of the school children of the
rural districts were in line, to them were added the 1,200 of the Fitz
gerald schools, all furnished with flags, which expressed the patri
otic sentiment of the occasion. Superintendent Ford, of the city
schools and Mr. R. J. Prentiss, superintendent of the county schools,
were busy during the morning getting their arrangements madse
to place the children along the route, which had been agreed upon.
The State Clubs as arranged by the committees from he G. A. R.
%nd:\\f'. R. C., avith their banners were stationed on S. Main and were
?i‘ractions especially pleasing to the commissioners from their re-%
dpective states. Another feature which not .. only pleased our.
visitors but also showed to the home-folks, the improvement of ourl
county schools, was the fine exhibit made by the rural schools in the
Empire hotel building, and which was visited by hundreds during the%
day. ‘ j
Ihe Fitzgerald band and the free use of the Grand , with movies
all day, kept the the crowd amused and in a happy frame of mind.
When the thirty-five cars rolled in with the Dixie Highway
commissioners accompanied for miles by more than a hundred autos
which had gathered to bid them welcome, the enthusiasm of the
thousands gathered on the streets and sidewalks of the city, knew no
bounds. Blowing of whistles from every factory and every engine in ‘
the limits of the city, tooting of auto horns, and the hurrahs of thei
juvenile enthusiasts made the efforts of the promoters of the “Short
Route” and its certain success, doubly pleasing. : \
The Start From Macon.
. Promptly at 9:00 a. m., President and Mrs. M. M. Allison, of the
Dixie Highway association, headed the cavalcade and follewed by
the thirty-five cars with the commissioners and friends of the “Short
Route” left for Perry, which was reached in short time. |
The city was decorated for the occasion and the school child
ren from the city and county laden with flowers for the visitors,
made the stop a pleasant one. The roads were in such fine con
dition that a fast schedule was made. The thousand, of peach
trees in bloom through Houston county and its beautiful farms will
long be a pleasant memory to the northern torists, who were but two
days before surrounded by now and ice in their respective homes.
The road to Hawkinsville was like a boulevard fringed with
well developed farms and the country people along the line gathered
in numbers to add to the picture. The branches and creeks on this
part of the route were all bridged and many expressions of delight
by the tourists were heard as they rolled into Hawkinsville, escorted
by many autos, which met the party near the Houston county line.
“Where do they all come from,” is on everyone’s lips as they view
the thousands of people in Pulaski’s capital the center of culture and
refinement in the days of “long ago.” A short sto pwas made of
ten minutes which gave the local committee an opportunity to x
press their appreciation for the visit and showrs of flowers were
scattered in many autos with the party. Time being limited, tc catzh
up with the original schedule the party were soon speeling
on their way to Abbeville, famous for its Spring, Poor Robin, and the
much fought over county site of Wilcox county. But for the un
bridged Eight mile creek, which belongs to Pulaski county, and which
its comissioners pledged to bridge with an iron bridge if the route
is offically accepted, the road from Hawkinsville is a ‘dream’ as Pres
ident Allison expressed it. The entire school population o fAbbe
vile #kd all the nearby rural schobls met the tourists on the court
"‘;Eg'ouse grounds and cheer after cheer went up as the flower bedecked
'Qers rolled up.
© 7 “On to Fitzgerald and lunch,” was the slogan that now passed
tlong the line of cars and the procession proceeded on the speedway,
upon which cars just “breeze away,” as expressed by Gommissioner
Anderson, that “Short Route” enthusiast of the Georgia Commission,
Arriving at Bowen’s Mill, where thoughtful hands had erected a wel
come sign for Ben Hill county, the interstate cars passed along a
line of waiting autos for miles to the capital of Ben Hill, the Colony
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FITZGERALD, BEN HILL COUNTY,; GEORGIA, MAR. 20, 1916
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Officers of “SHORT ROUTE” Association:
William R. Bowen, President, Fitzgerald, Ga,
. J. C. Brewer, Vice President, Fitzgerald, Ga,
Isidor Gelders, Secretary, « - Fitzgerald, Ga.
J. J. Whitfield, Treasurer, Hawkinsville, Ga.
' EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:
V. L. STANTON, - - Wayeross
; T. J. HOLLAND, - - - Douglas
M. W. GARBUTT, - - Fitzgerald - -
H.J. DAVIS, ~-.- - - Folkston
C. H'AUSTIN, ¢ -« «x- @cilla
O. F. BECKHAM, - - -Abbeville
R. 0. PATE, - - - Hawkinsville
B. C. HOLTZCLAW, - Perry
Officers of Dixie Highway Association:
MiM. ALBIBON i ficniioninit e Sia it
C. H. HUSTON...... ..cccooowneeorrcnuunecr .......... First Vice-President
W. R. LONG ..........occooviiicrrn o SecCretary-Treasurer
“s-» Va Di L. ROBINSON. .. s e [ ASBi6tant Secretary
W. S. GILBREATH .................c...........000e0........ Field Secretary
s Toßo GRAFTON ... ... i mminsen Chi6E . Engineer
L. M. COLEMAN.... ... eoo Chief Counsel
State Vice-Presidents and Directors:
MICHIGAN .
P. T. Colgrove, Vice-Pre5ident............... ... Hastings
Frank T. Hami1t0n®.................. . ... -0 'Teaverle City
ILLINOIS
s Richard J. Finnegan, Vice-Pre5ident................. Chicago
&, W. W. Marr v i ... SpTIDg Rl
; INDIANA
Thomas Taggart, Vice-Pre5ident.............. .........French Lick
Unel Gualißler i oo s ceereeniee. Indianpolis
OHIO
Harry L. Gordon, Vice-President ............. .............. Cincinnatti
George Wi Harria 10 oo S Clcihnatt
KENTUCKY
HoB Hanger. oo G 0 aiE isea L iiR ishimbna
Claude-B. Merter ... ... . iao % ......Hardinsburg
TENNESSEE
M. M. Allison;” President .............. .................... Chattanooga
C. H. Huston, Ist Vice-President....... ...... .......... Chattanooga
W. R. Long, Secretary. Treasurer........... ... ..Chattanooga
Richard 8aMdy.....l 0l il il iNS ABOOES
B B BBOOK ...cio.i ki smrinsni seis o el ie IR U
T B BIOMON ... 75 i ssrsivecnnecritiiadiniin i 2 CBBSIANOCHES
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BOBETOMDIC. ... iinindsc Bhistuiniaibiiorsssorise CHIEERIOORS
J. Q PBOUON ....... constivniiins soimosinsossprmomiiviitirsisnsicsiins GIOLERNOORA
e GEORGIA
W. T. Anderson, Vice-President .................. ........... Macon
Clavk Howell: ...l Dl ebsln i va L ktlßata
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: G. W. Saxoh, Vice-President. .... ........................... Tallahassee
SR BRIEhOr . N e i e M A
The directors are making the tour at the invitation of Clark
Howell, of Atlanta, and W. T. Anderson, of Macon, Ga., two Dixie
highway commissioners, who have asked them to select the eastern
route through south Georgia of the Dixie highway.
The officers and directors who are along are President M. M.
Allison, Chattanooga ; First Vice President C. H. Huston, Hastings.
Mich.; W. A. Brock, Chattanooga, H. B. Hanger, Richmond, Ky.;
W. T. Anderson, Macon, Ga.; G. W. Saxon, Tallahassee, Fla.; Har
ry L. Gordon, Cincinnati, Ohio; Secretary V. D. I. Robinson, Chatt
anooga; Drectors Frank Hamiltom, Traverse City, Mich.; Claud
Mercer, Hardinsburg, Ky.; Col. A. M. Shook, Nashvillé, Tenn. ; Gen
eral A. F. Sanford, Knoxville, Tenn.; John A. Patten, M. I, Temple,
Chattanooga ; Clark Howell, Atlanta; S. A. Belcher, Miami, Fla;:
and W. \W. Marr, Springfield, 111.
. In addition to the directors and officers of the association, sev
eral prominent Chattanooga members of the Chattanooga Automo
bile club, who had an important part in the organization of the Dixie
Highway association are planning to accompany the Chattanooga of
ficials.
Wives of several of the directors are also participating in the
tour, among them being Mrs. Allison, Mrs. Sanford, Mrs. Hanger,
and Mrs. Anderson.
Among those wlho mide the entire trin 1o 7 itzgerald were:
From Fitzgerald—Mr and. Mrs. J. L. McCarty, Miss Esther
;King, Mrs. J. L. Dorminey, J. J. and J. H. Dorminey, E. T. James, J
And Press
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for Ammunition
At Namiqui
DOUGLAS, ARIZ., March 19.—Francisco Villa is headed, by
forced marches, to Namiquipa, Chihuahua, 40 miles east of Ma
dera, to obtain large store of ammunition he has cached there ac
cording to a telegram received here from Luis Guiterrez Military Gov
ernor of Chihuahua, by Ives Lellveit, Carranza Consul here.
The message stated that Villa had left San Gerdnimo and was /
moving rapidly toward Namiquipa, which is about 80 miles north
of the city of Chihuahua.
. Colonel Data .Campbcil, in command of th Sonora forces that §
are guarding the northern passes along the Chihuahua-Sonora line,
came into Agua Prietra across the border from here to-day to direct
the transportation to his camps of part of the 300,000 rounds of am
munition delivered to Governor Calles. He reported that all the
passes through the ranges which the Chihuahua-Sonota line follows
are well guarded and that it would be impos)#ible for Villa to escape
into Sonora. v
U. S. TROOPS REACH DUBLAN.
LAREDO, TEXAS, March 19.—Apprehension is felt here for
a numl)e'r‘-‘!é')‘fixf}mericans in Durango, Mexico, who are cut off from
the outside world and do not know that United States troops en
tered Mexico. i
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Otticial Baflot
BEN HILL NOMINATING ELEC
’ TION MARCH 29TH.
J For Representative :
" (Vote for One.)
J. .H HARRIS :
- WESLEY R. WALKER
For Ordinary
(Vote for One.)
- S J.. R«‘H
F. M. SMITE oL
For Clerk of Superior Court
(Vote for One.)
‘ W D BRANCH
‘D W M WITLEY i
For Sheriff
(Vote for One.)
C F Dixon
E H DORMINY
7 R. L. BUCKWORTH
For Tax Receiver
(Vote for One.)
W. H.-F. LEE
B D PAULK
C. L. WILLIAMSON
For Tax Collector,
(Vote for One.)
JAMES FLETCHER
FRED M. GRAHAM
County School Superintendent.
(Vote for One.)
J¢ H. BULLARD
R. J. PRENTISS
C. Glover, L. L. Griner, L. O. Tisdel, W.*W. Garbutt, R. V. Handley,
M. Dixon, G. L. McLain, Ted Myers, E. C.Rohrer, J. S. Day, Arthur
Booker, W. R. Watkins, | .0.-Glass, A. H. Thurmond, Kurt Thur
mond, E. L. Dorminey, Charles Taliferro, H. Garber, P. Manning,
A. H. Denmark, J. C. Brewer, L. C. Montague, J. H. Wynn, S. F.
Gelders and Isidor Gelders.
From Waycross—W. L. Brown, president of the short route,
heading the delegation; J. E. Vann, J. R. Whitman, C. S. Lovett, J.
Lee Parker, W. W. Sharp, Volney Williams, W. L. Hinson, Dr. B.
H. Minchew, V. L. Stanton, M. S. Lauton, W. E. Denny, Worth
Porter, M. L. Benn, Henry Porter. :
From Douglas—C. H. Smith, Col. J. P. McDonald and Arthur
Roberts.
From Ocilla—C. H. Austin, W, W. Hardin, R. C. Faulk and G.
S. Wilcox.
From Abbeville—E. S. Hamilton, A. F. Blackburn, F. C. War
ren, R. T. Ford, M. C. Parsons, S. G. Carswell and L. G. Whitehurst.
From Atlanta—Clark Howell and Neil Mclntosh of the Constitu
tion and Mrs. Mclntosh and Fred Houser, secretary of the Atlanta
convention bureau.
From Macon—W .T. Anderson and wife; Mrs. Orin Massey and
Mrs. W. E. Dunwody.
Among the other prominent members in the party were Mrs. M.
M. Allison, Chattanooga, Tenn., and Mr. H. B. Hanger, Richmond,
Kentucky.
- Among the cars from Fitzgerald that will make the entire trip
are . R. Bowen, L. L. Griner, J. C. Glover, H. Garber ,J. A. Justice,
J. C. Brewer and'E. L. Dorminey.
God bless the Fitzgerald and Ben Hill county folks, for their
splendid response to this appeal for the Dixie Highway. The mon
umental work that we have done was only possible through the kind
co-operation of so many and the final success of this undertaking is
great enough for all of us to share in the glory and the benefits that
will accrue from these efi?m‘ R imiw Bl e s
Monday
Wednesday:
Friday
VOL. XXI, NO. 34
BREWFER MAKEST TEST
RUN TO MACON.
Ji G Brewi: ad ok G 8% ntas e
left Saturday afternoon for Macon af
ter ¢ l‘fu':\.li‘ng: ot at the Leate: T uegra
prise offite at 2:20 which time we re
perted Dy wire to Commissifc v My,
T. Anderson, of the Macon--’i‘ehgraph
and at 4:46 the scout car rolled'up to
the Telegraph office at Macon and
wired this office that they arrived and
spent ten minutes at Hawkinsville,
thus registering 2:15 for the actual
e Pt -the road—is-in
fine condition is self-evdent as this 96
mile trip attests.
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GASOLINE ENGINE FOR SALE.
One two-horse gasoline engine in
good condition, second-hand, cheap.
Apply Leader-Enterprise.
{ For ounty Surveyor
: OSCAR BARON
. For Coroner y
(Vote for One)
A. M. BRITT ;. |
L G. G REEVES
i ounty Commissioners
(Vote for Three) -
£ M DICKSON y
M W. GARBUTT
R V HANDLEY ;
R. L. STONE
; G E: TAYLOR
W, B. WHITE