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Official Organ Ben Hill County and City of Fitzgerald
DIXIE SHORT ROUTE INGPEGTED:
PARTY REACHES FLORID
OFFICIA' S SPEND THE NIGHT IN jJACKSONVILLE AN
LEFT THERE FOR SAVA NNAH THIS MORNING—NO
ACCIDENTS REPORTED —INSPECTORS AND DIREC
TORS ARE LOUD IN PRAISE OF THE ‘SHORT ROUTE’
VIA OF FITZGERALD.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA., March 22—(Special)—After mak
ing the entire trip over the short route of the Dixie Highway from
Macon to this city, the tour of in spectors and commissioners, ac
companied by a large delegation of Fitzgerald boosters and cars,
left here this morning with the Savannah enthusiasts for that
city over the coast route, via of Brunswick.
The Fitzgerald cars and citizens will accompany them as far
as Darien up the coast.
Although nothing definite as .yet has been learned it is known
the prospects are fine for the short route as the entire party are
loud in their praise over the receptions and hospitality accorded
them by the various towns and cit izens of the proposed eastern leg
of the highway.
The directors in various speeches they have made along the
route have had the highest praise for the enterprise and determi
nation of the short route enthusi astics and for the wonderful re
sults they have accomplished.
Jacksonville, Fla, March 22
The officials and directors of the Dix
e Highway association complete their
inspecton of the Waycross or “short
route” propesd for the eastern route
of the Dixie Highway between Macon
and Jacksonville, when the party, with
some thirty cars that had come over
the entire route from Macon arrived
here.
With real spring weather and less
dust than wpon Monday, yesterday
proved in some respects quite as pleas
ant as the first day’s run out of Ma
con.
Wi tour left Waycross yesterday
Jmorning, after spending the night
there making their start at 9 o'clock.
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THE LEADER ENTERPRISE
The directors were given as hearty a
godsend as was the reception to Way
cross. The fire department, with bells
and sirens going full blast, and a large
number of privately owned automo
biles, accompanied the tourists to the
city limits, while a large number of
Waycross carg went as far as Folk
ston, where the tourists took lunch.
The roads of the “short route” south
of Waycross are not nearly as good ag
those above Waycross, although a
great deal of work has been and is be
ilng done on the road.
Jacksonville Reached.
The short route people turned the
directors over to the care of the Sa
vannah route contingent yesterday
THRICE-ASWEEK
FITZGERALD, BEN HILL COUNTY, GEORGIA, MAR. 22, 1916
Gainesville, Ga., March 20.—Six stu
dents of the Riverside Military Acad
emy have been arrested on the charge
of burning the dormitory of the
academy here last month, local au
thorities announced today. They ad
mitted in a signed statement, the po
lice said, that they set fire to the
building as a means of obtaining a
vacation, The building was destroy
ed. All except one were released on
their own recognizance. The other
was liberated on bond.
ELDER SIKES TO PREACH.
Elder T. E. Sikes, of Vidalia, will
preach at the Presbyterian church
next Monday night at 7:30. Brother
Sikes ig an able preacher, and all who
come will be greatly benefitted.
2-t W. M. Blackwell
The fire department was called out
to a blaze Monday evening on West
Central Monday evening which proved
to be a shack stored with hay, be
longing to W. W. Martin.
Geo. J. Pluskat, a United States re
cruiting officer, ig here, and is located
in the rear room over the postoffice.
morning, and left the fate of the short
%x'route in the hands of the directors to
‘be decided at a meeting rext Saturday
‘morning in Macon.
!h' Whether or not the people of the
short route wip in the contest for the
official eastern route for the highway
"thmugh south Georgia, they have cer
‘tainly made a great effort for it. Ev
‘erywhere the directors have been roy
‘ally entertained and everywhere has
there been evidence 6f Tozd construc
‘tion such as would be hard to find
elsewhere in Georgia or anmy other
state along the Dixie Highway.
And Press
WITH AMERICAN TROOPS
THAT ARE NOW SEEK
ING HIM,
" Columbus, N\ M., March 21.—Wire
communication between the Unitag
States and General Pershing’s puni
tive expedition in northern Chihuahua
wag at a standstill tonight, it was
officially announced from military
headquarters here. It was asserted
that the army wj_rcless station at
Casas Grandes failed shortly before
6o'clock, the only remaining line of
communication into Mexico being by
an army field telegraph wire, which
had been practically useless for sev
eral days because it has been cut in
a number of places between Columbus
and its terminus thirty miles south
of the berder. s e
San Antonio, Tex., March 20—Fran
cisco Villa may be forced into a fight
with the American troops within the
next thirty-sx hours, if reports coms
ing to Gen. Funston’s headquarters,
both from Gen. Pershing and from
Mexican sources are correct. Advices
from Gen. Pershing today said that
Villa had been reported defeated by
Mexican government troops near
Cruces and that he was marching
northward in retreat.
Gen. Pershing’s report was follow
ed, however, by the unoffical report
that Villa was still fighting at Nami
quipa, south of Cruces.
If the Cararnza force wins in the
fight that was said toshe continuing
late today, Villa will have to move
northward along a road over which a
detachment 'of American troops is
riding southward, or head for the
Santa Maria mountains which parallel
the road to the east or to the Oriental
range, on the west side.
R e s Sl e
The preliminary contests for the
Thard Listrict Meei at Cordele in Mu
sic, Recitation and Declamation will
i Lel Frday, March 24, at the court
house. An especially fine program
will be rendered by a large number of
contestants all of whom will be at
their very best There are more real
ly good readers and pianists entering
this year than at any time in the past
and there is mote spirit being shown
in preparation for the meet.
Let everyone who possibly can,
come out Friday evening at 8 o’clock
and show these boys and girls that we
are all with them and with Fitz-Hi.
A small admission of 15 and 25 cents
wiil be charged to defray expenses of
the contest.
Recit2tion:
“A Railway Matinee"—Margaret
Spiller. .
- "“The Boy's Revenge”"—Elvynne Al
| berson. ’
1 “Ole Mistis”—Hazel Mayes.
- "As the Moon Rose—Madelen Day
‘cnport.
- "B—6o6"—Georgia Lee Kirke.
* “The Littlest Rebel”—Edith Mozrris.
“The King's Pardon”—Garland Jeff
coat,
: Music:
Valse Caprice—F. Shubert, F. List
—Margaret Spiller
“Nocturne”—Theodere Dohler—
Dorothy Cass. |
Valse Caprice, Newlon—Rosa Lee‘
Patterson.
Grand Valse de Concert, J. Wieni
awski—Mildred Shaffer.
Grand March from “Tannhouser,
Wagner-Lizst—Ruby Ezzell.
Declamation:
“Dixie’s Dead Under Kenesaw’s
Shadow”—Frank Prpor. 7
“Impeachment of Robt. W. Archi
bald”-——Harold Kassewitz.
“Independence of Cuba.”—Alfred
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Wednesday
Friday
VOL. XXI, NO. 35
WELCOMED TO THE CITY BY
A BIG DEMONSTRA
TION. LR
Waycross, Ga., March 20.—After g
run of 180 miles the first days’ trip of
the Dixie Highway' commissioners
this week out to settle definitely the.
castern leg of the highway bettweem
Macon and Jacksnville, ended here -
tonight. Waycrss gave the commis
sioners and the short rouvre boosters:
a typical South Georgia welcome, the:
entire city turnig oul to greet the
tourists. Ten miles north of the city
a delegation of citizens in 81 automo
biles met and escorted the party into
Waycross. .
l As the first car entered the city
| every whistle in Waycross started
blowing and fireworks with aerial
bomb features were set off, i
The party left Macon an hour late,
but found such splendid roads the ar
rival here was almost to the minute
of the prepared schedule All accom
yanying the commissioners were high
in praise of the roads from Macon
to here and of the reception given at
Perry, Hawkinsville, Fitzgerald, Ocil
la, Douglas and Nichols.
~ W. R. Bowen, president of the shert
route association, was highly pleased
tonight with the trip. Tonight’s en
tertainment of the vigitors at the Rail
road Y. M. C. A. was ome of the most
unique affair of the kind ever given
here. It capped the climax of a day
that will long be remembered by the
good roads bhoosters. Tomorrow
morning the commissioners, escorted
by more than 100 short route boosters
will leave for Jacksonville, the noon
hour to be spent at St. Mary’s river,
where a shad dinner will be served by
the Folkston .and ~ Chaclton Lounty..
people,