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_ WEDNESDAY
- EDITION.
Official Organ Ben Hill County and City of Fitzgerald
"GENTRAL ROUTERS™ TO
' MEET AT FOLKSTON
Pres. Bowen Calls Meeting of Im.
portance. Field Secretary
Gilbreath will be There
Dixie Highway boosters of the
Central Dixie Highway from Ma
con to Jacksonville will hold the
first of a series of rallies at Folk
ston, in Charlton county, May 2.
The call for the meeting has
been issued by W. R. Bowen, of
Fitzgerald, president of the Cen
tral Route Association.
" Various matters in connection
with the campaign te make the
short route a splendid stretch of
highway will be discussed at the
Folkston rally, which will be one
of the most important held 'in
Charlton county since the start
of the Dixie Highway.
A strong delegationn will go
from Fitzgerald and Wilcox
may send a member of its com
mission as well as of the city
council of Abbevilie.
Secretary Gilbreath, of the Dix
ie Highway Association, will at
tend the meeting, the first one
along the Central Route, at which
the Field Secretary has attend
e
In issuing the call for the meet
ing, President Bowen says:
“I have been requested by a
number of good roads boosters to
call a meeting of our citizens to
consider a number of matters con
cerning the future welfare of the
Dixie Highway Central Route.
After thinking over this good sug
gestion and request, I have decid
ed to call a meeting at Foikston.
Charlton county, Georgia, on the
2nd of May, 1916, at ten-thirty
o'clock, at the courthouse.
“You are most earnestly re
quested to be present at this
meeting , and if you cannot for
any reason attend, send some one
as your proxy, who is like your
self, a good roads booster. We
have a number of important busi
ness matters to come up at this
meeting, and we want your at
tendance and advice to help han
dle them. We have the most de
sirable DIXIEH I GH W AY
through Georgia to Florida. We
are now getting mrany cars over
our route, and as soon as it is
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ALBANY TO RENT BOOKS
TO SCHOOL CHILDREN
Albany, Ga.—Believing that a
saving of hundreds of dollars, in
the aggregate, can be made an
nually to the patrons, the Board
of Education of Albany has adopt
ed the book rental plan, effective
at the opening of the schools next
September. Superintendent R. E.
Brooks has already begun-to work
out the details.
Under the rental system there
will be a saving from $1 to $2.64
per pupil on text books, according
to the grade. In the first and
second grades there is a saving
of about $1 and in the sixth and
seventh a saving of $2.64. The
cost of seventh grade books is
$4.64, which means | more than
fifty per cent wil llbe saved by the
pupil.
. The system has Deen given a
test in other cities and is said to
have proven highly satisfactory.
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EARLY HEARING BEENIED
Washington, Aprli 17—The su
eddarm-x-E seek-pros.
preme court today refysed to-ad
vance for early hearing the appeal
of the city of Birmingham from
the decision of the Alabama ‘state
courts holding invalid its license
tax on waterworks companies.
generally known, we can count on
more travel than both other of the
rovtes put together,
“Let us get together and attend
to these important matters on
May 2nd. With my best wishes,
and soliciting your good co-ppera
tion and influence and work until
we shall have our DIXIE HIGH
WAY from Macon to Jackson
ville, as good a highway as there
is in the United States, T am yours
still boosting the Short Route.
“W. R. BOWEN.”
The Board of County Commis
sioners from Charlton County
wiil be in session on May 2, and
an effort wil lbe made to get a
bond issue ziithorized to complete
the 18 miles jn “Charlton county
hv Fall.
FITZGERALD, BEN HILL COUNTY, GRORGIA, APRIL 19, 1916
THE BIG STORE’S SENSATIONAL SUIT SALE is the most remarkable Ready-to
'+ wear event that has ever happened in Fitzgerald--Suits of newest make and styles
from New York’s leading manufacturers are selling at 25% and more off regular selling
prices. If you are going away this summer or spend the season at home 1t will cer
tainly pay you to have one of these lovely suits--Notice the savingss=-and the reduc
tions are off prices normally 20 to 30 per cent lower than quoted on same grades by
the best city stores. ‘
; Exclusive Styles you'll see these only at The Empire Store i
NOTE THE REDUCTION AND SAVING TO YOU
Regular Price $8.98 Snappy all wool Serge Suit 25 per Cent off--Now $6.73--your saving here $2.25
“o % 51500 Silk and Wool Suits 25 “ “ off-price now $11.25-your saving here 3.75
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No Action Was Taken at the
Meeting Monday
Washington, April 17.—The
nomination of Louis D. Brandeis
to the supreme court was consid
ered again today by the senate
judiciary committee without ac
tieg.. Afnother meeting” will be
held Wednesday.
There are indications that the
nomination may be reported to
the senate without recommenda
tion, leaving the next step in the
fight for the senate itself.
J. H. Martin, T. F. A., > the
Central of Georgia, was in the
city today.
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SIR KNIGHTS "~
Conforming to our annual custom of assembling on Kaster
Sunday to participate in religious services, we will worship
this year with the congregation f the. Central Methodist
Church, Sunday, April 23, 1916, at 11 o’clock,
Rev. L. A, Hill will deliver the sermon. :
All Sir Knights are courteously dnvitad te be present.
¢ Sir Knights will assemble 4t the Asylum at 10:00 o'¢lock,
i full uniform. : by Vi e
o “he Courtously, ¢ :
J. D. DORMINEY, J. B. SEANOR, \+ 4
Recorder Eminent Commander,
Special attention is also called to -
Our Good Friday meeting April 21, 191,
- Election of officérs. *
The Grand Conclave, at Rome, Ga., May 10th, 1916. A.
delegation is requested to go from this Commandery.
DOUBLE DEALING BY |
© CARRANZA FEARED|
At Pershing’s Headquarters in‘
Mexico, by Wireless to Colum
bus, N. M., April 17.~Army ofii
cers here stated that Maj. Frank|
Tompkins received a writteni
threat from General Lozano, com
mander o the Carranza garrisolll
at Parral, that American troops
would be attacked if they advane
ed 15 the city. According to the
same officers, the fight at Parral
was the result of treachery, Maj.
Tompkin’s men being ambushed
by soldiers of the Parral garrison.
The attack on Amerizan troop
ers is deeply resented by the offi
cers, ‘who assert that the hostility
of the Carranza garrison has
blocked the best trail to Villa's
hiding place.
SELLING PROBLEMS ARE
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NO VIOLATION OF PROHIBITION
~ T TOBE THERTE
The existence of near beer sa
loons in the city probably convey
ed the idea abroad that the prohi
bition law may not receive the
necessary support for its enforcc-I
ment by the local officers. To al
lay any fear that might exist inl
the minds of our prohibition
friends on the one side and to dis
illusion any hopes that might
lurk in the minds and hearts of
our friends who have in the past
trafficked in the “forbidden fruit,”
we made a special effort to get
express.i‘zns fromithe officers more
directly eharged with the enforce
‘ment of the law, aud their-éwn
‘words are tete quoted. .
Mayor Paull\who had this vex
ing problem to contend with dur-|
ing his administration, will be!
found ready to apply the full force
of his authority for the enforce
ment of the law, as for the first
time some definite and appliable
sections of the law, places its en
forcement within the scope of his
office.. Heretofore, the actual salc’
of liquers was necessary to thcl
evidence to convict, and even now |
a suit is pending against a form
er police officer for the seizure ol
a barrel of whiskey and its dis-|
posal, held by the Court of Ap
peals to have been illegal. Natur
aily, officers were slow. to place
themselves in a position where
they may be made personally re
sponsible for the seizure of con
traband liquors. The new law
carries with it the authority to
thus seize liquors wherever found
in illegal quantities and the law
protects the officers in the dis
charge of their duty.
His Honor, M:'.:y'nl‘ Drew W.
Paulk, Sherift W+ H. Fountain
and Chief of Police B. Ty ®trick
l land, to whom falls the task of en
forcing the city ordinances as
‘well as the state laws, all are'plain
‘spoken for the striet enforcement
of the new act, at the stroke of
the clock. The people who be
lieve in law enforcement will give
these officers their co-aperation
in the discharge of their duties.
Not only will the sale of intoxi
cants have their attention but the
provisions of the law which makes
it unlawful to have in one’s pos
session above a certain well de
fined quantity of liquors, beer or
wine, will also receive their atten--
tion.
Publications carrying liquor ad
vertisements will be barred from
the news stands of the city and a
close censorship over this feature
of the law will also be established.
Sahara never was so dry as will
be Fitzgerald. i
Mayor Paulk says: !
“As mayor o the city of Fitz
gerald, 1 do not hesitate in saying
that T endorse and am in'favor of
the new prohibition laws of Geor
gia, as enacted, and it will be my
purpose to see that this law is
rigidly enforced, when it becomes
effective May Ist.”
“If necessary,” says Sheriff
Fountain, “1 will put on extra.
deputies until 1 can get the coun
ty within the law. 1 shall have
'prepared printed instructions
for my deputies, containing the
Ifull regulations as laid down in
i'the law, and will make every ef
fort to have them enforced to the
fullest extent. I'm playing no fa
\vorites and shall ask no assist
‘ance, the law is enough for me.”
| Chief of Police B. T. Strickland
~was emphatic in his statement to
the Leader-Faterprise, when ap-
Iproached as to his attitude on the
enforcement of the new prohibi
tion act, which goes into effect
May Ist. Chief Strickland says:
U "My oath of offide makes it as
lmuch my duty to\ enforce the
Ertmtc laws, as it does to enjforce
|the city’s ordinances. My entire
{force as well as myself will do ev
|erything in our power to make
LHitzgerald as dry as the desert.
| The saloons will close April 29th,
,and no violations of the prohibi
ltion laws will be tolerated if we
{can prevent it. It may take the
bootleggers several days to re
‘n]ize that we mean business, but
i by the time they wake up we will
have them in jail or under bond
]if they attempt to peddle booze
iin Fitzgerald after the act goes
“mto force.” '
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