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This Great Money-Saving Opportunity.
Will not last always. Sale closes 25th. Buy it now, while buying 1S
made easy by giving you The Best For Less!
Never betore have we had such a magnificent selection of Hats in our
Millinery Department. Our prices are sure to please you.
S TRAW HATS FOR MEIN
In all the newest Shapes--Leghorns, Bankoks, Pana
mas and Milans.
$1.98 to $.5.00
Extra Special Thursday, 20th
1000 yards of Heavy Laces, values up to 12%c--Some
Linen Laces in lot
3lac
Sunday Is Easter
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THE LEADER-ENTERPRISE
PRESENTS A NEW IDEA
IN ADVERTISING THAT
IT BELIEVES WI(LL MEET
WITH UNIVERSAL FAV
OR, BOTH WITH THE AD
VERTISERS REPRESENT
ED AND WIThH THE GEN
ERAL PUBLIC.
Herewith: the ILeader-Enter
prise presents a “Lost Business
Man’s Page.” 1t is a new depart
ure in the matter of advertising
and we believe that it will meet
with universal favor both with
the advertisers represented and
the general public. A letter is
missing in a word in all of the
advertisements. All of these let
ters, when assembled properly,
spell the name of a business man
and his business. By reading all of
the advertisements carefully all
of the letters may be easily found.
After finding the letters the read
ers can then assemble them to
spell the name of one of the ad
vertisers on the page and the
name of his business.
This page is not only profitable
but educational. The profit comes
from reading the announcements
of progressive business firms of
the city, thereby acquainting
yourself with Jie bargains they
offer, and in participating in the
cash awards. The educational
feature is found in the mental
stimulus derived from studying
the advertisements and becoming
familiar with the well known
business men whose advertise
ments are presented.
This unique method of advertis
ing has been put on by quite a
number of the leading papers of
the country. It has the endorse
ment of the Boards of Trade,
Chambers of Commerce and Busi
ness -Men's Associations wherever
it has appeared. The local Board
of Trade lends its support to the
enterprise. ;
The Leader-Enterprise consid
ers this a splendid way of bring
ing the advertisers and |- Wi
close together. Get .bu’sy. Lfl
Reader and Mrs. Reader and £~
the little Readers, and look for the
“Lost Business Man.”
In connection with this page
The Leader-Enterprise will run
an article in each issue dealing
with the question, “How the Busi
ness Man Can Benefit Fitz
gerald.” :
Readers interested in Fitz
gerald’s welfare are invited to sup
ply articles containing suggestions
for consideration.
HIGH SCHOOL NEWS
(STEWART F. GELDERS, Editor)’
Fitz-Hi went to Cordele Fri(lay!
with the highest hopes, and with{
good reason for high hopes., but
came back Saturday a rather sa(l-'
looking crowd. It certainly (]ucsl
scem funny that Titzgerald did |
not even take a third place in the
literary events. We had a \'cryl
strong literary team and after the |
contests were over we were even
surer than before of a victory—
but we did not get it. There are
a lot of criticisms that could be
made of the first place winners,
.lmt this is no place to do it.
' It is certain that the bays and
girls of Fitzgerald are just as
smart as those of the other South
Georgia towns and some reasons
why they should be smarter. But
we certainly do get left in these
meets. There is something wrong.
However, there is no use crying
iover spilt milk and the only thing
for us to do is to get to work this
Spring and show the people
twhut we can do when we must.
i We are not going to make any im
provement whatsoever if our best
talent sits back supinely and waits
for the other fellow to do it. If
our boys and girls haven't enough
[sclmnl spirit and pride they cer
tainly ought to have enough per
sonal pride to do something for
our high school. Our school sys
tem, our highly paid faculty and
our free school book plan make
the Fitzgerald schools almost the
best in the state. But it takes
something more than brain, bone
and brawn to make a real man—
it takes most of all SPIRIT. It
that 1s what Fitz-Hi needs and
ymust have it is up to somebody to
give it to her—and in big doses.
' One consolation we have ior
our defeat in Cordele is that our
100-yard dash man, J. L. Pittman,
broke the state high school record
for that event by stepping the dis
tance in 10 1-5 seconds.
‘ We have had twao visits from
Messrs King and Wolslagel dur
ling their meeting at the Baptist
{church. Each time they came they
l]mth made splendid talks and Mr.
"Wolslagel sang some songs. Both
icv;mgelists are spiendid speakers
tand Mr. Wolslagel possesses a
‘wonderful voice. He also has a
good sense of humor and told us
a mumber of very good stories. We
hope that these two evangelists
may at some future time conduct
lnwctings in our city and of course
ivisit the schools.
| Preparations for the Senior class
{play have been advancing. There
lwas considerable argument and
i'«ii«":nss:i»m in‘the Senior class as to
~heber ther should fol'ow the
itimc-honored castom ov noc and
t 2 few days ago they teld a pro
jtr:u‘.ed.mecting from Y 1 o'clock
till 3 o'clock without stonping for
THE LEADER ENTERP RISE AND PL{™" % EDNES DAY, APRIL 19, 1916
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Heavy Fighting on All of the
Battle Lines
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London, April 17.—The Ger
mans have launched a powerful
infantry attack against the French
positions from the Meuse to Do
uamont, and again they have been
swept back, except where they ol)-<
tained a footing m a small portion
of the Chauffor wood. Heavy
casualties were inflicted on the at
tacking forces along the two and
a half-mile battle iront.
The Germans havé kept up their
heavy shelling of Hill 304 north
west of Verdun, and the second
lines of the French in this region,
ipmbahly with the dntention of
again throwing their infantry for
‘ward in an endeavor to capture
'these important points—keys to
'the Verdun position on the west.
On the British front in Belgium
and France the heavy bombard
‘ments by the British and Germans
'continue unabated. The artillery
‘activity in the sector between St.
Eloi and the Ypres—Comines ca
nal has been especially marked.
The Germans have poured shells
on the Russian position along the
Dving river at the Iksull bridge
head and about Dvinsk, and vig
orous artillery duels have been in
progress south of Dvinsk. In Ga
licia, along the Stripa river, the
Teutons have made several at
tempts against Russian trenches,
but all of them were repulsed, ac
cording to Petrograd.
The big guns on both sides are
in action along most of the Aus
tro-Italian fronl In the Sugana
valley the Austrians delivered at
tacks against the Italians from the
Larganza torrent to Mont Collo,
but they were everywhere repuls
ed. In Asiatic-Turkey the Rus
sians on the Black sea coast have
captured the town of Surmeneh,
and have pushed farther westward
against the retreating Turks to
Arsene Kelessi, less than twelve
miles from the important fortified
town of Trebizond.
The Russians are anticipating
no easy conquest of Trebizond,
according to unofficial advices
from Petrograd, the town having
been heavily fortified and rein
forced with three complete divis
ion of troops. The turks are de
clared to be resisting furiously the
onward press of the Russians
against Baiburt, northwest of
Erzerum, in the attainment of
which the Russians hope to join
hands with their men fighting in
the Black Sea littoral.
dinner. The play will certainly be
given and it will be bigger and
better than cv-r before,
Haseball seg-on has started in
the big leagues ¢ud will soon start
with the high schools \We have
a-good team and with support
from the outside we will partially
reclaim the defeat of April 14 and
19:
Great Liine Men'’s Spring Suits
For your Inspection. Best manufacturers of Guaran
teed Clothing represented. Shirts and Hats FREE
with suits $5.00 to $lO.OO & $15.00 to $25.50
Extra Special Friday, 21st
White Goods--Voiles, Dimities, Nainsook and Check-
Lawns, values up to 22c, one day,
7%c vyd.
COUNCIL MEETING
The ordinance fixing the limitxl
within which tent shows can 0])-1
erate was repealed at the meeting
o fthe city council Monday uig'nt.}
The session was an interesting
one, as thru some I,ni.<un(lcrst;m:'-i~]
in gthe Park Stock Co. had erect
ed its tent in the city and had ad-|
vertised to play the week umlcri
the auspices of the Band. A con-|
tract had been entered into by the
manager of the band and the ad
vance man- of the Steclk Co;,
whereby the band was to furnish
license and location in the city and
to receive 20 per cent of the busi
ness for the week. As the license
for tent shows is $lOO per day,
this fee would have been a good
one for the company but a poor
investment for the city.
Mayor Paulk insisted upon the
enforcement of the ordinance and
the company thru its representa
tive argued for a reduction. Dur
ing the day nctice had been serv
‘ed on Clerk D. L. Paulk that the
individual members of the coun
cil would be held personally re
sponsible for any amount collect
ed from the show, less than the
legal rate, so the reduction was
not voted.
For the first night’s opening
$lOO was deposited but subse
quently refunded, as the showmen
folded their tent and moved on.
The associated butchers: were
present to make sume proposition
with reference to an abbatoir, but
onaccount of the lateness of the
Thour action on this matter was
postponed and the committee on
sanitation instructed to make a re
’port on the matter by the next
‘meeting.
WEATHER REPORT
Weather crop conditions in the
state of Georgia for the week end
ing Tuesday, April 18, 1916:
As a rule the past week was
highly favorable for farm work,
which progressed rapidly. Higher
temperatures caused seeds to
germinate nicely and advanced
the growth of vegetation consid
erably. Gardens in the north are
coming out nicely. Beneficial
showers fell on Sunday the 16th
in the north-central portion of the
state, but rain is much needed in
the southern half, especially for
wheat and oats, which are stool
ing and heading out lin places.
Planting corn and cotton made
rapid progress during the week,
and both crops are coming up to
good stands ; early-planted corn is
being chopped out. Gardens and
truck crops have improved. Ap
ples are promising, but peaches
seem to have suffered more than
at first reported from the frost.
C. F. von HERRMANN,
Meteorologist.
We received notice from our sup
ply house that all paper supplies have
advanced 33 1-3 per cent and may go
higher. As stock advances, the pro
duct of the shop must keep step to
keep out of the Sherifi’s hands.
Best Union-Made Overalls.
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| Villa’s Death Not Confirmed.
Bandit in the Mountains?
‘ Sah Antonto, Tex., - April 17.
llu the absence of any official re
| port which would tend to confirm
|the rumor that the object of the
lhunt was dead, Gen. Funston and
this staff officers today gave their
tundivided attentiorn to the cam
tpaig'n oi the punitive expedition
{m pursuit of Francisco Vilia.
| Gen. Pershing did not mention
| the reported discovery of the body
}ihuught by Mexicans to be that ef
i\'illu, nor did news <ome from
yany American source which might
'!‘be regarded as confirmatory. At
Ithe Mexicans to be that of Villa,
tnor did news come from any
| American source which might be
regarded as confirmatory. At the
Mexican consulate here it was
stated tonight that nothing had
been received other than the un
|confirmed reports transmitted by
[ Consul Garcia at El Paso.
| FAVORABLE REPORT
ON IMMIGRATION BILL
Washington, April 17.—Senator
Smith, of South Carolina, today
submitted the repogt of the senate
immigration committee declaring
that the literacy test which was
found objectionable in the bill
}mssed in the last congress has
been madeacceptable in the house
bill, and recommending its pass
age.
I The bill as reported, the sena
tor’s report stated, would meet
Ithe objections of the president in
this veto measure regarding the
!admission of political offenders,
an amendment having been add
ed to exclud political offenders,
where the offense committed was
a felony. It would also exclude
all aliens over 16 years who could
not read some language, including
Hebrew or Yiddish, but provides
that any admissible alien could
‘bring in his father or grandfather
‘over 55 years old, his wife, his
|mother, grandmother or his un
lmarried or widowed daughter.
. Exemptions from the literacy
test also would include those -who
‘are seeking to avoid religious
| prosecution. ;
VERY NARROW ESCAPE
FOR THE CROWN PRINCE
Geneva, April 17—The report
reached here today that the Ger
man crown prince had another es
cape from death cr injury recent
ly on the Verdun iront.
Accompanied by his staff and a
number of correspondents, he ap
proached within range of a heavy
gunfire, one of whose shells ex
ploded near the party. It is said
several persons. were wounded
slightly, and that others, includ
ing Colonel Mueller, correspon+
dent of the Berne Bund, was
knocked down. ;
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LEADER-ENTERPRISE PRINT
ING PAYS.
SAVANNAH TO BE HOST
TO LABOR FEDERATION
Savannah;, Ga., April :17.—Sa
vannah is getting ready to wel
come the Georgia Federation of
Labor when it holds its annual
convention here next week. There
are a number of visitors from nat
ional organizations expected to
attend this conventign and the
Savannah union labor forces are
much interested in the plans being
made for the entertainment of ev
erybody who is to be here.
I'he convention . will open on
Wednesday morning. There will
be an address of welcome by May
or Pierpont on the part of the city
an danother on the part of organ
ized labor by J. J. McCarthy,
former representative in the legis
lature from Chatham county. Rev.
John D. Wing, pastor of Christ
Episcopal Church, is to deliver
the invocation. , Tiee response to
the addresses of welcome will be
delivered by L. P. Marquardt, of
Atlanta, the president of the state
organization. There-are to be
something like 150 ‘delegates to
the convention and a large num
ber of visitors.
REFRIGERATOR CARS
NEEDED FOR SOUTH
Washington, April 17.—The
South’s early fruit and vegetable
crops .are so threatened by a
shortage of refrigerator cars that
the interstate commerce commis
sion today issued a memorandum
calling the attention of the rail
roads to the importance of these
cars for the movement of the
crops.
" I'he importance of having re
frigerator cars for the movement
of these crops is obvious,” the
memorandum reads, “and there
‘would seem no good reason for
diverting the cars which are in
tended for that purpose to other
uses. The commission therefore
urges that all roads make im
mediate and special arrangement
for the prompt return to the own
ing roads of all refrigerator cars
now in their possession.”
The memorandum states that
one line which will be called: to
handle a large volume of fruit and
vegetable shipments for which re
frigerutor cars are essential has
found that nearly all of its refrig
erator cars are on other lines,
RE-ARGUMENT ORDERED
ON RACE SEGREGATION
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Washington, April 17—The su
preme court restored to its dock
et “for re-argument by a full
bench™ the case invoiving the con
stitutionality of the Louisviile,
Ky., race segregation ordinance,
The case was urged last week he
fore seven justices. Chijef Justice
White gave no explanation for
the decision to have the case re
argued, but itis generally beliey
ed the court is about evenly -
vided on the question. Similar
ordinances are in effect in Rich
mond, St. Louis anq Baltimore,