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OFFICIAL ORGAN Sity gt Fissgeraldana
Rates for Display Advertising f'urnished on Application
Local Readers 10¢ per Line for each insertion. no ad
taken for less than 28¢.
The proposition of Mr. J. A. J. Henderson and his backers to
extend the state road to the sea wil be read with interest by the
people of Georgia. Itg provisions would secure to the state the full
rental value of the property and give another trunk line of rail
roads to the great newly-opening South Georgia, bringing the far
west into direct connection with the sea via the . & C. and the
W. &A. on down through the best section of the center of the
southern part of the state. Mr. Henderson stated this morning
to the Leader-Enterprise that he and his associates are prepared
to deposit with the state any amount of security necessary to gua
rantee the full performance of their part of the contract and are
ready to undertake the work whenever the privilege is granted
them. The people are anxious to have this road extended and if
the state does not feel able to do it, then some such arrangement
may be entered into with these parties to complete the road as
contemplated by its founders.
COUNTY BOARD ENDORSES “BETTER SCHOOL BILL”
Whereas, The County Unit System, usually known as the Bibb
System hag been recommended by four Grand Juries, for this, Ben
Hill ounty, and,
Whereas, We have noticed the effort of the Leader-Enterprise
o bring this to tke notice of thepublic;
Therefore, We, the County Board of Education in Regular Ses
sion this 9th day of May, 1916, wish to put ourseives on record
as favoring the move and heartily recommend to our Representa
cive his pressing the same to a conclusion at the coming session
o 1 the legislature.
We also recommend and suggest that the Mayor of Fitzgerald,
Ordinary and Clerk of the Court be made Ex-Officio members of
the permanent Board of [iducation, and that eight other smembers
be chosen from City and County in proportion as the school popu
lation of City and County shall show by each school census, and
chat said names, when decided upon, be placed im the bill.
This splendid endorsement given our “Ben Hill County
School™ bill by unanimous vote of the members of the County
Board of Education 18 gratifyingio us.
We have many opportunities to co-operate with thig splendid
set of countrymen and in every undertaking we have been able to
get their support. The children of Ben Hill county will know no
geographical lines ander the new school system; artifical barriers
will be swept away and OUR children will be the watchword
of the new organization when the legislature sanctions the school
law for Ben Hill county. With the splendid system of “goodl
roads™ throughout Ben Hill, it will be but a matter of a short
time before the various school districts will be consolidated andi
the children be given the same attention in the rural schools that
has been given the more fortunate ones who are living in the city.
FREE schoolbooks to all the children of the county, will bring
them to the school houses whether the state passes a compulsory
education law or not. Few parents care to subject their children
to the embarrassing situation to pass as “pauper’s brats” when ap
plying for free books on account of poverty of the parents, and
under this system when all children will be served alike, the katent
self-respect of every child will be conserved to the upbuilding of a
broader and better citizenship. As Fitzgerald hag set the pace in
South Georgia for better schools in the cities, so will Ben Hill
county blaze the way for greater educational efforts in all of the
counties of the state. If you want your name on the HONOR
ROLL for futare citizens to remember you for, get behind the,
passage of thig bill for Ben Hill couny.
@Xt THE STATE ROAD IS SAFE .
The Atlanta Constitution at last lines up with the Atlanta
©reorgian, the Leader-Enterprise and other leading papers in the
state for the preservation of the state’s railroad. The well di
rected and persistent campaign too create public séntiment for
the sale of this great asset of the people of Georgia has utterly
failed in it purpose and this timely expression in the editorial coi
umns of the Constitution is appreciated by the people of the
state who saw in the continued assault by certain news agen
cies and publicists danger for the future of the W. & A. Sunday’s
Constitution carries this timely editorial: ,
Much has been said and is being said about the proposal to
sell the Western and Atlantic railroad and use the surplus pro
ceeds, after paying the state’s bonded indebtedness, for various and
sundry reasons.
The effort to whip the' state into a froth over the proposal to
sell this invaluable property is a waste of energy. There is no
more chance of it than there is for Georgia to repeal the state
<onstitution. '
Georgia is not going to sell the state road!
The people of Georgia have never seriously considered the
Question of so disposing of it.
The question is already settled, and settled definitely, so far
as this generation is concerned.
Georgia owns the Western and Atlantic railroad, lock, stock,
and barrel, and is going to keep it. The problem today s not the
sale of it, but how to get the most out of it as an income-bearing
‘property. /
Fortuniately that question is in the hands of the ablest and
most conscientious business men in Georgia, Within certain lim
itationg they have been given a free hand in the matter of leasing
the Western and Atlantic to the best advantage, and there is .no
‘question that they can be depended upon to get the maximum re
sults for the state.
: What Georgia should do and will do with this property is to
‘ease it for a reasonable period at-the best obtainable rental. In an
rdinary lease period it will bring into the state treasury for educa
tional and other purposes vastly more than its sale, and at the
end of that term Georgia will still own the property, worth then
several times its sale value today.
With such possibilities before it, it would be folly to put this
muagnificent property upon the block, and the suggestion is not
even being seriously considered, except by those who are sound
g tom-toms over an issue that does not, and cannot exist.
THE LEADER ENTERPRISE AND PRESS, WEDNES DAY, MAY 10. 1916.
Uncle Sam Informs Berlin That
They Can’t Dictate to Us
Washington, May B.—Follow
ing is the text of the note cabled
today by Secretary Lansing to
Ambassador Gerard, at Berlin,
with instructiong to deliver it to
the German minister of foreign
affairs.
“The note of the imperial Ger
man government under date of
May 4, 1916, has received careful
consideration by the government
of the United States. It is espec
ially noted, as indicating the pur
pose of the imperial government
as to the future, that it is ‘prepar
cd to do its utmost to confine the
operation of the war for the rest
of its duration to the fighting of
belligerents, and that it is deter
mined to impose upon its com
mands_ at sea whe limitations of
the recognized rules of internat
ional law upon which the govern
ment of the United States has in
sisted.
-“Throughout the months which
have elapsed since the imperial
government announced on Feb
ruary 4, 1915, its submarine pol
icy, now happily abandoned, the
government of the United States
has been constantly guided and
restrained by motives of friend
ship in its patient efforts to bring
to an amicable settlement the
critical questions arisimg from
that policy. Accepting the im
perial government’s declaration
of its abandonment of the policy
which has so seriously menaced
the good relations between the
two countries, the government of
the United States will rely upon
a scrupulous execution henceforth
of the now altered policy of the
imperial government such as will
remove the principal danger to
an interruption of the good rela
tions existing between the United
Stateg and Germany.
The Government of the United
States feels it necessary to state
that it takes it for granted that
the imperial government does not
intend to imply that the mainte
nance of its new:y announced pol
icy 1s in any way contingent upon
the course or result of diplomatic
negotiations between the govern
ment of the United States and
any other belligerent government,
notwithstanding the fact that cer
tain passages in the imperial gov
ernment’s note of the 4th instant
might appear to be susceptible of
that construction. In order, how
ever, to avoid any possible mis
understanding, the governmerdt
of the United States notifies the
imperial government that it can
not for a moment entertain, much
less discuss, a’ suggestion that re
spect by, German naval authori
ties for the rights of citizens of
the United States upon the high
seas should in any way or in the
slightest degree be made cofftin
gent upon the' conduct of - any,
other government affecting . the
rights of neutralg and non-com
batants. Responsibility in _such
matters is single, not joint; ab
solute, not relative.”
WE WILL HAVE WITH US
% NEXT THE BALLET SKIRT
!
~ Atlanta, Ga., May 6.—Ballet
skirts are prophesied by Mrs. W.
H. Felton, of Cartersyille, Geor
gia's wom'an"statv't'z‘sman, if the
present abbreviated styles in
dress continue. For that very
reason Mrs. Felton believes, and
wil state over her own signature
Sunday, that the day of the short
skirt is doomed, for women have
not yet reached the point where
they will parade Peachtree street
a la Rosina Galli.
Mrs. Felton’s words are being
borne out in New York today.
There the skirts, which suddenly
shot four incheg from the ground,
to twelve inches from the ground,
have shot down again to seven in
ches from the ground. Before
long Whitehall merchants declare
skirts wil be their natural length
again,
The cycle of the styles, bring
ing back the fashions of the
grandmothers before them, have
revived what Mrs. Felton calls
the “Jim-along-Josey.” The “Jim
along-Josey” ‘was the style from
which the shirtwaists came and
its history is most interesting. . .
Twelve Judges Elected for 801 l Weevil Debate
- The Exchange National Bank is asking the county
officers to name twelve disinterested judges for the 801 l
Weevil Debate toworrow evening from among farmers,
business and prcfessional men and these will be invited to
occupy the jury box.
Indications are there will be a large attendance and
there is much interest manifesting in the affair.
Be there on time at eight o'clock. They may need
you for a judge.
JHERIFF SEIZES TWO
GARS OF 'FIRE WATER'
Judge Speer Enjoins Sheriff of
Coffee County |
Ocilla, Ga., May 9—The first
attack on the new prohibition
statute of this state wag made last
night when the Ocilla, Pinebloom
& Valdosta Railroad company
presented to Judge Speer a peti
tion praying that David Ricke
ston, sheriff of Coffee county, be
enjoined from taking charge of or
seizing two carloads of whisky,
wine and rum which is in posses
sion of the railroad company at
Leilaton, Cocee county.
It seems that the two cars of
whisky have been in the posses
sion of the “railroad company
since about April 29 and since
May 1 the sheric has had an eye
on it and was preparing to seize
it today when early this morning
attorneys served upon him a
sweeping injunction from Judge
Speer enjoining all interference
with the freight.
It is contended in the petition
that the sheriff and hig deputies
arc exceeding thei? authority in
making seizure of the whisky and
that they have already rendered
themselves liable to prosecution
by taking into their possession a
portion of the shipment. It ig con
tended that any intoxicants on
hand on May 1 may be legally
held by the owner or by anyone
for him, the words of the statute
to the contrary notwithstanding.
The petition was filed by
Quincey and Rice, of Ocilla, and
Q. W Eline: of Fitzgerald.
When seen this afternoon these
attorneys stated that the suit
would undoubtedly result in a
judgment finally and for all time
fixing the rights of property own
ers in Georgia and holding that
the sheriff, bailiff or policeman
cannot. appoiat himself as judge
and jury to determine property
rights in this state.
It is further said at the office
of counsel that suits were being
prepared against the officers of
more than one county in this sec
tion asing that they be required
to pay for whisky which had been
illegally seized by them. It is un
derstood that the sheriffs of Ben
Hill and Coffee counties will be
sued fo rvery large amounts be
cause of promiscuous and unau
thorized confiscation of whisky
already made.
Wby don't you ADVERTISE in
THE LEADER-ENTERPRISE, It
PAYS. ,
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e : DIED.” _
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AND DULL,HEADACHE ABOVE
THE EYES AND THROUGH THE
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GESTION and enjoy your meals,
your sleep will be sweet and refresh
in, your life longer and happier.
Prof. E. L. Martin, of Macon, Geor
gia, writes: “The university of in
digestion should caase the world to
give hearty welcome to any prepara
tion that will relieve the excurciating
pain and distress which it causes.
Apprieciation of the mest instan
taneous and magical benefits that have
resulted in my own case from the use
of a bottle of C—l—C prompts me to
tender this testimonial as to its effi
cieny; and to express the hope and
belief that it will prove the universsi
remedy which mankind has so long
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and-so sorely needed.
~ An. intimate personal acquaintance
with the maufucturers of C—l—C en
ables me to testify to their sterling in
tegrity as business men; and that the
public may rely with aboslute confi
dence on their claims and represen
tations. - SIGNED.
' If you are suffering with INDIGES
TION give C—l—C a chance to prove
to you that its the remedy you hav"e
so long wished for. Price fifty cents
per bottle.
For sale by
HAILE'S DRUG STORE, Fitzgerald
FOR 1.0.0. F. CONVENTION
General Committee Hold Meet
ing on Monday Evening
Atlanta, Ga., May B.—Final
preparations for the convention
of the grand lodge of Odd Fel
lows will be made on Monday
night when the general committee
which is composed of several
committees that are to have
charge of the meeting, gathers at
the Odd Fellows.’ hall at Broad
and Alabama streets.
The convention itself avill be
held at the auditorium on May
23-24-25, and as it is state-wide
in character it will assemble a
large gathering of delegates from
all partg of Georgia.
D. L. Nichols, secretary of the
general committee, has written
letters to the local members en
closing a list of the various com
mittees, as follows:
Finance Committee—James L.
Mayson, chairman, A. P. Stewart,
Walter G Taylor, H M Patterson,
C. J. Bowen, Homer Ashley, Dr.
L. B: £larke; John 'H. Owens,
Gordon I, Mitchell, Alex Dittler,
F. Earl King, S. A, Wardlaw, W.
W Waits, W. M. Burdette, T.
G. Larvant; B: . Wallace 'L T
Settle, Edmund W. Martin.
Hall Committee—M. J. Yarbo
rough, chairman; Rdwin Reece,
Alex Dittler.
Hotel Committee—M. J. Yar
rough, chairman; Edwin Reece,
Alex Dittler, Frank Harwell, G.
M EH Robestson: G. S : N
€. Strickland: J
Entertainment Commmittee—
W W. Waits, chairman: Alex
Pitsler, J. 1. Ketchem, C. ]. Bo
wen, C. E. Singleton, Sam Cohen,
James L. Mayson, C. J. Jaimeson,
@ Hiall D 1. B, Clarke -E. B,
Poole, Homer Ashley, Mrs. M. C.
Strickland, Mrs. J. H. Davis, Mrs.
M. C. Strickland, Mrs. Bessie
Sigman. Mrs. Lula Davis, Mrs. C.
C. Smith. ‘
Degree Work Committee—].
H. Head, chairman; T. A. Bur
dette, T. M. Poole,
Badge Committee—Fred Heil
bron, chairman; M. J. Yarbo
rough, H, €. Hall.
Parade Committee—Amos Ba
ker, chairman; H. CgHall, C. E.
Bowen. : .
Reception Committee—S. A.
Wardlaw, chairman; Edwin Ree
ce, A. A. Craig, Thomag Evans,
R. N. Pettis, all Pilgrim Knights
of Oriental Splendor.
~ Parade Prize Committee—Wal
ter C. Taylor,*chairman; H. M.
Patterson, Frank F. Smith.
Press Committee—j. E. Bod
enhamer, chairn% Walter C.
Taylor, Wade P. ¥ arding, Wil
liam S. Wier, Frank F. Smith, E.
A. Baughn.
Decorating Committee—T. M.
Poole, chairman; E. A. Baughn,
A. A, Craig, S. A. Wardlaw.
Speakers’ Commiftee—A 1e x
Dittler, .chairman; M. C. Strick
land, Tames L. Mayson.
Tomato Plants
Earliana Beauty Globe Stone
Extra fine plants. Eight
weeks old tint fruit, bud
formed. 100 75¢; 200
$1.25; 300 $2.00, sent by
Parcel Post, postagepaid.
Nancy Hall, Triumph, Bunch
and Yellow Yam sweet Pota
to Plants: 500 $1.25; 1000
$2.00, postage paid. We
fill orders ‘“daily” in April.
EVERGREEN, ALA.
NOTICE
Casper Hide & Skin Co.
228-229 EAST PINE STREET.
Buys Hides, Fur, Wool, Wax,
Tallow, Brass, Copper, Pewter,
Aluminum Turpentine Stills, Old
Auto Car Tires, Rubber, Etc.
Murphy -
Bankrupt. -
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Salvage
00,
Another New
Stock!
Consisting of
White Goods,
Colored Lawns,
Foulards,
Ginghams,
Percale,
Calico,
sc¢ to 15¢
a yard \
New Pretty Styles worth
to 35¢ yard
Come the
Bankrupt
Store First!
A.D. HART PLEADS
GUILTY IN LAND,J:ASE
T 8
Kansas City, May BMA. D.
Hart, former president and or
ganizer of the Florida. Fruit
Lands company,; who wag indictaw
ed in 1913 with seven others in
connection with the sales of Ever
glades lands, pleaded guilty in the
federal court today to charges of
misusing the mails and conduct
ing a lottery. Sentence was de
ferred.
Robert Tomlin, the boy who
was run over on the Ocilla road
last Sunday is at the home of Mr.
James Garrison and is reported
doing well. Mrs. Tomlin, the mo
ther of the child, is again able to
assist in taking care of him. The
Tomlin’s are happy that the acci
dent turned out no worse and
deeply regretting the occurence
are holding no ill will towards
Mr. Blitch, who was so unfortu
nate as having caused their trou
ble. .
‘Our READERS BUY what they
SEE ADVERTISED. What HAVE
YOU TO SELL?
Sir Knights Chas. Fox, E. F.
Farmer, J. B. Seanor, V. L. Alder
man and J. B. Russell left last
tight for Rome, Ga., as delegates
to the Knight Templars conven
tion.
& Rubber goods
. and Water
Bottlgs. Foun
= tain Syringes,
b,, Bath Sprays,
>~ Rubber Sheet
ing, Stor k
Nipples, Bulb
Syringes, In- |
fant Syringes bt
and Ulcer Syringes, also
Breast Pumps.
DENMARK DRUG CO.
e Rexalls sore