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‘WEDNESDAY
EDITION
Official Organ Ben Hill County and City of Fitzgerald
DEATH TAKES MOSBY,
SURVIVORS OF DARING
BAND OF RANGERS WILL
' BE PALLBEARERS. SERV
'ED GOVERNMENTQ
Washington, D. C., May 30.
Col. John S. Mosby, the most fa
mous Confederate raider of the
War Between the States, died
here today after a long lillness.
He was a native of Virginia and
was 82 years old. ’
Col. Mosby’s death, his physi
cians said, was due solely to old
age. He was conscious and inter
ested in what was going on about
him until an hour before he died.
He will be buried at Warrenton,
y\.’a., .propbably Thursday, and
some survivors of his noted com
mand will be his pallbearers. His
death on Decoration Day was af
fecting to many.
It was said of Mosby that he
never took part in veterans’ re
unions because twenty-two years
ago when he attended one of his
command at Alexandria, Va., he
was so overcome with emotion he
was unable to speak.
Some sisters, a son and daugh
ter survive him, 4
THE B. S. F. C. EN
JOYS CAMP LIFE
About a month or two ago the
“lure of the woods,” you might
say, settled on the majority of the
boys of the B. S. F. C. and they
decided to go camping.
On Sat\,;rday, May 20th, three
of the boys left with all the camp
ing outfit for Blue Lake, where
they were joined by four other
boys on the following Monday.
Thursday they decided to go to
Bowen’s Mill to the picnic and
when they once start they always
see it through, so they went to
“he picnic in old carap clothes,
but they did not care for the
clothes for they enjoyed themsel
ves to the fullest extent.
After enjoying a week of boat
ing, swimming, fishing and trips
to the river or in other ‘words,
eating, drinking (water and coffee
was all) and being merry, five of
the boys returned home Saturday
the 27th and the other two on the
29th. ~
MAKE SECOND EFFORT
. TO EMPTY TRENCHES
Detroit, May 29.—Henry Ford
may return to Europe to renew
his efforts to bring about peace
among the warring nations, ac
cording to a statement tonight by
Theodore Delavigne, who is in
close touch with Mr. Ford, which
says Mr. Ford may sail for Stock
holm about June 15.
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Embroidery Sale at the Empire Store!
OUR entire stock of Embroideries at a reduction that will surprise you. A surprise you have been look
ing for. You will find it neatly arranged on tables in center isle of the Empire Store. -
YOU are already familiar with our large stock of beautiful Embroideries
and can appreciate their value. Never before have you seen
such bargains of this kind. Embroideries, like everything else have advanced,
but at the same time we have the Embroidery and we are giving you a chance
to buy it as cheap as we can on todays market.
Lovely Embroidery Edge as high asl2%c for - - 7c
Six, seven and 8 inch Embroidery, worth 30c¢, for - 24¢
Large quantity of Embroidery Beading at greatly re
duced prices. Also many other widths and Kinds that
will interest you. Come early and get first choice.
THE LEADER ENTERPRISE
Augusta Whiskey
Must Go In River
Booze Out of Property Class, De
clares Judge Hammond.
Augusta, Ga., May 29.—Attor
neys Thomas B. Felder and In
man Curry scored a broad and
sweeping victory for the anti-sa
loon forces of Georgia when on
Monday, before Juige Hammond,
they appeared.as counsel for the
sheriff of Richmond county, re
sponding to five injunctions, all
attacking the constitutionality of
the new prohibition law and
stressing the alleged violation of
property rights in the contemplat
ed destruction of $25,000 of liquor
involved in the proceedings. -
Fifteen attorneys appeared rep
resenting the liquor interests and
consignees interested in the dis
position of the whisky. They ask
ed that the cases be delayed until
they could examine the demurrers
and answers filed by Colonel Fel
der and his associates. Judge
‘Hammond promptly ruled they
‘were expected to be prepared on
the law and the facts. After Col
onel Felder read his final demur
rer the court questioned each side
as to the time they wished to ar
gue their cases, announcing he
had reached a conclusion on the
legal points involved.
Judge Hammond said in part:
“This prohibition act is con
stitutional from first to last. The
legislature acted within its right
in taking liquor out of the prop
erty class and giving the sheriff
the right to seize it with or with
out search warrant and with or
without court order.”
Following Judge Hammond’s
decision the liquor attorneys of
fered to give bond in any amount
to get possession of the liquor but
the court declined to aliow them
its ‘¢ustody.” Unless their bill of
exception is filed by 10 o’clock‘
Tuesday morning, the court al
lowing 24 hours for preparation,
Judge Hammond’s decision de
mands the pouring of $25,000
worth of liquor into the Savannah
river. The decision is a com
prehensive and conclusive victor
for the anti-saloon forces.
P i
TUESDAY'’S FIRE
The warehouse on the A. B. &
A. right of way on North Main
street, owned by D. B. Ware, and
mostly used for fertilizers, €tc:,
was totally destroyed by fire.
about 2:30 p. m. The building
contained several thousand dol
lars worth of fertilizer materials
and machinery to mix it. The
Denmark Drug Co. also had
about two hundred bushels of,
seed peas in the building which
were a total loss. ;
A small amount ‘of insurance
was carried on the building.
The fire is supposed to have
started through the chemical ac
tion of water, coming through the
roof on the nitrates stored in the
building. :
THRICE-A-WEEK
FITZGERALD, BEN HILL COUNTY, GEORGIA, MAY 31, 1916
AS RESULT OF COLLISION.
BETWEEN AN AUTOMO
BILE AND A PASSENGER
TRAIN.
Mr. N. N. Littlefield was called
by wire to Statham on account
of the death of his brother, Geo.
Littlefield, who was among the
killed in an -auto accident, of
which the following is taken from
the Atlanta Journal:
Four are dead and two serious
ly injured as a result of a.colls
ion this afternoon between an au
tomobile and a passenger train
of the S. A. L. railway at a cross
ing about two miles from Stat
ham.
The dead are:
Mes. W. b HatrdeSty, of Or
lando, Fla.
Mrs. J. W. Peppers, of Stat
ham. o
(George Littlefield, who lives
near ]Jeffersonville, Ga.
An eighteen-months-old baby
of Mrs. W. D. Hardesty.
The injured are:
Hosae Littlefield and his bro
ther, Hubert. They are expected
to recover.
When the machine and the
train collided Mrs. Hardesty’s
baby was thrown fifty feet and
lived but a short time. Mrs. Hard
esty was formerly Miss Montene
Peppers of Statham, and has beenl
a resident of Orlando since her
marriage. |
MASS MEETING AT -
LYNNWOOD SCHOOL
All farmers and others interest
ed in the dairy and cattle indus
try are urged to.be present at the
Lynnwood schoolhouse Fricay at
1:30 p. m. Expert dairymen will
be present to address the meeting.
A special hour has been set aside
to discuss the “Better Schools”
bill and the mothers are especial
ly invited to come out and take
part in this discussion.
Everybody welcome.
BEN HILL FARMERS' CLUB.
MANY WILL GO TO
; CALLAHAN, FLORIDA
Wayeross, Ga., May 31.—Quite
a number of Waycross people
are planning to attend the Central
Dixie Highway rally at Callahan
Fla., Wednesday.
- The meeting will be the first
held in Callahan since the:Dixie
Highway commissioners adopted
the short route from Macon to
Jacksonville and will be a big
event for Nassau county. While
most of theWaycross delegates
will make the trip in automobiles
leaving here Wednesday, a num
ber are going on the morning
train. President Stanton, of the
Chamber of Commerce would like
to hear from all who intend to
make the trip. :
And Press
MOTGN'S WIFE PUT
HER HUSBAND NEW HEAD
OF TUSKEGEE—EJECTED
AT TROY AND SENT TO
NEGRO COACH.
Montgomery, Ala., May 29
The wife of Robert R. Moton,
president of Tuskegee Institute,
and Blanton Moton, brother of
the head of the noted negro
school, were ejected from a Pull
man sleeping car zt Troy, Ala.,
while en route from Montgomery,
Va., according to reports here.
They were sent to the regular
negro car at the front of the train
after white passengers in the
Pullman had objected to their
presence. They purchased their
tickets here.
President Moton stated today
that he had not heard from his
wife or brother other than a tele
eram saving they had arrived in
Savannah. He said he specially
advised against trving to travel
in a Pullman, but he presumed. if
the report from Troy is true. that
some one else had advised differ
ently when they reached Mont
gomery. He said his wife had
visited this section once before.
some five years before. but had
come through on a special car and
had returned the same wav. She
came to Tuskegee last week from
Hampton on a special car.
President Moton said he was
absolutely regardful of southern
opinion inasmuch as he was born
in the South. and had lived, work
~d and traveled all over the
South. and*kas never sought to
averride southern public oninion‘
in the matter of racial relation
iL S R
SENATE PASSES CENTRAL
ROUTE BRIDGE BILL
Congressman Chas. R. Crisp ad
vises us by letter that the Dixie
Highway bridge bill, for the Cen
tral Route has passed the Senate
and that it only needs the signa
ture of the President to make it
a law:
Of course, this means that the
bridge over the St. Mary's will
be built this year.
Mr. Crisp has earned the good
will of the people along the Cen
tral Route for his unselfish assist
ance in this measure, as but one
of the counties along the entire
route is i his district. Mr. Wal
ker, of the eleventh had this mat
ter under consideration for some
‘months, when the attention to our
share of the interest in the bridge
‘was called to Mr. Crisp, and his
co-operation enlisted for the bill.
The result speaks for itself, the
bill has passed and is the law and
Charlton and Nassau counties can
begin building operations.
STILL selling our Ladies Suits at One-Half Price
regardless of the quantity we have sold there is
still good choosing.
Also Silk Dresses for One=Fourth off-- Just a few
of these left, but they are such good styles-
E . One Price to Everybody
*
Dr. White’s Car
°
Hits Mr. Hungate
Accident Occurred on Main and
Central
About 8:15 last evening at the
intersection of Main and Cen
tral.
Dr. Thomas E. White, hurried
ly called to the home of H. C.
Chapel on account of the serious
illness of their grandchild,
Max Brown, during a driving
rain, which obscured the vision
of the driver, struck Jehu Hun
gate, the well known wholesale
fruit dealer, and seriously injured
him. :
Dr. White immediately took the
sufferer to the Central Hotel and
phoning for other doctors to as
sist him, gave him immediate
medical attention.
Mr. Hungate is reported out of
danger this morning.
ENTERTAINMENT MON
DAY NIGHT W. O. W.
The Colony City €amp No. 239,
Woodmen of the World, will en
tertain Monday night, June sth,
at 8 o’clock in the Odd Fellows’
Hall, all Woodman, Woodman
Circle, the Citizens of Fitzgerald
and the out-of-town guests at an
open meeting.
| Mr. J. Gordon Jones, Mayor of
Cordele, and Capt. Newton Phil
lips, state organizer of Atlanta,
will deliver addresses on the sub
ject of Woodcraft. Mayor Jones
is a big Woodman and a grand
speaker and both of these gentle
men will have something to say
that will interest every citizen
of Fitzgerald.
. Every Woodman and his fam
ily ; every member of the Wood
man Circle and their families;
and all the citizens of iFtzgerald,
ineluding - their- families -are-eor
dialy invited to attend this open
meeting.
We will have a Woodman Brass
Band to furnish music, and in ad
dition to this we will serve re
freshments for those present. We
are expecting a large crowd at
this meeting and the Committee
has arranged for a tull seating ca
pacity so that every one present
will enjoy the entertainment. A
nice programme has been arrang
ed and we are expecting the citi
zens of the town to come out and
take part in this meeting.
We invite you to be with us.
0. R. CRAWLEY,
L. L.SMITH,
R. J. C-SPEILL;
: Committee. .
BISHOP REESE WILL MIN
ISTER CONFIRMATION
Bishop Reese will preach and
administer confirmation in St.
Mathews Episcopal church, Fri
day morning, 10:30 o’clock.
Public invited.
The members of the choir are
expected to be in their places at
the service.
Mondavy
Wednesday
Friday
VOL. XXI, NO. 55
TWO THOUSAND GO TO
ANDERSONVILLE. G. A.
R. AND OTHERS CON
DUCT EXERCISES.
Exercises in the National ceme
}tcry at Andersonville were con
ducted Tuesday, Memorial day,
by members of the G. A. R. of
Fitzgerald and two thousand vis
itors from other cities in the
state. Under the auspices of
George A. Crouse Post No.
17, the following program was
carried out:
Singing, “America,” led by a
quartette and all joining ; invoca
tion by the chaplain; song by
quartette; commander’s address,
J. Werner; reading departmental
gencral order, adjutant of Post.
No. 17; reading of general order
No. 11 from Gen. J. A. Logan, G.
E. Whitman ; reading of Lincoln’s
“Gettysburg Address,” C. H.
Brooks; song by quartette; ad
dress by Rev. E. G. Orahood ;
service for “the unknown dead,”
song by quartette; benediction 3
“taps” by bugle.
After the conclusion of the ex
ercises, a basket dinner was
spraad in Memorial hall.
w,Cb aguleTpreads
The excursionists returned to
the city about 8 p. m A
T'wo hundred tickets were sold
and all reported an enjoyabla
aav.
HUSBAND WAS GIVEN
A WARM RECEPTION
Dalton, Ga., May 30.—“ Pr
eparedness” was somewhat dis
eredited- when. Butler. Batson. e
cenfly sought an interview with
his ‘wife, who had found shelter
in the hame of her father, Jim
Smith, after a family disagree
ment.
The first intimation the neigh
bors had of the affair was when
the usual quiet of the peaceful
valley where Smith resides was
disturbed by a fussilade of pistol
shots, punctuated by hoarse
shouts and naughty words.
After the din of battle Smith
was found fortified in his home.
Batson was located in an adja
cent corn field. He was still bel
ligerent, but admitted his mistake
in attempting to halt two loads
of shet fired at him by his irate
father-in-law.
Butler was prepared ; he had in
his possession some brass knucks,
a shot gun, a pistl, a big knife,
a bottle of whisky and plenty of
ammunition. The young wife re
mains with her parents while
Butler is being treated by a physi
cian.
~ Solicitor General and Mrs. J.
B. Wall spent the week in Indian
Springs.