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MONDAY
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Official Organ Ben Hill County and City of Fitzgerald
BRITISH LOST THREE BATTLE CRUISERS, THREE ARMORED CRUISERS, DOZEN
DESTROYERS AND ONE SUBMARINE. GERMANS LOST TWO BATTLESHIPS,
TWO CRUISERS, FOUR LIGHT CRUISERS, SIX DESTROYERS AND ONE SUB
~ MARINE. BRITISH LOSS GIVEN AT 5,000 AND LONDON SAYS GERMAN LOSS
IS ABOUT TI-{E SAME.
London, June s—The engage
ment between the British and
German fleets on Wednesday was
the greatest naval battle in the
world’s history. It is believed that
150 warships took part.
Between twenty-five and thirty
warcraft, ranging from dred
noughts to submarines, were des
troyed. - ,
" This information and further
details of the mighty action were
given.out this afternoon by the
Admiralty in a long official state
ment. This report admits that the
25,000 ton dreadnought Marlbo
rough was torpedoed, but was
able to get to port. The War
sprite was damaged by artillery
fire.
The Admiralty denies that Zep
pelins played a prominent part in
the fighting. One appeared on
the scene, it was stated, but was
quickly driven off by gun fire.
London, June 4—The confiict
ing claims continue to cloud the
issue of the great naval Dbattle
fought, off the Jutlamd coast on
last Wednesday. , |
There is no such great dispar
ity in losses as at first appeared
in the British and German reports
according’ to British Admiralty
officials, who claim that later re
ports show that two German bat-
Vrui‘sers went down, while
ndon announces the receipt of
a wireless dispatch from Berlin
Earrying an admission that anoth
er German battleship, in addition
to the Pommern, was sunk.
Berlin has issued no further
statement regarding the German
losses, which initially were given
GOING IN THE COUNTRY |
TO GET SOLDIER BOYSI
Atlanta, June s.—The United‘
States is not going to wait for
the hoys on the farm to travel to‘
cities where recruiting stations
are located for the enlistment of
young men in the Marine Corps,
but is going to send recruiting
officers into the rural districts and
interview the ycung men first
hand. ;
Today a party of recruiting of
ficers left Atlanta in an automo
bile to make a tour of the south
eastern territory for the purpose
of seeing young men on the farms
and in the small towns, and lay
ing before them the attractive
opportunities offered in the Ma
rine Corps branch of the service.
Recruiting officers in Atlanta
say it i 3 the boys from the rural
surroundings that make not only
the best soldiers but the best ma
rines and the best blue jackets.
SPECIALSALE CONTINUESTHRU JUNE!
Milcllilllfler)l;, R.ejldy to Wear, Baggage, Rugs
an mbroidery--
All ladies silk and wool Suits at - - One-Half Price
All Trunks, including Steamer & Wardrobe - 109% off
All Rugs, large and small, beautiful patterns
and designs - - - = - <. 10% off
The largest and most beautiful showing of Embroidery
ever put on sale in the city and prices greatly reduced, |
some of them less than half price. ’
THE LEADER ENTERPRISE
as ogc battleship, two light crui
sers @nd several destroyers.
: Ships Lost :
In the revised British reports
are accepted the losses in ships
were approximately as follows:
. British—Three battle cruisers
(Queen Mary, Indefatigable and
Invincible), three armored crui
sers (Defence, Black. Prince, and
Warrior), and about a _dozen
destroyers and one submarine.
German Two ; battleships,
(Westfalen and Pommern), two
battle cruisers (unnamed), four
light cruisers, (including the
Wiesbaden, Elbirg ‘and Frauen
lob) ; six destroyers and a subma
rine. !
The British-admiralty, in addi
tion, has admitted that the battle
ship Marlborough was struck by
a torpedo, but declares she was
towed safely in port. It denies
the German claim that the dread
nought Warsprite was sunk, al
though conceding that she was
damaged by gunfire.
Germans Much Elated
The Germans are much elated
at the outcome of the engagement
in which their main fleet, under
Admiral Scheer, met the British
whose main fleet, they assert, al
so was engaged. That the Ger
mans held the field after the bat
tle is shown, they declare, by the
fact that the Germans picked up
survivors of British warships that
went down. .
London officially denies that the
British grand fleet was in the ac
tion. - The battle cruiser squad
ron, which is reported to have
rushed between the Germans and
$3OO WORTH JEWELRY
STOLEN AT DOUGLAS
Fielding & Sibbett's jewelry
store was broken into last Wed
nesday night and a loss of be
tween $3OO and $4OO was sustain
ed. The thieves went in at the
rear door and out the front.
The safe was not broken, but
the show windows were cleaned
out as well as goods that were
left over night in the show cases.
At this time no arrests have been
made.—Douglas Enterprise. '
Country boys as the officers point
out, are usually free from bad
habits, and have suffered none of
the weakening effects of dissipa
tion, and they have characteris
tics of reliability and stadfast
attention to duty that renders
them highly desirable in all bran
ches of the army and navy.
THRICE-A-WEEK
FITZGERALD, BEN HILL COUNTY, GEORGIA, JUNE 5, 1916
their base, seems to have borne
the brunt of the fight. Eleven
British = battleships eventually
went into the battle, it is admitt
ed, but of these only partly en
gaged. b
- Losses in Officers Heavy
The British losses in officers
were extremely heavy, the list in
cluding Read Admiral Horace
Hood, who 'went down with his
flagship, the Invincible; Captain
Sowerby, of the Indefatigable;
Captain Cay of the Invincible and
Captain Prowse, of -the Queen
Mary. The total British losses
arc estimated at about 5,000. Lon
don says the German loss is about
the same. -
A British admiralty official de
clared that the British went out
looking for a.fight, engaged the
entire German high sea fleet, in
terrupted its plans and drove it
back to port. . The Germans, he
said, sprang no ‘surprises. Only
one Zeppelip was seen and that
was driven off. No 17-inch guns
were in evidence,
A semi-official statement issued
in Berlin declares that the Ger
mans faced the greater part of the
modern British Navy, the battle
cruisers and light cruisers begin
ning the engagement, while later
the main forces on both sides
took part in the uttack. German
torpedo hoats did notable work
both during the daylight battle
and during the night Wwhile naval
airships and aeroplanes contribut
ed greatly to the German success,
it is claimed.
PAYS FOR BURNING
THE AMERICAN FLAG
New York, June 2—Rev. Bouch
White, pastor of the “Church of
Social Religion,” here, who last
night participated in the burning
of an American flag and other
national emblems in the rcar of
his church, was found guilty to
day of desecrating the flag in cir
culars recently distributed and
sentenced to thirty days and to
pay a fine of $l,OOO.
Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Brown left
Friday morning for their home in
Thomasville. They came here on
account of the serious illness of
their baby, which proved fatal.
They were accompanied to their
home by Mrs. C. H. Gill and son,
Clarence. They expect to return
and make this their home.
MYSTERIES -OF MYRA”
|~GRAND FRIDAY.
And Press
Bl GARP DRGW
oo A
NEGAD IN DCMULGEE
NEGRO FOUND IN RIVER
WITH LINE AROUND LEG
News reached Abbeville ‘today
of the drowning of an old negro
by the name of Wilcox, near Mos
sy Log landing on the Ocmulgee
river several miles below this
place. The old man, who was
about 80 years old, went carp
fishing and as he had not return
ed the next morning his* family
went to the place where he us
ually fished and saw the pole
sticking out of the water across
the river. Getting a boat they
went to the pole and upon pulling
it up found the old man with the
line wrapped around his legs. Up
on trying to pull the line out of
the water it was founa to he hung
in an old tree top which finally
gave way and they brought up a
carp which weighed 46 pounds.
The supposition is that the fish
pulled the old man in the river
and he became entangled in the
line and was drowned.—Abbeville
Chronicle,
ENTERTAINMENT TO
| NIGHT BY THE W. O. W.
The Colony City Camp 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 Wooman and a grand
speaker and both of these gentle
men will have something to say
that will interest every citibebn of
Fitzgerald. )
Every Woodman and his fam
ily ; every member of the Wood
man Circle and their families;
and all the citizens of Fitzgerald,
including their families are cor
dially invited to attend this open
‘meeting.
- We will have a Woodman brass
band to furnish music, and in ad
dition to this we wil serve re
freshments for those present. We
are expecting a large crowd at
this meeting and the Committee
has arranged for a full 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.
O, R ERAWLEY,
L.L SMIETH
R JC.-SPRLL, ~
Committee,
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Rogers, of
Coleman, are in the city visiting
friends. Mr. Rogers was formerly
in the Hardware business in the
city and numbered his friends by
‘his large acquainteship.
Milinery-- |
Our entire Stock of trimmed Hats on sale at
ONE-HALF PRICE--- These are all good style, quite a
few of them especially trimmed for this sale.
Come early and get.-yours while there is good choosing.
E One Price to Everybody
OX 3AYS OTHERS -
ALLEGES THAT HE IS BE
ING MADE THE GOAT
Dougtas Enterprise:
Sheriff David Ricketson return
ed to Douglas Friday morning
from New York city with his pris
oner, Thomas R. Cox, who was
placed in jail to await a commit
ment hearing which will be held
in the next few days. The sher
iff left New York early Wednes
day morning and arrived over the
A. B. & A, at 7 o'clock Friday
morning.
When the sheriff landed in New
York city on last Saturday, he
had the address of Cox, who was
going under the name of “O. R.
Brown,” and in four hours after
he had reached the city, he had
Cox under arrest =nd in the
Tombs, where he remained until
Wednesday morning.
It is likely that Cox will have a
commitment hearing in about two
weeks. He denies the charge and
says that he did not get one cent
of the money. He made a state
ment to the sheriff in which he
says that he has been made a goat
of and that there are others in
volved in the transaction, all of
which will come out at the proper
time. He claims to know all about
the shortage, how it happened,
and that he can prove where the
money went, who got it, and how
it was gotten out of the bank, It
is expected that there will be a big
sensation when Cox gives his tes
timony. He told the sheriff the
whole story from beginning to
end, but of course it will be held
in confidence until later on.
Cox was in correspondence
with several people in this and
other counties in this section
since his departure for New York.
He was in close touch with the
happenings relative to the bank’s
closing its doors, and other moves
made by interested parties.
Sheriff Ricketson will claim the
reward of $5OO immediately, and
he justly deserves it.
Henry Woodruff and Miss Aoki
in “The Beckoning Flame,” a
thrilling story of the far East,
using a large circus in the spec
tacular Oriental parade at the
Grand today. Also Joe Jackson,
the versatile tramp, in a rollicking
farce comedy, “A Modern Enoch
Arden.” This is a Triangle Pro
gram.
Mr. and Mrs. James Dunham
after a few days visit to friends
and relatives in the city returned
to their home in Fitzgerald Sun
tday accompanied by Joe Dun
'ham and Miss Martha Dunham.
Miss Martha will remain for the
summer.—Cochran Journal.
MYSTERIES OF MYRA"™
—GRAND FRIDAY.
Mrs. A. M. Pridgen and baby
left Tuesday to visit her parents
in Fitzgerald.—Cordele Dispatch.
Monday
Wednesday
Friday
VOL. XXI, NO. 67
bUILTY; 15 SENTENCED
J
HIS 'LAWYERS TO CARRY
CASE TO HIGHER CQURT
Atlanta, June s—Victor E.
Innes may serve seven years in
the penitentiary for larceny af
ter trust of the money of Mrs.
Eloise Nelms Dennis, for which
he was tried last week and found
guilty by a jury in the Fu\ton
superior court, but it will not be
until the highest courts in the
state have atfirmed the judgment
of the court that tried him.
" When Innes, brought back
with his wife on extradition pa
pers from San Antonio, Tex.,
went before Judge Ben H. Hill
of Fulton superior court and vir
tually “put it up to” the state of
Georgia to give him a fair trial,
declaring that his life had been
threatened and that he had no.
money to employ a lawyer, Judge
Hill appointed three of the_ablest
lawyers in the state to defend him
and these lawyers are going to
make as hard fight for their client
as lif they were being paid a rich
man’'s fee.
Defended by Judge John S.
Candler, a «former justice of the
supreme court of Georgia, Judge
James K. Hines, special attorney
to the Georgia railroad commiss
ion, and C. L. Pettigrew, one of
the leading lawyers of the Atlan
ta bar, Innes and his wife are as
well represented as any defend
ants that ever went to trial in
Fulton county.
These attorneys will this week
file with Judge Hill a motion for
a new trial for Innes, and if the
motion is denied they will file a
general bill of exceptions and ap
peal the case to the state court of
appeals. Should they fail to se
cure a new trial before that tribu
nal, it is probable that they will
go to the state supreme court.
It will be claimed by Innes’ at
torneys that Judge Hill erred in
his charge to the jury, that he err
ed in several rulings on the ad
missability of evidence, that the
evidence did not justify a verdict
of guilty, and that Innes is en
titled to another trial on various
other grounds. ’
The attorneys representing
Innes sprung a compiete surprise
when they admitted that Innes
dbtained a large sum of money
from Mrs. Eloise Nelms Dennis.
It had been generaly expected
previous to the trial that they
would claim that Innes never saw
Mrs. Dennis after securing her
divorce in Carson City, Nev., im
1912.
Instead of this denial® they
frankly admitted that Innes re
ceived money from the young wo
man, but they claimed that she
gave it to him because she was
wildly in love with him and want
led him to have it.
L. A. Watson and family, of
|Rutlcdge, (Ga., motored over the
Central Route to spend a week
'with Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Britt in
.the city.