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MEXICO. CITY; June 30—
(1:45 P. M.)—The foreign office
issued a statement today denying
the charges made in the United
States repdin to Carranza's request
for witl#a\val of “troops. The
srtaten&nt de{-*jzu‘es that 146 Mex
.icans have been murdered on
American soil without cffort to
punish murderers, that the United
States government has sent many
discourteous notes to the Mexi
;fican government and denies shield
;’-‘i’ng the bandits.’ "
It is further declared that the
\'iqtirfiS' of the Santa Isabel mas
satre were;wamed not to go into
the wrritory where they were
killed. (.‘ ~
The stat.’-:mcnt also- charges
that-\ the "'Carrallza authorities
varged ,{ifm U. 8. troops of Villa’s
intended raid on Columbus and
.says that the -Mexican govern
ment cannot be held responsible
for the acts of bandits along the
lf;&der.
Filh wencans weer
(Special’ to Léader-Enterprise),
BEMING, N. M,, June 30.
Four more Mexican bandits who
participated in the raids on Col
umbus. were hanged here today.
They met death stoically.
This makes six Mexicans hang
ed for participation in the raids
on American territory.
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in old, strong compa
nies, 1 .don’t risk
young companies.
J. E. TURNER, at
Exchange National Bank
EVERY Day something else put out on Special Bargain counters. Every day you fail to come to the
Empire Store you faii to get your share of the Bargains here for you. For Saturday and next week
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EXPECTED SOOK
(Special to Leader-Enterprise),
EL PASO, TEX., June 30—The
citzens and army along the bor
der are settling down to await the
next Mexican move.
Carranza’s release of Carrizal
prisoners is regarded only as a
temporary step to American de
mands. The real issues are not
settled and it is regarded here as
certain: that another clash with
the Mexican government will fol
low soon. |
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801 l Weevil Has No
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Terror For Frank Stone
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‘ What once was known by the
old settlers of this section as a
(barren waste and sand heap is
gradually being turned into val
{uable farm lands through the in
telligent application of farm sense
(to the soil. Some six years ago,
iwhen Mr. Stone made his first
ideal with Mr. Frank Garbutt, of
!Szmdersvillc, for the lands form
terly owned by the Garbutt bro
thers, and used as a miil site, few
iwould have expected the lands to
tever yield sufficient to give the
'seed to its planters.
| From the start Mr. Stone prac
(ticéd strict conservation in that he
!retumcd to the soil whatever veg
letation that might have sprouted
ion the barren acres and gradual
‘ly through this method has built
{up profit yielding acres, where
jothers had given up in despair.
!,\ visit to Mr. Stone’s farm will
{be as a revelation to those who
tknew the place in other days,
ilargc area of fine corn and cotton,
Icqual to any in any part of the
rcounty or any kind of soil, will
Lunfold themselves before the vis
lta of the visitor and the genial
!hnst will take pleasure in show
ting the main sources of his fer
tilizer supply, the fine herd of cat
tle, drove of breed hogs and fine
horses on the place. Mr. Stone,
unlike most of our farmers, has
gradually added farm convenien
ces to his place that are both la
bor saving and make life more
pleasant on the farm. A modern
waterworks system conveys wat
er to his house and to every part
of his stables and pastures, where
a gasoline engine provides power
for raising the water to a 1000-
gallon tank 2nd also furnishes all
the power needed to run several
feed grinders and cutters. *
Mr. Stone has placed an order
THRICE-A-WEEKRK
FITZGERALDSY BEN HILL COUNTY, GECRGIA, JUNE 30, 1916
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GAEAT RAILWAY CEN
(Special to Leader-Enterprise),
PARIS, June 30.—L'Echo De
Paris, a leading journal of the
French capital, states this morn
ing that the Russians have cap
tured Klomea, the center of the
Galician railway system.
SCCOUT CAR FROM ATLAN
TA TO.JACKSONVILLE
President W. R. Bowen, of the
Central Route, received a wire
from Homer C. George that a
scout car will leave Atlanta for
Jacksonville via Fitzgerald on a
record making trip. The car is to
make the trip from Atlanta to
Fitzgerald in five hours, or an av
erage of 40 miles an hour.A party
will meet the car at Bowen’s Miil
to escort them through the coun
ty. The roads on " the Central
Route are fine and the schedule
can be easily maintained.
GUILTY OF DEFRAUDING
CANADA OF $1,182,562
\Winnipeg, Canada, June 29.
Thomas Kelly, millionaire con
tractor, accdsed of defravding
the province of Manitoba in the
ercction of parliament building
here, was found guilty by a jury
in assize court tonight.
Sentence will be deferred pend
ing application for a new trial.
Summing up for the crown, R. A.
Bonnar charged that the govern
ment had been defrauded of $l,-
182,562,
Kelly in a statement to the jury
pleaded for justice, defending his
action as parliament house biuld
er and charged that he was being
persecutéd by the present gov
ernment. 5
for a Ford tractor and expects to
break his land this fall with this
modern implement, pull the bal
ance of the stumps out of his field
and haul his surplus crop to mar
ket with the same power.
The “big thing” on this farm is
the demonstrated fact that as one
of his negro tenants put it: “deah
ain’t no poe land, it am poe fawm
ing,” as what was once thought a
fault of the land has been demon
strated by Mr. Stone to be due
mostly to poor farming.
Messrs. A. C. and S. B. Rogers,
two of his white tenants, built two
cozy bungalows which, with the
commodious home of Mr. Stone,
make up the settlement on the
place.
And Press
SUBMARINE READY
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(Special to Leader-Enterprise).
WASHINGTON, June. 30~
(1:45 P. M)—Custom officials re
ported today that a tug was act
ing suspicionsly off Norfolk,
where the German Super Subma
rine has been reported ready to
enter the harbor with mail dnd a
highly valuable cargo from Ger
many. ; g
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STOCK CONFERENCE
WAS A BIG SUCCESS
Moultrie, Ga., June 28.—The
statewide live-stock conference
which ended here this afternoon
proved to be such a tremendous
success that a resolution calling
for the appointment of a commit
tee to promote similar meetings
to be held at reasonable intervals
was unanimously adopted. This
committee, which is to be named
by W. B. Roddenberry, of Cairo,
who presided at the conference, is
to consist of oné man each frein
the Southern Settiement and De
velopment Organization, the
Georgia department of agricul
ture, ‘the State Dairy = and < Live
Stock Association, the State Col
lege of Agriculture and one from
each of the transportation lines
operating in the state. .
Br. C. V. Piper, of Washing
ton, D. C., chief agrostologist of
the Department of Agriculture,
was the only speaker at the final
session, He discussed pastures
and foragé crops. During the
course of his speech Dr. Piper de
clared that hogs could be grown
cheaper in the ‘South than they
could anywhere else in the coun
tryv, and said that cattle could be
raised at as little cost here as they
could anywhere.
The most striking features of
the mornig session were the ad
dresses of Judge A. . Chamber
lain of the International Harves
ter Corfipany on crop diversifica
tion, and Mrs. H. E. Mathis, field
agent and agricultural lecturer of
the Alabama Bankers Associa
tion on the boll weevil. The
crowd that came to the conferen
ce and cattle show today was even
larger than it was yesterday.
Fred Smith, of Americus, form
erly of this city, is \'is'ging the
trade this week for his firm.
LOMPANY G LEFT WEDRESDRY
MIBHT FOR MOBILIZATION Chuap
LY AWAITED
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FROM CARRANIA
y DNARILR
(Special to Leader-Enterprise).
WASHINGTON, D. C. June
30—(1:35 P. M.)—President Wil
son will stand pat on the Mexican
situation. : "
At a brief cabinet meeting it
was decided. that nothing had oc
curred to cause any modification
of the demands already made. :
Carranza’s reply outlining his
{uture attitude toward American
expedition is still being awaited
here. On it will depend the future
action of the administration.
GERMANS TAKE
(Special to Leader-Enterprise),
PARIS, June 6.—9525 A, M.—
After repeated attacks last night
the Germans concentrated new
positions near Hill 304 and Avo
cour woods.
Vigoreas=-counter attacks of
troays partially recovered the lost
positions.
FORMER MEMBERS OFFER
SERVICE IN MARINE CORP
Washington, D. C., June 30.
Although the United States Ma
rine Corps has no reserves, hun
dreds of former members have
volunteered for service in the old
Corps in case of emergency, it
was announced at Marine Corps
headquarters today.
The Marine corps form the
first line of the national mobile
defense, and the volunteers are
likely to get quick action in case
of war, as the marines are usual
ly “first in” when actual hostili
ties commence,
About 4,000 of the leds than
10,000 “soldiers of the sea” are
now actively suppressing revolu
tion and restoring order in Hayti
and Santo Domingo.
A DEMONSTRATION FOR
PEACE HELD IN BERLIN
Berlin, Jun¢ 29.—A demonstra
tion in favor of Dr. Carl Lieb
Knocht, the Socialist leader who
was sentenced to thirty months
imprisonment for circulating a
manifesto against war, was held
here today, despite police precau
tions.
MOHdan :
Wednesday
Friday
VOL. XXII, NO. 78
AMID GREAT PATRIOTIC
DEMONSTRATION OUR
BOYS OF CO. C HAVE AN
SWERED THE CALL,
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The boys of Company C haye
gone, s
Wednesday night witnessed
their departure in company with
the brunswick company. X
huge crowd which overflawed
the depot platforin was there to
bid the soldiers God speed on
their mission. Altough few
sentimental farewells were. seen
many of the women who were
giving son or hushand Wept b
The compgny marched down
after the whistle had blown at @
o'clock and soon after hundreds
were thronging the station where
they formed a “seething mass of
humanity” and from the position
which the reporter took on the
roof ¢f the depot, seemed a “sea
of faces.” :
Finally the ‘A, B & A
mainline pulled in and out. Then
about eleven o'clock the Yarmy
special” arrove. It was greeted
with cheer after cheer, both from
the home company and civilians.
The train stopped a few minutes
to switch to the cars of the Fitz
gerald company. It was then
that the mothers, wives and
swecthearts broke down and, af
ter holding out for days before,
gave their feelings full express
fon, :
For how were they to' for
see whether or not the soldiet
boy would ever comé home
again? Maybe he would only g
as far as -Macon. More likely to
the front. To the front.to march
for hours beneath a burning sune
without water. To risk all the
peril and terror of war that the
people on the border might he
safe. The boys were going, sure
ly to suffer the want and hard
ship of long marches and of des
ert camps. They might have to,
fight and shoot and kill, and be
shot and killed in return. May
be murdered in slecp by the trea
cherous Mexican. Mayhe blown
to pieces by a shell from a greas
er cannon. So many chances not
to come back that no wonder the
wonien wept at their going.
But let us hope most fervently
that they will come home again,
with ranks undepleted by bullets
or sickness. Let us hope that the
Mexican will realize the futility
of his stand and avert the war by
timely concession and mediation,
During the absence from the
city of Mayor Drew W. Paulk,
Alderman L. L. Griner is presid
ing over the Mayor’s Court.
I LEND FARMERS MONEY
6 and 10 years best
terms. J. E. TURNER,
Exchange National Bank.