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Local Sporting News
: Stewart F. Gelders, Editor
WARNING TO TIGHTWADS,
KNOCKERS 'AND MOSS BACKS
DON'T READ THIS UNDER |
ANY CIRCUMSTANCESi
Right at this moment we would |
like to slightly paraphrase th(']
well known Bingville Bugle and|
state most, emphatically that a
baseball team can not be “run on
hot air and cold potatoze.” 'l'hcl
crowds which have been turning
out in the past couple of weeks
to witness games equal to those
exhibited in the Sally league, are
such as to make any citizen of the
city of Fitzgerald blush for
shame. The very idea of a town
“of this size having only two or
three hundred paid admissions at
2 game! |
If our team is winning gumcs}
at évery jump as they were at the
first of the scason, people Say,‘
“well we know who's going to win
so what’s the use. The tcam!
needs no help.” When the team
has been losing, the anvil chorus
works' itself muscle bound with
the same result in attendance. It
costs money to keep a team of
Fitzgerald’s class going and the
only way we can get that money
is through paid admissions and
stock subscriptions. However,
only a very small part is available
through subscriptions for stock.
Thus the gate receipts are, practi
No, 682 |
Report of the Condition of i
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The First National Bank ;
At Fitzgerald, in the State of Georgia, at the close of busiress June 30. 1916.
RESOURCES '
RS ant disenunte. .oo il e 8401 01018
AR LaNe e A OIDEEr ‘
Total L0aun5........... T i “ £33.922 96
RN AYaIES. OhgecunMd N e e 1,149.45
U. S. Bonds;
U. S. Bonds deposited to secure circulation (par va'ue) 100,000.00
U. S. Bonds pledged to s2cure U. S. daposits (par value) )
U. 8. bands pledged to secure postal savings
Stocks, other than Federal Resrve Bank stock o :
Total U. S. Bonds 100,000.00
Seeurities other than U. S. bonds (not including stocks) owned
B e asaalLsTla N
el bands, BecuPition Bte.. . (... . 0 v ML ST L s e A 001,880,94
Subscription to stock of Federal Reserye 8ank....12,900.00
Less amount unpaid........ 6,450.00 6.450.00
Value of banking house (ifunencumbered)....... . . 15,542.31
ORISR NS DRMIRE L L e e e 5,000 00
Real estate owned other than banking house A R R 222.50
10. Net amount due from Federal Reserve 8ank.....v .oovvvnnnnn.. 11,226.89
11. Net amount due from approved reserved agents in New York,
GRIGRUDBRA Ste HOHIR.. .c. 000 o N 1 8t
Net amount due from approved reserve agents in other
TUBEIRO CIBIeE L s s nies 19,068,566 37,209.87
Net amount due frem banks and bankers (other than included in 10
B bl G seoS s angaed
Other checks on banks in the same city or town as reporting bank 2,773.43
Outside checks and other ca5hitem5.....................1,181.33
Fractional currency, nickels and cent 5........ ......... 529.85 1,711.18
POREE GLOUNOT BRLIGNR) BRRRE. .. (0. o i 6,945.00
Federal Reserve Bank Notes 2,500.00
U NG ARPIHERERE e e 22,895.70
Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer and due frecm U. S. Treasurer 6,100 CO
O L e R s 815,15?.13‘
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LIABILITIES
RRRLatotle pRIG A 0 oo o e ]25.000.001
Surplus fund 95,000.00
BPUIIINE DROBER. ;i ihancvstrsinintonn i TOO |
Less current expenses, interest, and taxes paid. ... ... 11,838.16 }
BUDDNE FORen OURBORBOING .« .. oo v\ ino i it civvaes 100.000.00 |
Due to banks and bankers (others than included in 29 or 30 3,962 64 |
BRRGERRRaanEd. o 00l e 50.00|
Individual deposits subject to Check.........vviereneer s ivnrnnnins 188,848.83 |
EEIRRCHNENR o iaa i aha e 2.00]
OTR IR TP R e S i e 6,680.74
Deposits requiring notice but less than 30 days.... ........... ......
Total demand deposits, Items 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38,
BRI (8 (v s siasvy s e 1O BRI N
RO ORORIES . . (o, i 157,159 39
Other Tima Dep05it5................... S e 56,621.13
Total time deposits, Items 41, 42, and 43 .....213.78052
Rediscounts with Federal Reserve 8ank......,,,........ 44,994.24
Bl innaan caai i i heeTinaiibes st ains i asinios vhis BB 000 D
Tot&l 815,167.13
STATE OF GEORGIA, COUNTY OF BEN HILL
i, A. H.Thurmond, Cashier of the above-named bank, do salemnly swear
thatl the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
A. H. Thurmond Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 7th dayof July 1916.
. Esther King
Notary Public.
7
The L.eading I _.ady Contest.
=At the OPERA HOUSE Starts Today =—=
Vote for Your Favorite
cally the only thing that kccps!
the club playing ball. ‘
Now let us consider the the val-|
ue of the club to a town outside
the sport furnished the fank.
Nothing could advertise the city
of Fitzgerald better than the hali
column on the sporting page of |
the Macon Telegraph or the lit-l
tle boxes in the Atlanta Georgian.
That shows people who have nev
er been to Fitzgerald that we are
a live town and gives us prestige
hard to attain in any other as in
expensive a way. No one, can
claim that the very life of any
city depends upon its credit with
outside interests and capital. A
great deal of the prosperity of the
community does, however, and a
town which is advertised well
certainly “has a drag” over a com
paratively little known one. Fur
thermore, a winning ball club is
certainly considered typical of the
spirit of the town. A ball club
which wins is generally the rep
resentative of a winning town.
- Now on the other hand—if the
Fitzgerald ball club should be for
ced by lack of funds to dishand in
the middle of the season! What
an advertisement that would be!
And as we said at the beginning,
a ball club must have Kale to ex
ist and can not do business on
Correct. Attes:
M. W. Garbutt
J. B. Seanor
W. T. Paulk
Directors
THE LEADER ENTERP RISE AND PRESS, MONDAY, JULY 10, 1916
“hot air and cold potatoze”.
Let us figure this thing out. The
salaries of the team are $B5O per
month and traveling expenses, ho
tel bills, balls, bats, and all inci
dentals paid for by the club
amounts certanly to not less than
$330 per month for twelve to
fourteen men. In other words,
$1,200 per month are the expen
ses. The club plays at home 12
games and the gate receipts must
be $lOO per game or four hundred
paid admissions. We have to
have this many or more or the
team may go busted in a short
time,
To you TIGHT-WADS and
HAMMER-SWINGERS all we
have to say is CHANGE YOUR
WAYS., To those who .are be
hind the team—KEEP UP THE
LOGD "WORK!LET'S GO,
FIP7ZGERALD)
IMPORTANT NOTICE
In order to maintain the club
through the season it will be nec
essary for those who subscribed
to the Capital Stock of the Base
Ball Association to pay in their
subscriptions.
Any others who feel so dispos
ed will help the club by paying in
such an amount as they so desire.
NEGRO AND RATTLER I
HAVE DUEL TODEATHI
Bainbridge, July 7.—A turpen-|
tine firm in“the lower Part of the
county hds some woods in which
they could get none of their ne
groes to go on account of its
swamp condition and the preva
lence of rattlesnakes. These
| woods contained some of the best
i boxes and a lot of fine gum was!
Igning to waste. Accordingly
they imported a bunch of South
| Carolina negroes who were not
lafraid of the job.
A few days ago a squad of these
negroes were dipping: in the
swamp regions when, toward
dark, one of the negroes announc
ed that his bucket had been filled
and that he was going out and re
turn to the camp for the night.
Nothing was thought of this at
‘thc time, but some little surprise
was experienced when the others
-returned to the camp and found
'the negro, Jonas Nicholson., not
there. Still this created no alarm,
as turpentine negroes are very of
ten given to roving at nights.
But when Nicholson failed to
show up the next day and was
missing the second night, suspi
cion was aroused that something
must have happened to him.
Those who were dipping with him
at the time he was last seen re
membered the way by which he
started frem the swamp and ac
cordingly went to look for him
along the route by which his ex
it was begun.
About half way out the swamp,
Nicholson’s body was found at
the foot of a pine tree. A huge
rattlesnake, with nineteen rattles
and a button, had a death hold on
his left side, just above the hip.
Both of the negro’s hands were
clasped about the neck of the rep
tile. Examination revealed the
fact that eaclr was dead.
SERGT. CRAWFORD WELL
SATISFIED WITH CAMP
Sergt. Will Crawford, of Com
pany C, who is in the city with his
brother on account of the illness
of their father, was talking to a
reporter of the Leader-Enterprise
in regard to conditions at Camp
Harris.
He stated that a few of the boys
were writing home to their meth
ers and sisters telling them that
they were starving to death. He
says they are getting plenty of
good rations to eat.
Sergt. Crawford and his brother
left today for Camp Harris,
A GOOD FISH STORY
Mrs. Lon Dickey carried a car
’]oad of children to Lake Beatrice
to see the high water in the lake
’and streams around it and while
crossing the long iron bridge on
the south side of the county line a
small trout leaped into the car.
The bridge was flooded to the
depth of several inches and this
trout was swimming on the top
of the bridge when it was fright
ened by the approach of thé auto
and made a leap clear into the
tonneau of the car. Some fish
story but it is the truth. |
BOWEN MILL POND IS NO
MORE
Bowen’s Mill is out of existence.
At least for the time being.
The super-heavy rains. of the
past few days were too much for
the old weod dam. After giving
heart-rending groans throughout
the night the strain carried away
a part of the bridge and after that
the end was near. Finally, about
6 o'clock this morning the dam
gave way, liberating tons of wat
er and untold myriads of fish.
According to last report the
the Railroad trestle and the Dix
ie Highway bridge are still intact
and out of danger. No one was
injured, save possibly a number
of jack or trout, and the only
property loss was that of the
dam. !
FOR MORE RECRUITS
Lieut. A. E. Adams of Com
pany C, returned to the city Sun
day with a recruiting squad to
open offices for a few ays for ad
ditional troops for his company.
Lieut. Adams reports all the boys
in fine trim and speaks highly of
the camp conditions and the per
sonnel of the staff of the First
regiment.
Mrs. Chas. Herring an son, Ju
lian, have left for Southern Cali
fornia where they will spend sev
eral months on the ranch of her
brother. :
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NOTICE OF LOCAL LEGIS
LATION
There will be introduced at the
approaching session of the Legis
lature of the State of Georgia an
Act “To establish a Board of Ed
ucation, for the County of Ben
Hill and to incorporate the same,
to define its duties, and powers
and for other purposes.” FDJI4