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Official Organ Ben Hill County and City of Fitzgerald
GRARLESTON REGOVERING FROM
INST MIGHTS TERRIFIG BALE
(Special to Leader-Enterprise).
CHARLESTON, S. C,, July 14.
- Charleston was this afternoon
recovering from a-gale which last
night put street car, telephone
and electric light systems out of
commission and blew the waters
of the bay into low-lying sections.
Several houses were unroofed.
No word has been received from
Sullivan Island and Isle of Palms,
and it is feared that they suffered
heavy damage.
The gale, sweepifig inland, caus
ed heavy damage to railroads and
. property.
One man has been killed by a
live wire,
13 SPREADING IN TENN.
(Special to Leader-Enterprisely-+y
MEMPHIS, TENN., July "4
—lnfantile paralysis is spreading
with alarming rapidity in the
western part of Tennessee. _
Nearly thirty cases have been
reported in the last twenty-four
hours. The staté health author
ities have been appealed to for
aid.
WATCH FOR THE ECLIPSE
©F THE MOON TONIGHT
& :
There will be an interesting par
tial eclipse of the moon tonight
anll ‘about 80 #sHer cent of the
111(:;,3:1'5 Jurface will be covered by
K cart & Madow. [ thould be
observed i 1 Fitzgerdid, weather
permitting, at about 9:30 o'clock,
when the shadow commences and
lasts until midnight.,
-An eclipse of the moon can
only occur at full moon, or at “op
position,” it is termed; that lis
when the moon 1n its orbit about
the earth is on the opposite side of
the eartk to the sun, all three bod
ies then being in line—~the moon,
the earth and the sun—the moon
passing through the earth’s shad
ow. As the point through which
the moon passes is nearly three
times the diameter of the moon, it
will be seen a total eclipse may
occur when these bodies are not
in exact alignment. The length
of the earth’s shadow is approxi
mately 857,000 miles and that of
the moon, 232,000 miles.
The eclipse of the sun will oc
cur on Saturday, July 29th, and
will be what is termed “annular;”
that is, the position of the moon
and the sun at the time of the
eclipse will be in such relation to
the earth, the sun being at its
nearest point and the moon at its
most distant, that the moon will
not cover the sun’s disc, a narrow
rim of sunlight showing entirely
around the moon. When these
relative conditions are reversed
we can have a total eclipse. ¢
@ @ . ' ® .
Special Silk Sale at the Empire Store
| TAFFETTA, Messaline, Crepe de Chine and Georgette all go in at
| a slashing Reduction and saving to you. - _
’ | : The $l. lity on Sal o ,
"Taffetta Sillcs-i:i soy omsenowfor - - sLIS
: The $l.OO quality on Sale now for - ) 75¢c
: d c o , The $1.75 quality on Sale now for - SLIS
Crepe de Chines-;; snis s
Only one quality EMPIRE MERCANTILE CO.
fieor gette Cr ep e $1.75n0w - $l.lB d . One Price to Everybody
THE LEADER ENTERPRISE
JUDGE CLARK TO
SUCCEED HUGHES
(Special to Leader-Enterprise),
WASHINGTON, July 14—
President Wilson this afterncon
nominated judge J. H. Clarke, of
Cleveland, Ohio, to succeed Jus
tice Hughes.
NATICN - WIDE CAMPAIGN
FQR BETTER RURAL
SCHOOLS
3 i TR
(By J. L. Mcßrien, School Exten
sion Agent, U. 8. Bureau of
Education, Washington.)
From the day Ur. r. P. Claxton
assumed his ‘duties as United
States Commissioner of Educa
tion, a nation-wide campaign has
been waged for Dbetter rural
schools. Commissioner Claxton |
is now in his fifth year of service
and every year during his admin
istration he has insisted on advan
ced steps being taken hy the Bu
reau itself for rural school prog
ress, as well as to urge upon ad
ministrative school officers, tea
chers and patrons throughout the!
Nation the imperative neccssityl
for improving the rural schools.
secretary Lane of the Depart
ment of the Interior in his annual
report for 1915 to the President;
of the United States sounds a'
clarion call for a nation-wide cam-|
paign for better rural schools. He|
urges upon Congre:s ‘thesappros
priation of $lOO,OOO for two Ul'i
three years, with which to. wage
this campaign. For a cabinet of
ficer to take such a bhold stand for
the long-neglected rural school
gives new hope to the friends of
rural education throughout the
country. %
In educational opportunity the
city boy and girl have priviiegesl
far superior to those of the farm!
boys and farm girl. In funds, in
length of term, il equipment, itli
buildings, in administration and
supervision, in courses of study,’
in efficiency of the teaching force,
and 1n salaries paid, the super
iority of thte city schools is so far
above that of the rural schools as
to make the situation in many
sections of the country deplor
algy. ~ It has bgen so desperate
in many instances during the past
25 years, when contrasted with
the splendid opportunities of the
city school, that it is given more
times than any other reason by
fathers and mothers for moving
from the farm to the city. For
as Secretary Lane declares: “An
ambitious people will go where
education can be had for their
children. There is no sense in
talking of the charms of the coun
try life and the independence and
dignity of producing from the soil
if the sehool at command is no
‘more than a wooden plow.” “
THRICE-A-WEEK
FITZGERALD, BEN HILL COUNTY, GEORGIA, JULY 14, 1916
{Special to Leader-Enterprise).,
LONDON, July 14—Driving
torward with \irresistible force.
British forces last night cap
tured four miles of German sec
ond line defenses on Somme front.
The German trenches were bom
barded for two hours before the
infantry made an assault.
LANIER WOMAN HAS
BEEN BOUND OVER
Mrs. Ada Lanier, charged with
abetting in the abduction of Fay
Huckaby, and keeping a lewd
house, was bound over to the
next term of Ben Hill Superior
Court at a hearing before Judge
L FrLuke Thursday afternoon.
Attorney D. B. Nicholson rep
resented the mother of the girl,
Mrs. Huckaby, and Attorney O.
H. Elkins represented the defend
ant. Mr. Maddox, for whom a
warrant was sworn out in cun-;
nection with this.case, returned
to the city Thursday and gave
himself up to the sheriff. The
cases against the other defend
ants will be heard at a later date.
No trace of the girl has yet been|
found, although Maddox alleges |
that he can produce her in court
if the warrant against him is!
withdrawn. e !
Legislation books for the city
bond election close August 3. if
{"“When I open my bank account I might as well,
in fact I would be wise--to place it with“a bank
that for several years has been growing in
STRENGTH and POPULARITY. '
Mr. Level-Head and Family.
Growth of Deposits in the Exchange National Bank:
DEPOSITS SURPLUS
POl ... . 8210000 - o C v RS BOUD
RS i 8837 648 ... ¢, 598.000 0D
IS . 3408 T7Ds v o
19888390 894 ... ....$100,000.00
B 0 0.9 492 0, 836518000008
1018, .. ....$ s'3'l . 8 3 &, . SlOOO6OOO
{The above increase in deposits shows increasing
faith and appreciation- spells increasing popular
ity. q Then, do you notice above that as de
posits increased we increased our SURPLUS,
which is additional protection for depositors, un
til this SURPLUS reached ONE HUNDRED
THOUSAND DOLLARS? :
Our Set Plan Is to Grow Bigger, Stronger,
~ More Serviceable.
- THE EXCHANGE NATIONAL BANK
The Honor Roll Bank.
And Press
i
The Dixie Highway, the great
artery of travel for business and
pleasure, escaped with but few
serious scars from recent rains.
Reports have been received by
the passenger Department that
the trip trom Macon to Jackson
ville can be made the entire dis
tance on the Cential Route, de
touring &lightly in Irwin county.
Commisstoner Warren Fletcher,
of Irwin,iwill put his repair gang
on the Dixie and in a short time
will have the necessary connec
tion made. Considering the im
mensil}gf the rainfall, it is grati
fying 4hdt no morg serious dam
age is ré®orted on the Central
Reute. Tourists fromf Florida,
arriving in the e¢ity since the
rains, assure us that the roads
can be % veled safely.
-+ "NOTICE
The Woman's Missionary So
ciety of the Central Methodist
church “will hold its regular de
votional meeting on Monday af
ternoon at 4 o'clock_led by Mrs.
Watsomn,
All riembers are urged to be
present
o oPart } tiie dam at Bowen's
Miil way washed away during the
1 s e . ;. P
heavy ramns of last aveek. [he
damage will immediately be re
paired.. ¢
i (Special to Leader-Enterprise),
. EL PASO, TEXAS, July 14—
Reported here that Villa has de
manded the surrender of Chihua
hua City, threatening to sack the
city and execute Carranza ’s offi
cers if the demands are refused.
. B el
'MONTAGU TO SUCCEED
. DAVID LLOYD-GEORGE
: SEall L
{ London, July 14—Edwin Sam
uel Montagu is to succeed David
' Lloyd-George as minister of mu
‘nitions.
| Mr. Montagu is as present chan
| ceilor of the Duchy of Lancaster,
' was former financial secretary to
‘the treasury, and one of the
youngest members of the Asquith
(cabinet. He is only 37 years old.
. Mr. Montagu is a Jew. His
gnun'rin,f_:g about a year ago, to the
Hon. Venetia Stanley, youngest
‘daughter of Lord Sheffield, creat
ed a sensation, inasmuch as it
caused the young woman to re
‘nounce her faith (Protestant) and
‘adopt the Jewish religion.
| Mr. Montagu is a cousin of
Herbert Samuel, president of the
local government board in the
| Asquith cabinet. His elder bro
ther, Baron Swaything, is.head
of the London banking firm " of
Samuel Montagu & Co.
GREAT DAMAGE DONE .
' TO THE,PEACH CROP
1+ Atlagta, G 4, July. 13.~Theire
(cent five days rain cost Georgia
{peach growers about two hundred
i carloads of peaches worth some
;v\'hcre around $175,000.
| Reports reaching the Georgia
| Fruit Exchange from all sections
{of the peach belt indicate a loss of
rten per cent of the remainder of
the crop. As there remains®ap
proximately 2,000 carloads to he
shipped, this means Georgia's
peach shipments will be cut down
by two shundred cars, consisting
principally of Elbertas and Geor
' gia Bells.
Fortunately for the growers,
thowever, the loss was distributed
f\\"cfl over all the orchards. and not
jconfined to any ene particular
'section. It will not, therefore,
| fall heavily upon any single grow
ler,
] The continuous rains by no
jmeans stopped the work in the
orchards. Although long spells
of wet weather usually cause the
brown rot to appear on peaches,
there was no trouble from this
jsource this time because of the
fact that the fruit had been well
spraiyed against this disease. As
the result fo careful | spraying
whickh the Georgia Fruit Ex
change urges and recommends,
growers were able to ship their
fruit this year in practically per-
Monday
Wednesday
Friday
VOL. XXI, NO. 85
e P A
PETROGRAD, July 14—A
conference of ministers ordered
by the Czar to assemble at imper
ial headquarters gave rise to re
ports that Austria has asked feor
peacc.
,Battles for the possession of
Kovel and towards Lemberg, con
tinues with great stubborness.
ONLY ARTILLERY FIRING
(Special to Lcader—Entgrprise)_ ;
PARIS, July 14.—Nothing but
artillery fighting along western
line was held by the French last
night. fi
SPECIAL TRAIN TO COR
DELE NEXT THURSDAY
“Barfield Special” for Ball Game
and Minstre]l Show Will be
Run Then
My, Home Run Barfield will
run the second special train of the
year on the 20th for the conve
nience of all baseball and minstrel
fans. The occasion is the Fitz
gerald Home Talent Minstrels
which play there Thursday night,
the Log Rolling of the W. O, W.
and also the opening game of the
Cordele series in that place. Eith
er of the two reasons shodld be
enough to merit a big crowd and
combined, two_ hundred people
should be the limit.
The Fitzgerald baseball team
will be as good and fast as ever
and John Henderson knows he
has got-to improve the Cordele
team or get the hook. The game
will be nearly as tight as that'
second game of the season w-.s.
The big Minstrel Show is twice
as good. Ever since the boys.
first put it o here they have been
practicing and working over it
All the weak places have been
chopped out and new better fea
tures put in their place. : New
jokes, new songs, new everything
with the old pep will be the eve
ning's pmga\m.
fect condition in spite of the
rains.
Thé records of the exchange
show that there have been shipp
ed to date about 1,600 cars of
peaches, and that by the end of
this week fully 2000 cars will have
gone forward. One effect of the
recent rain damage will be a ten
dency to keep the market firm
and strong in practically every
section where Georgia peaches
are sold.
b S SST
The heavy rains caused a hun
dred foot break in Dickson’s mill
pond.