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Muriel Ostriche in “The
Daughter of the Sea.”
Keystone Comedy—*“His
Pride and Shame,” featuring
Ford Sterling.
TOMORROW
The Great Prima Donna
and Actress, Geraldine Far
rar, in “Maria Rosa.” .
* Burton - Holmes Travel
ogue. .
Bring the children Friday
to see Baby Osborne in Pa
the Gold Rooster Play,—
“Little Sunshine.”
Mrs. J. H. Barnes and children
left this afternoon for their home
in Brunswick after spending
some time with relatives.
Mrs. E. T. Thurston has return
ed from a delightful visit to rela
tives in Texas. She was accom
panied home by her sister, Mrs.
Mattie McPherson, of Luskin,
Texas.
Swimming and Skating at the
Blue and Gray Park Thursday
night, July 20. Regular prices.
Benefit of Epworth League, First
Methodist Church. Everybody
welcome. Don’t forget the date.
\Mrs. G. L. Hancock and child
ren have returned to their home
in- Tarpon Springs, Fla,, after a
two week’s visit with her mother,
Mrs. A. R. Ackord.
Leave your orders with us for
Carmen and Georgia Bell peaches
by the crate. Bee Hive Grocery
& Seed Store—Phone 72. dedl9
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Miss Estelle Taylor, of Moul
trie, is-visiting Mrs. J. M. Carter
and niece, Miss Bertha Jones. i
$2500 REWARD—This re-!
ward will be paid for the return
of a Ford car, license. number
22513 which was-taken Saturday:
night. The car may be returned
to the Leader-Enterprise ang no
questions asked, if returned ipjgfie
condition in which if was taken.
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Tifton Gazette: Mr. J. H. Dor
miney, of Fitzgerald, was in Tif
ton between trains Saturday en
route home from Albany wherei
he had been in attendance at
United States Court as a traverse
juror. :
TO HOLD EXAMINATION
The United States Civil Service
Commission will hold an exami
nation for ssenographer and type
writer (male and female) August
8, 1916, to fill seventeen existing
vacancies in Alabama, Florida,
Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee
and South Carolina, and other va
cancies as they may occur. En
trance salaries from $9OO to $l,-
080.
Age, 18 years or over.
Application blanks and full in
formation can be obtained by ap
plying to the Secretary, Local
Civil Service Board, this city, er
the Secretary Fifth Civil Service
District, Atlanta, Ga.
Thi#s an excellent opportunity
for competent stenographers and
typewriters to secure government
positions.
Dr.J.M. Adams
Has resumed his dent.
al practice in
Rooms 304-5
Garbutt-Donovan Bldg.
Office Phone 226
Residence Phone 38
Dr.G.W.McLean
DENTIST
Reoms 512-513. PHONE 4338.
Garbutt Donovan Building
Fifth Floor
Sunday by Appointment
MONEY to LEND
On Farm Lands and
City Property. Easy
terms. Low Interest--
Prompt Service - .
J. B NORMAN
Attorney-at-Law
iQS Five-Story Building.
HOW WE CAN MAKE OUR
CITY BETTER
This is the subject for discus
ston at the Epworth League of
the First Methodist Episcopal
church, Sunday evening, July 23.
at 6:45.
To make it more interesting
and helpful, suggestions are
earnestly requested from any one
in the city on the following ques
tions:
1. How large a part should a
church organization take in poli
tics?
2. What causes most frequent
ly produce corrupt politics?
3. What can our young peo
ple’s societies do to make our
community a better place*in
which to live?
4. What one reform is most
urgently needed in the politics of
our community at this time?
5. Upon what needs of our
community do the citizens re
quire education?
6. How could the arrange
ments for helping the needy in
our city be improved ?
7. Which recreations center
ing in our city-are danger points,
and which contribute to its bet
terment ?
8. How can we better improve
the beauty of the streets of our
city? ;
9. What influences have the
churches of our city upon its life
and how can we as young people
increase that.influence?
In addition to the above pro
gram, special music will be rend
ered by the Junior choir. An ef
fort will be made to secure one
or.more prominent speakers.
Write out your suggestions,
sign your name and mail the
same by Saturday mornig to
“Epworth,’ Fitzgerald.
A very cordial invitation is ex
tended to the general public to at
tend this service.
i - HAULING
When you need hauling of any
kind ‘done Goodner & Co. does it
cheaper.. Phone 63-L. ded 26
From now on changes will be
made every few days in an effort
to give the people of Fitzgerald
some idea of the bargains that
will be available on opening day.
$4OO PIANO STOLEN
Chicago, July 18 —Members of
the Sixth Congregational church
of Oak Park are conducting a
quiet search for robbers who one
day last week backed a dray up
to the church door and stole the
church’s new $4OO piano.
The pastor announced the theft
at the services yesterday after one
hymn had been played on a wab
bly piano which had been resur
rected from the cellar of the
church. Persons in the vicinity
of the church who saw the piano
taken away declardd that it was
done in such a deliberate, orderly
manner that they thought the
church officers were changing in
struments.
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FARMERS!
Attention!
WE have plenty of money
te loan on five year terms
on FARM LANDS in Irwin and
Ben Hill Counties. If you are
in need of money, it will pay
you to see us, for we are pre
pared to make quick loans,
McDonald & Bennett
THE LEADER ENTERPRISE AND PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1016.
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Miss Helen Osborne—Phone 159
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Miss Nora Lee Paulk and Mr.
John Henry Wester were quetly
married at the home of the bride’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. R.
Paulk Tuesday evening at 10:00
olclock. -Rev, L. A ‘Cooper of
the Baptist church performed the
wedidng ceremony. Only the ira
mediate members of the family
wer present.
The bride wore a pretty going
away gown oif blue with orange
trimmings, with hat, shoes and
gloves to match the suit.
Mr. and Mrs. Wester left im
mediately for White Springs,
where they will spend a few days.
They will makeé their home in
Waycross. .
VENABLE-McKAY.
~ Amid a setting of beautiful pink
and white roses and fern, took
place the marriage of Miss Jean
ette Venable and Mr. Robert Har
rison McKay at the home of Mr.
:and Mrs. R. E. Lee Wednesday
afternoon at 3:00. Handsome
‘baskets of roses and fern and pot
ted plants adorned the reception,
jliving and dining rooms. On the
dining room table was placed a
!large white basket filled with pink
roses. From the stairway to the
improvised altar of fern and roses
}in the living room was an aisle
formed with white pedestals cap
ped with pink roses and tied with
white maline.
Preceding the ccremony Miss
Margaret Cooper played a violin
obligato with piano accompani
ment by Mrs. L. A. Cooper. Miss
Rhea Wise very sweetly sang
“The Dawning.” Another selec
tion by Mrs. Cooper and Miss
Cooper followed. Just before
Mendelssohn’s wedding march,
played by them, Miss Rhea Wise
sang “All For You.”
To the accompaniment of the
march the bride and groom pro
ceded down the stairs and the
aisle to the altar, where Rev. L.
A. Cooper met them and perform
ed the beautiful ring cere
mony, little Josephine Flournoy
acting as ring bearer. During
the ceremony Mrs. Cooper and
Miss Cooper played a soft accom
paniment which burst into joy
ous strains as the bride and
groom turned from the altar to
receive the congratulations and
good wishes of their friends. ‘
The bride wore a going away
gown of blue taffeta with accesso
ries to correspond and carried a
ishower bouquet of lilies of the
valley and Kilarney roses.
In the reception hall Misses
Taylor and Halloween Venable
served punch. ;
Sixty friends of the bride and
groom were presrit to witness the
ceremony, among whom were a
number of A. B. & A. officials
from out of town.
They received many beautiful
gifts, showing the love and es
teem of their friends. '
The out-of-town guests were:
Miss' Myrtle Venable, .sister of
the bride, of Winchester, Tean.,
Mr. and Mrs. Claude /Allen, of
Jacksonville, Fla.; Mr. and Mrs.
Knight, of Live Oak, Fla., and
Mrs. Felix Clay, of Montgomery,
Ala.
Mr. and Mrs. McKay left im
mediately for Wrightsville, N. C.,
where they will spend two weeks.
They will be at home to their
friends after July 30th at 515 S.
Main street, this city.
Miss Venable has been a favor
ite among the young people ever
since she came to Fitzgerald sev
eral years ago.
Mr. McKay is a young man of
sterling qualities and hqlds a re
sponsible position with the A. B.
& A. Railroad.
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SPEND THE DAY PARTY.
Mises Iris and Madeline Day
enport entertained with a spend
the day party Tuesday. Roses
and maiden hair ferns formed the
centerpicce of the table, while a
six-course luncheon was served at
noon. The guecsts were: Misses
Margaret Cooper, Margaret Spil
ler, Pauline Goldenberg, Dora
Mathis, Helen Patterson, Edith
Osteen, of Douglas.
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Mrs. A. H. Denmark entertains
with a reception 'this aftérnoon
from four to six in honor of her
lvisitor, Mrs. Perrin Crawford, of
Spokane, Wash. :
TEA FOR MISS SYKES.
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\ A pretty compliment to Miss
Nelliec Mae Sykes, of Orlando,
Fla., was the afternoon tea given
by Miss Ethlyn Fussell at her
home on South Lee street Tues
day afternoon.
Mrs. C. B. Teal met the guests
at the door. Mrs. S. G. Pryor in
vited the guests to the dining
room where punch was served
from a pretty table by Misses
Dorothy Jones and Hattie Wide
man. Little Misses Marjorie
Denmark and Margaret Pope
Thurmond passed sand'.‘\'ichcs.;
Mrs. J. C. Fussell assisted in en
tertaining.
The hostess and guest of honor
and those assisting were attract
ive in beautiful afternoon gowns
of pink and white.
About fifty guests called be
tween the hours of four-thirty
and six-thirty,
PRETTY ROOK PARTY.
. Mrs. J. L. Dorminy was hostess
at a rook party Tuesday after
noon in her apartments at the
Aldine, g
Handsome vases of gladiolus
and bowls of pink and white ver
bena adorned the rooms where
the game of rook was played.
Mrs. T. J. Dickey received ~the
prize, a pretty cut glass bonbon
dish. .
Mrs. D. P. Adams, Mrs. 3G
Legiour and Mrs. Lewis Keim as
sisted in entertaining and serving
a delicious three-course luncheon.
The guests were: Mesdames
Clayton Jay, R. I. Maffett, D. P.
Adams, T. J. Dickey, Fred Spil
ler, W.!R. Parsons, A. H. Den
mark, Perrin Crawford, of Spo
kane, \Wash.; J. F. Sheahan, B. V.
Lyouns, of San Antonio, Fla.; G.
E. Ricker, R. M. Mann, J. C.
Bush, I. C. Ligeour, J. H. Har
ris, W. T. Paulk, Drew Paulk, W.
(. Broadhurst, Jesse Grantham,
G. S. Flournoy, J. L. Pittman, J.
L. McCarty, J. G. Williams and
Miss Edith Griner.
MORNING SEWING PARTY.
An enjoyable sewing party was
given this morning by Misses
Madeline and Iris Davenport at
their home “Burnside” on West
Central Avenue. Happy hours,
from ten to twelve were spent ov
er their sewing on the lawn. Lit
tle Miss Addie Davenport assist
od in serving ice cream on can
taloupes. The guests were: Mis
ses Gertrude Hill, Nellie Mae Sy
kes, of Orlandp, Fla, Margaret
Spiller, Margaret Cooper, Isabelle
Paulk, Edfia Williams, Ariel
Wall, Evelyn Respess, of ' Talla
dega, Ala.; Kathleen Ethridge,
Dorothy Jones, Ruby Waters,
Hattie Wideman, Alma Murphy,
Martha Womble, Ethelyn Fus
sell, Dora Mathis, Helen Patter
son, Jessie Lee Rogers, Mary
Booth and Horn, of Ashburn.
Mr. Edwards Griffin has gone
to Boston where he takes the ex
amination preparatory to enter
ing the Educational Department
of the General Electric Co. there
to study to be an Electrical En
gineer.
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Mr. Frank Scheusler arrived in
the city Monday from Wadley,
Ala., in his car to return with
Mrs. Scheusler and her sister,
Mrs. T. M. Griffin, who will make
them a visit. They left early for
Wadley Tuesday morning.
Mrs. W. G. Broadhurst and
two sons, Gibson and Cyrus, left
today for Saratosa, Fla., to at
tend the marriage of her sister,
Miss Eunice Graves to Mr. Harry
Sullivan, which takes place there
Thursday at the bride’s home.
frnnoouestswMrs,|,s!
Misses Sadie Atlas, of Wagh
ington, D. C., and Annie Koplin,
of Atlanta, and Mr. Alex Koplin,
of Atlanta, left this morning after
spending a few days with Mr. and
Mrs. H. Garber.
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Miss Nellie Mae Sykes left to
day for Cordele to make a short
visit. She will return in a few
days to be the guest of her cousin,
Miss Ethelyn Fussell.
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get acquaitited with us and
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and we will come and show
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FITZGERALD, - GEORGIA
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Miss Raiford Dozier returned
Saturday from a visit to Albany
and other points.
Miss Bessie Smith returned
Saturday from Valdosta where
she has been atending school. She
leaves Thursday to visit relatives
in Nashville.
Mrs. Helen Maldoon is visiting
relatives and friends at Big Run,
Penn.
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Miss Nell Preston left ‘the first
of the week for Rochelle.
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Mr. Lee Hilliard, Jr., left on
Tuesday for Atlanta, where he
has accepted a position with the
Western Union Telegraph com
pany for a short time.
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E. K. Farmer left Tues
day for LaGrange to join her
chilren to spend the summer with
her sister. ;
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E. K. Farmer left Tuesday
for Florida on business.
Miss Horn, of Ashburn, is the
guest of Miss Garland Jeffcoat.
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Miss Edith Osteen, of Douglas,
spent the day Tuesday with Miss
es Madeline and Iris Davenport.
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Mrs. J. F. Sheahan is entertain
ing with a card party this after
noon for her visitor Mrs. B. V.
Lyons, of San Antonio, Fla.
Miss Emily Griffin is expected
to return home from Moultrie the
last of the week. .
| W. O. W. NO. 239
All members of the Woodmen
of the World are requested to be
present at the Odd Fellows’ Hall
tonight. There is some special
work to be put on and arrange
ments to be made for attending
the Big Log Rolling at Cordele
Thursday and Friday.
Wallace Reid, the popular young
star of the Jesse L. Lasky Fea
ture Play Company, appears in
the leading role in support of Ger
aldine Farrar in the Lasky pro
duction, “Maria Rosa,” which!
will be shown on Paramount!
night at the Grand on Thursday.‘
Mr. Reid is remembered by all’
motion picture enthusiasts for
his wonderful performance as
Don Jose in Miss Farrar's first
photoplay, “Carmen.” He aiso
has appeared in she Lasky pit
tures, “The Chorus Lady” and as
co-star with Cléo Ridgely in “The
Golden Chance” and “The Love
Mask.” He appeared with Mae
Murray in “To Have and To
Hold.”
Maria Rosa, a Paramount pic
ture, is Miss Farrar's third Las
ky production. The othars are
“Carmen” and “Temptation.”
Mrs. Newton Watkins leaves
today for a stay of several weeks
in North Georgia. She will be ac
companied by her mother, Mrs.
Emma Murphy, of Atlanta, who
has been visiting her for the past
two months.
Dr. and Mrs. D. B. Mcßay. of
Rochelle, accompanied by Mrs.
Grantham and daughter, Miss
Mattie Claude, motored down
Sunday from Rochelle and stopp
ed over in the city a few hours
with Dr. and Mrs. D. B. Ware.
The party was en route to Atlan
ta, where Dr. Mcßay will attend
legislature.
LET THE LEADER-ENTERPRISE
FIGURE WITH YOU ON YOUR
NEXT JOB WORK.
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FOR SALE
For $3,750.00 you can buy one
,of thie most complete homeyg in the'
|city; large corner lot and well To-,.
|cated. Half cash, balance in five
iyears at 7 per cent. Address
|“Home,” care Leader-Enterprise.
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! FOR SALE :
1 9-acre tract Lot 282, Disk 4
fsubdivision Now 215, 10-acre
tract Lot 171 Dist 4, subdivision
'No. 2967. 20-acre tract Lot No.
284 Dist. 3, subdivisiin No. 4168,
Ben Hill county, Georgia. Ad
dress Geo. Patrick, Route No. 1,
Eddyville, lowa. 2tp.
FOR SALE
One business lot in Manches
ter, Ga., on Main street. Will
sell for $175.00. 301 S. Grant St.
FOR RENT .
APARTMENT FOR RENT
An exquisite six-room apart
ment in my flats next to Opera
House. All renewed since last
occupant vacated, now ready for
rent. Apply to Dr. C. A. Holt
zendorff. 2wks-M&F
FOR RENT-—Two nice rooms
with private bath. Apply to 807
West Pine street. It
WANTED
WANTED—Energetic agents
in each county in Georgia to seil
the Titan starter for Ford cars.
Guaranteed to give satisfaction.
Every Ford owner will want one.
For full particulars, address Ches.
ley Vincent, Georgia Distributor,
Talking Rock, Ga. law-7wks.
LOCAL MANAGER WANT
ED—in Fitzgerald for Accident,
‘Health, Burglary, Plate Glass
lines. Give experience and refer
ence. State Agent, Box 696, At
lanta, Ga. ded-28.
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LOST
LOST—French Collie Pu‘;l)py,
$5 reward for the one who finds
and returns to H. Garber, Sur
prise Store. White Collie Pup-
Py; white all over, tan ears. tf
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ESTRAYED—From by place
this week, one red sow with crop
and two slits in each ear, and one
yearling. Finder, ,fflease notify
Martin Fletcher, Irwinville, Ga.,
and receive pay for expense. TF
ORPET SPURNS MOVIES;
IS CURED OF WOMEN
Lake Forest, IIL., uJly 18—Will-
Orpet, freed on a charge of hay
ing poisoned his former sweet
heart, Marian Lambert, is going
away from Illinois, “probably
forever,” according to a member
of the family. He is declared to
have spurned an offer of $3OO a
week to go into the “movies” and
to have asserted that “I was girl
crazy, but I am over that now.
I am going to make a fresh start,
probably change my name, get in
to business and try to repay my
parents the money my trial cost
them. And I'm going to fight shy
of women the rest of my life.”
Tifton Gazette: Mr. Frapk
Ridgdill, of Fitzgerald, spent
Saturday with his parents, Col.
and Mrs. J. S. Ridgdill.
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that you need every day, and
which you are continually find
ing you are out of, we can supply
you with at short notice. Just
ring us up on the ’phone, tell us
what you want, and they will be
delivered to you in short order,
Let us serve you whenever you
need auto supplies. ;
Fitzgerald Auto Supply Co.