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Official Organ Ben Hill County and City of Fitzgerald FITZGERALD, BEN HILL COUNTY, GEORGIA, JULY 21, 1916
JUDGE HAMMOND ADDRESSE:
WEEKLY EDITORS ON LAST DAY
Atlanta, Ga., July 19.—The At
lanta Constitution today said of
the meeting ¢
“After selecting Thomasville as
their next meeting place and re
electing all old offiyers with the
cxcepxzs)n of the second vice presi
dent, which office went to Paul IV
Callahan, editor of the DeKalk
New Era, and host of the conven
tion, the Georgia Weekly Press
Association adjourned its business
session here Wednesday morning.
In the afternoon they were joint
guests with the Georgia legisla
tors at a luncheon given by the
chamber of commerce. They left
early last night over the Central
for their trip to Savannah and Ty
bee. >
Striking {&atures of the session
were the passing of a resolution
favoring a state highway commis
sion and addresses by R. L. Mc-
Kenney, of The Macon News, and
Judge H. C. Hammond. Judge
Hammond’s speech pleased the
editor’s so much that they elected
him an honorary member of the
association on the spot, and in
vited him to address them again
next year.
The highway commission reso
lution, introduced by Editor Trox
Bankston, of the West Point
News, was passed despite parlia
mentary obstacles thrown across
its path.- On account of highway
commission bills pending in the
legislature there was some oppo
sition to the resolution on the
ground that it was of a political
nature. On the other hand, it was
strongly felt that the association
should go on vecord in the mat
ter, and this belief finally over
came all objections. The resolu
tion avas amended to express the
d_esifénn the part of the editors
fhat small counties receiving aid
in their highway work should be
protected in any action creating
such a commission. -
Judge Hammond “Gets Revenge”
“Judge Hammond began his
speech by saying he had been a
subscriber to seven Georgia news
papers for twenty-ome years and
that he was going to take advan
tage of hig opportunity to get re
venge and give the editors a lec
ture. He waded right in by ac
cusing them of failing to appreci
ate the nature of the, section in
which they were operating. Geor
gia, he declared, is essentially an
agricultural state, and it neces
sarily followed that farm news
should constitute a large part of
the matter that goes into the col
umns of the weekly press. He de
clared that if the Georgia news
paper men should appreciate this
and shoulder their responsibility
the~agricultural advancement in
the state would be little short of
marvelous.
“This work, however, must be
undertaken intelligently, and he
pointed out how the editors; by
keeping in t})uch with the govern-
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; this reduction-- A Special lot Suits at 10 per cent OFF
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CURE FOR INFANTILE .
- PARALYSIS FOUND?
New York, July 20. Health de
partment officials‘and physigians
who have been attempting to dis
cover a remedy for infantile para
lysis, showed a kecen interest to
day in a statement made by Dr.
N. McL. Whittaker, of Brooklyn,
that in about a dozen cases of the
disease treated by him, beneficial
results had been obtained from
hypodermic injections of quinine
Legislation books for the city
bond election close August 3. tf.
ment and state agricultural ex
perts, could publish agricultural
matter that would be legitimate
news. New methods and new
products, which were constantly
being discovered, could be written
up and spread broadcast over the
state, and such articles as these,
ke declared, are of vital import
ance to the farmer and would find
in him a much more ready respon
se than sensational stories, many
of them happening in other states
and sections, which had little or
no connection with his daily life.
Judge Carries Sample Case
Judge Hammond had a satchel
full of various products which he
declared would reyolutionize agri
culture in this state. He showed
the editors samples of soy bean
meal, velvet beans and pinder
meal and oats which he had raised
himseli. He told them how he
had, for a two-cent stamp, receiv
ed from Washington enotigh in
formation to enable him to qualify
as a hog expert. .
Florida Scribe Speaks
- *‘Gilbert .Leath, of Leesburg,
Fla., recording secretary of the
Florida Press Association, ad
dressed the convention and pro
posed that the Georgia and Flor
ida associations hold a joint meet
ing, expressing - the belief that
suich a gathering wonuld more than
double the strength of both asso
ciations. Mr. LeatW’s proposal
was favorably received and the
secretary of the Georgia assccia
tion was instructed to correspond
with Mr. Leath concerning the
matter.
“Another exceedingly interest
ing address was delivered by R.
L. McKinney, of Macon, who
spoke on the increased cost of pro
duction and the steps necessary
to meet this increase. Mr. Mec-
Kinney declared that many edi
tors of weekly papers failed to add
up all the incidental costs of mak
ing a newspaper and in many ca
ses were selling advertising at less
than cost price. He advised a
firm stand for legitimate prices,
and, through acknowledging that
it was hard at times to insist on
these charges. insisted that such a
policy was the only’ one that
would win in the long run.”
THRICE-A-WEEK
;\londay,@lly 24th, marks the
beginning of Fitzgerald's last
games on the local diamond. We
meet in turn, Cordele, Montezt
ina and Dawson. One .game
counts just as much as another
now as the teams are more even
ly matched than at any time this
seasorni, so it behooves every lover
of the g aume to be on hand each af
ternocn at four o'clock to root for
the home club. One or two new
faces wiil doubtless be seen in the
lincup to assist us during the last
two.weeks and . the wvery. best
garnes of ali will be played.
Complaint is still being regis
tered by the management on ac
count of the poor attendance and
we think it will be a fine idea if
our merchants will close on at
least two afternoons during these
games. This will help wonderful
ly and not hurt any one at all
Our ball club has been a gosed ad
vertisement for the town and we
belicve the business men owe this
much to its success.
Here’s hoping Fitgerald wins
the pennant.
The Farmers’ Union of Georgia
passed resolutions endorsing the
Torrens Land Title registration
bl at their annual mecting at Ma
con Thursday. ~
By a vote of 131 to 3 the House
Thursday voted to allow women
lawyers-to practice in the courts
of Georgia.
Wty don't you ADVERTISE in
THE LEADER-ENTERPRISE. It
PAYS.
SOCKS DOWN —SHIRT UP.
Many years ago National Bank laws required
banks to put up a SURPLUS of TWENTY
THOUSAND DOLLARS for a bank our size.
That SURPLUS was a PREVENTIVE —prevent
ing any.loss to depositors.
Our bank did not stop at TWENTY THOUSAND
DOLLARS but made its SURPLUS ONE HUN
DRED THOUSAND DOLLARS and, almost un
aware, we found ourselves entitled to position on
the NATIONAL BANK HONOR ROLL. :
SOCKS COWN-—SHIRT UP.
Nearly every gentleman has had this trouble
who ever wore a belt and no suspenders. An
elastic article which prevents this trouble is now
made that attaches to the lower, ends of the shirt
and the upper edge of the socks holding the shirt
down and socks up. That article is a PREVEN
TIVE.
OUR PREVENTIVE FUND is the largest found
in this portion of the state.
~ Our DEPOSITS are the largest found in this por
tion of the state. : .
THE EXCHANGE NATIONAIL BANK
CAFITAL. ...0. ... s . 106000100 "
PREVENT:VE.......1.........5100000.00
DEPOSITS ATTA1NED.........5530.000.00
HONOR ROLL BANK
And Press
Georgia Press Association Will
Meet There in 1917
Decatur, July 19—Thomasville
was selected as the next meeting
place of the Georgia Weekly
Press Association at its final ses
sion kere today. Paul Callahan,
of Decatur, was elected second
vice president. Other officers
were not changed.
Stewart F. Gelders is taking in
the whole show. After spending
a few days in Atlanta seeing the
sights he attended the meeting of
the weekly Press Association at
Decatur, was a guest of the At
lanta Chamber of Commerce
Wednesday and is now spending
the weck-end at Tybee with the
rest of the prominent editors of
the state.
MISS CHAPLE ENTERTAINS
Miss Laurine Chaple entertain
ed at a spend-the-day party Wed
nesday in honor of Miss Thelma
and Mauzzette Isaacs, of Cordele.
Those invited were: Miss Jewel
Hall and guests, Misses Thelma
and Mauzette Isaacs, Miss Sarah
Sutton and Miss Helen Brown.
The party enjoyed a straw ride
on their way back.
The friends of Mr. and Mrs. Ar
thur Gaskin will regret to learn
of the accident to their baby boy
Spurgeon, who fell out of a tree
Thursday and broke his arm at
the elbow and wrist. The little
fellow is reported to be getting
along all right today.
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ENITORS OF WEEKLIES
~ NOW IN SAVANNAH
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| Savannah, Ga.—Almost 200
editors of the weekly papers of
;(}corgia with their wives, children
and good looking cousins looked
in on Savannah yesterday morn
!ing for a few hours, took a steam
lcr up the river and inspected the
(Ocean Steamship Company’s new
itcrminalfi. looked over the sites of
‘the new sugar refinery and the
I cotton compress company.’s
warechouse which is in course of
!constructi(m and then turned
their boat’s prow about and went
to I'ybee, where they finished out
their day. Tt was the last day of
their annual convention.
From the time when the party
arrived in this city after their’all
night ride from Atlanta, there was
;nut a dull moment, for the Savan
‘nah committee, composed of Wm,
(§. Sutlive and Frank G. Bell, had
ilflid their plans well. The party
left the hotel Savannah, where
they wer taken after getting to
;tm\'n. at 10 o’clock, city time, for
llhc Telfair Art Academy and were
'shown over the building by Otis
Ashmore.
!l [lectric cars were used to take
'the party to the llsle of Hope,
E\\'hm'c the terrapin farm, the zoo
tand many other interesting fea
(tures came in for a lot of atten
|tion.
Inspect Terminals ]
At 1 o'clock the steamer l’ilot?
Boy was ready for the trip up the
river, but the party had not shown
up and it was about 1:45 when
everything was in readiness. The
first stop was at the new termi
nals of the Ocean Steamship Com
pany, where perhaps three-fourths
of the visitors got off to in:ycct
everything about the western end
of the big sheds and to hoard the
steamer City of Augusta, which
was taking on cargo for her trip
to Boston. The facilities for hand
ling freight and for the discharge
of passengers without any of the
inconvenience that attaches to
most landing places, received
miuch praise from the visitors,
who were. given the freedom of
the place.
The water trip to Tybee was
through the long inside route. It
was through St. Augustine creck,
the Wilmington "river and out
through Warsaw sound.and .the
other tortuous waterways to the
municipal dock at Tvbee, Tt was
a long but pleasant ride. It was
a novel experience for many of
those who went along and the
idea of taking the long trip was
i\'otcd a very happy idea.
At Tybee a sumptuous shore
dinner was served at the Tybee
pavilion. The crowd was so large
they could not all be served in
side the dining room, but Manager
IHarrell arranged to take care of
the overflow very nicely on the pa
vilion, just outside the dining
room.
!LET THE LEADER-ENTERPRISE
FIGURE WITH YOU ON YOUR
NEXT JOB WORK.
- Monday
Wednesday
Friday
VOL. XXI, NO. 8&
LAW WAKERS AND THE
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LO,TORS HAVE FEAST
Atlanta; July 20--Twe hon
dred Georgia lawmakers sat dawn
to dinner yesterday with two hun
dred Georgia editors as guests of
the Atlanta Chamber of Commer
ce in one of the huge concrete
buildings of the Southeastern
Fair at Lakewood, after which
the editors left for Tybee Island.
ITALIAN STEAMER SUNK
London, July. 20.-—A Lioyds
dispatch from Algiers says' the
Italian steamship Angelo has
been sunk by a submarine. The
crew was landed.
The Greek Steamship Fvange
listria is believed to have beewm
sunk.
NEW DIVISION AGENT
Mr. F. 'T. Reynolds, manager v
the Macon Convention Bureas,
lias beon appointed Division Pas
senger agent of the Central Route
Dixie Highway for Bibb county,,
with headquarters at the Macon
Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Reynolds is a valuable ad
dition to the passenger depart
ment of the ronte and will be
pleased to have autoists call an
him for anything from gas to in
ner tubes.
Fla., hfallS,
NOTICE OF SCHOOL TRUS
TEE ELECTION
Wednesday, August 2nd, prox.
has been appointed as the day for
School Trustee. election and alf
the schools of Ben Hill coutty
are hereby notified to call such
election at their respective schaak
houses between the hours of 10
a. m, and 12 M. of said day and
choose their Trustees for the
year. The said clection shall be
held by ballot and said batlots re
turned to County Supérintendest
on or before Saturday, sth of Au
gust, with certified list of the par
ties elected and their length nf
term.
“ach candidate shall be a ”Bo
na-fide” citizen of Ben Hill coun~
ty. After said election the trus
tees of each school shall maKe re
por{ of teachers they may desire
to employ to Board of Education
on or before the 11th day of Sep-~
tember next for approval or rejec
tion. . 2
The schools shall openr for the:
ensuing term on - October - 16th,,
1916, and run for six months.
By Order Board of Education of
Ben Hill County, Georgia, L.
~ Robitsch, Presidcat. 21-28
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