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MONDAY
EDITION
Official Organ Ben Hill County and City of Fitzgerald
MINISTERS OF GITY GO-OPERATE
T 0 ENFORGE PROMIBITION LAW
Keep Fitzgerald Clean, is the
. Slogan
Taking our editorial of Friday,
“Avoid the Appearance of Evil,”
as their text, the ministers of the
city made their appeal to their
congregations to stand firm for
enforcement of the prohibition
law, in spirit and to the letter.
Rev. Cooper, of the First Bap
tist, Rev. Hill, of the Central
Methodist, Rev. Wanless, of
the First M. E., and Rev. Mann,
of the Presbyterian church, secur
ed the willing co-operation of
their members to the strict en
forcement of the law and the as
surance that their entire member
ship will co-operate with the offi
cers in keeping out of the local
market any substitute, however.
innocent in name or kind, of the
frothy fluid that cheers. It is re
ported that in some of the church
es the congregation came forward
in a body to pledge their support,
moral and financial, to this move
ment to enforce the law.
Attorneys have already been
employed to take the nccessaryi
steps, should any of the proposed |
imitations make their appearance.
Mayor Paulk and sheriff Fnuntainl
are determined that the prohibi-|
tion law shall be in-full effect in|
Fitzgerald and with the l)acking‘l
of these forces there will be nol
chance of failure. |
$35,000 PAID FOR SEVENTY l
HEREFORDS AT SALE;
‘%ndcpcn(l(;ncc, Mo., July 22|
$35,000 was the total of the first]
day’s sale of the Hereford hcr(l'
of cattle belonging to Gudgell &!
Simpson at Independence, Mo. |
Seventy head were sold, \\'ithi
more than 200 to be disposed i)f.l’
The highest price paid was $1,200|
for a cow and calf. l
Cattle breeders from all over|
the country are in attendance, :mdi
among them are some of the most/|
noted men in the business. |
e e et ei, |
MRS. VANDERBILT GOOD ]
ANGEL OF BILTMORE
Ashville, N. C., July 23 —Mrs.
Gearge Vandebilt fhas been the
good angel of the stricken Bilt
more district. She has directed
the search for bodies, helped the
poor refurnish homes, has given
liberally to the relief funds, and
has been ever present when some
new problem was to be solved;
her hmousine has been the ambu
lance that conveyea the bodies of
the three girls who died in the
flood to the undertaking establish
ment, and her flowers have cover
ed each easket.
The mistress of Biltmore estate
has been untiring in her efforts to
render aid, and has accomplished
more than any half dozen people
in this section in relieving sorrow
and misery. .
store . LMPIRE STORE'S JULY CLEARANCE SALE St
NOW is the time to buy your Suit Men at a Great Reduction. Come in and let us
~ demonstrate to you the bargains that we are now offering:,
N 1 Rack-- 1-2 off all Suits this rack. These are wonderful bargains and
0. you-should see them to fully appreciate their true value.
2 Rack.- 1-4 off all Suits this rack. This rack includes all of our stock
NO- of Keep Kool, Dixie weave and Palm Beach Suits, light color Hart,
Schaffner and Marx. You will not make mistake to buy now.
3 Rack.- 109% off all Suits this rack. - This includes all of our entire
NO- stoek of Suits in Blue Sarge and Worsteds in Hart, Schaffher & Marx
and Henry Sonneborns Styleplus lines. No better clothes mads than these lines
and no better bargains offered.
Mail Orders solicited and
will receive prompt
and careful attention.
THE LEADER ENTERPRISE
FLOOD FUND ASKED FOR
- GEORGIA AND ALABAMA
Washington, July 21.—Reso
lutions authorizing the use of
government supplies and appro
priating funds for the flood suf
ferers in Georgia and Alabama
were introduced today by Rep
resentative Lee and Burnett. The
'Lee resolution authoriing the’
secretary of war to purchase sup
plies for relief of the destitute and
homeless in the distriet overflow
‘ed by the Coosa river and its trib
utaries, to issue tents, provisions
and quartermaster and medical
supplies for temporary relief and
proposes an appropriation of
$lOO,OOO. R |
The Burnett resolution calls
for an appropriation of $300,000
for the flood sufferers in Alabama
and provides for issuing tents and
supplies to them. Both resolu
tions were referred to commit:
tees. :
22 INDICTMENTS IN
GIRARD LIQUOR CASSES
Columbus, July 21.—A special
grand jury of Russell county,
Alabama, circuit court, reported
to Judge J. S. Williams this af
ternoon, landing twenty-wo in
dictments against liquor dealers
at Girard. This jury was. dis
charged and will not be recalled
unless a contingency arises to re
assemble same. 3 |
| Court was adjourned ,tonig‘hti
‘until Monday morning, officials:
returning to their homes. |
l The state was granted Confisca—!
tory and condemnation order in
the case of the state vs. the L hes|
atrical club of Columbus, wherein'
a large amount of whisky was
seized at Girard. The defense
scored in the case of -the stato!
versus Al Gullat, of Girard, when
the court ordered entered a decree
‘rcstnring the seized material to |
(the owner. Both cases were ap- |
(pealed by both sides. Attorneys |
for the claimants of whisky laid |
a predicate today for appe;flingi
the cases to the United States su- |
preme cotrt. The = session »of}'
court next week will be devoted
first to the trial of the remainder
of the civil cases.
No arrests were made today on
indictments returned. It is stat
ed that several parties, rumm'edl
to have been indicted, have left
’Russel county. I
FOR SALE--Five passen
ger Cadillac, good run
ning order, well pre
served. Part cash, bal
ance time,. Cadillacs
have the finest known
material and workman=
shipe Je E. TURNER,
FITZGERALb, BEN HILL COUNTY, GEORGIA, JULY 24, 1916
Berlin, July 21.—1 showed Al
fred Lohmann, the president of
the company owning the subma
rine Deutschland, a dispatch cit
ing The London Chronicle as say
ing that English sporting people
in New York are willing to wag
er 50 to 1, up to 5,000 pounds ster
ling, that the submarine Deutsch
land would never reach Bremen
on her return trip,” said William
Bayard Hale, newspaper corres
pondent.
Mr. Lohmann authorizes me to
say that he will accept forthwith
and on the spot any offer. He
will, within 24 hours of the notice
of a veritable offer of this wager,
deposit up to the maximum men
ttioned by “English sporting peo
lple” in the hands of The New
York American.”
S el -
GEORGIA COTTON CROP
SHORTER THAN IN 1915
Atlanta, Ga., July 22—Georgia’s
cotton crop has been damaged
fully 35 per cent and the corn
crop not less than 15 per cent, ac
cording to estimates by Commis
sioner of Agriculture J. D. Price,
:made from reports eceived Friday
at his offices at the state capitol
lfrnm all parts of the state.
’ Mr. Price stated that the hot
'weather and floods have aided in
‘the propagation of the Dboll wee
vil, |
"Reports indicate that Georgia
cotton yield will be 10 per cent
less than in 1915, which was a
short year,” said Mr. Price:
“The department of agriculture|
estimates that Georgia's cotton
crop this year will not go over I.~}
600.000 bales, and probably will
be less. : ’
“Corn in the bottom lands !m\‘i
been damaged seriously, although|
there are thousands of acres ofl
good corn' * gnimpaired on the|
uplande I
Mrs. Hill and Mrs. G. W, Wil-|
lis are spending today in Fitzger-|
ald—Ocilla Star. %
A LOADING A. B. and A, Rye ENGINEER said
lo us today: “‘You cant keep clean blot
ters on your desks--you are too busy a
banke '! G :
He complimented us. We appreciated it.
We are VERY BUSY DOING A BIG~--GROWING
BUSINESS.
Many a man and woman has come to us with
strong faith in our superior strength and
enjoying our pleasing and efficient ser
vices, until we are being pointed out as
a BIG BANK of BIG DEPOSITS and BIG VOLUNMNE
OF BUSINESS with BIG STEADY GROWING.,
THE EXCHANGE NATIONAL BANK.
UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY.
FMPIRE MERCANTILE CO.
~ One Price to Everybody
THRICE-A-WEEK
And Press
IW.H.E. ENJOYED PICNIC
Quite an enjoyable day was
spent Friday by the ladies of the
Woman'’s Relief Corps, who jour
ineyed out to the farm of Mrs. Fox,
five miles from the city, where a
picnic dinner was held at noon.
The members of the Corps car
ried well-filled baskets of every
thing good to eat, and Mrs. Fox
graciously treated the party to
watermelons and cantaloupes. A
good time was had by all who
went, according to their reports.
Those who made up the party
were: Mrs. Tolbott, Mrs. O. M.
Horn, Mrs. J. M. Mosher, Mrs. C.
@ Ball, Mrs. H. C. Chaple, Mr.
H. C. Chaple, Mrs. Mary J. Ray
nor, Mrs. Burt Meaker and child
ren, Mr. J]. M. Mosher, Mrs. E. H.
| Chaple and children, Mrs. Maggie
McWilson, Barnet Armantrout,
Rosa Armantrout, Mr. and Mrs.
Thayer, Ray Chaple, Mrs. Matil
da Johnson, Mrs. Lizzie Haver
!ficld. T. P. Moss, Mrs. C. A. Bry
an, R. H. Ball, Mrs. Sam Hogan,
'Mrs. John Hogan and Marguerite
|Br_vzm.
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;DECATUR HAS MILLION
‘ DOLLAR TOBACCO CROP
Bainbridge, Ga., July 21—De
catur county’s tobacco crop per
haps surpasses in value the coun
ty’s cotton crop.
While exact figures as to the
acreage are not available, it is
conservatively estimated that 3.-
000 acres are in shade tobacco
this year. The average yield
will surpass 1,000 pounds to the
acre, and in view of the excellent
quality of the leaf this year prices
averaging around 60 cents per
pound will be received. In fact
a lot of the Florida growers
around Quincy have already sold
at 60 and better.
On this basis, Decatur county
will receive more than $1,000,000
for her tobacco this year. i
Mr T ToiCGmnér.of I*'iq"/,;r('ra]d,l
was 1n the“¢ity this week —Mil-|
ledgeville News. l
T R R SRR L U W
LADIES Ready-to-wear now going at a great Sacrifice to clean up for our new
goods. We are offering all Suits at One-Half price. The very latest styles
and quality. Call and see them, ’
LADIES Dresses in Cloth and Silk at One-Third off. Some of our very prettiest
and most up-to-date styles are now being offered in this sale. You will appre
ciate the bargains we agye offering by seeing these.
MILLINERY going at One-Half prica, Everything must be sold. as we don’t
want anything in this dzpartm:nt carried over. Some of our prettiest Hats
at Half Price.
JITUATION ALONG THE
Attacking along a seven-mile
front, running trom Thiepval
through the villages of Pozieres
and Longueval to Guillemont, in
the Somme region of France, the
British have captured the outer
works of Pozieres, according to
British official communications.
Longueval also was taken, but the
Germans in a heavy counter-at
tack, regained the northern end
of the village. During " Sunday
the outskirts of Guillemont twice
changed hands. The fighting,
which is described as being of in
tense violence, continues from
Pozieres to Guillemont.
Berlin is at variance with the
British official communication,
declaring that along the entire
line the attacks of the British
were fruitless and that they sui
fered heavy casualties. Around
Pozieres and the Foureaux wood
the combatants came to grips im
thand-to-hand hghting. ‘
South of the Somme Sunday
was relatively calm, following'
strong attacks Saturday night,
against the French near Soye-|
'cuurt, which Paris asserts l)rokci
'down under the French fire. The
Germans in the Verdun sector, ac-|
cording to Berlin, have gained
some ground south of l,);nnlnup.!
Considerable heavy artillery acti-|
vity has been in progress at va-|
rious other points around \'cr(lun.?
| The Austrians in the Carpa-.
'thian region, threatened with a
'heavy Rusisan attack in the dis
trict southeast of Tatarow, have'
(withdrawn their forces toward
‘the main ridge of the Carpathians, |
‘the Vienna War Office announc-,
‘es. Petrograd reports the capture |
’M‘ additional men and guns in!
iihis region. |
I While unofficial advices from
Petrograd give a report of a five
imilc gain by the Russians in the
Riga region, the Berlin War ( )it |
ce says Russian attempts to l'l(l"v
vance southeast of that city were!
broken up by the Germans, as al-
SO, was a maneuver in which the
crossing of the Styr river in Vol-,
hynia was the objective. OQn the
other hand, Petrograd adsserts
that the Germany, attempted an
attack on the Stokhod eiver in
Volhynia, but were compelled to
retire, and that an effort of the
Germans to recapture lost posi
tions near Smorgon, to the east
of Vilna, proved futile.
Fresh advances by the Italians
against the Austrians in the
Trentino and Dolomites sectors
of the Austro-Italian theater are
chronicled in the Rome official
communications, and further
gains by the Russians against
Turks in the Black sea littor-'
and farther south near’ Erzingan
are reported by Petrograd.
R
NOTICE :
The St. Mathews Episcopal
Guild will meet Thursday after
noon at the home of Mrs. douln,
Andrews, 616 South Main street,
at 3:30 o’clock. i '
MOULTRIE SAVES THE
p SR ;
As soon as news ‘of Cordele’s
misfortune reached Montezuma,
they also decided to resign their
position, realizing that a three
team league could not be. So it
seemed the Big Four were in for
a Big Bust.
Then the little packing plant
city of Moultrie stepped in and
saved all our “Bacon” for us. That
city’s former Dixie League organ
ization will take Cordele’s place
and play the season to the finish.
There are twelve more games
scheduled to be played.
Moultrie asked that she be giv
en the same standing in the league
as Montezuma. In this case she
will have a plumb good chance to,
| take the pennant as her teans is
!the cream of all the Dixie league.
’lt doesn’t seem fair to let her
(start in with Cordele’s low rating
gan(l then again it would be bardly
(fair to let her start as she wants
'to. We think a good COmpromise
i would be to let her begin playing
'where she actually is—that would
I'be 500 per cent, or exactly even
| with' the world, The club would
then play on her own merits al
| together.
. Moultrie plays here today and
Tuesday and Wednesday and it is
!up to us to reduce her standing
considerably in those three days.
r()f course the first game can not
be a fair agury of what is tg
come, as the first game of the
season against Cordele will testi
fy, so don’t worry about this af
ternoon’s game. It is tomorrows’
and Wednesday’s that count.
‘WASHOUTS DELAY TRAINS
- The continuous rains in Doo
ley” county caused washouts on
the A, B. & A., one near Bowling
of two hundred yards and another
near Lilly of nearly four hundred,
causing a delay of the trains to
day. '
The management hopes to have
the damage st ificiently repaired
so that the trains may pacs each
other about 6p. m. Ne 4 is ex
nected to arrive in tha ¢its about
9 . m.; which is about 15 hours:
Lats,
B v b ?M%
ROTARY CONVENTION
' WON BY ATLANTA
Atlanta was awarded the 1917
convention of the International
Association of Rotary clubs by
the committee composed of the
officers elected at the convention
which is now in session at Cincin
nati; 0.
The date of the convention will
be decided later, the meeting ad
ourning after ‘a three-hour ses
sion of the committee in which
Salt Lake City and Kansas City
hotly contested for the honor of
entertaining the Rotarians in
1917.
Prof. and Mrs. A. A. Kuhl and
Miss Nora Huss motored to Fitz
gerald and Abbeville Sunday.—
Douglas Enterprise.
Phone No. 18-, Goods
and Mens Wear. '
P hOne 155"s§:1?§teifil§;toaefl
Monday
Wednesday
Friday
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