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Official Organ Ben Hill County and City of Fitzgerald
RAIL ROAD MEN MAY GO ON
STRIKE FRIDAY OR SATURDAY
Men Are to Quit Work Some
“Time Friday or Saturday
Washington, D..C., Aug. 27
railroad brotherhoods at a mass
mecting here today, delegated to
24 officials, including presidents,
vice presidents and heads of the
larger locals,, authority to con
tinue or end negotiations in
Washington with President Wil
son and the railroad managers
concerning the threatened strike
of 400,000 trainmen.
The remainder of the 640 chair
men of trainmen’s organizations
will leave Washington for their
homes as quickly as possible to
prepare for a strike order if no
proposals‘are offered to meet their
demands, which are satisfactory
to the twenty-four othicials.
If no agreement is reached
‘here trainmen officials declared
the strike would be ordered at an
hour already agreed upon, and
which is reported to be some
time Friday or Saturday.
SINKING, 15 BEPORT
Berlin, Aug. 26.—The Vossiche
Zeitung reports from Amsterdam
that Dutch sailors stated that
they had sighted a British des
troyer, in a sinking condition off
the ea\a'i of Dogger bank. It was
abandoned by its crew. British
ships vgé’rc not sighted near this
place, but a submarine whose nat
ionality was not established was
sighted.
THE FITZGERALD PUBLIC
SCHOOLS OPEN MON
DAY, SEPT. 4, 1916.
All pupils who have not been
sUCCESSFULLY. VACCINAT
ED will be refused admission un
til they have been re-vaccinated.
The superintendent will be in
his office at the High School
building for one week before the
opening day.
L. S. OSBORNE,
TF Clerk.
I WRITE FIRE INSUR
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young o -anies.
J. {~ J JURNER, at
Exchang!d«;/\,@‘,“ional Bank
Atthe Empire h ° w k S e l At the Empire
Store I his ee pedials ..
' YO'J will find listed before a few of the many specials for this the last week of our August Clearance Sale. Special Lot Mens Suits at 1-2 price. Another lot !
Mens Suits at 1-4 off. A third lot of nice Hart, Schaffner and Marx Blue Serge at 107 off. Sale of Manhattan Shirts now on. Buy your supply of Manhattan '
Shirts now at the annual Reductions. All $1.50 Manhattan Shirts now $1.15. All $2.00 Manhattan Shirts now $1.55. All 2.50 and $3.00 Manhattan Shirts i
now $1.95. All 3.75 and $4-00 Manhattap Shirts now $2.85. ]
Special Table of piece Goods,.Brilliant.ine all colors $l.OO. 75¢ and 50c qualities reduced to almost one half price.
- Voiles, Batiste and Lawns all on sale at a great reduction. e
vJehool Dress Ginghams 10c and 15¢ fast colors, Percals 12%¢ and 15c guaranteed colors- Chambry and Chevi
| ots in fast colors only 10c. '
All the new things in Silks just arrived this morning, comein and see the new shades and designs. These silksi
: - are the cream of New York’s Silk market. All shades 85¢ to $2.00 a yard. ,
"“he new Fall and Winter Suits, Coats and Dresses are daily arriving- Come in and see the correct styles and
[ materials for Fall arld Winter. | |
: EMP IRE MERCANTILE CO.
‘ By One Price to Everybody
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CHURCH SUNDAY
By o -
Preparatory to the Revival,
Wwhich commences next Sunday
morning the Central Christian
church is planning to have a,big
rally next Wednesday night. . A
real old time get-to-gether meet
ing, and-it is planned to have ev
ery member of the church who
is in the city to be there. The
regular mid-week prayer meeting,
wil lgive way for the rally, and
those interested are determined
to make this occasion one of the
greatest the church ever witness
ed. “No one,” said the pastor in
announcing this meeting Sunday
morning, “will be excused from
attending this meeting. Let ev
ery one, who has the interest of
the church at heart, be there
Wednesday night without fail.”
So anxious is the pastor and
other leaders of the church to
have all members present that
they have notified the congrega
tion that where it is not conve
nient for any one to walk, that
automobiles wil Ibe furnished.
All you have to do to get a ride
to and from the church Wednes
day night is to telephone Dr. L.
A, Turner, who will take your
name and address and see to it
that you are called for. Let all
be in their places promptly at 8
o’clock.
FIRST WARD BAPTIST
Rev. C. A. Ginn spoke at the
morning hour from the subject:
“In the Clutches of the Tempter.”
At the evening hour: “Seed Sow
ing.” Both subjects were well
handled and good impressions
were made. His subject tonight
will be: “Saved for Service.”
Have you and unsaved friend
you are interested in? If so, come
and bring them. These meetings
are for YOU, come and enjoy
them. Remember the time and
place. Song service begins at
7:30 p. m., sermon at 8 p. m.—
corner Gordon and Altamaha.
TO ALL GRADUATES OF
E H. S.
You are requested to be pres
ent at an alumni meeting to be
held ‘on August 24, 1916, at the
Carnegie Library at 8 p. m. for
the purpose of organizing an al
umni association.
Show your spirit and be there.
| S. KASSEWITZ,
Tk Tem. Chairman.
THRICE-A-WEEK
FITZGERALD, BEN HILL COUNTY, GEORGIA, AUG. 28, 1916
Atlanta,” Ga., Aug. 28.—Special
boll weevil conferences will be
held this week in Stewart, Web
ster, Marion, Chattahoochee and
Muscogee counties under the di
rection of the state board of en
tomology and James D. Price,
state commissioner of agriculture
will attend the meetings and de
liver aglresses.
\\"hfi%’é'ffie boll weevil experts
are stressing various methods of
combatting the pest, and furnish
ing instruction to the farmers
along this line, Commissioner
Price is emphasizing the value of
diversified crops, not only in com
batting the boll weevil, but in
improving general conditions on
the farm. By combining scienti
fic methods of fighting the boll
weevil with a “live at home” pro
gram. Farmers in sections of the
south already invaded by the boll
weevil have found it possible to
secure profitable yields in spite
of “the great destroyer.”
Messrs.-W. R. Boweny L. Gel
ders, D. P. Adams, A. H. Thur
mond, Drew \V. Paulk, J B. Wall,
J. E. Turner, J. ] Dorminy and
W. M. Adams, have been request
ed to act as a Finance Committee
for Ben Hill County to secure
such voluntary contributions to
the National Compaign Commit
tee of the Democratic party as the
stalwart Democrats of Ben Hill
county may feel inclined to make.
As it is well known that the
success of the party rests upon
the support of the common peo
ple the committee requests a lib
eral co-operation of the Demo
cratic voters to the fund. A pop
uar subscription of $1 from each
Democratic voter in the county
will be appreciated.
The Leader-Enterprise will ac
knowledge all donations through
its columns.
Frank Garbutt, of Sandersville,
is in the city looking after his
farming interests.
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N BOaTaN. HOME OF
PAREL T GOMPANY
The United Drug Co., the par
ent organization of the Rexall
stores believes 1n their annual
outings which they arrange for
their member stores, located in
every firsticlass city and town in
the United States, Canada and the
British Isles. The United Drug
Co. ils a joint stock company,
owned and controlled by the
Rexalites, manufacturing their
own products,” whose purity and
quality has made them famous
wherever a Rexall store is locat
ed.
During the past wecek this great
organization of live druggists
from every English speaking
country held its 14th annual con
vention in the city of Boston and
entertained its members with
imperial . lavishness. Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday and Fri
day the Rexalites met in annual
convention, and though most of
their time was taken up with the
business end of the corporation,
all of the Rexalites being stock
holders in this great drug corpo
ration, most of the days and
nights were spent in sight seeing
and social pleasures. Tuesday af
ternoon was taken up by a visit
to the homes and haunts of the
heroes of the Revoiution and the
moral and intellectual leaders of
New England: John Hancock,
Samuel Adams, Capt. John Park
er, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Emer
son, Lowell, Curtis, Channing,
Margaret Fuller, Charles Sumner,
Theodore Parker, John Brown
and W hittier.
Sleepy :Hollow cemetery and
the battle-fields around Boston
and a luncheon to the Rexalites in
the Horticultural Hall took up
the hours until the special con
cert arranged for the dclégates,
when James C. McCormack, the
noted Irish tenor, sang, intersper
sed with instrumental solos by
Donald Mcßeath, the violinist
and Edwin Schneider, the noted
pianist.
- On Wednesday the ladies of
the party, several hundred in
number, were taken though Har
vard and Radcliffe Colleges, in
cluding an inspection of the Uni
versity buildings, Wiedner Li
brary, Fogg Museum of Art, Ger
manic Museum, a ride through
quaint old Cambridge, and visits
to the homes of Longfellow,
Lowell and others of the world’s
great, passing en route the site
of the old Washington Elm.
The Rexalites were taken on
an inspection tour of the great
laboratories of the United Drug
Co., and the Liggett Candy Fac
tory, the property of the Rexal
ites, the largest candy‘factory in
the world. The evening entertain
ment, to which the entire city
Postmaster W. A. Adams has
been out inspecting the rural mail
routes from his office with a view
to extending the service. He has
put on a number of families who
have not herctoiore been receiv
ing their mail, owing to the fact
that they were not located near
an established route. =He has
had the routes changed in several
places, so as to take in these fam
ilies and let them enjoy the bless
ings of a daily free delivery of
mail. This has been accomplish
ed without cutting off a single
old patron or without expense ta
the department.
was invited, consisted of a grand
aerial Carnival at Braves Feld,
Boston, for all. Thrilling night
flights by Aviator DeLloyd
Thompson in an illuminating bi
plane. Exhibition comprising
spiral dives, looping the loop,
speed, endurance, and altitude
tests, followed by a wonderful
Preparedness demonstration qf
bomb-throwing and sky-fighting
maneuvers amid a brilliant dis
play of fireworks.
Thursday was another busy
day in sight seeing of the city
and its beautiful surburban
homes and a trip on a steamboat
to Plymouth. After a day filled
with more sight seeing and more
interesting business sessions of
the druggists were treated to a
summer night frolic at the Cok
ley Plaza hotel.
For this entertainment two en
tire floors 6f the great six-million
dollar. hotel was transformed in
to an international wonderland,
comprising a Dixie Bazaar, a
Canadian Room, a Holland den,
an Oriental Court, an Alhambra,
a'Southern Plantation, a Western
room, and a New England room.
In every room there was some
thing to eat and something to
marvel at. About 120 famous
musicians and vaudeville artiats
had been engaged, ncluding 11e
Boston Symphony Orchesira,
Mme. Paporello, premiere dan
seuse of the Boston Opera Com
pany, Myrna Sharlow, prima
donna of the Chicago Opera
Company, the Boston Philharmo
ic Band, led by Walter M. Smith,
Cornetist, and the Boston Quin
tette.
That “large trees from little
acorns grow” is well demonstrat
ed in the wonderful growth.of the
Rexall organization. When fifteen
vears ago this organization first
came to the notice of the south
ern public few realized that in so
short a time almost the entire
civilized part of the globe would
be served by this single druggist
organization. The druggist mem
bers throughout the territory in
Monday
Wednesday
Friday
VOL. XXI, NO. 104
U-BOAT BREMEN
0N Y 10
wAY 10 THE
German Submarine Said to GHe
Bringing a Cargo of
Dyestuffs
Berlin, Aug. 27.-—The Codorgme
Gazette, as quoted by the (hver
seas News agency, says the (ier
man merchant submarine Breqm
en is now on her way to the Uit
ed States with a cargo of dye
stuffs.
Berlin, August 27.—The Ber
liner Tageblagt tocay primts am
interview with Director Lo
mann, of the company owniy
the submarine Bremen, in which
he says the Bremen is on her way
to Baltimore, and that trade By
means of a submarine fleet wili
be increased materially.
Washington, Aug. 26.—TXie
senate late today, by a vote of 35
to 19, rejected Senator Unses
wood’s amendment to the e
nue bill for lowering the ircome
tax exemption from $4,000 o ss.
000 for married men and from
$3,000 to $2,000 for unmarred
men.
GERMAN WOMAN S™%°
EXECUTED BY FRENCH
Berlin, Aug. 28 —The Cologne
Gazette in commenting apon ithe
recent execution of the WAL
spy, Louise Pfaadt, by the Fremch:
at Marseilles, recalls the agiiation:
that followed the shooting mf
Miss Edith Cavell by the Ger
mans in Belgium and especiadiy
criticism orinted in newspapers
1 Le~con and Parise The papes:
says, in part
“Do the same moral pripcipfes
hold geood when it is a Germiam
woman who is shot and when the.
French executed her 2™ °
" Mrs. D. A. Bragg and Fatle
daughter, Elsie, have retormed
from a visit to relatives in Beuna
Vista. They were accompared
home by Mrs. Bragg’s father, M.
E. J. Stokes.
which the United Drug Co. eper—
ates is noted for its efficiemey ma~
service and quality and purity of
medicinal merchandise. Wheney—
er the Rexall sign floats. 1k & @&
mark of distinction and tie puf
lic has become accustomed to s
recognize it.