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MONDAY
EDITION
Official Organ Ben Hill County and City of Fitzgerald FITZGERALD, BEN HILL COUNTY, GEORGIA, SEP. 11, 1916
SHERIFF LOGATES
i
SMALL QUANTHY
P WHISKEY
Sheriff W. H. Fountain located
cight hali-pints oif whisky at the
business place of Geo. Davis Fri
day cvening and placed him un
der arrest for violating the pro
hibition law.
Mr. Davis gave $l,OOO bond for
his appearance at the next ses
ston o fthe Ben Hill Superior
Court.
TREMENDOUS ENDORSE
MENT FOR . R. GRISP
At 4 joit meetino of the
Brotherhood of ILocomotive En
gineers, Order of Railway Con
ductors and Brotherhood of Rail
road Trainmen held at Fitzgerald
September 10, the Honorable
CHARLES R. CRISP was UN
ANIMOUSLY ENDORSED for
re-election to represent this dis
trict in Congress.
We COMMEND him to our
friends im Ben Hill county and
ask for your influence and vote in
his behalf.
(Signed)
A. K Hall'tor the B. of I, B,
€ L& Box, for the @ of R C.
€. R Davis for © B €.
.U Collims for O, R, C.
W. R. Bowles for B. of R T,
Committec.
(Advertisement.)
SHERIFF KILLS NEGRO
: AFTER BEING SHOT
Ocilla, Ga., Sept. 10.—Sheriff
W. A. Tucker, of Irwin county,
shot and killed Tom Robinson, a
negro, five miles south of town
last night on the farm of Mr.
Tucker, after Robinson had shot
him in the arm with a shotgun
loaded with small shot. Rob‘n
son was creating a disturbance
among the farm hands of Mr.
Tucker when the sheriff was
summoned and on his appearance
Robinson opened fire, it is said.
The sheriff’s wound is not se
rious. ‘
RESTAURANT TO UNDER
-GO EXTENSIVE REPAIRS
The Cheeney building on East
Pine street occupied by the
Greck-American restaurant is
undergoing extensive repairs.
The dining room and kitchen are
being enlarged and a modern
store front will give the restau
rant quite a metropolitan appear
ence.
MONEY TO LOAN by own
er, five to ten thousand dollars
for three to five years on well lo
cated farm.s Apply addressing
OWNER, care Exchange Nation
al Bank.
sore 0 JUST RECEIVED gt
Store Store
By this mornings express, another large Snipment of Ladies Suits and Millinery. Every express adds to
our already beautiful quantity of Ladies Ready-to-wear, making it more complete each day. Come today
and see and get an idea of the Correct Styles for this season.
new matersals - 10 to $37.90
o very partioular 0.00 10 $25
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A Few Facts on the Hudson--Crisp
Campaign as Seen by the Friends
of Tom Hudson
Some pee-wee, small-bore friends of Charlie Crisp
loaded up his bluaderbus, unsheathed his trusty snck
ersnee, grabbed a fountain pen with each hand, a pen
cil with the cther and proceeded to devastate Big Tom
Hudson, (in his own weak and purile imagination) with
about a yard of McGuffy First Reader editorials in last Fri
day’s Leader-Enterprise and while the editor of this great
family journal probably received some sure-enough mazu
ma on the deal and carefully marked each brilliant (?) ef
fusion as an advertisernent, he should be slapped on the
wrist, twice in the same place, for allowing such dribble to
be inflicted on the public at large.
The only thing he, she or it, overlooked in claiming for
friend Charlie was, that he discovered the North Pole and
was the leading General in the Continental Army.
Among the heavy duties claimed for Charlie’s credit is the
Good Roads Bill. The record gives the vote as follows:
284 Yeas and 42 Nays, making the passage of the bill prac
tically unanimous. Yes, Annabelle—Charlie piped up his
little “aye” along with the rest but it was heavy work and
needed deep study.
We also see in the kindergarten diatribes, that the ladies
are simply dying to vote for Charlie and yet we note with
deep regret that when the National Woman Suffrage came
up in the House, Charlie votes “Nope.” He don’t want the
ladies to vote for him, friend pee-wee.
We also observe that you have the soft pedal on Charlie’s
vote on the Child Labor Bill. He votes “Nope” again
and evidently believes in “letting the kiddies do the work.”
They don’t need any schooling, bless their little hearts.
Again, this champion of the down-trodden laboring man
and the wool-hat boys votes “Nope” on the 8-hour bill for
sthe employees of the government in Washington. SOME
friend of labor, this Congressman of ours.
Again, he votes against the pensioning of government
employees after twenty or thirty years of meritorious ser
vice, a system that has been employed on the largest rail
roads with great success, but our little congressman gets
his little “Nope” to working again. He simply LOVES a
laboring man.
You gurgle out the information that the “Big Interests”
are trying to defeat him on account of his bill compelling
the city of Washington to pay one-half their taxes and the
government paying the other half. Yep—this is a big deal
and if our figuring is correct, one-half of the amount of
these taxes would amount to the huge sum of one-eighth
of one cent for every man, woman and child in this district.
Now if he could have fixed it so the government would have
to pay one-half of our taxes we might have been for him
this time,
No, Charlie needn’t get excited over the “Big Interests”—
they are not going to bite him before his term is up, and for
the life of us, we can’t find where he has done anything to
them that would hurt their feelings, neither can we find
where he has been accused of doing anything in FAVOR
of the working man and farmer except to send him a few
garden seeds that never seem able to feel at home in this
climate.
We are just in receipt of a postal card photograph of Con
gressman Crisp, saying that he is so busy in Washington
attending to his duties, that he would be unable to be around
and ask us to vote for him, also to explain some of his ex
planations. Now that I 8 strange, as we were laboring un
DALTON FLOUR MILLS
Are famous for their high grades
of flour, Mr. Almonte E. Jones
is their rcpresentative for South
Georgia. He never tires of sing
ing the praises of “Gold Lead”
and other brands of excellent
flour manufactured by his mills.
THRICE-A-WEEK
The Greenwood shows arrived
Sunday and are putting up their
large tent on the Carnegie Li
brary lots. This company will
show here the entire weck and
promises the music” lovers some
good entertainment.
der the impression that we saw him making a speech on
Pine Street some two weeks ago, telling a crowd of sixteen
people what kind of people he wanted to vote for him and
we were also quite certain that we saw him again last
wecek invoicing the voters down East Pine street, but we
must have been mistaken as the card says he is in Wash
ington attending to needs of the “deer peepul” and drawing
his meager salary. Still—that man looked like the picture
on the card, but it couldn’t have been him because he says
he is in Washington.
Now, little friend of Charlie, with the mistaken and im
mature ideas, we will give you a few facts to “mull” over
if they are not too heavy for your digestion:
The appointment of Adams as postmaster IS NOT AN
ISSUE in this campaign and is not being used as such by
the friends of Hudson.
If Crisp wants to follow the Scriptural injuction and
‘Love your enemies” and “Give unto him that hath” he has
a perfect right to do so and it’s nobody’s funeral but his
own.
But the Federal Postoffice Building is a vital issue to the
voters of this city; four years ago Crisp’s friends, aided and
abetted by the postmaster were chasing around begging
votes for him on his promise of immediate action in this
matter, but since that time, Cordele, Tifton and other small
towns have their buildings, but where, O where, is our
building? Echo answers—where? Crisp says that he has
done all he could for us and candidly, we believe he has, but
if we want this building tomorrow is the day to elect a man
that acts instead of talks. Yes—you guessed his initials
the very first time—Honorable Thomas G. Hudson.
He is a Big man, competent mentally and physically,
truthful and honest with all men, character and reputation
above reproach, and above all else o
He stands by and for his friends
By some political skull-duggery by his political enemies
when he was considering running for ‘Governor, i+ was de
cided to head him off with a scheme to have his office in
vestigated, and after months of work by the Ault investi
gating Committee, they discovered (in their opinion) that
he had a few too many fertilizer inspectors! ! !
Think of it! Horrible! This committee would probably
have been glad to make a report that the office was in per
fect condition, but as considerable expense had been incurr
ed, it was necessary to bring some trivial criticism :o that
the “deer peepul” would swallow the expense without gag
ging too hard.
AND THIS IS THE RECORD OF THOMAS G. HUD
SON that the crisp followers have been yapping about, and
as mud-slingers they are in Class A but it will be noticed
that they throw it with their hands and mouths instead of
with their heels.
In conclusion:
YOUR VOTE FOR HONORABLE THOMAS G.
HUDSON tomorrow will be deeply appreciated by him.
He pledges his earnest efforts for the upbuilding of the
Third District of Georgia and HAS NEVER BEEN
KROWN TO GO BACK ON HIS WORD! ! !
NOTE—
This little article is published and paid for by his friends.
Don’t blame him for it!
(Advertisement)
Mr. R. Raby and daughter, Min
nie¢ Olive, and Mrs. Lambert re
turned home this wecek after
spending a delightful time in
Shelby and Moskegon, Mich,
Dresses in that loose swag-*7 50 30
ger and many other styles 703" to 220"'
All the stylesin the new Read-to-Wear
Millinery just opened.
EMPIRE MERCANTILE CO.
| One Price to EEvervybody
GINNERS REPORT FOR BEN
HILL COUNTY
Cotton ginned to September 1,
1916—3860.
Last year same period—2ls9.
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SORDER DUTY
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Washinpton. B € Dot &
There are about 40000 guards
men still in state mobilization
camps and these probably will be
dispatched to tl border very
soon to relieve men now serving
there. Secrctary Baker favors
giving all the state troops a
chance for the training to be ac
quired on the patrol line.
\'('\l(‘i'(]:l_\".\ orders for 13,000
guardsmen to be demobilized
were construed by some officiais
as a preliminary move to ‘the
withdrawal of Gen. PPershing’s
regulars from Mexico. Officers
of the general staff insisted, how
ever, that the release of the
guardsmen resulted principally
from the improving conditions on
the border, .
The original order for all
guardsmen in the federal service
to move to the border as soon as
possible, althoueh held in abey
ance by Gen. Funston's request,
received by the department when
the ratlroad strike was imminent,
has not been revoked, Secretary
Baker is expected to life the sus
pension shortly and permit
troops waiting in mobilization
camps to move as soon as they
are ready.
TO MY FRIENDS AND VOT
ERS:
JUDGE GEORGE C GRO
GAN, of Elberton, did me a very
special favor when 1 was a school]
boy struggling for an education- .
He is one of the finest of learned!
men, just, fair-minded, learned in.
the law, experienced as Superior
Court Judge and is now a candi--
date for place on Supreme Benck,
of Georgia.
Knowing him as 1 do and
rawing that many of you do not
uov meny of the eleven candi
-3 and want to know the mec
-15 of cach I \
COMRESTUTATINGT V- RISCOM.-
MEND MR, GROGAN and in
vite you to join me in voting for
him. i
Georgia needs just such fear
less and impartial jurists as he.
I am interested in his race for
two reasons:
e is highly competent.
[' must return the kindness he
did me and which he never
drcamed of me returning, he hav
ing done me this great kindaess
purely out of his high and laudi
ble motive to help any deserving
and struggling young man.
Respectfully,
J. E. TURNER.
il
Mr. J. N. Mcßride, Agricultur
al Agent for the S. A. L., was in
the city Saturday. Mr., Mcßride
is greatly.intcrested in tobacco
culture and states that if enough
acreage can be secured in Ben
Hill county a tobacco warehouse
may be built by his road in the
city.