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WEDNESDAY
EDITION
Official Organ Ben Hill County and City of Fitzgerald
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Y R o 3 ' i AT RN ; AR AT SR e B o
A telegram received at 3:00 P. M. an
nounces that President Wilson has received
271 Electoral Votes. ° -
Atlanta, Ga., November 8, 11:12 A,. M.--President Wilson takes a
big lead over Charles E. Hughes with two hundred and fifty-six elec
toral votes. He only needs ten more. ]
Hughes has total of two hundred and twenty. 55 votes in thei
the following states are yet in doubt: California 13, Delaware 3, ln-g
diana 15, Minnesota 12, New Hampshire 4, New Mexico 3, Oregon 5. |
STATES CARRIED BY WILSON
o Eiectoral Votes
ALABANA .. oo .00 s s 1B
BRIZONA ... .. 00 0 a 8
ARBANSAS | b 0 .0 s a 8
CUEONABG ... .. ... . =B
BEQRIDA . ... ..o it A e
BRI .- s i s invininsiosii b atiu.nhy I 8
BRI i s s 10
KENTUCKY............../“.’............13
BODUBSBANA . .....ivi:oo Fovvevesiveiviiiswi 10
A REEENE) .Les a el
EEE | ... .o aniseaaviidue B
IS . . v el 1R
DN L e w
PREEEREIEN . L R
RN g s w 3
ENORTH CAROLINA ...................... ¥
NOBTH DAKOTA .................c.. ... 5
SGRELEAHOMA . ... ....... ... . ... 00010
SHUTH CAROLINA ..............:......7. 9
SHCNNESSICHE. 20 g 0 gO, IL.Efe .o e 12
Atlanta, 1:10 P. M.---West Virginia, which has been reported in
the Republican column is said to be doubtful at 1 P. M. Indiana is re
ported as having gone Republican.
BOSTON, MASS., NOV. 7—1:34 P. M.—BOSTON POST
DEMOCRAT ISSUED EXTRA TODAY JUST BEFORE NOON
CLAIMING THAT PRESIDENT WOULD BE RE-ELECTED
AND GIVING CALIFORNIA TO WILSON.
NEW YORK, NOV. 7.—1.34 P. M.—IF HUGHES CARRIES
CALIFORNIA, MINNESOTA AND NEW HAMPSHIRE HE
WILL BE ELECTED INDIANA, WHICH HAD BEEN PUT
IN DOUBTFUL CCLUMN WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY GO
70 HIM. CALIFORNIA POSSIBLY WILL GO FOR HUGHES
DESPITE CLAIM OF McADOO. MINNESOTA AND NEW
HAMPSHIRE WITH TWELVE AND FOUR VOTES RESPEC
TIVELY, SEEM TO HOLD THE BALANCE OF POWER AND
REPUBLICANS IN MINNESOTA CLAIM THAT HUGHES
WILL WIN THERE, ALTHOUGH WILSON LED IN THE
CITIES. '
FOR WILSON TO WIN, HE MUST CARRY THE FOL-
L.OWING NAMED STATES STILL LISTED AS DOUBTFUL,
IN ADDITION TO ONE O FTHE STATES TENTATIVELY
GRANTED TO HUGHES IN PRECEDING PARAGRAPH :
ARIZONA, IDAHO, KANSAS, NEW MEXICO, OREGON
AND, WASHINGTON.
STEWART RE-ELECTED
Hon. C. E. Stewart, present representative in the general as
sembly of Georgia from Coffee county, was re-elected yesterday ac
cording to reports received here carly this morning.
. In the recent primary Mr. Stewart was defeated by Mr. John
Paulk. Mr. Stewart then filed charges of alleged frauds in some of
the precincts, and carried his case before the Georgia Democratic
Executive Committee, The committee ordered the race run-over on
general election day. : '
THE LEADER ENTERPRISE
FITZGERALD, BEN HILL COUNTY, GEORGIA, NOV. 8, 1916
STATES CARRIED BY WILSON (Continued)
FIDUINEE . ey e
RO . s
WY0M1NG.....1...........................3
STATES CARRIED BY HUGHES
U IRUT ... .. e
BRI . e
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BRI ERTTS ... ... cvvcirivie iy
M1CH1GAN..............\...............15
B R . ... )it
TR TR ke
PENNEEEVANIA .............. 0000008 ... 08
N AR . e 8
NIRE BLANED ... ... e e
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STATES STILL CLASSED AS DOUBTFUL
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DL e 3
B 0B
S, .1
NEWSAMBEHIND ........................ 4
NEWMEXICO.....,-.......................3;
T e 8
500,000 IN §IL
El Paso, Tex., Nov. 7.—Sixty
seven bars of silver belonging to
an American mining company at
Harral, Chihuahua, are reported
to have been taken from Edgar
Koch, an agent of the company,
by Villa bandits at Santa Rosalia,
on October 27. ‘T'me silver was
said to have been valued at $30,-
000, and was being brought from
Parral 'to the border. Koch is said
to be the German consular agent
in Parral. :
ANOTHER SHIP SUNK
Washington, D. C., Nov. 7.
Acting Sccretary of State Osborn
announced that advices late today
from American Consul Lathrop
at Cardiff, Wales, report the sink
ing of the Lano and declare that
“presumably” she was an Ameri
can ship, carrying a cargo of rice
from Manila to Havre. He in
formed the department the affida
vits of her captain and members
of the crew would be farworded
later. The department has re
quested further information from
the American embassy at Ton
don.
R. V. Handley and family and
Mrs. Fields motored to Macon to
visit the State Fair this morning.
HILL COONTY GON
BEN i
SOUIDHTED B
| TED RETURNS
[ Wilson and Marshall .......627
i Hughes (Progressive) ......194
| Hughes (Republican) ........8
l Hugh M. Dorsey, Gov. ......829
Anfendments 1,2, 3, and 5 car
lricd by good majorities. Amend
‘ment 4, placing Solicitor Gener
ials on salaries, was lost by 19
votes, 293 voting against and 274
%fur the amendment.
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Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 7.——-|’rcsi«lcnt‘
Wilson was given the usual sub
stantial Democratic majorities in
today’s election in the Southern
states of Vriginia, North Caro
lina and South Carolina, Georgia,
Florida, Louisiana, Alabama,
MisSissippi, Tennessee, Arkan
sas and Texas. Returns were
slow in coming in but those re
ceived in the carly hours of the
night were sufficient to indicate
that a normal vote was cast.
The Democrats gained at least
one seat in congress in the defeat
of James J. Britt, republican, for
le-election from the Tenth North
Carolina district, by Zebulon
Weaver, Democrat. The North
Carolina delegation thus becomes
once more wholly Democratic.
Boston, Nov. 7.—The lives of
from thirty to forty persons were
lost tonight when a crowded pas
senger car of the Boston clevated
street railway plunged through an
open drawbridge into Fort Point
channel, just outside the south
station terminal.
Twelve persons were rescued
from the water by firchoats and
tugs. Onc man, Thomas J. Gan
non, died after being brought to
shore. Two bodies were found
withgrappling irons, but the re
covery of the other bodies was
delayed, as it was believed they
were pinned in the car which
rested on the bottom of the chan
nel, thirty-five feet deep. |
Motorman Arrested
Gerald Walsh, motorman of the
car, who jumped before it went
over the edge of the draw, as
serted that the accident was due
to the fact that there was no light
on the gates, protecting the open
ing. He and George McKeo,
the conductor, who also leape:d
and so saved his life, were arrest
ed on technical charges of man
slaughter. The conductor was in
sensible and the police was un
able to learn exactly th: number
of his passengers.
Some of the rescued peopre es
timated the number of passeng
ers at upward of fifty. |. Harvey
White, publicity agent ,(*hc
Boston clevated railway, a
statement issued soon after the
accident, said his information
agreed with that of the police
that about forty persons were un
accounted for,
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.
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LASTMINUTE BETS
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New York, Nov. 7—With Wall
street and the curb market clos
ed today, the “last minute” bet
ting on the election was confined
to the uptown hotels and was
light in character. The prevailing
odds ranged from 10 to 9 on
Hughes to cven moncey, some $5,-
000 bets have been placed at the
latter figure at the Waldorf,
Reports from every part of the
country telling of the very heavy
vote cast in the carly hours puz
zled the speculators, and most of
them declined to make any ad
ditional wagers.
GONG, HUGHES SAYS HE
UG,
13 NOT PROGRESSIVE
?
- Fort. Valley, Nov. 7-—There
was but little interest in the elec
tion here today. Practically all
the votes polled were the straight
Democratic ticket.
“About noon Emmett Houser
received "the following telegram
from Congressman Hughes, who
is to be succeeded by Judge ILar
sen,
“My name appearing on the
progressive or other ticket | is
without my consent and previous
knowledge. 1 strongly repudiate
and condemn the same. [ m sup
porting Judge Larsen and urge
my friends and Democrats to do
likewise. See that the voters are
advised of this apparent political
treachery.”
FREE DELIVERY OF MAIL
AT CUTHBERT, GEORGIA
Cuthbert, Ga., Nov. 7.—Cuth
bert is to have frec mail delivery,
A government official has been
here, looked over: the field and
recommended the service. City
council has agreed to meet re
quirements as to numbering resi
dences and doing some additional
work on certain streets. The last
session of congress approved the
bill for the purchase of land for a
public building. This is another
evidence of Cuthbert’s progress.
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Woodrow Wilson and W. R. Bowen Presidents
Mr. Hughes or Mr. Wilson cither one would make a magni
ficent President of the'United ‘States of America.
The United States Meeds a person in fabt, as well as, in name.
Great problems ‘are met and -he needs .the ALL-SEEING eye
with which to stidy, these proble ms and give safe direction,
The official and directorate as sociates of THE EXCHANGE
NATIONAL. BANK consider that they have a President in
Mr. Wm. R. Bowen who has'an ALL-SEEING eye and has al
ways proven cminently able to meet and wisely direct any bank-
Ing proposition arising. : :
No wonder that under the presiding of his good father before
him and under his own presiding THE EXCHANGE NATIONAL
BANK has won the following distinctions : L
Depository for Railway Companies,.
Depository for City of Fitzgerald.
Depository for Life Insurance Companies,
By special act of the Georgia Legislature,
appointed Depository for the County of Ben Hill.
Selected by the Secretary of the U, S,
Treasury as Depository for Government
tax and revenue moneys.
lEmpowered by the Federal Reserve Board
in Washington, under act of the U. S. Congress,
to act as Administrator, E xccutor, ; ‘
Trustce and Registrar of Bonds. i
[intered on National Bank Honor Roll in
1912 for its showing of Sup erior Strength,
The poorest person going will find we welcome
his small deposits here like we welcome the Tens of
Thousands deposited with us by the wealthicst of men.
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The Exchange National Bank
Monday
Wednesday
Friday
VOL. XXI, NO. 135
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(By William Hale)
Germany
Berlin, Nov. 71t is impossible
to secure from any one in author
ity the slightest hint that the
German government favors either
candidate in the United States
presidential clection. The govern
ment has not only preserved
strict aloofness, but actually has
no preference.
It regards all controversies
with America as things of the
past and forsees no difficulties. Tt
has no desire tg see President
Wilson punished and has no par
ticular expectations cither froth
‘him or Mr. Hughes.
| France
~ Paris, Nov. 7.—The recent de
clarations of President Wilson re
garding the causes of the war
‘which were severely criticised
at the time, still find an echo in
the editorials, coupled with “too
proud to fight,” a phrase which
doubtless has not enhanced his
popularity here.
The Gaulois, which is one of
the few papers to utter outspoken
comment, remarks,
“The Yankees have but little
time to reckon and decide be
tween the terms o fthe f))llowiug
alternative:
“Are we partisans of a man
who gives out or we descendants
of those, who, ragged and bare
foot in the snow, fought for an
ideal—of those scldiers who had
more hunger than bread,”
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Liner Arabi Blown Up
Paris, Nov. 7-—" The Peninsu
lar and Oriential liner Arabia has
been torpedoed. She carried 450
passengers,
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Dennison
announce the arrival of an 8
pound boy,