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Business and Personal News
Miss Ruth Stedman, of Ameri
| cus, arrived Tuesday to be the
guest of Mrs. Bragg.
The many friends of “Grand
mother” Betsy Paulk, of Frank,
will be glad to learn that she is
improving.
Mr. L. A. Waters, of Locust
Grove, is spending a few days in
the city looking after his brother
in-law, Rev. Prickett, who is re
ported slightly improving.
The cut glass window at Whit
man’s is worth looking at. 3t-p
E. P. Keefer left this morning
for Atlanta where he will appear
before the Supreme court and the
court of appeals on some cases.
Car Coarse Meat Salt received.
Dodd Supply Co. -
The Robinson shows will win
ter at Ameriqus, starting again on
their annual tour next March.
The loyal Daughters of the Cen
tral Christian church will hold a
pie and cake sale next Wednes
day. Be sure and visit them and
get something good for Thanks
giving dinner.
Bright new Cane Syrup, 10c
per bottle——Dodd Supply Co.
The friends of Miss McGoyugh
and Rev. Prickett will be glad t.
learn that they are reported im
proving at the sanitarium physi
cjans.
Tifton Gazette: W. B. Ham
mock, of Fitzgerald, representing
the Dickey Lumber Company,
passed through Tifron Sunday en
route to pomnts in Florida and
Alabama. He reports that busi
ness in better with his concern
this year than it has been for
some time. :
The finder of the lavelier be
longing to the late Miss Mary
Taylor is urged to return the
same to Dr. Warren Royal at
once. The lavelier was a~~vnd
the neck of the remains in the un
dertaking establishment of the
Sandlin Furniture Co., and from
there mysteriously lost. The
same -was a gift to his sister by
the late C. E. Taylor,then a mem
ber of the Elks, whose emblem
it represents. - It also has the in
itials C. E. T. No questions ask
ed if returned at once.—Warren
Royal.
BIRTHDAY PARTY
Person Hampton celebrated his
fifth birthday Saturday afternoon
the 18th. Those who enjoyed the
occasion were: Misses Myrtis
Branch, Elizabeth Adams, Flora
Smith, Kathleen Kent, Inez
Leath, Eline Searcy, Thelma Bat
ton, Aline Hampton; Messrs Ol
hie Smith, Buster Cobb, Herbert
Houze, Ralph Shaffer, S. C. Aus
tin, Russell Hampton.
Eli Vickers, the most jovial
farmer of Irwin, is among the
business visitors in the city today.
WILLIAM FRIEND
The well known veteran, Wil
liam Friend, aged 86, died at the
home of his friend, comrade
Blum on East Palm Street,
last Sunday morning after a grad
ual decline due to old age.
Capt. Friend settled in the co!-
ony in the early days, coming here
from Florida via the Ocmulgec
river. His native state was Mas
sachusetts, where he has thres
chikiren living. The remains were
laid to rest in the Evergreen cem
etery where the funeral was con
ducted by the Rev. R. {. Mann;
his old comrades of the G. A. R.
and the W. R. C. being in charge.
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DENTIST.
Rooms 304-5
Garbutt-Donovan Bldg.
Office Phone 226
Residencq Phone 38
' Dr.G.W.McLean !
DENTIST
Reoms 512-513. PHONE 438.
Garbutt- Donovan Building
Fifth Floor
‘ Suaday by Appointment ’
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MONEY to LEND
On Farm Lands and
City Property. Easy
terms. Low Interest--
Prompt Service - .
J. 88. NORMAN
Attorney-at-Law
403 Five-Story Building.
Dr. R:M: M¢Call
Office Phone 226
Residence Phone 79
SIR KNIGHTS
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Gethsemane Commandry No.
20 will meet ‘n regular conclave
Friday evening Nov. 24, at which
time the Order of Knighthood
will be conferred on two candi
dates.
The Illustrious Order of the
Red Cross will be conferred in
the afternoon of the same day be
ginnig at 4 o’clock.
Fatigue uniform will be requir
ed in the afternoon and full Tem
plar uniform in the evening.
All visiting fraters cordially
welcome.
F. E. Keefer, Emmident Com.
J. B. Seanor, Recorder.
McSWAIN-YOUNG
Married at the residence of Rev.
C. A. Ginn, Mr. Ernest McSwain
to Miss Pearl Young Sunday af
ternoon.
The young couple left on the
afternoon train for Tampa and
other points in Florida for a short
bridal tour. Mr. McSwain is an
employee of the A, B. .and A.
GARBUTT-DUFF
Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Garbutt, of
Valrico, Fla., formerly of Fitzger
ald, Ga., announce the engage
ment of their daughter, Eula Py
buss, to Mr. Roy Duff, of Cleve
land, the wedding to take place in
the early spring.—Sunday’s At
lanta Constitution.
ATTENTION K. P.
Every brother is urgently re
quested to be present at our regu
lar convention tomorrow night to
attend to important business.
GIA.'JOLLY,;C. C.
TO BORE FOR OIL
Options on lands in the eastern
part of the county are being se
cured by J. H. Dorminy, J. A. Jus
tice, W. R. Bowen and A. J. Mc-
Donald for the purpose of explor
ing for oil. It is said Pennsylva
nia parties are behind the move
ment and that outcroppings have
been found on some of the lands
optioned that would indicate that
oil may be found.
Cotton Market
Fully good middling, 19 13-16.
Good Middling - 19 11-I6
Middling - - - 1976
E. P. Keefer
Lawyer
402--403 Garbutt-Don
ovan Building
~ Fitagerald - Ga.
THE LEADER-ENTERPRISE AND PRESS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1916.
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Miss Helen Osborne—Phone 159
CHAETLER OF U. D €.
MEETING.
The Ben Hill Chapter of U. D.
C. met at the home of Mrs. R. 1.
Maffett last Friday afternoon, 21
members being present.
After the business was dispens
«d with a very entertaining and
astructive report of the State
Convention which met at Dublin
was given by Mrs. Clayton Jay.
The remainder of the program
was in charge of Mrs. Lon Dick
ey. A very entertaining program
given in poems relative to the
Southern Confederacy was rend
ered. “The Old South,” by Mrs.
R. E. Lee, “Me and Mammy,”
Mrs. R.I. Maffett, “The Home of
Long Ago,” read by Mrs. Maffett,
“The Gray Line,” Mrs. James
Mays, “The Whole Story,” was
given in four lines by Mrs. Lon
Dickey. - A pretty piana.selection
was given by Miss Lillian Dor
miny. j
Mrs. Maffett was assisted .in
serving a ‘dainty sweet course
with hot chocolate and whipped
cream by Mrs. Alvin Thurmond.
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EVERYBODY’S BIRTH
AY PARTY.
The ladies of the St. Mathew's
Guild will make you happy by en
tertaining you at your own birth
day party in the Elk’s parlors in
the Opera House building Thurs
day evening, Nov. 23, 1916.
This birthday party is given to
you,
A birthday cake and goodies,
too.
We'll give you each a little
sack,
Please hand it back,
With as many cents as ou’re
old, '
(We promise the number will
never be told.)
A large crowd is expected to be
nresent to enjoy this evening.
Everyone is invited.
Mr. Lon Dickey has as a week
end guest Mr. Joe Bell, of Tech,
in Atlanta. Mr. Bell spent his
time hunting on the Dickey farm.
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Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Pittman and
children, of Rebecca, motored
over and spent the day Tuesday
with Mr. Pittman’s sister, Mrs.
S. E. Echols and family,
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Mr. and Mrs. Noah Smith spent
Tuesday in the city driving over
from Abbeville.
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Central District Convention of
C.:E. meets at Christian church
Saturday and Sunday this week.
First service at 2:00 Saturday af
ternoon.
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Mrs. H. G. Powell had as her
guests this week her sisters, Mrs.
A. H. Morris, of Riverside, Ala.,
Mrs. T. C. Crawley and daugfiter,
Miss Ella Rebecca, and Mrs. Ter
ry Dozier, of Dawson. |
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Mrs. J. L. Frazer has returned
from Savannah where she was
called on account of the illness of
her father whom she reports to be
improving, j
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Mr. R. T. Pace and son, John,
of Atlanta, are expected to arrive
in the city Friday morning to be
the guest of Mr. Lon Dickey.
They are coming for the privi
lege of hunting on Deerland.
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Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Culberson
spent Sunday in Norman Park
visiting his parents.
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About 3 dozen girls met at the
home of Miss Pauline Crawley
this afternoon to organize a pleas
ure club.
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~ Mrs. J. W. Boyd left Monday
for West Green to visit her son,
Mr. N. S. Boyd.
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’ Misses Mamie and Ethel Boyd,
who have been making their home
'with their grandmother, Mrs,
lWarren Boyd, and 3ttending
school here, returned to West
Green Saturday.
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Misses Hester Brewer and Miss
Annette McLain and Mr. Herbert
McLain, of Douglas, attended the
Georgia-Tech game in Athens last
Friday.
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Roger B. Barr, of Lima, Ohio,
is in the city today representing
the Buick Motor Co.
- GEORGIA FIRST .
The Macon Telegraph carries
an article on Georgia day in
which enumeration is made of the
following peints in which Geor
gia leads:
First in the United States to
establish an orphan’s asylum—
Ebenezer.
First vessel to carry guns from
the Revolutionary war vessel cap
tured off the Georgia coast and
sent to Bunker Hill. ‘
First to legislate against the
slave trade.
First to establish a state uni
versity—Athens, in 1785,
First to have a passenger rail
way—Augusta to Charleston.
First to apply steam to naviga
tion—William Longstreet, on the
Savannah river in 1790.
First to send a steamer across
the ocean—the Savannah.
The largest block of marble
quarried in the United States—at
the capitol building, St. Paul,
Minn.
The greatest mountain of gran
ite in the world—Stone mountain.
Athens, the city with the low
est dca?i rate of any registered
area.
An acre of land which produced
214 bushels of corn—raised by
corn club boys.
No other state had a Sidney
Lanier.
No baseball player like Tyrus
Cobb.
Largest tobacco plantation in
the world is in Georgia—2s,ooo
acres.
First to charter a woman'’s col
lege—Wesleyan at Macon.
First woman in the world to
receive a diploma—Mrs. Cather
ine Brewer,
First to have a sewing machine.
First to discover ether anathes
-la—Dr. Crawford W. Long, of
Athens and Jefferson.
First to celebrate Memorial
day. \
First to tunnel under the Hud
son river—William G. McAdoo,
of Georgia.
First to diversify crops. First
prize at St. Louis exposition.
The best peaches in the world,
the Elbertas; 16,000,000 trees.
Finest sea island cotton in the
world.
The most sublime waterfall in
the south—Tallulah.
The first mail delivered in the
United States by rural mail car
riers was in Georgia and by J. E.
Ponder, at Quitman.
The circular saw was invented
by MrsrCox, in Georgia, in 1795,
and his original design is the one
still used.
The United States has nine
zones of climate—Georgia has
eight of them.
The Georgia Technological
school in Atlanta is not excelled
in the South.
Georgia can produce every
food known; has every zone of
climate known except that of the
Arctic regions; Georgia marble
considered best building stone.
Geo. Paulk, of Ocilla, is attend
ing to business in the city today.
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DO YOU KNOW THAT
Last winter the French author
ities imported from Alaska and
Canada several hundred trained
dogs for drawing sleds in the
Vosges. They proved so useful
that they have been employed
during the summer in similar
work, though they now draw the
sleds on small railways.
Specimens of almost every pre
cious mineral have been found in
Spitzbergen, but there are no
signs, according to geologist, that
precious minerals exist in paying
quantities.
An anonymous Frenchmen has
offered a $lO,OOO prize for the me
chanical apparatus that will best
supply the place of a missing hu
man hand.
An Austrian chemist claims to
have invented a liquid coating
for smoked meats that soon hard
ens and preserves them indefinite
ly.
There are estimated to be more
than 2,000,000,000 board feet of
merchantable lumber standing in
the 60,000 square miles of public
forests in the Philippines.
~ Three thousand women spend
their lives in driving and steering
the canal boats in Southern and
‘Middle England.
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’ St. Louis is to have a national
}fiower show in March.
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~ The debris left from coral made
into articles of jewelry, etc is
crushed, scented and sold as tooth
powder at a high price by Indian
perfumers. . :
According to a bulletin issued
by the Department of Commerce,
there are 5073 radio stations in
the United States.
Only one out of 160 inmates of
a certain lunatic asylum had red
hair, and only four were of light
hair and complexion.
The starfish has no nose, but
the whole of its side, scientists
claim, is endowed with a sense of
smell.
Chattanooga, Nov. 20—Speaker
Champ Clark, in a statement to
day asserted that the Democrats
would control the House of Rep
resentatives. Speaker Clark, who
is lecturing here, said:
“I think we will organize the
House, although it is very close.
It isn’t near as bad as some
Houses have been.
“One time it took twenty days
to elect a Speaker of the House,”
he said. “Then twice there were
contests lasting two months. No
party had a majority and several
small parties were represented
each time.
“I think the Democrats have a
majority of one, two or three be
sides the six Independents.”
el it Lt
Mr. Joseph F. Gray, for the past
three years a member of the State
Railroad Commission and well
known throughout the state as
former secretary of the Savannah
Chamber of Commerce, has ac
cepted the position of General
Manager of the Ocilla Southern.
Visiting cards, for ladies or
gentlemen, $l.OO per 100. De
livered . the same day ordered at
the Leader-Enterprise. TF
FARMERS?!
Attention!
WE’have plenty of money
te loan onfive year terms’
on FARM LANDS in Irwin"and
Ben Hill Counties.. If you are
in need of money, it will pay
you to see us, for we are pre
pared to make quick loans.
McDonald & Bennett