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Official Organ Ben Hill County and City of Fitzgerald
WATSONS CASE
IN HANDS OF JURY
Augusta, Ga., Nov. 30—The
case of Thos. E. Watson, charged
with having sent obscene matter
through the mails, went to the
jury in the federal court here at
6:38 o’clock tonight, and at 10:30
the jury retired for the night
without having reached a verdict.
The jury will be brought into®
court at 10 o’clock tomorrow,
which will be the earliest that
the defendant can know its de
cision should one be reached by
them, ,
The jury was told by presiding
Judge Lambdin in his charge that
the question to be decided was
whether or not the language cited
in the four counts of the indict
ment had been mailed, or caused
to be mailed by the defendant,
and whether or not it was “ob—“
scene, lewd, lascivious or filthy,”
as charged. Watson today admit—‘
ted responsibility for the mailing
and the court, mentioning this,
said the “serious controversy”
was on the question of the nature
of the language.
Judge Lambdin also told the
jury that the question of truth of
the articles themselves was not at
issue. The articles were attacks
on the Roman Catholic church.
- Larger Crowd Than Usual
A larger crowd than usual
sought admission to the court
room for the afternoon session to
hear the arguments in the case,
and when the doors were thrown
open shortly before court con
vened, the crush was so great that
John Musyphy, a 12-year-old boy;
was pressed against the court
room door and his arm broken.
In the course of summing up
his defense §Vatson gave latitude
in the use of words mentioned in
the indictment, and read quota
tions from many books, including
the Bible.
~ The defendant went into detail
with reference to the portions of
the indicted matter, which were
in Latin, and argued the language
was not inte'ligible to others than
sch¥ars.
As the speaking concluded there
was a brief outburst of approval
from some of the spectators.
Plea for Conviction
District Attorney Donaldson,
who made the final address, based
his plea for conviction mainly on
the alleged violation of the federal
penal law by the language used in
the publications and declared that
the prosecution had proved Wat
son’s responsibility for mailing
them and that the defendant “then
having no other course” had ad
mitted it. He read the articles
from the issues of the Jeffersonian
and the Watson'’s Jeffersonian
Magazine, and argued for the in
telligibility of the Latin phrases,
which had been discussed nearly
cvery day since the trial began
last Monday.
JUST TWENTY SHOPPING DAYS 'TIL CHRISTMAS
THE large and beautiful stock of Christmas Goods are now being put on better display at the Empire Store. Regardless of conditions, the Empire Store is in }
better shape than ever'to take care of you with your Christmas shopping. Never before have we had such an array of Dolls, Toys, Cut Glass, Ivory .‘
Baby sets, Comb and Brush sets, Hand work, Genuine Jap Sweet Grass baskets, in fact the Empire store for and all useful gifts. Let us help with this burden.
Useful Gifts for Men In Our
5 s
Men’s Department in Xmas Boxes
Mercerized silk shirts in Xmas boxes, $3.00 & $3.50
Pure thread silk Hose, 3 flairs 0.8 box, ... $l.OO
Good all leather belts with silver buckle, .....$1.50
Beautiful line all silk Neckwear, a box $l.OO---$1.50
Other silk ties, not in b0xe5,...... .. 25¢, 50¢, 75¢
Pullman Slippers in all 5ize5,.....................51.00
The above are just a few of the many useful Gifts
for men. : :
“USEFUL GIFTS FOR
LADIES AND CHILDREN
The items under this head are too numerous
for us to begin to list them, but we ask you to kind
ly take a look at our beautiful window display, then
inside the Empire Store you find everything running
over with useful gifts for women and children.
THE LEADER ENTERPRISE
QUEENSLAND DRGANIZES
BOLL WEEVIL CLUB
The colored pecople, patrons
mostly of the Queensland Indus
trial school met at the school
house Thanksgiving day and or
ganized a club of negro farmers to
fight the bo'l weevil.
As ninety per cent of the cotton
is made by the negroes this move
ment is especially noteworthy.
Tenant farmers as well as land
owners made up the audience that
greeted Mr. E. K. Farmer "who
was scheduled to address the col
ored people in the forenoon.
* Mr. Farmer made a strong ap
peal to them for more intelligent
farming methods and greater at
tention on the part of the ten
ant farmer to the interest of his
landlord, as under boll weevil
conditions greater co-operation
was needed between tenant and
landlord to make the desired suc
cess on the land. :
In the afternoon Prof. J. T. Pitt
man, county agent, and 1. Gelders
made short addresses along the
line of farm improvement and co
operation in farming-and school
matters. ‘The meeting was well
attended, several hundred people
crowding the auditorium of the
schoolhouse. ;
Reference was made to the la
bor leaving the farm for city work
in northern climates, and the ne
groes warned against the alluring
promises of emigration agents,
who promise higher wages with
out stating that the cost of living,
rent and greater cost of wearing
apparel, which would more than
offset any advantage that the ap
parent higher wages would prom
ise. '
Resolutions pledging co-opera
tion to fight the boll weevil and
Entered
on
“Roll of Honor”
July 1912 ,
Because of its Sliowing
of
Superior Strength
A bank having the ready facilities, cash and exchange, no borrowed moncy, and deposits such as is shown above, is in shape to laugh
at and defv the 801 l Weevil. / ]
FITZGERALD, BEN HILL COUNTY, GEORGIA, DEC. 1, 1916
COUNTY TEACHERS ASSO
CIATION WILL MEET
- SATURDAY ,
The county teachers will have
their monthly meeting Saturday,
10 a. m,, at the Carnegie Library.
Rev. R. M. Mann and Mr. G.
V. Cunningham, District U. S.
Agricultural Agent will make ad
dresses to the teachers. A special
program has been arranged for
by the teachers which will be of
interest to the teachers as well as
the general public which is cor
dially invited. ;
FARMER OF BOLINGBROKE
FALLS AND GETS HIS
NOSE BROKE
Bolingbroke, Nov. 30.—\Vhile
C. C. Morgan, a farmer, was plac
ing a bale of cotton in the freight
depot at the Central of Georgia
a heavy door of the warchouse fell
on him, crushing one limb, cutting
him geverely in the face and
breaking his nose.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Grimes, of
Glenwood, are visiting their dau
ghter and” Prot. |, G Holt. at
Ashton for a few days.
to co-operate with their white
neighbors in making Ben Hill
county a better agricultural coun
ty, through live stock and food
stuff, were unanimously adopted
at the close of the meeting.
ATTENTION INVESTORS!
Administrators will sell Tuesday at Court
House, choice Fitzgerald business property,
city lots, and five, ten and twenty acre
tracts belonging to estate He Mo Warren de
ceased.
Good opportunity for investment.
Statement of condition of
The Excl\ange National Bank
: FITZGERALD, GEORGIA.
Condensed from report on Comptrollers call Nov. 17, 1916
Resources:
Lolns oo oo oM i 3895 769 74
Ovartatis . O taei 3 404 77
- Seßonds .7 iOO 101 600
Stock in Federal Reserve Bank .. 6 000 00
Banking House, Furniture and
Baxtuses voo o i s 1080000
Other Real Estate Reserved for .
New Bank Building ..........: 16 70800
Bills of Exchange v e o 15 OGL Y
Redeniption Btund ... -5 oo 0000 #2OOO DR
Cash and Exchange .o ... ... .. .. 461 466 56
$1 077 782 36
. Liabilities: .
Capital. Stoele -0 oo oo 5100 600 00
SUtplus < oroaah v e s s 0 00D 00
Undivided Profits ... s 25 UBB 56
Cireulationy oo oo st 10000000
BEpoSlts A e e 152 745 80
: $1 077 782 36
Coats, Suits, Dresses--Nothing
would be a better gift--
Why not one of those beautiful coats or Suits or
dresses at the Empire Store for wife, mother, sister,
daughter or cousin. Every express keeps our stock
in a most complete condition at all times and at the
same time keeping you in touch with the newest cre
ations froma New Yorks fashion centers.
Most eomplete stock of suits now on hand in Serge
Poplin. Gubardine, Velour and Broadcloth
$lO.OO to $35.00
‘Both street and party dresses in all th» mor: b2rom
ing styles. Prices from
e SR S2RO.
THOS. DIXON WILL ERECT
MONUMENT IN HONOR
OF HIS UNCLE
- Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 30.—Confed
erate veterans and sons of veter
ans, as well as Daughters of the
Confederacy and members of oth
er patriotic organizations deriv
ing their inspiration from events
in the Civil War, have manifested
much interest in Atlanta in the re
ported plan of Thomas Dixon,
author of “The Birth of a Nation”
to erect a monument at Shelby,
N. C., to the memory of Colonel
McAfee, his uncle, who is said to
have been the original of the *“Lit
tle Colonel” in the famous photo
play, and said to have been one
ofi the founders of the Ku Klux
Klan. It is proposed to make the
monument not only a memorial
to Colonel McAfee, who was a
hero of the Civil War, but a mem
orial to the Ku Klux Klan. This
will be achieved by clothing the
equestrian statue of Colonel Mec-
Afee in the uniform of the Klan.
GROOM IS 85; BRIDE IS 65
Thomasville, * Nov. 30.—That
the heart of man never grows old
was shown here this week when
J. K. Outz, aged 85, married Mrs.
Annie Stanland. The bride is
about 20 years the junior of her
husband. Mr. Outz has charge
of the county farm gardens and is
well known here and throughout
the country.
Thomasville, Nov. 30—The sec
ond day's session of the South
Georgia conference opened this
morning at 9 o'clock. Bishop
Candler’s expositions of the scrip
tures during the devotional was a
source of inspiration and cdifica
tion.
Bishop Candler announced that
the conference at this time is very
much crowded and that it does
not need any young preachers
who do not possess preeminent
qualifications for the ministry.
Laymen Lose Out Again
The vote on the question of
making the conference lay leader
and the lay leader from the presid
ing clder’s districts members of
the annual conference was takep
today and stood: Clerical, for 72,
against 131, lay, for 18, against 9;
total for 90, against 140.
The conference adjourned at 11
a. m. for the Thanksgiving ser
vice. The church was crowded
to its capacity and throngs were
turned away for lack of room.
Bishop Candler announced Deu
tronomy 8:18-20 as the text of the
hour. His discourse has been pro
nounced by many as being the
best which he has cver preached
on a similar occasion,
Bishop Candler is a great favor
ite with south Georgia Methodists
and his presidency of this confer
ence is always a source of great
pleasure to the ministers and lay
men, many of whom were stu
dents of this - distinguished
churchman during his presidency
of Emory college. o
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PAYS.
I “A place on the Roll of Honor is I
like a man’s character—it is some
thing that money can not buy, but
is won by merit and worth alone.”
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5 : Directors: i
Wm R. BOWEN E. T. JAMES
D, B. WARE A. J. McDONALD
J. B. CLEMENTS JACOB McMILLAN
J. H. DORMINEY J. D. McLAUGHLIN
J. D. RORMINEY - L. O TISDELE
E. J. DORMINEY € S -PRICE
P. H. GASKIN J. E. TURNER
Officers:
Wm. R, BOWEN, President.
J. B. CLEMENTS, Vice-Prest.
T. S. PRICE, Vice-Prest.
: J. E. TURNER, Vice-Prest.
J. D. DORMINEY, Cashier
M, M. STEPHENS, Ass’'t Cashier
One Fourth Off All Trimmed
Hats--One Fourth off
The Empire store is giving you an opportunity to
buy your winter hat at a price never heard ot before.
These hats include the styles are being [shown today
in all the larger cities at prices almost double the
Empire store prices. :
Be sure and visit the main floor of the Empire store
today and make your selections early before the best
are gone.
= MPIRE MERCANTILE (0.
Omne Price to Everybody
Phones 18 and 155.
Mondav
Wednesday
Friday
VOL. XXI, NO. 145
Tomorrow night will end the
engagement of the Con T. Ken
nedy shows in the city, and there
are many amusement devotees
here who would like to have them
stay another week, but their
schedule forbids. The different
attractions have given universal
satisfaction and Fitzgerald pa
trons have been loud in their
praise of the shows. The busi
ness like manner in which every
thing is conducted on the mid
way, the neat and clean appear
ance of everything and the excel
lent programs, have made a last
ing impression here.
- The blood-curdling, thrilling
exhibition given in the Auto
drome has caused no end of talk
in this city. Miss Dorothy Con
nell, the “mile-a-minute girl,” is
the raging sensation, and the
manner in which this fearless lit
tle woman drives her motorcycle
on the perpendicular wall makes
cven the bravest gasp for breath.
Harvey Wright, champion trick
and fancy rider, is a dare-devil in
every sense of the word. No one
cver in Fitzgerald has had such
marvelous control of a motorcycle
as this lad, who performs stunts
others would not dare to dupli
cate. Lester Knox, the third
member of the trio, is also an ex
ceptionally good rider. He is a
speed demon, gnd at every show
races his motorcycle against the
‘automobile.
" All of the other shows are of a
‘high standard and have delighted
‘hundreds. The attractions will
‘be open until late tomorrow night
and the programs given in their
entirety. Those who have not at
tended the festival should make
the most of the opportunity while
the Kennedy- shows are here.
ROADS REAY TO SELL OUT
TO UNITED STATES
Washington, Nov. 29—The first
intimation of a desire of the big
railroads of the country for Gov
ernment ownership of their lines
was given this afternoon by A. P.
Thoin, representing the railroads
before the Newlands join tcon
gressional committee. Mr. Thom
said that many railroads would
sell out to the government on
short notice if fair offers were
made. The statement was in re
sponse to an inquiry by Repres
entative Sims, of Tennessee, a
member of the committee, who
declared “Governmént owner
ship offers the only solution to
the present railroad difficulties.”
Barrie Clare is spending the
week-end with his parents at
Lynnwood.
Crime increases at the rate of 300
per cent every twenty years.