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Official Organ Ben Hill County and City of Fitzgerald
ROUMANIAN CAPTIVES
REACH OVER 100,000
London, Dec. 7.—One hundred
thousand Roumanians have been
_ captured by the German allies
\since Roumania entered the war
on August 27, according to an
Exchange Telegraph dispatch
from Copenhagen today.
Roumanians Retreat Along En
tire Line
Berlin, Dec. 7.—The Russo-
Rumanian armies-in Central Ru
mania, are retreating along their
entire front, the German war of
fice announced today.
Kimpina, at the northern term
inus of the Bucharest-Ploeshti
Railroad, &as been captured by
the Austro-Germans.
%' _The German allies that occu
pied Bucharest yesterday captur
~ed- 106 officers and 9,100 Russian
.+ 'nd Rumanian soldiers. |
~ High tribute is paid by the Ger
. man war office to the valor of the
German, Austro-Hungarian, Bul
garfan and Turkish soldiers in
the Rumanian theater.
Fighting has again broken out
on the Verdun front. The Ger
mans have captured the summit
of Hill No. 304 on the westerp
bank of the Meuse, the war office
announced. German raiders pen
ctrated the French position in
slope of LeMort Homme, captur
ing some prisoners.
YOUNG BOY KILLS SELF
PLAYING WITH PISTOL
Moultrie, Ga., December 6
Bernard, the ten-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. T. W« Watts, who
reside several miles west of here,
shot and instantly killed himself
while playing with a pistol yes
terday. The boy, with one or
two other small children, had
been left in the house by his pa
rents who were looking after
some duties out of doors, when
he went to the bed and removed
the pistol from beneath a pillow
where it was kef; He removed
all of the cart#j ges but one and
was snapping it when it discharg
ed. The bullet entered his mouth
and lodged in his brain. Death
was instantaneous. :
Attracted by the shot Mr. and
Mrs. Watts rushed into the house
and found the little fellow lying
on the floor dead. One tiny hand
held the pistol and the other
clutched the five loaded cart
ridges. :
Radium js valued at nearly $1,000,000
per pound,
Exceptional Values for Christmas giving=-Complete Stock on Display
N the first floor we show solid gold or golf top Jewelry of every description. Fancy Novelties in Bead Necklaces etc. Ivory goods for the b ‘ladies ol i
O silver card cases, Mesh bags. etc. Sterling Silver tea and German Silver Cases, Mesh bags, etc- Cut glass in all sorts of articles, Leathee;‘ naagyél:&(;te'f‘o(;fer?:gis Sifivlr?
ing cases, China sets for children, Dolls large and small. %
&
Four In Hand Ties
BOXED Ties solid or fancy colors. These are most
beautiful designs, all silk in a ‘handsome Xmas
box at : '
- - $l.OO per Box
Also large assortment of Ties not in a box for
50 cents Each
Collar boxes, bed room slippers, pullman slippers,
Scarf pins, cuff links, Tie clasps, Silk shirts in Xmas
boxes, belts with silyer buckles in boxes, linen hand
kerchiefs and in fact a most complete stock of useful
gifts in this popular department, :
_Boyden, Empire Special, W. L. Douglas Shoes for
men--Dorothy Dodd and Grover shoes for ladies.
Hart, Schaffuner and Marx, Styleplus clothes for men.
. Nofade and Manhattan Shirts. -
Useful gifts are found at the
Empire Store.
THE LEADER ENTERPRISE
Messrs. C. R. Wells and Belote,
of Jacksonville, spent several days
in the city looking for two jitneys
stolen from them last Spring in
Jacksonville. The cars were lo
cated in this city and turned over
to the rightful owners. All par
ties being innocent purchasers no
charges were preferred, the alleg
ed thieves having left for parts
unknown, $
MOYE SAYS WATSON’S
CHARGE IS A “LIE”
Macon, Ga., Dec. 7—“lt’s a d—
lie,” said Tobe Moye, deputy
United States marshal, who came
to Macon from his home in Wash
|ington yesterday, when he read in
Tom Watson’s account of the re
cent trial the statement that he
(Moye) had been hounding Wat
son for several years, and that he
sat in the courtroom with a“pistol
in his pocket to intimidate Wat
son. :
~ “There was no room for any
man to sit very close to Watson in
the courtroom,” Mr. Moye stated.
“His friends, who in reality were
armed men, were grouped around
him, with guns in their pockets
and in overcats. Each day of the
trial one of them brought in a
grip which contained pistols.
They were prepared for anything
that might happen.
“There is no doubt in my mind
that when Watson arose in the
courtroom, pointed his finger at
me and®accused me of twice try
ing to assassinate him that he was
as crazy as any man in a padded
cell at Milledgeville.
“I don’t deny that I'had a pistol
in my pocket; I had it at every
session of the court. T was an of
ficer of the court, and had a per
fect right to have one.
Watson has a ‘grudge’ against
me, because he says I broke up a
political meeting of his in Atlanta
several years ago. As for being
the tool of T. W. Hardwick; I am
no man’s tool. I-was friendly to
Hardwick, and opposed to Wat
son when I was sheriff of Wash
ington county, and still am, for
that matter.”
iy i sse S
G. M. Marshall, cashier of the
Bank of Ray City, spent Thurs
day in the city on business.
THRICE-A-WEEK
FITZGERALD, BEN HILL COUNTY, GEORGIA, DEC. 8, 1916
El Paso, Tex.. Dec.-'6~~The
Georgia brigade lost its first sol
dier since arriving at the border
today in the death of James Mec-
Rae, of the Brunswick Riflles.
Mcßae died of causes undeterm
ined at the base hospital at Fort
Bliss. He has a son in the same
company, who will accompany
the body to Brunswick tonight.
BIG SALE OF STOVES AND
' RANGES BY SANDLIN
Mr. F. B. Juelg, expert, and
Mr. B. H. Parker, demonstrator,
for the Cole Mfg. Co., of Chicago,
are visitors in the city.
They are holding the big fac
tory stove sale of Cole’s Original
Hot Blast Ranges and Heaters at
Sandlin Furniture Company this
week. The high price of fuel has
materially increased the sale of
the ever popular Cole’s Hot Blast
Heater, which does away with
the open grate and furnace. A
uniform heat day and night is
guaranteed the user on half the
fuel. A heater is shown in front
of store. The beautiful labor and
fuel saving® Cole’s Hot Blast
Range is also being shown, and
the cake, biscuit, etc., baked are
being served to all who call. Both
the men in charge are very pleas
ant gentlemen and take a great
deal of interest in their work. All
are invited to call.
BUSINESS MEN OF FITZGERALD!
This appeal is not made for the purpose of stampeding ybu or
any of our readers. It is simply to bring you to a realization of
the part YOU must play in the development and perpetuation of
the farming interests in Ben Hill county and territory 'adjacent to
Fitzgerald. ' >
The United States Government and the State of Georgia, as
well as the railroads of Georgia, in our case the A. B. and A., are
doing .all that money and brains can do to obviate the certain in
roads the 801 l Weevil will make into —the business conditions of
this section.
" To make the success of their work certain it requires the moral
support of every business interest and to get that and to tell you
your part in the work, a meeting is called for next Tuesday at 7:30
P. M. at the City Hall. Dr. E. H. Matth®son, of the U. S. De
partment of Agriculture, a tobacco expert, as well as other men ca
pable of advising you will be at this meeting to address you.
To a great extent the prosperity of our people depends on your
co-operation. :
Come to the city hall next Tuesday evening.
Dolls, Dolls, Dolls
SANTA CLATJS is at the Empire store with all the
Dolls he could carry. He has brought to the Em
pire Store those genuine German dolls, the kind that
are so scarce and in such demand. All sizes and are
p cedfrom
10c to $5.50
Ladies Coats and Dresses
A fresh lot of ladies coats we are offering at a price,
We were able to buy this line right and we are in a
position to give you a bargain that will surprise
you. Come in toaay and look them over.
Dressesin all the most beautiful styles in sarge, taff
etta, satin, made up in the styles you like most at
such reasonable prices $7.50 to $25. '
Give her a coat or dress for Christmas.
10 IMPROVE NAVI-
Hawkinsville has sent out invi
tations to her neighbors to_jein
her. in a meeting to discuss the
improvement of the Ocmulgee in
co-operation with the city of Ma
con. The meeting is called for
December 15th, at which time
Judge Bartlett, W. T. Anderson
and others are to speak.
MRS. M. S. ADAMS BECOMES
MOTHER OF BOY
Macon, Ga., December 6.—Mrs.
Mattie Stokes Adams, who is un
der arrest on a charge of murder
for shooting Captain E. J. Sprat
ling, of the Fifth Georgia infan
try, on September 25, gave birth
to an eight pound boy here at 11
o’clock this morning.
She was arrested by officers of
the regiment just as she had fired
two shots into the body of Capt.
Spratling and has been held in
jail here until a month ago when
she was removed to a hospital.
Her case is set for trial in Feb
ruary.
Mr. E. N. Mashburn, “Canta
loupe King” of Georgia, is among
the business visitors in the city
today. Mr. Mashburn will have
a large acreage under his charge
this season and expects to make
as good a showing for his clients
this season as he has done in the
past. ‘
MEETINGS STILL
The meeting scheduled for the
Vaughn Taylor school Thursday
morning by county agent J. T.
Pittman attracted a goodly num
ber of farmers to the school, who
attentively listened to plans out
lined by the agricultural depart
ment for the successful fight
against the boll weevil. Mr. Proc
tor, of the extension department
of the A. B. and A., made a splen
did talk on diversification and the
substitution of other money crops
on the farm. Tobacco and canta
loupes, live stock and grain, re
ceived his attention and the close
attention paid him by the gather
ing was a tribute to his ability
to make a dry subject interesting.
Besides Mr. Proctor, Mr. Pitt
man, Editor Gelders, Prof. Har
vey, of the faculty, and Mr, H. E.
Stone made short addresses,
Master Paul Stone, the young
son of R. L. Stone, to whom the
distinction fell this year of hav
ing raised the best acre of corn
in the county, was notified by
county agent, J. T. Pittman, of
‘his well-earned honor and the fact
that he was given a scholarship
for the best course at the state
college of agriculture.
A farmer’s club was organized
with P.F. Stone as president, and
W. G. Roberts, as secretary. A
number signified their intention
to plant tobacco in co-operation
with the A. B. and A. tobacco ex
pert.
At the Queenland school a
number of colored farmers met
the extension agents and after a
short discussion of the situation a
number of the colored farmers
agreed to plant approximately
fifty acres of tobacco in that sef
tlement, ; R
THOMASVILLE REGISTRA
TION LARGEST IN YEARS
Thomasville, Dec, 6.—The reg
istration books of Thomasville
closed Monday night and the list
is the largest probably in the his
tory of the city.
A. ] .WILLIAMS
At 10:30 o’clock this morning
occurred the funeral of Mr, A. 3
Williams, who died in an Atlanta
hospital Wednesday evening of
pneumonia ‘after a surgical opera
tion for the relief of an - acute
brain affection. Mr. Williams
was a brother of Mrs. G. W. Har
rington, at whose home he has
been for some time previous to
his death.
A wife, who has been his con
stant attendant, his sister and
other relatives survive the deceas
ed.
Trimmed Hats 1-4 Off
THIS reduction on our entire stock of trimmed
hats this eariy in the season is a feast for the
ladies. The hats include some of best styles of
the present season. A most becoming shape trim
med by New York’s largest and best trimmers, also
some designed and trimmed by our experienced mil
liner. All priced from .
$2.50 to $15.00
Now at 1-4 off.
Nothing would please ‘wifie any more than a new
Hat for Christmas,
e e e
CMPIRE MERCANTILE CO.
- One Price to Everybody
; Phones 18 and 155.
Moxidav .
Wednesday
Friday
VOL. XXI, NO. 148
Through her attorneys, Mes
srs. D. B. Nicholson, of this city,.
and Col. F. G. Boatright, of Cor—
dele, Miss Irene McGough has
filed suit in the Superior Cessrts
of Ben Hill county for damages.
in-the sum of $40,000 against the
Ocilla Southern railway for im
juries sustained in the recent ae—
cifent wherein Mr. W. J. Royal,.
his sister, Miss Minnic Royal, and:
his fiancee, Miss Mary Taylor,.
lost their lives, and the Rev. Mr_
Pritchett and Miss McGongh:
were seriously hurt. The case
will be called at the January term..
MECARTY, JOHNSTORE
Wednesday night ahout 11§ mr.
fire was discovered under the
store house at the cotton msi ac—
cupied by the McCarty-Johnstomne:
Co., and before sufficient help
could reach the place the emtire
store was in flames. The building
and contents were destroyed withs
partial insurance on the stock and’
fixtures, but no insurance on the
building. The stock invoiced.
about $5,000.
The store will be rehuilt at omce
and the McCarty-Johnstone Co.
will re-open their mill stupe as
soon as a room can he secured -
e
'POPULAR MINISTER WAS
RETURNED TO: THIS. CITY
Rev. L. A. Hill; the- populay
minister of the Centrall M. E.
church has been retutned!to his..
church for the coming year: Rev. '
Hill has made many friends of ev
ery one with whom he has come- -
in contact since his appoimtment
to this church and has earned the -
admiration of the members of his
church as well as the citizens gen—
eral§ of Fitzgerald for his splen
did work as a minister and his zc
tivity in the interest of civic af
fairs.
FITZGERALD MISSION HAS:
BEEN FORMED
At the M. ’E. Conference at
Thomasfille the Fitzgerak Mis—
sion was established, composes of
the Mystic circuit and the Cottom
Mill mission.. Rev. I. R.Kelly,.
formerly of Smithville, will be the
pastor in charge.