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Dffial Organ Ben Bill County and City of Fitzgerald
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. Minden, La., Dec. 25—After an
~day earch through isolated
- Sections of Webster parish, mem
~ ber: ‘§f¥§:§osse formed this morn
. nlng to search for the murderers
~of John % Reeves, his wife and
- young child, tonight arrived here
~with thrée heavily-manacled ne
=% The p?isoners were placed in
s separate cells in the parish
~jail here and a special armed
g ard of deputies were stationed
wabout the building to prevent
“threatened mob violence. Posse
n a{" ed no questons, and
- 1o one allowed .to approach
- within yards of the jail.
¢ First reports of the tragedy
. were received early today at a
- farm house near the Reeves home.
%A 7-year-old boy, partly dressed,
“tushed into the farm house at
Bdawn avd seid. “All of the Reever
Beinily arc kilied.” Other neigh
’?ors were summoned, and -when
ithe party entered the Reeves
“home they found Reeves dead in
}bed: his head crusined and deep
fwounds, apparently inflicted with
“an ax covering his body. Lying
“before the fireplace in another
“room was the 11-year-old boy,
“unconscions, his skull fracturéd
‘and his legs and arms slashed.
“Still clutched in the arms of the
~older boy was his 15-months-old
- brother, badly cut and bruised.
In a third room, wrapped in a
blood-soaked blanket, was the
S-year-old boy. He was also cut
and bruised. |
~ Neatly arranged on a pinei
‘board table were the simple‘
»%stnlas presents, which, be
fof¥ retiring, the parents evident
1v had placed there to surprise the
“¢hildfén in the motning. - =
. After searching the rooms of
%@‘house the partv went to the
“tear yard and found Mrs. Reeves
with a bullet hole in her head and
her body horribly mutilated.
- The three wounded (‘hildreni
were taken to a hospital in
Shreveport, the eldest dyingl
shorly aftr his arrival there. Re
ports received here from Shrcvc-‘
port tonight were that the two
other children had little chance
for recovery.
FITZ-HI ALUMNI 0
- The Aldine hotel dining room
will be the scene of the first big
banquet of the Ajumni Associa
tion of Fitzgerald High School
Thursday evening. A splendid
program will be sprinkled along
with the courses and this pro
gram will include some of the
‘shining lights who have receive |
diplomas from F. H. S., which 15
.a mighty fine list. Outsiders can
“buy in” with the alumni at $l.OO
per cach. Tickets must be pur
“chased from either Sam Kasse
witz or Dave Paulk before 12:00
o'clock noon tomorrow, Thurs
‘day. Dress suits will not be re
_quired.
WE hqve.gone through our entire stock of Toys and Christmas Novelties, lotted them on special price tables.
Majority to be closed out at ONE-FOURTH OFF during this sale~including Dolls, Toys and in fact all the
Christmas goods now on hand. ’
Also our entire stock of Millinery, Dresses, Coats and Suits at Bargains you can’t afford to pass up.
~ Millinery ONE-HALF Off - Ready-to-Wear ONE-FOURTH Off |
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- Empire Mercantile Company
_Phone 18 ~ *“One Price to Everybody” Grocery Dept. Phone 155
THE LEADER ENTERPRISE
- 1N MOKROE, N ©
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Arriving in Monroe within fif
teen minutes of each other last
night, Mr. R. H. Jackson, of Fitz
gerald, Georgia, apprehended
Garnett Mangum, a native of the
same city, Policeman T. B. Laney
making the arrest, for stealing an
automobile. The car, a Ford,
was taken from a theater door
while the owner was attending
the show, A little ciever sleuthing
on the part of Mr. Jackson dis*
closed to him the fact that one
Garnett Mangum had gone to
John F. McCowen and publicly
arranged with J. C. Helms, an
employee, to visit Mr. Helms’
home near Unionville in this
county, to spend the holidays.
Both Helms and McCowen
thought it an opportunity to save
some railroad fare and Mr. Helms
agreed to furnish gasoline for the
trip. Mr. Jackson and Mr. Mec-
Cowen got together, took a train
and arrived here within fifteen
minutes of the arrival of thé stol
g yv?""’ 4’];':";“:?‘,1"' to U-."" ata
tion to meet the train, who har
many relatives in the county, was
greatly surprised to see his old
Georgia friends step off and cail
a policeman to arrest his partner
whom he thought to be honest.
The car was identified and a
Georgia officer will arrive here to
morrow to take Mangum back to
Fitzgerald—Monroe (N. C.) En
quirer.
MARY NEGROES WALK
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- HOME FROM NOATH
Waycross, Dec. 23.—A fumber
of negroes who have been in
Pennsylvania and New Jersey
have passed through \Waycross
on-their-way home.: -Judging by
their statements the negroes from
the South won’t remain in the
Northern states any longer than
necessary. The cold weather has
all of them thinking of the mild
climate of the South, and one of
the negroes here today said the
men who did not have money to
pay their way home were walk
ing, so eager are they to reach the
South.
A few of the Waycross negroes
‘have returned, and the stories
‘they brought indicate that it will
‘take more than promises of good
pay to get negroes away from this
isectinn again.
DOUGLAS COUNTRY CLUB
ENTERTAINS
Douglas society.folks entertain
ed their friends with a dance at
their new country club house near
Douglas Monday. A number of
Fitzgeraldites motored down to
enjoy the evening with our neigh
bors on the Dixie Highway,
among them being Mr. and Mrs.
J. C Brewer, Mr. and Mrs. Russ
Ford, Mi:ses Hester Brewer and
Allie Mayves, and Messrs. Stubbs
Dorminy, Pinkie Koplin, Robert
Prentiss and Chas. Taliferro.
The party reports having had a
delightful time and votes the
Douglas Country Club a most ex
cellent host. ;
THRICE-A-WEEK
FITZGERALD, BEN HILL COUNTY, GEORGIA, DEC. 27, 1916
oldiers In Tents
Bl Paso, Paso, Tex . Deci 25
Christmas Day on the Mexican
border will long be remembered
by the Georgia troops who are
stationed there now.
Many things had been planned
to make the boys feel as near
home as possible. It was a day to
be long carried in the memory of
the men and it will.
At the break of dawn the men
were aroused at the usual time.
At that time in the morning the
day was a perfect one. But at
9 o'clock the clear blue skies be
gan *to darken and in a very short
while the wind was playing havoc
with the tent homes.
Coming down_from the moun
tain nearby, the wind gathered all
the sand in the vicinity and used
it as ammunition to bombard the
Georgians, ;
At noon it was almost impos
ihle to veaturc-euatside the teat,
theoair BitnEaAg ißty et o sl
f sand, cvidently the assortment
i weather that gave inspiration
to the author of “Hell in Texas.”
it very soon ])C;{’;lzlfila) gat ienid
and late in the afiernoon the free
zing weather set in.
The mountains in. the back
ground began to show up with a
white cap,. indicating a heavy
snow for Christmas. And so with
the turn of events the majority
of the members of the troops
spent the day under tents, crack
ing nuts, eating candy, cakes and
dainties of all kinds that were re
ceived from home, punctuated
now and then by the remark, “If
[ ever get back home.” :
GETS HIS LICENSE
FOR CHRISTMAS
e o e s A AR o S
W. T. Hammock received his
license to practice law from
Judge George with the compli
ments of the season. The many
friends of Mr. Hammock congra-}
tulate him on his successful ex
amination for the bar. I
In reporting the doings of the
caucus of the city council in our
last issue, we omitted our pop
ular city clerk, owing to the mod
esty of the same. \When phoning
us the nominees of the council
Mr. Paulk modestly withheld his
own name.
Mr. Paulk was renominated
without opposition, in fact, it is
no use for anyone else to apply
for that job as long as our friend,
David wants to hold it. Mr.
Paulk is making an efficient clerk
and is being appreciated by all
who have business to transact in
his office. _
There is a probabilty that a
permanent army recrutng station
will be established at Albany be
cause of the number of young men
who have enlisted in the army at
that place. ;
AND PRESS
Iflublin s Angered
Dublin, Bec. 25.—For a time
this evening feeling in Dublin ran
high against “Rat” Perry, a ne
gro, who went on a rampage at
the passenger depot, and it was
feared that the negro might be
dealt with seriously.
The negro was at the depot
when the SS-o'clock train pulled
in. Homer L. Renfroe, with Mrs.
Renfroe and their baby, alighted
from the train and a moment later
the negro brushed into Mrs. Ren
froe, knocking her down. Mr.
Renfroe resented the negro’s ac
tion and the negro knocked him
down severely injuring him about
the face.
A crowd gathered quickly and
!the negro ran. He was pursued
and took refuge in a vacant house
from which he was lodged with
difhiculty. It was not known
whether he was armed, but des
lp%?r' this factsa policeman and sev
feral men eetornd 40 Raeea aad
!d'z':l:{;;’«:«! him > out. A . seareh
tshowed that lic.had no weayon.,
I There was some talk 6f “get
itinf\'j" the negro, and for a time
;‘.'<)1l:~":(‘1&‘;"2(.’l)h‘ iceling was shown,
thut it is not thought there will he
;zmy trouble.
POPULAR YOUNG MAN
WILL LEAVE THE CITY
Mr. Edd Pittman, for the past
several ycars bookkeeper for the
Consolidated Gocery Company,
will leave January Ist for Doug
!]afi to take charge as manager of
the Douglas Grocery Company,
one of the branches of the Con
solidated. Mr. Pittman has a
host of friends among the busi
ness men of -the city as well as
among he people generally, who
Will regret to Tearn of this ¢hange,
'who will feel reconciled to the
loss only by the fact that Mr. Pitt
‘man will still live on the same
’strect with us, the Central Route
of the Dixie Highway, and so will
no doubt make frequent return
visits to his local friends ‘
aAYs CANADA IS TIRED
Mr. William MceNairnie, of
Wallaceburg, Ont., who passed
through the city with his son
and daughter en route to Florida,
stopped over long enough to take
lunch in the city and to look up
the Passenger Department of the
Central Route. Mr. McNairnie
says he believes that he expresses
the sentiment of a large majority
of people in Canada when he says
that Canadians are thoroughly
tired of the war and that they are
praying with the rest of the civi
lized world to call a halt on this
useless slaughter of peoples. The
party was delighted with the hos
pitality of the people along the
Dixie Hiuay and found the
roads n rgia the best since
they left Canada two weeks ago.
M. Gottlieb spent the holidays
with friends in Savannah.
New York, Dec. 26¢—While
scared holders are selling the
stocks which havé®henefitted most
heavily by the infiation of prices
due to the huge war business the
United States has done the last
two years, Germans are said to be
quietly placing large orders for
such commodities as cotton, cop
per metal, leather and other raw
matefials which they will require
in large volume after peace is re
stored. Standard copper shares
have been bought on the break by
people who believe that the end
of the war, if that should come
soon, would not mean the end of
prosperity by these concerns. It
is predicted that Europe, especil
ly Germany, will require great
volumes of copper for the reviva!
of her industries. Cotton will be
required also in large quantities,
as the Teutonic countries have
used almost their last stock of
that staple.
sk baandats Gl s S R T ORI
TODHIS CITY.
the Geheral Passenger and
General Freight department of
the Ocilla Southesn, has been
moved to this city from Hawkins
ville. General Passenger Agent
.- Y. sHendersopn and T P, A
Star will reside in Fitzgerald.
- PO3
CONSTRUCTIEN 0!
Ho, you croakers and knockers,
cease your murmurings and cork
up your murmerer! Postmaster
Adams is in receipt of instructions
from the tréasury department.at
Washington to have all buildings
and obstructions of whatsoever
kind removed from the site of the
proposed new building within 60
days, and as there is nothing but
the garage of Mr. J. B. Seanor on
the ground and he very obligingly
offers to remove that any day,
even before his lease expires, all
things point to an early com
mencement of actual construction
work. \While the exact date of
same has not been indicated
enough is known to make it prac
tically sure it will be within 90
days. During the last campaign
Congressman Crisp assured his
friends here that in case of his re
election he would make special of
fort to sce if it were possible to
expedite this matter which has
been so long delayed and there is
little doubt that the present cheer
ing news is the direct result of
those efforts. Mr. Crisp will
find his constituents in this bali
wick thoroughly appreciative of
his services in this all important
enterprise.
DECEMBER GINNER’S
REPORT FOR BEN HILL
Bales tiinned to December 13,
1916—12,251.
Bales ginned to December 13,
1915—9,477.
Try a Want Ad in This Paper.
Monday
Wednesday
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VOL. XXI, NO. 155
BY ZENO BASS, WHO
MAKES GET-A-WAY
% —— a—
Zeno Bass, a negro for whom a
warrant for some misdemeznor
was out for some time and wha
had made his home in Atlantz for
the past several months, retursicd
to the city Saturday to spend
Christmas with his folks. Find
ing that Jake Coney had alienias
ed the affections of his wife, he is
said to have warned him from his
premises when the difficulty
arose and Bass filled Coney with
a load of shot. Bass made good
his escape but he will no doubt
He apprchended as the. officers
know him well and have a falf
deseription and picture of him.
It may be a peculiar coninci
dence, but a recent photo of him
shows him with a pistol in hand
il in the act of shooting. Sher
f Fountain has notified the of
ficers of nearby towns to arrest
the fugitive.
JUDCE WHIPPLE BEING
URGED FOR U. 3. COURT
('m‘a’.g'h', Deg. 26 ~~i12(};;\‘ LY,
\‘\ ]l';}:';l]\‘, of (‘H"(l(‘l«‘. l\ b r:“l.:
boomed by his friends as an ap
plicant for the Federal Court
judgeship to succeed the late W
W. Lambdin. He is receiving
letters from friends over the en
tire section prevailing on him ts
become an applicans,
Members of the local bar hield a
meeting and adopted a resolutiom
urging Judge Whipple to forward’
his application, and expressing
faith in his ability and experience
as a lawyer and jurist to fill the
office with credit and success
MR. BURKE OWT-SANTIED
T T SANTR CERUS e
Mr. J. H. Burke has contested
honors with Santa Claus himself
this week in carrying Christmas
cheer to the homes of Fitzgerald.
Mr. Burke has been engaged the
past weck delivering parcel post
vackages for the local postoffice
and if Santa Claus had as busy an
assistant in every city and towm
he must have founde his regular
annual tasks much lightened.
CRRISTMAS GHEER AT
To the industry of John \V. Bak
lew, one of the employees of the
mill, the children of that setle
ment owe their cheerful occasion.
Saturday evening the schoolhouse
at the mill was the scene of a joy
ful gathering of the little ones
and the grownups. Rev. E. i
‘Daniel, the new Baptist minister
of the mill opened the services
with an appropriate talk and un
der the personal supervision of
Mr. Ballew the children of the
mill school presented a short pre
gram of recitations and songs, ai
ter which presents were distribme
ed to all the children, contribmted
through the generosity of 2 aum
ber of citizens. :