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MONDAY
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Official Organ Ben Hill County and City of Fitzgerald
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Friday afternoon Judge 7. l]
Luke called the cases of Charles
and Henry Fountain, Jr., at the
courthousce for which about twen- |
ty-five witnesses had been sub—i
poened. Attys. Hodgen, Grifin
and Bussell appeared for the de
fendants, the state relying upon
the astuteness of the justice of the
peace to arrive at the truth of the
cases. |
The state as well as the defend
ants announced ready for- the
fray at about 3:45 P. M. The
witnesses were sworn f@nd se
questered at the request of coun
cil for the defendants. Officers
Smith, Pigue and Sheriff Dorm
iney appeared as the star witness
¢s for the state besides a num
ber of citizens on the charge of
rioting against Henry Tountain,
Jr., the first case of the seven call
ed against this defendant. Al
though the battle front appeared
to have been within a single
block, still each witness seemed
but to have scen very little that
seriously connected Fountain
with the charge of rioting, and
we begin to realize that even the
much lied-about war correspon
dent may be telling the truth,
though others may record the
same battle from a different an
gle and see it differently. Only
on one point the witnesses seem
ed to agree, and that was that
Henry was in a state of intoxica
tion, and in everything else there
scemed a total absence of corrobo
ration. Iven in the important
matter of possession of weapons,
concealed or otherwise, no two
witnesses could agree. In fact,
one witness testified that he
could not tell whether Henry had
a pistol or knucks, or. both " or
etther. .
After more than an hour had
been consumed on the charge of
rioting, motions of the at
torneys overruled. and pleas ar
guéd, Judge Luke bound the de
fendant over to the Grand Jury
on four charges, namely : rioting,
carrying concealed pistols, con
ccaled knucks, and drunk and
disorderly on the public highway.
A bond of $5OO in each case was
assessed by Judge TLuke. The
cases against Charles Fountain,
on motion of his attorneys were
set for Monday at 10 a. m., on ac-
JANUARY CLEAR-A-WAY
JANUARY CLEARAWAY OF
Women’s Dresses
At 1-2 Price
Sweeping reductions are in
force and you should certainly
avail yourself of this splendid op
portunity to buy a new dress at
cost and less.
Some of the very best styles are
among this lot of dresses. All—
s 6.00 Dresses now ........$3.00
$lO.OO Dresses now ........$5OO
$15.00 Dresses now ...... .$7.,50
$20.00 Dresses now .......$lO,OO
P R RO T OSSR 1) T T TN At SSST A S RIS TR ISR
jA“I%yW“CLEARAWAY OF
o At 1-4 Oft
The busy rush of Christmas has
left us with several pretty motor
ing sets that must move out at
once. Beautiful sets for the mo
“torist to possess. Styles of plush
and fur.
" Sets for Grown-ups and child
‘rvn of excellent quality. Prices
L from $3 set to $3O with many odd
l])icccs, all going at—
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BOLL WEEVIL RANIPAIGH
FOR BER HILL
DATES b fiE!- Elil.
Ben Hill county is to shdre in
the campaign against the 801 l
\Weevil planned by the State Col-
Elcgc of Agriculture in the near [u
ture. Four speaking dates are
announced in different sections of
| the county and efforts will bhe
made to have everybody attend
these meetings, Special commit
'tccs will be appointed to work up
interest in the meetings. The
Icampaign will open at Ashton.
Beb. 27, 10:00- A, M.—Ashton.
| Tebl 27 2:3O'P %I ynnwood
l Feb. 28, 10 A. M.—Fitzgerald.
b ey 28, 2:30 'p;. m.—Young's
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WHIBT BAULK PUTS
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| Hon. W. T. Paulk on his farm
'seyven miles northwest of the city
iplaated 1,000 Nevamiss peach
trees under expert supervision and
will give this experimental or
{chard his personal attention. If
lthe venture proves profitable he
ic.\’pcc’rs‘ to put the entire farm of
ta thousand acres into peaches.
ISeveral other large land owners
have had the planting of peach
orchards under consideration and
{some of them will no doubt make
‘a start this scason.
[ Miss Mamie Paulk leaves to
‘day for Forsyth to resume her
.studies at Bessie Tift college.
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i Mrs. J. T. Pittman and little
son, T, Jr., are visiting rela-
Vtivesin Atlanta.
count of the absence of some ma
terial witness. Both parties are
still in jail, waiting to secure an
acceptable bondsman.
Commitment: Waived
When "the cases of Charles
Fountain, seven in number were
called this morning before Judge
T. ]. Luke, his attorneys, Messrs.
Dodgen, Grifin and Bussell en
tered objections to having their
client’s case passed on by Judge
Luke and Judge D. P. Adams
was summoned to investigate the
cases. Judge Adams soon appear
ed on the job and in behalf of their
clinet the attorneys waived a
hearing, and asked that a reason
able bond be assessed for their
client. Judge Adams assessed a
$250 bond for each of the seven
charges.
An Annual Event which, by reason of its spiendid opportunites is the most important
' occasion on this stores calendar.
COME, people the time is here. It’s weeding out time—our January Clearaway, anda of course you know
what that means. It's like a good gardener. At a certain season he goes into the gardenland weeds
out the things that retard growth. Justso with a good merchant. He must weed out, dispose of, cull out
certain lines to permit growth. That’s the purpose of this January Clearaway—the greatest sale of the
entire year. Start the year right by making every dollar count-*attend this weeding out event of good, time
ly merchandise and save money on every puichase. Here are some examples of how you can save:
January Clearaway of
Skirts
At 1-4 off
Styles for dress and busi
ness wear included. Made
from popular materials in
latest models. You should
buy two at these prices!
Serge, Poplin. Chudder,
Taffeta, Satin, and all fancy
materials are included in
this clearance sale at—
-1-4 off
FITZGERALD, BEN HILL COUNTY, GEORGIA, JAN. 8, 1917
Empire Mercantiie Co.
THRICE-A-WEEK
Carl - Hite, the twplve-year
old son of Mrs. Carrol, living five
miles west of the city, met with a
fatal accident Sunday at his home.
In the absence of his mother from
the house; Carl, “with 2/ comn:
panion, secured a shot gun and
shot at some pigeons in the yard,
The birds flew into a neighbor’s
field and the boys proceeded to
follow them. Climbing a fence,
with the shotgun cocked and
loaded Carl lost his hold and
let the gun fall to the ground,
with the result that the gun ex
ploded, the full load lodging in
the child’s breast, from which in
stant death resulted. “The re
mains were carried to Pitts, to be
laid beside those of his father,
who died some years ago in
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ALLICY TERI
London, Jan. s.—lt was report
ed today that the concrete terms
of the Allies would ¢mbrace the
following demands:
Restoration of Belgium with in
demnity,
Restoration of occupied por
tions of France with indemnity.
Restoration of Poland, Serbia
and Montenegro,
istablishment of a protectorate
over Armenta by Russia.
Constantinople and the Darda
nelles to Russia. .
. 515,000 worth of the state's
insurance, placed last Saturday
by Governor Harris, were given
for the first time to a Fitzgerald
firm, the Montague Realty and
[nvestment Co.
Dr.and Mrs. Fred Keefer leave
today for Montclair, N. ]., where
they hope to make their home for
the future. The many friends of
this cstimable couple regret to
sce them leave the city, and join
the Leader-linterprise in wishes
fof their future success and hap
piness.
JANUARY CLEARAWAY OF
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Womens Suits at 1-2 Price
[t being a strict policy of this store not to carry goods
over from one season to another, we have simply lost all
sight of the former and cost price so as to assurc a com
plete disposal of every suit in stock. All are this scason’s
newest style garments and these prices do not represent
wholesale cost of the materials from which they are made.
$12.00 Suits for. ......$6.00"} $14:.00 Suit for .......$7.00
$15.00 Suit for ... 50 | $16.00 Suit f0r,......58.00
$20.00 Suit for ......$lO.OO | SIROO Suit for ......$9.00
$25.00 Suit ok . i SNO | 1900 Suit for ... 08950
so/.30 St for .. 875 1 BEE S5O Swat for ... SLLRS
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JANUARY CLEARAWAY OF
Waists at 1-4 Off
Clearaway here means a complete cleanup of everything.
That we are determined in our effort, these prices will suf
fice. Silk crepe and lingerie waists included.
AND PRESS
WAaVIGIBLE HERE
A total eclipse of the moon was
apparent here from about 1:30 to
2:00 p. m., and if our alarm clock
hadn't played us a trick we could
have given a better account of it.
However, as there will be some
others during the vear we will
have anoiher chance at it.
The next eclipse that will be
visible in the South will be again
a total C\‘]i]‘-\‘c of the moon on
Dec. 28 of this year. This will
oceur in the carly morning.
On June 8 1918 a great total
eclipse of the sun will oceur which
will be of unusual interest. The
line of totality will extend from
Oregon to Florida. 3
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POLICE fiififlim%&
PULILL R sinulih
GHIEFS AUTHORITY
Atlanta, Ga., Jan, 6.—The chief
of police in Atlanta is going to
be given full authority 1o “hire
and fire” and otherwise control
his department, and is going to
be held strictly responsible for
success or failure, it Mavor Asa
(. Candler succeeds in establish
ing his policy in this as well as
the other departments of the city
government, .
It is the mayor's belief that ef
ficieney in all the departments has
been sacrificed to a very consider
able extent by interference with
the department heads, and he has
started in to rid them of petty pol
itics. s efforts; of course, have
the hearty support of the public,
and of the more intelligent and
public-spirited officials in the city
government.
State Game Warden Chas. S.
Arnow and Hon. J. R. Smith, of
Atlanta arrived this afternoon in
the city to be the guests of county
game warden, T. J. Luke, for a
few days.
Mr. Aaron Mannheim, of Haw
kinsville, came over this morning
to prosecute Chas and IHenry
Fauntain, Jr., for assault, etc,
committed while on a visit to this
city last Wednesdavy.
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FROM THE MADISON
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SQUARE BIRD SHOW
Red Jones returned Saturday
night Irom New York, where he
attended the Madison Square
Poultry show. Red Jones is hini
self a successful poultryman, and
has taken the prizes for Barred
Rocks in every show where he
entered birds., The Madison
Square show took him by storm,
and though he has some fine
birds himseli, he admits that the
New York show, but for one
rooster, had his outclassed this
year, but that he will make a try
for it anyway next scason. Mr.
Jones had no birds on display in
New York, °
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ALL PASSENGER TRAINS
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b3t NEW MAGIN DEPOT
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Macon, Ga., Jan, s.—Announce
ment has been made that effective
tomorrow night all passenger
trains cntering Macon will enter
the miilion dollar union pas
senger station at the foot of Cher
ry street. - Since December 1 the
trains o all roads except the
Southern railway have been using
the new station, but because the
Southern approaches could not be
completed until now that road’s
trains continued the use of the
old station on Ocmulgee street.
The Southern railway trains
’,cntcr the new station on an over
‘hv:u] steep and concrete trestle,
which begins alongside the Oe
mulgee river, above Fifth street,
‘makcs a curve across Fifth street,
'near Sixth, and then runs direct
Hinto the station.
PAJAMA CLAD
New York, Jan. s—To save
the lives of a woman and her two
daughters after they had taken
poison, Dr. Frank C. Skinner, of
Brooklyn, ran, pajama-clad and
with shaving lather on his face,
for scveral blocks to answer the
urgent call. Owing to the phy
sictan’s prompt response and the
immediate measures taken to re
move the poison it is hoped all
three persons will - recaver, al
though they had taken enough to
kill ten.
Leader-Enterprise Want Ads Pay
January Clearaway of
At 1-4 off
Prices reduced at the time
when sweaters are most
needed make this a timely
opportunity. Some exam
ples. :
All knit goods, including
ladies, misses and children’s
sweaters, scarfs, caps at 1-4
OFF. Sweaters in all col
ors at $1.530 to $6.00.
1-4 OFF
Misses and children’s from
saoc to S3oDcat Tt ORI
Mondaw
Wednesday
Friday
VOL. XXII, NG&. 3
Quite a representative pussliwse
of tarniers met Judge |. R. Far
ton at the courthouse Saturday
afternoon in response to hi€ cafl
through the Leader-Enterprise
to the prospective cantalompe
growers of the county. Afrer ex
plaining the nature of the nvees
ing and its purpose Judge Hag
ton turned the meeting over g
Mr. Jack Sword, who acted as
chairman for the occasion.
Mr. J. L. Dorminy, for fhe
Fitzgerald TFarm Products G
explained in detail the workimgs
of their proposed organizaris
and the contract under sk
they were willing to handie e
cantaloupe crop this seases. &
number of changes in the casgraey
were svegested by the onmpers
preseat. Onmotionof Mr. W R
Walker an amendment was Saxal
ly passed and accepted on bekal
of the association by Mr. J. L
Dorminy, which harmonized, 258
differences. More than hwee
hundred acres were pledged @
this meecting under the ammesded
contract. The following farmwers
Thave pledged themseives te ETww.
cantaloupes this years:
- J. R. Hogan, E. Q. Downimg,
J. W. Henderson, |. H. Swaiéh, 3
I< and K. C. Ennis, B. A Bishagg,
R. L. Porterfield, G. R. & augihe,
J. . Howell, J. M. Barromime,
A. J. Sword, J. M. J. Like, B. F.
McDaniel, Wesley ®. Wailker,
James Fletcher, F. 1. B, 75
1. Ransom, I&. K. Farmer, §. K.
Paulk, W. T. Paullke, "A. R N
Dorminy, |. L. Dorminy, Wacrs
Paups, S. G. Pryvor, Dr. Rusself,
Geo. Young, Billy Branck, Jdsw
Dixon, James McDonald, Tr. ¥
B 3 .Ware, Eli Walker, Ed Bali,
H. H. James, H. M. Warres, D
Ifussell, Bud McCook
NG GALLED FOR FRIBEY
A meeting of the Farmers ek
of the Vaughn Taylor district sas
been called for next Frday a
3 P. M., to ascertain the mumier
of cantaloupe acreage that cam b
secured in that district. AR -
terested parties are invited fo ag
tend. .
JANUARY CLEARAWAY OF
Milli
- Millinery
At 1-2 Price
That not a single Winter: s !
will be reserved, but everyome
will be cleared out regardless of
what it cost. Including trimmerll
and untrimmed hats in the sex
son’s newest styles. Figuresshat
show little mercy on prices. |
All $3.00 Hats now ........SL3O
AlFss.oo Hats now ........$238,
All_s6.oo Hats now® . .....$3.00
All $B.OO Hats now ........ 5408
All $lO.OO Hats now .......$3.00
All $12.00 Hats now ......3600
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JANUARY CLEARAWAY OF
Motor Sets
At 1-4 off
Notwithstanding the fact that
furs have advanced in price, it ¥
imperative that we employ the'
same method of weeding out by,
reducing prices. Rich furs of .dt‘-"
pendable quality, matched sets
and separate prices included.
Several three-piece, also twe
picce, plush sets from $§2.50 to
so.so—at 1-4 OFF. This includes;
neck-piece, bag and cap. |