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MONDAY, WEDNESDAY
AND FRIDAY
Officialiaan Ben Hill County and C;y of Fitzgeraid
RSt R s TRI S Rs T ee R T T
PROSPERITY MEETING BE HELD IN FITZGERALD WEDNESDAY
Hearing on Bail Will Be at 10l
O’clock Tuesday Morning ‘
- HOPSON, SR, ARRIVES |
Father of Accused Boy Will As
sist in His Defense, Said
MACON, Dec. 13—From Perry
comes the information that B. B.
Hopson, former husband of Mrs. F.
E. Elmer, father of Ernest and John
Hopson, has arrived there to be of
whatever assistance that hé can to
the former son who is in jail in that
city, in connection with the death of
Fred D. Shepard.
The elder Hopson has been in Ak
ron, Ohio and came here as soon as
he could arrange his personal affairs
in that city.
Eldridge Cutts, Fitzgerald lawyer.
arrived here yesterday afternoon to
get ready for the preliminary hearing
of his wife, Mrs. Annie M. Cutts, who
is one of the four persons under ar
rest in connection with the death of
Shepard. He was the only visitor to
Mrs. Cutts’ cell at the county jail
yesterday. Mrs. Cutts preferring to
spend the day alone.
- Mrs. Cutts’ Petition Surprises
The first legal move in behalf of
Mrs. Annie Cutts, the filing of a pe
tition for a hearing for her and the
signing of an order by Judge H. A.
Mathews requiring the State to show
cause “why she should not be dis
charged to bail, was the latest de
velopment in the case. There was no
explanation from the lawyers for Mrs.
Cutts as to why they had delayed
their action, applications in the other
cases having been filed several days
ago.
Everything appears to be in read
iness for the hearing on Tuesday
morning at 10 o’clock before Judge
H. A. Mathews in the Superior Court
in this city. Affidavits have been
assembled and the case was in such
case yesterday, Solicitor Garrett
stated that he had his first day of
real rest in a long time.
At the hearing the defense will at
“pt to force Solicitor Garrett to
present practically his whole case, in
cluding oral testimony from all of the
accusers. The solicitor, however, be
lieves that this is not necessary and
lawyers familiar with the case point
to the fact that in more than one
case Judge John P. Ross, now the
attorney for Mrs. loma Irene Henry
and Ernest Hopson, did not present
the main facts of the case under sim
ilar circumstances.
=veßk Special Christmas Values [EVpIRE
For Both Men and Women
L.adies Ready-to-wear and Millinery Now On Sale at One-Half Price
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$70.00 SHIE COUE 0F DYORE BOW . 16 oo i sus viiivvirviinnnenses 931,50
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$50.00 Suit, Coat or Dress now .......veceeevnneiviisnees...s2s.oo
$45.00 Suit, Coat oF Dress NOW ..o vvveeeeseeccsscesinssanss $32.50
$40.00 Suit, Coßt Or DIBBS.NOW ..o vevoessnercssscssssoesssss2o.oo
$35.00 SWIGICOAL 0r Dleßs NOW. i v divevbvvsniivict si e cades JBLISO
$30:00 Suit, Coat or Dresß HoW ... viciivs vinessesiviss vsa 91500
$25.00 Suit, Coat or Dress now certeassssseiisaisiaisvesss. $12.50
$20.00 Suit, Coat or DlesSEnow, coiiis coviviesiatas veviis3lo:oo
One Price to
Everybody
Committee Recommends Continuing
Community Service 3 Months Longer
Twenty Tickets Awarded by
Judges For Time and Neat
ness in Solutions.
Winners Will Be Guests of Lead
er-Enterprise at Perform
ance Tonight.
The Leader-Enterprise “Polly Puz
zle Contest” aroused a veritable storm
of interest and the National Drug Co.,
was flooded with solutions to the puz
zle Saturday. It was with considerable
dffigulty that the Judges were able
to select the fourteen best ones from
the more than two hundred solutions
offered. Neatness in execution and
the time the solutions were filed at
the National were the two points on
which the judges based their prefer
ence.
“Polly and Her Pals” appears for
the first time on the stage this year.
It is a dramatization of Cliff Ster
rett’s amusing cartoon strip in mer
ropolitan newspapers. Reports from
towns where the performance has
been staged promise that it will be
the musical comedy hit of the season.
The prize winners in the Leader-
Enterprise Polly Puzzle Contest who
will attend the performance tonight
as guests of the Leader-Enterprise
are:
Winners of The Leader-Enterprise
Polly Puzzle Contest
Ist Prize 5 Box Seat Tickets, Mrs.
J. T, Pittman, ;
2nd Prize 3 Box Seat Tickets, Ly
man Thurston.
3rd Prize 2 Box Seat Tickets, Mrs.
Asa Smith.
4th Prize 1 Box Seat Tickets, Miss
Ufa Turner.
sth Prize 1 Box Seat Tickets, Mr. J.
B! Clift.
6th Prize 1 Box Seat Tickets, Miss
Hazel Mayes.
7th Prize 1 Box Seat Tickets, Mr. A.
R. Lincoln.
Bth Prize, 1 Box Seat Tickets, Rob
ert Astin.
9th Prize, 1 Box Seat Tickets, Miss
Vessie Jones.
10th prize, 1 Box Seat Tickets, Miss
Katie Booker.
11th Prize 1 Box Seat Tickets, Miss
Lillian Dorminey.
12th Prize 1 Box Seat Tickets, Mrs.
13th Prize 1 Box Seat Tickets, Wil
bur Alberson.
EXTRA PRIZE FOR ORIGIN
ALITY, James Thompson.
Best Self-Rising Flour .........$1.55
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Mrs. Robert E. Lee spent Friday in
Ocilla pleasantly with friends.
A Welcome Reduction for Men and 80y5...
One-Third Off on all Men’s Clothing --- One-Half Off on all Boy’s Clothing
This is Hart, Schaffner & Marx and Styleplus Clothing for Men One-Third Off
All Boy’s Clothing, Suits and odd Trousers at ONE-HALF PRICE ™
~ A Ladies
Coat or Dress
ONE-HALF PRICE
THE EMPIRE MERCANTILE COMPANY,
THE LEADER=ENTERPRISE
FITZGERALD, BEN HILL COUNTY, GEORGIA. MONDAY, DECEMBER 13 1920
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Red Jones’ Chickens 1
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Win In Birmingham
Forty-one of forty-two of Mr. R.
L. Jones’ prize chickens were awarded
places in the Southern poultry Associa
tion’s Birmingham show last week.
Mr. Jones sent in his forty-two birds
to compete with a total of 1900 oth
ers. Of eleven first places offered in
his class, Mr. Jones took eleven. He
won grand, display and award for the
five best birds of all classes.
RAIL SPREAD SPILLS b
CARS AT R. R. SHOPS
Several freight cars are said to have
been derailed and capsized at the A.
B. A. Shops Sunday when the rails
on a siding spread. Larry Swords
was running the locomotive. No se
rious injury resulted.
A. B. & A. SHOWS GAIN
| IN ITS GROSS EARNINGS
- The Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlan
tic Railway Company in its report is
used Saturday shows that gross earn
+ngs during October aggregated $528.-
086, or $72,875 in excess of returns
during the same month a year ago.
‘Net operating income during October
'showed a deficit of. $68,602, against
$16.399 the same month a year ago.
~ Earnings of the road duriug Octo
ber and two months ending October
3lst, last, follow:
- OCTOBER 1919
Gross Barninps. S o o $455. 201
Dehicit after taxes ... .. - $28.327
Net Op. income def. .._.___.516,399
- OCTOBER 1920
(Gross: earnings. —o. .ol $528.086
;Dcficit after taxes i.o . 562.07
'Net op. income, def. ______.___s6B,6o2
~ Two months, Sept. and Oct.—
SEPT. and OCT. 1919
Gross -earnings _...a.. ... $936,085
Deficit after taxes —__________sBo,4Bs
}Net op. income, def. _________s67,64B
’SEPT. and OCT. 1920
(Gross. earnings ... o.iuei.-$1;025.282
Deficit after’ taxes ... .... $201,687
Net op. income, def. ._______sl93,3o3
Mrs. W. C. Adams has returned to
her home 'in Panama City, Fla.,, after
a pleasant visit to Mr. and Mrs. C. A.
Johnson on South Main St.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Percy Manning
were the guests of friends in Ocilla
Friday.
PRACTICAL GIFTS FOR EVERY CHRISTMAS LIST. ALL
OTHER MERCHANDISE EXCEPT GROCERIES STILL
2 ONE-FOURTH OFF
This includes all Christmas Goods making it possible for you to fill
your Christmas list complete at good old-time prices.
THE REAL CHRISTMAS SPIRIT IS IN FULL BAST AT
THE EMPIRE STORE
Wonderful Displays of Practical and Useful Gifts, Everybody pull
ing together this year to make this a UTILITY CHRISTMAS. ;
e o so o i i e PR
ALL MILLINERY ONE-HALF PRICE
0 >, $15.00 Hats now Half Price ..........$7.50
J;;azf.:gjii-.! .. $12.00 Hats now Half Price ..........$6.00
*4’ 4 i'i?.‘c'l?'i;‘%;\!‘ $lO.OO Hats now Half Price ..........$6.00
Gl BN EA [T o
é’:;‘,a A ’%f“ $ 9.00 Hats now Half Price ..........$4.50
&G * D ) $ 8.00 Hats now Half Price ..........$4.00
o Y| $ 5.00 Hats now Half Price ..........$2.50
\ Ry V 4 $3.50 Hats now Half Price ..........$1.75
No 7 A" $ 2,50 Hats now Half Price ..........$1.25
AND PRESS
* FITZGERALD MAY GET !
‘ NEW INSURANCE RATES *
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* Fire insurance appraisers will
‘ probably make an inspection of *
* Fitzgerald this week for the pur- °
‘ pose of adjusting local insurance *
* rates, according to Mr. J. B.
* Seanor, secretary of local fire in- *
* surance agents. Fire risks are °
* said to be better in Fitzgerald than °
* when the present rate was fixed *
and some reductions are antici- °
F pated. 3
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Check Raising Charge
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Puts Youth In Jail
Two White Men In County Jail
Today Say They Couldn’t
Find Work.
Charged with raising a check of
$l.OO to $4.00 on Mrs. J. E. Atkins,
Jack Kingsberry, a young maun vho
has been soliciting magazine subscrip
tions here for several days, was ar
rested and placed in Ben Hill County
Jail Friday. He admits raising the
check.
“I couldn’t find a job at which 1
could make a living,” he said, “and T
had to live” H'e blames H. L. John
son, who employed him to collect mag
azineé subscriptions and worked with
him here for several days, for having
given him the idea of check raising
and then leaving him stranded. “It
is my first slip,” says Kingsberry,
“and alt I want is freedom and a job.”
Hal Etheridge, of Columbus, was
brought back from Cordele this morn
ing to face a charge of attempting to
beat his way on the railroad, using
another man’s pass. He says he is an
electrician, but couldn’t find work of
any kind in this section and was try
ing to find some place where a job was
obtainable. “I want to work and be
able to pay for what I get,” Etheridge
declared, “but when a man is willing
to work and can’t, what is he going to
do?” 1.
Both young men are in the early
twenties. They occupy the same ceil
at the Ben Hill county jail.
Master Lawrence Manning spent
the week-end very pleasantly with
Master George Gaffney, in the coun
try.
Mrs. H. Feinberg and daughter re
turned this morning from Albany,
where they have spant the past few
days on account of tiie illness of the
former’s mother.
Polly Picture Prize Contest Has
More Than Two Hundred Entrants
Montezuma Bank
Head Shoots Self
MONTEZUMA, GA.—After tell
ing another business man to get out
of his office because he wanted to
commit suicide, former Congressman
E. B. Lewis, president of both the First
National Bank and the Lewis Bank
ing Company here, shot himself thru
the right temple in his office in the
Lewis Banking Company’s place of
business late Friday, and died in a few
moments later. Friends attribute his
act to temporary insanity resulting
from worry over general business con
ditions.
Lewis, who was 65 years of age,
served as State Senator from the thir
teenth district and was later eletted
to congress from the Third congres
sional district. He was a director of
the Birmingham and Atlanta Railroad
and was interested in the Georgia &
Florida Railroad. :
Stockholders Puil
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Ociila Bank off Rocks
Vice president . ». Willcox of
the Citizens Bank of Ocilla is confi
dent that the bank will reopen short
ly, as several of the directors and
stock holders of the bank have of
fered to come to its financial assist
ance. The total shortage of the bank
has not yet been anucunced but it is
not to exceed $40,000, an an.ount that
can readily be raised among the
stockholders. It is exoected that a
change of officers and directors will
be made in the eveut the bank is re
apened,
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HENDERSON-GRIFFIN
The many friends here of Miss Em
ily Grffin and Mr. Albert Henderson
will be interested to learn of their
marriage which occurred in Septem
ber. Miss Griffin spent her childhood
days ‘in, Fitzgerald and is' the only
daughter of the late Mr. T. J. Griffin
of Helena, Ga.
Mr. and Mrs. Blanton Outler are
visitors in the city, the guests of Dr.
and Mrs. H. A. Mathis.
Miss Lucy Whitley has returned
home after a delightful visit to rela
tives and friends in Ocilla.
Expect to Augment $6OO Already
Subscribed Enough to Sup
port Work For Time. }
N iy |
Executive Committee Meets To
~ day to Take Action on Com
| mittee’s Suggestion. |
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At the meeting Friday afternoon oi
jthc Campaign Finance Committee of
}the Community Service council a res
iolution was passed recommending
ithat a worker be employed for a peri
od of three months to carry on the
community service program.
A total of $450.00 cash and $150.00
‘pledges was raised by the campaign
'committee Thursday. The committee
was confident that this amount could
be raised to $BOO.OO on a pledge basis
and that the work could be supported
for at least three months longer.
Present at the meeting Friday were
Mesdames F. R. Justice, H. A. Mathis,
H. K. Sligh, Frank Ward, J. B. Wall,
of the Executive Committee, and Mes
dames J. L. McCarty, O. L. Bradshaw
and I. Gelders, Ward Chairmen,___
Miss “Agnes L. Weed, special rep
resentative of Community Service who
was here, is now stationed in Moul
trie. Frederick W. Dixon, district rep
resentative has gone to Chicago, 111,
to take a place on the faculty of the
training school for workers. A. L.
Lincoln, local organizer, will remain
here until the executive committee
takes definite action. It is probable
that Miss Boyle will be secured to
take the work in charge here if the
committee decides to carry it on.
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Fitzgerald Furniture
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Company Is Moving
The Fitzgerald Furniture Company,
J. Kassewitz, Manager, is removing
their stock of Furniture today from
109 W. Central Ave., to their new lo
cation in the Odd Fellow’s Block. This
will give this firm one of the most
attractive stores in the city,
BOX SUPPER |
There will be a Box Supper at the
Roanoke School House on Friday
night December 17th. Everyone cor
dially invited.
Mrs. Marcus Luke is leaving this
week for Jacksonville, Fla., for a few
days visit before going to Los Ange
les, California, where she will make
her home.
Men’s
Clothing
One-Third Off
$75.00 Hart, Schaffner & Marx or Styleplus Suits now ......$50.00
$66.00 Hart, Schaffner & Marx or Styleplus Suits now ..... .$50.00
$60.00 Hart, Schaffner & Marx or Styleplus Suits now ......$40.00
$50.00 Hart, Schaffner & Marx or Styleplus Suits now ......$33.33
$45.00 Hart, Schaffner & Marx or Styleplus Suits now ......$30.00
$36.00 Hart, Schaffner & Marx or Styleplus Suits now ......$24.00
$30.00 Hart, Schaffner & Marx or Styleplus Suits now ......$20.00
BOYS’ CLOTHING ONE-HALF PRICE
$20.00 Bays’ Suits now ONE-HALF PRICE ............... .$lO.OO
$lB.OO Boys’ Suits now ONE-HALF PRICE ............... .$ 9.00
$15.00 Boys’ Suits now ONE-HALF PRICE ................$ 7.50
$12.00 Boys’ Suits now ONE-HALF PRICE ................$ 600
$lO.OO Boys’ Suits now ONE-HALF PRICE ................$ 5.00
$ 9.00 Boys’ Suits now ONE-HALF PRICE ................$ 4.50
$ 8.00 Boys’ Suits now ONE-HALF PRICE ................$ 4.00
$ 6.00 Boys’ Suits now ONE-HALF PRICE . ...............$ 3.00
FITZGERALD COTTON -
GOOD MIDDLING ...........15¢
MONDAY RECEIPTS ....32 bales
VOL. XXV, NO. 150
Will Aid A. B. & A. and Cham
,bers of Commerce in Work
MAKE YEAR'S PROGRAM
Asked To Lend Ideas and Sup
port To Prosperity Drive
Bankers and leading business men
of Central South Georgia from Cor
dele to Waycross along the A. B. &
A. Railroad have been invited to
meet with Colonel B. L. Bugg, presi
dent of the A. B. 1’ A. Railroad and
J. L. Edwards, vice president, at the
Fitzgerald Chamber of Commerce
rooms at 3 o’clock Wednesday after
noon. They will try to work out a
plan of campaign to pull this section
out of the present trough in the bus
iness sea and boost it over on a wave
of prosperity during the coming year.
~ The extension department experts
of the railroad have mapped out a
tentative program of work which de
\mands the cooperation of the com
-mercial and financial interests of the
‘scction in encouraging a steady “un
'scared” attitude toward business and
‘a sane agricultural policy. The rail
road men will ask the business men
and bankers to help them encourage
the farmers to grow enough differ
ent crop to insure good markets and
good prices for all.
“The most important thing South
Georgia business has to accomplish
this year,” declared one of the rail
road extension men, “is to quiet the
panicky fecling that many farmers
have been allowed to get and to turn
back the steady drift of this season
from farm to city. They have got to
prevent a cut production next year.”
If the men with money in this sec
tion allow the farmers, through dis
couragement or for any other cause,
to cut production, it means a really
rocky year for the section and means
inestimable damage to al' Dbusiness.
The conference Wednesday is to
reach some definite plan by which the
men who have the most to lose thru
a period of hard times, can ‘help pre
vent such a period.
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MECHANICS BEING -
LAID OFF AT SHOPS
One hundred and eleven additional
mechanics and helpers were given a
temporary lay-off at the A. B. & A.
Shops Saturday. It is thought that
the entire force will have to be put
back early in January, to maintain the
rolling stock of the Company,
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