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Official Urgan Ben Hill County and City of Fitzgerald
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FARM BUREAU HAS
Farmers Get Good Laugh at City
Newspaper’s Advice
'ADOPT PROGRAM FOR 1921
Will Send Delegates to Tariff
Meeting in Atlanta
Considerable dry merriment was
occasioned at the meeting of the ad
visory board of the Ben Hill county
Farm bureau yesterday by the solemn
advice of some city newspaper editors
that the farmers “sell enough produce
to pay their debts” and hold the rest.
“We appreciate the advice of our
city friends,” remarked Marion *Dick
son, chairman of the board, “but if
most of us farmers sold' everything
we have we could only pay about ten
per cent of what we owe, so we can’t
act on it.” =
The board authorized Chairman
Dixon and Secretary C. T. Owens to
attend the tariff meeting in Atfanta
January 27-29 as delegates from the
Ben Hill Counuty Farm Bureau. “I
was rocked in a Democratic cradle,”
declared A. J. Swords, chairman of
the Fitzgerald council speaking on tha
motion to send delegates to the meet
ing, “and I am afraid that I and most
of us have been rocked to sleep. It
is time we were waking up on thfs‘
tariff question.” :
The purpose of the meeting was to
map out a program of work for 1921.
It was decided to press a movement
for a municipal canning factory in
Fitzgerald, on motion of Mrs. S. M.
Whitchard, vice chairman of the
board and a large truck grower. The
Ashton district, of whose council
Wesley R. Walker is chairman. will
be supported in its effort to establish
a farmer’s cooperative warehouse by
next fall. :
The tentative program suggested
by the A. B. & A. railroad extension
department and approved by local
bankers, was discussed at the meet
ing but action was deferred until the
first meeting in January. The pro
gram suggests the division farmers
should make of their land among a
number of staple crops in order.to
get the best results from dwersified
farming.
The Ben Hill county Farm Bureau
Feleration is the strongest and most
active in the state, according to re
orts from state headquarters, and is
in attive touch with bureaus in five
Northern and Western states. :
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NOTICE OF REBEKAHS
All Rebekahs please remember that
Friday night, New Year's eve will be
the last meeting night this year. We
will have initiation which will be fol
lowed by a surprise planned by the
Social Committee. All members will
please remember and be present at
7:30 sharp.
EMPIRE EMPIRE
All Men’s and Boy’s Clothing---All Women’s Suits, Coats, Dresses, Skirts, Blouses, Millinery, in fact
e Everything in Ready-to-wear and Clothing for both Men and Women.
—This simply means that winter things must retire from the stage. They go out, of course, through the Door of Low Prices,
and this year we are speeding their going by the most drastic reductions that have ever marked one of these annual events. Study
the comparative scale ot prices quoted---think of the high standard of quality which the Empirec Store maintains---and then ask
yourself whether you can afford to let this opportunity pass. | % o
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The Biggest Savings Ever... Certainly the Biggest by Far that
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Have Been Cffered in Any Event of the Present Year.
Men’s Hart, Schaffner
& Marx and Styleplus
Suits Half Price...
$75.00 MEN’S SUITS NOW .....$37.50
$65.00 MEN’S SUITS N0W.....532.50
$60.00 MEN’S SUITS NOW ....$30.00
$50.00 MEN’S SUITS N0W.....525.00
$45.00 MEN’S SUITS N0W.....522.50
$40.00 MEN’S SUITS N0W.....520.00
$35.00 MEN’S SUITS N0W.....517.50
$30.00 MEN’S SUITS N0W.....515.00
(One Price to
Everybody
THE LEADER=ENTERPRISE
Fire From Unknown Cause Does
- $3,000 Damage at. Surprise Store
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An exclusively posed phoro
graph of Mrs Muriel MacSwinev
widow of the late hunger strik:
mayor of Cork. who came to tli
country to testify before the un
official American committee .
100 on actual conditions in Irc
tand’s fight for freedom. -Mr
MacSwiney is 23 years old. Th
is the first pieture of her witho:
a hat.
|| FITZGERALD GIRLS
MAKE LOW SCORE IN
LEAP YEAR WEDDING
Ake eRTE eet S e e e
As the merry bells ring out th\e
old year and peal in welcome to
the new year tonight, more than
one maiden fair will awake to the
realization that she has “lost her
chance” and will have to wait four
years more, when she will have less
prospects for success, before she
can “pop the question” to her Ro
meo. ;
During the soon bt snded year of
1920 only 206 marriage licenses were
issued in Ben Hill county. Of this
number only ninety-one were to
white couples, ‘the dusky damsels
seemingly having the edge on the
dangerous sex of the fairer race, in
the matter of nerve at least. Ac
cording to Judge J. R. Horton’s re
cords, May and August were the
mest popular months for wedlock
while April, the month of showers,
was least popular for the bridal
kind. .
Col. and Mrs. Jesse Grantham have
as their guests at their home on South
Lee Street the latter’s sisters Mrs.
Gordqn Burns and ,handsome young
son Gordon Jr. and Miss Marie Ward
of Douglas?” !
THE EMPIRE MERCANTILE COMPANY,
Blaze after Midnight in Shed at
Rear of Store Burns Mayor’s
~ Automobile
A fire originating from an unknown
cause in the rear of the Surprise Store
Tuesday morning damaged the build
ing, stock, and Mayor Pittman’s au
tomobile an amount estimated as not
exceeding $3.000. Quick work by the
fire department prevented a serious
conflagration.
The origin of the blaze is unknown.
It started in a wooden shed behind
the Surprise store about midnight
Monday and was discovered by pass
ersby when the smoke began to pour
into the front of the store. Mayor
Pittman’s Roamer automobile was
badly damaged by the flames, stock
in the rear of the Surprise Store was
damaged by smoke and water. The
building was damaged to an extent
of about $l,OOO.
~ Mr. Garber stated today that the
smoke had not injured any merchan
dise except in the extreme rear end
of the north side of the store. The
blaze was extinguished before the
smoke became enough to injure any
goods: Y
A. B.& A. To Make
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Wage Reduction
It is understood that the A. B. & A.
railway executives have proposed a
new wage scale for employes which
is, in effect, a reduction amounting to
fifty per cent of all increases granted
since 1917. The new schedule was
announced at a conference between
the executives and delegates from all
unions employed by the railway. The
unions have not announced officially
whether they will accept or not.
FEINBERG FURNITURE
STORE MOVES LOCATION
The Feinberg Furniture . Store fin
ished moving today from its old loca
tion on East Pine and opened at 117
East Pine street. in the Bush build
ing. The Thurmond Auto Company,
which formerly occupied the building
moved to the Burkhart Building on
Central avenue.
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Farmer Suicides
ALBANY, Dec. 30.—John H. Slap
pey, one of the most prominent citi
zens and planters in Dougherty coun
ty, committed suicide this morning
at his home two miles from Albany
by shooting himself through the head.
Despondency caused by ill health is‘
believed to have been the cause of‘
his act. . 1
Boys Suits Half Price
$23.00 BOYS’ SUITS N0W.....511.50
$20.00 BOYS’ SUITS N0W.....510.00
$lB.OO BOYS’ SUITS N0W.....$ 9.00
- $16.00 BOYS’ SUITS, N0W.....$ 8.00
$15.00 BOYS' SUITS N0W.....$ 7.50
$12.00 BOYS’ SUITS N0W.....$ 6.00
$lO.OO BOYS’ SUITS N0W.....$ 5.00
$ 8.00 BOYS’ SUITS N0W.....$ 4.00
'$ 6.00 BOYS’ SUITS N0W.....$ 3.00
FITZGERALD, BEN HILL COUNTY GEORGIA. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31. 1920
All House Dresses,_
All Childrens Dresses
All Middy Blouses,
HALF PRICE.
Don’t forget that ev
erything in the Em
pire Store is still
One-Fourth Off
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| MEATMEN GREET NEW ||
‘ YEAR WITH PRICE CUT |
ON STAPLE PORTIONS |
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* Local meat market men have
made the new year’s entrance worth
celebrating in Fitzgerald by price
reductions averaging about fifteen
per cent on staple cuts of meat. The
reductions run about five cents per
pound on the staple cuts. The City
Meat Market was the first to cut.
Williams Market informed its -cus
tomers of a cut today. Other mar
kets are making reductions. The
price of meat “on the hoof” hit the
toboggan some time ago and has
not yet recovered. Further price
reductions are expected in all food
wares.
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Cabinet Selection
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Tentatively Made
A. T. Hert, of Kentucky, Slated for
Secretary of War
MARION, 0., Dec. 30.—The first
cabinet slate has been virtually com
pleted by Presilent-Elect Harding, it
was learned here today.
This tentative slate is understood
to stand as follows:
Secretary of State—Charles E.
Hughes, New York. -
Secretary of Treasury—Charles G.
Dawes, Illinois.
. Secretary of War—A. T. Hert, Ken
tucky. .
Secretary of the Navy—John W.
Weeks, Massachusetts. :
Attorney General Harry M.
Daugherty, Ohio. |
Postmaster General—Will H. Hays,i
Indiana. “
Secretary of Interior—George Suth-‘
erland, Utah. |
Secretary of Agriculture—Henry C.
Wallace, Towa. i
Secretary of Commerce—Charles
Warren. Michigan.
Secretary of Labor—Herbert Hoov
er, California.
George E. Christian, Jr. of Marion
is understood to have been decided
upon for secretary to the president.
Mr. Harding, of course, is reserv
ing the right throughout to chan¥y
his mind if he deems it wise, and it
is possible he will be obliged to shift
his men to other posts than those
now in mind for them. |
Hawaiin Music at the Grand next
Monday and Tuesday as an added
attraction. i
Mrs. F. Bruce Martin has returried
home after a pleasant visit to her par
ents Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Peterson in
Douglas.
Mrs. W. B. Hammock of Midville
is visiting friends in the city.
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Week Prayer Program
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For World Missions
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January 2 to 8, First Baptist church
from 3:30 to 4:30 O’clock Afternoon
The need for this season of prayer
for, and study about our mission
fields and our workers was never
more imperitive.
The 75 Million Campaign for funds
and the ship load of new workers
sent out in August and the broadened
field of opportunities bring added re
sponsibilities, if we holp up their
hands as they witness for Christ.
The Sunbeams under the leader
ship of Mrs. J. F. Singleton will fuur
nish Sunday afternoons program from
3 to 4 :
For each afternoon of the week as
follows:
Monday—Subject “South America”
—Mrs. J. B. Wall; Business meeting.
Tuesday—Subject “Aftica®—Mrs.
T. R.Hendrix.
Wednesday—Subject “China”, with
ingathering offering,—Mrs. Dorminy.
Thursday—Subject “Europe”—Mrs.
Harry Vinson. ;
Friday—Subject “Japan”—Mrs.
Cox.
Mrs. E. J. Dorminy, Pres.
Miss Louise Wilcox left last night
for her home in Atlanta after a pleas
ant visit to her brother and sister
Mr. and Mrs. B. Emory Wilcox on
South Lee street.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Stubbs and son
Gilmer have' returned home from
Petersbhurg, Va. 2
Vierra’s Hawaiian Singers & Play
ers at the Grand Monday & Tuesday.
Complete change of program each
day.
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Women's Suits, Coats
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and Dresses are
$98.00 Suits, Coats & Dresses now $49.00
$90.00 Suits, Coats & Dresses now $45.00
$BO.OO Suits, Coats & Dresses now $40.00
$75.00 Suits, Coats & Dresses now $37.50
$60.00 Suits, Coats & Dresses now $30.00
$50.00 Suits, Coats & Dresses now $25.00
$45.00 Suits, Coats & Dresses now $22.50
$40.00 Suits, Coats & Dresses now $20.00
$35.00 Suits, Coats & Dresses now $17.50
$30.00 Suits, Coats & Dresses now $15.00
$25.00 Suits, Coats & Dresses now $12.50
AMERICAN LEGION POST |
WILL MEET TUESDAYI
Large Attendance Is Requested at the
Next Meeting of Mars-McDonaldl‘
Post. : |
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Mars-McDonald Post of the Amer—‘
ican Legion will hold their regulas
meeting Tuesday night in the offices
of the Chamber of Commerce,(
called to meet promptly at eight-thir
ty o'clock. !
The holiday season is over and it
is jespecially urged at this time that
all members be present. |
C. ROY ADAMS, Commander.
J. JARRATT PRYOR, Adjutant. ‘
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FORMER FITZGERALD GIRL, ‘
MOVIE STAR, MARRIES
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Miss Kathleen Ethridge, of Atlanta
and Mr. Edward Frances Hurst, son
of Mr. William B. Hurst. of Western
Nebraska, were recently married, and
are here on their wedding trip.
Mr. and Mrs. Hurst are en route to
Havana, Cuba. and will later motor
to Nebraska, where the bridegroom
has a large cattle ranch known to cat
tlemen in the West as the K-C ranch.
The bride has been starring with
the Klutho Motion Pictuures Corpor
ation in Jacksonville—Jacksonville
Times-Union,
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=i, Ji) Records On Sale Today
e/ Bradshaw Musice Co.
[ - Blouses are
Half Price
$29.50 BLOUSE NOW .........$14.75
$25.00 BLOUSE N0W..........512.50
$22.50 BLOUSE N0W..........511.25
$19.50 BLOUSE N0W.,........$ 9.75
$lBOO BLOUSE N0W..........$ 9.00
$15.00 BLOUSE N0W..........$ 7.50
$14.00 BLOUSE N0W.,........$ 7.00
$12.50 BLOUSE N0W..........$ 6.2¢
$lO.OO BLOUSE N0W..........$ 5.00
$ 7.50 BLOUSE N0W..........$ 3.75
$ 550 BLOUSE N0W..........$ 2.75
$ 400 BLOUSE N0W..........$ 2.00
$ 3.00 BLOUSE N0W..........$ 1.50
FITZGERALD COTTON
Good Middling ............13¢c
Friday Receipts ......23 Bales
VOL. XXV, NO. 158
Georgia Congressman Leads
Fight on Negro Association
BACKED BY VOTE BUYERS
Effort to Cut Dixie’s Representa
tion Nearing Climax
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.—Whole
sale charges of willful discrimination
against negroes at the polls in the
Southern States were made by repre
sentatives of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored Peo
ple today before the House census
committee and brought forth- vigor
ous objections from committee mem
bers from the South. The commit
tee was considering legislation to
reapportion Congressional represen
tation. 3
The first charge made by the asso
ciation’s representatives brought on a
storm of denials and additional
charges that gathered in volume as
the session progressed and reached its
climax at the close with the appear
ance of a photographer to take a
group picture of the committee, in
cluding its Southern members, wit
nesses and spectators of whom a
number were negroes.
When Walter F. White, assistant
secretary of the organization, declared
that the majority of the white popu
lation of many Southern communities
were ‘“lawless,” Southern members
of the committee jumped to their feet.
Georgia Resents “Slander.”
“I decline to sit silent and let wit
nesses make wholesale charges of
slander against one section of the
United States.” exclaimed Represen
tative Larsen, Democrat, Georgia.
“Let them confine themselves to facts
within their personal knowledge, and
not rest their cases upon hearsay re
ports.”
Representative Bee, Democrat, Tex
as, and Aswell, Democrat, Louisiana,
seconded their Georgia colleague in
energetic fashion.
Chairman Siegel, at this point, in
terjected to say that the committee
had decided to let witnesses make
their statements and members ques
tion them afterwards. The -chair
man, however, was often forced to
call members to order when they pro
tested against letting statements of
witnesses pass unchallenged.
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