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AND FRIDAY .
Official Organ City of Fitzgerald
!grr, AT SHOPS--BUGG
. B. & A. President Says Nego
-, tiations Are.in Progress . -
WILL MEET JANUARY 10th
Representatives of Men = Will
. ~Make Final Agreement Then
- In reference to a nwgws - dispatch
_from Fitzgerald concerning the an
_nouncement of a general wage reduc
« tion for all employees of the A. B, &
“A. railroad, the Atlanta Georgian yes
_terday carried the following informa
tion: e § :
B. L. Bugg, general superintendent
of transportation for the A. B, & A.
Railroad. confirmed the above dis-
Dpatch late Saturday. Mr. Bugg said
the officials of the road were negotiat
ing with representatives of the em
i)ldyee\s of the road looking to a,set
tlement., v ¥
© “At a conference in Atlanta last
Wednesday the 50 per cent reduction
of increases since 1917 was agreed on
as a basis,” said Mr. Bugz “How
ever, there is no danger of anybody
walking out at this time as negotiat
ions are in progress with a view to
settlement. On January 10th another
meeting will be held here, when a de
cision will be made and an agree
ment reached. The National Labor
Board may have to pass on any
changes before they go into effect.”
The proposition was referred by
the local units of the several unions
to the general executives who are in
session in Cleveland, 0., today for
the purpose of adjusting it, The pro
posed reduction by the A. B. & A. is
considered a national question as it
will probably, the union leaders think
be reflected in wage scales on all
roads. ;
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Special Delivery
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Stamp Will Not
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Safeguard Mail
Letters Will Be Delivered in Future
Without Taking Receipts
“Register your important mail and
don’t think that a special delivery
stamp insures it the slightest. In fact,
a special delivery stamp will only at
tract attention to it.”
This advice comes from postoffice
'adt‘m’:‘ities. following the recent deci
sion of the department to deliver
_sndrial d=lgery ‘lctters itr the future
I shout taking receipts for them.
#iB system is already in operation.
Mr. Joe Beall, who is attending the
University of Georgia, returned to
Atlanta Sunday after spending his va
cation at “Deerland,” the river plan
tation of Dickey Brothers.
THE - ' THE : \
=Pk < HALF PRICE EVeR:
All Men’s and Boy’s Clothing---All Women’s Suits, Coats, Dresses, Skirts, Blouses, Millinery, in faét
| Everything in Ready-to-wear and Clothing for both Men and Women. v
~ NOW AT ONE-HALF PRICE!
—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 Empire Store maintains---and then ask
yourself whether you can afford to let this opportunity pass. i/
The Biggest Savings Ever... Certainly the Biggest by Far that
- Have Been Offered in Any Event of the Present Year.
Men’s Hart, Schaffner
& Marx and Styleplus
Suits Half Price...'
$75.00 MEN’S SUITS N0W......537.50
$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 NOW. ....$17.50
$30.00 . MEN'S SUITS N0W.....515.00
,One Price to
‘Bverybody
THE LEADER-ENTERPRISE
Senator Harris Favors Bonus For
- Soldiers And Wants Their Views
Asks Leader-Enterprise to Invite
Ex-Soldiers To Send Him
‘Their Opinions
Senator William J. Harris favors
some kind of relief measure for the
soldies of the late world war, but is
undecided what . kind of measure
would effect themost good, The Sen
ator wants advice from the soldiers
themselves in regard to the form the
relief should take. Semator Harris’
position in the matter is explained in
the following letter received today:
Hon. Isidor Gelders;
Fitzgerald. Ga. :
My dear Mr. Gelders:
As you know, Congress has under
consideration a plan for a bonus for
the veterans of the Warld War. I
favor some kind of relief measures
for our veterans of the great war,
and I desire to get.their views on
what kind of plans they think are
best.
I know the close contact, through
your paper, which you have with the
people of your section, and I hope
that you can let the young men who
served in the Army know that I want
them to write me their views about
the bonus plan at their earliest con
venience. .
Please’ let me know any time I can
serve your people and with best wish
€s; ‘Lrdm:
William J. Harris.
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Vinson On The Job
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In Rolling Chair
Manager of Leonard Brothers Will
' Recover from Paralysis }
Harry Vinson, the popular manager
of the Leonard Brothers Auto Co.
continues to improve anl is daily at
tending to business in his rolling
pany. Until fully recovered, Mr.
chair at the sales rooms of the com-
Strickland will act as sales manager,
for the company and Mr. Reason
Whitley is acting secretary and treas
urer. Mr. W. H. Leonard of Blounts
town, one of the owners of company
left for his home 1n Blountstown,
after a survey of local affairs and ex
pressed himself as well pleased with
the condition of the affairs of their
company.
Leoyard Rsothers kave recently
added extensive.territory to their au
‘tomobile business ‘i “North Carofina,
where the control the sale of Dodge
Motor Cars in fifteen counties. At
their agency in 'Fitzgerald ‘hey will
continve to sell Cadillacs. Franklins,
Chandler and Cleveland cars and Reo
Trucks, each of which z ¢ represent
ed on the sales floor of the company,
for immediate delivery.
THE EMPIRE MERCANTILE COMPANY,
FITZGERALD. BEN HILL COUNTY GEORGIA. MONDAY, JANUARY 3. 1921
New Aldermen Will Be Indurted
. at Meeting Tonight
’PHONE FRANCHISE UP
New Counril to Elect Its Officials
and Begin Work
The meeting tonight of the City
Council will close the political service
for the term of Aldermen Channel and
Yancey Bowles. Mr. C. A. Miller
will be installed as representative for
the second ward and Mr. J. C. Glover
will look after the special interests of
the 4th ward. Alderman G. S. Flour
noy from the First and C. S. Isler for
the Third will enter on their second
terms, representing their respective
wards.
Before the induction of the new
members the 1920 council will dispose
of the current pay roll, receive the an
nual reports of the Depatment Chiefs
and dispose of unfinished legislative
matters before the old couuncil, among
which is the Bowen Telephone Co’s..
new franchise which is all ready for
its final reading. =2
After the disposition of the old bts
iness, the newly elected members will
be sworn in and elect a City Clerk,
City Attorneys, Scavenger, Street
Commissioner, Health Officer, Police
Department and Fire Department,
Mayor Pittman does not anticipate
making many changes as most of the
departments have been giving entire
satisfaction during the year.
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Drew Paulk Will Be 1
Candidate For Mayor
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Popular Citizen. Four Times Mayor,!
| Entered by His Friends |
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In another column of today’s issue
of the Leader-Enterprise, friends of
Drew W. Paulk, four times Mayor
of the city, present his name as a can
‘didate in the 1921 primary for city
offices. Mr. Paulk’s administrations
were especially marked for their
economy in puublic expenditures and
the continuous low tax rate during
the entire period in which he served..
During the his administration the
large indebtedness incurred by the
city for the location of the A. B. &
A. shops was wiped out without a
dollar being taken from the ad valo
rum taxes of the city, Mr. Paulk’s
executive ability is well known and
the tax payers may again call him to
this office.
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
* DIVERSIFIED FARMING
' PROGRAM SUGGESTED
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* The Leader-Enterprise carries
* on the editorial page the diver
* sified farming program suggest
' ed by agricultural experts and
* bankers of Georgia. It will
* commend itself to the interest of
* all progressive farmers,
Can Be Used in Railroad Coach
es Where It Was Forbidden
for a Short Time
All restrictions on the use of Fitz
gerald city water have been removed,
according to information received to
day by Mr. R. H. McKay, superin
tendent of the A. B, & A. railroad
shops here. The Leader-Enterprise
is in receipt of the following commun
ication from Mr. McKay:
“For your information, I am quot
ing you below a letter just received
from Mr. A. C. Woodfall, Director,
Division of Sanitary Engineering and
Water Analysis, State Board of
Health, Atlanta, Ga., which removes
all prohibitions against use of Fitzger
and city water on railroad coaches.
“‘Certificates have been sent on
this date to the Surgeon General at
Washington permitting the use of the
Fitzgerald water for drinking purpos
es on railroad coaches. You will un
doubtedly receive a copy of this cer
tificate from the Surgeon General in
the near future. This certificate was
issued as it is believed that the Fitz
gerald water is now free of pollution
and of sanitary quality.”
“I will certainly appreciate it if
you will give this matter as much
publicity as possible.”
COLLEGE CROWD GETS
BACK TO ITS BOOKS
Holidays Over, Each Train Bears
Students Back to Colleges
With the holiday vacation over,
each train since Sunday inorning has
carried its burden of returning col
lege students from home to the col
lege towns of the state. After a bril
liant season of society at home the
students will return for the long
struggle with books and xggfs until
summer rofls'around. 7T T
The last delegation of college girls
and boys to leave was the afternoon
train for Atlanta which carried the
following: Sarah Farmer, Randolph-
Macon, Martha Turner, Agnes-Scott,
Arthur Benton, Herald Kassewitz,
Ted Dunn, University Georgia; Jo
sephine Manning, Corrine Womble,
Edna Tyson, Wesleyan; Nelle Brawn-
All douse 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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Watson’s Legislative Prograr
Legislative Program Which Hon. Thomas E. Watson Will Ina“
urate And Stand For When He Begins To Represent Geor.
On March 4th, In The Senate Of The United States. <
..Bill to monetize (that is to make
legal tender, at par, for the payment
of all public and private debts) all of
the Liberty and Victory bonds, war
savings stamps, certificates of credit,
anl all governmient obligatory paper
sold during and since the European
war.
Amendment to the federaal reserve
act, making it mandatory. with penal
ty clause, upon regional banks to loan
direct to farmers on approved securi
ties, at a rate of interest not to exceed
5 per cent.
Another amendment to the same act
making mandatory upon regional bank
to accept the approved paper of fac
tors dealing in staple products the
same as of member banks, this provi
sion also to carry a penalty clause.
Another amendment to the same act
making it mandatory upon regional
banks and member banks to accept
cotton warehouse, grain clevator, to
bacco warehouse and all storage re
ceipts on staple crops as securities, up
on a sound and approved basis; and
providing also penalty for refusal.
Amendment to the farm land bank
act providing that a farmer, upon
approved security, as now demanded,
shall not be required to secure a group
of nine other farmers as indorsers, or
joint borrowers—that is to say, that
the individual applicant for a loan
shall be an entity, and if his secuurity
is acceptable under the act, that the
loan shall be made without the em
barrasment of securixy; nine additional
signatories.
Bill making it mandatory (with pen
alty clause) upon regional banks to
loan direct upon Liberty bonds and
other government obligation paper not
less than 90 per cent of the par value
at the same rate of interest the said
security is commanding.
Joint resolution of congress calling
upon the secretary of the treasury to
issue for circulation the (as yet unis-
COMMUNITY CHORUS WILL
MEET AT CARNEGIE HALL
The Fitzgerald Community Chorus
will meet at Carnegie Hall at 8 o’clock
tonight. Mrs., R. G. Shannonhouse,
president, urges all members to at
tend.
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Mrs. F."A. Baker who has been the
popular milliner at the Empire Store
for the past season left this morning
for Troy, Ala. where she has accept
ed a position for the Spring. season.
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er, Athleen Dickey. Washington Sem
inary; Herman Martin, G. M. C.; Dor
othy Cass and Theda Tisdel will leave
tomorrow.
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Women's Suits, Coats
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
sued) $102,000,000 in greenbacks. ; ro
vided for in the general greenback act
of 1863-5 signed by Lincoln, and wi ich
stands today as an unrepealed fed. ral
statute. :
Opposition to heavier burdens' of
taxation, to all attempts to fasten a
high protective tariff upon the people
and to re-establishment of the War
Finance corporation for any purpose.
Bill ®0 cut down the standing army
in the United States to the lowest
practicable minimum, thus to meet the
national deficit by economy rather
Ithan by taxation.
Bill restricting all old world immi
gration for a period of years, but pro
viding that the sifting shall be done in
Europe and not at Castle Garden.
Measure or series of measures not
only lifting embargoes but placing the
trade relations between the United
States and Germany and Russia on a
pre-war basis, with the proper en
couragement to these nations to re
establish their old trade channels be
tween their ports and the ports of this
country, so that their rehabilitated mer
chant marine may be profitably load
ed with merch2ndise in all forward
and return voyages.
Joint resolution ending the war with
Germany, and the establishment of
separate or concerted peace negotia
tions,
Proper measure or course demand
ing of Francc that she inform Germ
any without futher delay the amount
and terms of indemnity, that the lat
ter must pay, so that the conquered
nation may be enabled to reconstruct
to a definite and fixed basis, thereby
enabling her to shape her foreign trade
relations accordingly.
As to any agreement between or
combinations of nations, Senator Wat
son will favor an international iourt
on the basis of The Hague Tribunal,
provided and only if it is independent
iof the league of nations as provided in
the Treaty at Versailles.
TOBACCO FARMERS
ARE PLANTING
ABBEVILLE, Jan. 2.—George C.
Motley of Danville, Va., is in Abbe
ville for a few days. Mr. Motley will
be manager of the Lon Dickey Tobac
co Warehouse in Abbeville the com-
I RORGOM-- s- - o o i o
Mr. Motley was the first manager
of a tobacco warehouse in Abbeville.
At that time he was a member of
the firm of Lea, Pegram & Motley.
He is an experienced tobacco ware
houseman. Already farmers are plant
ing their tobacco beds, and preparing
for the next crop. It is expected that
there will be more tobacco planted
around Abbevillet than last year.
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
$lB.OO BLOUSE N0W..........$ 9.00
$15.00 BLOUSE N0W..........$ 7.50
$14.00 BLOUSE N0W.,........$ 7.00
$12.50 BLOUSE N0W..........8 6.25
$lO.OO BLOUSE N0W..........$ 5.00
$ 7.50 BLOUSE N0W..........$ 3.75 :
$ 5.50 BLOUSE N0W..........$ 2.75 :
$ 4.00 BLOUSE N0W..........$ 2.00
$ 3.00 BLOUSE NOW. . . &4¢ep
FITZGERALD COTTON
Good Middling__________l3 3-4¢"
Wednesday Receipts______None
VOL. XXVI, NO. 2}
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suerirORETING HERE
Tax Collector G a Gets An- |
$72,000 Tax M}rittain ‘
For the first time in :
Bill county has good ° STATS -fl
being entirely free f"‘ients and
and unfunded indebt Confer.
the, sheriff complete\__ i
delinquent taxes, a Stintendents and,
$20,000 over the 1920 of education 1
be left in the treasury.inties around
Four years ago the 4} Carnegie 4
a floating debt of abogd;ly morning.
had, almost singe its ¢ oyt and solve 3
a_ heavy floating deb’ that are per
all' county and cityfrs of thé section. fg
the present comimr'(yo meeting was
M. W. Garbutt, County School Su- .
J. Morris have &..q4 from Hon M,
posedly imDOSSibhL;uperintcndcnt of
county a clean buag, i
Tax Collector Fryas in charge
turned over to Sheri}rl[!‘:i,:l ‘hcre w%ll
ny $29,000 in tax fi fas for% ™ M
by levy. $72,000 was collect® =% &,
books closed Monday, Decemb ‘-“3’&" &
Last year the Sheriff was co v”mf:r.\
to collect only $20,000. The a“
ence of $9.000 in 1920 and 1919 delins
quency, however, is consideféfil
markably small as the total amouné
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of taxes collectable lis consid crably
larger. ' § ‘ il
Ben Hill county starts fhesgenyeag:
in remarkably good J ‘Mli'?& é
o R Ty "‘i;
official prosperity is ‘ohly @ e LA
of popular '% ¢
for good business and rapfi
in this section this year, in*spite fi
few troublesome things,, :5,},
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X PR
“Cost Or Market” bl
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Whichever Lower ‘=
a ¥ zf 4‘,',.’20 f?’t’,.
May Be Adopted
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Merchants Can Take EitheftastViliue"
of Inventories for‘ = w
WASHINGTON, D. GESMes
chants and manufacturers may a 4
the “cost or market,whiche
lower” as a basis for valuing th
ventories for 1920 income tax'ref
under regulatipns issued today by
bureau of imternal revenue. .« 4 %
‘ The gégulations also ”‘-ff
the di&rcnce caused by the fill‘é
prices during the year may be ded'u;‘:;
ed in arriving at the value of stock."
Relief is expressed in some quarter§s
that the difference would run m}_dfifi'
lions. 5 e i ‘)‘i“
Modish winter hats € Rt aines
this week from §$1.00"to"$5.00, 12 ’Q
Pine Street. ¥ ”*
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