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EDUCATORS OF SECTION MEET IN FITZGERALD JANUARY 25
NEW FRANCHISE IS
GRANTED PHONE CO.
20 Years at $5OO a Year: Poles
: Off Streets by 1930.
NEW ALDERMEN SWORN
City Council Re-elects All City
Officials for 1921
Council Monday night granted a
new franchise to the Bowen Tele
phone Company. The franchise runs
for twenty years with an annual fce
of $5OO and the provision that all tel
ephone poles be removed from the
strects by January 1930. The com
pany had asked for a perpetual fran
chise at $3OO a ycar after the old
franchise had been abrogated by a
raise in rates granted by the Georgia
Railroad ¢ommission. The new fran
chise does not specify rates.
J. C. Glover was sworn in as alder
man for the fourth ward and C. A.
Miller for the city at large, succeed
ing Aldermen Channell and Yancey
Bowles. The other aldermen, who
hold their seats, are Wm. R. Paulk,
George S, Flournoy, Lewis, H. Milton
George Kilcrease. J. H. Mayes and
C. S. Isler. J, L. Pittman is mayor.
The council re-elected all city of
ficials not subject to popular ballot.
They are David L. Paulk, clerk; G.
P. Mingledorff, treasurer, Chas. F.
Dixon, chief of police; W. C. Wilker
son, chief of the fire department; J.
D. Smith, street commissioner; Dr.
L, S. Osborne, health officer, Wall &
Grantham, city attorneys. Mr. Mil
ton was re-elected Mayor pro-tem.
The council voted not to try to
force collection of occupation taxes
for 1920 which were assessed on a
graduatcd scale which Judge O. T.
Gower, of the Cordele judicial circuit,
held illegal. Four concerns rcfuscdi
to pay the tax on the graduated scalo,i
levied on a principle similar to the}
federal income tax, and enjoined the
city from collecting. These concerns
will pay tax on the basis of the 1919
assessment, which was on a flat rate.
Fitzgerald was the first Georgia city
to attempt a graduated occupationl
tax scale, }
Reports for the year of the city
treasurer and health officer showed
the city in the best financial and most
healthy condition in several years.
Fire losses, according to the chief’s
report, were only $9,650 out of a risk
by fire of $101,750.
The city will start the year with a
balance of $10,063.24 in the treasury.
Treasurer Mingledorff states that tax
collections are normal, despite the al
leged “hard times” in this section.
The police and fire department
forces were re-elected on recommen
dation of the chief, The policemen
will be Herman Smith, S. D. Dixon,
J. C. Stewart, and J. M. Whittle. I
W. Finley will be motorcycle police
man. The firemen will be J. P. Horne
Isom Hungate, Willie Brewer, J. J.
Collier and Clifford Wilkerson, who
takes the place made vacant through
Lawrence Wilkerson’s ‘death.
The standing committees of theg
Mayor and Council of the City of
Fitzgerald, as named and approved
at the meeting are as follows:
Purchasing—Mayor, Paulk, Mayes,
and Lewis, |
Finance—Mayor, Mayes, Paulk, and
L.EADER-ENTERPRISE
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Look over the odds and ends around your house for which you have no further use---old Furniture, tools, lawn mowers e |
machines, baby carriages, stoves, electric irons, rugs, porch chairs. Whatever you have, turn it intc , Serp,’ f
Ad in the Leader-Enterprise, costing only a few cents, will do it. ¢ ihtichod: ot i cash,‘ A small W afi%
Call up 328, ask for the Want Ad Department and deseribe what vou have, Y ‘ Writtan for 00l anit o Eitt ot
advertisement sent you. i : sad will be written for you, and a bill fO? tu,_
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moved back and forth. Not far, ’tis true, but moved. Sc on the
300th anniversary of the landing of \.e pilgrims, it was moved once
more’; This time it went back to its*original resting place- g The lit
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RECORD ATTENDANCE
AT COUNTY SCHOOLS
The first 1921 meeting of the Board
of Education for Ben Hill county was
held Monday in the office of county
superintendent, with all the members
present. President L. Robitszch of
the Board presided. The annual re
port of the Superintendent shows the
financial condition of the board being
in good shape, with all of the schools
in the county with a record attend
ance.
ROBERT McCOWEN
Robert McCowen, the eighteen year
old son of Mr. and Mrs. G. F, Mec-
Cowen died at the home of his par
ents after a prolonged illness Tues
day. The remains were laid to rest
in Evergreen cemetery this afternoon,
Rev. W. M. Blaikwell, of the Primi
tive Baptist church, officiating. The
pall bearers were Messrs. M. Mathis,
J. J. Pryor, D. L, Paulk, W. S. Walk
er, Lacy Ennis and Asa Smith.
Glover.
Street. Walks and Alleys—Lewis,
Milton and Paulk, :
Printing—Flournoy, Kilcrease and
Paulk. .
Judiciary—Tlsler, Flournoy and Glo
ver.
License—Kilcrease, Miller and
Flournoy
Sanitary—lsler, Mayes, Miller and
Flournoy
Police—Miltozn, Kilcrease and
Flournoy.
Public Buildings and Grounds—
Glover, Lewis -and Miller,
Fire—Miller, Glover and Lewis.
Railroads & Corporations—Mayes,
Milton and Kilcrease.
Charities—Mayor, Milton, Mayes
and Flournoy.
Equalization—Paulk, Isler and
Lewis,
Library—Mayor, Mayes, Grantham
Mrs. Frank Ward and Mrs. I. Gelders
FITZGERALD, BEN HILL COUNTY GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5. 1921
LEADER-ENTERPRISE l
TO OFFER SPECIAL
FARM NEWS FEATURE |
Commencing witl the Friday is
sue this week, the Leder-Enterprise
will publish weekly, or oftener if oc
casion demands, a Farm News Sec
tion which will be under the person
al supervision of Mr. C. T. Owens,
county agent and scecretary of the
Ben Hill county Farm Bureau Feder
ation.
The new feature will include a
schedule of farm bureau meetings. ag
ricultural news features and articles
contributed by agricultural experts
and a local markets section. This
section will be something entirely new
in the way of newspaper service to
farmers. It will carry a list and
price quotations of farm products of
fered for sale by the farmers and a
list of products for which offers are
being made.
Farmers should list their produce
with the secretaries of their commun
ity farm bureau councils, The secre
taries will turn this list over to Mr.
Owens who will put it in shape for
the Farm News Section. All matter
in this section must go through the
hands of Mr. Owens.
Mrs. J. Howard Harris of Atlanta
is spending a few days with her sis
ter Mesdames James M. McDonald
and Thomas M. Griffin on South
Main Street.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Brubaker and
Miss Gladys and Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
Hodges motored to Macon Saturday
to enter Miss Gladys in G-A B. Col
lege and also spent Sunday pleasant
ly with Mr. and Mrs. Bob Howell of
Macon,
Miss May Orser left today on an
ertended visit to relatives in Hous
ton, Texas and California.
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W. J. Morris Chairman
Of County Commissions
Named at First Meeting of Year; Plan
Public Improvements
W. J. Morris was elected chaifman
of the board of county commissioners
and Miss Jamima Hogan, clerk at the
mecting of the Board Monday, when
Hon. J. T. Young, of the Williams
district, took up his official duties for
the first time, succeeding M. W. Gar
butt, retiring member of the Board.
Messrs. ] =W, Mogriss and R 1.
Stone, who served on the board the
past two years, were re-elected at the
last election and with Mr, ]J. T. Young
constitute the board of commission
ers for the county. Attys. Nicholson
and Cutts were elected county ;\ttnr—i
neys for the ycar and Dr. W. D. Dor
miney was re-elected county physic-.
ian. ‘
Better care of the public buildings
and grounds scems to be one of thcl
features with which the hoard hopes
to make a record. Chairman Morris
was named Purchasing Agent for the
County and Judge Horton custodian
of the Courthouse, withcut salary.
F. & A. M.
Pine Level Lodge No. 353 will hold
a special communication, Thursday
evening, January 6th, at 8 o’clock.
Work in the Master Mason Degree.
All members requested to attend,
Visitors welcome.
DAVID L. PAULK, W. M.
J. W. PEARSON, Sec.
Mr. Harry Vinson left last night
for Atlanta where he will consult a
specialist about his condition,
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passed, for the tmmediate finan
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by the sharp price declines. So
this is the way they impressed
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American Legioneers want a Roosevelt in the Harding adminis
tration looking out for their interest. The legion members are asking
Frésident-elect Harding to place Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, one of
the framers of the Amerigan Legion, as first asgistant to some cabi
~¢ position: The photo shows a meeting of the president-elect and
»zel Reosovelt at Weashiston recently.
WOMEN ELECT M. J. |
PAULK IN OCILLA
ELECTION TUESDAY ’
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QEILTA, Jantary 5
In one of the most hotly contest
ed elections this city has experi
enced in several years. Mayor M. |
J. Paulk was re-clected to tthe of- |
fice by a majority of thirty-three |
votes. All the aldermanic candidates }
on the administration ticket were
elected by close votes. |
The election was dominated by
the newly franchised feminine vot
ers who swung a decisive balance
of power and returned the Paulk
faction to power. About one hun
dred women voted. The total vote
poiled was 346.
The new members of the city
councili are J. ] Cribb, J. B Cox,
W. N. Hudson, D. H. Paulk, C. R.
Robinson. H. E. Oxford, candi
date of the Quincey faction, was
the defeated mayoralty cundid‘tc.
W. C. PATTERSON
The remains of W. C. Patterson,
one of the original Colony members,
who died on his mother’s Mrs. Car
rie Clute’s farm, near Ashton were
laid to rest in Evergreen cemetery
Monday. The deceased leaves a wife
and several children, besides his de
voted mother, to mourn his death,
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Wilson have
returned home after a delightful hon
cymoon trip to Savannah, Augusta,
Statesboro and Dover, Ga, They are
at home to their many friends with
the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.
F. Pollard on West Oconee street.
Miss Martha Jane Turner leit Mon
day to resume her studies ae Agnes
Scott in Decatur after spending the
holidays with her parents Mr. and
Mrs. James E. Turner on South
Main Street.
Miss Martha Sue Hampton left
Sunday for Berlin where she teaches
school after spending the holidays
pleasantly here with her parents Mr.
and Mrs. Robert L. Hampton on
South Main Street,
W. C. T. U. MEETS FRIDAY
WITH MRS. MASHBURN
A meeting of the W. C. T. U. will
be held at the residence of Mrs. J.
D. Mashburn Friday at 3:30 p, m. at
which all members are urged to at
tend.
Miss Annic Belle Vandiver has re
turned to her home in Atlanta after
a pleasant visit to her uncle and aunt
Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Whitchard on
Main Avenue.
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The ‘“quackless” and water
less” duck has arrived. It is of
the Muscovy type and is being
shown at the poultry shows in
California by Mrs. Anne E. Frary
of San Francisco. It is said the
‘“quackless” duck is a better egg
producer than other breeds, lay
ing almost continuously. At re
quires little water—being content
to drink like a chicken and wane
der & _pauliry rupway,
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VOL. XXVI, NO. 2
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BRITTAIN TO SPEAK
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Superintendent Bullard Gets An
nouncement from Brittain ;
18 MEETINGS IN STATE
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County Superintendents and
State Officials Confer-
County school superintendents and.
meygibers of the boards of educatiom
irom about, fifteen counties around
Fitzgerald will meet at the Caxncéief;"
Hall at 9:30 o’clock Tuesday morning. ¢
January 25th, to thresh out and solve
a number of problems that are per- |
plexing rural educators of thé section. |
Announcement of the meeting was ,
received today by County School Su- |
perintendent Bullard from Hon M,
L. Brittain, state superintendent of |
schools. N
Besides the Supervisor in charge
of the particular territory, there will
be present; Rural School Agent, M.
L. Duggan; High School Inspector,
lE. A. Pound; Special Supervisor, W.
B. Hill; Smith-Hughes Supervisor;
Paul W. Chapman; Building Super
'visor, Miss Elizabeth Holt; F. E.
Land, Industrial Rehabiliatation Su
pervisor; and the State Superintend
ent of Schools.
The program will mainly consist of
the following: (1) The proper conduct
of school funds and office work ges
erally, including certification and cons-"
tracts of teachers. (2) How to qual
ify for State aid for County High
Schools and Consolidated Elemen-~ |
tary Schools; (3) How to qualify for
Smith-Hughes Agriculture Work, (4)
Explanation of Industrial Rehabilia=
tion Law; (5) Proper building res .
‘quircmcnts for elementary and high
ischools, including play-ground equip~§<_.
‘ment; (6) How to secure aid under
the Rosenwald, Jeanes, Slater, and
other funds wed to help negro schools
! (7) Organization and classification of
Junior and Senior High Schools. (8)
;]’ropcr supervisio of school systems.;
(9) How to use cooperative agencies,
‘ such as farm extension work, Parent
‘Tcacher .f\ssoc‘iation.s,“County Fairs, -
‘etc. (10) Cooperation with parents in
the enforcement of the the Compul
lsory Law, etc. 3
WANT FREIGHT CAR OF
FOOD FOR ORPHANGE
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At the last session of the Little:
River Association that body agreed
that an effort would be made to send
to Baptist Orphanage a freight car®
load of provisions. Mr. A. J. McDon="
ald was made chairman of the com-h,":':yj
mittee to get the car arranged fory
Mr. McDonald announces that thefi
will be at the Seaboard depot in
city all day long on the 13th day'fi'%
this months so that any one who W:i
anything he would like to‘send to the
Orphanage can do so. ‘ :4%
Miss Gussie Young has arrived
from Cedartown to accept a position
in the Fitzgerald High School as.
History teacher. ik
The friends of 1. Goldenberg, who.
has been seriously ill at his home if
Griffin. will be glad to learn -flm_‘@
is rapidly improving. TR