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MONDAY, WEDNESDAY
AND FRiDAY
Official Organ City of Fitzgerald
BEN HILL GRAND JURY MAY EMPLOY SECRET SERVICE MER
Blames Serious Crimes on Pistol,
' Whiskey, Gaming
WILL FINE SPITTERS
“Must Make Courthouse Fit for
Ladies,” Says Gower
The January term of the Ben Hill
Superior court opened this morning
with one of the strongest charges
from Judge O. T. Gower that has
been given to a grand jury in Ben
Hill county. Action and plenty of it
was called for by the judge.
Employment of a secret service
man to aid the jury in cleaning up
possible blind tigers and gambling re
sorts, continuing of the grand jury
in session from term to term as a
continual check on law breakers, the
tidying of the jail, as well as the
courthouse, in order to make it a fit
place to incarcerate white men for
-offenses in which' fines have been im
posed in the past, the promise of a
fine for every man who spits on the
courthouse floor, were a few of the
‘high spots in Judge ‘Gower’s charge,
which was eloquently phrased and
was not only interesting but long.
The Grand Jury organized with
Mr. A. H. Thurmond as foreman.
Solicitor General J. B, Wall stated
that a large run of criminal business
would be placed before it. The court
entered this morning into the trial of
old civil business. It will begin con
sidering the criminal docket next
Monday.
Enforce Grand Jury Rule
Judge Gower stated in his charge
that he intended to back up the grand
jury in every detail of its work, and
to see that its recommendations were
carried out, or good reason shown
for not carrying them out. He had
appointed a committee from the Oc
tober term grand jury, composed of
Messrs. W. R. Bowen, R. I. Maffett
and L. L. Griner, to report from the
old grand jury to the new grand
jury on the recommeéndations of the
former and make suggestions as to
necessary work. |
Judge Gower mentioned especially
the recoommendation that the pub
lic buildings be kept in better condi
tion. He flayed promiscuous spitters
44 promised a light fine for every
offense. “Your.wives and mothers
and sisters and sweethearts are com
ing down here to voote and to siton
juries,” Judge Gower told the Grand
Jury, “and you should see to it that
this court house is made a fit place
for them.”
Judge Gower turned in trenchant
language to the critics of the South
for lawlessness. He stated that more
unsolved murder mysteries were re
ported each year in either Chicago or
New Yook City than there were lyn
chings in the entire South. He de
clared that the South was the most
law abiding section of the United
States. ;
Stop Lynching’s Cause
‘Not that I condone lynching,” he
said, “but there is only one way to
stop lynching and that is to remove
the cause of lynchings.”
Judge Gower asserted that the Cor
dele Judicial Circuit had been the
most peaceful circuit in Georga dur-
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Telephone Your Want Ads to The =
LLEADER-ENTERPRISE
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advertisement sent you. :
THE LEADER-ENTERPRISE
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* WHY SHOULD THE CITY
» INCREASE LIBRARY AP
. PROPRIATION FOR 1921
* “Fitzgerald cannot fail to sup
* port herlibrary, too much is at
b stake, and I feel sure, if we get
» the facts before the city council
* it will see to it that this crisis
* in the library is well taken care
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. W. A. ADAMS,
b Postmaster. ¢
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Fire Department Has
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Quick Action Sunday
Two Fires in Fifteen Minutes Keep
Fidemen Interested
After more than a week of warm
ish weather in which the fire depart
ment received no alarms, the firemen
yesterday evening got two calls.in
quick succession, one from the Fitz
gerald Ten Cent Company at 8:10 o’-
clock and one from 408 W. Chatta
hoochee. :
A cigarette from an Empire Hotel
window is thought to have been the
cause of the Ten Cent Company fire.
which was confined to a Pine street
awning. A defective flue started in;
small blaze at the Chattahoochee
street residence.
Mr. A. J. Roush made the firemen
a present of a ten-dollar bill in ap
preciation of their work in checking
the blaze in the rear of the Surprise
store, in Mr. Roush’s building, last
week. The money is being invested
in half a dozen fire-fighting hats as
protection against heat and water.
Mr. Roush has the fire department’s
thanks for his remembrance?
Ben Hill Youths
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Rushing To Arms
Corporal Stewart, recruiting officer
in charge of the local army recruit
ing station, is reported to have made
the highest record of any officer in
the Atlanta District for a number of
cnlistments secured in December,
1920. Thirty-five soldiers were han
dled through the local station last
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COMMUNITY CHORUS
} TO MEET TONIGHT
i The Fitzgerald Community Chorus
will meet at 8 o’clock this evening at
Carnegie Hall. ;
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ing the year 1920.
The Judge outlined his attitude to
misdemeanors. He declared that 90
per cent of the felonies originated in
the misdemeanors attached to pistols.
stump rum and gambling. “It is a
farce to fine a man $4O or $5O, “he
said, “that gambling constitutes only
a cheap license for continued law
breaking, but I can’t conscientiously
be harsh with a poor negro while not.
a thing is being done about your
white poker players.” ‘
The court was engaged today in.
the trial of small civil cases. |
FITZGERALD, BEN HILL COUNTY GEORGIA, MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 1921
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The name Marshall Field is
known in every hamlet in the land
as the merchant prince. Now it
’s to try for other honors. Mar
shall Field lll—now head of the
famous Chicago fortune—is” go
ing to try to make a name for
himself in the bond business—
joning a Chicago firm. He wa’
& canaln during thestata_riar.
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Dan McCaskell Dies
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In Frank District
Old Settler Is Laid to Rest at Frank
Baptist Church
Mr. Dan A. McCaskell, old settler
of this section and prominent Mason,
died Friday morning at his home in
the Frank community and was bur
ied Saturday after funeral conducted
by the Masonic order at the Frank
Primitive Baptist church, of which he
had -been a member. The deceased
came to this section abouut thirty
years ago from North Carolina. He
was a past master of the Pine Level
Lodge of Masons. His only survivor
is his brother, *J. W. McCaskell, who
lived with him.
Elder J. D. Mathis officiated at the
funeral services Saturday. The pall
bearers were James Whitley, J. A.
Royal, W. H. Robitszch, Ed Whitley,
Albert G. Young, D. D. Garrison.
NOTICE, MAIL
"% MESSENGER SERVICE
Sealed bids for carrying méils be
tween the Postoffice and the A. B. &
A.; S. A. L. and Ocilla Railroads are
asked for by the Postoffice depart
ment. All applications must be in by
January 20th, 2 p. m. Further infor
‘mation can be had by applying to
the Postmaster. .
Mr. J. S. L. Phillips has returned
%0 his home in Reidsville after a brief
visit to his brother Mr. Lawrence
Phillips on South Main Street.
Mrs. Sam Parker and children
spent the week end pleasantly in Tal
botton with relatives. ‘
Mr. W. T. Hunter of Jacksonville,]
Fla. who has been visiting his sister
Mrs. Johnston on West Magnolia
street left Sunday for a visit to
friends in Norfolk, Va., before return
ing to his home.
Young Men’s Recreation Center Plans
Father and Sons Bangquet Next Month
Bowling Alley, Outdoor Athletic
Field, and Other Things
v in Prospect
Impressive Program of Work
Arranged at Managers’
Meeting Yesterday
The Board of Managers of the
Young Men’s Recreation Center had
a very enthusiastic mee ting Sunday
afternoon at their room 207 South
Grant street. '
Reports from various committees
were read and prospects for the cen
ter are very encouraging. Orders
for some equipment were given and
it will be in place in a few days to
augment the several games already
in operation.
The room is open at all times to
the members. The reading room is
free to everybody. Good books and
magazines are needed, book case, and
a table or two with a few chairs and
a congoleun rug would brighten up
the room and make it home-like, If
you want to help with any of the
above articles just send them to the
room, they will be gladly received
and acknowledged.
Plan Father’s-Son’s Banquet
A committee was appointed to ar
range for a Father’'s and Son’s Ban
quet during the week of February 16
-22. The National week for this
event. This will be a unique affair.
Some Ladies’ Organization will be
asked to superintend the “eats”.
Tickets will be sold at 50c to 75¢ per
plate. Places will be arranged for
at least 200 Fathers and Sons.
NOTICE CITY TAX PAYERS
Executions will be /)s"'sucd against
all del i'qgent tax payers after the
24th day of. Januafy 1921. After this
date the cost6f exccutions will be
added to~the amount of taxes.
J. L. Pittman, Mayor
24 David L. Paulk, City Clerk.
PRETTY ROOK PARTY
At their lovely home on East Mag
nolia street, Mr. and Mrs. George
Kratzer delightfully entertained a few
friends at rook Friday evening com
plimentary to Mesdames W. P.
Thomas of Birmingham. Ala. and
Eddie Cain of Righmond, Va. who
are the charming house guests of Mr.
and Mrs. George Davis at the Aldine
Hotel.
The rooms where the guests were
assembled were made bright and at
tractive with quantities of cut flow
ers and handsome potted plants.
Each playing table was topped with
a cut glass bon-bon dish filled with
aelicious mints.
The highest score during the even
ing was made by Mrs. Thomas who
was awarded a lovely box of candy.
Following a most interesting game
Mrs. Kratzer served delicious refresh
ments consisting of chicken: sand
wiches, punch, jello, topped with
whipped cream and lady fingers.
Among those present were: Mes
dames Thomas, Eddie Cain, George
Davis, Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Edmund
son, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hedges, Mr.
and Mrs. Charlie Kokoa, Misses
Edith Knorpp, Carrie Edmundson,
Mr. and Mrs. George Kratzer.,
600 Acres Tobacco ‘
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Assured In District
Strickland Reports Seed for that
Acreage Distributed Here
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At least 600 acres of tobacco will
be planted in the Fitzgerald district
this year it was definitely assured to
day by Mr. M. L. Strickland, tobacco
expert employed by the Lon Dickey
Tobacco Warehouse. Seed for that
acreage has been distributed and far
mers rave registered for that many
acres in the territory served by the
Ftzgerald warehouse.
The largest planter n this section,
Judge J. B. Clements of Irwin coun
ty, will plant 200 acres to tobacco this
year himself. The other four hundred
acres will be planted by smaller far
mers in two to five acre patches. The
warehouse people are encouraging
small acreage for each farmer in or
der that it may be properly handled.
About 1,000 atres of tobacco were
planted last year in the Fitzgerald
district from which $175,000 was real
ized. by the farmers.
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Mesdames Shine L. Smith and G.
P. Mingledorf will entertain Tuesday
afternoon at a lovely rook party com
plimentary to Mrs. Ansel B. Cook, at
the former’s pretty home on West
Magnolia Street.
To Our Savings Depositors
Please bring your passbooks
and have them posted to Jan- |
uary Ist. We like to post
these accounts really each |
%uarter on April Ist, July Ist, |
ctober Ist and January Ist. |
but not less than once a year.
l\)lVeklike go know thatl your |
ooks and ours are always
"in agreement, . VY
We take this occasion to ex
press our best wishes for a
Happy New Year and the
return of many more such
years to you.
The Exchange National Bank :
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Life for Babe Ruth, home-run
king of baseball, is just one ball
after another. Now that snow is
on tne ground in New York he is
starring Yat basketball—playing
and captaining the Passaic team-
HENDRICKS-TART
The marriage Friday evening of
Miss Mae Mannon Hendricks to Mr.
Hobson Tart is of congratulatory in
terest to the many friends of both
young people. The ceremony was per
formed informally by the Ordinary
of Irwin county in Ocilla before a
few relatives and intimate friends of
the bride. The young couple will
continue to reside in Fitzgerald
where Mr. Tart is engaged in the in
surance business.
FITZGERALD COTTO!
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Monday Receipts__..___2
VOL. XXVI, NON
VEAL BROTHERS
Manager of Show Well Pleas
With Town and People |
BUSY ORGANIZATI ON
Ninety People Working to P
Show in Shape for Road
The Veal Brothers Shows, whi
are wintering at the Dickey Tobs
co Warehouse, will make Fitzgers
their winter quarters next yearif {
warehouse can be secured, i{was‘ st
ed today by Mr. John Veal, manag
of the shows. Y
“This is an ideal place for wig
headquarters” declared Mr. Vigd
“and the people of this town are na
ing our stay here as pleasant as §
could hope for.” B
The big tobacco warehouse is |
teeming beehive of industry as #
carpenters, painters, blacksmiths, &
artisans of every kind are busily pi
ting the half-million dollar equipme
of the show into condition for
next season. S
‘Two artists arrived recently
commence painting the fancy “fronts
for the twenty attractions of th
show. .
Nearly a hundred handsome it
wooden horses stand proudly in the
stalls. glorious in fresh paint and vars
ist iting the day when thel
nish, awaiting the y whe ‘
will again carry happy child
around and around on the merry-goS
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About ninety people are employed
at the shows through the winterd
They are slowly effacing the grime of!
the dust of a score of states from the
equipment of the shows and trangs
forming dingy wagons, and swings;
and things, into scintillating obje
of beguty that will amuse and begtii \
pleasure seekers from Florida to
Maine in another year.
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Soldier Surrenders |
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George Theus, who served throughs
the war in Company E.. 6lst Field
Artillery, and who absented himself
without leave from “Camp* Dix" " two’
months ago, surrendered Saturday to
Recruiting Sergeant Stewart. He had
been in Fizgerald for about a month
visiting his parents and wore the un
iform when he placed himself in cus=
tody of the sergeant. The offense ot
Private Theus is technically desertion
under present army rules. It may be
considered by the military authorities
as absence without leave. i -
THE POSTPONED oy
BIRTHDAY ;i
Entertainment of the W. R. G
members of Oct. Nov. and Deec. will
be at 8 o'clock Thursday évening the '
13th. All members of the Relief 5
Corps are to bring something for the
lunch and the wives of the Sons of
Veterans may if, they care to. The
committee is to meet at 7:30. All~
members of Post 14 G. A. R., and
Sons of Veterans and their wives
are invited to attend. i
. HATTIE M. NELSON,
Press Cor,