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TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 29, 1910.
The Columbus Enquirer-Sun is very much exercised over the
Senatorial question.
_The government is going to crush the sugar trust so they say. We
will see ‘what effect it has on the price.
Apple and plum trees are in bloom in many places and if the
warm weather continues peach trees will be blooming. This Indian sum
mer is most too much summer.
The preachers and business men of Waycross have petitioned the
City Council not to permit a street carnival there this winter. The sen
timent is strong against them here.
The ladies are wanting to fly with the air men.
The editor of the Enterprise is expecting to take a little flight but
that is one time we prefer not to fly with a woman.
One man killed each month in Breathitt county, Kentucky, says
a head line in today's paper.
Crisp had better look to her laurels. Eh, Shipp Pound, Bivins, et al.
Augusta may not have grown so much in population but when
the test came they showed pluck that may be depended upen to care for
that city’s interest. We will bet she makes a good showing ten years
hence. j
Hoke Smith’s elcction to the senate would please The Star.
It would be delighted to see him in the highest law-making body
in the world. He has never asked the politicians any odds. He
has always gone direct to the people for anything wanted. He
takes them into his confidence, consults their wishes.
If he wants to succeed Clay in the United States senate, all
he has got to do is to let the voters of Georgia know it, and they
will do the rest—Elberton Star.
The papers over the state are naturally having a great deal to say
about the senatorial question and we find the line up about the same it
was in the gubernatorial contest or race. That contest resulted in a turn
down for Terrell, and his appointment to office was simply a matter of
luck, political good fortune. Senator Clay's untimely death occured be
fore the change that the people had ordered at the ballot box took place
because of a recent change in the date of the sessions of the legislature.
.., Senator Terrell can in no sense be. considered the choice of the
people, or a majority of the people, indeed he holds his office in spite of
the fact that he had failed before the people.
“The crime was committed this afternoon at 4 o'clock. in the
yard of the home of the girl while she was alone. Her head was
_almost severed with a knife, following a fierce struggle with the
negro. The negro was employed by the father of the girl and
had worked on the place for twelve years."—News Item
“He was a trusted employee about the place.”-Additional News
Item.
An old story of a father’s folly.
Hundreds of southern men trust negro bucks about their homes
and almost every day we read of nature’s penalty against that folly, for
it is worse than folly; and the southern man who dces not know he is
tempting the devil, subjecting his loved ones to the greatest danger, needs
a guardian to look after him while his family take care of themselves:.
We hope that there will be no more primaries for another
year or two in Georgia.
The legislature has for a number of years selected the senators,
and while we favor the election of senators by the people, we
feel that we can afford to escape the bitterness that would, in
our opinion, be engendered by a campaign at this time.-
The Rambler supported Governor Brown against Hoke Smith,
but if the newly-elected legislature thinks that Governor Smith
will make a good Senator, we had rather they shoulder this re
sponsibility than that a bitter primary be held.
Governor Smith in the Senate and the long factional fight
would be ended, anyway.—Cordele Rambler. .
J. Frank Jenkinson (whoever that is) of Thomasville, has a rather
poor estimate of the Georgia Legislature. In writing of the probability of
the election of a United States Senator by that body, Jenks says:
“Throwing the election into the legislature, composed of a few
hundred politicians, there to be juggled with, fought for, gamled
for, traded, on, lied for, promised for, with the people to whom
the office beldngs, standing practically helpless, to say whom
_they want to serve them.” :
Now Jenks ought to know that the electioq of United States Sen
ators was flung into the legislature long years ago, when Jenk's grand
daddy was a shirt tail boy, and that important question has been left to
be juggled with, gambled for, and lied about, by the several hundred
politicians long before Jenks become a power in the public prints.
We fear that Jenk's patriotismn (?) is inspired by a mean streak of
spite against the man Senator Terrell failed to defeat in a very recent
contest. !
Tomorrow is the day Fitzgerald decides whether she wants a new
railroad or not. :
Not whether we can get the road with eo-operation or assistance
but whether Fitzgerald will take hold and make it possible.
Not a man in Fitzgerald, a business man at least, and they are
the men to whom the matter is refered, in whose hands the towns desti
ny rests who does not feel that his finances will not premit a subscription
to a railroad proposition, nearly every man believes his finances are just
a little tighter that he is a little harder pressed than most any other man.
That of course is a business halliculaticn, anyhow it is definately settled
that we will not be able to secure a new railroad unless quite a-number
of men are willing to take hold of it in a business-like way. Two or three
men cannot or will not do it. Weare all interested alike, every man
should do his duty and is expected to do his duty tomorrow and follow
it up Thursday when the visitors come.
If you are thinking of shirking now is the time to change your
Go to the court house tomorrow at ten o'clock and do your part.
Show your intesest in Fitzgerald's welfare. |
Methodist Conference to Convene
In Fitzgerald, Nov. 30 to Dec. 4.
Program of the Methodist Conference to be held this week at the
First M. E. Church. _
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 30TH
8:00 a. m.—Meeting of Examiners. :
9:30 a. m. and 2:00 p. m.—Examinations.
7:30 p. m.—Anniversary—Board of Education.
Address—Dr. Walter Agnew, Dean of the University of Chat
tanooga, Tenn.
8:30 p. m.—Short Addresses—Principals of Conference Seminaries.
THURSDAY, DEC. I¢T.
9:00 a. m —Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper.
10:00 a. m—Organization of Conference.
Conference business.
2:00 p. m.—Statistical session.
7:30 p. m.—Anniversary—Woman’s Home Missionary Society.
Address—Mrs. Anna D. Elders, Boaz, Ala.
8:15 p. m.—Anniversary—Board of Home Missions and Church Extension.
Address—Speaker from Philadelphia. Pa., to be announced.
FRIDAY, DEC. 2ND.
9:00 a. m.—Devotional Exercises.
9:30 a. m.—Conference business. .
2:00 p. m.—Cabinet and committee meetings.
3:30 p. m.—Laymen’s Association will meet at the First Baptist Church
7:30 p. m.—Lecturers—Bishop William F. Anderson, D. D,LL. D.
SATURDAY DEC. 3RD.
9:00 a. m—Devotional exercises. )
9:30 & m.—Conference business.
Laymen’s Association will meet at the First Baptist Church.
2:00 p. m.—Cabinet and committee meetings.
7:30 p. m.—Annivereary—Board of Conference Claimants. :
| Address—Dr. Clemens, Chicago, lIL.
8:15 p. m.—Annniversary—Board of Foreign Missions.
| Address—Dr. E. B. Caldwell, New York City.
SUNDAY, DEC. 4TH.
9:30 a. m.—Conference Love Feast.
Led by Rev. E. F. Dean. ~
10:45 a. m.—Public Worship.
Sermon—Bishop William F. Anderson, D. D,, L. L. D.
Ordinations. .
2:30 p. m—Memorial Service.
3:15 p. m.—Dedication of Church Property.
3:30 p. m.—Sunday School Rally Service.
Address—Dr. David C. Downey, Corresponding Secretary of
the Board of Sunday Schools, Chicago, 111
7:30 p. m.—Epworth League Rally Service.
Address—Dr. Edwin M. Randall, General Secretary of the Ep
worth League, Chicago, 11l .- |
8:30 p. m.—Closing Service.” % > |
The evening services are arranged so as to be of interest to the%
public as well as to the Conference. A general invitation is extended to
every body to attend. A special invitation is extended to pastors, Mis
sionary Societies, Young people's Societies, and Sunday Schools to at
tend the services of greatest mt,ere% tothem.
LT 8 ;' * + = E.J. Hammond, Pastor.
UNFOLDMENT OF THE SOUTH
Last Sunday's edition of the Constitution was simply great. Its
size (a hundred pages) was one of the least important of its many ex
cellent features. : :
We quote the following from Roosevelt used as a key note by the
Constitution.
“‘The part played by the South in the constructive statesmanship
of our nation during all our earlier years was of incalculable weight and
value. I firmly believe that the time has now come when the South’s
influence again will be felt, not only in constructive statesmanship, but
in the enormous field of constructive business. No part of the country
has seen such progress along material lines, and I believe the next twen
ty years will see a greater progress.
“ ‘“From now on I think the South will share with the West the
rapidity of growth. This leadership will be hastened by the completion
of the Panama canal; the East has the Atlantic and the West the Pacific;
the South, even more than the East and West, will have the Panama
canal and will, therefore, stand at the distributing peint of all the great
oceans of the world.
““You need more people, but like the rest of the country, you need
that these people should be of the right sort. Feeling this way, I natur
ally sympathize most cordially with every progress of the Southern Com
mercial Congress in its efforts to make the South know itself and to make
both the South and nation realize that a great nation will be developed
from the development of a greater South.’ "__Ex-President Roosevelt.
EXPOSING COLOSSAL PENSION FRAUDS.
The vigorous crusade of The World's Work against the nation
al pension graft, and its exposure of the enormous frauds prac
ticed against the people of the United States through the pension
bureau, is one of the great reform works of the century.
The exposure, long hinted at it and strongly suspected, will cause
a national shock, which it is hoped will galvanize the publicinto
effective action.
In forty-four years the federal pension bureau has paid out
four billions of dollars of the people’s money; or, to be exact,
$3,848,699,721,06. ‘ _ :
That is more, by a billion dollars, than all the money of every
kind in circulation in the United States today, and there s - 3
enough in circulation to give each man, woman and child of
90:000.000 people the sum of $34.52. : :
. The pension rolls have uniformly increased instead of deereas
ed. and there are now on the rolls 946,149 men and women..
Since the close of the civil war over three and a quarter mil
lion pensioners have applied for government bounty—more men
than were in both the great ‘armies. The claims of 2,024,794
have been allowed. - Today there are on the rolls 946,149 pames.
' How many of these were legal? How many were “wilfully
validated with the connivance of members of congress? The
testimony of The World's Work on this is amazing. '
If the truth of the situation could be known to all Americans
_it would be almost enough to start a revolation.” » ¢ £
Last. year $162,000,000 was paid out:to “invalid soldiers and'
the widows of union veterans.” - This in addition to the upkeep
of the several soldiers’ homes maintained by the government.
—Constitution. :
W E wish to thank all those who
have contributed to our large
increase in deposits since Nov. 10th.
We have a right to feel proud of
our growth.
On Nov. 10th our Deposits were - $8,889.40
On Nov. 22nd our Deposits were ~ $17,357.39
Percentage of Increase 95 per cent.
in Twelve Days.
It is needless to say that we are highly pleased
with our business and will endeavor to merit the
good will and patronage of the good people of
Ben Hill.
Thanking you again, we beg to remain,
Very truly yours,
W. R. PAULK, P. F. CLARK,
4 W. H. KENDRICK, L. L. GRINER,
ELI W. WALKER, JOHN B. D. PAULK,
R. L. DUCKWORTH, ARCH GRIFFIN,
JOHN D. WALKER, WILFRED LANE,
- OTIS H. ELKINS,
Dircctors of
AMERICAN STATE BANK, Fitzserald, Ga.
Centrel Avenue Banlk.
Real Estate Sacmilice.
$3.000 Cash and $3,000 in
one years time, at 8 per cent.
interest on deferred payment
will buy the property on Cen
ural Ave., known as the Fields
property. This property con
sists of a two story building
and three lots and is easily
worth $8,500. |
For further information,
call upon or write,
D. P. ADAMS,
Fitzgerald, Ga.
Alsp sazveral other nice real
estate bargains which must be
sold in the next sixty days.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
I wish to announce to the public
that I have purchased the W. E.
Adams grocery stock and all ac
counts, all bills due the W. E.
Adams firm and company, will
be payable to W. R. Booker. I
also expect to carry an up-to
date grocery stock at the same
stand. Call and see me. }
W. R. BOOKER.
To Owners of Farm Lands:
I can ho_w loan you on liberal terl,:;: gch m::t\;y alg 'lylou m:llyl
gm;sgfiage;zn:egot:\efi;:‘l;{di‘:tely if‘: ::an i;sde:ir’ed‘.m
Abb a Farm Lands,eight miles north
-5 PV i west of Fitzgerald, on Atlanta,
Birmingham & Atlantic Raiiroad. TN
J. M. Bussell & Son Real Estate