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RECALLS OLD SIX-DAY RACES
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Death of “Lepper” Hughes Brings Back |
Period of Sports That Once 1
’ Held Full Sway.
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The death a few days ago of
“Lepper” Hughes, one of the old guard
of the six-day go-as-you-please races
which were conducted annually in the
old Madison Square garden, recalls a
period when that portion of the metro
politan public which hates to go to
bed before daylight pursued one of its
fads to the limit, remarks the New
York Herald.
These six-day grinds drew great
crowds. Many persons virtually
lived the entire week in the foul at
mcsphere- of the dingy old building
and watched the men as they walked
or trotted their way wearily round
and round the area. Prize money was
big and the contests had an Interna
tional flavor, the English champion,
Charlie Rowell, being a participant on
more than one occasion, and the win
ner of one competition important from
a prize money viewpoint.
“Lepper” Hughes and Paddy Fitz
gerald of Long Island City were in
variably on hand when these so-called
endurance tests were decided, and each
had a devoted following. Both were
tall and slim in build, while Rowell
was stocky, and had a short, quick
gtride which rolled the miles behind
him in a way which made it difficult
for his competitors to keep near him.
England has long been famous for the
quality of her distance runners, and
Rowell was one of her very best.
The death of Hughes will also re
call to many the New York of the
days when there was not much life
ufter dark north of Twenty-third
street and the out-of-town visitor
eager to see the sights had to content’
himself with what the Bowery and
Sixth avenue afforded.
PERCALE
36 in. wide _and a 25¢
value at
15¢ yard
GINGHAMS
Small checks for Ap
rons and baby dress
es, 10 yards tor
95 cents
DRESS GINGHAMS
This is a Special value
15¢ yard
DEVONSHIRE Cloth,
the ideal fabric for
Rompers and children
Dresses, only
. 35¢ yard
I' 4 m_'l_' Your Choice of any HAT in l 4 I_'l_'
1 our Millinery Department for |*§
Corded Organdies ‘
in all the wanted colors
. 45cents yard
Silk Stripe Tissue Ginghams
X@u should see them
. 69 cents yard
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B&t‘f;Grade Bleaching
~ 15 cents yard
This is the first sale of this character that Fitz
gerald has ever attempted—W e are going to make
it @ success. .
All of the merchants are working together to that
end. .
The SPECIALS that are being offered are at and
in many instances, Below Cost—We want you to
feel at home here. ¢
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‘No Mail Orders
tilled for Specials
Ful.s [0 MARK OF RICHES
Even the Poorest Farmers of Rou-‘
mania Wear Coliars and Hats
of Finest Astrakan. |
The poorest farmer in the Near East
can afford astrakan collars and hats;
and the man without a good piece ot|
fur on his overcoat collar or a whole
fur lining Is aimost always a beggar |
or a foreigner from America or west
ern Kurope, where these things cost
money.
Nobody wears more fur lining or
higher astrakhan hats than the cab
drivers,
These men comport themselves with
a dignity equaled by no single other
class of men in the world, unless it
be by the priests of the Greek church.
A long black plush garment, tight
at the collar and belted at the walst
by a bath robe cord, envelopes them
from head to foot. Because [t is
lined with fur, this garment makes &
man look far bigger than he really is.
And the high conical astrakan cap,
like a curly dunce cap, adds to his
stature,
Many of the drivers are said to be
long to a curious religious sect orig
inating in Russia, a sect Involving
celibacy. They spurn friendship with
women as likely to decrease their love
for their horses.
Whether this is true or not, it Is
certain that the cab drivers are the
most picturesque figures in Bucharest,
outshining even the corseted and
rougéd Roumanian army officers.
Long Pigeon Flight,
One of the longest pigeon flights on
record will be attempted from Ed
monton, Alberta, to San Antonio, Tex.
Arrangements for the flight have been
made between the Edmonton Homing
club and the San Antonio Homing
club. The distance is 2,000 miles.
Between 40 and 50 howming pigeons
will be shippea from Sun Antonio and
liberated there by W. Lees, president
of the Kdmonton Homing club.
The longes: flight on record, accord
ing to information, was from Rome
to Liverpool, a distance of more than’
a thousand miles, over difficult coun
try.—Brooklyn Eagle.
France Testing New Roads.
Contrary to past practice, composi
tion road surfaces are being put down
by the French highway authorities in
the Rhone valley. At Givors a test
is being made of two miles of an
Itallan composition. This has a ce
ment basls and is guaranteed for 15
years, The road authorities have ex
pressed their willingness to experi
ment with competitive types of road
material. Of 33,000 miles of roads
that required repairs at the time of
the armistice, 13,620 miles have been
greatly improved, and 2,200 miles have
peen completely repaired,—Compressed
Air Magazine. ¢
Paris War Library.
Over 100,000 volumes and almost a 8
many pamphlets, etc., have been col
lected by the French government, and
2 building will be erected having five
miles of shelving. The future his
torlan will probably die in the first
mile. The collection of manuseripts®
photographs and war records is appal
ling as to numbers, and there seems to
be no limit to the gifts of collectors.
[n this country Princeton university
and the University of California are
especie'ly strong on war material.—
Sclentitic American.
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Decorum,
“When you mention that you saw a
tady of your acquaintance on the
street, does your wife ask you to de
seribe what she wore?”
“Certainly not,” replied Mr. Meek
ton. “These days it wouldn’t be con
sidered a proper question.”
We list only a few of the many Special Values that we will have to offer
you during Merchants Co-Operative Sale... '
- Thursday, Friday, Saturday, May 26, 21, 28th.
Come and Join the Hundreds of Others Who Will Take Advantage of This
BIG BARGAIN FEAST
L.adies and Childrens Ready-to-wear
Ladies Suits and Coats - - - - - - ONE-HALF PRICE
Ladies’ Tatfeta Dresses...
1-3 OFF ,
Ladies and Childrens Gingham and
Percale Dresses ;
| 1-4 OFF '\
$ aa
MEN'S AND BOY’S CLOTHING
Your cheice of any Suit, values up to $50.00 only : : : $35.00
Big Values in other Suits e $20.00, s2s.oo‘and $30.00
\PALMBEACHSUITS PR s e SEESE
BOY’S SUITS, Your choice : : : : : : : : : : 1-3 OFF
Our Special for The Three Days Sale
An All Silk Crepe de Chine -
40 inches wide, $2.25 value Silk Crepe de Chine; A good range
of colors. Limit 5 yards to a customer...
$1.25 per yvard
J. H Churchwell
“SELLS IT FOR LESS” |
Five Story Building - .- ‘ - - = Fitzgerald., Georgia
THE LEADER-ENTERPRISE AND PRESS MONDAY, MAY 23rd. 1921
WON POPULERITY BY FEAST
How New Hebrides Outcast Chief
Contrived to Become the Big
Ruler of Vao.
Msny of the inhabitants of the
island of Vao in the New Hebrides are
refugees from the big island of Male
kula, who were vanquished in battle
and literally driven off the earth by
their enemies. Soon after our arrival
a powerful savage named, Tethlong,
one of the Small Numbers people,
arrived on Vao with twenty of his
men. All the others had been kllled‘
and the women and children had been
taken captive, Martin Johnson writes
in Asia Mecgazine. The natives of
Vao received the newcomers as a wel
come addition to their fighting force
and Tethlong set about to insure his
position among his new neighbors. He
Invited the entire population to &8
feast, and at once sent his men to
neighboring islands to huy up pigs and
chllgkens fgr ;fié 506;15?0!{ l’i‘he.»(rlg\lfl—
devily—great, hollowed logs, carved
roughly to represent a human face,
which are erected everywhere In the
New Hebrides to guard against evil
spirits—were consulted to find a pro
pitious time for the feasting and on
the. appointed day the celebration be
gan with much shouting and singing
and dancing and beating of tomtoms.
It lasted for several days. Before
it was over, 720 pigs had been slaugh
tered. The island had never before
seen such a feast. As a result of his
political strategy, Tethlong, -the
refugee, became the big chief of Vao.
taking precedence over the chiefs
already “there. i
Permanent Color Improvement. ~
“Your face is no longer flushed with
drink.”
*“No,” replied Uncle Blill Bottletop.
“When they proclaimed prohibition I
mrned pale »+ ' over vot over it”
'SALVAGERS DID GOOD WORK
Recovering Disabled Ships During the
World War Was Matter of
Highest Heroism. i
Landlubbers link salvaging ships
and cargoes to easy deals' in treasure
trove, but the skippers of the salvag
ing ships would tell them that salvage
is sweaty and poorly paid exertion.
They do not regard themselves as ad
venturers of romance, They are divers
of seagoing ambulances. They are
marine surgeons, who operate on sick
or disabled craft, says the Spokane
Spokesman Review.
Salvaging before the war was a mat
ter-of-fact trade, but during the war
it became a business fraught with ex
traordinary dangers. The maritime
belligerents had to save every dam
aged or sunken ship that they could,
and the salvager was almost as indis
pensable to winning the war as was
the man-o’swar,
At the Dardanelles five vessels were
sunk near shore, and yet all were sal
vaged expeditiously by the Liverpool
firms. . : .
In June of 1917 the salvagers recov
ered four good-sized steamers in ten
days that had been sunk in the English
channel. They salvaged Beattie’s flag
ship and the Britannia and the Astu
rias; the submarine K-13 after its crew
had been submerged two ‘and a half
days; the wrecks off Ostend and Zee
brugge.
The salvaging boats had at one and
the same time to act as machine shop,
power house, pumping station and tug.
‘They worked in a single spot, where
they were target for every German
submarine anywhere around. They
showed a heroism beyond praise. .
Mrs, B. B. Vaughn has returned
to her home in Nashville, Ga., after
a visit .to her sister, Mrs, A. R, Tay
lor,
One Lot Ladies Skirts and Waists
" 1-4 OFF
Ladies and Childrens Muslin Under
wear |
: 1-4 OFF |
Drs. Holtzendorf
and Turner
DENTISTS
Upstairs, next door to the
National Drug Company
PHONE §7
JONES®* NEW LOCATION
I have rented the Burkhart Gasoline. and . Oil
Equipment and am now located at the corner of
" Main and Central Avenue in front of Burkhart’s
Automobile Sales Room, where I will be pleased
to see all my old customers,
‘W. F. JONES, *“The Gas Man*
Reward for Dynamiters
We will pay $1,266,00 for the apprehen
sion and conviction of the party or_ parties
who destroyed the mill dam at Dickson’s
Mill and the bridge.
Ben Hill County Commuissioners
By J. W. Morris.
M. Dickson.
Low Cut SHOES for All!
New sport OXFORDS and PUMPS—The very
latest for the Ladies— : '
. $6.50
You will find our IRVING DREW PUMPS and
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@XFORDS for Ladies the last word in footwear,
and the prices are reasonable.
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Complete Line of MEN'S WALK-OVER OX
FO )S
Just Received New Line of STRAP PUMPS and
OXFORDS for our Children’s Department.
We have listed only a few articles— There are
many more—We want you to TRADE IN FITZ
GERALD, and if you trade here, we believe that
you will give us some of your business.
COME AND BE WITH US THESE THREE
DAYS!!!
Remember Dates---
Thursday, Friday, Saturday---
May 26th, 27th and 28th.
_ Office Phone 511 .
Res. Phone 545
J. T. BRICE, D.C.
‘Chiropractor
Rooms 201-202
Farmer-Gaibutt Bldg.
Office Hours. 9:30-12-1:30-5
Other Hours By Appointment
Fitzgerald -:- Georgia -
SHEETIND
36 in. wide, 10 yards
for
75 cents
. 10-4 SHEETING
Bleached or unbleach
ed, per yard
45 cents
9-4 Sheeting
39 cents yard
Table Oil Cloth
35 cents yard
Hickory Shirting and
Cheviots
15 cents yard