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FIRE DESTROYS MOTOR CONCERN EARLY THURSDAY MORNING
Local Men’s Bible Class to En
tertain Cordele’s
-300 MEN TO VISIT CITY
Prominent Jurist on Program
for Community Sing
About three hundred members of
the Men’s Bble Class of Cordele will
be guests of the Fitzgerald Men’s Bi
ble Class, Sunday, May 29th. Col,
A, J. McDonald, president of the lo
cal class, has made arrangements for
a royal reception of the visitors,
The Cordele class will be met at
the special train by about seventy
five automobiles," taken to the First
Baptist church, where they will have
charge of the Sunday School hour,
entertained at a luncheon at the Blue
and Gray Park and will lead a com
munity song service in the afternoon,
The Fitzgerald Fair Association
has extended the use of the park and
all buildings and equipment to the
Bible Class for the day.
Accordng to a message today from
W, L. Roebuck, president of the Cor
dele Class, more than 200 reserva- |
tions had been made last night for the
Bpecial Seaboard Air Line train that‘
is to bring the visitors and that he
had assurances that nearly a hundred
more would make the trip,
The tentative program for the day,
Sunday, May 29th, as outlned by Col,
A. J. McDonald and his committee
on arrangements is as follows:
Cordele Bible Class will arrive at
9:45 at the Seaboard Depot and will
be met with cars and carried to the
First Baptist Church where they will
be introduced ‘and welcomed.
They will hold their class in the
auditorium of the First Baptist church
and will bring their song books and
treat us to some soul stirring music,
After church services they will be
be invited to the Blue and Gray Park
and served wth lunch, This will be
“Served by the. Women’s Bible Class,
Phlathea Class and Fidelis Class.
Only those persons who receive
special invitations will be admitted
to the luncheon.
At 2:30 the public generally will
be invted to the Blue and Gray Park
wher there will be a song service by
the choir of the Men’s Bible Class
of Cordele, Short addresses will be
made by the following: Judge @i
Gower, “Service”; Mr. W, L. Roe
buck, teacher of Cordele Bible class,
“How to Build A Sunday School”;
Judge U. V. Whipple, “Tithing,” and
perhaps im\promptu speeches,
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Permit No Crowds
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To Bleck Traffic
Mayor States He Will Enforce City
Ordinance; Asks Co-operation _.
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The following statement was issued
today by Mayor J, L. Pittman: “Pur
suant to an ordinance in effect, I
have instructed the police depart
ment to keep the sidewalks open for
pedestrians to allow no one to con
gregate and impede trafficc. The
policemen are instructed to make
cases “against anyone refusing to ob
serve this ordinance”
Mayor Pittman asks the co-opera
tion of the citizens of the city in
keeping the streets and sidewalks
open and free from standing crowds
of people.
Outline July 4th
Celebration Plans
Committee in Charge Meets; Dr, A.
M. Soule Asked to Speak
At a luncheon given by the Cham
ber of Commerce today, tentative
plans for the celebration of Inde
pendence Day were adopted,
As usual the day will be opened
with a mammoth parade led by the
Fitzgerald Concert Band, Floats and
decorated cars will be awarded prizes
amounts to be announced later, Dr.
A, M, Soule has been invited to ad
dress the people at the Blue and
Gray Park, where a number of en
tertainments are planned for the af
ternoon. Bicycle races, water fight,
and drills by troups of Boy Scouts
from Cordele, Ashburn, Americus
and Waycross will be a feature of
the day, :
. The evening will be taken up with
a masked Mardi Gras, prizes to be
awarded for the best masked men
and women.
. The entire affair is in the hands
of a committee consisting of Sec, W,
A, Adams, of the Chamber of Com
merce, Messrs. C, T, Owen, W, C.
Wilkerson, Ed Hussey, J.. C. Crews
and Will Haile and G, S/ Willcox.
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CONTINUES SATURDAY
Unusual Bargain Offers Bring
People to Fitzgerald
The Fitzgerald Merchants Co
operative Sale opened Thursday with
a good volume of business for all
the co-operating stores, Nearly a
thousand pecople saw the opening
amusement feature, a water battle
between two teams of negroes at
the corner of Main and Central Av
enue,
Many stores appeared Thursday
morning dressed in holiday regalia
of bunting and flags and the “Wire
grass Giant”, thirtecen feet tall, who
strutted around the streets in gay
dress suit under a huge umbrella put
something of a holiday spirit into the
event,
The principal attractions of the
co-operative sale are the wonderful
bargains in almost cvery line of
goods people use. In dry goods,
hard ware, furniture, musical sup
plies, drugs, and other classes of
goods, local merchants have made
phenominally low bargain prices,
Several business houses are doing
a record breaking business, takfhg
in more money Thursday and this
morning than during any day and
a half since the flush times of 1918-
1919,
Saturday is expected to be the
biggest day of the sale as many
people who have delayed buying
during the first two days will wake
up to the wonderful buying oppor
tunity offered by the sale, *
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Second Victim Of
Auto Accident Dies
Mrs, Louise Bullard, who was ser
iously injured when a car turned over
the night of May 14th at the corner
of Merrimac and McKinley drives,
passed away Thursday at the home
of her brother-in-law, Mr, Robert
Young, on East Oconee street, The
deceased was a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Peter Troup of Appling county,
Mrs. Bullard is the second one to
die as a result of the accident, John
Brown died last Friday from inter
nal injuries as a result of the crash,
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Merchants Will Meet
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Next Monday Night
The merchants of the city will
meet at the Chomber of Commerce
at 8:30 o’clock Monday evening to
come to a decision on the proposed
credit protective association, The
co-operative sale probably also will
come up for discussion, Mr, Ether
idge of Albany, who is placing credit
protective association branches in
several South Georgia towns will
speak,
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Mrs, Graves of Sarasota, Fla, ar
rived in the city to be the guest of
her daughter, Mrs, W, G, Broadhurst.
FITZGERALD, BEN HILL COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MAY 27, 1921.
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The Story of
Our States
Ey JCNATHAN BRACE
XXV.—ARKANSAS
3 RKANSAS
Qeflfi% A was name-
Ebfil‘i\\t\ ed after the
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gl & e Rt & Sy
~C%‘%t-’ ’ all'y through
N this state and
is one of the
chief tributaries of the Missis
sippi. It is said that the early
settlers found in this territory,
an Indian tribe named Arkansas,
but the actual meaning of the
word is not known. It probably
has some relation to the word
Kansas. There has been much
confusion as to the correct pro
nunciation of Arkansas. To re
move this as far as possible a
resolution was passed by the
state senate in 1881 which speci
fied that the true pronunciation
was “Ar-kan-saw.”
Originally Arkansas was a
part of the Livuisiana Purchase,
Its first settlement was made by
the French about 1685, Except
for the few years during which
by secret treaty it was ceded to
Spain, it remained under French
rule, until purchased by the Uni
ted States in 1803. For nearly
ten years after this, it was a
part of Louisiana territory. With
the admission of the State of
Louisiana in 1812 this northern
section was formed into the Mis
souri territory., In 1819 there
was another partition and Ar
kansas territory was created,
which included the present state
and what later was called Indian
territory.
Due to the reports of an early
explorer named Pike, who visited
this region in 1806, the incor
rect idea was generally accepted
that most of the expanse of
plains east of the Rockies was
a vast desert. This idea per
sisted to such an extent that as
late as 1850 the western plains
were called in the school geog
raphies “The Great American
Desert.” Adventurous settlers,
especially from the South, found
conditions in Arkansas quite oth
erwise, however, and by 1838
Arkansas was admitted as the
twenty-fifth state of the Union
with an area of 53,335 square
miles.
The natural resources of the
state are considerable. There
are the mineral springs of me
dicinal value, which have been
placed under governmental con-’
trol at Hot Springs.
(© by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.)
SUNDAY MEMORIAL
DAY SERVICE
May 29th, 1921, In Fitzgerald at The
Central Christian Church
Music,
Reading, Rev, J, H, Elder,
Prayer, Rev. Robert M, Mann,
Anthem.
Announcements,
Duet,
Memorial sermon,— Rev, S, A,
Strawm,
Musiec.
Benediction, Rev. I. P, Tyson,
Leader Want Ads bring results--
Try one Phone 228,
BENTERPRISE and PRESS
U. S. WAR HERCES
Decoration Day Program for
Dead in Three Conflicts
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PROGRAM AT W. R C.
Decorate Graves of Civil, Span
’ ish and World War
~ Decoration Day services for the
1157 heroes of three wars who are
buried in Evergreen Cemetery will
be held Monday May 30th at the
Woman’s Relief Corps Hall, After
the program at 3 o'clock Monday af
ternoon, the relatives and friends of
the fallen heroes of blue, gray and
khaki uniforms will go to the ceme
tery and place flowers op-the graves,
The program arranged for the «f-.
ternoon by the local post of the
Grand Army of the Republic, thru
the committee composed of William
McCormick, T. R, Booker and Isazlcj
Massey, is as follows:
Song by Burr Stokoe,
Prayer by J. D, Denniston,
Song by audience.
Oration by Rev, C. A, Ginn.
Song by audience,
*The G. A, R. extends a cordial
invitation to all veterans of all wars
and their friends and relatives to at
tend, the services.
A special train leaves the A, B,
A. station at 6:30 o’clock Monday
morning to carry a crowd of veter
ans and friends to Andersonville to
decorate the graves of the Union
dead in the national cemetery there,
Memorial day will be observed at
several churches Sunday. |
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Retail Food Dollar
Worth 18 Cents More
Say Wholesale Dollar Has Gained
24 Cents in Purchasing Power
ATLANTA, May 27. Business
agencies in Atloata which are today
calling attention to signs of better
times have produced statistics show
ing that the retail food dollar has
gained 18 cents, and the wholesale
dollar 24 cents in purchasing power,
It is shown that cotton, print
cloth, eggs, sugar, wheat, lard, cop
per, leather, tea, coffee, lead, rubber,
silk, ‘vegetables, fruit and dairy prod
ucts, have made the descent from
war's peak prices; these things can
be bought at or near 1913 figures,
Attention is called to the fact here
that lEurope has increased its pur
chase of American wheat, The
Western Union has recently pur
chased 10,000,000 pounds of copper;
if structural steel should come down,
buying in that market would follow,
it is stated by industrial leaders here,
“An economic revolution affecting
the whole world canndt be effected
in a few months” said the head of a
well known Atlanta business agency
in the Peachtree Arcade where many
manufacturing agents have reported
cuts in prices, “The thing for ev
crybody to do is to have faith that
natural laws plus human intelligent
co-operation will satisfactory readjust
prices, wages, production costs; and
believing that to be willing to do
whatever each one finds to do that
will hasten the stabilizing process,”
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Musical Comedy For |
Carnegie Library
“Katcha-Koo” Will Be Staged by Li
brary Board; Rehearsals Soon
A brand new up-to-the-minute
musical comedy, entitled “Katcha-
Koo” will be presented on or about
June 23rd at the Grand Theatre,
sponsored by the Carnegie Library
Board which will raise funds for the
Library, Arrangements are being‘
made now in the selection of the re
hearsals, meet the Director and read
over the parts,
The committee which comprises
Mrs. I, Gelders, Mrs, G. W. Brown,
Mrs, Frank Ward, and Miss Louise
Smith are most enthusiastic regard
ing the outlook and feel confident
that the coming event will be a splen
did success, Rchearsals are expect
ed to begin about June 3rd,
SELLS “KID WAGONS”;
SEES SCHOOL BQARD
Mr, E. C, Miller of Waycross,
representing the I, H', C, Trucks, is
in the city in the interest of his
firm. Mr. Miller is trying to place
some of his covered “kid wagons”,
passenger trucks built to haul child
ren to and from rural schools. He
has conferred with members of the
board of education,
Mr. Davis of Hastings, Fla., was
the guest for a few days of his uncle
Capt, F, Newton, '
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parents of quadruples, which totaled » weight of twenty pounds. All four
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Has Formal Opening
Hundreds Inspect New Store; Fac
tory Wires Congratulations
Hundreds of people from Fitzger-!
ald and neighboring towns attended
the formal opening of the handsome
new store of Bradshaw Music Com
pany on South Grant strect Wednes
day,
The old ivory and mahogany color
scheme of the place was ireshened
with potted plants and every de
ip;‘nmcnt made an unusuaily attrac-
L(i\‘c appearance, LEvans orchestra
played from 4 o'clock to 7 o’'clock.
‘l’lulch was served and souveniers
' given to all the visitors,
) Salesmen who cover a wide terri
tory in the Southeast say that the
Bradshaw establishment is by far
‘the handsomest and most disting
uished in its line in any city of
Fitzgerald's size in the South and
compares most favorably with those
in the large cities of the South,
The Victor Talking Machine Com
pany sent the following message by
telegraph yesterday, “Bradshaw Mus
ic Company, Fitzgerald, Ga.: Extend
congratulations and best wishes on
occasion opening your new store,
Your establishment must be a source
of pride to public of Fitzgerald and
your splendid Victor service will be
doubtless fully recognized,
Punch was scerved, during the ev
ening by Misses Irene Archer, Sadie
Britt, Marjorie Owen, Kathleen Ow
en, Mavis Paulk, Lucy Whitley, Ha
zel Jolley, Jemima Hogan, Aileen
Turner, Neilie Averitt, Bobra Rey
nolds, Lillian Dorminey, Ethel
Lowry, Leila Hall, Mrs, Nelle Fraz
ier Moncrief
The special musical program was
as follows.
- Vocal Solo, Miss Effie Brassell,
- Vocal Solo, flute obligato, Mrs, L,
lA_ Turner,
) Contralto solo, Miss Marjoriec Ow
en,
~ Duet, saxaphone and player-piano,
iH. G Green
~ Evans orchestra,
‘ Virginia reel by pupils of Miss
Lucy Tucker.
§ Among the out of town visitors
‘were B, F. Bibighaus of the Elyea
‘Talking Machine Co,, Atlanta; Ben
jamin Hammond, of the Talking Ma
chine Co,, of Birmingham, Ala., Mr,
Witherington, of Phonographs, Inc,,
Atlanta,
Mr, Bibighaus was very much im
pressed with the comfort and beauty
of the arrangement of the store, He
declared the store to be superior to
anything he had scen in any city of
similar size in the South and seldom
equalled anywhere.
Said Mr, Bibighaus: “My work in
music has called me into nearly ev
ery part of this country but I must
confess that I have seldom seen, even
in the largest cities, anything that
equals the Bradshaw store, Fitzger
ald is certainly to be congratulated
on the possession of a music store
so fittingly and so. completely
cquipped, You should be equally
proud, too, in possessing as citizens
men of the ability and breadth of
vision exhibited by the Bradshaw
Music Company in offering such
splendid musical facilities.
“We are apt to overlook at times
just what a fine thing a good music
store is to a community, What
music means was strikingly brought
out during the World War when the
war prierities board, a gathering of
hard-headed business men, definitely
ranked music as the fourth great
necessity- of mankind, First they
Say Strikers Tried 1
Wreck Bugg's Train‘
Spikes Supposed to Have Been
Pulled Out of Track at 146 Mile
Reports here today that spike§ had
been pulled out of track near the 146
mile post, between Rebecca and Dou
ble Run, on the Atlanta, Birmingham
and Atlantic were neither confirmed
nor denied by local railroad officials
here. “Any statement must come from
the receiver’s office,” said Superin
tendent R, H. McKay.
According to the unofficial reports,
spikes had been removed from six
teen feet of track. Two freight
trains hadvpassed safely over the
weak place before its condition was
j(lisc“n'cn-d by section men. The
rails had been slightly spread and
‘the next train due to pass was the
passenger to which Col, B, L, Bugg's
special car was attached,
According to the talk on the
streets, the condition of the track
was such that had Col. Bugg’s train
hit the weak spot a serious wreck
would have resulted,
Weather Report Is
Bad For Cotton Crop
ATLANTA, May 27 —There was
a steady rise in temperature during
the week, which was favorabie for
vegetation, but inadequate sunshine
prevailed in the southern division,
and too much rain was received at
some places which interrupted farm
work, so that crops are becoming
grassy. Nevertheless there was mod
erate improvement in the growth of
all crops, Cotton shows E%me im
provement, but stands are sdll poor,
and considerable replanting is going
on, Cotton is very lousy in places
and the boll weevil has appeared.
Chopping and cultivating are prog
gressing normally. Early corn is
good in the south, late planted some
what better in the north; planting
lowlands is nearly completed, The
small grain harvest continues, To
bacco is fair, Transplanting sweet
potatoes will continue for several
weeks, * The yield of white potatoes
is good., Early peaches are ripening
in the north; shipments of peaches
in large quantities continue, Black
berries are ripening and are abund
ant, Minor crops, truck, gardens,
peanuts, cane, melons, pastures, are
making fair growth. i
C. F, von Herrman, Metcorologist,
FIRST METHODIST
EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Corner Lee and Magnolia Streets,,
The pastor, James H. Elder. will
use as his morning subject, “Burdens”,
The evening service will be evangel
istic,
Hours for service every Sunday as
follows:
10:00 A, M, Sunday School, Mr.
Stokoe, Superintendent,
11:15 P, M, Epworth League Ser
vice, subject, “Ou t and Out for
Christ”,
8.00 evening worship. :
Midweek service, prayer meeting,
Wednesday evening 8:00,
A cordial invitation is extended to
each one to attend these services.
placed food, second shelter, third
clothing, all bodily necessities, and
fourth came music that served both
mind and body and added enjoy
ment to life”
FITZGERALD COTTON
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No Sales No Receipts
Cfficial Organ City of Fitzgerald
Lockett Motor Company Is Re
duced to Ruins by Flames
GASOLINE EXPLODES
Stone Walls Are Hurled Down
When Gas Tanks Burst
The Lockett. Motor Company,
stock and building, is a complete
ruin today as a result of a devastat
ing blaze about 3 o'clock Thursday
morning which gutted the establish
ment, Gasoline explosions hurled
down the sturdy stone walls of the
rear end, Eightéen automobiles,
new and second hand, were com
pletely ruined. Kratzer's bakery was
damaged to an extent of several
hundred dollars, <
The cause of the disastrous con
flagration is not known, It is thought
possible that it started through
spontaneous combustion in oily
waste that is used in garages, A
combination of, mice, matches and oil
might also have started the blaze,
The fire had probably been burn
ing slowly for some time when finale
ly about 130 o'clock it reached a
gasoline tank, The tank exploded and
the first explosion was followed by
two others. Heavy granitoid blocks
were hurled thirty and forty feet
away,
The fire department was quickly
summoned and succeeded in saving
Kratzer's bakery from destruction
and in quenching a blaze on the roof
of the Watt-Holmes Hardware
Company Warchouse before serious
damage was done, The gasoline and
oil in the garage were spread so ef
fectively by the explosions that it was
impossible to save any of the stock
or fixtures of the Lockett Company.
Mr, Lockett was cut ¢t town Wed
nesday and Thursd:. Bt
| No insurance was cai ! on the
building, which was owned by Mr,
TF, J. Hansen, The building was oc
icupi(-d for about ten years by The
Leader Publishing Company, Kratz
er’'s Bakery carried $l,OOO insurance
i\\'hich partially covers the loss, The
damage to Watt-Holmes was cov
lerc(l by insurance.
The insurance, all carried by the
Fretwell Insurance Agency, was $14,-
700,00 by the Lockett Motor Com
pany, $lOOO by J, W, Scarborough
and $lOOO. for G. S, Willcox, each of
the latter having a car in the build
ing,
A spice of comedy was given to
Ith« disaster, according to guests at
:thc Aldine Hotel, The explosion
‘awakeg®d all the guests and when
‘the flames first started it looked for
!,;1 short while that they might reach
:(hc Aldine. Guests in extreme neg
iligw fled through the halls, One
salesman stated this morning that
he had dragged his trunk downstairs
with one hand when the fire first
started and found that he couldn't
even lift it when his excitement had
|,Lron(~_ Several windows in the hotel
were cracked by the shock of the
explosion. No other damage was
done there,
The shock of the explosion was
felt practically all over the city, it
is said, Many people in the resident
sections said they were awakened by
the concussion.
Several people living near the
scene of the explosion said they were
lthruwn out of bed by the first ex
])l(».\fnll,
Probably the largest crowd of peo
ple that ever viewed an early morn
ing fire in Fitzgerald watched the
building burn. The nois¢ aroused
the curiosity of hhndreds of people,
The fire department was still hear
ing compliments today for the re
sourcefulness showed in confining
the fire to the Lockett and Kratzer
buildings, The flames would probably
have done immensely more damage
than they did if Chief Wilkerson had
not cut them off on all sides, The
fire had made a good start in the
Watt-Holmes warehouse and was
creeping along through boxes and
other material to the oils and high
inflammables, when a lead of hose
was thrown in and put it out, The
machinery in Kratzer’s bakery was
saved with very little damage,
POSTOFFICE WILL BE .
CLOSED MEMORIAL DAY
The local Postoffice will be closed
on May 30th, National Memorial
Day, The General Delivery and
Money Order Windows will be open
from 10:45 a, m, to 11:15 a, m. and
from 4 p, m. to 4:30 p, m,
City carriers will make one deliv
ery in the morning,
W. A. ADAMS,
Postmaster, Fitzgerald, Ga.
ol i ety
“Come to Fitzgerald” is the greet
ing which gets results when extended
with the spirit of friendship and co
‘operation, If our merchants “get the
habit” iwe'll build ‘u oy,