FRIDAY
EDITION
VOL. XXVI. No. 77
FITZGERALD IS ROST TO SINGERS
Introduces Bill to Bolster Na
tion’s Farm Credits
LEND $200,000,000 ON FARMS
Tells Treasurer to Give Credit
to Farm Loan Bank
- The following bill has been intro
duced by our Congressman to aid
farmers in making their loans thru
the Federal Farm Loan Banks,
A bill to direct the Secretary of the
Treasury to loan to the Federal Farm
Loan Board the sum of $200,000,000,
and for other purposes.: .
Whereas the agricultural interests
of the United States are facing bank
ruptcy on account of the scarcity of
credits; and
Whereas it is of the utmost im
portance to the whcle people of the
United States, who depend upon the
farm for food and raiment, that the
farmers continué to produce, which
is impossible unless they are grandted
some financial aid; and
Whereas the Feleral Farm Loan
Act was enacted for the purpose of
affording financial credit to the farm
ing interests of the United States;
and
Whereas the $40,000,000, worth of
bonds recently otfered ior sale by
the Federal Farm Loan Board will
supply only three and one-third mil
lion dollars for each of the twelve
land districts of the United States, a
sum totally inadequate for their
needs; and
Whereas in the present financial
condition of the country it will be
impossible for the Federal Farm
Loan Board to sell additional bonds
* the investing public In an amount
wufficient to meet the imperative
needs of the farming interests of
the United States; and
Whereas any funds loaned by the
Federal Farm Loan Board under the
terms of the Federal Farm Loan
Act are amply secured by a first
mortgage on real estate, which in
sures their repayment: Now there
fore,
Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the
United States ol America in Con
gress assembled, That the Secretary
of the Treasury is hereby authorized
and directed to loan to the Federal
Farm Loan Board, out of any money
in the Treasury not otherwise appro
priated, the sum of $200,000,000, to
be used by the Federal Farm Loan
Board in making loans under the
terms and provisions of the Federal
Farm Loan Act, said sum to be
equitably proportioned by s2id Fed
eral Farm_.Loan Board : .ici.z the
twelve Federal land banks creatcl
under the Act approved July i 7, 191"
that each of said Federal !i=4 banks
shall issue to the Secretrry of tao
Treasuty ‘a 'certificate. ‘¢’ inie i -
ness, to become due at such date as
the Secretary of the Treasury may
prescribe, and drawing interest ot
the rate of 5 per centum per annum,
for whatever amount of said sum is
allocated to said Federal land bank.
Sec. 2. That each of the Federal
land banks receiving any funds un
der the terms of this Act shall lend
same at a rate of interest not to ex
ceed 5% per centum. .
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Crisp Defeats Tax ‘
For Better Schools(
Only Twenty-Five Votes Polled In
Quiet Election Thursday ‘
The patrons of the Crisp Schooll
yesterday defeated the proposal to
levy a five mill local tax for school
purposes, Only twenty-five votes
were polled in the election, eighteen
against the tax and seven for it. Lack
of interest on the part of the patrons
is said to be the cause for the failure
of the tax to go through at Crisp as
it did at- Ashon, Lynwood, and other
districts.
Elections are to be held soon in
Dorminey High district, Roanoke
district and Westwood district. No
improvements in the school plant are
planned in thoee districts, The pur
pose of the tax is to lengthen the
school term from six to eight morniths,
The consolidated Ashton and Lynn
wood districts will have eight months
school next year, Crisp, Eufeka and
Evergreen will have six months of
school
Dr, and Mrs, J Wrank Ward have
returned from Americus where Dr,
Ward attended the Third District
Medical Society convention this
week.
THE FITZGERALD LEADER
The Story of
Our States
By JONATHAN BRACE
XXXIL.—MINNESOTA
INNE
= M'sors s
f: formed part
‘E-..' “ WK X\ lytromtap&l'-
e eatoßl 2l tion o e
“\,‘(_-‘;-:‘f:“?f Nbrthwea;
¢ R territory an
L 056,27 partly by the
Northeast section of the Louisi
ana Purchase. It was the Mis
sissippi river which was the di
viding line between these two
large territories.
The Eastern section was ceded
by France to Great Britain in
1763 and became a part of the
United States at the end of the
Revolution by the Treaty of Par
is in 1783, The Northwest ter
ritory was organized by con
gress four years later. Then, as
this great federal domain be
came settled and was gradually
divided into states, the Bastern
part of the present State of Min
nesota belonged in turn to the
Territories of Indiana, Michigan
and Wisconsin.
As to the western portion of
the state, this was a part of
the Louisiana Purchase, which
was bought from France by the
United States in 1803. As this
region became subdivided, West
ern Minnesota formed a part
of the Territories of Louisiana,
Missouri and lowa.
The first white man to pene
trate to Minnesota was the
French explorer, Duluth, who in
1678 built a fort on Lake Super
for and there established a very
extensive fur trade. Two years
later, Father Hennepin and two
companions were sent by La
Salle to explore the Upper Mis
sissippi and reached the Falls of
St. Anthony, where Minneapolis
now stands. But it was not un
til the Nineteenth century that
permanent settlements were
made., In 1822 the first mill was
built at the Falls of St. Anthony,
where were destined to arise
such important successors. In
1841, Father Galtier built a
chapel dedicated to St. Paul, and
this was the foundation of the
present great city of that name.
As to the name Minnesota,
the state was so called from the
riwer that runs through it, which
in the Dakota Indian language
makes the words “Minne,”
meaning “Water,” and “Sotah,”
. meaning “Sky-colored.” Some
times the state is called the
. “North Star State,” from the
~ motto on its coat-of-arms.
. Minnesota was admitted to the
~ Union in 1858. Its area is 84,
- 682 square miles and it is the
most important of our wheat
' _producing states. It has twelve
: presidential electors,
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Fred Stroul Freed
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From [crgery Term
Col. A, J. McDonald was &1 181
ledageville this week, to argue a hao
cus corpus proceeding against the
VWarden of the State: prison in the
case of Fred Stroud, serving time
for an alleged forgery in Colquit
county., His alleged confederates
were released on account of a defec
tive indictment and the same defects
are said to exist in the indictment
against Stroud, on which he was
convicted. Col. McDonald procured
his release.
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New Legion Chief To
Speak At Columbus
John G. Emory, of Grand Rapids,
Mich,, elected national commander of
the American Legion to succeed the
late F W. Galbraith, wno lost his life
in an automobile accident last week,
probably will fill the speaking engage
ment of the ate commander at the
Columbus convention, it is indicated
in press dispatches to Atlanta.
State Adjutant J G. C. Bloodworth
Jr., is prepariny blanks to be sent all
posts and returned to state headquar
ters with the names of delegates and
alternates to the third annual state
convention at Columbus, July 4, sth,
asd 6th.
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Coming South For
, Cooler Summer
One of our northern friends reporis
that the thermometer in Goshen, Ind,
rose to 115 in the shade and that it
was so hot that the asphalt at the
intersection of the Dixie Highway
and the Lincoln Highway in that
city melted, Well, it's some hot
here but ‘we haven’t seen our pave
ment melt yet,
FITZGERALD, BEN HILL COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 1921.
FARMERS AND VETS '
(N “4TH” PARADE
Ben Hill Camp U. D. C. Meetsl
Next Saturday to Prepare ‘
TWO FARM FLOATS
Bicycle Races Promise To Be
Most Popular of Events
:
Ben Hill Camp No. 1666, United
Confederate Veterans will meet at 5
o’clock Saturday afternnon June 25th
‘at the Chamter of Commerce to or
‘ganize for the Fourth of July ccle
bration and parade, Officers will be
elected to fill existing vacancies,
‘The meeting was called this morning
by Captain D, B, Mull, commander
of the camp.
Two floats of farmers were as
sured for the parade by C. T. Owens,
county agent and farm burcau seccre
tary, who is chairman of the parade
committee. - Ashton and Lynnwood
will be represented with community
floats, Individual floats are expect
ed from several farms in the county,
Boys have started registering al
ready for the bicycle races which
are to be one feature of the day, The
races are to be held on Main street.
Six races will be held, three for boys
under fourteen and three for boys
over fourteen, Prizes will be given
Lwi!] be givento theetaoishrdluv etao
‘to the winners in each event. En
‘tries for the races are being regis
'%‘tervd at Crews Bicycle Company and
' Mr. Crews, chairman of the race
;committe(‘, today declared a Dbelief
‘that the races would be the most
zpopular event of the day,
Temporary Shelter
For Curb Market
Drought Will Cut Volume of Truck
At Market Next Week
A temporary shelter to protect the
farmers and patrons of the curb mar
ket from the burning June sun is‘
being built today by five of the farm
ers who regularly sell at the market,
The shelter will be torn down as soon
as work is ready to begin on the per
manent wooden shelter that the curb
market committee is now planning.
Farmers who were working on the
frame and canvas shelter today pre
dicted a decrease in the volume of
‘produce brought to market next week.
The unusual drought has cut the
truck garden crop and the farmers
‘will have less produce to offer for
Esale until they have a good rain agaimn.
’ The farmers who are putting up
ithc shelter today are O, P. Rodgers,
| G. W, Talbot, W. B, Blizzard, J. N
| S-vearingen, Becker and Mrs, C, J.
‘bngten
a ' T .
s, o. L. Smith Is
™ .
iz ominent In Cast
Mrs, S. L, Smith will appear in the
oriental fantastique “Katcha-Koo” as
“America” and the talent chairman,
Mrs, G. W, Brown is most fourtunate
to have secured her services for this
production. Miss Hazel Robinson,
the producer, who is rehearsing the
entertainment has stated that the cast
assembled here is one of the best she
has had and the talent is of an unus
ually high order,
In every city in which the Oriental
American Fantastique has been given
the press has been generous in praise
and the clever dances, beautiful ori
ental costuming and splendid librette
have been especially praised, ‘
The production will be given on
Thursday, June 23rd at the Grand Op
‘era House under the auspices of the
Library Board and the funds will be
used for the Library,
Two Autos Burned
.
Here During Week
Two automobile fires occured in
the city this week nelther resulting
seriously and both causing several
hundred dollars loss to the cars, The
first fire was early in the week at the
corner of Merrimac and Pine. The
Overland of a Mr, Morgan, an em
ployee of the A, B, & A, was appar
eutly set on fire by an incendiary,
Will Morgan’s car suffered consid
erable damage Tuesday night when
he filled he gas tank at the Scaboard
station and then struck a match to
]suc hom much gas tnere was in the
tank, %
ENTERPRISE and PRESS
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Farmers Reorganize
.
Irwin Farm Bureau
State College Experts and Local
Men Attend Meeting Thursday
The farmers of Irwin county re
organized their farm bureau federa
tion yesterday, electing Mr, Little
chairman of the county advisory
board and Mrs, Paulk, the district
representative, vice ghairman. The
meeting was an all day affair at Mys
tic and was well attended, Four
state officers attended the meeting
and spoke to the farnrers.
J. G. Oliver, state secretary of the
farm bureau, spoke on work that has
been done and is being done by the
farm bureau, M, C. Gay, marketing
agent of the state college of agricul
ture spoke on co-operative marketing
as handled through the farm bureau,
J. G. Woodruff, financial agent of
the state farm bureau spoke of the
work accomplished in securing fed
eral farm loan assistance for farmers.
C. G, Garner, live stock marketing
expert for the state college of agri
culture spoke on prospects for live
stock raising in Georgia, Prof,
Weaver presided at the meeting.
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Missionary Pageant ]
.
At Central Methodist
A very charming and mstructive‘
missionary pageant will be given at
the Central Methodist church Mon
day afternoon at 4 o-ciock. Mrs,
Tyson the President has arranged the
program as follows: Mrs, R. I. Maf
fett presiding,
Doxology,
Song—“ How Firm a Foundation.”
Bible Lesson—Psalm 67; Prov 24;
Niys~ 5 G, Pryor St
Solo—“I Gave My Life for Thee'—
Mrs, Frank Ward.
Drama— ‘
Scene—A Lady’s Sitting Room,
Cast as follows:
Mrs, Stanley, Mrs, S. L, Smith,
Maid, Elizabeth Maflett.
Miss Maxwell, Mrs. Clayton Jay.
On American Indian Girl, Evelyn
Shewmake,
An Ttalian Immigrant, Julia Prentiss,
A Virginia Mountain Girl, Mrs. J. L,
Frazer. 1
A Chinese, Woman, Mrs. Frank Ward
A Japanese Woman, Mrs. Griner
A Child Widow, Mrs. Lon Dickey,
A Lianuse Woman, Miss Martha
Turner. ;
A Brazilian Woman, Miss Cliff
Saunders. ;
An African Woman, Mrs. A H,
Denmark,
A Korean Woman, Miss Quinette
Prentiss,
A Lyrian Girl—Miss Hattie Wide
man,
A Persian Woman, Miss Edna Ty-
SOM.
’ Every lady in the program is
’nrgf’d to come promptly to the
church at 5 o’clock Saturday after
noon for a final practice.
Mrs, S, L Stith,
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Stilley Tigers Take
Thursday Game
The Tigers defeated the Bearcats
Thursday afternoon in a one-sided
game by the score of 11 to 7, Up
until the fifth inning it looked as
though the Bearcats had a walk away
but the Tigers got tmeir batting eye
and took the lead in the fifth inning
and was never in danger again.
Battery for Tigers were Starling
and Goins, For Bearcats Lee and
Mangum,
The feature of the game was the
batting of Redmona, Upton and
Russell for the Tigers and of Jow
ers and Hopkins for the Bearcats,
This makes the fourth game played
between the two teams, The Tigers
having won three out of the four.
Next game will be Thursday after
noon at 4 p, m, at Base Ball Park.
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Fine Field Of Tobacco
Mr, S. H. Wilson, on Gray Bros.
farm, is taking a great deal of pride
in showing his fine field of tobacco,
to the many visitors to his place. Mr,
Wilson has two successful seasons
in tobacco planting to his credit and
expects to harvest a top crop this
year,
The Trwin county Farm Bureau
was reorganized at a meeting in
Mystic Thursday, at which several
representatives of the State College
of agriculture took part.
PORCH SWINGS COMPLETE
$4.75 Feinberg Furniture Store, tf
Fitzgerald Must Show Her
Old Time Hospitality This Week
Fitzgerald has as honored guests today, tomorrow and Sun
day some of the finest people that ever stepped on Georgia sod,
the singers and song leaders of South Georgia. They have come
to the annual singing convention of‘the Scuth Georgia Union
Singers Association. They mostly come from the most open heart
ed and hospitable class of people in the world, the Southern farm
ers. They are accustomed to showing hospitality to others and are
accustomed to receiving hospitality wherever they go.
Fitzgerald is honored by having them here. No one thing
would do more for Fitzgerald than to have these visitors get a true
idea of what a really open hearted and hospitable city Fitzgerald is,
end to go away to their homes in all the Southland singing Fitz
gerald’s praises in the same musical voices that are singing hymns
and anthems at the court house during the convention. There will
be more delegates and visitors here than can comfortably be housed
by members of the singing association in the county and those who
are closely connected with it. The general public of Fitzgerald
has got to do its share in the entertaining, the professional men,
the business men and craftsmen of the city.
Fitzgerald has never failed to do justice to any occasion and
can not afford to fail to do justice to this occasion. Go to the
court house tomorrow morning ; meet these fine people we have
with us; and take two or three of them home with you.
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Weather Is Driest
Ever In 40 Years
All Crops But Cotton Are Suffering
from Prolonged Drought
ATLANTA, June 17. Severe
drought now prevails over (jvorg‘i;l.l
Excepting local showers in a very
dry, but not excessively hot until thci
close. In many places there has been
no rainfall for 24 days or murc,‘
breaking all records for early smn-‘
mer ‘drought during the past 40
years or more. Although all crops
are now beginning to suffer for lack
of moisture, it is surprising in V\'h:lt!
comparatively good condition the
staple crops still remain, probably on
account of the absence of extreme
heat and the fact that all crops are
unusually clean and well cultivated.
Cotton is withstanding the drought
very well; in fact, it has improved
during the week, making good
growth; it is beginning to bloom
freely in the central-southern por
tions, and is forming squares in the
north; boll weevils are not quite so
bad. FEarly corn, which is in silk
and tassell, is firing on uplands, and
the crop generally is beginning to
need rain badly. The weather was
very favorable for threshing. Sweet
potatoes are vining nicely, but the
ground is too dry to finish transplant
ing. Gardens, trucks, and pastures
have already suffered seriously from
drought, but pearurs, sugar-cane,
and rice are still doing well, though
needing rain for best development.
Cutting and curing eobacco is be
\ginning in the south. Large ship
imcnts of fruits and melons continue.
. C. F. Herrmann, Meteorologist.
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Hardwick Inaugural
Occurs Next Week
Hon. Thomas W, Hardwick, who
is soon to take his seat as Governor
of Georgia, first won national promi
nence when he was elected to the
national Congress as representative
from the Tenth Georgia District, He
represented this district for a longer
period than any other man since the
days of reconstruction, From 1902
until 1914 he received his mail in the
House postoffice on Capitol Hill,
Washington, D. C,
In 1914, as successor to the late
U. S, Senator Bacon, Mr. Hardwick
went to the United States Senate,
serving until 1918,
Following that date, he engaged in
private law practice until 1920 he
became a candidate for governor of
Georgia, and was clected,
Plans for the inauguration of Gov
ernor Hardwick, it is announced,
provide for open-air eeremonies, The
ceremonies will take place on the
state capitol grounds Saturday of
next week, A platform to accommo
date 100 persons will be erected on
the Washington street entrance to
the capitol and here the inauguration
will take place.
The inauguaral ceremonies, which
will be very simple, at the request
of Governor-Elect Hardwick, will
consist of a parade of civilians be
ginning at Peachtree and Harris
streets, The governor-elect and his
party will be preceded in the parade
by members of the Spanish War Vet
erans, of which organization Mr.
Hardwick is a member,
Mr. and Mrs, H. F. Newton re
turned to thg city Thursday from an
extended motor trip through Geor
gia and North Caroling,
Mr. And Mrs. Bowen
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Entertain At Picnic
il |
Mr, and Mrs. W, R, Bowen clab- |
orately entertained with a fish fry
and picnic at Bowen's Mill Thurs-!
day afternoon, entertaining the I)i-i
rectors and employees of the I‘lm«l
pirec Mercantile Co. and their fami
lies, and a few personal friends. l
Ten cars conveyed the guests to |
the Mill where swimming was en-!
joyed by all, Pictures of the party |
at the elaborate spread were taken, I
The repast was one te be remem
bered for sometime by the guests :15!
it was such a bounteous supper.
Quantitics of fish, coffee, corn bread,
pickles, barbecued meat, pincapplc!
sandwiches, tomato sandwiches, cake
and water melon composed thc}
lunch, There was also plenty of
lemon ade and cold drinks, ‘
Those present were Mr, and Mrs.
W. M. Roberts, and sons Herbert,
Harvey and Williams, Mr, and Mrs,
J. T. Reddick, and sons Willie and
A, C, Mr, and and Mrs, M, L. Dicks
and son Webster, Mr. J. W, McLane,
Mr; Ralph Russell, Mr, and Mrs. C,
C. Parker, Miss Eula Graves, Mrs.
Florence Christian, and son James,
Mr. Gene Blizzard, Mr, Julius
Vaughn, Mr. and Mrs, T, E. Myers,
and sons, Ted and Bob, Mr, and
Mrs, L. E. Rohrer, Miss Tussie
Howze, and mother, Mrs, J. W.
Howze, Miss Mamie Smith, and
mother, Mrs, N. Smith, Miss Ella
Gray and mother, Mrs. Samuel Gray,
Mr, William T. Mashburn, Mr, and
Mrs, Geo. P, Morris, and children
Louise, Rchert and Martha, Miss
Daisy Mcßae, Col, and Mrs. A, ]J.
McDonald and children Alex, Mollie,
Nelle, John Willis, Gene, Francis and
Edwin, Mrs, Lula Bowen Shepherd,
Dr. and Mrs, D, B. Ware, Mrs, E,
T, James, Mrs. Mary James, Mr, W.
M. Grider, Mrs, J. D. Mashburn,
Mr, and Mrs. Ed Brown, Hon,Z S. B.
Reid, and Dr, and Mrs, C. D. Mcßae,
lnf Rochelle, Mr, J. F, Brewer, Mr.
S. B, Tomberlin and Mr, and Mrs.
W. R. Bowen
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Police Land Burglar
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In Jail This Week
' Bill Fodson, a negro, was caught
with a quantity of cigarettes, cigars,
and other things taken from the
Greek-American Lunch Room a few
nights ago, and was bound over to
the Superior court by Justice D. P.
Adams. Officers Saml Dixon and
John Whittle made- the arrest.
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Georgian Is Made
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Head Of Shrine
DES MOINES, la., June 15.—Tom
Houston of Chicago was elected im
perial outer guard by the Masonic
Order of Shriners in convention here
Wednesday, All the other Shrine of
ficers were advanced one step,
Earnest A. Cutts of Savannah, Ga,,
thus becoming imperial potentate,
San Francisco was selected as the
next meeting place,
Messrs, Clay and Lee Tillery of
Opelika, Ala. are visiting their sister
‘Mrs. O. L, Bradshaw on.S, Main.
l’l'hcse young men are both honor
students at Georgia Tech,
Now Buying COW HIDES, Phone
306, Casper' Hide & Skin Co. ti
FITZGERALD COTTON
Good Middling _________lo 7-8¢
No Sales No Receipts
Official Organ City of Fitzgerald
Famous Singing Masters of
South Are on Program
THREE SESSIONS DAILY
Mt
Five States Represented in Mus
ical Gathering :
Fitzgerald is host to the song
lovers of five states today, Saturday
and Sunday, Song sessions are be
ing held each morning and after
noon during the three days. The
annual concert, the biggest event of
the year in South Georgia singing,
will be at the court house Saturday
night at 8:30 o’clock.
Singers and singing masters from
Georgia, Florida, Alabama, South
Carolina and Tennessee started ar
riving in Fitzgerald last night and
their numbers continvea to swell all
day today, Sunday will be the big
gest day of the convention and prob
ably five hundred of the section’s
sweetest singers will take part in
the music.
Judge J. B, Clements called the
convention to order at the court
house at 10 o’clock and the three day
program began with the great old
religions songs that have stirred
men’s souls for a hundred years, Old
fashioned ofgan music accompanies
the vocal music. More enthusiasm
and spirit is expressed in the volume
of song than in the greatest of grand
opera.
Among the song masters who had
registered early this afternoon were
the following:
J. J. Covington of W 'icox county,
Reason Tomberlin of Fia, ] I’. Hor
ton of Ben Hill, George Covington
of Turner, W. J. Royal of Irwin,
W. O, Bush of Mozelle, Miss,, W,
M, Clark of Dub'in, Alton Watson
of Dublin, J. J. Padgett of Fla, Dr,
J. H. Withington of Pineview, B,
E, Percelle of Irwin, E, Q. Dormi
ny of Ben Hill, A. W, Worley of
Ben Hill, J. A, Royal of Irwin, J.
C. Wilson of Wilcox, E, G, McClen
don of Dublin, J. J. DuPree of Tal
lahassee, J, R. Braswell of Seville,
LS Crosby of Douglas, In addi
‘tion to these leaders many other
singers are here,
- The program committee is J. B.
Clements, J, A, Royal and Lewis
Tomberlin, They have arranged pro
grams to begin 10:00 Saturday morn
ing, 4:30 o’clock Saturday afternoon,
9:30 o'clock Sunday morning; 4 o’-
clock Sunday afternoon and the big
concert at 8:30 o’clock Saturday
night,
Among the singers at the concert
will be Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Gresham
of Greenville, S, C, C* W. Vaughn
of Lawrenceburg, Tenn., J. M AR
len of Fort Valley, A, M, Worley of
Ben Hill,
. Seccretary T, J. Luke is handling
‘the details of the arrangements of
the sessions.
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~ The delegates to the convention
‘were entertained at dinner today by
'members of the Ben Hill county
singing association and by hospita
ble Fitzgerald people. The slogan
for Fitzgerald people for Saturday
and Sunday will be—*“Don’t eat
without a delegate”
Practically all the homes of Ben
Hill singers have been filled and
Judge Luke issued an urgent appeal
this afternoon for Fitzgerald people
to open their homes to the delegates,
“Come to the singing tomorrow and
get acquainted with the visitors,”
Judge Luke asked, “and pick out one
or two to take home with you. Fitz
gerald can not afford to fall down on
entertaining South Georgia’s sing
ers.”
A small admission charge of 25
cents will be made for the concert
Saturday night to help defray some
of the expenses of the convention. A
packed house is expected and song
lovers who wish to attend should go
to the court house at least a half
hour before the time set for opening
the program 8:30 o’clock if they éx
pect to get in. g
The star of the corvention is little
Miss Elizabeth Gresham, 6-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs, J. M,
Gresham, who has inherited all the
music of her talented parents, The
‘little girl drew repeated rounds of
applause with a delicate alto part
this afternoon, She will sing at the
Saturday night concert,
l Among the early arrivals today
were a trio of singers from Florida
who gre well known nere where they
used to live, They are R. R, Tom
berlin of Jefferson county, J. J.. Du
pree of Leon county and S, J, Pad
gett of Madison county, G
