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SUNDAY SCHOOLS
First M. E. Pastor Elected By
Convention Wednesday
STATE OFFICERS TALK
Bethlehem Wins Banner And
Gets Next Convention
The Ben Hill Sunday School Con
vention met at .the First Baptist
Church, in Fitzgerald on July- 6th,
The reports show an excellent meet
ing, Several speakers were on the
program, two or three being local
ones. Mr, G. A. Jolly, the vice pres
ident of the Association was in charge
of the meeting at the morning session
and conducted the devotions. Mr. W.
A, Adams, the president was in charge
during the afternoon session, |
The state speakers were Miss Daisy
Magee, of Atlanta, and Professor W.
S. Nicholson, of Augusta, Miss Ma
gee is children’s division superintend
ent of the Georgia Sunday School As
sociation. Her subjects were “Suc
cessful Methods” and “Together We
Build A Righteous State.” Professor
Nichoison is also with the State As
sociation, His specialty is the work
of the Young People. His subjects
were “Laying the Foundations” and
“The School That Makes Good.”
The Bethiehem School won the at
tendance banner. They .also invited
the convention to meet with them
next year. .
The invitation was accepted.
The following are the officers clect
ed for next year:
President, Rev. J. H, Elder, Fitz
gerald,
Vice-President, G. A. Jolly,
Secretary, Miss Grace Davis,
Children’s Division Supt. Miss Myr
tle Stone, Fitzgerald.
Adult Supt, S, G. Pryor, Sr,, Fitz
gerald, 3
District Presidents:
No. I—]J. C. Glover, Fitzgerald .
No. 2—J. A. George, Fitzgerald, R,
F. D,
No. 3—F, M. Lamb, Fitzgerald, R. F,
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Dublin Trade Board
9 S
0. K’s. Weevil Cure
This is not a patent medicine ad
vertisement although it has all the
ear marks of' one but simply a news
story of considerable interest to the
farmers who are raising cotton this
year,
Several days ago the Leader carried
a long story from Dublin in x'cgau‘d|
to a newly discovered trc- tment ;'m"
cotton which destroys the. boll wee
-1 M i B dlither, fakn bureau m'—!
ficial and large farmer, wrote Dub’uui
for further information and rece! 1
a reply from the secre: ‘ 1‘
Chamber of Commerce that shouid
make it seem at least worth while ior'
farmers to try it out, ‘
The letter follows: ‘
Dublin & Laurens County Chamber
of Commerce. '
H. G. Bartlett, Secretary,
Dublin, Ga,, July 6, 1921.
Mr, J. E, Turner, Vice-President
Exchange National Bank, Fitzgerald
Dear Sir:—
‘Yours of recent date to Mr. B. M,
Lewis has been referred to us for
reply,
The new remedy for the vhil weevil
has hegun to take in this county, and
in most instances it is getting results.
Dr. Taylor of this county, has made
a wonderful record @Mt raising cotton
during the past two years, in spite of
the boll weevil, He has really pro
duced the cotton, just how he did it,
don't know, but one thing we do
know, he has made the cotton,
As to the remedy: 2 Ibs, arsenate of
fead, 1 gallon of syrup and 1-2 gallon
of water mixed and put on the cotton
with a mop, is working wonders from
all accounts, People who have used
it say that it is very erfective, The
syrup attracts the weevil and the ar
senate of lead kills him after he has
eaten the mixture. Some say that
you can stand near a stalk for a few
minutes after having applied the mix
ture, and see them come out and go
for it. Within a very short time, you
¢an find plenty dead weevils under the
stalk of cotton,
, q;_'o are advising them here to try
“/ut, and if you want to use this
anyway, vou are at liberty to do it.
Tt is inexpensive and it certainly will
do no harm, except to the bees that
may be in the neighborhood. Every
bee that partakes of it goes the same
route as the weevil.
Hoping that you will be successful
.we are, ;
Yours very truly,
N. G, Bartlett, Secretar,
THE FITZGERALD LEADER
Weather Improves With Rain And
Georgia Crops Are Doing Well
Cotton Improves With Rain; Lowland
Corn Good; Übpland Com‘
Crop Hurt
ATLANTA, GA, July Bth—Fine
rains fell over probably a majority of
the counties in Georgia during the
past week and_caused general im
provement in all crops, but unfortun
ately the rajifall was irregularly dis
tributed and there are many sections
still suffering from drought; this:' is
pnrticularly the case m the counties
from - Fulton northwest. The °week
was very warm and sunny. Where
rains fell general improvements in the
crops took place, Cotton improved
considerably, and though the plants
are small they are fruiting well; the
crop is clean and in excellent state of
cultivation, but the increased moisture
has favored activity of the boll weevil
Old and upland corn suffered se
verely from drought; late and low
land corn improved greatly where
sufficient rain fell. Layme Dy corn is
completed in the south and beginnig
in the north.
Peanuts, rice, sugar-cane, velvet
beans, pastures, and sweet potatoes
all improved, but in many counties
there are places where rain is much
needed for these crops. Cow peas and
hay crops made a good start, Truck
and gardens are poor, Sweet potatoes
are fair to excellent, and rains this
week enabled farmers to finish trans
planting, Shipments or Elberta peach
es have begun,' and early apples are
coming in. Large shipments of mel
ons and peaches were made during
the week.
"C..F. von Hermann, Meteoroligist.
—_—
. Leader Want Ads Pay.
SN PIRE 95 ltems 95 * h [EpIRE
LT LJ\/LJJ_J' STOR‘E m - ".For." c eac EM@D STORE
"Thursday, F'riday, Saturday
7th, Bth, 9th.
READ BELOW WHAT WONDERFUL VALUES, NINETY-FIVE OF
THEM FOR NINETY-FIVE CENTS EACH
6 yards good Gingham......os¢
6 yards best Cheviots.......9s¢c
3 yds best Table Oil Cloth 95¢
477 yards Punjab Percale...9s¢
314 yds. Renfrew 32-in Ging. 95¢
5 yds. Toile Du Nord Ging. 95¢
3 yards Devonshire C10th...95¢
11 cans Air Float Talc powd. 95¢
7 cans large size talc powd. 95¢
S cans 1 Ib. Air Float Talc 95c
11 yds. Riverside Plaids....9s¢c
8 yds. Bleaching ~........95c
4 yds. Kyrtle Cloth Suitings
Fast Colors ..., .......05¢
4% yds. Lonsdale Berkley
Ghbrie .. 304 S 08¢
5 yds. Special Bleaching,
Long Cloth Fini5h........95¢c
5 yds. Lonsdale Sheeting....9s¢c
4 yds. Wausutta Nainsook..9s¢
6 yds. good Pajama Checks.9s¢
5 yds. Better Pajama Checks 95¢
The Empire Mercantile Company
Phone 18. : “One Price to Everybody ” Grocery Phone 155
FITZGERALD, BEN HILL COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1921.
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Local Shipper Swindled’
Out of Car of Potatoes
fomiEn |
The Lon Dickey Lumber Co., was
the victim of a swindling commission
firm of Macon, when they shipped
upon its order a car of cured sweet
potatoes recently, The value of the
potatoes was $l.OOO, The commision
house ordered the cur for the Macon
trade and on several occasions phoned
Mr. Dickey of its satisfactory sales,
wiien the Seaboard Railway notified
Mr .Dickey of the arrival of a car of
potatoes in Omaha, Neb, in bad or
der and requested payment of freight
and orders for their disposal out there,
Having shipped no potatoes to Ne
braska, Mr, Dickey phoned his Ma
con firm, who denied any knowledge
of the shipment. Several days later,
however, Mr. Dickey reccived a let
ter from the swindler, claiming that
the car in Nebraska, was the Dickey
potato shipment and refusing to pay
because of its alleged bad condition.
Mr, Dickey states that he did not
seil the potatoes to be shipped to Ne
braska, but that they were informed
that they were being sold in Macon
and they were bringing a good price,
The matter will probably be brought
to the attentjon of the Post Oifice de
partment, as it is a plain case of us
ing the ‘'mails to defraud. There are
of course some responsible commis
sion houses, but our farmer friends,
really haven’t the time nor the ma
chinery to investigate cach of them,
so the best course to pursue is to sell
for cash on the local tracks.
———eli :
2 Mrs, J. H. Burke was the charming
hostess Thursday afternoon at her
ENTERPRISKE and PRESS
417 yds. 36-in. Indian Head 95c,
3 yds. 44-in. Indian Head. ...95c
1 Pr. Pure Thread Silk Hose 95¢
16 spools J. & P. Coats Sewing
Lnread e el v 08¢
10 yds. 36-in. Curtain Scrim 95c
6 yds. 36-in. Cretonne.......9s¢c
One Fibre Suit Ca5e........95¢
3 yds. 8-4 unbleached Pepperell
Bheeting o, ..., ... i 98
2V yds. 9-4 unbleached Pepper
ell Sheetinig | o, ol ol 1056
2%4 yds.- 9-4 Bleached Pepper
ell Sheetilit ...... (. ...95
2Y4 yds. 10-4 unbleached Pep
perell Shteting ........ 95¢
2 yds. 10-4 Bleached Pepperell
Sheeting oo ioingones 956
3 large size Turkish Towels 95¢
7 large size Huck T0we15...95¢
9 good size Huck T0we15...95¢
10 small size Turkish Towels 95¢
1 bed sheet, 72x90 Pepperell 95¢
s 1
Court has adjourned until the 4th
Monday in August. All witnesses be
there on that date and not on Monduy‘
July 11th. |
¢ WILEEY WHITLEY:
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Millions Paid To |
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Disabled Soldiers
o i |
War Risk Bureau Is Flooded W'i:'n‘;
Claims From War Veterans i
The government has to date made
a total .dighursement of $226,436,391
J 4 in meeting both the compensation
of former service men disabled by rea
son of wounds, injuries or disease in
curred in the World war, and: the
feath claims of the dependents of the
ones who made the supreme sacrifice
according to an announcement of Di
rector C. R .Forbes of the Bureau of
War Risk Insurance. © The disburse
ments for disability have ageregated
$192,677,580 48 and the death disburs
ments $33,80,301 86, ;
For the month ot May alone the
total amount disbursed by the Bureau
for compensation purposes was $lO,
575,416, the monthly payments on dis
ability compensation claims for that
period amountyz to $9.145288 and
the monthly paymentu to the depend
ents of deceased soldiers amounting
to £1,430,128.00
Between June Ist and June 15th
the Bureau mailed 221,612 checks to
cover this dishursement to former
service men.
- The increase in the number of the
claims filed with the Bureau has ex
‘ccodcd any estimate. The number
lv‘f claims filed from the inception of
the Burcau to May 1919 was 209,700
l'.’-(!'i‘e- on June Ist, 1921, the n-¢nber
Our children deserve the very
best schools we can give them.
We have always been proud of
our schools in Fitzgerald but the
time has come when neither the
High School or the First Ward
building are adequate,
Neither teachers or pupils can
do their best work in a building
“BOND RECEPTION” AT
CITY HALL PARK
The ladies and patrons of the Third
Ward School are entertaining at a
reception today for the ladies of the
third ward and other patrons of the
local schools at an al fresco affair at
the City Hall Park. During the
course of the afternoon several talks
are to be made in favor of bonds.
Mrs. J. E. Turner will preside as vice
chairman for the third’ ward in the
absense of Mrs. I, L. Bradshaw, Rev,
J. F. Singleton, superintendent-elect
Ulric J. Bennett, Mrs. E, J. Dormi
ney and Mrs. L. A, Turner will talk.
ladies will urge all the newly enfran
chisel voters to rc;zisfcr and vote for
bonds on August first.
in file was 631,980 showing an increase
during that period of-. 422 280, The
number of awards for death and dis
ability for the first period was 41,073;
the number of awards at the end of
the second period was 323,415, an in
crease during the second period of 282
242, For the first period the ratio
was one claim pending to every two
filed; for the second period, the ratio
was one claim pending to every eight
claims filed.
3 pillow cases 42x36
Pebpevell. . ... ... 95
5 prs. children’s 50x........95¢c
4 pillow cases 42x36 Atlantic 95¢
! box Azura Face Powder. 95¢c
! box Floramae Face Powd. 95¢
1 Mary Garden Face Powd. 95¢
5 Butterfly Talc Powder....9s¢c
1 Thompson Glove Fitting
Corset 95¢
4 piix boys’ h05e........ . .95
4 yds. English Finish
INRNOtE o 98¢
10 spools J. & P. Coats
T e
Lapning Bait., ... ... 08
7 yds. Amoskeg Apron Ging. 95¢
2 Bungalow Apr0n5........95¢
4 Mavis Toilet 50ap........95¢c
3 Cashmere Bouquet soap...9s¢c
% Cuticurs Seap ....,..... 95¢
5 Colgate Almond Cream
D o i OB
1 ladies’ low neck, no sleeves,
light weight, wide knee
Hmon suit . ...,...... 95¢
Why Fitzgerald Needs A
- High School Auditorium
which .is crowded as the High
School® building or ,one needing
repairs as the First Ward build
ing.
Let us vote for bonds and give
both teachers and pupils a chance
to do their best,
MRS. L. A. TURNER.
% .
Must Remove Picket
Shelters From Road
County Commissioners Require “Ob
structions” To Be Removed
The formal order passed by the
county commissioners at their meet
ing Tuesday aimed at the picketing
of the Atlanta, Birmingham and At
lantic Shops and yards conducted for
the last four months by the strikers
was handed to the Leader yesterday.
The order requires all “obstructions”
to be removed, The pickets have
built shelters by the road. The order
follows:
GEORGIA—Ben Hill County:
To All Whom Tt May Concern:
All parties are hereby notified to at
once remove all obstructions of every
character from all public highways in
said County, and the sheriff of said
county is hereby directed to procure
warrants for, and arrest all parties
obstructing the public roads of said
county in any manner after this date.
This July sth, 1921.
J. W. Morris, Chairman,
R. L. Stofe,
i County Commissioners,
8 Star Brand merc. Crochet
Lread i ooy .. 956
8 Ciark's Pearl Aotton Crochet
Thtead 00l 1 i 050
3 yds. best EnglisM\Finish
Nathsook 0.0 N . 95¢
10 yds. good ?M\i 95¢c
2 Palm Olive Vanishing
Cream (... ... . ... % 05¢
2 Palm Olive Cold Cream. .|.9s¢c
5 Palm Olive Talc P0wd....95¢
2 Paim Olive 5hamp00.....95¢c
1 Crex Rug, 3x6..,........ :.:95¢
1 Window Shade .......... 95¢c
1 Men’s Silk Tie, $1.50 va1...95¢
6 pair Men’s 25¢ 50x........95¢
1 Boys’ Blouse, $1.50 va1....95¢c
3 Sun Hats, 40c Va1ue......95¢c
4 yds. 40-in. White Organdy 95¢
4 yds. 40-in. colored Organdy 95¢
2 voile waists $1.25 val. ....95¢c
2 drop skirts $1 va1ue.......95¢c
1 Bungalow Apron $2.50 val. 95¢
FITZGERALD COTTON
Good Middling _________lo 7-8 c
No Sales No Receipts
Official Organ City of Fitzgerald
Special Police And Sheriff’s Dep
uties To Co-Operate
PEACE REIGNS SUPREME
Col. Russell Gives Pointed Ad
: vice In Speech Today
With a friendly crowd of strikers
railroad employees and citizens
cheering and waving farewell, the
the 180 national guardsmen who
have been statjoned here since
Wednesday afternoon left on a
special train at 3:00 o’clock today
for their homes in Macon and Cor
dele. The guardsmen were supplied _
with lunches by the strikers wives
and daughters who had'entertained
them yesterday. .
While the troops were breaking
camp and". entraining for their
homes city council mayor, chief of
police, sheriff and city attorneys
were in serious session considering
proper steps to furnish civil pro
, tection for the city, Council ap
proved the appointment of as many
citizen police as the mayor, sheriff
and chief of police thught necessary
and about four o'clock the three
went into executive gession to make
out a list of citizens who will be
sworn in today and placed on
guard before nightfall,
The city is perfectly quiet this
afternoon after the departure of
the troops. No firearms are in ev
idence and business eontnues as
usual. No alirm is ex-srassed ov
er the departure of the troops and
since the joning of A, coun
ty forces the public genera!!y has
confidence that local authorities
can amply cope with any situation
that might arise,
In a telephone message from
Judge O. T. Gower, Sheriff Dormi
ney was instructed to go as far as
he liked in appointing special dep
uties, The judge stated that he
would back up the sheriff with
court orders and the like to any ex
tent the sheriff believed necessary,
Ten extra citizen police and ten
special deputy sheriffs will be
named to patrol the city and ten
special deputies to patrol the coun
ty in addijtion to the six regular po
lice and the three regular active
members of the sheriff's force,
That was the decision reached by
Mayor Pittman, Sheriff Dorminey,
and Chief Dixon at 4:30 ’clock this
afternoon &
State troops sent here Wednesday
morning by Governor Thomas Hard
wick at the request of Sheriff E, H,
Dorminey will he withdrawn from the
city some time today and police con
trol restored to county and city au
thorities. Col. H. D. Russell of Ma
con, commandant, reached that de
cisjon about 2:00 o’clock this morning
[.'u"tt-r a conference over long distance
with Adjutant General Van Holt
Nash and a series of conferences with
local authorities, railroad 'men, strik
ers and business men,
Colonel Russell Speaks
The Colonel's decision was formally
aniounced at a mass meeting at the
court house today attended by several
hundred business men, strikers and
railroad men. The Colonel’s talk was
followed by a statement from,Mayor
J. L. Pittman in behalf of himself
and Sheriff E, H. Dorminey to the
cffect that the two had reached an
agreement whereby the city and coun
ty forces would co-operate in main
taining order. .
Col. Russel bore down on local con
ditions very strongly in his talk., He
declared that if local authYrities hdd
taken proper steps in nipping trouble
in the bud, in previous outbreaks, the
incident Tuesday night, because of
which troops were called, would never
have occurred and Fitzgerald would
never have suffered the stigma of be
ing under martial law,
Col: Russell declared his belief that
since the sheriff and mayor had reach
ed a working agreementn that there
was absolutely no need for troops in
the city, He commented on the
peacefulness of the situation during
the nearly forty-eight hours during
which the guardsmen have been on
duty . Not a single outbreak of any
kind .marred the calm surface of life
in the city since the shooting Tuesday
night and the brief display of miljtant
“preparedness” by armed strikers and
strike breakers around the passenger
station, :
Two Problems Confused
“Fitzgerald is faced with two prob
lems,” the Colonel declared, “which
are dissimilar and far removed from
each other as any blems can
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