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Official Organ U. S. District Court
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Bond Election
Yo
Will Be Called
Brick Schools ¢ Be Erceted for
First Ward=Pavy' Crant
Street
A large compmittee compos':'?d" of red
presentatives from all the active c'fivk]
ic bodics in the city met at the Chani
ber of Commerce Friday night, at
which time they arrived at a unani
nrous indorsement of a proposed bond
election to be proclaimed by the city
council at once by which suffic’ent
bonds, between $75,000 and $lOO,OOO
will be voted on as speedily as pos
sible, to prowvide the improvements
that are a crying need at this point
of our city's progress.
The first item discussed was thvl
annex needed for the high school, an
assembly room and two or more class
rooms to take care of the daily needs
of the school.
Of supreme importance is the erec
tion of a substantial brick school
building in the First Ward, and the
removal or salvaging of the old struc
ture for a Jarger and safer school in
the colored section. The extension of
water mains for better fire protection
is an improv - aere chao wiid meet with
overwhelming favor and as a matter
of civic pride, the paving of the Grant
street link on the Dixie Highway will
come in for a good backing by our
progressive citizenry.
There was a fine feeling of unani
mity and optimism prevailing at this
meeting and sufficient to give the city
council a feeling of assurance in go
ing forward with this bond election.
Engineers will be consulted within
two weeks ior estimates on the vari
ous, phases of the improvements so
that the actual figures may soon be
known and used in the captions of
the election notice A plan to issue
paving bonds in the serial form and
known as bahy bonds on ten years
time will make payment easy for the
property holders of paved streets and
will facilitate the early paving of oth
er streets besides Grant street at an
early date without the necessity of a
bond election.
GREAT DANGER FROM :
FOREST FIRES NOW
Due to the prolonged drouth
throughout the State for the past sev
eral weeks the danger from fire, the
forests’ greatest enemy has been great
ly increased and farmers everywhere
are urged to be on alert and save
the losses which threaten our -timber
resources
Fires do greater damage now than
any other season of the year accord
ing to D Barrett extension specialist
in forestry of the State College of Agri-‘
culture During the spring months‘
trees grow fastest, he says and the
Lark being tender the tree is casily{
killed or if not entirely destroyed a
part of the bark dies which allows in
sects and disease tn enter which will'
prevent it from ever becoming mer
chantable timber |
“Due to the common belief . that
burning over the forest improves the
grazing and the dzplorable lack of ‘
sentiment against fires which often al-|
low them to rage without any effort
tovwards stopptng tiwusands of acres‘
arc burned over cach year with the
loss of millions of dollars to the state”
continued Prof Barrett “In Georgia
9 473 fires were reported to the feder
al forest service in 1923 or more than‘
twice the number of any previousi
vear. It is the duty of everyone to co
operate with the state and federal
governments in stamping out this
great enemy of our forests, and thus
save one of our greatest resources.”
‘Once fires are started. the best way
t 5 combat them is to plow strips or
fire lines through the woods to cut
the fire off, states Prof Barrett. Wet
gunny sacks or green pine boughs
make excellent weapons for hand fight
ing. he says.
o= e eet B o e
BLONDE BESS OPINES
There is only one knocker that our
boss pays any attention to—That’s
Opportunity. :
NEVER SEEN YET
Scenery —_—-----—-by Mother Nature
__as a credit line in Ye Moderne Mo-
DID YOUEVERSTOPTOTHINK?
By E. R WAITE, Secretary
Shawnee, Okla., Board of Commerce
THAT a store should be a selling
place, not a storage place.
THAT stores that accumulate many
“shelf-warmers,” are out of luck.
It's usually their own fault; they
<hould not try to place the hlame
elsewhere.
THAT profits are made when goods
are sold. Many merchants seem to
forget that fact. £
THAT goods must - rot only be
bought right, but must be sold
right. -
THAT advertising through the print
ed page is the greatest sales creator
known.
THE FITZGERALD LEADER
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A few years ago, Charles C,
Green was working on.the small
local home-town newspaper at
Kent, Ohip, Last week he was
elected president of the New York
Advertising Club—the largest or
ganization of its kind in the world.
Mr. Green was put in nomination
by pstition of the members and
easily defeated the nominating
committees’ nominee. He is at the
head of the Charles C. Creen Ad
vertising Agency.
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Nation Soon to Eat
.
Our Juicy Melons
Thousands of Georgia Watermelons
Will Be Shipped to Many States
Alabama Also Melon Center
Atlanta, Ga., June 11.—Soon the
Georgia watermelon will be scatter
ing delight among the people of many
states and sepecially among the peo
ple of this state If there is anything
more delicious than a Georgia water
melon, red, ripe and juicy within and
cooled properly it has not been shown
around here according to Atlanta epi
cures. For real, genuine satisfaction
on a hot day, many Atlantians assert
nothing can take the place of a large
slice of watermelon served in a sha
dy spot, with a few good friends at
hand who also have generous slices
of the juicy delicacy.
Indications now are that there will
be plenty of waterfelons this year
in both Georgia and Alabam, the two
leading watermelon states of the
South. Railroad systems covering
both states are making plans to han
dle many thousand carloads of water
melons this year.
The shipping of thcusands of cars of
watermelcns from Georgia and Ala
bama melon centers does not mean
that the melons are going out of the
two states Many of the shipments,
railroad men ‘say will be to points in
the states, to towns and cities that
will buy all the melons they can get.
Many of the Georgia and Alabama
watermelons do naturally go to oth
er states, for the rest of the country
has learned what the southern water
melon is and people afar are eager td
get the Georgia and Alabama kind at
the earliest possible moment.
POSTAL EMPLOYES
a HOLD MEETING HERE
An executive meeting of the South
Georgia Postal Employes’ association
was held Tuesday in the office of Mr
W A Adams, the president, who on
adjournment entertained the entire
committee at dinner at the Lee-Grant
hotel. iy
The meeting was called to make the
necessary plans for the large conven
tion which will be held in this city
on Labor Day and will be attended by
600 to 1,000 visitors, members of the
association. This meeting will be fea
tured by a barbecue and other enter
tainment of a city wide natuure.
Those present at the Tuesday meet
ing were the postmasters as follows:
‘Messrs M M McKee of Moultrie,
Chas W Barnes of aVldosta, Harris
Stack of Tifton C Smith of Bain
bridge, Jas T Dampier of Adel, L F
Peterson of Douglas and J D Adams
postal clerk at Douglas and G T
Adams rural carrier of Adel
This organization includes every
employe of the postal service from
the postmasters lown, and the object
is the betterment of the service.
| CORRECTION
The name of Miss Athlcen Dickey
‘was incorrectly used for that of Miss
Athleen Rhorer in last week’s issue
lwith reference to her work in art and
‘a position she has taken in New York
City.
THAT everywhere in every line of
business, advertising is making real
friends for those who advertise.
THAT well advertised goods are
ooods of known and proven value.
They have won the confidence of
the public
THAT dealers, awake to the demands
of the public, never try to substi
tute for quality. The consumers
have cultivated a good memory and
can’t be fooled with unknown goods.
WELL ADVERTISED LINES OF
GOODS NOT ONLY MAKE
CUSTOMERS, BUT GAIN
THEIR GOOD-WILL AND
THEIS FUTURE BUSINESS.
FITZGERALD, BEN HILL CO., GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1925
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Georgia Association
t rsed
Strongly Endorse
Backed by Leaders in State, Associa
tion Will Become Factor in De
veloping Georgia’s Agricul
tural Opportunities
Friday was a red letter day for
Georgia, assembled in the Dempsey
hotel at Macon, leaders in civic in
dustrial and transportation organiza
tions of Georgia planned for the pros
¢cution of the development of the
‘natura] resources of the state pledging
then suppeit to the Georgia associa
t'on, the logical organization to pro
mote the settlement work of Georgia's
farms and the development of its in-{
dustrial possibilities. ]
| Working under financial handicaps
for the past several yecars, Secretary
Abbott presented, necvertheless, com
clusive evidences of the usefulness and
success of the associat’on in the past
vear, a number of representatives
from the several member counties be
ing present to testify to the benefits
derived from the work and to the new
settlers secured through the associa
tion efforts in the several counties in
South Georgia.
According to these statemments hun
dreds of families and individual farm
ers from the adjoining states, have‘
been moved into Georgia-farms thru
the advertising campaign and person
al solicitations of agents of the Geor
gia association in the past year. Col
B L Bugg of the AB&A; W T Ander
son of the Macon Telegraph; Maycr
Sims of Atlanta; Mr Holleman of the
Atlanta Constitution and others made
stirring speeches, bespeaking the need
of cooperating with the work of the
Georgia association and pledged their
financial support to the continuance of
the work.
To show their faith in the work the
association and its officers the meet‘
ing pledged to raise $lOOOO to pay off
accumulated debts of the old associa i
tion and to raise a sufficient fund to
make the organization more useful in
the future. |
Col John Slater of Douglas was
elected President and H A Abbott was
re-elected secretary for the Georgia
‘association.
Georgia Inc. an organization of
leading financiers of the state will se
cure the funds and administer the
finances. The meeting and its conclu
sions yere a tribute tothe officers oi
‘the Georgia association who are de
voting their time unselfishly te the
)devclopmcnt of Georgia.
N
Curt Case Has No
Effect on Bonds
Southern Investors Fully Protected in
Atlanta Litigation Involving Mil
ler Company—Persecution
Charged
AYlanta, Ga., June ’o.—Local liti
gation involving the Miller Comapny
large real estate bond house has had‘
no appreciable effect on the bond mar
ket of this concern and similar invest
ment houses according to Atlanta
bankers, who assert that investors are
protected both by property values and
millions of aesets in the firms.
Hearing in the cases of the state of
Georgia against G I Miller & Co,
and others, and of the Miller company
against T B Connor chief examiner
of the Georgia Securities commission
was postponed unti! next Menday by
Tudge E D Thomas oi the Fulton
superior court, when the two cases
were called before him Wednesday.
Although attorney Reuben Arnold
representing the Miller company, in
sisted upon a hearing. lawyers for the
state were not ready and the court
ordered a postponement.
The action of the Miller companyi
against T B Connor chief examiner‘
of the Georgia Securities commission
charged him with being a “self ap
pointed prosecutor and persecutor” of
the Miller company.
An order temporarily restraining Mr
Connor “from making publishing cir
culating either by word of mouth in
terviews telegrams or in any other
manner, false, libelous or slanderous
matters statements writings Oor com
munications concerning G . Miller’s
Co or its officials or any of its bonds
or bond issues sold or underwritten
by it” was signed by Judge E D
Thomas in Fulton superior court. The
litigation involves two local building
projects.
BUS LINES RENT I
PERMANENT QUARTERS
The old post office building, corner
Main and Central, has been rented
and remodeled by Mr W J McCranie,
proprietor of the Dixie Bus Line and|
comfortable waiting rooms for white
and colored have been provided. “
Mr McCranic found Fitzgerald the
iogical point at which to make his
headquarters for the permanent de
velopment of the motor bus service
and the local office is in charge of
Miss Claudia Garrett. Anyone wishing
information on connections made by
lythe line with the railroads at differ
’ent points can call them up by tele
phone and receive the information de
sired.
IVACATION READING )
SCHOOL BEGINS
The I'brarian reports issuing 75
books this week to ‘children who will
undertake the summer reading course
of fifteen books seven of which are
named in cach grade, and the others
may be voluntary selection under re
icommcndaticn. This is a voluntary
‘work of Miss Smith, who always puts
service first in her management of thg
library, and ‘s to be commended and
encouraged by the parents.
The offering of a diploma from the
library board to each child reporting
fifteen standard books read through
vacation, ptits a premitum on regular
reading and upott the more careful se
lecticn of books than the usual hapha
zard method followed by the children.
The books suggested for the gram
mar grades are as follows:
Books for the Fifth Grade
Black Beautv—Seawell
*How the World is Clothed—Car
penter
~ He'de-~Spyri
Story of Dr Doolittle—Lofting
Filipino Twins—Perkins
Lisbeth Longfrock—Aanrud
Jack and Jill—Alcott
Jungle Beok—Kipling
*Thirty More Stories Retold—Kip
ling
In the Days of Giants—Brown
Fairy Tales, Trish—Brown
Nights with Uncle RemusViHarris
Dog 'of Flanders—Ouida
*America’s Story for America’s
Childfi*n—l‘ratt
*Children’s Story of American Prog
ress—Wright |
*Ten Boys—Andrews
*Rhymes of Childhood—Riley
*Wonderful Story of Washington—
Stevenson
Sara Crew—Dßurnett
Books for the Sixth Grade
Some Merry Adventures of Robin
Hood—Pyle
Robinson Crusoe—Defoe
*Boy's Life of Abraham Lincoln—
Nicolay i LR
*Story of American History—Blais
dell
*Master Skylark—Bennett
*True Story of Lafayette—Brooks
Hans Brinker—Brooks
Two Little Confederates—Page
Nelly’s Silver Mine—Jackson
Heroines Every Child Should Know
—Mabie :
Little Lord Fautleroy—Burnett
Castle Blair—Shaw
Jim Davis—Masefield
*Stories of the Pilgrims—Humphrey
’An American Book of Golden Deceds
—Baldwin
Sinopah, the Indian Boy—Schultz
Dr Doolittle’s Post Office—Lofting
*Poor Little Rich Boy—Gates
*Boys and Girls of Garden City—
Dawson
Books for the Seventh Grade
Red Cap and Lilies—Adams
*Story of our Navy—Stevenson
*Barnaby Lee—Bennett
Little Women—Alcott
Little Men—Alcott
Lucy Sixpence—Knipe
*Martin Hyde=Masefield
Call of the Wild—London
Story of a Bad Boy—Aldrich
*Boy’s Life of Edison—Meadow
craft. |
King Arthur annd his Knights—
Chandler
*Men of Iron=Pyle
*Makers of Our History—Faris
*Old Greek Stories—Baldwin
*Bov's Book of Verse—Baldwin
*Girl's Book of Verse
Masterman Ready—Maryat
Betty Leicester—Jewett
Slowcoach—lLucas
‘GOOD YIELD SEEN
IN TOBACCO CROP
The outlook for the tobacco crop,
which is. just now beginning to be
harvested, is very promising accord
ing to E C Westbrook, tobacco spe
cialist of the State College of Agri
culture who has just made a Survey of
the situation throughout the tobacco
belt of South Georgia.
“The busiest season for the tobacco
orower has just begun g says Prof
Woesthrook® and the process of har
vesting and curing are among the
most important operations to be faced
for often-times the success of the to
bacco farmer is determned by the way
‘n which he handles his crop in these
staces Ii the tobacco is priled too
green it cannot be cuf®d bright and
the quality is poor. On the other hand
if it is allowed to hecome over ripe
it will be dead and lifeless
“The temperature in th. curing barn
is also a very important point If 1t
1s not recu.ated properly, the tobacco
'may Le cirenked spotted dark green o~
otherwise damaged and the price of
course affected”
All of there and other details of hand
ling the tobacco crop are covered ful
ly in a recent bulletin of the State Col
of Agriculture, which is now being
distributed to tobacco growers ‘
throughout the state It tells how to
avoid the common misakes in har
vesting and curing and also gives oth
er valuable information regarding the
growing of the crop
Copies of this bulletin may be ob
tained free from the county agent oOf
}b_\' writing the Division of Publica
jons, Georgia State College of Agri
culture Athens
HIGHWAY MEETING TO
. BE HELD HERE SOON
On account of conflicting dates with
a meeting called for Waycross on
June 17th the meeting scheduled for
that date for the Central Dixie High
way in this city was postponed tO
Jhne 24, when representatives from
every city along the route from Ma
con to Jacksonville have been invited
to meet here for the annual meettng
of the Central Dixie Highway asso
ciation.
5
Raral Mail Men
To Sell Produce
Encouraging Use of Parcel Post for
Food Transport Is Aim—Car
riers Solicit on Routes |
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Atlanta, Ga,, June 11.—Uncle Sam
is going to try to make salesmen and
¢dmmission merchants of his rural
[m;:il carriers it was pointed out here
today by agcriculturists,
; The postoffice department, it was
stated here, 1s now conducting tests—
‘to be kept up for six or eight months
—on fifty rural routes throughout the
country of the practicability of utiliz
‘ng the rural carrier as a medium to
encourage transportation by parcel
post ot food products directly from
the producer to the consumer,
The experiment will be made under
authority grannted at th last session
of congress. Six routes in Georgia,
Valdosta, Mcßae Fort Valley Bartow
Gainesville Cedartown and Barnes
ville have selected as the postoffices
in this state from which the experi
mental srvic is bing conducted.
1 Carriers on these rural routes have
been urged to solicit shipments by
making personal appeals to the farm
ers poultrymen and dairymen on their
routes and to dbtain customers to pur
chase the food products in towns from
which the rural routes are operated.
As compensation for their services
the carriers will be given, in addition
to their regular salary, fifty per cent
of the postage receipts from the new
service. The only charge to the pro
ducer will be the usual local zone rate
of 5 cents for the first pound and 1
cent for each additional pound or
fraction thereof since the 2-cent par
cel post service charge provided by
the last congress does not apply to
packages mailed on rural routes.
There will bhe no charge whatever to
the purchaser to whose doors the ru
ral mail men will make deliveries.
Food products to be transported by
this medium will include vegetables,
fruits, berries poultry eggs milk and
cream. Carriers will carry scales to
determine the amount of postage due
and will suvpply thier patrons with
stamips.
Low Taxes Reduce
i Costs of Livin
‘
,Everyone Must and Does Pass Along
| Taxes to Consumer—We Are
All Consumers—Every
‘ body Pays
Atlanta, Ga., June 11.—Does de
creased taxes mean lower cost of liv |
ing? Here are some tax facts made
public here by tax advocates:
Every manufacturer must add his
taxes to the selling price of his pro
duct.
Every merchant must add his taxes
to the selling price of his goods.
Every farmer must add his taxes to
the selling price of his products.
Every builder must add his taxes
to the sellling price of the building he
constructs.
Every railroad must add its taxes to
the selling price of the passenger tic
kets and freight charges.
Every landlord must add his taxes
to the rents of his houses.
Every clothier must add his taxes
to the selling price of his garments.
1t makes no difference whether its
labor or materials or service that is
sold, the taxes must be added, and
they are.
Unless taxes are added to selling
price all industry, farming and busi
ness would have to cease,
This is simply the operation of a
natural law.
Fvervone one must and does pass
along taxes to the consumer. We are |
all consumers. Hence everybody pays
taxes
Decreased taxes mean lower cost of
living.
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JACKSON BOUND OVER
TO SUPERIOR COURT
Judge H L. McLendon bound J O
Jackson, of Milledgeville over to the
Ben Hill superior court charged with
reckless driving.
Jackson, in taking a car from Mil
ledgeville to Miami Monday night,
‘ran into and praciically ruined the
car driven by Geo Mirsky of Rochelle
who with his father, Mr Sam Mirsky,
were enroute to their home The occu
rants of both cars escaped without
serious injury although the Mirsky
car was thrown into the ditch and its
occupants cut by flying glass and oth
erwise bunged up.
Jackson was arrested by the local
police on arrival in the city and the
case was tried Tuesday by Judge Mc
Lendon.
Col A J McDonald represented
Jackson and D E Griffin conducted
the prosecution.
R A M MEETING
Fitzgerald Chapter No. 32 will hold
a regular convocation Tuesday even
ing June 16 at which time the M E M
and Roval Arch degrees will be con
ferred. All companions are requested
to attend Visiting companions are in
vited.
M E Whitman. H P
J W Pearson, Secy
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Coin Drive Backed
By Odd Fellows
Every Georgia Member of .Order
Urged to Aid Campaign. School
Teachers Will Assist
Atlanta—The Independent Order of
Odd Fellows of Georgia was placed
squarely behind the Confederate Mem
orial coin sale campaign by a resolu
tion passed recently by the sovereign
lodge of the state.
Judge Richard B Russell, chief jus
tice of the supreme court of Georgia
and a past grand master of the grand
lodge of Georgia, headed the list of
five past grand masters who intro
duced the resolution the others being
A Dwight Deas of Augusta; R L J
Smith of Commerce; Judge W B
Sloan of Gainesville and Paul Lind
sey of Atlanta.
The resolution, which was adopted
unanimously declares: “We call upon
cach and every member of every
lodge in the order in Georgia to pur
chase at least one of these coins and
preserve it as a memento of one of
the outstanding events of American
history.”
A L Nl
TO THE VOTERS AND
TAXPAYERS
Two weeks from today I leave to
attend the 1925 session of Georgia Le
gislature, to represent you and Ben
Hill county. You probably realize that
this will be the last session until the
summer of 1927. Therefore, if You
have “any advice you would like to
give or any legislation you would like
to discuss with me you will find me
at my office from four until six o'clock
every day next week tc be of service
to vou.
The first ten days of the session 1
will be at the Kimball House which
many of you doubtless know has been
for years headquarters for most
Georgia legislators. After that date I
will be at the Ansley hotel where I
will be glad to see any of my iriends
from Fitzgerald and Ben Hill county
at any time, day or night, that T can
be of service to vou. I will be just as
olad to see the poorest man in the
county as I would my own bankers.
T enjoy being of service to my people
almost aé well as I do trying to make
money: I have no pet legislation that
I am trying to pass; you doubtless
realize we have enough laws already
on the statute books and by my effort
to keep as many from passing as is
in conformity with good government,
il feel [ am doing my duty. ‘
| According to law lam advising you
of two local bills I am going to in
troduce one relative to increasing the
tax mill limit for the city of Fitzger
| ald schools The second will be a bill
lullowing the city of Fitzgerald to pass
“Baby Bonds” without a bond elec
tion for street and sidewalk paving,
ete. The third, will be a state bill re-
Jative to collection of advertising fees
for state and county taxes. I will be
?qlad to discuss any of these with you
.t the hours mentioned above. |
As I was a new member last year
[ preferred to profit for you and my
'self by the other fellow’s experience
and had very little to do with the ori
gin of any bills You doubtless know
a 2 man’s ignorance of parliamentary
law would handicap him in any leg
'islation however at this session I
have certain strong convictions that I
‘am going to try to express to the
people and 1 wil appreciate your in
dulgence, your advice and your help
in my efforts to try to be of some serv
ice to you.
Sincerely yours,
L L GRINER,
Reprecentative Ben Hill County.
PUBLISHED EVERY
THURSDAY BY THE
LEADER PURLISHING CO.
VOL. XXX, NO 2,4
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Pecan Growers
Elect Officers
Jacksonville to Have 1926 Convention
Delegates Well Pleased With
Entertainment Here
The Nineteenth Annual convention
of the Georgia-Florida Pecan Grow
ers has hecome one of the historic
cevents of Fitzgerald and will be re
membered by the visit'ng members as
one of the most enjoyable affairs held
by the organization as expressed by
' President Snedeker, the wonder work
er of Pierce county, where he has one
of the most attractive places near
Blackshcar,
Besides some routine business the
session of Friday installed new offi
cers, which for the coming year are:
H K Miller of Monticello Fla, pres
ident; C A Newcomer of Fitzgerald,
Vice-pres; James H Wells of Bald
win Fla, secretary and treasurer,
The 1926 meeting was voted to be
held in Jacksonville Fla. Resolutions
of thanks to the people of Fitzgerald
were voted by the visitors.
MAFFETT GOING OUT
OF BUSINESS
The four page advertisement ap
pearing in this issue of The Leader
will inform our readers of the deter
mination of Mr R I Maffett to retire
from the mercantile business in this
city where he has been an active mer
chant for the past tyenty-two years.
The entire stock of the Bazaar is
being placed on the market and an
nouncement is made of the sale by
auction to the highest bidder of his
beautiful south Main street home as
well as his automobile and such of his
stock as may ilemain unsold after
July 18,
Mr Maffett has not announced just
what his future plans may be, but it
is supposed he will enter another
field when his stock is closed out,
Mr and Mrs Maffett are active in
social and church affairs in the city
and their many friends throughout the
county will learn with sincere regrets
of ther plans to leave our city.
Mr Grady McDaniel, the former
popular manager of Garber’s Surprise
Store has taken charge of the closing
out of the stock of the Bazaar Store
and will be in charge of the store un
til July 18. (
AND IT RAINED AT LAST
Just as a matter of information for
next year angd _the years after, we want
to note that the droutH has been brok
en and the farmers are beginning to
loose that weary look that had so firm
ly fixed itself in the faces of most of
them,
Reports from every section ind‘cate
that the crops, corn cotton and tobac
co are doing fine and if the boll weev
ils don't get the cotton crog, Ford will
hav to add new equipmetnit to ‘his
plants to supply the demand.
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FLAG DAY
The Woman's Relief Corps usually
has a program on Flag Day, but us
the 14th of June falls on Sunday this
year and we do not think it best to
have that kind of a program on the
Sabbath, we yill omit the program
this year, but request the business men
and all residents to display the Stars
and Stripes on Saturday insicad.
Respectfully
Mrs H M Nelson, President
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EVANGELISTIC SERVICES
Fitzgerald Business Men's Evangel
istic Club will conduct services Sun
day June 14 as follows:
Central Methodist church mora
ing service— Group No 1: J E Tur
ner captain, W L Stovall Burr Stokoe
H E Davis E H Holleman W H' Las
seter. ‘
Osierfield Methodist Church; morn
ing service: W J Ballard J H Burke
D L Paulk Frank Barrentine.
\ Rebecca Methodist Church. eve
ning service—Group No. & A G
Brown captain L. N Chasteen CiH
Smith H B Chestnutt; others
Pinelevel Methodist church; After
noon service 3:3o—Group No 200 G
A Jolly captain M M Stephens FM
Grady C E Newton.
SIDE APPLICATION OF
FERTILIZER TO CORN PAYS
The use of nitrogen has shown to be
profitable in experiments with corn
carried on by the State College of Ag
riculture, and now is the time to make
a side application to the corn crop,
says L V Davis, supervisor of fertili
zer investigations throughout the state
The State College recommends that
the fertilizer be applied in the form
of nitrate of soda or sulphate of
ammonia between the time the corn is
knee high and waist high From 100
to 200 pounds of nitrate of soda or 75
to 150 pounds of sulphate of ammeonia
ser acre is advised
The most profitable fertilizing of
corn will vary greatly under different
conditions, says Prof Davis Ii a
heavy application of fertilizer as for
cotton was made to preceding crop
there will be much less need for sup
plying phosphoric acid than if the pre
ceding crop were not heavily fertiliz
ed Results of experiments by the Col
fege indicate that in general the use of
phosphoric acid will be profitable and
that on the very sandy lands of the
lcoastal plain the use of potash is nec
essary and wil prove profitable
‘ It is recommended that where eith
er phosphoric acid or potash are used
they be applied in the row at planting
time If however these two fertilizing
elements were not applied at planting
time, they may be applied now with
' benefit if the crop is not too far ad
' yanced