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THE FITZGERALD LEADER
ENTERPRISE and PRESS
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Mail Matter Under Act of Congress, March 18, 1897
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BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION
NEEDED
There is a decided shortage of good houses
to rent in Fitzgerald. Newcomers have a hard
time getting a comfortable house to rent. If
the city hopes to grow, some of our property
owners must get a change of heart and com
menee building some modern cottages.
Better still, we should have a Building and
Loan Association in Fitzgerald to encourage
home building and home ownership amongl
our wage earners.
Good citizenship has almost always under-|
lying home ownership, as the property owning
citizen is not apt to encourage anything that
would endanger his investment in his home
town. From every angle either as an invest
ment proposition or for savings or to secure
a home of their own, the Building and Loan
Plan offers wonderful possibilities in increas
ing the attractiveness as a home center for
Fitzgerald. The home owner is proud of his
town and contributes his share to its further
development. Encourage home building now.‘.
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COMING TRUE! I
The following news item from the daily
press confirms the theory advanced by The
Leader for the past seventeen years, that
sweet potatoes would make a profitable crop,
if utilized for motor fuel.
The news item states that “motor fuel is to
be made from sweet potatoes and molasses in
a new plant now under construction in Queens
land, Australia, in what is said to be the first
large scale attempt in the world to produce
power alcohol. The plant will have a capaci
ty of 2,000,000 gallons a year.
Adoption of some specific health program by
the county authorities of the counties in the
3rd Congressional district, is advocated in
resolutions adopted by members of the 3rd
district press association, in meeting at Cordele
Saturday. -
Ben Hill County was not represented at the
meeting, however the press of the county will
give its endorsement, although Ben Hill coun
ty does report excellent health conditions.
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~ Mr. J. E. Turner, vice-president of the Ex
change National Bank, has been honored with
the appointment by President Abial Winn, of
the Georgia Bankers' Association, as a mem
ber of the Farm Credits committee of the G.
B. A. ek
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ITS AB\?UI' TIME i 3
After two and one-half years of dillydally
ing while all the loopholes afforded by the
law’s technicalities were being used to delay
hearing of criminal charges against them, Al
bert B. Fall and Edward L. Doheny have fi
nally been brought to trial. WL e
At last they must face the criminal allega
tions growing out of the oil scandals that are
almost ancient history. ~ ta2
The mills of justice grind exceedingly slow,
even though sometimes they grind exceedingly
small.
Entirely apart from a consideration of the
guilt or innocence of Fall and Doheny, it is
long past time for them to be haled into court.
While their clever attorneys were taking ad
vantage of every technicality in the law prom
ising to delay the cases during the last two‘
and one-half years, the court system has been
on trial before the public. '
Whenever strong political or financial in
fluences are brought to bear to protect the
rich and powerful who are charged with some
offense, the eyes of the public follow that case
closely. They have been watching the Fall
and Doheny case.
And whenever in such cases, delays and
postponements result, as they have in this, the
faith of the people in the courts is undermined.
It is a sad thing for any country when its peo
ple come to believe the courts mete out pun
ishment only to the poor and powerless while
the rich and powerful offender escapes. Any
thing that helps to bring about this opinion in
any way is a hindrance to good government.
Whether Fall or Doheny are innocent of
guilty of the charges against them, it is time
these charges were given a thorough airing.
Mr. Fall says he resents “deeply the humilia
tion of being compelled to appear before any
jury on such a charge.” :
Impartial observers resent equally deeply
the delay that has attended his appearance on
such a charge.
" Practical co-operation by the banks of this
city in the program of diversified agriculture
is assured in the announcement by their offi
cials that money to loan for the purchase of
milk cows is available to our farmers, pre
pared to take proper care of the number of
animals they wish to purchase. Now go to it,
Mr. Farmer, there is nothing to hold you back.
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Buy Christmas Seals and help the fight
against T. B. You can get them at either of
the drugstores or by phoning Mrs. R. V. Wood
ham.
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It is necessary for the betterment and pros
perity of any town for the citizens to co-op
erate and work together as a well trained
team in their effort to push the town onward
and upward in the business world.
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Even in this day of equal rights few women
think enough of their husbands to carry large
life insurance policies. :
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The meanest man on earth has been discov
ered in a Jersey town. The local undertaker
there has put a meter on the hearse.
THE LEADER-ENTERPRISE AND PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1826
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L THINGS [ ] PEOPLE "
Grand Opera in the South.
Atlanta alone boasts of a week of
Metropolitan Opera in the south and
must needs take her turn at the close
of the New York season. Chatta
nooga supports three days of grand
opera, usually the Chicago Opera in
February. New Orleans has a full
month of civic opera in progress at
this time. The guarantee of its fi
nancial success is arranged by sub
scription as in Atlanta. However
there is a non-subscription night se
ries also to take care of the large
‘}number of opera lovers who are not
subscribers, as at this season there
are thousands of transients or visi
tors in the city who are thus favored
and who in turn may by their pa
tronage increase the revenues of ‘the
box office. Gainesville and Jackson
ville will this year share in a week
engagement of the New York Civic
Opera Company after a week at
Daytona Beach, which will be the
second season there. A Florida cor
poration has been formed to make
this musical event annual in a num
ber of Florida cities. . The dates will
be from February 28 on through
March 10.
For a Bigger Alto
Now that the new sanitarium at
Alto is ready for occupancy, state
wide interest is taken in its equip
ment, one being the formation of an
adequate library by private con
tributions through the Woman’s
Club and other organizzi‘ons. Also
the Masons of Georgia @1 unce their
purpose to build a cotte, ¢ for chil
dren patients on the grounds and do
nate it to the state for use of all
children who become inmates. The
fund is well started and construction
will begin when all the cash requir
ed is on hand, the goal being $50,-
000.
Slighting the Sycamore
Though the Sycamore tree is one
of quick growth, stately- size and
shapely lines, it is constantly losing
its former favor as a city tree. This
is because of its untidy habits, in
shedding three distinct crops of litter
which in this age of the city beauti
ful is no more tolerated. As fast
as possible it is being displaced in
some localities, by city ordinance and
in others by voluntary preferment
of the citizens, for other varieties
which hold the foliage longer and
cause less expense and trouble in
street and yard cleaning. In Georgia
of course, the sub-tropical and ever
green species are becoming more pop
ular, in fact fewer trees of any kind
and more shrubs are better liked for
garden effects. The pecan tree in
this section affords shade, symmetry
and a bounitful crop of nuts in time
that pays the owner in large returns
for its eare. Jt is stately, too, as an
avenue markeér and is replacing rap
idly the other kinds of trees that are
felled each season because of changes
in sidewalk and curb elevations. |
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Trade Schoo’is Boosted ‘
At a convention of a manufactur-‘
ers’ association last week meeting in‘
Louisville, a speaker advanced the
idea of making trade schools com
pulsory for boys leaving grammar
school or high school. He advocated
this employment of his time as be-!
ing not only helpful to him in the!
matter of preparing the boy for a
practical livelihood but as a means
of keeping youths out of mischief at
an age when the underprivileged ones
and immoral ones will most likely
drift into crime. The public school
‘turns them out at an age when indus
'trial positions with good wages can
inot be theirs and their energies find
a vent in questionable ways because
[of limitations that poverty and idle
ness put on them. The youth who
goes to college would not be liable
to the compulsion of the trade school.
The ambitious and energetic boy
without funds for college training
would be glad of the opportunity of
fered him in a trade school. The in
different kind would be compelled to
atend and receive training that would
be more than ever valuable for his
case. The speaker urged his plan
|as a sure remedy for the crime wave
which sems to be prevailing among
Ithe younger class as never before.
'HOW MUCH PAY DO YOU GET?
—Are you satisfied with your pay,
your work, and your outlook for the
futare?
If not, and you are between say
25 and 40 years of age, of reasonably
good education, of unquestioned
character—not a failure, and not
afraid of hard work—it may be that
we can offer you an opportunity for
‘permanent lifelong high class em
ployment in which you will be paid
all youar e worth and at a higher
rate than other lines of work in which
vou are not required to invest money.
Selling experience desirable but
not essential. :
This business is not difficult to!
learn, if you have brains and mean
of preparation. Complete training
business. There is no long period
free. ; |
Send for our booklet telling about
it. All correspondence held in strict
confidence. Drawer 34, Macon, Ga.
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Motor Mushers Give Rescue
. Twi old;?.p,mpshm of the Sierra
mou%ins“' ere getting their motor
istage?'through the passes where the
worst storm in many years kad made
’drifts 10 feet deep. They came upon
!a motor caravan of 31 cars in two
groups of which the almost perished
passengers had been for two days
‘without food or fire except such as
was afforded by the burning of trunks
or other personal effects. The ex
perienced stage coach men broke a
trail for the party and got them to a
mountain inn where they were regal-!
ed with warm food and then to the
adjacent hot springs where they could
thaw out with hot baths. The rescue
was scoffed at by veteran mountain
drivers as anything heroic. but the
party knew that it was a matter of
life and death to them and their nar
raw escape was due to the energies
and pluck of the rescuers. |
Wilson's Sheep
President Coolidge has received a
handsome pair of wool blankets, the
donor being Mr. L. C. Probert, a
Washington newspaper man and gen
tleman farmer on the side, ot whom
fell as a bequest from President Wil
son in 1921 the flock of sheep he
had kept at the White House. The
explanation is as follows:
“President Wilson, during the
great world war, kept on the white
house lawns a flock of sheep. Many
who saw these peaceful animals con
tentedly grazing there while a world
was aflame little realized that they
were doing war duty. While they
adorned the landscape, they kept the‘
greensward trimmed down and thus
released for war service the men who
had been engaged in that work. They
performed a further patriotic service.?
Their wool the president gave to the
American Red Cross, which appor
tioned it among the Red Cross chap
ters of the states. At patriotic auc
tions it brought as high as $lO,OOO
a pound—the highes tpriced wool in
history. How many American sol
diers on Flanders fields were relieved’
of their pain by the ministrations
made possible in part by these sheepl
no one knows. ]
“The great war president, in the
dark days of that time, found peace
of mind in having these beautiful, do
cile animals about him.
“When Mr. Wilson left the white
house, this flock of sheep went to live
at Homeland Farms, at Olney, Md.,
where they have since remained and
increased in number until in 1926
they numbered more than 50. None
of their wool ever has been sold in
the channels of trade. It has instead
been carefully preserved, to be man
ufactured into these blankets for dis
tribuiton among the great war presi
dent’s close friends and admirers.”
French Soldiers Beg for
Sports A
A recent ruling of the General
Staff of the French army rescinded
all furloughs after May of 1927 for
purposes of athletic drill on the pre
text of a greater devotion to mili
tary duty. An appeal to Premier
Poincaire has brought forth his prom
ise to do all he can to repeal or
amend the decree as it will practi
cally eliminate France from the Olym
pic games in 1928 if this handicap is
put on their practice and preparation.
Poincaire says, ‘“My age and occupa
tions do not permit me to be an
athlete but I would be unworthy to
be the head of the government if I
took no interest in sports.” The ath
letic societies are jubilant over Poin
caire’s championship of their cause
and have voted him the ‘“‘great sports
man.”
Vaudeville Celebrates
The centenary celebration of vau
deville entertainment is reckoned
from December 3 in the LaFayette
theater of New York City, 1826. It
has been found that the variety acts
introduced between scenes of heavy
plays were more popular than the
play hence the origin of vaudeville.
The first vaudeville manager in Chi
cago was an old Revolutionary war
soldier and he opened a place called
Mooney’s Museum. He lived to be
over 100 years old it is said. This
week is termed. “All Nationalities”
week and ushers in what will be a
continuous season of celebration on
the variety stage in cities throughout
the country.
l “My father got me a bottle of
iMAYR'S for stomach trouble and I
lam feeling so much better since tak
'ing it.- My stomach was so painful
I couldn’t stand my clothes to touch
me.” It is a simple harmless prepa
ration that removes the catarrhal mu
cus from the ‘intestinal tract and al
lays the inflamation which causes
practically all stomach, liver and in
testinal ailments, including appendi
citis. One dose will convince or
money refunded.
At all druggists, ;and. druggists
everywhere.—(Adv.) ‘w
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umn for gquick results. J
i AnniversaryColuma
g 10 YEARS AGO
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Visitors out of town—Mrs. T. G.
Futch, Lenox; Misses Estelle Waites,
Julia Wideman, and Messrs. Jimmie
‘Wideman and Thedore Justice, Ocilla;
Mrs. A. K. Hall, Waycross; Messrs.
A. F. Wallace and M. H. Houghton,
Atlanta; Misses Bessie and Manola
Bryant, Broxton; Ward and Jesse
Grantham, Douglas; Lee Paxton, Ab
beville; Miss Hartnett, Tifton; Miss
Helen Mathews, Tifton; Mr. and Mrs.
J. P. Manning, Chicago; Mr. Jelks
Taylor, Waycross; Mrs. J. E. An-.
drews, Atlanta; Mrs, H. B. Chestnut,
Valdosta.
Visitors in town—C. E. Verdery
and Charles Laiton, Waycross; Miss
Catherine Blum, Jacksonville; E. F.
Norris, Macon; Mr. G..C. Powell,
Lumber City; Mr. J. C. Yates, Nash
ville; Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Porterfield,
Colbert; Rev. Flanders, Mcßae; Miss
Gertrude McCall, Gainer, Fla.; Miss
Annie Feinberg, Thomasville; Capt.
Dick Easters, Macon; Jake Paulk,
Ocilla; T. C. Taylor, Hawkinsville;
Mrs. Hugh Orr, Manchester.
The bungalow of Mr. and Mrs.
Grady Hale on West Central is near
ing completion and is destined to be
one of the prettiest homes in the city.
Work is progressing in a satisfac
tory manner on the two new ward
school buildings. |
Mr. M. Gotleib is erecting a new
handsome bungalow in the two hun
dred block on S. Lee street. |
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The new minister of the Firsti
Methodist church is Rev. J. S. Grahl,
a native of North Carolina. Rev.
Grahl is 39 years of age, has a fam
ily consisting of his wife and several
children and also brings with him the
reputation of being a fine character
and an able minister.
FIRST M. E. CHURCH
W. C. McGarity, Pastor
Sunday School, 10 A. M.
Morning Worship and Communion,
11:30.
First Quarterly Conference, 4 P.
M.
Epworth League, 6:30 P. M.
Evening Worship, 7:30 P. M.
Rev. H. H. Bowen, D. S, will
preach at both hours of worship.
“The Church Where a Welcome
Awaits YYou.” Come.
CENTRAL M. E. CHURCH
S. C. Olliff, Pastor
Sunday School, 10 A. M. M. E.
Mathis, Supt.
Preaching 11:30 A:. M., and 7:30
P. M., by the pastor.
Epworth League, 6:30 P .M.
We are making a special effort to
double our atendance at Sunday
School next Sunday. We most ear
nestly urge all of our people to at
tend, and others who are not affiliat
ed elsewhere are most cordially invi
ted.
ODD FELLOWS ELECT
~ OFFICERS FOR YEAR
Fitzgerald Lodge I. O. O. F. elect
ed the following efficers- at their
meeting Tuesday night:
Noble Grand—George Crawford.
Vice-Grand—Lloyd™ Meeks.
Financial Secretary—Clarence Mil
ler. : :
Recordinig Secretary—E. A. Bul
lard.
Treasurer—C. A. Ginn.
Trustee—G. C. Petty.
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CATHOLIC CHURCH
Rev. Thomas Brennon
* Third Sunday in Advent.
Mass -at 9:30 A. M.
Rosary, Sermon and Benediction,
7:30 P. M.
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CHICKS FOR SALE
~ Pure bred White Leghorn baby
chicks, $12.00 per hundred; Browmn.
Leghorns, Anconas and Buff Leg
}horns, $14.00; Barred Plymouth
Rocks, Rhode Island and White
‘Rocks, $15.00; Buff Orpingtons,
White Wyandottes and Black Miner
)m,,sm.oo. Postage prepaid. Liwe
delivery guaranteed.
| ACME FARMS,
Jané Atlanta, Ga.
[CASH PAID FOR FALSE TEETH
dental gold, platinum, magneth
points, dhmgds and discarded jewél
sy. Hoke Smelting & Refining Co.,
©tsego, MicHigan. tf
WANTED—To buy or trade forused
furniture. Millerf& Raine Fmihlg
Co., 118 S. Main St. Phene 385.
VETERINARIAN :
Dr. A. B. Griner, Veterinarian, fo
cated at Gray Brothers. Prompt at
tention to ‘all calls, day or night.
" Office Phone No. 8.
Residence Phone, Ne. 262.
WE will. buy Dry cows and Heifer
yearlings for cash. See Broadhuyrst
& Williams, or H. M. Paulk. .tf
LADIES, who can do plain sewing at
home and want profitable spare
time work. Write ?enclose stamp)
to STYLEPLUS DRESS COMPANY,
Amsterdam, N. Y.
GENUINE 28-in. gauge Double Dip,
Galvanized metal shingles, guar
anteed 25 years, sold by CASPER
LUMBER YARD, Phone- 600.
25 ACRES in the Blue Ridge Moun
tains; 3 hour’s drive from Atlanta;
where the fishing and hunting are
good, price $375,00; $25.00 cash,
$25.00 per month. H. E. Hawkins,
(owner) Jasper, Ga. ‘“Where Spring
Lingers ’Till Fall.” . 412 t
WANTED — Dependable colored
woman cook. J. F. Pittman, 210
East Lemon St. 14-pd
—Decorated China in sets and in
dividual pieces on display for holiday
presents at Mrs. F. G. Clark, 3030 E.
Jessamine Street. 4t-pd
IN GRAND VIEW ESTATES—A
nice wooded one acre lot with
three-room log cabin and running
water on lot, in the heart of the Blue
Ridge Mountains; 8 hours drive from
Atlanta; access to Ib6-acre lake;
price complete $475.00; $75.00 cash
and $25.00 per month. H. E. Haw
kins, Jasper, Ga. “Where Spring
Lingers Till FalL” 12t
MAN WANTED FOR BEN HILL
COUNTY. Our remarkable plan
means big profits for you—§s4o to
$lOO weekly—big line of household
necessities sold house to house—
prices extremely low—your profits
big. Every home a prospect. Car
or team nceded. Experience un
necessary. Salesmanship taught
FREE. Write today for our new
plan. The H. C. WHITMER CO.,
COLUMBUS, IND. Dept 26.
PLANT PECANS—For prompt de
livery of best budded Pecans of all
varieties, write Dr. S. L. McElroy,
Ocilla, Ga. Btpd
SIX COWS TAKEN UP
On my farm, three miles north on the
Dixie highway,, I have six cows, one
white, one white spotted, one 'red
and three light colored, taken up ac
cording to law. Owner can have
same by paying the damage and for
this advertisement.
Sam Checkley, R. F. D. 1,
| on the J. B. Seanor place.
"WANTED — A good second hand
~ Fordson tractor in good condition,
cheap for cash. Address care Lea
‘der-Enterprise. © Itpd
:’WANTED-—-Room and board by gen
%tleman, close in. Address “M. F.”
care Leader-Enterprise.
FOR SALE—Girl’s Elgin bicycle,
~ good condition; regular $35.00,
sell at half price. Apply B. Aronson,
226 E. Pine St.
FOR SALE—at great sacrifice dia
mond ring. Correspond P. Q. Box
No. 441 and will call. 4t
FOR RENT—On December 15th, a
neat, five-room cottage on Long St.,
between Pine and Central will be
available. Apply at 415 West Pine
street or phone 78-W.
QUILTS FOR SALE—S 4 each, f. o.
b. Box 232, Rochelle, Ga., Itpd
4-FOOT WOOD for sale. I can make
prompt delivery of 4-ft. wood. Phone
1302. M. Dickson. d-12-30
FOFR SALE-—Victrola, 12 sections
Globe-Wernicke book cases, furni
ture, rifle, shot guns, dishes, potted
plants. 702 South Lee street. Phone
527. 3t
REWARD FOR THE RETURN OF
__LADY’S PURSE—Lost between
Central Pharmacy and Miller’s Fur
niture Store, containing four $1 bills
and small change. Reward paid on
return to Leader office. Itpd
RT T TTYoN L 7 0 e s eT7w3 S L ATR
Trees standing in Yellowstone na
tional park, that turned to stone over
4,000,000 years ago were recently
identified as sequoia, sycamore and
chestnut varieties. ‘ X
“Why is this local always spoken“!
of as ‘My Wife’ by the commuters?”
asked the stranger on the surburban
train.
“Because,” explained one of the
regulars, “it always is late.”