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Official Organ U. S. District Court
PLANS FOR MOTORCADE MAKING FAST
PROGRESS; BAND AT HOWARD THEATER
Fifteen Hundred Cars
Are Expected to
Enter Atlanta
Increased interest in the celebra
tion of the Dixie Highway completed
paved mileage from Perry to Atlanta
is being aroused in the South Geor
zia counties, whose roads link up
with the Dixie Highway and several
additional county delegations are cer
tain to join the celebration at Perry
and Macon, from where the final lap
wil! be made on May 25.
Macon’s Chamber of Commerce
and civic clubs are planning a great
reception for their South Leorgia vis
itors and arrangements are being
made to hold a convention in the
City auditorium, where prominent
spezkers and a musical program will
form a part of the reception on the
night of the 24th.
The Fitzgerald Community Band
wili broadcast from the Mercer sta
tion, which was re-opened today, the
entire evening being reserved for the
occasion. Chairman W. E. Pendleton,
of the Highway committee of the
Macon Chamber of Commerce and
other prominent citizens are in
charge of the local program.
Add a Thousand Cars |
Macon and Bibb county plans 'to}
have a thousand cars to join the mot- |
orists on the 25th, when the party
will proceed to Forsyth, where the;
students of Bessie Tift and the en
tire school population of the eounty
will welcome the visitors. -5
. Barnesville’s civic clubs and city'i
officials will greet the motorcade at
the county line and escort them to
Griffin, where the motorists of At
lanta and Marietta will meet the
South Georgia celebrants. A unique
program is planned at the intersec-.
tion of Spaulding and Henry coun
ties, where aiso a barbecue will be
served, arrangements being made to
feed ten thousand people, the several;
counties contributing to this huge:
affair. Hapeville, the suburb of At
lanta, will be reached about 3 o’clock
and the motorcade escorted into At
lanta by the Fulton county and At- |
lantz motorcycle officers, headed by|
the Police band, arrangement’éf“@’if’j
which have been made with ~Chief
James Beavers, of the Atlanta Police
department. The Ansley hotel, with
its roof garden, has been designated
official headquarters and a program
is being arranged for the entertaiy_lif“
ment of the visitors, by Frank T.
Reynolds, of the Dinkler Hotel com
pany and Fred Houser, secretary of
the Atlanta Tourist and Convention
bureau.
Band to Play at Howard Theatre
The Fitgerald Community Band
has been alloted time for a concert
in the south’s best known theatre,
the “Howard,” which will precede the
broadcasting program at WSB, the,
Atlanta Journal station, which has
reserved the time from 9 o’clock -to
the close of the evening for the pro
oram of fhe committee.
Speakers of mnational reputation,
long connected with the Dixie High
way association, including Judge M:
M. Allison, president of the associa
tion, of Chattanooga, Fons B. Hath
away, chairman of the State Highway
Department of Florida. PR
Loudspeakers will be installed on
the roof garden of the Ansley hotel
for the visitors desiring to hear the
program. :
A complete program is being
worked out by Mr. Gelders and his
executive committee, H. N. Mitchell,
of Macon; Mrs. Orin Massey, of -Ma-
SONG LEADER FOR BIG REVIVAL
Pitzgerald music lovers will be glad
of the announcement that the Fitz
gerald Business Men’s Evangelistic
Club, have made arrangements to se
cure the services of Mr. Charles But
ler to lead the singing at the Roscoe
Luke revival beginning here Easter
Sunday, April 17.
It was not thotight possible, at
first, to secure this great singer for
this occasion, but his manager, Nr. P.
B. Burress, was in the city last week
conferring with the committee in
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THE FITZGERALD LEADER
COMMISSIONERS ATTEND
HIGHWAY BOARD MEET
Commissioners M. Dickson and
Wmn. Roberts and Clerk F. R. Justice
left this morning for Atlanta to at
tend a meeting of the State Highway
Board Friday, when bids will be op
ened for the construction of the
Bowen Mill bridge.
According to a statement made
public by John N. Holder, chairman
of the State Highway commission,
contracts for four million dollars of
road construction will be let at this
meeting, including some very impor
tant links on the Atlanta-Jackson
ville highway. It is expected that
every county aleng the route will
have completed arrangements soon,
by which every county site along the
Central Dixie Highway will be con
nected with a hard surfaced highway.
Coffee, Irwin, Pulaski and Houston
counties have had their surveys made
or are making them, by the state
highway engineering department.
Heavier Loading of
Freight Cars Urged
Atlanta, Ga.—A determined effort
to bring about the heavier loading of
freight cars by the shippers, receivers
and railroads in the territory cover
ed by the Atlantic States Shippintg
Advisory Board is to be made during
the present year, it was stated here
in freight circles. 5
Greatly encouraged with the suc
‘cess attending the movement of the
record breaking volume of traffic
throughout the past year and confi
dent that business will continue to
further expand, thus making greater
demands on railroad facilities, the
members of the Atlantic States
Board have recently made heavier
Toading of freight cars one of the
salient features of this year’s pro
gram.
As a test period in which to: per
fect their machinery, they have set
aside the month of May to ascertain
the leodaing performance of all cars
used in the handling of such commo
‘dities as cement, brick, " “fertilizer,
sugar and salt, and with ‘the results
{.{;ex leading performance of all cars
them they are expected later to ex
tend the movement later to other
:gommodities. }
* Heavier loading of freight cars in
volves the question of educating the
public to its vastpossibilities, accord
ing to railway executives in Atlan
ta.
MARCH LIBRARY REPORT
Books circulated: adult fiction,
2014; adult non-fiction, 1128; juve
nile, 2898—Total 6040.
Reading room attendance, 2401;
reference help given, 1826; new bor
rowers, 24; new books added, 31;
books discarded, 4. .
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STORES TO CLOSE ON
THURS.‘DAY AFTERNOONS
Thi_r;y_-tykb .Fitzgerald firms agreed
to, close their places of business be
ginning next Thursday afternoon, for
the summer months.
con; Walter: B. Stewart and W. T.
Winn, of Atlanta; Dr. M. Dodge, of
Marietta, J. A, Burnett, Griffin; Dav
id Arnold, of IHamptoni J. H. Sum
mers, ,of'Ba'r”x_lgsville, and “ Cousin”
Fred Houser, of Atlanta.
charge and the results were that he
was secured. ; ,
Mr. Butler is 'a singer of interna
tional reputation, He Has traveled
with most. of 'the big evangelists of
the country, including Billy. Sunday,
Chapman, Gypsy Smith, Dr. George
Truett and others, and their testi
monials are sufficient guaranty that
he is everything that his friends
claim for him. Billy Sunday says of
him: “I never had a man sing for me
who excelled Charlie Butler.”” He was
with Sunday for 4 years.
Mr. Butler is ecalled the world’s
greatest gospel singer and is known
as the man “with orange blossoms in
his voice.”
“The securing of Mr. Butler for this
series of services assures the fact that
the crowds who will attend will be
immense and because of this fact the
club have decided that 2all services
will be held in' the Lon Dickey To
bacco warehouse,” as this is the only
building’. in the ecity® with a seating
capacity anywhere large enough to
take care of the crowds. Seats for
about 2000 people will be erectel and
services conducted in the same place
where the Bob Jones meetings were
held sometime ago. All the ministers
and churches are co-operating and
this will likely prove to be the great
est revival ever held in this section.
BEST BUSINESS FOR
YEARS IN FITZGERALD
LAST FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
BANNER DAYS FOR ALL
MERCHANTS
Interviewing most of the heads of
the many business institutions in the
city Monday, we learn that business
has been exceedingly good, the vol
ume Friday and. Saturday exceeding
any period in several years according
to their statements. Thousands of
people were on the streets of Fitzger
ald Saturday during the entire day
until late in the evening and some of
the stores had the appearance of
Christmas shopping days.
The pessimist had to hunt his hole,
‘no room for him in a busy mart, such
as Fitzgerald proved itself Friday and
iSaturday.' People from quite a dis
‘tance were seen buying their spring
‘apparel in the several stores making
it a specialty to keep abreast of the
‘itimes*‘with style and the additional
’inducement of reasonable prices for
’ first class merchandise. ‘
" Printers ink, judiciously used had
‘a great deal to do with the increased
‘trade and the use of printers ink will
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\assure our mercantile establishments
with a prosperous season, if continued
'to be applied. , !
Phone Plans Show
Growth of Towns
Atlanta, Ga.—Practically any town
of any size in the United States per
iodically reads an item like this about
itself: “Telephone company to en-!
large its.facilities here to care for
future growth of the community.”
And when attention of the South-‘;
ern Bell officials in Atlanta was call
ed to this there was a comment some-]‘
thing like this, which is heartening
to some folks: |
. “No village is too small for the |
telephone company to overlook. I,t‘
is the aim of the company to antici
pate the telephone needs of every
community and rural district.
“1t is this desire to extend its ser
vice to the fartherest corner of the
nation and into the smallest homes
which has given the country a tele
phone service far beyond that en
joyed by any other nation. The tele
phone in Georgia and America is not
confined to government iges; to ‘the
autocracy of the official class. No
industry is more representative of
democracy than the telephone. No
other industry has a greater " distri
bution of stocks: and bonds among
employes and the people of the na
tion.” 3
DOLLAR NOW WORTH ABOUT 60
CENTS AS COMPARED
WITH 1914
The purchasing value .of the dollar,
as measured by living costs for the
wage earner or other people of mod
erate means, has fluctuated little
more than 5 per cent, or only about a
nickle in the case of a dollar pur
chasé, during. the past five years.
The dollar now is worth on the ba
sis of living costs, just about 60c
as compared with the pre-war 1914
dollar, and having fluctuated less
than five cents either way from this
value since 1921 may be considered
as having become stabilized at this
level, as contrasted with the . severe
fluctuations of the first few years af
ter the war. % ;
. Average living costs as computed
during the year 1926 were slightly,
1.8 per cent, lower than in 1925, but
in January of this year were still 66
per cent higher than in 1914, just
before the war. Average weekly
‘wage earnings at the beginning of
the current year, however, were 116
per cent higher than, or more than
double of what they had been in 1914,
leaving the wage earner 28 per cent
better off than he had been before the
war as regards the purchasing power
of his weekly pay.
COUNTY BOARD TO FINANCE
AGENT AFTER JULY FIRST
A meeting of the County Board of
Education which - Wm. Williams,
chairman, W. H. Robitzsch, S. S.
Young and Tharpe Fitzgerald attend
ed, was held in the office of county
superintendent J. H. Bullard Tuesday
and besides the usual monthly busi
ness, the matter of employing a
county agent was dispensed with,
President C. A. Newcomer of the
Chamber of Commerce and members
of his board of directors and others
presented the proposition of re-em
ploying a county agent and succeeded
in having the board adopt a motion
to co-operate with the Chamber of
‘Commerce and to finance the salary
‘of the agent beginning July Ist, when
‘the budget of the board for the year
will be rearranged. The agents sal
ary for the first six months, it was
stated, will be met by the Chamber
of Commerce and interested citizens.
Fitzgerald, Georgia, Thursday, April 7, 1927
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Here are the commanders given
full authority to protect U. 8. citi
zens and property in China. Above,
Rear-Admiral C. 8. Wiliiams, in
command of ail L. 8. Naval forces.
Below, Zeneral Smediey 1. Butler,
acsivino at Shanghai to take charge
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OFFICERS LOCATE
BIG ’SHIINE STILL'I
After locating one of the largest
stills reported in the county, Sheriff
Dorminey assisted by Jim Scarbor-!
ough and Gordon Roberts, decided to
capture its owners and operators and
leff it undisturbed, when they failed
to find anyone in charge, believing
themselves unseen by its probable
owners.
On returning the next day, they
found the.entire outfit removed with
four barrels of beer and some com
pleted moonshine gone. The officers
believe they know its owners and will
present their suspicions and evidence
to the next grand jury: :
SUPERIOR COURT NOTICE
The Fitzgerald Bar Association hav
ing unanimously requested a post
ponement of the regular April term,
1927, of the Ben Hill Superior Court
on account of a conflict in the term
of-court with the adjoining county of
Irwin. 5
Notice is hereby given that the
regular April Term 1927 of the Ben
Hill Superior Court will be adjourn
ed until the fourth Monday in May
1927, and the grand jury and petit
jury served for attendance on the
second Monday in April 1927 will be.
excused until the fourth Monday in
May, and the petit jury summoned
for the third Monday in April will
be excused until the fifth Monday inj
May 1927. 7 f
This- April 4th, 1927. I
D. A. R. Crum, J. S. C. C. C'i
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ODD FELLOWS ELECT l
DELE(;A&S(‘ l
" Clarence Miller and Geo. Crawford
were elected delegates to the Grand{
Lodge 1. O. O. F., which convenes inl
Griffin May 24 and 25. Others who
will attend the Grand ' Lodge froml
here are G. C. Petty, deputy Noble‘
Crand: C. A. Ginn, Grand Prelate; |
Mrs. W. C. Wilkerson, delegate to !
the Rebecca assembly; Mr. and Mrs‘!
F. R. Justice and Mrs. Mary Cripe. |
PRIMITIVE BAPTIST
MEETING
l Commencing Monday, April 10th at
11 a. m. a week’s meeting will be held
at the Primitive Baptist Church, El
| der J. Walter Hendricks of Savannah,
conducting the meeting. Preaching
ievery day at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m.
| " The public cordially invited."
1 ‘ James Paulk, Clerk.
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'BOARD OF EDUCATION T 0
' ELECT SUPERINTENDENT
|
! A meeting of the ¢ity board of
:educati(m is scheduled. for Friday
i night when the election of a super
intendent will be the principal busi
ness. It is generally understood that
Supt. Usher will be re-elected, as his
administration of loeal school matters
have been uniformly satisfactory and
the patrons of the schopls well pleas
_ed with the general results. Teach
‘ers for the several schools will prob
ably be selected at this meeting or at
an adjourned meeting of the board at
an early date. The Leader would
suggest to the Board that in every
instance where . possible, ,without in
fjury to the system, our local appli
cants should be given the preference
for places on the teaching force.
Command of U. S.
* Forces in China
Mystery Shrouds. Con
tents of Grave Dis
interred in S. C.
The case of H. K. Sligh, whose
myssterious disappearance and final
arrest in I.os Angeles caused state
wide attention, will be presented to
the Irwin' county grand jury, which
convenes next Monday, by Solicitor
' General R. S. Foy, of the Tift judi
cial eircuit.
No public notice has been given
out by the officials in charge of the
contents of the coffin disinterred in
Seneca, S. C., which was suppossed
to have contained the remains of Mr.
Sligh, and which was buried a% the
time, with all the usual ceremc»ial
display on such occasions.
A great deal will depend on the
findings of the investigation in re
gard to the contents of the grave, as
more serious charges might be made,
should the investigation have devel
oped the body of a human instead of
that of a goat.
. Col. J. B. Wall, of this city, has
been retained by Mr. Sligh to defend
him in Irwin superior court, should
indictments be returned.
Big Apple Festival E
Draws Thousands
Cornelia, Ga.—From every quz.rtm'?
of Georgia, friendly and admiring
eyes are now uplifted to the hills of |
Habersham, White and Rabun, as|
well as Haralson and Polk counties, |
red no longer, but resplendent in a
blanched pink clook that has beenf
spread over their graceful folds by |
thousands of apple trees in full‘
bloom. '
On this stage Georgia apple g’row-!
ers inaugurated and carried to com
pletion the first festival of the Geor-1
gia apple. It began last Friday night
‘and closed Tuesday with brilliant pa
weants. Thousands of visitors went
'to Cornelia for the big event. Mrs.
Will Fort and Richard Lewis were the
frqueen and king respectively of the
fpageant. Beautiful girls and school
' children, all in costume, were in at-
Ltendance on the royal pair. Th epa
\ geant was under the direction of Miss
| Selina Lewis, of Cornelia.
| Among the leading growers who
| participated were J. Frank Beck, C. J.
| Haden, of Atlanta; Phil Ogletree,
| Frank Asbury, C. R. Porter and Cald
!we]l Porter. The Consolidated Apple
! Growers Exchange at Cornelia, which
' handles the output of a number of
| the orchards was a big factor in the
' celebration.
“The Southeast and the immediate
| territory will consume all the Georgia
!apples produced if the people gener
lally will give them a. fair trial and |
' use them in preference to apples
from distant states,” said C. R. Por-/
ter, Rome business man, who with his
prother operates large orchards at,
Cornelia and Esom Hill. “There are
thousands of trees bearing this vear
that never bore before. ‘Georgia Ap-’
ples for Georgia People’ is a good
slogan to sound this year.” |
The apple is one of the best of !
Georgia fruits as a supply of real’
food value in the form of carbohy-'
drates, vitamines and minerals, ac-|
cording to Mr. Porter. The sugar or!
carbohydrate of an apple is of greati
nutritive value because it is supplied |
in its most wholesome and digestibble!
form. He said further that the min-!
erals found in apples help to purify
the blood, build bone cells and nerve
tissue. !
“The time was when most every-:
body ate apples,” Mr. Porter said. |
“1t was a mnational habit. From ai
health standpoint, those in a position;
to know say the nation, as well as
the state and the South, would doi
well to revive that habit.” |
POSTMASTER ADAMS HAS |
ANT POISON |
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Postmaster Adams anhounces that
a fresh supply of government formula
ant poison has arrived and ean now
be had by those who wish to banish
this great pest.
This is the poison that rid the city
of New Orleans of the ant and the
city officials and Woman’s Club have
recommended its use here for that
purpose. It is hoped that all those
who are bothered with ants will se
cure some at once and help to rid the
city of this, perhaps the greatest pest
ever to invade the city. Cans for
putting it out in can also be secured
at the postoffice.
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BINDING BAND MUSIC
Band Director Johnson is having a
big job on his hands getting each
‘player’s music bound in individual
volumes that will prevent misplacing
or losing and will preserve it better.
’ This method will be of special value
in assuring precision and readiness
;on the out-of-town trips that are an
ticipated shortly.
CHILDREN'S SOCIETY |
EXTENSION PROGRAM
|
URGED BY FRIENDS
SUCCESS WILL HELP PROGRAM}
OF EVERY OTHER CHILD ;
WELFARE GROUP |
Support for the state-wide work|
of the Georgia Children’s Home So
ciety is urged by state presidents and
child welfare chairmen of every state
wide civie organization which makes
child welfare one of its major activi
ties.
The membership appeal of the So
ciety next week, April 11tk to 16th,
is to extend the Society’s service into
every couunty in which funds can be
vaised to support it. It has reached
',ninc_v-twu counties during its six
%leen vears service but has not been
“adequately financed to meet all needs
! for which appeals were made.
]‘ S. C. Candler, American Legion
' state child welfare chairman, urged
bsupport of legionaires, pointing out
lthat the Georgia Children’s Home So
|ciety's program of helping a child in
its own home when possible and tind
ling a good foster home for it, when
its own cannot be restored, is the na
itional program of the Legion. “We
[ should do all we can to strengthen
| their work,” he declared.
Mrs. H. G. Hastings, state child
welfare chairman of the Georgia Fed
eration of Women’s Clubs, said, "The
Goorgia Children’s Home Sociely is
meeting a state-wide neec¢ no other
agency is prepared to meet; its value
is limite donly by its support.”
Arthur L. Brooke, Georgia gover-|
nor of Kiwanis, said, “Extension of
the Georgia Children’s Home Society
will make it more useful to Kiwanis
Clubs in carrying out their child wcl-i
fare work and to all others who want l
every child to have a fair chance in
life.” f
Robert H. Jones, Jr., president of .
‘the Masonic Clubs of Georgia, said,
I"In finding homes for orphancd,!
labandoned and destitute children, th:l
Society renders the highest type of
' child welfare service and should be
ldoubled in support.”
| Other advocates of the Society’s
| extension program included juvenile
{ court judges, public officials, welfare
%workors and others. ; '
| The Society is non-sectarian and
fstzltc-widc, and therefore no'one com-
I!nunity or civic or fraternal group is
ircsponsiblo for its support, leavirg it
Id(-pondent entirely on the voluntary
| contributions of interested peopie
‘w}m will become members.
{SECRET OF PROSPERITY IS CO
| OPERATION ON ALL
(ks SIDES
' Atlanta, Ga.—There are few phases
of “the present national prosperity
more evident and satisfactory than
the prosperity of the railroads, it has
‘been pointed out by manufacturers
and business men. The railroads
functioned during the past year with
out car shortage and without hin
drance to business, for the first time
‘since their return to private control.
They have operated profitably and,
‘at the same time, have been able to
set aside sufficient amounts for new
rolling stock and better equipment,
while on the whole their service to
the public has been satisfactory.
The management of the railroads
have reason to feel proud of this ac
complishment, for, as was pointed out,
it has been a difficult struggle with
increased efficiency playing an im
portant part.
“The secret of the prosperity of
the railroad lines in the co-operation
which. has come about on the part of
the management, workers, stockhol
ders, the government and the publice,”
said a local railway executive. “Each
group has contributed its share. Each
one of these groups has done its best
and shares the credit for placing the
roads in their present enviable posi
tion.” ‘
That which has brought the rail- |
roads back to a money making and
progressive position should succeedi
with any other industry, Atlanta busi-|
ness men show. Co-operation from!
the top to the bottom of any enter
prise or group of enterprises = will |
eventually bring the same results, it
'was stated. : |
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PERMANENT MANAGER TAKES
CHARGE NETTLER’S |
Mr. R. L. Little, recently with the
Kress stores of Key West, Fla., ar
rived here with Mrs. Little, and has
taken active charge of the local store
of the Nettler Stores Corporatir™
Mr. Little is a recognized authority
on merchandise usually sold in these
\chain stores with which he has been
connected for a number of years in
‘Georgia and Florida. Mr. and Mrs.
Little are making their home with
Mrs. W. T. Paulk on S. Grant street.
DLVOTLZD TO Tl
INTERESTS OF FITZGERALD
AND WIREGRASS GEORGIA
Vol. XXXVII—No. 14
LIONS TO HAVE BIG -
Enjoy Fine Program by
Popular Young
; People
The Lions were well entertained by
Mrs. Robt. Littlefield and Miss Helen
Chastain who rendered “The World
is Waiting for the Sunrise’’-and “Hel
lo Aloha!”’, accompanied on the piano
by Miss Mary Chastain, Sam Jones,
popular violinist and Roy Brown,
banjoist, accompanied on the piano
by Jim Evans, gave three popular
numbers. r
Ladies’ Night was voted to be held
at the Empire Hotel Thursday April
14th at 8:30 P. M., ahd Lions Haile,
Hill, Adams, Moody and Rosser were
appointed a committee to look after
the entertainment of the club and its
guests. Lion Gelders gave a report
of the successful management of the
water and light commission of the
' city and called attention to its recent
published statement and the reduc
| tion of domestic light rates, making
[it the lowest in the state.
i The “Star Spangled Banner” was
"sung in conclusion, in memory of the
anniversary of the United States en
' tering the World War. :
THIRD DISTRICT MEET
OPENS AT AMERICUS
The Third District Interscholastie
Meet opens today at Americus. The
first thing on the program is the de
bate between Fitzgerald and Rey
nolds. Fitzoerald - will be represented
by Leon Kassewitz and Lon Knight.
Other representatives are:
Declamation—Leon Kassewitz.
Recitation—~Blanche Morris.
" Music—J. T. Pittman, Jr.
Boys Ready Writers—Can Linne
man.
Girls’ Reßady Writers—Ruth Bus
sell.
Home Economics—Pearl Garrison.
In athlectics the line-up is:
440 yard dash, jump and relay—
‘Randolph Bazemore.
100 yard dash, 220 yard dash and
relay—Few Maddox.
' Relay—Bill Davis.
Shot Put—Jackson” McCuller.
' Pole Vault, high jump and relay—
Quinton Adams. .
Hurdles—Robert Wilcox.
Supt. Usher will extend the invi
tation for the holding of the distriet
meet next year in Fitzgerald. He has
the endorsement of the P. T. A.’s and
{ the Woman’s Club in making this of
| fer and will undoubtedly have the full
‘ co-operation of our people in the en
tertaining of the visiting students
next year, a privilege they have not
had in about six years while the small
er towns of the district have been ex
tending this hospitality. Our repre
sentative# will return Saturday and
we hope with many points in their
favor.
CLUB BOYS’ AND GIRLS’ -
MEETING
The c¢lub boys and girls of the
county are to meet at the County
Acent’s office Saturday afternoon, 2
o’clock, April 9, for the purpose of
electing officers for the year and at
tending to- such other business as
may come before the club, after
which they will be taken on an in
spection tour of the large commercial
hatcheries in and around Fitzgerald
and from there will go to the Grand
theater where a special picture has
been selected for their entertainment.
Every boy and girl in the county
should take advantage of this oppor
tunity of visiting' these large poul
try plants, which range in size from
500 to 2500 choice high grade birds.
—C. T. Owens, County Agent.
Silk Thread Leads
5 To South’s Ruin
! Atlanta, Ga.—Are women of the
‘South following a silk thread to ruin?
‘This is claimed by farm leaders, in
‘discussing the low-priced cotton sit
uation.
People in the South should patron
ize themselves and use their owm
product, cotton, more cotton, men
here say. One cotton man declared
that he for one, is just about willing
to boycott anyone who wears a silk
shirt or silk hosiery.
Create a demand for cotton, lead
ers here urge, and call upon all the
people of the South to ‘buy cotton
products. Some of the things sug
gested are:
Women to go back to cotton stock
ings instead of buying silk. Mom
to do the same thing.
Farmers to demand that . sacked
products they buy be put up in cot
ton sacks.
Men to give up silk shirts and go
back to cotton.
Silk underwear to be replaced by
cotton. :
NEW BUNGALOW ON
EAST PALM STREET
Mrs. Belle Chovin is erecting a 5
room bungalow on East Palm street
to be complete with electric light and
modern sanitary conveniences.