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The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1914-12-07
DR.. Shields Will
Return Thursday

DR.. M. Meg. Shields who was
called away last week in the
midst of successful meeting at
the Presbyterian church, has
written Rev. R. M. Mann that
he will return in time for the
service Friday morning at ten
o'clock and will continue the
meeting through the week and
probably longer. The public is
cordially invited.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1914-12-07
Hendrix Leads The Ticket

The election for Constable for
this district was a very quiet af-
fair here Saturday, only about
one fourth of the registered vot-
ers taking advantage of the op-
portunity to vote. The result of
the election at this district was:
t. H. Hendrix, 289; Sol Bar
field, 1856; A, M. Brett. 145; C.
Minter, AZ.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1914-12-07
GASOLINE ENGINE

10 horse power Gasoline En-
CINE, good condition for sale
cheap. A. j. Swords,
Route a,
l47-4t. Fitzgerald, Ga.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1914-12-07
Cotton, to-day, G God
Middling 7c.

Cotton, to-day, G God
Middling 7c.
Miss Mary Livingston is visit
ing relatives in Townsville.
: Col. Phil Newbeln of OcilIa is
in the city to day on legal business.
Col. H. E. Oxford of Ocilla IS
spending the day at court here to-
day.
Messrs Reason Paulk and Han
cock of Ashborn spent Sunday in
the city.
For first-class shave for 10c call
at P. B. Owens barber shop south of
GFoodman's Drug Store. If
/ Col. Hal Lawson of Abbeville is
attending Superior Court in the
city today.
Mr.. Reese Adamson of Atlanta.
is in the city looking after Ford
interests.
Mrs. T. T. Buckaloo. of Ameri-
Gus, is visiting her daughter,
kMrs. G. A. Kent.
Wa1ted-To buy a fresh milk
COW. Apply to r. G. Pickins,
Route 5. 1857 p.
Mr.. W. H Oliver, brother-in-
law of Mrs. j. H. Goodman is be-
ing operated on in Sasser, Ga. to
day.
Attys r. M. Bryson and M.
Meeks of Della are attorneys in
terested IN cases in the Superior
court of Ben Hill.
Miss nellie Frazer will enter
tain the Kilkare club Wednesday
afternoon in honor of Miss Mo-
dena Powell.
LosT-One red crochet comb
ing jacket Saturday afternoon at
the Post Office. Finder please
return it and receive reward
Mrs. Chas. B. Teal.
Mrs. G.. F. Brewer will enter
tain the Tuesday Afternoon Club
tomorrow afternoon at her home
on South Lee street.
Mrs. C. S. Isler and Mrs. Jas.
L. McCarty will entertain at a
miscellaneous shower Tuesday af-
ternoon in honor of Miss Modena
Powell.
Mr.. C. E. Brewer left last
night for Richmond, Va, to at
tend the convention of the Rail-
road officials which meets there
on the 9th and 9th.
Lard, 5O-lb can. $500
Good Self-Rising flour $500
Syrup BarrelG,
Lots of 5 at. $3.50
Is Pounds Sugar $3.50
Davis Bros.
LOWEST PRICE GROCERS
q a
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DUROC JERSEY

Registered stock. One male
one year old. Fancy gifts one
year old, for sale cheap.
A. J. Swords,
Route 4,
147-4t. Fitzgerald, Ga.
Is your subscription paid up.
Morris tribune., 1914-12-18

The spacious armory auditorium was
filled to overfiowin7 last Saturday
evening when the children in the
primary departments of the Morris
public schools gave their entertain
ment. Every number on the program
was vociferously applauded. The little
folks could not have done better.
Much credit for the success of the en-
tertainment is due to the teachers in
the primary rooms, Mrs. Mvron and
Miss Fitzsimmons, who devoted much
time to instruction.
Among the numbers which especi.
ally pleased the audience was "A
Week in Sunbonnet Land" and the
brownie song. The cantata mother
Goose's GosIings," pleased everyone
and reflected great credit upon the
little people who took part.
Morris tribune., 1914-12-18
Case is a TangIe

Action has been commenced in a
suit which will be tried in the next
term of the district court in this city
involving parties at Chokio, Alberta.
Morris and the town of Synnes. The
case has the distinction of becoming
the most unique because of its COM
plications. that has ever been tried
in Stevens county. Some prominent
men in the places mentioned are in
terested.
The case grew out of mortgage
and then began to spread until today
more mortgages, lands. chattels,
contracts. notes. assignments, bills
of sale and other features are made
the basis of the suit. Indications
are that it may rival the famous
Iowa ''calf case'' in which several
parties sank several fortunes after
once having started a suit over a calf
which had wandered into a neighbor' 8
field. Some finer questions of law will
be decided in the coming Stevens
county case. Attorneys Mangan,
Beise and Ormond will be interested
if the case comes up for trial.
Morris tribune., 1914-12-18
Marriage Licences Soar

The price of marriage licences has
gone up ten cents since December
/. Advises to this effect was re-
ceived by Attorney Mangan in this
city last week in a communication
from Attorney General Smith at St.
Paul. The new war tax measure is
the cause of the raise.
When the affidavit or returns show
ing that the marriage has been per-
formed are returned to the clerk by
the person having performed the mar
riage is made, the instrument requires
a ten-cent stamp. The groom is ex.
pected to pay this extra amount or
else it will be charged up against the
party filing the returns with the
clerk. The ten-cent stamp will be
required on all marriages performed
in Stevens county up till Jan /, 1916.
Morris tribune., 1914-12-18
Morris Defeats Chokio
High School Basket Ball Team
Line Up Before Big Crowd

Basket ball enthusiasts at Chokio
were treated to fast end interesting
game at their hall last Friday night
when teams from Morris and Chokio
high schools did a lusty battle for
honors Although their favorites
went down in defeat with score of
IL to 80 there were enough sensation
al plays to satisfy everybody. One
man was knocked unconscious but
was revived and he played like hero
at Thermopylae for the rest of the
game. Prof. Bosshardt acted as
referee and his decisions were never
questioned.
Remembering the brave deeds done
through a long string of fighting
ancestry Manager Cummings men
started in to do things and when his
team scored the first points over the
bunch from Morris thought factory
there was a noise as unto many wat
ers. Blu it didn't last long. for the
boys from the county seat fgurative-
ly took their rivals by the hand and
showed them the dells along county
ditch No. 2. The way they hung the
tinsel on the Chokio Christmas tree
wasn't slow. They worked as fast
and steadily as a hungry tramp at g
pie counter and when the last
whistle blew they had the game
numbered and put away in their
grips.
During the game Manager Cum
mings. on of the fastest performers
on the Chokio team, was thrown from
his feet and his head hit the fool
with such force and in such manner
as to render him unconscious. He
soon revived, however, and renewed
the game. His work was the feature
OF TIE game. Morris displayed excel
lent team work.
After the game the Cbokio boys
gave the visitors a reception. They
were voted the highest honors as en-
tertainers and the Morris basket bal
artists are home with many fine com
pliments for their Chokio friends.
The next game will be played il
this city with Benson or Beardsley
The locals are prepared to defenC
their title with 42-centimeter baske
balls guns.
Morris tribune., 1914-12-18
WOMAN GIVEN LIFE SENTENCE
Mrs. Charlotte sharpIess Convicted at
Minneapolis Of the Murder Of
Her Husband.

Without as much as q CULVER Of the
lip or the changing of an expression
Of her face Mrs. Charlotte Sharpless
heard the verdict of a Hennepin
county jury which pronounced her
guilty of murder in the first degree.
The crime charged was the murder
Of her husband, Leaning Sharpless,
an Omaha railroad engineer, in their
apartments on the evening of Nov. IA.
When asked by the court if she
knew of any reason why sentence
should not be imposed Mrs. Sharpless
said briefly, 81 am not guilty"
"The court has no option" said
Judge Leary in reply. "The jury found
contrary to your statement and the
court has no fault to find with the
verdict"
He then sentenced Mrs. SharpIess
to life Imprisonment in the state pen
ttentiary at Saltwater.
Morris tribune., 1914-12-18
Lobby Open Sunday
Postmaster Finnegan Provides
Better Mail Service

In accordance with a long cherished
plan to give the people of Morris
better mail service on Sundays, POST
master Finnegan has inaugurated a
new scheme to give patrons of the
Morris Office chance to receive their
mail at all hours on Sundays. The
experiment was tried for the first
time last Sunday and gave the highest
satisfaction.
Hereafter the post Office lobby will re-
main open all day on Sunday and those
having lock boxes may come at any
hour for their mail. The postoffice
department at Washington does not
require the opening of any postofice
on Sunday and most of the large city
Offices as we'll as most of the smaller
ones have taken advantage of this
ruling and the postmasters are taking
a day of rest on the Sabbath. Mr..
Finnegan has decided that for the
present at least he will not deprive
Morris of the time -honored custom of
getting its mail on Sunday.
Last week a wire netting was
placed over the Office fixtures which
gives an exclusiveness to the lobby
and the distributing rooms. With
this innovation cBme the chance to in.
stall an all-day lobby.
Morris tribune., 1914-12-18
CALLED TO DOOR AND SHOT
Mystery Surrounds Sensational Min
neapoEis Murder.

"tSbCIy 0GIiSdGIVnaI WITT"
neapoiis Murder.
Claus Clausen of Minneapolis, can
didate for alderman of the Tenth ward
of that city two years ago, was muir
dered by two men in his own home.
He was instantly killed. The third
shot fired went through his heart.
CIausen was sleeping in his room
upstairs and went down in response
to the repeated ringing of the door
bell.
Revenge is believed to have been
the motive which prompted the kill
ing. The police have discarded the
theory of robbery motive.
Gentry Smith has been arrested &C.
cused of the killing of Clausen. Smith
admits being a witness of the murder,
but asserts that Ben Curtis fired the
shot that caused Clausen's death. He
declares that he was decoyed into &C
companying Curtis and that he knew
nothing of the latter's intentions. The
police have found no trace of Curtis.
Morris tribune., 1914-12-18
No Bounty in 1914.

Unless somebody shoots wolf in
Stevens county and brings the proof to
County Acditor Ware before the first
of the year, 1914 will go down in
history without single wolf bounty
having beeen paid in Stevens county.
Up till today no wolf has lost its
life in the county so far as known.
Auditor Ware has held the Office
twelve years and this is the first year
he has escaped paying wolf bounty.
Morris tribune., 1914-12-18
KNOW 1T WELL

Familiar Features Well Known
to Hundreds of Morris Citizens.
A familiar burdenin many homes.
The burden of t'bad back"
A lame, a week or an aching back
Often tells you of kidney ills.
Doan's Kidney Pills are for weak
kidneys.
Here is Morris testimony.
Mrs. Edward Hruby, E. Sixth St.,
Morris, says: "Doan's Kidney Pills
were used in my house for a bad
attack of lumbago, together with dis
ordered kidneys. They brought a
quick cure and the one who used them
hasn't had any sign of kidney disease
since. / willingly confirm the endor-
sement I gave Doan's Kidney Pills
some time ago."
Price SOC at all dealers. Don't ST
IMPLY ask for a kidney remedy get
Doan's Kidney Pills the same that
Mrs. Hruby had. Foster Milburn Co.,
Props, Buffalo, N. Y. 81
Morris tribune., 1914-12-18
HOPES TO SECURE 500, 600
Belgian Relief Committee Now Has
100000 in Cash Contributions.

Belgian Relief Committee Now Has
100000 in Cash Contributions.
Advices received by the executive
committee of the Minnesota Belgian
Relief Fund show wide differences in
the activity among Minnesota commu-
mites in raising contributions with
which to buy flour for the famine
threatened Belgians. Some cities are
doing magnificently, while others are
said to be falling far short of what
had been expected of them.
The committee is DESTROYS of Sc
curing total of at least 100000 in
cash contributions in this state by
Dec. 20, in order to start the flour
shipment to Belgium soon. Only about
100000 has been raised to date. Con-
tributions should be sent to the local
bank, miller or elevator agent in
each community, or to Joseph Chap.
man, treasurer, Northwestern National
bank, Minneapolis
Morris tribune., 1914-12-18
COUNTY TREASURER JAILED
officlaI Alleged to Have EmhezzIed
Public Funds.

While awaiting trial for embezzling
public funds, Fred Jackson. treasurer
of Cook county, is in jail at Grand
Marais. He was arrested at his home
there after wireless orders had been
received from Governor Eberhart d.
recting his suspension as county treas
urer and instructing him to turn the
ADMINISTRATION of the Office over to A.
E. Fritz. state public examiner.
Jackson admitted he had defaulted
in his accounts, according to officials.
Charles R. Boomstrom, assistant to
Examiner Fritz, sent a wireless report
from Grand Marais that the shortage
would amount to more than $4,000.
Morris tribune., 1914-12-18
TAX COMMISSION FIGURES
Property in Minnesota Is Said to Be
Worth 1921 ,414,e68.

The value of taxable property in
Minnesota, except that subject to the.
gross earnings tax, is $5,231,414,968,
according to a report made public by
the state tax commission
The full value of the taxable real
property is S4,35O,266,175. Of this
amount $3,128 ,245, 452 is the value of
all unplatted lands in the state
The value of all personal property,
according to the 1914 assessment, is
$3.50, O89,486. Money and credits pos
sessed by Minnesota taxpayers totaled
$685. 84,307 this year.
Morris tribune., 1914-12-18
Wolves Almost Extinct
No Bounties Were Paid in
Stevens County During 1914

According to the state law the
counties pay the bounties and the
state reimblrses the treasury. The
bounty. is ST so for a ful'-groWn wolf
and So for a cub State Auditor
Iverson has paid out 81, III. so so far
this year. 531 wolves aud 45 cubs
had been reported killed in this state
this year up till last week. Lake
county drew the largest amount-$1. :
215 for LA wolves and As cubs.
Only one bounty was paid to Ramsey
county.
Morris tribune., 1914-12-18
COLLISION KILLS BRAKEMAN
Trainman Dies When Runaway Cars
Crash into Locomotive.


T. ]. Fleming, brakeman, was
crushd to death and William Meyers,
engineer, was slightly injured when
two runaway cars crashed into the To-
connective with which they were
switching in the Dan Patch line yards
at Minneapolis.
Fleming and Meyers left two pas
senger coaches on the main line as
they went into the yards with the
locomotive. On their way back they
were met by the two cars, which
crashed through switch after switch
into the locomotive.
The cars were hurled sixty feet
and Fleming was thrown on TO the
pilot of his locomotive
Morris tribune., 1914-12-18
W. C. WHITMAN is DEAD
Was Once Minnesota Editor and Mem
Der of Legislature.

News has been received at Duluth
of the death in San Diego, Cal, of
w G. Whiteman, for number Of
years well known editor and state
legislator of Minnesota Mr.. White
man was owner and editor of the
Herald Star of Ortonville, this state, up
to four years ago, when he moved to
California and began the publication
of a commercial paper in San Diego.
He was member of the state legis-
lature for one year and president OF
the Minnesota Editorial association.
Morris tribune., 1914-12-18

Budd, assistant TO the president Of
the Great Northern. confirmed the an
nouncement in every detail
The new Union depot will cost be-
tween $12,0O0,O00 and $15,OOG0O0.
Complete plans will be spread before
the people Of st. Paul New Years
day, according to Mr.. Pennington and
Mr.. Budd.
Morris tribune., 1914-12-18
WOMAN KILLED IN WRECK
Number of Others Injured When Cars
Leave Rails.

One young woman was killed. sew
eral persons seriously hurt and more
than twenty-five received minor in
juries when Rock Island passenger
train No. SO was wrecked eight miles
south of Mortified, about fifty miles
from St Paul. Five cars left the track
and rolled down fifteen-foot embank-
ment. A broken rail is given as the
cause of the wreck.
Miss Edith Wheeler, school teacher
at Mortified, residence Waseca, was
killed She was riding in the chair
car, steel coach, and when it left
the track was thrown through win
dow. She was dragged nearly 100 feet.
Morris tribune., 1914-12-18
STAYS WIDOW AND HIMSELF
Man Kills Woman When Ordered
From Kitchen.

Gust Palm shot Mrs Elizabeth Ben.
nett, widow, at Atwater and then
shot himself through the head Palm
died instantly and Mrs. Bennett died
half an hour later. No motive can be
learned
Mrs Bennett formerly lived at
Hutchinson and has been running a
restaurant at Atwater for some time.
Palm entered Mrs. Benefits kitchen
and she ordered him out AS she
turned away he shot her.
Palms only known relative is a son
in Sweden His wife'is dead. He was
forty-four years old. He worked for a
farmer two miles south of Atwater.
Morris tribune., 1914-12-18
NEW DEPOT FOR ST. PAUL
Structure Will Cost Between $4,000.
600 and $15,ooo,o0o.

Final plans for the new st. Paul
Union depot were adopted by a unan-
imous vote of the directors of the St.
Paul Union Depot company at a
meeting in Chicago.
An official announcement to this eff
feet was made by Edmund Penning-
ton, president of the company. J. M.
Hannaford, president of the Northern
Pacific road; James T. Clark, vice
president of the Omaha. and Ralph
Morris tribune., 1914-12-18
FOUR BANK BANDITS TAKEN
Bold Daylight Raid at kasota, Mimi,
a Failure.


Three hours after they attempted to
rob the First State bank of Kasota by
a bold daylight holdup four bandits
were captured by Deputy Sheriff G. J..
Norman of Nicollet county, Chief of
Police M. Dempsey of st. Peter and
Marshal c. j. Swenson of Kasota
about eight miles south of st. Peter.
The capture terminated an exciting
chase in which more than a score of
officers and deputies joined.
The men under arrest gave their
names as James R. Mccarthy, James
Peterson, William Murphy and Ernest
Erickson. Mccarthy, the ringleader,
is the youngest of the quartet. He is
twenty years old. Each of the others
is twenty-five years old.
Morris tribune., 1914-12-18
Odd Fellows Officers

New officers for the ensuing year
were chosen at a meeting of the Nor
ris Odd Fellows lodge at their meet
ing Monday night of last week.
Henry Nobbs was made Noble Grand !;
W j. Kohl, vice grand Paul Frick,
recording secretary; ]. L. Better,
treasurer; and A. o. Searls. trustee.
Morris tribune., 1914-12-18
HAMMOND CALLS ON WILSON
President Promises to Visit Mime
sofa in 1915.


President Wilson will visit Mime.
sofa in 1915. He announced his pur-
pose in this regard in the course of a
conference he had with Governor Elect
Hammond. Mr.. Hammond called at
the White House to invite the presi-
dent to visit Minneapolis on the occa-
sion of the meeting of the Traffic as
sociation in that city in March.
The president said he would be un-
able to got to Minnesota at the time,
as he had already planned to spend
a part of March and April in the Pan
ANA canal zone.
The president said he is anxious to
make trip to Minnesota and that he
expects to visit the state some time
next year.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-18
BIGGEST SPAN EVER.

In the erection of the Quebec bridge
across the st. Lawrence River, which
will have the greatest span in the
be assembled in three spans, of a
combined length Of 1880 feet, $50 feet
above the water. The river is 200 feet
deep, with tide of sixteen feet and q
current of eight miles per hour.
Pieces weighing 1856 tons and com
pound members nearly 300 feet long,
weighing more than 1900 tons, are to
be handled in midair and assembled
and maintained with precision. Two
cantilever arms must be built out
self supporting for $50 feet beyond
their piers and remain exposed for
months to the severest storms, and a
64O-foot double track 5,000-ton railroad
span must be built at distance,
floated to the site, raised $50 feet and
connected to them with great speed
and Accuracy 1t is expected that all
this can be accomplished in four
years of elapsed time, since work
must be discontinued during the long
and severe winters. To do this elab-
crate provision is now being made for
all the construction operations, the
schedule is prepared for the successive
steps and the details Of operations are
being infinitely worked out. Even
with this care the cost of installation
of the whole erection equipment will
hardly fall short of $1000,000 exclusive
of maintenance, supplies and labor
so that the total erection expenses
reaches thousands of dollars day for
the actual working misunderstanding
Record
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-18
IRISH NATIONALISTS START TO
ORGANIZE FORCES IN ULSTER
incidents" After Second Passage of Home Rule
Bill Described by Resident Newspaper Correspondent

such disciplining, however, that even
Ulster Nationalists are emulating the
example.
In South Tyrone. National Volun-
teer corps are mastering several hun
dred strong and have organized in
several cities.
A feature of Sir Edward Carson's
army are the parades on almost every
Sunday to different places of wor-
ship in the locality to which each
particular corps belongs. Frequently
the services, whether held in the
Episcopal. Presbyterian Baptists,
Congregational or Methodist
churches, is a joint one. Ministers
of various denominations assist in
the services.
Cookstown, which is the very cen
ire of Ulster is strong Volunteer
town. Sir Edward Carson's men at
tend nightly for drill and instruc-
ton. The other night Sir Havelock
Charles, physician and surgeon to
ing George ", had the opportunity
of seeing the drill. lie is "A native of
Cookstown, and was on a brief visit
to his native town. Having been at
one time an army man he, of course,
was deeply interested in the eVolu-
tions and appeared impressed by the
display of service and efficiency man
ifested
Developments are anXiously await
ed. That the government meant to
provoke an attack on the Volunteers
by the maneuvers which led up to
the recent famous military display is
doubted by no one in Ulster. The
next move is q matter of serious APP
prehension
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-18
SOME QUEER CURES.

Superstition and whimsical folklore
dating back centuries still prevail
in the remote villages of Dorset and
some curious instances of the beliefs
which exist in that county were re-
Gently given at a meeting of the Dor
set Natural History and Antiquar an
Field Cub. An auctioneer who was
on his way to the dentist to have a
tooth extracted met a farmer friend,
who urged him not to go, but to put
his arm round a young oak tree,
make a split in the bark where his
fingers met, then pull out some hairs
from the back of ihis head and put ii
in the slit. Another curious case was
that of farmer who could not get
cured of a twisted foot. He consulted
a wise woman, who told him he had
been overlooked, and gave him some
leaves to boil and apply to his foot,
and this, he dec AIRED, cured him.
Some remarkable local cures for
boils and warts still exist. one which
was recommended by an old woman
in South Dorset was to steal scne-
thing, rub it on the wart, throw 1t
over the left shoulder and say moth
ing. A belief in wise women is
still current in some districts, and
charms of various kinds are prac-
tised.-Tid-Bits