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The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-03-24

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ORGANIZES
Immediately on adjournment of
the mass meeting, the executive
committee organized with Mr..
William r. Bowen, chairman, and
Mr.. Ed Hussey Treasurer and re-
tanned the general secretaries for
the committee. Chairman Bowen
stressed the importance of the
Grand Lodge convention to Fitz-
gerald and Ben Hill county, it's
possibilities as State wide adver-
tisement for the section and the
great good that can be accomplish
ed for the City in making the
large crowd feel at home with US.
Chairman Frettwell of the Odd
Fellows and Ed. Hussey reported
to the body what had already been
done towards the arrangements for
the convention, the purchasing of
1000 badges for the visitors, the
appropriation by the Fitzgerald
Lodge l. o. 0. F, of $4,000 and
the prize drill to be held by COM
peting Cantons, of the Uniform
Rank of Odd Fellowship. BY a
vote of the committee the action
of the Odd Fellows was indorsed
and made part of the record and
program of the Convention
Bureau. The Chairman was autho-
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-03-24
B. A. Saver

Many have Joined the Saving
Club of the Third National Bank.
A few dollars, deposited weekly,
pays taxes and Christmas bills
The bank pays them to save.
Be saver.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-03-24
To Fellow Bankers:

Just now, when hnancies in nation slightly disturbed
on account OF European especially in the growing
states deem ourselves fortunate be able to present for your
consideration that reflects such several webalanced
accounts show evidences of careful and successful
operations.
We invite your continued good favor and patronage
THE EXCHANGE NATIONAL BANK,
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-03-24

leG and
OF
What O
rane1b
bank
Such evidences
our depons
S spirited inttut nshoudhd them
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-03-24
To Our Home Patrons and Friends:

To Our Home Patrons and Friends:
You entitled to know from time time the financial con-
dlon OF the banks your community and find pleasure in
submitting herewith for your information statement at which
tee proud Please note each time you read statements
that policy to maintain larger than usually found
in banks of size and that large surplus has won us
place the National Bank Honor Roll Probably this the
first time statement has reached you bearing the distinction of
the Honor Roll feature
With large deposits large surplus large reserve we find our
selves splendid shape help patrons prosper their fin
ancal Interests
We invite your continued good favor and patronage
The Exchange National Bank
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-03-24
THE
EXCHANGE
NATIONAL
BANK
FITZGERALD. GEORGIA.
Statement March 4th. 1915.
lComptroller's Call
RESOJRCES


Loans -....,....,........ $496,2l3.17
u S. Bonds ............ 100000
Stocks and Bonds ....... lI,l68 81
Banking House, Furniture
and Fixtures .,..,..,..,.,..,.. 100000
Other Real Estate Reserved
for New Bank Building. l6,767.2o
Cash and Exchange ............ 9o,ll5.36
Redemption Fund ........... 100000
s--sSszszzsgEz-~a
$730,56454
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock ............ SlOo, 10000
Surpus.,,-,.--,,,,,., ,.,.., ....,,,., 100000
Undivided Profits %. ..... . 9,5oa 80
Circulation. :. ...... 100000
Deposits =. ...,. 4ll,255.54
Bills Payable and Redis-
counts .-,, ..,,,.,,,. 100000
$75o,564.54
Our Motto: Be Ct ronger than the Average
Strong as the Strongest Bank.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-03-24

Our Motto: Be Ct ronger than the Average
Strong as the Strongest Bank.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-20

would not be 50 many looking for
charity.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-20

49,
for and Hour. ! have paid John Wolf.
Of thu. Elkhorn miles from IS % IS
Per hzadrsd weight and ~ for cloth.
Ing don't think clothing has ever
hsAa sold - cheap - It II ct present.
II . man can earn . good suit OF
clothes in three days or four think
that Il cheap. We used to wear boots
and they void from IS to $40 pair.
Carpenters In those days received
from $500 to $3.50 per day. painters
the same. lind It's costs me 6S cents
per hour for a painter and 4 carpenter
81. and az for moulders they have A.
ways gotten good wages and I think
they earn all they get. Llks the farm
or they should have more pay tor their
work is both hard and dirty. but the
horse that earns the feed seldom gets
1t. Ike the buggy horse he gets the
best feed. Plumbers aud brick masons
get from SO to 20 cents per hour.
What does the hod carrier get? OF
course he does not have much to do,
only carry brick and morter, some.
times - high a. eight or nine stories.
Its the man that lays the brick does
thsework and he sure gets the pay.
wonder II Mr.. Sauer can't look back
to those good old Democratic days
when free silver was the craze. He
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-20
Preparedness.

Preparedness has become an issue in national
life. Around it will be fought forensic battles in
the present session Of congress, and the problem
is sure to Be injected into the political campaign
for control of the national government at the
next election. Military and naval preparedness
strikes home at the very roots Of our national
life. No one win deny that we need bigger
army and = better navy.
But what will the highest kind Of prepared
ness avail if the people Of the United States do
not possess preparedness in high patriotic and
moral sense? Military preparedness in nation
al sense is 2 mockery if the people do not have
patriotic preparedness and moral preparedness to
make effective the solution of social industrial
and civic problems, as well as military and naval
exigencies.
Big. guns and many guns, big battleships and
many battleships, big coast defenses and many
coast defenses are effective only if back of them
stand people big in patriotic impulses and big
in moral conceptions, big in desire to perpetu-
ate the priceless principles Of government for
which their forebears fought and died. No one
denies the effectiveness Of big guns and the nee
essity of military training. Many small nation,
however, lacking high trained soldiers but pos
sessing high sense of loyalty and patriotism
has put to rout veteran armies.
Along with the military preparedness program
must come development of American patriot
ism to carry out the plans for national defense
true patriot behind gun is an infinitely better
soldier than man who knows the rules OF war
fare but lacks love for country and high resolu-
ton to be noble man at home as well as on the
firing line. E......
We need better defenses but we also need bet
ter citizens-rnen who will see treason not only
in aiding the enemy but also in civic unrighteous-
ness and dishonesty. poor citizen will be a
poor soldier.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-20
That's Christmas.
Editor Palladium:


Editor Palladium: ss. .', -.
! see in your issue OF Dec. 1S IN
answer to my letter Of the 14th BY
PAul Sauer showing my mistakes. II
/ have made any fell to see th>nn-
Ny father and I came to this country
the year after the war. WIS Is years
old. worked for Jacob 6hasfer who
lived close to Locust Grove for $12 per
month. He taught me how to farm
and also how to save the money. My
father worked by the day and received
from $3.50 to 50 per day ,accordinG
to the work he did. Wages did not
increase for the laborer, nor carpenv
ter, blacksmith nor any other trade
until the last Is or 20 years. and ID
those days we worked from sun up
until sun down. OF course they did
not work SO long in the shops. I have
worked at different trades as we'll
as farming. ! am going on 81 years
old and l can do as good work as ever
did and as much of it and II any one
thinks can't, l live at 1888 South
Eighth street, and he can come and
I will give him a trial. II wanted q
job in shop, could not get it, am
too old so I am glad | saved a little
for rainy day so don't have to pay
rent, neither do pay Is cents per lb
for side meat when can buy good
hams for IL cents. He says he pays
80 to IS cents for coffee. pay csc
per ID. and know 1t Is as good and
better than We used to pay 40 cents
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-20
india MAY Be INVADED

STOCKHOLM, Dec. 20--Col Wimi
now, a Russian military writer, in the
Petrograd "Retch" expresses the fear
that the Turks, with the aid Of Ger
man officers and probably one or two
German army corps may attempt an
invasion Of India, or at least threaten
this most precious possession o.
England. The expert thinks that such
move is not impossible, as the Turks
on their march 4hrol,sh d southern
PersK Yould uni o1btsdly Be Joined
by thoIsafds 81 nat arrival
Of even small Turkish force on the
frontier Of India would surely bring
an uprising of the Mohamedan popu
lation, the writer argues and he fears
that this would mean the beginning o,
the end of British rule over the Indian
empire.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-20

water in which it has soaked on the
stove or into a fireless cooker. The
cooking process should be such as will
restore the water lost In evaporation,
insure the tenderness OF the fruit. and
at the same time make it appear as
nearly as possible like the fresh fruit.
This requires long, slow cooking, but
very little sugar.
II sugar is to be added at all, 1t
should be put in when the cooking is
almost done; otherwise it will tend to
tougher and discolor the fruit. Prunes
do not require any sugar at ALI as
long, slow cooking restores their natu.
raj flavor, and they are. then sweet
ESh5oueai Tor most psopie, stnt.sfh 6s6ddi'
their palatabiIity. " 87 s.'7s 4
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-20
Cleanup and Paintup Campaign.

Preliminary to campaign OF cleaning up
and painting up at Indianapolis next spring, Al
len W. Clark, q leader in the national cleanup and
paintup movement, addressed citizens of that
city early last week. s.s.s
American cities rs q whole pay little attention
to the appearance Of the houses that line their
streets. Old buildings that would look like new
if they were given coat Of paint stand neglected
for years, IN eyesore to the community and q
disgrace to the citizens.
How different the appearance Of European
cities. Go to Germany for an example of civic
beauty. Here the business houses Of the down.
town districts are fresh and clean. They are
painted frequently. They are not covered with
layers Of SCOT and dirt. The streets are lined
with clean houses and the towns as consequence
look inviting. The American is struck at once
by the contrast between the appearance of his
home city and the European city in which he is
visiting. =
There are many business blocks in Richmond
that have not had q coat Of paint for years. Their
dirty unkempt appearance is poor advertisement
for the city. Near some of the best structures
on Main street are rows Of blocks that kill the
effect Of the magnificent edifices which public
spirited citizens have erected An application Of
paint to fifty Main street stores above the first
floor would make the city look like new town
The first floor fronts are kept in excellent condi-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-20

When every day 10 full OF song,
And every thought 10 free from wrong.
When every spoken word brings chees
And every whisper sounds most DEAR
When every ear n tuned Alright.
And every stsp h glad and light.
When every hand Il giving things.
And every gift . blessing brinEs--
When every memory wakes the pas,
And every dreams too good 70 last--
When every cloud just passes by,
And every hope IL lifted high
When every dollar being spent,
And every deal Il kindly meant
When every cry OF woe 10 heard.
And every heart thereby Is sttrred.-
When every greeting warm and true
Brings hack the answer: Same tt
you'll"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-20
At Movies
Tonight
ARCADE.

ARCADE.
"A Model Wife," at the Lyric to-
nisht.-Robert Blake, whose father
has a big dressmaling establishment,
Is IN love with Kitty. who sWOIAs. in
her aunt's. Nine. HSaen d n1illfnafy
shop. Blake. Sr,rw3shegt.his
marry Violet. daughter If one ST his
biggest customers. The girl is ILL.,
tempered and snobbish, but has fallen
in love with Robert. Her mother in
vttes him to accompany them to the
Vitagraph theatre, but he declines,
pleading previous engagement, which
they discover is to take Kitty to the
same theatre. Mother and daughter
contemplate revenge. They warn John
Blake OF his sons infatuation for the
little milliner, and he goes to the
shop, where he has been told Robert
Is calling. to give him a piece of his
mind. There he is persuaded that
Kitty is in reality not girl at all,
but wonderful model of automaton.
Kitty poses on a pedestal without
w1nking an eyelash. and Blake ia COM
pletely fooled. Robert persuades him
to buy it for their showroom, and dad
insists on having it delivered at once.
However, Kitty ts game and allows
herself to be Grated In and carried nff
to the Blake concern In an express
wagon. During her enforced impris-
onment In the showroom Kitty catches
q burglar with the pistollike electric
flashlight Robert has given her. Rob-
ert on learning this sends for his
father. explains all to the astonished
gentleman and expatiates on Kitty's
bravery until he relents and gives his
consent to their marriage. All return
to the basement shop where Madame
Helene is appraised Of the happy end.
Ing Of the little romance. ...
LYRIC.
THE Lions Ward" at the Lyric to-.
night.-John Kronje is a wild animal
collector. On his carral in South
Africa he employs hundreds of black
natives to assist him in trapping the
jungle beasts and to attend to them
on his great ranch. His daughter,
Nina. is one Of the prettiest girls in
the colony. Carl Kruger. Kronje's
partner, Is In love with Nina, and
merely to keep Nina company often
helps her feed the pet lion and its
cubs. the chickens. geese. tigers and
paoy elephants. Babis, an Arabian
servant In the Kronje household, is
secretly in love with Karl, but he
scorns her and thereby arouses her
enmity. Among the frequent visitors
to the kronje ranch is Muji, an ex-
slave trader and Babis' brother. Ba.
bis and her brother plot to gain the
good will Of Carl and Nina In order
to secure an interest in Kronje's ex.
ceed1ngly profitable business.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-20
Dolly's Daily
Chats
DRIED FRUIT.

DRIED FRUIT.
Proper preparation overcomes popu.
Gar prejudice, says domestic scientists.
t Il loathe, abhor, detest, despise,
Abominate dried-apple pies" ~s
was written by some one who had not
tasted the delicious dishes prepared
from dried fruits by the modern house
wife, If we can believe Miss Carrie
Pancoast of the Missouri College Of
Agriculture. She has only good words
for the practice of modern canning.
but insists that when properly pre-
pared. died fruits are both wholesome
and toothsome, and are important
sources OF variety In the diet.
trhey should be thoroughly cleaned,
ashed and soaked through the night.
leyt morning put the fruit and the
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-20

can't help but remember nifty cents
Vas the pay. not .Ss or Is per day.
The same year Cosey led his army to
washsngtoaf. Now II those people that
xrumhlo about low wages would watch
how they spend their money there
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-20
WILLIAM STRAW ILL

EATON, O., Dec. 18.-Not much i'm
provement has been noted in the con
dition of William F. Straw, cigar box
manufacturer and ex-city clerk, who
has been ill at his home on West Main
street the last several days.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-20
The Forum.

Articles c0utrjbuted for this col.
ulnn must not n excess OF four
hundred words. The identity Of all
contr' srs must be known 70 the
editor. Articles will be printed In
the order Feceived.1
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-20

Experiments indicate that fireflie:
emit species of x-ray.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-20

ton, but the stories aheye are as neglected IS
tenement houses
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-20

The Korean rice crop u smaller
than Il WAS last year. -
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1915-02-11

said when agents from North Caro-
lima were sent into this State to buy
tobacco, no matter what grade the
tobacco was, the price paid was on
the basis of the lower grade.
Mr. Lynch of Florence spoke in
favor of the bill. He said he favor
ed the bill because more time would,
be given to market the tobacco, that
if it was graded, tobacco would not
be rushed on the market and sold:
at reduced prices. He thought if
tobacco was graded, from six to
eight dollars would be made on
every hundred pounds.
Mr. King of Georgetown opposed
the bill. He thought it would cause
extra expense to the farmers; that
buildings with other expensive fa-
s.lities would be nece ssary.-Ners
and Courier.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1915-02-11
TOBACCO WAREHOUSE BILL
Provokes Discussion Among Pee
Dee Legislators.

After the House had disposed of
the compulsory education situation
it took up a matter that is of much
concern to the Pee Dee section. Mr.
Charles of Florence introduced a
bill which provides that tobacco
should be graded in public ware
houses. The bill itself looked quite
harmless, as it involved the simple
question of requiring grading; but
it became as soon as it was intro
duced an issue over which there is
divided difference of opinion on the
part Of the members from the to-
bacco growing counties of the State,
many of the counties being solidly
against the proposed bill, while
others in the same zone are in-favor
of it. Darlington, for instance, with
its three members, is opposed to the
bill; so is Clarendon. Sumter shows
divided delegation, as does Dillon
and also williamsburg. Georgetown
is credited with being against the
bill, while Marion is counted, pre-
liminary to the vote, as IN favor of
it, and Horny is counted as being
divided. 1t will, therefore, be seen
that those who are most intimately
acquainted with the business take
different views. This is the under
standing before the vote.
Those who favor the grading re-
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1915-02-11
Notice of First Meeting
5 of Creditors.

In the District Court Of
the United States tor thei In
Eastern District Of & South tn Bankruptcy.
Carolina, In the matter OF
S F Epps, Bankrupt.
To the creditors of S F Epps of Kings
.ras g q in the county of Williamsburg
and district aforesaid, bankrupt:
Notice is hereby given that on the 9Th
day Of February, A D, 1915, the s SAID 5
F Epps was duly adjudged g 9 bia DanxraGt' srad;t
ors or. will iii be held at the Office of Hirsch
& 81 Hirsch, m Kingstree, s G, on the 10th 81
dsv Il M of February, "A D, 1915, at IL o'clock,
moo noon, = at which time the said creditors
NAV attend, prove their claims, appoint
q trustee, examine the bankrupt anu
fransact such other business as may
nroperly come before said meeting.
TCCoRK,
Referee in Bankruptcy.
Florence, s c, February 8, 1915.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1915-02-11

against the bill.
Mr. Charles. in supporting his bill,
said it originated at a meeting of the
Farmers Union in Mullins and its
aim was to enable the farmers to
get better price for their tobacco.
He said the farmers see now after
years of observation that they can
not get good price for ungraded
tobacco. He said the loss to the
farmers, because they have not
graded heretofore, has amounted to
a half million dollars annually. He
said that tobacco growers in North
Carolina graded their tobacco and
were amply repaid because of the
higher price obtained for graded to-
bacco. He thought South Carolina
farmers could well afford to grade
their tobacco. Mr. Charles displayed
tobacco grown in North Carolina and
the same grown in South Carolina.
He said one plant was as good as
another. and the higher price the
North Carolina growers received
could only be accounted for on the
ground that the North Carolina
growers graded their tobacco.
Mr. j. M Graham of Williamsburg
favored the passage of the bill; he said
the majority of the tobacco farmers
wanted this DILL passed. He thought
much of the opposition to the bill
came from the warehouseman. He
said planters nowhere in the coun-
try sold their tobacco in the shape
South Carolina planters sold it. He
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1915-02-11
quirement urge that it will force
better prices and that it will bring

quirement urge that it will force
better prices and that it will bring
the markets of this State into better
standing, because ungraded tobacco
does not command as good prices as
when it is graded. On the other
hand, those who oppose the legisla-
ton claim that it will injure the
small planter and that the proposed
grading process is in the interest OF
the large planter and warehouse
man. Both sides of the contention
are sincere and are simply unable to
agree. The measure was discussed
freely up to the time of adjourn
ment for dinner, with the under.
standing that the matter would be
taken up later.
The tobacco bill introduced by Mr.
Charles of Florence, was taken up
Immediately after the discussion of
the educational bills. Tee bill pro-
vides for the grading of tobacco.
MIR McGinnis of Darlington NOV.
ed to strike out the enacting words
of the bill. He thought it, resulted
in a saying to the tobaccosfarmers
to sell their tobacco ungraded. He
sad to grade tobacco would require
extra facilities which the tobacco
farmers could not afford. He
thought it would change at one
swoop the tobacco industry in the
Pee Dee; for many small farmers on
account Of the expense would have
to go out Of the business. Mr. Nc
Ginnis made q very forceful speech