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The Leader-enterprise and Fitzgerald press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1915-1915, 1915-11-16

made it's appearance. And from the mo-
nlent OF their beginning they have Been
the chief factor n the social uplift OF
thA Community The denominatlOnai
pco.es which have collectively worked to
this end are Baptist, Methodist, Chris
tan, Episcopal, United Brethren, Chris
tan Science, Catholic and Presbyterian.
Al Of them have Citing houses OF woc
ship, enc having recently com lated E
$4,000 edifce Other followers Of The
e,ue way as nerso nifed n the Nazarenc
ara contributing full measure to the
moral tcne of the city.
Gi9 BUSINESS
las ITS PLACE.
It is with sorle fear I approach Fitz-
eeralas business Interest-fear born Of
ny limited stay because it is quite as
| easy for enc to cverdraft as it is to do
&c otheC thing. If I possessed the clever
caroeit cf troubadcuring or even The
gentle art o. lagerdcm2;n 1 might "wiah"
into this topic, with proper sa,aams, all
manner of sapicnt things or, with sar-
gasso-Nke imp~aonce present tie surface
1Ger:rgz Of tl.at commercial chaff which
! cry city carries and which often passes
|
bEity.
| But being neither minstrel nor black
art manipulat.r-or yet q reciter of alb
stract actualities-I shall mill along with
cold figures trusting that, despite the
fact they have not reached the voting
age, they will be so strong as not to re-
| quire the support OF prurient accessories.
| LARoR'S INCOME
PRosP ERs CITY.
| Any city with a payroll of practically
| fifty thousand a month is a good place to
live because hard coin frightens both
wolf and leach and at the same time
builds hearthstones. Given a city of 5000
souls with an annual income OF more
! than half a million dollars, exclusive OF
salaries drawn by bank clerks, nlercer-
tile employees, city help ana wage earn
ers in other allied interests, and you
have a composite money power that does
things
! TIL, IS Fltagera!d. and the lessen tells
| nay practically every man in the city
owns his home. This annual payroll, eX-
elusive Of the items named, is derived
tco!1 the following resources:
Railroads ..-... .................$4 20, 900
Cotton mills Observation-Disclosures. $4,000
Oil Mills NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1900
Ice plant Observation-Disclosures. 10000
Miscellaneous ....... ..... 30.OOJ
| Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 500, 00c
| If these figures fail to carry to the
| homeseekcr and the builder q most 20
tential story then indeed is my agreeable
labor lost in a maze beyond my reach
ANNUAL BUSINESS
| REACHES MILLIONS.
| Backing the splendid monthly and an
nual income are the Wholesale and retail
stores, cotton receipts, lumber and tur-
pentine interests, cantaloupes, melons,
| trucking and pecans. Fitzgerald has four
The Leader-enterprise and Fitzgerald press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1915-1915, 1915-11-16
OTTER WAY ABOUT;
FITZGERALD FIRST.

Ordinarily one speaks of county as
the parent Of the county seat, In the
case Of Fitzgerald and Ben Hfn it is
rather the other way about.
Following crop failures in 1894 in the
northern and middle west states, p. II.
Fitzgerald, Of Indianapolis conceived
the idea of a colony in some section of
the southland where bounteous crops
The Leader-enterprise and Fitzgerald press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1915-1915, 1915-11-16

II IITU0T IcITI 20 70 LI-l
homeseekcr and the builder o most 20
tental story then indeed is my agreeable
labor lost in a maze beyond my reach
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-06-30
DAUGHTER OF
CHARLES MIX COUPLE
TO INHERIT $4,000
Shares In 100000 Estate Left
( By Relatives Of Her Own
Mother, Now Dead.

Wheeler. S. d.. June 25.-Miss Marie
Moran. adopted daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Denny Moran, prominent residents
Of Charles Mix county. has been Of
hcfally advised hat through the death
of a distant relative she is one of five
heirs to an estate valued at $50, 900.
Soon after her mother died she was
legally adopted by Denny Moran and
wife and has since resided with hem.
Not until about a year ago was h
advised that her supposed parents were
not In reality her father and mother.
and was told the story Of the death Of
her own mother soon after her birth.
Her foster parents own a beautiful
near the southwest shore of Lake
Andes. and there the young m
spends all her time when not acquiring
an education. she being a student of
Dakota Wesleyan university at Nit
chell. She is a bright and accom-
plished young lady and will make good
use of the money which she has in
herited.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-06-30
STAFF. MISSES FIRE
IN GREETING Chief
Governor Goes to Hotel Alone
While Uniformed Colonels
YEARLY Wait.

San Francisco. Cal. June &c.
Through q hitch in arrangements the
arrival Of Governor Clarke, of Iowa, at
San Francisco was a very unostenta-
tious event. The governor disembarked
at Oakland, was ferried across the bay
like any plebeian individual and hunted
up his hotel in San Francisco, without
official escort OF any kind.
The governors staff OF IL colonies
and lieutenant colonies arrived the day
before. each equipped with three gor-
geous uniforms, and the plan was to
receive the governor with all the pomp
and ceremony usually accorded to q
Persian dignitary. The staff members.
Accompanied by some exposition Of
sailed forth to meet the Cover.
nor. but missed connections through
confusion in the change Of time out
here.
While Governor Clarke was deliver
sng his address here today. 200 members
II the Des Moines Commercial club
were "cut In" on special phones In their
home town and listened to the speech.
The general tenor Of the address was
In support Of the claim that Iowa 10
.he garden spot Of the world.
Whatever may happen or has hap
pened elsewhere. iowa never brings
anxiety to her people," said the COVER
NOR. The products OF her fields. FREE
luently lavish. always are abundant.
Iowa fails. There 10 q sense OF
security and substantiality In Iowa"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-06-30
FORMER NEWARK CASHIER,
w. w. BUTTS. is CONVICTED


banking department has received noti-
fication of the conviction of w. w.
Butts. former cashier OF the suspended
State bank of Newark. who was tried
on a charge Of having made false re-
ports to the public examiner: Butts
recommendation Of ciefhency. Sentence
has not yet been pronounced, but the
maximum fixed in such case is a fine
OF not more than 5000. and imprison-
ment or not more than 10 years. or
being at the discretion of the court.
The bank suspended payment Octo-
Der 10, 1913, and up to the present the
state banking department has paid the
creditors s. per cent. The remaining
assets will increase that sum in the
future.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-06-30
LOSES LEFT HAND TRYING
TO KILL BOrHERSOME DOG

Madison. s. D.. June 25.,hvhile at
bothering his chickens. Martin Olson,
q Lake county man. was the victim of
an accident which resulted in the loss
of his left hand. He fired n shot at
the dog and missed. the animal taking
refuge under a shed. STOPPING to look
under the shed. resting his left hand
on the ground and holding the gun In
his right. the weapon in some manner
was discharged. The full charge took
effect in the left hand. mangling it to
such an extent that in order to save
his life 1t had to be amputated. A few
scattering shot struck him in the face,
but without serious injury.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-06-30
ONE J|T BUS
LINE THAT IS QUITE
SURE OF RUSH TRADE
Saloons Close at Aberdeen June
80 and James,, "0asis," Only
IL Miles Away.

Aberdeen, s. D., June 24.-Accordine
to current rumor. Aberdeen is about to
enjoy h novelty Of a jitney bus line.
The opening is considered as very
promising. AT 9 o'clock p. m. on June
30, he 10 saloons Of Aberdeen will
close. James. a small station IL miles
east OF Aberdeen is the only "oasis' In
Brown county, with one saloon.
1t Is stated arrangements have been
made to establish a regular bus serv-
Ice between Aberdeen and James to
satisfy the needs Of the thirsty. One
Aberdeen wholesale liquor house is ar
ranging to put in a wholesale house at
James.
1t is stated that practically every
business house now used as q saloon
here has been rented for some other
purpose after June 80, and that many
OF the saloon men will remain in town.
engaging in other lines.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-06-30
NOT BENTON AckLEY's FIRST
FLARE WITH EVANGELIST

Pierre, s.. D., June 24.-Benton %.
Ackley. private secretary and pianist
70 Billy Sunday. who just now is Gre
ating a sensation by alleged exposures
II Sundays methods, formerly was
private secretary and pianist to Rob-
ert e. Johnson, an evangelist who
:ampaigned South Dakota in 1907,
holding campaigns in Aberdeen, Alex
lndria, Groton, Chamberlain, Pierre.
Clear Lake and elsewhere. After the
campaign in Pierre. in November, 1907,
Johnson and Ackley had a flare-up and
parted company. Ackley accused john
plagiarism. claiming that his principal
ermon were stolen bodily from Billy
Sunday. Ackley went with johnson
from Pierre to Clear Lake, but later
received q call from Billy Sunday.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-06-30
An interesting enterprise is the

An interesting enterprise is the
American cyanamid works, at Niagara
Falls. Ontario. which began operations
In 1910 with a capacity of 10000 tons.
output to $4,000 tons a year in order to
meet the growing demand for it's pro-
duct. Cyanamid is a fertilizing ma
terial obtained by combining atmos-
phereic nitrogen with calcium carbide.
according to Consul julius d. Dreher,
at Toronto. BY simply heating cyana-
mid with steam ammonia can se pro-
duced, which being passed throus;.
heated platinum sponges. Is oxidized
into nitric acid. Of which the explosive
industry uses $4,000 o a year. BY
fusing cayanamid with salts, cyanides
may be produced which are used in ex-
tracing gold and silver from low grade
ores.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-06-30
AVERAGE LEVY WILL APPLY
ON CORPORATION PROPERTY

Pierre. S. D., June 24.-State Audi
tor Handlin has certified to the tax
commission that the average rate of
all taxes extended on the assessment
Of 1914 was 9.97 mills On the dollar.
This includes state, school. city and
township taxes. This levy will be
adopted by the tax commission for the
property of telegraph, express and
private a line companies in Geter-
mining the amount of taxes due from
these concerns for 1915. Incidentally,
The assessment of private car line COM
panies made in 1915 will be the first of
It's kind in the history of the state Of
South Dakota and will be made under
he provisions of chapter 100, laws Of
1915. which closely follows the recon-
nendations of the commission in it's
irst biennial report. A comparison Of
he certificate with the auditors re-
port for 1914 shows that the average
.evy for 1914 is less than in 1918 by
0O2 Of a mill, indicating that generally
throughout the state there was a small
reduction in the amount of taxes
levied.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-06-30
TRIBUNE ARTICLE GIVES
SOLUTION TO "HOBBYMANn

Yankton. S. D., June 25.-"The Hobby
Man" OF a local newspaper, hat almost
daily calls upon him to identify a coin.
q bird. a butterfly, supply solne date in
history. n generally delivers the
goods. Once in a while, however. he
Is temporarily Stamped" and his hap
pened two months ago, when a prob
lem was handed the hobbyman for So
luton. 1t proved a deep mystery until
the Sioux City Tribune of Monday,
June 21, arrived. On the editorial page,
under the caption, The Year Without
q Summer" was the key that unlocked
tbk local enigma:
"A. w. Westhorpe,sthe hobbyman in
question, was handed a "tintype" of
ture an inscription was to he read.
written hastily in pencil. 1t appeared
to be a last message" of some kind.
The inscription reads:
Frank Miner. ESQ.,. aged 10 years
no months. and 3 days, in the year
1900 and froze to DEATH"
This seemed to indicate a disaster.
but h Tribune article explains that
the year 1915 was known as the year Of
on cot Of the continuous cold
weather. This old inscription, Enclosed
for many years in the frame of this
tintype. and written 80 years ago, bears
out an interesting fact. The message
quoted Is not from the dying, but the
living. He evidently did not freeze to
death, but added the date then being
used quite commonly, in a peculiar way.
The moment the hobbyman read the
article in The Tribune his mind flashed
to that little tintypes in his office, and
a mental note was mad that The
Tribune had helped to solve a real
mystery.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-06-30
SOUTH 1AkOTAN GETS
TASTH OF LIFE WITH
CANADIAN TROOPERS
Many Soldiers Regard Death as
Happy Release From Strain
Of Fierce Conflict.

Esan. 81 D.. June 25.-Describins
some recent fights. giving expression
20 the longing for home on the part OF
the soldiers Of the allies when their
job" is completed. and setting forth
the confidence Of the British soldiers
that they will win in the course Of 9
FEW mcre1 months. Albert Bourne. 9
former rc4ident of South Dakota. who
Tor the past Il months has been
serving in the royal field artillery Of
the British army in Belgium, has writ
ten an interesting letter to old friends
MI. and Mrs. Relf, Of Egan.
In writing of h battle in which the
Germans for the first time used poison
Gus gases, he says: "You may be sure
the place lis in an awful state. the dead
bodies and horses lying unburied ev.
erywhereX We had several THOUSAND
casualties killed, wounded and poisoned
with easSs, but the Germans lost more
than we adid. Am pleased to say tina:
we are ndw. for the first time. superior
both in 4uns n the number of men
and 1 do3not think the war can last {
great maapy months longer, as We keel
getting Eronger in numbers and thu
GermanSS weaker, and we are all quite
confiden4 Of winning"
The ldhging for home is set forth
following the announcement of thu
ISngland:A ooh. how glad 1 shall be t,
see them again, more thar tickled. yo,
bet. after being out here facing deatl
now for sSust owe nine months. bu'
something seems to tell me it won't b.
long and 4 have always seemed to Deal
q charmed life.
Il don'S know what it is for a ma,
In prison3 under sentence Of death, bu'
{ do know the awful strain on oul
nerves Here when yoh see your ole
chums. good fffends,,A have been fall.
Ing by Your side, some literally blown
to pieces. The strain at times is sc
great that 1 have seen men look upon
death as a happy release from the ter
rible noise and turmoil, where you have
to kill or be killed."
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-06-30

One of the many by products of
the great war IL the, opportunity which
has Of late been enjoyed by astrono-
mers living in and near London to OBJ
serve the heavens with comparatively
little interference due to city lights. At
. recent meeting OF h British astron-
'omical association attention a called
to the fact that the zodiacal light had
become an easily observed feature Of
London skies. whereas before the days
Of Zeppelin raids 1t was practically in
visible to IOndOners.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-06-30
YOUNG FARMER KILLED
WHEN MULES RUN AWAY

Clark. S. D.. June 25.-While getting
into his buggy to return home, after a
trip to Croker. Charles Handke, a
prosperous young farmer residing near
here, frightened his team of mules,
causing q runaway. in which Handke
met his death.
Handkc was stepping into the buggy,
when his foot slipped, passing
through the springs under the box Of
the buggy. and throwing him back
started to run. dragging the young man
q mile and a half before the team was
finally stopped. Handke was dead
when picked up. He leaves a young
widow Inc two small children, Iii
youngest Of whom was born last month.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-06-30
BEGINS
FOR MEXICO CITY,
zAPATA RESISTING
General Gonzales, Carranza
Commander, Is Attacking
CAPITAL In Artillery
Battle.
HIS ADVANCE IS DELAYED
Both Sides Claim Victory at
Aguas Calientes-Red Cross
Relief May Be Post
poned.

Washington. June 26.-Zapata forces
defending Mexico City. have engaged
the attacking Carranza army in a
series of artillery duels and delayed its
advance. No details were contained
in the advices reaching here today.
which were the first indications that
the CarranZa advance would be re-
sisted.
Communication with Mexico City has
been cut off since June is. when Cen
eral Gonzales. the Carranza COM
mander, cut the wires to Vera Cruz
at Otumba. 25 miles east of the capital.
Consular advices from Vera Cruz to-
day said the wires were still down and
1t was improbable that communication
would be restored before Gonzales ent-
cred the city. Vera Cruz dispatches
to the Carranza agency here have in
sisted Gonzales was trying Ito save the
city from the horrors OF attack and
had been ordered to exhaust every
means to induce the Villa-Zapata
troops to withdraw without resistance.
The Carranza war department urges
that the Red Cross relief expedition be
/ delayed until after the occupation of
the capital. General Carranza has
promised full cooperation with it.
Ell Paso. Tex, June 25.-Further in
formation as to the exact status Of the
military operations between the con-
tending forces of Gen. Francisco Villa
and Gen. Alvaro Obregon is awaited
with keenest interest here. The claim
of the Carranza agency that Obregon
forces had occupied Aguas C%alientes
was accepted generally by the obser-
vers, Notwithstanding the fact that the
private messages, dated last night at
Aguas Calientes and signed by Villa.
were received here today. 1t was
pointed out that a similar message was
received from Villa under a Silao date
two days after Villa had been driven
from that city by Obregon forces.
The foreign chancellories interested
in the Mexican situation have been
given to understand that the presi-
dent will determine on some action in
line with his recent statement on Mex
lean affairs after he returns from New
Hampshire in July.
Some Of the diplomats have received
official statements that while the pop
ulation was starving, $500, 900 worth of
~foodstuffs were exported to Cuba from
the territory held by Carranza in the
first three months Of 1915.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-06-30
kossovE NOT CHARGED WITH
CONCEALlNG HIS OWN ASSETS

Sioux Falls, s. d., June PA bond
Of $4,000 for his appearance in. the
United States court at Sioux City has
been furnished by Max kossove. who
recently was arrested at Kimball, S.
D., on a federal indictment charging
himself and three other men with en-.
tering into a conspiracy to conceal as
sets in a bankruptcy case.
The indictment against himself and
other defendants was reported in open
court on May q, during a term OF
United States court at Sioux City. The
other defendants are Barney Gelfand.
Philip Gelfand and Sam Kossove. The
offense charged against the four men
Is alleged to have been committed
about the months of July and August,
1914.
In a former dispatch it was intimat-
ed that Kossove was charged with con-
cealing assets of his own in a bank
ruptcy case. This was incorrect, the
indictment returned against himself
and other defendants at Sioux City
charged him with aiding to conceal as
sets of the Gelfands in the Gelfands'
bankruptcy action.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-06-30
ELIMINATION ELECTION
HELD VALID BY COURT

Deadwood. s. D.. June 25.-That the
legislature did not intend the acts Gre
ating the municipal court and the COM
mission form of government to conflict
with each other raj the ruling Of
Judge McNenny in the circuit court in
deciding that John H. Walsh was
lawfully elected municipal Judge in
the April election there. John Rogers.
the former incumbent. had a plurality
in the first election in q three-cornered
fight. but In the secondary election be-
tween himself and Walsh. Walsh won
easily. Rogers then contested on the
ground that q majority was not re-
Quired and that he had in reality been
elected in the first election. The court
that the municipal court act pro-
vides that judges shall be elected in
the same manner as other municipal
officers and that where commission
form of government exists. the cleo
ton laws pertaining to it are applic-
able. This is the first decision Of the
kind under the municipal court act in
the state.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-06-30

The Rockefeller Foundation Of Med
ical Research has begun work on the
construction OF a laboratory near
Princeton for the study Of animal dis
eases. The ground. building and
equipment OF the new laboratory will
cOst about $1,000. 900. DR.. Theobald
Smith, professor Of comparative path
ology at Harvard, will direct the in
etitution.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-06-30

English parents have almost entirely
given up the practice OF naming their
children William since the war with
Germany broke out. But now a howl
70 going up at the idea of allowing
Germany to monopolixe so good an
English name az that. But the kaiser's
name 10 really Wilhelm.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-06-30

Bombardment by the Germans made
It necessary to. remove a number of
insane persons from an asylum in
northern France during the early days
Of the war. The problem was made
extremely difficult by the lunatics. who
insisted on watching and applauding
- the shrapnel burst on ali sides Of
them.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-06-30

The turkey, az far as records are
known was introduced into England in
1924. brought probably from the port
OF Cadix, where ships from the port
orient were accustomed to call. In
nearly all European countries. and. even
Turkey. itself, this bird Is called the
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-06-30
HOLD AM AMERlcAN.

Washington. June 25.-C. E. Bates, an
American. arrested at Caborea, Sonora,
charged with having imported Carran-
ga currency into Villa territory, has
beer ordered brought to Nogales, where
Consul Simpich reported. today, he ex.
poets his release.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-06-30

The Butler gold medal, to be
awarded every fifth year by Columbia
university for the most distinguished
contribution made during the preceding
five-year period to philosophy or to
educational theory. practice or admin
lstration will be given to Bertrand
Russell. lecturer and fellow of Trinity
college, Cambridge, for his contribu-
tons to logical theory. The Butler
silver medal is to be awarded to Pro-
lessor Ellwood Patterson Cubberley. Of
Leland Stanford, Jr.. university. for his
contributions to educational admins
tration.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-06-30

The woes of a man who was stopped
from singing %raucously on the meg
canine floor OF q New York hotel were
poured forth when he was told his vO-
~calization was unnecessary. He said.
among other things: "Blime me 'otel!
Hive got a suite Of rooms over there,
and Hive got my wife and a valet.
HI ave. And what do you think APP
pened last night? They told me Hi
was u~nconvential because Hi didn't
ave me evening clothes on. Stopped
from going on the ioor to dance,
by Jove! Yet my valet, who 'appened
to ave on his claw'ammer, e was
dancing like q lord.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-06-30

Bridgewater, 8. D., June 25.-Carl II.
Ewaldsen. the lS.year-old o Of Julius
Ewaldse.ns q promlnent farmer Of this
place. has secured 4 patent for an Inn
by II ID claimed = material saving In
e viii result. The device gives
promise Of being m important inven-