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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-04-05

Round T~enty-UNS.
Willard rushed in and sent light
left to the face. The negro clfnched
and Rugged the cowboy close. Again
willard blocked a left and right. head
ed for the face, countering hard with
right to the jaw. Willard scored
right to the body and another to the
law willard was forcing the fighting
ALL the way. Wizards round.
Round Twenty-six.
Willard landed a hard right to the
body. Referee Welsh was forced to
make Johnson break, the negro hang
ing on from the start. Willard nearly
dropped the negro with a terrific
left to the jaw. Johnson was nearly
gone. He clinched and held on. VIII
lard sent II final smash that knock
ed the champion cold
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-01-11

RoSENWALD IS DANGEROUS
Julius RosenwaId is one of the
most dangerous men in the CITY,"
declared Mrs. Frederick Packard of
the State Humane society, before the
Open Forum in the Masonic Temple
last night.
He may give away millions and
may refuse to abide by laws and to
pay taxes, but he can never tell the
number of girls he has contributed
to the redlght district because Of the
low wages in his Sears-ROebuck
plant" she said.
HE squeezed every dollar he
could from the employees by under
paying, so that he could make money
for advertising through so-called
philanthropy
Hardly a month passes that peo-
pie do not come to my Office with
complaints of injustice against Sears,
Roebuck & Co."
Turning to politics, Mrs. Packard
declared that the election of judges
should be removed from politics and.
that for years two or three men and
women have controlled the city.
1.-THE police department in rank
and file is made up of good men,"
said Mrs. Packard. 81 have worked
with them for years and have never
had any trouble. Policemen as a
rule are good citizens, but often they
cannot do things their own way be-
cause they are controlled by higher
officer"
Prostitution came in for it's share
in the discussion.
DR.. Alice Allen expressed her be-
lief that the only solution for the
problem was a living wage for both
man and woman. Barratt O'Hara
she commended for his work to bring
about better conditions for the labor
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-01-11

1890
MURDER, ROBBERY AND A PAST
BRING ON POLICE PROBE
Washington, Jan. II. - Murder,
robbery and a STRONGLY checkered
past doomed up today in police in
vestigation of the murderous assault
on Mrs. Matte Hughes, As, the slay-
ing Of her aged father and a Gale
companion.
Mrs. Hughes, alias frankie Harris,
once a prominent southern beauty,
lies at deaths door The murlerers,
two white men, whose motive mas
robbery, are still at large. The dead
men are Isaac Waldrop, Mrs. Hughes
father, and Nicholas Cofinas, a
Greek, companion of Mrs. Hughes
in an early morning ride yesterday
from this city to her elegantly fur
nished but secluded home inthe Vir-
ginia suburbs.
Driven out of the segregated dis
trict, where she owned several pieces
of property, the Hughes woman
sought seclusion in Clark's Station,
Va. There she maintained herself on
a luxurious scale which attracted the
robbers. :e -
The robbers we're in the house
when she and Cofinas arrived. They
attacked the party, killing the two
men and seriously wounding the
woman with bullet in her breast.
The house itself was looted, but the
woman's valuable jewels upon her
persons were unmOlested.
Mrs. Hughes, the police say, vas
the woman of rare beauty who. fif-
teen years ago, three times stood
trial for her life at GreenVile, S. c.,
on a charge of killing her wealthy
husband, and finally went free.
Later, they assert, she assumed a
masculine role and travelled extern
sively. Al one time she was reported
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-01-11

International Harvester Co. and
Sears, Roebuck & Co. to raise the
wages of their employees" she de-
clared.
eve would need no morals court if
the men and woman were given a
living wage" was her final shot.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-08-13
SPLENDID RECORD is MADE
IN HANDLING OF PASSENGERS

Atlanta, Ga.-More than sixteen and
a half million passengers-a number
greater than the combined population
of Virginia, North Carolina, South Car
DINA, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee
and Kentucky-were transported by
Southern Railway during the year end
ed June 80 with only one fatal injury
to a passenger while on train and
that one was standing on a car plat
form in direct violation of the COM
pany's rules.
This excellent record was shown in
the official figures given out indicat-
ing the high degree of safety that
has been attained in the handling of
Southern Railway passenger trains.
In marked contrast are figures re-
Gently given out by President Fairfax
Harrison of Southern Railway, show
ing that during the same period
twelve persons riding in automobiles
were killed in accidents at public
highway crossings, every one of which
accidents could have been prevented
had the driver of the car observed
the familiar warning, stop, Look and
Listen"
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-08-13
Road Notice.

Notice is..hereby' given that if no
good and sufficient cause is shown to
the contrary, the',Board of County
Commissioners will on the list Tues
day in September, 1915, grant order
legalizing a public road as fellows:
A public road in the 3rd road dis
trictEof said Comfy commencing at
thecounty line between Irwin County
and Ben Hilli County, running the
original line between III and 172
and between 189 and 100. Said
line running North from starting
point. The length of said road to
be one and three quarter Il $40
miles long.
Done by an order of the Board of
County Commissioners of Ben Hill
County, this the 3rd day of August
1915.
Commissioners of Ben Hill County:
r. V. Handley, Chairman
M. W. Garbutt.
M. Dickson
j. H. King Jr., clerk.
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revised line, wherever physically prac-
ticable, and this policy will be contin-
ued for the future.
Given the history of our transpor-
tation and highway systems and the
enormous cost of adjusting them to
modern conditions, the elimination of
grade crossings is and in the very
nature of the problem must be a grad
ual development with the growth Of
population and wealth, but, meanwhile,
good judgment on the part of all con-
cerned can do much to anticipate the
benefits of the admittedly desirable
expenditure of large sums Of money
The same sober sense of responsible
lty for life on the part of automobile
drivers which actuates most locomo-
tive engineers, and in addition the
willingness of the automobile driver in
such a high interest to subordinate
his time and convenience to that of
the greater number represented by a
railroad train, can check waste of
life and limb and property which is
now increasing every year
ITO this end appeal confidently for
the counsel of every responsible man
and woman in the South, whether or
not he or she drives an automobile
Words of caution and common sense
around the family dinner table can
have more influence and can save
more lives at railway grade crossings
than all the warning whistles ever
blown by locomotive engineer"
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-08-13

| Washington, ID. C.-The following
letter has been addressed to the pub
llic by Mr. Fairfax Harrison, president
iof Southern Railway Company:
THE automobile has greatly in
creased the comfort and convenience
of life, and it has been an important
factor in the improvement Of country
highways and so has contributed to
the progress of civilization of our
time, but, just as the railroad I'D
when it revolutionized commerce. the
automobile has introduced new social
complications and new risks, moral az
well as physical.
The American people are said to
be Enthusiastically reckless of hui
IMAM life, and perhaps in nothing is
this statement more justified at the
moment than In relation to the use of
automobiles-not even the railroads.
My particular interest in the ques-
tion is, where my public responsibility
lies, in the combination of the two
I'm the accidents which occur to auto
mobiles and their occupants where
highways cross railways at grade: and
this is q question OF sufficient import
ance to warrant the attention of every
thinking man in the South.
Record For One Year
1.-THE following table shows the ap-
palling record of such accidents aon
dimes operated by Southern Railway
Company in the South during the wear
ended June 80, 1915.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-08-13
SOUTH AS GRAIN SECTION
EXPLOITED BY SOUTHERN

Atlanta, Ga.-The superlative ad.
vantages of the South as a grain pro-
ducing section will be given great
prominence in exhibits which South
ern Railway, Mobile and Ohio Rail
road, Georgia Southern and Florida
Railway, Virginia and Southwestern
Railway, and affiliated lines will make
at thirty state, district and county
fairs in the North and Middle West
during the coming fall.
An especially fine collection OF
grains will be shown while the grass
es and forage crops exhibited will be
Of very high character. From the
wheat growing section of the South
grain sheaves will be shown from
fields yielding as high as 40 bushels
to the acre, and the character Of 9TH
or exhibits VIII be in keeping. The
fruits and vegetables to be shown in
jars include a wide variety.
These exhibits come from various
districts Of the entire territory serv-
ed by Southern Railway and affiliated
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida,
Mississippi, Tennessee and Kentucky
They will be shown in Pennsylvania
New York, Indiana, Michigan and Il
linois and each exhibit will be attend
ed by agents, well equipped to tell
callers about the various sections of
the South.
The first two exhibits will be shown
at fairs IL Indiana. For all fairs in
the Middle West a special exhibit
tent has been provided, arranged so
that a large number of people can
see the exhibit at the same time.
Throughout many of the states the
Southern Railway exhibit has become
well known and is looked for.
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Without seeking to avoid just re-
Eponsibility for what the officers or
employees of the railroad do or omit,
but recalling that railroad employee
whose carelessness causes an acct
dent is, in the public interest, subject
TO discipline which affects his liveli-
hood, 1t is probably fair to say that
a large proportion of these accidents
happened solely through the careless
ness of the drivers of automobiles,
or their lack of experience in dealing
with vehicles at high speed. There
are among them also we'll authenticat-
ed cases of deliberate assumption of
risk by the drivers of automobiles
from pure love of excitement and
speed, evidenced by racing with trains
and seeking the thrill of a narrow es-
cape. Our enginemen report such oc.
Currences daily. II fortunately they
are without fatal consequences in the
great majority of cases, they are al
ways paid for by heavy strain on
the nerves of all concerned, particu-
larly those of the locomotive engineer.
who maintains speed from duty and
not for fun. II is not too much TO
claim for the locomotive engineer a
larger equipment of experience and a
greater habit of precaution than the
average automobile driver. As a class
the locomotive engineers are sober,
steady and conservative men Of long
experience in meeting and avoiding
risks, for theirs is dangerous occu-
patton. Their every effort of charac-
ter, of instruction and of interest is
Ito avoid an accident. Most of the &C.
lcidents to automobiles at railway
lorade crossings could be avoided il
There was the same restraint Of ex.
lperlence and attention at the wheel
Iof the automobile as at the throttle
lof the locomotive.
Public vitality Interested
at does not suffice the public in
lany moral sense that the fund made
lup of the revenues collected by the
railroad is usually made to respond
in damages for consequences Of such
accidents. Suicide to collect life in
surance has never been deemed hon
orable, while no one would deliberate.
ly sell the life OF mother or wife,
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-08-13
Citation
GEoRGIA-BEN HILL COUNTY.
To all whom it NAV concern:

GEoRGIA-BEN HILL COUNTY.
To all whom it may concern:
j. w. Shultz having in proper
form applied to me for Permanent
letters of Administration on the
estate of Mrs. Nancy A. Shultz,
late of said County, this is to cite
all and singular the creditors and
next of kin of Mrs. Nancy A.
Shultz to be and appear at my
office within the time allowed by
law, and show cause, if any they
can, why permanent administration
should not be granted to j. W.
Shultz on Mrs. Nancy A. Shultzs
estate.
Witness my hand and official
signature, this 9Th day of August,
1915.
D. E. griffin,
Judge of. City Court of Fitzger-
aid, Ben Hill Co., Ca, acting
Ordinary in absence of C. M.
Wise, Ordinary. p
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-08-13
SOUTHERN ELIMINATING
MANY GRADE CROSSINGS

Danville, Vain connection with
the double track work which it has
had under way in Virginia and North
Carolina during the past fiscal year on
1924 miles Of its Washington
line, Southern Railway has eliminated
81 out Of 70 grade crossings By the
building Of underpasses 20 were elm
mated, by overhead bridges 10, and
by changing the direction of public
highways Is. The 10 which remain
are so located as to make their elimi-
nation physically impossible or they
involve prohibitive damages to abut-
ting property.
In all construction work involving
the relocation or double tracking of
its lines the fixed policy of Southern
Railway Company is to separate all
important highway crossings of the
revised lines wherever practicable.
Though this policy means large addi-
tional expense, such expense is under.
taken as a permanent investment for
safety.
Southern Railway has also co-operat.
ed with municipal and county author
tiles in the elimination of many dan
gerous crossings on others of its lines
throughout the South. 1t has devoted
to work of this character as much as
its resources and other obligations
make possible and President Fairfax
Harrison has announced that this pol
icy will be continued.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-08-13
Diary Of Crimes
Found In Pocket Of
Prisoner at Rome

Rome, Ga.Aug. ia diary of al
legged crimes was found in the posses
sion of Walter Mills alias WalterBed-
ford, young white man arrested by
the Floyd county officres on a charge
Of vagrancy, In the diary was care
full noted, under dates, each exploit
in which the young man presumably
enaged, covering a period of several
years. Some of the entries throw light
on several thefts which had bafied
the local police and sheriff.
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D. Z. griffin.
Citation.
GEoRGIA-BEN Hill COUNTY.

0LONGlA--OLN HILL SOUNl1.
To All Whom 1t May Concern:
Annie Warren as Administrators
and j. /. Turner as Administrator
of the estate of H. M. Warren,
deceased, having in proper form
applied to the Court of Ordinary
of said county for leave to sell of
the estate of SAID H. NJ. Warren a
one-third undivided interest in the
following real estate, to-wit: City
lots Number Seven and Eight in
Square Number Four in Block
Number Eleven of the City of
Fitzgerald, said lots being as per
the plat of said City of Fitzgerald,
said county, SAID state of Georgia
for the purpose of paying debts of
said estate, this is notice that said
application Will be heard at the
Ordinary's office in Ben Hill
County, Georgia, on the first
Monday in September, 1915, and
such leave granted if it is shown
to be necessary for such sale, I'M
less sufficient cause be shown to
the contrary.
Witness nv hand and official
signature, this the End day of Aug
ust, 1915.
d. Z. Griffin,
Judge City Court of Fitzgerald
Ben Hill County, Georgia, acting
Ordinary IN absence of c. M. Wise
Ordinary.
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Citation.
Georgia, Ben Hill County;

Georgia, Ben Hill County;
To All Whom it May Concern:
John Henry Dorminey of said
State, having in proper form
applied as a person selected by
the next of kin, for letters of
administration, with will annex
ed, on tie estate of Byrd
William Hester, late of said
County, this is to cite all and
singular the creditors, heirs and
next of kin of said Byrd Wilt
ans Hester, to be and appear at
the September term, 1915, of the
Court of Ordinary of said Coun-
ty and show cause, if any they
can, why permanent letters of
administration, with will annex
ed, should not be granted to
said John Henry Dorminey on
said estate of said Byrd William
Hester.
Witness my official signature
this 10th day of August 1915.
D. W. M. Whitley,
Clerk Superior Court. B e n
Hill County, Georgia, acting
Ordinary in absence of C. M.
Wise Ordinary.
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Citation
Georgia, Ben Hill County.
To All Whom If Nov Eouoo,

Georgia, Ben Hill County.
To All Whom it May Concern,
j. c. Glover as administer of
the estate of C. A. Oliver, de-
ceased, having in proper form
applied to the Court of Ordinary
of said county for leave to sell
seven shares of capital stock in
the Johnson Hardware Company
a corporation under the laws of
the State of Georgia, said stock
belonging to said Oliver estate,
this is notice that said applica-
ton will be heard at the Ordi-
nary's Office in Ben Hill County
Georgia, at the regular Septem-
Der term 1915, thereof, and such
leave granted if it is shown to
be necessary for such sale, unless
sufficient cause is shown to the
contrary.
Witness my hand and Official
signature, this 10th day of Au-
gust 1915.
D. E. Griffin,
Judge City Court of Fitzger-
aid, Ben Hill County, Georgia,
acting Ordinary in absence of
c. M. Wise, Ordinary.
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Sherif's Sale.
GEORGIA BEN HILL COUNTY,

0EOhUAA OI@N AAAAH SOONAAS
Will be sold at the Courthouse
door in said County, on the first
Tuesday of September, next, with
in the legal hours of sale, Five
acre track number Ten Hundred
Forty Two and Fourteen Hundred
Seventy one of the Colony Domain
said land being a portion of Land
Lot Number Three Hundred in
the Fourth Land District of Ben
Hill County, Georgia, said land
levied on as the property of W.
l.. Davis to satisfy four Justice
Court executions in favor of John
Keller against W. L. Davis, said
levy made and returned by A. Nj.
Britt.
Wp. W. H. Fountain,
Sheriff.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-08-13
Georgia Laws
Protect Investor

Atlanta, Aug. 1.-THE value and
importance of the Georgia state
laws protecting investments in
general and non resident investors
in particular, is being demonstrate
ed at this time when, on account
of unsettled business conditions
all over the world, investors are
using unusual caution in the plac-
ing of funds.
The Georgia laws, which have
the advantage of having been tried
out and found permanently salts
factory, assure the careful pros
pective investor safety above
every other consideration.
The legal maximum rate of in
terest in Georgia is s per cent,
and about half the money loaned
on real estate security is placed at
that rate, while other safe invest
ments yield generally speaking
six to seven per cent interest.
William Hurd Hillyer, a proml-
nent Atlanta financier and writer
of national reputation on financial
subjects, said in az interview
on the subject today.
ut is fact that in Georgia in.
terest rates on real estate security
run about one per cent higher.
other things being equal, than in
the east and middle west. This is
partly accounted for by the rela-
tive newness of the country from
an industrial standpoint, and by
the relative sparseness of popula-
ton, but it is not wholly due to
either of these causes. We must
look for some other factors to ac-
count for this result.
''The solution is found in the
peculiar economic and legal con-
dltlons surrounding the mortgage
loan markes in Georgia-condi-
tions which have made this field
perhaps the most attractive to
mortgage investors of any now
available"
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-08-13
Teachers To Be
Paid Promptly.

Atlanta, Ga. Aug. 18th. Georgia
school teachers will not suffer by
the tangled condition of legislative
affairs. Their friends managed to
hurry through the house yesterday
the bill empowering the governor to
sign warrants for their monthly pay
ment. it had already passed the
senate. and will be a law as soon as
signed.
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Citation.
Georgia, Ben Hill County,


To All Whom it May Concern:
J. A. Stever as Administrator
of the estate of Mrs. F. E, Stras-
brough, deceased, having in
proper form applied to the Court
of Ordinary of said county for
leave to sell Lot No. 10 in Block
No. 15in Square No. 10 in the
city of Fitzgerald, Ben Hill
County, Georgia, per the plat
of said City sof Fitzgerald, said
real estate belonging to said
Mrs. F. T. Strasbough estate
this is notice that said applica-
ton will be heard at the Ordi-
nary's office in Ben Hill County,
Georgia, at the regular Septem-
Der term, 1915, thereof, and
such leave granted if it is shown
to be necessary for such sale,
unless sufficient cause is shown
to the contrary.
Witness my hand and official
signature, this 9th day of Aug
ust 1915.
D. E. Griffin,
Judge City Court of Fitzger-
aid, Ben Hill County, acting
Ordinery in absence of C. M.
Wise, Ordinary.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-08-13
Campfire For
The Veterans

The U. c. ", U. D. c. and
their friends are cordially invited
to attend a campfire given by the
G. A. R. posts and w. r. G. at
their hall on S. Main street Wed.
at 1870 p. NJ. Aug. 18th.
By order of Com.
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To Drive Out Malaria

To Drive Out Malaria
And Build Up The System
Take the Old Standard GROVES
TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know
what you are taking, as the formula is
printed on every label, showing it is
Quinine and Iron in tasteless form.
The Quinine drives out malaria, the
Iron builds up the system. so cents
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-08-13
Sunday Outings
At The
SEASHORE

During the period May Both to
September 18th, 1915, the "A. B, &
A., Railroad will sell Sunday Excur-
sion tickets to Brunswick and return
at fares shown below:
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-08-13
InvigOratlng to the Pale and sickiy

The Old Standard general strengthening tonic,
GROVES TASTELESS chill TONIC, drives out
Malaria enriches the blood and builds up the sys
ten. true tonic. For adults and children, SOC
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at fares shown below:
Round Trip Rates
Piles Cured In G 70 DAYS

Your druggist will refund money If PAzo
OINTMENT fails to cure any case of Itching,
Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles in ito IA days.
The hrst application gives Ease and Rest. SOC.