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The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-11-29

Don't wait-buy your tickets
NOW for the ITALIAN perform
ance, A Pair of Skies" at the
Grand Opera House on Friday
night.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-11-29

Mr. and Mrs. ]. S. Lott and sons,
Clinton and Stanford, of Douglas, will
be the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Mar
Gus Luke Thanksgiving. :.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-11-29

Mr.. ]. c. Dunmore and daugh-
ter, Miss Mary, of Chicago, ILL.,,
passed through the city yesterday
en- route to Daytona Beach, Fla,
where@they wilhspendthe remain
der OF the winter. They reported
the road of the Dixie Highway in
fine shape.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-11-29

Mr.. and Mrs. D. F. Hayes and
sister, Miss Maxwell, OF Crown
Point, Ind, were among the Dix
lie Highway travellers who passed
through the city yesterday. The
party was enroute to Daytona
Beach, Fla. .
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-11-29

Mr.. R. C. Hines, of Valdosta,
and his friend, Eli Viekers, of
Lax, spent a few hours in the city
Tuesday on business.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-11-29

FOR SALE-Ford Roadster,
nearly new, will sell for cash or
trade for 5-passenger Ford. A. ].
Culbertson, Chero-Cola Bot. Co.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-11-29

Mr.. and Mrs. Wiley Williams an
nounce the birth of beautiful girl at
their home on South Grant street Fri
day.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-11-29

Mr.. E. c. Prichett, formerly
city carrier here but at present a
postal clerk on the Atlantic-Way-
cross line, with headquarters at
Atlanta, spent Monday and
Tuesday in the city attending to
the details of arranging to re-
move his parents to Atlanta.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-11-29

Misses Lillian and Inez Dorminy
entertained the members of the Re-
view club Friday afternoon at their
home on South Main street. All
twelve members were present and a
very pleasant and profitable afternoon
was spent.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-11-29

Messrs. U. S.. Garrett, travelling
salesman, and H. P. Wells, expert
demonstration, spent several days
in the city this week in DEM
onstrating the Little Dutch" sui
key plow, a product of the South
ern Moline Plow Co., of Atlanta,
of which the Fitzgerald Hard
ware Co., is local agent.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-11-29

Mr.. H. H. James has just COM
pleted seeding sixty acres to rye,
fifty acres to oats and a small
acreage to wheat on his planta-
ton west of the city. Mr.. James
finds oats one of his best paying
crops and by careful tillage and
high fertilization expects to score
an average yield next spring Of
IS bushels per acre. AS profit
crop he does not regard wheat
highly but thinks every farmer
should SOW sufficient for his own
needs.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-11-29

Misses Dorothy Jones, Leila Hail
and Madeline Davenport leave to-
night for Miliedgeville where they
will visit friends in the city and at
G. N. l. c. Thanksgiving.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-11-29

FOR SALE-Ford Roadster,
nearly new, will sell for cash or
trade for 5-passenger' Ford. A. J.
Culbertson, Chero-Cola Bot. Co.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-11-29

The Italians of the University
of Georgia, will give you their
best on Friday night. Give them
your best by being one of a large
audience to enjoy their offering,
"A Pair of Skies"
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-11-29

Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Lasseter, Of
Cordele, announce the arrival of a
baby girl at their home Thursday.
Mrs. Lasseter was Miss Florence
Jones of this city.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-11-29

Mrs. w. M. Blackwell, who is
in a hospital in Atlanta, is report
ed improving.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-11-29

DR.. L. S. Osborne received letter
from Mrs. Richie yesterday stating
that Prof. H. B. Richie is confined
in St. Mary hospital at Athens where
he has had an operation for appen-
dicitis. He is getting along very nice
ly to the relief of his friends.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-11-29

Seats on sale NOW for the
ITALIAN play, "a Pair of Skies"
at the Grand Opera House on
Friday night.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-11-29

Mr.. and Mrs. V. B. Goodwin
and children, of Lenox, and Mrs.
T. G. Futch, of Fitzgerald, spent
Monday in the city the guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. T. B. Futch, Til
ton Gazette.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-11-29

DR.. Milton Cohen and his bride will
arrive in the city from Cleveland, o.,
Wednesday to visit his parents, DR..
and Mrs. M. S. Cohen, for a week.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-11-29

Mr.. G. V. Cunningham, district
agricultural agent, spent the day
IN the city enroute to Triton from.
Atlanta.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-11-29

TYPEWRITER WANTED
Set of Harvard Classics" to trade
tor typewriter. w. L. Andrews,
Postohice. II
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-11-29

Miss Mary Eva Martin returned this
morning from Douglas where she has
been delightfully."- entertained by Mrs.
J. A. Barnes for couple of weeks.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-11-29
Business and Personal News

Referring to the carnival com
pany Chief of Police Strickland
remarked to the reporter this
morning that You'd never know,
by the police record, that they
were in town."
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-11-29

Justice and Company shipped
large quantities of their fine pc
cans to parties in New York, De-
troit, Chicago and Philadelphia
this week. These orders are all
from parties who have had the
Ben Hill variety of nuts last year
and reordered them for their SUI
periority in favor and size.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-11-29

A good clean show with many
laughs-that's what you'll find at
the Grand Opera House on Fri
day night.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-11-29

Reserve your seats early for the
1hai1an performance Friday
night.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-11-29

Miss Adams, of Triton, is expected
to spend Thanksgiving with Mrs. U.
]. Bennett.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-11-29

NJ. Dickson recently sold 81
Hampshire shoats to the Moul-
trie Packing Company, which net
ted him 1914.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-11-29

A small blaze in storage room
III the rear of the lot at the inter
section of Thomas and Oconee
Monday night was quickly reach
ed by the fire truck and exiting
uished without material damage.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-11-29

See "a Pair of Skies" if you
want to see a good show. =
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-11-29

Miss Sarah Mirsky, of Rochelle, ar
rives today to be the guest of Miss
Madeline Davenport.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-11-29

Mrs. J. H. Goodman has as her
guest this week, her niece, Mrs.
H. !. Tyler.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-11-29

Miss Wilma White, OF Douglas,
spent the weekend with her parents.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-11-29

Mrs. J. A. Murphy and children win
leave this week for Lagrange where
they win join Mr.. Murphy and make
their future home.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-11-29

- Our. READERS Buy what they
SEE ADVERTISED. What HAVE
YOU TO SELF
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-11-29

Fire Chief Wilkerson and Mr..
Clarence Miller are in the jungles
OF the Ocmulgee today in quest
OF a Thanksgiving turkey fresh
from the wilds of nature, "6gura-
lively speaking"
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-11-29

The cut glass at Wightman'
is worth looking at. 1t.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-11-29

Bright new Cane Syrup, 1Oc
per bottle-Dodd Supply Co.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-11-29

A laugh a minute in "A Pair of
Skies"
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-11-29

Car Coarse Meat Salt received.
Dodd Supply Co.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-11-29

Don't miss "a Pair of Skies.
It's great!
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-11-29

FOR SALE-Ford Roadster,
nearly new, will sell for cash or
trade for 5-passenger Ford. A. j.
Culbertson, Chero-Cola Bot Co.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-11-29

Tickets for "a Pair Of Skies"
are NOW on sale. DON'T forget
YOURS.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-11-29

There will be a civil service ex-
animation held in this city on
December 9th from among the
successful candidates of which
a substitute Clerk-Carrier for the
local postofice will be selected.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-11-29

Business and
Referring to the carnival com
pany Chief of Police Strickland
remarked to the reporter this
morning that You'd never know
by the police record, that they
were in town"
The cut glass at Wightman's
is worth looking at. 1t.
A small blaze in a storage room
in the rear of the lot at the inter
section of Thomas and Oconee
Monday night was quickly reach
ed by the fire truck and exiting
uished without material damage
Bright new Cane Syrup, 1Oc
per bottle-Dodd Supply Co.
Fire Chief Wilkerson and Mr..
Clarence Miller are in the jungles
of the Ocmulgee today in quest
OF a Thanksgiving turkey fresh
from the wilds of nature, "6gura-
lively speaking"
Car Coarse Meat Salt received,
Dodd Supply Co.
Mr.. G. V. Cunningham, district
agricultural agent, spent the dav
IN the city enroute to Triton from.
Atlanta.
TYPEWRITER WANTED
Set of Harvard Classics" to trade
for typewriter. w. L. Andrews.
Postofice. 1t
Reserve your seats early for the
Ihalian performance Friday
night.
FOR SALE-Ford Roadster,
nearly new, will sell for cash or
trade for 5-passenger Ford. A. ].
Cuibertson, Chero-Cola Bot. Co.
Don't wait-buy your tickets
NOW for the Thalian perform
ance, a Pair of Skies" at the
Grand Opera House on Friday
night.
Mr.. and Mrs. V. B. Goodwin
and children, of Lenox, and Mrs.
T. G. Futch, of Fitzgerald, spent
Monday in the city the guests Of
Mr.. and Mrs. T. B. Futch,-Tif-
ton Gazette.
FOR SALE-Ford Roadster
nearly new, will sell for cash or
trade for 5-passenger Ford. A. ].
Culbertson, Chero-Cola Bot. Co.
The Italians of the University
of Georgia, will give you their
best on Friday night. Give them
your best by being one of a large
audience to enjoy their offering,
"a Pair of Skies"
]. T. Reddick, of Abba, captur-
ed Fred Land, of Madison. Fla,
where he is wanted on a felony
charge. The sheriff of that coun-
ty wired that he will be here to-
day to secure his prisoner. SIS
was offered for Lands arrest.
See "A Pair of Skies" if you
want to see a good show. =
Seats on sale NOW for the
ITALIAN play, "a Pair of Skies,
at the Grand Opera House on
Friday night.
A laugh a minute in "A Pair o.
Skies"
There will be civil service ex-
animation held in this city or
December 9th from among the
successful candidates Of which
a substitute Clerk Carrier for the
local postoffice will be selected.
Tickets for "A Pair Of Skies
o NOW ~ colo DON'T forge,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-01-03

The holiday season found all of Ardn1ore
and Carter County more prosperous
than euer before. The year nineteen
fifteen - "the year of opportunity" 80
brought much to this section; and now
uue look forward to the New Year of
nineteen sixteen with hearts full of
confidence for long continued season
of prosperity and growth for Ardmore,
Carter County, and Southern Oklahoma
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-17
o. 8. AVIATORS ATTACKED
BY MOBS IN CHIHUAHUA

Ell PAso. Tex. April IT. = RiotInE
started In Chihuahua yesterday, according
TO dispatches received in Juarez. Villistas
In Chihuahua City. ineensed by the pres
ence OF American aYiators who had been
sent there 10 forward dispatches through
United States Consul Letcher to General
Funston, began street demonstrations
which soon developed into anti-American
riots.
Carranza troops were called out, and
the mobs, numbering hundreds OF men
and women, were attacked. No mention
was made IN the dispatches OF the num-
Der killed or II any Americans were slain,
but it was said that 80 Vllista leaders Of
the mob had been arrested and would be
shot and that the soldiers we're rounding
up all Villistas In the city.
Several thousand former villa soldiers
who had been granted amnesty by Car
rapza ana mustered out there are Ia
Chihuahua. They have been threatening
trouble ever since the American troops en-
tered Mexico. ana todays riofine Ras the
anlmlnation of z Threatening situation
ehieh the CarTanza Officials haes been
trying for weeks . zsert
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-17

you know" she explained. THE kind
of horse that runs well when the tracks
all dusty and muddy"
you mean n 'inudder'" he said with
an air Of superiority when he saw the
light
But not all Of the women who go TO
the races bet on the Jockey with the most
fetching costume or the pony with the
pleasantest sounding name. l saw some
there with the lines of nervous tension
cut deep in their faces. play as consist
emily and as heavily as your professional
race track habitue and Il seemed a deplor-
able thing that a sport so exhilarating and
so fascinating to watch could make
woman a harrassed being impervious to
the fun of the thing.
It's not at the track however, nor I'm
the paddock that you get the real temper
of the race-track crowd. It's on the
homeward journey when the atmoephere
of the coaches is freighted with the fumes
of tobacco and the bracing odor Uf the
fragrance given off by frequent bracers
may be said to be bracing) of the stun
that cheers and also inebriates.
I'D have made $3.50 II the track hadn't
been so blasted heavy"
My hunch was all right, only he car
ried too much weight"
IF l only hadn't let myself be per-
suaded, but he said to me" .a-
And so II goes. The optimism of the
loser at the race track is Of the most un-
beatable kind in the world. out at the
elbow. down at the heel, sometimes not
knowing where the next meal is coming
from, he dreams opulent dreams of the
hundred-to-one shot that some day Is
coming to him, and he's the happiest man
in the world-and also the poorest
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-17
HIGH OFFICIALS BONDED
BY SMITH COMPANY
Mayor Gives List Including Di-
rectors and Other City Hall
Functionaries

Mayor Smith late this afternoon made
public list of departmental heads and
city officials bonded by the Thomas 'B.
Smith Company, the National surety
Company and other bonding companies.
The list shows that most of the high
salaried positions are bonded by COM
panies In which the Mayor is interested.
Those bonded by the Smith company
and the National Surety Company are:
Director of Public Safety william II.
Wilson, $4,000, Thomas b. Smith Com
pany.
Assistant Director of Public Safety
Harry C. Davis, $4,000, Thomas b. Smith
Company.
William H. Murphy, Chief Engineer,
Bureau of Fire, $4,000, National Surety
Company
Department of Public works-F. l..
Comlskey, chief of the Bureau of City
Property $4,000, National Surety Com
pany.
Department of Public Health and
Charities-Director Wilmer Krusen, S25,-
900, National Surety Company.
George w. Seeds. chief clerk, $4,000,
National Surety Company.
Department of wharves, Docks and
Ferries-Joseph F. Hasskarl, Assistant
Director, $4,000, National Surety Com
pany.
Department of City Transit-william
S. Twining, $4,000, National Surety Com
pany.
Department OF Supples-Joseph S. Nc
Laughlln, Director $4,000, National
Surety Company Peter j. Hoban, Assist
ant Director. 10000, National Surety
Company.
officials of lesser importance bonded
by the National Surety Company include
DIR. ]. E. D. Buckenham, superintendent
Philadelphia Hospital for C. D., $250O
John ]. McCay, chief clerk Bureau of
Health, $4,000, and James F. Coffey store
keeper Bureau of Health and Charities,
$1,000.
Bonds of other city officials were fur
nished by the Fidelity and Deposit Com
pany, of Maryland the American surety
Company, and some of the other larger
bonding concerns doing business in this
city,
The Mayors list gives about 80 Of
flcials who are under bond, and shows
that most of the department heads have
taken out bonds with either the Thomas.
B. Smith Company or the National Surety
Company, which the Thomas B. Smith
Company represents in this city.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-17
Soaring CASE LIKENED
TO THAT OF ASHHURST'
Widows Suit to Recover Insur-
ance Money Recalls Other
Notorious Disappearance

The disappearance of Richard l.. Ash
hurst from the Million -Dollar Pier at At
lantic City in January, 1911 was cited
today as similar to that of F. Roe Soaring
local contractor. whose widow. Mrs
Nancie NJ. Soaring is suing two insurance
companies for $4,000 the amount of poll
cies held by those concerns upon the life
Of her husband who dlsep >eared August
II last while bathing at Atlantic City.
Before Judge Thompson. in the United
States District Court today, NJ. b. Wood
ruff chief of police at the seashore re-
sort. was called as a witness by former
Judge n, w. Porter counsel for Mrs.
Soaring. Woodruff testified that In the
Ashhurst case, as in the mysterious dis
appearance from the Steel Pier on Feb
ruary 6, 1913, OF Mrs. Emma Kerner, of
this city, the bodies of the victims had
not been washed ashore although there
was every clrcumstantlal evidence that
they had been drowned. Other instances
were cited. where the bodies of drowned
persons had not been recovered.
Mrs. Mary f.. Ferguson, Searing's
mother.in.law, and his sister, Alberta A.
Soaring, school teacher also testified to.
day. Mrs. Ferguson said she saw her
son-in'law on the day of his disappearance,
walking in the direction of the water.
That was her last glimpse of him.
Captain Nicholas J. Jeffries. an old sea
CI'thlH anu Volunteer iIe BuuTu' was IN
troduced as an authority on the action of
the tide and currents at Atlantic City.
on the evening Of August Z, he testified,
the tide was running out Soaring was
regarded as an expert swimmer. To
reach depth suitable for swimming,
Jeffries declared would bring him to a
line with the end of Youngs old pier
which was destroyed several years ago.
Another witness today was Elizabeth
Rendell, who was Searing's stenograDher
She testified that on the day of his dis
appearance and on the day before that
occurrence there was nothing unusual In
Searings manner or movements. May
Rendell, sister of the witness, is the bene-
ficiary OF a policy of insurance on Scar
ing's life. She is attending the trial and
may testify later
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-17
EDITOR HELD AS sPEEDER

Logan H. Smith, editor OF the John c.
winston Publishing Company. Philadel'
phia, will be arraigned at Central Police
Court, Trenton, N. j.. tomorrow for vio-
lation OF the automobile speed laws while
driving his car ON North Broad street and
Brunswick avenue, in Trenton.
Mr.: Smith lives at 4s39 Pulaski avenue.
Germantown.
Smith left a diamond ring as security
for S25 bail. imposed by Police Justice
Gerashty. He was one OF six men ar
rested in a campaign inaugurated by the
police in the afternoon. under the direction
OF Commissioner of Public Safety Labarre.
Jacob Rohrbach, a school teacher, OF
Richmond Hill, Staten Island paid fine
OF y25 for similar offenss.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-17
LIGHTS AND SHADOWS, SEEN
BY M'LISS AT HAVRE DE GRACE
Wise Bride Heard Expounding New Economic
Theory-Thousands Lost by Not Betting.
Some Broke" but Happy

where I'd meet him to- get the winnings
he had disappeared. It's good thing he
came only from Louisville. Suppose he'd
been from Egypt or China. He'd have
had my shirt"
Just then the official markers put into
their places the eagerly awaited numbers
that told the results of the preceding race.
The "purtest bit of horsehesh" evidently
suffered a sudden attack Of hookworm and
had decided To go slowly and enjoy the
scenery. The young man was exceedingly
glum. Obviously Shrapnel believes in
applying Fletcherizlng principles to the
methods Of equine navigation.
But what could you expect of money
put on n horse with such a name7 1t
was Just as one of the four young women
who sat in the eighth row and bet 80
cents on each race said. Money put on
Shrapnel would be bound to go up in
smoke, and the man or woman who was
foolish enough to take a chance on any
thing named Flittergold, when the very
name tempted fate oughtn't to be al
lowed in to the races
Down in the paddock horses In various
stages of dress and undress, some with
tight little "pantes" on their legs and
others blanketed and hooded in resplendent
Scotch plaid robes, were led around and
around before the expert gaze of those
assembled to pass judgment before betting
their money
HOW TO PICK THEM.
Here one can learn a lot II one has
ears to hear. The sleek beauties, those
with the pure white fe.locks and beautiful
satiny bodies are not the winners, accord.
ing to the red-faced, pungentbreathed
connoisseurs who hang over the fence at
the paddock. It's the ugly bony brutes
Of Gothic construction, the lean. nervous,
underfed ones that you want to back
"Show me duster." said a domestic
appearing feminine creature whose bon.
net was ratishly awry.
Her companion was nonplussed.
"Duster," he repeated vaguely.