The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-11-23
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When the War Between the States
broke out ia 1861, M. R. Horne car
ried . star route from Isabella, in
Worth county. to Okapilco via Moul-
trie, and had balance Of $77.08 COM
Tag TO him from the post Office de-
partment at Washington. For over
hfty years this account remained I'M
paid and the other day an auditor of
the postofsce department came across
it, and Row Homes descendants will
be paid the amount. with accrued in
tsrcst, va suppose, rs Uncle Sam is
IN hoHest old fellow.
Tae Anerscws Times Recorder SAYS
the Atlanta papers have printed pic
tures OF Billy Sunday showing him
in every possible position except
standing on his head and in the bath
tab, and that they wouldn't be sur
prised TO see him in those positions
shortly. 1t wouldn't take him very
long to get in hot water. alright, if
ne continues to cali Southern farm
ers "rubes that keep us from winning
the war"
James M. DeLoach. of Nashville.
will contribute $500 to help build
good roads in Berrien county. James
isn't doing this because ne is a good
roads enthusiast, but is prompted in
making this liberal donation by a
jury over there which found him
guilty OF desecrating Georgia's prohi
law by transporting booze from out
side the state.
Swift and Co., owners Of the Moul-
trie Packing Plant, have changed its
name. In the future the big establish
ment will be operated under the name
OF Swift 4 Co. The change became
effective this week. c. L. Brooks, who
has been with the plant since it's or
ganization, has resigned to become
manager OF the Triton Packing Plant
A man down at Moultrie sold a
couple of pigs this week to the Moul-
trio Packing Company for the neat
sum OF one hundred and one dollars.
After the hogs had been fed all they
could eat for short while they had
doubled and tripled in value. There's
good money to be made from the
lowly swine
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Faldosta's no piker when it comes
to making liberal donations to the
Red Cross work. Last year they
raised $4,000 during a campaign, and
this year they have already exceeded
their quota of $4,000, making $4,000
contributed by that town since war
was declared
The Waycross Journal-Herald saws
a representative of that paper counted
tltty-tlve tourist automobiles going
south on the Dixie Highway in one
day Figuring each car as carry three
passengers it can be seen that one
hundred and sixty-hvc people, with
money. pass over the Dixie almost
daily.
1t costs the young society buds
(male, OF course) of Moultrie thirty
five cents to have their locks shorn.
the BARRIERS of that city claiming that
there is no money in cutting hair at
twenty-five cents, on account of the
high cost OF living, and so forth, and
so on.
Sentiment in Thomasville being di-
'ided as to the ACCESSIBILITY of carni-
ial showing there, the manager of a |
company which was booked for a |
weeks engagement refused to show
after all their paraphernalia had been
lnloaded and the shows ready for
business.
Waycross has FIVE would-be may
ors; 5. T. Wright, z. T. Berry, Dan
T. Cowart, Calvin w. Parker and
DR. J L. Walker The primary will
be held December 6.
X. l. Arant, Valdosta policeman,
is IN jail pending an investigation of
the grand jury of his action in killing
negro, Frank Mitchell, last Sun
day