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Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-06-27
Louis Thayer
Out OF Danger

The many friends of Captain Eeuis
'Thayer, the old veteran who was &C
cidentally run over Saturday morn
ing, by an, automobile driven by Mrs,
]. E. Stewart, at the intersection OF
Main and Central avenues, will be
pleased to learn that he is fast i'm
proving and entirely out of danger.
Mr.. Thayer was coming East from
the curb market and was struck by
the car before the driver could pos
sibly stop it, Thayer having been
hidden by another car at the time.
The unfortunate man was taken to
the hospital by Mr.. E. C. Miller OF
the International Harvester Co. who
came on the scene with one of his
trucks. A mattress was procured
from the Home Furniture Co.
) Mr.. Thayer is eighty-one years old,
and lost an arm during the civil war.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-06-27
Opera House Secured
For Big Fight Returns

Indications of large attendance at
the fight returns next Saturday, when
Dempsey and Carpenter will battle
for the Worlds Championship, made
it necessary to secure a larger seating
capacity than the Odd Fellows Hall
offered and arrangements have been
made to use the Opera House from
HOO A. M. Tickets will be on sale
during the week at the Leader Enter
prise and with Mr.. R. L. Webster and
at the Opera House Saturday morning.
Prices will be Soc for adults and Csc
for children under sixteen.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-06-27
John S. Johnston
Is Buried Sunday
Mammoth Crowd Attends Services
for Stricken Railroad Man

What is estimated to have been the
greatest number of people that has
ever attended funeral held in Fitz.
gerald paid tribute to the love and
esteem in which Fitzgerald held
John S. Johnston, former employee
OF the A, B. & A. railway who was
stricken with apoplexy at the lodge
hall during strike meeting Friday
morning.
After services at the home on West
Magnolia avenue, under Joint direc-
ton OF Rev. l P. Tyson, OF the Cen
trail Methodist church, Rev. T. F
Singleton of the First Baptist church
and Rev. S. A. Strawn of the Chris
tan church, the caskct was carried
to Evergreen cemetery. In the fun,
eral procession were about FIVE hun-
bred OF Mr. Johnston's co-workers
who were formerly in the employee
OF the A., B. & A., including two
hundred negroes who marched silent
ly with heads bowed behind the
white marchers.
AT the grave in Evergreen ccme-
terry David L. Paulk and John B.
Russell performed the last rites as
representatives of the Masons. of
which order Mr.. Johnston was a
member. AS the. casket was SLOWLY
lowered into the grave strong men
PLAINLY showed their grief for the
friend with whom they had so much
intimate association for many wears
The pail bearers were C l.. Fox
David L. Paulk, J. B. Russell, w
M Emerson, J. L. McCarty, and B.
k. Rowe. Beautiful music was sung
during the services at the home by
quartet composed OF Mrs. Frank
ward, Miss Marjorie Owens, DR. l.
"A. Turner and Mr.. Burr Stokoe Mrs
lom Hendricks played accompani-
ment very sweetly on the piano
Relatives of the bereaved family
from out of town who attended the
funeral were Mr.. and Mrs. H V
Hunter and children Warren and
Harry Jr., of Montgomery, Ala, Mr.
w. L. Hunter of Jacksonville, Fla
Mr., Ruse G. Johnston of Macon
Mrs. Eunice Hunt, Mrs. Mary Nv
erS, Mrs. Lucian Johnston of Macon
Mr., and Mrs. Wade Doroughty and
two children J. W., and Marguerite
of Abbeville.
others who were here to attend
the funeral were: J. M. Larrissev
vlce-president of the Order of Rail
way Conductors, Mr.. and Mrs Lloyd
Griffin, Mr.. J. H. Pinkston, all from
Atlanta and Mr.. Loftin Anderson of
Atlanta.
Huge banks OF beautiful floral
pieces were placed around the room
in which the casket reposed. Among
the many striking floral offerings
were those sent by the Brotherhood
OF Railway Trainmen, ladies' auxil-
larry of the Order of Railway Con-
ductors, the grand lodge officers of
Atlanta, the Anti-Bugg Club of At
lanta, the Order of Railway Conduc-
tors and brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers OF Fitzgerald, the G. T.
A. to B. L. E. of Fitzgerald, the
fourteen federated crafts of Atlanta,
the Woman's Federated Auxiliary of
Fitzgerald, the Masons, Fowler Drug
Company, Mr.. and Mrs. H. CARRIER,
Continued on Page Three)
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-06-27
Grand Installs A
Ladies Rest Room

Work is under way at the Grand
Theatre this week on ladies' rest
room to occupy the large storeroom
on the north side of the lobby. The
rest room will be fitted up and fur
nished in the most approved fashion
and will be an unusual and modern
feature for play house in city of
the size of Fitzgerald. Mr.. G. E.
Kicker, manager, expects to have the
room ready for use by next week.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-06-27

Mr.. and Mrs. E. L. Meadow are
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Dormi-
ny at their lovely home on West
Central Avenue.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-06-27
International And
Ford Land Contract

At meeting of the Trustees of
the Lynnwood and Ashton School
districts Saturday, Lynnwood trus-
tees selected international trucks and
Ashton, Ford trucks to convey their
children to. and from the donsolidat-
ed schools. The contracts will have
to be confirmed by the County Board
OF Education, which meets at the
Court House on the 5th of Tuly
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-06-27

Mrs. Lula Broadhurst and son D.
B. Broadhurst have returned home
after spending two weeks in McRae
with Mr. and Mrs. Ralph P. Achord.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-06-27

Mr.. 6. E. Kicker went up to At
lanta the latter part of the week and
joined Mrs. Kicker who has been
visiting her friend Mrs. c. A. Holtz-
endorf for short time. They re-
turned home Sunday.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-06-27

While Warren F. Brown, City
Mail Carrier No. 2 is battling with
the mumps, Herman Wentz, substi-
tute, is carrying the mail and enjoy
ing the hot weather?
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-06-27

Miss Louise Baldwin of Atlanta,
and Miss Mary Shingler of Ashburn
arrived here Wednesday to be the
nests of Miss Grace Benton.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1921-02-10
GREED WORSE THAN POVERTY
Former Always Fruitful Of Evil, While
the Latter la often Incentive
TO Thrift.

The fear of poverty is not I'm itself
n bad thing, writes Dr Charles Au-
brey Eaton I'm Leslie's II may become
the mother of thrift. Ii acts as n spur
10 endeavor, and some men, like some
horses, do their best under the spur.
Poverty is not always an unmlxed
evil. In fact, It Is and has been looked
upon as one of the distinctly Christian
virtues, although there seems to he
rather a feeble desire TO practice this
particular grace
Greed, on the other hand, is always
bad. II is plainly the outcropping OF
the hog in human nature. Ii Is the
fear Of poverty run amuck, II Is H.
Illustrated by the drunkard who often
had too much but never got enough
Greed Is at the bottom of most OF our
troubles today and has been equally
fruitful Of evil In every age and among
every class. We can never come to
permanent social peace while the fear
OF poverty emhitters onp-half the peo-
pie and greed drives the other half to
self destruction Nor win II get us
anywhere 10 infect the whole popula-
ton with the greed germ and turn so
cicty into a Uloriied trough.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1921-02-10
A DOSE OF CONSERVATION.
Whitewater Register.

Whitewater Register
Consideration has been caused among
the Democratic members Of the House
of Representatives by disclosure of the
fact that many of their members have
been carrying their wives and other
near relatives on the rolls for clerk hire
Most of those guilty of this practice
are from the southern states. which
when in control of the House prior to
the present Congress, held the chair
manship Of nearly every important com
mittee in both branches Of the national
legislature, fixed the price Of northern
wheat at 81 26 per bushel and refused
to place any limitation upon southern
cotton, spent $500. 600, 900 for army
camps in The south and $500, OO0, 900 in
the fourteen states Of the north, and
taxed the same southern states 1901,
600, 600, as compared TO 81, 1870, 600, 600
for the same fourteen northern states,
Likewise when the Democrats were
in power in the House they abused
the clerk hire allowance voted by them
IN the House 60 such an extent that
they gave themselves $1,000 each year
for clerk hire, that is they stipulated
that the amount should be paid to
themselves as members and not 20 the
clerks by name. This gave them
opportunity to add TO their salary of
$500 a year by paying a small amount
to the clerk and retaining the remain
der. In the 65th Congress when still
in full power. they increased this
amount for clerk hire, payable to
themselves, to $500. So great did
the scandal become that when the
Republican majority came into control
ir the House almost the first thing it
did was to pass joint resolution de.
claring that the $500 for clerk hire
should be- paid to the clerks themselves
that each member should be entitled to
one or two clerks as a total Of not more
than that sum; that II only one clerk
should be employed at $1,000 the re-
naming 81, 200 should not accrue to the
member. and that the amount not used
should not become cumulative.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1921-02-10
SCHUBERT DIED IN POVERTY
Estate Of the Great Musician Was Es
tima'ed at His Demise to Amount
to About $t7.

Lawrence Gilman writes as follows
regarding the poverty Of Franz Schu-
bert 1797lS2S). one Of the greatest
and most inspired composers the
world ever knew, says the Denver
News
schubert who was almost the age
Of his contemporary, Shelley. com
posed his h minor symphony In the
year OF Sheley's death. Like Shelley,
he was toe well beloved Of the gods
Shelley died at thirty. Schubert at
thlrty-one lie was four dfths peasant
and he sang like a rustic angel When
he died he left behind him personal
effects valued at little over St2 and
some OF the loveliest music In exist
ence. 4 few coats. waistcoats. trousers,
shoes, shirts, cravatS. handkerchiefS,
socks, one hat. one towel, one sheet,
two hedCaSeS, one mattress. one boil
ster one quit and a quantity of manu-
scripts appraised by the official inven-
tory nc ten forms (about $4SOl. COZ.
Stituted his material possessions.
Within year OF his death he had
been unable to afJo<d a 17-cent dinner
and he was selling some OF the great
est songs ever written for the 1920
price % four subway tickets. As Sir
George Grove observes beside this,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1921-02-10
QUEEN MONSTER OF CRUELTY
Frede gonde, Wife of French King
Woman Of Amazing Beauty and
Seemingly Without Heart.

one of the most bloodthirsty queens
the world has known, but about whom
little has been related In ordinary
histories, was Fredegoude. woman
Of amazing beauty and utterly heart
less, who ruled France with her hus-
band Chllperic from SOS 10 597 She
came from an obscure Picardy family,
and secured the notice Of the king by
taking service as a common servant
at the court. Her beauty was so great
she won his heart, and he sent his
queen to prison for life. and raised
Fredegonde to high rank. He married
a Spanish princess, and Fredegonde
caused her to be strangled In her bed.
The brother-in-law of the princess ct
tempted revenge, was stabbed by
Fredegonde's hirelings. and then she
brought about the assassination Of the
kings three sons by Ills former wife.
Ten young people in all died of her
command or at her own hand, and she
was not above an attempt to murder
her own child, Regunthe, a beautiful
maiden OF whom Fredegonde became
jealous She took the girl to her
treasure chest and told her to play
with the Jewels As the child stopped
over the chest the queen slammed
down the great lid and only aid from
chance passers saved the life of the
child
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1921-02-10
TAXED WITH Monkey KING"
buddhist Disciple Was Positive That
th- Animal Understood Speech
He Addressed to Him.

A third degree disciple OF Buddha
who halls from the famous yellow
mountains (HGang sham says they
are the home If tigers. wildcats, wild
horses goats. hoars and an animal re-
Scmoling a panther with bristly hair
and lmperylous skin and monkeys.
The monkeys he divided into two
classes, one the ordinary brown
monkey with a tail the other white
breasted and white faced, with gray
back and but little smaller than a
man. He lntimated that this type
manifested degree Of intelligence
when spoken to, very much resembled
man, and was tailloss.
To this second class belongs what
he called "the Great White Monkey
King" ruler Of all the beasts Of the
mountains, and described as being
more than twenty feet tall. with arms
ten feet long, four tusks each at least
a foot long a face and eyes proper
tlonately large, and a voice that made
the earth tremble whenever it spoke.
He said he had seen this great mon
key king twice--once at distance OF
half H. and once when he dropped
down from a high cliff and stood with
I'm fifteen feet Of IT, On this occa-
sion the monkey king was attended by
FIVE smaller monkeys.
He attempted 10 address them,
whprpuDon they all sat down and gave
respectful hearing, punctuating his re-
marks with asserting grunts which In
Dictated that the message was being
understood When he had finished his
speech the monkey king arose mutter-
ing something and started away
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1921-02-10
Another Mineral Point Case
II Proves That There's a Way Out for
Many Suffering Mineral Point Folks.

Just another report of case in Min
eral Point. Another typical case Kid
ney ailments relieved in Mineral Point
with Doan S Kidney Pills.
r. j Mitchell, farmer, Mineral Point,
says: II have used Doan's Kidney
Pills on different occasions and they
have never failed to do me good. The
first time | used Doan' | was down in
pretty bad shape with kidney trouble
Hard work on the farm was responsible
for my trouble. My back would give
out on me at times and | had to give up
my work. | was just about able 10
hobble around | was so lame. MY kid
neys were badly out of order. too. |
was finally advised to try Doan's Kid.
ney Pills so j went to the Rexal Drug
'Store and got three boxes. After using
them my troubles left and since then |
have used Doans when / have felt any
need for kidney tonic They have al
ways rid me of any trouble and rec
ommend them gladly.
Price 60 cents, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Mitchell had. Foster Milburn Co.
Mfgrs.. Buffalo. N. Y.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1921-02-10
AEciENTS SWATTED THE FLY
In Biblical Times, as Today, the Insect
Was Properly Regarded as
Dangerous Pest

'Beelzebub," said the elderly man,
was the lord of flies That's what the
word Beelzebub means. The flies be-
ionged to him. or were holy TO him.
Nowadays we don't believe that flies
ire holy, to Beelzebub or anyone else.
We swat 'em. That's why call my
iy swatter 'Beelzebub,' Watch me use
him to swat that one now !" And in
moment there viii be million fewer
next summer, according to the mer-
chants association.
The owner and wielder Of "Beelze-
bub," the fly swatter, is "a student OF
the Bible.
Most modern folks think that IL
look the present generation to dis
cover that flies are dangerous" he
says. "That's mistake. Why, long
lgo, in Biblical times they knew that
he pests were among the most dan
gerouS insects, in the world, and they
wrote down their belief that the flies
caused plaques. The Egyptian fly was
SO dangerous that it might be swatted
even on the sabbath. Sometimes there
were such large numbers of flies in
Palestine that they became terrible
nuisance, and public prayers were
said.
I'm the slaughter house of the tenn
pie in Jerusalem no flies were seen,
and this was taken as a sign that the
place of sacrifice was especially holy.
But some writer's say that the Insects
we're driven away by the smoke from
the incense, while others believe the
HES kept away because the tables In
the slaughter house were made Of
marble. There's an old story, or leg
end, that the Shulamite woman knew
that the Prophet Elisha was a holy
man because no fly crossed the table
where he ate.
"The ancient Hebrews believed that
if woman permitted a fly to fall
into or remain in her husbands food
he could divorce her for ii. But some
held that the woman was not to be
blamed and that the presence of the
fly was accidental once in the while
they found flies in their wine, and
they held that the wine was fit 10
drink-of course. after the fly had
been removed. Some critics called the
ssd Hebrews a finicky lot because they
would not drink wine which n king
had only touched, while they were
willing to drink it even after fly
had fallen into it, so long as it was
their OWE wine. New York Times.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1921-02-10
Briefly, Find Your Niche.

When you can't do what you want
TO do, do the next best thing. II may
be the failure is for your good. Some
times we let our enthusiasm run Off
with our Judgment, We would do
many things that are not for the best.
So a kind Providence heads the thing
on, Marshall Field could not succeed
as a clerk in a little down-East store,
but he could build up one of the big
gest commercial enterprises in the
world in Chicago. Green, the histori-
an, could not do any work for months
before he died, but he could dictate
the best history of the English people
ever written. Francis Parkman could
not see to make watches, but he could
become Americas historian. Haydn
was not a great success as a barber
but he could write 1.-THE Creation and
win world fame.-Grit.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1921-02-10
FOR SALE

For sale or exchange stone store building
on High street, 40M II. frontage Six living
rooms above store. Good location for pool
hall or restaurant.
The PROPERTY known as Ben Wiun barber
shop, High street.
A two story ten room brick house in fourth
ward; arranged for two tenants. This is
known as the BenWinn house.
Comparatively new Ave room house with
summer kitchen. Two lots. II you are look.
for bargain you had better iuvestgatethis.
large two story. nine room dwelling con.
venieutS located 20 school business and
church. This property can be purchase at
a reasonable price for such property.
good seven room house on Hoard street
Has been built only q few years. Electric
lights, large shop building.
Six room dwelling on Spruce lstreet with
about one half acre Of land.
House and two lots for sale at REASONABLE,
price. This is the Mrs. Ann Csll0w prnpetrv
In the fourth ward. A No / residence location
For terms and particulars call al Tribune
Office or st the Office Of J. b. Reynolds Over
Zweifers store, m
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1921-02-10
coIored Y. w. C. A. for Liberia.

At the request Of missionaries and
of the worlds committee of the Y. w.
G. A, arrangements are being made
for the organization of Y. w. c. A.
II liberia, northern Africa. Plans are
Dn foot to send two colored American
secretaries, trained in this branch of
the work, to start the organization.
They are to be financed by the colored
associations OF the United States. The
suggestion for this work came from
missionaries To Liberia. and the
American association was appointed
to lake up the matter by the worlds
committee of the \ w c. A.. which
met hast summer In Switzerland.
When the l.iberiau center is estab-
lShed the American Y W. c. A. will
be carrying on activities IN five CON
tipentS
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1921-02-10
Bees Good Farm Hands.

Experiments with artificial humble
bee nests have proved them to be very
successful, Prof. W. p Flint Of the de-
partment of entomology at the Univer-
sity of Illinois reports The bee. he
says, is the greatest factor in the poli-
nation Of the red clover
IN some countries, such as An
STRATA" he said it has been necessary
TO import bees in order to produce clo-
yer seed
Farmers should do all they can to
encourage the bumbebee to nest near
the clover fields Never destroy the
bumblebee nests -
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1921-02-10

l had been married two weeks, and
invited a crowd out for Sunday din
ner. | understood little about roast
Ing meats, and mother had told me to
be sure to keep Blasting the roast while
In the oven. | threaded my needle
and started to basic the roast. After
using all the thread | had / called to
my husband, who was entertaining
the guests. Walter, you Will have to
go and get a spool of thread. for /
have used up all ] have" I had been
sewing the roast every ten minutes for
two hours thinking that was what
mother meant when she told me to
paste 1t. shall never hear the end
OF how l prepared my first roast
Chicago Tribune.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1921-02-10

A TIMELY cartoon has recently
appeared in a prominent publication.
1t ia titled Putting the Fix in
-
Extravaganza. Uncle Sam is shown
sitting in a chair I'M distracted,
Mortified condition. Before him stand
three girls richly but ridicuIousy
logged" representing money drag
gers from the public treasury. One is
saying you Brute, another, CHEAP
Skate, 3" and the third, Tight Wad +"
1t is the outcome of Uncle Sans de-
cision that reduction of allowances
and dismissals must be made to save
the country from bankruptcy.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1921-02-10

the poverty of Mozart-the first of the
Cwo great musicians whom Vienna has
George is exercised because he can
find In Schubert no trace Of formal or
dogmatic religion No doubt life
time of prIvation and neglect and a
miserable deathbed should dispose 4
man toward formal or doglnatic re-
ligion ana develop spirit of humble
gratitude for SO instructive an expert
ence of the ways of Providence"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1921-02-10
Not IN His Calendar

Little Diclje Is au EpisgopaIan, and
therefore accustomed 80 celebrating
many church holidays. The other day
he stood looking at the signs ia the
window of q closed drug store, He was
thirsty. very thirsty, and longed for
Monday to come when he might In.
vest Go something cool Labdrlously
he spelled out the sign. Nut SUN
day His countenance assumed a
look az disgust.
Well he calculated i've heard OF
Ash Wednesday, Shrove Tuesday and
Good Friday, but TO have the drug
store closed cause it's Nut Sunday is
re uuc on me There's no colliCh
for -au 1nv n the church book
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1921-02-10

Growers and dealers are beginning
to figure on the amount of potatoes
that will be left unmarketed in the
state at the end of the present ship.
ping season, says an observer of mar
kets There is very little doubt but
that there will be hundreds of thousands
Of bushels Of potatoes left unmarketed
and reports have come in that come
farmers are beginning to feed potatoes
TO their stock.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1921-02-10
Phillips Portrait Worth Only 81, 500.

Friday of last week the State Senate
decided that 81, 500 was the maximum
it could pay for an oil portrait of Gov.
Philip to hang in the state capitol.
$40. 600 had been asked by the artist.
The spirit OF economy here displayed
is something which taxpayers can or
should appreciate.