Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-09-14
JUDGE CRUM AND GRINER WINNERS
Anniversary Column
10 YEARS AGO
Fitzgerald Citizen, Sept. 1909
Douglas F1tzgerald Debate

On Friday night, Sept. Is at Doug.
las occurred the third and last debate
between the Kappa Delta Kapps OF
Fitzgerald and the Dixie Debating
Club OF Douglas. Owing to the illness
of Chas. Higgins, the K. D. K. put
forward only Miss Florence Miller
and Miss Maggie Null to sustain the
negative, side of the argument. The
affirmative was upheld in mastery
style by Messrs George and Frank
Ward. The question for debate was.
Resolved that private ownership OF
public utilities is preferable to govern
ment ownership" Fitzgerald was at a
disadvantage from the beginning ow-
ing to misunderstanding or negli-
gence of the Railroad officials, the
special train to the debate did not
leave when advertised, as a conse-
quence the Fitzgerald people did not
arrive until the debate was practically
over. Besides the two debaters there
were only two Fitzgerald people in
Douglas when the debate began. The
young ladies nothing daunted, bravely
did their part and if they did not win
the debate they won unanimously in
eloquence and diction, the decision be-
ing II to II in eloquence and 9 to 8
in diction
Fitzgerald Citizen, Sept. 1000
The Fitzgerald Cornet Band has
been reorganized with Mr.. G. E. Rick
er as director. The city purchased a
tuba, two altos, bass drum and a bar
1tone and the other instruments are
owned by the players.
The band is composed of Is mem
bers as follows. Mr.. Ponder and Mr. G.
E. Kicker solo cornetists; Mr.. w. Ur-
mey and H. A. Owen, first cornetists;
Mr.. Percy Manning, clarionet; Mr..
Glover, baritone; Mr.. Ponder, Mr..
Harley Ayres, Mr.. Drummer and Frank
Maddox, trombones; Mr.. Walter Wiki
erson and Mr.. Anil Lagerstrom, al
tos, Mr. Chas. Brubaker, bass drum,
Mr.. Arthur Jones, snare drum and
Mr.. Tom Hopper, tuba, Mr.. Jonas
Nixon of Abbeville will soon be the
leading cornetist.
Fitzgerald Enterprise Sep. 1897
A Child-Lfe Study Club
Was organized Wednesday after
noon in the handsomely furnished par
lors of attorney Ryman. Mrs. Lulu
| Ryman was elected president; Mrs
Matte Marston, president; Mrs
Ledbetter, recording secretary and
Miss Della Harrington, Treasurer. The
object is to discuss the best methods
to develop the very best there is in a
child. Meetings first and 3rd Wednes-
| day in each month at the residence Of
Mrs. Ryman. Everybody welcome.
Program for third Wednesday: Es-
say on Heredity, Mrs. Murray; Five
minute talk by Mrs. Nettie c. Hall;
Reading of a chapter of Frobel's child
history by Sue Portmess.
Mother Enterprise looking over her
specs" after reading the various COM
munications on city bonds and re-
marked well, do tell When will the
boys ever get settled down to proper
housekeeping"
The cotton warehouse will be COM
pleted and ready for use in week or
ten days and adds one more industry
to the city. Later-It is now filling up
with cotton.
Go to Gelder's News Stand on Grant
and Central for books and stationery.
Mr.. Temple brought in some corn
grown in his garden with stalks Is
feet high and 8 feet to the first ear.
The ear measures two feet from end
of stalk and the ear proper fourteen in
ches. This is only one of many.
Miss Bertha Bosworth weighed 81
| pounds when she went to the Blue
Ridge Mountains few weeks since
and now she tips the beam at los.