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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-03
SPONSORS FOR HOWARD
 lNnAtERAII. TEAM

Miss Nell McElhenny has been chosen to serve as sponsor for the Howard football team today, when they play Millsap university. Miss Elizabeth Stephenson and Miss Louis David will serve IS maids.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-03
Aos1ohIul
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Fast U. s. Mail S. S. Sonoma, Ventura, 10000 tons: Lloyds 100A1; delightful service. SI10 first class; S90 second.
 SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA. via Samoa. SS30 first class; S230 second. Pacific tour, S56b first class. Sallings Oct. 30, etc. Oceanic Line, Pine St., San Francisco.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-03
LUMPY SUGAR

To keep my brown or powdered sugar from getting lumpy, I put a small piece of fresh bread in the tin with it. This is the only remedy for lumpy sugar I have ever found.
 R. F. w
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-03
BRIDGE PARTY FOR
 Nvass l,I1yvIN RRInE-EIECT

{ Mrs Claude Hendricks, IT,, is en- fertaining her card club and few extra friends this afternoon at the Southern club, complimenting Miss Alice Erwin, bride of next week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-03

for it's plain to be seen you wouldn't make them."
 q make plenty of sacrifices all right" growled Mir. Jarr. II go without lots of things that you don't go without" $
 T go without bootlegger's booze and l go without cigars and l go without bowling, I suppose?" sneered Mrs. Jarr.
 There you go again, kicking about my belonging to bowling club, tho only thing l belong toP' said Mir. Jarr angrily. What would you have me to do? Sit in the house twirling my thumbs?"
 You might belong to some bowl ing club that welcomes ladies as members" replied Mrs. Jarr. We used to belong to such one some years ago and we had a lovely time"
 Who stopped it?" Sasked Mir. Jarr. You wouldn't so after the first few times"
 And why wouldn't I go? Because Mrs.-what's her name-I forget it just now, but she had a bowling jacket like mans, and she always won all the loving cups or cut glass dishes that were given as prizes be- cause she was regular shark and cheat"
 How could she cheat in bowl ing?" asked MT. Jarr.
 Anyway, she had been playing for years and was always practicing and could bowl better than any of us. Was that fair?"
 You could have practiced. too," said Mir. Jarr.
 T got tired of 1t, and it used to break ones shoes and I got a blister on my finger" said Mrs. Jarr. And, anyway, I didn't like the crowd and l don't like the game.''
 Jarr feebly. Don't say any more about it. What is 1t you want me to dor"
 You needn't mind about 1t now" said Mrs. Jarr coldly. I've got a headache from the way you've quar- reled with me and I've forgotten what it WIS I wanted you to do for me, anyway"
 T know you don't guess how long we have been married, ah rAe" re- marked Mrs. Jarr sentimentally.
 "No, don't remember" said Mir Jarr, yowning. Let mo see how long 1t is," MT. Jarr gave an imita- tion of man thinking.
 "Oh, never mind about it if you have to think"' replied Mrs. Jarr, turning from him as though wounded  in her tenderest emotions. That shows how much you care or how much you are interested. But it is such indifference which hurts a wom- and and hurts her very much" she went on. You never seem to remem- Der any of our little anniversaries- when we were married, my birthday, the chlldren's birthdays, nothing!
 "A little thoughtfuless that was means great deal to a woman. And just yesterday Mrs. Kittingly was telling me how here second husband was so very thoughtful about her birthdays. He never forgot them; he aways brought home a big bunch of roses and some little gift every anni- versary. Never forgot one of them"
 Why, they only lived together a year!" said MT. Jarr.
 Well, the principle of the thing is what I am speaking about" replied Mrs. Jarr sharply. Mrs. Kittingly's second husband might have been a better man in other ways, that's true,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-03
WET PAINT

WET PAINT
 To remove the odor of wet paint, I always put a pail of cold water in the room, changing same every two or three hours. M. C.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-03
RANDOM NOTES

Mrs. Joe King of Frankston, Tex, is the guest of Miss Louise Averyt at
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-08-09
MEMORIAL SERVICES
FRIDAY AFTERNOON
President Harding's Funeral Memoria
Services to Be Held at Grand
Theater

Memorial service will be held at the
Grand Theater during the hours of the
funeral of President Harding, $3.50 to
4:30 p. m, by the Ministerial Alliance
and members of the patriotic societies
of the city. Rev.. Royal G. Shannon
house has charge of the arrangement
and will be assisted in the exercises
by the Reverends ]. H. Elder Bruce
Nay, Whitley Langston, Chas. A.
CHM and Mr.. McGregor of the c. A.
R., Allen Garden of the American Lee
gion, Postmaster w A. Adams. The
musical program will be in charge OF
Burr Stokoe.
The business houses are all request
ed to close during the hour of serv-
ice. Manager George Kicker, of the
Grand Theatre ordered the free use
of the Grand Theater for this occa-
sion.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-08-09
Waterman Is Train
Victim at Talbotton
E. R. Smith, Bridge Waterman, Hor-
ribly Mangled by Train

TALBOTTON, Ga, Aug Foul
play, or aecident-that is the question
sought to be answered here following
he discovery early Monday of the
1iana cd body o. l. r. Smith bridge
Waterman for til A. b. & A. Rail- oa1.
Coroner Carsoa's jury after an inves-
tigation, reported death was caused
when Mr. Smith was run over by an
A. B. A. train, or by possible foul
play. Sheriff J w Watkins announced
he could not pronounce the victim
murdered because of the mutilated con
dition of the body.
The body was found near the rail-
road tracks four miles from Talbotton.
An investigation was Immediately in
stituted by the sheriff and coroner.
Mr.. Smith was married and lived
at Manchester. He has a brother Will
liam Smith who lives at Woodbury..
Ga.
No arrests have been made.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-08-09
Charles Mccormick -
Killed Near Moultrie
Accident Occurred Sunday on Moul-
trie-Sylvester Highway

MOULTRIE, Ga.,-Charles Nc
Cormihk, II, was instantly killed Sun
day afternoon when the automobile in
which he was riding skidded and turn
ed over on the Moultrie- Sylvester
road Paul Holmes and Burney Hum
phreys of Moultrie, Lucille Norton of
Boston and Katherine Myrick of
Thomasvile who were also in the car
escaped with minor injuries. Miss
Myrick was driving.
When the car began skidding Nc
Cormick, who was on the rear seat,
reached to help Miss Myrick control
it. He was in that position when the
car turned over and he was. pinned be-
meath. His neck was broken and his
death was instantaneous.
1t was some time before rescue par
ties arrived and lifted the car from
the body of the dead Youth. All of the
passengers were Taught beneath, but
they managed to open the doors and
extricate themselves. 1t was said that
the machine was being driven only at
a moderate speed when it skidded and
turned bottom upwards.
Charles Mccormick formerly was a
pupil at Lynnwood, in which district
his father conducted farm for two
years. Mrs. w. NJ Whatley of Ftz-
gerald is his sister, who with her hus-
band, attended the funeral of the I'M
fortunate young man at Pitts Tuesday.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-08-09
Sunday School Pays
Respect to President
Beautiful Tributes Paid to President
Harding at Christian Church

At the conclusion of Sunday School
last Sunday, Superintendent W. A.
Adams made an impressive talk rela-
tive to the death CT President Harding.
paying him many beautiful tributes.
and as further mark 81 respect had
the school to stand and sing America.
after which Rev Bruce Nay prayed
that God would be very near to Mrs.
Harding during this trying time and
bear her up in her sorrow.
He also prayed that the new presi-
dent would be guided by the hand of
Almighty God in directing the affairs
of this Nation in this most trying time.
The school was made glad by the re-
turn of the Secretary, Milton Hopkins
from government hospital at Green
vile, S. C., where he had been for a
rest and observation of his general
health for several weeks.
The assistant superintendent, Mrs.
u. !. Bennett, has also returned to the
city from a long visit to Tennessee
and Athens, Ga, and the school is
much gratified that she is back in the
work and will take an active part in
the school again.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-08-09
DR.. Soule Endorses Creamery; Dairy
Products to Replace Losses in Cotton
Urges Encouragement of Development
of Creamery Industry on A Firm
Foundation
Athens, Ga. Aug. 2

Athens, Ga, Aug. 2, 1928
Hon, J. E. Turner, Vice President,
The Exchange National Bank,
Fitzgerald, Georgia.
My Dear Sir
the creamery business, if properly
organized and handled, offers our peo-
pie a way out of their present di-
lena. The boil weevil has come to take
up ornament residence in our midst.
and the cultivation of cotton in the
future must be predicated on new
basis. To depend upon it as our pri-
mary crop is suicidal policy as we
now clearly see. OF course we are not
going to abandon the cultivation of
| cotton because we are leaEning more
all the time about how to control the
| weevil, and | am one of those who
firmly believe that cotton will always
remain our chief money crop. Also,
that we will learn how to control the
weevil with greater degree of sue
cess than has been evidenced up to the
present time. Certainly, however, we
must find supplemental crops and
something that will bring in reas-
enable rvenue to Our farmers in a
comparatively short time.
The procedure for US to follow I'M
der the circumstances is undoubtedly
that of encouraging the poultry, hog
and cattle industries If You are maxi
ing the cattle industry function sat-
isfactorily, it can be more quickly and
satisfactorily accomplished by empha-
sizing dairy production. AS soon as a
COW freshens, she is a producer, pro-
vided she is properly fed and handled.
There are plenty of farmers in Geor-
gia who are now receiving a weekly
check from the sale of milk or cream
to replace a part of the losses which
the advent of the boil Weevil has caus-
ed
| believe that we are now prod1c-
ing per cent of our dairy products.
| know | will be absolutely safe in
saying 10 per cent. Our neighboring
state, Alabama was much in the same
condition we are in when the weevil
struck it. They are now producing
something like $75,0O0,0OO worth of
dairy products year. They have
replaced their cotton losses with dairy
products. We can do the same thing
III georgia.
We now have sixteen creameries in
successful operation; and our revenue
from dairy sources has been increased
81 100000 within a year. There is
home-market for our dairy products.
The rational thing is to encourage the
development of this industry on a
firm foundation.
We need to learn to produce feed
in large quantities because we cannot
maintain dairy cows without an album
dance of cheap feed. We must also
have better class of cattle. We can
secure these, if we proceed along the
right line. The solution of this prob
lem is largely in the hands of the bus
mess men, and / am delighted to see
you taking hold of this proposition
with zeal and interest. II bespeaks
much for the growth and development
OF the dairy industry along substan-
tial lines IN your section.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-08-09
HIGHWAY DEPT.
MEN ARRIVE HERE
Paving Project From Here to Able
vile to Be Pushed to Finish

Surveyors of the State Highway De-
partment arrived in the city to begin
the survey of the route from Fitzger-
aid to Abbeville, which is to be paved
by the State Highway Department in
cooperation with the commissioners
OF the two countias. The first sur
vey will be made of the road from
here to Rowen's Mill, eliminating as
much as possible all the bad curves and
probably shortening the route a mile.
The survey will take perhaps two
weeks, after which tiS project will
have to be submitted to the Federal
Highway Department for their app
rroval after which actual work will be
begun. The convict gang will be util-
lllzed by this county for construction
purposes and the State Department
Will supervise the work and furnish
the material for the same. 1t is esti-
mated that it will take fifteen to eight
cen months to construct the road, with
the available labor.
District Engineer HI. Furlow of
Iitton will be in charge of the work
through Ben Hill county, it being in
the 10th road district
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-08-09

Anniversary Column
IA YEARS AGOl

DAILY News, August 1-8, 1oOo)
Mr.. and Mrs. H. F. Newton return
ed from visit to Lookout Moutain.
Mrs. w. E. Halle and little Miss
Mildred will leave for visit at Rocky
Mountain, Ga.
Miss Fannie Lee Boyd has return
ed from a delightful visit to Miss Flo
renee Roberts in Ocilla.
Only few more days left for the
Solons of the State legislature to make
noise like passing bills and doing the
Legislative work their constituents err
pect of them to do. We fail to see any,
thing they have done in the way of
legislative action since they have been
IN session, and now that the end is in
sight there will be rush and a
scramble and no very important mea-
sure Will be put thru at this late hour.
But before the legislature does adjourn
one OF the most important bills that
ought to pass and become a law is the
question of establishing biennial SEES
SONS tor the Georgia legislature. The
people and the press all over the state
have been clamoring for this thing for
some time and it is up to the general
assembly to make this a law before
adjournment
Mrs. Bertha De Valid was called to
lnterlakan, Fla, to the bedside of her
father.
Miss Belle Gibbs will look after the
music class during Mrs. De Vald's
absence.
After hard fight Mr.. Hall of Bibb
ucceeded in holding down the school
appropriation fund, with one excep-
ton. He succeeding in preventing the
increasing of the fund for the state
university, school of technology and
the state agricultural school, but was
unable to prevent the increase in the
common school fund from S2,225,OOO
to $1,oO0,OO0 for 1911 The hardest
fought section of the appropriation
bill was the raising of the appropria-
ton for Ga. Tech from 100000 to $7O,-
600.
Mrs. c. f. Baker entertained The
delightful sewing party in honor of
her sister Miss Wylene Keller, of Sa-
vannah. Those invited we're: Misses
Nell Frazer, Helen Osborne, Ethel
Evans of Townsville, Birdie McLen-
don, Daisy Locke, Katie Griner. Ed
ward Perkins, Hazel Tisdel Maize
Mclaughlin, Eulalie BraswelI. Sara
Haines, Linda and Irene Jones.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-08-09
Sets Hearing For
Petition For Saturday
Effort to Set Aside Clark Verdict Will
Be Made; Argument Saturday

MOULTRIE, Ga, Aug. O. The
next step in the long drawn out court
fight to set aside the will of the late
p. G. Clark, which diSposes of prop
erty valued at more than a quarter of
a million dollars, will be taken Sat-
urday when Judge Thomas will hear
the petition brought to set aside the
verdict unfolding the will on the
ground that one of the trial jurors was
related to one of the principals in the
! case. This petition was brought some
time ago and it resulted in Judge
Thomas issuing a temporary restrain
ing order forbidding the administra-
tors OF the estate paying out any of its
funds. Two previous dates for the hear
ing have been set, but each time post
ponement has resulted. Counsel for
both sides however, announce they will
be ready Saturday.
1t is claimed in the petition that
the alleged relationship of one of the
trial jurors to one of the proponents
of the will and beneficiary therein
made the trial an illegal and unfair
one. In case the verdict should be
set aside and new trial ordered, at
torneys for Mrs. Cynthia McLendon
and Henry Clark, the caveators, state
that the will is to be fought on the
same grounds as at the first trial
alleged mental incompetency on the
part of the testator. 1t is claimed that
r. G. Clark's mind was affected dur
ing his long illness by constant use
of opiates and by the insidous disease
which cost his life. Mrs. McLendon
was left $1,000 under the terms of the
will She is niece of Clark. Henry
Clark was given S. "in addition to
other gifts" previously made. He is
half brbther of the deceased A no.
table array of attorneys is engaged
in the case.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-08-09
Floyd County Farmers
Plan 700 Mile Tour

ROME, Ga. Aug. 8-FloyG county
farmers led by Agricultural Agent, M.
w. H. Collins will make a 700 mile
automobile tour of Georgia to see what
other farmers are doing They will
make the trip during the latter part
of August and will visit the agricul-
Nural college at Athens Turner coun-
ty Thomasville. Griffin, Triton, Moul-
trie and other places that have shown
evidences of progress.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-08-09

While | would be glad to see the
people of the character you indicate
brought into Georgia in considerable
numbers, | believe our white farmers
can handle the situation satisfactorily
ard in tine long run we are going to
have people Of our own flock put over
the new program of agricultural i'm
provemei.t which it is essential to in
stitutc in order to get back on a bas-
is Ct safe and sane farming.
Very sincerely,
ANDREW M. SOULE,
President, Ga. State College
of Agriculture.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-08-09
Possee Modified

A possee was modified early We'd
nesday and heavily armed secured the
woods surrounding the reformatory
No trace of the marauders was visible
however.
The first attack came on the insti-
tuition last Friday night, it was learned
when about eight men entered the
grounds, draping handkerchiefs over
their faces after they had entered.
1t was reported that the men said
they were looking for a negro man
and his wife who had charge of the
negro division. With axes, they forced
entrance to every quarter of the re-
ttocrmatorY finally departing without
finding their quarry.
Four Men Recognized
-Four of the men were recognized
as members of the family of white
employee recently discharged, it was
said.
The approach of the men for the
second raid Tuesday night was be-
ing telephoned to the Sheriff at Mil
ledgeville when the wires leading out
of the reformatory were cut.
Three boys of the institution were
delegated to bear the news into town
on foot, however and help in the
form of armed Deputies arrived on the
scene just after the last of the raid
ing party had left.
Reports reaching here said that two
negroes were beaten so badly their
condition was pronounced grave.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-08-09
so CHINESE SOLDIERS
200 MUTINEERS SLAIN

SHANGHAI, Aug. 8--Aceording to
reports here Tuesday, Chinese sold
iers who formerly were bandits mutt
MED at Tsai Tsihar. They were sur
rounded and desperate battle follow
ed in which 50 soldiers were killed
and 200 mutineers executed.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-08-09

The many friends of Mr.. Jesse Mer-
GER and his daughter, Blossom, are
saddened to learn OF the second great
loss sustained by them within the
Year, by the death of her husband, Mr..
John D. Tiller, in Atlanta last Monday
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-08-09
BROWNS PAINT SHOP
IN NEW QUARTERS

). F. Brown, the popular auto paint
er, has moved to 40 East Central ave-,
where he has better quarters and is
better equipped than ever to serve his
growing patronage.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-08-09
TWO HURT In RAID
ON REFORMATORY
Possee Organized to Hunt Masked
Marauders at Milledgeville

ATLANTA, Aug. 9-Acting upon
orders of Governor Clifford Walker,
scores of citizens of Milledgeville and
adjoining cities were being deputiped
Wednesday afternoon to join in the
statewide search for a band of more
than Is masked men who, according
to reports reaching Atlanta Wednes-
day raided the State Reformatory at
Milledgeville at midnight Tuesday, Sc
riously injuring two employees.
Report of the attack reached Gov.
Walker through Mrs Orien Manson,
superintendent of the reformatory a
boys institution.
According to Mrs. Manson, the raid
Tuesday night was the second attack
on the institution within a week.
Shortly after noon, Governor Walk
err announced he had instructed the
Sheriff of Baldwin County to depu-
TIE as many men as it seemed prac-
tical for use in the huge scouting par
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-08-09
Public Schools Open
On September Fourth
All Pupils Expected to Register al
High School from Aug. 28-31st.

The Fitzgerald Public Schools will
..pen on Tuesday, September 4th, 1928.
All pupils who are to attend will be
expected to report to their respective
buildings on that day. All pupils are
expected to register at the high school
building between Tuesday, Aug. 18th.
and Friday, August 31st, ant receive
their assignments. Each pupil who has
not been successfully vaccinated should
be vaccinated at once and be ready for
registration.
ALI pupils who desire to remove con-
ditions by examination will be permit
ted to do so Aug. 9th 31st. A schedule
or the examinations will be announced
later.
The first of the faculty meetings will
be heidi at the High School on Satur-
day, Sept. /, 1928, at S P. M.
Faculty for 1923
Y. J. Bennett, Superintendent.
High School
W.. {. Jones, Oxford, Ga, Prin.
Ralph Pitts, Atlanta, Ga.
J. F Lee, Kirkwood, Ga
MISS Dessa Fuller, Paramount, Ga.
Miss Ossie Mcintyre, Athens, Ga.
Miss Mary Wilson, Leslie, Ga.
Miss Janice Singleton Fitzgerald.
Miss Louise Fluker, Thomson, Ga.
First Ward
Miss Julia Prentiss, Prin. City.
Miss Vinita Cochran, Camilla, Ga.
Miss Ruth Halves, Molena, Ga.
Mrs. Eudora Hampton, Fitzgerald.
Miss Estelle Waites, Fitzgerald
Miss Irene Pinkerton, Eatonton, Ga.
Miss Zula Hamilton, Arab, Ga.
Miss Bessie Spier, Ellabclle, Ga.
Second Ward
Miss Lillian Dorminey, Prin. City.
Mrs. J. H. Burke, Fitzgerald.
Mrs. U. J. Bennett, Fitzgerald
Miss Marion Van Gorder, CITY.
Miss Ethel Mayo, City.
Miss Annie Paine, Whitehall, Ga
Miss Bess Patterson, Cordele, Ga.
Miss Annie M. Robertson, Newman.
Third Ward
Miss nellie Averitt, Prin. Statesboro.
Miss Lois Biles, Jackson, Ga.
Miss Louise Duke, Neborn, Ga.
Miss Mabel Davidson, Shady Dale.
Miss Lucy Belle Nelson, Shellman.
Miss Inez Mcdowell, Winchester
Tennessee.
Mrs. G. R. Womble, Fitzgerald.
SuItrnumerary-Miss Martha Tur-
ner, Fitzgerald. Ga.
Expression-Miss Lydia Rose, Val
dosta, Ga.
Music-Mr. Thos. L. Tinsley, Nor
gan, Georgia.
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Mr.. Humbert and three young sons
left for Greenville, S. c. in their car
Monday evening
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POST OFFICE TO CLOSE
DURING FUNERAL HOUR
OF PRESIDENT HARDING

7 Acting under instructions from I
= Washington, the post office will 4
y be closed from to S P. M. Fri 4
y day, August 10th. During this 1
= time all post office business will 4
= cease. This is done as a mark
y OF respect to cur late President,
= Warren G. Harding, whose fun
2 eral will occur at that hour. The
= flag on the postoffice building I
= will remain at half staff for 80 4
= days. w. A. ADAMS. 1
Postmaster.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Culpepper left
Monday for visit of month at
Hartwell, Ga.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-08-09

Mr. Barrie Clare was a Douglas
visitor on Tuesday and went to Ma
con TODAY