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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-11
JURY is silent
IN JAIL DEATH
FaII TO Fix Blame; Care Of
unconscious Men Uraed

a coroneps jury lIstsnsd al
nl'nday to testimony nbowlns IA, LAY
Anroham ileihng. ALASKAN n .,at
. p1.uor, "aH taken 10 Jail le.,
IhurEdny M a common dyur, 'ah
allowed 70 Ito In jail for tva s ano
Deiore he died OF apoplexy snn
ulen failed 70 hold anyone rs,ra a.'
lble for Reising's death ''p'ns-
The jury was told tba. p.,a
haa not been drinking, ana ~a,
apparently not a drinking man ras
WAS found unconscious on ire 49, 40
walk at First ave. and Maj,
the police testified, ana "svs-. ss,
sent in from that corner ' .,a,,
drunk" "~
The testimony OF witnes,.s ~,
taken, apparently showing tbs, !,
Il safer 10 be taken m unto.',
than In the south end. when w.
jury brought in verdict ~,
recommended that all persons =.
rested In an unconscious or heir
less condition should be- e1am,ns1
at the city hospital before belnr.
placed in cells.
Chief OF Police w. y. seyerv5,]
testified at the inquest that he bss
already issued orders 70 that effect
and that from this week on. m,ch
prisoners would be taken frn 70
the hospital.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-11
Three Men Facing
kidnapping Charge

CONDOR. Ore, Dec. lI.-Rev. G..
A. Cheney. OF Condor. Howard c.
styles. n former Burns detective.
and II. W. Sinclair. OF Pondle;on.
were indicted here Monday after.
noon BY the grand jury on q charge
Of kidnapping
The charge grew out Of the abduc.
ton OF Prank Smith from his ranch
AZ elem, after he had been accused
u shooting up q meeting Of the Ku
Klux Khan in tho local hall OF that
organization. last summer.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-11
COT
FOR CITY JAIL,

Drunken or sick prisoners who
are unable 20 walk when they ar.
rive at police headquarters viii soon
be given the luxury Of cot on
wheels, propelled by policeman
recording 10 CHIEF OF Police W. p.
ssyeryns. who announced Tuesday
that he had ordered such vehicle
Instead OF being dragged by the
shoulders or heels, or carried. the
prisoners will now ride in luxury I'm
10 tho booking window and from
there TO jail The carriage win be
'chauffeured" by n patrolman. II
win cost the city $50.
Several OF the "old.timers" who
habItually land in jail on charges Of
into1ica;ion have been dragged by
the heels so long. according 10 the
police, that they have developed
corns on their shoulder blades.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-11
Mexican Treaty Is
Now Before Senate

WASHINGTON. Dec. ll.-Presi.
dent Coolidge today sent 10 the sen,
alto the treaty with Mexico.
This treaty carries out details Of
tho recognition agreement recently
entered into.
Tho fighting In Mexico will not
cause the United States government
20 postpone ratification Of the treaty
II was said at tho White House to.
day.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-11
TANCLE FEARED
ON SKACIT J0R,
Current viii Not Be DeIiy-
cred on Schedule

Unless the difficult tangie Intt
which the giant hydro.electr1c plant
on the skagit has fallen is straight
eDed out soon. the city Is headed for
litigation In the opinion OF members
Of the board OF public works. who
spent the weekend investigating
conditions at the Gorge tunnel.
The plant was supposed to be com.
pleted BY January / and deliver cur.
rent TO the city. II will not be com,
pleted before late fan or carly sum
mer and may not even be ready un.
IA next January II court action is
rosorted 10.
r. c. Storrie & Co. contractors
have failed TO complete their con.
tract in specified time. according to
Carl F. Uhden. engineer in charge
OF construction. The city has failed
20 supply logs. electric current and
other equipment in sufficient quar-;
titles to enable the work 10 be cor
pleted on time, according to the co1S
tractors.
President c. p. Fitzgerald OF the
city council. who accompanied the
board on the journey, said ut looks
like litigation"
Mayor Brown is optimistic over the
outlook and believes the plant viii
be completed late in the winter. II
necessary. the city could take over
the construction work, but this would
involve litigation and be expensive,
the mayor says. With the board OF
public works assisting the contract
ors, Mayor Brown expects the Job to
be completed within a few months.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-11
GIRL DIES IN
CAR SMASHUP

PORTLAND. Ore. Dec. 1i.--An
inquest 10 fix responsibility for the
automobile collision Saturday night
In which Frances Weller. ls.year.
old high school student, sustained
Injuries which caused her death
Monday night. was forecast by
police today.
Mrs Weller was one OF six Jeffer.
son high school students returning
from a skating party at the Oaks
IN an automobile driven by l.. d.
Soaring. which crashed into another
automobile driven by Il. @. Wall.
Ercn.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-11

Indian chiefs, sunable 10 read and
write, now use the finger and thumb
print method instead OF the wit
messed mark in dealings with tho
United States government,
The sea horse is rapidly becoming
extinct.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-11
IL Oil Promoters
Admit Their Guilt

FORT WORTH. Texas. Dec. IL
Seventeen defendants in mail fraud
cases growing out Of promotion Of
oil companies pleaded guilty in fed.
cral court here today. All were fined
amounts ranging from $3.50 to
So 600.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-07-12
Vast System of National
or Interstate HIGHWAYS

There was day, not very far back,
when vision In road building was
about as broad as a mans farm or
community's interest Pork barrel
methods and political pull, not yet a
memory, were big part of the ac-
cepted order. Then it became possible
to see to the county limits and still
later 1t gradually was revealed that
roads leading from one county to
another might be a convenience to a
reasonable number of travellers Thus
emerged the idea of state systems.
1t has remained for recent months,
however, to bring into potential exist
ence vast system Of national or in
terstate roads that in few years may
reasonably be expected to lie, like
long ribbons of white, across every
section Of the country and link up the
states, the cities and counties even
more closely than they were Joined in
the construction Of railway lines. The
Idea isn't dream, but a thing Of ma.
tional statute, provided for in the fed.
eres highway act Of last November and
now rapidly assuming form through
cooperation of the state highway
departments with the United States
bureau of public roads.
The system will comprise more than
1750O0 miles, per cent of the entire
public road mileage of the United
States. OF this amount three-seventhA
will be composed of interstate roads,
the remainder to make up connecting
state systems. There is state and fed
eral money enough in hand or in sight
to start the actual work, and nearly
all the states now have submitted to
the national bureau plans for the seq
lions of road that will go into the in
terstate system. And the bureau is
seeing to il that the sections meet at
the state lines. No federal aid will be
allowed on any highway which does
not fit into the general scheme Of a
national or state system.
This Is vision in road building,
bounded only by the limits of the coun-
try itself. II will mean results in the
shape of roads that link up and lead
somewhere and bring service to all
rather than favored few.-Kansas
City Times.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-07-12
Jacks Protect Highways
From Overloaded Trucks

Weighing jacks with which the load
carried by heavy truck may be as
certained by road police are helping
Maryland protect its new state roads
from damage by overweight vehicles.
Most roads are constructed to with
stand moving load of ten tons.
Heavier loads break down the sub
grade and start ruts, the police assert.
Each weighing machine consists of
a screwjack operating in an oil-filled
cylinder When four of these Jacks
are placed under the suspected truck.
weight Is transferred to the oil cylin-
ders and can be read directly on the
pressure gaugesA If the truck is found
to weigh more than Ten tons, the ex-
cess material is unloaded by the road
side. The jacks are of aluminium al
10y. weighing only 40 pounds each. so
that the inspectors can carry them
about in a light car.
State officials estimate that this
supervision reduced overlooking 70
per cent within 80 days. California
has also recently passed law
limiting the weight of motor
trucks, and road officials and tax
payers 40 seeking to reduce the
maximum permissible weight below
the limit now set-30,000 pounds gross
weight for four-wheeled trucks, and
10000 pounds for six-wheeled vehicles,
providing the axles are ut least 90
inches apart, and there are not more
than 500 pounds on each inch of rub.
her tire width. - Popular Science
Monthly
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-07-12
Iron Ore Quite Useful
in Road Construction

Iron ore, found in northwestern
Louisiana, has proven of great value
in road building in that state and in
some localities where 1t has been used,
has effected a saving Of 1000 to $1,000
a mile in the cost of construction.
Highway engineers in Louisiana have
been using the ore as binder instead
of sand clay and nave found it far
superior to that material in many in
stances. During 1929 the Louisiana
state highway department completed
$50 miles of new roads. Most of this
mileage consists of gravel The re-
mainder consists of roads built of
shells, sheet asphalt or bitulithic. The
1928 program includes larger amount
of asphaltic construction.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-07-12
MEN AND WOMEN AS
SEEN RY OSTEPATHS
Much Room For Improvement, Views
From Seattle, Toronto, Florida

New York, n. Y.-The American
woman, the best dressed, the hand
soonest and the most sensible woman
in the world, ruins her charm and
her attraction by a tensity which
is always apparent in her face, DR..
Roberta Winner Ford, of Seattle, said
today at the annual convention OF the
American Osteopathic Association
"Oupr highly tanned society woman
she said, -i1ave the epose Of manner
which is essential to true beauty, but
the great majority OF American wo.
men spoil their natural good looks by
their strained expressions She stat
ed that the only remedy is good health
steady nerves and correct diet, which
will cure any strain or SLOUGH.
Now, Listen at This
American men, thCup!. they are nat
urally. of r.ood ply si1ac. are just as
badly off as the woman, in The opin-
ion DR.. Willard, of Toronto, who adj
vocated golf and corsets as correctives
for pot bellies and creaky joints"
DR.. Alfred d. Glascock, ex presi-
dent of the Florida Osteopathic Asso-
citation, held up the red flag for what
he called food drunkards."
The American diet of bread and
meat and potatoes, topped off with
sweets" he said, "is the cause of NOSE
spinal curvature and joint deforma-
lions than any other one thing Ii
congress would place tax of dollar
a pound on sugar the national health
would show an Immediate improve
ment AS for bread and meat and po-
tatoes, they art too heavy and con-
centrated and form clinkers in the
system"
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-07-12
IMPROVED
ROADS
Smooth Surface Needed
for Concrete HirhWavs

If we are going TO construct con
crete surface for our primary roads,
IL is very important that the surface
of the concrete should be made
smooth. Not only does this smooth
ness add to the comfort of the traffic,
but II is also a factor in the lasting
quality of the road surface. The or
binary iayman very seldom thinks Of
the impact as the load passes over the
Rough road If the pavement Is rough
the impact may be serious. Recent
experiments by the United States bu-
reau Of roads have given US data
concerning this impact. which are very
interesting.
For Instance, II truck wheels drop
enc inch when travelling at a speed
of is miles an hour, and If the wheel
TOAD is 5000 pounds. they will deliver
blow to the pavement of 5000
pounds, or seven times as much as the
load of the wheel. Under the same
load. the pneumatic tired wheels de-
liver an impact equivalent to $4,000
pounds
OFTEN this impact Is not caused by
rough pavement but by a defective
wheel, or small obstruction dropped
on the road surface, or If large skid
chains are used The wheel strikes
the obstruction, rises over it, and falls,
delivering an impact. Or, lie the solid
rubber tire is defective, each revolu-
ton Of the wheel delivers an impact
to the pavement.
1t may be that with our heavy
truck traffic. the cement surfacing
will be stressed to an extreme extent
by this impact on account of the
rough surface or defective wheel.
The surface cracks and breaks, and
repairs are necessary.
The surface of the concrete for our
roads can be made smooth IL care Is
taken In surfacing the same, and the
inspectors should see to 1t that this
surfaclng Is rightly done,-E. b.
House, Colorado Agricultural Cot
lege.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-07-12
RICHARD LLOYD JONES
SAWS
A Keen Conscience Cuhivates Success

conscience indc
make towards of us all when
passions the before which
science was never silced without
glory thah the testimony of strong clear
Conscience the pedestal character Weaken The
PEDESTAL the
IS to the soul what constitution is o he body
As the magnetic needle points the POLE so does the Trained
conscience point the way TO duty 1t the
to Inc right road Bend and it directs
e h@ freaks Broken lecome
- - ~
oseience commands ord demands 40 request
requirement - $3.50 So - avs
Your conscience confidence. sron, vi
cur IT, When weaken
courage TO cowardce Your conscience
OF Yourself Only when conscience : hope gone
Conscience breaks its silence and
WIN You dlrect-never indirectly You fl
but yourself 49,
Credit is the script foundation of trade
NO market that
Audit each days work with
a ne" day you face the world untroud
culdvateS \
Copyright 1928 by Richard Lloyd Jones'
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-07-12
LEGAL. NOTICE
GEORGIA, Ben Hill County:

Under and by virtue of the power
contained in the mortgage executed
by w. c. Mccall to ]. A. Parrott on
the first day of May, 1919, and record
ed in the office of the Clerk of the Su-
perior Court of Ben Hill County. in
book 20,S page AS, the undersigned
will sell at the Courthouse in said
county, during the legal hours of sale
to the highest, bidder for cash, the
following property to wit:
City Lots Nos. Thirteen Q3) and
Fourteen 90 Block Two (2), Square
Ten (10) in Fitzgerald, Georgia, as
shown by the recorded plat of said
city on file in the office of the Clerk
OF the, Superior Court, Irwin County,
Georgia.
For the purpose of paying $1,13847,
being the balance. due upon fifty-nine
notes, fifty eight of said notes being
for $500 and one note for $35.85, said
notes dated May LIST, 1920, and one
note maturing on the LIST day of each
month thereafter, until they all mature,
the amount due on said notes being
81, l58.47 together with the cost of this
proceeding as provi led by said mort
gage. A conveyance will be execut-
ed to the property by the undersigned
as authorized in said mortgage.
This the 18th day of July 1923.
J. A. Parrot, Mortgage.
"A: }. and j. c: Mcdonald,
Attorneys for Mortgage. AS
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-07-12
LIVE OAK ITEMS
! ++%++++%+%%%+ :

Miss Rhonie Horton was the guest
Of Mrs 4. $. Dormin nab5 Tuesday.
Miss Beatrice Tucker was the guest
of Misses Mary and Pauline Pridgen
Saturay morning.
/. Misses Lillian and Rhonie Horton
were the guests of Mrs. R. B. Wynn
Monday.
Mr.. Mark Smith was a recent visi-
tor and Mr.. William Horizons.
Miss Lillian Horton spent Tuesday
ins the city shopping.
Messrs G. E. and E. w. Pridgen
were visitors in Wray Saturday and
Sunday.
Quite large crowd attended serv-
ices at Sturgeon Creek Sunday.
Mr.. E. B. Pridgen was a caller at
c. NJ fuckers Saturday.
"Chums."
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-07-12
.Giggle At This

The captain OF a disabled ship at
sea, during severe storm, went
amongst the passengers and attempted
to prepare them for any emergency
He knocked at a stateroom door and
when told to enter, put his head in the
door and announced to the young flap
per sitting there busily engaged address
sing picture postcards; Miss, l think
! had better tell you that we're in
rather precarious position. We've
just lost the rudder of the ship"
Flapper: ooh, that's alright, Cap
tain. No one will notice, I'm sure. It's
under the water and don't show any
how"
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-07-12
Growing Popularity of
Autos Shows Road Needs

With the growing popularity of the
automobile, there has come a parallel
increase in the need of building up the
highways. OF course, II is not to be
done within few years. Many sec
lions of the Old World have excellent
highways. but they have been built for
centuries. But certainly we should
begin now to lay the foundation Of a
great highway system.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-07-12
NEW HOTEL PLANNED
FOR TYBEE is REPORT

Savannah, July Iz-Rumors cur
rent yesterday that hotel man of At
lantic City had taken an option on a
number of lots facing the beach at
Tybee for the purpose of building a
large hotel there could not be confirm
ed. When asked last night about the
matter. an official of the Tybee Beach
Company responded that he had no.
think to say but he would not deny
that such plan is on foot
According to the reports yesterday,
the hotel is to be equipped VIII a pa,
vilion for dancing, modern swim
ming pool and board walk.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-07-12
MILLIONS FOR BETTER ROADS
At Beginning Of Next Year There Will
Be $63, 375, 600 Available
for Building.

There will be $63,375,OOO available
for building better roads in the Unite d
States at the beginning of next year
according to an announcement of the
American Farm Bureau federation
The amounts allotted to the following
states are Illinois, $2,797,O0; Indiana,
$l,692'OOO; Iowa, $1,S13OOO; Wiscon.
Sin, $1,63S,OOO, and Michigan, $780,.
OO0
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-07-12
Many Motor Vehicles.

According TO figures compiled hy the
bureau Of public roads in Washington,
there are l2,23S,375 motor vehicles in
the United States. The report shows
10.S90,112 private passenger cars, co.
459 taxicabs, buses and cars for hire,
1872, TIA motorcycles and 29,32S trailers.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-07-12
OF Big Interest to Farmer.

Motor transport is of particular In
terest to the farmer, since 1853, 400. 900
tons of farm products are transported
over the highways to the railways
annually and additional thousands of
tons are carried on the highways di.
rectly to the markets.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-07-12
Stopped Him

Staying over in a small town await
ing the next 24-hour tram out OF the
place, a smart alex travelling man went
out to the baseball game and all thru
the contest rooted long and bard for
the neighboring town team He CEN
tered his attack on the home-team
pitcher, finally yelling: "My, oh my!
how wild he is-why, he couldn't hit
barn door"
Never mind, brother said the
pitcher, You're not too good your
self. You missed train yesterday"
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-07-12
Our Helpful Hints

TO PREVENT GUM from getting
hard between chewings, dip it in
qunine before sticking under chair
SHINY NOSES can be kept well
powdered by first applying light
coat of orange shcllac before. powder
ing.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-07-12
only aEalIuren That is rrue.

I'm proof against that word fail
ure." I've seen behind it, The only
failure man ought to fear is failure
In cleaving to the purpose he sees to
be best.-George Eliot
That's the Trouble.
A road hog can. decide which half
Of the road he wants to use.-Nashville
Tennesseean.
Her Hands FtH.
1t keeps the wife Of self-made man
busy making alterations. - Boston
Transcript.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-07-12

Warren Brown, City letter carrier
No 2, left Sunday morning via steam
er from Savannah for Washington
?. C., where he will spend his vaca-
ton. Before entering the government
service he took up a correspondence
course from the Columbia School of
Drafting. He will attend this school
completing the, course and specialize
along some definite line so he can
bring back his sheepskin. The presi-
dent Roy c. Claftin. has been per-
sonal friend of Warren's father, A. G.
Brown for Is years and is an excel
lent gentleman. Warren is another OF
our high school graduates who is sue
ceeding in life.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-07-12

Mr.. and Mrs James Mcdonald of
West Pine ST., accompanied by Miss
Emma Caster and Master Frank New
ton spent several days in Albany last
week with relatives and friends ST
each.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-07-12

Mr.. Sam Day who has been in a san
itorium in Sandersosville for some
time is back home, much improved
and on the road to health.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-07-12
Illinois State Roads.

The Illinois highway commission is
working toward the completion of 1000
miles of state paved road, or approx
mately enough to give an ardent tourist
d run for his money.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-07-12

Mrs. J. H. Benton is entertaining
her sister Mrs. L. A. Rhodes and her
daughter Miss Alexander Rhodes Oh
Atlanta on two weeks visit.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-07-12

Mrs. M. E. Mashburn and daughter
Miss Claire Mashburn have returned
from delightful visit in Jacksonville,
Pablo Beach, ST. Augustine and 9th.
er Florida points.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-07-12

Miss Grace Benton will sing on a
radio program at Louisville, KY on
Saturday night and as that station is
one often heard here by Clyde Hus-
seys' receiving set, there will be a
large number OF interested friends
meeting at the Hussey home to list
en- in.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-07-12

Mr.. c. E. Major of Dennison, Tex.
is making visit to his mother Mrs
R. A. Majors and his sister Miss Del
la Majors.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-07-12
Now for Some Poetry
Old Mother Hubbard,

Went to the cupboard.
A surprise awaited her there.
The cupboard was full,
OF mad-raging bull,
Now she hasn't worry or care.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-07-12

Mrs. Geo. Brown is visiting her
daughter Mrs. Paul Morrison at De-
catur, Ala, until the first of August
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-07-12

Mr.. J. H. Mayes returned from At
lanta yesterday morning where he
visited the legislature.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-07-12

Mr.. and Mrs G. w. Turner asd
family are leavisg Fitzgerald on Fri
day to make their home in Atlanta for
a time, due to the change, recently
made in Mr. Turner's run as mail
clerk.