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Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-09-18
Delegates To State
Democratic Convention

Chairman John D. Dorminy has
sent out the official notices of the Sc
lection of delegates to the State Con-
vention, to be held in Macon, Octo-
Der 8. Each county being entitled to
two votes for each representative IN
the legislature, the local executive
committee has designated four citi-
zens to represent the county, giving
each delegate one half of vote in the
convention.
The delegates are William R. Bo-
wen, A. J. Mcdonald, Mrs. Jack
Maves and Mrs. o. L. Bradshaw. Al
ternates are Fred J. Hartley, l. Gel
ders, Mrs. H. A. Mathis and Mrs.
Perry Fitzgerald.
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Hunt q Miners Still
In Blast Death Tomb
Twelve Rescued Alive After Hours
of Frantic Efforts. Thirteen
Bodies Recovered

Kemmerer, Wyo., Sept. 17.-Sorrow
gripped the little mining settlement OF
Subiet, seven mills north of here,
Wednesday, as the work Of rescue
continued in mine number 5 of the
Kemmerer Coal Company, where a
terrific blast Tuesday snuffed out the
lives of probably SO miners and COM
pany workmen. A check-up early wed,
1lesday by company officials declared
that 48 men were in the underground
workings when the blast let go: Ear
ly reports had placed the number at
81. -
Fire broke out in the mine immedi-
ately following the explosion. The
cause of the blast was still undeter-
mined Wednesday. Company officials
declared that mine number 5 had
been considered one of the safest in
the Kemmerer field.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-09-18
COTTON CLUB
BOYS MAKE
FINE SHOWING
Fitzgerald Cotton Mills Buys Cot.
ton, Making Very liberal Offer

nineteen Of the twenty-five cot
ton club boys, operating under the
supervision of c. T. Owens, County
Agent, brought their cotton to town
Wednesday and had it ginned at the
Union Gin with the following most
satisfactory results. The cotton was
planted under the direction of Mr..
Owens and cultivated along accepted
and tried methods, including prepar-
alton of the soil, fertilization, cult
walton and poisoning for boil weevils,
picking up squares and giving the
crop the closest supervision.
The resulting yield from the club
acres proves beyond argument that
intelligent work on the farm, follow
ing methods developed by our Col
lege of Agriculture and its experiment
al farms, pays the best of dividends.
Besides the acre in cotton, these boys
each cultivated ar acre of corn and
Spanish peanuts, the exact results from
these acres are not yet available, but
reports from each indicate that they
have also proven very profitable in
vestment.
The cost cf seed. fertilizers and cal
ciuin arsenate for each club boy was
$3335, which was secured from Ex-
change and First National banks on
notes signed by each club boy and
which notes are being paid in full with
Fart of the money secured from the
sale of the cotton, Having the balance
of the cotton money and the proceeds
from the corn and peanut acres clear
profit, estimated to be more than
$4,000 by Mr.. Owens.
The cotton was sold to the Fitzger-
aid Cotton Factory, which made the
liberal proposition, thru Supt: J. H.
Mayes, of paying the boys 18c cash
in advance for their cotton, with an
option of calling for their balances
any time within six months, which
may bring the total up to Soc per
pound, which cotton is expected to
bring by the best informed cotton
merchants within that period.
A few of the boys are marketing
their cotton thru the Georgia Cotton
Marketing Association.
The boys marketing their cotton
Wednesday and the yield per acre in
lint and seed follows:
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Coolidge in East, Davis in South,
LaFollette in Northwest
Now the Lineup
UNPARALLELED
Real Surprises Promised in States
Which Lie Between These
Territories

If it were possible to know just
what the border" states are going to
do on election day, then forecasting
the result of the coming national con-
test would be much simpler matter,
for seemingly upon the border states
will be the great battle-ground on
which the national election will be
won
So far as the solid south is concern
ed-and the solid south really en-
braces Virginia, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Ala
bama, Mississippi, oLuisiana, Texas
and Arkansas-every thinking man
will concede it to Davis. Coolidge and
LaFollette may cut down majorities
here and there, but this will not affect
the electoral vote Thus Mr.. Davis
starts off with ia votes, or Il per
cent of the whole, 531.
Now let it be remembered that zoo
are necessary to a choice. This is the
figure that sticks in the crop and
seems to make it highly probable
that LaFollette may dictate the pres
idency tho he has small chance OF cleo
ton.
Just as Davis is certain OF the
South. SO is Coolidge sure in the East,
and so at present is LaFollette in the
Northwest ,,.
Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska, Mime,
Davis IaF
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-09-18
FITZGERALD
TOBACCO PRICES
IAN Ne Ar TOP
Exceeded Only by Nashville and
Equalled by Douglas

Peter V. Rice, state agricultural sta
tistician tor the department of agri-
culture, made his final report on the
sale OF tobacco ii the state to Com
missioner J. ]. Brown Monday, and
shows Fitzgerald's average for the
season, at 1882, the highest for the
seasons average being at the Farm
ers Warehouse of Nashville, which
reached an average of $242O for the
entire season.
The report as made to the DEPART
ment gives the following results:
Complete Report
Farmers Warehouse, Blackshear:
z,99ll72 pounds; weekly prices for
season, 1852, 1888, PASS. 1883 212s
1915; average. 2l.95.
Morgan's Warehouse, Blackshear:
2,Z9S,o54 pounds; weekly prices for
season, 1923, 1897, 25.O5. 24.28, 2Oo3.
l45l; average, 21.88
Planter Warehouse. Blackshear:
2,242,458 pounds; weekly prices for
season, 1868, 1891, 23.O9. 24.34, POSI-,
1892; average, 21.77.
Planters Warehouse; Camilla:
100000 pounds; weekly prices for
season, l6.l2, 2007, 1907, 1925; aver
age, 1924.
The Big Tobacco Warehouse,
Douglas; 2,5O2,l64 pounds; weekly
prices for season, 2253, 246o, 26.28,
25.52, 21.88, 1907; average, 1868.
Growers Warehouse, Douglas:
2,5042o8 pounds; weekly prices for
season, 2l.79, 2495, 2666, 27.11, 22.21,
1907; average, 1892.
Fitzgerald Tobacco Warehouse,
Fitzgerald: 630,755 pounds; weekly
prices for season, 21.79, 2495, 26.66,
27ll, 22.2l, 1907; average, 1892
Farmers Warehouse ,Hahira:
l,914,112 pounds; weekly prices for
season, 2044 22.98, 1908, 2l.62, 1885,
l2.46; average, 1920.
Gold Leaf Tobacco Warehouse, Ha-
hira: 100000 pounds; weekly prices
for season. 1888. 22.76, 2044, zoos,
1906, 10.47; average, 1913.
Planters Warehouse, Hazlehurst:
1,032,838 pounds; weekly prices for
season, 1882, 2l.1O, 2404, 21.37; av-
erage, 21.28.
Farmers Warehouse, Nashville;
1,356,193 pounds; weekly prices for
season, 23.06, 2627, 26.47, 25.40, 1896,
1881; average, 2420.
Planters Warehouse, Nashville:
1,823,62l pounds; weekly prices for
season, 2050, 1928, 26.57, 2442, 20 SO,
1867; average, 1896.
| Union Warehouse, Nashville: l.
9l7,816 pounds; weekly prices for
season, 2038, 1924, 25.77, 24.58, 1861
1851; average, 22.14
Banner Warehouse, Triton: 1866,
928 pounds; weekly prices for sea
son, 2024, 2253, 1888, 2102, 1851
9.19; average, 2l4o
Dixie Warehouse, Triton: 424,o34
pounds; weekly prices for season, H.
81, 22.53, $500, 2037, 1851, 7.57; av-
erage price, 1880.
Alliance Warehouse, Valdosta
450,622 pounds; weekly prices for sea
son, 2119, zoos, 2l27, 1671, 1901;
average, 1916.
Farmers Warehouse, Valdosta:
626,937 pounds; weekly prices for sea
son, 2O64, 2Oo5, 2070, 1922, 1920;
average, 1882
B. B. Saunders Warehouse, Valdos
ia: 1,054,505 pounds; weekly prices
for season, 1856, 1929, 20.89, 17.55,
1926; average, 1851.
Rowland & Meadows Warehouse,
Vidalia: 1,494,975 pounds; weekly
prices for season, 2l.4o, Zl.30, 1917,
21.63; average, 2207.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-09-18
First Returns in Nation Wide
Presidential Poll ShoW Close Race

sofa. North Dakota, South Dakota,
Montana, Idaho and Washington, seem
as much opposed to conservative
Democrat as they are to conserva-
tive Republican. Many claim they
can be counted as the basis of the
LaFollette strength. Summed up they
spell seventy-one electoral votes, the
real solid radical vote of the North
west.
One of the important considerations
is what may be termed the border
states. They are those states lying be-
tween the North and South. They are
Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia,
Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri and
Oklahoma. .,
Davis is a "border southerner' and
NAV have the knack of particular ap..
peal to the people there. If he should
win in all of these states the sum to-
tai would be u votes, making his
grand total 1856. Then granting to
Davis, Nevada, Arizona and New
Mexico. this would give him an addi-
tional 9 votes, swelling his grand to-
tai to 1876.
LaFollette followers declare they
will carry Ohlo ana maybe Mi.iii sdii'
LaFollette has the support and back
ing of the straightforward newspapers
in Ohio, and it is possible that with SIX
such powerful newspapers working
for him he stands chance of carrying
the state. In the West are also many
Scrip Howard newspapers; and also
the Hearst newspapers in Washington
and California-as we'll as in the East.
1t is possible that the Davis-Latol-
lette strength may obtain majority
even with conservative figuring. A
glance at the situation in tabular form
will convey the picture quickly.
11ette Table
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CAREER RETURNS
FROM EASTERN MARKETS

Harry CARRIER, buyer for CARRIERS
Surprise Store, returned to the city
Tuesday night, having spent about
month in New York and Boston and
other mercantile centers, buying the
Fall and Winter stocks for his firm.
Mr. CARRIER is very optomistic about
the conditions of business turnout the
South, which are reported as the best
in years, and buyers from this section
are laying in big stocks in anticipa-
ton of the demand The Surprise
Store will have one of the largest Sc
lections of ladies' and mems ready-to-
wear in many years, shipments ar
irving daily.
Attractive merchandise for attrac-
tive prices is what Mr.. CARRIER states
was his aim in this seasons buying,
and says that he secured many excep-
tional bargains for every one of his
departments.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-09-18

FAMOUS mT.----
!, the well-known archirrvv,
iilds the floors of his houses with
omen's hearts--to tramp on" / end
|. Mr.. Wright laughingly threatened
! pull the chair from under me and
lere was one thing l observed about
i'm while he was certainly not at
Use in our crowd, he had evidently
ade up his mind to enter into things
whole heartedly as possible. The
by he took my foolishness was moth
6 short of splendid sportsmanship.
Drink anything, Sallie?" asked
d Billings, who had been standingl
my side since our approach was
nailed. ....i
Yes, anything" l responded, and
moved toward the well-knownl
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-09-18
EMPIRE BUYERS
GO TO MARKETS

Mr.. and Mr.. William R. Bowen, of
the Empire Store, left Tuesday night
for New York and other Eastern
cities to purchase their fail and winter
stocks for the Empire. Mr.. Bowen
states that the Empire patrons will get
the seasons latest creations in ladies'
ready-to-wear, millinery and novelty
lines. as we'll as in the mems depart
ment and may anticipate the largest
and best selected stock ever bought
by this enterprising firm. Mr.. and Mrs.
Bowen expect to be gone about two
weeks.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-09-18

First Nationwide Returns
First returns from the Leader ma
tion-wide Presidential poll verify, IN
a way all that is admitted by leaders
in all of the three big parties. =
Newspapers in twelve states nave nave
made returns, furnishing some very
interesting figures for ,sPecnla,5,loo1n
The surprising strength OF LaFollette
indicates that our election may. not De
settled in November-but will go TO
the House, probability foreseen by
political students when the Wisconsin
Senator tossed his hat into the ring.
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COUNTY u. D. C.
ISSUE INVITATIONS

Invitations to the unveiling OF the
Jefferson Davis Boulder at the inter
section of the Jefferson Davis High
wav and the National Highway in
Ashburn have been issued by the Tur-
ner County Chapter U. D. c.
The unwilling will take place on
October oath, for which suitable
program is being worked out by the
committee, of which Mrs. L. w
Green, of Sycamore, is chairman.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-09-18
GEORGIA ROADS IN
GOOD CONDITION

Mr.. Frank Gross and sister, Miss
Matte Gross, of Brooklyn, N
Y. passed though the city to-
day enroute to Jacksonville. They
ton of the Central Dixie Highway,
declaring it as being the best stretch
of road travelled in the state.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-09-18
THRONG SEES
CHICAGO HOP

Chicago, ILL.,, Sept. 1.-THE round,
the-world f1iers left Chicago at $50
o'clock Wednesday morning for Oma-
ha
In perfect formation, the Chicago,
Lieutenant Lowell Smiths plane, lead
ing the way, the three machines roar
ed across the field, nosed upward, cir.
cled the field once and then sped
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-09-18
]. NJ. Dorminy, Pres.
7. M. Barrentine, Jr., Sec.
Prizes Awarded

Messrs. Bowers, Peterson and H.
H. James acting as judges of the cot
ton for the club, allotted the prizes for
the best yield and highest grades. Ro-
bert Chasteen was given first prize
of $40 in gold from the Union Cotton
Gin; Frazier Swanson second prize, a
trip and special course at the South,
eastern Exposition at Atlanta, and
Randolph Bazemore third prize, S. in
gold given by J. D. Dorminy, cashier
of the Exchange National Bank.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-09-18
24,79o 1884 24,l3l
Local Vote Light

In Fitzgerald and Ben Hill County,
verv little interest has been aroused IN
the poll, except in the ranks OF La. La.
Toilette supporters, they having cast
s. votes for their favorite.
Neither Democrats or Republicans
have taken the trouble to mark the
ballot printed in last weeks issue
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LOOK

Nothing too large, or too small for
us to move We appreciate anything
that you may turn our way.
R. o. STEPHENS adv
DON'T WAIT PHONE 1873
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-09-18
OCMULGEE RIVER BRIDGE
REOPENED TO TRAFFIC

The bridge over the Ocmulgee river
at Abbevil1e is open for traffic and
the roads are reported in good con-
dition, despite the heavy rains recnt-
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-09-18
HIGH SCHOOL PIT. A.

The High school Parent-Teacher
association will hold its first meeting
Tuesday, September %, at four o'clock
All parents are urged to attend to
vote on constitutional amendments.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-09-18

Mr.. Will S. Halle is spending the
week with his brother in Cedartown,
and is expected to return home Satur-
day. -
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-09-18

Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Roar and chill
dren will leave Friday for Raleigh, N.
c., where Mr.. Roar has position
with the SAL They will motor thru
via the ]. D. H.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-09-18

Mr.. and Mrs. John A. Barnes have
returned from trip to Chicago.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-09-18

in to Coonuge
break clearly into what
ground IN carly
Of dnnhf
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-06-30
Our Children-By Angelo Patri

see and the job lots are always more
numerous than they have any right to
be. considering the bad market they
command.
Whose fault is it that all of them
cannot be first class? l am afraid
that we all must take our share in
the blame. and there's enough to go
the job lot child exactly what he
needed to make him first-rate for his
class. 1t required special equipment
and specially applied teaching, and
we didn't have them. You see they
cost a great deal of money
once In a while a pupil gets into a
job lot. and nobody is to blame but
himself He wanted to stray outside
the garden fence and evaded the
Watchful eye of the gardener The
winds We're a little too strong for him
ous there and the sun beat upon him
before he was ready to enjoy it and
maybe fat caterpillar ate piece out
or him THAT happens to those who
stray outside the garden fenceD He
dldnt get the right sort of food ot
course. no naturally he didn't blossom
well.
Perhaps if all of us tried a little
harder with these hayward Job lots
and followed them outside the garden
walls a bit. we could do a little more
toward saving them for the first class
Ana II the little job lots could lust
imagine how they are going to feel
when the gardener lays them on the
last pile with all the Ieftovers per
maps they would try little harder Ia
Keep close within the shelter of the
garden. 'e
At any rate those job lots have ia
be taken INTO consideration
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-06-30
SHOPPING ECONOMY
BY MRS. HARLAND H. ALLEN.

The box. which contains one or
more alright compartments, may be
either of wood or of metal. but the
best ones are almost always lined
with aluminium, or possibly with
nickeled copper AT any rate, the
lining material must be rustproof,
moisture. and ii must be easily
cleaned The box should be well made
and tightly jointed.
Cooking utensils are most satisfac-
tory when made Of aluminium. since
aluminium is excellent to store UP
heat. They should be smooth and
seamless and their covers should be
tightly fitted on with clamps to hold
them down. You can get the utensils
in sets. of such size that two or three
or the vessels fit into compa rtment,
so that you can cook Seve. al kinds of
food at a time. The heating stones.
or radiators, will retain heat best
If they are made of Soapstone.
though tests have proved that the
metal radiators are capa BILE of hold
ing enough heat for all cooking pur-
poses
See that the cooker YOU buy either
has vent valve to let excess steam
escape or that the cover is so con
structed that the steam can get out
that way With such cooker YOU
need have no fear of explosion from
steam.
Your fireless cooker means economy
of food, time and energy. but it is
primarily a fuel saver
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-06-30
What Today Means to You
BY MARY BLAKE.
Cancer.

| Todays planetary aspects are good
all during the day: in the evening
| they are inclined to be adverse. They
| counsel aggressive and forceful &C
| ton until late in the afternoon, and
| especially favor initiation and work
of IL constructive nature. In the eve
ming, rest and recreation are advised,
and complete cessation of those
very activities for which the day will
prove so propitious.
A child born today will enjoy nor
NAL health-neither better nor worse
than the average. 1t will also be of
| the average type-bOth mentally and
| spiritually. II will have no outstand
ing weaknesses. nor have any special
| gifts nor display any particular tai
ents. What such IA CHILD becomes
on reaching maturity depends on it's
| parents and early environment; much
more so. in fact. than when the child
displays some marked characteristics.
Is today your birthday? II so, you
are ambitious. with one-track mind,
and wonderful amount of energy
| your disposition. if it were allowed
| free and full development would be
cheerful and bright, but YOU are 50
| obsessed with the idea of securing
material success that you very rare
ly allow your spontaneously natural
desires to assert themselves.
"All work and no play makes Jack
| a dull boy Whilst you are TO be
commended for your ambitious desire
| to succeed, the execution of your
plan can be materially improved. and
the furtherance of your aim promoted
by mental relaxation in the guise Of
hobby.
Hobbies evoke industry of a Ger
| tain kind. and at least provide 1gree-
able occupation. Even a routine me
chanicaI employment is felt to lie a
relief by minds acting under high
pressure: it is an intermission of
labor-a rest-a relaxation, the pleas
ure consisting in the work itself,
rather than in the result.
Lord Brougham once said: Blessed
! is the man that hath a hobby. Hob
| bles, however. must not be ridden too
| hard or else. instead of recreating.
refreshing and invigorating. they
may only have the effect of causing eA-
| haustion. excavation and depression.
| Successful people born on this date
are: Harriet w. Sewall, poet: William
A. Wheeler, politician of New York
William e Marshall. painter and en-
| israver; Edward Burgess. yacht de-
! signer: Thomas n. Norton. chemist
| Walter Hampden, actor.
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The Hungry Watchers.
\ Fox is always waiting round
Where helpless innocents are found
Old Muther Nature

Reddy Fox was not the only one to
lick lips hungrily at the news that there
were two young Porcupines in the Green
Forest. Old Man Coyote did the very
same thing. So did Yowler the Bob Cat
Even little Shadow the Weasel licked his
lips. Not one of them had ever seen a
baby Porcupine. None could imagine
such little fellows as being anything but
helpless. Each felt that if he could get
them away from Mrs. Porky there would
be no trouble at all in getting a good
dinner of tender young Porcupine
So Reddy Fox had not long been in
hiding where he could watch the Porcu-
pine family when he saw Old Man Coyote
angered Reddy Fox. But he took care to
keep perfectly still and not let Old Man
Coyote know that he was there. The
funny part is that Reddy Fox actually
felt that Old Nan Coyote had no right
there. He actsally felt that Old Man
something that belonged TO him. OF
course. this wasn't so at all.
Old Man Coyote sat down and
watched Prickly Porky's family for
a while. Then he did exactly what
Eeddy Fox had done. Yes. sir. he did
just that. He picked out a. good hid
ing -place from which he could watch
the Porcupine family. and there he
made himself comfortable. 1t was
quite clear to Reddy that Old Man
Coyote had just the same idea that he
had. He had made up his mind that
those young Porcupines were harm
less. and he intended to wait for them
to come down out of that tree.
Hardly had Old Man Coyote hidden
when Yowler the Bob Cat crept into
view. Yowler fIattened himself on tho
ground and glared up at the younI
Porcupines. Such an eager, hungry