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Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-01-03
Tourists Register In
Blue And Gray Park
Wednesday, Dec. 19

wednesday, Lee. l9
Mr.. and Mrs. E. p. Spaulding, New
Hampshire to Florida.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. E. Palmer, Cort-
land, N. Y. to Florida.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Hutchinson, Argus
Ind, to Florida.
Saturday, Dec. %
F. S. Randall, Buffalo, N. Y. to
Miami.
E. E: and J. w. Litz, Dunkirk, N.
Y, to Florida.
J. T. Kimball, Maine, to Florida.
Lillian and Mrs. J. N. Litz, Dun
kirk, N. Y. to Florida.
Monday, Dec. "a
Mr.. and Mrs. Tichcnor, Taylorsville
KY, to Miami
Mrs. Bella L. Tichenor, Taylorsville
KY, to Miami.
Wednesday, Dec. 26
Mr.. and Mrs. G. T. Potter and son
Baltimore, Md, to Florida.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. E. Field, Catskill,
N. Y. to Tampa.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Hawk, Grand
Rapids, Mich, to Orlando.
Thursday, Dec. 81
DR.. and Mrs. McKenny, AtSlens.
Ga, to Florida.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. C. Freeman, East
Pembroke, N. Y. to Eau Gallie, Fla.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. C. Frink, Batavia,
N. Y. to Eau Gallie, Fla.
Palmer Cults, Richfield Springs, N.
Y. to Eau Gallie, Fla.
Saturday, Dec. %
J. S. Roger, Ohio to Tampa.
w f. Seebet, Ohio to Tampa.
Mr., and Mrs. J. Glorncy, Lake
Hopatchong, N. J. to Jacksonville.
]. w. Hooper, Sslna, O., to Florida
J. p. Stamp, Salina, o., to Fla
Leone Stamp, Salina, o., TO Fla.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-01-03
J. D. H. AUXILIARY
GETTING TREES PLANTED

Mrs. H. M. Warren, president of the
Jefferson Davis Highway Auxiliary,
has been busly engaged getting pecan
trees donated by local parties to be
planted on the highway from the. If
win county boundary to the Wilcox
county line.
The route extends west about six
miles on the Irwinville road and north
to the Wilcox County line. Two trees
are to be planted at each mile post on
opposite sides of the road. The county
Commissioners will furnish the labor
to set them out, which will be done
in a few days.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-01-03
EDUCATIONAL FILM
BE SHOWN HERE

A highly educational picture film has
been procured by a committee of the
Woman's Club which will be on exhi-
bit some time within a week probably
at the Grand at special hour pre-
ferably a morning hour. 1t is an ex-
hibit of fine landscape paintings by
famous painters and is sent out under
the sponsorship of the General Fed
Grafton Of Woman's Clubs. There will
be small admission to defray the
shipping expenses of the picture and
everybody is invited.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-01-03
MISS MARY ALICE STEWART
DIES SUDDENLY

Miss Mary Alice Stewart, a spinster
living with Mrs. Amy Turner on her
farm three miles east of the city, died
suddenly last evening, OF ". ;ch Coro-
ncr Griffin was notified. After holding
an inquest at the residence early this
1rorning the Jury came to the conclu-
sion that she died of causes unknown
to them, but that there were no visi-
Bile signs of violence.
The deceased came here from Lyons
and had been living with Mrs. Turner
tor some time. The Coroner jury con-
sisted of Messrs ]. S. Williams, ]. T.
Taylor, G. w. Harrington, J. c. Will
son, D. E. Weaver and ! B. Evans.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-01-03
Fitzgerald Creamery
Has Good Month
Considerable Cream Being Received
Here From Irwin County

Twelve thousand and two hundred
pounds of butter was reported churned
by the local Creamery during the
month of December, which is very
grat'fying to the owners of the Cream
cry and will be read with great deal
of satisfaction by the Creamery boost
erS.
Manager R. ]. Ruble of the Cream
cry states that there is a gradual in
crease in the cream from the county
and that there is considerable cream
being received here from Ocilla which
had heretofore shipped its dairy pro-
ducts to Ashburn and Montgomery.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-01-03
ROAD GUIDE
Out of Fitzgerald
JEFFERSON DAVIS HIGHWAY

JEFFERSON DAVIS HIGHWAY
Route to Savannah:-Via Abbeville.
cross bridge to Rhine, Milan, McRae,
Alamo, Mt Vernon, Vidalia, Lyons,
Reidsville, Claxton, Pembroke. Take
road via Burnsed bridge to Louisville
road; road good to Canoochee river
bridge; east of Claxton just fair to
Pembroke and Louisville road; Chat
ham county paved.
Route to Augusta-v1a Abbeville
bridge, take north route two miles east
of bridge to- Eastman, Dublin, Wrights
vile, Barlow, Louisville, Wrens. Road
fair entire distance.
Route to Montgomery, Ala via
lrwinville, Sycamore, Ashburn, Syl-
vester, Albany, Dawson, Cuthbert,
Georgetown, Eufaula, Union Springs.
Road fair to Sylvester, paved to Al
bany and good road to Georgetown.
Cross bridge to Eufau1a.
DIXIE HIGHWAY
Central Route"
Route to Macon-via Abbeville.
Hawkinsville, Perry. Good to Bib
County line then paved into Macon.
Detour fourteen miles north of Able
vile at bridge.
Route to Jacksonville-V Della,
Douglas, Nichols, Folkston, Jackson
vile Good road to Nichols, rough to
Waresboro good to Waycross, excel
lent to Folkston and Jaxville.
ROUTE TO CORDELE
Via Rochelle, Seville and Pitts,
road good to fair all the way.
(This information will be printed
each week in this column; should any
serious changes be reported will make
notation of such )-Leader-E Enterprise
Promoter of Good Roads.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-01-03
Style Experts Pass
Word On Fashion

ATLANTA, Ga.,-Style experts in
the Peachtree Arcade, Atlanta's great
indoor shopping center, have passed
the word to the Atlanta public that
plaids, stripes and checks will be "the
thing" in women's wear next spring.
There will be strong play, they say,
on simplicity of silhouette. Garments
will run severly to straight lines.
The effect will be softened by an
epidemic of Chinese colors, it is stat
ed, such as citron, laquer red, porce-
lain blue, greens, and delicate corals.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-01-03
JOE KASSEWITZ MOVES
TO NEW QUARTERS

J. Kassewitz, proprietor of the F'itz-
gerald Waste & Metal Co., moved his
establishment to the Gray Warehouse
on east Central avenue and has made
preparation to buy farm produce of
every description; especially poultry
and eggs, for which he has made ex-
tensive preparations.
The large warehouse also gives Mr.
Kassewitz splendid facilities to store
furniture, which will also become one
of his special features in the new build
ing. a
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-01-03
SMOKERS PAY YOUR PENNY!

The new cigar and cigarette tax
of one cent for each ten cent of
smokes will be collected by the local
dealers as per instructions from the
Tax Department of the State, none
of the local dealers having become par
ties to the injunction of the Tobacco
companies.
The tax will be applied to taking
care of the States consumptives at
Alto and to the payment of the pen
sions of the Confederate Veterans.
Pay it with a smile!
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-01-03
Masons Elect New
Officers For Year

At their recent convocation the fol-
lowing were elected officers in the Pine
Level Lodge: S. G. Pryor, Jr., w. NJ;
I. II. Owens, S. W.; B. L. Coburn,
J: W.; w. S. Walker, Treasurer; J.
w. Pearson, Secretary; w. D. Smith,
S. D.; N. A. Manley, ]. D.; w. C.
Hanken, S. S.; G. w. Crawford, 7. S.:
T. I Griffin, Chaplain and w. R.
Dykes, TYLER.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-01-03
NEW ASSOCIATION

The EXECUTIVE Board Of the various
departments of work in the new Bap-
fist Association, the Ben-Irwin will
meet in the rooms of the First Baptist
Church Saturday at 3 o'clock P. NJ
to outline program of work for the
first quarter of the new Year. This
new association is formed with the
Missionary Baptist Churches in the
two counties with the hope of more
effective and intensive development.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-01-03
FIRST WARD P. T. A. NOTICE

The regular meeting of the P. T. A.
will be held at the First Ward build
ing on Wednesday afternoon January
9th, at 3:l5. The program committee
under Mrs. G. w. Turner offer the
following program:
Prayer.
P. T. A. Song.
Biography of Benjamin Franklin
9th grade boy
Principles and Influence of Frank
lin--Rev. ]. H. Elder.
Quotations from Franklin.
Biography of Robt. f. Lee-6th
grade boys.
Tribute to Gen. Lee-Col. w. H.
Lasseter.
Business and social hour.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-01-03

An automobile party going to Ma
con for the day Wednesday were Mes
DANES Carl Fellars, J. B. Norman.
Marie O'Connor, Mrs. J. H. Palmer
and Mr.. ]. B. Norman in Mrs Palm
er's car.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-01-03

Mr.. John Justice came down from
Chicago to spend few days with his
family.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-01-03

Organizing parties of farmers and
making trips to the Coastal Plains Ex-
pertinent Station for inspecting I'M
proved methods of farming. Arrang-
ing for party of III boys and girls
and their parents to visit the hatchery
at Triton and the District A. & M.
School.
Meetings held by different commit
tees for the promotion of different
phases of agricultural work as follows:
Evening star., 1924-02-16

have been reached as to the cost Of
generation, and others than govern
ment engineers have said that the cost
Of generation plus the cost Of delivery
throughout the District would not
make it possible materially to lower
the cost Of electricity generated by the
coal-burning plants. This Is a question
that must be determined on the basis
OF studies and opinions OF engineers,
and when there Is a difference Of
opinion between government engineers
and those in private employ Congress
will probably incline to acceptance Of
the government engineers estimates.
Plans for adding Klingle and Piney
Branch valleys to Rock Creek Park
and converting part of Patterson
tract into park have been discussed
for years. The value of the land is in
creasing. and it's area is decreasing
because of the spread OF building.
The valleys are potential parts of
Rock Creek Park, and Piney Branch
valley would give a stretch Of public
W new SSCllOii VI Tic city
and aid in making a parkway con-
nection from Rock Creek Park to Sol
diers' Home. The original Washing
ton was furnished with park spaces
by the city planners of more than
century and u quarter ago. The Wash
ington that has grown up beyond the
bounds of the original city has little
parkland, and the new Northeast
Washington is especially deficient in
parkland. In the proposal to buy
these vacant lands for park uses there
is no suggestion of graft The value
of the land is known, the citizens
want it. and it is not proposed to pay
the private owners one dollar more
than the land is worth.
Evening star., 1924-02-16
Seen As Moral Uplift.
Writer Commends Church Con
ference on Motion Pictures.

To the Editor of The Star:
At the Raleigh Hotel February 13
and IA a very important and inter-
esting motion picture conference will
be held under the auspices of the
largest religious denominations of
the country and other moral and up
lift organizations. The General As
sembly of the Presbyterian Church.
in session in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1922,
passed several resolutions for the
urgent need of federal regulation of
motion pictures. The possibilities for
good which lie in clean, inspiring
pictures will be pointed out and the
many. many evils of the degrading
ones will be hit hard. Moral We'll
fare, the publication of the Presby-
terian moral welfare board, states:
Certain interests in the motion pic
ture industry in screen presentations
make light of marriage. woman's
virtue, the Lords day, the eight
eenth amendment and chastity, thus
spreading moral blight across
America and striking at the vitals
of the nation in suggesting to the
youth of the land habits and atti-
tudes of life that tend only to ruin >
Further .on It says: The morality of
our children is the vital blood OF our
Evening star., 1924-02-16
The Oil Inquiry Recess.

Adjournment for ten days of the
naval Oil inquiry committee will give
the public a respite from the shock of
successive and cumulative sensations.
.For several weeks this investigation
has been Vim progress. bringing forth
shocking facts, startling situations,
astounding disclosures. Hints and in
nuendoes have filled the air. Bit
ter partisanship has been aroused.
Now a recess has been taken, and
for ten days there will be no more
shocks and surprises. unless testi-
mony Of wronsdoing and suggestion
of evil ard corruption arise sporadi-
cally. II is. of course, by no means
assured that this will not happen. A
febriie condition has been induced by
the excitements of the past few weeks,
y state almost of hysteria has been
developed. Men are seeing things"
and show an eagerness to tell about
them.
The Investigation itself is serving a
useful purpose of bringing out into the
open muttered tales and half-sup.
pressed gossip. 1t is giving exact form
10 insinuating reports. 1t is steadily
unfolding the record of transaction
which. already stamped as presumab bly
corrupt. is still To be revealed in all of
its details.
Meanwhile the President has Sc
cured u favorable report from the SEN
ate committee on the names of two
men chosen as special counsel to carry
on the work of legal inquiry and ac-
ton in the case of the Oil leases. and
of prosecution Of any who may
be apparently guilty of criminal mis-
conduct. 1t remains for the Senate to
vote upon these names. The sooner
their commissions are signed the more
quickly will they be able to begin their
unpleasant but important task. The
hope is that their combinations will
quickly follow the committees action.
and that without more ado this serv-
ice for which they have been drafted
may begin
Evening star., 1924-02-16
Honest Gasoline.

The bureau of mines gives u certiii-
cate of good character to Washington
gasoline. The price may not be
wholly satisfactory to Washington
auto owners, but the bureau says that
the quality is excellent. and that
gasoline sold in Washington this
winter more nearly meets government
motor gasoline specifications in every
particular than does motor fuel sold
in eight other cities. including the
largest cities of the country scattered
from coast to coast" 1t is gratifying
to learn that at least one thing seems
To be all right. To such an extent has
life become just one thing after an
other that people would perhaps have
felt little surprise if the bureau Of
mines had reported that .'of the large
nun! Der of gasoline samples collected
by the bureau it has beer found that
100 per cent of them do not contain
any gasoline, and that the product
now being marketed under the name
OF gasoline will not start car, and
that q car carrying such alleged gaso-
line in it's tank will only run down
hill" But the bureau makes no such
report. 1t says we are getting honest
gasoline, or at least gasoline that is
as nearly honest as any one has the
right to expect. We are tn have in
vestigation of the price Of gas" but
in the quality of gas" we are feeding
to our cars there is no scandal.
Evening star., 1924-02-16
COURAGE
Il am the master OF nay tate,
| am the captain OF my soul.
HENLEY.
!. j, HfIrs Hopes Were Blasted.

James j. Hill wanted to be doctor
and he had dreams OF life in the
orient-but all were shattered Wheh
his father died and he had to leave
school to support his mother.
He was born in Il log cabin i'll the
lonely forest near Guelph, Ontario
Canada. and when boy learned
from the few books at home, and
work ed in the woods.
His studies at lockwood Acad-
enny were stopped when he was four
teen years old. and he clerked in
the village store. He had lost an eye
in an accident. was understood, ana
the work was hard, but he earned
enough to help his widowed mother.
When eighteen, without money or
friends. he made his way to St Paul
and found work as shipping clerk Tor
IA steamship agent. He studied ana
saved, and when twenty-seven was
the Northwestern Packet Company,
but resigned when it was merged
with the Davidson Lines and went
into the warehouse and fuel business
for himself. Within ten years he had
a line of boats and carts operating to
Winnipeg.
Plans and hopes of seventeen years
were fulfilled when he headed those
who took over the wrecked st. Paul
and Pacific railroad, 3ll miles long,
and its S33.00O,000 debt. Fourteen
years later it, as the Great Northern
railway. reached the Pacific coast and
had 5000 miles of track. Then was
added the Northern Pacific railroad.
His dreams of the orient We're re-
vived when he was sixty-three, in the
Great Northern Steamship Company,
with it's palatial vessels. but killed
when the governments policy neces-
STATED withdrawal of the service.
Plans for a mighty railroad sys-
TEN of the west. to include the Bur
lington lines, were started with the
organization of the Northern Securl-
ties Company and stopped when the
government dissolved it.
When he died Hill was honored as
the empire builder" because OF the
great territory he developed, as
railroad king, as multi -millionaire
and as a public benefactor.
Copyright, 1921
Evening star., 1924-02-16

tors at that particular place. But it
must be remembered that they are
charged with the duty of catching
liquor runners. They have been un-
der much criticism for slackness. They
are now intent upon making captures.
Here was a particularly fragrant
case, the unloading Of still in the
heart Of the city, unquestionably for
use in the illicit manufacture Of
liquor. 1t was important to catch the
men engaged in this lawless act. The
first impulse of the pursuers was to
stop the fleeing motor car.
The chance of police shots hitting
innocent people of whatever rank in
life is ever present in these days of
bold crime in the cities Of this coun-
try. Are the police to be deprived Of
their arms, or enjoined against firing
save in self-defense? Such an order
would make for more crime. for i'm
munity for the lawbreakers. They are
bold and desperate. Apparently only
the fear of death will deter them from
their nefarious enterprises. Is the law
to be allowed to lapse for lack of en-
forcement?
This case doubtless will cause a
careful consideration by those i'm au-
thority of the methods whereby en-
forcement officers are to carry on their
work. 1t should not. however. react to
check the pursuit of lawbreakers.
Meanwhile it is the fervent hope of all
that the victim of last nights accident
will speedily recover.
Evening star., 1924-02-16
Sees Great Benefit
From Power at Falls
10 the Editor Of The Ster.

10 the Editor Of The Star:
! was much pleased to read YOUR
editorial of the 11th on the subject
Potomac Power Project" one which
concerns every house holder, and, in
deed every person in the District and
in the adjacent portions Of MARYLAND.
Many of them must be gratified by
your approval. restrained though il
be.
Every person who has given
thought To this project necessarily
comes TO the conclusion that by the
construction of Il hydro electric plant
at Great Falls the cost of electric
light and power in this territory
could be greatly reduced. l believe
that every unprecedented person will
say that. if properly managed and
controlled. costs could he more than
cut in two. This conclusion is not
reached by mere imagination. but
by a study of rates at other places
where electric power is used.
nave before me Il booklet pub
llshed by the Chamber of Commerce
of Pasadena, Calf In it is this state
ment:
The power rates range from I
cents to 1.S cents. and the electric
light rates from cents to 3 cents
per XVIII"
Is this an exceptionally low rate
for California? Not at all Anothe r
booklet of Authoritative Informa-
tion states that the average cost of
hydro-electric power in the whole
state OF California is-what? Nine
cents. given as a reasonable rate bv y
senator? Five and nine-tenths cents
as estimated by the Tyler report ?
Four cents? Three cents? Two cents ?
No. One and two-thirds cents per
kflowatt hour. Electricity is so cheap
that 1t is widely used throughout the
state by farmers.
1t is true that MANY of the Cali
| 1ornia companies have advantages in
the way of selling water for irriea-
ton. but not all Some of them are
municipality owned, but by no means
an. II this latter fact is principal
cause it is most powerful argu-
ment for municipal ownership
California enjoys one other adyan-
tage over benfghted Washington and
II is probably more powerful fac
tor in securing these low rates than
any other. In that state the rates
and services of all electric generat-
ing companies are regulated by the
state railroad commission: q COM
mission which actually regulates, in
the interest of the welfare of the
whole people of the state. When that
commission orders rates reduced, they
are reduced. What happens hereo
The company merely slips the money
into another drawer and grins at the
public. Aside from this successful
evasion of reduction in rates, there
are many who feel that to the board
of utilities. the welfare of the COM
panies always looms large, while the
welfare of the whole people, for
whom all the utilities are conducted
does not loom quite so large. This
view may be unjust, but it is widely
held.
l take it that most people have a
good idea as to the cause which has
blocked and does block the Potomac
power project; a cause which acts in
secret like the great oil companies ::
and profits by placing az double tax
on that commonest necessity-light.
What is now needed is more light !;
both on the cost of electricity at
places situated like Washington. and
on the causes which obstruct so plain
and simple an Improvement.
LOUIS c. DUNCAN.
Evening star., 1924-02-16
Music for People.
Free Organ Concerts in Glasgow
Are Described.
o tho Editor of The Star.

To the Editor of The Star.
read with considerable interest
in Sundays Star the account OF the
third and last of A series of chamber
nusic concerts in the Freer Gallery
which will rejoice the hearts of the
great body of music lovers in Amer
tca'
had just been describing on
Thursday night to an Interested au-
dience the successful efforts of the
municipality of Glasgow, Scotland 10
interest the people of that city in
good music, the invited guests be
ing all the people of the city. Organ
concerts are given every Saturday
night by the municipal authorities in
the beautiful sculpture hall. tho great
central hall of the splendid Glasgow
Art Gallery, a hall l25 by 30 feet
with a height Of so feet, with the
grand organ at one end. There i:
no charge at these concerts except
for the program, for which the nomi-
nal sum of l penny is collected.
In tie Winter Gardens of Glas-
Cow Green" orchestra concerts are
| given for the people, and these also
are in the evening when the greater
part of the population is free.
Would 1t he too much of a good
thing for Washington to boast of
evening recreation facilities in art
and music for the common people.
among whom government clerks"
, presume, do not object to being in
! cluded?
The experience of the Library of
Congress in opening until 10 o'clock
| at night and from 2 till 10 o'clock
on Sundays justifies the policy advo-
Gated by the then new librarian of
Congress. Mr.. Herbert Putnam, who
apparently has broken ground for
! this new movement, which it is to be
| hoped will spread to great proper
| tions for this beautiful city of which
we will some day be even more proud
J than we are today.
HARRIETTE HIFTON KING.