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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-06-05
MERCHANDISE
Building Materials

LUMBER = Thoroughly Sea o d
spruce, pine, hemlock boards, planks,
studding and dimensions: cedar posts,
poles, laths & strappings Frank E.
Mace, 81 Winthrop St. Tel. 1920.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-06-11
POSTAL EMPLOYEES
HOLD MEETING HERE

An executive meeting of the South
Georgia Postal Employees association
was held Tuesday in the office of Mr.
w A Adams, the president, who on
adjournment entertained the entire
committee at dinner at the Lee Grant
hotel
The meeting was called to make the
necessary plans for the large conven-
ton which will be held in this city
on Labor Day and will be attended by
500 to 1000 visitors, members OF the
association. This meeting will be fea-
tured by a barbecue and other enter
tainment OF a city wide nature.
Those present at the TUESDAY meet
ing were the postmasters as follows
Messrs NJ NJ Mckee of Moultriee,
Chas w Barnes OF aVldosta. Harris
Slack of Triton C Smith of Balm.
bridge, Jas T Dampier of Abel, l. +
Peterson OF Douglas and J d Adams
postal clerk at Douglas and u L
Adams rural carrier of Abel.
This organization includes every
employee of the postal service from
the postmasters Town, and the object
is the betterment of the service.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-06-11
JACKSON BOUND OVER
TO SUPERIOR COURT

Judge H L McLendon bound J 0
Jackson. OF Milledgeville over to the
Ben Hill superior court charged with
reckless driving.
Jackson, in taking car from Mil
ledgeville to Miami Monday night,
ran into and practically ruined the
car driven by Geo Mirsky OF Rochelle
who with his father, Mr. Sam Mlrsky,
were enroute to their home The occu-
rar.s of both cars escaped without
serious injury although the Mlrsky
car was thrown into the ditch and its
occupants cut by flying glass and 9th
erwise bunged up.
Jackson was arrested by the local
police on arrival in the city and the
case was tried Tuesday by Judge Nc
Lendon.
Col A J Mcdonald represented
Jackson and D f Griffin conducted
the prosecution.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-06-11
GOOD YIELD SEEN
IN TOBACCO CROP

The outlook for the tobacco crop,
which is. lust now beginning to be
harvested, is very promising accord
ing TO f C Westbrook, tobacco spe-
cialist of the State College OF Agri-
culture who has just made survey OF
the situation throughout the tobacco
belt of South Georgia.
"The busiest season for the tobacco
grower has just begun,a says Prof
Wcstbrook" and the process OF mar
vesting and curing are among the
most important operations to be faced
for often-times the success OF the to-
bacco farmer is determined by the way
in which he handles his crop in these
stages II the tobacco is Pulled too
Green it cannot be cured bright and
the quality is poor On the other hand
if it is allowed to become over ripe
Il will be dead and lifelcss
The Temperature in til curing barn
is also very important point IT II
IS not regulated properly, The tobacco
| MAY Es =, eaked spotted dark green O.
otherwise damaged and the price o.
| course affected
All of there and other details of hand
ling the tobacco crop are covered tui
| " in recent bulletin of the State Col
of Agriculture, which is now being
| distributed to tobacco grower
throughout the state 1t tells how tt
avoid the common mistakes in har
vesting and curing and also gives 9th
err valuable information regarding TIL
growing of the crop
Copies of this bulletin may be OBJ
! tanned free from the county agent o
by writing the Division of Publlca
ions, Georgia State College OF Ayr
culture Athens
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-06-11
Pecan Growers
Elect Officers
Jacksonville to Have 1926 Convention
Delegates Well Pleased With
Entertainment Here

The Nineteenth Annual convention
of the Georgia Florida Pecan Grow
ers has become one of the historic
events OF Fitzgerald and will be re-
membered by the visiting members as
one of the most enjoyable affairs held
BY the organization as expressed by
President Snedeker, the wonder work
er OF PIERCE county, where he has one
of the most attractive places near
Blackshcar.
Besides some routine business the
session OF Friday installed new Off
GERS. which for the coming year are:
H X Miller OF Monticello Fla, pres
ident; c A Newcomer of Fitzgerald,
Vice-pres; James H Wells of Bald
win lila, secretary and treasurer.
The 1926 meeting was voted to be
held in Jacksonville Fla. Resolutions
Of thanks to the people of Fitzgerald
were voted by the visitors.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-06-11
Bond Election
will Be Called
Brick Schools te Be Erected for
First Ward=Pav> oa'
Street

A large committee compoSsd on re-
representatives. from all the active CIV
&c bodies in the city met at the Chanf-
Der of Commerce Friday night, at
which time they arrived at a unani-
nous Endorsement of a proposed bond
election to be proclaimed by the city
council at once by which suffic' ent
bonds. between $4,000 and 100000
will be voted on as speedily as pos
sible, to provide the Improvements
that are a crying need at this point
OF our city's progress.
The first item discussed was the
annex needed for the high school. an
assembly room and two or more class
rooms to take care of the daily needs
Of the school.
OF supreme importance is the cree
rion of substantial brick. school
building in the First Ward, and the
removal or salvaging of the old struc-
ture for a larger and safer school IN
the colored section. The extension OF
water mains for better fire protection
is an inprUy- ler' ;ha' viii meet WITH
overwhelming favor and as matter
of civic pride, the paving of the Grant
street link on the Dixie Highway will
come in for good backing by our
progressive citizenry.
There was a fine feeling OF unanl-
mitv and optimism prevailing at this
meeting and sufficient to give the city
council a feeling of assurance in go
ing forward with this bond election.
Engineers will be consulted within
two weeks Tor estimates on the vari-
Gus phases of the improvements so
that the actual figures may soon be
known and used in the captions OF
the election notice A plan to issue
paving bonds in the serial form and
known as baby bonds on ten years
time will make payment easy for the
property holders of paved streets and
will facilitate the early paving OF 9TH
er streets besides Grant street at an
early date without the necessity OF
bond election.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-06-11
MAFFETT GOING OUT
OF BUSINESS

The four page advertisement APP
pearlng in this issue OF The Leader
will inform our readers of the deter
mination OF Mr. r | Maffett to retire
from the mercantile business in this
CITY where he has been an active mer-
chant for the past twenty-five years.
The entire stock of the Bazaar is
being placed on the market and an
nouncement is made of the sale by
auction to the highest bidder OF his
beautiful south Main street home as
well as his automobile and such of his
stock as may remain unsold after
July Is.
Mr. Maffett has not announced just
what his future plans may be, but it
is supposed he will enter another
field when his stock is closed out
Mr. and Mrs Maffett are active in
social and church affairs in the city
and their many friends throughout the
county will learn with sincere regrets
of their plans to leave our city.
Mr. Grady Mcdaniel the former
popular manager of CARRIERS Surprise
Store has taken charge of the closing
out of the stock of the Bazaar Store
and will be in charge of the store un-'
til July 10.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-06-11
GREAT DANGER FROM
FOREST FIRES NOW

Due to the prolonged drouth
throughout the State for the past sew
eral weeks the danger from fire, the
forests greatest enemy has been great
" increased and farmers everywhere
are urged to be on alert and save
the losses which threaten our timber
resources
Fires do greater damage now than
any other season of the year accord
ing to D Barrett extension specialist
in forestry of the State College of Agri-
culture During the spring months
trees grow fastest, he says and the
bark being tender the tree is easily
killed or if not entirely destroyed a
BART of the bark dies which allows in
sects and disease tn enrer which VIII
prevent it from ever becoming mer-
charitable timber
"Due to the common belief that
burning over the forest improves the
grazing and the depiorable lack OF
sentiment against fires which often al
low them to rage without any effort
towards stopping tfFrsands of acres
arc burned over each year with the
loss of millions of dollars to the state"
continued Prof Barrett Gin Georgia
o,473 fires we're reported to the feder-
al forest service in 1923 or more than
twice the number of any previous
year It is the duty of everyone to CO.
operate with the state and federal
governments in stamping out this
great enemy of our forests, and thus
save one of our greatest resources"
Once fires are started. the best way
t5 combat them is to plow strips or
fire lines through the woods to cut
the fire off, states Prof Barrett. Wet
gunny sacks or green pine boughs
make excellent weapons for hand fight
ing he says.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-06-11
Georgia Association
Strongly Endorsed
Backed by Leaders in State, Associa-
ton Will Become Factor in De-
veloping Georgia's Agricul-
tural Opportunities

| Friday was red letter day TO
Georgia, assembled in the Dempse.
hotel at Macon, leaders in civic in
dustrial and transportation organiza
tons OF Georgia planned Tor the pros
ecution OF the development OF tn
natural resources of the state pledgine
their support to the Georgia associa
ton, ths logical organization to pro
mote the settlement work OF Georgia F.,
farms and the development OF its i'll
dustrial possibilities.
Working under financial handicaps
for the past several years, Secretary
Abbott presented, nevertheless, con-
elusive evidences OF the usefulness and
success of the association i'll the past
year, number OF representatives
from the several member counties be,
ing present to testify to the benefits
derived from the work and to the new
settlers secured through the assocla-
ton efforts in the several counties IN
South Georgia.
According to these statements hun
dreds of families and individual farm
ers from the adjoining states,' have
been moved into Georgia farms thru
the advertising campaign and person.
al solicitations of agents of the Geor-
gia association in the past year. Col
B L Bugg of the ABBA; w T Ander
son of the Macon Telegraph; Mayor
Sims of Atlanta; Mr. Holleman of the
Atlanta Constitution and others made
stirring speeches, bespeaklng the need
of cooperating with the work OF the
Georgia association and pledged their
financial support to the continuance OF
the work.
To show their faith in the work the
association and its officers the meet
ing pledged to raise $4,000 to pay Oft
accumulated debts of the old associa
ton and to raise a sufficient fund to
make the organization more useful III
the future.
Col John Slater of Douglas was
elected President and H A Abbott was
reelected secretary for the Georgia
association.
Georgia Inc. an organization OF
leading financiers Of the state will Sc
cure the funds and administer the
finances. The meeting and its conclu
SONS we're a tribute tothe officers OF
the Georgia association who are de-
voting their time unselhshly &c the
development of Georgia.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-06-11
Rural Mail Men
To Sell Produce
Encouraging Use of Parcel Post for
Food Transport Is Aim-Car
riers Solicit on Routes

Atlanta, Ga, June 1l.-Uncle Sam
is gong to try to make statesmen and
commission merchants of his rural
mail carriers it was pointed out here
today by agcriculturists,
The postofice department, it was
stated here, is now conducting tests
to be kept up for six or eight months
OH fifty rural routes throughout the
country of the practicability OF utiliz-
ing the rural carrier as medium to
encourage transportation by parcel
post OF food products directly from
the producer to the consumer.
The experiment will be made under
authority granted at tn last session
of congress. Six routes in Georgia,
Valdosta, McRae Fort Valley Barlow
Gainesville Cedartown and Barnes
vile have selected as the postoffices
in this state from which the expert
mental srvic is bing conducted.
Carriers on these rural routes have
been urged to solicit shipments by
making personal appeals to the farm
ers poulrrymen and dairymen on their
routes and to obtain customers to pur-
chase the food products in towns from
which the rural routes are operated.
AS compensation for their services
the carriers will be given, in addition
to their regular salary, fifty per cent
OF the postage receipts from the new
service. The only charge to the pro-
Queer will be the usual local zone rate
of 5 cents for the first pound and l
cent for each additional pound or
fraction thereof since the 2-cent par
eel post service charge provided by
the last congress does not apply to
packages mailed on rural routes.
There will be no charge whatever to
the purchaser to whose doors the ru-
raj mail men will make deliveries.
Food products to be transported by
this medium will INCLUDE vegetables,
fruits, berries poultry eggs milk and
cream. Carriers will carry scales to
determine the amount of postage due
and will supply thier patrons with
stamps.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-06-11
Nation Soon to Eat
Our Juicy Melons
Thousands of Georgia Watermelons
Will Be Shipped to Many States
Alabama Also Melon Center

Atlanta, Ga, June 11.-Soon the
Georgia watermelon will be scatter
ing delight among the people of many
states and especially among the peo-
pie of this state Ii there is anything
more delicious than Georgia water
melon, red. ripe and juicy within and
cooled properly it has not been shown
around here according to Atlanta cpl
cures. For real, genuine satisfaction
on a hot day, many Atlantians assert
nothing can take the place of large
slice of watermelon served in a sha-
dy spot, with few good friends at
hand who also have generous slices
Of the juicy delicacy.
Indications now are that there will
be plenty of waterfelons this year
in both Georgia and Alabam, the two
leading watermelon states of the
South. Railroad systems covering
both states are making plans to han
Gle many thousand carloads of water
melons this year.
The shipping of thousands of cars of
watermelcns from Georgia and Ala
bama melon centers does not mean
that the melons are going out of the
two states Many of the shipments
railroad men say will be to points in
the states, to towns and cities that
will buy all the melons they can get
Many OF the Georgia and Alabama
watermelons do naturally go to 9th
er states, for the rest of the country
has learned what the southern water
melon is and people afar are eager to
get the Georgia and Alabama kind at
the earliest possible moment.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-06-11
T. ,urt Case Has No
Effect on Bonds
Southern Investors Fully Protected in
Atlanta Litigation Involving Mil
Ter Company-Persecution
Charged

Atlanta, Ga, June '0.--Local liti
CATION involving the Miller Conapny
large real estate bond house has had
no appreciable effect on the bond mar
ket of this concern and similar invest
ment houses according to Atlanta
bankers. who assert that investors are
protected both by property values and
millions of aesets in the firms.
Hearing in the cases of the state OF
Georgia against G. l. Miller < Co.,
and others, and of the Miller company
against T B Conner chief examiner
of the Georgia Securities commission
was postponed until next Monday by
Judge f D THOMAS OF the Fulton
superior court when the two cases
were called before him Wedne Sday.
Although attorney Reuben Arnold
representing the Miller company, IN
sisted upon a hearing. lawyers for the
state were not ready and the court
ordered a postponement.
The action of the Miller company
against T B Connor chief examiner
of the Georgia Securities commission
charged him with being self ap'
pointed prosecutor and prosecutor Of
the Miller company.
An order temporarily restraining MI
Conner ''from making publishing cir
culating either by word Of mouth in
terviews kilograms or in any othel
manner, false, libelous or slanderou'
matters statements writings or com
munications concerning G L Miller!
Co or its officials or any of its bond:
or bond issues sold or UNDERWATER
by it was signed by Judge E L
Thomas in Fulton superior court. The
litigation involves two local building
projects.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-06-11
Low Taxes Reduce
Costs Of Living
Everyone Must and Does Pass Along
Taxes to Constructive Are
All Consumers-Every-
body Pays

Atlanta, Ga, June il.-Does de
creased taxes mean lower cost OF liv
ing? Here are some tax facts made
public here by tax advocates:
Every manufacturer must add his
taxes to the selling price OF his pro
duct.
Every merchant must add his taxes
to the selling price OF his goods.
Every farmer must add his taxes to
the selling price of his products.
Every builder must add his taxes
to the selling price of the building he
constructs.
Every railroad must add its taxes to
the selling price of the passenger tic
kets and freight charges.
Every landlord must add his taxes
to the rents of his houses.
Every clothier must add his taxes
to the selling price of his garments.
1t makes no difference whether its
labor or materials or service that is
sold. the taxes must be added, and
they are.
Unless taxes are added to selling
price all industry, farming and bust
ness would have to cease.
This is simply the operation of q
natural law.
Everyone one must and does pas:
along taxes to the consumer. We art
all consumers. Hence everybody pay;
taxes
Decreased taxes mean lower cost o
living
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-06-11
EvANGEL1sTIc SERVICES

FITZGERALD Business Mems Evangel
istic Club will conduct services Sum
day June Ia as follows;
Central Methodist church morn
ing service Group No l; } + lur-
ner captain, w L Stoval Burr Stokoe
H E Davis E H Holleman w H Las
setter.
Osierheld Methodist Church; morn
mo service: w J Ballard J H Burke
ID l. Paulk Frank Barrentine.
Rebecca Methodist Church. eve
ming service-Group No 4; A u
Brown captain L N Chasteen { h
Smith H B Chestnut; others
Pinelevel Methodist church; Alter
noon service 3:30-Group No z: u
A Jolly captain NJ M Stephens + nj
Grady E Newton.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-06-11
TO THE VOTERS AND
TAXPAYERS

Two weeks from today | leave to
attend the 1925 session of Georgia Le-
gislature, to represent you and Ben
Hill county. You probably realize that
this will be the last session until the
summer OF 1927. Therefore, if you
have any advice you would like to
give or any legislation you would like
to discuss with me you will find me
at my office from four until six O'Clock
every day next week tt be of service
to you.
The first ten days OF the session /
will be at the Kimball House which
MANY of you doubtless know has been
for years headquarters for most
Georgia legislators. After that date
will be at the Ansley hotel where
will be glad to see any OF my friends
from Fitzgerald and Ben Hill county
at any time, day or night, that | can
be of service to you. | will be just as
| clad to see the poorest man IN the
county as would my own bankers.
T enjoy being of service to my people
almost as we'll as I do trying to make
money.I have no pet legislation that
| am trying to pass; you douOtlesS
realize we have enough laws already
ON the statute books and by my effort
70 keep as many from passing as Is
in conformity with good government,
! I feel [ am doing my duty,
According to law | am advising you
of TWO local bills l am going to IN
troduce one relative to increasing the
fax mill limit for the city of Fitzger-
aid schools The second will be a bill
allowing the city of Fitzgerald to pass
"Babv Bonds without a bond cleo
t;on for street and sidewalk paving,
etc. The third will be state bill re-
Iat;ve to collection of advertising fees
for state and county taxes. l will be
oIad to discuss any of these with you
at the hours mentioned above.
As was new member last year
preferred to profit for you and my
self by the other fellows experience
and had very little to do with the orr
gin of any bills You doubtless know
a mans ignorance of parliamentar!
law would handicap him in any leg
islation however at this session
have certain strong convictions that
am going to try to express to tn
people and I vii appreciate your in
diligence, your advice and your hel
in my efforts to try to be of some serv
ice to you.
Sincerely yours,
Ii GRINER,
! Representative Ben Hill County
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-06-11
Coin Drive Backed
By Odd Fellows
Every Georgia Member of Order
Urged to Aid Campaign. School
Teachers Will Assist

Atlanta-The Independent Order OF
Odd Fellows of Georgia was placed
squarely behind the Confederate Mem
orial coin sale campaign by resolu-
ton passed recently by the sovereign
lodge of the state.
Judge Richard 3 Russell, chief jus
tice of the supreme court OF Georgia
and a past grand master of the grand
lodge of Georgia, headed the list OF
five past grand masters who intro
duced the resolution the others being
A Dwight Deas of Augusta; r L J
Smith of Commerce; Judge w b
Sloan of Gainesville and Paul Lind
sey of Atlanta.
The resolution, which was adopted
unanimously declares: I'VE call upon
each and every member of every
lodge in the order in Georgia to pur-
chase at least one OF these COINS and
preserve it as memento OF one OF
the outstanding events OF American
history"
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-06-11
SIDE APPLICATION OF
FERTILIZER TO CORN PAYS

The use of nitrogen has shown to be
profitable in experiments with corn
carried on by the State College of Ag-
riculture. and now is the time to make
side application to the corn crop,
saws l. V Davis, supervisor of fertili-
ger investigations throughout the state
The State College recommends that
the fertilizer be applied in the form
of nitrate of soda or sulphate OF
ammonia between the time the corn IS
knee high and waist high From 100
to 200 pounds of nitrate of soda or -
to $50 pounds of sulphate of ammonia
per acre is advised
The most profitable. fertilizing OF
corn will vary greatly under different
conditions, says Prof Davis II
heavy application of fertilizer as Tor
cotton was made to preceding crop
there will be much less need for sup
plving phosphoric acid than if the pre-
ceding crop were not heavily fertiliz-
ed Results of experiments by the Col
Iege indicate that in general the use or
phosphoric acid will be profitable and
that on the very sandy lands of the
coastal plain the use of potash IS nee
essary and will prove profitable
1t is recommended that where eth
er phosphoric acid or potash are used
they be applied in the row at planting
time If however these two fertilizing
elements were not applied at planting
time. they may be applied now with
benefit if the crop is not too far ad-
! xauced