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Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-06-04
FEDERAL RESERVE SETS
EXAMPLE OF EFFICIENCY

Atlanta, Ga, June 4.-That the
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta,
whose territory comprises all the
states of Georgia, Alabama, Florida
and portions of Mississippi, louisa
ma and Tennessee, is acting good
example in efficient and economical
operation is shown by the late state
ment of the institution, made by Hon
M B Wellborn., Governor of the bank,
before the Alabama Bankers Assoc
citation held at Mobile, Ala.
The number of employees of the
parent bank in Atlanta and its branch
es at New Orleans, Nashville, Jack
sonville and Birmingham annd its
agency at Savannah, was 48o three
years ago. This figure has since been
reduced to 372, numerical decrease
of III, and the corresponding reduc-
ton in annual salaries paid of $167,-
1913.
1t is quite testimonial to the bust
ness acumen of the officials of the
Atlanta Reserve Bank, according to
fnanciers here, that this very con-
siderable reduction has been brought
about gradually and without the sacri
flee of the efficient performance of
any service which the Reserve Bank
has been in the habit of rendering the
public through its member banks.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-06-04
Thomas r. Marshall
Died Monday
Served as Vice President During
Eight Years of Wilson
Administration

Washington, June 3.-Thomas Ri
ley Marshall of Indiana, former Vice
Pres dent of the United States died
here Monday morning.
Mr.. Marshall had been i'll at hotel
here with severe cold contracted dur
ing trip to the capital from his home
in Indianapolis. His condition had inn
proved during the past few days, how
ever. and phys clans regarded him as
on the way to recovery.
The end came at 9:40 a. m. while
the former Vice President was sitting
up in bed reading the Bible. His nurse
was in the room when he suddenly
fell forward-dead, and Mrs. Marshal
was in All adjoining room.
After delivering number of ad-
dresses N Indiana, Marshall came
here week ago Monday. He suffered
a heart attack upon his arrival and has
been in bed since.
AS far as could be learned here
Monday afternoon, Mr. Marshall had
no living relatives. He had no child
rem. but foster son. Morrison Mar
shall died here in 1920.
The former Vice President was a
member of the Marshall family OF
Virginia and a grand nephew of Chief
Justice John Marshall.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-06-04
CITY Officials Favor
Improvement Bonds
Chairman Dorrniny of Water. Light
and Bond Commission Shows
Financial Condition of City
in Excellent Shape

The meeting OF the City Council
Monday night was of more than usual
interest, Mayor Mayes presenting to
he council proposal for a 100000
bond issue for civic Improvements,
which have had the attention OF the
several civic bodies for some time. An
auditorium. brick school build 'ng for
the First Ward, paving of Grant street
connecting the paved roads through
the city and frame school building
for the colored schools, are included
in the proposed program.
That the city is financially able to
undertake these improvements was
substantiated by the statement made
by the chairman, John 2 Dorminy. OF
the Water, Light and Bond Commits
sion. According to Mr. Dorminy the
light plant has been operated with pro
fit to the city, having made approx
mately $4,000 of extensions and re-
placements at the plant without bor-
rowing money, the commission retired
$4,000 of city bonds and nave pur-
chased 100000 of the bonds of At
lanta, Macon, Griffin Quitman and
Ben Hill county. which are now avail
able for retirement of similar
amount of Fitzgerald bonds, enabling
the sale of bonds sufficient to carry
out the new improvement plans.
Aldermen Jay, Bradshaw and Gray
were appointed committee by Mayor
Mayes to confer with similar commit
tees from the Chamber of Commerce
and the Kiwanis and Woman's clubs
to further the interest of the bond cleo
ton by submitting to future meet
ing of the city council definite plans
and specific amounts needed for the
several improvements contemplated.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-06-04
LIGHT OPERA PROGRAM
TO BE RE-ARRANGED

Atlanta, Ga, June 3-A re-arrange-
ment of the program of light opera to
be presented this season by the At
lanta Municipal Light Opera Com
pany, affecting season ticket hollers in
practically every town in Georgia and
neighboring states, has been announc-
ed in Atlanta by c. B. Bidwell. gen
eral manager.
Gustav Luder's merry favorite,
"The Prince of Pilsen," will be sung
the second week of the season, begin
ming June %, while Johan Strauss
romantic composition, "The Gypsy
Baron" will be sung the week of
July S, the week originally reserved
for "The Prince of Pilsen."
ON order to avoid inconvenience to
out-of-town holders of season tickets,
of whom there are a number i'll prac-
tically every Georgia city and many
cities of neighboring state, the man
agement has arranged to accept the
tickets for the performance for which
they are dated, without regard to the
name of the opera printed on them"
Mr.. Bidwell said. eve believe that
this will prove more satisfactory to
those who now hold season tickets
than to call in all those now in circu-
lation and issue new ones"
Atlanta's summer opera Will open
at the city auditorium on June -.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-06-04
"SWAT THE FLY"
FOR HEALTH'S SAKE

Atlanta, Ga, June 3.-Health auth
oritiees in Atlanta have urged war
fare on the fly.
Ever stop to think where fl'es come
from? How about those you saw at
the breakfast table this morning? Nice
flies. weren't they? Seemed friendly
too, annd willing to dine with you
didn't they? Yes. every last one OF
them was Matched fresh from some
stable, pig pen, filth pile or something
like that within the last ten days or
two weeks.
Here is their history in a nutshell:
Old Mrs. Fly laid setting of IN
couple of weeks ago. They all Matched
out into tiny, white, wiggly mag
gots before night. Threse little
maggots squirmed around III the
filth for four or five days, got fai
and grew shell.
Once in a shell, these little maggots
start to growing wings and legs and
everything else that goes to make ur
first-class flies. This job done in five
DAYS and out comes our rising gen.
Grafton of flies. Their Shiny, wet
bodies make it easy for them to craw
to the outside of the filth pile, where
they dry their wings, take first break,
fast and make Decline, or fiy-line
for your kitchen and dining room
Flies killed many thousand babies
in the United States last year.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-06-04
VACATION READING CLUB
SPONSORED BY LIBRARY

What is a Vacation Reading Club
is the first question that will Naturally
be asked.
1t is a plan to give the boys and
girls of our town some systematic and
directed reading during the summer
months with the idea of training them
in giving expression to what they read
and in making an intelligent book re-
port, which is coming more and more
to be a part of their school work. The
plan is to have the young people read
fifteen books during the vacation
months. There will be a suggestive list
for each grade, beginning with the
third grade, posted on the bulletin
board in the library, seven of these
books will be starred, these starred
books must be read, the others to be
selected by the child from the list.
A note book entitled Books / Have
Read" will be furnished every child at
half the cost price, FIVE cents, the Ii
brary paying the other half: In this
book they are to write what they
think of the books as they read them,
If the books are read and the note
books neatly kept-at the close OF the
vacation, the Library Board will pre-
sent to each child Vacation Reading
Club diploma. The Librarian will
greatly appreciate the cooperation OF
the parents in this undertaking. A list
is given below.
Miss Louise Smith, Librarian
Books for Fourth Grade
Little Papoose Listens-Donaldson.
*American Hero Stories-Tappan.
Bear Stories-Carter.
Just so Stories-Kipling.
skiing of the Golden River-Ruskln.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Carroll.
Moni-The Goat Boy-Spyri.
*Stories Mother Nature Told Her
Children-Andrews.
Cave Twins-Perkins.
Irish Twins-Perkins.
Scotch Twins-Perkins.
Birds Christmas Carol-Wiggins::.
*Short Stories from American His
tory-Blaisdell.
English Fairy Tales.
*America's Story for Americas Chill
dren--Pratt. Vols. 3 and a..
Dandelion Cottage-Rank'n.
*Four Great Americans-BaldWln
*First Book of Birds-Miller.
Princess and the Goblin Donald.
Good Books for Third Grade Children
Seven Little Sisters-Andrews.
Short Stories for Short People-As-
pinwall
Lonesomest Doll-Brown.
Chinese Kitten-Bron.
Little Folks of Many Lands
Chance.
Mother Stories-Lindsey.
Stories of American DISCOVERIES
Our Little Dutch Cousin-Wade::
Hero Folk of Ancient Britain
Wiitsie.
Pinochio-Co1lode.
Little Lame Prince-Mulock.
Childs Garden of Nerse-Stevenson::
BIG People and Little People OF
Other Lands-Shaw.
Adventures of Brownie. 80, =,
Americas Story for Americas Chil-
dren-Pratt Vol. |.
Dutch Twins--Perkins:
Japanese Twins-Perkins
Eskimo Tw;ns-Perkins.
Aesops Fables.
Indian Child Life-Eastman
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-06-04
RURAL CLUBS HOLD
ANNUAL PICNIC
&C. T. Owens)

&C. L. OWenS)
The boys and girls club picnic at Be-
wen's Mill Saturday was great Sue
cess Something like ESQ being pre-
sent. There were more fathers and
mothers present to see their boys and
girls enjoy real community picnic
than ever before in this county. From
every indication and reports from
those who were present. every man
and woman, boy and girl spent real
pleasant day. The program which was
put on by the club members and as
sisted by Miss Ida Nell Turner and
Sam Jones, was one of the enjoyable
features of the occasion. Mrs. nellie
Dorrrliny and Miss Lucille Robitzsch
entertained the crowd with splendid
readings at the noon hour Mr.. J +
Turner also added very much to the
occasion with one of his splendid and
instructive agricultural and commun-
ity fellowship talks. Quite a number
of the older peple suggested having
such meetings oftener in order that
they might become better acquainted
with those living in the same county
and sometime in very close COM
munity whom they had never really
met, and learned to know. but had
heard of them through the local news
papers and otherwise for many years,
and since meeting and knowing them
thew were quite sure that there were as
good people in Ben Hill county as any
county in the state.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-06-04
cOLORFUL STRAWS
RAGE THIS SEASON

Atlanta. Ga, June 4-The coloriul
straw with as much brim as the wear
or is willing to carry, will be the rage
in womens hats this summer, accord
ing to fashionable milliners in the
Peachtree Arcade, style center tor
women in Atlanta.
'Its case of chasing ralnbows,
sure enough" said one milliner who
caters to the variable tastes OF fem
mime hat wearers. "Frocks will be
topped with large, lacy hats that es-
actlv match the frock in color.
And streamers are coming back,
too.
The large hat of this season, it was
stated, usually has very deep and
well-hitted crown and may be short
er across the back than in the front.
The most revolutionary model
shown in Atlanta, is the lace brimmed
one. There's something very mld-Eic-
torian about that. 1t can be depended
upon to set the masculine heart a-fut-
ter, every time 1t is very colorful as
well, made of horse-hair braid, crush
ed strawberry, with lace above and
beneath the brim.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-06-04
Cooperative Egg
And Poultry Sales

A cooperative poultry and egg mar
ket will be established in Fitzgerald
on the closing of the Ben Hill Cooper
ativc Hatchery which will be Thurs
day June H. These sales will be held
every week under the auspices OF the
county. agent and our home economics
agent and will be sold TO the highes st
and best bidder. Sealed bids will be
offered on the morning of each sale
giving the highest cash price + O +
Fitzgerald
Parties wishing to sell chickens and
eggs in this way should get instruc-
tons as to the grading from the coun-
~ agent or Mr.. ] Pope Teel In order
for poultry and eggs to bring the best
market price it is very essential that
they be properly graded. Markets OF
this kind when once established where
the growers all bring their chickens
and eggs to town on certain
day, are more satisfactory to the
grower because the price is better. 1t
is also more satisfactory to the buyer
because large amounts can be handled
at less expense.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-06-04
Maya" Georgia"
Features Fitzgerald
Organ of Georgia Association Has
Fine Story of Opportunities
in Ben Hill County

A page advertisement by the Cham
Ser of Commerce and numerous arti-
cles written by some of our new citi
zens on tobacco farms tell the story
Of farm opportunities in Ben Hill
county in the May number OF "Geor-
ga' the magazine published monthly
byA the Georgia Association.
This issue of Georgia will reach
thousands of prospective settlers i'll
the states OF North and South Caro-
lima and Virginia AMI such statements
H;ncluded in the magazine by num-
4er of settlers from those states will
have a good effect.
J, H. Bennett, formerly of Windell,
N. c.; R c Deem of Windell, N. c.;
T A Sherman of Oxford, N c, and
others give their experiences annd inn
pressions, all valuable aid to securing
desired results to the old tobacco Sec
tons. The magazine is brimful OF
prsctical advice to new settlers and
presents the possibilities of south
Georgia in glowing colors.
OF Ben Hill county settlement plans
the magazine says:
Ben Hill Takes Forward Step in
Offering Ready-to-Go Farms
"The Fitzgerald Chamber of Com
merce, in cooperation with the Georgia
. rt,l- No
op Ben Hill county throubh cam
paign to bring into that county ex-
perienced farmers from North Georgia
and the Carolinas, and to thate end
ave started movement to induce the
principal land owners to prepare one,
Sbr more farms for lease or sale this
summer and fall.
AT a meeting held at Fitzgerald on
March 28th attended by more than
ifty Ben Hill county land owners,
twenty two of these farmers were
pledged and the chamber of commerce
is undertaking to secure at least one
hundred. 1t is expected that the own
ers of these lands will develop a
tract of approximately sixty acres, OF
which at least forty acres will be in
cultivation and free of stumps. On
this he will either build new and at
tractive fve-room cottage, or repair
and improve the house now on the
farm to make it a suitable home for a
self respecting white family: build a
good tobacco barn, and other neces-
sary out buildings, paint all Of them
and otherwise make of the place an
attractive home. -,
"These places, when COMPLETED, will
be- offered for lease to North Georgia
"a Carolina farmers with option to
buy any time during the following
year.
IF this project is carried out, there
is every reason to believe that Ben
lll county will add at least one hun
N-ed white families to her population
this fall. i,
wv. R. Tucker, Agricultural and
Immigration Agent OF the ABBA
Ralroal attended the meeting and gave
his approval of the plan and pledged
the cooperation of his company in
the matter of securing new settlers"
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-06-04
Boulder Unveiled
To Jeff Davis

A red letter day for the Abbeville
Chapter of the United Daughters OF
Ne Confederacy was that when the
boulder they have long planned to
erect was at last unveiled with appro-
pirate ceremonies, Wednesday, june
3, OH the court house square, honor
ing the great cheif,ain Of the Confed-
eracy, Jefferson Davis, on the day
held sacred in honor OF his birth.
The place chosen for this monu-
ment is one trod by his feet the last
night he was free man before his
capture and preceding those two years
of Imprisonment and persecution as a
reputed traitor by his political foes.
These two years of martvrdom ior
his devotion to his principles is one
reason the whole south and particular
| " the u D C. are so jealous to honor
his name and through truthful pre-
| sentation of facts, remove that stain
that prejudice has let seep into the
pages of history.
The boulder is a shapely, though
natural block of Georgia granite. one
| face polished andn bearing this in
scription: Erected June 3. 1925. by
| Abbeville Daughters of the Confeder-
acy to Designate the Spot Where
Jefferson Davis, our Great Confeder-
ate Leader Camped May the 9th. 1865
the Night Before his Capture. Love
Makes Memory Eternal. Lest We For
get.
A representative gathering of Alb
beville citizens and some out of town
visitors gathered at 3 p m and enjoy
ed the program, Mrs Geo. McCloud
presiding. -t .s~ r
PraverHRev Barton
Medley of Southern Melodies
School children.
Introduction of Speaker - Mayor
Googe.
Address on Jefferson Davis-Prof.
Judson Johnson.
Unvciling Of Marker-Mrs b Nor
gan.
Song, Georgia Land-Misscs Irene
McC1oud and Pool.
Benediction-Rev Barton.
To hear in particular the closing
song and that fine address in which
was vindicatory yet tolerant, truthful,
and full of lofty sentiment and rever-
ent tribute was we'll worth the 40 miles
the writer drove to hear it.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-06-04
REV GEORGE w. MATTHEW'S

The many friends of Rev G w Mat
thews late of Ashburn and pastor of
the Central Methodist church here in
1Ql4-16, were grieved to learn of his
death which occurred in Macon Tues
day as the fatal effect of injuries re-
ceived in an automobile accident
three weeks ago. His condition was
not considered serious for several days
but complications developing later he
was placed ir a san;tatium at Macon
where he succumbed
His remains were carried to Fort
Valley which was his old home and
where his married son, George and
daughter Mrs. Lawrence Luce are
Tsiding.
Rev Matthews leaves to mourn his
loss also. his devoted wife and son
AK and daughter Lucy, who will
now make their residence at the fam
ily home in Fort Valley. Rev. Mat
thews and his entire family have been
highly esteemed in this city and the
sympathy of the community goes out
to the bereaved family in their great
loss
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-06-04
Observation-Disclosures?
By E. r. WAITE, Secretary
Shawnee, Okla, Board of Commerce

another problem. He respects no
one and if corrected he bowls and
tries his best to "get the goat" of
the officer who IS doing his duty in
trying to preserve the lives of the
innocent people who the "smart
aleck fend" has no respect for.
THAT in progressive cities the Off
GERS should not be treated as a joke.
THAT the police force that stands
for being treated like joke, is one,
and should be removed.
THE JOY RIDERS AND THE
SMART ALECKS" SHOULD
BECOME GOOD CITIZENS,
OBEY THE LAW OR GO TO
JAIL WHERE THEY BELONG.
(Copywright 1925 By E. R. Waite)
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-06-04
Pecan Growers
In Session Here
Convention Wen Attended. Prominent
Speakers Given Careful
Attention

The Ninteenth Annual Convention
of the Georgia-Florida Pecan Grow
erS association went into session at
the Court House this morning at 10
a. m. with President A Clarke Snedek
err, of Blackshear. presiding. In few
well chosen remarks, President Sne-
deker declared the contention in SEES
sion and introduced Rev E Winn,
of the Presbyterian church. who in
vokcd the blessings upon the deliber-
atoms OF the association.
Mayor J H Mayes welcomed the
TENDERS Of the association in behalf
OF the city. to which ] B Wight, of
Cairo. responded for the association.
Abount one hundred members are
i'll attendance and full program Of
I talks by experts On the pecan indus
try is IN progress. President A c Sne-
deker has made a remarkable prog
ress IN pecan growing near Glack-
| shear and his annual report of the
| condition of the industry, its wonder
full possibilities i'll this section and the
| extent to which the pecan industry
| may contribute to the general pros
perity and development of the south
ern part OF Georgia and the northern
sections of Florida, both having ideal.
lands and climate for the full devel-
| opment y
Introducing ] G Woodruff. of Ex-
pertinent, Ga. the association was Civ
en- technical demonstration of the
causes of the variation in sizes of seed
ling pecans, showing the speaker
close observer and student of nature.
| { A Reed, of the U S Department
of Agriculture, gave talk on the
prospective of the 1925 crop and flu
ture possibilities of the industry in Ge-
orgia and Florida. Mr. O G Wenzel
OF Albany, spoke on wood rot in pc
can trees, giving some of his exper-
fences with disease add his efforts to
check it
Afternoon Session
Prof. { A Reed. of the U S Depart
ment Of Agriculture of Washington,
spoke at $50 IN on the effect of fer
tilization and cover crops on the
growth of pecan trees and the inf1u-
ence of soil conditions on resistance
to winter injuries.
Prof J B Dill of the u S Expert
ment station at Townsville spoke on
the controlling of pecan leaf case
bearer and case-bearer, one of the
worst enemies of the pecan tree
Barbecue at Country Club
| At $50 automobiles conveyed the
visitors throughout the immediate sec
ton of Fitzgerald, visiting the local
pecan groves and took them to the
country club, whre barbecue was
served by the local pecan growers and
members of the civic organizations of
the city.
A night session is being held at the
court house at 8:l5 at which J S
Wight, of Cairo. one of the prom nent
nurserymen of Georgia and Mr. HI X
Miller, of Monticello, Fla, will be the
principal speakers
Election Of Officers Friday
Friday $50 m the convention
will assemble again at the court house
and several interesting talks will be
given. among them the pecan indus
try of Florida, by c H Blackman, of
Gainesville, Fla,
The election of officers for the en-
suing year and the selection of the
place of meeting tor the 1926 conven-
| ton will close the session.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-06-04
MRS. SARAH LUKE

Following a stroke OF paralysis.
death claimed Mrs Sarah ] Luke. the
aged mother of T ] and D B Luke
and Mrs A Jackson OF Macon and
Mrs w H Fountain of Winterhaven,
Fla.
The funeral was held ate her late
residence at Frank, conducted by Rev
T D Matthews. The pail bearers were
Ernest Piper Warren J Paulk, J A
Royal, Knox Aiken, James Whitley
and Lloyd Piper. -.
Mrs. Luke is survived besides her
immediate family by her sister, Mrs
w B Russell, of Abbeville, and three
brothers, ] B D Paulk, J Y Paulk, and
Frank Paulk.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-06-04

THAT the life of Policeman is not
always happy one.
THAT the average officer, no mat
fer how conscient Gus he is and how
he tries to enforce the public safety
laws, is cussed if he does and cussed
if he doesn't.
THAT usually thev get very little
co-operation on the part of the citi-
gems.
THAT one OF his great problems is
the Joy rider.
THAT it's rights, however, does not
That it's rights, however, loes not
s mean it may be allowed to break
J The laws and endanger the life OF
ry.he pedestrian and the car that
J kee.s within the law
THAT the "smart aleck" driver is