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Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-08-06
: ASHTON NEWS :

Friday evening was the last of a
series of revival services at Pine
Level church. Great crowds came
out from town and neighboring towns
filling the little church to overlooking
Rev. Hayse, the local pastor was as
sisted by Rev. Smith of Waycross.
On Friday three babies, Quentin BIZ
shop and Ave Nell and Jacqueline
Robitzsch were dedicated to God.
Those who joined the church and en-
rolled as members, were Nell Pope,
Lucille Swanson, Gwenelle Wilbanks,
J. T. Swanson and Eugene Wilbanks.
Mr.. Tiny Bishop of Deland, ar
rived here Saturday to spend his va
cation with his parents, Rev. and Mrs.
James Bishop.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Davis are the
proud parents of a baby daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Racker, of Ala, are
visiting their parents this week.
Mrs. Theo Middlebrooks and child
Gil 1IOLIh tO"it al 50Cobo VI bAA' eShN
Mrs. L. E. Fitzpatrick this week.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Ivy Porter
on Friday night, a baby daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. C. Register from
town, made Mrs. H. H. Hooker
pleasant call Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. M. Grammar, of
Osierfeld, spent Friday night at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. W. r. Lynn.
Mrs. George Brown has been en-
pertaining two of her visitors from
Wren, Ca, for the past week.
Protracted meeting closed Friday
at Wolf Pit, Rev. Green Ball, was as
sisted by Rev. Jas. Bishop of this
place.
Rev. Smith left Saturday for his
home in Waycross after assisting in
a revival series at Pine Level church.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-08-06
ELMER MARTIN
LEAVES FOR FLORIDA

The many friends of Mr.. Elmer
Martin regretted to learn of his re-
signation as teller at the First Ma
tional Bank, to accept position with
Tampa, Florida, bank. Mr.. Martin,
through his excellent character, has
made a host of friends in this city
and county, in which he has spent
practically his entire life, who wish
him abundant success in his new field,
Mrs. Martin, after a short visit to
, relatives in Columbus, will follow
him to Tampa.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-08-06
FIRE IN DoRMNY'S BARN

Fire damaged an clubhouse on
the lots of ]. ]. Dorminy on West
Pine street about II o'clock this aft
ernoon. The fire department respond
ed promptly to the alar mand con-
fined the flames to the specific build
ing.
A house in the 600 block on west
Chattahoochee was burned Tuesday
night, the fire department responding
but was too late to save the property
but saved nearby houses.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-08-06
LABOR DAY WILL
BE GALA DAY
Postal Employees to Hold Conven-
ton Here-Every S. Georgia
Town to Be Represented.

Postmaster w. A Adams, presi-
dent of the South Georgia Postal EN-
ployees association, is completing ar
engagements to entertain his associ-
ates with fine program on Labor
Day, September 7. Prominent speak
ers, including Representative Chas
R. Grips and others, will be the
guests of the association on that oc-
casion and an interesting program is
being arranged for the occasion. Mr..
Adams is meeting with fine spirit
of cooperation among our business
men, who are contributing literally
to a fund to meet the necessary ex-
penses.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-08-06
Mr.. Spence Loses
House Monday Night

The residence of P. c. Spence, at
the time occupied by Mr.. Barfield
and family was practically totally
destroyed by fire Monday night,
when an alarm was sent in to the
department about II P. M. The fire
boys responded promptly, but the fire
had gained such Roadway when the
alarm was sent in that little head
way was made in controlling the
flames.
Insurance of $1,000 is carried on
the building by J. B. Seanor and Co.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-08-06
Big Real Estate
Deal Completed

AS stated in recent issue of The
Leader, Leonard Brothers Motor Co.,
have completed the transaction by
which they become owners of five
lots on south Grant street, including
the Kratzer Bakery, on which they
will erect model home for their
automobile agency.
The plan are to contain, besides ex-
tensive salesrooms and repair quar-
tiers for the Buick cars, large floor
space for the cars of tourists and a
model filling and service station for
the general public.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-08-06
Burr Stokoe Buys
Leonard Lots

The three lots adjoining the White
Swan Laundry were purchased this
week By Mr.. Burr Stokoe from the
Leonard Brothers Motor Co.
The property is ideally located for
apartment houses, having a 74-foot
frontage on Pine street and ITO feet
on Lee. Mr.. Stokoe has no immediate
plans to improve the lots.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-08-06
$500 Reward for
Arrest of Mars

Governor Walker has offered re-
ward of $500 for the arrest of HON.
err Mars, charged with the murder of
his wife, Sunday, July %.
Mars made his escape soon after
shooting his wife to death near the
Fitzgerald Cotton Mill and has thus
far eluded apprehension.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-08-06
Charles L. Prescott
Dies After Long Illness

The friends of Charles L. Prescott,
well known farmer, will regret to
learn of his death Tuesday after
noon at his late residence on south
Sherman street. Mr.. Prescott had
been i'll for some time.
He is survived by his widow and
one son. The remains were laid to
rest in Evergreen cemetery, Rev. S.
C. Oliff, officiating.
The pail bearers were Col. A. j.
Mcdonald, John D. Dorrniny, c. I.
Owens, w. J. Ballard, E. 7. Dunn
and A M. Sheppard.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-08-06
MRS. w. o. WINGATE

Mrs. w. O. Wingate, nee Miss Eff
file Day, died at her home near Ocilla
last Sunday, leaving bereaved hus-
band, one daughter and one son, to
whom large circle of friends extend
their sincere sympathies.
The remains were laid to rest in
the burial grounds near Lax on Tues
day afternoon.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-08-06
BIG VOTE PERIOD
WILL SOON CLOSE
Many Fail to Grasp the Wonderful
Opportunity Offered by
The Leader

This week has brought several in.
quiries. some accompanied by votes
Some of those who have been nom.
mated, too, evidently have thought
it over carefully and have decided
that the opportunity of securing an
automobile is too good to pass by.
| The least an active worker can make
is 20 per cent on every dollar in sub
scriptions turned in. There are lots
of business men, who have their mo-
ney and their entire time Invested,
that are not making 20 per cent on
the dollar. 1t is hoped that this cam
paign will soon begin to show live
lier interest than has been manifest
ed since this big distribution was
first announced.
False Alarms
False alarms are common every
day occurrences in every line of bus
mess. Usually there are few who
think they can win out by attempting
to bluff or discourage competitors by
false rumours of exaggerated sue
cess. To small extent the Leader
has heard rumors lending to a belief
that possibly someone interested di-
rectly, or indirectly, in the fortunes
of worker in this campaign is re,
sorting to this method. No "bluff'
game will be tolerated. The Leaders
campaign will be conducted in fair.
and impartial manner to everyone.
and those who participate must con-
duct their own race in the same man.
ner.
The Leader calls attention of all
and their friends, to
rule of the campaign, whereby the
may disqualify any can
didates who start or repeat stories
calculated to have the effect of injur- |
ing other candidates.
A Tip for Candidates
There is one way to be assured of |
VOTES. That way is to get out after
Subscriptions get |
votes, will win! Just because some
one has been working in a certain |
territory is no reason why you should |
not work there too. No candidate can |
get all the subscriptions. The man
or woman has never been born that |
can take anything and sell it to every
body. Perhaps you have more person
atty, more craftsmanship ability. Ev-
erybody is prospect and present |
is always a prospect for |!
a renewal.
Success or Failure 4
Some have it within themselves to |
be successful. Others can become so |
with the proper urge. Still others lack !!
in themselves and the grit |
and determination to put forth an |
effort to accomplish, to win. The sue
cessful men and women of today, are |
those who realize that life is a battle |
in miniature. They arm themselves |
with determination and back it up |
with action. The failures are those |
who hide behind the screen of 81
can't. or I haven't got the time"
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-08-06
COTTON COMING IN FAST

237 bales of cotton have been GIN
ned to date by the two ginneries In
operation up to now. The Fitzger-
aid Cotton Oil Mill reports 1877 bales
and the Union Cotton Oil Mill 100
bales. Cotton seed is bringing S36 a
ton and the price of cotton ia report
ed up to the market.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-08-06

be one of those who sit back sympa-
thizing with themselves and bowling
Calamity" or that Opportunity
never Games your way?" WAKE UP!
GET BUSY AND PROFIT.
Campaign headquarters open each
evening until o'clock.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-08-06
FITZGERALD TOBACCO
MARKET SLOW

Total amount sold this week $4,000
pounds.
Average price, $1,000.
$1,000 in gold given by he Cham
Der of Commerce for $50 pounds
best tobacco sold each day.
Monday-Mr. Hart.
Tuesday-Hart and King.
Wednesday-Hart and Rogers.
Thursday-Hart and King.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-08-06

Thos. Pope, of FIT. Lauderdale, is
in the city for a few days, visiting
his family, his brother, Nick Pope be-
ing down there looking after his bus
mess during his absence.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-08-06

Free meals to men, 1904; to wo-
men, 1862; to children, 295. Total
2421.
Free lodging: men, 288; women,
1874; children, 276. Total 1913.
Transportation, II people; 80 po-
sitions secured; 2,141 pieces clothing
distributed, 10 sick people cared for
at the home, one maternity case, 81
baskets groceries to Fitzgerald fam
lilies.
Capt. A. v. NOBLE
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-08-06

Mr.. and Mrs. John Redman, after
a pleasant visit with their parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. d. ]. Johnson, left in
their car for their home in Savan-
nah.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-08-06
DISTRICT NO. I

District No Includes all territory within the
City of Fitzgerald. One and many cash
prizes there are active participants will be
awarded in this district. Standing of candidates
from all votes cast for publication up to Wednesday
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-08-06

Miss Bertha Milled left for her
home in Savannah, after spending
two weeks pleasantly in the city with
Mrs. M. Gottlieb.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-08-06
LIST OF CANDIDATES
DISTRICT NO. 2

District No. 2-Includes all territory outside OF
Fitzgerald. One and as many cash prizes as
there are active participants will be awarded TO TINS
district Standing of candidates from all votes
cast for publication up to Wednesday night
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-08-06

Charities:
4 families helped with groceries.
sick people cared for at home.
Free meals served to men, AZ; to wo-
men, So; to children 142. Total 272.
200 pieces clothing distributed.
FITZGERALD MISSION HOME
August /, 1924 to August l, 1925
Receipts:
From Fitzgerald ------$1O06.78
Deficit supplied by Capt.
Mobiles --------- 902.26
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-22
2ANSFER OF IMMIGRATION STATIONS TO EUROPE CONSIDERED
Alleged Slayer Blows
Smoke-Rings While
Being Tried
BY International News service.

BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn, April
22.-Trial Of Kennie Wagner,
alleged slayer of Policeman
John Smith and Deputy Sheriff
Hubert Webb, of Kingsport,
Tenn, was started here today
after the jury had been selected
from over a hundred men that
were examined. Preliminaries
are complete and the trial will
get under way today.
Judge Guy L. Chase over
ruled motion of defense that
trial be postponed to a latter
term Of court. Attorneys for
the defense put up a heroic
fight to get the case continued,
but the court took up the argu
ments as presented in the affi-
davits one by one and over
ruled them all, clearing the way
for immediate trial.
Wagner sits in the little
crowded court room unconcerned
about what his fate will be. He
expressed the feeling that he
wants to hurry and get it over
with, regardless of whether he
gets justice or not. The no.
torious gunman puffs one Gig
arctic after another, and has
little to say to anyone, with
the exception of his attorneys.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-22
BODY OF BABY Is FOUND
WITH THROAT SLASHED

HAGERSToWN, Md, April 81
The body OF a baby girl with her
throat slashed from ear to ear was
found late yesterday along stream
at Rowland's Mill by school girls,
while picking flowers.
When officers arrived the body
was still warm. indicating that IL
had been killed a short time before.
The body was wrapped in a piece
Of carpet and is supposed to have
been thrown from an automobile
The clothing and strands Of a
woman's hair are the only clues the
officers have in making their in,
vestigation. This is the fifth dead
baby found in this section within q
few months.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-22
U. S. MARINES IN IA CEIRA
RETURN TO THEIR SHIP

Marines who were landed from the
III. S. S. Denver at La Ceiba, Hon.
duras, to protect American prop
erty during the revolution there,
have returned to the cruiser. George
Nv. WalIar, American consul, re-.
ported to the State Department
today.
The immediate emergency mas
passed but the Denver Will ancnor
off shore for short time longer
II order to be ready to meet with
any future emergencies. Consul
waller informed the State Depart
ment that the Honduran govern
ment forces had been greatly rein
forced and that they had defeatei
ssred'' bands on the outskirts OF
ia, Ceiba. It was thought tne
rebels will be dispersed in short
time.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-22
PIN DROP WOULD
SHAKE CAPITAL,
D. A. R. TOLD .
Only Woman in Congress Sat
Speeches. for Two Years
Under Silence Spell

Washington is never without a
sensation, and just now 1t is silence,
Mrs. L. F. Gillentine, of Murphys-
boro, Tenn. told the Daughters CT
the American Revolution delegates
in her annual report en- historical
facts, which kept the large audience
in paroxvsms of laughter.
ut has affected not only the
President, but it has become an
epidemic; witnesses before Congress
sional Investigating committees have
become suddenly stricken. Under
the influence of the spell, tho only
woman of the Sixty-eighth Congress
sat speechless her full two years.
Even Hell n Maria Dawes was
overwhelmed. In perfect harmony
with this tradition Of conservatism
the Senate resisted change.
when the Vice President is
absent Moses presides While the
Senate possesses DIAL Glass and
Reyes it lacks Spring and weight.
General Mitchell went up into the
air. Some of the men were affected
after a lapse of a few days, but it
took Weeks to calm him. Every
one I'm Washington las a hobby
from the President down"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-22
|
POLICE GRAFT
JAILED
81 Other Officers and Fl Dry
Agents, All Pleading Guilty,
Await Sentence
BY international News Service.

CINCINNATI, Ohio, April a.
Lieutenant Aubrey Houston, com
manding a relief squad at the
fourth district police station and
brother of Barney Houston. chief
of the Cincinnati fire department,
was sentenced to serve eighteen
months in the Federal penitentiary
at Atlanta today on the charge OF
accepting money to protect boot
leggerB.
Houston is the highest ranking
officer of the thirty-eight members
Of the police force who are now
being sentenced, one by one, by
United States District Judge smith
Hickenlooper.
Government investigators de-
clared Lieutenant Houston had ac-
cepted $4,000 in graft money.
Houston, who pleaded guilty, said
this figure was exaggerated. Judge
Hickenlooper told him the amount
made no difference. He scored
Houston for setting bad example
to his men.
Louis Sunderman, member OF
the flying squad of detectives, VINO
also pleaded guilty, was given the
same sentence. 1t was charged
that Sundermari's graft amounted
to ST 900. He is a world war
veteran.
Please of guilty, in the avowed
hope OF avoiding the publicity OF
disclosure of the sources OF their
graft, were entered by the fnty-
nine, following conviction and sem
tence of three detectives. Their
hope. however, that the sordid story
might not be told, was dissipated
when the district attorney an.
nounced that as each was called
singIy for sentence, brief resume
of the Governments case would be
given to the court.
When court opened today, the
courtroom and its approaches were
filled with hundreds of interested
spectators.
The grand jury investigation.
which resulted in the disclosure OF
wholesale graft in failure to en-
force state and Federal prohibition
laws. followed a tip-off, when 1t
was discovered that local negro
had been framed" on charge OF
violating the Federal narcotic act.
1t was estimated that approx
mately fifteen minutes would be
consumed in sentencing each pris.
oner.
A new Federal grand jury TO
continue the probe into alleged cor
ruption in the police force will con-
vene here May 4.
In the trial of the three detec-
tives already sentenced, 1t was ais
closed that thousands of dollars IN
protection money was paid our
monthly by violators of the vol
stead act.
building today that the Govern.
ment would disclose how raids han
been staged when bootleggers failed
to come across" with graft IN
sums large enough to satisfy the
officers Of the law.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-22
FLOWERS FOR MUSSoLINI
STIR UP EXCITEMENT

PISA, Italy, April 22.--An in
nocent box Of flowers, sent by
an admirer to Premier Benito
Mussolini. of Italy, created grave
fears when it arrived on a bag
gage train here.
The oblong box, mysterlously
lacking the label which Identifies
ordinary parcel post matter, was
neatly inscribed to His Excel
Iency, Mussolini, Rome"
Fearing the box might contain
an Internal machine, the station
agent sent for the police. The
police notified the minister Of the
interior, and, in the presence or
several experts on explosives, the
box was carefully opened.
The box was carefully closed
readdressed and sent on to Pre-
lnier Mussolini. in Rome.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-22
MYSTERY Wells
FINDING Of
TORSO
Dismembered Body Found
With Vital Organs Gone;
Clues Are Lacking

CHICAGO, April 22.-The murder
which the finding OF a young
woman's torso in a catch.basin near
the Dudlong golf course here yes
terday revealed, was established as
one of the most diabolical crimes in
Chicago's history today.
An autopsy revealed the muir
derer not only had crudely hacked
off the head, arms and legs, but
had removed the vital organs
through a rude slash in the side.
The medical examination, reveal
ing that the victim was between
twenty-five and thirty years old,
definitely precluded the possibility
that she might have been Anna
Chamales, fifteen, missing since last
June.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-22
Z DEAD, 40 HURT
IN S250,000
BLAZE
Fire Wipes Out Most OF
cannanae, Across Mexican
Border From Bisbee

BISBEE, Ariz.. April 22.-Two
dead. forty injured, and q property
loss of $25O, 900 was the toll in the
fire which swept Cannas, Sonora,
Mexico. sixty-five miles from here,
according to word received today.
The flames starting yesterday
morning in saloon were still
burning today. More than zoo
homes were burned to the ground
and is business houses destroyed.
Federal soldiers are guarding he
burned area and the injured are
being cared for In churches and
schools.
One Chinese and one Mexican
met death in the fire, losing their
lives while fighting the flames,
The town has 20 900 population and
is in a rich copper district.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-22
KARO[YI HITS
AMERICAN
GAG
First Hungarian President
Says Loans From U. S.
Will Restore Monarchy
BY DAVID M. CHURCH,
international News Service.

LONDON, April %. Uncondi.
tional loans by American financiers
to the present regime OF Hungary
means the restoration Of the mon
archial Hapsburgs, Count Karolyt
first president Of the Hungarian
republic and the man who was un-
der a verbal gag while in the
United States, declared today on
his arrival here.
Forecasting another war il the
Hapsburg regime regains the throne
Of Hungary, Count Karolyi crfti-
cized the American government for
having imposed a seal Of political
silence upon his lips while he was
in the United States.
Takes Slap At the u. 8.
America thinks itself a pure
democracy" said Count Ka"olyi,
but democracy is something more
than the existence Of a president
and the repetition Of wise utterances
Of presidents long since dead.
That unenlightened act Of the
American government has given me
a worldwide audience" declared
Count Karolyi. II know of no
country more democratic than Eng.
land because the democracy here
lives in the free spirit of the peo-
pie.
Here 1 am in the capital Of a
country with a conservative COVER n
ment and at liberty TO say any
thing, yet have just come from
America, the home of Washington
and Lincoln, where I was muZzled'
lest might say something that
might ruin the Horothy regime and
the Hungarian reaction behind it,"
"One reason why Wnshingto
gagged me-" emphasized the Count,
lis that the Hungarian minister to
the United States is Count SZech-
enyi, who married Gladys Wander
bilt.''
Not Opposed To Loans.
He said he was not opposed to
American loans to Hungary hut
that they should have definite con-
ditions attached to them, "UDless
America wants to finance the res
toration of the Hapsburgs." He
IF the Hapsburgs are restored it
will be a stepping stone for another
war. The Hindenburg movement is
just as significant as the drifting of
Hungary back toward a mon
archy.'
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-22
CONCERT

At Marine Barracks, at 7:3O, p. m.
u. 8. Marine Band; william RI.
Santelmann, leader; Taylor Bran
son, second leader.
Grand Scenes from. The
March. s.rhs Pathfinder q
overture. .'Tannnauser'; :. wagner r
Sextet from Lucia Doni8etti
Musicians: A. Witcomb, J. White,
p. Hazes. w. #. Santelmann, r.
Clark and A Bennert.
Nocturne, Dream OF Love" List
Cadenza interpreted by mu-
sicians: e. Rada and H. Weber
Waltz from: The Rosenkaval-
Tier" ....... Richard Strauss
Hungarian Rhapsody No. H.. Liszt
Marines Hymn. THE Halls Of
Montexuma"
'"The Star Spangled Banner
NOTICE: As the band has been
detailed for other official duties
on Friday night. April Gath. this
concert takes the place OF the
regular Friday ngiht concert.
Military band will be used Tor
experimental broadcasting pur-
poses. The public is cordially
invited.