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Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1927-02-10
Fireman Entertain
The City Officials

Mayor J. H. Mayes, acting as toast
master for the firemen's annual sup
per to the city officials and few
friends, presided at the delightful oc-
casion Tuesday evening at the city
hall, when thirty five guests were
seated around the bountiful and well
prepared menu, furnished by the fire
men and their families.
Chief Horn and his efficient corps
of assistants served their guests. May
or Mayes spoke flatteringly of the
efficiency of the department and ats
personnel and expressed the apprecia-
ton of the annual event, in which he
himself has participated for the past
ten years, as member of the various
administrative departments of the
city.
City Attorney Allen Garden, L. L.
Griner, Ed Hussey, of the Water and
Light and Bond Commission, Alder
men Burns, Gray, Bradshaw, Ennis,
Paulk, Stokoe, Benton and S. G. Pry-
or Jr., DIR. L. S. Osborne, briefly ex-
pressed their appreciation to the fire
men.
The water and light commissioners
came in for a share of the compll-
ments passed around for the several
departments of the city, when Edi-
tor Gelders was called on. Mr.. Gel
ders brought out the probability of
the light plant paying the entire ad
valorem taxes for the city, in the
course of a few years, under the able
management of the present personnel
of the board, as their records indicate,
net earnings for the past year of an
equivalent of the 1927 appropriations
for the city expenses, exclusive OF
the public schools and the sinking
fund for which the law requires that
an annual tax must be levied.
DR.. Denmark, member of the COM
mission. stated that while he was not
quite as enthusiastic over public
ownership as Mr.. Gelders, however
he believes that the plant will take
care of the current expenses of the
city in few years, with rates as low
and in most instances lower than the
rates charged by companies in towns
and cities in our territory, supplied
by hydro-electric companies.
Mayor Mayes also endorsed the
statement. The affair closed with
the presentation by Judge D. E. Crit
fin of a gold badge for Chief Horne,
given by the American La-France
company. A rising vote of thanks
was given to Mrs. Isam Hungate for
beautiful cake, dedicated to the city
council which was literally shared
with the visitors and enjoyed by all.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1927-02-10
DidYouEver
Stop to Think
2
By Edison r. Waite

THAT your city is a good city in
which to trade. Why trade else
where?
THAT there are some people in
your city who, when they need any,
thing in the way of merchandise, go
to some other city or send to a mail
order house for important purchases
that the home merchants have in
stock. People who do that hurt the
home City They de not seem to
realizes at when they hurt the home
city they hurt themselves.
THAT it is a tremendous conven-
ience and advantage to you to be
able to trade at the fine stores of your
progressive city. 1t is strange that
some citizens do not appreciate that
fact.
THAT your business men are the
great fighting force tlAt is behind
the development of your city. Back
them up!
When you buy in your home city
you can see what you buy and keep
your money circulating at home.
Your home merchants give satisfy
ing quality, service and price. What
more could you want?
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1927-02-10
LISTEN LADY, BE GIVEN
UNDER AUSPICES LIONS
MAY HOLD RURAL FIELD DAY
$4,000 DONATED TO THE
WOMAN'S CLUB

To sponsor musical comedy "Lis-
ten Lady," directed by Miss Thelma
Lowther, of Waycross and promoted
by the Daniels Producing Company of
MILAN, was voted by the Lions Club
at their luncheon Wednesday. The
entertainment will be put on about
March 22nd, if the arrangements for
the opera house for that evening can
be made. A special committee of
Lions H. H. Hill, Ralph Adams, +.
Kruger, Jim Evans and W. A. Adams
will look after the details of the ar
rangements.
President w. H. Lasseter and l..
Gelders will meet with the rural
teachers about a field day for the
pupils of the rural schools to be held
in Fitzgerald prior to the close OF the
schools.
A donation of $4,000 was voted
for the "City Beautiful program Of
the Woman's Club, whose committee
is doing such fine work in beautify-
ing the parks of the city.
Chairman Hill, of the entertain
ment committee, presented Mrs. Robt
Littlefield, and Miss Helen Chastain
who entertained the club with several
vocal numbers, accompanied on the
piano by Miss Mary Chastain, the
pianist of the club.
The Lions will hold their luncheons
every other week in the future, next
luncheon to be held on the 23rd.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1927-02-10
FITZ-HI PLAYS FORT VALLEY
FRIDAY NIGHT

The Fitz-Hi boys basketball team
will play Jim Mitchell's fast Fort Val
ley aggregation on the local courts
Friday night. Jim Mitchell was a
former Fitz-Hi coach and there is
former member of the Fitz-Hi team
on the Fort Valley team. For this
reason the Fitz-Hi team is especially
anxious to beat FIT. Valley. The Fitz-
Hi girls will also play the town girls
short game. The game will be call
ed at the Lon Dickey warehouse at
8 o'clock. Admission 25 and 40c.
Leon Kassewitz, Reporter.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1927-02-10
BY DR.. A. B. Griner, v. S.

tai death or from noninfectious dis
eases. The meat from such animals
is sometimes sold by unscrupulous
dealers and peddlers.
City food inspection should extend
to sanitary supervision of all foods
and places where foods are stored,
displayed, and sold to the public.
Meat poisoning (botulism and pto-
maine poisoning) are not rare, caused
by so-called tainted or only slightly
spoiled meats. The same is true of
other classes of foods as well. 1t is
not uncommon for very desirable con-
ditions, from a sanitary standpoint, to
exist. Filthy refrigerators, store
rooms which are unsanitary and rat
meats, fruits, and vegetables
exposed to flies and dust, all are con-
ditions which could not exist under
an efficient system of inspection.
Any system of inspection should be
constructive and not destructive. The
aim should be to cooperate with and
assist the dealer and market man to
better his condition without causing
unreasonable expense and inconven-
ience. Any fair minded merchant
should welcome such a program as it
would put his business upon a higher
plane and would, in reality, be rec
to the public.
The Importance of milk and diary
can scarcely be overesti-
mated. 1t has been definitely demon
,trated that various diseases are
through the medium of
milk. This holds good for certain
diseases both of animal and human
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1927-02-10
BOND OF $5,0O0.00
FIXED FOR SLIGH
Valves c. 10 m mitment
Trial When Solicitor
Agrees to Fix Bond

4 large crowd of citizens, men and
women or Irwin and Ben Hill county
filed the courthouse in Ocilla We'd
nesday, where they expected to learn
the full details of the case of the state
VS.. Harry K. Slight, charged with ar
son in connection with the burning of
his home on the Dixie highway last
September.
Justices ]. j. Flanders, VIM Hen
derson and j. r. Love had been as
sembled to hear the evidence and
showed considerable relief when Sher-
iff Tyler announced the agreement to
fix the bond by Solicitor Foy of the
Tiff circuit at $4,000.
The case will be tried at the April
term of Irwin superior court. At
this writing the accused is still in the
custody of the sheriff, having failed
so far to get bondsmen.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1927-02-10
SOUTHMONT COMPANY
OPENS BUSINESS HERE
By Homer Waters

Few people realize that the little
puff of white steam that you see just
as you cross the railroad on East Cen
tral avenue, is one of the biggest, if
not the biggest business enterprise
that we have, not only in Ben Hill
county, but in South Georgia.
Coming here last June, Mr.. G..
w. Serrett began placing machinery
for the planning mill, that is now turn
ing out from three to six cars of
dressed lumber day. They have al
so put down saw mill that is cutting
fifty to hundred thousand feet of
lumber a day right here in the city
limits of Fitzgerald, besides fourteen
other small mills scattered over the
county, employing over two hundred
men, twenty-five big trucks, and ten
automobiles for the overseers, and a
hundred and fifty head of mules and
horses for logging camps. And did
you know that their pay roll is over
fifty thousand dollars month, and
that all of it is being spent right here
in Fitzgerald?
Did you know this? And how many
of you have gone down and given
them your hand and told them that
you were glad that they were here?
Very few 1 am sure, not that you are
not glad they are here, but that you
Just haven't thought about it.
And that is just why I am writing
this, Just to let you know what these
people are doing, and what they mean
to Fitzgerald.
Just to give you some idea of the
bigness of this concern, the shavings
from the planers can't be consumed
by one of the biggest plants in Fitz-
gerald, firing two big hundred horse
boilers day and night.
Mr.. Serrett, my hat is off to you,
and I for one am glad that you are
here, and hope your business grows
and prospers, as it deserves to do.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1927-02-10
REAL ESTATE SALES

The Dixie Realty Company reports
the following sales this week:
The five acre tract which formerly
belonged to Ben F. Watson and To-
Gated on Wilson avenue, one mile
north of Fitzgerald, was sold last
week to Mr.. Woodruff Greer, who
will move on the premises sometime
during this month and operate poul-
try and truck farm.
Mrs. Sadie Butler has purchased
ten acres of land from Mrs. Matte A.
Harvey, the same being located ION
Lobingier avenue, 1-2 miles north
of the city, and will in the near fu-
ture build a desirable home and op-
crate tobacco and truck farm.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1927-02-10
AUTOMOBILE MEN
PROTEST LICENSE
RAISE BY COUNCIL
CLAIM LICENSES RAISED TO
UNREASONABLE AMOUNT
ACTION DEFERRED

The session of city council Monday
night was made interesting through
the presence of representatives from
each of the automobile sales organi-
cations, the news having been spread
among them that an excessive raise in
the business licenses was contemplat-
cd by the license committee.
When the final passage of the IL
cense ordinance was the order of the
evening, Harry Vinson, of the Leon
ard Auto Co., T. M. Walden of the
, Walden Motor Co., o. W. Fletcher, of
the Fletcher Motor Co., and Mr., An
derson of the Anderson Motor Co..
spoke of the unfairness to select their
specific business for additional reve-
nue., following and in the face of a
business depression.
Others who spoke were Geo Rick
er, whose opera house license was
also up for 100 per cent raise, en-
tering his objections with the result
of all the proposed increases being
laid aside on motion of Alderman
Clayton Jay. The businesses affect
ed were the automobile dealers, opera
house, musical instruments, publishers
and printers: A reduction of $25 on
bottling works was voted.
The appropriation ordinance for
the year was read and adopted, call
ing for a slight increase in the fire
department, offset by decreases in the
charity, public buildings and grounds
and interest funds. The salary ordi-
nance for the year was adopted with
a $40 increase in the sextop's salary
and the addition of two men on the
fire department with $85 and $65
respectively.
The meat and milk inspection or
dinances were given their first read
ings with the prospect of being adop-
ted under an arrangement mutually
agreed to by practically all of the
meat markets of the city, who will
pay fee Of soc on each cow and zoe
on each hog inspected, should the or
dinance finally become effective.
Provision for the inspection of
milk, fish and other food products al
80 are included in the ordinance in
troduced, which will come up for fl
nal passage at the next meeting of
the city council.
Chief of the fire department,
Pounds Horn, was appointed building
inspector, to conform with the re-
quirements of the Southeastern Tar
iff Association. Mayor Mayes re-
ported the purchase of $280O equip
ment for the street department, which
was confirmed by the vote of the
council
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1927-02-10
Fast Freights Help
To Conserve Credit

Increased efficiency on the rail
doars during the past year meant
prompter and more reliable delivery
of factory products to the retailer,
according to Freight Traffic Manager
Kealhofer, of the Atlanta, Birming-
ham and Coast railroad.
This in turn Mr.. Kealhofer said, en-
abled trade and manufacturing to de-
velop the practices of "hand to
mouth" buying, and this, in turn,
conserved credit and made it more
flexible.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1927-02-10
FARMERS MEETING AT
COURTHOUSE ON NEXT
THURSDAY AT 10 A. NJ.

Groups of speakers from the State
College of Agriculture, the U. S. Bu-
reau of Agriculture, and railroad ag-
ricultural development agents, are
visiting all counties in the state dis
cussing with the farmers agricultural
programs for the coming year.
All of these men have had consid-
cradle experience in the lines that
they will represent at these meeting.
The following speakers will visit this
county:
w. G. Owens, swine specialist,
State College of Agriculture, subject:
"Livestock Production"
J. NJ. Purdom, tobacco specialist,
A. C. f. railroad, subject: Tobacco
Production.
l.. M Heffer, state supervisor vo-
cational education, subject: Cooper
ative Marketing of Farm Products"
Every man in the county should
as far as possible make his arrange
ments to attend this meeting, hear
these speakers, and help to outline the
best agricultural program possible for
this year. It is evident from every
angle that it is almost impossible to
grow cotton at profit with the pres
ent marketing outlet for at least two
years. This being true why should
the farmers pay as it were, privi-
lege for growing cotton, when there
are so many other ways revenues can
be raised on the farms in this sec
ton? Attend this meeting and help
to outline some of these revenue pro-
ducing methods.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1927-02-10
MARS RE-SENTENCED
FOR FOURTH Time

Judge D. R. Crum in open court
here Wednesday re-sentenced Oscar
Mars to be electrocuted on February
28th and to be taken to the prison
farm at Milledgeville on the 25th.
Attorney A. j. Mcdonald present
ed bill of exceptions in the case,
which Judge Crum denied and pro-
ceeded to fix the date of execution.
A writ of mandamus will be asked
by the attorneys for Mars in the Su-
preme Court, similar to the actions
taken by attorneys in other capital
cases, now pending before that body.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1927-02-10

Every city that is worthy the name
should have an adequate system of
food inspection. By theis term we
mean the inspection of meat, the san
itary supervision, not only of slaugh-
tering plants, but of shops and stores
wherever food for human consump-
ton is sold; also milk and dairy in
spection.
It is a well established fact that
numerous diseases of the lower ami
mails are transmissable to man. Such
diseases as rabies, anthrax, COW pox,
foot and mouth disease, parasitic dis
eases (tape worm), and others are
known to be directly transnissable
to the human; but the most dangerous
disease in this respect is undoubtedly
tuberculosis.
Not only does food inspection
guard against certain infectious dis
eases but it also excludes otherwise
diseased and unfit meats from being
sold for human CONSUMPTION. 1t is
q we'll known. fact that meat from
animals that are affected, at time of
by any disease causing
high temperature or profound sys-
temic change if eaten, even after
cooking, is liable to produce
such disorders as dysentery and nau-
sea. Again, there are many condi-
tions that may not be absolutely in
furious to health yet they render the
meat unfit for food. For example,
meat from animals that have died
from variouf causes, such as acciden-
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1927-02-10
IVEMYER BOUND OVER

Judge H. G. McLendon bound Hen
ry Ivemyer over to the Ben Hill Su-
perior Court on a warrant charging
a statutory offense, after a prelimi-
nary trial of the case in the court
house Wednesday afternoon. Judge
D. E. Griffin represented the defend
ant and Chas. Bussell prosecuted the
ooro
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1927-02-10
A. B. & G. Tailors

M. Gottleib has been awarded the
contract for the 1927 uniforms for
the A. B. & C. employees in competi-
ton with several Atlanta and Cincin-
natl concerns. Mr.. Gottleib will
make all of the uniforms for the
conductors, trainmen and porters on
the entire line.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1927-02-10
Leonard A Visitor

Mr. S. A Leonard of the Leonard
Brothers Motor Company was in the
city Monday and Tuesday. The
Leonards are great believers" in
Fitzgerald and are erecting another
building here. The new building will
cost about $4,000 and will be occu-
pied by Cliff Saunders.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1927-02-10
HALPERIN TO MARKETS

Mr.. Philip Halperin left Sunday
for New York and the eastern mar
kets to purchase the spring and sum-
mer stock for the Surprise Store and
his subsidiary stores in Dublin and
McRae. Mr.. Halperin will put in an
especially strong line of ladies' ready
to wear this season, according to a
statement made to The Leader
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1927-02-10
TO HOLD JOINT MEETING

The Ben Hill Board of Education
and the board of directors of the
chamber of commerce are to have a
joint meeting Friday to discuss ways
and means to continue the county
agents work in the county.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1927-02-10
$4,000 Improvement!

Well authenticated rumors of
$4,000 Improvement in the heart of
the city reached this office, of which
we will be at liberty to say more
about in a short time.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1927-02-10

New York-Thirty-o thousand
firemen and enginemen on 27 cas-
tern railroads and their subsidiaries
will find their envelope swollen next
pay day as a result of settlement
reached Saturday between the United
States mediation board, the Brother
hood of Locomotive Firemen and En-
ginemen and the roads, granting a
71A per cent in salary.
The settlement, modelled closely on
one of the conductors and trainmen
recently effected, was made before
G. Wallace W. Hanger, member of
the United States board of mediation,
and is said to be the first agreement
of this magnitude to be reached
through mediation.
1t was brought about under the pro-
visions of the Watson-Parker bill
which provides for mediation and that
failing, for Arbitration and finally
for an emergency board created by
he President of the United States.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1927-02-10
RURAL TEACHERS TO MEET AT
ASHTON

The Ben Hill Teachers Association
will hold its monthly meeting at the
Ashton high school Saturday after
noon.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-05-23
ROCkNE, ingram
OPPOSE CHANGES
In Open Revolt Against New
Football Rules

New York. May 23.-tR-WilNam
A. Navy Bill" Ingram and knute
Rockne, football coaches of the
Navy and Notre Dame respectively.
were declared today by the New
York World to be lin open revolt"
against changes made in the rules
since last year.
The coaches were quoted as OBJ
jecting particularly to the rule en-
couraging use of the lateral or back
ward pass. although both announc-
ed they would make the best Of It"
and would not attempt to influence
other coaches against Ut.
Under the rules lateral or back
ward pass. instead Of becoming 4
free ball II incompleted: remains in
possession of the passing side.
Reached at Jeffersonville. Ind. by
phone Coach Ingram said to the
World.
1.-THE protection afforded for the
use of the lateral pass is quite un-
necessary and will hurt the game
rather than help it. 1t is not elastic
enough. We had a good game as 1t
was and now the very fundamentals
are affected.
ut will take a long time to de-
velop the lateral pass along sound
lines and in the meantime it will
create much discord and discomfort.
Naturally will experiment with
the play and no doubt use It too,
so far as 1t fits in with what I con-
slider the fundamentals Of the game.
1t is forced upon us but that does
not alter my own views that it Is
mistake and a bad one" The rule.
Ingram said. would encourage loose
handling of the ball and add to the
duties of defensive end and tackles.
Over the wire from South Bend,
Ind. Coach Rockne said:
II am opposed to some Of the
changes. but of course must make
the best Of 1t. The game is too wide
spread and there are too many
coaches for any group to attempt to
build up game of its own.
Il do rot think the lateral pass
will be effective and I do feel that
1t may hamper the development OF
the game along sound lines. Some
elevens will be working along one
line and others along another and
it seems to me that this will create
an unhappy situation.
"On top of this I feel that the
protection given to the players
catching punts by which an oppon-
ent may not advance the ball on
recovering a tumble. devitalizes the
game"
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-05-23

carried away first and second hon.
ors and Simons Of Springfield took
third place in the pole vault.
Bruno's mark was feet s inches.
Special mention should be made
OF Simons. He certainly was hard
worker. The start Of every event
would find him warming up with
the athletes. He high-jumped,
broad-jumped. threw the discus and
javelin. ran In the long distance and
short distance runs-and received a
third place in the pole vault. Just
when everyone thought he was
through for the day he grabbed the
stick from the third man in the re-
lay team and once again finished In
his favorite place on the lower end
Of the score.
Jimmy ScullY made his first ap-
pearance of the season and ran a
pretty quarter mile race in good
time. He reached the last tape in
$500 time. Hill and Price OF
Springfield. were second and third.
Joe Szabo won the 200 yard race
and Yahn and Scully won second
and third. His time was % 2-10
seconds. Fred Zehrer won his ini-
tial first place Of his track career
at high school in a pretty half mile
run. Melinof and Price took second
and third. Zehrer's time was
minutes. Is IL seconds.
John Matulis threw the javelin
1876 feet seven inches for first place.
Reckert won second place and
Lewis of Springfield took third place.
Reckert won first in the discuss with
throw of 81 feet and inches. Ed.
Conley and Matulis won second and
third.
The relay race was won by about
100 yards. Yahn got off to fairly
good start and ran like a streak. He
had a sizeable lead on his opponent
when he handed the stick to Captain
McGrath who also gained on his
man. Behrer also added to the
grand total and when szabo took
the stick he made his opponent look
as II he were going backwards.
Although 1t received little opposi-
ton the team showed that it has
considerable strength and is looked
upon as a possibility In the Triangu-
lar meet at Willow Brook park next
Saturday.