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Official Organ Ben Hill County,
MRS. G. W. COLE
WINS GRAND PRIZE
POLLS 7,506,850 VOTES IN AUTO
CLUB CONTEST
Miss Margaret Spiller Is Second With
5,499,425
Misses Ruth Stevens, Lillian Luke, Madleen Davenport
and Blondine Wilbanks, District Prize Winners
The Leader-Enterprise’s Big
Auto Club Campaign is now a
matter of history, and all that re
mains to be done is to distribute
the splendid prizes and exteud
congratulations to the happy win
rers.
Promptly at nine o’clock Satur
day night, the three judges—
Messrs John W, Yates, W, S.
Walker, and A. H. Thurmond,
L. L. Dickerson tovk possession of
the ballot box and proceeded at
once to decide the final winners.
A copy of the juage’s report is
given below:
Award of Judges, August 21,1918
We, the undersigned, judges in
the Leader-Enterprise Automobile
}Club Contest, by count of votes
cast up to nine o’clock Saturday
evening, August 21st, 1915, find
the following to be the correct
totals, and hereby award the
-prizes as follows:
First Grand Prize, Maxwell five
passenger 1916 Model Touring
car, Mrs. Willis Cole,
Total Votes Ca5t—7,506,850.
Second Grand FPrize, $350.00
Piano, Miss Margaret Spiller,
Total Votes Ca5t—5,499,425.
District Prizes, District No. |
. First Prize, $40.00 Diamond
Ring, Miss Ruth Stephens,
Totel Vote Cast—=Bo3,97s.
Second Prize, $15.00 Watch
Bracelet, Miss Madleen Davenport
Total Vote Ca5t—545,165,
District Prizes, District No. 2
First Prize, $40.00 Diamond
Ring, Miss Lillian Luke,
Total Vote C05t—2,297,465.
Second Prize, $15.00- Watch
Bracelet, Miss Blondine Wilbanks,
- Total Vote Ca5t—814,575.
(Signed)
: John W, Yates,
W. S. Walker,
3 A. H. Thurmond.
The First Grand Prize which is
a 1916 Maxwell five passenger
Touring Car has not arrived to the
present time but we have been
assured by the Johnson Hdw. Co.,
from whom the car was purchased
that the car would be here ina
vary few days. Owing to the
Visit the 2nd Floor Dept.--Silk Suits and Dressm
Early Fall Special Silk and Cotton Dress Goods
for 29¢ a yard-
N ° ' : FTSRE Rg T e 75 W”———“WE——————_. ' ==
Free tickets to the Grand! Every $3 worth of cash purchases entitles you to free admission to the Grand Theatre
THE LEADER ENTERPRISE
enermous demand for the ““Little
Wonder Car” they have been un
able to get a car. The ’l6 Model
is the latest and the winner can
be proud of her prize as it is well
worth being proud of.
The Second Grand prize which
is a beautiful $350,00 piano, now
on display at this office.
The District ‘prizes were award
ed the winners Saturday night.
Non Wincers Well Paid
All those candidates who re
mained active up until the close
of the campaign and who failed to
win a prize will be given an eight
(8) per cent cash commission on
every dollar that they turned to
this office, Non-winners can have
their commission by calling at the
Leader-therprise office.
Under the 8 per cent plan there
can be no real loosers. Six happy
hustlers receive the magnificient
prizes, and all those who failed to
win a prize will receive full and
generous pay for the time that
they spent working in the Auto
Club, + =
Big Circulation Increase
The Contest brought hundreds
of new subscribers to the Leader-
Enterprise, and the value of the
paper as an advertising medium 1n
Ben Hill and adjoining counties has
been greatly increased. Tne Lea
der-Enterprise wishes to compli
ment every. contestant for the good
work done. [t has been a pleas
ure to have them connected with
the paper for the past eight weeks
under the direction of the compe
tent contest manager, H. R, Bisby,
of the Frank E. Miller Companv,‘
Chicago, 111., and although all
could not win the first grand prize, |
their work was very successful,
To the able judges of the con
test who spent several busy hours
Saturday night counting the vote,
the Leader:Euteri)rise wishes to
extend its sincere thanks. Their
services were without compensa
tion and they cleared up their
strenuous task cheerfully and
efficiently :
FITZGERALD, BEN HILL COUNTY, GEORGIA, AUG. 23, 1915.
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IS THE HOME PAPER
It advertises home bargains, which are
the best bargains.
" It has all the home news and works for
the home town all the time.
Fourteen steamers, with a total gross tonage of 47,698, have
been sunk in the last forty-eight hours by German submarines. This
toll establishes a record for the period.
Three other vessels reported torpedoed may add another 6,925
tons to the aggregate destroyed in the past two days, So far as known
there has been no loss of life, except in the sinking of the White Star
liner Arabic,
The recrudescence of submarine activity began August 12 and in
the week ending August 18 the British admiralty reports thirteen
vessels of a total tonnage of 22,970 were sunk, eleven of them by un
der-water craft and two by mines. This makes a total _known loss of
70,668 tons of shipping in nine days.
‘ Ten of the vessels sunk in the past two days were British, three
iwere Norwegian and one was Spanish. :
i The largest vessel whose loss has be_en confirmed was the Arabic
of 15,801 tons. Reports that the Lapland, 17,640: sons .and the
{N icosin_, 6,119 tons has been sunk have not been verified. The fate of
the Dunsley, 2,956 net tons, reported torpedoed just before the Arabic
was sunk, has not been definitely determined. The British Press As
sociation has denied the reported loss of the Bovie, of 6,500 tons.
Underwater craft torpedoed Friday the British steamers Restor
mel 2,118 tons; Baron Erskine, 5,585 tons; City of New York, 2,790
tons; Samara, 3,172 tons; Gladiator, 3,359 tons; Bittern, 1,171 t.ons;}
and the Ben Branchie, 3,908 tons; the Nerwegian steamers Sverres-‘
borg, 674 tons, and Bras, 1,351 tons and the Spanish steamer Perla§
Castillo, 1,920 tons.
The vessels sunk Thursday were the Arabic, 15,801 tons; Grodno
1,955 tons; Serbino 2,205 tons, and Magda, 1,063 tons, a total of 21,-
024. All these were British, except the Magda, which was Norwegian.
A submarine halted the Norwegian mail steamer Irma within
Norwegian territorial waters, but disappeared before torpedoing the
vessel when warned by a Norwegian torpedo boat that the attack
which apparently was intended would constitute a violation of neu
trality,
" Loss of a British submarine in the sound with fifteen members of
her crew is reported by London and Berlin, but London claims tke
boat ran aground while Berlin says it was ““destroyed.”
Except for another serious reverse for Russian arms there were
no striking developments in the day’s military operations. Berlin re
ported the fall of Novogeorgievsk, where the Muscovites made their
last stand in Poland, with the loss of 85,000 prisoners and a large bag
of artillery. > ;
The hard pressed forces of Grand Duke Nicholas, the Germans
claim, have been pushed back to Koterkakulva, southeast of Brest-
Litovsk, while they are being pursued east of Kovno and have lost
ground south of the Bug on the Brest-Litovsk line. T
‘ The allies on Gallipoli peninsula are continuing their assaults on
Turkish positions and the British left wing has made some progress
an official report asserts. 5
Italy has declared war on Turkey,
Reports asserts that the entente powers have succeeded in induc
ing Serbia to agree to the immediate cession to Bulgaria of a part of
Macedonia in exchange for the Bulgar’s participation in'the war,
Silk Stripe Poplins, Cords, Repps and a be
wildering array of the pretty early fall mater
ials are here for you in the newest shades and
coloring for 25¢ yard.
THRICE-A-WEEKRK
London Foreign Offi
Expl .g Latest Ord
Heavy Imports To Neutrals
Caused Contraband Order
Londor, Aug. 22—The foreign office today issued a statement in
connection with the declaration of cotton as contraband purporting to
show that imports into Hollind and Scandinavia of raw cotton and of
cotton waste during the months of May, June and July totalled 17,344
tons as compared with a normal average of 35,303 tons. Of the latter,
however, it is stated that all but 16,557 tons were re-exported.
“These tigures show,” the statement continues, ‘‘that during these
months importation of cotton Las not been substantially greater than
in times of peace, and it is a fair deduction from this that apart from
any other measures that have been taken Germany has not since May
1 received any considerale supply of cotton through those countries.
“It is pot anticipated that owing to the declaration of cotton as
contraband there will be any great difference in the importation of
cotton into countries concerned and there is no reason to suppose that
the American or Egyptian exporters of cotton will in the futhire be in
a less advantageous position than they have been in the last three
months.
SUBMARINES TAKE LARGE TOLL:
I
London, August 21—Fourteen steamers, with a total gross ton
nage of 47.698 have been sunk in the last fortv-eight hours by Ger
man submarines. This toll establishes a record for the period.
Three other vesscls reported torpedoed may add another 26,965
tons to the aggregate destroyed in the past two days, So faras known
there has been no loss of life except in the sinking of the White Star
liner Arabic.
The recrudescence of submarine activity began August 12, and in
the week ending August 18 the British admiralty reports thirteen
vessels, of a total tonnage of 22,970, were sunk, eleven of them by
underwater craft and two by wines. This makes a total known loss
of 70,668 tons of shipping in nine days. '
Ten of the vessels sunk in the past two days were British, three
were Norwegian and one was Spanish,
The largest vessel whose loss hus been confirmed was the Arabic,
of 15,801 tons. Reports that the Lapland, 17,640 tons and the
Nicosian, 6,369 tons, have been sunk have not been verified. The fare
of the Dunsley, 2,956 net tons, reported torpedoed just before the-
Arabic was sunk, has not been definitely determined. The British
Press association has denied the reported loss of the Bovic, of 6,500,
tons.
Crown Prince Hopes
For Early End of War
Geneva, Aug. 21-—A correspondent on the Vosges front states
that an army order recently issued by the Crown Prince contains the
following: 4 : _
*“We shall take, must take, Verdun, Then the war will be ended
by December, at the latest.” ;
Casper Hide Co.
Wholesale and Retail
Dealers in
Hides, Skins, Pelts, Wool,
Beeswax, Tallow, Furs,
Metal, etc. We pay the
market price.
J. CASPER,
Pres. & Gen. Mgr.
EMPIRE MERCANTILE CO.
“ONE PRICE TO EVERYBODY”’
Wm. R. BOWEN, President J. A. MURPHY, Manager
Mondav
Wednesday
Friday
VOL.XX. NO. 109
Money on Farm
Lands
Terms: 5 to 10 years
and conditions to sut
borrower,
Improved farm lands
only.
CLAYTON JAY
