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Decatur Tobacco Barns
Fired by Night Riders
Bainbridge, Ga., Nov. 28.
Night riders deelared by the big
growers of tne fine wrapper to
bacco which is grown in Decatur
county, Ga., and Gadsden county,
Fla., to be in the employ of the
growers, Tuesday night burned
five barns of tobacco in Decatur
county at a loss of $20,000. The
destruction of the tobacco brings
to a cricis a hitherto peaceful war
that hasobtained for twc or three
years between the large and
small owners of tobacco land.
The tobacco grown in this sec
tion brings an exceptionally high
price and cannot be grown suc
cessfully anywhere else, it is as
serted by local tobacco men.
Three years ago the land owners
formed an associaton to fix pricesl
and hold their tobacco until the
manufacturers met the prices
they fixed. Two years ago, when
the manufacturers refused to
treat with them, $lOO worth of
tobacco was brought by the plan
ters into the public square at
Bainbridge and burned. The next
year they got together.
In the meantime the smaller
growers have not been in the
combine and have become num
erous with the result that they
have formed an association of
their own. Tho two growers’
associations had their friction and
as a result the market has been
conflicting this fall.
Tuesday night three barns
in Decatur county were burned
at the same time, twenty miles
across the Fiorida line, two barns
were burned, both a total loss
before discovered. Investigation
showed that three men had dis
mounted from their horses at the
Georgia barns, hoof and foot
prints being plainly discernable,
and two men on the Florida
burning. for some unexplained
reason the watchmen were not at
either place and have not been
seen since.
Today in Bainbridge a score of
the big growers met and announ
ced that they had engaged de
tectives to probe the burning.
They declared that the smaller
growers were responsible and
that they would not rest until
they had brought the offenders
to book. !
Officials of the smaller associa
tion deny that they had anything
to do with it. In the meantime
both factions are maintaining
{ull and continuous guards about
their barns. The sheriffs of each
county are working on the case.
Stories are afioat to the effect
that before the week is out there
will be sensational developmentsl
affecting both sides. |
HOMER and RALPH
WATERS BROS.
PRESSING CLUB
All kinds of Pressing and Dyeing
Your Work Appreciated
Ladies Suits given special attention
MNEXT DOOR TO coonmms‘
Atlanta Will Fight Slot
Machines.
Atlanta, Nov. 28.- The same
interests which have tried to
arouse public sentiment against
the whisky mail order houses
alleged to exist in Savannah are
now jumping on what they claim
is a still worse evil in Atlanta—
the presence of gambling ma
chines in local saloons and in a
lfew local hotel.
It is stated that these slot ma
chines have reaped a harvest of
$150,000 in nickels during the
eight months they have been per
mitted to exist here, and that
they are gambling devices pure
and simple. Instead of winning
back equal money when the right
number comes, the player wins
metal checks which are good for
trade at the place where the ma
chine is set up, The law as
|evaded. is said, by filling the
\machines with cheap chewing
gum which the victims ostensibly
play for. The grand jury has
been asked to take up and inves
| tigate the operation of these ma
| chines. Formen v
~ If we admil—as we must—the
bepefits of cron rotation, why
have the farmers of all sections of
this country, at one time or an
other, been slaves to a one-crop
system? If crop rotation will im
prove the fertility of our soil and
prove profitable. why have the
wheat-growing sections of our
country grown wheat almost ex.
ic!usively until compelled to stop
it by decrcased and unprofitable
'yieldst Or, on the other hand,
!why are the farmers of the Corn
Belt plowing up their bluegrass
pasturcs and putting every avail
able acre into corn? There must
be objections to the rotation of
crops, which are not often stated,
What are these objections? It
must be confessed that these ob
jections are hard to lind. Perbaps
the growing of one crop is easier.
It requires less planning and less
intelligent metho is, less work, less
equipment in implements and ma
chinery, and, it must be admitted.
fewer crops to harvest, Are these
v lid objections? Thev myst be, or
why, after our knowledge of all
the benefits of crop rotation, do
we still persist 1n our one-crop
svstem or the haphazaid practice
of the past?—The Progressive
Farmer. it :
z First M. E, Church,
a
| Services next Sunday at the
usual hour,
Preaching morping aud nighti
by the pastor. Morning subject,
{ ““The Perishable and the Unperish- ‘
‘able;” night subject, ‘‘Making the
‘most of Our Capital.” !
The attention of mem.bers of the
church is called to the fact that.l
but two Sundays remain of the
present conference year.
The general publie, especiallv
strangers will find a cordial wel
iooma at every service.
E. J. Hammond, Pastor,
TUR | EADRR.ENTERPRICE FRINAY NOCVEMRER 29, 1912
From the Daily Bulletin
Railroad Men Win Great Fight
Arbitrators Find for Con
ductors.
Atlanta, Nov. 26.—Conductors
and trainmen on the Georgia
road who recently went on a
strike because of the discharge of
two employes by the system, te
day won their demaads when the
arbitration board, agreed on by
the road and the empiloyes to
settle the dispute, ordered the
road to reinstate the discharged
men.
The employes discharged were
Conductor J. T. Paschal and Flag
man A. M. Morgan. Paschal was
discharged because he ordered
his engineer to work continuously
more than 16 hours in violation
of the federal laws, according to
the railroad officials. Morgan
was discharged as the result of a
icontroversy with the road over
‘an expense account, the system’s
officers asserted.
Conductor Paschal did not deny
that he allowed his engineer to
work more than 16 hours, but
claimed that the action wasin
accordance with orders issued by
the road. Morgan admitted a
mistake in his expense account,
claimed that after it had been
corrected the company still ob
jected to a charge of fifty cents
for two lunches. Dispute over
this led to his discharge.
Both employes asserted the
real reason for their discharges
was that they were prominent in
the trainmen’s and conductors’
union.
C. A. Wickersham, representa
tive of the road, dissented from
the re-instatement of Conductor
DPaschal. The opinionin the case
of Flagman Morgan was unani
mous, it being held that he should
have been suspended for ten days
disciplinary measure, but not dis
charged. The conductor will re
ceive full pay from the time he
was discharged.
The flagman will be given pay
for all the time except the sug
gested ten days suspension.
Judge Wm. L. Chambers, of
Washington, read the decision.
He expressed the hope that closer
relations would result between
the road and employes. Fred A.
Burgess, representing the traine
men, was the third member of
the arbitration board.
Episcopal Church.
Rev. J. W. Blecker the new
Rector of the Episcopal church
will hola service next Sunday Dec.
Ist. Service in the morning at
11 a, m. Evening service at 7:30
p. m. Sunday School as usual at
10s. m,
‘ Rev. Bleker was formerly Ree
tor at Hammond, La., acd has ac
cepted = call w St. Mathews
church of this place and expects
to be permanently located here.
Watch the columns of Leader
Enterprise.
i |
Ritzgerald Had w
Heavy Snow-Fall
The heaviest snow in the recol
lection of the oldest ichabitants
fell in this section Wednesday
night, and _when the youngsters
of the jcity awoke Thanksgiving
morning to find the house-tops all
white, they were truly thankful—
more thankful than they had ever
been un any preceding Thanksgiv
ing Day. P
The flakes began falling about
nine o’clock Wednesday night, af
ter a licht rain, and continued for
three or four hours, and regardless
of the late hour, there were crowds
congregated on nearly every corn
er snow-balline pedestrians, The
tlakes feil large and fast andin the
‘white way district of the business
section the sight was a beautiful
one. The ground was wet and
wouldu’s hold the snow long, but
the housetps had a glistening coat
of abaut one inch by morning and
in mwany places the spow didu’t
melt until today.
The snow-fall seems to have
been confined to no special section
as the daily papers carry reports
from all parts of the state, and
'some of them come from right
down on the Florida line.
For Water, Light and
Bond Commissioner
At the insistant solicita
tion of some of our citizens,
I present my name for your
consideration at the coming
election as a member of the
W. L. & B. Com. Your sup
port will be appreciated,
A. H, Thurmond.
i Bankrupt Sale
In The District Court of The
United States For The South
western Division O f The
Southern District O f
| - Georgia.
W. O. BETTS, Bankrupt.
Will be sold at 9 o’clock on the
sth day of December, 1912 at the
store house door of the above
named bankrupt at Horton Sta
tion on the Broxton extension of
A. B. & A. Railway Co., from
Osierfield, Georgia, postoffice,
Wray, Ga. to the highest and
best bidder for cash one stock of
!merchandis.e. consisting of dry
goods, notions, hats, shoes, fix
tures, medicines and hardware;
also one cut away harrow, one
iron gray mule about six years
old and two black horses about
ten years old. Property to be
sold as the property of the above
named bankrurt under and by
virtue of an order granted by
Hon. J. F. McCrackin, Referee
on November 22, 1912.
The successful bidder will be
required to put up 10 per cent of
the amount bid, the sale to be
subject to the approval and con
firmation of the Court. l
This November 25, 1912,
Drew W. Paulk, Trustee.
From The Daily Bulletin.
Loring Brown In Atlanta Journal Q
Boosts Fitzgerald's Big Fair
The TRI COUNTY fair now in progress at Fitzgerald is their
second effort and the people of this community descrve much praise
and credit for their efforts in this direction. They have not only
erected splendid buildings for taking careof their exhibits but they
have built a splendid raee track, and they have laid a foundation
for a permanent fa’r more substantizally than any county fair I
have seen this ceason. The large number of alive, wide awake
eastern and western people who inhabit ihis seection realize and
know the importance of conducting a good annual fair vearly in
their community. Trerefore, they have made preparations for a
permanent annual eyent,
Fitzgerald is certainly a booming little city, and while in this
section, like many others in south Georgia, this year you can see
the effects of depending on an exclusive cotton erop, and this sec
tion is suffering like many others from the effects of a short crop.
However, the people are in good spirits and many are happy and
satisfied over the prospects of knowing that they have an abund
ance of food crops on hand this year.
The agricultural display shown at this fair was a credit to this
section, and demonstrated that everything to sustain life and fur
nish the necessary food products for our country are being produced
‘in this section. Especially was the disp'ay of pecans, corn, Irish
and sweet potatoes and hay good. The lands in this section are
admirably adapted to the growing of these crops especially.
| The poultry department was the same at this fair as has been
found at all others this year, the leading feature connected with it
and shows that the people zre taking more interest in poultry than
ever before, and furthermore that the natural conditions are well
suited to the propagation of poultry in the south. Isaw more eggs
produced from the birds in this show than any exhibition that 1
‘have attended this season. Stifl, storage eggs are being shipped
and sold in this town at 40 cents per dozen and not one-half of
them good, bringing the price to 60 cents per dozen. It does look
like folly for the people of this country not to produce these eggs
at such profitable prices rather than send the good, hard-earned
cash out of our midst for eggs that are absolutely unfit to eat,
| The birds at this show were neatly cooped and special care
given them. The display of White, Buff and Brown Leghorns was
}unusually good and showed that these birds do well in this section.
Barred Plymouth Rocks, White Plymouth Rocks, White and Black
Orpingtons, Rhede Island Reds and Indian Runner Ducks made up
for this fair, with a few other varieties, one of the cleanest, neat
lest and best in quality displays that has been exhibited at any of
the county fairs this season, and shows that the people are fast
learning that quality must prevail instead of quantity, only two
disqualified birds being found in the entire show.
The best lot of White Plymouth Rocks that I have ever see
any one place were found in one of the breeders yards at this
They were raised right there and birds fit to go in any show
United States and win their share of ribbons. It was a real pi€as
ure to handle and look over this lot of over three hundred birds and
not a cull or sorry one among them.
The display of Georgia-raised horses and mules also hogs and
cattle that was exhibited at this fair was an inspiration to any
Georgia farmer and was proof sufficient that as good could be rais
ed in southern Georgia as can be found anywhere. This county
has a great future, and with the short cotton crop and low price,
with high labor, will eventually force the southern farmer to pay
‘more attention and take more interest in the things that he is now
isending"bis cotton money away for and the sooner they get wise to
‘this and produce these things on their own farms the better off will
‘this cpuntry be.
The fair at Fitzgerald will grow and eventually be a large
asset to this community as tkey have laid the proper kind of a
foundation and each year will see a bigger and better fair
in this community. :
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