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The Fitzgerald Leader
YOL. XVI.
President Barrett Announces
Policy For The New Year
Union City. Ga., Jan. 7—Presi¬
dent Charles S. Barrett has issued
the following statement to the
members of the Farmers union:
To the Officers and Members of
the Farniers Union:
To the more than' two million
American farmers owing allegiance
to this great organization, and to
every thinking American interest¬
ed in the advancement of the rural
problem, I wish a happy and pros¬
perous and achieving New Year.
I believe the twelve months now
unfolding before us are to consti¬
tute one of the most important
eras in the history alike of the
farmer and the nation.
The welfare of the one means
the welfare of the other, for one
of the vital lessons of the recent
and accumulated past is that of the
absolute interdependence of the
success of the farmer and the suc¬
cess of the nation.
We are well entered into a
period of readjustment, touching
every phase of our political, our
ethical, our economic and our in¬
dustrial system.
What progress the next twelve
months is to contribute to that
readjustment is hidden from the
most astute, but necessarily it
must be of momentous nature.
The Farmers union has made
greater strides in organizing the
farmers of this country than any
similar movement in American
history.
A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION
In the most practical sense, the
organization has become nations
for it embraces in some of its
forms every portion of the count¬
ry and every thought and shade of
thought ruling the rural popula¬
tion.
Having finally achieved national
organization, what is the next step
in our programIt is to apply
intensive business methods, con¬
tinuously and universally, to each
separate phase of the local, the
county, the state and the national
problems that in any manner what¬
soever affect the American farmer.
That is to be the line of advance¬
ment for the opening year, and
for every year following.
We are going to teach the indi¬
vidual farmer the way out of debt,
practically and in simple terms.
We are going to show him the
profit in and the methods for
marketing his product in a busi¬
ness like fashon.
We are going to impress upon
him the true values of co-opera¬
tion in buying, in selling and in
distributing his products, whether
cotton in the South, vegetables or
V / fruit in the East, grain or fruit
in the West.
We are going to prove to him
the absolute need of establishing
his cwn enterprises and more, the
absolute need of selecting the best
men to operate those enterprises
and of patronizing them every
day in the year.
STAY ON THE FARM.
We expect to explain the differ¬
ence in individual wealth between
the cities and the country, and the
way to read just inequalities in
the individual instance.
We are going to demonstrate to
him, by object lessons, how and
why he must stay on the farm, not
so much for the country’s benefit,
as for his own benefit.
We will strive to waken him to
his personal responsibility in mak¬
ing the community in which he
lives worth living in, the profit in,
not to say the duty of, giving his
own children a square deal, the
meaning of politics as it affects
him, and the danger of, the dema¬
gogue, the danger of personal in-
FITZGERALD, BEN HILL COUNTY, GEORGIA, JANUARY 11, 1911.
difference and slovenliness.
That is our program for 1911.
We will not materialize it, un¬
less our members realize and act
upon a few fundamental principles.
First, as to farmers’ enterprises.
I have often been asked why I did
not personally indorse some
specific farmers’ enterprise.
The reason is this: Had I given
my personal indorsement to some
specific enterprise and had that
enterprise failed or been mis¬
managed, the National Farmers
Union could not have escaped re¬
sponsibility and criticism, and its
power for good and for correction
could not have been otherwise than
lessoned.
SCOPE OF THE ORGANIZATION.
I am not now and never will be
in fovor of risking the prestige of
an organization affecting the desti¬
nies of more than two million
American farmers upon the suc¬
cess or failure of one or a dozen
individual enterprises.
That would be fair, neither to
the hundreds of thousands of
members who have toiled and
sacrificed to uphold our organized
interests nor of the hi ndreds of
thousands of others who look to
an organized farmer’s movement
as a solution to the farmers’ prob¬
lem.
I view the success of a local en¬
terprise, of any nature, as contin¬
gent upon local management, local
conditions, local support. The
national organization will always
stand ready to assist with advice,
admonition, help in straightening
out snarls aad in undoing the re¬
sults of mistakes. Further than
that it can not, in-justice to its
present and its future, extend its
influence. Its scope is national,
not local.
And now. as to the inauguration
and management of these co-ope¬
rative enterprises, upon which the
next great advance of the organiza¬
tion will be founded:
The first requisite is the selec¬
tion of proper officers and manag¬
ers. chosen for their business
knowledge and integrity, and
willing to pay the price of success
in their own persons.
You will not often find such
men among the handshakers or
the jolliers. I have warned you
against being influenced by these
factors instead of ability and the
capacity for self-sacrifice.
KIND OF MEN NEEDED.
The kind of men necessary for
this work are the men who, once
they have the approval of a clean
conscience, will endure abuse, slan¬
der, neglect, insults, lost health,
impaired reputations to help their
bretllern to success.
1 have known a few, a very few.
honest and capable leaders to stand
charges of graft, of theft and of
general dishonor, battle manfully
against criticisms, slights and
misinterpretation and finally win
success for the men who trusted
them with authority.
These are the sort of men we
need and must have to materialize
the year’s program. Unless you
find them success will be impossi¬
ble, arid you may as well under¬
stand that now.
There will be plenty of mistakes,
numberless failures in floating
these enterprises. There will be
grafters exposed, hypocrites un-
masked. Such developments are
inevitable with large ,
so an orgam-
zation, as it would be in any other
aggregation ot more than 2.000,-
000 trail human beings.
The thing to do is to keep on,
even when mistakes or failures
strike. Fire out the grafter and
replace him with an honest man.
Drop the incompetent and put in
Continued on Fourth Page.
Favor Election Of
Senators By People
Washington, D. C., —On
day, January 9th, the judiciary
Committee of the Senate will
present to that body, Providence
permitting, a report unequivocally
in favor of the elections of Sena¬
tors by direct vote of the people.
This will be regarded as a tre¬
mendous step in advance by all
who have been shouting the slog¬
an, “Let the People rule.” The
Hon. Jonathan Bourne of Oregon,
in particular, will be expected to
weep tears of joy when this report
is brought in. The Oregon Sen¬
ator believes most enthusiastically
in the principle of the direct vote,
foi he happens to be in W ashing*
ton through the favor of his fellow
citizens. There are several others
in the Senate who believe as does
the Oregon Senator, but there are
a few who do not give up the old
for the new, with facility, and so
they will give the reformers a
merry battle.
Even the J udiciary Committee
itself is not a unit on the report.
The sub-committee which acted on
it consisted of Senators Rayner,
Borah and Dillingham, Dillingham
dissented from the report. It is
understood that others on the main
committee will also dissent, so that
there will be a minority report and
perhaps more than one. What will
become of this report when given
to the Senate is not hard to guess.
There will be filibustering over
it, and it seems likely that there
will not be any action at this ses-
sion. But to get a favorable re-
port on this subject out of a com-
mittee and to get the issues square-
ly before the Senate is an achieve- 1
ment and the advocates of popular
government will so regard it.
great meeting at atlanta
President Taft and two members
of his Cabinet will participate in
the meeting of the Southern Com-
mercial Congress to be held March
8, 9 and 10 in Atlanta, Ga., Tim
President has chosen for his ad _
dress “A greater Nation Through
a Greater South”; Secretary Dick-
inson will have for his subject
•‘The Enforcement of Law in the
South.” and Secretary Wilson will
talk on ‘’The Agricultural Obliga-
tions of the South.” Others on
the program for addresses are
Col. Theodore Wyman T. V
Powderly, Governor-elect Wood-
row Wilson, and Duncan U
Fletcher, U.S. Senator fron Flor-
ida who is a member of the Exec-
utive Committee of the Southern
Commercial Congress Senator
Fletcher will speak on the “South-
ern Renaissance, Mr. George W
Perkins of the firm of J P Mor-
gan & Co., will speak on “Busi-
ness Efficiency,” and Wm C
Adoo will give an address on
corporations and the Public ”
It is expected that there will be
big attendance at this meeting and
that all the Governors of all the
Soothern States will be there.
11 The Dance Of Death”
At the Central Christian Church
hander . night
on at 7:30, Pastor
Everett Hollingworth will treat of
gambling, intemperance, dancing,
and moving picture shows, under
the subject of “The Dance of
Death, or the Devil to Pay.”
The morning subject will be one
in the series on “The Church—11
It’s Name.” Both these sermons
will be of great interest to every
citizen ... . E itzgerald, and doubt ,
in no
large audiences will hear them.
Hollingworth assures us that
he has "°, od j au thonty .. .. tor , every
statement he will make,
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Miss Margaret Harris will leave
soon for Macon, to be the guest
of Miss Ruth Stallings.
Wilbur Warren’s Leg
Is B»dlv Mangled
With his leg’ broken in three
places below the knee and with
the knee out of joint, Wilbur, the
ten year old son of Mr. H. M.
Warren, is under the care of three
physicians at his father’s home on
south Main street, and will be
taken to Atlanta tonight for treat¬
ment.
The young fellow is the victim
of an accident which happened
yesterday afternoon when he with
his brothers was driving to the
Home of the washer-woman. Wil¬
bur wrs riding on the back of the
buggy when his foot became en¬
tangled in the spokes, with the
horrible consequences already
Mentioned. He is now under the in
duence of morphine and the local
doctors are doing all in their po wer
tb keep him comfortable until he
can be taken to Atlanta, where
tiie best medical skill will be em¬
ployed to set the mangled limb
aright. Mr. Warren has the
sympathy of the city and his many
fLends trust that the injured
member of his young son will not
have to be amputated.
Banquet For The
Volunteer Firemen
The First annual meeting of] the
old Volunteer Fire Department
was held Monday night at the City
Hall, with the following members
of the department who served the
city up until June 1906 present;
Gillispic. A. W. Armantrout,
Frank Hager, Milo McKee, B.E.
Archer, G. A. Lagerstrom, A. D.
Cripe, Ghas. Brubaker, Ed. Hus-
sey, Earl Brown, G. F, Kitchen,
Richard Armantrout, B. K. Nich-
olson, M. 1*. Winslow, J. A. Par-
rot s M -(\ Wilkerson, Ed.Whit-
man ’ i} ‘ W. Urmey, Art Chaple,
and " nK dewed ‘
The Meeting was called to order
by Chief Wiltoftrson, who explained
fche ob -i ectof the meet ing in a short
and interesting talk. Chief Wilk-
cl !,on ’ ^ted tbat no '- a m<;mbei '
ot i the Fire department had ever
been discharged, but with the ac-
t l uisition more modem lire
fi e lltlD £ a P aratus there was aeed
of lessmeu ’ andthat the old ™lun-
teer raembers we, ' R sti11 consider-
ed Honorary Members of the Fire
De P artraent - Each member was
presented a eertilicate of member-
shlp ’ beanng m the center a pic '
tU, ' e of the volunteer bri S ade ’
teken juSt after their ,ast cal1 J une
(
AH the old raetnbers , raade . bnef
talks ’ afterwhich tbe Cluet ' invit '
ed them mt ° the ad j° in mg rooms
where a delicious course of re-
freshmonti > consisting of oyster
sandwicbes ’ P ickles ?’ coffee
and "’as served. Through-
° Ut the entire evemn & mus,c was
fl ’ rmshed by the Firemen ’ s ()l "
°
1 he " llair . ““ s W abl . . f 111 . ev '
cty f" se ’ and “ wlU bc lol «
membered by those present.
LOST
One Ladies Black Coat with
whiteoollar Finder return to
0 flj ce< It.
Mrs. Sallie Rogers has returned
to her home at Chester, Ga., after
a pleasant visit to Mrs. J. A.
King,
Mr. Albert N. McLeod, editor
and manager of tne Macon County
Citizen published at Oglethorpe,
was in the city a short while
Monday en route from Moultrie to
Oglethorpe. n ^
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The Subscription price to the
Semi-Weekly Leader is $1.50 per
year. Until February 1st. we will
accept renewals or new subscrip¬
tions for$l.
Handsome Dividends Are Declared
By City’s Three National Banks
The Exchange National, First
National, and Third National
Banks of this city held their annu¬
al stockholders meetings Tuesday,
for the purpose of electing direc¬
tors for 1911, declaring dividends,
and disposing of other matters
usual at these annual meetings.
The report of the directors of
the Exchange National Bank ren¬
dered to the stock-holders indicat¬
ed conclusively that 1910 was the
best year in the bank’s history in
point of substantial growth, gain
in patronage, profits, etc. The
usual 5 per cent semi- annual div¬
idend was declared, payable Janu¬
ary 15th and an additional sum
placed to Surplus and Undivided
Profits account. The officers for
1911 were re-elected from 1910,
being R. V. Bowen, President, M.
Dickson, First Vice-President, J.
B. Clements, Second Vice-Presi¬
dent, J. E. Turner, Active Vice-
President, J. D. Dorminey, Cash-
ier. The Exchange National enters
1911 with the benelits growing
out of experiences of another suc¬
cessful year Jwith accumulated and
increased resources and with the
en joyment of a very enviable pat-
ronage. The bank is better equip-
ped, there fore, than ever before
for meeting the needs of its pa-
trons.
The growth of this bank in
last few years has been one of its
greatest advertisements as there
are people who design to patron-
ize a going and growing bank.
In conversation with an officer
of the bank he expressed the de-
termination to make the bank in
1911 more useful than it has ever
been toward aiding the farmers
its territory and assisting them in
every way to bring about the ear-
liest and highest state of develop-
ment of their properties, knowing
full well that the success of every
business in Fitzgerald depends in
a large measure upon the success
of the farmers.
At the annual meeting of share-
holders of the Third National bank
no changes were made in the
rector ate, the present Board being
fi 1 * V I’ufr ‘ b '
Took. C.W. Kimball, J.C.
and Jas. G. Knapp.
Fr^nk P. Wright Dead
FrankP. Wright’died
morning at the home of Mrs.
art on west Pine street. m r
Wright came several weeks
vvith his wife and her mother, Mrs.
Coe, from Valley City, North Da¬
kota, and had intended spending
the winter m the city as this clim¬
ate it seemed was beneficial to him.
He was a sufferer from throat
and lung trouble and had spent tl e
past three winters here. He was
61 aears of age.
The funeral service was held yes¬
terday afternoon at the Undertak¬
ing establishment of William Mc¬
Cormick and the body was shipped
last night to North Dakota, where
it will be laid to its last resting
place. Mr. Wright and his family
were well known here and the high
esteem in which they are held was
attested by the large concourse of
friends who accompanied the re¬
mains to thetiain. Mr. Wright
was a Mason and there was an
escort from the lodge to accornpai y
the body to the depot.
The Pallbearers were: Messrs.
A. B. Cook, O. II. Elkins, J. E
Mercer, J. B. Seanor and I. Geld*
ers.
Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Tonkies
have arrived in the city from La
Grange and are occupying the
•
McEadden home on Central , Ave.
Mr. Tonkies is connected with the
Consolidated Grocery Co.
NO 3.
The present officers were reject¬
ed by the directors, E. N. Davis,
Prest., A. B. Cook, Cashier, E.
S. Hurst, Asst. Cashier.
This bank enters its fourth year
with the most flattering prospects,
and having obtained a large amount
of new business the past year, it
is in better shape to grow than at
any time in the bank’s history.
Over one hundred loyal stock¬
holders working for the bank as¬
sures a sound, permanent growth,
and it is believed that few banks in
South Georgia can show a better
gain in three years than has been
shown by the Third National.
The Directors of the First
National Bank declared a 5 per
cent semiannual dividend and or¬
dered same paid to the share
holders. This in addition to the
5 per cent semiannual dividend
paid July last makes 10 per ceqt
in dividends which the bank has
paid to its shareholders out of
the earnings for the year 1910,
besides passing a very substantial
sum up to surplus account. This
making the capital and surplus of
this strong bank $200,000.00
Following the directors meeting,
the annual stockholders meeting
was held, at which all the share-
holders present expressed them-
selves as being highly pleased with
showing made by the bank*during
the year just passed,
The following directors were
elected for the ensuing year: E. K.
Farmer, M. W. Garbutt, T. F.
Hemminger, J. H. Goodman, R.
E. Lee, C. A. Holtzendorf, T. A.
McMillan, J no. 11. Powel, C. W.
Kimball. J. E. Mercer, J. B.
Seanor. This being the re-election
of the old board, with the ex-
ception ofJ. B. Seanor who was
elected to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of C. B. White
At a directors meeting following
the .tockholders meeting the fol¬
lowing officers were re-elected for
the ensuing year:
E. Farmer Tees.
F ’ V (ulrbu?^V V
A II. Thurmond-Cashier.
With this experienced set of
officers and Directors the year
1911 wi n doubtless be a banner
one j or the First National Bank.
JJfS. WatCTS Dead
Mrs. George L. Waters depart-
this life Sunday morning, last,
afc 12:20 o’ c l° clt s after having suf-
fered two weeks with tonsilitis.
The death of Mrs. Waters was a
distinct shock to her many friends
in this cit> as it was thought that
she was improving and would soon
be entirely well. The direct cause
of her d r ath was congestion of the
tonsils.
The funeral service was held at
the home on north Grant street
Sunday afternoon at 4:30 o’clock,
Rev. Thos. Callaway, pastor of
the First Baptist church officiat¬
ing, and the body was taken to
Atlanta Sunday night for burial
in the Evergreen Cemetery.
Mrs. Waters was 53 years of
age and moved to this city with
her husband from north Georgia
several years ago. She was a con¬
sistent member of the Baptist
church, and her loss will be keen¬
ly felt by the members of that de¬
nomination.
Besides the grief-Stricken hus¬
band, Mrs. Waters is survived by
ten children who are, Mrs. C. C.
Parker, Mrs. J.E. Alberson, Mrs.
B. T. Strickland, Fred, Claude,
Briscoe and Ruby Waters of this
city, Charley Waters, of Cuba,
George and Jim Waters, of At-
| anta . The family have the deep-
cst sympathy of their many friends
in this city.