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JUDGES OF THE ELECTION: ELECTION CLERKS:
A. A. Harvey J. C. Strange
D. T. Paulk Elias Paulk
Rob’t Dykes E. E. Hawkes
Work Day For Georgia Orphans,
Saturday, September 30
Child Without A Home Represented In
This Sto^te-Wide Movement
Among the many calls sent forth annually for helping charitable
of different kinds there are none more praise-worthy
one more deserving of assistance than the annual Work Day effort,
'hereby twenty-five or more Homes in the State ask that they be
ive none day’s earnings out of the three hundred and sixty-five. This
a modest request, and is not too much to ask considering that the
is to be used in the maintenance of the most helpless class of
human beings in the wide, wide world.
Each contributor of course designates to the Home to which he
his money to be given.
The Methodist Home of the Soutl- Georgia Conference, located
in Macon, Georgia, is asking to be remembered in this State-wide tu-
Since 1872, over twenty-two hundred children have passed
this Home. &nd while the Home is under the control of the
|dethodist Church its benefits are absolutely non-sectarian.
This large family consists of from one hundred and twenty-five
to one hundred and fifty children. At present twenty five of the
household are little babies.
Here is one of the most practical ch .rifcies in the world.
He who stands by helpless childhood and contributes his share in
them at least a fighting chance in life's battle has wrought a
work and made an investment that is divine.
Send all contributions to Rev. J. A. Smith Agent, Macon, Ga.
Labor's Demands Of The Railroad
| When 20,000,000*■people of the United States can be made to
suffer directly or indirectly in the suspension of operat ions on a singlb
big railway svstem, due t.o step in aud adjust the differences between
labor and capital. An effe.ct thus far-reaching,,.it v teckoned, would
follow a tie- up of the Harrimau lines—the Union Pacific and the
Southern Pacific; and in anticipation of such an event the Cnicago
Record-Herald declares the the “third party”—the public—must “in¬
evitably impose compulsory arbitration,” for “the c 'untry will not
submit to dislocation, waste, paralysis, in silence and resignation,”
Comment of this nature grows out of a demand <fn the Harriman
railways and the Il!inois.Central for the recognition of a federation of
allied crafts, and the following proposition which, if granted, the
railroad officials declare would virtually put the railroads in the hands
of the workmen. The demands of the men are thus summarized:
I. The rule of the closed shop with allowance of thirty days,
during which employees, old and new, may “qualify” themselves for
service by joining a union.
If 2. An eight-hour day, instead of a nine-hour day.
'|i S. Flat wage increase of seven cents an hour.
4. Equal representation on board of directors of the company
hOspitaK which are partly supported by employees who have no voice
in t heir conduct.
keeping of patients in hospitals as long as patients de-
maBj^Panctioned ^^^onferences by their be granted association. thirty day's" of desire
to after notice
to change contract is submitted.
j; 7. Employees to be granted ninety days’leave of absence instead
of M being laid off.
8. All time work other than bulletined to be considered overtime.
| 9. Allowance for expenses while on traveling work to oe raised
jiff from one dollar to one dollar and fifty cents per day.
10. Capacity shall be determined within thirty days; after that
no'inan shall be discharged on grounds of incorapeteney.
I II. No physical examination or personal record.
12. Grievances to be handled by Shop Employee ’ Federation.
I 13. Light work for old employees unable to - do heavy work,
without reduction in pay.
Ef If 14. Seniority to govern promotion to foremanships.
All of which causes President C. H. Markham, of the Illinois
Central, to gasp, and Vice-President Julius Kruttschnitt, of the
Harriman interests, to throw up his hands and exclaim that his pay¬
[having roll would, be increased $7,000,000 a year. The latter is quoted as
said that—
“Under the changes proposed issue raised by the federated small employees and
osed by the companies, an on a road in the sys-
Hi in Louisiana or Texas might stop all shop work throughoufrthe
36# w>m by requiring members to strike in distant California or Wash-
tou or Nebraska. To settle the question, the company involved
I rht have to meet a committee representing all of its craftsmen,
[ch committee would owe all allegiance lines to Harriman the General Committee corn¬
[“Such ed of all craftsmen of of the system,
an arrangement would mean chaos, would aoridge or de-
e the corporations of ability to fulfil their duties imposed upon
a by the law, and officers deliberately so betraying their trusts
}d be justlj condemned by public opinion.
[“These are the federated reasons why employees we decline representing to surrender to irresponsi small •
|K>mmittees |of of a very por-
the public trusts confined to us by tne entire public, and why
lompanies (pill not concede to such committee the right to dictate whether
shall or shall not fulfil for tiveuty millions of oeople in
■teen States of the Union the duties clearly prescribed by law.”
■erary Digest.
SEMI-WEEKLY
The Fitzgerald Leader
FITZGERALD, BEN HILL COUNTY, GEORGIA, SEPTEMBER 19 1911.
Tent Meeting Since
Our Last Issue
Interest SfUE Increas¬
ing. Largest At¬
tendance Sun¬ i
day Night.
Crowds still continue to gather
at each service held in the big
Gospel tent pitched in frontof the
Lee-Grant Hotel. 4
On Friday night Rev. J. B. Cul¬
pepper preached a strong sermon
on “The Value of Human Life.”
He condemned in unqualified lan-
the evils of lynches, pis-
tol-totmg, and prenatal murder.
His illustrations were timely, and
the audience attentive. Although
seats for many more people bad
been added during the day, they
were all taken.
On Saturday night the congre
gation was not so large as during
the week, owing to the pressure of
business. The attendance was
good, however. Mr. Burke Cul-
'pepper ^preached on “The Blind-
ing, Binding, Grinding Nature of
Sin.” His theme wes drawn from
the life of Sampson. Among oth-
er things which he hit was the
dance. “Dancing” 4 he said, “is
only hugging set to music. If a
young man-approached you in the
street and assumed the attitude
that he does in the dance, you
would take it as an insult. There
is evil enough in the dance alone,
if there were no other sins, to ruin
this country.”
On Sunday afternoon the elder
Mr. Culpepper spoke to men and
boys in the tent. His address was
phuD and practical. Faults in the
training of boys, laxness in morals,
and higher regard for women and
children were effectively discussed;
and men could not but be impress
ed to live better. Mr. Burke Cul¬
pepper spoke to women at the
Christian Church at the same hour.
On Sunday night the service was
devoted to a big prohibition de¬
monstration. A full account of
the meeting appears in another
part of this naper.
Yesterday afternoon the second
children’s service was led by Mr.
Burke Culpepper. It. was if any¬
thing more • interesting and’more
largely attended than the one of
last Friday. Last night the elder
Mr. Culpepper preached to a crowd
ed tent on “The Black Horse of
Sin.” This is one of his strongest
sermons, although because of local
conditions, he did not follow the
line of thought he usually does.
He spoke first of the black horse
of immorality, revealing conditions
under the shadows of the churches
so dark as to be appaling and
awakening. He spoke next of the
black horse of profanity and made
the “cusser” feel smaller than ever.
Passing this by, he spoke at length
on the black horse of liquor selling
and drinking. It would seem as
though little should be added to
he made tif 2JK&
stronger than ever. If Fitzgerald
does not reach a higher standard of
living as a result of these meetiegs,
it will not be Mr. Culpepper’s fault.
ly Tonight th< service will be chief¬
for railroad men anti their famil¬
ies. It will be ati interesting ser¬
vice. The music which grows bet¬
ter every night, will be a promi¬
nent feature'of the service. Defi¬
nite announcements for further
services will be made tonight.
A Good Start For
Fittgerald Schools
The Resent enrollment of the
Fitzgeryld public Schools (white)
is 740 against 700 at the same time
last year; The schools opened
Sept. 4th. with an enrollment of
707 thin year, 673 last year. All
the grade! _are crowded from the
first to the high school. This seems
to be a fair illustration of Fitzger¬
ald’s rapid growth both in popula¬
tion and desire for the best in
education for her boys and girls.
Like Cornelia of old, we can point
to our boys and girls and say
“these are mv jewels.”
We are glad to report that in
all the grades the work is progres¬
sing nicely. The teachers have
entered upon their work with an
earnestness and zeal which insures
success. We have a fine corps of
noble men and women joined to-
gether in this great work, the
work of moulding the character,
of fixing the habits and shaping
the destiny of the future men and
women of this community. Let
us do what we can to uphold the
hands of these teachers while they
are striving to do this God given
task. Dkt -Os not make their work
harder by unjust criticisms, but
let us on the other hand approach
them with thespiritof helpfulness
and appreciation; let us come as
fellow laborers in this great mis-
sion of bettering humanity,
We have made a good start but
the battle is not yet won. It is a
long time till the middle of May.
Many will be forced to lose time
on account of sickness or other
providential hindrances. These
we cannot blame. But we hope
that no parent will negligently
permit or allow his boy or giri to
lose time without a providential
reason. It is only the one who
comes regularly that gets the
greatest good. Furthermore the
habit of punctuality and regulari¬
ty is worth a great deal to any
person in any walk of life.
might say that good morals de-
maud it. E. E. Sams.
“Kookworm ’ is Cause
of Big R.OW at Macoa
Macon, Ga., Sept. 16.—The re¬
ference to the hookworm disease
in a lucal text-book has caused a
wordy war in the local board of
education. Ac effort was made
to have the particular book con¬
taining the reference stricken from
the local schools, but this will pro¬
bably be unsuccessful, as promi¬
nent physicians agree that there is
such a disease as the hookworm
and declare that the child ren should
be taught about it.
Mr. W. H. Hammond, the
professional bird-dog trainer, re-
turned last weak from Eidrcd, N.
Y., and will possibly spend the
winter here at Lynwood. Master
*«7 m New York with Mr. *• Hum-
mer
mond, also returned home to re¬
sume his studies at school.
Mr. Frank Haver passed thru
the city Saturday with the Bruns¬
wick military enroute to Indian¬
apolis, Ind., where, they will
spend two weeks. The party in-
eluded abou*- thirty soldier boys.
Rev. J. B. Culpepper Speaks
on Local Civic Conditions
Sunday Night Seivice at the Big Tent Devoted
to Prohibition and the Coming Primary
On Sunday night Rev. J. B. Culpepper fired a few more straight
shdts against local evils. This time it was intoxicating liquor business
that was hit hard.
Mr. Culpepper first read an extract from the Ocilla Star in which
that paper said that Fitzgarald’s slops were thrown off upon surround¬
ing towns in the form of drunken men and boys, and something ought
to be done to stop it. The Star suggested that if Fitzgerald could not
or would not clean up, the neighboring towns ought to turn their trade
in some other direction. It was a hard slap, but not worse, Mr. Cul¬
pepper said,-than Tifton and other nearby towns were giving us. He
said our saloons and dives had made us notorious, and were ruining
our bright prospects for being the leading town of South Georgia.
Mr. Culpepper then took up the subject of near-beer saloons and
blind tigers in connection with the city primary to be held next Wed
nesday. He said he thought the first thing necessary to produce bet¬
ter conditions was the sprouting of about three links of backbone.
Speaking highly of the candidates for mayor he said, “I understand
there are two, and that neither has declared for much of anything ex¬
cept that one promises if elected to rid the city of mosquitoes. If he
will do it, that is your man to vote for, because we all know that mos¬
quitoes breed in filthy water, and that near-beer is eighty-live per cent
filthy water. He will make a prohibitionist sure.”
Referring to the candidates for alderman, he said, “I understand
there are ten; that five are on the side of prohibition and five opposed;
and that aside from this fact any of the ten would make good city of¬
ficers. But the fact that any man favors the saloon is enough against
him.”
Mr. Culpepper then proeeeded'to launch into a temperance lec¬
ture, or rather a prohibition address. We have heard some good ones
before, but none better. It was thoughtful, logical, and foreetul. He
spoke of the saloon and all it fosters. He spoke of its effect upon the
women and children. He asked for an expression of desire on their
part for its removal which was overwhelmingly given. And in this
connection he appealed to the chivalry of the men.
When he spoke of the saloon-keeper, lie hit the nail on the head
and drove it home. He said, “You hold every business responsible
for what it does. • If a railroad train hits your old steer or razor-back
you proceed to collect damages for a fine Jersey cow or a Berkshire
hog. If your doctor gives you strychnine for quinine, you sue lnm
for malpractice. But if the saloon-keeper sells whiskey or near-beer
to a man and he commits suicide or murder, you either have the saloon
keeper for pall-bearer or elect him for alderman. There is a law in
Exodus that says when a man keeps an ox that gores and he kills a
man, both the ox and the owner should be killed. You ought to pun¬
ish the saloon-keeper for what Iris business does.”
Mr. Culpepper spoke very forcefully. By argument and wit he
left no ground for a decent man to support the saloon. He has had
wide experience with the evil of drink, and spoke with a burning
heart. His son interrupted him at one place, telling him that business
men here said the removal of saloons would hurt their business. But
Mr. Culpepper instantly replied, “You have a poor eye for business.
Bu Id a baseball park and racetrack; have games and races eve,y Sun-
day; and you cm have all the vile women and scabby men in Georgia
here, and keep live undertakers busy where you now keep one, and
have plenty of business.”
The enthusiastic demonstration in tire meeting was great. At the
close of the sermon, the speaker asked all men present who would sup¬
port the side of prohibition to corae forward and have a white ribbon
pinned on the coat. Just here Dr. Frazer arose and tried to raise
some question about the candidates for mayor not pledging themselves
for prohibition. He also stated that the men did not mean what they
were doing. But he did not make his position very clear. Mr. Tren-
tiss said, “Give the men a chance to prove they mean it,” and the pin¬
ning process went on. We could not tell how many men came for¬
ward were registered voters; but if any large preoentage of them were,
prohibition will win a sweeping victory this time in
Beattie Pictures Shown
At Brunswick
Theater
Brunswick, Ga., Sept. 16.—A
storm of protest was raised by the
women of Brunswick yesterday
against the presentation at a local
theater of pictures relating to the
Beattie case, which had been ex¬
tensively advertised throughout
the city. Before noon Mayor
Butts whs lioorled with petitions
from various organizations calling
upon him to suppress the pictures.
The mayor at once requested the
manager of the theater to run the
pictures for inspection and invited
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the chairman of the police com¬
mittee of the city, members of the
press and other citizens to be
present. The committee went to
the theater during the morning,
and after viewing the pictures
came to the conclusion there was
and nothing objectionable about them
gave the manager permission
to run them.
Rural Carrier Exam¬
ination
There will be held at this office,
■m Oct. 14, 1911, a Givi! Service
Examintion for the position of
Carrier.
The necessary blanks may be
procured at the Postoffice.