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The Adamson eight-hour day bill,
exacted from Congress last week
by the rajlroad brotherhoods as
the price f calling off the nation
wide strikk ordered for Monday
was signeq by President Wilson
today in Wis private car at the
union stafion, where he stopped
on his \\;f\y from Shadow Lawn,
N. J: tof Hodgenville, Ky. That
there may be no question as to
the legality of the measure as a
result of it having been signed
on Sunday, the president will af
fix his signature again upon his
return to Washington next Tues
day. :
How long peace shall reign as a
result of the bill apparently is de
pendent upon developments in
the proposed move to establish
the constitutionality of the act.
Should the railroads take no ac
tion, but await the beginning of
an investigation of the workings
of the eight-hour day by the spec
ial commission for which the
measure provides, the brother
hoods will remain inactive. The
employes’ leaders declare, how
ever, that should the law be held
unconstitutional and the railroads
attempt to restore the ten hour;
day on their lines a strike will re
sult immediately. |
The Adamson Bill |
Here 1s a text of the Adamson
bill which averted the railroad
strik€, which would have gone in
to effect this morning:
Be it enacted by the senate and
‘house of representatives of the
United States of America, in con
gress assembled:
Section 1. That beginning
January 1, 1917, -eight hours
shall in contracts for labor and
service be deemeda day’s work,
and the measure or standard of a
day’s work for the purpose of
reckoning the compensation for
services of all employees who are
now or may hereafter be employ
ed by any railroad, which is sub
ject to the provisions of the act
of February, 1887, “an act to reg
ulate commerce,” as amended,
and who are now or may hereaf
ter be actually engaged in any ca
pacity in the operation of trains
used for the transportation of per
sons or property on railroads,
from any state or territory of the
United States or the District of
Columbia, to any other state or
territory of the United States or
the District of Columbia, or from
one place in the same territory to
another place in the same terri
tory, or from any place in the
United States to an adjacent for-
At the Empire F 11 T—~ - H Atthe Empire
Store a lme ls ere Store
THE Empire Store is now in shape to take care your Fall and Winter nceds. We bought early and got the
; Epcfiis and are able to offer you fall merchandise at practically the same old prices regardless of the] talk.
of high prices. o
In Our Men’s Department
Our new Hart, Schaffner & Marx and Styleplus Suits
are here, The style and patterns look better than ev
er. You know the quality of these suits if you have
worn one. If yeu have never worn oune, you are the
man we want to sell, the others buy because they have
tried them and know what they are. Come in give us
one chance to please you.
Complete Stock of Shoes
There is no better Shoes made than the Empire kind.
Boyden $6.50 and $7.00. Empire Special $4.00, $4.50,
$5.00. W. L. Douglas 3.00, 3.50, 4.00, 4.50, $5.00 for
Men and Boys.
: Dorothy Dedd, Smaltz-Goodwin for Ladies. Dorothy
Junior for Misses 3.00 to $7.00.
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MOULTRIE T 0 HAVE
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- 40,000 DPERR NOUaE
Moultrie, Ga., Sept.” 3—R. ].
Corbety, a local capitalist, an
nounced yesterday that he would
within a few dayvs let the contract
ior a modern theater here. The
playhouse will cost about $40,000,
and will be one of the finest in a
city of gloultrie’s size in the en
tire .\'uus
eign country, or to any place in
the United States through a for
eign country to any other place
in the United States.
To Investigate Effect
Section 2. . That the president
shall appoint a commission of
three which shall observe the op
eration and cffects of the institu
tion of the eight-hour standard
work day as above defined and the
facts and conditions affecting the
relations between such common
carriers and employees during a
period of not less than six months
nor more than nine months, in the
discretion of the commission, and
within thirty days thereafter such
commission shall report its find
ings to the president and con
rgess. That each member of the
commission created under the
provisions of this act shall receive
such compensation as may be fix
ed by the president. The sum of
$25,000, or so much thereof as
may be necessary be, and hereby
is, appropriated out of any money
in the United States treasury not
otherwise appropriated, to be im
mediately available and to con
tinue available until the close of
the fiscal year ending June 30,
1917, for the necessary and prop
er expenses incurred in connec
tion with the work such commis
sion, including salaries, per diem,
traveling expenses™ of members
and employees, and rent, furni
ture, office fixtures and supplies,
books, salaries and other neces
‘sary expenses, the same to be ap
proved by the chairman of said
commission and audited by the
proper accounting officers of the
} treasury.
Fine for Violations
Section 3. That pending the re
port of the commission herein
provided for, and for a period of
thirty days thereafter, the com
pensation of railway employeecs,
subject to this act for a standard
eight-hour work day, shall not be
reduced below the present stand
ard day’s wage, and for all neces
sary time in excess of eight hours
such employees shall be paid at a
rate not less than the pro rata rate
for such standard eight-hour
work day.
Section 4. That any person
violating any provision of this act
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and upon conviction shall be fined
not less than $lOO and not more
than $l,OOO, or imprisoned not to
exceed one year, or both.
THRICE-A-WEEK
FITZGERALD, BEN HILL COUNTY, GECRGIA, SEP. 4, 1916
lAWIN GOUATY FARMER
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i 3 KILLED EY NEGRU
Ocilla, Ga., September 3.—C.
B. Jefferies, a prominent young
farmer, was shot and killed by a
negro named Wiley Marshall last
night about 10 o'clock.
From the best information ob
tainable, Jeiferies, while driving
home ‘irom Ocilla,%overtook the
negro who was traveling i a
buggy. Jefferies drove behind
the negro for some distance and
finally called to him and asked
him to either drive up or give up
a part of the road so that he couli
pass. Ta this request Marshall
1s said to have replied that he did
not have to do either and drove
slowly on.
Jefferies alighted from his bug
gy and started toward Marshall.
The negro fired on him with a
shotgun, inflicting a wound in the
head from which death resulted
about 9 o'clock this morning.
\When Marshall shot Jefferies,
a negro who was riding in the
huggy with the white man, open
ed fire on Marshall with a pistol
and inflicted two tlesh wounds in
the leg. Marshall was later cap
tured by the sheriff of Irwin
county, and carried to jail in an
adjoining county to avoid mob
violence.
Mr. Jeffrics moved here from
Jasper county several years ago.
‘He was one of the leading farm
‘ers of the county and had many
‘friends here. He leaves a widow
and two small children.
SAD NEWS FOR GIRLS;
PICKLE FAMINE AHEAD
Two Poor Seasons Cause Short
age in Cucumber Crop
Here's: sad news for: high
school girls—there’s a pickle fam
ine., kn: every factory they're
keeping it as dark as they can but
the truth will out. So now the
girls will know it and their wrath
will know no bounds. Explicitly,
the pickles are giving out. There
is a dearth of them. War has been
forgotten in this dilemma, and
the pickle men are cager to find a
way to provide for this shortage.
Very bad pickle weather for
the last two years is blamed for
this shortage in dills. The pickle
manufacturers will not answer
questions. They refer one to the
head officcs, with sour counte
nances, knowing full well hat
the younger generation that feeds
on them and ice cream will not
know what a good meal is until
}s’nmc substitute has been found—
’at least for the old green dill.
Mr. Gi. C. Smith, of Brunswick,
}spcnt Saturday in the city with
relatives. Mr. Smith is largelv
interested in a lime proposition
and controls the output of several
manufacturers.
In Our Ladies Department
EVERYTHING is now in readiness for you in this de
partment. The most beautiful array of Ladies ready
to-wear now open and ready for your inspection. Suits,
Coats, Dresses and Skirts, all the pick of New York's
largest Ready-to-wear houses. Especially are we good
at this time in dresses and skirts, the garments you
need most for early fall wear.
Also beautiful line of Waists just in, Voile, Net, Lace,
Crepe pE Chine, in fact a complete line of styles and
shades—
sl.oo to $7.50
Our Miss Graves is now back from her vacation and at
your service. Come in and see the correct idea in the
new things for fail,
FITZGERALD SCHOOLS
OPENED THIS MORNING
!
I'ne Fitzgevald Pubnhic Schools
opened this morning with a rec
ord breaking attendance. Over
one thousand were registered in
the white schools.
The Superintendent and all the
teachers except the High School
Principal, were present, and pu
pils and teachers all were cager
to be at the vear’s work, Many
of the rooms are over-crowded
and many adjustments will have
to be made to accommodate every
O11C;
The opening exercises at the
High School building were very
impressive and enjoyvable.
The program was opened with
reading of the scriptures by Rev.,
Bleker, who was followed by Rev.
Cooper with the invocation.
Pres. |: K. Turner then intro
duced the new Superintendent, J.
E. Ricketson, with a few well
chosen remarks. Superintendent
Ricketson responded with a very
interesting talk upon educational
matters in general and in Fitzger
ald in particular. Mr. St. John
then sang “America.”
Rev. Hill, Mrs. Andrews, Rev.
Orahood, Col. Chas. Teal, Ray N.
Benjamin, new Manual Training
instructor, Rev. Cooper, Rev.
Bleker, and Mr. St. John all made
very interesting and enthusiastic
addresses.
SOUTH CAROLINA TOWN
FOR NEGROES ONLY
Suitable Location Chosen on the
Southern Railway Line
Dr. John Patrick Turner, one
of Philadelphia’s foremost negro
physicians and a medical inspect
or in tie public schools, has been
assigned the task or organizing
a new-town for the African race
in the mountains of North Caro
lina. The tract over which the
novel town will be laid out covers
more than 5,000 acres and is lo
cated on the main line of the
Southern Railway with a direct
route to the markets of the
world. :
Turner is authority for the
statement that the town will be
unique in many ways and will be
a standard for the establishment
of negro communities in the fu
ture.
No name for the town . has
been selected, but the town and
streets will be named: for illus:
trious negro men and women.
The charter of the new negro
town will restrict ownership of all
property to persons of African
descent.
J. J. Terry writes from North
Port, Mich., that he is having a
fine time and sent the editor a box
of cherries to prove it.
POTATD WARERDUSE
R FITZEERALD
Mr. N. E. Mashburn, marketing |
agent for the A B. & A, was in |
the city Saturday and informed
us that he contemplates leasing a
large warchouse here and con
verting it into a dry storage for!
notatoes in time for this scason's
potato crop. Mr. Masiburn hopes
to be 1 position ta buty the stand
ard sized potatoes from the grow- |
ek at the warehouse at the mar
ket prices for cash and store them
until such a time as it may be
profitable to ship to the cities.
‘The establishment of such a mar
ket for potatoes will be a great
help to the growers as in former
years thousands of bushels of po
tatoes were allowed to rot in the
ficlds for lack of a market.
Further notice of this plan will
be found in the Leader-Enterprise
as soon as definite arrangements
Thave been concluded.
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‘SPANKING WIFE IS LEGAL,
MAGISTRATE SAYS
Approves Action of Husband
When Kisses Are Refused
| Charles Becker was discharged
by Magistrate Steers, in a Brook
lyn court, from a charge of assault
brought by his wife, whom he had
just spanked.
“It was the anniversary of our
marriage, judge,” said Becker,
“and I wanted to kiss her. T put
my arm around her and tried to
'be affectionate and ~she slapped
my face. Then I turned her over
my knec and spanked her.”
Mrs. Becker blushingly admitted
the truth of her husband’s state
ment. The magistrate discharged
the defendant and the couple left
|thc court room tngct]bcr.
ONE IN EVERY TWENTY
FIVE OWN AN AUTO
MOBILE
By January 1, 1917, there will
be one automobile for every 25
people in the United States.
There 1s now one for every foriy
four.
These facts are gathered from
the® report of the United States
Census Bureau for 1916 and the
report of automobile production
for this year.
On January 1, 1916, there were
by the census bureau count, 2,-
445,664 cars in the United States.
The Automobile Magazine, after
a survey of the auto manufactur
ers of the country, announces that
554,902 machines were made in
the first six months of this year.
Plaggng the total production for
the year at 1,500,000 there should
be by January 1 3,945,664 cars in
the country.
\Wm. Spell, of Quitman, is fill
ing a position at Denmark’s for
a short time.
Silks You Will Rave Over
You have read and possibly have heard people talk of
scarcity and high price of silks- Come to the Empire
Store and get better posted on silks, especially as to
price. We are showing a most complete line of Silks in
all the newest patterns and shades at prices so reasom
able. No scarsity of silks at the Empire Store amnd
when what we have is gone we can get more.
Buy your silks from us and save lioney in price as
well as quantity and quality. Every piece guaranteed
$l.OO, $1.35, $1.50, $1.85, $2.00
F MPIRE MERCANTILE (0.
One Price to Everybody
Mondavy
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VOL. XXI, NO. 107
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Urges Preparednéss Against In
dustrial Illness
Washneton, D Qo Sept. 3.
Frank Motrizon, secretary of the
American Federation of Labor,
‘made public tonight the follow
ng statement in review of the la
bor situation:
Lt is impossible to record fun
-damental gains during the past
iyc;n‘ because of orgenized labor’s
(agitation or to individualize prob
(able gains during the year to
' come. :
! “The best we can do is to ob
|serve tendencies. Prominent
i:unung these 1s the workers’ setz
ture of the cry for ‘preparedness”
‘tu emphasize a danger in indus
| try more deadly than battlefields.
| “Government statistics show
that 30,000 men are annually ki?i
ted and 700,000 are annually in
| administration TAOI OIN N
ijurcd for a period of four weeks,
IHl' OVEer,
| "It has been stated that every
tyear there ar¢.over 3,000,000 cases
inf in(lustriafillncss, caused main
(ly by long hours, low wages,
~dust, bad air, fumes, smoke, pots
1011ing‘ and poor ventilation and
‘thatthrough typhoid fever and
(malaria alone $900,000,000 is au
' nually lost to this nation. Enough:
to equip the largest army and na
vy in the world, and then have a
‘balance sufficient to pay the tui
‘tion of every boy now in coffege.
' “A system of national prepar
redness that does not include rec
cognition of this frightful and’
' preventable wastage is the pre
. paredness urged by big business.
A morality that ignores these
(facts and condemns was is based’
on meaningless phrases.
“Another present-day tendency
i the necentance of organized la
bor's position on immigraticn re
siriction. During the past year
the acid test of . expericnce has
(verified the claim of trade unions
that American institutions can
‘not assimilate, nor American lv
ring standards resist, the food
tides of induced immigration that
has been the policy of captains of
yindustry. Information and re
ports received by the officers of
‘the American Federation of La
bor clearly demonstrates the fact
(that a ‘labor famine’ exists only
rwhere employers still demand
long hours at low wages, and
where they ignore the living
lstandards set by the workers.
Another element among employ
ers who talk of the scarcity of la
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