The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, January 21, 1921, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextPUBLISHED MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY Official Organ City of Fitzgerald Government Experts Pleased with Ben Hill County IS NEW DISCOVERY Station Here Would Develop New Sweet Potato Industry Fitzgerald’s bid for the government experiment station to develop a new ly discovered sweet potato syrup, was the Bureau of Chemistry of the de partment of Agriculture at a meeting made to a party of three experts from at the Chamber of Commerce Wed nesday afternoon. The three experts are wvisiting a number of points in the South, in cluding Waynesboro, Americus, Tif ton and Moultrie, Georgia. On their report to the bureau chief depends the selection of location for the ex periment station. David J. Price, en gineer in charge of the department of development work, complimented Fitzgerald and the section very high ly and those at the mneeting are con fident the plant will be located here. Mr. C. A. Newcomer, one of the pioneers in the potato business in this section, and County Agent C.. T. Owens were especially complimented. Mr. Price said that he had heard of Fitzgerald before through Mr. New cimer’s efforts to develop the com mercial use of the sweet potato. Mr. Price stated that- the govern ment would install a sweet potato syrup plant large enough to produce sufficient syrup to determine its pro duction cost and to determine its market value. After those facts have been learned, the government will release the product for commercial development. Discoverer Explains Process Dr. H. C. Gore. discoverer of the sweet potato syrup, explained the method of manufacturing syrup from yams. Only culls need be used in the process, he explained, and when de veloped it will furnish a market for sweet potatoes too large or too small for ordinary use. The yams are cleaned and thrown into a tank where they are cooked by steam and mashed to a pulp. The pulp is diluted with water untill it be comes of a liquid form. The liquid is drained off over a screen and all the juice is pressed from the pulp. The juice i boiled down to proper con sistency, as in making cane syrup, and passed through ‘a refining process. The finished product, of which a small quantity was exhibited at the meeting, has a color and consistency similar to-cane syrup. It has a very light potato flavor. Those at the meeting sampled both cane and potato syrup anl expressed an opinion that the new syrup is quite as delicious as the famous Georgia Cane Syrup. Simple in Operation . J. O. Reid, engineer who will install the experiment plant wherever the bureau of chemistry decides to locate it, explained ' the mechanical process involved in the manufacture. It is very simple and requires only ordinary machinery. After a general round table discus sion, Mr. W. R. Bowen reviewed the situation in regard to the station and stated that Fitzgerall could offer bet ter inducements than any other city in the South. The other business men and farmers approved Mr. Bowen's of fer that Fitzgerald would furnish a building to house the plant, a plenti ful supply of sweet potatoes at mar ket prices and a good market in which the sales value of the syrup could be tested. Fitzgerald’s offer will be sub mitted in writing to secretary of Ag riculture Meredith from the Chamber of Commerce. Messrs. W, C. Caye and Cobb Mil ner with the State Highway of Amer icus were business visitors in our city Wednesday. o // Pickens Bros. Restaurant 221 East Pine Street Everything “Good to'Eat” In Season Popular Prices and Good Service We have opened our New Rest aurant\ and’ extend a cordial In vitation~to our old friends and patrons to visit us in our new place at 221 East Pine Street, next to Beauchamp’s Market. Oysters in all styles PICKENS BROTHERS “The Reliable Caterers” THE LEADER=ENTERPRISE Permanent Convict Camp Is Recommended By Grand Jury i . IN THE WORLD o B S '{vﬁ?% R ¢ B ot R r ﬁﬁ?‘“ i ' R S 2 i a :5-,-:-:.’ The Osage Indian nation is the richest, per capita, in the world. Every man, woman and child averages an income of well over $2OOO a year. This wealth comes from rich oil and mineral devel opments on their land. Chief Ar thur Bonnecamp has just been in Washington asking the govern ment Yo extend the land grant t kis people for 25 years. State Educators to Meet Here Tuesday e e Local Organizations Entertain -at Luncheon After Session Superintendents of education from Turner, Wilcox, Coffee, Telfair, Ir win and Ben Hill with their boards of education will hold a joint conven tion here Tuesday in the Carnegie Hall with State Superintendent M. L. Brittain and his corps of Super visors. General matters of education will be discussed and efferts made to se cure larger cooperation from the county boards of education with the general plans of the state board of education. The visitors will be en tertained at Luncheon by the Ben Hill county Board of Education and the Fitzgerald Chamber of Com merce. . ° Ben Hill Farmers ° To Hear President A crowd of Ben Hill county farm ers will go to Ocilla Saturday to hear C. S. Barrett, national president, and J. H. Mills, state president of the Farmers’ Union who speak, at the Ir win county court house at 1 o’clock. . Boxing Match At ® Recreation Center The first big indoor athletic event staged by the Young Men’s Recrea tion Center will be a ten round box ing bout Monday evening at 8 o’clock between Buckalew and Norton, two fast Fitzgerald amateuar light weights. While it is not formally billed as such, it is understood that the affair will affect the amateur lightweight championship of Fitzgerald. The winner, it is understood, will issue a standing challenge to any man in his weight. The match will' be open free to all boys and young men over fourteen years of age. It is possible that a preliminary bout may be arranged before Monday evening. The Recre ation Center is in the old Goodman Building, next to the First National Bank on Grant Street. Advertised goods are good goods. Advertisers can’t afford to misrepre sent. A . FITZGERALD, BEN HILL COUNTY GEORGLA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 21 1921 Jury Remarks on Sentiment for Suppresion of Crime; Compliments Officers October Jury Displeased with Laxness in Carrying Out Recommendations The purchase of fifty acres of land for a permanent convict camp was recommended by the January term grand jury in its presentments, the previous grand jury had advised ten acres. The camp is now moved from place to place as the work progresses and no permanent shelter is provided for either men or animals. The increasing sentiment in the county in favor of strict law enforce ment was remarked by the Grand Jury in the presentments and the court officials commended for their diligence in enforcing the law. The special committe appointed by Judge Gower from the October Grand Jury found little progress had been made toward carrying out its recommenda tions but a similar committee froin the January term grand jury was as sured that they would be carried out as quickly as practicable. The presentments follow:-- A Fitzgerald, Ga., Jan. 19, 1921. - STATE OF GEORGL!A, Ben Hill County., To the Superior Court in and for Ben Hill County Georgia, January Term 1921, We the Grand Jury chosen and sworn and serving at the above stated Term of Ben Hill Superior Court, beg to submit the following presentments. We have reviewed, and considered the recommendations of the commit tee of the last Grand Jury and our re port on same is hereto attached as “Exhibit A.” We returned (42) Forty Two True Bills and (7) Seven No Bills. We recommend that the Clerk of the Superior Court D. W. M. Whtley be paid the sum of $8.25 for issuing 55 subpoenas at 15 cents each, to wit nesses to come before this body. We recommend that the Sheriff be paid the sum of $27.50 for issuing 55 subpoeans at 50 cents each. We recommend that the Foreman and Clerk of this body be paid double pay for their services to this body. We recommend that our faithful baliff Mr. W. H. Ellington be paid the sum of $3.00 per day for six days ser vices tothisbody. Wewish to commend the Honorable Ordinary J. R. Horton for his efforts to improve the conditon of the Court House and grounds and hope that in due time he will have same in a most presentable condition at all times. We notce increased vigilance on the part of the Sheriff and his force to ap prehend violaters of the law and bring them up for trial. And express our utmost appreciation. We endorse the recommendations of the Oct. Adj. Term of the Grand Jury. And recommend that the va rious officers of the county carry out the presentments and recommenda tions made by the said Grand Jury. We recommend that the County buy not more than fifty acres of land for the purpose of a permanent con vict camp and build thereon suitable buildings for stock and machinery and all other purposes. Our members coming to-ge er‘ from every section of our coun ex press a growing sentiment for the suppression and punishment gf crime. We recommend that th¢/ Clerk of the Superior Court requiré a written tatement of services rendered to the court as a voucher for/any payments which he may mak¢/and said state ment be preskrved ag’a voucher. We wish tdq commmend our efficient and faithful Baliff Mr. W. H. Elling ton for his services to this body. We join with the general public in great ' appreciation of the strong charge given to this body by the Honorable O. T. Gower Judge of this court and his determination to bring about a greater respect for the court and the laws of the land. We wish to express our apprecia tion to our efficient Solicitor J. B. Wall and his able assistant Jesse Grantham for their able advice and courtesy shown us during this term of court. We recommend tat these general presentments be published in the Herald and Leader-Enterprise and that they be paid the sum of $7.50 each for same. A. H. Thurmond Foreman J. F. Hartley Clerk W. S. Minshew S. G. Pryor Jr. D. R. Rakestraw H. H. James Jas. Paulk Jr, S. E. Leverett S. J. Walker F. M. Malcolm W. R. McLendon Roy Adams J. L. McCarty C. T. Weaver J. E. Turner i C. S. Rice T. J. Luke Sr. H. L. McLendon W. J. McGlamry C. M. Innis L. C. Harper o WOMAN IS NATIONAL ! BANK EXAMINER | R E e iN, % SR &Y R S There has to be a *‘first woman™ in every branch of government sere vice. Miss Adelia M. Stewart, in the currency department, has just been made a national bank exam fner, the first woman to hold suck position. Bhe is a law graduate. A . Ben Hill Court g o To Adjourn Today The January term of Ben Hill county Superior Court will come to a close this afternoon after an inter esting two weeks’ session. Criminal ‘business was finished yesterday with the acquittal of Aubrey Peterson, whose car hit J. J. Price, elderly mail carrier. e ———————————— W. R. Paulk Special Committee Reports We your Special Committee ap pointed to see that last Grand Jury presentments and recommendations were carried out.” Find the following to be true. 3 No shed has been provided for pro tection of twelve county mules. Only one public road has been scraped. We find nothing has been done rel ative to purchasing ten acres for site of County Gang. We made no inves tigation into acts of County Commis sioners as a new commissioner and a new Chairman went into office Jan. Ist, and have not had time to carry out same. We desire to insist how ever that these recommendations be carried out. . We find “Exhibit C” to be carried out as follows: Court House has been cleaned, lamps cleaned, new lights put where necessary, plumbing repaired so as to be in good eorder, floor in Ordinary’s and Clerk’s office has not been repaired. We find grounds par tially cleaned out buf not satisfartory to your committee.. We find nothing has been done practicaily relative to the jail, only locks having been ordered for cells. We find no new Books have been purchased for our Justices of the Peace. We insist that ‘these be purchased at once. Respectfully submitted, Wm. R. Bowen R. 1. Maffett L. L. Griner “Exhibit A.” . Jan. 13th 1921. Commissioners Explain We your committee to confer with the County Commissioners regarding reccommendations made by the for mer Grand Jury desire to report that we had this conference with them and they gave us the followng informa tion: Regarding shed being built for County mules. They gave as their reason for not having shed built for same is due to the fact that they did not have a permanent location, and did not deem it wise to build a shed for temporary quarters, and since the recommendation to build the shed by the Grand Jury, they have not had sufficient time to have same built, but that they are now planning to shelter the mules as soon as prac tical. Regarding scraping the roads every thirty days. They state that the Boy's Suits 1-2 Price Extra heuvy Outing white and fancy, per yard : 1 12. cents Box Sale Saturday 25¢ each Fancy Poultry Breeiers Of Ben Hill Will Stage Spring Poultry Show Here Poultry Show Will Run at Time Veal Brothers Carnival | Opens in February Only Ten Breeders Have Been Invited to Exhibit; Will Be Exclusive Affair Poultry breeders of Ben Hill Coun ty will stage a Spring Poultry Show Febuary 19-26 at the same time that the Veal Brothers Shows, which have been wintering here, open the season for the benefit of the Fitzgerald Fair Association. Arrangements for the show are in charge of Sam Wilcox, formerly of Ocilla, who is vice president of the Fitzgerald Fair Association, of the Eastern District of the Rhode Island Red Club of America and secretary of the Georgia Poultry breeders Associa tion. The show will be staged in the Poultry Building on the Fair Grounds. Those who will show blodded chickens are: Sam Wilcox, O. J. Mc Crarie, of Thomasville, Gibbs of Tifton who have Rhode Island Reds; W. R. Skinner, White Leghorns; R. L. Jones Barred Rocks; J. P. Patterson, White Rocks; D. W. M. Whitley, Buff Or pingtons, and James Paulk, White Leghorns; G. C. Petty and Paul Gungle, who both plan to open rabbit farms on a commercial scale in the Spring, will show rabbits, No other poultry breeders except those mentioned have been invited to exhibit birds as it is planned as a local affair to just get all fine Fitzger ald and Ben Hill County birds to gether. It will be a “practice show” preparatory to the free for all poul try show conducted at the Fitzgerald Agricultural and Live Stock Exposi tion in the Fall. All the exhibitors have won quan ititics of cups and blue ribbons and several famous show birds will be in cluded in the February display. LEGIONAIRES TO GO TO ROCHELLE SUNDAY Ex-service men and members of the American Legion who will attend the presentation of the D. S, C. to Walter A. Holt in Rochelle, will meet at the National Drug Co. at 9:45 o’clock Sunday morning. A larBe crowd is expected to attend. roads will be scraped every thirty days! as near as practical. | Regarding the grounds around the Court House. They state that in the" past these grounds have been taken care of by the ladies of the town and the Sheriff, the present Commnis sioners have turned the upkeep of the grounds and the Court House over to the Ordinary who has a Janitor hired, but since that time he has not had sufficient time to put same in proper shape, the present Commissioners still want the ladies to assist the Ordi nary in the upkeep of the grounds. Regarding Justice of the Peace books. They report that the J. P’s. here in Fitzgerald have books and of the right kind and the J. P’s. in the rural districts have such very few cases they did not consider it practical to get new books as the books as the books they have are sufficient for the cases they have to come before them as it wouldbe necessary to buy twenty new J. P. dockets at the price of about $15.00 each. Respectfully submittel e 1% . Luke Sr, J. L. Mc Carty W. R. Paulk Georgia, Ben Hill County. The within presentments having been returned and read in open court it is ordered that the same be pub lished as recommended and spread upon the Minutes of the Court by the Clerk. - In open Court. this Jan. 19, 1921, J. B. Wall O. T. Gower 'Sol. General 1 SiCLE. . C SATURDAY AND MONDAY SPECIALS at The BAZAAR STORE The BAZAAR STORE A few Shirts left to go at $1.50 Py, . N v L R Another record-breaker witl President-elect Harding. He i H. M. Wurzback, prominent la yer of Texas—the first Republic ever elected to Congress f Texas. He is from the Fift district. S. GERSHON WILL | Fitzgerald Business Man Re elected Relief Director WILL GO IN MARCH Tells Leader Reporter of Horri ble Corditions There Mr. S. Gershon, of Atlanta, senior partner of Gershon and Kruger, pro prictors of the Fair Store, will re turn to Poland in March to direct re lief work around Warsaw anl Brest- Litovsk. He spent all last summer as relief director in Poland, returning in October. and his efforts were so effective that he was recently asked by the Kobriner Relief Committee to return. Mr. Gershon is in Fitzgerald this week arranging his business in terests here so he can leave for Poland in March. . Mr. Gershon declares the condition with which he was faced in Poland last year were simply beyond descrip tion, so horrible they were. Hundreds of thousands of children were beyond possibility of saving and hundreds‘ of thousands more rapidly becoming so feeble through starvation and ex—‘ posure that they could expect nothing more than slow death. | “It's impossible for us in this bless ed country to even conceive of the horrible plight of those people across the sea,” declared Mr. Gershon ;with emotion, “Without food, without clothing, without wood or coal to burn they are'starving and freezing. Lit tle children are being kept alive on 3 cents a day of American charity and the pity of it is that even at that mea ger price there is money enough to buy life for only a small portion of those who are perishing. “You talk about hard times in this country,” said Mr. Gershon with a laugh that was kin to a sob, “What nonsense! Show me one person in all this Southland who is actually suffering for want of food or want of sufficient clothing to keep him warm and I will feed him and give him clothes. We have no suffering here perhaps that is why response to the plea of Poland is not more liberal. Perhaps if there was real suffering here we could understand and sympa thize and would give a little more o? our plenty to those who have noth ing.” Mr. Gershon explained that it has been impossible for the people in the regions that are asking for relief to raise any crops for more than six years. Since 1914 it has been an ac tual battlefield. Always between planting and harvest times an invad ing army, of Imperial Russia, of the Bolsheviks, of the Germans, or Aus- FITZGERALD COTTON Good Middling .________l4 1-2¢ Friday Receipts None MARKET CONFER’NCE Seeks Farmers Cooperation in Starting Curb Market COMMITTEE APPOINTED Club Adopts Rotary Member ship Plan New Limit SoLagge) The Clup meeting was marked by the increased attendance and ‘growing interest that is evident of late. The question of membership has become more important since the limit of one hundred was decided upon. It was decided that those members who are termed delinquent by the constitution will have to be dropped to give place to more interested and promising candidates on the waiting list. The Executive Board will pass judgement on these at the next meet ing. The house committee was in structed to purchase more chairs. [The floral committee was praised for their contribution and by happy sug gestion these flowers were carried af ter the meeting to our former presi dent Mrs. S. G. Pryor Sr. who is detained for several weeks at the hos pital. Announcement came from the li brary board that the interest of the club was asked in a benefit show to be staged by the local Order of Elks next month and from which the Li brary is to receive a donation of $lOO. Mrs. Shewmake and Mrs. Womble were a committee from the High School to ask the cooperation of the club n making a success of a benefit by a company of Swiss Bellßingers onFebruary 16th. The net proceeds will be used to pay for the new labor atory equipment. A pledge of help was unanimous. On the regular pro gram was first of all a beautiful tribute to Robert E. Lee in token of his bitthday given by Mrs. R. E. Lee. Another delightful number was the skillful rendition of a classic piano solo by Miss Dorothy Thurmond of which she gave first a verbal interpre tation which added much to the ap preciation. The main topic before the Club was that of the Curb Market which devel oped in a practical and concise way by Mrs. C. D. Carrol whose wide experience gives her the viewpoint of the buyer and of the seller. Mrs. Wm., Howe and Mrs. Frank Ward added their endorsement to the plan and the entire club expressed by a_rising vote their willingness to try it. A committee was retained to arrange with other autheorites such as the Farm Bureau and City Council Lor the Chamber of Commerce for the most convenient place and time for an early meeting between the farm ers or hucksters and the housewives for marketing purposes. From this simple beginning it is expected that there will be an increased production of green or fresh vegetables together with increased supplies of eggs, chick ens and dairy products. Since there is hardly a doubt that the demand will exceed the supply this condition will afford the necessary stimulus. trians, or Poles themselves, would weep through. This has gone on for six years. Hundreds of thousands of little tots under six years old have never had enough to eat. They suckled 4t the breasts of starving mothers and were weaned to a diet, in which 'a meal costing one and one-half pennies is a feast. ' Mr. Gershon stated that if anyone wishes to give directly to the starv ing children of Poland, he can send his gift to I. Gelders at the Leader- Enterprise, or A. Kruger. at the Fair Store, who will turn it over to S. Gershon at 212 Washington St., At lanta, who will take it with him to Poland in March. Any donation from $l.OO up will be acceptable, Even $l.OO will keep one child alive a month. Ten Dollars will keep one child alive for a year. All SHOES REDUCED Men’s 50c lisle Hose 3 pair for $l.OO Blankets Woolnap $3.95 pair VOL. XXVI NO. 9