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AND FRIDAY
Official Organ City of Fitzgerald
A B.& A. WAGE CUT
Labor Board Did Not. Void Re
duction Order, Says Bugg
TO DECIDE FEBR_UARY 14
If in Favor of Roads, Reduction
iße Retroactive
Atlanta, 4.—The decision of
the United ’es Railroad . Labor
Board in the¥Atlanta, Birmingham
and Atlantic wage reduction case, han
ded down in Chicago Thursday, does
not require that notice of a reduction
in wages be withdrawn by the com
pany before further action is taken,
but simply leaves the situation in stat
us quo until the case can be heard fim
ally at a session of the board to be held
in Chicago Febuary 10, according to a
statement issued Saturday by Col.
B. L. Bugg, president of the road,
Mr. Bugg attended the hearing of
the board in Chicago, where the pe
tition of the head officers of the four
teen railroad brotherhoods was pre
sented, and brought to Atlanta with
him Saturday copies of the decision
of the board, with copies of the peti
tions filed by the brotherhood heads.
Officers of the brotherhoods, acting
for the employees of the Atlanta,
Birmingham and Atlantic, objected to
the notice of the proposed reduction
in wages being allowed to remain in
force. They contended that before
the railroad officials could give any
such notice that the matter should
be submitted to the Federal Board.
In discussing the decision of the
board Saturday, Mr. Bugg declared
his line was not instructed to with
draw the notice of a -decrease in
wages. He said the matter rests
now with the notice-still in force.
Decision of Board
“The decision of the board reads
that ‘no changes of any kind’ can
be made in the situation except by
agreement between the railroad and
its employees,” said Mr. Bugg.
He furnished the following opinionl
of the board:
“Resolved. in case of disputes which
have arisen between the Atlanta, Bir
mingham and Atlantic Railway Com
pany and its employees, by reason of
the carrier havin given 30 days’ no
tice to employees in the various
classes of its service, of certain re
ductions in their rates of pay, which
would be made effective Eebuary Ist,
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“That objection having been made
by the employees and a dispute hav-
Jing arisen in regard to the proposed
reduction, and the matter having been
brought before the board, the board
decides that no change of any kind
shall be made except by agreement
between the parties until the dispute
is heard and opportunity given for the
board to decide.
“The board will proceed with the
further hearing and consideration of
the case, and sets Febuary 10 as the
date for further such presentation of
evidene or argument as the parties
may desire to offer. ;
“In the meantime the board sug
gests further conference between the
partie and an effort on their part to
agree on a ettlement. 3
% Decision Febuary 10.
Discussing this decision, Mr. Bugg
said the Federal Board will have op
portunity to decide the case at its
hearing which begins Febuary 10 in
Chicago, in time for its effects to be
half of Febuary. :
In the original notice of a wage re
duction it was announced that a cut
would be made amounting to one half
of the increases received by the va
rious classes since December, 1917.
When notice of the proposed de
creases were received head officers of
the international brotherhoods, after
visiting Atlanta, took the case before
the -United States Railway Labor
Board. . 5
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Elks To Give Minstrel
Show Next Month
The B. P. O. Elks have completed
arrangements .to give a Big Local
Talent Minstrel on . Monday night,
February 14th and no doubt it will be
the biggest affair of this kind ever
attempted here. They have engaged
a professional director Mr. H. Duval
formerly with the big minstrels, such
as Feilds and others, and have rent
ed a large Tent, seats, etc. with a
seating capacity of over fifteen hun
dred. Rehearsals will commence at
an early date and the very best local
talent in Fitzgerald will be used. Cos
tumes have been oredered and all ar
rangements perfected. <
T ities for which it is given
are vng and it will no doub
play to'a capacity audience in the big
tent. The price of admission will be
$l.OO and if you want to get in bet
ter buy your tickets in advance for
already indications are the big tent
won’t be big enough. Big regular
posters have been ordered and the en
.tire county will be advetised thor
‘oughly making this the biggest af
fair ever attempted by lecal tile&
here. The date is for February 14.
One perfomance only. “
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abode. It i .is being pointed shington, and
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g compagni, at Coon avenu garet Draper, who was tha
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Fitz-Hi Teams Get
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Two Games Friday
Abbeville Boys and Cordele Girls
Lose on Fitzgerald Court
Fitzgerald High School achieved a
double-header baskethall victory over
Abbeville and Cordele. the girl's team.
defeating the Cordele ‘team 16 to 4
and the boys team defeating the Ab
ville boys 9 to 4. Both games were
played on the home court. The local
teams go to Ocilla next week to play
return games with the Ocilla High
School, which was defeated in a
-double-header here.
Since the advent of woman suffrage
and other feminist achievments, bas
ketball among Central South Georgia
High Schools has become altogether
a joint affair. The boys and girls
each have teams and play the same
schedule, double-heading the Friday
evening athletic events.
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Rehabilitation For l
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Industrial Workers‘
State of Georgia Will Train Injured
Laborers for Industry ‘
Atlanta. Ga., Jan. 31.—Georgia is
now in a position to industrially re-‘
habilitate her citizens, and is alreadyl
engaged in that work, it was announ
ced here today. Every person pre
vented by a physical handicap from
earning a living will be given a chance
to strike out for themselves. This is
true whether a citizen, man or woman,
has suffered inability to work through
accident or illness, in war orin peace.
M. L. Brittian, executive and direc
tor of vocational education, has just
made a formal statement concerning
the servicee. F. E. Land, who for
several years was state supervisor of
schools for south Georgia, has been
appointed by the State Board for vo
cational education as State Supervis
or for rehabilitation, with headquar
ters in Atlanta. l
The last session of the Georgia leg
islature provided for the establishment
of a state system of industrial rehab
ititation, authorized the co-operation
of the state of Georgia with the federal
government and designated the state
board for vocational education to car
ry out the purpose 9f the federal act.
In the passage of the Smith-Hughes
vocational act, of which U. S. Senator
Hoke Smith, Congressman Hughes,
both of Georgia are joint authors, the
nation proclaimed its interest in vo
cational training as a formal and reg
ular training for all citizens to render
them efficient in their elected voca
tions, In the soldier rehabilitation
act, it acknowledged its duty of re
establishing in civil life its injured
soldiers, sailors and marines. In the
industrial rehabilitation act, accord
ing to business men here, it has com
pleted the cycle by undertaking -to
promote the conservation of a much
larger class, all those disabled in in
dustry or otherwise, for whom train
ing is feasable. S
When it is considered, as pointed
out here, that annually something like
100,000 persons in the United States
are victims of injuries through acci
dents, or disease, which in permanent
disability, it will be seen that the na
tion, working with the states, has un
dertaken a big economic problem,
which involves the conservation of hu
man resources.
WATERLESS RADIATOR
CAUSES FIRE SUNDAY
The fire depagy Jel-Fdde its first
run of the weemortly after noon
yesterday to extinguish a small oil
blaze' in Mrs. R. I. Maffett’s automo
bilee The radiator “went dry” and
the resultant heat of the engine
caused cdfisidu;a&le smoke. s
FITZGERALD, BEN HILL COUNTY GEORGIA. MONDAY, JANUARY 31. 1921
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More Subscriptions
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For Starving Poles
Amount To Be Taken Across by S.
Gershon Continues Slow Growth
The list of the subscriptions for the
fund for the relief of the destitute
Polish children continues to grow
slowly through the voluntary gifts of
warm hearted people. The money
will be sent to S. Gershon, 212 Wash
ington St., Atlanta, Ga. who is to go
to Poland for the Kobriner Relief!
Committee in March, and will be ad-{
ministered by him personally in saving
the lives of Polish children who are
threatened with death from starvation‘
and exposure. One dollar will keep
one child alive one month. Gifts may
be sent either to the Leader-Enter
prise or to A. Kruger at the Fair
Store.
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Blmer Martih Lot QL ‘
Wil cAdams 2oa. bSI 1
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Miss Belle Glover....____sl. |
Marvin McDonald .______sl.
George Davis ... ... 91
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Can’t Get Insurance
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For Dead Soldier Son
Tifton Man Loses Fight To Collect
on Death of World War Hero
Atlanta, Ga. Jan. 31.—0 n the
ground that a clause in an insurance
contract prohibiting an insured man
from going to war without obtaining
permit from the company is binding,
the Court of Appeals has upheld the
Tifton City Court in ruling that J. H.
Railey of Tifton could recover only
$2.26 on an insurance policy for $4,500
on the life of his son, C. S. Railey, who
was drowned when the American
transport, Ottanto, was sunk in the.
Irish Sea, Oct, 6 1918. ‘
The policy on the life of young
Railey was written by the United
Life and Accident Insurance Com
pany . When the news of the death
of the young soldier was received the
company refused to pay the policy.‘
It conteided that a clause existed in
its policies which made it mandatory
on a person going to war to receive a
permit from the company.
The father of the young soldier
brought suitrand the lower court held
that the clause of the policy mentioned
by the company was binding and that
the beneficiary could recover nothing
but the reserve value of the policy
which was $2.26.
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COTTON ACREAGE
IS CUT BY HALF
ATLANTA, Jan. 3l.—lndications
point to a reduction of the 1921 cot
ton crop to approximately one-half
that produced n 1920, according to
nformation compiled by Harvie Jor-'
dan, seeretary of the American Cot
ton Association, who was a visitor at
the State Bureau of Markets Satur
day. ,
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~ That good NU-DO B cad at Wey
man’s Cash and Carry bfocery. 116
LWeat Central, for 10 and’ls cents per
loaf. ;
» WHY SHOULD THE CITY ¢
* INCREASE. THE LIBRARY
* APPROPRIATION FOR 1921 ¢
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* “The condition of the Carne- 9
gie 'l‘ibrary is something that ¢
* concerns every citizen of Fitz- ¢
* gerald, for a library is in many 9
* ways the center of our commun-.9
ity life. 9
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' Mrs. J. B. Wall. L
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Two D.S. C. Men Will
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Join Legion Tuesday
Smith and Holt Applications Consid
ered; Officers Elected
'| The application for membership in
the American Legion of two men who
'ha\'c won the ‘Distingnished Service
Cross will be considered by the Mars-
McDonald Post of the Legion at its
meeting here Tuesday, Cline Smith,
of Fitzgerald, former Marine and
Chateu Thierry hero, and Waiter
Holt, of Rochelle, who was cited and
| decorated for valor around St. Juvin.
lare the men whose applications will
be heard.
The local post of the American Leg
ionwas in charge of the ceremony
last Sunday in which Holt was presen
ted the distinguished" service cross at
the Rochelle Baptist Church. There
is no Legion Post in Rochelle.
The annual election of officers will
be held at the Tuesday meeting and
full attendance of the seventy mem
bers of the post is expected by Com
mander Roy Adams and Adjutant ]
J. Pryor. The Post meets at eight
o’clock, Tuesday evening at the Cnanp‘
ber of Commerce hall.
C. T. OWENS ATTENDS
ATHENS CONFERENCE
Mr. C. T. Owens, County Agent
and secretary of the Ben Hill County
Farm Bureau Federation, is in Ath
ens this week attending a conference
of County Agents and assisting the
Clarke County Farm Bureau in launch
ing its membership campaign. He
will return tomorrow or Wednesday.
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Air Mail Service
New York to Atlanta
Atlanta Business Men Expect Dixie-
Gotham Route to Be Success
ATLANTA,—With the announce
ment that the projected air mail ser
vice between Atlanta and New York
City will begin May 15, business men
here today express the opinion that
the service will abundantly justify it-‘
self in the matter of costs and the
Dixie-to-Gotham line will in every
way prove feasible, |
“If daily service is feasible north
of the Potomac, there can be no
doubt of its ease on the southward
‘stages” said an Atlanta business man.
For several seasons and amid rigor
ous weather tests postal air deliver
ies have been successfully maintained.
First, in this country, came the line
from Washington to New York,
which despite doleful predictions and
‘early mishaps fulfilled the hopes of
(its launchers so well that it was soon
followed by more ambitious flights,
and at length by a route that wings
the continent,s breadth. Army avi
ators carried mail from New York to
Nome, Alaska, in less than half the
time required by rail and water,
A responsible concern has taken an
extended contract for Atlanta’s air
mail service at figures, it is stated, al
together satisfactory to the govern:
ment. Atlanta and the intervening
cities on the new route await the op
eration of the service with great in
terest.
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Gives Punch to Movie
Ever since the first fight which
helped make “The Spoilers” famous.
some six years ago, screen directors
have tried to stage a fistic battle to
eclipse ‘that gladatorial combat, and
according to report, this feat has now
been accomplished.
The princples in this terrific strug
gle are Elmo Lincoln, University star,
who is known to all movie fans as El
mo, the Mighty, and Noble Johnston,
a towering giant of superb strength.
The fight occurs in “Under Crimson
Skies,” a big special feature filmed by
Universal and to be seen at the Grand
Theatre Monday.
What makes this st-yggle unusual
is the fact that it is fought in the rag
ing surf of the Pacific, both men
standing waist deep in the water, bat
tling the mighty waves while waging
their mortal combat.
Mr. and Mrs. George Kratzer and
Mrs, Eaddie Kain, Miss Blanche Da
vis, and little Theresa. Kratzer and
Master Frank Kratzer motored to
Moultrie Sunday to attend the dedi
cation of the Catholic church.
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* Leave it to the American farm woman to getput ana find egmar<
ket while her husbaud looked to idle mills for returns on a great’ «wool,
¢rop. She dragged out the old family loom from the attic, dusted
it off and started weaving blankets from virgin wool—blankets wh_lcbl
sell from $ll to $l5 a pair and are sought after by hotel and publi
Institution managers. The movement first started in Arkansas ang
Tezas where thousands of pounds of wool clip is jn store~--due to
the low price of 20 cents offered by buyers—and which cost about
86 cents to produce. The pictures show, upper, small flock of sheep,
such as may be found on any farm, which will shear enoug’ ¢ vool
to make three or four blankets. Lower—A wool grower’s wue at
Texarkana, Ark., who is making $lO to $156 a day, with the old fam
flv loom. Offices are being opened in Texas by wool growers where
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Harris For Control
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of Big Meat Packers
Georgia Senator Says Five Men Con
trol Meat Prices of U. S,
7ATLANTA,—“The live stock pro
ducers of Georgia receive less money
for their products than those of other
sections, and the big packers have
control of the situation,” declares )
S. Senator Wm. J. Harris of Georgia.i
The national senate has passed by a}
vote of 46 to 33 the Gronna bill, or
so-called packer legislation. Senator
Harris has figured prominently in
the matter because of his member
ship on the Federal Tade Commission
duing a part of the investigation of
the “big five” packers. He has writ
ten a letter to many Georgians who
were against the bill, giving his rea
sons, and the communication is made
public here today. The Senator, in
part, says; %
“It happens that I was a mem‘:er
of the Federal Trade Commission
duting most of the time the investi
gation of the five packers and allied
interests were made. For that rea
son I am personally familiar with
many of the facts, and of course, I
cannot subscribe to the allegation of
the big packers that the Federal
Trade Commission has fabricated
. “I agree with you about the matter
of too many federal boards and com
missions, and the entry of the gov
ernment into private business. As a
member of the Trade Commission
and since I entered the Senate, I have
tried to handle all matters whigh
came before me in such a way that
my course was satisfactcry to the
legitimate business interests of the
country. I do not favor legislation
that will cripple this or any other
legitimate industry.
“To my mind, the monopolistic
control, of the food supply of more
than 110,000,000 people by a combina
tion of private business is intalerable.
At present five men in Chicage fix
the prices paid for ‘all the hogs and
cattle raised in the United States and
the same five men fix the prices of
meat sold to our people.
“In view of all the circur.stances, I
believe that it is in the oublic inter-|
est to have some form of legislation
adopted, like the Gronna bill.” ‘
The American Farm Burcau ch—‘
eration. a farmer’s organizaticn, ac
coding to reports received here, has
written every member of congrezs to
day urging support of the bill to con-‘
trol the packers. The federation is a
very strong farmer organization, with
new bureaus starting in Georgia.
STATE FARM BUREAU |
FEDERATION TO MOVE
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 31.—Headquar
ters of the Georgia Farm Bureau fed
eration will be moved to Atlanta this
week from Athens, the reason for the
removal being a desire to get nearer
the center of the State’s activity and
thereby facilitate the intensive or
ganization work being carried on
throughout the agricultural sections‘
of the state, ; ‘
The objects of the federation, a
part of the national oganization of
farm bureaus, is to develop and cor
relate the work of the state’s coun
ty farm bureaus and te promote
co-operation among all the farming
interests, with special emphesis on
systematic marketing. the lack of
which has said to have been a great
hinderance on the success which
Georgia should attain agriculturally.
Mr. W. R, Watkins was a business
visitor in our city Saturday.
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Only Ex-Service Men
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Can Wear Uniforms
Wearing of Uniforms by Men Who
Were Not in Service Forbidden.
Following conferences held between
military and naval authorities upon
queston of the wearing of service uni
forms by those who had formerly
been in the Army, Navy, or Marine
Corps, a report amending legislation
bearing on the subject has been made
by the Naval Affairs Committee of the
Senate.
The action approved by the commit
tee consists in the araendment of pres
ent legislation so that, until 1925, per
sons honorably discharged frm: the
service during the actual period of the
war are exempted from its provisions.
The above order means that NO
man that has never been in the ser
vice is allowed to“wear any part of
the uniform. The uniform includes
overcoats. shirts, hats, shoes, coat and
breeches or any other part of the uni
form issued to men in the service of
the government.
For further information on the
above order, or information on any
thing pertaining to Army or about
Government Insurance can be secured
by calling on the Army Recruiting
Sergeant Chamber of Commerce
Building, Fitzgerald, Ga.
Large Congregations
Hear Rev. Wauchope
Presbyterian Evangelist' Speaks on
“Home” and “Excuses” Sunday
All services at the Presbyterian
church were well attended yesterday.
Mr. Douglas Wauchope, the evange
list, spoke in the morning on “The
Ideal Home” and at night on “Ex
cuses Men Make for Not Becoming
Christians.” Both subjects were
handled in an original and foreful
way, and made a deep impression on
all who were present.
Services will be held again tonight
at 8 o'clock subject “The Folly of
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VOL. XXVI. NO. 13
COGMMERCE CHAMBER
TO TALK AUTO SHOW
Special Meeting of Governors
Friday Has Much Work
MAY MOVE QUARTERS
Trade Body To Seek New Home
~ in More Accessable Place
The project of a bigger automobile
show for Fitzgerald this year than
ever before will probably be broached
before the special meeting of the
' Board of Governors of the Fitzgerald
Chamber of Commece Friday night. it
was stated today by local automobile
dealers. The show is an annual af
fair in Fitzgerald and has been im
proved steadily each year.
It is planned to make it one of the
biggest in the state this year and to
draw people from all of South Geor
gia. The Dixie Highway between
Ocilla and Fitzgerald will probably
be open by the date of the show and
a good racing program is planned. -
The governors will decide on the
question of moving the headquarters
of the Chamber of Commerce from
the present location on the second
floor of the Phillips Block on the
corner of Pine and Grant streets, to
a downstairs location where the of
fices will be of easier access to mem
bers and to people seeking informa
tion,
Other important matters which the
governors will consider are the effort
to have the Primitive Baptist College
located in Fitzgerald and to have a
curb market established here. A
joint committee of the Chamber of
Commerce, the Woman’s Club and
the Farm Bureau, which meets at 3
o’clock Thursday afternoon, will
make definite recommendations to
the governors on the curb market
project.
The governors may also be asked
to endorse the Spring Poultry Show
to be staged February 19-26 by the
poultry breeders of Ben Hill County.
The friends of W. L. Watson will
be glad to know that he is slowly im
proving after three weeks illness,
New Wage Conference
For A. B. & A. Called
All Unions Back Men and Will Sup
port Strike If Necessary
ATLANTA, Jan. 3l.—Asserting
their determination to accept no wage
‘reduction at the hands of the Atlanta-
Birmingham and Atlantic- railroad or
any other road, which may propose
to cut the price of labor, speakers at
a meeting of the Atlanta Federation
of Railroad Employes, representing
the sixteen standard unions recog
nized by the railroad wage board,
Saturday night received loud applause
and it was announced that- a new
conference will be held with Colonel
B. L. Bugg. president of the ‘A. B. &
A. .
If the results of this conference are
not satisfactory to the union men- of
ficers declared that the federation has
the solid backing of all the unions
and is prepared to make the question
a national issue.
A paper signed by the executives
of all the railroad unions was exhib
ited by J. H. McCrary, vice president
of the American Federation of La
bor’s railway department, who has
just returned from Chicago, pledging
their support in the wage fight. He
has just attended a meeting of the
wage board and he declared that the
paper is authority that all unions will
join in the dispute over the A., B. &
A. cut.
The unions of the nation are pre
senting a solid .front now in the belief
that this is part of a general move
ment by the railroads to reduce wages
all over the country, it was asserted.