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Official )rean City of Fitzgerald
RAILROADS CAN NOT ARBITRARILY REDUCE WAGES OF MEN
Civic League Votes Yesterday
' to Enter City Politics
MEETING THIS WEEK
League Will Meet on Call to
Confirfn Committee’s Work
At the meeting Sunday afternoon
of the Ben Hill Civic League it was
decided to authorize the Local Com
mittee, ‘'of which W. A, Adams_ is
»chairman-and\ Mrs. S. M. Whitchard:
secretary,’ to nominate a ticket | of
mayor and five aldermen to have the
backing of the league in the city
primary which is to be held this sum
mer. * The commiftee was instructed
to meet and name the ticket this week
and call a special meeting of the
league as a whole to ratify the selec
tion,
The civic league was organized sev
eral months ago with the avowed pur
pose of “cleaning up” Fitzgerald ,from
prohibition, gaming and vice law vio
lations. The league’s announcement
that it is to support a “lily white”
ticket for control of the city govern
ment has aroused considerable inter
est locally. ;
Some Candidates Acceptable
Only one announcement has been
made thus far for mayor, that of
Drew W. Paulk, who has served as
mayor four terms during the city's
history. George L.. Kilcrease, Clay
ton Jay, E. J. Dominey, A. H. Thur
mond, and W. R. Paulk have an
nounced for the aldermanic board.
Paulk and Kilcrease are on the hoard
now. G. E. Ricker and Hubert Roush
have announced for Water, Light &
Bond Commission, and G. P. Mingle
dorff for city traesurer. Ricker and
Mingledorff are present incumbents.
At the civic league meeting it de
veloped that several of those who
have announced are acceptable to the
league and will probably be included
in its ticket.
A motion to include in the nom
inating committee a representative of
each church in the city was killed af
ter a speech against it by Rev. R.
M. Mann, of the Presbyterian Church.
He opposed the' principle of tii-e;-
churches "having aii¥thing to do with
politics. +The- Local Committee was
authorized, however, to invite anyone
it. chooses to assist in selecting the
ticket, : .
The meeting yesterday was opened
with prayer by Rev. S. A. Strawn of
the Christian church and closed with
prayer.'by I. P. Tyson of the Cen
tral Methodist church. A. J. McDon
ald presided.
The local committee which will
have charge of the tentative ticket is
composed of W. A. Adams, chairman,
Mrs. S. M. Whitchard, secretary, J.
E: Turner, G. A. Jolley, Dr. W. D.
Dorminey, N. N. Littlefield, H. G.
Powell.
It will invite all members of the of
ficial boards of all local churches to
assist in selecting the.candidates.
™ Will Give Library Books
At the request of Mrs. Lon Dickey
pregident of the Woman’s Club, the
League agreed to give to the Carne-,
gie Library either a good book on
good citizenship or a subscription to
a periodical on good citizenship,
which is to be selected by the library
committee of the Woman’s Club.
In a brief but interesting: talk
Mrs. Dickey made the point that one
of the most, important works of the
league was ‘in, moulding good citizens
out of the children of the city and
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A Ton of Fertilizer for A
We firmly believe that the scale submitted to the farm
ers for fertilizer this year by the manufacturers are entirely—
too high and we are going to give you a Ton of our Oil Mill
Mixture, consisting of 16 per cent Acid and 7 _,per/cent Cot
ton Seed Meal, analyzing “11-2-0” for-a Ton of Cotton
Seed, or, a Ton of the fame mix_tppe/ énalyzin'g“‘lo-S-O” for
2,125 pounds of Cottofp Seed: ;
OUR CASH PRICE ON THESE TWO GRADES TO
DAY IS $31.00 FOR THE “11-2-0” and $33.00 FOR THE
“10-3-0.”
We are also offering under today’s market $25.00 per
ton CASH for Cotton Seed, or, 14 Sacks of 7 per cent Cot
ton Seed Meal for a Ton of Cotton Seed.
Our Feed Mill is in operation daily—Bring us your feed
Stuff and let us grind it.
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Fitzgerald Cotton Oil Co
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FITZGERALD -:- -:- GEORGIA
THE LEADER=ENTERPRISE
CONFESSED EMBEZZLER '
RELEASED BY LANDIS ,
ol "WHEN SALARY IS TOLD
CHICAGO, Femruary 12—After
'pleading' ‘guilty of embezzling $96,000
from the National City Bank of Ot
tawa, lIL, Francis J. Carey, 20, for
mer teller of the bank, yesterday was
released on his own recognizance by
Federal Judge Landis, who criticised
officials of the bank for the small sal
ary paid the defendant. S
When Carey said his pay was $9O
a month, Judge Landis exclaimed:
“This is astounding. It puts the re
sponsibility entirely on the directors
of the bank,: ' 4 ah
“You were not getting any more
‘than the elevator operators in the
federal building, and they are noto
riously underpaid. Francis, you go
on home. Tl'll send for you again.”
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Food Prices Coming
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Down In Fltzgerald‘
Restaurant Publishes New Price‘
Scales; Wyman Does Big Business
Food prices have hit the toboggan
in Fitzgerald if the schedule on the
new bill of fare issued today by the
Leader Press for the New York Cafe
is to be taken as a fair index. Mr.
Pope, proprietor of the cafe, stated
that the reductions average fifteen
per cent on all articles of food. |
The special prices offered by F. M.
Wyman through the advertising col-}
umns of the Leader-Enterprise Fri
day and offered again today have met
quick response by the housewives of
the city and Mr. Wyman states that
he has done a record business since‘
the new prices were announced. ‘
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Ex-Service Men To
- Be Here Tuesday
Many Replies to Invitations from
Commander Howell of Legion
Perhaps the largest gathering of
ex-service men in the history of Fitz
gerald will be at_ the specially called
meeting of the Mars-McDonald Post,
Ainerican Legion, at the Chamber of
Commerce rooms at 4 o’clock Tues
day afternoon, according to Com
mander Cleon Howell of the local
post.” & N A
Mr. Howell has issued invitations to
all ex-service men and legion mem
bers in eight surrounding counties
to attend a special meeting at which
representatives of the American Le
gion’s national headquarters, Federal
Bureau of War Risk Insurance, Unit
ed States Public Health Service and
federal board of vocational educa
tion will speak. Many ex-service men
from the section have signified their;
intention of attending. ‘
The legion and federal agents will
be at the Lee-Grant hotel all day
Tuesday after their arrival on the
Seaboard from Abbeville Tuesday
morning and will give information to
all who may be ce¢ligible for federal
aid. They will have with them all
necessary blanks on _which applica
tions can be made
Every ex-service man and as many
of the general public who wish to at
tend are invited to hear the speakers
at the meeting Tuesday.
county and that is best accomplished
through education and through the
public library. :
FITZGERALD, BEN HILL COUNTY, GEORGIA MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14 3921
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Next Month Before
Syrup Plant Comes
Several Pieces Must Be Manufactured,
| Newcomer Hears Today
The sweet potato syrup plant which
the Department of Agriculture is to
install at the Newcomer sweet po
tato house for the purpose of deter
mining the commercial valie of the
newly discovered sweet potato syrup,
will not be here within thirty days
and it may be longer than that before
it can be placed in operation, accord
ing to information réceived by Mr.
C. A. Newcomer today from the bu
reau of chemistry.
Several parts of the machinery are
now being manufactured in the lab
oratories of the bureau of chemistry.
It is the first plant of its kind ever
built and while most of .the parts are
standard articles, some of them .are
not obtainable from ordinary imple
ment manufacturers for the particular
size which the first plant is to be and
must be especially made by the gov
ernment.
It is understood that the depart
ment of agriculture does not hope to
be able to learn the true commercial
value of sweet potato syrup before
the next sweet potato crop is harvest
ed as cost of production of this year's
crop will have a large part in deter
mining the cost. .
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Elks Indefinitely
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Postpone Miastrel
Will Not Give Performance as Sched
uled for Tonight at Tent 1‘
The' committee of the Klks Club in
charge of the Home Town Minstrels
Skow which was to have been given
tonight for the benefit of the Carne
gie Library announced this morning
that the show had been indefinitely
postponed. All money that has heen
collected from the sale of tickets will{
be promptly refunded on application
to the members of the committee who‘l
handled - the-.sale. =
It is understood that the Home
Minstrels will be given at ' a latcr]
date.
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‘Turn To Right’ Has
All New York Castl
Long overdue, but none the less
welcome “Turn to the Right!” the
greatest comedy hit of the generation
in New York and Chicago. comes to
the’ Grand Theatre for one perform-‘
ance nn Tuesday, Feb. 15th, with the}
original production. |
The company includes: Joseph!
Striker, Joseph E. Bernard, Charles
W. Goodrich, John O’Conner, Sidncyi
Henderson, Jane Ellison, Maudc‘
Huntley, Beatrice Hughes, Maude
A Good Looking Man Looks Better
and A Regular Man Looks Good
: 3 In A Snappy, Smooth Fitting,
B TAILOR-MADE Suit of Clothes
Ny ‘ We have One Thousand New Patterns from
O\ which you can select a SPRING SUIT that will
P \/ ) look better and wear better than any you have
/ ever worn. |
\Q\l\ LNP O\ [ REDUCED PRICES ON THESE
s \ b SELECTED WOOLENS
] ® 1 make it possible to make your suit at a largereduction from
5:.- i | (_ B, last season’s prices.
T L @’:] ] GET IT MADE AT HOME BY EXPERT TAILORS!
_ AP THE FITZGERALD TAILORS
et M GOPTLIS MRy 206 East Pine Street
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iPnce Trend Will Be
Upward, Says Holder
Markets No Leonger Over-Crowded
" with Goods, He Finds in East
Eastern markets are no longer over
supplied with goods, as they had been
for more than two years, and the days
of sacrifice selling by wholesalers are
over, according to observations made
last week in, New York, Boston and
Baltimore markets by J. C. Holder.
manager and buyer for the Bazaar
Store, who returned home yesterday.
Mr. Holder found New York crowd
ed with buyers who were anticipating
a revival of brisk business and pros
perous conditions soon after the
change in mnational administrations.
Buyers of years’ experience declared
that business:in the New York whole
sale markets is brisker now than it
has ever been.
The heavy reserves of goods which
accumulated . during the so-called
“consumers’ strike” of the last few
months have all been dissipated and
nearly all mills and factories have re
sumed operations with heavy orders
for goods. Business confidence is
much better now than it has been for
more than a year and business opera
tions are being conducted on a nor
mal scale again. As result, the re
tail price trend will soon be up and
away from .the “sell-at-any-price”
basis of the last few weeks.
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Fitz-Hi Girls Win
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Fifth Straight Game
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Sylvester Falls Before Fitzgerald
Lassies for Second Time
The Fitzgerald High School Girls
kept the Purple and Gold flying at
top mast Friday afternoon in Syl
vester and scored their second basket
ball victor over the Sylvestercttes in
a nerve-wracking game by a score of
fourteen to twelve. Captain Carrie
Wilkerson vstarred. for the locals, as
usual. Grace Bowles also, did excep
tional work in defense.
The line-up for the locals was Car-
Tie Wilkerson, captain, Mabel Fussell,
forwards; Mae Peavy, center; Grace
Bowles, Daisy Rooks, guards; Evelyn
Brown, substitute forward. Johnson,
Mildred Dupree, and Florence Levy
starred for Sylvester.
The Fitzgerald girls have defeated
Sylvester twice, Cordele twice and
Abbeville once. Under the coaching
of Bob Frazer they are developing
unusual form for a high school quin
tet and are looking for sompe strong
er opponents than they have yet
played.
Odell Jr. and Lucille Poth.
Seats are now on sale at the Na
tional Drug Store. Manager Ricker
says that the people of Fitzgerald
are not taking any chance on buying
tickets for this show as he will gladly
refund the purchase price in case any
one is dissatisfied.
U. S. RAIL BOARD
S ‘REFUSES TO CUT
£ WORKERS’ WAGES
Chicago, Feb. 10. 1921.
Mr. Gelders, !
My Dear Sir:— :
I am seding a clipping from the
Chicago Examiner, which explains
tre proceedings of yesterday. The
case of the A.‘B. & A. was entered
today at 4 p. m. The Board suspend
ed hearing on the case until Monday.
After the managers had preserited
tentative estimates on the prospect
for business along the lines, which
was taken to mean - that the road was
surrounded with excellent opportun
ities but for some cause was operat
ing at a loss. A volume of resolu-‘
tions was read by the management
from towns and cities served by thel
A. B. &A. It was so extensive that
it appeared to be solicited and thev{
question was asked by a member of
the Board: What induced such acti‘vv-!
ity? The management explained it
was a result of a possibility of scrap
ing the property. The unions will
present their side Monday.
You have my permission to print
this letter as information to the Boys.
Yours very truly,
} 'W. M. MARTIN.
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E CHICAGO, February 11.—Union
‘men, marshaling their forces before‘
the Railrcad Board' yesterday, won
their fight before they started. ‘
Before the employes’ side of the
controversy as to whether wages
should be reduced and the national
agreement abolished was presented
the board announced its decision. It
denied the plea of Gen. W. W. Atter
bury of the Railroad Executives’ As-l
sociation for a reduction in the wages
paid unskilled labor and scrapping ofi
agreements. ]
Despite this favorable decision
however, the employes. represented
by Frank P. Walsh and B. M. Jewell,
presented their case. Mr. Walsh re
iterated the charges he had made of
a conspiracy on the part of Wall
street financiers, who control 90 per |
cent of the railroads, he said to crushl
unionism. i
Incidentally, it was decided last
night Tiot to subpoena William Rock
efeller, George F. Baker and other
eminent financiers before the board,
as requested by Frank P. Walsh. It
is believed their testimony might
becloud the real question before the
board as to whether the national
agreements should be abrogated.
War-Time Rules Stand
The war-time working rules will re
main is effect, including the so-called
“penalty bearing clauses” which rail
roads claim costs them $300,000,000 a
year.
Railroad employes will continue to
work under the agreements until the
board issues a new ruling. |
Meantime the executives said the
roads will proceed individually to
ask conferenues with unskilled em
ployes over wage redultions. In this
manner they will establish dcfinitc;
controversies which they can bring
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Rule Holds Good In A.B. & A. Controversy
Which Comes Up For Hearing Wednesday
No Wage Cuts Or Working Condition Changes
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Can Be Made Without Federal Board’s Consent
'~ CHICAGO, Feb. 14. (SPECIAL)—The right of Railroads to
arbitarily reduce the wages of their employes was denied by the
Federal Labor Board in decision today.
The Board’s decision was contained in a, ruling on the petition
of employees on the Erie Railroad to prevent the management from
putting into effect drastic salary reductions and changes in the hours
of work.
No change shall be made in existing wage scale and working
conditions before the board has had an opportunity to hear the case.
The hearing was set for February 23.
The dispute brought before the Board by the employes of the
Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad will come up for hear
ing. This case, which grows out of a proposed reduction in wages,
which was heid up by a Board order, is considered one of importance
as pointing the way to possible action by other roads.
The hearing was adjourned Thursday until such a time as labor
representatives would be prepared to present their evidence before
the Board in reply to the road’s objections to the National working
agreements.
Board members said they did not expect the A. B. & A. case to
consume more than two days and expressed the hope that the Geor
gia rules hearing could proceed on Wednesday without further
delay.
of the board of the correctness of my
statement,” he said, “I beg you to re
quest immediately a statement of the
facts from the Interstate Commerce
Commission.
“In your decision you may say that
the board is not insensible of the
fact that nationfi agreements, rules
and working cofinditions affect the
expenditures of the railroads and that
if any of them are unjust and unrea
sonable they constitute an unwar
ranted burden upon the railroads and
the public.
“The unwarranted burden imposed
by unreasonable rules afimworking
conditions is especially great and
dangerous at a time of financial
stress, such as the present.” |
~ Maintenance of way men on thei
Frisco’s lines in Texas filed a petition
with the board, asking a hearing in
connection with thefr recent wage
reduction. A date will be fixed short
ly for the hearing.
A motion to restrain the Atlanta,
Birmingham & Atlantic Railroad from
cutting wages was denied at the hear
ing of the labor board last night.
Labor Board.
“If there is any doubt in the mind
before the board.
The board, holding that it could
not assume jurisdiction in the Atter
bury plea without the hearing of evi-
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dence, announced, through Judge Bar
ton, the following conclusion:
“It is the judgement of the board,
therefore. that the request of the rail
way executives for immediate termin
ation of the existing rules must be
and is accordingly denied.
“The board must also deny the,
request of the association of railway
executives, as presented by the chair
man of the labor committee that
that much of decision 2, as fixeswages
forunskilled labor, be set aside and
prevailing rates of wéges in the var
ious territories served by any car
rier be substituted.”
Roads Enter Protest )
That the railroads are in a serious
condition financially was stated yes
terday by Mr. Atterbury, in a letter
to Chairman Barton of the Railroad
CAPITAL PREDICTS NO
RAIL RATE INCREASE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.—Refusal
by the Railroad Labor Board to ab
rogate the national agreement be
tween the carriers and the “Big Four”
brotherhoods is not likely to result in
increased rates, at least for some time
to come, according to gxpert, opinion
expressed today. e
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