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-“WEDNESDAY
' EDITION
THE WEATHER—Rain Tonight.
Thursday, Cooler.
A. 8.& A. WILL RUN FREIGHT AND MAIL TONIGHT
ALLIES TO
SEIZED MONEY TO
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GO FOR INDEMNITY
Germans Make No Resistance Asl
Allied Forces Invade l
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KRUPP WORKS COVERED
British Deny that Their Battle
ships Are Being Used
(By International News Service)
LONDON, March 9—A conference
of Allied representatives is being heldl
at Lloyd George’s official = residence |
this afternoon to consider the imposi-I
tion of economic penalties upon Ger
many. 3
The meeting approved the seizure
of German custom houses along the
Rhine. It was decided that all funds
and equivalents in the ‘seized* custom
depots should be credited to the Ger
‘man reparation fund. The . Allied
Premiers later discussed the Turco-
Greek dispute in the Near East.
‘BRITISH WARSHIPS
'DOMINATE CUXHAVEN
LONDON, March 9.—British war
ships"have arrived off Cuxhaven, Ger
many, today says a news dispatch
from Berlin.
DENY PRESENCE
OF WARSHIPS
LONDON, March 9.—British Ad-l
miralty this afternoon officially denied '
the arrival of warships at Cuxhaven.l
ALLIES ENVELOPE
CAPTIVE CITIES
PARIS, March 9.—Allied troops on
the Rhine today sent patrols deeper
i« =he Ruhr District, establishing a
i?"lcircling completely the Ger
1. cities of Dusseldorf, Duisberg
and Ruhrort which were occupied
Tuesday. .
GERMANS HOSPITABLE |
TO INVADERS
FRENCH MILITARY HEAD
QUARTERS, NUESS: GERMANY,
March 9.—“ Business as usual” seemed
to be the motto of all Germans in
Dusseldorf, Duisberg ’ and " Ruhrort
.and other occupied terrifory as Allied
Armies proceeded with the occupa
tion of the Ruhr. Crowds of German
men women and children greeted the
Allied soldiers everywhere, seeming
ly considring them more as wvisitors
than invaders. No sign of hostility
has been displayed. ;
KRUPP WORKS IN
ARTILLERY RANGE
PARIS, March 9.—The allied mil
itary lines today advanced within five
miles of Essen, an important indus
trial and coal center and the seat of
the gigantic Krupp works which are
now within easy range of the Allied
artillery. \ ;
Killed In Fall From
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Griffin Hotel Window
(By International News Service)
ATLANTA, March 9—J. A. Lynch
of Griffin, Ga., is dead as a result of
a fall from a fourth story window at
the Terminal Hotel to the sidewalk.
Lynch refused to talk. The door to
his room was barracaded.
Thursday, March 10th
~ Senior Class ot
Fitzgerald/ High School
. Presents... ,
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“Assisted By Sadie
A Scintillating Farce Comedy
Tickets: 40c and 50c
On Sale At The Box Office .
NO RESERVED SEATS
THE FrrzGERALD LEADER
SEIZE GERMAN CUSTOMS HOUSES TODAY
{Second Day of Curb Market Sur
passes Opening Day |
ALL FARMERS PLEASED
Beautiful Spirit of Cooperation
Evidenced at Market
In spite of the threatening clouds
and an occasional shower thi§ morn
ing a large crowd of Fitzgerald peo
ple were on hand promptly at nine
o’clcock to patronize the large num
ber of wagons and trucks drawn up
for the curb market opposite the post
office.
One wagon reported a little more
than $20.00 worth of produce sold. A
beautiful spirit of cooperation among
the growers was when a wagon sold
out its owner would take in the prod
uce of a less fortunate neighbor and
sell his output. A little crippled boy
who brought a splendid quality of but
ter and some eggs, late, had it quickly
placed on a prominent wagon and
sold and he went his way rejoicing.
Some of the things+ sold were
smoked hams and sausage, fresh
meats, chickens both dressed and un='
dressed, eggs, (at 25c) butter 40 and
50 cents, fresh meats, home canned
beans, peas, tomatoes, beets, pickles,
freshg strawberries, asparagus, ‘radish,
mustard, turnips, sweet potatoes, lard,‘
flowers, including daffodils, blue and
white hyacinths, flag lillies, and roses;
sassaras roots, pecans and sugar cane.
The lye hominy brought in by Mrs. J.
A. George sold quickly. A fine vari
ety of lettuce was sold, and largel
headed cabbage. Layer cakes sold
for $1.50, and tea cakes at 15 cents a
dozen.
Practically all of the wagons here
Saturday returned’for a second trial,
and among the new people were: W.
J Wilson, C. M. Anderson, Mrs. S.
A. Binn, James Garrison, J. W.
Vaughn, A. E. Ennis, J. J. Shedd,
Mrs. A. L. Maddox, Mr. and Mrs.
Davg Null, H. G. Porter, and Mrs.
Milton Hogan, of Mystic.
Mrs. J. B. Ballard, of Mystic, has
a fine lot of pigs weighing around
100 pounds each that she will butcher
and take orders for at 10c a pound,
and Mrs. G. W. Talbot will take
orders for caramel layer cake, and
Mrs. J. A. George for lye hominy.
Allsthe farmers who arrived in time
for the opening sold all their produce.
They expressed themselves as well
pleased and-the success they are hav
ing in disposing of their wares.
Mr. and Mrs. William Feinberg and
Miss Rosenberg of Thomasville were
guests: of Mr. and Mrs. H. Garber
Tuesday. :
Miss Martha Sue Hampton has
returned to her school in Berlin after
spending a week with her parents Mr.
and Mrs. R. L. Hampton on South
Main street.
Mr, and Mrs. J. J. Flanders, of
Ocilla were visitors in our city Sun
day. ;
Mrs. T. S. Williams, Mrs. Ben Reid
and children visited friends in Tifton
Sunday.
VOL. XXVI, NO. 29.
\Fitzgerald Is In Sympathy With
l Strikers Pittman Wires Col. Bugg
‘Wire to Receiver Appeals for
~ Early Adjustment of Strike
Now in Progress
Mayor J. L. Pittman last night
wired the following message to Col.
B. L. Bugg, former president and now
teceiver for the Atlanta Birmingham
and Atlantic railroad:
“We would urge yo u in the inter
est of the city and the people along
your line to make every effort for an
early adjustment of the strike. The
men -are conducting themselves with
dignity and forbearance and have
the sympathy of this community.”
Mayor Pittman’s wire to Col. Bugg
was dispatched after he had personally
canvassed most of the business pec
iple in Fitzgerald and had found the
majority of them heartily in sympathy
with the strikers. He told. the men
in mass meeting yesterday morning
that he had found thé city in sympa
thy with them. 3
Mayor Pittman had received no
reply from Col. Bugg up to this after
noon.
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Minister Says That
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Strikers Are Right
Rev. Ginn Speaks to Joint Meeting
This Morning and Approves
s
Rev. C. A. Ginn‘.of Kennedy Mem
morial Baptist Church spoke to' the
joint body of railroad men at their
morning session. This was the second
time Rev. Ginn had spoken to the
men, the first time was on Sunday af
ternoon when he spoke strictly from
a religious viewpoint.
On beginning his address to the
men this morning Mr, Ginn said he
had made a study of both sides of the
question since Sunday and had come
to the conclusion that the men who
were on strike against the ‘A. B. & A.
Railway were absolutely right, and
the strikers must win or they would
be forever crushed by the money
power and that strike breakers who
would take their places would be a
class of men who had no desire to
raise educated families and no desire
to be law abiding titizens.
Rev. Ginn concluded his address
with an eloquent appeal to the strik
ers to remain quiet and law abiding.
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Wilson Was pving
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With Nation‘s Cash
(By International News Service)
WASHINGTON, March 9.—For
mer President Wilson spent but $115,-
000,000 of the $150,000,000 alloted him
by Congress for war purposes, accord
ing to ‘ap accounting rendered to
Congress and made public today. He
purchased property from the North
German Lloyd-Bock Company of
Hamburg, American Terminals Sup
plies, military commission to Russia,
intelligence work of the State De
partment and entertainment of For
eign Missions were given as some of
the places the money was spent.
Farm Bureau Men
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~ Go To Convention
‘Owens, Swords and Pittman Will
. Motor to Atlanta Meeting
C. T. Owens, county agent and sec
retary of the Ben Hill Farm Bureau
Federation, A. J. Swords, chairman
of the Fitzgerald Council of the bu
reau, and, J. T. Pittman, district agri
cultural demonstration agent, left this
afternoon for /Atlanta to attend the
state convenion of the Georgia Farm
Bureau Federation. . They will motor
through on the Dixie Highway in
Mr. Oven’s car.
" Because of the strike and the diffi
culties in travel ~arising therefrom,
neither Mrs. S. M. Whitchard, vice
chairman of the Ben Hill Farm Bu
reau and delegate to the convention
gor Mrs. R. L. Stone, her alternate,
will attend the convention.
A brief account of what is planned
for the convention will be found on
page seven.
FITZGERALD, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1921.
TOMOBILE MAIL
No Stoppage in Uncle Sam’s Ser
vice to A. B. & A. Towns
MAILS ARE DELAYED
Atlanta and Macon Mail Comes
5 to 15 Hours Late
Postmaster Will A. Adams erfected
'a quick adjustment in mail arrange
'ment following the walkout‘on the A.
‘B. & A. and’ mail service was not
delayed a single day to the towns in
the Fitzgerald district = whose only
railroad connection“is over the tied
up railroad.
Immediately after: information had
been received that a walkout” would
begin at noon Saturday, Mr. Adams
perfected plans for serving Arp, Abba,
Rebecca, Mystic, Irwinville, Osier
field and Wray by automobile route
and wired the Atlanta headquarters
to route incoming mail over the Sea
board.
The automobile routes, one serving‘
Arp, Abba and Rebecca and one serv
ing Mystic, Irwinville, Osierfield and
Wray, were started out of Fitzgerald
Monday afternoon and will continue
to give prompt daily service until the
strike is settled. The Leader will be
delivered to its out of town subscrib
ers as promptly as though there was‘
ng strike. ‘
Incoming mails, however, are de
layed. Mail that ordinarily arrived in
Fitzgerald on the midnight train from
Brunswick and Waycross and on the
6 o’clock morning train from Atlanta
and Birmingham reaches Fitzgerald
about 11 o'clock in the morning qver
the Seaboard. Some of it is delayed
until about 5 o’clock when the Sea
board also brings some of the mail
that ordinarily came on the 1:20 train
from South and East.
The Atlanta papers, two of them
printed at 4 o’clock in the afternoon,
that formerly arrived at 6 o’clock in
the morning® come at 11 o’clock in
the morning. The Macon paper that
is_printed at 11 o’clock in the morn
ing reaches here about 5 o’clock in
the afternoon. |
No attempt had been made up to‘
noon today to run mail trains over
the main line or any of the branch?
lines of the A. B. & A. to Fitzgerald
and it is not expected that such an
attempt will be made. . |
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Publicity Stunt’ Say |
- Men Of Woodward
Birmngham-Lineville Train Could Be!
Stopped If Necessary l
“A baseball promoter’s grand stand |
play for publicity” is what local union‘
men style the feat of “Rick” Woodard
in running a mail train over the At
lanta Birmingham and Atlantic irom;
Birmingham to Lineville. They claim
positive knowledge that the train|
could be prevented from running if |
its operation was considéred as weak
ening the position of the strikers. i
They have little hope of anything|
of a ‘helpful nature coming out of !
the conference between the United |
States Board of Mediation and thcl
Grand Lodge officers. The officers |
are in the conferency, the men say, in
order to take advantage of the mere
possibility that some good can be
accomplished but are not building any
hopes around it. The action already
taken by the receiver and the district
court is considered to have removed
the controversy from the mediating
stage. The Railway Labor Board is
the only tribunal that can affect a set
tlement, the men believe.
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Harding Wants A
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Columbian Treaty
(By International News Service)
WASHINGTON, March 9—Rati
fication of the Columbian Treaty was
strongly urged by President Warren
G. Harding in_special message to the
Senate today. -
FOR Y. M. R. CENTER
\ STI
Ben A. Tolle Will Charge of
Boys and Books at Center
BOARD THANKS FRIENDS
Considers Fathers and Sons Ban
quet Complete Success
Ben A. Tolle, who recently moved
to Fitzgerald from Indiana, has ac
cepted full charge of the Young Men’s
‘Recreation Center from the board of
~managers and will devote most of his
‘time to maintaining order at the re
creation room and athletic field,
supervising and directing the play,
‘and to keeping the records of the
lorganization. He will act as corres
ponding secretary.
The decision to retain a full time
secretary for the Center was made
at a meeting of the board of managers
Monday after the succesful Fathers
and Sons Banquet Friday when near
ly two hundred men and boys heard
one of the best programs ever ar-,
ranged for a Fitzgerald banquet and
consumed one of the best spreads
of viands ever laid out on a Fitzger
ald festal board. The membership was
so largely increased at the banquet
that the permanence of the institu
tion is assured. |
At the meeting of managers Sun
day resolutions were passed in behalf
of the board and the entire member
ship thanking the Leader-Enterprise
and Press for its liberal support of
the Center, the Rebekahs for their
generows work in preparing ‘and serv
ing the banquet at actual cost, to the
Ladies of the Community Service
Council for their able cooperation,
the Fitzgerald Concert Band for the
beautiful music it played during the
banquet, and to all others who had
part in it.
Chief W. C. Wilkerson of Fitzger
ald Fire Department was named
chairman of the athletic committee
of the Center and will ‘direct the or
ganizations of basketball, volleyball,
and field ball leagues. A music chair
man will be appointed’ later to ar
range a program for a musical even
ng. The program mapped out by
the board contemplates turning the
Center over each evening to a differ
ent group which will be responsible
for arranging something of interest
for the members.
The membership, active and sus
taining is as follows: >
A. G. Brown, Herman-Wentz, Hen
ry C. Foster, Fussell M. Chalker,
Conrad Kilburn, August H. Paul, W.
S. Lonkert, .Charles Hitch, Jr., Thom
as M. Chalker, R, Arthur Smith, Ar
thur O. Justice, Warren F, Brown\,
Floyd Eads, Furman G. Lee, Mark D.
Coate, Ollie Peterson, Harry. A. Por
ter, Ranald J. Burke, Warren R. Dav
is, William H. Crawford, Stewart F.
Gelders, Clifford T. Wilkerson, W.
Raine, Rev. J. H. Elder, J. H. Burke,
Burr Stokoe, J. C. Glover, John B.
Reece, Fleming Shewmake, Mark' E.
(Continued on Last Page)
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THE LEADER PUBLISHING CO, =
SHORT AND SNAPPY
NEWS OF THE WORLD
BY TELEGRAPH
COTTON—Good Middling_____lo%¢
No Sales, : No Receipts
, OT PASSENGER
Say Line from “Lineville to Bir
| mingham Been Opened
ATTACK NEWLANDS ACT
Birmingham Bank Tells Judge
i Law Is Unconstitutional
(By International News Service)
ATLANTA, March 9—With “Rick”
Woodward, ironmadter and ‘basball
promoter of Birmingham, . again at
the throttle, one train is operating on
the Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic
today. It made the round trip be
tween Birmingham and Lineville,
The Federal Commissioners of the
United States Board of Mediation
stated this afternoon that although
no basis for a settlement had been
reached yet, the commissioners were
hopeful that some wuch settlement
can be reached. X
~ Freight and Passenger service be
tween Birmingham and Lineville has
been re-established, according to an
nouncement of the general office this
afternoon, Besides number twenty
two leaving Birmingham with Wood
ward as engineer, a local freight is
expected to leave Lineville for Bir
mingham this afternoon in charge
of W. J. Tinney, old engineer who is
now a member of a Lineville lumber
firm.
Newlands Act Attacked
Birmingham Trust and Savi'ngs
Company, the creditors that placed
the road in the receivership recently,
today filed an amendment to its or
iginal bill for receivership, declaring
unconstitutional Section 9 of the New
lands Act, .on which the employe§ are
basing their contention that Receiver
Bugg had no legal right to reduce
salaries at the time he did under the
order of Federal Judge Samuel H.
Sibley.
Judge Sibley ordered a hearing for
the Amendment March 26th, the same
date on which he directed recently
that a hearing be had on the question
of wage reduction. Section nine of
the Newlands Act provided the Re
ceiver must give twenty days notice
to employes befort reducing wages
by posting notices on the customary
bulletin boards. .
Farm Bureau Ready
e
For Big Hog Sale
Three co-operative hog sales will be
conducted in South Georgia next week
witls the assistance of C. G. Garner,*
market specialist of the State College
of Agriculture. The Sandersville live:
stock division of the county farm bu
recau will hold a sale Tuesday. One
will be held at Americus on Wednes
day, and the Ben Hill Farm Bureau
will hold one here at its own stock
yvards, Thursday, March 17th.
More than one car loal of hogs has
been listed with Secretary C. T. Owens
of the Ben Hill Farm Bureau.' Three
car loads at least should be offered
for sale in order to prove to foreign
buyers that Fitzgerald is a good place
to look for hogs. All animals which
are to be offered for sale must be lis
ted with Mr. Owens.