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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 | GO FOR INDEMNITY Germans Make No Resistance Asl Allied Forces Invade l @ . 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 ° . . 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... , R ns | 3 “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. ® o Minister Says That ° ° 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. ® & Wilson Was pving . . ¢ 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 e ~ 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. . | ‘ * o 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. . Harding Wants A » © 4 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) Notice To Our Beginning Thursday, March 10th, no advertis ing copy can be accepted after 9 o’clock in the morn ing for insertion in the issue of the same day. We will be forced to observe this rule strictly in order that we may get the paper to our subscrib ers immediately after receiving the last quota of telegraphic news at 4 o’clock—while it is still “red hot.” , We earnestly solicit your cooperation in the interests of our subscribers—your customers—in whose behalf this rule is made. ; : Advertising copy received after 9 o’¢lock in morning will be inserted on the succeeding day without further instructions. ° # ! With thanks for your support which is making possible the publication of a daily paper, " Respectfully yours, 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.