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MONDAY EDITION VOL. XXVI, NO. 30. STRIKERS PROFFER AID IN MAINTAINING ORDER -Prices Quoted At Saturday Meet ing Satisfy Members HAVE MADE CONTRACTS Watermelon Marketing Commit tee Appointed At Meeting An armistice was signed Saturday in the war on fertilizer prices waged: for the last month by the Ben Hill Farm Bureau Federation when the fertilizer dealers submitted a reduced scale of prices which was considered low enough to make the use of ferti lizer profitable to the farmers. Contracts were signed with dealers by the farm bureau for its members and members who wish to have ad vantage of the contract price may see D. F. Null or C. T. Owens at once for information and'instructions. Local fertilizer dealers are taking heavy losses on their goods, which were bought at high prices and in most instances are being sold actually below the cost of raw materials, | Preparations for properly growing -and marketing -the Ben Hill water melon crop were made and a commit tee composed of C. A. Newcomer, E‘ H. James, and D. E. Dickson. all large growers of melons, was appoint-‘ ed to supervise the work. | Melon growers should immediately‘ report the acreage planted to one of the commitee or to Secretary C. T.‘ Owens in order that the proper‘ amount of chemicals may be ordered‘ for spraying and treating the melons and definite plans made for handling the crop when it is harvested. ° . Nomination Of Esch Postponed By Senate (By International News Service) WASHINGTON, March 14.—The chairmanship of the United States Shipping Board has been offered to James Farrell, president of the Unit ed States Steel Corporation, it was reported today in authoritative cir cles in Washington. Senator LaFolete of Wisconsin suc ceeded today in having consideration of the nomination of Esch for the In terstate Commerce Commissioner postpbned until the extraordinary ses sion next month. : o e Leader Circulation . . Growing Rapidly Thirty New Subscriptions Received from Brunswick Yesterday The circulation of the Fitzgerald Leader, Daily, is growing beyond. the fondest hopes of its publishers when they launched the little daily as a service feature for Fitzgerald people. It had not been at first intended to try for out of town circulation, but the manner in which the news has been handled had brought it into pop ularity and demand in quarters where its publishers least expected. Thirty new subscriptions were re ceived on Sunday’s mail from Bruns wick, Ga. All last week large bunches were received in other towns. The circulation department is - taking no subscription for a longer period than one month. Kl Senate Must Act On ® ° ® Harding Nominations (By International News Service) WASHINGTON, March 14—Pres ident Warren G. Harding informed Senator Henry Cabot Lodge today that he is willing to have the Senate adjourn as soon as the calendar is cleared but he insisted that they not adjourn ‘until action has been taken on the more than four thousand army nominations which are pending. o Knights Templar ® Pass Inspection Ge.thcmape Lodge Guest of Eastern Star at Thurgday Banquet | : (From Saturday’s Daily) ‘ Gesthemane Commandery .No. 20, Knights Templar, held its annual banquet and inspection Thursday night at the W. R. C. and Masonic halls. At the W. R. C. Hall the ladies of the Eastern Star prepared and served a sumptuous banquet for the local and visiting Knights after which the inspection wag held at the Masonic Hall. . Judge D. A. R. Crum, a Knight from Cordele, officiated at the inspec tion, praising the men for their excel lent work. Judge Crum was made an honoraty member of the local com- "THE FITZGERALD LEADER ENTERPRISEK and PRESS _ , : WEATHER—For the Southeast: Cloudy and Cooler. AIR MECHANIC ELOPES ‘IN STOLEN AIRPLANE (By International News Service) MIAMI, March 14—Headed Northward in a machine said to have been taken from the Jac queth flying Station, Bennett Sev ern and his wife are flying in an airplane and are reported to have passed Moultrieville, South Car olina. A warrant was sworn today for Severn, airplane me chanic charging the larceny of a three passenger airplane valued at ten thousand dollars. It is said that Severn never drove a plane alone before. CUBAN LIBERALS TO l ASK U. S. INTERVENE l (By International News Service) ~ WASHINGTON, March 14. ‘Though State Department officials are unwilling fo admit that intervention 'in Cuba is likely, it was freely admit ted here today that the situation in the island republic was causing much apprehension. » Reports from General Crowder, now in Havana, in an effort to clear up Cuba’s political and economic dif ficulties, indicate a lack of coopera tion by the leaders, of both®the liberal and conservative’ parties, with the liberals apparently determined to bring on American intervention. Thompson Killed In Assault, Slayer Says (By International News Service) ATLANTA, March 14—Homer Pitts was arrested today in connec tion with the killing of Fred C. Thompso,n who was found hacked to death Saturday in the woods near the Edgewood car line. A detective says Pitts admitted_he drove the car with Thompson and two others to, the scene of the tragedy. Pitts is cut in the arm and hand. Garload Seed Cane 9 Reaches Ben Hill The first car load of the seed cane from W. R. Tucker’s plantation on St. Simon’s Island reached Fitzgerald today, consigned to C. A. Newcomer, George Drexler, and C. L. Prescott and J. E. Turner. The cane repre sents the first of several big shipments ordered by Ben Hill county farmers who intend to increase their sugar cane acreage this year in order to make possible the establishment of a syrup refinery here. Seaboard Cuts Otf ® Office At Savannah (From Saturday’s Daily) SAVANNAH, March 12.—The of fice of the general superintendent of the Seaboard Air Line at Savannah has been abolished. H. W. Purvis has been removed to Norfolk, and his of fice has closed. This is in line with the policy of the Seaboard to reduce operating costs. It is thought one general superintendent at Hamlet, N. C., can handle the work. O ——— e —— ° Race Riot Rages In ® ® ’ ® Springfield, Ohio (From Saturday’s Daily) SPRINGFIELD, March 12—This city was quiet today after riots con tinuing until early this morning. Troops from nearby towns arrived this morning and, cooperating with the civil authorities will maintain or der. Race feeling has run high gince the assault on an eleven-year old white girl by a negro Monday night and culminated after midnight today, after a negro 'had shot Policeman Joseph Ryan, who it is believed will recover. Citizens poured into the downtown section. It is claimed that Ryan was searching for firearmg when he was shot.. Five negroes are reported shot, one in a hospital. A white man was caught scattering dynamite in the negro section. Negroes behind trees and buildings ghot at the whites but their aim was poor. Many negroes are leaving. Smart Alecks Slick City Feller: “See that hill over there? Well, it's all bluff.” Just as Slick Farmer: “See that cow over there? Well it’s all bull” =~ FITZGERALD, BEN HILL COUNTY, GEORGIA MONDAY, MARCH 14, 1921. Chief Wilkerson to Ask Aid of Auditorium Committee MEETING NEXT WEEK To Secure Estimate on Cost from Atlanta Architect Chief W. C. Wilkerson of the Fitz gerald Fire Department will appear before the joint auditorium commit tee from city council, board of educa ‘tion and woman’s .lub when it meets 'next week, and will ask the committee to reccomend to council that a bond issue for water main extension be included in the call for an auditorium bond issue election Chief Wilkerson stated that the city ‘needs an additional mile and a quar ter of water mains 1n order to give _proper fire protection to the Southeas tern section of Fitzgerald. Such an ‘extention will cost probably more than $lO,OOO. He is securing accurate es timates of cost now and will present the detailed plan for the committee’s consideration. «Chairman Lon Dickey of the sub committee of the joint committee, who was authorized to secure accurate estimates on the« auditorium costs, stated today that an Atlanta architectl had been called into consultation and that from him would be secured plans‘ for a modern and perfectly built audi torium with exact cost estimates, The auditorium is expected to cost from $20,000 to $25,000. The water main extention is expected to cost‘ from $lO,OOO to $15,000. The city has ample bonding capacity to float the‘ loans if the citizens wish the improve-l ments made. Tilton Paper Tells . Of Railroad Meet Says Tifton Endorsement Of Bugg . Passed by Representative Men The Leader produces the following excerpts from an editorial in the Tifton Gazette Saturday. The editorial takes exception to th{ news story printed Friday headed “Resolutions Against Strikers Solicited,” and obtained from a source that had always been reliable in the past and the Leader had every reason to believe was reliable in that instance. It concerned meetings at which the position of the Receiver of the A. B. and A. was endorsed. The Gazette says, in part, as follows: No men representing the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic railway came in cars to the Tifton meeting that we are aware of; certainly none were- present at the meeting except Agent J. A. Wesson, who lives here, and J. F. Carton, who has been here since Sunday. These were present largely as spectators, and took no ac tive part in the meeting, except to an swer questions asked them. “This meeting was called by the President of the Board of Trade, ad vertised in this paper, and was open to all. Among those attending were wholesale and retail merchants, real estate dealers, farmers, manufacturers, bankers and professional men. It was about as representative as any meeting ever held here. Besides the callings mentioned were the two railroad men as already told above and a traveling man who dropped in as a spectator. “The representative character of the meeting is best known by the names of those who attended. They were: E. P. Bowen, B. Y. Wallace, H. H. Hargrett, J. N. Brown, B. D. Harden, W. T. Hargrett, W. E. Chandler, W. B. Bennet, John B. Guest, W. W. Timmons, E. L. Exym, George Norris, Jason Scarboro, Roswel Smith, W. H. Spooner, J. W. Grey, C. C. Hall, T. E. Phillips, C. W. Fulwood, G. C. Spurlin, J. B. Murrow, H. L. Cartwright, J. F. Carlton, J. A. Wesson, B. Y. Wallace, was chairman and W. E. Algee, sec-l retary. The Committee on Resolu tions was H. H. Hargrett and J. B. Murrow. | “No carload of railroad men went from the meeting at Omega. It was 9:30 p. m. before the meeting was closed, which shows the absurdity of such a statement. The meeting at Omega was held late in the afternoon of the day following the meeting at Tifton. The delegation from this point consisted of representative business men, and the two local representa tives of the A. B. and A. went along by invitation, as their guests “At Omega and Norman Park, as at Tifton, the meetings were in charge of the citizens of those towns, who made talks and expressed local senti ment. Those going from Tifton were: W. E. Algee, Briggs Carson, S. B. Las siter, J. B, Murrow, W. B. Bennet, R. E. Dinsmore, B. D. Harden, W. T. Hargrett, W. E. Chandler, J. A. Wes son and J. F. Carlton, At both Ome ga anr Norman Park, the railroad men | U. S. TO MOBILIZE ‘ FLEET IN PACIFIC? (By International News Service l WASHINGTON, Secretary of | the Navy Denby today refused | to confirm or deny the report that | naval forces will be concentrated | in Pacific within the next few | weeks. | High Naval officers stated they | knew of no orders for uniting | the two fleets in the Pacific, 'Kings of Georgian Industry Pre pare To Attend It. IMPORTANT PROBLEMS Distinguished Speakers To Ad ~ dress Macon Gathering | e L Leader News Bureau, 4th National Bank Bllg,, " ATLANTA, March 14—In antici pation of the great gathering of Geor- | gia’s industrial leaders at Macon on March, 15, Jto attend the “Industries Meeting’ to be held there, extra large pullmans are being reserved to leave Atlanta, Rome, Columbus, Gainsville, and other points the night of March 14. It was announced by P. E Glenn, secretary of the Cotton Manufactur ers Association of Georgia, that with the approval of President J. A. Mande ville, the regular manthly meeting of that association had been changed to the same date, Tuesday, March 15, at the Hotel Dempsey at Macon, so that the large number of mill men who de sire to attend the great mdustrial meet ing have their own meeting conciden tally. . S The “Industries Meeting” is called by a committe on arrangements as a conference concerning questions, which, in the words of W. C. Vereen, of Moultrie, the chairman, “have a grave and vital bearing 'on the indus trial life and progress of Geogia.” “These questions; Mr.Vereen says, “Should be considered immediately by the industrial leaders of this state, and considered decisively. ft is improbable that we will ever return to pre-war conditions. We have undoubtably left this stage q'f existance and have passed into a new era in which we must con ;front new conditions. : ~ Among the matters to be discussed are co-operation, development of re sources, scientifec research for the benefit of Georgia’s industries and for the scientifec training of Georgia’s young manhood as producers. Among the speakers scheduled for the meeting are: Gov. Hugh M. Dor sey; W. C.Vereen; the Hon. Glenn Toole, Mayor of Macon; Dr. Raymond 'F. Bacon, director of Mellon Institute of Research of Pittsburg; Dr. K. G. Matheson,, president of the Georgia School of Technoligy; Victor Allen, secretary of Bona Allen, Inc., of Bu ford; the Hon. Nat E. Harris, the Hon. George H. Carswell, of Irwin ton; Dr. S. W. Stratton, director of the United States Bureau of Standards, Washington, D. C.; Dr. Arthur D. Lit tle, chemical engineer, of Boston; Col, B. L. Bugg, Receiver of the A. B. and A. Railway; and Floyd C. Furlow, president of the Otis Elevator Com pany of New York City. Local arrangements are in charge of a committee of Macon men com posed of H. C. Fowler, W. E. Dun wody, H. V. Arnett, James H. Porter and A. D. Schofield. : : o, 0 o British Execute Six ‘ " ® ° More Revolutionists (By International News Service) DUBLIN, March 14—Six young Sinn Feiners were executed at Mount Joy prison this morning for .complic ity in attacks upon crown forces in Ireland. Thomas Wheelan and Pat rick Moran, convicted of participat ing in the killing of British officers in Dublin on November 21st, “Bloody Sunday” were executed first. ‘ e e e et e e l DISMISS PROSECUTIONS | AGAINST PROFITEERSi (By International News Service) l WASHINGTON, March 12.—At torney General Dougherty, following the decision of the Supreme Court ‘holding the anti-profiteering sections of the Lever Law unconstitutional, to day ordered all District Attorneys to dismiss prosecutions pending under this law. 58! were asked many questions, which they ansmered freely. To show that“ the meetings were open for all, two striking employes of the road at Nor ‘man Park were present at the meeting, ‘asked questions, and one made a talk.” CORDELE VICTIM Sheriff Calls Militia to “Repel Striker Invasion” GUARD STRIKE BREAKERS No Violence Was Even Suggest ed by Strikers Here Information here Saturday night to the effect that a company of mil itia had been called out in Cordele to repel an “invasion”s of Fitzgerald strikers who were alleged to be going to Cordele to “handle” the non-union train crew which operated a train into that place Saturday, were con firmed Saturday night by Governor Hugh M. Dorsey in a telephdne’ con versation with Isidor Gelders, editor of the Fitzgerald Leader. Governor Dorsey stated that Sher iff C. A. Noble of Crisp county had stated that he had information that Fitzgerald strikers would attempt to handle the non-unionists and Hhad aSked to be authorized to have support of militia. The Governor authorized the Crisp Militia to be held in readi ness. The train crew was carefully guarded through Saturday night against possible attempts at violence. “A crude hoax at best” the careful defensive tactics were styled by the strikers here. “No men were sent or were allowed to go to Cordele for any purpose and no one even suggest ed sending men to harm the strike breakers.” The calling of the troops and' other blunders by Cordele and Crisp author ities did not raise a ripple in Cordele, although reports have reached here that the town was in tremendous ex citement over the affair. A business man in Cordele interviewed over long distance telephone had not even heard the rumor and the Cordele Dispatch, in its story of the arrival of the train Saturday, did fiot mention the rumor or refer to any protection being sought for the strike breakers. In regard to the peacefulness of the attitude of the strikers the Cordele Dispatch says-as’follows: “Members of the crew stated that there were no demonstrations on the part of the strikers in towns through which the train passed .and that the trip was made without mishap what soever., Out of curiosity of a sight made novel by the cessation of train. service over the road during the past week, several hundred people, includ ing a large number of business men of Cordele, gathered at the Union Sta tion to await the arrival of the train.’ e |2OO Hogs Listed For ' Farm Bun?u Sale Secretary Owens Asks All Who Will Sell to List Hogs Immediately C. T. Owens, secretary of the Ben Hill Farm Bureau today issued the following notice to those wishing to ' put hogs in the co-operative sale in Fitzgerald Thursday, March 17th. Hogs should reach the stock pensl by ten o'clock Thursday morning. There is something over two hundred hogs listed for this sale, have had notice that there will be six or seven buyers to bid on the nogs. The market is going up and the indications are, that the price will be fairly good. Arrangements have been made for prompt shipment of the hogs as soon as loaded on the cars, which will be encouraging to the buyers to pay the market price for hogs. Any others having hogs for sale will please confer with me at once. U. 8. SENATOR WATSON LEAVES WASHINGTON FOR THOMSON HOME (By International News Service) WASHINGTON, March 14—Sen ator Thomas Watson left Washington for Georgia Saturday afternoon at 3:30 for Thomson, going by way of Atlanta. Senator Watson expects to pass through Atlanta about 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon. He took with Grover Edmondson and Justin M. Reese, clerks in his office. He ex pects to remain at Thomson until it is time to return to Washington for the extra session in April. Mr, Kelly, secretary to Senator Watson, and Miss Wiltshire, assistant, will keep Senator Watson'’s offices open. ® o Irish Rebel Killed * LML) In Attacking British (From Saturday’s Daily) DUBLIN, March 12.—Seven Sinn Feiners were killed in County Leitrim when detachment thirty British sol diers was attacked near Seltonlil. The Troops were attacked from am ‘buscade. COTTON—Good Middling —e=2lo%c No Receipts i No Sales BABY PLAYS WITH g MATCHES; IS DEAD (By International News Service) ATLANTA, March 14—Ruby Lee Knight, four years old, is dead tonight, having burned to death while playing with matches in her little crib in the bedroom. Her parents were severely burned in trying to rescue her., ? PACKER’S STRIKE IS AVERTED; MEN WORK (By International News Service) CHICAGO, March 14—Employees of packing plants at Chicago, Omaha, Sioux City and other packing centers remained at work today, according to reports here, despite the fact of a wage cut affecting approximately two hundred thousand workers which was put into effect by the packers. No sign of a walkout, which had been feared, developed. » Farmers Will Help e ~ Build Market Tables Say Curb Market “First Thing Where Farmers Have a Showing” “The Curb Market is the first thing we've ever had where the farmers had half a showing,” said a well known truck grower this morning who had arrived long before the hour of the opening and sold out cmpletely in forty minutes. The hour of opening is as early as a man can arrive and find customers, and it has been sug gested that 8:30 is a move toward an carly hour as the days grow longer when 9 o'clock will probably be the high tide of the market. A large group of growers talked ‘with the committees in regard to a lsheltcr for rainy and hot days, with 'stands where they could display their products, and expressed themselves as 'being glad to help construct any shel ter or booths as they thought most suitable for a permanent market. Reminds Frazer c¢: France Dr. J. L. Frazer said the market reminded him of France, and talked most interestingly of the way markets over there were conducted. Many other prominent citizens were on hand to help devjse or suggest a per manent arrangement. The committee will meet at an early date t o decide 'on steps toward this. Many new growers were on the market, but owing to the fact that they sold out and went away not all names were obtained. Among them, however, were the following: Mrs. A. E. Newsom, of Abba, Mrs. W. R. Whitley, Mystic, Mrs, Syl vania Parker, Wray, Mrs, 1. Massey, 612 West Allapaha Street, Mrs. B. F. Melvin, E. Davis, Route 2, H. A. Moorhead, Route 3, and many others.’ Fancy Truck in Demand Garden peas sold rapidly |at 15 cents a pound, strawherries at 40 cents a quart, asparagus 15 cents a bunch, and jars of vegetables and fruit sold well. Among other things sold were hand-embroidered pillow cases and other hand work made by the ladies. Many things would have sold better with better means of dis play. Mrs. S. M. Whitchard ,vice presi dent of the farm bureau, was on hand to advise and assist in the prepara tion of goods for the market, and all committees were active. To Our Patrons: Our supplyof six column size newspaper is rapidly being exhausted and it will be impossible to get a new supply this month. As a result, we will have to use seven column size paper of which we have ample supply, for the daily and tri-weekly beginning Monday. Our plant is not prepared for publishing a daily paper of that size and will be badly handicapped and put at con siderable financial loss unless we can reduce the time and cost of getting out the paper by having one full page stand ing and ready for pubLcation. . To overcome this difficulty and to enable us to_give Fitzgerald people an even better daily next week than before, we are going to ask our advertisers to buy space in a “trade extension page” to be run Tuesdays’ Thursdays and Saturdays until April 9th, or until the daily is discon tinued if it is discontinued before that time. There will be twenty-eight spaces ir. his page and will cost only $4.50 per space per week. ) If our advertisers will help us in this we will order twice as much telegraph service as we are carrying this ‘'week and thus give our subscribers—the customers of our advertisers—a news service twice as good. B a&ff’ Sincerely, 5t & LEADER PUBLISHING LOMPANY. . . 'SHORT AND SNAPPY NEWS OF THE WORLD BY TELEGRAPH Official Organ City of Fitzgerald A.B. &A. WILL RUN RAINS TODAY Douglas-Brunswick; Atlanta- Cordele; B’ham-Manchester NON-UNION CREWS ; TR, § . Birmingham Reports Enlistment : of Strike Breakers (By International News Service) ATLANTA, March 14 —Receiver B. .L. Bugg today announced that. trains number One and Four will be operated between Brunswick and Douglas today; Five; Six, Seven and Eight between Brunswick and Thal man; Twenty-two afid Twenty-three between Birmingham and Lineville, and one train between Lineville and Manchester. A train left Atlanta this morning again for Cordele, and one is expected from there today. ] All the trains are operating with non-unionist crews. 5 STILL RECRUITING FOR 3 A. B. & A. TRAIN CREWS BIRMINGHAM Ala, March 14— Freight is being handled over the A, B. & A. between Birmingham and' Lineville except for live stock and perishables. : Superintendent Whitaker stated that men continue to apply for "em ployment and crews for all schedules at an early date are expected. U. § .TO LEND C. OF GA. : HALF MILLION DOLLARS WASHINGTON, March 14—The Central of Georgia today was granted authority to, procure delivery by its trustee of the refunding and general mortgage bonds amounting to $506,- 000 and pledge them as security for loans from the Government, - Strikers to Aid Police The following resolutions were passed today by the striking employes of the A. B. & A. railroad here: Whereas enemies of organized la bor are endeavoring to lead the public to believe through mis-statements of facts and brazen falsehoods ameng other things, that the striking em ployes of the Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic Railway are taking the law into their own hands, committing acts of violence etc., and ~ Whereas it is the desire and the in tention of striking employees of the said Railway Company to : strictly adhere to and comply with the laws, both state and federal, and Whereas it is a fact well known to the public that on occasions like the present such acts of violence and vio lations of the law have occured, and it is known to organized- labor these deeds were committed by Agents of the enemies of ofganized labor and such acts and deeds were, and have !l)een, laid to organized labor; Therefore, that 'such violations of the law may not occur in this instance, we as citizens of Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County and the state of Georgia offer our assistance to the ' Honorable Mayor of ¢his City and Sheriff of Ben Hill Count .y Inasmuch as the strangers coming into our midst to take the places of the striking employes are unknown t 0 us and to avoid any violation, of the law, Be it Therefore Resolved that this body of striking employes of the A, B. & A. Railway in meeting assem bled communicate with the honorable Mayor of Fitzgerald and the Sheriff of Ben Hill County and offer our. sér~ vices in maintaining law and orc[er‘ in Fitzgerald and Ben Hill County.