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NQ.33;
GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP SOLUTION OF RAILROAD PROBLEM
PLANTER CHARGED WITH MURDER AND PEONAGE
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Farmhand Says Negroes Pro-jl
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" ATLANTA, March 25—With the
;alleged confession“of Clide Manning;
‘@ negro, in their hands and Johf: Wfl(!
lams, a wealthy. Jasper county'
‘planter jailed in Covingten, te au
sthorities here and in Jasper county
‘have declared today that both Wil
liams and Manning will be tried on
the ch~rge of slaying eleveén negroes,
and throwing their bodies into the
Yellow River. st : I
- The negroes, according to the al
leged confession, were ‘all laborers on
the Williams plantation and were
slain to prevent possibility of squeal
ing over the conditions on the plan
fafion * said to closely. approach
avery. 3
- Thealleged killings were all within
‘the last sixty days were almost in
‘humanly brutal. Four of the g)lacks,
‘Manning ,i§ declared to have con
fessed, were(knocked in the head with
an axe, one was shot to death and
others were chained and weighted
with stones and thrown alive. into
‘the Yellow River, ; :
= Manning was brought to, Atlanta
for safe keeping and-Clyde Freeman,
another negro farmhand of Williams,
was also brought to Atlanta and are
held as'.material witnesses. -
‘According to Manning, his part was
to aid Williams, acting under Wil
liams’ orders. Some of ‘the killings
“took place in Newton county asid
some in Jasper according to Mau
ning. Williams’ plantation is partly
M each county. Three bodies of ne
groes were recently found behind his
home. “I knocked three in the head
Y§h an axe myself,” Manning, said,
cording to officials. Manning said
fhat Williams’ son Julian - obtained
the negroes from city prisons in At
lanta’ and Macon. i
_COVINGTON, Gay March 25
John Williams, wealthy planter ar
rested here charged with conspiracy
and the murder of eleven negroes,
‘was removed from = the Newton
county jail today and taken to At
lanta. The sheriff said the transfer
‘was made to insure the safe keeping
of Williams. The yellow River is
being dragged today. , (
BALLOON IS LOST . |
~ OVER HIGH SEES
(By International News Service)
- PENSACOLA, . March 25—The
naval air station .announced today
~that nothing has been heard from
i.‘missing balloon for which a|
Bt of eagle boats and seaplanes has
been. searching since Wednesday af
ternoon, following the arrival of a
‘pigeon bearing a message = that the
“balloon was bding blown out to sea
off Saint Andrews.
/. The balloon was occupied by C_hiefl
Quartermaster Wilkinson and four |
others. The Pensacola station today
continued to sweep the gulf with a
radio search. That the men may be
aboatd vessel unequipped with wire
less, is a possibility. i
The latest reports from Panama
. City where the balloons were last
“seen, states that the last message
_from the balloonists was they were
~150 miles out at sea without food,
‘and were drifting southward,
[Ex-Kaiser’s Yacht
.~ 'Offered For Sale
onE ,-—!—-—i— vice)
va,figvmy the property of
the ex-Kaiser, has been offered for |
_ The Meteor V. was built at the Ger
- mdnia Werft Kiel, apd completed in
Mhfi% took part in one racing
s She has now been overhauled and
gquipped for a voyage to “America™ *
g Negotiations with American pur-
PR B 0 1 b wifhot por
itive result, and the yacht is nown at
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WEA’L‘HER—EIM iGmetguy Fair
_with Moderate Temperature. =
Expect Decision Saturday On Plea
' To Rescind Wage Reduction Order
WILSON HAS RELAPSE
. _ IS CAPITAL RUMOR
WASHINGTON, March 25
Rumors current this afternoon
are that former President Wood
row Wilson has’ suffered 'a :re
lapse at the Wilson residence
here. There is no sign of un
usual activity at the home. The
butler answering door said -he
knew' of no relapse and stated
that Mr. Wilson appeared in his
usual health this miorning. Dr,
was_with the. former executive
and servants declined to disturb
them. !
Joint Committee from Sponsors
\ ~ Will See Council
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NAME HOG SALE DATE
Prepare To Boost Better Pigs
Through Bette rßoys
City council will be asked to build
a curb market shelter in time to pre
vent the hot summer days from les
sening' the value of the market, a
second co-operative hog sale will be
held April 7th, at which three full car
loads of hogs'will be sold, and the
pig club thovement was slated for a
b_ig\.boofltat'a result of the meeting
yesterday of the Ben Hill County
Farm Bureau Federation. The min
utes of the meeting follow:
Ben Hill County Farm Bureau met
Thursday March 24, with chairman M.
Dicksen in the chair. '
The minutes of the last meetin
were read and ‘approved and the fol
lowing’ business transacted. ~ :
All members present promised their
support to County Agent C. T. Owens
in securing a goodly number of Club
Members especially, the Go-’fo—Col-\
lege-Porker-Contest for the feeding of
grade pigs to:be put in a co-operative
sale ‘about the middle of ‘Se\ptember
when the pigs will be graded and the
prizes awarded according to merit
and thé.boys encourage to set aside
their profits on their pigs to help de
fray their expenses in College. These
contests to be held in-April and Sep
tember of each year.
~ Second: Co-operative Sale
THursday April 7th, was selected for
the day of the co-operative sale’ for
hogs and cattle to be held at the Farm
Bureau Stock pens. Two car loads of
cattle and one cdf load of hogs were
listedfor the sale. :
All members expecting td put cattle
or hogs in this sale are earnestly re
quested to list same with ‘the Secre
tary as early as possible in order that
cars may be secured and buyers noti
fied. S\ ¥ ' 5
In view of the extremely low price
of peanuts- all Farm Bureau members
are requesged 4o as far as possible feed
their hogs on peanuts, velvet beans,
and corn i/n, connection with their graz
ing/to be put on the market in July or
August, o ~ :
A motion prevailed authonzing the
expenses of A. J. Sword as a delegate
to the Georgia State Farm Bureau
Federation which convened in Atlanta
March 10, and 11th,
A motion prevailed authorizing the
Secretary to purchase th€ necessary
amount of stationery and stamps to
carry on the correspondance necessary
to transact the business”of the Bureau,
‘', Curb Market Discussed -
“The !following committee was ap
pointed; C..T. Owens, J. E. Turner,
Mrs. S. M. Whitchard, to a¢t in con
juaction with a committee from the
Woman’s Club and a committee from
‘the Chamber of Commerce to meet
‘with’ the City Council at their next
meeting to discuss with them the ad
visability of erecting a shed or building
for the Curb Market and making the
‘necessary regulations as to the park
ing of vehicles,.
. A unanimousg yote of thanks was ex
tended Mrs. Lon Dickey forf her un
tirihg efforts and interest shown in the
Curb Market. There being no further
business ‘the meeting adjourned to
meet on-the next meeting day Thurs
day April 17th, at 2:30 P. M, e
(C. T. Owens, Secretary =
BNTERPRISE and PRESS
FITZGERALD, BEN HILL COUNTY, GEORGIA FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1921.
Two More Speeches Will Be
- Heard This Afterrioon
Before Sibley Decides
ATLANTA, March 25—With two
more arguments, one by former con
gressman Schley Howard for the
Brotherhood, the ©other by federal
district - attorney Hooper Alexander
defending the 'constitutionality of the
Newlands Act, still to be heard, a
decision is expected by Judge Samuel
H. Sibley, in federal district court on
the pltition of the strikers to rescind
the fwage reduction order of& the
Atlanta, Birmingham and Atfantic
by Saturday afternoon. i -
The hearing was resumed at 3 o’-
clock this afternoon. y
~ BEING SUPPRESSED
i (By International News Service)
BERLIN, March 25—Although
fighting between communists and the
security police is reported from Eisle
ben and other inddastrial centers in'
the Elbe River Vallley, indications
today were that the Communist, up
rising will be short:lived. .
Strong precautions were Being
taken with any outbreak” Sunday. The
government is adopting “a concilia
tory attitude toward the communists
and is not attempting to employ reg
ular troops jagainst them.
POLICE RECOVER .
EISELBEN
BERLIN, March 25.—The security
police recaptured Eiselben after a
i/iolgnt struggle. The police losses
were seven killed and eleven wound
ed. The communist defenders lost.
forty killed and wounded. Forty werei
arrested after. the place had been
stormed and capturedy |
Women Deny They
5 Dress Immodestly
‘(By International News Service)
London, March 24—English women
are up in arms over the statements
of several prominent clergymen about,
the immodesty of present day dress.
“I. cannot think where they have
seen the dresses that they describe,”
said Lady Alexander, generally con
sidered to be London’s best dressed
woman. “I think that modern wom
en’s dress is charming and more mod
-est than it has been for generations, in
‘addition .to the hygienic valué that it
\}has. gained in recent years.”
- ° ,
Wear Orange Erin’s
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_ Day Four Casualties
*
(By International News Service)
Adbol, Mass;, March 25.—A state of
“armed neutrality,, exists between the
“Orangemen” and the Irishmen”
among the high school pupils of the
local preparatory institution following
one of he liveliest juvenile fist fights
seen within the scholastic precincts
since the school was built, 8
TFhe fracas started St. Patrick’s
Day whén ventursonre and bold stu
dents appeared at morning assembly
wearing orange neckties—cloth of
bfazenly lustrious orange.
After assembly on the way to morn
ing classes, a number of other pupils,
wearing . proudly the green of the
'shamrock, resented the appearance of
the orange. “Depart in peace, be
fore you depart in pieces!” came the
stentorian command' from the leader
of .the Irish “army.” But the stolid
“Orangemen” stood their ground. Be
fore the dust settled on the battle
field enlisted men in either brigade
‘had their clothes ripped from them
‘Ttheir colors tattered, eyes blackened,
lips sut and noses bloodied.
. Suspension of a trio of the defenders
of the colors followed in general or
‘ders from the council table of the fac
ulty, . _ ‘
NEW BUTTERFAT RECORD
ABy liternational News Service)
WOOSTER March 24.—A Holstein-
Junior thrée year old cow, Cathrine
Beauty Pontiac 11. owned by W. S.
Oldman, of Wooster, has made an
official record of 22.25 pounds of but
ter and 565.4 pounds of milk in four
teen days. She gave 79 pound§ of
milk in one day. 5 0
s eet e
Miss Edith Osteen of Douglas at
tended the Curb Market here Wed-
SUNNY WEATHER IS
' PRO¥ISED FOR EASTER
(By International News Servige)
WASHINGTON, March 25,
—The forecast' for Easter is.gen
erally fair with a moderate tem
perature over much of the
country.. 3
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UNGUARDED, DEBS
Returns to Atlanta Today from
Washington Conference 4
MADE JOURNEY . ALONE
Understood Visit in Interests of
His Being Freed
_ (By International News Service)
- ATLANTA, March 25—~Eugeneé
Debs arrived here aboard the South
ern Birmingham Special at noon and
was taken to Federal Prison in an
automobile = with Warderi Zerbst.
Debs secretly and without guard,
went to Washington and returned to
Atlanta on instructions of - Attorney
General Daugherty to whom Debs
presented his case in an interview
lasting more than two hours. Debs
refused to answer questions by news: |
paper men and others, ™
WASHINGTON, March 25—FEu
gene V. Debs, Socialist leader, now
serving a sentence at the Atlanta
penitentiary, conferreg for more than
two hours here Thursday -afternoon
with Attorney General Daugherty.
Debs. came to Washington without
a guard, at the requ-st of Attorney
General Daugherty. :
The- attorney general sent for Debs
in order ‘that he might talk with him
personally concephiing his .case and
the petitions which have been made
for his release. S
Debs left for Atlanta Thursday af
ternoon ,at 3:30, again without a
guard.
4,322 Bales is Ben {
.
Hills 1920 Cotton
Crop Exceeded 1919 Although
State Average Was Less
——
Ben Hill county ginned 4,322 bales
of cotton if*l92o, while the 1919 crop
was only 3.541 bales, according to
first complete official statistics which
reached the Leader. today from the
United States Department of Com
merce.
Production of cotton for Georgia
as a whole decreased from 1919,
showing 1,678,758 bales in 1919 and
1,446,577 bales in 1920. All the Cen
tral South Georgia counties showed
increased production, due brobablyi
to the adaptiof to boll weevil condi
tions that ones usually in the third}
year, i
County 1919 1920 ‘
Ben (HMI. il s 354 4,322
Bertien .. ...c.at. 2344 3,337
Ooftee s 00l 4563 6’500i
Tewiny Gube . SiGo sl - 8,300 6,500
Turper co oo 862 9,948
Wiltox: coic . iia. 113862 13732
The small crop brought around
forty cents; the big crop around ten.
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District B. Y. P. U.
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To Rally At Mystic
Strong Program for = Unionists
at Mystic This Sunday
Tl'{e second annual Baptists Young
People’s Union Rally in the Fourth
District, will be held under auspices
of the Little River Association at the
First Baptist church of Mystic Sun
day, March 2Ah. J. R. Bussell will
preside as chairman and a program
will continue from 10:30 o'clock in
the morning to 4 o'clock in the after
noon, Herbert Bradshaw of Fitzger
ald, state vice president, closing it
with an address on “Today’s Chal
lenge.” :
~ The officers of the fourth district
union are A. D. Tucker, president;
J. R. Bussell, vice president; Guy
Fuller, vice president; C. C. Fulghum,
vice president; Miss Maudine. Ham
mock, séeretary. Rev. W. B. Fea
gins, of Ocilla is the orator of the
day. i 3 v
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Sammy Swellhead—"l am consider
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L_ieutenant. Coney Falls in Lou-
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" MONROE, La, March 25.—Lieu
tenaht Coney, ,flying from Jackson
ville to Dallas, fell near here and is
believed to have been fataily injured,
Physicians said his back was broken.
JACKSONVILLE, March 25
Lieutenant Coney today is some
where between . Jacksonville and
Dallas, Texas, in. 4 flight from the
Atlantic coast to San Diego, Calif
He “hopped off” at Pablo beach at
1:40 o’clock- this morntng. Conditions
are favorable to a successful flight.
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Irwin Superior Court
To Hold" Two Weeks
OCILLA, March 25—Irwin Super
ior court convened last Monday
morning at ten o’clock with Judge R.
Eve presiding and Solicitor R. 'S,
Foy looking after the state’s interest.
The grand jury, after being sworn
in, refired and elected Mr. S R. Sikes
as their foreman, and Mr, R. B. Wat
son as bailiff, ;
- Judge Eve did not give the grand
jury a long chargd. He recited the
laws briefly and expounded the duty
of the grand jury in an able man
ner, gving as his reason for the
brief charge, the fact that Irwin
county’s civil and crimipal dockets
are heavily laden with cases that
should be disposed of.
The grand jury adjourn®d Wed
nesday afternoon till next Wednes
day. Quite a nuniber of true bills
were returned, we are informed, as
were quite a number of“no"bills.”
Quite a number of crimihal cases
are scheduled to come up next week,
when the criminal business of the
court will be taken up. We under
stand that the case of Reason Rob
erts will be tried next' week, this
case will be called Monday, we are
informed by Judge Oxford, who is
assistant solicitor' for Irwin county.
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Maddox Damage Suit
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Settled; $6,750.00 Paid
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OCILEA, March 25—In the Nt
of Mrs. Dora Maddox against the
A. B. & A. railroad for the death of
her husband in 1917, a settlement
was reached, the railroad paying Mrs.
Maddox $6,750.00.
Mr. Maddox 'was :killed while
crossing the A. B. & A.. tracks at
Oserfield in 1917 e
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Susie is a maiden swegt who at the
movies grabs a seat and on the mext
parks her hat. Now I ask you what
is worse than that? A. M. P. A, Bul-
COTTON—Market. Closed for
Eastsr Holidays,
CONSOLIDATION OF
SCHOOLS EFFECTED
: ’
Eureka to Consolidate Tempor
arily with Evergreen
EXTEND SCHOOL TERM;
Dorminey and Horton Consoli
date with Ashton School
Five Ben Hill Cqum)( schools have
been consolidated into two and the
school term in four of them, which has
been six months, will be extended to
eight months for the 1921-1922 school
year, it was stated today by Superen
tendent J. H. Bullard of the county
schools. o :
Eureka and Horton schools will -be
consolidated effective with the opening
of school October Ist this year. Both
were formerly one-teacher schools but
according to the\ consolidation plan
three teachers’ will be retained ‘next
year. A new school house will be built
at a site to be selected by a committee
composed of R. R. Dorminey, R. L.
Robitsch and W. M. Williams. |
According to tentative plans, the
new Eureka-Evergreen school will be
a wooden building as the citizens of
that section of the county look toward
a further consolidation in the future
and do not intend to tie up a large sum
of the county’s money in a brick school
building which may later be discarded,
~ Dorminey and Horton schools will
be comnsolidated with Ashton High
school. Seven teachers will form the
Ashton faculty and it is probable that
one of them will be an agricultural ex
pert with a larße part of his salary
paid by-the United States govérnment,
The county schools all close April
Bth this year and- preparations are on
foot for big commniéncement programs
at Ashton, Lynwoo&, and Dorminey
High Skhool.
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World-Shipping Is |
Sy ®
Stagnant Condition
M} o :
(By International News' Service)
WASHINGTON, Marck 25.—Con
tinued depression of . shipping . has
caused the tying up of five hundred
and. thirty government merchant ves
sels -at- New York,. Norfolk, Gulf and
Lake - Ports, according 'to the ship
ping board today. The greatest num
ber is two hundred tied up at Nor
folk. ;
The same depression in shipping is
being few Great Britain and Japan‘
according*to cable reports from com
mercial shippers. j
- Beckie—" Jakie is a pessimistic dan
w.” 3 e ' Lot
| Abk—-"Vr?” ‘,_f i s ;
_ Beckie—He is always Mg!;:
CANT-er,—*Topics of the Dsy” Films,
S et s T B ST ~“M“§!’;W
SHORT AND SNAPPY
NEWS OF THE WORLD
~ BY TELEGRAPH
Official Organ
Cisx of Fitz'gerald
PLUVMB ADDRESSES
~ MONSTER CROWD
Goes into Plumb Plan of Govern
- ment Rail Operations &
HIS ARRIVAL DELAYED
Tire Trouble Forces’Big Crowd
to Wait Three Hours =
Government ownership of the rail
roads is the only solution to the
present industrial problem of | Amet
ica, declared Hon, Glean E. Plumb,
of Chicago; author of the Plumb
plan of railroad ownership and oper~
ation, in an address to a monster
crowd at the Grand Opera House this
afternoon. “Industrial Democracy”
was the general subject of Col.
Plumb’s address and he paid especial
attention to the railroad situation in
America today. | R
Col. [Plumb has been scheduled to
speak at 11 o’clock and had left
Waycross, where he spoke last night,
at 7 o'clock this morning. He was
accompanied by W. M. Martin, chair~
man of the joint federation commit®
tee of the .thirteen striking crafts of
the Atlanta, Birmingham and 'Atlan
tic railway, under whose auspices he
spoke here. Mr. Martin presided at
the meeting today and introduced the
speaker. ; | )
Deals with Rail Situation /.
Col. Plumh in general followed the
line of his address on Industrial
Democracy which was delivered be
fore the International Association of
Machinists at Rochester, N. ¥, last
September, but he _paid especial at
tention to the railroad situation in
America today.« He did not touch
upon the present controversy or refer,
in any way to the strike on the At
lanta’ Birmingham and Atlantic,‘.‘fb#%
confined his address ‘along general
constructive lines. L
Col. Plumb went into det‘l_i_s.. on;
his owh plan of railroad ownership.
and operation. He vavld “fii‘v‘&jifi:
"United States take over the ilroads
with a bond issue. ‘The railroads
‘would bé “governed By a board "of
directors composed of an: equal num-~
ber of men representing the nfi
public, the present railroad ge
ments, and railroad labor; This board
would’ supervise the operation of all
the railroads ' of America, = which
would all be opératéd as a single
system. . £
Tire Trouble Delays Arrival .
From 11:00 o’clock, the hour at
which Col. Plumb was scheluled to
speak, until 12:30 the monster crowd
rethained in .the aulitoriom waiting
patiently for the arrival o- the speak
er. During most of the hour and a
half the Opera House was fi'led to ca
pacity, stage, boxes, orchestra and the
balcony. Severa | hundred c¢onlored
strikers and colored sympathizers fill
ed the balcony, : .
After waiting sometime, the negroes
were asked to sing for the crowd and
a chorus of several hundred voices
made the piace ring with religious
songs that brought a round of vigor
ous applause,
About 12:30 Mayor J. L. Pittman
announced that the meeting would
be recessed until 1;30 o'clock when it
was thought certain that Col. Plumb
would , arrived. .
~ The ~mnobile which brought - Mr,
Plumb here left Waycfoss at 7:00
o'clock this morning and after being
held up several times with tire and
engine trouble along the road, reach
ed Dougtas about 10:00 o’clock. Out
of Douglas the machine again had
trouble and a half dozen scout cars
were sent out from Fitzgerald along
every ‘road to Douglas to find the
party. : 4
Captures Uni %
aptures Unique :
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Still Near Irwinville
-
OCILLA, March 25th—Two reves
nue agents appeared in Irwmch‘
last week to assist Sheriff Tyler in
rounding up moonshiners. Dowa '
the Berrien County line they de
stroyed two stills, one a lard can. “
the other made of zinc. Both were
small affairs. e
Near Irwinville Thursday after
noon the sheriff and the goven '_“ '8
agents, Messrs. Rogers fl.«?
located a still at the farm ‘o M ¢
Tucker. This still was unique in that
it was located in a cellar under the
barn and was square inshape, and
made of copper. It was operated by
an oil stove, Some W’“fi;“ ;*’t
fons of buick were found in the celar
ready to be;made into Swhits light
ning” that oight. “Mr. Tucker did
ot dens making moanshine on the
stréets when talking of the. raid) but
said fl;: he had intended *to ' quit
when his present supply of buck had
infi AL ~ """v“,"&_v"p el e
which he sde oot G A