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THURSDAY
EDITION
VOL. XXVI,
NUMBER 40.
ATIEMFT AT MEDIATION OF BRITISH STRIKE FAILS
HORROR FARM DEFENSE PUTS UP NO WITNESSES
WILLIAMS’ STORY
Arguments Begin This After
noon in Newton Court
TO JURY BY FRIDAY
Williams Makes Rambling Re
cital of Events in Case
(By International News Service)
COVINGTON, Ga., April 7th-—-
With the expectation hat the State
will rest its case today, the trial of
John Williams, wealthy planter charg
ed with murder, and the sensational
evidence of the negro Manning, inter
est was somewhat abated when the
Court opened this morning. The de
fense announced that Williams will be
placed on the stand. _ |
Tells of Finding Bodies 3
After two witnesses had been‘
placed on the stand, counsel for the
state rested just before 11 o’clock.
Rena Manning, wife of the star
witness, corroborated certain parts of
her husband’s testimony. Sheriff
Johnson told of finding the bodies of
three negroes in the Yellow River
and, despite objections from the de
fense, told the details of the trips
which led to the finding of five bodies
on the Williams plantation in Jasper
county. The bodies were found just
where the negro Manning said they
would be. The sheriff described the
wounds on the bodies.
The defense opened with John
Williams on the stand in his own de
fense. He told of his life and of his
farming operations in Newton and
Jasper counties.
He Tells Rambling Story
Williams said he was a hard work
ing farmer. He never had oeen ar
rested before, and none of his sons
had ever been arrested. They are all
veterans of the world war.
Th& farm is not so large as the
papers say and is mortgaged. He
declard that after federal agents told
him he was technically guilty of
peonage, he offered to let any ne
groes on the farm go and ‘Otis Free
man was sent away with two dollars
but wanted to come back.
Williams said that Preston, Peter
son and Price, the negroes Manning
says he helped slay, came to him
asking to leave and gave them each
$5.00. This was one Saturday night.
They left then and he has never seen
them since.
“I stayed in my house that night,”
Williams testified, “and missed the
negroes next morning.” He asked
Manning who said, “Mister Johnny,
them boys have gone.”’ H’e heard
later the bodies of some negroes had
been found in the Yellow River, and
went to Polk’s store to see if he
could identify them.
Williams’ story was rambling and
disconnected. “I don’t know why
Manning told this story on me,” said
Williams. “Maybe the jailor could
tell you smething. I've had no time
to get up any evidence to contradict
this negro. I have had trouble with
Manning several times. He was a
cruel negro.”
Debate Starts Today
Williams told his story facing the
jury and interspersed it with stren
uous gestures.
“That’s our case”, said Col. Greene
Johnson, as he announced the closing
for the defense. The lawyers con
ferred as to arguments and court re-%
cessed to 1:15 o’clock. |
It was announced that three
speeches would be made on each side.
Former Congressman William Schley
Howard will close for the state and
Col. Johnson for-the defense. John
son stated his belief that the case
will go to, the jury by noon Friday.
MRS. J. J. CLEMMENTS
Mrs. J. J. Clemments died at her
home on East Magnolia street last
#ight after a long illness, 7vV
ue 1( 4 { she leaves two sons and
daughters to mourn her death. The
remains were laid to rest in Mt. Olive
cemetery this afternoon.
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Tue FITZGERALD LEADER
WEATHER—PartIy Cloudy tonight
and Friday.
Y. M. R. C. WILL
Transfer Equipment to Owens’
| Studio Building Today
GAME SCHEDULE MADE
Davis and Cripe Teams Compete
on Athletic Field
To getl all departments. of the or
ganization close together so the sec
retary can maintain adequate super
vision over them, the reading room
and gymnasium of the Young Men’s
Recreation Center is being moved
from its old location in the Goodman
black on Grant Street to the Owen’s
Studio building on the corner of Pine
and Lee streets, across the athletici
field of the Center. |
The Y. M. R. C. has grown steadi]y‘
in membership and popularity for the
last four months and with Ben F.
Tolle as secretary, devoting his full
time to the organization, it has be
come firmly established.
The athletic feld was opened last
week and has been in almost daily
use since opening. Tonight matched
teams captained by Warren Davis
and Arthur Cripe will play. The
winner of the best three out of five
games will issue a standing challenge
to any volley ball team in Fitzgerald.
It is planned to get a loving cup or a
banner whch wil be defended by the
champions.
The board of managers voted at its
last meeting to open the Center to la
dies at a fee of 25c a month, Junior
memberships, boys from twelve to
sixteen, are fifty cents per month;‘
regular and sustaining memberships
are $l.OO per month. ‘
Savannah Presbytery
Meets Here Tuesday
Thirty Elders and Ministers Convene
to Transact Business of Church .
The Presbytery of Savannah will
meet in the Fitzgerald Presbyterian
church next Tuesday night at 8 o’-
clock and will be in session for two
days. i
This Presbytery embraces thirty-,
one counties in the Southeastern part‘w
of the state extending from Fitzger
ald to Saint Marys and from Val
‘dosta to Savannah and Swainsboro.
Some twenty-five or thirty elders
and ministers are expected to be pres
ent
The sessions will be open to the
public and special religious services
will be held at 11:30 a. m. and 8 p. m.
All are cordially invited.
~ Rev. R. M. Mann, Stated Clerk, has
ithe arrangements in charge. Rev. E.
J. Hertwig of Statesboro, is the re
tiring moderator and will preach the
opening sermon Tuesday night.
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Advises Repeal Of
.
Excess Profits Tax
(By International News Service)
WASHINGTON, April 7th—lm
mediate repeal of the excess profits
tax may be formally recommended
to Congress /Monday by secretary of
the Treasury Mellon, he announced
today. Secretary Mellon stated the
question of funling the floating in
debtedness of the United States in un
der consideration but probably will be
deferred until a general revision is un
der way.
Leader ‘Ad.” Draws
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Crowd To Empire
~ More than two hundred ladies
\flocked to the Empire store Thurs
’day morning between 10 and 11 o'-
clock to take advantage of an attrac
‘tive special offer which was adver
tised exclusively in the Leader Wed
nesday evening. The quick response
of the buying public of Fitzgerald to
an offer made through the advertis
ing columns of the Leader is another
evidence of the assertion that Leader
advertising is read by its subscribers
and is an ample and dependable med
ium through which advertisers can
make their offers to the public.
ENTERPRISE AND PRESS
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Lecture To Retailers
At Court House Here
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Arrangements Made for Business
Methods Talk by Advance Man
Mr. R. Hardesty, a representative
of The National Cash Register Com
pany, of Dayton, Ohio, is in city and
is making arrangements with the
Chamber of Commerce for bringing
to Fitzgerald the noted lecture, “Get
ting the Most Out of Retailing.”
The lecture is principally for busi
ness men, merchants, and clerks, and,
from reports from other cities it is
one of the most interesting and in
structive lectures of its kind over put
out on the road.
The lecture outfit consists of an
‘advance man, a lecturer, and an®op
erator. Seven large trunks are re
quired to transport the equipment of
motion picture machines, films, etc.
The Chamber of Commerce is to
be congratulated for securing this
well-known lecture, as it will be of
vast benefit to the merchants and
clerks of the city.
The date has been fixed for Tues
day night, May 3rd, 8:00 p. m.
"There will be no charge for admis
sion.
Fitzgerald Defeats ‘
Ocilla Base Ball Team
The opening game of the Fitzger
ald Base Ball Club was played Wed
nesday afternoon on the home dia
mond and resulted in the defeat of
Ocilla’s team by a score of 16 to 6.
Batteries for Fitzgerald were Vaughn
and Troup. For Ocilla, Jowers and
Whitley.
With the support of our people by
coming out to the games each time
we play, we are sure to win most ev
ery game, declared manager E. C.
Mann. “We have one of the best
amateur teams in South Georgia.”
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Native Of Galilee To
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~ Lecture Here Sunday
C.ENTRAL CHURCH OF CHRIST
Corner of Lee and Jessamine Streets
Bible School 10:30 a. m.,, W. A.
Adams Superintendent.
Preaching 11:15 a. m. by Rev.
Steven A. Habaush of Galilee.
Junior C. E. 11:15 a. m.
Preaching 8:00 p. m. Theme “The
Tabernacle” from chart in which the
speaker will answer the question “can
people outside of the Church be
saved?”
Prayer Meeting Wednesday 8:00
p. m. Leader Mrs. M. O. Bradshaw.
Those of all Faiths and no Faith
welcomed to all of the above services
“Come thou with us and we will do
thee good.”
S. A. STRAWN, Minister.
(By International News Service)
LOUISVILLE, April 7th.—Latest
reports of the wreck of the north
bound Southern Railway’s Royal
Palm limited near New River, Tenn
essee, show six are dead and thirty
five injured. All of the dead are from
Michigan and Chicago. Six coaches,
including ‘several Pullmans were de
railed by sprealing rails.
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Kelley Remains Ga.
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Farm Bureau Chief
Resignation Reconsidered at Advis
ory Council Atlanta Meeting
ATLANTA, April 7—New life was
injected into the Georgia Farm Bu
reau Federation at a meceting of the
advisory board in Atlanta during
the past week, and it as voted to push
the organization work in the various
counties throughout the state with a
view towards forming a county farm
bureau in every county in Georgia as
rapidly as possible.
James W. Morton, of Athens,
chairman of the board presided at the
meeting which was well attended by
delegates from all parts of the state.
The resignation of President R. A.
Kelley, was considered, but after
much discussion, the board refused to
accept it, and President Kelley was
induced to remain in. the presidency.
A strong financial program was
endorsed by the board, and a finan
cial agent appointed. Resolutions
were adopted declaring the Georgia
Farm Bureau a separate and distinct
organization, unaffiliated with any
other agricultural organization or in
stitution in the state.
Reports from the various officers
were ~‘hcard, and it was shown that
the federation was making good prog
ress, and that a number of counties
were anxious to have farm bureaus
organized. Several organizers of the‘
federation have been sent to counties
where no bureau is located at pres
ent for the purpose of beginning can
vass for merberships in these coun
ties and aiding in perfecting the
county and community organizations,
The executive committees of the
federation was empowered to em
ploy enough help to adequately take
care of the work of the hcadquart(-rs,‘
to send out county organizers, and
to employ market specialists, a pub
licity director and an educational
director,
The board has been called to meet
again in Atlanta on April 12, at which
time it is expected that full announce
ment of the plans to be pursued
throughout the immediate future will
be adopted.
Mr. and Mrs. William Burock of
Jamestown, N. Y., who have been
spending the winter here, returned to
their northern home this morning,
COTTON—Good Middling ____lo74
No Receipts No Sales
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Machinist Official
Talks To Stri
-+ lalks To Strikers
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Condemns Proposal to Establish
State Constabulary in Georgia
G. W. Marshall of Washin§ton, D.
C., general representative and vice
president of the Machinists Union
was in Fitzgerald Wednesday in
conference with strikers and delivered
an address at the morning mass
meeting after Dr. ]J. M. Haymore,
Baptist revivalist, had concluded his
sermon on “Daniel’'s Prob'em?” Mr.
Marshall went to Atlanta Wednesday
afternoon.
In his “talk to the strikers he
strongly condemned the move to cre
ate a state constabulary in Georgia.
He said that in other states, notably
Pennsylvania, where there is such an
organization, it is used for purposes
of industrial oppression. }
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Local Unionists Go
To Savannah Meet
W. M. Martin, chairman of the
joint co-operative committee of the
A. B. & A. strikers, Lloyd Meeks, of
the conluctors, left Thursday after
noon for Savannah where they will
address a mass meeting of union
men Friday. Mr. Cox of the car
men had alrcady gone. The commit
tee will return some time Saturday
after conferring with union leaders
at Savannah.
Mrs. Claude L. Stockton of New
Orleans, La., is the charming house
guest of Misses Allie Mays and Mar
tha Womble for sometime.
G . B l ?
eorgla Belong’
Did you know that King George granted the territory
that is now the State of Georgia to James Oglethorpe “in
trust for the poor?”
THE STORY OF OUR STATES ’
Written by Jonathan Brace, famous American histor
ian, in forty-eight brief and quickly read installments has
bden purchased by the Leader and will begin running in
its columns soon.
SEALS OF THE STATES—
The first complete collection of the official seals of the
states of the union will be published with the series of
short histories.
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NEWS OF THE WORLD
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Official Organ
City of Fitzgerald
- SEVERED THURSDAY
Lloyd George and Strikers Com
mittee End Negotiations
CONCESSIONS REFUSED
Miners Refuse Guarantee Pend
ing Mediation Efforts
(By International News Service)
LONDON, April 7th.,—All negoti
tons between the striking coal miners
and the British government were
broken off after a conference with
Lloyd George at his Downings street
residence today. Lloyd George was
unable to obtain from the miners’ ex
ecutive committee any guarantees,
pending joint negotiations between
the miners, owners and the govern
ment. That the miners would send
pumping crews back to the mines to
revent further flooding.
LABOR BOARD KILLS
N. Y. C. WAGE CUTS
(By International News Service)
CHICAGO, April 7th—The New
York Central Railway today was de
nied the privilege of reducing the
wages of its common laborers as pe
titioned before the United States Rail
way Labor Board. The petition ask
ed that a wage cut be authorized im
mediatey pendng a hearing by the
board. The board rued that the pres
ent scae must be maintained. The
board set April 18th for general hear
ings os applications for wage reduc
tions filed by twenty-six railroads in
all sections of the United States,
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Atlanta Builders
Reduce Own Wages
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(By International News Service)
ATLANTA, April 7th, Brick
layers -and masons here today an
nounced a voluntary wage cut from
$1.1214 per hour to one dollar flat.
About five hundred are affected. The
decrease in the cost of living and a
desire to see an increase in building
are gven as the reasons for making
the ‘cut according to the men.
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Fair Acid Thrower
~ Gets Twelve Months
‘ (By International News Service)
ATLANTA, April 7.—Convicted
of assault for throwing acid in the
face of Mrs. Gladys Presnell, alleg
ing that she stole her love from her
husband, Mrs. Nell Rolader today
was sentenced to twelve months on
the state prison farm. She wept bit
terly when the sentence was imposed.