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SATURDAY
EDITION
VOL. XXVWVI,
NUMBER 42.
BRITISH STILL HOPE TO AVERT A GENERAL STRIKE
HORROR FARM OPERATOR FOUND GUILTY
Verdict Is Returned After Eigh
teen Hours Deliberation
WILL APPEAL THE CASE
Still Denies That He Caused The
Death Of Negro Farm Hand
(By International iNews Bervice)
COVINGTON, April 9. John
Williams, Newton and Jasper county
planter was today found guilty of
the murder of Lindsay Peterson, one
of the eleven farm hamds found slain
on and near his plantation.
" The jury recommended mercy. The
verdict was handed to Judge Hugche
son at 9:45 o'clock, nearly eighteen
hours after the jury took the case un
der consileration.
Sentenced for Life
“The Jury found you guilty, Mr.
Williams,” said Judge Hutcheson, as
the planter stood up, “and the verdict
of the jury is the sentence of the
court. 1 sentence you to life impris
onment.”
Williams betrayed no emotion.
Mrs. Williams clutched her husband
the neck, and burst into violent weep
ing, becoming hysterical. The t!:rce‘
daughters wept bitterly.
Move for New Trial
Green Johnson immeaiately -moved
for a new trial, stating “the verdict isl
contrary to evidence, to law and
without evidence to support it.’ '
Williams was taken back to the
Newton County jail. Two mor'e‘
counts remain under the mdicrment‘
but it is considered unlikziv they
will be presced: l
Williams’ three sons, missing since
the arrest of their father, will be |
found if possible and it is expected |
they will be indicted ni counection
with the killings on Willjams' plun-l
tation. One, it is understood, will be
indicted charged with the murder of}
a negio called “Blackstrap.” l‘
BEN HILL COURT |
OPENS MONDAY
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The April term of Ben Hill Snpcr-;
ior Court will open at 10 o'clock
Monday morning. Julge O. T. Gow-|
er will convene the court for the!
consideration of a mass of civil Imsi-g
ness. The Grand Jury will go into
session to dispose of a number of]
warrants and investigate several im
pc tz 7t criminal charges.
1. s expected that civil business
vin consume all of next week and
the court will be ready for criminal]
cases by April 18th. The.case of Lee
Dodd, charged with rioting, will pro
bably be taken up. He was charged
by union strikers with having en-|
couraged them to accompany him to
destroy railroad property.
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University Men Will
Meet In Macon thhl
W. W. Wilson, of Fitzgerald, will
represent Ben Hill County at the
State-wide University of Georgia con
férence at Macon, April 16th. More
than 100 representatives from all parts
of the State will meet with Governor
Dorsey, Chancellor Barrow and oth
er officials to discuss plans for meet
ing the crisis faced by the University.
The enlargement of the equipment
of the University of Georgia has not
kept pace with the growth of the
state high schools. As a result the
University has had to turn away many
high school graduates who desired to
go on with their education, and it will
have to turn away hundreds more ev
ery vear. Unless the plant and‘
equipment is increased, work in agri
culture, science, busness, and all thei
other departments in y\*hich the Un
iversity trains its students carnot be
kept up to their present high stand
ards.
Leader Want Ads Pay!!
THE FITZGERALD LEADER
WEATHER—Fair, cooler tonight,
Sunday cooler.
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FARM BUREAU SALE
GCES TO McCRANIE
Ocilla Live Stock Dealer Bids in
$2,000 Worth Here |
NOT ENOUGH HOGS
Price Was Shaved Because Less
Than Car Load Sold ;
The Co-operative sale of hogs and
cattle held at the Farm Bureau stock
farms yesterday netted the farmers
who participated a total around $2.-
000. W. 1. McCranie of Ocilla bought
all the stock. Eighty-nine head of
cattle and forty-five head of hogs
were sold at the auction. Céunty
}Agent, C. T. Owens acting as auc
‘tioncer, assisted by Chairman M.
!Dickson of the Farm Bureau and Mr.
‘Gardner, of the State College of Ag-,
‘riculture.
The folowing buyers were present:
Moultrie being represented by three
buyers; Harper Bros. of Albany, rep
resented by Mr. Mayfield; Chipley !
Bros. of Atlanta represented by Mr.
Ed Blackwell;” Buena Vista repre
sented by Mr. Tom Hollis: Mystic,
by Mr. Fletcher; Ocilla, by Mr. W. I.|
McCranie who was the highest bid- |
der and bought the entire offering of |
both hogs and cattle, |
Some ten or twelve farmers were
present with Cattle or Hogs to be
put in the sale. Among them were'
Dr. J. E. McMillan, D. G. Young, J.!
Horton Taylor, Wesley R. \‘Valker,|
Dr, J. (C. Fusséll, Carroll, Marion |
Dickson. (Quite - a number of other'
farmers were present to- wiatch the|
out come of the sale. > I
The hogs did not bring the top of
the market on account of not having '
a sufficient number to make a full car!
load. The price ranged from 5.40 to|
7.40. The cattle brought 3.40 to 4.80,
“This point should .be well lesid~§
ered by parties who list hogs or cat-|
tle for co-operative sales, “said Mr.;
Owens,. *“To withhold cattle or hogs
from the sale after being listed will
work a very unjust hardship on your
neighbor who lets his stock remain in |
the sale to be sold in less than car |
load lots. 3
“Co-operative sales of all kinds are |
proving profitable everywhere thcyi
are being held where they are re-|
cciving the proper spirit of ro—opcm-l
tion on the part of the farmers, J’nr-!
ties who withdraw any of their (‘:111]('}
or hogs from sales of this kind be-i
come very offensive to the buyers|
and often drive them off of the mar-|
ket and for this reason removals ofi
this kind should be guarded against. !
“This work is for the benefit of a]ll
and should have the sapport of thel
entire membership of the Ben Hill
County Farm Bureau.”
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Greeks Lose 4,000
~
In Turk Offensive
(By International News Service)
ATHENS, April 9.—Greek army
headquarters today issued a casualty
list on its operations from the com
mencement of the offensive against
the Turks in the Afiun Karsrissar sec
tion. It reports 324 wounded in the
Broassa sector, Total losses were
4,000, including 600 killed and 400
seriously wounded. s
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CIVIC LEAGUE TO MEET
AT CHRISTIAN CHURCH
The Ben Hill County Civic league
will hold its regular monthly meecting
at the Christian *Church, Sunday at
three-thirty o’cock.
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Mrs. James L. McCarty has return
ed home after a delightful visit to
relatives and friends in Rome and. A
tlanta and Chattanooga, Tenn,
Dr. and Mrs. R. M. Ware and chld
ren, Dr. and Mrs James M. J. Luke,
and Dr. and Mrs, E. A. Russell have
returned to their respective Yomes in
the city after enoying a fishing party
down on the river.
FITZGERALD, BEN HILL COUNTY, GEORGIA
SATURDAY, APRIL o, 1921,
1,474 MAY VOTE
Near Double NormJ Registra
| tion Reported By Paulk
~ALL ENTRIES C}..OSE
Race Is On In Three City Depart
| ments For April 18th.
- When the registration’ books at the
office of City Clerk David L. Paulk
closed at 6:00 oc'clock yesterday ev
ening a total of 1,474 men and women
had registered to vote at the April
18th primary. The registration was.
nearly double that of any previous
primary.
Entries for the primary closed with
the closing of the registration books
and contests had developed in three
branches of the city government, for
mayor, aldermanic board and school
board. No new entries were made
in the mayorality race, leaving, Drew
W. Paulk and L. L. Griner opposed.
Two new entries were made in the
aldermanic race, those of Clive L.Ware
aud Homer Waters.. The other cand
dates are W.R. Paulk, George L. Kil
crease, Clayton Jay, A. H. Thurniond,
Dy & Ji Dorminey. :
A contest developed in the second,
ward for the school board between
Scott W. Walker, present incumbent,
and G. C. Petty. No other contests
developed on the school board. The
other candidates are Dr. W. D. Dor
miney, for president, Lon Dickey,
first ward,” G. A. Jolley, third ward
and Mrs. Frank Ward, fourth ward.
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Dempsey-Carpentier
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Fight In New Jersey
(By International News Service)
NEW YORK, April 9—The Jack
Dempsey-George Carpentier fight for
the heavyweight championship of the
world wil take place in New Jerseyw
at either Newark, Atlantic City or
Jersey City, Tex Rickard announced
this afternoon.
" Rickard states he will build a spec
ial drena that will comfortably seat
fifty thousand people.
Maelaas e phe LA s
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High School Wins
Two Games Friday
Lynnwcod and Cotton Mills Are
Swamped in Doubleheader
Fitz-Hi defeated Lynwood and the
Cotton Mills in two of the fastest
baschall games of the season at Lyn
wood Friday afternoon,
The score with Lynwood was 11-—6,
and with the Cotton Mills, 1100,
The line-ups for the first game were
as follows:
Lynwood: Fitz-Hi:
Mangum, c, Morris, c.
McDeamid, p. Aulord, p.
Louden, 2b. Mayes, Vi,
Howell, 3b. Honbs, 2h.
M. Masgum, ss. Frazer, s.
Drex'er, If, Wilcox, 3b.
Stuart cf. "Turner, 17, ;
Roberts, rf. - Hayes, cf.
’ Justice, rf,
Lynwood.o 0000 X 302 0.... ...6
Rifze b 1 02.2.2:0:0 06 %2000 11
The features of the game were the
excellent pitching of Jack Auford and
the fielding and hitting of the entire
team. Nearly every man on the Fitz
team got on base safely at least half
of their times at the bat, although the
snappy fielding and doubles plays by
Lynwood prevented the boys from
running a merry-go-round. Hobbs
hit safely and got on base four times
out of five times at the hat, and scor
ed one of he eleven runs. Morris
scored one run, Auford 2, Mayes 2,
Frazer 1, Wilcox 1, Turner 1, and
Hayes 2. Fitz-Hi also had eleven
men left on bases, when the batters
up at the time failed to hit and score
them. The boys went all the way
round in the eightr inning when they
IMISSING BALLOON
ND; MEN GONE
, FOUND; N
lFishing Boat Crew Finds Grue
some Relic in Gulf
NO© TRACE OF ME N
Wicker Basket, Floating on
Waves, Gives No Clue
(By International News Service)
PENSACOLA, April 9th.— The
nmissing free balloon was founl float
ling twenty miles out in the Gulf of
! Mexico, the men were missing. The
balloon and five men were lost last
month. Two of the men were picked |
up by a ship. The other two are
are thought probably drowned.
The balloon had been missing ninc-i
teen days. It was found twenty miles
off of St. Andrews by motor boat
“Electra”, a fishing vessell.
When Captain Ecker sighted the
huge bag it was submerged but the
wicker basket above the surface of the
water attracted his attention. A most
careful search of the cloth of the bal
loon and the basket revealed nothing
which might give a clew as to what
became of the men.
That Quartermaster Williamson
and his men sank beneathh the waters
of the Gulf a fortnight ago is acepted
as a foregone conclusion,
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War Plaaes Leave
: .
Winter Maneuvers
(By Internat:onal News Service)
MIAMI, April 9—Eight hydro-|
planes of tre Atlantic fleet arrived
today from the Guantanamo Bay
winter maneuvering ground, enroute
north, i
Cooler Weather Is |
Next Week Forecast!
(By International News Service)
WASHINGTON, April- 9—The
weather forecast for next week for
the South Atlantic States is fair, and
cool for the first half. Local frosts!
are probable in the north. portions,
with normal temperature thereafter.
pounded McDeamid for five runs.
Cotton Mills Defeated
The sccond game showed some
snappy playing on the part of the
ly defeated Lynwood; the line-up- forl
this game was: A=
Cotton Mills: Fitz-Hi: l
Mangum, c Cripe, c. .
McCarvey, p. Auford, p.
Wright, Ib. Hobbs, p.
Howell, ss, Mayes, Ib,
Cooper, 2h., Frazer, ss,
McCall, 3b. Wilcox, 3b.
McDeamid, If, Turner, If.
McDonald, cf. Hayes, cf.
Greek, rf. Justice, rf, l
Score by innings:
Gottonn Mills 00000 0..0. i 0
PisMi L 02244 0 14
Fitz-Hi did some excellent playing
in this second game of the afternoon,
and only at one time was there a
chance for their opponents scoring.
In the third inning, Cotton Mills filled
the bases with only one out. How-{
ever Hobbs showed himself to be ex-|
celleat in the pinches, for he proceed
ed to put six balls across and strike
out the next two'men up. Another
feature of this game was the heavy
hitting of Ed Hayes. Hayes got on
safely three times out of four at the
bat. Two of these hits were triples,
and were only prevented from heing
stretched into home runs by snappy
fielding. Hobbs got the only home
run of the game when his triple was
ficlding slowly, and he got home thru
speed. All the boys showed up good
in these, the last games of the season,
as the boys will probably stop base
ball to take up track work,
COTTON-Good Middling _.__lol4¢
No Receipts No Sales
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|Eight A.B. & A. and A.C. L.
; Committees Canvass South
"ARE LEAVING TODAY
, aoe
:Understood That Finances Is
I One Purpose of Trip
I Eight committees of railroad men,
'cach composed of two Atlantic Coast
| Line and one striking Atlanta, Bir
imingh;xm and Atlantic emplovee,
i\\'ill leave Fitzgerald and Wayvcross
' today and tomorrow to make a fly
:lng campaign through (}(:or(?ri_a, South
i‘Curo]ina, Alabama and Florida in the‘
interests of the A. B, & A. strikers,
Local union officials state pos;tiw-}
ly that the purpose of the flying
‘squadrons is not to ask or v-scouragt“
a general walk out hut is simply m‘
organize the general sympathy for
the strikers inté active financinl ;I'\.-‘
sistance. The committecs will prob-|
ably consume the better part of the
week in conference with unjon men in
practically ever railroad center in the
four states. . [
The Fitzgerald membrs of, the com
mittees appointed by C. L. Fox arc.'
H. F.| Stillwell, Edwin Brown, Marvin
Mecks, all transportation men, and J.'
B. Davenport, yardmaster. The Way
cross members will he Tom H. Liles,
T. J. D. Lamar, W. H. Strickland, and
J. F. Anderson, all transportation men,
The names of Atlantic Coast Line men
who will be on the committees were
not given out here.
A committee composed of W, M.
Martin, chairman of the joint'co-np(-r
-ative committee of the strikers, Mar
vin J. Meeks, and J. B. Cox were in
Savannah vesterday in conference with
union men. Mr. Meeks will g 0 from
there to Charleston. Messrs, Martin
and Cox will return this afternoon.
Another special committee ¢ =m[m~’
ed of P. C. Collins, Barnes of Osier- 1
fiel, M. H. Towns, and T, J. Hend-|
ricks, left early this afternoon for At-}
lanta to confer with nnion men there |
today. Frank Waters :u:wnn}ml;imlx
them.
They will retnr tomorrow, l
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"Mr, Holly Key has retirned from a|
pleasant visit to Dothan, Abbeville ;m:ll
Fort Gaines, Ala.. i
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‘City of Fitzgerald
~ BEFORE TUESDAY
'Workers Refuse Guarantee To
i Premier Lloyd George
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i MINES STILL FLOODING
| Troops Guard Emergency Force
| Manning Pumps At Mines
l (By Internationai News Service)
LONDON, April 9—The cabinet
li:m- this afternoon reconsidered and
| held up the manifesto Premier Llovd
'(}cnrg;q had planned to make public
today appealing to masses to support
the government in the situation grow
ing out of the miners’ strike,
This action as conwstrued as in
~dicating that there may he possibili
ty of avoiding the triple alliance strike
set for Tuesday.
UNIONISTS REFUSE
TI GUARANTEE PUMPING
(By International News Service)
LONDON, April, 9th— Officials of
the Triple Alliance of Miners, Rail
workers and Transport workers, heal
ed by J. H. Thomas, again visited
Lloyd George this afterifoon present
ing new proposals but the Premier
flaty refused to consder them unless
the mine pumps are manned. The
delegation returned to Unity Hall for
another conference.
Destruction of the richest coal! fields
of England continues. Naval engin
eers adeyuately protected by troops,
were sent into the Rhonda Valley this
morning and ordered to start ‘he
pumps immediately. This marks the
first use of military force.
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Kitchens Will Lead
Democrats In House
(By International” News Service)
WASHINGTON, April 9-—Kitch
ens, of North Carolina today was
seiected by the Democrat s as the
House minority leader to succeed
Champ Clark, who died last month.
Kitchens served as the Democratic
whip while Clark was majority leader.
Mr. and Mrs.: James Paulk have as
their guest at their home an south
Main Street the latter’s faher, Mr, A,
A. Graham of Jacksonville, Fla.