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WEDNESDAY
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VOL. XXVI,
N RADLR AR
IRIFLE ALLIANCE DATE FOR WALKOUT IS FIXED
AMERICA WILL END WAR WITH GERMANY WITHOUT TREATY
Would Declare Immediate Endl
to German State of War
IS ON HARDING PLAN
No Declaration Regarding Amer
ican Foreign Policy
- (By Internatwnal News Service)
WASHINGTON, April 13.—Sena
tor Knox teday introduced in the
Senate a resolutions declaring an end
to the state of war that has existed
for your years between the United-
States and the former central powers.
No declaration of American foreign
policy is embodied in the resolution,
which, as re-introduced, is almost
identical with the one passed by last
congress and vetoed by Wilson.
Knox and his Republican col
leagues had planned to imsert a de
claration of American policy that the
United States wouid be ready, in
event of another European conflict,
to “wade in” again to ‘protect °its
rights and interests as it did whcn‘
it entered the late world war.
This declaration was omitted at
the suggestion of Harding who sug
gested that such a declaration of pol-‘
icy should originate with the execu
tive, ‘
WASHINGTON, April 13..—The‘
total American war dead in France
at the end of March was 52,410, it‘
was announceéd by the war depart
ment today. '
Harding Awaits Peace
For General Amnesty
l
(By International News Service) 1
WASHINGTON, April 13—Presi-|
dent Harding today strongly indicat-‘
ed that he will take no action toward
a general amnesty for political pris_l
oners until the United States is for
mally at peace with the Central
Powers. He made a statement to
that effect when a delegation visited
the White House pleading for gen
eral amnesty.
Panama Flouts U. S.
Order On Boundary
(By International News Service)
WASHINGTON, April 13.—Pan
ama has flatly refused to accept Jus
tice White’s decision as a basis for
settlement in her boundary differ
ences with Costa Rica, which was
virtually demanded of her by the
United States state department in a
recent note. The refusal is contained
in a formal reply to the note received
by the state department today.
. * 3
Atlanta Will Widen
Peachtree Street
(By International News Service)
ATLANTA, April 13.—Appropria
tions of $36,000 have been made to
widen Peachtree street between For
rest and North avenues. The city
today is assembling forces to start.
construition work,
.
Fire Sweeps Center
Of Talbotton, Ga.
(By Internationai News Service)
TALBOTTON, April 13.—Fire or
iginating in the Callier Grocery late
last night destroyed that establish
ment, the Talbotton Bank, the Bord
well Dry Goods Comnipany, Bryant
Hardware Company and Calhoun
General Store. The loss is estimated
at $200,000.
APPRECIATION MINUS
BETTER HALF “Don't you
adore that necktie I gave you for
birthday?” |
Other Half—“No other eyes than
mine shall feast themselves on its
loveliness.”
PASSENGER CARRYING
PLANE HERE
ALL THIS WEEK
(Including Sunday)
Flights from Griner’s Farm,
1-2 mile from convict camp.
Rates for two passengers, $10;
One for $7.50.
THE FITZGERALD | EADER
WEATHER—CIoudy Tonight,
Warmer: Showers Thursday.
eel B Do VHCOR i
RA A A e
(EIGHTH ARTICLE)
These are two easily traversed but important channels of thought
upon the effects of the Sapiro Plan of co-operative marketing for cot
ton into which the foregoing heading is meant to direct the reader.
One concerns the effect upon the nation as®cotton consumers;
the other and most important concerns the influence likely to be ex
erted upon the national, as distinguished from sectional, strength
and prosperity.
In regard to the first, it is most important to remember that the
Sapiro plan is intended to give to the grower the great wealth that
is now wasted or unfairly distributed in the present progress of cot
‘ton from the field to the shirt on your back, and not to increase the
cost of that shirt. That, in regard to the peculiar case of cotton, no
less compact organization than that now under discussion could ac
‘complish his, should have been established by the first three articles
‘of this series. : :
Not only is it not intended to increase the price of cotton to the
consumer, but you can put it down that IT CAN’T BE DONE. The
law of supply and demand takes care of that very thoroughly. An
[increased consumer’s price in cotton, means foreign competition, re
duced demand, and increased production—and, therefore, a return
‘to normal or less. o ¢
It might be different if the Sapiro organization were at liberty
to dictate production as well as sale. But it isn’t. There are anti
trust laws, if not a few economic factors besides, in this land which
forbid it. The Sapiro organization, by even “feeding” of the mar
ket over a term of years, can keep prices nearer a normal average
hetween years.of over-production and under-production than they
are kept today, but it cannot raise that average.
The average does not have to be raised. ~Here is the summary
of average experience with successful co-operative marketing on the
Pacific Coast:
INCREASED consumption
l INCREASED production :
INCREASED profit to the grower
DECREASED cost to the ultimate consumer.
In other words, the industry is expanded, both the producer’s
and the consumer’s standard of living is raised, and the end is ac
complished soley by the elimination of WASTE and SPECULA
TION. The producer gets a fair profit and no more for his product,
but he gets that STEADILY. The contribution of such a process
to the national strength and prosperity cannot be overestimated.
The wealth of the farm is the wealth of the nation. It is the
resource of its industries, the food and clothing of its people. It is
the barometer of prosperity in peace, it is the bedrock of endurance
}in war, it is the only means of complete self-support and economic
independence. If the wealth of our farms is great enough, the
world which must be clothed and fed, kneels at our feet. If it is
not great enough, we kneel at the feet of the world.
The South is an integral part of this nation. Its farm-wealth
should, by the extent of its God-given resources, be the greatest on
earth. This is not poetry, but fact—ask the United States Depart
‘ment of Agriculture or anyone wro is acquainted with the compara
tive soil and climate values of the southeastern United States and
those of any other equal area on the globe. Yet the South is regard
*ad in some places as a comparative drain on the nation. That is
shamefully untrue, of course, but it gains color with careless think
ers from the fact that the South is now loudly clamouring for gov
ernment aid”, and exhibits, as she does in every crisis, the miserable
failure of her people to utilize one-tenth of the regions unexampled
possibilities.
i Let the South step forth and HELP HERSELF and she will
help the nation. She can do it, and do it now, by means of COR
RECT CO--OPERATIVE MARKETING.
Former Congressman Wm, Schle_vl
Howard of Decatur will address the
public on the .matters pertaining to
railroad affairs and the A. P. & A.
strike at the Grand Opera House at
3 o’clock Sunday afternoon, it was
announced today by C. L. Fox, chair
man of the striking employes at Fitz
gerald.
Mr. Howard has spoken in Fitz
gerald once before, during his cam
paign for the United States Senate
against Hardwick and Harris on July
4th 1918 and made a profound im
‘pression as a brilliant orator. He
represented the fifth district in Con
gress for several terms and is at
present representing the A, B. & A.
strikers before Judge Sibley in United
iStates District court.
~ According to tentative plans made
by the unions here, all seats in the
orchestra will be reserved and tickets
will be issued to business men and
farmers in Fitzgerald, Ocilla, Rebecca
Rochelle, Abbeville and Douglas. The
house will be thrown open to holders
of reserved seat tickets at 2:30 o’-
clock. Tickets will not be issued to
strikers- as it is the intention of the
union officials to have Mr. Howard
put their case before as many of the
general public as the house will hold.
W. R. C. TAKE NOTICE!
The Department Encampment G.
A. R. will be here Saturday the 16
and you will’ meet at the Hall not
later than 10 o’clock.
MRS, NELSON,
Chairman of Committee,
FAT Man—“Do you serve lobsters
here?”
Waitress—“ Yes I'll wait on you in
a minute.'—'Tennessee Mugwump.
FITZGERALD, BEN HILL COUNTY, GEORGIA WEDNESDAY, April 13, 1921
TELEPHONE RATE |
INCREASE ASKED
Citing a deficit of $349.94 in operat
ing costs and $20,189.94 in earning a
return of eight per cent on the invest
ment, the Bower. Telephone C 0.,,
‘ope’rating exchanges in seven towns
in this section, has applied for an in-f
crease in rates. The petition for in
crease was filed before the Georgial
Railroad Commission Saturday it was“
lstated by P*resident W. R. Bowen and
General Manager, J. P. Manning to-f
day. |
The increase asked will run about
twenty per cent on the prsent rates.
For the Fitzgera'd exchange an in
crease from $4.00 to $5.00 per month
for single business lines would be $2.50
to $3.00 for single residence lines, Du
plex residence lines would be $2.50 in
Fitzgerald.
In Ocilla the new rates would be
$4.50 for special lines and $3.75 for
duplex line business stations; $2.75 for
special and $225 for limited duplex
residence stations,
In Abbeville, Rochlle, and Pitts, the
special business lines would cost $3.25;
duplex lines $2.75; residence specials
$2.25, duplex, ‘52.00.
In Rebecca and Alapaha special
business lines ‘would be $3.25. duplex
$2.75; special residence line $2.00; du
plex $1.75.
'SPECIAL MEETING
Fitzgerald Chapter No. 32 R. A. M.
will hold a special convocation Thurs
|day evening, April 14th, at 8 o'clock.
Work in Mark Master Degree,
Companons are requested to at
tend. ;
S. .G. PRYOR, JR, H. P.
J. W. PEARSON, Sec.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Grailey Hale are
enjoying a delightful motor trip
through Florida. ¢
Seek Better Co-operation with
Local Fair Association
MEETING SATURDAY
Other Matters .of Importance
Slated for Special Meet
The advisory board of the Ben
Hill Farm Bureau Federation in open
meeting Saturday alternoon with all
members of the county bureaus, will
discuss fuly the 1921 Fitzgerald Live
Stock and Agricultural Exposition
which is to be held October 3-8.
The fair committee of the bureau
will report on the work it has done
toward encouraging preparation of
special agricultural and live stock ex
hibits for the fair. Officers of the
association will attend the meeting
to discuss the prospects of the fair
fully and reach an understanding
with the farmers.
Other matters of importance will
probably be taken up at the special
meeting. Among them will be sup
port for the club work and especial
ly for the pig club auction sale to be
held May 7th after which all pig
club members will begin active work
in raising high bred hogs.
The Sapiro plan for marketing
cotton will be explained and dis
cussed. The bureau will probably
enter some large scale co-operative
marketing - plan for cotton next sea
son and considerable interest at
taches to several suggestions have
been made. 5
HOOVER TO PUT
; \
L U.S. ON |RADE MAP
Plans to Establish Fighting]
Front for American
Manufacturers
By DAVID M. CHURCH,
International News Service Staff
Correspondent,
WASHINGTON, APRIL 13—A
fighting line for American commerce
—that is the aim of Herbert Hoover,
Secretary of Commerce.
American industry now consists of |
a supply train and a general staff, ac-l
cording to the Secretary of Com- |
merce. Applying these military termsi
to the American trade situation, the
Secretary explains that Amcricanl
manufacturers have supplies to offer
foreign nations and they have chan
nels of foreign trade, but they are
lacking in forces at the foreign trade
front to fight for world business.
The Department of Commerce in
its efforts to expand the foreign trade
of the United States will seek to es
tablish a fighting front by encourag
ing American manufacturers to gan
a foothold in the fore¢ign lands ana
enter into vigorous competition for
trade.
Plan Far East Expansion
Establishment of American whole
sale houses throughout the entire Far
East is one of the plans which the
Department of Commerce has under
consideration for recommendation to
American manufacturers. With a
chain of American wholesale houses,
each staffed with salesmen to cover
their districts, American producers
will be prepared to meet the competi
tion of the British, the French and
the Belgians, who are now getting a
large slice of the Oriental trade, ac
cording to the experts of the Depart
ment of Commerce. Chiins of whole
sale houses throughout the entire
world may be expected to follow the
establishment of such houses in the
Orient, it is stated.
For the purpose of creating a fight
ing front for American commerce,
‘Secretary Hoover is now holding nu
’mcrous conferences with the repre
sentatives of various industries, and
it is expected that with the proper
co-operation between Government
and industry the next year may see
‘a grand offensive for expansion of
the foreign trade of the United
I States,
INSPECTION OF PREMISES
By virtue of ordinance 337 a regular
inpection of all premises in the city
will begin to be made Apri! 15th and
all property owners are requested -to
have their premises in sanitary condi
tion to avoid cases being made
against them.
W. C. WILKERSON,
Chief of Fire Department.
Mrs. H. H. Hill of Ocilla was in the
city shopping Today.
The Story of
Our States
By JONATZIAN BRACE
IL.—PENNSYLVANIA
¥ HIZ second
o Trace o
/’ Piga, \&\ adopt the Con
-3 ,!'#Y'!_l %\ stitution was
=\ G\ == 132 /S P ennsylvania.
T \77—-{s‘: A/ Its area of
AR @:’f // 45,126 square
=S miles is larger
than the combined New Eng
land states, except Maine, with
New Jersey thrown in tor good
measure. Its name means
“Penn’s Woodland” and was so
named by King Charles 11, who
granted this territory to the
Quaker, William Penn, and
named it in commemoration of
Penn’s father, who had been a
distinguished admiral and on
terms of peculiar friendship and
intimacy with the royal family.
This grant was made in lieu of
£16,000, which the king owed Ad
miral Penn. On this basis it
originally cost about $2 a square
mile.
Pennsylvania has assumed
such an important place among
the states that it is often called
the Keystone state. This term
was probably derived originally
because her name was carved
on the keystone of the bridge
over Rock creek, between Wash
ington and Georgetown. Later on
it was applied on account of the
great importance of the state in
national elections. Its delega
tion to congress totals 38, sec
ord only in size to that from
New York, and Pennsylvania
accordingly has 38 presidential
electors.
William Penn first came over
to America in 1682. The follow
ing year he laid out the city of
Philadelphia, or “Brotherly
Love,” which was named after
a biblical city in Asia Minor. As
Pennsylvania was the only col
ony without a seacoast, Penn
obtained from the duke of York
the control of Delaware, and un
til the Revolution these two
provinces were under the same
proprietary government., Quar
rels with Maryland over bound
aries caused a formal survey
to be made by two surveyors,
Mason and Dixon, and it was
this which became famous dur
ing the Civil war as the Mason
and Dixon line, the dividing
mark between the slave and the
free states.
(© by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.)
Tom Willcox Funeral
Held Here Thursday
Funeral services for Thomas D.
Willcox, who was killed by his cou
sin Clark Willcox at Jacksonville,
Ga., yesterday, will be held at the
Central Methodist church at Fitzger
ald some time Thursday. The exact
‘time and other arrangements have
not been announced pending arrival
of Archie Willcox, brother of the de
ceased, from New Orleans.
The deceased was a son of the late
B. E. Willcox, who represented Ben
Hill and Irwin counties in the legis
lature.” He is sarvived by three bro
thers, B. E., of Fitzgerald, Archic, of
New Orleans, Gerald of Atlanta, and
three sisters, Mrs. H, H. Turner, and
Misses Katherine and Louise Will
cox of Atlanta.
OFFICIAL BALLOT
CITY PRIMARY, APRIL 18, 1921
. FOR MAYOR
(Vote for One)
L. L. GRINER
DREW W. PAULK
§ FOR ALDERMEN
(Vote for Five)
E. J. DORMINEY
CLAYTON JAY
G. L. KILCREASE
W. R, PAULK
A. H THURMOND
CLINE L. WARE
HOMER WATERS
FOR TREASURER
G. P. MINGLEDORF
FOR MEMBER WATER, LIGHT
& BOND COMMISSION
H. E. ROUSH
FOR PRESIDENT BOARD OF
EDUCATION
DR. W. D. DORMINY
FOR MEMBER SCHOOL BOARD
F'rst Ward
LON DICKEY
Second Ward
(Vote for One)
. G G EETLY
S. W. WALKER
Third Ward
G. A. JOLLEY
Fourth Ward
MRS. FRANK WARD
COTTIN—Good Middl'ng -~__lo3¢
No Receipts No Sales
CATCH BOOTLEG !
AGENT AT SHCPS
i 1
Railroad Detective Stops Would-
Be Blockade Runner
LEE DODD IS FREED
'Grand Jury Returns Many In
} dictments Since Monday
An attempt to smuggle two and
- one-half gal'ons of whisky into the’
lAtlanta, Brmingham and Atlantic!
shops, suposedly with the intention of
'sell'ng it to the strike-breakers, was
!chcckcd by a railroad deputy Mnndnv}
!when he took Jim Dinsdale, young
!white man and his suit case under
| custody.
| Dinsdale asserted that he had been
| sent to the shops with the liquor by
| another man but had failed this morn
(ing to locate the other man. An in-
Edictment was returned charging vio
i lation of the prohibtion law, and he
is out under $2OO bond. The whisky
was in quart and half-gallon fruit
j jars.
| Lee Dodd, charged with rioting and
inciting strikers to riot by four form
"er railroad employees was freed by
the grand jury which returned a “No
Bill” yesterday.
| Dr. G. A. Edmiston was indicted
for assault with intent to murder
Kirt Minter, who he thrashed last
month in a row over a bill alleged to
’he due Dr. Edmiston from Mr. Minter.,
He made bond in the sum of $l,OOO.
Several whisky charges were sus
tained in grand jury indictments,
Among them are W. W. Graham,
making whiskey and carrying con
cealed weapons, bond made in the
sum of $1,200; Mary Hallman, mak
ing whiskey, in jail; Jack Morton,
Ihaving whiskey, in jail; Emma Car
ter, having whiskey, in jail; O. T.
Mullis, having whskey, in jail.
Civil court is rocking along quietly
with no cases of unusual interest be
ing tried. The civil grind will
probably be completed this weck.
-
Call Special Meet
Chamber Commerce
A call was issued Wednesday by
Secrctary-Manager W. A. Adams for
a special meeting of all members of
the Fitzgerald Chamber of Commerce
at the new quarters of the organiza
tion at 121 E. Central ave., at eight
o’clock Thursday night. Notices of
the meeting were mailed to all mem
bers.
The specific purpose of the session
is not announced. The notice states
that “matters of very much impor
tance will come up for attention.”
The largest attendance in the history
of the organization is expected.
A s sl i i
Mr. 1. Goldenberg and son Edward
of Griffin, Ga.,, are visiting relatives
and friends in the city for a few days.
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SHORT AND SNAPPY
NEWS OF THE WORLD
BY TELEGRAPH
Official Orgz
City of Fitzg_aald
BRITISH GENERAL
STRIKE IS FRIDAY
Orders Issued for Eeneral Walk
Out to Start 10 p. m.
DISORDER CONTINUES
Government Promises Protection
to Strike Breakers
(By International ivews Service)
LONDON, April 13; The triple
alliance of miners, railroad workers,
and transport workers has ordered
its members to strike at 10 o’clock
Friday night, it is announced by ex
|ccutive chairman Thomas of the
‘ißritish National Railway men today.
| Orders have gone out to railroad
| men and transportation workers to
walkout in support of the miners who
have rejected a settlement basis of
fered by the government and mine
jowners yesterday.
I Violence in the coal fields again is
| being reported today. Looting is
also reported.
The government announced that
in event of a general sirike it will
use its powers to the fullest extent
to “protect the workers who remain
lin any services vital to the commun
ity."
l Shortly after the alliance order
was announced, the organization of
engineer, clerks and electricians for
mally notified the alliance that they
are ready to join the strike the mo-
Iment they are asked to do so. This
would add 265,000 more to the ap
lproximately 2,000,000 alliance mem
lbcrs.
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Warplane Of Giant
& :
Size Is Invented
Will Carry Th'rty Passengers Across
i Continent Without Stop
(By International News Service)
WASHINGTON, April 13.—High
officials of the war department have
been in conference for 'several days
with producers of a new thirty pas
senger airplane which the govern
ment may adopt for its air forces, it
became known today.
The design is now undergoing tests
at the boreau of standards following
unofficial tests in various scientific
institotions all over the country.
If final tests are satisfactory it is
stated that the war department is
considering constructing a number of
planes which will form a battle fleet
of the air capable of long distance
flights, heavy armanent and great
destructive power. The machine is
the creation of several noted Ameri
can engineers. They makes a claim
that it can make a non stop flight
across the American continent in
181/ hours.
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