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TUESDAY
EDITION
VOL. XXVI,
NUMBER 50.
NATIONWIDE BUSINESS REVIVAL IS BEGUN
COLOMBIAN PEACE TREATY BE RATIFIED THIS WEEK
Republican Senate Leaders De
cide to Hurry Bill
DEBATE CONTINUES
Democrats Oppose = Gift of Mil
licns to Columbia
(By International News Service)
WASHINGTON, April 19.
The passage of the Knox peace
resolution by the senate, im
mediately following the predict
ed ratification of the Columbian
Treaty by the senate tomorrow,
was agreed upon today by the
republican leaders in the senate.
It is planned to press the res
olution for passage before the
week ends.
Debate on the long pending Col
ombian treaty entered its final phase
today with Senators Poindexter,
Washington, and Townsend, Michi
gan, Republicans, speaking in oppo
sition, and Senators New, Republi
can, Indiana, and Williams, Demo
crat, Mississippi, favoring ratification.
Under agreement speeches were lim
ited to one hour.
Denying that' the American Gov
grnment instigated the irevolution
which ‘resulted in the separation of
Panama from Colombia in 1903 or
that American troops prevented Col
ombian troops from landing at Colon
to put down the revolt, Senator Poin
dexter characterized the treaty as a
“proposal to, pay the government of
Colombia 255,000,000 without con
sideration to the United States.
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Wilson Heads Ga. ‘
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Drive In Ben Hill
Appointed County Chairman of Uni
versity Endowment Campaign
ATHENS, April 19 —At the State
conference of University men in Ma
con Saturday, Mr. W. W, Wilson of
Fitzgerald was appointed chairman
of the Ben Hill county committee
which® will help to raise one million
dollars for the University of Georgia.
More than one hundred delegates
from all parts of the state pledged
themselves to help relieve the crisis
at the University by raising a fund
of one million dollars to meet its
most urgent needs. ‘
Although the University must com
plete a $3,500,000 building program
ag =oon as practicable, the delegates
decided that one million must be‘
raised immediately. The fund will
be used to complete Alumni Memor-‘
ial Hall in honor of the University
men who gave their lives to their
country in the World War, to build
a dormitory for men, to build a new
Physics building, to provide endow
ment for salaries, to complete the
Veterinary building started in 1914,
and to complete the Animal Hus
bandry building started in 1916,
The University faces the most ser
ious crisis in its history because of
lack of funds. It has not developed
its buildings and equipment as fast as
the high schools of the State have
grown.
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British And French
.
Premiers To Confer
(By International News Service) |
PARIS, April 19.—The French for-‘
eign office today confirmed the report
that Premiers Brieand and Lloyd
George will hold a conference at
Hythe, England, Saturday prelimi
nary to a session of thc supreme
council. Italy and Belgium are to
be represented.
Mrs. Forrest H, Farmer and little
son Forrest H. J:, Miss Hazel Dean
Jolly and Mr. I. Clifton Smith mot
ored to Tifton Monday to meet Mr.
F. H. Farmer who was returning
from a Pusiness trip to Birmingham,
Ala. .
THE FITZGERALD LEADER
WEATHER—Fair and Warmer To
night; Wedneday Fair and Warmer,
Howard Asks Justice For A. B. & A.
Strikers At Sunday Mass Meeting
The Story of
Our States
By JONATHAN BRACE
V11..-MARYLAND
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7 (55 R \Q an important
;\4"3{ lfi:»'\h" part in the
el d PN founding of
NS Maryiand
OFL VD) Lord Balt
-37559 more hbhad
been interested in the London.
company which was financially
responsible for the settlement of
Virginia. He became so enthu
siastic over the’possibilities in
the new colonies that he desired
to found a colony himself. After
exploring the country just north
of the Potomac he persuaded
King Charles 1 to grant him
this territory. In honor of the
queen, Henrletta Maria, this new
colony was called Maryland.
The payment for this grant
was specified as two Indian ar
rows a year, together with a
fifth part of all precious metals
which might be mined. As the
colony produced no gold or sil
ver the cost of Maryland
amounted to only the two ar
rows each year, and Lord Balti
more became to all intents and
purposes an independent sover
elgn. As a matter of fact the
charter was not issued until just
after the death of Lord Balti
more, but as the deed was hered
itary it descended to the second
Lord Baltimore, under whom the
first settlement was made at St.
Mary’s in 1634. This hereditary
monarchy continued in force un
til, under the sixth Lord Balti
more, the Declaration of Inde
pendence in 1776 brought it to
an end.
In 1788 Maryland adopted the
Constitution and took its place
as the seventh state in the
Union. Its area totals 12,327
square miles, and it is thickly
populated, so that Maryland is
entitled to eight presidential
electors.
(© by McClure Newspaper Syadicate.)
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Harding Will Urge
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Pan-American Spirit
(By International News Service)
WASHINGTON, April 19.—Ac
companied by a party of official
guests President Harding and wife
left this morning for New York
where late today Harding will unveil
the statue of Simon Bolivar, the great
South American liberator, in Central
Park and make his first speech as
president away from Washington.
It is expected that the speech will
be devoted largely to Latin-Ameri
can affairs and the need for a closer
unity between the republics of the
western hemisphere,
The presidential party on return
ing, will arrive at Washington at
10:30 o'clock tonight.
Yap Issue May Cause
New Peace Conference
(By International News Service)
TOKIO, April 19.—The Japanese
government today made public for
the first time the United States note
regarding the Island of Yap. Official
}comment was withheld.
It is understood that Japan will
reject the 11}mcriczms' claims and in
reply will hold that if the Treaty of
Versailles containg a mistake it is up
to all signatories to rectify it, Thus
Japan would invite a re-opening of
discussion of mandatories by all the
powers that signed the treaty.
l Mrs. L. N, Hall and baby are vis
iting relatives in Baxley.
FITZGERALD, BEN HILL COUNTY, GEORGIA
TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 1921.
Cites Law in Railroad Wage
~ Controversy; Will Appeal to
| Supreme Court
William Schley Howard of Deca
tur, former United States Congress
‘man, declared the strikers on the At
lanta, Birmingham and Atlantic to
be wholly within their rights in the
wage controversy and that he would
carry an appeal from the United
States district courts to the supreme
court % necessary to establish their
:rights. 4
‘Extracts From Speech of Hon. Wil.
~ liam Schley Howard, At Grand Op
~ era House, Fitzgerald, Ga., April
~ 17th, 1921,
~ We passed what is known as the
Adamson Law, We passed it by mu
tual consent—we did that. In the
Adamson act we not only stipulated
the hours of service but we went fur
‘ther and stipulated the pay that those
men should receive for six months.
That act was attacked, the Supreme
Court of the United States in the case
of Wilson vs. New. It was decided
that the act was constitutional and
it may do whatever it saw fit to do in
the way of regulating interstate com
merce. Now I say when these mis
understandings come about people
take sides. It is natural for folks to
take sides and when they take sides,
the are going to tatk and a lot of
times people talk when they don’t
know what they are talking, I accused
my wife o that one time, only once,
(applause). |
~ Now what is theory and what is
law. Way back yonder in 1888 men
were not well organized and capital
was in incipiency of organization and
finally capital closed commerce in
cobination—gigantic in proportion—
they absolutely controlled and on the
other hand the only asset the indus
tries had was brain and muscle as
against the capital. These men sought
to protect themselves against unjust
discrimination, therefore out of that
situation sprung today the most sig
nificant organization of mankind, the
coming together of men for the pro
tection of their homes, their children,
and their principle, Why a worm will}
attempt to protect itself if you seek!
to crush it with your foot. I have yet
to find in nature that the Great Mak
er of all creatures did not give it some
instrument by which to protect itself.
First Anti-Strike Law
Congress saw this coming in 1888
and we passed a law, kno w#n as an act
sought to establish a Board of Media
tion, the chairman of Interstate Com
merce Commission and the Commis
sioner of Labor. In 1897 the Erdman
act was substituted or fthe th act of
1888 carrying with it practically the
isamc provisions. So in 1913 there was
passed the Newland's act that you
have heard so much about, a breathing
spell so to speak.
If there was a controversy under
the provisions of the Newland's ABy,
which my partner and myself in our
humble and ineffcient manner snught“
to maintain before the court the otheri
day, the constitutionality of that act.l
the court practically said to us, and
said to a representative of the national
Government, who was especially des
ignated by Attorney General to ap
pear as counsel of the Government of
the United States to protect the in
tegrity of the act—The judge practi
cally said to us that we were wasting
our time arguing that act as he had
no doubt about the constitutionality
of that act,
Road Ignorant of Law
The Birmingham Trust & Savings
C 0.,, and the A. B. & A, after discus
sion did not know there was such a
law on earth,, and I will attribute it
to their ignorance of the law, but it is
mighty hard to make me believe that
Rube Arnold s ignorant about any
thing, did not know that you and I
were paying taxes to sustain the laws
that require you to live by and me to
live by, whch sad that beofre you
could reduce wages as Receiver that
you had to give these men 20 days
notice of the proposed reduction and
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D. O. BENSON DIES
~ OF CARBOLIC ACID
Popular Young Business Man
| Slays Self This Morning
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~ FINANCIAL TROUBLE
| S
‘Was Worried by Judgment
~ Against Newly Built Home
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- Mr. D, O. Benson died abou: 9 o'-
clock this morning supposedly as a
result of drinking carbolic acid, An
Flowery Branch, his old home, this
afternoon to establish definitely the
cause of his death. It is thought that
worry over business affairs. caused
him to take his own life.
According to neighbors of the Ben
sons, Mr. Benson arose about 6 o’-
clock this morning and after building
a fire and feeding the chickens, took
a dose of carbolic acid in a glass of
orange crush. He seemed ill and a
physician was summoned but hefore
the physician arrived he took a sec
ond dose of the poison and was dy
ing when the physician reached him.
~ Mr. Benson recently completed a
beautiful new home on South Grant
and it had developed that three busi
ness men held a judgment against the
realty on which it was built. The
judgment was for a debt of the for
.mer owner of the property, Worry
over the litigation is thought to have
‘inspired the deed.
Mr. Benson's father and one bro
ther are expected to arrive from
Flowery rßanch, his old home, this
afternoon, They will take him back
to Flowery Branch for burial tomor
row.
Surviving the deceased are his wid
ow, Mrs, Genie Holland Benson,
daughter of A. O. Holland of Gaines
ville, two daughters, Madge, aged
ten, and Grace aged nine; one sister
Mrs. Tom Hudgens of Flowery
Branch; five brothers, Dr. Speer Ben
son of Mcßae, Tom of Worthen,
Frank, Claude and Burrell of Flow
ery Branch.
Mr. and Mrs. Benson moved to
Fitzgerald about seven years ago
from Flowery Branch and have lived
here ever since. Mr. Benson has
employed at the Feinberg Furniture
Store for several months but was
formerly connected with the Chero-
Cola Company, :
Mr. Benson is understood te have
carried about $25,000 in life insurance
and is said to have taken out a paid
up policy for $lO,OOO less than a
month ago. .
NOTED SUFFRAGIST
IS A SUICIDE
‘ NEW YORK, April 19.—The body
of Mrs. Jesse Hardy Stuhbs Mac
'Kny, noted suffragist and wife of
IB<tnt(m Mac Kaye, forestry expert,
‘was found in East River off Long
Elsland night. It was positively iden
tified today. A temporary mental
aberration is believed to have led to
suicide
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Criminal Court
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Grind Is Begun
Solicitor Wall Prepares for Trial of
Heavy Criminal Docket
Ben Hill Superior Court was con
vened by Judge O. T. Gower at 10
o'clock Tuesday morning for consid
eration of criminal business. A heavy
list of jail cases will be called for
trial during the week by Solicitor
General Joseph B, Wall |
The case of Esco Clarke, chargcdi
with larceny of O. H. Minter's Ford
automobile last September was the’
first case called Tuesday morning.
Ed Collins and Will Chalis are to be
tried for stealing tires from the Wal
den Auto Company. W. W, Graham
is to be tried for making whiskey at
a still raided near Arp station.
Vice charges against three white
men and three women are to be
called for trial early @ the week. The
‘defendants are Mat}l’.ilies, Nathan
Adams, J. A. Bow®, Georgia Jack
son, W. B. Smith, and Nelly Kirk
land
Cotton, Good Middling ____..___.llc
No Receipts No Sales
DREW W. PAULK IS
ELECTED MAYOR‘
Entire Civic League Ticket
Nominated in Primary |
(1,321 VOTES CAST
Petty Defeats Walker for School
Board in Second Ward
Drew W, Paulk defeated Ludlow
1., Griner for Mayor of Fitzgerald
by a majority of 210 votes in the city
primary yesterday. Mr. Paulk's vote
was 754; Mr, Griner's 545. A total
vote of 1,321 was polled, the largest
by about five hundred in the history
of Fitzgerald.
- The entire ticket of the Ben Hill
Civic League was elected. The al
'dermanic race lined up as follows: A.
.H. Thurmond, 1,083; George Kil
crease, 1,035; Clayton Jay, 995; W.
R. Paulk, 924; L. J. Dormincy, 773;
C. L. Ware, 680; Homer Waters, 566.
G. C. DPetty defeated Scott W,
Walker or school board member irom
the second ward, polling 641 votes to
\Walker's 608. The other school board
riembers are Dr. W, D. Dorminy,
president; Don Dickey, first ward;
G. A. Jolley, third ward; and Mrs.
I'rank Ward, Fitzgerald's first fem
inine candidate for office, fourth
ward.
The ¢lection was one of the quiet
est in the city’s history despite the
fact that the largest number of votes
were polled. The woman vote was
a little more than one-third of the to
tal wvote polled, It was apparently
divided between the candidates in
about the same proportion as the
male vote, having, no decisive influ- |
ence. ° !
G. P. Mingledorff, city treasurer,
Hubert Roush, water, light and Imnd‘
commission had no opposition :md]
both received the full vote. |
The oldest voter of the 1,321 who|
voted, was Mrs. E, M. Brown,
mother of Mr. George Browfi, who
cast her first ballot yesterday. Mrs.
Brown is ecighty-eight years of age.
The election was conducted by H.!
A. Adams, J. L, McCarty and S. G,
Pryor, Jr, as managers and D. B.
Nicholson, W. M. Hodge, and P. F.
Harris as clerks. The Australian
ballot system was used, ‘
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Men’s Bible Class
Motors To Cordele
Twenty-seven Recite Sunday School
Lesson from Cordele Stage
Twenty-seven members of the Fitz
gerald Men'’s Bible Class that meets
avery Sunday at Carnegie Hall, mot
ored last Sunday to Cordele where
they were the guests of the the Men's
Bible Class there for the day, Seven
automobiles piloted by A, J. McDon
ald, president transported the visitors
to and from Cordele
The Cordele class impressed the
Fitzgerald men most favorably. It
has 324 members and a building of
its own. Cordele was invited to
send a delegation to Fitzgerald and
will probably do so this summer.
The local Bible students who made
the Cordele trip are A, J. McDonald,
A. H. Thurmond, M. M. Stephens,
A. E. Ennis, A, J. Sword, A. Scrolls,
W. C. Cook, O. H, Minter, U. J. Ben
nett, C. S. Isler, W. E. Adams, J, A.
George, H. T. King, Bob Dykes, O.
L. Downing, W. L. Dunn, A. C. Tur
ner, W. A. DaLee, B. W. Mayo, S.
W. Walker, Louis Walker, C, A.
Johnson, J. P. Wilson,D. B. Mdll, J.
W. Chasteen and C. W, Queen.
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Dempsey To Fight In
New Jersey In Julyl
~ (By International News Service)
NEW YORK, April 19.—Promoter
Tex Rickar) today anncunced the
Dempsey-Carpentier fight for the
world’'s heavy weight championship
is to be held in Jersey City July 2nd.
SHORT AND SNAPPY
NEWS OF THE WORLD
BY TELEGRAPH
Official Organ
City of Fitzgerald
Mills Are Beginning to Consume
More, Banktrs Hear
TARIFF IS URGED
Southern Tariff Congress Wants
Protection for South
(By International News Service)
WASHINGTON, April 19.—The
larger consuming power of the tex
tile mills has brought slight relief in
some sections to the cotton industry,
disturbed by large .carry-over crop,
‘according to reports to the Federal
'Reserve Board.
It is believed that as textile plants
make new demands and exports be
gin moving to foreign markets on a
larger scale, credits now tied up with
cotton as security will be gradually
’ released.
'CZECHS WILL IMPORT
COTTON AGAIN
-~ WASHINGTON, April 19—Pro
hibition against the importation of
raw cotton into Czecho Slovakia has
been lifted, according to a cablegram
to the department of commerce
today. o 8
COAL PRICES
ARE REDUCED i
BIRMINGHAM, April 19 —Re
ductions in retail coal of a dollar to
two dollars per ton were announced
today. It includes run of the mine
to the highest grades. 2
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TARIFF FOR SOUTH "‘ (
WASHINGTON, April 19.—Im
mediate enactment of new tariff
schedules by joint resolution, subject
to revision after enactment, was
urged upon Congress in a resolution
today by the Southern Tariff Con
gress in session here.
The resolution draws a gloomy
picture of conditions in the south
saying that land is idle, mines are
closed, and many unemployed, It
declares if the new tariff is enacted,
industry in the South immediately
will reopen.
The resolution pledges the organi
saticn of the South in favor of the
tariff which will equalize production
costs and protect American standards
of living, these standards being en
dorsed by business interests without
thought of partisan alignment,
STEEL MILLS
RESUME WORK
BIRMINGHAM, Ala,, April, 19.
The steel plate mill at Ensley has
resnmed operations night and day, it
wags announced today.
'Umted States Not To
Accept German Bonds
(By International News Service)
LONDON, April 19.—The United
States has given emphatic intimation
to the allies that it wont even con
sider the idea of letting Germany
take over the debts which the "allies
owe to America. ‘The position was
set out in formal replies to sugges
tions from Berlin.
Judge Johnson Is
Found Dead In Bed
(By International News Service)
MILLEDGEVILLE, April 19—
Judge Richard Johnson, of Gray’s
station, secretary of the board of
trustees of the state sanitarium, was
found dead abead at the institution
this morning.
FEDERAL EXPERT WILL
| GIVE CHOLERA HYPOS
Dr. Harrry Trumbo of the United
States Bureau of of Chemistry will
be in the county for a few days to
trect hogs against cholera.
Those wishing work of this kind
done should see County Agent C. T,
Owens at once.