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WEDNESDAY
" EDITION
VOL. XXVI,
NUMBER 56.
THINK DEPUTY GEORGE DORMINEY’S SLAYER IS CAPTURED
Ten Per Cent Less Than Allies
g Asked; Will Invade
U. S. IS UNDECIDED
Officials Give No Intimation As
to Action Planned -
(By International News Service)
PARIS, April 26.—Despite the
fact that Germany’s latest indemnity
proposals, now in the hands of the
American state department, have not
yet been made public, France today
continued her plans for the occupa
tion of the German Ruhr district as
a penalty to ‘enforce the® original
reparations demands of the Allies.
French: experts departed for Lon
don this morning to discuss further
details of the plan for the occupation
of the Ruhr Districc, The French
strongly hope that Great Britain
"will support France if the German
indemnity proposals are unsatisfac
tory.
The Supreme Council meets in
London Saturday, The meeting is
expected to continue four or five
days. The first question to be con
sidered will be the German repara
tions but the council is also expected
to consider the Silesian plebiscite
result, the Near East questions and
possibly the Yap mandate, over which
the United States and Japan have
differed. Faini
GERMANY DOUBLES
REPARATION OFFER
(By International News Service)
BERLIN, April 26.—Germany has
more than doubled the capital sum
of the indemnity offered to the Allies
in proposals at London, revealed
today when a summary note to the
United States government was made
public, Loeag
Germany proposed to pay a capi
tal sum of fifty biltion gold marks
which, with annual interest and pos
sibly installments, bring the sum to
tal to two hundred billion marks by
the time - the period of payments
elapses,
The amount Germany promises to
pay is guaranteed by pledges, and
equals forty-eight billion dollars, or
about eight billion less than the sum
demanded by the allies at Paris.
FRANCE READY TO -
OCCUPY RUHR DISTRICT
(By International News Service)
PARIS;“ApriI 26.—France will be
gin the occupation of the Ruhr dis
trict immediately after the first of
May irrespective of the new German
indemnity proposals unless Germany
actually begins payment of twelve
billion gold marks alleged due now
under terms of the Treaty of Ver
sailes, it was learned from a high
source this afternoon.
GERMAN NOTE RECEIVED
AT WASHINGTON : -
WASHINGTON, April 26, It
kas officially announced at noon that
the German note with new proposals
to the Allies, coming in fragments, is
low received in entirety,
Beyond stating that the note is un
der consideration, the state dpartment
rcfused to comment, 3
THE - 3 ' e w 0 eol BRe St O A
=NPI3% Women’s Suits, Coats and Millinery EleigiE
Now One-Fourth Off at the Empire Store
= - A SPECIAL TABLE OF TRIMMED HATS ON SALE FOR ONE-FOURTH OFF
i many notanoss cheaper thas 1916 fvel. - With the aobuction ot i, et cent. This brings the prices down as cheap and
FRIEES &K o s shoet ioks o soleoßy s OF QUALITY AND Eow
just at this time speak for themselves---QUALITY AT LOW PRICES. | o Poe Teruced pe s commg
o
Suits
$73.00. Sui€ One-Fourth Off viow. ... ... ... .. ... $54.15
$65.00 Suit, One-Fourth Off, now ........................ $48.75
$60.00 Suit, One-Fourth Off, now ....................... $45.00
$80:00 Suit OnePoutth O oW o, 0o T w 350
$40.00 Suit One-Fourth Off, now ......................... $30.00
$35.00 Suit One-Fourth Off now ........................ $26.25
$30.00 Suit One-Fourth Off, now ......................... $22.50
§25.00 Suit One-Fourth Off, now ............ ... 0c.00.0:00 81878
$20.00 Suit One-Fourth Off, now .......................... $15.00
$lB.OO Suit One-Fourth Off, now .................. ....... $13.50
$13.00 Suit One-Foutth O, NOW |.o i viiiicnidia . ...80.75
One Price to
Everybody
WEATHER—Fair Tonight,
Unsettled ’l’uesday.
Backtime Is Awarded Men on
St. L. & S. W. Who Struck
SIMILAR TO A, B. & A.
Road Has Three Times Mileage
Of A, B. & A. Railroad
CHICAGO, 111, April 26. The
United States Railroad Labcr Board
Monday ordered the St, Louis South
western Railroad to restore the posi
tions and pay of the section foremen
and track laborers, who recently
went on strike in protest against the
reduction of their wage, to the status
of July 20, 1920, The board also ruled
that the men should receive back pay
during the time they have been out
minus the amount they have earned
by personal service in the meantime.
The decision was ‘based on the
ground that the road has volated the
board’s decison No. 2 in reducing the
pay of its employes.
The case was heard recently before
the board, when the road’s represen
tatives declared that individual con
tracts at reduced wages had been
made with all the complaining em
ployes.
Position as pumpers were abol
ished by the road, and the work let
by contract to the highest bidder.
The board’s decision ruled that “the
pretended abolition was not in good
faith, but was a devce to evade the
obligations” of the board’s wage de
cision of July, 1920. “Such a device,”
the ruling said, “cannot and will not
be allowed to prevail.”
“Direct Violation”
Regarding the new ' contracts at
reduced wages which the road has
with-section foremen and track labor
ers, the board said: “There seemed
to have been not even the ‘abolition’
of the position to mask the attempt
at evasion.” With regard to those
positions, the decision said, the road
“simply and directly violated” the
wage decision and the transportation
act,
The road’s argument that the new
wages were arrived at by agreement,
was held “untenable” by the board,
which pointed out that the provisions
of both the law and the wage decis
ion stated that thirty days’ notice
should be given of any changes in
wages or working conditions, No
such notice was given by the road.
The board qualified its decision by
saying that if the carriers should
show that the decision required re
instatement of employes in excess of
the requirements of the service, the
ruling would be modified accordingly.
.
Fitzgerald Defeats
Ocilla Team Tuesday
Five baseball team defeated Ocilla
again Tuesday by a srore of eight to
five, playing a snappy game of hase
ball on the Fitzgerald diamond. The
victors jnurn(*_\;,to Valdosta Thurs
to rlash with the home team there.
The local boys have won every game
they have played thus far.
Dry Goods and Clothing Phone 18.
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'THE EMPIRE MERCANTILE CO.,
ENTERPRISE and PRESS:
FITZGERALD, BEN HILL COUNTY, GEORGIA WEDNESDAY, April 27, 1921.
FARM BUREAU TO
Meet Saturday to Hear Bureau
Fair Committee’s Report
PASTORS ARE :INVITED
Asked to Attend and Lend As
sistance to Movement
There will be a meeting of the
Ben Hill County Farm Bureau at the
Chamber of Commerce Saturday,
‘April 30th, at 2:30 p. m, to receive
the report of the committee com
posed of R. L., Stone, J, Horton Tay
lor, J. Roscoe Kimball, H. H. James
and George Drexler, which met with
a committee from the Chamber of
‘Commerce and Woman'’s Club and
members of the Fair Association to
fdecide upon joining with them in
‘holding a real county-wide Agricul
tural and Live Stock ‘Exposition this
fall. This should be 2 meeting - of
interest to every one in the County
‘and should be well attended. - Every
Farm Bureau member who is inter
ested in the development of his coun
‘ty should manifest the same by be
ing present and helping to decide
this important question: The right
kind of a Fair, One composed of
Ben Hill County products properly
displayed will be of considerable ben
efit to the county. Agricultural and
Live Stock exhibits and a spirit of
cooperation between the people of
the country and town are the best
advertisments any county can have,
And again Fairs sheuld be education
al. The exhibitions should be en
couraging and inspiring to the boys
and girls on the farm. No city life
is so attractive as life on a real up
to-date farm home. Agricultural and
Live Stock Fairs are calculated to
enconrage pride and ambition and
increase a desire for more up-to-date
and comfortable homes. Come to
our meeting Saturday at 2:30 and
help to decide this* important
question. |
Our churches and schools should
be interested in a move of this kin(],‘
We therefore, extend an invitation
to any pastor, county and city school
superintendents to attend our mu-?-]
ing. {
In connection with the above (li>—|
cussion we will discuss a cn-npvru—l
tive creamery for Ben Hill county, }
M. DICKSON, L'hairnmn.‘
C. I, OWENS; Selretary. |
.
W. R. C. Holding A
-
- Celebration Today
The ladies of the Woman’s Relief
Corps and the veterans of the Grand
Arnly of the Republic are holding a
joint celebration today in honor of
the birthday of the late President
Ulyses S. Grant and of the G. A. R.
An extensive program will be:given
this aternoon at the W. R. C. Hall.
Rev. S, A. Strawn of the Central
Christian church will make the ad
dress in commemoration of Grant.
‘Mr. M. E. Whitman, adjutant gen
eral of the Department of Georgia
and South Carolina of the G. A, R.
will speak for the Grand Army.
Coats
$35.00 Coat One-Fourth Off, now ......................... $26.25
$32.00 Coat One-Fourth Off, now .........................$24.00
$30.00 Coat One-Fourth Off, now ........................ $22.50
$28.00 Coat One-Fourth Off, now ....................... $21.00
$28.00 Coat One-Fourth Off, now ........................ $18.75
$20.00 Coat One-Fourth Off, now ........................ $15.00
$lB.OO Coat One-Fourth Off, now .........................$13.50
$16.00 Coat One-Fourth Off, now ....................... $12.00
$15.00 Cont Oundourth OF wow .. ... .. ....coiv oy $10.50
$12.00 Coat One-Fourth Off, now ........................ $9.00
$9.00 Coat One-Fourth Off, n0W............c000v0v.0.5.... 8678
“LEADER OF QUALITY AND LOW PRICE”
ODD FELLOWSIN
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CONVENTION HFRE
1
Fourth Division I. O. O. F. As
sembles in Fitzgerald Today
150 VISITORS PRESENT
Picnic at Noon Preceed Busi
ness Meeting of Conclave ,
About 150 Odd Fellows from Ben
Hill and eight surrounding counties,
including eighteen different lodges.
are in annual conveation at the QOdd
Fellows’ Hall in Fitzgerald today.
~ Presiding at the sessions of the
convention is R. A. Reese, of Cordele,
Division Deputy Grand Master, At
‘the morning sessidn J. Gordon Jones
of .Cordele delivered the principle
‘address. Rev. Bugg of Broxton also.
spoke, ;
Among the prominent people pres
ent is Miss Nan Singletary of Thom
asville, Georgia president of the Re
bekahs. Col. R. L. J. Smith, of Com
merce, Grand Master of Georgia was
unable to attend but J, S. Wilder, of
Savannah, deputy grand master, will
propably arrive tonight.
The social feature of the conven
tion was an old-fashioned picnic din
ner at the Blue and Gray Park today.
. * S
Bolshevism Popular
e
In Russia, Says Vet
Ty
(By International News Service)
RIGA, April 27.—The Soviets are
in power in Russia to stay and the
anti-Bolshevists seem to be nearly
non-existent, said Captain Merian
Cooper, of Jacksonville, Florida, for
mer member of the Kosciusko Esca
drille, of the Polish army, who es
caped from a Russian prison near.
Moscow and made his way into Lat
via, today.
FLORIDIAN ESCAPES
BOLSHEVIKI PRISON
RIGA, April 26.—Captain Meriam
Cooper, of Jacksonville Florida, for
mer- mmber of the Kosciusko Esca
drilic. of the Polish Army, captured
by the Soviets last fuly, has escaped
into Latvia, according to information
received here todav. 1
PEANUT GROWERS TO ;
MEET HERE SATURDAY
A special meeting of all peanut
growers of Ben Hill county has been
called at Judge J. R, Horton's office
at the court house at 3:30 o'clock
Saturday afternoon, to begin right
after the Farm Bureau meeting ends
at the Chamber of Commerce. Mar
keting of peanuts is the purpose of
the meeting,
et
AUGUSTA UNIONS ENDORSE
A, B. & A. STRIKE
Mr. C. L. Ware returned Monday
from - Augusta where he spoke to a
large audience of Union men in be
hali of the striking employees of the
A, B. & A. The Augusta unions
voted unanimous approval of the
strike and tendered their financial
assistance to the strikers.
Memorial Day Fittingly Observed :
By Ben Hill Chapter Of U. D. C.
J
TORNADO DESTROYS
o :
l MISSISSIPPI TOWN
' (By International News Service)
| MERIDIAN, Miss., April 27.—Re
’por'cs irom Braxton early this morn
ing state that at least fifteen were
idtied and thirty. injured and proper
< dianage estimated at over a mil
¥+ ad a result of a tornado late yes
| RSV
i Building after building was swept
from its foundation in the main bus
|ir,ess section, crushing in roofs, pin
aing victims between timbers and’
;dci;ris. Red Cross and other aid is
}pouring into the stricken town today.
o
Racing Boat l.eaves
Savannah Tuesday
(By International News Service)
NEW YORK, April 26. The
fifty-foot, nine hundred horse power
motor boat “Car Second, Junior”
‘today is speeding from Savannah tc
'Norfolk on the second leg of its 1240
miles dash from Miami to New York
in an effort to beat the actual rui
ning time of the crack Havana Spec
ial, the Atlantic Coast Line train
from Miami to New York,
‘The boat expects to leave Norfolk
for New York Wednesday morning.
The boat is running eighteen hours
out of the twenty-four, with no re
lief crew.
LEADER READERS HAVE
BARGAIN FEAST TODAY
Leader readers are especially for
tunate today in the bargain offers hy
our advertisers and may well read
carefully each advertisement for prof
it to themselves, if taken advantage
okl
" The Bazaar offers special values,
especially in men's wearing apparel,
in which this firm features today.
Garber's Surprise Store s strong
on bargaing in their offers in today's
issue for both men and women.
The Empire Store’s policy of reg
ular bargain offers finds its expres
sion today in offerings in Women's
Ready to Wear, in which they are es
pecially strong and Millinery.
W. A, Wilson, who is conducting
a sale for the Abram’s Dry Goods
Company, is accompanicd by an art
ist in sign writing and window decor
ations, A. W. Richardson, featuring
all the well known characters, so
well known to the hearts of the read
ers of the colored sections of the
Sunday papers, whose peculiaritics
is visualizing in his signs, freely
\displayed at this store, which is of
‘l’vring special bargains in all lines.
~ The Fair Store is another of the
ili\'(- firms making a special offer for
your trade through nhargain offers in
?lIH’, issue,
~ Mr. D. Holmes, prominent mem
"ber of the Kiwanis of Cordele, was
in the city transacting business
today. -
COTTON—Good Middling __lo 7-8¢
No Receipts - No Sales
Carlyle McDonald Delivers A
Powerful Memorial Day Ad
dress to Huge Crowd
Confederate Memorial day was
beautifully and appropriately ob
served in Fitzgerald Tuesday under
the direction of the Ben Hill Chap
ter, United Daughters of the Con
federacy. A program was carried
out at the Grand Opera House and
}graves of the Confederate dead dec
orated. !
At the Grand Col. U. J. Bennett
presided, High school girls and a
trio composed of Miss Marjorie
’.Qwens, Miss Effie Brassell and Sam
Kassewitz sang: Crosses were pre
sented to many of the veterans.
Carlyle McDonald's Memorial Day
Address follows in_ part:
Address wll appear in Friday’s
'issuu
7 ° °
|Lyn'clung Trial Is
.
~ Opened In Camilla
' (By International News Service)
CAMILLA, April 26—With Joe
}Martin on the stand, the second day
of the trial of M. K. Boutwell, farm
'cr, charged with murder, in connec
tion with the lynching January Ist
of Jim Roland, negro, was opened
at 9 g'clock this morning.
~ The attorneys contlnued a clash
over the admissability of Martin's
testimony. Eight others are in(lictcd‘
charged with murder for the same
lynching. i |
FEAR EYNCHING FROM
ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE
'(By International News Service)
AMITE, La, April 26—James
Hogan, a two hundred pound negro,
was taken to New Orleans this
morning to avert a lynching, Hogan
severely beat his jailer, Alonzo Stey
ens, in an effort to escape jail last
night, but Stevens prevented his
escape. . :
SALES GIRL KILLED
IN FALL FROM WINDOW
(By International News Service)
ATLANTA,; April 26—Miss Lu
cille Smith, twenty, an employee, fell
from the third story of the Keceley
Department Store to the Hunter
street pavement today. Her Dhody
crashed through a window to the
basement, She died shortly after the
fall. She is beligved to have fainted
while sitting in a window,
THROWN FROM MULE
IS KILLED INSTANTLY
(By International News Service)
TALBOTTON, April 26. John
Wimberly, a farmer six miles east,
of town was thrown rrom his mule,
and killed last night.
HOG PRICES STILL
* ON STEEP DECLINE
INDIANAPOLIS, April 26-Most
sales of hogs today were at $B.OO per
hundred, a new low record since 1916.
.SPECIAL TABLE OF
Trimrned Hats
ONE-FOURTH OFF
sls.ooHatsOne-F0urth0ff,n0w.........................511.25
$12.00 Hats One-Fourth Off, oW .............vonnirooi, $9.00
$lO.OO Hats One-Fourth Off, ow ...... ~ ......ciciiiiis. B
sB.ooHatsOne-F0urth0ff,n0w..........................56.00
$7.50 Hats One-Fourth Off, now Vot bs b T e G
$6.00 Hats One-Fourth Off, now MG R Y ET R L AR
$5.00 Hats One-Fourth Off, now SR s
$4.00 Hats One-F0urth0ff,n0w..........................53.00
$3.00Hat50neF0urth0ff,n0w...........................52.25
SHORT AND SNAPPY
'NEWS OF THE WORLD
BY TELEGRAPH
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ALLIANCE, OHIO
L N
Putnam Leaves City with Extra
dition Papers Tonight :
WONT BRING HIM HERE
Sheriff Dorminey to Risk No
Mob Violence with Black
" Thomas Griffin, alias Fred Young,
negro, under indictment as the slayer
of Deputy Sheriff George J. Dormij
ney, brother of Sheriff E. H. Dor
miney last April, is believed to be
in jail at Alliance, Ohio and Deputy
Sheriff Putnam leaves touight with
extradition papers for the black.
Sheriff Dorminep received a wire
Tuesday morning that a negro iden
tified as Griffin by a former Fitzger
ald negro, Charles Williams, was be
ing held in Alliance, 0., jail, Sheriff.
Dorminey stated to a Leader reporter
vesterday that he was confident the
right man had been caught and that
he would at last be brought to jus
tice for his dastardly crime.
It was stated at the sheriff's office
today that the accused negro would
not be brought to Ben Hill county.
Feeling against him for the killing of
the popular young deputy is so high
that it is feared that violence might
develop were the hlack brought to
this county, It is also probable that
a change of venue will be granted
ifnr the trial if the arrested mnegro
iprovcs to .be the right one, -
’Cotton Conference
In New York City
~ ATLANTA, April 27.—A <cotton
conference or “consultation” of all
branches of the cotton industry will
be held at the Hotel Pennsylvania,
New York City, on May 30th and
31st, under the auspices of the Amer
ican Cotton Association, according
to announcement made here today,
The consultation is timed to follow
the jubilee of the American ASssoci
ation of Cotton Manufacturers, in
Philadelphia, May 26th, 27th and
28th, and that organization is ex
pected to attend 800 ° strong. The
National Association of Cotton Man
ufacturers will also send a large del
\',Ldiillll, 3
The dates chosen precede the sail
ing of the delegations on June Ist to
the World Cotton Conference in
Liverpool and Manchester, June 13th
to 22nd. A large déiegation from
the South hag already signified its
intention to attend. The plan is to
bring together growers, manufactur
ers, distributors, bankers and all af
filiated interests,
STUDENTS INJURED
WHEN TRUCK WRECKS
(By International News Service)
MARIETTA, April 26.—Douglas
Northeutt, thirteen was injured, prob
ably fatally, and two other: High
School students, boys were hurt ser
iously late last night returning frofa
a picnic in a motor truck which
turnced turtle. It was running at
high speed when a tire burst,
Maik:Qrders
Pro np! ly filled
Grocery Phone 155
Official Qrgan
City of Fitzgerald