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FRIDAY
EDITION
VOL. XXVI,
NUMBER 57
MERCHANTS URGED TO ATTEND MASS MEET TONIGHT
Special Meeting Called Thurs
day Night on Bonus Bill
ALL VETS WELCOME
National Representatives Will
Talk to Service Men
Two hundred Fitzgerald ex-service
men yesterday signed a petition to
congress for a soldier bonus. The
petition was being circuiated by J.
Bell, ex-gob, a representative of the
Stars and Stripes, the famous Over
seas service publication. More than
a million signatures, he says, have
been secured all over the United
States by a corps of men from the
Stars and Stripes. The petition ar
ranged so that the signer could des
ignate the kind of bonus he would
prefer, whether in land, insurance,
cash or education.
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British Execute
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More Sin Feiners
(By International News Service)
DUBLIN, April 28—Four Sin
Feiners, found guilty of waging war
avainst the British Crown forces from
ambush, were executed in military
barracks at Cork this morning.
The Municipal Corporation Coun
cil and Cork Harbor Board sent res
olutions of protest to President
Harding and the Pope. They were
based on the contention that the
condemned men were not ordinary
criminals but were prisoners of war. |
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Nelson Assails ‘
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Knox Resolution
(By International News Service) 1
WASHINGTON, April 29.—Sena
tor Nelson Thursday sharply assailed
the Knox Resolution in the Senate
declaring it a “betrayal of America’s
associates in the world war”. |
(By International News Service) 1
WASHINGTON, April 29.—The
amended emergency tariff bill was
ordered favorably reported to the
senate by the Senate Finance Com
mittee. It will be formally reported
next Tusday.
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Réfuses To Give Up
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Prisoner to Detectives
(By International News Service)
SOMERSVILLE, N. J., April 29,
—Sheriff Conkling today refused to
turn over John Bryant to Orlando,
Florida, detectives stating the offic
ers had brought no requisition.
~ Bryant is chatged with murdering
his father near Orlando. Bryant
previously expressed willingness to
return to Florida immediately.
Fitzgerald Leader WANT-ADS
Quick Results, Phone 328.
MPIRE ’s Suits, C d Milli MIRIRE
ENMPIZE Women'’s Suits, Coats and Millinery EVPIRE
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Now One-Fourth Off at the Empire Store
A SPECIAL TABLE OF TRIMMED HATS ON SALE FOR ONE-FOURTH OFF =
EVERY Suit and Coat for women, now on sale at a reduction of Twenty-Five per cent. This brings the prices down as cheap and
in many instances cheaper than 1914 level. With this reduction at almost the very beginning of the season it makes it possible
for you to get your Spring Suit or Coat and Hat at a price that will agreeably surprise you. AS LEADERS OF QUALITY AND LOW
PRICES, we know that you expect us to make good on this statement and we believe you will agree that these reduced prices coming
just at this time speak for themselves---QUALITY AT LOW PRICES. | i
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$50.00 Suit One-Fourth Off, now ......................... =37.50
$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 ........................ $18.75
$20.00 Suit One-Fourth Off, now .......................... $15.00
$lB.OO Suit One-Fourth Off, now ......................... $13.50
$13.00 Suit One-Fourth Off, now ..........................$9.75
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Kennedy Memorial Baptists Begin
Work On Handsome New Church
Growth of Congregation Makes‘
New Building Necessary;
Finished Next Year
The Kennedy Memorial Baptist
congregation has begun work on a
handsome new church at the corner
of Gordon and Altamaha streets
which will cost $B,OOO when com-~
plete. The work was started earlier
than at first planned because of the
depressed condition temporarily ex
isting here which makes skilled labor
plentiful and makes this an oppor
tune time for all building operations.
When complete the new church
will be 35x56 feet with a Sunday
School room 12x30 feet adjoining.
The present house of worship will be
converted into a pretty bungalow
and used as a pastorate for the min
ister. The new church will be large
enuogh to care for the normal
growth of the congregation for many
years to come.
The growth of the Kennedy Mem
orial Baptist church has been one of
the remarkable features of Fitzger
ald .expansion during the last few
years. The congregation was formed
with nine sustaininy members five
years ago following passage of a res
olution by the First Baptist church
to establish a First Ward Baptist
church. Through the courtesy of the
school board, the congregation used
the First Ward school as a place of
worship during the first two years of
its life.
The little band of ‘worshippers
went deeply in debt to buy the land
and build its first house of worship,
that which is at present in use. Since
then the sustianing -membership of
the congregation has grown to sixty
and the Sunday School to about one
hundred members. The financial
support which was at first given by
the home missions board of the First
Dry Goods and Clothing Phone 18.
THE FITZGFRALD LEADER
THE EMPIRE MERCANTILE CO.
ENTERPRISE and PRESS
FITZGERALD, BEN HILL COUNTY, GEORGIA FRIDAY, April 29, 1921
Sheriff Dorminy has received a
description of the suspected negro,
who is held under arrest in Alliance,
Ohio, thought to have been Tom
Griffin, the alleged murderer of Dep
uty Sheriff Dorminy and is in doubt
of him being the wanted negro. A
furthr description and photo of the
negro in custody was asked for.
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Diplomats Confer
On German Offer
(By International News Service)
BERLIN, April 28—The British
ambassador to Germany was recalled
to London in connection with the
German indemnity proposals. He
conferred today with German For
eign Minister Simon to secure a de
tailed explanation of the German
offer.
Lord Kilmernock of the Britishl
mission, received orders from Lon
don to confer with Ellis Dresel,
United States commissioner, whol
forwarded the German note to
Washngton. {
Baptist church has been released and
the church is now entirely self-sus
taining.
It is probable that the congrega
tion will have to ask help on its new
building before it is finished but it
will be built by the members of the
congregation if possible.
Rev. C. A. Ginn has been pastor
of the congregation since it started
with nine members in the First Ward
school and his constant and able
labor for the church has been a big
ifactor in its steady growth. .
Coats
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$28.00 Goat One-Kourth O, How ........................ 82100
$25.00 Coat One-Fourth Off, now .......:....cooooonon,.. $18.78
$20.00 Coat One-Fourth Off, now ........................ $15.00
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$14.00 Coat One-Fourth Off, now ..........oe.oovvvn.... $10.50
$12.00 Coat One-Fourth Off, now ........................ $9.00
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“LEADER OF QUALITY AND LOW PRICE”
. STIKERS’ ATTITUDE
Author of Transportation Act
Lays Down Principles
WAS ASKED BY BURGESS
Opinion in reply to Union Chief’s
Three Questions
Albert S. Cummins, joint author
with Congressman Esch of the
Esch-Cummins or Transportation
Act, in effect approves the position
of the Atlanta, Birmingham and At
lantic strikers and condemns that of
the Receiver in answer to three gen
eral questions bearing on the strike
‘which were asked by F. A. Burgess,
union chief and former member of
Board of Adjustment No. 1, under
Federal control of the railroads.
Senator Cummin’s letter to Mr.
Burgess follows:
My dear Myr. Burgess:—
I have yours of the 19th instant in
which you refer to the recent Trans
portation Act and ask me three
questions. These questions I will
attempt to answer.
1. “Whether a receiver of a prop
erty is not bound by the terms of the
Act in the same degree as the man
agr of a railroad would be.”
The Receiver of a railroad is an
officer of the court and is, of course,
bound to obey the orders and dircc
tions of the court which appointed
him. Therefore, your inquiry really
is: Are the courts of the country
bound by the terms of the Transpor
tation Act? 2
Unquestionably, they are.
The function of the court is to ad
minister the law, and any rourt
which either requires or permits a
receiver of a railravd to violate the
terms of the Transportation Act is
unmindful of its duty. I have no
doubt whatsoever that a railroad in
the hands of a receiver is as com
pletely controlled by the Transpor
tation Act as a railroad in the hands
of the board of directors of a private
corporation,
2. “Can either a receiver or a man
ager violate the terms of the Trans
portation Act and at the same time
the Act be binding upon the cm-l
ployees?”
It is somwhat difficult to answer
this inquiry without a general dis
cussion of the subject, and that I
cannot attempt at this time. The
Transportation Act binds everybody;
that is to say it is the duty of re
ceivers, managers and employees to‘
obye. Unfortunately, there is no
sanction in no sanction in the law, or‘
penalty for disobedience; but this
ommission does not justify any per
son in disregarding it.
3. “If you feel the proposition made
to the rereiver was fair and equita
ble, gyill you . kindly indicate what
steps might be taken in order to have
the rarrier as well as the employees
obey the law. If you do not think
the proposition made to the receiver
was reasonable and fair, T would be
‘pleased to have a shggestion from
you.”
In order to make myself clear in
replying to this question, I will recite
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Carlyle McDonald Makes Memorial %
Day Address For U. D. C. Tuesday
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Bugg Refuses To ‘
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Confer With Unions
(By International News Service) ‘
ATLANTA, ‘April 29. With a
declaration that no dispute existed
between the receiver and his employ
ees, Receiver B. L. Bugg, of the At
lanta, - Birmingham and Atlantic,
Thursday declined to go into a con
ference with Val Fitzpatrick, chair
man of the committee representing
the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlan
tic strikers, to reopen the wage
dispute.
Bugg in refusing said “those whom
you represent have no connection
with the receiver and therefore have
no standing before the Railway La
‘bor Board or in court.”
Fitzpatrick’s request was based on
the recommendation of the Labor
Board that the Federal court order a
conference as- announced April 15th.
To Occupy Ruhr
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District At Once
(By International News Service)
LONDON, April 29. Supreme
Council will support proposal for
military occupation of the Ruhr dis
trict unless there is an amended in
demnity proposal from Gefrmany, the
evening Standard said this afternoon.
Grand Barbecue
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And Fish Fry
Undoubtedly the largest free and
most lavishly served barbecue and
fish fry ever given in this locality,
was that offered at Wiley William’s
Farm yesterday evening at 6:00 P.M.
The hosts were the newly elected city
officers and their friends and the in
vited guests were so many with their
uncles, aunts, and cousins and car
owners So generous in transportiny
them that the number probably ex
ceeded one thousand.
At least thirty men beginning the
day before had helped in the prepara
tion and twenty ladies assisted in the
serving eight pigs, ten kids, quarter
of beef, five hundred pounds of fish,
many tubs of pilleau, gallons and gal
lons of coffee, besides bread, pickles,
and sweet potatoes galore.
It would be impossible to name all
those who had part in it, but those
who were present know and appreci
‘ate their hospitality.
It was a glorious evening and the
place is beautifully situated on a bluff
just back from the river. There is
every reason to wish that such a pleas
ureable occasion might be enjoved
again,
Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Hubsch of Mi
ami, Fla., are the guests of the lat
ters brother Mr. I. A, Cardwell and
family.
COTTON—Good Middling __lo 7-8¢
No Receipts - No Sales
Pays Glowing Tribute to Heroes
of Gray Army and to Women
of the Old South
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Attorney Carlyle McDonald Tuyes
dzy delivered the annual Confederate
Memorial Day address for the United
Daughters of the Confederacy to an
audience of nearly two thousand
people, including nearly all the pupils
of the public schools.
Glowing tribute is paid in Mr. Mec-
Donald’s address to the valor of the
heroes of the Gray army and to the
quiet heroism of the women of the
Old South who suffered for the men
at the front and labored tirough the
long bitter years of reconstruction
to bring forth the New South.
. The address, in part, is as follows:
‘The South, Her Cause, Her Heroes
’ Mr. Chairman, United Daughters
lof the Confederary, United Confed
‘erate Veterans, Ladics and Gentle
men:
} In an occasion like today, I would
like to know that the muses had be
stowed upon me the fiery brilliance
of Robert Toombs; the magnetic
forcefulness of Ben Hiii, and the cool
logic of Alex. Stephens; for it would
‘take a man endowed with all the ac
}cmnplishmcnts of these three great
‘Georgians to pay tribute, like tribute
should be paid, to those valiant he
roes in gray, who fought so generous
ly and so bravely, for a cause, which
to them was right.
No more can we see those strong
stalwart, young men in gray who
three score years ago heard the call
of their native Southland, and not
only heard, but answered this call
from every city, village, hamlet and
farmhouse throughout the broad ex
panse of the Southern states; all
ready to take up a cause which to
them was more than holy.
Ah, yes! those brave hearts are
gone, Most of them lie beneath the
sacred sod of their native states—
while just a few of these battle
scarred veterans remain with us,
Thank God! for the few that remian
and the inspiration that they give us
today. I am glad that these few re
main and know that their fight was
not in vain and that they have lived
to sec that the South will always
love, honor and revere their names.
For keeping ever sacred the mem
ory of these veterans, was the pur
pose for which memorial day was
originated and you know I am happy
to know that Memorial Day was the
idea of a Georgia lady and that it is
‘a Georgia institution. This day has
for its inspiration one of the noblest
‘things that ever inspired any day and
‘we should always hold dear the cv(:nt‘
and that for whch it stands.
The motives of no people and no‘
section of the United States have
been mis-represented more and un
derstood less than the people who
formed the Confederate States of
America. We, oursclves, are letting
our own Grandfathers, be branded
as traitors and as a people who re
belled solely for the purpose of per
petuating the institution of slavcry.l
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SHORT AND SNAPPY
NEWS OF THE WORLD
BY TELEGRAPH
Merchants Meet At Chamber Of
Commerce Tonight
TO PLAN SALES DAYS
Closer Fellowship With Com
mercial Interests Planned
Merchants Meeting tonight
should have the full co-operation
of everyone doing any sort of
legitimate business in Fitzger
ald, be it commercial or profes
sional or financial, since the re
sults to be achieved are for the
common good and the general
revival of business activity in our
territory. No one can escape
injury from community failures
and conversely, ro one will fail
to reap benefits from community
success. So it behooves all to
put their shoulders to the wheel
and help push. Many doing
something in unison will remove
any obstacle that may impede
progress of the individual and
make the Open Road more easily
travelled for all.
We have no patent on our
ideas and no strings tied to
’whatever benefits can be gotten
for the community from them,
‘what everyone wishes is closer
fellowship with the commercial
interests of the city for the ben
efit of the whole.
Come out and do your _part,
iyour neighbor will do his. -
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Editor Gelders Sees
Dawson Sales Effort
Editor Gelders of the Leader and
Asa Smith, advertising manager for
McCarty-Johnstone Company, mo
tored over to Dawson yesterday to
observe the working of the co-oper
ative sales day effort staged by the
merchants and banks of Dawson.
Editor Gelders states that the first
day of the sale was a huge success,
pcople being drawn from fifty miles
around to spend cash in Dawson.
The advertising investment of the
business houses in the three day sale,
which will end Saturday, was $1,500.
The sale is being worked along the
line advocated by the Fitzgerald
Leader for several years.
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Managing Editor In
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Atlanta On Business
Stewart F. Gelders, managing edi
tor of the Leader, will be in Atlanta
several days on business and inciden
tally to sce the last two Grand-Opera
performances. He will make arrange
ments for a spec’al newspaper ‘“Sales
Day” or “Dollar Day” advertising
service for the use of the merchants
who intend to launch some such co
operative movement at the meeting
at the Chamber of Commerce
tonight.
Mail Orders
Promptly filled
Grocery Phone 155
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City of Fitzgerald