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FRIDAY
EDITION
VOL. XXVI No. 60
CHEAPER MONEY FOR FINANCING OF COTTON CROP
BEN HILL FARMERS ENDORSE CO-OPERATIVE MARKETING PLAN
Ben Hill Farmers Approve Op
tional Contract Plan
TWO PLANS DISCUSSED
Compulsory Contract Plan Not
Thought Practical
The optional contract plan of co
operative cotton marketing as sug
gested by the United States Bureau
of Markets was approved ‘at a meet
ing of farmers here today in prefer
ence to the compulsory contract
plan, also called the Sapiro plan,
which has been adopted by Georgia
Cotton Growers Co-operative Mar
keting Association.
The two plans were presented and
explained to the farmers by J.. G
Oliver secretary of the Georgia Farm
Bureau, and J. G. Woodruff, financial
agent. . Accompanying the two to
the meeting were W. F. Whatley of
Mcßae, E. P. Moss of Ocilla, J. A.
Johnson, of Macon, and W~ S. Brown
of Savannah, all agents of the state
college of agriculture. J. E. Turner.
district vice-president of the Georgia
Farm Bureau presided at the meeting.
Several farmers who spoke on a
motion to adopt the “Sapiro Plan”
declared that while it was splendid
in theory they did not believe it
would be possible to get any large
number of farmers to sign an iron
clad contract for a period of five years
to dispose of all their .cotton through
a single organization. The farmers
considered . the weakness of both
plans to be that no guarantee could
be made of aid in financing the crop.
Must Have Co-operation
Editor Gelders of the Fitzgerald
Leader urged the adoption and sup
port of one of the plans stating his
belief that the solution of the ills of
Southern agriculture lies in co-oper
ation, regardless of what channel
through which co-operation is se
cured. “Even if neither of the plans
now before the cotton growers meets
with immediate material success, the
attempt to put them in operation will
a t least be another blow struck
toward welding the Southern farmers
together,” he said.
Spinners Would Support
J. H. Mayes, general manager of
the Fitzgerald Cotton Mills and pres
ident of the Chamber of Commerce,
stated after the meeting that he be
lieved the cotton spinners of the
country would support a practical
co-operative marketing plan. The
Fitzgerald Cotton Mills have for the
last few years been buying most of
their .otton direct from the farmers,
Mr. Mayes said. - . :
“The spinners of the country as a
whole would surelyl be willing to pay
the farmers as much for their cot
ton as they are now paying through
the middlemen,” Mr. Mayes told a
Leader reporter at the Business
Men’s Luncheon yesterday, “and the
probability is that should a co-opera
tive marketing plan be worked out,
the producer and spinner would split
the middleman’s share fifty-fifty.”
(Note—The Leader will publish
Monday a synopsis of the compul
sory or Sapiro Plan and of the op
tional plan for co-operative cotton
marketing.)
BUREAU ADVISORY BOARD
WILL MEET SOON
ATLANTA, May 6.—Whether it
is advisable for the farm bureau to
attempt the formation of a cotton
marketing plan, is to be decided at
a meeting of the advisory board of
the Georgia federation to be held in
Atlanta at an early date. :
President R. A. Kelly and Secre
tary J. G. Oliver will shortly to find
out the exact sentiment prevailing
towardg the formation of a plan to
market the cotton crop this year.
They will report their finds to the!
advisQry board, and at that time, ac
tion will be taken. ‘
President Kelley recently. returnedj
from the meeting held in Memphis,
and reports that the convention
adopted resolution endorsing the cot
ton marketing plan as inauguarated
in Texas, Oklahoma and other states,
and went on record as favoring the
formation of a national sales agency
to be located at Dallas, Texas.
Meanwhile, organization work in
a number of counties throughout the
state is progressing most favorably.
In Hall county, under the most ad
verse conditions, more than one hun
dred and fifty bona fide farmers have
joined that county bureau, and the
campaign ‘ig still under way.
J. G. Woodruff, the financial agent
of the state federation reports that a
THE FITZGERALD LEADER
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Get-Together Program of Cham
ber of Commerce Starts
HOLD FIRST LUNCHEON
Thursday Closing Be Preceeded
By Weekly Luncheons
The first event on the “Better Fel
lowship” program of the Chamber of
Commerce for the business people of
Fitzgerald was a luncheon at the Lee-
Grant Hotel Thursday at which about
twenty business men heard a Short
‘talk by Dr. B. F. Fraser, pastor of
‘the Wesley Memorial church of At
lanta, who is conducting a series of
irevival services at the Central Meth
‘dist church here.
i The luncheons will be held each
‘Thursday afternoon during the sum
mer and possibly longer than that al
ternating between the Lee-Grant and
Aldine Hotels. Some out of ' town
man of prominence will be invited to
make a fifteen minute talk each week
and the guests have an opportunity
to talk shop and matters of civic and
commercial interests more freely and
informally than at the Chamber of
Commerce or Merchants Association
Meetings.
The merchants of the city meet on
Friday night to go into details of the
co-operative sales event on which a
committee has been working since the
meeting of the organization last Fri
day at which Will Haile was elected
president of the association. Accord
ing to tentative plans today, the first
co-operative sale will be a three-day
event and about $2,000 will be spent
in advertising it over a forty mile
radius from Fitzgerald.. It is possi
ble that the first sale will be followed
be one day sales each month.
The Thursday afternoon luncheons
will be held at 1 o’clock after all the
mercantile establishments of the city
have closed for the afternoon, ac
cording to an agreement reached at
the last Friday meeting. All barber
shops closed yesterday. Other estab
lishments will close for the first
time next Thursday and close each
Thursday until August.
The Chamber of Commerce had as
its guests at the luncheon the six
farm bureau officials and agents of
the state college of agriculture who
attended the farmers meeting Thurs
day morning at which co-operative
cotton marketing was talked.
Leonard Believes In
Cane Syrup Future
Says Educational Campaign in North
Would Create Unlimited Demand
Mr. W. A. Leonard of Blounts
town, Fla, junior member of the
Leonard Brothers Auto Company,
and an extensive manufacturer of
Ribbon Cane Syrup on his Florida
plantation, strongly believes in the
possibilities of developing an exten
sive trade in the Northern states for
our syrup, having made personal
demonstrations by developing new
territory for this product in Illinois
and Indiana.
“Up in the northern states,” Mr,
Leonard says, ‘“where syrup-contain
ing farm products are limited to ma
ple and sorghum, one too expensive
for the average family and other not
in the class with the Georgia-Florida
cane for sweetness and flavor, an
educational campaign through a col
lective marketing agency would do
wonders in developing new consum
ers, who would be willing to pay a
fair price for our surplus syrup.
“It is only necessary,” he stated,
“for the planters to put up our syrup
in an attractive uniform pack"agc,‘
which could be standardized, to open
up an unlimited demand for thisJ
farm product.” ,
Miss Eleanor Marsdon of Atlanta
is visiting friends and relatives in
Fitzgerald. Miss Marsdon is well
known here as she wu. cohnecied
with the Post Office for many years
during and since the postmastership
of her father,
number of counties are organizing
farm loan associations. Mr. Wood
ruff's advice will be tendered free to
any county in the state wishing in
formation and data as to how to
proceed towards the formation of
such an association. Mail addressed
to him care of the Georgia Farm Bu
reau Federation, 616 Chamber of
Commerce Bldg., Atlanta, will reach
him.
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Sweet girl graduates who have
already started to plan their grad
uation frocks may well take a hint
frem the girlish styles worn by
the beautiful Natalie Manning. On
she left the beruffléd and berib
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Women’s Club Will
Aid Community Sale
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Ladies Assure Support to County
Fair and Chamber of Commerce
Support and co-operation for the
Fitzgerald 'Community Sale was vot
ed unanimously by the Woman's
Club at its meeting Wednesday af
ternoon. The ladies will probably
arrange a rest room for feminine vis
itors and it is planned that the Club
send invitations to club women thru
the section which the sale will cover.
The official report of the meeting
by Mrs. J. B. Wall, club reporter,
follows:
- The Woman’s Club held a meeting
!\Ved»ncsday aiternoon for the purpose
of attending to several matters of
‘unfinished business and new things
that have arisen. Wednesday, the
18th,' was settled on as the date for
r"(lrimdmothcrs’ Day"”. Mrs. Sligh
'has again tendered the use of her
pretty lawn and the gracious invita
’tion has been accepted and the Social
Committee is at work to make this
‘occasion the usual happy success.
~ After much discussion about the
Carnival feature of the Fair, the Club
voted to put itself back of the Asso
ciation in working out this problem
of amusement-and finance.
The Executive Committee was in
structed to appoint a “general’ chair
man” to work with the Chamber of
Commerce in arranging any other
matters the Club can help with. Mrs.
Lon Dickey was abpointed.
Mrs. F. M. Powers who was elect
ed treasurer at the annual meeting
tendered her’ resignation and Miss
Maude Glover was elected in her
rlace. |
Various Committees that had been
appointed at the last meeting report
ed. Mrs. L. A. Turner, the new pres
ident, ,nade some announcements,
Mrs. Persons cxpressed the Club’s
appreciation of Mrs. Dickey’s faith- |
ful constructive year's work and pro
posed a rising vote of thanks for her
untiring services. The Club voted to?
join with the other clubs of the third
district in sending an appreciation to
Mrs. Massey, of Cuthbert, the re-:
tiring president, for the faithful ser- .
vices to the District. |
New Manager For
Leonard Brothers
Mr. W. A. Leonard of Blounts
town, Fla, arrived in the city Thurs
day with Mr. James Nesbitt of Bain
bridge, who succeeds Mr. Harry Vin
son, as manager for the firm here.
Mr. Vinson resigned on account of
his impaired health Mr. Neshitt has
been a frequent visitor to the city
and has quite 2 number of friends
and acquaintances in this territory,
whom he will be glad to have ecall
on him at his place of business. Mr.
Reason Whitley will, continue with
‘the firm.
ENTERPRISE and PRESS
In Jail, He Hears
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Of Slster s Death
Strike Breaker Jailed For Larceny,
Tells Real Name To Get Wire
Jim Western, alias T. C. Fuller, in
Ben Hill county jail on a charge of
larceny for rifling the pockets of the
men with whom he had been working
at the A. B. & A. shops since the strike
began, was informed yesterday of the
death of his little sister at his home
n Miami, Fla.
Young Western had given his name
as T. C, Fuller anl did not disclose his
real name until a telegram addressed
to him and containing the news of the
little sister’'s death was sent to the jail.
Explaining his aliag. Western told
Mrs: E. H. Dorminey: that he was
a member of a union and that he
had given an alias in order to protect
his union standing while he was
working as a strike breaker. His
claim of being a union man has not
been confirmed.
NEW HOURS AT LIBRARY
FOR SUMMER MONTHS
The Carnegie Library is now open
every morning from 9:30 to 12:30
o'clock and every afternoon from 3:30
to 6:30 o'clock. These hours will be
kept through the summer and fall,
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‘Weather Conditions
Of Week Unfavorable
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ATLANTA, May 6, —Warm wea
ther prevailed early in the week, but
the last four days were decidedly
cool and windy and unfavorable for
the progress of crops, which made
very slow growth, while the germi
nation of seeds was poor. Scattered
showers occured, generally sufficient
except in a few southern and south
eastern counties where more is need
ed. Warmer weather i very much
desired. The growth of cotton has
been very slow, stands have been in-i
jured, and considerable replanting
has been done, but the replanted cot-‘
is coming up very slowly. Corn alan
nceds warmer weather; planting corn
is completed over the southern half
of the state and is now generally
over the northern half; condition fair
to good. Wheat has rust; fall oats
are heading, and harvesting is begin
ning in the south. Transplanting to
bacco and sweet potato plants con
nues. Pastures have improved. Pea
nuts and sugar-cane are doing fairly
well. Planting melons made good
progress. Apples are poor, but a
good crop of peaches and pears is in
dicated; early peaches are rinening
in the south. Truck crops, white po
tatoes, and garden vcgetabl9s are
early but not doing so well lately on
account of the cold weather, Farm
work has advanced far ahead of the
normal.
C. F. von HERRMAN, Meteorologist
boned frock of white has a baby
blue bodice and is trimmed «ith
blue curled ribbon. The drovved
shoulder effect is from grand
mother’s day and promises to be
very popular this season On the
right is a dainty frock of embroid
ered handkerchief linen and with
‘hemstitching adding to the bod:ce.
It has a beautiful lace yoke. In
Gy e BA |
FEGL ALY
the center a pleasing arranges
ment of hair Miss Manning is
the theatrical find of the seasonm
and 1s appearmg with Madge Kenq
nedy in the Henry W Savage proe
duction of ‘'Cornered.”
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Mrs. S.M. Whitchard |,
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New Deputy Sheriff
Deputized by Dorminey Tofi
Sworn In by Judge Ho&
Mrs. S. M. Whitchard, prominente
in Ben Ml Civic League activities
and admittedly the strongest protag
onist of civic reform in Ben Hill
county, was today appointed deputy
sheriff by Sheriff E. H. Dorminey
and formally sworn in by Judge J.
R. Horton, ordinary.
Mrs. Whitchard is the second
woman to hold the post of deputy
sheriff in Ben Hill county, the other
being Misss McKenna, who was a
welfare worker, probation officer and
deputy sheriff some years ago. Mrs,
Whitchard has full arresting power
as a deputy sheriff.
Judge Horton today stated to a
Leader reporter that there were no
prospects for reorganizing the Ju
venile Court, as asked by the Ben
Hill Civic League. Under the law
authorizing juvenile courts in Geor
gia the ordinary is constituted judge
and Judge Horton declined to as
sume the office. 2
.
lOcnlla Southern
| Changes Schedule
lChanges Take Effect Sunday, May
' 15th, 1921.
Effective Sunday, May 15th, 192],
Ith(: following changes will be made
iiu Ocilla Southern R. R. schedules:
Train No. 1, daily except Sunday,
Iwifi leave Rochelle 6:45 a. m., in
stead of 545 a. m., arriving Fitzger
lald 7:58 a,'m., leaving 8:10 a. m.,;
!.’\rrivv Ocilla 8:40 a. m., leave 9:10
a. m.; Arrive Alapaha 10:00 a. m,,|
"leaving 10:10 a. m.; Arrive Nashville
EIO:SO a. m.
i Train No. 2, daily except Sunday,
will leave Nashville 11:10 a. m.; Ar
rive Alapaha 11:48 a. m,, leave 11:55
a. m.; Arrive Ocilla 12.47 noon, leave
1:20 p. m.; Arrive Fitzgerald 1:50 p.
m., leave 2:10 p. m.; Arrive Rochelle
3:20 p. m.
Train No. 3, Sunday only, will
leave Rochelle 6:45 a., m.; Leave
Fitzgerald 7:50 a. m.; Leave Ocilla
8:20 a. m.; Leave Alapaha 9:10 a. m.;
Arrive Nashville 9:45 a. m.
Train No. 4, Sunday only, will
leave Nashville 10:00 a. m.; Arrive
Alapaha 10.36 a. m., leave 10:45 a. m.;
Leave Ocilla 11:35 a. m.; Leave Fitz
gerald 12:05 p. m., Arrive Rochelle
1:10 p. m.
Bt IL,
eidls General Manager.
PERSONAL—BROTHER, Plcasant
Florida root easily, inexpensively
overcome any tobacco habit Fine
for stomach trouble. Just send ad
dress. C. A. Stokes, Mohawk, Fla.
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Committee of Farm Bureau Ar
ranges with Creamery
HEAR PLAN SATURDAY
Ben Hill Delegation Tour with
Others to Selma, Ala,
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Arrangements for developing the
cream industry in Ben Hill county
were made this week by a committee
from the Ben Hill Farm Bureau that
motored to Moultrie to inspect the
Moultrie Creamery and confer with
Sam Waxlebaum, its owner. Cream
will be shipped daily to the Moultrie
creamery by Fitzgerald dairymen
and the local supply will be manu
factured there until it has grown!
large enough to warrant a creamery
being established here. Mr, Waxle
baum will build the creamery here at
that time, probably next fall. He
will explain the creamery business
at the Ben Hill Farm Bureau meet
ing here rday, May 9th.
A mittfe from the Ben Hill
Farm will accompany the
“delegation farmers from several
cour-ties_sfirro@nding Colcuitt on its
}cdu onalAfour to Selma, Ala., Tues
-Iday, Wollnesday and Thursday of
next yWeek. The Farmers will ins
pect fthe Sel creamery industry,
among things. The Ben Hill
party, incltrdimg®]. E. Turner, C. T.
Owens, C. ewcomer, Isidor Geld
ers, editor itzgerald Leader,
and r&ssihly ers will join the Moul
tre/part t Albany Tuesday morn
in[
//"' rifingements were also made by
he committeg®hat went to Moultrie,
for a party ()Kloultflc ladies to come
to Fitzgergld nvx\t\‘\'aturday to observe
the OPMO Fitzgerald Curb
Market—ith a aiew to establishing
irb markePh Moultrie. The Fitz
gerald curb m 3 led its second
monthkegon May (sth and has enjoyed
ady growth, “79F average of fifty
farhers bring profluce every Wed
nes l:uwlfiid; /7 morning and the
daily s#fes are more than $5OO on mar
ket days.
The committee from the farm bu
| reau who went to Moultrie, returning
yesterday, was Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe
Kimball, Raymond Davis, C. A. New-
Imm(-r, and C. T. Owens. They were
named at the last meeting of the
Il";xrm Bureau to investigate the com
| mercial possibilites of dairy farming
!nn a larger scale than has previously
Ihn-n possible in the county. Lack of
a regular market for the milk and
cream in excess of the local demand
has checked the development of the
industry in the past although natural
conditions favor it,
FNew Drug Store To
Open About May 15
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!Mr. Fowler, of Reaves-Fowler Co.,
- and Dr. Halloway Assume Charge
e Sesaba i
The new corner drug store which
is to occupy the new Bowen Block
at the corner of Main and Central
will open soon after May 15th it was
stated today by Mr. A, W. Fowler,
formerly of Soperton, Ga. He and
Dr. Holloway, also from Soperton,
who will supervise the preseription
department, have arrived in the city
and are now in charge. Mr. G. M.
Reaves, senior member of the firm,
is making occasional visits to the
city from his present home at Rhige,
Georgia.
New equipment is arriving daily
and the beautiful new drug store is
being rapidly finished up. New stocks
of goods are on the road and will
probably arrive during the next week
in time for the formal opening dur
ing the following week, possibly on
Monday, May 16.
REESE--EDMISTON
The marriage of Miss Carrie Ed
miston, daughter of Dr. G. A. Ed
miston, and Mr. Pat Reesc at Abbe
ville, April sth has been announced.
Both young people are well known
here but the announcement of* their
marriage was a complete surprise,
The young couple motored to Abbe
ville accompanied by Miss Mae Ed
miston, the bride’s sister, and Her
man Land. Rev, T. Fuller performed
the ceremony. Mr. Reese is con
nected with the Western Union Tel
egraph Campany. Mrs. Reese joined
her husband in Appalachee, Ala,,
this week. .
COTTON—Good Middling __ll 1-4 c
No Receipts No Sales
Official Organ City of Fitzgerald
LOWER RESERVE
RATES ORDERED
Treasury Officials .See Hope for
Agricultural Relief
6 PER CENT IS FORECAST
Talk Follows Reductions by
New York and Boston Banks
ATLANTA RESERVE BANK
CUTS DISCOUNT RATES
ATLANTA, May 6. An
nouncement was made by M. B.
Wellborn, governor of the Fed
eral Reserve bank of Sixth dis
trict, located in Atlanta, that ef
fective Friday, May 6, discount
rates on all classes of paper will
be at six per cent instead of sev.
en per cent
WASHINGTON, May 6—Reduc
tion of the Federal Reserve Board
re-discount rate in the farming dis
tricts as a relicf measure in the agri
cultural credit situation was regard
ed as probable tonight by some treas
ury officials who commented on the
action of the New York Reserve
bank in lowering the rate on com
mercial paper from seven to six per
cent, A
Coming after the recent reduction
from seven per cent to six by the
Boston Reserve Bank, the action of
the New York Reserve Bank, the ac
tion of the New York bank was
regarded as indicating a gradual re
duction of rates on commercial pa
per in other districts in the direction
of a uniform six per cent rate thru
out the country. ;
At present the only reserve dis
tricts maintaining the seven per cént
rate are Chicago, Minneapolis, At
lanta and Dallas.
Reducton of re-discount rafes on
commercial paper as a means of as
sisting the farmers is understood to
be favored by comptroller of the ecur
rency Crissinger, although the board
has shown a disposition to go slowly
in any change of rate.levels.
Peanut Pool Closed
Out At $4O Per Ton
Ben Hill Farmers Sell 75 Tons of
Goobers to Ccilla Brokers
A pool organized by about fifteen
Ben Hill county peanut growers
last Saturdav was’ closed out yester
day when seventy-five tons of pea
nuts were sold at $4O a ton to Gray
and Cadwell of Ocilla. The price
was quoted F. O. B. Fitzgerald and
was for peanuts in bulk.
The members of the pool were J.
R. Horton, E. H. Dorminey, D. W.
M. Whitley, Wesley R. Walker, C.
E Ball, E. Q. Downing, J. H. Snell
grove, J. C. Bowers, T. V. Swords,
Sinyard, F. M. Lamb, R. L. Troupe
and others. It was the first co-oper
ative peanut sale engineered this
year. Others may follow
iSOME FARMER FRIENDS |
| REMEMBER THE EDITOR
W e are indebted to D. J. Seigler
for a fine lot of potatoes, to Mrs,
Mary Winslow for somg¢ nice rad
ishes, to Mr. M. E. Floyd for a
bunch of the finest Bermuda onions
we have ever seen grown in the coun
tyv. Mr. Floyd has an acre of these
fine onions, from which he expects
to net quite a nice sum, £
g
BISHOP REESE PREACHES
AT EPISCOPAL SUNDAY
Bishop Reese will preach at St
Andrew’s Episcopal Church next
Sunday night only, at 8 o’clock. This
is the occasion of the Bishop's an
nual visitation. Special * music will
be provided. And the people of Fitz
gerald are cordially invited to come
and hear Bishop Reese.
The Church School annual picnic
will be on Saturday of this week,
starting from the church at nine o'-
clock. ;
R. G. Shannonhouse, Pastor.
Mesdames Joe Dillon of Many, La.
and Jennie Guile of Gloucester, La.
are visiting their sister Mrs. A K,
Hall at her home on West Magnolia.
Mrs. Kate White returned Thurs
day from St. Augustine,; where she
has been spending the winter, :
Supt. E. G. Hall of the city schools
is attending the Educational Cons
vention in Atlanta.