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MONDAY
EDITION
VOL. XXVI No. 70
FITZGERALD HONORS HEROES OF THREE WARS
CORDELE BIBLE CLASS PAYS FITZGERALD VISIT
BIBLE STUDENTS
383 from Cordele Come Special
S. A. L. Train Sunday
GUESTS AT LUNCHEON
Prominent Men Speak at Open
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Baptist Bible students of Cordele
and Fitzgerald staged one of the big
gest religious rallies Fitzgerald has
ever seen yesterday when 383 memb
ers of the Cordele class came to Fitz
gerald on a special six car S ‘A, L,
passenger train to conduct Sunday
School, enjoy a luncheon and partici-
Pate in an inspiring open air meeting
at the Blue and Grey Park.
About seventy-five automobiles met
the Cordele men at the S, A, L sta
tion and, marshalled by the automo
bile committee composed of A. H.
Thurmond, TM, Walden and Harry
Vinson, carried them to the Baptist
Church, The reception committee
was composed of U, 4. Bennett, J, D,
.Dorminey, L, N. Chasteen, J. B, Dav
enport, A, E, Ennis, president of the
local classs, Scott Walker and J, T.
Reddick,
Servces At Church
A, J. McDonald, teacher of the lo
cal class turned over the Sunday
School to the visitors, and W. L. Roe
buck, their teacher and leader of the
‘class presided, Mr, McDonald made
the regular Sunday School lecture,
taking the parable of the good Samar
tan as his text and urging true friend
ship and neighborliness and the finest
of human virtues, He related the
classic incident of Damon and
Pythias,
The Cordele choir sang during the
services, g
Most of the huge crowd of meén
that attended Sunday School, nearly
1,000 n all, remained for church serv
ices, Rev. J, F. Singleton urged a
more serious and active attitude of
Christians toward Christianity
At the close of the ghurch services
the great crowd marched to the Blué
and Gray Park, forming a procession
nearly a quarter mile long, where the
» ladies of the Philathea and Fidelis Sun
day School Classes had assisted the
barbecue committee of the men’s class
in preparing a sumptuous feast for
neraly a thousand guests, °
Barbecue Is Served ‘
The barbecue committee was head
ed by G, C. Petty and included W. R,
Dykes, M, M, Stephens, Mayo, Sim
mons, and others. Among the ladies
who assisted in preparing and serving
the barbecue were the following:
From Fidelis Class, Mrs. E, J.‘
Dorminey, leader, Misses Elvynne Al-!
berson, Ethel Mayo, Mabel Albrson,
Clotile James, Louise, Gibbs, Thelma
Williams, Elizabeth McCarty, Louise
Bailey, Myrle Scarborough, Mamie
Ross, Evie Fussell, Ezell Hooks,
Alice Fussell, Addie Davenport, Claire
Mashburn, Stealla Ennis, Mabel En
nis, Mary Lou Hobgood, Lois Hob
‘good,. Janice Singléton and Mrs,
Zessie Bond,
Philathea Class, Mrs, J. B. Wall,
teacher, Miss Belle Gibbs, Miss Ma
bel Rogers, Miss Eula Graves, Miss
Mary Joe Reid, Miss Effie Brassell,
Miss Inez McLaughlin, Miss Lillian
Dorminey, Mrs. Newte Frazier Mon
crief, Miss Dura Askew, Mrs, Paulk,
Mrs. English, Mrs, Spence, Mrs,
Modena Rogers, Miss Lola Askew,
Mrs, Asa Smith, and Miss Ozella
Bradshaw, ;
The use of the grounds and build
ings at the park was extended by the
‘use of the Fitzgerald Fair Association,
Addresses at Park
The most inspiring part of the pro
gram of the day came after' the barb
ecue had been finished and the im
mense crowd drifted out under the
~ trees to hear the addresses by some of
South Georgia’s best ‘orators.
Col, ‘A, J. McDonald presided at the
open air meeting, He introduced
Judge D, A, R, Crum, former presid
ing judge of the Cerdele Circuit who
made an impromptu speech on fellow
ship. Judge Crum spoke of the uplift
ing influence on the Intermingling of
men in a good cause and of the pow
erful influence for good of friendship
and appealedfor a better observance
‘of the religion that teaches “love thy
neighbor as thyself.”
W. L. Roebuck, teacher of the class
addressed the crowd on “How to
Build a Bible Class,” ‘“This work is
"the grandest on earth,” he declared,
“and the most worthwhile that can
challenge the interest of any man,
There is nothing better than the
THE FITZGERALD LEADER
Shall We Horget?
By DAN G. BICKERS. i
The poppies bloom in Flanders Field today
And in the soil below them sleep
Our heroes!___Still we hedr them say:
“Faith with us will you keep?” |
For us some say there'can be no concern
In matters there, across the sea,
Among those foreign lands we can discern
No obligtions__from them we are free!
Yet foreign soil drank life—blood of our so‘hs,'
Who went, clear-visioned, at the call
Of worn humanity___what hero shuns
Danger that threatens brothers all?
Their dust___’tis blossoming today
In poppies blooming there in Flanders . . We__
Have we no part, no word to say?
Shall we with them yet false and faithless be?
REMEMBRANCE
There was one who swore to Remember___
And on a recurring date DID remember___
That he-had forgotten!
friendly meeting and companionship
of an organization of this kind”
Mr, Roebuck paid a tribute to the
general virtue of the human ‘race,
“No man is better than another,”
he declared, “and there is more good
than bad in the worst man that lives
There are virtues in the worst man
in- town that would challenge those
of the best.”
Judge Gower on “Service”
Judge O. T, Gower, South Geor
gia's silver tongued jurist, made the
finest oration of the afternoon on
the subject of “Service,” drawing
frequent rounds of applause as he de
veloped his subject, He declared that
the work of the Men’s Bible Class is
not for “churchanity” but is for real
“Christianity’, in which- men of all
classes and creeds strive humbly and
to a plane of true democracy to
follow in_ the footsteps of the lowly
Nazaree. )
. Judge Gower likened life to the
billowing ocean, on whose surface
white caps rise and burst and dis
solve in spray, The material ac
complishments of individuals who
!amass great wealth or acheive fiigh‘
‘positions he likened to the ephemerali
}whitc caps, rising grandly for the
moment from the even plane of
ocean’s surface, and then falling
without a trace back to the great
pody of water, :
“And what is there in life that
really counts?” asked the judge, “It
is simply this Service, . Service
'means obedience to some person,
thing or law, Two things prompt
service, duty and love. Duty looks
on service as an obligation to be
paid; love views it as a premium to
be collected, The grandest calling
v all life i §0 serve one’s fellow
man, and the reward for service
Ico_mes in the doing, in the feeling
in one’s heart of a worthy task ac
complished.”
Judge Gower, who stated, that he
was not a member of the bible class,
threw bouquets of the flowers of
rhetoric in profusion at the class and
at the splendid work it is doing,
The mpst glowing tribute to the
class was made by W, E. Speers, a
Ifarmer living near Cordele, He
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“When anybody tells a lie, his or her heart beats faster and the
blood pressure is intensified "ysays Lawyer W. M. Marston, of Boston
who invented and has just perfected a lic-detecting machine, Marston
.t a member on Harvard University faculty, and in tests in eriminal
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FITZGERALD, BEN HILL COUNTY, GEORGIA, MONDAY, MAY 30, 1921.
A. B. & A. Box Car
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Catches Fire Here
Train Crew Rushes Burning Car to
Town for Fite Department
A bad blaze in an Atlanta, Bir
mingham and Atlantic box car which
the firemen state was caused by a
spark from the locomotive was ex
tinguished by the fire department
about 3 o'clock Saturday morning,
The fire was discovered by the
train crew near the shops, according
to the firemen, and the box car was
immediately rushed to town, the blaze
gaining headway at every turn of the
wheels, and stopped on the tracks
back of the city hall, The firemen
were called out and quenched the
flames_ .
The firemen say that a live spark
had evidently sifted through the ven
tilator and lodged in a shipment of
‘brooms which started to burning.
;‘The other contents of lhe car were
saved. 5
spoke with enthusiasm of the work
of the class in helping the sick and
the man who is down and out, He
described the perfect democracy that
prevails in the class where banker
meets the day laborer with hearty
handshake and on terms of complete
equality.
Rev, T. H, Horton, a country
preacher serving four churches in the
neighborhood of Cordele, told of the
splendid influence the class has on the
entire countryside where its example
has increased church and Sunday
School attendance and generally stim
ulated interest in religious work.
Mr, N. L, Leffman, organizer and
first teacher of the class, reviewed
its history, It takes hard work and
eanest effot to build up a class of the
size and faithfulness of the Cordele
class he said. '
The day’s program was ended with
half hour of community singing led
by the Cordele men’s choir and ac
‘companiel by the Bible class orches
tra of five pieces,
A\ d PRES
Make Salaries High Enough to
Insure Good Teachers
TMPROVEMENTS PLANNED
Modern Heating and Sanitation
for Lynnwood and Ashton
The salaries of feachers at Ashton
nd Lynnwood rural schools, recently
enlarged by consolidation of six
schools, will be increased by an ag
gregate of nearly $3OOO, next year, it
was deeided by the boards of trus
tees of the two at their last meeting,
The increase will be $1250 at Lynn
wood and $1622 at Ashton,
“From this year on we want to
pay our teachers salaries that will
give us an opportunity to exercise
greater choice than ever before,” said
Superintendent J. H, Bullard in an
nouncing the salary increases. The
increases will be made out of the
proceeds of the five mill local tax
voted the special election May 18th,
In addition to improvements in
the faculty, the trustees vofed exten
sive improvements in the heating
and sanitary systems, The old wood
heaters will be replaced by modern
furna%es. The primitive sanitary
systems prevalent in Georgia rural
schools will be replaced by the most
modern sanitary equipment,
; The consolidated schools will open
t'iw first week in September and the
additional funds voted by their pa
trons will cover the smprovements,
at least three passenger. trucks, the
increased salaries and an additional
two months of school, according to
the tentative budget drawn by the
trustees, The other eleven schools
in the countv will run six months
‘as before, Further consolidation
projects are in view for 1922 to bring
’practically all the schools of the
county up to the Lynnwood and
'Ashton standard.
The trustees present at the meeting
were M. W, Chasteen, J. C. Harper
and Bert Meeker, of Lynnwood, and
W. H. Robitzsch, Wiley McMillan,
B, H. Dorminey of Ashton,
The total number of schools in
the county has been decreased from
seventeen to thirteen and it is ex
pected to bring the number down
to not more than eleven in 1922 and
probably eight or fine in 1923 by con
‘solidating the little schools into large
'modern institutions,
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New Southern Trains
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For Summer Tourists
ASHEVILLE, N. C, May 30—
Additional trains on three lines lead
ing to Asheville, giving overnight
service between the Western North
Carolina metropolis and the princi
pal points of the South for the ac
commodation of summer tourist
travel to the “Land of the Sky,” will
be inaugurated by the Southern Rail
day System on Sunday, June 26.
Eleven new sleeping car lines will be
established on the same date:
The~ new trains and sleeping car
lines will be as follows:
Between Columbia and Asheville,
handling through sleeping cars be
tween Charleston, Wilmington, Sa
vannah, Augusta and Asheville,
Between Atlanta and Asheville,
handling through sleeping cars be
tween Macon, Atlanta and Asheville,
Between Chattanooga and Ashe
ville, handling through sleeping cars
between New Orleans, Chattanooga
and Asheville,
New sleeping car lines, to be
handled on trains already in service,
will be established as follows:
Between Memphis and Asheville
Bétween Memphis and Asheville on
the “Memphis Special”; between
Nashville and Asheville via the N.C,
&St L. Ry, to Chattanooga and
thence on the ‘“Memphis Special”;
between New Orleans and Asheville
via ‘Mobile and Montgomery to At
lanta and beyond on trains 35 and
36; between Norfolk and Asheville on
trains 3 and 4 to Danville and be
yond on trains 11 and 12.°
Temporary sleeping car service
will be established between Macon
and Asheville on May 299th, betwecni
Charleston and Asheville on June lst,}
and between New Orleans and Ashe
ville via Mobile, Montgomery and]
Atlanta on June 16th, to continue
until the inauguration. of the regu
lar summer schedules on June 26.
Sleeping car service between Win
ston-Salem' and Beaufort will be
established on June 1,
In Flanders Field
By Lieut. Col. JOHN D. Mcßae
In Flanders’ Fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly,
Scarce hear amidst the guns below.
We are the dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
: In Flanders’ Fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe!
To you from falling hands we throw
The torch. Be yours to hold it high!
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders’ Fields.
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Farm Bureaun To Aid 1
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July 4th Celebration
Floats for Each Community Council
Approved by Advisory Board
The countyadvisory board of the
;Ben Hiill Rarm Bureau Federation
Saturday approved a plan to have
each of the six community councils
represented by a float in the Fourth
lof July parade in Fitzgerald, Be
cause of the hot weather no live stock
|display will be made but each coun
cil will have a singing class on its
float, Prizes will be awarded the
best singing class,
H. C, Albin of Valdosta, head of
the Southeastern States Produce
Distributing Corporation ' spoke to
the farmers and proposed that they
sell Ben Hill county’s water melons
through his large organization, which
is also handling the Southwest
Georgia growers’ association’s crop,
Action was deferred until a later
meeting, :
No action was taken in regard to
forming a new farm loan association
'in Ben Hill county.
TRESTLE BURNS;
RAIN DELAYE
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The special 'trl;in carrying union
army veterans and wives to Ander
sonville National Cemetery for Dec
oration Day®was delayed about three
hours this morning at ~Musselwhite
and Cordele by a /bufned out trestle.
Unconfirmed rei)orts here have it
that the woodwork had been appar
ently wet with kerosene last night
and the burning is said to be incen
diary work, There was evidently no
intent to wreck the train as no at
‘tcmpt was made to conceal the
weakness of the trestle, The train
reached Andersonville about 12:30
o'clock. Tt carried about fifty people.
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4 When President Harding selected Edwin Dy2by of Michigan as his
Secreiary of Navy, he picked out a regular “go-getter” and two fisted
Anierican, 15 now the verdict of Washmgtonl folks. It is because thev
have seen Secretary Denby in more unconventional poses than any public
man since Roosevelt. When _Den{:}y inspects he inspects—as shown here
ut the Marine c¢amp at Qnamlco. ‘a., ready for a flight in a naval plane.
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Primitive Baptists '
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Hold Revival Meet‘
Elder W, B. Screws of Graymont
Will Open Services Tonight 1
Elder W, B, Screws of Graymont,
one of the strongest preachers in the
Primitive Baptist church of Georgia,
arrived this morning to open a series
of revival services at the Primitive
Baptist church, He will be the guest
of Hon, Wiley Williams, senator
‘elect, while in the city,
Elder Screws subject for the opening
sermon at 8 o’clock tonight will be
“Prayer” His subject tomorrow
morning at 11 o'clock will be “The
New Birth.” Tuesday night his sub
ject will be “The Full Expression of
the Love of God.” .
The services will continue through
'this week with sermons at 11 o’clock
cach morning and 8 o’clock each ev
ening, The public is cordially, invit
ed to attend.
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Fire Fighters Werk
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Mr, Herman Feinberg of Feinbcrg‘
Furniture Store sent” a nifty little
card table to the fire department
Saturday as 'a mark of appreciation
for their splendid work in stopping
the Lockett Motor Company fire
Thursday morning. The .firemen are
“getting their hands in” at check
ers again on the new furniture,
George Kratzer,;, whose bakery
narrowly escaped destruction dyring
the fire and which was saved only
by the clever and resourceful work
of the firemen, asked the Leader to
}exprcss his appreciation of the fire
men’s work through our columns,
“Fitzgerald people should certain
ly ‘be thankful for having the protec
tion of such able and exprerienced
men as Chief Wilkerson and his or
ganization, “Mr, Kratzer said, “No
one knows when he will need that
protection.” :
FITZGERALD COTTON
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No Sales No Receipts
Official Organ City of Fitzx‘!e'.rafd.',
Special Train Carries Small
Crowd to Andersonville
PROGRAM AT 3 P. M.
Graves of Hero Dead Be Decor
ated by Friends Today .
The hero dead or three wars are
being honored today by Fitzgerald
people with appropriate exercises
and decoration of their graves at Ev
ergreen cemetery, A special train
carried a small crowd’ to Anderson
ville for the day this morning to
hold services over the graves a.the'
union soldiers who are buried the
national cemetery there, Others went
in automobiles, Special services are
being held at the W, R, C. Hall this
afternoon and the grave of the dead
heroes in Evergreen cemetery will be
decorated with flowevs and flags af
ter the exercises.
Special memorial services were
held Sunday at the Central Christian
church. Rev, James H. Elder of the
First Methodist church cffered pray
er., Mr, Henry Bruner, a union vet
eran, read Lincoln's Gettysburg ad
dress, s
The Memorial Day address was de
livered by Rev, S, A, Strawn. He
took as his text Isaiah, 2:4 “And
He shall judge among the nations
and’ shall rebuke reny reople; and
they shall beat their swords into
plowshares and their spears into
pruning hooks; nation shall not lift
sword against nation, neither shall
they learn war any more.”
The speaker reviewed the war his~
tory of the world through the bibli
cal wars, the Roman wars, the Na
poleonic wars to the last world war,
He showed the application of the
text to the American Revolution, the
Mexican, Civil and Spanish wars.
All patriotic orders . of the city
were represented at the Services, in=
cluding the G, A, R, W. R, C, Sons
of Veterans, P, O. S, of A, and P,
O. of A.
The program at the W, R, C,
‘Hall at 3:30 o'clock today is‘as fol
lows: A
Song by Burr Stokoe. :
Prayet by }. D. Denniston,
Song by audience, !
Decoration Day address, Rev, C,
Ginn,
Song by audience,
Special exercises are also being
held at Andersonville today with Rev,
James H, Elder as orator of ‘the day.
The pilgramage of the aged union
veterans and their wives to Ander
sonville is an annual event of many
i years -standing, y
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Miss Helen Osborne
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New Society Editor
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Miss Helen Osborne will succeed
Miss Pauline Crawley as society ed
itor of the Fitzgerald Leader-Enter
prise and Press beginning Wednes
day June Ist, when Miss Crawley
will become the wife of Mr, J, C,
Bush,
Miss Osborne was for a long time
society editor of the Leader, resign
ing to accept a position with the
Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic
railway before Miss Crawley assumed
command of the woman’s page. All
items of social and personal interest,
parties, church affairs, visitors to the
city or out of the city, and the like,
should be telephoned to Miss Os
borne either at her home, Mphone
188 or office phone, 159, . ,
The Leader is sorry to lose the
assistance of Miss Crawley but Miss
Osborne is a talented writer and will
make the society page even more in
teresting and readable than it has
been. : : s
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Thanks Librarian ~
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For Aid To Crisp
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The' following card was sent tq‘f
the Leader today by the principal of
Crisp School: ’ s
We desire to express to Miss Lomnyf
Smith, the Librarian our thanks for
her courtesy in service rendered in
selecting books for pupils of Crisp
School district for the past term,
The reading efficiency of pupils .
and also community in general was
improved considerably, A 4
C. W, QUEEN, Teacher,’ =