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VOL. XXVI, No. 74
LOCAL BOY TO BOX
SOUTHERN CHAMP
Jim Brown :.—a;:ker Ander
son Bout Monday Night
FOR Y. M. R. C. BENEFIT
Will Box Ten Rounds to Finish
at Old Skating Rink
For the benent ui the Young Men’s
Recreation Center, “Cracker” An
‘derson, heavy-weight champion of
the South, will box Jim Brown ten
rounds to a decision at the old skat
ing rink at the Blue and Gray Park
Monday night June 13th. The card
will open at 8:30 o’clock with a fast
preliminary bout by two local light
weight bhoxers.
“Cracker” Anderson has been de
feated only twice in nearly five
years during which time he has de
fended his claim to the heavyweight
championship of the South and has
come back in return bouts against
both of those bhoxers. His boxing
weight is 190 pounds and he went
into training yesterday for the Mon
day night bout. He will take a six
mile run tomorrow and spar a few
rounds with a local boy to keep in
condition. Sunday he will do a few
miles of roadwork and spend most
of the day resting.
Jim Brown is a local boy who has
shown unusual ability in amateur
bouts. In a street corner conversa
tion about the fight one fan warned
Brown that he would be licked to a
frazzle. ‘“You never have heard of
anyone licking me have you?” said
Brown. It developed in the talk that
Brown has never bheen whipped in a
fight although he has been in hun-!
dreds of scraps ever since kid days.
Brown is two pounds heavier thgm‘
the “Cracker,” has an advantage of
about two inches in reach and height.!
Both boxers are in perfect condition.
All the proceeds of the match
above the actual expenses will go to
the Young Men’s Recreation Cemerf
which is badly in need of funds for
additional equipment. The match isi
being promoted by a member of the
board of managers of the Young‘
Men’s Rrecreation Center, in hope of
p tting the organization on its feet. |
sThe Young Men’s Recreation Cen
»fikirs growing very popular and
g ;_‘ne.s of volley ball are being played
every night, except Sunday and Wed
nesday nights, on the court with an
ever increasing attcndance, With
more money the organization could:
extend its work and render a great
service to the city. -If the match
Monday night proves a success, other
entertainments will be arranged by
ttie board of managers to raise funds.
BUS LINE TO DOUGLAS
AND WAYCROSS, GA.
Messrs. Stewart and Knight of
Alma will give a daily Bus Service
to Ocilla, Douglas and Waycross.
The bus leaves Fitzgerald via Ocil
la, Ambrose and Brokton, connect
ing with the Waycross bus at Doug
las. :
Bus will leave from bo' hotels
Schedule of Bus Line 1. Douvglzs
and Waycros:
Eastbound schedule read left col
umn downward; Westhound, r-~d
right column upward.
MORNING SEkVICL
5:30| Leave Fitzgerald Arrive [12:00
QU - .____Ocillazizs = 1540
LOO[E ... Ambrose.Llolil 110:30
#l9Ol _.______Broxton_.c.__.. {lOOO
8:00/ Arrive Douglas Leave 1 9:30
AFTERNOON SERVICE
2:30| Leave Fitzgerald Arrive | 8:30
QOB o . Ocillai .ul | 8:00
PIBE ... ...Ambrose....... | 7:00
SI6OF ... Brogton.ii . % } 6:30
5:00] Arrive Douglas Leave | 6:00
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Dynamite Damages
T A.B. & A. Trestle
Explosion Wednesday Night lls
. Heard for Miles; No One Hurt
~ An explosion "that was heard for
several miles around badly damaged
an A, B. & A. trestle between Fitz
gerald and Ashton about midnight
Wednesday night. Dynamite is sup
posed to have been used and evi
dences were found of a fuse several
yards long which gave the malefac
tors ample opportunity to escape be
fore the explosion.
Repair gangs were rushed to the
scene of the blast immediately after
it occured and the trestle was re
paired in time for the first train
Thursday morning. No trains were
delayed and no one was injured. A
statement from receiver B. L. Bugg’s
office Thursday is that the damage
was not over $lOO.
Railroad agents and the local sher
iff’s office are at work on the case
but have not reported any new dis
coveries. It is said that a man sup
posed to be a Pinkerton agent was
seen leaving the city shortly after the
explosion. He was followed by a
local car out the Dixie Highway to
ward Atlanta. He was recognized
but was not stopped. It is also said
that he inquired several places W’ed-‘
nesnay to rent an automobile.
“WRECKERS” MAKE
ATTEMPT AT MYSTIC
An apparent attempt was made at
Mystic Monday morning to wreck an
A. B. & A. train. A motor truck on
which the section hands were riding
was badly wrecked and Clifford John
son, one of the section hands was bad
ly hurt. He was carried to the hos
pital in Fitzgerald for treatment.
The wreck was caused by a switch
having been turned at the northern
end of the side track at Mystic. Some
one had unlocked the switch and set
the rails so that a train running over
this spot would be thrown off the
trak. The lock was found a short
distance away where it had been
thrown by the would-be train wreck
er.—Ocilla~Star, June 9.
BIBLE CLASS TO HOLD
BIG MEETING SUNDAY
“Christian Patriotism and Interna
tional Brotherhood” is the subject
for the Men’s Bible Class at the
meeting at the Odd Fellows Hall at
10:00 o’clock Sunday merning. Col.
A. J. McDonald, teacher, will lec
ture on the subject. The lesson is
taken from Isaiah II: 1-10, and Act
I 6-9. Special music will be led by
Gordon Roberts, Rufus Horton, and
other religious song leaders. An at
tendance of more than 100 is ex
pected.
Mr. Ranald Burke has gone to
Columbus to accept a position for
the summer.
NOTICE OF BANKRUPT SALE
GEORGIA—Irwin County.
Under and by virtue of an order
granted June sixth, Nineteen Twenty
one, by Honorable U. V. Whipple,
reieree in Pankruptey, will be sold
Friday June Seventcenth, next, at the
late place of business of said bank
rupt in Ocilla, Georgia, within {“e
legal hours of sale to the highest bid
der for cash, subject to confirizaii-n
or rejection, the assets of Clark Hard
ware Company, Bankrupt, consisting
of stock of Merchandise, Furniture
and Fixtures, note¢s and accounts.
Same will be offered in separate par
cels and as a whole. Certified checks
for 10 per cent of the successful bid
or bids must accompany same.
See undersigned for list of assets
and full particulars,
This June Bth, 1921,
? Warren Paulk, Trustee.
F dead May Ist.
THE EMPIRE MERCANTILE COMPANY.
Dry Goods and Clothing Phone 18.
THE FITZGERALD LEADER
FITZGERALD, BEN HILL COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1921.
ENTERPRISK and PRESS
Judge Horton Issues Call for
Election June 16th
FOUR DISTRICTS PETITION
Roanoke, Dorminy High, & Cot
; ton Mills Ask Election
~ The new develppments came today
in the better schools movement in
Ben Hill ciunty when Judge Ji Ry
Horton, ordinary, issued a call for a
school eclection in Crisp district for
June 16th, Thursday of mnext week,
and received the petition of the pa
trons of the Fitzgerald Cotton Mills
school for an election in that district,
Judge Horton stated that he would
call elections during the next month
in Dorminy High and Roanoke dis
tricts. The law requires that peti
tions be held on file ewenty days be
fore an election is called. The Crisp
district election will be pushed by the
trustees of the district and C. W.
Queen, teacher of the school.
The Cotton Mills petition has the
backing of General Manager J. H.
Mayes of the mills and support of
"other mill officials. They plan to
have an eight months school next
year. The five mill levy in that dis- |
‘trict will raise more funds than in
‘any district its size in the county
and the cotton mill school may be
made a model school of its kind.
‘Dorminy High and Roanoke school
districts’ petitions are now on file
with Judge Horton and calls for
election will be issued before the
end of the month for elections in
July. Superintendent J. H. Bullard
expressed a belief that all the elec
tions would be carried by the friends
of better schools. i
MERCHANTS’ ASSOCIATION
WILL MEET TONIGHT
A special call for a meeting of the
Merchants’ Association has been is
sued by President Will S. Haile for
8:30 p. m. at the Thamber of Com
merce. Matters of importance are
to be disposed of in connection with
the Credit Association and the Co
operative Sale organization.
Miss Elberta McCloud will leave
soon for New York where she will
spend the summer studying Con
ducting, in connection with her mus
ical profession.
BOXING MATCH
For Benefit of
YOUNG MEN'S RECREATION
CENTER
“CRACKER” ANDERSON, 190 Ibs.
JIM BROWN, 192 Ibs.
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MONDAY NIGHT
Bout begins promptly at 8:30 O’clock.
Old Skating Rink at Blue and Gray Park.
LADIES FREE!
“Big Four” of Strike Headghar
ters Will Arrive Today
MEN ARE CONFIDENT
Sure of Reinstatement and De
‘ plore Trestle Dynamiting
| et
J. M. Larrissey of the firemen, J.
B. Hogsed of the clerks, O. D. Gor
man of the telegraphers and Val
Fitzpatrick, the grand lodge officers
of the unions who are in general
chatge of the A, B. & A. strike for
the men, will be here today: to con
fer with the strikers' here.
J. M. Larrissey, first to reach the
city, would not make a statement for
the press but expressed confidence
that the strikers would be reinstated.
The officers will be royally enter
tained here. A baseball game be
[twccn shop crafts and transportation
’mvn will be playved for them Satur
‘day afternoon.
Mr. Larrissey spoke- to the regu
lar morning mass meeting of the
men today. Gorman, Hogsed and:
Fitzpatrick will arrive some timci
this afternon or early tomorrow.
They Wwill ge here until Sunday. |
The strikers are expressing cnnfi-‘
dence that they will be reinstated
during the eariy part of July if not
sooner. Some bets are even hoingl
made that they will be reinstated
within thirty days. None of the bet
tors will disclose their reasons for‘
offering money on J4he prospect or
state what, if any, their “inside in- |
formation” is. While many people
look on the offers to bet as simply a
bluff to keep up the morals of the
men. It is a fact that some sizeable
sums of money have heen wagered
by strikers. |
Local union officials are emphatic
in asserting the innocence of strikers
in the dynamiting that occured Wed
nesday night. “We thave nothing to
gain by destroying railroad proper
ty,” they repeat.
Messrs. Jay Rohrer and Will Pryor
returned to the city Wednesday night
from Atlanta where they have been
attending Georgia Tech for the past
year.
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SINGERS TO MEET
HERF NEXT WEEK
Arrangements Being Made for
Nearly 300 Delegates
SPLENDID PROGRAM
Singers Known All Over South
Will Attend Meeting
Preparations are being rapidly com
pleted or the South Georgia Union
Singers Association convention here
June 17, 18, 19. A joint committee
irom the Chamber of Commerce, the
Farm Bureau and county singing Ts
sociation is securing homnics for the
three hundred delegates who are ex
pected and other details are being ar
ranged. ;
Judge T. J. Luke, secretary of the
association who is in charge of the
convention, has booked as special fea
tures, eight singers of state-wide rep
utation in church work and especially
rural singing association work, the
Vaughn Quartette of Lawrenceburg,
Tenn., the quartet of the Union Book
Co., of Atlanta, McD. Weams, a song
writer of Rome, Ga, Mr. and Mrs. R.|
M. Gresham of Greenville, S. C., Sam
W. Beasly, of Atlanta, J C. McL(-n-‘
don of Mcßae, and Eddie Faircloth,
of Greenville, S. C. 1
The singing convention is to be
held in the county court house which
seats about 1,000 people. Judge J.B.
Clements of Irwinville, president, will
preside at the meetings. J. C. Lend
erman of Mcßae is vice-president and
Judge T. J. Luke of Fitzgerald, sec
retary-treasurer, The association
comprises about 100 counties south of
Macon. Each county association is
allowed to send five delegates to the
convention,
The committee in charge locally is
Judge Luke, C. T. Owens, and G. S.
Willcox. Delegates who wish infor
mation about the convention should
write T. J. Luke, Fitzgerald, Ga.
D. E. GRIFFIN NEW
COUNTY ATTORNEY
Col. D. E. Griffin was elected coun
ty attorney for Ben Hill county at
the meeting of the board of county
commissioners this week. He suc
ceeds Col. D. B. Nicholson who has
gone to Jeffersonville to enter the
ministry.
GENUINE LINOLEUM. All col
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Band Concert (On
Sunday Afternoon
The Fitzgerald Concert Bard,
Prof. Ternest director, will wive a
concert at the Fireman's Park at
the city hall at 5 o’clack Sunday af
ternoon. The Ocilla Band will assist
the local musicians in presenting a
really good program of good music.
The band will play Sunday even
ing concerts every Sunday if the
music-loving public of Fitzgerald
will turn out to enjoy the programs.
The boys were rather disappointed
at the smallness of the crowd that
heard the first concert last Sunday.
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‘Katcha-Koo’ To Be
At Grand June 23rd
Quite the most attractive cntertain
,mcnt given in Fitzgerald for a long
time, will be the musical comedy
l“K:ltclm Koo,” which will be pre
’sentcd at the Grand Theatre on June
23rd.
‘ Although it is to be amateur pro
duction, it will be far from that in
reality for it savors of the profession
al and will be far better than many
road shows seen in this city.
The plot and story of the comedy
is interesting, the music bright and
‘melodious while the dancing s fur‘
‘above the ordinary. There is plenty
of action from the time the curtainl
rises on the scene of the Marajah's‘i
Temple of Buddha in East India, un
til it drops right after the grand
American patriotic finale, entitled
“Liberty Aflame.” The principals in
clude some of the very best l()(‘:ll!
amateur talent, all of whom are tak
ing personal interest in making the
play a tremendous success.
Sa ety !
PAGEANT AT FIRST
M. E. NEXT SUNDAY
The young people of the Epworth
League of the First Methodist Epis
copal Church have prepared a page
ant entitled “The Hope of The World’
which they will present Sunday even
ing at the regular preaching hour, at
8:00 o'clock. Miss Myrtice Corley in
charge.
The pageant consists of our scenes
beginning with a scene in Mrs. Wes
ley’s home at Epworth Rectory in
1712. The Epworth League gives a
cordial invitation to every one to at
tend. Sunday evening at ecight at
the First Methdist Church.
CHIEF DIXON BETTER
IS LATEST REPORT
! Chief of Police Charles F. Dixon
‘was reported as slightly improved in
condition today. He has been criti
cally ill for two wecks with gravel
stones and for a time his life was in
danger. Hopes are now held for his
recovery.
The friends of Mr. Chas. S. Isler
will be glad to know that he is re
covering from his recent illness in
Anderson, S. C. and that he may be
‘back home next week, according to
a card received this morning by Mr.
H. Milton.
The Christian Church Sunday
School held its annual picnic outing
at Bowen’s Mill yesterday with Sup
erintendent W. A. Adams in charge.
‘Mpore than two hundred members of
the Sunday School and their friends
enjoyed the outing, taking basket din
ners and spending the day boating,
fishing and swimming at the pleas
:urc resort,
o i sol
Mr. L. Holmes was in the city
Thursday in the interest of the Watt-
Holmes Hardware Company.
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FITZGERALD COTTON
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Official Organ City of Fitzgerald
Committee Named at Wednes
day Afternoon Meeting
TO BUILD SHELTER
Agreement Will Be Reached
with Seanor and Clare
Beginning next week prices on sta
ple articles at the curb market are
to be regulated by the Woman’s
Club Market Committee with the
advice and assistance of the farmers
who regularly patronize the curb
market. The ladies on the commit
tee are Mrs. Lon Dickey chairman,
Mrs. C. D. Carroll, Mrs. Harvey A.
Mathis. The decision was reached
at the curb market meeting Wednes
day.
‘} n addition 0 ‘he ladies, H H.
Jares and C. 1. Owens coustitute
’:1 committee *o confer with Mr. Syd
‘ncy Clare and Mr. J. B. Seanor on
Ithc project of building a permanent
'lshcltcr on the corner on which the
market is now being held. They
‘will meet sometime next week. Mr.
Seanor offered the use of the lots
for a nominal sum and Mr. Clare
offered to supply lumber for the
building without cost. Mr. A -k
Sword, chairman of the Fitzgerald
council of the farm bureau, offered
to haul the lumber to the lots. ‘The
regular patrons of the market are
to build the shelter themselves.
Among those who spoke at the
mecting were Mrs. C. D. Carroll
who gave a striking illustration of
the need and value of the market by
offering as “evidence” five cases of
various vegetables, peas from Cali
fornia, sugar peas from Tennessee,
pickles from Detroit, peppers from
other distant section. All of these
things are being sold at the curb
market, raised by home folks in home
land and keeping their money at
home.
Mr. W. R. Bowen offered a tenta
tive plan for the market shelter
which met the unanimous approval
of those present. Mr. , <. Turner
spoke of the possibil tics- i the curb
market as a nucleus for further
development ‘of home industry.
Rev. R. G. Shannonhouse also spoke
along that line. Mrs. Lon Dickey
explained the need for a permanent
shelter before the days become too
hot to permit the market’s being
held in the open as it is now. Sev
eral others spoke.
The decision to regulate prices
was made because considerable dis
crepancy in prices has been report
ed and is not having a good effect
on the market. The prices will be
regulated so that they will be high
enough to make it worth while for
the farmer to come to town with his
produce and low enough to make it
worthwhile for the housewife to
leave her home three times a week
to come to market.
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Mayr’s Wonderful Remedy, and I
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