Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, June 17, 1921, Friday Edition, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextFRIDAY EDITION VOL. XXVI. No. 77 FITZGERALD IS ROST TO SINGERS Introduces Bill to Bolster Na tion’s Farm Credits LEND $200,000,000 ON FARMS Tells Treasurer to Give Credit to Farm Loan Bank - The following bill has been intro duced by our Congressman to aid farmers in making their loans thru the Federal Farm Loan Banks, A bill to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to loan to the Federal Farm Loan Board the sum of $200,000,000, and for other purposes.: . Whereas the agricultural interests of the United States are facing bank ruptcy on account of the scarcity of credits; and Whereas it is of the utmost im portance to the whcle people of the United States, who depend upon the farm for food and raiment, that the farmers continué to produce, which is impossible unless they are grandted some financial aid; and Whereas the Feleral Farm Loan Act was enacted for the purpose of affording financial credit to the farm ing interests of the United States; and Whereas the $40,000,000, worth of bonds recently otfered ior sale by the Federal Farm Loan Board will supply only three and one-third mil lion dollars for each of the twelve land districts of the United States, a sum totally inadequate for their needs; and Whereas in the present financial condition of the country it will be impossible for the Federal Farm Loan Board to sell additional bonds * the investing public In an amount wufficient to meet the imperative needs of the farming interests of the United States; and Whereas any funds loaned by the Federal Farm Loan Board under the terms of the Federal Farm Loan Act are amply secured by a first mortgage on real estate, which in sures their repayment: Now there fore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States ol America in Con gress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to loan to the Federal Farm Loan Board, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro priated, the sum of $200,000,000, to be used by the Federal Farm Loan Board in making loans under the terms and provisions of the Federal Farm Loan Act, said sum to be equitably proportioned by s2id Fed eral Farm_.Loan Board : .ici.z the twelve Federal land banks creatcl under the Act approved July i 7, 191" that each of said Federal !i=4 banks shall issue to the Secretrry of tao Treasuty ‘a 'certificate. ‘¢’ inie i - ness, to become due at such date as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, and drawing interest ot the rate of 5 per centum per annum, for whatever amount of said sum is allocated to said Federal land bank. Sec. 2. That each of the Federal land banks receiving any funds un der the terms of this Act shall lend same at a rate of interest not to ex ceed 5% per centum. . ® Crisp Defeats Tax ‘ For Better Schools( Only Twenty-Five Votes Polled In Quiet Election Thursday ‘ The patrons of the Crisp Schooll yesterday defeated the proposal to levy a five mill local tax for school purposes, Only twenty-five votes were polled in the election, eighteen against the tax and seven for it. Lack of interest on the part of the patrons is said to be the cause for the failure of the tax to go through at Crisp as it did at- Ashon, Lynwood, and other districts. Elections are to be held soon in Dorminey High district, Roanoke district and Westwood district. No improvements in the school plant are planned in thoee districts, The pur pose of the tax is to lengthen the school term from six to eight morniths, The consolidated Ashton and Lynn wood districts will have eight months school next year, Crisp, Eufeka and Evergreen will have six months of school Dr, and Mrs, J Wrank Ward have returned from Americus where Dr, Ward attended the Third District Medical Society convention this week. THE FITZGERALD LEADER The Story of Our States By JONATHAN BRACE XXXIL.—MINNESOTA INNE = M'sors s f: formed part ‘E-..' “ WK X\ lytromtap&l'- e eatoßl 2l tion o e “\,‘(_-‘;-:‘f:“?f Nbrthwea; ¢ R territory an L 056,27 partly by the Northeast section of the Louisi ana Purchase. It was the Mis sissippi river which was the di viding line between these two large territories. The Eastern section was ceded by France to Great Britain in 1763 and became a part of the United States at the end of the Revolution by the Treaty of Par is in 1783, The Northwest ter ritory was organized by con gress four years later. Then, as this great federal domain be came settled and was gradually divided into states, the Bastern part of the present State of Min nesota belonged in turn to the Territories of Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin. As to the western portion of the state, this was a part of the Louisiana Purchase, which was bought from France by the United States in 1803. As this region became subdivided, West ern Minnesota formed a part of the Territories of Louisiana, Missouri and lowa. The first white man to pene trate to Minnesota was the French explorer, Duluth, who in 1678 built a fort on Lake Super for and there established a very extensive fur trade. Two years later, Father Hennepin and two companions were sent by La Salle to explore the Upper Mis sissippi and reached the Falls of St. Anthony, where Minneapolis now stands. But it was not un til the Nineteenth century that permanent settlements were made., In 1822 the first mill was built at the Falls of St. Anthony, where were destined to arise such important successors. In 1841, Father Galtier built a chapel dedicated to St. Paul, and this was the foundation of the present great city of that name. As to the name Minnesota, the state was so called from the riwer that runs through it, which in the Dakota Indian language makes the words “Minne,” meaning “Water,” and “Sotah,” . meaning “Sky-colored.” Some times the state is called the . “North Star State,” from the ~ motto on its coat-of-arms. . Minnesota was admitted to the ~ Union in 1858. Its area is 84, - 682 square miles and it is the most important of our wheat ' _producing states. It has twelve : presidential electors, *. (© by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) v Fred Stroul Freed !‘ i From [crgery Term Col. A, J. McDonald was &1 181 ledageville this week, to argue a hao cus corpus proceeding against the VWarden of the State: prison in the case of Fred Stroud, serving time for an alleged forgery in Colquit county., His alleged confederates were released on account of a defec tive indictment and the same defects are said to exist in the indictment against Stroud, on which he was convicted. Col. McDonald procured his release. . . New Legion Chief To Speak At Columbus John G. Emory, of Grand Rapids, Mich,, elected national commander of the American Legion to succeed the late F W. Galbraith, wno lost his life in an automobile accident last week, probably will fill the speaking engage ment of the ate commander at the Columbus convention, it is indicated in press dispatches to Atlanta. State Adjutant J G. C. Bloodworth Jr., is prepariny blanks to be sent all posts and returned to state headquar ters with the names of delegates and alternates to the third annual state convention at Columbus, July 4, sth, asd 6th. . Coming South For , Cooler Summer One of our northern friends reporis that the thermometer in Goshen, Ind, rose to 115 in the shade and that it was so hot that the asphalt at the intersection of the Dixie Highway and the Lincoln Highway in that city melted, Well, it's some hot here but ‘we haven’t seen our pave ment melt yet, FITZGERALD, BEN HILL COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 1921. FARMERS AND VETS ' (N “4TH” PARADE Ben Hill Camp U. D. C. Meetsl Next Saturday to Prepare ‘ TWO FARM FLOATS Bicycle Races Promise To Be Most Popular of Events : Ben Hill Camp No. 1666, United Confederate Veterans will meet at 5 o’clock Saturday afternnon June 25th ‘at the Chamter of Commerce to or ‘ganize for the Fourth of July ccle bration and parade, Officers will be elected to fill existing vacancies, ‘The meeting was called this morning by Captain D, B, Mull, commander of the camp. Two floats of farmers were as sured for the parade by C. T. Owens, county agent and farm burcau seccre tary, who is chairman of the parade committee. - Ashton and Lynnwood will be represented with community floats, Individual floats are expect ed from several farms in the county, Boys have started registering al ready for the bicycle races which are to be one feature of the day, The races are to be held on Main street. Six races will be held, three for boys under fourteen and three for boys over fourteen, Prizes will be given Lwi!] be givento theetaoishrdluv etao ‘to the winners in each event. En ‘tries for the races are being regis '%‘tervd at Crews Bicycle Company and ' Mr. Crews, chairman of the race ;committe(‘, today declared a Dbelief ‘that the races would be the most zpopular event of the day, Temporary Shelter For Curb Market Drought Will Cut Volume of Truck At Market Next Week A temporary shelter to protect the farmers and patrons of the curb mar ket from the burning June sun is‘ being built today by five of the farm ers who regularly sell at the market, The shelter will be torn down as soon as work is ready to begin on the per manent wooden shelter that the curb market committee is now planning. Farmers who were working on the frame and canvas shelter today pre dicted a decrease in the volume of ‘produce brought to market next week. The unusual drought has cut the truck garden crop and the farmers ‘will have less produce to offer for Esale until they have a good rain agaimn. ’ The farmers who are putting up ithc shelter today are O, P. Rodgers, | G. W, Talbot, W. B, Blizzard, J. N | S-vearingen, Becker and Mrs, C, J. ‘bngten a ' T . s, o. L. Smith Is ™ . iz ominent In Cast Mrs, S. L, Smith will appear in the oriental fantastique “Katcha-Koo” as “America” and the talent chairman, Mrs, G. W, Brown is most fourtunate to have secured her services for this production. Miss Hazel Robinson, the producer, who is rehearsing the entertainment has stated that the cast assembled here is one of the best she has had and the talent is of an unus ually high order, In every city in which the Oriental American Fantastique has been given the press has been generous in praise and the clever dances, beautiful ori ental costuming and splendid librette have been especially praised, ‘ The production will be given on Thursday, June 23rd at the Grand Op ‘era House under the auspices of the Library Board and the funds will be used for the Library, Two Autos Burned . Here During Week Two automobile fires occured in the city this week nelther resulting seriously and both causing several hundred dollars loss to the cars, The first fire was early in the week at the corner of Merrimac and Pine. The Overland of a Mr, Morgan, an em ployee of the A, B, & A, was appar eutly set on fire by an incendiary, Will Morgan’s car suffered consid erable damage Tuesday night when he filled he gas tank at the Scaboard station and then struck a match to ]suc hom much gas tnere was in the tank, % ENTERPRISE and PRESS o Farmers Reorganize . Irwin Farm Bureau State College Experts and Local Men Attend Meeting Thursday The farmers of Irwin county re organized their farm bureau federa tion yesterday, electing Mr, Little chairman of the county advisory board and Mrs, Paulk, the district representative, vice ghairman. The meeting was an all day affair at Mys tic and was well attended, Four state officers attended the meeting and spoke to the farnrers. J. G. Oliver, state secretary of the farm bureau, spoke on work that has been done and is being done by the farm bureau, M, C. Gay, marketing agent of the state college of agricul ture spoke on co-operative marketing as handled through the farm bureau, J. G. Woodruff, financial agent of the state farm bureau spoke of the work accomplished in securing fed eral farm loan assistance for farmers. C. G, Garner, live stock marketing expert for the state college of agri culture spoke on prospects for live stock raising in Georgia, Prof, Weaver presided at the meeting. ° . Missionary Pageant ] . At Central Methodist A very charming and mstructive‘ missionary pageant will be given at the Central Methodist church Mon day afternoon at 4 o-ciock. Mrs, Tyson the President has arranged the program as follows: Mrs, R. I. Maf fett presiding, Doxology, Song—“ How Firm a Foundation.” Bible Lesson—Psalm 67; Prov 24; Niys~ 5 G, Pryor St Solo—“I Gave My Life for Thee'— Mrs, Frank Ward. Drama— ‘ Scene—A Lady’s Sitting Room, Cast as follows: Mrs, Stanley, Mrs, S. L, Smith, Maid, Elizabeth Maflett. Miss Maxwell, Mrs. Clayton Jay. On American Indian Girl, Evelyn Shewmake, An Ttalian Immigrant, Julia Prentiss, A Virginia Mountain Girl, Mrs. J. L, Frazer. 1 A Chinese, Woman, Mrs. Frank Ward A Japanese Woman, Mrs. Griner A Child Widow, Mrs. Lon Dickey, A Lianuse Woman, Miss Martha Turner. ; A Brazilian Woman, Miss Cliff Saunders. ; An African Woman, Mrs. A H, Denmark, A Korean Woman, Miss Quinette Prentiss, A Lyrian Girl—Miss Hattie Wide man, A Persian Woman, Miss Edna Ty- SOM. ’ Every lady in the program is ’nrgf’d to come promptly to the church at 5 o’clock Saturday after noon for a final practice. Mrs, S, L Stith, .o = Stilley Tigers Take Thursday Game The Tigers defeated the Bearcats Thursday afternoon in a one-sided game by the score of 11 to 7, Up until the fifth inning it looked as though the Bearcats had a walk away but the Tigers got tmeir batting eye and took the lead in the fifth inning and was never in danger again. Battery for Tigers were Starling and Goins, For Bearcats Lee and Mangum, The feature of the game was the batting of Redmona, Upton and Russell for the Tigers and of Jow ers and Hopkins for the Bearcats, This makes the fourth game played between the two teams, The Tigers having won three out of the four. Next game will be Thursday after noon at 4 p, m, at Base Ball Park. . . Fine Field Of Tobacco Mr, S. H. Wilson, on Gray Bros. farm, is taking a great deal of pride in showing his fine field of tobacco, to the many visitors to his place. Mr, Wilson has two successful seasons in tobacco planting to his credit and expects to harvest a top crop this year, The Trwin county Farm Bureau was reorganized at a meeting in Mystic Thursday, at which several representatives of the State College of agriculture took part. PORCH SWINGS COMPLETE $4.75 Feinberg Furniture Store, tf Fitzgerald Must Show Her Old Time Hospitality This Week Fitzgerald has as honored guests today, tomorrow and Sun day some of the finest people that ever stepped on Georgia sod, the singers and song leaders of South Georgia. They have come to the annual singing convention of‘the Scuth Georgia Union Singers Association. They mostly come from the most open heart ed and hospitable class of people in the world, the Southern farm ers. They are accustomed to showing hospitality to others and are accustomed to receiving hospitality wherever they go. Fitzgerald is honored by having them here. No one thing would do more for Fitzgerald than to have these visitors get a true idea of what a really open hearted and hospitable city Fitzgerald is, end to go away to their homes in all the Southland singing Fitz gerald’s praises in the same musical voices that are singing hymns and anthems at the court house during the convention. There will be more delegates and visitors here than can comfortably be housed by members of the singing association in the county and those who are closely connected with it. The general public of Fitzgerald has got to do its share in the entertaining, the professional men, the business men and craftsmen of the city. Fitzgerald has never failed to do justice to any occasion and can not afford to fail to do justice to this occasion. Go to the court house tomorrow morning ; meet these fine people we have with us; and take two or three of them home with you. . Weather Is Driest Ever In 40 Years All Crops But Cotton Are Suffering from Prolonged Drought ATLANTA, June 17. Severe drought now prevails over (jvorg‘i;l.l Excepting local showers in a very dry, but not excessively hot until thci close. In many places there has been no rainfall for 24 days or murc,‘ breaking all records for early smn-‘ mer ‘drought during the past 40 years or more. Although all crops are now beginning to suffer for lack of moisture, it is surprising in V\'h:lt! comparatively good condition the staple crops still remain, probably on account of the absence of extreme heat and the fact that all crops are unusually clean and well cultivated. Cotton is withstanding the drought very well; in fact, it has improved during the week, making good growth; it is beginning to bloom freely in the central-southern por tions, and is forming squares in the north; boll weevils are not quite so bad. FEarly corn, which is in silk and tassell, is firing on uplands, and the crop generally is beginning to need rain badly. The weather was very favorable for threshing. Sweet potatoes are vining nicely, but the ground is too dry to finish transplant ing. Gardens, trucks, and pastures have already suffered seriously from drought, but pearurs, sugar-cane, and rice are still doing well, though needing rain for best development. Cutting and curing eobacco is be \ginning in the south. Large ship imcnts of fruits and melons continue. . C. F. Herrmann, Meteorologist. . Hardwick Inaugural Occurs Next Week Hon. Thomas W, Hardwick, who is soon to take his seat as Governor of Georgia, first won national promi nence when he was elected to the national Congress as representative from the Tenth Georgia District, He represented this district for a longer period than any other man since the days of reconstruction, From 1902 until 1914 he received his mail in the House postoffice on Capitol Hill, Washington, D. C, In 1914, as successor to the late U. S, Senator Bacon, Mr. Hardwick went to the United States Senate, serving until 1918, Following that date, he engaged in private law practice until 1920 he became a candidate for governor of Georgia, and was clected, Plans for the inauguration of Gov ernor Hardwick, it is announced, provide for open-air eeremonies, The ceremonies will take place on the state capitol grounds Saturday of next week, A platform to accommo date 100 persons will be erected on the Washington street entrance to the capitol and here the inauguration will take place. The inauguaral ceremonies, which will be very simple, at the request of Governor-Elect Hardwick, will consist of a parade of civilians be ginning at Peachtree and Harris streets, The governor-elect and his party will be preceded in the parade by members of the Spanish War Vet erans, of which organization Mr. Hardwick is a member, Mr. and Mrs, H. F. Newton re turned to thg city Thursday from an extended motor trip through Geor gia and North Caroling, Mr. And Mrs. Bowen .. o l Entertain At Picnic il | Mr, and Mrs. W, R, Bowen clab- | orately entertained with a fish fry and picnic at Bowen's Mill Thurs-! day afternoon, entertaining the I)i-i rectors and employees of the I‘lm«l pirec Mercantile Co. and their fami lies, and a few personal friends. l Ten cars conveyed the guests to | the Mill where swimming was en-! joyed by all, Pictures of the party | at the elaborate spread were taken, I The repast was one te be remem bered for sometime by the guests :15! it was such a bounteous supper. Quantitics of fish, coffee, corn bread, pickles, barbecued meat, pincapplc! sandwiches, tomato sandwiches, cake and water melon composed thc} lunch, There was also plenty of lemon ade and cold drinks, ‘ Those present were Mr, and Mrs. W. M. Roberts, and sons Herbert, Harvey and Williams, Mr, and Mrs, J. T. Reddick, and sons Willie and A, C, Mr, and and Mrs, M, L. Dicks and son Webster, Mr. J. W, McLane, Mr; Ralph Russell, Mr, and Mrs. C, C. Parker, Miss Eula Graves, Mrs. Florence Christian, and son James, Mr. Gene Blizzard, Mr, Julius Vaughn, Mr. and Mrs, T, E. Myers, and sons, Ted and Bob, Mr, and Mrs, L. E. Rohrer, Miss Tussie Howze, and mother, Mrs, J. W. Howze, Miss Mamie Smith, and mother, Mrs, N. Smith, Miss Ella Gray and mother, Mrs. Samuel Gray, Mr, William T. Mashburn, Mr, and Mrs, Geo. P, Morris, and children Louise, Rchert and Martha, Miss Daisy Mcßae, Col, and Mrs. A, ]J. McDonald and children Alex, Mollie, Nelle, John Willis, Gene, Francis and Edwin, Mrs, Lula Bowen Shepherd, Dr. and Mrs, D, B. Ware, Mrs, E, T, James, Mrs. Mary James, Mr, W. M. Grider, Mrs, J. D. Mashburn, Mr, and Mrs. Ed Brown, Hon,Z S. B. Reid, and Dr, and Mrs, C. D. Mcßae, lnf Rochelle, Mr, J. F, Brewer, Mr. S. B, Tomberlin and Mr, and Mrs. W. R. Bowen ‘ . Police Land Burglar . . In Jail This Week ' Bill Fodson, a negro, was caught with a quantity of cigarettes, cigars, and other things taken from the Greek-American Lunch Room a few nights ago, and was bound over to the Superior court by Justice D. P. Adams. Officers Saml Dixon and John Whittle made- the arrest. . | Georgian Is Made - Head Of Shrine DES MOINES, la., June 15.—Tom Houston of Chicago was elected im perial outer guard by the Masonic Order of Shriners in convention here Wednesday, All the other Shrine of ficers were advanced one step, Earnest A. Cutts of Savannah, Ga,, thus becoming imperial potentate, San Francisco was selected as the next meeting place, Messrs, Clay and Lee Tillery of Opelika, Ala. are visiting their sister ‘Mrs. O. L, Bradshaw on.S, Main. l’l'hcse young men are both honor students at Georgia Tech, Now Buying COW HIDES, Phone 306, Casper' Hide & Skin Co. ti FITZGERALD COTTON Good Middling _________lo 7-8¢ No Sales No Receipts Official Organ City of Fitzgerald Famous Singing Masters of South Are on Program THREE SESSIONS DAILY Mt Five States Represented in Mus ical Gathering : Fitzgerald is host to the song lovers of five states today, Saturday and Sunday, Song sessions are be ing held each morning and after noon during the three days. The annual concert, the biggest event of the year in South Georgia singing, will be at the court house Saturday night at 8:30 o’clock. Singers and singing masters from Georgia, Florida, Alabama, South Carolina and Tennessee started ar riving in Fitzgerald last night and their numbers continvea to swell all day today, Sunday will be the big gest day of the convention and prob ably five hundred of the section’s sweetest singers will take part in the music. Judge J. B, Clements called the convention to order at the court house at 10 o’clock and the three day program began with the great old religions songs that have stirred men’s souls for a hundred years, Old fashioned ofgan music accompanies the vocal music. More enthusiasm and spirit is expressed in the volume of song than in the greatest of grand opera. Among the song masters who had registered early this afternoon were the following: J. J. Covington of W 'icox county, Reason Tomberlin of Fia, ] I’. Hor ton of Ben Hill, George Covington of Turner, W. J. Royal of Irwin, W. O, Bush of Mozelle, Miss,, W, M, Clark of Dub'in, Alton Watson of Dublin, J. J. Padgett of Fla, Dr, J. H. Withington of Pineview, B, E, Percelle of Irwin, E, Q. Dormi ny of Ben Hill, A. W, Worley of Ben Hill, J. A, Royal of Irwin, J. C. Wilson of Wilcox, E, G, McClen don of Dublin, J. J. DuPree of Tal lahassee, J, R. Braswell of Seville, LS Crosby of Douglas, In addi ‘tion to these leaders many other singers are here, - The program committee is J. B. Clements, J, A, Royal and Lewis Tomberlin, They have arranged pro grams to begin 10:00 Saturday morn ing, 4:30 o’clock Saturday afternoon, 9:30 o'clock Sunday morning; 4 o’- clock Sunday afternoon and the big concert at 8:30 o’clock Saturday night, Among the singers at the concert will be Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Gresham of Greenville, S, C, C* W. Vaughn of Lawrenceburg, Tenn., J. M AR len of Fort Valley, A, M, Worley of Ben Hill, . Seccretary T, J. Luke is handling ‘the details of the arrangements of the sessions. | ~ The delegates to the convention ‘were entertained at dinner today by 'members of the Ben Hill county singing association and by hospita ble Fitzgerald people. The slogan for Fitzgerald people for Saturday and Sunday will be—*“Don’t eat without a delegate” Practically all the homes of Ben Hill singers have been filled and Judge Luke issued an urgent appeal this afternoon for Fitzgerald people to open their homes to the delegates, “Come to the singing tomorrow and get acquainted with the visitors,” Judge Luke asked, “and pick out one or two to take home with you. Fitz gerald can not afford to fall down on entertaining South Georgia’s sing ers.” A small admission charge of 25 cents will be made for the concert Saturday night to help defray some of the expenses of the convention. A packed house is expected and song lovers who wish to attend should go to the court house at least a half hour before the time set for opening the program 8:30 o’clock if they éx pect to get in. g The star of the corvention is little Miss Elizabeth Gresham, 6-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs, J. M, Gresham, who has inherited all the music of her talented parents, The ‘little girl drew repeated rounds of applause with a delicate alto part this afternoon, She will sing at the Saturday night concert, l Among the early arrivals today were a trio of singers from Florida who gre well known nere where they used to live, They are R. R, Tom berlin of Jefferson county, J. J.. Du pree of Leon county and S, J, Pad gett of Madison county, G