Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, June 20, 1921, Monday Edition, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextMONDAY EDITION VOL. XXVI. No. 78 Warrants for iState Fire Mar . shal and Detective. LOCKETT FIRE IS CAUSE Heaﬁﬁgs Will Be before Adams Tuesday Morning Messrs, Herman T. Ruthenberg, a detective, and J. A, - Sharp, con nected with the state fire marshal’s department, are under one thousand dollar bond each to appear before Judge D, P. Adams at 10 o'clock Tuesday ' morning to answer to charges of malicious arrest preferred in warrants sworn out by, TR Dy Jones, prominent business man of the city, | Mr, Jones alleges that the two defendants took him by force from *his automobile Tuesday morning and compelled him to go to their room in the Lee Grant Hotel where he was cross examined in regard to the re cent Lockett Motor Company fire, He went under protest and answered the questions of the two under pro test, At the end of the cross ex amination the. officers demanded that he sign a statement in regard to the fire which he refused to do until he had seen_an attorney, During the argument ghe “lie” was. passed by one of the officers and Mr. Jones knocked him down, according to Mr, Jones, Finally the consent of the officers to see an attorney was given, Mr. Jones says, and Attorney Eldridge Cutts was seen and advised _against signing the statement demanded by the officers, Mr, Jones was in cus tody of the officers from 10 o’clock Tuesday morning until 1 o’clock Tuesday afternoon without warrant or authority of law, according to the case the prosecution will try to make out at the commitment hearing, The defendants in the case are un derstood to contend that they had authority to hold inrormal hearings Ind examine any witnesses they pleased in connection with the fire “they were investigating, Mr, Jones is incensed over the seeming high handed action of the officers and declares his intention of pressing the case to the end. Attorney El dridge Cutts will assist Solicitor Gen eral Joseph B, Wall in prosecuting the case, / \ Veal Brothers May % . e Winter Here Again | Sam Willcox, president of the Fitz gerald Fair Association, today re ceived a wire from John Veal of Veal Brothers Shows stating that the company was making arrangements to winter here again this 'year and asking Mr, Willcox to assist in mak ing arrangements fos the carnival to play a circuit of Georgia fairs to close the 1921 season, Veal Brothers Shows wintered here last year and according to fig ures on the’ books of the treasurer spent about $lB,OOO in tle ¢ dur ing the four months they were here, They occupied the f.on Dickey To bacco Warehouse which they said was_the best place tmey had found in the South for winter quarters for 'a show of the size of Veal Brothers. The telegram to Mr. Willcox follows: “Have you closed carnival for fair? Get in communication with Colum bus, Eastman, Moultrie and Sanders ville by wire and if they have not closed will have McAbee there at once. Answer quick to Oconto, Wisconsin, Best regards to all, We are figuring on winter quarters at Fitzgerald ” THE z ® s e THE i ENPzE Special for Wednesday Morning e .. - TEN to ELEVEN O’CLOCK--One Hour Onl\y! ' ; O Yards CURTAIN SCRIM for - - - 60 cents This Scrim is a full yard wide in White and Ecru ard is a 25¢ value, \i)ut for one hour Wednesday, the Empire Storq will se;ll you 9 yards for only 60 cents. You can buy all you want from sto a hundred 'yards, but this Special only last one hour so be on hand and get new draperies for your windows. - One Price to " Everybody - LIVES WITH B ] _ . < e ———————————————————————————— e, ;g e g g 3 % Rk i _ ! 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Here he stuads today, a living marvel before the x-ray as physicians look at the bullet and fail to explain bhow he can enjov perfect health, e Negro Slayer Of Girl Is Burned To Death Convicted of Murdering Lorena Wilkes, Aged 12, ; MOULTRIE, June 20.—John Hen ry Williams, negro slayer of Lorena Wikes, 12-year-old white girl, was burned at stake Saturday by a mob after he had been couvicted of first degree murder and sent>nced to be hanged July 8, The prisorer was taken from the officers as he was being escorted from the courtroom and was rushed to the scene of his crime where he was tied to the stump of a tree, The negro made a full confesion of the crime, it is stated, Williams calmly smoked a cigar ette as the match was applied to the fuel around him and he made but lit tle outcry as the flames slowly burned to death. The mob quietly dispersed after the lynching and thus far no arrests have been made. ' Throughout the trial the crowds in attendance were orderly, but as the armed deputies, with their pris oner, left the courthouse steps the crowd surged forward, captured the negro and rushed to the scene of the killing of the ‘child, Williams had been found guilty without recommendation of mercy. He was taken to the side of the pond where the little girl’'s body was found, chained to a stump, where he was burned to death, ° ‘ Not a shot was fired by the tre mendous mob, all standing about quietly, watching the negro burn. - Jesse Davis Charged * . ® & With Pointing Gun Commitment hearing for Jesse Davis, well known former employee of the A, B, & A. railway, on = charge of pointing a p:stol at ancther will be Wednesday afterroon at 2 o' clock before Judge D, P, Adams at the court house, Mr, Davis is ac cused by a negro employee of the‘ railroad with having held him up at| the point of a pistol last Friday night‘ while two other men searched him, Mr. Davis denies the charge. The prosecutor is represented by Attor ney Sam Kassewitz and the defense is represented by Attorney A, J. Mc- Donald, ( . i g R GENUINE LINOLEUM. All col ors, Feinberg Furniture Store. tf THE. EMPIRE MERCANTILE COMPANY. Dry Goods and Clething Phone 18. THE FITZGERALD LEADER FITZGERALD, BEN HILL COUNTY, GEORGIA, MONDAY, JUNE 20, 1921.. . ENTERPRISE and PRESS Merchants To Back & July 4th Holiday ; Name Committee To Aid Chamber of - Commerce on Finances The Fitzgerald Merchants Associa tion at its meeting Friday night vot ed to co-operate with the Chamber of Commerce in staging the annual Independence Day celebration, Will Adams and Will Haile were named as a committee to ratse funds for the big day. The committees in charge will make an effort to make this years’ celebration the biggest in the ten years Fitzgerald has been staging them and to draw crowds from a hundred miles away, The credit association was dis cussed by the merchants with approv al, Mr, J.'N, Etheredge of Albany, orgémizer and manager faor Fitzger ‘ald and several other towns, has put the machinery of twme association in operation here and it is already giv ing reports on credit to the members, Miss Helen Osborn is secretary in charge, It developed that the funds of the association were $2O less than the amount necessary for the month and J. L. McCarty volunteered to make up the deficit on the understanding that the finance committee would get the necessary additional members by next month, 4 ; ® ) Bike Race Entrants To Meet Thursday All boys who have registered or intend to register for the Fourth of July Bicycle Races will meet at Crews Bicycle Shop on E, Central avenue next to the Empire store at 5 o’clock Thursday evening to ar ange for the races, They may take i ke to Lake Beattfce for supper after the meeting, Prizes are to be )o;’.krc.} for the winners in six races ‘c be heid during the' day and all thi ycuthful bicycle owners in the city cre enihusiastic over the coming event. : KEIM BUYS 12 CARS BURNED IN LOCKETT’S Mr, Louis Keim this morning pur chased the remains of the twelve automobiles that were damaged in the Lockett Motor Company fire last month. He will remove them to his shop on North Lee and rebuild them, SINGERS CLOSE | ; : ~ BIGGEST MEETING Nearly Five Hundred Visitors . to Singing Convention ° RE-ELECT ALL OFFICERS Singers Will Meet in Fitzgerald Again Next Year The South Georgia Union Singers Association closed the greatest con vention in its history at the Ben Hill court house yesterday afternoon with a session at which nearly a thousand people heard . the, music. Before ad journment the old oﬁicer}, Judge J. B, Clements president and T. J, Luke, secretary, were re-elected and it was decided to hold the conven tion in Fitzgerald again next 'year, The convention was attended by more people from other counties and states than any other in the history of the organization, More than 200 delegates attended and at least that many more visitors who were not delegates, One man who i¢ reputed to know every one in Ben Hill coun ty and most people in adjoining counties said he had never seen so many strangers, The singing masters and singers en tertained a packed house with a con cert Saturday night at which enough money was taken in to partially pay the costs of the convention. People who attended ‘declared that concert was the best of its kind they had ever heard, The sound of the choir of several hundred voices swelling the breezes with religious music was inspiring and beautiful, Judge T. J. Luke, secretary, ex tends cordial thanks to the many citizens of Fitzgerald who hospita bly assisted in entertainment of the delegates and visitors, Visiting sing ers enterviewed by a Leader report er declared theselves delighted with Fitzgdrald and Fitzgerald people, The convention was considered a success from every standpoint, .. e, 0 iPromlnent Citizens o To Fill Theatre Boxes 9 ’ - At “Katcha-Koo A number of loyal library patrons who have been interested in the wel fare of the library from its earliest history are still showing they want to do their very best where the good of the library is concerned and have expressed their willingness to fill all the box seats at the theatre on Thursday night at Katcha-Koo. Final rehearsals are being held at the Grand this week—every member of the cast seems peculiarly fitted for his or her part, and an evening of rare enjoyment is in store for Fitz gerald on Thursday, The following promnent citizens will occupy the boxes: Mr. and Mrs, Jack Mayes, Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Jay, Mr, and Mrs, S. L. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Griner, Mr, and Mrs, J. B, Wall, and Miss Wall of Atlan ta, Mr, and Mrs, Drew Paulk, Mrs, M. S. Swee, Mrs. (’Berry of Willa coochee, Mr. and Mrs. H, K. Sligh, Mr, and Mrs, J, E. Turner, Mr, and Mrs, Alec McDonald, Mr, and Mrs, W. A. Adams, Dr, Frank Ward, Dr. and Mrs, M, S, Cohen, Mr, and Mrs, Sam Abram, Mr, and Mrs, S. Moore, Mrs. E. N, Davis aaa Mrs, L A, Turner, ; Mr. Edward Fussell of Atlanta spent the week-end with his parents Dr, and Mrs, J, C. Fussell on South Lee Street, VAT N AR A Miss ‘Aleine Turner left Monday for Athens where she will attend a summer training school for six weeks. “LEADER OF QUALITY AND LOW PRICE” ol o Major Roy C. H‘yge‘#'of Hills- , e R B s soe C C o *xs">»’z3* 8 boro, O, is the new Prohibition NR e Commissioner of the United States. B “%’%\ i His appointment brought a clash % x%’* g 1 in Buckeye politics with President S T Harding over-ruling his succeeding , ‘% 98 Senator, Frank Willis, Senator i §* Willis had a nominee of his own £ g A "=’iiiﬁi;';';;g,;;:::;a‘" , for office, but President ledxng & B € R named Haynes who was editor of o B SR the Hillsboro Dispatch and one of : ) e his earliest supporters; £ bl : o a : R [ B*3 3 3 R; ) .7’:““ < R ' %\5 i« g & Re N i g i, Rt R e Y ey ) x GBI RE S e e i 3 Seaaau 3 g 'AR ~‘ SRR R = A T g . ) 5 ~ g 4 et S % o e : ~"\'.->v.4: goyNT P : T i IR N SRR, R L e &.;.:‘f“.gfa;{;:"'w}:dl AT, O i A U A 3 el s | B . R R ol "."":”?:,a", }' AR " ‘i . W -"*:rw:-<,..a§° S AR Bz e e e . ges b 4 e o i . * Union City Ready For 4th Of July Watson, Barrett and Hardwick to Speak at Political Rally UNION CITY, June 20, If all the farmers who can find the means to walk, ride or run to Union City on July 4th, don't forget all their troubles, it wont be the fault of the citizens of Campbell County and the boys of the Farmers’ Union, There 'are rumblings coming out of Union City now that indicate the most gigantic explosion of good spirits and a good time at that point on the great day of expiosions that Georgia has ever seen, Here are some of the reasons of the prophesy: 3 According to every accurate source of information, no less than ten thou sand cat fish are being fattened for the slaughter; ten thousand friers vi:ir be all dressed up and prevarcd to leave this earth forever; several hundred hogs and cattle are now undergoing the last sacred rites be fore execution; all the good cooks in Campbell County, without exception, are training themselves for one sub lime effort on the 4th; and all the citizens of Campbell County are act ing as hosts. No less than two hundred Camp bell County folk ate out daily mak ing arrangements, A big dancing pavilion is being built on the grounds. There will be two bunds, There will be special trains; one leaving Fitz gerald at 5:00 o’click in the morning and covering the route to Union City over the A, B, & A.;-another over the West Point out of Atlanta at 9:30, Senator Tom Watson, Gov.-Elect TFom Hardwick, President of the Na tional Farmers Union, Chas, S. Bar rett, and others will address the crowd of farmers, which is expected to be between twenty and thirty thousand, A.B. & A. Telegrapher ® Arrested By Sheriff G, G, Hill, telegrapher for the A, B, & A. was arrested Saturday night while at work in the yard office of the A, B. & A, shops by Sheriff Jarmon of Turner county on a charge of using the mails to defraud, ‘according to A, J. Walker, of Fitz gerald, who ,was deputized by the sheriff to assist in the arrest, | According to Mr. Walker, Hill was first prosecuted for the charge -in 1915 and jumped his bond, He had purchased two cars of watermelons by mail and failed to pay for them, He was taken back to Ashburn by the sheriff, i ’ Incendiary Fire Put Out By Department O ———— The dwelling of Charles MeDoWell, a former employce of the A, B & ‘A. was found on fire Saturday night about 11 o'clock and through the prompt action of the Department ‘Was soon extinguished, before much \damage was done, Sticks soaked in kerosene were found under the house by the fire men, with all the ear marks of in cendiarism, McDowell carried no insurance on his furniture, The house is a five room cottage owned by Har ry E, Nelson, the contractor and was insured for $5OO. The damage to the building is fully covered by this policy, Mobley Gun Batile . Hearing Is Tuesday Charges of assault with intent to murder against each of the five white men who engaged in a gun fight at the home of W. A, Mobley, Jr, east of the city last month will be given preliminary hearing before . Judge F, M, Powers at his office in the five story building Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock, Tony Birthnot, Caga Liles and Jim Smith are charged with having gone armed to the Mobley home to pun ish a negro farm hand for circulat ing stories that they had stolen his shoes. "The three were met by W, A, Mobley, Jr, and’ Jesse Mobley, also armed, and a gun fight ensued in which all vve were wounded, Birthnot lost an eye and W. A, Mob ley was so seriously hurt that his life was ‘endangered for a time, | CHIEF DIXON RECOVERS AFTER SERIOUS ILLNESS I The many friends of Chief Chas'! F. Dixon of the police department were glad to shake his hand again today and congratulate him on his recovery from the illness that has kept him conkned‘to his bed for the last three weeks, He is still very ’weak and will not resume active Icharge of his department before the ’end of the week, Mr, Sam Dixon, 'assistant chief, has been in charge of the department during the chief’s illness, ? Mr, and Mrs, W. H. Hunter and children Misses Annie and Ruth, and Chester drove over to our city Sat urday from their home in Homerville and spent Sunday with Mrs, C, W, Cook who is a daughter of Mr, and Mrs, Hunter. They returned to thelf home this morning, except Miss An nie who will spend some time with her sister Mrs. Cook, Grocery Phone 155 FITZGERALD COTTON Good Middling _._______lo 7-8 c No Sales . No Recelpts Official Organ City of Fitzgerald ‘ - e f-‘f’:ﬁ;’£j-1 o i DYNAMITE CASE BE TRIED WEDNESDAY Say Negro Strikers Dynamited +Negro Boarding House )57'3 TWO ARE IN JA11%,"%* Explosion - Shattered = Windii Glass But Hurt No One % A small charge of dynamite wu expioded near the cabin of Annie Pitts and Mollie Hill, colored, oﬁng Church, east of the city, Sunday morning between three and four ‘o’ clock, demolishing the windows in it and those of three other small dwell~ ing houses in the neighborhoé’g.f,ﬂj’f‘"f Sheriff Dorminy and Deputy Putnam made an. investigation of ‘the affair and have Oscar Armerrong and Joa; Sherman, negro strikers, under ar~ rest, charged with tne crime, Ll , Neighbors saw a car loaded with . negroes in the lane north of the‘axfé{ plesion and three negroes standing in the Ashton road, a short dlstancqﬁ south of the dwelling. After the ex~ plosion the car was driven south €0 the Ashton road, and took on the three negroes, &4 " The charge of dynamite was evi dently laid flat on the ground,about a foot from the corner of the build ing, evidenced by an indentation building, ‘evabout thetaoiahrdluetao’iﬁ:!:;‘ about the size of a small washbowl, Bits of paper picked up appearwt have been wrapped around the ex plosive, but fail to indicate its owner, The negroes are alleged to hwca set the dynamite because negro strike breakers were boarding in the Hm}a house. At the jail today both of the accused vehemently asserted their ﬁ*‘i nocence of the charge and ignonﬁ@i;ﬂ of everything concerning the dyna= miting, S ﬂ Commitment hearing for two ne= gro strikers charged with dynamiting a negro boarding housé in which sev= eral negro strike breakersylived;;»_wiﬂ:% be held before Judge D, P, ‘Adams Wednesday ‘afternocn ‘at the “court house, The case .was originally set for this morning but was postponed by agreement of Attorney Sam Kas sewitz counsel for the proucutm% and Attorney A, J. McDonald, coun~ sel for the defense, : ’é » . ,;»ﬁ' Masons To Picnic @ At Bowen’s Mill e TN Invitations have been' extended by the Masonic Lodge here to the lodges of Ocilla, Frank, Osierfield, Irwin~ ville and Abbeville to join with them in an all day picnic at Bowen's Mill Thursday, June 23, in celebration of St. John’s Day, e ‘L On account of the stores having a half holiday on that day it was se~ lected instead of the 24th, It 'ii\gt_-f; Ipected that this will be one of the largest gatherings of Masons in the history of this vicinity, = Several of the grand lodge officers are expected to be present, e Elect Grantham . ° o 2 District Chairman The Executive Committee for the 1537th Militia District (Fitzgerald) niet Saturday morning at the Cham ber of Commerce elected Col. Jesse Grantham chairman, and J, D, Dor miny secretary, Three women mem bers were authorized to- be appoint ed by the chairman, to act'as an ﬂl;ﬁ!' iliary committee, until the legal ma~ chinery is put into order to .make them regular members of the com mittee, Present at she meeting were Jesse Grantham, J, D. Dorminy, S, G, Pryor Jr. and 1. Gelders, i Mail Orders Promptly filled