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.MONDAY
EDITION
VOL. XXVI, No. 81
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S. S. ASSOCIATION
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Sunday School' Workers of
County Hold Annual Meet
SET FOR JULY SIXTH
State Sunday School Experts to
2 Lecture Workers &
Sunday School workers in Fitz
gerald and throughout the County
will be interested in the announce
ment that the Ben Hill County Suns
day Schoel Association will hold its
annual Convention in the First Bap
tist Church on Wednesday, July 6th,
According to an announcement
made by the County officers, all Sun
day School workers of all denomina
tions in the county —are invited to
attend this convention, A helpful.
practical program, dealing with all
phases of tnodern Sunday School
work . has been prepared, ;
Miss Daisy Magee, State Children’s
Division Superintendent, is expected
to attend this Convenfion. Prof,
W, S, Nicholson, of Augusta, a spec
ialist in work with young people, is
also expected to attend this conven
tion, and both of these workers will
speak at the morning and afternoon
sessions of the convention,
In order that no Sunday School
worker may be deprived of the priv
ilege of attending this cori'vention,
no limit will be set on the number
of delegates who may attend from
any Sunday School. All will be wel
come, »
Information regarding the conven
tion may be secured from the Coun
ty President, W, A. Adams, of Fitz
gerald, or from the County Secre
tary, Miss Grace Davis, or from the
General Superintendent of the Geor
gia Sunday School Association, 917
Hurt Building, Atlanta.
Closed Shop Men
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Win Victory Before
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Rail Labor Board
CHICAGO, June 27. Advocates
of the “closed shop” won a victory
before the United States Railroad
7 «abor Board here today,
~ Bhe board. announced that repre
sentatives of the majority of men in
one craft v may draw up working
agreements which will affect all
members,~ Unionists are in the vast
‘majority,
The decision was handed down in
an answer to a query by the em
ployes of the Missouri & Kansas
Railroad and Wichita Falls - and
Northwestern Steamship Clerks,
freight handlers, express employes
and station workers.
Employes are engaged all over
the country in drawing up a new set
of working agreements as ordered by
the railroad board,
The new working agreements are
to be formulated in conferences with
railroad managers,
) The board’s latédt rul'~o means
' that only union representatives may
sit’in and act and speak for all em
ployes, ‘
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- We call Your. Attention to Special Table Ladies’ Pumps and Oxfords Now on Sale at Half Price.
The above items are now on sale at the EMPIRE STORE for One-Half Price and we invite,you to make us a special® visit
. to see tor yourself these wondertul values, and we are sure you shall find from these Halt-Price items, many selections. |
Men’s and Boy’s Suits
THIS INCLUDES ALL HART, SCHAFFNER & MARX AND STLEPLUS IN BOTH WOOL And LIGHT
WEIGHT MATERIALS. THE ASSORTMENT OF SIZES AS WELL AS PATTERNS AND MODELS
ARE MOST COMPLETE IN EVERY PARTICULAR AT THIS TIME, AND NOW IS A GOOD TIME
TO MAKE YOUR SELECTION. NO MATTER WHAT YOUR SHAPE, TASTE Or IDEA, THE EMPIRE
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ALVA DEBNAM ; UACK TURNER ; GILBERTWEITING
NEW YORK, June 27—Represent
ing 2,000,000 American farm boys and
girls, the Champion live stock judg
ing .team of the United States and
Canada composed of three Texas
farm boys, sailed from New York
for a two month’s tour of Europe
and thé British Isles, The young
sters, all under eighteen years of
age, last October defeated twenty
states in the Internatieual Stock
Juding Contest at the Southeastern
Fair and Exposition at Atlanta, Ga,,
winning by 145 pointy and with a
total score of 3,110 points, They are.
John Turner, of Hillsboro, Tex
Alva Debnam, of Lamesa, Tex,, and
Gilbert Weiting of Martin, Tex. :
Rural America will watch the over
seas trip of these hoys with inter
est as they are outstanding speci
mens of the material from which
the ranks of the farmers of the
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Louis Thayer
= Out Of Danger
The many friends of Captain-Teuis
Thayer, the old veteran who was ac
cidentally run over Saturday morn
ing, by an.automobile driven by Mrs,
J. ‘E. Stewart, at the intersection of
Main and Central avenues, will be
pleased to learn that he is fast im
proving and entirely out of danger,
Mr. Thayer was coming East from
the curb market and was struck by
the car before the driver could pos
sibly stop it, Thayer having been
hidden by another car at the time,
The unfortunate man was taken to
the hospital by Mr, E, C, lgiller of
the International Harvester Co. who
came on the scene with one of his
trucks. A mattress was procured
from the Home Furniture Co,
Mr, Thayer is eighty-one years old,
and lost an arm during the civil war,
Mrs. Lula Broadhurst and son D,
B. Broadhurst have returned home
after spending *wo weeks in Mcßae
with Mr, and Mrs, Ralph P, Achord,
THE EMPIRE MERCANTILE COMPANY.
Dry Goods and Clothing Phone 18.
THE FITZGERALD LEADER
FITZGERALD, BEN HILL COUNTY, GEORGIA, MONDAY, JUNE 27, 1921.
.EBNTERPRISE and PRESS
future are being recruited = The
European trip includes a visit to the
‘Royal British Live Stock -Show at
London early in July, after which
the Guernsey and Jersey Isles will
Ve visited by the team, Later the
-agricultural and live stock regions
of France, Belgium and -Holland will
be toured for the purpose of obtaining
first-hand essential information about
European farming and stock raising
methods,
sßefore leaving the United States
the boys were presented to President
Harding and Secretary of Agricul
ture Wallace. They will return early
in August ~via Montreal and visit
Canadian live stock and farming re
‘gions before returnipg. home,
~ The European trip was offered as
"a prize to the winning team by the
‘Southeastern Fair, which defrays the
expenses.
Opera House Secured
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For Big Fight Returns
“Indications of a large attendance at
the fight returns next Saturday, when
Dempsey and Carpentigr will battle
for the Wofld’s Championship, made
it necessary to secure a larger seating
capacity than the Odd Fellow’s Hali
offered and arrangements have been
made to use the Opera House from
11:00 A, M, Tickets will be on sale
during the week at the Leader-Enter
prise and with Mr, R. L, Webster and
at the Opera House Saturday morning,
Prices will be 50c for adults and 25¢
for children under sixteen,
While Warren F. Brown, City
Mail Carrier No, 2 is battling with
the mumps, Herman Wentz, substi
tute, is carrying the mail and enjoy
i»ing the hot weather? :
Miss Locuise Baldwin of Atlanta,
and Miss Mary Shingler of Ashburn
arrived here Wednesday to be the
ests of Miss Grace Benton.
John S. Johnston
Is Buried Sunday
‘Mammoth Crowd Attends Services
for Stricken Railroad Man
* What is estimated to have been the
‘greatest number of people that has
ever attended a funeral held in Fitz
gerald paid tribute to the love and
esteeem in which Fitzgerald held
‘John S. Johnston, former employee
of the A, B, & A, railway who was
'stricken with apoplexy at the lodge
hall during a strike meeting Friday
morning. 4 \
After services at the home on West
‘Magnolia avenue,, under joint direc
tion of Rev, I, P, Tyson, of the Cen
tral Methodist church, Rev. JoE
Singleton of the First Baptist church,
and Rev, S, A, Strawn of the Chris
tian church, the casket was carricd
to Evergreen cemetery, In the funs
eral procession were about five hun
dred of Mr. Johnston's co-workers
who were formerly in the employce
of the A, B, & A, mcluding two
hundred negroes who marched silent
ly with heads bowed behind the
white marchers.
At the grave in Evergreen ceme
tery David L, Paulk and Joha B.
Russell performed the last rites as
representatives of - the Masons, of
which order Mr, Johnston was a
member. As the-casket was slowly
lowered into the grave strong men
plainly showed their grief for the
friend with whom they had so niuch
intimate association for many years,
The pall bearers were C. 1.. Fox,
David L, Paulk, J. B. Russell, W,
M. Emerson, J. L. McCarty, and B,
R, Rowe, Beautiful music was sung
during the services at the home by
a quartet composed of Mrs. J. Frank
Ward, Miss Marjorie Owens, Dr. L.
A, Turner and Mr, Burr Stokoe_ Mrs,
'Tom Hendricks played accompani
ment very sweetly on the piano.
Relatives of the bereaved fdmily
from out of town who attended the
funeral were Mr, and Mrs. H. V.
Hunter and children Warren and
Harry Jr, of Montgomery, Ala.,, Mr.
W, T, Hunter of Jacksonville, Fla,,
Mr. Ruse G. Johnston of Macon,
Mrs, Eunice Hunt, Mrs, Mary My
ers, Mrs. Lucian Johnston of Macon,
Mr. and Mrs, Wadcl Doroughty and
two children J, W, and Marguerite
of Abbeville, 2
Others who were here to attend
the funeral were: J. M. Larrissey,
vice-president of the Order of Rail
way Conductors, Mr. and Mrs, Lloyd
Griffin, Mr, J, H, Pinkston, all from
Atlanta and Mr. Loftin Anderson of
Atlanta, : ! e
Huge banks of beautiful floral
pieces were placed around the room
in which the casket reposed. Among
the many striking floral - offerings
were those sent by the Brotherhood
of Railway Trainmen, ladies auxil
iary of the Order of Railway Con
ductors, the grand lodge officers of
Atlanta, the Anti-Bugg Club of At
lanta, the Order of Railway Conduc
tors and Brotherhood of 'Locomotive
Engineers of Fitagerald, the G 'I.
A to B. L. E. of Fitzgerald, the
fourteen federated crafts of Atlanta,
the Woman’s Federated Auxiliary of
Fitpgerald, the Masons, Fowler Drug
Company, Mr, and Mrs, H. Garber,
(Continued on Page Three)
“LEADER OF QUALITY AND LOW PRICE”
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Executive Committee
Headed By Grantham
L. Robitzsch Secretary County Dem
ocratic Executive Committee
Following are the official minutes
of the meeting of the county Demo
cratic Committce which met Satur
day and elected Jesse' Grantham
chairman and L, Robitzsch secretary:
The Democratic Executive Com
mittee for Ben Hill County met pur
suant to call, on Saturday, June 25th,
1921 \at the court house,
The purpose of meeting being to
organize and elect officers,
~ Upon motion of of Hon, Marion
Dickson and seconded by Judge J.
G, Minshew, Jesse Grantham, was
elected Chairman of the committee
for a term of four years,
Upon motion of Col, Jesse Gran
tham, Hon. L, Robitzsch was elect
ed Secretary of the committee,
The chairman was instructed to
furnish the Democratic ~National
Committee with a list of the officers
of the county executive committee
and with the names of the various
district chairman,
No other business coming before
the committee, the meeting was ad
jourfied,
L. ROBITZSCH, Secretary,
Grand Installs A
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- Ladies Rest Room
Work is under way at 'the Grand
Theatre this ‘week on a ladies’ rest
room to occupy the large storeroom
on the north side of the lobby. The
rest room will be fitted up and fur
nished in the most approved fashion
and will be an unusual and “modern
feature for a play house in a city of
the size of Fitzgerald, Mr, G. E,
Ricker, manager, expects to have the
room ready for use by next week,
Mr, and Mrs, E. L. Meadow are
guests of Mr, and Mrs. Jack Dormi
ny at their lovely home on West
Central Avenue
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Men---Boys---Womeén and Girls
All-Wear hoes :
—AND THE EMPIRE STORE HAVE THE SHOES YOU NEED! :
Because you'll find the best shoes America produeces here and_you will find them at the correct prices. The
EMPIRE STORE prices are based absolutely on the market today. R
WE CORDIALLY INVITE THE MEN, BOYS, WOMEN AN GIRLS YO THE EMPIRE STORE TO EX
AMINE OUR LINE OF NEW SUMMER PUMPS, AND OXFORDS D NOTE THE WONDERFUL
QUALITY AND REASONABLE PRICES! »
Dorothy Dodd and Grover Shoes for Women; Boyden, Empire Specidl and WL. Douglas for Men; WL.
Douglas and Star Brand Shoes for Boys; Star Brand and Educator Shoes, for Girls. §iih
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Galbraith,” said the new mational commander, John & Emer_y, of Grand
Rapids, Mich., as he. todk tommand of American Legion affairs. He en
tered the world war as captain, was promoted to major, and, while lead
ing +h Ist Battalion of the JBth Infantry, was severely wounded by shell
§ mas J. Bannigan f Hartford, Conn., is the new National vice
vder elected’fo place through the death of Col. Galbraith.
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Farm Bureau Talks *
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Farm Loan Business
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Name Legislative Commuittee and
Vote on Proposed Legislation
A committee from the Ben Hill
Farm Bureau was named at the
meeting Saturday to cgnfer with the
county farm loan board ’\?—.ich was
organized under the federal farm loan
act, The committee will try to reach
an agreement with the board which
will enable a wider use in this coun
ty of the federal fnds provided thru
this farm loan act, The commitee
is composed of H, H, James, A. I
Swords, George Drexler, At the
meeting was |, G. Woodruff financial
agent of the state farm bureau, who
spoke at length on farm loan organ
izations and methods of handling
money, ke
The members went into details of
several national legislative measures
proposed by the national federation
of the farm bureau,” A committee
composed of M, Dickson, C, L, Pres
cott and N. B, Anderson was ap
pointed to keep in touch with the
counfry’s representatives in the state
senate and legislature and represent
the bureau in asking their support
of any legislation that may come up
in the farmer’s interest ’
International And
‘Ford Land Contract
At a meeting of the Trustees of
the Lynnwood and Ashton School
districts Saturday, Lynnwood trus
tees selected International trucks and
Ashton, Ford trucks to convey their
children to and from the donsolidat
ed schools, The contracts will have
to be confirmed by the County Board
of Education, which meets at the
Court House on the sth of July,
Mr. G, E, Ricker went up to At
lanta the latter part of the week and
joined Mrs, Ricker who has been
visiting her friend Mrs, C. A. Holtz
endorf for a short time, They re
turned home Sunday.
Grocery Phone 155
FITZGERALD COTTON
Good Middling ________lo 7-8¢
No Sales + No Receipts
Official Organ City of Fitzgerald
Parade Chairman Urges Others
to Enter Floats Now ;
PLAN TO DECORATE ‘
Decoration Chairman Signs with
Expert Decorator
Twelve Fitzgerald business concerns
had agreed to enter floats in the mam- '
moth Fourth of July pargde next Mon~
day it was stated today by C. g
Owens, who has charge of that fea
ture of the parade for the Chamber
of Commerce committee, Mr. Ow
ens urges all concerns who intend’ to
enter floats in the parade to get in
touch with him at once at the Cham
ber of Commerce in order that their
places in the parade may be assigned
and that the celebration committee
can extend them any assistance they
may need,
The concerns who have agreed to
build floats for the parade are the
Fitzgerald Furniture Company, J. A,
Jones, Fitzgerald Motor Supply Co.,
Johnson Hardware (‘omp‘ény, W, R,
Skinner, Bradshaw Music Co, Mod
ern Woodmen of the World, Fitzger
la]d Fire Department, Carnegie Libra
ry,
The committee on decorations is
canvassing the business section of the
city to arrange for decorating many
stores and business concerns, Frank
Hager, chairman of the committee, has
secured the services of an expert dec
orator who will also assist some of the
merchants in arranging their . floats,
According to plans of the celebration
committee the city is to be in gala
attire and the holiday spirit is to be
expressed in every way possible,
Twenty-six youthful bicycling en
thusiasts had registered at Crew’s Bi
cycle Company to enter the big bi
cycle races up to noon today, The
registration books close Friday, July
Ist and it is expected by J. C. Crews
chairman of the race committee, that
more than double ‘hat number will en
roll before the finnAdae Attractive
prizes have been offered by th> Cham
ber of Commerce and by the Cycle
Trades of America Association * :
Arrangements are being made for
the reception of Dr, Andrew M, Soule,
president of the Georgia State College
of Agriculture, who will be the speaker
of the day, A committee will meet
him at the train and escort him to the
park, If he arrives in time he and’
the committtee will have an automobile
in the parade. B
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To Ship Season’s
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First Watermelons
The first watermelons, to be
shipped from Ben Hill county ,will
be five cars shipped tomorrow to
Northern and Eastern markets by
Gray Brßthers, L, Robitzsch, Gentri
and Worley, and H, K} Sligh. The
melons are all of good sizé and qual
ity and are expected to bring a good
price. The melon crop is larger in
the county this year than it has ever 4
been before and is expected to bfing
a substantial sum of money to Ben
Hill farmers :
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