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VOL. XXVI, No. 105
EAT MORE
Georgia Yams
SENATOR HARRIS TO SPEAK HERE TOMORROW
Only One Out of Seventeen Ameri
cans on Board Survive
CABLE TO MACON
TELLS OF SAFETY
MACON, August 26—Shine S,
Holliburton, chief engineer on the
ZR-2, is safe, according to a cable
gram received by his brother, T, H.
Holliburton. The message was dat
ed Hull Eng, and signed, “Shine.”
LONDON, August 26.—The ZR-2,
the gigantic airship constructed for
the United States nacy, lies in the
Humber river, near Hull a colossal
and appaling wreck of what was the
greatest dirigible the world has ever
seen, 2
Of its crew of forty-nine officers
and men, only five survive to tell
the story of the mid-air tragedy
which came towards the close of the
airship’s final test beforc she was to
sail for America. Of these four are
British and one is an American.
For thirty hours the ZR-2 had
sailed the air lanes ' above England
and the North sea, Wireless reports
from her officers told of her “splen
did work” in the air, The trip was
coming to an end and the ZR-2 had
reached a point directly over the city
of Hull eagerly followed by the eyes
of thousands who gathered on Vic
toria pier to see her maneuvers when
there was a tremendous explosion,
shaking the entirzs town, sweeping
pedestrians from their feet, crashing
the plate glass from shop windows
and sending the shock of its detona
tion fully fifty miles,
Sixteen Americans Believed Dead
The names of sixteen Americans
believed dead in the wreck of the
‘.ZR-Z, have been given out, They;
hre.
'~ Lieutenant Commander Valentine
N. Bleg, U. S, N,, wryn Mawr, Pa.
Lieutenant Commander Emory
Coil, Marietta, Ohio, |
Lieutenant Henry W. Hoyt, Clear
water, Fla,
Lieutenant Marcus Esterly, Wash
ington, D, C.
Lieutenant Charles G. Little, New
buryport, Mass, l
Riggers: Charles I. Aller, Denver;
Ad Pettit New York and Gray.
Engineers: Robert M, Coons, Ow-}
ensboro, Ky.; William J, Steel, Bain
bridge, Ind.; Charles H, Broom, At
lantic City, N. J,; George Welch,
Elgin, 111, and Hancock.
L. E. Crowl, :
Hutto Returns From
Toronto Convention
John Hutto, representative of the
Jocal lodge B, R, C, of A, returned
from Toronto, Canada. where he at
tended the international convention of
the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen
of America, at which 1465 delegates
were registered. Mr. Hutto wisited
many -interesting points on this trip
among them New York, Niagara,
Toronto, Montreal, and Quebec but
returns to South Georgia, fully sat
isfied that this section is in even bet
ter shape financially and for work
ingmen than all the territory which
he visited,
Miss Vera Davis of Atlanta was a
guest of Mrs. S. N, Jackson Thurs
day. ~
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MATERIAL FOR MAKING JUMPER
DRESSES, Bright Red Broadcloth, 54
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WOMEN'‘S, MEN‘S and CHILDREN'S
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are still on sale at
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A. B. & A. Freight Train
- Dynamited This Morning
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Kentucky Woman Wins
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Jailers Office InElection
Successful candidates in a primary
election in Kentucky included three
women, Mts. Belle Napier won the
nomination for jailer of Breathit
county over ten men candidates,
while Mrs. Ida F, Edger was the
successful candidate for the same of
fice in Woodiord county. Mrs, Char
lotte O. Woodbury won the nomina
tion for tax commissioner of Jeffer
son county,
Rules Whiskey 1s Of
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No Value In Appraisal
NEW YORK, N. Y. August 26
The law is the law, Although there
!are thousands of thirsty Americans
who would pay $lO a quart for good
Scotch, 20 quarts of whiskey were
listed as of “no value” when the es
tate of Constant M. Bird, formerly
’president of the Manhattan Savings
Institution, was recently appraised,
NOTICE TO PARTIES '
WISHING TO SELL
SOUR CREAM
The Moultrie Cream and Products
Co, of Moultrie, Ga, will furnish re
liable parties separators and milk
cans at wholesale price, cans to be
paid for at the rate of ten percent a
month being deducted from Cream
check,
Cream is now bringing forty cents
per pound and will be settled for on
the first and fifteenth of each month,
Parties wishing to go into business
of this kind should see me right
away.
Yours very truly,
C. T. OWENS, County Agent,
BOY SCOUTS!
All Boy Scouts that took part in
the last Fourth of July celebration,
as Scouts that want to take a few
days’ camping trip, are requested to
meet at the City Hall Sunday after
noon at 4 o’clock,
iW. C. WILKERSON, Scoutmaster.
THE EMPIRE MERCANTILE COMPANY
Dry Goods and Clothing Phone 18.
THE FITZGERALD LEADER
FITZGERALD, BEN HILL COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRiDAY, AUGUST 26, 1921.
SWEE'T POTATOES!
Beautiful Shade Old Rose WOOL POP
LIN for JUMPER DRESSES, 38 inches
wide 0n1y—
52.25 yard
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MEN‘S SHIRT SALE—Special values
for only—
-59 cents each
See window display—
Get yours while we have your size!
ENTERPRISHKE and PRESS
Nine Freight Cars Demolished
Near Cordele when Dynamite
Explodes under Train 93
CORDELE, August 26. (Spe
cial Wire to Leader 4:22 p. m.
—Nine freight cars were com
pletely demolished, two other
loaded freight cars and two
tank cars. loaded with molasses
were derailed. About 70 head of
cattle killed and the tracks torn
up for a distance of two hundred
yards when fast freight train
No. 93, northbound, over the
Atlanta, Birmingham and At
lantic Railway was wrecked this
morning at 7:20 o’clock by a
tremendous charge of dynamite
planted on the tracks by alleged
wreckers near the Musselwhite
crossing five miles east of Cor
dele. \
Ephraim Beachman, a negro
brakeman, sustained painful but
not serious injuries when he
jumped from the tender of the
locomotive when' the explosion
occured. No other members of
the train crew sustained injur
ies.
Through freight No, 93 which left
here at 5 a, m, was reported dyna
mited at 7;30 this morning near Mus
selwhite in Crisp county, Engineer
T. M. Green was In charge of the
engine and Superintendent Bob Mc-
Kay was a passenger on the train
en route to Cordele, The train had
a number of cars of cattle and it is
reported that fifty-two cattle
were killed in the wreck. No human
lives were, lost and it appears no
person on the train was injured,
The wreck is said to have occured
near the scene of a previous dyna
mite accident,
; Detailed reports were not procur
able from the local office of the su
} perintendent,
PRAYER MEETING AT
} KENNEDY MEMORIAL
~ The young men’s bible class of the
lKennedyy Memorial church will meet
}each evening next week for Prayer
Services,
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U.S. ‘H:ld Up” By
~ French Government
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“Double Crossed” in Sale of U. S,
War Supplies
- WASHINGTON, D. C, August 26.
—Members of congress have been
astounded by the disclosures that the
French government had attempted
to impose a tariff duty on war ma
}terials shipped to France during the
war,
Congress learned for the first time
that France insisted that if the Amer
ican government attempted to carry
back to the United States the sup
plies remaining after the armistice a
duty of about $150,000,000 would be
imposed, As a consequence of this
threat the American liquidation com
‘mittee sold to France for $4,000,000
‘property originally valued at $1,700,-
000,000.
~ Not only did France agree to waive
a tariff claim when the sale was
fmade, but promised that the goods
‘would be used for the benefit of
French people in rehabilitating dev
astated areas. Now it turns out that
the French government has sold
‘most of the property to the specu
‘lators and individuals, who are try
ing to ship the goods to the United
States and sell them here at cut
prices, The house of representatives
has blocked the scheme however, by
adopting a resolution imposing a tar
iff of 9 cents on all such goods, so
that no more of it will be dumped on
the American shores.
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Germany Signs Treaty
°
Of Peace With U. S.
BERLIN, August ¢>—The treaty
of peace between Germany and the
United States was signed here at §
o’clock, 3
The signing of the treaty today
put an e’nd to the state of war which
has existed between the United
States and Germany since April 6,1
1917, i
Sigratures were affixed 10 rke doc
ument by Fllis Dresel, American
commissioner, on behalf of the Unit
ed States and representatives of the
'Wirth government,
The treaty which was signed to
day has been under consideration‘
for some time, The terms were to
be made public immediately and
were said to be substantially those of
the Knox-Porter peace resolution,
A number of objections had been
raised by the German representatives
in conversations with Dresel. Amer
ican commissioner at Berlin, It was
‘claimed by [the Wirth government
that the treaty was not sufficiently
{ comprehensive and that it left too
much to the future,
The treaty will be presented to the
reichstag and the United States sen
ate for ratification,
ATTENTION W. R, C. & G, A. R!
The ladies of the W, R. C, will
give a picnic birthday dinner at the
W. R, C. Hall between 4 and 5 o’-
clock p, m. on September 7th,
All members of the Corps, and
the G. A, R. are cordially invited,
‘Each lady bring basket, well filled,
jof course, |
’ Mary Rayner, Press Cor,
! Mrs, B. Archer and daughter Miss!
Irene returned today from a visit to
i friends in Waycross.
EVER-FAST SUITING—Linen finish
material, absolutely fast colors, Pink,
Blue, Green, Gold, Lavender and Pongee,
36 in. wide at—
-20 cents Yard
NO-FADE SHIRT SALE—A new shirt
if they fade—You can buy these now for
One-Fourth Oft!
Beautiful assortment of Patterns—See
Window display !
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Mr. M. V, ATWOOD
Publisher the Groton JOURNAL
and ‘COURIER; also with the New
York State College of Agriculture at
Cornell University, in extension
work for country newspapers,
CHAMBER COMMERCE
MEETING LAST NIGHT
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l The Chamb\cr of Commerce held
its first meeting since May last ev
ening with President J. H, Mayes,
presiding,
The minutes of the secretary read
like ancient history, the various sub
jects recorded, having passed into
the discard of current events,
Set. | S Etheredge, of the Mer
chants Credit Association was in at
tendance and made a brief statement
of the importance of the poultry in
dustry in the development of our
farming interests and advocated for
the co-operation with the farmers
and poultrymen in encouraging the
wholesale production of eggs and
poultry on the farms, a matter which
may get the assistance financially
and otherwise of the organization,
after a more detailed investigation of
its possibilities by the County agent.
Marketing of farm products also re
ceived some attention by the Cham
ber. F, J, Hanson, W. R. Bowen and
others expressing their opinions as
to methods on the proposition.
A resolution was adopted thanking
the Fitzgerald Hospital for its liber
ality in giving frec syrum treatment
for Typhoid at the hospital,
CARD OF THANKS
Words are inadequate to express
our deepest heart felt gratitude to
our friends for the many tokens of
:love and kindness shown us during
the recent illness and death of our
loved one,
May God’s richest blessings abide
with each of them,
Mrs, Alice J, Pounds and family,
Mrs, J. C. Pounds,
Misses Ethel Beall and her visitors
Misses Anne Chandler of Montgom
ery, Ala, and Emily Neel of Thom
asville accompanied Miss Elenor
Paulk to her home is Ocilla on
Thursday and were entertained with
a large dinner party on lact evening
by Miss Paulk’s mother. They will
return to the city today,
Miss Ailene Turner is entertaining
this evening is honor of Miss Mamie
‘Ross who leaves soon for Texas
‘where she will attend school this
winter, .
JUST RECEIVED—New Germantown
Wool Yarns. All the best shades for
Knitting Sweaters, Scarfs etc.
MINERVA Four fold Germantown
ZEPHYR 1 1-2 oz. Balls at
35 cents Ball
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MEN‘'S CLOTHING Still going at .
One-Fourth Off!
Hart, Schaffner & Marx and Styleplus
Clothing for Men, also all Boy's Clothing
NOW ON SALE AT—
ONE-FOURTH OFF!
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Six Savannab Women
Want Terrell Farmer
Letters of All of Them Indicate They
Are Persons of Some Culture
SAVANNAH, August 26, Six
Savannah women have written May
or Stewart they are willing to man'yl
the Terrell county farmer who re
cently wrote the mayor requesting
his assistance in securing a wife. The
letters of all of the women indicate
they are persons of some degree of
culture,
Unless the Terrell farmer is a par
ticular sort of fellow he should le
able to pick a spouse from these
women. He will probably go to
Savannah soon to do a few hours of
regular courting and bring his laldy
home,
The Savannah mayor has a record
of having brought two or three cou
ples together,
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Jame, Conway Pounds
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Laid To Rest Thursday
Impressive funeral services were
held Thursday noon at the late home
of James Conway Pounds, who|
passed away Tuesday Rev, J, F. Sin-‘
gleton of the First Baptist church
officiating, A select choir composeil
of Messrs. B. Stokoe, and Bradshaw
and Misses Marjorie Owen and Effie
Brasselle, accompanied on the piano
by Mrs. Tom Hendricks, sang some
favorite hymns of the deceased, |
Beautiful floral offerings, from the
Elks and Order of Railway Conduc
tors and other orders and friends,
tributes to the high esteem in which
his associates held the deceased,
filled the room in which the Ilast
rites were performed,
The long funeral cortege left the
home at 12:45 for Cordele where the
remains were laid to rest by the
side of his father, who preceeded
him in death some eight years ago,
The active pall bearers were: E.
C. Herring, C. L, Fox, P, F. Har
ris, W. R, Stilley, L, G, Lavender
and Randall Bryan all members of
the. @, R. C. 3
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Aruthur C, Burch, who with Mrs.
Madalynne Obenchain, is jomtly
charged with the murder of John R.
Kennedy at Los Angeles, She had
divorced Obenchain in order to join
Kennedy. Late one night while
Kennedy and the woman were ap
proaching his house, an assassin blew
his head off. Burch, who is in love
with Mrs, Obenchain, is charged
with the deed.
Grocery Phone 155
FITZGERALD COTTON
Good Middling _________lo 7-8 c
No Sales No Receipts
Official Organ City of Fitzgerald
Popular Senator Accepts Invita
tion of Chamber of Commerce
TO SPEAK AT 4 OCLOCK
Will Speak on Burning Issues of
Day and Will Probably Have
Record Crowd to Hear Him
Senator William J, Harris will ad
dress the people of Ben Hill at the
Courthouse Saturday afternoon at 4
o’clock, Senator Harris has been
speaking in South Georgia towns for
the past several days. attracting
large crowds of citizens, eager to
hear our senior senator present his
views on the burning issues of the
day, ’
Senator Harris, is giving a good
’account of his stewardship and the
people are expressing themselves as
isatisficd with his efforts and those
iof colleagues in the national legisla
tive bodies,
{ The people who will come out to
‘hcar this practical statesman Satur
day afternoon will hear many mat
‘!tors of interest reported. Senator
‘Harris spoke at Tifton this morning
and in a phone message to The Lea-
Edcr-linterprisc, Mr, Bowen stated
that a large and enthusiastic audi
ence greeted the Senator at the
Courthouse,
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“Send It In Trucks”
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L - Slogan Of Shippers
i HARRISON, Ark. August 26,
“Send it in. trucks,” is the slogan
adopted by 25008 people, using
twenty-five post offices along 'the
right-of-way of the now defunct
Missouri and North Arkansas rail
road,
Deliveries are not limited to mail,
Cartons of shoes, sacks of flour,
sugar, feed, cases of eggs, motor
%car tires and every form of commod
ity, which formerly was hauled over
the railroad, now reach their desti
natios, (e
Miss Grace Chaffin of Frank is
the weck-end guest of Miss Hazel
Mayes on South Lee street,
Tebacco Market
To Close Aug. 31
Tobacco farmers should
take notice that the to
bacco market will close
here and at other Geor
gia points August 31st.
All tobacco intended
for sale should be
brought in now, as the
prices are getting some
better. No tobacco
will be sold at this
mgrket alter the 31st.
Lon Dickey Tobacco
Warehouse
NEW MILLINERY FOR FALL now
on Display—All the new ideas in early
Fall HATS just received at the EMPIRE
STORE. .
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READY-TO-WEAR— including Suits,
Dresses, Blouses, Petticoats, ALL NOW
ON SALE AT
One-Half Price!
These at One-Half Price gives you a
Most Wonderful Value!
ALL MAIL ORDERS
PROMPTLY FILLED