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'VOL. XXVI, No. 108
END OF STRIKE SEEN IN CONSOLIDATION OF ROADS
Brotherhoods Vote
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On Strike Question
C-L'EVELAND, 0., Aug, 31—Mem
‘bers of the five big railread broth
‘erhoods whose headquarters are here,
‘are voting directly on the question of
a strike, it became known today,
Copies of the ballots sent out from
here to the half million members of
the five unions were obtained today
and show conclusively that the ques
tion is on whether to strike or ac
«cept wage reductions ordered by the
United States railroad labor board, |
Examination of the ballots show
that the wording is practically iden-(
tical with that of the trainmen’s, the
clerks and shop workers’ unions, |
which already have voted overwhelm
ingly in favor of a walkout,
The five brotherhoods which con
sist of the trainmen, engineers, fire
wmen and enginemen, conductors and
‘switchmen, are the “key” to the en
tire railroad situation, . Strike by
them would make inevitable a general
tieup of the nation’s railroad facili
ties, both union leaders and rail
road officials agree. ;
The railroad trainmen, if they vote
to “leave the service’ have only to
wait for the sanction of the general
grievance committee before they
walk out, This sanction the men are
told in the ballots, will not be with
heid,
The trainmen’s ballot says:
“All members, and others are here
by notified that if the membership
vote is in lawful necessary majority
to leave the service rather than con
tinue service under the reduced wages
now in effect, they wil on any or
all lines where such vote is secured
(with the sanction of the generfal
grievance committee) be given neces
sary guthority by the president of the
grand lodge,
“The president of the grand lodge
will not (with the information given
above) undertake to prevent the
wishes of the men, as expressed in
their ballot, from being adhered ‘to.”
The men are warned that payment
of strike benefits do not hold in
event of a “general wage movement”.
The engineers, firemen and engine
men, conductors and switchmen are
given even more latitude. l
“If the membership of these organ
izations vote to accept the wage re-l
duction, it disposes of the matter
the ballot sent to these unions, de
votes to reject the wage reductions,
it is to be understood that the men
will be permitted to withdraw from
the service of their respective com
panies unless satisfactory settlement
can be reached under the laws of the
organizations *
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Jack Stamper Dies
At Home Last Night
Jack Stamper died at his home here
suddenly last night’ a victim to tuber
culosis, The deceased was up town
late last evening apparently as well
as usual but was overtaken with hem
orrhages and passed away about mid
night. Besides his wife and two chil
dren he leaves three brothers William
and. John Stamper of this city and
James Stamper of Savannah. The
remains will be taken to Pavo for
{nterment. -
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Ice Price Is Cut
To 50c Per Hundred
ATLANTA Sep. I—Beginning on
Thursday ice will be sold to residences
in Atlanta at 50 cents per one hundred
pounds, a flat reduction of 10 cents.
Official announcement of the cut
from 60 cents was made Wednesday
by all of the large ice concerns of the
city, includig the Atlantic Ice ar |
Coal Corporation,” the Consumers Ice
Company, the Fulton Ice and Coal
Company, the Ponce de Leon Ice Co.,‘
and the Southern Ice and Fuel Co,
EmpPiRE Fall Millinery at the Empire Store Efisir:
We wish to announce that our Fall Millinery stock is now open for your inspection, under
the direction of Milsfs,.Bla’nche Cunyers. We cordially invite you to see us. '
One Price to
Everybody
Dry Goods and Clothing Phone 18
THE FITZGERALD LEADER
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lJolm L. Morgan Fined
| And Bound Over
"Drunk Empties Pistol At Mill Em
ployee This Morning
In the Mayor’s court this morning
John L, Morgan, an employee of the
‘A, B. & A. was found guilty of being
drunk and disorderly on the streets of
the city | for which the-Mayor fined
him ten dollars in each case,
Morgan was also charged with
shooting at another, having emptied
his pistol at Charles O’Neil, an em
ployee of the Cotton Mills at the cor
| ner of Main and Pine about 2:00 a,
'm. this charge being a state offense,
| Mayor Pittman assessed a bond of
$5OO against him until the Grand Jury
can act on the case,
/ Morgan was turned over to the
‘county authorities, |
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!Consolldated Schools
‘ Open September 12th
The Consolidated Schools in the
county, Ashton, Dorminey, Lynn
wood and Roanoke will open Monday
September the 12th for the Fall term,
the other rural schools will open in
October, A complete roster of the
teachers in the rural schools is not
yet available but will be printed very
soon. The faculty at Ashton will
consist of:
P. M, Lamb, Principal, Theo Mid-‘
dlebrooks 7th grade, Miss Salanda Mc
Millian sth and 6th grade, Mrs. Rob
ert Cooper 3rd and 4th, Miss Allyne
Turner Ist and 2nd, |
All pupils are required to bring pro-?
motioncards on the opening day. so
as to avoid a new_examination, |
Special Funeral Train ‘
.
For A. 8.& A. Engiaeer ‘
A special train was made up from
the A. B, & A, equipment to convey
the remains of the former engineer,
W, T. Reed, who died in an Atlanta
hospital Wednesday, About a hun
dred of the present employees of the
railroad accompanied the remains to
Nashville, where interment was had.
Rev. J, F, Singleton of the First Bap
tist church accompanied the remains
to Nashville and will assist the min
ister of the Baptist church of Nash
ville in the funeral services,
The deceased leaves a devoted mo
ther, a loving wife and four children
to mourn his death.
THE EMPIRE MERCANTILE COMPANY,
FITZGERALD, BEN HILL COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1921
I ATLANTA, Sept. Ist—The week
was characterized by easterly winds
and rather damp weather, although
the precipitation was generally . light,
excepting heavy local showers at a
few places. The last half of the week
was comparatively cool, The weck
was most favorable for agricultural
operations. Cotton has not improv
ed and is reported as deteriorating by
many correspondents, The condition
of the crop is very poor; many full
grown bolls are found ruined by the
weevil, which continues to do great
damage, Cotton is opening rapidly
in all divisions’ and picking and ginn
ing are in progress; new bales have
been marketed in all divisions, Owing
to the short crop cotton will probably
be gathered very early this season.
Corn is good, especially bottom land,
and harvesting continues under favor
able conditions. Tobacco is all gath
ered, '
~ Digging sweet potatoes continues,
and the late sweet potatoe crop is
doing well. Peanuts are fair, Sugar-‘
cane and sorghum for syrup have
much improved and are fine. Rice is
heading, but is pretty grassy in places.
Cutting hay continues. Pears are plen
tiful’
Preparations continue for winter ce
reals, and fall crops are still being
planted,
C. F, Von Hermann, Meteorologist.}
{Cotton Crop Cut
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1 Over Million Bales
‘WASHINGTON, Sept. Ist—A de
cline in the condition of the cotton
crop during August caused a reduc
tion of 1,166,000 bales is the estimat
ed final production as compared with
the amount forecast a month ago,
' Production this year was forecast
at 7,037,000 bales of 500 pounds gross,
by the department of agriculture,
which based its estimate on the condi
tion of the crop Aygust 25th, which
was 49.3 per cent of normal, fore
casting a yield of 127.0 pounds per
acre,
The production was forecast month
ago at 8,023,000 bales, based on the
July 25 condition of the crop, which
was 65,7 per cent of a normal. Last
year’s crp was 13,439,603 bales and the
August 25 condition was 67.5 per cent
of a normal, * The average condition
of the crop on August 25 for the tenl
years 1911-20 is 67.7 per cent. The
decline in condition from July 25 to
August 25 was 15.4 points, compared
with an average decline of 7.7 points
for the ten years, l
Sheriff J, G, Veazy of Jacksonville
Ga. spent Wednesday here the guestl
of Mr, and Mrs, Robert T. Wilcox.
ENTERPRISE AND PRESS
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City Schools Open ‘
- Next Monday
Large Enrollment And Strong Faculty
Are Bright Prospects For
Coming Terms
What appears to become one of the
' best years of our schools will open
next Monday, with appropriate exer
~cises at the High School at 9:00 A.
'M., to which all parents and others
interested are cordially invited, The
‘schools open with a larger enrollment
| than in previous year and with a real
strong faculty, which gives promise
‘to bring the standard of our schools
i“over the top”, The teachers, we are
'told are practically all here and Super
‘intendent Bennett has made the final
announcement as to grades assigned
;to each. The following make up the
faculty: »
I Ulric J, Bennett, Superintedent.
l High School
. A. M. Stephens, Principal
~ Mrs, C, F. Shewmake, English
- Mrs. C, 1. Brown, History
Miss Thelma Temple, French ‘
Miss Katherine Godbee, Latin
Earnest C. Wimberly, Science.
Mrs, Walter Morgan, Commercial
Mrs, G. P, Womble, Math, Spelling‘
Miss Ossie Mcllntyre, Home Eco
nomics.
Miss Geneive Spier, Music,
Miss Funice ifurkhalter, Expression
Miss Kate Roark, Supernumerary.
First Ward School
Miss Juiia Prentiss, Priucipai
Mrs, DN .Mcl emore
Miss Nellie Ty'er
Mrs, C..C. ) ¢zsons
' Miss Ethyln Fussell
Miss Lois Rodgers
Mrs. Grace Day
Mre. M, E. Eliars
| Second Ward
Mrs. ‘Rosina Howe, Pricipal
Mrs. J. H, Burke
Mrs. J. H, Benton
Miss Marion Van Gorder
Mrs. U, J. Bennett
Miss Ethel Mayo
i Miss Bess Patterson
| Third Ward
~ Miss Nelle Averitte, Principal.
' Mrs. R, E, Lee
~ Miss Le Moyne Chatfield
- Miss Grace Hobgood
- Miss Lucy Tucker
Miss Lillian Dorminey
~ Miss Elvynne Alberson
| (olored School
Hennetta McMillan, Principal
Julia Clarke
Ida B. Kirkland
~ Willie Davis
Osceola Hooks
' Miss Helen Patterson was again re
elected as teacher in Mathematics and
‘Latin of the High School of Spartan
burg, S. C, and will leave sometime
in October school opening late this
year on account of some improvements
being made in the school building.
“LEADER OF QUALITY AND LOW PRICE”
Agricultural School l
To Open Monday
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Prospects Are Bright For Full Attend
ance At Tifton School |
The Second District A. & M. school
located at Tifton, will open Monday
September Ssth, Prospects are very
bright for a full attendance. For sev
eral pears the dormitories have been
crowded and many have been turned
away, This year the enrollment of
ithe Senior ‘Class will be about forty
five, which is fifty per cent greater
than that of any previous senior class,
The State makes an annual appro
priation of $15,000.00 to this school,
This enables it to offer free tuition.
The school has an excellent farm and
dairy and from these can very large
ly supply the dining hall with excellent
food at a low cost. With board at
$l5 a month a parent can board his
son or daughter about as cheaply at
the school as at home.
Statistics show that there are eight\
times as many boys and girls gradu-|
ating from high schools now as grad-‘
uvated sixteen years ago, A wise pa-‘
rent can easily see from this that if
‘his child is to have a chance equal to
‘the average person around him he
must give the child at least a high
school education, Some states all
ready have compulsory attendance of
high schools. It is predicted that
Georgia will have such a law. The
wise parent should appreciate the op
portunity for sending his children to
school,
The A. & M, school meets the need
of the farming population living sev
eral miles from town who heretofore
have not had the privilege of educa
ting their children except at greater
cost though many fet like they were
able to pay,
Ben Hill is not in the second Con
gressional District but it is one of the
counties of the territory assigned to
the second District A, & M. School.
Parents with children to educate who
are not convenient to a good city
school should write Principal S, L,
Lewis, Tifton for a catalogue. They
'should get acquainted with this splen
'did institution whether they are ready
!to patronize it this year or not, There
are probably enough young people in
Ben Hill County of high school grade
who are not in school to fill the dor
mitories of our A. & M. School, Thisl
should not be,
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Bennett Appreciates
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Unions Attitude
Responding to the resolution pass
ed by the Railway Unions to the Pub
lic Schools of the city and county,
Superintendent U, J, Bennett address
ed the following letter to the Unions:
Labor Union Committee:
Fitzgerald, Ga.,
Gentlemen:—
The desire of the Railway Unions,
as expressed by the resolations of
your committee, to co-operate in every
possible way with the school officials
of our city, is very much appreciated.
I hope that nothing will occur to less
‘en the efficiency of cur schools but
that all of our citizens may work in
harmony for the mmprovement and
further development of our splendid
educational system,
Thanking you for your interest and
co-operation, T am, 3
Yours very truly, |
Ulric J, Bennett, Supt.!
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Harding Not to Attend
.
Atlanta Farm Meeting
.
WASHINGTON, Aug 31—Presi
dent Harding Wednesday declined a:
invitation to attend the annual conven
tion of the American Farm Bureau
Federation in Atlanta, Ga., Nov, 21st,
as he has already agreed to make a
Southern trip in October.
62 New Grand Jurors
Drawa For Court
Strike Cases Bring Challenge Of
Make-up Of Grand Jury
Sixty two new Grand jurors had to
be drawn Thumsday when it was dis
covered that a majority of the mem
‘bers serving on the Grand jury were
directly or through relationship to
others, interested in the cases arising
from strike prosecutions. The make
lup of the jury was challenged and.
Judge Gower ruled that all those who
Icontributed to a fund to prosecute the
strikers and all those who contributed
to a fund to engage council to defend
them were disqualified as were also
those who had relatives working for
the railroad at this time or are rela
tives of some of the strikers. This ru
ing vacated 19 seats on the jury,
The Grand Jury consists of twenty
three members and cannot' operate
with more than that number or with
less than 18 as it requires twelve
members to either find a bill or a "no‘
"bill”. |
The new Grand Jury organized
with A, H, Denmark foreman, P M
Lamb clerk,
The new members called for Friday
morning were:
A. B, C, Dorminy
. O, P Rodgers
W. H, Robitzsch
I, A, Cardwell
W. A. Troup
W I Paiilic
- J. Horton Tayior
W. A. Lowling
We R, Dres
A. S. Doniivey
Wiley . /i''iams :
W, L¥Stovall
l S. A, Wright
G, W. Gladden
A Q 0 kel o
Mcß Pryor
J. S. Ellington
W. T. Hyatt
L. Robitzsch y
R, Davis
Emory Wilcox
Burr Stokoe ;
E. J. Thurston
J. M. Williams
W. M. Mangum
L. A. Yarbrough
W. G. Broadhurst
H, Milton
J. B. Luke
Wiley McMillan
W, J. Stone
J. H. Benton
J. H. Smith
J. C. Glover
Geo, P, Morris
F. A. Jackson
‘E. R, Bragg
F. J. Hunter
Geo, W. Lewis
Marion Dickson
R E, Lee
J. E. English
A. W. DaLee |
W. J. Mayo R < |
J. C Mixon .
Robt, Young
L. O. Tisdel
W, R, Stokes
J. J. Dorminey
L. L. Mercer :
J. D, Dorminy
R. V. Handley
P, M. Lamb
R. O. Stone
J. A, G. Ragsdale
J. P. Patterson
W. N. Smith :
W. R. Watkins
C. L. Sauaders
Scott W. Walker
J. A. Parrot
F. R, Justice
Miss Ida Turner is visiting in the
home of Mr. J, Y. Paulk this weck.
Misses Rosalie Patterson and Hel
on Patterson left this week for Una
dilla. Miss Rosalie will teach music
in the schools there this year, On
Thursday evening she gave a recital
and was assisted by her sister Miss
Helen Patterson on the Violin, Miss
Helen Patterson will return to the city
this afternoon. ‘
PUBLISHED ON
MONDAY, WEDNESDAY
AND FRIDAY
Official Organ City Of Fitzgerald
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~ Change of Officials
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A. B, & A, May Be Merged With The
Coast Line And Others
If the unofficial announcement of
the proposed consolidation of rail
roads by the Interstate Commerce
‘Commission proves correct, the end of
the A, B. & A. strike is in sight and
the reinstatement of the old employ
ees will become a certainty within a
short time, It is probable that with
this consolidation, headquarters of
the A. B, & A, will be centered here
with the possibility of entire new of
ficials, since numerous positions now
in existence on the road may be found
superfluous. ' The report as it comes
from Washington to the Atlanta Con
titution is as follows:
“It is authoritatively learned that the
Interstate Commerce Commission,
under the provisions of the Esch-Cum
mings transportation act, will shortly
announce consolidation of the United
States into twenty systems three of
which are of wital interest to the
South.
This provision for combining the
roads into systems was one of the
permanent features of the 1920 law,
and the Interstate Commerce Com
mission has been working since up
on the classifications official inform
ation about which has not yet been
released.
The source by which the facts con
cerning the organization of the three
systeims in the south ean not now be
stated, but it is absolutely reliable,
The report when issuced will place
the leading southern roads into one
or the other of systems No, 10, 11, and
12| respectively and the following
lc!:lssificatinns will bhe found to be
substantially correct:
No, 10—Southern System—South
ern railway and affiliated liree New
Orleans, Great Northern, Alahama &
Vicksburg,
I No 11—Atlantic Coast Line—Louis
ville and Nashville system. Those
two roads and subsidiarics, Western
Railway of Alabama, Richmond, Fred
ericksburg & - Potomac, Norfolk Sou
thern, Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlan
-Ic, Winston-Silem Southern, Roanoke
to Winston-Salem branch of the Nor
folk and Western, Florida East Coast,
‘Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio, Georgia
& Florida, Gulf, Mobile and Northern,
Mississippi Central.
No. 12—Illinois Central, Seaboard,
system—lllinois Central, Seaboard
Air Line branch of Norfolk & West
ern from Lynchburg, Va. to Durham
N, C., Gulf and Ship Island, Tennes
see Central, Carolina, Clinchfield and
Ohio,
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Empire Buyers Enroute
1o Eastern Markets
Mr, and Mrs. W, R. Bowen and
Mr, Geo. P. Morris left Thursday
for New York and Boston to purchase
the Fall and Winter Stock for the
Empire Store, They expect to be
gone about ten days. %
GOD’S PROMISE
“As the rain comes down and wat
ers the Earth and makes it bring forth
and bud, and gives seed to the sower
and bread to the eater” So shall my
word be,____it shall accomplish that
which I please, and it shall prosper
in the thing whereto I sent it.” Isa,
55:11 With every shower, pray so
may thy word be, and “there shall be
showers of blessing” Ezek, 34:26,
LABOR DAY
The local Post Office will be clos
'ed on September Sth, 1921 for the ob
servance of Labor Day. The general
delivery window and money order
windows will open from 10:45 A, M. to .
11:15, A, M, and from 4:so P, M. to
4:33 P M.
City carriers will make one complete
delivery in the morning,
W, A. Adams, Postmaster,
Mail Orders
Promptliyv filled
Grocery Phone 155