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VOL. XXVI, NO. 115
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Civic And Industrial
Leaders Praise Gompers
Mayor Key, Judge Sibley, Preston
Arkwright And Others Speak At
Banquet for Labor Leader ‘
ATLANTA, Sept 18th—As honor
guest of a banquet given Thursday
evening at the Hotel Ansley by Atlan
ta trade bodies, Samuel Gompers, the
President of the American Federation
of Labor, received from civic and in
dustrial leaders a welcome expressed
i terms of the highest admiration and
confidence,
Herbert Clay, president of the Geor
gia State Senate, spoke on behalf of
Governor Hardwick who was out of
the city, It afforded him pleasure to
be able to say to ‘Mr. Gompers - that
the chief executive of this state has
always been the friend of organized
labor. As for himself, Senator Clay,
said he had had seen the standard of
citizenship elevated by one labor union
after another, and would like to see
the unjons extended,
Mayor Key said: “It is very unfor
tunate that this gratitous insult by a
former governor should have been
hurled at our guest of honor, I for
one, resent it, and don’t mind saying
so, A gathering like this is evidence
that we have made enormous strides
forward, Hostility is the enemy of
progress, There can be no progress
coupled with war, I have regarded
the labor movement as a means of es
tablishing peace. We have less strikes’
and strife here than any city of our
size in the country, I believe. Our
building trades dispute was the first
to be settled after the war, and build
ing has gone steadiy forward in con-.
sequence, This city, Mr. Gompers,
accords men the right to organize, and
accords no man the right to say they
shall not.” -
Judge Sibley’s Speech
Judge Samuel H. Sibley ,of the
United States Court said:
“As a working man, I appreciate
Mr. Gompers and the great movement
he represents, I admire his militan
cy, his ability and willingness to fight,
But above militancy and popularity
stands good judgement, without which
no leader is safe or successful, I was
proud and glg{d to see his recent vic
torious re-election, It showed that
reason must and will prevail in the
ranks of labor, that progress must be
made by evolution and not revolutjon,
If Iwere allied, sir, with your move
ment my concern would not be its
lack of power, but its excess of pow
er<e At-is"to my mind, the greatest
organized movement in America. No
man should ever go into court expec
pecting a favor from the judge, Labor
is thinking generation ahead of the
law, and labor’s dissappointments in
judicial decisions are because the law
is of the past and the present, not the
future, Your recourse, then, is in the
legislative halls and at the ballot box.
Preston S. Arkwright, president of
the Georgia Railway and Power Co,,
gave a most remarkable statement of
the change his attitude has undergone
with regard to union labor, His com
pany, he sajd, misunderstood and
feared the street car men’s union and
made a contract with it; the arrange
ment is working satisfactorily on both
sidles,
Finds Unions Not So Bad
“The individual employee in a large
organization said Mr, Arkwright “has
a right to the strength of numbers
and organization in his dealings with
employer,” “It gives him assurance |
not only that he is getting his rights
but also that he has an equal showing,
This ought to give him more spirit
and help the industry as well as him,
T used to receive reports confidential
ly about the street car men’s union
which made me feel uneasy. Last
Monday morning I attended the op
_enipg of the street car men’s conven
'*t-?sn, ‘and hdard President Mahon’s
address, containing not a word which
I did not subscribe. I received a re
port on the convention from the usual
source, and it was colored, and did
not give a true picture of what I
witnessed with my own eyes, There
fore, I say it would be a good thing
for employers and employes to come
together oftener and get better ac
quainted ” '
Tears were in the eyes of Mr_ Gom
pers, the venerable labor leader as he
tose to reply,
“You can understand, T am sure,”
said he, “the feelings in my heart af
ter such a welcome and such an intro
“duction as T have received here this
evening. T was delighted with the
invitation to come to this board, but
when I read the attagck this morning
by your former governor, I wonder-‘
ed if some of you here tonight would
share his opinicys. Now T feel that
you do not, for instead of shunning me
'as an accesory tor murder, you have
welcomed me in words that touch my
heart, Tl'am not a lawyer, but 1
. know enough law to say that if Mr,
. Brown has evidence that I am an ac
cessory before and after the fact of
murder his duty is to present that ev
idence to a grand jury,
Mr, Gomper’s Message
“I came here ta bring to labor a
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To Reinstate Men
CHICAGO, Sept, 18 —The United
States Railroad Labor Board yester
day established a precedent that rail
roads do not have the right to dis
charge employes without just cause in
a ruling that the Butler county rail|
road, a 41 mile line in Southern Miss
ouri, must reinstate two men released
because they belonged to the.same
union as the men working under them
The decision said that the board was
fully aware its ruling was contrary to
numerous United States Supreme
Court decisions on the matter, but that
it construed- its duty to be to decide
every question justly and reasonably
regardless of the legal rights of either
side,
The board is fully aware of the Su
preme court decisions (that a corpor
ation has the rights to discharge its
men as it sees fit) and has no dispo-\‘
sition in any way to question the
soundness of these decisions™ said the
board’s ruling.
The ruling then pointed out that the
Transportation act, creating the board
gave it no power to enforce jts decree,
and that one might take the view that
the board was to decide its case ac
cording to the legal angles and that
a court would uphold and enforce them
or that it was to decide in a just and
reasonable manner” which would be
as fair as possible to all concerned,
The public interests demand con
tinuous and uninterrupted operation
of the transportation lines” said the
decision,
The decision held that while a rail
road could pick its officials as it saw
fit joining a union was not just cause
for discharge,
TO FINDER OF COAT
The party who found the coat ad
vertised in the Leader-Enterprise and
who reported having found it at this
office will please bring it in and geti
that $5.00 Reward, 4
message of hope and encouragement,
to advise with those who toil concern
ing their progress along rational lines,
to emphasize again that we want ad
vancement by evolutjon, not revolu
tion, as Judge Sibley has so splendidly
said,”
“Remember My fellow Countrymen,
that we in America are sovereign cit
izens, all; that we must guide our pol
icies by justice and moderation. that
our masses can not fit themselves for
the responsible duties of citjzenship
without some leisure and content, We
want no classes in America ,nor any
conscious feeling of class; we want no
dictatorship by proletariat, nor dic
tatorship by any one else,
“The underlying causes of mortal
ity and disease are overwork, insan
itary homes and shops, malnutrition,
and under nutrition. A great doc
tor recently told me that infant mor
tality could be measured by the pa
rental pay envelope, My work has
been, and is, for the babies of Ameri
ca, for the children, the schooltiouse,
the playground, the home.
“I have not the time to expound the
philosophy of the labor movement,
except this, that those with power,
must constantly be conscious of it.
Our constant aim is to impress upon
workers to use their power with dis
cretion, T wonder what our industrial
condition would be without organ
ized labor—chaos and confusion in
stead of rational and orderly progress,
~ “T am so pleased with what Ih
heard here, especially Mr, Arkwright,
As he sajd, when a worker works
alcne he feels that he has no power,
no rights can he assert, Then often
workers driven together in organiza
tion feel that they have all power,
Neither one has all power or all right
on his side—the employer or the em
ployee, Organiations recognized and
dealt with promote mutual under
standing and respect.”
FITZGERALD, BEN HILL COUNTY, GEORGIA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1921
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To Fight Efforts
To Reduce Wages
Organize Labor Decision In Matter
Of Textile Industry
ATLANTA, Sept, 16—Decision to
resist all attempts at further reduc
tions of wages in the textile industry
and to inaugurate a permanent cam
‘paign to organize the non-union work
ers of the South was announced here
itoday after 3 conference between more
ithan 200 Southern labor leaders and
'Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor,
While the forty-eight hour week
was not mentioned in the announce
‘ment here dispatches from Washing
‘ton said it would be one of the subjects
to be discussed at the conference next
Tuesday in Washington on wages and
working conditions in the textile in
’dustry, Charlotte, N, C.,is to be head
‘quarters for the campaign and a
im:eeting of leaders in the' United
Textile workers of America will be
‘held there Sept, 22 to formulate a
definite plan of action.
“It is not a declaration of war,” said
Jerome Jones, editor of the Atlanta
Journal of Labor, who acted as spokes
man for the conferees, “but it is a
step toward active resistance to the
effort to reduce textile wage scales
below a living figure’
South Carolina was to have been
represented at the conference, but
the delegates failed to arrive,
“As for the trouble in the South
ern textile districts, I expect to wit
ness soon a great amelioration of the
present difficulties,” Mr. Gompers
Mr, Gompers visited the Atlanta
federal penitentiary this afternoon
making a brief address to the prison
ers who were assembled in the chapel
and holding a twenty-minute confer
ence with Eugene V., Debs, Socialist
Leader ,who is serving a ten-year sen
'tence on convicition of violating the
war time espionage laws.
“I had the pleasure of meeting Mr,
Debs and conveyed to him the efforts
which the American Federation of
Labor has made to secure his libera
tion,” Mr Gompers said later before
leaving for Washington,
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Marcus Quality Shop
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To Open This Week
M. Marcus of the Marcus Quality
Shop the new Dry Goods Firm which
secured the store at 112 East Pine
street, next door to J. A, Jones, has
arrived in the city and is looking af
‘ter the opening of his firm, The
store will cater to the general trade,
carrying a complete and up-to-date
line of Clothing Shoes, Dry G
and Ladies Ready-to-wear,
\ Mr, Marcus is an experienced mer
'chant and has been spending the last
'month in the eastern markets, where
‘he selected his stock of merchandise
‘especially for_hjs Fitzgerald store,
The entire stock will come direct
from the manufacturers,
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Cotton Quotations }
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For South Georgia
Actual Sales September 9 and xo_mi
ABBEVILLE:
Date Grade Staple Price
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Date Grade Staple Price
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COLUMBUS:
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10 __Strict Middling_. 7-8” __._._2l
10 . Middling.co.o..o 7-8" ... 20%
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Date Grade Staple Price
9 __Strict Middilng.. 7-8” ....1934
9 o Midalinga.ooill 787 L 1878
DUBLIN:
Date Grade Staple Price
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Date Grade Staple Price
8 __Middling........ 7-8” 1714-18
9 __Strict Middling_. 7-8” ____l9
9 __Middling_._..... 7-8” ____lB%
10 __Middling........ 7-8” 1915-20
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Charles Booker Injured
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In Auto Truck Accident
Charles Booker, the fourteen year
old son of Mr, and Mrs, John Booker
was thrown off Davis’ Brothers truck
Saturday night when its driver Arthur
‘Gungl in trying to avoid a collision,
suddenly made a turn and threw off
‘his companion, Charles Booker, who
was more or less injured, according to
a statement made by his parents Sun
day,
'\ Mr, and Mrs, S Moore and child
ren and Walter Kessler motored to
Hawkinsville Sunday to visit relatives
and returned to the city this morning,
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American Soldiers Like
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Men Stationed In Germany Dread
Orders To Return Home
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18—The
American army in Germany sitting
on the top of the world, and is living
in perpetual dread of orders to return
to the United States, Lieutenant Kie
Cody of this city just returned is au
thority for this statement, |
In an interview with this corres
pondent, he said: ‘You can’t say or
think anything téo good for the A.
E. F. in Germany, Men and officers
dread the day they will return to the
United States, There never was an
army which sat on the world as ours
is doing in Germany,
“General Allen has cultjvated a
spirit of sportsmanship in the army,
There is football, baseball, polo ,shoot
ing and track teams, all trying to
break records, They have gone in for
‘horse racing and have built their own
track and steeple chase course. As
result, there has been a general hunt
for good horses and they have bred
and trained some’ of the finest animals
ever connected with the army,
Although the men are able to buy
all the wine and beer they want, there
is hardly an example of a man taking
too much, Drinkijng wine and beer
has made them temperate. Whisky
and cocktails do not go, Champagne
is less than $1 the bottle, but the men
prefer' the other wines.
Moving Day Will Be Sad ‘
There is one cafe in Coblenz pat
ronized exclusively by Americans, It
)won‘t sell beer, and the Germans bar
themselves, It sells wine to Ameri
cans,
When an officer travels he is the
’object of solicitous attention, They
bring you pillows and everything else
to make you comfortable, A conduc
tor never asks for your ticket, Once
-I was smoking in a car which was not
a smoking car. The conductor re
tired and returned with a card which
he slapped upon the wall, It said,
“Smoking Car.”
Lieutenant Cody repeats that it will
be a sad day for the army when it is
ordered home. .
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Cecil Abbott Will Siug
For Foot Ball leam
Lovers of good singing will be high
ly entertained if they attend the con
cert given by Cecil Abbott, the boy
tenor at the High School Tuesday
evening at 8:30, The proceeds of the
concert will go to the expense fund
of the High School Foot Ball Team
and all of the boys will appreciate
your presence. -
The admission is only forty cents,}
and it is hoped to raise at least one
hundred dollars as this amount is
needed to put the team on its feet.
Tickets can be had at the High
School
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Charles Ray Lures
Stranger’s Roll By
‘ Farce of Oratory
ilnnacent Bystander Is “Taken In”,
But Earns “Extra” Money For
His Trouble
A stranger on his first visit to Los
Angeles turned a street corner the
other day and came upon an excited
crowd of people., They were mass
ed around a flag draped platform,
from which a young man was address
ing them at the to of his lungs, The
speaker waved his straw hat, shouted
and indulged in all the gymnastics of
a Billy Sunday, The stranger listen
ened intently for several minutes. The
young man launched into his climax,
“How many of you want to bring
this great factory to Mainsville?” yell
ed the youth. “How many of you will
subscribe for shares right now? Step
up with your money, gestlemen. Do
not be bashful”
He had won the crowd, Most of]
them surged forward toward him,
money waving in their hands, The'
stranger was no piker. He reachedi
into his pocket and peeled a couple of
big bills from his roll,
Here young fellow, put me down for
sceme shares, he coid, whea he finally
managed to reach the speaker. |
Suddenly a man with a megaphone
appeared, seemingly out of clear space,‘
“Now, we'll move on and shoot thes_e‘
next few scenes” he shouted, “Half
lof you people_____." |
Stung! One of those movie com
paines. The stranger elbowed his
way rather sheepishly back to the
youthful orator,
Say, you're there. I thought this
was the straight goods” he said, “I
aint in the picture, you know, and I'd
like my money._.__.’ ¢
“Oh, yes, you were” and the young
man favored him with a pléasant grin
that a photoplay fan wouud recognize
as belonging to only ene screen play
er—(Charles Ray, “The camera
caught you and ypou're a full-fledged
“extra’™, So here's your money you
gave me, plus five dollars—your pay
for the day,
If the stranger should come to the
Grand Theatre tonight (Monday), he
would see himself in “Homer Comes
Home.” the latest Charles Ray Com
edy. It was produced by Thomas
H, Ince and is a Paramount Artcraft,
Winner To Be
Announced Wednesday
On account of the number of cook
ing receipts received at this office in
the Sweet Potato contest it has been
impossible to announce the winners
to date, We expect to be able to pub
lish the list next Wednesday how
ever and send the winners a receipt
for a year’s subscription to the Leader-
Enterprise and Press,
New Dresses
In Canton Crepe, Poiret Twills,
Tricotines, Serges and Velvet.
New Coat Suits
In all that's New—This Season’s Modes—TRICOTINE,
DUVETYNE, SERGES, BROADCLOTH and PORET
TWILLS.
- New Coats
In the new Fur, French Seal, Coney Fox, and Brown Seal,
Also, Velours and Broadcloths.
A BEAUTIFUL LINE NEW BLOUSES, WAISTS
ND SWEATERS JUST IN!!!
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We have all that is new in FURS—SeaI, Skunk, Dog, Fox,
in all shades and shape pieces.—Prices on these are lower
now than later, so come in now and select yours, we will keep
same for you with a small deposit.
Complete Showing ot Fall and Winter Hats
Just Received---See Them.
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South Main Street ~ Fitsgerald, Ga.
Further Wage Cuts ‘
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Worry Railway Men
Original 12 Per Cent Slash Does Notl
Concern Them As Much
NEW YORK, Sept, 17—Four hun
dred delegates of the five big railway
worker’s organizations, representing
i the Eastern district, will meet Sun-}
‘day afternoon in Hoboken to watch
i the counting of 500,000 ballots on
;whether the railway employees shall
*go on strikejior accept the 12 per cent
swage slash and submit to revised
iworking condijtions, it was learned
Saturday night, ‘
l The delegates who represent work
!ers on all railway lines between New
| York and Chicago and in New Eng
‘said to be more concerned over fur
ther threatened wage cuts by rail
'lways and over loss of advantages of
the hours and working conditions
lthan the original 12 per cent wage
!decrease,
ENGINEERS’ CHIEF
HOPES FOR PEACE
CLEVELAND, Sept 17—The last
thing any sensible wants is a strike”,
said Warren G, Stone, grand chief of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Eng
ineers here Saturday night, discussing
the critical situation in the railroad
field.
“Members of the ‘Big Four’ broth
erhoods will not count their ballots
until October 10th in Chicago, .If
the vote favors a strike, then the next
question to decide is whether an at
tempt will be made to settle with the
roads separately or whether we shall
deal with them as a whole, I hope
for peace, lam making no predic
tions.”
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Drives 8,000 Miles
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Without A Puncturel
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The laurels for long drive without
an accident are handed to Mr, and
Mrs, R. D, Bailey of Ft, Lauderdale,
Fla, who passed through the cijty
this morning en route to their home
in Florida from Vienna, S. D, having
driven 7,790 miles to date without a
puncture or other mishap. ‘They are
loud in their praise for the good roads
in Georgia and selected the Macon-
Fitzgerald-Waycross route for its
superiority both in distance and con
dition of the roads,
Accompanying them were Mr, and
Mrs, E. C, Yeamans of Vienna, S, D,
Fitzgerald made a fine impression
on these people, who were surprised
‘to iearn that our city is only 25 years‘
old They said that it is by far the
best looking town they have passedl
through in Georgia. Thanks!
Mr. and Mrs, Wm. R, Bowen, and
Mrs, J. D. Mashburn, Mrs, Lula B,
Sheppard, Mr. C, T, Owen and Mr,
W. A Adams took in the bridge op
cning | ceremonies at Hawkinsville
Friday.
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Official Organ City Of Fitzgerald
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Fairfield Found Guilty
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- Of Intimidation
Jury Out 21 Hours On Case; Fail To
Convict on Other Charges
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After deliberating twenty one hours
on the evidence submitted in the case
of O. C. Fairfield, charged with in=
timjdation, conspiracy, hindering /by
himself and in, combination with ‘oth
ers, certain present employees of the
A. B,'& A. Railway, the jury return
ed a verdict of guilty in the first
count, personally intimidating men
from working, and failed to convict
on any of the three other counts with
which he was charged in the indict
ment,
Judge Gower in pronouncing sen
tence on Fairfield said, “My heart does
not dictate that I should put you on
the chain gang, Fairfield but I am
going to put you in jail for your own
protection, Information has reached
me that reckless things are contem
plated in connection with the death
of engineer Reed. The court is not
saying, intimating or presuming that
you ‘had anything to do with the kill
ing, but I am sending you to jail for
your own protection, In addition,
I sentence you to serve twélve months
on the State Farm”
Fairfield is also one of the six men
charged with the murder of We P
Reed on July sth, for which he may
be put on trial in the October term
of Ben Hill Superior Court,
J. W. Hornsby and Gerald V. My
rick are the other two accused for
the same offense in jail now, Thos,
Hendrix, ‘also charged with the same
offense is still at large,
Harvey and Perry Booker surren
dered to the Sheriff Sunday afternoon,
The tense feeling existing here
since the strike cases were called in
court is gradually subsiding and it
is evident that the city will take on
normal routine again, At the jail
everything is perfectly normal, at no
‘time being any apprehension of vio
lence or for any fear of interference
with the orderly proceedure of the
orders of the court
The Grand Jury who nassed on the
murder cases and returned ind’~*ment
against the accused, consisted of B, H,
Beall foreman, T C. Strange, clerk,
and G, B. Frey, J. N. Swearingen, R,
F. Mercer, C. S, Rice, H. A, Owen,
H, A, Day, J. A, G. Ragsdale, W. J.
McGlamory, W. B, White, Isidor
Celdeps{ L. A, Yarborough, C_ S, Ts-
Isler, M. M. Stephens, F. H. Farmer,
B. R, Sanders, S, A, Wright W_7J.
Mayo and J. S, Ellington. The grand
jury was discharged Friday morning,
!ICE CREAM SOCIAL KENNEDY
' MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH
There will be an Ice Cream Social
at the Kennedy Memorial Baptist
Church at corner of Gordon and Al
tamaha streets Tuesday night start
ing at 7:30 promptly, Everyone is ex
tended 3 cordijal invitation to be pres
ent
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