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Mail Matter under Act of Congress, March 18, 1897
Official Organ of the City of Fitzgerald
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ASSOCIATION, foreign Adv. Representatives,
GEORGIA’'S EDUCATIONAL INSTITU
TIONS—It 1s a well recognized fact, generally
among modern nations, that it is LEDUCATION
that I‘nul\'('.\ a nation wealthy, prosperous, and
GREAT. This fact is well illustrated in Europe,
—for those nations that possess the best educa
tional facilities, have far outstripped their infer
iors in this regard, in all of the elements of great
ness pertaining to modern civilization.
THEN, the same thing is true among the states
of the United States—consequently IF Georgia
cares to maintain her proud position as Empire
State of the South, she will be forced to do better
by her educational institutions,
In this connection we will quote some statistics
gathered by Mr. James A. Hollomon and publish
ed in the Atlanta Constitution, to illustrate the
point we desire to make.
Says Mr Holloman: “I will compare briefly the
amounts that the states in the south give their in
stitutions with the support that Georgia gives her
institutions. Take state universities, as distinct
ive units, for example. Florida maintenance for
one year for the university and agricultural col
legé combined, which are both co-ordinated into
one unit, $1,000,000; Tennessee maintenance for
one yar, one half of a mill state levy, estimated
for 1921 $1,000,000; Alabama maintenance for one
year, $121,000; South Carolina maitenance for
one yvear $250,000; North Carolina maintenance
for one year, $445000; Virginia mafntenance for
one year, as large as incomes from endowment :
Georgia Maintenance for 1021, $95,000, and this
has been cut ten per cent for 1922
Fine outlook for Georgia isn‘t it? Yet Georgia
is the largest, walthiest and most populous of the
states mentioned., Evidently the people of Geor
gia care a great deal for higher education? Fui
dently they care a great deal for the future growth
and greatness of the State?
These figures are illuminating. They spenk for
themselves. I« going to remain at the foot of the
procession in regard to facilities for ‘high('r educa
ton OR 1s she going to awaken to the necessities
of the casc and do better in future?
It is true that Georgia hasn’t vet gone to the
bow wows, but she is headed in that direction,
question IS—are the people of Georgia going to
make proper provision for their educational insti
tutions, so that chey may keep pace with those of
other states in intelligence and wealth, OR are
they going to just sit idly down and drop behind
in everything that pertains to progress and civi
lization. We can only wait and sce.—Rome Trib
une Herald.
FINE MAN FOR THE PLACE—\W¢ congratu
late the Prison Commission on the selection of
J. Pope Brown, of Pulaski County for the import
ant post of superintendent of the State Farm at
Milledgeville. Mr. Brown for two generations
has been a leading figure in agricultural activities
in South Georgia and his personal character s
such that he will make an ideal head of this im
portant institution of the State. Mr. Brown has
been a frequent visitor to this city and has many
friends in the county who will be glad to learn of
his appointment,
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WHY THE EDITOR LEFT TOWN—Our
truthful and enterprising contemporary, the Times
of Sebastopol, Cal, reports the following item of
current literary news:
© "Some one sent the editor of the Poketown Ga.
zette a few bottles of home brew. The same day
he received for publication a wedding announce
ment and a notice of an auction sale. [Here are
the results: “Wm. Smith and Miss Luck Anderson
were disposed of at public auction at my farm one
mile east of a beautiful cluster of roses on her
CHAUTAUQUA?
i |
Dear Mr, Editor: |
Disregarding the fact that the writer;
will be classed ‘as a knocker I feel
moved to say a few words in public
about the business plan of this Chau
tauqua. While it professes to be a
non-profiting organization which " -is
doubtless true, still it is not philan
thropic in nature But purely business
in its relation to our citizens, as proved
by the ironclad guarantee required and
its flowered manner of advertising it
self. Now the inducements for sea
son ticket buying are made on the
quality of the programs and on the
number of days of session notably,
six It seems that there is no special
Sunday program prepared and ‘yet
Sunday, a day of worship and exempt
ed from secular amusements is counted
im; so that by the scheme of rotation,
Ely one town out of seven on their
[ breats and two white calves, before a background
of farm implements too numerous to mention in
the presence of about seventy guests, including
two milch cows, six mules and one bob sled. Rev.
Jackson tied the nuptial knot with 200 feet of hay
rope and the bridal couple left on one good John
Deere gang plow for an extended trip with terms
to suit the purchasers. They will be at home to
their friends with one good baby buggy and a
tew kitchen utensils after ten months from date
of date to responsible parties and some fifty chick
ens.
THE GOLD THAT IMMlGRATED—Eighty
‘c'ight million dollars’ worth of gold arrived in the
‘United States in August, bringing the total since
fanuary lst up very close to half a billion dollars.
Prof. Irving Fisher, the Yale cconomist, and
his followers insist that when gold becomes plen
tiful, prices of commodities rise and speculation
and inflation follow. Well, there has been a slight
rise in prices since July 1, hut nothing remarkable
And certainly racculation has been dead as a last
vear's fly. So this gives the school of economists
opposed to Fisher's views a chance for a glorious
eloat.
But, perhaps Fisher is right, because the half
billion of gold which has floated to our shores in
cight months has had no chance to show speed.
The Federal Reserve Banks have simply trapped
it on its arrival and thrown it into their dungeons
—their vaults. None of the gold has been placed
in circulation as money, nor used as the basis of
expansion of notes or credits or loans. In other
words, it can have had no more effect on business
or prices than so much gold ore buried far beneath
the surface of the ground.
At present we are not saying that this treatment
of real money is a good thing or a bad thing—
but that’s what has happened to gold that emi
grated to America in 1921,
A GREAT JEW AND A GREAT AMERICAN—
On the Jewish New Year's day, in synagogues
throughout the country, including Atlanta, there
will eb read a letter from Nathan Straus appealing
to his coreligionists to help relieve sufferers from
famine and persecution in Europe.
Many eloquent appeals have heen made, but
Mr. Straus’s appeal will come backed with partic
ular authority. What he advises others to do he
has done t an extent that no other citizen probably
has equaled in proportion to financial resources.
Mr. Straus illustrates in his work, past and pres
ent, the admonition of James: “¢cß ye doers of the
wrd, and not hearers only, deceiving your wn
selves.”
To listen, to talk, to advise, t preach, all that is
good. But DO is infinitely mre important. Any
DOING has been all his life the specialty of Na
than Straus, whose appeal shuld call forth a gen
erous response, from Jews whoe race he honors,
and from Gentiles, for whom Nathan Straus’s phil
anthropic work has saved lives of tens of thous
ands of children.
In out ‘6l the way places, where the prosperous
rarely or never go, Nathan Straus for a quarter of
a century has distributed to the poor, for less than
cost when they could pay, and absolutely free
when they could not pay, the very best of pure
milk prepared- “modified” under the direction of
scientific men. In this work he had associated
with him the greatest specialists tn he diet and
care of children.
The death rate has been cut down BECAUSE
NATHAN STRAUS TAUGHT THE PEOPLE
THE MOTHERS, AND DOCTORS, that Jnilk
that should only build up children was poisoning
thousands of them for lack of pasteurization and
cleanliness.
Nathan Straus's service to the poor mothers and
their children, has not been confined to his own
city, New York, his work has spread to Washing
ton, Chicago, and as far as San Francisco. He has
estahlished stations for his benevolent work in
many cities in Europe. To this work he has de
voted not only his time and energy for more than
23 years, but a fortune each yvear. In addition,
in proportion to his personal wealth. Mr. Straus
has been by far the biggest contributor to suffer
ers in the famine districts of Europe.
Nathan Straus's life has been an honor to good
American citizenship, showing gratitude for op
portunity by helping the unfortunate. He has
been an honor to his race, and the most powerful
rebuke to vicious stupidity that expresses itself
in race and religious hatred. A Jew who is able
to say that he has saved the lives of tens of thous
ands of Christian children is a sufficient answer
to vicious lying or the fabrications of these jealous
of useful success —Atlanta Georgian.
itinerary will ever get the full six days
and the others will always get five of
them hit or miss and in our particular
case we lose one of the most attractive
features of the entire program—the
celebrated N Y, play “Her Husband's
Wife * This is a flat failure on
their part to make good, and in addi
tion we get a substitution of a reader
a single entertainer for three high'y
proficient musicians the Cecilian Trio_
Is it square. Is it good business for.
them and does it not effectually squelch
‘any future Chautauqua enterprises in
Fitzgerald? It means in reality that
the Lord’s Day is used for business in
the contract but later is respected‘;‘h_‘r
public ‘sentiment to the partictilar 1688
of six different communities, Could
any other organizatidn get by with it,
and why a Sunday Chautauqua any
way? ‘
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'COMMISSION’ REPORT
ON A B. & A. WRECK
(Continued from Page 1)
der subpoena or oath, your commitee
being without legal authority to sub
poena or administer oath_ They were
stenographically reported and a tran
script of the same is herewith sub
mitted, together with certain photo
graphs tendered by the attorney’s for
organized labor and some received
from inspectors of the Bureau of safe
ty, Interstate Commerce Commission,
showing certain physical facts,
‘ Subsequent to the hearing your
iiommittce witnessed certain tests and
applications as to the front axle and
‘wheels of the engine truck made und
er the supervision of the Burcau In
spectors and also examined a pjece
of the base of the rail alleged to have
been broken off by an explosion, re
covered since the hearing,
From the oral testimony submitted
and from the physical facts ascertain
ed by our personal inspection of the
scene of the derailment and a care
ful examination of the wreckage, ma
terials and equipment involved, the
undersigned are firmly of the opin
ion, and so report to your excellency,
that the derailsi>a was directly caus
ed by the forc2 of an explosion of a
charze of a ligh explosiss, placed
underneath or near the left rail of
iraclt in the d:cction th: *ain was
moving at a point under, or aearly so,
the overhead highway bridge on the
Fairburn road, The circumstances
¥ndicate, in our opinion, that the ex
plosive charges was so placed with
criminal intent,
~ Respectfully submitted,
C N CANDLER,
W, H, HUDSON,
Soptcmhcr' 20, 1921,
Hon, Thos. W. Hardwick, Governor,
Atlanta, Ga,
Dear Sir:—As a member of the
committee appointed by your «xe- -
ency on September 10, 1921, to inves.i
gate the wreck which occurred on the
A B, & A, at Cascade crossing - on
the night of September 7th 1921, the
duty of the committee comprising
Hon, Murphy Candler, chairman of
the railroad commission of Georgia;
Mr, Woods Hudson and myself, be
ing to investigate the causes of the
wreck and make a true finding accord
ing to the evidence as we deduced
same, I, after listening carefully to
every matter of evidence produced
during a two day’s hea.ring“ and after
|inspecting the scene of the wreck and
[2ll other things connected and related
!thcrcto, submit the following report,
i\\'hi(‘h is a minority report:
I On September 12th, 1921 at ahout
‘;H:S() a. m. the committe proceeded
jto the scene of the wreck and im
| mediately hegan to examine the loco
[ motive and parts of same, and also
| the roadbed at each end of where the
j\\'l’(‘(‘k occurred for about a distance
inf 150 feet in each direction, We
{found the roadbed in bad condition
’at this point there is supposed to be
|a five (5) degree curve, but this curve
varied from; four (4) to six (6) de
grees, and the track gauged from
itight to 1 (1) inch open, and the
spikes in ties were in very bad shape,
and T would consider this track dan
'gcrous for a main iine track,
I also made the examination of the
engine truck, axle and wheel from left
front engine truck, and 1 found by
‘using Brown & Sharps micrometers
that said wheel was loose on the axle;
in making this test of both wheel
and axle, I found that the hore of
said wheel was five (5) and four hun
dred and thirty eight and one-half
thousandths inches on one end, and
five (5) and four hundred and thirty
two thousandths inches on the other
end, which is a difference of six (6)
and one-half thousandths, and \\'hich‘
.~lmu|dl have been straight_, |
I also found said axle was five (S)i
four hundred thirty-three and one-half
thousandths inches on the outer end:
and five (5) and four hundred and
thirty two thousandths inches where
said wheel stopped, which should have
been straight for this wheel,
Alleges Loose Wheel
For this wheel to have been tight
enough to be safe, the axle should |
have been eleven (11) thousandths ofl
an inch larger than the bore of thcl
wheel, and imstead, the hore of the
wheel was larger than the axle,
On September the 17th, 1921 at
about 10:30 a_ m. your committee wit
nessed the pressing on of the wheel at
the Southern whee! works and said
wheel went on at no pressure at alll
until it got up in about one (1) and
one-half inches where it stopped, and;
‘then the pressure went up to fiftcen;
(15) tons where it should have gone
im fifty (50) tons or more to have
been safe,
l Then your committe witnessed the
pressing off of said wheel and twenty
(20) tons was required to start it a
distance of about one (1) inch; then
the indicator dropped practically te
nothing, and this was a travel of near
ly 7 inches for the wheel fit, and if
said wheel had been properly fit it
would have taken 70 tons to have
stafted it, and the pressure decreased
until said wheel was completely off
O DRII il oo ot i S o
Your committee further witnessed
the testing of sajd axle in a lathe and
found said axle about five (5) eighths
‘inches in wheel fit. and said axle be
ing bent after said wheel came off of
said axle, and this in my opinion, this
axle dropping down’ on the rail, was
the cause of said axle being benl,l
thereby causing engine truck-frame to
drag on the ties and rail, and de
rail said engine,
This bend in wheel-fit of axle caus
ed said wheel to show fifteen (15)
tons pressure, If said axle had been
straight, sajd wheel would have shown
no pressure at all when being pressed
on said axle,
I am positively convinced without
'a doubt that this derailment was
icaused by the left front engine-truck
‘wheel being loose on axle, which to
‘gether with the defective condition of
‘the road-bed, caused said wheel to
come off rounding the sharp curve,
the derailment being the result of the
said wheel coming off of said axle as
above stated,
Disputes Explosion
In my opinion, it would have been
absolutely impossible for an explosion
of any nature or kind to have blown
this wheel off of axle without bursting
said wheel and further damaging said
locomof{ive andpartpf thereof, which
the evidence disclosed remained in
tact,
I wish to call your special attention
to the fact that the headlight glass
and ,signal light glasses directly over
the said engine-truck wheel were not
broiken. There was no damaue to
the cyimder-jacket which was the
nearest pomt to said *.reel, and made
of one-sixteenth inch of sheet iron
bolted on with cne-quarter inch stove
bolts, and the cylinder cocks on the
bottom of the cylinder (made of cast
iron) were not damaged notwith
standing the fact that they were of
very fragile material’ and could have
been broken off with one blow of a
small hand hammer; at times such cy
linder cocks are broken off while be
ing screwed into place.
I also wish to call your special at
tention to the fact that the evidence
‘disclosed that said wheel was cast
iron, and the flange of same could
‘have easily been broken, as testificd
by railroad men of long experience,
‘with a ten pound sledge hammer, and
et not even a chip of this wheel was
broken off at all
| [ also wish to call your special at
‘tention to the fact that the train was
| travelling down grade, and said eng
ine was derailed upon said curve; the
tspeed of said train together with the
.hcavy tonnage of thirty five cars, man
'y of which were heavily loaded, and
| the 200,000 pound engine aggregating
?a total tonnage of approximately 1,300
itons pressing upon said wheel (which
{in my opinion was loose,) yet, sajd
fwheel came off axle and in coming
| off of said axle traveled in practically
ilthe same direction as the train was
! travelling instead of going directly
lagainst the bank opposite the \track,
' High Speed Alleged
{ in my opinion this train was run
i ning at a speed of not less than thir
;t_v-fi\'c miles per hour as indicated
by the following physical facts, Thir
(teen cars were badly derailed and
turned cross-wise the track all of the
'said cars being directly behind the en
’gine; the amount of damage to the
(track and the distance the engine ran
| after being derailed before turning
{over on the low side of the curve,
’ I wish to further call your atten
’tion to the fact that broken rails are
common occurrences in wrecks, and
this rail was broken off inside of the |
rail in question, which could have
very easily been broken by any one
‘wheel of said engine dropping on the
‘base of said rail, the ties being torn
under said rail. There was a very
plain mark on top of the picce of
broken rail showing that the wheels
or other parts of the wreckage had
dropped on same,
I wish to call vour further atten
tion to the fact, which is most mater
ial and vital that it is a positive fact
that where a wheel is properly fitted
on an axle, there is no chance for oil
to work into hore of wheel, which was
the case in this investigation. Oil
did work in base of wheel,
I have had 21 years experience in
all classes of mechanical work, of
which thirteen years have been spent
in railroad work,
My report, which T have honestly
endeavored to make, is from practi
cal physical facts as they exist in this
case,
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM T, TURNER,
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The following statistics containing information concerning the
| leficit of the A. B. & A. Railroad for the month of July, 1921. This
| information is based on a report made by the A. B. & A. Ry, manage--
ment to the Interstate Commerce Commission in accordance with
the law.
JUNE 1921 JULY 1921
Freight Revenue ._____________ ' _ $23142000 $218,660.00
FPassenger Reveaue . 28,243.00 41,757.00
Sel e e 1,946.00 18,925.00
Total Revenue =- N 961 60000 279,342.00
’iixpcnse eW N 80,097.00 70,336.00
Expense M. of Equipment _\_____ 107.904.00 90,75500
I'rraffic e . 75.00 19,582.00
i'l’ransportatiou Efpenses ... ... 16820560 190,743.00
iuher Baebenaes .o . 4ao 15,244.00
"l\)ta] epemes .. 408.091. 386,660.00
Gogfamng lose . o . 148,482. 107,318.00
,'l‘a.'»:“', Bl cah 0 Lonn L 10 18,115 X.
Uncollectible Fevenue _.__._____-__ 388000 35.00
ILoss ailer taxes, efe. i ... .. _ 9 169498700 125,468.00
B e 18,075.00 17,996.00
ILoss aiter Wents: .. ... .. .°" 169 44 143,464.00
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YOUR GROCER SELLS IT
GEORGIA, Ben Hill County:
CITY OF FITZGERALD,
~ Under and by virtue of the power
‘and authority vested in the City of
Fitzgerald by Ordinance No, 122 ot
said city, will be sold on the first Tues
day in October 1921, at public outery
1t the front door of the City Hall in
Fitzgerald, Georgia, within the legal
hours\of sale on receiving satisfactory
bids, the following recal estate owned
by the City of Fitzgerald,
The saN city reserves the right to
reject any oxall bids on said property.
All sales wil\be for cash, Any one
desiring to settlesqr buy before said
date can apply at the Slerk's office,
Lot Square Block
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14 6 1
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16 6 1
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3 11 2
1 7 3
8 10 3
9 b 4
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27 6 i
28 6 7
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22 6 11
i 10 12 12
14 NViof9 13 12
14 N%oflo 13 12
V4NViofll 13 12
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s rns BEAEE o B 39
Meat Market For Sale
---Cheap for cash. iood location.
Reason for selling will be explain
ed on application. J. W. Jolly, 409
East Pine Street.
NOTICE!
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6 7 13.
3 13 13
4 13 13
3-4 of 5 5 16
5 7 J
Josey's Addition 5 acre tract No, 1138
Lot 40.
% of Lot 50
| Lot 52,
| Lot .58,
Lot 54
| Lot 55
| Lot 56
Lot 57
9-10 of Lot 48
Josey’s Addition, 5 acre tract No 1152
Lot 18 .
Nelson’s addition 5 acre tract No. 1153
Lot 6
Lot 17
Lot 18
Lot 22
‘Moore’s Addition 5 acre tract No. 149
Lot 3 . by
Lot 4
Lot 5
\ Lot 6
' Lot 22
Lot 23
Lot 24
Moore’s /Addiion 5 acre tract No, 1150
Lot 41
Lot 48
Child’e Addition 5-acre tract No, 1130’
Lot 4, Block 3
Winona Heights 5-acre tract No, 482,
Lot 2, Block 14
Lot 3, Block 14
Walden’s Addition S-acre tract 1173,
Lot 25
New Chicter Addition,
2 acres o’f\{ve acre tract No. 1471,
J. L. PITTMAN, Mayor,
H, MILTON, Mayor-Pro Tem."
- J. HIMAYES, Alderman-a-large