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" Official Organ of the City of Fitzgerald
BRDOR GELDERS ..........—.._..Editor
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AS REASONABLE CARE USED TO PRE
VENT ACCIDENT?—In the summary of evi-‘
dence in re the wreck of the eastbound freight No. ‘
- 102 of the A. B. & A. in which Engincer Joe Mor
xis lost his life, as furnished us by the Interstate
Commerce Commission, one special feature stands
, out prominently and invites careful consideration.
In the evidence given by Supt. Huddleston of the
~A. B. & A, on whose division the wreck occurred,
the following statement appears: “the additional
- message referring to special train orders given the
engineer and conductor on the ill fated train, given
~ the crew before leaving its initial station was sent
by him on account of the action of certain parties
under observation which lead to the belief that an
attempt at violence might be made that night.”
The special train order referred to read :
ORDER NO. 14—“ Run with extreme caution
tonight Bellwood to Manchester and look out for
trouble.”
When it is taken into account that the passenger
train for Atlanta passed Cascade crossing within
an hour before the freight train was due, and that
it made the trip without mishap, it is absolutely
certain, that whatever the cause of wreck, it did
not exist when the passenger train passed this
point, else it would have been the victim and not
the freight. With the admission of Supt. Hud
dleston, that he anticipated some trouble and had
_the trouble makers under surveillance it would ap
pear to have been his duty to use every precaution
to see to it that nothing was done to the track or
about it, which could cause the loss of life or de
struction of property. It appears from the evi
dence that Supt. Huddleston did nothing of the
kind, had no section hands watching the track, no
motor car travel ahead of the freight or keep an
eye on any party or parties, whom he says he had
under observation and suspicion. Supt. Huddle
ston is at least chargeable with negligence, for
failing to use precautionary measures at his dis
- posal, especially if he KNEW enough to give this
_warning message and could have easily patrolled
the track between Bellwood and Manchester with
his motor car. ‘
° This train crew was helpless but the Company's
offical had the means and authority to protect
them.
A TRIBUTE TO RAILWAY WORKERS—(by
William G. McAdoo, former Director-General of
Tnnsport’tion.)—\\"hen General Pershing cabled
in the fall of 1918, that, unless he could get Amer
‘ican locomotives, and plenty of them, the Allies
could not keep up their drive against the Germans,
T'advised him, through the War Industries Board
at Washington that he coul®have the entire out
put of the American locomotive builders if needed,
and that the railroads would be run with the loco
motives on hand. In order to make this promise
good, and we made good laws necessary to call
an American Engincer to keep Americian locomo
tives on the rails, and American shopmen to put
the locomotives back on the rails with all possible
speed when they had to come in for repairs. 1 am
glad to say that both the engineers and the firemen
and the shopmen did the job 1 catied upon them
to do, and that Pershing got the locomotives he
needed.
This is a tribute to the efficiency and loyalty of
_the engineers and the firemen and the shopmen,
. whose primary duty it was to make the locomot
ives do tNe war work at the highest point of effi
‘ciency, and it was because they did it that Ameri
¢a’s doughboys did their job with such efficiency
and dispatch on the fields of France,
. Itis a striking fact that the great war was ended
one year earlier than the best military judgement
~of the time expected. The most optimistic mili
tary experts thought the war could not be conclud
-ed before the fall of 1919, At the time the armis
tice was signed, November the 11th, 1918, the Uni
ted States Treasury was paying out every day an
average of $60,000,000, or at a rate of $21,900,000,
000 per annum. It was because America threw
her organized strength into the balance with such
irrecistible power in such a short space of time that
- the war ended a year <noner than expected, saving
not only millions of hwman lives and untold sufi
_ering, but also at least &) H00G.000,000 of American
3 oney. Thc railroad employees of the United
% played a great part and creditable part in
thi i&#qnflfiful victory. The American railroads
~ Were an essential part of the war machine. and if
- railroad employces had Leon efficient, these results
~ would not have been achieved.
»» When I'récall the falsc chargces some railroad
officials and partisan j.oliticians have made against
,g;ga‘lmdd ‘l‘abo’r C -'!'.l.g the Federal control, the pat
?Lf’taotlsn!i;‘A“ d devotion of these railroad engineers,
, liremen ard @hopmen shine refreshingly by com-
TURN TO THE RIGHT!
When you come to a place
‘whcrc the fork in the road busts
suddenly onto yer sight, don‘t
hesitate none as you carry yer
fload, but bravely march off to the
@nghfl No matter how stony or
: hilly the track, or how painful the
travelling appears____
We're making this journey to never come back,
an’ we number the mile-posts by years____The
pilgrim that falters, or turns to the left, on the
glitterin’ path that is fraud, will wake up some
mornin’ to find bereft of honor, of conscience,—of
God!
Then turn to the right at the forks of the road—
there’s no other pathway so sweet__The Master’s
approval will lighten yer load,—there’s a crown,
when yer journey’s complete,
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FARMERS! STUDY THE COTTON REPORT
—The weekly publication of the sales of cotton in
this and neighboring markets as furnished by the
U. S. Bureau of Markets shows almost regularly
a lower price paid for the same grade in Fitzgerald
than in either of our neighboring towns reporting
sales of the same date. The difference is irequent
ly five dollars a bale and more. Of course there
may be a justifible case, but we are unable to find
it. It may be well for farmers offering their cot
ton for sale to investigate what our neighbors are
paying and insist on getting the same price or
ship their cotton elsewhere for sale.
By looking over the report received this morn
ing, and which appears in this issue of the Leader-
Enterprise it is quite apparent that somebody lost
money to which they were entitled on the dates
on which they sold their cotton. Watch your
business farmers! 3
SELLING SPOT COTTON AND BUYING
FUTURE CONTRACTS—The Southern people
are naturally “buls” when it comes to the cotton
market. Their interests make them so, since the
cotton crop is our money crop and hence it furnish
¢s the life blood of our financial system. During
this recent rise in cotton, we have had occasion to
see how wild many of our people get whe ncotton
goes up. We do not pretend to be wise enough
to tell our farmers just when to sell. Our past ex
periences and present necessities should be our
guide. Still we want to say this much: There is
need for more prudence and caution and not any
need for such excitemin, especially when it comes
to buying cotton on the board. We do not believe
in the future business. Like whiskey drinking
and gambling the end is always bad. When cott- 1
on was going up 200 points a day, a good m:my}
people thought it would continue to go up and put
all their ready cash in purchasing future contracts. |
As soon as Wall Street sa wthat the net was full,
they turned the tables and prices began to drop
by the 100 points. Thus many a man was cleaned
up. While in Augusta, we were told of this in
stance and we know it was duplicated many ‘and
many a time over; A young man purchased a con
tract when cotton was around 10 cents. He held
on until it rose to 18 cents and closed out with
$7,000.00 profit. Instead of putting this into legi
timate business or using half to purchase a new
contract and keeping half to put up when called
upon to increase his margin, he staked it all and
when the 100 point drop came he lost it all. We
want to see our Southern farmers become more
conservative in business. Be careful, go slow, run
no great risks. Sell your cotton when a living
price is offered. Use your money to run voutr
farm operations more successfully. Do not 3 go
wild—do not gamble. Do not try to make money
casy, but earn more by good work and by goo;l
management.—Southern Culttivator,
Millionaires have become paupers over night in
this favorite game of Wall street and strong finan
cial institutions have gone to the wall through
speculations in cotton,
The safest plan is to let cotton futures alone—
sooner or later the suckers get stung. There are
few rich men in the South who can trace their
fortunes to speculation in cotton. Most of them
got broke before they got rich
THE SOUTHEASTERN FAlR—October 13th
Atlanta’s great annual Southeastern Fair will open
and it is expected that this year's attempt will ex
ceed any previous exposition held by the South
castern Fair Association. The Hog and Cattle ex
hibits are said to be the largest held in the South
and this year's Poultry show at this fair will vie
with the National Poultry Shows of Madison
Square Garden. The Poultry Show of the Fair
is being cooped by the Fitzgerald Fair Associa
tion equipment consisting of eighteen hundred
patent donble pens, capable of showing five thous
and birds, i
The usual carnival attractions will be on hand,
as they are at all‘succcssful fairs. The visitors to
the fair want to be entertained first and incident
ally absorb whatever education the may be able
to from the exhibits of agricultural and industrial
THE LEADER-ENTERPRISE AND PRESS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1921
Calomel May Turn
'
On You Next Time
Next Dosé You Take May Salivate
Aand Start World of Trouble
Calomel is mercury; quicksilver, It
crashes into sour bile like dynamite,
cramping and sickening you. Calomel
attacks the bones and should never be
put into your fystem,
I fyou feel bi ious, headachy, consti
pated and all kAocked out just go to
your druggist and\get a bottle of Dod
son’s Liver Tone f9r a few centswhich
is a harmless vegetgble substitute for
dangerous calomel, \Take a spoonful
and if it doesn’t starg your liver and
straighten you up beiter and quicker
than nasty calomel an{ without mak
ing you sick, you just go back and
get your money,
Don’t take calomel, It makes you
sick the next day; it loses you a day’s
work, Dodson’s Liver Tone straight
ens you right up and you feel great,
No salts necessary. Give it to the
children because it is perfectly harm
less and can not salivate, adv,
GINNERS REPORT
There were 2461 bales of cotton
ginned in Ben Hill County from the
crop of 1921 prior to Sept, 26, 1921 as
compared with 2051 bales ginned to
Sept, 25th 1920,
B. H, Beall Special Agent
Ben Hill County,
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Is Holding His Own
“Ten years ago I received such
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for my stomach trouble that I have
recommended it to hundreds of other
sufferers, Recently a friend of mine
whose brother in a distant citv v s
stricken with acute indigestior
no expected to live, got his brother
to take a battle on my advice 1 just
received word, that his brothcer was
holding his owx, and lam confideni
that Mayr’s WorMerful Remedy will
entirely restore himy’' It is a simp'e
harmless preparativy that r-mores the
catarrhal mucus from e in‘ustingl
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liver and intesit'nal avuments mciud
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vince or money refunded .—MceLemore
and National Drvy Co, andsdrnggists
everywhere, adv,
REGISTRATION NOTICE
Noice is hereby given that the Reg
istration books are now open and will
remain open at the City Hall until the
Bth day of November, 1921, Voters
must register in order to qualify for
the regular city election to be held
December 20, 1921,
This he 3rd day of October, 1921,
David L, Paulk, City Clerk,
Ded Nov 8 !
TAX BOOKS NOW O}EN
The State and County Taxes are
now due and can be paid at my office
at the Court House,
FRED, M. GRAHAM,
tf, Tax Collector,
Mr Lee Manson of Atlanta is the
guest of Mr, and Mrs, J. P, Manning
on south Main street, He is on his
way to Caitfarnia and stopping in the
city 'to visit old friends for several
davs.
Statemeént of the Ownership, Manage
ment, Circulation, Ftc,, Required
By the Act Of Congress of Aug,,
24th, 1912,
Of the Leader-Enterprise and Press
published 3 times a week at Fitzger
ald, Georgia for October 1921
State of Georgia: :
County of Ben Hill:
Before me, a Notary Public in and
for the State and county aforesaid,
personally appeared Tlsidor Gelders.
who having been duly sworn accord
ing to law, deposes and says that he
is the Editor of the L.eader-Enterprise
and Press and that the following is
to the best of his knowledge and belief
a true statement of the ownership,
management, etc, of the aforesaid
publication for the date shown in the
above caption required by the act of
August 24, 1912, embodied in section
443, Postal laws and regulations, prin
ted on the reverse side of this form to
wit:
I, That the names and addresses of
the publisher, editor, managing editor
and business’ managers are:
Publisher T.eader Publishing Com
pany (not incorporated) Fitzgerald,
Georgia,
Editor Tsidor Gelders,
Managing Editor, None.:
Business Managers, None.
2, That the owners are: (Give ndmes
and addresses of individual owners,
or, if a corporation, give its name and
the names and addresses of stockhold
ers owning or holding 1 per cent or
more of the total amount of stock)’
Isidor Gelders,
Maude Gelders,
W. G, Broadhurst,
3, That the known hondholders,
mortgagees, and other security hold
ers owning 1 per cent or more of
total amougt of bonds, mortgages or
other securities are:
Dodson Printer's Supply Company,
Atlanta, Ga,
ISIDOR GELDERS, Editor,
_ Sworn and subscribed before me
M,‘{&‘y%v rot Ocf 1321 ‘:‘,j;,,;
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of the engine, The engineman had
released the brakes and the train was
running smoothly, When tht engine
was under the bridge there was an ex
plosion which raised the engine up
from the rails and it came down on
the ties. He estimated the speed of the
train to have been 1 Bor 2 Omiles per
hour, |
Fireman Powell stated that he re
ceived no warning prior to the ex
plosion, The explosion was accom
panied by a flash, He substantiates
the statement of the brakeman that
the engine was raised from the rail
and came down on the ties, The en
gineman was killed by the overturn
ing of the engine.
An extra fireman also was riding
on the engine was injured by escaping
steam and died a few days later with
out making any statement,
Assistant Superintendent Huddle
ston stated that the slow order given
to extra 102 was a standing order giv
en to all trains and that the bulletin
referred to in the order restricted the
speed of freight trains to 20 miles per
hour, The additional message given
to the crew before leaving its initial
station was sent by him on account
of the actions of certain parties under
observation which lead to the belief
that an attempt at violence might be
made that night, He stated that he
arrived at the scene of the accident
aboht 2:00 A, M., and made an exam
ination of conditions, He found a
bowl shaped hole about 4 feet in dia
meter and 18 inches deep in the bal
last under the left rail about the cen
ter of the bridge, The broken and
bent portion of the rail appeared di
rectly over the hole and the cross ties
were blown to pieces, He axamined
the track west of the crater and found
no marks which would indicate a de
*~ilment; parts of the pilot were found
ccattered a distance of 429 feet from
the hole. The left front engine truck
box was destroyed and the frame of
engine truck was bent slightly up
ward, He found no marks indicating
a loose engine truck wheel, \
Dr, Dumas, a chemist employed by
the A, B. & A, Ry, to make an inves
tigation stated that he arrived at the
scene of the accident about 5:45 P, M,
on the following day, He made an
examination and took samples of the
earth from the bottom of the crater and
sides of the crater. In the crater he
found a fragment of iron wire about 2
inches long, a piece of rubber insul
ation about an inch long. and several
small particles of wrapping consisting
of oil paper and tinfoil, in alternate
layers, and in this wrapping was found
particles of kieselguhr, An examina
tion of the earth taken from the hole
disclosed indisputable evidence of
chlorate of potash and sugar which
when taken together form a high ex
plosive, In his opinion the crater was
made by an exploision of potash and
sugar set off by a dynamite detonator,
Master Mechanic McPhail stated:
that ordinarily a 5 1-2 inch axle that
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is 1-64 inch larger in diameter than
the hole in the wheel will give a good
fit at 50 tons pressure and he believes
that to be the standard practice, Ac
cording to his records the wheel which
came off was placed on this axle
sometime between June 23 and 27,1921
50 tons pressure being used and that
this pair of wheels was placed under
engine 102 on August 11, 1921,
Subsequent to the accidient the for
ward pair of engine truck wheels was
taken to the plant of the Southern
Wheel Company at Atlanta, where
tests were conducted in the presence
of representatives of the railroad com
pany, the Southern Wheel Company,
and the Governor’s Special investigat
ing Commission, as well as represen
tatives of this Burcau to determine
what pressure would be required to
replace the wheel, The wheels were
placed in the press and for the first
inch or two little pressure was requir
ed the pressure then gradually increas
ed until the wheel was fully seated,
at which time a maximum pressure
of 15 tons was reached, The pressure
was then reversed and fhe same wheel
forced frdm the axle, At the l)eginn-‘
ing 20 tons pressure was applied, at
which point the whee! started from
the axle, The pressure then fell grad
vally to zero,
In order that a comparison might be
made the opposite wheel was then
placed in the press and forced from
the axle, The wheel started at 65
tons pressure and gradually fell to
zero, The pressure was then reversed
and the wheel forced back on the
axle at a gradually increasing pressure
reaching 40 tons when fully seated
Following this the wheel was again
forced from he axle a pressure of 48
tons being required to start the wheel
from its seat, the pressure then grad
ually dropping to zero,
(To be continued in next issue)
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION
GEORGIA—Ben Hill County: 74
TO THE PUBLIC— g
Notice is hereby given that the co~
partnership of the Lockett Motor Co.,
a firm composed\of A, A, and J, C,
Lockett, has this \day been dissolved
by mutual consent,
This October 6th, 1921,
Locket Motor Compahy,
FO2Bpd. A. A, Lockett,
Miss Rena Singard leaves Saturday
for Atlanta to visit her brother Mr.
Gordon Singard,