Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, October 19, 1921, Wednesday Edition, Image 2

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Newspaper Page Text. The Fitzgerald Leader Enterprise & Press Published l*’y Monday, Wednesday and Fnday of Each Week By THE LEADER PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate: per annum__________________s3.oo Enterea at the Pcst Office at Fitzgerald as Second Class Mail Matter under Act of Congress, March 18, 1897 Official Organ of the City of Fitzgerald lIDOR GEFDERS -o0 ... ... . Editor Rates for display advertising furnished on application. Local rcaders 10c per line for each insertion. No ad taken for less than 30 cents. AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION, foreign Adv. Representatives. JUSTICE TO THE STRIKERS —The Transpor tation Act, as passed by Congress is recognized by the best minds of the country as the best means to secure industrial peace, so far as that relates to the railway employees ot the country, constituting a large percentage of the industrial workers of the country. Acting for all the people and agreed too at the time by the association of Railway Execu tives, Congress passed the Act without adding to it penalties, which were thought uscless under the circumstances, since mandatory action was not deemed necessary and might have led to con flicts between the employee and employer. Nevertheless the observance of its provisions became a lawful duty upon employer and employ ec alike, when the act became the law of the land. its main purpose being to obviate possible suspen sion of traffic and transportation facilities, cer tain responsibilities and duties were prescribed for both the owner and the operators of the transpor tation companics. These duties and responsibili ties have been utterly ignored in the case of the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic railway com pany and through the supterfuge of a receivership, the company, so far as the Railway Labor Board and the Interstate Commerce Commission are con- | cerned, both bodies having duties prescribed in the Transportation act, has placed itself untsidv‘ of the protecion of these Government agencies. | It is entirely probable that when the adjustment of the railway controversy, which now engages the government and the country at large, is settled, the same will settle the strike on the A, B. & A.. and will reinstate the striking employees, who were forced to leave the employment of the rail way company. 3 If Receiver Bugg, in violation of the expressed orders from the Railway Labor Board, which has become a matter of railroad history, has entered ino agreements with a new set of employees, con trary to the law and over the protest of the Labor Board and recognized committees af the former employees, Receiver Buge and his new employecs will have to take their medicine and step aside when the adjustments are reached, and in our hum ble opinion that is not far off. A GUN UP EACH SLEEVE OF HER KIMONA —As the fated day of the Armament Conference draws near, it appears to the average American as if the ink in the milk is Japan—silent, cunning Ja pan. We hear all sorts of talk in our very best sensational papers and magazines of the great na vy she is building in secret ; of her mysterious bat tleships, her mysterious airplanes and this and that mysterious engine of war. Add to this the fact, which has been impressed on us all for a third of a Ce:htllr)'. that Japan works darkly and springs on her victim like a bludgeon-armed thief in the night ==no wonder we fear her attitude at tht coming But the Amercan military experts do not sh:n‘u‘ our average impressions. They laugh at the wide )iy printed stories of the Japanese navy being as strong or stronger than ours, or that it is likely to be as strong as ours in a few years, They point out: ! : It takes time, great sums bf money, large pur chases of material abroad to build a dreadnought. 1t is impossible to camaflouge such a huge under taking. Japan is a poor country. Her revenues are ouly fifteenth of the revenues of the United States, and her people are even no wgroaning and restive un éer the burden. Be her naval program what it may she cannot compete in sea strength with $7 to our F}Unclc Sam’s $lOO. . Our naval experts are willing to bet their rep '_tati(ms that she has only six dreadnoughts to our 19, and they say that proprtion—or nearly that— E:vill continue under our and Japan's programs up 0 1928, which is as far as anybody can figure in 1921. &Perhaps ther is another cunning oriental game to make the world think that Japan is armed to the :feteeth. May be she thinks that she’ll scare some f:body by pretending at the Conference that she has a gun up each sleeve of her kimona s e i Never Misses L Traveler—Your son just threw a stone at me. ~ Irishman—Did he hit you " Traveler—No. | ~ Irishman—Well sthat wasn’t my boy—Topics of the Day Films. e All Her Fault E’;& Lawyer——So you want a divorce from your wife. ?ﬂ:n’t your relations pleasant ? ~ Client—Mine are, but her’s are the most unpleas éﬁht lot I ever met.—Wilkes-Barre Record. RN So Encouraging g Speedo—l'm trying my best to get ahead. &!-’:ppo—-guts fine, you need one.—Hazz Whis STRIKE COMMENT BY GEORGIA EDITORS ON WITH THE STRlKE!!!—l.ingering in our minds is a deep regret that union labor has not found a way to meet the readjustinents which have been necessary in getting back to normal business in this country We do not know how the leaders reached the conclusions on which- the railroad strike is going to be based, but when it is over th'c wreckage which will be left will be all there is from which the laboring man will have to re-or ganize and build again—and, as we see it, he must build on different priciples. We remember that the profiteers are still goug ing all they can wring from the man who has to spend his wages for food and clothing. Rascality and swindling and cheating in all lines of merch andise still prevails. Robbery reigns supreme at the cource of American business and government does not stop it. The laboring man knows of this and hears of wage reductions with bitterness and revoitin his soul. But cur vail labor, it must be remembered, votes to stirke on an excuse all too flimsy. It does not seem willing to put faith in the agencies disposed to reduce prices. High freights help to make the cenormous charges for food supplies, and until the freights are reduced, food costs cannot come down. Freights cannot be reduced until wages are cut. The question now is whether rail wages should be cut ir. order that the all important problem of ckeaper transportation may be solved The uniong have positively refused to become participanis in scales for readjustments. In so do ing they have chosen the strike to defend them selves. Economic conditions in this country will not stand the rail wage of this day. American busmess will not stand it—cannot stand it. If it remams at the present level, industrial forces of other countries will in sheer competition on prices rerrove our trade from every corner of the earth ard substitute therefore a commodity made at less labor cost. Rail freights figure largely in the cost of American made goods. These must be reduced \We believe this whole country sees this economy necessiiy. It is not a matter of further option witi us. American business can not exist under present freight charges, Freight increases over pre-war levels stand ap preximately at a hundred per cent. Some of it is over and some is under. Likewise has rail labor been given an increase of approximately a hundred per cent over the pre-war scale. The mistake that labor makes, it seems to us, 15 its failure to see that wages must adjust themsel ves to normal conditions, Rail labor cannot cling to abnormal charges and hope to win. The struc ture built on such foundation will fall within itself some day, no matter what course might he sought now that did not inciude a wage reduction in keep ing with other economic conditions. The railroads are charging now almost double the freights which must he charged when they have come to a normal basis. The officials sce that and realize that it is shutting down business. They must move for relief. A strike will not stop it. The sooner the clash and the test the better it will be for the country. As it appears to us, there is no remedy but the strike and battle to the finish If the strike wins, then American business must understand and adjust itself to the increased tran portation charges. llf the strike fails, then the road to resumption of normal busin ss 1s thus made clear, [n this case we do not know all that justice might demand. Tt would be hard for any man or set of men to take hold and untgngle this problem. But when it is settled, business will have a deep sigh of relief, for relief certainly must come at the finish of the struggle. TRYING TO HOG THE WHOLE THING— The Railway Execuives Saturday missed the op portunity (o hold popular favor in their coming contest with the Railroad Unions when they re fused to reduce transportation rates to correspond with the Inlyv reduction in rail wages, and insisted on another wage reduction before giving the sufi. ering public relief. Ap overwhelming majority of the people of the country were with the heads of the railroad systems when wages were reduced in uly. High rates for transportation were smoth ering the country's industries, and causing such wide spread distress and financial loss in agricul tural sections as no recent vears have known. They welcomed the advent of lower wages, ex pecting the saving thus affected to be passed on to the people. News that the Railway Executives propese to pocket this saving and demand of their ¢mployes another wage reduction before making a corresponding reduction in rates will cause a re versal of public sentiment It is opinion well-nigh universal that high rates on transportation are mjuring the railroads more than any other one in dustry; certainly, if wages and rates were equal ized upward, they should be equalized downward, \' equal ratio. People who sympathized little with the Railroad Unions before will feel more kindly teward them now when, in the face of their pro test against the first wage reduction, they are now asked to submit to another, while no relief has been given the people. In the face of recent de velupraents, the man who pays the freight will view the coming struggle with more or less in difference, assured that, no matter who wins he will lose. Since the above was written, it is to be noted that the Public Group of the Railroad Labor Board makes the suggestion, as a basis for settlement. It is along this line that a compromise should be rcached - ‘Tifton Gazette. THE LEADER-ENTERPRISE AND PRESS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1921 Program of W. M. U. . Convention Here To Be Held In Fitzgerald, October The Twentieth Hymn—*“Jesus Calls Us.” Devotional—_Mrs, E, J. Dorminey, Welcome—Miss Louise Smith, Superintendent’s report Recognize Visitors and Pastors, Ileport of District Secretary, Sunbeam Work—Mrs, Singleton, Prayer of Thanksgiving, New Watchword—Phil, 4:13. Hyinn--“The Son of Cod Goes Forta To Battle? Talg—*“ln Georgia, Mrs, Henry Mashburn, Appointment of Committees, Address—“ Keeping Step” by Miss Maud Powell, Lunch, Afternoon Session Song-—“ Jesus Shall Reign.” Devotional—Mrs. Bernice Denton, New Watchword—Phile, 4:13, Song—* My Faith Looks Up to Thee,” Reading— White Cross Work—Ab beville W, M. S, Talk —“ln Samaria” Mrs, P, D. Wooten, “Miss Information” Literature I)cmonstration’ Ocilla W, M. S, Talk in the Uttermost Parts, Mrs, Singleton, Open Conference. Repert of Committees, Benediction Idle 12 Months He Is Now Back On Job Ohio Man Lost A Year On Account Of Stomach Trouble--Is Now Well and Strong “Only a man who has to wo'!- @ - a living knows what it means to get Lack on the job after not hitting a lick of work for a whole year. I lod twelve months straight time on ac count of stomach trouble, One of the worst cases I guess any man ever had, Tanlac not only made me a well man again but built me up 19 pounds in weight, T am writing all my friends in other cities to tell them of the won detful news.” ] 'm The above statement was made by George B, Lowe, weli known employ ee of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co,, living at 451 McGowan St., Ak ron, Ohio, Tanlac is sold in Fitzgerald by T. J. Haile & Co,, and by the lcading druggists evérywhere, adv To Stop a Cough Quick take HAYES' HEALING HONEY, a cough medicine which stops the cough by healing the inflamed and irritated tissues. A box of GROVE'S O-PEN-TRATE SALVE for Chest Colds, Head Colds and Croup is enclosed with every bottle of HAYES' HEALING HONEY. The salve should be rubbed on the chest and throat of children suffering from a Cold or Croup. The healing effect of Hayes' Healinﬂoney in side the throat combined with the healing effect 0. Grove's O-Pen-Trate Salve through the pores of the skin soon stops a cough. Both remedies are packed in one carton and the cost of the combined treatment is 35¢., Just ask your druggist for HAYES' HEALING HONEY. Reduced Rates To Chattanooga, Tenn. The A, B, & A, Ky., announces re duced rates to Chattanooga, Tenn, and return account of the United Con federate Veterans Reunion Oct, 24th to 27th, A low rate of $7.06 including war tax is announced for Fitzgerald, Tickets will be on sale October 22nd to 26th, Final limit is Nov,l7th prior to midnight of which return trip must be completed. Through Pullman tour ist car will be handled” Thomasville to Chattanooga on traing 33 and 3 on October 23rd. Delivery will be made to N, C, and St L n Atlanta and sleeper handied on Dixie Flyer on to Chattanooga, This will enable any one desiring to make the trip to leave Fitzgerald at 11,55 P, M, Oct, 23rd and arrive Chattanooga at 1:00 P, M, next day when the reunion starts, The cheap rate can be secured only by the members of the United Con tederate Veterans, Sons of Confeder ate Veterans, Confederated Southern ‘Memorial Association, United Daugh twers of the Confederacy, Sponsors, Matrons, Maids of Honor and mem ’hers of the families of the members of these organizations. Certiificates entitling the holder .to the reduced rates may be secured from Mr, D, B, Mull the commander of the local U ,C.V post, Reservations for the trip may be secured from R, N, Math is, Ticket Agent A, B, &A. Ry adv, ATLANTA, GA. Entirely New Management 356 Rooms; Modern; Fire proof. Roof Garden Seat ing 500 for Conventions. Rathskeller and -Six Private Dining Rooms. Cuisine Equal to the Best. LOUIS ]J. DINKLER, President CARLING L. DINKLER, Vice-Pres. and Manager FRANK T. REYNOLDS. Executive Assistant Manager Wire or Phone Us Your Wants ~ Telephone Ivy 1100 o 5 £% & “ o, | % "g’% ele?rcn‘ o i Pl B | B g R S NS g Ry O )-."'T | 23 2 '@' : S| | z '\. ‘ =4 ‘ v s, GRS l\fotables TURKISH Theihree greatest | cigarette tobaccos, | b?.enc'lin§ MILDNESS MZLLOV/NESS-AROMA | | one-eleven cigarettes 20forl5° ® B ' w ||| mETH AVE Steeple Jack Falls To Death At Waycross WAYCROSS, Oct,, 17—Steeple jack A, McDonald was instantly kill ed bhere at noon Monday when the rope which was suspended gave way causing him ¢ fa'l forty-five feet, He was painting the <mokestack of the Waycross Ice and Cold Storage Co ".orters found on ‘he i ar indicated that the man was from Talladega, Aia., but officers of the local company have heen unable to communicate with his relatives, Mr, McDonald has heen coming to Waycross for a 1 umber of years and remarked Sunday thay e had never had an accident in bhis carcer as a stceple-jack, Ouch! Backache! Rub Lumbago or ° Stiffness Away Rub Pain From Back With Small | Trial Bottle of Old “St, Jacobs Oil” When your back is sore and lame or lumbago, sciatica or rheumatism has you stiffened up, don’t suffer! Get a small trial bottle of old, honest St, Jacob’s Oil at any drug store, pour a little on your hand and rub it right on your aching back, and by the time you count fifty the soreness and lame ness is gone, Don’t stay crippled! This soothing, penetrating oil needs to be used only once, It takes the pain right out and ends the misery. It is magical yet absolutely harmless and doesn’t burn the skin, Nothing clse stops lumbago. sciatica, backache or rheumatism so promptly, It never disappoints, adv. ® Farm Picture At Grand Saturday Through courtesy of the Bell Tel ephone Company, Manager Ricker of the Grand Opera House will show in addition to the regular pictures next Saturday “New Ways and Old” a featurc picture showing the methods of farming as they have progressively improved the past hundred years or more,_ It is an interesting and instruc tive picture which should no be miss ed by any one interested in better farming, or anyone else for that mat ter Use Our Oils and Save Money Open for Business United Service Station Central and Sherman Streets High Grade Gasoline and Oils Free Water and Air ACCOMODATING ATTENDANTS CHIEF OF ENGINEERS ISSUES STATEMENI (Continued from First Page) committee was made, The one hundred and fifty railroad presidents meeting in Chicago names o committee of five railroad president- to meet the exec utive officers of the transportation brotherhoods, They declined to make any concession or offer any solution providing for a settlement, but instead ‘notified us that a resolution had been ‘adopted by the railroad presidents ask- Ling the labor board for a further re duction of wages of the cmployees, !Then and not until then was permis . sion given for men to leave the service, NOTICE TO MEMBERS LODGE 1. O, O, F. No, 35 You are requested to be present at our next meeting, October 25, as our district deputy grand master has re quested, Ocilla, Douglas, Broxton, Mystic and Irwinville lodges to meet with us at that meeting in the inter est of our Orphan Home drive, A good program will be made to make the meeting interesting, Committee: Caleb R, Stever, F. L, Bigham, | Burt Bullard, 6,000 Mile Fabric Tires AT FACTORY PRICES WP GRT - 8950 lazg&i} ,Eé% ‘ 30x3% NS - $10.95. Brow- 2, 4 32x3% NS - $15.35 AH'ER 1 31x4 NS - $15.40 ANOTRER SIS, 32x4 NS - $19.79 ‘ 5 ‘ o =. 33x4 NS - $20.84 MANS - §2117 /IOoNTsiG 34x4% N S - $27.53 OB 1 e S~ TiL 35x4’% NS - $28.77 "\ 4%4 ,1%%“_ We Pay The %et e e 0. W. Fletcher’s G . W. I'letcher’s Garage “FROM TIRE TO TOP® Phone 417 301 South Grant St. Orange Squeeze “The Drink With the Genuine Orange Flavor” Let us send you a case to your home---the kiddies thrive on it. - For sale at all Fountains and where Soft Drinks are sold. 5c - EVERYWHERE - 5¢ Bottled Exclusively by Chero-Cola Bottling Co. Fitzgerald, - - - Georgia. A TONIC Grove’s Tasteless chili Tonic restores Energy and Vitality by Purifying and Enriching the Blood. When you feel its strengthening, invigorating effect, see how it brings color to the cheeks and how it improves the appetite, you will then appreciate its true tonic value. Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic is simply Iron and Quinine suspended in syrup. So pleasant even children like it. The blood needs QUININE to Purify it and IRON to Enrich it. Destroys Malarial germs and Grip germs by its Strengthening, Invigor ating Effect. 60c. Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days Druggists refund money if PAZO QINTMENT fails to cuare ltching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles. Instantiy relieves Itching Piles, and you can get restiul sleep after first application. 60c. |- s g | - H. A. MATHIS OPTOMETRIST and MFG. OPTICIAN Eyes Examined, Glasses Furnished, BROKEN LENS DUPLICATED l We Grind Our Own Glasses.