Georgia Historic Newspapers

    MONDAY
EDITION
VOL. XXVI, NO. 129
T 0 SETTLE A.B.&A.RAILWAY STRIKE
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Trainmen’s Head
Says Workers Are
‘%ithm Own Rights
Can Refuse Service If Roads Can
Refuse To Accept Provisions
Of Award -
CLEVELAND,—President Lee of
the Brotherhood of Railway Train
men, issued a statement here Friday
night commenting upon the ‘“demand
for congressional action that will put
teeth in the decision of the United
States Railway Labor Board” in which
he said if those advocating a law
with teeth are consistenct ‘let every
one of them demand a law for the
regulation of his own business that
will establish the same relations be
tween himself and employees he de
mands for railway employces.”
Charge Decree Violated
Lee,asks where is there justifica-.
tion for a demand that proposes to
compel transportation employees to !
work under uunsatisfactory conditions‘
that does not include every other c]ass}
of employers and employees?
Lee also declared the workers had
complied with all the laws and re
quirements and that they have a right
to refuse service that is equal to the
road‘s right to refuse to accept pro
visions of an award. He also charg
ed roads with violation of the boards
decreces.
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Foreign Loans .
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Refunding Measure
Comes From Ways And Means Com
mittee At Washington
Washington, Oct,, 20—The Ways
and eMans Committee in a report to
the House today on the foreign loans
refunding bill declared there was no
basis for any relief that authority was
vought by the Secretary of the Treas
ury either to exchange the war obli
gations of one country for those of
another, or to carce! any part of the
money cwed the United States by the
al'ied natiens, Whiie no such author
it ywas sought he repor added that
a specific provision was put into the
bill as follows:
That this act shall not be construed
to authorize the exchange of bonds or
other obligations of any foreign gov
ernmernt or cancelation of any part of
such indebtedness except through pay
ment thereof.”
The measure will be taken up by the
House tomorrow. Democratic mem
bers of the committee In a minority
report insisted that the bill should be
so amended as to require congression
al approval of all acts by the debt
commission looking to final scttlement
with foreign nations.
The report set forth that at the time
loans were being made by this govern
ment the possible length of the war
and the approximate amount of ad
vanecs were not known,
Fiked arrangements for repayment
were not made, it said and arrange
ments in regard to interstate rates
were indefinite, One thing was clearly
understood however and that was that
the money advanced by the United
States would be paid together with the
rate of interest sufficient to reimburse
the United States for what it cost this
government to provide the money,
“There iz nothing in this bill” the
minority report declared, which will
prevent the commission fro mexchang
ing the bonds of a foreign government
for any character of security except
the bonds of another foreign gevorn
ment.
Estimating the total due from for
ein governments at eleven billion dol
rars, the Democratic members said that
it was not wise policy to destroy ab
solutely the control of the legislative
branch of the government over this
vast amount,
The authority of the Secretary of the
Treasury to refund the foreign debts,
under existing 'statutes, has never
heen questioned, the minority insisted
adding that in its opinion “the secre
tary should proceed under these laws”
The report excepted in this regard,
debts due the United States Grain
Corporation, the American Adminis
tration and the War and Navy De
partments, aggregating $700,000,000,
which it admitted the Secretary was
without auuthority to refund,
LIBRARY CLOSED
OCTOBER 26 TO 28
On account of. alterations to be
‘made in the Librarg it has been de
cided to close the Library Wednesday
26th to Friday 28th, inclusive, By
order of Board of Trustees,
026 Mrs, 1, Geldetg, Secretary,
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No. 1. Warren S. Stone, Head of The Locomotive Engineers; No. 2, William
G. Lee, Head of Railroad Trainmen; No. 3 William S, Carter, Head of Lo
comotive Firemen; No, 4 L. E Sheppard, Head of Railway Conductors.
Farms In South 1
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Show Big Gains
Relative Increases Are Greater Than
For Country As A Whole
ATLANTA, Oct., 22—_Agricultural
experts here have compiled an inter
esting digest from recent census re-
Iports showing the agricultural pro
gress of the country as compared
:with the figures of the last previous
census in 1910 Wheqwida‘ed
separately, the experts note, that rela
tive gains in the south are slightly
greater than for the country as a
whole, A few of the figures, as given
‘out today, may be of interest as in
dicative of Southern progress gener
ally.
, Value of farm property of all kinds
in the 1920 census for the whole U,
S, is placed at $77.925.989,073, com
pared with $40,991 449,080 as returned
in the 1910 census, The south’s por
tion in 1920 is placed at $21699,700,
000, or 27 per cent of the whole as
against $10,761,800,000 for 1910 or 26
per cent of the entire return. The val
ue of all farm products of every char
acter is placed at $25419,459 834 in the
census of 1920 as against $ll 334 998,
i 996 in the reports of 1910,
~ According to the 1920 census, the
crop values of the whole country were
$14,755 358,407, This means what grew
on the farms aside from live stock and
other farm products, In the previous
census, crop values were placed at
$5,331,850,683. Of the total crop val
ues, the South’s portion as estimated
in 1920 was $6,095785,014, which is
$863,000,000 greater than those for the
whole country ten years previously,
And in live stock and other products,
the proportion of the south is similar.
It is inevitable that soil and climate
conditions of the South will conspire
to increase its comparative agricultur
al progress, declared Hon. J. J. Brown
Georgia’s Commissioner of Agricult
ure, today, Most of the agricultural
imigrants who come to this country
land’' in New York, They drift from
there to the West. This has operated
to the advantage of the West in the
matter of development. But even in
the West, they are learing the super
ior advantages of the South, The
next census is likely to manifest a
still more pronounced Southern gain,
The South’s comparative gains would
probably have been greater but for
her clinging so long and so generally
to the one crop ieda, and her slow
turn to diversification.
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Emil Rimer Writes
From Germany
A letter received here by friends
from Emil Rimer, who left here sev
eral months ago for Germany, states
that he is living like a lord on seven
dollars (American) per month which
is about seven hundred marks, that
conditions are fairly good for the
working people and tradesmen, That
prohibition would have a poor chance
with the Dutch, as intoxicants of all
descriptions are so cheap that one dol
lar would suffice for a month liberal
supply.
FITZGERALD, BEN HILL COUNTY, GEORGIA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1921
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Ford Predicts No
.
General Strike
Says There Should Be No Cut and
Wont Be Any Cut In Wages
- NEW YORK, Oct,, 23—Henry Ford
predicted there would be no railroad
strike, as the government “will not
permit it.” He said the strike was
precipitated by the inordinate greed
of bankers for profits, the bankers de
‘manding wage cuts, which he held
are unnecessary.
“The roads will have to give in " he
said, “There should not be and will
not be a cut in wages.”’
Railway service would be improved
if the railways were divorced from
Wall Street Management, Mr, Ford
said.
Asked regarding a report that his
cars were to be reduced in price again
he said:
“Nothing To It”, Absolutely Un
%rue.
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Two More Unions
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Join Brotherhoods
CHICAGO, Oct.,, 21—Two more
powerful railroad unions, represent
ing a combined membership of 500,
000 men, threw their lot with the
five big brotherhoods late today when
their leaders called a strike for Octob
er the 30th.
The announcement came immedi
ately after the brotherhood chiefs and
railroad executives were ordered to
appear before the board next Wednes
day in a second attempt to avert the
railroad strike
E H. Grable, president of the Uni
ted Brotherhood of Maintenance of
Way and Railroad Laborers, announ
ced his organization of over 400,000
men would strike against the wage
cut of last July and abrogation of cer
tain working conditions.
Ninety eight per cent of our men
have voted to quit, he stated. That
means we will strike,
The workers have been instructed
to leave their posts of duty in an orde
erly manner,
Timothy Healy, president of the
Stationary Engineers, Firemen and
Oilers, stated his organization of over
400,000 men would walk out in pro
test against wage slashes,
Healy said formal announcement
of the strike date would be made to
morrow,
Firemen and Oilers Would Strike
Chicago, Oct,, 21—Timothy Healy
president of the Brotherhood of Sta
tionary Firemen and Oilers, today an
nounced his organization, numbering
25,000 railway employees would walk
out with the other unions if the propo
sed strike is carried out October 30th,
but expressed hope that a walk out
woul dbe averted.
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MEETING OF THE
CHAMBER COMMERCE
A meeting of the members of the
Chamber of Commerce is called for
tonight at 8:00 o‘clock, All members
are requested to be present,
e e e .
Leader Want Ads bring results—
ENTERPRISE AND PRESS
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[Feats By Houdini
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Are Big Features
y
Of “Terror Island”
Latest Photoplay Starring Fam
ous Self-Liberator Is A Real
Story ‘Of Adventure
Houdini, the famous ilusionist and
self-liberator, in a thrilling, screen
melodrama, “Terror Island,” will be
the attraction at the Grand Theatre
tonight (Monday ) To save some
sunken treasures of ships that have
been sent to the bottom forms one
motive of the tale. But there is, in
addition, a skull shaped pearl upon
which a man’s life depends; a ]o\'(3l_\"
girl kidnapped b yher villianous rel
atives: a submarine built on a startling
plan; South Sea Island adventures—
enough thrills, it is declared to make
the ordinary adventure picture .\vcm‘
tame in comparison, |
Above all, Houdini himself in under
water stunts that draw upon his ex
ceptional powers to the last degree is
the outsanding feature of the picture,
He escapes from a closely bound safe
while under water, fights a smashing
battle with a diver on the bed of the
ocean, and performs other hair-raising
feats that are declared to surpass any
thing he has ever done on the stage,
~ Lila Lee is the leading woman for
Houdini and Jack Brammal, Rose
mary Theby Wilton Taylor, Eugene
Pallette, Edward Brady, Frank Bon
ner, Captain Ted Duncan and Fred
Turner are in the suporting cast,
The story was written b yArthur B,
Reeve and John W. Grey and scena
rized by Walter Woods, James Cruze
directed the picture, which is a Para
mount Artcraft.
Do You Have Your
. .
Mail Delivered?
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If so, is your house numbered, is it
correctly numbered?
- Have you a mail receptacle.
~ If not you will soon receive a letter
or a personal call from Postmaster,
iWih Adams, requesting you to put up
i‘a number and be sure that it is the
right one and also to place some kind
of a box for the carrier to put the
‘mail in when he calls without having
to wait until you come to the door to
receive it,
} October 19th was set aside by the
Post Office Department at Washing
ton as National Census Day, On this
Tday all carriers were requested to re
port to the postmaster all patrons
whose house was not numbered and
those that did not have a box up for
the reception of mail, The post
‘master was then to request all those
reported to him to supply themselves
“with any or all ofthe above if they
‘wanted the carrier to continue to de
liver their mail. There are literally
}millions of letters going to the Dead
Letter Office each year because of
insufficient and incorrect addresses,
If everyone will observe a few sim
ple rules when they are mailing letters
we can reduce the dead letters to a
’fraction of what they are now. Al
'ways address mail to a street and the
number, Always place your return
!addrcss on the envelope, giving your
street and number. Ask your corres
pondents to place your street and
number on the mail when they write
vou., Before mailing be sure that it
is correctly addressed, sealed and that
it has enough stamps on, If you do
this very little mail will be lost or un
delivered. House numbers can be se
cured at all hardware and 10c stores
in the city. Mail receptacles can al
so be secured at hardware stores very
cheaply.
Respeactfully,
W A Adams Postmaster,
.
Strikers Cases To
Be Tried Wednesday
Men Held In Dougilas Jail Expected
To Be Tried On That Day
The cases of Fairfield, Stubbs, Bus
sell and Preston Ware, charged with
dynamiting a freight train near Am
brose and indicted by the Grand Jury
of Coffee County will be called for
trial Wednesday morning, according
to Col. A. J| McDonald, one of the
attorneys for the defendants, It is
not known which one of the defend
ants, if either, will be tried on that
date, but all cases will be called and
a date set for their trial,
Mrs. C, S, Isler expects to return
today from Atlanta and Macon where
she has spent several delightful days
with friends.
,200 Executives Hold
.
Meeting In Cleveland
Chief of Engineers, Stone Issues A
Statement Sunday
CLEVELAND, O, Oct, 23 A
conference hetween the executives and
other leaders of the Brotherhoods took
place here Sunday, During the day
‘there came from the council room a
statement signed by Warren S. Stone
declaring that the employees were
forced to stand on their constitutional
rights, but that the brotherhoods, ‘arel
awaiting any development offering
a solution” I
About 200 men will represent the
employeces at the meeting called in
Chicago, a majority of them leaving
Cleveland Tuesday night. '
Stone's statement was as follows:
“With regard to the position of em
ployees of railroads at this time, can
only say that their representatives are
"patiently awaiting any developments
‘that would appear to offer a solution
of the situation, We are not now or
have we bheen, desirous of being a
party to the precipitating of the strike,
'lßut when it becomes quite apparent
that the railroads propose not only to
\r(-dnce wages, but to take from those
'employees practically all the condition
of service that they have obtained for
many years, and the railroad labor
board is tnable to or fails to give us
any assurance that the interests of the
employees wiil be protected from such
an onslaught of the interests that con
trol the transportation lines of the
country, nothing is left for the employ
ces but to stand on their constitution
al rights and to retire from service
of these carriers.
Father And Son Week
W
Begins November 6th
ATLANTA, Oct, 23—Leaders in
the Young Men’s Chrisitian Associa
tion work in the International and
State Sunday School Associations,
have agreed upon the week beginning
Sunday, November 6th for a conti
nent-wide observance of aFther and
Son week. ‘
The program for the week will in
clude a special program at Sunday
School on Sunday, November 6, with
a sermon for the fathers and song at
either morning or evening services;
meetings of leader of boys; special
recreational features; banquets, hikes;
an dother activities, Programs for
the Sunday School session, sugges:
tions for the banquet and other activ
ities for the week, may be secured
from the Young ePaple’s Division
Superintendent of the Georgia Sunday
School Association, 917 Hurt Building
Atlanta, Ga,
President Harding’s Message
President Harding on October 18th
wrote the International Sunday schoo)
Association as follows:
Tt is a great pleasure for me to
commend the Father and Son Week
to be observed again during the week
of November 6th to 12th,
The success of this movement dur
ing the past four or five years has
won for it a distinct place as a most
constructive institution for increasing
a more sympathetic relationship be-|
tween father and son, thus strength
ening the home ties upon which th
strength of the nation depends.
Tt is most fitting that the dates have
ll»(‘on fixed to correspond with Armis
tice Week when both fathers and the
' sons can get together and not only
| discuss their relationship to one an
!Mh'.”.' but also their relation to pre
serving the peace of the world,
Tt is to be hoped that all construc
tive agencies interested in the boys
life of our nation will observe this
week by bringing together fathers and
sons in our schools, churches, clubs,
and other places and provide such
wholesome activities and educational
exercises that will tend to bridge any
widening chasm between father and
son and the nations of the world.”
(Signed) Warren G, Harding,
Fred Stubbs Taken .
.
To Douglas For Trial
Fred Stubbs, charged with compli
city in the wreck near Ambrose in
Coffee County was taken to Douglas
Saturday by W, H, Fountain and
Henry Fountain, special agents for the
A, B, & A., and special deputies for
the sheriff. Trial of these cases are
expected to be had this week in the
Coffee County Superior court,
= e
Mr. and Mrs. Lon Dickey and lit
tle daughter Marcia and Miss Ethel
Boyd drove over to Abbeville Sunday
and spent the day with relatives,
A. B. & A. RAILROAD AND STRIKING
Mr. W. M. Martin, General Chairman of the striking employees
of the A. B. & A. left last night for Chicago in response to a telegram
citing him to appear before the United States Labor Board next Wed
nesday with regard to the controversy existing between the A, B, &
A. Railway and the former employees of the railway. This call for
a conference with the interested parties in the local strike controver-
Sy, came somewhat unexpected. Receiver B. L. Bugg of the A. B.
& A., has repeatedly refused to submit his differences with his form
er employees to this tribunal, alleging that as Receiver, appointed by
a Federal court, he was outside of the scope of the authority of the
U. S. Labor Board. This contention appeared to have been acquies
ed in by the personnel of the Board until the matter was called to
their special attention that no settlement of any kind with any of the
National organizations, some of whose members were forced to with
draw from the employment on the A. B. & A. March sth, could be
made, unless the gross violations of the Labor Board’s Rulings by
Receiver Bugg were adjudicated and made a part of whatever settle
ment may be arrived at in the present crisis.
As the employees, thus forced out of their places by demanding
the recognition of the rules made by the U. S. Labor Board are in
entire accord with the expressed rules of the Board, it is expected
that they will be ordered re-instated shortly.
The telegram received by Mr. Martin, citing him and the A. B.
&A. to appear before the Board read as follows : i .
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Christian Churches |
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Power Against War
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Address Of Mrs, G, O, Robinson At
Providence, R, I. |
1
Providence, R. I, Oct, 20 —The
Christian Church, comprising all de
hominations has unrivaled means of
lising its power against war, Mrs,
George O, Robinson of Pasadena, Cal.
told the Woman’s Home Maissionary
Society of the Methodist Church at its
annual meeting here today.
. “Bt’s breadth of organization its
ability to reach large masses from the
pulpit and to secure formal resolu
‘tions from all varieties of mass bodies
‘through its laymen and its preachers
its weighty influence—all give to the
Christian Church in America such an
opportunity as has never before pre
sented itself’’ said Mrs. Robinson,
“Concerted action on its part will
convince the world that the Christian
church is impregnably founded upon
the Ten Commandments, the Golden
Rule and the teachings of Christ.
“Think of the influence such a mass
movement of the Christian people here
in America would have upon the peo
ple of other races and nations. Every
where we should find that our action
had given encouragement to the peo
ples of all lands—such encouragement
as would produce results that states
men would be obliged to heed,
“Leaders of American Christianity
help us to count one in seeing and
Wising the greatest opportunity ever
presented to the Christian church”
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Americus Merchants To
Advertise Real Sale
AMERICUS, Oct., 22 Twenty
thousand circulars besides local news
paper advertising, by which all the
surrounding country will be thorough
ly blanketed for a distance of forty
mlies and will be distributed by the
Americus merchants to announce their
first Golden Rule Sale Nov. 7, Seven
ty-five local business houses have
joined the Americus Ad Club which
is staging the community sale, Prac
tically every retail business house in
the city will offer special bargains for
the day,
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MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION
TO MEET TUESDAY NIGHT
The Retail Merchant's Association
will mecet at the Chamber of Com
merce Tuesday evening at 8:00 oclock.
Every member is urged to be present
as business of importance is to be
transacted, .
W, S. HAILE, President.
Mr and Mrs. W. E, Hoyle and
charming little daughter and son mo
tared over {from Jeffersonville and
were the week-end guests of Mrs,
Hoyle’s parents, Mr, and Mrs. F.M,
Garrett,
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Official Organ City Of Fitzgerald
Ckicago, Il 11:43 A. M,
October 22, 1921.
Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic Ry.,
W. M, Martin, 316 N. Main Sty
Fitzgerald, Ga, a 3
WHEREAS it has come to the knowl
edge of the United States Railway La
bor Board that a dispute exists be«
tween certain carriers histed in deci
sion 147 and addenda thereto and
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
and Enginemen, Brotherhood of Rail
road Trainmen, Order Railway Con
ductors and Switchmen’s Union of
North America and,
WHEREAS, the information has
come to this board that a conference
was held in Chicago on the 14th day
of October 1921 between certan of
the Executives of said carriers and
certain Executives of the organizations
of said employees relative to the mat
ter in dispute at which conference no
agreement was reached and,
WHEREAS immediately following
said conference 1t was announced thru
the public press that the Eexcutives
of said organizations of railway em
ployees has issued and sent out to the
members thereof orders of its author
ity to strike and that a strike vote had
‘been taken on the lines of the carriers
mentioned and
WHEREAS the Board information
1s to the effect that said strike is
threatened on two grounds:
First—ln opposition to the wage re
duction in decision number 147 of the
Board and Second—on account of an
unsettled dispute both as to wages and
working conditions, be it further re
solved by the United States Railway
Labor Board: First—that in so far as
said threatened strike is in opposition
to and a violation of decision No, 147
of the Board ,the above named Labor
organizations on each of said carriers
be and are hereby cited to appear be
fore this hearing as to the question
whether or not they have violated or
are violating decision No. 147,
So far as threatened strike is the
result of a dispute between said car
riers and their organizations of em
ployees concerning wages and rules
and working conditions this Board
hereby assumes jurisdiction of said
dispute on the statutory grounds that
it “is likely substantially to interrupt
commerce,” and said carriers and said
organizations of employees are here
by cited to appear before the U, S.
Labor Board at Chicago, Illinois for
the hearing of said dispute,
The hearing of both of the fore
going matters is set for Wednesday,
October 26th, 1921, at 10,:00 A. M,
Chicago time. As it is further re
solved that the secretary of the Board
notify each of said carriers and its
organizations of employees both by
wire and by mail of the date of said
Hearing and furnish each of them
with a copy of this resolution,
Be it further resolved that both par
ties to said dispute are herby direc
ted to maintain the status quo on the
properties of said carriers until said
Hearing and decision by order ofthe
United States Railway Labor Board,
R. M, BARTON, Chairman,
C. P. CARRITHERS, Secty,
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Strikers Fairing Well
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In Cordele Jail
O P o |
Mecsdames E. M. Bishop, G, A,
Kent and Mr. W, O, Durden motored
to Cordele last Thursday to visit Mr,
Bishop and his companions who are in
jail, awaiting committment trial for
the alleged destruction of a bridge on.
the A, B. & A, near Hatley on May
30th. The party reported the men all
well and cheerful, due to the consid=
erate treatment accorded them by t&
‘Sheriff, Mr, Nobles. i