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WEDNESDAY
EDITION
VOL. XXVI, NO. 130
WAY IS PAVED T 0 AVERT BIG RAILWAY STRIKE
Ralph Herring On 111-Fated “Federal” Which Sank on 19th
Fitzgerald Boy Reported Lost At Sea
When Steamer Is Sunk On 21st,
Mr, and Mrs, Chas. Herring of this
city received the accompanying letter
from the Steamship Company in Gal
veston Tuesday informing them of the
possible loss at sea of their son Ralph
who left here October 2nd to accept
a position as second officer on the
Steam Ship Federal, destined to sail
for Holland with Naval Stores and
grain, A later telegram received by
Mrs, Herring failed to give any de
cided hope although there is some
possibility of the crew having been
picked up at sea,
The young man, just reached his
20th l)irthda_v, enlisted in the U, S. Na
vy at the age of sixteen, when the
country called for volunteers on en
tering the World War and was pro
moted to Gun Pointer as such he was
in a unit on Government vessels car
rying supplies and ammunition to the
allied countries and made a number
of trips to Italy, France and through
the Meditteranian Sea, going safely
over mine fields and escaping attacks
of submarines
Ralph was a lovable boy, respected
by his elders and loved by his asso
ciates to whom the news brings sor
row and whose sincere hopes are
joined with those of his parents that
he may still be heard from as being
saved by some passing ship,
The letter from the agent of the
Master Mates and Pilots Association
follows:
Galveston, Texas,
October 22, 1921.
Dear Mrs. Herring:
I am writing you in regards to a
radio-gram received in this office on
the 21st instant, concerning the S. S.
“Federal” That ship is reported to
have sunk in a heavy storm on the
19th, 500 miles east of Cape Hatteras,
I have seen several articles in dif
ferent papers about the sinking of
the Federal. As your son Ralph Her
ing was Second Officer aboard that
ship, T beg of you not to worry con
cerning him, We still have hopes as
to the safety of your son and the
crew. Again I ask you not to worry.
As soon as anything further is learn
ed T will notify you immediately.
Write me at once concerning this,
and also there are certain things left
here by Ralph, Would you care to
have them sent to you. |
Sincerely, |
H, L. CARLSON, |
Agt. M. M. & P Assn,
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Harding Starts On
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Trip To The South
Presidential Party Will Spend Wed
nesday in Birmingham
WASHINGTON, Oct,, 25—Presi
dent Harding left Washington at 9
ofclock this morning on a special train
for a four-day trip through the South
his first visit to that section since the
inauguration.
Three addresses are to be made by
the president during the trip, two at
Birmingham, Ala. which city is cel
chrating the semi-centennial of its
founding, and one at Atlanta, A stop
will be made at Camp Benning, Ga, for
inspection of the infantry school there,
The president was accompanied by
Mrs, Harding, Secretaries Weeks and
Fall, Senator and Mrs. Underwood,
of Alabama; George B. Christian, Jr.
secretary to the president and Briga
dier General Sawyer, the presidents
physician, . T
The special train is expected to
make the run to Birmingham without
stop, arriving there at 8:45 o‘clock to
morrow morning. The entire day will
be spent there. The presidential par
ty will arrive at Camp Benning Thurs
day morning and after a short stop
there will proceed to Atlanta, The
party will arrive in Wachington in
time to permit holding of the Friday
cabinet meeting,
To Potato Growers
We are in the market fok Porto
Rico Sweet Potatoes delivexed at
our curing house.
Lon Dickey Tobacco Warehouse Co.
THE FITZGERALD LEADER
City Schools Gets Co-operation
From Chamber of Commerce
To Boost Business Department Of
Fitzgerald High School
A special meeting called by the
Chamber of Commerce Monday night
whose purpose was to finance z re
moval of a Business College from Sa
vannah, was soon turned into an en
thusiastic meeting for the support of
the extensive plans of the Board of
Education and the Faculty for the
Business Department of the local
High School, Messrs Lon Dickey,
Jolley, and Scott Walker of the Board
of Education and Supt. U, J, Bennett,
Principal Mr. Stevens and Mrs. Mor
gan, instructoress of the business de
partment attended the meeting and
gave the members of the Chamber of
Commerce and others present an en
tirely new viewpoint about our local
school plans, which resulted in the
withdrawal of a proposition submitted
for the consideration of the Chamber
by one of the business colleges of
Savannah and a resolution pledging
the support of the Chamber of Com
merce to the furthering of the plans
of the Board of Education and the
enlargement of our business depari
ment of the High School,
In speaking of the business depart
ment, Supt. Bennett enligchtened the
meeting on the comparative cost of
the course at the High School and the
proposed college, being about one
half of the tuition charges for out of
town pupils and no charge at all for
the regular graduates of the High
School. Fourteen pay pupils are en
rolled in the business department.
A “Pay Up Week” was suggested
and a committee consisting of WA,
Adams and A. H, Denmark was ap
pointed to confer with the merchants
Association and offer the financial
support of the Chamber of Commerce
to the proposition,
The necessity of beginning an ad
vertising camaign to hold our pres
tige for the Dixie Highway “Shorf
Route” was called to the attention of
the meeting and a resolution adopted
to cooperate with the Dixie Highway
“Short Route” Association, recently
reorganized at Waycross, was passed
and Messrs W, R, Bowen and I, Gel
ders instructed to communicate with
the officers of the Association and!
to cooperate with them in properly
advertising the advantages of the
"Short Route“ to the Tourist travel
from the North,
The meeting was presided over by
President Jack Mays and Secretaryl
W. A. Adams,
Ashburn Creamery
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| Boosters Visit City
The recently established Creamery
at Ashburn, which was principally pro
moted by the Ashburn Board of trade
had their representatives address a
meeting of local business men and
4armers at the Chamber of Commerce
"Tuesday afternoon in the interest of
‘the Dairy industry. S, W. Humph
ries Dairy expert for the Southern
Railway and Mrs. Wood, represtnting
the State College of Agriculture, made
the principal talks on the possibilities
of the creamery and its effect upon
’agricu]turc, giving a ytvid description
of what is being done in other states,
especially around Selma, Ala,, for the
farmers through dairy products,
G, P. Betts, capitalist and banker
of Ashburn, spoke of the interest the
business men have in the success of
the farmer and how they can coop
erate with him in making markets for
such products of the farm which are
going to waste or which could be pro
duced here, taking the place of cotton
as a money .crop, Mr, H, Bishop,
president of the Turner County Board
of Trade also spoke along the same
line.
The party is visiting all nearby
fcounties and towns to create an inter
‘est in dairying and will visit Rochelle,
Abbeville, Ocilla and other towns in
Ithis section, The entire trip was
planned by the Board of Trade and is
being financéd by it
FITZGERALD, BEN HILL COUNTY, GEORGIA, WENDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1921
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Miss Smith Leaves
For Albany Today
Miss Louise Smith went to Albany
this morning to the State Library con
vention of which she is second vice
president and where she yill have a
part in the program,
She carried with her an attractive
poster for the exhibit that will be a
feature,
The poster bears the post card pic
tures of all the city and county school
houses’ surrounding that of the Carn
egie Library in the center, Roads are
sketched in and the slogan printed on
it is that “All Roads Lead to the
Public Library”
This poster and Miss Smith's paper
will stress the points for which the
Fitzgerald Library stands prominent
in the State.
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‘Mr. J. S. Etheridge of Albany is
spending several days in the city on
bueiness.
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3 Days! Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Prices that represent big reductions on our already low markings. Values
that count! Savings that telll A Big Three Day Occasion In Bargains.
You will notice these SPECIAL DOLLAR VALUES are made up from
the best staple merchandise---Simply a DOLLAR STRETCHING OC
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ENTERPRISE AND PRESS
PLAN FOR ANOTHER
Merchants Association Meeting Well
Attended Last Night
The meeting of the Merchants As
sociation held at the Chamber of Com
merce last night was well attended by
the merchants and plans foranother
Community Sale were adopted subject
to confirmation by the local merchants
some of whom were unal.’; to be pres
ent, Messrs Will S. Haile, J. C, Hol
der, Joe Kassewitz, and O. L. Brad
shaw were appointed a committee to
see the merchants today to sccure
their confirmation and support. “The
Pay Up Week” project was also taken
under consideration and will probably
be a feature during the month of No
vember, An interesting statistical re
port of the number of reports furnish
ed local merchants on the credit stand
ing of new and old customers was sub
mitted to the meeting by secretary
Ethridge of the Credit Bureau, and an
effort will be made to extend the use
fulness of the Bureau in the city,
Mr, Marion Dickson has returned
from a business trip to Atlanta.
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DOUGLAS PUT OFF
State Witnesses Not Assembled, The
Court Adjourns in Coffee
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DOUGLAS, Oct,, 25—Coffee Su
perior Court adjourned today for the
term, In today's court Warren Tan
‘ner, Bill Laver and Henry Smith,
three young men, plead guilty to the
stealing of an automobile, property of
Douglas Produce Company, last sum
mer and Tanner and Laver were each
sentenced to two years in the peni
tentiary and Smith, who claims he
‘was led into the crime by the others
was given twelve months on the chain
gang or a fine of $5OO,
The cases agamst O. C. Fairfidld,
Preston Ware, Fred Stubbs, W, C.
Bussell and A. Y. Hall were con
tinued by the State for the term as the
special agent of the A, B. & A Ry.,
announced they could not assemble
their witnesses and be ready for trial
tomorrow, when the case was set, As
these were the only cases ready for
trial left undisposed, Judge Summera"
would not hold a jury over until next
‘Thnr«]ay on the uncertainty of get
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State Puts Off Trial
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Of Accused Strikers
At the request of attorneys for the
State, the committment trials of E,
M. Bishop, Thomas and Jim Russel,
at Cordele were postponed until next
Sathrday, The trials were to be held
Tuesday morning, and a number of
witnesses and Attorney A, J. McDon
ald motored to Cordele Tuesday morn
ing to look after the interests of the
accused,
The attorneys for the state alleged
that they were unable to secure their
witnesses until Saturday.
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Leader Want Ads bring results—
ting a trial,
When this announcement was made
A. J. McDonald of Fitzgerald and at
torney Worrell of Cuthbert, repre
senting the defendants ,asked that a
demand for a new trial be allowed the
defendants and be entered on the min
utes, When this request was made,
Solicitor Spence stated he would ask
the judge to hold the jury and he would
try the defendants and upon statement
being made, the defense withdrew its
request. i
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Official Organ City Of Fitzgerald
BOARD ORDERS
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| Believed This Action Will Satisfy the
( Unions and Stop Strike
| CHICAGO, Oct, 25—Definite ah
surance to the Unions and definite
| notification to the railroads that ne
further wage reductions on railways
‘will be considered at this time was
given late Tuesday by the United
| States Railway Labor Board,
! Acceptance of this assurance by
the leaders of the Unions that have
voted to strike will mean that the
strike set for October 30 will be called
off,
! In a statement issued just prior to
a conference with representatives of
| the railway executives, the labor board
|made the flat announcement that ‘it
| will not consides any question of wage
i’rcductions" until other working rules
;lm'.’c been settled.
| The board also made plain that ‘an
immense amount of time” will be re
| quired for the adjustment of these con
troversies and the promulgation of the
%complctc code of working rules, This
(was taken as an indication that wage
'conditions could not possibly be acted
jupon by the board for months to
come, The board made clear that it
(considered the question of working
'rulcs more important than that of the
|wage cuts,
[ The ctatement of the board was re
' garded in official ciretes as removing
‘the chief cause of the strike and of
‘giving the union heads ample justifi
cation for the recall of their strike
order, B
The action taken by the labor board
it was generally believed paved the
way for negotiations at Wednesday's
conference hetween the hoard, the
brotherhood leaders and the railway ex
ecutives that will result in the calling
off of the strike.
Club Boys Make Good
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| Display Of Work
!Pure Bred Pigs Make Good Showing
‘ . Here Tuesday Morning
The Club activitics among the boys
;in the rural districts were profitably
{displayed in the Central Avenue Park
Reserve Tuesday morning and after
noon when county agent C, T. Owens
held an annual review of his .work
among the boys from the farms,
Several hundred farmers were in at-
Itcndancc and were well pleased with
(the showing made in the improved
{live stock, Spotted Poland China pigs
lh(-ld the spot light, more of this breed
' being on display than any other and
;cach showing a remarkable growth
tfor the age of the pig,
| Special agent J, T, Pittman, C, B.
| Eunice of the A. B, & A. and county
:agcnt McGahee of Irwin county acted
|as judges and their fairness was fully
'appreciated by the many who watched
|thc performance. Besides pigs, cal
ves, cows, some poultry considerable
corn and several varieties of wheat
were on display during the day, for
' which prizes were awarded,
i Winners Announced
Horace Wright won sweep stakes
' with a seven months old Poland China
| Gilt weighing 299 pounds,
' In the Junior Spotted Poland China
Gilt Contest: Paul Stone first; James
Drexler second; Bartow Rakestraw
third; R.'lymrmd'-Rakestraw Fourth;
W, C. Minter#fifth; Walter Bond
Sixth. i
Senior Spotted Poland China Gilt
Contest: Malro Padgett first: Russell
Branch second; W. D. Branch third;
Spotted Poland China Boar Contest:
E.J. Young first; Dewey Hyde, sec
ond; Howard Miller third; Milton
Branch fourth; Johnnic Gladen fifth,
Junior Duroc Gilt Contest: Dorsey
%Gon(lwin first; Henry Livingston sec
ond; Edgar Murray third,
} Senior Hampshire Contest: Lester
‘Stewart first; Edgar Roberts second;
Eddie Evans third; W, T, Floyd 4th;
Frank Floyd fifth,
- Winners in Corn Club Contest
Paul Stone, best yield, 53 1-2 bu,
Geuel Cooper, 52 bushels, second,
E, C. Roberts, 50 bushels, third,
Eddie Evans, 48 bushels, fourth,
George Drexler, 46 bushels, fifth,
Edgar Murray, 45 bushels, sixth.
W. J. Wright 42 bushels, seventh,
Paul Stone, best kept record,
Eddie Evans, best ten ears exhibit,
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BUSSELL OUT ON BOND
W. C. Bussell, one of the accused
railroad men being held in jail at
Douglas, was released on a $5,000 bond
which was readily made, Mr. Bussell
rcturned to his wife aund littie children
in the city,
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Miss Dena Feinberg has returned
home from Albany where she visited
her grand parents for several days,
