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MONDAY
EDITION
V§iL. XXVI, NO. 138
BUILD NO WARSHIPS FOR TEN YEARS U.S. OFFER T 0 NATIONS
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The Third Ward
School Celebrates
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Armistice Day
Only Public Recognition Of Armistice
Day In The County
The first meeting of the newly or
ganized 3rd Ward Parent-Teachers
Association was held at the Third
‘Ward School Friday afternoon, Nov.
11th, with about 100 parents, teachers
and visitors present,
In the absence of Mrs, Chas, Isler,
Mrs, J. L. Frazer, vice-president,
presided. Miss Evelyn Alberson was
elected vice-president as our by-laws
call for two vice-presidents, one par
ent the other a teacher,
The hour of the meetlng was chang
ed from three to three thirty P, M.
After the business was finished Mrs,
Frazer turned the meeting over to
Mrs, R, 1. Maffett, chairman of the
program committee,
After prayer by Rev, Singleton, Col,
J. B Norman addressed us on “The
Meaning of Armistice Day.* He de
plored the lack of general observance
of the day here, saying, “the teaching
of people, especially our children to
observe the day, would rekindle pa
triotism and teach them to appreciate
the spirit which led our country to
victory, Great deeds are accomplished
by united efforts so we should unite
to celebrate the day, We should ap
preciate the greatest country in the
world and honor those who helped to
keep it so.” >
“Til We Meet Again” was sung
by the following 6th grade girls: El
sie James, Ruth Bussell, Mildred
Manning, Mildred Johnstone, Bobbie
Burns, Louise Lovett, Catherine
Brown, Jeanette Davis, Eleanor Mec-
Lendon, Dorothy Lee, Sarah Booker,
Madge Benson,
7+ Mrs. R, J. Prentiss in a very touch
ing manner then told what the day
meant to mothers, American, French,
w+' German, Even the German wo.
@\\' tho their country lost prestige
~u=Ha was in disgrace could not help but
be glad of the Armistice, To the
French women the cessation of the
fighting meant not only the return of
their loved ones, but the safety ofl
their very homes and churches, She
also said that her son told her those
at the front' of whom he was one,
were the quietest on hearing that the
Armistice was signed, Those in the
rear took the news with the greatest
demonstration.
A negro working in Mrs Prentiss’s
yard when she asked him if he were,
a soldier, upon noticing the khaki
trousers and putees, where he was
on the first armistice day, “At the
Front”, and what did you do when
you heard the news she inquired,—
“I don’t know all I did, I jumped and
hollered,” Did you thank God about
it?” “I didn’t have time then“ he saidl
We, many of us haven‘t had time yet
and in the school is the best place to
take time.
Mrs, Nelle Frazer Moncricef rcad:(
“In Flander’s Field” and “America's
Answer”,
Mrs, Frank Ward sang “Keep the
Home Fires [Burning” accompanied
by Margaret Pope Thurmond on the
_violin_
" Refreshments consisting of hot cho
tolate and Macaroons were served af
ter which those present repaired to
the yard where in prepared beds the,
following children who had relatives
overseas in the war planted poppies:
Richard Strickland, Ist grade, Wal
ter Frazer Ist grade; Lamar Hodges
2nd grade; Francis Ware, 3rd grade;
Mae Gillespie, 4th grade: Sarah Lon-
Kard, 4th grade; Ida Nell Turner,
Sth grade, Charles Thurmond, 6th
!rade,
b Before the planting of the poppies
Bobbie Burns recited the following
poem arranged for the occasion, |
‘America sent her soldjers true,
* Ready to fight for me and you,
“Many a mile away from home,
i Tn lands far over the Oceans foam,
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Splendid the victory, they won.
| Triumphed over the hostile Hun,
n memory of them we’re glad we
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. Plant these poppies this Nov day,
"And every one of us will guard with
' care, |
The beautiful flower that blossomed
; there, |
'On Armistice Day for Peace Shall
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;" For ever and ever in all our land,"‘
‘» Mrs, Sam Abram, Reporter
i'ALi !, TURNS TURTLE ‘
i ON CENTRAL AVENUE
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i A cut-down Ford, Ed Turner driv
ing, turned a double somersault when
struck Mr. G, E, Haile’s car Sat
kday noon and landed on top of its‘
foccupant. Mr, Turner was taken to
he hospital where he received medi
al attention,
THE FITZGERALD LEADFR
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; LOS ANGELES, Cal,, Nov, 11th—
‘The 15-mile run for life off Los An
geles harbor of the blazing submar
}inc L-6 yesterday was expected to
be followed today by inquiry into
the cause of the fire which sudden
ly burst forth in the forward com
partment of the craft while it was 10
fathoms beneath the surface,
Seven men, including the comman
der, Lieutenant M. V. Stonestreet,
were eitehr overcome by smoke and
gas or seriously burned, The con
dition of the three—M_. W, Hunter,
and R, J. Weir, second-class electri
cians, and F. McGowan, chief elec
triclan—was said to be such as to
arouse fear of complications, |
The three less seriously hurned
were G, W, Raymond, gunner; C, A,
Burgard ,seaman; and G, A. Topping,
chief torpedo man.
Lieutenant Stonestreet was only‘
temporarily overcome by smoke, it
was stated. |
The submarine was on its way from
San Diego to Los Angeles, on the
last leg of a sixty hour full power
and endurance run and had been out
forty-eight hours when flames of un
determined origin, broke out in the
forward compartment batteries,
The fumes were so great that sev
eral men were overcomec before the
compartment door was locked, Then
the craft was raised as quickly as
possible to the surface and the crew
ordered to the narrow deck. With
smoke and fumes pouring from open
hatches the dash for the submarine
base at T.os Angeles harbor, 15 miles
away was begun,
When it dashed around the break
water at full speed of 14 knots, other
naval vessels offered assistance, but
the T.-6 kept on until the hase was
reached. There the injured men were
quickly transferred to the hase hos
pital,
Licutenant Stonestreet stated the
batteries which had caused the fire
had been outlived and the damage to
the vessel was not great,
The L-6 was built by the Craig
Shipbuilding” Company at Long Beach
Cal, in 1918, Tt has a speed of 14
knots on the surface and nine knots
submerged, Tt had heen submerged
fifteen minutes when the flames were
discovered, according to its comman
der.
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Tifton Ready For
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S. Georgia Meeting
TIFTON, Ga, Nov. 13—Ptepara
tions for entertaining the (fifty-fifth
annual session of the South Georgia
Methodist conference have about been
completed by the entertainment com
mittee and Pastor W, H, Budd, The
work of assigning the 446 delegates
and preachers to homes was complet
ed this week and the lists of assign
ments were forwarded to ffie printers,
While Tifton will be able to en
tertain the conference it is going to
require the full hosßitality of the city
to care for the visitors. This will be
the first visit of this conference to
Tifton, but the people of Tifton hope
to make the entertainment such that
it will not be the last,
In addition to the conerence dele
gates, it is expected that hundreds of
people will visit the city daily to hear
the notable addresses and to attend
the matters relating to South Geotrgia
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FITZGERALD, BEN HILL COUNTY, GEORGIA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1921
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Credit Association
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To Build Up Your
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Credit Standing
A campaign for “Pay UP Week”
is being>put on by the Fitzgerald
Merchant’s Credit Association to be
gin December sth, which has as its
'prixhary purpose, cleaning up all out
standing accounts and to build up a
better understanding of the value o
the credit extended by the merchants
to their many parons.
A “Pay Up Week” has been pro
moted in a number of towns and cit
ies and has resulted in putting the
business of the communities on a bet
lter footing it is expected that it will
do the same here,
. If you owe an account and can pay
it NOW of course there is no objection
if you will: clean the slate, but the
idea is advanced that YOU should
make a special effort to be ready to
pay your old accounts or at least a
part to each of your merchants during
the week of December sth,
Mr, W. R, Tucker of the A, B, &
A Agricultural Extension department
was a visitor in the city Saturday,
Let Me Save You $lO to $15.00
%> On Your Next Suit or Overcoat
‘ N’ * Ihave the finest line of woolens ever
b‘\\\ shown in South Georgia and my prices
;? m\\\‘i\‘i*'l ) ‘\\g\\\\l\i just as cheap as some ready made.
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\\\\\ e T\ be convinced yourself why I can
i \]./,, / /// "mw 5 make you the same suit for less
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%’/g +@,.o 4= cannot buy or sell woolens any
P 25 cheaper than my wooler: house.
READY MADE Retailers cannot sell on as small a margin as a Tailor.
READY MADE Retailers have larger expenses in doing business
than a Tailor.
Come in and look ever our line and be convinced/ yourself. -
First class fit and workmanship fully guaranteed.
Fitzgerald Tailors
M. GOTTLIEB, Proprietor
208 East Pine Street . - . - Fitzgerald, Ga.
ENTERPRISE AND PRESS;
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Prohi Agent Held
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For Killing Georgian
Released On Bondl
ANNISTON, Ala, Nov, 11—Fed
eral Prohibition Officer R. P. Fergu- |
son, held last Saturday at a prelimi-‘
nary trial without bond under chargc‘
of killing Chalimers McAlpine, Geor
gia man, during a whisky raid inj
Cleburne county, was admitted to a|
bail i nthe sum of $5,000 by Judge C.
P, Agee, of the circuit court, before
whom habcas corpus proceedings were
instituted Thursday morning,
} The fedaral officer who has been
confined in the county jail here since
[the preliminary trial in Heflin last
Saturday, immediately filed an ap
pearance bond in the amount named
by Judge Agee and left for his home
‘!in Jacksonville,
. The preliminary trial at Heflin last
;\vcek was attended by several thous
i:md people, much feeling having been
laroused among the people of Cleb
urne county over the killing of the
Gecrgia man,
Mr. Ferguson is one of the most
active of the dry agents working in
this district, his appearance in the
federal district court here this week
being indicative of the great amount
of v rk done by him since the spring
term of court,
U. S. Department
. Of Agriculture
Cotton Quotation Service; Bureau
of Markets and Crop estimates; At
lanta District, B. R, Oastler in charge,
The cotton market is stiil dull, hold
ers are very firm and will not dis
count their prices. A little more ac
tivity was shown by mill interests the
past week. Some sates reported:
COLUMBUS
Date Grade Staple Price
28. Middhhg. ...... 78 -1814-183%
DUBLIN
Date Grade Staple Price
28 __Strict Middling__ 7-8” Lo LlBls
28 hWhddlmg ... 78" -L8
28 __Strict low middling 7-8" ____l7
FITZGERALD
Date Grade Staple Price
27 ..Low Middling._._ 7-8” -l
28 __strict low middling 7-8” ____l6l4
29 Maddltier. ... 782 .17
29 __strict low middling 7-B"____ 16%4
TIFTON
Date Grade Staple Price
28 __strict low middling 7-8° ____l9
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Personal Evangelism
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Object of Effects
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Made by Methodists
DETROIT, Mich,, Nov, 12—An ef- |
fort to mspire members of the Mcth—;
odist Episcopal Church in all parts
of the world with a spirit of In-r<on-‘
al evangelism is the object of the
world conference of the church 10;
be held here November 14 to 22, in-.
clusive, according to leaders of the
denomination,
The spiritual side of the recent cen
tenary movenient will be stressed du
ring the conference, it is announced.
~ The hundreds of laymen expected
to attend the meeting here will be
;asked to return to their congrega
tions and inspire their companious to
’church work to a more active leader
'ship, it was said. Such a movement
in the view of church bishops, eventu
ally will reach outside the church and
procure added members, although re
cruits to the ranks of eMthodism is
'not the prime object of the conference
ilt was pointed out
| Twenty-five bishops of the church
lha ‘e announced they would attend,
it 1s announced at Methodist Epis
lcopal hcadquarters ‘here. Mathodist
Episcopal churches generally will be
reresented by their mininsters or by
laymen delegates, it is expected,
Glad Tidings Received
From Ralph Herring
i Mrs, Chas. Herring received a letter
itoday advising her that Ralph has so
far recovered and that he is expected
to sail from Bremcrhavcn’ Germany
on Nov, 26th and will arrive in Gal
veston about December 6th.
Ralph was on the ill-fated Federal
when that ship went down in a storm
in mid-ocean about October 19 and
!for sometime it was thought that all
fon board had perished, Later the
news reached his parents that he with
thirty others were picked up and tak
en to port in Bremerhaven, Germany,
where medical attention was given
the survivors, Ralph was reported as
blind and paralyzed from exposure,
but it is thought he will recover with
time and good treatment,
Messrs. H, Milton, W, M, Rawlins,
Eli Grigsby, Julian Drew and Hiram
Riggins drove over to Americus to
attend the funeral of the late M, W,
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Go Home This Week
The friends of 8 Wilson, Jr.
will be delighted to learn that he will
probably he discharged from the hos
pital this week and be taken home,
The young man had a narrow escape
and his recovery is largely due to his
fine physic and the fact that his phy
sician, through the Xray machine
could definitely locate the balls and so
eliminate a great deal of speculation
as to the treatment and proceed on
scientific lines to save the patient
Three vital organs_ the lung, liver
and kidney were piecred and his re
covery is like a miracle. Dr Frank
Ward is being congratulated on his
success in this case.
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Ben Hill Hogs
Off For Cuba
County Agent C, T. Owens through
Harper Brothers of Albany, sold two
car loads, about two hundred head of
hogs Saturday. The hogs came from
six different farms in the county and
sold at $6.00 per hundred pounds,
bringing about two thousand (lollnrs_‘
The two cars were shipped to H:l-{
vana, Cuba, a market opened to G-(‘nr-I
gia hogs by the State Marketing Bn-‘
reau some time ago,
PUBLISHED ON
MONDAY, WEDNESDAY
AND FRIDAY
Official Organ City Of Fitzgerald
England And Japan Amazed But Not
Opposed to The Plan
D AR; Hall \\’ashington, Nov.l2
A sweeping program for limitation of
naval armament was proposed today
by the United States, Secretary of
State Hughes, speaking in behalf of
the United States before the Arms
Limitations conference, proposed:
1. That a holiday in naval con
struction of capital ships for the next
ten vears be declared by the powers,
2 That all capital ship-building
programs be abandoned. i
3. That the older ships be scrapped
4, That general regard should be
paid for existing navar strength,
5. That capital ship tonnage, not
numbers of vessels, be the basis for
limitation, N
Under the program which primarily
affects the United States, Great Brit
ain and Japan, there would be immed
iately destroyed, of the navies of the
three great powers 66 capital fighting
ships, built and building with a total
tonnage of 1878043 tons.
With the acceptance of this plan,
Hughes said the burden of meeting
the demands of competition in naval
armament will be lifted. Enormous
sums would be realeased to aid in the
progress of civilization, At the same
time the proper demands for na
tional defense would he adequately
met and the nations will have ample
opportunity during the naval holiday
of ten years to consider their fu
ture course, Preparation for offen
sive naval war is to stop now,
Hughes outlined then how the
American delegatfon Helieves the
naval armament of the world should
be made, giving in detail just what
this government believes each nation
should agree to.
The principal features of tli pro
posed agreement in the words of
Hughes are as follows:
“Capital ships.”
United States 18 ships,
Great Britain, 22 ships,
Japan 10 ships.
| The tonnage of the ships after the
' reduction is made will be as follows:
' Unted ;‘ates, 500,650,
‘ Great Britain, 604 450,
Japan, 299 700,
r Under the program the United
States will scrap thirty capital ships
built or in process of construction,
a total tonnage of 845 740,
Great Britain would scrap nine
teen big ships with a tonnage re
duction of 441,375 tons,
Hughes then discussed the gradual
replacement of the three great navies,
He said:
“With respect to replacement, the
United States proposes: .
L. That it be agreed that the first
replacement tonnage shall not be laid
down until ten years from the date of
the agreement,
2. That replacement be limited by
an agreed maximum of capital ship
tonnage as follows:
For the United States, 500,000 tons,
For Great Britain, 500,000 tons,
For Japan, 300,000 tons.
3 That the subjest to the ten-year
limitation above the maximum stan
dard capital ships may be replaced
when they are twenty years old by
capital ship construction,
| Limit Size of Ships
4. That no capital ship shall be
replaced with a tonnage displacement
of more than 35,000 tons
Hughes also propesd that limita
tion of auxiliary naval craft, submar
ines, airplane carriers and aircraft.
He suggested that the total ton
nage of auxiliary craft (cruisers, flo
tilla leaders and destroyers) allowed
cach power to be as follows:
United States, 450,000 tons,
Great Britain 450,000 tons,
Japan 270,000 tons,
Submarine tonnage would be lim
ited to the United States, 90,000 tons:
Great Britain 90,000 tons; Japan 54,
000 tons. All submarines whose keels
have been laid before yesterday should
be carried to completion,
Naval airplane carriers would be
limited as follows:
United States, 80,000 tons,
Great Britain, 80,000 tons,
Japan, 48,000 tons,
Regulations governing conversion
of merchant marine for war purposes
must be provided, Hughes said.
Four Houses Destroyed
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In Saturday’s Fire
Four small houses in the colored
settlement east of the Oil Mill were
destroyed by fire Saturday afternoon,
The houses were owned by the E, N,
Davis estate and Geo, Ricker, The
loss is partially covered by insurance,
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