Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, November 25, 1921, Friday Edition, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextFRIDAY EDITION VOL. XXVI, NO. 143 A Writer of Reoognized Authority . - on’ National Government’s Business Methods. No Washington correspondent is bet ‘ter known or more highly esteemed than Edward G. Lowry. That in it self means that he has broad and deep knowledge of national and world af fairs; that he is skillful in getting the news and tactful in writing it, and that he has the confidence of the pub fic men with whom he comes in con tact. But Mr. Lowry has more than that. He has the really patriotic feel ing that the intimate knowledge of the ‘nation’s affairs, which he acquires through his work in Washington, should be imparted to the people of the country who have not his privileges, in such a way that they will be led to take that personal interest in the doings of the government, which alone will result in good government. He wants the people to realize that it is their government, answerable to them only, and that they only are responsible‘ for its good qualities and its bad qual- | ities. It is this feeling that has ln-‘ spired much of Mr. Lowry’s best work. Born in Atlanta in 1876, Mr. Lowry was educated in private schools, the Georgia Military institute and by priv ate tutors, and began his journalistic career at the age of twenty-four. In 1904 he was sent to Washington and flas been there almost continuously ever since. He has been the political i correspondent of Harper’s Weekly, has ‘ written many articles for the periodi- | cal press and since 1913 has been the Washington correspondent of the New York Evening Post, and for a consid erable time the managing editor of that paper. When Germany started the World war the government natur ally found important work for Mr. Lowry. For two years he was at tached to the American embassy in London, and then he returned to be come a captain in the aviation section of the signal corvs. Then he was as- g 0 ™ B vy ) i ) G R, L R R R s R EjE;E5‘;5535;?5;5;5;:;5;:::;:{%%:%3? Pagy D % /f, S b s anr el ] (oo XYs vt o AN S L R ‘ gee og AR gol e RN . ie S L (v NN i R %&; ; . R 2 G BT e R ) **> R g CERE i | R f : 7 S 'L 3 - ‘V’ / 5 bl BN/ . b Edward G. Lowry. sigtant military attache at London and on the British front in Flanders, and was with the American Army of Oc cupation in Germany. For his valu able work he was awarded the Brit ish Military Cross. Recently he wrote “Washington Close-Ups,” a series of character sketches of eminent figures in the national capital, which the country is reading with vast enjoyment, For two years Mr. Lowry has been making a close study of the business of the government. He is given credit in congresg for his aid in passing the budget bill and in bringing about the naming of the joint committee of the house and senate to investigate and report upon the administration and or gdanization of the government executive departments. He now wants the peo ple of the United States to know the details of the United States govern ment, which is their business. He he lieves the knowledge of these details will make of them better Americans and give them a better government. No man not imbued with Mr. Low ry’s high ideal could have carried out this study of the government business so exhaustively and painstakingly as has he. Probably he now knows more about it than any other man in the world. With extraordinary persever ance and dogged persistence he went after hidden facts and multifarious de tails—and got them. Nothing was too big for his comprehension or too small for his attention. At one time he went to a member of the cabinet with the statement that the government had on its payrolls, exclusive of the officers and men of the aimy and navy, one employee for each 68 people of the United States ten years of age and over engaged in gainful occupations. It took that cabinet officer, with the assistants he had at his command, a considerable time, and considerable ef fort to verify Mr. Lowry’s statement, but he found it to be true. As the result of his careful studies Mr. Lowry has written a series of ar ticles on the busiress of government income and expense ;' where the money comes from, and how and for what it is spent; whether the organization of the business side of government is effi cient or ineflicient; whether the gov ernment wastes the money we gitve it. The series is not in any sense politi cal. It is not an attack, not a muck raking expedition. It recites facts, conceded, acknowledged facts, These facts come from the men in the gov ernment—from the government itself —and they are all facts that every American citizen is entitled to know and should know. The series of articles on this subject of “Where Your 'Taxes Go” will be carried in these columns. They should be read by every American who 1s in terested in the welfare of the nation. e T T e e Miss Hazel Mayes is spending sev eral days in Atlanta this week with friends, THE FITZGERALD LEADER MIRACLE PICTURE OF 1921—HARDING - SENT BY WIRELESS! . Twenty min wtes after this mo ment during ;President Hard dng’s speech at ‘A.nnapoli_s. the ac-- '‘companying pic ture was ready for publication in Paris, over 3.C00 miles away! It is not a per fect picture, but IV kS RHE FIRST SENT BY WIRELESS and after the first has been sent, as an experiment, there is nothing left to do but to perfect the pro cess. I Incidentally, this fs the dn&“ time been o an Amerfican new A 5 | lar g(le' ce Monthly obtagnd it from Paris, and this newspaper prints it herewith simultaneously with.that magazine, by special maxﬁemem_ AP e L ST~ - e pioneer in photography by wireless is’ M.~ Edouard Belin, a Frenchman, and it was his radio'apparatus that sent the accompanying, picture from Annapolis, Maryland, to Paris, France, a few weeks ago.| He has been expenmentiniefor years with mchineavfotaendi::g‘photo-}‘ graphs by telegraph, and has sent numbers-of them aver wires! and by cable.: Figally, thiwar;hefhmd an apparatus to send them by wireless. {Hg brqug . machine to America, and when he leasned that President Harding to make'a ‘speech to the .naval cadets at {Annapolis, he eonnectéd ?‘wkb dg.,'iiu‘g-wmteas'mﬁon there, ¢ The result was 8 paper in had a photogr%ol the Presi ‘dent spasing BEEORE 10, badobvvinad b sieosriphyof the Presi- *.._ 9y “Flashes of Action At Grand Monday Great War Film A Rare Treat To People of Fitzgerald On Monday next at the Grand The atre will be presented the official war film “Flashes of Action” taken under heavy fire by the expert photograph er of the war department, It affords the people of Fitzgerald and Ben Hill County an opportunity of at last see ing for themselves what actually hap pened in France, Taken at the cost of many lives it holds a unique posi tion in that it preserves for posterity the records of the scenes of Ameri can troops in battle on foreign soil; and cannot be duplicated unless “the future brings another war equally as disastrous. The film is being acompanied {0 Fitzgerald by Lieut, Ralph C, Bish op, 3rd, Division A, E. F, who will give a brief explanatory talk before each showing, The pictures are com posed of six reels (full) taking about an hour and forty minutes for the showing , “Flashes of Action” is all that its name implies. It is the real thing because it is an official moving picture of the World War made by photographers of the army signal corps, showing actual bat tle scenes and the American Army in action. Tt includes everything from the pier in Hoboken to the silent crossing, “row and row” in Flanders fields. Artillery fire by day and by night is depicted with remarkable clearness, and maneuvers on land, in the air and even on the sea are shown exactly as they were experienced by the boys who went over. Infantry charges, battles of the a’r, submarine attacks and night battles are set forth as they actually took place, The picture shows the really big guns of the American forces as they rapidly belched forth the steel and lead that went flying to the German trenches and avenged the wrongs done the world freedom, Snipers going about deadly work in the darkness of the night may be seen as plainly on the screen as they were seen by the boys overthere, Thrilling fights in the air are also shown, including Capt. Eddie Ricken backer and Lieut, Quentin Roosevelt leading air squadrons in raids on the enemy trenches, But with all this, no picture of the war could be complete without giving some insight to what may be called the “domestic” life of the American soldiers in France, Perhaps the cam era man realized this important fact and they ‘shot’ a few feet of typical French troop trains hound for the front, Tln all its hideousness and:grim reality the fatal inscription, “40 hom mes, 8 chevaux,” is presented in a “close-up” of what soldiers of the A, E, F. termed French “Pullmen”, but known to the French railway men as box cars. | Mr. Bruce Martin returned Wed nesday from Douglas, | ”*‘"\\% ¢ F 29% <ly ‘:‘ . s LR A’TEPTD/ < ' L V- A; : = 'Q- FITZGERALD, BEN HILL COUNTY, GEQRGIA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1921 T N %%x’*lu*@&}‘?u, B R NR R e R e e Bonoa it L i R ki 3 3 . 1 S £33 3\ :§:\‘% 3 ?"’?-'"‘2:;‘& \sﬁg';*g"v'%"i' 3 :3.- "‘:1:3:3:'-:5:5:5:1:1:';:-25:‘::1"';:1:i'{:;. 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N r,‘;;: At 66{»3‘,%*' V?Eiifi‘;iz's?\.gig:'; & - S Ao % ey TR T - New Barber Shop | . To Open Shortly New Innovation For Fitzgerald In Opening of New Shop Bert Archer, for a number of years connected with the City Barber Shop, will shortly install a shop of his own in Room 213, Second floor in the Five Story Building, The owners of the building and Mr, Archer expect to be ready for busi ness by Monday, November Zsth, The room is being remodelled and every equipment and conveniencé installed for the operation of a modern, first class Barber Shop. ;,,L-T(%is is quite an innovation for Fitz gerald. Every office building in all of the larger cities is equipped with one or more first class barber shops, thus 'gongim:rwe privacy for men and Tadies who accompany children to the bdrber shop. With the reputation for the highest class workmanship tn his line, and his wide circle of friends and acquain tances, and already a large number of patrons and custonrers, we predict for Mr, Archer success. Kansans Enroute To . Florida Stop Here Six cars of Kansans bound for Mi ami, Florida, passed through the city Thursday led by Miles Webster a former Fitzgerald boy, who moved back to Kansas about six years ago. In the party were Miles Webster and H. E. Harnish, of Rozelle; C, b, Brown of St, John; Wm Walker of Great Bend: G. 'W, Smith of Burd ette, and Wm, Smith of Larnette, The party came via St, Louis, Nash ville, Huntsville, Rome on down the Dixie Highway through Georgia, whose roads they say were the best traversed the entire distance. Mr, Sam Story spent Thanksgiving in Sylvester with relatives, ® “Flashes of Action” . SEVEN REELS o - ® Official Battle Films By Perrission of the War Department R! AS IT WAS ACTUALLY FOUGHT American soldiers braved dedh to make these pictures, while their comrades carried on the struggle amid an inferno of shot and shell Many a cameratgan fell when the bullets of th Bosche ended his efforts to giye the old U. S. A. a complete pictorial history of the magnificient fighting of the American troops. CHATEAU-THIERRY—ST MIHIEIDARGONNE Never Before Have Fitzgerald People Had portunity to see Pictures of Battle Events Which Will Live in History. e —— FITZGERALD—MONDAY ONLY'! o e (4:00 to 11:00 P. M. Continuous) ADMISSION—IS¢ and 30c PLUS WAR TAX! Special School Tickets 11c , Accompanied by Lieut. Ralph C. Bishop, 3rd Div. A. E, F, ENTERPRISE AND PR:SS Wife Holds' Wheel Dt Ship-While Master Fights With Seaman Negro Sailor Taken Into Boston And Charged With Mutiny ! BOSTON, Mass,, Nov, 23—Capt. George F. Poppe, skipper of the ‘Lil fian E. Kerr” schooner came to the Federal court today with charges of mutiny on the high scas against Frank Howell, a negro sailor, and with high praise of the conduct of his wife, Mrs Eda Poppe, during what he said was his fight for life with Howell. Mrs, Poppe held the wheel of the vessel while the men fought on the deck, Howell with a knife, her hus band with a pistol Captain Poppe said. She kept the schooner on its course the negro crew meantime had grouped on another part of the deck, offering no help. Mrs, Poppe has sail 'Cd with her husband four years, | Howell was shot in the back, He was at the city hospital today under police guard. Physicians said that while his condition was scrious, he probably would recover, Captain Poppe said that after he found Howell who was shipped at Jacksonville, asleep across the wheel on November 13, Howell attacked him with a knife. ~ Mrs, Poppe gave her husband his gun and the skipper saidl he shot Howell wher he was attack ed a second time, | . . ° Louis C. Parnin Dies . Thursday Morning Another of our old colonists re sponded to the last roll call, when death suddenly overtook louis C. Parnin at his late residence on north Grant street Thursday motfiing, The deceased was widely known in this sertion being interested in saw milling in the early days of the colony and for a number of years conducted a machine shop on north Grant street, For the past several years the deceas ed had retired from business and with his devoted wife spent the summers in the North. He served for two terms as Alderman from the Second Ward and was faithful to the interests of his city and ward during his terms in office, The funeral will she held at 10 A, M. Saturday at his late residence on N. Grant Street. Post No 14 G. A, R, and Fitzgerald Lodge No. 3, 1 .© O. F. will have charge of the funeral services, * Lon Dickey Makes > Big Sale of Tobacco The Lon Dickey Tobacco Ware house Company, sold their entire hold ing of 1920 and' 1921 stock of Tobacco this week to the American Tobacco Company at a fair price. The tobacco was stored in their warchouse at Fitz gerald, Abbeville and in Wilson, N, C., to which place Mr, Dickey ship ped a large amount in 1920 for re drying. The total amount of tobacco sold by Mr, Dickey was 318,000 pounds, much of which he raised himself, the balance was forced on him at the sales, when his floor manager would bid more for the tobacco offered than the foreign buyers would phy, Messrs Cyrus Broadhurst, Starling Owens, Ernest Justice spent Thursday in Atlanta attendng the Tech-Auburn foothall game, Cyrus Broadhurst was the guest of his bhrother Gibson who is attending Ga, Tech, " OH DEATH, WHERE 1S THY STING? > ( [ | / e 'i 7 | w-. - e v @.l# \‘\\ LN/, ‘&_ OIS ,—f‘\\' A 0 >" R NS \ = I\ D ==Y e ,’;- . ol * « Thanksgiving Service Was Well Attended A very delightfui Union Thanksgiv ing service was held at the Primitive Baptist Church last night. The chuwcii was comfortably filled and all who came cordially welcomed by friendly greetings and beautiful flowers, The singing was unusually good, led by choice voices from the different choirs A selection from the 103rd Psalm ar ranged by E, O. Excell was beautiful ly .rendered by a quartette composed of Mrs, L. A, Turner, Miss Marjorie Owen, Mr, Burr Stokoe and Rev. R, M. Mann, A very appropriate solo, “Somebody Did A Golden Deed,” was most acceptably sung by Miss Eulalie Dorminey, but one of the main feat ures of the meeting was the unique sermon preached by Rev, J. H. Elder on the Thanksgiving basket of the Jews of olden time and its signific ance, The whole congregation seemed to enter into the spirit of the occasion and were glad they were there. The only regret was that more of the peo ple of our city were not present, j . West Point Merchants Stage Great ‘Sales Day’ - WEST POINT, Ga, Nov, 24—'Sales Day“ in West Point was a huge suc cess from every standpoint, as evi denced by the out of town crowd of over 5000 people from the surround ing country who came here to avail themselves of the cooperative sale of fered by the merchants of West Point, Bargains was the keynote of the day and business houses of every descrip tion put on sale at least one article the reductions ranging from 20 to 100 per cent, \ There were the free features of the day, which included aero-circus stunts by a visiting plane which flew over town both in the morning and after noon_ doing the tailspin, loop-the-loop, and other things which gave the large throng a great thrill, At 4 oclock in the afternoon, in the center of town 20 free prizes were given away, which included $5 gold pieces# flour and other groceries. Music by a local band furnished entertainment for the crowds and there was not a dull moment during the whole day. 3 . . Measuring Social - Monday Night The Epworth League of the First Methodist Church will give a meas uring social Monday evening at 8:00 oclock in the League rooms, Fach person will be charged according to their height; 2 cents for every foot in height, and one penny for every inch over, All leaguers and fheir friends are cordially invited. . W. M. S. of Baptist Church Holds Meet The Womans Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church met Monday afternoon for the monthly program meeting with Circle No. 1, in charge “Enlistment* was the subject and the program was unusually good Aside from being thoroughly enjoya ble the women present went away im pressed with the obligation of winning another into the privilege and blessing of setvice. Fifty-six women were pres ent, Mrs, J. B. Wall, Reporter Protem, A Mrs. G, H, Martin, Miss Gladys Martin, Mrs, J. R, Wilkes, and Master Brunson Martin drove over to Tifton Thursday and spent the day attend ing the South Georgia Conference, Fitzgerald Chickens Take Sweep Stakes . At Jacksonville, Fla. Mr, G, C, Pettys recent exhibit at the Florida State Fair at Jacksonville of White Plymouth Rocks netted him quite a number of prizes. The following prizes were awarded him Frst, second and third pens, | First second, third, fourth and fifth cockerels, First, second, third, fourth and fifth pullets. Out of 30 birds displayed, he won 25 places, Mr. Petty sold a trio of young Ply mouth Rocks at the Fair for $35 and refused $6O for the pen taking first prize, . . Thirteenth F. A. Brigade ® . Will Absorb Bth Brigade WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 The War department Wednesday ordered the Eighth Field Artillery Brigade, now at Camp Knox, Ky, to procecdi by motor truck to Camp Bragg, N. C., about Dec, 1, where it will be ab sorbed by the Thirteenth Field Artil lery Brigade, now stationed at Camp Bragg, and the Eighth Field Artillery Birgade will be placed on the inact ive list, The Field Artillery Field Officers School will begin its first course of instruction at Camp Bragg, N G about Jan. 10, 1922, the department states, Boy, Alleged Slayer of . . Two On Trial For Life (;AFFNEY, S C,. Nov, 23 Roy Henderson, 17, alleged slayer of two, Frank and Floyd Kirby, 5 and 7 year old boys, went on trial Wednesday morning for the killing of Frank Kir by, Two hours were consumed in the selection of a jury, and the State began presenting testimony soon af ter 11 o‘clock, The defense has. sum moned thirty-five witnesses to testify to the defendant’s mental condition. The family kistory of the Hendersons going back several generations, will be presented, it has heen indicated, bit i Mrs. C. S, Isler and children have returnied from Amerieus, Just\Phone 312 FOR FRESH MEATS Best Steak, -20 c Pork Chops -20 c And everything else in propor tion. We prapose to run an up to-date clean\ market, and ask you to give u§ a trial, at prices to “Live and Let Live.” A, Rawlin’s\ Market Phone 312 121 . Sherman §t. PUBLISHED ON MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY Official Organ City Of Fitzgerald ° fgusii 3 ; » ’Blg Tobacco Crop For South Georgia i Railroad Industrial Department Will Import Experts To Assist Growers' ATLANTA Nov. 25—Along witk its great diversity of products, South Georgia is going to raisc a big tobac co crop, according to reports receiv ed here by agricultural experts. The A. B. & A, Railway which was largely instrumental in putting South Georgia in the tobacco raising indus try is at the present time, according to industrial experts of the road, spar ing no effort in assisting the farmers to raise good tobacco and to find a profitable market, A novel plan to aid the Georgia . growers has just been announced by W. W. Croxton, passenger traffic manager of the A, B, & A, road, fol lowing a trip to the tobacco cemters of Virginia and the Carolinas, He proposes to secure tobacco experts iwithout expense to the growers for supervision of the tobacco crop, This will be done by securing farm homes and a small acreage for prospective settlers on tobacco lands and in re turn for the free use of the lands the experts will personally take charge of lthn tobacco acrcage for the owner of the land Tt is stated here that growers who have already prepared for tobacco by building barns will find the plan pro fitable as the assistance of the experts is given without cost and it will en able growers to obtain better grade and increase their crop, { Before the world war, experts here show | tobacco in South Georgia was sold at a: profit for ten cents a pound and with the decreased cost of ferti lizer and farm labor a profitable crop may be raised. - Mr. Croxton says his faith in tobacco as a money crop for South Georgia re mains unshaken tT is merely a prob lem, he states, of prcducing the bet ter grades. o o . » Thanksgivine At The County Jail The families and friends of the Striking Employees of the A, B. & A, in the local jail were hosts at a Thanks giving dinner. for which -Sheriff Dor miney arranged the lower floor of his residence, The supply was unlimited and was enjoyed by the boys. A com mittee of ladics also went to Cordele where they served the men detained in the Crisp Jail with the delicacies of the season. "’ . Marine Prevents o Mail Robbery PITTSBURGH, Nov, 23—Private Wasseman, U, S, Marine corps, guard ing Baltimore & Ohio mail Train No. 9, from Washington to Pittsburgh, early today near Washington Junction Md.,, discovered two men at the door of a mail car, He fired on them with his shot gun, One man dropped off the train and the other swung out on the hand rail of t hecar., He later was captured and brought to jail here, Bankrupt Stock Sold \ ° To J. Kassewitz J. Kassewitz purchased the entire bankrupt estate of the Casper Hide & Skin Company this morning, sub ject: to confirmation by Judge U. V. Whipple, The amount of the bid was $1,250,