Georgia Historic Newspapers

    FRIDAY
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-
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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.
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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
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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
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Monthly obtagnd
it from Paris, and
this newspaper
prints it herewith simultaneously with.that magazine, by special
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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-
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“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, |
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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
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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,
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“Flashes of Action”
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Official Battle Films
By Perrission of the War Department
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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.
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FITZGERALD—MONDAY ONLY'! o
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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, |
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Louis C. Parnin Dies
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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,
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Lon Dickey Makes
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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,
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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,
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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
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Measuring Social
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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.
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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,
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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
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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,
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Thirteenth F. A. Brigade
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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
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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.”
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Rawlin’s\ Market
Phone 312 121 . Sherman §t.
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’Blg Tobacco Crop
For South Georgia
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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
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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.
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Marine Prevents
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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
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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,