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BANKERS, FARMERS ATTEND COTTON CONFERENCE
Key to Cotton Situation Lies
In Hands of Bankers and
Business Men of the
South
Mecmphis, Tenn., Oct. 14.—Repre
sentztives of cotton growing states
were assembled here Wednesday for
a. conference which will attempt to
determine methods of marketing the
pregent cotton crop and fimance the
1927 pranting.
‘Delegations of bankers, planters,
business men and educators attended
the conference, which was called by
‘Governor H. L. Whitfield, of Missis
sippi.
To save the price and defend the
1926 cotton crop is the object of this
conference, Governor Whitfield de
clared.
“We will stay here until we do
what we came for,” he added, and
received applause from the gathering
of perhaps 300 delegates.
Mr. Whitfield introduced C. L.
Neill, of Mississippi, to deliver his
opening statement.
“The key to the situation lies in
the hands of the bankers and busi
ness men of the South,” the state
ment said. “They must devise means
to take some of the millions of bales
from the current market.”
Various plans for relieving the
presert depression and for guaran
teeing against over production in
later seasons were discussed in pre
liminary and informal conferences.
The offer of federal aid for orderly
marketing of this year’s crop, pre
sented by a committee named by
President Coolidge, induced . pro
posals by which Southern business
men might take the iniative in the
movement as required by the Presi
jdent’s appointed advisers in the sit
?\Jation. ; :
i The declaration by the New Or
leans Federal Reserve Bank that
funds for marketing this season’s
crop were available cheered delegates
who were looking for means of as
suring the reduced production which
the bank demanded.
Legislative enactment was favored
in some quarters as the sole solution
for the vexing problem of cutting the
production. A delegation from Mis
sissippi county, Arkansas, was ready
to introduce a resolution calling for
passage of laws in every state with
a requirement for cutting next year’s
acreage 50 per cent. Another pro
posal called for the imposing of a
privilege tax on every acre planted
to cotton beyond a stipulated acre-|
age. . l
Attacking the question from an
other angle, other delegates urged
that solution lay in the hands of fi
nanciers, who might assure reduction
by denying credit to individual pro
ducers who could not guarantee that
they would plant less land to cotton
next year.
Still others talked of diversification
as the farmer’s hope, and denounced
the single crop system. :
Junior-Intermediate
Rally At Kennedy
Memorial Church
The Junior-Intermediate depart
ment of the Baptist Young People’s
Union, will hold a Rally with Kenne
dy- Memorial church Sunday, October
17th, at which the following program
is announced: !
—10:00-10:05—Song, led by Choir
ister, Jno. R. Bussell.
10:05-10:15—Devotional, (led by
~an Int.) Clark Tomberlin.
- ¥0:¥8-11:00—The place the Jr.-
~ Int: B. Y. P. U’s have in the church,
11:00-11:40—Intermediate Dem
onstration, Mystic llnt.
11:40-12:20—The part the moth
er, father and senior have in the Jr.-
Int. work, Harry Metcalf.
12:20-2:00—Dinner."
2:00-2:05—Song, led by Choirister,
Jno. R. Bussell.
2:05-2:lo—Song, by Juniors, Ist
Church, Fitzgerald.
2:10-2:25—Devotional, Playlet by
Juniors.
2:25-2:4s—Oopen discussion.
2:45-3:oo—Business session.
Dismissal.
AIY mothers and fathers as well as
Seniors who are intgpested in the fu
ture spiritual welf; ggof the boys and
/girls are eames&; quested to be
present and see that the Jr.-lfi. boys
and girls are present. e
Dinner will be served at church,
but each’person attending is request
ed to-earry lunch for one as the B.
Y. P. U. meeting asks no church to
furnish dinrer. 7% '
. e MRS. H. C. TROP,
Assnl. B. Y. P. U. President.
THE FITZGERALD LEADER
OCTOBER TERM BEN HILL
‘OCTOBER TERM BEN HILL
- SUP. COURT CONVENES,
. JUDGE CRUM PRESIDING
Ben Hill Superior court convened
here for the October term Monday,
}when Judge D. A. R. Crum delivered
a brief but effective charge to the
iGrand Jury. The judge covered the
i nenal code in his instructions to the
I!jury, calling their particular atten
tion to the importance of the jurors’
’ privileges in enforcing the respect for
ithe mandates of the court and the
!duties involving upon them in fer
fretting out the violations of the
icriminal code, especially those con
cerned with the carrying of concealed
weapons, disturbing public worship,
violations of the prohibition laws and
! the enforcement of the game and fish
laws of the state.
The Grand Jury organized with
Mayor Jack Mayes as foreman and
J. C. Holder as clerk, with W. H. El
| lington as bailiff.
The roster of the Grand Jury is‘
G. E. McMillan, James T. Mathis, W.
J. Mayo, J. T. Cass, T. M. Chalker,‘
H. L. McLendon, F. H. James, B. W.
Adamson, M. T. McGoogan, L. I
Griner, George McCall, Albert Gibbs,‘
T. W. Mcßryant, C. M. Chastain, G.!
C. Mixon, Wiley Williams, J. H.
Mayes, J. C. Holder, J. M. Massey, O.
D. Lee, G. R. Womble, J. A. Dor
miney.
Court Adjourned Tuesday
The Grand Jury, after finding 32
true bills, ranging from murder to
the theft of an automobile tire, in
cluding several for gaming and a
large number for violations of the
prohibition laws, adjourned until
next Monday,\having appointed va
rious committees to look into the
county’s affairs, examining the pub
lic buildings, roads and bridges and
the conviet farm.
The light civil docket was disposed
of by 3 P. M. Tuesday and court ad
journed for the week, to meet again
next Monday when the criminal dock
et will be called.
lVVoman Attorney, of
Jesup, Attends Ben
- Hill Superior Court
~ The Bar of Ben Hill had an agree
able visitor in the person of Attor
ney Mrs. Vera A. Majette, of Jesup,
who was here in the interest of her
client, Mrs. E. L. Boney, who has in
stituted a damage suit against 0. W.
Fletcher for alleged damages sus
tained in an auto collision on West
Pine street last June.
NATION-WIDE CAMPAIGN
'LAUNCHED BY RAILROADS
FOR SAFETY OF CHILDREN
Atlanta, Ga.— The nation-wide
campaign of railroads for increased
safety will concentrate on children’s
problems during October, according
to announcement made here today
by railway executives.
“It is doubtful,” says a statement
made public here, “if many social
and civi¢ leaders know that during
the past nine years 2,149 boys and
girls under fourteen years of age
were killed and 2,759 seriously in
jured, many maimed for life, while
walking or playing on railroad tracks
and while hopping on or off moving
trains.
“In adition, largely because of
habits already formed, or from lack
of education while young, 2,555
youths between fourteen and twenty
one years of age were killed and 4,-
921 were injured in the same man
ner. It is not our wish to present
this topic in a gruesome manner, yet
it often takes a tragic statement to
awaken us to the necessity for de
cisive action.
. “Because a child plays on the rail
road 'track' or hops & freight-train,
‘that child should not be stamped as
vicious or incorrigible, and railroad
officers are slow to arest them on
this account. The influence of such
an experience might cloud the fu
ture of an otherwise wholly honor
able and upright life.” : |
The whole trouble is, railway ex
ecutives state, that boys and girls
have not been taught that railroad
property is private property, and that
it is not only dangerous, but dishon
orable for the public to use it for
any other than legitimate purposes.
BANK OF ALAPAHA
REOPENS ITS DOORS
Moultrie, Ga.—The Bank of Alpha,
which suspended business shortly af
ter the crash of the Bankers Trust
Company of Atlanta, has reopened
for business, according to word re
ceived here from Alapaha. It was
generally regarded as one of the
strongest and best managed small
town banks in South Georgia and its
depositors were confident that it
would soon resume business. It will
be managed by the same officials.
WARE COUNTY SINGING
CONVENTION CALLED TO
MEET IN HEBARDVILLE
The fall meeting of the Ware
County Singing Convention will be
held in the Wacona High School
building at Hebardville, one mile
north of Waycross, on the fourth
Sunday in October, beginning at 10
A. M., according to an announcement
made by D. P. Brown, president of
the convention. This will be,the last
session during 1926, and, according
to Mr. Brown, promises to be .the
best in the history of the convention.
Mr. Brown’s announcement follows:
“All singers and lovers of good
singing are cordially invited to at
tend. 2
“Bring your song books with you.
Come with a smile and make this
convention your convention. If you
bring a class have it well organized,
as a large part of the day will be
taken up in Union singing. Special
efforts are being made to secure some
of the best talent in South Georgia
for the occasion. A great big day
for everybody.
“We are looking for you.”
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
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' WIN SCHOLARSHIPS TO
AVIATION SCHOOL
The two scholarships in aviation
offered to high school children of
‘Georgia by the Utilities Information
Committee of Georgia and the A. B.
}McMullen Company, commercial
laviators, were awarded to Thomas
lChristian, 17, of Richland, and Geo-
Smith, 17, of 1411 South Gordon
street, Atlanta.
Certificates entitling them to the
courses, which are being given at the
McMullen aviation school at Candler‘
Field, Atlanta, were presented to the
boys by Mayor Walter A. Sims at al
ceremony at the City Hall. Captain |
A. B. McMullen, who will give per
sonal instruction to the youths, was
‘present, as were also representativesl
of the Utilities Information Commit
tee.
The courses are given by the Mec-!
Mullen Company and expenses of the
winners while receiving instruction'
are being paid by the information
committee. The subject of the es
say contest, through which the
courses were awarded, was the rela
tion of aviation to electricity. About
fifty essays were submitted.
ILLUSTRATED LECTURE
AT FIRST METHODIST
On next Sunday evening at eight
o’clock another of the picture illus
trated lectures will be given. These
lectures have proven quite popular in
the past, and a large number is ex
pected for this the first of the Fall
season.
Cotton Gin Report
| Up To October Ist
Ben Hill county reports 3698 bales
of cotton ginned to October Ist,
1926, as gainst 6558 bales for the
same period in 1925.
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Denmark Drug Co.
Installing Frigidaire
S. B. Sutton, local agent for the
Delco and Frigidaire Corporations,
installed a Frigidaire system at the
Denmark Drug Co., this week. These
miniature ice factories are beginning
to be popular with the trade as well
as with private homes, where econo
my and, sanitation is an item.
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MODERN WOODMEN
INDUCT LARGE CLASS
The :Fitzgerald Camp Modern
Woodmen-induéted a-large class-at a
special meeting held Monday night
at Odd Fellows Hall, under the spe
cial direction of James W. Smith,
State Deputy of the Order.
An oyster supper was served at the
City Cafe after the close of the cere
monies, at which 36 attended. |
SENATOR SEEKING BOYS
Atlanta, Ga.—There are some boys
in Georgia whose fathers were killed
in the World War, who are entitled
to an education at either West Point
or Annapolis at the expense of the
government, but they perhaps are
unaware of it, according to United
States Senator W. J. Harris, of Geor
gia.
The Georgia senator introduced a
pill in congress which became a law
at the last session which provides
that the government would educate
eighty boys who were made orphans
by the war provided their fathers
were killed in battle or died as the
result of wounds or illness.
Senator Harris said he is anxious
to secure the names of such boys*in
Georgia entitled to the opportunity.
Fitzgerald, Georgia, Thursday, October 14, 1926.
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iU. D. C. TO MEET IN
ANNUAL CONVENTION AT
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- STATESBORO OCT. 26-28
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| Statesboro, ¢a.—The thirty-second
annual convention of the U. D. C. of
Georgia will be held in Statesboro
'October 26-28, the Bulloch County
Chapter, Mrs. Julian Lane, president,
being the hostess chapter. The open
ing exercises will be held Tuesday
evening, October 26, at 8:00 p. m,,
“at .the Methodist:- church and will be
preceded by the meetihg of the Ex
ecutive Board which will meet at 5:00
p. m., Tuesday, October 26.
" All chapters are asked to elect
delegates for this convention and to
send their names at once to Mrs. W.
M. Johnson, chairman, Rome, Ga.
Chapters are also asked at the same
time to elect their delegates for the
.General Convention at Richmond,
Va.
| The state recording secretary
treasurer and registrar are to be
elected at the convention in States
boro, as the present officers are. no
longer eligible.
t All chapters are asked to send
names of members who have passed
laway during the year to Mrs. Chas.
!Phillips, in Atlanta, at once.
l At the roll call of chapters on the
opening morning of the convention,
!each chapter president is asked to
"have a Confederate flag to present to
‘the hostess chapter. Mrs. Pringle
| Willingham, Bond St., Macon, Ga., is
! Custodian of Flags and will be at the
!Methodist church Wednesday morn
iing at 9:00 o’clock with flags which
can be purchased from her for 35
!cents each.
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CHAS. R. CRISP URGES
SPECIAL SESSION OF
CONGRESS TO HELP SOUTH
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| Americus, Ga. — Representative
Charles R. Crisp, member of the
‘house ways and means committee and
democratic member of the American
debt funding commission today join
ed in the movement for a special ses
sion of congress to enact farm relief
legislation.
In a telegram to President Cool
idge, Mr. Crisp urged that a special
session of congress be called to “ren
der aid to the cotton farmers of the
south, who, unless immediate assis
ance is given,” he sair, “will become
bankrupt.”
“Cotton today is selling 5 cents
under cost of production and pros
perity of the entire south hinges onl‘
effective relief,”” the telegram said. |
Urge Extra Session 1
For Cotton Aid |
Smithfield, N. C.—Congressman
Edward W. Pou, of North Carolina,
Monday urged President Coolidge to
call a special session of Congress to
pass emergency legislation for cot
ton growers, many of whom he de
\clared face financial ruin.
Pou wired the President that if
cotton growers are forced to sell
now, they must accept a price of
from $2O to $25 per bale less than
the actual cost of production.
Lankford Preparing
Cotton Sales Bill
Waycross, Ga.—W. C. Lankford,
Congressman from the Eleventh Dis
triet, is now preparing a bill for the
marketing of cotton under a federal
system similar to that proposed by
the McNary-Haugen bill for the mar
keting of wheat.
The purpose of the bill is to sta
bilize the price of cotton and to pre
vent it from going below a prescribed
minimum. |
SWIFT BUYS PHILIPS HOME
The Dixie Realty Company sold the
Lawrence Philips residence on South
Gran tstreet to J. W. Swift, the new
owner to take possession January
ist. Mr. Philips, who resides now in
‘Glennville, was in the city Wednes
‘day to consummate the trade.
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T HE 19TH
0 BE HEL_D_OF THE 19 1
Friends of Senator-elect John M.
Williams will gather on the banks of
the Ocmulgee, at Camp Brooklyn,
Tuesday, October 19th, to celebrate
the nomination of their favorite can
didate and to officially notify him of
his nomination. A large delegation‘
from Telfair and Irwin counties will|
be present, according to report, to be
the guests of Ben Hill.
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Broxton Precinct
Strong for Holder
Broxton, Coffee county, gave Hol
der proportionately the largest vote
of any any precinct in the state, the
votes for Holder being 311, and 17
for Hardman. :
FITZGERALD LIONS TO
SPONSOR PLAY GROUND
ON NORTH MAIN STREET
The Lions held their weekly lunch
eon Wednesday and had as their spe
citl guest Mr. T. E. Castleberry, state
organizer for the Patriotic Sons of
America, and a member of the
Americus Lions Club, whose wide
experience as former organizer of
Lions clubs, was the theme with
which he enlivened the luncheon.
Vice President Cecil Powell, in the
absence of President Lasseter, pre
sided.
As one city-wide activity, the club
will undertake to develop a play
ground, if the co-operation .of the
city can be had, to the extent of se
curing the control of the North Main
street park reservation. Chas. Brad
shaw, C. M. Chastain and I. Gelders
were appointed a committee to con
fer with the city authorities in re
gard to the park reservation.
The entertainment for the lunch
eon was furnished by Messrs. Lions
Johnson, James and Jim Evans, who,
accompanied on the piano by Miss
Marie Chastain, rendered some pleas
ing numbers.
LINK IN DIXIE HIGHWAY,
NORTH, EXPECTED TO BE
OPEN FOR TRAVEL SOON
Travel soon will be routed over the
new section of the Dixie Highway,
north, the road being almost com
pleted, and is connected with the new
work on the orth Grant street exten
sion.
The bridge at Otter creek is hav
ing its approaches made ready and
within a short time the commission
ers will be able to turn the entire
road over to the State Highway de
partment for permanent mainten
ance.
The new road cut through the
Grant street extension will appeal to
the traffie, as it eliminates those
sharp curves that have been very ob
jectionable from a standpoint of
safety.
JACKSONVILLE OFFICERS
LAND BARN BURNERS
Detectives out of Jacksonville, who
have been several weeks in this terri
tory looking for alleged burners of
barns in Irwin county, are reported
to have landed two in the Irwin
county jail in Ocilla and have one in
custody in Jacksonville.
Several barns were mysteriously
burned in Irwin county some time
during the past summer and insur
ance companies are said to have put
the detectives on the job with the
above result.
|BAND CONCERT AT BLUE
| AND GRAY PARK SUNDAY
| The following program will be ren
‘dered by the Fitzgerald Concert
Band Sunday afternoon from four to
five o’clock at the Blue and Gray
'Park, weather permiting. The pub
:lis is cordially invited to attend.
. March—*“Show Boy”’—Huff. ‘
i Selection — “Operatic Mingle”’ —
! Arr. Berry. !
| Waltz—‘Rozella”’—Skaggs. !
I Trombone Smear—*“Shoutin’ Liza” |
!—Fillmore.
| Serenade — “Cupid’s Charm”—
I Miller.
{ Spanish Serenade—“La Poloma”
| —Yradier.
' Novellette—“The Perambulator”
—Rosenkrans. ¢
. Medley—“ Best Loved Southern
Melodies”—Arr. Hayes.
March—*“Soldier Boys’’—Mackie-
Beyer. .
Finale—Star Spangled Banner.
R. GLENN JOHNSON,
Director.
NEAR ACCIDENT ON
. EAST CENTRAL AVENUE
¢ Though a truck and car were
slightly damaged by a collision at the
intersection of Grant street and Cen
tral avenue last: night the drivers,
Mr. Bob Myrick, and Mrs. Scott Wal
ker, were not hurt. The truck turn
ed over and the back wheels suffered
slight damage and the radiator of the
touring car was smashed. Mr.
Myrick coming at a good speed
thought he would be able to pass the
Walker car, going slowly, with a safe
margin and missed his calculation to
that extent. Mr. Myrick was for
tunate in escaping injury from his
overturning truck.
Delegates To State
Democratic Convention
Dr. W. D. Dorminey and Judge
Wade Lasseter were the accredited
delegates to the State convention at
Macon Wednesday. Judge J. R. Hor
ton and J. L. Frazer were the alter
nates. . |
SCHOOL BOARDS HOLD JOINT MEETING;
HIGH SCHOOL MAY BE DESIGNATED AS
COUNTY WIDE, FREE TO RURAL PUPILS
SIX O’CLOCK CLOSING
ANNOUNCEMENT
lo the People of Fitzgerald and
Vicinity:
Beginning on Wednesday,
October 13th, we will close our
doors at six o’clock except on
Saturday evenings, when we
Wwill close not later than ten
o’clock.
We know from experience
that our employes can render
more efficient service when the
working hours are not so long,
and we believe that the public
will be only too glad to co
operate with us in this move
ment. :
Signed:
J. H. Churchwell
Majors Company
R. I. Maffett, The Bazarr
The Toggery
Russell Brothers
. Lee’s Department Store.
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FITZ-HI ELEVEN LOSES
TO CORDELE, SCORE 6-3
Fitz-Hi lost to Cordele last Friday
in one of the most thrilling football
games ever played on the local grid.
The score of the game was 6 to 3.
This was by far the best game played
so far. Fitz-Hi won 'from Ashburn
last week by the score of 10-0. |
Cox, captain of the Cordele team,
was badly injured in the last quarter,
having to be carried off the field. For
Cordele Cox at end and B. Willi}lms
at half back starred.
Jor Fitz-Hi Miller at quarter back
and Gringr starred. Griner got Fitz-
Hi’s score, a field goal in the second
quarter. In the line Davis and Wil
cox starred.
The line-ups:
F H. S: Cordele
Moore ¥ & Strozier
McDonald ) -t Ryals
Crenshaw L g J. Williams
L. Williams c. Hunt
Wilcox r. g Lasseter
Davis S McGeecher
Maffett r. e Cox (c¢)
Miller q-bi Powers
Griner 1. h.b. Dominick
Adams (c¢) r. h. b. B. Williams
Justice b Rogers
The score by quarters:
Cordele ..___.._..o 0 0 6—6
PoH S 90 8 008
Friday Was Unlucky
Day For Motorists
Friday was an extremely unlucky
day for motorists on the Dixie High
way, south, as four wrecks were re
ported during the night, but fortu
nately with no casualities, though
several of the cars were in more or
less state of demolishment. |
’HUSSEY AND BOWLES
GET ELECTRIC CONTRACT
Hussey and Bowles have the con
tract to install the electric lighting
and fixtures in the Leonard Brothers
new building on South Grant street,
which is one of the largest contracts
of this nature let in the city for some
time.
OLD SETTLERS PICNIC AT
BLUE AND GREY PARK
' All colonist that came to Fitzger
ald between 1895 and 1900 are most
cordially invited to meet at the Blue
and Grey Park on October 26th.
Picnic dinner. Bring well filled bas
kets. Dinner at the noon hour.
" There will be short talks by many,
giving reasons why they came +to
Fitzgerald. Come one and all and
have a good social time with the old
colonists. If too cold or stormy to
meet in ‘park, will . meet in W. R. C.
Hall.
By order of Committee.
Mary: A. Green,
Frances Beauchamp,
Zilla Linnerman.
LIBRARY REPORT FOR
MONTH SEPTEMBER, 1926
Amount spent from city ap
propriations _ . ______sl96.o9
Fines -0t o 0 O e 12D
Books circulated:
Adult-Fietion +.+ - . 2826
Adult Non-Fiction ________ 1012
June oo - S SOBS
Taotal > oo - GOBB
New Borrowers ___________ 14
New Books Added ________ 31
Books Discarded __________ 10
\Reading Room Attendance__ 2418
PUBLISHED EVERY
THURSDAY BY THE
LEADER PUBLISHING CO.
Vol. XXXVI—No. 41.
Dr. W. D. Dorminey, J. B. Russell,
G. H. Jolley and G. A. Petty, with
Supt. G. E. Usher, representing the
City Board of Education, and Messrs.
R. R. Dorminey and Walter Robitzsch
with Supt. J. H. Bullard, representing
the Board of Education for the coun
ty, met at the high school building
last Friday evening and had under
consideration the selection of the
Fitzgerald High School for pupils of
high school attainments from the
rural sections. Dr. Dorminey, as
president of the local board, presided
at the meeting.
According to a report furnished by
Supt. Usher, 39 pupils from the rural
schools are already enrolled in the
local high school, paying tuition,
there being 11 in the eighth grade,
13 in the ninth, 11 in the tenth and
4 in the eleventh grade.
Under a special act of the legisla
ture $lOOO is available annually for
the county having an accredited high
school, and it is for that reason and
to make the local schoo! available to
a greater extent to the rural stu
dents, that the conference was held.
Talks were made by Supt. Bullard,
Dr. Dorminey, I. Gelders and Wesley
R. Walker, endorsing the project. It
appears to be the consensus of the
City Board of Education that the
project is feasible and Supt. Bullard
was requested to secure the exact in
formation from the State department
in regard to the steps to be taken by
the two boards for the consumation
of the project.
A joint meeting of the two boards
was agreed on, upon the call of Supt.
Bullard, when the needed data was
in his possession.
FEDERAL RESERVE SAVES
DUBLIN BANK FROM RUN
Macon, Gd:——-g elivery of approxi
mately $750,000 in currency to the
First National Bank of Dublin, from
three Macon banks, stopped a run on
the Dublin institution which began
Saturday and continued Monday
morning.
The First National Bank appealed
to the Federal Reserve Bank in At
lanta for immediate aid, which was
granted, but the problem was to get
the money to Dublin. .
The Fourth National Bank, Macon
National Bank and the Citizens and
Southern Bank of this city were au
thorized to supply the money and the
Federal Reserve Bank would ship an
equal amount here.
Two Macon motorcycle officers ac
companied the car in which the
‘money was carried to Dublin.
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| JACKSONVILLE BRIDGE
| smrs :’CAR gfi E‘?rl}gllzNEGsAs’E
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; Jacksonville, Fla. — Southbound
“traffic over the St. Johns river bridge
'xduring the month of September
‘showed a substantial increase over
‘the preceding month, according to
the report for the month presented
to the Duval board of county com
‘missioners by J. E. Creech, bridge
superintendent.
Heavy tourist travel was noted in
the report, with 5,882 cars from 45
states, carrying 16,138 passengers,
passing over the bridge southbound
during September. Georgia topped
the list with 1,767 cars carrying 4,-
899 passengers. North Carolina was
second with 382 cars and 1,025 pas
sengers. One car was registered from
Hawaii. :
The report stated that $87,802.36
was: turned over to the bridge bond
trustees on October 1, bringing the:
total amount turned over to. the’
trustees. to $1,100,380.12 since the''
opening of the bridge on July 1;
1921. %
Average daily receipts dropped
from $1,235.41 in August to $972.75
in September, the report stated.
H. B. CHESNUT SERIOUSLY
| INJURED BY LIVE WIRE
! Mr. H. B. Chesnut, an employee of
the Bowen Telephone Co., in charge
|of their Nashville exchange, was se
! riously injured when he came, in con
3tact with a live wire at Nashville
. while he was repairing one of his
telephone wires.
! Mr. Chesnut was for a number of
years employed in the local exchange
‘and has a number of friends in the
city who will sympathize with him in
his mishap. Yog cidw oz A
Late information from the.;bgdnifig‘
at the Valdosta hospital is te the ef
fect that he is not in any danger.