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TUESDAY
EDITION
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WEATHER: GEORGlA—Showers
?Late Tonight or Wednesday.
'A. B.& A. CANNOT MEET PAY ROLL TODAY
GOVERNMENT AFTER
Prosecute Fifty-nine “Little Fel
lows” in Macon Court ; ‘
INDICT ACCUSED BOYSi
‘Will Jail Those Who Stole Smail
Sums During War }
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(By International News Service) ‘
¢* MACON, March 15—Taking of
testimony ‘in the Federal Court in the
cases of fifty-nine defendants, under
indictment for conspiracy to rob the
American Railway Express Company
of a million dollars worth of goods,
b»iig:an today.
ive others who were indicted
pleaded guilty and will be the main
witnesses against the remaining fifty
"nine, twelve of whom reside in Macon.
The others are scattered over Geor
gia, Alabama and Tennessee. Twen
ty of those jndicted were messengers.
The others conductors, baggage men
enginemen and agents of the express
company. - '
CHARGE YOUTHS WITH '
STEALING MONEY MAIL
| (By International News Service)
ATLANTA, March 15.—Indict
ments were returned today by the
Federal Grand Jury against H. C.
Hammocks and W. D. Lewis, youth
tul Postal clerks who admitted to
taking an unregistered package con
taining $17,000 from the ‘mail two
months ago. It is also charged that
other money has disappeared from
tl}e( mail, i
LEAPS TO DEATH FROM
BROOKLYN BRIDGE
;@W YORK, March 15—A man
b%%ved to be Vrachyeck Gex was
instantly killed today when he leaped
one hundred feet from Brooklyn
Bridge into the East River. A pass
ing lighter rescued his body.
TURKISH STATESMAN -
ASSASSINATED
*(By International News Service)
BERLIN, March. 15—Talaat Pa
sha, former minister in the Turkish
cabinet and long a power in Turkish
National affairs, was assassinated. here
by an Armenian today.
Abbevile, Rochelle, '
Douglas and Ocilla
Readers Attention:
If a general strike is called on all railroads in the
Southeast, the Leader Publishing Company will
start two automobile routes with its daily paper
out of Fitzgerald the day it is called. One route
will carry six hundred papers to Ocilla and Douglas
and one will carry four hundred paper§ to Abbe
ville and Rochelle. We want to get in touch AT
ONCE with a live wire man in each place who will
be competent to handle the local distribution of the
Daily Leader.
Should a general strike be called, mail service
will be cut off entirely, no big city dailies will reach
this section, and the Leader, by automobile, carry
ing the telegraphic news of the world by Interna
tional News Service, will be your only reliable com
munication with the outside world. The demand
will be large enough to enable a hustler to make
considerable money as agent for them. .
The following schedule will be put in effect in
case a general strike is called and the out of town
circulation of the paper will be limited as specified
in order to conserve our supply of newsprint paper:
Arrive Ocilla; 300 copies, 4:15. ‘
Arrive Douglas, 300 copies, 4:45. :
Arrive Abbeville, 200 copies, 4:30.
Arrive Rochelle, 200 copies, 4 :45. ;
Responsible parties should wire or write AT
ONCE giving at least two references in order that
contracts and instructions may be forwarded and
the organization for a satisfactory distribution sys
tem perfected, immediately. No applications after
Friday. ‘
ADDRESS— : !
- CIRCULATION MANAGER,
LEADER PUBLISHING COMPANY,
: ; FIIZGERALD,' GA. : 4
THE FitZGERALD LEADER
VOL. 1, NO. 8.
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Shop Foremen Join
. Men In Walk Out
Eleven at Fitzgerald; Two at Bruns
wick Leave A. B. & A. Service
The foreman of the several depart
ments of the Atlanta Birmingham &
Atlantic Railroad shops at Fitzgerald
and two at the Brunswick terminals
quit the service of the road and
joined the men who had been out for
the eight previous days, it became
known here today.
' The foremen wha_walked out Sun
day in Fitzgerald are George Mc
‘Googin, of the blacksmiths, C. T.
Skinner, of the air brake men, Bob
Drake of the sheet metal workers,
W. C. Hunter, of the round house and
back shop, I. A. Cardwell of the
moulders, J. N: Ralston of the boiler
makers, Scott Walker of the plan
ning mill, N. M. Jordan, of the paint
ers, E. L. Wilder of the car depart-‘
ment, R. R. Jones of the steel car
'workers, A. D. Dalee, of the coach
~shed. At Brunswick A, H. Brown,
‘general foreman, and Randall Bryan,
general yardmaster, walked out. J. B.
Davenport, yardmaster here, had left
‘the service with the men on March
Sth.
J. W. Plemons, general yardmaster
at Manchester, also ‘walked according
to ‘information reaching = here last
lfiight. T. H. Dean, roadmaster at
Nicholls, it is understood, was asked
by the receiver to leave the service.
'He was replaced by Mr. John Kirk
land.
W' The foremen did not “strike” on
}'orders‘ from union officials but pur
sued the same course in severing their
liactive connection with the road as
did the men the previous Saturday,
simply walked out, o
FREE WAGON W
FOR ' ARMERS
The Fitzgerald Supply Company
has built quarters in the rear of
their stores on East Pine Street, to
care for forty or more teams of
visiting farmers which are free to
all comers. This liberal move of
+ Mr. Smith will be appreciated by
our farmer visifofs,”as = 4 wagon
yard has long been needed here. ’
Mr. and Mrs. Lon Wilder and Mr.
and Mrs. J. M. Branham spent Mon
‘day in Cochran with relatives.
'I'TITZGERALD, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, MARCH 15th, 1921,
Grantham Tells Women Dangers
. That Confront Them In Political Life
Assistant Solicitor General Ad
. vises Steering Clear of =
f Pious Demagogues }
“Use Your Intuitions to Pick
Well Rounded Officials”
He Tells W.C.T. U.
. Attorney Jesse Grantham, assistant
solicitor general of the Cordele Judi
cial Circuit, last week addressed the
local chapter of the Woman’s Christ
jan Temperance Union on the “State
‘and Its Perils.” Col. Grantham di
vided his subject into three general
divisions, Religion, Law and Politics.
‘Ccl. Grantham’s remarks on the polit
ical phase of the state’s dangers is, in
full, as follows:
“Beware Pious Demagogues”
, “The greatest danger that confronts
women in their new role is the lack
of knowledge of methods employed
by what we term politicians. Dema
gogues, both men, and women, are
at work at this time to play upon the
voting woman by professing great
Christian virtues and moral attributes.
My warning to you is, to go slow in se
lecting men and women for office,__as
certain all you can as to his or her
general fitness.
“I entered politics at the age of
twelve, so I think I can speak with
some first hand information on poli
tics. I want to say to you that in this
day and time, there is more hypoc
risy, more duplicity, more double
dealing and more disregard for
the reputation and character in poli
tics than any other phase of life. We
men have often mistaken the real is
sues and often mistaken the character
of the office seeker (and here is prob
ably where that innate intuition ot
woman will be superior to men) in
engineering our politics. As stated,
the demagogue, mountebank, the pro
moter of his or her political prestige,
is now planning to secure the votes
of women by great professions of
piety.
“I want to say that I have known
men that have made no profession to
being a paragon of virtue elected to of
fice and who made the very best of of
ficers. " The demagogue, the- political
mountebank, will endeavor to convince
you that the supreme, the paramouni
issue, in all politics is morals. Mark
my prediction, that in the near future
there will be a few men and women
who desire to promote their own po
litical - prestige, who will base theis
candidacy for office alone upon mor
als, because that he knows that the ma
jority of our women in this country
are first and foremost moral and be
lieve in them . and will vote for that
kind of issue.
Consider Moral Element
“Of course, in voting we should all
take into consideration the moral ele
ment as it forms one of the main es
sentials of our life, of our government,
However, there are other and more im
portant things to be taken thought of
in the election of officers, such as the
business end of our government,
schools and various other departments.
There are a great many men and wo?
men who are really and truly religious
and moral, who are incapable of being
’ executives,
“What we need in our executive of
fices is all around men and women,
_conservative, moral and business men.
.No man or woman who can see but
one condition, one issue, one fault, can
make a good officer. What I am try
ing to impress upon you is that you
as women must not lose sight, in se
lecting officers, of all other save the
purely moral issue.
“Knowing as I do, that Southern
women have never taken real active
interest in politics, but have devoted
their attention more to the develop
ment of their children, I firmly be
lieve that for the first few years, and
until you familiarize yourself with
the conditions and the men who might
offer for office, that you should dis
cuss the various candidates and issues
which will come up with your hus
bands, as there are few Georgia Crack:
ers who have not always kept them
selves posted on politics, and who do
not know the ‘character of the man
who may become a candidate. Of
course, there are women' who have
studied politics, and who can be sure
of their ground, and who probably
know more about these matters than
their husbands, but these women are
exceptions, ;
“Womens are human beings and
(By Internationai News Service)
MACON, March 15.—Georgia In
dustrial = Development - Association
opened here this afternoon with W.
C. Vereen of Moultrie presiding over
three hundred manufacturers and
heads of big industrial plants, and
others present.
Governor Hugh M. Dorsey out
lined the purposes of the conference
to develop cooperation in develop
ment of Georgia resources and pro
mote scientific reasearch and expert
‘industrial training of young” men.
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Ashton School Seeks
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' Base Ball Victories
Prepare for Most Imposing Gradu
l ation Exercises Ever Held J
Friday afternoon a baseball game?
'was played at the Fitzgerald High
'School, between the Fitz-Hi nad Ash
ton teams. Those playing on the Ash
ton team were: \
~ Messrs Buford Robetzsch, Herschell
‘Riberts, W. J. Wright, Edd Mayes, Al
ton Walker, Ackard Hayes, Horace
Wright, Paul Dixon, and Arthur
Troupe. ‘
~ The score was five to eleven in fa
vor of Ashton.
Excellent work was done on both
teams and it is needless to say that we
are doubly proud of our boys.
We are planning to play the Cotton
Mill School next Friday, and we cer
tainly hepe that we shall be as success
ful as we have been for the past two
Fridays. :
Among those from Ashton who at
tended the Consolidation Meeting at
Evergreen, Friday were: Misses Flos
sie and Jewell Robitzsch, Josie May
Gaffney, Claire Wilbanks and Ava
Hayes. |
~ We are sorry to state that little Mas
ter Almodia Walker, small son of Mr.
and Mrs. S. R. Walker, is suffering
from a severe attack of pneumonia,
We are planning to have a bigger
and better Commencement than ever’
this year. We have ordered a big
minstrel and several plays, and we feel
fully capable of handling them all as
we have several excellent actors (and
actresses) ,not including those who
h’f::been spoken of as professionals.
Miss Annie Walker is visiting rela
tives in the city this week.
Mr. Crisp J. Sherlock Jr. who has
been employed by the State Highway
Department for several months with
headquarters in Fitzgerald left Satur
day for his home in Americus wherc
he has accepted a pesition in the office
of the same company. Mr. Sher
lock made many friends during his
short residence here who regretted to
see him !cave.
| there will never be a time when they
will vote as one person. They will
vote a great deal like the men, purely
from personal preference. But for a
‘time, I believe that they, should advise
with their husbands and to some extent
take their advice.
Keep Church Out of It
“To sum up, Reformation must first
come from within. No man or woman
can influence or have the genuine de
sire to do so, another, until they are
clean spiritually; no man or woman
has real religion unless he has that
overwhelming impulse in his heart and
soul to tell the world of the sublimity,
of the grandeur of the saving grace of
Jesus Christ.
“As I-have tried to express it, there
is no doubt in my mind that if the
churches and its members will rise to
the situation by going back to real
religion and its teachings, its main pur
pose, the saving of souls and the re
formation of men through the saving
grace of Jesus Christ, en masse gfi
individually, and desist from calling
on the State to enforce religion by
laws, and its ministers and lead
ers occupying their. time with
the various and passing fads and
petty politics, that the fg‘;.fils and dan
gers of the’ present age, will fold
their tents like the Arabs, and as si
lently steal away.’ 4
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Say Strike Breakers
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Are Living At Shops
Is Understood that Large Number
Have Been Quartered There
According to rumors current on the
streets, a large number of strike
‘breakers, the exact number is un
known, have been quartered in the
buildings at the Atlanta, Birmingham
and Atlantic Railroad shops. Bedding
has been placed in the buildings and
‘provisions have beentaken there to
feed the men.
According to best information ob
tainable by the Leader, the strike
breakers are not railroad men but
are mostly prepared largely fo do
common labor with only a few
skilled craftsmen among them. The
“strikers, who have maintained a
picket at the shops and are keeping
close tab of the coming and going of
the strike breakers and the officials
of the road who are on duty here,
have made no effort, it is ‘understood,
to prevent free .passage of strike
breakers and others in and out of
the shops. : f
According to other information
from reliable sources, no effort will
be made by the strikers to stop the
trains now being operated by the
road. The men do not believe, ac
cording to these sources, that the
strike breakers will be competent to
run the trains with satisfaction to
the receiver or to the general* public
and will permit the strike breakers to
operate the trains as long as the re
ceiver can afford to pay the wages
and repair bills of the strike breakers.
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Postmaster’s Jobs Up
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To G.O.P. Congressmen
~ (By International News Service)
- WASHINGTON, March lb.—Rep-l
resentative Fess of Ohio, Chairman of
Republican Congressional Campaign
Committee, has sent a questionaire to
‘.every Republican 'representative in
!quiring if the member favors altera
tion of the Wilson Executive order
‘placing first, second and third class
Postmasterships under the civil ser
vice and thus removing them from
patronage of the party in power. |
It is presumed the action taken at
the instance of President Warren G.
Harding who is to decide whether the
Wilson order will stand or be re
voked. ’
U. S. SENATE .
ADJOURNED
WASHINGTON, March 15.—Sen
ate adjourned sine die at 11:36 o’clock
this morning to reconvene in special
session called by President Harding
next month.
Mrs. M. Rosenberg Sr, Mr. M.
Rosenberg Jr., Mr. Myer Rosenberg
and Mr. Lazarus Crine have returned
to their home in Albany after a de
lightful visit to Mr. and Mrs. Herman
Feinberg on South Main Street.
Croxton Says Both Rate And Wage
Increase Made Under U. S. Control
Statement in Leader that Rate
Increase Was After Return,
Is Questioned
Porter Says that Rate Increase
Was Intended to Cover
| Wage Raises Anyway |
~ We are in receipt of the following
letter from Mr. W. M. Croxton, Pas-‘
senger Traffic Manager of the A. B.
& A. Railway:
Mr. Isidor Gelders, Editor,
Fitzgerald Leader-Enterprise,
Fitzgerald, Ga.
My Dear Mr. Gelders:—
I know you always desire to be fair
in your statements in regard to the
present unfortunate situation created
by strike of employees of A. B, & A.
Railway; I therefore am taking the
liberty of calling your attention to
an incorrect statement contained in
editorial appearing in your issue of
March Bth, realing, as follows:
“Remember-.the present almost
prohibitive freight and passenger
rates were put into effect AFTER
the government had relinquished con
trol of the railroads and the present
scale of pay was fixed BEFORE the
government relinquished control.”
‘This statement is misleading and
SHORT AND SNAPPY
NEWS OF THE WORLD
BY TELEGRAPH
COTTON—Good Middling_____lo/4¢c
No Sales, : No Receiptl
NOTICES POSTED:
’
c £
ROAD IS BROKE”
Strikers Here Must Wait for
February 15th-28th Pay
BUGG SEEKS FUNDS
Says Cause Is That Strike Cut
, Off Road’s Revenues
" (By International Newsg Service)
ATLANTA, March 15—“ On ac
count of lack of funds the payroll can
not be met today.' An effort is being
made to provide funds for this pur-
Jbose”. This notice was posted today
by Receiver B. L. Bugg, of the At-.
lanta, Birmingham and Atlantic,
whose employes are striking against
a wage cut, /
In a statement Col. Bugg said the
notice “spoke for itself” Revenues
‘have been almost entirely cut off since
lthe strike, which became effective
' March sth, said the Receiver.
" While train service is being re
sumed,, the road’s revenues are being
interrupted and for ten days since the
fifth the loss in gross earnings
amounted to $125000. The payroll
approximated $lOO,OOO, and is for the
two weeks ending March Ist, includ
ing money due to fifteen hunlred
union men now on strike.
HOLDS UP $35,000
; IN FITZGERALD
Local bankers stated today that the
failure of the road to meet its pay
“roll today will hold up about $35,000
‘that otherwise would have been
‘turned loose in Fitzgerald today.
"Th‘at was approximately the amount
‘of the March Ist pay roll.
It had been reported here today
‘that the pay checks would reach
Fitzgerald from Atlanta this after
noon to be issued by the freight
agent. Business men and bankers in
close touch with the situation
expressed the opinion that the road
would be able to get funds to meet its
pay roll and the temporary holding
up of the money would cause no in
_convenience here, merely making it
necessary. for merchants to extend
credit a few days longer to the men
concerned. !
Lost Pirs Evaporate
'Says Atlanta Savant
ATLANTA, March 15.—A new and
simple explanation of tie thread bare
puzzle of what becomes of the mil
lions of pins manufactured every day
has been advanced by Professor Wil
liam J. Cole, Atlanta’s aged scientist
'whose researches in many fields en
title him to world remown.
With his customary simple direct
ness, Professor Cole explains that a
pin when exposed to the atmosphere
will rapidly change into a brownish
rust for which the scientific name is
ferrous oxide, and will simply dissolve
into the air and disappear. If you
doubt it, says the professor, put away
a pin and watch it.
might create a decidedly wrong im
pression in the minds of some of your
impartial readers,
" The railroads were taken over by
the United States Railroad Adminis
tration under date of December 27,
1917. General Order 27 of the Unit
ed States Railroad Administration, in
cfeasing wages of all employees, was
made effective January 1, 1918, Gen
eral Order 28 of the Unitéd States
Railroad Administration, increasing
passenger fares to 3c per mile. and
freight rates 25 per cent, was made
effective, as to passenger fares, June
10, 1918, and as to freight rates June
25, 1918. United States Labor Board
Decision No, 2, increasing wages be
came effective on May 1, 1920. After
the railroads were relinquished from
Federal control on February 29, 1920.
Interstate Commerce'Commission au
thorized the following increase in pas
senger and freight rates, Ex Parte 74,
viz.: /
20% as to passenger fares with
* in the South, and
| 25% as to freight rates within
the South, ' ey L
both advances being effective August