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NUMBER 15
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NO PLAN SUGGESTED
‘Meeting Will Give All Farmer:
. Opportunity to Suggest
~ ATLANTA, March 24—With the
‘announcement of James R. Howard
_president of the’ American' Farm Bu
. reay Federation that he had set Apri
26, as the date for a mass meeting ir
Atlanta of all agricultural interests tc
- consider plans for the formation of :
‘cotton: marketing plan, and plans fo
-‘the co-operative marketing of all othe;
- farm products, President R. A. Kelly
of the Georgia Farm Bureau Feder.
ation announces that work will be
started at once for the April meeting
-At 'the’ recent. state corvention' o
the Georgia F&m Bureau Federation
Mr. Howard told the four - hundred
delegates that the American Farm
Bureau Federation was ready to aid
~the southern farmers whenever they
desired, and a resolution was unani
mously adopted asking that Mr. How
- ard appoint a date for a mass meeting.
. No definite plan will be offered, nor
‘will it be compulsory on the atien
- dants to adopt any prepared plan, but
consideration will be given every plan
_that is offered. The American Feder
ation recently adopted a plan for the
marketing of grain, prepared by a com
mittee of seventeen after many months
of woark. This plan is said to be one
. of the best co-operative plans that has
“ever been devised, and it will be put in
to operation this season.
Delegates from all farmer’s orggn
izations, representatives of the federal
and state departments of agriculture,
and representatives of all agricultural
schools will be invitéd to attend, and
it is hoped ‘that out of the meeting
there will be evolved a plan that will
prove of immenge value to the cotton
planters. ; .
President Kelley announced that or
ganization work in several counties of
the state where there are no farm bu-
Teaus would be pushed with much vig
or, and that he was optimistic over
the ‘outlook for the bureau federation
in Georgia: J. G. Oliver, of Athens
has been appointed secretary of the
federation, and has taken up his new
pduties. Complete nnouncement of the
plans for the meeting on April 26th
will be made later,
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Health Inspection For |
‘School Children Asked
Hospital Auxiliary Endorses Proposal
g at Wednesday Meeting
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_The members present at the Hos
pital Auxiliary meeting yesterday af
_ternoon -at Carnegie Library must
have been impressed with at least
three pleasing features. First of all,
the bright inspiring manner of our
mew presiding officer, Mrs. W. E.
Yeatman, the delightful comic sketch
es given by Miss Chatman at the
end of the business program and the
‘Pleasant half hour “over the tea
cups” arranged by Mrs. S. L. Smith,
social chairman,
_ The devotionals were conducted by
‘Mrs. Lula Shephard and Mrs. I. P.
‘Tyson. Committee reports were sub
mitted. Plans for aiding these com
mittees fmancially were discussed, as
glues are used exclusively for charity
work.
The plan of the president to work
for medical inspection of eyes, ears
‘and throats of all school children in
the fall, met with hearty endorsement
and the further plan of arranging a
free clinic for the treatment of those
unable to pay was discussed. Doc
tors and school teachers know better
than even the parents generally do
~how the neglect of some of these
common defects in children, retard
their mental growth. ,
. As an entertaining feature well
<chosen clippings were distributed for
miscellaneous teading and “som'e
splendid scrap books made by Mrs.
J. C. Glover, Mrs. M.- M. Stephens
Mrs. W. D. Dorminy and Mrs. A. J.
‘McDonald for use of children and
“elders who might be deprived of
reading while patients were inspected
. with much interest. Members should
*g*imfi&e that the r'egulardmzet; ,
~ings occur the fourth Wednesday of
“each :moni? at the Library, ’that‘
1921 dues dre now payable. .
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QUITMAN ELEVATOR
§ BURNS; LOSS $75,000
(By International News Service)
QUITMAN, March 24—The
Thomas elevator with a large
quantity. of peanuts and corn
burned this morning, The loss
was $75,000. Spontaneous com
bustion is given as the cause,
“FORCE GERMANY”
A ‘
General Says to Invade to Heart
of Germany if Needed
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REDS SEIZE SHIPYARDS
While Allies Harras New Re
public, Communists Rebel
(By International News Service)
PARIS, March 24—The Interal
lied Reparafions Commission today
handed to the German embassy a note
refusing to accept the German con
tention that Germany is incapable of
paying indemnity demanded y the
entente under the terms of the Treaty
of Versailles. The commission also
sent a long communication to the
allied governments contaning recom
dendations for further penalties.
If necessary we will advance into
the very heart ‘of Germany says the
Figaro today, quoting Foch as saying,
we ‘shall only obtain from Germany
what we go for and take by force. |
BERLIN, March 24—Martial law
has been proclaimed at Hamburg as
a result of a communist uprising. A
dictator has been appointed. Nearly
a score are reported killed in clashes
between troops and communists while
the communist are occupying the
shipyards and attacking government
buildings in Hamburg. Sy
Food And Drug Men
Convene In Atlanta
ATLANTA, March 24.—The annual
convention of Southeastern Food and
Drug Officials will be held in Augusta
March 28 and 29. A hundred or more
delegates from several states, and
many prominent officials from Wash
ington, New York, and many other
large northern cities, are expected to
attend.
Among the prominent officials ex
pected to attend is Carl Alsberg, chief
of the bureau of chemistry at Wasr
ington, D. C. ; : ;
Federal, state and municipal food
and drug experts will take part in the
discussion at the convention. :
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J. F. Emerson, of Macon, general
chairman of the Brotherhood of Lo-1
comotive Engineers of the Central of
Georgia railroad is in Fitzgerald
today in conference with the Atlanta,
Birmingham and Atlantic strikers,
He addressed tiie men at their mass
meeting in the Odd Fellows hall this
‘morning.. A
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}lrwm Superior Court
' To Try Murder Case
- The case of . Reason Roberts,
charged with, the: murder of J.''W,
Batts, is set for trial in Irwin su~
perior couit next weel: The alleged
slaying occered last October. frwin
court is_grinding ‘on unimportatit
idfitwu this week and will prob
bly tace up the criminal docket
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NEWS OF THE WORLD DAILY BY INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE.
FITZGERALD, BEN HILL COUNTY, GEORGIA THURSDAY ,MAR. 24, 1021,
GLENN E. PLUMB .
Committee Goes to Waycross to
~ Bring Speaker Here #
SPEAKS TO PUBLIC
Unions Invite Public to Opera
House 11 a. m. Friday :
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| Glenn E. Plumb, world famous
‘attorney and railroad expert author of
‘the Plumb plan of railroad operation
and ownership, will speak at Grand
Opera ‘House at 11 o'clock Friday
morning on ‘T'he Railroad Situation
in the United States.” No admission
will, be charged and the public is
cordjally invited by the federated unt
ions of this’ district, under whose
auspicés he speaks. : |
W. M. Martin, chairman' of the.
joint federation committee represent
ing ‘the thirteen crafts of Atlanta,l
Birmingham and Atlantic railroad
employes, and’C, R. Davis motored‘
to Waycross this morning to bring
Col. Plumb to- Fitzgerald after he]
concludes a speech to the public atl
Waycross. Reservations have been
made wPlumb fat the Aldine
hotel for tonight and* tomorrow., He|
will probably return to Wa_shinqt'on,l
D; .G after his speech here,
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U. S. Detectives
- Are Sentenced
Neuf and Zimmer Found Guilty
of “Assumption of Power”
BOSBACH, Baden, March 24th-
Carl Neuf and Franz Zimmer, Ameri
can detectives, have been sentenced
to terms in prison -in crgglninal cou(rf
here for “illegal assumpti®n of pow
er” in attempting to arrest and ab
duct Grover C. Bergdoll, ‘American
draft evader, in Eberbach last Jan
uary. Neif, against whom a charge
of “inflicting bodily injury,” had been
performed, was sentenced to jail for
fifteen months, while Zimmer’s term
in prison was fixed at six menths,
The additional ‘charge against Neuf
arose from a bullet wound suffered
by a young woman wl;’en a revolver
was fived during the attempted abe
duction.
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Baptists Invite All
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} To Attend Revival
Our meeting begins next Sunday
Dr. J. M. Haymore will arrive from
Waycross on Monday and will do
the preaching during the meeting.
Brother Hamore is 2 great man
of God-and we are fortunate in se
curing his services.
. On behalf of the church, I extend
4 most cordial invitation to all the
'people of Fitzgerald to give us your
prezce and prayers during this
meeting. Each one of you can help
us by bringing someb@dy with “you
or by speaking to some one_ daily
about the meeting. We shall thor
oughly appreciate your sympathy and
help in any way, -
‘Your servant in Christ Jesus,
_ J. E. SINGLETON, Pastor.
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Suspend Rate Raise
~ On Coal In Cor Lots
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’ (By International News Service)
WASHINGTON, March 24—The
Interstate Commerce Commission’ to
day further suspended until April the
twenty-seventh ‘the operation of .the
| increase of twenty cents net per ton
in’ coal rates in carload lots from the
points on the Cumberland Railroads
Yo points on the L. & N. in Alabama)
NO TRACE FOUND GF
“TRAIN WRECKERS”
(By International News Service)
ATLANTA, March ~24.—Although
no . night trains ‘are running, an
nouncement was made today by the
Atlanta, /Birmingham and Atlantic
that all classes of freight are being
accepted. Passenger and freight
seryice is re-established on alf parts
of the system, according to officials,
but ‘complete schedules have not yet
beem attempted.
No ‘trdte of persons who? it is
charged by company officials, = mis
placed switches at Douglas and Thal
man, has been discovered.
U. S. RUSSIA TRADE
State Depaitment Is Asked For
Conference by Lenine
TO ‘- SEND {DELEGATIOI\LI
Note Claims No Desire to Inter
~ vene in Our Affairs | -
WASHINGTON, March 24.,—Con
sideration by the United States of the
question of resuming trade relations
with Russian Soviet gov&%ment ap
peared today to be a_possibility when
State Department announced the re
ceipt of a message from Lenine, the
Russian leader, appealing far a con
ference and announcing that he stood
ready to send an official d-legetion to
this country for the purpose of nego
tiating an agreement to that end,
Gavernment offivials ‘were careiu!
not to commit themselves as to the
course* that may be taken, but -4here
were indications that the closest
scrutiny had been given the recently
inegotiated British-Russian trade and
that. already a-somewhat broader in
terpretation ‘had ‘been given the regu
latrons that defingd the Wiison ad
ministration’s policy in dealimg with
the "Bolshevik Government,
“he text of the Russan - |
;which-‘in‘proposing opening trade re
lations between the two countries said
“for that purbose the relations be
‘tween the two republics have %o be on
‘the whole regularized,” was issued
‘without comment. It.was addressed
to the United States Congress and to
‘President Harding and contained an
arraignment of President Wilsgn for
his policy in dealing with Russfa. The
hope was expressed that the United
States would not continue to follow
“obdurately” the course taken by
President Wilson who, the note . de
clared “without cause and without any
declaration of war” had attacked Rus
sia and “showed during his whole ad
ministration ‘a growing hostility to
ward the Russian Republi&%'
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James Cardinal Gibbons
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pf Baltimore Is Dead
(By International News Service)
BALITIMORE, March 24.—James
Cardinal Gibbons, archbishop of Bal
timore, one of the leading Catholic
prelates in the whole world died ‘here
at 11:33 o'clock today. He was in
his eighty-seventh year.
The death had been expected since
late yesterday when he lapsed into a
comma, from which he never rallied.
His death was due to a general break
down superinducted by a heavy cold.
BALTIMORE, March 24—With
practically all hope abandoned for
the recovery of Cardinal Gibbons
and ~doubt expressed by - attending
physicians that' the venerable prelate
will again regain consciousness, the
latest report from the bedside of the
stricken churchman this morning was
that the Cardinal may die at any
moment or may linger two or three
days. ] :
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Engineer Fined For
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Violating Ordinance
A. Mabry, who was engineer on
No. 111, the locomotive whose wheel
was burned off yesterday afternoon,
was fined $5.00 by Mayor J. L. Pitt
man in Mayor’s Court this morning
for blowing his whistle in the city
limits, in violation of a city ordinance.
The complaint was made by P. C.
Collins, former conductor, and J. V.
Griner.
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Registration Brisk l
"~ For City Primary
Women Voters Begin Regiater-|
ing for Contest April 18 |
--Interest in the city primany. ril
18th when five aldermenw_;"*w be
picked from seven ‘who have an
nounged and either Drew W, Paulk
[or L. L. Griner named for mayor, is
growing and registration has been
brisk for the last three days. Only
(about 160 voters are registered, in
cading, abot ity of e rsely
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Philip W. Brown, St. albans,
Vermont, is the champion corn
grower of the state. He raised
79.85 bushels to the acre—pruving
to the westera boys that rocl.
bound farms of the New Enzland
states are m;" “worked out” as
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Lack of Lubrication Said to
Have Caused Mishap Here
TRAIN RUNNING SLOW
Would Have Caused Serious
~ Wreck Had Speed Begn Fast
Lack of lubrication and attention
to the engine is said by railroad men
to have caused the “journal” of En
gine No. 111 to burn, melting off
the rear right wheel of ' the engine
truck between;Lee and Johnson street
yesterday eaning about 6. o’clock.
-The engine was running slowly at
the time the accident occured. The
wheel was so hot from unlubricated
friction that the carbon caked on its
surface caught fire after it had torn
loose frdm the axle and caused a
slight blaze on the wooden cross! ties,
The blaze was extinguished = with a
bucket of water. |
- Had the locomotive ' been running
at any great speed, the accident would
have caused a serious wreck, accord
ing to railroad men interviewed by
the Leader. Because of the slow
ness of the speed, the truck simply
dropped to the track, and the train
was ' stopped before the train had a
chance to leave the rails. It wassthe
first ‘accident of its kind on the A,
B. & A. in sixteen years, according
to Conductor C. L. Fox. :
The locomotive was marked in sev
eral places with white chalk, “O. K.”,
which ordinarily means that the ma
chinery so marked had been inspect
ed before it started on its run. The
locomotive had pulled a light freight
train, consisting of three cars and
a caboose, from Brunswick. It takes
a long distance for frictjon to 'cause
sufficient heat to burn dt,a journal,
according to Mr. Fox.
Building Resumi
ing Resuming
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While Lumber’s Low
Lumber Market Shows Little
Activity; Low' Prices
Concerning conditions ‘in the lum
ber tradé; the American Lumberman
says: “The trend of buildin activities
may be likened to the farglr's boy,
who, after getting his st} in the
country, goes to the big city. In just
this way building first showed signs
of revival in the country districts and
ever since has gradually been mov
ing toward the large cities until build-,‘
ing today has begun to awaken in the
larger cities, such as. Chicago. The
greatest activity in. the cities, broad
ly speaking, is to be noted in the
outlying districts and in thé suburbs,‘
but nevertheless here and there flat
buildings and business blocks are
being built.
“In the meantime the wholesale
lumber market remains quiet, with
the total volume of orders decidedly
below normal for this season of the
year. ‘lndustrial consumers are buy
ing from hand to mouth, filling or
ders in here and there when stocks
become broken. Except in very rare
instances this division of the trade
has not anticipated its requirements
very far ahead. Retail lumbermen
are buying 'slightly more lumber,
but on the whole the volume of these
pltrchases is below the volume of re
tall sales. In other words retail lum
bermen are cutting down the size of
their stocks and are :fo_mbuygng for
future requirements, For' ‘that mat
ter, however, it would be diffic q
place any great volume of h%;
for future delivery as manufactir
generally are only willing to take on
sufficient business at present prices
to enable them to keep their crews
together by running part time. Prices
‘haye not shown ' any appreciable
change and the spread in tkmgrket
(the . difference between hrfil
price and the low price on .some
grades) is unusually wide and bar
gains at cut prices can be secured,
but-on the whole ‘tzmm shows
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SCHOOLS EFFECTEL
Eureka to Consolidate Tempor
arily with Evergreen '
EXTEND SCHOOL TERM
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Dorminey. and Horton Conséli
date with Ashton School *
Five Ben Hill County schools have
been ' consolidated into two and the
schaol term in four of them, which has
been six mionths, will be extended to
eight months for the 1921-1922 school
year, it was stated today by Superen
tendent J. H. Bullard of the county
schools. ik - 2
Eureka «and'iHortém ~schools will be
consolidated effective with the opening
of 'schnol Octpber Ist this year. Both
were formerly one-teacher schools but
according . to the: consolidation ' plan
three teachers will be retained next
year. A new school house will be built
at a site to be selected by a committee
composed of R. R. Dorminey, R. L.
Robitsch and W. M, Williams., . ;
According to tentative plans, the
new Eureka-Evergreen school will be
a wooden building as the citizens of
that section of the county look toward
a further conselidation in the future
and do not intend to tie up a large sum
of the county’s money in a brick school
}buil'ding which may later be discarded.
- Dorminey and Horton schoolg will
be consolidated with Ashton High
school. Seven teachers will form the
Ashton faculty and it i 3 probable that
one of them will be an agrict_xltux‘al ex
pert with a large past of his salary
paid by the United States govérnment,
The county schools all close April
Bth this year and preparations are on
foot for big commencement programs
at Ashton, Lynwood, and Dorminey
High School.
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Hearing Continues In
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Judge Sibley’s Court
Hooper Alexander Aids Branch
Howard for- Strikers
The postponed hearing of the pe
tition' of the fourteen brotherhood
unions for a revocation of the court
‘handed dwn by Judge 'Sibleyauthori
zing Col. B. L. Bugg, receiver, to re
‘duce wages of the men, was taken up
again Tuesday aftrioon at 3:00
o’clock. . Shortly after the case was
opened District Attorney Hooper
Alexander applied and was granted
permission to intervene on behalf of
the government in defense of the con
stitutionality of the Newlands act,
which, in one section, provides that a
notice of twenty days shall be given
before, employees’ wages are reduced,
The provision of the Newlands act,
imposing a twenty-day notice upon the
receiver, was attacked by his attorneys,
Brandon and Haynes, on the grounds
that the railroad was loosing some
thing like $1,600 a day through the pre
strike wage scale, and to further im
pose - this expenditure upon the road,
which was not making its operating
expenses, amounted to taking the com
pany’s property without due process of
law. o
Concludes Argument \
James A. Branch, of Branch and
Howard, counsel for the striking em
ployees, concluded the argument he
began Saturday, and Attorney Morris
Brandon, representing ‘the railroad,
‘took up the argument for the carrier.
Owing to the fact that the March term
of federal court is now running, the
session’ was very short. Attorney
Brandon will appear before Judge Sib
ley when the heating is resumed ats3
o’clock this afternoon, and complete
his address. . : .
In his speech, Mr. Branch contended
that under the Newlands act the wage
reduction order of the court is null and
void, in that section 9 of the act pro
vides that where a road is in the hands
of a receiver,no reduction /shall be
made in the scale of wages until the
employees have béen given twenty
days’ notice? :
Assails Bugg’s Statement \‘
“Col. Bugg says that shopmen are
not nécessary,” he said, “because trains
are like automobiles and will run a
certain length of time without repairs,
and in proof of this he states that a
train has been operated an entire weék
without repairs or inspection.
“H Col. Bugg attempted to operatey
a railroad on that basis very long he
would pay out much more in damages
than he would have to pay in wages
46. an efficient force of employgé"
" Attorney Brandon began his address
with the statement that the petition
for a revocation of Judge Sibley’s wage
order was based purely on a question
of law. i Erihik
“The road involved serves a large
number of people,” he pointed out,
“and is a systém of considerable extent.
It has been doing its best tooperate
and perform its duties. T has had a
struggle for existence sinice 1918, Ip
had a ggle earlier in its history,
priof to its completion, ¢ finally rid
ded itself of the ~ ;_,:.gff ing
it and began to opera i’& cessiu
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Birmigham asd. Adsntic rain No, 1
Branswiek 10 Fitsgerahl, Wedesday,
and due at Thalmann at 84&335"{;#&
upon approaching - that point, found
the east‘pfi%&%- switch “cock
ed,” with a bolthwedged ~mg,,:’fi
points of the switeh and thcraxfl,j&
was claimed today by, W. Wi Crox
ton, passenger. trafii&%agetl_éfij The
engineer saw the switch po ints_open
in time to stop theaénbm
reaching “ the ‘switch, and 1 o ‘frouble
resulted. 'The Sheriff of Ghrm%JJ
ty, with track dogs, is investigating,
A similar report fromyw
recei;\gd Tuesday -of an alleged at
tempt to wreck A. B. & A. passenger
train' No. 4. Latest reports to the
receiver from Douglas stnte%g '
derailment of this train near Dougl s
on Tuesday morning was c*“fied‘
the throw-rog connecting the switch
with the switch-stand, being discon
nected at the stand, and the switch
points set to the * side-track . and
wedged, while the target ‘showed
“Safe”. The bolts that were removed
when the rod was disconnectéd were
found in the grass about mfim§
from the switch. V‘{h?en about: ten
car lengths from the switch the en
gineer saw the points standing open
but was unable 'to bring the{.&mtfi
a full stop befare passing over the
switch. : g
Passenger service now being oper
ated is daily daylight service in each
direction, ,co_\‘rering . the entire fine,
including the Wayeross Division, with
triple daily 'service between Bruns
wick and Thalmann, where connec
tion is made with mainliné trains of
the Seaboard Air Line to and from
the North and Florida points.. =
Passenger trains will contintie to.
depart from and arrive' at' Haynes
Street Station, Atlanfa, until further
notice. gl
Local freight service is being op
erated and extra trains wherever ton
nage justifies. This service is now
providing for the needs of r&ewm
and shippers of freight reached by
this line, according to M# 'Croxton.
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For M. E. Institute
Sunday Schools To Hear Prominent
~ Churchmen At Rochelle. -
Vienna, Ga.; March 23—The Sunday
School Institute of the Cordele district
of the Methodist Church, to be held at
Rochelle, March 30th and 3lst, bi
fair to prove one of the mast intergg :
ing, as well as the most largely atte
ded of any simi‘ar meeting held in. this,
Section ‘of the State. v
Among the speakers are A. N, Rees,
Presiding Elder of the District, §, D,
Smith, President of South-Georgia Col
lege; John M. Ouiler.Presideng;,ojfifgfip‘
Conference Sunday School Board; J.
A. Harmon, Director of the Christiam
Education Movement of the South
Georgia Conference, anmd many M
whose knowledge of Sunday Scheol
Work entitles them to high mh?&
‘councils of the Chf'. o a
Al Sunday Schoßls in the District
are expected to send delagates, an:
'Rev. M. W. Carmichael, Pastor of the
local church, is making plans to ‘en
tertain bountifully all who
tend. The Institute will be ige
of Rev. G. E. Clary, District Dirgetor,
‘and A. W. Rees, Presiding Elder. =
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HACKENSACK, N. J.; March 288
—Four bandits in an auto mobile
morning held up the paymastre G
Bellman Brook Bleachery, -giilt
the bag with the pay roll of §
escaped. L
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