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SAT‘§JRDAY EDYTION VOL. I, NUMBER 24 HAPSBURG EFFORT FOR HUNGARIAN THRONE FAILS -Harding Puts Viviani on Notice: “No Cancellation” GERMANY MUST PAY United States to Consider In demnities Collectable (By International News Service) WASHINGTON, April 2—On two broad questions of international pol icy the attitude of the Harding: Ad ministration has already been made clear to Reneé Viviani, the French special envoy to the United States. One is that the United States will stand solidly on the principle that Germany is responsible for the hor rors of the world war and must pay for it to the full extent of her ability. The other is the United States has finished playing the financially ben evolent big brother to the whole world and is beginning to take stock of her assets. Looming large among these assets are debts aggregating ten billion dollars which: European governments owe to the TUnited States and have yet given no indica tion of paying. Viviani has been told, it is under stood as politely as possible, that -if there has been any hope by France or any other FEuropean countries that these sums might be struck off of the international ledgers, the Hopd had best be forgotten quickly. Viviani was informed that the% quicker three debtor nations get their | obligations on some sort of sound fiscal basis with regular interest pay ments the better it will prease the United States. . It is said that Viviani has assured the United States that France fully recognizes her debt to the' United States and desires to undertake the liquidation of the three billion dollars she owes as soon as she is financially able to do so. : BRITISH AMBASSADOR CONFERS WITH HARDING WASHINGTON, April 2—Presi dent Harding and Secretary of State Hughes conferred with Geo. Harvey, next ambassador to Great Britain, to day, taking up International problems. Harvey announced that he will spend | some time in Washington learning thei administration’s policy. The date of sailing will be fixed later, ‘ ® Mrs. J. L. Lupo Dies; To Be Buried Sunday Mrs. J. L. Lupo of Rebecca, sister of Elder J. Fred Hartley of Fitzger ald died yesterday at the local hos pital. She was twenty-two years of age and had been ill only a short while. The deceased will be buried at Rebecca Sunday morning at 11:30 o’clock, Elders J. M, Thomas of Jen nings, Fla, and W. M. Blackwell of Fitzgerald, conducting the services. The funeral procession will leave the home of Elder J. Fred Hartley here at 9:30 o’clock, motoring to Rebecca, a distance off twenty-two miles. The deceased was a daughter of Judge and Mrs. I. G. Hartley of Re becca. She is survived by her hus band, by one sister, Miss Mattie‘ Hartley, three brothers, J. E. Hart ley of Charleston, S. C., D. C. Hart ley and Elder J. Fred Hartley of Fitzgerald. She was a faithful mem ber of the Primitive Baptist church, of Fitzgerald. P. 0. S. of A. Host . . At Big Fish Supper The Patriotic Order Sons of Amer ica entertained the ladies of the P. O. of A. with a most enjoyable fish fry at the W. R. C. Hall Thursday evening. After the regular Thursday sesson of the P. O. S. "of A. the ladies served the bounteous spread of fish and all the “fixings”. Those who were in charge of the evening’s entertainment were Mrs. Dora Kendall, Mrs. W. R. Davis, Mrs H. B. Bruce, Miss Mattie Lamb, Mrs. Jennie Cobb, Mrs. J. F. Greek; Messrs. Addison, T. H. Porter, Dick Owens and Will Hogan. Warm Weather Seen o For Ensuing Week (By International News Service) WASHINGTON, April 2. The forecast for next week in the South Atlantic States is as follows: termper atures near or above noimal; gencr ally fair except rains on Tiesday and Wednesday. ! | || . l Vet el <‘ ! | : 2 WEATHER—Fair tonight and Sun day. 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There are two ?aig of brothers in big league baseball as the seasor pori- for 1921, exp oding the dope.that great players never come. from ¢ <~me household. In the American’ League Cleveland has the great tcA._ng_‘:’r, Steve O’Niel, whose brother, Jimmy O’Neil, is an infielder ‘With the ashington team. l;‘Dojci” Johnsltoné, 'lfil:" basu?an with the evelav,clumps, has a brother mmy also, ¢ two played against h other in the world series last year, the lattes third baseman on the } lvn Nationals, - ‘ : ; Leader Accepted as Second Class Mail Matter by U. S. - LOWER SUBS. RATE Out of Town Subscribers Get Same Rat i i a Rate As m“gl_._tx Beginning today the Fitzgerald Leader, daily, will be sent through the mails at the special rate for news ‘papers and periodicals, much lower than the regular postage rate it has been paying since it was launched nearly four weeks ago. The difference in subscription rate between city and out of town sub scribers the Leader was forced to| make while each daily was mailed with a one cent stamp, is no longer necessary. The rate, in or out of town, will be from this date on: per year $6.00; six months, $3.00; four months, $2,00; six weeks $1.00; one month 75 cents. No out of town subscriptions can be taken for less than one month, Al subscriptions are taken with | the understanding that if the daily | should be discontinued, the unexpired ‘subscription price will be applied on a subscription to the thrice-a-week Leader-Enterprise and Press, at its regular rate, which is half that of the daily paper. The Leader-Enter prise and Press, thrice-a-week, will continue to be published as usual, regardless of the success or failure ’of the daily. g bs e R Thugs Get Payroll And Escape In Auto (By International News Service) | DETROIT, April 2—Five bandits‘ today robbed E. C. Hobard and ‘A.I C. Helmerich of nearly $lO,OOO they drew from the bank to pay off the! Michigan Steel Products employees. The bandits escaped in an auto mobile. MRS. BENNETT IS HOSTESS A delightful compliment to Mrs. Oscar L. Bradshaw who has recently returned from an extended visit to her mother in Opelika, Ala, and Mrs. T. F. Matthews of Atlanta who is the house guest of Mrs. John A. Justice, Mrs. Ulric J. Bennett entertained at rook at her attractive home on West Jessamine street. Handsome vases and baskets filled with fragrant roses adorned the liv ing and dining rooms. Each playing table was topped with a cut glass bon-bon dish filled with salted pecans and mints. Following a most interesting game Mrs. Bennett assisted by Mrs. G. P. Mingledorf served a dainty salad course and tea. ; Among those enjoying Mrs. Ben nett’s charming hospitality were: Mesdames Oscar L. Bradshaw, T. F. Matthews, Louis A. Turner, G. P. Mingledorf, Robert M. Pryor, Wil liam A. Adams, John A. Justice, J. A. Parrott, and George W. Brown. FITZGERALD, BEN HILL COUNTY, GEORGIA SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 1921. METAL MINERS WORKING UNDER POOR CONDITIONS State laws regulating working conditions in metal mines are lax and indefinite, especially in re gard to ventilation, said a state ment by the bureau of mines, based on a survey of metal mines in Montana, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Arizona and oth er states by Daniel Harrington, & mining engineer of the bureau, and by engineers and surgeons of the public health service. “The better -health ¢f coal min ers as compared with metal miners probably is due to the bet ter ventilation of coal mines,” the statement said. | MASTER BUILDERS After Six Weeks Strike, Men Re turn at Old Wages BALLOT IN CHICAGO If Men Accept New Scale $lOO,- 000,000 Work Starts (By International News Service) l BOSTON, April 2nd., Sixteen thousand men employed in building | trades on strike in Greater Boston since January 16th will return to work Monday at the old rate of one dollar an hour pending arbitration. They} struck against a ten per cent cut. CHICAGO BUILDERS TAKING VOTE CHICAGO, April 2nd.,—Prepara tions are under way today for a refer endum vote of 58,000 members of the Chicago Building Trades Council on a proposal to accept a new scale of wages. It is expected that the result will be known by the end of next ‘week. If the scale is accepted, one hun dred million dollars worth of build-, ings will start immediately, employ-, ing thirty-five thousand men. Professor Shoots . - Dean And Suicides (By International News Service) SYRACUSE, N. Y., Aptil 2,—ln structor Holmes Beckwith of the Syr acuse University faculty this moring shot and killed Prof. Herman Whar lon, dean of administration of the col lege. He then turned the revolver up on himself and suicided. The shooting resulted from an argument over the University matters, o Fire Devastates Small . Florida Town Today (By International News Service) RIVER JUNCTION, Fla, April 2. —Fire swept a‘f:y the Marie Hotel, bank, four general stores, a drug store and other storeg today. The loss is $lOO,OOO. \ RAILROAD PAYS OFF | STRIKERS SATURDAY Estimated $20,000 Put in Circu lation Here Today SOUTHERN SHUTS SHOP Eastern aßilroads Leave ScaleS{ to Rail Labor Board o . \ About $20,000 worth of railroad pay checks had been cashed at local banks early this afternoon. That amount is approximately forty per cent of the total amount that will be turned loose to the strikers during ‘the next few days from the A, B. & A. pay roll. Several thousand dol lars worth of checks had been cashed by merchants in payment of bills and will not reach the banks until Mon lday. The strike breakers will not | be paid off until April 15th, according ‘to statement from Receiver B. L. lßugg- ; | (By International News Service) ATLANTA, April 2—Two hun dred mechanics and helpers will be thrown idle by an order of the South ern Railway closing its locomotive heavy repair shops here Monday. l. PENN. RY. WOULD CUT SIGNAL MEN (By International News Service) : PITTSBURGH, Pa, April 2—A twenty per cent reduction in the wages of signalmen was proposed today by the Pennsylvania Railroad. N. Y. CENTRAL LEAVES WAGE TO LABOR BOARD (By International News Service) NEW YORK, April 2—Represen tatives of the New York Central and fifteen hundred employees: in the signal department agreed today to submit the quesiion of reduction of wages to the United States Labor Board. Ultimately the proposal will affect fifteen thousand and is expected to have a far reaching effect on the Central and other railroads. Many Improvements For G. S. & F Road AUGUSTA, April 2. General Manager D. F. Kirkland of the Geor gia and Florida Railroad, connecting this city with Madison, Fla, an nounced Wednesday that work will begin immediately on improving the line becaus of the authorty of the Interstate Commerce Commission to issue receivers’ certificates to the amount of $1,600,000 with a govern ment loan of $BOO,OOO. The loan was granted to retire cer tificates to establish a sinking fund to operate the road and for extensive repairs, among whch will be the re-| duction of the grade from Coatesville to Augusta and the shortening of the road. Several curves will be eliminated, new and heavier rails laid, heavier ballast and the purchase of several new locomotives and passenger cars are ncluded. | i Lecturer Tells Of Fount . Of Youth Here Tonight Prof.. Gilbert Thayer of Washing ton, D. 'C. one of America’s foremost orators and who is now devoting his life to the enlightenment of human ity relative to health and the enjoy ments thercof, is a man of 53 years of age yet in looks and activity the true personification of the youth of thirty. Alas! Ponce De Leon’s dream is now a now a reality, poor old Ponce, traveled in the depths of darkness to an unknown world, to find, (as hc‘ thought) the Fountain of Youth, 1 | the form of a spring, but good old Ponce wasn’t wrong. . No sir-ee Bob! Not by a long shot. Prof. Thayer will tell you that at the Court House tonight, that' good pure water never killed anyone nor kept him from stay ing young, but that's not all. The Prof. has the secret and its yours, for just coming to hear him. The Prof. will speak out on the open lawn to enable all to hear him. In connection with the above, two Scotch boys, late of the Royal Scots, will play their national instruments, the bag pipes. i e S e Mr. and Mrs. Abe Kruger have as their guest at their home on South ‘Main street the latter’s father Mr, S. Kulbersh: of ‘Aelatith: it s BY VICLOP VACLOP Siiiemiiiiioras N (SECOND ARTICLE) If this article attempted to point out the general advantages of the Sapiro plan to the grower, it would not only be covering ground part of which was covered in the first series of “Sapiro Erticles”, and more which was touched upon in yesterday’s discussion, but it would assume the size of a book. This article is meant only to present a few salient reasons why the cotton grower will sign the Sapiro contract more easily than people think, and why he will positively have to deliver on it when it 1s signed. | The farmer universally is ready for some form of co-operative marketing. He realizes his helplessness without it, and the only question in his mind is the matter of method, expense, and effic iency of the organization he is asked to join. As to the method of Sapiro plan organization, the essential thing to be considered is the iron-clad contract covering a period of years Those who know the farmer best will tell you that this feature will attract rather than repel him. First of all, it must be remembered that this is an organization composed exclusively of cotton producers, of whom he is one, and run by an elected delegation of those producers, chosen once a year, in the picking of whom he has as big voice as the biggest cotton grower in the association. In other words, when he signs a con tract with the organization, he is only signing an agreement with himself, as it were, equipped with the same interests, but with better judgment than he, the individual, happens to possess. ‘He will realize what many outsiders who are vaguely in doubt ‘about the Sapiro plan fail to realize ; namely, that while the organi zation is given many powers and aims at many great objects, it will attempt to utilize those powers or attain those objects, only insofar as it can safely do so in the interest of the grower. It IS the grower. .No matter how binding his contract with the association may be, the association can be relied upon, after fulfilling its obli gations to outsiders, to enforce it in only such degree and no more as lies in the interest of its members, of whom he is one. When you present such a plan to the farmer, the first question he asks is not, “Must I stick?” The question is, “Must the OTHER FELLOW stick " | Both he and the “other {fellow” _fist, most undoubtediy, “stick” ; and right there lies the trde viliie and the difference of the California contract, of which the Sapite form is the latest and most efficient. It has been evolved in twenty years of testing in the courts of the states and of the United States. It operates under a special law passed in each state to make it more enfgrceable. The only way the subscriber can avoid its terms is to quit faising the product, leave the state, or die. There are very definite provisions for injunction, for specific performance, and for stipulated damages in dollars and cents, and every one of them is enforceable in the courts speedily and at the expense of the contract. Those who think because the farmer has joined numerous loose organizations in the past and failed to live up to his obligations therein, that “he will sign the contract but won’t live up to it”, simply do not know cither the contract itself or the laws of the land governing it The organization, then, is compact; and it is not hard to point out its superior efficiency through that fact. But to touch on the question of superior efficiency is to go into all those matters of market influence and financing power which were previously dis cussed—all general arguments for the Sapiro plan are arguments which ecan be gathered under that head. There remains, then, the matter of expense. That consists of two items from the farmer’s viewpoint: actual cost of service ren dered, and the extent to which he feels that cost. As to actual cost of service rendered, it does not answer the whole question simply to point out the fact that here is a selling or ganization in largest possible unit, and that it is an axiom of busi ness that the bigger organization the less its administration charge upon the individual member. Which is cheaper, for 200 farmers in the coutny to employ one cotton “expert” for, say, $10,000; or for 20,000 farmers of a state to employ one or two of the real master minds of the cotton business to engineer their affairs for ten times that amount. : As to the extent to which the farmer feels the cost, here will be found the lowest possible minimum. Outside of an initial organiza tion fee of nominal amount, he is never assessed one cash dollar for stock, for membership, for expenses, for anything else. He delivers ‘his prodyict and receive thereof immediately a large percentage of its value either in cash or in some form of instantly negotiable paper de pending upon the financing arrangement decided upon. What it it costs, to sell his product, and no more, is afterward deducted from the balance of money returned to him. And that is all there is to it. Then remember of this compact, efficient, and reliable machine that no matter how tightly the individual is bound to the associaion, should that association by any chance find iself confronting some form of impasse, it is always in the power of a majority of those indi viduals, acting in due form and with due consideration for the rights of others, to dissolve it at'any time. | Could anything be more attractive to the cotton farmer than this plan? Could anything present so little to lose with so much to gain? Ther will be no difficulty in convincing the farmer. And this is exclusively a farmer’s affair, designed for his particular benefit. But there are other people to be considered, and it is in considration of these others that ensuing articles of this series are written. G . B l ? eorgla Belong’ Did you know that King George granted the territory that is now the State of Georgia to James Oglethorpe “in trust for the poor?” THE STORY OF OUR STATES Written by Jonathan Brace, famous American histor ian, in forty-eight brief and quickly read installments has been purchased by the Leader and will begin running in its columns soon. SEALS OF THE STATES— The first complete collection of the official seals of the states of the union will be published with the series of short histories. COTTON—Good Middling _.__107% No <Receipts No Sales SHORT AND SNAPPY - NEWS OF THE WORLD. BY TELEGRAPH | Official Orgaffi? ' City of Fitzgerald Twice Deposed Emperor Re fused Haven in Switzerland WOULD GO TO SPAIN German Communists and Bel gians Clash in Battle (By International -fi;ws Service) BERLIN, April 2—The Hungarian parliament has voted to reject Charles as King of Hungary, a news dispatch from Budapest states today, : e -l CHARLES WILL TAKE o REFUGE IN SPAIN PARIS, April 2—Vienna dispatch states that Charles has refused to accept the conditions imposed by the Swiss Government for letting him return to Switzerland and he is now negotiating with Spain to give him refuge, ; COMMUNISTS CLASH ' 3 WITH BELGIANS AT MOE_RS PARIS, April 2—Belgian troops clashed with Communists at Moers, Germany, several being killed and number wounded, a news dispatci from Mayence said today, oy FSERE (By International News Service) WASHINGTON, April 2. —Presi dent Harding today was urged to lend his personal support and in fluence to efforts by the government to secure relief for the cotton grow ers of the South, by a small ‘delega tion of growers headed by former senators Hoke Smith and Butler. It is understood that relief measures are in early prospect. ' o “Old-Timer” Attends * Curb Market Picnic el 8 Visitors Surprised that Ben Hill Pro duces so Much g “You just ought to go the Curb Market Saturday morning, it's just like a big picnic,”” said a delightful elderly lady who has lived in Fitz gerald since it was the little turpen tine village of Swan. And that is just what it is, a big picnic, except that it means business, the social side is just a pleasant incident of each market, One citizen remarked that he was surprised that Ben Hill county had produced so much in the food line, “What surprises me is the amount the people buy here,” said another. “Why a hotel man bought a zinc wash tub full of garden peas at one time and all the chickens one man brought in, and a lady who keeps a boarding house bought twelve dozen eggs and twelve quarts of strawberries while they they were still in the luxury line.” - People are beginning to sece that the curb market is but a simple means for the person who has some thing to sell to find the persons who wish to buy. FITZGERALD BALL CLUB TO PLAY STRIKE TEAM The Fitzgerald “home town” base ball team, organized by E. C. Mann 'and H. B. Vaughn, will play a picked team composed of Atlanta, Birming ‘ham and Atlantic strikers at the base pall park at 4:30 o'clock Monday af ternoon. The railroad men have been playing snappy baseball for the last two wecks among themselves and the odds are in their favor. ; i e T MRS. E. HARKER CRAWLEY Friends and relatives of Mr. E. Harker Crawley were shocked and grieved this morning to learn of his wife’s death from meningitis which occured Friday afternoon at their home in Denver, Colorado. Miss Annie Wilma Brown of Ro chelle is the lovely guest of Miss Martha Waller at the Lee-Grant Hotel for the week-end. $9.00 Reward For evidence that will lead to conviction of party or parties who stole a watch and brake parts from our shop recently. ; T:dE CREWS BICYCLE CO.