Fitzgerald leader., March 17, 1921, Thursday Edition, Image 1

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THURSDAY
EDITION
WEATHER--Georgia: Partly Cloudy
Tonight and Friday. /
BEN HILL THIRD IN GROWTH IN GEORGIA 1910-1920
STORM SWEEPS SOUTHEAST: ONE IS KILLED HERE
Lightning Strikes T. E. Walker
As He Stands Guard
HAIL IN ABBEVILLE
Windstorm Tears Roof Off Wil
cox Countian’s House
A terrific storm swept the
‘Southeast last night and late yes
tterday afternoon took a toll of
one life in Ben Hill county and
thousands of dollars in crop dam
age throughout its course. |
The storm was marked here by
a tremendous electric display and
the only life reported lost up to
this afternoon was T. E. Walker,
a convict at the Ben Hill county
convict camp who was instantly
killed by lightning at 8:15 o’clock
‘while standing guard at the Ben
Hill convict camp, just out of the
city limits on the Dixie Highway.
Walker, who was committed to
the gang for hog stealing was a
trusty.
The body of the dead man will
be sent today to his home in
Montgomery Co. where is sur
vived by daughter in Uvalda and |
brother in Vidalia. He was an
exemplary convict and his death
was not only a blow to his fellow
prisoners but the guards and war
+den who had grown close to himi
during his imprisonment. |
The storm swept through all
South Georgia. In Abbeville tre
‘mendoqs hail stones fell, the
~-eatest in the lifetime of the old
€St inhabitant. Oscar Cannon, a
farmer and prominent citizen of
Abbeville measured one of the lar
ger stones that fell on his place.
It was five and one-half inches in
length.
The force of the.wind that ac
companied the storm in Abbeville
was so great that it tore the roof
off the home of Jim Walker, a
farmer located between Rochelle
and Abbeville in Wilcox county.
In places the giant hailstones drif
ted fifteen inches and more deep
against fences.
Crop damage was not estimated
this afternoon but it is known to
have been large. Many beds of
tobacco, not yet transplanted,
were saved from the fury of the
hail storm by their protecting cov
er. Very little of the crop damage
is irreparable as most of the crops
in the section which suffered most
heavily can be replanted. Far
mers throughout the region vls
ited by the hail were busy today
replanting and repairing the hav
F. E WYMAN’S
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WITH AILL ORDERS OF $3.00 OR OVER ON JATURDAY,
MARCH 19th, WE WILL GIV E FREE FIVE BARS OF AR
ROW SOAP, REGULAR VALUE 25 CENTS.
Sugar, Der POMNE. o i LN
Irish -Potatogs, 10 Ibs..ooae.._~_.3oc
Fancy Head Rice, lbeeeeuae ____7c
Tomatoes, No. 2 can._ oo ..._.9¢c
THree 100 CLid il il Ne
Early June Peas, can00c0.......18c
Stokely Bros. Saur Kraut...__.___l4¢
Package Grits, 134 e i 18
All Pkg. Crakers Nat. Bis. Co. 9¢-18¢
Octagon Soap, large size, 3 bars..2s¢
Clean-Easy Soap, bar—............5¢
Old Dutch Cleanser..-coiiais. Il¢
Small Pet Cream, 8¢ or two for 15¢
F. E. WYMAN'S CASH AND CARRY STORE
THE FIIZzGERALD LEADER
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NO COURT RECESS ;
WOMEN TO USE POWDER
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, March 17.—N0
special concessions for the appli
cation of complexion aids are to
be granted to British women jur
ors as in the case of a woman
jury in lowa, when the Judge sol
emnly announced that time would
be given for the women to pow
der their faces during the sitting.
A law court official said that
such concessions were quite un
necessary. ;
“In the first place the women
chosen are not of the powder puff
and rouge stick type. When
flappers are chosen for juries it
will be time enough to think of
powder puff intervals.
“This would not be granted,
however. All these matters could
be seen to out of court. Besides,
the light in most courts is of the
kind that conceals shiny noses.”
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Atlanta Business Men
o ®
To Fight Crime Wave
ATLANTA, March 17.—Members
of the. Chamber of Commerce today
are planning to form a viligance com
‘mittee and other means of action
-against organized criminality, follow
‘ing Solicitor Boykins sensational
statement yesterday naming detec
tives and other “higher up” police of
ficials as connivers in aid of bunkoing.
‘Several of those named made heated
answers today.
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oc wrought by- the storm.
Ben’ }%‘fl County suffered very
little. The heaviest hail barrage
missed even the northeast sections
‘and, with the exception of the
death of Mr. Walker, the worst
thing the storm caused, little
;damage was done,
‘ The coroner’s jury impaneiled
} this morning to officially determine
‘the cause of Mr. Walker’s death re
turned the following verdict:
'GEORGIA, Ben Hill County: |
We, the undersigned jurors, having
’been sworn in to serve as jurors by
Coroner W. H. F. Lee, to investigate
the death of T. E. Walker, and after
having been sworn in and having in
vestigated the death of T. E. Walker,
.we, the jury, find that T. E. Walker
came to his death by a stroke of light
ning. o
This the 17th day of March 1921.
D. P. Adams, Foreman, T. I. Grif
fin, Geo. C. Player, R. O. Stephens,
W. C. Bussell, S. O. Minshew.
dalret Creant,/ean, ol i o ..15¢
Country Cane Syrup, gal. can____9¢c
Pink Salthan, fan..._.C ... _ . Tde |
Spgar Cured Mam, lb.____________32¢c
hite Side Meat, Ib.oooo________lB¢c
ERND) L 1p: Comp. iio o o 018
. 4 Bucket Veget01e.........._65
No, 10 cket Vegetole_.___.._sl.2B
Seli\Rigig Flour ____._________sl.so
Pillsbury’s Best Flour, 24.1 b sk. $1.74
California Desert Peaches, 2%
MO sl LS eAAe
Gold Bar Pineapple No. 2 Sliced 38c
VOL. 1, NO. 10.
(By International News Service) 1
WASHINGTON, March 17—Inter
state Commerce Commission today
decided that certain freight rates pre
scribed by the Railroad Commission
of Florida on intrastate business were
unduly prejudicial to the interstate
commerce shippers and ordered the
rates raised to meet the level of inter
state rates, effective April 25th. It
rendered the same decision on rates
on cotton linters and brick in Georgia
and issued a similar order effective
April 23rd. :
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~ T 0 CRUSH LABOR
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~ (By International News Service)
COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 17.
Accusing the National Chamber of
Commerce and organized employers
with being responsible for the present
business depression, Michael D. Cain
president of the Columbus Federation
of Labor, addressing a local audience
of unemployed workers, declared that
a conspiracy existed “to bring labor
to its knees.”
President Cain said it was the first
time during his twenty-five years’
connection with organized labor that
he talked to an audience of unem
ployed.
~ “The very men who preached Amer
;icanism and democracy to labor dur
‘ing the World War suffered a change
of heart and started to grind organ
ized labor into the dust before the ink
was dry upon paper used to draw up
the armistice,” continued President
Cain.
} The only solution to the problem,
he said, is to be found in organiza
‘tion and co-operatjon.
' (By International News Service)
MEXICO CITY, March, 17.—The'
American Chamber of Commerce has
issued this warning: “Mexico is not a
poor man’s country. Laborers from
outside cannot compete with the
Mexican labor. Professional men
without a knowledge of Spanish and
money take a long chance in com
ing here. There is an oversupply of
school teachers, stenographers, bank
clerks and such. Please advise peo
ple to this effect and save many heart
aches.
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Says Strike Breakers
o
Cut Tires Off Auto
Douglas Taxi Man Alleges “Break
ers” He Transported Damaged Car
A taxi driver from Douglas had bad
luck while in the shops yard at Fitz
gerald. He had delivered an automo
bile full of strike breakers to the A.
B. & A. officials in the shops and
while - he was getting his bill Okehed
‘he left his car inside the shops, and
on his return he found that the strike
‘breakers in the shop had cut three of
his tires entirely off the car and punc
‘tured the other one.
He passed through Fitzgerald on
three rims and one flat tire on the
way home. He stopped and report
ed to Conductor A. M. Barrett and
said he knew too much about the
class of men employed by the A. B.
& A. officials to again ride them in
his car.
The taxi driver, according to Mr.
Barrett, was paid $l5 for his trip and
estimated the damage to his tires at
$9O.
WILL RESUME NAVAL
RECRUITING IN FLORIDA
ATLANTA, March 17—It was
announced here today that Navy re
cruiting in Florida will be resumed in
charge of the recruiting office in At
lanta with braches-in Jacksonville and
Tampa. »
FITZGERALD, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1921.
A.B. & A. WAGE CUT
Attoreny for Men Is Absent;
| Hearing To Be Saturday
| AR
LABOR BOARD MONDAY
IMen Prepare for Final Appeal to
Law Before Board |
. (By International News Service)
ATLANTA, March 17—On ac
count of the absence of one of the
attorneys for the employees, the hear
ing before Federal Judge Sam H. Sib
ley on the petition of the striking
union brotherhoods for revocation of
the Court’s order authorizing a reduc
tion in salaries and wages on the A.
B. & A, scheduled for today was
postponed: until Saturday morning.
. A. B. & A. officials state train
schedules continue to improve and
are now running on five divisions.
Receiver Bugg said this afternoon
that service was restored practically
on all branches of the system except
‘the Waycross division where connec
tion is made from Sessoms with Jack
sonville and Florida points.
Col. Bugg stated that sufficient men
are now in the shops at Manchester
and Fitzgerald to do light repairs.
Beginning today the train from At
lanta to Cordele will be run to Fitz
gerald on a daily schedule.
Another important development ap
proaching is the hearing before the
Railway Labor Board in Chicago
Monday, when representatives of the
strikers will present their side of
the controversy. It was announced
by Val Fitzpatrick, chairman of the
fourteen brotherhoods committee,
Wednesday that G. W. Marshall, in
ternational officer of the shop crafts
unions, and C. J. Goff, vice-president
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Enginemen and Firemen, will appear
before the board on behalf of the un
ions.,No announcement as to who will
go for the railroads has been made,
Receiver B. L. Bugg announced ad
ditional train service cffective Wednes
day. He also said that the service be
tween Atlanta and Cordele will be
come a daily service, effective Thurs
day.
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Shops Are Lit Up
.
- All Last Night
The first evidence of life at the rail
road shops since its evacuation Sat
urday a week ago by the union men
and its occupation more recently by
strike breakers, was last night when
the electric power house started oper
ating and every building in the shop
yards was lighted up. No move had
been made to operate any of the ma
chinery, according ‘to best information
obtainable up to this afternon. The
walk out of the foremen Sunday is ex
pected to make it difficult to turn out
any work at the shops.
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Masked Auto Bandits
Get $lOO,OOO Jewelry
(By International News Service)
NEW YORK, March 17.—Four
masked bandits secured between $BO,-
000 and $lOO,OOO in platinum jewelry
in a hold up late yesterday, the detec
tive bureau revealed today.
The robbers entered the Fochi
Manufacturing Plant on east Sixty
seventh street, covered two employes
with a gun, raked the jewelry into
two suit cases and escaped in an au
‘tomobile.
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G. 0. P. Diplomats Tell
Panama To Obey U. S.
} (By International News Service)
~ WASHINGTON, March 17.—A
‘new note, sharper in tone than its pre
‘decessors and virtually demanding
that Panama cease quibbling with
Costa Rica and gegept Justice White's
‘decision in the boundary dispute, was
dispatched today by the state depart
‘ment to the Republic of Panama.
WILL NOT PROSECUTE
ACCUSED BALL PLAYERS
(By International News Service
CHICAGO, March 17.—Pros
ecution of eight White Sox in
dicted in connection with the
1919 world series was dismissed
when the case was called today.
The Chicago players had been
charged with “throwing” games
to the Cincinnatti teams in order
to enable gamblers to win large
sums from those not on -the
“inside.”
N. G. & St. L. CALLS
o e——— |
(By International News)
ATLANTA, March 17.—Reduction
in wages of semi-skilled and common
labor has been proposed to the men
on the Nashville, Chattanooga and
St. Louis, effective March 26th. |
General manager Bruce called a
conference with the men for next.
Monday at Nashville. The percent
age of the reduction is unspecified. Inl
:case of failure to reach an agreement,
the matter will be taken to the Rail
way Labor Board. .
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Whiskey Fraud Finds
Atlanta Topers Easy
:
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~ (By International News Service)
ATLANTA, March 17.—Police here
have been asked to investigate a
shrewd swindler in Canada who has
been advertising he would send sam
ples of whiskey for a small sum. He
has “roped in” in over one hundred
Atlanta people.
The scheme was unearthed when
a man complajned that he had sent
six dollars_for samples over a month
ago without results. ;
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Mrs. Henry A. Powell is visiting
Mrs. J. C. Smith in Ocilla this week.
Abbeville, Rochelle,
Douglas and Ocilla
Readers Attention:
If a general strike is called on all raiiroads 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 papers 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
%em perfected, immediately. No applications after
riday.
ADDRESS——
CIRCULATION MANAGER,
LEADER PUBLISHING COMPANY,
FITZGERALD, GA.
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COTTON—Good Middling -.-_1034¢
No Receipts No Sales
%
Complete U. S. Census Makes It
Second Farming County
EXCEEDS IN DENSITY
Colquitt and Ben Hill Surpass
‘ All Others in State
Complete United States Census
returns for 1920 that reached the
Leader last night, place Fulton,
Colquitt and Ben Hill counties,
‘in the order named as showing
the largest per centage of increase
‘in population in their rural dis
tricts of any in Georgia.
~ Fulton increased 37.4 per cent;
Colquitt increased 37.1 per cent;
‘Ben Hill increased 27.4 per cent.
As Fulton’s “rural” population
is in reality an overflow urban
‘population, Colquitt and Ben Hill
stand first in agricultural devel
‘opment.
Ben Hill county’s population
‘increased from 11,863 in 1910 to
14,559 in 1920. Colquitt increased
from 19,789 to 29,332, Ben Hill
was, however, more thickly pop
ulated than Colquitt, having 57
persons per square mile to Col
quitt’s 54. The population
in neither county is compar
able, as far as densemess is
‘concerned, to that in older sec
tions of the state where Spald
ing, for instance, has 104 people
per square mile with no big city.
The proportion of urban, or
Fitzgerald population, to rural
population decreased from 48.8
per cent to 47.1 per cent, consid
ered an evidence that Fitzgerald
has developed better support for
its commercial enterprises during
the last ten years than it had
during the previous ten. Colquitt
county has only 23.1 per cent ur
ban population, considered as ev
idence that Fitzgerald needs bet
ter agricultural support than it
has now.