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TUESDAY
EDITION
WEATHER—Unsettled tonight and
Wednesday. Cooler in Central .Ga.
TRAIN SPLITS SWITCH; ENGINE TURNS OVER
EMORY UNIVERSITY LABORATORY BLOWS UP TODAY
IN BLAST’S DEBRIS
No Fatalities Reported from
Mysterious Explosion
LOCAL BOYS UNHURT '
Derrick Jones and Elton Weaver
Are Reported Safe
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» ATLANTA, March 22—Four
teen students and professors of
Emory University were pinned
under debris, and several were
thrown bodily from the windows
by a mysterious explosion in the
Physiology building this morn
ing. No one was killed.
Seventy-five were in the class
room when the explosion oc
cured.
Several students who were
blown through windows were
found unconscious but are ex
pected to recover. ,
Derrick Jones, son of J. A.
Jones, and Elton Weaver, son of
C. T. Weaver, are the only boys
from Fitzgerald now in attend
ance at Emory University. It
was understood this evening that
neither of the boys had been]|
near the scene of the explosion.‘
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Levy Customs Duty
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On German lndemmtyl
~ (By International News Service)
PARIS, March 22.—The Interal
lied Rhineland Commission plan for
imposing new customs duties upon
German goods along the Rhine to
make up the indemnity demanded
by the allied powers, was approved in
principle by the council of ambassa
dors today.
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Atlanta Jailer Nips
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~ Wholesale Delw.eryi
(By International News Service)
ATLANTA, March 22—Nine ne
groes attempting a jail delivery at
the City Jail here by removing bars
from setting were thwartde by Turn
key, P.. M. Born late last night. The
, negroes were suspects of a highway
robbery, murder and other serious of
fenses. i
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Harding Eorces Esch l
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On I. C. Commission
" (By International News) '
WASHINGTON, March 22—Pres
ident today announced as recess ap
pointments, John Esch of Wisconsin,
a member of the Interstate Commerce
Commission and Dwight Davis of St.
Louis, director of the War Finance
Corporation for a four year term.’
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NEWS ITEM By Mickie—The
new style of wearing straw hats in
troduced last Sunday by Mr. J. J. Hol
der and Mr. Mark Mathis has spread
folks will think Summer time has
came. Also, two small boys snuck
away from home yesterday and went
in swimming. That’s a surer sign
than straw hats.
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Ciant Battleship Is 1
| Launched Today
(By International News Service)
CAMDEN, N. J., March 22—The
United States added the second of the
World’s greatest Battleships to her
fleet with the launching here today of
the superdreadnought Colorado, built
by the New York Ship Building yards,
into Delaware River.
In size and power the Colorado is
surpassed by no battleship afloat and
equalled only by her sister ship Mary
land which was launched on March the
19th at Newport News.
Two other ships of the same class
Washingtor: and Virginia are now
under construction. The Colorado
has a displacement of 32,600 tons, is
624 feet long, with a speed of 21 knots
an hour. The main battery consists
of eight sixteen inch guns and the
secondary battery' of fourteen five
inch guns, four three Inch guns and
one anti-aircraft guns.
The Colorado has two submerged
torpedo tubes and enlisted comple
ment of 1448 men. :
Congress Called To -
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Meet On April 11th
(By International News Service)
WASHINGTON, March 22—Pres
ident Harding issued his first Presi
tential Proclamation today, calling the
new sixty-seventh congress to meet
in extraordinary session April Illth.
The proclamation says “An Extraor- |
dinary occasion requires Congress to
to convene .in extra session to receive
essary such communications as may
be made by the Executive.”
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Liquor Is Cause of
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Battle With Blacks
* (By International News Service)
FORREST CITY Ark, March 22.
—ln a pitched battle between a posse
headed by Sheriff Sanders and a band
of seventeen negroes, one black was
killed, a member of the posse wound
ed. Sixteen negroes were arrested
near Kinsey today. A still and a
quantity of liquor .was found in the
house used by the negroes.
Want Bull Buffalo?
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Write To Uncle Sam
ATLANTA, March 22—Does any
body want a bull buffalo, i so speak
up, for Uncle Sam uas tweanty of as
sorted sizes, including a frisky one
year old calf to give away.
“Here”, says the forest announce
ment received at the cuszom house in
Atlanta, “is an excellent opportunity
to get a real live buffalo, not as gentie
perhaps, as a kitten, but, nevertheiess,
a nice pet if you have pleaty of room
to keep him, surrounded by a twelve
foot, double-ply, woven wire fcnce,
and the price of two tons of hay a
year.” g
The buffalo are the surplus of the
flourishing herd in Witchita National
Forest, started fifteen years ago with
fifteen head, but now numbering 150.
There are too many bulls for domestic
tranquility in the heard and you can
have one free by paying the cost of
crating and hauling.
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Dr. A. A. Giest, St. Paul veter
mary, says that Old Dobbin does
not feel the pain at tooth extraction
as does a human being. In fact,
that it is virtually painless—and
which the picture shows as Oid
Prince loses a big molar,
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First 801 l Weevils
Reach Leader Monday
J. H. Whittle of Osierfield Shows
Sack Full of Pesky Destroyers -
J. H. Whittle, of near Osierfield,
Irwin county, Monday afternoon
brought a sack full of boll weevils
to Fitzgerald to prove that “Spring
is here” sure enough. Mr. Whittle
found Polk weeds along the fence
line of his last year’s cotton patch
literally swarming with boll weevils
of all sizes and ages. He killed about
fifty of them and will continue to
kill them as fast as he can find them,
One bud on the weed contained six
weevils. !
~ Mr. Whittle is pfanting a much
smaller acreage of cotton this year
;than last year and is planting it in
‘a field devoted~to corn last year in
order to get as far away from the
weevil pasture as possible. |
Other farmers of this section re
port having found boll weevils dur
ing the last few warm days and the
war against the weevil has started in
earnest again. The unusually mild
weather is believed to have encour
aged the development of the cotton
destroyer.
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If the carrier boy is not delivering
your paper satisfactorily we - would
appreciate it very much if you would
notify us. We now have a man to
look after the circulation and to see
‘that every subscriber gets his or her
paper every issue. He stays at the
office until about 7 or 7:30 every
night especially to answer complaints
and if you have not received your pa
‘per he will be glad to send one to
you. Your co-operation will be ap
preciated.
As you all probably know we are
now getting out a daily Fitzgerald
Leader. We have had a very success
ful paper for two weeks now and we
hope to be able to keep up the good
work. A subscription is only 20 cents
a week or if you take the Leader-
Enterprise already it is only 10 cents
per week for the extra three copies.
Fitzgerald has long needed a daily
paper and now is your chance to see
it have one. We are sure that if you
will try it for a week that you will
be more than glad to continue as a
regular subscriber,
Circulation Department,
Leader-Enterprige.
FITZGERALD, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 1921
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Atterbury Would
Break Agreements
Pennsylvania Rail Magnate Says
Roads Should Not Be Regulated
(By International News Service)
~ CHICAGO, March 22.—Reiterating
the contention that a majority of
railroads in the United States are in
serious financial condition, vice pres
ident Atterbury of the Pennsylvania
railroad and chairman of the Labor
Division of the American Association
of Railroad Executives, told the
United States Labor Board today
that “there is no more important
question before the country today
than to wipe out the national agree
ments.”
Atterbury was placed on the stand
today at the beginning of the hear
ings in the rail wage controversy and
questioned by Frank Walsh, attor
neys for rail unions, said, “I did not
take orders from Dewitt Cuyler. No
body can give me orders against my
judgment,” said Atterbury, “I am
opposed to the national agreementss
and believe the national adjustment
boards and national agreements are
inextricably bound together.” ‘
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Griner Enters Race
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For Mayor Of City
Opposes Drew W. Paulk, Nominee of
Civic League for Mayor
After several weeks in which it
seemed that Fitzgerald would be free
from politics this year, L. L. Griner,
who was defeated for mayor by i B
L. Pittman two years ago, today an
nounced his candidacy. He will op
pose Drew W. Paulk, who has served
terms as Mayor in the past, and who
received the unanimous endorsement
of the Ben Hill Civic League last
month, ‘
Mr. Griner in announcing outlines’
his platform in an advertisement ap
pearing elsewhere in this issue. He
terms it a strictly progressive plat
form.
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Old Friends Meet At
Local Curb Market
Better Understanding Is Reached Be
tween Farmers and City Folk
A well known housekeeper was in
terviewed as she was leaving the
curb market Saturday, her face
wreathed in smiles,
_“I have no cook today,” she con
fided, “so I came down to see what
I could find to help out my Sunday
dinner. And what do you think, I
found this large, lovely pound cake
and the woman who baked it was
taught to make cakes by own. dear
mother who is now dead. It is these
unexpected things that I enjoy find
ing, and seeing so many of my friends
together.”
Another said, “We have had entire
dinners from the curb market since
Wednesday, when I laid in a supply
so would not have to worry to go
out and find something. Such nice,
fresh meats, home grown cabbage,
lettuce salad, candied yams, creamed
onions, garden peas, radish, buttered
beets, home made bread and rolls,
and a delicious pumpkin pie with mer
angue, and I know exactly who baked
them and that they were nice and
clean,”
There were more péople Saturday,
both truck growers and buyers, than
have ever been to the market since it
‘was established March the sth, and
‘there was more enthusiasm, and a
better understanding all the way
around than has been seen yet.
' There were two stands on the street
park, but it was not learned whether
it was determined to be a success. It
might be that as the days grow
longer the hours will pe moved up
so that all produce will be sold be
fore the sun gets hot. If late hours
are to be kept, however, the cool
shade of the park trees will be most
acceptable, and committees will then
take it in charge ana see that the
stands are neat, whitgwashed, and in
every way in keepiu, with the park
idea so that the market stands will
be an attraction rather than an eye
sore. Both men were careful to pick
up all litter before leaving the park
Saturday.
BUGG CHARGES
The following statement was given
out*by Col. Bugg in regard to “an
attempt to wreck” passenger train
No. 4 near Douglas, Ga, Ga.:
“Train No. 4 runumng from Fitz
gerald to Brunswick Tuesday morn
ing derailed near Douglas. The en
gine turned over on its side and one
truck of a coach next to it derailed.
No one was injured.” :
“The switch had been tampered
with so that the target showed ‘Safe,
while the switch points were set to
the side-track. This has every ap
pearance of a deliberate attempt to
wreck the train.” |
C. OF G. TO CuUT
UNSKILLED LABOR
(By International News Service)
ATLANTA, March, 22.—Declaring
the Central of Georgia must reduce
wages of unskilled employees in|
order that they company may con
tinue its operations on a sound fin-‘
ancial basis, officials are negotiating
with representatives of that class of
workers for an agreecment on a re
duction as soon as possible.
It is expected that an agreement
will be reached by Friday. Confer
ences are being held in:Savannah, Thcl
amount of the wage cut proposed
was not announced.
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Giant Earmers Union
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Rally At Union City
Watson, Hardwick, Barrett Among
Nationally Prominent Speakers.
UNION CITY, Ga., March 22
Senator Thomas E. Watson and Gov
ernor Thomas W. Hardwick will be
the principal speakers at Union City
on the 4th of July, at the biggest fish
fry and chicken feast ever given in
Georgia, according to plans of the
Campell County Farmer’s Union and
other citizens of the county. Both
distinguished Georgians have accepted .
the invitation to deliver addresses, ‘
A huge tank has been built at Union
City in which 10,000 river catfish willi
be fattened for the feast, and the far-‘
mers are raising more than a thousand
chickens to be fried for the occasion.
Charles S. Barrett, president of the
National Farmer's Union, and other‘
men of national prominence, will be
among the honored guests. The,
hosts extend an invitation to the
“state-at-large” to be their guests on
this occasion. .
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Livestock In South -
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Shows Big Galnsl
ATLANTA, March, 22-- The!
enormous increase in the number of !
pure live-bred stock in the South is
attested in the demand for trained
veterinarians, according to Atlantal
livestock men. In older days, it is
stated here, when horses and cattle
were not so valuable the owner ceuld
not afford, to pay for expert attention
to diseases in his domestic animals,
The State Agricultural Department
reports that livestock holdings now
greatly surpass the records of prev
ious years and that in cattle swine,
sheep, mules and horses there js a
greater realization among owners that
scrubs do not pay.
On account of these conditions the
opportunities for veterinarians dre
now exceedingly good. It is alse
stated that in the army, in the gov
ernment bureau of anima! industry
and in th‘ livestock inspection activ
ities and packing houses, the need for
trained men is increasing,
PRI RS A SRO
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Steel Mills Reopen
‘ In North Alabama
~ (By International News Service)
BIRMINGHAM, March 22—A1l
three large steel mills in Northern
Alabama have just- resumed opera
tions and another has announced that
it is soon to start.
SHORT AND SNAPPY
NEWS OF THE, WORLD
- BY TELEGRAPH
COTTON—Good Middling ____lo34¢c
No Sales, No Receipts
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Receiver Charges that Someone
Tampered with Switch
‘ACCIDENT, SAYS MEN
Similar Wrecks Have Occured
with Full Force at Work
(By International News Service)
ATLANTA, March 22—The
derailment of passenger train
number 4 on the Atlanta Bir
mingham and Atlantic this morn
ing near Douglas “has every ap
pearance of a deliberate attempt
to wreck the train” declared re
ceiver B. L. Bugg today.
Train four was bound from
Fitzgerald for Brunswick. The
engine overturned, one truck on
the first coach derailed. None
were inured. Bugg stated the
switch was wrenched so the rails
led to the siding although the
target showed white.
A defense of the Newland Act
is being argued this afternoon
before Judge Sibley, in Federal
District Court by Federal Dis
trict Attorney Hooper Alexand
er, who entered the case on in
structions from Attorney General
Daugherty. The hearing is on
a petition of the union men to
have the court rescind the wage
reduction order of the receiver.
Martin Explains Wreck
“The wreck at Douglas was no dif
ferent than any number of split
switch wrecks that have occured on
the Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic
and other railroads all over America
even with a full force of efficient track
men at work to keep them in repair,”
said W. M. Martin chairman of the
joint federation committee of the
thirteen striking crafts on being asked.
his opinion of the wreck.\
“I know that none of my men had
anything to do with the wreck and
I thing Col. Bugg is taking entirely
too much for granted when he says
that the switch was tampered with
by anyone,” Mr. Martin said.
It was learned here after the wreck
that Saturday union pickets had dis
covered a loose switch on a siding
near Fitzgerald and had reported it
to railroad agents immediately on its
discovery in order that no accident
might occur that could be attributed
to the strikers.
“The wreck at Douglas could cer
tainly have been avoided by a com
petent engineer,” Mr. Martin said.
“I can see the switch points at the
siding on which the wreck occured
at one thousand feet, ample space to
‘stop a passenger traln. It is an en
iginecr’s business to watch the rails
‘as well as the signals. It is not at
all uncommon for switches to become
loose even with the best of care and
in the present neglected condition of
the road it is quite natural that an
incompetent engineer should wreck a
train occasionally.”
The switch at which the wreck oc
cured was said by Mr. Martin to be
visible from four farm houses. The
last few nights have been brightly
moonlight and it is hardly possible
that anyone could -have tampered with
a switch without having been seen.
However, an attempt had been made
about on yere ago to wreck an At
lanta Birmingham and Atlantic pas
senger train within a mile of the
switch by placing cross ties on the
track. Only the presence of mind of
a .competent engineer prevented a
serious smashup.”
Blow Below the Belt
The sentiment among the strikers
here is that Col. Bugg’s inference that
they were responsible for the wreck
is an undeserved blow below the belt.
“We have the law on our side,” said
Mr. Martin, “and public sentiment at
‘least in the immediate section where
we have had a fair chance to put our
case, is coming to us. We have no
need to use violence.” ; :
SENSITIVE SPOT
NEWS ITEM— Terrible accident!
Automobile skidded and struck lady
in safety zone.— Watertown Standerd.