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The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-11-26
Committees Named By Farm Bureau
Plan Cooperation With Business Men
County Advisory Council Names
Fifteen Men to Discuss Joint
Booster Work
Will Confer With Chamber of
Commerce Committee at Meet
Tuesday P. M.

lhrty-seven men representing the
commercial aDd agricultural interests
OF Ben Hill county have been called
to meet at the Chamber of Com.
mercc rooms at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday
afternoon to map out joint program
work for 1921 to be followed bv
the Fitzgerald Chamber of Commerce,
and the Ben Hill County Farm Blu
reau Federation.
AT the meeting yesterday afternoon
OF the county advisory board of the
farm bureau committee of twenty-five
farmers was picked to confer with
the committee from the Chamber oil
commerce named Wednesday. The
tentative program suggested BY the
farm bureau is for the farmers to
agree to raise four staple cops in large
quantities which the business men
through the Chamber of Commerce
will guarantee to market
The Farm Bureau committee is
composed of Marion Dickson, H. H
James, R. H. Dorminey, W. R. Wal
ker, L. Robitszch, Norman Dorminey
r. L. Stone, J. T. Rhett, J. A. Bond
5. S. Young, c. L. Prescott, ]. Hor-
ton Taylor, A. J. Swords, D. D. Gar
rison. ]. H. Stewart, J. H. Dorminey
G.. t. Owens, ]. S. Roberts, E. +
Dunn, J. H. Billiard, DR.. D. B. Ware
DR.. ]. NJ j. Luke, Y. M. Young and
M. D. Fowler.
The Chamber of Commerce com
mittee is C. A. Newcomer, w. R.
Bowen, w. A. Adams, ]. ]. Dormi,
ney, G. A. Jolly, ]. C. Brewer, C. S.
Isler, ]. H. ,Mayes, Lon Dickey, w.
T. Paulk, E. L. Dorminey and Isidor
Gelders.
The extent of active cooperation be-
tween the Chamber of Commerce and
the farmers in the past has been in
the pig club work. The Chamber of
Commerce owns $500 worth of regis
tered swine which are distributed
among pig club boys in the county
on condition that one of each Sue
cessive litter be returned to the
Chamber of Commerce for redistri-
button. The same plan was tried by
the Leader Enterprise several years
ago, before the boil weevil had struck
this section, when it was conducting
an editorial campaign to induce the
farmers to raise more live stock in
stead of all cotton.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-11-26
FITZGERALD MAN
HEAD DISTRICT RS.
DR.. D. B. Ware Elected Presi-
dent 3rd District Medical Asso
MET HERE WEDNESDAY
Americus Picked AS Next Con-
vention City; Visitors Welcomed

DR.. d. B. Ware of Fitzgerald was
elected president of the Third Dis
trict Medical Association for the
year 1921 at the Twenty-seventh
Semiannual Convention which closed
in Fitzgerald Wednesday night. d..
J. H. Simpson of Smithville was
elected vice president. DR.. Charles
A. Greer of Oglethorpe was returned
as secretary-treasurerr. The associ-
alton will meet in May of next year
at Americas.
The visiting medicos were enter.
tanned by the Ben Hill County Med.
lcal Society at a sumptuous turkey
and bird supper Wednesday evening
at the w. R. c. Hail. The Woman S
Auxiliary of. the Fitzgerald Hospital
served supper il the most approved
home style. The feast was of in
formal nature and was followed by d
brief business session. when the ooffi-
GERS were elected.
At the afternoon business session.
which was held at Carnegie Hall, DR.
Frazer delivered the address of well
lone to whirh response was made
by DR.. ]. T. Stokes of Americus
Papers on medical subjects were read
by Doctors M. S. Cohen, of Fitzger-
aid, ]. c. Logan of Plains, L. L.
Whiddon of Ocilla, L. F. .Grubbs OF
Americas, John T. Moore of Syca-
more, R. P. Glenn of Americus, Frank
J. Ward of Fitzgerald, S. P. Ken
yon of Dawson and D. B. Ware of
Fitzgerald.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-11-26
THANKSGIVING DAY
GOES BIG IN FITZ
Turkey Day Marked by Bird
Hunts, Football Victory, Dance
UNION CHURCH SERVICE
misunderstanding Causes First
community Singing to Fall Thru

Turkey Day in Fitzgerald was
probably more thoroughly enjoyed
by more folks yesterday than it has
been IN years, according to reports OIL
those who had sufficiently recovered
this morning from the big eats &c
talk about it.
The bing- bang of shot guns an.
nounced early yesterday morning
that the bold huntsman had broker
from his usual rut and was giving the
unwary quail something to think
about besides being thankful. 1t is
reliably reported that the remaining
quail in this county are holding theii
Thanksgiving day today in celebra-
ton of being alive.
The Fitzgerald High School
achieved its most decisive football
victory in several years before a
cheering crowd at the high school
gridiron, driving through the fast
eleven from McPhaul Institute, OF
Sylvester, for score of 20 to 0. The
local boys had won 10 to 0 at Syl-
vester last week but their playing
yesterday was better than anything
they have previously displayed this
season
The community singing that had
been planned at the city hall park
did not materialize because of a mis-.
understanding about who was to lead
The Firemen had arranged chairs for
the crowd and the stage was all set
Tor big vocal session. But no song
leader appeared A big bunch OF
Riddles made merry on the play
ground, however, and passed the af-
ternoon noisily, if not tunefully, at
play.
The Fitzgerald Concert Band
played its first official benefit dance
at the Elks Club last night for sew
eral dozen couples. Carloads of
dancers from neighboring towns
joined III the rhythmic recreation. he
band will play for a dance on each
second and fourth Thursday from
now on. The Elks Club floor has
been secured by the band and the
dances will be open to the public.
The proceeds will go to help support
the band
Several cane grind" parties were
staged during the day and evening.
Union church services were held
at the Christian church during the
evening and a large crowd heard an
exceptionally powerful Thanksgiving
Day address by Rev. J. F. Singleton
of the First Baptist church. The
union services are held every Thanks
giving Day under auspices of the
Fitzgerald Ministerial Alliance and
the congregations of all the churches
attend.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-11-26
Thrift Contest Will
Close On December !
Prizes for Best Essays on Thrift
Are Announced by Woman's Club

Thrift developes the citizen, ex-
travagance the anarchist-thrift in
other words, is character builder"
says prominent statesman Is it
not, then, BETTING that the Fitzger-
aid Woman's Club conduct Thrift
Contest to test the intelligence and
patriotism of its people, particularly
its women?
1t seems BETTING also, that we Sc
lect judges from group of women
who have practiced thrift almost a
lifetime, thrift of type that we are
in danger of forgetting, our grand
mothers.
Let us see that thrift is taught the
children in our schools" says a prom
incnt educator of today. ct may
seem impractical at first, but even
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-11-26

in our own recollection the hygiene
which is now SO freely taught in our
schools would have seemed equally
as impractical"
Thrift is not stinginess and does
not require dowdiness, but it does re-
SURE the intelligent use of all our re.
sources" says Mrs. ]. E. Hayes, Of
Montezuma, president of the Georgia
Federated Clubs.
Write letter on one or all three
phases of the thrift question, "What
| have saved, What l have seen saved
and What 1 see that could be saved
that is on the verge of being wasted,
and mail to the Thrift Department
Woman's Club, Fitzgerald, Ga, OF
leave at the Carnegie Library with
Miss Louise Smith before noon, We'd
nesday, December 1st
Make your letter practical, some,
thing that applies to Fitzgerald and
Ben Hill County, our municipal at,
fairs, schools, homes, people, OUR for
ests and agricultural resources. A
committee will remove your name
from your letter and number it SO
that the contest will be impartially
conducted.
First best letter will win six best
photographs from Ricker's Studio
Second, a crate of grapefruit fresh
from Florida grove of Mr. R. V.
Handley.
Third, a sack of R. V. Handley S
Harvest Cream" flour.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-11-26

That women and misses be
aoe price
nigh schoo girls the
lacured these clever house
a yards OF cotton at 40 il
and thread costing gents
i price Of factory-nade sort uolu cost
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-11-26
COTTON GINNED IN
BEN HILL COUNTY

There were 4,015 bales of cotton
ginned in Ben Hill County, from the
crop of 1920 prior to November IA
1920, as compared with 3,457 bales
ginned to Nov. 18th, 1919.
B. H. BEALL,
Special Agent
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-11-26

Mrs. F. M. Powers is entertaining
friends this afternoon at. bridge at her
lovely home on South Lee Street in
honor of Mrs. d. l.. Perry of Au-
gusta
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-11-26

Mrs. Harry Rogers of Dawson i:
spending a few days here with rela-
tives and friends.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-11-26

Mrs. Joseph c. Brewer of Doug
las was shopping in our city Wednes.
day.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-11-26
Do You " ant
'MOreMoney?

NTO Matter What Bust
ness You Are In Or
What Line of Work
You Follow, If You Live in
Fitzgerald You Can't Get
More Money Until More
Money Is Spent Here,
The Fitzgerald Trade Ex-
tension Campaign Edition
of The Leader-Enterprise
and Press Will Bring More
Money Here If 1t Is Backed
by All the Business Men of
the City. If You Have
Something To Sell and We
Haven't Seen You Yet, Tel
ephone 1913 for Information.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1920-01-08
INVISIBLE HAND AT THROATt
OF STATE PRISON SYSTEM, IS
WINFREY CHARGE; ;HERESIGNSI

DALLAS, Tex, Jan. S.-R. H..
Winfrey of Dallas today made pub
lie letter embodying his formal res
ignation rs chairman Of the Texas
prison board. forwarded to Governor
Hobby yesterday in which he suggest
ed that the governor make a full and
complete investigation Of the prison
system.
Winfrey recently charged extern
sive graft existed in the prison sys-
TEN and in the letter he declares that
an invisible hand has had a hold on
the throat Of the prison system until
ii becomes a stencil in the nostrils Of
the people Of Texas
Many laws have been passed in ref
erence TO Texas prisons, Winfrey's
letter said, "but up 10 now it seems
when a man undertakes to carry out
the intentions Of the legislature to
bring about needed reforms for the
protection Of convicts and also to pro-
tect the interests of the state in all
its dealings, he ~ branded for the
slaughter house"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1920-01-08
Adm. KOLCHAK'S
ILLNESS DOES
NOT HALT ARMY
Representatives of His Gov
ernment Says There are
others to Garry on Fight
DOUBTS IRKUTSK'S FALL
Believes City Still in Hands
of AlI-Russian Forces

NEW YORK, Jan. S.-Prince Can
tacuzene, who married the daughter
of President Grant. and who is IN
this country on a military mission for
the kolchak government of Russia,
said today concerning reports that
Kolchak had given up the command :
Whether or not kolchak has been
forced to resign active command of
the All-RuSsian armies because Of
illness, the military situation is not
seriously altered thereby. There are
other men i'm the Russian army who
will carry on the fighting as long as
there is foot Of ground left. There
is vast territory between the Rus
sian front and the Pacific ocean and
even if Irkutsk has fallen into the
hands Of the bolsheviki, which | my
self find hard to believe, the all-Rus-
sian army will carry on.
THE Kolchak armies have the
men and they have many and excel
lent officers. What they need is sup
plies. They have no shoes. no clothes
very little ammunition, and very little
food. If the allies wish to stop the
spread Of bolshevism throughout the
world they must come to the rescue
of kolchak and Denikine. Semenoff
is a Cossack. He is an honest and
strong man. do not believe that
he is playing into the hands Of the
Japanese rs people in America are
inclined to believe. He is a Russian
and patriot. His methods are ruth
less, but his purpose is to fight the
bolsheviki and save the world from
their clutches.
THE Kolchak armies are fighting
Continued on page two)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1920-01-08
ALLEGED MURDERER
SURRENDERS HERE
Jesus Guerrero Was Wanted
For Murder of Deputy
Sheriff Frank Martin

Jesus Guerrero, indicted IN the dis
trict court for the murder of Deputy
Sheriff Frank Martin. former Texas
ranger, at Raymondville in 1917, was
arrested yesterday BY Deputy Sheriff
Lamar Gill and c. VI. Kennedy. Guer-
rero was brought 70 Brownsville this
morning and placed IN the county
Jail.
Martin was killed when he went to
a bale ground to quiet disturbance
and Guerrero has been a fugitive ever
since. The officers learned shortly
before Christmas that he had re-
crossed the river and both county Of
ficers and rangers have been con-
stantly on the lookout for him. Tir-
ing Of constant concealment Guerrero
yesterday surrendered himself TO the
officers. I'm addition to being a depu-
IN sheriff Mr. Martin was employed
at the Norias ranch as fence rider.
Besides the indictment in the state
court. Guerrero was indicted in the
federal court in company with Evar-
lStp iNdliibS anu pti4'iSS WIN iis-N III =
conspired 10 violate the u. $. neu-
trality laws. He was released on q
bond which has since been declared
forfeited but has never been collect
cd from the bcndsmen as time was
given by the court for the apprehen-
sion Of the men.
Following a conference between
officials and Guerro's attorney il
was announced that an effort would
be made to secure his admission to
bail under a writ of habas corpus.
The application will be heard before
Criminal District Judge Walter Ii
mon in Corpus Christi Saturday
morning
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1920-01-08
BANKERS PROTEST LEVY
ERZBERGER is PLANNING
CRv The Associated rressl

BERLIN, Jan. S.-A union of the
big bankers and private bankers Of
Berlin has been drafted and forward
ed TO the national assembly a mem
orial in which the financiers make a
renewed protest against the adoption
Of the national emergency levy pro
posed by Matthias Erzberger, the min
ister of finance.
The bankers say the levy will de-
prive the nation Of capital NEEDED to
carry on production, seriously impair
the individual credits needed to con
duet Legitimate enterprises and that
there is danger that Germany's enc
mics may seize the proceeds Of the
levy.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1920-01-08
RUSSIAN SITUATION is AS
BAD AS CAN POSSIBLY BE
British War Office Reports
Show No Betterment Hope

LONDON, Jan. 6.-Thc situation
in Russia il about a. bad a. ii could
be from an anti-bolshevik viewpoint,
according to British war office re-
ports. and there are few signs indi-
eating likely improvement. Two os-
peciallv menacing developments are
the report that General Denikine's
army i divided by 2 large gap and
the reported capture by the boishe-
wiki of Franoyodsk. on the Caspian
sea. The latter creates the grave
possibility that the reds may over
run northern Persia and occupy TIE
hcran. which probably would mean
the establishment of bolshevik rule
in Persia
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1920-01-08

WASHINGTON, ID. G., Jan. s.
When and where the 1920 democratic
national convention will be held will
be decided here today BY the demo
cratic national committee in a session
which is expected also to lay the basis
for campaign issues BY a resolution
endorsing the administration Of Pros
ident Wilson and his stand on the
peace treaty. San Francisco and
Kansas City were leading before the
meeting began as candidates for the
convention, but Chicago received its
campaign.
The delegation working for San
Francisco went into national commit
tee meeting declaring they absolute
~ are assured the Pacific coast city
would win. The supporters Of Kan
sas City are not 50 optimistic, but
said they still had a chance.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1920-01-08
MARKET REPORT
Especial to The Herald by the U. S.
Bureau Of Markets.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. Jan. s.
LETTUCE-KANSAS CITY: Mar
ket steady; California S2.75 to $3.50.
NEW YORK: Market steady; Cali
fornia, Oakland section, $3.50 to 81 7;
other sections, best. $3.50 to So;
poorer $3.50 to 50; California frozen.
mostly So CHiCAG0: Market
steady; California. firsts, So to $3.50;
poorer as low as 81; Florida hamp-
ers. same.
CABBAGE-KANSAS CITY: Two
cars on track; supply light; demand
good; market stronger and higher
Wisconsin and Holland s. Cwt. CHI
CAGO: Thirteen cars on track; de.
mand active; market firm; Wiscon-
sin. Holland and New York Danish,
$50 to sl0O per ton. ST. LOUIS
Market strong; Holland. New York
and Danish. mostly S100 per ton.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Sll0 to
S120 per ton.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1920-01-08
SOVIET ARK IS
THOUGHT BOUND
FOR RIGA PORT
Guess is Veniured Because OF
Ships Entry Into the KieI
Canal, In Germany

WASHINGTON, p. C., Jan. s.
The Soviet Ark" Buford with us
cargo Of 249 radical aliens is about
70 enter Aiel canal. according w of-
ficial dispatches. While still refus-
ing to disclose the destination W the
ship. officials said a very good guess
might be venturcd since passed
through the canal became known. II
il believed the Bufcrd would 20 tn
Riga 70 discharge the radicals for
transportation across country into
soviet Russia.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1920-01-08
CITY AND COUNTY'S
POLL TAX RECEIPTS
MUST BE HAD BY ALL

"* and provided further,
that any voter who is subject to
pay his poll tax under the laws Of
the state Of Texas or ordinances OF
any city or town in this state, shall
have paid said tax before he offers
TO vote at any election in this state,
and hclds a receipt showing pay
ment of his poll tax before the first
day of February next preceding
such election"
The foregoing is an excerpt from
Article 2939 a. amended by act Of
May 26, 1917, Texas election laws,
and means, according 10 County At
torney Oscar c. Dancy that prospec-
tive men and women voters must pro-
vide themselves with the poll tax re-
ceipts Of both county and city before
they may vote in the elections. The
county poll tax il obtained from the
county tax collector, at the court
house and the tax is $l.75, while the
city poll tax, as fixed by ordinance,
il 81.
Brownsville and San Benito are
the only towns in Cameron county
which compel the payment Of city as
well as county poll taes.
The question Of whether women
will be required to pay the city poll
tax as well rs the county poll tax in
order to vote has arisen in other sec
tions of the state, and the attorney
general at Austin held that in cities
collecting poll tax from male voters
women must pay city poll tax a
well a. that of the county and the
state, i'm order to vote in the primary
elections held, even though primary
elections be for state. county and dis
trict officers. The law requires male
voters to pay city tax and the attor-
ney general construes that part Of the
woman suffrage act requiring the
same qualifications as male voters TO
compel the payment Of the city tax
by women.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1920-01-08
GRAVITY CANAL FUND
PRACTICALLY UP, Is
JESSUP'S STATEMENT

q. H. Jessup. who yesterday under
took the task of raising Brownsvillc'z
1888. remainder Of its pro rata i'm
the gravity canal fund. announced
this afternoon that nearly S7OO of
the amount has been collected. leav-
ing only a small amount which hc eN-
pected to get together either this aft
crnoon or tomorrow morning. MIR
Jessup started work yesterday after
noon. The donations run from 81
TO S25.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1920-01-08
BERLIN TO STOCKHOLM
PHONE LINE OPERATING

BERLIN. Jar. S-A new telephone
line has just been opened from Ber-
lin to Stockholms The distance is
G25 miles Of which 80 miles are of
cable. said here 10 be one Of the long
est telephone cables in the world.
The lowering Of the electric inn
pulse in passing through the cable
IL in part overcome by special con-
struction Of that part Of the line and
by strengthening the telephone APP
paratus. At both cable landing sta
tions the sounds are raised TO their
original strength.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1920-01-08
YOUNG WOMEN TO HELP
PROTECT GIRLS MORALS
Fifteen Hundred Sworn in for
Duty in New York City

NEW YORK, M. M, Ian. S-Fif-
teen thousand young women have
been sworn in by the New York Pro
baton and Protective Association to
aid in protecting the morals If girls
here. The theory Of this girl 70 girl
movement, il was explained, i 70
use the subtle sympathy " youth
for youth" 70 bring about such
healthful recreation ~ shall prevent
exploitation Of their leisure time by
commercial and undesirable interests.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1920-01-08
1920 CONVENTION
CITY Up TODAY
FOR SELECTION
Democratic Committee Ex-
poets to Lay Basis For Is
sues in Coming Campaign

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Jan. 8.
Revolutions endorsing the treaty
of Versailles and denouncing as
unpatriotic the attitude of senat--
ors who would defeat it directly
or by multiplying with reservations,
were unanimously adopted by the
democratic national committee this
afternoon. Arrogant republican
leaders were denounced as having
earned the contempt Of the world
by throttling the treaty and the
senate was called upon 10 quit
playing politics with the question
Of ratification.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1920-01-08
UEDERCRADS AS FARMERS

PITTSBURGH, Jan. S.-The en-
ployment bureau Of the University
Of Pittsburgh reports that about \
500 undergraduates of the institu-
tion earn all or part of their eXpens-
es. The bureau has placed ! ,02l wo-
men students in positions where they
work outside Of school hours. More
than 500 Of them worked in stores
offices or other business houses dur
ing their Christmas vacation.