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Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-12-09
Railroad Men To Be
Tried Next Thursday
Trials of Accused Strikers Is Again
Put Off; Called For Next Week

Attorneys A. ], Mcdonald and H
]. Quincy of Della, are in Cordele to-
day where the trial of E. M. Bishop
Jim Russell and Thomas is ssset for
trial in the Crisp County Superior
Court. for the alleged burning of a
bridge on the night of AMY 10Th. of
the A. B. & A. Railway. A large
number of railroad men, former EN-
ployees of the A. B. & A. left this
morning for Cordele to be present at
the trial. At this hour 6 P. M we
are informed by Col. Mcdonald over
long distance phone that the cases
have been postponed until next Thurs
day, when Solicitor Wall will be ready
to go to trial. The postponement was
had on account of the inability of the
State to go to trial
The defense is anxious to dispose
of these cases and secure the release
of their clients from Jail
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-12-09
FIRST METHODIST
EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Corner of Lee and Magnolia SITS

Sunday will be Junior Church Day
The pastor will preach sermon to the
boys and girls and the Junior Choir
will sing at 1l:15. Let us all be bows
and girls and attend this service.
The Sunday school will meet at 1C
A. M, Mr.. Stokoe will have charge
and an interesting time is expected
A service will be held for the Young
people at 7 P. NJ by the Epworth
League.
The Pastor will preach at 8 P M
You and your friends will be wei.
come. Come and worship with US.
Mid week prayer service Wednes.
day evening at 800.
James H Elder, Pastor.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-12-09
''Microbe of Love" To
Be Staged In Douglas

The Microbe of Love is to be staged
in Douglas tomorrow night. according
to Miss Stanfiel
We will not have an opportunity
to have it repeated here as Miss Stan
fiel leaves Immediately for points in
Mississippi and Washington D. c. to
stage this wonderful play.
See this performance tonight and
you will be glad. If you miss it you
will regret it when you hear your
friends talking abou. how much you
missed
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-12-09

Be sure TO buy Christmas seals. The
Civic Department of the Woman
Club will sell Christmas seals for the
State tuberculosis Association. Don't
fail to buy stamps for every package
or letter you send away and aid in the
fight being promoted by the State
against that worst of all diseases, tu-
berculosis
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-12-09
AT The Christian
Church Next Sunday

At the Central Christian church,
December llth,. at HIS A. M. the
Woman's Missionary Society and the
Young Peoples Missionary Circle of
the church will give an interesting
program with Mrs. o. L. Bradshaw
as leader Subject 'One-Fourth of
the World in China" Everybody is
invited to be present.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-12-09
Fitzgerald Cotton
Exchange Opened

In line with other large cotton cit
les, Fitzgerald has now its own regular
cotton Exchange, opened today in the
Five Story Building, under the man.
agement of E. w. Bats with L. P.
Webster as operator The local Of
flee is branch of Fenner and Became
of New Orleans and has direct wire
connection with the Exchanges at
New York. New Orleans and Chicago.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-12-09
Colored School [ o Have
Play Monday Night

The pupils of the seventh and the
eighth grades of the colored public
school, will present "Pochahontas' on
Monday night. Dec 18th at Salem
Baptist Church. Admission 10c. The
public is cordially invited 8 P. M.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-12-09
MISSIONARY SOCIETY
MEETING

The Woman's Home Missionary
Society of the First NJ f. Church
met at the home of Miss Myrtce Cor
lev on West Pine street Monday af-
ternoon. with twelve members pres
ent and two visitors. The first hour
was spent with the election of officers
and other business, after short but
very interesting program, lovely re-
freshments were served by Miss Cor.
Ik@y and her sister Mrs. Myrick all
- no were present went to their homes
sreeling they had spent very profitable
and enjoyable afternoon.
The next meeting will be with Mrs.
E n. Davis on south Lee street. the
first Monday in January.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-12-09

Mrs. ]. w. Douglas of Nashville
has taken charge of the Five-Story
building Lobby Cigar Stand and Soda
Fountain Mrs. Douglas will keep a
full line of CONTEMPORARIES, cigars,
Cigarettes and will give special atten-
ton TO the soda fountain
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-12-09
Mrs. s. G. Pryor, Jr.
Mrs. A. w. Kirkland.
Mrs. ]. p. Manning
Mrs. F. A. Hardee
Mrs. Fl. A. Mathis.

Accompanying the bride and groom
Mr.. and Mrs L. A. Lewis, in auto
mobile to Triton where they took the
train, were Miss Corinne Womble.
Carlysle Mcdonald. Mr.. Bob Lewis
Mrs ]. L. McCarty, Mrs. J. H. Mays.
Mrs. Jesse Grantham, Mr., Bob Fryer.
and Mrs. R. r. Bennett.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-12-09
CARD OF THANKS

The Civic Committee wishes to
thank the teachers of the three ward
schools. Chamber of Commerce, Mr..
c. T. Owen. Mr.. Petty, County Board
Commissioners and all who assisted
in helping make Arbor Day a sue
cess. Especially do we thank Mir.
VIM r. Bowen and DR.. Will Halle
who selected and brought the trees
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-12-09

Mrs w. N. Wells returned to her
/ home in DeLand, Fla. this morning
after a pleasant visit at the home of
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs C. A.
Fretwell on south Grant ST.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-12-09

Leader Want Ads Bring Results
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-12-09
SOUTHERN RY. NAY Get Line THROUGH FITZGERALD
Some Things And Others

will resound with the tilt of Irish
laughter, and Irish eyes will be smiling
as the old song has it Just like the
day in June
And now if we wanted to be real
funny we might also add the phrase
New York Papers Please Copy"
For a man (pardon this) who was
born and raised Republican in a
Republican state that as often as not
went Democratic we are about con-
WINGED that after all ''IT'S GREAT
TO BE A DEMOCRAT"
Humorous Note:-"Do your Christ
mas alibi-ing early"
We are mighty glad that we are not
living in big city as poor as we are
just think what might happen if we
were held up by bandit who would
kill us for being broke We, person
parade of which we will know moth
ing. and where our badge of author
ity will be lily in our hand.
Even as far back as 1871 people
were known to fail to advertise. Fuzzy
Woodruff, an esteemed contemporary
1--WE accept the bow has found that
fifty years ago the editor of the At
lant2 Constitution deplored the fact
tia many mere hans Wee allowing a
golden opportunity to slip, through
failing =, advertise
We don't like to say it but things
haven't changed so awfully much
have they?
Congress is back in Washington
for rest after strenuous period OF
handshaking and explaining with the
home folks.
Personally we have no ambitions
toward standing before kings but
we love to sit behind aces. especially
when they're back to back.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-12-09

eve thank you.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-12-09

Congress is back in Washington
for rest after a strenuous period of
handshaking and explaining with the
home folks.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-12-09

Personally we have no ambitions
toward standing before kings but
we love to sit behind aces. especially
when they're back to back.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-12-03
LEAVES FOR STATE PRISON
WITH TWO CONVICTED MEN

Capt. John Hanshaw. recruiter for
the state prison. was in the city yes
terday. having made the trip in his
official capacity. He left on the
morning train today and had in his
custody two men who had been SEN
fenced to serve time in the state pris
on. The men were Gordon Bilbray,
white, and Earles Edwards, colored.
Bilbray was convicted recently in the
court Of record for selling property
that belonged to another person and
he was sent up for two years. Ed
wards is the negro that was shot by
Chris Hartman some time ago when
he was proving around his home at
night, and who was later arraigned in
the court of record and pleaded guilty
OF attempting to break and enter. He
was sentenced to serve five years for
his offense.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-12-03

abound. but flat silver, table linen.
small rugs and other household articles
which guards could carry are lacking
When the American relief administra-
ton opened UP the houses where its
personnel lives the government was to
supply all furnishings under the food
agreement.
It was with the greatest difficulty
that enough dishes We're found In the
foot houses" for the use of the Ameri-
cans, and although assurances were
given that the government stores
would yield plenty of table silver, the
relief workers We're obliged to use
timed iron spoons. Repeated searches
were made in warehouses where silver
was listed. but it was always missing.
Many old-time Russians who are en-
ployed by the American relief admin
istration have recognized pieces of
their own furniture in the lot supplied
to the American relief administration
houses by the government
Many of the better pictures from
private houses have been put into the
galleries in Moscow and Petrograd.
Old furniture and tapestries have also
been saved from museums in many
cases, but the great mass of confis-
Gated furniture and carpets has gone
into government offices or residences
Of government officials.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-12-03
NEED OF REFORM
in ROAD BUILDING
Samuel Hill Advocates Coordination
of All Existing Forms of
Transportation.
BY Samuel Hill,

BY Samuel Hill,
(Honorary President Washington State
Good Roads Association; Honorary
Life President Canadian Good Roads
Association, and Ex-President AM
erican Road Builders Association.)
The need of reform in road building
and highway transportation, a subject
that will receive extended discussion at
the Good Roads Congress to be held
under the auspices of the American
Good Road Builders association at the
Coliseum in Chicago, January II to 20
next, is one Of vital interest to the
people of the United States at this
time. 1t is a subject that should re-
ceive the earnest consideration of every
good roads advocate, every statesman
and every public official who has the
welfare of the country at heart and
who wants to see the United States
lead the world in cheap transportation
facilities.
For forty years I have been inter
ested in highway improvement in the
United States, and to my mind the
most important thing which the United
States needs to do is to correlate its
transportation system. Abroad. in
many countries, there is a cabinet
minister who has the title of minister
of ways and means of communication.
Water transportation, rail transporta-
ton and highway transportation
should be fitted together in such a
way as to best serve the public needs.
There are materials, but few people
can think Of them, that do not move
over highways before they reach the
water or the railroad. Destructive COM
petition is unwise and unnecessary.
American began first Of all by using
highways. The capital of every state
in the union at one time, except Flor
ida, was located on a water course. The
development Of steam power caused
the abandonment of the policy of high
way Improvement inaugurated with the
old Cumberland pike. 'Puffing Billy
on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
superseded the wagon train. Today
putting Billy sees coming over the
hard surface roads, provided at public
expense, what he regards as a COM
petitor. So far has. that fear grown,
that the railway men recognized, when
they threatened to strike, that country
could exist without them.
The stone mason and the brick
masons, feeling that they had the con-
struction of buildings under their con-
troll, diminished the effectiveness OF
their work and raised their prices. and
today the stone cutter is rarity.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-12-03

this tonnage, when so determined, must
be moved by the lest expensive route
The problem is to get the mouth to
the food or the food TO the mouth.
When we began highway improve
ment in the United States forty years
ago, there We're approximately so per
cent of the people of the United States
on the land Today it is doubtful u
on the farms proper there is to exceede
20 per cent of the people. Every
strong nation has its roots in the soil
The problem is TO put people back on
the land and keep them there. Other
wise. our form Of government win fan.
To keep them there we must give them
good roads, good telephone service.
good rural free delivery and good
schools, and then find a market where
they can raise what they sell AT
profit.
The trend toward town life has In
creased enormously, both here and IN
other countries. And unless we can
make the comforts Of home life on the
farm at least equal to those ia town,
we cannot hope to progress as a nation.
The farmer win no longer consent TO
h0IA Lcils Twelve anu +t'At- efA'AA +-s-tt-'
day when the man in town is working
eight With the return of our soldiers
from the great war the fact Of their
unwillingness 10 return 10 tho land
became evident. In other words the
habits Of the farm boy had been lost
Unless we are willing to discover some
way TO restore labor to The farm, we
would be compelled either to import
food or to import labor to produce this
food. The permanent importation 81
farm labor has always proven disas-
trous to any nation that has trlod.it.-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-12-03
ENTERS BIG DAMAGE SUIT
AGAINST MARGARET SNEED

Among the suits that have been
filed in the court of record within the
last week appear three suits for di-
vorce but probably the most con-
spicuous is a suit for damages which
was entered by Gordon Broome, who
is counsel for the plaintiff. Mrs. John
d. Parker against Margaret Sneed, the
amount of the suit being $4,000. How
ever, the bill of particulars has not yet
been filed in this case and it may
probably be Abandoned. It is under
stood to have arisen over an alleged
alienation of affections.
The names appearing in the other
suits that were docketed are as fol-
lows: Ferris-Lee Lumber Company
VS.. e. A. Rivers and Matte Rivers.
bill; Martha McLandon Nichols vs..
Roy Nichols. divorce; Dora Magda-
line White VS.. Warren Leslie White.
divorce; Polite Michel VS.. Leon
Mitchell, divorce.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-12-03

American Road Builders association
was formed, has the matter of proper
highway transportation been taken up.
With our increasing population the
problem of the production of food viii
become acute unless proper study of
soils be made. This is now being un-
dertaken by our government; bat here
tofore the matter of road and highway
legislation has been haphazard, with
out definite plan. There should be
undertaken at once by the national
government a thoroughly planned sys-
tenn of national highways, and these
should be so laid out and constructed
as to give the largest possible use of
existing railways, highways and water
ways. There are approximately in the
United States 100000 miles Of alleged
highways. There are 100000 miles,
substantially, Of railways. The cheap
est cost of moving ton mile on the
great lakes was nine-tenths of one
mill, as demonstrated in the movement
of ore by the Albert B. Wolvin The
cheapest form of transportation known
was on the Chesapeake and Ohio rail-
way, where coal tonnage was moved to
tidewater for one mill and a tenth per
ton per mile. The cost of moving a ton
per mile on the different classes OF
highways IN the United States has not
yet been accurately determined. We
must elaborate some system of deter
mining the cost of making transporta-
ton. 1t is q commodity like boots and
shoes, dry goods or -four. When this
cost is determined It must be ascer-
fafrad inst nth II Yarnporffpu IF tho ton
mage required can most efficiently be
moved over the highways. over the
waterways and over the railways; and
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-12-03

Concrete superseded brick and stone.
It is well for our railroad brethren to
bear this in mind.
civilization. Every nation has in
creased in wealth and it's workers have
received high wages, just in proportion
as its transportation systems have
been multiplied. The lowest wage rate
today in the world is in China. There
is not one single mile of highway in
China The average highway in China
is fifteen inches WIDE There is not
one single mile of paved road in
Japan: nor one single mile of paved
street in Japan.
Americas danger is that we will du-
p1icate unnecessary means of trans
portation. Every one of the three is
essential, but all should be correlated
and welded into one machine to get
the best results. If we fail to do this
we viii pay bitterly for It. You cam
not get along without railways or
waterways, and latterly we have come
to understand what highways mean.
Today England is laying an 1s-inch
concrete base for all the roads of Eng
land. On top of that they are putting
Tarmac. over those roads they haul
what they call steam lorries or traction
engines, each engine pulling perhaps
three cars holding fve-tons each. The
railways have complained to parIia-
ment, and parliament is. taxing those
motor buses so as to more equitably
distribute the burden.
The United States has had the
cheapest transportation in the world.
Outside of the great lakes it has
Jagged behind in water transportation,
and only within recent years, since the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-12-03
CONFTSCATED GOODS
ON RUSSIAN MARKET
Various Articles confiscated by Cow
eminent Offered For Sale on
Streets Of Moscow.

MOSCOW, Dec. Goods acquired
~ the government when It took over
III property have been dissipated to a
yery great extent mad probably consti-
hIte a considerable part Of the ma
,erial offered on the local street mar
kets.
The bolshevists confiscated the
itocks OF merchants and the contents
" offices and residences and stored
hem In government houses which have
been named loot houses by the nom
communist public.
These stocks were drawn on very
heavily by the army and for other gov
.rnment purposes. But they also
proved a gold mine for dishonest Off
;ials. and the dearth OF all sorts Of
mall articles in these houses indicates
hat pilfering has been pretty general.
Concert pianos gigantic divans, inn
nense bedroom suites and wardrobes
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-12-03
WILL ISSUE WARRANTS
ON GEORGIA RAILROAD
az The AssoeIated pressl

ATLANTA, Ga, Dec. 2.-The Geor-
gia supreme court rendered a decision
today UNFOLDING the constitutionality
OF the law passed by the 1921 legisla-
ture authorizing the government to is
sue deferred warrants of S240, 900
against the next five years rentals of
the state-owned Western & Atlantic
railroad. Through this decision, It was
said, the state may pay its overdue
Confederate veteran pensions and care
for other obligations.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-12-03
AND FIREMAN
KILLED ON SOUTHERN
az The AesoeIatsd Pressl

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Dec. q
e. z. woodruff, 5. engineer. and
Houston East. 81. negro fireman, both
of Tuscumbia. Ala, were instantly
killed when southern railway train
No. AZ, accommodation. from Hunts
vile. ran into an open switch at Shell
Mound. near here. today. Two passen-
gers. r. w. Oppman of Flint, Mich,
and w. c. Pigg, OF Elyria, Tenn. We're
slightly injured. Baggagemaster II. T.
Martin of Madison, Ala, was more Sc
riously injured and Mail Clerks r. NJ.
Powell and L. +. Castleberry received
severe bruises and dissertations. The
engine and three coaches overturned
in a corn field alongside the track.
Railroad officials are investigating the
cause OF the wreck. The injured were
brought to a local hospital.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-12-03
RESCUE CAPTAIN OF
DRIFTING COAL BARGE

NEW YORK, Dec. captain Fraz
Ter of the Carrie Clarke, one of the
two coal barges which broke adrift
from the tug Neptune on the way from
Norfolk to Boston early this week, has
been rescued by the steamer City of
Agria.
Al wireless message received today
from the Agria said that Frazier was
the only survivor OF six men who were
on the barges.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-12-03
GEORGIA MAN FOUND
DEAD IN AUTOMOBILE
(Ry rhe AssoeIated Pressl

WAYNESBORO. Ga. Dec Rob
ert LANCE OF Lincolnton, Ca. was
found dead in his automobile on the
AIillen- Waynesboro public road today
with bullet wound in his head.
A coroner's jury investigating the
case held that pistol found in the
automobile, with two loaded cartridges
and one empty cartridge. did not cause
the death of LANCE.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-12-03
NEWS OF RECORD
Deeds.
DeeaS.
little Guarantee Company

DeedS.
(Title Guarantee Company
Tessie H. Field and husband, to r.
C. Rupert, Sept. Is. 1921, $500 and
other; lot and south 20 feet of lot
Z, block "a, East King Tract.
Lee Daniel and wife to Silas S.
Goldsmith, Nov. 20. 1921; $4,000 and
other; east 60 feet of NE Ia Of block
III West King Tract.
Trustee Pensacola Investment Co,
bankrupt, to trustees First Methodist
Episcopal church, South, of Pensacola,
Fla, Nov. rs, 1921; $1,000; lots 10, II.
and IL in block Sc. East Pensacola.
Maude A. Owens and husband to D.
w. Billiard. Sept. %. 1920; $4,000; un-
divided 1-3 interest in E IL OF Sc ID
section "a, TIP. 1 S. r. so west.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-26
Belmont Is Thrown
In Polo Game Lost
BY Meadow Brooks
Pony Rolls Over Rider.
Who Manages to E.
cape With Minor Injuries
eoecial Dispatch to The 7ribuns


HENPSTEAD, Aug. 25.--By a score
OK II to 8 the polo team Of the Whip
pany River (N. a. Club, known az the
Freebooters. defeated the MeadowhrooA
Orange County team this afternoon or
the Cochran felo n The final match
for the Meadowbrook Club Cups, omen
TO teams With rating not exceeding
twenty goss.
With out one goal difference in han
dicap ratings. which Went to Whip
pany the riding, mallct work and clev-
er combinations Of both teams had the
score tied three times
The Long Island four-composed Of
". Avcrill Hartman, Robert Bullock
Charles Cary Runsey and Morgan Bel
mont, later replaced by Harry I. Pc
ters, when Belmont came croppc1
after colliAins with Bonnie Gatins
had somewhat the better Of the play
and notsemanship for the 1irst three
chuhkers. Whppany then got to-
gelhcr and ended with brilliant work in
the last three cLuh kcrs.
At the end of the fifth period as Be
mont anl Gatins were riding each
other off, Belmont's pony fell, rolling
over him. Gatins scrambled free OF
his mount and was unhurt Belmont
lay on the field for some time before
being taken home lie vas severely
shaacn up but apparently not badly
hurt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-26

=, OXFORD, England, Aug. 25.-The
philadelphia Pilgrims cricket team
TO-DAY finished their match With tho
tton Rambler, winning by i've wick
efa festerdoy the English team VIM
OIL oct for Jgl, while the Americana
md scored 10 runs for eight wicke,,
when etunipe we're drawn. To-day rho
Phiiadephians Completed Their ire,
innings with J60 runs and their gecond
w'tn js4 for FIX wickots. Ihc Ramhlera
n THAR asspad inning s4ored ia