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Fitzgerald leader., 1921-03-29
Judge Meldrim Not
To Surrender Ruffin

SAVANNAH, March, 29.-(SpeciaD
Il will follow the law; if it is in my
power, there will be no lynching; will
not send Joe Ruffin back to Jenkins;
county---he can remain in jail here.
til he rots if necessary" is the way
Judge Peter w. Meldrim announced
his determination in the case of the.
negro recently acquitted in Chatham
county (by change of venue) of the
murder several years ago of a jenkins
county fficer and now under indie
ment and wanted in jenkins for other
alleged crimes.
Defense of Ruffin maintain that eff
forts are being made to get the negro
back to Jenkins to lynch him; Jenkins:
people Indignantly deny the imputa-
ton at the hearing yesterday after
noon for the dismissal of Ruffin The
case of murder the charge of kill
ing Officer w. C. Brown---will come
up Monday morning and Judge Mel
drim will direct verdict of "Not gull
ty" Ruffin was acquitted on charge
of the murder of Officer Stephens.
Warrants for Ruffin's re-arrest are out
but one, at least, has been declined by
the sheriff of this. county.
Fitzgerald leader., 1921-03-29
WAGE LONG WAR ON SAvAGES
Holland Never Aole to Subdue Fierce
Tribe Living in Rich East Indian
Archipelago.

The military forces of Holland
which the news dispatches say are ta
be reduced nearly one-half, find con.
siderable employment i'll the East
Indian archipelago, nearly all of which
belongs to the Dutch. 1t is a con.
siderable territory, covering distance
from east to west as great as that
from New York to San Francisco.
The wild native tribes are trouble.
some. But worst of all are the Achee.
nese, who occupy little country al
the north end of Sumatra Acheen ia
an absolute monarchy, recognizing nc
authority or control from the Dutch
or anybody else.
One of the longest wars in history
has been fought by the Dutch against
the Acheenese. 1t was started in 1872,
and has been going on ever since, with
no present prospect of bringing it to
an end
In former days the Acheenese, who
are Malays, engaged largely in piracy.
In their swift sailing proas they
secured the seas. capturing every un.
armed vessel they came across, and
custOmarily butchering everybody on
board. BY their depredations they al.
most destroyed trade through the
straits of Malacca.
The Dutch did away with this mis-.
chief by running down the pirate
craft with small steam vessels and
destroying them. But the Acheenese
are still independents and defiant on
land. When the Dutch avenge an out.
rage by burning their villages and rice
plantations, they retire to inaccessible
Businesses of the mountains. The best
the Dutch can do Is to hold the ex.
treme northern tip Of Sumatra, where
they have planted a fortified town
called Kota Radja. Usually about
eight thousand troops are kept there
IN Garrison.
''9ss the base Of the tip string
., rfreen little forts extend con.
ne,;Jd with the town by railroad and
telegraph. Each is defended by elabo.
rare barbedwire entanglements and
by hedge of the spiky plants called
Spanish bayonets. thirty feet wide,
which is even more effective. If a
fort is attacked re-enforcements from
Kota Radja are summoned by wire.
Not far from the town is Gold
mountain, which is said to be full OF
the yellow metal; but it is outside the
line Of forts and so the gold remains
undug. For the Acheenese are just
about the most ferocious savages in
the world, little fad Of theirs being
mutilation of their enemies, whose
legs, arms and ears they cut off.
Their country is a primeval forest,
peopled by orang-outangs and full OF
deadly malaria.
Fitzgerald leader., 1921-03-29
Health Men Urg-
Fight On Rodents
Rats Consumed $2OO,O00,oO ir
Food Last Year

ATLANTA, March z9.-Any one
who really wants to do some hunting
and trapping might satisfy his desire
and do lot of good at the same
time by going after rats, according to
experts at the state capitol.
Figures have been prepared show
ing that l00l000O100O rats in this
country consume $200O,OOO,OOO worth
OF food in the course of year. thus
absorbing the full-time work of 2OO.-
600 men. That is only part of the
story, say the experts. The rats do
considerable property damage which
is not counted in that food total
Worst of all, they act as most ef-
ticient transportation system for the
germs of disease.
Simply rat-proofing buildings and
driving the beasts from one shelter
to another lis not enough, it is de-
clared They must be exterminated
Poison and trap and hunters gun arc
the weapons, it is stated. with which
to fight this pest.
One pair of rats, with five or six
broods of ten young ones each in a
year, the first-born breeding before
the last litter open their eyes, would
speedily repopulate any region in
which the rat hunter relaxed his
vigile, says the man who suggests a
rat hunt in Georgia
Fitzgerald leader., 1921-03-29
Ashton Seniors Give
Play Commencement
Strong Cast Arranged For Miss Top.
sy Turvy" April 9Th.

The senior boys and girls are en-
deavoring to present at Commence
ment this year Miss Topsy Turvy'
Snappy little comedy full of ginger
and pep. We were intending giving
the play last Commencement but ow-
ing to the" Flu" epidemic, we were
compelled to abandon it.
Exie Robizsch as "Topsy Turvy'
is a genuine little thriller" who by
her fondness for practical joking and
her fun-loving disposition, laughs her
way into the hearts of those she loves.
But friend worth the loving-loyal,
steadfaSt and true.
Elmo Troup as Frank Golden, Top
sy'S cousin. also believes in fun and
plenty of it and lives up to his belief.
Ossie Young is the great Lord Clar-
ence, with plenty of brains and plenty
OF money and considered a good
catch by all the Bellies of London. -
Bessie Fountain is May Golden, an
adventures, who resolves by means,
fair or fowl to win Lord Clarence and
his bottomless bank account Her
groundless suspicious and petty jeal-
ouies are very amusing. Alton Wal
ker is the Deacon Jones, "a saint
abroad, devil at home," who is wild
ly in love with Mrs. Spriggs, Topsy's
governess. Clara Wilbanks plays the
part and we believe she certainly
knows what she is about
Myrtice Harden, Mrs. Clarendon, is
Toysy's mother and she Certainly plays
her part we'll Jack Ball as Ned, a
negro is very amusing, his genuine dar-
key expressions and pathetic ignorance
appeals to one and is typical of the
Southern negro.
We ars trying to make this one of
the best plays ever presented at Ashton
and we truly hope that we will be
successful.
Fitzgerald leader., 1921-03-29
Duty to PosterltN-

We should live and labor in our time
so that what came to us as seed. NAV
go to the next generation as blossoms.
and what came to us as blossom. NAV
go to them as fruit-Exchange.
We'll, tie a Fine Phrase.
II he were aware of the phrase tho
pursuing motorcycle cop might inform
you some time, as he drew alongside
that the race is not always to ths
swift.-Mohawk Messenger.
Al t2s Degrees m Death Valley.
At Greenland ranch. in Death val.
ley, California, the air tempera ;ure
as recorded by a tested maximum
Thermometer exposed in a standard in
strument shelter, rose to 100 degrees
or higher on % days during June, and
ON every day during July, 1920. The
extreme maximum was 125 degrees.
recorded on the last day Of July. On
July 10, 1919. the temperature there
rea"hed is+ degrees Fahrenheit. the
highesi officially recorded air temper
ature m The world. FROM the Bulle-
TN American Meteorological Society.
Fitzgerald leader., 1921-03-29
Buried Forest Found,

A prehistoric forest, buried under
30 feet of meadow marsh, has been
found near Chestnut Neck, on the New
York-Atlantic City motor route. Ce-
dar and oak trees have been found in
a perfect state of preservation, while
at other points the buried timber had
been reduced to charcoal. The dis
covery was made by linemen erecting
poles to carry electric power to the
transatlantic wireless plant in Tuck
erton. Poles so feet long are being
used across a ''bottomless" stretch of
the Mullica river meadows.
Fitzgerald leader., 1921-03-29
Swatting The Fly
Is Order Of Day
Spring Offensive Against Pests
Is Opening in Georgia

r. ATLANTA, March 29.-The spring
offensive against the fly menace is
opening up in Atlanta and in many
other portions of the State, it is stat
ed here by health authorities. The
war against this worst of disease
scatterers should be waged inces-
sanity and in every city, community
and home, says these health authori-
ties. Wholesale slaughter of all flies
is the program urged.
Precautionary measures to keep
flies out of homes, through screened
windows and doors, it is pointed out,
is important, and the cleaning up of
premises to the end that flies will
find no available breeding places is
an important precautionary measures.
The house fly is an enemy to the
human race and should be so treated
says at Atlanta health authority. "It
should be fought in every possible
way and with the greatest possible
vigor. Old and young should push
the fight, for old and young alike are
menaced by the fly"
1t is claimed that flies will be more
numerous this year than usual, be-
cause of the exceedingly mild winter.
In this part of the country, it is
shown there was not sufficient cold
weather to kill the flies and now that
Spring is approaching there are evil
dences of a heavy INCREASE in the
number of flies.
War against flies has already been
started in Atlanta, where the winter
hangover" flies already have made
their appearance.
Start right now to swatting the
fly and swat him every chance you
get is the Atlanta slogan.
Fitzgerald leader., 1921-03-29
Use Of Motor Cars
Show Big Gains
Motor-Drawn Farm Equipment
Also Greatly Increased

ATLANTA, March 29.-Use of
motor cars for pleasure, of trucks for
business and of motor drawn farm
equipment has increased to such an
extent during the last ten years that
the motor vehicle industry has be-
come NRe of the chief industries of the
country say Atlanta auto men who
have complied statistics.
The nation is now on a motor-ve-
hicle basis insofar as individual trans
portation is concerned, said one dealer
How soon it will be until motor cars
and trucks take the place of steam
drawn trains is for the future to reveal
but it is believed by many that the dav
is not very far distant when the rail
roads will find increasing difficulty in
meeting the competition of the motor
truck and the big motor passenger
cars"
A total of 9,2ll.295 motor cars in
cluding commercial vehicles were reg
istered last year in the 4S States and
District of Columbia, according to fig.
ureS complied by the Bureau of Public
Roads of the u. S. Department ot
Agriculture i'll study of revenue
available for road building purposes
II is announced here.
There were also registered total OF
23S,l46 motorcycles. The registration
and liscense fees, including those fol-
chautieurs, operators and dealer.
amounted to l$,2054oofssETAOIN
amounted to $l02,034l06,26 AS com,
pered with 1919, the data for 1920 rep
resent the increase of p per cent, O,
l.o45,S49 motor cars This increas,
alone lacks but per cent of beins
equal to the total registrations of til,
United States six years ago.
Auto dealers and accessory me,
here, some of whom are managers fo
southern territory, declare that tn
outlook for business this Spring an,
Summer is unusually good.
Fitzgerald leader., 1921-03-29
DID YOU SWAT THAT

FLY-Now comes the season of
the year when the pesky, bother
some, typhoid carrying housefly
lends his assistance to making life
a bore. One fly killed in March
will mean a million unborn by
September. Swat the fly now
while he is scarce and hard to
find. 1t will save swatting him
in droves few weeks later. Flies
believe in raising large families.
Each fly you see today will be the
ancestor of several millions be-
fore August if you give him a
chance.
Now is also good time to
start exterminating the mosqui-
toes. Clear up the garbage and
pour kerosene on all standing
water. Cleanup week comes Of
tlclally next month but it is never
too early to begin war on flies
and mosquitoes. They won't wait
for proclamation from mayor Pitt
man to begin laying their plans
for a summer of feasting on un-
protected arms and legs and bald
heads.
1t might be a good idea for all
the bald headed men in Fitzgerald
to organize this week and lead the
war on flies, which carry typhoid
as well as discomfort for bald
heads, the mosquitoes, which car
ry malaria as well as a painful
nose. The baldheaded men are
the worst sufferers and the Lead
er will do all it can to help them
out, even though it may lay itself
open to a charge of representing
only one class of citizens. We
believe that bald headed man
has as much right right to life,
liberty and the pursuit of happi-
ness unpestered and unprovoked
by flies and mosquitoes as any
other man and we may be bald
headed some day "ourself."
But, folks, don't leave the fight
entirely to the bald headed men.
They will suffer most but all of
us will suffer some. "Swat the
fly" Mash the Mosquito" say
we, swat to the line and let the
flies fly where they may.
Fitzgerald leader., 1921-03-29
A MARTYR TO PROGRESS

AS tins editorial is written, Lieu
tenant w. d. Coney whose home
is in Brunswick but who has been
in the United States Army air
corps for the last several years,
is reported to be dying at Natchez
Miss. as resultof fall in his ma
chine while attempting a second
flight across the continent from
Jacksonville to San Diego. He
may be dead, by the time this is
published.
Monuments are erected not so
much to honor those in whose
memory they are erected, as to
commemorate the action for which
they are honored, as an inspira-
ton to future generations to go
and do likewise" SO with Conev.
1t is not useless to speak his prais-
es when he can no longer hear
them.
Lieutenant w. d, Coney is a
martyr to progress. His sacrifice
is no less great, no less worthy in
itself than were the sacrifices of
the martys to religion. In itself
it is perhaps greater because those
martyrs to faith died in the belief
that in losing this life they were
gaining one immeasurably better
The price of death was small
one to pay. Lieutenant Coney's
death did not insure his future
life. He died that the world
might move forward. In entrust-
ing his life to a few hundred
pounds of steel, and wire and can
vas and gasoline, Lieutenant Con
ey hoped to show that it is pos.
sible for flying machines to ira.
verse great distances in safety
He made one transcontinenta
one-stop flight without injury. Il
was a marvellous accomplishment
IN tins day of marvels. 1t brought
California four days closer tc
Georgia and Florida, showed thai
Calitornians could be made closer
neighbors to Georgians and Flor
idians and that this great country
n2f ours could be bound even more
losely together as a single com
inunity. What that means tC
America can be elaborated upor
as we'll by the Imagination of tn,
reader as in print.
Lieutenant Coney proved tha
men and machines can travers'
this continent but his dealt
APPROVES they must be NOR
kperfect than the one I,
1
Fitzgerald leader., 1921-03-29
FOR SAFER SCHOOLS
From Macon NeWs-The rennr1


just made by the national COM
mittee for Chamber of Commerce
cooperation with the public
schools on survey conducted
by the American City Bureau,
ought to be far from reasuring
to the parents of children in
public schools. committee IS
headed by George D. Strayer
of the Teachers College of Co
lumbia University.
This report indicates that in
429 cities of the United States
tens of thousands are attending
schols in firetraps, and that hun
dreds Of thousands are COM
PEELED to attend half-time or in
makeshift, insanltary buildings.
Passing the problems of play
ground room, which in some
cases is limited to space of six
by six feet for a pupil and in
Others none at all, the question
of fire hazard seems vital.
Of all the buildings in these
cities, "only five per cent are of
the type of construction usually
called fireproof;" 25 per cent of
the two poorest types of school
buildings included in the survey
are of two or more stories and
without fire escapes; 80 per cent
of these two types have no ex-
tinguishers and less than 10 per
cent have automatic extinguish-
ers in any part of the buildings;
only ii per cent have automatic
fire alarms. And one-half of the
present day schools were built
prior to 1897.
1t seems that real menace ex-
lists. How about our city? Are
our public school children amply
protected in case of fire?
Constant fire drills by pupils,
automatic sprinkler equipment,
grenades in every room, and au-
tomato fire alarms would reduce
the fire hazard wonderfully even
i'll buildings that are not of the
latest fireproof construction.
Fitzgerald leader., 1921-03-29
Lacks Sense of Right and wronq.

LaCNS SSnSe OF hi9nL ana wrong.
A child's freak intellect is puzzling
the Hampshire (England) authorities
and the board of education. The
child, twelveyear-old girl, cannot
distinguish right from wrong. Her fa-
ther applied to the Oldham magistrate,
and obtained an order to send her to
an industrial school. The attendance
officer said she had been absent from
school for six months, and stayed out
all night several times, and recently
walked Is miles to Basingstoke, where
she was found at midnight on the sta
ton platform. A doctor described the
girl as morally and not mentally de.
fective. The case was so unusual, he
said, that all the facts had been sub
mitted to the board of education. The
child was normal, except that part of
the intellect which enabled a person
to discern right from wrong was miss
ing
Fitzgerald leader., 1921-03-29
GOOD ROADS FOR GOOD

COUNTRY - Editor Kelly
Simmons of the Nashville Herald
was visitor in Fitzgerald Mon
day enroute home from a week
end trip to McRae. Mr.. Simmons
stated that the present conditions
OF the roads in some parts of the
route are crying evidence of the
need for an official Central South
Georgia Direct Route"
Mr.. Simmons is president of the
Georgia Press Association and
one OF the ablest newspaper men
III Georgia. He said this morn
ing that he was convinced that
Berrien County was the best in
the state. Any Central South
Georgia County is best"
Fitzgerald leader., 1921-03-29
Savannah Shipping
Board Expands

SAVANNAH, March 29.-(SpeciaD
The United States Shipping Board
has leased two floors of the new Des-
bouillions building, in the heart of the
business section, the present quarters
having become too small to adequate
ly handle the growing business at
Savannah of the Board. About sixty
persons will constitute the force OF
workers.
Fitzgerald leader., 1921-03-29

W h i c h he entrusted hi S
life. Inventors and craftsmen
have a new incentive for their
work now---that Coney may
have given his life for worth
while end. Let us mourn for Con
ey but let us also be thankful that
the race produces men like him,
who are willing to risk and sac
rifice their lives for all the rest of
nc
Fitzgerald leader., 1921-03-29
NOTICE

I will be at the City Clerks office
at the City Hall during the month OF
March from 9 a. m. to IL noon, and
from 2 to p. m, for the purpose of
collecting delinquent taxes.
c. F. DIXON,
Chief of Police.
Fitzgerald leader., 1921-03-29
Looked Like Net PLAYER.

Leta, aged five, was visiting in the
country, and, seeing potato bug for
the first time, she asked: Mamma
does flies play tennis?"
"No, dear" replied the mother
''Why do you ask?"
Because" answered the little miss
II just saw one with a sweater on"
Fitzgerald leader., 1921-03-29
There 10 Hope. a. muryon said.

Bill Steedum says that If a young
married couple can live through Sep
tember without having q fatal quarrel
over whose duty Is to get up and get
the extra cover. The chance is pretty
fair to live until the next green to
mato pie season. anyhow. Whining
ton News-J0urnal.
Fitzgerald leader., 1921-03-29
Banana stalks ,or lsor...

Chopped banana S'al';s used as soon
- the fruit hss l~.l ssrvested. have
cen useo u sd for feeding
Fitzgerald leader., 1921-03-29
Why?

Why?
How to Live More Than One Hun.
dred Years" is the title of a recent
book. But what, we desire to ask.
would be the object?
Public Ledger.
Fitzgerald leader., 1921-03-29
Irish Assasinate
British Detective
(By international News Service)

DUBLIN, March 2o-Captain Ce.
Gil Lees, who is said to be member
of the British Secret Service, was
assassinated within less than hun
dred yards of Dublin castle last night
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-08-08
Nui1ie7l1 6zz1zpsm

knowledge among the rising genera.
tion Of our artists and designers.
Americans have been prone to neglect
the values Of those profitable forms
OF technical education 50 thoroughly
appreciated abroad"
The seven societies of which the
Center is composed are the Art Al.
lance Of America, Art Directors Club,
New York Society of Craftsmen. Pic.
torial Photographers Of America. SO.
ciety Of Illustrators, Institute Of
Graphic Arts and the Stowaways.
The Art Center, Inc, will have head.
quarters at 65-G7 East Ffty.sixth
street. The seven societies will have
rooms there and there viii be gai.
lcries for the exhibition of every form,
Of American industrial art.
The board OF directors includes:
Mrs. Ripley Hitchcock. president;
Charles Dana Gibson, vice.president;
Colonel Wade H. Hayes. treasurer
Hcyworth Campbell, secretary; and
Walter l.. Enrich, Ray Greenleaf. Mrs.
John Henry Hammond Charles +.
Pellew, W. Frank Purdy, Henry l..
sparks. Charles 3. Upiohn, Clarence
II. White. Richard l.. Marwede, Henry
L. Sparks and Or. Charles IL Jaeger.
Among those of the advisory COM
mite are: Mrs. Harry Payne Whit
ncy, Or. John II. Finley, Mrs. +. II.
Hartman. Louis Comfort Tiffany
Charles Scribner, Jr., Mrs. Willard
Straight. Frank a. Vanderlip. Mrs
John r. Pratt and Henry White.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-08-08
ARDM0RE STUDENTS MAKE
HIGH RECORD At UNIVERSITY

Norman, Okla, Aug. S.-whne some
Sooners We're making history for the
University OF Oklahoma on the foot
upbal field by winning the Missouri
Valley grid championship, and others
were working on the debate platform.
lo9 out Of the total enrolment were
successfully STRIVING Tor superior
grades.
And. according 10 registration office
statistics just completed by George
b. Wadsack assistant registrar. five
Sooners made straight a. average in
grades, or q perfcc, scholarship dur
ug the fall and spring scmestcrs of
tho leeo2l university year Eleven
other students made an "A"t average
FOR on semester. and nincty.thrcc stu.
dents made an "a" minus average
FOR the entire year \ straight "a"
average means that q student made
between 95 and 100 per cent In each
subject taken. while ~" minus Is
equal 20 from 90 TO 95 per cent. acc
cordIng to tho grade schcdule used
hy tho University II Oklahoma facul-
~ members.
Among tho students who made these
superior grades two nrc from Ard
moro including Felix Bodovitz and
Cora Dyer who made an "a" minus
average for both scmcstcrs,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-08-08

ily. MIR. and Mrs. Leguenec will visit
in Berwyn this week before returning
to their home.
Mrs. Bertha q. Basham of Boston,
Mass. who formerly resided in Ard
more, is visiting her sister, Mrs. A.
F.. Adams. Her daughter. Miss Gladys
Basham is studying voice in Paris,
France. She will leave at an early
date for tour of Switzerland, Italy,
Holland, Belgium and England, before
sailing for home IN September lth, at
which time she will resume her work
at the Curry school of Expression
in Boston. Mrs, Basham Will return
10 Boston about September 10th, to
join her daughter and her son, Jack.
He is in the summer camp at Long
Island, and will enter his second year
at Phillips Academy Andover, Mass,
in September
!. :. =
Miss Florence Gait is expected to ar
rive here the latter part of the week
from Cartersvlle, Georgia, where she
has been attending house and camp
ing party during the summer. She