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Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-04-06
Experienced Railroad
Man States Cause of
Wreck at MIL Creek
Wreck On A. B. & A. Fully Described
AS Not Caused By Wreckers
Especial To Leader nterprise>

ATLANTA, Ga,-The following
from man competent to Judge from
long experience in railroad activities ::
Il visited the wreck of No. 90 ON the
morning after it occurred at about mid
night of the 18th of March and found
1t to be an engine and ten cars COM
pletely demolished and two cars turned
down the bank but apparently not
much damaged and one car off track,
The cause of the wreck appeared to
be on account of the wheel mounting
the rail about thirty feet before It
reached the trestle. There were no
spikes out of the ties where the marks
show the first wheel prints on the ties
but were few out of the inside of
the right hand rail going east, which
was done when the force of the wheel
and weight of the engine turned the
rail over. 1t appears that the engine
was first to derail and it went across
the trestle On the ties before turning
over.
If the rail had been misplaced as
claimed by the company the engine
would have gone down the fill before
it reached the trestle because there
would have been nothing to hold it to
the rail until it reached the trestle.
My opinion of it is, that the pony
truck wheel mounted the rail and
when the engine reached the Joint
about six feet from the trestle the rail
gave way at the joint and turned over
and, of course, it would naturally pull
the spikes from the inside of the rail
because the rail turned over to the out
side.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-04-06
LARGEST REGISTRATION
IN HISTORY OF CITY

1871 voters are registered for the
coming election, subject to the action
of the purging committee of the coun-
Gil which will meet next Monday to
revise the list. Nearly one half of the
registered voters are women.
The candidates are:
For Treasurer:-Mrs. G. P. Mingle-
dorff; R. J. Spell; Guy Robinson; J.
H. Williams and A. A. Harvey.
For Alderman at Large:-F. R. JUS
tice, T. M. Walden and Geo. Herring
ton.
Prospective voters, especially those
who are voting for. the first time,
should take notice that under our
system in the city, each voter fixes his
or her own ticket and care should be
taken to erase the names of the candi-
dates for whom they are NOT voting
for. Just draw your pencil across the
name you wish to strike out
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-04-06
Anniversary Column
Twenty-Six Years Ago
THE GOVERNOR VISITS
FITZGERALD
macon Telegraph. 1901

macon Telegraph, 1866
| On the 9th OF April Hon. w At.
kinson, governor of Georgia accom-
PANIED by Mrs. Atkinson, Hon Patrick
Walsh, journalist and ex-U. S. Sena-
tor from Georgia, Geo. A. Mcdonald,
general passenger agent of the G.. S.
q r., Major VIM. Glessner, Chief OF
Land and migration Bureau, Colonel
Douglas Glessner of the Griffin News
and sun, State School Commissioners
Glenn and others paid a visit to Fitz-
gerald.
AS the chief executive of the Empire
state he came to Fitzgerald to extend
to ITS people in behalf of the State a
cordial welcome to Georgia He was
greeted by large audience and in re-
spouse to an introduction by Capt. d.
Z. WEIGH, Colony Superintendent,
Ladies and Gentlemen, fellow citizens
of Georgia.
1T affords ME great pleasure to be
with you today. l had intended how
ever when | came to Fitzgerald to
welcome you to Georgia, but Yankee
like you got the start and welcomed
me to Fitzgerald. | am impressed
with what l see about me-in the ia
ces OF the strong, thoughtful men, in
the eyes of these fair women and
pretty girls; representatives from ev-
cry section, from ocean to ocean, from
the Ohio to the regions of frost and
snow-We have come to Georgia
the compliment has been paid to Geor-
gia.
1t is proof of the worth of Georgia
that you have selected her above all
other sections as the state in which to
make new homes.
AS l look around and see the faces
of those who wore the blue and fought
our boys IN gray on many a bloody
tleld. recognize in your coming to
Georgia and in the hearty and unset
fish welcome our people extend to you
that the war is over, that the bitter
ness of that struggle is forgotten now
and the men who fought each other
clasp hands and swear allegiance to
common country and common flag.
You have come to make your homes
among us, to aid us in developing our
great resources and have no fear you
will not succeed You are not made of
the stuff that fails. You are of Anglo
Saxon blood and find kindred blood
in Georgia. You will become assimi-
lated too for Northern sweethearts and
l see them among the pretty faces
about me, will find Southern lovers
and husbands. Southern sweethearts
will be wooed and won by these North
ern boys that come down to Georgia
and from that Union will spring a race
that will work out a new destiny for
Georgia. extend TO you cordial sin
cere greeting and welcomed
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-04-06
Spring Clean Up
Week For Fitzgerald

April 10th to 18th has been pro-
claimed Spring Cleanup Week by the
Mayor of Fitzgerald. The Woman's
Club has always met with hearty.
prompt response from the mayor of
the city when the time comes to make
our city safer, more desirable place
to live by making it cleaner and more
beautiful.
Mosquitoes and disease Turk in dark
unsanitary corners, cans and trash
piles. Fires spring from piles of old
rubbish and papers and boxes. Tour
lists passing through will want to stop
longer or not, according to the clean
Illness. of the appearance of our streets
and the beauty of our premises, homes
and business section.
People who are on the upward grade
are not careless about their looks and
so town must be clean and dressed
up to prove to its citizenship and to
visitors her pride in the real, rock
bottom reason for being-that she is
clean from back alley to front gate,
from market to kitchen, from dry
goods stores to her citizens backs.
| When the mayor says so and the
Woman's Club backs him up, every
body must respond with energy and
hearty cooperation to make Fitzgerald
clean.
No only the housekeepers must
Not only the housekeepers must
look after their section and the vacant
property owners must look after theirs
Careful inspection will be made and
cleanliness will be forced upon the
unwilling ones. The street and the
health departments can be called upon
freely.
Cooperate, clean up! Get Fitzgerald
ready for Easter in the prettiest clean
est Easter clothes she's ever worn.
Look Out Committee
Woman'sC Club.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-04-06
Dixie Highway Meeting
To Be Section-W Wide
Interesting Meet Called To Be Held
Here On April 21st

Secretary w. A. Adams of the Cham
Der of Commerce is sending out ex-
tensive invitations to city and county
officials along the route Of the Central
Dixie Highway for the highway meet
officials OF the State Highway Com
mission, including Chairman John A.
Holder, W. R. Neel, chief engineer.
and the Federal Road Engineers. Mr..
w; F. Grassland and Mr.. ]. T. Marshal
VIII be active participants at the meet
ing and outline the future of the Dixie
Highway. through here.
President V. L. Stanton of Waycross
head of che Central Dixie Highway
Association and the Automobile Club
OF Jacksonville are all expected present
at this meet.
A detailed program will be issued bv
the Chamber of Commerce as soon az
;acceptances by the various speakers
have been received.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-04-06

be busted up, whereby we would be
back at his mercy as to prices of our
product. There is a motion behind
the attempt to tear up or bust up an
organization of any kind, or a bust
ness of any kind, and as reasonable
minded people, we should figure care
fully On the motive that JUSTICE
might be done. There is no sane per-
Son but what wants to see guilty
person, proven So beyond a doubt,
punished as the law prescribes.
We all agree to that and will 90 Our
length to capture and punish red hand
ed criminals and giving him or them
their just reward.
Selfish interests might as well be
applied to all organizations alike. but
because some organizations members
thereof have to sweat and toll in their
greasy overalls or patched clothes, sur
burned skin and cracked hands, thew
are no bigger RASCALS than the or.
CARNATIONS whose members thereof
are protected by the shade and whose
hands are tender and his face powder.
ed and perfumed to a farewell ant
who changes his collar every day ant
has his clothes pressed three times z
week. Because of this they are NOT
SAINTS and could do as damnablt
deed under cover Of night as the
poor laboring man could do. A mo.
tive Yes" I know that I will be call.
ed all kinds Of names and cursed BY
some people to farewell but to those
who would do this stop and think fol
moment and make self case of it
DO YOU want to be charged with z
crime by an EDITOR of a paper who
might have motive in building pub.
lie sentiment against YOU or the
organization you are member of
There is an under current some wher,
and unless it is found and a stop put
to it, the worst has not yet come.
am writing this open communication
to the public and the Press of the
country, that we might give a more
careful and serious consideration O.
what lays out before us that our mu
tual interest be protected and the fue
% the fire be withdrawn and more in
telligent method be used in drawing
conclusions against our fellow mer
for the things unknown to us.
Yours for the enforcement of Law
and for the betterment of the masse,
nv organizing for the betterment O
their conditions
J. WESLEY r. WALKER
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-04-06
SHERIFF CAPTURES
TWO WHISKEY STILLS

Sheriff Dorminey captured two
stills this week and made two arrests
in connection with a still captured in
the Williamson Mill District.
Z J.. A. Swain, white and Iverson
Williams, color ed. were found in pos
session of the still west of the city,
but the parties in charge OF the still in
the river swamp managed to make
their escape temporarily. Sheriff
Dorminey will secure tfeir arrests and
bring them to trial during the next
term of court.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-04-06
RANDOLPH ROSE
y INDICTED FOR
"BUCKETSHOPPING"


NEW YORK-On evidence AL
duced before Chief Magistrate Nc
Adoo recently and presented to the
Grand jury by the district attorney
six directors of the American Cot
ton Exchange, the largest of its
kind in membership in the country,
were indicted Friday. The men
indicted were Randolph Rose, Sr.,
OF Rose & Company, vice-president
of the exchange; C. w. Pratt, the
secretary; Angelo T. Jennings
Martin Goulko, Edwin L. Patton
and Raymond D. Palmer. Each
was held uunder a thousand dollar
bond for pleadings in the court
OF general sessions Monday. The
charge is Understanding"
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-04-06
FITZGERALD BAND
HAS REORGANIZED

The Fitzgerald Band was reorgan-
lied last night, with Turner Brown
as leader Barlow Patrina was elected
secretary and treasurer We mean to
put across band that Fitzgerald will
be proud of. At some time in the
near future we will starr having con-
certs. The band at this time is COM
posed of fourteen pieces, but we hope
to have about "a pieces in the band
before long.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-04-06
PROMINENT SPEAKER AT
FIRST METHODIST


MRS; Edith Seesee Hampton of De-
troit, Mich, a national officer of the
6araGa-Philathea Union will speak in
tne FIRST Methodist Church, corner
OF Lee and Magnolia streets; Tuesday
night 800 o'clock April 18th.
A cordial invitation is extended to
every body especially members of the
baraca and Philathea Union and mem
bers OF all Sunday Schools in the
city and county. Miss Hampton has
devoted years to this class of work
and will give much inspiration and
help to all our Sunday School work
as she has all the up-to-date methods
OF conducting successful class. Ey-
cry Sunday School workers in the
county should hear her. Admission
free. Free will offering taken.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-04-06
WILL NOT BARGAIN
WAGES FOR RATES

CHICAGO-The raithoad labor
board will not bargain away the coun-
try's railroad wages for lower rates,
vice-chairman Ben w. Hooper de-
clared during the wage hearing be-
fore the Board Monday. "The board
will consider only the elements named
in the transportation act on which
wages are to be based" said Mr.. Hoop
er.
Mrs. E. V. Wilmington, of Mont
gomery, Ala, arrived in the city this
week and will be the guest of her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Doc Johnson for
about a month.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-04-06
MIR. Turner To Address
Georgia Bankers

Vice-president, J. F. Turner of the
Exchange National Bank is on the
program for the meeting of group /,
of the Georgia Bankers Association
which meets in Triton on April 18th.
Others who will address the convcn-
ton are Abiel Vim, vice-president Of
the National Bank Of Valdosta, ]. w.
F. Powell, cashier of the First Ma
tional Bank of Nashville, Geo. A. Ma
loney of the Tallulah, La, Expert
mental Station, U. S.; Hon. T. R. Ben
nett, superintendent Of Banks of Geor-
gia; Hon. Robert Emmett Harvey,
Secretary Agricultural Loan Commit
tee for Georgia and Florida; Hon. R.
S. Strickland, Fourth National Bank
of Atlanta.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-04-06
TO CONTINUE SYRUP
EXPERIMENTS HERE

Through the effort of Congressman
Chas. R. Crisp, additional funds have
been appropriated to continue the
experiments with the potato syrup
station at Fitzgerald and it is thought
to enlarge the present facilities to
test the project on a basis of making
a commercial product.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-04-06
(Leader, Jan. 1917

Four brick blocks are to be built on
Central Avenue at Fitzgerald by the
merchants who were recently burned.
The city officers who have just quail
flied are arranging for an artesian we'll
and a brick and stone city hall to be
located across the street from the site
where the Irwin County's $4,000
court house is soon to be erected -
Douglas Breeze.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-04-06
LEGION WILL JOIN
UNION MEN, McNIDER
COMMANDER THINKS

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.-Pre-
diction that the American Legion and
the American Federation of Labor will
be found working hand in hand thru
all the years to come for the benefit
of all their members, and good of the
country, was made here Tuesday
night by Hanford MacNider, national
commander of the legion.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-04-06
(Leader, Jan. 1879

Wedding invitations are out an
nouncing the marriage of DR.. c. B.
White, one of Fitzgerald's up-to-date
business men and alderman from the
fourth ward and Miss Kate Depew at
the home of the brides sister, Mrs.
f. P. Snyder, on Wednesday evening
January, 9th, 1897.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-04-06
(Leader. Ian. 1917

A reunion of Indiana veterans will
take place at Thompson's Hall, Tues
day, 10Th, 1897 at 10 A. M. Dinner
will be served at IL o'clock at Aliens
store room, which will be under the
auspices of the Ladies G. A. R. Circle
and w. r. C.
Following is the programme:
Opening address Chairman.
Prayer. Song-by Male Quartet.
Address of Welcome-By Mayor
Goodnow.
Response by visitors, address,-Ma-
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-04-06
twenty-five Years Ago
(Leader. Ian. 1907

Fifty car loads of brick (400,OO0),
have been purchased by Fitzgerald
citizens for the purpose of rebuilding
the block recently burned. The T. & N.
E. Railroad hauls them from Triton
and has already carried thirteen car
loads.-Tifton Gazette.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-04-06

jor Gardner.
Defamation Mrs. Anna Rollins.
Vocal Solo-Mrs. Tebeau.
Short speeches by "the boys" led by
Captain WEIGH.
Declamation-Miss Louise Good
now.
A general good time.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-04-06
(Leader. Ian. 1917

Rev. ]. A. Adams moved his family
to Fitzgerald yesterday-Rochelle
New Era.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-04-06

Mr.. and Mrs. Jake Dorminey have
had as their guest. Mrs. w. E. Bach
.elor of Douglas the past week.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1922-05-16
MALA DOHODA A JEJf u
KOLY v RECONSTRUCTED
EVROPY.
Hlasy americkeho tisku.
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Brooklyn Eagle" Go. VlD
uvereinuie videnskou zpravu
sveho dopisovatele, V nlz pra-
ri. re nejzajimavejsim vyvo-
'iem We vychodni Evropk' jest
vzestup Male dohody POD vud-
covstvim premiera dra. Bene-
Sc. "Dr. Benes," pravi Sc We
zminenem clanku, " mnohych
ohledech pripomina Cavoura,
premiefa maleho statu Pied
mont, jehoz cinnost V polovicl
10. stoleti pripravlla cestu ku
vZniku mOderni Sjednocene TIA
lie. Benes, jako Cavour, jest
prakticky a positivni, velmi ma
dany prozlravostl, lmaglnacl a
schOpnoSti rozeZnat oSOby Il
schopnosti. ma TAXI a Vlastno-
sti, ktere proZlazun prVotrld-
niho diplomatic. Cavour, jsa
ministrem maleho statu, cltaJi-
elho asl 5 milionu obyvatel, |,
Dyl neiHetSi dynamickou osob-
nosti Evrope Benes, ktery
2aStupuie move ZrOzeny narod.
iehoz kolebka byla We Filadel-
iii, stezl maIlcl jakySl Vyznam
y porovnani S Velmoceml, Jest
Jlz uznavan IA muze, ma1lcl
schopnostl Vyfovnat Sc ktere-
mukoliV evropskemu diploma
tu i vyjimkou Lloyda George
.jako Cavour, Benes od Zacatku
pracoval, ably Zlskal yeikou
mOcnoSt ia Spolence. JeStlI
zpravy nedaVno uverelnene po-
looficielnlm teskym tiskem lsot
pravdivy, tax Sc mu to zdarilo
BeneS nejen re byl vedoucin
cinitelem We hnuti sp0llt Ces
koslovensko, Rumunsko a Ju
goslavn V Malou dohodu, ale
oZnamuJe sc tez, ze ma sve ne
davne navSteve V Parlzi Zaji
still vojenSkou dohodu s Fran
eli, die niz Francle zavazuj'
sc Harucit uzeml move utvOre
nych statu vychodnl Lyrop,
proti irredentisticke vyboino
sti. zacez obdrzi podporu Nal,
dohody We vymahani Nersaill
skG smlouvy. Je-li zprava tat
pravdiva, pax Mala dohoda bl
dehrat Vyznamnou roll ma ia
novske konferencl, a Franci
nepulde do boJe oSamocena
tax jako Sc tomu zdalo Z pc
catku. Mr. BeneS ma jeSte DIV
dalsl 'planky" We sve platfol
me, to, vybudovat shiny sic
vansky biloxi We stredni Evrop
a Ia druhe, udelat q Ceskosl(
Vensko domlnujici mocnost V
federaci balkanskych a Nrch,
do-evropskych statu.
Mezitin co ctr. Benes sled,
val modernl methody Lloyd
George pri konferenci, P. P;
Sic. Jugoslaysky premier, iel
spoJenec. konal steJne ucinnc
pracl po SVEN stafen zpusot
2 sire voienskvnni paktv
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1922-05-16

De Vaulta kladOuclno Veilec Id
vi: "Delegati Male dohody =,
Ceskoslovenska, Rumunska, al
Jugoslavie - jsou V Janove Sc
steinym ekonomickym progra-
mem. We vice meme tesnem a.
kordu S temito, jak Sc ozna-
mule, jest Recko Polsko. Bal
ticke staty, Lotyssko, Estonsko
a Finsko, byly We styku s tou-
to skupinou, hlavne prostrednl-
ctvim Polska pravi Sc, re po
vSechne souhlasi proponova-
nymi plany. Nasledkem toho
velmoci V Janove mail pred
sebou seskupeni malych naro-
du, ktere sblizuji jejich zvlast-
nj zajmy V ruske a nemecke o.
tazce, a jejieh snaha vymanlt
Sc moznosti byti ovladanu vel
mocemi.
A prece znacna cast zpraV
O uplne solidarite a jednotno-
sti postupu techto narodu jest
bezesporn6 prehnana. Jest ne
snadn6 predstavit 81 sbllzenl
Recka Finska na zaklade IL
nych nez vseobecnych princi-
pu. Nesnaze mezi Polskem a
Ceskoslovenskem, ac vznikle
praktickych ucelu, jsou dobre
zname. Nevyhnutelne budou
nasledovati dalsi nesnaZe. Da-
| lie jsou zde pozoruhodna vylou-
ceni z pritomn6ho seskupeni
Mad arsko a Bulharsko na il
hu, Litvinsko ma severn. VSak
vzor prehaneni a yyloucenl, u
tvoreni vychodoeVropske doho-
dy pro Janov, V niz Edward
BeneS, ceskoslovensky premier
byl hybnym duchem, jest Gil
mnohoslibny. Rozum vyrovna
va hranlce celni barikady.
Janov muze byti pouhyn
: stupnem k dalsim sirsim Ron
ferencim k rekonstlukci NIUE
Sc tez osvedcit co prvnl prize
zitost. ktera privedla dohroma
dy vychodoevropske narody dc
: nalezite kooperace. Pfllezi
tost pomine, ale kooperace
! ktera jest tou zivotnou otaz
kou, patrne potrva bude s.
rozvijet. "
New York Times ZIG. Nv.
uverejnuji obsazny a pozoru
: hodny clanek Nova hvezda Iii
/ plomacie', pera amerlckeh
9 zurnalisty +. S. Baggera. Cla
/ mex zabyva Sc osobou dra. Be
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G sperity V rozharanych pom
j. rech stredni Evropy. Nyn
= kdyz dr.. Benes vi, re ieho vi
3 stni dunn je pofadku, mus
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e. radu a sprostredkovanl hlava
velkych statu. Pisatel seznan
2. ie nyni ctenale sc zivotem DIR
= benese Y dobe ptedvalecne, j
a. no student a cinnosti po SKI
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