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The New York herald., 1922-05-09
SUGGESTS BARUCH
AS THEATER HEAD
John Golden Puts Forward
Name of Financier as Lands
of the Producers.
HOPES HE WILL ACCEPT
Augustus Thomas and Secre-
tary of Labor James j. Davis
Also Mentioned.

John Golden. one of the leading man
3 ayers in proposing that the theatrical
business have mentor of the Ameri-
can stage. admitted YESTERDAY that he
had suggested that Bernard NJ. Baruch.
financier. accept the post by becoming
member of the board of directors OF
the Producing Managers Association,
and said that Mr. Baruch is seriously
considering this proposal.
The new office was made possible by
the action of this body last Friday by
deciding 10 vote on a proposal to amend
It's constitution to provide for the ad-
oition of a dsinterested director who
eild stand for the theater in a posi-
ton similar to Judge Lands for base
bail and Will Hays FOR the movies.
Mr.. Golden's initiative in approach
ing Mr.. Baruch for this important post
was based on a personal viewpoint that
the former chairman of the War In
dustries Board was the Dig man wanted
and, as the producer explained yester-
day. was not official, but 1t was his
hope that it would meet with approval
OF all concerned. J. Mr.. BarEch would
finally consent TO axe the job.
You see," said .ir. Golden yesterday.
Mr.. Baruch has hcen out of work since
the war; in fact. no job seems quite big
enough for him since his gigantic pa
triotic service. Now one of the finest
ethics in giving work to the unemployed
lies in sizing up the capacity of the ma
and getting him something that will
keep him busy all OF the eight working
hours per day.
II think the problems of the theater
are so complex, so multitudinous. so de-
manding of a big executive brain which
understands sociological. patriotic and
a@t<
its ideals literally demand Mr.. Baruch.
In fact. it is his duty to accep. it If he
can possibly do so.''
From an authoritative source also last
night 1t was learned that the names of
Augustus Thomas. famous playwright
and James J. Davis. Secretary of Labor
in Mr.. Harding's Cabinet, also have been
advanced. Should the latter be called to
be the supreme head Of the producing
managers it would mean thaf the theater
had gone to the Cabinet for leaders both
for the legitimate and the picture
branches of the business, since Mr.. Hays
laid down the Post Office portfolio to
rule over the pictures at 100000 year.
Mr.. Thomas was born in st. Louis
January 3. 1853. the son of DR.. and Mrs.
Eihu Baldwin Thomas. He was a page
boy during the Forty-first Congress. and
later studied law with John Colby his
wife's father.
Mr.. Thomas Is a member Of the
American Academy of Arts and Letters
and the National Institute of Arts and
Letters. president of the Society for
American Dramatists. He belongs to
the Producing Managers Association. to
the Century, Players, Lambs and the
American Dramatists clubs.
Neither Mr. Baruch nor Mr.. Thomas
could be reached last night. Sailing
Baruch said he had luncheon with his
brother and was sure he did not know
at that time his name had been men
toned.
The New York herald., 1922-05-09
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West 44th st. Mats. Tom'w & Sat. 80.

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The New York herald., 1922-05-09
MISS cRoTHERs HOME.

Miss Rachel Crothers. playwright. and
Miss Mary Kirkpatrick who helped to
stage "39 East" returned yesterday by
the Royal Mail liner Orbta from a trip
through France and Italy. They said
they noted In Milan. at La Scala. an
Elizabethan atmosphere in stage set
i!ngs and large amount of German
Influence.
The New York herald., 1922-05-09
LAKEWOOD, n. ).

Special Dispatch 10 THE New YoRK HERALD
LAKEWOOD. N. j.. May S.-New York
ers registering to-day at the Laurel
House include Mr.. and Mrs. Frank A.
Seibert. Mrs. Florence Branning. Mr..
Charles Robe. Jr.. Miss r. h. Plckens.
Mr.. Thomas M. McTerpin, Mr.. Clinton
d. Backus. Mr.. Robert c. Morris. Mr..
J. Hesse Murphy. Mr.. ]. c. Farrell and
Mr.. and Mrs. J. c. Gregory.
At the Laurel in the Pines are Mr.. T..
G.. Whaling. Mr.. and Mrs. +. B. Chaplin,
Mr.. Paul r. Brady, Mr.. Guy e. Tripp
Mr.. L. A. Osborne, Mrs. Herbert E.
Smith. Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar II. Cook,
Mr.. Henry Cochrane and Mr.. George
Macdonald
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-03-30
]. POPE BROWN TO BE
BURIED IN HAWKINSVILLE

MILLEDGEVILLE, GA. Pope
Brown, superintendent of the state
prison farm and for many years one
OF the most prominent figures in
Georgia's public life, died early Wed
nesday morning after a long illness.
Mr.. Browns death occurred at his
home on the farm, to which he had
been removed recently after treatment
in a local sanitarium. He was GO
years of age at the time of his death
and had been superintendent at the
farm since September, 1921.
At one time Mr.. Brown was treas
urer of Georgia. He also was a mem
Der of the state railroad commission,
serving as chairman in 1908, 1904 and
1905. He once was candidate for
governor.
The deceased was a native of
Hawkinsville. He is survived by his
wife and one daughter, Miss Martha
Brown. His body was removed to
Hawkinsville Thursday morning,
where the funeral will be held.
Activities at the prison farm were
suspended Wednesday as a token of
respect to the deceased who had made
many improvements in conditions
there since becoming superintendent.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-03-30
Anniversary Column
CORN AND COTTON PALACE
Twenty-Six Years Ago
(From Leader, July 1860

(From Leader, July 1860
II R. Symons WAS appointed to see
the prominent farmers of Irwin. Will
cox and Telfair counties and J. H
Harris was given the counties of Ber-
rien, Worth and Coffee with reference
to their exhibits at the Corn and Cot
ton Palace. A large number of prom
inent people are now actively at work
getting their exhibits together. 1t is
understood that prize of SIS will
be offered to the best county display
$50 to the second best and SIS to the
third best displays
A number of outside firms have
written for space to the secretary Mr.
Harry Taylor, so they can have goods
on e1hibit.on
One firm is from Chicago and am
other is from Atlanta. So it will be
seen that the Palace is receiving some
advertising Now is the time fellow
colonists to show the people that we're
not dead but living in the finest eli
mae and the finest country on earth
Help the Palace along by giving il
your support in every way.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-03-30
Bankrupt Stocks
Bought By Syndicate

The largest crowd of outside buy
ers of mercantile stocks gathered
here Thursday, to purchase the nler-
chandise of the bankrupt concerns,
advertised to be sold Thursday. The
Surprise Store stock was sold by
Trustee Sam Kassewitz to a syndi-
cate representative, who also pur-
chased the stock of the Jones Racket
: Store. Well informed merchants
consider the stocks sold at very low
figure and it is the intention of the
! Syndicate, according to statements
made, to place both Of these stocks on
sale as soon as the legal formalities
have beer complied with The Jones
. stock was sold by Trustee Jesse
Grantham.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-03-30
ASHBURN HIGH SCHOOL
TO MEET FITZGERALD
HIGH IN DEBATE

Carnegie Hall will be the battle
ground between the Fitzgerald High
School team, consisting of Warren
Langston, and William Mayo for the
affirmative and Wayne S. White and
Ralph Russell for the negative of the
question: Resolved, That the Motion
Pictures, as now conducted, are a
valuable asset to a community"
The debate is. being conducted by
the high schools of the Third Con
gressional district and Ashburn will
send its team here Friday to debate
the local boys. The debate will be-
gin at 8:l5 in Carnegie Hall and a
small admission of IS cents will be
charged to help defray the expenses
of the visiting teams The Fitzger-
aid affirmative team will hold the
Boards o the home grounds, while
the negative side will go to Cordele
to wrestle with the Cordeleans in
their own forum.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-03-30

Miss Woodward Leads
Third District Editors

At the first meeting of the Third
District Editors last Saturday Miss
Emily Woodward of the Vienna News
vice-president of the Georgia Press
Association, was elected president OF
the Third District Press Association.
The meeting was held at the Hotel
Windsor and the editors were cordially
welcomed. by Lovelace Eve, of the
Americas Times Recorder, who with
Editor w. S. Kirkpatrick royalty en-
tertained the guests with dinner at
the Windsor
The organization was perfected by
the election of Miss Emily Woodward
as president, Mr.. c. S. Brown of the
Cordele Dispatch, vice president; and
Editor l. Gelders of The Fitzgerald
Leader Enterprise as secretary and
Treasurer.
Practical talks on the business OF
publishing were made by Miss Wood
ward, Editor Brown, Lovelace Eve
Mr.. Rainy of the Dawson News, S. G.
Pryor, Jr., I. Gelders, and secretary c.
E. Benns of the Georgia Press Asso-
citation.
Resolutions of sympathy were wired
Hon. Clark Howell on the death of~his
beloved wife and congratulations to
Editor John H. Jones of the LaGrange
Reporter on his recent marriage, to
Miss Margaret Cowden of Rockmart.
The next meeting of the association
will be held at Cordele at the insistent
invitation of Editor Brown. The meet
ing will be held in June
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-03-30
Habeas Corpus Is
Denied Fairfield
Judge Cover Authorized To Change
Place of Incarceration

Judge Eve, of the Triton circuit in
Irwin Superior Court at Ocilla, late
Monday afternoon, denied the anpli-
cation OF habeas corpus brought by
attorneys for O. C. Fairfield, who
was alleged to be illegally held in
jail at Ashburn, to which he was or
dered by Judge o. T. Cover of the
Cordele circuit on March 6.
Judge Eve held that the judge had
discretionary powers in removing a
prisoner from the custody of one
sheriff to that of another, for reasons
OF safety and in the interest of JUS
tice. Attorney A. J. Mcdonald ar
gued the case for the plaintiff and
Solicitor J. B. Wall represented
Sheriff Jarman of Turner county. who
has the prisoner in custody at pres
ent.
Fairfield was ordered held in Tur-
ner county Jail until April II, when
he is to be tried in Ben Hill county
for alleged participation in the shoot
ing of Engineer Reed of the Atlanta.
Birmingham and Atlantic on Julv S,
Hast year.
1t Ndeyeloped at the hearing, when
Judge Eve~called Solicitor General J.
B. Wall to the >stand to examine into
the reasons for which Fairfie1d's DOM
Iciie was changed, that On March S,
just proceeding the trials of those
implicated by him in a previous con-
fesslon and at commitment trial in
Cordele, he refused to testify further
TO his previous admission and in re-
ply to a question by Col. Wall as
TO whether he would support his pre-
Vious testimony at the trials to be
held on the 9th, Fairfield, according to
Colonel Wall did state, Colonel, do
you think it would be right for me
to swear to anything which I was
forced to say or for which was
bribed so to do" 1t is supposed that
the change of Fairfields testimony
was largely responsible for his being
removed to- the jail at Ashburn. Col
onel Wall announced that he ex-
peited to put Fairfield on trial in Ben
Hill County April II.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-03-30
COMPTROLLER WRIGHT
CALLS COL. BUGG A
GOOD TAX DODGER'

ATLANTA, Ga.-The tax return Of
the Atlanta, Birmingham and Allan
tic railroadfor' 1922 taxes has been
rejected by Comptroller General
Wright, he announced Wednesday
on the ground that the valuation is
too low.
Last year the road returned its
property and franchise at an aggre-
gate valuation of $6,098,179, which
Comptroller Wright accepted.
This year the roads return, made
Tuesday, is only $2,524,142, or 3d.
574,037 less than last years return.
Comptroller Wright rejected this
return and assessed the road at last
years valuation. The road has 20
days within which to appeal to a
board of arbitrator if it so elects.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-03-30
REV. ]. w. TURNER'S
ADDRESS

A portion of an address delivered
by Rev. J. w. Turner before the Blue
and Gray at the opening of the Corn
and Cotton Palace, September 1896:
MANY years ago, you of the North
invaded and overran the state of Geor-
gia. Again some thirty years later
you invade our soil. How dare you do
30? Was not one conquest enought
But this time the victory lies the other
way 1t is not you who have now
conquered Georgia, but Georgia has
conquered you. You of Nebraska will
understand this. For when two years
ago, your crops failed and there was
much consequent suffering in the fol-
lowing winter, Georgia out of her
abundance ministered to your needs.
And that is one reason I am told why
you are here today. Georgia has won
your hearts by kindness and the past
is forgotten.
There are no feelings of revenge
The bitterness engendered by the war
has persisted with the past wears. new
er more to return. Your present in
vas1on is one of peace. Instead of the
sword you have brought the axe and
the plow The trees of the forest are
the slain and the point of your p1ows
pierce the bosom of the earth and
we see the fruitage of your industry
and toll here in this corn and cotton
Palace, where the evidences of agricu1-
ture stand prominent, giving proof of
Georgia's fertility and of your own
pluck and push. Yes, yours is peace
tul invasion. This time you are here
to conquer the forest and the soil. You
are here to stay and you are welcome.
One word more-"In laying off your
town you have given evidence in a
permanent form more lasting than
monuments carved of stone of your
good will to us of the South. In nam
ing the streets while honoring the Blue
you have also honored the Gray. If you
had Grant, you did not forget that
we had Lee. If you had Sherman
we had Johnson and so On through
the lists of leading generals. In doing
this you have touched the hearts of us
ex-Confederates.
And now I notice these streets all
run parallel. Grant does not cross Lee
as in time of war. Nor does Johnson
run athwart of Sherman. They all run
in the same direction north, and south
together without distinction.
All this seems symbolical of peace
and good will and the omen is good.
And so may it always prove, and
may yonder flag that is floating above
US waited by the breezes of our South
land ever be the symbol of Liberty
and Union now and forever, one and
inseparable", and long may it wave
DER the land of the free and the home
of the brave"
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-03-30
TO CRYSTAL LAKE FRIDAY

The Chamber of Commerce has
been invited to send delegation of
its members to a meeting of similar
parties, from several of the nearby
counties, by the Ashburn Board of
Trade, to barbecue and conference
on matters of vital interest to the
section comprised of Tiff, Turner,
Crisp, Irwin, and Ben fill counties.
Noted speakers. are to be present
at the meeting, among them are DIR.
Soule, of the State College of Agri-
culture; Mr.. Hastings, president of
the Georgia Association; Mrs. Hayes,
president of the Georgia Federation OF
Woman's Clubs, and others.
The time has been set for 3 p. m.
and the following will make up the
party from Fitzgerald. D. w. Pau1l1,
]. ]. Dorminey, ]. H. Dorminey, E.
L. Dorminey, G. A. Jolley, Lon
Dickey, ]. R. Horton, C. A. New
conner, J. c. Glover, w. A. Adams, S.
G. Pryor, Jr., I. Gelders, ]. E. Turner,
DR.. D. B. Ware. and c. T. Owen
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-03-30
Investigation Points
To Train Wreckers AS
Cause of Accident

ATLANTA, Ga.-Train wreckers
caused the fast freight No. 81, which
left Atlanta at 7:45 o'clock Tuesday
night, to leave the A, B. & A. track,
seven miles north of Manchester early
wednesday morning, according to a
statement issued by Colonel B. L.
Bugg, former president ana now re-
celver of the road No expense will
be spared to apprehend the guilty
parties, he declared Wednesday.
The wreck of the train, which was
bound for Fitzgerald, resulted in the
immediate death of the negro fire
man, Lonnie Merritt, of Fitzgerald,
and the scalding of Engineer T. F.
Green, of 154 Gordon street, Atlanta,
who died from his injuries several
hours later, Walter Stewart, a negro
brakeman, of Fitzgerald, sustained a
fractured leg.
Just before reaching a trestle about
thirty feet wide and twenty feet high,
the engine jumped the track, ran
along the crossties and turned over
Just after crossing The engine and
ten cars left the track.
rail Was Removed"
Before he died, Engineer Green
stated that he saw where rail had
been removed from, the track, but
that he was unable to stop, as he was
too near the breach. He said that
he saw parties running away from
the embankment just before his en-
CINE jumped the track
Local officials of the railroad and
a large number of the most promi-
nent citizens of the county who made
an inspection of the wreck state that
they found that spikes had been re-
moved from the rail on the outside
OF the curve for distance of one
rail just before reaching the trestle.
The bolts which hold the rails
together were found where they had
been laid after they had been taken
out, it is said and prints were on
the crossties where the crow-bar had
pulled out the spikes. All of the
spikes and nuts on the bolts plainly
showed where the tools had been
used in withdrawing them, it is stat
ed.
The rail had been bent in so that
1t would not match the preceding rail,
In order to cause derailment of the
train, it is claimed. The ang1e-bar
on the outside of the Joint was still
in place and the spikes were intact
although the angle-bar On the inside
of the joint was removed and the
spikes pulled out.
Z Track Parties
:. A deputy sheriff and others
4 ecked parties some distance from
n scene of the wreck, but it was
\ not known whether or not any clue
was obtained.
Engineer Green was an engineei
on the A, B. & A. railroad several
years before the strike which began
on March S, 1921. He returned to
the railroad soon after the strike and
had been running an engine since that
time: He lived in Atlanta, and is
survived by a widow and sister, Mrs.
Gurley. of Atlanta.
Traffic on the Atlanta branch of
the road will not be stopped, as
trains are being detoured over the
Southern railroad at Woodbury. to
Manchester, resulting in only a
slight delay.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-03-30
THE BLUE AND GRAY

Macon Telegraph, Aug. 1850
AS secretary of the Board of Trade
and the Corn and Cotton Exposition
Harry Taylor is doing yeoman service
for Fitzgerald. Harry Taylor is an
old Vet and won promotion for brav-
cry on the field. Of this he never
boasts, but his worth has been fully
recognized by P. H. Fitzgerald who
has appointed him his business agent
at Fitzgerald to manage his large prop
erty interests.
A notable union is that of Taylor
and Symons, real estate and insurance.
Henry R. Symons is a Vet too but
he marched in the gray clad ranks
when Gordon's bugles sounded the
charge. He is one of the Georgians
who hailed the coming of the Colony
to Georgia and at an early date cast
his fortunes with it.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-03-30
Highway Meeting To Be
Held Here April Fl
Chairman John H. Holder Accepts
Invitation

A meeting of intense interest to all
OF the towns along the Central Dixie
Highway will be held here April Fl,
at which delegations from every
town and county from Jacksonville
to Macon are to be the guests of the
local Chamber of Commerce and the
citizens of Ben Hill county. Prepar-
atoms for this occasion are in the
hands of Secretary Adams of the
Chamber of Commerce who will have
special committee of leading citi-
zens to assist him IN planning the
details of the meeting and entertain
ing the visitors. The Central Dixie
Highway is to be put into shape by
the State Highway Department,
which has taken charge of all the
leading highways of the State and
which has special repair gangs under
expert supervision in the various road
districts.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-03-30
NOMINATION OF DENNY
REJECTED IN SENATE

WASHINGTON-The rejection of
the nomination of George v. Denny
to be collector of customs at Savannah
voted late Friday by the senate, is un-
derstood to have been decided on
basis of one vote against Denny and
none cast for him. 1t is understood Sen
ator Watson objected to his confirma-
ton. Watson refused to state his
objections, saying the whole matter
was considered in executive session,
and not to be made public.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-03-30
Empire Store Buyers
Off For New York

Mr.. and Mrs. William R. Bowen
left Monday night for New York to
purchase the Spring and Summer
stock for the Empire Mercantile COM
pany. AS Bowen promises to bring
back the latest in styles for the large
army of that stores permanent Gus
toners. The twenty six ears of this
stores continuous service, built on
honor, to this large territory served
by them, has retained all of their old
customers and is adding daily new
ones to their satisfied list of custom
era Mr. and Mrs. Bowen expect
to be gone about two weeks.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-03-30
Art Exhibit Bradshaw
Music Parlors
Nearly Two Hundred Beautiful Pic.
lures Are Displayed

he beautiful art exhibit opened on
thursday afternoon and will con-
tinue through Saturday. The pic
lures, numbering two hundred have
been arranged i'll their chronological
order beginning with Egyptian art
ana coming down to modern Amer
lean art.
The great majorit, of us will never
have the opportunity to see the orig
inals OF these pictures, as they ave
scattered all over the world, Europe
principally, and an opportunity of
this kind that enables one to see and
study real art, although reproduced
IS eagerly taken advantage of by
many. The pictures do not have the
crude appearance that it iseen in
many reproductions. but show that
the ones who copied the masterpieces
knew how to do it. They are beau
tiful.
1t is now recognized among edu-
cational authorities that education in
culture and refinemen, can easily be
aided through the wholesome influ-
ence of pictures of the right sort on
the school walls. The larger the
attendance at the exhibition, the
greater the number of pictures that
can be secured for the schools.
In many places, schools have Sc
cured a large number of pictures
through private gifts selected at the
exhibit.
Such gifts will be marked free with
brass tablet naming the donor or
the person in whose memory the
picture may be given.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-03-30
BEN HILL COUNTY
Z TEACHERS 100 PER CENT

\ In a letter received by Supt. U. J.
? Bennett, President Kyle T. AL
!, friend of the Georgia Educational
Society, compliments Superintendent
Bennett and Superintendent Billiard
of the County Schools, for the COM
pIete enrolment of their respective
teachers in the Association, the best
\record made by any of the counties
Y in the State.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-03-30
CHATTANOOGA DIRTIEST
CITY IN SOUTH, SAYS
CLEANUP CAMPAIGNEF

CHATTANOOGA-That Chatta-
nooga is absolutely the dirtiest city
in the South was the statement made
here by o. K. LeBron, chairman of
the cleanup and paint-up campaign
now in progress here. He was COM
menting On the coalition of the streets,
privately-owned and publicly owned
buildings and the city dumps.
He said it is the first cleanup cam
paign ever inaugurated in Chattanoo-
ga.