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Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-10-12
Radio Exposition
Quite A Success

The Hussey and Bowles Radio Ex-
position at the Odd Fellows Hall last
Thursday night, despite the inclem-
ent weather was quite a success, both
in point of attendance and the many
pleasing numbers which came from
distant radio stations in the nation.
Among the numbers received were
base ball scores from Westinghouse
East Pittsburg; two band concert mum
bcrs from Davenport, Ia, being "Hot
Lips" and II Don't know why l should
cry over you and saxaphone solo.
Two songs from Louisville, KY, be-
ing "a perfect day" and "Just like
Rainbow" by Geo. James.
Fort Worth Texas, contributed a
violin solo and base ball scores. The
Detroit News sent song "Where the
Evening Stars Roam, violin solo
Scream On" and the orchestra played
March of the New Year"
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-10-12
Five Out OF Six
Mercer Graduates

MACON, Ga.,-An unusual fact in
connection with the race for the Unit
ed States Senate to succeed the late
Senator Thomas E. Watson, is the
fact that five of the six candidates are
alumni of Mercer University. John R.
Cooper of Macon, is the only candi-
date who is not graduate of Mercer
he being an alumnus of the University
OF Geo gia. Two of the candidates,
John T. Boifeuillet of Macon, and
Seaborn Wright of Rome, were class
mates of the late Senator Watson in
the class of 76. Classes of the other
candidates were: Thomas w. Hard
wick, 1892; Judge G. H. Howard, 1896;
Walter F. George, 1897.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-10-12
Kiwanis Club Has
Public Affairs Meeting
Meeting of Last Friday Led By John
B. Russell

Quite number of visitors were
present Friday to enjoy the Kiwanis
program led by John B. Russell.
Special music was rendered by Mrs
r. G. Shannanhouse and Miss Mar.
jorie Owens.
J. E. Turner gave a short talk on
what other folks were saying and do.
ing about the new Jeff Davis Highway
and urged the club to get behind the
local promoters and help make it a
real success.
Jack Mayes and w. r. Bowen also
talked of the importance of having
good roads and of the value to our
city in having an east and west high
way. The public will be interested to
know that this proposed Jeff Davis
Highway originated in Fitzgerald and
has been pushed with untiring efforts
by. the Secretary Isidor Gelders. w.
R. Bowen is president of the organiza-
ton and is lending every effort to es-
tablish the highway.
Kiwanian Frank Ward asked the
Club to make an effort to in some man.
ner create within our city an organ
lied charities association, so that the
poor and needy could be better cared
for.
Other important business affairs were
turned over to that committee. The
matter of giving a prize in the music
memory contest was left with that
committee to look after.
The attendance prize was won by
Miss Marjorie Owens. The hour prov
ed to be toe short for the program
that had been prepared but the GUS
tom of beginning and ending on time
was carried out as in past meetings.
DIR. L. A Turner will lead the next
meeting which is to be one full of
fun. Publicity Committee.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-10-12
Railroads Violate
Transportation Act
Seventeen Cases Decided, By Railroad
Labor Board

CHICAGO, Oct. 6-Seventeen cases
the final lot before the Labor Board
involving the contracting out system
which the federated shopcrafts claim
was one of the primary causes of the
rail strike, were finally decided TODAY
by the United States Railroad Labor
oard AS i'll the first case the board
held that the roads violating the trans
portation act.
The roads involved included the Erie
the Ann Arbor, the Big Four, Pere
Marquette, Chicago, Rock Island and
Pacific, Michigan Central and the New
York Central. Some of these roads
had discontinued the practice prior to
today's ruling in accordance with a
promise made to the labor board at
the beginning of the shipments strike.
In another case the International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers lost
its dispute with the New York Central
regarding the return of the mainte-
nance of telegraph wires to the own
ing company, the Western Union. In
its ruling the board upheld the railroads
contention of its right to discontinue
performance of work upon property
not owned by it. Sci re
Prior to the dispute, the wires of
the Western Union along the New
York Central were maintained by the
railroads electrical workers. When
this arrangement was terminated the
telegraph company put its own men on
the job or hired railroad electrical work
ers. To this the railroad electrical I'M
ion objected.
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SALVATION ARMY DRIVE
HERE IS POSTPONED

ATLANTA, Oct. 1.-THE Saliva
ton Army which had decided to con-
duct a drive in Fitzgerald on Tuesday
and Wednesday of this week have
decided after careful consideration to
postpone same until short time from
the present date
The work of the Salvation Army
concerning it's Maternity Home and
Cildren's Home at Greenville, S. c.,
sould be met by support from every
citizen in tie Carolinas, Florida and
Georgia, which receive inmates from
these aforesaid mentioned states.
Fitzgerald, as in the past will do
its share in raiscing its quota when the
drive takes place in Ben Hill County.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-10-12
Five Candidates In
Race For Senator
Seaborn Wright, Great Prohibition
Leader, In The Race

ATLANTA,-With the brief time
in which to make the senatorial race,
politicians here point out it must be
conducted with unusual vigor and to
the point. The candidates, there are
five OF them, are starting the senatori-
al handicap in good foshion. 1t is ap-
parent on every side that not a single
one of them will 'let any grass grow
under their feet" for the next few DAYS
for On October 18th the race will be
over. Here are the entries:
l. Gov. Thomas w. Hardwick.
2 Hon. Seaborn Wright of Rome.
Judge Walter F. George of vi
emma.
John T. Boifeullet of Macon.
John R Cooper of Macon.
Six candidates qualified in the race
for state pension commissioner who
is to be voted upon in the primary,
October 18th. They are as follows:
John W. Clark of Augusta; Major C.E.
McGregor of Warrenton; ]. L. Dent
of Macon; John C. Butt of Beuna Wis.,
ia; w. c. Phelps of Atlanta; and inc.
S. Stone of Atlanta.
Prohibition Leader In Race
The entrance. of Seaborn Wright of
Rome, into the political arena, after
"a long retirement, has attracted unus-
wal attention here, and without disre-
gardiag TIL. merits of any ether as
plrant, it is generally conceded here
that he will be formidable figure.
He is known throughout the state of
Georgia as the father of prohibition.
No campaign is necessary, according
to his friends, to rally to him the
men who in 1907 carried him on their
shoulders from the capitol to Grady's
monument in Atlanta where thousands
Sot men and women proclaimed his vic
tory III making Georgia dry He was
also recognized as one of the strong
est factors in making the nation dry
1t is pointed out here that Mr..
Wright's intimate relations with the
late Senator Thomas E. Watson will
alone awaken most kindly feeling
tor him among Watson's friends.
From their college days Thomas
Watson and Seaborn Wright were
strong personal friends, differing at
times on questions of public policy,
as they did, but never permitting their
personal regard for each other to be
shattered.
: In 1896, Senator Watson, Chancel-
Tor Walter B. Hill and Seaborn Wright
framed the Populist platform on which
Mr.. Wright ran for governor, virtually
every plank of which has since been
enacted into the laws of Georgia. Sem
ator Watson often referred to the fact
in his papers and public speeches.
That Georgia is going to pass thru
an active, and probably heated cam
paign for senator, is quite apparent.
Governor Hardwick who is candidate
for the vacancy left by Senator Wat
son, started it off in the card he is
sued several days ago when he an
nounced for the place.
And in this connection with the
number of entries, it is suggested that
there is a strong possibility of a run
off. The executive committee has
provided for this. Apparently, it
would be strong man, indeed, who
could get majority of the votes cast
on October 18th with so wide field
to contest with.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-10-12
Speech Of Wright
Theme In Politics
Senatorial Candidate, In Springing
Surprises, Puts Pep in State Cam
paign; Oratory in Ga. Revived

ATLANTA, Oct. 12-Hon Seaborn
Wright of Rome, candidate for us.
Senate, who made the first speech of
his campaign last night at the Allan
ia auditorium and has left the city to
fill other engagements, has certainly
started the politicians to talking. He
announced beforehand that he would
spring several sensations and he did.
1t was an exposure, at least from his
viewpoint of several alleged deals and
intrigues that have been going on, he
said, in Georgia politics lately.
That the distinguished Roman ant
orator has not lost any of his old-time
fervor and enthusiasm was clearly ap
/ parent to his hearers, who flocked tt
hear him regardless of their politica
affiliations.
Many favorable comments have beer
heard on Mr.. Wrights speech and tina
he has put political pep in the presen
short but vigorous senatorial campaig,
is generally admitted.
One Albanian who occupied from
seat at the speaking, said he had list
ened to most of the great southern or
ators of the past decade, including jim
Gordon, Colonel Balm, Sam Jones
Henry Watterson, but he had yet tc
hear from any section man whose
oratory was more spontaneous, fas.
cinating and convincing than that Of
Seaborn Wright.
Seaborn Wr1ght's Remarkable
Career
The senatorial candidate, who ha.
fired the first big gun in the Georgi;
campaign, is IS years old. His father
the late Augustus R. Wright, was
member of the United States congress
and was later a member of the con
federate congress.
The man who is now waging his big
fight i'll the political arena after
retirement of a number years, ha
always lived in Rome, is a graduate O
Mercer University at Macon, and wa.
elected to the Legislature before h,
was twenty one years of age. He wa.
elected to the Georgia legislature sew
en- times. In 1896 he ran for govern
or endorsed by the Populists.
His platform was drafted BY
himself, the late Thomas E. Wat
son, whom he is seeking to succeed
and the late Chancellor Walter B
Hill, of the State University. He wa.
actively supported in that campaign
by the late Senator Watson, the late
Rev. Sam P. Jones, the late Chancel
lor Walter B. Hill, Hon. John Temple
Graves, nationally known editor, anc
many other leaders of thought in thu
i State. During his service in the leg
islature, Mr. Wright was the author
of more constructive legislation thai
perhaps any other man ever elected
to that body. He is called the fathe
of prohibition in Georgia and had mucl
to do with making the nation dry. H
made speeches on prohibition in prac
tically every state in the union.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-10-12
JUDGE WARDS DECISION
DISAPPOINTED FRIENDS

Douglas, Ga, Oct 7th-Judge War
re- P Ward ordinary of Coffee COIN
ty whose nacl4 has hcer prominently
t:ertioned Is a candidate for pension
commissioner to succeed the late COM
missioner ]. w. Lindsey, has decided
not to enter the race, owing to the
fact that the time was too short to
make a canvass. The local friends OF
Judge Ward were disappointed that he
did not get in the race, yet they did not
urge him over his protest to enter
against large field
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-10-12
e. B. GRIGSBY OPENS
GROCERY STORE

F. B. Grigsby has purchased the
business formerly conducted by ]. w.
Leath at 2l4 f. Pine street and will
welcome his friends at his new place
Of business. Mr.. Grigsby is handling
all the popular lines of groceries and
has an attractive place Of business.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-10-12
SUSTAINED IN THE
CLEMENTS CASE
Georgia Supreme Court Affirms Judge
Eve, of Irwin Superior Court

Triton, CAIN its decision hand
ed down Tuesday the Georgia Supreme
Court sustained the judgment of Irwin
Superior Court in the case of J. B.
Clements, Executor VS.. Fletcher, ct
al: This is the celebrated case in
which the late John w. Fletcher asked
for an accounting and receivership, and
in which Fisher Griner was named re-
ceiver and the executor directed to
turn the assets of the estate over to
him.
EDITORS NOTE-A. J. and &c
Mcdonald of Fitzgerald were the at
torneys for the Fletcher heirs in this
case.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-10-12
PETTY'S CHICKENS
LAND MANY PRIZES

G.. c. Petty, the chicken fancier,
made killing at the Columbus Fair
this week, when his Plymouth Rocks
just about took all the prize money
in sight. He secured first and second
pen; third, fourth and fifth cock; Sc
cond and fifth cockerel; first, second
and third hen; second and third pullet.
Mr.. Petty will carry his chickens from
Columbus to the Southeastern Fair at
Atlanta this week and hopes to come
home with many trophies.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-10-12
Superior Court
Adjourns Til Monday

Ben Hill Superior Court which con-
vened here Monday for civil business,
organized the Grand Jury with WR-
Paulk, foreman, and after a charge
lasting an hour ald half in which
Judge Cover covered the code from
misdemeanors to felonies, the Grand
Jury returned several indictments for
violations of the prohibition act and
adjourned until next Moncay.
By consent of the attorneys number
OF civil cases were disposed OF during
the afternoon, when Judge Cover an
nornced postponement OF the court to
Monday Oct. 10th, when the criminal
docEet will be taken I'D.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-10-12
Fitzgerald Press Oct. 1919


The merchants of Waycross have
offered to give the city the white
way" posts which they have bought
and paid for at the cost of $32 each
The merchants of Thomasville
seem to be waiting with hopes that
some day the city will give them a
white ay,''posts and all.
Mr.. Mercer Powell has arrived in
the city to take charge of his fathers
warehouse,th Phoenix, and will make
Fitzgerald his home. Mrs Powell is
expected soon.
M and Mrs. C. A. Fretwell drove
up to Macon last Wednesday in their
Ford and spent couple of dayssee-
ing the sights at the great state fair,
returning Sunday.
The pecan industry is becoming
quite important in Ben Hill County.
there being several groves where the
nuts are grown on a commercial scale.
The Paper Shell is the favorite and
the soil and climate is most admira-
bly, adapted to its growth and de-
velopement The nuts grow to per-
feet size, about 80 of them weighing
a pound. They retail at CSC to .75c a
pound and find ready market.
Miss Blossom Mercer has returned
to her home in Atlanta after a visi
of a few days with Mr.. and Mrs
James L. McCarty.
i Mrs. Thomas M Grin has r.
turned home from Moultrie where sh,
was delegate from Ben Hill chapte
to the state convention of the u
nited Daughters of the Confederacy.
Miss Mary Lewis Putnam, who wa:
a guest at the Marston home for a
weekof the Marston-Bragg wedding
returned Sunday to her home in
Brunswick.
Fitzgerald has an up-to-date Cigar
Factory which is located on the End
floor of the Garbutt-Ware Building
On E. Central Ave The factory is
operated by o. C. Dell and J. NJ
Booker, both young men who have
grown up with the city. -
They have made application to un.
ionize their factory and they will as
soon as their application has been acted
upon, begin using the Union label or
their brands of goods.
) They make a speciality of Fitzger
aid Smokers and Havana Clouds
both very popular brands. They fine
a ready sale for their entire produc
with local buyers.
They are now preparing to manu-
facture special brand to be known
as O. c. Blunts, which will retail fol-
SC straight.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-10-12
PLAN MEMORIAL FOR LATE
SENATOR WATSON

ATLANTA, Oct. pa great me-
mortal to the lac U. S. Senator Thos.
E. Watson, probably taking the form
of college for the education of the
sons and daughters of Georgians who
otherwise could not be given the ad-
vantages of a college course, is the
plan of the Watson Memorial Associa-
ton.
A committee of Watson men repres
senting every county in the state i; be-
ing organized to have charge of con-
tributions
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-10-12

Anniversary Column
Nine Years Ago

The little Misses Myrtle Scar
borough, Josephine Manning, Edna
Higgs and Susie Murphy were the
guests OF Miss Elvynne Alberson at
the home of her moher, Mrs. J.. E. Al
berson for the weekend. The occasion
was real treat and the young ladies
are unanimous in their expressions of
the delightful times they had. Mrs. J.
P. Manning treated the young ladies
to an aut trip to the home of Mrs. AL
berson and it goes without saying that
they enjoyed every minute of the
time on their arrival there. They re-
turned to the city Sunday afternoonl
loaded with good things as remem-
brances of the occasion.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-10-12

Mr.. Henry Powell and Mr.. Kurt
Thurmond motored over to Albany
to meet Mrs. Kurt Thurmond and
little son who returned with them. Mrs.
Thurmond had been visiting her faith
er Mr.. c. c. Dozier.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-10-12
Auditorium Bonds
Fail To Garry

Eight hundred and fifty-three votes
were cast at the bond election of which
All weer against bonds and 442 for
bonds, thus overwhelmingly defeating
the proposed bond issue.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-10-12

Miss Alice Burrows spent the past
two weeks pleasantly with her mother
Mrs. C. L. Burrows. She left last
for Spruce Pine N. C., where she will
have charge of her concession with
the J. L. Cronin Shows.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-10-12

Mrs. c. A. Holtzendorf and Mrs. R.
M. Mann have been the house guests
of Mrs. G. E. Kicker during their stay
OF the past week, though other friends
have WED with each other in making
otes with them so we'll known
. popular, they are in their old home
Nn 49,.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-10-12
Seaborn Wright To
Speak At Valdosta

Hon Seaborn Wright will speak at
Valdosta Saturday morning at and at
Waycross Saturday night in the in
terest of his race for the United States
senate
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-10-12

Mr.. and Mrs. s.. G. Pryor, Jr., an
nounced the arrival of baby daugh-
ter at their home on October 4th.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-12-23
Propose TO Admit
Certain Aliens
Near East Refugee Heard by.
Immigration Committee

-. - y .
Washington, Dec. 4. Golorful
stories Of the privations and per-
secutions suf cred by Christians In
Turkey were tod before the House
immigration committee today IN
support of the White Bill propos--
ing to admit certa:i1 classes OF Near
East refugees irto the United
States. 49, 81
One Of those wis testified was
LIZA Shak1ni:s.. herself a refugee
whose. fight was stopped at Ellis
Island. Released on bond by the
immigration authorities, She came
to Washington and. between sobs.
related how she had been carried
into captivity by the Turks, how
her near relatives all had been
killed one by one, and how she had
made her way to America only to
find the door closed in her face;
Horton Favors Bill.
George Horton, who was Ameri-
can consul at Smyrna during the
recent Greeo-Turkish hostilities in
that region, corrob borated many of
the assertions made by other wit
nesses regarding the tribulations
Of the Christian minorities in Tur-
key. He said he was speaking
wholly for himself and not as a
Representatives of the State Depart
ment but could not refrain from
saying word Tor those who had
suffered SO patiently in the Near
East. When one committee mem
Der suggested tnat the refugees
had occupied a district fertile in
natural resources and should be
sent back there to work out their
own salvation, Mr.. Horton replied:
For Gods sake don't do that.
You would be sending them to
their death"
representatives of the Near East
relief, the Federal Council of
Churches, the 7. NJ. c. A. and the
Young Women's. Christian Associa-
ton, were among others who ap-
peared to ask for passage of the
bill which would admit only near
relatives of American citizens
among the refugees and whose pro-
.isions would extend only until
June so, 1924.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-12-23
Less For Education
More .For Luxury
C Commissioner of T Education
Draws Striking Comparison

~ =. - ~
.Washingt on. Dec. 2l Capital
News Service Education is the
vital element on the success Of any
nation. said the Hon. John J. Ti-
gert, United States commissioner
of education. in q public speech,
pointing to vocational training and
Industrial teaching in, such manu-
featuring centers as Detroit as an
example of the practical value of
education.
Continuing. the commissioner
quoted statistics proving that the
one and one-half billion dollars
spent on education in the nation
last year, while a large sum in it.
self. was pitiful when compared
with the twenty-five billions spent
for. Injuries.
From these statistics he said,
.it would appear that the country
cares more for. chewing gum. ci-
gars and cigarettes, and cosmetics
than It does for education"
80 1I0uSdlOisS iIdSS SSlLc0 upOH tlllS
comparison as striking argument
in favor OF the passage OF the
Towner- Sterling bill, now before
congress. creating a department sof
education. with a secretary in the
presidents cabinet. The bill ap-
propriates a hundred million dol
lars to be spent among the states
in the aid OF education. One hun
dred millions is the two hun
dred and twentieth part of last
years countrywide bill for lux
uries.
DR.. Tigert drew attention to the
.'insidious propaganda" spread by
some agency" against the expen-
diture Of large sums by the gov
ernment in aid of education, and
termed the proper and wise use OF
money in education as the saliva
ton of the country against many
of the evils of ignorance. .intoler-
ance. and fanaticism, which men,
ace its prosperity.