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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1923-01-01
ROAD CONSTRUCTION
PLANS FOR 1923
Many Projects Recommended
by Chief Engineer
Buck.

CHIEF Engineer ts,ck ~ the state
V,uhw,V p~psrtmcn, has recommend
~-i the foilcNlng roads FOR construction
tn iags II the funds are available;
New s,stle ccun,y-Narrh Road
ketN..n rhiia. rIke and Silvers.dc Road.
gt oc,,a.s ~ od~~~,. Armstrong;
Gunner 10 smyrn, summit Bridge to
l>.n,ut's corner christiana 10 VIII
mlns,on. VIA Newrort ana stanton
Lancaster PIKE 90 Pennsylvania Line
iiares ,Nrncr 90 christiana, Csn'revih"
a. rcrrya Tavern. New Cystic to New
rort % Cranston heights farnhur~'
a. ste.,'kaea C,rncr. Townsend 70
CALDWELL Walker school to n",kyne~-
,ilie glaarow o. Maryland Limo. state
il.,a 90 Hear. Midtown 90 MERMAID
"a ponnayivanla tAne raulk Road 10
Nmfh'a nridge.
Kent Vaunty-Nsrydcl TO smyrna
VIA Nenion and clayton. SnlNin' w
tssi.ac o. pover chcavold 10 hen'on
,gsVton % Maryland lane. Wy"nhns
A. Naryland iAne rciton To Whne'eye-
hor. Harrington % nurrvui'. Dover
Ia tAttle Creek i'e,rscns 10 ''a'NN
t'onneciing IA ront Road n"rth "h'
a,,,th ~ Bower. Milford Co Thonason ID
vin. An POINT Road - nowcrs wood
ala. hi state HIGHWAY. Houston 10
Nlifo,d 40 Harrington Road. Th0ush
ire.le,Ica teaa. ana weSN'
au.a.x Countv--tfankford to cniar
.,.,,,,,t "A Reliance lsridseNille 10
Maryland tAnc t.ewcr ~ tiNe inlh'e
NIron 10 iiarh~s,n Milton To thleh
d.i. iiats,cson to Reho'oth Nlhoru
a. u.huh'th Msaion ~ 'n'nn'r"
p,rahro to Ninca 'reok. tranNi'.u
4, Az tN,ri Road nacvh'r' 10 du
p,,, po,d rnoudale 90 IN r"n, i'oah
tsn.oin Cgt, 90 du tN'nt R'nd CON
,,.t A. taurcl 90 G~'rGetown lt"aa
p.,,..,, A. Mission iaurcl - Mary
ANA ts.e ttarr.cn school ~ oah
nrrhard Grconw 90 80 Maryland
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1923-01-01

Recorder ~ Deeds elect, Albert
Stetser, announces the appointment
" Joseph Bartlett No deputy and a
number " clerks whom he has decld
cd 10 appoint though there is an index
clerk and mine more clerks whose an
I'ointments are eth to- he announced
Tho-e he hae decided tu appoint ne
clerks are as follows: Joseph peeney
Walter Tanning. GEORGE Cheney. Atom
~ Green, Clark nrooha. Rn,ert M
tnrland, Lowther BEACON. Frank
liainswOrth, Abraham Deiehtnn
charles Minors. Alfred whartena,y
Harry Rowers and Walter Raah.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1923-01-01
Unused cns Tanks lrsreeted

on accordance with on order ~ ne
siscei ana sewer Department. a. in
silraffon ~ unused gasoline tanks
Hush g.. noottssr sidewalk inspector.
tlat ono tank was found 90 ~ hazaiNi-
nuF. and ne iner~ctor gave order.
thai 90 b. made harmless Such az
tiun NE fahon
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1923-01-01
sw,ru AGAIN GOVERNOR.
s,vr. Name Win same ren We 'see
A., Precious inauguration.

Aih.r, ~ Jan. Alfred Y.
np,I,h auain took me oath ~ Office AZ
ro,srnor Of New Work. state Yesterday
m. same Justice administered tho
oath and the Same ren vac used ~
hcf w. Many ~ the same witnesses
we're rrcsent and tho new rovNnor
himself commented that tho amar WIS
much ~ tho nature ~ reunion
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1923-01-01
crnrrr Ncenrcrn Rcco,cr,ns.

Oeorrr McGovorn connected with
80 inrnl post once who received in
lorna injuries when he feu during
the holiday rush - recovering a. hs
homo a02 Elrhth avenue Mr. McGov-
ern was operated or az no Physicians
uni Surgeons Wusnfaf
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-04-12
Superior Court In L
Session This Week
Judge Crumt Disqualified in Some
Cases, Secures Judge Graham to
Preside for Term

Judge Eschol Graham of the O.
mulgee circuit, opened Ben Hill SUI
perior Court here Monday, Judge d.
\. r. Crum, presiding for him in
Dodge County Superior Court, both
Judges having cases in their respective
courts in which each was disqualified
to act.
In opening court here, Judge Ora
ham took occasion to deliver to the
grand jury a resume of the real pur-
poses, duties and privileges of Grand
Jurors. In many respects this charge
presented the duties of Grand Jurors
along new lines. He especially de-
plored the tendency of the certain in
fluences in undermining the respect
tor the constituted authorities and
spoke of the incidious propaganda by
enemies of the prohibitions law, in
spreading the belief that this law, I'M
like any others, seemed to By failure,
in that it did not prohibit, whilst in
truth, SO stated Judge Graham, the
law is working. wonders in lessening
crime, and gradually increasing the
! numbers OF total abstainers. The duty
of the law-abiding citizens is to up
hold this as we'll as all other laws, as
only through a strict conformity tc
all laws, will it be possible to main
tain our institutions and safeguard
the republic.
The game and fish laws, SO essen
tial to the protection of wild birds
end fish, laws against gambling, and
the abuses of legal process by oul
| Justices of the Peace and arrestine
officers, was deplored by the Judge
and speciN mpheasis placed on Their
] enforcement.
| The Grand Jury organized with S
G. Pryor, Sr., as foreman and A. H
| Thurmond as their clerk. W. H. Eli
irgton was elected bailiff for the term
Other members of the Grand Jury are
] D c Bell, Geo E.. Gaffney, Wiley
Mcmillan, c H Gill, Joseph Gibbs
B H Dorminey, J M Massey, Wesley
X Walker, L A Yarbrough, VIC Broat
hurst, w H Robitzsch, H. L Forbes
G w Gaines, ] R Kimball, J ] Pryor
] Horton Taylor, F G Kimball, J
| Patterson, D E Dickson, f G Hale
Emory Wilcox, S E Leverett, J E
Russell, R H Mckay, G c Ball.
After being in session for three days
and investigating a large number o
misdemeanor cases, for which many
true bills were returned, the Crane
Jury adjourned until Wednesday, Ap
| ril 18th.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-04-12
The Leader
On The Screen
All Over the Continent One of Our
Witticisms Is Amusing Audiences

A joke from the columns of the
Leader is competing with Charlie
Chaplin, Harold Lloyd and other fun
makers on the movie screen this week.
In other words, the editors OF the
well-known Topics of the Day"
Films, who CLEAN the best laughmak-
ers from the press of the entire world,
have selected the Leader funnyism one
OF the worlds best.
This is the Leader joke that is Star
ring on the screen.
BOY laying down parceD moth
er's changed her mind, she doesn't
want kidneys, she wants liver"
Butcher: What she wants, my boy,
is brains"
Due to their news, human interest
element, frequency of publication, re-
asonable price and a hundred more
reasons, newspapers are the most wide
iy read media of expression in oul
modern-day civilization. 1t is only nat
trail then, that features borrowed
from newspapers should find wei
come reception on the motion picture
screen.
For generations and generations, the
public has enjoyed humorous para
graphs, and cartoons, in the newspa
pers. The wise theater-man realizes
the appeal of newspaper jokes in roun
ding out his program. He knows tina
even if the multiple reel feature doe
not please the entie audience, the news
paper joke-reel will put his patrons il
good humor. People who leave thu
theater with smile on their face
will come again and again
Using newspaper humor on thu
screen, is no experiment on the par
of the movie theatre men. For ovei
four years Topics of the Day. Films
the daddy" of humorous paragraph
reels, has been the standby of severa
thousand theatremen In the early
days of this reel many "know-it-alls.
said that a film of this type was only
novelty with a limited life But its
success has proved it an institution
The Leader has natural feeling OF
pride in being quoted on the Screen
and hopes that many of our readers
will see the "home" paper in the NOV
les.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-04-12
False Alarm Causes
Stampede AT Courthouse

When a Grand Jury Committee, ex-
aiming the roof of the court house
this forenoon, accidently loosened a
plank under the dome, which sseIled
down to the steel ceiling with terri
ific crash the entire court, judge, jur-
ors, bailiffs, lawyers, litigents and Wis
itors, thinking cyclone had struck the
building, rushed from the edifice and
came near having some fatalities.
Messrs S. q. Pryor, Sr, w. r. Walk
er, and some others, constituting com
mittee of the grand jury, were in the
dome and did not fully realize the
excitement they had created until they
came down and found the whole court
or the sidewalk. After explaining
the cause of the trouble, the excite
ment subsidized and the court proceed
ed in its usual calm and dignified way.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-04-12
u. S. AND CANADA
CLASH PROBABLE
OVER RUM RULE
All the Trouble Caused by Two
Small Vessels on Great Lakes,
Sold by Shipping Board
CANADA REMAINS FIRM
Will Not Allow Ships to Be Re-
gistered That Are Governed by
u. S. Domestic Laws

Washington, April l. Shipping
complications of an extended charac-
ter between the United States and
Great Britain and her dominions are
regarded as not improbable as result
of controversy between the Wash
angton and Ottawa governments over
two small vessels on the Great Lakes.
The ships were purchased from the
shipping board under contracts which
stipulated that they should not be
used in any manner which would VIC
late the laws of the United States,
and for that reason they were refused
registry by the Canadian government.
The particular language contained in
the contracts and held Objectionable
Aby the Canadian government, ap-
Rarently with the backing Of London,
was drafted by the department OF
justice to rpevent any purchaser OF
shipping board vessels from using
them as rum runners. The Canadian
authorities notified Secretary Hughes
they would not admit ships to Canad-
ion registry which were subject to
domestic laws of the United States.
Canadian Defense
An answer to- the Canadian note,
handed to Sir Auckland Geddes for
transmission to the Ottawa govern
ment, contains a defense of the Ian
guage employed by the shipping board
and clearly states that the restrictions
imposed on operators of craft bought
from the board are legal and enforce
able from the American point of view.
Secretary Hughes reply was based
on opinions obtained from the depart
n1ent ofjustice, from Secretary Hoover
Ct the commerce department and from
ether officials of the state depart
ment. 1t was said to represent the
unanimous belief of the three depart
ments in the right of the shipping
board to continue with the sale OF
vessels, either to American or for
eign citizens, under he form of con-
tract now being used.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-04-12
Loyalty" Lesson Of
The Chautauqua
All Local Citizens Should Learn The
Value of Cooperation

The only disappointment in = Chau-
tauqua to date is the deficit from the
season ticket sale that tho gVarantors
must meet. The entertainments are
fully up to expectation and beyond.
This is undoubtedly the best series
of entertainments, but one, ever Civ
Ell under Chautauqua management.
The one excepted is the splendid one
given some ten years ago under Mr..
u +. Ricker's own responsibility at
the Opera House, and even that was
a financial loss sufficient to prevent
future risk.
Many will remember the superior
attractions of that week, Gov. Hanley
OF Indiana, Richmond Pearson Hob
son, with which none since can as
nearly approach in real merit.
People generally are praising the lee
ture of Granville Jones as quite out
of the ordinary and worth all the
price. Others feel the SAME about
the DeGiorgi musical entertainment
while the appreciation of the dramatic
reading, the clown act, and the play
OF tuesday was very much in evidence
by laughter and applause.
Today the program of music, story
telling and high class lecture is re-
plete with attractive points for men
women and children.
Tomorrow business houses will
close and our people turn out in mass,
to hear why Chautauqua like this
| should fail of complete public support,
and other good things be lacking,
when Chas. H. Plattenburg lectures on
81 .oyalty to the Home Town.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-04-12
FLORIDA WHIPPING
BOSS" INDICTED FOR
MURDER OF YOUTH
Martin Tabert Dies Three DAYS
After Being Whipped by
Walter Higginbotham,
Say Witnesses
FREED UNDER $4,000 BOND
All Witnesses Before Grand
Jury Are Summoned to APP
pear Before Legisla-
tive Committee

Madison, Fla, Apri 11.-Walter
Higginbotham, Whipping boss" At
convict camp of the Putnam Lumber
company at Clara, Fla, was indicted
tate today on three counts charging
first degree murder in connection
with the death of Martin Tabert.
North Dakota youth.
!abert died three days after he
had been whipped by Higginbotham
IN February, 1922, according to wit
nesses who appeared before the grand
jury today, but camp officials con-
| tend the youth died from natural
causes.
L Higglnbotham was released tonight
on bail of $4,000, pending his trial.
| Circuit Judge Horne announced that
Higginbotham would probably be
tried at special term of court Nav
Is at Cross City, Fla, the county
seat of Dixie county, where the whip
ping is said to have been admins
tered. The former camp boss had
| nothing to say when Informed of the
grand jury's action.
Higginbotham's attorneys said they
would admit that the lash was used
on Tabert, but that the blowsg iven
him were light and were administered
becaust of hist allure to work. The
blows were too light to have inf1ict-
ed severe injuries, it was asserted.
Attorneys here representing the
Tabert family in North Dakota in
timated tonight that they would i'm
mediately after the trial is called,
file suit in United States district
court in Florida or Wisconsin seek
ing $4,000 damage against the Put
ram Lumber company, which is a
Wisconsin, corporation.
Summoned to Tallahassee
Tallahassee, Fla, April 11.-Wit-
nesses who appeared before the grand
jury at Madison in connection with
the death of Martin Tabert, of North
Dakota, at private convict farm,
have been summoned to Tallahassee
to appear before the joint legislative
committee set up to investigate the
affair, it was announced TODAY.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-04-12
Marked Progress
Is Being Made I'm
Peanut Campaign
Dougherty County Already Gone Over
Top in The Campaign

ALBANY, Ga, April 12-One coun
IT,, Dougherty County at ALBANY
has already gone over the top in the
campaign of tht Gtorgia Peanut Grow
ers COOPERATIVE Association to sign
at least 50 per cent of the 1922 peanut
acreage in twenty-five counties. 9th
CT counties, notably Mitchell, Grady,
Baker, Terrell, Miller, Worth, Calh-
DUN, Colquitt, Brooks Lee and others
are making forward strides, both in
pertectng their organizations and the
actual signing of contracts. Several OF
these counties are expected to reach
their minimum quotas within the next
few days but none of them will be
content with the actual minimum
while many will seek to get 100 per
cent. 1t is possible that one or two
OF thest counties could now be an.
nounced over the top if all of the
contracts in the hands of the county
committeeman were sent into genera
headquarters to be tabulated, accord.
ing to a statement made by Colone
Robert E. L. Spence, executive chair.
man of the Association.
In many of the counties large numb.
ers OF growers are signing pledges te
help in the volunteer campaign from
April 23rd to May LIST, during which
it is hoped to carry every county al
least to its minimum quota. By thi.
effort the expense Of the association
will be reduced materially and the re-
turns to growers in the fall will bt
correspondingly increased.
Warning to the growers throughout
the belt against being misled into the
planting of big crop on account O.
offers of prizes and other inducement:
tor big acreage and large yields ha.
been sounded by the Association head
quarters. "The farmers have never
had any trouble about making crops
it has been in selling them profitably.
Col Spence, stated, "and this Associ
alton purposes to give them exper
service in that respect; to allow hin
for the first time in history som,
voice as to what his own product shall
bring"
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-04-12
AnniversaryColumn
ID VEAPS AEnt
DAILY News, April SIS, 1909

DAILY News, April SIS, 1907
Ihe headquarters of the hospital
corps OF the First Regiment, which
has been maintained in Fitzgerald for
the past two years, will after June
lst, be moved to Savannah, which is
the .reglmental headquarters. The hos
pltal corps was moved to Fitzgerald
from lhomasvllle two years ago and
twelve local men, under command OF
Capt. /. E. White and Sergeant Hale
have composed the local division.
There will b special Easter music
at the Central Christian church with
Mrs. R. J. Abrams as choir director
and Miss Lula Ryman as organist.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. ]. White and boy
Wayne, are leaving for Danville, ILL.,
their northern home, after spending the
winter with Mrs. Whites parents, Mr.
and Mrs. H. C. Stevenson.
Superintendent S. J. Smith, of the
etnd the educational institute to BIZ
held all week in that city
X X \
The T. o. G. club, of which Mis-:
Isabel DeVandalaer is member
was entertained by her grandmother
Mrs. T. J. Halle, at her home on Wesr
Pine ST., in the absence of Miss Isabel
who is attending school in Washing
ton, D. c.
A crowd estimated at 500, at least
enjoyed the music at the Firemen',
Park Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. A. H. Thurmond and Mrs. L
Kennedy took their Sunday Schoo
Glasses in the country Saturday fol
an early picnic.
Mrs. M. K. Day left for Atlanta
where she will purchase another com
plete stock of millinery. Her Easter
sale being such record breaker, sht
was nearly sold out.
Mrs E. H. Moore and daughter
Miss Katie, of Broxton, who have
been the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. w
B. Moore, left this morning. Mrs
Moore returning to her home and Mis-.
Moore. to continue her studies at Yves
leyan
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-04-12
A. I. DAVIS LAID TO
REST IN EVERGREEN

The funeral services for Mr.. A Jax
Davis, who died during the week at
New Orleans. La, occurred at the
First Methodist Episcopal Church,
Sunday afternoon at $50 o'clock, the
pastor, Rev. J. H. Elder, officiating,
Mr.. Davis was native of Tennessee,
and was past So years of age. He was
travelling salesman. Just after the
Cuban War, he was married to Della
B., daughter of Mrs. E. Fox of this
city. They have lived in Cuba, Atlanta
and Birmingham before finally settling
in New Orleans where they had a
business.
He was a member of the Travelling
Mems Association and of the Masons,
being a Shriner.
Music for the service was furnished
by quartette composed of Mrs. Owen,
Mrs Green, Mr.. Burr Stokoe and Mr.
l. M. Frey.
Pail bearers we're J. c. CLOVER, J.
E Turner, Geo Gray, A. c. Matthias
+. o. Wyman and F. E. Wyman.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-04-12
Good Audiences AT
Redpatk Chautauqua
Talent up to Standard, But as Usual
Committee Faces Large Deficit

The Chautauqua opened Tuesday
with the Di Giorgio Concert Company
which rendered a very pleasing pro-
gram in the afternoon and evening
performance. The feature of Tuesdays
program was the splendid lecture by
Granville Jones, "The, Philosophy of
the Hill Billy" which was extremely
instructive and entertaining. Wednes-
DAVIS program for the afternoon was
Everett Kemp in dramatic reading
and for the children, Havelock, the
clown. The evening was taken up with
Turn to the Right" comedy drama
with a cast which pleased the large
audience attending. This afternoon
the Van Browne Novelty Company, a
trio of musicians is holding the boards,
followed by Misses Clarke and Holt in
character Sketches from Story
Books" for the little ones. Tonight,
former Governor BrqNgh, of Arkansas
is delivering lecture on America
Leadership of the World"
After the Wednesday night pertor-
nance, the local committee met with
the manager Of the Chautauqua and
received tn fenancial report, which
called for a considerable assessment
from the guarantors, which the COM
mittse is trying to raise today.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-04-12
Labor Legislation
Before Convention
Much Interest In Who Will Succeed
John Valentino

SAVANNAH,-Legislation which
has been introduced in the state and
national law-making bodies as the re-
suit of the various strikes during the
past two years and the selection OF
officers for the ensuing Year will take
up a large part of the four-day ses-
sion of the Georgia Federation OF La
Dor which convenes here on April Is.
Considerable interest is being mani
tested in the question of who will be
elected president to succeed John G.
Valentino. who will not stand for re-
election. Charles G.. Grabbing, a
member of the Stationary and Hosting
Engineers Union OF Atlanta, is the
only candidate to announce SO far.
There will be other candidates to
announce within the next week, ac-
cording to those well informed in labor
circes. 1t is understood that a rep
resentative of the labor organizations
III Macon will have candidate in the
field.
TIL legislative committee will place
Before the convention for discussion
and action the anti-injunction bill, the
-picketing bill, the women's in
dustrial bill, and the car shed bill. All
Of these bills have been introduced
since the meeting of 1922.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-04-12
Off For C1thbert On 4
JeffiDavis, Highway
Contestants and Teachers Leave To
day to Attend District Meet

A large delegation of students and
teachers from the FITZGERALD High
School left this morning via the Jeff
Davis Highway to attend the Third
Congressional District Meet which will
be held in Cuthbert on Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday
The following students represent
iFtz-Hi in the various contests:
Observation-Disclosures Morris; Reel
tation-Helen Williams; Essay-Will
Ed Smith and Dora Killen; Music
ulia Lovett; Home Economics-Mar-
tinez Young.
100 yard dash-Marvm Morris.
220 yard dash-Paul Matthias.
440 yard dash-Marvin Morris.
High Jump-Randolph Cook
Relay-Marvin Morris, Paul Math-
las, Theodore Raine, ]. c. Chester.
Pole Vault-Frank Harrison
The Middle Georgia High School
Athletic Association of which Supt. u.
J. Bennett is president and Principal
A. M. Stephens is secretary, will hold
meeting in Cuthbert on Friday to
review the years work and make plans
for next year.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-04-12
TAZZY NEWS
By Ego

l amt much at kicking, and | sure
don't want to knock, but why in the
deuce don't the council paint the face
ON the city clock. The wouldn't buy
the city mG,icrn fire truck, when the
II ing was brought before them the up
and passed the buck, they said, I'VE
must economic, we'll buy Dodge or
Ford. Thus spake the fathers who sit
on the Village Board. Another enter
prising mind, (What more could raise
our ire) said why don't they get a
wheelbarrow and roll hose to the fire.
They want to put in water mains, S-hh
this is something more, they didn't seem
to realize that insurance rates will soar.