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Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-03-25

Mr.. John King, receiver OF the
First National Bank of Sylv ester,
was in the city today on business for
his bank.
Mrs. R. Glen Johnson and baby
are making brief visit to relatives
in Nashville.
Mr.. C. T. Owens returned this
morning from Macon with the well
come report of the condition TO his
daughter, who was operated on in
Macon hospital Monday. Mrs.
Owens will remain with her daughter
for few days.
Misses Fannie Kate and Virginia
Hollingsworth and Miss Mary Bates
of Triton, were weekend visitors to
their sister, Mrs. Horace Bates and
friends in this city.
Mr.. Jack Floyd, formerly of this
city, stopped over en- route from FIT.
Lauderdalt to North Carolina, on
Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Moody are
newcomers in the city, Mr.. Moody
being the new agent at the Seaboard
depot. Mr.. c. F. Casteel who was
supplying for Mr.. SIP ence has taken
a position in the Abbeville office.
Hon. u. V. Whipple of Cordele,
spent the day in the city on legal bus
mess.
Nick G. Pope of Fl. Lauderdale. ar
rived here last night to take charg
again of the New York Cafe.
Mrs. T. J. Simpson was called to the
bedside of her mother, Mrs. Mcneil,
at Dawson.
Mrs. J. E. Proctor of West Palm
Beach, is spending few days in the
city with friends and relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Moody, of
Montgomery arrived in the city last
week to make this their home. Mr..
Moody is the new agent for the Sea-
board Air Line.
F. H. Hammond, of Cuthbert, is
business visitors in the city today.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. R. Frey and Mrs.
r. C. Pickens made an automobile
trip to Jacksonville, Fla, Saturday,
returning Tuesday.
Ho.:l MT o,,oLI.y, oF Uo1Jne+o
spent a few days at home with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. D. Nc
Laughlin.
Miss Mildred Hale will be week
end visitor from Sycamore to her
home in this city.
Mrs. J. H. Harvey arrived from
Valdosta Tuesday afternoon to visit
her daughter, Mrs. Clayton Jay and.
family.
Mrs. T. w. Tinsley and daughter.
Mrs. Wyman Twitty of Albany, spent
Monday night in the city guests of
Mrs. Tinsley's sister, Mrs. c.. B.
Watts.
81 II
Mrs. J. L. McCarty is spending the
week in Atlanta assisting her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Venable Anderson, is locat-
ing an apartment, as Mr.. Anderson
has been transferred from Macon to
the larger office in Atlanta of the
Cudahy firm.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-03-25
CARD OF THANKS

The family of Arthur d. Grippe
wish to express their appreciation for
the thoughtfulness and kindness
shown them in their recent bereave-
ment.
Mrs. A. D. Grippe and family
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-03-25
PuzzIine

Lover-Tm afraid to ask for her
hand in marriage. She knows how TO
cook; she can mend socks and she
doesn't care a thing for the movies.
She's abnormal: there must be some
.hinr wrong with he. Paris are.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-03-25
EAKnA NOTES

Grow cash crop Once year it
will bring in quite sum of money
Just Winding his own business viii
keep a farmer going ali The time :"
months of the wear
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-03-25

Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Shirley and
little daughter arrived from Savan-
nah today to make visit with friends
and relatives.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-03-25
CHURCH ACTIVITIES
FOR THE WEEK
NEWS OF INTEREST IN RELIC.
IOUS PROCEEDINGS OF FlTZ-
GERALD AND SURROUNDING
TERRITORY.
First M. E. Church

First Nj. E. Church
Z. 1-s
REVIVAL CAMPAIGN AT
THE FIRST METHODIST
CHURCH MAKING PROG
RESS. SPECIAL JUNIOR
SERVICES N}ll.o., THUho..
SAT AT 4 P. M.
Several Speakers are Assisting
the Pastor
,.sAt
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-03-25

Mrs. J. L. McCarty is spending the
week in Atlanta assisting her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Venable Anderson, is locat-
ing an apartment, as Mr.. Anderson
has been transferred from Macon to
the larger office in Atlanta of the
Cudahy firm.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-03-25

Mrs. T. W. Tinsley and daughter
Mrs. Wyman Twitty of Albany, spen
Monday night in the city guests o.
Mrs. Tinsley's sister, Mrs. c. B
Watts.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-03-25
NV N lIinery foE Easter

It's season Of bright colos and clever Trimmings.
We have made every effort 10 supply your wants
in supreme quality and style al economy prices.
Whether your choice be close fitting model or one
of wider proportions,T deve, sified assortments
Wi surely please you.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-02
CLOSES CASE BY
= STRESSING SEDITION CHARGE
IN ORDER TO RAILROAD EDITOR

ant must be convicted of making these
statements.
During the trial the prosecution
made no effort to establish the exist
ence of the Workers (Communist)
Party or to have It's program or prin-
ciDles presented to the court. The
prosecutor explained this in his clos
ing argument by declaring that, "Com-
munist principles, the principles Of
the Communist Party and the Third
(Communfst) International are so
well established, they are a matter Of
such common knowledge, that they
do not need to be established here.
and the court cannot shut its mind
to them"
Rubin then reiterated his belief
that the respect OF the people for god
was the foundation on which our form
OF government is based, declaring that
Bimba had attacked this respect, rev.
erance and faith in god, as a prelimin-
airy to the overthrow Of the govern
ment. "If he did say these things,
and he did" said the prosecutor,
then he cannot 20 on"
When the arguments were in the
court asked a few questions. The
prosecutor had cited the cases OF VIM.
Bross Lloyd, in Illinois and BENJAMIN
Gitlow, in New York, as successful
sedition prosecutions. But the court
reminded Rubin that the complaint
charged sedition In Massachusetts,.
Hoffman offered to waive any technl.
calities on behalf OF Bimba.
Rubin stressed that every question
asked must have been raised by some.
thing that Blmba had said in his
speech. The Judge first questioned
this and Hoffman showed that hardly
any of the questions asked had had
any basis in what Bimba had said in
his speech. Even according to the
prosecutions own testimony.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-02
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Continued from page IL
church member was to be found
among all the governments witness
es.
Holman then turned to an attack
Of the sedition charge, pointing out
that It was a relic of the war days.
"The war is now over" he said, ad-
dressing the court. "these sedltion
cases we're tried in an atmosphere
created by war conditions. That time
Is now past"
Hoffman then told of going to the
library to get copy of Chaffee's book
on Free Speech" Chaffee is a Har-
ward law professor who Joined in the
resistance to the red-baiting wave that
swept the country In 1919 and the
years Immediately following.
Il found that this book on free
speech has only been drawn from the
library three times during the years
1t has been on its Shelves" said Hoff.
man. THE librarian told me that
their patrons would rather read fic-
ton. II the people of Brockton would
read more books OF this kind OF Chat.
fee and less fiction, then there would
be fewer Bimba cases in New Eng.
land"
AT another point Hoffman declared
III this case has served no other pur.
pose than to show to the masses that
there are some people determined to
stand up and fight for their rights,
then II has justified itself"
Stress sedltlon Charge.
The purpose OF the governments
prosecution was easily discernable in
the closing argument OF prosecutor
!. Manuel Rubin, who pushed aside
the blasphemy charge with q few
words and then devoted his whole at
tention to the sedition charge.
"rhe defense is in a serious POSI-.
tion," claimed Rubin. "Bimba is fac.
Ing the complaint charging sedition.
The second part of Bimba's speech
was dedicated to but one purpose: To
the spreading Of the seeds OF sedition.
His way Ia the way OF revolution. His
was not philosophical discussion.
He urged his listeners to throw them.
selves into his cause. Tho govern
ment's case cannot fail. The defend
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-02
.Tenements Condemned
as Menace" 40 Years
Ago Still Furnish Rent
By J. LOUIS ENoDAHL.

dilemma. It either moves into
smaller apartment, increasing the
population per room, or It moves
into cheaper apartments, into the
cheapest tenements. 1t is, there
fore, easy to see why there is
always a demand for the cheapest
slum dwellings.
Capitalisms "boasted enterprise"
receives the annual jolt in the ribs
from Governor Smiths housing and
regional planning commission,
which says:
AT all times and in all places
private enterprise has been unable
to supply adequate housing to meet
the needs Of the underlying popu-
latlon.
1.-THE average family must be
content with the left-overs and there
are never enuf Of these to permit
adequate housing for more than
half the population"
Yet it is Governor Smiths lackey
in the New York City hall, Mayor
Walker, who refuses to discuss
these intolerable housing condi-
tions with representative women Of
the working class, who are those in
the population most interested in
remedying conditions.
And all the time capitalist Ten
terprise" builds homes only for
those who can afford TO pay the
highest rents that bring in the big
gest profits.
When the filthy, unkempt, totter-
ing abodes Of the poor breed cpl
denies Of disease; when tuberculo-
sis and other plaques stalk abroad
among the workers, finding victims
everywhere, nothing is said. Gov
ernor Smiths commission con-
fesses:
. "lf we may accept the average
rate Of demolition for the years
1909 to 1925 inclusive, as represen-
tatlve Of the continued life span Of
old law tenements i'm New York
City, it will be 1873 years before
these sub-standard dwellings are
abolished"
Not even the usual promise of
better conditions.
But In Massachusetts the voice OF
the law speaks. Halls win be
closed and condemned as 'men-
ace" If Communists, voicing the
protests Of the workers, are allowed
to speak in them. SO the Commu-
nists are kept out. 1t was rather
fortunate that the Labor Lyceum,
in which the Bimba meeting was
held on the night before the open
ing of the Brockton trial, is a new
structure. Perhaps it was symbol
zeal Of the Communist ideas which
New England reaction fears, but
which will in time solve the hous-
ing problem that grows progress
sively worse" in New York and
everywhere else.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-02
'BATH-TUB GIRL
MISSING SINCE
CARROLL ORGY
Unable to Locate Joyce
Hawley
Especial to The oaiIy Worker

NEW YORK, Feb. 2S--If any official
action is contemplated by either the
federal or local authorities against
Earl Carroll theatrical magnate, for
the wild orgy that he staged in his
playhouse during which naked lin
gerie model lay in a bath-tub filled
with costly wines and champagne and
dished out the wine to the 500 guests
that we're present, it was delayed
today by the reported disappearance
Of Joyce Hawley, who played the role
Of the girl in the bath-tub."
Miss Hawley has not been seen by
any of her friends since the day Of the
orgy and all efforts that have been
made to locate her have proven fruit
less. Mildred E. Gethine, a former
Follies chorus girl, the first of the
guests to tell about the party. de-
clared that the party was mot SO SEN
sational."
It was also stated that Harry X.
Thaw and the Countess Vera Cath.
cart danced the Charleston and that
after their dance made speeches to the
assembled smart set" Another girl
that was present and that also danced
the Charleston found her clothes too
cumbersome and Invested herself Of
all her cumbersome garments.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-02

les. Secretaries will Immediately for
ward names and addresses of all dele
gates elected by their bodies to E. R.
Meitzen, state chairman labor party,
10 Hazel St., Texarkana, Tex.-Ark.
Under resolutions adopted at the
Texarkana conference, candidates will
be drafted" that is to say, no person
who asks for the labor party nomina.
ton will be considered by the Fort
Worth convention.
At the Texarkana conference it was
further decided that the state execu-
tive committee shall seek out likely
candidates for state and national Of
fees and present their names to the
Fort Worth conventions tho the dele
gates shall have the right to make
further nominations.
Nominations are to be made without
speeches, tho at the close of nominal
tons all delegates shall have the right
to freely discuss the fitness or lack
Of fitness of all candidates presented
to the convention on March 10, the
name of each candidate being taken
up in turn for discussion.
Let Everybody Get Busy.
Attached hereto you will find COM
plete instructions on how to organize
labor party clubs in your voting pre-
cinct. Let every man and woman who
believes that the time has come for
the laboring and producing millions to
take charge of state and national gov
ernments, act on these instructions
and see that their voting precincts
and counties are organized and are
represented at the Fort Worth con-
vention on March TO-
Let us make it the greatest gather
ing of the plain people ever held in
the south.
Remember that what we do in Tex
as will have a tremendous effect all
over the nation.
Remember that the people are sick
and tired of ofice-seeking, profession
al politicians who side with the mon
eyed few against the exploited mass
a., but are ready and anxious to vote
for honest and able farmers and wage
earners or their true-and-tried friends
who are not seeking office but will
have to be urged to accept for the
good Of the country and the plain peo-
pie.
Yours for Victory in Our Day,
{. r. Meltzen, Chairman.
y A. C. Howerton
u. p. Boswell
A. w. Lusk
L. L. Rhodes
State Executives Committee, Labor
Party of Texas, $40 Hazel St., Tex
arkana, Tex-Ark.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-02
TEXANS CALL STATE CONVENTION I
TO SELECT LABOR PARTY CANDIDATES
AND NATIONAL CONFERENCE DELEGATES

TEXARKANA, Texas. - In accord
ance with the instructions given al
the state conference of organized
farmers and wage workers held here
in December, the state executive com
mittee of the labor party then formed
has issued the following call for a
state convention to be held in Fort
Worth Wednesday. March 10, at IL
a. m.
Texarkana, Texas
To the People of Texas:
Complying with instructions of the
state conference OF organized farm
ers and wage workers held at Texar
kama on Dec. g. 1924, at which time
the labor party of Texas was formed
and we were elected a state executive
committee, we hereby issue a call for
a state convention of said labor party
of Texas, to be held in Railway
Clerks Hall, 15O2h Main St., Fort
Worth, Texas, on Wednesday, March
TO- at 10 o'clock a. m.
The objects of this state convention
Of the labor party shall be:
l. To select candidates for state
political offices and for United States
senate and congress, subject to rati
flcation or additions at meetings on
legal convention dates next summer
2. To adopt a state platform and to
adopt resolutions in line with the pur.
poses Of the labor party.
3. To elect delegates to the nation.
al convention soon to be called by
various state and divisional farmer.
labor political organizations, the pur.
pose of such national convention be.
ing to form national labor Tor farm.
er-labor) party.
4. To adopt plans for furthering
the organization Of the labor party, in
GLIDING plan of organization.
Basis Of Representation.
Delegates representing the follow
ing bodies will be seated as follows
Labor party clubs, one delegate
each. If the county is organized for
the labor party, delegates from such
county will have one vote for each
labor party club in the county.
Labor union or farm organization
locals, one delegate each.
Central labor councils, one delegate
each.
Statewide organizations of wage
earners or farmers, two delegates-at-
large each.
Statewide liberal political organiza-
tons, whose aim are similar to those
Of the labor party, two delegates-at;
large each.
Delegates will present credentials
signed by chairman and secretaries
Of bodies they represent, giving name
and number and address of such bod.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-02
WORKER TOLD TITS
UNAMERICAN TO EXPECT
DECENT CONDITIONS
BY ROSE CHESTER.
Worker CORRESPONDENTS. \

NEW YORK, Feb. 20. - As an
American, ! always thot that con-
dltlons Of labor In America were at
least toIerable and worker had
some degree Of freedom Of speech
but ! learned that ! was mlslnform-
ed. cot a Job In . clothing fac.
tory where the workers shaved all
day In a work room that had no
windows. OF course. they worked
by artificial light. The hours Of la
Dor were fifty week, and the en-
ployes we're outrageously underpald.
One day ! was paid OFF and told |
was not TO return to work any more.
When ! asked for the reason Of my
dismissal my employer told me
was heard telling the workers to
demand better working conditions
which was "un-Amerlean talk"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-02
Union Worker ls inventor.

ST. LoUIS-(FP)-Grade crossing
accidents may be greatly reduced by
warning signal for motorists, in.
vented by Ralph G. Watkins, a un-
ion telegraph operator Of st. Louis.
The signal is placed on the highway
at the railroad tracks and is operated
by an electric track line circuit. When
the track Is clear slow sign in green
Is displayed. AS a train nears the
crossing a red stop sign flashes auto.
matically.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-02

NEW YORK CITY confesses to
the world that of the 23 tene-
ment houses that were declared a
public menace in 1885, IA Of them
are still in its midst occupied.
wholly or partially, and paying
profits in rent to some landlord who
is not bothered by the authorities.
Up here in Massachusetts, | find
that one of the favorite methods
Of the authorities in forcing hall
owners to close their buildings
against Communist meetings is to
threaten an inspection, that will re-
suit in declaring the structure I'm
safe and "a public menace" The
condemned New York tenements
continue and thrive. No threat is
effective. Yet in Massachusetts,
the threats are effective and few
halls are open to Communists.
There must be a reason.
There is no secret about the To-
cation Of the menacing New York
tenements. The full list is pub
lished in the New York Times, is
sue of Tuesday, Feb. 20. Fearing
that the authorities might have
overlooked their own hometown pa
per. the list is republished here as
follows: 164 Fourth avenue, 1876
Seventh avenue, ~ and SO Green
witch street, 81 Washington street.
II Pearl street, 20 Coenties Slip.
54S Sixth street, 26O15 Water street,
10 Jones Slip, 42S Water street, 16
Dover street, 10 Main street and 73S
Eleventh avenue.
None of these addresses is to be
found in the sections of the city in
habited by the exclusive rich. They
are all in the worst slum districts
peopled by the poor.
These buildings are not torn down
and new ones erected in their
places because fabulous profits can
sui De taken from them.
The reason for this is to be found
In the annual housing report sub
mitted to the regular gathering of
the New York state legislature.
These housing reports are made
Just as regularly as the legislature
assemblies and just as regularly
the announcement Is made that
conditions are growing progress.
sively worse"
Only three per cent of the total
new construction in New York CITY
has been provided within the means
OF 10 per cent of the population.
The whole wage-earning population
in New York City falls below the
annual income of S2,5O0 The 81
per cent of new construction, which
families with an income of more
than $4,000 can afford, is thus avail
able to only 80 per cent of the pop
ulation.
Two things happen when a work.
ing class family is faced with this
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-02
COOLIDGE SIGNS
BILL TO REDUCE
TAXES OF RICH
Bipartisan Support Jams
Bill Thru
lspeelaI to The oaIIy worker


WASHINGTON Feb. rs = The tax
bill is now a law, the presidents sig
nature having been affixed this, morn
ing. The necessary forms required
for the new returns have already been
supplied to some districts. The treas
ury department is running off hurried
~ hundreds of thousands of blanks for
the March Is filings.
Passage of the measure was accom-
plished in shorter period than re-
auired for similar action on any tax
bill in the history Of congress. Only 81
days have elapsed from the time the
congressional committees began con
sideration of the subject until the sig.
nature by the president of the COM
pleted measure.
The Gold Dust Twins.
Another unique feature of the bill
is the fact that it is the only measure
Of its kind, with the exception of laws
passed under the stress of a war
crisis, which had the almost unanim-
Gus support of both republicans and
democrats. Both the old parties as
organizations, voted for the bill. The
only opposition came from scattered
group of so-called 'progressives" from
each party and the Independents"
Thus has been again demonstrated the
truth that the republican and demo
cratic parties have no vital differ
ences, that they remain distinct organ.
izations only for two reasons: first,
because this helps distract the work
ers' attention from the pressing task
Of organizing their own class party;
and secondly because of the huge
number of oficeholders who fatten on
the political jobs at the disposal OF
each.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-02
orant wealthy an extension.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S - Amer.
lean taxpayers earning more than
$4,000 year today were granted a
two-months' extension for filing re-
turns under the new tax bill, signed
this morning by President Coolidge
Instead of March 10, the returns will
not be due until May Is, the treasury
announced. Returns on incomes less
than $4,000, however, must be filed by
March Is.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-02
Voc on Commentator Law.

ST. HOUSEKEEPING workmen's
compensation act passed by the Mis-.
souri, legislature will be ratified by the
people when the vote is cast next No
vember, in the opinion of Pres. Wood
OF the state federation Of labor. Dam
age suit lawyers and others invoked
the referendum when they failed to
kill the bill in the legislature.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-02
Parasites, Who's Who.

cLEvELAND--FP)- Only oso5OO
Cleyelanders are outside the pale Of
society. Within are 1900, as regis.
tered In the Blue Book. DeKay Town.
send. an elderly spinster, is the social
Who's Who arbiter. parasitism is the
prime qualification for membership.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-02
EDUCATED IGKORAMUS
BARS ALL COMMUNISTS
FROM GRIST FACTORY

OXFORD, England, Feb. 2s--Viee-
Chancellor Joseph Wells Of oxford
University has issued a regulation
forbiddlns Communist propaganda
on the university campus and an
nouneing that all students who are
Communists will be expelled.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-02
Promised a Private Tub.
Worker KlIIed on Ioh-

Michael Cavers, As years old, died
at the West Side Hospital from in
juries he suffered when he fell from
the first floor to the cellar while at
work at the building under construc-
ton at $50 East Delaware place.