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THE LEADER-ENTERPRISE, TUESDAY MAY 141912
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With The Farmers’ Union at High Tide, ;
Says Barrett, The “Quitter” Indicts
| Himself As Less Than A Man,
Andi Works Injustice To Himself and His Children, Peter
Was Once a “Quitter” But His Repentance is One of
' The Finest Chapters in Biblical History.
To the Officers and Members of the Farmers’ Union:
Peter, who denied Christ thrice, was one of the greatest ‘*Qut
ters” in all history. But he repented. And his sublime atonement is
one of the finest chapters in the story of Christianity, standing for
ever as a sublime lesson to the great tribe of “guitters.” |
There are plenty in the Farmers” Union who belong in that tribe.
I want to say a few words of brotherly admonition to them. For with
the organizaticn stronger than atany time since its* founding, it
grieves me tosee a few short-sighted farmers put themselves off from
its advantages,
It may be that you quit because the order didn’t revolutionize the
earth a month after you joined, You forget that tremendous results
are accomplished slowly, that it took ages for the little coral pelyps to
build up the state of Florida, and big islands by piling their bodies
on top of the other. You forget that evils and ignoronce that have
been centuries in accumulating ean’t be 'wiped outin a day or a night.
It may be that you quit because, when you entered the organiza
tion, you were full of steam and ginger and spent it all in the first few
local meetings without setting the brethern on fire, Steam and ginger
are good things—indispensible things—but they ought to be nursed
carefully and chstributed gradually as you go alone, If you gush out
ail your enthusiasm in one grand spasm, you won’t have any left to
meet the big tasks and ordeals that are inseparable from an organiza
tion of this national scope, and unprecented nature, .It may be that
vou quit because you had a little streak of crookedness in you, and
saw you could go back on the organization, or on some one of its en
terprises, and get a trifling mess of pottage for yvour treachery.
Benedict Arnold figured it out the same way. He got his pottage, all
right. - But he died the most execrated man in America, the man
most held in contempt in Kngland, which had bought him, and there
were no loving respectful hands' .to smoothe his pillow as he passed |
away in that lonely London attic, ‘
It!may be that you quit because you found some deviltry in thel
organization, many specks of roottenness, graft here and there, in
competence, selfishoess on part of leaders, a tendency to play the|
organization for their political advantage, All these things have hap-l
pened in the Farmers’ Union. Nobody with any sense or candor de
nies that. They have also happened in all the churches, in all the
secret orders, in all business, in every feature of private life. You
don’t lay down and die when vou find any one of these weaknesses in
onc or more of these places, But just because it crops up in a .‘arm-'
ers’ organization—which is made up of fallible kuman beings—you
‘want to kick right out. I tell you right now, that joining the Fa'rm
ers’ Union doesn’s make a man, automatically, an angel. We havel
just as many devils as anybody of siwilar size, You needn’t be sur-|
prised when you find them in your immediate vicinity. If you ({esert!
because you do find them, instead of jumping mto the ranks and he}p.
ing either to cure them or ¢ject thems, you ought to be ashanied -to
look your wife in the face, - ‘
I look at the hundreds of faithful » members who h-ve plodded
along with the long, hard, patient pull—enduriog, fight'ng and seeing
just the evils you see, and then regard you with a feeling blerded cf
contempt and pity and a longing to reason you out of your folly. It
isn’t the Farmers’ Unicn you damage when you quit it in a fit of sulks. i
It’s yourself, your wife and your children, Forevery one of you who
lays down his musket and turgs tail, or becowes a knocker, t;here‘ are
a dozen who enlist, who boost and who develop the sense to see that
becanse the organ zatien isn’t perfect’ there is no excuse for their
leaving lib,
The deserter is everywhere held in loathing. He is about the
lowest creature under God’s sun. The coward who flinches in the
face of danger or inconvenience, is no better, You all know how the
worid feels toward the few men who showed the white feather when
the big ¢“Titanic” wert down? Well, the fellow who deserts the
craft of the L'armers’ Union for some fancied or real grievance, and
there are plenty of the latter, doesn’t deserve any higher place i;l hu
man estimation than the buzzards who proved craven on the *““Titan
tic.”
Come back, you quitters.: Study the story of Peter, of Benedict
Arnold, of all the great quitters. In Peter’s case, the quitter who re
covered his nerve and manhooed did more valiant service than many of
those who had never dreamed of deserting. You csn do the same
There is no nobler work on: the Almighty’s foot-stool than sacrificé
and labor for one’s fellows, work and sacrifice when it seems that
neither is to count for much, when ingratitude looks like vour main
reward and when vou are tempted to taze easy, instead of the hard
road. But, bear in mind, we are engaged in the holiest work in
civilization’s history, the effort to bring into his rights and his full
man’s stature the farmer, that member of the race who has sufi'ered!
most from neglect and from misunderstanding, frequently from the
avarice of his own fellows, not to mention outsiders. Are you going
to stop sulking, and help us in a movement that promises to b:; one
of the greatest achievements America will ever give tr.e world?
~ Charles S. Barrett,
Union City, Ga., May Bth. 1912.
T. M. Hopper
Old Harness Made Good as New, both in
Looks and Durability.
See me. Satisfaction Guaranteed
: 221 E. Pire Street.
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To join this. Society. ‘Sick, accident,
death benefits. And introduce our
Memberships. All or spare time. $5O
to $3OO a month. Every Member se
cured gives you a steady monthly in
come. Experience not needed. Write
for plans. Box HJ-293, Covington, Ky.
STOVE WOOD—l6in best quality,
quick delivery, phone 402, Bernie
A. Fohl Roanoke Drive, over 13
years at the same old stand; a
square deal or I don’t want your $
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FOR SALE—Mare, 12 years old,
$50.00 cash if sold at once., Rea
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AUTOMOBILE—I have a new 1912
five-passenger Buick Automobile
which has never run but littie,
that I will sell cheap. Postoffice
Box 197, Tifton, Ga. 47-4 t-w
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Birds, young Singers $3.00 each
Females $l.OO each; pair $3.50.
50-3 t 515 W. Central Avenue.
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TY PEWRITER—An Underwood
Tyrew. iter practically as good as
new Will sell cheap for cash,
Postofice Box 265, Tifton, Ga.
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WANTED—Reliable Lady Agents to
introduce our preparation. Wftite
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Product Co., Atlanta, Ga. 31-4 t
SITUATION WANTED—As Lumber
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good reference. Make offer. Ap
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the liver, promote digestion and
appetite and easy passages of the
bowels, Ask your druggist for
them. 25 cents a box, 24-Bt.
WANTED—Several high-class sales-
I men this community for the sale
| of modern House Lighting Plants,
now being used in all high-class
modern homes. Salary or com
missien. - Write 80x.577, Macon,
Ga., stating territory desired. 34-4
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W. W. Martin, The Auctioneer.
Telephone or cail at Miller Furni
ture Company, Fitzgerald, Ga.
$lOO,OOO to Loan
ON BEN HILL FARMS
’And on Fitzgerald Ci. * Property
Loans Negoiiate ! 'romptly
Terms the Best; Interest
the Lowest,
Come and See Me.
W. M. BRYAN
Garbutt-Donovan Building
Room No. 311, Fitzgerald, Ga.
¢ Representing
ELLIS & ELLIS, Tifton, Georgia
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HENRY O’BRIEN,
Plastering Contractor.
Estimates on Material. All
Work Guaranteed.
Leave Order at Dan Mahoney’s
295 S, Grant St,
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CEO. McCALL
Fresh Fish and Oysters
Delivered Anywhere
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PHone 269. 15 S. Sherman Street
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H. ELKINS JOSEPH 1, WALL
ELKINS & WALL
Atitoraeys at Law,
Rooms 408-11 Garbutt-Donovan Bullding
Will practice in all the Courts.
DR. LOUIS A. TURNER
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FRED & OTTO HARNISH,
Boot and Shoe Makers.
212 E. Pine Street
Fine and Substantial Repairing
Promptly Done.
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DR. D. F. THOMPSON,
‘Fitzgerald, Georgia
5-STORY BUILDING, 2ND FLOOR
Chronic Diseases, Tumors,
External Cancers and Goitre
successfully treated without the knife.
Try The
Best Place In Town,
P. B. & R. B. OWEN, Props.
119 East Pine Street
" DR. J. E. GOETHE.
Otfide Fourth Floor Garbutt-Donavan Bldg.
: Ofiice Hours:
- 10t012A. M. StoBP. M.
Phone 286 Residence
269 Office
Specialty:
Diseases of Women and Children
Registers Meat Market
Prompt and Reliable Service
Fresh Meat at
Reasonable Prices
319 E. Pine St. - - Pheone 448
Dr. J. W. Elliott Dr. F. E. Keefer
DRS. ELLIOTT & KEEFER,
Office Hours, 8:12 a.m. 2:05.p.m.
PHONE 327
Offices—2ll-212 §-Story Bldg.
Fitzgerald, Ga.
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Keefer’s Barber Shops
‘UNION BARBERS
BATHS
FITZGERALD :: :: MANCHESTER
CITY PRESSING CLUB
211 SOUTH GRANT STREET
Puone 367.
Clothes called for and delivered.
Specialist
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat
318 Century Building
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
House for rent, 320 K, Magnoha.