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Province of Manitoba,
F.M.” Caaadmn procedure «,d-
cerns itself with tbe murder; ours,
m many jurisdictions, concerns it¬
self with the legal sport, whether
the murderer is punihsed or not
being a secondary consideration.
— Saturday Evening Post.
The Fitzgerald Leader.
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(fefttcia) Oryan of Ben Hill Co.
Commission Government for
Cities Id tbe State of Georgia
may become a reality with the
next session of tbe State Legisla¬
ture. Numbers of towns and
cities are showing decided interest
in the matter. The Leader ap¬
preciates tbe possibilities to lm-
prove on the present system of
city government and favors a
ebanift. We arc strongly in favor
of the features of a commission
government that include the Re¬
ferendum, Initiative and Recall;
those popular reforms were for¬
merly advocated by the Peoples
Party and we are proud of the
present champions of the.se demo¬
cratic features sp odious to the
Party Leaders in the past. Under
Commission Government the Peo¬
ple may pqtitioa for the passage of
any ordinance, and- the Commis¬
sion will have to submit the same
to a rote of the people; that is
what is called the Initiative. All
important measures, such as Fran¬
chises, large expenditures etc. will
have to be submitted to the peo¬
ple; tlmtethe Referendum. Should
any official of the city, through in¬
competency or failure to do his
duty in the enforcement of Law be
comcoriious to the citizens, by peti-
y can force him to resign
^o^dnother; that is the Recall;
^Ythe strongest weapon ever
yvto tbe hands of the voter
jpell faithful performance
'*<) duties intrusted into their
/
The Idiotic Mictmont
Murder has Been written of as a
fine art, but it remained for the
United State?: to treat it as a sport.
In many of the states an indict¬
ment for murder contains nearly
enough word?; to fill a column of
this weekly and sounds like the
conversation of an idiot. Here is
a sample:
“That the said J., F.G a certain
pistol Bum and there charged with
gunpowder and leader, bullets,
which mid pistol he, the said J.F.
G,, thou and there in his right
hand biui and held, then and there
unlawfully, purposely and of de¬
liberate and premeditated malice,
did discharge and shoot off to,
against and upon the said F. M.,
with the intent aforesaid, and that
the said J. F, G., with the leaden
bulleti aforesaid, out of the pistol
aforesaid, by the force of the gun¬
powder aforesaid, by the said J.F.
G., then and there discharged and
shot off at as aforesaid-, him, tbe
said F.M,, in and upon the upper
right side of the back of him, the
said F. M,, then and there---”
This isnH as idiotic as it looks,
kowever. It is a part of our
■porting theory of justice, which
»akes a murder trial a game of
skill and finesse i>etween opposing
counsel, By the slightest devia¬
tion from statutory form one side
■nay lose the game. Convictions
for the moat abhorrent crimes have
repeatedly been set aside because
of trivial verbal omissions in tbe
indictment.
Had the murder referred to -~l a
the above quotation occurred !—» • G
Canada, the indictment would have
read simply: “Tbe juror:- of our
lord Hie Kinfr present tba: l.F.G.
on.hc-Mthda, of August. one
nrt
of Winnipeg, l the
THE FITZGERALD LEADER. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1911
Ben Hill County Commissioners Grant
R ig h t Of Way To Ocilla Southern.
Georgia—Ben Hiij. County. June 6, 1911.
Whereas, the Ocilla Southern Railroad Gornpanv has made appli¬
cation to the County Commissioners of Ben Hill County for the use of
certa n lands, more particularly described as follows—being colony
roadway between land jots numbers One hundred and tifty (150) and
Two Hundred ninety-nine (299) and One Hundred twenty-one (121)
and Three Hundred (300.) the
Said Rai-road Company is asking the use of said land for
t nr pose of constructing a railroad, and
Whereas, the County Commissioners of said county do not
recognize said roadway is for the use of the public, and
Whereas, the Commissioners agp desirous of having railroads
traverse our county, thereby inreasing the value of property, and at
the same time paying into our county a goodly sum for taxes.
Be it, therefore, resolved, that we tender said railroad company
what right we have, or may have in said land or roadway, according
to survey being thirty feet Wide. The Commissioners give the right
to such portion of said roaoway to said Railroad Company as they
want to use for the purpose of laying their track, together with the
right to cross all public roads that intersect said lands. This right is
given to the aforesaid railroad company and to their successors and
assigns, thereby granting the right to use the property perpetually
for railroad purposes.
Kansas, the hotbed of political
reform legislation, recently passed
another of it‘ remedial legislative
measures which will be of interest
to our readers. Kansas does not
only demand rigid enforcement oi
its Banking Laws, but that State
also prascribes who shall own
Bank stock. The State Bank Ex
aminer has established rigid rules
for all stockholders, officers aDd
employees of Ranks and among
other questions these applicants
will have to make oath to the
answers on the following questions:
Have you always lived within
your means»
Have you ever “played” the
races or speculated ?
Have you extravagant tastes or
habits?
Have you ever gambled or play¬
ed cards for money?
References have to be furnished
and they in turn have to make
oath to the truth of the replies to
the above questions. It is evident
that the Bankers of Kansas will in
time have cause to be proud of
their calling as these rules will weed
out all the shady and undesirable
members.
Why Newspaper
Men Get Rich
OCDUUA STAR.
It has doubtless been a source of
wonder to many people how news¬
paper men get so rich. Below will
be found the explanation we have
just given to one of our prospec¬
tive “customers.”
This customer is a &ell known
hotel company, whose name, if
simple justice were done, ought to
be made known, but he shall be
nameless here This company sent
us a letter a few days ago enclos¬
ing an advertisement, which it
called a “news item” which it
would have been worth about $3
to publish. The writer assured
us of his ‘appreciation in advance’
for the favor of letting our read¬
ers know that on a certain date,
this hotel, which is able to pay its
publicity bills, would be open for
the season, and that it was the
hope of this company that they
could make this place THE water¬
ing place of Georgia.,
Here is our answer in all partic¬
ulars, except, the name and address
of the hotel:
Ocilla, Gfi„, May 30, 1911.
(rentlemen
We are in receipt of your letter
of recent date enclosing a “news
item” which announces the open¬
ing of the —-------Hotel, with a
request that we publish the same,
and paying us in advance in appre¬
ciation.
In reply we wish to say that we
contemplate taking our annual va¬
cation in the near future and
would be pleased to exchange
courtesies. In our party there will
be the wife and two children, with
possibly a nurse, a maid, and a
chauffeur, and we expect to stay
about 10 days or two weeks. If
you think you would be interested
in an exchange of courtesies, will
be glad to hear from you further.
Perhaps you wonder why a
country editor has so large a retin¬
ue, and to enlighten you will say
that we make our money, much of
it at least, by publishing free »o-
tices of the sort you sent us, and
are getting positively wealthy —in
appreciation
Your-, truly,
Mr. E. L. Hanger, City Clerk,
is in North Carolina taking his
annual vacation.
Prof. Simeon J. Smith, of
Blakely, is shaking lands with
friends in the city
Mr Jotm W Greer, J
of th „ oU but llp , 0 , Xif
Mr, Tue-der
Signed,
J. G. Minshew,
H. M. Warren,
Wesley R. Walker.
County Commissioners, Ben Hill Co.
Honest, Upright, Deserving, But—
Col. Joseph Garrard, U. S. A., cavalry post commander at Fort
Meyer, Virginia, has received a just, censure from the President for
his indorsement on the application of private Ilioom for examination
for promotion. The Colonel wrote:
The applicant is a son oi Mr. Joseph A. Bloom, of Jewish pei V
suasion, who is now and has been for a number of years a tailor at this
His associates, as far as 1 know, and those of his family have
been with enlisted meD and their families and have been
“The young man is undoubtedly honest and upright, ambitious
and probably deserving, but for the reasons stated, I would not desire
him in my command as an officer and personal associate. The pres-,
eDce of the applicant’s family at a military post would be subversive
of discipline, and their probable treatment a source of mortification to
them and frequent cause of trouble to commanding officers.
“From an experience of many years, I have found, except in few
cases, few communities where Jews are received as desirable social as¬
sociates.”
It is a queer coincident fact that the colonel’s own given name is
a Jewish name —Joseph; and that the post of which he is commandant
has a Jewish namer-Meyer.
The colonel has made a blunder, which on mature reflection prob¬
ably he would not have made. His objection primarily is to the social
proximity of a Jew which the promotion sought would bring to his
colonelcy, and secondarily to the fact that Bloom's family associates
with “enlisted men.”
If the applicant for examination for promotion had been other
than Caucasian blood—some one of the darker grand divisions of the
human race, distinctly marked by the Creator—there would have been
excuse if not cause for his objection; and yet it is known that there
are negro officers of rank in the United States army.
It is scarcely worth while to point out the fact that very many of
the most eminent men in the world’s history were Jews—that the
ancestors of Bloom dwelt in marble halls while the ancestors of some
other proud Cuucasions of today were chasing the wild boar in the
bush for a livlihood.
So much for that part of it.
Bloom’s secondary offense was that his family associated with
“enlisted men".
There has always been a distinct aristocracy of bars, epaulettes
and stars which we have never fully comprehended. Of course there
must be authority and obedience in military organizations as in all
others, but a state of obedience to superiors in position does not neces¬
sarily involve social degredation, or abnegation.
Recently a social club in Washington dominated by army ollicers
blackballed two or three new Senators and Representatives in Con-
gress. This action caused a sensation, and it leaked out that several
lieutenants in the army, members of the club, did not believe that,
these eminent civilians were their social equals, and hence the black
There are probaoly two reasons for this military aristocracy. The
one is a survival of the ancient idea of the might of the sword—illy
fitting in with the modern American democracy. The other is femi¬
nine worship of the pomp and circumstances of brass buttons and nod¬
ding plumes. An army officer’s uniform is never cast aside for the
gentleman’s evening suit at social functions; in fact it outranks the
regulation clawhammer.
’ dmits without questioned that
Col. Garrard a oeing 'the young
man is undoubtedly honest and upright, ambitious and probably de¬
serving, but’-he is a Jew, and his family associates with ‘enlisted
men.”
That “an thonest’ man is the noblest work of God,” lives in our
life and as a proverb.
That “the upright shall have dominion,” and “shall dwell in the
land,” declared King David, who, by the way, was one of the great
progenitors of young Bloom’s racial subdivision of the Caucasian
blood.
“Deserving!” What shall be said of that confession ?
The President’s reprimand of the colonel was timely and not too
severe.—Macon Telegraph.
Miss Glen Allen left today for
her home in Cedartown, after a
delightful visit to Miss May Wil¬
cox.
Mrs. W. G. Broadhurst and
children have returned from a
visit to her mother at St. Peters¬
burg. Fla.
Miss Eleanor Allen will leave
Friday for Atlanta, Miss to spend a
week as the guest of Emily
Baldwin.
Heart to Heart
Talks.
By EDWIN A. NYE.
WAN AND WOMAN.
In a public discussion on equal suf
frage recently an Iowa orator ex
claimed:
•‘"Woman is inherently weaker in
body and intellect than man!”
Isjshe? of history.
Let us call the roll
When Israel was at its lowest ebb a
woman— the patriotic Deborah—restor¬
ed the nation. She not only led the
armies, but also wrote the battle
hymns.
From her throne in Egypt Cleopatra
ruled her own country and ruled also
the world’s greatest rulers—Caesar and
Mark Antony.
The “golden age” of Greece was the
age of Pericles. But a woman ruled
Pericles and Athens and was able to
answer Socrates according to his logic
—Aspasia.
Babylon has long since
it was great. Who organised Babylon,
ruled It end led Its armies? Who but
ftemiramis, a woman.
Who shook Borne when even Hanni¬
bal, the great son of Hamilcar, was
unable? Zeaobla, a woman.
What sovereign of Russia can
compared to Peter the Great? Only
one—the great Catherine.
In the annals of England what two
reigns stand out above all others ? Any
schoolboy will tell you the reigns of
Elizabeth and Victoria.
Can Austria in all its troubled his¬
tory point with pride to a more emi¬
nent ruler than strong Maria Theresa ?
China with its centuries of govern¬
ment never had an abler executive
than the late Empress Tsi An.
And of peerless leaders in battle who
is above the Orleans maid of seven
teen, Joan of Arc?
When gross tyranny oppressed the
people of South America the amazons
alone were able to free them.
And Margaret of Anjou leveled
thrones.
Time and. apace would fail us to tell
of those early American heroines who
fought, aide by aide with their bus
bands, beast ami savage, and of Moll
Pitcher at Monmouth and Hannah
Wlnthrop of Lexington, of the heroic
nurses and Bpies of the Federal and
Confederate armies, to say nothing of
the brainy women who led pfeilan
thropies and won reforms and who
distinguished out time.
Inferior to men!
I would undertake to show from his
tory that where woman has been given
an equal chance she has proved her
superiority.
EASTER OBSERVANCE.
I am an optimist. However, 1 strike
a minor note occasionally. Now that
Easter Sunday is far enough awa; lei
me sound that note.
For several weeks preceding that
Sunday I noted- the advertising of the
milliners and tailors and ready made
dealers. If you remember they ran
like this:
"Easter millinery.”
“Garments for Easter Sunday.”
"Get into the Easter procession.”
And so forth. Without desiring to
be irreverent it seemed to me there
was a kind of “resurrection and what
will you wear for an Easter bonnet”
mixture of suggestion in the newspa¬
per announcements.
You see—
The Fourth of July has been turned
into a sort of cross between a Pain’s'
pyrotechnic display and a beer picric.
The observance of Memorial day con
sists largely in sporting and speeding
events. We have almost ruined Christ¬
mas by the preholiday rush and our
extravagance in giving.
I said to myself—
Are we spoiling this most significant
of all the Christian festivals by mak¬
ing It an annual clothes exhibition?
My wife did not think so.
However, by Judicious questioning
as we came home from the services 1
learned from her that one of her
friends, a regular church communi¬
cant, had stayed away that day be¬
cause she was afraid she might look a
little shabby in the midst of the new
plumage.
On the other hand—
I could not help but note the fact
that there were people in the church
that Easter morning who seldom bad
been seen there. Perhaps they came
to worship.
.And I thought of ail the tired milli¬
ners and railors and sewing women
and clerks who had been rushed al¬
most day and night to furnish forth
the trappings of the Easter celebrants.
Were they at church?
Easter!
Day of all meaningful days in the
tang 2,000 years since the angel rolled
away the stone from the mouth of the
sepulcher and brought life and Immor¬
tality to light through the gospel of
the resurrection!
Mr. W. R. Bowen has returned
from a business trip to Atlanta.
Mr. Roscoe Kimball left today
for Charlotte, N. C., to enter the
cotton place. grading school at that
m
A healthy man is a king in his
own right; an unhealthy man is an
unhappy Bitters slave. Burdock Blood
build qp sound health-
beeps you well. *29-8t.
wro imrammm, BeveutjniVB nnjea aimy
That would have beeB wonderful In¬
deed fifty years ago.
But It is ouly half the feat of trans
mission involved in lighting the city
of Syracuse, N. Y.. bringing light and
power over a thin wire from the har¬
nessed forces of Niagara falls, 150
miles away.
Electricity has become the obedient
slave of civilization, taking the place
of the shackled slaves of the older
day
One by one masterful man is hitch- .
ing his machines to the forces'of earth
and air and water. The time Is com-
ing when he will be almost free from
manual labor, giving him leisure and
strength for the exorcise of those qual¬
ities of mind and heart that shall
transform the world.
But—
There is a more wonderful thing
than all this advance of science, and
it will always be more wonderful.
More mysterious and more powerful
than the transmission of light and
heat over a slender wire is the wire
less transmission of the light of hu¬
man intellect and the power of hu¬
man fancy that comes to the brain of
I >
From where?
We do not know where the greet
'sower house is located, but Wo do
Snow that somewhere is a vastly
greater power than puny Niagara;
somewhere is resident a tremendota *
reservoir; somewhere^ antf is a mighty
source of intellect of love.
There is, however, this difference:
The more kiiowats electric you uae.
the less you have to use. There te
Just so much manufactured When):
that is^one all is gone.
But—
^he strange thing about the use of
the intellectual and moral kiiowats is
that, the more you use the snore you
have to use.
Do yon not see you are getting out
side the realm of science—outside ma¬
terial things and their laws?
Now—
When the force that comes over the
wire to the dynamo stops, the dynamo
stops. But you cannot predict from
that material law that when the force
that eomes^over the wireless to the
brain stops coming the mind will tor
ever stop.
The mind is different.
\
FROM DITCHER TO GOVERNOR.
The other day 1 read a sketch of the
life of J. Frank Hanly, ex-governor of
Indiana.
The story left out the most Interest
tag part of Hanly’s life, the part that
gives the key to his character— hts
early struggles.
He is not the sort of man to parade
bis humble beginnings for political
purposes, but he began nevertheless
very low down-
In a tile ditch.
Almost any old farmer in or about
Homer, Ill., could tell you Hanly was
n poor young fellow who dug til?,
ditches for a livelihood. Bat-
While he made the tile ditches
through the blqck soil of the corn belt,
be also studied law of evenings. And
be attended every debating society in
that region, taking part
Sometimes he would be overheard
practicing his speeches in the ditch—
at least so tradition says—punctuating
the lofty periods with tbe deft motion?
of his long tile spade.
And then—
Hanly got a chance to make a Fourth
of July speech that took tbe whole
countryside off its feet
Shortly afterward he moved across
the state line into Indiana and located
ta Williamsport in the practice of law
He made political speeches and won-
a reputation in western Indiana,as ar
orator. Later he located in the city
of Lafayette, where he has a lucrative
teas(ness
As governor Hanly made f national
reputation.
He stirred the state of Indiana as
never before by bis graft prosecutions
He forced the resignation of some of
the state officers and recovered thou¬
sands of dollars to the state treasury'
Hanly hates whisky as he does poi
son, classing them together, in fact.
He forced a reluctant legislature to
pass a local option law under which
a large part of the state is dry.
As he is under fifty and in great re
quest on the lecture platform, Hanly
:te likely to be heard from further.
Moreover—
He has not lost touch with the cons
anon people whom he knows so wel
owning up from among them to bis
present place. Tbe politician wbc
knows and sympathises with the wants
#f the people is a power.
'And tbe career of one who climbs up
*ot of a ditch to be governor should
afford much cheer to the poor as*
aspiring young men.
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311 SARSOTT-OONOVAN W. M. BRYAN BIOS. I
FITZGERALD. GA.
Representing
ELLIS & ELLIS
4 lyr Tifton, Ga.
FOR RENT—Six room house
320 E. Magnolia, tf
I must have thought aloud, for my
wife said: >
"Well, the new things were perfect¬
ly lovely. And there certainly is noth¬
ing wrong in wanting to wear and see
the beautiful things, is there?”
"No,” I said. "No, but”—
WIRELESS TO THE BRAIN.
At tbe dedication of the Roosevelt
4am in Arizona a few weeks ago it
was stated not only would the water
from this one of the biggest dams In
the world fertilize thousands of acres
of semiarid land, but—
The power derived from tbe fall of
its waters would be made to light tbe
city of Phoenix and turn the wheels of