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for less than 25 cents.
Offi-a, Or*a„ of Boo
The Government of England has
bought out the telephone system
from the National Telephone
Compan , and within a few months
the telephones in England will 1 b*
under Government ownership and
control as the telegraphs already
are. The telegraph and telephone
are logically and properly a part
of the Government postal system,
and the people should insist upon
the Government doing in Ameri¬
ca what it has already done in
England and other progressive
European countries. The tele¬
graph and telephone should be
owned by the Government and run
at the smallest possible expense for
the benefit of all the people.
A Thought For The Week,
One thing is stale in this country,
and that is the making of money.
One thing is not stale, and that
is, the task of the lifter. All that
is worth while in life is the spend¬
ing of one’s self for the the good
of others. The man who does not
sacrifice private and exceptional
interests in order to seive the com¬
mon and the public interests, is
declining to take part in the busi¬
ness of an heroic age.—Woodrow
Wilson.—Progressive Farmer.
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PROGRESSIVE
§ The business man know the value and convenience
8 § of al a man; Checking likewise Account; the progressive so does the up-to-date farmer; and, profession¬ too, the
8 s wide-awake business woman.
A Checking Account is indeed a business necessity;
and he who tries to get along without one is at great dis¬
advantage.
It is not required that a person should have a large
8 8 bulk your of spending business money in order and savings to open with an account The First Deposit Na¬
8 tional Bank of Fitzgerald, and pay all your bills with
8 8 month checks and ; which will be receipts returned for all to you at the paid end of the
8 serve as money out.
8 not familiar If you have with never the plan, done business to in and this way, will and are
come us we get you
started.
E. President. K. F&rmer First National Bank Of Fitzgerald A. H. Cashier Thurmond
M. W. GARBUTT, V.-P. T. F. HEMMINGHR, V.-P.
| What About This?
One of our citizens calls our at-
tention to the fact that the
the A. B. & A. in Atlanta, of
the section thru which their line
passes, does not show a thing from
Een Hi,, or Fit zg era,d, our is
made up almost entirely of photo¬
graphs showing ud Moultrie and
Colquitt county.
Now if this is the case, it seems
the time is ripe ' for our Citizens
! f V get bus y arid show some ot the
; gq^d things of this section. Let’s
what is ours especially when
1 FREE.
A series of photos of the at¬
tractive pecan orchards, well
the visitor and prospector. Ad¬
vertising a city or county is like
for business, to get
best results, you must keep ever
lastingly at it, and keep your
name and resources before the
public eye.
THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION
“The revolution in Mexico is a
revolution of hungry men who
have been taught to read and
think,” said a well-informed writer
in discussing the rebellion now
brought to a successful termina¬
tion. He continued:
“It is primarily a war brought
on by excessive and unequal taxa¬
tion. For years the taxes have
steadily risen, until the poor can
no longer endure them. If a
poverty-stricken peon eats his own
pig, he must pay a tax of two or
three dollars for so doing. If he
happens to own a cow, and hun¬
ger compels him to eat her, he is
taxed seven dollars.
“This alone is indictment enough
to damn any government on earth!
“If a man owns in Mexico a
hundred thousand acres of fertile
land and does not plant them, he
pays little or no tax. If, as usual,
he farms them out to impoverished
peons, in small tracts,—each peon
THE F1TZGERALDILEADER, SATURDAY, JUNE 24. 1911
fhe Southern’s Good Roads Train
1 The Southern railway’s campaign for the development of
1S ^getting keen interest and will undoubtedly yield rich
In north Georgia, as in Alabama, the road improvement
j has been welcomed at every stopping point by large crowds of
ness men and farmers, eager to hear the lectures on road
j and to witness the exhibition of methods and machinery. The
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government as well as by officials from the land and industrial
partment uf the Southern.
The value of this enterprise lies in the fact that it not only
public enthusiasm in the cause of good roads but also supplies more or
less definite knowledge by means of which this enthusiasm can fine
practical expression. It teaches, first of ail, that good roads should
be built, and then shows how they can be built. Each community is
thus impressed with the importance of undertaking its highway im-
provements and extensions in a scientific manner; and no lesson more
useful than this can now be taught in the south.
It is a heartening circumstance to see the railroads of the country!
placing themselves squarely behind great constructive Causes of this
character. The work which the Southern is now doing will redound
to its*own as well as the section’s interests through long decades to
come; for there is nothing more certain to advance the welfare of
railroad man than the development of its territory. In this same spirit,
we find the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic conducting experiment
farms along its lines in south Georgfa, and the Illinois Central is now
se tiding through the southwest a special train to teach the people
value and of lands.—Atlanta
pays rent to the owner, a tax
the Federal Government, and a
tax to his State. Thus, the poorer
a man is, the more tax he pays in
proportion.”
„„ 1 hese are the conditions . the ,
revolutionists set out to remedy,
and it is to be hoped that the new
government will be speedy in giv¬
ing them r e 1 i e f.—Progressive
Farmer.
The Blue and Gray organization
through their committee, Marcus
Luke F.Spiegleand Wm. McCor-
rniek are making extensive prepa-
rations to have a big time hereon
Independance Day. Fitzgerald has
set the pace in the past for these
celebrations and the people from
afar may feel assured that this year
will again be marked by a series of
wholesome sports and entertain-
ments. Let’s all do what we can
to help the Committee on arrange¬
ments to give our visitors the time
of their life.
Preachers, Bankers, Lawyers,
Doctors, almost the entire dele-
: gation to the Farmers Union and
the best Farmers and their Fami¬
lies for miles around constituted
the audience that greeted , the Hon.
Thos. E. Watson Wednesday
afternoon,
Rotation . of ... Superior Court
Judges, as recommended by their
State Union of farmers is a step
in the right direction and would
go far to remove the only objec-
tionalble feature to the system of
electing the Judiciary by popular
vote, as it would remove the Judg-
es from the domination of local
political influence. South Carolina
has the system of rotation and is
very well satisfied with it.
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WANTED—Good Jersey cow,
not necessarily fresh. Price must
be leasonable.
J. J. White, Box 795,
38-3t.
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County Fairs are being organ-
Led in Irwin and Tift Counties,
The people of Tifton and Ocilla
^ ave taken steps to organize stock
companies for the sucessful oper-
at j on Q f these fairs and have been
ma ^ D g considerable headway in
getting the stock placed. Our own
F a j r proposition will need to take
a similar turn if we expect to hold
a Fair this jr a ll. Money is the
essential part at this time and if
we get busy in the right direction
we may count on a successful ex¬
hibition of our County’s resources.
Don’t carry a hammer, cut it
out> don , t bo a knocker-don’t cut
off your nose to spite your face; if
you don’t like the looks of some
connected with the Fair move-
m ent, forget it and help boost the
p a j r an y wa y > Small men are the
on iy ones who allow prejudice to
g 0Vern their actions, big men see
comnaon -!— good only.
The Xorrens Land Tit i e ^ a w, as
advocated by the Leader has re-
ce j ved the unanimous endorsement
0 f the State Convention of the
Farmers’Union and will have the
support of the Friends of the Un-
I0n in the Georgia Legislature.
^, ,, , , T . imbpr n Q have
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m ed their office to their MiI1 on
E. Magnolia stieet. All orders will
receive prompt attention by calling
phone 14. 38-3t.
Has Helped The Office
It is not long now' until Govern¬
or Joseph M, Brown retires from
office so it will not b3 out of place
for us to speak about one feature
of his administration which. we
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think, especially deserves praise.
We refer to the erapnasis whien
he has consistently and oersistent-
ly put upon the execution of the
law. In doing so he has had to re¬
sist strong pressure, and in one
case at least has had to go directly
contrary to loualy expressed pub¬
lic sentiment. We believe that by
his course in refusing to exercise
the pardoning power save in cases
where it was clearly due he has
increased the respect which the
people of the state feel for the ex-
ecutive office, and has greatly
helped to hold that much to-be-
desired public sentiment which
will end day lead our people to in-
gist upon the execution of the sen-
ten ces passed by the courts upon
criminals.
The abuse of pardoning power
both i» this and in other states,
has been one of the prime causes
which has led tQ the development
of thft lawiess spirit of our coun
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tiy.-Christian Index,
Mrs. R. M. Ware and children
have gone to Woodbury, to spend
month with Dr. Ware’s parents.