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THE LEADER-ENTERPRISE.
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MAKE IT A PAY UP WEEK
Why not make the first week in January ‘‘Pay Up
Week” for this town and this community?
Why can’t we all make the rounds and pay up all
our bills, or pay at 12ast as much as possible on each one
of them? ‘
Why can’t we make this a town where credits are a
pleasure, and where bad debts and slow pay end indif
ference are unknown? ,
We would all feel better and the people we pay
would feel even still better and they would then be able
to pay what they owe.
Bills have to be paid some time or other, and the
baginning of a new year is an opportune time to wipe
them out and start with a clean slate. But if allowed
to run they will drag along from month to month and
in the end everybody will be wishing everybody else
wouldn’t be so everlastingly slow about paying what
they owe.
_ The man who pays his bills promptly and starts the
new year free from debtcan always get credit when he
wants it, and he won’t have to go hunting around for
an endorzer, His face and his word will be good enough
for any business house. -
. But the fellow who allows his bills to run indefinite
ly and is indifferent to the needs of his creditors is an
unsafe risk at best. and his reputation for honesty and
reliebility does not improve with age.
This is a pretty good town and our people are gen
erally good on pay but we can make it better if we want
to. Let’s all pay up.
Mr. Howell Stands Pat On His Mistake
In response to a letter written by Mr. Lon Dickey, President of
the Chamber of Commerce Mr, Howell admits our claims in full but
Mr. Howell declines an invitation to make a personal Inspection of!
the “‘short route” and states:
) I scarcely think that this would be recessary for lam quite
prepared in advance to accept every statement that has been made
about the many advantages offered by the Wayeross route, also
as to its condition, etc.
Being, therefore, prepared to admit in advance the attractions
that you think a trip over the route would impress upon me it
seems that nothing would be gained by the trip excepting, of
course, the pleasure that would be afforded in the enjoyment of
vour hospitality
I am awfully sorry that conditions are such that I cannot join in
the reco.cmendation of the Wayecross route, but frankly, my
recommendation of the other is based chiefly upon the theory
that the Dixie Highway cannot afford to ignore the claims of
Savannah, nor can it overlook the fact that the Savannah route
»».i offers also direct connection with Augusta through Waynesboro.”
\ The Dixie Highway associaticn did at no time contemplate a route
i Augusta or to S.Carolina it planned for no other route than a direct
ute through Georgia to Florida and the claims of Savannah are in
f.h,,..» wise corelated to the original purposes of the Dixie Highway, If
historical events are to play a roll in the selection of the Highway,
what more important event has the civil war period to emphasise than
the final capture of the President of the Confederacy, the
final chapter in that fratricidal war and this last scene was enacted in
Irwin ccunty thru which the Short route travels, For the dead past
of Lousville and Milledgeville we offer the marvel of the age,
'l-‘[TZGERALD hewn out of a virgin forest in twenty vears, settled
m\pxy:e from every State] in the Union and having within the bor
dershof the county of which it is the proud capital, settlers from every
county t\the State of Georgia, What of the dead past, when match
« 1 with this example of 20th century progress. From the States,
f.om which the travel of the Dixie will come, we have settlers, who
Lu‘véled*fifie‘eiflhwav twenty years ago in prairy schooners and who
have lived to sée the routes changed from the old time trail to a mod
e,&‘gg.y. 'She open fields, the prosperous farms and the happy
nomes will make as beantieous a picture on the short route, as will the
THE LEADER-ENTERPRISE AND PRESS MONDAY DEC. 27, 1915
old moss covered trees on the endless trail of the coast route, without
2 human habitation for fourty miles. Mr. Howell take the trip atour
expense and we wi'l show you the things that gladden men’s hearts, on
every mile of the ‘‘short route.”
Peowtceo e Baee G L LTG e e e
Dolt Now. Reap The Reward Later.
One thing we need is greater commercial activity. Buat how aie
we to promote it?
We need a closer community of interests between the farmer and
his family and the town man and his family. In many ways each is
depehdent upon the good will of the other, but few of us seem to
realize this,
In years past farmers have been shipping their products away to
market in smal! quantites and realizing small profits while the rapaci
ous middlemen have rolled in the gold that should have found its way
back to the farms, And the loss to the farmer is likewise a loss to
the town and the community in general.
We should not permit another year to go by without remedying
this glaring defeet in our system. It can be done.
The business men of this town should all get together and devise
some method whereby they can market the produsts of all of the far
mers quickly, ecoromically and without the aid of so many hungry
go-betweens, It may take a little brain work and a trip or two to
'so.ne central market in order to put the scheme into practical working
order, but it can be done if it is undertaken in the right spirit.
When the business men look after the interests of the farmers in
this respect the farmers will reciprocate by giving them the immense
volume of their business that is now going to other concerns.
____ An agricultural clearing house is needed in this town. The new year
should see a movement on foot for its establishment, and the end of the
year should see it in practical and successfully working order and
everybody happy and satisfied. ' ‘
ek 0l L e
Winter at its worst has its gocd points. It prevents many a
neighborhood row over the back fence.
Here’s to America, land of freedom, where every man is a
presidential possibility and darned few are probabilities
s it A o
A correspondent wants to know whether a ‘‘cheap skate’’ is a
man or just a human being. Neither one—just cheap skates.
eo O S A
Sit tight, smile serenely, and let the other fellow roar. When
a fellow loses his head ii’s an evidence he hasn’t much head to lose.
Merchant Slain Over ‘
Domestic Difficulty
Valdosta, December 26.—L, B.‘
Herring, a merchant at Pinetta,i
Fla., near here, was shot and
instantly killed by E. I Childers,
a stableman, of Pinetta. |
The killing grew out of domes
tic trouble in the Herring home.
It is understood that Herring
had threatened to kill Childers
on sight. |
Submarine Flees |
Rome, December, 27.—An
Austrian submarine appeared at
Durazzo December 18 evidently
with the object of attacking thel
old steamer Danno which was
discharging proyistons for the
Serbian army. Fire was im
mediately opened on the sub
marine which sumberged and‘
fled. ‘
It is gratifying to learn, through
the statement of Dr. N. I. Wiberts
of the United States Public Health
Service, that the number of drug
users in the country has been great-‘
ly exaggerated, and that the impor
tation of habit-forming drugs is de
creasing. According to Dr. Wilberts
there are 250,000 victims of the
habit. There still is work for the
narcotics to do.—Savannah News.
Pocketbook Lost
Finder will receive suitable re
ward for the return of a black fold
pocketbook, containing some re
ceipts and a small amaount of money
Return to Leader-Enterprise. Itp
New Grist Mill
We have installed a New Grist MillZand will
buy your corn or grind it for you. Highest
‘prices paid. Best care of yonr corn.
UNION COTTON OIL COMPANY =
Musical Club Meeting.
All public spirited citizens who
want to boost our little city and
whoare or would be interested
in the upbuilding of the musical
interest of our people, are most
cordially invited and urged to
meet at the Carnegie Library on
Tuesday evening Jan. 4th. 1916
at 8 p. m, for the purpose of go
ing intoa general consideration
of the above matter from .a ci
tezenship standpoint. The fol
lowing named citizens have a
grecd to meet you there at that
time.
Dr. L. A. Turner, J. C. Glover
A, H. Thurmond, D. B. Nichol
son, Jr. DrewW. Paulk, J. E.
Turner and A. S. Ford, Isidor
Gelders, J. A. Murphy, W. R.
Paulk, J. L. Ware, R. J. Pren
tiss, R.M. Ware, Dr. C. A. Hol
zendorf, L, L. Dickerson, Geo.
C. Player, Raymond Davis, T.
F. Hemminger, B. T. Strickland
E. K. Farmer.
Roumania Sells Grain
To the Teuton Powers
Paris, Dec. 26—It is reported
from Bucharest that the transpor
tation of cereals from Rumania to
Germany and Austria-Hungary
under the agreement recently
made between Rumania and the
central powers begau December
24, according to a Havas dispatch
from Athens.
A kiss is something whe n
nothiug else will do.
Coal! Coal! Coal!
Extra fine quality Coal for domestic use.
Delivered anywhere in the City $5.50 per ton cash.
E. S. BILL
2 o &b
’ Phone 1485 or 407-L.
Coal Yard corner Ceniral Ave. and Thomas St.
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She knows what's going on in woman's wear.
She Reads the News In - THE HOME PAPER
She Sees the Bargains In - THE HOME PAPER
She Patronizes Advertisers In - THE HOME PAPER
CORK FORESTS.
ioney Making Trees That Grow in the
Poorest Kind of Soil.
The owrk oak 18 a kind of jack at all
trades among trees, and its service in
dicates well the kind of new freedom
that trees may give us by their new
helpfulness if we will just give them
a chance. If the garden of Eden story
had been written in Spain or Portugsal
1 think the fortunate couple would
have been placed in possession of a
cork forest. If a man in either of
these countries has a forest of good
cork trees you will find him in Madrid,
Lisbon or Paris. His cork forest works
for him, and he stays in town.
Cork trees grow on the rocklest and
poorest land. The poorer the land the
finer the quality of the cork. Every
eiglit or ten years the outer bark is
stripped from the trees to furnish the
ever more highly prized cork of com
merce. By dividing the land up into
biocks this decennial barvest will pro
duce a fairly regular income.
These same oak trees produce acorns,
often heavily, which are sold to some
farmer, who drives his herds of lean
hogs into the forest, where they har
vest the acorns and turn them iuto
saiable meat. A Portuguese hog is ex
pected to gain two pounds a day for
ninety days when acorns are ripe.
More than this, there is beneath the
oak trees some herbage fit for goats to
eat. Thus the cork forest owner in Lis
bon gets income. from three contrac
tors—the cork stripper, the pork raise:
and the goat raiser. And with care
the forest lasts forever. The individual
cork tree is good for a hundred years
or more, after which it is a fine big
salable tree, with enough young ones
near it to take its place when it is
gone to market. In Portugal a cork
tree, ready for its third stripping, is
considered worth $25. When in full
bearing an acre of these oaks will
yield from one to three tons of cork
at a stripping, now worth about $7O
a ton to the grower. Most of this is
profit. The pork is profit. It is the
common rule that the income from
the pasture pays the small cost of
caring for the forest.—J. Russell Smith
in Country Gentleman.
HEREAFTER 1 shall deposit my
money in The Exchange National
Bank. I see in recent sworn state
ments published in Fitzgeraid papers
that it BEARS EAR-MARKS of
GREAT STRENGTH. I understand,
also, it is an HONOR ROLL BANK.
I don’t know exactly what that
means, but evidently it has done
something EXTRAORDINARY for
the benefit and protection of the pub
lic, or else it would not have AT
TAINED THIS HONOR.—Mr.
Reasoning Mind.
Kisses are the small amuse
ments of love.
White Swan Laundry
Good Work, Prompt Service
, Phone 35
Give Their Clerks a Rest
The Fitzgerald Dry goods stores
closed up to day to allow a short
rest to their faithful employees.
Business with all of them was
good last weelks, in fact there never
has been a busier week with the
'Fitzgerald Stores. Automobiles
were here from a territory fiftv
miles around and left the city load
ed with the purchases for christ
mas. The Leade--Enterprise’s per
sistent argument for expansion of
our trade territory has been fully
justified thru the experience of
the week,
Watch Night Service
A watch night service will be
held at the First M. E. Churck,
Friday night commencing as 9
o’ciock. Refreshments will be sery
ed. All are cordially invited.
Tsae man who a maiden never |
kissed. Who can tell him what |
he missed?
We Are Ready for Business
Casper Hide & Skin Co.
EAST PINE ST.
Are buying and paying
the tollowing prices for
hides:
Dommiy .. .. ... . 10l
Green Hide5i1b.......... 13015
Dry Flint Hides, 1b.... ... 30c—27c
Horse and Mule Hides, each,
civannveisvi 80,00-$4.00
saow. b, . ......0.... . Ge—ooe
Coon Skins, each.......54.00—75¢c
Skunk Skins, each.. .. ..s2.oo—4oc¢
Oppossum Skins, each. . .$1.25—25¢
Otters, each......... 525.00—53.00
Auto Casings, 1b..........,.3c—6c
Inper Tubes, 1b....... ... Oou.lBo
Rest according to value. See us
befcre selling. We have the price.
Thanks.
J. CASPER, Mgr.
Fitzgerald, Ga,