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WHAT’'S BECOME OF OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT?
The general complaint about town regarding the existence of
mosquitoes is alleged to be due to the neglect of the sanitary and
health department of the city. The unusual condition for Fitzgerald
makes it so much more noticeable as the city has been kept free from
this annoyance and bearer of disease to a great extent.
The city can do nothing of greater value than to protect the
health of its citizens if it can be done by exterminating the fly and
mosquito pest. That this was done in former seasons by the city,
18 evidence that it can be done again and no time should be lost to
make the start. Stagnant pools should be drained and if this is not
possible disinfectant should be used to kill the embryo.
We may have waited too long to bring this to the attention of
the city fathers, but have done so in the hope that something would
be done to make our public appeal unnecessary.
[et the council act, and act promptly.
FAILING IN THE TEST
The railroads of the country have been put to the test in the
handiing of troops and have failed, and we have learned yet another
lesson in the school of unpreparedness.
Regiments of soldiers who were scheduled by the roads to start
at a certain hour have been delayed for days through lack of cars,
and in a number of instances, the troops have lain on the ground at
the stations all night long waiting for the cars to take them to the
border. :
The excuse of the roads is a shortage of cars, but if that be the
case what would we do if we were suddenly required to transport a
great army instead of a few thousand men?
The citizen depends upon the army to protect him in his rights
of person and property, and the army depends upon the railroads to
get it to the front.
- When the roads fall down on an insignificant movement, what
are we to expect when an emergency arises ?
The question demands an answer, is it Government ownership?
MOTORISTS, ATTENTION!
We are sorely in need of an organization to maintain the inter
ests in “Good Roads,” and especially in maintaining the special in
terest in the Central Route, No better way suggests itself to me
than the organization of the motorists in this city and along the
entire route of the Central Highway. Some place and somebody
must make the start, and Fitzgerald is the place and the neuclues for
a motor club is already established in the former organization of the
Central Motor Club. -
The Dixie Highway Association at Chattanoga has notified us
that a great tour is being organized to leave Cincinnati next October
via the Dixie Highway for Florida and that the Central Route from
Macon has been chosen as the route to Jacksonville. THIS IS OUR
ROUTE. It is up to us to make the route travelable in its worst
places, through Pierce and Charlton counties and to vee to it that the
roads north are again put in first class condition. No town on the
entire line has more to gain by this great highway and no county on
the entire line has a smaller mileage to look after than Ben Hill.
- The short time that this route has been open to the traveling
public through our city has demonstrated its value to the garages,j
drug stores and hotels, especially to the latter. One night recently
fully fifty people stopped in the local hotels in one night, tourists go
ing north from Florida. Every dollar that comes from this source}
is new money. We can add to it immensely from time to time by
keeping Fitzgerald and the Central Route favorable before the tour
ists and no better way than by the best road through the county and
an active organization to keep Fitzgerald in the public eye. Every
body wins at this game and the cost need not be heavy on any one
person or institution. All should contribute their share and make
the reward mutual.
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HENDERSON PLAN SHOULD BE BACKED BY STATE
The great possibilities for developing South Georgia through
the extension of the W. & A. on the plan outlined by the Hon. ], A. J.
Henderson, President of the Ocilla Southern and for which several
bills have been introduced in the House and Senate at this session,
become moresattractive with cach recurring rqview of the situation.
Traversing as it will, a practically undeveloped section of the
@inest farming lands in Georgia, it will open homes for thousands of
tamilies from the northern counties who are now seeking cheaper
lands upon which to settle. The health condition throughout this
territory to be opened by this new road are fine, the lands are cheap
and fertile and no matter to which port the road will ultimately lead,
the state ownership of this trunk line through Georgia will enable
the Georgia Railroad commission to control the maximum freight
rates, a condition very much desired by all shippers and one from
which the cotton growers will reap a great benefit. The tonnage
‘of freight which is furnished by the planters both for fertilizers in
the spring and the products of the farms in the Fall, make up the
sreatest part of the revenue carrying freight of the roads and it is
through these commodities that a low freight rate would reach the
£reat mass of the citizens of Georgia, carrying this burden of indi
rect taxation. |
We would urge the members of the Legislature to support the
Lills which are destined to make this extension possible and which
would bring this great improvement to the entire state. The scheme
Is not'a sectional one, though located in the southern part of lIILI
state, the benefits from the extension of the road, its revenues and
the greater development of the sction through which it would run,
will add great wealth to the entire state.
YHE LEADER ENTERP RISE AND PRESS MONDAY, JULY 17, 1916.
THE ORIGIN OF GRINGO |
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Interest in Mexican affairs has |
revived the ancient discussion as |
to the origin of the term Gringo, |
applied by Mexicans to Ams:ri—l
cans. The word is said to appear
in old Spanish dictionaries, mean- |
ing “gibberish.” To the Spanish'}
it is doubtless an onomatope, just
as our word “grunt” is, which ap
pears with slight modification in
Spanish and in Latin. The most
popular theory is that the term
was first applied to American sol
diers, who, during the Mexican
war, sang a marching song, be
ginning “Green Grow the Rushes,
0.” Another version made it
“hawthorn leaves.” The Mexi
cans, according to this theory,
dubbed the invaders “Gringoes,”
in imitation of the opening words
of the song. There is really noth
ing in this theory inconsistent
with the conscious use of the
Spanish word. It is not beyond
the capacity of Mexicans to per
petrate so natural a pun. The
nickname “Dago,” which is now
so offensive to Italians, was first
given the Spanish by Englishmen
because of Diego, or James, was
so Commen a name amoe: ¢ them,
San Diego being their patron
saint. It was subsequently ex
tended to the Portuguese and to
the Italians, The Greeks called
all foreigners barbarians, which
really meant ‘“babblers.” It is a
general human weakness to be
somewhat contemptuous of per
sons secking an unknown tongue.
One objection .to the song
theory, however, is the fact that
the term Gringo is not confined
to Mexico, nor is it aplied exclu
sively to Americans. It is used
in all Spanish-American coun
tries as a nickname for iinglish
men as well as Americans. An
[inglish traveler in Chile many
years ago commented on it, in a
letter written home. It should
be possible to find the term in lit
erature antedating the Mexican
war. This would largely discredit
the song theory, although, as we
have pointed out, it is possible
that the Mexicans playfully asso
ciated the Spanish word for “gib
berish” with the opening words
of the popular American song.
Believers in the song theory
should be able to find its full text
somewhere and demonstrate the
probability that it was sung by
American soldiers. Waycross
Jourgal-Herald.
ALL U. S. BEGINS AUTO
MOBILE TOUR AUG. 6TH
The greatest organized automo
bile travel this country has ever
seen is assured for National Tour
ing Week, the remarkable move
ment that is promoting a general
starting on vacation automobile
trips August 6th by the motorists
of this country.
The idea of an official automo
bile tour participated in by every
motorist who can make his vaca
tion coincide with the week of
August 6th has gripped the inter
est of the owners of motor cars
throughout the land. The early
momentum the movement has
gained has surprised the origi
nators of the idea. All Americans
who think of automobiles and va
cations in the same breath are
thinking with the red letter date
“August 6th” branded on the
thought.
The automobile trade and auto
mobile clubs have enlisted in the
movement, and are driving it
ahead with their characteristic
force. Newspapers, sensing the
popular appeal of so novel an out
ing, are hurrying its development
along.
That American motorists
should spend their vacations in
their automobiles on the road is
common sense. That as many of
them should attempt to do so on
an official touring week is merely
an efficient method of arousing
the nation to seeing America now.
The organization of National
Touring week is neglecting no
department or phase of this na
tion-wide motoring outing. Ho
tels are being stimulated to pro
vide for the week, and they are
making extra preparations to care
for the exceptional travel at thut!
time. Supply dealers are stren
gthening their organization to
meet the demands of the g‘rc:ttcsri
coincident mileage they have ever
faced. |
"See America first by seeing
your own state first,” is the sen
timent back of this national out
ing a-wheel. Coupled with it is
the reminder to the motorist that
the finest vacation offered him is
the one nearest—a vacation tour
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of his own state in his own car.
The average automobilist knows
less about the beauty and natural
wonders of his own state than
any other part of his country, not
withstanding the fact that what
ever his state, spots of pictures
que charm are hidden without
number within a radius of a hund
red miles of his garage. With a
road map and an intelligent eye
for guide posts, he may link them
on a circuit that will stand forth
as the tour of his life.
The motorist who fails to tune
up his car for the week of Au
gust 6th is jeopardizing the full
joy of his vacation.
' I LEND FARMERS MONEY
5 and 10 years best
terms. J. E. TURNER,
Exchange National Banke
CENTRAL MEHODIST CHURCH
Opposite Lee-Grant Hotel.
Lo A HILL, PASTOR
Preaching by the Pastor at 11
a. m. and 8. p. m.
Junior League at 3 p. m.
Senior League at 7 p. m.
Sunday School 9:30 a. m.
Subject at the morning hour,
“The Laymen and the Efficient
Church.”
l At the evening hour, “The Mis
takes of Solomon.”
~ All invited.
~ Fourteen boys of L\'xmpany L
were rejected by the board of ex
aminers for physical defects.
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on your cupboard shelves? If so.
call on us. Large bundles of old
nevsspapers at a nickel a bundle.
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Don'’t forget the popular Sunday outing at the Seashore. $1.50
Fitzgerald to Brunswick and return. Tickets good going on A. B.
& A. Sunday morning train, returning Sunday evening.
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