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g:r'Offlcmn Organ of the City of Fitzgerald and of Ben Hill County
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BN I EWART F. GELDERS _.______MANAGING EDITOR
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.. AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION, Foreign Adv. Representative
%j;‘jcl'rv AND COUNTY JOIN
f*The proposal of the Ben Hill County FFarm Bureau Association to
unite with the Woman's Club of Vitzgerald in securing a curb mar
kct for the city means two things. It means that Fitzgerald is go
dng to have a curb market where the producer can get more for his
',:"fgiods and the consumer pay less; it means that the way is opened
for further higger measures of cooperation between the farmer and
the people of the city whose prosperity is dependent on that of the
farmer.
A 1 larger cities of the state the curh market idea has found huge
success. In Atlanta the city has heen asked by the Woman's Club
build a roof over the market place. Chambers of Commerce in
several places have engineered the establishment of curb markets.
Women's organizations have been most active. No place else has
the farmer taken the initiative through one of his organizations.
. The project of a curb market will be placed before the Woman’s
Club at its next meeting. The producer will ask the house wife
what she wants td do about high prices. Her answer will decide
the thing insofar as the curh market short cut to low prices is con
cerned. The whole project will, swing to a great degree on what
the Woman’s Club doecs. The women can go 2 long way toward
popularizing the curb market by their patronage and moral support.
The farm bureau will furnish-the produce. The Womgn’s Club can
do a great deal toward furnishing Luyers. ;
Little or no active opposition to a curb market is anticipated but
without acive and vigorous support the thing will die of its own
weight. [t is a splendid project from all points ot view and looks
toward bigger things. Let's have it. v :
ADVERTISE GEORGIA L S
The Advertise Georgia ICnicrprlsv' 1S now yngu;;_crl 1'1?‘1.%13111&;‘
fund of $300.000 to be expended (llll:l]lg‘ a p('rl'nfl_ut UJH’; '\'(f.“_.\h'l\'
been lanunched and some of the city (_l:n]u'\' aré carrying .\dl‘]|’ il
e issued. The plan is to tell the people in less favored |
the literature to be issued. The plan is t) te e all lines of pro-|
sections of the manifold advantages of Georgia in all lines of p l
duction and business. b L ; , : {
The Advertise Georgia [interprise is a joint project of thf‘ A.\.\ Z
sociated Advertising Clubs of Georgia and of 1}!1' Gorgia Ass clation |
which was formed in Macon last vear by a union of the old (n.”'l"'({lil‘
Chamber of Commerce and the Georgia Landowners Association |
The Enterprise is headed by a committee of seven, thuju' !'(‘l""-‘-‘;“"’.“l‘
tivs of the advertising clubs and three of the Ge rgia .\sswumnni
with Governor Hugh M. Dorsey as chairman.
California has been carrying on an advertising campaign through- |
out the United States and Canada for years and has probably sp(-nl%
millions in extolling the advantage of the long Pacific state as a hm'—,
ven for home seekers. Three provinces in bleak Canada are now en
gaged in advertising campaign in which $3,000,000 are being spent,
Jhe Canadian goverment is aiding the enterprise. Literature and
newspaper publicity are being spread broadcast over the country
telling of cheap lands and rich harvests in Canada.
* For years the disatisfied farmers and business men of all sections
have been looking to California as the promised land of plenty. Fach
section has annually contributed thousands to the stream that has
steadily been flowing “Westward, Ho.” These people are among
the best in America. They are ambitious and industrious. What
they want is more elbow room, liberation from the intensive agricul
ture and the overcrowded commerce of the old sections of the
North and East. They await only an invitation to take theif indus
try, their brains and their capital to a new land. 1 has been Cali
fornia that prospered and grew because of it.
Now Canada steps into the field and with sweet words of promise
beckons the disatisfied of all America to make their homes in her cold
plains. The drift toward Canada has heen slow but steady for years.
It is growing faster now.
And Georgia, with all the blessings a hountiful nature could heap
on an expanse of territory so comparatively small, with al| the natur
al advantages of soil, of climate, of harbors, of everything that
nature can give to make a section prosper. Georgia has been silent
—maodestly silent usually, silent and ashamed often.
- The rest of the worlq has heard much of Georgia, It has heard
of her lynchings; it has heard fairy tails of the waste lands of the
| Ei:;e barens, of the poverty of this, our great Wiregrass region. |t
as heard all the bad in truth and lies that ignorance or malice could
‘tell. We have had enough bad advertising. Now comes the Ad
vertise Georgia Enterprise with an offer of the means to do some
good advertising. :
If the world knew that Georgia can raise not only cotton—and to
most of the world the name of Georgia signifies only a vast field
of cotton interspersed with wastes of pine forest and dotted here and
_ there by a bonfire of a lynching party—if it knew that Georgia can
~ raise any food crop known to man, all the fruits that grow, all the
- grains, all the vegetables, think what a stream of farmers would flow
-to Georgia! :
If the world knew that Georgia has waterpower to run all the in
~ dustry of New England, and to spare, and ready access to the vast
- Alabama coal fields, and on top of that two of the finest natural
~harbors in America, think what an influx of capital for industry
-we would have!
- And if the stockmen of America knew that there are thousands
- upon thousands of acres of lush pasture lands on which tick free
- cattle can grow fat for the cost of a song, that there are miles and
- miles of attractive grazing lands that can be bought for a few dollars
~an acre, think what an impetus would be given to the live stock in
~ dustry in Georgia? \
~ The Advertise Georgia Enterprise contemplates a campaign to
~ run through a period of thfee vears to elicit Inquiries from prospec
tive immigrants in the older and less favored sections. A classified
~ mailing list of all those who inquire will be kept. To the stockman
oy i‘tlg&e sent information of interest to him as fast as it cartbe gleaned,
1o the farmer will be sent information of interest to him, to the manu
. facture information of interest to him. The advertising is under the
‘i irection of experts, men who have studied the business all their
lives. It will be the last word in efficiency. And it will bring
- results, .
%&:lf the enterprise is supported by all those who can gain by addi
%w p!‘osperity to Georgia, it will mean thousands‘of new citizens,
- good citizens, American citizens, will come to Georgia ; thousands to
tg';d,;nd work our untilled acres; thousands ti swell the tax re
_ ceipts of our state and counties, to support better schools and build
g‘”’@ifl B?:gfill counuty as in few other agricultural counties are we
. ready to accomodate large growth. We have the frame work of
i amranized strength. We have a Chamber of Commerce of great po
fish We have a Farm Bureau Federation of great po
etial strength. But the organizations themselves can do nothing.
is the members who must do the work, furnish the strength,
. Great prosperity can come to no individual save through generous
WHort and ‘untiring labor. Great prosperity can come to no section
B pancrous cooperative effort of all and unt.lrm§ labor of ail
i g:}% - common good. Fitzgerald should give freely to the
vertise Georgia Enterprise for it has much to gain. And conjiintly
th aid to the statewide enterprise the people of Fitzgerald should
s themse! ves a more militant Chamber of Commerce and the
: *.g“' - Hill county a stronger Farm Bureau Federation,
i -a2 ";h;.,', in paper, a satisfying strength. It has
Sites able ones, and a membership that, if smaller than 1t
: gl Sl ‘than most others in cities this size. But all th_at
ko L i The officers can do little without the active aid
Mip. Each member must have his shoulder to the
’ ol is to move out of the bog. ‘
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THE LEADER-ENTERPRISE AND PRESS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1920
A Thought for the Evening
A VERSE AND A VIGNETTE
By Dan G. Bickers
| THE DAY AFTER -
| Well, tiie election day is over and the votes are counted out,
‘ Not a ballot’s now left over nor a stray and remnant shout,
| The a¢sult<oh, ncarly half the folks, as far as [ can see,
[ Are f‘;%tc sure the country’s ruined now as plain as plain ca nbe.
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| Still, 1 comie to think things over—l refuse to be so blue,
Nothing ever yet has happened that I didn’t get right through—
Lots of hottest weather ever, and I've never yet succunibed ;
i Saw the coldest sptil on record—never got so badly numbed.
[ 1 Lave dived thicugh panics, famines, epidemics ana i e like.
| Fires and earthquakes, floods that ravaged when they burst out
! through the dike.
| I have witnessed fierce tornadoes dealing havoc, ruin and death—
% And I'm still alive and kicking—-in the very best of health. ;
' And I notice that the census shows there's been a steady gain,
i ihings move on in spite of politics—l think that's pretty plain—
So the less-than-half that's downcast in America today. %
; Might take heart—the country’ll prosper in the old habitual way !
SRI T T
} j THE LOSS
There was @ man who lost Interest—
But he.was not down-hearted ; he said : :
| “I still have my Prifaciple intact !”
A Sermon to Live By
| By Rev' Elam Franklin Dempsey, D. D.
THE MODEL PRAYER
Text: Matthew 6:5-15 |
First, let us note that this prayer which, when offered accord
ing to our Savior’s direction, will be answered,
His assurance is “Thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward
thee openly.”
Very little encouragement to prayer is found in a feeling of un
certainly as to having an answer.
We, however, are by our Savior, hercin, given this encouragement ;
hence, to offer this prayer has become almost a universal habit in
Christendom. ¢ L
Second, let us note that this is a praver which, in. order to be
answered must be offered in the right snirit to ward our fellowmen.
The unforgiving man or woman need not expect an answer even
to this “T’he Model Prayer.” ‘
[ndeed, so important does the Divine speaker consider this point
that on it alone of all the petitions does He add further comment.
He says, “For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly
[father will also forgive you: But if ye:forgive not men their tres
passes, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses,” '
Let it be remembered, too, that the fiving heart, however offended,
is always the one who makes the first motion toward reconciliation
We should be ingenious in our Jove toward these who sin against
us, even as God “commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we
were yet sinners; Christ died for us.” Romans 5:8
Let us seek to bring the offender back to his right mind.
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FITZGERALD DRAMATIC .
CLUB IS QRGANIZED
Amateur Thespians Plan to Stage
‘ “Officer 666” Next Month
At a meeting last night of a group
of Fitzgerald people interested in
amateur dramatics, . the Fitzgerald
Dramatic Club was organized. Mrs.
George Brown, President of the
Woman’s Club, was elected President
Further organization was postponed
until a later meeting. It was voted
to stage “Office 666" under the
joint auspices of the club and Com
munity Service Council. The pro
ceeds will go toward a High Schoo]
Auditorium fund.
The cast for “Officer 666” has not
been completed but Mr. Tom Graflen
s slated for the title roll. First
practice to be held tonight. Sam
Kassewitz , who starred when the
University of Georgia Dramatic Club
staged the play was selected to dir
ect the pcrfor'manée.
Miss Martha Sue Hampton who
teaches school in Berlin Ga spent the
veek end very pleasantly here with
her parents Mr. and Mrs. Robert L.
Hampton on South Maine Street.
Mrs. Howell Simmons of Americus
Ga., is chrming visitor in our city
for a few days. !
COUNCIL SETTLES SUFFRAGE:
FACES TELEPHONE FIGHT
(Continued from First Page)
all taxes carly in the year and the
telephon: Jlds that such a
tax is in violation of the franchise con
tract, which expires. in May 1930 and
fixes $3OO a year. :
The city attorneys hold that the tele
phone rates last year when rates wdre
raiscd without” securing an amend
ment to the franchise by city eordi
nance. The telephone company de
nies that the raise infringed on the
contract. ;
Shortly before midnight, when it he
came apparent that no decision could
be reached on the question, it was de
cided to put the matter before a confer
ence of citizens composed of all mem
bers ‘of council, of twelve citizens to
be named by. Mayor Pittman, and of
attorneys for the city anc tne tele
phone company. \
The question of a new franchise
wil] be ‘decided at this conference. ‘
Mayor Pittman Names Committee ‘
To Descide Telephone Franchise
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Mayor Pittman thvs afternoon® an
nounced that the conference betwcen];
the city council, a citizens committee
and attorneys of the city and Bowen
Telephone Company to arbitrate thcf
new franchise dispate will be held at
the City Hall at 8 o'clock Friday ev
ening, |
The citizen’s committee 'is com
posed of H. A. Adams, J. D. Dorm
iney, S. G. Pryor, Jr., J. J. Dorminey,
D. A. Bragg, A. H. Denmark, A. H.|
Thurmond, N. M. jordan, W. M.}
Martin, J. E. Burner, Lon Wilder and
Isidor Gelders.
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Mr. and Mrs. Drew W. Paulk and
Misses Lucy Whitley and Mavis
Paulk have returned to their respec
tive homes after a delightful motor
trip to Atlanta and Macon where
they attended the Fairs.
Rev. and'Mrs. Walter M. Blackwell
and pretty little daughter Elizabeth
Blackwell have returned home, after a
pleasant visit to relatives in Rosewell
Ga.
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The Junior Loyal Daughters of the
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Foster at her cozy home on West
Magnolia Street.
Everywhere ‘' the Halloween decora
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