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5 Under Act of Congress, March 18, 1897,
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i ’Offician Organ of the City of Fitzgerald and of Ben Hill County
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STEWART F. GELDERS ________MANAGING EDITOR
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' AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION, Foreign Adv. Representative
'SENATOR WATSON’'S LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM
© The legislative program outlined by Senator-elect Thomas E.
Watson and printed Monday in the Leader-Enterprise will be the
isubject of some fast and heavy thinking in governmental and com
p mercial circles for the next six years, and perhaps longer. It will
b ‘greeted by jeers, cheers, horror and enthusiastic approbation, all
n'é" on the point of view of the greeter. In sum and sub
istance 1t is based on this principle: “The credit of government is
based on its taxing power, on the real wealth of the nation, and
' not on gold.”
"» Mr. Watson proposes to monetize liberty bonds and all other
“government paper sold to finance the late world war. That would
_mean breaking away entirely from the practice of issuing money to
f‘jresent gold. It would, in effect, be issuing several billion dol
ars of fiat money and against the credit of the. United States of
America, with the wealth of the United States of America as its
guarantee of redemption,
B The conservative mind looks askance at fiat money. It is
'}3 ameéd by one school of economists for causing a number of evils
sof which it is not really a cause but is, in fact, a result. Revolu
zvmnary America issued huge sums of fiat money. Revolutionary
France issued vast sums of it. Revolutionary Russia has isstied
fmins of it. The “continentals” of the United States during Revolu
g;f?fibnary times, the paper of the Revolutionary government of France
and the paper of the Revolutionary government of Russia
isn't “worth a continental”. The Egyption government
"'@!i'c‘é‘ issued a great deal of the same kind of paper. The
‘unit of Egyptian currency was called a “damn.” That was the
i?burc‘e of another interesting slang expression,
~ It is true that the “credit” of these governments was not any
%’gl:_hing to brag about. As a result the moncy issued on this credit
“was practically worthless. It would take, however, a tremendous
‘amount of astuteness to understand how the economists figured
‘that the government’s credit was worthless because of the worth
;E}Sssness of the money. As a matter of fact, the money was worth
less because the government’s credit was worthless. Economists
sometimes have a habit of placing the cart before the horse, as have
the conservative political minds. .
- But never in recent history has a well established government
issued fiat money in any great quantitics. The United States did
‘issue¢ a few millions in green backs during the war between the
~States and economists of the old school have attributed a number
~of evil results to the green back. It served its purpose, however,
_and although all the “unredeemable” currency has never been re
deemed, it has not wrecked the government,
. The real wealth of any nation is in its raw products, its cotton,
fwheat, corn, wool, coal, iron, and the like. The amount of gold
. has nothing to do with, its prosperity except, as things now run,
- that it constitutes a barometer. During the year 1919 when credit
- was freest in the United States, and everything and everybody was
- working and spending at top spéed, there was more actual wealth
_in the country than ever before. We have its proof in the bumper
_ crops of the last two years. When cotton was bringing an im
_mense price, the bumper crops of cotton were planted, the same is
true of wheat and corn. High prices encourage large production.
Low prices necessitate réduced production,
~ The monetization of govefnment bonds and war credit obliga
tions would put an immeénse antount 6f money in circulation and
- would permit high prices for everything, with high wages along
with them. That would result, inevitably as it always has, in enor
mous production of everything___in increase in the nation’s real
‘wealth and in the real wealth of every citizen.
. Senator Watson may get his program approved by his col
leagues'in the congress of the United States. It will have power
ful opposition from the interests that hold the money bags of today.
®They don’'t want cheap money, nor universal prosperity.
.~ Whatever support Mr. Watson gets among his colleagues in
- the United States Senate, he is going to achieve vast national prest
_ige during the next six years and we predict that he is going to
;;fi:nbféjsomething more than merely an interested spectator at the Dem
- ocrati¢c National Convention in 1924,
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{ A Thought for the E
A ought ror the Lvening
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B A VERSE AND A VIGNETTE .
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B By Dan G. Bickers
SN R R
i q. IN WINTER |
Cold and white and white and cold__
The earth is never, never old -
And white is light,
And life is bright
And Spring shall come to warm her heart—
Then earth anew shall live her part!
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‘Sékne and calm, calm and serene__
The earth is always such a queen
‘But deep within
‘Has always been
%fi fire to be kindled into flame._. i
And Love is always love, the same!
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{ A Sermon to Live y |
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.. By Rev' Elam Franklin Dempsey, D. D. %
A '~ GOD’S RAISED LETTERS |
-In the first part of the 19th Paslm we are taught that God has
‘given’ us a revealation of Himself in nature. “The heavens,” the
‘Psalmist says, “declare the glory of God.” If the Psalmist had been
"“ g the solemn majesty of the mountains as some lave been last
jsummer, or if he had known the grandeur of the boundless sea, he
‘Would have predicated the same high things of them that he does
‘{ heavens. : :
-+ Nature is a great teacher. She draws the veil to the one who
Bits teachably and sympathetically at her feet and enables him to
arly”, as the apostle says, “the invisible things of Him,” they
4 “Lf‘“ “through the things that are made.”
{g«%’ God makes a revelation, or an unveiling of Himself in
the book of nature, the book of nature ought to be studied
‘D¥'us all. We ought not simply to go out into nature to get a liv-
LA 00 Mt VY “g I BRI O£ O O g §
ing, g‘; p study it in simply a scientific way; but to listen to its
7 *‘9? spirits are humbled to worship and to prayer. Spur
“@eon tells of a godly fié;f_-rsox'x who, when sailing down the Rbhine,
_glosed | gf{fi lest the beauty of the scene would divert his mind
om spiritual | themes. May%ethere is not as much glory to us
‘about t ‘fi;*‘% od as there should be, and there would be, if
We were morefan ';;»tha.a»we aré with the revelations of His
er, of | ';A"'»,'%;‘v‘"j‘f’};wf’%‘_,.‘»_ hEreatneg»s. and infinitude, that' He
giveh usiu the Ip{ "‘@“flw{lsttegnl:ttm of nature. As one
said: “The Himalayas are the rai ers upon which we
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Mites gut our fingers to spell out the name of God."—Se-
Gt eSS D Rk eTR A i pany
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THE LEADER-ENTERPRISE AND PRESS WEDNESDAY, JANUARY sth, 1920
ORDINANCE No. 447
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the
Bowen Telephone Company, the use
of the public streets, highways and,‘
alleys of the City of Fitzgerald for
the purpose of placing poles and elec
trical conductors therein for City of
Fitzgerald, and for other purposes.
Section 1. Be It Ordained by the
Mayor and Council of the City of
Fitzgerald, and it is hereby ordained
by the authority of the same, that
from and after the passage of this Or
dinance, The Bowen Telephone Com
pany. a corporation organized and ex
isting under the laws of Georgia, with
its principal office and place of busi
ness in the City of Fitzgerald, its suc
cessors and assigns, is hereby author
ized and granted rights of way for
the erection and maintainence of poles
and wires with the necessary appurt
ances thercto for the purpose of
transacting, operating and maintaining
a general telephone business through,
upon, over and under the streets, al
leys, highways, and public grouds of
said City of Fitzgerald for and dur
ing a period of Twenty yecars from
the 20th day of December, 1920.
‘ Section 2. Be It Further Ordained
by the authority aforesaid, and it is
hereby ordained by the authority of
same, that in full consideration of the
‘use of the streets, alleys, highways
and public grounds, as provided and
rranted to the Company, the Com
pany shall permit the top arm on its
poles or so many pins thereon as may
be required to be used by the City for
the purpose of placing and maintain
ing thereon any fire or police alarm
or telephone wires which may be nec
essary for the police. or fire depart
ment of the City of Fitzgerald; and in
addition therto the said BOWEN
TELEPHONE COMPANY, its suc
cessors and assigns, shall furnish to
the said City of Fitzgerald, free of
ren, the use of five teiephones to be
placed as directed by the Mayor and
Council of the City of Fitzgerald, and
in addition thereto give to the City of
Fitzgerald a discount of one third of
its regular rate on other phones not to
exceed five at such discount used by
the City of Fitzgerald such as tele
phones used for tke public school
buildings and other public matters
controlled by the said City of Fitzger
ald, and addition thereto the said BO
WEN TELEPHONY COMPANY
shall pay to the said City of Fitzger
ald the sum of Five Hundred Doi'urs
per annum during the life of this fran
chise, and no other occupation or -
cense tax shall be chargec.
SECTION 111. BE IV FURTHER
ORDAINED by the authority afcre
said, and it is her~by ordained by the
authority of the same, that from: and
after the passagce of this ordinance.
any person who sha!l maliciously cr
wrongfully interfere with, cut, injure,
remove, or destroy, any of the poles,
wires or fixtures, instruments or other
property of the said +i WIEN TELLR
PHONE COMPANY, withm the cor
porate limits of the said City of litz
gerald, or shall hitch horses or mules,
or cattle, thereto shall be deemed guil
ty of disorderly conduct, and upon
conviction thereof shall be punished
as already provided for persons guilty
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SECTION IV. BE IT FURTHER
ORDAINED by the authority afore
said, and it is hereby ordained by the
authority of same that whenever it is
necessary for the telephone wires and
electric light or power wires of said
City of Fitzgerald to cross each other,
a space of at least three feet shall be
preserved between the former and the
latter and if necessary to raise or low
er any wires in order to preserve this
distance, the expense shall be borne
by the party doing the last construc
tion, Proper “guard wires” shall be
maintained by strong current party
when necessary.
SECTION V. BE IT FURTHER
ORDAINED by the authority afore
said, and it is hereby ordained by the
authority of the same, that no strong
current wires such as electric light
wires shall be attached to or suported
by the telephone foles or cross arms
belonging to the BOWEN TELE
PHONE COMPANY, nor shall any
telephone wires belonging to said BO
WEN TELEPHONE COMPANY
be attached to or supported by the
poles used by the said City of Fitzger
ald tor supporting its electric light or
strong current wires.
SECTION/VI. BE IT FURTHER
ORDAINED by the authority afore
said, and it is hereby ordained by the
authority of the same, that the BOW
EN TELEPHONE COMPANY shall
replace and properly relay any side
walks and streets that may be dis
placed by reason of the erection of
tlephone poles, and upon the failure of
the Company to do so, after twenty
days notice in writing shall have been
given by the Mayor of the City of
Fitzgerald to said Bowen Telephone
Company, the City may replace such
portions of the sidewalks or streets
that may have been disturbed by the
Company, and collect the cost so in
curred from the Company, the cost
to be taxed and collected as provided
in the sidewalk ordinance of said City.
SECTION VII. BE IT FURTHER
ORDAINED by the authority afore
said, and it is hereby ordained by the
authority of the same, that from and
after the 20th day of December, 1930,
the said BOWEN TELEPHONE
COMPANY shall not erect any poles,
towers, or other appurtenances used
by said BOWEN TELEPHONE
COMPANY for the purpose of hang
ing and stringing its wires upon any
of the streets of the said City of Fitz
gerald, except the streets known as
the DRIVES; provided, however, that
by the permission and consent of the
Street and Alley Committee of the
Council of the said City of Fitzgerald,
the said BOWEN TELEPHONE
COMPANY shall have the right to
erect any poles, towers, or other ap
purtenances upon and over the streets
tor the purpose of hanging and string
ilg their wires, and the said Street
and Alley Committee of the Council
of the said City of Fitzgerald is here
by authorized to grant to said Tele
phone Company permission to so erect
said poles, towers and other appurte
nances upon said streets when in the
opinion of said committee necessity
exists thereof. It shall be the duty
of the said BOWEN TELEPHONE
COMPANY to remove from streets
of said CitinOf Fitzgerald, excepting
the streets known as the DRIVES all
poles now standing and erected on the
streets of the said City of Fitzgerald
to the alleys of said City of Fitzgerald
within a period of ten years where
such removal is practicable and can be
‘done without injury to said Telephone
Cqm&aeny and same deemed necessary
‘by the Company %be left in the
mq‘;nhall be subm to the Street
Walk and Alley Comgag’ttee and be ap-
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Miss Iva Chapman, telephone
operator in a rural community
exchange at Wellman, la., did not
live—nor die—in vain. She gave
the good country folks of her
comnmunity the opportunity to
prove that they could recognize a
heroine when tiey saw one—even
thengh she lived with them in
their ‘everyday life Miss Chap- -
man was day operator, when the
pight cperator was taken ill with
the fiu I 1918, She worked night
and day—kcepinz the exchange
going In summoning doctors,
nurses and others to care for
those afilicted. Then she con
tracted the disease, but did net
have the strength left to combat
it. In appreciation of her herofe
work. phoue subscribers in that
rural community have erscted a
rionument o the memory of Miss
Chis s the little cewc.., at
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proved by them.
SECTION VIIE. BEIT FURTHER
ORDAINED by the authority afore
said, and it is hereby ordained by the
authority of the same, that it shall be
unlawful for the said BOWEN TEL
EPHONE COMPANY to cut, injure,
remove, damage, or destroy, in any
manner whatsoever, any trees, flow
ers, and foliage in hanging and string
ing of their wires in said City, and
should said BOWEN TELEPHONE
COMPANY, its servants, agents and
employees so cut, injure, damage or
destroy any trees, flowers, and folage,
in any manner whatsoever, they shall
be deemed guilty of disorderly con
duct and upon conviction thereof shall
be punished as is provided by SEC
TION 109 of the Code of the City of
Fitzgerald; provided, however, that
the saidl BOWEN TELEPHONE
COMPANY shall have the right, by
first having obtained the permission
of the property owners or the Street
Walk and Alley Committee of Council
to cut and remove either trees, flow
ers or foliage or such portions of same
as is necessary.
SECTION IX. BE IT FURTHER
ORDAINED by the authority afore
said, and it is hereby ordained by the
authority of the same, that the BOW
EN TELEPHONE COMPANY shall
idemnify the said City of Fitzgerald
against and assume, any and all liabil
ities for damages which may arise or
accrue to the City of Fitzgerald from
any injury to person or property from
the doing of any of the work herein
authorized, or neglect of the Company,
or any of its agents, servants and em
ployees, to comply with any ordinance
relative to the use of the streets, alleys
and highways of the said City of Fitz
gerald not in conflict herewith and
the acceptance of the provisions, agree
ments, conditions and stipulations in
this ordinance by the BOWEN TEL
PHONE COMPANY shall be an
agreement by the said BOWEN TEL
EPHONE COMPANY to pay to the
City of Fitzgerald any sum of money
for which the City of Fitzgerald may
become liable from or by reason of
such injury. ;
SECTION X. «+BE IT- FURTHER
ORDAINED by the authority afore
said, and it is hereby ordained by the
authority of the same, that from and
after the passage of this ordinance, all
ordinances or parts of ordinances in
conflict herewith, be and the same
are hereby repealed.
Read frist time December 6th, 1920,
Read second time January J3rd,
1921 and passed by the following vote,
“Yes” 8 votes. “No” none.
Approved this January 4th, 1921,
Attest:
J. L. PITTMAN,
Mayor of Fitzgerald, Ga.
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DAVID L. PAULK,
City Clerk.
Mr. and Mrs. James A. McGinnis’
many friends deeply sympathize with
them in the death of their little child
which occured Saturday.
Uncie Joms <Josh |
ONE OF OUR I 5 YEAR | |
OLD YOUNG LADIES ||
TOLD ME YESTERDAY
SHE USED TO HAVE | |'
AN AWFUL GOOD
TIME WHEN SHE
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It isn't every time that he PREFERS to be a dronees
Frequently he simply can't help it. It's his eyes.
They are weak or have been strained or he is
troubled with mvopia.
THEY NEED ATTENTION AT ONCE,
A large part of the eye trouble of children is
easily corrected if taken in time.
In most cases the RIGHT glasses, correctly fitted,
will completely remove the trouble.
We carry the best line of optical goods on the :
market, and can fit any eye, no matter what the
need may bee
If glasses can help your child's eyes, we have
them and want to supply theme If glasses will no*
reach and remedy the trouble, we'll frankly tell
you so. :
H. A. MATHIS,
OPTOMETRIST and OPTICIAN
105% East Pine Street - - : - Fitzgerald. Ga.
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HENRY POWELL APPOINTED '
NEW GAME WARDEN
Mr. B, T. Strickland, county game
warden, resigned his position and has
been succeeded by Henry Powell,
whose commission arrived today. Mr.
Powell will have his office in the
Phoenix Grocery Company, of which
he is president.
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Mr. and Mrs, C. W. Harris have
left for Monticello, nla. where they
will make their home in the future,
Announcing
A New Department .
THE White Swan Laundry will open a
Dry Cleaning Department on or about
January 15th. ~
- This department will do real Dry Cleaning
in a way that will make the results show
in the appearance of the garment with
out damage to the fabric,
The standards of quality and service that
characterize the work in our other depart
ments will be maintained in the White
Swan Dry Cleaning.
We Will Appreciate Your Patronage.
White Swan Laundry
118 West Pine Street | Telephone 35 _
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Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Clift announce‘
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Miss Dorothy Cass returned to
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studies at Brenau after spending the
holidavs at home. She was accom
‘panied by Miss Theda Tisdel who had
been visiting her sister at Waycross.