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Under Act of Congress, March 18, 1897,
Offician Organ of the City of Fitzgerald
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THE FARM BUREAU PASSES RESOLUTIONS ’
The Ben Hill Farm Bureau Federation held yesterday one of
the best attended, most enthusiastic and most resultiul meetings it
has ever held. The meeting showed that the farmers, or most of.
them, have decided on two things; that they need help; that no
outside agency is going to help them and that therefor they must
help themselves. Good. GOOD!! The result is that they are go
ing to get relief from their present burdens and heaven help the
man or the agency or the institution that stands in their way.
; The Leader-Enterprise carries a full account of what the Farm
Bureau did in another part of this paper____and the Leader-Enter
prise, by the way, is the only newspaper that has ever carried a full
account of their meetings or has tried to help in any way to make
the organization a success and to help it develop into the power for
prosperity and progress in South Georgia that it should become.
Business men will do well to peruse this account of what - the or
ganized farmers propose to do. Politicians had best lend an inter
ested ear. [very farmer is vitally interested, and what affects the
farmers affects every man and woman whose prosperity is indirectly
dependent on agricultural prosperity—and that means everyone in
Fitzgerald, railroad employes, professional men, and all.
Especially note the resolution concerning the curb market.
People may not realize it, but that curb market project is an epoch
marking event. The curb market is not sure to be a success. An
apathetic reception by consumer or producer will kill it, choke it to
death, But that curb market is the first thing in Fitzgerald ever
started by “super-organization” of organized city women, grganized
businegs men and organized farmers. To the best of our knowledge,
it is the first thing in Georgia and all the South so auspiced,
It may not amount to much in itself, although it should, but it
is a starter. If we people in Fitzgerald and Ben Hill County can
all get to working together, not nominally but in fact, for ‘things
we want and need, nothing can stop this little city, and this newly
settled, half developed section from becoming the greatest, most
prosperous, and most populous on the American continent.
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HELP TO HELP YOUR DISABLED COMRADES, MEN
At a special meeting of the Mars-McDonald Post of the Ameri
can Legion Tuesday federal officials will speak and explain the
means by which the government, with the assistance of the Ameri
can Legion, is trying to repay %n part for the sacrifice thousands of
our soldiers of the A, E. IF. made for their country. The government
hag# established the machinery for helping disabled veterans but the
machinery is not doing its work as well as it was intended.
All ex-service men have a holy obligation to help those com
rades who suffered permanent injury in the fight. The federal ag
ents at the legion meeting Tuesday will tell thm how to help. It
would be a sorry soldier indeed who would not help a comrade after
the battle if he could. ’
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ought for the f.vening |
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A VERSE AND A VIGNETTE %
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By Dan G. Bickers %
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DOWN-HILL OR UP-HILL?
He had passed the “Fifty” mile post on the way.
One talked about the “now declining day.”
Somebody said he was upon the “down-hill grade” |
Of life . . And this he said:
) “Down-hill? It may seem so to others, but to me
Now on the level, it most seems to be
The up-hill tug, the final climb,
i The erisis-day, important time
§ Of life. The load is heavier now,
2k The road is steeper, up and up, and how
The strain and stress wear on me, I
Can scarcely tell. . . . And yet,
For all the extra effort it requires, I do not quite forget
That at the summit, on the mountain high
That’s just ahead, then 1 can pause and rest__
Look back and forward and around and see the best
That was and is and will be. . . 1 am blessed !”
IMPROVIDENCE.
There was a Housewife___
Who would not voluntarily feed the cat...
And involuntarily she fed many Mice and Rats.
dermon to L.ive
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~ By Rev Elam Franklin Dempsey, D. D. %
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s : AND IF—
Scripture: 1. Kings 3: 3-15.
“Ask what I shall give thee.” God puts his proposition before
every boy and girl on earth in the formative days of youth . It was
not exclusively for the royal young man favored so of David. And
just as truly as Soloman’s answer was given, just as surely ever
1s every boy and girl giving an answer today, as they have been do
ing all down the generations. The answer sometimes is, “Give me
nothing.” In such a case, there is an abandonment to sin and self
indulgence, the ed of which is death. At other times the answer is
an inadequate rather than an irreverent onc. Then God is disap
pointed to have to give glass beads instead of diamonds. It is a
happy thing that there are, here and there, those who still give wise
~answers. The wisest of all is, “Lord give me Thy will.”
: “1 am but a little child.” Without such a spirit as is here ex
pressed, man is unfit to enter the royal responsibilities of mature
life. Yet, now many times we see an inflated egotism and a deci
sive seli-dependence. He is intellectually defective who thinks the
_problem of life an easy one. It is clear insight into its weightiness
and complexity in comparison with any mind, however strong,
which causes one properly to exclaim, “Lord, before such a task. 1
am but a little child.” It takes the omnipotence of God working
in a submissive human will to master the problem of human life.
‘Would that Solomon had kept this spirit of his dewy youth amid
the splendors of his midnoon of life. O soul, doubt your doubts and
drink each day at these fountains that made strong the morn of
your life. -
e *And if—" -, :
_ Your magnificent heredity, Solomon, your carefully discipline
~of wonderful mental powers, your supernatural endowment of un
derstanding, your royal station—none of these can free you from
the conditional clause that faces every life. There opens before you
a sublime possibility, but, at last, it rests with you whether it will
become an actuality.” You are a free agent, and you must consist
_ently, steadily exert that free will in an obedience to me that shall
_grow into cooperation with me if you will secure to yourself and
your people and the Kingdom of God that which looms before you
-now. This “if” is not an impossible one—David proved it practica
~ble. Even the high righteousness of the True God is possible in
;.;ghis;wofld;bx ‘the é%l:t efforts of man and God. Let this “if* nerve
_¥ou to effort, not drive you to despair! .
THE LEADER-ENTERPRISE AND PRESS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1921.
Farm News Secti
Conducted By C. T. OWENS, Secretary, Ben Hill County
Farm Bureau Federation
do pies JeuoREE G
Ben Hill County Advisory Board, Marion Dickson chairman,
Mrs. S. M. Whitchard, vice chairman, C. T. Owens, secre
tary, J.E. Turner, Treas. Meets second and fourth Thurs
days at Chamber of Commerce at 2:30 P. M.
Fitzgerald Council—A. J. Swords, chairman; Mrs. H. M. War
ren, vice chairman; H. H. James, secretary. Meets sec
ond and fourth Thursdays at Chamber of Commerce, at
1:30 p. m,
Dickson’s Mill Council—R. R. Dorminey, Chairman; Mrs. A.
W. McCall, vice chairman; J. J. Burres, secretary. Meets
second Mondays at Mill. ;
Bowen’s Mill— W. H. Lee, chairman; Mrs. S. E. Watson,
vice chairman; W. R. Wadkins, secretary. Meets first
Friday at Crisp School house, at 2:30 p. m.
Williamson’s Mill Council—]. Horton Tayler, chairman; G.
M. Young, secretary. Meets second Friday, at Emory
schoolhouse; at 2:30 p- m. ‘
Vaughn-Taylor Council—W. H. Roberts, chairman, Mrs. R.
L. Stone, vice chairman; C. E. Rhett, secretary. Meets
third Friday, Vaughn-Taylor school 2:30 p. m.
Ashton Council—Wesley R. Walker, chairman; J. Roscoe
Kimball, secretary, Miss Flossie Robitzsch, vice-chair
man.. . Meets fourth rFiday at Dorminey and Ashton
Schools alternately.
MUST USE SULPHATE OF
. POTASH ON TOBACCO
Mr. A. P. Brantley,
Blackshear, Ga. |
Dear Mr. Brantley:
Your letter of January 13th has
been received. I have been out of
the office for several days, hence the
delay in reply.,
In regard to the use of the differ
ent forms of potash, will say that the
North Carolina Experiment Station
conducted experiments along this"line
for several years. None of this data,
however, is available. While in the
Office of Tobacco Investigation in
Washington, D. C., last year, I had
the pleasure of going over this data
and comparing the results obtained
from the various fertilizer materials.
The yield of tobacco was practical
ly the same where muriate of potash
and sulphate of potash was used. So
far as the tobacco experts were able
to tell from examination of the to
bacco, the quality where muriate was
used was equal in every respect to
the tobacco that had been grown with
sulphate of potash. The only differ
ence was in the burning quality. The
tobacco grown with sulphate of pot
ash was far superior to the muriatel
of potash tobacco when burning tests
were made. According to informa
tion received from men who are thor
oughly familiar with bright . tobacco
in North Carolina, sulphate of potash
is used almost exclusively and gen
erally recognized by the tobacco
farmers as the proper source of pot
ash. s
Little attention was given to the
kind of potash used in fertilizer under
tobacco in South Carolina for a num
ber of years and as a result most of
the potash in" the fertilizers used
was muriate of potash. After a few
vears the tobacco section in that state
got the reputation among the tobac
co manufacturers of producing.a to
bacco of very poor burning quality.
This caused a discrimination and it
has taken a very extensive campaign
to impress on the farmer in that state
the necessity of using sulphate of pot
ash instead of muriate of potash. It
has also taken several ycars for
Sdith Carolina to overcome the pred
judice which existed among the man
ufacturers. St
I think it is very essential that our
Georgia farmers should start right
by using sulphate of potash and there
fore build up the reputation of poo
ducing tobacco of the highest quali
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Editor Lo§der-l~‘.nt<.'rprm' & Dress, |
City :
Dear Sir:- ’ |
I have long relt the urgent nced of‘
an adequate Auditorium connecteq
with our high school lmilding,N{:fit
a recent visit during, the chay 4 ex
ercises convinced me more than ever,
when I saw almost half of our enroll
ment standing around the walls and
in the isles of the study hall during
the exercises. This caused me to
think more seriously than ever of
this most deplorable situation,
In trying to work out some plan
whereby the Auditorium might be
built, I have conceived the idea that
it can be done, and that in a way
that the payment would not be bur
densome to the tax payers, and I
believe would meet’ the approval of
most of the tax payers and citizens,
and let me say right here that my
four years service on the city coun
cil. and now nearly four years a
member of the board of education, I
have heard wery little complaint
coming from tax payers in regard
to the maintenance of our public
school system.
Our city has several issues of
municipal bonds maturing at difjpr
ent times, and a sinking fund main
tained in order to take care of the
bonds as they mature, this money is
turned over tC\ the Water Light &
Bond Commission annually and the
commission, according to law is em
powered to loan this sinking fund
on real estate security.
Now, since our city is already
bonded to the limit, and we cannot
float another bond issue for possibly
several years, my idea would be for
the Water Light and Bond Commis
sion to loan the city council a suffi
cient amount of this sinking func
ty in every respect.
With best wishes. I am,
Very truly yours,
E. C. WESTBROOK, Field Agent
in Agronomy, in Charge of Tobacco
Work,
FARMERS’ EXCHANGE
COLUMN ¢
~ (All Products listed by farmers
with secretaries of their own com
munity councils will be turned over
to C. T. Owens for puyblication in
this section.)
PRODUCE FOR SALE
VELVET BEANS; $l5 per Ton
J. B. Fope six tons.
D. Z. Luke, five tons.
N. L. Blackstone, one ton.
F. F. Stokes, two tons.
J. A. G. Ragsdale, 20 bu. of bunch.
H. A. Morehead. 20 bu. stringless.
A. Lundy, one and one-half tons.
PEAVINE HAY, $3O TON
J. J. Shedd,three tons.
R. R. Dorminey. two tons.
Mrs. A. B. McCathatt, four tons.
CORN, §l. BUSHEL
D. Z. Luke, 100 bushels.
Mrs. A. B. McGathatt, 200 busheis
A. J. Swords, 200 buushels.
SEED CORN, $2.00 BU.
H. T. Newsom, 100 bu. Little White
Cob. s
J. A. G. Ragsdale, 20 bu. Whatley
Prolific. :
PEANUTS, $1.50 BU.
S. E. Leverett, 20 bu. N. C. Run
ning.
S. E. Leverett, 50 bu. Lewis 63,
wilt resistant.
CANE SYRUP, $1 GALLON
Dr. D. B. Ware, 500 gals.
J. Horton Taylor, 500 gals.
Mrs. C. B. Batton, 200 gals.
A. W. McCall, 200 gals.
SWEET POTATOES, 75¢ BU. ‘
A. J. Swords, 100 bu.
REGISTERED SWINE
J. Horton Taylor, six unbred and
six bred registered Duroc gilts.
Roscoe Kimball registered duroc
pigs, male or female.
l PRODUCE WANTED
WANTED—I,OOO bushels corn for
T. G. McCall, 500 gals.
City of Fitzgerald. Will pay 75c cash.
’David L. Paulk, City Hall tf.
WANTED—IOOO Hens, 75c each,
'ZOC Ib.; Fryers, 40-70 c each, 25c Ib.;
| Geese 85c each. For Cash. CASPER
Hide & Skin Company. tf
money to build an Auditorium and
let the payments be made annually
out of the advalorum taxes collected
until the entire amount is turned
back to the commission, .of course
this loan would not run longer than
the maturity of some certain issue
of honds. ?
I do not know whether this would
be legal or not under our charter,
but if not T would favor having our
representative have the necessary
change made in the charter this sum
mer so it could be done.
It is almost useless to mention
the needs of an Auditorium for our
schools and for other purposes, for
they are many, and all citizens must
know the needs are imperative. Not
only is an Auditorium needed every
school day for the use of the s¢hools
exercises, but many plays the High
School desires to put on trom time
to time have to be abandoned for
lack of a suitable plaze to have it.
They cannot afford to pay the rent
charged by the Union Amusement
Company. Then too, we could se
cure many district meetings of 'con
ventions, schools and the like if we
had a'place to accomodate them,
also it would furnish a meeting place
for qur children’s innocent amuse
ments. such as moving .pictures, re
citals andr the like which would be
uplifting and educational and often
keep theni from seeking immoral
amusements, .
Our schools have proven to be the
best asset to our city, and no doubt
is the means of drawing hundreds
of families here who would not
otherwise conte and make their homes
with us.
Let's create interest and’ boost this
movement. ; |
Yours for a better educational city,
, ~ G. A. JOLLEY.
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Nebraska seems bent upon lead
ing all states in the number of
heavyweight wrestling champions
prcduced within her horders. No
sooner has Joe Stecher lost the
title to ‘Strangler” Lewis than
out of the Cornhusker state comes
John Pesek weighing 197 pounds
and standing six teet high—a 24-
year-old farm boy who in 144 con
tests lost but three decisions. His
cpecial hold is the head scissor
Larney Lichtenstein, famons Chi-
Cago manager, has lul.»-u‘.rharge
of Pesek's atfairs and Ba/s ae will
pilot :him to the cha:apionship.
“The best youngste Jdeveloped
B‘nce the days of Frank Gotch.”
is the verdict of mat critics. He
threw the great Zb yszko in
straight fall®—one in four min
res
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Mother.
When Bve was brought nntn Adam,
be became filled with the Hots Spirit,
aivi Zove her the most sanctified, the
meast glorious of appellations. He
called ber Eve—that 1s to say, the
Mother of All. He did not style her
wife, but simply mother—mother of
all living creatures. In this consists
the glory and the most precious or-
Dament of woman.—Martin Luther.
Rugs. Art Squares, Stoves, Rdnges, Heaters and
in fact practically everything weéave in stock.
We are beginning t(}}e(eive our new Spring and
Summer goods and béfore long wé are going to
move into our new home which will be ready for
us. So to give room for the new goods 'we are
making some very Special Offers.
We have lots of good up-to-date goods on hand and remember we carry
only standard goods that we can stand back of. Below we quote a few prices
Standard Wigc-iow shades with Hartshorn
Bollere a 8 ol - - - o 2L . . $l-69
38inch - - $1.95. 42inch - - $245
0e 1 s
s ¥=2 Heavy weight Crex
‘ @fif/? 1 9x12 Art Squares - sB°9s
tffi value now -~ - - $49-00
Standard Hoosier Cabinets, old price ’
SIS nOW s L eE) . $60.00
Felt plated Mattress, $15.00 value now - - $lO.OO
Felt Mattress, $l9 value = =
BN Ry 00l L $15.00~ ;§
Red Cross Mattress $35.00 ‘ "’
value now - -b- = - $25-00 >'§<,:","""',"""~'!15"3"’
Coles’ Down Draft Range, $137.50 value - $lOO.OO
Detroit Vapor Oil Stove, $92.00 value now - $74.00
Detroit Vapor oil Stove $75.00 value now - $59.00
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THE FITZGERALD ¢
LEADER-ENTERPRISE
From Atlanta Journal :
The Fitzgerald Tri-Weg’ .y Leader-
Enterprise, published at Fitzgerald
by Isidor Gelders, has made its ap
pearance on our exchange desk.
GRAND ;5% 7 18
one night only Feb
e e e e R s
JOHN GOLDEN, PRODUCER OF “LIGHTNIN”, OFFERS
THE RECORD-SMASHING SUCCESS
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America’s Greatest Comedy
This is the original New York production of “Turn To The
Right” and is being presented here by John Golden, producer of
the world’s record-breaker—“Lightnin.” It will be given here
exactly as shown for one solid year each in New York and Chi
cago. In case you are dissatisfied in any way with this play I
will refund your money.
(Signed) G. E. RICKER, Manager, Grand Theatre.
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PRICES: 50, 1.00, 1.50, and 2.00.
Seats Now On Sale At National Drug Store %
Bright and newsy, it serves the peo
ple of Fitzgerald and contiguous ter
ritory with interesting news, scinti
lating editorials and attractive busi
ness announcements every other day.
Editor Gelders is to be congratulated
upon the success of his efforts.