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GIVE THE COUNTRY BOY
A CHANCE—The machinery
for the consolidation of Horton
and Dorminey schools with Ash-|
ton was completed at a meeting |
of patrons of the three at Ashton !
Saturday. That long forward
step toward better education in|
rural communities is as good as|
made. The boys and girls who |
struggled for knowledge at the|
feet of one over-worked teacher |
at the two little schools which |
are to be abolished will now have |
a real chance to learn. 1
The school term is to be in
creased from six to cight months. |
The teaching staff at Ashton is‘
to be increased from fdur to six|
of seven. With such a school it
i possible for each teacher to
ecialize in the work for which
eor she is best fitted. Only
hrough specialization can best
results be obtained. Teaching is
a highly specialized profession.
A teacher must be an expert inl
the line he teaches, else he can
not impart his knowledge with'
best results to his pupils. One!
teacher may be exceptionally
good “at mathematics but not
have the knack of imparting the
essentials of English to a child.
One may know a great deal of
weivil government and be able to‘
effectively teach that subject but
not be expert at geography.
Three teachers is the minimum
number from which efficient re
sults can be obtained. Less than
that number is just a little better
than none at all.
It is much to be regretted that
the FEureka and Evergreen
schools did not decide to join the
consolidation movement with
Ashton. The patrons of those
schools must certainly have heen
badly advised. People whose
chil(i);en go to city schools can
not be wholly in sympathy with
the country girl or hoy who must
get the crumbs of learning that
there are to be gleaned from the |
fittle one-teacher school. ’l‘hey!
can 'realize only in part the dif-i
ference between efficient educa
tion that is TAUGHT and the
meager education that, largely,
must be LEARNED by the child |
who attends the school. !
That is, at last analysis, the|
great difference between a gnml‘,
school and a poor one. Ina good |
school. the pupils are “taught”;
in a poor one they have only the
opportunity to “learn.” Excep
tional boys and girls may be able|
to dig out for themselves a good
education without careful :ul\icv}
and supervision. The average
boy or girl must have the pains-|
taking aid of teachers who can
drill facts into them. The hril—‘
liant mind can overcome the
handicaps of poor schooling. But
public schools are not built for
the brilliant exceptions; they are
built and maintained for the av
erage boy and girl, the solid, sub
stantial, minds that must bear
the burden of the great mass of
the world’s work. Progress is not
measured by geniuses. Jesus
Christ knew more than any man
who has lived since that age, but
the year One was not compara
ble in real human progress to
the year 1920 because the Great
Average Mind ha'd not developed
as it has today.
That theorizing, though,. is
ahead of the answer to the real
question. The real question is,
how may we insure that the next
generation is wiser and Dbetter
able to live well than is the pres
ent oné? The answer is, educate
the next generation better than
the last one and better education
can be given only by better ei
ucational institutions, by better
schools,
It .18 not yet too late for
Eureka and Evergreen to join
_ hands with Ashton and Dorminy
d Horton and make a rural
00l in Ben Hill county that
ill give the country boy and
~ girl as good a chance in life as
. the Fitzgerald boy or girl has.
. The refusal of the patrons of
. these two schools to join the
- movement must have been a re
- sult of incomplete information ‘
_ Well wishers of the farmgrand
of his sons and daughters should
see that these good people are
given the facts about school con
l solidation.
'THE SAPIRO PLAN FOR
'COTTON—The Leader is pub
'lishing this week a series of ar
(ticles by Victor Victor, of the
' Atlanta Georgian, on the Sapiro
[ Plan for growing cotton. Fhe
|third article appears today. The
fourth will appear in Tuesday's
[edition. Rural subscribers to.
[the tri-weekly who have not seen
{the second article, “The Sapim‘
| Plan and the Grower” may have|
'that one without charge by ca]l-'
|ing at the Leader office.” We
printed fifty extra copies for thc!
first fifty farmers who call for|
‘the extra copies. Other farmers |
who are now subscribers and|
who do not wish to miss the two!
articles that will appear Tuvsdzlyf
and Thursday can get a week’s
subscription to the daily for t(-n]
cents, {
\ The Leader does not intend
to comment cditorially on the
'plan until its readers are in pos
'session of all the facts about it.
Regardless of whether you ap
prove or disapprove of the plan,
you should certainly know exact
1y what it is before passing judg
‘ment or deciding on whether you
would like to join it or not, |
MUSIC, THE UNIVERSAL
ALLY—It has been said lh:nt;
one thing that has advanced the |
Christian religion over all others
in civilized lands is music. The
Christian religion is the only one
with a distinct class of music of |
its own. Music is the l:lrg('sli
part of all religious revivals, it/
is a mainstay of the ordinary |
work of the Christian church,
Religious music is the staunch
est ally of the Bible,
Music dissolves the reserve
that stands between the worka
day mind, filled with little trou
bles and worries and responsibil
ities and plans, and the spiritual
‘mind. It makes it easier for the
individual to commune with his
better self, with his God. The
isam(.- psychic effects that make
music an ally of religion, make
music the universal ally of bet
ter, larger living, of a fuller un
religious life,
The goal of all life is better
living. The purpose of religion
is enable better living, not only
for ultimate “salvation” but for
more happiness in the secular
life. Music is a key to the Bet
ter Life. But, the same close in
‘flu(‘nco music has on people for
' good, gives it a hold that - can
lower the standards of life. Much
’]m]mlar music is lowering; all
lgood music is uplifting. Grand
| Opera, classical music, will stim-
Eulntv the ideals of the grossest
listener. Some sorts of salacious
lmusic will stir a little of the
|beast in the finest of folk.
| Try a heavier dose of good
'music; the trashy kind can't
Estaml the competition,
MAINTAIN THE INCOME)|
TAX—Led by Boise l'('lll‘()S(‘,|
political ring boss and advocate
of the so-called “big interests”
the Republican party threatens
to destroy the effectiveness of
the income tax as a revenue rais
ing instrument, if not abolish it
crtirely. The issue in this fight
wii be clearly drawn; the big cor
porate interests on one side, the
common people on the other;
‘the class with the money on one
side, the class with the votes nnl
‘the other. It will be interesting |
to see which has the most influ-|
ence in this rvpul)lic---grvcnl)ucl\'.\!
or ballots. It wil be interesting
to see which of the representa
tives of the people will represent
the people and which will repre
tscnt the exploiters of the people.
. When the United States Su
’prvm(‘ Court ruled recently that
imcome paid in stock dividends
|\\'ns not liable to taxation under
| the income tax law, the last re
(spectable argument of the oppo-
Inents of the income tax was
|swept away. That argument was
‘ilh:u the confiscatory rate of tax
fation on huge incomes, those in
Ithe million-a-year class, would
|stifle industrial expansion by
|preventing reinvestment of large
lincomes.
Now the supreme court hn\-i
ruled that’ reinvested money s
not subject to tax. Money that
is taken out of business and spent |
on things is subject to tax. This
portion of huge incomes that is,
under present laws, taken to help
pay the enormous burden of war
indebtedness, of upkeep of arma
ments, and of the minor costs of,
government, would otherwise go
into high living, yachts and lim
ousines. If used in any sort of
‘business, it would largely used
in speculation.
~ The issue now is very plainly:
shall those pay who can best af
ford to pay, or shall those pay
‘who can least afford to pay.
Stated in another way it is: will
earning power or will the actual
needs of existence determine the
amount of support one must give
to his government. |
Under present income tax
laws, those who by virtue of su-‘
perior ability or by fortune of
being born wealthy and who can
earn the most money under the
protection of government, pay
most to support that governmen
With a a&aug ‘or similar tax
THE LEADER-ENTERPRISE AND PRESS MONDAY, APRIL 4, 1921.
that puts the weight of expense
on comsumption, instead of pro
duction, those whose bodily
needs require most in order to
exist, must pay most.
f The difference in earning
[power is considerable. It takes,
|however, just about the same
[amount of food and clothes and
[shelter to keep the life-spark
lglowing in all mortals,
| The burden of support of gov
l(rrnmcnt under a system of taxa
tion on consumption, taxing the
!t.hings bought by people, the
heaviest burden will fall on the
|poorer class of people. It is a
|fuct that a poor man with a com-‘
fparitivc]y small income usually
‘raises a larger family than a rich
'man. By rich man, by the way,
‘we mean the really wealthy class,
ith(- class with incomes of hun
dreds of thousands or millions ~
%y('ar and not the moderately
‘wealthy people with incomes in
five figures. It is the immense-
[y wealthy class which contrib
lutes the larger proportion of
(taxes under the present income
| tax regulations. It is_that class
(which is fighting the income tax.
}L\l:my of the “little fellows,” as
[real wealth is rated in this coun
(try, have lined up with the muti
‘millionaries although their real
|interests lie with the common
ipeople. These “little rich” men
'make their money directly from
}thc pockets of the common peo
ple and not indirectly through
‘the avenue of huge corporations
which, in effect, tax the people
indirectly.
~ The South and West should
ifnrcc its representatives and sen
ators to vote solidly against any
effort to kill the income tax laws.
The industrial Fast, where the
big fortunes are made. may have
strings enough on congressmen
and senators to induce them to
vote for nullifying legislation.
The people of Georgia will do
well to watch closely the posi
tion taken by their represen
tatives. |
A LETTER FROM JOE HILL
HALL AND AN OPEN LET
TER IN REPLY—The Leader
reproduces below a circular letter
from Hon. Joseph Hill Hall, of
Macon, attacking, the program of*
the Municipal League of Georgia
and publishes an open letter
from the managing editor to Mr
Hall.
Letter from Joe Hill Hall
Mr. Geo. Kilcrease,
Fitzgerald, Ga.,
March 15th, 1921
Dear Sir:
. Is your town in pawn to the
socialists who want to raid
‘Georgia's treasury?
Many of the municipalities in
Georgia have been quoted as en
dorsing the bills to be presented
at the next Legislature, for un
limited bond issues without the
knowledge of their citizens and
without any investigaion as to
the nature of the legislation that
these bills would authorize, al
though these bills contemplate
|t|w expenditure of hundreds of
millions of dollars of the people’s
money and enormous taxation,
The motive of the promoters of
these bills is shown in the manner
in which they liave secured con
trol of the Municipal League of
Georgia, without disclosing to the
cities and towns the fact that their
alluring stories of service at cost,
or less than cost, were simply to
mask their true object, viz.: to get
llhc state of Georgia committed to
lissuing hundreds of millions of
|dollars of the people’s money
t:m\l give the control of the pro
iu-mls to political adventurers
(with which to condemn every
|street car company, gas com
pany, electric light and power
llcnmpzmy in the state, and oper
fate them without regulation or
|supervision by the state. Their
itnlk about high fares and rates
ii\' insincere. No officer of the
| League has had any experiefice
[in operating utilities.
They talk much about mnnnp-!
oly of water power rcsnurcvs.i
knowing full well that there is
no monopoly. All of their ('11(‘!'—1
gies are devoted to keeping in
the background the fact that the
people of Georgia are being
asked to tax themselves, as they
were never taxed before, to en
able the Georgia representatives
of Socialism to . establish their
party firmly in Georgia.
Government ownership is the
essence of Socialism. Without
Government ownership Social
ism is impossible, and with Goy
ernment ownership it is auto
cracy.y The Russian Czar was
less autocratic than Lenine and
Trotsky. .
Do you realize that these bills
remove every restriction im
posed by the Constitution on the
issuing of bonds by municipal
ities? Do you know that instead
of your property being liable
for bonds not exceeding seven
per cent. of its as:essed valua
tion, these bills remove all re
strictions? Do you realize that
the proceeds of these bonds will
be disposed of by the gentlemen
in Atlanta without regulation or
control by your citizens of your
municipal officers?
Ask your Mayor and Council
what investigation’ they have
made of the abilities of the men
behind these bills or the accur-
they‘have been misled into join
ing the good name of your town
with this vicious, dangerous leg
islation, insist on their with
drawal from it.
There is no legislation neces
sary to enable any town in Geor
gia to purchase, own and operate
its own gas works, water works,
street car lines or electric light
and power plants, and having
bought them, they can operate
‘them as the citizens of the town
may want them operated.
If these bills are passed your
town will issue the bonds to pay
for the plants, but they will be
managed and operated by the
gentlemen in Atlanta called the
Hydro-Electric Power Commis
sion, |
Ask your city officers where
your town stands, |
Yours truly, ‘
JOE HIEL FALTL.
’llnn. Joseph Hall, |
Macon, Ga. |
| Dear Sir:— ]
| A copy of your very interest- |
ing letter was brought to my at-|
tention and several points in it
struck me forcibly. Knowing|
that perhaps you have mailed |
this letter to thousands of people !
in Georgia who are not as well|
acquainted with the organization|
of purposes of the Municipal
League of Georgia as you and I,
I do not think it presumptious
for me to offer to assist you in |
informing them.
I appreciate the broad spirit of
public service that prompted you
to write, and have these letters!
printed and mailed at your ex-|
pense without hope or desire of'
reinbursement. I especially ad
mire that generosity with your
own money since I know how|
very economical you were with
money of the people of Georgia
during your terms in the legisla
ture. You were, in fact, so effi
cient in saving money for the
people of Georgia that your alma
mater, the University of Georgia,
has been so starved for funds
that the window sill in the room
in Old College dormitory where
you lived while a student still
bears the initials you carved there
many, many years ago. Your zeal
in saving the peoples’ money has
kept that grand old institution SO
impoverished that it has not even
been able to replace that ancient
window sill, unless it was done
since I last bade farewell to those
‘hallowed, though slightly decrepit
halls.
Knowing your zealous activi
ties as the “watch dog of_ the
treasury” while in office I cairun
derstand the public spirit that
prompts you to continue to pro
tect the poor, dear people in
your retirement to private life.
But, Mr. Hall, in your intense
earnestness to save them frogm
their folly and extravagance, why
not confine yourself to facts and
logic? I know that a man of your
sense could not have been led in
to the position you take against
the Municipal League by any
such .arguments as those with
which you expect to convince the
public. Of course the public may
not all belong to the intelligentsia
as you do, but still they are able
to understand simple truths.
Why not use simple truths in per
suading them that you are right?
Although your letter is rather
incoherent and seems to make no
major points in whose support |
can adduce fthe facts which you
scem to have overlooked, I will
try ‘to follow your line of argu
ment as well as T can and explain
those things you failed to explain.
You say that the bills to be pre
sented at the next legislature are
“for unlimited bond issue with
out the knowledge of their citi
zens and_without any investiga
tion as to the nature of the legis
lation which these bills would
authorize.” You know of course,
since you are reputed to be ar, ex
pert on constitutional law, that
bonds can be issued only by a
énmjm'il_v vote of two-thirds of the
|rcgistv|'c(l voters. These voters
may need your protection in the
I('.\'('l‘o#(‘ of their knowledge, but
| still they will have the “know
i l('(!g‘(‘.."
You also seem to imply that
once this bill were passed, the
Georgia Legislature would im
mediately become radical and so
cialistic and would forthwith run
amuck with passage of “legisla
tion which these bills authorize.”
These "bills, most honorable and
venerable Mr. Hall, do not con
template a metamorphosis in the
personalities of the “Msolons of
Georgia. They simply will give
them an opportunity to further
exercise their intelligence in the
interests of their constituents. As
you know, Georgia's legislature
is now so restri¢ted in authority
that it could not even authorize
West Point, Ga:,' to issue bonds
to rehabilitate fitself after the
flood and tornado last, yvear. Ev
ery voter in Georgia had to de
cide individually whether that
plucky little town of West Poimt
should be allowed to restore it
self. Don't you think that was ri
diculous, Mr. Hall?
I was also engrossed by the ease
with which you arrived at the vile
motives of the officers of the Mu
nicipal League. If my powers of
reasoning were as brilliant as
yours seem to be, I would cer- ‘
|light under the bushel of the Geor
gia legislature but would have
given all the people of the United
States the benefit of them.
You seem to be terrified at the
‘thnught of giving millions of the
{people’s money to “the control of
'political adventurers to condemn”
lall those corporations “and oper
late them without regulation or
| supervision by the state”. Per
’ish the thought Cold shivers run
(up and down my spine, too, Mr.
Hall, at the very suggestion. But
‘uf course you and I know that
lthis legislation would not result
|in such a catastrophe so let us be
| frank with the poor, tax burdened
‘and much deceived public and tell
them so. Our legislature, steeped
| though it be in iniquity, would not
pass a bill creating such a com
'mission to control the hydro-elec
’ tric power of the state of Georgia. ‘
" “No officer of the league has
‘had any experience in operating!
utilities,” as you say, Mr. Hall,
and don’t let us permit the public}
to lose sight of that important
fact. Of course, no officer of the
league has made any claim that
he knows how to operate.
utilitics or has applied fo ri
a job operating one, or would
have such . q job i # was
offered to him, Their plan is to
have experts to operate these util
ities, the same general managers
and superintendents as now fur-’
nish the brains. But they plan
to have these superintendents’
and general managers’ salaries
paid by the state, and have them
look for orders to a state com
mission, instead of drawing their
money from a private corporation
» ' taking their orders from a
~ - ~ation president and boards
“ectors whose sole business is
to biced the consumer of hydro
electric power just a little whiter
than he has ever been bled before.
It works on the same principlcl
as the vacuum pump at Moore
College of the dear old U. of G.
Probably they are still using the
same vacuum pump you exper
imented with when you were
studying physics. Oh, Mr. Hall,
beliecve me, you were a wonder
fully efficient “watch dog of the
treasury.” But, to get back to the
vacuum pump, you can pump
your arm off, but you can never
pump all the air out. You divide
the air by half, and that by half,
and so ad infinitum, but you never
get ALL the air out of the cham
ber. Many bitter tears have been
shed by the corporations who own
the public utilities because, pump
hard as they may, they can’t pump
all the money out of their consum
ers. :
That, nowever, is merely inci
dental and the public isn’t inter
ested in it. They must have been‘
intensely interested in your state
ment in regard to gm'emment\
'ownership, and socialism, and the
late Czar and Lenine and Tmtsky.‘
Come, come, Mr. Hall, while we
«are about this business of inform
ing the public about the dastardly
objects of the Municipal League
of Georgia, let us tell them the
whole bitter truth. Grieve us
though it may, let us frankly ad
mit that Russia is not and has
never claimed to be Socialistic
and that Bolshevism has never
claimed itself to be Socialistic.
It is communistic. Of course, Mr.,
Hall, we of the inteligentsia know |
that Communism and Socialism
arc as dissimilar as Republicanism
and Anarchy. But perhaps the
public does not know this, so let
us explain it to them.
Russia aspires to be Commun
istic. The Communist says that
! property, all capital, sheuld
be owned by the township or
ccommunity and that the state
lshnul(] be a loose combination of
of such communes, or, as the
.'l\‘nssi:ms call them, Soviets. The
Socialist says that the central
‘;:'m'vrnmcm should own and
control all industry and give
‘equal opportunity /to everyone
to succeed. The Republican be
lieves that all industry should
Mw owned by private corpora
‘tions and these corporations
!.\hnul(l give everyone equal op
portunitv to succeed.
| But all that theory makes lit-
Itlc difference as far as Russia
|today is concerned, as you and 1
‘know, Mr. Hall, but as the pub
ilic may not know. Since we are
| telling them so many of our
| political secrets let us confide in
(them with this one: Russia is
operating today under a mili
tary dictatorship, neither com
munistic, socialistic, anarchistic,
or any other kind of “istic.” The
assaults of the allies, bent on
collecting bad debts of the late
and lachrymosely lamented Czar,
has made things so hot for the
Russians that Lenine and Trot
sky have taken unto themselves
the powers of a joint dictator
ship, much as our president was
given while we were at war and
as every well organized govern
ment gives to its supreme lead
ers during periods of tremend
ous national danger.
By the way, Mr. Hall how did
we get off on this tangent about
Russia? You infer that Russia
has a direct bearing on the activ
ities of the Municipal League of
Georgia. It is that marvelous
reasoning power of yours, I sup
pose, Mr. Hall, because really I
don’t see what connection Rus-
I"sia has with our subject. - i
and T and the dear public whose
interests we have set out so val
iantly to ‘safeguard, that these
bills “remove every restriction
imposed on issuing bonds by
municipalities.” But you and T
realize, as you seem to think the
dear public does not, that all
)bonds must be voted by the peo
ple, by the property owners from
the value of whose property the
bonds get_their value, under the
existing regulations. We should
also tell the public, don’t you
think, My. Hall, that the purpose
of removing these restrictions is
to enable the municipalities to
acquire properties which will be
ASSETS, and will have value in
‘themselves, rather than liabil
ities whose expense is born by
private property. - |
|
As you so aptly aver, “there isi
no legisuation necessary to ena
ble any town in Georgia to pur
chase own and operate its own
public utilities,” except that no
town in Georgia, under the pres
ctn seven per cent bonding lim
itation, can raise funds sufficient
to purchase these utilities. Once
idea, as you and I know, Mr, Hall,
is to give these towns the powcrl
to raise the money through bonds
to purchase these Itilities. Once
purchased, the utilities would in
themselves be responsible for the
bonds and the private property
on which their value was techni
cally based at first would be re
leived of the responsibility..
Your last paragraph, dear Mr.
Hall, is as much a mystery to me
as are your methods of deducing
the dastardly intentions of the of
ficers of the Muhicipal League of
Georgia and in connecting Russia
with its activities. Really your
powers of reasoning surpass any
thing mortal, they are truly super
human. These bills to be spon
sored in the legislature by the Mu
nicipal League of Georgia pro
vide first that the municipal bond
ing limit be removed an},@eeond
that the state have the duthority.!
by due ‘process of law, to issue
bonds for the acquisition and to
acquire hydro-electric powers in
Georgigs i- 4‘
\ How in*the world such seem-l
ingly “innod¢dous measures could
force any “town to issue bonds|
to pay for the plants, but they will
be managed and operated by the
gentlemen in Atlanta called the
Hydro-electric Power Commis
sion,” is quite beyond my powers
of comprehension. 1 stand in
amazement before such psychic
force that can'see so much where
I can 'see nothing.
And to think that the ungrateful
public whom you have served so
long and faithfully made no better
use of you than to send you to the
state legislature, to associate with
the kind of men whom you infer
are going to betray our state into
the hands of “political adventur
ers” and a whole basket full of lit
tle Lenines and Trotskys. The
ingratitude of Republics is most
depressing, is it not, Mr. Hall?
Private corporations are much
'more. greatful than that, aren’t
fthey Mr. Hall?
Hoping that vou will not con
sider me presumtious in thus help
ing you to protect the public from
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B {7 = finisi about our work that
'y P . makes the shoes look like new
SN I a 3 again. Special attention given
e | :i{?:s»m 4 A"\{/ to.children’s schoes—and an ex
et SOl tra lease of life given to them.
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Harnish Shoe Shop
OPPOSITE 5-STORY BLDG. -i- 203 E. PINE ST.
SHOES REPAIRED WHILE YOU WAIT
All Work Fully Guaranteed
ALL PARCEL POST ORDERS GIVEN PROMPT ATTENTION
ok g Otto Harnish, Manager
lthe Municipal League of Georgia,.
lam,
Very truly yours,
' Stewart F. Gelders
, Managing Elitor
' The Fitzgerald Leader.
P.S. I notice that although your
letter is written under a Macon
date line, the envelope is post
‘marked Atlanta. With letter was
‘also enclosed a pamphlet contain
ing the Georgia Railway and Pow-.
er Company’s “reply” to an edi
torial in the Atlanta Georgian of
December 30th, 1920. The editor
ial was not reproduced, although
from the tone of the reply I judge
that it must have been a very
good editorial.
I also notice that the signiture
to your letter is printed and not
written with a pen. Of course it
could not be that you have auth
orized the Georgia Ry. and Power
Company to possess and use a ré
plica of your signiture. If you
have, Mr. Hall, ag one of your
sincere admirers, I would advise
you to stop payment on all checks
until you change your signiture.
I don’t mean to insinuate any
thing, but I wouldn’t take any
chances if I were you. S. F. G.
Uffice Phone 511
Res. Phone 545
J. T. BRICE, D.C.
‘Chiropractor
Rooms 201-202
Farmer-Gaibutt Bldg.
Office Hours. 9:30-12-1:30-5
Other Hours By Appointment
Fitzgerald -:- Georgia
Drs. Holtzendorf
and Turner
DENTISTS
Upstairs, next door to the
National Drug Company
PHONE 57
Phone 359
i For Better Than Average
Altering,
Dry Cleaning,
Dyeing,
Pressing,
Tailoring,
We aré¢ equipped to do quick
Work That will last long.
THREE-FIVE-NINE
Pressing Club
W. ROY BRAGG, Proprietor
