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The Fitzgerald Leader
ENTERPRISE AND PRESS
Published Daily, Tri-Weekly—Mon
day, Wednesday, and Friday of each
week by ;
THE LEADER PUBLISHING CO.
Isidor Gelders ...............éditor
& M. Gelders ...........Man’g. Ed
—Official Organ City of Fitzgerald—
Entered at the Post Office at Fitzger
ald as Second Class Mail Matter
Under Act of Congress,
March 18, 1897. i
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ALL YEAR ‘ROUND HAR
VESTING-—Georgia is rapidly
awaking to a realization of her
latent opportunities, agricultural
and industrial. Prominent men
from all sectidns of the State are
touring Georgia this week in lf‘t"
interests of a “greater ieorgia
Tech” from which can be pro
duced the skilled brains that must
come before Georgia can achicve
industrial supremacy or equality
with other and less favored re
gions. And Georgia is waling
up to agricultural possibilities
over which she could once afford
to sleep on a soft and measure.
less bed of cottor.. The follow
ing ediotrial comment from wes! |
and southwest Georgia newspap
ers fairly reflects the attitude ot
the section: .
Albany Herald: Cotton is not
often referred to nowadays as
“King” Cotton. It no longer oc
cupies the position in the fieldl
of Southern agriculture which it
so long maintained, though its
importance to world industries is
as great as ever. Nothing can
take its place in extensive use for
many purposes, but a great many
things are taking its place as
money producers on the farms
of this section.
The Columbus Enquirer-Sun
even doubts whether cotton now
can properly be considered a
money crop. The Enquirer-Sun
has this to say:
“It seems certain that cotton,
with the price of it far below the
cost of production. cannot be re
‘garded in the light of a money
crop. Has cotton ever been, real
ly and truly, a money cropi Has
not cotton always been more of
a delusion and a snare than it
has been a reality, when it comes
to supplying the grower with
money ? 2
“By this we do not mean to
say that many farmers have not
grown cotton profitably ; but how
did they do it? 'Did ‘they grow
cotton to the exclusion of other
products of the farm, or did they
make their farm self-supporting,
by growing upon it such other
crops as were needed in the way
of food and feeds?
It is undoubtedly true that the
time has passed, probably never
to return, when a farmer can
plant cotton alone and “come
out”. The system was tried out |
extensively during the years ful~l
lowing the War Between the
States, and it helped keep the|
South poor long after her prn!»i
lems should have been s:ni\'f:!c-i
torily worked out. z
The fact that no other section |
of the country can raise as grc;ttl
a variety of crops as the South|
has in it the assurance of succv::*!
wherever diversified agriculture |
is ntellgently pursued. .\‘nmh}
Georgia is an ideal “vear ‘round”|
farmng section, where snmvthin;.:[
can be growing in every one of |
the twelve months, and where|
cattle can find something to c;tt"
out of doors through practically |
the entire year. |
The ability of the Southern|
farmer to plan ris operations in-?
telligently is going to be given |
what promises to be a supreme |
test this year. and disastrous con- |
sequences will result if the mi: |
take of making cotton paramount |
shall be made. For it is true that |
cotton is no longer “the” money
€rop, even if it is still “a” monev |
crop. i
B il s i
KILLING THE PROHIBI
TION AMENDMENT Ex
change—Prohibition will be ef
fective in two years, and boot- |
sleggers will then be an extinct
race, was the opinion expressed
by U. S. Attorney General]
Daugherty at a meeting with
Washington newspaper men to—l
day—News Item.
- Guess again, Mr. Daugherty.
One by ine the bars are being
let down, even this early, so
‘that the accumulation of them if
~allowel to contnue and remain in.
{orce for twi years will leave pro
“hibition less effective in 1923
than it is now. ‘lt certainly is
disconcerting and _discouragin
good rural people. who have
fought the rum traffic in this
country during the last (fifty
years.
Let’s see hiw effective the pro
hibition amendment is becoming.
(1) Almost any big liquir deal
er whose wet, goods are seized by
the enforcement agents can get a
court order for their return on
some technicality or other, or
upon some lying statement or
other. Anyway, in the cities. A
seizure of $250,000 of wine and
spirits had hardly been made in
one New York joint this week
before the government officials
themselves had taken steps to
investigate the legality of it.
(2) Not long avo the 1. S
Attorney General decided that
no liquor in transit could come
into the United States, and that
the ship carrying the cargo could
be seized. The Customs Depart
ment has decided to ignore this
decision “for fear of internation
al complications.”
(3) The Justice Department
recently decided that it was legal
to make beer FOR MEDICAL
PURPOSES. Now thrée hun
dred breweries have filed® de
mands for permits to make beer.
Two or three breweries would be
able to imake allt the beer needed
for legitimate medicinal purposes
in this whole country. These
three facts can easily kill prohi
hition. But there are many other
minor loopholes that add to the
same cffect.
Are the people who have voted
down intoxicating l'quots goine
to stand for it? |
FOR MUNICIPAL EXPAN
SION—Our sister city of Cordele
will hold a bond election this
month on the proposition of is
suing $50,000 in bonds to buy its
now privately operated light and
power plant and $lO,OOO more for
extending its water mains. The
bond election is a result of a vig
orous campaign by Editor Brown
of the Cordele Dispatch. People
in this scection should wish the
Cordele boosters success in their
enterprise because it will help a
good South Georga town and
help the section that much with
out hurting any other South Geor
gia town. Cordele is shooting
for municipal expansion. Cordele
wants to grow and to become a
better place for folks to live. The
Leader believe: that Cordele tax
payers will be willing to vote for
that end. Certainly, civic expan
sion can not be made without
expenditure of money.
Fitzgerald is also shooting for
expansion. Fitzgerald is a good
town in which to live, it has more
advantages to offer its citizens in
the way of good schools, good
and cheap electric and power and
water, good streets, well lighted,
and other things, than have most,
cities of its size. But Fitzgerald
is a long way from being perfect.
FFour separate and distinct mu
nicipal KEEDS have been placed
more or less squarely before the
public through the columns of the
Leader during the last few
months, Fitzgerald needs a high
school auditorium, a new modern |
and fire proof First Ward sclmnl}
building, new equipment for the
Water, Isight and Power Plant,
nd an extension of several thous
and feet of water mains for fire.
protection to the Southeast side
of the city, All this will cost
money; a heavy bond issue is
needed to cover all of it. The best
interests of the city, in the Lead
er's opinion, demand that the
money be spent. |
Probably more than $lOO.OOO
will be required to accomplish all
these needed civie improvements.
Fitzgerald has ample credit on
which to borrow this money if
the voters and tax payers are will
ing to spend it. The watc r, hght
and power plant investment
would pay for itsell in the course
of five years. The cost of the
water main extension would be
recovered by owners of third
ward property in reduced insur
ance rates and better fire pro
tection. The investment in a
new first ward building would
return ample dividends in great
er safety and comfort of the child
ren who attend the schosl. The
high school auditorium and addi
tional class rooms are needed in
the interests of efficiency, to re
lieve the present overcrowding
and make room for more -child
ren than the present building
will accomodate.
The fairest way in which to
vote the needed bonds would be
to have each project voted sepa
rately at the bond election, It
would be unfair to risk losing
any one or two or three of the
needed improvements because
one or two of them might not be
popular. By voting on all four
projects at one election, the nec
‘essary majority of registered vo-
Eters could be brought to the polls.
~ The law requires that a bond
issue be approved by the votes
of two-third of a majority of the
registered voters. A majority of
voters must cast their ballots or
‘the election is null and void.
More bonds have been st rec:
{ently because of failure of the
necessary number to vote than
hecause of the opposition of those
who did vote.
. None of these four municipal
Aimprovement projects are in
THE LEADER-ENTERPRISE AND PRESS‘ FRIDAY, AT’RIL Bth, 1921
“competition.” Each of them hasl
supporters. To ignore any one of |
them would endanger the success
of the others by creating opposi
tion from those whose wants were
slighted. The Leader believes
that all four projects could be
carried if their supporters would
line up actively behind them.
The expenditure of a hundred
thousand dollars or so in Fitz
gerald this summer and fall
would have a good effct. The
‘bonds will be retired during the
next twenty or thirty yvears when
prosperity will be more in evi
dence and the cost will not cause
iuny oppresive taxation.
FACTS ABOUT RAILROAD
'OPERATION Atlanta Geor
gian—Now that we face another
railroad crisis, certain facts need
to be kept in yiew.
. The claim has been persistent
|ly made in railway propaganda
| that when the government took
‘over the ralroads at the end of
1917, it found them in good con
it]itiuly and turned them back,
| March 1, 1920, in a wretched
| condition.
This, of course, is not true.
Under private ownership rail
roads, in 1917, expended for main
tenance and equipment $690,487,
606. In the last full year of the
government operation, 1919, the
expenditure was $1,215.275,748,
an increase of 74 per cent.
For maintenance of way and of
structures the private owners in
1917 expended $445,391,852; in
1919 the government expended
$772,513,676, an increase of 73 per
cent,
' The railroad transportation
- system broke down under the
| strain of war. It is conceded by
‘experts on all sides that the gov
‘ernment had to take them over
' to get goods moved. They were
in better condition, in many re
spects, when they were returned
to private ownership, but were
not as good as they will have to
be.
[n 1917 their gross income was
$4.000.000,000.00, it is now $7,00-
0,000,000.00. Three years’ col
lections by the railroads would
buy their entire plant at the high
est possible valuation.
During the 26 months of gov
ernment operation, there was a
deficit of $715,000,000, or less than
$1,000,000.00 a day. In the first
six_months of restored private
ownership the deficit was $631,
500,000, or more than $3,000,000
per day. This does not spealk
well for private ownership. ‘
This great deficit occured he
fore the recent slump in traffic,‘
due in part to high rates. It co
incided with the perind (luring"
which the government generous
ly continued its high wartime
guarantee of return on railway
investments, |
Now the private owners forsee
greater deficits and are ag‘:lin‘
asking for help. They want to
cut wages. They would like l()£
get new subsidies. Some of them
are even willing to let the gov-|
ernment pay all their expenses,
give them a fixed return and foot
the deficit out of taxes. i
Since the peole, in any event,
must “pay the freight,” why not|
consider anew the short cut. tu‘
the .inevitable--government Owil
ership, with the public getting|
the benefits? )
It’s coming to that end any
way. Eventually? Why not/
now? - .
THE FITZGERALD HOSPI.|
TAL—Among Fitroerald’s really |
worthwhile attractions as a place|
to live is its big, well equipped,
efficiently manned hospital. Fv-|
ervbody in Fitzgerald is p'.'uu'.ii
of the hospital. It is one of the|
city's “brag” points. How any
oune could imagine that any other |
one 1 Fitzgerald = could be
“against” the Fitzgerald H().\‘])i—a;
tal 1s difficult to concetve. '1
The progressive and public|
spirited men who put their mon |
ey into the hospital have earned
a generous portion of praise and |
no one mouthpiece of public sen-,
timent has been more liberal or
more sincere in its praise and |
mdral support than has been thv{
Fitzgerald Leader. And none
stands more ready to defend !hv}
Fitzgerald Hospital against un- |
Just criticism, ‘
A statement from the mm‘.ag‘v-~!
ment of the hospital this week
that tht institution had made
money consistently from its foun
dation was a pleasant surprise to
most Fitzgerald people. The im
pression had been that Fitzgerald
was not, quite large enough to
support so splendid an institution
at a profit at a time when most
business is taking a temporary
period of loss. Even had the
Fitzgerald Hospital been losing
money it is difficult to see where
in its directors could be criticised
for that or how a statement to
that effect could be imputed
‘as criticism. To the Leader it
would seem rather admirable
than otherwise that a group of
men should be willing. to lose
money in order to heal the sick
and restore the injured.
The professional skill of the
physicians and surgeons con
nected with the hospital has won
it creditable prestige. That the
business ability of its directors
Ihas enabled them to make it
sholv a profit when many other’
lsimilar institutions are frankly
operating at a loss is rather to
ibc accepted as lagniappe than
-exacted as due.
The alacrity with which some
shephards, wandering in pea
| green fields, are wont to cry
“Wolf, Wolf” when there is no
!wu]f, 1s amusing in that it makes
them just a wee bit ridicutous in
the eyes of fair minded men,
TAKE TIME TO HEAL A
WOUND Exchange Impa
lticm‘c can almost become a sin.
It is anyway a world vice today.
‘ln every city newspaper and
irom every other person you sece
}somc grouches because this, that
jor the other uncomfortable fact
| caused by the war continues
| with us. !
| The farmer is blamed because
| he feels that he is still (:ntit]c(li
Itu war prices. The workingman
'is roasted because he sticks to!
Ihis high wage. Russia is put
lumlcr the ban because she is
still crazy as a loon from the
*lwnt’ of war. Newspaper editors
spend oodles of meney in cables |
| to show that peace 15 not hcrcl
!_y(:t. The financier wails because
| peace did not instantly bring
11»:1('1\' the normal conditions of
11914, Pretty nearly all of us are
!<~ntil'cly out of patience with lhc}
‘antics, world-wide, of the ignor
-Izmt reds and extreme radicals)
everywhere. l
‘ If the average intelligent man
'would stop and think a few mo
|mcms he’d realize that the sup
posedly unnatural conditions
&which are world-wide today are
It.m]y natural, after all. When a
'great storm has deluged a field,
you don’t go out and plough the .
next minute. You are lucky if]
you can take the old plow tlll’ll‘
it two or three days later; it is
expected, and you take it as onlyl
natural. . If a fire destroys a fac
tory, the hands do not go tol
work at their machines the next!
day as if nothing had happened;
nobody expects them to. The
natural thing is to rebuild the
factory first. If a great flood
flood washes out a mile ‘of rail
road track nobody expects the
trains to be running smoothly
over the spot in a few hours. it
takes time to make repairs.
There has been a great human
storm; a terrible human fire; a
cataclvsmic human washout.
"I’hc signing of a peace paper did
not make actual peace. If full
peace comes in 10 years after
such a fearful conflict the world
‘will be tucky. If farmers and,
‘workingmen and industry and
commerce and finances settle
down measurably in 10 years af
ter the conclusion of such a great
war, we will all be very lucky
indeed.
AND ONLY TWO: AND A
HIALE YEARS OR JT HAS
PASSED!
- Be patient and do your part
towards peace and normaley. lt|
will all corue in good tinie, and
quicker if we be tolerant, good- |
natured and * industriovs our
selves. eol i ‘
Had It In for Lawyers, I
Distrust and knowledge of his own |
profession, caused an Australian law- !
yer to include a clause in his will,
stating that if any of his heneflc!arles.,}
for any reason whatsoever, contested
his will, that person’s share was to be |
paid to a certain charity, and no law- ‘
yers were to make any money out of
his will.
Awful Combat. !
Jane was careful not to let her dog,
Henrietta, get into a fight. But one
day when she was out playing shej
found her fighting with a black-and- |
white dogl She was excited and ran i
for her mother erying: *“Oh, mamma, !
Henrietta is fighting with a checkered |
dog.” i
Long Thumb—Strong Will, I
If the tep joine of your thumb {8 k
long, it shews that vou have good wiil ;
power Wl developed reasoning fae- |
ulties are poxßoscen) by thase people {
who have thuimbs the second joints of
which. are tongz. Thumbs that work
easily are owned by careless® happy- |
go-lucky, speadihrift individuals. A!
Stff. firm-jointed thumb, however, |
shows that the person is keen, tact- |
ful, self-possessed, and cautious—the |
sort of man who will get on in the |
world. ¢ I
9 a
Manon Grocery Co.,
“WHERE QUALITY TELLS |
AND PRICES SELL” |
PROMPT DELIVERY i
Octagon Soap, Bar. .4........... Sc!
Arbuckles Coffée ..:.1.0....... 24ci
White House Coffee ........ 45c Ib.|
Charmer Coffes, Ib. ............ 25c‘
French Market Coffee, Ib. ...... 35¢|
Luzianne Coffee ...... ...... 35c Ib.|
Best Green Coffee Ib. ........... ISC,
Compound Lard, Ib. ceseeniiiia..lsc
S IDB Veßtale | ivi o eeviaii, 108
BUBRE (L 0 oot 10c;
Best Whole Grain Rice, 1b....... lOcz
Irish Potatoes, peck ............ 55¢
Dly Sait Mest ID, ... ... 0 18
SORed Mear oo e
Best Self Rising Flour .. $1.45 & $1.50
SCPateh Feeld b |ool iho 0 e
Xerosenw, Gellon ........... ... 25¢
Seed Irish Potatoes, peck ...... 60c
Green Cabbage, head .......... 10c
Dont Forget the Place!!
Manon Grecery Co,, |
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Phone 520 226 East Pine St.j
By People Who Have Tried and
Proved the Merits of i
COX’S LIVER AND |
STOMACH MEDICINE
Omega, Ga., Sept. 13, 1919.
Mr. Guy A. Cox,
City.
Dear Sir:—
With reference to your Liver and
Stomach Medicine.
I wish to say that I have been using
your Medicine in my family for sev
eral months,
I’ consider it one of the best medi
cines I have ever used. I can heart
ily recommend it to any one suffer.
ing with Liver and Stomach trouble
or for a general tonic.
Very truly yours,
“H. F. Brown.
The original of all testimonials on
file in the office of Cox Medicine Co.,
Inc.,, Omega, Ga.
Cox’s Liver and Stomach Medicine
relieves Indigestion, Constipation and
Biliousness. Especially recommended
for delicate women and puny child
ren. Tastes so 'good.
Sold at all good drug stores.
COX MEDICINE CO., Inc, Mir’s.
OMEGA, GA.
Advertisement.
Drs. Holtzendorf
and Turner
OFNTISTS
Upscairs, uext door to the
National Drug Company
PHONE B§B7
B tt 1
“Q.—ls there really any difference
in batteries?
A.—Yes, but sthere are really only
two kinds of batteries. Those with
wood seperators and those with
Threaded Rubber Insulation.
Q—ls Threaded Rubber Insulation
the only feature that puts the Willard
Threaded Rubber Battery ahead of
ordinary automobile battery?
A—By no means. The Willard
Threaded Rubber Battery* has all
the improvements” that have grown
out of Willard’s years of specializa
tion in building starting lighting and
ignition batteries. Ask us about it.
Fitzgerald Storage
Battery Company
219 East Central Ave.
Telephone 573
Wil 1 d
illard
* Batteries
To The Ladies
Oi Fitzgerald
' AS we handle only the best
meats money can buy, it gives
us great pleasure to offer it to
our customers, for we know when
you once get the meats we handle
you will be convinced that it is
the best that can be had.
{ So let us fill your wants. The
prices are the lowest. All orders
cash on delivery.
Sanitary Market
| J.L. PIGFORD, Propriector
PHONE 143 - - 217 EAST PINE STREET
Manon’s Candy Kitchen
We invite our Raiiroad fiiends to make our store
their headquarters. Cool and comfortable. -
Bottled Drinks on Ice and First Class Fountain
Service. _ .
Fruits and Candies.
Oranges 30c dozen.
T o
Manon Candy Kitchen
106 East Pine Street :
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—llast year you thought one season’s wear was all you could normal
ly expect.
BUT the clerk was right—there was GOOD quality of wool in the
material.
Of course were it not for DRY CLEANERS and modern clean
ing methods—you could not think of using it for GOOD wear again
his season.
: All right there is where we fit in. Our methods are modern.
And if we have that suit or light coat NOW—we will have it ready
for delivery the first spring day.
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DRY CLEANING AND PRESSING
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