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The Fitzgerald Leader‘
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Isidor Gelders ........... ...Editor
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—Official Organ City of Fitzgerald—
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HAVE THEM BACK NEXT
YEAR—'l'he rural schools of Bai
Hill County closed yesterday
with the annual Spring com
mencement exercises. A numb
er of young men and young wo
men graduated from the eighth
and ninth grades, the limit of
most rural schools. Most of
these boys and girls are now thru
with school for life. Their edu
cation as far as schools are con
cerned, is ‘“‘complete”. They are,
as far as the State of Georgia and
County of Ben Hill are concerned’
ready and well equipped to fight
life’s battles, to make themselves
substantial prosperous citizens
and their state a substantially
prosperous commonwealth, Most
of these boys and girls who grad
unated yesterday now are better
cquipped with the tools of the
mind that education gives than
were their parents when their pa
rents finished school. But they
are not as well equpped as they
ought to be.
The Fitzgerald boy or girl will
not finish school this year until
the middle of May. e has the
opportunity of going to school
through the eleventh grade. Why
this discrimination? Aren’t the
country boy and girl as valuable
to Georgia as the town boy and
girl? Is it not as important to
Ben Hill County and to Georgia
that the country boy and girl be
as well educated as the city boy
and girl?
Certainly agriculture is as im
portant to the public welfare as
any urban occupation. And it
takes as much brains and as well
trained brains to suceed in agri
culture as it dogs in any urban
occupation. The schooling should
be supplied. :
Ashton school is to be extend
ed two grades this fall. The grad
uates of this Spring can get that
much more education. Lynwood
school is going to be improved
by the levying of a special tax,
too. Rural school conditions
are steadily improving. When
all who live outside the towns
and cities appreciate the virtue
of co-operation and consolidation
then the country boy and girl
will have the same advantages
as those in town. ‘
It is going to be a hard pull for
some farmers to keep their child
ren in school this fall and next
winter. There will be a big
temptation to keep them at work
to help recoup the losses of the]
last year. But a crop produced
with wife and child labor is going
to be sold -at child labor prices.
It always has been and always
will be. :
[t would be fine if all the puplis
who finished their vear's work
Friday could be back in school
next fall. It would mean a lot
for them and for the county and
state. Have them back next
year if possible. It will be worth
any sacrifice it will require.
AN UNCOMFORTABLE]
PROSPECT —[n England 5,000
000 ratlroad men, miners and
transport workers iwll pl't)l\:l])\_\‘;
be on strike next Week, They are
striking against reuduction in
wages of the coal miners, In
Germany workers have been car
rying on a desultory labor \\':u'l
for some time, leading to sharp
outbreaks last week. All over
America is labor unrest. The
machinists union, for instance,
has thirteen strikers on its hands
right now, according to one of
the grand lodge rcprcscnmti\'csl
here last week. .
The whole trouble revolves
around the professed inability nfl
the corporations to pay the scales
of wages which were paid during
government control or upcration\
of industry. The coal mines of
England and the railroads of
America were both subsidized
during the war. The private
owners can not now make a prof
it. The workers in England want
the government to own the mines
THE LEADER-ENTERPRISE AND PRESS SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 1921
and climinate profit entirely. 1
This labor war has been fought
now quietly with pamphlet and|
pen, now boisterously with all|
the blare and crash of strike and
arms, for generations. Each side
has infrequently won a decisive
victory, has seemingly crushed
the “other side.” Always such
victories, whether won by capital
or labor, have proved unlasting
and the fight had only to be
fought over again sometimes
with the same, sometimes with
difierent results.
Industrial war is no different
than national war in that it is im
possible for a “conquest” to be
permanent. The only thing that
will *end national war is broad
ened sympathy, a patriotism that
does homage to humanity as a
whole. The only thing that will“
end industrial war is a similar
‘broadened sympathy, a readjust
ment that will effectually broad
en the interests of all who live by
the fruits of industry,.giving the
laborer a more immediate inter
est in the success of the corpora
tion which employe him. Tak
ing away from employers the in
centive for ruinous exploitation
of the laborer.
Too long have single nations
sought for themselves dominance
of the world. Too long have
single classes of world sought
for themselves dominance of in
‘dustry. Capital has no more
right to dominate industry than
has labor. The world at large
can not profit through the abso
lute dominance of either.,
As long as captains and lieu
tenants, or “colonels” of industry
refuse to arbitrate and co oper
ate with the privates in the ranls
of industry, the industri~ -
can not successfully make 1t ¢
larger conquests that civilizati:.
demands. The world must i
prove through the betterment of
the condition of the rank and file
of humantiy; it does not help to
further accentuate the difference
between the great and the small.
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Letters To The Editor
iy
Office of the Mayor.
: City of Atlanta,
April 6tk, 1921.
Mr. Stewart F. Gelders,
Managing Lditor, Fitzgerald Leader,
Fitzgerald, Ga, ¢ L 1
Dear Sir:— ; wa
Your newspaper clippings were re
ceived at this office Monday, April
4th, shortly after Mayor Key had
departed on the State tour of the
Georgia School of Technology.
I have taken the liberty of submit
ting the clipping of your lead editor
ial to Mr. James B. Nevin of the At
lanta Georgian. Mr. Nevin has agreed
to reproduce the article appearing in
your paper of April 2nd, but it will
be necessary to eliminate certain
parts of your open letter to Mr. Hall
on account of limited space.
I am quite sure that Mayor Key
will be very much graitiied over the
newspaper support which has =heea
given him as evidenced by ke chp
pings which you have sent. He was
'grcutl_v pieased over the cordial re
ception which was shown him by
your people,
You are to he commended on the
thorough and intelligent manner with
which you have handled the situa‘adil{f
hin your city. Your paper will cer
tainly be rewarded for the splendid
’fig-ht which it is making for the peo
ples” interest,
’ As soon as Mayor Key rcturns to
the City I shall bring your letter to
‘his attention. You may expect a
prompt response from him,
‘ Yours very truly,
| WALKER T. LEE,
i Secretary.
} ORDINANCE NO. 451
‘ An ordinance to amend section
three of Ordiance No. 337 of the City
)nf Fitzgerald, and Section No. 147
of the Code of the City of Fitzgerald,
S 0 as to provide for notice to be serv
cd upon any person, firm or corpora
tion in possession of any fixtures,
combustibles, explosive substances, or
other things that may be dangerous
lin causing or promoting fires, who re
fuse upon instructions and directions
of Chief Fireman to remove or alter
satd conditions, and to provide for
the punishment for violations of said
ordinance and Code section, and for
other purposes,
SECTION 1. Be it further 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 ordinance, that Section Three of
Ordinance 337 of City of Fitzgerald
and Code Section 147 of the Code of
the City of Fitzgerald, be, and the
same is hereby amended, as follows,
to-wit: By adding after the words,
“to remove or alter the same”, the
following: provided, that if any per
son, firm or corporation, shall refuse
Ay
R SRR AT
CENTRAL CHURCH OF CHRIST
Corner of Lee and Jessamine Streets
Bible School 10:30 a. m.,, W. A.
Adams Superintendent,
Preaching 11:15 a. m. by Rev.
Steven A. Habaush of Galilee.
Junior C. E. 11:15 a. m. ’
Preaching 8:00 p. m. Theme “The
Tabernacle” from chart in which the
speaker will answer the question “can
people outside of the Church be
saved?”
Prayer Meeting Wednesday 8:00
p. m. Leader Mrs. M. O. Bradshaw.
Those of all Faiths and no Faith
welcomed to all of the above services
“Come thou with us and we will do
thee good.”
| S. A. STRAWN, Minister.
| STowme e
CENTRAL METHODIST
i EPISCOPAL CHURCH
| ISAAC P. TYSON, Pastor
} Sunday School 10:00 a. m.
Preaching Sunday 11:30 a. m. and
8:00 p. m. 1
Address by Mr. J. J. Flanders, Ed
itor of the Ocilla Star.
This followed by the Sacrement of
the Lord's Supper.
Preaching at the evening hour by‘
Rev. A. W. Reese, P. E. |
League service 7:15 p. m. i
Woman’s Missionary Society Mon
day 4:00 p. m.
Midweek Prayer Service Wednes
day 8:00 p. m.
Board of Stewards Thursday at 8:00
p m.
Public cordially invited to all ser
vices.
THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
[ Morning Service 11 o’clock.
l(fhristian Endeavor 7 p. m.
Evening Service 8 p. m.
Visitors and strangers are always
welcome.
R, M. MANN, Pecsvor.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
Corner Main and M:=gnclia,
Sunday School 106 G a. ra.
Preaching 11:30 a .m. and 8:00 o’-
clock p. m.
Sunbeams 3:00 p. m.
Bi Y. P,/U 700 9. m.
Men’s Prayer meeting Monday 8:00
p m.
Mid-week Prayer meeting Wednesday
8:00 p. m.
A cordial welcome to all to attend
these services.
J. F. Singleton, Pastor
PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH
Preaching 11:30 a. m.
Bible Study every Sunday at 10:30
a m,
B. F. Tolle, teacher Adult class.
Mrs. W. M. Blackwell teacher Jun
ior Class. “Miss Lucy Whitley pian
ist.
Prayer meeting each Wednesday 8
. m.
You are invited to worship with us
Walter M. Blackwell, Pastor.
KENNEDY MEMORIAL |
BAPTIST 'CHURCH
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Corner Gordon & Altamaha Sts. ‘
REV. C. A. GINN, Pastor.
Sunday School 10:00 a. m. 1
Preaching at 11:00 a. m.
B P Urat7o m
Preaching immediately after B. Y.
s U,
Midweek Prayer meeting Wednes
day 7:30 p. m.
to comply with the instructions
of: - dirsctions . "6t the . € Hiet
of Fire Department as. to re
moval or altering of any fixtures, or
combustibles, explosive substances, or
other things that may be dangerous
in causing or promoting fires, that the
said Chief Fireman shall serve upon
said person, firm or corporation a no
tice to be and appear before the May
or of said City within five days after
the service of said notice, to show
cause why the said fixtures, combus
tibles, explosive substances, or other
thing that may be dangerous in caus
ing or prompting fires, should not be
removed or altered, and said person,
firm. or corporation, should within
two days, still refuse to remove or al
ter said fixtures, combustibles, explo
sive substances, or other things that
may be dangerou in causing or pro
moting fires, that in that event, said:
person, firm or corporation shall bei
deemed guilty of disorderly conduct
and punished as provided in Code Sec
tion 109 of the Code of the City of
Fitzgerald. . |
SECTION 2. Be it further ordained
by the authority aforesaid, that all or
dinances and parts of ordinances in
conflict with this ordinance be and the.
same are hereby repealed. |
Read first time March 7th, 1912,
Read the second time April 4th 1921
and passed by tre following vote.—
“Yes' '7 votes. “No” None. |
Approved this the 6th day of April
1921,
Attest:
David L. Paulk, City Clerk.‘
J. L. Pittman, Mayor.
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Editor Flanders At |
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Work After Accident
Gl |
Editor J. J. Flanders of the Ocilla
Star, who was painfully injured in an
automobile smash-up on the I,)ixic‘
Highway near Hawkinsville last;
month, was back at his editorial desk
this week, with one arm in a Siing!
and otherwise a little the worse for
wear, but in good spirits.
lEditor and Mrs. Flanders’ many
friends in Fitzgerald and the sur
rounding section will be glad to learn
of his recovery.
| The Peanut.
~ The common peanut grows in a pe
culiar way that is distinctly original.
The little plant sends up its shoots,
‘with the fruit on the end of a some
what stiff stalk, and then before it
ripens the stem beuds over and care
; fully pushes the fruit underground. As
pigs are said to be especially fond of
these, It has been humorously sug
gested that the plant does this to hide
its nuts from the porker’s too inquisl
tive investigations.
One Friend Didn’t Bother Her.
Peggy used exceedingly bad English
and was continually being corrected
by her teacher, also her mother and
aunt. One day after the usual “set:
to” she heaved a sigh and, putting her
arms around her pet dog, said: “Oh
Spots, ain’t 1 glad you don’t know
grammar!”
New York Statistics.
For the various expenses of its own
government, New York city spends
almost $500,000,000 a year—more than
the Japanese empire. It has 1,000
theaters, 1,500 hotels and 1,600
churches. It turns out one-tenth of
all the manufactured goods of the
country, one-fourth of all the printed
matter, and one-half of all the cloth
ing. The annyal output of its 38,000
factories is worth more than $3,000,
000,000.
Ever Catch a Micropterus?
The black bass are of two species—
the small-mouth black bass and the
large-mouth black bass, writes Dr. R.
W. Shufeldt in the American Forestry
Magazine. Both belong to the genus
Micropterus, and are readily distin
guished through the fact that in the
last-named form the angle of the gape
of the mouth is back of the imaginary
vertical line from the center of the
nupil of the eye upon either side. So
gamy are these fish that they are
known as the “gamefish of the North,”
wnd anglers prefer to fish for them
ahove all other kinds
s
Low Cost Night Light.
By the ingenious combination of a
small stepdown transformer and an
automobile incandescent bulb, an in.
ventor has recently introduced a night
light which costs practically nothing
to operate. Indeed, this light, operat
ing on the standard alternating cur
rent supply lines. hardly affects the
usual meter, hence the cost is negli
gible,
Ancient Game of Hop-Scotch
All mere men’s games must give
pride of place as regards antiquity
to those played by children. Hop
tcotch for instance is at least 2,000
fears old. Sowme of the singing games
ire of Norse origin., while tipcat was
played 4.000 years ago.
To The Ladies
Of Fitzgerald
AS we handle only the best
meats money can buy, it gives
us great pleasure to offer it to
our customers, for wé know when
you once get thie meats we handle
you wil-b€ convinced that it is
the best that can be had.
q So let us fill your wants. The
prices are the lowest. All orders
cash on delivery.
Sanitary Market
J.L. PIGFORD, Proprietor-
PHONE 143 - - 217 EAST PINE STREET
Yule for Christmas. {
«wyule” is the old name for Christ- l
mas. and is still used in Scotland and
the north of England, and retained in
the term “Yule-log.” It was originally
In England and Scandinavia the festi- i
val cf the winter solstice. |
Explaining His Name. ‘
Jack. whose maternal grandmother
had been married three times, on be
ing asked for whom he was named,
said: “Why, I was named after moth
er’s first father.”
Awful Combat.
Jane was careful not to let her dog,
Henrietta, get into a fight, But one
day when she was out playing she
found her fighting with a black-and
white dog. She was excited and ran |
for her mother crying: *“Oh, mamma,
Henrietta is fighting with a checkered
dog.”
| The Electric Fish.
} Certain fishes exhibit peculiar elece
frical phenomena of muscles, nerves
i ind heart, which have given them the
pame of electric fishes. These have
||he power of giving eleetrical shocks
|!!‘om specially constructed and living
tlectrical bhatteries.
But She Didn’t Enjoy It
With reference to the recent divorce
suit in which the wife told the judge
she married her husband so that she
could enjoy his bathtub, a correspond
ent waggishly remarks that the hus
band seems to have kept her in hot
water all right.—Boston Transcript.
The Proper Head,
' Fogg, who has been having trouble
with his flivver, has about decided
that it ought to go into the casualty
list under the head, “Missing in Ac
tion.”—Boston Transcript.
Or Some Fancy Duds.
Ancther thing that causes a chicken
to cross the road is a show window
with a good mirror in it.—Columbia
(S. C.) Record.
Original “Limerick.”
The word is said to have been
adopted as a name for a certain kind
of nonsense rhyme because an old
song current in Ireland, which had the
same verse construction, contained
the place name “Limerick.”
FOR GOOD SOLES
Demand Your Shoes
Mgnded With
i
Patronize Home Industry
Casper Hide and Skin Co.,
Talent Served Him Well.
A story is told that in the time of
Frederick the Great there was a sol
dier who played the jewsharp so well
that his fame spread. When on guard
pne day he was asked by Frederick
to go to the palace to play for him,
the soldier refusing, as he would be
punished if he left his post. Howe
ever, when he at last played at the
palace the king was so pleased that
he gave the soldier honorable dis
sharge from military service,
A Dilemma.
Buster, three years old, saw a horse
walking down the street the other day,
He had never seen one that was not
hitched tc a wagon, and was greatly
astonished, saying: “Oh, muvver,
(here‘s a horse that’s broke off.”
As Ye Reap.
Interviewer—“ And did you work
wour way through college?”’ Prominent
oOld Party—“ No. 1 didn’t; but I'm
working my son’s way through. May
be the Lord will forgive me.”—Life.
Sticking.
Little Harry, not having taken his
customary afternoor nap, and feeling
sleepy along toward wight, said to his
I father: “Papa, you will have to make
me a new eye, this one keeps stick
ing.
Day Is What One Makes It.
Every day that is born into the
world comes like 9 burst of music and
rings itself all the day through; and.
thou shalt make of it a dance, a dirge,
or a life march as thou wilt.—~Thomas
Carlyle.
She Settled Matters.
One day at school the subject of
dlass president was brought up and
the suggestion that we vote on it. I
was not particulariy fond of any of
che girls, so to settle matters I voted
for myself, never thinking that I
would be found out. When the votes
were read out In front of the class it
was found that every one in the class
had voted for me. They all knew I
lhad voted for myself.—Chicago Trib
une.