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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.
Eidor Gelders ... ........ ...Editor
B K 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.
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THE AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION
BWill, THE CUT PRICES
LAST?—Many authoritics think
that the wave of price cutting
that has preceeded all over the
country s only a teinporary flur
¥y. They believe that m}!hin‘,j
has been done to reduce costs of |
production, and while these re
main as they are, prices must re '
main on the same level they have
held for some months \lso in|
some industries, wages have been |
raised and production has been |
curtailed by strikes, as a result of |
which prices must go higher. |
Yet on the other hand, manu l
facturers and wholesalers have|
had a sharp lesson. A consider
able share of the high prices was
due to the conviction of produc
ers and jobbers that the public
was willing to pay any old price
for all they could make and hun‘
dle.
~ They have found out that that
s not the case. They have found
‘that the public is indignant about
E::d':n‘('?. and is »“v:)-,.«w: toward
Grastic measures of cconomy to
“back them. ‘That must have an
‘eifect to bring the profiteers o
terms. It must convince them
that they would not better devote
their principal attention to mal
ing high priced goods. but that
‘they must specialize more on the
&tuf[ that can be sold at moderate
figures. Also they must expect
%u cut down thew profit margins
it they want their goods to move,
¢ A manufacturer or jobber al
ays takes a liberal view of the
profit he ought to make. lln the
:’;,,imcs when the public is buying
ceagerly, it is a matural thing to
E}:ut on the top prices he thinks
“he should have.
£ But rather' than quit or do a
Esmall business, he would aceept
ja considerably less sum. So when
.5- € public holds off, he comes
sdown ncarer to the real margin
§ what used to be considered a
ifair profit. The public can hold
thim there by continuing its poli
ey of cautious and economical
buying.
EBUSINESS GRAFT--There are|
BWays by which some salesfuen
jget business, other than the po
suasiveness of their talk, and the|
merit of the goods they have to
_H. And smart purchasing ag-|
(s 10T corporations sometinmes
:hd a way to earn money outside
bof their salaries. j_
E No doubt many orders are se
gured as the result of offering
gash or other incucements as a
VI‘SHH(II tip to a buving agent
BE a 2 man was fussy aboot taking
sl ways would be found to
miable him to profit in a less
BOArsc manner. Some people
Beking a strict moral sense can
Be handled as to do a dishono
able thing without reali g it.
# These methods of competition
e condemned by the Federal
Brade Commission, and in 104
ek cases the offending parties
Ne been ordered to cease them
Pt the commission finds that it
't‘(:\ lhé‘f‘.i.‘wii.. I olslation with
s{“ i(‘}\ to attack these practices,
B the manufacturer must pay
purchasing agent of a corpos
Bion a tip in order to get his o
BE. he must raise his price to
iy for the gratuity And all
BBR mcthods mean that inferion
BOES are substituted. The con
s that get out the best :‘;(nw':\
ot have to resort to such
jeans.
EFourteen states have laws for
ding such practices,
BBt legislation against such acts
.";nCC(]HI i?} (eoreia 1t l‘\x.l‘ he
Fomptly passed But it will
fee federal laws to stop it, as the
Pucerns in which such abuses
st do business largely across
fate lines. Bills against these
flictices have been pending thru
B Congresses. It is impossible
fsee any ground for opposing
".laa The peonle want goods
liehit and sold on their merits,
L do not propose to be taxed
Whody's graft.
THE FITZGERALD LEAD
ER—With the strine came sorme
thing that Fitsgerald has long
needed, a daily newspaper. And
the strike has proves beyond ar
gument that we DO need a daily.,
This 1s the Daily vou need, you
know the men. that are backing
this paper, vou know the experi
ence they have had and you know
that they can be relied on to make
a success out of it,
What is the matter with Fitz
gerald? The other day a sales
man was in the office and he in
quired if this was a daily news
paper and we told him that it had
only just started to be a daily.
He scemed to be surprised to
think that a city of the size and
the reputation of Fitzgerald had
not had a daily newspaper hefore.
Kindly like the old farmer who
was looking at some improved
farm machinery, he ‘shook his
head. and said, “Yes, 1 need it
but Gosh if I buy it, the old way
is the way I am used to.”
Certaitlyyou are used to the
Tri-Weekly newspaper and we
appreciate the support that has‘
been given to it, but I'L'lH('H]])(}l‘,*
YOU need a daily and we are
trying tosgive it to you. Almost
every day we meet men, business
men, farmers, to come into the
office and tell us what a good |
newspaper we are putting out,
that hey did not think that l"il'/sl
verald could put one over of such |
a caliber.
(iive us a tnal and F am sure
that you will be a regular sub
scriber from that on.
Giet the Fitzgerald spirit and
say we are going to show the rest
of South Georgia that they are
not ahead of us one particle. This
paper should be in every home in
Fitzeerald.
Some of the women who have |
bitterly denounced the acts of |
Tvrant Man in refusing them the
sutfrage for so many years, \\'ill‘
not remember to turn out to vote !
at the primaries.
And some of the politicians
that used-to deplore the unfitness
of women to vote, are now hand
ing out flattering remarks to their
female audiences.
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A ittle while ago a customer
went into a store and ordered
what he wanted without asking
the price. Now he looks over
the ads in the Leader, an! buye
when he gets wind of a bargain.
SOMETHING WRONG—(from
Cordele Dispatch) Ben Hill coun
ty closes her rural school for the
spring term this week. This is
one of the poorest news reports
that will come out of that county
during the whole vear, 1t is all
ll‘n;vdy 10 suppose in these fow
weeks the boys and \.}: o oo
fiomes in the rural sections of
that or any other Georgian coun
ty can have what they nced in
school work for the early half of
the vear.
And Ben Hill is not the nnl_\'!
county in this condition. Six|
months will not do for the rural!
boy and girl in school. Seven will |
not do. Eight will not do if the|
the boys and girls in the city|
schools of the state get nine—
and they do.
This state has delved into its|
treasury for a common school |
fund till it is almost bankrupt and
still we have no rural schools.
Running expenses depend almost |
wholly i most counties on this |
common school fund. People !
whao should see that the state fund |
is well spent—who should scc!
that it is augmented by local tax- |
ation for good schools, are off tht‘g
job attending to other hings. [
There are fully thirty counties |
in Georgia that draw more money |
for their schools out of the state |
treasury than they pay in from|
all sources. This is in itself all|
wrong. Four and a half million |
dollars must be raised from state |
revenues this yvear for the eom-|
mon schools-—and here are the
rural - schools already closing
when they should be just getting
headways Something is wrong.
We need rural schools in every
county well organized and finan
ced with people behind them who
will see that graded schools are
operated in line with the city
schools just as long as the schools
run in the best systems. We
need relief in the state treasury
in the cutting of appropriations
4 4 ae = o
and the equalization of taxes. |
- We need reliei from: this un- |
heard of amount of money thrown |
‘away on*a common school sys-|
(tem that does no® provide but for |
Hfour to six months in the year.|
| We neced a state appropriation |
| that the state can pay—and then |
fwe need local school support that
| will mean rural schools like those |
{in the bost city systems . |
| We have forgotten the schools |
[ for politics and moonshine liquor.
1 We have permitted the Reds to
| take hold of éverything and put
lout the schools their interests
lznul all other progressive move-:
ments—the county agents, the
dipping vats and the stock- rais
ing and stock saving work. We
have quit the normally construc
lti\'e plans and have gone to teat
l ing down, j
o All this must be stopped some
{where. Each county in Georgia
,%mnst be held responsible for the
| schools within its boundaries.
| The more money the state treas
THE LEADER-ENTERPRISE AND PRESS FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1921.
gur}' pours out to the long faced
spielers for our dear children in{
| the rural sectians. the less the
[wh(m] teim ‘they “‘have It 18
| wrong—wrong in the very foun
| dation of the system somewhere.
| The day must come when every
| child has a fair showing in school
!,I»(-fur(t we can hope for advance
ilm-nr of substantial character.
i [t destroys the hopes of the man
| with real interest when he thn.iks;
{of the millions Georgia is pouring |
tout of its state treasury into the |
{ common school, fund and has to
[face a news item saying that the |
| riral schools are being closed |
{carly in the year. Something 15|
l wrong., !
| |
? OFFICIAL BALLOT ;
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| CITY PRIMARY, APRIL 18, 1921{
FOR MAYOR i
{ (Vote for One) |
| L. L. GRINER i
DREW W. PAULK .
FOR ALDERMEN
(Vote for Five)
E. J. DORMINEY
CLAYTON JAY
, Go L KEDCREANE.
} W. R. PAULK
| A. H . THURMOND
CLINE L. WARE
HOMER WATERS
FOR TREASURER
G. P. MINGLEDORF
FOR MEMBER WATER, LIGHT
& BOND COMMISSION
Hi L. ROUSH
FOR PRESIDENT BOARD OF
EDUCATION, :
DR. W, D. DORMINY
FOR MEMBER SCHOOL BOARD
First Ward
LON DICKEY |
Second Ward
- (Vote for One)
GG PREPTY
S. W. WALKER
Third Ward
GiA S TOELEREY
Fourth Ward :
MRS. FRANK WARD
FURTHER IMPROVEMENT
IN A. B. & A. SERVICE
Announcement has heen made by
the Passenger Department of the A,
. & A. Railway of an improvement
in their passenger train service, which
will become effective Sunday, April
17th. .
With trains Nos. 1 and 2 operating
between Atlanta and Brunswick,
through service between these points
will have been reestablished for the
first time since the service was inter
rupted on March’ sth, on aatount of
the strike,
In addition to through service he
tween Atlanta and Brunswick and in
termediate points being afforded by
train ‘No. 2, leaving Atlanta at 7:15
a. m,, passing Cordele 2:50 Pl
Fitzgerald 4:.05 p. m., Douglas 5:25
p. m, and arriving Brunswick 9:00
p. m., direct connection will he made
at Fitzgerald with train No. 32 ledv
ing that point at 4:25 p, ~ passing
Tifton 5220 p. m., Moultric 6:30 p. m,
and arriving Thomasvlle 7:40 p. m.
Connection will also be made at
Nichols with train No. 12, leaving
that point at 6:05 p. m,, and arriving
Waycross at 7:10 p. m. Returning,
train No. 1 leaving Brunswick 5:45
4. m,, passing Douglas 9:40 a. m.,
Fitzgerald 11:00 a. m., Cordele 12:30
p. m, and arriving Atlanta at 6:15
p m., will receive connection from
train No, 11 leaving Waycross 7:45
a 4 m &
At Fitzgerald connection will he
received from train - No. 31 leaving
Thomasville 7:35 a. m, - passing
Moultrie and Tifton 8:40 and 9:50 a.
m. respectively,
It will be noted - that the above
schedules will afford daily through
service in both directions between
Atlanta and Brunswick and inter
mediate ponts, and through daily
connecting service in ecach direction
between Atlanta and \Wavcross, as
well as between Atlanta and Thom
asville, Tifton and Moultrie,
Trains Nos. 1 and 2 in conncction
with Nos. 5,6, 7, and 8, afford ple
daily service between Brunswick and
Thalmann, connecting with trains of
the Seaboard Air Linc Railway to
and from Jacksonville, Savaunuh,
[Lastern and Florida pomts
Daily service in cach direction will
be continued bhetween Birminghain
and Manchester hy train No. 22 leav
mg Birmingham 6:30 a. m,, ' passing
Talladega 9:56 a. m., Roanoke 12:44
p. mi,; LaGrange 1:38 p. nn, and.,ar
riving Manchester 3:00 p. m. and No.
23 leaving Manchester 6:00 a. m.
passng LaGrange 7:14 a. m,, Roan
oke 8:09 a. m, Talladega 11:12 a. m.
a. m., will arrive Birmingham at 2:30
p. m
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After breaking out of the skin, even
ficry. itching eczema, can be quickly
overcome by applying a little I\lvu—l
tho-Sulphur, says a noted skin spec
ialist. Because of its germ destroy- |
ing properties, this Sulphur prcpara-i
tion instantly brings ease from skin |
irritation, soothes and heals the «-f‘zg
zema right up and leaves the skin |
clear and smooth. 5 i
It seldom fails to relieve the torment |
skin trouuble shouuld get a little jar
of Mentho-Sulphur from any goodi
druggist and use it like a cold cream.
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@ How To Get Relief When Head @
7 and Nose are Stuffed Up. &
X PODLOOOOGOOEEOR
Count fifty! Your cold in head or
catarrah disappears. Your clogged
nostrils 'will open, the air passages of
vour head will clear and you. caxn
breathe freely. No more snufflng,
hawking mucous discharge, dryness
or headache, no strugling for breath
at night.
Get a small bottle of Ely's Cream:
Balm from your Druggist and apply
a little of ths fragrant antiseptic
cream in your nostrils. It penetrates
through every air passage of the head,
soothing and healing the swollen or
inflamed mucous membrane, giving
you instant relief. Head colds and
catarrh yield like magic. Don't stay
stuffed up and miserable. Relief i
sure,
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'lßoad Bonds Voted
-
l In Wilcox County
| Good Road Bond Issue Election Is
Carried by a Small Margin
ABBEVILISH: - April- 14 g 4
bond election held in the .county
yesterday honds were voted by the
small margin of about seventy-five
to cighty-five votes. It required about
650 votes to carry the election and
[ there was 702 votes in favor of honds
and 202 against bonds,
’ One feature of the clection is the
isolill vot¢ that was given the honds
{in the Abbeville and Rochelle dis
‘trivh. Abbexille vote was 324 in
{ favor of bord's and 3 against bonds.
il\'m‘]n-ilv vote was 198 in favor of
{ bonds, 28 against bonds. Both Pitts
f:md Seville voted against the bond
lissue. The amount of the honds to
be issued will be $lOO,OOO, The honds
jarc for good roads.
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! “My wife has taken your medicine
jund has been wonderfully benefitted.
| For. over four years she has had
!n'(mhlv with bloating and could
15(‘2"‘(("1_\' cat any food because of this
{condition. Doctor’'s medicines did
jnot help her and an operation was
tadvised. Her brother, who is a drug
jgist, sent her a bottle of Mayr's Won
| derful Remedy and it helped her at
fonce. 1 cannot praise your medicine
:moughf' It is a simple, harmless
| preparaton that removes the catarrh
'al mucus from the intestinal tract and
?:\ll:n_\'s the inflammation which causes
| practically all stomach, liver and in
| tstinal ailments, including appendi
citis. One dose will convince or
|money refunded.—Nationa] & MecLe
?nmro Drug Cos. and druggists every
| where, Advertisement.
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| INSPECTION OF PREMISES
| sl
| By virtue of ordinance 337 a regular
[inpecfion of all premises in the city
[will begin to be made Apri! 15th and
all property owners are requested to
have their premises in sanitary condi
[tion to avoid cases being made
| against them. ~
‘W. C. WILKERSON, »
i Chief of Fire Department
By People Who Have Tried and
| Proved the Merits of
'COX'S LIVER AND
STOMACH MEDICINE
A Winn, Ala., Dec. 31, 1919,
MG A Covl
Omega, Ga. "
Dear Sir;— i
Please send me by express one
dozen hottles of your Liver and
Stomach remedy, as I have scwr;xli
calls for it. |
Send bill and will forward you;
\‘h\‘\“n . '
Want the small size bottles.
Yours truly, 2
W. L. McWhite. !
Exrpess Office Jackson, Ala. i
The original of all testimonials on |
file in the office of Cox Medicine Co,, |
Inc,, Omega, Ga. I
Cox's Liver and Stomach Medicine |
relieves Indigestion, Constipation and |
Biliousness. Especially recommended |
for delicate women and puny chi!d‘l
ren. Tastes so good.
Sold at all good drug stores. .
COX MEDICINE CO., Inc, Mir's |
OMEGA, GA. 3
’ Advertisement. |
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To Lecture Here |
Cn Merchandising
Announcement has been made hyl
W. A. Adams, secretary of the Chnm-,
ber of Commerce,. that he has ar- |
ranged to bring to Fitzgerald an il-f
lustrated lecture on retail mcrchan-i
dising. The lecture, together with al
feature film, “Getting the Most Out[
of Retailing,” will be given Tue_sda_\v'i
night May 3rd, at 8 o'clock, in the|
Court House.' Mr. W. F: Brgt_m:m.‘;
representative of The National Cash!
Register Company, of Dayton, Ohio, !
will give the lecture. ;
The lecture deals with the value of |
newspaper advertising to the mcr-‘i
chant, tells him how to prepare ad
vertisements, and also explains in“
detail the best methods of window
display, store organization, personal
selling, and business control.
The film tells the story of a mer
chant who was discouraged and dis
‘heartened' because he was not suc
cessful. The story shows the indif
ference of his clerks, his bad system,
poorly arranged stock, and other
causes of trouble. How he finally
rose to success and prosperity thru
modern mcthods is shown in the film.
I Many ideas ol imyportance to mer
chants and clerks will be brought
iout. In other communities where it
' has been shown, it has met great en
thusiasm. It is expected that every
business man and clerk in the city
will attend. There will be no charge
for admission.
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Last Honors Paid |
il illcox.
o Thomas Willcox
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| - The rémains of Thomas '\\'illcox,i
{ which e tisited by hundreds of hisi
| friencs at the undertaking parlors of :
§lh(- Home Furniture Co., where they
{lai¢ in state during Wednesday and |
| last night pending the arrival of mem
!lwrs of his family in the city, were
I(‘;m'od to their last resting place this
afternoon, after impressive funeral
‘sorvicos at the Central M. E. church,
conducted by Rev. I. P. Tyson. The
pal bearers were Charles Lee Rogers,
Everrett Martin, E. E. Dorminey,
Reason Paulk, Geo, Bo‘ney, and Rob
i ert Prentiss, members of Mar-McDon
| ald post American Legion, of which
‘UIC unfortunate young man was e
| member.
i Beautiful floral offerings from many
lfricnds and societies covered -the cas
| ket, token of love fer the diseased and
| his family.
i The remains were carried by auto
| to Ocilla accompanicd by a concourse
| of friends, where they were laid be
§<i(lc those of his heloved parents.
!
Crowder Report On
| Cuba Is Received
' —_—
lSeayas Faction Is Favored in His
i Reports
| wE
| WASHINGTON, April 14th, —A
:fina] report of Major-General Crowd
{er on the condition of Cuba was re
jicvi\’v‘d at the state department today.
| It is understood the report is favora-
E‘\]L‘ towards the Seayas faction.
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; Leader Want Ads Pay!!
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Q.—ls there really any difference
in batteries?
A.—Yes, but there are really only
two kinds of batteries. Those with
wood seperators and those with
Threaded Rubber Insulation. -
Q—ls Threaded Rubber Insulation
t®e only featare 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 CentraljAve.
Telephone (573
Will d
Batteries
Office Phone 511
Res. Phone 545
J. T. BRICE, D. C.
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Chiropractor
Rooms 201-202
Farmer-Gaibutt Bldg.
Office Hours. 9:30-12-1:30-5
Other Hours By Appointment
Fitzgerald -:- Georgia
NOTICE TO REBECCAS
There will be no meeting tonight.
MRS. C.. A. Miller, Secretary.
Ejal-hztgo, like -all vegetables that
have been cultivated {from remote
times, is of Fastern origin. '
FOR GOOD SOLES
Demand Your Shoes
Mel}ded With
5 LEATHER
P 8 CasezrHioE & Skan Co.
| TiTZGERALD, GA
Patronize Home Industry
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REFRIGERATORS |
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in a refrigerator---previding, of course,
that it is a well-built and of standard
American make.
Time was when folks considered an
“‘ice box” a luxury---intended only for
the rich and very well-te-do folks.
Today, though, every well-informed
' American knows there are economy
and health insurance arguments back
of the wide demand and use of refri
gerators.
First of all---the economy is in the
saving on foods which normally would
spoil during hot wheather.
‘ No home in Fitzgerald can afford to
be without a refrigerator this summer.
Let us show you our new and com
plete line of Leonone refrigerators.
$15.00 to $lOO.OO
HOME FURNITURE COO.
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THAT SUIT
—last vear you thought one season’s wear was all you could normal
ly expect. g
BUT the clerk was right—there was GOOD quality of wool in the
material.,
Of course were it xiot' for DRY CLEANERS and modern clean
ing methods—you could not think of using it for GOOD wear again
this season.
Al 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.
White Swan Laundry
DRY CLEANING AND PRESSING
: NOTICE
There were - registered for the
White Primary Election to he held
April 18th, 1921, 1474 persons. This
‘notice is in accordance with Section
33 oi the City Chrter.
Dated this 12th day of April, 1921,
L -DAVID L. PAULK, €ity Clerk.