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The Fitzgerald Leader
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Entered at the Post Office at Fitzgerald as Second Class
Mail Matter under Act of Congress, March 18, 1897
MGI cop L e e T ee R T
Official Organ of the City of Fitzgerald
ISIDOR GELDERS __._______..___.__-_-_-Ed'QOl‘
STEWART F. GELDERS----Man‘aging Editor
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Local readers 10c per line for each insertion. No ad
taken for less than 30 cents. AMERICAN PRESSE
ASSOCIATION, foreign Adv. Representatives,
ALL DAYS ARE “MOTHER’S DAYS”
By D. G. BICKERS
I take not kindly to one day apart,
One out of all the year-full, however fair,
One day on which dewvotion of the heart
Shall center ‘round Her—'T'wer small share /
Of time to consecrate to Mother—Through
The year ALL days were Mother’s day—for you
From mystic times when 'neath her heart
You nestled, from the night she bore
Anguish supreme, a Mother’s willing part,
To bring you into being; aye, then more
In tedious days and sleepless nights of care
That you might know the least of pain
And®have the better chance well to prepare
From manhood’s measure full of gain— -
Nor then did her devotion lessen, still
Each day, all day, cach hour of every night
Her ceaseless, ne’er-withholding love until
The last hope vanished—told itself in might
Stronger than life or death! ONE day
For mother, only one in all the year? "T'would be
But paltry, mean return if you should pay
Less than a LIFE-time’s perfect love that she
May feel with every heart-throb on your way,
Year after year, you lived an endless Mother’s
Day!
THE WHITE FLOWER.
Some there will be this day who have not on
the symbol of the mover-love__
But in their hearts they wear the whitest
flower!
¥ eet . 8
THE BAND WAGON'S STARTING, GET
ABOARD—The Fitzgerald Retail Merchants
Association meets tonight to crank up the twelve
cylindered 6000-horse-powered, dynamite-burn
ing, motor of the business band wagon of Fitz
gerald. A committee of business men has been
tuning up the motor and doping the friction points
and pumping up the tires for a week. The band
wagon is ready to run, fast and far. .t aboard.
“Innumerable little compromises that the gen
eral public will never know about have been made
by rivals and competitors in order to clear the
track for the big co-operative community effort
for a more prosperous Fitzgerald. Public spirit
no less than good business sense has opened the
way through numberless little cross-fires and en
tanglements for a sure enough “bring-home-the
bacon” voyage for the business band wagon.
And the nice thing about a band wagon is that
the heavier the load of passengers the smoother
and faster and farther it travels. The Retail Mer
chants Association wants a full cargo of brains
and enterprisc aboard when the . wheels start
turning tonight. They want it so full that there
won’t even be a corpoaral’s guard left on the
ground to cheer or knock as the parade starts.
When Conductor Will Haile shouts “All aboard !”
and gives the “high ball” signal every business
man in town wants to be on the front seat.
Fitzgerald is ready for big expansion. Its mer
cantile establishments warrant big expansion.
Their proprietors have worked hard and ably to
make them worth the patronage of any man or
woman who can ride walk or crawl into Fitzger
ald for forty miles around. They are going to get
togetheg tonight to start the program of “selling
Fitzgerald to Central South Georgia.” If the
sales 'efl'ort is determined enough, is backed by
all the self-confidence that is warranted and is
sustained by the same degree of community per
sistence and courage that has characterized indi
vidual business men who make up the commun
ity, there is no chance of failure, no possibility of
anything but enormous community success,
And the developments of the future depend
largely on the start that is made tonight. There
is a va®ant chair in the Chamber of Commerce
just begging you to come and sit in it tonight,
Mr. Business Man. Don’t disappoint it, .
AR A
THE MYSTIC SYMBOLS OF THE COUNCIL
CHAMBER—"6B-45-40 How?" the figures and
the query buzz around the brains of Fitzgerald
councilmen, caper through their dreams, sit up
on the foot of their beds and make faces at them.
Dodson’s Liver Tone
Killing Calomel Sale
Don’t sicken or salivate yourself or
paralyze your sensitive liver by taking
calomel which is quicksilver. Your
dealer sells each bottle of pleasant,
harmless “Dodson’s Liver Tone” under
an ironclad, money-back guarantee
that d? regulates the Yivor, stomach and
bowels better than calomel without mak
ing you sick—ls million bottles sold.
gt ————— oo
A Ditamma,
Buster, three years old, saw g horse
walking down the street the other day
He had oever seen one that wasx not
hitched t¢ 8 wagon, and was greatly
astonished, saying: “Oh, muvver,
Sere's a horse that's broke off.”
they are the mystic symbols of the council cham
ber, the secret pass weord into the happy (?) realm
of public service in Fitzgerald at the present time,
the magic series to learn whose secret nine good
men and true went through a hot political cam
paign last month.
The question surges and falls and rises and
staggers and the little red devils switch their tails
and thrash the brain cells and beat the gray mat
ter to a phizzing froth in the brains of the city
fathers. Its a sad story, mates, “68-45-40-how ?”
Deciphered, the secret code stands for the fol
lowing table:
Water, Light and Power Plant Improvements
and water main extension, $68,000.
High School annex and auditorium, $45,000.
First Ward School building, $40,000.
How canwe get it?
And a little black figure struggles for admission
into the circle of mystic symbols. It will amount
to about $20,000 for a new building for the ‘col
ored school chldren. The figure may be larger. It
certainly should be large enough to provide safe
and ample accomodations for the dependent race
that looks entirely to the justice and good will of
the white race for its civic and political well being.
A bond issue of $173,000, which seems to be
just about the least it is of use to discuss, is a
big figure. Every dollar of the money is needed
and if secured would be put to good use and
would fit in splendidly with the “Greater Fitz
gerald” idea. But will the voters see it that way?
The only way to find out is to givc" them a chance
to vote on it,
OVER-DOING THE PEONAGE SENSATION
—From Tifon Gazette—Newspaper readers have
surfeit of so-called “peonage” cases. Following
the startling and horrible disclosures of the state
of affairs on the Williams farm, in Jasper county,
we have been treated to one after another “ru
mor” and “report” of peonage here and prosecu
tion there and promised disclosures in one place
an:l prospective sensations in another wuntil the
public turns away from the whole thing in dis
gust. Commenting on some of these sensational
and unwarranted news storics, the Augusta
Chronicle says:
“Gracious knows that the disgrace of the
“murder farm” of which we know is bitter enough
pill for Georgia without parading untrue “news”
of the finding of additional “murder farms.”
“Following the arraignment for the crime on
one ‘murder farm’, there has sprung up the
‘follow” stories. There quickly came the report
that another ‘murder farm’ had been unearthed,
this time in South Georgia. No names were giv
en and no location cited other than ‘somewhere’
in ‘South Georgia. But ‘federal agents’ and got
ten their ‘tip’ on the ‘new horror’ and ‘investiga
tion” was in progress by them, ‘and a great sen
sation may be announced by them during the
next few days’ And, while this ‘advance story’
was flying on the wires and into columns of
South-hating newspapers, there comes wobbling
along the further statement that it was all a mis
take—that Vincent Hughes, head of the Depart
ment of Justice for the Southeastern States, an
nounces that there is absolutely nothing in the
second ‘murder farm’ canard, and that he ‘was
quoted without authority and made to say things
which 1 had never thought about saying.” About
the only basis for the new ‘murder farm’ story
arose from' regular reports on peonage conditions
which were received in the office of the district
attorney and turneds over to the Departrhent of
Justice for its attention. There was absolutely
nothing in these reports to suggest anything
about murders. Yet the story has gone on—into
the columns of the big papers of the North, where
it is printed under great headlines. What can be
done about it?”
Along the same line, the Thomasville Times-
Enterprise puts in a word for a*return to reason
and sober common-sense, especially on the part
of the newspapers and their correspondents:
“We are all persuaded that this is an orderly
commonwealth, that it is operated on a basis of
Justice and mosleration except in rare instances.
The rarity of these cases is not emphasized but
the impression is left that Georgia reeks with
peonage, slavery and other forms of cruelty and
oppression that wouldwdo credit to a German
army on a rm&wge. It has gone too far already,
the reflex action is coming and the people of this
State are going to demand facts in every case.
“The newspapers can work irreparable harm in
such affairs. They should never print rumors of
that chararter unless there is ample foundation
in fact and not until some form of legal procedure
has been started. It is bad enough to have thefe
isolated cases but it is not bad enough to be
branded as savages. It is neither pertinent to
justice or right to have the red-rag newspapers
of the North send their special correspondents
down here to make something out of nothing
and to portray in glaring headlines the savagery
of the State of Georgia.”
Miss Margie Yancey of Mcßae is
the attractive guest of Miss Annicl
May Hargrove on South Main street.
Dr. and Mrs, J. C, Fussell have as‘
their guest at their home on Southl
Lee Street their sister Miss Elizabeth
Fussell of Cordele. ;
Mrs. T. S. Matthews and lovely
little daughter Jane Elizabeth left‘
today for their home in Atlanta after
a delightful visit to friends here.‘
Mrs. Matthews was the recipient of
many social attentions. i
¢
Joit for the Ducter. 1
Drink sour milk and eat potato
peelings, advises Doctor Boynton of
Bellingham. and live long lives: bat
that s wha( hogs eat and none gers |
gray at it—"Poriland Oregennn 1
THE LEADER-ENTERPRISE AND PRESS FRIDAY, MAY 6th, 1921
As Ye Reap.
Interviewer—*“And did you work
your way through college?" Proininent
Old Party—*No. I didn't; but I'm
workin: my son's way through. May
be 1 'ord will forgive me."—Life.
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Fitzgerald .:- Georgia
The Story of
Our States
By JONATHAN BRACE
XVIIL.—OHIO
HE North
&- Oiy & T west Ter
a ritory, of
g RN\ which Ohio is
B AL 00l a part, was a
% % _\;': bone of con
o B tentionbe
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tween Spain,
France and England. Spain's
claim was based on the voyage
of De Soto up the Mississippi
river. France, through the ex
plorations of La Salle from the
north and the éarly entry of
French priests from Canada,
considered this territory theirs,
As for England, she rested her
claims on the discovery of North
America by the Cabots, and in
the charter granted to Virginia
included all the country lying
to the West.
The French were the first to
get a foothold in Ohio, but the
English pioneers, who shortly
began to drift westward, firm
ly established their settlements
in ?lsxe fertile Ohio valley. Af
ter a long period of warfare,
in which' the Indians played a
leading part, the Northwest Ter
ritory was finally ceded to the
United States by the Treaty of
Independence in 1783. And Vir
®inia and other states, which
had laid claim to portions of
this region turned over their
rights to the federal govern
ment.
The government of the North
west Territory was formally
created by the ordinance of
1787, People from the East mi
grated into this territory in
Such numbers that by 1803 Ohio
was taken into the Unlon as the
Seventeenth state. The fourth
largest state in size of popula
tion, Ohio has 24 electoral votes
for President, while in area,
with its 41,040 square miles, it
ranks only thirty-fifth, which
shows how densely it is popu
lated. It is noted as the state
of Presidents. President Hard
ing makes the seventh Ohioan
to fill the presidential office,
The name Ohio is derived from
the Iroquois word O-hee-yo,
meaning “beautiful river.” It
was first applied by the Indi
ans of the Five Nations to what
we now call the Allegheny riv
er, one of the chief tributaries
of the Ohio. Gradually the
name came to include the whole
river, sometimes even being ap
plied to the Mississippi. Later
it was confined to the river be
tween Pittsburg and Cairo, and
appropriately the 'first state
formed on its northern bank
was named -after it. Ohio is
often called the Buckeye State
from its lagge number of horse
chestnut trees.
(© by McClure Newspaper Syndlcate.)
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l Mentho-Sulphur, a pleasant cream,
will soothe and heal skin that is ir
ritated or broken out with.. eczema;
lthat is covered with ugly rash or
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ing subdues fiery skin " erruptions so
quickly, says.a noted skin specialist.
' The moment this sulphur prepara
‘tion is applied the itching stops and
after two or three applications, the
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lightfully clear and smooth. Sulphur
is so precious as a skin remedy be
cause it destroys the parasites that
cause the burning, itching or dis
figurement. Mentho-Sulphur always
heals eczema right up.
A small jar of Mentho-Sulphur
may be had at any good drug store.
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Boys know nearly as many untrue
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remember their saying that, “if a tur
tle got hold of a boy’s toe it wouldn’t
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; THE GEORGIA SHOE:COMPANY :
SPECIALS
for 3, Day--Friday, Saturday, Monday
THIS 1s not a Sale, but just 3 days of Specials we
-now have in some of our stock and we are going
to give a few Specials and want you to come and
See our new stock, whether you buy or not. -
All New Goods, No 01d Stock!
Specia-! ‘For Friday, Saturday, Monday
Men’s Half HOSE .:
25c value, 3 pair for
B
25 cents
Men’s Dress SHIRTS,
$1.50 values only
79c
Ladies’ Lisle HOSE—
-75¢ value only
49 cents
Georgia Kmt SOX
25¢ value, 3 pair for—
-39 cents
3 Pr. to a Customer
Children’s Gingham
DRESSES, fast colors,
$3.00 values for only
The Georgia Shoe Co.
307 East Pine St., B. Casper, Proprietor
The Wweekly wasn,
To the man who has a brand new
car, and his first one, every Sunday
Is “clean-up” day. But he gets over
jit.—Mohawk Messenger.
Old Invention,
The square bottom paper bag, which
)as been In almost universal use for
half a century, was the invention of a
woman Miss Magie Knight of
Holyoke. Mass.
s, 6 ’ 99
Sunday May Bth, is “MOTHER’S DAY
The day set apart in honor of the mothers of the
land; the day on which every one who is distant
from his mother will delight in sending her a
message of affectionate greeting.
The Western Union Telegraph Company |
Demand Your Shoes
Mended With
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Casper Hide and Skin Co.,
Wholesalers and Jobbers, Dry Goods, Sewer
Pipe, Auto Accessories, Springs, Leather
and Ffndings.
We will buy one million pota
to plants at $1 per thousand,
delivered at the warehouse.
Ladies’ Bungalow Ap
rons, fast colors, $2.50
values only
$1.49
Come and get yours!
Special for Saturday
"'One lot of Ladies’
Gingham Dresses, $4
values only
Special for Saturday
One lot of Children’s
MIDDY SUITS $4.50
values only
Special for Seturday
Men’s Work SHIRTS
best grade only
N
89 cents
Special for Monday
OVERALLS, $1.50
values only
98 cents
One lot ladies’ Pumps
5.00 values, on table,
Your Choice for
$2.49
Ladies Dress Oxfords,
and two eyelet Ties,
$7.00 values only
One lot 0 Men’s H'igh
Top SHOES, $5.00
values only.
$2.95
One lot of Men’s Work
SHOES, $4.50 wvalues,
only
$2.69
Best Grade Overalls,
$2.504 values only
$1.35
H. A. Mathis
OPTOMETRIST and -
MFG. OPTICIAN
Eyes examined, Glasses furnished.
Broken Lens Duplicated
We Srind Our Own Glasees,
Men’s $6OO WORK
SHOES for
$3.50
Men’s Dress Oxfords
$B.OO values, only
$4'95 -
Men’s UNION SUITS
$1.50 values only
89 cents
Army Trench Jacket,
| $B.OO value only
$3.95 .
SHOE SOLES only
15¢ pair or two pair for
- 25 cents