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Mail Matter under Act of Congress, March 18, 1897
Official Orgah of the City oi Fitzgerald
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STEWART F. GELDERS____Managing Editor
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THE RAILROAD STRIKE SITUATION--
The railroad labor board has proposed a general
reduction in wages of twelve per cent about half
that put into effect on the Atlanta, Birmingham
and Atlantic Railway March Ist. This reductitm
includes practically all classes of labor on pract
cally every railroad in the United States. In July
the national executives of the sixteen standard
railway crafts meet in Chicago to consider the
proposed wage reduction and to consider other
changes in the working agreements between the
operators and employecs, : »
In the confernce of railway union chiefs and the
rgilroad executives, the fate of the fifteen hundred
men and women who are on strike against the A.
B. &A. wage reduction will be determined. The
strikers are confident that out of the conferences
will come a settlement which wifl include the re
instafement of the former employces.
The strikers base their belief on the supposition
that the union chicfs will demand, as part of a
national working agreement, that all men now on
strike against wage cuts not authorized by the
railroad labor board shall be reinstated. Fhey
believe that this demand can be secured by the
union chiefs in the negotiations by offering certain
concessionson other points which will be included
in the national agreements. If the union chiefs
make it to the advantage of the raNroad npcral()rfi
to reinstate the strikers, the operators can very
easily bring pressure to bear on the executives of
the roads whose union employees aie on strike
which will cause the reinstatement of the strikers.
On the other hand, if the national union chiefs
fail to prove faithful to the strikers, or if they are
outgeneraled by the railroad exelutives, this pres
sure will not be ‘brought to bear. Union labhor
will be placed on trial in these negotiations as it
has never been before. It will be a great test
of loyalty and of leadership. The strikers are
confident that unionism will stand the test.
THE WAY TO HAVE A FAlR—Crisp county
apparently is in danger of missing its annual coun
ty fair this year according to the following from
the Cordele Dispatch: :
We have not heard a word of a fair for
Crisp county this fall. Last year it put the
home folks to a close fight to keep from los
ing money. "This year the only thing that
has been done was the drafting of a grand
jury recommendation calling on the fair offi
cials to keep the gates shut on the gambling
devices. Unless there is some sort of public
interest manifested very soon on the part of
the stock raisers and the good farmers, it is
quite sure that the fair officials will see that
the grand jury's request is followed with pre
cision. But it will be quite out of the ordinary
to try even one season without a fair
It seems that people generally can think of more
“don'ts” for public enterprises than anything
else. “Don’ts” are all very well and necessary
but nothing can be DONE on “don’ts” alone. 1:
takes some “do’s” to get things started and keep
them going. Editor Charlie Brown's inference
that the grand jury’s advice will be followed by
precision in keeping the fair gates closed en
tirely is well phrased. It is much easier to
“don’ts” a good thing to death than it is to
overdo it. The “don'ters” probably keep the
world from going to the bow wows but it is the
doers thaf make it do whatever going it does.
A fair is a great institution and serves many
good purposes. It gives the farmers some place
to show their good work and gives people an op
portunity to see and appreciate good work. It
gives other farmers “something to shoot at” for
Yuture work by giving display. of striking exam
ples of the accomplishments of others, It draws
people together to think a little along construc
tive ‘lines.
It is a pity human nature isn't so constructed
that everyone, city folks and country folks alike.
will flock to a place to see this sort of display of
worthwhile things. It is a fact, however, that
only about half of the people who attend a fair
go with the primary purpose of seeing displays
of agriculture, live stock fancywork, and other
solid and serious things. They go first to be
entertained by lighter things. Having gone,
however, they are willing to take in all the sights
and are benefitted and improved, feel a broader
respect for the good work that they see and for
the workers that created it. It has been esti--
mated by experienced county fair promoters that
forty per cent of the people who pay admission
to enter a fair ground go primarily to see the
the strictly fair exhibits, the agricultural, ' live
stock, poultry, and home economics disnlays.
The other sixty per cent go to enjoy the lighter
“ntertairments and receive the benefits of the
better things as a secondary interest. Some say
that the two classes are more evenly divided
than that but admit that good entertainment is
the strongest.drawer of people and it is people,
'um‘.wrs of people, that spells success or failure
v a fair, from whatever point of view success
is rated.
‘THERE’S MANY A SLIP 'TWIXT THE CUE
AND THE LlP”—The following from the Nash
ville Herald taken in connection with the number
of hogs on Ben Hill Farms is a striking object
fesson of the need for a better selling system for
farm produce. Says the Herald— 2
Here we are beginning to feel rather proud
of Georgia's livestock raising record and along
comes the Moultrie Observer and informs us
that one western packing concern alone ship
ped twelve million pounds of meat into this
state last year. That doesn’t sound so very
good for a state that is trying to find a pro
duct with which' to offset the ravages of the
boll weevil.
~ The real pity of shipments of live hogs to Geor
gia packing houses to keep them from having to
shut down is that plenty of hogs are being raised
in Georgia te keep every packing house running
most of the time. The trouble is that the hogs are
raised in dozens and half-dozens on theusands of
If;arms and are not concentrated at any one point
|in large enough quantities to make it worth the
' while of packing house buyers to go get them.
| Georgia farmers could ‘produce six timics the
| number of hogs they are producing now and the
|pr(~.\<'nt packing house facilities of the state could
handle the meat and the present demand for pack
| ing house'meat would consume it all ar good prices
| But until a system is provided whereby each farm
er with a few hogs can reach the packing houscs,
millions of pounds of western meat will continue
to be shipped into this state-to be handled in Geor
gia packing houses.
Co-operative selling is the obvious cure for this
evil of Georgia agriculture. The more hogs sold
at one time, the better price each hog usually
brings.. More buyers will go to a place where
they are assured of having a chance to bid on fcur
or five cars of hogs than will go to bid on 2 car
or less and usually the more bids the higher the
bids. Several cars of hogs can be shipped with
less waste expense than a car or less and the farm
er always has to foot the bill for any waste 'n the
shipping. It is simply taken off the price. ’
-~ The Ben Hill Farm Bureau has staged two co
operative hog sales. Neither were large salts,
ncither brought war time prices for meat or
made anyone suddenly rich. It is a cerainty that
the prices would have been better had there been
more hogs and had ‘the farmers used better judg
ment in selecting and preparing the hogs for he
sale. - Co-operative hog sales usually “get betier
as they go along,” Future sales should be mo-.
satisfactory to buyer and seller. The demand ex
ists for Georgia porkers, against whose retail price
the packers will not have to charge up high freight
rates, and the supply of Georgia porkers exist; in
all corners of this great state. There 2 1 Ilv
“too many slips twixt the cup and the lip” nd
those slips must be removed by co-operative 1!
ing. i
“CARRYING COALS TO NEWCASTLE"—
Under the heading “Talking of transporting an
thracite to a British Port” the irrepressible Bill
Biffem of the Savannah Press reports that ‘“‘one
of the Bliss brothers came in from their truck
farm Saturday to purchase a trio of watermelons
for home consumption.”
The Leader is inclined to wonder how much of
that sort of thing is done in this God-blessed sec
tion of country where the soil will produce in
abundance anything and everything that man
cam wish. We know a farmer, whose name we
won't mention, who recently bought several bales
of hay to feed his stock. The hay was raised
;sumeplacc west of the Mississippi. It cost a few
dollars and those few dollars probably will not
cross the Mississippi again for some vyears to
come. Certainly the purchase of watermelons in
Savannah by a truck gardner is no more ridicu
lous than the purchase of hay by a South Geor
gia farmer. '
- The compensating virtue of the present so
called business depression in the South is that
South Georgia farmers are going to live more at
‘hom&@for the next few years than they have ever
lived before. Having been brought with un
usual violence to appreciate the value of the
dollar, they are going to plan to turn loose as
few dollars as possible for things they can raisc
themselves. They are going to spend those dol
lars for luxuries and convenienles that will make
rural life more enjoyable, for better clothes, and
automobiles, and things they can't produce at
home.
When one thinks of the hogs that were shipped
to Georgia by the big packers to keep Georgia
packing houses from having to close their doors
and of the broad acres of Georgia land lying idlc
that .could .well be producing corn and peanuts
and hay and other things that make hogs thrive.
one can hetter appreciate the need for liberal
support to the state college of agriculture’s ex
tension department. :
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OUT in Kansas a Mrs. Monkey at the zou nai:
given birthi to a little monkey, and the little d2= il
is so thin they have named it Georgette.—lthica.
(N.Y,) Journal. ¢
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“A San Fransico man brought suit for divorce,
objecting to his wife bringing a pet lion tn bed
with her.” Gee! some husbands are certainly fin
icky !—~Helena (Magntana) Independent.
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ABOUT the only advantage a horse has i 3 that
e doesn’t have to take off his shoes when he goes
to bed.—Galveston News.
A horse bit the rear tire of our nc?;:hl.-)rs';m‘m:
nd blew out his teeth.—Edmonton (Can) Journal.
WALTER Little, our well known fellow-towns. |
man, was picking blackberries last week and was
badly gassed by a skunk—Arkansas Thomas Cat..
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THE LEADER-ENTERPRISE AND PRESS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 1921.
Salts Fine For |
Aching Kidneys,
We Eat Too Much Meat Whichi
Clogs Kidneys, Then The |
Back Hurts
Most folks forget that the kidneys,
like the bowels. get sluggish and clog
ged and need flushing occasionally,
else we have backache and dull mis-|
ery in the kidney region, severe hcad-%
aches, rheumatic twinges, torpid liv
er, acid stomach, sleeplessness and‘
‘all sorts of bladder disgrders. |
You simply must keeep your kid
neys active and clean, and the mo
ment you feel an ache or pain in the
kidney region, get about four ounces
of Jad Salts from any gpod drug
store here, take a teaspoonful in a
few days and youur kidneys will then
glass of water beforp breanfast for a
act fine. This famous salts is made
irom the acid of grapes and lemgn
ijnirc. combined with lithia, and is
j harmless to flush clogged kidneys
| and stimulate them to normgl activi
|ty. It aso neuutraizes the acids in
Ilh(; urine so it no longer irritates
thus ending b’adder disorders.
Jad Salts is harmless; inexpensive;
makes a delightiul effervescent lithia
water drink which everybody should
take now and then to keep their kid
neys clean, thus avoiding serious com
plications. e
A well-known local druggist says
he seils lots of Jad Salts to folks who
believe in gvercoming kidney troubile
while it is only trouble.
. adv.
l No Worms in a Healthy Child
All children troubled with Worms have an un
healthy color, which indicates poor blood, and as e
rule, there is more or less stomach disturbance.
GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC given regularly
for two or three weeks will enrich the “blood, im
prove the digestion, and act as a General Strength
ening Tonic to the whole system. Nature willthen
throw off or dis)el the worms, and the Child will be
in perfect healtl'. Pleasant to take. 60c per bottle,
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SPECIALS
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10 yds. 25¢ Percale - §9c
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25¢ Matress Ticking yd. 9i¢
$1.75 Mens Overalls 89c¢
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THE FAIR STORE
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'2lO-212 East Pine Street .- - .. . Fitzgerald, Georgia
Mr and Mrs. €. H: Smyth re-‘
ceived a message this a. m, stating
that Mr, Charles H, Smyth Jr. had
received his final discharge from the
U. S. Navy he will be at home with
his parents at 415 North Grant street
after today,
Mr, W. M. Martin, General Chair
man of the former employees of the
A. B, & A, left Tuesday for Chicago
to attend the sessions of the Railway
Unions conference with the Railway
executives and the U. S. Labor Board.
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A TONIC
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Energy and Vitality by Purifying and
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it brings color to the cheeks and how
it improves the appetite, you will then
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Grove's Tasteless chill Tonmic is simply
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$3.50 Ladies Over Blouse $1.39
$6.00 Ladies Over Blou = $2.85
20¢ White Lawn, yd. 10c¢
65c Fancy Qil Cloth yd. 29,¢
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