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PROBE THE DOUGLAS
WRECK—Union labor, or union
sympathizers, got the blame from
a prolific newspaper correspon
dent at Douglas for the wreck
that occured there Tuesday morn
ing. Other agencies blamed the
unions or their sympathizers for
(it.” Advocates of union labor have
already made out a strong case
in their favor in regard to that
‘wreck. Neither side has produced
any positive proof of its conten
tions, not enough to completely
satisfy adair minded man.
Union labor and union labor’s
friends want proof postive. They
have confidence i the merit of
their contention that the wreck
was accidental, just as was the
collision in Fitzgerald Tuesday
‘night, and the melting off of an
~engine truck wheel in Fitzgerald
Wednesday afternoon, and several
other mishaps that have occured
to A. B. andP A. property since its
efficient and erperienced work
smen walked out rather than pas-
Sively accept ,gwqgging wage re
ductions %wssxty has not
been proved by investigation of
any impartial agency, or before
a’n{} established tribunal. :
. Union labor and union labor's
friends do not want the cause of
that wreck left to conjecture ; they
want either conviction or com
plete vindication. It 'is intimated
that a federal investigation is pos
sible. The Leader certainly hopes
‘that such investigation “will be
‘made. $ :
. BETTER SCHOOLS FOR
BEN HILL—Four . one-teacher
“schools in Ben Hill county will
cease to exist on April Bth, com
mencement day, and next Octob
er the pupils who ordinarily
would have gone to one of those
four schools to learn everything
from one, overburdened teacher
will either go to a néw Eureka-
Evergreen school where three
teachers will divide the work, or
to Ashton school where at least
~seven teachers will each have an
opPortunity to specialize in the
lines of work they are best fitted
to teach. |
" The school consolidation which
has been effected is not as com
plete as was hoped when the first
\school consolidation meeting was
called at Ashton last month. At
first it had been hoped that all
four of the little schools could be
merged with Ashton. That, how
ever, proved to be too sweeping a
change for the present. It will
come in the future. gl
It is difficult to overestimate
the importance of consolidating
small rural schools. Gone is the
day of the “little red school hotise
on the hill” where children from
pinafore age to long trousers and.
done-up hair all learned reading
and writing and ’rithmetic from
the oyerworked teacher. Gone it
is with the day of King Cotton’s
“absolute reign in the South. It is
true that the “little red "school
house” developed some of Amer- |
iea’s greatest men. Lincoln had fi;
not even that. But these men:
were developed in spite of the
‘handicap of ineficient and insuf
ficient education, not because of it. ‘
Education supplies the tools
with which the brain “works to
wand success. In the - old days
ien &' fatmer plinrted oily: cot-
.ton, he used his brain very little.
“and has found that method of do
ing business unsatisfactory . The
farmer of today who is diversify
/ing and is going to make money
-afterithis temporary period of de
rressi@n is gone, needs and usual
¥ has more education, better tools
“of the brain, than.did his prede
cessor who worked his life out be
tween cotton rows that cotton
"gamblers might prosper.*
.. Thegyoungster who is going
.10 a cqnsolidagd :school, having
&n mind trained b{ " efficeint
- school teachers, and who is learn
ing better farming methods
%:ugh active membership in
“Corn and pig calf and corn clubs,
“is.going to have still more redu
sation and still betier use of his
gbrain when he grows up, 'and is;
Bolng to dlave a better chance te
‘apccced, fhan his hardflorkmg
“Mhddy has today, o s
| Alkthese pig.and calf, and corn
%w heat ¢ fl%?»mflff’ifif. nded:so
m . ievelop better pig j’j‘_‘v ¢
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MORE GOOD ROADS
NEEDED-—Next to good schools,
good roads are the essential thing
for any section, and especially an
‘agricultural section, ,]{’Vhen the
towns and cities depend largely.
on money the farmer gets for his
produce, they should make it their
busingss to see that the farmer has
good roads over ‘which to travel
frequently and easily bring that
produce to town,
The Nashville Herald has pro
posed a new “official highway,, for
this secetion, the highway to ex
tend from Valdosta to Ray City
to Nashville, to Ocilla, and thence
along the Dixie Highway to Fitz
gerald and Northward. A direct
route for tourists through Central
South Georgia, the “Promised
Land” of the future, is Editor
Simmons first purpose in his sug
gestion. That in itself is good e
nough reason for paying especial
attention to a good road direct
from Valdosta, a point on the Nat
ional Highway, to Ocilla, where it
would connect with the Dixie
Highway. This route would save
a good many miles over either the
Dixie Short Route or the National
Highway for tourists motoring to
and from Florida.
But there is an sven more im
portant purpose in havihg a Val
dosta-Fitzgerald direct highway,
and good roads, carefully laid out
and hard surfaced, between every
important point or semi-impor
tant point in South Georgia and
every other point.. Good roads
make for sectional solidarity, for
better community spirit_.not for
the kind that would align one
small section of a state against
any other small section, but
would keep each commugity and
each town in.close tofich with
every other, that would help the
better development of all .
Roads*should be such that ev
ery farmer could drive his “fliv
ver”, if he is that kind of a farmer.
to ever{ county fair within fifty
miles of his home. We should be
able to make a one day trip to any
point where there is anything of
li%aftggest, anything' that would help
lim to make his ‘work more suc
cessful. Roads should be 26 good
that he would be able to carry his
produce fifty milés if necessary
to find the best market for his
produice, “@‘,R&fl#}\g}%fl be so
good that he Sould’ o fifty miles
or a day’s shopping trip to buy
his supplies if he could make a
better deal that way.
It is to the advantage of every
enterprising urban community
to have not only good roads but
the best of direct roads leading
into and out of it. It is certainly
to the advantage .of every rural
community to be on a hard sur
faced road that will take him as
quickly as he wants to drive as far
as he wants to go.
YOUR CUSTOMERS MUST
PROSPER FIRST—This sec
tion wants plenty of good roads
and plenty of automobiles travel
ing over them. Fitzgerald should
have an automobile show this
year at which _special attention
to the kind of antemobile that the
average farmer can'buy. If every
two-horse farmer had an automo
bile and a traifer in which to hauil
his ‘stuff, and good roads to haul
them over, we would have one
more fine section o? country,
- If business men, including au
tomobile dealers, will vo-operate
with the farmer in « business way
by helping to open new markets
and good markets for everything
the farmer can grow, pretty soon
every two-horse farmer will also
be a “one-auto farmer.” Business
men should prod the Chamber of
Commerce into lending active as
sistance to the farm bureau in
making its enterprise g o. There
should be curb markets in every
town over 5000 population -in
| Georgia. ~“The Chambers of €Com
| merce in eveery town, however
small, should use their influence
to bring more buyers to hog sales,
and to interest water melon and
cantaloupe buyers in coming to a
section to buy the crops from the
farmers, and use other means at
the disposal of commercial organi- |
zations to assist the farmers, the
.customers of the inembers of the
organizations, to prosper,
: ame people have pae peculiar
idea of the business of the Cham
ber of Commerce, think that such
a body's sole function is to get a
hospital, or a college, or an ex
‘periment station for its city from
some one's else city. That is one
“function, and a very fine one.
Such achievements are indeed a
feather in the cap of any town.
But, ye gods, let’s look to the
clothes on your back before we
‘ded'zf_uthers for dur cap!!t! - -
“The farmer must get it first”
s a slogan the Leader has quoted
several times in the past and will
‘quote at intervals in the future.
The individual business man can
do the ge‘tting FROM the farmer,
'to the best advantage of both far
mer and business man. But the
individual business man has hot
‘the means to get 1t FOR the far
‘mer. That s the “reason why”
of Chambers of Commerce in agn.
cultural communities, and towns
whose wealth comes larggly from
W& through the efforts of
#he Fitzperald Chamber of Com
fisrce and pastially through other
B e i el i
agriculturak}‘.—:‘f' population dung
1910-1920. Colquitt county was
first. The Moultrie trade body’
interested itself largely in agr
culture during the last ten years.
Moultrie merchants are feeling
the results, and will continue to
feel the: results forga long time
to come, especially since that in
terest in their customers by their
trade body is not slowing down.
~ If Fitzgerald is to be the coun
ty seat of the first county in rural
growth for the 1920-1930 period,
there has got to be something
more substantial than newspaper
editorials and newspaper ehergy
contributed toward rural develop
ment.
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| Uncie Jotms Josh |
‘ JENKINS WON'T LET
HIS WIFE DRIVE THE
CAR FOR FEAR SHE
WiILL SMASH THE ! ;
. CAR.
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Profiteering Cases
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Dismissed In Atlanta
" ATLANTA, March 24—A1l indict
ments pending in the North Georgia
district fedefal court for alleged “prof
iteering” under the Lever act have
been dismissed by the United States
district attorney, who acted upon tel
egraphic instructions from the attor
ney general at Washington. : '
Instructions to/ dismiss "the ca*esj
which have been nol prossed under the
Lever act, the distriét attorney said,
came as a result of th‘z recent decision
of the United States supreme court
which held the provisions of the act,
which was passed by Congress as a
war measure, were unconstitutional.
Among the cases which have been
nolp nossed were thost against the
Standard Oil Company, indicted for
selling coal at alleged excessive prices
and against a local grocery company,
charged with selling sugar at excessive
prices.
* The case of a local grocery company
for alleged profjteering in sugar went
to the supreme’court as a test case,
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Notice To Subscribers
If the warrier boy%‘s not delivering
your paper satisfactorily we would
appreciate it very much if you would
notify us. We now have a man to
look after the circulation and to see
that every subscriber gets his or her
paper every issue. He stays .at the
office until about 7 or 7:30 every
night especially to answer complaints
and if you have not received your pa
per he will’ be glad to send one to
you. Your co-operation will be ap
‘preciated.
As you all probably know we are
mow ' getting out ‘a daily Fitzgerald
Leader. We have had a very success
ful paper for two weeks now and we
hope to be able tq keep up the good
work. A subscription is only 20 cents
a week or if you .take the Leader-
Enterprise already it is only 10 cents
per week for the extra three copies.
Fitzgerald has long needed a daily
paper and now is your chance to sce
it have one. We are sure that if vou
will try it for a week that you will
be more than glad to continue as a
regular subscriber.
Circulation Department,
~ Leader-Enterprise.
FAIR AND WARMER .
Mabel—{‘George when 1 cance with
you, it seems as though I'm going
straight to heaven.” :
George—" Shall we reverse dear?”
-~ “Dance Review.
! . BEASTLY!
The fox and the lion both loved her;
She was a little bear;
The lion made the"fox trot home,
And got the lion’s share.-Dance Re
view.. 5
WILLING HOLD UP _
“I've been reared in the lap of lux
ury,” said the millionaire’s daughter.
“Try mine for a change,” suggested
the impecunious young man.—Balti
mare American, |
WA T L
SOME INFLUENCE .
Gertie—"“Whom do you know in the
movie gamer o T
Mazie—“l' know every picture ma
chine operator in our neighborhood.”-
Vaudevitle News, *
SR i R DR TR
* “Have you ever ‘talked this way to
any other girl?” = ¥
! Rayu-"Né, love; I%n at my best to
night."—:Pefi? Punch Bowl §
A hi-—-d.rw i i
Pictis you never know whether he's
a studetgt of gt or a movie fan~North
THE FITZGERALD LEADER THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1921.
‘A Sermon to Live By
By Rev' Elam Franklin bempsey,_ b.-D.
HOLINESS ' / g e
Text: “The Lord Our God is Holy.” P5a.999. = . .
. Holiness is a subject we rarely hear discussed these days.
It 1s well understood why this has corme to be so.
There are two reasons; really three, that one miéht name.
_ First, this Bible word, which is thus by right every Christian’s
word has been claimed by persons as a party name and, hence, has
becomé unacceptable.’ : e
Sd?ond,,Holiness has become confused with inhuman austerity
and thHought of by many in contrast to love and, hence the human
heart wliich shrinks from cold remoteness and yearns for the warmth
of love, Fus, through thic false antithesis, been repelled from the
word. :
Third, Satan and the carmality of the human heart combine to
discredit this loftiest and most essential attribute of diety. §is
. Most essential attribute, I say, for without holiness even love it
self is vitiated, for what 15 prore wretched to all concerned than an
unholy or non-holy love? . ‘ Ty
It is most gloriously true that “Godis Love,” but every reader
of the Bible knows, if it should be written in full, it would read, “God
is Holy Love,” : v e
“Of even so beautiful a trait as mercy it is written, “The tender
mercies of the wicked are cruel,” and so.much the more as love is
greater than mercy, may we say the love of the unholy are cruel.”
Never again, then, let us be guilty of the dangerous-and hurtfyl
contrast between holiness and love in which a careless and thought
less sentimentalism may have at times betrayed us. i
“For the Lord our God is Holy,” and “as He is holy so should
we be holy.”:
“Exalt the Lord our God, for He is holy.” : ;
A Thought for the Evening |
ought lor the Lvening |
. A VERSE AND A VIGNETTE .
: By Dan €. ickers .
O RN NN
THE IMPOSSIBLE S 5
Oh, any old Bo can hit the road that thousands have trav
. eled, few : .
There are who can blaze a trail that’s rough and rugged
and bard and new; ) =
What has been done anyboly can do; what’s been, you,
too, can be__. ‘ ~
It’s doing the “thing that can’t be done” that counts the
most, you see, ;
_ The difficult task that challenged faith and calls for nerve
and grit, ; :
The job that they said no man could perform___go, :
tackle and master it; S
And know that the common and usual thing the most of
us must confess.__ :
And in doing “the thing that-can’t be done” that makes
the big success. f
THE VICTOR :
There was a man who never knew defeat.____
Because he was so well acquainted with the near of kin
to.defeat___ : :
Trial and Obstacle.
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High School Debate
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To Be At Library
The triangular debate Friday night
will be held at the 'Camegie Library
instead of at the Court House as is
was announced previously. The de
bate will begin at eight o’clock.
Ned—“ Does she dance badly?” :
Fred—“ Yes, if the chaperones aren’t
looking,”—California Pelican,
' ANNOUNCES its retirement from the Junk Business and that -
it will no longer handle the lines of Rags, Paper, Scrap Iron
and the other items of the junk business. : ‘ :
* It further announces its entrance into the wholesale Shoe
and Leather business. "
-In the new Shoe and Leather..depértment the same Casper »
Quality and Casper Service that has built our business .
from a one-horse wagon to the fourth largest of its kind =
in Georgia will be offered our customers.. :iv i -
.o .w.. | «Your orders will'be appreciated. . .
CASPER HIDE & SKIN CO.
Leather Department
-+ We have built a Leather and Shoe Finding
plant, the fourth in size in the State of Georgia
and will soon add a wholesale clothing “depart
ment. : ‘
This eoncern will do a general wholesale
business in Shoes, Shoe Findings, Leather,
Ready-to-Wear, Dry Goods, and the like through
out the states of Georgia and Florida. .
Our specialty will be, the manufacture and
sale of what is known to the trade as “Casper’s.
Game Cock Rooster Sole Leather and Shoes,”
built especially for the farm trade. = . ..
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Girls Escape From
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Atlanta City Jail
(By International Néws Betvice)
ATLANTA, ‘March 24—Four girl
pri!oners are at' large today after
escaping from the city stocade by
tearing a screen from a third story
window and climbing down a ladder
workmen had left. Three Atlanta
girls and Grave McCoy of Albany
are the escapers. DOg - ol
D. F. McClatchey At
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.. Baltimore Hospital
- ATLANTA, March 24—Hon. D. F.
McClatchey, secretary of the Georgia
Senate, member of the Park Board
and widely known in Georgia, has
gone to Baltimore for “treatment at
John Hopkins, = °
Mr. McClatchey has pcen confined
to his home for several weeks on ac
count of illness. '
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“EATS FOR LESS” '
for Thursday, Friday, Saturday
1 Dozen Wine Sap Apples. .:....ic..isvive i 206
SHbbE Rpple Jelly ... 0. oLt s R G TTTY
Rose Dale California Peaches No. 2, Can............ 37¢
. Selacted- Bpanish Olives ... .1 .0 . i ih. .1 Toe
DN Per BG b e eBO
POl BGOSR T MBR. .. .5 ..o oiaa i, 308
Cairo Coffee, 1.18. package .......0 00 oiiie. e 208
Orange Pekoe Tea, The best for ice tea, per pkfe..... 23¢c
White Ride Meat, fer Ib. ... ..o naneli s INE
Smoked Country Bacon, per Ib. Veiirieivginiecens . 230
3 Bars Octagon Soap, large size .................... 25¢
Prosperity Self Rising Flour ...................... $1.50
We keep Flowers’ Bread 10c and 15¢c Loaves.. Fresh Daily.
FOR FRESH GARDEN VEGETABLES PHONE 92.
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We deliver all orders promptly!
2 A T, TS WS S
{Goldberg Grocery Co.
e N RS FRONT” ,
218 East Pine St. - Phone 92
We Sell For Cash Only. 3
Burlap Bag Department
‘The Burlap Bag and Bagging Department
has been expanded to fifteen thousand bags per
day capacity and will continue to make and sell
the best bags and bagging ‘to be found in-the
e ) ke .
! The Machinery and Auto Repair Supply de
partment, the Cow Hide department, the Raw
Fur department and the Potato Plant depart
ment will continue to serve their old customers
and solicit new customers. . . .. .
Ask Harding To Let
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Whites Direct Plums
(By International News Service)
WASHINGTON, March 24—Clark
Greer and Charles Parker of Geors
gia today conferred with Presit:leixt
Harding rélative ‘to the patromage in
that state. They secommended that
some white Republican leader be
given control over the Georgia pat
ronage.