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HE LEJDEMBUI
AND PEACHLAND JOURNAL
Established 1888
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THE LEADER-TRIBUNE CO.
JOEL MANN MARTIN, Editor.
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C A I: IOLIC. PROP AG A N D A
The Editor of The Leader-Tribune
wus “lectured” several days ago by
an esteemed subscriber for carrying
in the paper an advertisement of cer¬
0 tain literature offered te public by
The Catholic Laymen’s Association
of Georgia.
This perfectly well-meaning fel¬
low- Methorlist evidently fired by a
previous family discussion, the in¬
fluence of Tom Watson and other an
ti-Catholics and anti-Wilsonians, re¬
peated numerous charges against Ro¬
man Catholicism including a certain
alleged oath of the Knights of Col¬
umbus which we have seen eirculat
ed in at least one political campaign
in which one of the candidates was a
catholic, but with reference to
we read in the papers quite a
years ago that a national committee
of Masons especially appointed to
vestigate this particular oath
the Catholics a clean bill of health,
He then insisted that our carrying
this advertisement in our columns
necessarily carried our endorsement
of Roman Catholicism and was real
ly hurt that OUR paper—his
and your paper—should take such a
stand.
The stress which he placed upon
the word “OUR” in referring to the
paper impels us to take some notice
of the criticism, as other readers may
feel as does this subscriber that we
are using their paper to promote a
propaganda with which they are not
in sympathy.
We hope that most of our readers
will credit us with average intelli¬
gence; with having heard and read a
very good part if not all of the mod¬
ern as well as ancient anti-Catholic
propaganda. Who could have been
born and reared in the state of Tom
Walson ami not have imbibed some
of it at least? We are frank enough
to admit that in common with many
other protestants we consider Roman
Catholicism, as an institution, a sys¬
tem of religious teaching, a menace
to intellectual and religious freedom
of thought, and to that extent, inimi¬
cal to the spirit and text of the con
stitution of the United States and to
America i institutions and a menace
to our national liberty and freedom
from world embroilment. We do not
deem it necessary in the present dis¬
cussion to enter into a more detailed
criticism of Roman Catholicism.
But because we entertain the
above-mentioned view and because
others maintain it is not sufficient
reason to justify our denying Rom¬
an Catholics the right to be heard—
to explain their position. That is
what The Catholic Laymen's Asso¬
ciation is seeking thru these adver¬
tisements—the right to reply to anti
Roman Catholic propaganda, and, of
course, to do some “propaganda-ing”
on their own hook. They are seek¬
ing to bring about a better under¬
standing on the part of protestants
of Catholic aims and methods. Sure
ly no broad-minded, intelligent cit
izen cf this land of vaunted relig¬
ious freedom would on sober second
thought condemn one-third of the
church going people of the nation
to eternal political and spiritual
damnation after hearing only or.e
side of the case.
The editor of this paper is not
built that way. He is thankful for
an environment and experience which
has imbred into him a spirit ox tol¬
erance and respect for the beliefs
of others, especially in matters re
ligious. One of the most impressive
lessons of his life was one in relig¬
ious tolerance. He must have in¬
herited a strong tendency in this dir¬
ection or the trivial incident refer¬
red to would not still be so vivid in
his memory. He was only 10 or 11
years old when the little episo'de
occured that crystalized that tenden¬
cy.. It was the custom of h>s father,
a devout but broad-minded Baptist,
to take him for a walk every Sunday
THE f EADF.R.TRIBUNE, FORT VALLEY, GA., FEBRUARY 12, 1920.
afternoon. On one of the e walks,
as we passed the Syru gogu n Sav
annah, the writer mode -oiee
mg remark about the Jews, A very
gentle reproof came in the following
words: “Why, son, don’t you know
that Christ was a Jew?” That w e
all and it was enough.
It would be against -our very rta
ture as well as our sense of ju-wiev
and fair play to deny The Catholic
Laymen’s Association the use of our
columns for advertising their liters
ture. Our selling tern space no more
carries our endorsement of their lit
erature or of Roman Catholicism
than in the case of any other article,
proprietary medicine or what-not
that is advertised in our columns
but the merits of which vve surel.v
cannot be expected to endorse from
personal experience or knowledge.
We do not accept advertisements of
articles, . treatments, etc., known to be
fakes or inimical to the public or
individual welfore. Roman Cathol
icism has not been placed under any
such ban by any church so far as we
know, or by any department of the
United States government, On the
contrary the Catholic church is* a
Christian church: it is probably more
noted than any other Christian denom¬
ination for its works of charity;
the writer has been intima cly as¬
sociated with catholics who were
neither bomb-throwers nor militant
religious proselytizers; the record
of .the recent world war show Roma
Catholics of the United States as ioy
al American citizens as any others,
their welfare work among the Amer
ican expeditionary forces and in
home camps has Keen unsullied bv
the slightest criticism but on the con
trary has been warmly praise ! even
by protestant soldiers; our own for
mcr Baptist pastor, Dr. W. S. Dorset,
bunked with a Catholic priest in
France and wrote home very appre
Relatively of the pleasant association,
saying it was his daily privilege to
awaken his priestship every morn
at four o’clock for mass.
If Roman Catholicism is the men
ace to religious and intellectual free
to our government and our in
j stitutions that we are led to believe
it is that menace will not be lessened
by unjust, untilligent methods, it is
for Christian protestant churches and
citizens generally to combat the men
ace intelligently and justly, and the
first step in the direction is to be
intelligently informed. One is not
intelligently informed if he has a
knowledge of only one side of a case.
One is not fighting a just fight with¬
out first having given his opponen'
a chance to explain his side of the
case,
The Catholic Laymen’s Associa
tion’s advertisement is very evident
ly intended for rton-Gatholics. Those
who do not care to write for the liter
ature they offer will surely not be
harmed by the advertisement..
Those who may write for it, reai'
it, and may not be convinced there
by of the error of their preconceived
attitude will be able the more intel
ligently to combat the menace. Ii'
any write for it, read it and are in
fluenced thereby to a more tolerant
attitude toward Roman Catholicism
in America, The Catholic Laymen’s
Association wi 11 have accomplished
their purpose to that extent.
Finally, brethren, we do not think
that we had a LEGAL right to re
fuse to publish the advertisement ol
The Catholic Laymen’s Asociation
If this esteemed brother-Method
ist or others still think we are ii
error in this matter we would sug
gest that they read once again thei;
church creed, if they don’t remem¬
ber it verbatim, and then go to an
unabridged dictionary and read
carefully all of the definitions give"
of the word “catholic.”
If they then still hold us in error
we will surrender ihe argument.
THE NEWSPAPER BONEYARD
A Northern newspaper reminds it;
readers that St. Louis has a popula¬
tion of nearly 1,000,000 inhabitants
and only one morning newspaper
since the passing of the Republic,
which first appeared in 1808 and nev¬
er missed an issue until it was taken
over recently by the republican pro¬
prietors of the Globe-Democrat.
"The passing of this newspaper with
a record of 111 years of continuous
publication is most significiant of
conditions in the newspaper world,”
saysj our contemporary. “News
paper costs have mounted so rapidly
during the last two or three years
that only the most viiiie are able to
survive ant many papers are
being sold, mortgaged or are passing
out of the field entirely, The dav
has passed when a man with a cheap
outfit and a desire to see his ideas
in print, or to serve a political boss!
or faction, can start a newspaper.-—
News.
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The farmers of southwest Geor a
making their usual preparation
plant a large acreage of boll wee
food.—Dawson News,
“THE OLD HOME PAPER."
(From The ballon Citizen.) j
There is nothing that will take the
place of the home paper, it is not
always clear of print anri not iritre
quently it is poorly made up and
lacks classification, hut it is ‘‘the old
home paper” just the same, and ap
|)cals to those of the old home town
as nothing else does.
And by the way, “the old home
paper” is getting better as the days
come and go. There is more in it
than there used to be. -it is fast be¬
coming a strong factor in the devel¬
opment of its home town and county,
it is more respected and its influence
is no longer flouted. The politician
seeks its approval and endorsement,
l’he lawbreakers fear it. The church
and the school must have its co-oper¬
ation if their influence is to be proper
ly felt. This is a day of publicity and
all that is good in a community mus.
be heralded through the newspapei
if the community is to grow and pros¬
per as it should.
The business and the professional
man must use its columns in order to
place te service they offer before
the people. There is no other medium
to take the place of the newspaper
no other form of advertising hall’ so
valuable. The government demon¬
strated this fact time and again dur¬
ing the war. It leaned heavily on
the newspapers, and but for them the
bond and thrift stamp sales could
never have been put over.
The man or woman who leaves a
community and seeks fort une m an
other part of the country, always
wants “the home paper" and the long¬
er he or she is away the more the
paper is wanted. There hovers about
it a sentiment that appeals to the
heart. It is the letter from home and
while it may not always be a perfect
paladium of all that is good, because
after all, it is a human institution, it
is still “the old home paper.”
Listen to these verses from an ex
change whose name we can’t locate.
We should like to know the author:
The Home Paper.
When the evenin’ shade is failin’ at
the endin’ o’ the day,
An a feller rests from labor smokin’
o’ his pipe o’ clay,
there’s nothin’ does him so much
good, he fortune up or down.
As the little country paper from his
ol’ home town.
It ain t a thing o’ beauty an' its print
ain’t always clean,
But it straightens out his temper
when a feller's feelin’ mean.
It takes the krinkles off his face an’
brushes off the frow n;
That little country paper from his ol’
home town.
It tells of all the parties an' balls o’
Punkin Row;
Bout who spent Sunday with his girl,
an' how the crop'll grow;
How it keeps a feller posted 'bout
who is up an’ who is down;
That little country paper from his ol’
home town.
,ow • like to read the dailies an’ the
story papers, too,
An’ al times the yellow novels and
some other trash—don’t you?
But when 1 want some readin’ that
will brush away a frown,
1 want that little paper from Any ol’
home town.
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The publisher of the Rupert (Ida
ui) Pioneer-Record confesses that he
■A somewhat puzzled. He says: One
inn stopped his paper after reading
w hat we had to say about the jury i
rrial, and two others came in and
subscribed for a year after reading
ihe same article. Several others
stopped to commend us on our atti
ude, and two or three other per
sons came in to tell us that we had
our wires crossed. So there you are.
One can easily see how utterly impos¬
sible it is for a newspaper to please
everyone. but it is this difference
if opinion that makes the wheels go
i'ound—so we should worry. M
—Publisher's Auxiliary.
The finest patriot m 1920 will be
.he man who sticks to his job and
strives to recreate that which w-as
wasted by war. And usually that
man is too busy to be running about
making speeches or arguing the mat
- sr on the street corner.—Dawson
News.
“Your friends may not need an ex
planation ar.d your enemies would
not believe it if you were to make
one,” is an old maxim that holds
good to this day.—Bruswick Banner.
LE i EVERY FORT VALLEY
BUSINESS MAN, CAPITALIST OR
GENTLEMAN OF LEISURE, AND
EVERY FRUIT GROWER AND
FARMER IN THE VICINITY OF
FORT VALLEY BE AT THE MASS
MEETING AT THE CITY HALL
MONDAY NIGHT FEBRUARY 16,
Ar 7:30 ’ TO ASSIST IN RE-OR- i
GANIZiNG THE fort valley
board of trade. i
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FLASHES FROM FLOYD ★
A of the Leader-T ribune Force ★
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A heavy purse doesn’t always make:
a happy home. !
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Time to begin planning that spring
garden.
If ypu would please a woman, say
nothing and listen.
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f ortunate is the man who can bear
misfortune.
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Even the kiddies are looking for¬
ward t(T the summer holidays.
Wall Street is already figuring on
what Georgia’s 1920 cotton crop will
be.
Georgia’s crop of politicians seems
to loom bright for a bumper one thi
season.
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Some are wonder,ng if that extra
hour of daylight will be saved again
this year.
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Biff Murphy was jeen a few days
ago inspecting a line of fishing
tackle.
Anyway the knowing ones pre
dictions about the "flu” were partly
correct.
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The Atlanta papers are at least
conserving paper by their enforced
abbreviated size.
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A man can never tell whether
his wife’s hat is becoming until hr
learns the price of it.
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Habit, likt the speed of a falling
body, is cumulative; it creates it:
own momentum.
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A real sleeping baby is more won
leiful and beautiful than a thous¬
and dollar French doll.
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Officers and soldiers in the Aus¬
trian army may not marry. No mai
•an serve two masters.
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Georgia ought to raise more gar¬
den truck. No better land for the
purpose is to be found anywhere.
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Jack Johnson, seems to think that
to be in prison in the U. S. A., is bet
ter than being free in Mexico.
There are plenty of people who
seem to think that Billie Jennings
can successfully stage a come-back.
Right thinking and right living a;
merely matters of right habits; b
and bad living, matters oi
bad habits.
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Shooting marble; on the streets is
more enjoyable to the average
now-a-days than almost any of
other duties.
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A friend of our’n tried to spring
joke about a stove pipe on us, but
vvoulnn’t listen as we supposed it
be a smutty one.
A St. Louie judge has decided tha
man’s costume is not unbecoming
a woman. That judge evidently
an artistic eye.
A little girl's prayer as quoted
an English pulpit is as follows:
don't make grandpa gooder,
do make im nicer.”
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Every time a widow hears of a man
has been disappointed in love
makes it her business to get him
from the crowd and sympathize
him.
In the olden days when the auto¬
was designated as a "one
I suppose the chap who own¬
one had a good deal of trouble
his lung, but now his chief com
is either gas-tritis or that
feeling.
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The path of success in business is
the path of common sense.
all that has been
about “lucky hits” the best kind
success in any man’s life is not
comes by accident; the
good fortune in which we are
in hoping for is that which
are capable of making for our
And we can only attain suc¬
by constantly thinking success.
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A number of Georgia cities are al¬
busy ip the movements to get
city up to standard in the cen¬
standing at which they think they
belong. Many towns have
been claiming a popula¬
that far exceeded their actual
.as shown by the recent count.
move on the part of all progres¬
citizens will do much toward in¬
manufacturing enterprizes
citizens in locating in any com
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Every farmer should have one or i
more Ford 1 rueks because of the pro¬ li
fitable results that will follow (heir use.
There is not any guesswork about this
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Truck s viOue to you in sure dollars and
cents saving It is a personal matter to
everv farmer. l he Ford Truck is a
business necessity, Orders should be
! left with at in order to get early
us once
delivery. Price $550, without body,
f. o. b. Detroit.
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Dry Flint . )c
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