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THE LEADER-TRIBUNE AND PEACHLAND JOURNAL Kstablished 1X8K —Pit.>li hod by THE LEADER-TRIBUNE CO. JOEL MANN IVwvRTIN, Editor. Suhiicription Priut (■payable in Advance) 1 Year . .. $2.60 C Month.: 1.35 3 Months .....70 Published Every Thursday and En¬ tered at the Post-office at Fort Valley, Ga., as Second Class Mail Matter. I VlWWci u i \ W Wc * i \ \ *' SMITH AND THE Jn our estimation it would be very unfortunate thing for and “the solid South” for Hoke Smith to inject himself the presidential primary in Since the suggestion of this bility has been made, the method his “mild reservationist” against President Wilson more clear and the “fine hand” with which he has been playing the political game, clining to move when it was his in the selection of a party clearly reveals his ambition and the astuteness with which he eliminated a most formidable opponent in Sen¬ ator Underwood. Sermtor Smith has played fhe game most cleverly to win the support of the anti-Wilson and anti-League ele¬ ment in the South and he will natural¬ ly receive the support of this element in Georgia, whereas there will be many staunch admirers of President Wilson and ardent advocates of the unreserved ratification of the League of Nations who would undoubtedly vote for a more acceptable Republi¬ can or third party candidate rather for a man who has so misrepresented the real majority sentiment of the State as has Senator Smith. This situation could not but remit in so splitting the vote of Georgia as to make it quite possible for the State’s preference to go to e Repub¬ lican qr other party candidate. The Republican party is gaining strength in Georgia with every presidential ek'dic- nd unie-.- Democratic can didatc. re put forward upon whom all :>■ . r«.;s of i lie State can unite it will je a question of but a very short .ime before Georgia will no „ longer be a prirt and parcel of the “Solid South” but will be in the list of the “doubtful. Considering the manner in which prominent leaders of both parties have repudiated party traditions and flouted their constituency this possible breaking up of the “Solid South might not re suit in such a bad state of affairs; might even give the doubtful South¬ ern states so resulting more impor¬ tance in national politics. It seems to us inevitable that the menace to the solidarity of the South presented by the Anthony suffrage amendment can not but be greatly aggravated by Senator Smith’s candi¬ dacy for president and the result¬ ant split in the Democratic party in this and other Southern States. We do not. believe tha.t even the pride that Georgians might Justly feel in having a Georgia man as the nation’s president could unite Georgians on Senator Smith. It would seem au even more futile hope that a suffi¬ cient number of other states of the Union could unite upon a Southern man who could not even carry his own state solidly. We confess that we personally could feel no pride ev.en in the pros¬ pect, however promising, of Geov gio’s furnishing the country with n president so unrepresentative of the patriotic, justice-loving people who constitute the great majority of the citizens of a State founded as a refuge for the unjustly oppressed. -* One of the features of the exten¬ sion work, as carried out by the home demonstration agents of the Georgia State College of Agriculture during 1919, is the hot school lunch. Oil stoves and the other necessary equip¬ ment has been secured for hundreds of schools and hot lunches are pre¬ pared by classes in cooking for the benefit of all. It has been definitely shown that a hot drink of cocoa, for instance, at the noon hour makes the lunch much more palatable and en¬ joyable. The hot school lunch is add¬ ing materially to the general health and class room work of the children. YOUR NEWSPAPER'S “STYLE” DOESN’T “JUST HAPPEN SO. *> Did you ever stop to think what it is that makes one newspaper im¬ press you more favorably at a glance than another? It, is not merely the character of reading matter or adver tisements in a paper that affects the mind of the reader favorably or favorably. This is of primary im portunCe, of course, but of little less importance is “style” in the display of advertisements and especially the reading matter. Some weekly papers are totally lacking in any effort at style. There is a total lack of sym metry or balance in make-up, no un ifortuity in the size of head-letter type, in the number of lines in the “heaos” or in arrangement of lines. Other papers impress you instantly with their neat apearance aside from the matter of clear print, but few readers probably analyze this effect. This difference is not a mere “hap pen so. You can’t shake type up in a dice box and throw them into the “chases” and see them assume a symmetrical arrangement of their own accord, This effect of “style” and balance are the result of much thought. Jn the first place the editor de¬ cides upon a certain size of head-let¬ ter type to be used over each article and whether the article is to have a single line or two line or three line head and possibly a three line, four line or five line sub-head, depending mainly upon the importance of the article, its news character or some¬ times more arbitrary reasons, He then must know just how many let¬ ters and spaces of the particular size type to be used in each head and sub¬ head can be gotten in a line without filling it too full for good appearance, and he must then choose words for the head which will* go in the line or lines in the particular size type se¬ lected and which will also convey an adequate idea of the subject matter the article deals with, .lust the right number of articles must be chosen for main “double-decker ’ • head-liners for the front pages and heads of the right -style and wording written for these articles. So much in brief for the editof’s part as to style in newspaper appear¬ ance. Second only to the editor’s part is that of the “make-up” man. He too must use thought in putting the type into the forms to give good balance. A good deal of latitude must be allowed him as to the posi¬ tion he gives articles. To instruct him arbitrarily to put this particu¬ lar article at the top of the first col¬ umn and this other at the top of the last column and this oilier at the top of the two middle columns of the front page might so tie his hands as to give an exceedingly poor front¬ page make-up. The length of an ar¬ ticle is often the only determining factor in the matter of position given it. After an unimportant article is given top column position while a much more important one is given bottom column or intermediate pos¬ ition—the length of the artiele solely governing. Sometimes the heads of articles are changed in style after being put into the forms for the sake of symmetry and to conform to the symmetry and to conform to the particular style being followed at the time. Readers very little appreciate the amount of real thought that is ex¬ pended every week in getting out a paper like The Leader-Tribune. Not only is every article that goes into the paper, whether written by the editor, contributed or copied—se¬ lected with particular care as to what is really in his estimation worth while to his readers, but a great deal of pains is taken to present this matter in an attractive appearance—and it costs us on an average not less than iTi cents for every inch of matter printed. These are facts that should en¬ hance your appreciation of the oaper. ---*- IN THE GLINT OF A TEAR. She was a very little girl and he was a big, rough man. He wasn’t eally as rough as he seemed to be, is heart wasn’t bad at all. A1 iis roughness was on the outside Jut he had worked all day in a TO) S'. hop, and his nerves were a wee hi; as lie sat before the fire and ead his magazine. If the man’s nerves had been nor nal, $he childish prattle that filled room would have annoyed h'n at all. Rut nerves can’t be with, especially when been under a strain for ter, trying hours, The man was a story in which he had be¬ very much interested, It was his whole attention, Sev times he had stopped to answer and each time the wrinkle, his forehead were a little more drawn. Each time his an¬ were shorter and his tone more impatient. But the little girl appeared not tc She was supremely happy : i wfh“iS," Z It". the (loll to hed. and was too care-free to be quiet. Finally a question she Wit i ignored, and when presently ! repeated it, the man turned on almost fiercely. “Can’t you see reading?” he demanded, then “I don't want to hear another from you tonight. If I do, off to bed you go. *» It wasn’t the heart of the man that spoke. It was his tired, jan¬ gled nerves. His brow was and his tone was rough, but hr realized how fierce he looked and how harsh was the sound of his voice. The little girl stopped in the of motherly attentions to the doll. Big, wondering eyes were turned on the man, for something had happened which she could not under¬ stand. She said no word, only si.ood and looked, Then the little mouth quivered, and into the widd, bright eyes there sprang a midst of tears. Suddenly the man discovered the story in the magazine had grown stale. It no longer held his interest. He wondered what it was which be¬ fore he had found in the story that was so absorbing. For he had glanc¬ ed over the top of the magazine, and in the little girl’s eye he’d beheld the soft glimmer of her tears. It lias already been said that the heart of the man wasn’t bad. If there was anything hard or harsh about it, it wasn’t too hard or harsh for the tears of a child to melt, He laid the magazine on the table and took the child in his arms. He kiss¬ ed away her tears and told her he was sorry he had spoken so roughly, lie loved her better than all the l ooks that were ever printed, he told her, and would rather see her happy jjjmn have all the wealth of a king. The glint of a tear in the eye of a child can rench deeper into the soul of a man, sometimes, than the great¬ est sermon ever preached or the most wonderful picture ever placed upon i anvas. Childrn cry a great deal and their crying is about many things, but when the hurt that calls forth heir tears is in the trusting child heart, whoever has caused it must he more brute than man if he hang not iiis head in shame. The sweetest flower that grows is not in the garden if a king or the conservatory of a millionaire. It throbs in the breast of a child. It is watered by inno eency and nourished by more tender love than those who have left child¬ hood far behind can always compre¬ hend; and it was planted by the hand of God. Men have wondered what the great¬ est of all teachers and readers of human hearts meant when He gave solemn warning against offending children—‘-have wondered why He declared it were better for one so of¬ fending if a millstone were tied about his neck and he were cast into the midst of the sea. But it really isn’t to be wondered at. No one wonders who has studied children—who loves them and seeks to know them as they are.—Albany Herald. ¥ MY OWN WORK. This is my work; my blessing, not my doom; Let me do my work from day to day In field or forest, at the desk or loom, In roaring market place or tran¬ quil room; Let me but find it in my heart to say, When vagrant wishes beckon me astray, “This is my work; my blessing, not my doom; Of all who live, 1 am the only one by whom The work can best be done in the right way.” Then shall I see it not too great, nor small, ' To suit my spirit and to prove my powers; Then shall I cheerful greet the la¬ boring hours, And cheerful turn, when the long shadows fall At eventide, to play and love and rest, Because 1 know for me my work is best. —Henry Van Dyke. ve¬ There are no individual trade sea any more. Every week and month is a good one. The mer who slackens up at any time the idea that the "season is over •obs himself of available profits. stores take a lot of trade away small towns in the winter and months because the city keep on advertising without a while many dealers in the mall towns have not fully grasped he meaning and purpose of adver Commerce Observer. ************** , FLASHES FROM FLOYD * of the Leader-Tribune Force it * ★ Some cold weather the first of the week. — ..... Even King Winter seems reluctant to leave --★ Divorce is the digestive tablet that settles many a feast of love. Some women claim to have gotten comic valentines for husbands year If beauty were only skin deep any one could acquire it with a little study. -*- From all indications the boll weevil will get a fair shot at this year’s cot¬ ton crop. ★ When a man begins to be his own worst enemy he can get a lot of free assistance. . —¥■- Poultry raising has never offered such opportunities for profit as at the present. 4 Nothing is made in vain except extemely fashionable girl—she is a maiden vain. Every engaged man would be a perpetual fiance if he could get away with it. —* Farmers in Georgia would do well fo fill as many pork barrels as pos¬ sible this year. There’s nobody quite so busy as the man who doesn’t want to do something else. Only a wise girl selects for a hus¬ band a man whose mother didn’t know how to cook. If we always prepare ourselves for the worst that may happen, we will never he disappointed. * Even the lines of a pear poet are apt to be cast in pleasant places— when he g,e, fishing. * Nature has arranged things so that a poor man is able to display as many virtues as a millionaire. -*— It’s a mean man who wi’l lead his little boy to,believe he is penniless when the kid asks for one. Originality is nothing more than doing something which so far no one has thought of trying to do. We would not be disappointed if we should hear of someone around here being stuck-up—in the mud. -*- If everybody did his best there’d be more men at the top and fewer at the middle and bottom of the ladder. i Some people even have to kick when they drink this “moonshine” dope with wood alcohol flavor to it. ★ What has become of the old-fash¬ ioned girl, who when a love affair went wrong, pined away and died? ★ It takes only about three weeks for a woman to learn to hate the bon¬ net that she fell in love with at first sight. ¥ A man might succeed in feathering his own nest if so much of his money didn’t go toward putting them on his wife’s hat. ---At There has been so unusual an amount of % this that farm ra m year work has been very much delayed but all are still hoping for a bumper crop. Many politicians are playing a shrewd hand and are refusing to come out until they can see enough votes coming their way to at least assure a good race. * Creditable Advice. “My son,” said old man Reddit, “Take this advice from me: less you use your credit, The better it will be. ’ • ★ “The American Constitution is the wonderful work ever struck off a given moment by the brain and of man.”—Gladstone. ★ Contributors r , to The Leade--Tri will earn the gratitude of the and force by getting their publication. Friday is none too Wednesday is often too late. © L ® r-1 H \r Y ¥"> ODCrtV , ® ® QY OU1* II f J (ft ^ Protection against loss by Hreor <§/ Tornado. @ y—t \r Your Autmobile A i 1 ‘1 t (©) r or /g\ Protection against loss by Tire, (§) Theft or Collision. <§> f »—, \r Y OUT ft nends- • 1 ,, s » ret y r» Bonds i f or T Only the Best Companies Repre sented. Will Appreciate Your Business. ^=7 @ 'S' m _ Wesley Houser, Manager. S=r /g» First Nut’l Bank Bldg. Phone 107 Fort Valley, Georgia. 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