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THE LEADER-TRIBUNE
and peachland journal
Established 1888
—Puulishcd by—
THE LEADER-TRIBUNE CO.
JOEL MANN MARTIN,
Subicription Prica*
(Payable in Advance)
1 Year
6 Months ....
3 Months .
Member Georgia Pre»» A»»ociation.
Published every Thursday.
Entered as sec„nd-ela: i matter
the post office at Fort Valley,
Ga., under ihe act of March
3, 1879.
Lash yourselves to the mast, men,
and sink or swim with the old Ship
of State.
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people who thoughtlessly overlook
the enjoyment and benefit to teeth
and general health in cane chewing
in its season are missing a great deal.
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Pacific Coast editors are terribly
wrought up over their race problem.
Precious little concern have they for
the South’s race problem. They are
now in. a conspiracy to help put the
South under negro domination. We
should worry about the Japs.
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Some of our weekly contempora¬
ries are getting ambitious.
comes The Butler Herald printed
with brown ink, vieing with the
gravure section of The Atlanta Jour¬
nal. Throw in some “peaches” in
one-piece beach costumes next time,
Bro. Benns, and you’ll be right “in
the swim. tt
OUR MAILING LIST REVISED
A periodical revision of our mail¬
ing list is being made this week, the
names of those whose subscription
had expired and who had not renew¬
ed same or signified their desire to
have the paper continued being re¬
moved.
On account of the unprofitable
peach season this year and the short
crop and low price of cotton we have
been more considerate than usual in
regard to requiring subscriptions to
be paid strictly in advance. We have
mailed notices of expirations of sub¬
scriptions, and when these failed to
bring a renewal we sent out state¬
ments with return post cards inclosed
on which those who did not find
, , , to at , might . , ,
convenient pay once sig
mfy ., ' their desire to have the paper
continued, . , stating . .. when , they would ,,
for , it. When ,,,, r, these cards . were not ,
pay * '
returned , forthcoming , ■
nor payment .
we wrote personal letters to
scribers explaining the high price
and scarcity of paper and labor made
‘
it necessary for us to . collect ... every
penny owing . to . us or to . know , that ,. .
v '
could ,, and when , could , . collect ,, .
we we
it. We feel that we have been fair
enough in the premises, and mi top
of all that we don’t like to bother
people with a personal appeal to take
the paper if it doesn’t sell itself on
merit. Besides, we don’t have time
to see all whose subscriptions ex
pire, and even some of those whom
we do see personally put us off with
a half-hearted and indefinite promise
to pay at some future time.
We have not found that our
consideration has been very generally
appreciated and are therefore dis¬
continuing the practice and saving
our time, postage, white paper and
labor expense.
Hereafter only one notice of the
expiration of subscriptions will be
sent out and all papers will be stop¬
ped on expiration of subscription un¬
less renewed.
We are glad to be able to state
that the number of names eliminated
in this revision was less than two
dozen and that these have been more
than compensated for in new sub¬
scribers to whom the paper lias sold
itself on its merit.
We of course will be glad to re¬
instate any subscriptions that have
been dropped upon receipt of re¬
mittance.
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ELEVATE BALLOTING SYSTEM
Editor John H. Jones of The l.a
Grange Reporter, who was nomina¬
ted on Sept. 8 by a big vote as State
senator from his district, has indited
an editorial to the newspapers of
Georgia urging them to stir up senti¬
ment favoring the elevation and pur¬
ification of the balloting system of
the State.
Anything that emanates from the
facile pen or eloquent tongue of Ed¬
itor Jones is usually worth taking
note of, and now that he has just had
some first-hand experience in poli
tics and is being mentioned as a
prospective president of the State:
senate, his suggestions regarding im- ,
provements especially in w-orthy our balloting of considera- system j ’
are
tion, as coming form one who speaks
with authorise.
THE LEADER TRIBUNE, FORT VALLEY, GA. OCTOBER 7, 1920.
The General Assembly of
and Georgia politics will gain a
lump of levelling in Editor
election to the senate. We are
fident that he will carry with
into his public 'service tne same
ideals and integrity of
that so brilliantly mark his work
his splendid daily paper and in
councils of the State Press
tion. Editor Jones carries a
brain high above a slender body
straight as a ram-rod. We
glad to know he is going
carry that brain just as
into the highest Councils of
State on principles just as straight
he is physically.
His editoriol appears in
column on this page.
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MR BURLESON, PLEASE NOTE
The abuse of the second-class
privilege by many so-called
stock and horticultural
through irregular'
cutting circulation schemes is
rious, but apparently the most
grant of all these abuses of the
ing privilege and of the
“subscriber" came face-to-face
us a few days ago when a
circulation promoter of one of
northern fruit journals called
us for assistance in securing a
subscription solicitor in this
This agent had the nerve to
to us that the circulation
were paid 100 per cent of the
scription price of the
every penny paid for the paper
the subscriber going into the
tor's pocket, and not a penny to
publisher.
The postal laws provide that
lications may not sell
for less than one-half ol the
tised price. What does the
mentioned scheme amount to but
ing the publication away; and that
a time when newsprint paper is
scarce that manufacturers have
to curtail the quotas of their
customers, the big dailies, 20 P
rent for 1921 ?
These farm and orchard papers
pend solely on national
for existence. They usually have
scattered circulation and do not
or any territory intensively. The
vertisements they carry have
value to the advertiser as
to newspaper advertisements,
cause it is impossible for the
tiser to state in the
where his goods may be
National advertisers are rapidly
ing to see that the only effective
to reach the great buying public is
intensive campaigns in the
which . . , ,,. CAN * T .
newspapers give
name and . address of ... the dealers , .
merchants . . having the , ..
I
i goods *• for sale,
There several good . farm „
I are
pers p “ ...... e d he SoU th ■ ,
are re f. lly ^ e lP , tuI to the f , f fal ” ,ers
^ggest.i.g better methods of .
and wavs ol making farm life
•
anter. While their . circulation . ...
thods always ...
are not
they carry reading matter that
worth the price the subscriber
for the paper. The information and
; suggestions they contain are appli¬
j cable to Southern farm and orchard
j conditions. We have no desire to ; u
disparage and publication that
giving the subscriber value
We are merely exposing an apparent
abuse of the postal privilege and
putting would be subscribers on
tice as to where their money goes
when they subscribe for some papers
of this class, and to suggest that
they see to it that they are buying
something of real interest and value
to them, applicable to their loftil con¬
ditions.
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WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?
(From Camilla Enterprise.)
Republican State Central Campaign
Committee, Ga., 561-562 Candler An¬
nex, Atlanta.
Mr. C. H. Caldwell,
Camilla, Ga.
Dear Sir:
Please send me the names
twelve white men in each militia-dis¬
trict in your county, who supported
Watson and Hardwick, or either of
them in the last primary, with
postoffice addresses.
Also the names of a number of
colored Republicans in each district
with their addresses.
A copy of this letter goes to Mr.
W. S. Robinson, Secretary, Camilla,
Ga., with a request that he co-operate
with you in this work.
Please give this your immediate
attention as we must work hard and
fast in order to obtain the very best
results in your county.
Yours very truly,
C. P. GOREE.
Copy to W.' S. Robinson.
“Mr.” C. H. Caldwell is Charlie
Caldwell, a negro living near Bacon
ton. He was in town Monday ques
tioning some of the county officers
in an effort to get the information
asked for in the above letter^ The
Enterprise heard of his visit and got
a copy of the letter. “Mr.” W. S.
Robinson is also a negro living near
Camilla.
The above propaganda has
scattered all over Georgia, and
citizens will not pass over such
trique carelessly.
In the election on the 6th,
gians have an opportunity to
a fundamental influence that is
lently working to the end of
lican rule in the state.
Every man knows what this
Postoffices, and all other
coming under administration
ment are involved. A very
phase looms up in the written
that these letters are addressed
the colored citizens of the
communities.
For one time, voting on
6th should be done only after
thought, and a heart-to-heart
with yourself.
In all reality, Georgians, • i
does this mean?”
If you don’t know—you ought
! know,
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COMPETITIVE ADVERTISING
'The erroneous idea is again
af loat that advertising does
more tjian take money from one
and give it to another, by
diverting business from one
t, 0 another. “If your advertising get
people to brush their teeth with
as-you-don’t,” asserts a
writer, “it’s the same thing as
ing them to do it with
The main idea is to keep the
e j eari( an ,j the advertising of
kinds of tooth paste is a sad waste
j 0 )j a rs. »»
This is far from true ph+losophy
j^ is from practical business
As well might it be asserted
w | le re one blade of wheat will
there is no excuse for two, that
one razor will shave there should
no move on the market or that
cause one make of automobile
jj 00( j service it should have a
| y
The false philosophy fails to
into consideration the vital fact
competitive advertising, even
than competitive production, is
j, r(>a ^ constructive force in
business,
Advertising creates demand;
petitive advertising develops
taste and compels constant
ment 0 f products,
If 40 persons are using 40 kinds
tooth paste today where one
was using one kind 40 years ago,
benefit to the public as well as
b he many manufacturers is due
t . om p e titive advertisinb.
Competitive advertising is
duplication or waste. It is the
ing soul of business. It is at once
school of ever widening public
mand and the spur to better
more varied production. The line
business that is dominated by
oly is dead or dying, and it has
message. But for virile
competition there would be no
vertiaing at all.-Editor and
er.
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OPPOSE COUNTY UNIT
“Hon. George B. Davis,
he received twelve thousand
votes than Mr. Napier was
for attorney-general by the
unit system. Nothing can be said
favor of the county unit. It
' robs the people of their choice for
office many times. This has no
ticular reference as to Mr.
i He is of the finest men
I one
ablest of lawyers in the State,
are just against the plan which ob
tained in the last election. The
ty unit plan ought to be abolished
the next session of the Legislature.
— -Adel News.
The* above from the Adel
expresses the sentiments of The
server. The county unit is ihe
undemocratic and unfair metho i
making nominations that could
adopted. It is surprising that
of the larger counties of the
have put up with it as long as
have. It is easy to see why
favor the county unit. There
twenty-five or thirty small
in the state controlled in part by
cal political leaders • and in part
the use of money. The state
cians know how to carry them in
election. It makes no difference
the issues are, or what public
ment is over the state. These
counties are used as a balance
power, and they generally go the
the politicians
Observer.
Thos. E. Watson won the
tion for U. S. senator from
und|er the county unit system al¬
though he received much less than
half of the popular votes cast for
senator-. He therefore does not rep¬
resent the choice of the people of the
State. He owes his victory to a sys
tern just the antithesis of the key¬
note of his whole campaign—the
rights of the people to choose for
themselves against "ring rule," au
tocracy and international “govern
ment.” Such is the inconsistency
“popular suffrage” under the county
unit system. Some plan should be
adopted whereby the people w-ill be
better represented in the making of
the rules governing the primaries
the admission of candidates therein.
majority of the people of
.would have opposed allowing
names of Watson and Hardwick to
j placed on The the rules Democratic
ballots. should be
made so that no one whose record
not been satisfactorily
could become a candidate in a
eratic primary.
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TO GEORGIA NEWSPAPERS
(From The LaGrange Reporter)
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The newspapers of Georgia
render a service which will be of
greater value to the people than
merely the open espousal of good
men for public office.
We know of nothing which would
be of greater direct benefit in
state government and in all public
affairs than the elevation of our bal
loting system to a high plane of
purity and dignity.
All newspapers naturally favor
an improvement of the system. The
newspapers of Georgia have clean
ideals. As for that matter, it would
be difficult to find a man who would
not speak words of endorsement for
purity of the ballot. But we have a
practice which is far from pure and
dignified.
Public sentiment should be stirred
uj) to bring about a vigorous cam¬
paign to create a balloting system
and conditions which would eliminate
confusion, disorder and loose me¬
thods around the polls. To do that
would be to cause more serious con¬
sideration on the part of every indi¬
vidual for the sacred truly of casting
an independent ballot for “the great¬
est good to the greatest number of
people,” without regard for partisan
prejudice or minor personal sympa¬
thy. Thus would the clear spring of
pure principle flow onward into ev¬
ery avenue of public affairs.
You can’t have a single ballot box
in an atmosphere of careless, or
even casual, methods without throw¬
ing that much influence towards the
creation of a government of ineffi¬
ciency and partisanship.
That is why The Reporter’s editor,
emerging successfully from a recent
campaign for state senator, declared
that every newspaper editor should
run for public office onco—just once.
We know that all Georgia news¬
papers want to see clean politics. It
would be impossible for anybody to
learn actual conditions, or to be suf
ficiently impressed, from the outside,
If every newspaper editor in Geor
gia would be a candidate through one
political campaign, we dare say that
Georgia would see staged immediate¬
ly thereafter a very intense cam¬
paign for the Australian ballot and
other measures which would
bute toward better government.
Some counties have the Australian
ballot. Other counties doubtless are
not in great need of it. But those
which have it, and those which do not
need it, should be sufficiently im
pressed with the necessity for a bet¬
ter system throughout the state for
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the protection of all in state-wide
* affairs.
It must not be thought for a mo
by anybody remotely situated
away from Troup county that The
\ Reporter’s editor regrets having
Lome into contact with the common
political game. As he stated in an ar
tide published immediately after
the election, • > it was a world of fun
at its worst, it One month of active
campaigning was worth ten years of
average experience. He fought
through the midst of one of the hot
test local political battles ever stag
ed in Georgia. He fought in the open,
straight from the shoulder. But he
saw enough under cover to have af
terwards a burning desire to live to
see conditions improved. He caught a
new vision of the holy duty, as well
as the human right, of suffrage, and
he was_left with an humble, yearn
ing desire to aid in the construction
of a stronger, cleaner government
for future generations.
Woman suffrage is upon us.
Whether we like it or not, w£ love
our women, and we Know that our
good women will have to vote if the
bad ones are permitted to do so. The
present system of open polling places
in many parts of Georgia would be
a disgrace to our good women.
Think of a re fined woman having
to ttruggie through the mad mob*
which cling around many ballot
boxes throughout election day!
Of course, nearly all men will
show respect to all women. But the
confusion of an open polling place
cannot be eliminated in elections
which are bitterly contested, except
through a system of balloting which
will offer privacy to every person in
casting a vote. We certainly need to
make some improvement in the pres
ent system.
We are aware that politics cannot
be made as clean as the portals of
paradise. But impurity can be »e
duced to a less objectionable degree,
It is our desire to see the day when
every boy and girl in Georgia will
study the Constitution of the United
States in public school^, with the
prospect of growing up and inter¬
preting the principles of this pro
found document according to his own
j independent judgment, and in the
private freedom of his own thought,
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at a ballot box where no selfish poli
tician will be permitted to hang qt
his elbow and no man or woman will
be permitted to throw undue in
fluence upon the dignity of his final
free action.
Watte of Woman Power
Several months ago I had a serious
disappointment, one that concerned
the heart of contentment in our farm
homes. It was the month that we had
the letters about improved methods
of doing the family washing. Can
you believe that out of almost 700
letters received only five told of
really efficient equipment for the
work, only 32 were partly supplied
with improved equipment and, as far
as one could tell by the letters, 592
depended on woman muscle power
to haul, the water, fill tubs, place an
outdoor iron pot and do 50 other
things that could and should be done
by machinery. Let us hope this
month’s letters on home conveniences
will show more advance.
Where absolute poverty exists
there may be some excuse but on
most of these farms there are un¬
proved methods of farming. Why
should house work be done as our
grandmothers did it? Women, you
have brains, why are they not used?
It is harder for us women to get
things than for men because when
a man feels the need of something
he gets it if the money to pay for
it exists. The woman in many a home
has to convince the man of the need
and she gets brain fag before she
accomplishes it and prefers to go on
a s before. Wise are the men who help
tht , ir wjves to save strength for bet
: (er things,
1 thing; if it
I Strength 1 is a definite
is spent for lifting tubs it cannot go
tQ the unborn child, nor to brain
j power, nor to the energy back of the
inspirat i on thet i is imparted to child
ren f(jr higher things.— f he Progres
sive Farmer.
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Wisdom without honesty is mere
craft and cozenage; and therefore
the reputation of honesty must first
be gotten, which cannot be, but by
living \\ell; a good ii.'c L a main ar¬
gument.-—Ben Jonson.