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FACE FOUR
AND PEACHLAND JOURNAL
Established 1888
—Puolishecl by—
THE LEADER-TRIBUNE CO.
JO£L MANN MARTIN, Editor.
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the post office at Fort Valley,
Ga., under the act of March
8 , 187 !).
GOOD CITIZENSHIP
One very marked evidence of prog
ress among the women of our land
is the taking up of the study of Citi¬
zenship. An admission that “I do not
know • ■ comes usually from wise
heads, and this admission on the part
of the women followed up by a step
to correct the trouble is a wise and
timely one.
Everywhere women are beginning
to realize that we are not ready for
the great responsibility that is about
to be ours. Classes jm Good Citizen¬
ship are being organized all over the
country and women can obtain leaf¬
lets and literature on any phase of
Citizenship by applying to the proper
seouroc. By writing to The Bureau
of Citizenship in charge of Mrs.
Anna Steese Richardson on the
Woman’s Home Companion staff,
any information on this subject can
be obtained. I mention this scourct
because so many women take this
publication.
v We must face facts as they are -
not as we would like for them to be.
Personally I am an old-fashioned
woman, opposed to suffrage, be
lieving that women can do more good
by being good mothers and rearing
good citizens than any other way,
but this is not the issue. We have the
ballot and we must be equal to the
problems that confront us.
To me the most vital question is,
will the women be a purifying agency
in this new field or will she come to
be the problem of the age? Better
had we never gotten the ballot if the
latttr be true. But one thing is cer
tain, it is up to us to determine in
which direction we will exert our ef¬
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forts.
Some have argued that the homes
will suffer, but this too depends al¬
together upon the attitude of the
woman. If she expects to jump into
polities and stay in the lime lights,
the homes will necessarily suffer, but
if she lets it give her a broader out¬
look on life, realizing the greater
necessity for producing a cleaner
manhood and womanhood, then suf¬
frage will be a blessing.
Ibanez, the Spanish writer, on his
visit to America, to study conditions
here, noted, that, as a people, the
Americans had very little home life.
He said the men were racing madly
to accumulate wealth, spending little
or no time at home, and the women
because of loneliness resorted to club
life. This he believed accounted for
America’s leading in the divorce
statistics. If suffrage tends to fur¬
ther destroy the home life already
becoming unsettled by the strenuous
mode of living, it will be deplorable.
Possibly, it will have the opposite
effect, purifying and strengthening
the home life because the . women
have gotten a vision of the need.
A fearful responsibility is upon us
and we can no longer afford to re¬
main in ignorance of the vital issues
of the day. At the same time, if
woman enters the arena of politics,
neglecting the sacredness of the
home, she will spoil it all. Women can
vote and not be one whit less modest.
They can use their influence without
becoming brazen or bold, and let us
hope that womanhood will be en¬
throned as never before because of
the big , broad and noble view she
takes of suffrage.
It is not at all necessary for
women who vote to affect the mas¬
culine attire. It rather detracts than
attracts, but if we would show our
good common sense, we wjU be as
modest and womanly as God intend¬
ed for us to be, at the same time
standing firmly by for the right and
voting intelligently.— F.. H. M.
Fort Valley, Ga.,
Dee. 11, 1920.
THfc NEWSPAPER S PLACE
IN THE COMMUNITY
(Vivian W. Bradbury in Union (N.
Y.) News-Dispatch.)
There are three most potent fac¬
tors in the life, growth and develop¬
ment of a community. They are, the
Church, the School and the News¬
paper, and this is in the order of im¬
portance.
It is not our purpose here to eulo
gize.
We will pass over the first two of
these factors, and perhaps treat of
them later. If the churches were
thrown out of this community no self
respecting person could stay here.
With all our material prosperity we
would soon drop back to conditions
such as ancient Rome witnessed. And
if the school were discontinued ma¬
terial progress would also stop and
we would sink beyond redemption.
The church is a public institution
and is supported by voluntary con¬
tributions. The school is also a pub¬
lic institution and is supported by
the state through taxation. The
newspaper is a semi-public institution
but receives no public support but
has to earn its livelihood through the
regular channels of competitive busi¬
ness.
it is of the newspaper that we wish
now to speak.
If ail of the newspapers and other
periodicals were discontinued today
the effect would be somewhat sim¬
ilar to a mighty plague sweeping over
the land. Darkness would creep in,
the darkness of intellect, as people
would remain in ignorance of the
happenings in localities only a few
miles distant. Business would slow
town, and telegraph communication
would soon fall into disuse because
no stimulus would come from news
paperdom. Even the postoffice re¬
ceipts would dwindle for much of its
revenue comes in direct response to
advertising. -
The newspaper is the third great
agency in the advancement of civili¬
sation, yet it is underestimated more
often than the first two. It is too
often treated as merely a business
proposition. Few people seem ever to
get the vision that the true-blue
editor has of using business to ad¬
vance the interests of a whole com¬
munity. The preacher has one job—
to preach; the teacher has one job—
to teach; but the editor, if he be
true, has a triple job, and that is to
preach, and teach, and hardest of all
and with it all, too, to meet his weekly
pay roll, pay the other costs of pro¬
duction, and try to get a comfortable
living—and we all have a right to
that.
Omitting the church and the school
we can make claim without exagger¬
ation, that a true newspaper is of
more real importance, does more
good with less money, gives more for
less money than any other business
in a community. It is true that some
will point to large industrial plants
that flourish in the community and
say that those concerns with their big
pay rolls form the life of the com¬
munity. This we answer is onlyappar
ently so. This appears to be so from
a superficial materialistic survey of
the field. But the life is more than
food and the body than clothing. The
big industrial plants deal in wealth,
that is produced by labor; but the
newspaper besides dealing in news,
deals in bigger things—THOUGHTS.
“Our thoughts are things, and a
small drop of ink, falling like dew
upon a thought, produces that which
makes thousands, perhaps millions
think.”
ADVERTISING MUST DO IT.
"Now that election is out of the
way,” says a Syracuse business man,
"we are going to settle down to
business. Deflation has come; ex¬
travagance has nearly gone. Today
conditions are becoming satisfac¬
tory. The savings banks are show¬
ing an increase. Business is faced
with a decline in prices and at the
same time a decrease in demand.
Many retailers are overstocked.
“The public must be made to buy,
and advertising will do it. 1 believe
the success of the average retailer
during the next year will depend
largely on the amount of advertis
mg he does. Unless he advertises,
he faces the possibility of having
goods left *on his hands.”—-Atlanta
Constitution.
HE DIDN’T ADVERTISE.
Crepe—business failure crepe—-has
been tied to the door of one of the
largest shoe stores in Jacksonville,
Fla. The store was located in one of
the best business blocks of the city
It carried high grade lines and was
modernly equipped. The clerks were
courteous and competent. But there
was no trade, customers were scarce
while crowds surged up and down
Main street and other stores appar¬
ently were enjoying a profitable
business. People marveled that this
beautiful, well stocked, modern shoe
store had been forced to the wall.
The reason—
This store did qot advertise.
A Florida newspaper commenting
on the failure of the Jacksonville
firm said:
Other shoe stores of the city pros¬
pered and enlarged at a time when
it should have been at the very sum¬
mit of prosperity this firm was forced
by its creditors to close its doors
with a stock of shoes valued at many
thousands of dollars. People marveled
at the lack of business, and there was
little surprise expressed when it was
announced that the firm would be
forced to close its doors and liqui-
date in favor of creditors. The man
agement of the shoe company did not
advertise. They knew they had the
but the public didn’t know it.
This management placed its
ment opposed to advertising against
that of all other enterprises. The re¬
sult was inevitable.
That is sufficient explanation of
the disaster with which the firm met.
Successful business men no
consider advertising as an unnecees
sary expense. Newspaper no longer
have to urge successful business men
to advertise. Managers and propri¬
etors of stores that have good busi
ness throughout the seasons count
advert,smg , as an item .. of , expense asI
necessary as that of heat and light
clerks and bookkeepers. 7
Away , , back . . the dark , . of .
in ages
business it mig'ht have been
to carry on business without
but those days have pass¬
The failure of the Jacksonville
stands as a grim demonstration
the folly of the non-advertiser.—
News.
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Ob, Taffy! Don’t Miss This One!
The Leader-Tribune and Peach
Journal, published at Fort Val¬
ley, Ga., Brother Joel Martin editor,
one of the best weekly newspapers
is in the state. His editorial
columns are always full of thought
as well as “cow.”(We don’t quite
that—you mean a male cow,
Brother Rivers? Any way, being a
newspaper man, we’ll h^ive to stand
for it.) Such a publication is out of
place without a county seat. Let’s
put Peach County across next sum
mer, boys. What do you say, fourth
estate? Lanier County News.
Thanks, Brother Rivers. We help¬
ed make Lanier. There wasn’t a vote
cast against a new county in the No¬
vember election inVthis district. With
the press bunch with us, no opposi¬
tion can prevail against us.
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SOME EDITORIAL GEMS FROM
THE LANIER COUNTY NEWS.
Of all home remedies, we con
sider a good wife the best.
* * *
A dyspeptic is a man whose meals
were not tailored to fit him.
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The trouble with l?ase ball was
that it ceased to be a sport and be¬
came a business.
* * *
When a fellow’s conscience does¬
n’t bother him, it’s a sign he has it
well trained.
4 4 *
From the styles, we judge there
will be an outbreak of kneemonia
this winter.
+ * *
Isaac Kissum says it is powerful
hard to run an automobile and hug a
girl at the same time.
4 4 *
Judging from the past, cloth is
due another increase in price. Cotton
took another drop this week.
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The way some folks ate
giving dinner, we would suggest that
THE LEADER TRIBUNE, FORI VALLEY, GEORGIA
Buy Your
Christmas Groceries
and Goodies Here
Everything . is FRESH and of
BEST Quality.
A full line of Fruits, Nuts, Fruit Cakes,
Fancy Candies, Citrons, Fancy Crocer
ies, etc.
Fresh Country Eggs, New South Geor
gia Cane Syrup, $1.00 a gallon. Fresh
Bread three times a week. Rye Bread
also. All goods and prices guaranteed.
Johnny-on-the-Spot” Delivery.
A. P. Sanders
125 M a i n si. ’Phone SO
it be spelled cram-berries,
* * *
When two souls go to the polls
with but a single thought, the
j s no t two votes that count as naught,
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The former Crown Prince
found that it takes more brains
run a blacksmith shop than it does to
be a prince.
<- <• 4
Advertisements say potatoes have
come down, but you still have to
40c for a nickel’s worth on a
car.
+ ^ +
Should „, , . the ., farmers - strike . ..
go on a
threatene(l , n0 other craft will be
. p h to strike after six
months. ,
4 4 *
The first known Sunday
started in a little English village in
1812, yet it is still unknown to some
folks.
Are Your Valuables Safe?
You are running a great risk if your valuable papers
are not kept in an absolutely safe place.
The danger of fire and theft is an ever present one,
and vou would do well to protect yourself against it.
/
Safe Deposit Boxes in our burglar and fire-proof
vault can be rented as low as $2.00 per year, which
is only 6-10 of lc. per day, or 4c. per week.
Those interested are invited to call and inspect these
boxes.
Citizens Bank
of. Fort Valley
Capital and Surplus $150,000.00. Resources over a Million DoHars.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1920.
M Christmas
Benefit D. A. R. Chapter
SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 22, 7:30 P. M.
Tickets, 50 and 20 Cents.
In the Land of
Opportunity
HERE is no other section of the United States in which
T u the ment locality Don’t opportunities compare you where want with you for to abundant those can put industrial have your of the the manufacturing and South. advantages agricultural of plant and develop¬ a great in de¬ a •
variety of raw materials, power resources
pendable labor; where the percentage of foreign-born popula¬
tion is lower than in any other part of the United States.
Don’t you want to buy a farm where climate and soil condi
lions are adapted to a greater variety of crops than in any other
part of the United States; where the growing season is so long
that there is no danger of your crops being frozen, either in
the spring or in the fall; where the grazing season is long;
where excellent pastures can be had and a large variety of foi
age crops can be grown; where land values are advancing, but
where there has been no "boom,” and prices of farm lands are
still low as measured by their productive value?
If you want a factory site or farm in the South it is the
business of the Development Service ot the Southern Railway
System to help you find just what you want.
For information about Southern Resources and
Opportunities call on or address
J. C. Williams, Manager
Southern Railway Development Service
Washington, D. C.
Southern Serves the South ♦ »
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Where there’s life in your ads,
there’s hope for better business.