The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1913-08-19
]. E. Turner Sta tesP0siti0n Re-
garding School Board.
To the Voters, Parents and the Public:--

cation higher than my parents were able to give me ana
resigned ralO Dad position to spend what funds mao
saved in course in the University OF Georgia. since
then business and at every turn OF my personal Cd
servatOn have witnessed the benefits OF educatlon
have the poorest of boys with the education acu
ed far excel after school life the rich mans boys
who would not take an education In business have
the great need of yOnng men with educational qua
cations In business with which have been connected
have the educated boy pass around the BOY VINO
would not take education. daily observe tnat In
the higher cangs of life there is no advancement With
out educational qualifications. The absence OF an edll-
cation in this progressive age is mill stone ABOUT
chids neck that anchors him. In this present age the
young woman without education turns into ways OF
ignorance and folly and is unable to make the home
happy.
By education mean that b.oad thorough course of
that practical kind which the enlightened world has
seen need of and that thoughtful and philanthrOpic
people are endeavoring to provide for the young. do
not mean theory literature and letters alone but SUI
fcien amount of these with practice useful and
practical real equipment for life work and en-
Ijoyment One thing makes America SO great and adj
mirable before other nations of the world-it is the
practical way in which she educates her people.
Four years ago friends urged me to or
President of the Board of Education In my announce
mentI then said t possible for city in Geor
ga to have better school system than all other cities
because in Philosophy two things exactly alike and
equal We mus set our mark high and hit the mark
Fitzgerald must have schools second to none, better
than any if possible
| Such was nv ambition then and the same now, be-
cause here in Fitzgerald many people who are
eager to educate their children who will forever a1-
ureciate the fact that their children educated in
la school second to none.
What kind of schools have after this four years
have passed since the resolutions Of not mine alone but
of the other four members Of the Board.
We heve gone into contests and proved ourselves
In the Third District Contest held this summer we
made almost double the points Of any other two cities
combined such cities as CordeIe Americas and Others
and at state educational meeting this summerin At
anta the head of the educational interests in Georgia
said in substance to the convention ut is well for
YOU to visit other well regulated schools and observe
their methods of study etc., and from such OBJ
servaons profit in your affairs do not hesitate
to commend the Fitzgerald High School a model
school for you to study"
Are these not evidences of the high standing of
schools when the daily papers comment on our sys-
tenn and quote these high authorities?
The present board have all labOred hard and late
for this high end and shall labor still reelected
shall conjon my best efforts with those other members
of the board the end that the youth going from our
school shall reflect wherever going the intelligence
and ustre that from higher and deeper learning
respectively ask your vote on the goth, if you APP
prove m efforts n tt he past make our
schools great asset and drawing card for city and
to equip the children for the duties that come to ALL
We shall give to the child 81 the parent of humble
and moderate circumstances the equment for creating