davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-11-24
WHAT IS A LAND SHOW?

A land show is an event to
bring together under one roof
buyer and seller OF farm lands and
manufactured articles used in
modern farming. 1t is a Mecca
for investors and home-seekers
and place where the manufac-
turer of improved farm machinery
and accessories canssaexploit his
wares directly to those most in
terested.
The booths Of land show diff
fer from those of an agricultural
fair in that instead of large guam
titles of a product, only an aver
age specimen is shown. This
specimen IS accompanied by de-.
tailed statement telling how much
OF the product can be raised per
acre on the land being expedited
or offered for sale, the kind of
treatment the soil requires, the
cost OF production and the APP
proNimatc price obtainable in the
markets most convenient to the
location OF the property. The
booths also contain maps showing
the exact location of property and
charts giving statistics regarding
the character Of the soil, climatic
conditions, rainfall. condition of
roads, railroad facilities, popula-
ton of territory, health conditions
and vital and school statistics.
The booths at a land show are
taken by states, counties, cities,
railroads, real estate companies,
manufacturing corporations, firms
and individuals.
In addition to the exhibits,
we'll organized land show also
provides high grade amusements
for the pleasure of those who at
tend.
The Southeastern Land Show
will be held in the Atlanta citv
Auditorium. February lis, 1917.
There will be approximately, one
hundred and fifty booths exhibit
ing the usual Land Show Booth
attractions, such as property fo-
sale and manufactured articles
and machinery used on the ;ar:>l.
The Southeastern Land Show
is the first ever held in the South.
Because of this fact it will at
tract thousands of curiosity-seek-
ers as we'll as those who are di-
rectly interested in the things OF
fered by the Show. The North
and West have seen many Land
Shows, notably those held in New
York, Chicago, Pittsburg, Peoria.
st. Louis, Denver and San Fran
cisco, all of which have been over
whelmingly successful.
The management of the South
eastern Land Show plans to give
away at the Show at least one
hundred farms to practical live
stock farmers now located outside
the four states embraced by the
land Show, These farms will be
well scattered over Georgia, Flor
ida, Alabama and South Carolina
and will contain from fifty to FIVE
hundred acres each. They are to
be given free under certain con-
dition, merit of the applicant be-
ing the sole basis of award and
not any chance or lottery scheme.
Full details regarding the free
farms will be furnished upon ap-
plication of the General Manager
of the Land Show.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-11-24
FEED AMERICA FIRST.

Congressman Fitzgerald of York
introduce ab place embargo the expectation of food
Nh Fitzgerald advances for the passage his
onf which the entire country will be sympathy The high
OF "A n.y. keenly ceners
conA and but for relief food
the Niger cities of this country. Investigations by experts
the Government have disclosed the fact that arbitrary fixed
or the necessities of life solely
ces of commission and brokers of food supplies prices
altogether of proportion the production Warning
nations for the protection of their own people, have established
PRICES and taken the entire food supply seeing
that the citizen be deprived of the
sustain life and argued that here where peace gns
conditions would prevail greed Spectator
and the avarice of the manufacturer.
Another advanced by Mr. Fitzgerald
eprsa against England for bacsting firms While
generally believed great effect on the
duration of the believe the protection of the
alone is sufficient argument for the passage law
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-11-24
No, $685.
Report of the Condition of
The First National Bank

At Fitzgerald the
RESOURCES
purchased oroscouuted so454e5a
o 5"sss ns unses % 70 1893
U S. Bonds;
post circulation par vaue) 100000
u S Bonds pledged U. deposits (par
u s. bonds pledged tosecure postal savings
Stocks. other than Federal Resrve al
S. 100000
Securities (not including stocks)
Total bonds securities etc 2se4so
Stock OF Federal Reserve Bank. $4,000
Value Of banking house thunencumbered)
III nture andaxtures .~ - 10000
Real ng 49, .- .- $3.50
H. Net due from agents
Net amount due from approved reserve agents in other
reserve .~~-~-~~~. 2o2ss72
49, 42los4e
reporting bank
Outside checks cash
Fractional nckels . SO
Notes of banks
Federal Reserve Bank
redemption with u u Treasurer
Total $loze
LIABILITIES
Capital stock 100000
Surplus fund 100000
Undivided profits .................... 2osSzss
expenses interest and taxes paid loss45 e55141
Circulating notes outstanding 100000
Net amount due banks bankers
D, 5s ss or unpaid 80 1886 ssss5
Individual deposits subject to check
Cashiers checks outstanding l3,o64,67
Deposits
Total demand deposits
81 ana :. 1893 59154
Certificates of Deposits Observation-Disclosures.
lOther lime Deposits - -
Total time deposits, Items Al A. 43.....246224a2
o29 O9oO8
Liabilities including
Bank ~~..~~.... 10000 90
Estate OF GEORGIA, HILL
tina: the above statement knowledge
A. H. Cashier
Correct
Subscribed ands to mel
this of NJ w. Siarbutt
| - B.
Esther W.T. Pauk
Director
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-11-24
HOW FARMERS WILL BENEFIT

From the Macon News:
One of the main features the Farm Loan Bank bill allowing
borrowers back each interest period portion of the prn-
Gipal SO the loan may be retired gradually.
Farm Life explains i'll simple illustration how the old simple
interest with the amortization and how the planter
will be benefited by the latter
Farmer borrows 1000 for at cent simple
tere He 500 interest for years total of 5000 He
the principal in lump 81 0O which he pays
Farmer B. acting under the Recommendation pan borrows
$1,000 Tor at cent But he pay the insament
Plan He $13 at the end of the first year and like
the end of each year At the tenth year exactly $358
His tenth and last nstallmen cancels the debt
Farmer actually paid 81 600 But extinguishes
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-11-24
BRIDE 66; GROOM rs

Mrs. Kelly, aged GO, of Irwin
county, and Mr.. Seay, aged 76, of
Gwlnnett county, were married by
Judge ]. R. Horton Wednesday
at his office in the court house
F. M. Burnett and family, of
Louisville, Ky, passed through
on the Dixie Highway this morn
ing.
M. lowers, of Wray, was bus
mess visitor in the city today.
Rev. L. A. Hill leaves Monday
for Thomasviile to attend the an
nuals conference of sthe South
Georgia conference. !
A new folder of the Central
Route of the Dixie Highway,
containing complete log of the
route has just been issued NV the
passenger department of the road.
Copies have been sent to the lead
ing automobile clubs of the north
ern cities.
Mrs. T. S. Price and party of
friends, from Douglas, are shop
ping in the city today.
City Primary next Tuesday.
Nov 18th.
MONEY to LOAN
Unlimited amount on j
Farm and city property
-. WALL |
OPFlCEs.
Davis Bull ding FITZGERALD |
Bank Building Rebecca. J
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-11-24
report of the Condition of
The Exchange National Bank

The Exchange National Bank
Attzgerad the State Georgia. atthe close
RESOURCES:
Loans and discounts ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 5g2ss5 40
UVsloraies unsecured. ..'.........54o477 34Oa77
s. bonds pledged to secure deposits
Securities other than Bonds 'O'OOO ~
Tota o IS Securities etc .. ~ asss "a
Stock Federal Reserve per Subscription - 100000
Value of banking house Gf unincumhered) $4,000
Furniture and fixtures $4,000
Nea' estate o"heo otneF IMAM BANKING mouse 100000
10 Net amount due from
Chicago and St. Louis ................ s26,86l54
b Net amount due from approved agents
Net amount due from banks bankers
lOo+ 's....,...:. 2es ez4o
on oankS In the same city as reporting bank
Outside checks and other cash items
Fractional nckels .. 22244 eo2A
V0.eS Oh oNnet ""'or BANKS 5000
vau, and with Federal Reserve Bank sssis e
Redemption fund with Treasurer 72oo
~ asSrs any, Bills OF Exchange Adyaree Cotton
lota.. l0,7S2.56
LIABILITIES:
Capital stock in 100000 90
surplus fund observation-disclosures. 100000
Less Current 2soss So
Circulating notes outstanding 100000
Net banker (Oher than excluded in
20 or so $780, . m o. 700 As
Demand Deposits:
Individual deposits subject Observation-Disclosures. 42s $50 OF
Certneaes OF deposit due in less than 30 4O026.57
Cashiers checks outstanding ,7O5 81
Deposts.
Total demand deposits, a. SO, 81 S.
Certificates Of deposits 2s7o22s
o'ner time deposits ll5'7se4s
STATE OF GEORGIA. COUNTY OF BEN HILL, S. 90 %
D. Domny bank do somnly swear that
the above statement the best knowledge
MI at J. D. Dcrminey Cashier.
Subscribed and before me Correct Attest:
this Gath day Of Nov 1916 W. R Bowen,
J. r Tucker, + James.
Notary Public. Directors
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-11-24

+. M. Burnett and family, of
Louisville, Ky, passed through
on the Dixie Highway this morn
ing.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-11-24

M. lowers, of Wray, was a bus
mess visitor in the city today.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-02-27
COLLEGE TENDEN CIEs.

The recent reports of collegiate standing shows de-
parture from normal The Young women students out
rank the young men students They have higher marks
individually and whole. And so thew USUALLY have
In ali co-educationa institutions the rule holds good
has held good for generations and probably will continue
to hold good for generations come In the grades in
nigh schools and III preparatory schools girls better
students than boys in colleges and universities Young
women are better students than young men
Nothing much however, is to be deduced from this fact
nothing important at any rate, Still some educators
profess to see III the record some alarming educational
symptoms" They argue for thing that the showing
indicates tendency the part of professors and in
sructors to make the studies in coeducationa instit
TONS more interesting to the than to the men,
This III turn argues Termination of the curriculum
Nlgor III sense, is squeezed out of it, And result
the coeducatonal school is more for than for men,
But that is far-fetched argument based more upon
gres than upon common 1t shows study of sta
tscs but no study OF the facts underlying the statistics
1t does not take into considerations for instance that hum
dreds of men students doing work than that in
volvcd Ill study. Some Of them are working their way
through colleges dependent upon their re-
sources for part OF the income that keeps them i'll college,
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-02-27

country would regard an attempt forci-
bly, to overthrow the republics of the
new world as a menace TO its safety
In the same spirit and with essentially
the same Justification President Will
son might have served notice that II
could not avoid regarding the violation
OF neutralized Belgium as an assault
on the principle OF internationallssn.. In
whose maintenance and development 1t
was vitality interested.
II Is by no means improbable that II
such declaration had been openly
made events subsequently occurring
would not have occurred. But what
ever the consequence. IL the declara-
ton was right the country should have
dared to speak.
Mr.. Roots speech Is likely to have
marked political effect. II the cam
paign is to be on the lines he indicates.
who is to be the candidate? What man
best represents the particular attack
he makes on the administration? What
man most conspicuously embodies the
idea of militant righteousness? Few
Will hesitate when answering these
questions. Curiosity naturally arises
as to whether Mr.. Root had this an
swer In mind--was aware OF the corol-
laries OF his speech? However this
may be, it is likely that one effect OF
Mr.. Roots speech will be to increase
the number of eyes turned in the d.
rection Of oyster Bay.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-02-27
S}Ded{9]]ir1le!a!e96
eSue<@zA,AA acnnhesrsnI,d,ss, .:les
Old Mr.. North Winds Aduice

Oh, DEAR" sighed the wind fairies as
hey looked out over the great big
AXE, doesn't II look awful"
whats that?" asked old Mr.. North
Wind, who was blowing close over
the wind fairies heads. What ARE
you talking about? l don't see any
thing awful" And he sQuinted his
eyes and twisted his nose in his ef-
fort to see what they were talking
about.
"were talking about the lake." ex-
planned one wind fairy.
1.-THE lake?" asked old Mr.. North
Wind, looking at the great body OF
water below him. 1T seems to be
there all right"
"Of course It's there" laughed the
fairies all, how could II get away :?
You're a stupid old Mr. North Wind
this morning."
Mr.. North Wind bowed with a
flourish and then replied, II can re-
turn the compliment! It Is you who
are stupid-talklng about the lake
being awful when It's right under
your feet the same as It's always
been! Explain yourselves!"
IOu NCii oh66OStVo thO OAb
gest wind fairy.
mo. you tell him." said the middle
sized fairy.
Now old Mr.. North Wind is, as
you know, a very impatient person
and he was about to say something
very scolding to those little wind
fairies when the littlest fairy of all
spoke up and said, please. Mr.. North
Wind, I'll tell you! Only don't be
disappointed, for the thing have to
tell is not nearly as important as you
perhaps thought It would be from
what the fairies said. We don't like
the color of the lake this morning.
We think II Is a dreadful color.
That's what we were saying was so
awful. Now you know all about It,"
Mr.. North Wind just stared.
do you mean to tell me-" he hnal'
" said. that all this fuss has been
about the color Of the lake?'
The fairies nodded their heads that
II was.
well, that's the best Joke ever
heard" cried Mr.. North Wind, and
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-02-27


Has the birth of your baby been reg
istered? If not. you should see to it
that this duty 10 performed without
delay. 1t may some time be of the
greatest Importance to your child that
there be in existence an accurate legal
record OF his birth, date, place and par
entage. Such a record serves TO estab-
lsh his age beyond question. and
through this his right to the legal
period OF schooling and freedom from
labor. 1t may also serve to establish
his right to disputed inheritance and
TO establish for him various property
or other legal rights which may be in
dispute. There are numerous instances
where the lack OF this sort of record
has been the cause of serious losses of
inheritance and OF educational and
other rights.
In New York City in 1918 the birth
records helped to enforce the personal
or property rights OF more than $4,000
persons.
1t is. in most states. required by law
that the doctor, midwife or other at
tendant at birth shall report the birth
to the registrar of births. but as this
duty Is not infrequently neglected,
parents should investigate to see
whether 1t has been done properly In
the case of their children.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-02-27

The young rule have far less of this sort of
thing to do Then again. the interests of the young
student broader than those of the young stu
dent College does and must mean more to them than
what the curriculum represents.
1t might be said that while the young woman is Civ
ing her time almost wholly to study the young man is Civ
ing only part of his time to study The rest of it he is
giving to affairs that will equip him with experience
sentia to future contact with and business. And
that of less Importance tothe young woman is of great
Importance to the young This is say that the
girl makes grind" of herseR-that of course she does
not do But the whole she studies than the
Yet in his way, the studying toohe is learn
ing what he must learn and what books will not teach him.
1t not amss to keep this in mind when the comparative
scholastic records compiled and examined
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-02-27
PRESS COMMENT
The Root Speech.
(New York Trlbune)


Mr.. Root in his Carnegie hall speech,
presented with great force and sk.,l
the issue that Colonel Roosevelt at
first singly but lately with increasing
response. has been seeking to drive
home to the minds and consciences OF
his fellow citizens. This issue is
whether the American nation, mindful
OF its past and of its future. can with
safety and self-respect continue an
attitude of indifference toward the
great questions raised by the violation
of neutrslized Belgium and accept any
thing less than complete disavowal
for the destruction OF the Lusitania.
Mr.. Root has no doubt. He is per-
suaded that If the rule OF action ap-
piled to Belgium is tolerated by tho
civilized world this nation VIII be COM
PEELED to fight for its life. and he Is
also persuaded that sound and moral
nationalism forbids the conformation OF
Germany's refusal to apologize for a
wilfully illegal slaughter of American
citizens. In his Judgment, therefore.
both internationalism and nationalism
require q different policy than has
been pursued by the Wilson admins
tration.
The issue is big and searching one.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-02-27
CARE OF THE BABY

The complete registering Of all births
is indispensable, not only to the indi-
vidual, but to the state and the nation.
The federal government can and
does tell us exactly how great is the
accession to our population each year
by immigration, or intake from foreign
lands. At each port OF landing immi-
grafton inspectors record each arrival
and tell US his or her nationality, age,
sex, destination, and how much money
each one brings. But the federal gov
eminent cannot go into the states and
cities and establish registration offices
and tell us how many children enter
each state by birth. This work must
be done by each state separately. We
have no national bookkeeping to ac-
count for the ebb and flow of human
life as an asset and a liability OF our
civic organism. We have no national
records to give our sanitarians and
students a basis for their preventive
studies. Congress by resolution has
urged the states to enact and enforce
suitable registration legislation. The
state governments must now act.
Most OF the states now have ade-
quate laws: their enforcement how
ever, depends to a large extent upon
popular support. This support is as
sured II individual parents will insist
upon the registration of each birth.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-02-27

and men may entertain different opln-
ions without drawing into doubt the
quality OF their Americanism. The
criticism of the administration implies
advocacy OF an abandonment of the
policy Of aloofness from the affairs of
Europe under all circumstances. II
implies judgment that one side in
Europe is attacking civilization and
the other defending It. 1t implies a
conviction that if the attackers win,
or II the defenders win under circum-
stances that will lead them to adopt
the principles OF their adversaries,
this country may not long expect to
live in peace and quiet.
Not since civil war days has an is
sue of greater moral and practical i'm
portance been presented. The failure
of the president to find ways to ex-
press American sympathy fer interna-
tionalism when Pclgium was invaded
has been the great blunder OF the ad-
minlstration. It is not strange that it
is selected as n point for special at
tack. Few suggest that our duty re-
Qured us to move with soldiers to the
defense OF Belgium. But II has per-
mitted us to express in no uncertain
way our clear perception OF the fact
that the act struck at the very foun-
dations OF public law ard the building
OF the temple OF international civiliza-
ton that this country hoped to assist
In rearing. Ninety years ago, when
the nation was weak, President Mon
roe did not hesitate to declare that this
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-02-27

coorioht-c7dr1 rnrram Judson
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-02-27

that Great Britain and France had not done their duty by
his country. said:
You have
The We're no snnd N on" G S IT, s E they 's s
s" So ruled e'sds they would nave been ape TO- save us Civil
liberty slowly ciumsiy perhaps but
strength free peoples
Those remarkable words to from man
whose country has Just been crushed because of the slow
ness and "cumsiness" of liberty They are of course,
true they remarkable. For liberty is serious
handicap in the conduct of war-a least such liberty
has been built up i'll AngloSaXon countries 1t always
has been and always must be- Americans and English
men ito not deliberately choose to 'mudde through"
though it must be admitted that Englishmen talk
though their country had cOnscous almost by statute
established the policy of mudding political prin-
clpc AS Tar as muddng is not traceable to duness and
cptncss. it is the result of highly developed indvid-
a and of the institutions that protect and nourish it,
But we Americans should not make the mistake of
thinking that our liberties i'll danger from policy
that suggested looking to the Strengthening of
hona deenscs In the first place liberty cannot survive
unless is strong enough protect itself In the second
place nothing is proposed that be regarded as in any
way menace to liberty. Nor Should make that
other mistake-whch is popular in Engand-of
thinking that efficiency and liberty cannot keep house to-
gcter For we in little danger of becoming too eff
cient. Nor alc we i'll the slightest danger of mtarsm.
1t is the widest folly to that either liberties
or traditions are Imperfect by decision to have larger
navy ana army. How large army and navy could we
have. consistently with our traditions We had army
OF loO00O0 men at the close of the civil and it
one Of the best armies that went into action.
What we are dealing with is a question not of
principle but Of policy Even in the Democratic platform
OF 1908 which written by Mr.. Bryan, and on which
he was candidate, is this
The be
would be
There is the same constitutional provision as to the
army ana II must be interpreted in the way. The
question in both is What is adequate? But on the
broad principle the Serbian monarch is right AS long
enjoy liberty shall be handicapped in the bus
hess Of making And it is also true that 'cviization
cannot be made an engine of and perfected to oresee
every contingency But that is 40 why should
not be efficient as we can
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-02-27
DAILY LESSON IN HISTORY
One Hundred Years Aao TODAY

One Hundred Years Ago Today.
1s16-Benjamin Moore, second
Episcopal bishop of New York
and for some years president of
Columbia college, died in New
York city. Born at Newtown,
l.. l., Oct. s, 1T4S.
Seventy-five Years Ago Today.
1S41-The members of the
diplomatic corps at Washington
called on President Van Buren,
and presented their respects on
the occasion OF his retiring from
office.
Fifty Years Ago Today.
1s66-General John King
Jackson, confederate COM
mander who greatly distin-
suished himself by carrying the
heights at the battle OF Stones
River, died at Milledgeville, Ga
Born at Augusta, Ga, Feb. s,
1928.
Twenty-Five Years Ago Today.
1ss1--The town of Yuma, Ari-
IONA, was nearly destroyed by q
flood.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-02-27
Letters From the People
Echo Of the Movable Schools.

Sunday Capital News: l attended
two of the three day sessions of NOV
able schools being conducted over the
state by our agricultural extension de-
partment and listened to two very able
talks by Miss Hoover, OF the state uni
versity and Mrs. Holt. of Meridian.
regret, along with other women present
that their talks were not delivered be-
fore the whole audience instead of TO
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-02-27
LIBERTY'S HANDICAP.

In his recent statement. printed in the papers last
week King Peter of Serbia. in response ntmation
that Great Britain and France had not done their duty by
his country. said: