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Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1917-11-03
The BOr0uQh Books.

How true it is that the books of the
Borough Of Fort Lee are open and
free to the public was evidenced re-
Gently when a member of the council
went to the Borough Clerk and the Bor-
ough Auditor, and asked for the facts
about the Leonia Heights sewer and
failed to get them. In order to pub
ish the facts, 1.-THE Palisadian" was
able to get them from two of the
Sewer Commissioners. The books
may be open to some people, but not
to others.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1917-11-03
A Sacrificing Mayor.

One word r. Mr.. Kelly: As long as
bs1ia h Of the White cam
|( es,t Sbst h neana
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1917-11-03
WIN Is A Chameleon?

Editor Kelly at the beginning Of
the White Campaign asserted: THE
WATER DECISION is THE MAIN
ISSUE.
Since then the water has all run
out, and now COMMISSION Gov
EMINENT is THE ONLY ISSUE.
A Kaleidoscope change.
Why are some people like a chame-
leon?
A chameleon has the capacity of
changing color either on irritation, or
to match surrounding objects to pre-
vent Identification. 1t has an extern
sile tongue, viscous (sticky) at the
end, for catching insects.
Hence and wherefore.
At every successful Corker move
in the Fort Lee campaign Mr..
Kelly has moved around on the
other side Of the limb and changed
color. Witness: He dropped the
Water Decision. He fought, then
changed to Commission.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1917-11-03
The COrker Rock.

Now that the Fort Lee campaign
is fast closing out, it is up to the
voters. They pick the winner. Let
them go to it. Mr.. Corker's methods
have been fair, clean, wholesome,
above-board. His original slogan
was, LOWER TAXES, COMMISSION
GOVERNMENT, A SALARIED EN-
GINEER. This is the rock on which
Corksr stands.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1917-11-03
The Fort Lee Campaign.

The Fort Lee campaign for Bor-
ough officials has now virtually closed.
1t is all over but the shouting. The
two candidates for Mayor Samuel J.
Corker, Republican Citizens Ticket,
and Edward A. White, Democratic in
cumbent, have made their appeals,
each in his own chosen way. The
people now know the two tickets pref
ty thoroughly. On the one hand, the
administration has backed itself with
four year record of extraordinary
high taxes, with little or nothing in
the way of big works to show for the
talent entrusted to it's keeping. They
have wrapped it in napkin and
buried it. 1t has bro Y forth no
interest.
On the other hand Samuel J. V5f-
ker, staunch, substantial business
man, with an absolutely clean record,
has appealed as Progressive along
constructive lines, with Commission
Government and Lower Taxes his
chief aims, togethe rwith a complete
in the Borough's side, the Engineer
ing department. These dignified,
honest proposals, have met with great
favor-so much so that his opponent
seeing the tide turning, snapped up
the Corker Commission plang and
claimed it as his own, his anxiety to
hold himself in Office being so great
that he timidly offered to run for
Commissioner and SERVE FREE if
elected. This has really been the
comedy element of the campaign, and
the Mayor should have counselled with
himself before offering it.
But there is ONE BIG BET coming.
1t is this: The people of Fort Lee
will NEVER see another campaign
of tbs CHARACTER. No matter
who is elected, they are going to CUT
OUT POLITICS and have Commission
Government, and they won't have
Mayor White to thank for it, either.
That is the greatest lesson of the
campaign.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1917-11-03

will have great, broad expanse Of
supporting territory from which to
draw supplies. If Italy is beaten to
surrender it will make Americas
task all the harder. And at our
great distance, the job is one requir-
ing superhuman power to handle to
good effect. But America has the
faith that more mountains, so, she is
pushing on ahead with renewed cour.
age and redoubled energies.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1917-11-03
Invisible Government

In his endeavors to explain
the figures about the Leonia
Heights $4,000 Sewer, May
or White says there was no use
going off to the Commissioners
to get them.
WHAT ARE THE FACTS?
One of the Councilmen went
to the Borough Clerk to learn
all about the sewer figures,
cost, contract price, etc. The
clerk said he would gladly fur
nish them.
He never did.
Then the Borough Auditor
Ia high priced luxury he is, too)
was asked for the sewer fig
ures. He would get them i'm
mediately, he said.
He never did.
The Borough Collector didn't
have the sewer figures either.
Nobody had them.
And this is the sort of thing
the public is up against all the
time.
The public records are KEPT
FROM THE PUBLIC.
"The Palisadian" has tried
time and again to get police
news but the answer always
comes, you'll have to see Mr..
Schall, or Mr.. Herliman."
Borough books kept secret.
Borough police records kept
secret.
INVISIBLE GOVERNMENT.
Do you want it, Mr.. Voter?
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1917-11-03

the day when one may call upon him
self and count the wonders implanted
within his mind and soul.
SUNDAYS it not, or may it not be
"a picture, though fleeing, of what
we have fondly hoped is Heaven p
Contributed.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1917-11-03

When the corn is nearly ripe it
bows the head and drOops lower than
when it was green. In like manner
when the people of God are near ripe
for heaven they grow more humble
and self-denying than in the days Of
their earlier development.-John Fla.
vel,
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1917-11-03

The value Of 4 principle is the
number of things it will explain;
and there is no good theory of dis
ease which does not at once suggest
q cure.-EmersOn.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-01-03
KING SAM" NOW PEDDLES
COCOANUTS FOR A LIVING

atlanta, Ga, January s.
The few deluded negroes of
Georgia-and South Carolina who
joined the negro colonists of the
middle west two years ago and
went to Africa with King Sam"
to found a new nation will never
come Back to the red old hills and
cotton fields. Those who escaped
drowning and disease are lost
among the villages OF their ances-
tors on the west coast OF the dark
continent, and their shattered old
steamer, the Liberia, has been
picked up on the coast by sal
wage company and towed back to
New York.
After suffering great hardships
the colonists were scattered to the
four winds, and King Sam him
self, according to the men who
towed home his ship, has married
the duSky stenographer whom he
took with him and is now reign
ing as chief in miserable village
of mud huts, clad in one garment
and peddling cocoanuts for a pre-
carlouS existence.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-01-03

will commit a crime, and it is
these people we want to get rid
of and whom | am holding.
Il began yesterday by secur-
ing the information from each one
arrested for vagrancy. l asked
him where he came from, what
salary he was offered, what it
paid him and several other de-
tails. | then hold him over for a
few days, After a few days l will
inform the city solicitor of these
undesirables and have him take
the matter up with the attorneys
of the various organizations who
brought them here and secure
transportation for sending them
back home. They will in a meas
ure help us in getting rid of this
class of men, practically all of
whom are criminals or would be
| if left to roam about the city with
guns i'll their pockets. "-Birming-
ham Age-Herald.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-01-03
CHIEF STRICKLAND, IN IN
TEREST OF HARMONY.
RESIGNS FROM FORCE

To the Citizens of Fitzgerald:
| have today rendered my res
ignation as Chief of Police to the
Honorable Mayor for the follow
ing reasons.
believe that Chief of Pc
lice must have the utmost sup
port and cooperation of every
councilman and mayor and the
public. The opposition which
developed leads me to believe
that | might not have this utmost
sympathy and backing.
| have friends on the Council
determined to stand by me in the
promised contest, whom | have
determined not to embarass by
allowing my application to re-
main and bring them into a prob
able bitter state of friction with
other councilmen.
By withdrawing my application
| can better maintain the desired
and cherished friendship of the
public.
| have in mind the engagement
OF entering another line of bust
ness, the success of which might
be impeded by political wrangle.
| wish to express my thanks
and appreciation for the past sup
port of right thinking people, and
shall find pleasure in rejecting
upon my record as Chief OF
Police as has brought forth ap-
probation and approval from viz
tua1ly every class of citizens,
Respectfully,
B. T. STRICKLAND,
Chief of Police.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-01-03

brought here. under false pre-
lenses and we propose to send
them back to the cities from
which they came at the expense
of those responsible for their be-
ing here The city is being over
run with negroes who in their
Southern home towns are solicit
ed and sent here with the assur-
ance that they will be given en-
ployment at $3.50 a day. They
are put to work at less than half
that amount, and when they get
their first pay visit a pawn shop
and buy revolver. They are of
the lowest type and when they
get two or three weeks pay quit
their employment and become a
charge on society.
mot only that, they roam the
streets at all hours of the night
and among the Pittsburg negroes
are setting very bad example.
Local negroes are on the verge
of breaking out. They are insult
ed by the Southern negro, but as
the Pittsburg negro realizes that
practically every one has gun or
some sort of weapon, they are
compelled to accept the insult.
Then, too, the Southern negro is
under the impression that all the
Pittsburg negroes have white
wives, and they do not hesitate
to insult white woman wher-
ever one is seen. Most of them
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-01-03
NEGROES NOT WANTED
IN PENNSYLVANIA TOWN
Pittsburgh Magistrate Says They
Are Undesirable and Will
Send Them Home

Negroes are being taken from
the South under false pretense as
TO wages, Magistrate ]. ]. Swee-
ney, of the Pittsburg police finds
upon investigation. The magis-
trate says the negroes are promis-
ed $3.50 day wages, but that
when they get'to Pittsburg, they
are paid considerably less than
that.
Because Of this, and because
the negroes are not wanted in
Pittsburg, which regards them as
undesirable citizens, the magis-
trate says he will compel the cor
porations, or agents, bringing the
negroes to Pittsburg to send them
home. He is arresting numbers
OF them under charges of vagran-
cy, and says when he has a num-
Der of them, he is going to turn
them over to the city attorney to
have them sent back South.
The magistrate says the negroes
spend their first wages for re-
volvers, and SO armed insult ne
groes and white persons alike. He
says the negroes OF Pittsburg are
on the verge of outbreak, caused
by the Southern negro, and he is
going to get rid of the immigrant.
Pittsburg's View
Southern negroes are being
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-01-03
LEGAL NOTICE
Resolutions Passed at Meeting
County Commissioners,
January,2, 1917.

We, the County Commissioners
TOW in session, Resolve, That we
VIII not pay any bills OF Ben Hill
County unless Requisition has
been obtained from one Of the
Commissioners for the purchase
al article or merchandise men
rioned in the bill against said
county.
We further resolve that we
will not sign Requisition after
goods are purchased. We instruct
oar Clerk to have the above rcso-
luton published in the Leader
Enterprise and the Herald.
al, Dickson, Chairman.
r. L. Stone.
N. w. Garbutt.
Commissioners Of Ben Hill
County. at.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-01-03
ORDINANCE NO. 400

AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING
FOR BOND FORM OF THE
$4,000 SCHOOL BONDS AND
FOR A LEVY OF THE TAX TO
PAY THE INTEREST AND
SINKING FUND CHARGES ON
SAME.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE
MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF. THE
CITY OF FITZGERALD, GEOR-
GA, that,
WHEREAS, there was submitted
to the qualified voters of this city at
an election duly called and held upon
the 18th day OF August, 1910, the
question OF whether or not the City
OF Fitzgerald should issue its bonds
in the sum OF $4,000 for the purpose
OF building and equipping public
school buildings i'll the second and
third wards OF said city, and,
WHEREAS, at said election, due
notice OF which was given according
to law, more than two-thirds Of the
voters of the city voted in favor OF the
issuance of said bonds, and,
WHEREAS. said bonds have been
duly validated by judgment render
ed by the Superior Court. of Ben Hill
County, Georgia, duly entered upon
the 10th day of September, 1916, and,
WHEREAS, said bonds have been
duly advertised for sale by The Wat
er, Light and Bond Commission OF
the City, according to law, and have
been sold to r. n. Berrien, Jr., at a
bid of $24,05800 and accrued interest
to date of delivery, and have been
awarded to said r. N. Berrien, Jr., by
The Water Light and Bond Commits
sion,
THEREFORE. BE IT ORDAIN-
ED BY THE MAYOR AND COUN-
Gil OF THE CITY OF FITZGER-
AID, that the award of said bonds to
said bidder be and the same is here
by approved and confirmed.
BE IF FURTHER ORDAINED
that said bonds shall be of the denom-
nation of One Thousand Isl 100000
each, numbered from one to twenty
three, both inclusive; shall bear inter
est at the rate of five 60 per ceut pei
annum, payable semi-annually upor
the first day of January and July
of each year; both principal and inter
est thereof shall be payable in golo
coin of the United States of America
of the present standard of weight ant
fineness, at the Atlanta National bank
Atlanta, Ga, said bonds shall be dat
ed the first day of July, 1916, and shall
mature thirty years from their date
said bonds shall be signed by tn,
Mayor and City Clerk; the seal of tn,
City shall be affixed and the coupons
may bear the -simile signature o
said officers; said bonds shall be il
substantially the following form. to
wit:
4
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-01-03
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
STATE OF GEORGIA
COUNTY OF BEN HILL
CITY OF FITZGERALD.
FIVE 90 PER CENT SCHOOL
BOND
$1,000

No. ST 600
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE
PRESENTS: That the City of Fitz-
gerald, Ben Hill county. Georgia, ack-
nowledges itself to owe and for val
ue received hereby promises to pay
to bearer, upon the 30th day of June,
1916. the sum of
ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS
in gold coin of the United States of
America of the present standard OF
weight and hnenness, with interest
thereon at the rate of five 60 per
cent per annum, payable semi-annual-
ly upon the first days of January and
July of each year. until the payment
of the principal hereof, upon present
alton and surrender of the proper cou-
pons therefor hereto attached. Both
principal and interest hereof are pay
able at the Atlanta National Bank,
Atlanta, Ga.
This bond is one of a series of
twenty-three bonds OF like denomina-
ton, tenor and effect. numbered from
one to twenty-three both inclusive.
aggregating $2S000.00 in amount, and
is issued under authority of the Gen
eral laws of the State of Georgia. and
OF an act OF the General Assembly en-
titled AN Act to amend an Act to
incorporate the City of Fitzgerald and
establish a new charter therefor APP
proved August p, 1907, and the sew
eral acts amendatory thereof, and for
other purposes" Approved August II,
1914, and by virtue OF an ordinance
duly passed by the Mayor and Coun-
Gil OF said city for the purpose of pro-
curing funds to build and equip two
school buildings in the City of Fitz-
gerald in the second and third wards
i'll said city, respectively; the question
Of issuing these bonds having been
duly submitted to. the qualified voters
OF said city at an election duly called
aud held, at which election more than
two-thirds of the qualified voters OF
the city voted in favor OF the issuance
thereof.
1t is hereby certified and recited
that all acts, conditions and things re-
CURED by law to be done, precedent
to and in the issuance hereof, in ordyr
to make this bond legal, valid and
binding obligation of the City Of Fitz-
gerald, Ben Hill County, Georgia,
have been done. have happened and
beer performed in regular and due
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-01-03
$500 REWARD

The above reward will be paid
10 any person giving such inform
=rtion as will lead to the conviction
'of any persons trespassing in pur-
suIt OF game on any OF my land.
oaw-4t. SYDNEY CLARE.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-01-03
NOTICE

The Emma Tucker Mission
Band will meet Saturday after
noon at 3 O'Clock at the residence
OF Mrs. r. ]. Prentiss. a full at
tendance is urged.
Martha Turner, Secretary.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-01-03
MISCELLANEOUS

TAKEN UP-One my place, one
black hog with white face. Right ear
split. Owner may have same by pay
Iag for this adv. and feed. ]. 0. Pres
seott, Fitzgerald, Ga, Route 5. 4tlaw
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-01-03

form; that this issue Of bonds, to-
gethcr with all other outstanding in
debtedness Of said City, is not in ex-
cess OF any statutory or constitution
al limitations of Indebtedness: that
provision has been made for the lew
and collection of an annual tax sufi-
cient to pay the interest thereof and
to create Sinking fund to redeem the
principal at maturity; that the full
faith credit, and revenues, and all the
real and personal property of said
city. are hereby irrevocably pledged
for the prompt payment of this bond
AMI interest. as the same mature.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
City OF Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County,
Georgia, has caused this bond to be
signed by the Mayor and City Clerk;
the seal OF the City to be affixed, and
the coupons to bear the c-simile
signatures of said officers this first
day OF July. 1916
DREW w. PAULK,
Mayor.
DAVID L. PAULK,
tSeaD City Clerk
Said bonds shall each contain the
following endorsement:
VALIDATED AND CONFIRM
ED BY JUDGMENT OF THE SU-
PERIOR COURT O BEN HILL
COUNTY, GEORGIA. RENDERED
SEPTEMBER 10, 1916
D. w. NJ. WHITLEY,
Clerk Superior Court of Ben Hill
County, Georgia.
The coupons shall be in substantial
ly the following form. to-wit:
No. COUPON SIS
Upon the lst day of January Guly)
1917, etc, the City of Fitzgerald. Ben
Hill County. Georgia, will pay to
bearer at the Atlanta National Bank,
Atlanta, Ga, the sum of $780, being
six months interest then due on its
School Bond. numbered - dated
July LIST, 1916.
DREW w. PAULK.
Mayor.
DAVID L. PAULK.
City Clerk
BE 1T FURTHER ORDAINED
that there shall be and is hereby lev
led upon all the taxable property in
the City of Fitzgerald in addition to
all other taxes, direct annual tax
! suthclent III amount 20 pay the in
terest upon said bonds. as it becomes
due, and to create sinking fund to
redeem the principal thereof at ma.
turity the taxing authorities shall
annually compute the rate and amount
of said tax and the same shall be lev.
led and collected as other taxes are
levied and collected. and the pro.
ceeds therefor shall be applied only
to the payment of the principal ant
interest of said bonds as the same
mature.
| BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED
that when said bonds have been ex
ecuted they shall be delivered to the
purchaser thereof upon payment into
the Treasury of the City the amount
bid therefor
First reading 18th day of Decem
Der. 1916.
Second reading lst day of January
l9l7 and passed by the following
vote: Yes" 8. mo" none.
Approved this the End day of Jan
uary, 1917.
DREW w. PAULK.
Mayor.
Attest:
DAVID L. PAULK,
City Clerk. (SeaD
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-01-03

WANTED middle aged
white lady to look after 2-year-old
girl. Good home and wages to
desirable party. Apply by letter
40 HOME, Care Leader Enter
prise. ST.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-01-03
FOR SALE

FOR QUICK SALE-At a
bargain, good working or driving
horse. See A. A. Harvey, Jr., pa
". Magnolia. At.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-01-03

FOR SALE-A good working
or driving mare. See at once. A.
A. Harvey,Jr., pa w. Magnolia
street. At.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-01-03

WANTED-Man with good
reference to represent Insurance
Company as local agent for
Monthly Accident and Health
Insurance. Good proposition to
right man. Box 600, Atlanta, Ga.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-01-03

FOR SALE-Shetland Pony.
Inquire at Leader Enterprise. tt
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-01-03
&Our 2aE,
KDeparlm9laA
32S PHONE 328
WANTED

WANTED-Carpenter, per-
n1anent work, free house, also
sawyer to run small saw-mill.
1t Sydney Clare
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-01-03

WANTED-Lands west of the
Dixie Hi ghway in Ben Hill coun-
~. Write description and prices.
4. o. Box SIS, Fitzgerald, Ga. If
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-12-21
KIDNEY SUFFERERS HAVE
FEELING OF SECURITY

You naturally feel secure when you
know that the medicine you are about to
take is absolutely pure and contains no
harmful or habit producing drugs
Such a medicine is DR.. Kilmer's Swamp
Root, kidney liver and bladder remedy.
The same standard of purity, strength
and excellence is maintained in every
bottle Of Swamp-Root.
Swsmp-Root is scientifically compound
ed from vegetable herbs.
It is not a stimulant and ID taken in
teaspoonful doses.
It Is not recommended for everything.
According to verified testimony OF il
natures great helper in relieving and over
coming kidney, liver and bladder trou-
bles.
A sworn statement Of purity Is With
every bottle of Dr.. Kilmer's Swamp.
Root.
II you Aeed medicine, you should have
the best.
II you are already convinced that
Swamp Root is what you need, you will
Rnd it on sale st all drug stores in bottles
Of two sizes, medium and large.
However, if you wish FIRST to try thia
great preparation send ten cents to Dr.
Kilmer u Co., Biaghamton, N. r., for 9
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper. ADV.