The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-08-24
STfREOTYPED STiBS
By STEWART F. GELDERS

The Law of Compensation is One We
AA Obey
lis sad but true to tell, we say
This country's going dryer,
But compensation's laws in sway
And Skin. s.ylt: going higher.
Don't" admonishes George Bailey,
OF the Houston Post, don't be like
the grasshopper and sing all summer
long" We won't; and on top of that,
any old time we hear a grasshopper
singing we are going to put aside
whatever we may chance to be doing
at the time and turn over a new leaf.
Macon Telegraph.
Yes, indeed, that delectable draft
which makes grasshoppers sing,
crippled men dance, and blind men
happy has long since been banished
from the reach OF all save Elks.
A Waycross man has died from
drinking water. All aboard for
Observation-Disclosures Press.
What kind was it, Pluto, Lithia,
hydrant, or FIRE;
1t looks as if Georgia is to have
great many county fairs this fall.
1t is to be hoped those in South
Georgia will invite the Savannah au-
thoritics to visit them-Savannah
Press In what department would
you like to have them exhibited
Americus Times-Recorder
Mr.. Sutlivc comes right back at the
fresh Americusser with a red hot edi-
torial on why Savannah should have
an exhibit in all the county fairs and
Dragging up on Savannah consider
able. We have pretty good man for
| ice-Presiden OF the Georgia Week
lily Press Association.
On the whole a newspaper makes
fewer mistakes than any other line OF
business, but when newspaper mess
es up something the whole durn coun-
/ ~ knows about it.
The Whitaker Paragrafs says that
he who is a good fellow" at night
is usually a very bad fellow in the
morning.
The Atlanta street car strike has
not materialized Seemingly they
quite caught up on their striking
with the last one they had.
The Congress has decided that in
stead of levying a high income tax
they will charge it to soda water, the
poor mans luxury.
However, if we are going to take
away all the profits OF those who have
formerly grown rich off of war, what
will be the use of war, anyway?
Talking about the practice of buy
ing votes, one citizen said by golly,
here's one that never sold vote. No
stree! | never had an offer"
1t begins to look as the only thing
that would bring s. wheat and the
Sc loaf of bread together is the elias
tic currency the financiers are talking
about-Boston Transcript
The Post Office department an
nounces that it will hereafter refuse
to accept parcels and mail addressed
to somewhere in France" or care
of the expeditionary forces" 1t
seems that if our noble censors are
going to keep US in complete ignor-
ance of the whereabouts of our boys
that either they or the French P. O.
department will have to suffer. Which
will you vote for?
The ladies who arc periodically
knitting for the soldiers might help
even more if they sent their knitting
needles to France-by freight-to
be used as tent poles, trench beams
or something.
Kaiser SCOTS at Part United
States will Play in World War"
Headline. Perhaps he reads the Con-
gressional Record-Chicago Tribune.
Which shows that the Tribune still
retains a spark of life despite its re-
cent diet OF crow.
As the Democratic party's leader on