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The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-07-30
BEN" FRANKLIN NOT FIRST
Contention Made That New Hampshire
Rad the Earliest Periodical In
the United States.

, I claim that the oldest periodical In
the United States is the New Hampshire
Gazette, published weekly at Ports
mouth and founded In 1855. the aext
I'm age being the Weekly Mercury, pub
Ashed at Newport r. L. and founded
In 1858. Benjamin Franklin did not
found the Saturday Evening Post or
any other paper 10 1928. The Penn
syivania Gazette was founded in 1728
by Samuel Ketmer. who did not make
financial success Of 1t and sold 1t to
Brankiin. 1t was first called The Uni-
versai Instructor in All Arts and Sci
ences and Pennsylvania Gazette. In
his autobiography Franklin says Of
Keimer and the Gazette: He began
IDS paper. however, and after carrying
It on three-quarters Of year. with at
m0St ninety subscribers. he offered 1t
to me for trif1e; and l, having been
ready for some time to go on with it,
took 1t la hand directly; and it proved
in few years extremely profitable to
me-"
Samuel Atkinson and Charles Alex
ander combined the subscription lists
Of the Pennsylvania Gazette and the
Bee and issued the first number Of the
Saturday Evening Post on August 4.
1921. aad the Gazette and the Bee went
out Of existence forever. Thomas Cot
trelI Clarke was the first editor Of the
Post. All old newspaper directories
give 1921 as the year the Post was
established.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-07-30
BOSSY HAD DEl.!RlOUS GAG"
Results Of lmbibing Barrel Of Home
Brew Disastrous to Morals OF
Sedate Old Cow.

Milk, that mild and healthful bever-
age beloved Of the young, usually held
In light esteem by the antiprohibitiOn-
ist, bnt-
1t happened not long age-since Jan.
16-in the mining camp Of Sand COu-
lee. Montana. A "Bohunk" miners
wife. apparently seeking to keep her
lord and master in good humor. mixed
a barrel of home brew guaranteed to
develop a real kick, and set 1t out 10
the yard to ferment. A neighbors
COW happened along and tasted.
One taste led to another, and finally
the barrel was empty. Bat not so the
cow. She was most decidedly and sat
isfactOriiy "fuH." Anyway. bossy was
fighting drunkA and she started out to
clean up that mining camp. and sue
ceeded almost completely. But she
met her Wellington In Deputy Sheriff
Adolphson. The cow charged the
sheriff. who lodged.
Then bossy suffered from the hallu-
cination that has afflicted humans I'M
der similar circumstances. She gave
evidence Of seeing a multitude of
Sheriff AdolphsOns, and finally firing
herself with aimless charges fell down
and asleep. When she awOke next day
her jag" was over. But 1t is reported
that her milk sold at a premium for
several days among the strong men. Of
the camp.-WaM Street Journal. q
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-07-30

IL you have the grit you can com.
mand respect. The world doesn't want
aay fawning apologies. That may
serve a purpose under some weak
sister" circumstances, but never undes
the greatest need. Some folks wonde,
way It 10 that call the world loves Q
lever" The fact is a lover must have
grit. Wemea want their heroes to be
leaders. daring, irresistible. They
want aea WHO do things. They ever
like to be made do few things they
protest but enjoy just the same
WealcliRss do not dare such audacity
bhey fear they will lose the maiden's
smiles. AS a matter of fact it's the
baring and the assurance that wins.
Faint heart never won fair lady" we
are told. Bvea in lovemaking you
must have grit. And what's more the
Fellow chat does not have grit doesn't
deserve to win. Why should q wom-
an waste herself on q molly-coddlef
Be a man IL you would win.-Grit.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-07-30
UNCLE SAM WILL
ADD MUCH TO POT

ATLANTA. July Coalitions OF
dollars will be added to the revenues
of the government this month from
special taxes by the time business
closes for the day tomorrow. The
list includes the tax on brokers,
pawnbrokers, museums, theatres,
and concert halls, circuses, bowling
alleys, shooting galleries. riding aca-,
denies, tobacco, buses, and a host
of other things. Returns of the cap
ital stock tax also must be filed by
tomorrow.
According to A. o. Blalock, collec-
tor of internal revenue. heavy PEN
alties ranging from fine not to ex-
coed $1,000 for failure. and not to
exceed $4,000 or one years impris-
onment, or both for wilful refusal to
make return and pay the tax on time
are prescribed by the current reve-
nue. act.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-07-30
ENCOURAGING.

THAT last thing you sent In Vas
good" said an editor. 1--WE all en-
joyed it very much" "Well, In that
case" said the youthful poet, II take
back what I said in the letter wrote
to you yesterday about my deternina-
ton never to send you any Of my
work again. wrote it in a moment
Of irritation" The editor slowly shook
his head. Don't do that" he muir
INJURED; "that letter Is what / referred
tot"
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-07-30
HOSPITAL SHOWERi

Did you send your linen to it? If
not, will you please send to Mrs.
Harold Beall, sos West Central or
phone and she will have some one
call for IT before August first. Re.
member, every article contributed
will go to credit of charity fund at
full value. WHO so giveth to the
poor lendeth to the Lord"
MRS. E. J. DORMINEY,
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-07-30
Cowboy"

The term cowboy" first used dur.
ing the American revolution, applied
to band Of tories who infested the
neutral ground of Westchester county,
N. Y. stealing cattle from both par
ties and doing other mischief.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-07-30
Lucky and unluekx naxa

1USNy dHU OHIUCKy Udy9.
There is an old belief among the
superstitious that favor asked of any
person on the fourteenth day of the
month will be granted. The Chinese
begin nothing on the seventh day Of
the month because it is supposed to
be unlucky.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-07-30

there is much rotting. From prac-
tically all sections there come reports
of excellent growth of cotton; how
ever there is much shedding and
greater weevil activity. Excepting
the lateness of this crop, its condi-
ton is about average.
w. w. REED. Meteorologist,
Temporarily in Charge.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-07-30
Appeal to snobbIshnesa.

THAT umbrella repairer has a nat
tering approach"
"What is itT
"First asks the lady Of the house IL
she has any golf clubs to mend."-
Louisville Courier Journal.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-07-30
The Answer.

'Why do they try so much hot air
pressure on Witnessed"
II suppose 1t Is because they want
to pump them"
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29
Mr.. Doherty. the Man

Mr.. Doherty. the Man
aR HENRY L. DOHERTY,
W x1ltsr Of tho follotci1g osticls.
a amsssdens Of the Cities Serrace Com
ycxy, the parent orgamisdtiom Of oil,
eroctson, light and po4l,er companies
3, ore hundred cities Of tho United
States and Canada. BEGINNING hfe
ia Columbus, Ohio, s ',eacsboy and
,dice bog. his school days ended t0hen
lbs was tavslve gears old; but IN spite
,f that fact he has made q place for
himself in science as scell as IN f.
pcnce. The companies Of a0hich he is
,he head hare 1900 employees,
ond M. Doherty has made spstem~
tic efforts to encourage among
hem the thrift he advocates for the
.ction at large.
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as much happiness from his position
as did the President.
Every year, and age, and almost
every day. sees some new scheme
sprung that promises to give us more
Of this worlds goods and with less
work. First, it is pure fiat money
with nothing back Of it but a print
ing press. Then it Is a minimum
wage, then single tax, then mini
mum hours Of work, and then a CON-
munity form Of government and
equalized living conditions-and the
changes are rung and rerung, in
new garb, to muddle and befoe each
generation.
Many men spend more time talk
ing and pushing these things than
they spend in training themselves
to be good workmen-and for lack
Of being good workmen they never
make much Of a success In life.
Then they see others moro success
ful and are told by every man who
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29

ing race Of mollycoddles. It
seems impossible that these men can
be the offspring Of the brave pio-
neers who founded our country,
labored to the limit Of their strength,
faced every danger and suffered
privation willingly that they might
live under q just government; and
their idea Of just government was,
when the Declaration Of Indepen-
dence was written, when crystallized
into this expression: 'SThe right
OF life, liberty, and the pursuit Of
happiness" No, It does not seem
as though the snarling, complaining
element Of our population can have
inherited any Of the red blood of
the sturdy pioneers who founded
this country, but they have been
bred from a puny, sickly breed of
men who never could have done the
labor, faced the dangers, and suf-
1ered tho privadons that were nec-
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29

est problem which confronts this
country7"
Answering tho question broadly,
I would say It is the difficulty of
getting our people to think seriously
and think correctly. If we could do
that we would soon get all Of our
problems behind US.
Many people are physically lazy,
but most people are mentally lazy.
The person who is physically lazy
will do no more work than is neces-
sary, and is very we'll satisfied with
the job. The person who Is mentally
lazy will do no more thinking than is
necessary, is always willing to jump
to conclusion and is generally
pretty we'll satisfied with the job
Passion and prejudice are foes
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29
The Master Workman,

VIZ HAVE preached the doctrine of the hardship of
t1 7pe almost believe IN 1t ourselves and yet avork
9ves to life all tot there to make life avorth Vhe. Work
OF 'tset has furnished to mamhnd happiness any
oher one ang 4U a0ork is not happiness, but life vh
york auod be ubeara6e My idea of the real orstocrat
the 'o'! arho can from thin has soul look doa0m
Others, IS the master aUora matter aohat his line of
oor6 a BE- job tOe done gves pleasure the
acorhman.
The greatest hunnn achievement is power and
not misuse It, The most universal human, Ueo71ess is the
misuse OF The lobor unions for gears public se~
taemt almost universally behind the ond power
canne great a they could dictate the PRESIDENT to
Gon9ress and to their former sympathzersomd they did
to lose a Wages be forced unjust levels By
UNIONS and strikes, bit cannot be maintained there.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29
essary to develop this country and
set up our independent government.


set up our independent government.
Last fall we gave q welcome to
our President when he returned from
the peace conference. At Twenty
third Street, where the procession
formed for its parade to Carnegie
Hall, the Presidents car moved up
In front Of the car in which l was
seated. On the running-board Of the
Presidents car, and Immediately in
front of the President, was a secret
service mana young man whose
every movement showed confidence
that he could flll his job and guard
the person Of the man holding the
highest position within the power Of
the people to give. Those two men
were entitled to be proud of their
positions. My admiration went out.
not only to the President, but to the
man on the running-board. Un-
doubtedly he had been chosen for
this job because he was a master
workman. It seemed to me that
the man on the running board got
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29
Man Who Began Life as Newsboy and Is Now
, the Head of Nationwide Business Declares
the Door to Advancement Stands Open

man who has neither savings no,
credit must let opportunity 20 else,
where, and opportunity will seek
out the man who is known to HI
thrifty.
The Why of Rich and Poor
The fact that saving and invest
ing are first hardship and later a
pleasure, and often become a mania
is one reason why, on one hand. we
nave many people who are quite
rich and, on the other hand. a great
many more people who never have
anything ahead, and this in a coun-
try where opportunities are very
nearly equal. But still more re-
markable is the fact that for eyerv
rich man who makes a fortune we
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29

9@ UR national vice is extrava-
81 gance. We have many peo-
~ pie who resent the fact that
other peopIe have accuuu-
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29

to correct thinking, and never dur
ing my life have I seen so many dis
satisfied people and so much passion
and prejudice.
The thing we call common sense
is the snost uncommon thing in the
world. Ebert Hubbard used to say
we are not punished for our sins,
but by our sins. The troubles which
now confront US are the inevitable
punishment for our past follies.
The .Citizen's Duty
The press, tho platform, the pull
pit and the politicians have contin-
ually and for many years, with i'm
passioned word pictures, told what
the country owed to it's citizens, and
too little has been said about what
the citizen owed to his country.
Every orator has prAted about de-
mocracy. Perhaps those who talk
so much about democracy mean
something in harmony with our
present government, but some of
our citizens and many Of our alien
population to whom they talk think
Of democracy as form Of govern
ment which will give them all Of the
protection of law ard order, but
that they can set up their own code
for their own observance of law and
order.
Thousands Of our citizens are
ready to advocate or support a
change in our plan Of government,
and yet they never had the most re-
mote knowledge OF tho plan Of our
government. It is as though some
great architect had planned and
built a wonderful piece of pure
Colonial architecture and later some
ono comes along and puts on a
Queen Anne addition and later some
one comes along and puts on a Mary
Ann addition. Before wc change our
structure lot us stop and study the
plan on which It was built. The
men who planned our government
did it in no hasty, careless fashion.
They had not lived off Of its boun-
ties, but rather they had staked life
and fortune and had suffered the
greatest hardship that a Just plan Of
government might bs created.
Ingersoll said Of tho Declaration
Of Independence,
"It was the greatest document
that was ever written. It opens
up the paths of opportunity and
fame and places the star of hope
above the cradle Of the poor mans
babe"
We have now reached the time
when some a& least Of our populs-
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29
Mental and Physical Laziness

YANY people physically lazy, but most people are
mentally laSy The oho is physically lazy aviU do
no more or than is and very ave satisfied avith
the }o6 The person soho is mentally lazy vu do
tana1g than Is necessary alWays ready jump to con-
cAs7om and IS generally pretty 0eu satisfied aUith job
asson and prejmdice foes to correct tinking
mever d7ng life haze xpany dissatisfied people
o2d so much passion and prejudice
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29
BY Henry L. Doherty

BY Henry l. Doherty
N UR national vice is extrava-
gance We have many peo-
~ pie who resent the fact that
other people have accumu-
lated wealth and they have not, and
yet there are dozens of men I have
Known from boyhood who have con-
hstently spent everything which has
come into their hands, and we're
utemperamentally so constituted that
they would have spent every cent
they received, no matter how much
! 1t might have been. 1t may seem
like fool question, but the man who
has no capital and resents the fact
That others have should seriously ask
himself:
! "How long will It take me 70 get
rich II continue to spend every
Thing get?"
A determination to save, if car
ried to fruition, teaches a man how
to spend intelligently and how to
get the greatest value for what he
must spend. Intelligent and dis
eliminating buying would, to a great
4 extent, make profteering impossible.
4 II thrift could be made pretty
much = general thing throughout
this country It's effects would be
moro faYreaching than most people
imagine. 1t would mean better
Il morals. less misery and greatly les
ssned demands FOR charity. Trace
back every individual case Of the
nssd FOR charity and see how far
you have b 60 to ind that the need
Is duo to lack Of thrift.
Thrift and Crime
+ Trace back the history of every
crime and every criminal and see
how often crime and criminals are
| the result of lack Of thrift. I asked
| a celebrated police officer several
years ago what would be the reduc-
tlon IN crime and prostitution If
thr'1t were generally practiced. He
l did not then think it would bring
very great reduction, but he never
.orgot our conversation and gen.
orally referred to it whenever we
aiserward met, and each time he
would estimate a greater reduction
IN crime and prostitution, and he
q said the last time we talked that if
'arnt were generally practiced
erlme would be reduced by 80 per
cent and prostitution by 80 per cent.
/ 10 start and maintain a con-
'stent plan of saving requires more
sn-will and determination than
many persons possess. When thee,'
"ach q certain point, however, It
vases to be hardship to them and
s'c0mes pleasure. 1t has taught
aem how to save, how to spend and
a0w to invest. and often leads to a
'0sune 30 vast az to be unnecessary
'ao troublesome and of no use ex-
"os tho fun Of playing the game.
THIS Is tho day and ago Of oppor-
y' and No live In tho country
= sne greatest opportunities. Op-
'Ssson'ty must pass each mans door
aes once, but often.
o0e opportunity is not apt to stop
>'u Knock at the door Of the man
- IS but an Indifferent workman.
80 fortunes have been built from
1s's'ngiy small initial savings.
Shsn opportunity Knocks tho
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29
The Value of Government

1IC dltIC Oh Government
But what are We going to do with
our REDS? I don't know. A lot of
them could be cured simply by polk
ing fun at them. They want to live
at somebody else's expense. They
are like spoiled children, unwilling
to abide by the rules Of any game.
They themselves could never draw a
set of rul les Of life or laws Of a ma
ton that they would abide by. If
nobody can suggest anything better,
let's set aside nice fertile island
for them and deport them to it. We
will furnish them for a time with
q sufficient supply of plain food to
maintain them If it is properly ra-
toned. We will also furnish them
with enough plain cloth to clothe
them. We will let them attend to
the rationing of it themselves. We
will furnish them with hand imple-
ments for agricultural work and
with seeds, and then when they have
had time to produce some crops we
will gradually withdraw our supply
of food and clothing. This is, per-
haps, the only way to teach them the
necessity for government and the
fundamental principles of govern
ment.
A mining camp, an oil field or
construction camp, far removed
from civil authority, will teach a
thinking man more about the neces-
sity for government, and the funda-
mental principles Of government,
than the best textbooks that were
ever written. Give your "Reds" the
territory necessary for them to set
up government Of their own liking
and after a few months or a few
years OF such an experience, if they
still are alive, they will come back
to us, if permitted, and be glad to
subscribe to the rules Of law and
order and will with reverence kiss
the flag.
What about our high wages?
Well, it does not make much diff
ference whether we have high wages
or low wages, just so they are prop
erly proportional. The comforts
can be just as great with low wages
as with high wages. and the hard
ships can be just as great with
high wages as with low wages.
There is more danger of hardship
to the wage earning class from high
wages than from low wages. High
wages open our ports to foreign
made goods and close the ports of
other countries to the goods we
make. High wages also bring about
undue stimulation in tho use Of labor
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29

tion want the government to pro-
vide them with something more than
mere opportunity. Our forefathers.
after studying every form Of gov
eminent, including all the different
forms OF democracy, established a
republic. not democracy. Those
Of US who resist many Of the pro-
posed changes in our form Of gov
ernment are not standpatters, but
simply want changes which are in
harmony and not in conflict with
the government set up by our fore
fathers. We do not want to revo-
lutte, but are willing to evolute.
The s'Red'' Menace
You ask what we are going to
do with our radical element T
don't know. First, we should split
them up into the various camps to
which they belong. AS the matter
now stands, everybody who does not
believe in the existing order Of
things is fighting in common with
everybody else against the existing
order of things. If those Of us who
believe it is the best we can do un-
der the circumstances would saw
TO all those who are against, "Well,
we will step aside and agree to be
governed by anything you can all
agree upon,' then these people
would see how foolish and how con-
hlctlng many Of their ideas are.
This would seem like a dangeroua
experiment, but it would show that
unless one hundred conflicting
things could be done at once there
would be no chance for an agree
ment. If each feature Of our new
plan OF government were decided
by vote, and those who were
not satisfied could either choose to
come back with US or remain with
the new government, we would get
back more than 80 per cent of those
who thought they wanted things
radically CHANGED.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29

saving machinery and tend to bring
about protracted period Of unem-
ployment.
The greatest human achievement
Is to have power and not misuse It.
The most universal human weakness
is the abuse of power. The labor
unions for years had public senti-
ment almost universally behind
them, and their power became so
great that they could dictate to the
President, to Congress and to their
former synpathizers-and they
did it. They have lost much in pub
lie sympathy, and are in q fair way
to lose it all. Wages can be forced
to unjust levels by unions and
strikes, but cannot be maintained
there.
LabOr's Error
The labor unions are now 80
strong that they can paralyze this
country for time, but the reaction
will wreck them beyond all hope.
Let us hope that wise counsel will
prevail among them and they will
be the first to see the need Of equal
izing all wages and salaries, whether
union or non-union, on merit sys-
tenn and not by coercion. When I
say merit" l mean the kind of en-
ployment, the drain on the workers.
physical and mental resources. the
time required for preparation, and
all matters of that sort.
We must have lawyers, doctors,
school teachers, college professors.
engineers and many other workers
who require long and expensive
training-and where are these men
and women to come from If. better
pay can be had by joining a labor
union and then, after a few days
instruction, have regular employ
ment at short hours and a wage in
excess Of professional? Surely, even
the union man wants our schools to
be maintained so his own children
can be taught
Crisis for Unions
Every crisis Is supposed to pro-
duce its great man. The crisis for
labor unions has come. A further
abuse of their power will, in nv
opinion, destroy them. 1t is obvious
that, sooner or later, merit will rule.
Labor itself should propose q great
national investigation Of labor and
a fair relative schedule should be
promulgated. We will start as .
basis with the housemaid and let
the union mems wives fix their hours
of employment and their wages, and
then we will build all wages and
hours Of employment upon this.
What about hours of employment?
Well, you could hardly expect mo to
be in sympathy with the short hours
now proposed. have averaged
more like eighty.four hours than