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Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-09-19
WHY MAIN STREET WENT DARK-A few

short months ago the literary world bazed with
the praise of new novel entitled Main Street"
The book purpoted to be masterpiece of
vivid and truthful tones of people and scenes in
the average country town. The blazing afore
said was done by other novests to whom was
given the task OF reviewing the book and who, of
course expected the author of Main Street to be
enthusiastic they when he in turn wrote re-
reviews of their books.
few short months have passed and "Main
Street has fallen. 1t blazed like a rocket and
went out like one. Main Street" did not visual
ize the average country town by long shot and
the people who were enveigled into buying it were
disappointed
Down east certain would-be hgh-brows are
trying fcarfuIly to lift present day American liter
aturc by lis bootstraps They pretend that every
lew weeks great novel is produced by some
American writer We don't believe they dupe
themselves, but the solemn nasty truth is that they
are duping the American public
Compare any book of 1910, 1920. or 1921. with
the works of a Mark Twain, Of a Howells Gar
land, Bret Iarte, Crawford, Edward Bclamy,
Helen Gardner or Albert Ross, not to speak of
the greater ones OF generation before, and ones
heart sinks. he fiction OF today is hardly on a
par with the fiction of third of a century ago in
the dime and half dime novels of our fathers 1t
IS not bit too much to say that no wild West
story OF recent issue can compare in interest, de
scrpton entertainment even use of the Eng
lish language with the writings of Edward W.
Wheeler in the SOS. And all of Wheeler's stor-
les sold for cents copy. Today our Gray's
and Spearman's and Bowers and the rest demand
81 throw, the price sinking to 81 when the same
book appears few weeks later in the drug store
windows
There are epochs in art and literature Today's
rs not one of the great epochs in American fiction
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-09-19
MONROE VOTES FOR ICE PLANT-Monro

MONROE VOTES FOR ICE PLANT-Monroe,
Georgia, voted last week for bonds to establish
Municipal ice plant in connection with their NUM-
cipa water and light plant. Those progressive
North Georgians propose to furnish themselves
this household necessity at cost of manufacture
By the way, Monroe has larger per centage of
graduates from Universities and Women Colleges
than any other town of It's size This NAV be the
reason for its progressiveness
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-09-19

In he Nationalist capita OF Angoro,
Muflde Ferid Hanum the author and
wife OF the former minister of finance.
and many other women 60 about the
streets or ride horseback with their
wells turned back and folded into a
handsome head dress modelled after
the Eastern style.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-09-19
HOW TOWNSPEOPLE AND FARM FOLKS CAN
COOPERATE FOR BENEFIT OF EACH

tackled: much has been done in find.
ing their solution.
And not only is the farmer in az.
position to aid himself. but he now
comes to the aid OF his town brother
in national way such pr"~rams
as good roads, reduction OF chit
rates. taxation-all problems I. vital
concern to the town man-are re-
ceiving the heartiest support from
organized agriculture.
THIS is COOPERATICNl
In the local units opportunity IS
afforded for the closest co-opcrat,1n
Schools. roads,-the particular fea-
lures on which such cooperative
spirit might be developed, are m
material Only yesterday from
down in Missouri came the story
OF one example of town-countrv 90.
operation; Through its agricultural
committee the commercial club Of
Columbia. Missouri. is furnishing
market news service to farmers
The plan is to list free of charge any
grain, livestock products. farm ma
chinery OF all kinds. and even land
or farms that the owner would buv
or sell THE committee bel that
owing to the almost prohibulvS high
freight rates existing today. thai it.
is to the advantage of the producer
to sell or buy whenever there is ans
opportunity near at home.
SCHOOLS CO. FIRST
When the question is asked me,
In what particular can country and,
town best cooperate" the word
school Immediately comes into nv
mind Country and town co-operaf-
ing in the establishment of CONSOLE
dated schools find common.
ground. Even closer the tie can be
drawn by making the consolidated
school real live community center
t. My own home is on a farm o,:t j,
Iowa. FIVE miles from the town of
Clements. There we have tina, rcal
community spirit We have = oark
la community park built bv farmers
and townspeople-and il rs r,,l
lpark. ''
lownspeople and farnct, az nor
TWO alien races, but brothers tarr,.~
the same problem.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-09-19

Down in Cuba they are driving motor vehicles
with industrial alcohol made from sugar mill re-.
fuse We have been advocating its manufacture
from sweet potatoes for years but capitalists
would rather invest in mortgages and bonds than
enter field of investment which would earn them
larger returns and help build up our agricultural
resources. Some day somebody will make for
tune out OF industrial alcohol made from the un
saeable sweet potatoes now mostly allowed to
rot.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-09-19

reports here, will stimulate all lines
of business in Georgia and neighbor-
ing states and be of considerable aid
to hanks and merchants in effecting
collection of outstanding obligations
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-09-19

Mrs. w. c. Crenshaw and baby of
Birmingham, Ala, will arrive Thurs
day afternoon from Nashville, Ga,
where she, has been visiting her sis
ter. She will be guest for several
days of Mrs. ]. M. ]. Luke.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-09-19

Mrs. G. F. Walsh and little daugh-
ter Mae Cobb are expecting to visit
the formers parents in Blakely Mr.
and Mrs. ]. ]. Holder.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-09-19

but always, If we are good farmers.
having in mind an accumulation OF
fertility on which the drafts of future
generations may be drawn.
All know that the, farmer is the
principal . producer @of the fiscal
wealth Of Tire nation- e The banker
is interested ia the fseal wealth,
and if the farmeA } fails to pro-
duce not only the bankers bust
ness but all business suffers. The
farmers problem is certainly the
townsman's problem. The period of
|stagnation from which we are just
Emerging is but sad proof OF this.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-09-19
FARMER WILL NOW HELP

For several decades cities and
towns have had various forms of
organizations to work on economic
and social problems. They have &C
complished much. Most Of this sins
the farmer has been unorganized.
His own problems nave been neg
lected and he has been in no posi-
ton to aid the townsman. That time
has passed. ~
American agriculture is now or
ganized as agriculture never before
in the history of the world was Or
ganized Problems peculiar to tho
Industry are bcing at
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-09-19
The Thinkers az Old

IN the seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries the greatest thinkers of the
world gave themselves up TO mathe-
maticai and nhvsic,,l raSearch.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-09-19

Mr.. Glenn Ryman of Atlanta spent
Saturday in the city OH business and
listing cid friends
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-09-19
By JAMES R. HOWARD
President OF the American Farm
Bureau Federation
Copyright 1871. BY the Publishers Au,ocas,e,
Service Co.

Tornspeople and farmers are not
~ ~ races but brothers facing
Il problems; spirit of CO.
o. al, between them is absolutely
necessary If our nation is to reach
The Promised Land Of Normally.
One Of the great tasks of our ma
tional farmers organization the
America Farm Bureau Federation
is 10 bring 10 the town man bet
ter understanding Of the farmer and
the eatners problems, while we
consider Il equally our task to in
terpret justly to the farmer the town
man and has problems.
EXAMPLE OF RELATIONSHIP
The relation of the farmer and
the banker serves web to illustrate
our point Certainly their problem
Us parallel The banker conserves
she fiscal ~~asth OF his community,
storing aud distributing it as need
may arise and occasion justify. 1t
IS his business to use this fiscal
wealth in such way as will create
new Accommodations OF wealth and
Safeguard the interests CT the COM
nunity. Il is thu farmers business
Go conserve the soil wealth Of re
eonr'on|sy. distributing the products
rs the needs OF society may indicate,
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-09-19
SWIM OUT!

IT lIIE WOIIIes dIItIS pTOUS you
when awake, when in bed, an the hail stones of
foreboding keep a-petin' thru yer head-remem-
Der that fainty heart don't win yer daily bread,
KICK LOOSE!
The problems in this life of our'n was made to
be attacked to solve EN- as you meet 'em makes
you happier in fact-an oblivion will be sweeter
when yer mortal doom has cracked,
KEEP SMILIN'
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-09-19
IZ77(;1Re f'Nhl1!S|
"kt)j'.g;I5n2

Ii you find yourself a sinkin'
in the quagmire OF despair, till
you got to spend yer energies in
comm up fer air-remember,-
that it's Judgement that gets you
anywhere,
SWIM OUT!
The St. Mary banner., 1921-03-05
The Secret Society In China.

Inc secret society is one Of the
wicked institutions of China. These
evil organizations flourish especially in
hansu province, In the far west. Their
power Is tremendous. The Kolaopui
are so strong as to be almost beyond
the reach of the law. They borrow an
imals from the farmers and omit to re-
turn them.
One man who had the temerity to
try to recover his horse was visited at
night by batch Of members, who put
lime into his eyes and cut out his
tongue. Completely blinded and un-
able to talk, the man recovered and In
voked the law. The society bribed the
magistrate and justice was not forth
coming; but In retaliation the mans
son was killed and his body mutilated.
The blind father thereupon took the u
days journey to the provincial capital,
led by little son of ten. and when
last heard Of was seeking redress from
the higher authorities. There is little
law for the poor in the country, though
they are not without their own meth
DDS of justice when reused to the
breaking point.
The St. Mary banner., 1921-03-05
Labor Obligatory in BULGARIA.

According to information from Sofia
Bulgaria has passed a law by which
labor is obligatory, both for men and
women. This later can be utilized In
many ways, including the construction
Of roads, railways, canals, aqueducts
improvement of rivers and streams
installation of telephone and tele-
graph lines, preparation Of various
building materials, the planting and
exploitation of forests. work In the
various domains Of the state, district
or communes, cultivation of kitchen
gardens. raising Of silk worms and of
bees and cattle. fisheries, work In
mines and factories, conservation of
food products, weaving, etc. The de-
mobilization Of the Bulgarian army by
virtue Of the recent treaty has rem.
dered this law necessary.
The St. Mary banner., 1921-03-05
SCIENTIST HAD LITTLE JOKE
Pleasantly That Was keenly Enjoyed
by Everybody Except Possibly the
Terror Stricken Victim.

When Prof. Joseph LIE Conte was
taking scientific excursion With Agas-
slz he ventured on little pleasantly,
to beSuile the time. They had gone
by sailing vessel to the MarGuesas,
and thence into the Dry Tortugas.
The day after their arrival Professor
LIE Conte was sent to examine a little
Island, about ten miles away, and hav-
Ing done 1t, he remained there be-
Gained all the next day. The water
was about twenty feet deep, q splen-
did place for q dive.
LIE Conte stripped and plunged over
board, and amused himself by pluck
Ing spOnges and corals from the bot.
tom. While he was thus engaged. an
oid-time naturalist who had Joined the
party, something to Agassiz' disgust,
came padding round the ship In
little boat.
lie Conte, to the delight of the sail
ors looking on, took hold of the keel,
lay on his back with his legs under the
boat and his head hidden by the stern
and began to swim backward
Ihe boat mysteriously moved the
wrong way, and the harder the old
gentleman padded the more it re-
sisted him. Still it moved backward.
He was alarmed. Some deviltish was
evidently running away with him. He
peered over the gunwale, but saw moth
Ing. Now he padded frantically, his
strength increased by terror; but still
the boat slipped back. Finally the
oniookinS sailors laughed so hard that
the joke could be carried on no long
er, and LIE Conte, fearful of an aveng-
ing paddle over his head, swan swift
ly away.
The St. Mary banner., 1921-03-05
HARDING SELECTS
CABINET MEMBERS

st. Augustine, Fla.-Presdent-ele
| Harding has reached a tentative de
| cision on every place in his cabinet
and unless there are last-minute
changes the official circle of the next
administration will be composed OF
these men:
Secretary of state, Charles Evans
Hughes of New York, former govern
or, justice of the supreme court and
republican nominee for president.
Secretary of the treasury, Andrew
w. Mellon of Pennsylvania, banker
and financier, member of a family
reputed to be among the wealthiest
in this country.
Secretary of war, John W. Weeks
Of Massachusetts, former United
States senator and in 1916 candidate
for the presidential nomination.
Attorney general, Harry NJ. Daugh'
erty of Ohio, who managed the pre-
convention campaign resulting in Mr..
Harding's nomination.
Secretary of the navy, Edwin DENLY
of Michigan, former member of con-
gress, who has served as an enlisted
man in both the navy and marine
corps.
Secretary Of the interior, Albert b.
Fall of New Mexico, now United
States senator.
Secretary of agriculture, Henry
Wallace of Iowa, editor of farm pub
lications
Secretary of commerce, Herbert
Hoover of California, former food ad-
ministrator and conspicuous leader IN
various movements for European re-
lief
Secretary OF labor, James J. DAVIS
of Pennsylvania and Illinois. former
union steel worker, who has become
highest official in the Moose ira
ternity.
The St. Mary banner., 1921-03-05
Mrs. HicksRelieved
ByF0ur Eatonics

Il have taken four Eatonic tablets
and they relieved me of sour stomach.
l recommend it to everybody" says
Mrs. G. 2. Hicks.
If stomach Is not digesting your
food; if you have sourness, bloating,
food repeating, indigestion or acid
stomach, Eatonic will remove the
cause by taking up and carrying out
the acidity and gases, bringing quick
relief and healthy digestion. Why suf.
fer stomach trouble? Why not keep
your digestion normal and enjoy good
health? An Eatonic taken after each
meal will prevent discomfort and pain.
Make the test today and see how
quickly this wonderful remedy acts
1t comes in handy tablet form. Carry
1t with you. A big box costs only a
trifle with your druggists guarantee.
The St. Mary banner., 1921-03-05
CREAM FOR CATARRH
OPENS UP NOSTRILS
Tells How to Get Quick Relief from
Head-CoIds. It's Splendid!

In one minute your clogged nostrtls
Will open, the air passages of your
head will clear and you can breathe
freely. No more hawking, snuttiing,
blowing headache, dryness. No strug-
Cling for breath at night; your cold
or catarrh will be gone.
Get small bottle of Elys Cream
Balm from your druggist now Apply
a little Of this fragrant, antiseptic,
healing cream In your nostriIs. 1t pen
etrates through every air passage Of
the head, soothes the infamed or
swollen mucous membrane and relief
comes instantly.
It's just fine. Don't stay stuffed-up
with a cold or nasty catarrh.-Relief
comes so quickly.-Adv.
The St. Mary banner., 1921-03-05
Clowns to Jail in Petroqrad.

According to the energetic Aftonba-
Diet of Stockholm, the circus still ex-
trograd. AT recent exhibition two
clowns engaged in the following pat
ter:
Where have you been for the last
weekf"
Looking for firewood"
Did you find any?"
Sure thing"
Let me see it."
Il will If you promise not to touch
it," With that he took a match from
behind his ear
Both clowns were locked up by the
soviet police.
The St. Mary banner., 1921-03-05
Permanent Places.

Mrs. Douglas Robinson, whose
speeches were a feature of the presi-
dental campaign, said at reception
In New York:
Making speech is nothing like so
difficult as keeping servant. | know
a young woman who has actually
changed her cook II times in the last
three months.
other day with a sigh:
"'When cooks go to heaven 1t must
annoy them awfully to find out that
they cant leave"
The St. Mary banner., 1921-03-05
Enqland's War on Rats,

No details have yet been issued OF
the casualties inflicted on the rats dur.
ing the latest spasm Of intensive war.
fare. It is to be hoped for our own
welfare that the list of the killed will
be long and that no prisoners will
have been taken.
1t is recorded that In knackery In
the north Of England. IA one single
day, men and terriers killed over a
quarter Of a ton of the rodents. That
continual warfare is necessary is evil
dent when one remembers that a pair
of healthy rats might have at the end
Of two years something like 10000 de-
scendants.
The St. Mary banner., 1921-03-05
MUST HAVE ASSENT
OF UNITED STATES
u. S. Must Have Voice in Dis
position of German Pos
sessions, Says Colby.

| Washington.-Th American govern
ment has taken an unequivocal stand
with regard to its right to a voice in
| the disposition of the former overseas
possessions of Germany.
Secretary Colby in his note to the
| council of the league of nations, made
public Friday, submits that disposition
of those possessions 'can not be un-
dertaken or effectuated" without the
assent of the United States.
Furthermore, he states that the
United states, as one of the principal
allied and associated powers" has an
equal concern and an inseperable in
tereSt' with the others Of those pow
ers in the territories taken from
Germany and "concededly an equal
voice in their disposition"
Declaring the American government
can not regard itself as bound by the
terms of the mandate given to Japan
over the Pacific island of Yap by the
league, the secretary requests that the
council, having obviously acted under
misrepresentation of the facts" in
assuming that the United States had
approved Japanese mandate over
the island, reopen the question for
the further consideration, which the
proper settlement of it clearly re
quires."
Officials declared that in acting
now, the present administration had
strengthened the position of the in
coming administration. The opinion
was also expressed that there might
be conference Of the interested
powers to discuss the question. 1t is
understood that such a course would
be acceptable to the United States.
Referring to the zap mandate, Sec
retary Colby's note said that at the
time of the discussion of the question
at Paris, President Wilson was par
ticular to stipulate that it should be
reserved for future consideration and
that subsequently the United States,
in notes to Great Britain, France,
it's contention that Yap had in fact
been excepted from the proposed
mandate to Japan for the Pacific is
lands north Of the equator formerly
held in Germany.
THE information was further con-
veyed," Mr.. Colby states, that the
reservations which had previously
been made by this government re-
garding the island of zap were based
on the view that the island of Yap
necessarily constitutes an indispensa
BILE part of any scheme or practical
arrangement of cable communication
in the Pacific and that it's free and
use should not be limited
or controlled by any one power"
The St. Mary banner., 1921-03-05
Feeling Of Security

la naturally feel secure when you
nas the medicine you are about to
absolutely pure and contains no
! lal OF habit producing drugs.
~ medicine is DR.. Kilmer's Swamp
3 nney, liver and bladder remedy.
ane standard of purity, strength
& Ausilence is maintained in every
y Swamp Root.
8, scientifically compounded from
: zoe stimulant and is taken in
lsafal doses. A' -
y fecommended for everything.
I'ures great helper in relieving
asnonlng kidney, liver and blad.
a s..., statement of purity is with
'e OF Dr.. Kilmer's Swamp
IL IL hass need q medicine, you should
NJ. os'. . on sale at all drug stores
-. y Two sizes, medium and large.
m U you wish first to try this
ssatlon y send ten cents to DR..
s.ssto so'' BEIIn,ghamton, EI, N. Y, for a
~ ~ When writing be sure and
nls paper.-Adv.
The St. Mary banner., 1921-03-05
FRECkLES
Now 10 the Time to Get Rid of
These Usly Spots.

There's no longer the slightest need Of
feeling ashamed Of your freckes. as Othins
double Strengths guaranteed to remove
these homely spots.
Simply get an ounce Of Othine-double
strength-from your druggist, and apply a
little Of 1t night and morning and you
should soon see that even the worst freckles
have begun to disappear. while the lighter
ones have vanished entirely. It Is seldom
that more than one ounce is needed to COM
pletely clear the skin and gain q beautiful
clear complexion
Be sure to ask for the double strength
Othine as this Is sold under guarantee of
money back II 1t fails to remove freckles.
The St. Mary banner., 1921-03-05

aNot in long time have l enjoyed
,ch good health or felt so well gen.
,sllv as do since taking Tanlac, -
"A " n. Johnson, 319 East 43rd
Portland, Ore, who holds a re-
ousible position with the Northwest
nnsfer Company.
About a year ago l began suffer-
from lack Of appetite and stomach
euble and since that time-that is,
Nj Tanlac set me right have felt
poorly that I could hardly do my
wk. Ny food seemed to do me little
pod II any, as my digestion was bad,
lost both weight and strength
badnually.
after every meal there was a dull,
aging pain in the pit Of my stomach
at kept me feeling miserable for
pus
The gas from my sour, undigested
ID would bloat me up terribly and
\ nerves were so upset that ! would
awake half the night unable to
sq. l was constantly having blind
dizzy spells and could not bend
" and straighten up quickly but
mt everything seemed as dark as
it to me.
was telling a friend one day how
ID felt and he advised me to try
mac and l just want to say he
ddnt have done me a greater kind
n
4 have picked up all Of fifteen
nds In weight, my appetite Is fine,
although I am eating just any
ng ] want my stomach never gives
particle Of trouble. My sleep
scund and restful and my strength
energy have been so renewed that
work Is no longer a burden to me-"
linlac is sold by leading druggists
aywhere.-Adv.
The St. Mary banner., 1921-03-05
Heavenly Inspiration.

The film corporation was on the
verge of bankruptcy. Try as it might,
it could not sell its pictures.
Then one day the president con-
ceived brilliant idea, and soon he was
using a scoop shovel to handle his
money.
Instead of selling the pictures he
made, he charged S. admission to his
studio to see them made.-Film Fun.
The St. Mary banner., 1921-03-05
They Followed Him.

A Georgia lawyer to a wealthy client
he desired to impress:
81 played Hamlet once"
"Indeedl Did you have much of q
rum"
about six miles as l remember It,"
The Lawyer and Banker.
The St. Mary banner., 1921-03-05
SO OUT Of 100

Of the winter ailments such as Coughs,
Colds, spasmodic Group, or soreness
anywhere, may be quickly relieved by
Vacher-Balm. Ask your druggist.
Avoid imitatOns.-Adv.
The St. Mary banner., 1921-03-05
Historical Novels.

"POp!
"Yes, my son."
"What Is an historical novelw
"An historical novel. my boy. is one
In which an author selects some Incl
dent In history and lies about it,