Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-11-20
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| DEBT AND DIVORCE
| The relation of these two evils has
been fairly we'll discerned. but it took
the credit associations OF Colorado
and Wyoming to present the subjects
in a new, light. Thru their secretaries
the Retail Credit Mems Associations
of these states in recent session pas
sed resolutions to press. law pre-
venting divorce DEGREES until all per-
sonal debts are paid. They declare that
with increasing divorces the losses sus
tanned by merchants, especially those
dealing in wearing apparel, are cor
respondingly greater, because OF the
/ practice of parties prior to their actual
separations making large and unwar-
ranted purchases and charging these
to the other party. Newspaper publish
ers approached for endorsement and
J favorable publicity to the resolution,
: humorously added the condition that
subscriptions to newspapers also be
required to be paid up before the di-
vorces may be granted. The merchants
however, are seriously in. earnest.
FOR EDUCATION
The annual campaign week tor Edu-
cation is on. 1t covers wide scope,
from illiteracy to widest patriotic cit
izenship. Perhaps the subject to con-
Germ Georgians most is that dealing
with lliteracgy of which there is still
so much to overcome. The state IL
literacy commission has sent out let
tiers to all grand juries commencing
county action and special appropr1a-
ton, also judges are asked to appoint
committees of patriotic citizens to act
with school authorities in reaching as
many illiterates as possible: The cost
of teaching an adult to read and write
is estimated to be $500 and a text
book written by Dr. M. l.. Britain
| for that use has been printed, the Co
ca-Cola company contributing the
price of $4,000 copies.
WHIFF! WHIFF!
How many whffs from pipes and
cigarettes this year did Il { X to
make a tobacco tax fund o. SJuZ, 500
and more, which will cover the appro-
priation of $250,000 for the Alto SAM
tarium for tuberculosis patients and
bonus of SIS each to every Confeder-
ate pensioner in Georgia? The state
revenue department says it can be
done.
THE LOCUST'S PAJAMAS
| Isn't it the last word in conservation
that the Germans should extract the
oil from locusts for a1rplane motors
and then use the refuse left in the hop
pers for fertilizer?
EXECUTIVES COUNSEL
How sensible is a conference OF
state governors and yet it is of but re-
cent custom Jacksonville must have
been quite swelled up with the I'M
portance of having as her guests on
Monday and Tuesday the governors OF
more than half tile states in the Union
The state of Florida remains their
host for the rest of the week. while
thew visit both coasts and the ever
| elades Some will go from Miami on
to Cuba The comprehensive subjects
discussed at the conference were con-
servation of national resources, safe
guarding the highways, including sug-
gestions on the grade crossing danger
and taxation.
DOWN TO BEDROCK
All the economists of the world may
now get busy with their best argu-
ments involving that age-old contro-
versy about capital and labor. A prize
of $4,000 for the best original treatise
on the Theory of Wages" to be sub
mitted by October |, 1926, is announc-
ed from the University of Chicago.
The prize will be paid by Hart-Schaff-
ner and Marx on the decision of the
committee composed of professors
from the University of Chicago, Col
umbia, and Harvard Universities. For
eigners may compete tho the manu-
scripts must be presented in English.
ITRUANT LAW MADE
EFFECTIVE
Wyoming has truant law that in
cludes the compulsory attendance OF
pupils thru the eighth grade, or until
l6 wears of age To make this law Ell
fective they have instituted the plan
for superintendent Of schools in hrst
class counties to act as truant officers
with an added salary of $500 or more
for such service.
FIFTH AVENUE CELEBRATES
This week marks one hundred years
since Fifth avenue was officially nam
ed on a map of New York City. a
week of celebration opened SATURDAY
in commemoration of the event ane
President Coolidge is honorary chair,
man of the centennial committee.
ANYTHING ELSE BUT
To go to conventions these days
particularly women's conventions, IN
Spring as they are, is the last thing
most of the real workers can do
: Somebody has told the story in tht
expression "the high cost of conven
tioning.' No matter what the primary
81 object of the meeting is, or what at
fractions it may hold i'll intellectual
inspirational, or other qualities, there
r is a great deal of social f'unctioning'
as well, which calls for new and OF
times more expensive clothing thar
home needs require. Hotel bills ane
railroad fare added, makes an expen
: diture that only the richer and some
. times Indifferent members can afford
However, any delegate will usually re
ceive enough inspiration to come back
better member of her society thar
before. Anyway, women will keep or
= dressing and eating for their various
causes, and eventually arrive at thel1
happy solution or conelusion Mean
while, the difficulty of securing dele
gates for state meetings becomes
, greater all the while.
f ITO DEATIT