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Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1924-12-04

THE PUBLIC'S PURSE-When we want to
learn how many minutes it will take flying tor
pedo to reach Saturn our scientific workers grab
a few delicate Instruments bottle up little at
mosphere, whip sliding rule out their pockets,
and in month or two they tell us all about it.
The problem of given object of a certain density
travelling thru another force OF another density
appears like simple arithmetic. But when it comes
to finding out whether one of our shells OF Ger
tain density, travelling at given velocity, can
sink one of our battleships with armor plate OF
given thickness then we must put up $35OOOOOO
target and send to the bottom OF the ocean one OF
our latest types OF protective machinery.
OF course this is great thing for the armor
plate crowd If we sink this ship with present
Shells then, of course, need thicker armor
plate for our Navy. If can't then we need
larger and more powerful shells and thicker armor
for our forts. The public purse is caught between
the neither millstones. More important than the
public purse, however, is public protection
Sinking our ltest ships under international
agreement while Great Britain simply tears
up paper fleet. 1t ought to set some
folks to thinking We never have been match
for the foreign diplomat and seemingly diplomacy
Uncle Sam is safest when he attends to his own
business and lets the European crowd work out
their own salvation or their destruction,
whichever they prefer. Americans can protect
America whenever they set out to do it, and that
is about all we want.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1924-12-04
A REMARKABLE SUPREME COURT DEc1-


SION-The burden of education rests on the
State Appropriations for State aid to weak dis
tricts are part of the fulfllment of the ob1ga-
tion to maintain system of public schools placed
upon the State by its constitution. District tax e-
vies are somewhat in the nature Of aid to the
State The limit of district school tax having been
reached the State must "carry on" to the point
where school system of some degree of uniform
ity and equality of opportunity is maintained.
These are the main points Of remarkable de-
cision rendered by the supreme court OF Okla
homa on September 9. 1t was brought about by
an attempt to invaldate appropriation OF
$65OOOO made by the legislature last spring to
aid weak districts to hold an 8-month term Depend
ing on the good faith of the State, about 52OC
teachers stayed at their work, heightened the
terms in 1O65 schools, and helped about l768OC
children. The greater part of this good was done
in rural districts where the small, weak schools
are
The decision greatly strengthens the position
Of rural education in Oklahoma. 1t says, among
ether things:
Without affirmative aid by the Legislature the
constitutional mandate for an efficient free-school
system will be unexecuted in those weak school
Districts
"The sovereign State and we as citizens are as
much interested in the education OF youth in a
capital city, because this interest is based upon
the child's relation to society generally, OF which
form part
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1924-12-04
THE SOUTH CAROLINA STATE WARE

THE SOUTH CAROLINA STATE WARE
HOUSE SYSTEM-Every progressive farmer in
Georgia should famiarize himself with the work
ings of the South Carolina State warehouse sys-
tenn We did not know anything of its many good
features until we talked with Mr. j. c. Rivers, of
Columbia, who is the president and to Mr.. Baker,
of Lee county, who has charge of the storage de-
partment of grain and farm products other than
cotton. They now have over | 400 warehouses in
South Carolina The state does not build them
A farmer can build one on his own farm. A num-
Der of farmers can build one in town. They are
not expensive. They are all under control of the
president and board who are paid by the state
These warehouses must all be built according to
plans approved by these state officials that they
can get low rate of insurance. They have made
arrangements so that the insurance automatically
rises or falls as the cotton and products insured
increases declines.
They are now storing the cotton for the South
Carolina Cotton Association The insurance and
storage has never exceeded IS cents per bale of
cotton per month. The storage grain such as
oats and is given at the low rate of 80 cents
per ton per month"; On grain cotton they issue
d standard warehouse receipt which is negotiable
at any bank Every officer and worehouseman is
bonded
In four years service no one has ever lost one
cent. If farmer grows crop of oats, he can
store them, borrow money on them and keep them
until the fall sowing makes fair market price for
them. Any farm product can thus be marketed in
an orderly manner to secure fair price to
the grower. Altho the charges and insurance is
thus cut to the farmer more than half, the system
has turned into the state treasury $50O0OOO
!; year as profits
Georgia is sadly in need of such system. Send
to ]. c, Rivers, Liberty Bank Building, Columbia,
s c., and he will send you a copy of the law Great
ing and controlling this system. We must continue
to strive until the farmers have the very best mar
keting facilities for the crops that they produce
and no one thing is so essential as proper ware
housing, grading and nsurace This system pro-
yides all three at the lowest possible cost.-The
Southern Cultivator
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1924-12-04
ROAD GUIDE
JEFFERSON DAVIS HIGHWAY
Out of Fitzgerald

JEFFERSON OANA0
Route to Savannah:-Via Abbeville,
cross bridge to Rhine, Milan. McRae,
Alamo, Mt. Vernon. Vidalia, Lyons.
Re;dsville, Claxton, Pembroke. Take
road via Burnsed bridge to Louisville
road: road good to Canoochee river
bridge: east of Claxton just fair to
Pembroke and Louisville road; Chat
ham county paved. .,
Route to Augusta-via Aboeviiie
bridge, take north route two miles east
of bridge 10 Eastman, Dublin, virgins
vile, Barlow, Louisville, Wrens. Koao
fair entire distance. :.
Route to Montgomery, Ala wa
Irwinville, Sycamore, Ashburn, Syi-
yester. Albany, Dawson, Cuthbert
Georgetown, Eufaula, Union Springs
Road fair to Sylvester, paved TO Al
bany and good road to Georgetown.
Cross bridge to Eufaula.
DIXIE HIGHWAY
Central Route"
Route to Macon-via Abbeville,
Hawkinsville. Perry. Good to bioD
County line then paved into Macon
Route to Jacksonville-Via Ocilla,
Douglas, Nichols, Folkston, Jackson
Vile Good road to Nichols, rough to
Waresboro, good TO Waycross. excel
lent to Folkston and Jax'ville.
ROUTE TO CORDELE
Via Rochelle, Seville and Pitts
road good to fair all the way.
(This information will be printed
each week in this column; should any
serious changes be reported, will make
notation of such.)-Leader- Enterprise
Promoter of Good Pnsds
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1924-12-04
CoughR Re1nedyMother
Gave Us Still Best
Pine Tar. and Honey Beat
All Modern Drugs

In thousands of families it has
been the custom for many years to
keep pine tar and honey always ON
hand for coughs, chest colds, bron-
chitis, spasmodic Group, and throat
irritations. Our mothers knew that
it was good, that it often broke up
the worst cough in "a hours; and
that it could be given to young and
old alike, as 1t contains no mar
cOtics or harmful drugs.
And now we are told that in spite
of modern medical discoveries there
is still no, better or quicker cough
remedy. Doctors say the pine tar
quickly 1oosens and removes the
phlegm and congestion that coxsc the
coughing, also healing soreness.
while the honey not only gives a
pleasant taste, but helps soothe irri-
tation.
The original compound, made up
many years ago and used by mil
lions of people, was DR.. Bells Pine
Tar Honey. This is scientifically
composed Of just the right proper
tions of pine tar, honey and other
quick-acting, healing ingredients
which the best doctors have found
to aid in quick relief. If You want
the original and the best, De sure
you get DIR. Belrs PIne-Tar Honey
and no other. Only. SOC. at any
goUd druggists.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1924-12-04
INDUSTRIAL UNREST INEVITABLE IN

GERMANY-The high cost of living with decid-
edly lower wage scale will force industrial strife
in Germany, according to all observers The most
thoroly organized branch Of labor is that employ
ed by the railways of the country, they being paid
according to the relative experience and skill of
the individual.
Highly skilled mechanics paid l6c an hour
seni-skilled, 13c; unskilled 12c, and women en-
ployees &C. With tese meager earnings they have
to pay Csc pound for butter and Sc each for eggs
y l-2c for loaf of bread and other necessities in
proportion.
A skilled workman has to work almost one-half
a day for pound of butter dozen eggs while
the women workers spend an entire day for the
same necessities.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1924-12-04
BE FAIR TO POSTAL EMPLOYES-B NJ

BE FAlR TO POSTAL EMPLOYES-B1ll No.
S-l808, vetoed by President Coolidge, will again
make its appearance in Congress and it is expected
that an effort will be made to pass it in its original
form There is general belief that the postal en-
ployes are entitled to this proposed increase in
salaries, with the additional amounts pro-
posed to pay the several classes, their salaries
would still not be as high as paid in pri-
vate employment to men having the same respon-
sibilities and requiring the high standard OF
education and other qualifications.
Congressman Crisp Of this district, as well as
our senators, favored the passage of the bill in
the last session Of Congress and will, no doubt
again vote for it. During the and after, these
employees stayed their jobs without murmur
and placed their trust in the fairness of their
Government-and they should not be disappoint.
ed. The fathfulness of these public servants de-
serves recognition.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1924-12-04

Considerable exciter1G Mt was caused
among the guests at a wedding cere-
mony in Havre church recently
when he lady refused to marry the
bridegroom. Such painful scenes
might easily be avoided if the bride
groom arranged to keep one or two
ladies in reserge.-London Opinion.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1924-12-04

"The Love Bet" didn't please an Albany audi
ence, according to the Albany Herald which says
Nobody knows who won the bet but it's a
cinch the audience lost 1t started losing when the
first curtain went up and continued to lose heavi-
ly the rest of the evening, except those who took
their hats and coats and depared at the conclusion
of the first act" Some frost
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1924-12-04
NEWSPAPERS AND cR1ME-some rec

NEWSPAPERS AND CRIME-Some recent
statistics show that big metropolitan newspapers
are devoting as high as 3l.6 per cent of their news
space to crime
Important industrial and world news about
progress and development is crowded out with
sensational matter that tends to develop more
crime.
In southern Illinois town the other day the
merchants met and asked the local paper to print
less about crime and give more constructive news.
This criticism is not applicable to the country
weeklies and small city daes that reach about
90 per cent of the people.
To gain circulation and make little more mo-
ney by degradation of the reading matter that
goes into the home is crime in itself against
the purity OF the thought in the household circle
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1924-12-04
Anniversary Column
(The Leader, December Ia, 1910
IA YEARS AGO

(The Leader, December IA, 1910
AS we go to press we learn that the
new Ashton school house burned to
the ground Thursday afternoon, after
the building had been vacated. 1t was
total loss and is indeed a severe cal
amity for the Ashton district, as the
school house had just been completed
at a cost of $500 and was the pride
of the county The Leader heads a
subscription list with $500, which
we hope may be followed by donations
from this and the surrounding terri
tory.
The city and county authorities will
meet at the Third ward building, the
teachers of that ward complimenting
the visitors with luncheon at noon
Those on the program will be: Mr.
w. c. Graham, Miss Dora Tyler, Mr..
w. M. Berry, Mr. Fred Ball, Mr.. Will
liams, Mr.. Altman, Mr.. Walter Stone,
Miss Daisy Moye, A. C. Tanner.
A double wedding of interest occur
ring last Sunday afternoon at the
country home of Mr. Wesley Walker,
included in the contracting parties,
Miss Ida White and Mr.. T. F. Tyler.
and Miss Mary Faulkner and Mr. Hen
ry Fountain, Jr The ceremony was
performed by Judge E. Wall and was
witnessed by about hundred friends
of the brides and grooms.
Married at Abbevi1le Wednesday
night were Miss Leila Storey of that
place and Mr.. Warren Paulk, of Ocil-
la, and after few days spent away
on a trip they will make their home in
Oci1la, where Mr. Pau1k is a promi-
nent young man, and was recently
elected clerk of the superior court
The beautiful sentiment expressed
by the Woman's Club in their tribute
! to grandmothers and other who may
have passed three score and ten was
| given fitting expression in the delight
full luncheon of November 80, served
in the w. R. c. Hall. The large table
in the center of the room had for a
centerpiece of fruit and was further
ornamented with flowers and trailing
vines and place cards with appropriate
quotations. About forty grandmothers
were present Mrs. R. ]. Prentiss ex-
| tended the words of welcome, and a
message from the absent president
Mrs. J. B. Wall was read Mrs. Clark
responded for the guests and was fol-
lowed by Mcsdames Coran, of Hogans
vile, Collier and H. A. Burkhart. A
nice program was given by Mrs w.
A. Green, Mrs. Daisy Brabham, Mrs
w. H. Rogers, Miss Mary Lobingier
and little Miss Mildred Tisdel.
Among the grandmothers attending
the luncheon were Mesdames Coe,
Stalker, Stewart, Lander, Morris,
Knapp. Frink, Collier, Phillips, Lobin-
gier, Turner, Burnett, Boyd, Brown,
Gown, Green, Lee, Harris, Foss, Grov-
er, Majors, Bowen, Burkhart, Clark,
Miss Smiley, Miss Mann, and others.
A jolly party going out to Miss Cur
It's Martins country home for cane
grinding was chaperoned by Mr.. and
Mrs. D. p Adams and Mrs. and Mrs.
R. B. Fletcher. In the party were Miss
Rosa Lee Barnes, of Douglas, the guest
of Miss Martin, Daisy Locke, Mary
Marston, Mary Lewis Putnam, Eva
Davis, and Messrs. Give Miller, Clyde
Walker, Ed Hook, Randall Bryan.
Vincent Green, George Wooten and
Mr. and Mrs. John Barnes, of Doug
las.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1924-12-04
SPARE THE HOLLY

There has been protection oi
the holly tree for some time in our
state laws, but its almost general dis
regard caused an. amendment to be
made by the legislature this summer
that is much more stringent ANY per-
son venturing on lands owned by 9TH
ers without their consent is guilty. OF
trespass and anyone breaking a flow
ering shrub on another's property has
committed a misdemeanor, so that GO
ing into the woods for holly or any
other shrub or tree is little risky and
can get one into court very easily. Just
about Christmas there will be many
cu1pable but probably not so many as
in other years.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1924-12-04

Waycross is ageing fast. Now she is putting on
centennial celebration, when she also boasts Of
being the most rapidly growing of the younger
towns OF the state. How do you figure it, Williams? !?
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1924-12-04

,EDDETTES
ON
n THINGS
RADIO FOR OVERFLOW
M - By M

No longer need overflow audiences
be disappointed in hearing programs,
as it is quite likely in the near future
provision will be made at all auditori-
ums as is now in course of erection at
Westminster Cathedral in London. A
supplementary equipment of loud
speakers will carry the ordinary
voices to distances far enough to en-
brace a throng of thousands wishing
to listen.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1924-12-04

Alabama has a gasoline tax which is divided
among its sixtyseven counties, each receiving the
same amount and used on the roads of the coun-
ties. Each county receives about $1,000 month.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1924-12-04
N Offer. HaDDens

The danger In having liberal ideas
that you may cling to them and be
called an old fogy ten years from now.
Duluth Herald.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1924-12-04

We refer our bachelor friend, Editor Howell of
the Cuthbert Leader, to inquiry for husband
by young Atlanta Miss in the Albany Herald.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1924-12-04

DR.. L. S. Osborne and Miss Helen
Osborne, Miss Clara Smiley and Mr.
and Mrs. jake Brewer and baby were
family party visiting their relatives
Mr.. and Mrs. A. D. Gait in Albany
over Thanksgiving.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1924-12-04

President Ccolidge's message
announcing Education Week, was
as brief and as sound as any mes
sage on education since Jaures's
Message to the school teachers OF
france:
"Teach the children to read in
telligently and all knowledge Is
open to them"
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1924-12-04

Mrs. L. E. Holcombe and baby, of
Atlanta, were guests last week of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. T. J. Living
stone.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1924-12-04

Mrs. R. H. Mckay left Monday for
Pacelot, S. c., to visit her sister, Miss
Myrtle Venab1e.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1924-12-04
FILMS FOR CHILDREN

A recent visitor and speaker to the
Better Films Committee of Atlanta,
was the national executive secretary
of the Committee on Public Relations
of the Producers and Exhibitors Of
America. He praised the work of the
Atlanta Committee for their success in
procuring special films for children,
of which there are now about one hun
dred available. He said Atlanta was
ahead of any other city in the country
in their achievement, and cited one
city that made a request for an animal
picture and received The Black Oxen.
The Atlanta committee make no mis-
take in their choice of pictures, nor do
they fail to reach hundreds of children
thru their Saturday morning program,
always we'll sponsored and chaperon-
ed. 1t is a wonderful opportunity to
raise the standard for children. It
seems the smaller communities like
ours are not able to put the enterprise
over for the lack of numbers to make
it worth while to the local manager
The next best hope is to have school
machine and give the Saturday shows
as scfSeeA enterprise with quality the
first or only consideration
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1924-12-04
THE LARGER, THE SAFER

This is what is contended for mons
ter dirigibles. One is now in project
by the Goodyear-Zeppelin Company
that will be twice the size of the ZR-3,
or the Los Angeles by its recent chris
tening. Landing places are the last
thing to be considered, as the number
of separate engines insures repair in
transit, and so longer journeys, trans
Atlantic mail and passenger service,
and exploration of the Arctic regions
become more feasible with, the larger
ship.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1924-12-04
WHITE HORSES

Violinists may become interested in
white horses. Violin makers already
are concerned, because their bow
strings are made of white horse tail
hair, and their is decided shortage in
white horses at present. which former
ly were best from Siberia and East
Russia There is no suitable substitute
for bow strings, they say.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1924-12-04
WHAT A BLOWOUT!

The Army dirigible TC-5 was pierre
ed by steel girder on the outside Of
the hangar at Scott Field I'll; c;s. as
it was being removed for 4 stii to
Springfield. The puncture released the
helium gas with a terrible report,
quite explosion-like, tho no person
was seriously hurt 1t was an expen-
sive puncture, however, as $4,000
worth of helium escaped.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1924-12-04
UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE
NEEDED


Th demonstration of trans Oceanic
radiocasting of last week will lead to
renewed efforts to adopt an auxiliary
language that will be common to all
people who have international COM
munications by radio, conferences, sci
ence and travel There are 100000
people who now understand Esperan-
to, yet that is not considered the ideal
of common language There are a
half dozen others not so we'll known
and also inadequate. The problem of
creating a synthetic and universal laf
guage will need to be the work iof ex
perts from all countries and the form
er idea of building from the roots of
Latin would be about the poorest of
all beginnings as there is no founda-
ton in that dead language for the most
necessary and common of our modern
appliances and activities. Masters of
the sciences rather than of the classics
will need to sit in on these councils,
while new language is under prepa.
ration.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1924-12-04
SCREENING RECORDS

The system which they term screen
ing the boys is now in vogue at Col
umbia University by which the facul-
ty in meeting to discuss the work of
their students see their records project
ed on the screen and thus gain more
comprehensive and Ineligible idea of
the students ability and application,
or its lack.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1924-12-04
RADIO FANS CUT OFF

In line with some opera companies
and for the same reason, box office re-
ceipts, it is said that Tex Rickard,
manager of Madison Square Garden,
intends to discontinue radio casting.
He claims $4,000 loss on recent
prize fight because of this feature. Base
ball and football managers are con-
fronted by the same problem, tho many
contend that greater interest in the
game is created thru the broadcasting
and that this increases attendance.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1924-12-04
JEWISH BENEFACTORS

With his own people the frequent
object of most bitter prejudice, the
Jewish philantropist is especially not
ed for the libera1ity of his gifts to any
cause, including Christian enterprises.
A recent example is the donation of
$25,O00 by Mortimer L. Schaff to the
Cathedral of ST John the Divine, in
New York.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1924-12-04

SCIENCE TO THE RESCUE
An American born medical expert is
on the way from Paris, where his
laboratory work has been done, to
bring the claim and make demonstra-
tions OF pneumonia cure, and also a
treatment of pernicuous anemia, with
out blood TRANSMISSION. This is DR.. G
E. Germ, of French parentage, but of
American birth and citizenship. He
will conduct his tests for four months
in the New York hospitals
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1924-12-04

Will he come back? Dr. Charles
Mayo, nationally known medical and
surgical expert says the need for gen.
eral practitioners is critical and that
urban centers are tending to be "over-
specialized" while in many rural areas
there are whole counties without sin
gle resident physician. These sections
become fields for travelling quacks
and medical chicanery