Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1924-05-22
MR.. JACKSON of INDIANA.
SOUTHWEST And NORTHWESTN
A WEBER and FIELDS OFFER7
A TREE FOR TOMBSTONE.

Edward Jackson endorsed by the
Ku Klux Klan of Indiana, swept the
State for the Governorship nomina-
ton. He got more votes than all five.
OF the other candidates put together.
Lew Shank, mayor of Indianapolis.
most important candidate against
Jackson and enemy of the Klan was.
wiped out 10 to /.
This election is important outside
of Indiana and indicates that the K,r
Klux Klan has gained rather than
lost strength, and will play an impor-
tant part in the coming national cleo.
ton.
An FL Paso Bank closes its doors
IN the southwest, that should know on
ly prosperity. The other day an i'm
portant bank in the Northwest was
IN trouble and only saved by merging
with another bank.
Farmers can't make a living, and
while everything is done for railroads
and other corporations, to make sure
that their stockholders get dividends.
nothing is done for farmers except
to give them fatherly advice.
Something better must be done be-
fore long or there will be trouble in
more banks, and trouble in two old
political parties.
Henry Ford bid real money for
Muscle Shoals, agreed to manufacture
fertilizers and the farmers know that
he would manufacture them.
Many other concerns are now bid
ding. but not real money. One bid
offers one hundred and twenty million
dollars, and reminds you of the con-
versation between Messrs Weber and
Fields, burlesque actors in the old
days.
"I'd give $4,000 for that dog" saws
one. But Mike, we amt got $5,000,"
says the other.
Il know it but amt it a good offer?"
Ford offered to pay the Government
215 millions. during the period of his
lease, and he has the money.
Watchmakers assembled in Chicago
predict that presently all clocks and
watches will automatically get time, by
radio. The impulse will be sentA out
and the watch in your pocket wi au-
tomatically adjust itself N\
If only we grew individually and
mentally as we grow scientifically and
mechanically, but alas, we don't Men
with intelligence enough to make
watch and then set it correctly by ra-
dio, haven't intelligence enought to
get rid of the superstitions that make
them hate and kill each other
While Japan tells us how much
insultedI they feel because we don't let
them come into the United States. the
Chinese are warning Matsui, Japan's
foreign minister. that they, the Chi
nese, are much insulted because they
are not allowed to settle on Japanese
soil.
Somebody in Japan must lack sense
of humor.
In Presidential primary election of
Haverhill, Mass, 613 men, 121 women
took the trouble to vote out of 17000
registered voters. Proud Americans
seem to lack interest in politics. Had
a trained chimpanzee walked tight
rope stretched above the principal
street of Haverhill, on primary &day.
beating drum as he walked. all Fhe
1900 registered voters would have
been out to see that chimpanzee.
There's excitement in France about
the charge that soldiers bones have
been collected on battlefields by junk
dealers, ground up and sold for fer
tilizer. The idea is abonimable to
many, therefore the official denial
is welcome.
But what better use could be made
of our remains" than to fertilize
the earth when we are gone? To be
buried at the foot of a fine tree, with
little brass tablet on the tree trunk,
"Iohn Jones is proud to help this tree
grow,' would be a pleasanter resting
place than being tucked away with
lot of other skeletons in a vault.
Of two American geese talking to
each other. often one is asking "What
do you think about businesss? WIN the
national election disturb prosp kity,
etc, ETC." The United States hasn't
started on its prosperity. With Nell
on in the treasury the nations debts
are cut down. Meanwhile the people
are saving and putting away thirty
million dollars day, in savings banks
and good investments. Why worry?