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the nose down" says Prof. Smith.
Church folks today get red in the
face when they sing. They yell on
think God is honored by their flushed
face confusion! It's all wrong, and
it's sacrilegious, too
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HERE'S the remainder Of "Beulah
Land" which Prof. Smith would
hurriedly cast into the ash barrel:
IT'S SO sparsely settled with ideas
and It's repetition is absurd"
BEULAH LAND.
I've reached the land Of corn and wine,
And all its riches freely mine;
Here shines undimm'd one blissful day,
For all my night has passed away
O. Beulah Land, sweet Beulah Land.
As on the highest mount I stand,
I look away the sea,
Where mansions are prepar'd for me.
And view the shining glory shore
My heaven. my home, for evermore.
, This old tune. which was good
| enough for grandma, good enough for
mother, and should be good enough
| for the child Of today, rattles on in
! ALI empty, inane way" says the pro-
lessor.
eff the church is the foe Of corn
and wine then / should like to know
why Christian people stand up in a
public house OF worship and sing for
them! We all say so many things IN
music-'corn and wine'-and am in
clned to believe that 'Buelah Land
helps to negate the eighteenth amend
ment," Prof. Smith said recently.
! Don't imagine for a moment Prof.
Smith referred only to "Beulah Land" !:
! numerous others. many of them IA
| vorites of yesterday and some of the m
still popular today. were attacked.
Come to the Church in the Wild
| wood" that much-sung Billy Sunday
hymn, came in for its share of oppo-
sition.
Come to the Church in the Wild
wood" is one of the most harmful of
hymns, The Boston teacher says. He
attacks the repetition of the word
/ come" saying that it is vain and
doesn't lead to genuine worship. Few
there are, perhaps. who have not
thrilled at Dr. William S. Pitts beau
tiful hymn:
| There's a church in the valley by the wild
wood,
No loveiier place in the dale.
No spot is SO dear to my childhood
AS the little brown church in the vale.
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Daughter Of Western Pioneers Is
Nations Only Woman City Manager

sonnet is to him. Indeed, underneath
all the talk which covers city rights,
mill problems and navigation laws,
one glimpses the artist unmistaka ably.
tor she goes on TO tell of improve
ments that mean identifying the
town. of culture and advantages of
many kinds she hopes to bring there.
and one knows that in those steady,
far seeing eyes there Is a vision that
some day she hopes to make real. In
fact, this came out when the Ques-
ton was put to her: What do you
think Of women in business" Her
answer was prompt:
Il believe womans highest call
ing is to produce a Washington or
a Lincoln; not that they need attain
such fame as these great Americans,
but to bear children who make fine
citizens and serve their country
worthily. That is the best, and next
I would say to build a town where
these same citizens may make their
homes. build their lives and mold
their future side by side with build
ing and molding of the town itself"
And her interest in the individual
success of her citizens is what is
going to make Mrs. Barrett succeed
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over in 1920 and her fathers people
settled in Virginia in 1910. During
the world war she had two brothers
serving overseas and, although, as
she admits, she would not have had
1t otherwise, she rues the fact that it
was on their account that she was
unable to get through her own ap-
pointment as ambulance driver.
Although hers was only a common
school education, Mrs. Barrett has
very pronounced ideas on this sub
ject, and one of her greatest prides is
the thoroughly up-to-date school in
her town. She readily admits that
she has often regretted the fact that
she had no college training, and she
has little patience with those who
depreciate the value of such train
Ing, especially In the presence of
young people. She says:
Il want every boy and girl ] know
to get what missed in this regard"
In laying out the plans for the
school at Warrenton, she has studied
carefully the requirements and adj
vantages of the present-day methods
Of teaching. The school boasts a
splendidly equipped gymnasium and
the physical training of the pupils
is a distinct feature.
Though just thirty-nine years old,
here is a woman whose life already
spells service" This is undoubtedly
instructive, as she comes of that
sturdy-hearted stock whose women
folks have always stood side by side
with their men through adversely
and good fortune alike, and never
letting either change their purpose,
to be comrade and helpmeet. She
tells of a Observation-Disclosures
who carried on her scalp from girl
hood a great white scar made by an
Indian who attempted to scalp her.
She herself has had close contact
with Indians; in fact, when she was
born, the first white child in Sphinx
county, Dakota, many visitors from
these tribes for miles around came to
look and wonder at the little pale
face" and bring their offerings of
mocoasins and beads as tributes to
the little stranger.
One never thinks Of failure in con-
nection with Mrs. Barrett. Perhaps
it is the heritage Of the wide, open
plains where she was born that gives
US the impression that she will win.
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CHE her every move. Some of these
confended that she would not be able
to handle publicity as successfully as
one of her male contestants. Quietly
but surely Mrs. Barrett is doing much
that will dispel this idea.
Her present visit to Washington is
20 secure government aid for the
deepening of the harbor upon which
her town fronts, and for this purpose
she has introduced an item in the
rivers and harbors bill. This means
more business and bigger business for
Warfenton, whose chief industry is
the lumber mills, and this is Mrs.
Barrett's whole aim and purpose, to
make a growing town which some
day may develop into one of the big
cities of the northwest.
In further evidence of this de-
termination on her part, she is turn
ing her entire salary back into the
town expense account, as there was
no provision made for such a fund
upon her appointment, and she is
working for 81 a year
1t was quite evident, in talking to
this woman, that the town of War
renton is to her what a poets master
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by w. HENWICK SMITH.

FOLLOWING the announcement
r. from the division of music of
the General Federation of
Women's Clubs of it's plans for
II national Sunday school hymn con-
asst, through its Washington direc-
ser. Miss Ida Hafford. comes the pub
lie condemnation of many of the
"good old hymns" our grandmas loved
so we'll, by II. Augustine Smith, col
1ege professor and Chautauqua leo
turer, who spoke in this city.
IN a pamphlet editorially supervised
~ Mrs. Marx T.. Oberndorfer, chair
d '&$ OF the federation's music divi-
sou. and distributed locally through
~itas Haffords Office. copy of the
resolution passed at the last council
,''"eting is printed:
"Whereas. there is a recognized need
for better music OF a truly religious
character In the Sunday schools Of
america, be it.
Resolved, that tse clubs of the
general federation inaugurate a mu-
sic memory contest Of good hymns in
the Sunday schools.".
According TO II. Augustine Smith,
such contest years ago would have
been welcomed by him. Prof. Smith
ninces not one single word in his
public condemnation Of hymns which
FOE the past fifty years, and even
longer. have been sung and resung
Ivy very pious and sincerely religious
persons throughout the United States.
Mrs. +. II. Nichols, advisory COM
mtttee chairman of the federation's
music division, recently said, in a
public appeal:
Unfortunately. there has been a
tendency in the past few years to
attempt to make church music popu-
Tar by the use of trashy and un-
worthy compositions. A great re-
form is needed throughout the coun-
try. What can you do to make the
school worthy of the name re-
- 1igious'?"
Along comes Mr.. Smith. calling our
Erandmother's old favorite hymn,
'Beulah Land" straight anti-prohibi-
ton propaganda. Prof. Smith is per-
fectly sincere in branding this good
old hymn of yesterday and of today.
as far as that goes directly against
prohibition.
rs it possible that the church peo-
pie of today are standing up in Gods
own houses throughout the land and
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A TEST Of human endurance,
~ mentally and physically, the
~ like Of which has never been
known in any undertaking, lies
before the quartet OF Army flyers Sc
lected to establish the first airway
around the globe in the name Of the
United States OF America
Work of a nature known only to in
habitants Of the air; work Of charac-
ter that Army pilots in the ordinary
pursuit Of their duties would require
four years to complete. must be
crowded into six months. while 10000
miles Of land and water are being ira
versed at attitudes ranging from so to
10. 900 feet. dependent upon meteorolog-
ical conditions.
Ely around the world" is a simple
expression. but only those familiar
with the final plans Of the epochal un-
dertaking know what it means. And
those who have a pretty good idea OF
the task before these officers are abso-
lutely certain that the four Douglas
world cruisers which they will fly
scheduled to leave this city about April
l for the west, will land at Boiling
Field from the east $50 days from the
day OF departure after circumnavigat-
ing the globe.
From statements made by flyers long
In the service, it is known that siS
hours Of flying Il day. made while
cranped in a small cockpit with no way
Of moving around for relief. produces
the soundest and longest Of sleeps al
night. These "MageIlans" Of the all
must sit In the forward cockpits Of
their planes sometimes eight and ter
hours without moving: feet glued to the
rudder pedals and arms and hands ex-
tended forward with the control sticli
and aileron wheel attached thereto in
their grasp.
Eyes must be constantly moving
from chart and map to- the instrument
board In front Of them; the compass
! must be given special attention; and al
the same time they must be surveying
the surrounding territory or water be.
low, ready to dive for a landing if the
motor quits" Further, their ears
must be tuned to the hum Of the en-
CINE, for on this they depend more than
the dials before them.
There is not much Of an opportunity
for the mechanic (not yet selected) in
the back seat to pilot the ship, for he
has not been drilled in navigation over
these unfamiliar lands. He, in fact, will
be sound asleep. for while his pilot is
! under the covers at night he is working
| through the early hours on the motor
and the ship: He engages in nigh,
work.
The strongest men obtainable. physi-
! cally and mentally, therefore are quail.
fled for the flight. They will have tc
; Withstand the attacks Of climates and
conditions that they've never even read
about. They have nothing before them
as guide. They are pioneering. They
realize that the highest honor an ARMY
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- tiles have been made in a
day; they have been destroyed
4 In 4 night; they thrive like
mushrooms. and they stag
nate. Their affairs are conducted by
mayors, city councils, aldermen, and
sometimes by bosses who sit like spi-
ders in their webs. weaving the in
tricate political threads. Some cities,
desiring to get away from the usual
RUIZ Of things, have elected commits
sioners and others have put in city
uanagers-busness heads like the
general managers of big corporations.
But there is only one city in Amer
Sca-Warrenton, Ore.-with a woman
city manager. Her job is unique and
when she received the interviewer in
her Washington hotel a few days ago
she gave her own particular ideas on
conducting the affairs of municipal
ity The city manager is Mrs. r. l..
Barrett, who came to Washington in
the interest Of her community.
Just what sort of work does city
manager doc"
THE interviewer asked this question
because she knew the answer would
DC given from new angle. She was
questioning a woman city manager,
not a mayor, a commissioner or even
n city manager of the sterner sex,
who would probably give his views
on the political question in his home
state. or the general affect of prohi-
bition on the salmon canning indus
try of the northwest.
In the first place, Mrs. Barrett does
not go in for politics. She does not
consider her job a. political one and.
unbelievable as it may seem, the in
tcrviewer failed to ask her views on
prohibition, which might safely be
claimed the first time this question
has been omitted from an interview
since the Volstead act came into eS
\ istence. However. the sighting CT
the topic was not intentional-it was
Just that this interesting woman's &C.
: count Of her work, her plans and
hopes were SO fresh and vigorous and
absorbing that one quite forgot TO
prompt her with the usual stereo-
typed questions.
In this day, when women are found
in almost every walk Of professional
and official life, it is not more than a
surprise of a moment to learn that a
town has chosen a woman as it's Off
cial head. But Mrs. Barrett is sur
prise. One argues that this job of
running a town in the industrial CEN
ter of the northwest, where a large
taajority of the Inhabitants are of the
laboring class, Is really a man-sized
Job, and on being assured that a
woman is doing it, and doing it sue
cessfully, we Immediately visualize
her as the ''mannish type" plain of
dress and straight and brnsque in
manner and speech. Not so Mrs. Bar
rett. She is Woman with capital
-"W' in every sense.
One Is struck with her womanly
graciousness, and in the quality of
her firm hand clasp and the look from
her steady dark eyes this is further
manifested. Her voice carries a con-
vincing note, conveying the firmness
Of her arguments. Her mode of dress
is simple and in excellent taste.
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4 POINTED to her position in
~ preference to several men, Mrs.
Barrett is fully aware of the respon-
sibilfties resting on her. More SO, IN
deed, because Of the opposing forces
running against her, ready TO criti,
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in her endeavors. For she is a bust
ness woman. Her line is real estate.
which she handles in and about all
that nearby region, and she is nat
urally DESTROYS of seeing 1t grow,
though her ambitions in this line are
not wholly for personal profit.
This spirit was manifested in a
story she told of a young woman who
came to Warrenton some years ago
as school teacher. Her life spelled
struggle, hard work with little gain.
Finally, she managed to save enough
from her earnings to buy n tiny
strip of land. Shortly she was able
to sell it at a small advantage She
Immediately turned this profit into
the purchase OF more land and soon
turned deal netting her larger gain,
and SO on, until, upon investing
5000 she is now reaping an income
of $1,000 year.
This is one of many worthy cases
where Mrs. Barrett's' advice has
brought benefit to individuals in her
community, and 1t is apparent that
this is the sort of thing she loves to
do, perhaps because she remembers
her own earlier struggles in hum bier
circumstances.
For the origin and early life of
this woman are replete with ro-
nance and adventure such as marked
the lives Of the pioneers. Her moth
err, a girl of seventeen. with her boy
husband, started west in covered
wagon to seek a home on the gray
plains of the Dakotas, and it was in
this home, fashioned from the sod
cut from the prairie, that Rose Ty-
Ter was born.
Until she was sixteen years old she
lived in this environment, SO differ
emit from that of the average nur-
tured girl of the times. She received
her education at q country school, to
which she rode four miles each day
on horseback and, rather than him
dering her, one feels that these early
surroundings, the wide, sweeping
prairie, the horizon always in sight,
did much toward preparing her for
greater work. There are qualities
prairie-level, unchanging and with
, DrOa0s GEAR. VISION.
y !: !: x
A SKED about heusework, her abiI-
ity and liking for 1t, again she
astonishes us. At her home at Sea-
side, which is just across the river
from Warrenton, she keeps "open
house six months of the year, and
If the help" goes back on her. as
it is likely to do in that country,
where good servants are hard to get
and harder to keep. she can enter
the kitchen, prepare an excellent
meal and attend to the further run
ming of her household.
During this season her home is al
ways filled with enthusiastic visitors,
people she has met in her campaign
| tours, who have come to view the
possibilities of this spot as a com.
mercial center.
But 1t is not entirely for the COM
mercial prosperity of her town that
Mrs. Barrett works. She wants War
renton's reputation to be that Of a
nice town, a town that happy fam
lilies call home and have real pride
and interest in, and she believes, by
putting her heart into 1t, she can ac-
complish that end.
Mrs. Barrett is 4 true daughter Of
America and traces her ancestry
| Back to the first settlers on the con-
tinent Her mothers people came
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singing against the eighteenth amend
ment?" he asks.
Remember how it starts?
I've reached the land of corn and wine,
And all its riches freely mine.
You recall that, when you were n
little shaver or had curlS down your
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American Magellans of the Air
Face Severe Test on Tour Of World

Work Which Would Be Grounded IntoS
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mother sang it to you. Her mother
sang "Beulah Land" to her. And
now along comes a man named Smith
who condemns it and asserts that it
is direct anti-proLibition propaganda.
'The modern generation sings from
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Some of the Good Old Church Songs
Roughly Treated by Teacher-Critic

Bh
of
Ideas-G en1andsI Icy Mountain Considers Remote
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r. OLI.OWING the announcement
f" from the division of music of
the General Federation of
Wou1en's Clubs Of its plans for
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a. POINTED to her position in
preference to several men, Mrs.
Barrett is fully aware Of the respon-
sibilfties resting on her. More SO, IN
deed, because Of the opposing forces
1unninS against her, ready to criti,
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CHOULD, any Of the ships be
- washed out" or totally destroyed
en- route, the journey will keep on.
Maj. Martin explained. If ill luck
follows the quartet, the survivors Will
keep plugging, but We'll make it If
only one Is left" If a pilot is in
jured or taken i'll, necessitating long
detention on the ground, the officer In
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-02-21
BIDS WANTED FOR
CARRYING OF MAIL

Sealed proposals for carrying the
United States Mails (including parcel
post mails )between the postoffices at
Fitzgerald, Ga, and Ocilla, Ga. each
way, daily except Sunday, until Feb.
18th, 1924.
Persons bidding must not be under
10 years of age and must be suitable
to be intrusted with the care and Gus
tody OF the mails.
Bidders must furnish their own
conveyance They will be under the
supervision of the postmaster and
subject to the orders and laws as
laid down in the Postal Rules and
Regulations.
Contracts are not let for any spe-
Gifted length of time and may be term
mated at any time by the Post office
Department.
Bidders will be required TO give As
days written notice if he wishes to re-
sign.
Failure TO perform the duties i'm
posed on the successful bidder will
be penalized by the Department.
Two separate bids must be given in,
one for single round trip per day
and one for double round trip each
day
Bids must be sealed and handed 10
the Postmaster, who will transmit
them to the Department
Bids must state the annual rate of
pay expected, but they will be paid
monthly.
Blank bids may be secured from
the postmaster upon application.
Hours of service will be fixed by
the Post Office Department and are
subject to change at any time when
the need may arise.
W. A. Adams, P. M.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-02-21
REUBEN ARNOLD SPEAKS
TO BAR ASSOCIATION

ATLANTA, Feb. 20 Listing as
one Npt the great causes of crime, the
disqualification of much of the Amer
icar home life. and lack of proper
training for children at home and in
schools, and calling for strict and
more uniform enforcement of the
criminal law, Reuben r. Arnold, prom
inent Atlanta lawyer, delivered a strong
address before the Atlanta Bar Asso-
citation at its annual meeting.
Stepping from this discussion to that
OF taxation and the encroachment of
the federal and state governments on
the individual, Mr.. Arnold protested
against what he termed the "paternal-
istic tendencies" cropping out at ev-
cry Congress and Legislature and the
freak and half-baked" legislation pro
posed by bucketfuls' at every session.
appealing to his brother LAWYERS to
exert their influences to protect the
old landmarks of law and government
and keep them from becoming but a
faint memory"
Mr.. Arnold declared that "the in
come tax amendment tears down every
barrier erected between Congress and
the citizen to protect the citizen in
the enjoyment of his property"
we are in the hands of Congress
as completely as if there were no
Constitution" declared Mr.. Arnold
And the pity of it is that the states
are running race with Congress to
see who can get the lions share OF
the citizens DrODertv"
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-02-21
ANNOUNCEMENTS
r. WALKER
ANNOUNCES For SHERIFF


fitzgerald, ga, Jan. u, 1924.
To The Voters of Ben Hill County:
| hcrcby announce myself a candi-
date for Sheriff of Ben Hill County
subject to the Primary called by the
Committee. In asking the voters for
their support ami Influence for this
office, pledge you my very best eff
forts to do my duty without fear or
favor in regard to enforcing the laws
as | find them ito all alike l never
have believed that it "just" or fair"
for some people to violate certain laws
and get by with it, when others violate
the same laws and are punished for
dong IT,
II elected as your Sheriff for all the
PEOPLE, | shall serve all alike Our cit
izenship will never grow up to have
respect for laws until all have been
fed out of the same spoon. l will do
all in my power to hold down expen-
ses of the Courts as far as this office
is concerned, and if | can say any
thing, or perform any service as a
public official that will help build a
better feeling OF prosperity OF Ben
Hill County and a more desirable
place to live in, | will gladly do my
part.
l will appreciate your vote and in
fluence.
Respectfully,
If. WESLEY r. WALKER.