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Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-12-18
SHOULD A GIRL MARRY
WITHOUT LOVE?

Dear Miss Flo: When | was six
teen | became engaged to a man who
was ten years my senior. AS | was
so young, he thought it would be a
wise plan to wait until | was older
He said he wanted me to be sure OF
what | wanted before | married him
He is a fine man. | admire and respect
him more than any other man | have
ever known, but now after three years
| don't want to marry him. 1t is just
within the last few months that | feel
as | do. | feel as though l have miss
ed something--I want to meet other
men,
Our marriage has been set for June
1t is to be announced next week | will
go through with it. Will l be happy
if | marry him? In making other peo-
pie happy, do we not find our own
happiness: Will |, in making this mans
life wonderful, find peace and con
tentment of mind? EDNA
My dear Edna: DON'T DO 1T
| know of no greater injustice yor
could do this man who loves you thar
to mary him without love You will moi
only wreck your own life-you will
wreck his.
You speak of making him unhappy
by breaking off with him. You will
make him more unhappy eventually
by marrying him without love. Yor
cannot pretend love you do not fee
for any great length of time. The pair
he will suffer when you tell him, you
no longer love him is nothing com
pared with what he will suffer wher
he learns of your deceit in pretend
ing to love him.
When woman marries a man she
does not love, there is but small pos
sible chance that she will love hin
after marriage. That chance is one il
hundred. On the other hand, the
chances are ninety-nine in hundred
that she will fall in love with some
other man not her husband.
If you were older-had known very
many men, and married man without
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-12-18

love, it might be success because; OF
deep respect, admiration and under
standing. But no normal young girl
can be satisfied with self-sacrlt1ce IN
marriage. She wants action-red-blood
ed and vital. She wants to teel the
ioy of life for herself. She wants to
know love, romance, passion and these
YOU do not find by marrying man
whom you do not love.
People who marry with love find
it hard work to. keep from falling out
of love. The disillusons that come with
marriage do not tend to make "a Wo-
man fall in love- The restraints and
sacrifices of marriage-with conflict
ing wills and personalities, are more
likely to make man or woman tall
. out OF love.
| am inclined to think, Edna, that
perhaps it is lack of courage that
keeps you from telling him how you
feel. Why not be quite frank about it
tell him that you feel you should first
know MANY other men-in order that
you may be able to better judge.
You say that you have been very
happy for three years. You may decide
after YOU have known other men that
YOU care more for this man than you
possibly could care for anyone else. |
! believe if you explain the problem, and
he will have deep respect for your
bravery in being honest about it. lie IS
older than you and possibly under
stands better than you think.
The very fact that he was -willng
to wait until you were old enough to
know your own mind suggests that he
will be willing to give YOU a better
chance to know just what you want
before marrying anyone.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-12-18

yEP-TOTAL LOSS
Smithcrs Sam Shofct has just been
run over by train. Not a thing lett.
julius What-not even the Sll5
he owed me?
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-12-18
QUITE

A safety first sign to speeding mot
orists reads:
Fools used to blow out the gas
Now they step on it.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-12-18

For a long time after he went she
| lay on the couch, sobbing violently
and telling herself over and over
again how much she hated him and
what q brute he was to go and leave
her like that. He loved her no more
she was sure Of lt--else how could he
have done as he did? Perhaps there
was someone else? Now that she came
to think of 1t, he had acted sort OF
queer the past few days, as If he mad
been trying to hide something from
her. It would be utterly impossible to
live with him now, she thought. She
would pack up a few things and go
home to her folks before he got back
from the office; perhaps then when he
came home and found her gone he
would realize how cruel he had been.
But It was quite a while before she
could bring herself to the point of pre-
pairing to make the break; then, still
| sobbing, she went to the back closet
| Of the little apartment, and reaching
on an upper shelf she pulled down q
small travelling bag. But in getting
1t from It's place a package that had
| been placed behind it fell to the floor.
| Picking 1t up, she found that 1t was q
| Christmas package tied with fancy
ribbon, with q little card dangling at
| the end. She read the words on the
card: "To the dearest little woman In
all the world from her adOring hus-
band" and as she did so her sobs
ceased and a soft, luminous light
came into her eyes Charlie loved her!
OF course he loved her What Of their
foolish little quarrel of the morning?
It was all her fault anyway. She real
lied 1t now.
Putting the package and bag back
upon the shelf as they had been before
she touched them, she went back
through the hall and walked swiftly
to the telephone, but just as she
picked up the receiver to call Charlie,
she heard his latchkey in the door. He
stood sheepishly in the doorway mo-
ment, then came in muttering as he
did so about having forgotten some
thing.
But Mabel ran swiftly toward him,
and In a moment her arms were
twtned about his neck and she was
telling him that the quarrel was all
her fault, every bit Of it-and that she
loved him more than all the world be-
cause he was the dearest and best Of
husbands.
But Charlie would not hear Of this
at all, butt vowed and declared be-
tween kisses that every bit of the
wretched quarrel was due to his hor-
rid temper. He told her that he real
lied this as soon as he got to his office
and had come back for no other reason
than to see if there was any chance
Of their making up. And he told her
that If she would really forgive him
just this one time that there would
never be another quarrel as long as
they lived.
And Mabel, with her head buried on
his shoulder, told him that of course
she would forgive him-that 1t was
really her fault anyway, but woman
like she hid from him the fact that
she had discovered the hidden Christ
mas gift that was reposing on the
closet shelf and the part 1t had played
In uniting them again.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-12-18
ForD, of Crosses Varies

There is slight difference be-
tween the Latin and Greek crosses.
The lower branch of the Latin cross
Is considerably longer than the other
three, while In the Greek cross all
branches are Of equal length. St
Andrews cross consists of two shafts
of equal length, bisecting each other
d!agonally In the form of the letter X.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-12-18
Only a Dream,

There Is no Ell Dorado. This land
of golden promise was mythical-like
so many other golden promises in this
life. The proof that it does not exist
lies in the simple fact that, If 1t did
exist, we should all go there.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-12-18
The Hidden Gift
Was for Mabel
nv MARION FRANCES HAMILTON
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
"a, 1872 :. Western Newspaper union.)
ABEL HAMMOND was mad,

so mad that she did not care
who knew it. For she and
Charlie had just had their
first quarrel and he had
gone away without even
trying to make up or kiss
her good-by, slamming the
door viciously as he left.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-12-18
Making the Best of II

He who prefers to give Linus the
half Of what he wishes to borrow.
rather than to lend him the whole,
prefers to lose only the half.-Mar-
tial.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-12-18
HIS OPINION

BiIl1ns: Did you hear that Adolph
the butcher was shot by detectives
who mistook him for a burglar
Terance Perfectly natural mistake,
Id say.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-12-18

When the boss refers to crcum-
stances not under his control JUST
know he is thinking OF his wife.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-12-18
ALL AMERICAN TEAM
Selected by Dumb Dan
90
RESs OPINES

BLONDE BESS OPINES
When the boss refers to 'circum-
stances not under his control just
know he is thinking OF his wife.
HIS OPINION
B;lkins: Did you hear that Adolph
the butcher was shot by detectives
who mistook him for burglar
Terance: Perfectly natural mistake
I'd say.
YEP-TOTAL LOSS
Smithcrs: Sam Shofet has just been
run over by a train. Not thing lett,
Julius: What!-not even the Sll5
he owed me?
ALMOST-NOT QUITE
Portly Gent; Sambo, your a cynic.
Sambo: No, boss-a gin (hic)
IN THEM YONKERS, N. Y
A safety FIRST sign to speeding mot
orists reads;
Fools used to blow out the gas
Now they step on it
NUT STUFF
Hail, oh hail, the glad New Year,
One -nine-two- FIVE is almost here.
A larger load we want to pack
lust watch us on our income tax.
Mary had a little beau.
It's fleece was just plain dough.
They spent it all in trying to
See-the latest movie show.
Hide diddle. Sam and his fiddle,
Are knocking them cold out west.
His OF man laughs, as Sam the
ham,
Poses as Signor We Fest.
ED PURDY'S PHILOS
Many a hard-boiled bird is tender
after coming off the fire.
,, W. 80. .oo,
=, ,'o
Hoof beats (back stage).
Ditto-Thunder and Lightning,
Collectors at door.
Airpianes dropping bombs
oiiK petucoats'
Can you add to the list?
O14n JrA1ru @0TI1NJN
Cross word Puzzle ran w nat
word with five letters means kick
in the pants?
Smart Feller; That's easy-lt is
FLASK.
90
MAYBE So
Bilkins: Say! Have you seen Glen
Harrison's wife since she got her hair
bobbed?
Dexter: No--but l guess in a way
that accounts why his prize airdalt
pup has run away from home
90
NATURE STUDY
Little bits Of clover.
Little drops of dew.
Make horse roll over
Or a cow saw Moo"
.
BLONDE BFSS OPTNES
m ~ ,aNt, q
s,;d-brt mot when You're sassing
traffic COD.
90
FLOWERS
oh, heave big sob
FOR poor jacob MINIS,
By mistake he took three
Little TINT pills,
%
CURE FOR SPEED MANIA
Drive as fast as your oie-' s sil n,,:
station; buy 10 gallons of gasoline an
The Coconino sun., 1924-02-29
BUFFALO ARE ASSESSED
FOR TAXES; MIR. PRATT
GIVES THEIR HISTORY

The following letter to The Sun
from E. B. Pratt of Fredonia, deputy
assessor for the strip of this county
north of Grand Canyon, on the buf-
falo situation up there, about which
there has been considerable mlsunder-
standing, is authentic and clears up
some of the points;
"Pm lust home from Houserock
valley where / met J. T. Owens and
assessed him for so buffalo.
''There seems to be a misunder-
standing in regard to the buffalo
First, / will just state that IN 1905
the Buffalo company, or rather, the
Cattle Hiperdising company, was
started by Buffalo Jones, r. ID.
Wooley and myself. l trailed the
buffalo in here myself and was local
manager. Afterward j. T. Owens
came into our company, also Frank
Onstatt and B. f. Sandrews of Salt
Lake CITY. Jones sold stock to many
others in the east to get money to
nav for the buffalo and transporta-
tion. | did not like the business and
drew out of the company IN its IN
fancy. Later Jones took his share of
the buffalo out and shipped them.
Sandrews sold his to the Grand Can
Won Cattle Co., with the ranches and
cattle. That is how the latter COM
pany has these 18 head of buffalo.
They did not buy them of Mr.. Owens;
they bought them of B. F. Sandrews
many years ago. The Is head cost
Sandrews $4,000.
"Uncle Jim Owens has made money
out of these buffalo backwards just
as the company has. Owens bought
Wooley's share in them a few years
ago, | understand, for $1,000. But
theys cost Wooley $500 as 3-year-old
heifers in 1906.
'sOf course, Owens has sold a buff
falo once in while to defray eX-
penses. But if they had been assess
ed each and every year they have
been here, | venture to say all the
money he has received would not have
paid the taxes.
'sBut they are a great drawing card
for tourists. Uncle Jim loves buffalo
or any other wild animal, and as old
as he is, a young cowboy will find
himself riding in his stirrups if he
keeps in sight of Uncle jim when af-
ter buffalo.
"Just a word now about the road
work done this side of Lees Ferry
by D. K. Judd and party. In my
judgment the money was well spent.
The boys must have worked for all
that was in them considering the
amount of work done last December.
They eliminated 90 per cent Of the
sand from Soap Creek to the ferry
and fixed all of the bad hills. If the
same amount of work could be done
from Soap Creek to Houserock and
road up the mountains we could get
in our jitney in the morning and take
supper in Flagstaff. Hope it won't
be very long until we can.
every truly,
"E. B. PRATT"
The Coconino sun., 1924-02-29
CARL T. ANTILLE TAKEN
TO PEN FOR BURGLARY

Carl T. Antille, who pleaded guilty
Monday to a charge Of burglary of a
house belonging to Leigh d. Fair of
Kendrick Park, was sentenced Tues
day morning by Judge j. E. Jones of
superior court to from Is months to
two and a half years in the state PEN
itentiary.
The crime Of which Antille was con-
victed was committed on or about the
first of January, when he entered the
house during Fairs absence and stole
some provisions which he dragged
home on a sled he had presumably
brought for that purpose. 1t was
thought that he would have to be
brought to jury trial but on Monday
he made his confession.
Antille was convicted some years
ago on charge of cattle rustling but
on pleading that he was starving at
the time of the theft and only stole
because of the need of food he was
given suspended sentence. He was
also to have been tried a little later
on a charge of sheep stealing, but the
action was dismissed.
Under the chaperonage of Sheriff
Bill Campbell Antille left Wednesday
for the state penitentiary at Florence
to begin his sentence.
The Coconino sun., 1924-02-29
oh, SAY, YOU JUST
0UCHTA BEEN THERE!

Witnesses were heard from Tues
day morning until Wednesday after
noon in the case of Joe A. Bender VS..
Wee Tong, in which Joe seeks to oust
Wee from the restaurant building on
Railroad avenue which Joe recently
bought but which Wee refuses to va
cate, claiming he has lease that does
not expire until 1928.
Another Wee Tong was sworn in
for interpreter. With the pair of
longs the attorneys for either side
managed to extract from the rapid
fire of pidgin English a little of what
the celestials think about the prop
osition at issue.
Assistant County Attorney George
r. Lewis is attorney for Bender and
C. B. Wilson and Frank NJ. Gold for
the defendant. Judge j. E. Jones an
nounced that arguments by attorneys
would be heard on Thursday of next
week.
Witnesses were: For plaintiff: Joe
Bender, Mrs. Marie Hensing, Charles
Murray of Williams, r. L. Neill,
Frank Harrison, Joe D. Jackson; for
defendant: Tom |. Smith, John Mar
shall, S. L. Finley, Balzar Hook, J..
G. Simmons, Charlie Spear, John Gar
rett, Clem Meyer, John Parsons,
Charlie Nickel, Bert A. Cameron,
Woo Lee, Homer Bartlett, Tom
Chang.
The Coconino sun., 1924-02-29
LAKE TO BE
DOLLED UP FOR SUMMER

Great Improvements are planned for
this season at Stoneman lake, accord
ing to F. A. Hemphill, who visited
the lake on Sunday with a party of
friends.
Phil NORM, who is running the ho-
tel, told Mr.. Hemphill that he has or
dered two steel boats with outboard
motors, that the hotel itself will be
considerably enlarged and improved,
that new cottages will be built and
that the dance hall and dining hall will
be extended and improved.
NORM confidently expects a big
season and will have the resort in APP
pie pie order within a few weeks. "It
is going to be the finest place in
northern Arizona" said Hemphill,
"and one of the greatest assts Of the
entire Verde district in the way of
place where one can take his family
for the week end or for a short va
cation without having to spend small
fortune. jerome News.
The Coconino sun., 1924-02-29
ALMOST BLASTED
ENDS IN HAPPY MARRIAGE

A romance that seemed to have been
nipped in the bud with the arrest in
Williams early in Januar~ of Harry
Cooper, on complaint of d young wo-
man, then in Phoenix, that Cooper, de-
spite the fact that she was to become
a mother, refused to marry her, was
eliminated in Phoenix last week when
the two young people were married.
The girl and her father had gone
from the east to California, her father
hoping in that way to break up the
attachment between the youngsters.
But the boy followed and persuaded
the girl to elope to Arizona. Then,
she said, he demurred about getting
married, fearing that the license
would reveal their whereabouts and
her father would pounce on them. So
she went to Phoenix and swore out q
complaint, Deputy Sheriff Billy Rudd
arresting the boy. He remained in
Flagstaff jail until early this month,
when Mr. Rudd took him to Phoenix
to face trial in the U. S. court under
the Mann act.
Justice relented, however, when the
young people both wanted to get mar
ried. He was released, though the
charge is still hanging over him. But
he will not be brought to trial as long
as he properly takes care of his wife.
The Coconino sun., 1924-02-29
LEGION AUXILIARY MEETING

The American Legion auxiliary unit
to Mark A. Moore Post, met at the
home of Mrs. Carl Dickinson Thurs
day afternoon, February 2lst, Mrs.
Moore, president, presiding.
Al letter from Ward of the U. S.
v. hospital at Prescott extending
thanks for the valentines sent in the
form of cookies was read. The men
We're very grateful.
Mrs. Curtis reported on her visit to
the ward week before last on the oc-
casion Of the visit of Mrs. Franklin
Lee Bishop, the national president of
the American Legion Auxiliary, and
also on the visit Of Mrs. Bishop, who
is visiting in her official capacity the
u. S. v. hospitals in the United
States.
The matter Of a publicity exhibit
for the department convention was
turned over to the historian.
A membership drive was discussed
and committee composed of Mes
DANES Quirk, Chas. j. Nickel and
Negray appointed. The unit will APP
preciate it if any eligible women will
make application without waiting for
the committee to interview them.
Committee chairmen appointed: Me-
mortal, Mrs. Clara M. Compton; leg
islation, Mrs. VIM. Hart; Americana
zation, Mrs. Chas. j. Nickel; recon
struction, Mrs. Frances A. Morse.
The next meeting will be the third
Thursday in March at the home of
Mrs. Quirk.
The Coconino sun., 1924-02-29
Miss KnoIes, Surprise Party

Miss Bernice Knoles, charming
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Rollin
Knoles, was given a surprise party
Saturday night to celebrate her nth
birthday. It was wholly joyous af-
fair with games of all kinds, and with
refreshments of sandwiches and cof-
fee served about eleven o'clock. AL
though there was no dancing every
body enjoyed themselves to the fullest
and left beseeching her to have birth
days often. Among the guests were
Miss Carol Reed, Miss Annetta Mech,
Miss Alberta Kinsey, Miss Florence
Meyer, Miss Violet Raudebaugh, Miss
Clyde Johnson, Miss Louise Knoles,
Miss Gladys Ray and Miss Helen
Runke. Among the boys were Harvey
Cooper, Bob McWillians, Clifton Will
liams, Bert Cameron, Clyde Caffey,
Joe LaScala, Tom Knoles, Frank Har-
rison and Frank Whitehouse
The Coconino sun., 1924-02-29
BOY SCOUTS HAVE TO
WORK TO PASS TESTS
9 Western Newspaper Union

Under the leadership of Jack Fuss
and Charles Mccormick, Scout execu-
tive, the Boy Scouts of the Elks' troop
took short hike Saturday afternoon
to the old race track south of town
where they we're put through various
first-class Scout tests. The boys
made total of 27 tests passed before
returning home.
8 Clifford Ward and Charles McDon-
aid, both first-class Scouts, took a
fifty-mile bicycle trip Saturday as a
part Of the requirements for receiv-
ing the award of a cycling merit
badge. They made the trip in nine
and a half hours, going from here to
Maine and from there up the Canyon
road for about five miles before
starting on the return trip. They
would not admit that they were tired
upon reaching home, but when some
one suggested that they take a 20
mile hike they decided that they
would have to decline that pleasure
until later.
The Coconino sun., 1924-02-29
ATTEMPTED TO BURN
TONY AfONTANO'S HOUSE

An attempt was made Wednesday
night about nine o'clock to burn Tony
Montano's house at Cliffs, while the
latter was in Flagstaff. Kindling wood
was piled at the side of the building,
soaked in kesorene and touched off.
j. L. Emlaw, the vigilant night watch
man at Cliffs, discovered the blaze in
time to be able to put it out before
any real damage was done. Had the
fire got a good start it might easily
have spread to numerous other build
ings in the former mill town. Under
sheriff S. o. Thompson spent several
hours investigating, but so far has
not found any trace Of the miscreant
It is not believed it could have been
a hobo, for one Of that variety would
hardly have been carrying kerosene
around.
The Coconino sun., 1924-02-29
NO MORE CALIFORNIA
FRUIT; GUARANTEED

Local grocers don't anticipate any
great inconvenience from the quar-
antine by the Arizona state health de-
partment of all raw meats and other
raw food products from California.
The notice of the quarantine is print
ed on another page of this issue. But
the embargo will cut off Flagstaff's
supply of fresh fish and will make it
necessary to get raw fruits from other
states. There is considerable specu-
lation about how long the quarantine
will last, though it is generally felt
that it may continue for several
months until the foot and mouth dis
ease is entirely eradicated in Califor-
MIA. Whether it will have to continue
until Hiram Johnson's presidential
aspirations are again nipped none of
the local merchants profess to know.
The Coconino sun., 1924-02-29
CLUBWOMEN ENTERTAIN
AT LIVELY COLONIAL TEA

The Women's club were hostesses
at a colonial tea given at their new
club house last Saturday afternoon
and at which Mrs. A. j. Mitchell act
ed as leader. 1t was a highly sue
cessful affair from every point of
view.
Mrs. NJ. H. Fay and Master Jack
Mitchell, dressed in colonial costume,
received the guests. Then Mrs. Mitch
ell opened the meeting by giving an
explanation of the plan of the meet
ing that afternoon.
Miss Selma Aas feelingly sang
Keep the Home Fires Burning" and
'eLong, Long Trail" Miss Arliss Mil
Ter gave several violin selections,
which she played with understanding.
Miss Helen E. Williams told in
graphic manner the true story of
Yankee Doodle.
A humorous reading to the music
of the Star Spangled Banned was CIV
en- by Mrs. A. j. Mitchell.
Mrs. Margaret Howard Fay and
Miss Mildred Whetsel played various
piano selections.
Mrs. C. B. Wilson and Miss Elsa
Myers sang "Smile, Smile, Smile, 7"
and 'Tipperary," the last, despite the
wartime superstition in regard to the
singing Of that particular song.
Jack Mitchell told the story of
George Washington and the famous
cherry tree.
Mrs. Mitchell then recited a story
of the Revolutionary period called
when the Moon Rose"
As a closing event to the fine pro-
gram the chorus of the Woman's club
sang medley Of negro songs, which
was extremely well DONE
The music for the affair was fur
nished by Miss Lightburne' junior
and senior orchestras, the former
playing for the first hour, while the
latter finished the program.