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Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1924-05-08
Thr Mnttrrra OF The mnrlh

IT HE month OF May is a most fitting one in
which to set aside cay dev'.:cd to mothers
the world over. May is the month of flowers and
hope, and it seems this is analogous to the never
failing faith, love and hope of all mothers.
Mere words are too feeble to adequately express
the depths of the encompassng love of a moth
er. A man may break every law OF man and God,
he may become pariah among his fellows
hut, if he have mother living, he has one refuge
to which he can always CO. sure of loving well
come 1t may be that, thru years of disappont-
mcnt his conduct has craven lines of sorrow on
that beloved face, lacerated thousand times
that trusting, hopeful heart but unworthy as he
may have become even such man as this can re-
turn to Mother with the certainty that she will
have for him the tender solicitation and love
that marked her care in his infancy.
In the following lines Kpng has penned
tribute to mothers, which aptly expresses the
boundlessness of mother love:
If | damned of body and soul
A mothers love would make me whole
If were drowned in the deepest sea,
A mothers tears would reach down to me-
Possibly 1t is one OF the tragedies of the world
that the praises of mother are too often unherald-
cd and unsung. The outstanding qualities of
motherhood self-denal AMI self-effacement
You will not find the great mothers Of the world
among the harridans who disgrace womanhood
and motherhood by shrill platform demands for
women's rights. You will not find them among the
garruous class of women who harangue for birth
CONTROL and, childless themselves elect to dictate
to more fortunate women the proper way to rear
children. The great mothers Of the world thank
God, are the mothers that we all remember gen
tie, and loving and kind. The mothers who kissed
our childish hurts, who smoothed out for us the
ianced troubles of impatient youth and sent us
out into the world equipped to succeed, if we
would apply the patient and loving training that
had been ours every step of the way
The thought of mother can not long leave any
man or woman, and particular Mothers Day
is necessary to keep green in our memories all
that Mother has meant to u.s. It's lust the thought
OF a graceful tribute that on this certain day
In May, the whole country in unison should paw
particular homage to Mother.
It's mighty fine this day to wear red flow
er expressive of the warm love of living mothers.
ard white one in loving memory of the purity
and goodness of the mothers who have passed
On; but it seems to that the real tribute should
go further than this, and that the greatest posi-
sible tribute anyone can pay to Mother is to try
hoped and prayed and labored so hard for us TO
approximate the kind Of man or woman Mother
each day with all his or her might to somewhat
become
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1924-05-08
Local Observance of
Music Week

Fitzgerald people will have a union
song service combined with their pray
er meeting on Wednesday night and
enjoy some of the splendid hymns
that are rich legacy from the early
churches. Mrs. J. F. Singleton will
give her wonderful talk on the "In-
fluence of Music" that will be illum-
mating and inspiring, as it has been
to former audience.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1924-05-08
features of this annual service.

On Monday night the 1o, the grad
uation exercises will be held in the
court house at $50 o'clock. Judge o.
I. Cover of Cordele will deliver the
commencement address. Bestowal of
honofs, medals, certificates and di-
plomas, with several parts on the pro-
gram taken by the honor students of
the class and special music make this
most attractive entertainment to a
large number of people and as a rule
standing room is at premium.
The names of the graduates will
appear in the next issue with the pro-
gram in full.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1924-05-08

America will be better off when the women
realize that they are being used by paid profess
slonal retormers to stand as sponsors for a mass
OF idiotic and irritating legislation When will
they Ind time to bend their energies to bring
about uniform divorce law, which will make it
impossible for woman to be wife in one state
and wanton in another?
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1924-05-08
Printers Word
Final

Small errors in newspapers are oft
en- let gowithout correction, but it is
seldom so with programs and dates
However, in the case of an announce
ment from the United States Golf As
sociation where the printer set up the
date of the national open championship
for the 5th and 9th of June, instead of
the 4th and 5th, as originally planned,
it was decided to be cheaper to change
the date as it had been printed, than
to print the programs again, and so
it stands as published. 1t appears now
that mistake of a whole week was
made last year, andi the ultimate Win
ner got on the ground week too soon,
but evidently to his own advantage
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1924-05-08

SEDDETTES
ON
II THINGs
Radio and
M - By M:
, 4xaudGAS

Radio and
Disease
The potentialities of radio, it is be-
1ieved, will form a vast field for dis
oovery and use. One of the latest
predictions and which is made by
Marconi, the inventor of the wireless,
is that diagnosis of disease will be
made by it. for instance, the heartbeats
OF man have already been broad
casted across the Atlantic. Amplifica-
ton does not interfere with the char
acter of any sound. How valuable,
then, to the physician, even one at a
remote distance, in determining all
sounds of the heart or of respiration
in a patient, by this means.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1924-05-08
PERSONAL LIABILITY LEGISLATION IN

FKANCE-t1OW would you like to have tlre in
France?
The following information relative to French
Personal Liability Legislation for fire caused by
negligence is extracted from report recently re-
ceved thru the State Department. from Consul
General A. M. Thackara, located at Paris. 1t was
prepared at request of Insurance Department
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
The responsibility of tenants for fire damages
is governed by Articles 1888 and 1884 of the
French Civil Code, promulgated on March 21 1904
which read as follows in translaton:
Article 1888 The tenant is responsible for
fires unless he is able to prove that the fire
was accidental or due to circumstances be-
yond his control (force majeure) or due to
faulty construction of the building, or that
the fire communicated by neighboring
house
Article 1874. (Law of January a. 1889 If
there are several tenants in the building they
are all responsible for fire breaking out
therein, in proportion to the income which the
landlord receives from each of them as rental
for their respective premises unless they
prove that the fire commenced in particular
apartment; in that case the tenant in whose
apartment the fire commenced is lone respon-
sible. If certain tenants prove that the fire
could not have started in their apartment
those producing such proof are relieved from
responsibility for the damage caused
The law OF January 5, 1883, has modified the
former law in that each tenant ceased to be held
responsible jointly, and is now held responsible
individually only in proprtion to the rental value
OF that part of the building which he occupies
with regard to the surplus occupants by the other
tenants.
Some changes have been made in the old laws
as to division of indvual responsibility but ar
tices 1888 and 1884 of the Civil Code establish
presumption of fault on the part of tenants, who
can not exonerate themselves unless they prove
that the fire could not have broken out in their
home or that the cause of the fire resulted from
improper or faulty construction or improper care
OF the building.
According to conversations with directors of
several fire insurance companies in Paris, it ap-
pears that the laws concerning fire insurance are
strictly enforced under articles 1888 and 1894 of
the Civil Code
A little such legislation in the United States
might cut down our $5O0OOOOO0 annual fire bill
and save thousands of lives each year.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1924-05-08
Florida Has Favorite
Daughter

Mrs. w. S. Jennings, wife of a for
mer governor of Florida and herself
former state president of Woman's
Clubs, also the present first vice-pres-
ident of the General Federation is
being recommended by the Florida
federation for the presidency of the
national body at the election which
will occur at the Biennial Convention
in Los Angeles. Mrs. Jennings is urg-
ed to national recognition by reason
of her ability and for one notable
achievement, saving to Florida and the
United States the largest tropical jun
gle in the country, known as Royal
Palm State Park. This was thru her
influence as the governors wife, while
Governor Jennings is credited with
recommending the drainage and recla-
nation of the Everglades and later as
state attorney, carrying forward the
work of surveying and draining them,
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Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1924-05-08
Official Bon
Fire

AS regular procedure there is a
day for the destruction by a commit
tee of treasury officials of all counter
felt money, plates, dies, paraphanalia
and materials seized thruout the year
by the U. S. secret service, except
such as retained for evidence in
court cases. This .hapR Rened at the
treasury building on last Saturday
when the handiwork of thousand
oounterfeiters, with a face value of
about quarter of a million dollars
went went up in smoke What could
not be macerated in machines and
burnt, were cut to pieces with sledge
and chisel and melted in a mass to be
sold for junk.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1924-05-08
NEED EDUCATION


There is a vast lack of information prevaen
among members and would-be members of CO
operative marketing associations, which shoul
be corrected before too great harm is done ant
failure overtakes some of them.
The Progressive Farmer sounds note of warn
ing, and says, in recent issue:
1t will not do just say that coop" farmers
have right to such specific information about their
organization as they ask for desire. That is not
enough Members be Systematically educated
in the pricipcs OF cooperative effort Plain everyday
dire farmer" members, meeting in their fields,
by their fresides and at their schoohouse meet
ngs, learn talk intellgenty with another
about the Of policies that make for efficiency,
safety and in their organizations and about
the contrary policies that make for neffciency, dan
ger, and failure; and wise directors will constantly
seek to promote this result
One great trouble with cooperative marketing as
sociations during the first years OF their activities is
that not only do many of the lay members not un-
derstand the fundamental principles of cooperative
marketing but the thing is true of many of the
officers themselves. We heard recently of highly
placed cooperative marketing official who doesn't
accept the basic principle of zone man, one
vote" without which democracy is impossible either
in gove cooperative marketing In numbers
of other cases, cooperative marketing officials
operating the old speculative principle of holding
great part of the crop entrusted too their keeping
until they think favorable time has come for sell
ling and then dumping" practically the bulk of what
they have the market virtually at time. People
who operate cooperative marketing associations
this basis haven't learned the first principle of coop
erative marketing. They simply od-style spec
uators operating in the name of cooperative mar
kcting Directors should be on guard against this
meance AMI folly.
TO remedy this condition, it would be wise fol
the several cooperative associations in Georgia
to issue, jointly, a magazine for the sole purpose
Of creating thoro understanding of the princi
pies of cooperation as they apply to their organi
cations and then end to be achieved
With a thoro understanding of their aims anc
objects, those who Join the association for commo
lty selling of farm products, will stick and tax,
pride in carrying out their contracts as they will
know that their success rests entirely upon TIN
faithful performance Of each of the salient fact
Of the contract which they entered into All coop
aratives are governed by the same active principl
and what applies to the marketing OF cotton, will
apply to peanuts, potatoes, poultry, or live stock
The officials of the several organizations shoul
themselves cooperate to place this important in
formation before their members and thus create al
intelligent enthusiastic membership.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1924-05-08
National Music
Week

Music stores, department stores,
schools, clubs and even the churches
are putting on some kind Of music
demonstration this week. Music is
just another language which everyone
can hear with appreciation if the at
tention is early drawn and so we
say it has a universal appeal. Learn
to listen, then listen to learn" are the
two requirements of complete enjoy
ment of the best the world affords in
the realm of music.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1924-05-08
Flying too
Low

A stunt aviator who flew too low at
Boston, Mass. so that he not only
endangered himself but the lives and
safety of the public, has had his license
of plot revoked and all other pilots
have been warned of a similar penalty
on provocation. 1t appears that the
registrar of motor vehicles has juris-
diction also of such matters.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1924-05-08

SP0TI.IGHTS
ON
PEOPLE =
Weaves Story About
Herself
elders


Marie Corelli, whose novels, includ-
ing Thelma. have at times been among
the most popular of their class, died
last week and her death brings out
facts about her life hitherto shrouded
in mystery, or else veiled with a glow
of romance OF her own coloring. Her
real name was Caroline Cody, tho
called Minnie" and her parents were
obscure laboring people in London.
Her birth certificate shows her to have
been born in May, 1854, tho her own
accounts made her much younger, and
these go back no further than her life
with family who seemed to have
adopted her. She liked to claim an
Italian origin for herself and to foster
this story she chose the name she
bore. AS she never married, the name
and all the romance that grew up
about her lasted till her death.
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Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1924-05-08
Club Exhibits
Urged

At the club institute to be conduct
ed at the University of Georgia, June
20 to July S. there will be rrize Of
fered to that Woman's Glib present
ing the best exhibit which will include
the photograph of its club house with
details as to plans and expenses, also
its year book, and review of pro-
grams. One day of the session will
be devoted to the best planning, f.
nancing and use of club houses.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1924-05-08
NOTICE CORRECTED

l did not leave my husbands bed
and board, as it belonged to me and
I took it and worked and kept myself.
Mrs. S. B." (item in the Carlisle
Pa, Evening Sentinel)
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1924-05-08
Significant
Memorial

A National Hospital Day will be
observed May II, thruout our country
and Canada in memroy of Florence
Nightingale, who first demonstrated
what woman's care could mean in
army camps. She was an English
woman, but she seems to belong to
the world, so far-reaching has her
example of fortitude and tenderness
been and even the Red Cross is a
modern exponent of her idea.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1924-05-08
The "Stop"
Law

Many people deny the practical re-
suits of any kind of legislation on mot
or driving on the highways but the
stop" law of the three states, Ten
nessee, Viginia and North Carolina,
which has regard to railroad crossings
has hadI sufficient results in the de-
crease of accidents to justify another
state, Mississippi, in passing similar
law, becoming effective May / The
railroads in Mississippi are required
to erect large signs at all road cros-
sings, fifty feet from the track bear
ing the words, mississippi Law,
Stop" OF course these will be fire.
quently disregarded and the writer
thinks the best plan yet offered is the
one to so roughen the road for the
required fifty feet on each side of
the track that the driver is obliged to
slacken his speed and to realize his
nearness to railroad track, as the
unsuspected location has as frequent
ly as daring, caused fatal accidents on
crossings.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1924-05-08
"Lest We
Forget"

We have splendid hospital in Fitz-
gerald which is civic asset, and an
institution that we should all be proud
otis appearance, it's equipment and
more than all, the skill of it's staff
of efficient doctors and nurses, who
have saved so many lives for Fitz-
gerald and the surrounding territory
Is there something we might do to
show this appreciation?
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1924-05-08
Historic
Relic

Georgia has received her section of
the trunk of the elm tree under which
George Washington took command of
the American Army on July 3, 1775,
and which was preserved until the
past season in its original state No
kind OF tree surgeon, or treatment
was able to longer keep life or per-
manence in it standing, so it was de-
cided to cut it down, and out of its
trunk cut cross sections that might be
preserved as souvenirs in every state
in the union, where it will be on ex-
hibit in the capitol buildings. A bronze
tablet on each gives the dates and
states what the relic is.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1924-05-08

The people will judge congress by what it has
accomplished as the national Legislature not by
what it has done as grand jury.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1924-11-20
THE INDIRECT TAX EVIL

In discussing burdensome features of in
surance taxation which affect every policy hold
er, James l.. Madden, manager of the Insurance
Department of the Chamber Of Commerce of the
United States, says.
"The insurance taxation situation in the
United States is in a very chaotic and unscentif-
ic condition Out of every dollar paid by policy
holders for indirect special insurance taxes in
1922, 4.79 per cent was spent for insurance super
vsory service by the state while the rest was used
for state functions such as road building, police
protection, administrative salaries office equip
ment and the many other manifold expenses of
government, none of which appears to be so close
ly linked with insurance as to warrant special
tax on policy holders"
In other words, state insurance department
may collect double, treble or ten times as much
taxes from insurance companies as needed to
the insurance department. The surplus
is turned over for other state purposes
state banking department might just as we'll
collect large excess amounts from banks over
what is needed to maintain the department and
turn the balance into the general state fund
Continuing, Mr.. Madden said: Il believe one
safeguard toward fair taxation treatment may
be found in direct taxes. If the consumers know
additional imposts are to be made upon them,
they will be apt to take interest in keeping tax
es low Those in charge of taxation will also be
more careful before authorizing increases.
AT present policy holders do not generally
know they are paying indirect taxes of many
kinds in their insurance premiums Until public
opinion is sufficiently informed it cannot be
aroused. At present as far as indirect taxes are
concerned 1T is generally ignorant"
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1924-11-20
WHO PROFITS FROM FIRE PREVENTION?

In answering the above question, Thomas r.
Baird, Chief Engineer of the Fresno California,
fire department says that as 65 per cent of fire
alarms originate in homes it is apparent that fire
prevention should be taught in the homes as they
are responsible for not only majority of the
alarms but also home fires are responsible for a
majority of the lives lost each year.
Fresno adopted an organized citizens fire pre-
vention committee which has been one of the most
valuable assets the city has had in preventing
fires Every building in Fresno has veen visited
by members of the uniformed fire department
fire prevention bureau and by the boy scouts Fire
hazards were pointed out and the cooperation of
property owners and tenants was asked
Cooperation by the citizens was necessary to
wipe out the black fire record which Fresno had
earned. For the five years prior to the reorgani-
cation, the loss was S187435 The preceding five
year average of fire alarms was 49, In 1923, it
was only 279. The previous five year per capita
fire loss was S1613. In 1923, it was 1921.
Since the reorganization of Fresno on a fire
prevention basis, three reductions have been
made in insurance rates netting the citizens of
the city yearly savings of approximately $3.50 00O
Add this to the reduction in fire losses and it is
easy to determine who profits by fire prevention,
says Mr.. Baird
The good work will continue in Fresno and 9th
er cities should follow suit
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1924-11-20
AMERICAN RED CROSS

1t has been some time since the people of Red
Lodge and Carbon county have been asked to con-
tribute to the Red Cross, but according to an
nouncement they will have this opportunity, com
mencing next Saturday, the first day of the drive
which will end on Thanksgiving day. Every one
who pays their dollar is enrolled as a member of
the American Red Cross, which is the greatest and
most far-reaching of all charitable organizations.
The American Red Cross is first of all, the crea-
ture of an international treaty, negotiated and
promulgated at Geneva, Switzerland, in August,
1904, TO which our government gave assent, and
became sgnatory in 1882 treaty to which AZ
nations have now acceded- whose several soci-
cites are now federated in the league of Red Cross
societies. The American Red Cross is maintained
according to the treaty and represents the gov
eminent of the United States in the sisterhood of
nations"
There is no doubt but that all good and loyal
Citizens will be glad to pay their dollar and en-
roll under the banner of service for humanity.
The larger the membership, the greater will be
Carbon county contribution to this worthy cause
There IS the financial assistance that can be
rendered the ex-servlce man, III the work of re-
Mobilization and hospital work in our own state
Fifty cents OF your dollar remains in your own
county and fifty cents goes to the national fund
And also, it should be remembered that the Red
always renders assistance in any kind of emer-
gency, or local distress of any kind The funds in
the Carbon County Chapter ar getting very low
as very little money has come in since the war end
eel SIX years ago The people of this county want
TO do their share In this work. so it is UP to every
person who can to enroll in the local chapter. and
IN SO dong contribute to the national fund as we'll
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1924-11-20

Don't say thai ..4e town is dead, that its citizens
are back numbers that the population is steadily
decreasing and hundred other evils that prob
ably exist only in your own mind. # you can't say
anything good then keep STILL Don't let other
people know that you haven't the energy to move
away from such miserable hole as you claim you
are living in. If you are a property owner don't
tell the whole world that your property is worth
possible they may believe you and some day you
may want to sell that property and you will be
able to get just half its worth So you see when
you talk against your home toWnsi It only hurts
yourself Your town has as good q chance as
many other towns, of becoming an enterprising
city. All it needs is few good Boosters So put
your shoulder to the wheel and boost and the re-
suit will richly repay you for your trouble