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Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-06-19
THE LESSON OF GOOD RoADs-"Tho tn

he A11oSON OT 0OOD I\OAOO- no the
mills of God grind slowly yet they grind exceed
ingy well :" has been quoted in connection with
thousand Not often is it applicable to
roads, but in at least on instance no glove ever
fitted tighter
Two friends lived across county line from
each other; in the county was good roads,,
connection with the nearby county seat, in the
other was opposition to good roads, and no good
connection with the county seat
The two friends had many an argument on the
subject, lie of the coed roads county exulting in
what the good roads did FOR him, he who had poor
roads being glad at 'he snaness ofhis taxes
Then the farm house and the barn where lived
the opponent of good roads caught fire. He tele-
phoned instantly to his county seat, meanwhile
his friend was also crying ''frc to his county seat
over his thlephonel
TIE fire engines from the up-to-date county
seat arrived and put out the fire before those from
The poor road county were seen!
OF course the poor-road advocate had to pay the
cost Of that fire run; it was not in his county |!
a road tax would have been But he paid it cheer
fully.
Either we get good roads next election or I'm
going to move across the liner he said
Adequate fire protection is just one of hundreds
of reasons why any other kind of road than a
hard road is uneconomc, expensive, unreasonable
and foolish
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-06-19
BLUE CROSS SOCIETY
ORGANIZED

A campaign to save life and prevent
needless suffering of the fu~ bearing
animals is instituted in the launching
OF the new society at Springfield, Mass
and coordinating with the New York
Woman's League for Animals, and in
GLIDING many wealthy and prominent
women. The fashion of wearing fur
not for warmth, but as a mere deco
ration and in the summer time is a
bizarre fad that causes such an increas-
ed demand that fur is being handled
like fabric and not as a God given
skin of an animal Fashion Journals
desiribe the circular hounces of er-
mine capes, the white fur collars of
organdy dresses and little thought is
given the cruelty attending the cap
ture of little animals which supply this
ilnery. One of the purposes of the So
cicty is to agitate aud to urge a short
e: period Tor trap setting and in all
ways to restrict the accessory uses of
fur such as understands of monkey
fur, fans of ermne tails, fur on para
soils and also tortoise shell ornaments
that are really made OF kittens noses
and The like.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-06-19
REFORM DREAMS
FAIL

Before people condemn Frank A.
Vanderlip for his attempt to push the
recent federal research, they should
know more of the man and his work.
He is an actual reformer and has set
in operation a wonderful community
work. He was unfortunate in express
ing suspicious about the Marion Star
that were Immediately construed to
reflect on the late President Harding
This was partly his undoing as a gov
eminent reformer, but there was an
other reason. He could find very few
other disinterested helpers who would
do any thing without some money
consideration to themselves. It is thot
that he expended around 100000 of
his personal resources trying to get
political machinery going. Not in any
undetermined way, but organizing his
bureau and paying for Investigations.
He has abandoned the bureau, but is
steadfastin his own beliefs which he
will embody in a book. His expert
ence with men, wide as it was before
is considerably the richer since his
late ASSOCIATION with so-called states
men.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-06-19
STATE PORT AND COOPERATIVE MAR

KETING-The ultimate success of cooperative
marketing of farm commodities depends to a
great extent upon the port facilities that may be
had in the territory in which these associations
operate. To some people port is only place
where boats land and they have no conceptionof
the part played by storage facilities that only
be provided thru cooperative efforts on the part of
the state or a large number of individual capt.
talists. To allow private corporations to estab-
lsh these port facilities would be a mistake from
a state wide viewpoint the profit to be made
to authorize the investment of SO much of pri-
vate capital would obviate the very benefits to be
derived by the producers of the state, cheap and
suitable storage and repacking facilities for the
raw materials shipped from the farms.
In the scheme of state owned port storage ia
cilities for curing and refrigerating pershable
farm products play large part, as do also repack-
ing facilities for more economic handling Of all
manner Of commodities manufactured grown in
the state and purposed for export shipping.
Another feature, which affects financially the
great mass of farmers as well as other consumers
Of imported raw materials and certain manufactur-
ed wares, is the proposed establishment of free
zone at this proposed state port-beng speci-
fed territory within the port at which i'm
ported goods may be stored for indefinite
time wholly or in part, to be used in the manufac
ture OF finished products later to again be reship
ped to foreign ports without the payment of the |
present import duties This feature alone, would
pI obably mean the establishment of large num-
Der of manufacturing concerns at this port, |
giving employment to thousands of people, each
an asset to the state at large
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-06-19

.EDDETTES
ON
~ THINGS
THOROUGHLY
ORGANIZED
eA By M

Whatever woman finds of interest
to do these days she is able to- join
some body of women working to the
same end. Some say the women are
too we'll organized but this is because
of her multiplicity of interests, caus-
i ing her to join perhaps too many diff
ferent societies with committee work
assigned her from each. However, in
union there is strength, and woman
suffrage, prohibition and, in trust,
child labor laws at an early date, may
be credited in large way to the ac-
tivities of women in the past twenty
five years. American women are not
whit ahead of their European sisters
as instanced by the international fed
Grafton of University women called to
a congress in Christiana, Norway,
July % to August |, by invitation OF
the Morse Women. Out OF 400 dele
gates expected it is thought the United
States will have 200.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-06-19
EDITORS ASSUME
ENTERPRISE

The Southern Newspaper Publish
ers' association in July 1921, approved
the suggestion for a school of Jour
nalism at Washington and Lee as a
memorial to Lee. The committee ap-
pointed was headed by Major John
5. Cohen, of the Atlanta Journal. In
1923 he reported $4,000 had been sub
scribed of the $4,000 the editors plan
ned to raise among themselves before
any public appeal should be made.
Since then the fund has advanced to
$4,000 and in token of Major Cohen's
work on this committee, the Washing
ton and Lee university conferred an
honorary Ii. D. upon the Atlanta
editor at their commencement exercis-
es June TO-
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-06-19
Anniversary Column
IA YEARS AGO
(The Leader, Jua: 1913, 1910 ,

(The Leader, Jua: 1918, 1910
The home of Mrs. A. H. Denmark
was the scene of lovely reception
when she entertained for her sister-in-
law, Miss Emma Denmark who was
enroute to her home in Valdosta, from
Forsyth where she has held the chair
of history at Bessie Tiff College. Mrs,
"A. B. Cook met the guests at the
door and Mrs. C. A. Holtzendort
served punch. Others assisting the
hostess were Mesdames G. E. Kicker,
C. NJ Wise, E. J. Dorminy, Jas. Paulk
and John Russell.
Miss Agnes Dickson was hostess
at delightful party in honor of her
18th birthday. Games and delicious
refreshments were enjoyed, the guests
including Misses Hattie Wideman,
Mary Eva and Ola Mae Martin, Dora
Mathis, Ethel Ligeour, Bessie Huff,
Eleanor Allen, Helen Reid, Grace
Jackson, Ruth Putnam, Lucy Bell
King, Leila Hall, Clara Fohl, Sarah
King; and Mark Mathis, Harry Hall,
Tommie Wideman, Raymond Butler,
Love Martin, Clyde Redmond, Jas.
Murray, Roy Scarborough, w. B.
Moore, Charlie Moore and Ralph
Adams.
The graduating exercises of the
first grade under Miss Katrina Klep-
per was an effective way of showing
the patrons and the Board of Educa
ton the good work done by the grade
during the year. The diplomas were
the attractive work of Miss Fannie
Bell Snive1y of Kentucky. Mr.. f.
Turner de1ivere d the diplomas and
Mrs. C. A. Wheeler addressed the class
in simple, impressive way.
The program was as follows:
Greeting song by class.
Salutatory-Robert Strange.
Essay. Festival of the Dol1s-Jose-
phine Manning
Piano duet-He1en Claire Gwynne
and Lily May Hughes.
Class prophecy-Ivey Murray.
Piano duet-Martha Turner and Mil
dred Halle.
Reading, The Clovers-Lester Ar
mantrout.
Chorus by class.
Reading, Dutch Lu1laby-Athleen
Rohrer.
Quartet-Misses Redmond, Bru-
baker, Carter and Fuller.
Class History-Myr1e Scarborough.
Solo-Elizabeth McCarty.
Essay, Ha11ey's Comet - Robert
White.
Class Poem-Mary Alice Leath.
Valedictory-Quinette Prentiss.
Address-Mrs. C. A. Wheeler.
Presentation of Diplomas-Mr. ]. E.
Turner.
Song-c1ass.
Goodbye-Martha Turner.
The U. D. C. chapter was enter
tanned at the residence of Mrs. C. F.
Baker, celebrating the birthday of
Jefferson Davis on June 3, special
program touching his life was given.
Mrs Mickey, of Valdosta, the guest
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-06-19
IT'S YOUR CHUM-"The

IT'S YOUR CHUM home paper is your
chun your pal and your intimate friend; the city
daily is your casual acquaintance, the magazine
is your occasional visitor. When it comes to adj
vice, trust chum and intimate friend first
don't you You may not know it, but the smallest
Taper not only delivers more friendly and intimate
home-infuence circulation, but it is trusted far
more widely than the city daily produced by men
far away that they can't possibly be in touch
with your community.
"There's advice to remember when you want to
sell somethng-offer it to those who read the
hometown paper because they have long ago
learned that they can believe what they in its
columns. 1t isn't so full of advertising, either,
that your message will be buried, often happens
to advertisers in the big dailies. If you haven't
learned the truth about advertising in your home
town paper then you haven't learned all you ought
to know about successful merchandising.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-06-19
BACK TO THE
FARM

only temporary movement, but of
reciprocal benefit will be the employ
ment OF large numbers of college boys
this summer to help handle the large
tobacco crop of south Georgia. Vaca-
ton and its perennial problem what
to do next" comes at the particular
Juncture when men are needed for
this crop. Many will be happy to ex-
change the sedentary habits of the
student for manual labor in the great
out doors.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-06-19

AIN CNEN1A1 ELL 14ON-fAllIO II mas
been only twenty-four hours since the fact was
announced, the Chamber of Commerce has been
the recipient of numerous compliments on the in
vitation extended w. T. Anderson to address that
body the evening of June Is.
These compliments came primarily because
Waycross is always appreciative of its friends.
w. T Anderson has been a valuable friend to
this city.
When Waycross was seeking to have the Cen
trail Dixie Highway pass thru this city, when
many were contcnding that road could not be
Guilt from Waycross to jacksonville even go
ing so far as to say that fish could swim the en-
tire distance; then it was that w. T. Anderson
lead the cause of Waycross and exerted all of
his influence to have the Central Dixie Highway
come thru Waycross.
The Central Dixie Highway does pass thru
Waycross and much of the credit therefore is due
w. T. Anderson.
This is just one of the instances of the friend
ship of w. T. Anderson for this city.
In addition to this friendship for Waycross the
members of the Chamber of Commerce are glad
to have w. T Anderson address them because he
is valuable citizen Of Georgia. AS Editor of The
Macon Telegraph Member of the State High
way Commission, private citizen, he has al
ways worked valiantly and effectively for the adj
vancement of Georgia-Waycross Journal Herald
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-06-19
FREE RICE FOR
JAPANESE

Because OF their shortage of rice in
1923, due to the earthquake disaster,
Japan is allowing until August l, the
entry of foreign free of duty. Duty free
rice was at first allowed to March l,
but later estimates of the shortage
caused the recent extension Of time.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-06-19
LEE, THE TEACHER

Holding that Robert E. Lees five
years work as an educator in Wash
ington and Lee University crowns and
supplements his five stormy years as
a soldier, the institution in its plea for
memorial at the University, further
declares in bulletin that this work at
Lexington will outshine and outweigh
all the more transient glories of his
military career"
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-06-19
SP0TLIGHTS
ON
PEOPLE,
BECAUSE HE LOVES HEP
elders

A student of Oglethorpe who is en-
titled to bonus of 5000 in 20 year
endowment life insurance has written
the institution that in case of his death
within that time he wishes the univer-
sity to receive the benefit either the
face value in the amount at the end
OF the period. The student explained
ls contribution By saving it would
express his icve for CID Oglethorpe.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-06-19

five years from today this section will
not look like itself because any section
like this where the seasons are right, the
climate is superior, the health is good, where
so many imperishable crops such as cotton,
corn, hay, peanuts, wheat, oats, potatoes and
tobacco surely can be grown and where
dalrylng and poultry raising is sure to equal
that Of any other American sectOn---
section like this is most fit place for human hab
itaon and happiness and the population sure to drift
here from other agricultural sections where ONLY one cron
system prevails other sections which are as llv
developed as they will be.
Ours is rich Soil, young section and the whole sit.
uatlOn is powerful invitation to farmers of vision TO
come and grow up with this part of the South East
This Bank.has doubted, and never will that
future fine and that great prosperity will come over
us. We are here to help bring it to pass w.
The EXCHANGE NATIONAL BANK
United States Depository
Deposits around the Million
Resources beyond the Million
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-17

everyday thing that began that first
morning with Adam, and wilt last
right along to the coming of that
other morning We know as the
judgment day.
y y y
A WHOLESOME, everyday looking
= young man paused before news
paper building to read freshly
posted bulletin. With him was a
spiritually sweet-looking girl who
might have posed in q pageant ar
the Blessed Damozel.
Like any other attentive escort, the
young man read out the headlines
to the young lady, but 1t was a
waste OF breath. Like the poets
fair one, she seemed too exalted for
human natures daily food-you
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often see girls like that when they
have admirers In tow.
The young man must have been
entirely too ordinary properly to
appreciate the delicate nature under
his care, for he read the sheet from
top to bottom: A Russian crisis;
revolution in Mexico; ship on the
rocks; hungry children in Germany
at home
And when he was through, to the
last black letter, the Blessed Damoze1
sighed out reproach slightly tine
turcd with wesriness:
Same old stuff, as usual. [ won.
Ger why they never mention any
thing Of interest to women"
And as they passed on another
reader OF the bulletin said to the
man with him:
If he marries that girl he de-
serves everything that's coming to
him. Looks like fine chap,
fnno
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made In the same mold-like
candles" So
~
A MAN and womai were dining in
= O cafe-nice place of white tiles,
real palms. and a clip of q girl with
big eyes playing "Traumerei" on a
fiddle.
Both had skipped past the Biblical
age limit. but, happily. comradeshlp
keeps no count of the years. The
mans thin, scholarly face was grid
ironed with lines, but there was such
tenderness in his eyes that Tommy
Moore might have had him In mind
when he wrote about Loves Young
Dream" She was dear little body
in gray-with gray combs to match
her hair. as X she were fitting with
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all right, now that her tombstone
Is paid for and set up, with the in
scription finished all to filling in the
date of her death-I heard it cost
her over five hundred dollars"
1.-THE foolish woman-inBtead OF
saving her money for sickness and
old age-I never should have done
q thing like that"
Neither would I, burt, you see she
did. Throughout her life she has
had to scuff1e for bread and shelter,
but for all the years of her death
she can rest like q fine lady under
snowy marble in a beautiful green
silence where birds come, and where
there are flowers and trees"
What do you suppose makes PEG.
pie do things like thaf?"
Better ask Mother Nature. The
chances are she will tell you that
this would be mnotonous and
lead-weighted world IL all Of US were
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-17

her Father Time-and vivacious.
ness OF almost girlish charm.
When the man had given the or
der selected by the woman, he looked
around 1t The tables crowded with
and then rsmsrh nHD o,,afs iauS snemnl
in his triumph to interest every occu-
pant OF the next table:
I've are the best-lookfng coupe
In the lot. don't See q fellow to
match me for manly grace, and there
isn't q woman can hold q candle to
you. We are q remarkable pair"
It wasn't much, counting by words,
eKagEerstion and her make.believe
Assumption that every syllable OF II
was true-and the proof It gave Of
their years and years OF genuine de.
votton-was enough to make Romeo
and Juliet take to the big woods
and stay there. So trining 10 printed
romance. compared to the human,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-17

oiS SiedIlIS ana the woman who misses this
t25l ~ 30 TO $3.50 Cloth and SILK Dresses, ad.
vaneed winter styles In satin and canton crepe,
crepe oe chine aud fine tIIs coat frocks straioht
line dresses TERED and draped styles with smart
trimmings Of silk braIdng, bat;ste lace Collars
beading and embroidery. Smart dresses eouaiy
seapin noe ;. 70 street or business IN the $3.50
(5) $500 and $3.50 satin Canton sess.d
Dresses, surpiice fronts nd TERED Go1 M
Isl, $3.50 and $500 Slack saiio; Froes.
s Gnsn,e and ase eomb;naton'' drapsd $26 On
t5) $500 to $500 Dresses-brown satin with
apron fronts and drapsd And TERED skirts and
embroidered seoroette crepe coo E0
{4) $500 to $3.50 Cloth oresses-navy and
brown eharmeen straisht!lns models: brown Wool
crepe, leather trimmed and brown twill cape frooks
'aiso ,(D $500 draped black satin dinner G21 ~
dress . ST. 90 at and .isso A;t.r,co1
handdrawn crepe frocks-blaek and navy blue
satin dresses; also ~ $t35.00 Brown ear m
charmInette Coat Frock, at ............ VOSsVV
(1) $500 Rosewood charmeen Wrap &Ao m
(2) $3.50 Black Afternoon Dresses-satIn and
s srsSe eroe.ae. beaded ."a eme9o'a. 47.00
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and Jetsam that drifted to the Con-
trail Mission--in the old days-and
her commission on sales, street Ey
street, house to house, was enough
to give the energetic little vender
money. after many years, to buy
her the hearts longing that most OF
us yearn for and seldom obtain-the
something that answers to tho pot
bow OF ambitions. Having gained
her longing maybe she can AFFORD
q tranquil day now and then.
Two women in the shopping Sec
ton caught sight Of the buy-a-
mented on the novelty OF seeing her
without her stock in trade:
II reckon she took my advice and
went IN home for old people,"
'She wouldn't do a thing like that
She says she wants her freedom to-
do and suffer as long as she lives.
and after that everything will be
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AROUND THE CITY
-Bv Mamie Lancaster

in comparison to her business hood
that tied under the chin. and: She
was wearing blue beads! Also, she
walked with a set slowness. as II she
wasn't familia. Senough with vaca-
tions TO know nv to enjoy one-you
may possibly understand a feeling
like .that-and. as If she missed her
usual load Of brooms.
They were worthy brooms in that
seff.re aK,ng Or them gave work and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-17

on know the little buy-a-
" broom woman, of course.
You must have seen her
going around for years and
years, carrying her long-handled
brooms and brushes as lightly as II
they were so many carnations.
The other day she must have been
giving herself Il holiday, for her
hands were tucked in comfy coat
pockets; her hat was something fine
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Quarterly Clearing
Skirts!

~ $1o.75 BLACK PoPLiN BOX
skIsT. $5.25
(2) $13.75 GRAY sELF.TRIMMEp
s ssIEya s?oH1 $6.25
(4) $3.50 70 $3.50 SKIRTS.
sport styles IN gray and brown
pl.id'; box eieatsd; black 81. q
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Out With All Winter
Bags
IS Velvet BAGS, $l.oo

S. Velvet Bags, $l.oe
Pouch shapes - gold finished
THANKSGIVING purse and mirror
fittinos-navy, brown. black.
s. 4 $3.50 Velvet Bags, 1856
Fine quality chiffon velvet on
1eweiso or metal frames-coin
purse and mirror-attractive silk
iininos. Navy, brown and black.
$3.50 to $3.50 Assorted
Bags, s.
Tailored Leather Baos, in patent
eah. crepe or pin seal and GOAT
hi0h.cos3 velvet bags, beautifully
lined and httsd-oval or square
leather eovsrsd vanity boxes. with
four fittinas-aIi in this splendid
assortment at $500.
SO Leather Bags, $50
.n ss -, r.c ssse, s :.y;., r.
cah and Morocco feathers, finely
tined and fitted-up.to.da date models
but included In this clearance be-
cause o. slight scratches.
SIS Leather Bags, SO
Mostly pouch shapss-aH fine
feathers, pin seal and ,.Ioroeco
catf-brown, black, tan and gray;
fancy silk lining.
$40 Beaded Bags, SASS
Large prawstrins Bags, very
finely beaded In rich Oriental coll.
orinos-Hnished With beaded tas.
sci or fringe. ,.
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;l0.9S to $3.50 Silk
Millinery

One remnant lot OF felt hats
late arriva's-and two new
purchases of new Spring hats
at clearance prices!
SIS Spring Hats, $3.50
Stunning new shapes - Milan
hemp and tafSeta combinations
black, brown, gray, light and
trimming.
SIS Embroidered Straw
Hats, $3.50
Taoai Milan Hemp Hats, with
oeorsa!te crepe facInes-enibrord-
cred with gold and silver in ex.
quisIte fruit and flower designs
coiorfui, smart and In comfortable
head sizes.
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=. Forcing Out ThreelMonths' Aecumu
Underwear! Negligees!

81 Philippine Underwear, $z.s5
Gowns and Envelope chemIss Of this
popular handmade and hand .embroid.
cred yokes; rose and vine patterns,
solid and coIado work; sIiohtiy muss.
ed; wonderful chance 70 secure come
Of this fine underwear.
81 to S. Silk Chesnise, $2.95
Exceptional quality radIum silks and
crepe de Enthusiastically trimmed with
French vel and handmade Met laces-.
many lovely styles In peach, orchid
and flesh color.