Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-12-25
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TO CUT OR NOT
TO CUT
That is the question Of conservation
to be brought before Congress by adj
vocates for proper cutting of the Christ
mas trees and those opposed. The
American Tree association has held
that proper cutting OF he SiEei trees
will aid the larger growth, and that
Christmas trees form very small part
OF the annual cut anyway, and are US
ually from waste and non agricultural
lands, anyway. Woman's clubs and
other organizations have generally tax
en- the sentimental view that cutting
trees for any purpose will give children
a wong. idea and disrespect for forest
life and should therefore be prohibited.
The chldrn have all but lost Santa
Claus these days and the stocking by
the fireplace and when the Christmas
tree goes too, lot OF joy in Christ
mas will be gone for little folks and
the big folks too.
$50
GOLD COINS AT
PREMIUM
Gold coins, especially the $3.50 gold
pieces are so much in demand as Christ
mas gifts, that there is a premium on
the quarter-eagles, which are selling
for $3.50 and $500 in New York City
banks with prospect OF an increased
valuation of $3.50, and the $100 gold
coins are sold for triple value. The
quarter-eagles have not been minted
since 1915, and are fast disappearing,
while the demand for the smaller pee
es is attributed to tn demand of South
Africa and Central and South Amer
lea, where gold money is preferred in
the moving of their exports. Especial
" do native chiefs in Africa esteem
the $1.O0 pieces as necklaces for their
wives. $1,000 worth being shipped last
week for that use. 1t is amusing that
Dark Africa has bulled the market"
against Wall street.
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HIGH RATING OF
NEWSPAPERS
The state superintendent Of cGuca-
ton in Mississippi has sent his teachers
over the state a letter commencing
the use of the county newspaper as a
regular study one day of each week
by the pupils. He calls the paper
country educational Institution tha,
does more to form sentiment than any
other agency. He recommends the
regular reading Of tn paper by the
children and discussions with the
teacher OF vital public matters, also,
regular correspondence by each school
with the paper that school interests
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ally.
IT MAY BE A
MIRAGE
Having successfully navigated the
Sahara Desert with caterpillar cars in
1922, new ventures toward regular
trade and tourist routes are being
planned A new mission $50 miles
further inland than yet established is
now being organized and twenty en-
gineers all experts, and eight out-cat
erpillars with trucks are completing
other preparations Military forts and
hotels along the route are to insure
the safety and comfort OF travellers
and a speed of five days is hoped to
be realized in the complete trip from
lOTln TO SOulIl across the desert. VI
course. wireless telegraph and broad
casting stations will be an additional
part of the necessary arrangements
along the route A French firm manu-
featuring six-wheel automobiles is al
SO stud ing a project for inducing
tourists to longer trips into the inter
i Tor of Africa Who would care to go
on a trip across the Sahara? Well,
John w. Davis, presidential candidate
and his wife, are doing so now
| FRANCES PROBLEM
Ours is not the only country suffer-
ing from an influx of aliens. France
has an immigration problem yet more
serious than ours. They have had $780,
600 Italians, 100000 Poles, and hun
dreds of thousands OF other nationali-
ties flooding heir ountry with cheap
labor that has caused their General
Confederation of Labor to appeal for a
national immigration office for resric-
ton or control dn one respect France
exceeds in her oversight OF foreigners,
the very loose system of the United
States. Every alien arriving in France
registers his intentions of staying long
er than fifteen days and police espion-
age IS taken as a matter of course.
Mr., 7. P. Murdough left this after
| noon for Barlow Fla TO SDend fhe