Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-01-22
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part and plat Of Florida soil, so great
is the demand for speculative purpos-
cs. This tendency caused the recent
withdrawal of all government owned
islands along the coast from public
sale; and on last Friday all executive
order from President Coolidge reserves
certain other public land along Tooke
Lake in fernando County which is
noted for its fishing and has been long
used as recrcational area. This re-
seryation includes ll9 acres.
PASS OFF THE STAGE
Becoming past history will be the
long famed Texas Rangers if an in
junction in a district court in Texas
last week in sustained. For 90 years
and throughout the entire history OF
the state the Texas Rangers have been
sell organized police varying in mum
bers Of $50 to 1000 in the most turbu
lent days Of the states development,
from a Mexican dependency to re-
public and then state The rangers
have been a fearless untiring band, de-
voted to the task of preserving order,
and so glorious in tradition have they
been that even a handful OF them APP
pcaring in a distributed community
would quickly bring order out OF cha
os. During a railroad strike III l9Az,
when a whole company OF militia was
required for one town, 50 rangers con-
troIcd equally we'll forty towns among
them 1t is said the Canadian Royal
N. w. Mounted Police was evolved
from their pattern as well as numer-
Gus state ccnstabularies.
PRISON FACTORIES
The announcement of large in
crease in the out put Of manufactured
commodities in federal prisons has dis
turbed labor interests to the extent OF
complaint to Secretary OF Com
mcrce Hoover, as serious competition
is feared from prison made goods.
This fear is said to be groundless as
diversified production to sup thc
goods needed within the pi..--,.. a e
ann, which is secondary 10 .nc l,iot
purpose OF keeping all prisoners busy
at some productive and instructive QC-
cupation as a moral rather than all
economic end. Attorney-General Stone
is responsible for the Inauguration OF
the eight hour work day for all PHI
sically lit prisoners in all federal i'll
SttutlOnS.
EVIDENCES OF THRIFT
The IT, S. Treasury published the
latest available figures last week show
ing that the people of the United Sta
ties have more money deposited in saw
ings banks than all the rest OF the
world put together. However when
averaged to the population, the say
ings deposit per person showed those
in the u. S. to have saved hardy hall
and even less than that in comparl-
son with Inhabitants of other countries
which were New Zealand,
Switzerland, Australia and Norway.
THE TWENTIETH
AMENDMENT
Men, women and children, the inn
mortal triad! Shall we not consider
them in this order too, in our consl-
tutional amendments? In the 18th
we aimed to set men tree
from the worst curse they have ever
suffercd-the evils of licensed intern
peranCe.
In the 10Th amendment when we
gave to women the ballot we gave
her the highest privilege and the great
est power for good it remained to be-
stow upon her Let us turn our serious
prayerful consideration to the chill
dren of the nation. America stands to-
day in that condemned position OF CIV
ing offcnse to her little ones so that 1t
were better that a milestone be hung
about her neck and she be cast out IN
to the sea. We are feeding our little
children to 'idols-gods OF corporation
greed; mills and crops swallow up
their young lives.
For the million of crop-picking,
miIl-worling children. there is only
short lie, no liberty and nopursult
OF happiness, those inalenable rights,
named iii our great Declaration OF
Independence, and guaranteed in our
great constitution Can the states do
this? No more than they did with the
prohibition and suffrage laws. A
national evil demands a national law.
Our Georgia law makers have gone
on record against the bill, but there
is still public sentiment to create and
to use. Every conscientious person
should make it personal question and
discuss it from the humanitarian stand
point, until the public conscience is
awakened to Americas shame.
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