Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-03-19

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THE TOWN DUMP
! Ma:udgY 5e1ders

THE TOWN DUMP
Why must the most unsightly place
of town be located by the railroad
to give the worst possible impressin to
incoming visitors or to tourists! Our
town is not satisfied with one but must
have two or more such places in plain
view. Filling up the low lots with tin
cans and junk may serve good pur-
pose later, but what excuse. is there
for the waste paper that adorns these
trash piles? Everybody should be ask
ed to burn their light trash in their
own yards or alleys and save space
in the trash carts for what cannot be
otherwise disposed of, such as tree
trimmings and rubbish that does not
readily burn, and junk. In case the
merchants cannot for reasons of safety
burn their paper, then the trash man
should do it when he unloads, and not
leave it to blow about or become an
eye sore, or breeding place for in
sects or germs. Who will correct this
method?
RADIUM IN ROME
Reporting the use of radium in Har
bin Hospital at Rome, Ga which has
had the benefit of the Cooper Radium
| fund for five years, almost 700 persons
have had the benefit OF treatment and
| 140 cancer LESSONS are known to have
been cured. There were l9l patients
| treated last year. Rome has the only
hospital in the south, with this public
benefaction provided free.
WATERLOGGED WITH
LAWS
lust to note how far we have de
parted in late years from Thomas Jeft-
erson's maxim ''the Country that IS
least governed is best governed, OBJ
serve the following points. In the past
sixteen years, l79,902 laws were pro-
posed in Congress, excluding the last
session. In one session of two and one
half months 2,400 laws were proposed.
Commissions and bureaus regulate by
law nearly all of the activities OF our
people. Civilian employees '-71llt'ply:
There are now more than 2NN "32 OF
these and more than zoo" " =" ID
officials. probably $4,000 eco people
on the government pay roll Is 1t any
wonder that Is per cent OF the total IN
come of the American people goes Tor
taxes?
THE PRESIDENT
ARTHUR
The steamship President Arthur,
leaving New York last week for Pal-
estine is unique in some respects. 1t is
the first ship to sail on this newly es-
tablished service 1t bore under the
stars and stripes a second banner with
a white field and blue triangle, the
flag of Zion; also something new IN
emblems for a ship. There were two
women officers in the crew, war
rant officer and another. AS passen-
gers there were 500 Zionists going to
attend the dedication on April l OF
the first Hebrew university in Jeru-
salem. The cargo included agricultur--
al implements and trucks which VII
be used in the farm development OF
Palestine.
COOKING WITH BUTTONS
No smoke and no ashes for the ma
ioritv of California farm women IN
cooking their meals. In the interior
valleys, electricity is more avallabte
and as cheap as is wood or coal or
oil 1t is estimated that more than
10000 farmers wives are now cooking
with electricitv There are indicated to
be l67,504 light and power consumers
on rural lines, practically all farms
beings electrically lighted
CREPE MYRTLE CITY
Decatur aaspires to be the crepe
myrtle city of Georgia. Last thursday
thev set 200 trees on the schools, the
streets and lawns and ordered o0O
more for immediate planting AS might
be surmised the Woman's Club spon-
sored the movement Speaking of flor
al fame the great Georgia pach bios
som festival is under way for two days
at Fort Valley. with spectators estllna-
ted at $4,000 for the two days. Ihom-
asville will soon have her rose testl-
val the date pending 1.-THE most prom
Using stage of blooming. However ros-
es are always blooming in Thomas
Vile Bv the way what has become
of Macon's promise to become the
rose citv of the south? Thomasvllle
still holds the laurels in Georgia.
THE RIFT IN THE Lutte ,
Static is a mysterious thing and
marvelouslv delicate One of the odd
est interferences is reported from San
Francisco where a landscape garden
err giving talks over radio was d'squal-
flied bv the rattle OF his false teeth
The operators in the control room
declared that this noise of mouth crock
erv sounded like defects in their broad
casting machinery so sensitive is the
michrophone. Some kind of Silenclng
grid between his teeth is recommend
ed for the handicapped speaker.
WHITE INDIANS
ACT RED"
The first publicity. given to the VIII tie
Indians was the exhibition made re
Gently in New York by Richard u.
Marsh an American engineer and eN-
plorer who discovered them. They
are again in the limelight in an up
rising of 1000 of them in the San BIAS
country. with $50 government soldiers
from Panama with machine guns on
their trail. 1t is said that Marsh is
preparing to aid his Indian friends IN
reDellinp the government forces.
THRILLS FOR TOURISTS
For the first time to the general pub
lie the old Tower of London of such
great historic interest will be opened
this wear for an admission fee of Sue,
Tourists can enjoy themselves SILVER
ing and curdling at the display of tor
ture racks and swords and axes, that
played their parts in the destinies OF
Englands great personages. royal, po-
litical and religious. Dungeons too
heretofore considered too gruesomee
for public inspection will be allowed
for view G,,ideS will need to know