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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-02-15
CORN WILL Win
DEMOCRACY'SW WAR.
Americas Greatest Cereal Crop
Is Now Moving to
Market.
MAlNsTAY IN NATIONS CRISIS.
Surplus Wheat Of the United States
Has Esen Sent to Famine Threat
ened Europe.

Americas great corn crop, exceed
ing 5000, 100000 bushels, will save the
worlds food situation, officials of the
United States food administration be-
lieve
Corn is the nations best food cereal.
housewives are beginning to realize.
It contains all the elements needed to
keep the body in state of health and
when used according to the scores OF
tried recipes, especially when com
bined with an added portion of oil or
fat, will sustain life indefinitely. In
dian warriors in colonial days lived on
parched corn alone for many days at a
time, and at Valley Forge parched
corn WIGS at times the sole ration of
the Continental soldiers.
Owing TO transportation difficulties
caused by the war the corn crop moved
more slowly to market this year than
ever before. Now, however, the cereal
is reaching the millers and consumers.
In the meantime the nations surplus
wheat has been sent to Europe.
Today there are approximately ~
bushels of corn for every American.
This quantity Is greater by five bush
els than in former years.
Corn has become the nations MAIN
stay In the crisis Of war.
Just as this cereal saved the first
American colonists from famine on
many occasions, just as it served as a
staple food during the War of the Rev
olution and during the Civil War, King
Corn has again come to the front in
the nations battle with autocracy.
Corn meal is finding greatly increas-
ed use in the making Of ordinary white
bread. Hundreds of housewives and
many of the larger bakers are mixing
20 per cent. corn meal with wheat
flour to make leavened bread. This
kind of mixture is worked and baked
in the same recipes and with the same
methods that apply to straight wheat
! bread
Corn bread-using corn meal entire
ly--is gaining greater popularity
than ever before. Housewives are
coming to realize that every pound of
wheat saved in America means pound
OF wheat released for shipment to the
nations with which America is associ-
ated in the war.
There are score of corn products
that today possess unusual Importance
for Americans. Corn syrup for sweet
enipg corn cakes and buckwheat cakes
LRnd for use In the kitchen instead of
granulated sugar Is one Of the leading
products made from corn.
Corn oil, excellent for frying ana for
every other purpose filed by salad oils,
IS appearing on the market in large
quantities. It comes from the germ Of
the corn.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-02-15
Real Estate Transfers Recorded At

Real Estate Transfers Recorded At
Clerks Office.
Joseph Alvarez and wife to Ana
Solin, of Philadelphia, so acre farm
in Third district, $40 and other con-
siderations.
Columbia Gardullo and Michael
Gardullo, her husband, to William
J. Cameron, store and dwelling prop
erty on Main street, Elkton, $4,000.
Melvin s. Janney to John H. Davis,
property in Cherry Hill, $1,000.
. Wesley r. Pennoyer and wife to
Emil L. Lieske, 157 acre farm in
Sixth district, $4,000.
William D. Evans and wife, of
Delaware, to George w. Phillips, Of
the same State, II acre farm on
Bohmia Manor, $2500.
Robert G. Thackery, Attorney, to
Walter Blackson, of Wilmington,
Tong property of 10 acres at An
dora, $2OS5.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-02-15
REDUCING SOFT CORN LOSSES.

The 1917 corn crop is very poor in
quality. Much Of it is SOFT. so soft
that 1t fails to keep in storage. A re-
cent crop report from the United States
Department Of Agriculture indicates
an average condition Of 1852 for the
1917 corn crop over against an 81 per
cent average for the last ten years;
this valuing mature corn at 100.
Early frosts and cold, late growing
seasons are responsible for much of
the soft corn loss In the corn belt. We
cannot control the weather but by
proper cultural methods. we can hasten
maturity of the corn by from one to
two weeks, thus ripening the crop be-
fore the arrival of disastrous frosts.
Cutting short the growing season of
the crop seven to fourteen days will
in the majority of cases. make nine
ears out of ten marketable instead of
two ears out of three as during the
past season.
Proper Varieties Essential
One great cause for the large amount
of soft corn produced is the planting
of varieties which are not adapted to
climatic conditions under which they
are grown. In our fervor for bigger
crops. we have often gone South for
large yielding varieties which require
longer growing Nseasons than prevail
In most sections of the corn belt. Most
of these varieties are large-eared and
weigh heavily because they contain a
larger percentage of moisture than our
northern grown varieties. and thus
mislead the farmer but not the grain
dealer, for much of the grading Is done
on basis of moisture content.
Balanced Piantfood ineures Crops.
Perhaps the biggest reason for the
large amount of soft corn produced in
1917 and In other years. Is the tack
of sufficient available plan1food In the
soil to give the crop quick start to
enable II TO take advantage of every
growing day and TO properly fill the
ears and hasten maturity All other
conditions being equal. the use of suffi-
cient amounts Of u well-baIanced. avail
able plantfOod will shorten the grow
Ing season of corn crop from ten to
fourteen days. This ten TO fourteen
days often means difference between
a crop of marketable ears and q crop
which is hardly worth harvesting.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-02-15
A Hint to the Aged.

If people past sixty years of age
could be persuaded to go to bed as
Don as they take cold and remain
IN bed for one or two days, they
would recover much more quickly.
specially if they take Chamberla:n's
Cough Remedy. There would also
be less danger of the cold being
followed by any of the more serious
diseases.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-02-15

"SS - >''S ~~SaJ sS's
The fish that swallows bait and hook
is not joy to the angler. Getting
the hook out is no easy task. But the
task is simplified by using handy
device just invented and described in
the Popular Science Monthly.
The device is made from one piece
Of elastic steel wire bent in the shape
Of pair Of tongs. The ends Of the
two arms Of the tongs are sharpened
to point. When fish has been
caught which has swallowed the hook,
the arms of the tongs are compressed
and their ends are inserted in the
ish's mouth. The arms will then
spring apart and hold the jaws open.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-02-15
the UNITED STATES FOOD
ADMINISTRATION SAYS

There Is no royal road to food
conservation. We can only 40
compIIsh this by the voluntary
action Of our whole people, each
element in proportion to its means.
Il ls 4 matter of equality Of bur-
den; a matter Of minute saving
and substitution at every point in
che 100000 kitchens, on the 2a,-
100000 dinner tables, and In the
100000 manufacturing, whole
saIe and retail establishments Of
che country.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-02-15

The little word "if'' blunts the
point Of many sound argument.
-
Envy is an acknowledgment Of
the good fortune Of others.
If life hands you a lemon adjust
your rose-colored glasses and start to
selling pink lemonade.
1t is easy ! to pardon ones own
faults, which may be considered for
tunate, since they are so many.
When woman and a tornado
make up their minds to go anywhere
nothing on earth can stop them.
Before. marriage a girl wants a
man to write love letters, but after
marriage nothing but checks will do.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-02-15
DISTINGUISHED Visitors.

"Have you ever had any distin-
guished visitors in this town."
II should say so, stranger. Only the
other day the sheriff of the neighbor-
ing county stopped of here on his way
to the state prison with one Of the
most notorious safe-blowers in the
country"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-02-15
Property Transfers.

Charles A. Smith and wife to
James D. Call and wife, 33 acres in
Eighth district, $40 and other con-
Gilmore Deibert to May A. Deibert,
his wife, property on West High
street, Elkton, 81 and other con-
siderations.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-02-15
DECIDEDLY Different.

Reformer-Things will be different
when we have taken graft out of pol
itics.
Machine politician-They certainly
will. Then the Office viii have to seek
the man.-Judge.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-02-15
Chamberlain's Tablets.

These Tablets are intended especi-
ally for disorders of the stomach,
liver and bowels. If you are troubled
with heartburn, Indigestion or con-
stipation they will do you good.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-02-15

When woman begins to notice
every act and word Of man she has
begun either to love or to hate him.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-02-15

Lots OF. men find it difficult to live
up to the salary they want their
friends to believe they are getting.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-02-15

The average young man is ready
70 embrace an opportunity when it
comes along in the guisc Of 4 pretty
girl.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-02-15

Some men are like doormats-use-
ful chiefly to be walked over.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-02-15

Ask your postman for a Thrift
Stamp.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-02-15
e Magazine Of FIome-Ioving Women

While Today's House.
wife stands I'm q class
by itself in it, practical
value to homemakers,
it is also noteworthy
for its wonderfully in-
spiring editorials and
special articles. for .its
clean. delightful ssorie.
and its beautiful illus
traions and covers BY
leading artists. Over
one million women
agree that TODAY'S
HOUSEWIFE l.
worth several times
the Price Of 10 csnis
per copy.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-02-15
R E M E M Der

better hcme.making is
the ideal back Of TO.
DAYS HOUSEWIFE,
its reason for existence.
lis earnestly planned-for
goal Be,fer homemak-
ing IN 10 largest sense.
with &e spiritual and
mental no less than the
maternal needs Of the
family in view; home
making as the biggest
Of woman's opportun-
ines rather than house
keeping q the most
dreary Of woman's
dEudseIies.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-02-15

The little word "if' blunts tn
point Of many sound argument.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-02-04
16 ATLANTA HOTELS MAY
BE FORCED TO CLOSE UP

Atlanta. Ga, Feb. 2.-C1osing of 16
Atlanta hotels has been recommend
ed by the vice investigators of the
Atlanta Commission on Training
Camp Activities, and the police au-
thorities are awaiting the arrival of
agents from Washington on whose
investigation the recommendation
were based.
The list does not include any of the
first rate hotels of the city, but does
embrace practically all of the estab-
lishments on Mitchell street near the
Terminal station and on Forsyth and
Broad streets south of the railroad
crossings.
1t is charged not only that the six
teen hotels have winked at immoral
practices, but have tolerated the sale
of liquor by negro bell boys. The in
vestigation was made by federal
agents sent here by the War Depart
ment to protect the soldiers in Camp
Gordon from vice and blind tigers.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-02-04
Red Cross Work During
Month Of January

Some have asked if the local Red
Cross chapter is still active. Work has
progressed and the best month thus
far has just closed From Jan. 3 to
Feb. 3rd, 1872 hospital bedshirts have
been cut out and made at a cost of
over 500.
100 of these garments have been
sent to headquarters.
167 workers have enrolled during
the month. A large number of these
come on their respective day, rain or
shine, and are always in their places,
come what may
1t w.uld surprise sore t. know nf
the large number of knitters il; and
around Fitzgerald who are doing
their bit in this great work. With
some it is big "bit," for number
of ladies have almost reached their
dozen mark in knitted sweaters and
socks. Everybody is knitting!
Wool was given out during the
month for fifty sweaters and forty
pairs of socks, and a box containing
thirty sweaters, twelve pairs of socks
and eight pairs of wristlets was sent
on the 2lst of January to Atlanta.
Surgical dressings have been made
in large numbers. An urgent call
came to the Fitzgerald chapter for
the five-yard gauze roll, the most ex-
pensive dressing made, and the la
dies interested in this branch of work
rallied to the call, working untiring-
ly until $50 rolls were made. These,
together with large number of other
dressings, congresses and bandages,
made total of nearly 1000 articles,
valued at $3.50.
Little folks and big folks are snip
ping, cutting up scraps into tiny little
pieces to be used as filling for the
comfort pillows that will add to the
comfort of many a poor wounded
soldier.
Slumber blankets are being made
by individuals and church societies.
This brief summary of the months
work is to show to the people Of Fitz-
gerald and vicinity, who have so gem
erously helped in financing the local
Red Cross, just what is being done
and the interest that is being taken
in the work by women throughout
the town, and the way in which the
money is expended.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-02-04
Fitzgerald Housewife
Changed From Gloom
TO Cheer

my stomach suffering was so Sc
we're that l could not have lasted
much longer. l did not care so much
for myself but did not want to leave
my three children who needed a mo-
theirs love and care. A cousin in CAL
ifornia wrote me about Mayr's Won
derful Remedy and l took a course of
it. I havdA since been entirely we'll"
1t is a simple, harmless preparation
that removes the catarrhal mucus
from the intestinal tract and allays
the Inflammation which causes prac-
tically all stomach, liver and inter
final ailments, including appendicitis.
One dose will convit e or money re-
funded. Denmark D4g Co. ad
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-02-04
NEW SERVICE INAUGURATED

Atlanta, Ga, Feb. "A distinctly
new form of service will shortly be
inaugurated by the American Red
Cross in all army training camps, and
the Southern Division of the Red
Cross, in whose territory are located
majority of these establishments, is
busy making plans for commence
ment of the work
1t will consist, to state it briefly.
of furnishing all men in training camp
hospitals with stenographers to take
the letters they will dictate to their
families. A special building will be
constructed for the purpose in con-
nection with each cantonment hos
pital.
A competent secretary will be plac-
ed IN charge, and force of stenog-
raphers will be employed. These
young women will go among the men
in the hospital and take their letters
to home folks informing them how
the sick boys are progressing.
Colonel w. L. Peel, general man
ager of the Southern Division. is
highly enthusiastic over the plan, be-
lleving it will be as much appreciated
by men in uniform and their fam
lilies as any other service the Red
Cross is renderino
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-02-04
TELLS ON THE KIDNiYs
Fitzgerald People Have Found This
to be True

The strain or overwork tells on
weakened kidneys. The hurry and
worry of business men, the heavy
lifting and STOPPING of workmen, the
women's household cares, tend to
wear, weaken and injure the kidneys
until they can no longer filter the poi
son from the blood and the whole
body suffers from the waste matter
that accumulates. Weakened kidneys
need quick assistance. Doan's Kid
ney Pills are prepared especially for
weakened kidneys; tired, WORKOUT
backs-have proven their merit in
thousands of such cases. Convincing
proof of their worth in a Fitzgerald
citizens statement
Mrs. M. F. Echols, 808 S. Grant. ST.,
Fitzgerald, says: Il suppose heavy
lifting or overwork brought on my
kidney trouble. I noticed the trouble
most when got up ri the morning
| had dull pains across my back and
always felt tired and languid. l also
had dizzy spells and occasionally ev-
e1ything turned black before me. One
box Ct Doan's Kidney Pills cured the
attack"
Price 60c at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the- same that
Mrs. Echols had. Foster Milburn
Co., Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-02-04
Miller's Antiseptic Oil, Known as
Snake Oil
Will Positively Relieve Pain in Three
Minutes.

minutes.
Try right now for Rheumatism.
Neuralgia, Lumbago, sore, stiff and
swollen joints, pains in the head,
back and limbs, corns, bunions. etc.
After one application pain disappears
as if by magic.
A new remedy used internally and
externally for Coughs, Colds, Group.
Sore Throat, Diphtheria and Tonsi-
litis. Jh<t;.4,. u
This oil is conceded to be the most
penetrating remedy known. It's
prompt and immediate effect in re-
lieving pain is due to the fact that
it penetrates to the affected parts at
once. AS an illustration, pour ten
drops on the thickest piece of sole
leather and it will penetrate this sub
stance through and through in three
minutes.
Accept no substitutes. This great
oil is golden red color only. Every
bottle guaranteed; SOC, 6Oc and $1.OO
bottle, or money refunded at Den
mark Drug Co., Fitzgerald, Georgia,
ev is. dedM4.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-02-04
NOTICE

All persons, firms, or corporations
doing business in the City of Fitz-
gerald are required to register their
places of business with the City Clerk
and pay their license on the 1st day
of February, 1918. This notice is in
accordance with Ordinance No. 1856
of the City of Fitzgerald. This the
18th day of January, 1918.
C. F. DIXON,
II Chief of Police.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-02-04

Well, and Whom have we here?
why, this is an Enigmatist. He looks
Ike an Ordinary Man, acts like an
Ordinary Man and talks like an Or
binary Man, but he Amt no Ordinary
Man, take it from Us. An Enigmatist
Is Man Who can afford an Automo.
bile and hasn't got one.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-02-04
GRAND JURY FOR APRIL TERM

H. Milton.
l. A.. Cardwell.
H. B. Isler.
]. A. Parrot.
]. M. Mcdonald.
E. K. Farmer.
]. 0. Livingston.
Welborne Fuller.
]. c. Bush.
]. H. Order.
M. M. Stevens.
L. A. Hunter.
w. H. Garrett.
]. D. Dorminey.
A. L. Hollingsworth.
r. L. RUSSELL.
c. w. Kimball.
Ed Hussey.
Wiley Garrison.
L. E. Ashurst.
Perry Fitzgerald.
Nose Mccall.
T. M. Wilbanks.
S. H. McGlamory.
A. G. Brown.
c. A. Miller.
]. G. Miller.
M. E. Whitman.
l. Gelders.
w. H. Roberts.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-02-04
Bullet Holes Still There.

The old Buchanan Tavern in Licking
ton has much the appearance it had
when 1t was the rallying place of the
Minute Men and the "shot heard round
the world" was fred many years ago.
One may to this day see ia it bullet
holes made by the British soldiers
who were fired upon from this tav-
ern.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-02-04
TRAVERSE JURY APRIL TERM

A. l.. Williamson.
]. D. MCLAUGHLIN.
w. V. Church.
w. A. Troup.
J. O. -McCuller.
R. l. Mafett.
Walter Gibbs.
7. H. Linneman.
S. K. Wilson.
L. A. Hunter.
w. A. Hunter.
D. Z. Luke.
J. A. G. Ragsdale.
M. E. Long.
L. T. Howard.
John R. Reese.
w. R. Luke. -
H. M. Dodd. q.
G. E. Mcmillan.
G. L. Kilcrease. ~
w. w. Mayo. l>I'i
]. H. Evans.
Jas. Garrison.
A. R. Stanford.
K. L. Dermott. t'jt,
Fred Spiller.
H. c. Blanchard.
G. J. Dorminey. a.
w. 0. burden. "''''
F. M. Malcolm.
A. P. Williamson. ~''3
L. T. Stone.
L. L. Griner.
George Drex1er.
L. L. Mercer.
Warren Gibbs.
G. A. Kent.
D. c. Fuller.
c. M. Simons.
R. w. Minshew.
R. F. Ross.
Newton Watkins.
J. c. Stokes. ~'~
w. R. Bow1es.
George w. Mccall.
c. S. Sanders.
L. Robitzsch.
G. S. Flournoy.
w. R. Watkins.
0. F. Middlebrooks.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-02-04
Beers Stick to Weak Tobacco

Beers Stick to Weak Tobacco.
The Beers in the Transvaal smoke
something that resembles a weak :ea.
1t has a peculiar flavor and English
men who have become used to it never
smoke any other substitute for tobacco
while in that country.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-02-04

An Illinois soldier whipped twenty-five men in order to get the
man who called him liar That soldier right the scrap
over IN France where the Allies expect whip FIVE million men in
order get the man who keeps calling them arsKaser Bill
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-02-04

The redeemng feature of the mudde is that when
the daily papers short of news they can always find
another crisis in the Russian situation"
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-01-24
Pineapples Catch Crop

Although pneapples are grown rather exten-
siyely in the Straits Settlements, the canning Of
this fruit being one Of the most fourishing OF the
minor industries there appears to be little definite
Information available as to the acreage and actual
A,roducon In the different localities, according to
ksonsu Harry Campbell. detailed as vice consul
an Singapore. Straits Settlements.
P!neappes are for the most part raised as q
catch crop in connection with rubber plantations,
since they can be grown very easily .nd with little
cost between the rubber trees during the first
two or three years Of their growth. This pro-
cedure has been especially attractive to planters
{mostly Chinese) having small holdings on the
island of Singapore. as It affords the planter an In
come during the years that the rubber trees are
coming into bearing while proximity to the can.
ming factories Of Singapore makes the marketing
simple and inexpensive.
II is estimated that about 2,000 acres Of pine
appes were planted on rubber estates on the
island Of Singapore in 1918. Any definite figures
ns to acreage in other parts Of the peninsula are
NOT available, but 1t appears that the industry In
the Federated Malay states is not important, be-
ing limited almost entirely to small plots for local
market purposes
The value Of the exports Of pineapples from the
Straits Settlements during 1916 was S2.5O6910.