Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-10-26
SPOTLIGHTS
By Mrs. Gelders

mortal i'll the world when the scupt-
urlng by Gutzen Borglum of the prin-
clpal figures and events of the Con
tederacy on the sheer bald face of it
shall be completed. Nature has con-
tr1buted the wonderful tablet and the
sad and sacred history of the South
the glorious epitaph Could anything
more be required to make the spot
famous?
Now comes some world musicians
and declare that the precipitous face
OF the mountain gives promise OF
marvellous acoustics and if, as they
tifink, 1t viii act d sounding board for
the human voice then the foot of the
mountain will become an ideal place
tor an outdoor theatre suitable for
pageantry and large musical under
taklngs. The nearneSs to Atlanta and
the long summer season which would
permit outdoor entertainment are
other recommendations for such a
project. Other cities build aphithea-
LreS that become great attractions
without all the natural advantages that
Stone Mountain will afford
Always the poet has been a subject
tor sympathy and some times for
Jest with reference to his oft-quoted
poverty, but it is little surprising to
find a writer of late best seller in
the realm of fiction come in for that es-
innate too. The late father of Henry
kitchell Webster the novelist be-
queathed him $4,000 or double share
of the estate that was left to six child
rer because OF the hazards OF his pro-
fession as a writer his occupation
making his livelihood deoend on his
present work.
Sometime ago we mentioned the
new use of twilight sleep" which was
found to be reliable in extracting the
truth from unwilling or discriminating
suspects for detective purposes though
administered under medical direction.
The chief drug in this treatment is
scopalamine but by it's use has been
dubbed the truth serum. DIR. Z. E.
House of Ferris, Texas, tells the
Medical Association of the Southwest
that in experiments of this kind for the
past five years he has never had a
failure in securing evidence, so he now
asks their permission to go to Leaven-
worth prison and conduct an expert
mental demonstration with 1000 OF
the inmates of that institution to es-
tabllsh his theory. This and and the
device invented in the east which is
acclaimed as ''lie detector" NAV aft
er while make justice really sure and
Jf1C ~ IN
out of business.
How many remember DIR. Cook who
disputed with Admiral Peary the dis.
covery of the north pole? He has beer
recently discovered again himself, ant
is found busily engaged as the head Of
large oil syndicate in Texas. He adj
mlts to having his ups and down
which his interviewer says is literally
true-up to the North Pole and down
for oil. Cook says if he makes hi.
fortune in oil he will probably go ex
plorlng again as there is lure about
polar expeditions shown by the fac
that the men who go once nearly al
ways go again. IF | go again it will
be by airplane though, six machines
all of the same type and working ii
pairs-thats the system" j..
France goes a step further than the
U. 5. III the observation of Armistict
Day where We celebrate it by procla.
nation. They have made it legal hol.
iday beginning this year
1t is perhaps remembered that Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Mccormick before
their divorce were together patrons
and directors of the Chicago Opera
Company. Since the divorce and his
marriage to prima donna with as
plratlons toward the Chicago Opera
the divorced wife Edith Rockefeller
Mccormick has espoused another mu-
steal enterprise and is a director and
sponsor for the movement to put
opera in English on our American
stage. From this beginning of adop
ting our language, the ultimate object
Will be to establish national opera
that will portray American emotions
customs, history, and our nationa
life.
ne oNNOhhdlN dllO1l is
commercial one They say that the
development of a national art is not
only an aesthetic asset but a CONNER
Gal one as well, that to the extent o.
Of millions. If the system is foreign
the millions go elsewhere but if ma
tional they remain ours and in the fielC
of art we will become a self-respectin4
nation and command the respect Of
the whole world
Houdini the prince of magicians il
speech at The annual dinner of the
society of Ancrlt an Magicians dc.
rlored the increased study o. psychic
phenomena that engages the absorbing
interest of 50 MANY people nowadays
as it tends TO become an CnStsslon tina;
induces morbidness bro od;nq and mel.
al;cl Ola and threatens The health and
aanity of thos" who inluGc in it.
He said aftt, . Years Of investiga.
tim and with r:nc pacts with people
nov dead who whcn living agreed tc
communicate With hun without any
results / have Ievcr seer any of abe
ne ''ulns CT sriri"ual'st5 do anything
or Drrdu.c a single effect which
could not duplicate or account for thru
my knowledge of magic"
Miss Clark representing the Pretoria
Review at the Woman's Club Con
vcntion at Athens asserted that the
press of Georgia is more liberal with
space women's organizations thar
that of any other state in the union.
Realizing that it is due to this generos.
ity of the Georgia newspapers and mag
azines that their work has received
such splendid recognition at home and
nationally a whole hearted annrccia.