Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-09-11
Scenario Stealing

single unknown individual s~7'ust a
rich corporation has littlc cl' - OF
making a case, the charges OF course
being so cleverly made as to perpleN
an investigator There is sometimes
an opportunity to combine original
featues of several stories in one as no
end of manuscripts are hopefully sub
mitted to the film companies for ap-
prevail
Paper Airplanes
A test has been made this week of
new paper composition for the fus-
ilage OF airplanes- The first test was
given by the head OF the navy office
lat McCook field at Dayton. O., flying
10 Washington. D. c. Should these
test flights over the country prove
successful. this kind OF ship will be
o-ds-ed in quantity for naval stations.
Prison Class Rooms
I TIE county jail At Spartanburg. S.
c. VII become Z day school by the
present Plan 10 employ teacher six
hours . dzy for the benefit OF the thir-
rr-serrn prisoners enrolled Fifteen OF
them czn neither read nor write. Hard
+ " znv q them had finished studies OF
tae thirs grade TIE innovation is due
10 At :IIiterzcy campaign in the state.
Are Agricultural Schools Needed
Sparta. Georgia, can say they are?
The 10Th district A & VI. school at
that place IS starting out with the
largest enrolment in its history. and
IS using army tents 10 supplementthe
limited dormitory space for boys.
These tents are fitted with plank
floors and stoves, so that the occu-
loants offer no complaint, indeed are
glad OF their privilege OF attending the
school even against odds. Better crops
and better contented boys on the farm
are the two sure benefits from the
training at these schools, and by COM
lparison with larger centralized
school. such as the state university,
they have the advantage OF being
more democratic, with social lines and
fraternity and other cliques obviated.
Also the district agricultural school
better supplies the training and DEM
constructions that are of local value,
Isoils and weather conditions being i'm
portant considerations.
Deafness in Children
Much is said now about the condi-
ltion OF ewes and throats and school
clinics are held quite generally nor
eve and teeth examination. Ear trou-
Ibles are less susceptible to treatment
and there is much yet to learn about
diseases of the ear. The conservative
estimate however is that 10 per cent
of the people in the United States are
deaf to some extent, while IS per cent
.of the cases would have been prevent
liable. though only small percentage is
Icurabie. The preyentable cases of deaf
ness include those which follow some
of the infectious diseases of childhood
There is a mistaken idea of parents
that the children will outgrow defects
OF hearing. the truth being that the
auditory nerve once iniamed, or the
membrane thickened, the progress OF
deafness. while slow, is steady, with
Increased susceptibility at each new
case of illness. A clinic in one city
showed 5 per cent of the school child
rem actually handicapped in their work
Inv a partial deafness of which their
lparents were in most cases unaware.
Ear clinics will probably be added in
time to those now considered so i'm
iportant
Trapping insects
A novel method of Kidding pine for
Tests along the German Polish frontier
Iof swarming caterpillars was employed
sSearchlights at night were set at diff
ferent points and it was found that
1.-THE moths whose larvae produces the
caterpillars were attracted by myriads
to the powerful rays which cremated
them In some places electric fans were
used to supplement the work, whirl-
ing the moths into the flames with
quicker results.