Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-11-20

Following eApe1 lAh0A
manufacture of gasoline III o.
Standard Oil plant, many en-
Moves we're attacked with strange
illness, producing insanity fiSe
of them died. u...;,,;no
,.n,as call the strange gas Gloomy
Gas scientists do1t't know just
What it is. The public is excited
about the dreadful poison gas, anu
the prosecuting attorney is lnVesVi-
eating.
There are gases in existence that
would enable half a dozen hlers 70
xiii a hundred thousand people WIN
the greatest ease. And that, multi
n1ied nv ten, or more, is exactly
what would happen if this nation
and it's big cities were attacked oy
enemy fiiers and found unprepared-
That ought to interest the people
even more than the unfortunate ex-
neriment in the Standard Oil plans-
Cornelius Cole, who knew Abra-
ham Lincoln well, died IN Los
Angeles, aged 1902. He practlsed
law when past 100.
Newspapers always mention the
death of a man that begins his
second century. The time is coming
when to die younger than l0O Will
be the exception.
A cabIegram tells of 5000 crows
near Nevers in France, chasing an
eagle into a French chateau, where
it was killed by the keepers OF the
That should interest Uncle Sam.
The eagle is his bird. And the day
is coming when eagles and crows
are not to be the only fighters IN
the air.
The sight of noble eagle pur-,
sued by 5000 miserable crows, and
finally killed, isn't pleasant.
There might be more unpleasant
sights, in this country, if we had
war and our enemies East or West
neean releasing their nylng MA
chimes to deal with the American
eagle here.
The mistake Of a towerman sent.
a coal car into a crowded Iro!ey
car, slicing off one end OF 1t, Kill
The towerman admitted that ne
had been drinking, and flask OF
moonshine whiskey backed up MS
The towerman will be punished
and ought to be.
What about the man that sold
him the whiskey? In that case
the bootlegger did not merely
violate the prohibition law. He
committed murder. Wouldn't it BE
worth while to do something about
that?
The day devoted to national
government being over, not to come
again for four years, it might be
worth while to establish definition
of government.
According to Aristotle, it is "frst,
to see that men shall live; second,
to see that they shall live well:
That abbreviation Of Aristotle's
theory in A. E. Zimmern's admir-
able essay on Greek politics is as
good a definition as any.
To see, first, that men live, they
are supplied with what they need
and are rot killed by their enemies
and. second, to see that they live
well. in comfort, free from worry
that's government.
Mr.. Raa, because he reaches the
age OF seventy, retires from the
presidency Ct the Pennsylvania
Railroad to make room for {
Younger man. At seventy mar
should be at his best, and Mr.. Re;
undoubtedly is at his best mentally
and therefore at the most efficien
period of his life. For men tia
live wisely and think as they I've
the naost efficient; years OF LII
should ccrle tsfs:-.s Sc seventy al!
Ggass.
Gladstone was at his best when
past seventy, fighting III the house
of Commons debates at fo9r III the
morning.
Won Moltlse was seventy when he
took charge OF the PrGsss;an army
and wiped out the French. Glenn
e,laaau was long past seventy. anc
Foch was an old man, retired, whe1
the two combined did to Germany
what Won Moltke had done tx
France.
Good news for mothers and littl
boys. The X-ray destroys ring
worm. It has stamped GU, the DIS
case in France and will &c it any
where. Mothers that have strug
gled with ringworm will welcoEn'
that information, The X-ray bonn
bards the organism that causes til
ringworm with a bombarament q
deadly to the ringworna parasit'
as is shrapnel to human beings