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Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-07-29
It's Canning Time
Now In Georgia

This is canning time in Georgia.
A dollar saved is a dollar made. So
"what costs a dollar" saved is what
costs a dollar" made. You can make
a dollar by saving what would later
cost you a dollar. And families
farm families, too, by the hundreds
of thousands = every winter and
spring and summer pay hard money
for canned goods that could have
been put up at fraction of the retail
cost-at home. Fruits and vegeta-
bles in abundance are going to waste
because there is such an abundance
tina THE market for many articles is
glutted. We have not progressed in
far-sightedness sufficiently to pro-
vide the proper cold-storage facili-
ties and apparatus to extend the SELL
ing season for fresh fruits and veg
etables for weeks-and so make the
growing of such things doubly profit
able; we shall eventually come to that
method which was part of the pro-
posal of the. state port project. But
there is hardly a farm family and
there are indeed few families in
towns and cities which cannot can
fruits and vegetables at home for use
in the winter and spring-and at a
cost, even when the contents of the
cans and glass jars have to be bought,
lower than these articles would cost
in the store. Beyond the family can
ming campaign there is a larger pro-
ject of commercial canneries that
ought to be started in this section
to conserve the waste.-Savannah
Morning News:
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-07-29
Overweight? Beware!
Are you fat?

ARE yOu Law
Are you carrying more weight than
you should gor your height?
If you are five feet in height, you
should weigh 10 pounds. For every
inch over five feet, add five and a
half pounds.
This comes from DR.. Charles Clark
Sweet of Chicago who says being fat
is a more dangerous occupation than
that of being a locomotive engineer.
"More people die from overeating
today than died from excessive drink
in the wettest days before the Vol
stead act," he says. He points out
that life insurance Investigations
show that weight, in relation to age,
is a very important factor in influence
ing the life span. Bright's disease,
diabetes, apoplexy and heart disease
cause 80 per cent of the adult deaths
in the United States annually, and
DR.. Sweet says obesity helps along
these disease smore than any other
factor. How to grow thin? It's
easy, for DR.. Sweet says:
"If, under proper medical super
vision an individual will take less
food than is required to carry on the
combustion going on in the body,
there is no power on earth that can
prevent him from losing weight"
Let's all try it!
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-07-29
POWER LINK-UP AFFECTS
"a SOUTH GA. TOWNS

Albany, Ga.-Thirty-four south
Georgia towns and cities are affected
by the S2,00O,OO0 construction pro-
gram announced today by the South
Georgia. Power. company, in that 1t
assures these towns unlimited hydro
electric power and makes possible in
dustrial expansion heretofore impos-
sible.
Places which will be materially al
fected by the development progress
included Albany, Americas, Bacon
ton. Butler, Cobb, Cochran, Cordele,
Cuthbert, Dawson, DeSoto, Flintside,
Leesburg, Lennox, Lealie, Marshall
vile, Meigs, Montezpma, Poulos, Put
ney, Perry, Pinehurst, Foulon, Rey-
holds, Shellman, Smithville, Sumner,
Sylvester, Triton, TyTy, Unadilla and
Vienna. Valdosta and Quitman also
receive power indirectly through the
South Georgia Power company.
The chief item in the construction
program calls for the construction OF
11O,O00-volt transmission line from
Columbus to the present line at
Americas, distance of approximate
ly 81 miles, where a large outdoor
type substation will be erected. Con-
struction of this line means connec-
ton of plants at Albany and Column
bus, both owned by the Stone & Web
ster interests of Boston, and gives
assurance that electric power in I'M
limited quantities will be available
here at all times.
In addition to the line from Co
lumbus to Americas, the company
will build a 44,000-volt line from
Americas to the Whitewater Power
plant near Montezuma and continue
to Marshallville, Perry and Cochran.
From Albany 44,000-volt line will
extend through Sasser to Dawson,
and from the latter place an II 900
volt line will serve Shellman and
Cuthbert, with future connection
west to the Credible hydroelectric
plant near Fort Gaines, Fla.
Another 44,O00-volt extension will
be made from Triton to Ocilla. vi
emma, Pinehurst and Unadilla will be
served by an 11,000-volt line from
Cordele. Reynolds and Butler will
receive service from an extension of
the line from Whitewater to Potts
vile.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-07-29
The Boy Who Founded a Great
Fortune In a Glass Dish


Seventy-nine years ago a boy, Their
aged eight years, put his pennies in
a glass dish ON the mantle.
He worked three days in a potato
patch. He wasn't satisfied with the
wages.
One day he saw stray turkey her
stealthily making for the woods. de
patiently trailed her. For days he
hunted her nest When he found it,
he took home the baby chicks and fed
them with scraps his mother gave
him. He sold them in the Fall at the
village market.
That was his first money-makine
enterprise.
And he began to figure and figure
He found that he'd earned less from
three days working in the potato
patch than the years interest on
money from his turkey business"
$780," he concluded, "it is easier to
have money work for. you than to
work for money"
He put his savings to work. He
even took the pennies from the glass
dish on the mantle and put them to
work.
This boy celebrated his eighty
seventh birthday few days ago. His
money worked" for him until he ac-
cumulated one of the largest for
tunes in the world.
The boy was John D. Rockefeller.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-07-29
DrFrank Crane Says


grimly forward with hope, believing
what we have once seen and hoping
for what we shall see again.
Underneath the crowding evidences
of the powe rof evil every man must
believe in those eternal and far more
potent cosmic laws of good.
Did you once glimpse great and
beautiful love burning like sheki-
9ah?
However gross may be the present
darkness you must believe that the
fire still burns. The track runs on.
The soul that will not go forward
until he can see every step of the
way to the end will advance but lit
tie. Most of the time we must be
stepping out into the dark.
The man who is honest simply be-
cause he knows atht honesty is the
best policy, and is honest only SO
long as it seems the best policy, has
poor quality of honesty; for only
that honesty is the best policy which
is honest in the dark as well as in
the light; only that man deserves to
be called honest who is willing to fol-
low the path of honesty even when
it seems to lead into the abyss.
None of us can see more than a
little way most of the time. Fortu-
nate we are. if, now and then, we
reach some height where the great
view unfolds. And if, afterwards,
the darkness seems to close in, we
can say to ourselves:
"The track runs on"
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-07-29
COTTON ACREAGE SHOWS
INCREASE FOR 1925

Washington, D. Cotton acre
age and production in Georgia In
creased in 1925, along with that OF
several other states, but is consider
ably less than the average of II to
Is years ago, figures in the depart
ment of commerce year book just is
sued show. The yield per acre
dropped last Year under 1924.
The acreage in 1925 is reported at
1858, 900 acres, the production at l.
164,OOO bales, the yield per acre at
1853 pounds, compared with an acre
age of 3,O46,000 in 1924, produc-
ton of 1,004,O00 bales, and a yield
per acre of 1877 pounds.
The acreage in 1928, according to
the report, was 3,421, 900 acres, the
production $4,000 bales, the yield
per acre 80 pounds.
The average acreage for the pc
riod 1909-1913 was 5,141 900 acres,
showing a considerable decrease now.
The average production for that pc
riod was 2,087,000 bales, and the
average yield per acre, 1913 pounds.
"a comparison of the 1925 acre
age with that for the large 1914 crop
shows that the acreage in Georgia,
Alabama and Florida has declined
considerably, and that in South Car
Dina slightly, while increases have
occurred in all other cotton states"
the report says.
"The greatest expansion of acre
age has occurred in the states west of
the Mississippi-Ok Oklahoma, Arkansas,
Texas and Louisiana. From 1924 to
1925 there were substantial increases
in acreage in Oklahoma, Arkansas,
Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee and
Alabama. While the yield per acre
in North Carolina, Mississippi and
Louisiana was much larger in 1925
han the year before"
The report states that production
If cotton in the United States in the
I925-26 season increased consider
ably, as did that in Asiatic Russia.
The output of the other chief produc-
ng countries showed little change.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-07-29

Out in the country the other day
| stood on the hilltop and saw the
railway track, like silver ribbon
running away into the distance. The
sun was shining brightly. l could
perceive train many miles away
A might | stood upon the same hill
and could see the track only for a
little distance; beyond that it was
swallowed up in the shadows. But
know that the track runs on.
There are high moments in life
when we can see the far reach OF
righteousness. And there is many
a dark hour when doubt and unfaith
settle down all around US.
Indeed our moments of vision are
comparatively few. Day after day
all we can do is to keep the revela-
tions of those moments in our mem.
ory and plod on through the fog and
obscurity, trusting more to faith than
to sight.
We cannot abide on the peaks
Most of our journey is through the
valley.
The merchant at his desk must
keep in mind his larger plans even
whe ndetails would deny them.
The sailor must go on dead reckon.
ing when there are no stars by which
he can set his course. But he knows
the stars are still there.
Even in love we come all too rare.
ly to the mountains of TRANSPORTATION
and most of the time we must trudge
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-07-29

in one-half cup of milk. Repeat six
times. Inhale quickly, one-half tea
spoonful of baking powder, lower the
legs and mash two hard-boiled eggs
in a seive. Exhale, breathe natural
ly and sift into a bowl.
Attention! Lie fiat on the floor
and roll the white of an egg back
ward and forward until it comes to
a boil. In ten minutes, remove from
the fire and rub smartly with a rough
towel. Breathe naturally, dress In
warm fiannels and serve with fish
soup" -
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-07-29
AN ODD DISH

R. M. sends us the story of a young
bride who asked her husband to copy
off a radio recipe she wanted. He
did his best, but got two stations at
once. one Of which was broadcasting
the morning exercises and the other
the recipe. This is what he took
down:
Glands on hips plas2 one cup OF
-four on the shoulders, raise knees
and depress toes and mix thoroughly
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-07-29

In political life the richer rewards
go to men of ripe age, too. Only
about a dozen of the present mem
bership of the United States Senate
is composed of men under 80, the
majority being well along in their
sixties.
The average age of members OF
the cabinet is $50 years. Only two
men are under 5O--Dwight F. Davis,
Secretary of War, 46, and William f.
Jardine, Secretary of Agriculture, AZ.
President Coolidge is 81. Vice-Pres-
ident Dawes is going on 81.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-07-29
IN SAFE KEEPING

A tailor called on one of his Gus
toners with his bill The customer
was in bed. t
you've brought your account
have your" he asked.
eyes, sir; 1 want some money"
"Open my writing DESK" said the
customer. "You see that drawer?"
The tailor opened one, expecting
to find it full of cash.
"No-not that one-the other"
The tailor opened the second,
which, like the first, was empty. He
opene danother.
"What do you see there?" asked
the debtor.
"Papers-lots of them," said the
caller.
"Ah, yes-that's right! They're
bills. Put yours in with them
Good-byew
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-07-29
AGE MUST BE
S E r ED T 90

america may be the land of the
young man, but if the young man
thinks he has put the elderly man
upon a shelf, he has another think
coming.
In the field of science, for instance,
statistics recently gathered by Pro-
lessor Raymond Pearl, and published
by the National Academy of Sciences,
show that elderly men are fully hold
ing their own. The average age of
the members of that body on May /,
1926, was GOT years.
In sixty years, Professor Pearl dis
covered, the Academy has admitted
but one man under 80.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-07-29

COOKfRYa

ciities for scientifically mixing and
measuring self-rising -four Ingredients,
perfect biscuit is within reach of
the novice. Only fat and liquid must
be added to this pre-leavened -four,
to insure light, even-textured prod
uct. 1t is taken for granted, of course,
that the oven is very hot (450 to 500
degrees Farenheit). Sweet milk is
preferable with self-rising flour, but
fresh butternilk FUSED not more than
four days after churning) will make
an admirable biscuit.
With the foundation recipe for
biscuit, a number of delightful varia-
lions are possible.
BISCUIT
2 cups Self-Rising Flour
2 tablespoons fat
12/3 cup milk.
Sift and measure -four, add fat and
cut or rub it into the -four, add the
milk q little at a time to make .
soft dough, roll ~ inch thick, cut,
place on baking sheet and bake IN
a hot oven about 10 minutes.
FRUIT BISCUIT
2 cups Self Rising Flour .asyaaN
2 tablespoons fat 10y
2/3 cup milk ea
2 tablespoons butter ',saa.
2 tablespoons sugar
| 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
| 1/2 cup raisins or dates, cut fine
2 tablespoons crystalized orange
peel
Mix a plain biscuit dough, roll in
rectangular sheet, ia inch thick;
spread with the butter, sugar and
cinnamon which should be creamed
together, sprinkle with the fruit, roll
as for a jelly roll, cut in ia inch
pieces, place on creased baking
sheet, and bake in hot oven (425
degrees Farenheit) about Is minutes.
(Recipes furnished by the Home
Economics Department, Soft Wheat
lMillers' Association, Nashville, Temp
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-07-29
COULDN'T FEAST HIS EYES

Man entering restaurant:-"You
have big mince pie in your window
the one with the raisins on top?"
Waiter: Certainly, want a
piece?"
'No! Ye gods, no! I'll give you a
dollar to throw the whole thing out
It gives me indigestion every time
come past"
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-07-29
AN OLD JOKE

Daughter: ''Mr. Purdy proposed
last night and accepted him. We're
to be married soonw
Mother: what! Not old man
Purdy."
"But he's only sixty, mother"
"But child, l turned him down
twenty-five years agow
eyes we were just laughing about
that last nightw
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-07-29
MISTER'S VOICE.

Rastus in undertone to Sambo
"Time was when ah could whip de
old lady in a ruff and tumble fight"
Old lady overhearing: "You's a
black liah-time nebbah wuz-neb-
bah ain't-an' amt nebbah will be"
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-07-29
A GOOD PLAN

Father to "suitor: "My daughter
doesn't want to be tied to an idiot all
her life"
Gust so-why not let me take her
off your hands?"
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-07-29

The modern woman is more like
a moth than a MISUNDERSTANDING
from the way she goes thru clothes.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-07-29

Early Italy had death penalty fol-
those killing storks.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-07-29

A butterfly's wings are covered
with scales.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-07-29

(Recipes furnished by the Home
Economics Department, Soft Wheat
Millers' Association, Nashville, Tenn.)
Milford chronicle., 1926-05-07
COMPLETING PLANS FOR
KENT SCHOOL FIELD DAY
foontinued from iirst pag0l


Field referee, John Shilling, starters
E. P. Vogel. Horace Num-, Pat Key
es: clerk of course, Howard Lewis;
assistants, w. Schmidt, 7. Bastian;
Head Field Judges, H. E. Stahl, as
sistant, NJ. Fitzgerald, G. Butler, DR..
I. J. MacCOllum, w. McN9lvie; tim
ers, Robert Shilling, Frank Barsby'
John Thomas; scorers, II. c. Nc
sherry, and II. =. Taylor; Custodian
Of Prizes, II. B. Hamblin, fl Green,
L. Thomas, NJ. Bo.d, in charge OF
weighing and stamping, Prof, Al
bert Farley, Medical Inspector, DR..
I. J. MacCollum, Custodian of Bat
ons, +. Vansant.
All contestants are urged to be
on hand promptly at nine O'Clock
to be weighted and stamped and for
the dodge ball tournament which
starts at 915 A. NJ. Badge tests
also start at the same time for boys
and girls and will occupy the re-
mainder of the morning. At L p.
NJ. the Junior track meet starts and
this comprises the lighter weight
classes of boys and girls. The Sen
ior meet will commence at 2:3O and
will be the feature event of the day.
The schools throughout the state
are keenly interested in the county
meets for it enables every one to
take part in some sort of activity
This should be the best meet ever
held in Kent County for the schools
have been carefully prepared for
the event by Howard Lewis, state
athletic director and his efforts are
bound to show in the final results.
Milford chronicle., 1926-05-07
MARYLAND CAPON FARM
PROVES VERY PROFITABLE
lcontinued from nrst pagel


last spring between 800 and 900 pull
lets under four months of age at
price ranging from $2.75 to $500
each, and one early shipment OF
thirty-six capOns which had not at
tanned their full growth and weight
netted $500.
Mrs. MOntell who is keenly inter-
ested in the capon industry and
takes an active part in the work OF
caring for the focks, offers interest
ing facts on the subject.
I'VE are using the Marcy strain of
the Jersey Black Giant breed eXclu-
sively," she said. This is one of the
most noted strains for size and is in
large demand. While last year we
were really experimenting, and our
flock reached the limited number OF
900 full grown capons, we are going
into the plan on a much larger scale
this season. l have 1440 eggs hatch
ed at this time and expect 144O more
within a few days and in addition
we are purchasing about 1000 Giant
chicks. This will give us 4 flock OF
more than 1900 chicks and with nor
NAL results l doubt if we will be able
to supply the demand next season,
for l say without eXaggeratiOn that
l have had to turn away a half doz-
en- long distance telephone and tele-
graph orders within the past week,
and we could have easily disposed Oh
ten times the number we sold"
Mrs. MOntell explained that the
capon market reaches its height late
in February and early in March. The
Jewish holidays create an unusual
demand, especially in the larger Cit
les.
Prices for capons are regulated
entirely by size. Over fourteen
pounds they bring from sixty-four to
sixty-fiVe cents per pound and from
ten to twelve pounds they average
sixty cents per pound. The capons
reach a weight of ten pounds or bet
ter early in their second year.
The Standard Poultry Farm ad-
Joins the farm of Senator T. Cole
man du Pont, of Delaware, on the
Choptank River, and is about a mile
from Cambridge. 1t has eighty-t1ve
acres, and splendid, water front
There is an orchard of about 5000
young fruit trees, being mainly ap-
pie with peach filters, and also con-
siderable ground for the raising Of
food suited for poultry. There are
about sixteen brooder and poultry
houses now ready for use and new
ones are being erected. The Montell'
plan additional increase each year II
their new line and are endeavorins
to interest others in the section II
the CapOn business.
Milford chronicle., 1926-05-07
SUSSEX CHILDREN TAKE
TESTS AGAINST DIPHTHERIA
fcontinued from first pagel

colored; Laurel, 81 white and As
colored (26 more have signified
their intention of taking the test at
I.aureD; Georgetown, 72 white and
10 colored; Milford, 1913 white and
80 colored; Delaware Colony, 50,
all white.
DR.. Sargent will visit Seaford
and Laurel today to read the result
of the tests. At that time the local
physicians will give the toxin-ant1-
toxin treatment to those who show
that they are susceptible to diph-
iberia. He will also do additional
Schick tests for those children who
desire it. He will visit Georgetown
and Milford next Monday for the
same purpose.
Before these tests are given the
pupils it is necessary that the par
ent or guardian give written con-
sent and no test will be made until
this consent is given. The tests
will be given in every town and
school district in Sussex County
Just as soon as the proper permis-
sion is granted by the local school
boards.
In Kent and New Castle Counties
the work will not be started until
next fall.
Milford chronicle., 1926-05-07
WHY MILFORD
NEEDS CHAUTAUQUA

Chautauqua stands for high think
ing in the direction of community
betterment. 1t brings together the
people of the community to consider
with the nations keenest minds the
worlds biggest problems. 1t brings
us helpful and uplifting programs
and leaves the community with bet
ter men, nobler women and happier
children.
These are some of the reasons
why the committee is counting upon
the people of Milford to help make
this the biggest and best Chautauqua
year Milford has ever had.