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MONDAY
EDITION
VOL. XXVI, NO 147
Aunual Banquet Of
Chamber Commerce
A Grand Success
‘Silver Tongued Orators and Excellent
" Menu Unmatched in Amnals of
’ The Organization
Literally, “from Soup to Nuts” the
annual banquet of the Fitzgerald
Chamber of Commerte at the
Lee-Grant Hotel last Friday night
was unmatched in the social history of
the city, and the members and ladies
present . all voted secretary Adams, a
prince of toastmasters, Eighty three
plates were laid and about fifty mem
bers, a number of ladies and several
visitors spent three most delightful
hours feasting, listening to- the sweet
strains of Evan's orchestra and the
several speakers scheduled for the ev
ening, f
Honor guests of the evening were
Judge W. A Covington, Mayor of
Moultrie, Sacretary Caldwell of the{
Moultrie Chamber of Commerce and
Major J. Hampton Rich of Daniel
Boone Trail fame. 1
President J. H. Mayes, upon being
introduced by Mr. Adams, expressed
his appreciation for the cooperation
given the Chamber of Commerce dur
ing the past year and briefly outlined
some of the work the organization
could and should do in the coming
year for the county. J. Hampton
Rich, promotion director for Daniel
Boone Trail made a pleastng address
and spoke of the historie value of me
morializing the pioneers of this coun
try through highway building and pre
sented the plan which his association
is following in perpetuating the mem
ory of Daniel Boone by marking the
Trail with bronze tablets, wheresver
communities are ‘interested enough
along the alleged route that this ear
liest of American pioneers travelled,
The trail from the Carolinas, to Flor
ida is said to have brought him thru
this section and a tablet will be placed
on the court house square according
to this speaker.
Supt. U. J, Bennett of the City
Schools spoke of the walue of schools
in the community development and
gave a good account of the progress
of the schools under his management,
Edward Goldenberg rendered a beau
tiful wviolin solo and Mrs. Louis Tur
ner rendered a vocal solo, to the de
light of the company present, Mrs.
A, ‘M. Stephens, teacher of expres
sion at the High School, very delight
fully_entertained the audience with a
selected. reading, :
Secretary Caldwell of the Moultrie
Chamber of Commerce spoke on the
work that should be uppermost in the
plans of a Chamber of Commerce, em
.phasizing the importance of advanc
ing the agricultural interests of the
county and the means by which the
organization could assist,
. Judge Covington, Mayor of Moul
trie. on being introduced- by the toast
master, was given an ovation by his
many admiring friends oresent and
for about forty five minutes vividly
painted the golden opportunities that
await South Georgia communities, oc
cassionally illustrating his points by
applicable stories, The judge is a
gifted orator and his wide experience
in community building made his visit
here last night especially opportune
and appreciated. :
The gathering was dismissed at 11:-
45, each full df praise for the manner
in which the affair was conducted and
the splendid entertainment and valua
ble instruction had.
What Is The Chamber
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Of Commerce Doing?
Read The Following Letters And See
What They Are Doing
Pendergast, Tenn,
r Nov. 29 021.
W, A. Adams, Secretary of
Chainber of Commerce;
Fitzgerald, Ga,
Dear Sir:—
I have some relatives and friends
in different parts that talk of going
to California, and it I could properly
inform them of Fitzgerald and vicin
ity I do think I could induce them
to ~ome there,
V/ill you please n'ai!. me a few copies
: £ the little bouklc.c to send them
one ‘ach,
Respectfndly, J. 1. ‘Mison.
Elk City, Okla,
Nov, 28, 1921,
Secretary Chamber of Commerce,
Fitzgerald, Ga,,
Kind Sir:
Please hand this to some one who
would be pleased to write me all about
the opportunities and chances there
are for a small farmer,
I want to locate where the winters
are mild and where one can raise ear
ly Spring crops, I want to go where
there is a truck growers association,
and I am especially interested in the
growing of strawberries, Is the land
ard climate there suitable for that?
Can you find ready sale for such crops
there? What kind of land have you
there? Is it low and swampy or is
it high and healthful? Is it red or sandy
fand? .
1 used to hear a great deal about
the Fitzgerald Colony and I have been
thinking about it, and wondered what
it has acomplished, If it has any in
ducements to offer I am ready to con
sider them. I am sick of this dry win
dy western country.
1 will be very grateful to you, whom
soever you be that will give me a
general description of that part of the
country and tell me what are the most
profitable crops grown there, and the
price of land, etc,
Thanking you in advance for the
_favor, and hope to receive an early re
. ply. Yours very truly,
E, Morgan, Gen. Delivery,
Elk City, Oklahoma.
JLDER MITCHELL
PREACHED HERE SUNDAY
Elder M, G. Mitchell of Cordele
reached Sunday at the Primitive
gaptist Church the pastor, Elder W.
M. Blackwell filling an appointment
at Plant City Fla,
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Here are two views of Mrs. Smith Wilkinson, who is acknowl
edged as the best dressed woman in the world, and who is coming
to America shortly to show us what real gowns are. Mrs. Witkin
son started in life as a restaurant keeper in Englar* She and her
husband expanded the business into a chain of restaurants, then into
a chain of hotels and they made millions. Her whole life now is spent
m buying things to wear, and wedring "emn_at a cost of a million a
year. Her wardrobe contains bundreds of costly gowns, pricele
laces, gorgeous hats, diamond studded shoes and her strings of pea
and rubies are a huge fortune in themselves. Some of her gowns are
so complicated in make and material that they take nine montl« 1o
complete, X i
PICTURE ON LEFT—Mrs Wilkinson in gorgeous Louis \iV
ercat'on in hlack velvet, and jazz hat trimemed with sprey feathers.
PICTURE ON RIGHT—Mrs. Wilkinson in fatest creation of ¢ .
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A @hristmas fll&rna;tg;»
TO THE BOYS AND GIRLS OF THE UNITED STATES:
' Your great Post Department has 2 big job ahead and ne i
Think what it means to be Sants Claus ok xo&% b "g%"? 19 e
er Christmas parcels to every family in this prox ‘fl{'%? :fi%’fi?
space of a few days and without dissapointment,
It can be done and we are going to do it if we may have your help. I
want to enlist the active assistance of every boy and girl in the schools of our
country in getting parcels mailed this week to relieve the rush that comes di
rectly before Christmas,
Will you go home today and tuke this message to your parents and to
your friends?
“Our Post Master has asked us to mail our Christmas parcels this week,
for unless we do, Uncle Sams load may be so heavy that the last few days be
fore Christmas that he won’t be able to deliver all the presents by Christmas
Eve, The parcels must be well wrapped and tied and addressed plainly in or
der that they may arrive in good condition with their Christmas appearance
unspoiled. You can put on your package, “Do not open until Christinas.”
| And, there must be a number on your house and a mail receptable, too for
if there isn’t, Santa Claus’s messenger, your letter carriers, may not be able to
find the house where the presents belong. .
_Thre are some otl}er things in which you can all assist in improving the
mail service and in saving our great Government millions of dollars a year that
is now wasted because of our carclessness. yours and mine,
Every day that you drop a letter into the mail box 40,000,000 other letters
are already pushing and jamming through the postal machinery, One letter
!a day for each family of five persons in the United States is given to Uncle
'Sam to deliver, -
| When you send a parcel to the Post Office, for mailing any day theer are
about 8,000,000 other parcels ahead of yours passing through the Postal hop
per, This is in ordinary days; at Christmas time it is multiplied many, many
times. One family in about every ten puts a badly addressed letter in the
mail every day. This mixes up cver 2,000,000 half addressed letters with the
40,000,000 fully addressed letters, That means that the fully addressed letters
nust wait on the slow moving poorly addressed letters just ike the larger boys
and girls are delayed by a bunch of “bad kids” tagging along,
You boys and girls san help the Postal service and save your father some
money, because he has to help pay the cost of searching addiesses on letters
and parcels sent out by this onc carcless and thoughtless family in every ten.
First find out if your family is the carcless one, then bear in mind that
your letters must be handled by skilled mail d stributors standing in post offi
ces and on swaying cars of a mile a minute mail trains_often under poor light.
~ The address on every 'etter, card, or package must be correct, complete,
and legible_ including the house umber and name of the street and the ‘from’
address should be in the upper left hand corner so that the mail will be re
turned to you in case it is not delivered. Do not abbreviate names of States
because so many look alike when so abbreviated,
Put the proper amount of postage on your letters and wrap the parcels up
carefully, avoid fancy writing, which causes post office clerks and letter car
riers to stop and study, and thus lose time, Make the address plain and easily
read, and a?ways use pen and ink or typewriter and light colored envelopes, so
as to save the eyes of the post office clerks; do not use envelopes of unusual
size, The little ones that are so frequently used for cards and notes at Christ
mas time cause an untold amount of trouble and labor, as they will not fit our
cancelling machines and must therefore be cancelled by hand, Because of
their size and tendency to slip out of a package, these small envelopes are more
likely to be overlooked or lost. : :
ilail your letters and packages early in the day because this avoids over
loading and delaying mail at the end of the day.
Your local post master and your teachers will tell you more about the pos
tal service, lg: these things and you will win the grateful appreciation of
: WILL H. HAYES
P. S.—Don't forget to mail Christmas packages this week,
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'Have You Paid
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Your Bills Yet?
You know this is the beginning of
“Pay-Up Weck” and it becomes your
privilege to pav up that old account
'you owe to your merchant or to your
neighbor, wnu may owe somebody
else a bill,
' If you don’t pay yours, it is just
likely the other fellow can’t pay his,
and this applies to all alike, The cred
it that has been extended to you was
given you on confidence, on the be
ief that you would pay it when it be
comes due. If you have failed to do
so you should do this this week, so
as to keep your standing in your com
munity up to standard,
Fhe merchant's Credit Association
will make up their rating cards with
‘the expiration of this week ‘and if you
‘want to continue to have the confi
dence of the men who have credited
You in the past it will certainly pay
‘you to straighten out that account.
Pay up partly if you can’t pay in full,
but pay something to somebody.
FITZGERALD, BEN HILL COUNTY, GEORGIA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1921
To Sponsor Sale Of
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Seals This Year
The Civic Department of the Wo
man’s Club will sponsor the sale of
Tuberculosis Christmas iseals and
health bonds this year,
The seals will be put on sale in a
very short time and the public is ask
ed to co-operate with the club mem
bers in order that many seals may be
sold before: and during the hoilday
season,
- Our per cent will go towards mak
‘ng the health conditions better in
Fitzgerald.
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Contest And f”mlet To Feature En
tertainment’“fi' Benefit of The
* Osierfield Schools
On Decemb 23rd an Old Time
Fiddlers Coavemion will be held at
Ogierfield. TheM® will be a brass band
present to add #8 the pleasure of the
occasion, and a String band has also
been booked fogthe occasion, and as
if these were nofienough to guarantee
a full attendano@® a three act playlet
“Topsy Turvey'Swill also be given.
In the cast of thi§ play there are four
male and four #male characters, the
parts to be takél by local talent,
A pleasant evlning is in store for
‘those who atteng
The object of ®his entertainment is
to raise funds f@r use of the Osier
field Schools, tog used as the facul
ty deems negus_g?y, For this reason
a small admission fee of 25¢ for adults
and 15 cents for children will be
charged, { .
There will be a:very substantial list
of prizes offered gp the Fiddler’s con
test, according. taf Professor John A.
Coleman, supgrin%ndcnt of the school
who is supervisiiz the cvenings en
tertainment. A large entry list is ex
pected,
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What Abou . Golf
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Course For Fitzgerald?
(By M, €. Thomas)
- Several years ago a man who would
come out and brazenly admit that hc:
played, or played AT golf would have
been looked on with suspicion. In
those days, however, golf was thought
to be a game that was especially got
ten up for old men who' were unable
to get up PEP enough to play any of
the more arduous games,
Today golf nwmbers its followers
by the hundreds of thousands, munici
nal courses abound throughout 'the
I\.Tnited States and ncarly every one
ovith enough money to buy a few
clubs and 2 ball or so wili be found
spending “his Spare moments at the
links, »
i Golf it-"‘wf'"’%bh man's ‘game as
‘many thni If it werc the writer
would be unable to play or even think
of playing, A golf course will tring
many visitors to our city that will
otherwise go to some other South
'Georgia town where there is a course
‘that they may use,
There is plenty of land suitable for
a golf course in the vicinity of Fitz
gerald, and no doubt some one of our
citizens owns such a piece of land that
he would gladly allow the use of, The
only necessity is that it be rolling, and
if a small stream meanders through
this land, so much the better,
I would like to get in touch with
several men who have played golf or
would like to play, and see whether
or not we might gl'-ganize a golf club,
A club house would not be necessary
at first, and T would be more than
glad to offer my services in laying
out a course. Twenty men interested
Ito the extent of fifteen dollars each
'would more than pay for the labor and
‘material of building the course, and
enough would be left for a little nest
egg in the bank for the treasurer to
add to from time to time,
A club of this sort will not only
bring many tourists to our city, but
it will offer a center of interest and a
means of entertainment for the young
sters, and one can never tell, among
them we may discover a Bobby Jones
or an Alexa Stirling to give Fitzgerald
advertising the same as the two men
tioned have brought to Atlanta, But
whether we do this or not the golf
course will pay big dividéns in health
to all the players, Let’s Go!
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Coburn’s Minstrels At
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The Grand Tonight
“Not the biggest, but one of the
best,” no world renowned, all-star
enormous salaried Kuropean importa
tions, but good live American per
formers, The hardworking, jazzy,
full of pep, clean comedy and up to
the minute novelty kind, that have
made Coburn’s Minstrels in the past
twenty years a housenhold word and
‘welcome visitor, composes this years
‘production at the Grand Theatre to
‘night, (Monday, Dec. 5.), Charley
‘Gano, that drolle,t, funniest, burnt
cork chap, heads the comedy element
with an entirely new stock of laugh
producers, acts, parodies, and is sur
rounded with 'a company second to
none in minstrelsy. “A strong sing-|
ing show”, among the best, is often
heard of this company, Manager Co
burn believes in and enjoys it himself,
The appreciation of an audience for
honest effort is as welcome as good
box office receipts.
Without good singing minstrelsy
would not remain at the head ?ttho
amusement line as it-has for yeéars,
You know the show, the management
and its record, Remember the date,
The Arbor Day Programs will be
held at the ward schools Wednesday
December 7th at 3:00 o’clock, The
patrons and public are cordially in
vited to attend,
Civic Commiite Woman's Club,
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This photograph, taken in 4 hospital operating room in New York
City, shows Dr:. Adolph Lorenz, the world’s most skillful bloodless
surgeon at work saving a little girl from lifelong: cripplement. Dr,
Lorepz has just arrived in this country from Austria to perform his
bloodless Swrgery on many Anierican crippled children. He was onr
gentlest enémy, but an enemy no longer i
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Georgia May Raise . |
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Big Tobacco Crops’
Experts Declare Growers Have Great
Chance In South Georgia
" ATLANTA, Dec, Ss.—Agricultural
experts here are today pointing to the
wonderful possibilities for making of'
money by growing tobacco in Georgia
next year. ;
It is not difficult to calculate the
profits to be made from growing to
bacco when, as these experts show,
it is easy ‘to grow from 500 to I_ooo'
pounds of tobacco per acre in South
Georgia_ and then if the growers only
secure as much as the lowest averagel
price offered in North Carolina—a |
tobacco state— in October, namely 20
cents, and the lowest yield yet re
ported from that state, namely 500 lbs.,
it shows a full $lOO an acre=for to
bacco. On the other hand if the grow
ers reached the maximum amount re
ceived the maxmum price, then the
profit is very attractive.
It is shown by reports received here
from North Carolina for October, that
are being analyized, that the average
price per pound for the month was
in almost every case above 20 cents
and in some cases the average price
paid run as high as 38 3-4 cents per
pound at Pinetops, Wilson, N: C, the
largest market-in North Carolina, av
eraged over 32 1-2 cents, while ‘the
next largest at Greenville, S, C, aver
aged over 33 1-2 cents.
The industrial departraent of the A,
B. & A. railway, which runs”through
the rich agricultural section of South
Georgia is very much interested in the
production of bright tobacco in that
section of the State, and with a view
to assisting the growers has made ar-}
rangemens at its own expense to im
port experts to that section. : ‘
‘South Georgia has produced some
of the finest tobacco grown in the
lold tobacco belt” declared W. W,
Croxton, a prominent official of the
A. B, & A Railway, “but last year
‘due primarily to seasonal conditions—
}that is, too much rain—and inexperi
‘ence in tobacco growing, the farmers
did not produce as good grade of to
bacco as North Carolina can produce,
nor does it mean that tobacco growing
in Georgia is a failure. As a matter
‘of fact, Georgia failed to make a good
cotton crop this year in many sections
‘while the corn crop last year was not
particularly good, but this year it is
exceptionally good, The farmers will
have in the growing of tobacco, as in
all other crops, some good years and
some bad years,
“To accomplish anything success
fully we must stick to it until we learn
how to do it—that is particularly true
in growing and curing tobacco. To
bacco is a crop that requires a great
deal of experience and a great deal of
attention_ particularly during the per
jod when it is being cured. With con
stant attention and application we can
grow as good tobacco in Georgia as
anywhere”
The state burcau of markets calls
attention to the fact that there are
good local tobacco markets at Fitz
gerald, Tifton, Douglas, Nichols and
many other points in South Georgia.
“Farmers should grow enough to
bacco in all of the communities where
markets are located to support these
markets and make them profitable,
otherwise the markets will be closed
and it will be exceedingly difficult to
to reopen them” said a tobacco fxpertl
after looking over the territory, There
‘has been much said about providing
‘markets for the farmers in the past,
through the enterprise of progressive
‘business men, South Georgia markets
have been provided in all of the to
'bacco growing communities and it ap
pears that it is now up to the farmers!|
to show their appreciation for these
large investments which have been
made to establish tobacco markets, by
growing enough tobacco to make the
investments profitable and it may be
depended upon that year in and year
out the tobacco industry will be a
success.”
The statement is made as to tobac
co growing there may be some poor
years, while on the other hand there
will be some exceptionally good years,
The point is made that the gverage will
be satisfactory if the growers do not
attempt to confine their activities to
too short a period,
BOX SUPPER AT GEORGIA'S
CHAPEL CHURCH FRIDAY
There will be a Box Supper at
Georgia’s Chapel Church next Friday
night, December 9th, Everybody is
invited to come,
- Mr, and Mrs. J, D. Smith announce
the birth of a son at their home on
West Roanoke Drive on December
2nd who has bees named Francis Mon
tiville Smith, .
Fatty Arbuckle To
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Be Put On Trial Again
Jury Was Discharged Sunday With
. out A Verdict
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SAN FRANCISCO, Dec., 4—Fatty
Arl‘uckle may have to go on . trial
again immediately after the Christ
mas holidays, The qury 1n the man
slaughter trial of the famous fat com
edian was discharged Sunday after
noon, having failed to reach an agree
ment, The final vote was 10 to 2 in
favor of acquittal, according to Aug
ust Freeze, foreman. One woman ju
ror voted guilty frecm the first ballot
and never changed her vote. All the
others at one time, voted for acquit
tal, as there was one ballot 11 to 1 in
favor of acquittal. A majority favor
ed acquittal throughout, the lowest ra
‘tio being 7 to 5.
Narrow Escape For
e .
Chief Herman Smith
~ Chief Herman Smith had a narrow
escape from fatal injuries when B. B,
\Bryson ran mdship into his car on
west Central avenue. Sunday about
1:35 P, M. Sriith- was driving - west
on Central Avenue, when nearing
Gordon Street, met B. B, Bryson who
was driving east, Bryson was par
tially on the wrong side of the av
enue and as Smith attemptel to avoid
him by turning to the south, Bryson
also turned southward and struck the
Smith car, Both cars were going at
a moderate speed else the results may
have been more serious: besides doing
some damages to the two cars, no in
juries were sustained,
Bryson was served with charges to
appear before Mayor Pittman for
driving on the wrong side of the av
enue,
Mayor Pittman this morning dis
charged Bryson, th» evidence being
that the accident was unavoidable.
Program For 3rd Ward
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Arbor Day Exercises
Song—"“Arbor Day”; “Tree Song”,
Fourth Grade,
Concert Recitation—*“Pine Needles”
Second Grade.
Reading—“ Woodman Spare that
Tree’””—Hazel Williams, -
Song—“eW love the Trees"—Fifth
and Sixth Grades,
Reading—“ What do We Plant when
We Plant the Tree?”’—Fifth Grade.
“Love for the Trees"—Third Gradw,
Girls,
Dramatzation of “Why the Ever
green Trees Keep their Leaves All
Winter”—First Grade,
“The Spade’—Sixth Grade.
“History of Arbor Day”—Fifth and
Sixth Grade girls,
Reading— “Kind Parents and
Friends.”—Bobbie Burns,
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Additional Business
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Firm For Fitzgerald
The Southern Sales Company a
newly organized firm for the handling
of tobacco products in the wholesale
field are opening offices on Central
Avenue, 4
This firm will handle g complete
line of cigars, cigarrettes, snuff and
all products and by-products of the
tobacco field, At the present time
the business is still in a state of or
ganization but they are carrying a
line of cigars and by January Ist, ac
cording to the statement of Mr. J. M.
Dixon, they will be ready to serve the
needs of Fitzgerald and surrounding
territory, Associated with Mr. Dixon
in this enterprise is Mr, J. M. Powell.
' RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT
Once more ha sthe death Angel vis
ited the home of our Comrade Giles
taking from him his beloved wife,
Therefore be it resolved that the
‘members of Colony Post tender to him
our most earnest sympathy in his hour
of grief and hope that he may’ find
pleasure in the one who hath said Thy
Brother shall live again looking for
ward to the day that we may all nieet
in that home he has gone to prepare
for his people and may God's rich
est Blessings be yours is the Praver
and hope of Comrades of Colony Post
14, Department of Georgia and S. C..
D, Nelson,
‘ L M. Mosher,
_ Bruner, g T A S
PUBLISHED ON ;
MONDAY, WEDNESDAY
AND FRIDAY -
Official Organ City Of Fitzge% M
Rural Schools To Hold
Rally in The Sprin
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Teachers Give Fnttinciastic Supost . ;
Institute Saturday At Library =
T ey ¥ ‘?;
The rural tcacher~ abpcmbled
urday at the Carncgie Hall for heir
sccond menthly 113 itte and were
h.ghly entertained by the special num=
ber provided by Mrs. U, J. Bennett,
tcacher of the second grade in the.
second ward of the City School and
her class, - R
The Victrola, furnished by Brad
shaw Music Co., opened new meth
ods of teaching and interesting child-.
ten in their school work, B a unan
imous vote, the teachers accepted a
plan to hold the school rally for ali
the rural schools in the city sometime
during the Spring and appointed a
special committee to make a definite
program for the occasion and submit
the same to the meeting of the teach
ers on January 7th. Several visitors
made brief talks to the teachers,
among them Major J Hamilton Rich
of the Daniel Boone Highway, Mr,
O. L, Bradshaw and Mrs. I, Gelders.
Mrs, Bennett’s T)emomfim‘ 5
The County Teachers’ Institute on
Saturday featured a delightful and - a
highly instructive demonstration .in
music appreciation given by Mrs, U.
I. Bennett and her second grade pnpils
from the Second Ward assisted by
Miss Marion Van Gorder with third
grade pupils. Mrs. Bennett's ,prepa
tory talk brought out new and force
ful ideas, First of all we all hear mu
sic continually bhut Mow many of us
reall listen? We can learn to listen
very carly never too early, and later
we can listen to learn and from so do
ing the really beautful music can
bring such joy into life, also the ear
early trained to appreciate really beau
tiful music will never be enthrolled by
the sensuous and jazz music believed
.m be of positivient influence today,
It is a wonderful opportunity for
the schools that the phonograph
brings the best music cheaply into
the daily school program and culti
vates it with every other study.
The first point stressed with little
children is Rhythm and records are
made for this purpose, that strongly
accented measures shall lead the little
motion songs and games,
Later melodv ‘s stressed and even.
very little children learn to listen and
remember by name the faverite airs
of all people, including many from
‘Grand . Opera_ :
Then descriptive music is introduced
and listening becomes a_fine art, Al
so the children love to dramatize “in
play action what they are hearing.
As musical perception grows the
children learn to detect by sound and
to give the name of the instruments
they hear. It naturally follows some
will like one record better than an
other and so their taste and apprecia
tion grows,
Penmanship, nature study, language
and even other lessons are delightfully
correlated with musical numbers,
The possibilities for profit combined
with pleasure through inspiration from
music in the daily school life are sim
ply unlimited, These points and
others were brought out by Mrs. Ben
nett, and it is very evident that her
enthusiasm and that of her class means
much to their future culture as well
as their present pleasure in school,
The program they rendered was:
A drill in rhythm including hand
motions.
Skipping, high stepping horses, po
nies, '
A test in listening, naming airs and
naming instruments,
Also of description and imitation in
the Swan Song, the Tailor and the
Bear, The Turkey and the Duck and
Lhe Whirlwind, i
The games were: How 'Dye Do My
Partner and Folk Games, and I See
You and the Hunter’s in drama and
costume_
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First National Rounds
9 .
It's Twentieth Year
Our reader’s attention is called to
the page advertisement of the First
National Bank, which is now entering
upon its second official period as a
National Bank. The First Nationa}
was the first institution of its kind,
chartered by the Government in this
entire section and may be said to
have helped considerablye in breaking
down prejudices which were felt
against National banks in those earl
ier days, ; ;
From the very beginning this insti
tution was officered by capable men
and throughout their twenty years
show a steady growth in strength and
increased clientelle
' ° 9
Spinster’s Club
o o
Organized Last Night
Acting on the theory that “It is not
good that man should live alone,” the
spinsters of Fitzgerald mcet last night
and with the assistance of this mys
terious woman with the Box” have
thought out a scheme by which they
may overcome their husbandless con
dition,
! Some of them realizing that the indi
cations are that they may have to re
main under the parental roof for years
to come, are desperate and have de
cided to find a husband at any cost,
And with the aid of these little bugs
the madam has promised to secure for
each of them a husban@ So, balky
bachelors take warning, the sginster&
are on the war {()ath and have hatched
up a deep, dark plot in which each
plan to catch a man, Terrible things
are at hand, . Chflsr_mm:fi
