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The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-09-04
SOUTH CAROLINA TOWN
FOR NEGROES ONLY
Suitable Location Chosen on the
Southern Railway Line

DR.. John Patrick Turner, one
OF Philadclphia's foremost negro
physicians and a medical inspect
or in the public schools, has been
assigned the task or organizing
a newt town for the African race
in the mountains of North Caro-
lima. The tract over which the
novel town Will be laid out covers
more than 5000 acres and is To-
Gated on the main line of the
Southern Railway with a direct
route to the markets of the
world.
Turner is authority for the
statement that the town will be
unique in many ways and will be
a standard for the establishment
of negro communities in the fu-
turc.
No name for the town has
been selected, but the town and
streets will be named for illus
trious negro men and women.
The charter of the new negro
town will restrict ownership of all
property to persons of African
descent.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-09-04
SAD NEWS FOR GIRLS;
PICKLE FAMINE AHEAD
Two Poor Seasons Cause Short
age in Cucumber Crop

Here's sad news for high
school girls-there's pickle fam
inc In every factory they're
keeping it as dark as they can but
the truth will out. SO now the
girls will know it and their wrath
will know no bounds. Explicitly,
the pickles are giving out. There
is dearth OF them. War has been
forgotten in this dilemma, and
the pickle men are eager to find a
way to provide for this shortage.
Very bad pickle weather for
the last two years is blamed for
this shortage in dills. The pickle
manufacturers will not answer
questions. They refer one to the
head Offices, with sour counte-
nanGes, knowing full we'll hat
the younger generation that feeds
on them and ice cream will not
know what a good meal is until
some substitute has been found
at least for the old green dill.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-09-04
ONE IN EVERY TWENTY
FIVE OWN AN AUTO
MOBILE

By January /, 1917, there will
be one automobile for every Is
people in the United States.
There is now one for every forty
four.
These facts are gathered fror,
the report of the United States
Census Bureau for 1910 and the
report of automobile production
for this year
On January /, 1916, there were
by the census bureau count, D.
AS ,O04 cars in the United States.
The Automobile Magazine, after
a survey of the auto manufacture
ers of the country, announces that
554,902 machines were made in
the first six months of this year.
Placing the total production Tor
the year at 100000 there should
be by January | 3,o45,664 cars in
the country.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-09-04

pe Store shape take your Fall and Winter needs
and able offer fall merchandise practically the old
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-09-04
LABOR BILL IS
S|GNED;CHANCE:
/ FOR STRIKE YET.

~ w ashngtOn, ID. e., sept. s.
The Adamson eight-hour day bill,
'exacted from Congress last week
by the railroad brotllerhoods as
the price u calling off the nation
wide stril<s ordered for Monday
was signed by President Wilson
today in his private car at the
union station, where he stopped
on his way from Shadow Lawn,
N. J., toI Hodgenville, Ky. That
there may be no question as to
the legality of the measure as a
result of it having been signed
on Sunday, the president will af-
fix his signature again upon his
return to Washington next Tues
day.
How long peace shall reign as a
result of the bill apparently is de-
pendent upon developments in
the proposed move to establish
the constitutionality of the act.
Should the railroads take no &C
ton, but await the beginning of
an investigation of the workings
Of the eight-hour day by the spec
ial commission for which the
measure provides, the brother
hoods will remain inactive. The
employees leaders declare, how
ever, that should the law be held
unconstitutional and the railroads
attempt to restore the ten hour
day on their lines strike will re-
suit Immediately.
The Adamson Bill
Here is a text of the Adamson
bill which averted the railroad
strike, which would have gone in
to effect this morning:
Be it enacted by the senate and
house of representatives of the
United States of America, in con-
gress assembled
Section /. That beginning
January /, 1917, eight hours
shall in contracts for labor and
service be deemed a days work,
and the measure or standard of a
days work for the purpose of
reckoning the compensation for
services of all employees who are
now or may hereafter be employ
ed by any railroad, which is sub
ject to the provisions of the act
Of February, 1887, can act to reg
ulate commerce." as amended
and who are now or may hereaf-
ter be actually engaged in any ca
pacity in the operation of trains
used for the transportation of per
sons or property on railroads
from any state or territory of the
United States or the District Of
Columbia, to any other state OF
territory of the United States OF
the District of Columbia, or from
one place in the same territory tc
another place in the same terri
tory, or from any place in the
United States to an adjacent for.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-09-04

eign country, or to any place IN
the United States through for
eign country to any other place
in the United States.
To Investigate Effect
Section 2. That the president
shall appoint a commission OF
three which shall observe the OPP
Grafton and effects Of the institu-
ton OF the eight-hour standard
work day as above defined and the
facts and conditions affecting the
relations between such common
carriers and employees during a
period of not less than six months
nor more than nine months, in the
discretion of the commission, and
within thirty days thereafter such
commission shall report its find
ings to the president and con-
rgess. That each member of the
commission created under the
provisions of this act shall receive
such compensation as may be fix
ed by the president. The sum of
SIS, 900, or SO much thereof as
may be necessary be, and hereby
is, appropriated out OF any money
in the United States treasury not
otherwise appropriated, to be i'm
mediately available and to con-
tinue available until the close of
the fiscal year ending June SC,
1917, for the necessary and prop
er expenses incurred in connec-
ton with the work such commits
sion, including salaries, per diem,
travelling expenses of members
and employees, and rent, furni-
ture, office fixtures and supplies,
books, salaries and other neces-
sary expenses, the same to be ap-
proved by the chairman of said
commission and audited by the
proper accounting officers of the
treasury.
Fine for Violations
Section 8. That pending the re-
port of the commission herein
provided for, and for a period Of
thirty days thereafter, the com
pensation of railway employees,
! subject to this act for standard
eight-hour work day, shall not be
reduced below the present stand
ard days wage, and for all neces-
sary time in excess Of eight hours
such employees shall be paid at a
rate not less than the pro rata rate
for such standard eight-hour
work day.
Section 4. That any person
violating any provision of this act
shall be guilty of misdemeanor
and upon conviction shall be fined
not less than 500 and not more
than 1000, or imprisoned not to
exceed one year, or both.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-09-04

Mr.. G.. c. Smith, of Brunswick.
spent Saturday in the city with
relatives. Mr.. Smith is largely
interested in a lime proposition
and controls the output of several
manufacturers.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-09-04

!. ]. Terry writes from North
Port, Mich, that he is having a
fine time and sent the editor a box
of cherries to prove it.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-09-04
MQULTR|E To HAVE
$4,000 OPERA HOUSE

Moultrie, Ga, Sept. 5.-R. J..
.CorbetI a local capitalist, an
nounccl yesterday that he would
within a lew days let the contract
Tor modern theater here. The
playhouse will cost about $4,000,
and will be one OF the finest i'll a
city Of AIoultrie's size in the en-
tire SodA
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-09-04

VIM. Spell, of Quitman, is fill
ing a position at Denmark's for
a short time.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-11
TUESDAY, JULY IL, 1916.
BUSINESS OUTLOOK GOOD.

General business continues at flood
tide. Despite the fact that opinion is
steadily gaining ground that the end
of the war is not more thas year
distant, enormous orders for munitions
and other material are still being
placed in this country by the entente
allies. Crops, the tariff and domestic
politics are minor factors in the bust
ness situation in comparison with the
tremendous volume of export trade
which has arisen from Europe advcr-
sity. Expert opinion is at sea Goa
corning conditions which will obtain
i'm the United States when peace is
declared. With an adequate tariff, a
sane international policy and fair
crops, there is seemingly no reason
why the country should not enjoy a
long period of uninterrupted prosper
( ity.
Outside of railroad issues, which are
fast rcgainiag their popularity in both
investment and speculative circles, the
stock market ruled heavy last week
Proposed new taxation and rumors af
fecting war shares created unsettle
mcnt which gained Roadway under the
the added burden of professional sell
Jag and the knowledge that foreign
liquidation had not vet run its course
July dividend and interest money die
not make its appearance in sufficient
amounts to check the decline. TIL,
advance in call loan rates probably
prcsages a stronger money market
which in turn may further check spec
ulative activity.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-11
Heavy Editorials.


The tendency on the part of some
members of the country press to lean
toward "heavy' editorials-advicc as
to how the affairs of the world should
be conducted, economic questions and
the like-do2s not strike as responsive
a chord in the mind of readers as does
comment on subjects closer to home.
The paving Of street, the extension
of a sewer, the removal Of the hitch
ing posts on Main street, the refusal
to permit cows to Craze through the
town and the ike all have an interest
for the home people. They are top
les which, with others, are most dis
cusscd by the citizens of the town.
Nowadays nearly everybody takes
two or more papers-the man who sub
scribcs for his home weekly or daily
also gets big-town papers in the early
mail, and i'll them he reads all the
heavy stuff he wants.
The experience of men who have
made a success of editorial pages of
sma'l-town papers seems to indicate
that the readers prefer intensely Local
subjects.
1t is also a noteworthy fact that the
people seem to prefer six or seven
small editorials rather than long la
bored effort
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-11
tCOpyriGht.)
THE r e IGERA TOR
toward .LRann'

The refrigerator is popular kitchen
utensil which holds everything sue
ceSsfullv but ice For some reason or
other, as soon as lee is placed in a
refrigerator it begins to shrink and
finally evaporates in the form of saw
dust and water, which is later depos-
tied in a neat puddle on the kitchen
floor by the law of gravity.
Refrigerators are filled with mourn
full regularity by an independent citi-
zen who owns the only ice-house in
town and is extremely deliberate in
his movements. Nobody ever saw an
iceman who was i'll hurry to reach
an empty refrigerator before last
night 5 milk was turned into a cot
tage cheese. One of the saddcst epochs
in the life of woman is to place a
large pan of undiluted milk in the re
frlgerator, wearing thick coating of
cream on its bosom, and then discover
that during the night it has turned
sour from the ankles up, owing to the
ice having gone out the back way. If
there were some way to pen up a fifty
pound chunk of ice in a refrigerator
so it could not escape on the install
meat plan. there would he more happy
and contentcd housewives.
All kinds of food can be placed in a
first-class refrigerator without fear of
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-11
BOLD ATTEMPT AT ASSAULT.
Woman Released by Men Who Ran to
Her Rescue-Assailant Arrested.

BURLINGTON, July II. - One of
the boldcst attempts at criminal assault
ever occurring in or near this city
was made Sunday in full daylight by
CaPer Ashenfclter. a married man iv-
ing at 81 North street. who dragged
Mrs. Bertha Cripas, vino lives near
Fort Allen. into the woods on the lower
road leading TO Winooski The wo-
man was rescued by two men who saw
her plight and escaped without any in
iuries other than scratches ON her
wrists. Ashenfelter was captured by
the men and arrested by the police
He is now in jail.
Edward LemouX saw the man seize
Mrs. Cripas and started to her rescue
Joseph Lee, local hackman, who was
on his way from the Fanny Allen hos
pital to this city, also saw the dis.
turbance and whipped up his horse 81
that he arrived at the place where the
woman had been dragged into the
woods at the same time that Mr.
LemouX reached the scene The two
men ran to the woman S rescue and
AShenfelter, seeing them approach, left
her on the ground and ran i'll an at
tempt to escape.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-11

injecting any of its neiehbors. This
Is proven by setting mammoth white
onion alongside Of fresh brick
cheese, neither of which will affect the
taste of the other This experiment,
which is widely used for demonstrate
ing purposes, ought to satisfy the most
hardened skeptic.
Before the refrigerator was invented
people had to keep food that was sub
Jeet to sunstroke in the cellar, which
required the housewife to chase up and
down stairs at a depressing canter. AS
this wore out the cellar stairs and al
so the lower limbs of thousands OF
estimable wives, the keen, analytical
mind of man brought out the refrig.
orator with an overlooking drain pipe
which is filled with ice weighed b.
the calculating eye of the iceman
Some iccmcn have excellent eyesight
and can measure one hundred pounds
of ice to thousandth Of an inch, but
others are troubled with chronic
douhled-barrelcd astigmatism ant
should have their vision operated Of
by the grand jury.
The refrigerator does not cost s,
much to run as a hard-coal furnace
but it needs more watching than ;
married man of gay and festive in
stinets.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-11
Farm Values Climbing in New England

Farm values in New England dur
ing the past year have increased
slightly more than 10 per cent, ac-
cording to the census reports of the
United States department of agricul-
turo. The present value of unimproved
lands throughout the United States
averages $40 an acre, which is So more
than one year ago, and SO more than
four years ago. The increased value
per acre in the past ten years over
the entire country has been $13, aad
in the past 20 years more than $50
per acre.
According to the present gain, a
New England farm valued at $4,000
is earning $500 in increased value an
nually. Through cover crops, live
! stock, and the building up Of the soil
with fertilizers and manures great in.
creases in value can be made on the
| average farm.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-11
Senatorial Situation.

(hutIahd Herald.
The endorsement by the Brattleboro
Phoenix of the candidacy of Allen NJ.
Fletcher for the United States senate.
which appears elsewhere on this page.
is one of the sensational Developments
of the political situation. quite as inn
pOrtant III its way as the thorough go
lag condemnation of Senator Page 5
publicity methods by the st. Johns
bury CALIFORNIAN, which follows there
after.
The Phoenix and the Caledonian
have always been rated as among the
most careful and conservative news
papers i'll the state, even though they
have recently and not so long since
taken on daily issues with their de-
mands for quicker and o1f-hand decis-
ions
They voice the very general feeling
of lukewarm discomfort with the
record Of Senator Page. They are APP
parently not affected by his claim that
eight years of service constitute an in
valuable asset. The very evidently
share in the demand for a further ac.
count of his stewardship, which he has
not yet recognized, or, if recognized
to which he has not seen fit to re
| spond.
The Phoenix endorses Mr.. Fletcher;
the CALIFORNIAN was the first to advo
cate the nomination of Governor
| Charles w. Gates, whose announce
mcnt is now expected almost daily
| The Herald believes that these repre-
sentative newspapers Indicate lin,
/ of CLEAVAGE which is ant ia RIM +brn,
ways throughout the state, and which
will very shortly demonstrate the ut
ter unreiability of straw votes anC
other old-fashioned methods of testing
public sentiment.
If it becomes a three-cornered con
test, with no individual candidat,
showing a preponderant strength, TIL,
Herald looks for further announce
ments, in which the traditional "darl
horse may very readily find place
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-11
DESTROY BERRY BUSHES.
That Is the Only Way to Save the Pine
Forest, Expert Says.

CHICAGO, Ill.,, July -. - That the
New England states are affected with
the white pine blister rust to a degree
not even imagined when the pest was
first discovered, and that whole forests
are in danger of being wiped out. is
the declaration here of s. 3. Detwiler
of Philadelphia, a forest expert, who
has been called in by the federal bureau
of plant industry to help in a survey
of the situation and an agitation for
cleanup methods.
1t was thought - said Mr.. Detwil-
er, on a trip west to look at the lake
states situation, ''that the rust was not
doing great damage. On the contrary
the beautiful ocean shore resorts are
likely to lose their entire shade tree
groves. The farmers wood lots in
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Yer
mont and the natural forests in Maine
are in imminent danger. The govern
ment and the state authorities are do
ing everything III their power to stop
the evil, but the people do not yet
realize the danger.
''At LenoX, Mass, one property
owner is at work cleaning up his beau
tiful grove, but the majority are ignor-
ing the condition that faces them.
1.-The only way that the pest can be
stopped is strangely enough by destroy
/ ing all gooseberry and currant bushes
in the vicinity of the pine trees. To
! the uniformed it should be explained
! that the rust, which attacks the pine
cannot propagate itself on the trees
The spores must have a Judgement on
one Of these berry bushes. The pest is
carried from the berry bush to the tree
whore it does its damage, but cannot
spread from one tree to another. III
/ has to return to q BUSH which it does
not damage, propagate there. then be
carried to another tree to continue it,
devastating work. Hence, by destroy
! ing the berry bushes we can stop the
pest, if the people will only realize tn,
| danger
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-11
Wrong Place for Spooning.
(St. bloomsbury Caledonian.l

The Brattleboro, Reformer in dis
eussing safety on the highways says:
+" Another danger spot is the narrow
road with sharp curves where it is
impossible to see ahead on account
of shrubs and trees. Automobiles have
considerable trouble at times when
they meet on such curves, but the
danger to them is by no means so
great as it is to the young man who is
holding his best girl in a buggy and
neglecting his horse. Now that the
automobile is so common on all our
highways we suggest that spooning on
the public highway be abolished Any
one concerned in the operation of an
automobile certainly cannot indulge in
any such pastime and it is more dan
gerous for anyone in a team. Chaper-
ones are so plenty these days that
plenty of spooning for the young can
be INDUCED in the summer camp OF
some place off the highways.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-11

One of the greatest curses of bust
ness in New England is credit. We dc
not mean the borrowing of money in
large sums in carrying on or in devel
oping business, but in the habit of al
lowing personal debts to accumulate
1t is good plan to pay as you go
but if you are pressed for money get
it all in one place and pay interest OF
it rather than have dozen small
tradesmen carry your name indefinitely
on the debtor S list.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-11
JUTE SUBSTITUTE FOUND.
Weed Which Grows Wild i'll Cuba Elk
pected to Supply Demand.

WASHINGTON, July II. Jute,
whether it figures i'll the form Of iute
bags or as burlap used for a variety
of purposes, from wrapping up to in
terror decorating and hnoleum MAX
ing, is one of the world s important
commodities
Hence more than ordinary interest
attaches to the possibility of finding
an acceptable iute substitute in Cuba.
The plant which is expected to sup
ply the fibre is the malva, weed
which grows wild in much of Cuba,
though of late years it has been cul-
tlVatcd for fibre. Samples of the fibre
as treated in the rather primitive
ways improved BY men cultivating it
IN China have been examined with
great interest ~ manufacturers of
gunnycloth in this country, and there
appears to be likelihood that it can
be employed with success, either pure
or mixed with iute, in the making
of bags.
If this proves true, Cuba has dis
| covered an important new industry as
result Of the war. There are about
eleven species of the plant in Cuba.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-11

sion of the legislature for the purpose
Of appropriating the necessary sum.
But why should not the state accept
the loan and save the several thousand
dollars that an extra session would
cost at least calculation? If the legal
aspect of the matter can be arranged
satisfactorily there certainly can be
nothing undignifed in such action. Can
it be that certain political powers fear
that acceptance of the loan would
have its effect on the senatorial cam
paign now under way?
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-11
Everyday
Wisdom q MSA
..DY bm#sto& 49, ~,
STAIR STEpS

There are two kinds of stair steps,
those which 20 up and those which 90
down. There are about as MANY of one
kind as there are of the other, and
where you find one kind you can usual
II look around and fad some of the
other in the same vicinity. Stair steps
are very gregarious.
Now and then a stair step gets off
by itself, but it is not much use. They
are more usually found in droves of
from fifteen to several hundred. Like
the bee, the stair step is efficient only
IN its relation to social group.
There is great waste in stair
steps. Most people find a superfuity Of
them wherever they go, and utilize
only about one-half of the steps pro-
vided. Every alternate stair step could
be done away with very well.
The chief competitors Of stair steps
are hills and elevators. You can get
up high as well by climbing n hill OF
riding III an elevator as you can By
using stair steps. An elevator IS a
much straighter liae between two
points than either stair steps or a hill
Steps always take yon a little bit out
OF the waythat Is. they always an.
gle about forty.five degrees. Circular
stair steps are an exception to this
rule; they take you directly where
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-11

Certain college professors seem at
times possessed to make startling
statements. perhaps just to see how
they look in print A Yale man, who
recently foolishly spoke Of splitting on
the flag, is undoubtedly a patriotic cit
lien, but he wanted to emphasize some
notion and he took that means to do
it-and succeeded. Now comes DR.
Balliett of the New York university
well known in New England, and
he declares that "the study Of the
constitution of the United States is q
waste of time That sort of talk
might 90 in congress, but it does not
belong in educat .onal circles.