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The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-05-02
GOVERNOR ISSUES
PROCLAMATION

Governor Nat. +. Harris has
issued proclamation calling
upon Georgians to enlist in the
National Guard Of the State and
thus bring glory to the flag of
the native state.
Every young man capable OF
bearing arms and within the
age limit should make an effort
first to become a unit in the
states own regiments and bring
them up to the required stand
ard.
Lieutenant Adams, of the LIST
Infantry, has his office still open
and will gladly receive all who
wish to volunteer for service.
You owe the same duty to your
state that you owe to the nation
and by enlisting in these Geor-
gia units you fulfill both.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-05-02
COUNTY BOARD VISITS THE
QUEENSLAND SCHOOL

Messrs L. Robitzsch lara Dor
miny, S. S Young and VIM. Williams
members of the County Board of Ed
ucation, and Messrs. Player and Geld
ers and Mrs. Z. Dorminy and child
rem were the guests OF the Domestic
Science Department of the Queens
land school at dinner Tuesday.
The Board made its official visit to
the school and farm and was well
pleased with the progress apparent on
all sides.
The school farm was in good shape
the shop work for the boys showed
up we'll and the sewing and fancy
work of the girls made splendid
impression on the board.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-05-02
GERMANy'S PEACE.NO DISORDERS IN
OFFER TOASTON|SH GERMANY MAY DAY

The Hague, Netherlands, May |.
(via London). DR. Won Bethmann-
Hollweg, the German imperial chan
cellor, will make another peace offer
in the reichstag on Thursday of this
week, according to ali announcement
made today by the Berliner Tageblatt.
The world will be astonished by
the moderation of the German peace
terms" said the General Anzeiger of
Dusseldorf, Germany, quoting in re-
cent dispatch from Berlin a. statement
given out to foreign CORRESPONDENTS in
Berlin. For several weeks it has been
intimated that Germany might soon
make another peace offer, and recent
information from Berlin showed that
Chancellor Won Bethmann- Hollwep
was expected soon to make an an
nouncement in regard to international
questions, although heretofore no
statement has come from respon-
sible quarter that peace offer actual
y would be made.
The announcement OF the chance1-
lor's plan to make a peace offer on
Thursday is given added weight by
the fact that it appears in the Tage-
blatt, one of the most widely circulat-
ed German newspapers.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-05-02
POLLARD IS DENIED NEW
TRIAL BY JUDGE HILL

Atlanta, Ga, May Judge Ben
Hill, in the Criminal Court, has hand
ed down decision declining the APP
peal for new trial of William Pol
lard, the street car strike leader, re-
Gently convicted of the charge of sub
ordination of perjury and sentenced to
a term of six years in the penitentiary
An appeal from the decision OF
Judge Hill at once will be taken to the
State Court of Appeals by Pollard's
counsel it was made known. Pol
lard's bond of $500, on which he
was freed from the Tower, will be
continued in force pending the out
come of the appeal in the higher
court.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-05-02
Especial to Leader Enterprise

Especial to Leader Enterprise.)
New York, May beyond an OF
ticially inspired dispatch from Berlin
stating that no disorders occurred in
Germany during May day, the veil Of
secrecy which has been drawn over
the situation i'll the Central empires
remains unbroken as far as any direct
news is concerned Indications are
that crisis had been reached in Cen
trail powers but the outcome is kept
from the outside world.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-05-02
MEET TO PROMOTE
MITIGATION Of
THE NATIONS
RESOURCES
Especial to Leader Enterprise J

Washington, May 2-Represcnta-
tives OF all states, including number
OF governors met today with the
council of national defense to pro-
mote unihcation of the nations ener-
gies and resources for the war by
closer cooperation between federal
and state agencies
Governor Harris, of Georgia, pre-
sented the prohibition question. and
urged other governors to recommend
1t as war measure to the president
and, the people of their state.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-05-02
KING GEORGE TO URGE
BRITONS TO EAT LESS

London, May liking George will
shortly issue a proclamation urging
the people to cconomize to the extent
|ot Is per cent in the consumption or
food, owing to the gravity of the sit
uation. The proclamation will be
read publicly from the steps of the
royal exchange in London and all
town halls throughout the country.
On Sunday it will be read in all
churches.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-05-02
AMERICA WILLING
TO SEND TROOPS
TO BATTLE FRONT
Especial to the Leader-Enterprise)

Especial to the Leader Enterprise)
Washington, May 1.-The French
commissioners today had assurances
that the American government is
willing to send troops to France, one
of the urgent recommendations they
brought to this country, when the AL
lies believe they can afford the neces-
sary ships for transporting an army
and its equipment across the Atlantic.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-05-02
HAIL STORM VISITS DISTRICT

A severe hail storm visited this sec
ton Tuesday afternoon, and hail as
large as a hen egg fell for some min
utes and it was thought that consider
able damage was done to farms and
gardens. This morning, however, re-
ports from all sections indicate that
the damage was very slight.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-05-02
RUSSIANS EVACUATE
TURKISH CITY

Especial to the Leader Enterprise)
Constantine, May 1.-The Evacua-
ton by Russians OF Mush in Turkish
Armenia is announced. The town has
been occupied by the Turks.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-05-02
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING

Shareholders of the Standard Sui
phur Co.. Of Louisiana are requested
to meet at the Stephens Furniture
Company store on Central Avenue
at 7:30 p. M Thursday. Matters OF
importance.
Itp. STOCKHOLDER.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-05-02

Gen. Pass. Agt w. w. Croxton,
OF the A. B. and A., spent Tuesday in
the county on an important mission.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-05-02

Wedding ard party invitations.
Style and quality the best.
Prompt service. Leader-Enter-
prise. TT
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-10-26
Classes Are Graded.

The classifications are as follows, and
shows every man registersd, to which zen
different classifications will be called TO
service
Class 1-Single men without dependent
relatives.
Glass married men Cor widower with
childrenl who habitually falls to support
his family.
Glass 3-Married man dependent on
wife for support.
Class Married man Cor widower
with children) not usefully engaged fam
ily supported by income independent OF
his labor.
Glass 5--Men not included in any other
description in this or other classes.
Cias~ s--Unskilled laborer.
Class 2.
l. Married man or father of mother
less children, usefully engaged, but fam
ily has sufficient income apart from his
daily labor to afford reasonably adequate
support during his absence.
{. Married man--no children--wife can
support herself decentiy and without
hardship.
8. Skilled farm laborer engaged in nec-
essary industrial enterprise.
4. Skilled Industrial laborer engaged
In necessary agricultural enterprise.
Glass 8:
on daily labor for support.
2 Man with aged, infirm or invalid
parents or grandparents, dependent on
daily labor for support.
petent to support themselves, dependent
on daily labor for support
4. County or municipal officer.
5. Fireman or policemen.
6. Necessary artificers or workmen in
arsenals, armories and navy yards.
z. Necessary custom house clerks.
8. Persons necessary in transmission
Of mails.
Q. Necessary employees in service of
10. Highly specialized administrative
experts.
IL Technical or mechanical experts in
12. Highly specialized agricultural ex-
pert in agricultural bureau of state or
nation.
13. Assistant or associate manager of
necessary Industrial enterprise.
IA. Assistant or associate manager of
necessary agricultural enterprise.
Glass A.
/. Married man with wife (and) or
pendent on daily Labor FOR support and
no other reasonably adequate support
available
@ Mariners IN sea service Of merchants
or citizens I'm United States.
3. Heads of necessary industrial enter
prises.
4. Heads of necessary agricultural en-
terprises.
Glass 8:
/. Officers of states or the United
States.
.. Regularly or duly ordained min
isters
4. Persons In military or naval service.
s. Aliens.
6. Alien enemies.
I Persons morally unfit
8. Persons physically. permanently or
8. Licensed pilots.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-10-26
DESTROYER HIT BY TORPEDO
City, Alabama, Boy, First Ma
val Victim.

Washington.-The first man killed
on ship of war since the Spanish war
has been sacrificed to German u
boat. The navy department announc.
ed that an American destroyer was
torpedoed in European waters, one
killed and five slightly wounded. The
vessel was not sunk and has since
made port.
No details of the encounter were
made public. The name of the ship
and the exact location of the attack
are withheld. But the casualties were
announced Immediately upon receipt
of message from Vice Admiral Sims,
in accordance with the pledge of Sec
retary Daniels to make public prompt
ly all casualties in the fleet abroad.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-10-26
HOLD ALL ENEMY PROPERTY
A. Mitchell Palmer, Former Repressn-
tative, Is Made Custodian Under
Alien Law-Act Al Trustee


Washington.-A. Mitchell Palmer -
Stroudsburg, Pa, former representa-
tive in congress, was appointed alien
property custodian under the trading
with the enemy law.
The alien property custodian Win
act as trustee for all enemy property
within the United States or issue h
censes exempting enemy concernn
from his supervision He may require
the transfer to himself of prDpsxty
held for, or any debt owed an eneEny
or an enemy ally, and any person hold
ing such property or owing such money
may transfer the property or pay EAa
money to the custodian with his cam
sent.
The alien property custodian wfh
hold such property or money until thu
end of the war and then deal with u
as congress may direct All funds or
ready money taken by the custodia2
may be invested In Liberty bon<1a an6
held in that form"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-10-26
B|LBO DISCUSSES LOAN
DELAYS NEGOTIATIONS UNTIL
AFTER THE LIBERTY BOND
CAMPAIGN ENDS.
Sale OF $1,75o,ooo Short Term Bonds
Authorized at Special Session VIII
Be Made To Parties Offering the
Best Terms.

Jackson.-Gov. Biibo stated in dis.
cussing the probabilities for floating
the loan of $1,750,OO0 authorized by
the legislature in extraordinary ses.
sion, that he had not yet been able to
get anywhere with the negotiations,
though he has already begun feeling
around for satisfactory terms. The
governor states that he is anxious to
get the money at less than per cent.
If possible and in view of the fact
that the loan is to be obtained on
short time negotiable paper, maturing
not later than July /, 1918, he has
hopes of being able to get at the most
at or 514 per cent rate, and so save
something for the state.
The governor hopes that after the
present Liberty bond wave, which is
now overspreading the country, has
passed, the financial concerns will get
back to something like normal, and
while the state may nave to wait a
bit longer, the delay might turn out to
be profitable.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-10-26
CR0WDER SOLVES
BIG DRAFT PROBLEM
SECOND DRAFT TO BE DIVIDED
INTO FIVE DIVISIONS ACCORD
ING TO DEPENDENCY.
TO SIMPLIFY SECOND CALL

Washington-Provo Marshal Cen
sral Crowder has solved the problem
of getting registered men without
cause for exemption first into the
army and calling last those with de-
pendents or Industrial need for them
at home
All the men in the second draft
will be divided into five classes.
Those in the first class will be
without dependents or Industrial de-
mand for them at home.
Those in the fifth class will be Grip
pies and others who could not serve
under any circumstances.
In the second, third and fourth
class will be those who are needed
at home or in the trenches in varying
degrees.
The second class will not be called
until the first class is exhausted; the
third class will not be called until the
second is exhausted, etc.
This will not only simplify the draft
machinery, but meet the objections
of farmers and munition makers.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-10-26
100000 FOR BEER FRorH.

London.-Last year 216,O00.o 900 pints
of beer we're sold to soldiers in the
army canteens os the United King
dom. An interesting fact brought ont
in the report from the army canteen
committee is that the value of the
froth on this beer figures out at near
ly s1,000,O00.
"When glasses are filled rapidly" !"
explains the report, there is always
certain amount of froth, and tho
barrels, therefore. yield more than the
number of gallons invoiced."
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-10-26
WILSON SETS OCT.28
AS DAY OF PRAYER.
PROCLAMATION DIRECTS US TO
PRAY FOR THE SUCCESS OF
OUR ARMIES.
FIGHT FOR WORLD LIBERTY

Washington. on.-President Wilson, by
proclamation, declares Sunday, Oct.
2S, as a day of prayer for the success
Of the American arms in the war, in
accordance with the recent resolution
OF congress.
The proclamation follows:
Whereas, the congress of the Unit
ed States, by concurrent resolution
adopted On the fourth day of the
present month of October. in view Of
the entrance of our nation into the
vast and awful war which now afflicts
the greater part of the world, has re-
quested me to set apart by official
proclamation day upon which our
people should be called upon to offer
concerted prayer to Almighty God
for his divine aid in the successes OF
our arms; and
Whereas, 1t behooves great free
people, nurtured as we have been in
the eternal principles of justice aud
of right, nation which has sought
from the earliest days of it's existence
10 De ODtultItL LO Iue ulFiHc tCdChih6 ,
which have inspired 1t in the exer-
else of it's liberties, to turn always to
the supreme Master and cast them
selves in faith at his feet, praying for
his aid and succor in every hour of
trial, to the end that the great aims to
which our fathers dedicated our pow
er as people may not perish among
men, but be always asserted and de-
Tended with fresh ardor and devotion
and, through the divine blessing, set
at least upon enduring foundations
for the benefit of all the free peo-
pies of the earth;
Nov, therefore. l, Woodrow Will
son, president of the United States,
gladly responding to the wish ex-
pressed by the congress, do appoint
Oct 2S. being the last Sunday Of the
present month, as a day of supplica.
tion and prayer for all the people of
the nation, honestly exhorting all my
countrymen to observe the appointed
day, according to their several faiths,
in solemn prayer that Gods blessings
may rest upon the high task which is
laid upon U.S. to the end that the cause
for which we give our lives and treas
ure may triumph and our efforts be
blessed with high achievements"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-10-26
TELLING BLOWS iN FLANnEEE
ARE CAUSING CRISIS iN
GERMANY.
HAS RESOURCES TO STRIKE
Secretary Baker In Weekly Re~ssw
Says American Forces In Francs
Are AccIimated, la Fine ces-
dition and Fighting TrIr-

Washington.--Gen. HaiE VIII csHr
duct a winter campaign. His blown i'm
Flanders have brought en- what prom
ises to be cabinet crisis In Germany
and the allies have sufficient wealth.
OF resources and material to Eeep xN
those blows.
The German Land and naval offenx-
i've against Russia is q desperate ef-
fort to bolster up the breaking mnxztn
of the German masses. What zdszns-
tages the enemy has gained in the Hail.
tic in NO way offset the allied victpxfes
in Flanders
These striking statements are n1nzG
by Secretary of War Baker in hin
weekly review of the progress OF ths
war.
In his review Secretary Baker txkas
occasion to comment on what America
is doing in France. He says:
''Our men in France, after three
months intensive training, are I'M
splendid physical condition and efff
cient fighting trim. They have already
become acclimated and feel At home
in the war zone.
"Our troops have met with the zaszs
warm-hearted and enthusiastic recep-
tion on the part OF the armies and Dso-
pie of France The health OF our naGn
overseas is reported as excellent
"The week just closed has beeu eua
of relative quiet on all fronts
bad weather already prevails 21nAE
the western front, wintry conditions
will soon set in and the terrain viii de-
come increasingly difficult for sff2ck
ing troops. Nevertheless the pooeney
OF allied material and men, the 1Ecnr
mutation Of the technical MEANS -
combat and the preparations which
have been going on for many months
will make 1t possible for the Brftfsh
and French commanders to nfunph
over natural obstacles and with few-
short intervals we may expect the 80
fensive to press forward"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-10-26
French Attack Enemy on AIsne.

Paris.-The French attacked the
German lines on the Aisne front after
a heavy bombardment. The war of.
flee reports that the German positions
were penetrated and that 100 prison
ers were taken.
A German attack on the Verdun
front on the right bank Of the Meuse
was repulsed. The announcement
adds:
Twenty bombs were dropped by av-
iators In the region of Dunkirk. No
victims are reported. On Oct 16 two
German airplanes were brought down
by our automobile artillery"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-10-26
I TWO DEsTROYERS
ARE SUNK BY MINE
TWO GERMAN TORPEDO BOATS
SUNK IN MINE FIELDS IN
MOON SOUND.
FRENCH ATTACK ON AIsNE

Petrograd.-Two German torpedo
boats were sunk in the mine fields in
Moon sound, the war office announces.
The sailors of the main Russian Bal.
tic fleet are reported to be keen to
fight. The men at Kronstadt are de.
manding that the ships be sent out to
meet the Germans, but the government
Is understood to have taken the posi-
tion that as the enemy forces are Of
superior size it would be disastrous
TO leave Petrograd undefended.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-10-26
FIRE ON LlFERoArs-
German Torpedo Boats Fire On S~sss
Ltfeboa<x-

Stockholm -Newspaper accounts -
the attack by German raiders an Con-
voys in the North sea says two Ger
man cruisers and three torpedo boatz
fired r1thlessly on the merchantman
and subsequently on their hfeboats.
They made no effort to spare the aivea
of the seamen. The loss involved n
the sinking OF the two Swedish ree
sells amounts to 2,000.00 kroner
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-10-26
AMERICANS GET SECRETS.
Capture Teuton Airpianes and Learn
Secrets Of Mechanism.

American Training Camp In France.
A number of American army Of
ficers inspected the German Zeppelin
L--49, brought down intact by French
aviators. The machinery and instru-
ments of the airship were undam-
aged. the first instance of it's kind
since the beginning of the war. All
the German airship secrets are now
known to the Americans.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-10-26
Wisconsin Senator Shot.

Milwaukee, Wis. - United States
Senator Paul 0. Husting, Of Wiscon-
sin. died at farm house near Rush
Lake, Wis, as the result OF wounds
accidentally inflicted upon him with
shotgun by his brother, Gustave,
while hunting ducks
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-10-26
CAPTURE ALL DETECTIVES.
Joint Attacks BY British and French
Win Against Teutons.

WIN Against Ieutons.
London.-Highly successful opera
tons in the neighborhood Of Poelca-
pelle and in conjunction with the
French. south of Houtholst forest, are
reported by Field Marshal Haig. The
whole of the objectives, including
many strong points, were captured
The British carried other valuable po-
sitions southeast of Poelcapelle beyond
their objectives, and. cooperating with
the French. captured the southern de
fenses of Houtholst forest
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-10-26
Indians Don War paint.

El Paso. Texas.-Yaqui Indians at.
tackled Mexican federal column un-
der command of Col. Torres, marching
from Sinaloa into Sonora, and routed
the federais, according to information
received here.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-10-26

Petrograd.-All Russian naval units.
except observation elements. have sue.
ceeded in getting out of Moon Sound
without losses and are protecting the
northern entrance to the sound.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-10-26
British Bag is AirpIanes.

London-Fifteen German airplanes
were brought down by the British avi
ators in recent fighting over the battle
area in Northern France. German air
dromes and railway stations were
bombed heavily.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-10-26
Leprosy In Mississippi.

Leprosy In Mississippi.
The Mississippi state board OF
health has encountered in connection
with its campaigning for more
healthful and consequently more pros.
porous people, every known disease,
communicable and otherwise, mild,
pernicious or virulent, from sore toe
to yellow jack. With most of these
ailments the officials know how to
deal, and are prepared to handle and,
IL necessary, to segregate. But there
is one ailment with which they have
had little experience, and with the
handling of which they are not pre-.
pared. This is leprosy.
DR.. w. S. Leathers, executive Off
Ger of the state board of health, re.
ports the startling fact that pro.
l.ounced case of leprosy has been re.
ported by one of the health officers on
the Mississippi gulf coast. The vic.
tim has been for several years, ac-
cording to the reports received. an
employe of one of the oyster packing
plants and has been afflicted with the
loathsome taint for the past three or
four years. Gradually the symptoms,
or, as the geologist would say, the out
groupings became SO pronounced that
the case was brought to the attention
of physicians, and 1t has been finally
diagnosed as pronounced case of
leprosy.
AS stated by DIR. Leathers, he has
reported the case to Surgeon-General
Rupert Blue of the United States pub.
lie health service, asking advice as to
the handling of this or other cases
that may develop.
There is no institution in Missis'
sippi prepared and equipped for the
segregation and handling of leprosy.
and there are no private hospitals or
sanatoriums that will receive them.
In the present case the only thing that
the health officials can do is to keep
the man afflicted under surveillance,
pending advices from Surgeon-Gen-
eral Blue.
Dr. Leathers is busy looking over
the proofs of his biennial report to
the legislature, and it promises to be
a most interesting and instructive pub.
lication, showing the great amount
and diversity of work done during the
period covered.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-10-26
To control Bones and Fats.

washington.-Pla for government
control of all meat bones and fats now
generally sold by butchers, hotels. res
taurants and clubs to meat packers
for use in making soups, oleomarga-
rine and greases, were presented to
Food Administrator Hoover by Louis
Steinfeld. of New York.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-10-26
eritaIns Bomb Ostend.

London British forces carried out
a bombardment of the naval works at
Ostend. Photographs taken show the
results of the bombardment to have
been satisfactory.