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The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-09-17
YOUNG COUPLE CONVICTED
OF KILLING THEIR BABY
BECAUSE OF A CLUB FOOT

Nashville, Tenn, September IL
Lonnie Wilson and his wife, Lille,
couple in their teens, charged with
causing their newborn baby to bleed
to death and burning the body in the
CRATE, today were convicted in the
criminal court of involuntary man
slaughter, the husband being given
from one to frye years in prison, and
the wife ninety days in the work
house
In an alleged confession testified to
by police officers, the two were &C
credited with dwelling on the dread
with which they awaited the childs
birth, because OF seeming heredi-
tary deformity in the mothers family.
When the child was born it is SAID
to have had club foot.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-09-17
CHEAPER COAL TO
CONSUMER IS AIM

Washington, d. G., Sept 15.-Plans
fer taking care of the small consum-
ers' coal needs this winer by requisi-
tioRing so-called spot coal at the mine
And directing its sale through local
dealers at govcrnmentfxcd prices
were disclosed tonight by DIR. II. A.
Garfield, the fuel administrator
The FIRST move under this arrange
naent, DIR. Garfield explained, will be
10 ascertain through state fuel admin
istrstors soon to be named the exact
requirements OF each state with the
amounts that have been contracted
fer. These will be assembled and the
total supply among the country
ssaines. Operators will be required to
trim their contracts enough 10 enable
them to supply the necessary amount
OF spot coal
The amount OF the probable def
cheney in coal i'll each state will be
ascertained by state administrators
through local committees which also
will be charged with distributing the
coal when obtained The coal will be
handled through regular dealers, but
the committees will see that ii is APP
portioned properly.
A general rcadjustment OF mine
prices fixed recently by President
Wilson will be recommended by Dr..
Garfield within the next few weeks. 1t
is regarded as likely that many Of the
prices, based on cost Of production
figures, will be increased slightly No
individual mine prices will be revised
permanently until the entire new scale
is worked out.
Retail prices will be fixed for every
community in the country, possibly
within two weeks. The prices will be
tentative and will remain in force
until final prices are fixed on the rec
concentrations Of the local commit
tees. The new retail prices, DR. Gar
field said today, will represent CON
siderable reduction in costs to the
consumer
Jobbers and retailers, under the re-
tail price-hxing plan, stand TO lose
money on any coal they may have
purchased and stored at the high
prices that have prevailed, and one
reason for delaying the fixing Of re
tail prices, Or Garfield said today
was TO give them an opportunity tc
get rid OF their stocks.
DR.. Garfield said:
u would not advise the consume
10 store any coal at the present price
because prices probably will b,
brought down.
The labor situation in mines is Civ
ing the fuel administration consider
able concern. Miners in man,
fields are demanding higher wages
which operators decline to pay OH tn,
ground that the government IKE,
rrices for coal will not permit an,
Increased cost Of production.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-09-17
before the boil weeyil arrived.
1000 Bales Last Season

Last year, the first year with thc
boil weevil, there was marketed here
about 1000 bales. A large number Of
farmers of this section did not plant
any cotton at ali this year, and many
who planted wish now they had not,
Notwithstanding the very interesting
prices A great many who had as
much as twelve acres of cotton to the
pillow this year will pick only enough
for one bale. One tenant near here
who had about five acres in cotton
will hardly pick 800 pounds Of seed
cotton All farmers have splendid
crops OF corr, velvet beans and pea
nuts.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-09-17

Mr.. Atterbury already is is France
and in active charge OF all railroads,
docks and highways under Gen. Per-
shing.
transportation behind the lines is
the greatest OF all problems for the
modern army and the government
proposes to give Gen. Pershins the
most complete system that Esney
and brains can provide
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-09-17
CRISP PRESIDING OFFICER

Washington, Sept. l4-Consress-
man Charles II. Crisp today preside
over the House while that body was
passing the seven-billon- dollar sen-
eral deficiency bill.
Mr.. Crisp also presided over the
House while it was recently consider
ing the resolution declaring this couu-
Try tO be at war with Germany, and
while the bill providing $o75, 0oo, 600
Tor aviation purposes was under CON
sideration.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-09-17
IS MADE
DIRECTOR GENERAL

Washington, D. c., Sept 14-Ap-
pointment of W. W. Atterbury, vice
president of the Pennsylvania Rail
road, as director general Of transport
tatlon OF the United States expedi-
tionary force in France was announc-
ed tonight by the War Department.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-09-17
CABINET CRISIS NOW HAS
ATTENTION OF KERENSKY

Petrograd. Sept l5.-The cabinet
crisis continued all day The evening
newspapers assert that Premier Ker-
ensky is in very difficult position
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GET EXPLOSIVE FROM FLOWER
British Scientists Discover That Bios
som Of Mahua Tree in India Ia
Rich in Acetone.

The munitiOn output of India has In
two years been increased a thousand
fold, mainly through the discovery that
one of India's cOmmonest blossoms, the
flower of the mahua or mhowra tree.
contains acetone in quantity. This tree
Is widely known to all travellers In
Britain's Asiatic empire, but its use as
n base for explosives is at least one
thing new under the sun, says the
Scientific American.
When the war broke out, acetOne.
which forms the chief Ingredient Of
cordite, was extracted mainly from
wood, maize, and starch; and the Brit
ish admiralty erected great factory
for the process of acetOne recovery
from starch. But fortunately two Eng
lish scientists in Hyderabad discovered
that the mahua flowers contained ace
tone in larger proportions than 1t is
found in any other vegetable substance
that this inoffensive bloom was ten
time richer in the material in ,ques-
ton than any known wood. In fact
the director general of ordnance fox
India reports that the mahua is BY
all odds the best source for acetone
known.
Manufacture on n large scale is now
under way and it is whispered that the
abundance of munitions with which
the British forces in Mesopotamia ap
pear to be blessed Is to be attributed
to the new discovery.
The Ordway new era., 1917-06-15

Washington, June S.-With official
returns of the selective draft registra-
ton coming in slowly to the War De-
partment, government officials are
satisfied that the total registration
probably will exceed 100000. Com
plete reports from seven states and
the District of Columbia received at
the provost marshal generals office
Thursday gave a total of S16,4O7 men
registered, as compared with their
census estimate of S4S,917.
The estimates were based on the
census of 1910, to which the Census
Bureau had added its estimate of the
growth Of population for each section.
The figures, therefore, were not an
absolute criterion for comparison.
Pennsylvania registered almost a
hundred thousand more men than cen
sus estimates, according to figures re-
ceived by the War Department. Gov
ernor Brumbaugh reported the regis
tration Of 95O,30O. The census figures
anticipated were s7s,3ss.
The War Department is working on
regulations for the second step in the
army draft, selection by lot of pro-
portion of young men registered.
while the provost marshal generals
office was compiling data on the reg.
istration.
1t may take week or ten days to
complete the nationwide tabulations.
Then the War Department will pre-
scribe rules for drawing names of men
who are to be examined before local
or precinct exemption boards and for
the composition Of these boards and
of boards of review to which those
drafted may appeal.
A call for definite number of
troops will be issued. each state will
be notified to contribute a certain
proportion and state. authorities in
t1rn will determine allotments for
subdivisions.
Officials noted that the returns
received SO far indicate that more
than half of the men registered either
claimed exemption or gave facts
which might exempt them. The War
Department may issue guiding
statement for boards of exemptions,
but actual decision .on each case will
be left to the local authorities. EN-
phasis is laid on the determination to
prescribe no class exemptions. but to
pass on cases individually.
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Itineraries so rs t bump into few Ma
tional league games. Department
store girls are organizin' int little
clumps t giggle all tn way t. Putin
Bay er Mommoth Cave an back.
Young wives who have tided over the'r
first winter in harness are packin' ther
pnstebOard suitcases fer extended WIS.,
its back t. mother where they kin git
little sympathy an review tn past
in peace, while flat-bred babies are
shrinkin' an witherin' fer tn open air
while ther parents ore tryin' t mort
gage tn golden oak davenport fer
enough t git t. tn woods.
Whether you work er live with your
wife's folks ther is no tonic like q
change o. scene. Careworn stenog.
raphers who have held t'gether on
doughnuts all winter should seek tn
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In an article In this months "Hen
an Home" Miss Fawn Lippincut says:
"WIth our modes of quick transporta-
ton now so available t. all has devel-
oped natural aversion t work, tn
Saturday half-holiday an deep root
ed hatred fer tn indoors. Now comes
a happy solution O. tn unbearable mo-
notony O. n weekend in tn stuffy city,
with its overcrowded street cars an
parks. A weekend In
tn country! This custom has been
poplar fer ages with our English cous-
ins. Fer one who does not care t
tango on tn broad verandas O. tn
road house, er git picked at a sticky
table under fan, ther is no diver
sion so thoroughly delightful as
weekend in some quiet rural retreat.
So, accordin' t. all Indications, ther
seems t. be no escape fer our country
relatives.
"But one should not set out on a
weekend visit t. Uncle Johns without
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THE Weekend VISIT TO THE COUNTRY

with tn milkin' er takin' Aunt Lide's
mind of her work. Theirs egg hunt
In in tn hay NOW, drinkin' butter milk
from gourd, eXplorin' tn dark re-
cesses o. tn smoke house, revelin' In
tn mysteries O. tn silo, delvin' int tn
inner workin's O. tn hen house, TIL
charm o. crankin' up tn cream sepa-
rator, studyin' tn amusin' contour O.
new calf, marvelin' at tn graceful
dips O. tn chicken hawk, notin' tn
etiquette o. tn field hands ms they dine
al fresco on tn bnck porch, an gath
erin daisies along tn messy banks O.
tn crystal stream ms it sings Its way
through TIL velvety meadow. Where
no stream Is available one may gather
Bouncin' Betty's as they nod in pro-
fusion in tn fence corners.
Indeed bright tin whistle for
Master John. sheet o. rag fer Annie,
one er two nickel se-gnrs fer Uncle
John. err pair o black Isle mits fer
Aunt I.ide, is money well Invested
when we consider tn invigoratin' air,
The Ordway new era., 1917-06-15
Decisions Of Supreme Court.

Reversed the decision in the lower
court whereby John R. Lawson was
convicted of murder in the first de-
new trial.
Reversed the case of Louis Zan-
canelli, convicted of the murder Of one
Belcher and ordered a new trial.
In John Lawson's case and the Zan-
canelli case the attorney generals Of
flee confessed error.
Granted Henry A. Lindsey a judg-
ment of $4,000, with interest at eight
per cent for ten years, in payment Of
his servicts as city attorney of the
city and county of Denver.
Affirmed the judgment in the case
Of DR.. NO. Hamilton who was SEN
fenced to ten years in the peniten-
tiary from Denver for the perform
ance of criminal operation.
The two most important cases
passed upon by the court are those OF
John R. Lawson and Louis Zancanelli,
both of which cases grow out of the
famous labor troubles of few years
ago. Both were convicted in Las Ami
mas county where Judge CRANKY
Hillyer presided.
The case of May Ray, charged with
Staying her husband, a saloonkeeper
at Oak Creek, on the night of Nov. Z,
1915, was disposed of. The verdict Of
the lower court. convicting her of Sec
ond degree murder, was affirmed.
The Supreme Court held that although
the instructions of the trial court
should have called for manslaughter
sentence, that was an error not per-
mitting a reversal
The Ordway new era., 1917-06-15

TIL sight n some majestic mountain.
tn sweet strains O. n Venetian band, er
some strikin' bit o architecture II
often transform crusty bookkeeper.
er bring tn luster O. a new .phaeton t
tn long dormant eye O. tn steady en-
ployee. Even n new blond trimmer II
quicken tn pulse an cause one t
emerge from the beaten rut If only fer
tn instant.
Some folks act like they were put
tin one over on tn welfare O. tn com
munity when they take vacation.
Theirs never any noticeable let-up In
tn machinery O. business while some
Indispensable felIer Is fishin'. Prog
ress never feels tn vacation period, an
yet when some fellers git back from
n little outin' they expect t find des-
olation an ruin.
The Ordway new era., 1917-06-15

Jist as Lafe Bud wuz startin' fer
Silver Lake this mornin' on his annual
vacation his canoe, Minnie, wux at
tached fer tn costs o. hisn first divorce.
Thus we're reminded that tn vacation
season has rolled around agin.
Folks that has skimped along all
winter on turnips an watermelon pre-
serves are cieckin' out ther savin's fer
flshin' poles, white shoes. foldin cots.
gasoline, cottage rent an boat hire,
while they allow tn easy payments on
player planners, sewin' machines an
diamond rings t. lapse int innocuous
desuetude. Pale thin husbands are
borrOwin' their own money on twenty.
year policies at eight per cent an plan
min t. git away an train back t ther
ole forms agin. Dried up lawyers
wearin' tn court room palor an al
paca coats are arrangin' Their vacation
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Kin Hubbard ESSAYS
VACATION DAYS

rugged grandeur O. tn mountains
where they kin familiarize 'emselves
with tn commonest rules O. spellin'
unobserved. TIL gnarled an tired
farmer, whether he be O. bropd er mar
row means, should lose himself among
TIL stately sky scrapers O. tn congest-
ed city, fer away from tn din an
clamor o. his painting fiock&.
T. most O. us vacation Is only
change o. venue, but even n change o
venue removes us from tn same ole
tiresome courthouse square, an tn
same ole tiresome delivery horses, an
tn same ole prominent citizens-th
same ole speckled films in tn same ole
nickel the-ater o. our daily lives.
How quickly anything out o. tn or
binary awakens new interest an
causes us fer tn instant t. fergit NIL
tn petty annoyances O tn daily grind.
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lAantell.s 0hest Story.

Robert Mantell tells OF a barnstorm-
ing company In the West in the old
Gays that made q try at Shakespeare.
considerable complaint was heard reln-
live to the efEortsi Of the man who es-
sayed to do the ghost In "Hnmlet."
One day dramatic man on losnl
paper said to- the leading man:
'sThat fellow who plays the ghost
3ioes not suggest the supernatural"
II should say not" assented the
3eadipg man with salacrity, 'but he does
suggest the natural super."-Every-
pody's Magazine.
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Il SIX
I'D i BABY
tas So Weak
n Her Bed
4 Z / Help.
M TORTURE
~ oereNot Again After Taking
y1ptno assA Stslohe More Than
- Hes u Over Eighteen

: a WAs down In bed and couldn't
,AEales ~ bead or move without help
+, ard n61 Tn able to do all my house.
wokk. even to my cooking and garden
wesk add weigh more than have in
e&GAteen years and have been taking
TanlAc only about four weeks" said
4s& Dcllie Hawkins, 1906 Second ave-
ma. scuth, Birmingham. Ala, recent
u.
sTor years." continued Mrs. Haw-
W kins, Il suffered with rheumatism and
'lacute indigestion. The rheumatism
eot me down In bed and had me bound
70 hard and fast somebody had to
move me about and the pain was ter
Fible. I couldn't lift my six-months-old
baby. and had to hire someone to wait
ON me and do my work. I was so
nervous the least little thing dropping
on the floor would startle me and my
heart would almost stop beating. I
lscouldn't eat any solid food at all and
was In such rundown condition my
baby fell OF until 1t was just little
=, skeleton and fretted and cried all the
time. No kind Of medicine did me any
good and I was getting worse all the
-tme.
sIf ever . medicine did wonders,
-Tanlac did It for me and my little ba-
sby. I felt better In just few days
after began taking 1t. / have taken
three bottles and I am not nervous In
the least now and my sleep is fine and
rests me. The awful rheumatic pains
and misery IL all gone. can eat any,
ut mi U
4ives me nourishment but my baby Is
las fat as little pig and sits for hours
:at q time on . pallet and plays with
sout whimpef. Tanlac has made a
well woman Of me and fat, healthy
baby out Of my little sickly one, and
h'm just 50 thankful for what Tnnlac
has done for MS want everybody to
know about this great medicine"
! There is Tsniac dealer in your
kown. Adv.
The Ordway new era., 1917-06-15
STATECAPITOL
NEWS
Newspaper Union News Service.
SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
Governor to Ask Assemblymen to Con-
slider War Measures.

slider war Measures.
Denver-In order that preparatory
measures for war conditions may be
decided on, Gov. Gunter announced
that he would call a special session OF
the Legislature soon. No definite date
has been set, but it is believed that
1t will come early in July.
The matter of appropriations for
war expenses will be one of the main
issues before the session. Governor
Gunter called attention to a telegram
received by him from Governor w. D.
Stephens of California. in which 1t is
pointed out that California has just
appropriated 100000 for the use Of
the governor alone in the mainten-
ance of his war councils, $1,000,0O0 for
state defense, and another $1,0OO,0O
for emergencies. The announcement
by Governor Gunter that special ses-
sion has been decided on followed
numerous conferences with the vari-
Gus boards of the war council.
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Midland Places $3.50, 900 Rail Order.

railroad placed an order for $S50,000
worth of 90-pound steel rails to build
40 miles of track in pursuance &C the
program for rebuilding and providing
for new extensions. An order has also
ben placed for 100000 oak ties and 100
steel under-frame freight cars 1t was
announced that the work of improving
the road would start in July with
construction.
The Ordway new era., 1917-06-15
Forbids Gambling on Ball Games.

District Attorney w. E. Foley or
dered gambling in poolrooms Of Den.
yer stopped. All baseball mutuels,
taking or making of wagers or bets
and all other forms of gambling were
forbidden in a signed manifesto. He
based his action on complaints from
parents of boys who have patronized
the pools and who have been losing
much of. their small earnings in the
hope of winning some Of the large
pots" that are raised The order
went into effect Immediately.
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bein' thoroughly qualified t. look after
Their own entertainment, for tn farm
is busy place where lulls are few an
widely scattered. Fer tn jaded clerk,
yeller stenographer an crpsty business
man ther kin be no more restful en-
ioyment than quiet snooze ON bar
rel stave hammock in tn cool shade
o. a taulphy hawkin tree where tn
rattle O. tn cash carrier an tn clatter
- tn typewriter never penetrate
where tn only sound that disturbs our
delitium d III hum O tn bees O. th'
'latteo u n gaily plu1pAged wcodpsek-
~ w II p1ugs away a. n tin-cAppsd
liIspSl y ~ f1sn opaes 1 ssls 4 "
;s
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INA eilss,ee.

They were dancing merrily. this
|kopng man and. the young woman, and
|sNere taking Of nothing at all, when
the girl asked:
.Hax@ ron enlisted7"
No. answered the youth.
saavdIist you Joined the Officers Re-
lve corraf' M
III ne, not yet. haven't thought
nbout that sort. of thing"
E3ASe1't you done anything about
~ youth replied.
u ! - ~ girl stopped dnnc-
Sxon would take me to n seat.
4 ~ MT q want to dance with
|ysp J. lsin9t1n Star.
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Firth Tornado Hit. Oklahoma.

Oklahoma City, Okla.-Fifty build
ings In the business district of Perry,
Okla, were demolished by tornado
which struck the town Thursday. Al
though several persons are reported
to have been injured, all are expected
to recover. The damage is estimated
at $150,O0O. The tornado was the
fifth In Oklahoma during the past
week. lAt ..4A.
The Ordway new era., 1917-06-15
Get Down to War svsiness-raft.

Ames, 1owa.-The people Of the
United States must get down to busi-
ness and give up their happy-go-lucky
style during the war with the Kaiser,
William Howard Taft told graduates
Of the Iowa State College here The
war against kaiserism will be hard
one, struggle that may last years
and years, he told his auditors. I'VE
may have % give mp million men to
'tres the world Of PruesiAntsm, n the
fpfner Presi14nt said. -3sTnany =
~ o6nquss.ed ~ will ~ - vithepk
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RETURNS ON
REGISTRATION
REPORTS INDICATE THAT MUM.
Der OF YOUNG MEN EN-
ROLLED EXCEEDS
10000, 900.
SECOND STEP IN DRAFT
REGULATIONS FOR CHOOSING
REGisTRANTs FOR ACTIVE
SERVICE BEING DRAWN.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington. June s. Official re-
turns from the various states on
Tuesdays registration and estimates
from states where the official count
has not been completed, follow:
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wife Of Burglar Seeks Pardon.

Mrs. Juanita Maddox, wife OF Claude
Maddox, who is serving term in the
Canon City penitentiary for a series of
burglaries committed in Denver.
sought the aid Of the Denver police in
procuring pardon for her husband.
who, she declared. is dying from bull
let wound received Jan. 9, 1916, when
Maddox and Harry L. Adams were
surprised by Special Officer Joseph
c. Clark in an attempt to rob an
apartment in Denver hotel.
The Ordway new era., 1917-06-15
Poreh."

tn sootless blue heavens TIL towerin'
biscuits with apple butter, fried Rhode
Islands an elderberry pie. It's worth
all tn gasoline er car fare 1t takes,
believe me.
'"rher are some things t remember
II you are plannin' weekend visit t
tn country. Don't depend on your
aunt fer talcum. Milady's weekend
travelin' bag should contain (besides
those articles which she would o
course take with her on trip &
ut. Vernon. " any place which would
require her & ~ away from. her eold
MI tN0 m thsss Iishts) ! spool y
wh1ts thread I'M e0 M chow n, :
|! ss,s v S 81: 4
The Ordway new era., 1917-06-15
Marital Consideration.

A considerate man who really wants
to make his wife happy will look de-
jected and miserable at the station
when she Is leaving for the summer.
She carries heavy heart with her If
he happens to be brutal enough to
look as If he were anticipating n hot
old time.-HoustOn Post.
The Ordway new era., 1917-06-15
SiAIE lNTo YOUR SHOES

~ Satiseptic powder to be
Eh6SGS l1s6 - ehois anA speinkled in the foot
2e9e1lsv1s palnfnl, swollen, smarting feet
~ Q1103 - e13ng ou1 Of corns and bunions.
E6019 - 1i1ah ard French troops at the
&Nnse ysn&.neso i . certain relief for
E11Glg 4 ~ x9eE GoslovsEywhere-Adv.
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ratsd 10 Be Told.

Il ogeS slx, had been going
~ ~ Y two weeks when she
|i1f1 H. n 4 llkter one day: Mother,
Il m a md the prettiest and
~ o11f = lsin our class" Her
fth elated, exclaimed !:
acher tell you that,
III u = mare CO." and al
The Ordway new era., 1917-06-15
Lieut.. Packard Ordered to Texas.

DR.. Robert G. Packard, one of the
first Denver men to obtain reserve Of
ficers commissions since the war
started, left for Fort Sam Houston,
Tex, where he has been ordered to
report for duty.