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The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-04-25
KAISER SAYS FRENCH
OFFENSIVE FAILED

Amsterdam, April 23.-An official
dispatch from Berlin says that En-
peror William has sent the follow
ing telegram to the Crown Prince:
THE troops of all the German
tribes under your command, with
steel-hard determination and strongly
led, have brought to failure the great
French attempt to break through on
the Aisne and in Champagne There,
also the infantry again has to bear
the brunt of fighting and thanks to the
interchangeable assistance of the artil-
lery and other arms has accomplish
cd great things in its dcath-defying
perseverance and irresistible attacks.
Convey my and the Fatherland's
thanks to the leaders and men.
The battel on the Aisne and
Champagne is not yet over, but all
who fight and bleed there shall know
that the whole of Germany will re-
member their deeds and is as one
with them to carry through the fight
for existence to victorious end.
God grant it."
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-04-25
EKfOOL CHILDREN OF
ATLANTA TRAINING
FOR USEFUL ARMY

Atlanta, Ga, April 24-Ten thous-
;zRds Atlanta children have been or
szaized into an army to fight for the
listed States under the command of
tssesr teachers as captains and their
pF5Reipals as colonels
And though they will neither dig
trenches nor manipulate machine
gszas nor soar above the enemy's
fRnes IN aeroplanes, the fighting they
EIH do IS, equally as valuable and i'm
pegtznt as the soldiers work on the
hsz1ieheId, for they are an army OF
hack yard gardeners
Practically every child from the
EsHsfh grade up in the public school
OF Atlanta has been enlisted in the
Vegetable campaign of 1917, and the
azSgzx of school-directed gardening
IS TO bc made a permanent feature OF
dsoe CITY school department.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-04-25
NEGROES RETURNING
TO THE SUNNY SOUTH

Atlanta Ga, April 24.-The exc
dus of negroes from the South to
northern cities, where they have been
lured by immigration agents holding
out false promises of high wages and
social equality with white people,
seems to have reached the high
water mark and is now receding, with
a backswing of negroes toward the
South
But hundreds of the poor victims
will never return, and extremely pitt
full reports come from the charity and
social service organizations in north
ern cities, telling of the suffering and
hardships endured by Southern ne
groes who went from the warm eli
mate of their native land to the bit
ter cold winter of the north.
The accounts Of these hardships
told by engroes who have been so
fortunate as to get back to the south
will probably do more than anything
else to stop the northern exodus.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-04-25
SUGAR MAY BE OUT OF
REACH OF THE POOR

Atlanta Ga, April 24-One of the
first sacrifices on the altar of war is
going to be the national sweet tooth,
and it is quite probable that South
ern people old enough to remember
the privations Of the Civil War, and
the hardships of the Reconstruction
period, will again be teaching the
younger generation the art OF sweet
ening coffee and tea with syrup and
molasses
Already high in price, sugar is
still on the climb, and the Atlanta
wholesale grocers declare the end is
not yet in sight They fully expect
to see sugar so precious in a few
months that none but millionaires
can use as much as they have been
accustomed to in normal times, while
candy will become luxury in which
none but the rich can indulge.
The Cuban revolution is given as
one of the first contributing causes
of the high price OF sugar In the
unsettled conditions caused by the
revolution the production and ship
ment of sugar we're both curtailed
and now that the. revolution is over
the supply of ships is becoming
smaller and smaller.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-04-25
PAPERS SCORE BIG
GAIN IN ADVERTISING

KcE Work, April 23-The news
paper as national advertising me-
saaENa IN the United States and Canada
szza<Se remarkable progress" during
the last two years, according to the
SozEth annual report of the Bureau OF
Advertising of the American News
paper Publishers Association made
RHstsc here tonight
The annual convention OF the asso-
4rsatixsa cOnyenes in this city tomor-
.ESM
Newspapers gained $200OO,OOO in
ADVERTISING during 1916 over the pre-
1Sding year and magazines $o,000,000
sssESxs computed by the bureau show
5ExIng the first three mnoths of this
gRzz there was further increase oil
IS per cent over the corresponding pc
rod IN 1916.
Ira 1910" the report states, cit is
xstIamtcd that newspapers gained s.
Per cent III general advertising over
Asd5, SO that slightly more than $75,-
SsAoW was spent by national advertis-
zsg as compared to $55,0O0,000 in
1915 Gains were also scored during
1916 by magazines which showed a
6Sss for 1915.
1T IS interesting to note that the
newspaper gain in general advertising
for the three months of 1917 was made
IA The face of record-breaking fig
Kre So 1916 and in spite of conditions
ElEzt ere more or less unsettled. That
Esar business advanced in spite of
raises in rates, the paper shortage,
legislation restricting certain classes
~ advertising deemed undesirable is
worthy of more than passing com
NIeng"
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-04-25
VINSON ADVOCATES
SELECTIVE DRAFT

Washington, D, c., April 23.-The
reasons liz support of The general
states army bill favored by President
Wilson are being studied by the
people throughout Georgia and they
are indicating their approval of the
administrators course in adopting
the principle Of universal liability to
service.
Representative Carl Vinson, of the
Tenth District today came out in Wig
orous support of the principles of sell
ective draft in raising an army. He
charged the House military affairs
committee with rank cowardice" in
reporting bill which forces the Pres
| ident to take entire responsibility for
putting CONSUMPTION into effect
dn formal statement of the reas-
ons impelling him to support the
measure, Representative Vinson said,
in part:
by the adoption of the war resolu-
ton, Congress directed the President
TO employ the entire military and ma
val forces of the United States, and
pledged all the resources of the coun-
try to bring the war to successful
termination
Il will not hamstring the comman-
der and chief Of the army by refusing
to give him an army raised by the
method which he and his military ex-
perts have recommended and APPROX
ed. |, therefore shall vote for the
principles of selective draft; first, be-
cause the President and his military
experts and advisors, familiar with all
the facts before them, insist that it
is the only effective plan by which to
temporarily increase the military es-
tablishment of the country; and, sec
ond, because | am thoroughly con-
WINGED that it is democratic and fair
"By the bill recommending by a
majority OF the military affairs com
mitee of the House, the President is
authorized to try the volunteer system
first and upon its failure, to resort to
the selective Consumption system
This is nothing more than queer
compromise between politics and pa
triotism. Members voting for this bill
will be able to say to their constitu-
ents that they opposed the selective
draft system, and that the President
is responsible for it. This is playing
both ends against the middle, and
while sometimes this is permissible in
times of peace, it is rank cowardice in
times Of war"
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-04-25
STATE BARBER BOARD HERE

The Board of Barber Examiners for
Georgia composed of Messrs w. w.
Jones, of Columbus; r. f. Rollins, of
Atlanta, and L. B. Hunt, of Macon,
spent Tuesday in the city inspecting
the different 'tonsorial bazaars." We
are sure that Fitzgerald BARRIERS will
be given clean bill of health" for,
taken as whole, there are no better
or more sanitary BARRIERS in the state
than those who work in the Fitzgerald
shops
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-04-25
T. p. FAILS TO GET HIS
BAGGAGE-LOAD OF BOOZE

Atlanta. Ga, April Having the
IiiusfrioUs name of John Paul Jones
II was quite appropriate that the
thirsty Atlanta negro with an eve
20 the opportunities for little blind
riBcring should attempt bold, bad
scherHc to circumvent the bone-dry
srEoaiibition law, which prohibits the
shipment of any whiskey in any guam
afTy into the state.
So he caused a liquor house in
Chattanooga to ship to his address in
DaEktOwn, this city, two trunks and a
Snaz case packed full or an assortment
sk booze IN assorted pints and quarts
and If hadn't been for the sagacity
Df ahe hound of the law, in the city
14carrsIvc department John Paul
JasErs IN al probability would have
s1aaen by.
Not suSpecting the contents of the
TTnsak and suit case, the express com
Try transported them to Atlanta and
N Shem to the negro's house on a
se handsome delivery wagon
FWH by couple of Percheron hor-
= ; But the aforementioned sleuth
IS ON the JOB when the shipment ar
rad. and John Paul Jones got wise
u zEc uick of time The detective got
tsle EquOr and the negro got away.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-04-25
TREASURY DFpARTMEN

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.,
Supervising Architects Office, Wash
ington, D: c., April 2, 1917.-Sea1ed
proposals will be opened in this office
at p. m. May IA, 1917, for the con-
struction of the United States post
office at Fitzgerald, Ga. Drawings
and specifications may be obtained
from the custodian of the site at
Fitzgerald, Ga, or at TINS office, in the
discretion of the Supervising Archi-
tect Jas. A. Wetmore, Acting Super
vis1ng Architect. WIS
Leader Enterprise Printing Pays.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-04-25
PRESS CENSORSHIP
FAVORED BY SENATE

Washington, April IL-The senate
recorded itself today in favor OF press
censorship during the war
A censorship clause OF the admin
istration's espionage bill, after decid-
ed modification, was returned in the
bill by a,vote of 43 to 80, after three
days of sharp debate, and was re-
garded as definitely forecasting final
retention OF the censorship provis-
ions.
Later the bill was laid aside indef-
nitely to permit consideration begin
ming tomorrow of the war army
measure. The house judiciary com
nlittee has completed its draft of the
espionage bill, also with a censorship
clause and will report it Monday.
The Provision as Accepted
The provision as finally accepted
by the senate follows:
Whoever, in time of war, in vio-
lation of reasonable regulations to be
prescribed by the president, which he
is hereby authorized to make and
promulgate, shall public any. informa-
ton with respect to the movement
numbers, description, condition OF
disposition of any of the armed for
ces, ships, aircraft or war materials
of the United States, or with respect
to the plans or conduct of any naval
or military operations, or with respect
to any work measures undertaken
for or connected with, or intended fol
the fortihcation or defense of any
place, or any other information relat
ing to the public defense of any
place, or any other information relat
ing to the public defense calculated tc
be usedful to the enemy shall be pun.
ieshed by fine of not more than So.
900 or by Imprisonment for not more
than ten years, or both, such fine anC
imprisonment, provided that nothing
in this section shall be construed tc
limit or restrict, nor shall any regu.
!ation herein provided for limit or re-
strict, any discussion, comment OF
criticism of the acts or policies of the
government, or its representatives OF
the publication of the same"
Wide Powers for President
Advocates of the provision admit
ted that it would confer wide powers
upon the president to restrict publica-
ton of military matter, both in the
press or by individuals, in speeches,
or otherwise. Its foes declared that
it was unconstitutional and the most
drastic curb upon freedom of speech
and the press guaranteed by the con-
stltution ever proposed.
Before the final vote the original
committee draft much more sweep
ing and drastic, was greatly modified.
The committee proposed to prohibit
not molly the publication of military
Information, except under presidential
regulations, but also its collection.
recording or attempting to elicit it.
Elimination of these additional re-
strictions was approved by the SEN
ate. Another change, upon an amend
ment by Senator Hitchcock, provided
that the presidential regulations shall
be reasonable.
A substitute for the whole clause,
submitted by Senator Cummins, was
rejected by vote of 40 to "a. Seaa-
tor Cummins who prosoped that the
president be authorized to prescribe
regulations which would not abridge
freedom Of speech or the press and
prohibit publication of actual military
|, operations, not including condition
OF the armed forces and other mat
tiers.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-04-25
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank the many friends
why sympatnized with us i'll the loss
Of our near relative, Mrs. Ella Foil,
and for the many floral offerings
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ J. Hawkins.
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Sanders.
Claude Sanders.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-04-25
COMPANY A ELECTS OFFICERS

Company A, under Captain Ha,
Lambdin met Friday night for drill
and to elect officers of the line. A
full company responded to the roll
call.
John R. Reece was elected LIST, and
). q. Pryor, Jr., End Lieutenant A.
D. Grippe, 1st Sergt., Sol Zetterbaum.
ist Line Sergt, Walter Walker End
Line Sergt., A. H. Shaffer, 3rd Line
Sergt, D: E. Jackson, D. B .Nichol-
son'and M. -Gottlieb were elected Cor
porals.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-04-25
MT. OLIVE NEWS

The farmers OF this section -are
planting less cotton this year than
ever before
Mr. and Mrs. j. A. G. Ragsdale
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. ].
T. Harris and family.
Miss Lee Garrison spent Saturday
night with Miss Minnie Bruce.
Mr. and Mrs. w. w. Garrison and
children and Mr.. and Mrs. f. c. Rags
dale attended service at the Kennedy
Memorial church Sunday
Rev Daniels, of Fitzgerald, was a
visitor at the home of Mr. and Mrs
las. Garrison Sunday afternoon and
attended prayer meeting which was
held there Sunday night
There are several on the sick list
this week and we hope for them all a
speedy recovery.
Ruth Ragsdale spent Sunday after,
noon with Mary Bruce,
Mr.. and Mrs A. T. make rrhe fc
near Ashton visited Mr. the fact et
Rakestraw, Of near Ocill the tree
Mr. and Mrs. G.. w. M National a
among those who visite, of the t.
School Sunday !,
Our cottage rion concern G
will be held at the OF tires is al G
Mrs. ]. +. Harris.e pages OF TINS
crybody invited 4<ules of the Road
County Age the asking at any
our communi' with Goodrich Tires
Mr.. and Mseompany's branches.
| gerald, were visitors ar
the formers parents Saturday
and Sunday.
There will be services at Mt DIV
Sunday at 200 o'clock A. M. by Rev
Daniels, OF Fitzgerald. Sunday schoo
at 1000. We extend hearty wei
come to all
Evangeline.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-04-25
LOST

LOST-In Abbeville on April
tan imitation leather suit case
tanning ladies and children's ciot
also purse containing check pa
to Frank Young, and change. +.
please return to Leader Ente ~ y
fee. 49,
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-04-25

Are 4fas1Vttorabr-, much more
food stuffs than we have ever dream
ed might even be necessary
Oar farmers are beginning to re-
alzc that it is an act OF PATRIOTISM
TO do their part in tne war by feeo-
mo the hqhting forces through our
government stores and they are
growing in this spirit OF patriotism
Moreover they are leaning that dur,
inc the war and after the war fooa
can be grown here AT A Prof. ,
and that we shall not nave TO oeptn n.
mon the small portion OF cotton ie''
for us by the boil weevii
| You both have wrought a ml@hsF
We work and it will tell in terms :. ..
FOR satisfied and dollars multi
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-04-25

Our READERS BUY what they
SEE ADVERTISED. What HAVE
. e SELF
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-10-18
II h y y Il =
10 CONGRESSMAN
CROSSING SEA
They Will Visit France, Bel
GUM, Italy and England,
Studying Allies War
Methods.

Washington, Oct. 17.-Ten men,
bers of congress travelling in unofli'
cial capacity, but carrying special
passports arranged for them by the
state department, are on the way to
Europe to visit the war fronts and
fraternize with the parliamentary rep
resentatives of the allies. In the par
ty are representatives Dale, Vermont,
Taylor and Undertake, Colorado,
Hicks, New York; johnson, Dill and
Miller, OF Washington; Goodwin, Ar
kansas; Stephens, Nebraska and Park
err, New jersey former Represents
tive Stout. of Montana and Ross L.
Hammond, Fremont, Neb., editor
ami others.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-10-18

ranks OF the Indiana and Kentucky
national guard division in training at
Camp Shelby.
The men to go to Camp Shelby at
this time include these Kentuckians.
Twentieth provisional training bat :
talon drawn from Crittenden. CaId-
well, Trigg. Hopkins and Union coun-
ties, Kentucky.
The order to transfer 5000 men to
Camp Shelby is the result Of word
from there that the camp was ready
for that many men. In the second
1900 to go forward at later date,
the majority will be from Kentucky,
il is said.
Troop trains have been furnished
for the movement, and it will begin at
once with no ceremonies and no fare
wells. A special detail of officers will
accompany the trains but will return
Immediately.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-10-18
HENDERSON GIRL
In GERMAN RAID
Miss Mary W. Arvin in Hos
pital in France is
Bombed.

Miss Mary w. Arvin, form rly of
Henderson, Ky, now IA Red Cross
nurse in France, was in the German
air raid made on hospital at Bor-
deaux, Sept 4, according to letter
received by her sister
The letter throws interesting side
lights on conditions in France. and on
ihe way the wounded men are treat
ed. The careful attention the nurses
give the wounded and their sympa.
thy for the men who have foughti r
the trenches and are brought into
the hospital, is depicted in many pla'
ces in the letter.
"My but your letter sounded good
with all those good things to eat men,
toned in it. You bet your life we
would be glad to have some of them "
Miss Arvin writes.
eve just can't get things here.
What they do have in the village is so
high you can hardly buy it. Any kind
OF fruit costs 5 cents apiece.
81 bought one Of the patients some
apples tonight. Poor fellow. he has
been awfully sick for a long time. He
told me the other night how he would
enjoy some stewed apples if he could
Just get some. So went down to the
village for them myself and stewed
them tonight so he can have them for
breakfast in the morning.
eve had an exciting time last Tues
day night about II o'clock, The Ger
mans made ra d on our hospital.
They dropped five bombs, killing our
adiutant and five U. S. boys and
wounding about Is patients. I think
we all were fortunate. One bomb
exploded just back of my wards,
shook things up, but none of my men
were hurt.
"The explosion threw me to the
floor. A wounded man yelled at me
to lie flat on the floor but l ran three
doors down and helped Miss Parma
ly, one Of the nurses, with her men.
81 wrote them at home want
fruit cake for Christmsa, that will
keep all right"
Miss Arvin is No II, general hos
pital, u. S. Base hoe pital No. 8. Army
Postoffice, B. A. F France.
The letter was writ en- Sept. 8. The
Tuesday referred TO was Sept. 4, the
date Of an air raid on Bordcq'lx, and
relatives feel confdrrt Mss Arvin is
stationed at that po.ul.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-10-18

Labor BcBt Iedt.
Labor Is the best test OF the ener-
gies Of men, and furnishes an admir-
able training for practical wisdom
Samuel Smiles.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-10-18
TRICC COUNTY
MEN GO SOUTH
In The First Installment Of
Troops Sent From Camp
Taylor.

Louisville, KY, Oct. 17.-Arange-
ments have been made for the imme-
date transfer Of 5000 men of the ma
tional army from Camp Zachary Tay-
Ior to Camp Shelby at Hattiesburg,
Miss, it was announced to-day. The
greater portion of these men are
drawn from the Indiana contingent at
Camp Zachary Taylor and represent
half of the contribution that will be
made from here toward filling up the
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-10-18

This attractive little lady eis the
two year old daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
o. M. Fisher, 23S North St.. Harris
burg, Pa. Last winter she had an at
tack Of measles, together with a very
severe cold. Just at that time Drug.
gist s. y. Wilhelm presented Mr..
Fisher with a jar of the Southern
outside" treatment-Vick's VapoRub
Salve, which was just then being in.
troduced in Harrisburg, and requested
that he give this preparation a thor
ough trial. Mr.. Fisher writes
Il must say that our baby had
such cold on her chest and in her
throat that she could hardly talk,
and we could not get her to take
anything internally. After we used
Vicks VapoRub Salve on her breast
and throat at night before going
to bed she was entirely relieved"
No family should be without this
preparation. 1t is externally applied.
and so can be used freight is alb
sorbed through and penetrates ethe
skin, and, in addition. is inhaled as a
vapor. alt has hundred uses for the
many minor ailments for which every
riother is the doctor. Three sizes.
&c. soc or $1.O0.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-10-18
In Rice ElAldA

Rice lands are usually ploughed n
short time before planting time. and
In some parts of southern LouisianG
the land is 30 low and wet and the
soil so stir as to necessitata ploughine
In the water Deep ploughing ist rec
commended By leading rice experts. n
has been demonstrated that the better
the soil and the more thoroughly Il Is
pulverized the better the crop. Tho
roots Of annual cultivated plants 90
not feed much below the plough line;
It 70 therefore evident t6At deep crf1tt
walton places moro FOOD within reach.
Of the plant
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-10-18
u n II h h h
FOLLOWING THE FLAG.

Still another Of the Kentuckian's
whilom printers has been heard from
as a soldier. Earl Broadus, a young
wan who learned the trade in this Of
fee, but has been in the East a mum
Der of years, enlisted in the famous
Rainbow Division" and is proba-
bly, en- route at this time for France,
or already there. His mother, Mrs.
w. H. Weaver, still lives here.
VIM. H. DeTreville, older son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. k. II. DeTreville, now
Of Birmingham, Ala, is now in a
training camp in Massachusetts,. He
had been studying art in New York
couple Of years but promptly an
swered the call to the colors. Shortly
after enlisting he was sent back to
New York on account of illness.
When he recovered his lost strength
he reported for duty and is now on ao-
tive duty in camp. His brother,
Richard, is anxious to go into the
army but considers il his duty to re-
main at home with his parents.
DR.. Harold Amoss, who is surgeon
in the Rockefeller Medical Unit, Of
New York, with the rank Of Captain,
is at Cobb. KY, visiting his mother,
Mrs. David A. Amoss, before sailing
for France.