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The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-04-27

them oat. If built lh1ec feet from
the ground tin tubs should be inverted
over pillars before sills are put on to
keep out, rats. Dig potatoes in as
dry time as possible Handle them
carefully, so as not to bruise them
Put cut ones to themselves and small
potatoes on bottom shelves and larg-
est on top shelf as it takes them long
er to dry on bottom Place a large
stove in the center of the room. If
the building is long, put in two stoves
or as many as needed to heat we'll
Coal or wood stoves keep heat we'll
and are cheap. Heat up the room to
100 degrees temperatur buy shut
ting doors and windows. Open tram
som in ventilating shaft. Make a
small vent hole four inches by nine
or twelve inches under the door for
intake air to create circulation of air.
The stoves should be heated as soon
as the first potatoes are put in so as
to begin drying at once before they
rot. The idea is to kiln dry the po-
tatoes. The moisture cu1tivates the
rot germ. 1t can't live in dry pota-
toes. Get excess of moisture out of DO
tatoes as quickly as possible 1t takes
about ten days or two weeks of heat
with the Thermometer registering
about one hundred degrees to dry the
potatoes. Fire until bedtime and then
begin early in the morning. After they
all dry stop the heat, open the win
dows and doors and keep potatoes as
cool as possible without freezing.
Forty to sixty degrees will be right or
as nearly that as possible. No more
heat will be needed all winter in
Southern climate, unless the extreme
ly damp atmosphere of long rainy
spell condenses moisture enough to
start the rot. If they start to rot
they were not well cured or got moist
again In freezing weather shut all
doors and windows to keep potatoes
from freezing, but don't fail to venti-
late again when weather moderates
We have followed this plan for many
years and have never failed to keep
potatoes in house like this dried out
in this way, and kept dry and cool
without freezing.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-04-27
NOTICE

Monday afternoon at $50 o'cloct-
the W. M. S: of the First Bantis+
church will give a linen shower for
the Georgia Baptist Hospital This
is the first of the Specials" annouuc-
ed IN the Year Book to take place on
the fifth Monday during the year.
The Philathea Class roll will he ar
ranged to represent hospital nurse
will be in charge. The gifts will he
displayed and the social hour spent
in this room.
A special program has been arrano-
ed. The Ada Belle and Emma Amos
circles will be in charge. The business
announced TOR Nav 7th WI
be combined with this meeting. ain
circle chairmen, chaimen, personal
service, and other committees are
urged to have their reports ready for
this meeting instead of May 9TH.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-04-27
THE EDITOR AROSE

A preacher at the conclusion Of one
Of his sermons said Let all in the
house who are paying their debts
stand up" Instantly the entire con-
gregation, with one exception, rose
to its efet. The preacher seated
them and said: Now, every man not
paying his debts stand up" The ex-
ception noted, a careworn, hungry
looking individual clothed in his last
summers suit, slowly assumed a per-
pendicular position. "How is it, my
friend" asked the minister, that you
arc the only man not able or disposed
to meet his obligations" 81 am an
editor ant run a newspaper" he meek
ly answered, "and the brethren here
who stood up are my subscribers;
and"
Let us pray" exclaimed the
preacher-American Printer.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-04-27
HOW TO SAVE SWEET POTA-
TOES
BY ]. M. Beeson, Food Chemist, in
The Macon Telegraph


The greatest problem has always
been to keep sweet potatoes through
the winter. Over so per cent of the
crop is lost each year by rotting. This
IS why they are not more largely
raised for market The Meridian Col
iege OF Meridian, Miss, has been rails
ing experiments for many years in
order to discover a plan by which
sweet potatoes can be kept with reas-
enable certainty to be marketed when
prices are higher. We now have solv-
ed this problem.
Description of Dry House
After several years of testing the
pan we have been able to keep about
- per cent of our sweet potatoes. in
GUIDING cut and bruised ones. till
used up or until our new ones come
IN the next year Our plan br;efl,,
STATED, is this: Build ar,tight house
storm sheet it, cover with builders ma
per and weatherboard it. storm sheet
ana cell walls and overhead with
builders paper between storm sheet
'ng and ceiling, leave door in south
end' window in north end. We use
TWO door shutters and double win
dows IN same opening, one openino
outside and one inside. This leaves ?
dead arr space to keep even tempera-
ture. Make air shaft through ceiling
and center of roof, extend it above
roof and cover and box it in and open
1t south and transom above the roof
Make Slated shelving on each side
OF room, beginning about "a inches
from floor, shelves two feet apart
made of one by three or four lumber
placed one inch apart so the air can
circulate freely through the shelves
Have an aisle in the center four feet
wide, shelving extending to the aisle.
Have Stats back of shelves so an air
space will be between potatoes and
wall. If preferred one can build small
bins or boxes of Stats to put potatoes
IN and set on shelves or racks to facil-
itate handling, but it is not necessary.
Build house twelve feet wide and as
long as wanted. 1t takes one ten feet
high and thirty feet long to hold D.
900 bushels. The ground can be the
floor but it must be in a high, dry
place, we'll drained The rats will
soon destroy enough potatoes to pay
for cement floor hat will keep
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-04-27

education, dealing specifically with the
situation created by the war, were
outlined by the commission and steps
were taken to augment the regular ex-
ecutive force of the Federal Council
by securing the services-as associat-
ed secretaries-of the various denom-
national Temperance Commissions
secretaries.
1t was stated at the meet of the
commission that in the manufacture
of intoxicating liquors nearly 6,O0O,-
600 pounds of food material, enough
to feed 100000 men, were being
used, and that the grain so used equal
led 100000 loaves of bread per day.
The establishing of dry zones
around all military camps and naval
stations was urged as an immediate
war measure, and campaign to pro-
mote personal abstinence from the
use of Intoxicating liquor by enlist
ed men was agreed upon.
The relation of the workingman to
the liquor problem will be given an
important place in the proposed cam
paign. A monthly newspaper for
workingmen which deals with the
economic aspects of the liquor ques-
ton is being published by the COM
mission. Original investigation of the
saloon, which have just been COM
pleted, will serve as the basis of a
publicity campaign.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-04-27
WEATHER REPORT

Atlanta, Ca, April Is, 1917
The past week was in general quite
favorable; it was quite warm, dry,
and sunny. Toward the close of the
week some scattered showers occurr-
ed, which were beneficial, but more
rain is beginning to be needed, espec-
tally in the southern division, to cause
the termination of seed. Much plow-
ing and other work in agricultural
lines was accomplished during the
week. Large quantities of cotton
were planted in all sections, much is
up, but showers are needed for bet
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-04-27
.Babys Hosiery

ter termination. Chopping cotton
continues in the Southern division.
The boil weevil is in evidence in many
sections. A good deal of corn was
planted during the week, and much
OF 1t is up and doing well. Setting
sweet potato slips is progressing
more rapidly, and gardening is now
beginning to make better headwav
What is left of the wheat and oat
crops is doing only fairly we'll spring
oats are more thriving, Peaches are
growing and strawberries are setting
fruit nicely.
I. F. Won Hermann, Metcorologist
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-04-27
THE PRAYER OF A MAN.

Teach me that 90 minutes make an
hour, 10 ounces one pound, and 100
cents one dollar. Help me to so live
that can lie down at night with
ear conscience, without gun under
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-04-27
MRS. JERRY WELLMAN

The sad news of the Death of Mrs
Jerry Wellman, at La Fayette, Ind,
on April 18th, was received here this
morning by Mrs Buck Mrs. Well
man was for number of years a resi-
dent of this city, and her death will
be learned with a great deal of re-
greet by the many friends OF the fam
lily.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-04-27

All news contributors to this paper
will greatly oblige the management il
they will only write on one side Of
their manuscripts.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-04-27

Today's new arrivals brought a
most beautiful assortment of novelties
for the little ones in nursery needs
and wearables. Gifts of every des-
cription. Special displays of every
thing baby must have is feature of
this nationwide event. The novel
and cleverly arranged show windows
and the souvenirs will interest the
children, and grown-ups as well.
MAY 1-6--May 1-6--May 10
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-22
CHARnoTrn D'EoN.

Never was the career Of q woman
more romantic and exciting that that
of Charlotte Genevieve Louisa Angus
ia Andrea Timothea du Beaumont
d'Eon who died on May %, 1910 at
the age of 80. The most interesting
part Of it all is that until five years
before her death she held high politi-.
cal office, and was prominent in af-i
fairs of state-and 1t was thought she
was a man. AS politician Charlotte
d'Eon had very few equals among the
men Of her day and with them she dis
cussed political affairs helped settle
the destiny Of nations and generally
had her hand in important affairs,
came in contact, big men they were,
knew that they were disclosing Sec
fets of policy or state to woman.
In the year, 1777 dEon was sent on
an Embassy to England. Here she
met princes and statesmen in the per-
Torrance of her mission. She set
tied matters of great Importance to
France and to England, all in the
guise Of man. It was during this
embassy to England. however, that
she was discovered to be a woman.
The whole matter aroused the widest
excitement among the leaders of poll
tics in Europe, most of whom looked
upon the affair as a great joke. Char
lotte d'Eon returned to France and
from that time forward and until her
death which occurred five years later.
lived in retirement,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-22
NAVAL RESERvISTS
MAY BE CALLED TO
| new JERSEY CAMP

That the men who have enrolled
in the Naval Coast Defense Reserve
in this district may not stay in the
waters between New London and
Barnegat, N. J., the limits Of the
Third Naval District, but may be
sent anywhere their services are
deemed necessary, has been an
nounced at the New York hearquar-
tiers. 1t is expected that this an
nouncement will result in a rush of
applicants for enrolment who will
be glad Of an opportunity to see SER
vice where there is likely to be ac-
tual fighting. The Reserve force in
this district needs 5000 more men
and campaign for these will be be-
gun this week in charge of Walter
Scott Meriwether, chairman Of the
Publicity Committee.
Plans were completed at New
York on Saturday for the mobilizins
within few days Of 1000 members
of the Naval Coast Defense Reserve
from this district, at a, camp, the site
of which has not yet been selected.
It is said that a spot in New Jersey
is favored for the camp.NThe men will
be drilled as infantry besides being
schooled in naval matters.
There are about SO Bridgeporters
enrolled in the local division Of the
Naval Reserves of which Lieut.. Leon
ard n. Dyer Is commander. Norwalk,
which is also in this division, has
about 100 members. Several pa
troll boats, a part of the large mos
quito fleet to be assembled here, are
already in local waters.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-22
Alleges Fraud In
Five Transfers of.
Greenwich Property

Alleging transfer Of five pieces of
property with intent to defraud, E. F.
Lockwood of Greenwich has brought
action in the common pleas court
against John M. Williams, Margaretta
S. Bird and others of Greenwich. Pa
pers in the action were filed yester-
day.
It is alleged that in 1910 Williams
gave his note for $2,000,to P. v. Close
of Greenwich. The sum Of $500 was
paid and then the note went to pro-
test Lockwood, one of the endorsers,
had to pay $700.41. He charged that
last June Williams had conveyed
without consideration, four pieces of
property to Margaretta s. Bird and
one to J. M. Williams, Jr. Lockwood
asks the court to set aside the trans
fers and award him $700.41.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-22
GOLDMAN WRECKED;
MAY BE TOTAL LOSS

Boston,, May 22@The Leyland
liner Coleman was wrecked Sunday
night ON the south coast of England,
according to a cablegram received
yesterday by John H Thomas, agent
of the line here. The message said
that the steamer, which was carry
ing a cargo of munitions, grain,
lumber and cotton from this port,
probably would be a total loss The
cause of the accident and the fate
of the crew were not mentioned.
It was believed in shipping circles
at this port that the Coleman had
lost her bearings, and that the wreck
was due to a nishap not connected
with the perfls of war.
The fact that the English coast is
not lighted was referred to in this
connection mariners commented
also on the. fact that. the Coleman,
formerly crack boat in the COM
rany's New Orleans service to Eng
land, had not missed trip since she
WAS placed in the service from Bos-
ton. early in the war. notwithstand-
ing the menace of mines and sub
marines The steamer with heI
cargo was valued at $2,O00,00O. II
was considered probable that the
Coleman landed part of her cargo.
including munitions, at Plymouth
before The accident, which occurred
probably while she was bound for
London.
The Coleman a steamer off $40
, tons register, was built at Newcastle
In 1901. She was commanded by
Capt. John Mcdonald
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-22
BELGIUM'S POOR BETTER
OFF THAN MIDDLE CLASS,
AMERICAN CONSUL SAYS

New York, May 22-Americans ar
irving here yesterday from Antwerp,
Belgium, said that the conditions of
the very poorest in that city is much
more enviable than that of the middle
class Inhabitants. The poor, they said,
receive sixty confines a day from the
Belgian relief authorities, which en-
ables them not only to purchase the
necessities of life but to attend the
movies" which is a luxury those OF
the middle class are no longer able to
indulge in.
Henry w. Diederich. for II years
American Consu1-General at Antwerp,
has returned for his first vacation
since the beginning of the war, said
that, although the statement seemed
paradoxical, it nevertheless is true
that the middle class suffer much
more intensely than the poor as re-
suit of the war conditions in Antwerp.
People of the middle Glass; he
said, "a.re too proud to accept any
thing from the relief committee, and
the prices of food which they are &C
customed to eat have risen almost be-
yond the purchasing power of even
the wealthy
MIS-. D1eOF1Cn, at LI1S point VI A0A
husbands recital. interjected:
Don't speak of the high cost of
living over here. The dearest here is
almost cheap compared with the
prices of the cheapest over there"
Lard" said Mr.. Diederich, costs
$1.4O a pound in Antwerp, and for
sugar we paid fifty cents a pound, and
$40 a pound was the price for but
ter when we left. Meat for Sunday
roast came to $1.25 a pound. Need
less to say that none but plutocrats
can afford to make feast out of ma
terials as expensive as those"
The Consul described the condition
of Ant0erp as virtually dead. Before
the war the River Scheldt, which runs
through the city, was one of the
busiest streams in, the world" he said.
Now one looks in vain for scenes of
busy shipping activity. Practically the
only vessels one sees nowadays are the
relief commissions barges. At rare
intervals a vessel of general traffic is
seen. Antwerp is indeed a stricken
city. There isfnone there to give en-
ployment The streets present a most
pathetic sight,
Mr.. Diederich said that the depor-
tations of Belgians to Germany had
ceased in the middle of February, and
he had assisted in the return, of many,
who had suffered intensely from cold
and the shortage Of food. When the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-22
WILL SOON DRAFT
IN THIS CITY To
Get MILITIAMEk
Governor Holcomb Hints He
Has Power Now to Fill
Depleted Ranks.

Because Bridgeport youths are not
enlisting in the National Guard in
sufficient numbers to bring the COM
panies even up to peace strength draft
for that purpose may be resorted to
here and elsewhere throughout the
State. 1t was learned today that Gov.
Holcomb has indicated power for that
purpose has been vested in his office,
and that he may be compelled to take
advantage Of it unless the needs of
the regiments in Connecticut are met.
Officers in charge of the militia in
Bridgeport assert that it Is a crying
shame that SO many "slackers'' exist
in this city. With every effort being
put forth by company commanders
and recruiting stations the three units
here are still between SO and 60
men short, with practically no recruits
available.
Unless volunteers for. service pre-
sent themselves within short period
of time, urgent appeal will be made
to Governor Holcomb to draft men
under the CONSUMPTION system. This
will be distinctly separate from the
National draft which is planned for
June 5.
Because of the difficulty in secur-
ing recruits for the army, navy and
national guard, throughout the coun-
try, it is reported that volunteer men
will naturally get the preference
when it comes to seeking officers for
the new units. Not only because OF
the spirit of patriotism which causes
men to join voluntarily but because
of the additional length of service,
volunteer men are believed by officers
to be better fitted for commissions
than those men brought into the ranks
by CONSUMPTION.
The First Ambulance Co., c. N. G..
drilled at Beardsley park yesterday
before two thousand persons.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-22
ToDAY's ANNIVERSARIES.

Constantine the Great Emperor of
Rome, died on May %, 337. He was
an able general and clever politi-
clan. He is celebrated as the founder
Of Constantinople on the site of the
ancient Byzantium. He was the first
emperor who embraced Christianity.
In 1859 Richard Cromwell's parlia-
ment dissolved by commission under
the great seal. On this day in the
year 1919 the steamship Savannah
started from Savannah, Ca, for Liv-
erpool, being the first passage of the
Atlantic by steam. The ship arrived
in Liverpool on June %, having con-
sumed all her fuef in ten days. She
visited Stockholm and st. Petersburg
before returning home which was in
the following December.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-22
RAILROADS ARE
GIVEN BL anne FOR
COAL SHORTAGE
No Scarcity of Coal in the
Ground, Claims Trade
Commission.

Washington, May 22.-The btu
minous coal shortage is blamed on
the railroads in a report by the feder-
al trade commission Producers by
taking advantage of the lack Of cars
are charged with responsibility, how
ever. for prevailing high prices.
There Is no scarcity of coal in the
ground" the report says. There is
sufficient coal in the bituminous
mines now operated not only to sup
ply the present demand but also to
supply a greatly increased demand.
The unprecedented demand for this
fuel I'm the last six months, together
with the difficulties OF rail and wa
ter transportation, not only has alb
sorbed the coal an fast as 1t could be
shipped .fomr the mines, but has led
also to almost complete exhaustion OF
the coal stored at tidewater points
Under war time conditions" sayE
the REPORT, sit may become the, duty
& of the government to take steps s1m1-
lar to those found necessary by bel
! 1igerent European countries and not
only to regulate the distribution OF
coal from the mouth of the mine to
the ultimate consumer by cutting the
quantity OF the product which the diff
ferent classes of consumers shall be
allowed to purchase, but also to es-
stablish the prices to be paid by diff
ferent classes of consumers
OF prices now charged for coal, the
report Says.
F1gures submitted to the commits
sion . show that most of the
present prices charged . =" are fan
in excess of cost as shown by the op.
. erafrrx, hooks sA TyT.ov -aro do
'manding prices at the mine today
( which run from SO per cent, to sever
al hundred per cent, over the cost O.
their rs,4r,r1f
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-22
ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
BARBERIsM

The subscriber having for many
years been engaged in the business OF
a barberous nature, respectfully So
licits every man. woman and child in
this borough, whether stationary OF
accidentally inhabitants, who are
either long hair, frizzled haired. curl
haired or straight-haired, whether
arge-whiskered, small-whiskered OF
no whiskered, long-bearded or chin
encountered. to call at his head regu-
lating office, in State street, where
their supernumary appendages will be
genteely disposed of at the most ac-
commodating terms.
For sale-a constant supply of la.
dies, frizettes, also razors and poma'
tum, hair powder and gentlemens anG
ladies' combs of all descriptions.
NEWMAN 'GREENLEAF.
Bridgeport, June z, 1914.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-22
REDFTELD ASKS DRAFT
EXEMPTION FOR MEN
in GOVERNMENT EMPLOY

Washington, May 22.-Secretary of
Commerce Redfield yesterday issued
a statement suggesting that the $50
men employed in the Department of
Commerce in Washington be exempt
ed from the operation of the draft
law. He would hold them at their
present work until some special de-
mand arises to call them from their
present usefulness to the government.
Mr.. Redfield's statement reads:
cit il. undoubtedly a fact that every
one of these employees will have to
register, as directed in the proclama-
ton and the law. Whether or not
they will be called for other duty
than that which they are now per-
forming is a question to be settled la
ter. It is simply a. matter Of where
these men can render the most eff
fective service. The President has
expressed the desire that the regular
operation of the government service
should be interfered with as little as
possible The employe who serves
the government faithfully and eff
GENTLY in his regular capacity as a
worker for the government may be.
and usually is, quite as effective a
soldier in its behalf as If he served
III IH6 I16lO-
There are exceptional cases, of
course, where men having special
ability are wanted in the special di-
rection in which their ability lies. In
general. however, it should be said
that for the present it is better thai
those who are already serving the
government continue to- do so unit
their services are called for else
where. The very purpose Of the Sc.
1ective draft measure is to provide fol
this matter.
'-The fundamental principle is thai
everybody is willing to serve in some
way, and that we should not, by in.
discriminate volunteering, cripple the
public interest in one way or another
but, assuming all to. be ready, we
should select among them those
whose duty 1t may be to work in g
factory, in a government service, OF
a farm or in field.
Subject, therefore, to special cases
! it would save embarrassment to the
government if it were understood
that its regular force will continue
for the, present, and until some spec
iaI demand shall arise, in the perfor
nance of their regular work.