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The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-07-30
TRAINING CAMPS TO BE
CLEARED OF VICE EVIL

Atlanta, Ga, July 28-To make
easier and SIMPLER the abatement of
lewd houses as nuisances is the ques-
ton now confronting the house of
representatives in the bill by Repres-
entative Wright of Floyd county
which is intended primarily as war
measure to aid the military authorities
IN cleaning up Atlanta and Macon for
the great cantonments to be estab-
lished in these cities.
The bill was under debate during
practically the whole Of yesterdays
session of the house and went over
as unfinished business until Monday
there being no session of the house
today Its provisions and purposes
were set forth by Representative
Wright in very able speech in which
he discussed the social evil in its re-
lation to the training of Americas
armies for the war, and its relation
also to the armies on the battle6elds
of Europe,
He declared that control of the So
cial evil in connection with the can
comments is one of the most import-
ant and most difficult problems con-
nected with the war. The government
is determined that the environment
in which Americas soldiers are train
ed shall be as clean as the exercise
both of civil and military authority
can make it. General Wood has an
nounced that vice must be eradicated
absolutely in the vicinity of the train
ing camps. The authorities .ofs.Ful-
ton county and Atlanta, as well as
those of other cities where canton
ments are to be located. are cooperat-
ing with the authorities of the war
department to clean up conditions be-
fore the soldiers arrive.
The bill now before the house pro-
vides that lewd house may be abat-
ed by Judge as a nuisance on the
affidavit of any citizen based on in
formation and belief concerning its
character. The same bill has been
passed in thirty-eight states and by
the federal congress for the District
of Columbia. Everywhere it has been
most effective in reducing vice.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-07-30
TO GET ADVANTAGE
OF FARM LOAN ACT

+ Washington, July 50,-One helpful
effect of the amendment of Georgia's
defective land title laws will be to
enable the farmers of the state to
avail themselves of the federal farm
loan act.
Loans in Georgia up to July IS last
amounted to only $l36,950, as com
pared to over 100000 for Texas
and $1,5O0,000 for Oklahoma. One
reason for the comparatively small
amount of business done in Georgia
has been the difficulty Of making a
perfect title.
The first step in obtaining a loan
under the farm loan act is to organize
a local loan association of ten or more
members. The report shows that 432
such associations have been formed
throughout the county. and through
them $20,6o9,337 loans have been
made, Only four states have obtain
ed smaller amount under this act
than Georgia, namely. New Jersey,
Maryland, Wisconsin and Massachu-
SETS
Legislation is to be presented to
congress soon to levy a federal land
tax of per cent on the assessed val
ue of all improved land and Of 2 per
cent upon the value of all unimprov-
ed land. The proceeds are to be
used for the war in place of future
taxes upon industry and workers.
Along withythe land value tax, laws
are proposed for the immediate acqui
sition by the federal government 81
all natural resources (such as coal
and oil lands, iron ores, timber, water
power, sites, etc., to be owned and
operated by the public for the public
at least for the duration of the war.
The principle or compensation to the
private owners is to be return on the
actual, honest investment and nothing
for the fictitious values" of good
WILL" etc.
The committee on the high cost Of
living. in whose name the legislation
will be presented, has held exhibits
and recent conferences before. and
since the war came to the United
States. Another and larger conference
will be held in the Raleigh hotel,
Washington, D. c., July 30 and 81.
From statement prepared by Ben
janin c. Marsh, executive secretary
of the committee, the following ex-
tracts are made:
The committee comprises in its
membership, drawn from twenty-eight
states, men and women like John Fitz-
patrick, president of the Chicago
Federation of Labor; C. B. Kegley,
Just elected for the twelfth time mas
ter of the Washington State Grange;
Mrs. Joseph Fels, Commissioner
Frederick c. Howe, Frank P. Walsh
and Amos Pinchot The committee
also favors government ownership
and operation of natural monopofies,
such as railroads, in the fight to cut
living costs"
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-07-30
SEN ELKINs DOING HIS BIT"
Editor Leader Enterprise {:

Editor Leader Enterprise:
Please announce through the col
Nmns of your paper that have Of
Tered TO do my bit" in our common
cause against the foes of free govern
ment by assisting free of charge any
OF those required to go to the front
from this senatorial district in the
preparation of any legal documents
they wish prepared before going. This
free service which | offer covers legal
advice concerning any kind of matter
and the drawing of all papers, includ-
ing deeds, contracts, wills, and the
like, and is offered only to those who
claim no exemption but who are now
about to go with the army or nayy.
and is offered to any such person
whether white or colored
Sincerely,
.. II. ELKINS.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-07-30
AS TO THE AVERAGE WOMAN
By James ]. Montague.

J
CIT the average housewife would
only take the time to study scientific
house management it would be Of vast
benefit to the country."-One OF the
Conservationists.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-07-30
How Thin People Obtain
A Plump Strong
Robust Body e.

Before took tonoline people used
to cali me skinny" but now my name
is changed. Ny whole body is stout,
Have gained Is lbs. and am gaining
yet. | look like new man, declared
F. z. Smith, Pittsburgh, Pa, who had
just finished the tonoline treatment,
Would you, too, like to quickly put
from 10 to 80 lbs, of good, solid,
''stay-there" flesh, fat and muscular
tissue between your skin and bones?
Don't say it can't be done. Try it.
Let us send you free a SOC package
of tonoline and prove what it can do
for you.
National Drug Co. is dispensing a
great deal of tonoline.
More than half million thin men
and women have gladly made this
test and that tonoline does succeed.
does make thin folks fat even where
all else has failed, is best proved by
the tremendous business We have
done. No drastic diet, flesh creams,
massage, oils or emulsions, but sim
pie, harmless home treatment. Cut
out the coupon and send for this Free
package today.
Take tonoline with your meals and
watch it work. This test will tell the
story.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-07-30
Can NOW EAT POP
CORN AND BANANAS
AIRS. Westbrook Says Her Little
Daughter Was Always Delicate
Untii She Began Taking Tanlac.

TN certainly very thankful for
what Tanlac has done for my little
Slaughter" said Mrs. J. p. West
Sro0ks, who lives at zoos Thirticth
avenue, North Birmingham. My
daughter, Ansel, who is eleven years
Of age, has been sufferer from indi-
gestion and pains in her shoulders and
ia her chest for long, long time; i'll
TACT, ali her life. We have tried many
doctors and most everything we could
hear of, but they did not bring her any
relief.
She was so nervous and unstrung
and so rundown that | don't believe
she could have gone through the win
ter She couldn't eat hardly anything
at all. and sleep was impossible for
her, and 1t was pitiful to see her in
that condition, and to think, too, that
WE had done everything we could with
out any benefits from IT. Especially
in very run down condition, and
would lose weight, and you can see
that she hasn't any too much weight
TO lose.
Il had read in the papers about
TanIac. and neighbor who had taken
it insisted that get bottle and give
ii to Ansel After lot Of persuasion
l bought bottle and put her right
on it, and It looked like from the first
half of the bottle that it was the very
thing she had needed. She has taken
'rhrce bottles now. and am certainly
thankful for what il has done for her
Sire sleeps just as we'll as could be at
night, and eats everything she wants
She was eating popcorn and bananas
yesterday. and they did not seem to
havr any bad effect on her at all. She
has gained little in weight, and !
hrlieve that now she is eating and
the food seems to thoroughly agree
with her that she will gain steadily.
"Shr does not seem to be a bit ner-
vons. and doesn't object to taking the
Taniac one bit. She is 1ust as bright
aud cheerful as she can be, and it has
made us all mighty happy about her
medicines failed to do. | am glad TO
recommend Tanlac as being the med
icine that has done what lots of other
medicines failed to do ag glad to
say good word for it, aud tell others
OF its merits"
Miss Ansel Wesbrooks was in the
room at the time, and remarked: III
! had a thousand dollars ! would
spend it all for Tanlac, because | feel
so good and eat anything | want and
can sleep so good and sound at
night"
Tanlac is sold by Denmark Drug
Co, Fitzgerald, Ga; Giles Drug Co,
Pitts, Ga, Paxon's Drug Store, abb
vile, Ga; Vischcr's Pharmacy, Ro-
Chelle. Ga, Wilson's Pharmacy, Pine
view, ia. adv.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-07-30
SHOE REPAIRING BUSINESS
IN ATLANTA ON THE BUM

Atlanta, Ga, July 30-Atlanta shoe
makers declare their trade is suffer
ing, and they believe the automobile
has something to do with it, though
whether it is true that people wear
out less shoe leather from constant
riding in automobiles, or whether thew
arc getting more extravagant and
throw away shoes without intending
them. has not been definitely estab-
hshed by any local statistician,
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-07-30
IDLE MARYLAND RICH MUST
WORK

Baltimore, July 2l-The Compulsory
Work Law will go into effect in this
state on August 20, 1t provides for
the drafting of all able bodied persons
between the ages of eighteen and fifty
years who will not be taken for the
war and have no Useful occupation,
into the public service or for their
employment by private concerns.
All such persons must register, even
the idle rich. Many wealthy young
men, who Hitherto have spent their
time joyriding and in cabaret shows
have had themselves enrolled as Office
clerks. But the State Secret Ser.
vice agents have been instructed to
ferret out pretended workers and haul
the up.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-07-30

mousse management II would be OF vast
benefit to the country."-One OF the
ConScrvationists.
She's out Of bed by half past six, she
sees the children dressed;
She cooks the Old Mans ham and
eggs, and gets his trousers pressed ;
And when at last he's off to work she
dusts and sweeps and mends
And tolls around the house till twelve,
at sundry odds and ends.
Then Inch, three hungry mouths to
feed. and then trip down town;
To save deliveries and keep the cost
Of living down.
Then dinner time, then darnine socks,
without moments pause;
Too bad she has no time to learn the
economic laws!
With clothes to make and meals to
plan and ailing kids to mind,
And schemes to feed the family and
not get behind.
With butchers bills and bakers bills
and grocer's bills to pay,
And youngsters wearing out their
shoes, or something every day,
With jam and jelly to put up against
the Winters need,
And plants to hoe and dig and spray
and garden beds to weed;
Too bad she hasn't time to CLEAN The
latest information
That science offers housewives on TIL,
laws Of conservation!
At night with all the kids in bed, sh,
frets her troubled soul
About the lacking whcrewithal to ge
the winters coal.
For on the average salary that's pal,
the average man
To keep a household clothed and fet
takes many scheme and plan.
Yet cheerfully she goes long through
out each busy day, If
And usually by Christmas time thNfe,
something laid away
A little something in the bank,:Eth
NT+'th
load of debt to lift;
Too bad she hasn't time to learn O
scientific thrift!
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-07-30
AT ASHTON SCHOOL HOUSE

Wiley c. Walker will speak at the
Ashton School House Wednesday
night, August lst, at $50 o'clock. /
invite the young folks to come, and
the old frolks as we'll, and be with
your old schoolmate and friend.
Wiley c. Walker.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-07-30
SOC BOX FREE

This coupon, with 10c in silver
to help pay postage, packing,
etc, and to show good faith en-
titles holder to one Soc package
of Tonoline Free. Address the
American Proprietary Co., Bos-
ton, Mass. a,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-23
UNTO THE END"

THE quickest way for Russla's new
l. democracy TO commit suicide would
be by deserting tho Allies. Unshackled
Muscovys surest means OF self-preserva-
tlon is fighting shoulder TO shoulder with
the Entente and America to the last
ditch. Until the end!" CJusqu'au bout! y
Is Frances war motto. If emancipated
Russia wants to live, It should passion
ately echo that slogan and act upon II.
Slavic democracy is an infant. What
better nurses could such a babe possess
than France, the free; England. that gave
the Magma Charta birth, and tho United
States, which for more than a century
has triumphantly executed the principles
OF self-government on a scale unprece-
dented in world history! Surely here is
e. triumvirate Of nations that can guide
the ship of liberty to a safe harbor.
Autocratic Russia and western freedom
were strange political bedfellows. Czarism
was akin to Prussianism. In some ways
Russian absolutism was worse than Ger
man mllitarism. But with the Romanoffs
crushed, the code of Russian freedom
and that of the Entente and ourselves
sho"ld mean precisely the samo thing.
France, England and America have
mighty reasons for seeking to overthrow
the Kaiser. But young Russia's cause
for fighting is the greatest of all. The
very existence OF that democracy depends
on Germanys defeat.
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WARTIME PROSPERITY

| THIS country is suffering from the same
l. case Of NERVES" that England had in
the latter part Of 1914. Presently we
shall get over It, for the simple reason
that we are becoming apt pupils In learn
ing how not TO make other peoples mis-
takes.
Business got nervous In England for
some months because very few persons
had the foresight to perceive that the war
would make business a hundred times
better than ever before. And then, when
people found that there was to be no
panic, but living for everybody, they
were rather ashamed to admit prosperity,
feeling that they might be accused Of
making money out of tho worlds suffer
lngs. "They had this sense OF doubt and
shame because they had made the foolish
mistake Of thinking that business meant
making money and making nothing else,
But business is, of course, simply what
the word literally deflnes-the state Of
being busy--a state which is often pro-
ductivo of remarkably small money
profits. When men and women in Eng
land who had never had n square meal
in their lives began to make munitions
and enough money to buy Government
bonds; when It was found that "muni-
tons" meant not merely guns, but n
thousand other things, from clothing 20
tomato cans, the country awakened to
tho fact that there were enough sad
things 70 cry about without wasting tears
over business panic that did not and
could not exist.
Paris had a touch Of panic and closed
its theatres. Then It found that an actor
out Of n Job was a beggar, and so it al
lowed the players to give n few shows for
charity. Tho actors made the people
forget their troubles-and, incidentally,
through earning their bread and butter,
forgot their own troubles; and finally 1t
was found TO be better business all
around to have the theatres going as
before.
All Of which we may as well learn by
the short cut made by others experience.
It is not heartless to provide more bread
for your children by making clothing and
munitions for our soldiers. It is not
heartless to keep actors debts down and
your own spirits up by going to a show.
It is not sordld business. 1t is only busier
business. The war will not let us be poor
because the war will not let anybody be
idle
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SAVING DAYLIGHT SAVES COAL

DAYLIGHT saving is at once the
~ easiest and one OF the most efflcacious
economies that can be practiced by ma
ton girded for war. II has been esti-
mated that by the simple process Of keep.
ing the country's clocks set an hour ahead
throughout the summer a million tons
can be saved.
Private initiative cannot accomplish this
reform, because unless unforced by law
complete agreement by the whole popula-
tion on any question is impossible. But
an act Of Congress can settle the situation
In an instant. II we are told to believe
that It IS IL o'clock when IT is actually
only 10, and II every timepiece records
the former figure, to act upon the estab.
lished fiction becomes a mere matter OF
course.
The scheme has been adopted with
splendid results in all Of the belligerent
countries. Its operation means that we
rise earlier than usual, go to work earlier,
quit sooner, go TO bed sooner and thus
burn less light at night. An hour less
consumption OF Tight by every anhabitant
IN the land, every night win harvest for
us ton upon ton Of precious fuel.
A daylight-saving bill is now before
Congress. The measure deserves imrne-
date passage. Daylight saving involves
no hardship TO anybody. II is one OF the
fcw economies chat possess 60 exceptional
4 uirtua
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ROOSEVELT IN PITSCTA

Having denied Colonel Roosevelt tho
privilege Of leading a division of America n
troops to France, President Wilson NAV
now designate him 10 lead back into The
war hve million trained soldiers. An onneaI
was made within the last few days for the
president to send the ex-Presidcnt 20
Russia Back of that appeal is the eIoouant
statement Of young American surgeon
VINO Is Just nome from Russia after sivtaen
months In camp service. The only Americs ~
they Know In Russia is Roosevelt. saws tbis
surgeon and soldiers and peasants couId
be rallied back into the war h,y a dtyant
personal appeal from him, So entbueiastic
is ths young man over his idea tbat -
saw Colonel House-the President,s 10 10
LIlehu who seemed much innrosso5
Solohel House sent him to see ProSoseo. -,
rlne' OF princeton, and armed with a letton
rom eacn TO President Wilson. the suroaoI
went 10 the White House. What tba pei
ueht sald TO him know not, but tbo tbtT5tS
ne intended TO tell the President AZ ,,iiiss I,ss
Ehe fact that Colonel Roosevelt a.. niiow,
converse huently in Russian, said tho Az i'o'
lcan DOCTOR VIII not lessen the entbvsinsL-
Oh ms reception at Petrograd and NTosos.,i
any more than his ability to speaI, TDs,IS,N,
subtracted from Marshal Joffre,s ro1lil l-ls lisll
in the United States reception
wouldn't 1t be a triumph were tbo r,.,--,
70 outwlt the Kaiser and hold RussSa 'oI,ei t.,sl
70. her promise to the Allies?-GIrarSiI = 'rue rue
Public Ledger In the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-23
BUY A BOND AND OWN YOUR
OWN GOVERNMENT

DUYING n Liberty Bond gives a man
ID share in his own Government. 1t
is like going to Congress without sub
hitting to the awful fate of becoming a
Congressman.
When a man buys a share in a COM
pany he can never be Indifferent about
the way the company is run. Never
again will man who has invested in his
country be altogether indifferent about
the kind of men he sends to the Capitol
There has been a suspicion in recent
years that the bankers were running the
country. That suspicion will be revived
IL the people leave 1t to the banks to
finance their Government. And it won't
be the fault OF the bankers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-23

surety and certainty after he has out
devilcd tho devil as he surely will I'm the
last extremity But that last extremity is
not yet lIo ought to be beaten quick
There is only one way to do it, That is
to give him credit for 1000 per cent more
strength than remains in his waning powers.
and then beat him to II by 1000 more
SO, let us let the brcc2cS take care Of the
flag. There's work, real work lots of il
to do. Let's get busy and do it, And on
the principle Of living up to our reputation
as hustlcrs, let's do it now. Let's put every
ounce OF ourselves into quick crushing of
tho waning power of wrong Let's make
tho Stars and Stripes count for Just what il
stands for, make it count I'm deed--not noyt
week, or next month, or next year, but now
and today
You who read these lines have no idea
what war is. You just think you do be-
cause you have been reading Of battles and
tho names Of towns, and looked casually at
maps in your daily paper It's quite n diff
ferent thing than you can ever understand
until it is brought home to you. Its worse
than Sherman ever designated it. I've been
twenty odd times to the front and 1 know.
There Is only ono way Of fighting the
devil, and that is with fire. There is onIv
one thing the BOche understands and that
is force The United States has more force
than any other nation in the world. Rut
It's latent, asleep, not on to it's own strength
Stir it up Awaken 1t. Start II. And nou,
start it by doing something for these bovs
from Pennsylvania, New York, Texas Iowa
all over the United States that are nvinr for
these United States-in somebody else,s ma
chimes. Even the paint that designed tho
StSrS and Stripes upon these machines is
French. Not that France begrudrcs Not
that France would not give tho Tinted
States her very all in this fight, and nerbans
out Of it, Only wouldn't it be a iov 70
know that there was one really truly Amor
ican-made plane on the job, and that tho
paint Of its starred and striped flag of its
head Of the Indian, was American?
And while I am on the theme. lat ,,s NJ.
deliberately follow in the error mado ~,
England in the earlier days of the uor
mean the volunteer thing and the boiiorl
than-thou thing that is part and norcoi nf
Anglo-SaXonlsm-until it's reused to the
full. ''e
Let the breezes take care OF the eo,
Let's get busy and do things. Let,s toil,
about them afterward. Indeed we can ,,,ai,
afford to let historians do the TALKING To-
time for action. Now; with a canitoI ~
and capital o, and capital w onG
capitals too before it, spelling the word ,.d
QUICK. "o'u
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Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

l. Mount Parnassus. one of the highest elsta-
lions OF Greece, was held sacred 10
ApOliO and tho MUSES. by the anclent
hfeekS. The CaStalian fountain, SUP
posed TO impart poetic inspiration, Is on
the southern slope of the mountain.
x Each man, woman and child in the United
states would subscribe about $50 II the
Liberty LOan of $4,000, 100000 were
equally divided.
D. Charles Edward Russell Is n Socialist Gu
thor and q member of the American com
mission that will visit Russia.
a. M. r." after an Englishman's name sig
Miles that he is Member Of Parlia-
o. Elrn friends are said to be like David and
Jonathan because of the Bible story which
ItSFlbeS the true friendship between
David, the shepherd boy, and Jonathan,
eldest son and heir Of SAUL King OF
israel. saul plotted against David, who
was warned by jonathan.
D. kI{mond, Va. Is the old capital Of the
NouieHeTate StnteS, The government was
moved from Montgomery, Ala, early In
the Civil War.
q balloon" is spelled with two ops"
H. carbOy is large glObular glass hottie
used for containing acids. II usually IL
of green glass.
D. Ma sunday Is Mrs. William A. Sunday,
Mife Of the evangelist, who refers to her
10. Tho Isle of Pines Is south Of the western
enu or Cuba, In the northwestern corner
OF the Caribbean Sea.