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The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-06-12
CURTIS WILL NOT RUN

Atlanta, Ga, June 8.-Dr. A. H.
Curtis, well-known citizen of Coli
lege Park, near Atlanta, who had in
tended to make the race for congress
in the Fifth district to succeed Viii
liam Schley Howard, announced yes
terday that he would not be a candi-
date, but would support William D.
Upshaw in view of the fact that Mr..
Upshaw stands for all the measures
of good government which he has
advocated. The announcement was
made at rally of Mr.. Upshaw's sup
porters in College Park, where he
lived for many years and has a wide
circle of friends. Mr., Upshaw today
is speaking at Conyers in Rockdale
county and Grove Park in Fulton
county. In spite of the multiplicity
of candidates, he declares that.he ex-.
poets to carry every county in the
district, not even excepting Fulton.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-06-12
GIRLS ECONOMIC IN DRESS

Atlanta, Ga, June 8.-Not a single
sweet girl graduate at the South
Georgia Normal College at Valdosta
had graduation gown at the recent
commencement, according to Bryon
B. Bower, one of the trustees of the
college, who is just back from Val
dosta.
Instead of buying expensive grad
uation gowns they gave the money to
the Red Cross and wore very simple
dresses" states Mr. Bower, "and
thereby they contributed several
hundred dollars to the fund being
raised by the Valdosta chapter.
The trustees of the college adopted
the following resolution in connection
with the commencement exercises:
Resolved that the trustees, faculty
and student body of the Georgia Nor
NAL College regard Mr. Wilson as the
worlds greatest exponent of demo-
cracy, the peer of Washington and
Lincoln in the defense of political
freedom and human rights, and the
defender of Christian civilization that
makes life worth while in every land.
Resolved, further, that we pledge
to him our best efforts, our property,
and our lives in his determination to
make the world safe for democracy"
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-06-12

1.-THE game got hold of me before
the first pitched ball. The PLAYERS
in the hybrid costumes and huge
gloves, the catcher in his gas mask,
and the movements of the teams as
they practiced runs shook me with
excitement. Then the game began
and the roofing began. In past wears
| have attended varius football
matches in mining districts where the
players came in for certain amount
of Raging, but they were church SER
ices compared with the furious abuse
and hazing handed to any unfortunate
who failed to play ball.
There was, for example. An ex-
plosive, reverberating "A-h-h-h-h"
which have been practicing in nv
back yard ever since, but without
once. catching its true quality. You
should have heard Admiral Sims, as
college yell leader, when the Nav
made home-run hit, with his al
ta-Boy; Oh, >attaway to PLAY ball"
and when they got an error he sure
handed the Navy theirs.
Yes, I've got it. From now on
Pm fan. I'm going to see every
baseball match played anywhere near
London. | shall never be able tn
watch with excitement a cricket or
football match after this; it'd be like
a tortoise race. Come along with me
to the next match and ioin me in
roofing and in killing the umpire"
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-06-12
DIR. HAM ON THE WARPATH

Atlanta, Ga, June 11.-That blind
tigers are doing big and flourishing
business in Atlanta under system of
light fines in the city criminal court
that amounts practically to the pay
ment of regular license, is charged
by Rev. J. w. Ham, the crusading
pastor of the Baptist Tabernacle,
who has launched a movement to Sc
cure an amendment to the city char
ter of Atlanta authorizing the re-
corder to impose fines as high as
$1,000 for violations of the prohibition
law.
DR.. Ham asserts that the police
authorities are doing their their duty
well in, running down blind tigers
and making cases against them, and
that they are given the heaviest fines
in recorders court that the law au-
thorizes, but these fines are not heavy
enough to stop the illicit traffic in
liquor, and the city court is letting
the blind tigers go with light fines
which they can well afford to pay.
DR.. Ham further charges that blind
tigers are selling whiskey to officers
and soldiers in practically all of the
hotels, and that pool rooms are reg
ular nests for blind tigers which
should be cleaned out by closing all
pool rooms for duration of the war.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-06-12
British Officers
AID Instruction
IN Gas Defense.

Because of the instruction of gas
officers who have been at the various
camps for the last six months, the
troops which are going forward to
hrance are we'll posted on methods
Of combating gas attack, says a
statement authorized by the War De-
partinent. A group of British gas
officers has been in this country since
last summer. One of these men has
been at each Of the training camps,
advising and assisting the division
gas officer.
All the men going overseas are
supplied with gas helmets. Under the
division gas officers and their assist
ants, the men are drilled in the use
of masks, taught how to detect the
presence of gas, and given actual ex-
perience with different sorts of gases.
Mimic gas shells and cloud attacks,
used often at night in connection with
high explosives, help to make the
training realistic.
The United States has been able to
build on the experience of the British
and French, to whom gas attacks
were unknown when they entered the
war. No American troops have been
sent to the front without practical
experience in defending themselves
against gas.
The training of instructors in gas
defense includes course of about
one month. Most of the gas officers
are commissioned first lieutenants.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-06-12
BRISTON TO GO WHEATLEss
UNTIL HARVEST

Atlanta, Ca, June 10.-Briston, a
city OF 10000 people, situated in both
Virginia and Tennessee, has pledged
itself to go wheatless until harvest.
in order that the absolute needs of
the Allies may be met fom Americas
meager, store. Five large mills, fifty
wholesale and retail grocers, all no.
tells and scores of patriotic citizens
have turned in their entire stocks for
the use of the government, and have
pledged themselves to use no more
until the present need has passed.
No more wheat flour will be sold.
and the entire output of the mills
is to be placed at the disposition of
the Food Administration.
Many other pledges of support to
the Food Administration have follow
ed its recent appeals for fnrther con-
servation of wheat. The First Pres
byterian Sunday School, Holt, Mich,
is pledged to use no wheat or its pro-
ducts until harvest. Pledges of sup
port and cooperation have been re-
ceived from the Evangelical Luther
an Church, South Haven, Mich; Park
Baptist Bible School, Utica, N. Y,
Grand River Lodge No. 400, /. o. O..
r, Macksburg. Iowa.
The Illinois Grain Dealers Asso-
citation, at its twenty-ffth annual con-
vention, has pledged itself to place
the entire resources of the organiza-
ton at the disposition of the Food
Administration in its efforts to solve
the world food problem.
I'VE pledge our individual and coll
leetive support" the resolution con-
cludes, TO the government without
reservation, and pledge to give our
most efficient service in handling and
marketing grain, so that our troops
at home and abroad shall be victor
ious."
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-06-12

The Danish hog census shows a de-
crease from 1861 900 hogs July IL.
1917, to 10000 December S, 1918, or a
decrease of one-third the number at
the beginning of the war.
Arrangements have been made for
"a reduced railroad fare of approx
mately ! cent mile for soldiers and
sailors who desire to visit their homes
before going overseas.
Increased demands for common la
Dor are shown by recent employ
ment survey by the United States
Employment Service. Fifty-three CEN
tiers have calls exceeding the present
supply, while but three cities, all in
the west, report a surplus. Normal
conditions are reported by Is cities.
Bottlers of soft drinks in the United
States may save approximately $4,000
tons of sugar annually by using other
sweetening materials, according to in
vestigations by specialists of the Blu
reau of Chemistry, United States De-
partment of Agriculture The Bureau
of Chemistry is preparing to furnish
'bottlers with sweetening formulas
that will allow the actual sugar con-
tent in soft drinks TO be cut down
so per cent or less and at the same
time will preserve the customary
taste of the beverages Starch sugar,
starch strip, maltese strip, and honey
are the substitutes.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-06-12
Bands Enlarged and
Bugle and Drum
Corps Organized

Acting on suggestion of General
Pershing an order has been issued in
creasing each regiments band from
q to so members. Band leaders hav-
ing had more than FIVE years military
experience as band leaders will be
made first lieutenants; those with
less than Ave years experience will
be made second lieutenants.
Beside charging the bands bugle
and drum corps will be added to each
regiment. Each corps will include
the company buglers of its regiment,
and not more than Is drummers.
Big Crows See
American Base Ball
in London.
las the latest wonder of the world
London has taken to baseball" says
Committee on Public Information
representative in London. The Eng
ish never before had much use for
our great game. They called it an ex-
aggerated form of FOUNDERS and won
dered what the noise was all about,
but the American and Canadian sol
diers in England have been educat-
ing them.
a regular league OF elgnt teams
has started summer schedule, and
the English public is learning what
it has missed. Big crowds witness
the game which is played every Sat-
urday, and the sport bids fair to be-
come widely popular. Here is the
way Thomas Burke, the short-story
writer, reports game in the London
Star of May ~:
Last week | discovered baseball.
The match between the Army and
Navy teams was my first glimpse of a
pastime that has captivated CONT
nent, and / can we'll understand its
appeal to modern temperament
Relieve me, it's the good goods, And
the crowd! / had heard and read
much Of baseball fans and their meth
DDS of roofing, but my conceptions
were nothing near the real thing. The
Erandstands, crowded with Army and
Navy fans, bristling with megaphones
and tossing hats and denoniac faces,
ss6nld have made superb subjects tor
! 1ishosraph BY Sir Frank Bragwyn.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-06-12
Increase in Army
Since Start of War
More Than $500 Per Cent.


One of the interesting developments
OF the war, according to a statement
authorized by the War Department
IS the repaid expansion of the various
bureaus of the War Department. At
the outbreak of the war there were
less than 5000 employees on duty.
The number now is approximately
$4,000, an increase of 100000 per
cent. While this represents tremen-
dous expansion, the increase in the
Army itself has been more than $500
per cent
Only q out of every 100 officers in
the service were in the Army at the
time the war began.
The increase in personnel at the
administrative end of the war thus
Tar has not kept pace with the growth
of the Military Establishment.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-06-12
NOTICE TO DOG OWNERS

Beginning today, ! shall shoot ev-
cry dog, which appears on the streets
OF this city without muzzle as the
ordinances Of the city require. BY
order of the mayor. w. S. STAN
PER. Pourdinaster. Il
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-06-12
Browning Machine
Gun Passes Tests
for Airplane Use.

The Browning machine gun has
successfully undergone test to de-
terinine it's value for use with aircraft.
This is one of three types of machine
guns with which the rate of fire can
be so synchronized with the revolu-
ton of the propeller of tractor air
plane that the gun can be fired by
She pilot of combat plane through
che revolving blades.
Airplane propellers revolve at from
300 to 1000 revolutions per minute.
The machine gun is connected with the
airplane engine by a mechanical or
hydraulic device, and impulses from
the chank shaft are transmitted to
the machine gun. The rate of fire of
the machine is constant and its fire is
synchronized with the revolving pro-
peller blades by wasting" certain
percentage of the impulses it receives
from the airplane engine and by hav-
ing the remaining impulses trip or
pull the trigger SO that the gun fires
just at the fraction of the second
when the propeller blades are clear
of the line of fire.
The pilot operates the gun by means
of lever which controls the circuit
and allows the impules to trip the
trigger,
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-06-12
Meat Ration Cut in Germany:
Hog Stocks Dwindle.

In Bavaria the monthly meat ration
has been cut 20 per cent+from 1000
to 300 grams according to German
newspapers. The monthly meat ra-
ton in Saxony has been reduced from
800 to 700 grams. Public officials are
reported in the Prussian press as dis
cussing the possibility of a further
reduction of the gread ration in Prus-
STA.
A Munich paper reports that from
the beginning of the war to March |,
1918, Bavarian hog stocks have de-
creased from 2,106,31 to 700, 3ol head.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-06-12
WEEKLY WAR
NEWS DIGEST
Gas Masks for Horses
Are Being Sent
to France.

The Gas Defense Service is now
manufacturing about 5000 horse gas
masks per day. These are being sent
to France, and it is expected that
within short time every horse con-
nected with the American Expedi-
tionary Forces will be equipped with
me new masks.
The Gas Defense Service has a
completely equipped factory for the
manufacture of the masks. In less
than three weeks building was Sc
lected and the factory was producing
masks. The introduction of riveting
machinery has done away with the
hand sewing of the frame which sup
ports the masks on the faces of the
horses. The masks are SO construct
ed that no metal or chemically inn
pregnated parts can chafe the horse.
Courier Democrat., 1918-02-21

The American soldiers were not en-
tirely pleased with the designation of
Sammies, nor did they care to be call
ed Teddies. Now it seems number
Of them have devised for themselves
the designation Of Johnnyyanks, which
suggests the reunion of the South
and the North under "Old Glory
that was exemplified in the Spanish
war. There is a historic significance
in Johnnyyank which may help it to
win out. Why shouldn't the prefer
ences Of the brave fellows most con-
cerned be consulted In regard to the
name by which they are to be called
by those who admire and love them
The worst thing that can be said of
Johnnyyank is that it is longer word
than headliners like to handle.
Courier Democrat., 1918-02-21
NATURE HELPS OUT.

The American corn crop Is tho
greatest on record. It exceeds by over
68OOO,000 bushels the largest previous
yield and reaches the enormous total
Of 3,191, ,0S3,000 bushels. It will be no.
ticed that the yield per acre is not ex-
ceptional; the season is characterized
by the department of agriculture as
having been "unfavorable," but the
acreage was the most extensive in the
history of American agriculture, the
Western farmers having responded en-
ergetically to the unprecedented need.
AS was to be expected, the country
has grown more potatoes than ever be-
fore, and in this crop we Of the East
have had special share, says Provi-
dence Journal. 1t would be interest
ing to know how many Americans have
actually been potato raisers this year.
We may be sure that a large propUa'-
ton of those who tried the experiment
in 1917 will repeat it in 1913 in the in
terest of intelligent patriotism and also
because their experience has given
them taste for modest adventure in
gardening. Buckwheat is up to the
average, flaxseed is livery disappofnt-
ing, the tobacco crop is the greatest
on record, and cranberries are scarce"
On the whole, nature and man in close
partnership have done we'll.
Courier Democrat., 1918-02-21
Notice Of Sale Of Real Estate Upon Mortgage
Foreclosure

Notice is hereby given, that that certa;n
ade and delivered BY
Marine Insurance Company. Corporation.
m1ortgagee, s,a dated the lst day of November, A.
E.. 1919 and az filed for record in the office Of tho
and State of North Dakota, on the l3th dav ~
November; A. D. 1913, at so o'clock p. M,
100, and thereafter was duly assigned by Tie Tie
mortgagee, by an instrument in writing to Con- no
lee State Bank; Coulee: North Dakota, cor.
Sotb day Of March. A. D., 1917, and u was dmIv NV
Cavalier county, North Dakota on the srd day
and recorded in Book 107 of Assianmeppttsm pt M, m
Page l5l, will by reason Of default having been
maze .,m IN the payment of the sum secured there
therein contained, be foreclosed by sale of the
premises IN such mortgage and hereinafter de-
?crl6ed h y at the front door of the Court House.
lier and State of North Dakota, at the hour Of
@ two o'clock IN the afternoon, on Saturday. the
sVsn Gay or or March, e A. q 1913 to satisfy the
SALE The premises described in such mort {
gag, and which will be sold to satisfy the same
!2ol Block Eleven; GH Original Townsite 'I3i of
being du.h in the County Of Cavalier and state
in the payment OH INTEREST," due on such
mortgage, ,'and the mortgage containing clause
authorizing the mortgagee to declare the total
sum thereby due upon such default and the
assignee Of the mortgage having elected so to
do. now therefore. there will be due on such
hundred sixty.nine dollars and twelve cents
1889. IL for the principal and interest, to.
gether with the costs of foreclosure and the sta
uary attorneys fees.
+ Dated at Minot North Dakota this 14th day
of February, A. d. 1918.
y, Co1I EE STATE BANK, corporation. Coolee,
North Dakota. Assignee Of Mortgagee
.HALvoR d. HALyoRsoN, attorney for assignee
of mortgaeee. office and tpost Office address.
MlhOt, North Dakota. 31.36
Courier Democrat., 1918-02-21
Notice of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale

=, Default having been made in the terms of the
the mortgagor to psy certain installments Sc.
cured thereby when due or at all. and to pay in
terest overdue on prior mortgage on said
premises, and such default still existing, the
mortgagee electing to- hereby declares ali sums ms
secured by said mortgage due and payable at
this time, and the mortgage having been COM
pelled to pay and did pay overdue interest on
prior mortgage ON said premises, to protect it's
interests under the mortgage described below.
Notice is hereby given that certain mort
gage. pa6e executed and delivered by Beni-
dtkt Sigurdson, unmarried, as lnortgagor, to
George b. Clifford & Co., a cooperation, mort
gagee dated May 2lst. 1913, and fled for record
in the Office OF the Register of Deeds, in and for
Cayaiier county. North Dakota. on July 18th,
CAGES, at Page sos,
Will be foreclose by sale of the premises in
such Mortgage, and hereinafter, described at
the front door of the Court House. in the City
Of Langdon, County of Cavalier and State of
North Dakota. on the 4th day of March, 1918. at
day, to satisfy the amount due on said mort
gage on the day of sale. Ia III
The premises described in said mortgage and
which will be sold to satisfy the same, are To-
Gated in Cavaliers county. North Dakota, and
described as follows. to-wit:
The Southwest Quarter of Section 80. in
Township 161, North of Range 81, West of the
Fifth Principal MERIDIAN.
There will be due on said mortgage on the
day OF SALE. the sum of $S5o,34, besides the
costs and disbursements of this foreclosure.
Dated at Grand Forks. North Dakota. this
GEO b. CLIFFORD & Co.,
ATTORNEYS for Mortgagee,
Grand Forks North Dakota 1851
Courier Democrat., 1918-02-21

The women are now able to laugh
at the men. From time immemorial
men have chided women for the
amount Of cloth they waste in gar
ments; yet the governments economy
board has found that while women
can save 25 per cent by adopting the
proposed clothes models demanded by
the shortage of wool, men can save 40
be unable to figure how this saving
can be effected, unless by the adoption
of the two-piece suit in summer and
by turning a coat into a mere jacket.
But probably the economy board knows
what it is talking about.
Courier Democrat., 1918-02-21

Food requirements vary not only as
to the individual, but also as to iSpe
character of his activities. Expert.
ments have shown that man of aver
age size may require for adequate
to 5000 calories per day. The mini
mum represents what is essential to
the nourishment of an average sized
normal person engaging in no exer-
tion, while the maximum is the need
of men performing the hardest kind
of manual labor out of doors. While
the subject of food conservation is
uppermost these statistics are Of es.
pecial interest.
Courier Democrat., 1918-02-21

The directors of the farmers store
at Crystal met last week we are told
to size up the situation after about
ten years of business and they found
the balance to be about SIS, 900 on
the wrong side of the ledger. Cover
nor Frazier, who is a stockholder,
was present at the meeting. 1t is
said that several farmers are objecting
to an assessment, but they were told
by the governor and others that it was
the only way out of it. It is repeti-
ton of the experiences Of the most
of cooperative stores that have been
run in this country and we look to
see these new corporations that are
being organized suffer the same fate.
The mercantile business is not a very
profitable business, when everything is
given due and careful consideration,
and where there are too many in
terested it is pretty certain to end
in failure. .-Pembina Pioneer
Express.
Courier Democrat., 1918-02-21
Tomorrow is Westinghouse Birtl

Tomorrow is Washinghton' Birth
day, the last of the two national holi
days of the shortest month of the year.
And this year they stand for more
than they have ever done before in
the history of the country whose
founder we honor tomorrow by the
observance of his natal day. 1t is
something that true patriotic American
can feel thankful for at such a time
as this--that they are citizens of a
country in which the people really
govern the affairs of the nation and
are not ruled by a crowned head.
Courier Democrat., 1918-02-21

Precinct caucuses to name dele
gates to legislative district conven-
tions are to be held by the non parti.
sans at the various voting precincts
tomorrow afternoon at two o'clock.
The legislative convention to be held
later will name the party Legislative
candidates and also choose the dele
gates from the district to the state
convention, which will select the
leagues candidates for Office on state
and national tickets.
Courier Democrat., 1918-02-21
Non-par tisans of Pembina count

Non par tisans of Pembina county
have plans under way to enter the
newspaper field there with the county
seat as its objective location. To
the present time the Cavalier Chroni-
Gle has had the county seat town of
Pembina without having to share the
field with contemporary. 1t is ex-
pected that the new party organ will
be in evidence in plenty of time to
participate in the activities that will
precede the June primaries. At the
present time Pembina county has from
eight to ten old established weekly
papers.
Courier Democrat., 1918-02-21

Good weather for Langdon's three
days farmers convention and mid.win-
ter fair next week is freely predict
ed, based no doubt largely upon ! the
cold stormy period that has been ex:
perienced during the past week and
the factlthat along about this time the
backbone of winter is generally sup
posed to have been broken
Courier Democrat., 1918-02-21

Why shouldn't there be service flags
for women who have gone to the front?
The suggestion is good one that there
should be a service flag with a blue
field and a, white star to tell that a
woman from the house from which it
waves has enlisted in the Red Cross
and departed for France to "do her
bit.''