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The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-01-21
SAVING THRIFT STAMPS

Atlanta, Ga, Jan. 2l.-Every trav-
elig man in Georgia not already en-
rolled in the War Savings Stamp
campaign is requested to send his
name to Hugh Richardson of this
city, director of the campaign for
Georgia, who is busily engaged
among his many other duties, in or
ganizing the knights of the Grip
in great volunteer army that will
spread the gospel of thrift and serv-
ice to the farthest corners of the
state.
Thousands of Georgia travelling
men already have enrolled in the
campaign, but it is desired to secure
a membership of 10000 by February
/, and for this reason everyone whose
name is not on the list is requested to
get in touch with Mr.. Richardson at
once.
For the purposes of the War Saw
ings Stamp campaign, and other
movements in which the travelling
men will do their bit to win the war,
the Georgia Travelling Mems Asso-
citation for National Service has been
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-01-21
ATLANTA OBSERVES FUEL
ADMINISTRATIONS ORDER

Atlanta, Ga, Jan. 2l.-Atlanta' do
nestle coal situation is easier today
than it has been in weeks, thanks to
a combination of strict coal card
system FOLLOWED by the National
Fuel Administrators closing order,
which has diverted large supply OF
coal from industrial and commercial
establishments to the city's domestic
needs in the past two days.
Stores selling food, both whole
sale and retail, will be permitted to
stay open and use coal throughout
Georgia until o'clock this afternoon,
according to an order issued late Sat-
urday night by DR.. A. M. Soule, Fed
eral Food Administrator for Georgia.
through his secretary, Major D. F.
McClatchey, who has headquarters
in Atlanta.
The Coal administration order
the Food administrators
i'll each state to designate those
plants manufacturing non-perishable
foods which may continue to operate.
Under this authority, the Food Ad-
has ordered all CANDY
factories i'll Georgia to use no fuel
tor heat, and use no power derived
from fuel, during the continuance of
the closing order.
Atlanta manufacturing plants using
hydro-electric power and having ar
engagements of such a nature that en-
ployes can work without heat are
continuing to operate just as usual,
as the order does not affect motive
power derived from water. Those
which cannot operate without that
however, are shut down, as are also,
OF course, the plants using steam
power.
Practically all Atlanta srcst ex-
cept food stores, closed today in OBJ
servance of the order, and Atlanta
newspapers issued only the limited
editions which are customary on nat
ional holidays. Atlanta Office build
ings had no heat today except in Of
hces occupied by doctors, dentists,
departments of the government, rail-
road companies, telephone and tele-
graph companies and restaurants. All
barber shops were closed for lack of
hot water and heat.
Hooper Alexander, U. S. district at
torney for the northern district of
Georgia, has ruled that no fuel of
any kind can be used for heat or pow
er in plants and places of business af-
fected by the order. This prevents
a number of plants from using shaw
lngs, sawdust, and lumber scraps for
getting up steam in their boilers.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-01-21
Nv j. IN. MULLER

Worms. There were Gunther and his
two tall brothers, Gernot, the mighty,
and Giselher. the blooming. There
were Hagen with the sword of Bal
mung that Siegfried had won from the
Nibelungs, and Folker, Gunther's min
strel.
They fought their way through Ba-
varia till their saddles were gay with
blood. They rode into Austria and
were met by loyal Rudeger of Bech-
laren, King Etzel's markgrave, who
welcomed them and plighted them the
faith Of a true host. Splendidly he
led them into Hungary to King Eft
Zel's thousand towers Of Gran.
Kriemhlld stepped down from the
castle and kissed her brother, Gunther.
When Hagen saw that, he bound his
helm on tighter.
He had need Of it. While King Etzel
sat drinking with them in all trust
and love, Kriemhild's knights fell on
them in the banquet hall. Drink we
the kings wine!" cried Hagen then,
and cut off the head of Etzel's child,
so that it flew into Kriemhild's lap.
Balmung whirled again, and bit the
head of Etze1s brother, helmet and all.
The Nibelungs, hard pressed, fought
with swords and benches and stools.
Scarce could Etzel and Kriemhild win
from the tumult Folker fiddled death
tunes with his blade on many q Huns
head. Dankwart, Hagen's brother,
held the door and gathered red gate
money.
The Nibelungs threw the dead and
wounded down the stairs and cried
ENTER Enter! And earn your queens
pay, oh Huns !"
All the long summer day they fought
In the dusk Kriemhild ordered the
place to be kindled. All night il
burned. Yet in the dawn there were
Nibelungs still left alive.
''They have orphaned the land "
cried the Hun knights, all red and
! black with slaughter. King Etzel
sobbed in his beard and called to Ru.
, deger of Bechlaren to avenge them.
II brought the strangers into the
land as guests, o Kingw cried the
| faithful man. "Take back what thou
has given me. l will quit the coGntr,
empty rather than 1 will die dishon
ored."
But they impl0red him. Heavily ne
armed himself and called his knights
II grieve for We, homeless men =
cried he to the men of the Rhine. III,
saw that Hagen had lost his shield
and said: Take mine, Hagen. Might
est thou but win back with 1t to Bur
gundy"
"GOd reward thee, noble Rudeger =
answered Hagen. Then Rudeger rushe,
at them. He struck Gernot q fata
blow, but before the Rhine's prime,
dropped he struck truly with the sharl
sword that Rudeger had given him
so that the loyal knight Of Bechlarel
died from his own loving gift.
They made sorry terms with eacl
other. The knights Of the Rhine wer,
/ few when the fighting was done; bu
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-01-21

formed with prominent travelling men
in general charge as executive COM
mittee. This form of organization will
be continued until Washington's
Birthday on February. q, when a per-
manent organization will be formed
and officers will be elected.
Every travelling man enrolled in
the movement for War Savings
Stamps will carry stamp book in
his pocket, showing that he practices
what he breaches by investing his
surplus quarters in the little stamps
which are the same, in their modest
way, as Liberty Bonds
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-01-21
WHY GRADE POTATOES?

Because grading will benefit all
classes. In any business the con-
fdence of the public is the foundation
Of success. The consumer who knows
he can always depend on a square
deal' in regard to the quality of the
goods he buys. soon develops dis
position to use those goods repeated
ly and in increasing quantities until
his full needs are met This individ-
ual preference, multiplied by hun
dreds Of thousands or by millions,
creates a tide reaching back to the
very sources of the river or supply
Americans have not realized the
food value and utility of the potato
as have the peoples of Europe, main
ly because they could not depend on
the quality, or even quantity, of their
purchases. and have too often paid a
good price for very poor lot of po-
tatoes Very frequently, before vot-
untary grading by far-seeing pota-
to growers and shippers had some
what bettered general conditions, the
consumer who bought bushel of
potatoes might find on top of the
basket a half-dozen choice bakers,
then pack or two of good or disable
boiling tubers, another pack so small
they could not be peeled without
great loss; larger or smaller frac-
ton of tubers that could only BIT
thrown away, and often collection
of dirt, stones, sticks and other trash
that completely discouraged further
desire for potatoes. If the tubers
were OF one variety or even one type,
it was more by accident than by in
telligent selection of seed for the
crop, or by judicious sorting by grow
ers or shippers. Potatoes differ
greatly, and the tubers of one variety
may be f1akely, mealy and attractive
when taken from the oven in their
bright, brown skins; while another
variety may be hard, soggy and un-
palatable-usab1e only after long
boiling and MASKING or riching. Mix
ing two or more types in a lot, when
the purchaser cannot separate good
from poor before use, can lead only
to dissatisfaction.
Largely because of this lack Of de-
pendability, we Americans eat two
and-a-half bushels of potatoes apiece
each year. the English or French
more than three times as many
There can be no question that if DO
tatoes of the same character, same
shape, and approximately the same
size were sold in response to each
consumers demand, with a range in
quality to suit all tastes, and with
prices to meet the needs of all pur-
ses, the consumption of potatoes
might soon be doubled, with bene-
int alike to producer handler, and
consumer. AS step in the right di-
rection the Food Administration re-
quires that all potatoes sold by IL
censed dealers shall be practically
free from frost injury and decay and
free from serious damage due to dirt
sunburn, diseases, insects or mechan-
ical means, and that they be handled
on the hundred-weight basis. The
Food Administration, cooperating
with the Department of Agriculture,
also recommends sorting potatoes in
to two grades.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-01-21

From the Netherlands down The
Rhine valley and from Metz to Hun
gary IS the scene of that greatest Of
fighting epics. the roaring and ter
ribls Nibelungen-Med. The men Of
the Rhine and the men of BaUaraa,
Hungary and Austria are depicted
"a the lied as killing each other.
Battling side by side today, they are
fired for united war by the chants
from this tale. which IS the priced
possession of all races and classes of
the GeTmGntc stock.
Strong and beautiful was Siegfried,
the kings son of Xante in the Meth
erlands. Strong and beautiful, he rode
down into Worms to win from King
Gunther OF the Rhine his sister Krieln-
hild. who was fair as a dawn that
comes from behind dark clouds.
None were so happy as they. But
Ia an evil hour Siegfried told Krlem-
hid OF trick he had put on Brun-
hild, Gunther's queen and Kriemhiid
twitted Brunhild in public with what
she had learned.
stShall this outrage lie upon me?"
wept Brunhild, till Gunther, the king,
went whispering up and down, and his
nerce, loyal vassal, Hagen of Irony,
sswore that revenge must be.
At fateful Odenheim, In the Oden-
'wald. when Siegfried stopped to drink
at spring, Hagen thrust him through
with spear. so that it entered at the
champions back and came out at his
heart.
So died the great warrior, he that
had conquered the Land of the Nibe-
lungs and won their mighty hoard and
brought the Nibelung knights under
hiS OverlOrdship.
Hagen brought the dead man home
at cOncerneth me little If Kriemhild
weep" said dauntless Hagen Of Irony
She kissed Siegfried's beautiful
head and swOre vengeance. For three
days and nights she wept him while
he lay unburied, and for many years
after. when he had long slept in his
coffin Of silver and gold in Lorsch OF
the Rhine. She could do naught else
'The devils wife will never fOrglv,
me-" said Hagen. He worked on Gun
Their till the king took from Kriemhilt
the Nlbelung's treasure; for lie feared
lest the hero's widow win adherent
with Il.
They sank the hoard In the Rhin,
at LOcheim and only Hagen and Gun
Their knew the place.
Krlemhlld wept anew and nurse,
another need for revenge.
There came a day when King Etze
Of Hungary sent knights to WOO her
and she Jared into Hun-land to becOm,
the mighty queen of that mighties
king. Sweetly and well she ruled will
him till she was assured that the Low,
OF all Etxel's knights was hers. Thel
she spoke to the king and said: Gle
uS bid my kin from the Rhine to 1
hlghtlde."
Sixty high warriors and a thousant
Nibeiuug knights, they rode out o
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-01-21
FREE TOBACCO SEED
FURNISHED GROWERS

We will operate an up-to-date to-
bacco market in Douglas, Ga, the
coming season. The outlook for high
prices was never better. You can rest
assured of a good local market in
easy reach of you. Any one wanting
seed can obtain them from me free
of charge. will also send you full
instructions for sowing seed, plant
ing, etc.
If you are interested write me at
Timmonsville, S. c., for full informa-
ton. .lJJIlD III Your friendLi
MF-2t w. E. LEA.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-01-21
FORD INVITED TO VISIT
ATLANTA ON HIS TOUR

Atlanta, Ga, Jan. 2l-Henry Ford,
the famous automobile manufacturer
of Detroit, has been invited to visit
Atlanta on his forthcoming Southern
tour to locate shipbuilding plants for
the government. The invitation was
sent him by w. H. White, Jr., presi-
dent of the Atlanta Chamber of Com
merce. and a banquet will be tender
ed him if he accepts.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-01-21

In Ceylon the largest pearls are
worth $500 to $3.50; in Europe and
America they sell at more than three
times this price.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-01-21

Many Reject Pork.
More than half of the worlds popu-
lation still regards meat OF swine as
unfit for human consumption.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-01-21

This epic of the Teuton races
which IS closely related TO the myths
Of Iceland and the Morse sagas, was
not ron from its conceolment IN an
Gent Gothic manuscripts till Jo-
ham Jokob Bodmer published a
part of 1t IN German in 1857. Since
then 1t has become a prized posses
sion of the northern races of En-
rope. The King Etzel of the epic
IS The great and terrible warrior
King Attila Of history.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-01-21

Of the knights OF Rudeger there was
not one left.
Palaces and towers rang with the
woe of the Huns. The brave Amelung
knights of Prince Dietrich of Berne
ran to the place, and, weeping, begged
for Rudeger's body.
"COme and take him" answered
Folker, waving his terrible red fiddle
bow. $50 shall ye serve Rudeger
truly"
Hildebrand Of Berne hit Folker so
that shield and helm few in splinters.
That was the end Of the bold fiddler.
Hagen's brother, Dankward, fell
slain. Wolfhart Of Berne and young
Giselher killed each other. They gave
each other a grim death.
There were none left save Prince
Dietrich Of Berne and his man Hide
brand on one side, and Gunther the
king and his vassal Hagen on the
other
These two were sorely spent. Die
trich grappled them and bound them.
So he bore them to Kriemhild.
Most high queen" said the prince
OF Berne, grieving. ''there were never
nobler captives than these. Let the
homeless knights live for my sake"
She sent them to separate dungeons.
Then she went in to Hagen and said,
high and furious: "Tell me where the
Nibelung hoard Is, and We may both
win back alive to Burgundy"
Grim Hagen answered: 81 have
sworn that none shall have it while
my master Gunther lives"
Kriemheld went in to her brother
and srnote off his head. Bearing 1t
by the hair, she showed it to the knight
Of Irony.
Now the secret is safe!" cried Ha-
gen. "None knoweth of the treasure
now save God and I. Thou shalt never
see it, devil that thou art"
Kriemhild drew Balmung, Siegfried's
sword, from the sheath at fettered Ha.
gems side. She lifted it with both
hands and took off his head.
Il care not what comes of it," cried
old Hildebrand, Dietrich's man. He
swung his blade and slew her.
Thus it befell because of the high
pride Of two loving women. The end
OF the hightide was woe. So at the
last all joy turns to sorrow. This is
the fall of the Nibelungs.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1918-01-25
PETS LEARN THE MORSE CODE
RattIesna<e, Dog and Mock'ns bro
Claimed to Have Been Taught
Dots and pashes.

The old-time telegrapher claims
while stationed on the Arizona desert
ut photograph office he caught q
young rattlesnake, tanned 1t, and taught
1t the Morse code, according to
writer.
The snake slept on the telegraph
desk nights and whenever the train
dispatcher called ICY" the old-timer's
Office call, the RATHER would creep over
to the old-timers cot and rattle 10y
n his masters ear, which would wake
aim up, and he would come over to the
desk and answer the wire.
After the RATHER was killed, run over
by a train, the old-timer adopted a
dog, to whom he also taught the code.
Whenever the old-timer sat In a poker
game, the dog would station himself
behind the other players, and by wag-
ging his tail on the floor, he would sig
nal in dots and dashes what cards the
other players held; consequently the
old-timer always cleaned up. When the
gamblers discovered the trick they ran
the old-time telegrapher and his dog
out Of town.
The dog died while the old-timer was
stationed in the Rockies, and he
trapped a hooking bird to take the
place Of the dog. In an incredibly short
time the mocking bird mastered the
Morse code, and would sit by the
sounder for hours, pick the messages
off tho rirn and wbfctla thonN m his
master.
The bird was so tame that the old
timer allowed him to fly around where
ever he wished. One day while the
telegrapher was working on his reports
the hooking bird fluttered In and
whistled the following message: There
are holdups in the cut, planning to
hold up No. a."
The old-timer was taken completely
off his feet for moment. Then he
sprang for the telegraph key and wired
the operator at the next station to sum-
mon the sheriff and a posse, have
them board train No. "a and watch out
for holdups in the cut.
The sheriff and his posse boarded
the train and managed to kill and cap
ture the would-be robbers. who II they
had succeeded would have no doubt
made rich maui, as there was large
shipment Of gold in the express car OF
No. "a. The express company hand
somely rewarded the old-timer and his
pet hooking bird.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1918-01-25
Good Ears of Seed Corn.

lost by bringing corn from the South
and attempting to grow it in the North
where it failed to mature. One of the
most common mistakes in selecting
seed corn is to lay too much stress up
on one thing-forgetting all other feat
ures. some OF which are of great inn
portance. A person will often sacri-
Ace everything to depth Of kernel, size
or length of ear, or place too much
stress upon straightness of rows, fill
ing out at the tip, space between rows,
etc. All of which should be taken into
consideration, but are not the only
things nor even the most important
things to be considered.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1918-01-25
When Everyone Laughs.

Bert Williams, the greatest colored
comedian the stage has ever known,
has written an article to the American
Magazine, in which he says:
"One of the funniest sights In the
world is a man whose hat has been
knocked in or ruined by being blown
off-provided, of course, 1t be the other
fellows hat All the jokes in the world
are based on a few elemental ideas,
and this is one Of them. The sight OF
other people In trouble Is nearly al
ways funny. This Is human nature.
If you will observe your own conduct
whenever you see friend falling down
on the street, You will find that nine
times out Of ten your first impulse liz
to laugh and your second is to run and
help him get up. To be polite you will
dust off his clothes and ask him II he
has hurt himself. But when 1t Is. all
over you cannot resist telling him how
funny he looked when he was falling.
The man with the real sense OF humor
is the man who can put himself In the
spectators place and laugh at his own
misfortunes."
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1918-01-25
Hollands FOREIGN Trade.

The an. en- Uitvoer" publishes
the following analysis of Dutch for
eign trade during the first half OF
1917:
The value of the leading articles
imported into Holland from Germany,
or rather, of those articles which are
included in the official figures Of the
central bureau of statistics ("Maand-
statistiek van den In en- Uitvoer en-
van het Entrepotverkeer"), In the first
quarter Of the year was 25,365, 107 flor
ms (about So 100000 at exchange Of
SO.41), and, In the second quarter, 49,
2s4 COG forms (about S1S.567.O00 a
total of 70,649,713 forms in the first
six months of 1917. The value of the
chief articles exported to Germany was
49.247.575 forms (about S20.191 5000
I'm the first quarter and 52,S41 POP for
ms (about S21, $685. O0) in the second,
or 1O2 OSs.TT7 forms for the half year
Thus, In the first quarter Holland sent
almost twice as much TO Germany as
It received, but in the second quarter
the import trade with Germany almost
balanced the export trade.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1918-01-25
TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS AND WAR
Drawings Give Leaders a comprehen-
sive View Of the Important
Geographic Relations. .t,...

II has been said that many OF the
battles of the Civil war would never
have been fought had there been topo-
graphic maps, for those in command
could have studied map of the coun-
try about them and they would never
have subjected their men to such
marches as were made and then have
expected their men to fight, states
student of military engineering. But
topography In its general sense and as
1t is shown today on the maps OF the
geological survey was little known In
the sixties. The engineer corps OF the
army was highly efficient, even at that
time, but the topographic engineer did
not appear in the American army until
| August 6, 1861, when an act of con-
gress authorized the enlistment of one
company Of topographic engineers.
This company was afterward merged
into the corps Of engineers.
Today within the wide boundaries OF
our country, which embraces more than
100000 square miles, there are hum
dred million people. They live on
| farms, in villages and In towns and
cities. Their dwelling places may be
separated by broad rivers and rugged
mountains, but the use of the topo-
graphic map Is gradually knitting
them Systematically together. and at
any time that this widespread popula-
ton may be required to move in con-
certed action for common cause the
topographic map will give the leaders
comprehensive view Of the geo.
graphic relations, so that the problem
of moving can be solved more quickly
and with better judgment. The topo-
graphic map, it is pointed out by ex-
perts of the survey, like the telephone
and the typewriter, has become a ne
cesslty, and we wonder now how we
have ever done without 1t.
The IMAM In the street" may have
thought little of the value of the work
Of the topographic engineer, and to him
and Others who have not considered
the Importance Of that work some H.
Illustrations Of it's value might be In
CereStlng.
A well-known author, soldier and
topographic engineer found the topo-
graphic maps of the survey indtspensa-
BILE in every branch of his work. By
studying country before going into
1t he became so familiar with the de-
tails Of many interesting features Of
which the natives had never heard that
his stories acquired realism that
could not have been infused into them
had he dwelt In the country lifetime.
Again Is cents spent by a reclama-
ton engineer in connection with a
private engineering project saved his
company $1,000 and established pro-
ject which would never have seemed
possible had not the three topographic
maps he purchased given him COM
prehenslve view of several hundred
square miles of country, where the
drainage problems are most intricate
and delicate. Many such examples are
cited by officials of the survey.