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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-06
Enemy Has Clear Sweep.

The enemy sweeps such passage
ways with ambush machine guns and
artillery fire from batteries in po-
sition east Of the river. The terrain
is very near the Same along the bor-
ders of Ingon brook, whose course
from Nesle to the junction with the
Somme is bordered by rush-covered
prafrfes and marshes. Farther south
TO the tunnel region, the canal is also
filled with matchmaking it's crossing
a difficult operation.
The enemy infantry is utilizing tena-
ciously the defensive resources of the
terrain. which were improved before
the August withdrawal by the con-
struction OF a system of earthworks.
The enemy artillery is extremely ac-
immediate rear of the French front,
the bombardment beng directed by
yigilant observers upon the heights
east of the lines of water. German
infantry is ceaselessly watchful. fir
ing even upon isolated poiluS show
ing themselves in the first line re-
Eions. The Germans frequently resort
to counter attack.
Lieut.. Col. De Thomasson, the emil
nent military critic. gives an inter-
esting description of the Hindenburg
called the "Hindenburg line" He
says:
These positions are in a zone or
EaniZed defensively and extending
from near Lens to the Chemin des
Danes, having at certain points a
depth of more than fifteen kilometers
(nine miles). The Germans call the
different sections 'Wotan,' 'Siegfried'
and .Albrich.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-06
SERIES Of NATURAL
DEFENSESF OR HUNS
Retreating Germans Have at
the Somme Powerful Means
to Stop Allies.
HARD STRUGGLES LIKELY
CabIeEram to The Evening Star and
Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 101S.

CabIegram to The Evening Star and
Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1918.
WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES. Sep
TENDER 5-The farther back toward
the Hindenburg line the allies force
the Germans the sitter the resist
ance met with becomes.
Gen. Debeny's army, which Is OPP
Grating along the Somme. is forced to
overcome a terrible series of natural
obstacles, which the enemy is utiliz-
ing intensively. Since his poilus forced
tho last German centers Of resist
ance around Roye and captured the
city. August IS. the army has arrived
before a different sort of obstacles.
These have been encountered in the
zone of Lihons. Roye and Beuvraigne,
in the neighborhood of which the
enemy is holding energetically and
using methodically natural defenses.
The Somme's course before the French
front forms double line of water.
First comes a lateral canal and then
tho river proper. Between the two
lines of water marshes, willows and
thickets OF rushes render passage
impossible. To progress along the
terrain. it Is necessary to utilize logs
and earthen levees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-06
Once Formidable Obstacle.

Tho lines above indicated include
only the principal lines of organiza-
tion. There are also many interme-
diary positions. many braces con-
Meeting one to the other. A year ago
when the works were new and well
cared for and garrisoned by sturdy
troops whose morale was intact the
Hindenburg line constituted for
midable obstacle. 1t is still to be
reckoned with today. but it is a Ques-
ton as to what state they are in,
and also in what condition the Ger
man troops are in who are retreat
ing upon these positions and will
probably soon reach them. 1t is
virtually certain that the Germans
will mako q determined stand. hoping
to tire the allies of the war and gain
favorable terms.
Many bitter struggles are yet to
come. The Germans are far from
being beaten. and the greatest effort
Of which each allied nation is capable
Will be necessary. The allied soldiers
are accomplishing their difficult task
nobly. magnificently and self-sacri-
ficingiy, giving US seven weeks Of
glorious triumphs. If in coming
weeks things slacken and we do not
get the daily bread Of victory to
which we have become accustomed
It IL no cause for pessimisr. Victory
Is on the way thanks to the allied
fighters led by a single commander"
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-01-11

This country is in of We met with new
conditions day that dreamed of when the broke
out More and brought face face with the fact that
be subjects the powers that be The Federal
under the direction greatly
larged the of the administration day
developments The latest and the reaching
control OF all the railroads the State by the National
Those not familiar with the operation of railroads have but little
eeption of the real meaning of this action and it's
results will have its effect degree every person
the millions of inhabitants of the The about
is that nearly all the people ndoe the action the President
those who are not harmony with the political the
dent think he did the right thing the right now after
only few days have elapsed of the best
road matters are predicting that the railroads of this
never go back to private regulation and
predict railroad ownership by the
ton the government makes good it handles with
greater ease and gives better if under the
government fair dividends paid stockholders all the equip
at par may be that have private
aon and may be the last private ownership This is no new
problem 1t has been agaed for years may that after
S hose blooming old whom all discussed eav-
ns OH me day yet get single thing demand
F we swallowed EN- and tail by giving everything
hey wanted and now all in faith and order-Cor
News.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-01-11

the get the saving habit all the your
life With pound and other
proportion the years ago. might tried
your best and yet have accomplished practically nothing
Now is different There is big margin from and
insurance fund liberty oanaganst further trouble
And this worth doing merely for the material advantages
will bring but building Every
time resist temptation inclination spend for unwise
unworthy purpose you have strengthened your character
mental and moral discipline 1t recognition OF this principle
that old John Pougman SAID Learn say No Il will be of
than to be able read Latin No parent should think he
has properly trained child until he has taught that child
money For the first mentioned
moral virtues well as indispensable financial
No matter whether you able much if you
what you you will surely independent
ly We recently heard and his wife agreed
RED that they would they whether
payment for something making change and this
reden has resulted png surprising and satisfactory bank
account AS Italian workman said 81 make ST day and
spend $Ol sometimes have nothing make 81 day spend
90 sometimes have something There is the secret-The
Progressive Farmer.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-01-11
UGH! CALOMELsMAKES
YOU DEATHLy SICK
Stop using dangerous drug before
it salivates you!
It's horrible!

YOU'RE bilious, sluggish, constipa-
ted and believe you need vilc, danger
Gus calomel. to start your liver and
clean your bowels.
Here's my guarantee! Ask your
druggist for so cent bottle of bod
sons Liver Tone and take a spoonful
tonight If it dosen't start your liver
and straighten you right up better
than ca1omel and without gripping OF
making you sick l want you to go
back to the store and get your mon
ey.
Take calomel today and tomorrow
you will feel weak and sick and rau-
seated. Don't lose a days work.
Take spoonful of harmless, vegeta-
bic Dodson's Liver Tone tonight and
wake up feeling great. It's perfectly
harmless, so give it to your children
any time. 1t can't salivate, so let
them eat anything afterwards.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-01-11

So there of mocery asking:
don't need it, That not the real ISSUE The
whehot Others lands
do need food
Our boys there it. allies
need it. And their and children need it. And supply
And the way to supply it is to save it.
When the patriotic American gets that through his head
will stop asking "Why?' and begin to ask "How?"
That the task ahead and neither specous argument
atng fortunes conceal minimize that Unless
take prevent it. what begins pvaon there
must end starvation.
That why conservation of food necessity today In in its
penay significance the need for conservation up
the need for such national and voluntary seacrce
shall enable from sufficient supply
of Others
Now suppose that nation do not shoulder to the
Wheel either through careless wu negligence Suppose do
called heedlessness
national pedo to be excused by future historians? Will get off
scoee Or will such negligence entail stern and immediate penalties?
The simple simple may be put in ten words
We've got o conserve food lose the
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-01-11
USING DRIED SOY BEANS.

Dried soy beans should be soaked
overnight or for an equal length of
time in the day, then drained, and
cooked slowly in water until tender.
The use of one-half teaspoon of soda
for each quart of beans helps to make
the beans tender. The temperature
should be kept below the boiling
point, or at what most housekeepers
call the "simmering" point. Like
other dried legumes the cooking can
be economically done in a fireless
cooker.
Unless soda has been added the
water in which the beans are boiled
can be used for soup. 1t resembles
beef stock both in appearance and in
taste. Chopped turnips, carrots, and
onions can be added to it, or it can
be favored with tomatoes. Other
ways of using it, such as adding mac
aroni, rice, or barley, will occur to
the housekeeper.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-01-11
LEGAL SALE

Georgia, Ben Hill County.
Under and by virtue of authority
vested in the undersigned, under the
will of E. w. ]. Dorminey, will be
sold on the first Tuesday in February
next between the legal hours of sale
to highest bidder for cash before the
courthouse door in said county the
following described property, to-wit:
All that certain portions of lots of
lands Nos. IS, 80 and 90 in the fourth
district of Ben Hill county, Georgia,
described as follows: Beginning at
the corner of lots OF lands Nos. "a, IS,
80 and 90, and thence running west
1880 feet, to the run of Little Stur-
geon Creek, thence in a northerly
direction along the run of said creek
to a point where the same runs into
Big Sturgeon Greek; thence in a
southernly direction up to the run of
Big Sturgeon Greek to where the
same crosses the original west line
of lot of land No. IS; thence in a
westerly direction up to the run of
Big Sturgeon to where it crosses the
River Road; thence in sCuthernlv
direction up to the run of said Big
Sturgeon Creek to the original west
line of said lot of land No. 80; thence
south along the original west line of
said lot 80 to the southwest corner
of said lot; thence south along the
original west line of said lot of land
No. 90. 1908 feet; thence in a westerly
direction to a pine tree; thence in a
northerly direction to a post; thence
almost due north to the original
south line of lot of land 80; thence
due east along said original line to
the starting point, containing in all
3l5 acres, A plat of the above de-
scribed land may be seen at the sher-
ifs Office in the courthouse of Ben
Hill county, Georgia.
Also at the same time and place
and under the same terms and con-
ditions will be sold the following per-
sonal property.
Two milk cows about E years old,
one bull about six years old, two
calves about eighteen months old,
one two-horse wagon without body,
one-third undivided interest in one
hay press, one-third undivided inter-
est in one Winship cotton gin, one
third undivided interest in one 18Th.
p. boiler and engine, one Mccormick
moving machine and rake.
All of said personal property being
expensive to move will be sold in
front of the courthouse door without
being produced.
Anyone desiring to see said prop
erty with view OF purchasing the
same can do so by applying to either
of the undersigned. This Jan. 10. 1918.
f. H. Dorminey,
G. ]. Dorminey,
JOINT Executors of the last will and
testament of f. w. J. Dorminey. ll-4t
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-01-11

One by the demands of the old crans of thirty ago
being brought into reality The free silver demands of the YO
based the demand the medium
day represented today accomplished through
bank currency the control and ownership the railways
be followed by the control and ownership of teegaph telephones
and the business assured prohibition
franchise awaiting the confirmation of the all
Wilson Administration, sufficient make
the former followers of Watson Bryan Weaver
loyal supporters of asked for by the mnsra
There when the advocates these would
gladly have houdered gun their demands that
they fast becoming law with the fighting done foreign shores
and by the today shoulder whatever share
of the burden fall ceeuy and with enthusiasm that
the president know that he has the people behind him
great work of reconstruction.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-01-11
WORK

The past two months has M
considerable work accomplished ~
the Parent Teachers Associations OF
the various wards. The First Ward,
under the direction and with the
hearty cooperation of the teachers
and officers and patrons. While not
much has been done in material i'm
provements, the better un& Outstanding
that has come between mothers and
teachers, and the friendly and inter-
ested spirit, counts far more than can
be measured in dollars and cents.
The Second Ward has planted a
number of trees to beautify their
grounds, besides beautifying the in
side Of the building. The association
furnished curtains for all the rooms,
the teachers organizing the children
into groups for preparing the win
dows for their new holiday dress. The
pride aroused and personal interest
instilled will go long way toward
helping the children and teachers of
this ward to feel pride in the pos
session of real homelike school.
The Christmas trees at the closing
OF school was thing that delighted
not only the hearts of the children.
The mothers and teachers were we'll
repaid for their work to see the hap
piness it brought to all. Each grade
participated in the splendid program
and the children did justice to the
fine training the teachers had given
them.
The Third Ward, while not having
accomplished as much as thew would
like to, still under Mrs Saunders and
her loyal officers, are planning much
tor the improvement of the grounds
and school in the coming months.
They have had some good programs,
TOO, and have many interested work
ers, who are anxious to make a good
showing for their Ward. Manv of the
patrons of the school contributed to
the shower of plants and pictures for
the decoration of the school.
The Associations war work this
year consists of cut out garments be-
ing made by the mothers in the
homes and sent from headquarters in
Atlanta to the children in BELGIUM
and France.
Two fine lectures have been plan
ned tor, one for this month and one
next month. The topic for this month
VIII be How we can have free dem
tai eye, ear throat and nose inspect
IONS IN our schools" Next month
the topic will be Care and feeding
OF school children" and "How we
can enforce the Quarantine laws in
our city by cooperation" The lee
lures Will be free to all and the
speakers will be announced as soon
as they have been heard from.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-01-11
Lost in Ones Own Room,

Most of US have been lctt at some
time or other in our own bedroom.
There Is no more panicky feeling than
to get up half awake and find yourself
stumbling over chairs and tables, than
to realize that you are lost and start
off again only to meet new cIairs and
angles. Nervous or sick persons are
subject to hysteria In such case. The
psychologist has found that d mo-
ment's calm consideration will set the
lost one straight, but says that 1t is
best in all such cases to call out and
secure aid rather than to get another
bump.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-01-11
Salt Superstitions,

The kernel Of all the salt supersti.
tons seems to be this: Salt cannot he
corrupt, and has. therefore, the title
to be regarded as symbol of immor-
taiity' In Ireland it was for. long the
custom to place pewter plate con.
tanning salt upon the heart of the
corpse until burial. Then, with Goals
and holy water, it was thrown into
the grave.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-01-11
HOOVERIZE WITH SOY BEANS

Our friend Whitley the progressive farmer of the Minnie
district brought wagon loads OF beans yesterday
ship to which offered him fancy price Full
" realizing beans homeaners per-
with that he consented to hold those
these nutritious market both for home
seed the spring The beans will be sold at the
What the county interested this
FOOD AND FEED egume good for and beast The beans
Ben Hill ompanys warehouse be had
by applying the LeaderEnterpre Cooking receipts will be
that the housewives learn how
them They good and about onehrd of the Of
white beans and are better.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-01-11
CITATION
Georgia, Ben Hill county.
To All Whom It MAY Concern:

D. Z. Griffin as County Admins
traitor having, in proper form, applied
to me for Permanent Letters of Ad-
ministration on the estate of Mary
Webster, late of said county, this is
to cite all and singular the creditors
and next of kin of said Mary Web
ster, to be and appear at my office
within the time allowed by law, and
show cause, if any they can, why per-
manent administration should not be
granted to D. E. Griffin as County
Administrator on said Mary Webster
estate.
Witness my hand and official sig
nature, this the 18th day of January,
1918.
J.R. HORTON,
ll-4t. Ordinary.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-01-11
Repor: Of the Condition of
The First National Bank
No. eos2

At Fitzgerald business Deo 81
RESOURCES
c pso nap Tbiftv account Of accepanes of this
6 bsoS purcha asey discounted byi
overdrats none
US
Fo CTS % by
Liberty Bonds, unpledged ~ and4pc' 2Aoo
2Aoo
bonds not including stoeks ewnsd
Total bonds securities, "a
Stock of Federal Reserve Sank perc SUBJ 100000
Eautv in bankng G house 15542sl
Enrn;tnra and fixtures - ~ - ~~.- ~.....~~~~~. 10000
Real estse vnedo than banking house 5 S
Law reserve %a t an amounts due from nation banks 25o4l65l
Net amount companies 12l95N
banks the d city or town bank 'o90
reporting sst 81 bank and other eashe Lo5s.2O
with With Treasurer and due from u Treasurer 1852
.............. ................. s,28L0orzS
cutal stock Maid R5oooOo
surus fund 100000
I pe e interest," and taxes paid - 22s6s2s 7eeeeo
Circulating outstanding s1;ans Ranks n s's2%
ito blanks and
other 1s than included in 80 or 5l 19,S4a.5a
Total Items 81 ana 81 Subject to check 579o52
Certificate deposit due in less han3o days zoo9
checks outstanding So So 80 %
Total demand deposits, subject toReserve,tems
"a a. 49, sc, 81 SO SO, 40. $595,e8597
5I Dssps'. 'l sEs So g
Total Total Of Time Deposits subject o
A. AZ 4s, "A 'O0'A''' - -
STATE OF GEORGIA. COUNTY OF BEN HILL
A. HThumond Cashier of the above bank semny
that the the best knowledge and belief
A. H. Thurmond Cashier
Subscribed and sworn to me
day of jan, 1918 M. W. Garbutt
Esther King w p p p SvIn0f
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-01-11

Here we have a Baseball Player
from Neighboring Town. Note his
Low, Depraved Appearance and Ruff
fianly Bearing. Let us throw Pop Bot
ties at him and call him Harsh Names,
so he will not Knock a Home Run.
Why is he not Gentlemanly, like the
Baseball Players on Our Side?
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-01-11

Smiles Help.
A sunny temper gilds the .,,f,,s OF
hre's blacklist cloud.-Guthrie,
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-01-11
People of United States Must
Conserve Food or Lose the War
By Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur President Of Leland Stanford University

The hour has strickland that, too, with ring
ing tone-when Americans have got to stop thinking
OF themselves and consider others. We're not playing
solitaire any more sitting in cozy armchair with the
lamplight shining peacefully down upon the cards
while the old tabby purrs and in our lap. No;
it's not that sort Of game any longer. We're out in
the CRIME and sweat and din and blood of battle strain
ing every sinew and every brain cell and every
to help those who struggling for the ideals which
we hold sacred. That is what we ought to be doing
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-01-11

Co House may not have done aking while in Europe
could talk some way
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-11-15
AMENDMENTS TO
BAD BY 1,000IN
TH1RDC0UNTlES
Count in Seventeen Out of 81
Shows Voters Tagging
In Approval ..

Amendment returns from Williams
and Grand Forks counties in Secretary
of State Halls semi i-official tabulation
yesterday raised the vote on the debt
limit amendment to 1905 and on the
providing a new method of
amending the consultation to 1852.
Neither OF these has a majority, the
total number Of votes cast for COVER
nor in the seventeen counties reporting
being 32,O11, while Walsh and Cass
counties, the only two which have re-
ported the total Of all votes cast would
indicate that the actual, aggregate Of
the ballots will exceed the vote on the
governorship by at least two per cent.
The two amendments on which re-
turns have been tabulated received Il
slightly smaller vote than their eight
companions in the list of ten proposals
submitted by the league These two
amendments are now more than 1000
short of the required majority in II
out of the So counties, and reports
which are vet to come in are not ,ex-
pected to greatly change the ratio. In
no county have the amendments kept
pace with the league vote on governor.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-11-15
CONGRESS- WILL,
GIVE AMERICAN
y WOMEN BALLOT
Washington Correspondent Sees
Universal Suffrage in the
Near Future
BY WILLIAM G. SHEt HERD.
N. E. A. Washington Bureau.
WaShinuton, D. C.

Get all your money and bet it on
this:
CONGRESS IS GOING TO GIVE
WOMEN, THE VOTE.
The. revolution in Europe is STAN
peding the democratic leaders toward
woman,s suffrage ,.. T.
Women in Germany, Austria Hun.
gary, Bulgaria and even Turkev will
have the vote in the new govern
ments' 49,
"A study Of that first European revo
luton, the Itusslan one, Justltles this
statement. :. -. ~ -"ssC;
In the forming Of new governments
the right or women to vote will not
even be questioned. It will go with.
out saying. T. ~
The party that prevents American
women from having the vote, while
women in the governments that have
been turned toward democracy by the
United States, have full voting rights,
Is not going to be beloved by Ameri-
can women.
A race between the republicans and
the democrats in congress to pass the
federal amendment to the constitution,
giving women full citizenship, is al
ready under way.
If this democratic congress refuses
to pass the amendment the republican
congress will do 80.
Party leaders on both sides have
started out for the honor of granting
the full vote to women.
It's bareback Of the German and
Russian revolutions.
In revolutionary Russia. even Turk
ish women have the vote. There is
a special election day for Turkish
women, so that. they may 60 to the
polls without exposing themselves to
the view of male voters. n