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The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-01-11
ONLY MOBILES AND PEASANTS
Russia Country Where There Is No
Middle Glass, as in the Rest
of Europe.

Contrary to the laws existing in Eng
land and Sweden, in Russia when a
lady belonging to Il titled family mar
rieS Russian gentleman without a
title she takes her husbands name en-
tirely, and the only right left to her of
her former title is to write on her
visiting cards and official papers, ''Mrs.
So-and-So, born Princess, Countess or
Baroness SO-and-So." Her children are
called by their fathers name. There
are only few exceptions to this rule,
according TO London Tit-Bits.
In Russia no middle class or gentry
are known. There are only mobiles and
peasants. The ear, however, grants
sometimes for special merit the right
to be styled Il nobleman, and also for
the same reason the titles of count and
baron, and occasionally that of prince.
All those merchants who have kept
firms tlourishing for hundred years
have the right to receive the title of
baron. This law was made by Peter
the Great over 200 years ago, but the
merchants very seldom accept this Ger
man title and generally decline the
privilege.
In former days when the peasants
were still slaves they had no family
names, but We're called by their faith
er's Christian name. Peters son was
called son of Peter-in Russian Petrov.
So also Smirnov-Simon' son: Ivanoy
-lvan's (John) son; and so on. When
slavery was abolished and the eman-
cipatiOn proclaimed by the Emperor
Alexander II, they all kept these
names. Since then many of them
have received the right to belong to
the class of mobiles.
The Russian clergy, belonging to the
class of peasants, for it very seldom
happens that mobiles become priests.
have special family names. Their
names mean always a feast day, or a
precious stone, or something connected
with the church. In former DAYS the
clergy was a class apart, and Il son of
a clergyman was bound to be clergy
man. and when they first entered the
church they chose name for them
selves.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-01-11
GOING AFTER WHOLESALE
GROCERS AND PRODUCERS

Atlanta, Ga, Jan. 8-Certain
wholesale grocers and produce deal
ers in Georgia are furnishing their
local newspapers with lists of whole
sale prices that are not the actual
prices at which food commodities are
selling, but are fictitious and arbi-
trary prices made in the interest of
the wholesale grocers and produce
dealers The newspapers print the
lists in perfect good faith, taking the
word of the concerns which furnish
them, and the public is swindled in
consequence thereof.
This practice by wholesale grocers
2ad produce dealers must stop inn
mediately, or their federal licenses
will be revoked and they will be put
out of business, according to state
ment issued by the headquarters of
the Food Administration for Georgia,
of which d. F. McC1atchey is execu-
tive secretary, with Offices in Room
Ala Chamber of Commerce building,
Atlanta.
The object in publishing wholesale
food prices is to inform the public ap-
proXimately what retail prices th,E
ought to pay, and when wholesale
prices are purposely padded" by the
concerns which give them out, the
object of the publication is defeated
and the public is misled and swindled.
The Food Administration is keep
ing its eye on all lists OF prices pub
lished in the state. 1t has warned
the offending dealers mentioned
above, and they would exercise good
Judgment by needing the same.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-01-11
HOW A FITZGERALD
SOLDIER DISPERSED
ATTACKS

For two years my stomach troub-
lie was very bad, my doctor had to in
ject morphine on several occasions
when | was stricken with these at
tacks. Since taking 4 bottles Of
Mayr's Wonderful Remedy l have
been entirely we'll and am serving in
the United States Artillery, having
been pronounced in perfect health by
government physicians" 1t is a sim
pie, harmless preparation that re-
moves the catarrhal mucus from the
intestinal tract and allays the inflam-
nation which causes practically all
stomach, liver and intestinal ailments,
including appendicitis. One dose will
convince or money refunded. adv
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-01-11
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
GEORGIA. Ben Hill County.

GEORGIA. Ben Hill County.
Under and by virtue of power of
sale contained in mortgage executed
by Percy F. Clarke to Mrs. Rilla
Deatsman, on the 9th day of June,
1910, and recorded in office of the
Clerk OF the Superior Court, of Ben
Hill county. i'll Book 3, page POO, the
undersigned will sell at public sale.
at the courthouse i'll said county on
January 2S. 1918, during the legal
hours OF sale, to highest bidder for
cash, the following property, to-wit;
City Lot Number Nine, in Square
Number Twelve, in Block Number
Two, and city lots Numbers Nine.
Ten, Twelve and Fourteen in Square
Number 5 in Block Number 9. in the
city OF Fitzgerald, Ben Hill county,
Georgia, as shown by the recorded
plat OF said city on file in office clerk
superior court Irwin County, Ga.
Fer the purpose of paying three
certain promissory notes, each dated
June u, 1910, due June |, 1918, June
|, 1914, and June /, 1915, respectively.
each for principal sum OF 5000, stipu-
lating for interest from date at eight
per cent per annum, and being made
and executed by Percy f. Clark to
Mrs. Rilla Deatsman.
The total amount due on said notes
at the date of sale will be principal
and interest $795.23. together with the
costs of this proceeding as provided
in such mortgage. Conveyance will
be executed to purchaser by under
signed.
This January %, 1918.
Mrs Rilla Deatsman.
Mcdonald & Bennett,
Attorneys. 4-ll-1S-25
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-01-11

Lands End, the Lizard, the Nee
dies, Portsmouth, Calais, Dunksrk,
tae North sea and the Orkmeys-all
the places that figure today in the
submarine and other naUat news of
the tOO huge matching sea powers,
figure thslllingly IN the last and
greatest scene of Charles KimgsIey's
famous sea story, Westward H0"
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-01-11
Sister Looked Better Asleep,

John, with his grandma, was look
ing at his little sister, who was asleep.
John was just tritle jealous of his
sister and as he looked at her he
turned to his grandma and said: "She
looks better asleep"
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-01-11
Cannot Be Pioneers.

The world is explored. There is no
more West in the old sense of the
term; no empty. unknown land. dow
cred by imagination with all the riches
of the rainbow's foot. for the migra-
tory adventurer to take and hold. Our
sons may become heroes, poets. cap
tains of industry scientists. artists or
inventors; but they cannot he pioneers.
There isn't room.-Exchange
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-01-11
COLD RECEPTION FOR JAIL
BIRDS IN FULTON COUNTY

Atlanta, Ga, January l0.-Just to
show how little coal there is in At
lanta, the Fulton county Jail hasn't
got enough to keep the prisoners
warm and that was why Tom Shive-
ly, held on charge of operating a
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-01-11
blind tiger, set his bed on fire and
drew himself up before the flames.

His warming device proved so eff
tective that he got more heat than
he figured on, and yesterday thew
removed him from the jail to the CITY
hospital to treat his burns, but even
at the hospital they have only got a
very limited supply of fuel.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-01-11
ComnaratiNe Ease

why did you enlist, John, and go
into all this fighting and danger?"
Sure, l did it to get some peace
and comfort in me life.'
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-01-11
Different View

Did you see where they arrested
motorist because he wasn't lit up?"
And they arrested me because
was"
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-01-11

The Speed Fiend has the Fastest Liz
OF Car in the U. S. A. He admits it
Himself and is willing to Tell All
about it any time. Didja never hear
how he went from Here to Whazzat,
II miles in 71a minutes, and how he
Made the Whoozis hill on High? He
should have his Speedometer inspected.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-01-11
Copyright By J. W. Muller
By J. M. MULLER

J. W. Muller
I gray whirlwind as they staggered help
lessly to lee. "Can you see the chaser
yelled Amyas, and then: "Hurrah ~
There was the Santa Catherine, fly
ing with splitter canvas.
Range alongside, though it blow
live imps and witches!" beloved
Amyas.
Salvation Yeo leaped to the helm.
port For the love of God, port your
HEINZ
Amyas and Yeo leaned to the helm
like yoked steers. The Vengeance ca
reened, but she swung around. Within
two hundred yards was the Spaniard,
and in front of him doomed q huge,
dark mass that was not rain or cloud.
"Lundy" screamed Yeo. "The Isle
Of Lundy! Hard aport, and may the
Lord have mercy on us! Look at the
Spaniardr"
Between them and the wall Of gran
lite the galleon doomed dimly, struggled
to obey her helm, fell away, and
rushed to her doom.
Lost! Lost" cried Amyas Leigh,
madly. He hurled his sword far into
the sea. Shame! To lose my right,
my rigbtl When it Was In nay very
grasp! Unmerciful
A crack rent the sky. There was a
world of bright flame against which
stood out every mast and sail, the
sinking pallaon ond SoIyotinD Voc
bright and fearful, the tiller in his
hand. Then Salvation Yeo dropped
dead on deck and utter darkness fell
black, black night that never lifted
again for Amyas Leigh of Devon. The
great flash of lightning had struck him
blind.
1t IS not too much to say that this
story, Written by a churchman, is
one'of the gerry finest sea stories ever
produced IN any language or in any
age. Whoever has followed the
course of the Spanish Conquista-
doreS and their English enemies
0ver the Spanish Main, bears wit-
ness not only to the beauty of
Charles Kimgsley's descriptions of
Caribbean tropics, but 10 their ron
deful accuracy. Yet Kingsley meuer
san the american tropics until
1870, and he Wrote "Westward
Ho" IN 1855. He got almost all
his material from Hahluyt and Eng
ttsh histories; but he had the imaqi-
nation Of genius. whose mark is that
IN its fdrthest fight 1t still grips IN
deUiatingly al the truth.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-05
SHIPS MEAN VICTORY.

OAR REMOVED from salt water as We are, it may
seem like riding a hobby TO write Of ships on two So
cessive days, when there are SO many subjects to which
a commentator might turn; topics with greater appeal to
our fellow land lubbers. But it isn't that which causes
repetition or frequent reference to the carriers OF the
sea. Instead it is the fact, now generally admitted, and
constantly made more plain, that ships are the sternest
need Of this nation and its allies, and the building thereof
a most vital industry. Both the administration and its
critics see this need, and il must be met promptly and to
the fullest extent that the war may be brought to an end
VIGOROUSLY within the brieiest time.
There is now an effort being made by the United States
shipping board, the department of labor and the state
councits Of defense to enroll $4,000 skilled mechanics
under the name of the United States ship yards volunteers
Of the public service reserve. This great corps OF working.
men will be serving their country as periodically, though
with less hazard than those who fight in the trenches. More
ships are needed to take our men to France, TO feed them
when they get there, and to carry food to our allies. An army
OF artisans is needed that the ships may be built in time.
To meet this demand, men must be taken from other
industries, but those interests should yield gracefully for no
industry can be assured Of running at all unless the need
OF ships is met And the men should enroll gladly, both
for selfish and patriotic reasons, for the workman cannot
be certain Of steady employment unless the nations ton
mage is ample to meet its needs. And men who undertake
this work should go, like the soldieE determined to give
the best he has; TO work efficiently, and prove the labor
OF America is no Stacker at a time of crisis. Far removed
from the firing line, the fate Of the nation and all freedom
shall rest on them as ii rests on the soldiers over there.
Any workman who can possibly go, should hasten to offer
his services to his country.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-05
"Saue the Waste and Win the War;
THE AYES HAVE 1T.

pECENTLY The Time, asked its readers their opinions
N as to whether a patriotic newspaper should give space
10 Colonel Rooseyelts articles. More than three iourths
of the replies received express a belief that I. r. should
have q chance to say his say, and so he shall. The Times
will also publish Won Hertlng's speeche, from time to
time, and possibly the kaiser's soulful eommunions with his
Tcutonie gott. In a way, the muttering' Of the mighty
make news, even IL their ut,erances are shocking y pa
sriotie ears On such news telegraph tolls must be paid
and that Is the price OF Rooseyelts writings.
Meanwhile The Time, will continue its criticism Of
Roosevelt's statements where those statements appear un-
fair or unpatriotic, as they sometimes do. II Roosevelt
seems to be playing politics instead Of aiding in the war
and that seems to us TO be his most frequent attitude
we shall say so in no uncertain terms. We believe sui
fcienily in the patriotism and good judgment Of thc Amer
lean people to hold they will not be swayed from the paths
Of loyalty and duty by a man seeking selfish ends, or
venting his spleen by airing a nature embhtered by defeat
A newspaper which really seeks to serve the public
should be big and broad enough to print both sides Of
public questions, and the people have a right to know the
views OF Roosevelt and his closest followers. They will N
the better able TO take the measure Of the man, and grasp
. clearer vision Of his purposes. Although admitting the
need and helpfulness OF honest criticism Of the administra-
tion when such opinions can hope to upbuld or correct an
error. we have found little to approve in the Roosevelt
attitude, which has been that Of the man who can see no
good in all that has been accomplished, who is unwilling to
forget past conditions In the interest Of national unity or
morale, whose entire search is for the deplorable and
never for the conmendable. That attitude doesn't sug-
gest patriotism, but sayors strongly Of partisan politics or
worse. But our comments on the colonels articles will be
fairer and possibly more influential, by letting the public
know Just what those articles contain.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-05
THE MAKING OF MEN.

OKLAHOMA CITY this week Is called upon to sub.
- scribe $4,000 to further Boy Scout work for three
years, II Is something that the Boy Scouts now In service
have earned the right 10 ask this sum, or more, by faithful
and efficient service In the many patriotic campaigns
which form a part OF the war work. Willingly they have
served for country and city and their efforts should not
be unappreeiatcd. But really the fund they ask Is more
for other boys without the order, that there may be en-.
ployed an able executive to direct and expand the work,
and give the other boys, all Of them, II is hoped, the bene-
fits Of scout training
Last Sunday Sergeant Major Stott, a fine, up. stand
ing soldier man, told the part the Boy Scout movement
played in England in shaping Kitehenef's mob into an able
fighting force. And there, as here. the boy Scouts who
are still too young for military service are serving their
country in many ways. And as scouting fits boys for
soldiers. II also prepares them for the civil duties Of cti-
ienship; to take their place in the worlds work, and do
well the task at hand. The making OF men is the great
object Of the Boy Scout organization. and it could have no
worthier goal
Physical training, clean living. kindness, honor, obedi.
ence, reverence and usefulness are some Of the tenel' Of
the BOY Scout law. and training OF that sort in pleasant
places during the formative period Of adolescence cannot
fail to he a mighty factor in shaping The manhood OF a
nation, in preventing bad habits and forming good ones,
and directing the eSuberance Of boyhood in wholesome
channels. Boy Scouts are rarely encountered in juvenile
courts. nor later in the criminal tribunals OF the country
The activities Of the order supply in the proper manner
that adventure for which boyhood longs, the outdoor life
which is essential TO health and physical fitness, and de-
yelops that self reliance without which the boy is unfit
10 face the battle Of life.
Because Of these and other advantages. money subscribed
10 the BOY Scout fund will prove a good investment. The
city may well go over It's quota, and provide a surplus
sufficient to procure a permanent camp ground for the
boys. Investment in thi, fund will pay dividends in a
better manhood, a reduction Of crime and an increase Of
service to humanity.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-05
THE DAILY SHAVE.

THE CAMPAIGN against whiskers finds encouragement
in the orders at Camp Doniphan that soldiers must
shave daily and keep the hair neatly trimmed. Such regu-
iation has a bearing on military efficiency, as the British
have already learned. Even in front line trenches Tommy
Atkins finds time to police his chin each day. and now the
same requirement is demanded of our troopers, Nor is it
hoping too much to suggest that the plan may spread from
the army to the civil population, in which event the three
days growth Of bristly beard will no longer mar the land
seape, and culture and civilization will have made a forward
stride. In n%inety-nine cases out of a hundred, our expert
s%tatistieian informs us, the nian who negectS the diurnal
smputahon OF his facial foliage, does so because he is so
lsR apd pst because he is so busy. Let him bear in mind
tlra the smooth chin bucks up his morale a, well as inn
proving his appearance, and he may mend his ways and
cultivate a closer acquaintance with the barber or his silent
rival, the safety razor.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-05


II would be easy enough for a mar
to he content with little ii nobody had
any more.
While a man of so doesn't know
much, he manages to get by BECAUSE he
has a son Of 20 who knows it all.
The reason why Father knows that
the baby inherited its smartness from
his side Of the house is because Mother
knows that If it hadn't been for her
side Of the house the baby wos!d be an
idiot.
What has become of the oid-fash-
Toned prize fighter who used to open a
saloon?
And a whole lot of men never feel
spirited until they are full OF spirits.
The man who never overlooks an OPP
portunity to say something is the same
lad who always overlookS an opportun-
ity to keep still.
When you meet a woman YOU haven't
seen for a year or two, always tell her
that she doesn't look a day older than
she did when you last met. You will
be a wall-eyed liar, but she will always
love you for il.
Every man considers himself a com
mittee Of one to look into the low
necked waist question.
One of the most wonderful things in
the world is the way a man can sleep
in the morning when il is time to get
up,
When a nervous woman goes on a
trip she is always disappointed because
the train wasn't wrecked.
There is always something to be
thankful for. 1t is no longer fashion
able for a girl to wear enough store
hair to stuff a mattress.
After a man has roamed around the
world for about fifty years he has
sense enough to wrap the small bills on
the outside of his roll.
Don't get fat headed. Many a man
has lost a good job because he got the
idea that nobody knew enough to fill
his place.
A woman is almost as glad TO see a
paper hanger come as she is to see
him 90.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-05
QdS6de
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MamM XmesM

Twenty Years Ago,
John Blair returned today from a
in Hot Springs, much improve
health
Good dining room girl wanted a
Angelo.
A suitable reward will he giyer
the return OF Mayor Aliens black h
Fifteen Years Ago.
Attorney Cotiingham Of Guthrie
in the city today.
The younger social set enjoyed
opening matinee dance giyeR yeste
by Mrs. Donnclly Reed
In Germanys new tariff bill
United State, goods are praeti,
barred out. the agricultural classe
the empire thus being favored and
tcctcd Raw material is on the free
Rob Galbrcath has recovered fro
spell OF sickness.
A Spring Suit Ten Years Agc
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-05
RPp1ii1n13
NI19Ht11eets1
C0eNa0W 1913
A DAY OF SNOW.

TT is a brutal winter day, as | COM
pose this deathless verse; the snow
= is deep, the skies are gray, and
every hour it's growing worse. AS from
my window | look forth, | see my
neighbors toiling past; the wind comes
shrieking from the north and hey arc
r%eeling in the blast. They're trudging
through the drifts OF snow, and they are
cold and full of sleet, and yet they
show no sign of woe-for this will save
the crop of wheat This storm is
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-05

Hunting Germans" a young Lieutenant writes, with the
enthusiasm of the training camps, should be better sport
than hunting rabbits" Which recalls the British sportsman
who entered the war after gaining a reputation as a hunter
OF lions and other big game in Africa, and said, after trying
1t, that hunting men was the greatest sport. Certainly the
sporting instinct Of the Anglo Saxon is strong, when he
applies it to war, but Ut has its points as the British war
record proves. And there IS this advantage in hunting
Germans one is fairly sure to find them.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-05
One Year Ago Today in the WIS

Feb, s, l9l7-Congress pressed !
for rapid expansion OF the army
navy; Germany detained Ambass.
Gerard in Berlin while whiting fol-
surancc of BernStorff's safety
nouncement of killing of American
or when submarine shelled boats
sinking British steamer Eavestohe. \
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-05

BIS -
One Hundred Years Ago Tods

One Hundred Years Ago Toda
lSlS-Aloys Won Reding ia.
champion Of Swiss independence,
Born in los.
Seventy-five Years Ago To-day
l84j-Swcden celebrated the twI
fifth anniversary Of the accessio,
King Charles XIV, the former Ma
Bernadotte of France.
Fifty Years Ago Today.
lSoS-The popular discomfort
Spain, arising from Queen Isab.
arbitrary and aggressive rule, beg;
assume formidable proportions.
Twenty-Fi Five Years Ago Today
lS9j-Henry {. De Mile, who '
"The Lost Paradise" and other poi
PLAYS, died at Pompton, N. j.
in Washington, N. C., in 1850.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-05

Before indorsing Senator Hitchcocks speech, it is we'll
to await an answer 10 his charges, Even the Chicago
Tribune, which is "agin" pretty much everything that is,
was forced to admit that Secretary Baker made a great
showing in his reply to Senator Chamberlain. Perhaps
Senator Hitchcock will be answered as effectively before
the controversy ceases.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-05

worth ten million scads !" they cry, as
shivering they pass; for they are pa
triotic lads, and aches and chilblains
cut no grass. My n~eighbors have no
fields OF wheat, they don't expect to
raise a peck; but still they smile, with
frozen feet, and ~snowdrifts sliding down
the neck. The storm to me means rheu-
matiz; already, as | write this line,
feel the symptoms through me whi7,
and tie a bowknot in my spine. This
snowy day TO me looks sweet, although
rheumatics | abhor for snow will save
the well known wheat, and wheat is
bound to win the war. Thus do we all,
in divers ways, some honest loyalty dis
close; we'll suffer through all bcastly
days, II that will help to swat the foes