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The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-12-09
PRESIDENT WILSON'S RED CROSS
CHRISTMAS ROLL GALL MESSAGE

creased for the great tasks to come.
We must prove conclusively to an at
tentive world that America is perma-
nently aroused to the needs of the
new era, our old indifference gone
forever
The exact nature of the future serv-
ice of the Red Cross will depend upon
the programme Of the associated gov
ernments, but there is immediate need
today for every heartening word and
tor every helpful service. We must
not forget that our soldiers and orr
sailors are still under orders and still,
have duties to perform of the hiohest
consequence, and that the Red Cross
Christmas membership means a great
deal to them. The people of the sad
dened lands, moreover, returning
home today where there are no homes
must have the assurance that the
hearts OF our people are with them in
the dark and doubtful days ahead Let
US, SO lar as we can, help them back
to faith in mercy and in future hap
piness.
AS President Of the Red Cross. con-
sclous in this great hour of the value
OF such message from the American
people, should be glad if every
American would join the Red Cross
tor 1919, and thus send forth to the
whole human family the Christmas
greeting for which it waits and for
which it stands in greatest need
WOODROW WILSON,
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-12-09
Conservation Week
For War Relief

Atlanta, Ga.-The Food Admins
tration's Conservation Week for
World Relief" campaign is on in full
swing i'll all parts of the "aunily.
The following exhortaticr wa, se1r
fro' Washington to ali representa-
tives of the United States Food Adj
mlnlstration in every part of America
to make Conservation Week for
World Relief a success:
You have been asked by Mr.. Hoo
yer and by your Federal Food Admin
istrator to direct Conservation Week
tor World Relief in your community
: Your task is to carry home to every
household a realization of this prob
ieln--its enormous weight, its over
Wlelmlng necessity, its incalculable
effect on the future Of the world
SO the whole people may enter hearth
ly, willingly, intelligently on this en-
terprise for winning the world to
peace and to order
Shall we be able to report to him
when he returns that the country is
ready to follow his leadership, to put
i'll effect the new food programs that
he will outline, to redeem Americas
pledge, to win the world to the ways
of peace?
Your opportunity for accomplish
ing this preparation is Conservation
Week for World Relief. We have the
ready cooperation of every agency of
publicity and every leader of public
opinion. We have an audience fresh,
keen, eager, to know how the coming
of peace will affect national life. bust
ness life home life
The people of America have made
the United States Food Adninistra-
ton an unexampled success. Mr..
Hoover's appeal to the individual
conscience and will has been amaz-
ingly justified. Shall we now prove
ourselves equal to the last and great
est effort?"
Public eating places throughout the
nation are helping to keep the public
reminded of this Conservation Week
for World Relief" campaign. Amer
ica's pledge of 20 million tons of food
for the hungry millions of Europe is
being displayed on menu cards and
by posters. Many of the menu cards
contain the following:
This is Conservation Week for
World Relief
We are trying to save food here.
Are you trying to save food in
your homer"
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-12-09
JUDGE ]. c. HART
KILLED IN HUNT

Atlanta, Ga,-Judge John C. Hart,
State Tax Commissioner, was killed
Saturday afternoon by accidental dis
charge of ks gun while hunting near
Union Point
Judge Hart was hunting with Stan
ley Matthewson, with whom he lived
IN Atlanta, and DIR. Daillewson. Ac-
cording to reports, he had stumbled
IN crossing stream when his shot
gun was discharged, the load entering
his throat below the left ear Death
was instantaneous.
The accident followed a morning OF
pleaturable hunting, in which the
three had taken advantage of an ideal
day for the sport. 1t was about l
o clock, according to the watches OF
the party, that the tragedy occurred.
Judge Hart has been prominent in
Georgia politics for twenty years. He
was a candidate for Governor in 1908
He was for number of years At
torney General for the State, and af-
ter his term of office expired he was
appointed State Tax Commissioner
which office he has since held
He was known over all the State
and numbered his friends by many
hundreds. His position and study
had made him an accepted authority
in tax matters and at all the big con-
ferences his opinion was accorded
prime Difference.
Two sons of Judge Hart are with
the American forces in France. In
their absence and for the winter
Judge Hart was living at the home
of Stanley B. Matthewson, No. 76l
Peachtree street.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-12-09
join THE ned
CROSS FOR 1878.

The Red Cross will open it's mem.
oershlp drive next Monday. Every
adult in the county should consider it
an honor to have his or her name en-
rolled as member of the Ben Hill
chapter. A certificate of memberships
will be issued by the local chapter.
with your name inscribed, suitable for
framing. The boys, when they come
home, will look for this evidence of
your interest i'll their welfare and
none should be without it.
Hon. ]. c. Brewer is county chair
man for this drive, and he expects
the county to show up 100 per cent
when the drive is over. Fifty per
cent of the money collected will re-
main in the treasury of the Home.
Chapter for local work, looking after
the families of the soldiers and sail
ors, who may need assistance. The
Red Cross will be permanent or
ganization and with funds on hand
to do charitable work among the
needy, great deal of the personal
solicitation for relief will thus be
obviated and the general public be
spared the many calls upon it, Mem
befship in the Red Cross is only ST
a year and there are none so poor in
our midst but shat they can spare a
dollar for this meritorious charity.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-12-09
$4,000 UNREPORTED
MAJOR CASUAL TIES

Washington, Dec. o.-The War De-
zartment announced today that $1,000
major casualties, including killed in
action, died of wounds, died of dis
J, ease or osAer causes, severely wound
Eed and missing, have not yet been
hnally reported to the next of kin.
Ihef arrears in minor casualties is
\ HlRch larger, it was added
n From cable reports expected, the
department hopes to clear up the ar
ears sin major casualties within a
! week, except for few names with
respect to which identification has
! not yet been completed. The minor
casualties not yet reported to the
next of kin represent slight wounds
involving relatively brief disablement.
The official statement issued today
shows that of the total major casual
ties reported by General Pershing on
Nov. n, 50,028 have been reported to
the next of kin, with 1850 yet to be
reported. Of the l4,565 missing and
prisoners of war sent in by General
Pershing, 1908 have been reported
to relatives, but of the 1S9,955 total
wounded, only 69,841 have been clear
ed up fnAluy.
TIE Discrepancy Explained
The Statement gives the following
efflcial explanation of the discrepancy
I ste wounded
< Ten thousand men seriously
wounded and reported by cables are
being held up because of discrepan-
cies in initials or enlistment numbers,
and 100000 men. less seriously wound
ed, including many slight casualties,
are still to be drawn from the hos
\ pital records which have been for
warded by courier from France.
The records are not alphabetical
and the work is necessarily slow as
tke same name usually appears more
ksstsian once. In one case single name
appears in twenty different places.
The work upon these hospital reports
was seriously delayed by the influenza
epidemic
The foregoing statement does not
cover all the discrepancies as will be
seen, but in dealing with so great a
number OF cases it may be assumed
that the remainder is in process OF
checking and that reports will be
made within few days as to all iden-
tihable casualties"
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-12-09
erad FITZGERALD, BEN COUNTY, GEORGIA. DEC O. 1918
PUBLIC SUGAR BOWL
IS NO LONGER BANNED

Once more the public sugar bowl
which for the past few months has
been eXiled to the far recesses of the
closets, will be brought out to be-
deck the center Of tables in hotels
and restaurants.
DR.. A. M. Soule, federal food ad-
ministrator, Issued the necessary per-
mission Saturday morning, and last
night many people who dined at pub
lie eating places were pleasantly sur
prised to find it again before them.
The proprietors of public eating
houses are still limited to the pur-
chase of 4 pounds of sugar for every
90 meals served.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-12-09
PUBLISH HISTORY OF
GEORGIA IN THE WAR

Mr.. John H. Jones, editor of The
Lagrange Reporter, and his associa-
ties, among whom are identified some
Of the most prominent men of the
state, including large bankers, state
officials, educational leaders and news
paper editors, announce that plans are
being launched for the publishing of a
world war history of the state of
Georgia, to embrace general detail
ed account of the states support of
the government in the war, and in
dividual accounts of the activities in
patriotic organizations, as we'll as in
men for land, air and naval service, of
the various counties of the state
Mr. Jones, who is we'll known
throughout the state and is especially
popular in the editorial profession, is
receiving magnificent Endorsement
and pledges of full cooperation in his
patriotic endeavor from every source
He is organizing an editorial advisory
board for his tremendous undertake
ing. The editors of daily newspapers
in the state will form an important
part of this board, upon which Cow
ernor Dorsey and other leaders in
state affairs have agreed to serve.
Paul T. Harder, of Commerce, presi-
dent of the Georgia Press associa-
ton, will be a member. Mr. Jones
states that the entire personnel of this
significant board will be announced
upon its completion at an early date"
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-12-09
BRITISH WARSHIP
is SUNK BY MINE

London, Dec. eleven men are
missing as result of the British war
ship Cassandra coming in contact
with mine in the Baltic sea last
Wednesday night, according to an Of
fetal communication issued by the
admiralty tonight, Torpedo boat de-
stroyers rescued the remainder of the
crew.
The text of the admiralty statement
says:
The British warship Cassandra
struck a mine in the Baltic just be-
fore midnight Wednesday and sank
at a. M, Thursday. Eleven men are
missing. Presumably they were kill
ed by the explosion"
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-12-09
The White House, Washington.
November 20, 1918.
TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE:


One year ago twenty-five millions
Americans, by enrolling as members
OF the Red Cross at Christmas time,
sent to the men who were fighting our
battles overseas a stimulating mess
age of cheer and good will. They
made it clear that our people were of
their own free choice united with
their government in the determination
not only to wage war with the instru-
ments OF destruction, but also by ev-
cry means in their power to repair
the ravages of the invader and sus-
tain and renew the spirit of the army
and of the homes which they repres-
ented. The friends of the American
Red Cross in Italy, Belgium, and
France have told, and. will tell again,
the story of how the Red Cross work
ers restored morale in the hospitals, in
the camps, and at the environments.
/ and we ought to be very proud that
we have been permitted to be c. sery-
zee to those whose srferings and
whose glory are the heritage of hui
nlanity.
Now, by Gods grace, the Red Cross
! Christmas message of 1918 is to be a
message of peace as we'll as a mes
i sage of good will But peace does not
mean that we can fold our hands. It
means further sacrifice. Our member
ship must hold together and be in
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-12-09
RECEPTION AT POSToFFICE

Postmaster, w. A. Adams an
nounces that the new postoffce will
be open for the inspection of the gen
eral public Tuesday evening from !
to 10. An orchestra will be on hand
to entertain the visitors. Wednesday
morning, after the early mail is dis
tributed, the office will be moved into
the new building
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-12-09
MOTHER FALLS
UNCONSCIOUS

My mother, who is 90 years old.
has been troubled with her liver for
IS years. Doctors said she had gall
stones. Several times she fell un-
conscious because Of these attacks.
Eight months ago l noticed an ad
yertisement of Mayr's Wonderful
Kennedy in the Toledo Blade and
purchased bottle, which did her
great amount of good She continued
the. treatment and has felt entirely
well since" 1t is SIMPLE, Harmless.
preparation that removes the catarrh-
al mucus from the intestinal tract and
allays the inflammation which crse.
prctlcally all stomach, liver and intes-
final ailments, including appendicitis
One dose will convince or money re-
fHnsed. Denmark Drug Co. "a
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-12-09
COUNTY UNION MEETS
SATURDAY, DECEMBER IA

The local unions of the Farmers
educational and cooperative Union
will hold their regular monthly meet
ing at the Lynnwood school begin
ming promptly at 10 a. m. Saturday,
December 18th. Ali Union men are
invited to attend.
WESLEY R. WALKER.
County President
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-12-09
NEW SIGNS TO ADORN
ALL RAIL CROSSINGS

Atlanta, Ga.-StAdard railroad
signs for all rail crossings in Geor-
gla will shortly be prescribed by the
state authorities, and after they have
been erected by the railroads it will
be unlawful for any similar sign to
be used for advertising purposes, I'M
der an act Of the legislature passed at
the 1918 session.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-12-09
NOTICE

Arbor Baptist Church prayer meet.
ing Wednesday night, Dec. II, at ]
p. m. All members are requested tc
be present as business of importance
comes before the church.
The Pulpit Committee.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-12-09
SUPERIOR COURT IN SESSION

Judge D. A. R. Crum opened the
adjourned term of the Superior Court
this morning and is disposing OF
criminal cases today. The grand jury
is also in session.
-Join the Red Cross
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-12-09

Mrs. James B. Qusrrels, Jr., Of
Jacksonville, Fla, arrived Saturday
fer a visit to her neither, Mrs. J. D.
Mashburn on Seuth Main street
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-12-09

| hereby announce myself as q
candidate for Alderman from the 4tl
Ward to be voted on at the general
election to be held on December 18th
1918, and earnestly ask the support
of, the voters.
YANCEY NJ. BOWLES.
- DIN the Red CrnsS--
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-12-09
TROOPS ASSIGNED
TO COME HOME

III Washington, Dec. General
March today gave out that an addi-
&ionai units assigned to early return
home include 312th Supply Train,
Ieompanies G. and D; Ambulance
ICompany $40; 55th, 5oth, 57th and
18th Regiments Coast Artillery Corps
and Headquarters Company and Bat
teries c. D, f and F of latter; ad-
vance school detachment from 9Th,
10th, 18th and 18th Divisions and
18th Field Artillery Brigade, Com
panies Z. F. G. and H, 345th Infan-
try; Headquarters 346th Infantry;
55rd Machine Gun aBttalion; Casual
Company l, Chemical Warfare Ser
vice, 3olst Field Artillery, Headquar-
tiers and Supply Company, 9Th Anti
aircraft sector, with 1st, End, 3rd and
4th Anti-aircraft Batteries and 9Th
Alnti-aircraft Mobile Ordnance Re-
pair unit.
Other Units Named
Z
The Third and Eighth Trench
Mor'r batteries; headquarters Ninth
anti-a,craft sector, with the Tenth
I'D tn First, Second and Third pro-
vfslonal anti-craft batteries; Fifth
corps artillery park; 65th regiment
coast jrtillery, I4o1st pontoon park,
and tFe 4o6th, 467th and 4o8th pom
tscn f,ains.
tn, 34oth, 3soth, 351st, s1st, SD
ad. Second artillery regiments engi-
neer casual company No. /; head
STARTERS and First battalion, 80lst pi-
eneer infantryr 10th engineers; Sec
end advance school, tenth field ar
tillery brigade; Third heavy mobile
ordnance repair unit; 31oth engineers
and train; headquarters 10Th and
Eighth field artillery brigades, head
STARTERS troop o2nd division.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-12-09
BEN HILL SCHOOL FUND

Mr.. James 7. Mathis, Jr., is spend-
ing few days in Waycrsss en- bust
ness.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-12-09

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The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-12-09
ALDERMAN 4th WARD

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The Port Gibson reveille., 1918-10-31
NOTICE on ELEcTInN

me Board Of Mayor and Alderm on
q of the Town Of Port Gibson, Missis.
ssippl, purposes to submit,at an eiec.
ton to be held in said town, y, IN IN, H.
10Th day Of November, "A. D. 1918. to
the qualified electors Of this rnunic;s
pallty, the question as to whether
said board shall issue the serial bonds
o. SAID municipality, said bonds ID be
numbred consecutively from / to "a
inclusive, each of which shall Be for
sne u; sum Of $500, one Of said bonds
1olllng due annually after date Of ia
sue. The interest is to be paid Az
huaily on said bonds at the rate Of
s1x per cent per annum from the date
tnereof, which is to be the date of Isl
suanee It is the purpose Of the
board to issue said bonds, if author~
lzea 50 TO do at said election, for the
purpose Of improving the water works
and a electric light plant belonging to
lne municipality, and to liquidate the
outstanding municipal debt
A. A. MADDOX, Clerk
The Port Gibson reveille., 1918-10-31
THE WORLD GETTING
STRAIGHT AGAIN.


Nersified from a conversation Of q
group Of venerable colored men gath
Club. ~ y
De clock 5 sot back to de Lawd's own
time, 7
An dar's gwine to be change
since i struck all right wild de same
Like it knowed it's been strilxin'
strange.
Ie worf got sholy turned aroun'.
When dis country lined de war.
For you doan hear no gunboat cam
non SCUM
Nor de soljers shout hurrahi
Dey sails neaf dc sea in subtureens.
lnstid Of atop o. de waves,
An dey shoots fom de sky in bird
machines,
While de armies hides in caves.
Pc lSickin' mule am de war horse. }.
now,
What once r'ared an champed an
squealed,
When de bugles blowed to jfne de row.
TIL his hoofbeats shook de field.
hopes an prays dat peace1I soon
come,
Wid war changed wuss'n de clocks
Whar you looks at de flag but hears
nary drum.
Nor feels how de vile worl' rocks.
An dar's only de profiteer to fleht
The Port Gibson reveille., 1918-10-31

During the hard rain on Tuesday,
z local physician received call to
see q patient on the north side of the
3ayolL He informed his patient that
Ae could not &c further than the
railroad bridge The patient promised
70 have a conveyance to meet him
there IN the flat. this side Of the
bridge. the water was so deep that it
Killed the engine Of the physicians
car There was nothing left to be
done but take OFF his shoes and wade
out The waiting driver was shocked
when he met, IN place of well-groom.
ed city physician. well-soaked bare
foot man with his trousers rolled to
his knees and his shoes thrown over
his back. III
The Port Gibson reveille., 1918-10-31
ELECTION NOTICE.

There will be an election on Friday.
November Is, 1918, in the town 81
Port Gibson, Mississippi the polling
place being the town hall, to deter
mine the question as to whether the
Board Of Mayor and Aldermen OF the
town Of Port Gibson, Mississippi, will
issue the bonds of the municipality In
the sum Of ten thousand dollars to
raise money with which to pay for the
OH engine and pump recently purchas-
debt ?
These bonds will be serial bonds
bearing 6sa interest from date. pay-
able as follows, and in the following
amounts, to-wit: One Of the same
shall mature each year, they shall be
numbered from one to twenty inclu-
each ysVs
R. P. DURR,
F. LOURY.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1918-10-31
PURELY PERSONA.

Mr william Bunting has returned
from Rolling Fork.
Mrs. $. III. Prize. of Jaci,son. ID yie-
iiing Mrs q " Naasson this week.
Corporal G. 3. Rhodes is at home AZ
kussum from Camp Greenleaf, Ga,
or a furlough.
Mrs. ! W. Foathefstone ana child-
of Memphis arrived fhurs ay night 10
Yiait Mrs. r. b Shoaf
Mr J 6 Blum. Or New Orleans.
@as tne guest last week in the home
of Mr, N Z. iiackett
Dr q r. Thomson was called to
kogeiusko by tho death 0f his son-in1
law, Dr Brown, lust week.
Mrs Davidson, III Red Lick. has
been spending the week with her
daughter Mrs. William Bintlng
Miss Bessie D McGaasy reachea
heie from Michigan las Week 20 wsi
her psreiNs air. and Ait ] II NE
aauley
Miss Lille May Phillips arrived
from Memphis last night to be with
her mother Mrs e H. Phillips, who
Is II with influenza.
Mrs. B u H'ssfldge. VINO has been
With Mrs. 8 N. Spencer for the past
Two or three weeks, loft for her home
~ Eaton Rouge, Las Friday
Mr. and Mrs 6. q. Little ana ehil4
dren left last week FOR New Orleans.
where Mr. Little has accepted 4 pol
sltion with the government
Mrs. Ruth II Bnreh took her little
son, stanton, 10 yieksburg last sun
day for an operation Late reports
indicate that the little fellow Is inn
proving.
Mrs. a. y, Heath and daughters,
Misses Mary ana Lucille arrived home
last week from New Orleans, where
Miss Mary was III With influenza for
two weeks
NY John Patterson who haF been
employed In the della goe several
weeks, haa returned home, and has
charge Of the business uf the Stand-
ard Oil co, at this place
Mr. 4. r. Danieil. of Delta Bridge.
Ia, was called here last week by the
serious Illness Of his daughter, Mrs.
y N. Magruder We are glad to re-
port Mrs Magruder much improved.
Mrs. G, + Thomson returned last
week from Camp 0gletnorpe. Ga..
where she had been with her daugh-
ter, Mrs Brown, during the illness 81
che latter,s husband Mrs. Brown ana
child returned with her and IL now
with her parents at Chamberlain
Hunt.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1918-10-31
HEAVIEST RAIN OF YEAR.

Beginning at about o'clock Tues
day morning the heaviest rain of the
year fell here. The total fail for
the day amounted to ABS inches.
Bayou Pierre got bank full, but did
not overflow. This shows that the
fall In the western part OF the coun-
ty was heavier than in the eastern
part The day was preceded by a
hne early autumn day Monday, and
many farmers cut hay believing that
good weather was ahead; and II was
followed by just as fine a day We'd
nesday.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1918-10-31
WANTS A COMMISSION
FORM OF GOVERNMENT

Editor OF Reveille:
IN view Of the approaching cleo
ton on bond issue, would it not be 4
business economy TO sell the entire
outht OF the power plant to some
Junk dealer and throw in the pres
ent board for good measure and put
the town on a commission basis with
TWO business men as commissioners
to manage the towns finances as 4
private business would be man.
aged?
TAXPAYER
The Port Gibson reveille., 1918-10-31
MJuST RECEIVED, A CAR LOAD or
WAGONS.
CLAIBORNE HARDWARE co.

Mrs. NJ. r. Naasson, OF Port Glib
son, announces the approaching mar
riage Of her daughter Fannie, to Mr..
Frederick w. Malders, Of New Or
leans The wedding will be solemn
lied early in November Mr.. Malders
is connected With the firm Of Shep-
herd q Gluck cotton commissioners
Of New Orleans.