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The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-03-29
CAPTURE
PRISONERS AND
MACHINE GUNS

London, March 28.-British troops
have captured number of German
prisoners and machine guns in the
great battle of Picardy, the war office
has announced. This is the first time
the Allies have claimed the capture
of enemy prisoners and material since
the drive started. 1t strongly indi-
Gates that the counter offensive is f.
nally under way, gathering momen-
tum
Heavy fighting continues on the
greater part of the front The battle
is extending northward. A German
attack is developing east of Arras.
Severe fighting continued last night
on both sides of the Somme
The Germans claim the capture of
Albert, some twenty miles from the
Allies base at Amiens. While the
German offensive has not collapsed
the general opinion is that the Allies
now dominate the situation.
At places where there was slight
retirement, the British threw the Ger
mans back, capturing lost ground
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-03-29
3 18th REGIMENT PARADEs

Atlanta, Ga, March 28.-Not the
biggest military parade Atlanta ever
saw, but in many respects the most
marshal display of men in uniform
and certainly the most thrilling in its
significance, was the march this to-
day through the business streets bv
the 325th Regiment of the Eighty
Second Division of Infantry at Camp
Gordon.
In full service uniform, carving
rifles tipped with bayonets, equipped
IN heavy marching order, they march
ed through the city 5000 strong, as
many men as three regiments under
the old size units, and accompanied
by the headquarters comanpy, the
wagon train, the machine gun COM
pany, and all the odds and ends of
units attached to a complete regi-
ment in the modern organization.
making nearly 1000 men in all.
Thousands of people lined the
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-03-29
{ ENGLAND WANTS
j. 8. TROOPS
NOW

Washington, March 28.-Lloyd
George has made an appeal to the u.
S. Government to get more American
reinforcements across the Atlantic
inthe shortest possible time"
The appeal was presented through
Earl Reading, at New York, last
night and will be responded to. This
was made plain by officials today.
Every military agency of the gov
eminent is being speeded up. Red
tape is being cut out, and the results
will be manifested soon. It is pos
sible that the government will make
an actual statement of the movement
of troops.
Army officers declare that there are
many divisions throughout the United
States ready for immediate action the
minute they reach France.
News from the battle front con-
tinues satisfactory.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-03-29
LIBERTY BOND ADDRESSES
AT SINGING CONVENTION
NEXT SUNDAY

A party composed of Rev. and Mrs
): ]. Baker, Mr.. and Mrs. N. N. Lit
tlefield, w. A, Adams and wife will
motor to Bethlehem church Sunday
afternoon where addresses on Liberty
bonds will be presented to the Ben
Hill county Singing Convention
which will hold an all day session
there a, liar time
Chairman Adams of the Bond sale
committee, is using every opportunity
that presents itself to put the neces-
sity for buying Liberty bonds before
the people, and he is meeting with a
hearty response from the citizens.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-03-29

bined to Great war spirit unprece-
denied here since America entered
the war.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-03-29
INCREASED ACTIVITY
ALONG TOUL FRONT

With American Army in France,
March 28.-Observers on the Ameri-
can front north of Toul have noted
increased activity of the German in
fantry within the past twenty-four
hours.
Numerous movements of troops
behind the lines and in trenches is
taking place.
American gunners have shelled all
points where movements are taking
place.
1t is learned that American officers
attached to the British army are in
the Albert district.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-03-29
REGISTRANTS LEAVE
FOR CAMP GORDON

The following white Ben Hill
county selectmen will leave for Camp
Gordon on April End. The colored Sc
lectmen will leave on April LIST.
Whites
Henry P. MCGOWAN.
Lacy Ennis.
J. w. Findley
H. Mcdonald.
r. P. Billiard.
White Alternates
James Wash
Edwin Wash.
S. L. Gregory.
E. L. Thomas !: ,.'
L. D. Brown.
f. L. Minshew, Jr.
Colored
Albert Williams.
Dexter Pearson.
e. c. Jackson.
F. J. Jackson.
Cleve Horn.
York Rodgers.
Henry Brown.
J. B. Ward.
Amos Duncan
Lumpkin Butts.
Colored Alternates
William Simpson.
J. w. Green.
Geo. c, Dry.
Fred Holmes
Willie Hill.
Tom Lowe.
D. P. Fair.
Tom Phineeze.
Sam Edwards.
Russell Daniels.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-03-29
100, 900 AMERICANS
In BIG OFFENSIVE
Special TO The Leader Enterprise)

Especial to The Leader Enterprise
Washington. March 2S-Thc Allied
offensive is we'll under way and i'm
portant news is expected from the
Picardy front within the next twenty
four hours, war department officials
declared today
The counter offensive will be the
sharpest blow the Allies have at
tempted.
1t is understood that not less than
one hundred thousand Americans will
participate in this drive, which will
probably take the form of rolling
up movement.
According to the latest information
reaching Washington the Allies have
now placed eight hundred thousand
fresh troops along the Picardy front
If these men are sent against the
Germans in a sweeping movement it
is expected that the tide will be turn
ed in favor of the Entente forces.
The fact that American officers are
willing for the first time to admit
that American troops are going into
action is considered significant.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-03-29
American Forces In
Thick Of the Fight

With American Army in France,
March 28.-The United States is
taking its small part in meeting Hin
denburg's drive on the Baupaumc-
Neyon front
Besides various American officers
there are all branches of the service,
including engineers there 1t is re-
ported that American aviators are al
SO taking a part.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-03-29

streets and filed the Office building
windows to see them pass, and the
boys were greeted with thunders Of
applause all along the line of march
Very soon they expect to leave for
France, and the people know they
ar geing soon, and this in connection
with the momentous consequences
dependent upon the outcome of the
struggle on the western front COM
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-03-29
ST. MATTHEW'S CHURCH

West Pine street.
Easter day.
Sunday School, 10 A. NJ.
Service and sermon II. A. M.
Subject Mary at the Empty Sc
pulchre"
Evening Prayer and Sermon 7:30
o'clock.
Subject: Flowers: Emblems of
Immortality"
Easter Egg hunt will take place on
Monday afternoon. Place and hour
will be announced at Sunday School
Sunday.
J. w. BLEKER.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-03-29
NOTICE

Cases will be made against all auto
drivers failing to observe city regu-
lations. All machines must be equip
ped with an efficient muller and speed
limit must not be exceeded.
c. F. DIXON,
tt Chief of Police.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-03-29

l will be at the City Clerks Office
at the City Hall during the month OF
March. from 9 A. M. to II noon, and
from 2 to P. M, for the purpose OF
collecting delinquent city taxes
c. F. DIXON,
If. Chief of Police.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-03-29
Silent Applause.

Many a vaudeville actress seems
to think she's big thing because she
sings through her nose, like an ele-
phant.-EXchange.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-08-24

New York.-Paris Is never handi-
capped in creating fashions by the
actions Of other designers. That is
why she is powerful. America has al
ways suffered under this handicap be-
cause she has followed Paris, asserts
a prominent fashion authority. She
has never been inclined to risk the
exploitation of fabrics, fashions and
toiorings that were not sponsored by
/ the mother of fashions.
1t is said Of us that we acknowledge
the best in every nation and bring 1t
to our shores. We know the best in
every department of art, science and
literature. If we are compelled to put
our knowledge to practical use, we at
least have the best to 60 on. We are
/ not ignorant.
The tim has come for this expert
ment, as we all know, and the observer
thinks that few medals of honor
should be distributed to those who
have gone "over the top" In designing
clothes In this country. 1t took great
commercial courage and 1t required
sound knowledge Of the American
public.
What France Did America Does.
Z Here are two anecdotes which ac-
centuate, the point. They happened a
dozen years apart. Nine. Paquin saw
several bolts of checked silk in man
ufacturer's hands. Neither the weave,
the coloring nor the design was in
fashion, to quote her own phrase. The
manufacturer complained that he had
no call for this quantity Of material
and that he would sell II for about
franc and half a yard. Nine. Pa
quin took it all, went to her salons
on the Rue de la Paix, turned the
cheap check silk into an alluring frock
Of her own design, and then wore 1t
at Trouville- by-the-Sea She made the
frock, the design. the color and the
fabric fashionable. Everyone wanted
to wear what she wore. She sold
every inch Of the material at price
on the transaction.
| Last month an American designer
was looking over the stock of lace
importer. Nothing new" said the
importer. "Here / am held up with
about fifty Spanish lace scarfs which
l bought at venture, thinking could
distribute them in the trade in Amer
lea, but no one took them. The one
answer was thai they are not in
fashion"
The designer said that II the I'M
porter would give him one he would
turn 1t into a gown that would sell
all the other scarfs, on condition that
be received commission on their sale.
The bargain was closed. The gown
was designed. 1t sold Immediately.
1t was copied so fast that the other
20 scarfs melted away like flakes Of
soap in hot water. Spanish lace was
offered as a first fashion.
That Is a good example Of the
change that has come over the Ameri-
can merchant and the American de-
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-08-24

outage from the defensive and often
sive points of view-how to advance
under cover and how to defend them
selves Under cover. They have invent
ed scouting and camOufeurs' sharp
shooters suits which, when worn by
the soldier, make him appear like bit
OF the landscape, az n boulder, a log, a
stump, or part of the foliage Of a
tree.
Women Being Trained.
American women camoufieurs are
being trained according to the same
method as the men, under the WOm-
ems League for National Service and
under Lieutenant Towle. Discussing
their work. he said:
"There isn't any reason why the
women shouldn't do as well as the
men as camoufleurs-that Is, in max
fng the materials behind the lines. It
isn't heavy work. but 1t demands in
genious workers, skilled In Details"
Tryon Hall, the old G. X. G. Billings
place on Washington Heights, bought
by John d. Rockefeller, Jr., to be
given, ultimately, to the city for a
park, is the spot chosen for the prac-
teal experimental work by the wom-
en-. Hither they go with Lieutenant
Towle to try out their camouflage suits
and be photographed, wearing them. In
different positions, to see that they
blend with different colors Of the land
scape and would be invisible to the
enemy not only on the firing line but
on the plates Of the enemy photog-
rapher
This is the most serious work that
has been undertaken under the au-
spices of the National League for
Woman's Service. The members Of
the camoufiage corps, of whom there
are about 40, confidently expect to
cross the water to assist In the camou-
nage work at which English and
French women are already busy.
They will not be accepted by the
government as regular workers and
enlisted for the service until they have
completed their training and shown
that they have made good, but the fact
that Lieutenant Towle is on leave In
order to instruct them Is sufficient
proof that their work will be consid-
cred.
- No Age Limit for Women.
There is no age limit, up or down,
for women Joining the corps, but each
member must have had some practical
technical training before she joins.
This keeps from the corps very young
girls. The members are young women
who are self-supporting. They are
artists. architects, metal workers.
wood carvers, photographers, etc. 1t Is
an exceptionally versatile and respon-
sible group. They take three
months course under Lieutenant
Towle.
Each member Of the class makes
and develops her own camouflage suit,
according to her own ideas, with the
foundation of instruction that she has
received. Suits as they have been con-
structed by the girls so far are In one
piece, like a divers suit, with a hood
covering the head A human face
shows white In the distance and the
corps Is experimenting with wells us
face coverings.
Earth brown Is the usual foundation
color, and upon this go yellows,
green's, grays, and splashes of black.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-08-24

One Of the new black taffeta gowns
that 10 far from commonplace. The
skirt Is q series Of small ruffIes
edued with white silk cord and cut
IN peq-top fashion. The slim bodice
10 mounted on a yoke OF taffeta
braided with white cord, and the
short sleeves are cut In one with the
yoke. There 10 q pink rose with
green leaves at the waist, and there
are green shoes and stockings.
signer. We no longer have to ask
what is the fashion. but are probably
ems: enabled ssnt to make the f3'Al'n for our
Management Of Black Taffeta.
II is easy to realize that taffeta has
come into a first summer fashion, al
though the popular mind does not re-
gard II as one Of the lovely weaves
OF the world, because 1t Is plentiful.
There Is no trouble about getting all
the taffeta, one wants, and 1t is best
that we model our wardrobes for the
near future on the materials that can
be bought in this country In sufficient
quantity to correspond TO our needs.
Much can be done with this mate
rial that will result In gown out %
the ordinary and conspicuous foE
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-08-24

Here's blue serge coat split up the
back to make commonplace blue
serge less Insignificant. There 10 .
long culrass Of coIored embroidery
on blue tricot, and the coat 10
slashed to a deep v back and front
to display the vivid underoarment.
yoke with short sleeves which was
braided with white cord in fantastic
design. At the side of the waist was
deep pink satin rose with green vel
vet leaves. The slippers and stock
ings were green. There was nothing
demure about this black taffeta gown.
Treat Blue Serge In Various Ways.
Blue serge Is fabric that will al
ways be with us, as far as the manu-
facturers and the war board can look
ahead.
1t is usually midnight blue, and,
given few yards Of 1t In this color,
the designers do not want to sit down
and turn 1t out into Insignificant
frocks and inconspicuous suits. n
A woman who came to defense"
luncheon one day wore a blue serge
gown that was the product Of clever
designer and 1t surely turned our
ideas about suits topsy-turvy.
The coat>was split up the back as
well as. the front. 1t was worn over a
long cuirass blouse, the kind that
gains in Importance every day. The
blouse was made Of richly embroid-
cred tricot In blue, black and dashes
Of dull red. 1t did not cling tightly to
the figure, but outlined 1t more than
usual. Over 1t hung the loose blue
serge coat, opening In deep v in the
middle Of the front and the black. II
was closed at the neckline and had a
collar of the serge. There was loose
belt Of the material, and the skirt
was exceedingly narrow and short.
BY the way, It is wise for any wom-
ar who orders new suit today to see
that the skirt has a sizeable hem, for
the new order to the shoemakers,
given by the government. which de-
lnands low shoes for the duration of
the war, may change the skirt length.
doubt 1t. The length may be
changed, but 1t will not be because of
the low shoes, for CATERS. which are
made Of fabric, may be as high as
desired. and women prefer them to
high boots.
We may also adopt the French fash
ion of wearing serviceable Oxford ties
with straight heels and rounded toes
The bootmakers say they have more
orders for these today than ever. With
such shoes the average woman does
not care whether her, skirt is eight
or ten inches from the ground, unless
she Is given to suffering from exposed
ankles.
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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-08-24
New Styles Out
of Old Fabrics

charm and cleverness. If you could
have seen a woman who came into a
restaurant for dinner wearing a GER
tain black taffeta gown, you would
have been convinced in the twinkling
Of an eye that the fabric matters moth
ing If the designer has cleverness.
The skirt was made of narrow
ruffles that extended from waist to
ankles, each rufIle edged with white
silk cord. The hem was excessively
narrow. The foundation for these
ruf1ies fitted the figure like a sheath.
There was bodice, straight and SIM
pie, and the major part of 1t was a
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-08-24

Short and Pointed. Message.

Few women have been so hard
worked since the war as Mrs. Bram-
well Booth, wife Of the Salvation Army
chief. But in her scant leisure Mrs.
Bramwell Booth can tell good story.
One of them concerns a certain drunk
ard who fell into the hands of the
Salvation Army.
"He had been drunk for so long"
said Mrs. Bramwell Booth, that he
was able to give us very little infor-
nation about himself. Eventually.
however, we discovered that her was
married and that his deserted wife
lived in town in the Midlands. We
Immediately telegraphed to her: We
have found your husband In very
short time we got the reply: You
can keep himp"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-08-24

the foot Of the telephone poles, out
ward and on both sides, conceal the
road. TO an observer on foot or in
the air mt thousand feet the hill
looks deserted-an almost treeless
save neglected old path. Yet that
hillside harbors six dugouts, several
observation and listening posts, men,
cannon, machine guns, and net
work Of telephone wires.
Beyond Yonkers there are trench
sections with mo Mans Land and
Its barbed wire entanglements and dug
outs. The trenches are dug so deep
that the heads of the men do not show
above the surface, and the sod re-
moved to dig them is replaced. The
openings of the dugouts of the
trenches are not, as Is sometimes sup
posed, far behind the trenches. They
are In the trenches with the entrance
on the enemy side. Bombs may fall
in the mouth of the dugout, but sell
dom inside.
1.-THE obvious Is sometimes as good
MS the invisible" Lieutenant Towle
said recently. "For instance, the IA
nous dummy feet the British used
Another camouflage to which the Ger
mans were dupes was red cannon,
scantily camoufaged, placed by the
British ut the summit of HILL The
cannon was visible to every German
scout flying over 1t, but II seemed so
obviously a fake that not single
enemy bomb was dropped on 1t. Yet
IT held It's position for n long time,
and at night poured It's stream of fire
into the enemy. ,
"The same idea is carried out by
the American camouieurs. who model
dummy men and guns for decOys. The
enemy air scout sees Il partly camou-
tagged cannon or machine gun with its
smoke pouring from its nozzle inter-
mittently. He cannot see, completely
hidden from view, u real cannon whose
men are firingyh deadly volley from
under cover, and whose ammunition
comes TO them through tunnels.
"Such experiments are being made
by the military camoufleurs Mt Yonk-
ers. There are other tricks to he
learned. for they also do their own
painting of army equipment before us
ing II. Although an ambulance or
army truck may not be entirely invisi-'
bic on account Of the various back.
grounds II must pass, Ii can be mot
tied into n very poor target. In mo-
ton II will appear,as blur caused by
heat rays. for 1t Is notified in the col
ors whose values constitute colors
which the suns rays would make"
Natural camoufIage Discarded.
At first natural camouhage was
used almost entirely. A clump of
trees and brush hid whole machine
gun company. group of rocks harbor-
ed u listening post, and u deserted mill
might hold n regiment. But the enemy
has learned that even the trees and
stones hear" and natural camou-
tagged refuge is never safe wholly
from air attack now. The most limo
cent seeming object is nevertheless
ar "oblect." and therefore target for
the scout, whereas perfectly smooth
hillside. with no distinguishing marks,
may be almost entirely undermined,
and yet not arouse suspicion.
Lieutenant Towle's men learn cam
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-08-24
INTERESTING ITEMS

Crops of corn are being burned In
Argentina because Of lack Of ships
IN which to export the cereal.
Losses from fire In the United
States increased over $40.00O.0O0 last
year, due to war conditions and the
speeding up of industries.
The, anthracite coal strike OF leO2
began May II and ended October Il.
The employees involved numbered
about 147 800. The estimated total
loss was s26, 10000.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-08-24

building trades returns from 81 Ca
indian cities for recent month lndi-
cate that employment decreased more
than AZ per cent. as compared with
the previous month, and over 46 per
cent, as compared with the same month
In 1917.
The royal borough OF Kenslngton,
England. now maintains three com
munal kitchens, which serve excellent
meals for II cents. The menu Is:
Soup. 2 cents fishcakes, 4 cents; half
portions of potatoes and cabbage, 2
cents; corn four mold, 4 cents.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-08-24
Pottery the Oldest Art.

Pottery Is the Oldest, the longest and
most widely diffused Of all human arts
It's history, II recorded, would be as
old as the history of man; Its record
ed history begins with the building Of
the tower OF Babel. The olde>t pot
terry known Is Egyptian, but every psp-
pie civilized or barbarian. has praA
ticed the nrt In one or another form.
All study In every department of art
begins at a period not long after tn.
Mosaic deluge. but pottery 10 tn.
earliest Of all forms Of art.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-08-24

WANTED BY the Government and Busi-
ness Men, young people who
desire to train for the battle fields Of bus
mess and take advantage of the splendid
opportunities now offered to boys and
girls who have thorough commercial
education. Attend a school that special
lees in this work: for Information. write
the WINONA BUSINESS COLLEGE.
WINONA, MINNESOTA.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-08-24
poIna Their Bit.

Graham Is extremely patriotic and
careful in his observations of meatless
days, etc. The other day he turned to
his mother and said, "Mums, what anil
NAL is 1t that goes for days without
n drink of water? Is 1t camel?" His
mother told him It was. After pause
he looked up, his eyes sparkling, THE
dear, dear things! Doing their bitw
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-08-24
WHO is
TO
BLAME

kidney medicine. At druggists in largo
and medium size bottles. You may re-
ceive a sample size by Parcel Post. also
pamphlet telling about II. Address DR..
enclose ten cents, also mention this paper.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-08-24
May Restore Canals.

China. in its pressing need for trans
portation facilities, is considering the
restoration of its old-time system Of
canals, of which there were at one
time 10000 miles within the empire.
Centuries before the Christian era the
great rivers of the celestial empire
were diverted from their natural
courses to form these ancient water
ways.