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]. ]. BROWN TO CALL
MEETING OF FARMERS

Atlanta, Ga, Feb. III. J. Brown,
state commissioner of agriculture, an
nounced Monday that he is planning
to call a meeting Of farmers to be
held in Macon, at date to be fixed
in the near future, for the purpose of
impressing upon them the necessity
of raising every ounce of food pos
sible during the coming year. The
meeting will be held under the aus
pieces of the Georgia State Food Pro-
duction and Conservation council. DR..
A. M. Soule, state food administra-
tor and others will be present to pre-
sent the urgency of the situation to
the farmers.
Commissioner Brown stated that
the situation during the coming year
will be more acute than it has ever
been unless the farmers of Georgia
and the south raise food crops on a
big scale.
J. ID. Weaver, of Dawson, in charge
OF the registration of shipbuilding la
Dor for Georgia, who returned from
washington Monday, was Monday in
conference with Mr.. Brown. Mr..
Weaver, in addition to comforting
about the shipbuilding labor situation
IN connection with his duties, in
CURED carefully into the food sup-
ply and production situation.
Mr.. Weaver said that it is impera
tive that farmers of Georgia and the
South this year raise food crops on a
larger scale than ever. Mr.. Weaver
himself operates farm of fifty plows
and is planning to raise large acre
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AMERICAN RED CROSS TO
ENROLL 100000 SCHOOL
CHILDREN IN JUNIOR AUxILIAR|ES
To the School Children of the United States:
= A Proclamation

The President of the United States is also President of
the American Red Cross 1t is from these Offices Joined
in that write word of greeting this time when
so many of you are beginning the school year.
The American Red Cross has just prepared a Junior
Membership with School Activities in which every pupil in
the United States find chance to our country
The school is the natural center Of your e Through it
best work in the great Of freedom to which
we have all pledged ourselves.
Our Junior Red Cross will bring to you opportunities
of service to your community and to other communities all
the world and guide service with high religious
ideals It will teach how to in order that suffer-
ing children elsewhere may have the chance live It will
teach you how to of the supplies which wound
ed soldiers and homeless families lack 1t will send to you
through the Red Cross Bulletins the thrilling stories of
lief and And best of all, perfectly than
through Of other school lessons you will learn by
doing those kind things under your teachers direction to be
the future good citizens of this great country which all
love, r.
And commend to all school teachers in the country the
simple plan which the American Red Cross has worked
to provide for your cooperation knowing do that school
children will their best service under the direct guidance
and instruction Of their teachers Is not this perhaps the
chance for which have been looking to your time
and efforts in some to meet national needs?
(Signed) WOODROW WILSON, President
September Is, 1917.
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AMERICAN APPETITES LARGE

Abe German sugar ration for 1916
~ was about one-tenth of average
United States consumption and their
meat ration about one-sixth. The
French sugar ration is only IL lbs.
per month as compared with "a, the
normal consumption in the United
States. England uses less fat than
France and is about midway between
France and the United States as re-
CARDS meat and sugar.
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UNION AND. CONFEDERATE
VETERANS GET LOW RATES

BY order of Secretary McAdoo the
railways have been authorized to
grant the veterans of the Union and
Confederate armies and their families
the low rate of one cent per mile on
the occasion of the reunions of the
veterans of the sixties. The Confed-
crate reunion will be at Tulsa, Okla,
and the Union veterans will meet at
Portland. Ore.
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Under the slogan every School
Red Cross Auxiliary and Center for
National Service" the Junior Red
Cross has perfected plans for the en-
rollment Of every school child in the
United States as member Of Red
Cross Auxiliary, the date Of the cam
paign being from Lincoln's birthday.
February IL, to Washtngton's birth
day, February %.
The Junior Red Cross is a branch
of the American Red Cross through
which every school in America is Civ.
en- the opportunity to carry on author
ICED Red Cross work by forming
School Auxiliary, upon the payment
of twenty-five cents membership fee
for each pupil enrolled in the school
or by pledge OF satisfactory service
in Red Cross work. 1t is the only
agency which is approved by school
authorities to enlist the children in
patriotic work during the war. All
other organizations must work through
the medium Of the Junior Red Cross.
whose services have already been re.
quested by the United States Food
Administration and by the War Saw.
ings Stamp Committee, of which
Frank A. Vanderlip is chairman.
The schools. however, are not the
only units In which School Auxillaries
may be formed. The other educational
units which have been recognized as
suitable centers in which to organize
Junior Red Cross work are Agricul
tural Clubs, Boy Scouts, Camp Fire
Girls. Night Schools, Sunday School
classes and such authorized educa-
tional centers as may be properly or.
ganized under the supervision Of the
local representatives of the Red Cross
Chapter.
The United States Department Of
Agriculture has already offered to use
the Agricultural Clubs for Junior Red
Cross work. Every child who is en-
rolled in a School Auxiliary is entitled
to wear Red Cross pin, although not
considered regular member Of the
Red Cross.
Conference at Washington.
A Conference Of prominent educa-
tors and persons interested in the
work of the Junior Red Cross met
in Washington, D. c., January 7th
and 9Th, at the call of DR.. Henry NJ
MacCracken, National Director of the
Bureau Of Junior Membership. The
presiding officer was DR.. John H.
Finley, Commissioner of Education
for the State of New York, and
prominent among those in attend
ance were DR.. Philander P. Claxton,
United States Commissioner of Edu-
cation, the Red Cross Committee ap-
pointed by the National Education
Association, consisting of DR.. Finley
as Chairman, Mrs. Mary c. Bradford.
President of the N. E. A. and State
Superintendent for Colorado, Pro-
fessor Marion l.. Britain, State SUI
perintendent of Georgia, DR.. Francis
G.. Blair, State Superintendent of
Illinois, and DR.. Margaret Mcknight,
Assistant Commissioner of Elemen-
tary Education of California, and the
War Savings Education Committee
appointed from the ". E. A., consist
ing of DR.. Finley as Chairman, Mrs.
Bradford, Professor F. B. Pearson,
State Superintendent Of Ohio. and
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Of the Junior Membership of the Red Cross Mr. Henry
DAWSON Chairman of the War Council of the American
Red Cross, said:
believe program has been made out here which is the
most important single that was ever started in
America for the protection of the American public and the
future of thA people
when talking with the President about the pro-
gram theM said that believed that nothing the Red
Cross % important as the Junior Membership work.
and that alone from the standpoint of people,
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young man every night.

young man every night.
He would curse something fierce
at times" says Starr, describing his
communication with London. "When
| remarked on his language he would
ask me to please to excuse his
French"
Starr is now in Memphis taking the
dictation of another Jack London
story.
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WANTED-You to know that the
Classified Department CT the Leader.
Enterprise will locate your lost ar
'lcles, secure help when you need it;
find employment for the unemployed;
rent houses, farms, or anything else
you may need. A trial will convince
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LAND FOR SALE

One Lot Land containing 400 acres
more or less, in Third District Ben
Hill county. No improvements.
Known as Wild Land. S. B. Reid,
Rochelle, Ga. -. ....- ct.
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MULE AND BUGGY LOST OR
STOLEN

A small mouse-colored mare mule
some white spots on back. An open
buggy with thick back. Reward for
information. Notify John B. Hill
Fitzgerald, Ga, Route 6. 4tr
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W. N T E D
BIDS WANTED

The Sanitary Committee requests
bids for the City Scavenger for 1918.
Bids to be turned in to City Clerk be-
fore March LIST.
st. c. S. Isler, Chmn.
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FOR SALE-One boiler and one
Birdsell Engine, complete. For sale
at bargain. Apply to- C. Whitley,
Fitzgerald, Ga. at
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WORTH KNOWING.
To remove rust from steel rub the
rusted part we'll with sweet oil and
allow it to stand for 4S hours. Then
rub with a piece of soft leather and
sprinkle with finely powdered I'M
slaked lime until the rust disappears.
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FOR SALE-Ferd touring car,
practically new. Also one Ford truck.
Apply to Chero-Cola Bottling Co. St
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AUTO FOR SALE--For cash, one
1917 five-passenger Chevrolet, in first
class condition. Apply to J. E. At
kins, Lobingier Avenue. If
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FOR SALE-Heater, Protectograph
and store shelving. Apply at this Of
fee. If
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LOST-One brindle bull dog;
white stripe around neck; white spot
on forehead, long tail; liberal reward.
IT. Ga'ber. If
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FOR SALE-Dressed hogs. H. w.
Bruce, R. F. D. No. 8, Phone 1881.
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FARM WANTED want a two
horse farm on shares. Apply to
Leader-Enterprise. 4t-p
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WOOD WANTED AT COTTON
MILL-Four feet wood. see ]. H.
Mayes at Cotton Mill or M. w. Gar
butt.
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Daily Thouuht,

There is music, even in the beauty
and the silent note which Cupid
strikes, far sweeter than the sound of
an instrument.-Sir Thomas Browne.
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WANTED TO TRADE-Horse
for mich cow. Call at 30l South
Grant street 8-l1-13
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JERSEY BULL, Service or Sale
Apply to B. S. Register at Confeld
Products Company, Fitzgerald, Ga. 3
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FOR SALE

FOR SALE-One 2-hsrsepower
and one 3-horse power I H. c. Gas
oline Engines, in good condition. At
bargain. Apply der-Erterprise.
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WANTED-A carpenter for per-
rnanent work. Sydney Clare.
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FOR RENT

ROOMS TO LET-Three furnished
rooms, water and light and bath. Va
cant after the 18th. Apply to Mrs.
S. F. Stewart AIS West Pine St. If
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soon as I stopped the music the baby
started to cry again The response
was due to the action of the baby's
brain In Keeping time with the notes
and forgetting It's ailnent.
These Few facts will serve as a slight
introduction to the special value which
music Possesses as an influence on the
human brain. 1t is the response of
mind to rhythm. and the impossibility
for tho mind to think of more than
one thing at n given time that is ac-
countabie for these facts Certainly
we all arc aware that a severe tooth
acne may be temporarily cured by a
trip TO the theater: one forRets the pain
in following the music and remembers
it as soon as the performance Is over
And now to bring this subject into
the sickroom. In Canada, at the two
hospitals where have been. feel that
have more than conclusively proved
the value of music as a healing in
huence and have opened UP in a certain
degree it's possibilities at this time,
when the war is giving us such great
quantities of wounded and sick men.
One case of a returned soldier stands
out in my mind. This boy was OF a de-
cidedly nervous temperament before he
went TO war, and on his return he was
quite badly afflicted with st. Vitus
dance. He couldn't keep still, and
there seemed to be no way to relieve
him. nit upon the scheme, at last of
getting violin for him and having
MIN tauene to accompany phonograph
RECORDS communicated with the
teachers OF a nearby conservatory of
music, ana some one was sent to train
the ooy. He began with the simplest
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yards. with the provision that il tho
end of the war they shall own the
badge outright The board recon-
mended that the chamber continue to
supply the shipyard operators with
these badges as long as the war lasts.
Already some fifteen hundred medals
have been distributed. They are loaned
to the workers in the shipyaris during
their term of employment. They are
surrendered at the termination of this
period the purpose being to confne
the distinction of wearing this badge
to those men who are actually helping
the government by working in some
branch of shipbuilding. Every worker
is given the badge with the under
tinues his patriotic service until the
termination of the war. The aim OF
this ruling is to stimulate him to con-
tinue his working TO make the world
safe for democracy and thereby win
his medal outright to preserve as a
memorial of his effort
The committee Of the chamber of
commerce is planning to increase the
supply of badges for actual workers
in the shipyards and such workmen as
are willing to enlist in the shipbuilders'
reserve pending their employment at
some yard. Each medal is numbered
cially entered on the medal lists of
the Emergency Fleet Corporation. This
will virtually become a medal of honor
list at the termination of the war. The
men are already wearing their in
sigma, which distinguishes them from
civilian Soldiers"
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not permanent medals, but are special
ly created for different campaigns.
The new order recently made public
creates such a special medal for the
present war. 1t. will take some such
form as distinguished service cross
to correspond to the Croix de Guerre
of France. 1t will be awarded for ex-
traordinary heroism not justifying the
medal of honor in connection with
operations against the armed forces
of the enemy. Such cross, which it
will be the ambition of every officer
and man to receive. will be awarded
on the field of battle by the command
! ing general of the expedition on be-
half of the President. These medals
may be awarded also posthumously.
Each one, accompanied by a bar Of
the same color and a ribbon similar
to the present service bars, may be
worn by it's owner on the field. as Is
done by the soldiers of other armies.
Gold service chevrons will also be
awarded. Every six months in the ad-
vanced army zone entities officers and
men to a gold service chevron, worn on
the lower left sleeve of the coat. A
gold chevron identical in pattern is
worn at the same place on the right
sleeve for each time that the soldier
has been wounded or gassed.
In addition to these bona fide Amer
lean medals, the medals Of foreign gov
ernmentS are entering into considera-
ton as possible decoration for the
brave American soldier. Although the
Constitution forbids the acceptance by
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from the Hicksville fair grounds in
Ohio to Hicksville. AS far as can be
ascertained, Miss Stinson is the only
woman anywhere who ever had be-
slowed upon her the distinction of
carrying government mail.
In the fall of 1915 Ithaca. n. Y. asked
the Post Office Department for per-
mission to carry the mail from Ithaca
to the fair grounds IN the vicinity.
Permission was granted to the postal
authorities in that city, who trans
ported mail from the city post Office
to the fair grounds during the time
This aerial feat added not a little to
fair novelties and attractions
~
Columbus, n. NJ, grew into promi-
nence with mushroom rapidity through
its post Office. which awoke one morn
ing to find itself no longer an object
of fourth-class obscurity. This was
after the punitive expedition had pene-
trated more than 100 miles into Mex
leo and Columbus was called upon to
handle mail that was of vital i'm
portance to the country The fame
of the New Mexican town increased
when an aerial line was started over
which mail went from Columbus to
Uncle Sans military headquarters in
Mexico. Early in the day aeroplan as
would leave Columbus and United
States headquarters in Mexico with
their budgets of military mail. The
trip was made easily in days time.
Prior to the advent of the new service
mail was carried by automobile be-
tween these two points. consuming six
days time. Army men who had charge
OF this line OF work were called lieu
tenant mail carriers"
Early in October. 1917. Victor Carlstrom
expert birdman and possessor of a notable
worlds record. made a ''sunrise-to-sunset'
flight from Chicago to New York city. This
was the first attempt to aerially convey
mail between the country's two largest
cities. With full thousand letters and
postals addressed to eminent persons Carl
Strom left Chicago at 6 o'clock in the
morning, flew the approximate thousand
miles and arrived in New York at o clock
in the afternoon of the same day. Carl
strom mad machine which responded to
the speed he put upon it; at times he
1ourneyed at the rate of 1877 miles an
hour He made this trip in consider
ably less than half the time required
by the fastest mail train.
Carlstrom's fight through the cities
he touched along his route was her.
aided by the peal of many bells and the
excited scream of fire whistles. In
New York his arrival was compare
lively quiet. The assistant superin-
tendent OF the mails was on the avia-
ton grounds when Carlstfom landed
The mail bag was delivered into his
hands. after which the aviator regis
tered uneasfness and a lively desire
to don his shore" cloths.
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EDALS for brave and gallant
kAM deeds have ever been effective
HWIi as a reward for stimulating
'eVS heroic effort among the ar
niles and navies of the world. The
emotional value of military decora-
ton as a reward for merit Is so great
that provision for the bestowal of such
decoration is salient part of the prep
aration for any war. Indeed. this rec
ognized value constitutes the chief sig
nificance of medal giving. AS bauble
a,medal means little. As a mark OF dis
tfnetion for intrepidity and courage
displayed on earth, air or sea- medal
is not an idle thing
Though a true hero may blush and
-stammer, and even run away. when he
Is asked to give an account or
the act which brought him distinction. he
nevertheless values his medal so highly
that IL is cherished as a memento OF
priceless worth to be passed from gen
Grafton to generation with a tale that
holds a hallowed place in the archives
Of the family's history.
Obviously, 1t Is not the medal but the
glory of the medal that provides its
appeal and causes men to dare death
for its award. Herein lies its value.
truly a psychological one. and the rea-
son for the emphasis that is being
placed at present upon the general
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and Badges to Decorate Breasts of American Heroes of the

with the letters 'P. S. R." embossed
thereon. The office of the reserve is
working out a system of decoration
whereby workers in it's ranks will be
further decorated to distinguish them.
The button is simply an evidence of
membership in the reserve. officials
desire some other mark to honor the
civilian worker. and they are now de-
signing suitable medal and assert
ment of chevrons to be worn on the
workman's arm as badge of honor.
working as part of the public serv-
ice reserve is the boys working re-
serve. which aims to interest boys in
the opportunities which lie before them
at this time in the service of the gov
nile recruits n special button and a
badge which is calculated to fill any
youthful breast with pride.
Another significant civilian medal is
given to the ShipbuilderS who are now
at work on the ail-essential feet which
shall supply the allies with men, am
munitfon and food from this country.
This medal is distributed by the ship
ping committee of the United States
Chamber of Commerce. with the sane
ton and full approval of the United
States Shipping Board.
~
1T was due, in fact, to the efforts
represents 100000 business men Of
InS tudI WO1 al over
the United States were aroused to
their opportunity as shipworkers at
this time. It was also instrumental in
advocating the Importance OF giving these
workers. after they had actually be-
gun their work in the many shipyards
of this country, some badge which
should be recognition of their service
in this time of need, an emblem of the
patriotic service which they are
rendering.
The contribution which these men
are making toward winning the war
for without ships the effort of the
United States to provide armies. NUM-
tionS and other necessities would be
useless-seemed SO deserving of spe-
cial medal that the shipping commit
tee of the chamber of commerce took
up the matter with Chairman Hurley
of the shipping board. The result was
that the board Endorsed badges of two
different sizes to be furnished to
operators of shipyards for a period
covering their actual working in the