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The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-07-10
RESULT OF GERMAN OFTEN
SIVE DOUBTFUL-STROEGEL

Zurich, July "a news dispatch
states that Stroegel, member of the
Prussian Landstag, said that the re-
sumption of the German offensive
was necessary but its result was doubt
full. The spring drive cost the Ger
mans one hundred thousand men and
the next drive will cost more, he de-
clared. Stroegel further stated that
there are nine hundred thousand AM
orleans on the west front and two mil
many rids the government of war pol
iticianS.
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SPECIAL SERVICES AT THE
CHURCH THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY

The Rev. G. L. Bitter, d. d. OF
Valdosta, will hold special services in
the Presbyterian church Thursday
night at $50 o'clock and on Friday
at 5 p. M. and $50 p. M.
DR.. Bitter is sent out on an I'M
portant mission by the Presbytery OF
Savannah and all members of the
congregation are urged to be present.
The public is also cordially invited.
Robert NJ Mann, Pastor.
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J. 0. Prescott Buys
Winn's Garage

| have purchased from Mr.. L. H.
Winn his garage at the corner of Pine
and Main streets, in Odd Fellow S
building, and will appreciate a con-
tinuance of your trade, and especially
invite my friends and new customers
to give me a trial. Satisfactory work
guaranteed.
We will carry a full line of auto
parts, oils and gasoline. All indebt-
edness against Winn's Garage are
payable by Mr.. Winn.
Respectfully,
]. O. PRESCOTT,
1t Odd Fellows Bldg.
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Washington, July l0.-2l killed in
action: Is wounded; 4 died of disease;
3 died of accidents; IS severely
wounded; one slightly; II missing in
action; two prisoners.
Sgt. James Mason, Huntsville, Ala,
Ashby Downe, Roanoke Rapids, N. c..
Jasper Thomas, Newbern. N. G., Os-
car Woods, Coal Valley, Ala, killed
in action.
Harry DAILY, Charlotte, died OF dis
ease.
Bruce Spencer, Campbell, N. c.,
Robt. Stanley, Ohoope, Ga, severity
wounded.
Donald Blankenship, of Rome, died
of wounds.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-07-10
BEN HILL NEGRO SELECTMAN
DIES AT CAMP GORDON -.

Tom Phinizy, a negro selectman
sent June 2lst with the quota from
Ben Hill, died last Friday at Camp
Gordon. He developed his fatal ILL
ness during the two weeks quaran-
tine before final admission to the
camp. His body was brought to Fitz-
gerald Monday.
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FARM WANTED-Want to buy
good onehorse farm, good land, few
stumps; anywhere from 5 to miles
from Fitzgerald, with good small
house on same. If interested apply
Western Union Telegraph Co. St
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-07-10
Cultivate Commitment.

The happy state Of mind so rarely
possessed, in which we can say, II have
enough" in the highest attainment of
philosophy. Happiness consists not In
possessing much, but in being content
with what we possess. He who wants
little always has enough. --Zimmer-
man.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-07-10
Hightr Taxes On War
Profits Are Urged

(By international News Service.)
Washington, July 10-Higher tax
es on war profits are urged by Food
Administrator Hoover in letter to
Senator Simmons, Chairman of the
Senate finance Committee, laid before
the Senate this afternoon.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-07-10
BIDS WANTED FOR SCHOOL
BUILDING

Plans and specifications for a three
room brick school building at Dor
mineys crossing (Union SCHOOL, can
be seen at the Office of J. R. Horton,
ordinary of the county Bids will be
opened on July 9th. The Board of
education reserves the right to reject
any and all bids.
Board of Education for Ben Hill
County.
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FARM FOR SALE-600 acres,
200 in cultivation, good wire fenced
and mostly stumped. Good FIVE room
dwelling house and two good tenant
houses. All level land. Good water.
BEN w. WILLIAMS, R. F. D.,
KLINE, GA. dedJly 81
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FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

Mid-week devotionals and monthly
church conference this evening at BIS
o'clock
Rev. Daniels will conduct prayer
service.
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COWS FOR SALE-I have two
good fresh cows for sale. One mile
east of the cotton factory on Route
:. J.. R. Portcrheld. A.
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Ton Good 70 Waste on Poetry.

Tco Good to Waste on Poetry.
A western poet refers TO mole on
q pretty woman's face as tear drop
petrifed by its own audacity." Any
man with an imagination like that
ought to give up poetry and peddle ice.
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FOR SALE-50 bushels ear corn
$1,75 per bushel cash. Phone 173. II.
M. Dodd. dedA3.
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FOR SALE

FOR SALE-7-room house, equip
ped with water and lights. Good To-
cation Apply to Mrs. S. c. Attaway,
405 North Main street. If
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-07-10

FOR SALE-Cadilac roadster, in
first-class shape. Will sell or trade.
Apply w. c. Crenshaw, P. o. Box
768.
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w A N T E D

WANTED-Three good bench men
to work in cabinet shop. Townsville
Variety Works, Townsville, Ga. lot
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New potatoes, 35c per peck, SIPS
per bushel. Phone J. L. Dor
miney. St.
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NEW YORK EDITOR HELD
UNDER $4,000 BOND

Washington, July DIR Edward
Rumley, who is alleged to have pur-
chased the New York Evening Mail
with German money may face
charge of treason. The Department
OF Justice is making a rigid investi-
CATION.
New York, July DIR. Edward
Rumley, publisher of the New York
Evening Mail, was held under a $35.-
600 bail today when arranged in fed
eral court on charge of perjury in
seeking to conceal, it is alleged, that
he bought The Mail for the German
Imperial Government. He spent the
night in the Toombs.
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jGlHEzIAlkS SH]FElED
ADVERT u$ING6

FOR SALE-Burlap Sacks, all
sizes, all grades and for all purposes.
Sacks can be seen at Casper Hide &
Skin Company, East Central avenue.
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CAS- UALTY LIS

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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-08-30
RAILWAYS
GAIN POPULARITY

Reports from the plantations using
III" portable railway for the trans
rurtatiun Of sugar caue to the mills
show that they are all seeking every
possible means to secure all the effiei.
rury possible and adopting many new
labor saving devices, to help make up
for the shortage of labor, which is hay-
iny a serious effect in some quarters.
At this time, with the end of the
grinding season in sight on some Of the
plantations. every effort is being made
to harvest all the cane possible with
the force at hand. Iu this effort it
has been found that the portable rail
way is proving its practical worth. At
present, it is reported, there are about
10. 800 ears in use on the portable plan.
tation RAILWAYS, Of which there are $50
miles in operation. Each car is capable
uf holding from four to six tons OF
cane at a loading.
On most of the plantations using this
method of bringing the cane to the
mill there has been a greater use made
# the movable track lines, which can
follow up the cane cutters, and many
new improvements in the equipment
have been installed this season, in
Guiding new sleeper for the track.
which permits it to operate over wet
and soft ground. On Kauai, especial
", and at Olaa on Hawaii, the port,
able railway has been found Of special
benefit, and gravity is largely used
TO transport cane, as well as animal
power
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-08-30
Labor Problem Will Affect Cuba's
Crop lust As 1t Will the Hawaiian

In Cuba as in Hawaii the labor sit.
uatiOn is to play big part in next
year 8 sugar crop. The labor situation
there was not good this year nor last
but promises to be worse next by rea-
son Of the many who have gone to the
United States to work in war indus
tries.
Cuba has another factor entering in
to its production which does not enter
into patriotic Hawaii. That is price.
Hawaii wants better price but the
planters here win 60 to the limit of
their abilities for production no mat
ter what price is established.
On the Cuban situation Facts About
Sugar says editorially:
Cuba's Need OF Labor
'2Fr1t becomes increasingly evident
that the chief factor determining next
Season's production Of sugar in Cuba,
aside from the all important question
OF The price to be established, will be
the supply Of labor. The question of
,Iab0r has been serious one for the
Cuban planter during the present sea
SON, and in many cases its lack has
prevented the cutting Of the full sup
BY OF available came. The situation
next year threatens TO become even
more acute with the steady drain upon
labor by munitions plants and other
war enterprises in the United states.
Since the maintenance of Cuban sugar
production is matter Of primary i'm
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NEXT CROP GIVES
GREAT PROMISE OF
GREAT PRODUCTION
Weather Conditions Have Been
' Especially Good and Fields
''' Are Fine Sight u
THREATENING SHORTAGE
%" Of LABOR IS BUGABo0
As Much Or More Rain Falls In
Eight Months As Normally
In Entire Twelve

Crop conditions for next year, ne,
cording to reports received from all
of the islands, are highly promising.
Weather conditions have been such that
the cane has made splendid progress
and Indications now are that such dam
age as was done to the young cane by
the drOughts on Maui and a large part
Of Hawaii has been repaired. On a
number of plantations on those islands
il was necessary to do a considerable
amount of repInuting but this is not
now indicated by the appearance of the
fields.
From a prominent sugar man who has
recently returned from Hawaii IL is
learned that the cane fields on the Big
Island never looked better so far as
color and growth is concerned and, if
the ADEQUATE labor can be secured the
crop will approach bumper proportions.
He said that in the fields there was a
considerable growth Of grass and weeds
to be noted but that with the cutting
completed available forces would be
set 70 wedding and cultivation. Even
in the district that was drought strick-
en- a year ago, where the fields were
yellowed, scar and withered, the next
crop looks splendid. Rains on the Big
Island, for the first eight months of
this year, are in excess of the normal
for a whole year, and better still the
rains have not come in heavy down
pOurs that damage the crop and the
fields aud plantation property general
", but in steady continuous daily rains
that have accomplished the maximum
amount of good.
While two or three months of last
calendar wear were included in the
drought period and reduce the total for
the past twelve months from figures
that would have been reached if those
months were normal, n comparison of
the rainfall in the Islands with the
normal twelve months rainfall is in
teresting.
These are the figures secured from the
weather bureau:
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-08-30
PROMISED NITRATE
MAKES CROPSs
Indications Are That Sufficient
Supply Will Be Here In
Ample Season For Use

With the publication in The AdvPr
tiser of the news that the nitrate short
Ggp is to be relieved by the release by
the war industries boards Of O sufici.
ent quantity of the essential fertilizer
to tide the Territory over for several
months, there was a relief in the ten
sion that has been felt by agencies
and sugar company managements. A
threat to the 1920 crop had been re-
moved.
Advices received by cable were to
tho effect that $4,000 tons of Hawaii 3
next year allotment Of nitrates were to
he permitted to come through and that
a cancellation of an order for $500 tons,
sent in prior to the embargo had been
reseinded. This indicated close to co.
900 tons of the fertilizer and it may
be even more for it is not definitely
sure that a shipment expected at any
time by the Hawaiian Fertilizer Com
pany is included in the other figures.
1t is expected that these shipments
of Chilean nitrates will come in sailing
vessels so that little can be forecast
as to probable time Of arrival but il Is
expected they will be received in due
season to meet the urgent needs Of the
industry.
Most of the plantations appear to
have had on hand q sufficient supply of
fertilizer, or to have secured il from the
fertilizer companies comparatively
limited supplies for the past few months,
to have tided themselves over until
this time and the young cane Is geneTs
ally reported to be fine and promising.
The minimum supply on which the
plan tations con continue has been esti-
mated at 5000 tons monthly 80 the
amount promised, with what is still on
hand with the companies, appears sud-
cient to last, with a reasonable degree
of conservation, for about four months.
1t may be that there has been too
much pessimism displayed because Of the
temporary stoppage of nitrate ship
ments although itRis agreed there was
cause for alarm, had not relief been
promised at this particular time and
that the shipments promised should ar
rive at the season when they are mott
needed for use. Certainly q distinct
feeling of relief can be noted and with
that relief comes an added confidence
that the government will give to the
sugar industry Of the Islands al the
support which may be possible without
disarranging war plans. The planters
have had confidence In the government
and thus far the confidence has gener-
ally been fully warranted. . ~
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TO
KEEP PLANTS
UP in EQUIPMENT
Is One Of the Few Where
Government Is Not Throwing
Difficulties In Way Of Securing
New Machinery " 4 y ; "

Necessary improvements 10 keep
production up to the normal win 60 on
as usual utter this years grinding
starts although II Is not likely that
many extensive engagements or inn
proyements will be made. I There are
too many matters, especially those con-
nectPd with the government revenue
raising policies, 10 permit of elaborate
plans at this time. When the new bill,
now being framed by, the house ways
and means Committee has been thresh-
cd out In and passed by both houses of
congress 1t may be that there will be
increases in some Of the programs. One
Improvement that is contemplated is
the putting in Of an electrical plant
by one of the Hawaiian companies. This
does not mean the complete eelectri-
that direction.
Government Encourages
While other Industries, building for
example, have suffered difficulty In get
ting needed supplies, this is not the
case with the sugar machinery houses
md the sellers Of tractors which are
able to meet all demands that are made
upon them by the plantations. At the
office Of Cation, Nefl q Company it is
learned. that the policy Of the govern
ment toward the sugar industry of. the
country is as liberal as possible and
it is not delayed but is expediting,
as far as may be, the manufaetuTe and
shipments Of everything Necessary to
keep sugar plantations up to the max
imum, even II II is not encouraging In.
creases on a large scale. While ship
ments Of steel and machinery are some
what slower than normally because Of
war conditions, they are reasonably
prompt and orders have been filled with
comparatively little delay.
This state of affairs has been indi
Gated by the continued shipments Of
Tractors. When the census is taken
of this usual fafp machinery it will be
found that there are many more in the
Islands than were in use year ago.
Cation, Neil & Company now have
Whiting shipment at San Francisco and
, expected to arrive soon, six forty nv Q
horsepower tractors and several sew.
enty.fve horsepower machines which
will meet the present orders of that
company.
Demand for Tractors
At the present time the Holt Tractor
Company, (which Cation, Neil & Com
pany is the local agent, has a special
representative here, looking over Is
land conditions This week he has
been on Kauai and he expects to visit
the other islands before leaving.
II the new revenue law permits earn
ings to 60 into permanent improve
ments without taxation it is likely that
the programs of the sugar companies
will be considerably increased and ad-
vanced. If such Is not the case, it is
safe TO say that the policies of upkeep
and maintdinina production through
improved equipment will 60 on about
as it has during the past year. There
is nothing in view, however, to ap-
proach in magnitude the improvements
made by Oahu Plantation and CON-
pleted nearly a year ago.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-08-30

pOrtance to the United States and the
allied nations, it would seem highly de
sirabie that action be taken to prevent
the Cuban plantations being stripped
of their needed labor supply.
"To accomplish this two steps seem
to be necessary One 0f these is to
place some limitation upon the recruit
ing of Cuban labor by industrial con.
Germs in the United states. The other
is to facilitate the importation Of
Spanish laborers into Cuba. For the
later, shipping is rrQuiSed Coopera
ton on the part Of the shipping an
thorities of the United States with the
Cuban and spanish governments un
doubtedly would make it possible TO
obtain II considerable supply Of labor
from this source
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-08-30
SUGAR SHIPMENTS
RECORD FOR
MONTH IS BROKEN
Departures More Than $1,000
Tons and One Hundred Thou
sand Is the Probable Total For
August-littIe In Storage

Departures Gf suWnr, from Hurt la
and other sugar clipping points of tn"
lslamGs, as reported TO the Sugar FrCt
org Company MP TO three o'clOck yes.
'terday afternoon, we're 81, 747 toms, SUI
passing all previous records for ship
meats in any single calendar month.
Indications we're trat the totrl frr the
full month will rearh or come very
close 10 100000 tons. There has been
the possibility Of the month = total APP
prOSimating 10000 tons but delay in
the loading and departure Of o." 5000
ton carrier has ma 'e this impossible.
or the sugar that has departed
during the month 5000 tons have been
what is known az "Western Sugar, -
TINT is raws shipped by others than the
Sugar Factors c. mpnny, and 81 GS7
tons were Sugar Factors Shipments
This brings tntal shipments up to appro-
ximately E27 900 tons and leaves to he
shipped about 10000 tons. Such ship
ments win bring the total sent away
up TO 5G2 COO tons which was the est
mated total crop but the outturn of
the mills is somewhat surprising est.
mates ard will be about 573,000 tons
OF which between 1000 aud 10000 tons
is refined sugar from Honolulu Planta-
ton used for home cOnsumntion. This
year, differing from last, Honlulu has
imported very little refined sugar and
has depended mostly on home produc
ton. A considerable amount of wash
ed sugar was used, in excess of the nor.
nal, TO large extent early in the
sugar year when there was a shortage
of refined sugar in the Islands.
Little In Storage
Big reductions will he seen in the
amount of sugar awaiting Shipment on
the first of next month as compared
with the first Of this month when there
wns l12, 900 tons on hand. II is said
that the stOrehOuses at this port have
been empticA and the same is the case
Hilo and Kahului. The ground sugar
which awaits shipping is TO a large
extent on Kauai, awaiting shipment
here and at some of the Big Island
mills. The rest is,a the other mills or in
transit TO the shipping ports and there
is almost no SUGAR at any of the ports
as the month closes.
Estimates, which are largely sur
mises, have placed probable movements
during the coming month at 90 600 tons.
With one departure at least delayed
from this month to NEXT. il II probable
the movements Will be not far from
10000 tons which will leave. assum ng
that these movements is 100000 n very
small amount ~ b" moved IN October
and November
Comes AS Surprise
This month : rapd movement Of
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-08-30
DRAFTEE VOTE BILL
L FAv0RABLY REPORTED

Delegate Kuhio was informed yester
day by radio from his secretary, Angus
Erly, at Washington, that the house
committee on territories has reported
favorably on Delegate Kuhio's bill ex-
tending the vote to draftees now serv.
ing in the army. The only proViso is
that the bill will pass unless the war
department raises an objection.
1t is not believed that the war de
partment win oppose the bill in any
way, and Colonel Merriam, chief Of
staff here, says as far as he knows
there is no objection on the part Of
army headquarters.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-08-30
LICENSE FEES LOW

According to Figures compiled by City
Treasurer Conkling yesterday, city Ii.
cenSe fees 10 Honolulu are approximate.
" $4,000 less than they were last
year This condition is due to the
fact that there are more than 1900 de.
Iinquepts on the city license list, many
Of whom are prominent in business cir.
cles. 1t is the intention of the city
treasurer to select some Of the most
prominent members Of this delinquent
list aud to send their names in the city
attorneys department for legal action,
with u view of making an example Of
them.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-08-30
QUEENSLAND Fixes LOW
PRICE FOR ITS SUGAR

Queensland is assured of cheap sugar
for the next two years TO come. The
government has bought the crop of
1919 ard the crop Of 1920 as well and
will bundle or at least direct the distrib-
utiOn.'
Thr pic" that is to be paid for all Of
the Qucr island sugar for the next two
years is twenty.One pounds sterling a
ton. On a basis of $4.6665 this is
$l02 30 q ton or 5.l1 cents pound.
1t is the plan of the government to
fix and maintain price OF three pence
ha penny pound, approximately seven
cents, for the two year period.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-08-30
PROFESSOR WALKER
TO LEAVE COLLEGE

The College of Hawai- is to lose Il
valued member Of its staff and Pioneer
Min Company is to be the gainer. Prof.
Herbert :. Walker, who occupies the pos
ition of chief of sugar technology at the
college is to become the superintendent
of Pioneer Mill Company, succeeding
August Fries, who has resigned. Mr.
Fries is of German birth and has been
chemist ut Pioneer
Professor Walker stands high in the
estimation of the sugar Industry and
has been in the Islands u number of
years and is familiar with Philippine
sugar growing as well II" is a mem
her of the Hawaiian Engineering So
oiety and the Hawaiian Chemists So
eiety and the college will not find it
easy to fill the vacancy occasioned by
his resignation,
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-08-30
CANE BURNERS GIVEN
LONG PRISON SENTENCE

An exchange reports how lJustice
Real, of Australia, sentenced two pris-
oners to continent for -four years for
setting fire to cane He said that they
ought to have fourteen years, but, be.
cause they seemed such fools in the
matter of having an idea that when
they destroyed property they would
get work, he had extenuated the sen
trnce; but, hereafter, an men guilty Of
destroying cane would be severely dealt
with