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Cross. Mrs. Burrall will leave as soon as navigation opens, for Daw. son, where she will join MT. Bur rall who passed the winter in the Yukon.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-06-08

AS many former Skaguayans par ticipate6 In the reception for the First Lady |" in Alaska the above item from the Juneau Dispatch will be of interest to Skaguay readers.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-06-08

Dr. and Mrs. L. s. Keller were dinner guests of Mrs. T P. Burrall of New York City on Friday at the Pullen House.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-06-08

This week Is the closing week Of the Skaguay schools and all the pupils are looking forward to c happy vacation.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-06-08

William Feero was 6 passenger on the Prince R~pert for Seattle wheTei he went as delegate to tn Masonic
 conclaYe.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-06-08

Mrs. F. B. Wurzbacher and' Miss Marian Wurzbacher are at home to their friends in the Pullen House Annex.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-06-08

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The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-04-22
and the Largest Stock Of m the Most Beautiful Patterns TO he d an7
Siberia Has Vast Resources.

Inc common notion of Siberia is
based on latitude and climate. Be.
cause part of it is in the arctic circle
the whole vast region has been as
sumed to be almost beyond the pale of
civilized occupancy. Notwithstanding
that much has been written describing
Siberia as it is, the common notion "a
still that it is fit only for penal settle
ments and that the nihilists and other
political exiles were sent to these set
Elements as a living death. This is not
Tar from the truth. But the inhospit-
able regions in which the penal settle
ments were placed are far from being
all Siberia, and even some of these dis
tricts are capable Of sustaining the
vigorous inhabitants Of northern eli.
mates.
Siberia. in the economic sense, has
all the resources which go to make
vast stretch Of territory self-sustaining
as an independent nation. 1t has for
ests, mines and great agricultural re-
gions where every product of the tenn
perate climate is capable Of cultiva-
ton. The timber Is in the north and
west. The mines are in widely scat
tered districts.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-04-22
The Magnetic Compass.

Experiments with magnets known to
the scientists $500 years ago, which.
developed by Doctor Gilbert and Peter
Perigrinus, led up to the present-day
admiralty compass Of Kelvin. were
shown recently by Prof. J. A. Fleming.
professor of electrical engineering Uni
Sersity Of London, at the Royal insti-
tute.
"The earth Is a magnet" said the
professor, "and every piece of iron that
has stood in a vertical position for any
length Of time is magnetized by the
earth. You can try it on your garden
ratings"
The hosiery sign, '"The Goat and
Compass" he said, "does not refer TO
the mariners friend, but is a contrac-
tion Of the saying, "God encompasses
u.s." and the compass takes its name
not from the magnetism which governs
Its working, but from the circular card
which encompasses the needle.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-04-22

His face would have stopped clock.
But how can one wonder at it when
one learns that he was a wandering
lecturer? Anyway, no one had even
seen anything approaching the face
that he hauled into Puddle-in-the-C CLAW
one wet and muddy November night
and set up in the town hall, allowing
words-calculated to make every drink
er OF anything stronger than barley
water at once reform and spend the
rest OF his existence in sackcloth and
ashes-slide out Of the hole in the mid
die Of it.
Yes, my dear brothers." said the
weird looking person, ''for more than
forty years have Stunned the glass"
"And bloomin' well believe yer.
guv'nor," said loud and hearty voice
from the middle Of the audience. "If
I'd a face like yours wouldn't never
look in pail Of water eyen."-London
Ideas.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-04-22
MEMORIAL DAY

The United Daughters of the Con.
federacy will hold appropriate exer.
cises at the Carnegie Auditorium on
April 20 at $50 o'clock.
The public is invited and the Con.
tederate Veterans are especially re-
quested to be present. Refreshments
will be served the Vetrans by the
Daughters.
The following program will be
rendered:
Prayer. ~
Song, America"
Talk, "Origin and Purpose Of
Memorial Day" Mrs. A. H. Thur
mond
Defamation, "Dixie's Dead Under
kennesaw's Shadow" Harold Kas-
sewitz.
Song, The Homespun Dress Girl
chorus.
Song, Columbia Calls" Chorus of
boys and girls.
Flag Drill, Ashes of Glory"
Closing remarks, Rev. R. M. Mann.
After the exercises the ladies will
go to the cemetery and decorate the
soldiers graves. Flowers will be ap-
preciated; also cars in which to take
them to the cemetery.
Mrs G.. r. Womble
Mrs. Harold Beall.
Mrs. ]. c. Bush.
Committee
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-04-22
USE LESS WHEAT.

The allied nations have made
further increased demands on
US Tor breadstuffs - demands
that Americans are obligated to
meet.
In the meantime Americas
meat supply has been greatly
increased for some months to
come by the unprecedented
shipping to market of hogs that
averaged 232 pounds each In.
stead Of 2O3 pounds-the nor.
NAL.
The United States Food Ad.
ministration, endeavoring to ad.
just the international food bal.
ance. promptly removed certain
restrictions in this country on
the use of meat and at the same
time asked for a smaller con.
sumption Of breadstuffs,
We are asked to observe only
one meatless day each week
Tuesday. We will have larger
meat stocks for awhile. But
our bread ration must be held
to minimum.
In altering its food conserya.
ION program the Food Admin
istration emphasizes that the
food situation is of necessity.
subject to radical changes.
caused by crop conditions at
home and abroad and by the
precarious transportation prob.
lem. both in overseas shipping
and in Americas overburdened
transportation system.
The Food Administration win
keep the American people fully
and frankly advised of each
change in the developing situa-
ton that they may know def.
nitely the part their food sac
rifices play in the world war.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-04-22

quickly adopted. In many cases the
advancing French troops brought the
nrst aid material and sometimes sue
ceeded In saving the trees Where the
tree was absolutely cut down--as hun
dreds were-there was, of course, no
reiief measure to employ. Members
or the Q. S. Food Administration
brought this picture to America. Ear.
~ 10 the war the German govern
ment introduced policy of strict
1000 conservation at home and has
endeavored to curtail in every posi-.
Die manner the French and English
supply. q boat warfare and destruc-
uon OF farming property are parts of
the same campaign.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-04-22
Injecting Ink Into the Eve.

Sometimes when a scar has been left
on the cornea Of the eye it is most un-
slightly. Oculists used to tattoo these
scars with India ink, but the method
was not satisfactory and has almost
been abandoned. DR.. F. II. Verhoefr
OF Boston describes in the Journal of
the American Medical association the
delicate operation by which he injects
India Ink with hypodermic syringe
into such scars. and says the results
are far superior to the old-fashioned
tatt0oing.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-04-22
PRESIDENTS HAND BURNED

(By International News Service
Washington, April 20.-President
Wilson'S hand was burned to the
bone yesterday when he grasped a
hot muffier pipe while riding in the
British tank Brittania. No compli-
cations are expected, but it will be
month before he will regain the use
of his hand.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-04-22
Garden Hose Restores vision

Garden hose, at full pressure. re-
stored a mans sight at San Rafael,
CAL, recently. The man, Charles
Brown fell 40 feet from the roof of
his home. Neighbors turned the gar
den hose on his head as first aid
measure and after an examination
Brown was found to be the better. in
stead of the worse for his tumble. His
vision was completely cured. He is
wondering whether it was the fall or
the garden hose that was responsible.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-04-22
Thousands of Retail Grocers Sup.
port Food Administration
Rules.
SIGN PLEDGE VOLUNTARILY.
New Wheat Saving Program Demand.
ed - Allied Food Shortage In.
creases-America Must
Feed Fighters.

Explaining the United States Foo,
ADMINISTRATORS new $3.50 wheat reg
ulations is war time task the Ameri
can grocer has gladly shouldered
Many stores are already displayln:
their Food Administration wheat saw
Ing pledge cards. that they have sign
ed, agreeing to carry out the new
wheat program.
Each -four customer is now requIr
ed to buy one pound Of cereal substi.
tute for every pound OF wheat -four.
The substitute may be of one kind OF
assorted. This $3.50 sale is made BY
weight and not by value of the COM
modities. There Is, Of course, no reg
ulation demanding the consumer to
buy wheat flour at all.
A wide variety of substitutes has
been provided: Cornmeal, corn -four.
edible cornstarch, hominy, corn grits,
barley -four, potato flour, sweet potato
flour, soya bean flour, Feterita flour
and meals, rice. rice -four. oatmeal,
rolled oats and buckwheat -four.
Graham and whole wheat -four con.
stitute an exception to the national
regulation. Either Of these commodi.
ties may be sold at the ratio of three
pounds to Ave pounds Of wheat flour
that is, five pounds of graham or
wheat flour counts the same as three
pounds Of the usual wheat flour.
Mixed fiours form another excep-
ton. Where any -four contains so
per cent. or less Of wheat It may be
sold without any substitutes. Where
the Hour Is mixed at the rate of an
per cent. wheat and 40 per cent. Of
other ingredients an additional 20 per
cent. of substitutes must be purchased
by the consumer.
where necessity Is shown specially
prepared Infants and invalid's food
containing Hour may be sold.
That the approved substitutes NAV
De assorted Is a fact many grocers
ana housewives overlooked for time.
For instance, If customer wishes to
BUY "a pound sack of -four the nee.
essary substitutes might be assorted
as follows: CornmeaI, s pounds: corn
grlts. 4 pounds: rice, pounds: buck.
wheat. pounds; cornstarch, l pound:
nominy, pounds; rolled oats.
pounds.
None Of the substitutes should he
considered as a waste purchase
There are many household uses for
each. The eight pounds of cornmeal
can be made into cornbread, corn muf.
nns or used In the baking Of wheat
bread.
Cornstarch is useful In making cn..
ard, thickening gravy or may be used
n cake baking. Corn grits fried like
nush forms delicious dish, or it NAV
'e used In baking corn bread. Rolled
'ats are used largely as breakfast DOR
'idge or In oatmeal cookies or in
making mullins.
buckwheat flour may be used in
'read making. forming an excellent |
for one-Quarter Of the
wheat -four, but is especially choice IN
he form Of buckwheat cakes for
breakfast.
With IL wheatless meals needed
Zach week in America to provide I
nough wheat for the allies, the Food
administration believes the substitutes |,
Vii all be used to advantage.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-04-22
ATTENTION, ARBoR CHURCH,

All members and people interested
IN cleaning up of church ground and
cemetery are requested to meet at
the church Thursday afternoon, pre-
pared for work.
Ladies will attend missionary meet
ing in church at same hours.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-04-22
Sister looked Setter Asleen

Sister Looked Better Asleep.
John, with his grandma, was look
ing at his little sister, who was asleep.
John was just trifie Jealous of his
sister and as he looked at her he
urned to his grandma and said: "She
looks better asleep"
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-04-22
.UZTREES AfAhxMzSSu ETNrc1
NS,70ONE0 I12zRE1vS 6seesaus
HEN the t;er,n,,us r..

HEN the Germans re-
treated from long held |
positions In Northern
France they glrdled ey-
cry fruit tree that time
permitted. II ere is
such a tree. hacked be-
yond chance OF the
trees surviving unless
drst aid measures ware
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-04-22
Whites

WMQ28
Henry P. MCGOWAN.
S. L. Gregory.
w. F. Wilcox.
L. D. Brown.
Z. L. Ainshew, Jr.
B. S. McElreath.
Charley Fender.
T. R. Rozier.
P. J. Kelly.
Tonic Young,
r. NJ. Robitzsch.
Herbert l. Davis. -
B. G. Everett
Joe Williamson.
James H. Stone. -
A1ternates n
Grover c. RUSSELL. )
Ralph E. Bowles.
Martin Hightower. .
John T. Cambron. Jr.
Leon w. Wimber1y. a
Jesse E. Hester. 4
Earl Hodge.
J. H. Spence.
J. NJ. White.
B. B. Fletcher.
Colored registrants called for mill
tary service, April 80.
J. B. Ward.
Caesar Jackson.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-04-22
REG|STRANTS CALLED
FOR APRIL 18TH.

The following registrants from
Ben Hill county have been called for
military service, and will leave on
April 10th for Camp Gordon:
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-06-28
RIVES.

Mr.. and Mrs. Will Loftin, of Ok.
lahoma City, are the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Frances Elan.
Mr.. Oscar Cummings and family
of New Albany, Miss, are expected
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. E. T. Mitchell
Mrs. Elgyan Calls, while out
gathering vegetables, had the hor-
rible experience to have snake en-
Irvine her arm, causing a nervous
shock.
Mr.. Dave Witherspoon continues
i'll.
Meet at the schoolhouse to-day
and purchase baby bonds, known as
the w. S. S.
Master XII Wade, of Memphis, is
spending the vacation with Mrs
Jane Wade, his grandmother.
Misses Mary nellie and Lois Kitch-
ell and Sarah Taylor were recent
house guests of Mrs. H. d. Webster
out in the country.
The w. G. T. U. meets Thursday
afternoon of next week at 4 O'Clock
at the M. E. Church. Subject, "War
and Prohibition" A freo-will offer
ing will be taken to complete the
French orphan fund.
Mrs. Gladys Mountjoy, of Martin
has been in visiting Miss Jessie Cal
licott, who has been very ill.
The Misses Slayden, guests of Miss
Ola Petty, have returned to Waverly
Mrs. r. L. Ship, under the care
of the family physician this week, is
reported convaleccing.
Visitors over at chautauqua this
week report a strong program; in
fact some think it the best. Among
those seen frequently were Mr.. and
Mrs. e. T. Mitchell, Mrs. Chester
Phebus, Mrs. M. L. Pncbus, Miss
Martha Wade End Mrs. H. D. Web
stcr.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-06-28
NUMBER TWO.

Those on the sick list are Mrs.
w. T. Harris, Mrs. w. j. Grooms,
Mrs. Hugh Garrigan, Mrs. Mary Fa-
gan, Mrs. Mary Logan; Mr.. j. A.
Pruett.
Mrs. V. e. Crawford and children,
OF Rives, Mo-, are visiting relatives
in this community. They will go
from here to Water Valley to visit
Mrs. Carwford's mother, Mrs. J. L.
Bryan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willie Lawson, of
Obion, spent Saturday and Sunday
in the home of w. ]. Grooms.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Hinshaw
and little daughter, Louise, of I'm
ion City, were the Sunday guests of
Mrs. Hinshaw's mother, Mrs. Rose
Logan, and family.
Mrs. Pearl Goode and little daugh-
tiers, Lara May and Mabel, of Union
City, were visitors among relatives
and friends in this vicinity a few
days last week.
Mr.. Hugh Garrigan lost a good
mule last week.
Mossrs. Sammie Sheppard and
Lonzo Bryan, of this community,
left last Tuesday for Camp Gordon.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-06-28
Cooperative Farm Help.

When it comes to harvesting, the
pooling of community farm interests
is necessary and beneficial, because
on such work the greater efficiency
gained thru larger crews and larger
machines is most important factor.
For instance, in neighborhood
there may be one farm having $50
acres of hay to harvest, surrounded
by three farms having 25 to 80 acres
each. The present custom is for
each man to do his own work. The
small farmer has two horses and one
moving machine. He may do his
haying with the aid of one man, or
of his wife and children; but it takes
him the larger part of the haying
season to accomplish this work. The
same is true of the other small
farmers. The farmer with the large
naying has to hire extra laborers
from outside sources and these, with
his larger equipment, do his haying
III dUOuI Inc SAINT Jlm6 as IL taxes
the small LEARNERS, or in a period of
from two to three weeks.
BY pooling their interests the
three small farmers could assist one
another and do the haying on each
farm in two or three days by reason
of more equipment, more teams and
more labor, together with the great
er efficiency from larger crews in
haying operations. In the same way
this group of small farmers, having
been able to complete their harvest
in a much shorter period, would be
available to assist the farmer with
the large haying, either by hiring to
him or by an interchange of work.
Such an arrangement would permit
all of the harvest work on these four
farms to be carried out without hir-
ing additional labor which has been
the usual custom in a great many
instances.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-06-28
PLEASANT HILL.

Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Rucker, Of
Fulton, visited at the home of Mrs
Rdcker's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Elias
Calls, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lexie Calls, Mrs
Dell Calls and Mr.. Allen Howell
motored to Reelfoot Lake recently.
Miss Allie May Forester spent
Saturday night and Sunday at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Fitz-
gerald.
Mrs. Jerry Nesbitt and choldren
Mr.. and Mrs. Charley Williams at
tended childrens exercises at Troy
Sunday night
Mr.. Ernest Cullom and family
spent Saturday night at the home
of Sam Rice and family.
Mrs. Dell Calls and son visited
near Whiteside Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elgyan Calls were in
Hickman Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dick Craig visited
Mrs. Craig's parents Saturday.
Mr.. Edgar Forester and wife
spent Friday night with relatives
near Whiteside.
Miss Mamie Forester, Miss Ethel
Smith and Mr.. John Pickett attend
ed an ice cream supper at Beech
Saturday night.
Mrs. Pearl Morsette, who has been
sick for some time with appendicitis,
is better now.
Mrs. Jim Arnold, of Number Sew
en-, visited relatives near Pleasant
Hill recently.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-06-28
Teachers Elected at TROY,

Troy, the former principal seat OF
education in Obion County, is about
to strengthen her school forces again
for another fine school. H. A.
Grantham, former county superin-
tendent of McNairy County, and a
citizen of extensive influence of that
part of the State, is to be the prin-
cipal for the school beginning with
the 1918-19 term. He is to be paid
$4,000 year for his services. His
assistant in high school work will
be Mr.. c. A. Davis, also from Selmer,
Tenn. ]. E. Cox, this city, will have
the seventh and eighth grammar
grades, Miss jeanne Garth in the
next grade work, and Mrs. Luke
Maxwell. Miss Anna May Pressly is
teacher of music. This constitutes a
very strong faculty and the directors
at Troy are planning some fine school
work.
The 0bion College building, in
which the schools are conducted, the
county high and the grammar
grades, is undergoing a general over
hauling. improvements are being
made in lights and heating and the
auditorium is being furnished with
new opera chairs. The whole will
be when finished practically school
building of modern improvements.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-06-28
REUPAlH fAVUHIES
WELCOME RECEPTION

The Commercial would like to
have a comment on everyone of the
chautauqua numbers, but this is war
time and help is frightfully scarce.
The snake editor has been assigned
TO ad cases. We are carrying serv-
ice flag for his satanic majesty, who
has been devoting his energies to
the column of village humor; the
managing editor is suffering from
an ingrowing crouch; the society
editor is summering in the land of
scissors and parked our chewing
gum, and we have been rather
pestered bit.
However, after tho Chocolate
Soldier there is better feeling in
the office. Colonel Moss surely gave
is a good one Wednesday evening.
This is the first time for the Choco-
late Soldier in Union City. The
music has an exceptionally tuneful
a number of good voices in the en-
tire cast and the ensemble numbers
were delightful. We had the same
director who visited us last year, a
very accomplished lady, and the or
chestral support was fine. The
tenor of the cast in Alexis was es-
pecially effective in voice and acting
ability. The soprano is quite star
in both her singing and dramatic
qualities. She fits the part with
grace and good looks and her work
is practically faultless. The support
of those in the characters of mother
and sister was surely delightful.
They both have the proper qualifi-
cations in voice and expression.
The big bass voice of the Bulgar
General and his comedy were fetch
dng. The Chocolate Soldier" had
very popular reception, but in fact
the company was little too strong
for his lead.
The stage settings were especially
fine and the light good.
Quite a number of people enjoy
ed Oney Fred Sweet, the Chicago
newspaper man Wednesday after
noon, and the afternoon previous a
very able address was made on
Economics in the Home" by Mrs.
Frederick. Her local criticisms were
rather disheartening but she knows
her work.
Captain George Frederick Camp
bell, of the Royal Flying Corps re-
ported that he was sick and could
not be here. The noted Chicago
preacher, Mr.. Gunsaulus, made an
address last night after we had gone
to press.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-06-28
Church of Christ. Troy.

The Church of Christ in Troy will
hold its first service in the new
church building next Sunday morn
ing, June 80, at IL o'clock, conduct
ed by Elder John R. Williams. Din
ner on the ground for everybody,
but you are requested to carry a
basket, and afternoon service at an
hour not conflicting with the me-
mortal service at the A. r. P. Church.
In case of large crowd and the
church will not hold them an over
flow meeting will be held at one of
the other churches in Troy by Elder
Etheridge, of Texas. Communion
will be observed.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-06-28
Fifth Sunday Meeting.

The fifth Sunday meeting of Beu-
lab Association will be held with
Reelfoot Church on June 29 and 80.
AS the Government, is now asking
everyone to conserve all the food
possible to win the war, we ask all
who come to the meeting to bring
a lunch with them for the noon
hour. We feel that as Christian
American citizens we would be do
ing wrong to carry the provisions to
the church as we have formerly
done. 1t will be but little trouble
for each one to prepare lunch for
themselves. Yet we want all who
can to be with us during the meet
ing. @. T. MAYO, Pastor.