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The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-04-01
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

Yesterday was sure great day in
our Zion. We had preachers to
spare, three big congregations, large
offerings by unselfsh givers, and
"heaps much" enthusiasm.
A faithful few were present at
Sunday School right on the new
time" but they were unusually lone
ly for the crowd did not come to-
gether until the later hour. At that
time there was fine crowd and a
special program of recitation, song,
speech and gift too lengthy to be Civ
en- here in full. When the reports
were all in, over $40 had been sub
scribed by the school for Home and
Foreign Missions.
At the morning worship hour DR..
Carl Minor, at one time pastor of the
church here, was the special preacher.
He gave really great sermon on the
possibilities of, the preparation for,
the plan and the practice of prayer.
The doctor did not confne himself
to just one statement of the scrip
lures about prayer; but, with John
l5:7 as starting point enforced his
teaching from both old and new tesla
ments.
In the afternoon at 8 o'clock DR..
Thomas M. Galloway was the special
preacher for the Knight Temp1ars.
There was full house as we'll as a
good showing of the Knights. The
preachers subject was Service" from
the text 1--WE that are strong ought to
bear the inhrmities of the weak" DR..
Bleker, of the Episcopal church, had
a place on the platform and took part
in the service.
At night, in harmony with the gen
cral exchange of pulpits throughout
the city, DIR. ]. S. Grail of the First
Methodist church, was the special
preacher. He preached thoroughly
patriotic sermon on the subject "The
Providence of God Revealed Through
History" which was we'll received by
the splendid audience.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-04-01
Q,4OO,OOO GOES TO
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
In The Next Ten Years For Pay
ing And Training
Teachers.

The National Vocational Act,s
known as the "Smith-Hughes Bill"
provides for federal aid to vocational
schools This bill was passed by con-
gzess in February, 1917, and became
effective July l, 1917. BY the provi-
.sions OF this act, $4,000 of federal
money comes to Georgia this year for
the promotion OF vocational education.
This amount is increased each year
until the sum of $4,000 is reached
Tor 1926 and like amount annually
for every year thereafter The total
amount Of federal money thus received
by our state for the ten years ending
1877 will be nearly one and quarter
millions OF dollars.
Another provision of this act re-
Qnires that the state must spend, at
least, an equal amount in promoting
this same type of education. This
means. then, that total Of $4,000 is
available in the state of Georgia this
year for vocational education; and
that by 1926, and each year thereafter,
there will be at least $384,00O avail
able for the promotion of such educa-
ton. This makes the minimum total
10 be expended for vocational educa-
ton In our state, during the next ten
years. more than $2,400,000.
This vast sum Of money will be spent
only for two distinct lines Of work. 1t
will be spent in paying the salaries of
vocational teachers (teachers Of agri-
culture, home economics and industrial
Bubiects) and in preparing or training
4he teachers Of these vocational sub
jects.
Special work will be given this
summer at Athens to teachers who
are preparing to enter the work and
those who are already in the field and
wish further training for special lines
of work. The demand for teachers is
great and will increase from year to
year as more schools enter the work.
1t should be noted also, in this con-
nection, that each state must provide
the kind OF vocational education it
most needs. In an industrial state
like Massachusetts the larger portion
at this fund will go to industrial edu-
cation, but in an agricultural state like
Georgia, the major portion Of this
fund will be available for promoting
agricultural teaching.
That the state is awake to the situar
ton Is indicated by the number Of COM
munities asking for this federal aid.
Besides the eleven District Agricul-
'tural Schools, some seventeen or eigh-
teen new schools have been establish
ed in as many counties.-Prof. John
r. Wheeler, State College Of Agricul-
Vts~N
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-04-01

Dandies who are making their reap
pearance at the Royalty theater, were
fast disappearing when Queen Victoria
began her reign, says the London
Times.
Extravaganza in dress and manners
did not Of course originate with them,
but in earlier times there were other
names for those who were noted fof
similar eccentricities. They were called
beaux In the days of Queen Anne and
the earlier Georges, "fops" and
sparks" being scornful synonyms.
In the latter half of the eighteenth
century these fashionable fops were
known as macaronis, and the handles
may be said to have come in during the
regency. =.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-04-01
PUSSY MAN MAY BE GOOD
HUSBAND, COURT HOLDS

Atlanta, Ga, April IA man can
be fussy and still be good husband,
and for a wife to show business on
the part of her spouse is no cause for
divorce, according to Judge John T.
Pendleton of Fulton superior court,
who has been presiding over divorce
trials for many years.
In his court yesterday Mrs. F. L.
Smotherman accused her husband of
being fussy. Judge Pendleton de-
clared this was no ground for divorce.
Then she went further into detail,
claiming he told her she was "too
much of kid" to satisfy him, and he
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-04-01
Studying Plant Life in India.

In order to encourage arboriculture
and the study of plant life the govern
ment Of India has offered a series Of
valuable prizes to be awarded to those
who are most successful in various
lines in connection with the growth Of
trees and shrubs on government land.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-04-01

kissinu.

An optimist holds this pleasant pros
pect out to engaged couples: "Unmar-
ried couples kiss and forgive. Mar
ried couples kiss and declare truce
while the heavy artillery is being NOV
ed up."-Kansas City Star.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-04-01

Always on the job for quicker ant
better service "that will stick" "We
do it now" You will NOT be over
charged. Tourist Garage, Billy Keim,
Pron II
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-20
New Mileage Books
Ready Next Week

landed additional forces and aided the
Czecho- Slavaks in occupying all i'm.
portant points including the powder
magazine. Strong forces of Japanese
with machine guns, British marines
and Czecho-Slovaks lined the main
streets. All traffic was stopped. The
streets were thronged with people and
all business was suspended. Materials
were landed from a Chinese cruiser to
protect the Chinese consulate and res
idents. Arrests of the Bolsheviki were
rapidly made and each was greeted
with cheers of thspeople.
Then came the fighting at the fort.
ress. Now the Czecho- Slovaks are
the military masters of the town. The
British, American, French and Chi
nese consulates are guarded by their
own national forces, respectively, ex-
cept that the French consulate is
guarded by the Japanese. A small
party of American marines landed
from the Brooklyn on the evening of
June 20.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-20
ARMY SERVICE INSIGNIA

Every branch of the service has its
special color which appears on the
hat cords of enlisted men, on the
chevrons Of non-commissioned off.
GERS and in many other places. These
colors are:
Infantry, light blue.
GALAXY, yellow.
Artillery, scarlet.
Adjutant generals inspector gen.
erals and Judge advocate generals
department, dark blue,
Engineer corps, scarlet interwined
with white.
Signal corps, orange intertwined
with white.
Aviation corps, green and black.
Medical department, maroon and
white intermixed.
Quartermaster corps, buff.
Ordnance department, black inter.
twined with scarlet.
Corps of interpreters and corps of
intelligence police, green and white.
Tank service, gray.
Chemical service, cobalt blue and
golden.
Machine gun units, acorns and
keeper to be red.
Service school detachment at West
Point, green and white.
Members Of citizen training camps,
red, white and blue, in strands.
Flying candidates, a band of white
pique III inches wide.
Service school detachments, green.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-20
WHAT is THE EXPLANATION?

This is an apple year" in many sec
lions of the United States. They are
selling for Is and 20 cents peck, re-.
tail, in towns in sections of the coun,
try not a thousand miles away from
Miami. Moreover these apples cannot
De shipped overseas because the kinds
that are ripe now are of the summer
varieties and would not stand the
Journey by ship four thousand miles
Twenty cents a peck for aprles on
the retail market, less than a twenty
TOUR hour trip from Miami! In Miami
certain dealers have been asking this
week u cents a pound for them!
Twelve cents a pound means Al az
a peck-counting only fourteen
pounds to the peck.
This means that $1.4S cents il .,
lowed to pay for the expense of bring.
ing a peck of apples to Miami
1t also means that apples in Miami
are selling at the remarkable price .,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-20
NEW FORM OF STACKER

When you bought your War Saw
ings Stamps you loaned your none,
to the Government for period of tiy,
years to be used in carrying on the
war. The war isn't over and the fiy,
years aren't up. So don't ask your
Uncle Sam to give you your none,
! back now.
A new form of Stacker has come in
to being. He is the man who bought
War Savings Stamps to save himself
from criticism and now is going 10
the postoffice with his stamps to gel
his money back. The man or woman
or child who cashes in his War Saw.
ings Stamps when he can afford to
hold them is false to his flag and false
to the soldiers who are defending il.
The money that you loaned the
Government when you bought your
stamps has been spent for gun
which has been placed in the hands
OF some soldier Are you now going
to take that gun out of that soldiers
hands by asking for your money
back? A loyal American will under,
go great sacrifices before he demands
payment on this promisory note I'm.
Gle Sam has given him.
To win the war we must all sacri.
flee. That is agreed. But has any.
one in this community really made a
material sacrifice vet?
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-20
RED GUARDS IN DEFENSE
(By Associated Press.)

Vladivostok, Aug. 19.-Three thou
sand Bolshevik Red Guards en-
trenched themselves in the fortress
here and defended themselves will
furious fighting when the Czecho-Slo
walks took over the command of the
city on June 29.-The Red Guards
were aided by fifty Magyars and Ger
man prisoners Of war.
The Czecho-Slovaks had surrounded
the fortress and placed machine guns
on the roof Of the British consulate
and on the roof Of the railway station
near by. They called upon the Boil
sheviki in the fortress to surrender
but the Red Guards shot down their
messengers. Immediately the ma
chin guns opened fire and for two
hours a stream of bullets rained on
the fortress. So fast and furious was
the firing that the men in the fortress
were unable to return the fire from
Its windows. Suddenly there was a
tremendous explosion. A Czech had
crawled near the fortress under the
fire barrage and thrown a mine into
the building. A white flag appeared
at one of the windows, a party OF
Czechs rushed to the main entrance
of the fortress, burst open by hand
grenade. The Bolsheviki threw down
their arms and surrendered.
In this conflict the Czecho-S!ovaks
lost four men, with Is wounded, while
OF their opponents 149 had been killed
and wounded. Thus, in the course of
few hours, the all-powerful Soviet
had been overthrown and it'll dele,
gates arrested, its military staff over
powered by force of arms, and its
army of Red Guards had either sur.
rendered or thrown away their arms
and dispersed without fighting.
When the local Bolsheviki had de-
cided to disarm them on June 30, the
Czecho-Slovaks forced all this action
by presenting an ultimatum to the So
Wet demanding the disarmament Of
the Red Guards on the ground that II
was necessary to safeguard the trans
port of the Czecho-Soviet forces from
Russia
When the Soviets refused to com
ply with the ultimatum. orders were |
given to arrest these delegates and all |
Of the prominent Bolsheviki. War flags
were hoisted on foreign warships in
the harbor. Four Soviet torpedo
boats attempted to put to sea but were
stopped and surrendered to officers Of
the japanese cruiser Asahi and the
british cruiser Suffolk.
The British and Japanese cruisers
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-20
Are interchangeable and Are Good on
Any Railroads.&c. Transferable
and May Be Used for ANY
Number OF Passengers

Washington, Aug. Passenger
mileage books, interchangeable ant
good on any railroad, will be placed
on sale this week. They will be ac
cepted in payment of passenger fares
on trains, in exchange for tickets. anG
for extra baggage charges. Two books
are being prepared-one with 1,00(
coupons, each coupon worth cents
or one mile of travel, to be sold for
$780, with the addition of So. 40 war
tax collected when the book is bought
and another with 500 coupons selling
for Sis, with S1.20 additional war tax.
Each book is to be transferable and
may be used for any number OF pas
sengers at the same time. Travellers
may present these books to conduct
crs on trains if they wish, but are adj
vlsed to have the mileage script ex-
changed for tickets between points
where there are long and short routes
In order to gain advantage of the
shortest distance and lowest charge.
Railroad Administration officials de-.
clded not to make mileage script ac-
ceptable for Pullman charges be-
cause the war tax on berths or par
lor car seats is 10 per cent or per
cent higher than on passenger fares
This would have complicated the col
lection of war taxes.
Freight rate revisions to be made
continuously by the Railway Admin
1stration in the future will be ordered
on the principle that the railroads
should remove fundamental injustices
and not only the inequalities and new
differentials arising out of the Is por
cent rate advance.
This plan, explained today by Di-
rector General McAdoo, means that
thousands of shippers are free to pro-
TEST 10 the railroad Administrations
Traffic Committee against systems of
rates in effect before the government
took charge of the railways, and TO
press their claims for adjustments
which will remove determinations ia
voring competing localities or plants.
Rate experts admit the existence of
innumerable cases of discrimination
which business interests have brought
to the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion.
This policy of the Railroad Admin
istration is also considered as sigrifi-
cant as leading eventually to cstab-
lishment Of rate systems on a scien-
tific rather than competitive basis.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-20
$7.72 cents a bushel!

$7.72 cents a bushel!
This means that apples in Miami
are selling for s22.46 a barrel-grant-
ing that a barrel of apples weighs 16S
pounds.
On the Chattanooga market, for in
stance, apples are selling for 1925
a barrel. That leaves a margin of
S2O.21 cents a barrel for the Miar,i
dealer, to get the barrel of apples tic
Miami from Chattanooga and get his
reasonable" profit!
Fruit and vegetables are essentia
to the health Of the people. It is high
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-20

me summer when From sharp hook
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-20
A FEW THINGS WORTH KNOWING
dallas News.)

i NDallaS NeWS.)
| Did you know that
European Russia is as large as the
states of Washington, Oregon. Cali.
lfornia, Nevada, Idaho, Utah, Arizona
New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Mon.
tana, North Dakota, South Dakota. Ne.
braska, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas
combined. 1t is.
That the states of Washing and Ore
gon are as large as Japan? They are
That California is as large as the
nations of Rumania, Bulgaria, Mon
tenegro, Servia, Albania, European
Turkey and Belgium all combined. It
is.
That Idaho is as large as Switzer-
land, Greece, Denmark and Holland
combined? 1t is.
That France is only as large as Ne
vada and Utah put together? 1t is.
That Arizona is the size of Italy?
| 1t Is.
That the British Isles are no larger
than the state of New Mexicop That's
true.
That Germany is just the size of
Wyoming and Colorado?
That Montana and North Dakota are
the size of Spain and Portugal?
That Norway and Sweden are onlr
as large as the states of South Dakota
Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma com,
bined.
That Texas and Austro-Hungary are
the same size.
That European Russia is as large
as Japan, Rumania, Bulgaria. Monten.
egro, servia, Albania, European Tur-
Key Belgium, Switzerland, Greece.
Denmark, Holland, France. Italy. the
British Isles, Germany, Spain. Portu-
gal, Norway, Sweden and Austro-Hun-
gary combined.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-20
SOME INTERESTING FACTS

If we are to keep posted on tn
great events Of the day, we SHOULD
bear in mind some Of the interestin,
facts, given out by the Government:
We now have over 100000 arm,
officers.
Our army exceeds 100000 men
1t will be 100000 by the end of thu
year.
We have delivered 2S6 comba
planes up to June Sth.
The weekly production was ther
so.
We are now building IS advanced
training planes per week.
We have built 4,495 elementar,
training planes to June 9Th.
Over 1000 liberty motors for all
planes already delivered.
Now producing them at the rate O,
lis per week.
, Have delivered 37,25O airplane ma
chine guns.
We produced 900 heavy Brownine
machine guns in May
Also 1900 light brownings.
We have provided 16 new planes te
make heavy artillery.
Provided 1000 lccomtives for use
in France.
We have 339,593 horses and mules
in the army.
We have $4,000 medical officers anG
$4,000 men in the medical force.
Base hospitals have been increased
from 7 to 72.
Beds number 1857 with a vast
increase under way.
Only about one-fourth of one Del
cent were rejected.
Our army is divided as follows:
Regular army 1885 officers, 514,
376 men.
National Guard in U. 8. Service
1000 officers, 417,441 men.
Reserve Corps 31,96S officers, 1880
men.
Reserve corps 31,96S officers. 1850
men.
National army enlisted force 1000.
900 men.
Drunkenness virtually banished
from Army.
We have $50 naval vessels in Eu.
ropean waters.
They carry 5000 officers, 10000
men,
1922 new merchant ships have been
constructed during the year ending
June 3Oth.
We now have about 1O,O4O, 900 tons
merchant shipping.
From 100000 to 100000 tons
will be constructed this year.
The sleeping giant is awakening
Steadily, irresistibly the day of
reckoning and of retribution for the
enemy approaches.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-20
THE MESSAGE TO YOU

A great writer has said, at is bet.
ter for a woman to fill a simple hu.
man part lovingly, better for her to
be sympathetic in trouble and to
whisper a comforting message into
one grieving ear, than that she should
make a path to Egypt and lecture to
thousands on ancient Thebes."
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-20

/ time that the Food Administrator
turn his attention to the prices Of
these necessities in the local markets
Miami Metropolis.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-20

Always leave little space when
filling jelly glasses for the parafn.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-20

one summer morn when l was
young
And younger much than now
When was glad to 60 to school.
And MIXED the family COW,
lived high on a river bluff
Oerlooking liquid miles
From our fine street and pretty
homes,
Mid blooms, shade, flowers, smiles
The sweetest smile on that fair street
Was on my mothers face,
Her eyes were glorious with love,
Her every move was grace.
Il want to fish," "Be careful, Dear"
She kissed me. Then ran
Down the great bluff, zig-zig, down,
down
TO where the shore began.
The Mississippi was so swift
fished without a pole,
On outside log of a big raft,
And soon | reached the goal.
A fresh bait minnow on my hook,
Then quick I felt bite,
| jerked the line, knew the fish
Was coming up all right. {
He came in sight, fine big bass,
And hit the log, jurfled loose
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-20

From that sharp hook, and bait he
liked,
And then he played the deuce.
He jumped straight for that minnow,
He went back on my hook,
| pulled him out, he was my meat,
And up that bluff l took
That great fish to my mother.
She threw both arms around
The bass and |, and then she weighed
The fsh-just seven pound.
Then he was baked for dinner.
He tasted might good,
And afterward for supper
Delightful family food.
When breakfast came next morning
Some of that fish was there
But 0, my darling mother,
Sweet, pretty young and fair!
There is world where spirits
| Like hers live pure and bright,
In lasting, painless glory,
Mid beauty, love and light.
0, let me be forever
When days on earth are DER
With my celestial mother,
To leave me nevermore,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-20
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
I lie FISH CAME BACK

Some Happy RecoIectons Boyhod Glorious Priv
iese of Darling Mother, Above q
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BY JACKERCRACK q
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The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1918-03-15
HUGH L. ROGERS

This name was given to the eldest
son of G. w. and Nancy A. Rogers.
Hugh was born at old Richmond, a
few miles southeast Of Tupelo, Aug
Is, 1848.
From boyhood he began to show the
sterling qualities which marked his
entire life He became man with
strong body and kindly spirit, and
firm convictions. A lover of truth,
righteousness and justice, he was ear
E'ly attracted to christianity.
At City Point in September, 1867,
under the ministry and encourage
ment of Ed. Robert Usery, he con-
fessed his faith in Christ, and began
at once to conform his life to the
will of his Lord. In word and act
he tried to stand for the best.
| Most of his quiet, but busy and
useful life was spent in Lee and I'm
ion counties. The last few years he
lived at Saltillo, where his earthly ca
( IScI cIlucQ OIl odlludI ioeii, Lo'
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Sal
lie Rogers, one son, Clarence, three
daughters, Mesdames Sam Eptiag,
Guy White and Noah Blackwell, one
brother, j. G. Rogers, Dallas, Texas,
four sisters, Mrs. Sallie Ward, Ft.
Worth, Texas, Mrs. Alexander, Long
wood, Miss, Mrs. Maggie Milan, Tu-
pelo, Miss. His parents, several sons
a daughter and other loved ones pre-
ceded him to the other world.
Honorable, affectionate, dutiful,
earnest and faithful in all his rela-
tionship, Hugh Rodgers was good
man.
His memory will be an inspiration
and comfort to his loved ones.
M. H. A.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1918-03-15
NOTICE TO PUBLIC

State of Mississippi, Lee County, Cir
cult Court in Vacation.
To G. W. Long, Circuit Clerk, 0. 7
Trap, Sheriff, and John M. Witt
Chancery Clerk, Gentlemen:
Acting upon the petition addressed
to me by the Board of Supervisors of
your County, asking that the March
Term of the Circuit Court, in and for
said County be pretermetted; it is
hereby ordered by me, in Vacation,
that said term of Court be and the
same is hereby directed not to draw
any Jurors for this Term of Court,
and further that due publication be
made of this order, SO that the general
public will be informed thereof.
Ordered this the tn day of March,
1918.
Claude Clayton,
Circuit Judge 1st Judicial District of
Mississippi.