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The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-11-04
FROM GROVER r. MCDOWELL
SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE
Dear mother and all:

Dear mother and all
With pleasure ] will agaiN tsfite
you few lines to let you know E Al
still well and hope they viii isd yoh
all the sanlslsA Am feeling jus;ssipaps
ly fine. There is ono thing ] tsba2t
like abouthere, and that is so much
rain. II Gaias almost every Iav ard
night teSs Ii makes everything so
awfullya,auddy But Marines d.n't
care about that. We 50 into every
thing with a song and believe me we
can sing too. Mother be sure and
write me how everything is getting
along at home. Tell all the girls and
boys ! said hello. and for the,n to
not think hard OF me ior not writing
any of them because am kind of bus
y and am not much on writing any
way you know. Tell the boys and
girls all if they should receive cards
from me anytime they will have to
they want to answer those cards as
we are not allowed to give our ad-
dres on post cards BE sure mother
to address all my mail with ink only
never with pencil Well mother |
guess this is about all | can write YOU
this time. SO will close with love and
best wishes to all, from YOU loving
son,
Grover, R. Mcdowell, us. Marines
Somewhere in France
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-11-04
NERSHING LOCOMOTIVES
IN WIDE USE IN FRANCE

Washington, Nov 1.-The Perish
lng' railroad locomotive now is il, I'm
iversal use behind the American, Brit
ism and French lines in France.
The war industries board in maxim.
this announcement today, also dis
closed that the production of standard
locomotives in the United States had
been increased Approximately 100 per
cent during the past three months
Last week the three standard compan
les IN this country turned out 144 loco
motives. Since ,o10 and up to August
the highest weekly output never ex
ceeded Is locomotives. The construc-
ton of all locomotives for France is
assigned to the Baldwin Locomotive
Works, while all engines for this
country are built in the American LOG
omotive Works. These three locomo-
tive companies comprise the entine
output IN this country.
IL he government is spending This
year $2O0,000,O00 for locomotives to be
used in France and this country, the
board stated
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-11-04
SERGEANT ROY ADAMS
WRITES FROM FRANCE

I'VE eat lots of chow over here. and
Liberty Bonds pay for it," is the in
scriptioh below a picture of a huge
quartermaster depot "over there
packed high with sacks of -four. This
was the message on the top side OF
a post card from Sgt Chas. (Roy)
Adams that arrived from Overseas
yesterday. Adams says, Just to let
you know that the Ben Hill boys
over here" are looking for you all to
surpass all the previous records and
we know you will too for we know
you are backing us to the limit Best
regards to you"
The post card arrived too late for
the Liberty Loan Campaign, and Ben
Hill patriots did not need the extra
urging anyway. But the United War
Work activities campaign starts next
week. I'VE know you are backing us
to the limit" says the boys who are
risking their lives in the trenches for
us all. Let's go over the top and show
our soldiers that their confidence is
not misplaced.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-11-04
TOM STONE WRITES
HOME FROM FRANCE

France, Oct, End.
Dear Mother and Sister:
Will answer your kind letter / re-
ceived short while ago, was awfully
glad to hear firm you all. Well l am
somewhat on the bum list at present
having some rainy weather over here
now and it has turned bit cool too
We are camping in forest, l guess
you have heard the name of the place
but | can't tell you just where but any
way we are sleeping under tents and
have got quite bit of cold. Well
guess you folks over there are geeting
some good news now, as we are giving
them hell on every side so don't think
it will last much longer it seems as |
have been over here year or more.
Just think it only last year this time
| was at home and now been in serv-
ice about months and spent 5 of
them in France, could you imagine it
Welle ! have had a bit of experience
been i'll the trenches three different
times all ready went over the top once
but did not get a single shot at a
German. 1t is some life over here. go
to bed and dream about hearing autos
and find it to be nothing but 16 inch
Dude whizzing thru the air, does it
scare you? Well don't feel just right
but as it don't stop no where close by
| don't mind it so bad, but if it stops a
distant of about a mile, we'll then it
shakes us up a good deal. Well if l
get back | think | can tell something
about France as we have Travelled a
good deal and stopped in several vii
lagos and saw all kinds of people
Well Mother | don't have time to
write much but wish you would hand
my address to all the folks and tell
them to write to me as | would be so
glad to hear from everybody and
would someone send me a Fitzgerald
Paper What about you ]. R. H.? l
received an Ocilla Star few days ago
and would like very much to have a
Fitzgerald paper Well mother if you
will excuse this short letter | will try
and write more next time as paper is
awful scarce over here, so hoping to
hear from all the folks over there I'll
say good bye. Your son and broth
er in France, TOM
CO. F. 328 Inf, A E. F. P. O. 742 via
New York, France
p. S. haven't heard from my brother
yet will you give me his address?
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-11-04
REQUESTS ALL MERCHANTS
TO INSTALL ACCOUNTING
SYSTEMS s

Atlanta, Ga, Nov following in
structions from Wasl ington A 0 Bla-
lock, internal revenue collector Tor
Georgia. is requestii. :; all merchant
in the state TO install accounting sys-
TENS which will make as simple as
possible the preparation of their in
come and excess profits tax returns.
Their work is going to require the
services OF d considerably larger num-
Der of certified accountants than
Georgia now possesses, and the Geor-
gia Board of c. =. A. Examiners calls
attention to this fact in connection
with its forthcoming examination TO
be held III Atlanta on Novenib er 20
and p. All applications for cxamina-
ton must be i'll the hands of the board
at 1000 Empire building by Monday.
November 18. The board is com
posed of Joel Hunter, Of Atlanta,
chairman; X. w. Jemison, of Macon,
secretary; Harold Hirsch of Atlanta,
attorney.
The board, states Chairman loci
Hunter, wishes it distinctly under
stood that it has no positions to offer,
but there are good positions open fc
all who can qualify for an account
ants certificate.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-11-04
CONSCIENTIOUS DIRECTORS
EXAMINED FIRST

ATLANTA, Nov. demonstrations
DIRECTORS sent to Camp Gordon in the
draft are being examined ahead f the
other men for the purpose of sepa-
rating them and giving them special
disposition. The War Department has
been at considerable difficulty to find
the proper solution of this vexing
problem. A really conscientious OBJ
jector is not usually coward. as
many of them have proven by their
personal conduct in the face of in
sulting taunts and hsticuff assaults.
They simply consider it against their
religion to kill. The government is
now working on a plan it is under
stood of using the conscientious OBJ
Jectors as emergency farm squads on
soldiers pay and under soldiers dis
cipline.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-11-04
INFLUENZA KILLING
THOUSANDS IN MEXICO

Austin. Tex, Nov 2.-Influenza
and pneumonia are killing thousands
in Mexico. according to reports re-
ceivcd here Some of the. smaller
towas are reported to be nearly dcci-
mated.
The epidemic prevails throughout
the country. and the thousands are
dying without medical attention.
Hovels of the poor in larger cities
are said to be scenes of indescriba-
bic distress. The epidemic which is
held as the worst plague ever known
has spread to the tropical part of the
country, although the worst effects
are being felt in the plateau and
mountain region.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-11-04
CIVIC COMMITTEE OF THE
WOMAN'S CLUB START
CAMPAIGN

The civic committee of the Wo.
rams Club, composed OF Mesdames
w. A. Adams, Chairman, R. M. Mann.
G. f. Kicker, Sam Abrams, in accord
ance with a request from the Nation
al Committee, have undertaken to
start campaign III Fitzgerald to get
every patriotic citizen to both save
and conserve paper of all kinds. The
paper situation Throughout this coun-
try is so serious that it is fast becom-
ing grevious problem. and it is to
help relieve this situation that the la
dies are interested.
All merchants are asked to place a
box at the rear door of their stores
and to have every piece of paper or
card board placed in same instead Of
sweeping it i'll the alley as is now the
case. This will both save a great deal
of paper and at the same time help
to keep the streets and alleys clean,
"a by product of this campaign. Ar
ranefr%nts. have been made with MIR.
J. kassewiz@ to send for all paper
that ANYONE lin the city will save
He will pay for all that he Gets from
you. He will then bail it up and ship
IT to paper factory where it can be
used again
Reasons Why You Should Save Paper
Do you know that every time you
use sheet of paper unnecessarily
you are depriving the government of
caustic soda, sulfur and potash, chem
lcals sorely needed in the manufac-
ture of T. N. T., the most powerful
explosives in the war?
Do you know that every time you
waste white paper you are Wasting
the chlorin needed for the poison gas
that protects our boys-tife. poison
gas that is beating Germany at her
own fiendish game Do you know
that when you destroy pile of paper
you arc destroying the equivalent of
several pounds Of coal-for it takes
from one to three pounds of coal to
produce pound of paper?
No, you probably did not know Of
these things, none Of us did until the
government told us. Now, however,
the War Industries Board has placed
the facts before us and we are asked
not only to save but to conserve ev-
cry sheet of paper, evry pepacr sack
and every newspaper that we can and
see that it gets back into the proper
channels SO that it can be reused.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-11-04
CALLS
FOR 290,773
MEN


Washington, Nov. I'm orc OF the
largest calls for selective service mep
yet issued, ProvostA Marshal General
Crowder tonight called on the nation
to furnish 255.3j5 white and .s5,43s
colored men Tor general military ser
vice
A portion of the men called to the
oolors under this call have been pre-
viously called, but their entertainment
tor camp was suspended because of
the Spanish influenza epidemic. The
white men will be sent to camp from
November II to IS, while the colorea
selectives will be entrained from NO
vember 10 to p.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-11-04
500 900 BACK TIME TO
MOBILE SHIP WORKERS

MOBILE, ALA. Nov. 1-Approxi-
mately 100000 back time money will
be paid to men employed in the diff
erent shipbuilding plants in Mobile
under the new wage scale announced
by the war labor board adjustment
board, and which is retroactive to
Octobe& l. Clerical forces of the diff,
ferent shipbuildng plants are now
preparing to take up the matter of
figuring the back time. Eight thous-
and meh are affected.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-11-04
RED CROSS WORKERS MAKE
THINGS FLY IN SURGICAL
DRESSINGS DEPART
MENT

The Red Cross surgical dressings
department made last week the ban
ner week for their work. The rooms
were filled to capacity every day with
faithful, efficient workers. However,
the October allotment was not quite
filled and 68 more split irrigation pads
must be made this week.
The November allotment calls for
paper backed pads and for these 1000
newspapers are needed Workers are
requested to bring as many old news
papers tas possible when they come
to the rooms this week.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-11-04
EMORY LOCAL ORGANIZED

Another Local has been added to the
Farmers Union when the farmers at
Emory organized recently. Below is
list of officers and members:
J. T. Young, Pres, Rochelle, Ga,
Ludie Minchew, VPres., DIS. Fow-
Ter. Sec-Treas., Rebecca, Ga, G, W.
Young. Chap, j. H. NJ Young, Door
Keeper, M. B. Fowler, Conductor, w
5. Minchew. G.. S. Young, D. F.
Young, H. +. Fowler, Clarence Min
chew. William Gladden,,J R. Gladden.
Daniel Minchew.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-11-04
MONUMENT To
WILBUR WRIGHT

Paris, Nov. 3.-The first stone of
the monument Of Wilbur Wright, the
American who invented the first
practical aeroplane, was laid here Oc-
tober u with impressive ceremony
The American ambassador and sew
eral representatives Of Allied armies
were in attendance.
simultaneously, the hundredth an
niyersary of the election of Lafayette
to the Chamber of Deputies was OBJ
served.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-11-04
$2oo,000,0O0 MORE IS
LOANED TO THE FRENCH

WASHINGTON, Nov. An adj
ditional credit of $2OO,OOO,OOO for tn,
French Government bringing the to
tai of that nation up to$2, 1865, 100000
was established by Secretary McAdoC
The credits ofall of the Allies nov
totals $7732,976,666.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-11-04
WOMAN'S CLUB
POSTPONES MEETING

The regular meeting of the Wo-
man'SIlub scheduled for Wednesday
will be postponed until later date
because of the epidemic of Spanish
Influenza. The date of the next meet
ing will be announced later.
Mrs. Geo Brown, Pres
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-11-04

Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Thurmond had
as their guests Sunday Mr.. and Mrs.
Duard L. Jackson and pretty little
daughter, Mary Joyce Jackson, of
Triton.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-11-04
SLAYERS OF FERDINAND
REPORTED LIBERATED

q. PARIS, Nov, 1.-The assassins of
Franz Ferdinand at Sarajevo, which
was one of the acts leading to the
world conflict, have been liberated, ac-
.sording to advices reaching Basic,
Switzerland, from Vienna. The dis
patches add that the, Kingdom of
Greater Servia" has been proclaimed.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-11-04
100000 HUNS
TAKEN DURING
LAST MONTH

Paris. Nov. 3.-According to the
latest tabulation, the Allies in Oct
obcr captured 2,472 officers, lO5,87l
men, 2.064 guns, 1869 machine guns
and 1913 mine throwers.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-11-04

Mr.. and Mrs. w. c. Crenshaw left
Sunday for Nashville, where they will
visit relatives and friends.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-11-04

Get your Syrup Corks at Haile's
Drug Store JE
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-11-04

Get your Syrup Corks at. Haile's
Drug Store. dF
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-09-07
SHORTAGE OF RESIDENCES

The problem of housing the multi
tudes which are flowing into Wash
ingtcn is causing great anxiety. Rents
have advanced enormously as the de-
mand for houses exceeds the supply
Similar conditions exist in Alexandria.
and those who own their homes. ne
matter how humble, have much for
which to be thankful.
The principal cities of the world
seem to be up against the same propo-
stion.
A shortage of homes is adding %
the woes of residents of Danish cit! =.
Many brickyards have had to close,
with the result that building virtually
has ceased and fiat hunting has Gcvcl-
oped into what might be called fiat
auctions. If a fiat was advertised for
rent in the papers, probably hUnd' ed
persons would assemble that day out
side the building. No one was ad-
mitted TO the fiat, but the caretGker,
when he thought a large enough
crowd has collected, would throw
open his window and say something
like this:
"The rent of this fiat, ladies and
gentlemen. is so much year. VIII ch
of you will pay me most for arranging
matters?"
Then kind of auction would be
held. and who ever made the Ia. gest
bid for the services of the cs.retakcr
would secure the fiat.
Now the flat famine has leve1cped
to such an extent that the diligent
fiat seeker studies the death announce
ments, proceeds Immediately to the
residence and assalS the mourners
with questions about their pla Is with
regard to the fiat.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-09-07
A league of nations according

A league of nations according to
the German conception).
2. Germany will agree to- the resto-
ration of Belgium and. the recognition
of Belgium's independence.
3. The war damages. to, be. paid,
out Of an international fund.
A. Germany will agree to eyacua-
ton of Northern France in return for
the German colonies.
5. The central powers will agree to
revise the Brest Litovsk treaty.
6. Germany will surrender Alsace-
Lorraine for concessions elsewhere.
The question is asked, why was the
apparently despairing Hertling speech
sent broadcast through the Allied
world by censorship that suppresses
what it wants TO keep quiet?
A contemporary directs attention to
a story in, old Virginia about preten-
tious pedagogue. who on a court day
undertook to whale u common coun-
TRUMAN who had come to the county
seat to see the sights. The country
man soon got him down and the dis
cjple of culture commenced to call
for mercy. But he, was ashamed to
do so in English and cried out: jam
salts. lam satis!' To which the rude
countryman cruelty replied: "You've
got to holler huff in plain English be-
fore | stop pounding you, d-you.'
May be Germany is ready to "holle
nuff." but she has got to talk plain
English and beg for merry in our YER
nacular before we can afford to pay
anv heed to her. The Won Hertlings
may come and go, but we are going
on pounding till Germany is beaten In
to frank confession and we are sitting
on her at Berlin.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-09-07
BORDERING ON INSANITY"

Chancellor Won Hertling makes The
curious statement that the effect IF
the war manifested itself among Ger
many's enemies ''in the form of hat
red bordering on insanity 1t is sug
eested that this means that the Allies
show no disposition to allow Ger
many, which caused the war, to name
the conditions of peace, so that it can
get out of the scrape it jumped into
with the appearance of having tri-
umphed. The determination to fight to
a finish the war which Germany in
sisted upon, although the Allies made.
many efforts to avert it, is hatred
bordering on insanity
Germany is the only matte
world that has deliberately and s.,ete-
fostered hatred. The Ger
man school children are taught to
sing songs of hatred for enemies. In
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-09-07
BRAKE ON THE DIVORCE MILL

Unless the next General Assembly
acts quickly when it convenes, the
Code revisers will have played a good
practical joke on the tribe of affinity
finders-who are divorced today and
remarked tomorrow. They have
placed a prohibition on the re-marry-
ing of Divorce for six months af
ter the final decree is entered by the
court.
ION the dissolution of the bond of
matrimony for any cause arising sub
sequent to the date of the marriage,
neither party shall be permitted to
marry again for six months from the
date of such decree, and such bond Of
matrimony shall not be deemed to be
dissolved as to any marriage suisse
quent to such decree, or any prosecu-
ton on account thereof, until the eX-
piration of six months"
This statute is found in the new
Code, section 5113. page 1855, and its
divulgence will come as a distinct
shock to the public and those men,
bers of the last General Assembly who
fought so tenaciously against the
adoption of the report of the Code
revisers--Judge Martin P. Burks, Of
Lexington; Judge Francis B. Hutton,
of Abingdon, and Samuel A. Anderson
of this city.
This pew law, which will go into
effect the day before the converting of
the next session of the General AS
sembly places a prohibition in the
way of divorced persons re-marrying
for period of six months after the
decree of divorce has been rendered
by the court. At present no such
prohibition exists, as is demonstrated
by the hundreds of cases of persons
who are divorced today and married
tomorrow. The object of the revision,
said an attorney, is obviously to place
stumbling block in the way OF af-
finitieS
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-09-07

the first year of the war Berlin pro-
fessor lectured to a large, fashionable
and enthusiastic audience in Munich
on hate as moral force.
In the interests of justice we are
going to drive German soldiers out Of
France and Belgium and, a few other
countries. In the interests of peace
we are going to disarm Germany. But
it is iaughable to talk about the hat
red of the Allies "bordering on insan-
ity." That sort of hatred is made in
Germany, and nowhere else in the
world.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-09-07

Al case was investigated in the To-
lice. Court of Alexandria this week in
which it was shown that a little girl
had been struck on her leg by ball
discharged from catrlfie. 1t was Al
legged that certain boys in her neigh
borhood diverted themselves daily
with such. dangerous playthings. The.
shooting was doubtless accidental, bat
the parents of these youths snoulu
have exercised control over them ana
prevented them from terrorlzlng the
neighborhood by carrying guns INTO
the steet. The police visited the
homes of the youngsters and inform
ed their parents that should the Of
tenders be found; in the streets IN fu-
ture with such playthings they would
be held responsible. 1t was alleged
that complaints have heretofore been
made to the parents of the offending
youngsters.
Justice Crutchfield in Richmond a
few years ago fined a man ten dollars
for allowing his son to carry catrif1e
in public. The man had had his at
tention called to the danger of giving
loose reins to his boys inclinatinns,
Several months ago the police OF
this city placed ban upon dealers
selling toy guns to boys. The law for
bidding the sale Of toy pistols has long
beer in the code.
We hope this latest unfortunate oc-
currence in Washington will be 4
warning to Alexandrians,. and that
children on longer be allowed to play
with guns or pistols.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-09-07
GERMAN DYING HARD

The Kaiser and his war birds have
endeavored during the past four years
to bring about peace according 10
their dreams. This has been Il secret.
from the first battle of the Marine,
and for good reaSons--the TeutonS
realizing. as did the far-see;ng a. on1
the allies, that eventually Ger .rany
would be forced to cry for peace That
country is slowly but surely nearing
that time, and her head ones knows it.
The most positive Indication If The.
straits in which the Teutons find,
themselves is the suggestion of, IN
armiStice.
History shows that an arn.ist..e e
virtual ending of war. Once the
dogs Of war are called off it IS diff
cult to sic them on again. Germany
knows this. hence its desire . bring:
about iull in the carnage.
\ dispatch from Amsterdam says
Germany is seriously considering the
possibility Of an armistice in the early,
winter. according to the Berlin CORE
sponasnt OF the lp Amsterdam Tyd.
Germany, as the spokesman of the
central powers. according to the cor
respondent, will propose the following
:ernns: