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The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-05-03
ST. MATTHEW'S CHURCH

West Pine street
Sunday School, 10 A. M.
Holy Communion and sermon, IL
o'clock. Subject: Simply to Thy
Cross Cling
Evening prayer and sermon, 7:45
o'clock. Subject: whence Came
We, Why Are We Here, Where Are
We Going?"
]. w. BLEKER.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-05-03
EMBROIDERY CLUB

Mrs. E. N. Davis was hostess to
the Embroidery Club Tuesday after
noon at her home on South Lee street
from 4 to 6 o'clock.
Quantities of ferns and spring flow
ers were used to decorate the rooms
used for entertaining, A couple of
hours were spent sewing and knit
ting, after which Mrs. Davis served
aeiicious cake and tea.
Snorg those present were Mes
d-rae2 J. 4. Turner, Jennie L. Shall
e1b~T&si t'1 Gpiller, c. B. White,
~ ylci C;.,.. aid G. A. Heide,
L4le r q ing will be with Mrs.
'-@1de - -. home on West Palm
street
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-05-03
THANKS!

The neighbors on West Pine street
wish to thank Mr.. Bert Billiard for
having the lot back of the Odd Eel
lows Hall cleared and cleaned I'D.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-05-03

CARD OF THANKS

Miss Ruth Stephens wishes to
thank her many friends who assisted
her in winning one of the prizes in the
Leader-Enterprise's Circulation Con-
test which closed this week.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-05-03

Mr.. and Mrs. U. ]. Bennett have
purchased the Mumford cottage on
West Magnolia and will move in on
June 1st
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-05-03

The many friends of Miss Athleen
Dickey were glad to see her out yes
terday after an illness of two weeks.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-05-03

Always on the job for quicker and
,etter service that will stick" "Wc
do it now" You will NOT be over
charged. Tourist Garage, Billy Keim,
PROP. Il
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-05-03
GuanO Sacks bought
for cash by Casper Hide
& Skin Co. If
NOTICE

Your street taxes are due, payable
at the cit yhall to David L. Paulk, 7.
H. RUSSELL or
C. F. DIXON,
IT, Chief of Police.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-05-03

DIR. c. A. Holtzendorff is visiting
his family in Atlanta.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-05-03

Mrs. J. L. Bryant, of Camp Green,
Charlotte, N. c., is visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. George H. Bryant, on West Pine
street. Mr.. Bryant having already
sailed for France.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-05-03

Mr.. Abe Kruger has returned from
visit to Macon,
Mrs. Will Watkins visited relatives
in the city Thursday.
We are slicing some fancy boiled
Ham-Tisders.
Mr.. W. c. Crenshaw is spending to-
day in Triton on business.
Miss Hester Brewer is visiting
friends in Macon this week.
Din. Sour, and Sweet Mixed Pick.
les-Tisdeps.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. c. Herring an
nounce the birth of little daughter
at their home on N. Lee street.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Meeks announce
the birth OF a son, April %, at their
home on West Oconee street.
Mlnce meat, Apple Butter and TEL
ly-Tisdeps.
Mr.. Alex Harvey returned Thurs
day from Panama City, Fla, where
he attended the funeral of his niece.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eric Gilbert, of At
lanta, are visiting friends in the CITY
for few days.
Miss Hazel Jolly is expected home
from cambridge where she has been
visiting for the past three weeks.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-05-03

TYPEWRITlNG FOR THE PUB
LIC-Parties having typewriting to
do can secure competent service by
applying to "Typist," care Leader
Enterprise. -
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-05-03

Mesdames ]. c. Smith, Floyd and
Smith, of Ocilla, were shopping in
Fitzgerald Thursday.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-05-03

Mrs. Fred Powers has as her
guest Mrs. Morris Fox, of Niagara
Falls, n Y.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-05-03

Phone 80 and get your orders filled
right. Williams Market, next First
National Bank.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-05-03

Special Mixed Tea for Ice Tea, per
pound, 70s-Tisdel's.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-05-03

White Spanish Peanuts, 10 pei
pound-Tisdel's.
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TO THE PUBLIC

Beginning this date no order taken
later than J P NJ and Saturday
nights not later than 9 P. M. This
May End, 1918, Sanitary Market. 1t
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-05-03

Mr.. and Mrs. ]. L. Perry have
bought the old Cuts home on South
Main street from Mr.. J. c. Bush.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-05-03

Salt Mackerel, new and fancy, 15c
-Tisdel's.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-05-03

Call on Stephens Furniture Co. for
everything in the furniture line. Our
stock is most complete.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-05-03

Mr.. and Mrs. ]. G. Williams and
little daughter, Sarah Frances, left
this morning for Texas where they
will spend the summer with relatives.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-05-03

Our motto: Lose sale rather than
customer. Williams Market, Tel
ephone go
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-05-03

Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Hayes Davis
returned Wednesday evening from
their honeymoon trip to Brunswick.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-05-03

Logan Berry Juice ard Grape !rice
--TisdePs.
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Phone 80 for Choice Steaks. ad
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Marshmallows, per box, 10c-Tis.
deps.
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Guano Sacks bought
for cash by Casper Hide
& Skin Co. If

Porch Furniture and Refrigerators.
Stephens Furniture Co. Phone '594
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-05-03

Mr.. and Mrs. John Rogers, who
have been making the Hall House
their home, have recently moved to
the Harrison cottage on West Pine
street.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-05-03

Porch Swings and Rockers. Ste
phens Furniture Co, Phone 5o4.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-05-03

Mayor and Mrs Clayton Jay an
nounce the birth of little daughter,
May fry, at their home on South Lee
street.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-05-03

Canned Celery, Beets and Pump
kin-Tisdel's.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-05-03

Large Can Clam Chowder, a family
meal, 35c-Tisdel's.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-05-03
Mrs. Kate Brown and Miss Louise
Clements were shopping in the city
Thursday.
just received carload of classiest
furniture ever shipped to this section.
Stephens Furniture Co.

Westinghouse Electric Lig h t
Globes-Tisdels.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-05-03

Mr.. and Mrs. M. T. Lawrence and
son. Pirkle, were visitors in our city
Thursday.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-05-03

Miss Hazel Jolly is expected home
from cambridge where she has been
visiting for the past three weeks.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-05-03

Messrs. Reason Whitley and Harry
Rogers visited friends in Ambrose
Wednesday afternoon.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-05-03
Guano Sacks bought
for cash by Casper Hide
& Skin Co. tt

Mrs G. A. Smith, of Birmingham,
Ala, will arrive Saturday morning for
a short visit to her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. H. 0. Benton on South Lee
street
See Stephens Furniture Co. for Re-
frigerators, Porch Swings and Rock
ers. lll-1l3 East Central Avenue.
Mr. Fred Wilbanks, of Osierheld
was visitor in Fitzgerald Wednes-
day.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-05-03

returned Wednesday evening from
their honeymoon trip to Brunswick.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. G. Williams and
little daughter, Sarah Frances, left
this morning for Texas where they
will spend the summer with relatives.
Mayor and Mrs. Clayton Jay an
nounce the birth of little daughter,
s May h'l at 'hfi' home Q" South Lee
Canned Celery, Beets and Pump
kin-Tisders.
Call on Stephens Furniture Co. for
everything in the furniture line Our
stock is most complete
Large Can Clam Chowder, family
meal, 35c-Tisdel's.
Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Lawrence and
son. Pirkle, were visitors in our city
Thursday
Mr.. and Mrs w. A. Gadney left
yesterday for their home in Atlanta
after short visit in Fitzgerald.
Earl Amber Cane Seed, Csc per
quart-Tisders.
DR.. w. w. Parrish leaves tonight
for two-weeks' visit to Nashville,
Tenn, and Ohio.
Mr. and Mrs. Mersky and daughter,
Miss Sarah Mersky, of Rochelle, were
visitors in Fitzgerald Thursday.
Messrs. Reason Whitley and Harry
Rogers visited friends in Ambrose
Wednesday afternoon.
Porch Swings and Rockers. Ste
phens Furniture Co, Phone 5o4.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Rogers, who
have been making the Hall House
their home, have recently moved to
the Harrison cottage on West Pine
street
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-05-03

Mr.. and Mrs. Eric Gilbert, of At
lanta, are visiting friends in the city
for few days
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-05-03

Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Gadney left
yesterday for their home in Atlanta
after short visit in Fitzgerald.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-05-03

Mr.. and Mrs. Mersky and daughter,
Miss Sarah Mersky, of Rochelle, were
visitors in Fitzgerald Thursday
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-05-03

Mr.. Alex Harvey returned Thurs
day from Panama City, Fla, where
he attended the funeral of his niece.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-05-03

DR.. w. w. Parrish leaves tonight
for two-weeks' visit to Nashville,
Tenn, and Ohio.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-05-03

Earl Amber Cane Seed, Csc per
quart-Tisdeps.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-05-03

Mlnce meat, Apple Butter and Jel-
ly-Tisdel's.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-05-03

Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Mecks announce
the birth of son, April %, at their
home on West Oconee street.
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ish fleet This canal was of great value during the Civil war. On the 17th of April Virginia seeded from the union and started her troops to- ward Washington. Two days later Baltimore had a riot and every bridge on the railroad between Baltimore and the Susquehanna river was burned. Railroad communication was severed, but the next day the government seized all the propeller steamers from Phil adelphia that could pass through this little canal and before daylight next morning they had troops on them and hurried them down the Chesapeake to Annapolis and thence to Washington. When those troops arrived at the cap ital the Confederate outposts were at the Virginia end of Long bridge and for the next 30 days the canal was the key to the whole military situation. It had a> important part throughout the war Ii kept the Army of the Po- tomac in the field, feeding and cloth ing the soldiers and giving them their ammunition. The Kiel canal saves Ger many two days steaming around the through these II miles would be worth a whole fleet to the United States if we were besieged.
 The Chesapeake and Delaware canal has been operated independent of the railroads A large part of it's traffic is anthracite coal, which goes from the Delaware river to Washington, Bal timore and Norfolk, and lumber which
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York Some of the army engineers have recommended sea level canal of 9 feet in depth Such canal would be one of the chief coal and trade routes of tht east as well as a great military water way. A 2S-foot canal would cost S34, ,O0000e.
 Of equal importance, although of less than one-third the length, is the Chesa- peake and Delaware canal. This canal is only IS 5-S miles long and 12 miles of it are in Delaware. It is a lock canal only 6e feet wide on the surface and nine feet in depth It has cost up to date about $4,000,000 and the govern ment has taken steps to acquire it. The its enlargement, and these propose feet, the whole to cost in the neighbor- whether wider and deeper canal would gested It would be wide enough only for light cruisers, submarinese and tor pedo-boat destroyers.
 The Chesapeake and Delaware canal is one of the most interesting of our inland waterways. The company that built 1t was incorporated just ab bout the time John Adams was in the White House. but the canal was not completed until the first year of Andrew Jackson's administration. The need of 1t was appreciated during the war of 1912, when the national capital was captured by the British and the shores of the Chesapeake ravaged by the Brit
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THE ATLANTIC MgTRACOASTAL CANAI-By Frank Carpenter

New Jersey canal above proposed ships can go m4dnd tu l>ew Yolk ana oil uy way Of Cape Cod canal to Doston. The government IS aOout tO acquite tnls li- mile ditch. It viii change 1t to a ueep- ship canal and improve lC so that naval vessels comng out of the navy yards at Hampton Roads may go mand to the navy yards at Phnadeiphia and on to New York and Boston. submarines and our smaller vessels oi war can pc moved back and forth in It, and the size of the waterways may be SD increased that they will De aVailaoIe Tor our big battleshlps.
 Other connections and extensions of the Atlamae 1nCraGoaslal canal tne new Ere canal to tne great .dAes re- gently naQe ny New folN though an expenditure or more than SlvO,oVo,Ovu, anu the canals soing soGtn rom tne lower end of ChesaReahe pay from NorioIk 10 Beaufort, N. C. otIl lar.ner soaen IS the proposed ship cifiiai across r'loi I-a, and the one sklrtiAs JAe GiuE oI S1eAIco. The latter wnI loGCA NeW Olteans ant give protected waterways almost all the way to Brownsvlhe at the mouth ot the Rio Grande ana tne Mexlcan uodnuary.
 great part of tnts waterway Is alons the lines of natural aepFessIons whicn in prehistoric times were unaer water. This IS true of the Cape Goa canal and of the line or the proposed New jersey ship canal. 1t IS aIso or the rouLS from Chesa apeake bay to the Delaware river and to the D.smal swamp canal farther soutn. The waterways nave been filled up by the rising Of the earth through thousands of years, and all tnat is proposed is mercy to cut out and re- store the old channels. The savIng in distance Will be great. From New I ork to Boston by Way of Cape Cod Jhe uis- tance is cut rom 63 to io2 miies Aor ships going north Of the cape, and from PhilaoelphIa and Whining lon from bl to 1u5 miles. inc saving rom boston to Baltimore is zl4 miles, and from New York to Bailinore 2o9 miles. The sav- ing of the water distance between Phna- delphia and baltimore will be ST miles. This means economlzing the cost Of and also an enormous increase in safety by the cutting off of dangerous parts Of the sea.
 As to the dangers. The route around Cape Cod has been responsible Tor vast number of wrecks It enables the ships to avoid one of the most dangerous parts of the coast, including shoals, fogs and frequent storms. According to ot- ficial records in the 23 years beginning with 1875, there were 6S7 wrecks on or near Cape Cod. involving a loss of over 100 lives and property valued at over $lOO00, 900. The disasters along the At lantic seaboard for the decade ending 1908 were 5700 and they resulted in the
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the Delaware and Raritan canal was begun and to a large extent built during the presidency of Andrew Jackson. This canal connects New York and Philadel- phia. It runs by the way of Raritan bay to the Delaware river at Bordentown, iassing through New Brunswick. Bound Brook and Trenton. It is less than A. miles long and it has a working depth of only about seven feet. The canal was onened in 1924 and for the Hast genera tion or so it has been used by the Penn sslNan.a railroad at rental of about S2,0Go,030 year. The railroad administra- ton has taken charge of it and it is making certain improvements. The war department project, however, is to cut an entirely new ship canal along this route. making waterway from 20 to 30 feet deep from Philadelphia to New
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loss of more than 20o0 lives. The destruc-
 tion of vessels and cargo during that
 period amounted to more than $47, ,000.000. Let me take the canals in detail and show what the government proposes to do. We shall start at Cape Cod. If you will look at the map of New England you will see that the Cape Cod peninsula is of the shape of sickle joined to tha
 body of Massachuettes and that it runs around and almost ncloses the great Bay of Cape Cod. The peninsula is about
 65 miles in length, and where 1t joins the mainland, Capt Cod bay and Buzzards bay are only eight miles apart. The canal
 runs from one bay to the other, form,n a short cut from New York to Boston. From deep water to deep water it Is 1y miles long It is 100 feet wide at the
 bottom. and is practically straight. It is sea level canal, and ships pass through without locks. The cutting has been through sand and in that respect 1t compares with the Suez canal rather than Panama. The canal belongs to the Boston, Cape Cod and New York
 Canal company which cla ms that it has cost over s13.o000o0 to build The com
 pany is willing to sell to the government. but so far the estimates of the army en-
 gineers are far under that sum. At present the Cape Cod canal is toll canal If the government buys it, it
 will be free. It is now a one-way canal, but the government plans include it's widening to double it's size and increas
 ing the depth to 90 feet. This depth
 would accommodate 90 per cent of the
 coastal shipping around Cape Cod. The
 enlargements will cost something like
 S5, GOO 600. The Cape Cod canal is beins used as coal chute to relieve the con. gestion of the railroads and it is claimed that 1t now carry 100000 of the 12,Oo0,000 tons of coal that are an
 nually carried by water to the New Eng
 land ports north of Cape Cod. This coal
 goes to some of our most thick,y popu- lated manufacturing districts, includ ng wooden and cotton mills, boot and shoe factories, munition plants and electric works. The states affected by it pro duced in 1914 one-half of the boots and shoes, three -eighths of the cotton goods and one-fourth of the woolen and wash goods of the country
 The canal would reduce the cost line necessary to be protected from subma- rines for at least no miles. It will, in the opinion of Admiral Chester. be al most as valuable as the Kiel canal, which was built by the Germans at a cost of s100 coo That canal does not reduce the distance between the base of the German fleet in the Baltic and the North sea by much more than is gained by the Cape Cod canal, between Newport and Boston. <s
 Major General Wood wants the canal wide enough and deep enough for our largest hattesfips, and says the whole waterway should admit the passage of submarines from Baltimore to Boston.
 The Cape Cod canal project is one of the oldest of the United States. The line of the waterway was petty trade route in the days of Miles Standsh. Three years after the Pilgrims landed on Plym- outh Rock he went up the little stream
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-22

that flowed into Cape Cod at this po.ns and crossed over Buzzards bay to get provisions from the Dutch ships that came there. As time went on there was talk of a canal for the trade between the Dutch of Manhattan Island and
 the Puritans of Massachusetts bay, and just about 100 years before Washineto, died the court of Massachusetts investi
 gated the subject. The matter was taken up again about the time of the declara- tion of independence. and it has been dis cussed at intervals from then until 1S99
 when charter wnT t71 to the com pany that '''t 'iich the gov ernment is now operating. jli. .l.j
 The project for .al across New Jersey is also old. It was talked of at the beginning of the last century, and
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Washington, D. (, from submarines for

Washington, D. C, @ RoTECT1ON from submarines for IlO our Atlantic coast commerce.
 An inland waterway from the
 harbor of Boston to the mouth of the Rio Grande on the Mexican boun- dary!
 A system of ship canals that will en- able us to defend our industrial centers east of the Alleghanies and preserve the national capital free from invasion!
 This in a nutshell indicates one of the chief features of after-the-war leg islation The subject is now before Con gress. The department of commerce IS Investigating the matter. The govern. ment has aireay acquired some of the links in the chain and it is preparing to buy and develop the others. The scheme is to be known as the Atlantic intracoastal canal. The upper part of it will be first developed and already it is far under way. It begins with the Cape Cod canal. a sea level ditch less than eight miles in length, which cuts the Cape Cod peninsula and thus joins the waters of Cape Cod bay and Buzzards bay, adjacent to Long Island sound. This canal has been taken over by the United States railroad administration, and it is to be widened and deepened so that it
 
 sels from New York to Boston. At the same time it will be the water coal chute for large part of manufacturing New England.
 The next link is the Delaware ana Raritan canal, which runs from Nes. York bay to the Delaware river This also is in the hands of the government and it will be improved to relieve the congestion of the railroads from the north to the south. It is estimated that an appropriation of sS00000 will enabls it to carry a traffic of 100000 tons per annum. At the same time new wide and deep ship canal has been surveyed by the army engineers across New Jersey almost paralleling the Delaware ana Raritan canal, and this will probably take its place. The cost will be in the neighborhood of $45,000,OO0 but the en- gineers say this will give us a sea level canal wide enough and deep enough for many of our vessels of war and it will form an inland water route between Phil adelphia and New York
 Going southward from the mouth of this canal along the Delaware river we pass Philadelphia and Wilmington, and then come to the Chesapeake and Della ware canal, which joins this river with Chesa peake bay. The canal is less than 14 miles long, but it connects bodies of inclosed water with a shore line equal to half the distance between San Fran cisco and Shanghai in China. It unites Baltimore with Philadelphia, and by the