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why is it," inquiries a correspondent,
"that our army ot!iCia Il SO steadfastly ignore
these modern means of individual rapid
transit" meaning the bicycle, the motor
cycle and the automobile Is ii not time
the Washington authorities awoke TO the
fact that for very many uses there exists u
safer. swiftrr, more silent, more enduring,
more economical means of individual trans
portatiou than the horse?"
II cannot be said that the military chief
tains of this country have ignored the pos
sibiiiiies of the machines in question as
auxiliaries in the army, There have been
during the last two or three years indica-
tion- of their appreciation, to some extent,
Of the value Of these modern inventions as
demonstrated in France, Great Britain.
Germany and other countries What our
correspondent wishes to know, doubt less
is why Uncle SAM has allowed his con-
temporaries abroad to ont nannuvre him,
so to say. in putting the cycle and the auto
mobile TO a thorough tesi.
There X no doubt that in thu United States
official sympathy with the recent expert
ueuts in Europe has been feeble. to say the
least Many believe however, that the
attitude Of the War Department in this
respect has been misunderstood, and that
the next few r"grs will furnish some inter-
psting revelaii.H..
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TRUE PROPHETS AND FALSE.
In weather Prediction 1t ID the Man he
hind the HygrOmeter.

To THE EDITOR OF The SuN-Sw: re-
cent contributor to your columns. recogniz-
ing the inability OF the Washington weather
sharps to forecast the weather with degree
of certainty commensurate with the Object
for which the Weather Bureau was estao-
lished, suggests that the remedy Is to be
found in n larger appropriation from the
public funds. We object,
The present condition Of the Weather
Bureau is like that Of the girl at boarding
school who failed in her studies The mother
was advised to take her daughter home.
"What does she lack?" asked the fond parent.
Capacity" was the laconc reply. on.
replied the mo ther. III that is all. her father
Will buy one"
What the Washington Weather Bureau
lacks IL capacity the ability to formulate
rules based upon the laws governing me,eoro-
logical conditions and to apply them to the
conditions reported by the observers.
II is not money which is wanted in the
Weather Bureau but brains and close ap-
plicaton to the subject IN hand. or what
use was II for Prof, Charles F, Marvin. one
ascertain the values for dew points below
81 degrees" to give elaborate instructions
for mounting and reading Thermometers.
hair hysrometers, hypsometers and iii the
rest Of the scientific apparatus II It was TO
be used by unscientihc neophytes IN a me-
is it for Prof. Henry to, perambulate Wash
inRton photographiRg all sorts OF cloud for
nations and write magazine articles upon
the subject when the clouds actually dis
appear while one Is looking at themy ihere
are sharps and weather sharps OF all KINDS
in the business of forecasting.
I. too. knew. poor Kirkham' Of New Or
leans, and II he was such a marvellous genius
at forecasting, he should have been Kept NJ
also Es.y We"
at Chicago Upon one important occasion N1
the approach of blizzard, The town was
buried in snow. The next days press made
ton II appeared that the good doctor was a,, at
church saying his prayers and had left Chi
cago and the blizzard in charge Of u clerk.
who predicted variable winds" as usual
As punishment Frankenfield was exied to
st. Louis.
One OF the best forecasters in the service
nally Cincinnati baker. he discovered that
he had both a genius and love for meteor
oogy, 50 he made his ovens and pans OF
and proved to be veritable weather wizard
Modest as he Ia wise. Just as he IL gentle
| manly, kind as he is genial. he would I'D
mrably fill the position Of Chief Of the Weather
Bureau
1t is not money which makes the mare 90
with things meteorological The auto
matte self registering machines which re-
cord the velocity and pressure, of the wind, the
temperature, the rise and fall of the barom-
eter. &c. are In constant operaation. obse ~
| ground and the averages and variations
can be daily transmitted to Washington.
The crlX of the whole matter Is, how TO eN-
plain the data when they have been collected
mass Of facts. J. BUTLER FULLERWALKER.
BRIDGEPORT, Conn, Sept 81
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Two Ways of Putting Sam Parks
Back Where He Was.

The triumph of SAM PARKS at the
Kansas City convention of structural
iron workers was all that his heart could
desire. No greater evidence of fidelity
and admiration could have been recorded
by his associates in that trade organiza-
ton. No more signal personal victory
has ever been won by leader at crisis
in his career Three men only in the
great convention expressed by their
votes any doubt of SAM PARKS's entire
worthiness to represent before the world
the cause of honest labor, to lead
that cause and TO prescribe for its we'll
being. The International Association of
Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
stands by SAM PARKS, precisely as his
local union, No. >, of New York, has
stood by him.
No wonder the gratlfed leader ex-
claimed when the vote of confidence
was announced to him, This puts me
right back where was!"
But where, in a certain event does it
put the men who have voted confidence
in his honest merit?
SAM PARKS has been convicted Of levy
ing blackmail in the name of labor and
has been sentenced to the imprisonment
which the statutes provide as the penalty
for the crime He is out of his convict
cell and convict garb on Il stay of pro-
ceedings, pending an appeal. He is
under indictment for not less than four
other offences, two of them similar to
that of which he has already been con-
victed II his first conviction and SEN
tence are set aside, on any lechnicality
or for any other reason, by the process Of
appeal, long future Of criminal prose-
! cution stretches out before him The
| labor organization which stands by him.
the honest if misguided laboring men
who have voted at Kansas City so to do,
will be with SAM PARKS in the prisoner
box whenever Il criminal charge against
| SAM PARKS comes before u jury
And suppose this possible future of
companionship in the lower criminal
courts during the prosecution Of the four
| indictments is cut short by q decision of
the higher court also putting SAM PARKS
| back where he was, namely, in Sing Sing,
| for the extorton of 5000 from JOsRpHuS
| PLENTY, in the name Of honest labor?
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The Campaign for New York.

"The only possible danger to the Re-
publican party in Ohio" says Senator
FORAKER, "is the possibility Of over
confidence on the part of the Repub-
lican voters" The fusionists in this
town are in no danger from that familiar
old enemy, "overconfidence." What
ever stimulation there is in underconfi-
dence is theirs. They know that they
will need all the votes they can get. Sup
pose that now they stop feeding their
grudges and showing their gift for sar-
casm and set in to get those votes.
When Mr.. JEROME RECEIVERS from sur
prise at the unpopuarity of telling the
truth. the whole truth and nothing but
the truth, he will take hand in the
shndy against the common enemy. he
can't keep out of it.
He or any other Democrat or any Re-
publican or independent who doesn't
love Mr.. Low for his beautiful eyes
can find more engaging personalities
on the fusion ticket. Mr.. Low is not
the whole ticket or administration. Has
not that administration been, on the
whole, good one? Even if you give it
as many bad marks as its most bilious
critic would set down against it, has it
not been a marvel of efficiency and OF
regard for the public service compared
with what Tammany has been in the
habit of giving and is eager to give
again?
The issue in the campaign has been
put clearly and forcibly by Mr.. LOUIS
STERN:
Our schools. our charities our property, our
public and private welfare. our comfort In moral
and civic life. are threatened with exposure to
return OF conditions which would color our cheeks
with shame and bend our heads in apology"
Against that spoliation and that dis
grace the election of the fusion ticket
is the only barrier Whatever the mis-
takes of Mayor Low and however much
less satisfactory he may be to others than
to himself, considerations of that sort
don't amount to a pins fee. It's he or
Tammany again.
When these little local irritatons be-
come less acute, men who don't want to
see Greater New York bled and skinned
by Tammany are not likely to injure
themselves simply because they don't
like Mr.. Low.
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Essay on the Treatm emf Of Mopo,l,h.

To THE EDITOR OF TRk SrN-!Sir' This morning
announcement Is made that the nrst "monolit, {"
has finally reached It's destination where. II l., in
tended to make II part Of thu future Cathedral n,
81. John the Divine. This harSs back TO the pre- q.
viouS announcement. that III, mDnoiithS" could
not be- turned out IN one piece, as the specially
constructed horizontal lathe refused to perform
It's duties properly Then there VS. discussion In
one Of our scientific publications by men OF trchni.
cal education, tending To show that tho lathe could
be constructed to accomplish the desired end INV
would not be possible to construct vertical lat
which wpi relieve Nh" stone Of the pressure OF It's
own weight or course II might cost a few ,hou
sand NOR" but none, appears to be no object Ia
those In charge Of the project I. Z. q bonn
NEW YORK Sent ~
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1t is cheering to find that the fishermen
are at last inclined to follow the advice of
The SUN In behalf of the hook and line
men, and other men, too, Mr.. A. Nj. HoxIE of
Boston has begun suit in the United States
Circuit Court at Trenton, n. j.. against the
owners of pound nets. Repeatedly The
Sun has exposed the wastrful character Of
pound nets and called attention to the fact
that they constituted an obstruction re-
movable by the Federal law,
Efforts were made in the New Jersey
Legislature to cut down their operations,
but nothing was accomplished there.
Now the case Is up to Uncle SAM. The
stationary nets along the Jersey coast eX-
tend from two to three miles from land,
and they are so numerous that they have
been compared to the rungs of Il gigantic
ladder With such machines in operation
the chances for fish To reach New York
waters are small indeed, as the season now
drawing to a close has amply proved.
Of course II will be argued that nets must
be used To supply the markets. That is
true, but there is such a thing as too much
of good thing Food fish should not go
to manure the land, even though the men-
haden have been melted almost out of eX
istence, and the markets should he supplied
with fish taken alive aud not with fish taken
dead out Of the pounds
But the question to be decided in the
United States Circuit Court at Trenton is,
have people any right to travel in yachts
or in launches along the New Jersey coast,
or must they keep off three miles or SO from
shore, outside of the Federal Governments
maritime jurisdiction, to accommodate the
owners Of stationary nets
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A Republicans Opinion OF the District
Attorney

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: Having
read your editorial under the caption Memo
randum." cannot help thinking that every
citizen, regardless Of party affiliations. must
instinctivel admire tho upright. straight
forward way in which W. T. Jerome sets forth
his position. He has disclosed the spirit of an
honest man.
This high character in civil officials Ia
essential to the good health of municipal
government.
Duplicity is not to be found in our District
Attorney. Suspicion OF his motives has no
place in the public or private estimation Of
the man. His courage and his frankness APP
peal to all lovers OF sound government and
ha va won to his side multitudes who are anx-
ious to help hold up his hands.
The fearless possessor of these qualities
was primarily responsible for fusion victory
two years ago. The Citizens Union cannot
afford to ignore that fact now.
We need more Jeromes.
NEW YORK. Sept. IA. REPUBLICAN.
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SPECIAL SESSION IN JERSEY.
Legislature Will Probably He Called to
Frame New school Law.

TRENTON, N. D., Sept, 24,-The New
Jersey Legislature will prob lbly be called
for a special session within the next four
,hool act, which was declared uncon-
sttutional by the Court of Errors and Ap,
peals last Monday. The Courts decision
has thrown the lbc school system into
such complete chaos that immediate
remedial legislation is regarded as i'm
perative.
The law committee of the State Board
Of Education will meet tomorrow night,
and it is the intention to prepare memorial
to the Governor urging the necessity for
an extra session of the Legislature, which
would be the second this year. 1t was
the unanimous opinion at a conference of
State leaders, this afternoon, that no other
course wa possible. The session will prob
ably be held before the Move nber election
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81 NF.AIR."
The Views Of q Workman Who Has Worked
for seventy Years.

TO rHr EDITOR or THE SrN-.Sr. 4 mer-
chant iradcsnAR is said to he unfair II he sells
anything TO anybody who Is not permitted to work
or To carry business, when the unions arc on
strike or at war" to enforce their demands.
citizen who enlSts In II company OF State troops
is said TO be unfair II he serves the state In sup
pressing riots when strikes In progress.
Judge IN any OF our courts Is said to be unfair
when he sets In motion the machinery OF the law
10 prevent Violence or suppress wrongdnlng by
strikers or strike sympathizers.
\ man or woman who travels upon a street car
when a union has &c reed that II shall be run
Is also said to be- unfair. When a young lady in
ST. Louis disobcyed the mandate OF the street car
strikers she was stripped naked In the street In
broad daylight
When Il m r,haut IN Chicago attempted TO cart
his own merchandise In n, own wagon. with his
morse, during Strike " The ttemsterS, he was
set upon III public and bru,alIy murdered. Only
a few days ago Il workman Ia the employ OF b.
NJ. Parry In Indianapolis WIS murdcrously as
Saultrd because he was non union man. working
In 4 ron union shop He has since died. martyr
to the cruN. ~ personal liberty
The ~" d gt OF m United states was classcd
II, un,aIr because lac Ordered that Miller should be
rrInsthtrd In the Government bindery at Wash
mgtun whence ht had been discharged by com
mand ~ IN, trades union,
strikers try to exclude those who dlsobcy them
from church and ,hcIr children from school be.
cause the parents are unfair
what liberty Is left to uS when those who com
init such outrAgcS escape punishment No matter
Il the unions are only one twentieth OF the whole
people thcr tcrt hrc upon the nccks OF the Cnurch
aud Of rN,r ny political party. We must bow down
to thew aud serve them. or take the consequences
~, ulloN. pass resolutions that the blessings
OF goou government" must be preserved but with
An mpl reservation that this good govern
mcn," must be "of thr unions. by the unions, and
fDr the unions" Every other form OF power or Of
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A Clean Ont Ininn Issuc

If the walking delegates who are try
ing to bring the plant Of the Steinway
4 Sons company into their control Sue
coed in calling ont on strike the firm
employees on Oct , MS they now threaten
to do the men will enter upon the strug-
gle with full knowledge of what it in
wolves.
The requests made in this case are
that the employers shall compel their en-
ployees to become members of the Piano
and Organ Worker, International IN
ion and that the employers shall pay
a bonus of 80 per cent. Ion work on Sun
days and holidays Nothing could he
clearer or more explicit; and nothing
could be more completely within the
rights Of the EMPLOYEES than to press
these requests upon their employers
The answer of Steinway Sons to
thes" demands i, equally clear Both
requests are absolutely refused" by the
company, and the attention of the EN-
ployees is directed TO the rules governing
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socks for Statesmen.

Another great moral, political and
economic issue has been issued. The
Hon. JOHN DUNFEE, member of the
Democratic State Committee for the
Onondaga Reservation, has defined the
permissible limit of the cost of Demo-
cratic statesman's socks.
The Hon. FREDERICK W. THOMPSON,
candidate for the Democratic nomna-
ton for Mayor of Syracuse, has been
accused by INSCRIPTIONS rivals of being
silk stocking.
The Hon. JOHN DUNFEE "hurls back
the hell-loathed lie and at the same time
instructs Democrats in their duty as to
socks. Il never wore socks that cost
over 20 cents myself Mr.. DUNFEE
cries with just indignation, land | don't
believe THOMPSON ever did. That is
enough for any man to pay
More than enough for man who does
not seek to put the sock above the man.
The Hon. JAMES X. MCGUIRE, the Silver
Sage of Syracuse, ne yer pays more than
a quarter for two pairs of socks, when
he is running for office.
Yet even Mr. MCGUIRE has not set his
foot into the path of true Democratic
simplicity. The words of the Silver
Singer of the Ozarks surge into the
memory:
There's other Kansas Statesmen
As opuent In gall
But JERRY went TO Congress
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what Is Going on in Non. Society.


7 TONI TNF NONt Y uDJFI
\ unique bal maSGuc Is announced at tho Colun,
bR 10 night, the features OF which are TO be starr
lngy chastr and moral. High cola red dudes and
under age counter hoppeS arc TO be excluded
10 make room for the more maturrd sourdoughs In
oyrrallS and rubber boots. Pcrsons whose feelings
are easily shocked advised to stay away on ,hl,
festive occasion,
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Ariadne and BaCChus.

TO THE EDITOR or THE SUN-.Sfy; Arladnc's
name. II my memory serves me. Is associated with
that OF BacChus In the classical mythology Would
1t not be appropriate TO refer to this fact as well as
the abyrn'h story II the British cruiser OF that
name Naoul be sent to grace the orgies OF the An
clients upon the arrival OF their guests,
PHILADELPHIA, sept -. ". W s.
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Mrs Knckcr Did hr leave any footprints on the
sands Of time
Mrs. Booker No but he always wiped hi, fret
before entering the house
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Unavoidable.

Mrs. EnIckcr SO She Is a good hoIsekeeper7
Mrs. BOckcr YES, She says she hates to think
that Ter ancestors ARE dust
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There's other Kansas statesmen
As opulent In gall.
But JERRY went 10 Congress
'CailSc he wore no Snckh AT all

The Hon. JERRY SIMPSON has fallen
from his high estate and become a pluto
crat but, with his prophetic and sock
less feet, he points the way to greatness.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-07-07

TUESDAY, JULY 7, 1908.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-07-07


SELF laudation is half dis
grace, is an old, crusty maxim
and whether trueor untrue, wise
or other wise, out of respect for
1t we could not be brought up to
the point of self-praise. It's the
praise of others that tickles us
to death and our only excuse for
mentioning the matter in the
columns, of the Enterprise is that
its the, best advertising medium
of which we have any knowledge:
In conversation with a reader
of the Enterprise, at Ocilla last
Thursday, he was very careful
to state thaton his several recent
visits to Fitzgerald he had been
impressed with her rapid growth,
her multiplying, substantial i'm
provements had convinced him
that no town in South Georgia
at least, could compare with her
remarkable progress, and he
said, to quote his exact language,
They ought to give the editor
of the Enterprise $1,000 as a re-
ward for his efforts in pulling
for Fitzgerald l have not met
you before, but / have wanted to
see the man that pulls for Fitz-
gerald every day of the year and
that blows for Fitzgerald every
breath, and with such telling re-
suits" Now our friend was en-
thusiasticandof course adopted a
unique and original way of credit
ing us with doing a great deal
for Fitzgerald and the colony.
We have become accustomed
to praise for our efforts in be-
half of the city from home peo-
pie, neighbors and friends, but it
is not often that a stranger be-
comes so pointed in his common
dation of our efforts, but we APP
preciate it all and shall continue
TO pull for Fitzgerald
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Slave
To If orphine From
Doctors Orders.
-
Habit Worse Than
the Disease.
DR.. Niles Nervine Cured

When the nervous system has been shat
tercd by the use of deadly drugs there is
nothing to ecurl DR.. Miles Nervine in restor-
ing it 10 health and normal activity.
81 feel SO grateful for what DR.. Miles Re-
storative Nervine has done for me that
must tell it for that part of humanity that
suffers as l have. During the three years
| suffered from nervous prostratlon found
no relief except when doctors gave morphine
To Get rid of suffering l took morphine my
self as it was the only thing that would give
ease, and now YOU, who point with scorn at
morphine using how could you, when IN
such agony, knowing it about the only thing
that would give relief, resist it2 knew 1t
was a terrible habit and knew of its deadly
grasp. but never fully realized its signih-
canoe until I had used it number OF months.
Oh the misery of being addicted to such
habit. I Iesolved then and there to qultlt
and resolved would never be a slave to any
| such demon. About this time l happened to
notice DR.. Miles Restorative Nervine adyer-
| tised and ordered bottle. After using five
| bottles l can truthfully say am cured OF
using morphine. Now, however much per
sons may doubt it, God is my witness am
cured. This testimonial is unsolicited but
feel it my duty to give it for the beneht OF the
suffering. MATTE PHILLIPS, Prescott. Ark
All druggists sell and guarantee first, bot
tie Dr. Miles Remedies. Send for free book
on Nervous and Heart Diseases. Address
DR.. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-07-07
Ordinance No. 1871.

An ordinance to amend Ordin-
ance No. 2, Section 2, by reduc-
ing the fire limits set out in said
ordinance.
Section l. Be it ordained
by the City Council of the City of
Fitzgerald, Georgia, that Ordin-
ance No. 2, Section 2 be, and the
same is hereby amended by
striking out all of that part of
of said ordinance and section
that applies to Squares Is and 10
and the south half of squares II
and IL in Block Six co.. Also
Squares three (3) and Four CD,
and the North half of Squares
Seven CD and Eight 60 and the
south east quarter of Square
Eight (S), and the East one half
ofSquare Twelve (12) in Block
Ten (1O) of the plated part of
the City of Fitzgerald.
Section2 This ordinance
shall take effect from and after
its passage and publicationin the
official paper one Cd time.
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on which are divided between
the State and the beer dispen-
sers."
The reader may find little
difference in the homicide record
comparison as given in the
American Prohibition Yearbook
and that which l give, as given to
me by Hon. T. ]. Lamotte, OF
Columbia, S. C. The Year
Books figures are 557 while that
which Mr.. Lamotte gives IS ool.
The discrepancy in the figures
shows an error in the addition,
but it does not change the main
facts in the case, as the dispen-
sary demonstrates itself by
either calculation to be almost
indescribably iniquitous and
ruinous.
w. H. Kirton."
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Ordinance No. 181 in another
column proposes to reduce the
FIRE limits. AS it is always easier
10 reduce than to enlarge the
fire limits we suggest that the
council be careful not to make a
sweeping reduction that will let
IN undesirable buildings to the
detriment of the insurance rate