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Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-07-07

The base ball boys are entitled
10 play ground although we do
not go much on the national
game" But the present site
should be transformed into a
beautiful park of grass, flowers,
shrubs and trees with fountains
and gravel walks in which the
people would delight to stroll
these summer evenings. Nc
better investment could be made
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-07-07
TNHARNONIOUS HARMONY

editor of the Gazette understands {
full we'll that the congressman $
from the Second knows more I
than he is disposed to credit him
with knowing about the exls-
tence of the editor of the Enter J
prise.
We do not propose to read any
BODY out of the party. We simp-
ly object to being read out.
It is not vindictiveness to re-
sist the vindictive-implacability
of the 16 to rs.
We could say many
things about contempt"
and the man who "stoops" that
we are not in the humor to say.
But we are at a loss to know
| lust what the editor of the Ca
zette means when he says that
"the bulk of his fellow-thinkers
are in the Republican camp" If
he means that majority of those
democrats who opposed the free
= silver plank in the platform have
Joined the republican party we
disagree with him and challenge
> him to name even very small
minority of such men in his coun
. ty, state or the union.
- If the editor of the Gazette
knows much of anything HI
koows that all the talk about thu
sound money democrats joining
!. !. the Republican party has beef
u INDUCED without any foundation
~ in truth and merely as a subter
-. !, fuge in the absence of a ratlona
defence of the untenable posltlo
of the free silverites. But, tn
- editor of the Gazette possibl
~ meant that the bulk Of our fello'
% thinkers are the Republicans
IL that democrats still hold to tn
- folly of free and independer
- coinage of silver. Here we tax
- issue with the editor of the u
~ zette again. We do not belleN
~ ~ that a majority or any conslde
able minority of the democrat
or any other party now be!leve
- in the free and unlimited coinas
of silver at a 10 to 1 ratio by tn
government. Sane people W
GRITTY even in the free silver viii
&C Of the democratic party.
- But to the main issue, the ha
.1, mony that Congressman Grise
o. mentioned in his interview: Il
.. unwillingncss Of the free silvfI
- ties. to admit that they wIl
wrong in supporting the prirc
= pies in the last two campaigns
49, We would ask the question i
-. all fankness, why are the ft
si1verites not wiling to make b
- admission? Is it not clear
49, every school boy that they we
g. wrong? What was called a gre
,os principle in 1896 looks might
- like a great folly in 1908.
- Because a majority Of the de
ocrats believed that way is moi
- good reason for holding to it.
Congressman Griggs or any
- his admiring friends of the wee
~ 1y press of his district expect
'gs harmonic the democrats by
act sisting that thew were right
ish the last two presidential c.
INV tests" then it is evident that tn
-. can be mistaken about mt
VII things than the free coinage
re- silver
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-07-07

A city hall to be forty-five stor-
les high and to cost $4,000, 900,
is planned for New York City.
The building is to contain the
texminslssfQe fer 5StHlsaafthgy aiflFFt55 IF tbs
sidewalk is to be $50 feet, max
ing it the tallest building in the
world. The project is one OF
the most ambitious of it's kind
ever undertaken. Several years
would be required to complete
the building, if it should be auth
orized. -Sava nnah News.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-07-07

openday at the seashore.
Onig % Tybee and return
On Gun via Seaboard Air
Line Ny. Special train
iea l, I'm. See agent for
full infobn.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-07-07

The Enterprise Thrice-a-week
IS for the city that huns six days
IN the week.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-07-07

Down our way we are all Tor e
armony, but we don't want the +
-told-you-so kind that some OF f
,ur friends are disposed to dish
,ut to us. ] refer particularly to
the esteemed gentleman who as
sumo that the minute we say we
are anxious for harmony that 1T !
means we are willing to admit we
have been absolutely wrong IN
supporting the Democratic tick
ct and Democratic principles IN
the last two presidential contests.
There are some eminent gentle
who seem to think that the way
to promote harmony IS to cons
true our advocacy of it to mean
that we are willing and anxious
to accept Cleveland and Cleve-
llandism.-J. M. Griggs Inter
view.
Congress manGriggs knows, as
thousands of his political ilk, that
Cleveland is by odds the strong
est democrat in America and
that his nomination is the only
hope of the party in the next
campaign, but having made him
! self ridiculous when Organism,
Coin Harveyism and Coxeyism
were rampant in the land he can
not now bring himself to face the
situation in a manly way.-En
. terprise June 18th.
e ITO every thinking man, it isap
a parent that the chances for dem
. ocratic success in the next presi
a dental election are very slim
> and rest solely upon harmony II
the party ranks and the reconcll
d iation of conflicting elements.
10 I'm view of this, a spirit of into
al erance by public men is littl
lie short of party suicide. A cas-
a in point is an editorialin the Fit
S, gerald Enterprise a few day
IS since in which the terms noun
ne ebank, ',trickster," shrewd pc
Ill itician," ETC., are applied to tn
10 Congressman from the Secon
e. simply because, in 1907 M
Griggs favored the 10 to l plan
'r- in the Democratic platform, an
10, worked for it like the hard fgh
y. err that he is.
ne IF Editor Mercer proposes
ne " decimated, and himself in
-k- lonesome minority, as thebulk
ne his fe1low-thinkers are inthe r
OF publican camp. And if ever
ID man who favored the free coina&
rs of silver was dishonest, the
lie should Editor Mercer join Il
n quest of Diogenes.
1T is such articles as the one
;s- question that are nullifYing Il
i'm efforts of true friends of the pa
se ty at reorganization
,or The attack is all the more /
to excusable becauseit was unpr
he voked and unwarrranted. So f
us as is known Mr.. Griggs do
,or not know such a man as Edit
he Mercer exists, much less may
lat have inflicted a personal inju1
i'm calculated to provoke so mu
re. spleen and malice.
err That the people of the Secor
asst did we'll in choosing Mr.. Grig|
rul is evidenced first, by the ia
mt that they have had to only wi
en- for hard work at his hands N al
tn. of the departments, to haye the
M wants anticipated, and it is !
i'm markable that he has never y
gia failed in any enterprise und
Ter taken forhis constituents.
he He has risen, first to the he
ore, of the Georgia delegation in &c
tor gress, and then to the leaderst
re- of the Democratic representa-
no in that body, an evidence that /
1et ability is as we'll recognized
10 road as at home. He occupi
IT, position never achieved by a
md Georgian since 1866 except t
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-07-07
The OSE FER eEST LIMIT.
BY DIR. T1BBoTT.

Citizen appeared last weeka wise =
suggestion from Mrs. Ingles to y
those discussing the tax ques- .
ton. But must ask how are we -
to profit by the suggestions as !, :,
long as we are handicapped by :.
two conditions that compel the =
valuation to be made to fit them,
viz. the railroad property is val h
ued by the state authority at a.
bout one third its real worth, and
the law compelling the percent
age to be no more than one per
cent on all valuations, whether
bv the state or city assessor.
The result of such limitation OF
percentage is that the citizens
property must be valued high
enough, without regard tolts real
worth, to raise the tax necessary
to cover the appropriations.
I mentioned these facts twice
and thought I had made them
clear, but my article was criticised
and Inexperienced entirely.
And as all subsequent criticisms
: and suggestions show clearly
that the facts of our tax situation
: are not understood, l shall ask
the privilege of adopting similar
e simple methods employed by a
e teacher who is trying to open the
c mind of the small boy to grasp
g the first rudiments of arithmitlc.
n The proposition being, two and
n two make four. She takes two
= marbles in each hand and says,
Al Johnny, how many mar
n bles have in each hand? Johnny
e counts one, two, and announces
y the result. Then the teacher
w puts all the marbles into one
= hand. Johnny counts one, two,
re three, four, and the problem Is
Ut solved for all time TO come.
Ie Now 1 shall, by just as s1mpl
a. a method, endeavor to solve tn
We problem that confronts us, an(
r. for illustration shall say that tn
nc railroad company has propert
es worth three hundred dollars IL
ge this city, estimated for taxatio
lis purposes at one hundred dollars
III and the board of equalization Cal
49, has property in town too.
may be worth fifty, one hundre
or three hundred dollars, intrir
-, sically, but from these prope,
ties a tax Of four dollars must b
- raised. One percentage of tn
- total valuation must bring tbi
!; tax The railroad prorpety i
already valued at one hundred
= John Jones' property must be
- valued at three hundred, and
- John pays three dollars of tbi.
- tax without regard to the proper
/ tvs worth. John don't like this,
. tie scratches his head and saws
I'D by gum, this amt fair" and he
IS seeking a way out of this
m trouble. He naturally attacks
: he one per centum law, and is
If amoring for its abrogation, that
of may be placed on the same
d. otlng with the railroad COM
r. my.
in Now assuming these respec-
IN q properties to be equal in real
ou- Wth' the percentage law knock
ore eqt, Johns property is valued
of ate hundred dollars too. The
tas four dollars. Total va1n.
owo hundred dollars. Two
peent is necessary to raise
lin tnex. The railroad pays two
uc- dol', and pays its just portion
aid onl, John also pays his two
doll and goes home and tells
ned MS : that his kick against the
of one centum law has saved
lin hlmi third on taxes.
the Nllrpose in writing my first
by artia n this question was to
OF put on an equality with the
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-07-07

The Thrice-a-Week Enterprise
and the Thrice-a-Week World
only $1.65 per annum.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-07-07
TiB D1sPESsARY ABoMISATlON.

Ugh Christian authority although >
t was brought to our attention
by oneof our citizens who opposes
The dispensaries for other rea-
sons. The more we discuss 1t
the more impressed we are that
it is a two sided question and that
the lines are not strictly drawn
between the classes. Prohlbl-
ZIONIST preachers and saloon
keepers oppose, and preachers
ers and saloon keepers favor
the dispensary:
"Mr. Editor:-In order to more
fully represent the debauching
and ruinous influence of the dis
pensary liquor system as COM
pared with that of the common
! license or saloon traffic, | wish to
give your readers some statistics
upon the question as taken from
official records in South Carolina,
where the dispensarv was adopt
ed as a temperance reform
measure. a stepping stone to
prohibition"
According to official reports
made by the Attorney General
, of the State during the last SIX
, years of the saloon system, there
( were 2,494 criminal assaults ane
r 739 homicides, making a total O
= 1888 violations of law. For thu
e corresponding six years of tn
D dispensary system running bacl
;, from the report made in 1900
Il there were 3, 574 criminal assault
O and 1920 homicides, an increas
: of1.O9Oassaults and oSl homicld
r. es. making a total increase {
" 1861 of those classes of leg;
g offences in the State. This con
IF parison not only shows that tn
lie dispensary is not "a steppln
>. stone to prohibition" but that
is is the most ubiquitous syste
that the old serpent and h
lie allies have been able to syster
he atize and operate since the fall
Id man.
ba I'm the American Prohioitic
tv Year Book, page As, we find t
in following paragraph: AL pl
on tense of the dispensary being
rs, temperance measure has be
m abandoned. Many blind tige
~--n ,-,,r, Crime increases, a
1t record for the last six wears
ed WORCESTERSHIRE and the $
IN years of the dispensary syste,
r. l095-1901 shows that there b
be been an increse in assaults, 10
he. h homicides, SIS; violations
us liquor laws, 2,O51."
is Ihls paragraph refers to dispe
d. sary as it exists in South Care
oe ina.
d That the dispensary syste
is IN South Carolina is in leaer
r with, and utilities the help
s. blind tigers in order to max
s. larger sales and more money. j
re not only in harmony with tn
IS spirit of corruptions whic
s dominates the system, but tn
TACT is represented by the follow
t ing quotation from an editorial !,
e the Greenville Daily News O
: May LIST, 1908: IF our contem
porary will take the trouble +,
: investigate the matter it will fin,
IN the city of Charleston betweer
: 400 and 500 places where at 1east
beer is sold over the counter and
drunk on the premises in glasses
furnished by the proprietor OF
the places. In Charleston these
places are called blind tigers,
| T. ID 4 -
because they are not licensed. bv
the State to sell beer as the beer
dispensers are. Nevertheless
the beer dispensers who are
licensed by the State and divide
their profits with the State, sell
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-07-07

Every day is Saturday in Fitz-
erald-there's business doing.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-07-07

Il YOU don't think Fitzgerald is
rowing come and see.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-05-12

In the month Of May, il is an abso'
lutte necessity that the body should be
furnished with a richer and purer sup.
ply of blood for the establishment OF
a health that can successfully cope
with the enervating effects of hot sum
mer weather. Poor blood in May pro-
duoes listless, ambitionless, sleepless
and sallow-faced men and women, who
quickly become victims of some organ.
&c disease that ends life.
Intelligent people recognize the ne
oessity Of cleansing mud terrifying the
system in May by using Paine's Cele-
ry Compound, which speedily removes
all poisons from the system, and gives
to the thin. wstery blood larger pro-
portion of rcd corpuscles, and arouses
all the organs of the body to healthy
action. Paine's Celery Compound
does u work for victims OF pure blood
that commands the attention Of the
most eminent medical rien in the
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-05-12
TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE.

rig hit the committee has to take such
action. and IL il has no right to, it
should promptly put Superintendent
Wallace of the light plant back to
work II he is incompetent after run
ming the plant for about five years
they are a long time finding it out. II
the present condition of his health pre-
vents his giving the service to which
the people are entitled, the proper way
to do is to so report TO the municipal
boards and declare his place vacant in
the regular way specified by law. The
committee has no apparent authority
for its action, and should be promptly
squelched, or some Of these city ofiici-
ais will become unduly inflated with
their importance and make a business
of exceeding their authority. The Sun
has no particular interest in who is
superintendent of the city electric
plant, but for the sake of right and
justice the hight committee should be
rsbuked for its impertinence.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-05-12
SHOT THROUGH WINDOW.
FARM HAND ASSASsINATED
AND HIS TRUNK RIFLED.

GAINESVILLE, Tenn, May 12-Robert
Watson, farm hand near Holmaus-
Vile, Tenn, was shot while eating his
supper, the assassin firing a shotgun
through the window, the load taking
effect near watson's heart. The muir
der has just been discovered and was
evidently committed several nights
ago. When found Watson was seated
in his chair as in life. Watson was
known TO have several hundred dollars
in his trunk and as the trunk had been
rifled robbery was evidently the cause
of the deed There is no clue to the
murderer.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-05-12

Treasury Department, Office OF the
Supervising Architect Washington,
d. O., Hay 6, 1908.
Sealed proposals. will be received at
this Office until O'Clock p. m. on the
9TH day Of juno. 1908, and then open
ed, for furnishing the steam heating
and veuiilating apparatus complete in
place for the U. s. posto.iloo and court
house, etc, at Paducah, Kentucky, in
accordance with drawings and specifi
cations. copies of which may be had al
this office or at the Office of the super
int ahent ut Paducah, KY, at the dis
erection of the supervising architecs
5apos Knox Taylor, supervising ar
ch.tect.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-05-12

The carnival opened last night with
a rush that indicates its success, pro-
vided the weather is appropriate. The
crowds have not begun to come yet,
but will be arriving on every train
and boat until the end Of the week.
The class of attractions is very superb
or this year, and there is amusement
for everybody. The promoters of the
carnival as well AS the owners of the
attractions, are vastly pleased with the
opening last night, and it is believed
that Paducah will this year fully sus.
tain her reputation as one Of the best
carnival towns on the map. The Sun
wishes every body concerned q full
measure of pleasure and success, and
it is already evident that the public is
going to be strictly in the fun.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-05-12
ROCK ISLAND DEAL
The Terms of the Merger Made
Known Officially.
Separate Management for the Lines
Will be Maintained at
Present.
STOCK TO BE EXCHANGED

New York, May l2-Official an
nouncement came from the office of J.
p. Morgan & 90. yesterday afternoon
of the terms under which the holders
of the common stock Of the S.. Louis
& San Francisco may exchange their
holdings for Rock Island securities.
The offer of exchange is made by ]. p.
Morgan & Co. for the Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific, and it is conditioned
upon the deposit of 225, 200 shares of
the common stock Of a par value of
s22, 800, 900. :.
There was outstanding, according to
the last report of the st. Louis & San
Francisco Railroad Co.. q total of
$50, 900, 000,of all classes of stock. of
this 5000, 600 was first preferred,
81, 900, 900 second preferred and $780,
600, eco common. Tho see, 500, 600 of
common stock will carry control Of
the company, even though it is trife
less than the actual majority of the
stock.
An important announcement in con-
nection with the deal was made by
George W. Perkins and did not figure
in the official statement. The St.
Louis & San Francisco is TO be operat-
ed as q separate corporation and it
will be under the control OF the men
who now manage its affairs. Mr..
Yoakum is to continue as president,
though he will go on the board of the
Rock Island.
The new certificates will be deliver
able on the LIST day of July, 1908, on
the surrender of the deposit receipts.
The per cent bonds will be issued
only in the denominations of $1,000,
and the stock in shares of 500 each.
According to the last report of st.
Louis & San Francisco the company
had total of 8, 397 miles of road 1t
has since added the Chicago & Eastern
Illinois, which has a mileage of 703,
making a total of 400 miles. The
last report of Rock Island, which is
dated August 1, 1902, shows the COM
pany to own 1859 miles of track, to
which there has been added tho Hous.
ton & Texas Central, with COS miles,
besides numerous other extensions and
small connecting lines Leaving out
of consideration the lines which have
been built, this gives the Rock Island
system approximately IL, 900 miles OF
road.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-05-12

The Southern Pacific railroad has
been ssod for cool million By one Of
the Kentucky auditors agents, who
claims it is due for some kind of taxes.
The grafters in charge of the state
have imposed SO many different kinds
of taxes that it Is dificulf to determine
just what may be taxed, or how many
times it may be taxed; but right or
wrong, If the Southern Pacific escapes
without getting gouged good ard
strong it can feel extremely fortunate,
for the present Office holders of Ken
lucky are largely out for cash, and the
moro of it in sight the more certain
their hold-up In fact, the gang is so
certain OF obtaining through the courts
the million it now claims, 1t is pre-
pairing plans for new state capitol 70
be built from the steal.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-05-12
BE TRIED FOR MURDER.

Carbonate, ILL.,, May 12-Today
Calvin Price and Jerry Graves will be
placed on trial at Marion for the muir
der of Mrs. Nellie Reicheldorfer. q
school teacher who was shot to death
at her home six miles north of Herrin,
and her body later found by her sister,
Miss Stafford, partially eaten by hogs.
The crime was committed the latter
part of March and created bitter feel.
ing against the two men. 1t is expect
ed that Graves will plead guilty tc
the charge of murder in the first de-
gree.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-05-12
Best Spring Remedy Ever Formulated
PAINE'S CELERY COMPOUND
Miss E. NJ Swan Completely Cured of Terrible Blood
That Doctors Could Not Relieve.

world. Miss L. NJ. Swan Stanford,
Conn, says; Before began taking
Paineis Celery Compound my blood
was in very bad state, and | had
three large abscesses under ny right
arm, which completely disabled me
from WORK. or even dressing myself.
At last l was compelled to have the
Assesses opened, when my eczema
became worse than ever befors. I
tried everything that could hear OF,
and also had several Of the best doc
tors, but they did not cure me. tien
commenced the use OF Paine's Celery
Compound. and before had finished
the second bottle my assesses had all
healed, aad the eczema was almoss
gone. am now en- my fourth bottle,
and am more than happy to say that
have noe pimple or any sign Of ecze-
ma ON my body. am thankful for
the great work that Pains's Celery
Compound has done for me-"
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-05-12
HAVE SPOTTED FEVER
MANY SAILORS IN SERIOUS
DANGER 1T PHILADELPHIA.

philadelphia, May l2-The Press
says: Deadly eerebro-spinal menin-
gifts, popularity known rs spotted fc-
YER, and one Of the hardest CONTAGIOUS
diseases to combat, has broken out in
the ranks OF the /. 200 men aboard the
receiving ships Minneapolis and Puri-
tan at League Island navy yard.
ALREADY 80 has killed three young
recruits, while five more victims are
lowering between life and death.
Grave fears prevail that others among
the embryo blue jackets who ate,
worked and slept with the stricken
may fall into the fever's embrace "
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-05-12

Everywhere in the state the indicg-
tions are resssuring to the Republi-
cans. The Democrats, as q culmins-
ton of their long and bitter internal
fight, are now crying fraud" and
there is evidence that a gigantic steal
was perpetrated in Louisville, if not
in other places as we'll There is rea-
son to believe that thousands of Demo-
Gratis will not support the machine
made ticket resulting from Saturdays
primary. The vote was light, and the
fact that so many remained away from
the polls is very significant. The Re-
publicans, who have been grossly
wronged in Kentucky, particularly
during the past few years, are now
more hopeful than ever Of vindicatine
themselves, and have every prospect
of sweeping victory in November
The campaign will be an uu usually
lively one, and one in which unusua
interest will be taken. Kentu cky'
transition from the ranks of the Dem
ocratic party to those of the Repuhli
can has been slow, but sure, ana in
few years at most the state promise
TO be as surely Republican as it wa
Democratic few years ago.