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Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-05-15
A WARNING AND A PROMISE.

much interested, appeals to us
for a suggestion as to the best
means of preventing the sale of
lntoxlcants at the city soda
tounts. It is charged that at least
one of the soda founts sells malt
tonic containing about the same
amount of alcohol as lager beer,
to the young boys who patronize
the place, and thus transgress the
law against thesale of intoxicants
to minors. If this be true it
is a serious matter and we
will not hesitate to give very
earnest support to any effort
to suppress the practice. Under
the law druggists are not privi-
lodged to sell alcohol or alcoholic
drinks except on the written
prescription of a licensed physi-
clan, and if the lady or any other
good citizen will designate the
place and call the attention of
the county solicitor we are sure
ne will take steps to correct the
very wrong practice, for the Of
fence is a double one, since it
not only defeats the law intended
to protect minors but defeats the
purpose of the state and city laws
regulating the retail liquor traffic.
We trust however that the often
ding party will be quick to see
his error and as ready to correct
it.
AS criminal prosecutions al
ways have an evil effect that as
a rule offsets the good that is
personal
enmities and strife invariably
grow out of them. We shall not
act precipitate1y in this case.
We have believed for several
months that the law was being
transgressed in this particular
but have hesitated to do what we
believed to be our duty.
Now that we have been ap-
preached by a relative of one
one of these young boys who is
possibly laying the foundation
for the life of drunkard we
shall act deliberately, because
we want to give opportunity for
a voluntary correction, but we
will be faithful to the promise to
see that the evil is suppressed.
Misses Daisy Wilcox, Bessie
and Dona James returned
from school at Milledgville Tue s.
day. The term at the Georgia
Normal and Industrial College
was brought to an abrupt close
The day before on account of a
case of smallpox that developed
IN one of the dormitories. The
Fitzgerald young ladies were
not exposed to it however as thew
happened to be boarding at the
other Dormitory, Atkinson Hall,
VIII the unfortunate young
lady WHO developed the smallpox
was in the Mansion.
AS a portrayer of the old time
darkey it is safe to say that Miss
Wimberlv is the best that has
ever appeared in our city. It
would be hard to tell which num-
Der was the best, for they were
all far above the average. Her
Interpretation of a negro getting
religion was perhaps the most
of any piece and fairly
brought down the house" .
Hawkingsville Dispatch.
At the Opera House Friday
MayA15th.
Mrs. Miriam Wilcoxon died
at the home of her daughter Mrs.
]. W. Graham, on West Oconee
St., early yesterday morning.
The funeral will take place at the
home at 10 o'clock this morning
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-05-15

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If you want to see city with
IS per cent of bran new houses,
come to Fitzgerald.
Hear Miss Clara Minter Vim.
berly and Mrs. w. H. Pitt at the
Opera House tonight.
DR.. and Mrs. J. H. Twyman
will have been married twenty
years next Wednesday.
Cleaning, dyeing and repairing
done by VIM. Goeb1er, Central
Ave., east of Empire Store. If
Miss Myrtle Martin returned
Saturday from a visit to her
sister Mrs. Lovett, in Nashville.
Supt. Alex Bonnyman the
cleverest railroad man in the
state was in Fitzgerald Tuesday
night.
Mrs. J. H. Rountree is quite
sick with typho-malarial fever.
Her sister will arrive today from
North Carolina.
Look out for Excursion from
Fitzgerald to Brunswick on May
10th; tickets good until May 22nd,
inclusive. Rate $500
Strawberries are blooming the
same as in April and many more
crates will vet be shipped before
the close of the season.
Miss Leila Belle Morris, who
has been visiting relatives in the
city several weeks, returned to
her home in Macon yesterday.
A public meeting to consider
the matter of the Fourth of July
celebration is called to meet at
the city hallat 10 am. May 9th.
Mrs. L. W. Meakin and little
daughter Fan Ester, will leave
next Monday for an extended
trip to Atlanta and North Geor-
gia.
Keller & Anguish have bought
the J. B. Stevens mill property
from Trustee in Bankruptcy,
E. K. Farmer. We understand
the price paid was $4,000.
Perry Bowers barber shop
has been grate1y improved by
installing a cabinet the full length
of the building. It is splendid
piece of furniture, built by J. W.
Moore.
Despite the bad weather Con-
tractor Phillins iS nrooreSSino
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
Just an Incident ia GEORGIA.

Mr.. Bud Spinks was awakened the
other morning by stIang, grunting
noise in his room, which proved to be
the voice of a medium-sized alligator
that was warming itself by the smol-
dering ashes of his fireplace and Incl
dentally trying to swallow his boots,
which he had placed there to dry, and
which he had bought on the Install
ment plan and had only made one pay.
ment on them. The sauTian had sue.
ceeded in swallowing one boot and
had the other down-cl ear to the
straps, which Mr.. Spinks seized and
pulled it out, The gator is now on
exhibition at Minche's drug store, but
will soon be slain in order that Mr..
Spinks, who is going around with one
boot and one slipper, may recover the
other boot-Adams Enterprise.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
THE TRALNINe OF A CHILD.
oeveral Important Points That Must
Be Remembe red.

To teach a child with success re.
quires only common sense, good judg'
ment de,gentleness. Tn ere are, how.
ever, three other important points that
must ever be foremost in the mind
Of the teacher.
First of all, she must rem ember that
to teach is to impart instruction; not
to find fault with ignorance, with lack
of comprehension, with listlessness or
with forgetfulness. Often, indeed, for
these last named faults, poor teaching
is to blame. Second there is the
intlexible rule that requires teacher
to prepare every lesson carefully be.
fore giving it, in order to present it
in an interesting and Ineligible way.
Third, there Is the ever present dan
ger Of OVERRIDING, against which the
teacher must always be Oh guard
In the beginning short lessons fire.
quently varied give the best results.
Ten or fifteen minutes for each study
Is enough, and this time limit must
not be overstepped SO long as to-
morrow represents another day.-The
Household.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
THE GOAT AND THE PLUG.
Old Darkey Was Satisfied the Animal
Could Read,

Three colored men We're discussing
the intelligence of different animals
One claimed that the dog knew more
than all other animals put together.
The horse was favored by a second
man, but old Peter Jackson said that,
sin my opinion de goat am de 'telli-
gentest critters Twin. | kin prove dat
de goat kin read. | saw him do it,
an know it am true. Several days
ago, l wuz walkin' down street,
dressed in nah best suit OBJ clothes,
an wearin man new plug hat When
I got down on de main street | seed
a BILLBOARD on which it said, "Chew
Jackson's plug A goat wuz standin'
thar when passed. an when wuz
about ten feet away he must hab rec
ognized me, for de next thing l knew
went sailln' out in de mud. When
looked 'roun, dat goat wuz chewin'
nah plug hat for all he wuz worth.
Gem'men, da is no question in nah
mind about de 'telligence OBJ de goat.
He am wondah."
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
Overlooked a Detail.

A Long Island farmer came to
Brooklyn with his wife to do some
shopping the other day. On his way
back the thought came to him that he
had forgotten something. He took
out his notebook and went over each
item, checking it off, and saw that he
had made all the purchases he intend
ed. AS he drove on he could not put
aside the feeling that there was some
thing missing. He again took out his
notebook and rechecked every item,
but still found no mistake He did
this several times, but could not rid
himself of the idea that he must have
forgotten something. When he
reached home and drove up to the
house his daughter came out to meet
him, and, with a look of surprise,
asked why, papa, where is moth.
er?"-Mail and Express.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
ROYALTY AT THE RECEPTION
Wearisome Duties Imposed on Those
In Hiqh Position.

III ItiSh
How royalty and their suites ever
manage to survive those weary hours
of standing is always mystery to me,
says "The Countess" in the London
Outlook. "You get used to it in
time" say the maids of honor, but ap-
parently not till they have been car
ried out two or three times in faint
do the gentlemen-at-arms tightly but
toned up In uniforms and smothered in
helmets get used to the ordeal.
1t is within the memory of many
how in Dublin certain distinguished
viceroy In the middle of drawing
room gave the order to close the
doors, and having cleared the room the
entire viceregal party sat down on
the floor in various stages of collapse,
and often wonder how 1t is that our
own king and queen are not similarly
overcome on these occasions. Royal
ty is the best paid profession, but as
suredly, it must be also the most
wearing.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
The Methods of NoyeIists,

And here is Maxim Gorky paying
$3.50, 600 cash for a beautiful palace on
the banks Of the Volga. This is the
reward of the skilful use Of his pen
in clarifying the tramp and the out
cast, and vilifytng and seandalizing
their opposites in Russian society and
politics. 1t is frequently thus, though
Tolstoi began at the other end Of the
social ladder, sacrificing a title and a
fortune for the rewards that have
come to him as novelist and cham
pion of the oppressed.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
THE JOKE OF A KING.
Historic Hoax Perpetrated by Gusta
vus III. of Sweden.

f7IstofiC fOax FerpeIrdteo py 0uSta.
vus Ill. of Sweden.
King Gustavus ILL., of Sweden had
been frequently invited to the little
court of Schwerin. In 1883 he paid a
visit to Germany and as soon as the
Duchess of Mecklenburg heard of his
approach she prepared fetes in his
honor. But Gustavus, who disdained
the petty courts Of the small rulers,
sent two of his attendants-a page
named Peyron, and Desvouges, valet
who had formerly been an actor-to be
entertained by the duchess. The two
personaied the king and his minister,
Baron Spare, and sustained the char.
acters throughout. They accepted as
their due all the homage meant for
their master, danced with the Mecklen-
burg ladies who were presented to
them, and Peyron went so far as to.
ask one of the ladies for her portrait.
Meantime Gustavusz was enjoying him.
self elsewhere in secret.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
THE EXPANSION OF RUSSIA.
Nothing Stops the Progress of the
Giant of the North.

The progress of Russia is like the
spreading of ink over blotting paper.
There is no natural barrier in Persia
to throw her back or head her off,
such as the mountainous frontier of
India. But the prospect of Russian
absorption Of Persia is not practical
politics today Neither is it practical
politics nor healthy patriotism to
hound on Great Britain to occupy,
finance, protect or claim rights In
every country which lies upon her
road to India or Africa or America or
the South Seas. Such policy Is mere
ly suicidal We can barely govern
efficiently our present possessions.
Fresh large responsibilities in Persia,
In China and ultimately in Turkey
would simply weigh us down to the
gunwale and finally sink us.-London
Chronicle.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
Was ALWAYS Runnino.

The Duke of Argyll tells this story
of Winston Churchill, which shows
that the talent for talk developed
young in the author and member Of
parliament. Some years ago he visit
ed Harrow, and noticing boy run
ming around the cricket field all by
himself asked what he was doing it
for That's Lord Randolph Church
ills son, and whenever he talks too
much we make him run three times
round the cricket field" -.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
The Development OF Africa.

In Ethiopia and the Soudan, the
work of Development and exploitation
is progressing. The treaty recently
concluded between King Menelek and
the British government probably
means the early construction Of the
Berber-Suakin railroad via Kassala
Costing some $15,0oo,oO0) and the
subsequent extension of the Kassala
line south ward to Lake Rudolph.
where even ually it will form juno.
ton with the Uganda railway, at the
same time marking a long step toward
the realization Of the Cape-to-Cairo
scheme.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
The comina Man.

"Mrs. Frisbie is suing her husband
for divorce" Indeed? What is the
trouble?" WELL she says she tried
not to mind when Mr.. Frisbie used
her curling irons, wore her shirt
waists and borrowed her collar but
tons. But when he began to go
through her pockets and extract her
small change after she was asleep
she felt that patience had ceased to
be a virtue. Brooklyn Eagle.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
Minister Rowen's Wife.

Mrs. Bowen, wife Of our minister to
Venezuela, talks very entertainingly
of the Venezuelans, whom she de-
scribes as models of domestic virtue.
Many are also very beautiful, but they
go out very little in public, being of
Spanish descent. Mrs Bowen, who
is slight in figure and Of glrlish man
ners, was Miss Clegg of Galveston.
Tex. She is fond of pets and among
the unusual ones entertained at the
legation in Caracas are several par
rots, a fine peacock and some monkeys
which are allowed to roam at will in
the garden.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
The Roentqen Rays Failed.

Hearing Of the efficacy Of the
Roentgen rays for the removal OF
hairs from the upper lip lady in
Hanover, age thirty-dve, applied to
DR.. Karl Bruno Schurmayer, a prop
erly qualified doctor and Roentgen
ray specialist, for treatment. He
operated twice, but instead of remov.
ing the superhuous hairs the opera
ton resulted in the skin Of the face
becoming red and the lips swollen.
The lady thereupon brought an
action against the doctor and was
awarded $50 damages, against which
he appealed, but the decision has
just been upheld
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
VITALITY OF BURNS FAME.
II Is One Of the Great Facts Of Our
Literature,

N Is One OF Ihe Ofeat FACTS OF our
Literature.
"The inquest" on Robert Burns was
concluded long ago, but from time to
time the findings are reviewed by crit
zeal writer's, as in a recent symposium,
says Golfers. A curious result thus
chances. From every such inquisition
the poet emerges the more radiant and
triumphal-the critics are lost in the
splendor they have evoked It is one
thing to make literature; 1t is another
and quite different thing to write about
literature and the makers thereof. This
is a truism, and yet the distinction is
often confused, especially by the writ
ers Of criticism. Burns has survived
several generations of critics, many
of whom made vain bid for remem-
brance by their praise or dispraise Of
him. The vitality of his fame is one
of the great facts of our literature.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
The Deaeon,s Climax,

"Yes,' said Deacon stuckup, "the
works of Providence are manifold.
The omnipotence of the Almighty is
seen in all things, great and small,
high and low. The good Lord who
made the great mountains made the
smallest insect that crawls over them;
the good Lord who made the mighty
ocean made the smallest fish that
swims in it; the good Lord who made
man, the greatest of His works, made
the smallest flower of the field. The
good Lord, brethren, who made me
made a daisy!"
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
Remarkable Sea Monster.

A remarkable sea monster was re-
Gently caught in Port Fairy bay by
some fishermen 1t measured nine
feet six inches in length, had a tail
like that of a screw tail-shaft, no
teeth. nose like rhinoceros, a head
like an elephant, two dorsal fins, four
side fms and two steering fins. The
skin was black and very soft. The
most experienced fishermen say the
specimen is altogether new to them.
They cannot hazard guess as to the
snecies, The fist. has been sent on to
the Melbourne museum.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
TO GET RID OF RATS.
Writer Recommends Dipping the Yer.
min in VarniSh.


All tradesmen being liable to the
incursions and depredations OF rats,
it may not be out Of place to mention
a method of getting rid of these pests
which is recommended by cores
pondent of the Birmingham Daily
Post. This consists In thinning down
with petroleum ordinary slow drying
tar varnish such as bedstead makers
and japanners use and pouring the
mixture into the runs of the rats.
The yermin are said to loathe the
smell of the stuff, and will do any
thing to get clear of it. A still more
effective plan is said to be to catch
rat alive. dip it up to the neck in the
varnish and turn it loose. It's fei
lows will fee from it-as from the
dell. The dipping process is said to
be harmless to the rat. But some
ironm ongers may not care to dip
live rat up to it's neck"
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
Different After Fi~eYears.

= William Glackins, who admires
Whistler, cited the other day two let
tiers written by a collector of etchings
to certain print seller Between the
letters there was an interval of five
years. The first said: Il do not want
etchings by Whistler. They impress
me as if flies that had fallen in an ink
we'll had walked on old paper" The
second letter said: Send me every
etching by Whistler the price of which
is not ruinous "-Philadelphia Record.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
To Cut Record Diamond.

In Amsterdam a syndicate has been
formed which will bear the great ex-
pense and risk attending the cutting
of what Is the largest known diamond.
the Excelsior The Excelsior was
found at the Jagersfontein diamond
mines of South Africa in 1893. 1t has
the size of hens egg and weighs In
its present raw state $40 carats, which
is nearly twice as much as the Kohl
moor weighed before it was reduced
to its present size. Specially con-
structed machinery has to be en-
ployed for cutting the Excelsior and
great care is used in insuring its safe
ty from theft.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
New Way to DO Time.

DR.. I4illinksjold, Of Butte, Mont, is
credited with having adapted hypno-
tism to a novel purpose The doctor,
having been placed under arrest tried,
fined and sentenced to gaol for twenty
days for some small infracton of the
law, deliberately hypnotized himself,
saying he would awaken from his
trance at the expiration of twenty
days. All efforts to awaken him were
unsuccessful till the end of that peri
cd. AS a mean of doing" time, or OF
Willing away long intervals, DR..
Lillinksjold's plan is probably unique.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
This Lunch Was a Success.

A lady in Budapest recently gave a
charitable lunch party 60 the poor of
her district. She placed no limit on
suit was that 5000 people arrived, all
eager for the. treat. Eventually the
police had to draw their sabers to keep
order among the jewellers. There We're
no two opinions about the success OF
the function The guests to man
declared they had never assisted in so
intense and exciting lunch before in
their lives. They were quite cut up
when the time came to go.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
No ROYAL Road.

St. Clair McKelway believes that
the Journalism of the future will be
profession and that men will be espe-
cially educated for it. They are and
always have been. Did that important
and valuable member of the profess
sion never hear of ''the hard school of
journalism" There is no other, and
never will be, worth pinch of snuff,
in our humble estimation. The uni
versity of experience is the-one which
gives the real degrees in journalism.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
Billiard PLAYERS.

The game of billiards has grown in
popularity Of late with the fair sex.
According to Shakespeare, Cleopatra
played billiards with her fayorite,
Charmion, in the year 80 B. c. At
present the best women players are
the French, who frequent professional
games and eagerly follow the billiard
news of the day. Patti is fond of the
game and had table made in this
country to take to her Welsh castle,
for which she paid s2,500 Among
American billiard players OF repute
are Mrs. George Gould, Mrs Edwin
Gould, Mrs. Almeric Paget, Mrs.
Burke-Roche and Lillian Russell. Bill
lizards are said to afford excellent ex.
ercise
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
Wia Good Cause for Divorce.

The widow of a large estate owner
in Germany. who recently married a
count of small means, has obtained a
separation from her second husband
on exceedingly novel grounds. After
the marriage the bride discovered
that her husband wore wig and re
ceiyed such shock at the sight Of
his bald head that she took violent
antipathy to him, and commenced
proceedings against him. Her suit
was successful and she obtained a
separation after three weeks mar
riage. The grounds upon which the
decision was based were that if she
had known Of the wig she would
never have married the count.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
Much Money in Tramp,s Clothes.

A lot of young fellows in an Ohio
town had a good time with tramp
last week. They took him into shed,
gave him a good bath, shaved him
and cut his hair. They then bought
new suit of clothes, white shirt and
stand-up collar and dressed him out
complete But when they attempted
to burn his hobo clothes he objected
and fought for them with such des-
peration their suspicious were
aroused and upon searching they
found $1,4O0 sewed up in the coat.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
Painting the Dome Of the Capitol.

The dome of the capitol at Wash
ington is being painted. Every five
years it's coat is renewed and $4,000
gallons of white lead are used in the
process. The work Is being done by
eighteen men, under the direction Of
BILLY" Lewis and "Al" Ports The
latter has been employed for such
work about the capitol for thirty-nine
years. Ports is the only man who
ever climbed to the top of the Statue
of Liberty surrounding the DOME He
did this on Labor day, 1894, and fas-
tened garland Of electric light bulbs
around the neck OF her majesty.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
Had to Pay to Find Out.

AT one Of the New York theaters
they are playing piece called "A
Fool and His Money A preacher
from Wisconsin was visiting Gotham
last week and in passing the theater
one evening was curious to know if
the play conveyed the proverbial les
son suggested by its title. Stepping
up to the box office, he inquired re-
garding the matter. 81 think" said
the suaye party behind the grating,
that the moral Of the piece is that
the fool and his money gather no
moss. 1t will cost you 81 tc find out
exactly The preacher murmured
.Thank YOU and withdrew. He tells
the story himself