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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-02
WHAT SHOULD THE LEGISLATURE DO?
Ex-Governor St. Johns Idea.

The most important, and sacred, duty resting
upon the next legislature will be to strip our
present Infamous election law of its many un-
fair, vague and unintelligiIle provisions, which
resulted at the last election in robbing thou
sands of our citizens of free ballot and fair
count, and give Kansas an election law so plain
in its provisions that the humbest citizen can
cast his ballot according to the dictates of his
own conscience, and not be compelled to vote
under the emblem of party to which he does
not belong, and without the risk of having his
ballot thrown out on some mere technically.
The question as to whether the power of the
state of Kansas for good is greater than the
power of the 'joints' for evil should be settled
now. We send an army eight thousand miles
from home to suppress what we call a rebellion,
which we have had for years right at our own
doors-an open rebellion against the constitu-
ton and laws of Kansas, and are making no
honest effort to crush it. Let us be consistent.
Rebellion is rebellion just the same, it matters
not whether it occurs in the Philippine islands
or in Kansas. If the official power OF the state
is not able to suppress this rebellion in Kansas,
the legislature should frankly say SO, and with
draw all protection from the 'joints," as the
officials OF Topeka and other cities withhold 1t
from our homes, and my opinion is that the
"ioints" would soon go. Resubmission is no
remedy for the evil. 1t will be time enough to
talk about resubmission when the rebels have
laid down their arms and submitted to the will
of the people. There should be no compro-
mise with criminals. A new tax law is not
half so important as is an honest, intelligent
administration of the law we now have. 1t
has received judicial Interpretation, and the
people understand it fairly we'll. Its provisions
are ample to do justice to all.
The board of equalization, by doubling the
present assessed valuation of the property of
railroad and other corporations, and making
corresponding reduction in the amount of taxes
to be paid by the citizen, would do no injustice,
but go long way toward remedying the pres
ent inequalities of which the people Justly
! complain.
| Place our educational, charitable and penal
institutions on strictly civil service basis. Let
no officer or employee be selected or discharged
| for political reasons. Have but two boards OF
control, consisting of three members each, one
] for the educational and the other for the chart
table and penal institutions
Let the house of representatives select its
| speaker, and vote for no man for the United
| States senate who attempts to intermeddle in
the free exercise of this high prerogative which
belongs solely to the representatives elected by
the people. JOHN p ST. JOHN.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-02

HON. j. D. BoTKIN has purchased an inter-
est in the Industrial Free Press, of Winfield.
His association with the paper ought to give it
good big boom.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-02

A GERMAN warrior, General Boguslawski,
says "the Monroe doctrine is piece Of impu-
dence." This remark is not original with him,
however. Bismarck made the same statement
years ago.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-02

ONE million for the Chicago University; six
teen millions of added profit for Rockefeller.
Who said I6 to I was dead ssue?-Paola
Times.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-02

THE widow of General Fremont, the "Path-
finder" died last Sunday, of pneumonia, at
her home in Los Adgeles, California. She
was 70 years of age.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-02

Try HOIcOmb's Headache Pow.
ders. They have cured others;
they will cure you.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-02

MRS. DocKERY, wife of the governar of Mis-
souri, yesterday morning.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-02

We visit all trains, dav ana night. Leave
orders at Fourth Avenue Hotel.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-08-04
A HOT TIME ON
A WARM SUBJECT.
The House of Representatives of
Georgia Legislature Stirred
Up On a Petty Matter.

The racket started when Mr..
Hall of Bib sent to the Clerks
desk and had read resolution by
the auditing committee that
members who incurred expenses
in the discharge of their duty
should submit tented state
ments with receipt for every
item,
Mr.. Steed from the penitent-
larry offered a resolution adopted
at the last session of the 1egis-
lature requiring vouchers with
expnese accounts, so members
could turn in expanse accounts
in lump sum.
Mr.. Steed said it was import
ant to have state institution visit
ed and it was a reflection on the
legislators to require receipts
for every ten cent lunch.
Mr.. Franklin of Washington
appealed to the house to vote a.
gainst the great mogu1s of the
treasury" and refused to submit
to such humiliation.
Mr.. Hall said it was simply APP
plying business methods to re-
quire vouchers and a voucher
was no more than was required
of every other person who had an
account against the state.
Mr.. Grice of Pulaski said the
requirement of itemized state
ments had saved the state 1872
90.
Mr.. Mitchell of Thomas said
it would be less a reflection on
the house to let the resolution
stand than to repeal it.
Mr.. Moses of Coweta said the
resolution demanding itemized
statements had been sprung on
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-08-04
THE A. & B. WILL EXTEND
ITS ROAD TO BIRMINGHAM

The Moultrie News, which has
recently become interested in
the A. & B. by reason of it's alb
sorption Of the T. T. & G., says
of Fitzgera1d's pet road:
The News caught the story on
the fly" this week and it seems
to be well founded too, that the
Atlantic & Birmingham railroad
will soon extend their line from
Montezuma through to Birming-
ham and will also build a line
from Waycross to Brunswick,
thus forming a direct line from
Birmingham to the sea.
AS the name of the road sug-
gests, this was the original plan
OF the promoters of the Atlantic
& Birmingham. These extern
slons will both be very import
ant ones and will make the A. &
3. one of the most important
lines in the state. 1t is under
stood that the officials have had
the plans under advisement for
several months and since acquir-
ing the T. T. & G.. and T. & N.
E. roads, now impetus has been
given the move. Expansion has
been the policy of the A. & B.
since the first few miles were
constructed and it is destined to
become one of the great systems.
There is also a rumor afoat to
the effect that the T. T. & G..
will be extended from Thomas
vile to the Gulf Coast.
The News does not claim to
have any direct inside imforma-
ton, but there is evidently some
thing doing along the line out1in-
ed above.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-08-04
An EIOplng Girl Arrested.

Yesterday morning deputy
sheriff Dan Luke received a me-.
sage from Rhine requesting th<
detention for young lady Mis-
Florence Sapp who was supposed
to be on the way from Rhine Il
Nichols. The message wac
from the young 1ady's brother
and Mr.. Luke went to the Sea
board station arriving there just
after the train had pulled out
The young lady had BOARDS
Gray's hack and gone to the a.
& B. depot to which place thI
deputy traced her. Just before
the arrival of the train which was
to take her to her husband to Be
at Nichols, the deputy sheriff
notified her that he would have
to detain her until they could
hear from Rhine. After considl
cradle hesitation and some tears,
the girl consented to go with the
deputy to the A1dine hotel. ! Be
ing an innocent girl of about Is
summers, the sheriff was care.
less about his watch and whileh he
was at dinnerwith the assistance
of friends she made her escape
from the hotel and wAS well
on the road to Ashton before
the deputy realized his loss.
Chef Smith went down on the
ABB. train and found her ready
to board the train at the ne xt sta.
ton, Ashton. He brought her
back to this city where her broth
er was awaiting her. The would.
be-groom, a Mr.. Baron, lof Coffef
county, came up on the morning.
train and the party of three 81.
turned to Rhine today, where IA
marriage is likely to occur Wit
parental consent.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-08-04

Secretary Corte1y GU and the De
partment of Commerce, whose
business it is to obtain and pub
lish facts against the trusts, to at
least one great trust that is do.
ing business openly and in most
brazen defiance of the laws. The
Iron Age, of July Is, page %, con-
tains details of "The Steel Billet
Pool" This trust is a revival
of the association which has at
intervals been doing business for
many years.
The members of this new pool
are the United States Steel Cor
poration, Jones & Laughlin Steel
Company, Wheeling Steel and
Iron Company, Cambria Steel
Company, Pennsylvania Steel
Company, Lackawanna Steel
Company and Maryland Steel
Company. Meetings are held at
New York every day, at which
inquiries and sales are regularly
reported. The agreement re-
fers exclusively to prices, which
have been established for the
principal points of consumption,
and which are quoted in the Iron
Age. This trust, like it's proto-
types, the Stee1-rail Pool, the
Sheet-stee1 Association and doz-
ems of others with which the
United States Steel Corporation
is mixed up, are trusts in every
| sense of the word, not only under
the Sherman antitrust law but
in the eyes of the common law.
all the department has to do is to
obtain, in a legal manner, the
facts as published in regard tc
all these trusts and the Attorney
General will have no trouble in
sque1ching them. Why are these
great law-breakers not now al
the bar of justice? Are the
trusts above the laws?
CHARLES A. EDWARDS.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-08-04
BLOODY WORK
OF FUGITIVES.
Losses Sustained by Parsuers Of Escaped Con
vcts---Kiled Two Soldiers--Also MUIR
dered Resident of the District

Placerville, Cal, Aug. 2.-The
convlcts who escaped from Fol-
som prison are still at large. The
live who engaged in fatal fight
with the pursuers at the Grand
Victory mines last night have not
been seen today and apparently
have made a successful retreat.
The bodies of Festus Ruther-
ford and w. c. Jones, the two
mllltiamen who we're shot by the
outlaws, were found today where
they had fallen. Jones had serv-
ed in the Philippines as mem
Der of the First Tennessee and
the Thirty-seventh volunteer
United States infantry. Gill, the
national guardsman who wasshot
through one lung, is now expect
ed to recover.
Another victim of the convict
chase was Phillip Spinges, aresi-
dent of this district. He is dead
and failing to respond to an or
der,to halt, was fatally shot by
a picket early today.
A report received this evening
says that four convicts, not be-
heved to be the same who am
pushed the officers last night
were discovered today near Lotus
in the Weber Creek district by
a posse. A number of shots
we're exchanged, but so far as
known without result.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-08-04
A Gold Watch To The Winner.

Mrs. L. F. Thompson has the
tickets for the Boys Band and
Drum Corps entertainment at the
Opera House, Friday, Aug. 18th.
She will give them out to FIVE or
six young ladies to sell, and Mr..
E, K. Farmer offers a lady's gold
watch to the young lady taking
in the largest amount for tickets.
This entertainment is for a
worthy purpose, and we trust
that the sales will be large. Peo-
pie of Fitzgerald cannot inveset
their money more worthi1y than
in encouraging these orphan
boys and the good man who has
more than a hundred of them in
his home.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-08-04
SIXTH BALLOT;
NO ELECTI0|
The Hundreds Who Are Watching at Vatica
See Hopes Go Up In Smoke---Rampolla
Is Believed to Still Be Leading.

Rome, August 3, 6:35 Pm.
The sixth ballot was held tfiis
afternoon and proved fruit1ess
The smoke announcing that fac
was seen rising from the Sistine
chapel at 6:25 p. m.
Rome, Aug. 3.-Today's frs
ballot for pope has been taken
and apparently resulted in no
election.
Smoke was observed issuing
from the Sistine chapel chimney
at 16 minutes after II o'c1ocN
this morning, it indicating The
burning of the bal1oting.
Though this is the third morn
ing of the cardinals imprison
ment they have not yet arrived
at decision. In the hope thai
over night some agreement
might have been arranged, the
foreign ministers, many otheY
personages and two or three thou
sand of the general p6b1ic went
to St. Petersburg this morning
to await the developments.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-08-04
JACKSONVILLE BOARD OF
TRADE WANTS THE A, e. B

The Jacksonville Board of
Trade at recent meeting took
under consideration a PROPOSE
ton from the Chamber of Com
MERGE of Waycross, Ga, which
organization asked for informa-
ton as to what inducements
Jacksonville could offer in the
way of affording facilities for the
extension of the Atlantic and
Birmingham to that point.
A communication from the
Waycross Chamber of Commerce
stated that the Atlantic and Biz
mingham Railroad desired to ex-
tend to deep water port, and
that they were contemplating
coming to Jacksonville. The
road now has extensive interests,
and it was the sense of the meet
ing that Jacksonville should en-
deavor to have the extension
made to that point. To this end
resolutions we're passed express
ing the sentiment of the Board of
Trade and naming some of the
inducements which Jacksonville
has as a port to build up the bust
ness of railroad.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-08-04

members soon after they came
to the last session and it ought
not to stand.
All the honesty of the hohse
is not wrapped up in the gentle
man from Bibb," said Mr.. Mos
.es.
Mr.. Hall sprang to his feet,
showing great feeling and vehe-
mently protested against being
singled out in such fashion.
The two men were but a few
feet apart. Mr.. Moses contin-
ued:
The author of this thing
the man who putt on us last year
got $50"
Mr.. Hall was furious.
You can't show" he began.
I'm not talking about you!"
said Mr.. Moses.
Well, say who you do mean!
Name him!" shouted Mr.. Hall.
But Mr.. Moses did not mention
the name of the man who got $50
expense money.
Mr.. Rawls, chairman of the
auditing committee, said it had
been the custom before. the ad-
option ofthe resolution requiring
itemized statements for the mem
bers to put in expense bills of
five cents mile each way for
railroad fare when they we're
riding on free passes. But to
get rid of the annoying features
of the subject he would vote for
the repeal of the resolution.
But the house stood by the
auditing committe. By vote of
IS to 66 it refused to repeal the
provisions for itemized state
ments.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-08-04
GEORGIA'S PEACH CROP.
Commissioner Stevens Thinks 1t
Worth. This Year, $S,5OO,OOO.

Atlanta, Aug. L. Agricu1tural
Commissioner Stevens. said this
afternoon that he believed that
the peach crop this year was
worth $500, 1000 to Georgia; that
this amount changed hands and
that the people generally were
benefited to that extent. Mr..
Stevens has young orchard Of
200 acres in Habersham county
that he expects to produce Al
good many peacheson next year:
He thinks that the peach ind
try in Georgia is in its infaue
comparatively speaking, VII
what it will be ten years her
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-08-04
COTTON CROP REPORT IS ISSUED.
Condition Of Average is SHOWN to be
1917 as Compared With III on
Jnnd 25, 1908.

Washington, Aug. 1.-The
monthly report of the chief of
the bureau of statistics of the
department of agriculture will
show the average condition of
cotton on July Is to have been
1871 as compared with III, on
June Is, 1908, 81.9 on July rs
1902, 77.2 on July rs, 1901, and a
ten year average of 84:3.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-08-04
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE.

Washington, D. c., Aug. 3-Be-
a. fore this letter is read by the good
people of this country the stat
ute of limitations will have run,
and Mr.. Perry S. Heath, Secre-
tary of the Republican National
Committee and former First AS
sistant Postmaster General, and
the Lord knows how many more,
will be free from danger of in
dlctment on account of anything
that may have come or will come
out of the present investigation
of Post Office Department rot
tenness.
= 1t is the general belief here a.
mong the people who are in the
know" that Perry Heath was
one of the first men spotted by
Bristow, and enough crooked
ness found to bring him to the
bar of justice. It is also believed
that Hanna then went to see the
President and deal was made
whereby Heath's scalp was saved
and the party was saved the hui
initiation and degradation of see
nights Secretary of it's national
committee dragged before the
bar of justice for boodling. On
the last day of July, however,
the statute of limitations allows
Heath and all the others who are
not now in the clutches of the
law, and who quit the depart
ment three years ago, to breath
freely and give the people the
"hoarse boot" Thus do some
people go unwhipped of justice
and the people never will know
who they are in order to chastise
them at the ballot box should
they ever ask for office in the flu
ture. The President has now
demanded of Bristow that he get
through with the investigation
by the first of September. II
other words, the thing must BIZ
out of the way before Congress
convenes, and any man who is
not caught by that time will e.
free. Until there is change O
administration the people neve,
will know how much was sto1ei
by the postal gang.
X X
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-08-04
LECTURE.

I will meet the citizens of our
city again at the opera house
Sunday, August 9th. Subject
Talk" Exercises begin at 400.
EARL WARD PEARcE.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-08-04

And $500 for Chief Smith
for defense of Policeman Bru-
baker, which we're ordered paid,
except $500 to S. Clare for SUR
veying spare.
Report of the superintendent
of the Water and Light Plant
showed:
Wood on hand July LIST. 1856
Bought in July III
327
Consumed in July .165
-
On hand August 1st. 1852
Chief Policies report was filed.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-08-04

Ordinance No. - regulating
the Blowing of steam
whistles, and Ordinance
No. - Amending stock law,
were read the first time.
Report of city treasurer was
received as follows:
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-08-04
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.

Council met in regular monthly
session Monday night, with vice
president of the council Drew
w. Paulk, presiding.
Aldermen Ratc1iff, Mcdonald,
Leyerett, Seanor, Warner and
Hooker present; Aldermen JUS
tice and Knapp absent.
Several applications to redeem
city tax deeds were granted.
Sydney Clare petitioned coun-
Gil for permission to close an al
ley near Ocmulgee ST., to remain
closed at the pleasure of the
council. The request was grant
ed.
The Blue and Gray Association
was by resolution granted a
lease for 90 years on squares
Nos. 3, 4, Z and s, in block Is, for
use as public park.
The superintendent of Water
and Light Plant reported on the
necessity for a new boiler at the
plant. The special committee
reported that after inspection of
the plant they believed the neces-
sity for the boiler existed. AL
derman Seanor moved that the
purchasing committee be author
lied to purchase the boiler.
Finance committee reported
the following bills: -
Thos wilson, mayor,...., ......;....S S33
Clerk and treasurer, salary. .......,.... 5000
August Deimel, for sanitary work. :. $500
City Attorney, salary .......,..,,....... 933
Herman Smith, chief Of police. ,.,....,. 5000
Chas. Brubaker day police. ......... 45.O0
o, D. Wilson, night police. ......... 1000
G. w. Urmey, Supt. w. and L. ....... $500
L. f. Thompson Co, lime. ............ rs 90
l.. F, Thompson Co, sup. smallpox case 1.sO
Jno. H. Polhill supplies small pox case los
A. @. Swift work and sup " 1918
| DR.. O. A. Bucher attending :" I" 230O
L Davis guarding small pox case 12j
Nv. Q. Wilkerson =" LIS
! Martin Winslow " " +" LOG
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-08-04

wish to call the attention of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-08
A Crab That Eats Cocoanuts.

There Is a crab which lives on the cocoa
nut. What a curious thing for crab to
eat! People used to say that the crab
climbed the tree to get at the nuts. But
this is not believed to be true.
The crab eats the nuts that have fallen
to the ground. He has a pair of strong
pincers at the end of his front claws. When
he has found a nut to his mind, he begins
to tear away the husk, fiber by fiber
And he hammers on the three weak
places In the shell, which are called the
eyes of ! le nut He soon hammers a hole
right through them.
He has another pair Of pincers in his
hinder claws. These are not so strong as
the others, but the crab begins to scoop out
the kernel with them.
He soon scoops out enough for his dinner.
He lives in deep hole, and the hole gets
quite full OF fbers Of the cocoanut which
have been torn off. He rests on these as on
bed.
This communicating crab is quite q
delicacy. He gets so fat that sometimes a
quart of Oil is yielded from his body. You
may think how strong the pincers Of the
crab must be to break the hard shell of
the cocoanut A captain of ship wanted
to bring one of these crabs home. He
shut the creature up in tin box and tied
the lid down with wire. He thought the
crab could not possibly get out. But he
was mistaken. The crab Used his strong
pincers to turn down the edges of the box
and thus got away. In doing so he had
even punched holes through the tin.