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Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-08-29
THE IRWIN COUNTY
S. S. CONVENTION.
To Meet September 9th, 1908, in
the First Baptist Church at
Fitzgerald, Georgia


The Convention will open at
10 o'clock a. m, Rev. Carl w.
Minor, Chorister; Mrs. Devau1d,
Organist.
PROGRAM.
Song-By Convention.
Scripture Reading-By Presi-
dent.
Prayer-By Elder Daugherty.
Minutes of last meeting.
Song-By Convention.
1880 Address-R. J. Prem
tiss, Topic" 20 minutes.
Solo-Mrs. L. F. Thompson.
10:55. "The Duties of the S..
S. to Missions"-Mrs. E. D.
Stone; 20 minutes.
Ills. Three minute talks on
the subject.
11:25. Song by Choir.
1880. Address-Rev. Minor,
topic, rs 1t Possible to Maintain
an Ideal S. S.? If So, Howl" 20
minutes.
Three minutes talks on topic.
Song-By Convention.
Benediction-By Rev. S. D.
Suttle.
Dinner.
200, Song Service-Led by
Rev. Minor.
Prayer-By Rev. Kerr.
2:20. Report of Sunday School.
Report of Treasurer.
2:30. Report of Field Worker.
$50. Election of Officers.
Collection.
Music.
3:15. Paper-Topic Primary
Department.
Three minute talks on topic.
$40, Address.
Music.
3;4s. c. H. Martin.
400. Paper.
Song-By Convention.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-08-29
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Additional Locals.

Bring your cotton to Fitzgerald.
Mr.. ]. c. Rogers spent part of
lis week in Dawson on business.
Mr.. Dan Paulk is attending
letting at Willacoochee today.
Mr.. Sam ]. Lewis, wife and
aughter left Tuesday for Elmo,
70.
Din Rogers, of Coleman, is
|siting his brother Mr.. w. II.
gers for a few DAYS.
Misses Estelle and Irene Woot-
after spending several weeks
Calhoun county with relatives
ne friends, will return home
anday.
Mss Daisy Young is expected
arrive today from her home
Woodville to be ready to re-
ne her duties as third grade
eher in the third ward school
fall.
be first brush over the dis
aary question occurred at the
her of Pine and Grant late
erday evening, between E.
ames and l. Gelders. There
no blood spilled however.
Hugh Marshall, of Webster
nty, and one of her substan-
BID citizens, is visiting in the
accompanied by Mr.. Cullen
is. Incidently they are pros
ting and we hope they will find
ome on some of our fertile
lands.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-08-29
s. OSBORNE,
j. E. GOETHE, nj. D.
OCILLA, GEORGIA.

have fitted up an Office with all of the
latest electrical machines. hot air apparatus,
etc., for the treatment of chronic troubles Of
either sex. have had special instruction In
electro therapeutics under G. Bolton Massey
of Philadelphia, in the treatment of female
troubles by the above method, WHO is the
best authority in the United States.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-08-29
YACHT RACE CALLED OFF.

Highlands, August 27-The
yacht race has been called off.
This has been decided because
the boats cannot finish within
the time limit.
When the Race was declared
off Shamrock was more than
twenty minutes astern of
Reliance.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-08-29
Put an End to it All.

\ grievous wall oftimes comes
result of unbearable pain
u over taxed organs. Dizzi-
/ Backache, Liver complaint
Constipation. But thanks
or. Kings New Life Pills they
ID end 30 it all. They are
liz bat thorough. Try them
25c. Guaranteed by all
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-08-29
SOUTHERN MERCANTILE & BUILDING c.

Finest Funeral Car in Georgia.
Experienced Embalmer.
Odorless Embalming Fluid.
MR.. W. q. ROGERS personal attention given
to every call
Calls answered promptly day or night.
HEARSE FREE. Phone No. 80.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-22
Be Jusf to Home Works.

It is plain already that there is to be a battle this winter in congress be- tween the friends of big navy and the friends of a rivers and harbors bill. Secretary Moody wants in the next fiscal year $90,964,750 as against an appropriation in the present year of 74,696,S01. It is proposed among other things to authorize the building of five battlesh.ps at cost of $25,000,00O
 Chairman Burton will, however, con tend that the rivers and harbors should not be neglected in order to build up speedily a big navy. Domestic and foreign commerce should in fact antici- pate and become the basis for a great navy. No one objects to a steady and reasonable enlargement of the navy, but there is nothing in the situation that demands hot haste n that direc- tion at the expense of works of internal improvement.
 The friends of the latter do not pro- pose to surrender to the big-navy crowd at the outset. They propose to resist the Moody programme to the utmost, and to insist that bill for rivers and harbors and another for pub lie buildings shall be passed, as well as a bill that looks in the long run to a big navy. What they object to is a works. A strong navy is needed, but it is not needed at once. It can be accumulated gradually as other things are in the public service.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-22
Automobile Bus.

"I miss the old Hillman automobile bus" said travelling man. 'I do not know whether this imposing vehicle is merely laid up for repairs or permanently out of commission, but it's place has been taken by a trim buff affair drawn by horses. Understand, am not making a kick against the innovation, for the new bus is all that could be desired and also much less unwieldy, but somehow the Hllman automobile was a great institu- tion for impressing strangers.
 "There is nothing like good impressions at first glance and that the automobile bus never failed to do. It not only gave drummers and other travelling folk who stopped off in Birmingham a good idea of the progressiveness down here.
 "Of course everyone in Birmingham has ridden in an automombile. That goes without saylng-but then 1t must be re- membered that strangers from less pre- tentious towns were thus afforded the novelty of taking a brief spin in a sure enough machine and thus the induce ments to stop at the Hillman were all the greater To speak seriously, 1 have no doubt that the old bus Is a great deal of trouble and rather expensive into the bargain. but l sincerely hope soon to see 1t numbering along the street once more As l said before it creates fine impress slon."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-22
Homemade Stage Gowns.

Eleanor Franklin in Lesles Weekly.
 Women on the stage pay precious little attention to their work-a-day wardrobes, anyway. They don't have time to think of the things which fill other womens lives with small pleasures. They are business women with a work to do which must absorb them utterly if they expect to succeed A great many actresses plan all their stage costumes themselves in ad- dition to their other work, and the wo- man who plans the gowns she wears to dinners and receptions, to teas, or to make her morning calls, will know how much time and taste and ingenuity are required to succeed in this. If an actress has a distinct personality-and all have who find their way into the white glare of the lime-light-she must design for herself. She must study herself with an artistic eye, and be as careful in the se- lection of colors and the drawing of lines Is the scene painter is in making his plots for the stage setting. It is incum- bent upon her to study the picture,'- to remember that while she is the center of it she is yet part of it, and while she must stand out from the canvas like the central figure in any picture she must never be out of tone, nor out of line with the general scheme else the least critical of her observers will instinctively know 1t and be dissatisfied.
 A great many of the beautiful dresses seen on the stage this season. and which mlady fondly imagines came from some splendid shop in Paris, were made in America. In fact, we've almost stopped importing gowns for stage purposes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-22
Marines on the lsthmus.

There Is an impression that the ma rines are few in number and weak in discipline, but the corps has risen from small beginnings way back in 1775 to a body 6,000 strong, commanded by q brigadier general Ever since 1775 marines have been a part of the na- tional defense, and they have been em- ployed in every part of the world. They fought the Algerian pirates, and the Chinese, and they were the first troops landed in Cuba in the war with Spain, and they served in the Philippines.
 They will be at home on the isthmus, where they have been landed several times. About one thousand of them have been or will soon be landed on the isthmus, and if the ratification of the treaty be long delayed they will hrve an opportunity to conduct long campaign.
 They are good soldiers, and they are as much at home on land as at sea. They are not expected in point of fact to do much fighting on shipboard, but are expected to be ready to go ashore at any moment in support of naval movement.
 As a part of an old military organi- zation, the marines will maintain their old reputation on tho isthmus, and it is possible they will conduct and end the suuabble in the istnmus over the canal. They will at any rate maintain the reputation of their corps.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-22
Frisco aud Southern.

The harmony bargain of the Frisco and the Southern brings to this side of the river all of the formers New Or leans business, and it helps therefore the southeast. Ins tead of building at great cost a new line from Memphis to New Orleans along the west bank of the river, thereby antagonizing the Gould system, the Frisco and the Southern have entered into an agree ment whereby the Frisco will send it's New Orleans business to Memphis, thence to Tupelo, thence over the Mo- bile and Ohio to Meridian, and thence over the Northeastern to New Orleans.
 The Tupelo-Meridian route may seem circuitous, but it is only forty miles longer than the route original planned down the west bank of the Mississippi river. It will enable, too, the Frisco to carry its tonnage gathered in this dis trict to New Orleans without the aid of other roads. This of itself strength ems the position of this district.
 The contract between the two roads has been fully ratified, and it is be- lieved it will stand long time. The two roads have great terminal in New Orleans, and except in this dis- trict there is no rivalry between them. They are not competing lines. This district is confessedly open to all roads, and there has been no attempt to shut out new corners, and there will prob ably be none. for it would be futile in any event. The Pennsylvania monop- olized Pittsburg traffic, but no road can monopolize that of this district.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-22
New Years Call.

It Is twenty or twenty-five years since the custom of systematic New Years calling and receiving was in vogue in all parts of the country, says Country Life in America. At that time the practice was venerable with age, and it was not uncommon to see old gentlemen making their rounds of calls in evening dress.
 The good old New Years custom is still practical in some sections of the south. The danes deck themselves in their pretiest gowns and, with open hos pitality, receive the friends who stop to pay their respects in the course of a long round of calls. As of old, generous bowls of egg-nog are ever in prominence, ready to furnish health for a happy new year.
 Several causes were responsible, to a greater or less extent. for the general discontinuance of the custom. People who were barely speaking acquaintances of hostesses would abuse their hospital ity by intruding themselves at their re- captions. The perfunctory manner in which calls were often made was anoth- CT cause. Men would go about In car riages with lists of two hundred or more names, rush into house, shake hands with the hostess declare with much gus to- "This is my hundredth call and 1 have a hundred to make" and dash out Some times cards were left at the door, and in some towns women who did not wish to receive simply tied basket to the front door knob The great fatigue of receiving several hundred people dur ing the afternoon was a further reason why many women gave up their New Years receptions.
 But unquestionably the chief cause for the cessation of the custom was the abuse of the punch bowl, which was nearly always an important feature of NeW Years recentinnS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-22
The Ocean Steamship Company.

The Ocean Steamship company's new vessel will be christined the City of Co., lumbus.
 It has been decided to name the first ship launched of the ships now building for the company at Chester, Pa the "City of Columbus" Launching will take place about the middle of January at Chester.
 This ship is a duplicate of the steam ship City of Memphis" launched in February, 1902, the City of Macon," launched in March, 1903, and another ship now being built at Chester, which will probably be launched within the next three months. Length S96 feet beam 49 feet, draft IS feet. displacement 525O tons, cargo capacity 10000 tons, with accommo- dation for IS first cabin passengers.
 This will give the Ocean Steamship com pany ten modern vessels in service be- tween Savannah and New York and Bos- ton, and will be quite an addition to their splendid service
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-22
Help the Salvation Army.

The Salvation Army will not only feed 1000 of the poor of the city, but it will send numerous baskets contain ing toys, food and even useful articles to deserving families, if it can collect a sufficient sum from the well-to-do citizens of the city. Boxes have been conveniently placed at busy corners, and The Age-Herald begs its readers not to neglect them as they pass by.
 Not a penny entrusted to the Salva- ton Army was ever missused, and it knows how to aid the poor without hurting their pride. Aid the organiza- ton with money, and it will put every dollar of it where it will do the utmost possible good.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-22
Popular Atlanta Man Dies.

Verder Dunlap, at one time one of the most popular young men in Atlanta, died several days ago in California, where he had roamed while his mind was affected by illness.
 The young man was very popular in Atlanta and he had a number of friends in Birmingham. About two months ago he disappeared from his home and was traced to Birmingham by his brother, Joe Dunlap, who asked the assistance of the police in finding the missing man.
 Finally the deceased was traced to New Orleans and then 1t was discovered that he was en route for California. In San Francisco he was found accidentally by cousin and sent to a hospital, but the disease had secured such a strong hold on him that he died in a few days.
 The young man was sick for some time at his home in Atlanta, and the illness affected his mind. It was while in this condition that he left home. It seems that he never quite recovered himself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-22
Cost of Makinu IroE.

Charles Catlett of Staunton, Va, writes to the Engineering and Mining News setting forth the conditions of iron-making in this district. He says:
 ''The soft red ore of Red mountain and other points, which was mined by open cut work and could be delivered at the furnace at cost of 55 cents a ton, with metallic contents of about 50 per cent on a dry basis, no longer exists. The sup port of the industry at present Is the hard red limy ore which is encountered A short distance below the surface, and which not only costs more to win, but is inferior in metallic contents. The avail able supply of high-grade brown ore is also less. While the needs of parties may lead to sales at prices which represent a loss. it is not reasonable to expect that the district, as a whole, can make iron as cheaply as in the past, and any as- sumption of that sort by the market IS doomed to disappointment. The costs are now, and will be in the future (based on similar conditions), higher than in the past; not less I think, than between a 2 anu SL d loi.
 While this is true, 1t is probable that there are changes, differing in kind but similar in effect. taking place in other districts, and the Alabama district will continue to fix the price of foundry iron as it has done for number of years. To those who are familiar with the con ditions, it seemed absurd that the United States Steel corporation, which seeks to have the controlling voice in the iron trade of the country, should have ignor- ed this fact and failed to secure control of the more valuable southern proper ties"
 To a certain extent MT Catlett is right. The supply of soft red ore is decreasing, but there is still good deal of it, as there is of good brown ore. It is not so much change in ore supply that increases the cost of mal- ing iron in this district as it is the higher cost of labor, and all supplies. oil and a score of other things are higher. Fire bricks cost more than they did in 1896, and every other artl- cle needed in furnace maintenance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-22
PATRICK COLLINS AN EXAMPLE.

From the Charleston News and Courier:
 Patrick Collins was reelected mayor of Boston last Tuesday by a plurality of more than 27,O00, the largest plurality a candidate for that office ever received in that city. Last year Mir. Collins won by plurality of 19,0O0, this year he wins by plurality of 27,00O, his administra- ton having been so entirely acceptable to the people of Boston that lifelong re- publicans supported him in the race for reelection. There ought to be a lesson in the Collins experiment to the demo- crats of the country. Good men of sound discretion and faithful in the performance of official duties attract to themselves and to the party which they represent. the support of that large part of the voting public which is working for hon. esty and efficiency in the discharge of public duty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-22
Humor of the Revolution.

The Colombian revolution, although so terrible in its results, was not without its humorous feature, writes Thomas s. AL exander in the January Worlds Work. One of the funniest of these was the inci- dent of the general who would not fight without his milk. General Perez was in commend of the government troops at Cali. One day news arrived that the Lib- erals had captured a neighboring town. Perez was ordered to start with his army at o'clock next morning to attack them. He went to the barracks, made a patriotic speech to the soldiers, and told them to parade at the appointed hour. Then he sauntered in the Hotel America, Calls finest restaurant and ordered coffee for 6;30 in the morning.
 The troops were lined up at that hour outside the hotel, and the General strut ted to and fro, waiting for his coffe and telling everybody what terrible things he was going to do to the enemy. But a complication arose. Perez had not been a. general long. but he wanted milk in his coffee, where nine Colombians out of ten are content with black coffee. There was
  no milk. The cows are kept three or four's hours jurney out of town, and. of course, milk cannot be kept over night in that tropical climate. The hotel folk figured that the milk could rot arrive be- fore II o'clock.
 The General fumed and fretted Some of his officers suggested that he had bet ter start without the milk, or the enemy would escape; but he said it was impos- sible to fight on black coffee. He sent a soldier post haste to fatch the milk and then another after him to hurry him up. Meanwhile the army stood in the broiing sun. for hours, awaiting the order to march It was nearly noon.
 "No milk they reported.
 "Caramba! Then I won't march till to- morrow"
 And the General dismissed his men and would not go until next morning, after his cafe au lait. Of course, when he reached his destination the Liberals had flown. and he was deprived of his glo- rious victory by a miserable spoonful of milk.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-22
JANUARY MAGAZINES
Alabama. the Paradlse state.

Minna Irving, in Leslies' Weekly. Show me-" the weary traveller sighed,
 "A place where l may rest, Nor ever wish to journey on
 And leave a spot so blest." An aged man at once arose
 And took him by the hand. And led him on until at last
 They came to Dixies land. They shalted where the roses bloomed,
 The cotton spread it's snow, The blighting frosts forgot to come,
 The winter winds to blow. The banjo and the mockingbird
 With music filled the air, And all the men were brave and true, And all the maidens fair. 70 paradise!" the traveller cried.
 Here let me build my home; Here let me live and die content,
 And never, never roam. But tell me pray, what name it bears, Your garden rich and great?" This, " proudly said the ancient man, '1s Alabama state"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-22
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Taxation Without and Within.

Some years ago." remarked a man in the lobby last night, T was a visitor to Chicago with Capt. J. M. Falkner of Montgomery. and we took walk through Lincoln park, where the elephants, the lions, the bears and other animals, with their keepers dwell and where all are fed
 "These animals are to amuse and in- struct both the old and the young. and it may be well that they are there. Turning to me, Captain Fall1ner philosophically remarked: Did you ever think of what all this means? It means taxes. Public utilities are taxed, private enterprises are taxed, corporations are taxed, pleasures are taxed, the whole world is taxed. It costs money to keep up these things. "
 Continuing, the man in the lobby said: This mineral section of Alabama is doubly taxed. In fact, taxed from the surface of the earth and as high as sl1y-scraping buildings can reach to the center of this mundane sphere For in stance A has a surface right to a cer- tain section of land; B owns the mineral right. The surface is taxed at so much per acre; likewise the mineral right And what is the value of mineral right, do you ask? I would say as much as the purchase price you pay. If beneath the soil there be stone, marble, iron ore, cop per, silver. gold gas or oil, all is taxable and the owner who fails to give 1t in to the tax assessor is liable to lose it.
 'The surface right is visible and cannot possibly escape the check mark of the ap- praiser or assessor. The mineral right is hidden if not operated, but a purchase and record of the deed or transfer is clinchern n
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-22

The Engineering and Mining News says by way of comment on MT. Cat lett's letter:
 Our correspondent put the advance in costs at from s1 to B per ton, which We think is quite within the mark. This increase, however, does not alter the point made that, if the Alabama furnaces could sell Iron at $6 five or six years ago. without a loss, they should certainly be able to clear themselves at ss per ton per ton in expenses, although it would be B 1-S per cent advance on the lowest cost, would still make it possible to turn out iron at & or slightly below, and this certainly gives the southern furnaces a practical control of the market for foun- dry iron. As our correspondent notes, it is somewhat singular that this fact should have been overlooked by the com binations which seek to control the iron industry"
 The real point at issue relates not so much to the policy of the steel trust as to the actual cost of making iron in tLis district at the present time. This is always a disputed question. Those who know will not tell it, and those who do not know, like Mr Catlett, base their views on speculations and prob abilities. No. at $950 affords, how ever, a proft-a satisfactory, but not a boom profit, and no one need worry over the condition of this district while iron commands that price.