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Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-12-05
GIANT GUSHER
FOUND IN TEXAS,
Promises Greater Yield Than
Famous Beaumont Well.

Galveston, Dec. 4.-Texas has
another oil field at Big Hill, near
Matagorda, which promises to
exceed even the wor1d-famed
Spindle Top at Beaumont.
Like the celebrated Lucas
gusber, the pioneer we'll in the
new field came in unexpectedly,
although the drill is now down
800 feet and has already gone
through 6Ofeetof oil-bearing sand.
The we'll had been shut down for
several days, and as an extra pre-
caution, was capped. Yesterday
with loud explosion, the cap was
blown off and it was only after
the most streuous. work that the
we'll was gotten under control.
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Agin the Government.

Clifford Grubbs of the Worth
County Local is becoming sassy.
Hear him:
Mr.. "Roosanfell," he of the
with house niger" quarter,
is finding out that he is not so
much a Man of Destiny" as he
once immagined. He has 1orded
it over the politicians, insu1ted
the men who put him in position
as chief of the nation he has dis
graced, and has tyranized over
the people till he is nearing his
Waterloo. A man who can hug a
negro to his bosom, slap labor
in the face, cast a black pail over
a large section of the Union which
is only recently recovering from
a black plague, who can accept
the Inequalities of the white citi.
Gems of a community and then
send a negro to sit at the seat
of custom" and brighten com.
merce away might make a sultan
of Su1u, but is unfit for the head
of a civilized government.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-12-05
LEGAL BLANKS

The Enterprise has in stock a
full line of the following legal
blanks;
Sheriff's Deed, Leases,
Notes, Executions,
Criminal Cost Bills,
Sheriff's Deed unreturned
Land,
State Warrant and Mittimus,
Turpentine Leases,
Bond for Title,
Saw mill timbe lease,
Quit claim deed,
Magistrate summons,
Appearance bond,
Justice court Fl fas,
Affidavits in proof of account,
Warranty deeds,
Replevy bondin lien foreclosure
Affidavit to foreclosure lien on
personality, Receipts,
Affidavit and distress warrant.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-12-05
RAOUL AT HEAD
OF THE MERGER,
New System Will be Known as the Atlantic
and Birmingham Railway, and VIII i
Control 22O Miles Of Road

ThomasVille, Ga, December q
This afternoon the board of all
rectors of the Triton Thomasvilia
and Gulf met here. The consols
idation of that road with the At
lantic and Birmingham railroad
5was unanimously authorized.
A meeting previously held the
Triton and Northeastern and
Atlantic and Birmingham direct.
ors and voted for merger.
Immediately after the vote
here contract was executed.
The new system will be known
as the Atlantic and Birmingham
railway. 1t will control 220 miles
from Waycross to Montezuma
and from Thomasville to Fitzger-
aid.
Officers of the consolidated
system are; President, w. G..
Raoul; general manager and vice
president, George Dole wadley:
secretary, c. Fred Redding, di-
rectors Atlantic and Birmingham
railway, w. G. Raoul, George
Dole Wadley, T. Jefferson Cool
idge, Jr., Fl. M. Atkinson, Percy
K. Pyne, E. H. Williams, w. J..
Swayne, Alex BonuYman and G. !.
Fred Redding. Five hundred
thousand dollars worth of rolling
stock has already been ordered
for the new road.'
Officers say the extension
from Montezuma to Birmingham
Will be constructed immediately.
Also direct connection with At
lanta and an extension from
Waycross to the coast in the near
future. The road will make q
bid for the winter tourist traffic
via Birmingham next year. Tiff.
ton Thomasvile and Gulf direc~
tors present were M. F, Amor
Gus, P. S. Arkwright, S. J. Brad..
ley, Atlanta; N. E. Harris, Ma
con; George Dole Wadley, Wav-
cross: and E. M. Smith and J. H.
Merrill, Townsville. S. s..
Bradley is H. M. A..kinson's per-
sonal representative. When seen
by your correspondent, he stated
that, so far as he new, there was
nothing in the rumor that the
Seaboard Air Line would acquire
the Atlantic and Birmingham
railway,
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section and are now anxious to
go to Georgia. / hope to be able
TO get lands in Irwin County and
if so, it is barely possible we
could make the city of Fitzgerald
answer for both and fill the farm
lands with members. This is
my desire and if so, it would
greatly help you all. My desire
is to aid Fitzgerald, my pride, and
| shall always do so. I hope the
little feelings upon the part of a
few only (and those too, I helped
the most) may not stand in our
way of helping your city aud your
better people, and as time goes
on they will ali see I did the best
that could be done, and better
than many would have done.
| want the hearty support and
cooperation Of all Fitzgerald as
it means lot of new people to
their place. We are doing nice
'ly and will have a large following
in this ovement. / will write
you later and will be pleased to
hear from all.
Very truly yours,
p. H. FITZGERALD.
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Irwin County Is First Choice OF
Mr.. p. ii. Fitzgerald.
The Great Promoter Agrees With The
Suggestion Of The Enterprise and Asks
The Cooperation Of Friends Here.

When we published Mr.. Fitz-
gera1d,s letter several days ago
we had no idea as to what his
plans would be, except such in
formation as we got from the let
ter itself, and we suggested that
Mr.. Fitzgerald could do no great
er kindness to his friends than to
bring them to this colony.
Mr.. Fitzgerald realizes that it
would not only be a great thing
for the colony he has already es-
tablished here and to his new fol-
lowers, but that it wou1d be con-
spicuous and glorious capstone
to the monument he has erected
among the pines of Irwin.
The following letter received
by Col. D. B. Jay will be read
with interest:
Mr.. D. B. JAY,
Fitzgerald, Ga.
DEAR SIR AND FRIEND:
Yours to hand and in reply
would say l am pleased to hear
from you. My new movement
is to take care of the Texas Col
onY people who, by an unfortu-
nate movement, got into drouthv
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ICUTHBERT MEN
FIGHT A DUEL,
Fifteen Shots Fired But No
Serious Damage Done.

Cuthbert, Ga, Dec. "A duel
occurred on the streets here this
morning between DR.. M. A. Bald.
win and ]. F. Blackburn. Fiji
teen shots were fired and each
was struck twice. Neither one
was seriously wounded. There
has been trouble existing be.
tween them for long time.
Mr.. Blackburn will be remem.
bered in Fitzgerald as Mrs. P
II. Harris father.
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W. Told You So!

. We made a good guess when
we insisted several weeks ago
that cotton would go back to 12c
and advised our readers to hold
their COTTON.
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NO USE T0PRAY FOR WISDOM.

Ignorance is generally mis-
fortune sometimes a fault, but
rarely a sin.-Brunswick Journal.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-12-05

The seaboard Air Line has
scooped the Atlantic & Birminel
ham'-Rochele New Era.
Not by a jug full.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-12-05
Ready For Shade Trees.

Mr. D. B. Null, of the Blue and
Gray organization, authorizes US
to announce that the park 81
ready for shade trees. Those
who wish to contribute will be
given an opportunity and ms
structed as to planting the sane.
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rated lttlo hunk OF meat, ] noticed TINT
her glove looked as If she had been
catching behind the bnt In base. ball
game on a rainy day. This shows thnt
hospitality Is sometimes n synonym for
perspiration and surrcptltlous dirt. "
also suggests tho ACCESSIBILITY of hos
tesscs using boxing gloves Instead OF tno
Sara Bernhardt plgskins. which are built
on tho plain OF stockings and reach up
to the funny bone. Or better STILL some
noble soul should invent a patent hand
shaker Which could DO stationed at q
convenient place In q reception rom,
where It would lurch forward In ecstattc
delight and seize the hairpln manipulation
Of all approaching guests,
But why make suggestion about pink
teaism ard its defects. AS VIC say In
prize fighting pnrlnnce, women can stnl,i
more punishment than any class of be-
ings on carth-that Is. when they have
mind to. They can sparkle like diamonds
under borrowed candelabra and wear
their friends real lace with sweet M
souctance which would leud the 'lnsn
phstlcated to believe that they usually
use such frlppery for MOSQUITO netting.
III women were poker players they would
bankrupt mankind with their BLUFFS. yet
they can't bluff one another But they
are happy In trying It and overjoyc1
when they can, even for second. nhVe
their sisters guessing.
But, oh, mel Oh myl how such doings
do torrorlze the men on tho premises or
rather off the premises. for whsr the glD-
HE gabblers arrenr, everything IN trou-
sers SCOTS The man who had the corr
age to show his face at n pink tea, wnuld
pink teas nre to come; have had nine
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The man seen mystcrlously wandering
ono bleak. gusty day last week was not
a maniac, as some have supposed. nor
was he a. fugitive from Justice or d
philosopher Indeed. he was very or
binary, normal citizen. or. to be spccific.
mono other than myself.
While It Is not my habit TO geek the
suburban slases and the rural broom
strtl unexpectedly In bone-chilllng Win
ter-my recent visit TO Honr!co vas per-
fcctly natural one, which any creature
wearing trousers will APPRECIATE. 70
make long story short. was simply
fleeing from a = o clock tea party, which
the won,enfoll:s were giving a tmy house.
Now, Il there ls any one thing which,
over. and above all oth.,r things, makes q
man feel like thirty cents. II Is
O'Clock tea. have been to dog fights,
solrecs uany christcnIngs, tooth pullings
and hangirgs. and have seen them
through without flinching, bu, the PINK
tea proposition makes me feel ns humble
and as w'lted as the bosom OF q starchcd
shirt In laundry.
II is my firm conviction, backed up by
the Views Of four other trcmulous hus-
bands whom | know and pity. that Eve
had inaugurated the creation OF tho
Garth with a pink tan (nlhs 8 O'Clock at
hone') In, the Garden Of Eden our
common ancestor Adam would nave
boltcd FOR the high grass adjoining the
Garden and utterly eliminated himself
from the pages OF Biblical history.
Cholera IT,. Back death. tarantism
suicide murder and pink teas come IN
yr;,yes but when society Is inundated
nv the last mentioned scnurge. the tlde
OF civilization. as typlflcd by man begins
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tho ribblc- gabblers and see tho whole
house looking MS neat as PIN an"
smelling as aromatic as a conservatory
YOU must pretend that YOU think It IS mus
always. The nero suggestion that mo
plnce once smelt Of cabbage or that th~
children sometimes dIsarranEe It.. YOU'D
bn ,lr1speakab1y horrible. You must ACT
TOO. as IL you thought tho hostess always
hnd piano lamps sitting under the st5ir-
way and In every conceivable cornet-.
yea. even though YOU have seen borrowed
lamps pouring into the house Tor q Weeh
before For. be It understood. woman =
popula rIty Is gagged BY the number o!i
ano lamps she can borrow when hhrH
pressed BY ''compa ny" HI
When you go upstairs into tho lndy,s
boudoIr, where you are expected 20 "a ~
OFF your wraps, to dab final plnrf q!
whitening on :our face. IND to Jake 4kZe
last loving look at your own feature9sllfh .
Tho mirror, you will Observe strange
lack 81 mems shoes under the led. 50
Il lso you will fall to detect any, stray
trousers dangling from the door hooks.
nor will you sec two or three solledE col
lars nesting among the doilies& on tho
b;,reau, But this does not mean Il hat
man do not wear such things as shoes
trousers and collars. II simply means
that pink teas arc fair. but false; W.
they have driven many man Into fthe
hard, cold world and emhittered many q
husband against the daughters or Eve.
And II, on such occasions. you eaten
al, occasional glimpse Of an abnormaily
pollte child. weirdly clean and ma the
riatIcally circumspect. you must not lnfer
that children are born that way, ana
that your hostess usually enjoys such O
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/, ebb. Bad wbIskey and pink tcns have
gre ckcd moro homes than all the OTHER

/, ebb. Bad wbIskey and pink tcns have
wrecked more homes than all the other
evils put together. And while there may
bc-and probably s--somc pleasure In
icing wt,.cked by alcohol | defy any
being who uses the razor TO point out q
single virtue in pink teas.
When II Is stated that this species Of
entertainment wrecks homes the asser.
ton should b, taken literally us well
is figuratively. For eight days after we
had our 3 O'Clock hen convention. could
not SO much as find my bath robe. while
10 this very hour I cant ascertain the
wherea bouts Of my tan shoes and TN
abridged dictionary. True. the chandelier
In the pnror is still decorated With ever
greens. but what is running cedar TO
man without socks or trailing Ivy 10
voter whose last pipe has been ruthessly
cbuck,.d aside. If they had only left mo
q little nest In the clothes closet or
hammock In the pantry al all would
lave been we'll but alas was drlven& 70
Tie suburbs, like bird turned out Of itn,
nest.
In planning pink tea. alias o'clock
cat home" as well as In partic pating In
It. all who wear pctticoats must Hfe pre-
!. rared to net deceitfnlly. Furthermore.
fair busy bodies, you must be prepared
without revealing your knowledge to
know that every ono else Is wearing n
false front For instance. when you on
ter the house and are greeted by q
lovely lenther-colercd girl In az snowy
apron. you must pretend that you think
her one Of the regular corps Of servants
in the establishment. whereas you know
that she Is specially hired for the occn-
sion. And when you push back through
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HOMES WRECKED BY THEM.

sparkling, ready wit; but she must also
l% something more. For hen "functlons''
put hostess domestic skill under micro
scoplc inspection ind subject her to the
critical inspection Of scores Of nryIng
Dyes. which, while seemingly conferred on
the queen Of the hour, are also marvel
.oLsly acute In noting defects and de-
tectlng where purslmUny Is prnctlced.
But If 1t requires skill and ingenuity
to 10 both Apostle and domestic at one
and the same time. there Is still more
or erous job which falls to the lot Of tho
over taxed boss In crepe de chine She
Is expected to remember the name OF
each and every guest and to prove her
knowledge by introducing the callers to
her associates In misery. This blood
curdllng process presents q superb field
for making enemies, for wher i !, Is try
Ing to feed 200 people on food winch would
be short allowance for 100. ones cocoa.
nut refuses to be a city directory without
typographical errors. And get the John
stons always get hopping mad whom they
are introduced as JohnsOns. whereas the
proud and naughty Johnsons show equal
Feasibility when that extra r Is bestowed
upon them
The juggling OF the glad hand at these
afternoon cuckllngs Is another heart
disease producing feature. TO stand on
ones two-uhom fect-for couple III
hours while one constantly shoves her
diyts al the oncoming herd. Is work for
blacksmIths. not fr;lil, mousse fearing wo-
man. It's death to the new gloves wo. n
{ for the evening, especially II they hap
pen to be white. ,l.
Recently held the hand OF lady who
had Just been pnk-teaing It. 'rruo. I
didn't hold 1t long. bit in tile brief So
conds that l grasped tho FACILITATING. SER
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BY
Frederick Uphdm Adams.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

bodies. They are q part Of the higher
/ finance and OF the new 5industrialsm.'@
The trust Is a labor and time saving l,-E
stitution. When our industries were crude
and scattered It was necessary that each
individual member Of q law-makng body
be seen and convinced, This took time
and sometimes much money. There was
no way of determining In advance how
much a given piece Of legislation would
cost. This tended to unsettle values aud
, to complicate business matters, Some-s
times bill OF pressing moment would !
30 defeated or Indefinitely pigeon-holed. Z
Again con flcting bills would be intro
how to vote for the best interests of all
concerned. ia s.s
"All of this has been reneded. and
while the method may seem to work
a hardship on our friend, Grasper. and
his fellows, he must sink his temporary
loss for the common good. Colncidentf
with the centra llzation of industries has
come the Capitalization Of grating 1t
Is beneath the dignity Of trust to deal
with u mere individual CRATER, even
though he purports to represent q nu-s
lncrous cons tituency The trust will deal
oily with one man, and he stands respon-F
slble TO the trust for the action OF the
Legislature. Tho trust or corporation
knows Just how much 1t can afford To
pay; the man knows Just now much each 4
gra fter Is entitled to receive. Sometimes
the CRATER gets nothing. Perhaps the
man has received nothing. but It Is
not for tho humble member to ask. Does
he not know that but for the permission
or the man he could not have received
d nominal ton or an election? Does ha
not know that the first overt act Of re-
volt will be tho signal, for his political
death? Does ho not know that were
he so reckless as to rebel that his mouth
would be gagged, his reputation smirch-
cd, and his financial ruin made certain7
or course, he does. Grasper knew when
he went to the State Capitol that by no
chance in the world could he get his
hnnds on q dollar which did not first
pass through those OF his political boss.
lie resents the size OF his dividends.
What does he know about business!
What does he know about the statei8
OF the franchise market Nothing. Fla
Is u hired mans q legislative clerk, sure
of one salary from the State with con.
tingent OF graft from his political boss,
He Is a cheap thief at best. and Will
be cheaper MS his bribers have less usa
for his vote r.
"If he is thief. why does soma ona u
rot arrest HING" asked the puzzled Jen-
klns.
~ don't know" said the colonel, wears
~.
Copyright. 1908, by Frederick upham
Adams)
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blessing, Tako II for granted that tho
Juvenile saint or saints, II the hostess
dare trust more than one at such Il "func-
tion"-has been drilled for weeks And
know, too, from your own experience that
the child's pcty cannot last five min
u,es after the cacklng is over Indeed,
If an awful fact must be revealed, tho
piety of tho hostess does no, last Two
rr.Inutcs after tho function" passes
into history.
IINor should hastily conclude, on
,sHc.ng the face of the cook wreath
.eG.5fn bcatlfic smiles. that she Is ever
1gtadsome thing eager to serve her mis-
tress,and prove herself he-philnnthrop--
ttsL.MGooks are only that way under high
sptcssure and for extra compensation.
$50
IL Nowfsas TO the hostess herself-thc
bright ,sbu rticular star Of the occasion.
{ut1oRstnH1s before you with n pleasant,
Happy loon. while she undergoes q sort
CT mental Yer splration. An, there's
psych olos loalS Sludy for you-a human
paradox who isa both happy and miser-
able ut the same time! With one of her
soft; ycifet eyes, $she is bearnlng bon gn.
~ down Upon you. while with the other
she is sufrepitously glanclng over her
.sI,nAlder, to- see III the chicken salad Is
4! lia Ddlnut3 out" AS she extends you her
tight hind she Is waving back with her
left one to warn the attendants In the
4 ID; rltry lest they help too generously to
Sth. ice-crean, which was ordered on the
assumption that people have appetites
like cunary birds. There she stands-the
sbea ming hostess-with her most winsomo
plot ograph smile and her brain working
overtime in d dual capacity. She smust
On this occasion Of all Others be hunk
OF hospitality as we'll as great COB of
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make a practice Of Throwing dead cats IN
other peoples wells are divided INTO two
classes. First come those who do II from
spite. because they're not allowed to
draw all the water they want themselves.
These are mean enough, but they don
trot In the same class with those who
do II Just TO-: pure cusscdness, poisoning
the waters from which their friends must
drink simply because they are natural
political degen.rates. And Its my ex-
perence that this latter class Is mainly
made up OF the men who prate loudest
It's nv notio,. that the politicians OF
this stripe generally get their taste Of
poisoned waters before they're through
with the game. And always take q
heap Of comfort every time 1 see one
Of them laid out for good. Tell the wife
that II she Il cure you OF politics and
come out West with you, there's chance
+ for you TO make more money here ano
get more solid enjoyment than In holding
down the fattesl job In the old state.
Yours as ever,
WILLIAM BRADLEY.
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When they meet on the street. they button-
hole me and beg me to tell them tho
shortest route to tho suburbs. Although
they try not to show It, i can see that
they regard me with as much respect as
q I hold for II man who has survived Gettys-4
burg or Manila Bay or San Juan. But
am cold and Indifferent to them merely
shy that ladies are entitled to their pleas
trcs as much as men. and that for my
part cheerfully vacnte when see tho
neighbors' candclabra and lamps coming
in. 5fs5{ 586 % 58,
Aud although I found Henrlco cold and
drcary the day took to the oak brush.
I still ain or the opinion that would
rather DO mere man than trazzled-
out hostess at a pink tea (alias o'clock
at hone). ]. 33 5g
likewise have the nerve 10 peel an orange
while a gatlng gun was firing at him at
fifty yards range.
The four tremulous husbands to whom
I alluded In my opening paragraphs, ro-S
gard mo rs sort Of deified hero. Their
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PAYING
THE
FIDDLER.
Il attlin8s Of a
Retired Politician

eyFoRRE cRsE
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Make GRASPER-l mean the
Hon. Jacob Grasper-s back
III from tho Legislature" an
:A nounccd Postmaster Jenkins.
SJS3 .rhey have taken q recess and
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{COlOnel MOnrOe'S Doctrine
The Linco,nvi lie Philosopher Explains How and Why Kew
oluton Ha, Occurred in the Gentle Art Of GRATING

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- NY ITO st6 u ~ = ''7e
representative 4 Is homo on @ vaca-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-07-21
TO APPEAL ELECTION CASE
TO SUPREME COURT
Defeated Adams County Candidates Anxious
TO Serve in Office.

Arrangements are now being made
by Attorney B. B. Park, of Stevens
Point, to appeal the Adams County
election cases to the supreme court
1t will be remembered that the de-
feated candidates for the offices of
superintendent and sheriff, w. j.
Mcdonald and e. s. Hunt, brought
quo warranto proceedings against the
successful candidates, j. p. Lewis and
Earl Stafford, to GUST them from
Office, alleging that the convention that
nominated them was not held accord
ing to law. Attorney Goggins and
Brazeau appeared for the defendants.
Judge Webb decided in favor of the
defendants. His conclusions were as
follows:
~ That the 1910 votes cast for the
defendant, John p. Lewis, for the
office OF Co. Supt. of schools for Adams
Co. were legally and lawfully cast,
and legally and lawfully canvased and
and counted for him for said Office of
Co. Supt. of schools.
~ That said John p. Lewis was
lawfully chosen at said November,
1902, election, for the office of County
Slpt of schools for said county for