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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-04-18
ONE PASSENGER SHOT.
oesperadoes Hold UP Ferryboat In
Midstream.

Washington, Pa, April 18.-Two no.
gro desperadoes, Wilbur Sharp and
Cornelius Wilkens, held up a ferryboat
In the middle of the Monongahela
river, opposite Courtney, this county.
and with drawn revolvers robbed the
passengers of their valuables. Isaac
Ames, an old soldier, who resisted. was
shot through the left breast and dah-
gerously wounded. The passengers
were held at bay by Sharp. while VIII
kens did the robbing. When the boat
reached shore the negroes backed Oft.
flourishing their revolvers. and disap-
peared in the darkness. Ohlcers have
started inepursuit. but they have not
yet been captured. Ames will recover.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-04-18
,..t,L Murderer Executed.

Kansas City, April lS.-John BUD ao
ravior aged twenty years: was haneeu
a. The county jail here for the mul Ml,
az der % on March ., 1901, OF Ruth MOI mol
ger, ger; VI bic former sweetheart Taylor
,aru, farmerly M was base ball player, ,,inNr nav.
tus tO gained some prominence In minor
leagues.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-04-18
FOUR PERSONS DROWNED.
Attempt to Cross Stream Swollen BY
Heavy Rains.

Clinton, Ind, April 1S.-Ora Edding.
ton. his wife and their three small
children, with two neighbor boys.
started to cross the Wabash bottoms
in the face Of a warning OF danger.
The three Eddington children and
William Dudley were drowned. The
party got off the road and were soou
beyond their depth. Hundreds OF peo-
ple witnessed the disaster, but a re-
lief boat was late in reaching the
struggling people. Eddington es-
caped on a horse and his wife was res
cued by William Jacks. twelve years
old. Three OF the bodies were recov-
cred. The high water was the result
of recent heavy rains.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-04-18
Employees Of Manhattan Elevated
Road May Not Strike.

New York, April 18.-President Will
lam d. Mahon OF the Amalgamated
Association OF Street Railway EN-
Moves met General Manager E. n.
Rryan of the Manhattan Elevated
Railway company by appointment and
it was said by those who understood
the nature Of the invitation extended
by Mr.. Bryan that assurances had been
exchanged that there would be nc
strike, but II there is to be a strike II
will not be within the next few days.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-04-18
EVERY PLANT IN MINNEAPOLIS
SuSPENDS OPERATIONS FOR
INDEFINITE PERIOD,
MANY W0RKMEt! THROWN OUT
Two Thousand Employees Of the Mills
Are Idle While Several Hundred
Others Are Indirectly Affected.
Unjust Discrimination on the Part
Of Lake transportation Lines the
Reason Given fer the Action.
Reason Given for the Action.

Minneapolis, April 1S.-Every -four
mill in Minneapolis closed down
Thursday night for an indefinite Pc
riod.
Two thousand men are thrown out
of employment and several hundred
persons such as coopers and maChln-
lists whose work is dependent upon
the operation OF the mills, are affected.
The same condition exists in the
country towns where there are custom
mills.
Unjust discrimination on the part OF
the lake transportation lines is the
cause for the cessation of operations.
Until Thursday afternoon the man
ayers of the mills did not expect that
such drastic action would be necessary
to protect them from heavy pecuniary
loss, but the lake transportation lines
made a rate on wheat which the mill
els believe is an intentional discrim-
ination in favor of wheat as against
the manufactured product and in order
to avoid operating their plants at :
loss they concluded to shut down.
Until Thursday the rate on wheat
from Duluth to Buffalo was 3 and 3l2
cents d bushel and cents per 10O
pounds On -four, an equivalent OF 5.l
cents for similar amount of -four.
Although this discrimination mas eX
listed for some time the millers con
/ tinued to ship -four, although the
q
a disadvantage as regards rates.
Wheat Rate Is Two Cents.
Thursday the climax came. The
/ TRANSFORMATION lines reduced the ratt
/ on wheat to 2 cents a bushel anC
made no reduction in the rates charged
for the transportation of -four.
As a result the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Consolidated and Washburn-Crosb.
companies closed down their plants
when the night shifts reported TO
work.
The situation is recognized as tn
most serious that has confronted tn
milling interests for many years. Az
parentlv the manufacturers OF nOu
are entirely al the mercy of the trans
portation companies and TO cortlnu
with the present unfair rates in fore
would mean heavy losses.
The discrimination that has contlI
ued for some time had operated dls
advantageously to the millers, but the
have borne up under it as long as the
could. The difference in the rate bt
tween the two commodities is now S
great that the mills cannot Operat
without loss.
The mills will all continue to n
their contracts. A short ume ae'
when the freight situation was ser
GUS they kept the men at work an
tho -four was stored This will b
used to fill contracts, and if the con
panies should run out before the prol
lem has been solved enough men wi
be put to work to supply the deman,
The daily capacity of the plan'
closed aggregates 10000 barrels.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-04-18
Traffic Paraiyzed by Firemen's Strike
on Great Lakes.

Ashland. Wis. April 1S.-Although
the first boat arrived in CheQuamegon
bay during the day for grain, not
hound of ore has arrived for shipment.
No ore has been shipped from the
Gogebic range pending the settlement
NJ the fremen's strike. None OF the
mines are shipping anything, except
to relieve stock piles. and there is ut
ter stagnation at the beginning OF the
shipping season.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-04-18
PuRcHAsE PINE LAND.
81. Paul Capital Invested in Louisiana
Property.

PTOPSVSy'
New Orleans, April 18.-The Wright
Blodgett company Of St. Paul, MINI.
has purchased $4,000 acres OF yellow
pine land seventeen miles from Oak.
dale. Calcasieu parish. La, for $685.
600. or $27.50 per acre.
This is much the highest price ever
paid for pine lands in the South these
lands being for sale twelve years ago
at 81. so to 81 per acre.
The St. Paul company has invested
81. .oO0, 900 in pine lands In Calcasieu
parish in i've years.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-03-13
THEY ARE COMING THIS WAY.

at, which he did, whereupon he
Mr.. Watkins took the matter up
with his son and son-in-law at
Rutledge with the result that
last Friday he paid Mr.. Dormin.
ey SIP, 500 in cash for the deeds
to the lands of the Willis-Dorm-
iney homestead, the Thos. D.
Wilcox homestead and the E. X.
Wilcox place adjoining.
Mr.. Newton Watkins, son of
Mr.. E. H. Watkins. and Mr..
Morris, son-in-law, were both
down to look at the property be-
tore the trade was closed and of
course were we'll pleased with
the transaction. These gentle
men with their families and sew
eral other families will in conse-
quence move to Irwin from Nor
gan county and bring with them
the farm labor necessary to cul
tivate the land.
Mr.. Watkins is sturdy, level
headed old gentleman who knows
a good thing when he sees it and
unhesitatinglv stated that Fitz-
gerald was the best town of its
age and size he had ever seen, and
just before he left for home he
bought four hundred acres more
from Mr.. J. NJ. Mcdonald as an
earnest of his good faith in wire
grass lands.
The Enterprise welcomes
these good people to Irwin and
hopes that their coming will re-
suit in attracting other good fam
lilies from the exhausted hillside
fields of middle and north Geor-
gia to the fertile new lands of the
wiregrass region.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-03-13
Additional Locals.


Miss Susie Turner is visiting
relatives and friends in Atlanta.
Miss Minnie Royal visited Miss
Daisy Young Sunday and Mon
day.
Mrs. NJ. w. Cooper and little
daughter Hilda spent Saturday
and Sunday with friends in Alb
beville.
Mr.. E. K. Farmer and Chas.
Higgins went up to Atlanta Fri
day evening to see Ben Hur,"
returning Sunday.
Miss Anita Alison, of Able
vile spent Monday in the city,
the guest of Mrs. G. II. Davis.
Denmark Drug Co. is again
serving that delicious ice cream
which has been conceded to be
the best in Fitzgerald,
Miss Henye Glover, of Hawk
insville, is the charming guest of
Miss Abba Bowen at Lulavillc.
Mrs. John Rish and baby, of
Coleman, is visiting her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. ]. Day.
Mrs. DR.. Goodman, of Triton,
and Mrs. DR.. Smith, who have
been visiting; Mr.. and Mrs. J. II.
Goodman, returned home Thurs
day.
The Southern Mercantile &
Building Co. composed of J. II
Harris and w. II. Rogers have
moved their stock of buggies into
the building recently vacated by
the Georgia Dry Goods Co.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-03-13

Not only the people from the
Northern states but good
substantial citizens from north
and middle Georgia see the great
advantage in the fresh farm lands
of this section and are coming to
wiregrass Georgia.
Mr.. E. H. Watkins of Morgan
county, last week invested $12-
500 in cash in some of Irwin S
best lands, on the Ocmulgee riv.
err. Mr.. Watkins who has farm
ed for a long time in Morgan
county near Rutledge, about
three or four weeks ago made a
tour OF southern Georgia with a
view of determining the relative
values and desirability of the
farm lands in this section of the
state compared with those OF
middle Georgia. He visited
southwestern Georgia and sew
eral counties south of Irwin aud
accidently dropped in to take a
look at Fitzgerald, which had
been represented to him as he
saws, as an unstable and undesir-
able settlement of Yankees and
negroes. His good judgment
soon told him that he had run up
against something real good aud
his mind was quickly disabused
of false impressions. Merely
to look at the country he drove
with Mr.. J. J. Dorminey to the
old Willis-Dorminey homestead
about six miles east of the city.
On returning to the city he ex-
pressed himself we'll pleased
with what he had seen and asked
Mr.. Dorminey to make him a
price on the land he had looked
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-03-13
SCIENCE PROVES THE BIBLE.

a resting place it did not find.
He then sent forth a swallow;
but it also returned. Lastly a
raven is let go, which did not
turn back. Everything is then
sent forth to the four points of
the compass. An altar is erect
ed and sacratices offered: The
gods smelt the sweet SAVIOR, and
gathered like flies about the sac
rafcers, after which it is decided
that, instead of deluge, wild
beasts and famines shall dimin-
ish mankind because of it's sins.
A number of the tablets con-
tanning these legends were writ
ten about the time of Abraham.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-03-13
MEET THE NEGRO SOCIALLY
Thea Attack the South, Says
New York Minister.

New York, March s. In his.
talk at the Independent church
today, Henry Frank suggested
that the people of the north, if
they wish to elevate the negroes
should invite him to their homes
and allow him at their social fun
ctions on a basis of perfect equal
ity, and so set the example to the
south. He continued.
L do not hesitate to say dispas-
sionately but with calm assurance
that the open door of hope and
opportunity for the negro, if
swung from its hinges, will lead
not to the negroes realization of
lofty hope, but to the nations
sincere EN- barrassment, and pos
sible too bloody instruction.
From years of observation in
the southern states, am absolu-
tely convinced that the only real
friend the negro has ever had in
this country is his white south
ern neighbors.
In attempting to solve this
ever-present problem let us try
a change of venue. so to speak.
will suggest that the effort of
the president to equalize the
status of the negro be initiated by
the white people of the north in
general; that we undertake at
once to invite to our homes, GU r
tables, our social gatherings, the
representative person of the ne
gro race on all equal footing with
ourselves; that we invite the
brilliant preachers to become
of our white churches.
When we have accomplished
this much we may turn to our
southegn neighbor and exclaim;
Brethren the negro whom we be-
lleve you despised envied and hat.
ed we have selected as our mis-.
sionary to you to enlighten to in.
spireand enoble your citizenship,
your manhood and religion"
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-03-13

Perhaps the most remarkable
event in the history of modern
Christianity is the unexpected
confirmation of Bible truths from
the hands of what seemed to be
it's arch enemy, Modern Science,
says the Woman's Home Com
panion.
The pick and spade of mod
ern scientific Investigations have
come to the rescue. Parts of the
old Biblical world have been open.
ed up, and we now find ourselves
face to face with the veritable
contemporaries of Daniel, Moses,
Joseph and Abraham.
Within the two last decades
the excavator has been actively
engaged uncovcring a few cities
in the land of Eden, the home of
Abraham. The University of
Pennsylvania is excavating Nip
pur, the Biblical name of which is
Calneh (Genisis x, 100 the French
are excavating Relic, a city that
flourished before Abraham was
born, and the Germans are at
work on the temple and the
Tower of Babel" in the city of
Babylon.
The origin of those remark
able Babylonian legends which so
closely resemble the Biblical ac-
counts of the Creation, Eden, and
/ the Deluge belongs to this coun-
try. The Deluge story, for in
stance, as recorded by the Baby
lonians is strikingly similar to
the Old Testament even in minor
details. Atrachasis, the Baby
lonian Noah, is commanded by
the gods, after they had decreed
a flood, to build ship ark; to
pour pitch over the outside, and
the inside and to take the seed
of life of every kind into the ship.
When it was ready Atrachasis
embarked with his family. pos
sessions, cattle and beasts OF the
field, and closed the door. The
heavens rained destruction for
six days and nights. The winds
ragged, the floods and storm dew
astated, until the whole of man
kind was turned into clay. The
ship grounded on a mountain of
Mir. After seven days a dove
is sent forth; but it returned, as
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-03-13
SUPERIOR COURT.

The criminal week of Superior
Court was very short one.
There were no murder cases and
few cases of unusual interest.
Henry Harvey was convicted
of assault with intent to murder
and was fined $4,000 with the
alternative of 3 years in the pen
itentiary.
Archie Walker was found gull
ty of carrying pistol concealed
and was given the very light pen
atty of $500 and cost.
Wallace Coe, Dollie Page, Sam
Fitzpatrick, Allen Colson, Elem
Hogan and William Sutton were
each found guilty of playing and
betting cards and fined $500
each and cost or y months in the
gang.
George Rice was convicted of
simple larceny for which he
was fined $4,000 or IL months in
the gang.
Pauline Perry guilty oflarceny
$1,000 and cost.
Rufus Pullman plead guilty tc
larceney from the house and was
sentenced to five years in the
state pepitentiary.
Charlie Crooks. a juvenile Bi
cycle thief, was relievd by the
corut on account of his age and
the case against him was no
pressed with the suggestion thai
he be given a sound thrashing
The little rascal seemed to APP
preciate (not the thrashing) bur
the leniency Of the court.
Ellis Thomas was cleared o.
the charg4 of hog stealing and
several cases were dismissed anC
continued.
Lee Farley was found guilty
Of assault with intent to murder
and was fined S35 and costs.
Archie Young $25 and costs
! X. {. Robertson was indicted
for seduction and I. Goodman
for bigamy. Both are undel
bond to appear at the Septem bel
term of court.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-03-13
OPENING OF The ICE.CREAM
SEASON.

Mr.. A. H. Denmark treated
the Enterprise force to the first
ice-cream of the season, yester-
day(Thursday) afternoon. 1t
was delicious, as Mr.. Denmark 5
refreshments always are. and
was of course enjoyed immensely
by the entire force.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-03-13
FITZGERALD DIVISION HEAD.
QUARTERS.

The Enterprise is glad to
announce that from this date
Fitzgerald will be made freight
division headquarters of the At
lantic & Birmingham railroad,
which will bring to the city the
families of several freight train
crews between Waycross and
Montezuma. This means a con-
siderable addition to our pop
ulation and is one of the things
that goes a long ways towards
building city.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-03-13
]. F. DELAcy,
Solicitor Gene
THE PnRNIx GROcn


Messrs. Wilson g. M
Mr.. A. ]. Dixon have al
wholesale grocery com
der the above firm nan
company is capitalized I
90 per cent of which
paid in.
Since the reduction d
rates to Fitzgerald ther
ably no better field in q
a wholesale groce
ness, and the Phenix
Co. starts out under /
plclous conditions and
tering prospects. Mes
Wilson and A. J. Dixon,
by Mr.. H. L. McLeH
give the business their
attention. A large stoe
fally bought groceries
kept on hand in the la1
house on Central Ave
the Empire Store.
they propose to give
trade of this section
vice possible
We wish the
Co. ,fnhou0sf "a
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-03-13
FITZGERALD FIRE DEPARTMENT.
W. w. Allen, Chief.

COMPANY NO. ,.
E. H. Chapel, Capt.
Jno. J. Schlanser,
Richard Armantrout,
A. V. Armantrout,
Everett Kay,
B. E. Archer,
Chas. Brubaker,
Geo. F. Kircher,
H. H. Walker.
and support to either of the
companies.
The Enterprise will tie onto
one or the other of the compan-
les, NOT WITH THE PURPOSE OF
DIscoURAGING EITHER, but to give
encouragement and assistance
especially to the company we tie
to, we are not choice now. We
went to the Monday night meet
ing thinking we would select the
best looking company, but found
ten handsome young fellows on
each side, between them we
could not decide, so we will leave
the matter somewhat with the
boys to determine.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-03-13
GENERAL PRESENTM1

! We find our Jail ID
ton. In view of
various grand juriea
mended improveme
building, which for
unknown to us have
by the county cor
we feel a delicacy
recon mendation ia /
but do say that larg
should be put in an
cilities for furnishiH
with water, and that
and wood floors be re
We have appointed
Wis, David Ewing
Paulk as a com mittee
the books of the vari
officers and report to
Jury at the Septemb
the court and that th
$500 per day for said
We recon mend thu
tor and Representative
present law creating j
three county com mis-
pealed and introduce
ing only one com mi
leave the law in refer
subject as it was befoI
sage of the act creatin
of three com missioner
We recommend ths
Ryman be appointe
Solicitor.
We recommend Il
Presentments be bu
the Irwin County Coz
Dispatch, Fitzgerald 4
and Citizen. and thai
$500 each.
In closing our labcl
turn our thanks to Ju 6
Roberts for the able !
which he has dispatch
mess of the court.
We tender our hear
to Solicitor-General Il
the very able name
he has represented II
and desire it to be pla
cord that we conside
of the very ablest 81
officers in the state.
to the body and unvar
esy has been apprecia
T. B. Young, fore
Thomas Kay, D J Il
L Robitzsch. IL n.
Sam Prvis, FIG q
w m Williams, w T.
J E Jones, A E G
w D Fountain, S M n
H T Fletcher Jr, E r Il
J S Geohaghan, Henry
Warren Fletcher, Dani'
Wiley Whitley Sr,J M
David C1emen
It is ordered by the
the foregoing Genera
ments be published /
mended.
D. NJ. Rol
Judge I
]. F. DELAcy,
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-03-13

Unless all signs fail March is
supposed to so out like a lion.
Everybody expects bad weather
ia abouttwo weeks.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-03-13

nit the following General Pre-
sentiments.
We find our public roads in bad
condition. Very little work has
been done by the road hands.
The road commissioners and
over seers have been negligent in
their duties. There seems to be
dissatisfaction in some sections
because some roades are being
worked by county convicts. 1t
is impossible to have all the roads
worked in a short time with the
mum Der of convicts now on hand.
We recommend that over seers
and road commissioners have
roads worked by road hands as
soon as practable and we urge
commissioners of roads and reve-
nues to equalize the work done
by convicts in different sections
OF the county as best they can
and Ego over) all the public roads
repairing places as speedy as
possible. 1t has been claimed
that some of our roads which
have always been considered
public roads are not legally es-
tablished as such. We call at
tention to this matter and sug-
gest that proper authorities look
into this matter and perfect the
record and register all roads
if they should find it to be neces-
sary.
We recommend that William
Boykin and Nellie Prescott be
placed on the pauper list the
former to receive $500 per
month and the latter $500 per
month.
We recommend that our Sem
ator and Representative intro
duce at the next session of the
legislature a LEGAL act for the pay.
ment of the solicitor-General a
salary of $500 per year to be paid
out of county funds and make it
the duty Of officers of court when
a fine is assessed to collect same
cost as is now allowed for Solici-
tor'General for his services,
which shall be turned over to
County Treasurer, with other
funds arising from fines and for.
FIXTURES.
D. A. McInnis has presented
his account against the county
for services in summoning 125
witnesses to come before the
grand jury at the present term
of court amounting to $62 50,
which we recommend be paid by
the county commissioners.
J. II. Young, Clerk of Super
ior Court, presented an account
properly sworn to for issuing
subpeonas to come before the
Grand Jury amounting to $40.25,
which was recommended to be
paid by the County Commission
ers.
We recommend that William
Congor be appointed N. p. and
ex- ofticio ]. p. for the l55Oth
district G. NJ. to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of o.
J. Luke,
We recommend that q. Bass
and L. Robitzsch be appointed to
fill the vacancies on the Board of
Education, the former to fill the
vacancy caused by the resigna-
ton of II. J Luke, the latter to
fill the vacancy caused by the re-
signation of Joshua Troup.
We have examined the dOckets
of various Justices of Peace and
Notaries Public and find them
correctly kept except the book
of Notary Public of the SIS dis
trict where some of the entries
were not properly made.
The petition of Ford and Bak-
or TO change the county line be-
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-03-13

Go to Denmark Drug.
Co., for ice cream, ice
cream soda, and the
best of everything in
the SODA WATER lire.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-03-13
COMPANY NO. /,

COMPANY NO. 1.
W. c. Wi1kerson, Capt.
G. A. Lagerstrom,
Ed Hussey,
Frank Hagar,
Ed ]. Thurston,
Will Gillisipie,
Joe Crimb1e,
A. Chapel, *.
J. A. Parrot,
L. P. North.
The above represents the or
ganization of Fitzgerald fire
fighters as effected Monday
night. The two companies un-
der w. c. Wilkerson, Capt. No.
l and E. H. Chapel, Capt. No. 2,
will be entirely independent of
each other, but at fires will be
under the direction of the chief
selected by the council, Mr.. w,
w. Allen.
The object in the organization
of the two companies is to bring
about a rivalry that will appeal
to the pride, not only of the
mem bers themselves, but their
friends on the outside who are
supposed to give encouragement