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Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-04-24

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monthly session Monday evening
In the absence on Mayor Wilson
President of the council James
G. Knapp presided. All the
Aldermen were present.
Applications for redemption Of
tax titles were granted.
The citizens on west Oconee
street petitioned for the grading
of that street between the ABB
railroad and Bragg street. The
street commissioner was author.
lied to do the work.
A petition from citizens for an
arc light at the corner of Jack.
son and Pine street was referred
to the water and light committee.
A written application from an
INDECENT transient lady for rail-
road ticket to Atlanta was refer.
red to the Cham Der of Commerce.
The First National Bank petit
toned the council for a sewer
pipe to be laid from the intersec-
ton of Pine and Grant to the in
tersection CT Ocmulgee and
Grant, proposing to furnish the
piping which will be a large per
cent of the cost of the sewer.
The matter was discussed at
length by the counci1men pres
ent. The necessity for the sewer
was admitted and the PROPOSE
ton was considered a very fair
one, but owing to the absence of
data as to the practicability of
a drain to be placed low enough
to drain the basement of the new
bank building it was deemed ad-
visable to postpone action on tbs.
matter to an adjourned meeting
to be held wednesday night.
The superintendent of public
schools, M. D. Miller, asked that
a loan of 100000 from funds I'M
appropriated in the treasury be
placed to the credit of the school
fund for the purpose of paying
off the April payroll, which was
granted on motion of Alderman
Mcdonald.
Ordinance No. 178, increasing
the school appropriation to 81, 900,
was read and passed without
opposition.
Mr.. L. F. Thompson made a
verbal appeal for the reduction
of the ope. a house or theatrical
license. The matter was refer
red to the license committee.
Chief of the fire department,
w. w. Allen, reported that the
voluntary contributions for the
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Inasmuch as there may be
some differences of thought and
sentlm ent among those who pro-
TESS to be friends of the negro, I
desire to profess myself as be-
longing to the Booker Washington
Tuskegee section of the organi-
zation. I believe the days of I'm
Gle Toms Cabin are past.''-
Grover Cleveland.
With this sentiment express
ident Cleveland took the chair last
night a tremendously enthusiast
tic meeting which more than fill
ed the big concert hall of Mad
ison Square Garden. Both Mr..
Cleveland and Booker T. Wash
ington got ,rousing, receptions,
the audience rising and futter-
ing handkerchiefs again. The
meeting was in the interest of
Tuskegee Institute, of which Mr.
Washington is pr incipa1.
After songs by colored quar-
tet, Mayor Low introduced Mr..
Cleveland, assuring him of
sympathetic audience whenev-
er he comes to speak in New
York; Mr.. Cleveland said in
part:
Il believe that neither the de-
CT that made the slaves free
nor. the enactment that suddenly
invested them with the rights of
citizenship any more purged
them Of their racial and slavery
bred imperfections and defcien-
cles than it changed the color of
their skin. I believe that among
the nearly nine millions of ne
groes who have been intermixed
with our citizenship there is still
a grieveous amount of ignorance
sad amount of viciousness and
add tremendous amount of 1azi-
ness and thrift1essness.
SOUTH MUST SOLVE PROBLEM.
I am thoroughly convinced
that the efforts of Booker Wash
ington and the. methods of Tuck
egee institute point the way to
the benefcient solution of
the vexatious negro problem at
the South; and I know that the
good people at the North who
have aided the efforts and meth
DDS have illustrated the highest
and best citizenship and the most
Christian and enlightened phil
anthropy.
I cannot, however, keep out of
my mind tonight the thoughts
that, with all we of the North
may do the relaxation of our hope
for the negro must, after all,
mainly depend. except so far as
it rests with the negroes them
selves, upon the sentiment and
conduct Of the leading and re-
s2ons ib1e white men of the
South, and upon the maintenance
of a kindly and helpful feeling on
their part toward those in their
midst who so much need their
aid and encouragement.
=, i do not know how it may be
with other Northern friends of
the negro but I have faith in the
honor and sincerity of the respc.
table white people of the South in
their relations with the negro
and his Improvements and we'll.
being. They do not believe in
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-04-24
CLEVELAND UPHOLDS THE
SOUTH ON THE RACE QUESTION

the social equality of the race
and they make no false pretense
in regard to it,. That this does
not grow out of hatred of the ne
gro is very plain.
1T seems to me that there is
abundant sentiment and abun.
dant behavior among the South.
ern whites toward the negro tc
make US doubt the justice of
charging this denial of social e.
quality to prejudice, as we usu-
ally understand the world. Per
haps it is born of something so
much deeper and more imperious
than prejudice as to amount to a
rascal instinct.
WHAT soUTHERNERs HAVE CON.
DONED.
What ever it is, let us remem.
Der that it has condoned the ne.
gro's share in the humiliation
and spolation of the white men of
the south during the saturna1ia
of reconstruction days and has
allowed kindly feeling for the
South was de1uged by the peri
Gus flood of indiscriminate, I'M
intelligent and blighting negro
suffrage.
Whatever it is, let us try to
be tolerant and considerate of
the feelings and even the preju-
dice or rascal instinct of our
white fellows-country-men of
the South, who in the solution of
the negroes problem must, amid
their own surroundings, bear
the heat of the day and stagger
under the weight of the white
mans burden.
There are, however, other con-
sideration related to this feature
of the negro question which may
be regarded as more keeping
with the object and purposes of
this occasion. AS friends of the
negro, fully believing in the pos
sibi1ity of his improvement and
advancement, sincerely and con-
fldent1y laboring to that end, it
is foo1ishness for us to ignore
the Importance of the ungrudg-
ing cooperation on the part of
the white people of the South in
this work.
I'VE are sowing we'll in the
soil at the bottom of life the seeds
of the black mans developed and
usefulness. These seeds will
not die, but will sproutand grow;
and if it be within the wise pur.
poses of God, the hardened sur
face of no untoward sentiment of
prejudice can prevent the burst
ing forth of the blade and plant
of the negroes appointed oppor-
tunities into the bright sunlight
of a cloudless day." Edgar Gar.
dner Murphy of Montgomery
Ala, gave dispassionate review
of the situation in the South, in
which he declared that the ne.
groes were making substantial
progress.
WASHINGTON THANKS EXPIRES.
The Rev. DR.. Lyman Abbott
spoke briefly, and then came
Booker T. Washington. He
said:
Il am glad to say that we have
another great American ant
Christian statesmen in the per
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REPORT OF THE CONDITE|
OF THE
FIRST NATIONAL 81
Fitzgerald, Ge~rala.
At the close of business
7th, 1903.
RESOURCES.

Loans and discounts. afN
Overdrafts, secured and unsecured
U. 8. Bonds to secure circulation. I'll
Premiums on U. 8. Bonds. ......... n
Stock, securities, etc.
Banking house, furniture, fixtures
Other real estate owned .........
Due from National Banks mot re.
serve agonts). .................
Due from State Banks and Bankers
Due from approved reserve agents
lnternal-Revenue Stamps. .........
Checks and other Cash Items....
Notes of other National Banks. 80.
Fractional paper currency. niczles,
anu cenLS'
Lawful money reserve in Bank vlzs
opecle. ''.''.........'...' .Es,oS&.VV
Legal-tender notes ....... 3,t2l. o.
Redemption fund with U. 8. Treas
urer Is per cent Of circulation.
AOChA' '''''.'''.''.'.ss.s -
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock Paid in. .... :. :. ..es
Surplus fund. 4
Undivided Profits, less expenses and
taxes pafT.. .........G.............
National Bank notes ouV Rtanding... d
Due to State Banks and Bakers. ....
Due to approved reserve ents..
Individual deposits sub ecAetS check ls
Time certificates of deposits. .....,.. Z
Cashiers checks outstanding. :. .:.sl
Total. northumberland ga
STATE OF GEORGIA,
COUNTY OF IRWIN. 90 &
I, E. X. Farmer. Cashier OF the above
bank. do solemnlY swear that the
statement is true to the best of my
edge and belief.
e. X. FARMER, Gas
Subscribed and sworn to before nae b
day of April, 190i
9. s. HUBuRT.
Notary w
CoRRECT-AtteSt:
]. r. MERCBR,
X. A. WILSON, Directors,
J. H. HARLEY.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-04-24
SYRUP AND SUGAR.
HOW TO MAX

Below we print a letter from
Mr.. J. W. Bailey giving the mo-
dus operandi for manufacturing
syrup and sugar from cane. The
letter is on live issue at present
as a large number of our
readers are interested in the pro-
position to establish here syrup
and sugar plant. Mr.. Bailey is
perhaps the best posted man on
the subject in this section of the
state. He has devoted consider
able of his time to the study of
the subject and has had many
years of experience in the man
ufacture of high grade syrup Mr..
Bailey writes;
1t is fact, and all the manu-
facturers of syrup in Georgia,
dealers in Georgia syrup, and
consumers Of Georgia syrup
know the great irregu1arity in
the consistency in the color and
taste of this product.
Such is SO much the
case that the product is not APP
preciated at home or abroad as
it should be. This want of uni
formity is from crude methods
of manufacture, some cane OBJ
tanning more sacarine than other
cane. Where excess of sacarine,
the manufactured product gran
ulates, and III all cases where air
can get to it, it ferments on the
approach of spring. Experience
ed chemistry and improved
machinery have demonstrated
that all these objections can be
obviated.
The juice of sugar cane con-
tains water, sucrose (sugar),
glucose and organic solids (not
sugar.. In the manufacture of
cane juice, we are supposed to
evaporate all water, and skim off,
as it rises to the surface in cook.
ing, all organic solids, leaving
nothing but glucose, which, be-
fore granulation, would be thick
syrup almost colorless. The sue
cess of getting out the organic
substances by the old method is in
proportion to the amount skim
ed off in the cooking process.
In the extraction of juice from
the cane, there is a great loss of
juice in the use of the light mills
say those weighing under twenty
five hundred pounds (2,5OO).
Therefore modern, up-to-date
plant consists of a heavy horizon
tai power mill with feed table
and "bagasee" or pumice carrier.
The trough or tank into which
the juice flows from the mill
should be provided with an aran-
cement for thoroughly straining
or filtering the Juice. From this
it should flow into alternate tanks
and be treated to neutralize the
acid in it. This is very import
ant and is determined by the use
of litimus paper. From these
tanks it is let into a tank from
which it flows on to the evapor-
ator, or into what is termed a
defeating pan, and from this on
to the evaporation, from the
evaporation or cooking pan into a
finishing or strack pan, where the
density is reduced to one thing,
tested by syrup thermometer
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-04-24
LEGAL BLANKS.

The Enterprise has on d
a full line of legal blanks-not'
mortgages, receipts, quit Cd
deeds, tim Der leases, turpentl
leases, etc. etc. '
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-04-24

To see community where ex-
union and ex-confederate soldiers
are pulling together in building a
city, come to Fitzgerald.
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have seven small perforationS instead Of
one The holes are all much smaller in
diameter than ordinary pin, but are
all clear and can admit air. Most Of the
other powder Is of the same general shape
and style of the 1.6-inch army, except that
there is a difference in size. The largest
powder is made for the new 16-inch gun
None of this size was obtainable when a
Star reporter visited a powder manufac-
turer recently, but a grain of the size used
in the 12-fnch naval guns was secured
This grain was of about the same color as
that of the 3.2-inch army field gun, but
was about two and a half inches in length
and one inch in diameter. The holes in this
were seven in number and were about as
large in diameter as the grain of powder
used In the Krag-JorgenSen. AT present
the government is buying most OF its pow
der for the army from one firm 1t does
not intend to do this at all times, however,
as the powder manufacturers are Continu
ally experimenting with new materials and
Improvements in the old grades are rapidly
developed
The powder used by the English govern
ment in the small arms of the army, and
probably in the navy, too. is called cordite,
and is about the size of grain of the
powder for the American mountain gun,
but Is much longer-an inch and half or
two inches long. The powder gets it's name
from it's extreme f1exibility, as a grain has
all the fiexiblity of piece of cord of the
same length, and can be bent and twisted
in any shape tied in a knot. This pow
der is made In long lengths, resembling long
strands of cord, and Is then cut to the de-
sired lengths.
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Allowance for Wives.
ans Home Communion.

From the Woman's Home Companion
Should the wife have an allowance, a
definite sum set apart out of the family in
come for herself, or should she have to ask
her husband. as If 1t were charity, for
money with which to buy her hats, gloves.
ribbons and the thousand and one needful
trif1es? Men are apt to think that because
women do not do the work for which they
the mem are paid, they have no part In
earning it, and are sooner or later inclined
to ask. Where is the quarter / gave you
yes terday?
Marriage is a partnership in a special
sense. in which the man is generally the
bread winner; but it by no means follows
doll arrayed In pretty dresses or house
gowns. In the ideal home the wife bears
her share of the burdens that must come
it would seem, to us all. She keeps the
house more or less deliberately, according
to the circumstances. If she has one serv-
ant or more, her burdens take other forms
than If she did her own work. If she has
children there is the responsibility of car
ing for them and training them
dren for good or evil is very great
If there are guests at the home the matter
of entertainment largely devolves upon the
wife. Her duties are multifarious and
when she has done all she is expected to be
companion for her husband and to be in
terested in the things in which he is inter-
ested. All this is just as much contribu-
ton to the household happiness and com
fort as the money the husband brings home
should be treated like business partner:
she should have an allowance, and should
not have false sentiment about asking
for 1t.
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AN ARCTIC WHITE OWL.
Flew From an Iceberg at Sea to the
Deck of a Steamer.


Deck of Steamer
From the Baltimore American.
A snow-wlite owl that flew from an ice
berg off the Newfoundland bank to the
while the ship was at sea on her way from
marlborough. England, to Baltimore is
the rare specimen of bird brought to port
when the steamer arrived at the Canton
iron ore pier. While the Forest Castle was
east Of Newfoundland -.Aarch 10 and II
she was forced about seventy miles off her
course by great field of foe ice and bergs.
A day later several large icebergs were
passed on the Banks. From one Of these
the white owl few aboard the ship.
AS owls are found in even the arctic re-
gions. and as the snowy owl, named from
it's white feathers. is native to the polar
regions, the bird brought by the Forest
Castle is doubtless of the snowy type.
These birds are found in the fields of Lap
land, the prairies of arctic America, and in
Siberia. The owl on the Forest Castle was
evidently on a mass of arctic ice that broke
loose from a glacier and drifted out to sea.
AS the ice field now coming down from the
arctic region and crossing the North Allan
tic steamship tracks has a southern edge
alone of from 60 to 100 miles, the owl was
not quick to discover that it was far from
land. And when it became hungry it flew
aboard the Forest Castle At the time 1t
was much exhausted from lack Of food, but
soon revived. Capt. Taylor presented the
bird to Pilot Henry Duff, who boarded the
ship at Cape Henry and brought the vessel
up the bay Mr. Duff, through Park Com
missioner Edward d. Booz presented the
owl to Druid Hill Park. The owl meas
ures from 10 to Is inches in height.
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M111oNA1REs MADE TO DISTURB HIM

up to the lots. They went On the land and
squatted there.
They squatted for just about five min
utes. For large army of policemen and
other Well-armed citizens stepped out
from behind the mansion of Heinecker the
railroad president, on the opposite corner
And they drove them off unceremoniously
Heinecker appeared. How dare you
ths raebie upon my property. Get out
with you He drove down upon Huckle-
back as though he would do it single
handed
Huckleback drew himself I'D. This Is
my property" he replied
What, roared Heinecker, what do you
say, you thief? It's my property" And
without mode ado he knocked him down.
They took Mr.. Huckleback down to head
quarters, which was just what Huckleback
wanted for he desired a chance to exhibit
ms deeo TO the court. The judge looked at
II. 1t bore the name of Albrecht Heinecker
true. But when they compared the sigma
lures Of Albrecht Heinecker as he usually
wrote 1t, and that upon the deed, there was
some trifiing difference. 1t was a forgery.
a forgery. Then I've been swindled." He
started to rush out. Where are you go
ing?' they asked him. He said he was
bound for the office Of the man who had
sW1ndled him. They took him thither The
office was empty and the bird had flown.
They brought him back
By that time the great city official was
there. BY the way he suddenly ex-
claimed. was the man that got your
money smooth-faced fellow with gray
hair?'
THAT was the man." assented Mr.. Huck-
leback.
The great official with one hand raised in
holy horror. and the other crashing tight
in Its clutch roll of bills that Just made
him whole. no more, no less, gave vent to a
whistle of establishment
why. great heavens. mani" he ex
claimed. Il thought / saw that man NV
self. And I've seen him once before over
in New York. Why. that fellow
He paused and glanced, with commisera
ton written on his face. at the hapIess
Huckleback.
who is he?" demanded Huck,eba ck
hes got my money
Exactly" returned the other dryly. land
what's more he's very likely to keen IT.
His real name is John r. Halloran. He's
the greatest forger in the east and he lust
broke jail last week. / guess he's gone for
good" He took another firm hold on the
bills inside his pocket
I'm very sorry, Mr. Huckleback for
YOU" he said. But let's change the sub
ject and talk about something else. How
for instance. is my old friend, Wing Shee,
the laundryman? We miss him very much
in Chestnut Square,"
Mr.. P. Huckleback still sits m HE tbraa
legged chair with his one leg on the win
dow Sill, contemplating life in general. and
the house moving business in particuIaf
The letter carrier passes him almost every
day. But no more letters with foreign
stamp have come And If they did. II is
sa1e 10 say there would be no more SO, coo
legacies inside.
For Mr.. Huckleback has had his day in
court He has had his little flyer ana IL
through. for good and all.
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from the occupants Of his contiguous man
sfons. Wing was unprepared for this.
Down where he had come from men never
wore collar more than a week at time.
and cuffs seldom went beyond ten days.
And yet, these rich men kept on wearing
them-perhaps month at least. But then.
he reasoned with himself they wore their
collars until they took bath So he con-
cluded that he had two more weeks to wait,
and he waited patiently.
1t must not be supposed that all this time
T. Huckleberry was idle Not that he was
actively hustling around himself, but he sat
on his three-legged chair and watched red
faced millionaires make futile efforts to
disturb his calm and move his feelings.
They did neither.
He suggested mildly to the gentleman
that the lot belonged to him. and man
had complete right to do with his own
just as he pleased. This argument was
completely insurmountable. They consult
ed counsel at some expense, but without re-
suit. The counsel were compelled to agree
with Mr.. Huckleback.
When the cash offers Of the millionaires
reached twenty thousand, Mr.. Huckleback' S
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long in Bellport. He was a New York man
There were a few men In Bellport who
knew that Updegraff was there, and also
that he had no business there. The great
official was one of these few men. He
called upon Mr.. Updegraf with an armed
force of police. Mr.. Updegran. shocked
and surprised, made overtures. The great
official conntered with proposition OF his
own. Mr.. Updegran joyfully assented to
the great officials proposition.
What 1 want" said the great official.
what 1 want, Mr.. Halloran-"
The other man held up his hand. "Upde-
graff," he insisted. in some alarm.
"Updegraf, corrected the official, what
want Is to get my money back. The
rest can go hang. Understand"
Mr.. Updegran smiled once more. He
understood.
But 1t must not be assumed that p
Huckleback. esquire had permitted his
busy brain to remain idle. His original
great idea had become a passion with him.
There was a big, vacant corner tract OF
land on Chestnut Square that he long had
env1ed. He knew that If he could get
that and make 1t the abode for most of
the Italians and Cinnamon and negroes In
town his fortune would be made. But
he gave it up because nobody on Chestnut
Square was selling lots.
What was his surprise, therefore, one
day to run across this advertisement in
the daily paper:
For sale-Ten vacant lots on Chestnut
Square, corner OF Walnut Terrace. Terms
cash. x. Y. T., this Office.
He answered 1t at once and was in
vited to call upon the owner in one of
the prominent Office buildings of the town.
He did SO. The owner occupied a luxu-
rious room. He was a pleasant sort OF
gentleman. He did not seem to know Mr..
Huckleback, and Mr.. II. did not know him.
He explained to the one-legged man that
he lived in another part of town. Huckle-
back chuckled. He did not haggle over
the large figure demanded by the man,
but went out and drew all his available
cash out of the bank, gave small mort
gage for the small balance due from him,
took his deed and went on his way re-
joicing.
The next day he ushered small army Of
the descendants of Ham, Shem and Japhet
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eyes glistened But he still remained I'M
moved. Wing Shee continued to wash and
iron and hang out On Sundays his Chi
nese friends visited him in hordes and held
tea parties on Wing Shoes lawn. They did
Shees neighbor, Haggerty. could stand it
no longer. He went down to Huckleback
and offered him thirty thousand for his
land. provided he would take his old laun-
dry off the place Huckleback closed at once.
He signed a deed. took his pay in bills
and rugged up his moving apparatus in
front of Wing Shoes place.
ITS a dern good thing" muttered
Huckleback unto himself that I've got
some place to move to-"
He considered that it was so derned good
that he couldn't keep 1t to himself. There
fore. he hung out little sign below that
of Wing Shee: