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Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1904-09-06
Council Proceedings:
Last Nights Session
1t Was the Regular Monthly Meeting, and
the Usual Amount Of Business was
Run Through the Mil.


yesterday evening, Acting Mayor
Hooker presiding. A big grist
of bills was ground out, and
several matters of minor impor.
lance were disposed of.
DR.. Robertson asked permission
to erect 3O-foot electric poles to
carry wire across Grant street
from Polhill's Drug Store to his
establishment over the Southern
Express Company's Office. The
request was granted
J. E. Crawford, of the Seaboard
asked that the city refund SIS
which he had paid as pound fees.
It was decided that the city
must have a band, and 500 was
according allowed for the pur-
chase of instruments. Said in
struments to be the property of
the city, each member to
give bond to the city
in amount of twice the price of
his instrument.
Members of M. E. church
asked that lots 7 and 1851 be
exempted from taxes. The con-
cessien was made, with the pro.
vision that the society build a
church on said lots.
Messrs L. W. Meakin and E.
l.. Todd, and Mrs. Wisehart
we're given permission to tap the
Main street main and lay water
pipes to their residences. The city
to take up the price of the pipe
in water rent as has been the
custom heretofore.
G. M. Hooker was appointed
committee to look into the matter
of the Garbutt sewerage. Pay
ment of 500 by the city was
agreed upon, and the proposition
accepted by council.
Mr.. w. w. Lyon, consulting
engineer of Memphis, Tenn,
was present, aud gave the couu-
Gil proposition to put in a
sewer system. This was re-
ferred to com mittee on sewerage.
w. G. Broadhurst asked the
city to exchange some other lot
with him for one he has at the
Blue and Gray park. Matter
was referred to committee, w.
r. Bowen.
Policeman Partridge was
directed to have his measure
taken for a suit of police uniform.
Alderman Hooker reported the
old l. K. L. building on Pine
street as being out of blumb. Re.
ferred to com mittee to investi-
gate and report.
(Later.-We learn, as we go to
press, that the building has
been condemned)
Mayor was instructed to direct
the A. & B., and F. 0. & r. B.
railroads to either lower their
tracks to the street level, or raise
the street to the level of the
tracks.
Alderman Owen reported q
pool of stagnant water back o.
the residence of Jas. Price, or
Lee street. Referred to police
mittee with power to act.
The following bills were order
ed paid:
Thos. Wilson, Mayor, salary ......s SO
J. II. Rountree, clerk and Treas, salary 800
D. B. Jay, city attorney, salary. 80. s3
Norman Burton, sexton cemetery ...... 300
August Deimel, scsvenger, salary .... ESQ
Herman Smith, chief OF police salary 500
:. Chas. Brubaker day police, salary. 4oC
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1904-09-06

Mr.. A. P. Green, of Cortez,
was in the city today.
Miss DeLoach, of the Trading
Stamp Store, visited home folks
at Waycross Sunday.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1904-09-06

Middling in other Georgia towns loo
In spite of the break in the cotton mar
ket, which has been somewhat demoraliz-
ed since Thursday, Fitzgerald is still in !
the lead and is paying about quarter of I
cent above what is generally supposed (
to be legitimate price, but our factory, !
compress and export buyers have enlist \
ed for the whole cotton season and the <
farmers have no reason to object
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1904-09-06

To balance in treasury ..S3, 1922. 95
Continued to Fourth page.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1904-09-06

about one and one-half
thick. These cakes are
placed between the plates
oil-press, the pressure il
on, and there runs dow
the edges of the plate
into a trough below, ths
clear, golden oil. When t
cakes come from the press
are ground, producing the
sed-meal, so much u.s.
stock food.
A seventy-horse-powef
furnishes power for the
which drives the ginnin
baling machinery. A bo|
one hundred and tive
horse power runs the e
the oil mill proper.
The mill and ginnery
in each day of twelve Il
bales of lint, one bale
eight and one half
teen thousand pound
seven tons of "a
hundred gallons
The Fitzgera
just outside the
chases, every y
bales that We
shipped awa
The lead
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The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1904-04-29

i miss old Rivers most OF all at
this yacht club, remarked SandersOn,
regarding the menu with bored i'm
patience. He always knew just how
to order a dinner"
Some OF Us eat" assented Mac
Phan, sadly, and some OF Us dine
Poor Rivers dined-"
'And wined," put in Barlow, brisk
y. Dear me, what suppers we have
had together at this very club"
1T seems impossible to realize that
he's dead. If 1 hadn't attended his
funeral, and in the capacity Of pail
bearer, too. 1 quite believe L should
doubt it now, and set it down as one
Of his practical jokes
What did he die of" asked Bar
low, suddenly. 4 was in Italy at the
time and knew only the fact Of his
Death
HE died as appropriately as he
uved-of heart failure, said Mac
Phail. smiling.
Why appropriately
Its very evident Barlow did not at
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1904-04-29
Hoy. Nacn-, .vn--ia.

To her inability to look at things
from q practical standpoint may be
attributed wOman's talent for borrow
ing trouble. She never waits for sor-
row TO come 10 her. She goes forth
TO look IL up and If she doesn't have
any Of her own she assumes that OF
her friends Above all, she auticI-
pates. If her children are well she
agonizes over what she would suffer
If they were i'll; while her boys are
in rOundabOuIs she begins worrying
over the dangers of college life
while her girls are still babies she is
miserable. thinking how unkind their
possible husbands may be TO them. In
Mr.. DixOn's new novel he tells about
a man who had carved over the man
tel in the library this sentence 81
am old and I have had much trouble.
but most Of it never happened" No
woman would have ever adopted that
for her motto and she couldn't have
lived up 20 it if she had. She has
plenty OF trouble and the troubles
that never happened troubled her
more than the ones that did.-Ex
change
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1904-04-29
HAD THE GAMBLERS SCARED.

Mrs Sage and Mrs. Gould Created q
Ripple on the Bowery-
The visit Of Miss Helen Gould and
Mrs Russell SAGE 10 the mission in
No 50 BOwery on the night OF St
Patrick's day caused a connection in
a gambling house next door When
their automobile drew up in front Of
the mission a crowd gathered. The
names Of the visitors were soon
passed TO the gamblers
The gambling place is used as
pO0lrOOm in the afternoons and faro
game is operated there at night A
well-lnOwn lightweight prizehghter
acts as dOOrkeeper in the daytime and
occasionally as lookout at night. He
was on duty when Mrs. Sage and Miss
Gould entered the mission. and it was
he who passed the scare to the men
inside Play was interrupted for a
few minutes, but more mature con
sideratiOn led the men TO believe they
had nothing to fear from the women,
so they returned 10 the game.
Several players. however. were curl
Gus enough TO 90 into the mission TO
see the visitors After the service
they returned TO the gambling room
and reported how Mrs. Sage had
asked the male quartet 70 sing
Where Is ny Wandering Boy To
night Then they bought some chips
and began TO buck the tiger.--NeH
York Press
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1904-04-29
IN THE COCKTAIL CHERRY.
Dr. WyIie DiscIoses Some Mysteries
of Its Composition.

Or. WyIie Discloses Some Mysteries
Of Its Composition.
Some Of the mysteries Of compost
ton OF the cherry in the insidfOus
cocktail. the clear, beautifully colored
jellies fed TO the sick and GONZALES
cent, as well as the more substantial
articles OF food, were disclosed by DR..
Harvey W Wylie. chief of the bureau
Of chemistry, United States depart
ment OF agriculture. in the last of
series OF five lectures on Home
Economies" delivered before the Phil
adelphia branch of the collegiate
alumnae at the rooms Of the associa-
ton The popular taste demands the
addition OF cOIOrs TO food which viii
give them the tint people imagine ma
ture impaTts, said Dr. WyIie. These
dyes are made mostly from coal tar.
Some are not harmful. yet IL is a de-
cepuCn- Most Of the coffee sold as
Mocha and Java comes from Brazil.
Cherries such as are used in cock
tails are filed with glucose. favored
with pTUssic acid and dyed with ana
line dye Vinegar is often made from
beet root alcohol Olive oil is almost
never made from olives. The aduI-
teratiOn OF food debases commerce.
and leading manufacturers are begin
ming to realize il and TO take action
against it Philadelphia Public
Ledger
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1904-04-29
Russians Die for Vodka.

Vodka is the popular Russian
drink 1t is TO the NIuscovfte what
frewater used TO be to the aboriginal
Indians. II provides him with cour-
age when all else fails. and he viii
fEht to the death for it. There are
eight vodka distiueries in the new
town of Hardin, the center Of Russian
industrial and commercial develop
ment in Manchuria, and the inhabi-
tants drink vast quantities Of the
product FOrty-six thousand men are
in Hardin At least 10000 drink vod-
ka- The daily consumption is 5000
gallons. or about three-ffths of a pint
each. That would make for every man
about five good drams-nothing at all
but for the fact that vodka is about
145 proof; that IS. in each 100 gallons.
there are 721z gallons Of pure alcohol.
Vodka is as strong as schlivOwitz.
three drinks Of which will knock a
man silly For comparison, most Of
the American whisky sold over the
bar is from 90 TO SO proof.
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tend his funeral, remarked MacPhal,
dryly.
You're speaking in parallels. old
man" returned Barlow, cheerfuIly.
Didn't you ever hear about Rivers
love affairs, old chap27 questioned
MacPhaiI, irrelevantIy.
'Of course, I knew all about Nollie
Preston" said Barlow. "but 1 sup
posed that was more or less OF a Sc
cret"
'MOIlie PrestOni" exclaimed the
others. Then shes another one.
Why, we never dreamed Of MOIlie's
being in it, too"
But I've always supposed she was
very much in it." said Barlow In
fact I never knew there was anyone
else
Let's have your story. old man,
and then Wen tell you ours. for it's
very evident you've never heard Of
poor old Rivers funeral procession"
It's rather an odd tale said Bar
low, but then Rivers was rather an
odd chap, you know. There was some
thing about Rivers-sOmething so
spontaneous, you know"
Rivers charm lay in his unexpect-
edness. One couldn't predicate Rfv-
ers. He was so certain to do the 9th
er thing.
He certainly did It this time, went
on Barlow. DO you fellows remem-
Der the old Egyptian palmist who had
a shanty down on y street2 Well,
Rivers told MOIlie one Of his fab
ulOUs tales abOut-this old charlatsn.
and MOllie's curiosity was so excited
that she asked Rivers TO make an aD-
pOintment for her with the Egyptian.
'She drove down there one day,
heavily yelled, and was ushered into
the awful and mysterious presence Of
the Egyptian. II was very impress
i've. NOllie told ne so herself. The
palmist wore a heavy turban over his
eyes, and what was left OF his face
was concealed by q heavy black
beard.
she said the palmist held both her
hands in his most tenderly-in fact,
caressingly-a said impressively:
You are in love
"MOIlie jumped nearly out Of her
chair, but the rascal held her hands
firmly and then proceeded TO describe
the MAJ. He painted Rivers TO the
life, even mentioning that little scar
he got in Heidelberg, Of course. Mol
lie recognized the portrait and went
away quite shaken up Until then
she had fancied herself desperately in
love with Billy Brown
81 can't tell you his name said
the old rascal, because my art doesn't
carry me 50 far, but can tel you
that this man means to call on you
this very evening. and some time dur
ing the visit he win sing 4 Arise
From Dreams Of Thee
wen, you may imagine how fright
ened 1IoIlie was when she was all by
herself and thought IT over. She said
the only way she managed to quiet
her nerves was to telephone directly
to Billy Brown and beg him to ean on
her that evening, and some time.
some how, some way, manage to sing.
OF even just hum, I Arise From
Dreams of Thee
Billy responded ike nan He
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ssnmer - b ~.

FASHIONS superb disregard OF eli
mate inside The house is one Of the
most notable symptoms OF that auto
cratic Eladam'5 present mood IN
America ard Russia TIE custom is
gradually gaining ground OF assuming
eiry-fairv wes-ables indoors II winter
instead CT the warm. heavy garments
Of a former regime The improved
method OF heating houses by steam or
hot water ra6iatcrs has much 20 do
with the change. no doubt We no
longer are obliged 70 huddIe round the
hearth for warmth while the rooms
four corners are lowering about the
freeing point But It fs not alone IN
the house that sumner garments are
possible Ga January. a. most CT the
smart restaurants ~ ZONE OF abroad
disDhauous dress s. The order 81 day
and evening. u PARIS TITS Tas es-
pectally noticeable one frivolous even
frg at the Rilz. Everybody was more
OF less Ezrbed u chiEon frock ard e
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1904-04-29

Kemble, the artist, was sketching
in the mountains OF Georgia recently.
when he fell in with a particularly
angular cracker" The man posed
for him in various positions. spending
over an hour, and when KembIe
asked. What do owe for your trou-
ble2" the mOuntaineer answered. 4
reckon a dimeu be about right. sub"
The artist showed him the sketches
and asked what he thought OF them.
wall was the drawing reply.
seems TO me it's mighty puddlin'
business for man 20 be in. but you
must be maxim suthin' out OF It or
you couldn't afford 70 throw away
money ike this for jest gettin' a man
to stand around dOin' nothin Mon
treaI Herald
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1904-04-29
OLD THEORY IS DOUBTED.
Some MeteoroIogists Deny That For
ests influence the Rainfall.

Some Meteorologists Deny That For
ests Influence the Rainfall.
Almost from time immemorfal
meteorologists and the public gener-
ally have held TO the opinion that the
cutting away Of forest trees greatly
diminishes the rainfall in a given area.
OF late, however. the first named class
doubt the correctness Of the theory.
although they cCncede that denudi1g
the land Of trees accele-ates the rate
at which water runs OF from noun
tain sides The same attitude IS
adopted by the forestry bureau az
Washington. in a report regarling a
special study Of the Rock River wa
tershed. The region lies partly In
Wisconsin and partly in Illinois. With
in the last eighteen or nineteen years
there has been some decrease ii. pre-
cipitatiOn in the valley and the river
is lower than il once was.
In discussing the facts the bureau
adopts a notably cautious manner.
saying that 1t cannot be safely as
serted that forest destruction has
produced any falling OF IN the annual
precipitation over the region Com
menJing on the facts in The Bulletin
Of the American Geographical So
ciety,' r DeD. Ward, a well known
meteOrOlOEist. calls attention 10 the
fact that a falling of in rainfall has
been observed at many other localities
IN the western part OF the United
States for several years. thus in q
measure cOrrObCrating the conclusion
Of Bruckner that there is a thirty-fve
year cycle in the climate.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1904-04-29

Prof John Tnowbridge Of Harvard
University says that some recent ex-
periments he has made in the JeHer-
son Physical laboratory show that
the astounding noise OF a lightning
discharge IS largely due to the disso-
citation Of water vapOr." through the
explosion OF the hyrOge1 and oxygen
gases produced By such dissertation
In his mimic lightning experiments
Prof TroTbridge produced a torrent
OF huge electric sparks The noise Of
the Discharge was so great that the
Operator had 70 stop his ears WITH cot
ton and then TR : heavy cloth
arCHn5 thez
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1904-04-29
NutrIment b - 80.

When boiling rice some cooks allow
the cereal TO absorb all the water in
which IL IS cooked, while others keep
IL supplied with more water and then
drain on and throw il away When
me latter method IS adhered 60 much
OF the nutrimeRt OF the rice IS wasted.
The crientals long ago discovered
that rice water contains the very
essence OF nutriIcnt. and travellers
iC oriental countries when attacked
by stomach troubles incident 10 the
climate have found thar rice water.
when sweetened and favored with
some favOrite extract. and set away
% cool makes a Jelly which may be
eaten cold with cream. This makes a
very nice dessert 10 serve 10 children
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1904-04-29

OIL Products Of Pennsylvania Exceeds
That o. All the Rest OF the World.


oil Products Of PenEsyivauis Exceeds
That Of All the Rest Of the Woric.
According 10 q report OF the geo
logical survey Of the United States
government, now nearly ready for
publication petroleum was first dis
covered BY Col Drake less than half
IA century ago IN Pennsylvania near
TitusTille- Men in those days had no
notion that petroleum was among the
necessities Of existence. A taIIow dip
or wax candle Illuminated sufficient
y the nights activities and a blazing
log wood IRE let no room for desire
for another kind OF heater. Petro-
lsum might have been counted z su-
perfuity, but instead il sprang into
immediate favor, ard now its list OF
popular byprOddcts grows longer
every year
The total production Of crude ne
trOleum from 1853 10 the end OF 1902
has been no less than 1.165 2SO. 727
barrels That means that il two and
one-haf feet were allowed for the
height Of a barrel and If these bar
rels filed with all the domestic oil
that has been produced were laid so
that their heads touched they would
encircle the earth two and One-Quar
ter times
OF this total. Pennsylvania and New
York produced $50 Der cent, Ohio.
24-3 per cent; West Virginia. 11-3 per
cent; Indiana. 80 per cent: Califor-
MA, SO per cent; Texas. p Der cent.
leaving g per cent TO be supplied BY
the states OF Kansas. Colorado. Louis
lana, Illinois, Missouri. Indian terri
tory, Wyoming, Michigan and Okla.
bona
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1904-04-29
AT THE YACHT CLUB
by 5. b ROGERS.

said he was surprised and altogether
nlled with deep and mingled emotions
at the request, but he'd come and do
his best"
Think of Brown singing anything"
put in MacPhaiI
Go On, for heavens sake, man;
don't keep us all in this suspense"
rOared SandersOn-
Barlow slipped his wine luxuriously,
tantalizingly.
They both arrived together" he
drawled. and just as EIollie parted
the pOrtieres Of the drawing room,
. they both burst, simultaneously, into
4 Arise From Dreams OF Thee Boys,
It was really dramatic"
And was it Rivers?7 questioned
MacPhail-
Why, Of course; because she had
asked Billy to sing it, so in that way
she tested fate. She didn't dare dis
obey the finger Of providence when it
was pointing so unerringly at old Riv-
eTs- He sat out Billy Brown, and she
accepted him"
That explains why she shipped
Billy" remarked Sanderson. reflect
lively. But 1 wonder why she kept
her engagement TO old Rivers so
Quiet?"
You know Rivers always hated
publicity Of any kind" returned Bar
low. But he really couldn't keep that
Egyptian affair dark He had 10 tell
some one, and it CHANGED TO be me.
1t was here in this very club one
evening last summer. He said he
nearly died when Billy Brown started
up and sang 4 Arise From Dreams Of
Thee almost at the very instant he
began to sing il, but he just put it
down as q remarkable instance Of
thought transference, until MOllie
herself cOnfiCed the whole story to
him
Il think it's even better than his
funeral" commented AIacPhail.
at certainly couldn't have been an
ordinary funeral. % remarked Barlow.
1T was. indeed assented Mac
Phail. most bizarre. As 1 told you.
he died Ostensibly from heart fail
ure. Dropped suddenly in the bank
while he was cashing a check.
The funeral took place from his
apartments uptown. and / never saw
such a crowd OF girls in my life at a
funeral before. All the girls we knew
ne knew, and a regiment OF girls he
knew we didn't; at least, we'd never
seen them before
"Mollie was there and well to the
fore, although we never suspected she
was more than an ordinary mOurner,
but she and all the other girls wore
crepe rather OsteutatiOusly, and really
seemed overcome with grief.
4 got over by Nellie and asked her
who the deuce they were. and she
tossed her head disdainfully, and said
she didn't know; they were probably
stenOgraphers.'
I'VE found out later they were from
the rural districts put in Sander
son, eXcitedly. Rivers had made nay
while the sun shCne in his own char
acteristic fashion.
But who were they?' asked Bar
low. in admiring awe.
They were his fancees,' said San
dersOn, sOlemnly.
DO YOU mean all Of them. one con
tinuOus performance" asked Barlow
Nothing else, answered MacPhal
His viii proved it later 1t was
found that he had left his all. his lit
tie all-sOme half million Of dollars
to be divided equally among them.
You can readily imagine their sur
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senator - 80

A friend was arguing with Senator
Platt in behalf OF z man O. many
ideas and OF unlimited activities. but
who never accomplished any apparent
results He was the ultra type OF re
former and often made himself ridicul-
Gus through what he proposed and
what he brilliantly failed 70 achieve.
His advocates after enumerating all
Of his excelIences TO the "TiOga Sage
said:
You may not agree with him. sena-
tor. but this man is an individual
force In the activities Of our social
life you cannot deny that he is an en-
CINE Of much power"
Yes" assented the senator. dryIy
a donkey engine."
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1904-04-29

wearer may prefer. The pointed belt
is peculiarly becoming. as Il gives a
far more slender effect than can be
obtained by. q round one. and the wide
sleeves alc emi1ently desirable over
the fashionable waists
The blouse IS made with fronts and
back and IS fitted IL means OF shout
der and uuder-arm seams. The lower
edge IS gathered al the hack. plated
al the front and finished By means Of
the belt The cape collar is entirely
separate and is arranged over the
whole. the edges being finished wi.h
braid or in any manner that may be
preferred The wide sleeves are made
in one piece each and are finished
with broad roll over CUTS
The quantity Of material required
for the medium size IS yards p IN
ches wide. ~ yards - inches wide.
or % yards g inches wide. with 9
yards OF braid for edges OF blouse and
cuffs
The pattern 1852 IS cut ia sizes for
a g. g. s6. So and 40 inch bust meas
Ure-
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Would ston in the wav-

once had a dos that was good TO track
rabbits.
But TO catch them he always would
fail
For wherever the rabbit was started. you
He would stop TO play with his tail.
His stopping would hinder the other ca
mines.
For he always would atop in the way.
He seemed % think more Of his tail than
OF meat
And was never too hungry TO play
I know OF some men in hish stations to-
day.
Who baIk every good resolution
That IS started in ConEress- for the- get
In the way.
And play with their tan Constitution
This playing might do. Il the time vas
their own
But the people do not think tt neat.
They would rather the ulzVfuE was
stopped 4 am sure.
They do not want hlrlzfre-- but meat
Jake II Harrison in Dallas News