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Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1904-10-01
Communicated,

Fitzgerald, Ga, Sept. 80, 1904.
Editor Enterprise:
A rather notable and select
party, consisting of F. D. Lee
and wife and granddaughter,
Helen, and G. M. Hooker, met
at the hospitable bachelor home
of Comrade ]. c. Buckley { note
that use the term bachelor
advisedly } for dinner last Sun
day. The writer having had a
previous standing invitation for
several weeks, to help masticate
and digest, a thirteen year old
hen; while this may seem to a
layman to be pretty tough pro-
position to run up against, / want
to say to all those who do not
know Mr.. Buckley, that he sim
ply ranks, from culinary point
OF view, with the chef of the
Waldorf Astoria, of New York.
The chicken and dumping with
gravy, the sweet potatoes, boiled
and baked, and done to a turn:
the sweet pears, cucumbers, iced
tea and milk, hot coff se, ETC.,
were simply fine. The writer's
part IN the above program was
only to furnish the ice and other
condiments necessary to bring
our appetites up to the proper
state to enjoy the eatables; and
ana glad to say that this part of
kne program was carried out to
He letter, and all enjoyed them
Ives to the fullest extent.
an sorry to say that these
old comrades sat around
he shade during the afternoon
under the influence of the
lent dinner, told lies, or
snapped stories, which I
raid will be charged up
by the recording
Hereafter.
aring the after loon, Mr..
ley showed us around bis
I.appointed farm. His Irish
sweet potatoes we're i'm
ense; his five acre cotton lot,
with a prospective bale to the
acre; his corn crop of fifty or
more bushels per acre, put him
without the pale of a pauper, and
those wishing to borrow money
on long time, will do well to con-
suit Mr.. Buckley before gcing
elsewhere.
Respectfully submitted,
Doc.
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Notice.

Please notify us if you are one
of our subscribers as early as
possible.
RADCLIFFE Bros.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1904-10-01
Tax Collectors Notice.

I will be at the following places
on the following dates for the
purpose of collecting state and
county taxes fog the year 1904.
FIRST ROUND.
Old Fifth-Monday, Oct, II.
Dorminey's Mill-Tuesday, Oct is
Fitzgerald-Wednesday Oct 10.
Whitley-Thursday, Oct, 20.
Ocilla-Friday, Oct, 81.
Roberts-Saturday, Oct, %.
Brighton--Monday, Oct, "a.
Chula-Tuesday, Oct 20.
Sycamore-W Wednesday, Oct, 26.
Irwinville, Thursday, Oct, 81.
D. ]. HOGAN,
Tax Collector.
DORMINY LUMBER CO, .
FITZGERALD, GA,
Ofice-First door west of First
National Bank, Pine St.
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State Fair, Macon.

e Atlantic & Birmingham
Eill sell round-trip tickets
acon for the State Fair at
low rates. Tickets will be
Is daily from October 18th
-, inclusive Except Sun
october 23rd,) with final
November 1st. Inquire of
@ent for rates and schedu-
II g MOEAnnuN
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Ale CHEAP.

No. 6, in Block No. /, of Five-acre
1870, known as the Child & Williams
! 10 the City of Fitzgerald. VIII sell
spot cash. Address
WIN. Cox, Ocilla, Ga.
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Attorney-at-Law,
- side Paulk building, Grant
Ga.
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The Boy Was Safe and Well.

George w. Paxton of Amarillo left
this afternoon for his home after
coming here to inquire into the safe
ty of his son T. w. Paxton who was
here during both floods. Young Pax
ton wired his parents that he was
safe and well, but they never re-
ceived the message, and Mrs. Paxton
became so alarmed that her husband
came to see what was the matter.
The young man accompanied his ia
ther home. He made an investigation
and failed to find any record at -he
Western Union Office of the message
he had filed. Mr.. Paxton said the fail
ure of the company TO get the mes
sage through had cost him 500, and
he proposed to have the matter thor
oughly investigated.
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THE TRAINS.
Ore Went North This Afternoon and
Was Crowded With Passengers.

Ore Went North This Afternoon and
Was Crowded With Passengers.
train left for the Pecos bridge
today and there were about two lun-
dred passengers aboard. Many of the
passengers were citizens of Roswell
who went to the bridge for curiosity,
but the majority of them were 1he
Tallmadge prospectors that have oeen
in the city since the flood. The mails
will be transferred at the bridge by
a big boat that was taken there this
morning. The passengers will be
transferred in a similar manner. No
train will be sent south this after
noon. but there will be a train 10
Carlsbad tomorrow morning and -he
transfer there will be made by boat.
The train that went to the Pecos
bridge will return this evening at
about $50
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"NUFF SED"

convicted in the general court mar
tial, the sentences being disapproyad
in two cases, and four acquitted OF
enlisted men 1897 were convicted,
the sentences being disapproved in
~ cases. The number of enlisted men
acquitted after due trial was 311.
Nine officers were dismissed by sen
tence OF the court and in four cases
the sentence of dismissal was CON-
muted to loss of numbers. The num-
Der of men sentenced to dishOnora-
Bile discharge was 2,056. Appended 10
the report were extracts from the re-
ports of departments
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COURT MARTIAL REPORT.
Condition of the Military Service Re-
quires Less Frequent Resort
to This Method of Trial.

Washington, Oct. 10.-The annual
report of General George Davis, Judge
Advocate of the general court mar
tial shows the number of trials luz
ing the year to have been 4,249. being
1,026 less than in the preceding year.
The marked diminution of trials by
general court martial which amounts
to nearly twenty per cent in the
number of cases tried in the year,
says the Judge Advocate General is
very gratifying as indicating that
conditions in the military service are
now such as to require less frequent
resort TO court martial procedure in
order to maintain discipline. 1t is al
so noted that only two persons were
tried by a military commission, sew
enty less than in the previous year.
Thirty commissioned officers were
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Bought Forty Bucks.

C. M. Farnsworth is in from his
ranch, forty miles north He came to
this country three months ago from
Fayette, O., with his family, and has
bought the Caldwell ranch. 1t is his
intention to go into the sheep rails
ing business on an extensive scale,
and yesterday he bought forty Ram
bouillet bucks from Eliza White. rhe
price paid was fifteen dollars per
head.
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..TWenty-seVen persons were killed
and thirty injured, some of them fa-
tally, in a head end collision today
2Ia miles east of Warrensburg, Mis-.
souri,, between the second section CT
Missouri Pacific passenger train Nc.
80 which left Wichita, Kansas, last
night for ST. Louis with Worlds Fair
excursionists and heavy west bound
extra freight train. The collision &C.
Cured on curve known as "Dead
Mans Bend" Both engineers and
both tremen saw the danger and
jumped.
Kansas City, Mo-, Oct. ia spa-
cial to the Star from Warrensbdrg,
Missouri, says that as the result Of
head end collision this morning be-
tween an east bound Mo. Pacific pas
senger train and a west bound freight
near there, twenty-One dead bodies
have been taken from the wreck and
many injured.
The forward coach of the pass en-
engines on both trains were BADLY
damaged. Twenty persons were kill
ed outright and many more injure |.
some of them it is believed fatally.
According to the local Office of the
freight train was to blame for the
wreck, having forgotten his orders.
He had been ordered to wait on The
siding at KnObnoster just east of
Warrensburg, but neglected to do SO.
The trains met at a sharp curve.
The travel to the Worlds Fair has
been SO heavy that all roads have
been sending out trains in two or
more sections. The train wrecked
today was made up at Wichita Sun
day night, and as it's custom was
picked up additional coaches along
the line The last coach was taken
up at Pleasant Hill, Missouri, about
four o'clock this morning. All Tie
coaches were crowded. Both trains
were running at a good rate of speed
when the wreck occurred Dawn mad
not begun to break and neither of
the crews was aware of the approach
of another train until they were al
most upon each other. The impact of
the collision was terrific The sleep
ing passengers were hurled in every
direction. Most of those killed were
in the forward coach The spot where
the wreck occurred is in a narrow
cut, and this fact together with the
darkness added to the difficulty of
the situation.
The greatest confusion occurred az
ter the crash 1t was some time he
fore wcrd was sent back to Warren5-
burg. AS news of the wreck spread
relief trains carrying physicians from
surroundinguOwns, and all things pos
sible was done to aid the injured.
1t will be some time before the dead
and injured can be extracted from
the debris. The dead were car
ried up the track and laid in rows
on an open space until the relief train
| arrived while the injured were cared
| for as we'll as could be done.
The wrecked train was the second
section of the Worlds Fair passenger
train from Wichita, Kansas, for St.
Louis. At the local Office of the Mo.
Pacific it was stated that the wreck
was a serious one.
1t was a long time before the names
of the victims could be learned and
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Card of Thanks.

We take this means of thanking
our friends for their many acts of
kindness during the sickness and
death of our beloved wife and daugh-
ter We especially desire to thank
tn members of the Knights of Pythias
for their many tokens of rememo-
rance and sympathy.
WILLIAM F. DUTTON.
MRS. ROUNDS.
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it little funny to see boating UP
and down the main street of an arid
city
drunken man fell in the water
at the rearend of the Midway saloon
and this occasioned much wild yell
ing and excitement. He was rescued.
and but for the help of bystanders he
would probably have been drowned.
Last night man and woman riding
a horse fell into a deep hole at he
corner of the Green Front saloon The
horse begged down, and the man and
woman had narrow escape. They
were rescued by Marshal Witt For
once the Salvation Army was put
completely out of business.
The water this time was swifter
than ever before One reason for this
was that the bed of the streets had
been washed out by the previous
floods. and this gave the waters free
course.
On this occasion there was no free
display of hosiery, the women staying
at home
The Roswell Opera House which
was partly demolished in the first
flood. fell Saturday night, and the
building is now total ruin. The en-
tire city today is engaged in house
cleaning, and practically all business
is at a standstill. The beer house is
begged down, and the management
is unable to deliver any keg beer to
the saloons Ice was delivered only
on Main street, and the wagon was
late getting around. There were 10
electric lights Saturday night, but
the plant was running in good shape
again last night. An engine and bag
gage car left this morning for the
scene of the wrecked bridge at the
Pecos river with a supply of food for
the workmen. There were no passen-
gers aboard.
A large boat has been made at
Artesia to transfer the mail and pas
sengers across the Pecos, and this
was taken there this morning. The
boat will carry about eight persons.
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Was a False Report.

There was another wild report last
night that the waters were coming
down the Hondo at a fearful rate.
and many of the business houses re
sealed the doors of their stores The
report was false, there being but a
tWO-inch rise.
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Six Letters on Oct. 5th.

Bernard Gunsul received two of the
six letters on above date, and Camp
bell, the tailor, the balance. Every
thing seems to be concentrating at
the centrally located business room
at PA Main Street Campbell the tai
lor and Gunsul, the electrician occupy
this room. Easily found by the bright
lights at night.
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An Amarillo man who is here food
bound, says: IF were a resident
of Roswell | would do everything in
my power to prevent a recurrence
of the flood waters OF the Hondo run
ming wild over the city"
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NEW MEXICO FAIR.
tised.-Grond and Track in
Elegant Condition.

Special to The Record Saturday.
Albuquerque, N. NJ. Oct 8.-The
New Mexico Fair at Albuquerque
will be held on the dates advertised.
The grounds and track are in ZEE
CANT condition. The trains on all tho
roads will then be in running order,
Citizen.
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LITTLE RISE ANTICIPATED.

The water has risen about three
inches since noon. but is now falling.
Ii is not believed that any farther
rise will occur. Mayor Hinkle this at
ternoon took a body of Mexicans to
the Hondo to see what could be done
toward repairing the dikes and free
ina the streets from water.
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Republican Convention.

The Republican county convention
which for the second time had to be
postponed last Saturday on account
of the high waters is called for to-
morrow at the court house at 2:30
o'clock
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recurrence of the food struck
the city Saturday afternoon at 1:52.
and by two O'Clock the Main street
of the city was under water. 1t took
just eight minutes for the flood to
reach the corner of Main and Second
streets. The business men had taken
warning this time and were prepared
for the overflow. 1t is claimed hy
many that the water was four inches
higher than it has ever been before,
but there was very little damage
done this time.
The people were prepared for the
visitation of water The doors were
barricaded and every possible place
for water to get in was sealed up.
Many OF the stores locked their doors
and refused to transact any business
whatever. Adobe mud was piled uD
high in the rear of the Grand Central
drenching The recurrence OF the
water coming in about one weeks
time is unprecedented, and the citi-
zens are determined to use every
means possible to prevent a repeti-
ton of the flood. The Mayor ordered
all horses and vehicles of every dc-
scription off the streets. as they
were cutting the streets very badly.
Traffic on the streets was completely
stopped, and there was a desolaie
scene Saturday afternoon and night,
and Sunday morning was indeed
time of feverish anxiety to all the
citizens, 1t was reported that even
greater overflow was coming, and
MANY of the visitors to the city from
the north who had never witnessed a
flood were scared out of their wits,
as they thought they would be drown
ed. One young man from Illinois
when he saw the water coming down
Main street. made bee line for the
North Hill, and after he had finished
his run he was nearly prostrafed
from fright and exhaustion.
A house in the southern part af
the city was washed to the rear OF
the lot distance of one hundred and
forty feet, and was not damaged in
the least.
The people were not so anxious
this time to wade around in water 10
their waists as the novelty had worn
off in the flood of last week. Only
those who were compelled to or had
business were out, except boys and
a few drunken men. Much wood and
debris of every description was WASH
ed down Main street. There were nj
merous pieces of split stove W9od
washed down, and this was taken
to prove that the waters were mich
higher in the mountains than during
the flood OF last week.
There was much alarm by the cisi-
zens of the flooded districts for the
safety of their families. and many
made haste to reach their residences
4 large raft was constructed at the
Pecos Valley Lumber Yards. and ma
ny passengers were transferred up
and down Main street by the enter
prising navigator. One visitor tnougnt
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HONEY. HONEY. HONEY.

In quart jars. each, 25c; in half
gallon jars. each, SOC Everyone can
keep sweet at these prices and there
is nothing any purer or sweeCer.
Give us call.-Roswell Produce &
Seed CO.
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NEW POSTMASTER GENERAL.

Acting Postmaster General Wyn1e
Promoted
Washington, Oct 10-Announce-
ment Of the appointment of Robert j.
Wynne as Postmaster General Will
be made today Mr.. Wynne is nov
acting Postmaster General
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Eagles, Attention.

You are hereby requested to attend
our regular meeting Thursday even
ing at 1880. Business of importance
will come before the Aerie.
F. A MUELLER,
89t3 Worthy Secretary.
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Geo. Cazier arrived in town chis
afternoon. He had just come from two
miles above his ranch house on the
Hondo which is ten miles up tha
river. and he says that when he eft
there was no rise perceptible, altho'
the country all around him is Jer
under water
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The Herrenda BRIDGES Not Out.

The reports circulated Saturday
and yesterday that the Berrenda
bridges are out are without founda-
ton. Both the railroad and wagon
bridges across the stream are ia
good condition.
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Bin Horse Sale.

j. Phelps White of the L. F. D. out
fit has bought the Block Ranch hors-
es. and they will be delivered imme-
diately The sale was made Saturday
There were four hundred saddle
horses in the lot
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PEOPLE PREPARED

Higher Level People Were Pre-
pared for it's Coming, and Precau-
tionary Measures Were Taken
Water is Yet Flowing Through
Main Street.
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Mail Gamma

II is reported that there Is a full
car of mail at Portales. and that IL
will be transferred and will reach
here some time this evening.
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win be Finished Soon.

The contractor who has charge OF
the building of the railroad bridge
over the Pecos says he thinks he can
complete the bridge by Thursday.
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If you want to buy live stock and
buy it cheap, W. T. Gibbins Is the
man you want to see at the Grand
Central Hotel.
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the nature OF the injuries made
known. telephone message to the
! Associated Press from the scene of
the wreck at IL o'clock stated hat
at that time the dead numbered IS.
seventeen of whom were killed lsI-
antly and the number of injured was
close to thirty, many OF whom we're
in a dying condition
The dead are:
Mrs w. ]. Darst and son Gilbert,
aged IL, of Decatur, Kansas. Killed
instantly.
w. H. Allen and two sons. Bird
and Francis. of Pittsburg. Kan.
Dorothy Greer, Pennsboro. Mo.
l.. F. Burrs. Bernard, Mo.
c. A. L. Reed, Bernard. Mo.
Gertrude Loud, Bernard, Mo.
Dizzy Ream, Bernard. Mo.
Addie Kane. Pittsburg, Kan.
c. A. Weber. Fountain. Pa
Clarence Herring. Kansas
Sidel head brakeman Of the freight
was killed instantly.
The injured are as follows:
d. D. Hale, Dexter, Kansas. rhigh
broken
Mrs. d. d. Hale, leg and body in
jured serious.
Amelia England. Dexter, Kansas.
limbs badly crushed.
l.. O. Dress, Etonville, Kan. ser.
iOus.
The freight train was an extra. Its
crew had, according to the conductor
of the train, been instructed to take
the siding and let the passenger train
pass. The first section of the pas
senger train had gone by when the
right and no one it this car was
freight pulled out. The passenger
train bore no signal of the second sec
tion coming. he asserts. and he had
no reason to believe another train
due. The scene of the wreck was on
down grade on either side of which
on extra steam TO carry them up the
opposite hill, and when they met al
the curve at the lowest point they
were running at high rate of speed.
The passenger train was made up OF
three coaches and a Pullman win
no baggage car. the front coach be.
ing next to the tender and the freight
train was a heavy one. When the
trains met the heavy freight pushed
the passenger engine back into the
first coach. The tender of the la3-
senger engine literally cut the coacn
in two and never stopped until il
ploughed itself half way through the
car, killing three passengers in the
forward end instantly and mangling
ALL with a half dozen who were not
killed outright SO badly injured that
they died before they could be re-
moved from the debris. Many OF the
dead are almost unrecognizable Arms
cases and piled together in confns-
ed mass Of bleeding human forms.
The next two coaches were also bad
ly damaged. the seats being torn on,
and windows broken. But i'm these
cars the passengers Jared better. all
except a few escaping with slight IN
juries. The Pullman car remained up
right and noe of the people in il were
seriously hurt, beyond sustaining a
severe shaking up
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AN ENGINEER FORGETS HIS OR.
DERs AND DEATH REAPS
A HARVEST.
MISSOURI PACIFIC

An East Bound Passenger Train Near
Warrensburg Plunges Into a Heavy
Freight.-Head End Collision.-A
Score or More Dead.-Many Worlds
Fair Passengers.
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Flood Photos.

Fine views of the flood can be OBJ
tanned from Walton, The Photograph
er, and Daniel & Daniel.
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Churches Were Closed.

No services were held in any Of
the Roswell churches yesterday. on
account OF the flood.
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Chas. Echols left this afternoon for
st. Louis where he will visit the fair.
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Good. alfalfa pasturage one mile
east of Military SCHOOL,. r. Smith.
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Cook Wanted.

Apply at once to Mrs. Ella David
SON of Hotel Gibson, Artesia. N. M.
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Board of Registration.

The books for registration in Pre-
cinct No. will be open tomorrow at
Whiteman's store.
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H. H. Sigman of Lakewood left on
the afternoon special for a trip TO
Brownwood, Texas.
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lady CURZON
Lady Curzon Vet Lives, but in Most
Serious Condition.-ln All Prona-
bility a Long Illness is Before Her.,
if Not Death.

Naples. Italy, Oct 10.-The Corrier
Delmatino today published an inter
view with NJ. Veerblunsky, inspector
general of the Russo-Chinese Na7iga-
ton Company who escaped from Port
Arthur on junk and who has just
arrived here. He reiterated the state
ment that Port Arthur would never
fall through hunger, the stores Of
provisions accumulated before the
being immense and practically not
yet touched, while Chinese junks con
tinue in daily service replenishing
the supplies. The junks, VeerblunGky
said, escaped the vigilance of the ia
panese feet by following the irregH-
larities of the coast Port Arthur ne
said when he left there had a garri-
son of $4,000 soldiers and $1,000 sal
lOrS