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Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1904-02-06
ORGANIZED CHARITY.
BY MRS. LILLIAN INGLES.

The institution of societies for
the distribution of the funds do
mated for the relief of the worthy
poor is a commendable step in
the progress of the present age.
The advantage of organized char"
ity over the promiscuous giving
Of aims is very obvious. Through
the medium of the organized So
cietv the funds are distributed
according to the results of an i'm
partial investigation of the needs
of each particular case, while in
indiscrimminate a1ms-giving the
donor often fails, not only in a
well meaning effort to relieve
suffering, but. actually aids in
the support of idle and vicious
characters.
There is another class of
'ne'er-do-wells" who, while not
actually vicious, are so devoid Of
pride or am bition that they make
no effort to provide for them
selves but prey upon the gener-
osity of others. These two
classes annually receive humid
reds of dollars from people who
hardly realize that they are vast
ing their means on an unworthy
cause, and by their lily bestowed
gifts are contributing to the sup
port of at least idleness, and per-
haps crime.
Any person of honest habits,
and who is not actually bed-rid-
ridden, will seldom be in very
dire straits for the necessaries of
life if any effort is made 10 earn
them. | wish to be understood
here as referring to Chronic"
dependents and professional beg
gers. People who, in compara-
lively good health, and the pos
session of their limbs and facul-
ties, deliberately subsist On the
bounty of their fellow men.
Another practice which is
fruitful of unsatisfactory results
is the shipping from town 10 town
of INDECENT characters who can
not or will not support them
selves. These cases usually
make some pretense of seeking
employment, but generally sue
coed in falling in the effort and
resort to charity's donations for
sustenance.
To protect the public against
the impositions of these people
and to seek out and care for the
sick and really needy is the OBJ
ject of organized charity.
To be Continued
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1904-02-06
In Thursdays Macon Tele

LII i II tIL"SOuJ , NhdSOu L Gle
graph we find the following:
For housing a case of small
poX in direct violation of the or
dinance of the board of health,
Richard Ruff, a negro who runs
a barber shop on Fourth street,
was sent to the chain gang yes
terday by Judge Nottingham.
Ruff had kept the negro in his
house for four or five DAYS be-
fore the police detected it and
during that time he has slept at
home at night and eat there and
then shaved men in his shop.
Coming directly from a bed of
this awful disease, it is almost
sure that he would have com
munioated the pest to other peo-
pie.
Judge Nottingham fined him
$50 and costs. Ruff was unable
to pay it and was sent to the
chain gang for one hundred and
twenty days"
We print this merely as a sug-
gestion as to what might happen
in Fitzgerald.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1904-02-06

We wish to call our readers
attention to the first of a series
of short articles on organized
charity in today's paper written
by Mrs. Lillian Ingles.
We have never been strong on
foreign missions, not so much
from lackof merit in the work, as
from the fact that we always
found it difficult to look beyond
the helpless and poor nearer
home.
The existence in this city of an
organization that has for its pur-
pose the care of those who stand
in need of assistance, appeals
strongly to every man or woman
who has any conception of the
word charity.
We want to see this society
flourish as long as Fitzgerald is
on the map, and as long as the
city government itself may last
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1904-02-06
We deny the allegation.

The Enterprise discourses
upon the theme: Two papers
in small towns" and strangely
overlooks the fact that there are
three in this town. Now that S
the disadvantage of being small
oh dear-but then, all good
eagles will let little birds sing.
People.
But, Artie, you know little
birds make a very fine diet for
the eagle.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1904-02-06

Read the Enterprise advertise
ing columns and trade with the
merchants that use them. We
do not accept advertisements
from any and everybody. You
might make mistake if you do
not follow the suggestion made
here.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1904-02-06

ryan and Organism appear to
about the lioest issues in the
Enterprise office, in
|te of the constant avowals
M that Office that he and it are
la. -Waycross Journal.
We want to keep 'em dead,
Id, and clear the atmosphere
heir pernicious influence.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1904-02-06
es make strange bed

us make strange bed
but still stranger table
The degenerate who,
sake of political vantage,
ices his self-respect by sit
ia table with a person of
4 loses more by the act than
public place can restore.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1904-02-06

~ seems that two Atlanta men
est as much as two hundred
housand dollars on the Baxter
ailure.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1904-02-06

The label on your paper is
either yellow or blue. The fig
ares on the label show whether
Jour subscription is paid or due.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1904-02-06

Judging from recent issues Of
the Enterprise and Citizen, of
Fitzgerald, there is likely to be a
hot time in the old town" for
some time to come. But, fellers,
where's the benefit to come IMP
Ocilla Dispatch.
We deny the allegation.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1904-02-06

Me Fitzgerald Enterprise fe-
les itself on being "abso-
Iii at peace with the world. +"
contemporary thinks this a
slerful state of affairs, Ma
aws.
1 Mattresses us to con-
ke how easily the white
oveof peace may become
nd depart for sanct-
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1904-02-06
County Court Monday.

While fruit trees are blooming
81 around us many trains in the
s0rth are stuck fast in the snow.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1904-02-06

Cotton has declined nearly five
Ants this week. The prospects
3f war in the Greenland the men
Ace of Bryanism at home has I'M
aerved the trading public.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1904-02-06

Certainly, the dear People, by
rte Jones, is one of Fitzgerald's
pers, and a thriving little COM
Tor at that. Long may she
sh and it's editor prosper.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1904-02-06

We have room for few more
announcements for county Off
ners. We do not like to see the
faces go begging.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1904-02-06

The spring like weather of the
ast few days is pleasant alright,
Int dangerous to the fruit crop.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1904-02-06

ii over the coun-
1 to California, and
to Mexico. 1t is
from one that has
sa place you go may
ected. dublin Cour.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1904-02-06
ATTENTION CANDIDATES.

Now is the the time to an
nounce and this is the paper.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1904-02-06

q Re Bro. Mercer, there are
Ely country newspapers,
are you going to do
Dcilla Dispatch.
bout it, brother, and
III 1t. 1t will do good.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1904-02-06

I pity that people will
hurn themselves up,
with kerosene oil.
matter of laziness
ness or bad judg-
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1904-02-06

ways said that if
ere essential to Fitz-
erity we would be
I'd our opposition
have never been
the truth of
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1904-02-06
Benevolent Society,

The next regular session of
the Benevolent Society will be
held at the residence of Mrs. &.
<. Farmer Tuesday afternoon
Feb. 9. Important work in rec
gard to honorary mem bership,
duties of officers and appoint
ment of standing com mittees
will be under consideration and a
full attendance is urgently re.
quested,
-
They are still coming to Fitc
gerald-not to Fitzgerald still.
She is never still.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1904-02-06

The Enterprise is published
thrice a week for the same price.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1904-02-06
COMMUNICATED.

LII tue Olt1Zen or last week IS a
letter, said to be taken from the
American Tribune, written by
Q. ". Kibby of this city. Now
If said letter had been signed by
M. t. Kibby, brother of O. w,
it certainly would have seemed
like willfu1 preyarication, if
nothing worse, as he is one of
the Oldest settlers and has spent
summers as we'll as winters here,
whereas 0. w. has spent winters
only and [ have no doubt he con-
cluded that only in the wet or
winter season was there plenty
OF water, and this is very nat
ural conclusion, from the fact
that $4,000 are spent here per
annum for drinks of other LIQUIDS
than water, and to an innocent
man what better reason could be
found for all this expense for
artificial drinks than a lack of
the natural drink provided for
both man and beast.
| am fully satisfied that Mr.. K.
is net wilfully slandering this
country. The editor of the Cit
izen is liable to jump at conclus-
ions. He says he would rather
associate with blackleg than d
hypocrite. II
A gentleman should
rather shun both, as both are
cheats and frauds. and it takes a
microscope to distinguish be-
tween the two.
But l would say, for the benefit
of 0. W. Kibby and all the read
ers of the Enterprise in distant
parts of the country, that there
is no better watered city than
Fitzgerald, nor is there a better
watered country anywhere than
the country surrounding it.
There is no difficulty in stock
getting water in the woods in the
little ravines at any season of
the year. There are living
springs all through the woods,
that never go dry. It is an ideal
stock country, with plenty of
grass nine months of the year
and plenty of water all the year,
and it is pure, clean water, too.
And yet, l must. confess, that
the amount of liquor drank here
may be reasonably construed by
inexperienced people to mean a
lack OF water tor drinking pur-
poses, and l want to reaffirm that
there is no city in the u. S. better
supplied with a suf6ciency of
pure water than we have here
from our artesian we'll.
A CITIZEN THAT KNOWS.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1904-02-06

that there is a
bling going on
that blind tiger
had if the right
is 6nd the tag
slla Dispatch.
VI weeks to court.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1904-02-06

Do All the Good You Can.
By All the Means You Can.
At All the Times You Can.
In Ali the WAYS You Can.
To All the People You Can.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1904-02-06
AN AUTUMN ODE

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1904.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1904-02-06

Entered June 10. 1903. at Fitzgerald, Ca. as
@econd-Olass matter, under act Of Congress
~ March 8. 1879.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-17
TRACK
PLANS MATURE
Committee Made Up of Repre-
sentatives From Various Or
CARNATIONS Sure of Success
DRIVERS NAME OFFICERS
Edward H. Aigeltinger Is Re-
elected President of the
Golden Gate Park Association

The sportsmen who are working in
conjunction with the Park COmmis-
sioners in the matter of a new speed
way and an athletic field in Golden
Gate Park are sanguine of success.
The members of various organiza-
tions which are interested in the prof.
ect have come forward with prOfers
of assistance and will unite in an ef-
fort to secure the desired improve
ment. The general committee having
the matter in charge Will meet to-
morrow night in the rooms OF the
Golden Gate Park Driving Assocla-
ton in the Palace Hotel. W. j. Simp-
son of the Driving Association IS
chairman Of the committee T. j.
Lynch, representing the Pacific Attn
letic Association, as secretary. The
preliminary plans include room for d
half-mile track for speedway drivers.
a running track for athletes and q
field suitable for polo. lacrosse, foot
ball. baseball and other sports.
The annual meeting of the Golden
Gate Park Driving Association was
held last night at the Palace Hotel
The following officers were elected for
the ensuing term:
President. Edward H. Aigeltinger;
first vice president, /. B. Dalziel: sec
ond vice president. James de Ia Mon
tanya: treasurer. NJ. NJ. DOnnelly; sec
retary. F. W. Thompson; executive
committee, NJ NJ. DOnnelly, w. j.
Simpson and Arthur Jacobs.
1t was decided TO hold the first inn
portant matinee races of the year at
TanfOran track on May 80. when an
ambitious programme will be present.
ed by the speedway drivers
AS the members want to meet So
cially before that time it was decided
to have a smoker OF some such en-
tertainment shortly. The following
committee has the affair in charge
T. ]. Bannon, w. j. Simpson and John
Holland.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-17
DOWN
RIVER ON LOG
Unknown Man Observed in a
PerilOus Position in a Storm
Swollen Stream of the North

REDDING, Feb. 16.-AccOrding to re-
ports from points north, a man shout
ing for help is riding down the storm
swollen Sacramento River on a log.
He is said to have passed Kennel at
dusk, and was seen at Central Spur,
farther south short while later. The
stranded individual must have passed
Redding during the night. This morn
ing, unless dead, he must be far down
the valley.
The sun was shining this morning
after the fiercest rainstcrm experienced
in the northern counties in long while
The Sacramento River was twenty-one
feet above normal last night, the high
est point attained in many years. All
creeks are running bank full. Mail
stages due here last night from Bieber
Lassen County; Weaverville, Trinity
County; Delmar, Shasta County, and
Harrison Gulch, Shasta County, have
not yet arrived Nothing can be
learned about any of them this morn
ing. Railroad traffic is also seriously
crippled by the storm. A landslide six
miles north of Dunsmuir held trains
all day yesterday. 1t was just cleared
last night and trains passed through,
when the mountain side again slid
down, covering the track twenty feet
deep for a hundred yards. So the trains
are again tied up to-day.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-17
MCDONNELL SENTENCED TO
FIFTEEN MONTHS IN JAIL
His Case and That of William u.
Ewing Will Be Taken Up
on ADDeaI

Bert Schlesinger and Frank Nc
Gowan were allowed by United States
District Judge de Haven yesterday to
file a writ of error on appeal to the
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
in the case of William 3. Ewing, con-
victed of using the mails with intent
to further a fraudulent scheme known
as the Standard Oil Promotion and
Investment Company. Bail was fixed
at $4,000.
The motion of Bert SchIesingeF for
new trial for George T. Mcdonnell
was denied and the prisoner was SEN
/ fenced to fifteen months imprisOn-
ment in the penitentiary at San Quen-
tin. a stay of five days was granted
TO allow the attorneys to prepare a
bill of exceptions. Mcdonnell had
been convicted Of using the mails for
a fraudulent purpose.
The salvage suit Of Mrs. Frances
Hainque against the launch Famiglia
Unita was heard before Judge de Ha-
ven in the afternoon and submitted
On December % Of last year the
launch was upset by a squall outside
the heads and its occupants, Giuseppf
Girardi and Salvatore Girardi fisher
men. were drowned. other fishermen
in two boats recovered the launch.
and while towing it about a mile and
a half south Of the Cliff House the
line parted, the launch was upset bv
the breakers and drifted toward the
shore. Then the Hbelant. Mrs. Hahn
que, ran into the breakers. fastened
a line to il and secured it until men at
the life-saving station dragged il uDon
the beach. The launch cost $50. and
after the wreck it was appraised at
$50.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-17
MUST
co TO TRIAL
United States District Court
OverruleS Demurrer of Kansas
Senator in the Fraud Case

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 16.-Judge Adams,
in the United States District Court, to-
day overruled the demurrer of United
States Senator Joseph r. Burton of
Kansas to the indictment charging him
with accepting money for using his in
fluence in preventing the issuance of
a fraud order against the Rialto Grain
aid Securities Company.
The trial of the Senator was set for
March % A panel of sixty jurors has
been ordered for that date.
In reading his decision Judge Adams
consumed twenty-five minutes, giving
each point raised by the defendant
careful analysis. Both Senator Burton
and Major Hugh c. Dennis of the
Rialto Grain and Securities Company
were in court. The Indictment grew
out of the troubles of the Rialto Grain
and Securities Company, when that
concern ran afoul OF the United States
Postoffice Department and further use
of the mails was denied it. 1t is
charged that for $500 per month SEN
ator Burton was to use his influence
to have the embargo removed.
In filing the demurrer to the indict-
ment the defendant contended that the
postmaster did not have the authority
to forbid the Rialto Grain and Securi-
ties Company the use of the mails or
to issue fraud order. Also that there
was no substantial charge of fraud
at the time. Both of these questions
were dismissed by Judge Adams with
the remark that he was not impressed
with them. The question as to whether
the United States was interested in
the case called for a more extended
opinion, but Judge Adams held that IL
was interested. He then ordered the
case to be tried March %.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-17
UNION SWITCHAfEN WILL
HOLD FIRST ANNUAL BALL
Seal Rock Lodge No. 19s to Be AT
Home" Friday Evening at Ma
tive Sons Hall.

Seal Rock Lodge No. 197. Switch
mems Union Of North America, will
hold its first annual ball on the even
ing Of February - at Native Sons
Hall. IA Mason street. Elaborate
preparations have been made for the
entertainment Of a large number of
guests. The management Of the af-
fair is IN the hands Of the following
members Of Lodge 49,:
Committee OF arrangements-J. p. Murphy
tchai-mau). j. H. Blackwell George Elliott
Floor mansger-F- II. Blackwell.
Assistant floor manager J. Allen.
Floor committee. Hobson, D. o. Pankey.
r r. Williams. J. j. Linsey. James p. Muir
rhy. II. AlVers James T. Meligan. =. " Bry-
amt ID. Speers Ed H0ran. F. F. Donhsm, C..
= Lewis George Elliott. IT. H. Fetheroh. II.
D0hman. A. Mulcahy C. Byrne. Bert Waugh.
reception ccmmittee-Fred Miller (chair-
mani. r. T. LangdOn. George I. Martin, John
Crofton, William Ferris. sam Nou. V. :.
IlanEin C. Symous. II. =. Curran, John Kelley,
d. r O'Rourke. ". i. Poynez, r. s. Brown.
Thomas Riley. g.. AddingtCn. r. Emerson, Z.
Alvers. r. y. Foster. c. Crew, l. S. Hsckett,
A. J.. Lang
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-17
PONIES
At DEL MONTE
More Than One Hundred Used
for Polo and for Racing
VIII Be on Hand to Compete
FAST GOING PROMISED
When Silver Dick, Becky and
Miss Miller Start a Great
Struggle Is Sure to Ensue

The officials OF the California Polo
and Pony Racing Association were
overwhelmed yesterday with entries
for their initial meeting. which opens
tomorrow at Del Monte. More than
100 ponies VIII be on the ground and
the question OF transportation became
q serious one during the day. 1t was
finally decided 10 charter special en-
gfne. which viii take down the cars
containing the remaining ponies this
morning.
There are an average Of twelve en-
tries for each Of the races on Thursday
and Saturday. Some OF these minla-
ture race horses have been in training
on the quiet and number Of sur
prfses viii be sprung when the saodling
bell sounds. The colors Of several new
aspirants for racing honors viii be seen
for the first time.
Paul Clagstone has brought the pony
Miss Miller down from the north and
much IS expected Of her, as she has a.
big reputation as a sprinter. When
she hooks up with Silver Dick and
Becky the spectators viii see a con-
test seldom presented by ponies.
T. A. DriscOll, secretary Of the asso-
citation, sent word from Del Monte yes
terday that Mondays rain had not
reached there and that both the track
and the polo field would be in excellent
condition for the meeting J. A. Cody,
an experienced track man from the
south is assisting in placing it in good
order.
The majority Of the poloists leave
Tor Del Monte to-day ia order TO get
as much practice as possible on the
field and 10 work out their ponies.
There is q scarcity Of good gentlemen
Jockeys and the services Of the best
riders viii be in strong demand.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-17
VALENTINES EVIDENCE
IN ACTION FOR DIVORCE
Mary Silva. 10 Prove Her Charge That
Her Husband Is Cruel, Shows
Court Hideous MissiVes.

Valentines played an important
part yesterday in a divorce proceeding
in Judge Graham's court. Mrs Mary
silva offered them in evidence to show
that her husband, Joseph Silva, was
cruel to her. The valentines were all
Of the comic variety and the partic-
ularly hideOus ones, which Mrs. Silva
said were sent by her husband to an
noy her, contained in addition 10 the
usual dOggerel the words, This is
you"
suits for divorce were fled yester-
day by Charles W. Lowell against Ag-
mes @. Lowell for intemDerance, Mabel
4. Lees against Robert :. Lees for
neglect. Eulalie de RsmDer against
Delmas de Ramper for neglect and
Minnie Young against Henry Young
for cruelty.
DEGREES of divorce were granted 10
Eleanor V. A. Herzog from Henry F.
HerzOg for fntemDerance, Flora Com
micio from Louis COmmicio for cru
city. Mary Fallon from James Fallon
for cruelty, she being given permission
10 resume her maiden name, O'Con-
nor. and w. Z. Bellina from Victoria
Bellina for desertion.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-17
KELLY Makes Peculiar charge.

In a suit for $4,000 damages for
breach of contract filed yesterday by
John Kelly, a milkman, against the
Bay Counties Commercial Company
he makes a peculiar charge in support
of his allegation that he has been
hurt by the actions of the defendant.
He says the defendant agreed to fur
nish him first-class milk and then
gave him such poor quality that one
of his customers, whose little child
died. told his other customers that the
milk had caused the death of the lit
tie one. Kelly says the rumor eff
fectually ruined his business and
caused him great pecuniary loss.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-17
Richie KNOCKS out DE Coursey.

SAN DIEGO, Feb. 16.-Johnnie
Richie of Brooklyn and Billy de
Coursey of Los Angeles fought twelve
rounds of a scheduled twenty-round
contest tonight before the San Diego
Athletic Club. Richie won and proved
himself a clever ring general. He
went after De Coursey from the start
and kept him on the run continually.
He landed many heavy blows, but was
not able to knock his man out until
the beginning of the thirteenth round.
De Coursey showed himself a glutton
for punishment and put up game
fight He was outclassed by a better
man and a veteran fighter.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-17
st. Mary's VIII Play Berkeley

OAKLAND, Feb. 16.-The baseball
team of the University of California
and the first team of st. Marys Col
lege will cross bats tomorrow after
noon on the university campus. AS
both teams are strong a good game is
expected. The batteries will be: Uni
versity of California: Pitchers, Hughes
and Heitmuller; catcher, Hatch. ST.
Mary's: Pitchers, Ferguson and
Schofeld; catcher, Poultney.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-17
New Orleans Race Results.

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. ie.-Crescent City
results:
First race. mile selling-Past won, SatcheI
second, Captain Hamm third Time, 1:41 2-5.
Second race, six furlongs-Typhonic won.
ST. Marco second. Joe Goss third. Time,
1-l3 2-5.
Third race, mile-Foresight won Floral
King second. Walnut Hills third. Time,
40 80
Fourth race. mile-Peeper won. Aules sec
ond. Establish third. Time. Al 3-5
Fifth race, one and three-siXteeuth miles
Gravina won,s Colonel Tyler second, Santa
Teresa third. Time. 2.01 1-5
Sixth race, five furlongs-Irene Lindsay won,
Frank Bell second. Autumn Leaves third.
Time. 90.