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Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-10-03
A POPULAR SOUTHERN SENTIMENT.

s'What is de use for to wuk so hard
When 70 got a gal in de buckra yard?
Ebry night at half-past eight
take my stan at de buckra gate
An waits for de gal wild de buckra plate"
81 n
RI 1t seems that the men who patronize the
kdmont bar are making the greatest noise
but it.
OF four hundred and eighty three cotton
lis built in this country within the last three
ars, four hundred and five of them we're built
The south.
These are truly good times in Georgia. The
.eple have more cash, good health, peace at
me and abroad. With cotton. at 10 cents per
Ind, this "grand old state" is fairly pulsing
- prosperity.
b A CONGRESSMAN has been convicted out in
Hrtland, Oregon, for subornation of perjury
IL stealing land. Strange that men at the bal
box will choose high officials of that character
om among so many honest people.
The eleventh congressional district is the
|8est district in the state. 1t has more area
III more people and more solid prosperity than
81 of them. They will have to chop off several
mites the next census to bring us down to
& proper size.
Fitzgerald is the best mule market south of
ANITA. There will be four or five strong firms
|Eh plenty of cash and managed by expert
Sekmen in this territory the present season.
III sort of mule or horse, of course, can be
nd, but at least two of the firms will make
cialty of fine mules.
81
The rumor published in Saturdays Enter
Hse that the Citizen had changed hands seems
ave been we'll founded, except as to the par
Recurring control of it. We understand that
u B. F. Knapp, we'll known in local newspaper
cles, and for more than year foreman of the
zen Office, has secured control. Our infor-
lion is that the plant and subscription list has
Ia sold outright for the sum of $1,000.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-10-03
WE CORDIALLY SOLICIT \

THE incest cleanest and most moral town
in Georgia" That's the way strangers talk
about Ocla, after looking it over.-Ocilla Star.
II n
The gubernatoria1 campaign thus far seems
to be- one-sided affar-Hon. Hoke Smith doing
all the running. Wait till Col. Estill gets in the
race and see if Hokie doesn't have to begin again
where be first started.-Blackshear Times.
Wear to suppose that the other candidates
are merely walking. When the running gets be-
tween Estil1 and Smith we expect to see the mud
batteries spiked.
THEODORE H. Price having given out the
prophecy that this seasons crop will be about
the same as last, Mr. a. w. Turner, of Macon,
telegraphed him yesterday offering 10 bet him
that the crop would not be eleven and quarter
million bales.
Mr.. Price replies as follows:
Il prefer to put my bets on the MARKET
Macon Telegraph.
Mr.. Price is interested in keeping the price
of cotton down, is writing to local buyers here
on that line. We believe that cotton will be
much higher.
People who do not make mistakes are peo-
pie who do not make anything" said the preach
err in his sermon Sunday. That is true. We
take consolation in that statement because we
make mistakes. We say great many things
every week. say them for the public, in dead
earnest and naturally not be expected to
be exactly correct from every other man. S stand
point in all the things say, but we are as cor
rect as we know how to be, and most of the
things we say are said with the utmost good in
tention This is not an apology, for we are
more often commended than otherwise.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-10-03

The two cotton reports for this week, to.wit:
The Ginners report and the regular monthly
statement of cotton crop conditions are bear1sh
in their nature, and in consequence the market
has declined and is today almost one cent cheap
er than week ago. We havethe greatest faith,
however, in better price than we have yet
seen this season and strongly advise holding of
cotton.
We tip our hat to Editor J. J. Rogers, of the
Douglas Breeze-Gazette. From what We have
heard of that gentleman, he is quite capable and
a brilliant writer in the editorial field. The Ga
zette and the Breeze have been splendid papers,
we'll managed and great help to Douglas. Not
withstanding the petty pickering that seem to
have been unavoidable. We fully realize how
difficult it is for two weekly papers to live in har
mony in a field barely large enough for one.
Editors Freeman and Ward we know personally
to be excellent gentlemen.
The Enterprise proposes to be right, not
always, but constantly as it is possible. In
taking leave OF friend yesterday, who paid us
5000 on subscription we asked him for crit-
cism, knowing that he would be frank with us.
He stated that there was but one possible crti-
cism to make that would not be AUDITORY in it's
nature and that was the Enterprise sometimes
engaged in bitter criticisms on local issues. We
shall profit by these suggestions of our friends
and much possible leave off these little con-
troversies. We believe that there will be less of
evaporation in the future than we have had to
contend with in the past. At any rate, we shall
be as amable as it it is possible to be under the
circumstances.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-10-03

Pull for Fitzgerald or pull out.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-10-03

1.-THE incest c1eanest and most moral town
in Georgia" That's the way strangers talk
about Oci11a, after looking it over.-Oci1la Star.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-10-03

"Private Stock" the Flour that makes white
Biscuits, per sack &C
All Standard Brands of Flour, per sack sc
IF It Is THE BEST, We Keep !
The Opelousas courier., 1905-10-14
Comfort for Baicheads.

Everything in this world has its
.cmpensaticns, and a writer in a lato
medical journal conveys the comfort.
I.g information that baldheaded per.
t)ns are immune from pulmonary
tuberculosis. With another cerebral
stimulant the case is slightly differ
ent. Badness is certainly promoted
by mental application. AS a general
thing, bald persons are intellectual,
or. at least, persons whose minds are
ry; and it is a we'll known fact that
intellectual activity is promotive Of
health in general. 1t often happens
that a patient who had been bedriI-
den or an invalid for years is curel
by becoming mentally excited ove"
something, sometimes in a moment
of time. AS the brain and the lungs
nave large arterial and nervous con
nections, 1t may be r IL that mental
activity such as produces badness
might also vitalize and energiZe the
lungs and heart. We do lot pretend
that this is a wholly satisfactory en-
Nanation, and we respectfully sug-
gest the propriety of a convention Of
baliheads to find out whether bald
people are ever consumptive, and, if
they are not, what is the explanation
Of such a singular phenomenon
Chicago Chronicle.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-10-14
WORDS OF WISE OM.

Your little child is your only true
democrat.-Mrs: Stowe:
He who knows only his own side OF
the case knows little of that. Stuart
Mill.
We are sure to get the better OF for
tune if we do but grapple with her
Seneca.
Every man, as to character, is the
creature of the G in which he lives
Voltaire.
Religion converts despair; which de-
stroys, into resignation; which SUD-
mits.-Lady Blessington:
The duty of man is not a wilderness
Of turnpike gates. 1t is plain n SIM
ple. and consists Of but two points;
his duty to God, which every man
must feel, and, with respect to MS
neighbor, to do as he would be done
by.-Thomas Paine.
God gives us always strength enough
and sense enough for what He wants
us to do. If we either tire ourselves
or puzzle ourselves, it is our w fault
And we may always be sure, whatever
we are doing, that We cannot be pleas
ing Him if we are not happy ourselves.
-RuSkin.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-10-14
Women and Debt.

Some wives drift into debt with as
much indifference as If they would
hevet be required to meet their OBJ:
LEGATIONS. Women who are thus
rash and 1mprovident are certainly
weak-minded, and are laying the
foundation for domestic trouble.
The tempter tempts; the tradesman
or mlliner is quite willing to trust
them to any extent, or, If they VIII
not, the butcher or baker will, and
the ready money is spent on frlvo
lous trihes. A oma assures her
self by the fattering assurance that
81 shall be sure to make it up some
how" Things go from bad to worse
until at last the husband has to be
Informed tttt impatient creditors
will wait no longer for their money
Then the dainty new bonnets and
dresses, which formerly seemed te
him S. pretty. appear only as sdper
fuous ffnery. A wife who has once
allowed herself to give way to debt
must exercise great vigilance upor
her actions, so as to avoid a repeti
ton. 1t Is so easy to give way, AMI
in families of limited income such
extravaganza may mean serious in
convenience.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-10-14
Another Device for Preventing Sea-
sickness.

An ingenious self-leveling sea bunk
for vessels, the object Of which is
to overcome the discomfort to the
passenger Of mal-de-mer, has been
devised by a London dentist. 1t has
now been in successful operation
uyon one of the mail-boats plying
across the English Channel. The de-
vice comprises a swinging cot with
four cords passing from the corners
to electric brakes, which automatic
ally check any attempt of the cot
to depart from its position. While
the cot remains level, the cords are
free to pass on and off the pulleys
on the brakes. The slightest loss
Of horizontally of the cot causes
mercury in four tubes to fall In some
of them and rise in others, and so
complete the electric current to the
particular brake required to be put
in operation to check the further
loss of horizontal;ty. The loss OF
level from the variation of the posi-
ton taken by the passenger is auto
matically compensated; water being
practically the same specific gravity
as the human body, a heavy man Will
press more water to the foot of a spe-
cially-desianed water bed than a light
weight, as also from side to side.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-10-14
His Good Fortune,

Speaking of w%indfalls," said the
man in the macintosh, I'm a clean
fifty better off for a bit Of luck that
happened to me last week
"Find it in the street9 asked the
man who had his feet on the table.
s'How do you know it was clean?"
demanded the man with the baggy
kneed trousers.
Couldn't find the owner Of it per.
haps," suggested the man who was
smoking the cheap cigar.
"Or watched your chance, fell down
in a street car and compromised your
claim with the company" hazarded
the man with the dubious ose
The man in the macintosh turned
on the last speaker.
"You remember you wanted to bor-
row a dollar from me the other day?'
he said.
ST think I remember 1t family"
swell. / remember it distinctly. /
had only half a dollar and l let you
have that. That's why I'm fifty
ahead."-Chicago Tribune.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-10-14
Tobacco Ashes 40 an Asset.

As everybody knows, the ash left
on burning tobacco is considerable.
IA ton OF tobacco leaf would yield
four hundred weights of ash, which
represents valuable mineral constitu-
ents withdrawn from the soil which
have to be replaced by abundant ma
nuring.
On the face of it there would seem
to be a fortune in store for that in.
dividual who could devise a success
full means for the collection Of to-
bacco ash, and 1t is a great pity that
so much valuable material should
forever be lost to the soil without
any attempt at direct restoration be
ing made.-London Lancet.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-10-14

4 Sound Mind In a Sound Body May Be
DeVelOued.

Developed.
The Birmingham Daily Mail reports
a lecture by DR.. Walter Jordan on the
subject of Fatigue" although the real
theme was hostility to gymnastics.
Professor Muirhead, of the Birming-
ham University, who acted as chair
man, Endorsed the lecturers structures
by declaring that Gymnastics were the
most exhaustive and demoralizing kind
Of exercise that could be engaged in.
and that he had suffered from the ex-
ercise himself and knew what it
meant" This was qualified afterWard
to mcan that gymnastics are a brain
rs we'll as il muscular exercise, and to
indulge in it could not be regarded as
a rest for tile student.
The learned professor did not know,
or else ignored it if he knew, that the
powers of the mind for soundness ana
vigor are dependent on the powers
Of the body, and that during the forma-
tive period of growth, exercise is an
essential to their best development.
His reasoning. too, was faulty, mas
much as his universal conclusions were
drawn from his own personal expert
ence. Many people find gymnastics
repugnant to them, SOM from lndo-
lence, some from physictl unfitness to
engage in them; yet it is ~self-evident
that to consider the whims and in
frmities of the habitual croakers as a
standard by which to measure what is
good or desirable for all mankind is
the extreme Of absurdity.
The great Improvement in the ply
sique of men and women since the
general adoption of gymnastics in their
many forms is in itself a material
refutation of the structures uttered by
the men whose ideals are the passive
and the effeminate.
That gymnastics may be harmfu
when INDUCED in to excess, or when
there is organic weakness which inca
pacitates one for active exercise, there
is no doubt; but the same may be SAID
of everything else of value in life.
A sound mind in a sound body is a
| precept good in the past, present and
future. and both are to be attained
only by the development which comes
from physical culture, whether derived
from work in the gymnasium, or WORE
| fishing, rowing, shooting, or indeed
saving wood.-Forest and Stream.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-10-14
Talking About Froubie:

De Wolf Hopper, back in New YORK
and al the Lambs Club. is authority
for a story which contains rather a tair
amount of philosophy. "Cften Wheh L
have been having a run of hard luck'
the comedian declares, this tale has
made me see the humorous side OF the
proyerbial last straw
"While we were travelling in tho Mid
die West one day last March my at.
tention was attracted to a
looking mar with a small boy who SAT
across the way from me. Opposite the
pair was a lanky clergyman of the sort
who makes every ones business MS
own. The MAJ was berating the boy
and. Judging by appearances, the cler-
gyman didn't like it. Finally. goaded
ON by some particularly violent feouke'
tbe minister leaned forward and said:
L can't permit you to talk that way
to your son. If you persist I'll make
trouble for YOU
1.-THE father glared a moment, but
made no reply. Presently heard MIN
scolding the youngster again, and saw
their fellow-traveler go to the rescue
.I'ye admonished you once BEFORE he
observed. The first thing you know
I'll make trouble for YOU
evidently this was toe much tor
mater familias. He broke out violently:
You'll make trouble for mel! he ex
claimed, with infinite scorn. .fouli
make trouble for me! My wife fell
off the train at Des Moines, l lost my
hat out Of the car window twenty
minutes ago, this kid has just sat on
the lunch, and you'll make trouble TOT
met New York Press.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-10-14
BROTHERS United by a Button.

A collar button on the Sidewalk az
Forty-third and Halsted streets caused
the meeting of John and Fred Holbert,
brothers, who had not seen each other
for twenty years. Fred, who is a stock
raiser near BOLTON, ILL.,. had taken a
load OF. cattle to the stock yards and
was waiting for a car when he saw
the collar button. John, who lives in
Denver, had just finished a visit at
the stock yards, and went to the same
corner to get IN a car. He, too, saw
the collar button, and as both brothers
reached for the button at the same
time their heads bumped.
"It's a wonder you wouldn't look
what you are doing" said Fred.
asame to you," retorted John, rub
bling his head. A moment later each
recognized the other. Both landed In
New York from Liverpool twenty
years ago, and soon parted and lost
each others address.-Chicago Special
TO Philadelphia Record.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-10-14
An Accident,

On the whole Johnny Ralston was d
very good boy; but he had one fault
which it seemed impossible for his
mother to overcome-he would fight
with other boys. Times out of num-
Der he had been reproved for this
and the last time he promised faith
fully that he would battle no more.
But that evening he returned from
school with a cut cheek and a nose
like a swollen beetroot.
Johnny" said his mother sadly,
rdidn't you promise me you wouldn't
hght any, more?"
but l haven't been fighting, ma.
This is the result of an accident.
IAN misunderstanding
Eyes. ma. l was sitting on Tommy
Biggs, and I forgot to hold his feet!"
american Cultivator.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-10-14
GUST THE DEMON.
A Tussle with Coffee.

There is something fairly demonia-
cal In the way Coffee sometimes wreaks
its fendisI malice on those who use it.
A lady writing from Calf. says:
MY husband and /, both lovers OF
coffee, suffered for some time from a
very annoying form of nervousness,
accompanied by most frightfui head
aches. In my own cas- there was
eventually developed some sort Of af-
lection of the nerves leading from the
spine to the head.
II was unable to hold my head up
straight, the tension of the nerves
drew it to one side, causing me the
most intense pain. We got no rellef
from medicine, and were puzzled as to
what caused the trouble, till a friend
suggested that possibly the coffee we
drank had something to do with it, and
advised that we quit it and try Pos
tum Coffee.
.We followed his advice. and from
the day that we began e use Postum
we both began to impE8Fe, and in a
very short time both OF us were en-
tirely relieved. The nerves became
STEADY once more, the headaches
ceased, the muscles in the back OF my
neck relaxed, my head Strengthened
up and the dreadful pain that had so
punished me while ! used the old kind
Of coffee vanished.
we have never resumed the use OF
the old coffee, but relish u Postum
every day as well as we did the tor
mel beverage. And we are delighted
to find that NE can give it freely TO
our children also, something we never
dared to- do with the old kind OF COT
fee Name given By Postum Co. Bat
tie Greek, Mich.
Postum Coffee contains absolutely no
drugs of any kind. but relieves the
cofee drinker from the old drug poison.
There's q reason.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-10-14
$500 From An Acre.

Last years little garden was the
most satisfactory we have ever had,
says a writer in The Golden Maya.
zine. The area was little more than
One-third of an acre, which was
plowed by a colored man for 1925. The
dead weeds and other trash were re-
moved for So, SO that when the gar
den vas ready for planting the total
investment amounted to $5.25. The
ground slightly declines from thu
good many hours each day.
We sold $40 worth Of products,
which gave us $40 over the original
cost. A careful account of all the
products sold, used given away, or
put away for Winter showed our gar
den wRs worth $110 in cash.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-10-14

ssLvdiaE E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
mate me a well woman, and l feel 50 CRATE
ful that | am glad to write and tell you OF
nv marvellous recovery. 1t brought me
health, new lie and vitality"
What Lydia F. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound did for Mrs. Ainsley it will
do for every woman who is in poor
health and ailing.
Its benefits begin when its use begins.
It gives strength and Vigor from the
start, and surely makes sick women
well and robust.
Remember Lydia z. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound holds the record for
the greatest number of actual cures OF
woman's ills. This fact is attested to
by the thousands Of letters from CRATE
FIJI women which are on file IN the
laboratory Merit alone can
produce euch results.
Women should remember that a cure
for all female diseases actually exists.
and that cure is Lydia E. Pinkham,s
Vegetable Compound. Take no substl-
tute.
If You have symptoms you don't
understand write to Mrs. Plnkham'
Lynn, Mass, for special advlce-lt -
free and always helpful.
aaund Suscssssa:s Where others Fall
The Opelousas courier., 1905-10-14
His Strenuous Finish.

eyes" said the sad-faced young
man in the smoking car, I'm out OF
baseball for keeps. Why, in my first
game this season they got onto me in
the third inning and pounded me all
over the field"
ooh, you shouldn't let a little thing
like that discourage you," replied the
hardware drummer. Many a good
pitcher has been up against similar
luck"
YES" continued the victim, "but,
you see, l wasn't the pitcher; / hap
pened to be the umpire."-Chicagc
Daily News.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-10-14
In kansas.


Everything seemed SO quiet that the
oil reporter leaned out of the car win
dow and addressed the old man with
brindle whiskers, who was sitting on
the dusty platform.
Guess you are a prominent citizen
of the towns" ventured the newspaper
man.
"Wa'all," drawled the old man,
chewing a pine splinter, "all the folks
around here have known me Tor
years."
Thought SO. Ever run for office"
"Onee."
@Democratic or Republican,
Neither"
"Ah, Prohibition"
NO"
4Then what kind Of Office was it,"
eThe clerks Office to get a marriage
license. after I'd been counting the
Widow Jones fer nine years. You bet
I run"
The Opelousas courier., 1905-10-14

- ESSW Wv -
John Arbuckle, the rich BROOKLYN
manufacturer, has invented a method
of cooling and drying the air OF
rooms, no matter how not and humid
it may be outside. The plan n
eists of pipes containing brine, which
Is carried around the room. being
forced very much like the heat Is
forced in winter, and the more IN
tense the pressure the lower will be-
come che temperature. The secret
of it is that the moisture is taken
from the air, being CONCEALED on the
mines, from which it is then removed
and the humidity is thus done away
with, No ice nor chemicals are used.
This method of cooling has been ex-
nerimentally demonstrated at the
Hotel Margaret and those who have
seen It In operation say it Is a great
success.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-10-14
What korrura Locke ika

Baron KnNura is q diDlnmat If the
purely Oriental type, suave and UNI
readable. IN appearance he is small,
blackwell and slender. His counte-
nance is wrink1e1 like old parchment,
his jaw pointed and firmly set, and
his m~0ustache black, scanty anf
stiff. His bristiy hair is streaked
with graz. He is we'll versed N dip
lomatic usages, and especially with
the effective roundabout diplomacy
characteristic Of the Rissians.-New
York World.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-10-14
Murderous ~skyacrepers.

aWill it be MURDER said the mil
lionaire minister.
ut will kill four men," the contractor
replied.
aaThen I won't build this twenty
story skyscraper," the minister SAID
~resolutely. "TIl buy real estate"
@he contractor, a singularly unset
fish man, nodded in appreciation.
statistics prove" he declared, that
in the construction of every ten-story
building one man is killed; every
ffteen-story building kills three men
every twenty-story building kills four
men.
NEARLY all these men are killed il:
the same way. They fall.'-Philadel-
Dhia Bulletin
The Opelousas courier., 1905-10-14
Extrayagance Of To-Day.

At the opening of Countess Fabricot-
IT'S millinery shop i'll London, James
yan-Aien is said to have exhibited his
love for lavish expenditure by buying
forty hats and presenting them to his
women friends, including the Duchess
of Manchester, her daughter, Lady
CHnard, and Princess Hatzfeldt-all Of
which was very fine and coed for
trade,
The Opelousas courier., 1905-10-14
A s~ehoolbov,. View Of Tennvsor,

The following remarks on Tenny-
son were recently handed in on an
examination paper by a schoolboy in
an English literature class: Lord
Alfred Tennyson was a celebrated
poet, and he wrote a lot of beautiful
PONIES with long hair. His greatest
pome Is called The Idle King He
was make a lord, but he was a good
man and wrote many oads."-Har-
per's Weekly.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-10-14

dreaded their approach. This was my
condition for four years. Doan's Kid
ney Pills helped me right away when
1 began with them, and three boxes
cured me permanently"
Foster Milburh Co.. Buffalo, N. 7.
For sale by all dealers. Price, 80
cents per box.