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Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-11-09

Independence, Kan, Nov. 3.
Dear Comrade Manbeck:
We had a very good time in
Denver, but there we're so many
people before our division passed
the grand stand. Mrs. Thomp.
son joined me in> line and we
stood on the grass in the square
when the Georgia delegation
passed, consisting of yourself,
Thayer, Bucher and one other l
did not know. A dust storm
coming up at that time, we could
not see which way you went;
anyway we had a good time.
Mrs. Thompson has decided
that we will go to Minneapolis
next year.
Well, we have been at this ho-
tel a month, (the whole family.)
1 have sold my interest at Caney.
When we came out here we
started on a very small scale at
Bartlesville, l. T., and sold out
there at good profit. Put in a
cheap plant at Caney and after
two years of good business, sold
at profit, and now we are put
ting in an up-to-date laundry
plant-everything made by the
Troy Laundry Machine Coat
a cost of about $4,000, so you see
we have done some business
since coming out here.
When we leave here we 60 to
Nowats, l. T., where a letter will
reach us.
Never in my life was | in a
place where living was so high,
as in this part of Kansas and the
Territory.
When you write give us all the
news of Fitzgerald.
w. THOMPSON.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-11-09
When You Have a Bad Cold

You want a remedy THAI will not
only give quick relief but effect a per-
manent cure,
You want aremedy that will relieve
the lungs and keep expectoration
easy.
You want a remedy that will coun-
teract'any tendency toward pneumo-
mia. You want a remedy that lie pleas
ant and safe to take.
Chamberlain CoughRe medy meets
all of these requirements and for the
speedy and permanent cure of bad
colds stands without peer. For
sale by all druggist.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-11-09
No Poison In Chamberlain'S Cough
Remedy.

Remedy.
From Napier New Zealand, Herald:
Two years ago the Pharmacy Board
of New South Wales, Australia, had
an analysis made of all the cough
medicines that were sold in that mar
ket- Out of the entire list they found
only one that they declared was en-
tirely free from poisons. This except
ion was Chamherlain's Cough Rene
ed. made by the Chamberlain Medi-
cine Company Des Moines, Iowa, U,
s. A. The absence of all narcotics
makes this reedy the safest and best
that can be had; and it is with feel
ing of security that any mothe can
give it to her little ones. Chamber
laih's Cough Remedy is especially re-
Commended by it's makers for coughs,
colds, Group and whooping cough
This remedy is for sale by all drug
gist.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-11-09

The Grant Street Barber Shop
the only six-chair shop in the
county, is the place to go for
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-11-09
Notice to 7 respassers.

All pers ons found trespassing
in pursuit of game on land owned
by the Fitzgerald Trust Co., in
Wilcox and Irwin counties. will
be prosecuted according to law.
All previous leave withdrawn.
S. CLARE, Manager.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-11-09
MONEY!!

Will lend you money or buy
you home at $50 simpl interest
and give you ten years.
GIDDENs & MANSFIELD,
10-24.4w Triton, Ga.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-11-09
An Interesting Letter
From VIM. Thompson.

The following letter, from an
old timer, will no doubt prove Ct
interest to many of our readers,
who will remem Der Mr.. Thomp.
son who was janitor of the First
Ward school for several years.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-11-09

For SALE: A 20 horse power
locomotive boiler and Is horse
power Cor1iss engine. Will sell
for $3.50. cash or $500. on credit.
Apply to J. E. MERCER.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-04
THE PEOPLE ARE THINKING
Browns Valley. Tribune.

The people in general are taking moro
interest in legislative matters than ever
before. This Is attested by the fact that
members Of the present congress are just
now flooded with letters urging them to
support the rate bill, giving more power to
the interstate commerce commission and
other matters now pending are given
close scrutiny. The people are coming
to understand that it Is not discourteous
to offer an occasional suggestion to
United States senators, members Of con-
gress or the legislature. and the member
who resents such action Is not the one to
be returned for another term. Even the
most obscure citizen of state or dis
trict who has given q subject much
thought may offer some suggestion Of spe-
cial benefit to the community, never be-
fore heard of by the congressman or men,
Der of the legislature. The wise repre-
sentative who looks to the welfare of his
district as we'll as his political future, will
keep in close touch with his constituency
and will therefore court suggestions from
any authentic source. This condition, by
which the rank and file Of the people are
more and more taxing part, and having
a voice in legislation, thru their spokes-
man, the district representative, portends
good and speaks much for our future we'll
being in the government Of the nation and
the state. <.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-04
A Straw-but It Shows.

It Is announced that the Amalga-
mated Copper directors will hereafter
from time to time, issue full reports of
the condition Of the company for the
benefit of stockholders and the public.
To grasp the full import Of this it is
necessary to know that the Amalga-
mated Copper company is a Standard
Oil property. The Standard Oil com
pany does not publish its affairs or
the affairs of it's subsidiary companies
or Of other companies controlled from
central Standard Oil headquarters in
New York. The Standard Oil company
is in fact the closest mouthed OF all
the trusts. It has never made it's bust
ness public. - .-s-,e.a
During the last presidential campaign
the Standard broke the silence Of years
by an announcement that it was not
concerned in the political contests then
pending. Having spoken, it lapsed
again into silence. ..z -.
One Of the first things President
Roosevelt did was to declare himself
in favor of publicity. Thru the press
the agitation grew for more light upon
the internal workings Of the great cor
porations. The people began to feel
that they had right to know more
about the trusts and the old argument
that corporate affairs are private affairs
no longer found weight, especially when
applied to railroad or public service
| corporations. An attack that brought
some Of the greatest Of the cor
porations under fire has been kept
up, and the trusts, the railroads, the
big Wall street banks and the insur
ance companies have felt it. The Anal
gamated Copper company does not come
within this category, but the fact that
it is Standard Oil proposition and
that it's affairs are to be made public
indicates change Of heart on the pant
of the greatest and most secretive
financial power Of the day. 1t indi
Gates that the big moneyed men car
see that it is not we'll to stand out toe
stubbornly against public opinion. Il
is only a straw, but it shows the wine
in favorable direction. d
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-04
The Taxation Amendment.

The house Of representative now has
4 before it bill for |wide-open' tax
alton amendment to the state constitu-
ton. The Roberts bill, as amended by
the judiciary committee, puts practi-
cally no restriction on the power of
the state to levy taxes, SO long as they
= are levied for public purposes and are
3 uniform upon the same class of subjects
4 or property. The only thing resem.
s bling legislation that has been allowed
8 IN the amendment is the clause ex-
d empting from taxation property used
9 FOR religious, educational, charitable
4 cemetery, governmental or public pur.
b poses.
4 This amendment is proposed as a
Il substitute for four rambling sections
& ia the present constitution, covering a
@ page and half and full Of illogical
q Limitations on the legislative taxing
s. power Of the state In all this yer
biage there is nothing to permit of an
r inc ONE tax, either on salaries or ON
mortgages and other credits There is
nothing to permit distinctions between
different classes of property. liz
The house amendment simply restores
to the state the powers that the con.
stitution has hedged in with limita.
tions. It permits future Legislatures
to deal freely and fairly with the great
problem Of taxation and to adopt plans
which may prove their efficacy in other
states. The present restrictions pre-.
vent the state from ever getting up to
date in its handling of the problem.
They bind Minnesota, as long as they
stand in its fundamental law, to the
present unjust, unreasonable method of
taxing personal property ) which results
in much ~of il hiding to escape confs-
cation.
The senators blocked a wide-open
amendment two years ago, and the
sesame senators are on hand at this SEES.
!, sisn. Il u to be hoped, however, that
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-04
THE SHORT STORY ART
Boston Herald.


The art Of short-story writing has not
become widely popular accomplishment
In this country, according to the testi-
mony Of the judges in the Collier prize
story contest. There were no less than
$4,000 stories sent in for competition, and
William Allen White, who was one of the
judges, states that each Of the first nine
ty-five in every hundred could be cast
aside with five minutes reading. only
one in hundred contained the rudiments
necessary to make a good story-even a
passably good story. The work of the
amateur, says Mr.. White, may hide it
self for ten pages, and then stick up like
a sore thumb in a trite handling of an ex-
cellent situation; but the professional
writer, the skilled workman, shows his
presence in the first sentence, proves him
self in the first paragraph, and establishes
himself in the readers confidence during
the first 300 words.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-04
A MIGHTY GRAFT
Nebraska State Journal.


It must make ex-Mayor Ames Of Min
neapolis ashamed Of the comparative in
significance of his graft Of a few years
since when he reads Of the bride money
secured in Chinatown, San Francisco, by
a chief Of police. 1t seems from the tes-
timony secured by the grand jury that
Chan Cheung, the notorious leader of the
Chinatown gambling fraternity, has long
secured immunity from police raids by
putting up a weekly tribute to the tune
Of 81, 900, s1,400 Of which is supposed to
have gone directly into the pocket of the
chief of police and $500 to the members
of the chinatown squad
Over 100 gambling joints have contrib
uted to this enormous corruption fund,
and the work has been carried on for a
number Of years. Encouraging efforts
are being made this winter to put stop
to graft and abolish the joints that have
been the ruin OF SO many Of the young
men Of San Francisco.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-04
What Makes a Musical Center.


In commenting upon. the opening Of the
Auditorium, the papers have recently said
in effect that Minneapolis is now placed
in the front rank as q musical center.
I am afraid that this view Of the mat
ter is a trife too roseate, at the pres
ent time. The erection and dedication of
a grand cathedral would not make of a
city center Of religious influence; that
must result from the spiritual life Of the
people. It is true that our musical people
are more deeply moved and inspired
than ever before, but they have always
been striving for higher results, while the
general public has lent them but an in
different support. The excitement and
novelty Of this opening has naturally
! aroused the people and gratified their
pride, but when the newness Of this ex-
perience wears off, unless all who believe
in the elevating power Of art strive to
gain ground, each for himself, upon her
sacred domain, we shall fail in our efforts
to achieve all that this beautiful temple
stands for.
The musical season is now drawing to-
ward It's close, and the summer with it's
recreatiOnS will soon be here. During
these months Of rest and change the
| musicians will be busy with brave hearts
and high hopes, planning for the next
seasons concerts. They are doing a high
duty, in holding aloft the standard Of
good music, and they need not only
financial backing, but an intelligent ap-
preciative support on the part Of the en-
tire community. The music which they
wish to study and perform may be not
only understood, but enjoyed and loved
by the audience, provided every one in
terested puts himself into a right atti-
| tude toward the matter not only then,
but now, and all the time. When man
goes into the house Of God he turns his
| thoughts, sweetly and seriously, toward
the kingdom Of heaven, and his soul Is
opened to receive, not what he might in
an idle and self -indulgent mood precon-
ceive as agreeable, but what his higher
convictions tell him are pure and good.
He cherishes within his breast a rever-
ence for holy things, even if he fails to
always live up to their teaching. Now let
him try to make music a more sacred
thing in his life, in his thought. Shun
anything which turns it into ribaldry, and
refuse to support by patronage any con-
| cert, play or farce which by catering to
vulgar taste substitutes for noble art a
| tawdry entertainment. And as, when he
enters the house Of worship, leaving his
other self behind, he unfolds his better
self to holy influence, SO at the portals
Of this noble hall let him drop all light
and Indifferent thoughts, and seek to
meet the sweet illumining Of the best in
music, which, like the worship of God
shall not only be joy to his own life
but thru that life shall so build abroad a
fabric Of deep and high sentiment that
thus, in due time, shall this community
grow worthy of place in the front rank
of musical influence
Willard Patten.
MINNEAPOLIS March & 1909 ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-04
A Horse on Davenport.

At a stable in the American horse ex-
change Of New York, five horses, said to
be Arabian stations, are having the
time Of their lives, and incidentally
working up a board bill and lawsuit
The steeds were brought over from Mo
rocco; two Of them are believed to have
been destined to be presented to Mr.,
Roosevelt. 49, >'.. 49, /.
Homer Davenport, the cartoonist, was
in the deal. He ordered the importing
and now he wishes he had confined his
activities to drawing elephants and don.
keys, and let the horse business severely
alone. E,-:s-.s +. .z< ~.
Having received some disquieting re.
ports about the social standing of his
importations, Davenport took real
horseman to the barn and asked him to
look them over. ''Are they Ara
bians?' That is what he wanted to
know. "Arabiansl'' snorted the horse.
man. @fArabians! they are about as
much. Arabians as you are. These old
crooks are from Tupelo, Miss, or maybe
from Delphi, Ind. If they ever came
from Arabia, it was on the drawback
system. You We been done. Why, the
Japanese cavalry wouldn't ride those
horses at the mikado's command. AS
for giving them to the president, you
could be prosecuted under all the laws
there are, for doing it. If you have
any one that you wanted to get good
and even with, give him flock Of these
speed developers, but don't handicap
the administration with them. =
Mr.. Davenport still has the horses,
and on his advice, the theories of DR..
s9sler are to=bez tried !. If man are -use-
less after SO. horses which are useless
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-04
Theodore Roosevelt, President.

Theodore Roosevelt signahzed his en-
trance upon his first regular term as
president by speech which is remark
able for its brevity, but which contains
the essence of the Roosevelt philosophy
of politics. Tt is in word a call to
duty, to hopefulness and work. The
president does not discuss the problems
that confront tue administration, tho he
does say that problems exist. The main
spring of his address is not to solve
problems, but to inspire the people and
the peoples representatives to- that
habit Of mind and soul which will solve
them. In this the address is admirably
adapted to- its purpose: ..-.'
The people have proved and approved
Roosevelt. They have felt ever since
the early days of the last contest for
the republican nomination that new
force had come into American politics.
While the politicians were figuring on
possible combinations by which this or
that number Of Influences could be ar.
rayed against the accidental occupant
of the presidency and defeat his selec.
ton by his party as it's regular nominee
Z MIR. Roosevelt entered into no counter
Vaccinations. He simply turned aside
from all the studied and approved ma
chinery of politics and went straight
to the heart of the people with the sim
pie statement that he desired the nomi
II nation and if it was the will of the ma
jority to give it to him on the work he
had been doing he would be glad Of
the chance to continue the policy OF
which he had entered; if not he woulC
be content to be RETIRED But Mr.
Roosevelt let it be plainly known thai
he was not content to be defeated BY
back office politics.
s. The people heard and needed his ap
( peal. They nominated him and they
Fstelected him and today they have N
reason to regret their choice. Every
act Of the president since it was know
that he would soon become presiden
g fby right of election, has been in
spired by the love of calculating hi
favorite motto: "a square deal TO
severybody.'
% Whatever may happen in politics il
lthe next four years, whatever mistake
may be made, we do not expect to Sc
EEany faltering by the president, an.
asmoral letting down in the direction O
compromising with wrong. If Their
/ Us any man in this country, high or low
l rich or poor, who loves square deal
Z he has friend and coadjutor in Theo
L dore Roosevelt. If there is a man il
this country, great OF small, who is work
ing for crooked deal he has an enem,
Pin Theodore Roosevelt and an enem,
fHho will strike. fercely, hard and ia
italy, if he can. -:~- -. =.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-04
THE MAGAZINES

Lover OF Scott Takes Fire-Goldwin
Smith, in The Atlantic for March, rises tn
the defense of Scott against his critics.
He says: -
l cannot help t.<1ng fire at anything said
in disparagement of Walter Scott. Il feel ina
nave got from his writings not only immense
pleasure, but some good. He was truly noble
hearted gentleman, model of that class md
us character is fmpressea on all the works
OF ms pen: type, he seems to me, Of social
cMValry. In all his writings too, there Is the
buoyancy of perfect health In reading them
you breathe the air Of the Scotch hills. I can
conceive no better mental febrifuge no better
entfdote to depression, no more sovereign ram
edy for dull care Hl - 800
Here, too! And ditto to this: -. .
one must no doubt have something Of the
noy !e1t IN one to read 'Marmion' again with
delight. But he who reads ..Marmion, ,vhol1v
without delight cannot have much left in him
of the boy. ..' ..=..- : -. - ILL
: eiephoning to Phonograph.-The dis
advantages inevitable in telenhonine have
peen partially overcome by an Instrument
OF foreign make-tho the general service.
ABILITY of the device has not been demon
strated by usage in this country. saws IN.
WHITES work 1ors,March. 1t may be de-
scrlped as an ordinary telephone with .
phonographic attachment While Mr.
Jones IS IN his office the attachment is NOT
~ use, put on going out he connects Il
with the telephone. When some one calls
Tor Mr.. Jones over the telephone, the
Photographic attachment responds some
tnlng after this fashion: ''Nr. Jones Is
not In. This is a Photographic receiver
speaking. Kindly give me your messa ee
and VIII repeat tito him on his return ;,
on coming In Mr.. Jones sees from signal
that a message is waiting him. He taxes
the In receiver, and the photograph delivers
the message (perhaps there are manyl
that have been conftded to If,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-04
NTH the Long B0aO.
-"Eys NATURES walks. shoof folly as II n'ss. /"

The doing nothing find
in this weather.
Last July prominent Chicago proved by the logic OF u
ment that the the fight Russia inside of thirty
days sponge
gle Brethren let not be cure Of taxes
practical joker that
300 old He had the lover Of antiques all Of eme until he
explained to him that it was the multiplication table
Os forced lexicon read "De
senectute'' original
P being
in Latin We found it out years ago by hard labor)
defined English schoolhd "nothing
abox.' Another pupil up Henry VIII thus:
Henry VII brave corpulent and cruel he frequently
widow had his leg, and decision Of
Roller de Rink
On skating spent all his chink;
On the sport too intent
A judgment on him, don't you think7
....: To the crowd on the bleachers appealing
His fancy steps showed the true feeling;
He asked ''Dd hit 49,
The floor, the celinga
After again day for few
hundred there great Of falling into r You begin think
remedy chill
your back on your knees ride on your feet This breaks
the condition and prepared start out all fresh and again
haven't children of the the neigh
bo There always children somewhere prepared their
great sport composed
preparation Of chocolate carames and other candy about
pound carried in the lefhnd pocket, will tend such
unnatural reluctance
upon ago. felt the shell of
that approaching the where
likely referred ga lobste' and properly called two
Abigail Did they
framework? We have show doubt it. The
discarded We obliged climb
act like to make like whboW, to become
handspring peel off thin coat Of dignity,
in fact to get again.
slight senng Of the muscles for hardening of the
crystalzaion Of jumped
kids sovereign remedy If the first dose does not have effect
There something about the kndhe that
warranted scratch the enamel the polished dignity Corydon
five
roughhouse and bad attack
Justification Of the intellect Eliot that when she
she hoped would be little there wouldn't be
be uncle that owned candy
land to be Jump on cherubm. "A
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-04
WHEN WILLIE WENT TO WORK

WHEN WILLIE WENT TO WORK,
1 never shall forget the time
When Willie made a plan
To help support his family,
Just like a grown-up man.
II want to earn some money, MAJ
He seq, like Tommy Burke"
And after that we had no peace
TIL Willie went to work.
Ma said at first he was too small,
But then he begged and plead
Till everybody in the house
Most wished that they wuz dead.
At last pa spoke: 1.-THE only way
To cure the little Turk
Is just to let him CO., he SEE.
So Willie went to work.
You should "a seen him on that day,
Jump up at the first call:
Ma never had to ask him If
His hands wuz clean at all
1t took him most two hours, though.
To prink himself and perk-
You bet his shoes was blackened fine
When Willie went to work.
And after that 1t nearly used
To make us laugh out loud;
You couldn't hardly talk to him
He wuz SO ALFRED proud.
And II we asked a question, pa
Would give his thumb a jerk
And say: "Ask VIII, he knows 1t all
Now he has gone to work"
When he came home that Saturday
And handed ma his pay,
You'd thought he was Carnegie
Giyin' libraries away.
But though ma smiled and kissed him
We could see teardrop Turk
Because 1t wuE the first he earned
When Willie vert to work
-Anuis Marble.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-04

Mr.. Jerome Of New York was wasting
his tears when he expressed so much
sympathy for the president the other day
Theodore Roosevelt stands today alone"
he said, more isolated than any great
president has ever stood in the history OF
this people. He may meet setback from
that rich mems club, many of whom are
under indictment now, and many more Of
whom would be under indictment If they
got their deserts" This Isolation" Is not
SO terrible, however, when it is recalled
that 1t only refers to the membership OF
the senate. The president has the voters.
the press and the thinkers of the country
behind him in tolerabIy solid phalanx..