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Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-04-15
TOWN IS CLEAR
OF ALL NEGROES.
Race War Is Imminent In
Kansas Town Growing
Out of Assault Case.

Cofeyville Kans., April 49,
Not a negro was found on the
streets of this city last night, as
the result of action taken by the
citizens to prevent the race war
which seemed i'm minent, growing
out of the criminal assault made
yesterday upon Mrs. John Crit
fifth by an unknown negro.
The white men of the town
have ordered all bad blacks to
leave the city within twenty-four
hours. The blacks have armed
themselves. The chief of police
has sworn in a number of depu-
ties. He was covered yesterday
by dozen rifles while attempt
ing to disarm a negro.
The situation is critical.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-04-15
The A & B. Railroad |
OutQrOWS All Othcrs
Missionary Rally.

A Missionary rally will be held
at Union Methodist church on
Easter Sunday the 23rd inst.
We are anticipating an interest
ing and profitable day.
Mrs. S. S. Garbutt and her
daughter, Miss Greta, have
promised to be with us. The
audience will enjoy their talks.
Miss Greta Garbutt has recently
Travelled in our Mission fields in
Cuba and Mexico, and can tell us
many things of interest.
Mrs. S. S. Garbutt is one of our
most enthusiastic Mission work.
ers and will not fail to entertain
and instruct. Rev. II. W. Gar
butt may also be with us. He will
if possible. His heart is in the
cause of missions and all the
work of the church, If present,
he will preach. We are anxious
to raise in cash and subscription
all of Unions money for this
year.
There will be exercises in the
morning and in the afternoon.
Dinner will be on the ground.
Public cordially invited.
W. C. DAVIS, Pastor.
For the benefit of those who
may desire to attend the Mission
airy rally at Union on Easter
Sunday, and who do not know
where the church is located, we
will state that it is about 16 miles
below Fitzgerald and about 21s
miles from Evergreen.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-04-15
BIG INCREASE IN
TAX RETURN
The Mileage in 1904 Was I
Miles and This Yrar
It Is 336 Miles.

First of all the large corpt
tons in the state to make
turns to the comptroller gene
for taxation for the year 4
was the Atlantic and Birmi
ham, which numbers among
officers and directors w.
Raou1, H. M. Atkinson and Pr
ton S. Arkwright. of Atlanta.
The returns as received 81
the road today values the tang
property at 81, 467,314 and
franchise is returned at 1914
The road has grown faster
length and wealth than any OF
in the state. Last year
tangible property was valued
$500, sos and the franchise l
returned at $149,4 92.
The mileage for 1904 was
miles and this year it is i
miles. The fact that so nls
small roads have been meE
into this system has caused
comptroller general to hold
the returns pending an inv
cation of the returns of h
separate branch road.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-04-15
.oTEsrvENsKY's FLEET

ENoh . l.
MAY BE OFF PHILIPPINES
Berlin, April 14.-Admiral Ro-
iestvensky's squadron is believed
by the intelligence given by the
German navy department to be
lying off the Cuyos islands, 80
miles south of Mindoro, Philip
pine islands, recoaling and pre-
pairing for the last stage of it's
long voyage. Although these IS
lands belong to the United States
thew have fine anchorage outside
the emile limit with hard bottom
at 20 to Is fathoms. The Ger
man navy department received
in telegram today from one OF
the East Indian ports an indlca-
ton that the Russians, when OFT
the southern end of Cochln-China
April II, changed their course
and headed on course which
would bring them to the Cuyos
islands in the northern part OF
the Su1u sea, 800 miles distant.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-04-15
Jan and Russ Fleets
Playing Hide and Seek
Resolutions Of Respect.
To the Board of Stewards in
Regular Monthly meeting AS
sembled,

sembled,
Dear Bretheren:-
To the memory of Rosser
Adams Wilson, late chairman Of
the Board of Stewards of Cen
trail M. E. Church South, Fitz-
gerald, Ga, we offer the follow
ing Pream b1es and Resolutions,
to wit:
Whereas, in the providence of
our Gracious Father in Heaven
our brother and co-laborer, K.
A. Wilson was taken from us by
death on March, 10Th, 1905, and
Whereas, the church, of which
be was an bonored mem Der, and
this body Of which hc was
chair man, have lest in him true
and efficient son and servant.
therefore, it is resolved:
First, That we record our love
for our departed brother in
Christ, and commend his spirit
and example as trusted citizen
and mem Der of the board.
Second, That we magnify the
grace of God by which he was sc
abundantly sustained during his
long and painful illness giving
US strong assurance of the rest
for him in the future life.
Third, That a page be SET
apart on our stewards journal to
his memory.
Fourth, That copy of these
resolutions be furnished tc
the family of the deceas'
ed husband and father, in
token of our love for him and our
sympathy for his bereaved loved
ones; and that these resolutions
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-04-15
HAVE NOT FOUGHT
AS WAS REPORTED
Toxic Denies Story Of Fight
and St. Petersburg Knows
Nothing Of Rojestven-
sky's Squadron.
Toxic, April 14.-The naval
department announces the report
of a naval engagement recently
off Saigon to be unfounded.

Manila, April 14-Rear Adj
miral Train, in command OF the
American fleet in Asiatic wa'ers,
received a telegram at 3 o'clock
this afternoon from Saigon, the
capital and principal port OF
French Ccchin-China, reporting
the arrival there of the Russ ian
hospital ship Orel at s o'clock on
the morning of April Is. The
Orel had many wounded men on
board.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-04-15
RoIEsTvENsKY's BoLDNEss

ROTESTVENSKY' BOLDNESS
PLEASING TO NAVAL CIRCLES.
st. Petersburg, April 14.-4:23
o. m.-The admiralty has not re-
ceived any dispatches recently
from Vice Admiral Roiestven-
sky.
The officials say that all talk
of the emergency of any of the
Intended Russian warships to
join Rojestvensky's squadron is
pure nonsense.
Much satisfaction and admira'
ton are expressed in naval circles
at the bold direct manner IN
which Rojestvensky is carrying
out the objects of his voyage.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-04-15
United Bretheren.

Beginning last Sunday
Tinted Bretheren congrea
have enjoyed a series of
ings. lasting thro the week
o. o. Johnson has been abb
sited by Rev. 0. A. Barbr
Atlanta.
Interesting services are
morning and evening.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-04-15

Of course, Fitzgerald needs a
park but by the time other more
important matters are disposed
of and the people come to consid-
err the question of park the nee
cessary land will be costly item.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-04-15

be offered to the press of our
city for publication.
Fifth, That we pray the bless
ings of God to abide in his house
hold forever.
w. L.>Wootten.
J. E. Turner.
The foregoing Preambles and
resolutions read and unanimous
1y adopted.
r. J. Prentiss,
Chairman, Pro TEN.
]. E. Turner, Sec.
Fitzgerald, Ga, Apr. 10th, 1905.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-04-15

Mr.. S C. Henry is at Usage ,
Mimi, where Mrs. Henry and
the children will join him about
the LIST Of May. We regret to
see this family of good people
leave Fitzgerald, but join their
many friends here in wishing
them good luck wherever they
may cast their lot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-14
President Roosevelt and the Fever

Two months have elapsed since the authorities of New Orleans acknowl- edged that their city harbored yellow fever. In the two months a great san itary battle has been fought. Some may say that the battle has not been won because the fever has not been stamped out. The fever has, however, been kept under control, and on Mon- day not death occurred in the broad city on account of yellow fever. The number of cases on hand is about 300, and the deaths are about five a day. About ten per cent of the fever pa tients die. All of these figures are happy contrast to the figures of 1878, when nearly one hundred died daily of yellow fever.
 The battle has therefore been strik- ingly successful in New Orleans, even if it has not been in the outlying towns and plantations. The mosquito theory has not been fully applied except in New Orleans, and it has certainly led to gratifying results in that city.
 The fever situation in New Orleans is so satisfactory that President Roose- yelt has no intention, it is stated, of cancelling his engagement to visit it in the late days of next month. He does not intend, it is said, to cancel or to postpone his southern tour, and New Orleans is to be a part of that tour.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-14
MT. Bryan in Chicago.
able.

William Jennings Bryan is about to friends gave in his honor on Tuesday night at tho Jefferson club in Chicago a notable banquet. MT. Bryan's speech was the chief event of the banquet. All who have read it agree that the broad differences between the two great par ties were never more clearly pre- sented.
 He explained the difference between ceItralization of governmental powers at Washington, and the preservation of the powers of the states-between dis trust of the people and direct popular action-between in word, republican ism and democracy. And right here MT. Bryan expressed caution that all would do we'll to study, when he said:
 While the advocate of centralization is urging legislation which obligates state lines and removes the government control to others, the monopolist on the other hand may hide behind democratic theory of self-government and use this theory to prevent national legislation which may be necessary The democrat who believes in democratic principles and who wants to preserve the dual character of our government must be on his guard against both.
 The line between state powers and federal powers Is not easily defined, and MT. Bryan became specific towards the end of his closing speech, for he will not speak again in this country in the next two y ITS. He is opposed to a federal insurance law, and to federal charters for trading or manufacturing enterprises. There are other ways in which trusts can be regulated. He de- sires on the other hand the selection of United States senators by direct popular votH, and he favors the free use of the initiative and referendum. Tn proportion" he said, in conclusion, "as the democratic party trusts the people and protects them, 1t will win the confidence and support of the peo- pie, and no one can doubt the final tri-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-14
That Treasury Surplus.

The states fiscal year is ended will the present month, and after frost comes in December we will be in the midst of new fiscal year-that is to say, when an extra session is called. If it be called at all.
 The mooted surplus of $750,O00 in the state treasury must relate to the balance at the end of the fiscal year at midnight of September 30, and the Selma Times insists that when the ap- propriations are met that the rumored surplus of $750,O0O will dwindle to less than $100,000. If the information of the Times be correct, there is no sur plus that can be voted to the public schools or anything else.
 The matter is, however, one open to mathematical demonstration. The Selma Times can establish its point in the public mind by setting against the balance in the treasury the appro- priations in detail that are to be met out of 1t. Instead of generalizations the public desires facts and figures The whiting down of a balance of s750,000 to sum less than $100,0O0 is a large contract, and it will not be accepted by the people until items of reduction are furnished.
 Let us have the demands that are properly liens upon the balance of the present fiscal year-not the demands that properly belong to the next fiscal year, for the revenue of the coming year will confessedly be sufficient to meet all just demands upon it. The apparent surplus may be a real sur plus. It certainly is real if all just de- mands upon the balance of the present fiscal year have been or will be paid. The coming fiscal year will meet it's own demands.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-14
Politicians and Raccoons.

'The question with Conner. Cunning ham and the railroad rate. reformers, said a prominent merchant of Lincoln in talking politics last night, reminds me of tale friend of mine over in Geor- ga used to tell whenever an occasion presented itself.
 "The story was of fox, coon and a warm bed. The coon found nice place for home and made 1t comfortable and cozy Later he made trip away from his den and in the meantime fox spied the nice warm place and promptly Jumped in. The coon on his return, finding his newly established home invaded, demand ed the name of the occupant. The fox re- piled: A 'ooon.'
 The coon being a little suspicious of the true identity of the occupant, yelled out: Let me see your tail then; now your foot and then continued, You may be a coon, but you don't look like coon, you haven't tail like coon, you don't smell like a coon, and durn If l believe you are a coon.'
 "Of course" continued the merchant, i've country people think great deal or MT. Conner and look to him to accomplish wonders as regards reform rateE with the railroads, but in the event that either he or Dr. Cunningham Is elected gov ernor, we are confident of square deal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-14
Biu National Banks.

The Financier shows that there are l40 national banks each of which can show gross deposits in excess of s5,- 0t0,OOO Not long ago there were less than one hundred of such banks. New
 York has 33; Philadelphia, IA; Boston, Il; Chicago, 10; Pittsburg, 8; St. Louis
 and Cincinnati, each; Baltimore and Kansas City, 5 each; Omaha, Cleve- land and Indianapolis, each; Denver, San Francisco. Minneapolis, Milwau. kee, Detroit, St. Paul and Newark, 3 each; Buffalo, New Orleans, Albany and Los Angeles, each; and Pueblo, Birmingham, Jersey City, Duluth, Port land, Ore, Scranton and Rochester. l each. It will be observed that in the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-14
A SMILING FACE PAYS.
From the Kansas City Journal.

From the Kansas City Journal.
 There Is a minister living out on the East Side who Is a great joker. He loves to tell his jokes at the table, and, when ke does so, the other members of the fam fly are expected to laugh, The minister has a son twenty-one years old, who gets awfully tired of the jokes, Recently he got in the habit of scowling when his father would spring his alleged witticisms. The minister noticed this and thereafter 1t was impossible for the son to secure second helping of any of the food his father served. As a result the son would sometimes leave the tsble hungry. One day the family had turkey for dinner and the son decided to get all he wanted of It, even if he had to laugh at his fathers jokes. Soon after he had eaten his first allowance his father sprang pun and the young man laughed. It wasn't simple laugh; 1t was a roar, which only ended when he fell off his chair. When the son had pulled himself together again his father looked sternly over his glasses. "Ahem Henry" he said, picking up the carving knife and fork, "pass me your plate and let me help you to some more of the excellent turkey"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-14
MILLIONS HAVE SEEN THE
 SIGHTS AT CONEY ISLAND

i, have built and equipped the finest bat tleshp in the American navy
 More rifle shots have been fired in the Coney Island shooting galleries this summer than were discharged in the Spanish-American war. The total con sumption of peanuts is figured at 2Oo0,- coo fiye-cent bags, If these peanuts were piled In a pyramid of fve-cent bags they would reach to the top of the Pulitzer building.
 If all the 6.o0O,OO0 visitors had gone in bathing at once the water in Graves end Bay would have been raised suf- fciently to overflow the greater part of Brooklyn It would have been a regu- lar tidal wave.
 The trolley cars have made 100000 round trips to the island. with an aver age of seventy-five persons to trip. The cars have travelled 1,4oo,ooo miles carry ing the people to and from the island.
 The merry-go-rounds have carried their little passengers 100000 miles.
 The entrancing melody, Under the Old Apple Tree" has been played 100000 times at Coney Island this summer. It was as popular, yesterday as it was in the middle of May
 If. all the people who have gone to the island this summer were to travel there at once they would fill 60,000 open cars to overfiowing and the train would be 3ss miles long.
 As many as 1000 persons have used one bathing suit during the season The keys to the concert hall pianos have been pounded 5,0O0,000 times.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-14
A HYMN OF PEACE.

By Oliver Wendell Holmes. Angel of Peace, thou hast wandered too
 long!
 Spread thy white wings to the sunshine
 of lovel Come while our voices are blended in
 song
 Fly to our ark like the storm-beatn
 dove! Fly to our ark on the wings of the dove Speed OCT. the far-sounding pillows of Crowned with thine olive-leaf garland of
 love
 Angel of Peace, thou hast waited too
 long! Joyous we meet. on this altar of thine, Mingling the gifts We have gathered for
 thee. Sweet with the odors of myrtle and pine. Breeze of the prairie and breath of the Meadow and mountain and forest and Sweet Is the fragrance of myrtle and
 pine, Sweeter the incense we offer to thee. Brothers once more round this altar of
 thine Angels of Bethlehem, answer the strain. Hark! new birth-song is filling the
 sky Loud as the storm-wind that tumbles the
 main
 Bid the full breath of the organ reply Let the loud tempest of voices reply Roll It's long surge like the earth-shak-
 ing main Swell the vast song till it mounts to the
 sky s Angels of Bethlehem. echo the atrssn!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-14
IN HOTEL LoBBIES
Pensacola Situation.

Editor Thomas of the Pensacola Jour nal spent day in Birmingham as he was Journeying back to his own fever stricken city. T am not hopeful, he said. "of an early termination of the fever in Pensacola. The secondary infection IS now due, and 1t is resulting in many ad- ditional cases.
 You see mosquito that has bitten yellow fever patient is not ready to trans- init the germs of the disease until twelve days have elapsed, and then five days must be allowed for the appearance of the disease in the transmittee-making seventeen days between the first cases and the second lot of them. The secon- dary cases are now becoming manifest in Pensacola
 We have, however, very cool nights in Pensacola in October. cold wind comes in from the sea, and this wind will be apt to discourage the fever mosquitoes, for they are much more susceptible to cold than the anopheles or the culex or the swamp mosquitoes"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-14
REBUkLNo A MIsER.
one-Armed Man Refused to Be 6iIked
 Twice.


 From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 Charles M. Schwab, in the cool of the evening. was -acing Atlantic City's broad and gay board walk. Every lit- tie while chairman. passing, would give the magnate such salute as an emperor would have enyied.
 Why" said some one, do these chair pushe rot MT. Schwab so i'm pressively?'
 Tt is because he tips them with such generosity" another replied.
 But MT. sschwab deprecated that statement. Then, laughing. he said:
 "No, am not extravagant in my tips. At the same time try to avoid the example that old Thomas McWade set in Loretto in my boyhood.
 Thomas was a mean man, very mean man. One day he pulled up his team before the general store.
 Here. Herb, hold my horse.' he said, getting down.
 "So Herb, one-armed man, held the horse 10 minutes. Then Thomas re- appeared.
 Thank you. Herb was all he said. and he got in and orove on. And Herb. who had expected at least a nickel, was too profoundly excited over the old mans meanness to say word.
 But few weeks later Thomas got down from his team at the same place and asked the one-armed man to hold it for him again.
 sHerb, primed now, shook his head. "sNo, Thomas,' he said. I'vs given
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-14
Birminqham's Chief Events.

The interviews with prominent eiti- zens, published in yesterdays Age Herald, attracted no little attention, because they brought out the rapidly recurring events in this city and dis trict. No two of the interviews agreed as to what constitutes the six biggest events of recent months. Let us then enumerate all that were named in or der that we may see at a glance what has occurred in Jones Valley of far reaching importance. The list is, as follows:
 | A new passenger station to cost million dollars.
 2. The coming of the Illinois Central railroad.
 3. The coming of the Atlantic and Birmingham railroad.
 4. Increase of the capital of the First National bank to million dollars.
 5. A new skyscraper hotel.
 6. The fifteen-story office building on the Linn corner.
 2. Commercial success of the steel rail plant at Fnsley.
 8. The filtration plants and the water supply.
 g. The great railroad yard of the Frisco and Illinois Central.
 10. The development of the street railway system.
 II. The high prices of iron and steel. 12. Extension of street paving.
 13. The million-dollar plant of the American Car and Foundry company.
 IA. The state fair.
 15. The coming of the Crane com pany.
 16. The frog and switch plant in North Birmingham.
 IT. The opening of the Seaboard Air Line to tratfic.
 B. Greater Birmingham.
 19. The special or county school tax.
 9. The trunk sewers.
 21. Mayor Ward and good govern ment.
 22. Extension of the business dis trict.
 These twenty-two events relate to the present time, and taken together they simply show how rapidly this dis trict is expanding, and how sound the basis of that expansion is. The city and district are really one and the same. Whatever benefits the one benehts the other. The one grows out of the other, and it is difficult to say which Is entiIlv to priority, nor is it at all necessary. The two are in separably connected, having grown to- gether like to double cherry, seem ing pasted.
 Will 1906 bring to Jones Valley twenty-two events of equal import ance? If 1t do~-. it may become nec- essary to move back the enclosing hills of the valley in oruer to give the in- coming population room in which to build and render themselves comfort able.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-14
Late Justice Simmons.

The death of Chief Justice Simmons Of the George supreme court" said the ex-Atlantian yesterday, takes away from the old state striking figure and force full personality. He served in the Conted- crate army, and his energies were soon afterwards given to his state as lawyer and jurist. He sat as a judge in the su- perior court and the supreme court over thirty years. and in all that time he com manded the respect and esteem of the bar and of suitors in general.
 He was a man of commanding stature an presence, full of vgor and magnetism, It is said that in the course of a long official career has was never defeated either before the people or before the leg stature. His intellect remained unimpaired, although he had been an invalid fully eight months before death 9ame to him. He was born in 1887, and. was therefore but 6s years old. He had, however, done the work of an octogenrian
 He was in all his active years Primi- tive Baptist. I have always tried he life and be true to my state. to my friends and my word That was his life. He served Georgia in two consti- tutional convention, and his career on the bench will be recorded in the perma- nent history of the state.'