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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-02-16
The Line on the Sanl


With anchor up. I'm waiting.
The ships stood off the shore;
Tie band Of bold explorers
We're faint OF heart. and sore;
When out stepped grim Pizarro.
The great conQuistadori
He stepped five PAGES slowly.
Five PAGES from the band;
His good sword from Toledo
He bore within his hand.
And with its point no traced them
4 line upon the sandi
ION this side lie the danger"
=, spake his bearded lips,
death. hunger. hardship, also
Wealth, fame beyond eclipsel
And on the other comfort.
And the ome-returning ships!
And certain ones passed over
The line, and with him stood
Death g 1rning. Scared old fighters
OF the brave old Spanish blood
But to the rest. disheartened.
The ships for home seemed good
So comes the choice TO mortais.
The line upon the sand.
On one side hardship danger.
And. hapiy. glory stand;
But few there be cross over
When case lies close at hand
New Orleans Times Democrat
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-02-16
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The New Way to Health and Siren

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c proportions from certain herbs roots and barks. all
of which powerful agents. 1t is not chance discov
but is the result of years of investigation Of the best
remedies known to medical science
In VITONA we have medicine which will relieve
quickly and permanently all diseases ofthe Stomach
Liver, Heart, Kidneys and Nervous System, such as
Dyspepsia, Nervousness Indigestion, Heart Disease.
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Ask Wortley & French about VITONA and they will
gladly explain merits you Price 81 bottle six
bottles for So You be the judge Not penny
less satisfied.
FOR ONLY BY
WOrt1ey &E'rench
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-05-13

town, they carried gold headed
canes, wore silk hats and why,
only because they held to the
right and Stunned the corners.
Teddy saw now that the cup"
led downward, it brought sorrow,
suffering, hard labor and dis
grace. Look at the lowest man
ual laborer was it not the beer be
fumed taper that performed it.,
and the other class carried off
the p1ums. Surely he was just
wise enough to envy the holders
of the secret and to escape be-
fore grim drink fastened the
merciless chain forever around
his future.
He was not going to sink into
the gutter like Brown and Jones,
no indeed, he would yet be able
to buy strawberries at twenty
cents a quart. Teddy was no
fool, now was the time to stop,
tomorrow would be too late. Oh!
the misery of it all, it came home
to him now, why did HONEST
men vote to license the making
of drunkards, the rumshop
where liquor was sold to poison
the very life blood of humanity,
to break women's hearts, make
Continued on Last Page.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-05-13

sorrow upon those they profess
to care the most for.
Today the world appeared diff
ferent, life took on another turn,
the usual events seemed changed
yes Teddy was surely degener-
ating and he was waking up to
the fact.
There were other, he thought,
who had sunk much lower in the
mire than he, others who wore
shabbier clothes, who had no
homes, who abused their wives
and children and finally sank into
the cutters perhaps to fill a dis
honored pauper's grave, what
was the cause? Beer, rum, to-
bacco and It's associates, nothing
could be palmer. He had not
fallen beyond recall, thanks to
the strawberry man. He thought
of home, wits aud babies, as yet
they had shelter, food and cloth
ing, perhaps not the best, but as
vet enough. "reminiscences
crowded upon him fast, there
was Brown and Jones, gone to
the dogs, really disgraceful and
all on account of drink, there was
Judge Gray and Col. White. the
same schoolmates, they were the
leaders of the best society IN the
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-05-13
Teachers Debating Society.

Teachers of Irwin Co. met at
Fitzgerald Saturday May 9th for
purpose of holding their society.
Teachers responded with Quo
tations from Bryant after which,
a Debate-"Resolved that the
Panama Canal should be a sea
level canal" was ably discussed
by Prof. Swafford, Clara Scher-
ret, Cornelius Russell; Aft. Mrs.
Hoover, Mr.. Kistler and F. W.
Murray, Neg.
Following is the Program for
ensuing meeting to be held al
Ocilla one night during the An
nua1 Institute, beginning June
5th.
Debate-"Resolved that we owe
more to the inventors than tc
the discoveries"
Affirmative: T. w. hurry, c.
G. Batson, Miss. Shannon.
Negative: Miss Birdie Swords,
E. Charlton, Miss May Ellison
Exact time and remainder OF
Program will be published in
next weeks issue.
Per order of Com mittee,
MISS BIRDIE SWORDS, Sec.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-05-13
Musicale and Lawn

Will be given under
pices of the Ladies' AL
of Roanoke School Dis
Monday evening, May I
school house. The q
ment will commence il
at 8 p. m.
The musical program
under the direction Of
ented musician, Mrs.
assisted by a club of wei
vocal and instrumental 1
ers. The selections
adapted to every MOOD
mind, every need oe th
comprising words and
Joy, comfort, consolatl
mirth. There will also
tations by the Misses
Booker and others.
Ricker's Orchestra Z
engaged for the occasion
delight the audience wit
Der of choice selections
the evening.
After the entertaining
audience will repair -
minated lawn where Iel
Strawberries and CAKE
served at the usual q
games enjoyed. Adm
the door, 10c. Procee
eft of porch fund
from post Office
to 7::3O p. N.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-05-13
A DELIGHTFUL OUTING
The Young People Of Fitzger-
aid Spend a Pleasant Day
at Bowen's Mill.

The picnic Of the season was
given last Wednesday by the
young people of this city.
| Wednesday morning about
twenty-five of Fitzgerald's jolly
young people gathered at the
Seaboard depot bound for the
well-known picnic grounds at
Bowen's Mill, and after a most
delightful ride they reached their
destination safe and sound.
Some of the clever young men
started at once 10 making lemo-
made, some went fishing, some
shooting, and some sightseeing.
At one o'clock all were called
together for dinner and the full
baskets were carried to the ia
b1es and the young ladies pro-
ceeded to display the choice eat
ables that had been prepared for
the occasion.
This was a we'll spent hour.
Mr.. r. I. Maffett declared he
was foolishly fond of mixed
pickles; Mr.. Wright Terrence
said chocolate cake and ice cream
were good enough for him, and
Mark Morrill,, unfortunate as he
is, got the grip"
After a short rest from the
dinner excrtions, a stroll with
the kodak was suggested. We
walked beneath the shady oaks
and beside the quiet waters un-
til we came to a place that seem
ed like it had been prepared by
Nature for just such an occas-
ion. Mr.. Jim Dorminy declared
that hours passed at this place
seemed like minutes to him.
At four o'clock all repaired to
the depot to wait for the train,
and all declared that the day
would long be remem bered by
all who were so fortunate as to
be present.
Those who attended were:
Misses Anna Oxford, Lottie
Heath, Louise Wightmsn, Ma.
Fmie Hayde, Lucy and Mabel
Rogers, Edith Marston, Ethel
REVERE, Nellie Renard, Gladys
Tapp.
Messrs. John Beall, John Rus
sell, Pierce Sheppard, Wright
Terrence, Jim Dorminy, Robert
McLendon, r. l. Maffett, Joe
Rogers, Mark Morrill,, Charley
Isler, Will Reed.
Mrs. Willis L.. Smith, our
chaperone, was quite consider
ate and won the friendship of
each and every one present.
Xxx
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-05-13
STEAMERS FOR
WEST /
Brunswick Stock C
VIII Aid in Deve1cr
Export Trade.

Brunswick, Ga, May IL
first actual work looking
establishment of a line Of
ers from Brunswick to th
Indies was commenced "
when Colonel C. B. Co
who has always advocat
line, opened up a popul
scription looking to the
ton of a $4,000 stock "a
to operate.
Some of Brunswick
known business men are
interestd in this movemef
Colonel Goodyear is of Gil
ion that the $4,000 need
easily be secured in BrEk
Atlanta and elsewhere.
Of course it is not cont
ed to purchase any steam
the Brunswick company
cure freights for the liu
will esta blish agencies
points in the islands to It'll
of lis as will be reached
line. In order to insure
a mass of work will haV
done, soliciting agents w
to be established in the
and the Brunswick comp
at once become an iI
factor in the shipping 81
the city.
Colonel Goodyear belize
with hard work all arran
can be made for the line
operating by July 1st.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-05-13
One Of Many

Fort Valley, Ga, MAY
Mr.. ]. E. MERCER,
Fitzgerald, Ga.
Dear Sir:--Yours of
inst, enclosing receipt /
paid by Mrs. Kennedy,
ceived yesterday.
Many thanks to you Al
Kennedy for this arran
Enclosed please find
order for $2.15-$1.15 Il
rears, and $1.00 for re-
subscription to the En-
| assure you I appree
tri-week1y visits of va
paper.
Respectfully,
MRS. A. Bs
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-05-13
''STRAWBERRIES.
By LULA K. SHERMAN, Tampa, Fla.

/
money, We can't eat mine, buy We
own strawberry"
! Teddy quickly dropped the
berry, its richness was just as
tempting, but the mans words
touched something in his Utmost
being and brought him TO his
senses.
"How much" he inquired.
Twenty cents,'' replied the
dago, richly, ripe, fine berry,"
Alas, poor Teddy, twenty
cents was too much for him just
then, forty cents so small, yet
twice the amount he then possess
ed; yet only that vepy morning
he had paid out many times that
amount to the corners for his
! last weeks beer bill.
Instinctive1y he put his hand
into his pocket, then remember
ing its emptiness, shook his head.
I'VE don't like berries maybe"
saidthe dago, ''ye got strawber-
nv enough on your nose ha, hal"
and the laughed sneeringly evil
IDENTITY enjoying his little joke.
Poor Teddy, had it real1o come
to that? Surely not, yet even
the dago could not but notice his
frequent visits to the corners"
and the blooming bud on his once
aristccratic nose.
He left the fruit stand hurried
ly, too angry even TO notice the
enticing music at the corners"
or to stop for his usual beer, on
he rushed until he reached the
river where utterly overcome he
sat down on the bridge. 'Yaller
dawg' crept along too as if in
sympathy with her master, yet
half ashamed to be seen too near
and fually curled herself up in
the shade near his feet.
Teddy gazed down into the
ripping waters that lay beneath,
foam crested, ever restless surg
ing waves struggling onward in
mad journey towards the sea.
How like humanity this ever
rushing mass, vain1y beating
against the bulwark for shelter
only to be dashed. and dashed by
fate until all hope over, we fall a
victim of ourselves to maulder in
the grave. Teddy felt insulted
that even dago should sheer at
him, he wondered If all the dago
said could be true, was his nose
really assuming strawberry ap-
pearance, iostiuctively he bent
dawn to catch a glimpse OF HIM
self in the mirror-like waters be-
| meath, alasl it was only too true,
not only strawberry, but a
very seedy strawberry at that.
Heartily disguised at the sight
he hastily raised his eyes from
the reflection, slowly the great
truth began to dawn upon him,
he slipped his fingers into his
pocket and pulled out the varied
contents, sho strings, horn but
tons, one brass buckle, two nick
les, nine pennies, a bit of tobacco
and a receipted bill for last weeks
beer, not very inviting outlay
to be sure; not much to show tor
man earning lair salary.
"Thank Goodness" whisper
ed Teddy, the beer bill is paid,
with this drain stopped I could
buy strawberries, as it is, I have
only strawberry nose" Was
he to blame, was it the fault OF
the saloon keeper, was it the
crime of government or what?
It was not often that Teddy
brought himself to task in this
manner, manlike fully able to
row his own boat, free to obey
the impulses of his own heart,
= men never do wrong you know,
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-05-13

-
sigh of relief as he put back his
lodges and drew on his coat, and
took his hat from the rack behind
the Office door, preparing to leave
the dark dismal Office after hard
days work. Yes, he was all used
up, the long column OF. figures
had a habit of dancing all over
the pages and cutting up all kinds
of antics as he tried to foot up the
long rows daily. 1t was no easy
task to add skies and sevens over
and over again until ones brain
was in a general middle. Teddy
often wished the inventor of
bookkeeping had all the adding
to do or had invented some other
method of earning ones daily
bread.
Teddy was out of sorts, the
hot Office had effected his nerves,
he was disguised with life, his in
particular, aud in his haste to
leave the Office, nearly ran over
his little 'yaller dawg' that crept
out of it's hiding place under the
steps at the sound of his foot
steps; now this very 'yaller
dawg' only added another thorn
in his flesh, for he utterly de-
spised a yellow dog but this par
ticular specimen was not to be
shook off, she took up with Teddy
not Teddy with her. 'Yaller
dawg' was her name, and yellow
she was, of the most sickening
shade, thin, NANCY, sneaky and
hang dog in appearance; yet she
showed such faithfu1ness to Ted
DIV that he could not heartless1y
i'll use her.
Teddy called her 'ya1ler dawg'
and she never appeared to OBJ
iect to the name and would fol-
low Teddy back and forth daily
much to his displeasure at times
one thing 'yaller dawg' did re-
fuse to do, and that was to follow
her master into a saloon, even
'yaller dawg' has dog sense
sometime and when Teddy tried
to coax her to enter, she would
drop her scrubby tail between
her legs and sneak off rather than
be enticed into such a bad smell
ing resort.
% this particular afternoon
Teddy felt out of humor, and
'yaller dawg' appeared to par
take of his displeasure, for she
held her head down, dropped her
tail and sneaked around the corr
er, as if almost ashamed of Ted
dy's company, yet too faithful to
entirely forsake him.
Teddy approached a fruit
stand where he stopped as was
his wont before entering the
Corners to refresh the inner
man. This very corner was the
cause of Teddy's i'll humor gem
orally, also the cause of big hole
in his weeks earnings. Strange
indeed a man can run weekly
beer bill when the other fellow
won't credit him for the necessi-
ties of life. The dago ia charge
of the fruit stand had ARRANGED
his wares ev~n more attractively
on this occasion than usual; and
in the very center were great
boxes of the most delicious
strawberries, the first Of the
season, large, luscious and tempt
ing, lust waiting to be eaten
Teddy felt thirsty, hot, tired and
hungry, he reached over and
took up one of the finest berries
from the basket. Oh! the per
fume that was waited to his nos
trils, oh! the rozy rlpeness of its
juicy richness. almost uncon
scious1y he raised it to his mouth
L,,A &ha dorm vuac too 0UicK fol
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-02-17
EVER WATCHFUL.
A Little Care Will Save Many Farm.
vile Readers Future Trouble.

Watch the kidney secretions.
See that they have the amber hue OF
health;
The discharge not excessive or M
frequent
Contain no "brick-dust like" sedi-
ment.
Doan', Kidney PHI, will do this for
you.
They watch the kidneys and cure
them when they're sick
W. III. PalmOre, salesman of the
Farmville Commercial Co.. residing
on Main ST., says: IL am very favor
ably impressed with DOan's Kidney
Pills. | saw them highly recommend
ded and got box at II. G.. Crute Il
Cos. drug store. They proved very
satisfactory and cleared up my kidney
secretions which had troubled me for
some time. They also relieved me Of
my back. After the gratifying ex-
perience had with the use Of Doan's
Kidney Pills can recommend them
as a remedy Of merit
Price 30 cents per box. Fo,ter-NIil- |
burn Co., Buffalo, y. Y. sole agents
Tor the United States.
Remember the name Doan's and |
take no substitute.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-02-17
TO THIN PEOPLE
VALUABLE INFORMATION GIVEN
BY Druggists Ii. c. Crute 4 Co.

Druggists IL. G. Crute gives the fol
lowing advice 10 those who want &c
gain flesh, and il should be of value "a
everybody i'm Farmville.
"Ihe quickest, surest aud safest way
for thin people 10 gain flesh is to take
Ninol, our cod liver oil preparation,
and the reason that NiuOl is 50 far SUI
perior 10 anything else To create flesh
and strength is because il does actually
contain all of the medicinal, curative
elements actually taken from genuine
fresh Gods liyers, which no other cod
liver oil preparation does, and being
without oil or grease 20 upset the stom-
ach and retard II is a great improve
ment over old-fashioned cod liver oil
and emul,ions
Prominent physicians agree that
this new cod liver oil preparation,
Ninol, is certainly the greatest tissue
builder, flesh creator and strength pro-
ducer on the market They prescribe
il for their patients who are in need of
a tonic recOnstructor, and tOth0se who
want 10 gain flesh.
"Ninol acts upon the stomach in a
beneficial way. enabling il to obtain
the necessary ingredients from the
food eaten To make pure, rich, red
blood create flesh aud strength. and
go sure are we Of its action that we
freely offer to return the money paid,
Tor NinOl i'm every ease where il faiIs,Y !
II. &. Crute, Druggist
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-02-17

Our worthy brother of the Peters
burg lndex-Appeal greatly misunder
stands our position if he for a moment
imagines that we ever tolerated the
idea that the liquor question is ques-
ton Of religion. We expressly stated
that while the liquor question was an
important one, "religiOn was the chief
concern Of mOrtals here below" and
then urged that it would be reckless
on the part Of the Democrats to mix
either the one or the other with their
politics. And our able contemporary
gives the very best reason for our POI
sitiOn when il adds that "church men,
bers in good standing differ on such
questions" Wehave had a little taste
Of the whiskey war in Farmville in
which loyal Democrats and good citi-
zens and "church members in good
standing" were involved and we con-
fess that we prefer not to take part in
any such canvass again. "The way
10 resume Is to resume" and the way
10 keep whiskey out Of the pending |
struggle in Virginia is to do it.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-02-17

Whenever the Herald suggests per.
sonal prohibition as the antldote for
the whiskey i'll, some one or more of
our contemporaries begin to cry out
wild cat " visionary, dc Here comes
our brother OF the Newport News
fress' with this criticism Of our posi-
uon; Our contemporary solution
would be all right If 1t would work
but like Weary Willie and Dusty
Rhodes II won't" We have tried
legislation and that has failed. and il
seems to us that the time has come
when appeal should he made To
Weary and Dusty"
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-02-17

While President Roosevelt is de-
handing legislation in restriction of
The system OF rebating on the part Of
The railroads Of the country. Greater
New York is sending out wall on
The same subject. Their cry is that
the Gulf ports are absorbing their
grain trade, and all because Of unjust
and wicked discrimination by the rail
roads. II the great center needs pro-
lection against the monster surely the
rest Of us do.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-02-17
LET US NOT BOAST OF OUR PRE- EMI
NENCE

The Washington Post. ia striking
editorial says:
We boast of our civilization and our
humanity. We have more "spire,
pointing 10 God than any other peO-
pie. more religious sects. more minis
ters Of the gospel. more prayer meet
ings. and more sunday schools. We
have more libraries. more academies.
and more newspapers than other peO-
pie. Ours is a more intelligent and "a
more enlightened population than any
other, and we have the largest liberty
secured by written constitutions. de
fined by bills of right, and buttres>ed
by the habeaus corpus, trial 10y jury,
free speech, and free press.
And then adds: II has been e>timat-
eli that there were largely more than
5000 homicides in the United States
during the year 1904, a number vastly
in excess Of the annual homicides Of
the United Kingdom OF Great Britain
and Ireland, the German empire, the
French republic. and the Spanish
monarchy combined And yet the
educators continue TO tell u, that edu-
cation is the hope Of the nation. We
hope SO, but We don't believe so. and
for the simple reason that it has been
tried snd found wanting. Could a bet
ter reason be given We trow not.
And still we are in favor of better
school houses, better teachers. longer
terms provided the heart can be train !
ell as we'll as the head and the hand. |
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-02-17

Between the coasters and the
lecture committee" RicbmOnd's May
or is having rather strenuous" time
Of ii. No doubt but that "honest Dick
in his retirement looks on and laughs.
In the mean time he may be whetting
his knife for another whack.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-02-17
GUARANTEED.
A. LEVY.
10 LOUIS SlEGFI.

You are hereby notified that tract
OF land standing on the Land Books
IN the name Of j. A. Shackleton and
". p. Faris, containing l56 acres in
hampden District, Prince Edward
county Virginia, was sold on the 18th
day of December, 1902. for DELINQUENT
taxes. levies, interest and costs to tho
commonwealth Of Virginia. and an
plicaiion for the purchase thereof bas
been filed in this Office. and il appear-
ing from the records in this Office that
you are interested In said land, you
are further notified 10 appear i'm fo11r
months from the date Of this notice
ana do what may be necessary to pro-
tect your interests.
Given under my hand this 9th dav
OF January 1905.
r, r. J. WHITEHEAD,
CLERK OF the Circuit Court of Prince
Edward County, Virginia
Jan. 27-lt
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-02-17

\ remarkable religious awakening
Is being felt in some portions Of Europe
and the prediction is confidently made
that it will in the near future reach
our land. No visitor should have
warmer welcome or gladder greeting
Tor Christianity has promise of the
lie that now is rs well as that which
Is TO come. The best Christian is best
citizen, best husband, best father. best
friend and in all these relations the
world ever wants the best. The gold
en- rule. the law Of the land and there
would be no need Of jails, nor locks
nor pistols, nor dirks, nor room for
envy. malice, nor hatred.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-02-17

Under the unanimous consent
provision Speaker Cannon allowed
some slack jaw" ON the part Of MEM
oers during the session Of last Mon.
uSy' At least one Of the bonorables
was accused Of murder and another of
most Of the crimes known TO the cate
cory 1t seems easy with them to do
most anything except that which is
Of general utility.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-02-17

Since Port Arthur fell general inter
est in the struggle between Russia and
Japan has not been SO great In the
meantime the war continues, the work
Of killing and wounding goes on while
one Of the combatants is the father of
the incidentally peace movement. OF
all the mysteries human conduct is
most mysterious. Why did the Gar
speak peace to the nations Of earth
and summon his own people to battle?
Why cry peace, peace" with his
lips when in his heart there was no
peace, and no love oft?
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-02-17

II Governor Montague could have
anticipated the visitofthat little daugh-
Ter pleading for the life of her father.
We doubt if he would have asked for
the honor Of being Governor Of Nir-
ginia. He bored himself like man
during the trying ordeal, but his man
~ heart must have felt the plng> Of
intense agony.