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Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1906-05-03

The Ceremony Is Test Of Endurance
For the Bride.

The marriage ceremony in Korea
is conducted under conditions that
are practically tests of endurance.
On the day Of his marriage Korean
has the right if he can afford it to
assume the costume of any official OF
the imperial court. Usually he Sc
lects that Of minister of state.
In this guise, borne by six bearers
in highly decorated chair, preced-
ed by two red parasols, the insignia
.of the official he is copying, he
leaves his fathers house and pro-
ceeds to that of the bride. He finds
her ready to receive him, her face
deliberately painted, her eyelashes
gummed together, temporarily
blinded, so that she may not see his
features until night.
When the bridegroom enters the
brides house he retires to corner,
where he makes oath to be a good
husband. He then approaches the
bride, who, being unable to see, is
informed of his proximity by an at
tendant.
The bride and bridegroom are
now bound together with long blue
and red strings by woman, part
eorceress and part servant, Wine OF
friendship is tasted by the couple in
turn. Then follows a grotesque
scene. Its intention is to test the
earnestness of the bride.
The young man may laugh, but
this is strictly forbidden to the girl.
If she succumbs to the temptation
to laugh the marriage is then and
there annulled. The bride having
safely passed through this ordeal,
she is now tested for capacity to re-
main silent.
The young man tries every device
to make her speak. If unsuccessful
he cries out that he will not marry a
dumb woman. Usually the girl is
proof against the temptation, but il
She is resentful and makes retort
that is sufficient to annul the mar
riage.
This happens when the girl is op-
posed to marrying the man. She
adopts that method of escape. Gen
orally the bride goes to live with her
husbands parents, where she be-
comes the slave of the mother-in-
law, the Korean species being con-
sidered the most terrible of the
whole world.-St. Louis Post-Dis-
patch.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1906-05-03
Following are the Roles
For State Primary, Aug. D.
TContinned from Front page ]

ec:tive committee of the county
shall have the power, and it is
hereby made its duty to throw
out said purchased votes, also all
ballots which do not contain the
caption and pledge hereinbefore
Oh escribed, aud also to refuse to
declare as nominee any candidate
who purchases or procures to be
purchased any votes st'said pri-
mary election, and the county
democratic executive committee,
when notified of a contest for
such purposes, or on other lrreg-
ularities, shall delay the declara-
ton of the result and take time
to hear evidence, and when the
result is declared, either party
interested shall hare the right to
appeal to the state democratic
executive committee, which shall
adopt such rules to hear such ap.
peal as to it may seem proper.
IL. Each candidate for state
house Offices, supreme court
Judges and United States senator
shall be assessed $50 to meet the
expenses of said democratic pri-
mary, which sum shall include
all assessments against such can
didates for state and county pri-
mary elections, and the name OF
mo candidate shall appear on the
ticket who fails to pay the same
40 days before said primary.
10. The county democratic
executive mittec shall appoint
the managers for said democratic
primary election ten days before
said primary, and, as far as prac-
ticab1e, shall give representation
to the contesting candidates in
the selection of managers of said
primary. Upon timely request
and refusal of the county COM
mittee to comply with such re-
quests, any candidate shall have
the right to appeal to the state
democratic committee.
II. 1t is ordered that upon a
consolidation of the vote in each
county the candidate for United
States senate receiving the high
est mum Der of votes for that Of
fee shall be declared the demo.
cratic nominee from that comfy
for said office, and the represen-
tatives and senator from such
counties, and the senatorial dis
trict including such counties, are
considered instructed to vote for
such nominee in the next gener-
al asse bly,.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1906-05-03
Auction Sale.

There will be sold at auction
to the highest bidder for cash on
Tuesday, May 8sh. 1906 on the
premises of each place, the hous-
es and Improvements on the shop
land location, known as the Moye
place, Havice place, Floyd place,
Bierman place, Knorpp place,
and several small houses. Ever
body invited to go and bid on
said houses and Improvements, as
they must be sold and will there
fore go to the highest and best
bidder.
Come one, come all.
COMMITTEE,
on A. & B.xR.R. Shop location.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1906-05-03
Popular Beliefs.

The conversation turned upon the
fatal number, Friday, salt splitting
and other superstitions.
ut is not well to make too much
fun of such matters" gravely re-
marked Brichanteau. ''For instance,
I had an old uncle who at the age OF
seventy-seven committed the impru-
dence of making one of dinner
party of thirteen"
"And he died the next day." LIE
Rib inquired.
mo, but exactly thirteen years
afterward."
A shudder ran through the au-
dience.-Paris Journal.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1906-05-03
Quite In His Line.

Some years ago when a well
known caterer was in the Massachu-
sets legislature, says the Boston
Herald, he was placed on commit.
tee to investigate the ACCESSIBILITY of
filing in the South Boston flats.
One of his fellow tuwnsmen who
had opposed his election met him
soon after and said to him rudely,
"What do YOU know about filling in
fats %
"Well." said the member quietly,
Kit has been my business for the past
twenty Years"
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1906-05-03
Tax Receivers ROM.

On the following dates l will be at
the places named below, for the pur-
pose of receiving stats and county
tax returns for the year 1866.
The date fixed for the valuatio of
property is the 31st day of March.
1906.
A. Mcmillan,
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1906-05-03
Look Them
In the Eye

When they tell you there is
any other cigar quite half as
good as our G. B. S. SC Smoker.
It is the most pleasing of all,
after dinner smokes and guar
anteed satisfactory in every way.
C.. A. JOHNSON,
Manufacturer.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1906-05-03

Cali for the Georgia Best Smok-
err brand. G. B. S They are
made in Fitzgerald and guaran-
feed ali Havana. If
The Washington herald., 1906-10-09
THE FALL OPENING.

There was once a man who attended a
fall opening. He was sort Of an idealistic
man. Not an ideal man. There are none.
Nobody knows why he went to the fall
opening. He might give a great many
reasons. based upon psychological prem
ises-but he wouldn't be able to explain
# TO himself
-Four minutes after he entered the store
he was a human island-he was a man
entirely surrounded by women.
But not a woman in all the Jnrong knew
he was there.
It gave him a newer comprehension OF
the infnitesimality OF man. to realize that
he was not of as much interest as a gown
which was trimmed with pink ribbon and
had panels Of real lace. OF as q hat whose
chief charm was a bunch of colickv green
grapes designed TO hang over the eer.
So while he stood there jerking has feet
back ever and anon 10 keep his toes from
being trampled, and from time to time ex-
cusing himself and side-stepping when q
heavy-set lady uncOnsciOusly showed him
against a counter. he tried TO mediate
upon the identity Of the person who
should receive credit for this marvellous
development of art and fashion as dis
played before hts eyes. That IS, the
things that were on display. not the lady
shoppers.
He thought OF how humanity has gone
forward step by step from the rude feath-
ers and paint Of the savage, who was lit
tie better than a brute and would simply
yank the tail feathers from a rooster and
open a can of paint when he wanted 10
dress up again.
And then, as in a vision, he saw a lady
eating an apple. And he knew
Copyright. 1906. b. " y. Nesbit}
The Washington herald., 1906-10-09
Secretary Roots Notable Achievement.

If Elihu Root accomplished nothing but
the bare result Of securing agreement
among the Latin-American nations for
the reference Of the CaIvo-Drago doc
trine to The Hague Tribunal, his attend
anee upon the Rio conference would take
its place among the notable triumphs Of
our diplomacy. But the full measure Of
his achievements remains yet to be told.
His personality made an impress upon
the minds of all the leading men OF the
southern republics. His mission was au-
dacious TO the point Of danger. but he
executed it with such consummate skill,
the while maintaining an attitude Of the
utmost frankness withal, that the always
suspicious Latin-American temperament
has at last been prepared to entertain
without repellent misgivings our repre-
sentations of A purely benevolent and
philanthropic interest in the welfare and
orderly progress Of the various states into
which the southern half Of the hemisphere
is divided.
Mr.. Root is too practical statesman
to become the victim of illusions The
ebullient hospitality with which he was
received, with its accompaniments of ex-
travagant assurances of belief in the un-
selfish nobility of our purposes, &c.-none
knows better than Elihu Root that these
are but the meaningless and ceremonious
outgivings of a people with whom effu-
siveness too often devoid of sincerity
is a conspicuous and deeply ingrained
trait. But every report from the broad
fell Of ia
that his keen intellect penetrated this
showy incrustation Of effusiveness and
reached the real core OF the Latin
American mind. motive. and interest.
There was such ring Of genuineness in
his representations concerning this coun-
try's matured purposes and fixed policies
that he left behind diminished stocks Of
national jealousies and racial distrust.
The good effects of this part of his
work. however. viii necessarily be slow
in maEifesting themselves in large way.
The result of the most substantial value.
as we have said. OF, rather, OF the most
immediate Importance, was the unanI-
nous agreement brought about on his
initiative ar the Rio conference to refer
the Calvo-Drago doctrine to The Hague
Tribunal This enunciation Is a coroIlary
of our Monroe doctrine. 1t embodies the
enlightened proposition that contractuaI
debts due from the government Of one
country to tie citizens OF subjects of an
other ought not to be collectible by force.
The principle in essence has been the rule
among European nations for many years,
with the rascally Turk left out; and it
The Washington herald., 1906-10-09
The Prestige of the Bar.

Edward NJ. Shepard. of New York, re-
Gently discussed in an address before the
New Hampshire State Bar Association
what he termed the loss Of prestige"
suffered by the bar in late years on ac-
count Of the connection of many of its
members with corporations and with the
questionable methods used by corpora
tions in influencing legislation and public
sentiment. Mr.. Shepard's belief Is that
lawyers have suffered in public repute to
such an extent that they are not called
upon as OF yoTe to fill offices of public
trust; that their influence upon the public
conscience is less. and that the exclusion
Of lawyers from political life spells in
jury to the public welfare. He thinks il
doubtful whether the possession Of great
fortune is not now a better equipment
for public life than great legal attainment.
To the average man the eclipse Of the
lawyer in political life viii hardly seem
so evident as it does TO Mr.. Shepard. Mr..
Shepard himself has been b0wled over
once or twice by an unfeellng populace.
yet a lawyer is now mayor Of New York
and another has been nominated by the
State Mr.. Hearst's right-hand man In
his warfare against trusts is a lawyer
who would undoubtedly enjoy a good cor
poration practice if he were not engaged
on the other side. Lawyers, in fact
abound in public life. They always con-
stitute majority in Congress, and doubt
less do also in most. If not all, Of the State
/ legislatures. The principal members OF
President ROosevelt's Cabinet are law
yers. Mr.. Root. who promises to carry
cut brilliant career in the State Depart
ment, was 2 corporation attorney when
he gave up many lucrative TetaineTs in
order to serve the public. 1t was another
former corporation attorney, Mr.. Knox,
who, while Attorney General. pointed out
the most effective way of attacking The
method. There is every reason to believe
that the public, OF at least the intelligent
portion of it, appreciates the public serv-
ices Of these men. Their connection with
/ the administration did not injure us
/ standing with the country. while they
added strength and effectiveness to Mr.
! Roosevelts policy
/ The lawyer need have no fear Of losine
/ influence as long as his character is up
/ right and his career straightforward. His
/ position in the public eye is what hs
makes it. While Just condemnation Is
visited upon the acts CT those men who
/ serve the corrupt ends of corporations
/ the public is able to distinguish between
the paid agents Of iIl-gotten wealth and
the many able and upright public serv-
ants bred Of the legal profession. We
may have our little joke about the law
/ yer, as about the doctor and the plumber
/ and the iceman; but when we have need
/ of his services, political or otherwise, We
trusts, through their interstate commerce
/ had failed to bring forth any practicable
after host Of professional trust-busters
are ready to call upon him. Nor has The
/ millionaire in public life made so distin.
/ gUished a popular success that he is like
/ ly altogether to displace the lawyer in the
/ field Of craftsmanship.
The Washington herald., 1906-10-09
Spanish War Veterans.

1t is very appropriate that the Spanish
War Veterans should hold their annual
encampment at the Nations Capital
They are welcome guests.
It is now nearly a decade, so rapidly
does time pass, since the country was
stirred by the revelations of conditions
in Cuba One recalls the exciting days
when impassioned orators in Congress
waved aloft the Stars and Stripes and
pictured our glorious flag as the pro-
tecting aegis over the Cuban patriots.
There were days, too. OF exaspeTating
procrastination, when diplomatic CORE
spondence unwound its tortuous length
and when Spain's specious promises
seemed TO find favor with a tender
hearted and confding administration.
And then, at last came the struggle it
self. short, sharp, and decisive, fraught
with tremendous consequences and mark
ing A new era in our national history.
The men who are assembled I'm the city
to-day participated in the conflict. It
IS true that their experiences were not
particularly severe. They knew not the
fatigue Of the forced march. they never
Camped amid the snow in mid-winter.
and not one Of them, not even those
who charged on San Juan Hill, saw
carnage like that which made the Bloody
Angle famous in military history Let
us not, however, think the less Of them
because they did not see the seamiest
side Of war. II the worst had come. they
would, like all true Americans, have
faced it with abundant courage. They
enlisted with alacrity, they were ready
10 endure, they were loyal to the flag.
Nor are We TO minimize their devotion
because most Of them were young. We
are not used, of course, TO youthful
veterans. To the present generation
the ideal veteran must be past the
prime Of life. We forget that in 1865
these men, now gray and wrinkled, were
merest boys. In the great review OF
the armies Of Grant and Sherman there
were thousands and thousands OF young
men, yet none the less did the country
greet and honor them as its saviors.
Hearty hospitality and cordial greet
ing. then, for the men who served under
the flag in 1898, when the country needed
them. They were ready to lay down
their lives, and no greater sacrifice can
any nation ask Better still. they will
be ready and willing again to respond
when duty calls, and, best Of all, they
represent all sections Of our land. With
them there is no North, nor South, nor
East, nor West. but one great united
country, with every barrier Of section.
alism broken down.
And so may 1t ever be.
The Washington herald., 1906-10-09

being so ferceIy condemned in many
quarters as "Hearstism." The real mean
ing of Hesrstism is that the political and
economic opinions attributed to Hearst
are those Of very large body Of people
who are neither vicious nor unintelligent
Mr. Hearst was not the first to adopt
these opinions-not even first TO adapt
them to the uses of commercial journal
ism. His distinction Is that he has
brought them home TO immense constitu-
encies through his newspapers, made
them the eommOnplaces of popular
thought and conversation, and kept them
to the front by constant agitation. The
consequence is that thousands who do not
admire the man or his journalistic meth
DDS are practically Of his way OF thinking,
while thousands Of others have figura-
lively swallowed him whole, yellow jour-
naiism and all. And corporations and
their officers, the politicians and their
bosses, the weak Ostentation of wealth"
the public and private corruption result
ing from the mad pursuit Of the dollar so
characteristic Of modern life, have sup
piled ample material for the well-organ-
4Aeu jun iid4iSt4C lleSIllhS4y OF the tdSdISt
movement.
Mr. Hearst may not be elected governor
of New York-perhaps 1t were better he
should not be; but there is pretty sure to
come from HIS agitation some curb upon
corporate abuses. some abatement of the
financial scandals which have so shocked
the country, some check upon political
graft Public Opinion will do II no mai
ter who is chosen governor. for the con-
sttuency behind Hearst cannot be left out
Of the reckoning of any politician.
The Washington herald., 1906-10-09
The Meaning Of Henrstism

Several views are taken by the press and
public as to the significance of the rapid
rise in political life of William Ran
dolph Hearst. One is that he is an incen-
diary demsgogue and a menace to the
social order, precisely the same view that
was taken of Bryan by many people in
1885: another is that he is a real apostle
Of needed reforms, economic and political.
q defender Of the common people against
the oppression of corporate wealth-tbis
is the view Of his partisans: while a
third opinion admits that he is a politi-
cal force to be reckOEed with; that the
abuses and wrongs against which he in
Weighs are in part at least real and iniu-
riOus to the public welfare, but does not
relish the mans method Of warfare or
the character Of his allies and personal
following
Exertme views are always more or less
distorted. Mr.. Hearst is neither an agent
or assassination and the torch" as one
superheated contemporary puts it, nor is
he the great and good reformer that his
friends would have us believe. If he were
elected governor of New York, property
would doubtless be as safe and the people
as happy and prosperous as under the
rule OF Mr.. Hughes. Mr.. Hearst gives an
implieu promise that they would be more
so: but the well-being of a whole people
nowadays lies not in the keeping of one
man. Once in the gUbernatoriaI chair.
Mr.. Hearst. confronted with the great
responsibility Of his Office, might turn
out more conservative than his present
devotees would like. In any event, the
things he promises to do if elected are
not Of a nature 10 menace the public
welfare, and some Of the evils he protests
against loudly demand a remedy.
But IL does not often fall TO the lot OF
the radical in politics 10 accomplish his
own reforms. Mr.. Hearst may find. as
Mr.. Bryan has, that the enemy has appro-
priated his thunder. There is nothing in
Mr.. Hughes political connection to pre-
vent his becoming as strenuous an execu-
tive of New York as Mr.. Roosevelt in the
Presidency. lie might prove a more Wig
orOus refoTmer than Mr.. Hearst ever
dreamed of being. Mr. Bryan went after
the trusts hotfoOt in his campaign
speeches, but it was left 10 President
Roosevelt, belonging 10 the supposedly
conservative party, 10 take the most Wig
oEBus action yet taken in this country
against both the trusts and the railroads
These surprises are not infreQuent where
universal suffrage prevails. It has been
GOted that in England most recent re-
forms have proceeded from the Conserva-
tive party. which in its anxiety to retain
pOwe was willing TO go great lengths in
seeking popular favor. The same force
operates here with like effect. While rad
ical views may be widespread. radical
leaders seem to be mistrusted by the
more conservative portions of the commu-
nifty Eut the party in power may always
be counted on to attempt the concilia ton
OF the radical elements by going as far
as it can in their direction. so that the
accomplishment Of radical reforms, So
called, is brought about more rapidly than
might be theoretically expected.
These considerations suggest that some
good may. after all. come out Of what is
The Washington herald., 1906-10-09
INNOCENT BYSTANDER
BY WILBUR D. NEsBIT.
THE BEAM IN THE EYE.

lWilliam Dean H0wels, in an article in
Harpers Bazar says that American
women twang. and whine, and white,
and Whinny when they speax.3
II women twang, If women whine.
women whidie-yes, and whinny.-
Il they their voices should Telns
And make their utterance Tess tinny.
Then what say you. dear Mr.. HoweIls
About the consonants and vOWe,s
The men get bungied up and blurrsG
In almost every spoken wcrdT
Aye, more than that. they grunt anG gasp.
They stife. stsmner, strange, stutser,
They roar, they rumble and iney Fasp
The ear with half the words they utter
Though poor as JCb. CT rich Crocsis,
Man tears bis mother tongue 70 pieces;
He smacks his lips and puffs his cheeks
And squeals and squawls ana squawks and squeak
Oh, mark the man who mumbes out
Each word he utters 70 his fellows,
And him whose syllables We doubt
When raucOusy he blows and belloWs
Marx also him who almost sneeZcs
When he some little sentence wneezes,
And all the men that gIrgle. grUWl
Puff. pant. and hum. and haW. and howl
Some Of them chatter others choke
And others grab the words ana hit them.
Some Of them cough and chew and choke
The speech Of few men seems 10 NJ them.
Oh. why should HoWells thus distress them;
The gentle women. heaven bless them-
Nhy, there are men who talk all day
Without a single thing to say
The Washington herald., 1906-10-09
JUST ANOTHER KILLING.
Then Sherman Was Able to Con-
tinue His March 10 Atlanta.

From the Chicago Examines.
The race war in Georgia reminds John
McGOvern Of the real war back in 1854
Johnson was attempting 10 keep Sherman
out Of the Gate City. For weeks he had
shelled the town; day By day the army
drew nearer. until finally the lines were
within 100 yards OF each other. The FIR
ing often ceased while the Yankees and
Johnny Rebs sat on their breastwOrks
and sometimes advanced almost within
hand-shaking distance swapping coffee
for tobacco.
Sherman's army was spread. fan-like,
TO the north of the city Behind red
banks Of clay the COnfederates lay. shot
and waited. The CannOnading had been
terrific. BY. the aid OF ield-glasses the
Union forces day after day could see the
dead being taken 10 the rear. But the
battle kept on. 1t finally became a puz-
zle TO the FedeTals as TO how the enemy
could hold out. One morning the firing
ceased for awhile. A Union private look
ing over pile Of dirt spied a Confeder-
ate within forty feet. Neither attempted
10 shoot. They looked at each other for a
1 long while. Then the Yankee asked:
Say, you, Johnny, how many more Of
you dadburn fellows are left, anyhow
oh bout anuthur KILN, an here she
comes now" as the grape and shell
again began belching forth. Sure enough,
another killing was all That night
Sherman marched in on Atlanta.