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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-11-29

knotted by an unfortunate combina-
ton of housework and rheumatism.
Her voice was at once appealing and
apologize. The neighbors said thirty
years with old Jim had crushed her
sperrit"
She glanced covertly across the table
many times and fartively cleared her
throat before she found sufficient cour-H
age to address her liege.
"Father," she began at length, tri-
fe more apologetical than usual, $50
longs Marthy's goin to bring her
husband home here for Thanksgivin',
don't you think we'd better have tur-
keyY'
Her husband turned to her. The two
pairs of spectacles gave his face an ex-
preston of ridiculous ferocity.
.sTurkey?' he inquired explosively.
81 guess chickens Il do well enough"
Last year when we was up to Mar
tfy's place we had turkey Mrs. Stet-
son pursued. Seems to me we ought
to do as much for them"
II calc'late a pair of them chickens
will be full as good, said Stetson.
"They're nice chickens, know" said
Mrs. Stetson. "Them Plymouth Rocks
is as plump as can be. But it seems
though turkey fitted Thanksgivin' bet
ter, specially when you're goin' to have
company. Why couldn't you kill one
Of them two turkeys I Matched out
under the old black hen last spring
and like to run my legs off bringing
up? They're likely lookin' fowl, and
one would be plenty big enough for
us"
Il sold 'em this mornin'," said Stet-
son.
"Sold emr' she gasped.
"Yes Tom Babb wanted pair of
turkeys to rattle off up to his store the
night before Thanksgivin', SO let him
have 'em."
Mrs. Stetson Strengthened herself in
her chair. She felt the "stiffening" go
out Of her knees, but her eyes flashed.
Under the gross injustice of this thing
her Hcrushed sperrit'' had revolted.
sThem turkeys was mine," she said
in voice whose tone was new to him.
81 s'pose you paid for all the corn
and grain they et." he sneered.
saThey was mine she reiterated, and
there was neither appeal nor apology
in her words.
II guess it's pretty well settled who
they belonged to-" he said grimly.
She rose from her chair and stood be-
fore him. She trembled violently, but
her eyes never faltered as they looked
into his.
"Jim Stetson,'' she said chokingly,
sTm goin' to have Thanksgivin' as
want it. I'm goin' to have turkey
If have to steal it,
TO his amazement she swept from
the room before he could reply and
banged the door after her
In the big bare room back Of Tom
Babb's store the Thanksgiving rattle
was in full swing. The room was hazy
with rank tobacco smoke, and the pun
gent smell of recently consumed spirits
pervaded the place. The sporting ele-
ment Of Centeryale, with much laugh
ter and many broad jokes, shook the
dice on an old counter from a dilapi-
dated dice box. In one corner the two
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-11-29
''TREMBIE-I'M THE PUMPKIN KING r

They lunged at him, they plunged at him,
They sat on him, fell flat on him,
Surrounded him and pounded him,
They seized him and squeezed himi
They rolled him and told him
What pie to bake he soon would make
For their Thanksgiving dinnerl
How very glad they were they had
A boy that was no thinner
The early moonlight siIvered all the hill,
Then Tommy woke and heard the cricket's
shrill.
Those pumpkins lay in singular repose,
Not one Of them displayed eye, mouth OF
nose.
"EIa, hay' laughed Tommy. "That was
droll II
Then to the farmhouse quietly he stole,
Rejoicing that his chubby self was whole.
But on Thanksgiving day, with curious
eyes,
He gazed on grandma's luscious pumpkin
piesI
Examiner,
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-11-29
Misunderstanding Days In Hungary.

In Hungary Thanksgiving days or
something analogous to them used to
be common, but have now passed
away except on rare occasions Of ma
tional rejoicing. Then horse race Of
particularly exciting description
takes the place that football occupies
in the American observance Of the real
thing in the way of Thanksgiving Gel
ebrations.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-11-29
The Holiday of the Hearthstone.

AS the Fourth of July is our national
holiday of patriotism, SO Thanksgiving
is our national holiday of the hearth
stone On the one we seek to express
and renew our devotion to the repub-
lie and to the liberty 1t SO well guards;
on the other we celebrate and cultivate
that family unity and affection on
which, after all, our institutions rest.
New York World.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-11-29
Ole Thanksgiving
Pumpkins
HNLoBEs Of gold on the upland lay
BY GEORGE COOPER.

ALOBES Of gold on the upland lay
w The ripened pumpkins at close
~ day.
Up the meadows the cows came SLOW
With bells a>tinkle and gentle low.
Tommy paused by the old stone wall.
Unromantic was he, and small.
What do they see, those twinkling eyes !
Floating visions Of luscious pies,
Flaky crust Of the lightest brownl
Smacking his lips and looking down
Over the wall, he saw a sight.
Pumpkins were stirring, left and right
Legs and arms had begun to sproutI
Tommy is too much amazed TO shout.
How they grin at him how they starel
Straight on end stands Thomas hair.
Hold" he hears voice outriag.
"Tremble-I'In the pumpkin kingI
Bind the culprit, foot and handI
Let him here before me stand,
Pumpkin subjects, commando
Cut him up in crescent slices;
Chubby boy-I'm told it nice isl
Oft for him have we been sliced up,
Mashed and delicately spiced up.
Monster of the youthful brow,
Turn about is fair play now
"Trice him up and slice him upl
Dig straightway an oveni
Roll the crust of watered dust
Then this pie we'll shove inli'
Fitzgerald enterprise., 1906-09-13

Mrs. ]. E lowers was among
the out of town shoppers on
Wednesday.
Mrs. S. R. Duncan of Wray
paid her respects to Fitzgerald
yesterday.
DR.. C. B. White returned this
morning from Cincinnati. Ohio,
after an absence of a few days.
Judge David N. Taylor took
the train yesterday for Douglas,
Hazelhurst and Mt. Vernon on
account of business and will be
absent for three or four days.
You who need help in the
country or elsewhere will do
charitable deed by giving home
and work to the friendless woman
stranded in this city. Enquire
at the Enterprise Office.
"Knave" Alcohol is a more
suitable name for the drink that
kills than King" alcohol. Let
US call him "Knave," let us treat
him and teach our youth to treat
him as a Sknave; one to be sus.
pected, watched, defeated, driven
out of ali social life and every
decent community vagabond
deserving only and ever. at the
Fitzgerald enterprise., 1906-09-13

The constant cry in this city
is for help-eficient he1p-compe-
tent he1p-relia BILE help-well
qualified help-intelligent help
honest help. There is room on
the top of the ladder for all kinds
of labor.
Grocery Stock for Sale.
We can sell stock groceries
(Invoice $4,000 and give five
year lease on best stand in city.
Cook & Co.
141-4t. Fitzgerald, Ga.
Women beet-weeders in Bre-
mer county, Iowa, found that
by wearing large roomy overalls
they had greater freedom of
move ement and could accomplish
more work but some one objected
to the overalls and inaugurated
a hostility to that garb for wo-
men.
Mr.. T. N. Garbut who has
spent several months in Cowart,
Ala. was in the city yesterday.
II is possible that the Garbutts
will sell out in Alabama and it is
hoped that at least Messrs T. N.
and M. W. Garbutt will become
permanent citizens of Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald enterprise., 1906-09-13

The F. Graham Lumber Co.,
are building two pretty stone
houses on Suwanee and Sherman
streets for G. L. Waters both
for rent.
All kinds of business is crowd
ed and some lines especially so.
The two laundries are unable
to fill all orders even with the
large force of the White Swan
Laundry.
For sale a Is b. p. Frick Mill
boiler and engine, 8 yoke oxen
and carts, also small lot nice
timber 2 miles east of Bowens
Mill will sell chearp.
Newton Watkins.
The repairing and remodelling
of the Lee-Graat hotel still goes
on and is on a larger scale than
was generally supposed. The
plumming alone would keep
three plummers busy for two
weeks.
How delightful it will be tc
have thriving, open honest leg;.
innate business on the corner oi
Grant and Pine street where the
saloon has vacated. It will be
there.
Fitzgerald enterprise., 1906-09-13

Mr.. A. B. Cook went up tc
Atlanta to attend the meeting OF
the Executive committee yester.
bay.
Mrs. Shivers and daughter,
Emmaline attended the millinery y
openings at Atlanta returning
Tuesday.
Terra Gotta well curb, sewer
pipe, drain pipe etc.
Fitzgerald Pottery Co.
At the Enterprise Office.
Mr.. G. w. Smith returned
from Tate Springs Tuesday eve
ming very much improved in
health.
Major Madison Buice and
grandson Teddy Myers returned
Tuesday afternoon from Atlanta
and Be1ton.
The pessimist goes around
taking the starch out of things
without offering anything better
in its place.
Mr.. Will Dickey is quite i'll.
Mr.. Dobyn Holmes of the Watt
Harley Hdw. Co., was in this
city this week.
On Monday Deputy Sheriff
Fountain captured Sam Sly, a
negro who escaped from Louis
vile, Ca, two years ago.
Guy Ratc1iff writes from Cara
belle, Fla, that fishing is fine
there on the coast. He owns his
own net and does a thriving bus
mess.
Mrs. J. J. Mobley of Evergreen
visited in this city between trains
on her way to Triton where she
will visit her brother T. c. Moore.
Miss Ella McLenden took her
this week for Milledge-
vile where she enters the Geor-
gia Normal and Industrial col
lege.
Fitzgerald enterprise., 1906-09-13

The butcher. Phone 167. tt
Mrs. Nancy Lord ofcommerce
is visiting relatives in Ocil1a.
T. P. Adams of Fifton was in
this city on business Tuesday.
Miss Naomi Ingram is the
guest of her sister Mrs. r. L.
Gregory of Osierfie1d.
Long loans on City property
or Farm lands.
Apply to c. B. TEAL.
A new metal" "tauta1ite" SUI
persedes both steel and gold in
the manufacture of pens.
Masters Teddy Myers and
Phillip Robinson will enter the
Sparks College next week.
FOR SALE.
Two five acre tracts well I'M
proved just west of the Seanor
pecan farm known as the DR..
White place. Apply to A. A.
Brown.
Mrs. F. D. A. Malum has re.
turned after an absence of sev.
eral months in Middle Georgia.
A. J. Lewis is enjoying a visit
at Savannah until the last of this
week.
Fitzgerald enterprise., 1906-09-13
CLOTHING.

We have given especial atten-
ton to this department and are
prepared to give our patrons the
VERY BEST VALUES in the
LATEST STYLES of weaves and
cuts. You will do we'll to exam
inc our line.
Fitzgerald enterprise., 1906-09-13
NOTIONS.

Under this head is grouped ID
thousand and one things of cor
venience and necessity in q
household you'll find nearly g
erv one of them in our stock.
Fitzgerald enterprise., 1906-09-13
DRY GOODS.

Our showing in this department
was never so complete as at pres
ent, and it is a most fastidious
taste that we cannot satisfy.
WE INVITE INSPECTION.
Fitzgerald enterprise., 1906-09-13

Policeman Farnell is confined
at home with fever.
w. E. Oxford made a business
trip to Adele yesterday.
Frank Hagar is assisting in the
express office for a few days.
The Grant Street Barber shop
Fitz Hugh Lee manager. First
class service. If.
Miss Celesta Simpson is visit
ing her sister Mrs. A. Kratz.
Mrs. r. Grantham of Wray
patronized our merchants Tues
day.
For quick loans on improved
farms, cheap rate of interest, see
B. J. Reid, F. o. &. R. B. Ry.
Office. tt.
Mrs. w. r. Frier of Broxton,
who has been the guest of Mrs.
Heidi Cotton, returned home
yesterday.
For Sale: IS acres of land due
west of the city. Is ares 'front.'
ing new railroad shops. $4,000.
for the As acres. Will sell the Is
acres near the shops at SIS per
acre.
tt. J. W. WILLIAMS.
Fitzgerald enterprise., 1906-09-13
|. Coldenbur
Our New Fall MerChandi
Is Now Arriving Daily.
SHOES, HATS, FURNISH

SHOES, HATS, FURNISH
Our line of the above is SD
to delight you. It include
latest styles in all grades, and
FURNISHINGS includes th
innumerabIe items which are
dispensible to the we'll dresI
person.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1906-01-18
S. |. WATKINS, Grizzly Flats, Cal.

| am carrying more accounts on my
books than | can afford and earnestly
request all persons owing me to call
and settle as promptly as possible.
DR.. Dumble.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1906-01-18
MOUNT HOOD.

A party of Portlanders arrived here
Saturday ON their way to Cloud Cap
Inn. Bert Sandman, Peter Felthau-
een and Mark Weygandt made the
trip Friday to break the road and take
up provisions Bert and Mark re-
turned Saturday morning to assist the
crowd. They report the snow drifted
to the depth of 20 to so feet. The
party, twelve in all, left Weygandt's
on webs at IL O'Clock and expected to
reach their destination by 6 p. m. i,
provided that everything went we'll
They will not get word to any one
until their return, which they expect
to make Tuesday morning. They had
number of cameras, and no doubt
will get some fine pictures to show
their many friends.
We understand the singing and lit
erary class will be conducted under
the name of Morton g livate class. :"
The members report a very enjoyable
time for the first meeting, there be-
ing over 70 members present.
The Baldwin Sporting club elected
officers Saturday evening at the regu-
lar meeting. They are as follows: O..
r. Knox, president; Chester Monroe,
vice president, and j. p. Cooper, sec
retary and treasurer. Three new
members we're also admitted to the
club.
Peter Mohr Is taking care of things
on the ranch for his brother in law,
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1906-01-18
FIDDLERS AND DRUMMERS.
The Two Glasses of Insects That Pro-
duce Audible Sounds.

The Two Glasses of Insects That Pro-
duce Audible Sounds.
Insects that produce sounds audible
to human ears have been roughly divid-
ed into two classes--f1ddlers and drum
mers. The grasshopper is fiddler and
makes music by scraping its fore wings
against the rows of spinelike teeth that
ornament its thighs. The katydid also
plays an chronological fiddle. 1t pro-
duces its notes by rubbing the inner
side of the hind legs over the front
wings.
The locust, on the other hand, is a
drummer, and loud one too. His
drum is formed by membrane stu.
ated at the base Of the fore wing, and
he can make forest ring with it. The
cicada, or seventeen year locust, car
ries drum at the base Of the abdomen
and makes with 1t noise that seems
to be quite as terrifying in the insect
world as that produced by the gorilla
pounding its resounding chest is among
wild beasts. 1t Is said that the cicada
sometimes frightens away its enemies
with the rattle of its drum.
There are other drumming insects
which make good music, but the violin
lists, after all, carry off the palm, for
the great insect soloist, the cricket, Is a
fiddler
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1906-01-18
ART OF CONVERSATION.
spOntnneity Is IA Necessary Ingredi-
ent of Engaging Talk.

Spontnneity Is n Necessary Ingredi-
ent of Engaging Talk.
what | WISH" says an cssayist in
Cornhil Magazine, sis that people
would apply the same sort Of serious
ness to talk that they apply to golf;
that they should desire to improve their
game, brood over their mistakes, try
TO do better. Why is it that SO many
people would think it priggish and eff
Terminate to try to improve their talk
and yet think 1t manly and rational to
try to shoot better? or course 1t must
be done with natural zest and en-
toyment or it Is useless.
what a ghastly picture one gets Of
the old fashioned takers and wits,
committing a number of subjects to
memory when they are dressing for
dinner and then turning over a COM
monplace book for Apostle anecdotes
and jests, adding dates to those select
ed that they may not tell the same
story again too soon, learning up list
of eplgrams, stuck in u shaving glass,
sallylng forth priIned to bursting with
conversation!
ut Is all very well to know before
hand the kind Of line you would wish
to take, but spontaneity is a necessary
ingredient of talk, and to make up
ones mind to get certain stories In is
to deprive talk Of its fortuitous charm"
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1906-01-18
AN IRISH TYPE.
The Placid, Well Born Girl of the
Little Green Isle.

The Placid, Well Born Girl of the
Little Green Isle.
"The Irishwomen never worry" said
q woman who has mixed much In the
supper .clrcles Of the little green isle;
S..theref6re they preserve their youth
better than the women of any other ma
ton, 4 peculiar type Of personality
has been left In Ireland England and
America have drained off the progress
i've and hustling-England from the
upper classes, America from the lower.
Those who are left are of a placid,
contented type, from whom the rest
lesSness of present day civilization
seems far removed The dullness Of
the life led by the average well born
Irish girl would be pathetic If 1t were
not that she seems to thrive SO well on
it. Year after year she follows the
same monotonous round, meeting the
same people at tennis in summer or
hockey matches in winter. II her home
is in hunting district, no matter at
how low an ebb the family finances may
be, they will manage TO give her a
good mount, but for the girls who do
not hunt the long, wet winter, with
few neighbors and few books, passes
almost as drearily as In a medieval
castle. York Tribune.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1906-01-18
THE FOUR AGES.
So Life Goes, Always Has Gone and
Always VIII Go.

So Life Goes, Always Has Gone and
Always VIII Go.
Here are mans four views of time:
"You still have forty years to live"
said the guardian spirit to the youth.
1T is a long, long time" the youth
replied, "and l will do a great deal
before it is past"
"You have thirty years yet to live"
the guardian spirit said to the still
young man.
well, that is quite awhile" was the
reply. Probably cannot do all l had
intended, but will make quite a show
ing"
you have twenty years to live" the
spirit said to the middle aged man.
"Only twenty! Well, l suppose
will have to do the best l can in that
length of time"
For the last time the guardian spirit
appeared. "You yet have ten years
left" he said to the rapidly aging man.
The man sighed. But ten years."
he whispered in reply. "And what can
one do in those few daysT'
And when the end had come the man
looked backward and moaned, II am
leaving 1t nearly all undone"
And so life goes, although youth will
not believe 1t, and only old age fully
realizes that 1t is so.-Philadelphia In
quirer.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1906-01-18
THE NEEDLES EYE.
Strange story of How the Sewing
Machine Riddle Was Solved.

VI
Machine Riddle Was Solved.
Elias Howe almost beggared himself
before he discovered where the eye Of
the needle Of a sewing machine should
be located. His original idea was to
follow the model Of the ordinary needle
and have the eye at the heel. 1t never
occurred to him that it should be plac-
ed near the point, and he might have
failed altogether If lie had not dreamed
he was building sewing machine for
savage king in strange country.
Just rs in his actual waking expert
ence, he was rather perplexed about
the needles eye. He thought the king
gave him twenty-four hours to com
plete the machine and make it sew. If
not finished in that time, death was to
be the punishment.
Howe worked and worked and puz-
zled and puzzled and finally gave it up.
Then he thought he was taken out to
be executed He noticed that the war
riors carried spears that were pierced
near the head, Instantly came the so
luton of the difficulty, and while the
inventor was begging for time he
awokc. 1t was o'clock in the morn
ing He jumped out of bed, ran to his
workshop, and by peedle with an
eye at the point had been rudely mod
eled After that it was easy, This is
the true story Of an important incident
in the invention of the sewing machine.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1906-01-18

Bert Sandman, who is al Cloud Cap
Inn.
W. B. and j. G. Davidson attended
the literary at Odell Friday night.
They say it is long ways to go, but
they have none at home. After liter
ary they took in the dance given by
Mr.. Crosby.
Perry Higgins who stayed with Jessa
Davidson while this fall, has re-
turned from an extended trip through
California to his old home at Center
burg, Ohio. Mr. higgins is telling
the people there what kind of apples
we raise here by spraying, cultiyat-
ing, thinning and pruning Then he
tells what kind of prices we get for
our fancy pack and you can just bet
your old hat that most of them would
ike TO see the apples for themselves.
II they will only come t. the land of
big red apples they can then see how
gold is picked off the treos.
e. p. Adams of South Bend, Wash.
is looking around over our neck of
the woods with the expectations of
returning next summer to invest in
some fruit land. Mr.. Adams thinks
there is no place like Mount Hood for
fine fruit.
d. II. Cooper and his wife sre {
Saturday with Mr., and Mrs. George
Perkins.
Work has ceased once more, for
winter is here In proper shape this
time. 1t started last Thursday with
a northeast wind which seemed to
make the old timers hunt the stove.
,L.C. Parrish left for Portland Tues
day for a two months visit.
y. 9. Miller returned to Portland
Tuesday after a weeks stay in our
district.
A. b. Billings recently sold two lots
of land. r. N. Gibble purchased 10
acres and Mr.. Prlss 20 acres.
A. M, Kelly, one of our local saw
mill men, made business trip to
Portland Thursday returning Satur-
day.
On Friday evening, January 26,
there is to be giyen at the hall an en-
tetainment for the benefit of the
school library. The laughable farce,
IAN economical Boomerang" is to be
presented by splendid cast. The
eastern band will make its first ap-
pearance at Mount Hood on I'll at even
ing Other interesting numbers will
be given by the children of the school.
An admission of % cents will be
charged for adults, ID cents for chill
dren. Lunch and coffee will be serv.
ed for d small consideration and deli
cious home made candies will be on
sale.