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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-09-24

The detention hospital, which was
recently moved across the river to a
point on the north side of the city land
known as Pierce's park, has been plac-
ed in position and on a substantial
foundation. All of the eight acre tract
of land except that portion occupied
by the city's reservoir, has been fencei
in and will be set off as the hospital
grounds.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-09-24

Miss Edna BARLEY, who has been
bookkeeper in the employee of the B. w.
Sinclair Company, went to Milwaukee
Saturday to enter the employ of the
publishing company, for which Miss
Laura Reed and Miss Loa Scheeler, also
OF this city, are employed. Miss Bart
ley stopped over Sunday with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. IS. BARLEY, who
formerly lived here, but who are now
living in Aurora, Ill.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-09-24

Miss Bess ,Streeter, formerly a
teacher in the public schools of this
city, but now in charge of the pri-
mary department of the Iowa State
Normal School at Cedar Falls, spent
Sunday in the city with friends. She
was accompanied by Miss Lola Britton,
also a former teacher here, who has
been i'll for more than year past, but
whose health is now somewhat i'm
proved
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-09-24

In honor of Winifred Dunham's sew
enth birthday anniversary, fourteen OF
her girl and boy schoolmates and their
teacher, Miss Harriet Miller, We're en-
tertained at the G. A. Durham home,
119 South Ninth street, from to .
o'clock Saturday afternoon. Games
and photographic music amused the
children. and refreshments We're served
by Mrs Durham. assisted by Miss Mil
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-09-24

w. j. Flanagan, the son of Mrs. Emil
ly Flanagan, 202 South Second avenue
who enlisted in the navy about four
months ago, is in the city on a ten
days furlough visiting his mother
Flanagan has been serving on the train
ing ship Hancock at the Brooklyn navy
yards since his enlistment He was
formerly employed by the A. e. Short
hill Company.
Fitzgerald enterprise., 1906-10-09
Register, or Pay the Penalty

Thousands of Georgia corpo'
rations, located in every county
in the state, are braving the
penalty of $50 fine which may be
put upon them on and after Nov
Il, next, for failure to comp'y
with he act Of the last general
assembly, requiring tb> m &c
register with the crefary OF
state, for hich the law charges
fee Of oaly $l0O.
Under this law, every coTpo'
ration doing business within the
state, whether a foreign corpo"
ration or working under a Geor.
gia charter, is required to com
ply with the terms of this regis
tration act by Nov. /. Secretary
of State Philip Cook has already
sent out thousands of copies Of
the law and registration blanks
showing just what must be done
and these will be sent promptly
upon application to any who may
desire them.
Fitzgerald enterprise., 1906-10-09
Cotton Day at the State Fair.

October 18th is "Cotton Day
at the Atlanta State. Fair, and
President M. l.. Johnson, of the
Georgia division of the S. C. A.,
ably seconded by President Har'
vie Jordan, of the c. S. A., are
making strenuous efforts to in
terest every Georgia cotton
grower in the matter and to Sc
cure the largest possible attend
ance.
President Jordan, Hon. A. S
Witherspoon, of Miss, and Hon
E. D. Smith, of S. C; will deliver
addresses on that occasion.
These gentlemen have an accu-
rate knowledge of conditions
throughout the entire cotton belt
and are thoroughly competent
to explain how holding cotton
must result in securing higher
prices for that staple.
Fitzgerald enterprise., 1906-10-09

Also the following 5-acre tracts
formerly located within the city of
Fitzgerald, Ga, and sold by said city
for the taxes due the city of Fitzger-
aid for the year 1907. and which
tracts were purchased by the city of
Fitzgerald, Ga. lat said tax sale, to-
wit: Tracts number 1926 and 1852 in
original land lot number 81 in the
third district of Irwin county, Ca,
tracts number 1875 and 1914 in origi.
nal land lot number 80 of the third
district of Irwin county, Ga. ALI said
lots and tracts are part of the lands
surveyed and plated, and plat filed
by the American Tribune Soldier Col
ony Company in the Office of the
Clerk of Irwin Superior Court, and
the numbers of lots, squares, blocks
and tracts above referred to are the
numbers designated on said plat by
said The American Tribune Soldier
Colony Company.
This October 3rd. 1905.
HERMAN SMITH,
Chief of Police,
Fitzgerald, Ga.
Fitzgerald enterprise., 1906-10-09
City Tax Sales
Georgia, Irwin County,
CitY of FITZGERALD.

Georgia, Irwin County, !
City of Fitzgerald. !
Notice is hereby given that on
Tuesday, the 9Th day of November
1906. at the front door of the city
hall, in the city of Fitzgerald. Ga,
between the hours of 10 O'Clock q. m.
and 2 O'Clock p. M. there will be Of
fered at public sale to the highest
bidder for cash. by the Chief of Po-
lice of the city of Fitzgerald, Ga. the
following described city lots all loca-
ted within the city of Fitzgerald, Ca,
and all OF said lots being purchased
by said city of Fitzgerald at tax sales
for taxes due said city of Fitzgerald,
the time of redemption being expired
upon all said tax sales. to wit:
Fitzgerald enterprise., 1906-10-09

From President ]. A. J. Hen
derson, of the 0. & v, we learn
the following i'm portant facts:
The grading of the O. & V.
between Ocilla and Fitzgerald
will be completed during this
month. New steel rails have
been purchased, and as soon as
the grad ng is completed, will be
laid at once When the rail Is
1ai 20 Fl zS,,aiel, this road will
Connect WITH the F. O & R. B
railroad, viii. h has been pur-
chased by tie O. & ", and will
be taken 0 er NOV. 1st. This
will give a line from Ocilla to
Wright, in Wilcox county. An
An agreement has been reached
between the enterprising citl-
zens of Rochelle and the O. & Y.
company. by which the road is
10 be extended from Wright to
that hustling little city as fast as
the work can be done.
The establishment If the line
from Rochelle in n)rtherly dl'
rection will be deter mined in a
very short while, the objective
point being Macon,
When completed this road will
run due north from Valdosta to
Macon, along ridge all the way.
without crossing a river and
passing through seven of the
best business cities in Wiregrass
Georgia, with Macon as its ter
minus, to say nothing of one OF
the finest agricultural sections
in the United States. Besides
those towering advantages, il
will be the shortest line fren
Valdosta to Macon by fifteen OF
sixteen miles.-Ocilla Star.
Fitzgerald enterprise., 1906-10-09
OCiIIa & va|dosta
Bound for Macon
Contract Signed TO Construct
Line to Rochelle by
Jan. !, 1906.

Rochelle Ga, Oct. 2 The
contract was signed here today
and the money paid over for
the building of the Ocilla and
Valdosta Railroad from Ocilla
via Fitzgerald to Rochelle. It is
to be completed to this point by
January 1st, 1908. Macon is the
ultimate point of destina tion
This marks an era iu the pro-
gress of Rochelle and this Sec
ton.
Fitzgerald enterprise., 1906-10-09
Notice to Tax Payers.

The last half of the city taxes
for the year 1905 is now due and
payable during the month of Oc'
tober. After Oct. 31st Fl fas will
be issued against all property on
which the taxes have not been
paid and placed in the hands Of
the Chief of POLICE for collection.
G. NJ. WISE,
4w CLERK ana treas
Fitzgerald enterprise., 1906-10-09

The Lady Maccabees will
serve Turtle Tea on Saturday
evening Oct. 13 in the w. r. c..
hall from 6 to IL p. m. 1926
Fitzgerald enterprise., 1906-10-09
Special Notice.

People attending night exhi..
bition, in order to see menagerie,I
opening spectacle, and the big
acts, must be present not later
than 7:30 p. m.
The horses, ponies and wagons
loaded at dusk are used only iD
parade, and are hurried to the
next town as the Flying Squad
ron."
Fitzgerald enterprise., 1906-10-09
See Can't. Winston Wonderful Educated Seals
MoNUTr TROUPE. Aerial Cycle whirl Riders.

Prof. Nygards School of wonderfully Trained
Menage Horses-12 in Number
Fitzgerald enterprise., 1906-10-09

20 MALE AND FEMALE RIDERS 20
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-30
An Anrmatlve Answer.

The late Alpheus ID. On Bots. tie
New York sChoolteacher who. though
his salary never exceeded $4,000. maa-
aged TO accumulate a fortune of S75n..
100, was a man of thrift and Of s.
.em.
MIR Du Bots" said a schoolteacher.
was systematic in everything lie
even kepJ a book Of examples OF
school children's literary style.
This book was very interesting. He
showed 10 10 me- one day. and | still.
remember. under the head OF BON
bastic am Hifalujin.' an essay of one
paragraph on the question, (which was
The greater General, Caesar or Hann.-
5al7'
Tho essay ran:
When we consider the times IN
Which these two great Generals liye6,
he conditions under which they gov
srncd he people over whom they
-aimel. and the difficulties undor
ghich they fought. We are compelled
% answer IN the Affirmative
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-30
CHANCES IN CRAPS.
How to Estimate the Odds Against a
Number Coming Up.

To the Editor OF the Sun:
Sir-If your correspondent M. s.
want to know the best school to 90 to
n order 10 learn how one can &c
2G comb nations with a pair of dice
nothing will suit him better than our
Old friend experientta. who still do.
GETS at The old stand.
He can educate him elf by taking
Two dice and laying them on separate
pieces q paper, MARKED respectively
a and b rie win then find that if
be .urns up the six on A he can
turn mp anything from one to six or
3. wing him six different combina
lens 10 start with He can then
change the die or A to five and turn
mp from one to six on b again givin
him six more combinations. AS he
can make six different starters on A
ana combine each with six different
changes on b, he will probably be
ready to admit that six times six
equals 3G.
II he has al hand a separate sheet
of paper on which 70 write down thu
total of each Of these combinations as
he forms them on A and b. he will SEE
that none Is less than two and none
more than twelve. and that they are
found TO be divided in the following
Two can be thrown in one way,
Three ca1 be thrown in two ways;
Four can be thrown in three ways;
Five can be thrown in four ways;
Six can be thrown in five ways;
Seven can bc thrown in six ways;
Eight can be brown in five ways;
Nine con be thrown in four ways
Ten can he thrown in three ways;
Eleven can be thrown in two ways;
Twelve can be thrown in one way;
Total combinations. &c.
by dcducHng from the total, &c, the
number Of ways 10 which any number
can come. we get The odds against tina
number being thrown. For instance
seven can come only six ways out Of
The 80. so there must be 30 ways that
will not give seven. and the odds
against throwing seven must be thirty
Or six, or Eve To one.-New York Sun
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-30

have while at the same time they
compel the public to pay them their
demands. They run on rule that
works one way, not Two ways.
The printers are going about their
ways conseryatiycly enough. Judge
Holdom cannot prevent them from de.
handing that which is due HEM OF
alien birth himself and believing in
the traditions Of royalty and the i'm
peccability OF crowns, he would have
union labor supplanted with Chinese
rather than have il triumph.
Many years ago, when trade was
dun, the printers Of Chicago yolun
tarily agreed 10 a decrease in the
wages al SO a week, with the under
standing chat when business was bet
ter the old scale would be restored
Since then the printing industry of
Chicago and Of the nation has grown
in wonderful strides. II is a big money
making business.
But there has been no keeping OF
contract with the printers. When rea-
son ana justice are denied other
measures for redress become
You see, the printers are
human. - Chicago Examiner.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-30
SAVAGE RITES.
OF the lgorrotes Performed Over Body
Of Their Dead Chief.

NcwOrloans, Jan. 29.-Pus-aa.um,
one Of tho biggest chiefs of the igor
roto tribes on the Island of Luzon
died here Of heart disease this after
noon at the winter quarter, of the
band of Igorottes, when were brought
here byDr. II. K Hunt, year ago. The
native burial ceremonies Of the tribes
were an carried ont before the saw
ages would allow the undertaken TO
anhalm the body The blood of fire. hly
Oiled chickens was sprinkled over the
body and he noise Of tomjoms is
icing kept mp all night TO drive away
ne evil spirits. As the ig0rrotes were
brought 40 This country in bond, it is
necessary TO return them either dead
1r alive. So the body will be taken
Jack in the spring. This is the second
leath in the party since they arrived
lprn.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-30

and growing commerce TO The foreign
countries 70 the south Of us. This
commerce will be immense before the
Panama Canal Is opened, but when
that way between the oceans is free 70
carrying Trade the natural advantages
of our central section viii give the
population of the states indicated con.
troll of the greatest commerce of the
| globe.
| Through the ports of the South. to
Africa, lust opening to civilization
| and eager for what we produce; to
South America, ready and willing to
adopt all modern improvements and
anXiously awaiting modern methods
to develop her natural treasures OF
plains aud mountains; to the islands
of the Atlantic and the Pacific, and to
the millions of Asia awakening from
the slumbers Of centuries the products
of The industry of our people Of the
Central States will low 10 the profit
and benefit Of producer and transport.
ar alike. The Southern Pacific Rail.
way Company has been accused, truly
n falsely | know not, Of being bit
terly opposed to the Panama Canal
This opposition is said to be based
upon its desire 10 retain control Of
through freights from the Mississippi i
. the Pacific coast
A Short Sighted Policy
If true, 1t is short sighted policy,
surely, for the success fthe Panama
Canal will insure the building up Of
louisiana Texas and New Mexico to
4 degree thai could never be attained
n any other manner The interior Of
those states ANA The territory will 4
cap the benefits of the growth Of the
coast cities and the Southern Pacific 4
will witness such gathering of people
along its lines, such clustering Of
transportation and mann.
'aciuring interests at entry ports that
he Pacific through line of business
will be insignificant compared 10 It's
Deal trade, II is apparent that this
Southern Pacific Railway is destined
o become a remarkably profitably
cad, for At one terminus it rests on
he Pacific, at he other On the Missis
Phi and The Gulf Between those
'@ints are Louisina ana Texas and
Iew Mexico. all growing in an UMPIRE.
edented manner and to the west ART
ona and California with mineral ton
&c increasing by leaps and bounds in
he FIRST. and both mineral and agri
ultural tonnage Of the last. surprising
ach year TOE record Of the prior year
he Central Southwest ana the central
ection ef The country from the Great
axes to the Gulf will show greater
Increases in population and in volume
t business than either the Atlantic !,
r the Pacific portions Of the country |:
J the next census report The fu. n
IRE great business Of the United u
tates, bolh of foreign and domestic
ommerce lies in the control Of the III
eople Of the central portion Of the
'nion The Panama Canal places # n
l their hands Ii
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-30
THE MISSION OF SLANG.

1 PROFESSOR EDWIN w. BOWEN
Of Randolph Macon college contributes
10 the Popular Science Monthly for
February an interesting articlewith
the fitle What is Slang?" This is a
question 81 preferential interest t
/ IS also one tbaJ eauuoJ be answered
definitely for tine raasn that slang IS
dion in the making and the corrup.
/ tiou of today may be sanctioned by the
USAGE Of the next generation
IJhc puri.t slang is an unmitisated evil
which makes for The gradual corrup
ton and decadencc Ct our vernacalar
The extremists hold that it's haneful
influence is sweeping owes The English
langIaRe liko tidal wayc. debas'ug
II ana c3rrupting ils yery sources
Granting than DE Eaelsh speaking
peoples ana We Americans ia nareicr-
lar are inYetorate coiners Of words
ANA phrases ana qaicl 70 accept new
verbal felieiies, there is nothing
alarming in This cry of corruption raia-
Ell 81 the extreme purlH for two rea
sons One rs thar the history If Ian
ggaec is the history Of coTuptiens
Tho other is thar there is no such
thing as q language becoming corrupt
THESE two statements seemingly in.
yoIy paradox but the explanation
in simple Every English speaking
per.o today i using expressions that
either violate the strict rules cf gram.
mar or disregard tho principles Of
analogy or had their origin in what we
now consider yalgarity These So
called corruptions are found all
through the vocabulary.
On the other bend, as Professor
LGunsbury CT Yale has pointed out
language does not become corrupt for
The reason that It remains an instrr-
ment which will be just what those
who ne il choose to make it. The
words that constitute il have no real
significance of their own; it Is tho
meaning that men pUt into them that /
gives them their efficacy Languaga
does nothing more than reflect the |
character and the characteristics OF /.
those who speak IT,
Moreover this cry OF corruption of /
the language Us an Old. old cry. II /
has been raised many lines in the !
ccnturies-so often. In fact. thai the 4
feeling of the pedants and purists re /
fleet the traditional attitude ~ pro.
fessional men Ct letters
Dean Swift. for example became SO I
shocked by he slang Of his day that /
he appealed to the prime minister 70 1
become the guide and curator Of the .
English tongue. He also wrote yigor- I
ously on the subject. lie would have .
suppressed such words as mob ana I
banter and battalions ambassadors .
operations and preliminaries. an OF I
which have on grown an trace of 4
slang and are accepted as standard I
English
Thus Sw'ft's efforts came 20 naucht. .
had the prime minister taken up his .
quarrel The rc.ult would have been
the same. No man makes a language /
The decree OF the most powerful ruler
Is powcrless to prcdetcFmine tho dc
yeiopmeui of tho language We luoe
little abou the Jaw governing speech
Development. but tho English Language F
being a living speech. will 90 on deyel- /
opine
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-30

Mr.. Bal'our The British statesman
%ho has inst gone down to defeat with
bis party. has marvellous selfcon5rol
One renng he wa being "heckled'
at public meeting in Manchester. a
ympa hLza~ called ont Don't lose
your temper Mr. Balfour smiled
easily ae be replied Il have lost
many things IN my time, but / never
losr my temper. Even GA the golf links
he does not ree GO the mildest pro
family an q streak of lad luck
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-30
THE DAILY JINGLE
THE OLD WATER WAGON.
to the Ola Oaken Bucket.


How lonely, for.aken, detected and
solemn the wagon now stands
al the side Of the street,
With icicles dangling, like spears from
a column Of soldiers. and Gov
cred with snow and with sleet.
The driver is missing, the horses are
banished; the riders slid off and
skidooed down the road;
Ana all save the ice-coyered wagon
have vanished 10 hunt for a
warmer and pleasanrer load.
The ice-coyered wagon,
The sleetcorcred wagon
The old water wagon whore water
once flowed
oh. well remember the morning e.
started. fresh painted as if a.
were new from the shop,
And how when the crowds on the
crossing were parted lot
clambered on as II came 70 a
stop.
The skies dipped with azure, rose gar
dens eXhaling perfumes were
aglow $50 they felD and, per
hap-,
Some hundreds were iert on the cor
ners bewailing The wagon, like
trolleys provided new straps.
The fresh-painted wagon,
The popular wagon
That carried those cheerful and reso-
lute chaps.
No swiftspeeJing chariot ia old Coll
scum Ger heard such acclaim
on IFS well-beaten track.
No Whitley vested chorus e'e- sang Te
Deum so well and 50 strong a.
this self-ransomed pack.
Bur. o. the sad sight that dssccnds
ON nay vision, as zero and snow
aurries de on the storm
Old Boreas laughs with a mocking de-
rision and the crowd soampers
back after Something that's
warm.
The watcr-lOgged wagon,
The iee-covered wagon.
The old water wagon alone in the
-orn,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-30
MASSES ARE NOT
Concluded from Eirsi page.

ports and imports Of the Southern cit
les and cause shipments from the in
land Northern cities by way of the
rivers aud various railway lines. Chi
cago. St Louis. Cincinnati. Kansas
city Pittsburg and louisville will be
benefited by the Southern foreign
trade long prior to the opening II
the canal
The port facilities will gradually i'm.
prove as the commerce increases. and
Mobile, Pensacola. Savannah. Calves
ION AMI even Charleston. will lose
surely local character a. they progress
fr cosmop Titan commercial import
uucc and become cheating houses for
sne products Of the tropical and tenn
rcrafe zone. The railway systems
unning from the South Atlantic and
Call pofis 90 the Noah and tu thr
West WiIl grow tremendously IN vol
ume OF business. not only IN the dis
tant future but In the course Of the
present wear and the years immediate
ly Oh follow.
Al viii Benefit
An the states torlet'ne On The Ohio
tie Missouri and the Mississippi riF-
crs Wii have amazing prosperity as
these new markets are opened 10 their
agricultural and manufactured pro
Ducts. These states viii witness the
Increase e their pre- ent business 70
are East, 70 the West and 70 the North
and to those profitable avenues u
rade is nov being added this great
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-30

TO sleep in n railway car on the cow
train en- route from Los Angeles 10
San Francisco, The next mornig as he
thought, he awoke in strange room,
Rubbing his eyes he gazed about him.
| 1t was sorlid room, unlike any he
was accustomed to inhabit. He aros 0
and lifted the curtain. The country
| he looked on was unlike ANYTHING he
! had seen in California Descending
The stars he found himself among peo-
pie as unfamiliar as his surroundings
They talked English but with a for
aign accent,
Where am II" asked Smith, adj
blessing one Of the men.
Where are you?' reiterated the
stranger Wen you must have been
among good company last night.
You're in New South Wales. of course
Wharc d,d YOU expect TO be-"
WHAT month is this?" was The mex
question Smith put. The company
gazed AZ MIN in ama2ement,
You look sane enough" was The
reply, but you ask idlotic questions
This is December Would you like to
nave Il altered"
Half year had elapsed since
Smith closed his eyee in tue California
rain In that time he had crossed half |
the globe. When he told his story his
audience was convinced of his in
sanity. When he asked them for
money TO travel to the coast he got
au2hter for his pains SO he tramped
70 sydney.
In the capital he looked up The
ahor council ana narrated his expert
nee 10 the union men. They inyesti-
lated and found be was what he rep
g. ented himself TO be- They arranged
or his return 10 America. securing
iassage for him on tAe Siberia.
The first letter Smith received from
lis home in Los Angeles contained
ews Of the death Of his wife.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-30
BANK ROBBERS SENTENCED.

Trinidad. 5. d.. Jan. 29.-Fred Bur
on and Jack Wilson were sentenced
today To- fourteen years and six months
each in the penitentiary. Paddy Car
rol was sentenced TO thirteen years
nd six months and John Burns TO ten
ears and tx months for robbing a
bank az Springfield. $. D. Wilson and
Burton We're tried and convicted and
Burn and Carroll pleaded guilty.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-30
SHEARS AND PASTE.


= negro Was c3hip'alihNS 'H"t nus
money money AZ ne ''nie'
ne salu'
Whal does sue go WIN an lhe
money asked an innocent py sian r.
Don aho" was lAe reply nam
nebber s'b hef none YET