Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1907-11-12
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SHOOTING THE QUAIL.

only fascinating but the great quantity Of game
that it is possible for the ordinary sportsman to
bag in day, adds zest to the sport
On account of abuse of the the privileges un
scrupulous and commercial hunters the laws of
the state have put certain restriction the SPORT
and from year to year it becomes necessary to
increase the restrictions. Under the present law
the number of birds killed is limited to fifteen per
day. the penalty is limited to $1,000, II months
on the changing or months in JAIL also for tres
passing on the posted lands of another.
There is every probability that there will be
some prosecutions growing out of the abuse OF the
game laws here, the present season.
The new law requires the clerk of the superior
court to keep register for the names of all citizens
who post their land. Land owners are required
to post notices at not less than two different places
on each piece of land forbidding any one from
trespassing. They must then go and register their
names with the clerk of court. After this is done
any person found hunting on this land, whether it
be enclosed or unencosed, is guilty of misde
meanor and may be punished by fine of $1,000,
twelve months on the chain gang or six months in
jail
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There arc two classes of criminals, one simply
breaks the law by committing a crime that is for
hidden by the law. The other commits the crime
in an effort to evade the letter of the law, while
violating it's spirit. Savannah is great Whlskey
drinking community it has long been considered a
rotten borough, politically and other wise. They
are not only willfu but bold and their resentment
at the state prohibition law has been manifest
from the day of its passage 1t has been openly
declared that they would evade it if possible and
thew propose to go into the locker club business
for all that it is worth That has been repeatedly
announced thro the public prints. A prominent
whiskey man tells how the thing will be done.
elbow do you propose evading the law" was
asked.
''There will be no trouble about that" he
said ''The liquor will be kept on hand, having
been bought by the funds of all the drinking mem
bers of the club. No one who is not a member Of
of the club will ever be allowed to buy drink.
The member who buys will sign the ticket The
tickets accumulate until the end Of the month and
then become part of his months dues, not his
bar bill at all"
'"The saloon men generally are anxious to know
what they do next year, whether there is to be
any way in which they can continue in business
without violating the law. If the club scheme
works all right not few of them will launch a
club
Our prediction is that some of the prominent
CD whiskey men are fixing to break in the chain
gang while they might be engaged in something
useful.
Whenever and wherever the saloon men arc
strong enough, have the numbers and the political
influence, they defy the law, and Savannah fur
nishes an illustration i'll this scheme to defeat the
expressed will of the people of the state.
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There is something of a furry right now i'll the
camps of the G. A. r. and the T. G. '. about the
report that Grant, Thomas and Farragut asked
for commissions in the Confederate army.
Colonel James Z. Stuart vice commander Of
the department of Illinois, Grand Army of the Re
public. issued a challenge to the louisiana Hstori
cal Association to produce the letters alleged to be
in its possession. in which General U. S. Grant,
General George II. Thomas and Admiral Faragut
at one time offered their services to Jefferson Davis
in the confederate army.
The challenge follows the statement made in
Baltimore Md, on Saturday by Captain A. L.
De ROSSett, of Wilmington, n {. Captain De
Rossntt thro the medium of The Confederate Vet
eran tho official organ of the confederate societies,
said the Historical Association had in its museum
original copies of letters which these three dsting
uished union officers wrote to Davis. Grant is
said to have written to Davis applying for com
mission January Is. 1861.
Commander Stuart says:
II challenge the production by the Louisiana
Historical Association, by any society or individ-
ual. of any authentic letter written by either OF
these three men at any time which contains
word or phrase from which the inference could be
drawn that they were willing at any time to aid or