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Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1907-12-21

The Masonic Commandry will at
tend the Central Christian church
on Sunday evening instead OF
morning as was mentioned in last
issue of Enterprise. The Christmas
sermon will take up the forenoon
services consequently the series of
! sermons will be delayed until after
next Sunday.
Pull for FITZGERALD or Pull Out.
Patrons Of the postoffice boxes
will do well to bear in mind that
box rent is now due. Uncle Sam
has taken an economical streak
and issues no more blue notiffca-
ton cards. According to the
postof1ice department ruling, rent
is due ten days in advance.
Get Busy at Something Useful.
A dainty card with Christmas
Greetings reached us this morning,
coming from Havannah, Florida,
which is the home of a former En-
terprisc "Devil"-Bernner Col
bert. Bernner was q rathcg good
sort of newspaper devil but he did
a very wise thing when he decided
to change his vocation and turn
to the farm where he comes in
daily contact with nature.
Fell for Fitzgerald or Pull Out.
Friends of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Roger will be pleased to hear from
them thro letter under date OF
Dec. 1907. They have invested
in couple Of lots one square from
Tampa Bay and are putting up an
eight room Bungalow. They add,
"This is fourishing little town
and tourists are f1ocking in for the
winter. "The Roger family were
among Fitzgerald early colonists
and we are sorry to lose them.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1907-12-21

The Southern Granitoid Compa-
pany has finished the tile flooring
of the Douglas five story scraper.
They also laid the tile sidewalk.
Get Busy at Something Useful.
Miss Esther King will spend the
holidays as usual with her parents
in Florida. Sec will leave next
Tuesday and will be gone about a
week.
Pull for Fitzgerald or Pull Dat
Mrs. Il. NJ. Henderson and child
rem will take their departure for
Greenville, South Carolina, On
Sunday to spend Christmas with
relatives.
Full for fitzgerald or Pull Out.
WANTED-COtton seed meal
and hull sacks. Guano and cat
sacks. otatoes and coffee sacks,
in fact all good sacks without
holes. For which we will pay
good price.
FITZGERALD COTTON OIL MILL.
1866
Get Busy at Something Useful.
Miss Anna Oxford, of this city
and the Misses Alice Barlow and
Annie r cue more Of Ociila return
ed yesterday from Bessie Tiff Col
lege to spend the holidays athome.
Get Busy at Something Useful.
Albert Munroc took his depar-
ture yesterday for Miami, Fla,
where he takes a position with the
Southern Express Company. AL
bert is another Fitzgerald boy who
is climbing up.
Pull sor Fitzgerald or Pull Out
Call early and leave your orders
with Mrs. +. Stoner, GIGS. Lee St,
for all kinds of Embroideries, Gro
cheted and Stamped novelties, for
Xmas. All styles Initial Handker-
chiefs. California Perfumes in
handsome Xmas boxes Sempre
Giovinc always young.) Subscrlp-
tions taken for all the leading mag
azine and club offers. 15l-tt
Get Busy at Something Useful.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. T. Bartlett are
visiting relatives in Lakeland, Fla,
during the holidays. Mr.. Bartlett
is the sign painter who has won
his way in this city. He will re-
turn Immediately after the New
Years day.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1907-12-21

u Col. L L. Griner returned from
Dublin yesterday.
Full for Fitzgerald or Pull Out.
Stove and heater wood man.
Phone 1922 rings. If
Get Busy at Something Useful.
Mrs. J. F. Ball is visiting her
mother in Mystic.
Get Busy at Something Useful.
Coed wood, prompt delivery at
EPhomc 1922 rings. tt
Get Busy at Something Useful.
Mrs. F. G. Cheatem returned to
Ocilla, yesterday.
Pull for Fitzgerald or Pull Out.
The First Christian church is
arranging for a Christmas tree.
Get Busy at Something Useful.
Mrs. Ralph II. Johnson, OF
Ocilla, stopped over on her way to
Douglas yesterday.
Get Busy at Something Useful.
Good Feather Pillows for sale,
404 South Main Street. Cheap
while they last. 155-tf
Pull for Fitzgerald or Pull Out.
Mr.. E. X. Farmer has been con
fined to his room for q couple Of
days with LaGrippc.
!Tn5ssn SWpswos 10 Ssua 4sD
The National Barber Shop
First Glass in every particular
BATHS. Empire Building, Contra
avenue. Owen Bros. prop. AT
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1907-12-21
, RAILROAD GOSSIP

Engineer Hazel is taking care OF
q "Run" out of Brunswick.
Miss Agnes S. Graham, sister
to Engineer Graham, went to
Meigs yesterday.
Walter Little of the Parker
Newsstand in this city went to
Ocilla Thursday and installed
another News Buch, Orlando
Colman, who will run on the f.
o. B.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1907-12-21

unusually strong Board dFeO
stockholders It wants thousand DC
poso1s handspring it's policy above everything else WIN
be absolute safety for the deosor strong bank and SAFE pank
that people all the timo. Deposits will be
subject to check Four Per Cent will be Paa
tho Savings department. operation will make this banne
the strongest this section Your account may be small uk
helps the bank to grow to have you customer
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-01
D PAVE MAIN STREET VOTE CITY HALL
AND BOOST CANNERY ARE CLUB SLOGANS
Special Meeting Of Commercial Club Directors Result In the
Taking OF Measures to Push Active Work on Matters
of Vital Moment to Wa|a Waua

consisting Of F. S. Dement,, b. c..
Holt and II. H. Turner, is appointed
to ascertain the cost OF the same:
that this club guarantees to place all
the bonds necessary to cover the cost
of street intersections
The project of aiding the new can
merry was discussed and it was us-
cided to ask the city to help the pro-
ject during the first year in the fol-
lowing manner:
The city council will be requested
''if it be legal to give the new cannery
free water for the first year."
The secretary was instructed 10
send out the following letter in re-
gard to the necessity of voting for
the city hall bonds ETC., to all the
members of the clug this afternoon:
This club desires to present three
| important subjects for your consider
alton.
First-Your attention is called to the
necessity for registering in order to
vote the city hall bonds.
You are reminded that this club has
approved of the construction of these
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-01
SENSATIONAL FINISH SIGHTED
Witnesses in San Francisco Graft
Case Examined

SAN FRANCISCO. April IA sem
sational windup in the Home Tele-
phone investigation is predicted for
this afternoon as result of a confer
ence of the prosecutors.
Examination of three witnesses was
held in the district attorneys office
this morning. The witnesses were
Edwin Earl, proprie4,ss of the Los An
geles Express: James B. Kelly, and
Dr. John Haynes. also of Las Angeles.
all stockholders in the telephone
company.
1t is believed Earl can throw no
light on the scandal but it is intimated
Kelley and Hays may give important
testimony.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-01
CORRECT FEW ASSESSMENTS
County Commissioners Consider
Erroneous Lists and Rebate

Correction of erroneous assessments
occupied large share of the attention
of the board of county commissioners
which convened in regular session this
morning. Several assessments were
examined and ordered cancelled among
them being the following:
Ben T. Wolfe, $4O0 on watertown
property: Frank Littlefield, 5000 in
Sec. 80, TIP. Z, N. R. SO; Jesse H. Elliot
|, $24O; J. F. Rohn, $3.50.
All were ordered cancelled and P. NJ
Tucker. who had already paid his tax
to the amount of $1O.23 on an incorrect
assessment had an order made direct
ing that a refund warrant for the
amount be drawn by the auditor in his
favor.
The bond of Angus Mckay, justice OF
the peace for Russell creek precinct
was examined and approved by the
board.
The hearing upon the application OF
Cochran's addition to Dixie was set for
tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock.
The matter of changing the Bruce
Ferrel county road was brought up and
County Surveyor Wrinkle was ordered
to make an examination of the road
and see if the change is advisable
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-01
ST, T,LOU|S BREWER|ES ADOPT open SHOP

owners, may be filled by the American
Federation of Labor.
Stifel says this action results be-
cause of friction between the fedora =
ton and the International Association
of Brewery workers over the affairs OF
the Workmen's unions.
Stifel says if the situation is not
satisfactorily adjusted this afternoon
the operators will adopt radical meas
ures Tuesday. which is taken to mean
they will appeal to other cities for aid
and run the plants fully nonunion.
1t is reported officials of the Ameri-
can federation have been here some
time studying the situation so as to be
able to control it when the clash came
The federation and the international
association each claims some authority
over the local unions of oilers. firemen,
engineers and teamsters, the federation
declaring these classes of labor not
necessarily being adjuncts OF the
breweries.
His physicians have refused Adol-
phus Busch permission to take active
control of the situation in the yards
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-01
THAW JURY AGAIN RECESSED
lunacy Commission Expected to
Report Before Thursday

NEW YORK, April 1.-The Thaw
iury met today and the court excused
it until 1O:3O o'clock Thursday morn
ing. 1t is believed the lunacy COM
mission will report before that time.
Justice Fitzgerald will announce
Thursday whether the trial will con-
] tinue or Thaw will go to Mattewan
asylum.
Jerome spent today putting into
shape the evidence put before the
commission to prove the defendant Is
insane.
Thaw's attorneys say they will moi
need to call the alienists before the
commission and express certainty the
evidence already given the commits
sioners will establish the menta
strength Of their client.
Thaw went into court looking bright
Judge Fitzgerald excused the jurors
| with the usual admOnitions.
/ Thaw was led from the court room te
where Evelyn was waiting. She re-
i turned with him over the Bridge OF
Signs to the Tombs.
| IT is believed if the trial is resumed
! Thursday it will be given to the jury
by Saturday night at the latest.
| Inst as Evelyn was leaving 'he
Tombs this afternoon, detectives iron
Jerome's office served a subpoena. II
is said Jerome does not intend 10 cai
her as a witness but purposes 10 Keel
her out of the court room TO reIhoN {
| the influence of her presence from ,he
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-01
TIGERS LEAP
INTO THE CITY
Lynch and His Striped Ball.
players Are With Us

Manager NJ. j. Lynch of the Tacoma
Tigers. and eight ball players of that
aggregation arrived in the city this
morning in order to take advantage OF
the garden city weather and garden
city ball park for early practice.
Manager Lynch took his colts imme-
diately to the Dacres hotel. When IN
terviewed this morning he said he ex-
pected TO have IA men here at work
in the next few days.
Among the artists who are here is
Danny Shea, cousin to the famous
Danny, who as yellow Kid on
the Athena team. was we'll known to
local fans. Danny himself played with
Athena four years ago and later play
ed for the Moro professional team
when Whitman college took its fam
Gus trip down to Sherman county.
Later Danny was catcher on the
Portland league and is still sure
man behind the stick.
Ike" Butler. the former Portland
V"irier OF note. is one of Lynch's
punch He was a favorite with the
Portland bleachers before Tacoma cap
tured him. .-
When asked about the Bellingham-
Tacoma franchise matter this morn
ing Manager Lynch said:
Oh l think We will be under Ia
coma, | have been all the time. There
was mistake for a time about the
franchise, but think it will be straight
med out all right at the meeting to-
"shL Or tomorrow night, at Seattle
Lynch also said he hoped to have
so'he good practice games with th'
-aSt amateurs in this corner of the
S'a'e' a game has been scheduled
OCCASIONALLY with the Walla Wallf
.Vam Tor next Sunday, but it is no
LAIN Yet that it will be played
lie players who arrived this morn
ns are: T. Doyle. j. Burnett. w. O
"Son' Roy Shaw. W. Hurley, Ik'
'O'IeF' d. Shea and r. Shultz.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-01
IRA MURRAY GETS TEN MONTHS IN JAIL

For stealing half dozen sheep pelts
and two sacks of wool from his en-
ployer, Gus Harras, Ira Murray, alias
Leyde, will be the guest of Walla Wal
la county fop 10 months.
1t took the jury in the superior court
just Is minutes to find Murray guilty
of petty larceny as charged. But two
witnesses were examined by County
Attorney Otto Rupp for the prosecu-
ton. These were Gus Harras and M
Shank. the junk shop man to whom
Murray sold the pelts.
The. defense through Attorney
Brooks moved for an instructed We
dict which the court denied. No wit
nesses were examined for the defense
and the arguments were very short.
The court sentenced Murray to IL
months in the county Jail. 1t was
thought that Murray would be tried
under the cumulative sentence law as
he has already served terms in the
penitentiary and county Jail but this
case was dismissed by the prosecuting
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-01

buildings, that contracts have been let,
and that the city absolutely needs
them. The saving of rents now paid
make it good business to build them
and you are urged to exert your in
f1uence to see that your friends reg
lister and vote for the bonds. Regis
tration books close April S, at 5 p. m.
Second-The Hon. James G. Mona
CHAN will deliver a lecture on "Con-
ditions in France" at the Keylor Grand
theater on the evening of April 4. Mr..
Monaghan is the chief of the U. S.
consular bureau. Besides being very
able and interesting speaker, he has
access, in consequence of his position.
to a great fund of information about
all parts of the world. The gentle
man has kindly consented to address
the members of this club at the club
rooms on the afternoon of Friday,
April S, at p. m.
(: Third-The annual meeting and
/; election of officers of this club will be
held in the banquet hall of the Ma
sonic temple on Alder street, Tuesday
April 9, at o'clock p., m. Prompt
attendance is desired.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-01

Cigarmakers who insisted upon the
advance in wages on certain kinds of
work, went out on strike at the factory
of the ]. NJ. Fielder company this
morning. AS yet no steps toward set
tlement of the trouble have been taken.
The walkout came through the adop-
ton in Walla Walla of a new scale of
prices by the cigarmakers' union. The
scale was submitted some time ago
with the announcement it would be-
come effective April l.
According to the information given
out today, there is an advance on high
grade goods of one dollar thousand
with changes in the specifications on
certain grades of goods which brings
the advance up to 50 a thousand.
About a month ago Louis Kan ad-
vanced the price of his cigars and an
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-01

Because Mrs. Wilhelmina Stahl TOOK
stock i'm the old TeutOnic superstition
that a person bitten by dog would
become mad should the dog get nydro-
phobia within seven years she was
acquitted by Justice HUFFMAN this AZ"
ternoon of the misdemeanor OF shoot
ing within the city limits.
Mrs. Stahl and William Van Dyke
were accused jointly and were botn
discharged. The circumstances OF
the case were, in the opinion of the
Justice, justification for the attempt
to shoot the dog.
Several weeks ago the dog whlcn
belonged to Mary Dodd. bit the small
son of Mrs. Stahl and he was obliged
to go 70 the hospital for three weeks.
According to the testimony OF Mrs.
stahl she was taught from her child
hood that if the dog which bit a per-
son was allowed to live the person
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-01
INDICATIONS POINT To A FOUL MURDER

the hole did not go clear through. They
were both over the ears. one httie
back of that and as large as half
dollar. The one on the other side was
smaller but the skull was fractured
plainly.
"The man had the thinnest skull
ever saw. 1t was no thicker than a
sheet of paper where the biggest break
was It could not be told what sort OF
a weapon had caused the fracture III
the SKULL
Prosecuting Attorney Rupp. when
asked just before noon whether the
state would take any proceedings
in the matter, said:
Il know nothing more about the case
as yet other than what saw IN the
papers. 1 have been busy in court ano
have not yet been able to talk II over
with the coroner. l shall look into tne
matter at the very first opportunity.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-01
CIGARMAKERS STRIKE
FIEDLER STARTS FIGHT
OneFactoy Waa waa Not Affected by the Strefieder
Company Well Supplied With Cigars and May Be Able
to Withstand Assaults

nounced he would forestall the new
scale by advancing his men. The ad-
vance resulted disastrously for Kan
whose goods were practically barred
by the saloons and smaller dealers.
Later the Fielder and Fetherspiel
companies considered and acted upon
the advance in price. Then came the
notice of the advance in the cost Of
manufacture.
The men out on strike declare the
Fielder company has been taking ad-
vantage of one clause which provides
that Porto Rico. Mexico, Florida and
Manila goods shall take the same price
as Havana goods. 1t is asserted the
Fielder goods have been worked as
"seed filters" thereby securing to the
manufacturer a lower cost of manu-
facture.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-01

death by a fracture of the skull. COM
pound, infiiceed by persons unknown
Considerable talk is going about at
Wallula among the neighbors of the
deceased that he met mis- death at the
hands of former employe.
Mrs McGibbon testified at the trial
that her husband left the house at 10
o'clock in the evening for the purpose
of hitching up and making a trip to
Wallula, eight miles away. in search
of farm hand. Mrs. McGibbon had
gone to bed but she became alarmed
because she did not hear her husband
leaving the premises. She dressed and
calling one of her sons, went out to
the barn where they found McGibbon
lying on the floor.
Coroner MacMartin, in speaking of
the wounds on the head of McGibbon
said this morning:
They were not shot wounds because
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-01

ST. LOUIS. April 1.-The "oper
shop" was put into effect this morning
by all the breweries of this city and
East St. Louis, fulfilling the ultimatum
issued by the owners Saturday night
that if the workers did not return to
work Monday morning the measure
would be adopted.
The unions will not be recognized
as organizations and all competent
persons applying will be en-
ployed regardless of their affiliations.
Hundreds of workmen, some union
and some non- union. were given work
in the various plants this morning
with no questions asked.
1t is expected the officers will be
able to return from the works to theil
desks today.
A conference of the local union Of
ficials and international officers is be-
ing held.
All vacancies in the st. Louis, east
st. Louis and Granite City breweries
caused by the walkout of the oilers
firemen. engineers and teamsters, ac-
cording to Otto Stifel, representing the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-01

Murder. not accident. is what a cor
oner's jury which sat upon the body
of William McGibbon at Wallula, Sat-
urday afternoon, believed to be the
cause of the death of the man found
dead in his barn several days ago.
1t was thought at the time McGibbon
had been kicked by his horse, as he
was found lying near its heels. but af-
ter he was buried the story was passed
around among his neighbors that he
had been killed.
So persistent were these rumors that
Coroner MacMartin thought it advis-
able to investigate the matter. He vert
down to Wallula Friday afternoon with
DIR. C. A. Hauber. for the purpose of
holding an autopsy and inquest.
Testimony was taken Saturday af-
ternoon before jury which brought in
their verdict:
I'VE find that deceased came to his
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-01

paving Main street to the new de-
not. aid for the new fruit cannery
and the necessity for support by its
,,omhers of the proposition to vote
bonds for a new city hall for Walla
Wa,a were three matters acted upon
h, tho board of directors of the Com
mercial club at their meeting this
morning.
Those present at the meeting, held
in tbe secretary's office at the club
rooms. at 10 o'clock, We're President
Kaser and Directors Turner. Craw-
ford Holt and Winans and Secretary
Moore.
II was the opinion Of the members
nrasena that something should be done
70 get West Main street paved by the
time the depot was finished and the
following resolution was adopted:
Resolved that it is the sense Of
tho directors of this club that imme-
date steps be taken to extend the
having of West Main street to the new
D R. G. n depot. To the end thai
this may be accomplished without de-
lay committee of three of this club
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-01
RUFF IS MADE UNHAPPY
Mob Gathers IN Front Of House
With Queries

SAN FRANCISCO. April 1.-Ruef
filed in the supreme court today an
other application for writ of habeas
corpus releasing him from the custody
of the elisor.
The application is based on consid-
cradle grounds.
A mob of roisterers gathered in front
of Ruef's prison this morning and
awoke the prisoner with their shouts
A leader would cry, "Who bribed
the supervisors and his followers
answered back. ABE Ruef.'
The leader asked similar questions
based on all the crimes charged against
Ruef receiving the same answer. The
mob went through the performance
twice.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-01
MOTHERS LOVE AND OLD BELIEF
SAVES MRS. STAHL FROM A FINE

bitten might become mad should the
dog get hydrophobia within seven
years. She said her physician had
also advised her this was true. Con-
seauentiy she had asked Mr.. Van
Dyke to shoot the dog which he had
done in a careful manner to be sure
that nothing was behind the anima;
when he shot and missed.
The court in giving the decision said
although the ideas of Mrs. Stanl
might be unscientific the fact she was
a mother and her boy was bitten.
ought to be taken into consideration in
determining her guilt or innocence.
Mrs. Stahl still declares she will not
rest until the dog is dead. Mr.. Dodd
became somewhat pronounced in his
dissatisfaction with the decision as he
left the court room and was sterI1ly
admonished by the court to remember
where he vas.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-01

attorney because he believed this law
absolutely invalid.
The following men sat on the jury
which found Murray guilty:
C. ]. Stringer. Abel G. Weary. Alex
John, Denny Thomas, Maher, Charles
Fathers, J. D. Walter. J. w. Hays. j.
J. Schiffner. w. H. Kibler. w. H. Kirk
man and Napoleon Atkinson.
The case of George Peasner charged
with burglary of the Van Buren saloon
was postponed until the end of the cal
endar ON account of the absence of
Henry Van Buren, prosecuting wit
ness from the city, .e..
The case of the state VS.. Bert Me-
Intyre, charged with numbering Moore
head in Wallula was set for tomorrow
morning. Oscar Cain and Sharpstein
& Sharpstein will defend Mcintyre. II
is expected that the case will consume
two days. -.
The st. Clair murder case is the next
following the Mcintyre case. Court ad-
iourned until o'clock tomorrow.