Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1907-04-13

The Cordele Weekly Post fills a we'll felt
want.
Mad dogs are getting numerous, but the
people must have Injuries
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The people of Morgan County seem to
actually expect to find oil in that county.
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Delmas has named the unwritten law, dem.
enta Americana. And it will stand under
that name.
This Marchy weather is marching in dout.
lie quick time as if it is several weeks behind
and is bound to catch up.
The Enterprise will undertake to organize
a society or league to pay substantial reward
for proof to convict any blind tiger.
J. Temple Graves under the impulse of an in
spired moment. suggested that Bryan nominate
Roosevelt for president at the next National
Convention. Mr.. Graves realizes that worse
things might happen.
The Anti-Saloon League will present pc"
tition to the Governor for prohibition election
with probably half million names, or quite
enough voters to guarantee that state prohibl-
ton would be ratified at the poles.
The cotton crop has evidently received
quite back set in all Southern Georgia Alaba.
ma, LOUISIANA, Mississippi and Texas, but it is
not too late to plant cot d yet. Cotton planted
the first weeks of May often thrives better than
when planted earlier.
Millions are starving in Russia aud millions
are starving in China. There is as much
famine and hard times in the world as ever in
it's history The readers of this paper
simply happen TO live in land that is blessed OF
God
The killing of mad dog ia the business
center late yesterday afternoon, after It had
bitten several other dogs and attacked several
pedestrians on the street. suggests the advlsa-
bility of muzzels, poison or powder and lead as
protection against the rabies
Chickens are selling at forty.fve cents for
fryers, seventy-ffve cents for hens, IN the FI'Z'
gerald market. Butter, eggs and almost every
thing else to eat are proportionately high' and
the price advances every week. They are prob
ably trying to keep pace with Fitzgerald Real
Estate prices.
Jesse Mobley will probably be acquitted of
the charge of murder of Jim Burke this after.
noon. The case has been tubbornly fought for
two days and last night, the Try is being charg
ed as we go to press. The crime was commit"
ted Aug 9th 1904, Mobley had been tried in
Irwin Superior Court which resulted in a mis-
trial.
Can A Man Escape The Penalty Of His
Crim1?
Is there any escape from crime7 Probably
not. A man may escape the courts or escape
the penalty after they have been pronounced;
He may escape detection, entirely, but he does
not escape penalty alIho he escape the judge
ment Of the court
A press dispatch from Los Angeles, Cal,
dated April IL b, states;
A man about IS years of age, travel-stain-
ed aud weary, claiming to be Geo. W. Bund.
rick, appeared in Downey, Cal, near here,
today and surrendered to the authorities,
asserting that he bad killed John Schroeder
in Rains, Dooley County, Georgia, in 1902.
He said that he had been arrested ia Geor.
ga, tried convicted aud sentenced to hang,
but had escaped from ] Ill at Americas by
overpowering his guards. He said be was
weary of being pursued and wanted to be
taken back and hanged for his crime.
STORY OF CRIME