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Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1907-10-22
TROUBLE In REPUBLICAN CAMP.

At what is called black and tan meeting in
Augusta last week, Thomas Blodgett, brother of
Atlanta's postmaster, delivered rather remark
able speech.
Early in his Grafton he said:
1.-THE next Republican state convention will
be in every sense true and honest representation
of the great mass of the Republicans of Georgia.
and will brook no such dirty tactics as have been
employed by the machine politicians and the
cenary henchmen that have dominated every CON
vcntion in Georgia since 1898. 1t is they who
have brought our great party down to it's present
depths of degradation, who have driven from
our high pinnacle and robbed of our influence
in the councils of this nation The intdclity of
our party leaders is infamous. Our party machine
is controlled by INSCRIPTIONS and mercenary Fed
eral office holders who have betrayed us. -
In speaking of his brother and Others he desig-
mated them damnable demagogues
In reference to disfranchSement he said:
~ do not believe that that will be your last
vote; do not believe that that infamous dsfran-
chisement law can be effected. We will fight it to
the last ditch. And the discontinued whiskey
men of Georgia, the labor organizations, and even
all honest Democrats will join with us to defeat
this monstrous imposition"
'tDo YOU men know that nine thousand negroes
left Atlanta after the Atlanta riots and that TWEEN
y-fve Thousand have left the state for the same
reason! Do you know that when this diSflanchisc-
ment law goes into effect hundreds of white Repub-
Ifcans wilgo throughout the length and breadth of
Georgia advising the negroes to leave, and do you
know that they will leave, move get out, carrying
their families with them!
''1t is Hoke Smith and his hackers who are
trying to force this upon us. Hokc Smith, the
most monStrous black hearted demagogue that has
ever disgraced the honorable office of governor OF
Georgia 1t is he and his cowardly and contempt
bic law makers
Roosevelt and Taft and the rest, he said, had
been the enemies of good Republicans IN Georgia,
and frequently the friends of Democrats.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1907-10-22

A piano for rent $500 per
month. Apply at Enterprise office.
Get Busy at Something Useful.
Florida has raised the age OF
protection of girls from ten to
eighteen.
Pull for Fitzgerald or Pull Out
Two dwellings for rent on south
Lee and one on Magnolia. Apply
at Enterprise office.
Pull for Fitzgerald or Pull Out
Miss Clara Kay is cashier at the
Empire Mercantile store in place
of Miss Lillian Selby, resigned.
r. Get Busy at Something Useful.
Mr.. w. B. Hammock, who was
one of the most seriously injured
in the wreck on last Tuesday, has
been brought home and supposed
to be out of danger, altho his in
juries are of an internal nature.
Get Busy at Something Useful.
The many friends of A. w. De
Lee, of Arbor Place, and an early
day colonist, will regret to learn of
his rapidly failing health thru can
Ger of the face. His condition is
so critical that his son, Will DeLee
of St. George, has been sent for.
Pull for Fitzgerald or Pull Out.
Mrs. E. P. Wightman and Mrs.
L. o. Tisdel took their departure
for Columbus this morning, where
Mrs. Wightman will address the
State w. G. T. Z. Convention as
State Superintendent of Press
work, and Mrs. L. o. Tisdel as
representative of the local W. G.
T. Union.
Get Busy at Something Useful
On Thursday night the w. G. L.
.. state convention at Columbus,
will hold q medal contest. The
winner of the grand gold medal
will have his or her expenses paid
to Nashville, Tenn, in November,
to contest for the diamond medal
which will be given by the Nation
al W. G. T. U. for the best orator.
cal recitation on lines of work en-
dosed by that body.
Get Busy at Something Useful.
The appearance of the sons of
Joseph Jefferson, Joseph Jr. and
William, in the Rivals at the Fitz-
gerald Opera house last night was
an event with the local theatre
goers. The. young men met every
expectation and won unstinted APP
plause. The managers of the local
Play House have another strong
company On their books which will
appear here Nov. 1 in Parsifal.
Pull for Fitzgerald or Pull Out.
D B JAY,
Attorn:A-At-Law
WIFI Practinn in oil Counts Stnto
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1907-10-22

COL jesse Mercer who has been prominently
mentioned for prison commissioner to succeed Col.
Tom Eason is one of South Georgia's livest wires.
The position is one that, according to our mind,
needs a sound business man in it and Mercer fills
the bill.-Meigs Review.
Fitzgerald o Pull
To the Fitzgerald Enterprise, Did we offend
you because we took occasion to compliment the
editor and his paper, and cut us off your mailing
Iigt? Ifso, so long!-Shellman Sun.
And it won'tb so long either for we are send
ing the Sun the Enterprise today and will see that
it goes regularly neg
Pull for Fitzgerald o Pull Out.
The current issue of the Fitzgerald Journal
announces that Editor f. M. Henderson is no
longer connected with that paper. Under his
management the Journal has been live, inter
esting, well edited paper, and it is to be hoped
that his retirement from newspaper work is of
short duration.-Hawkinsvie Dispatch.
for Fitzgerald Pull
The Fitzgerald Enterprise says that blind
tigers in that city constantly becoming
scarcer and more timid. Ocilla is not troubled
by tigers and is not likely to be- Somehow
they don't prosper in this climate -Ocila
Star.
They will not prosper there as long as the Sta1
! does it's duty.
A consistent man is one who won't do right
because it might be reflection on his past and al
acknowledgement that he has learned something
about right thinking; to be an entirely consistent
man one can never reform or become better thar
his worst nlOments.-Cordele Rambler.
Then one can never do anything inconsistent
with his best acts and lay claim to consistency
Oh! Consistency Thou art a jewel that lies buried
in the bowels of oblivion.
Pull for Fitzgerald OF Pull Out
Prosperity
Good business
We are doing well in this town. There is
more business more money in the banks more gen
une prosperity here in Fitzgerald than ever before
and indeed more than the most sanguine ever
dreamed of. They tell us about tight money and
growing distrust in the out side world of trade bu
it does not touch this town, it just goes on from
good to better A town of paupers a few years
ago now has as many prosperous and really well to
do people as any town in the country
Fitzgerald is all right
Fitzgerald Pull Out.
Speaking of Cordele Blind Tigers the Monte
yuma Leader says:
'.The other suggestion is that if Editor Shipp
really wants to reform and try to make the bleary
eyed tigers depart from the confines of their holy
city, he should go to work and try, to get officers
as efficient as Montezumas police force, and then
blind tigers would exist no longer. Montezuma is
free of blind tigers
That is the key note, officers who will do their
duty with public sentiment back of them is the
one thing necessary We make the prediction that
blind tigers are of the past of Ben Hill county.
for Fitzgerald r Pull Out
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1907-10-22
A good story
will bear
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We claim that you can find here
the precise article you are look
ing for.
In Watches -
In Clocks *ai
In Rings =
In chains
In brooches
In Cut Glass
In Fancy China b
In Diamonds
In Gems Of all sorts x ..,.,s~.
In Jewelry of ALL sorts
Judge these by the highest
standard that you know of.
Judge them by the best that you
ever saw anywhere.
Judge them as to quality, design !
and price.
Then we will abide by your
decision with confidence that you
will decide that VIC arc worthy
of your patronage.
Russell BROS. jewelers.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1907-10-22
County Commissioners Court.

The County Commissioners met
today in their Office in the Empire
building and transacted consider
able routine business in addition
to arranging for payment of Super
ior Court expenses and paying
orher current bills, they ar.
ranged for the deeds to the court
house site.
In the matter of the Tax Col.
lectors bond they did not accept
the bond and it lies over for a few
days.
Get Busy at Something Useful
The council failed of a quorum
last night and of course no bust.
ness was done.
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LOST-A memorandum book
with rent accounts etc. Book is
cloth bound about 4x1Oinches will
appreciate it's return. S. G. Pryor.
Pull for Fitzgerald or Pull Out
Mr.. and Mrs. Marcus Luke re-
turned from a visit to the state
fair, Saturday, Uncle Marcus re
ports a pleasant trip but a rather
tame fair.
Get Busy at Something Useful
On account of the state cOnven-
ton now in session, there will be
no meeting of the local w. G. T..
U. Mrs. M. X. Stone.
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Mr.. A. L. Powell will move into
the Tony Howell residence on South
Grant street next week. Mr.. b.
G. Mosher will occuy the residence
to be vacated by Mr.. Powell on
South Main.
Get Busy at Something Useful.
The friends of Mrs. A. r, Jones,
who is visiting in Atlanta, will be
glad to know that her health is
improving. She gave up her place
as teacher in the city schools for
the reason that her strength was
failing under the confinement and
work.
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On account of the adjourned
term of Superior Court Judge D.
b. Jay will not hold the regular
monthly term of the city court
next week. The court will con-
vene Monday morning long enough
to adjourn to LIST Monday in Nov
vember, the 4th.
Pull for Fitzgerald or Pull Out.
Mr.. G. e. Baker, of Live Oak.
Fla who is interested with Mr..
A. B. Cook and. associates in the
new bank project and who is the
prospective cashier, is in the city
looking after matters connected
with organization of the Third
National Bank of Fitzgerald.
Get Busy at Something Useful
Rev. S. j. Parish, of Atlanta,
will begin series of meetings at
the Baptist church, Wednesday
night. Mr.. Parish is an evangelist
of some note and strong man
personally. He will have the CO.
operation of several of the pastns
OF the churches of the city and the
meetings will last Il week or more.
F:ll for Fitzgerald or Pull Out.
The Senior Epworth League held
Il most interesting meeting Sunday
afternoon at the Central Methodist
church. \ special program was
carried out. 1t was missionary
day, and the subject was interest
ingly discussed 10y Mrs. r. J. Prem
tiss on CuLa, Wilson Pryor on
Corea and Mrs. S. NJ. Whitchard
Oh home missions.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1907-10-22

In the District Court of the United States for
the Southwestern Division of the
Southern District of Georgia.
The Washington times., 1907-12-25
BURIED IN NINE
MEN GIVE SONGS
Five Hundred Feet of Rock
Still Keeps Them
Prisoners.

ELY. New, Dec. 25.-The rescuers
working to save Bailey. Mcdonald, and
Brown, 1000 feet down in the Alpha
shaft. of the Giroux mine here. have
still nearly 500 feet Of earth, rock, and
interlaced timbers to remove before the
men can be reached. If the excave don
is continued at the same rate OF prog
ress the entombed miners will be reach
ed in twenty days, when they will have
been forty days IN their prison.
The prisoners, taIl1ing today over the
telephone installed at the 1.O0O-foot
level. said that they had enough food
on hand TO last them three weeks, and
that as there is plenty OF room for
exercise in the chambers they are feel
ing well.
All are in good condition. and as evil
dence OF their light spirits they rem
dered several songs through the tele-
phone 10 those above. Water and food
have been sent down to the men
through a six-inch pipe, and II neces-
sary, more can be sent at any time. Air
is constantly forced in to them.
The Washington times., 1907-12-25
SECRETARY TAFT
WORKS ON REPORT
Spends Busy Day With
StenOgrapher ReWrit-
ing Document.

Secretary Of War TAFT IS spending a
busy Christmas at his home, working
on his annual report. The Secretary did
not go TO the War Department. as was
his original intention, but instead sent
TO- one Of his stenograPhers to come to
the house.
It is probable the report will not be
completed until December,30. or possibly
a day or so later. 1t developed today
that owing 10 important dispatches
from the Philippines and Cuba, the Sec
retary had 20 revise and remodel com
rletely the report. which was almost
completed when he returned 10 this
country. It had 20 be written almost
entirely. and many recommendations
changed.
Gen. Franklin Bell. chief Of staff OF
the army, who has for a week or more
been III with grip. was at the depart
ment this morning awaiting the Secre-
tary.
General Ainsworth, the military sec
retary, was also in his office for a short
time as was General Davis. judge aC-
vocate general of the army.
The Washington times., 1907-12-25
Mother Jumps From
Ladder and Is Fa-
tally Hurt.
Twenty in NighuObeS
Flee in Panic From
FlathOuSe.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dec. 25.-By
the destruction by fire of a general
store and apartment building at
North Dover, a suburb of Cleveland,
early today two persons were
burned TO death and a third fatally
injured. The store belonged TO ].
B. Currier, aud his loss will be
about $1,000.
Michael Voltrio, aged fifty years,
and his son, Joseph, aged thirteen
years, who lived over the store.
were burned 70 death. Mrs. Voltrio
jumped from the ladder and was IA
tally injured.
There being no fire apparatus in
the village, the building burned to
the ground before the city depart
ment could reach the scene.
A fire shortly after midnight in
the Concord apartment house,
Hough avenue and East Seventy
ninth street, drove twenty persons
panic-stricken into the streets in
their night clothes. The property
loss is less than 81 900.
The Washington times., 1907-12-25
Fair Weather,
Good Fellows
Are Together
There'll be no snow this evening.
There'u be no snow tonight,
The air IS crisp AID the breeze Is blls
Elr Lhr-.-u-.. .-.-L b. M-----


So sang the jovial weather man
through an intensely aristocratc Roman
nose as he sat in his sanctum this
morning. and by experiments with his
various apparatus decided as TO the
kind Of weather for December =.
The weather man was happy with the
happiness that comes from the prospect
Of an excellent dinner and the conscious
ness of q deed Well done. And he knew,
no one better. that he had done well
with the Christmas weather. 1t was
not without an expression of gratifed
vanity that he glanced out or the win
dow before again breaking into song.
The weather man drew from his desk
his aged pipe and lit it in comfort.
Yep" ne grunted comfortably, blow
ing the while great clouds of heavy
smoke in the bright clear outside air
Chis window was up), and watching the
sunlight playing on the side of the
house, this day is a record breaker.
don't remember ever having turned out
better job than this. and II do say
it myself I don't think that there are
many weather men in the business that
have got anything on me when it comes
to knowing how TO mix the dope"
''Will Il rain2" he was asked
The weather man looked indignant
and slightly panied.
Rain" he snorted contemptuously.
Huh. Why, my dear boy, this day,
as I said before, is one OF my master
pieces Do you think I'd say that II IL
was going TO rain?'
With that the weather man again
broke into song.
The Washington times., 1907-12-25
TRI-STATE LAUGHS
At OUTLAW LEAGUE

ALTOONA, Dec. 25.-The organiza-
ton OF the new Union League has not
alarmed President Charles +. Carpen-
ter. Of the Tri-State Speaking about
IL he said today: Il have not given
much attention to these reports about
the Union League, but I Will say this:
The TTi-State is not looking for fight
II wants peace. However. II II comes
70 a fight, the Tri-State can and will
fight After bucking UP against the
National and American Leagues I dc
not have any idea that the Union
League will scare US The Union
League would not provide a good sl1ir-
mish for the Tri-State. It's a joke. No,
the Tri-State IS not hunting trouble
but IL will insist on its own. And II
will be there with bells on next spring.
The Tri-State viii hold It's annual
meeting in Reading in February. The
schedule committee will meet at later
date.
The Washington times., 1907-12-25

does not like Il. and there IS no man in
the Presidential field whom the Presi-
dent would go 50 far to beat as he
would Hughes.
Not Room for Both.
There is not room in New York State
for Hughes and the President IS the
way one politician OF prominence put II
recently. IF Hughes were President
Mr. Roosevelt would have 10 stand
aside and take a minor place in New
York affairs"
But with Taft in the White House,
Mr.. Roosevelt. as Senator. would have
a field OF large influence. He and Taft
agree in thei- policies in the main. and
Il would be of great value TO the Taft
administration, snould such an admins
tratlon come. TO have an ally like
Roosevelt IN the Senate, not only be-
cause the Presidents views and TafTs
correspond, but because the President
has had an eXperince that gives hin
deep insight into the workings Of the
Senate and Of Congress.
The Taft leaders are feeling highly
jubilant over the New York situation.
They believe they have IL surrounded -
ana that they have passed the critical
point in their campaign outside of New
York. They are making some astonish-
ing predictions in private as 10 the
Hughes strength, which, they say, viii
be slight when it comes to getting dele
gates. Indications are the whole ma
cninery OF the Republican organization
VIII desert Hughes and do what the
President wants. In other words, do
its utmost to get Taft delegates.
The Presidents friends are talking Ci
trying to secure a primary vote on the
Senatorship in New York. They are
confident an expression Of popular vii
would be one sided for the President.
The Washington times., 1907-12-25
MAKING MISTAKES
WILL COST JOBS

Public Printer Sullings has issued a
special order stating that hereafter all
mistakes made IN filling in the record
blanks and time slips would be pun
ished by suspension and discharge for
the Eood Of the service
Another order provides that employees
seeking to secure transfers 10 other bu-
reaus or executive departments must
first give the Public Printer thirty days
notice in writing, after which he will
pass upon the matter and determine
whether or not the transfer shall be
permitted.
The Public Printer has allowed an in
crease in wages to all the imposers in
the office. the scale for this class Of
work being raised from {l.24 to $40
per day.
The Washington times., 1907-12-25
DOLLNER TO CALL Up
CHILD LABOR QUESTION

The question OF prohibiting child Ia
Dor il the District will become acute in
Congress Immediately after the holiday
recess. Senator Dolliver, chairman OF
the Senate Committee on Education and
Labor, IS greatly interested in the sub
ject Of legislation on child labor in
Washington and he expects his commit
tee 10 give fl consideration soon after
the session is resumed. AT an early
meeting Of his committee after the re-
cess, the question Of reporting out a
bill will be taken Up.
Last Congress the committee reported
a bill favOrably, and ft is not expected
there viii be any great difficulty in
reaching an agreement
The Washington times., 1907-12-25
Four Women Are Hurt
By Jumping During Fire

NEW YORK, Dec 25.-During the
panic caused by FIRE in a tenement
house at Carmine street and Minetta
lane early today four women jumped
from windows OF the upper stories and
received serious injuries.
The Injured women are Amelia Black.
forty-three years, who jumped from the
third floor and fractured her legs; Oledl
Williams. aged forty-eight: jeanette
Everett. aged thiTty-seven. and Hannah
Johnson, aged slNty-fOur, all OF whom
jumped from windows on the second
floor and received severe contusIons.
The Washington times., 1907-12-25
DULLEST CHRISTMAS
At WASHINGTON HOTELS

Washington's hotels are practically
deserted today. Hotel men say that It
is remarkably dull for the Christmas
holidays. At all the principal houses
nearly au OF the regular guests hava
gone to their homes to spend Christ
mas, only those remaining who live "a
the far West or on the Pacific coast
The OOnifaces say that this general
exodus Of their guests Is one OF The
indications Of the general prosperity
OF the country
At many OF the houses not a single
new name appeared on the registers,
while at others. one. two, and three
arrivals was the rule
The Washington times., 1907-12-25
Hughes Given Authority.
THE WEATHER REPORT

The temperature has fallen decidedly
IN North Dakota and the upper Mis-
sissfDDi Valley, also in the middle and
northern Rocky mountain region.
Snow is indicated for tonight and
Thursday IN the lower lake region and
in the interior Of New York. also in
northeastern Pennsylvania. IL other
districts fair weather will continue It
will be colder tonight and Thursday
in the lower lake region and Ohio Val
ley, and colder Thursday in the Middle
Atlantic States.
Steamers departing today for Eu-
ropean norts will have fresh southerly
shifting 10 westerly winds Thursday,
with fair weather to the Grand Banks
The Washington times., 1907-12-25
MRS. REID FINDS HAVEN
AT LOS ANGELES HOTEL

LOS ANGELES. Dec. 25-AIrs. Sarah
Delano-Dune-Reid. the Mamma roneck
heiresE reported in New York dispatches
recently as fleeing 10 California, where
she hoped to hide from the man who
has wrecked her life and who, she says,
she never wants 10 see again, arrived
I'm Los Angeles last evening.
She retired at once and refused 10 see
reporters who called at her hotel.
The Washington times., 1907-12-25
NURSES MIXED BABIES,
DISASTER AVERTED

PORT JERvIS. y. Y. Dec. 25.-wil-
lam II. Lent and John T. Cross offered
10 toss a coin TO determine which OF
two babies IS Lent and which is Cross.
The babies came almost simultaneously
to Mrs. Lent and Mrs. Cross IN the Deer
Park Sanitarium. and nurses mixed
them. The mammas were almost hys-
terical. but the babies, their first-born,
looked like the rejoicing papas A
physician Strengthened out the mix-up.
The Washington times., 1907-12-25
Towns First Baby
In a Long Decade
Draws Sightsecrs

WINSTED, Conn, Dec. 25.-There Is a
general rejoicing in Bakersville, a vii
lage near here, because a baby was horn
there yesterday. the first in ten Yeas.
Floyd Snyder, a farmer. and his wife
are the happy parents. The baby poy
and his mother are doing well. AS the
Snyder baby is the first TO be born
there since Mrs. Edward Stedman gave
birth 10 n son a decade ago. the Snyder
home is being visited by old an6 young
to see the strange sight.
The Washington times., 1907-12-25
CHAUFFEUR IS KILLED
BY LAKE SHORE TRAIN

CLEVELAND, Ohio. Dec S.-James
Mccormick. forty-three, chauffeur for
r. L. Ireland. was killed by a Lake
Shore train which struck the automO-
bile he was driving at a crossing. Nc
Cormick's head was crushed and he
died instantly.