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Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-02-13

maintain a government without criminal Court
room or place to confne criminals tut i6 is
hardly probable Tat w will in 'this dly and
time, !" besides there are many other uses for
court house. AS place for the safe keeping Of
records and files and as offices for the transac-
ton of all departments of the county's business,
some of which will grow much more rapidly than
criminaity viii decline, and it is easy to see that
the coming generation will need courthouse and
jail as much as the present
But the more important error Of Mr.. Martin
is his interest contcntion and we will use his own
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-02-13

ISEne Rates: 10 cts per inch; cts per line local.
av&rtIseanent, Job Subscription win be accepted
Iess than 81. 90
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-02-13

A. B. q A. depot next Saturday afternoon, Feb
uary 15 at O'Clock to hear the lectures and sec
the exhibits of the agricultural College on
wheels"
Fitzgerald
''Jesse Mercer Of Fitzgerald, is at least modest.
He says 'The editor was absent from the Enter
prise Office Wednesday and Thursday which ac-
counts in some measure for the splendid improve
ment in Thursdays paper Macon News.
Modesty is possibly, our only virtue, and we
can't help that, brother, born that way
Pull for Fitzgerald Pull Out.
Owing to continued bad weather it will be
impossible for the A. b. e. A. to put reg
ular schedule to Atlanta by the 18th inst as
was contemplated 1t is probable that the
schedule will be put on by the first of March,
but nothing definite is promised by the manage
ment
Fitzgerald o Pun Out
The agricultural College wheels" in
charge of DR.. Soule President of Gcorgia's 800,
900 Agricultural College at Athens, will be here
at 2 O'Clock Saturday afternoon next There
should be good crowd of farmers from this sec
ton on hand to hear the lectures and view the eX
hibits
P=n Fitzgerald Pull Out.
The announcement by Mr.. and Mrs. Viii
liam W. Fleming, of Blakely, that their daugh-
ter Ruby Viola is to be married to Mr.. Oscar
jackson English on the 25th, inst, reminds us
that time is rapidly passing. We haven't seen
the bride, he since she was infant but
knowing the Dews- Fleming stock we congratu
hte the young man.
Pun for Fitzgerald 4
Notwithstanding the bad weather everywhere
that the Educational train" from the Agricultu
raj College at Athens has stopped, many have
taken advantage of hearing the lectures given by
DR. Soule and the five assistants with him as well
as viewing the two carloads of exhibits which are
part of the train. 1t will be here Saturday at
O'Clock p. NJ sharp.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-02-13
AS To County Bonds.

Mr.. Editor:
am opposed to the issue of County Bonds as
advertised by our commissioners. l wish to say
however, in the outset, that l am not opposed to
the building of a courthouse and jail (but do de-
plOre the conditions that make the building of such
houses imperatiVe), but since it must be done,
say, let proceed to the work at once, but where
any one can find any sort of just and reasonable
support for the building of monumental and pa
latial for the warning deviltry to hold their
semi. annual exposition in, is strange to me- and
instead of it's being in line with progressive civil
cation and Christianity, it is exactly in the oppo
site direction, so that you cannot conclude that
they the outcome of advanced stages of civill-
zation and Christianity. / think it would be far
more progressive of this generation, and of future
generations, if we should point to jais and court
houses as mumfed relics of our ancestry, and veil
them with the mantel of charity bearing the in
gcription, "they knew not what they did - rather
than egyptanize the people with the burden of
building monument to the doingS of the diStort
\ ed and perverted side of humanity. There is much
in history and prophecy that could be said in sup.
port of this line of logic but space and time forbid
further CO ;cussion of this feature of the matter,
and we will get down to the cold business facts and
I figures.
In a recent issue Of your paper, Mr.. Joshua
TrOup (whO, blythe way, is one of our BEST and i'll
the management of his own private affairs, most
progressive ctizens) to have awakened in the
fifty eighth year of his life that must be pro-
that we should do is to support the bond issue as
advertised by the commissioners, and right here
would suggust that you remember that one of the
"Reminiscences has the honor of being Son-in law
Sof friend Troup and it is quite natural that he
should think his son-in laws administration is
correct especially when the first act in the play
IS the possession of mighty big pile of ducats,
md in the scramble, they might become a little
#cattered. They usually do
kN supported the hundred thousand dollar bond
lection held sometime ago. and for the sole reason
hat twenty thousand dollars was to be expended
ID building roads. / was then as now opposed to
Building a courthouse and jail at cost of eighty
thousand dollars, but for the sake of getting good
&oads supported the measure, and now that
khey have dropped the road item, the only
ign of progression in it is the building of an eighty
thousand dollar sign board of retrogression There
absolutely not one scintilla of profit or pleasure
hat will accrue to the general public in the poses
on of this palatial building more than would
crue to them from buildings of much less cost
II IS we have stated, the conditions making it
srv to have jail and courthouse, and TWEEN
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-02-13
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY ID, 1908.

Every farmer in this section should be at the
A. B. 4 A. depot next Saturday afternoon, Feb
uary 10, at o'clock to hear the lectures and see
the exhibits Of the agricultural College on
wheels"
The L'Anse sentinel., 1908-02-01

tations Of whisky wsre judged to b
the real thing.
Tt stands to reason. of course. that
the great proportion Of the liquor soli
10 counterfeit, when II 10 known that
the consumption 10 far in excess Of
the ability Of distillers and brewers to
produce the genuine product. Adul-
terations and criminal counterfeits
must be resorted to In order to meet
the demand. I will wager, that there
have been inmates Of Bellevue,s alco-
holic ward who have never tasted b
drop Of real whisky in their lives.
They Just think they have been drink
ing whisky. and II they had been
drinking real whisky the chances are
they would never have been In Belle
vue. don't say that real whisky, II
taken excessively, Is not harmful, but
do say that man could drink the
pure article in moderation all his life
and not be hurt by It, Why, Is
drinks Of pure whisky would not do
a man the harm that one drink Of this
vile stun they sell for whisky in New
York would do him.
Poisoned by Vile Liquor.
II know man who left his office
one evening all tired out dropped into
The L'Anse sentinel., 1908-02-01
pUMPLINos FOR THE STEW.
Light and PaIatable Accompaniment
to Chicken.

Stew q chicken In enough salted
water to cover until tender. While
chicken is cooking prepare dumplings
as follows: Boil six large potatoes
until done, then mash or put through
potato ricer while hot. While cooking,
cut about three slices of bread into one.
half inch dice and brown in two large
tablespoons butter.
Salt the potatoes to taste, add pep.
per, nutmeg. one tablespoon sweet
marjoram, three eggs, the Drowned
bread and -four enough to shape into
dumplings. Shape one and drop into
boiling water to try. II 1t falls apart.
add more -four TO the mixture. Put
the mixture ON q Toured board and
roll out with the hands the shape Of q
sausage and cut into two-inch lengths.
When chicken Is tender, take out and
place on hot platter in warm place.
Be sure that there Is enough broth left
to boil dumplings by adding little
more boiling water II necessary.
Drop in the dumplings, boil from Ave
to seven minutes. or until done; take
out, place around chicken and thicken
the remaining broth with about two
thirds cup -four that has been cooked
In one-half cup butter. Pour over
chicken and dumplings and serve
while hot.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1908-02-01
NEW IDEAS IN DEss Ezra
peIIcIous Dishes Will Be Wsleoms
Change In the Menu.


A recipe from western cook for Z
maple mousse that is simply prepared
and costs no more than quart OF Ice
cream:
Beat until light and foamy the
yolks Of four eggs, and put them in
double boiler with one cup Of maple
sirup. Cook. stirring constantly. for
ID minutes, then remove from the IRE
and beat until quite cold. Stir In
one pint OF rich cream which has been
stifiy whipped. pour into mold. cover
and pack in Ice and salt for about five
hours.
For further freezing, have q thick
layer Of shaved ice In your pail, set
the mold in, sprinkle in little salt
over the Ice. then I'LL the pail with
alternate layers of Ice and salt.
There are some women who dislike
to fuss with cracking and shaving Ice.
and numerous jellies and creams can
be prepared that are quite as delight
full and refreshing as the frozen va
riety. One Of these is a pineapple
Bavarian cream.
Chop finely . medium-sized pine
apple. add to It one cup granulated
sugar. and let simmer 20 minutes. then
add one-third Of box of gelatin, which
has been dissolved in one-half cup Of
water. Stir them until cold. then add
one pint of rich cream and one-fourth
pound candied cherries. Mix thor
oughly, then put in q mold and set
away on the ice.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1908-02-01

and the poor, young and old. Girls In
their teens evidently see no ifnpropri-
ETY. whatever in drinking publicly
with men companions. Very often
andeed have had young girls brought
20 me for treatment. hysterically
drunk.
II have treated within q year
women whose weekly bill for cham
payne alone was 500 and who filed
up the intervals between their
draughts of wine with highballs and
cocktails. One woman drank q quart
OF champagne every morning, and
when ready to go out her custom was
TO order her maid to bring her another
quart. Then before leaving the house
to enter her carriage she would empty
the bottle to steady her nerves.
Girls Indulge In Liquor.
School misses and college girls In
great numbers are among the throng
OF women drinkers. A case was
pointed out recently OF luncheon
given here in New York at which "a
debutantes drank 80 bottles of cham
paene. and 16 OF them smoked seven
dozen cigarettes.
'sAs everyone knows. the punch
bowl figures largely in the growth Of
the drink habit among women Of New
York. Il II found at al functions, and
many, = girl has got her flrst taste OF
IlQuer ~ : alp into Il The punch
The L'Anse sentinel., 1908-02-01

a saloon of the best class and took
only two drinks of their bar whisky
and was lost for four days. was
called In to help find him, as he was
a friend of mine, and when we found
him he was In pitiable condition, his
mind was clouded, he could not re-
member where he had been or what
he had done after leaving that saloon.
He only remembered that he had taken
two drinks of whisky.
"The beer drinker, II he gets real
beer, is handed glass Of the bever-
age which, to meet the demands Of
trade, Is put out too new and I'M
properly fermented. Beer should be
kept in the keg for six months before
being sold to the drinker.
1T Is rather surprising how many
of our school children have become
beer drinkers, especially those Of for.
eign birth, and the habit is making
them mentally sluggish to degree
that Is attracting the attention Of ed.
ucators and philanthropists.
Another habit which is getting con.
troll of our shop girls particularly is
the cocaine habit. This habit has
grown in the last few years with such
rapidity that to-day thousands Of
young girls as well as mature wom-
en- and men are held in its clutches.
The effect of the habit is noted in the
The L'Anse sentinel., 1908-02-01
ITCHING HUMoR ON BOY
His Hands Were Solid Mass, and
Disease Spread Al Over Body
Cured In Days BY CutIcura.

zone day we noticed that our little
boy was all broken out with itching
sores. We first noticed It on his little
hands. His hands were not a. bad
then. and we didn't think anything
serious would result. But the next day
we heard Of the Cuticura Remedies
being so good for itching sores. BY
this time the disease had spread all
over his body. and his hands were
nothing but q solid mass Of this itch
ing disease. I purchased box Of Cuti-
cura Soap and one box Of Cuticura
Ointment, and that night I took the
Cuticura Soap and lukewarm water
and washed him well. Then I dried
him and took the Cuticura Ointment
and anointed him with It. did this
every evening and in four nights he
was entirely cured. Mrs. Frank Dom
ahue. 20S Fremont st.. Kokomo. Ind.
Sept. 16. 1907"
The L'Anse sentinel., 1908-02-01
Dr.. Parkhurst Says "It Is Fact"

to what they could see and eat and
drink.
Il suppose the growth Of the drink
habit has been principally among the
women of the richer classes. It ID
at least reasonable to believe 30, "a
they have the money and time to In
dulge in such laxity. Idleness is usu.
ally dangerous.
Another phase In the drink ques-
tion is the quality Of the liquor. DR..
Quackenbos points out the shameless
adulteration in whisky, but let me ask
why It is tolerated? Where IL our
pure food law? Why, 1t 10 in our
statute books. but It isn't in the
hearts or minds of those In author.
ity or in the hearts or minds Of the
people who put those men In author.
ity. II It were. the law would be en-
forced.
THE growing tendency of the
American people is disrespect for
laws. We have plenty of good laws,
but they are not enforced. That is
the whole trouble. The men who
should enforce them do not do It. and
the people who elect those men to Of
fee do not make them do It, and they
keep on electing men who will not
do It.
Our mayor is swornt to be active In
the enforcement of the laws, but is
be-? He Is not. Well, II the mayor
IL inactive can you expect those un'
der himsto be otherwise7 He ID the
man to whom the lesser officials look,
and II he sets such an example, what
IL the result? Inactivity all alons
the line and our laws become mere
printed matter.
I'VE also send incompetency to OUT
Legislative bodies In Albany. We have
done 20 for years and probably viii
keep on doing 20. We know that VI
are doing II and have little or no 70
spect for q large majority Of the men
we send there, 20 how can We have
respect for the laws they make1 We
cannot have respect for those lswl
and we have not"
The L'Anse sentinel., 1908-02-01
DRINK HABIT AMONG
WOMEN ON INCR EASE
GROWTH OF DANGEROUS EVIL IS SEEN
Prof. Quackenbos and Dr. Parkhurst Join in Deplorns
Present Conditions Common Among All Glasses" !"
Declares the Former Columbia Professor-T testimony
Of the Present Superintendent of Bellevue Hospital

bowl, however, is not to be blamed
entirely. Many women dip into 1t and
may do 1t many times without acquir-
ing the drink habit. but many get
their start there. It does give them
the taste of liquor and then, with
many Of them, the taste for liquor.
"Now, the tendency of the Ameri-
can woman 10 to go to extremes, and
in drinking she over-drinks. 1t is
dangerous for her to touch liquor at
all. This is particularly true Of the
New York woman, because Of the
added excitement of life in New York.
1T is not my object to preach un-
less the mere statement of fact Is q
sermon, and the fact is New York
women do drink. or rather too large
a percentage of them drink, and drink
to excess. II one doubts 1t let him
go to any OF our large hotels and
restaurants any night and look about
him. On every hand you find them
and their sister visitors to New York
drinking No one thinks anything
about II, and the women think they
are simply doing the proper thing.
Many Of them drink just because they
do think that way and many Of them
drink because they like the liquor.
Do Not Want to Be Cured.
IL have treated in the last eight
years 700 cases of alcoholism, with
large percentage of women, and
found in many cases where the pa
tient was a woman that she did not,
deep down in her heart, want to be
cured of the habit. This fact IL true
especially in the case of the rich So
ciety woman. She usually comes to
me either at the urgent solicitation
Of relatives or friends, or with only
a surface desire to be rid Of the
habit. Very few of them honestly
and truly, and with their whole heart,
want to be cured.
"For instance, certain woman
came to me for treatment for the
drink habit and seemed sincere indeed
I treated her by auto-suggestion, CIV
ing her the suggestion that she could
not lift wineglass to her lips. She
went away and the very next night
The L'Anse sentinel., 1908-02-01

she went with man companion to
one Of our large restaurants, made no
objection whatever when wine was
ordered. and even tried her best to
overcome the suggestion l had given
her and drink the wine. But she
found that she could not lift the
glass from the table. You see, she
did not really and honestly want to be
cured and wasted but little time in
rushing into temptation.
Conditions might not be so bad,
however. II women or men drank real,
pure whisky. real. pure wine and real,
pure liquors Of all sorts, but they
don't They think they do. but what
they are really drinking is deadly
poison and one swift in its execution.
feel safe in saying that out of 100
drinks sold in New York city as
whisky not more than one is the real
article.
Counterfeit Whisky.
but so cleveriy Is whisky counter
feited to-day that club connoisseurs
cannot detect 1t. as was shown In an
experiment made recently by DR.. Oar.
lington Of the board Of health. DR..
Darlington went around and collected
number Of samples Of whisky from
saloons of all CLASSES. took the sam
pies to his club. where he had sew
eral Of the members test them. and
much to bic surprise the cheap imi-
The L'Anse sentinel., 1908-02-01
BEYOND LIMIT OF PATIENCE.
Explanation Satisfied Policeman That
Punishment Was Due.

Policeman Kneirem. of the Tender
loin precinct. saw an old man beating
small boy on Seventh avenue re-
Gently in fashion that reminded the
officer Of the happy days when he used
to beat It from the parental beating.
So with cheerful smile. having chill
dren Of his own. the policeman ap-
preached the old man.
"Listen.3 replied the man; half an
hour ago sent Isaac to the delicates-
sen. gave him two quarters. one
with which to buy bread. the other
to buy fish. And now he comes back
and says he wants to know which
quarter Is for the fish and which for
the bread. Is 1t enough?"
"It is," replied Kneirem.-New Yorr
World.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1908-02-01
New Yorkers Becoming Hysterical

tions, or to make comparisons be-
tween the present and the past. The
records of the alcoholic and psycopath-
ic wards of Bellevue haspital do not
show the facts Of inebriety even
among the classes of men and women
who would seek aid from this hos
pital. In 1904 there we're 8.941 admis-
sions to Bellevue for various forms of
alcoholism. The number now 10 great
ly less than that. In 1906 1t had fallen
to 6.653. But even with this reduc-
ton the number of alcoholic patients
Is more than 25 per cent. Of all the
patients admitted to Bellevue. But
these records prove nothing In the
line we would follow. The number Of
inebriates who seek treatment at
Bellevue has fallen of simply be-
cause an old offender who comes here
is now liable to be turned over to a
city magistrate, who will sentence
him to an asylum as chronic drunk
ard. This had the effect especially
Of keeping many women from taking
repeated advantage of treatment at
Bellevue.
What is the cure Of the evil of in
creasing inebriety In New York?
Whatever will bring easement to the
restless life In the city will lessen
all forms Of dissipation. The whole
subject needs careful and thorough
Investigation. to know what palliative
measures can be taken. Drinking IL
only one symptom Of what is wrong
with US.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1908-02-01
LETTER POSTED a2 YEARS AGO,
Crossed Ocean Many Times Before
Delivery to Sea Captain.

A letter posted at Garmstad, Nor
way. 80 years ago to Capt Thomas
Nielsen Of the bark Harmonic. and
which has travelled across the Allan
tic to and fro many times in pursuit
Of him. was delivered to Thomas Mel
sen, carpenter of the revenue cut
ter Manhattan of the local service.
says New York dispatch to the st.
Louis Globe Democrat. It was the
right envelope. and the joint letter 1t
contained brought the mist to his eyes
with the news" 1t told of old friends
and relatives In Norway. many Of
whom are now dead.
Capt. Nielsen is now 6S years old!
and has been retired from the sea for
many years. The letter was from his
wife. Alviner, and his brother John.
who wrote to tell Of an accident to an
The L'Anse sentinel., 1908-02-01
Bv DR.. 8. T. ARMSTRONG.
(Superintendent Of Bellevue and the
Allied Hospitality


(superintendent Of Bellevue and the
Allied Hospitality
rHE New Yorkers are becoming q
hysterical people. They show an
increasing excitability, dimin-
ishment of self control. This demon
strates itself In all forms Of excesses.
Less. and less restraint Is exercised.
The extreme tension of life here is
showing On the people. One sees
plenty Of examples of this in individ-
ual life. A vast demonstration Of 1t
smong a mass of the people is OBJ
served in the increasing hysteria Of
such celebrations as those OF the
night before the New Year. What is
true of the city men Is true Of the
city women. The increase Of drunk
enness Is distressing fact. 1t is
q natural outcome OF the restlessness,
the overstriving, the unrestraint Of
present day life In New York.
This subject is Of tremendous i'm
portance. We should know just what
we are confronting. what the future
has in store for us. Just where and
how we are threatened. One may
form an opinion as to an increasing
inebriety among women from such ex-
hibitions as those Of New Years eve.
but beyond that It is not easy to 60.
There are no ofiicial statistics bearing
on the question. The subject has had
no investigation Of scientific value.
One cannot speak exactly as to condi-
The L'Anse sentinel., 1908-02-01

other brother, Nicholas, who had re.
turned from sea trip with broken
leg. All three brothers are now en-
ployed on the Manhattan, and The wife.
now an elderly woman, is living with
her husband In Brooklyn.
The envelope containing the letter
was covered with postmarks, many of
them so faded that they could not be
made out. It was directed originally
TO Minoteteon, Mexico, In care Of the
Swedish consul, but had been directed
so many times there was no further
space, and when 1t was returned to
Garmstad for the sixth time last June
1t had to be inclosed In another GOV.
er. The letter, which was posted Jan
uary 8, 1875. had been opened and
sealed with Mexican stamps bearing
the date Of 1876.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1908-02-01

VYYHEN a representative of the
w Sunday World read portions Of
DIR. Quackenbos' article to Rev.
DR.. Charles Parkhurst he said:
1T is undoubtedly true, and de-
plorable fact, that the drink habit Is
growing rapidly among the women
of New York.
II have not made real investiga-
ton, as DIR. Quackenbos has, but one
does not have to investigate; 1t Is
a fact which stares you In the face.
It is all on the surface. and one can
not overlook It.
"A chief reason for this Increase in
the number OF women who drink 10. !
believe, that there has been too much
prosperity. OF course, just now we
are passing through . period Of hard
The L'Anse sentinel., 1908-02-01
Il Makes Trade.

Homer Folks, New York's noted au-
thority on charity, said the other day
of an applicant for help:
"His recommendation was not very
satisfactory. II reminded me Of .
woman I heard about recently.
Somebody said to this woman's
husband:
$50 you've insured in the Blank
company, eh? Who on earth in
duced you to choose that OF all con.
cerns?'
my wife, was the reply. She
says they Issue the pretttiest calen-
dars.'"