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Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-10-03
Election for Court House, Jail,
Road and Bridge Bonds.
GEORGIA-BEN HILL COUNTY.

GEoRGIA-BEN HILL COUNTY.
Notice is hereby given that an
election will be held in and for said
county to determine whether or not
bonds shall be issued by said coun-
ty to build a court house, a jail and
build and maintain public roads OF
said county.
And now we, the Commissioners
Of said county, by authority vested
in us, order that an election be
held in and for said county on
Tuesday, the third day of Novem-
Der, 19OS,b the qualified voters OF
said county, to vote upon the is
suing of Fifty Thousand Dollars
of bonds to build, furnish, and
complete courth house for said
county, and Fifteen Thousand
Dollars for bonds to build, furnish
and complete a county Jail in said
county, and Ton Thousand Dollars
| of bonds to build and MAINTAIN
the public roads and bridges in
said county. The entire issue
| of bonds shall be Seventy :
Five Thousand ($75, O0O.OO)
Dollars. The bonds to be is
sued in denominations of Five
Hundred Dollars each, and five
of said bonds to the value OF Twen-
ty Five Hundred Dollars shall be
paid on the first day of December,
1909, and on the first day of De-
cember, every year thereafter, five
of said bonds of the value of
Twenty Five Hundred dollars
shall be paid. All of said bonds
to be paid and retired within thir'
ty years from the date of issue.
Said bonds to bear interest at the
rate of per cent. per annum, and
interest payable semi ANNUALLY.
That there shall be levied and
collected for taxes twenty-five
Hundred Dollars ($25O0.OO) to pay
on the principal amount of said
bonds, to pay off and retire same,
and a sufficient amount Of taxes to
pay the interest on said bonds.
Said election to be held under
the laws governing elections, and
the polls shall be open at all the
precients in the county and the
votes returned and consolidated as
the law directs. At said election
the ballots voted shall be as fol.
lows:
For Bond of $500 Tor Court
House.
Against Bonds of $50, for
Court House.
For Bonds of $4,000, for
Jail.
Against Bonds of $4,000,
for Jail.
For Bonds of $40, 900 for roads
and bridges.
Against Bonds of $4,000 for
Dads and bridges.
st roads and bridge Bonds.
By order of the Board of County |
Commissioners this, the first day
of Oct, 1908. /;
W. r. BOWEN, Chairman
FL. NJ. WARREN,
Wesley r. WALKER.
At Soda FOunts you will find
CRYSTAL SPRINGS Ginger Ale. 1t
is the finest on the market without
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-10-03
Gambling Mania.

Mania is the right name for the gambling
propensity. Nearly all men have it to some
tent The inclination or instinct to take chances
is not an American habit like that of drinking
running for Office. 1t seems to be wide spread as
the world and confined to no civilization. Good
business men, the most worthless vagabond, the
women of society, and the negro crap shooter, all
seem to be afflicted with it, Its greatest danger
and harm is the menace to business. Often good
men and men who are otherwise reliable will risk
money intrusted to them without any explanation
except that of the gambling mania.
The louisiana lottery the most gigantic gamb
ling scheme outside of Monte Carlo, would have
bankrupted the South by this time if Congress had
not interfered.
This is true to some extent in every 3ESOcaI'
game of poker; somebody must pay for the cards,
the room, the lights. The time is lost and moth
ing is gained, and worst of all, human weakness
has been magnifed and the mania for gambling
cultivated
About the court of England lot of worthless
people and among them one Lord Rossyn who ap-
pears to be nothing more or less than sorry white
man, who has the Kings favor and devylish little
cash, between drinks and functions he had the
time to figure out system that would break the
bank of Monte Carlo, and Sir Hiram Maxim, the
great gun maker, took the trouble to demonstrate
to this gldedfool of King Edwards court that his
System wouldn't work but-there are plenty
more of weak minded sorry white men who will
hold to Rosslyn's theory as often as they can
raise stake.
Everybody who bet on the louisiana lottery
except perhaps small numbers of those who bot
tickets, who were too ignorant to know or even
care, understood that the odds were against them;
that it was losing game to all the Players ex-
cept the game keeper, and so it is with all gamb-
ling devices and games. Of course the chances are
in favor of ''the table, ''the house, the odds
against the player who will try to break the bank
On this point the Savannah Press says:
The demonstration will not have great deal
of effect upon those afflicted with the gambling
mania, to be sure. The man who wants to gam
BILE will still pin his faith to he goddess of chance
and hope that she will favor him. And gambling
rooms will continue to flourish and grow rich
wherever the police permit them to exist.
Pull fOE Fizserald
Fitzgerald and Cordele werescenes of the wild
est disorder last Saturday night. Profanity and
drunkneSs we're in evidence everywhere. And nom
intoxicating near beer was the cause of the whole
affair. The near beer evil is getting to be worse
than that of real beer ever and some immediate
and determined action should be taken by the prop
er authorities to put end to this state of affairs
Eastman Hustler.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-10-03

The committee could not get a
full list of farmers from the county,
but those who do not receive one
of these letters are as much inter
ested as the others and they are
urged to act with the League in
securing this exhibit.
The committee urge that this is
a small matter to Ben Hill county,
in that this county being the
youngest county of all the counties
of the state, an exhibit from here
will be the "toast" Of the fair and
will create more interest than from
any other county in the state.
Therefore, it is all the more rea-
son, they think, that a first-class
exhibit should go up from this
county and that in order that this
should be so, it will be necessary
that every man in the county, far
mer, merchant and professional
man, should do his best to have a
ereditable exhibit.
Aud this matter is not only an
affair of the men. The ladies can
do quite as much to make this a
success as the men and the town
ladies of Fitzgerald and othe towns
of the county are urged to coop
crate with the League in getting
up a creditable show for Ben Hill
County.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-10-03

Yancy Carter is cutting sorry figure in Geor-
gia politics, and so, also, Tony Watson.
fol Fitzgerald Pull Out
The drunkenness and debauchery of the wo-
men and men who have inherited the Gould and
Vanderbilt millions should be an object lesson to
all intelligent people. Among the greatest benef
Charles of these large estates the divorce court
lawyers.
Fitzgerald Pull Out
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-10-03

At Soda Founts you will find
CRYSTAL SPRINGS Ginger Ale. 1t
is the finest on the market without
any exception. 4 If.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-10-03

THE ENTERPRISE will receive, ackowl
edge and forward to the treasurer of the cam
paign committee contributions to the Demo
cratic National Campaign Fund. The COM
mittee will appreciate contributions in any
small amount. The campaign has begun in
earnest and the committee needs the money
with which to defray the necessary expenses.
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Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-10-03

G. NJ. Mumford arrived in the
city yesterday and is here for the
winter.
The annual district conference of
the Woman's Home and Foreign
Missionary Society is in session ut
Ocilla this week. Thursday to
Sunday inclusive.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-10-03
Vote For All Dem
ocratic Nominees.

Information comes to me that
Mr.. Yancey Carter, independent
candidate for governor of Geor-
gia, will probably get right good
sprinkling of votes in one OF the
country voting precincts Of our
county. | certainly hope that my
information is not correct, for at
the primary nominating the gov.
ernor our folks turned out in
force, practically every legal white
voter participating, and by so
doing bound himself morally to
support the nominee, and most as
suredly we will now be men of
honor and live up to our word by
coming out to the election next
Wednesday, October 9TH, and vote
for Joseph M. Brown for governor,
and also for all other democratic
nominees.
Mr.. Hoke Smith had net a more
arde MT supporter in the state than
the writer, but Mr.. Smith was de-
feated in our primary election, and
I now come forward and Loyalty
support Mr.. Brown, and / call on
every true democrat to join me.
Here's hoping that Mr.. Yancey
Carter will not tally in Ben Hill
county! B. E. Wilcox,
Chrm. Dem. Elk. Com. Ben Hill
County.
The man in the moon is jolly and
gay,
And he winks at each twinkling
star,
And the milky way,
Is the smoke they say,
From his &c. B. s. cigar
P. S. The G. B. S. (Georgia's
Best Smokers) are made in Fitz.
gerald. IF
A few fine maps of the colony,
blue prints from the best drawing
that has ever been made Of the
colony domain, at the Enterprise
office. If
The Enterprise sells blanks of 8
every description. Justice Courts
papers a speciality. Notes, mort,
cages, contracts and deeds. #.
The oasis., 1908-05-02
TERRITORY OF ARIZONA

OANTA OKVL '
 I, Phil Herold, County Recorder in and for the ounty ana territory aforesaid, do hereby certify that have compared the foregoing copy with the original articles of incorporation of the INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT & BROKERAGE COMPANY filed and recorded in my office on the 9th day of April, 1908, in Book of Miscellaneous Records at page-et seq; and that the same is full, true and cor rect copy of such original, and of the whole thereof.
 Witness my hand and seal of office this 9th day of April, 1908.
 [Seal1 PHIL HERoLD,
 County Recorder April 1l-May l6.
The oasis., 1908-05-02
MOCALES NOTES.

\. +. CranZ returned rom a VlSlt of couple of months duration in Los Angeles.
 Mir. Marshall P. Wright, the well known mining operator, who had just returned to Arizona from a visit of several months in the east was at Nogales Sunday.
 Wednesday MT. and Mrs. D. G. Chalmers were over from La Noria Mir. Chalmers, who has been aS- signed to duty at Eagle Pass, Texas, will depart shortly for the scene of his new duties.
 MT. Ralph Mann, from Ell Paso, has taken the position of cleo trician and engineer at the electric light works, vacated by Mir. John Roach, whose departure for Eng land was noted in these columns last week.
 Mrs. Ellen Thompson has walled the front and side of her property on Terrace avenue, and the new two-story building she is erecting on the lot, is approaching compile ton rapidly. Within short time it will be finished entirely and oc- cupied by tenants.
 Many of the property holders along Crawford street have taken hold of the work of grading for the new cement walks in front of their premises. Some of the places re quire considerable cutting, while in others there will have to be fill ing to make the walks reach the grade.
 Tuesday there were at the line city, Messrs. +. A. Aguilar and Gustavo Torres of Hermosillo, who had come up from the Sonora cap ital for a visit of a day. returning home Wednesday morning. Mir Aguilar Is prefect of the Hermo- sillo district, and Mir. Torres is one of the prominent business men of the Sonora capital.
 Tuesday MT. George P. Moore, president and general manager of the Tribune Gold Mining company, was up from the Key do Orc camp, en route to the east, where he will remain until early in June, when he will visit Sonora again. Mir. Moore reported that work at the camp is progressing very satisfac. torily, and that the place is very lively.
 Saturday evenings train from the south drew a special drawing room car conveying General and Mrs. Torres from Hermcsillo to Fl Paso, on their way to the east and Europe. At Nogales the distin- guished travellers entertained many of their friends of the line city in their car, and the social festivities attendant were enjoyed greatly by all the participants.
 One needn't break his neck, or even leg, to get in on the sub scription list of the first allotment of treasury stock simply because the books of the Zarahelma Oil Company are now open to sub- scription to the treasury stock, which is offered at 25 cents for $5 shares. but this is not going to last long at thls price, as only 100,- 000 will he offered in tha first allnt-
The oasis., 1908-05-02
TERRITORY OF ARIZONA L.
Cl UNIY OF SANTA CRUZ

On this 4th day oi April. i'll the year l9g8 before me, Allen T. Bird, Clerk of the District Court in for the Territory and County afore- said, residing therein, duly commissioned and sworn, personally appeared J. H. Cathey, Mads SorensOn and w. E. Robertson, known to me to be the persons described m, whose names are subscribed to, and who executed the an- me that they executed the same for the pur- poses and considerations therein expressed.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, 1 have hereuntO set my hand and affixed my Official Seal, at my oInce, in the said Territory and County, the day and year last above written.
 (SEAL) ALLEN T BIRD,
 Clerk of the District Court.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-10-13
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Hot Springs, Oct. l2.Eears that the third annual Arkansas State Fair might not be a success this year be- cause of the general condition of the country during the past l2 months. that might have been held by the men hacking the great project, are being dispelled today by the indications of q heavy attendance, not only from Ar kansas but from all neighboring states las well.
 From tha time the gates opened at $ clock this morning until this ar ternoon the crowds passing through forecasted a record -hreaking attend aucp.
 The feature Of the inaugural, Arkan- sas Day was the floral and trades parade shortly after noon
 Goyernor-elect Donaghey, and Coy ernor Pindal participated ill the pa yade Governor Pindau delivering an address this afternoon
 The other addresses on the program were dispensed with
 Tilc floral parade was four times as long as the big one which was q feature of last years opening day
 To mark "Arkansas Day" as che opening day was named, the float Arkansas was tho feature of the floral parade. il was a beautiful af- 1air masnitieent in size and deeora- tiou, drawn afouNd the mile track by 75 mon in red, white and blue uni forms. Miss Amelia Rector of this city represented Arkansas. Miss Rector is the daughter of F. W, Rec tor, :; Hot Springs attorney, and sister of Neorn Rector, the noted athlete who participated in the Olympian games She is the granddaughter of two governors, Gov. Rector of Arkau- sas and GOV Alcorn of Mississippi.
 This float was followed by scores of others, some of which were surpris- ingly elaborate. The parade was di- vided into five divisions, floral, indus trial. equestrian, fraternal and auto mobile.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-10-13
CLUBS MAR WHO
 OFFERED AID
Widowed Mother of Six Children Loses Mind When Harness Breaks, Assaults Negro, Runs Family Off Nearby Farm and Flees Through Woods.

Monticello. Oct Mrs. iftanE House, becoming egazed when Il DOT lion of the harness broke as she was driving home from this place, broke q club over the head of q man who came to her aid, fled into the woods with her little daughter, from the second man who offered to help her. ran all the inmates from a farmhouse, fled nine miles through the woods during the night and next morning bested four men in a struggle. She was later recaptured and is now in jail here.
 She was returning home with her 12-year-old daughter and something about the harness broke. She got out to fix it, when she suddenly became insane
 William Bane, colored living in the came along and offered to fix the harness. Mrs. House picked ID a stout stick and broke it oyer his head, causing him to take to his heels. Eli Watts, white, then came along and saw that something was Wrong. As he dismounted to aid her. Mrs. House ran into the woods, calling 10 her lit
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-10-13
THE GRAND JURY RE(ONYENES,

After recess of two weeks, the Jefferson county grand jury resumed it's sessions Monday morning.
 The resumption of work by the grand jurors will be hailed with in terest, for according to reports, there is much work for the grand jury to do.
 For sometime there have been vari- ous .yumors of graft in the police de partment. It has been openly assert cd on the streets that certain inter ests" have paid regular fines OF as easements for their nefarious busi- ness to the police department, and that only a part of these fines" have been reported, or accounted for
 This is a grave and serious charge and should be investigated If any Of the police authorities, from chief to patrolman. have been guilty of such unlawful acts, tGey should De exposed and punished. if thc police force is innocent of such practices, they should be exeulpated rom the charges and public rumors set at rest,
 There is ample work. according to rumor, for the grand jury Ut its pres ent session The trouble with the average grand jury is that it's work is lacking in thoroughness and complete ness, but We trust that the present grand jury will prove an exception to the rule and that there will he no cause for complaint
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-10-13
AN INDICTMENT
 ENDED HEARING
George W. Quinn, Who Is Charged With ASSaSsinatiDg Jeff Blanks, h. dicted by Grand Jury For Murder in the First Degree.

The preliminary hearing given George W. Quinn, d negro charged
 with the assassination of Jeff Blanks, another negro, which was begun in Justice Frazier's court yesterday morning, was suddenly interrupted in the afternoon when Sheriff C. NI Phil pot appeared in court with bench warrant from the grand jury, in which Quinn was charged with murder in the fire degree, The indictment was re- turned against Quinn yesterday by the Iinquisitorial body
 As soon as the bench warrant was served on Quinn, Attorneys Hunt and Toney, E. J. Kerwin and Nixon and Shaw, who were defending Quinn, rested their case and Quinn was re- handed to jail to await trial in the Jefferson circuit court The indict- mont came as great surprise iu the justice court, as the attorneys for Quinn were making a determined ct- fort to resist the efforts of the pros , ecption to have Quinn bound over to the &rand jury.
 Four witnesses had been heard Lawrence Carver, an attache of the police department, and Walter Me Kennon of Desha county testified as to the reliability of the bloodhounds, which went to Quiun's house after the tragedy ana caused his arrest, It was stated that they were real bloodhounds and good ones. The atorneys for the defense centended that the blood hounds were nothing more than rabid dogs, Bgantley Williams, a deason ill the Mt. Nebo church, where the kill ing occurred, testified as to the trag- edy. He did not know who fired the shot through the window that ended Blanks life
 The State rested it's ease, not be- ing willing to produce it's testimony in full at the preliminary hearing when Sheriff Philpot put in an appear ance and re-arrested Quinn on the first degree murder charge,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-10-13
NO IRREGULARITIES
 SAY OFFICIALS
Chief Stewart Explains tllc Collection
 of Fines-Says Fines Were Collect
 cd and Recorded Every Time Gam ing Houses Were Found Operating.

The persistent rumors in circulation to the effect that the Jefferson county grand jury is Investigating alleged ir- regularities in the police department prompted Chief of Police Al Stewart and other attaches of that part of the city government to make strong de nials yesterday regarding the charges. Chief Stewart states most emphatical- ly that there have been no dishonest or unusual practices by any of his men. He admitted, however. that the books of the police department had
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-10-13

i been taken before the iMquisit0rial body. Ii is stated that the grand jury is Investigating the collection Of fines from Lawrence Scallion, who is said to have operated q gambling house over Tom Payne's saloon Cn East Third avenue. To this alone is at
 tributel the foundation of the start ling rumors now in circulation here.
 Chief Stewart declared that he has collected fines from gamblers every time any of them have been caught by his men. Some of them have been caught almost every month, he says, and in each instance, it is stated, the fines are recorded on the docket at the police headquarters. The rumor to the effect that $50 fines were beinS collected monthly from baWdy house keepers, while only $25 was being re corded, is explained by the statement that Mamie Bailey is paying Jile city $50 for two houses. which she con- ducts. or $23 each. One of these houses, the police say, is conducted by Ida Ray. The records at the police department show a number of fines 10 have been collected from operators of gambling houses.
 Mayor ToHey states that Il there are any irregularities practiced at police headquarters- he is not aware of it and he gives little credence to the rumors. Alderman Gabe Meyer of the police committee also states that he has never found any "doctored reports from tbat department
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-10-13
THAT SPECIAL tOCNCn. MEETING

Our esteemed afternoon contcmpo- rary says that to Alderman Gabc Mey- er is due the credit for the special
 meeting Of the city council last Fri day night at which Tom Payne was permitted to reopen his saloon If Alderman Meyer can extract any cred it @ or comfort from his conduct, the Graphic fails to see wherein 1t is warranted. The service was no doubt appreciated by Tom Payne, for it enabled him to resume the sale of liquor Saturday morning. which was no doubt profitable to Payne. but just why Alderman Meyer and the rest of the councilmen should be called from their homes at night to discharge 8 free service for Tom Payne when it costs the citizens and taxpayers forty
 dollars to hold special session of the council, the Graphic is utterly unable to understand. It is all the more unreasonable and inscrutable by reason of the fact that the council meets regularly in regular session, and the public is unable 10 under
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-10-13
TAFT MAKING
 TOUR OF OHIO
Whirlwind Campaign of His Own State. During Which He Will Make About Fifty Speeches in Three ys-RepublicamS Make BOastiul Claims.

Cincinnati, Oct. 12.-William H. Taft left here at [ o'clock this morn- ing for a campaign on the road until election night. For three days he will devote his attention to his home state. The itinerary today includes speeches at Morrow, Wilmington, Washington Court House, Circle vile, Lancaster, New Lexington
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-10-13

tIe daughter 10 follow.
 i As soon as Mr. Watts could tie tae horse he followed. calling some neigh bors to help him, but could find no
 trace of her. In short time William
 Bane ran breathlessly up, saying that Mrs. House had gone through his field about a mile and a half distant, and had scared all of his family off the place. The party followed the Iclue and about dark found the little girl in a road about six miles from where the pursuit first began. She said her mother had told her to So back and had gone on throug hthe woods. About o'clock next morning Mrs. House was found i'll the neighborhood of Tiffin Prairie, about three miles further on.
 She was taken home and put to bed and soon went to sleep. On waking u,, she jumped out of bed, broke away from four men and again fled to the woods. She was soon caught, how eyer, and then brought 10 own for safe keeping in the jail unti! arrange mcnts can be made for her transfer to the asylum
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-10-13

stand why Tom Payne Was not made to wait The Graphic repeats wha> it said Sunday, that our aldermen seem specially obliging to certain whiskcy interests. From all the Gra- phic can learn, Tom Payne's estaD- lishbent ought to be closed and it no doubt NH bc closed whom lnl@r Could reaches the case.