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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-09-25

WASHINGTON.-What will become
w of Mr.. Roosevelts nice young
men" if Mr.. Bryan is elected? This
problem is really giving serious con-
Germ to the pleasant, and notably the
dinnergiving aliens sojourning tempo
rarily 'in our midst" 1t seems an
odd sort of thing to worry about, but
Washington is an odd sort of place,
unlike other cities in many of its as
poets, and its residents, both perma-
nent and fitting, have anXleties and
responsibilities unknown to urban
dwellers where the social population
is less transient and changing than 1t
is here.
Hostesses aver that a shortage ex-
lists in Washington of presentable
young men who can be called upon at
short notice to fill vacancies at a
dinner table. In the face of an eager
demand, Mr.. Roosevelt has done much
toward creating an available and Wis
ible supply.
Diplomatic and official society has
taken most kindly to Mr.. Roosevelt s
importations. They are commonly
spoken of as the presidents mice
young men" The possibility of their
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-09-25

Z IGURES of the lumber cut in 1907,
i compiled by the bureau of census
and the forest service, showed the
largest total ever reported in the
United States, exceeding by over
seven per cent. the cut reported for
1906, until then the record year. This
does not necessarily show a larger
actual cut than in 1906, for the re-
turns obtained last year were more
complete than ever before. The fig
ures disclose some interesting facts.
In 1907 2S,85O mills made returns,
and their production was over forty
billion feet of lumber This is be-
lieved to include 50 per cent. of the
actual cut. In 1906 22,39S mills re-
ported about thirty-seven and one-half
billion feet. Since, according to these
figures, nearly 29 per cent. more mills
reported last year than the year be-
fore, while the increase in production
was little over seven per cent, it
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-09-25
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deadly execution on the commerce of the enemy
were sent out from Gloucester, and many of the
grizzled old salts, who attain a most venerable
age in this healthy climate, can tell from tales
told them by parents grandparents of rich
prizes taken by the Gloucester fishermen turned
fighters.
The great storms that sweep the New England
coast have ever found favorte vortex in the
vicinity of Gloucester and many shipwrecks have
taken lives near by. The large sunken rock
called "Nckman's Vice." which is we'll known to
every visitor, was made famous by Longfellow
with his poem, The Wreck of the Hesperus"
Gloucester has been an incorporated city since
1873, but in many respects it is hard to think OF
it as anything but fishing resort, little village
by the ocean side
to it. Among the some 5000 men who do moth
ing but fish there are many who have passed the
70year-old mark, and some who have numbered
many as so years, yet they are still able to
bear their share of the work in going after the
cod and mackerel This fishing is both arduous
and dangerous.
1t is done from soops and schooners, which
go out to the fishing grounds daily. On each
schooner is nest so to speak, of dories, series
of small boats differing in size so that one can
be comfortably slowed in another, and therefore
not take up much ROOM When the fishing-ground
has been found the sailors spread around in the
dores to get their catch.
Often in the fog some of the small boats get in
the path of the swift-moving liners, for the
favorte fishing banks are directly on line with
a muchtraveled route. Often not many details
are obtainable of the tragedy which ensues Only
a few lines in the newspapers tell of small boat
or a number of small boats with their crews
lost at sea- A hundred thrilling tales of narrow
escapes can be picked up in the course of day
spent with these hardy men of the sea, but the
experiences never seem to daunt them. They
are ever ready for the days trip and it's hopes
for reward of boatload of the shining squrm-
ing painting fish.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-09-25
New Record in Timber Cut Established

might be thought that the amount
actually manufactured must have been
greater in the earlier year. This. how
ever, would be a too hasty inference,
for 1t is almost wholly among mills
of small individual output that the
gain in the number of establishments
reporting has been made.
Before the year closed the general
business depression was severely felt
in the lumber industry. 1t was not,
however, the most important cause
of a falling off in the production of
the year where falling off occurred.
For decline in production took place
only in certain regions. The south is
the region of greatest activity in lum-
Der production, and yellow pine the
most important wood, forming 33 per
cent. of the entire cut of the country.
The cut of yellow pine reported shows
an increase of 13 per cent over that
Of 1906. In the early part OF the year
many of the southern mills cut so
heavily that, in spite of the curtailed
output which followed the business
disturbance later, the total was great
er than ever before But in both the
lake states and the northwest d
smaller cut was reported than for
1906, though the number of mills re-
porting increased
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-09-25
Diplomatic Row Is Recalled by Death

A few years ago Lord Sackville
created sensation by publishing a
pamphlet, for private circulation
among his friends, in which he vindi-
Gated his diplomatic work in the
United States. The newspapers OBJ
tanned copy of this publication. In
it Lord Sackville explained with much
picturesque detail that the trap into
which he fell in this city was a Fenian
conspiracy; that the Fenian organiza-
tion harassed him during his residence
in America, kept spies after him and
plotted to assassinate him. Few Of
the diplomats friends took this story
seriously. Most of them regarded it
as the imaginings of a disappointed
old man who was brooding upon what
he considered his wrongs.
The minister was given his pass
ports by the president after his recall
had been requested by the American
government, which request was not
acted upon by the British government.
The occasion of the diplomats dis
grace was that he had been trapped
into writing letter, written as he
supposed to an Englishman, favorlng
the reelection of Cleveland This let
ter was used against the president
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-09-25

A RMY officers and at least one prom.
"A inent. civilian official of the war
department expect the disposition Of
the cadet hazing cases to result in the
creation Of jolly row in congress
next winter. They base their belief
upcl the fact that the six cadets sus-
pended for year were never found
guilty of anything other than hazing,
for which the only penalty Is expul'
sion.
The query has Keen going around
among officers who think the six
should have been dismissed as to what
answer Secretary Wright will make
when congress asks by what authority
those cadets were suspended. Such
an inquiry is firmly expected.
Assistant Secretary Oliver, it is
well known at the war department
does not agree with his superior as to
the wisdom OF the action taken by
him. Gen. Oliver took great pleasure
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-09-25
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All the labor of handling the fish has been sys-
tematzed it had to be in business where
the bulk is great. There is wasted effort
carrying the fish into town, nor is the dirty
work permitted to the beauty Of the city
proper. Everything is done right at the wharves,
where there is at hand limtless supply OF
water to do the vitally important final labor of
cleansing.
When a two-masted schooner, laden to the gun
wales with its cargo of fish, comes into the
wharves the fish are carried to great tubs Over
these stand company of experts, men who have
cleaned hundreds of thousands of fish, and who
can make the quick cuts, and do the scraping
with incredible speed. Running to each tub is
hose, and after the waste has been removed, an
instant under the high pressure of water from
the hose cleans out the fish completely and makes
1t sweet and ready for the next step in the opera
ton. Goldfish is dried and salted before being
sent to the market, and the work is also done on
the wharves. Here ranged hundreds Of
tables exposed to the bright sunlight. The
cleansed fish are piled up in such manner that
the rays get a most admirable chance at
them. This summer has been so hot that the
fishermen have had great difficulty in drying out
the cod. Instead of taking the water out in the
gradual normal manner, the has been so
fierce that it baked the fish, and in this manner
many of them were cooked so hard on the out
side as to be virtually worthless for the market.
But this is occurrence, for under ordi-
nary conditions the climate of New England is
ideal, and the does the work of drying in a
manner far more satisfactory than could any
agency of mans production.
From the open-air drying tables the fish are
shifted to the boxing and packing establishments,
which are also located along the water front and
then they made ready to be shipped to all
parts of the world.
Gloucester regards its fishing industry with the
same traditional pride that native of Brussels
might regard the lace industry.
From generation to generation the families of
noted fishermen stick to the business, and moth
ing is familiar boast to some grzzled old
follower of the sea than to be able to say that
his son and grandson are both fishermen, and
that there is strong probability that a great.
grandson just beginning to master the fine points
of the business will be better than any of them.
The cod, of course is the most admired of all
the fish that fall to the lot of these deep-sea Izaak
Waltons though the mackerel is also regarded
with great respect.
The deepsea fishermen look down upon the
clam diggers, but the latter can afford to ignore
this contempt, foe there is plenty of money to be
made in the sale of the bivaves They are to
be found in plenty on the sandy shores of the
neghborhood, and at all hours of the day. but
especially at low tide, the clam hunters turning
up the beach with their rakes, be seen at
work. Clam shuckng is an expert feature of the
work, and many Of the old hands make phenome
nal records in dissociating the luscious clam from
its protecting shell.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-09-25

No weight of age bears him down,
That barefoot boy with fingers brown:
There's nothing empty in his face,
No burden of the human race
Is on his back; nor is he dead
To joy or sorrow, hope or dread
For he can grieve and he can hope,
Can shrink with all his soul from-soap.
No brother to the OK is he
He's second cousin to the bee.
He loosens and let's down his jaw
And brings it up, his gum to "chaw."
There's naught but sweat upon his brow
'Tis slanted somewhat forward now;
His eyes are bright with eager light:
He's working with an appetite.
All. no. That boy is not afraid
To WELD with all his might the spade!
Nor has he any spite at fate
He's digging angleworms for bait.
No precautions disturb his plans any
more than his toilet. His very impris-
onment in his own impromptu pro-
gram is providential form of protec-
ton. The future has no chance to me-
gotiate to him large loans of trouble
not yet. Uncrushed by the tragedy,
untroubled by the riddle and unterri-
fed by the greatness Of life. he ap.
proaches 1t blandy and blindly, more
ready because of those facts.
Copyright, by Joseph b. .Bowles.l
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-09-25
Capital Hostesses Fear the Election

departure for other fields of activity
outside Of Washington, and becoming
actual, though obscure, workers in
the vineyard is viewed with alarm.
Toward the end of the winter ap-
prehension was expressed at many
dinner tables lest Mr.. Bryan came
to Washington, bringing with him in
subordinate capacities youths from
the corn and hog-raising states who
might be addicted to the prudent
usage of MASKING their peas.
Over the imminence of this dire
possibility there has been sad shak-
ing of heads. Active and persistent
dinner.givers in the diplomatic, cab
met and senatorial SETS" as well as
among the merely rich people, who in
increasing numbers are making Wash
ington place of resort in the winter
months. have found Mr. Roosevelt's
mice young men" almost a necessity
in making their social plans for enter
tainment and amusement.
In any event, it is realized that the
tennis cabinet, as such, is doomed.
1t will dissolve into it's constituent
elements and fade away from the
scene of Washington activities, social,
political and sporting, after March 4
next.
Whether Mr.. Taft or Mr.. Bryan is
elected, the tennis court in the rear
of the executive offices seems certain
to become once more a flower bed
for the display of geometrical figures
of early blooming crocuses or play.
ground for children.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-09-25
Congress May Take Up Hazing Cases

in announcing that the president had
closed the case by approving the find
ing of guilty and directing their dis
missal. He left Washington, thinking
that the case had been closed and
that the order dismissing the cadets
would be issued as a mere matter of
routine. He did all he considered nee
eesary to bring about such an ending.
When the papers came to him he for
warded them to the president. When
they came back indorsed with the
presidents approval, Gen. Oliver an
nounced the fact. So did Secretary
Loeb. Both were invited to join the
Ananias club. Secretary Wright es-
capped by saying that when he spoke
of the finding as having been approved
he spoke without having personal
knowledge simply assuming the re-
ports given out by Acting Secretary
Oliver and Secretary Loeb to have
been accurate.
The understanding here is that Con-
gressmen from the districts in which
the cadets live will introduce bills au-
thorizing the president to restore the
dismissed cadets to the academy and
take the order of suspension from the
six who were found guilty of one thing
and punished for something not speci'
fled In an accurate manner.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-09-25

r7BOY began his composition
a on "The Horse" thus: The
horse is the most useful an
------ imal in the world; so is the
aEE cow" The boy is the most
u y = interesting subject to write
about; so is the girl. AS mem
ber of the genus man he has
his defects; as a. specimen of the
species boy, he has the merits of
his defects. He may be white or
black or red or yellow or brown. but
he is seldom green and not often blue.
He travels light, Lies task has no
terror to him. He does not know
where he is going to fetch up, and
does not always care where he fetches
up and sometimes does not care
whether he fetches up at all His
task is to take the fairest vision that
can be made to unroll itself before the
imagination, transfer 1t to the interior
of his soul and reduce it to character.
At ten, he is outlining a program for
middle life and at 16 deciding what he
is to be at go.
All the world looks on and some peo-
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-09-25
THE MERITS OF HIS DEFECTS
BY J. S. KIRTLEY, DID.
Author Of "The Young Man and Himself" etc.

pie hold their breath, notably parents,
aunts and teachers. Fate and fortune
fight for his attention, while he-goes
swimming or skating. There may be
possibilities in him as vast as life and
as delicately uncertain as the zephyrs,
but he keeps on swimming and skat-
ing and playing and hunting and fish.
ing. He may be making decisions that
send vibrations to the farthest shore
line of his oceanic future. but he ever
hears the imperative call of the field
and the forest and the stream. His
motto seems to be:
Gather ye the rosebuds while ye may;
Old time is still a flying;
And this same flower that blooms to-day,
Tomorrow may be dying"
The meaning of this apparent blend
ing of stupidity and conceit and sew
eral other things is that he has an in
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ter, but nobody complains for it is the coast citys
way of earning livelihood. 1t is not the smell
of fish in the process of decay of salt fish, but
it is the exhiarang ozone of the Atlantic for the
fish that you smell in Gloucester freshly
caught Gloucester has really known any
thing else, for since its beginning approaching
three centuries ago, it has always had fishing for
its chief industry, and to-day it is the greatest
fishing center of the United States, and according
to the belief of many, of the world.
Nothing more picturesque be imagined than
this quaint New England town, where from the
of their sustenance.
Gloucester is 81 miles from Boston, and it in
cudes the villages of Annsquam, Bay View, East
Gloucester Freshwater Grove, Lanesville, Magno-
lia Riverdale and West Gloucester.
The magnificent harbor large and affording safe
water room for the largest ships of the world, has
had the ef1t of encouraging traffic in other things
besides fish. Salt, coal and lumber largely i'm
ported. There interests in granite quarrying,
drop forging, brass founding, the manufacture of
fish glue anchors, machinery oil cloth, nets, twine
sails cigars and shoes. Moreover, Gloucester also
has shipbuilding plants worthy the
But after all it is the fishing that interests the
thousands of visitors, not only those who actually
spend the in the vicinity, but the thousands
who visit Gloucester while passing through Massa
chusetts in the course of the popular summer tour
of the New England states.
1t not until the beginning of the eighteenth
century that Gloucester became especially prom
but by the time of the outbreak of the revolution
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-09-25

the town had earned a
vital place in the life of
the colonies, and many
of the ships that went
out to do battle with the
fighting craft of England
were built and fitted out
in Gloucester, a large
part of the money that
made them coming from
patriotic contributions
on the part of the own
ers of the big fish in
dustry. The town had to
bear the brunt of an at
tack by the British dur
ing the revolution, but
the ships of the enemy
were repulsed by the
hardy seamen.
During the war Of
1912 a number of priva-
teersmen that wrought
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-09-25

AVE you acclimated YETI" in
quired genial tourist of another
tourist of the same genus, as
they awaited train in the
depot at Gloucester, Mass.
"Acclimated? asked the G.. T.
of the second part. ITO what?"
ITO this Goldfish smell, of
course" answered G. T. No. 1.
Even the air Is fishy in Glouces-
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-03-26
Advertise in the Enterprise.
First Round.

l will be at the following places
on the dates named below for the
purpose Of receiving the state and
county tax returns for the year
1908.
Williamson Mill Monday April ID
Vaughn Tuesday, " a.,
Bowen's Mill Wednesday, " 10,
Dickson's Mill Thursday, " 16,
Ashton Friday, " II,
Fitzgerald j. A. Justice & Co.'S
office Monday and Tuesday April
20, and 81,
This March u, 1908.
EARLE GIBBS.
IR. T. r. Ben Hill Co.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-03-26

The announcement of the com
ing nuptials of Miss Lizzie Fetch
er and DR.. Joseph Morris Adams
should have stated that the cere-
mony would take place at the
Central M. Z. Church and not at
the Central Christian. The error
in printing was a typographical
one.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-03-26

He is a man of broad experience
and is well versed ON all matters of
general interest. When churches,
schools, or other worthy causes
need aid he has ever been willing
contribute freely. AS an evidence
of how he is regarded among those
who know him best, the vote of
his home precinct in the recent
primary is proof conclusive. Only
one vote was cast against him, and
that by a man with whom he had
had personal difference. He was
made foreman of the first grand
jury of Ben Bill County.
Considering the fact that he was
opposed in the primary by the
combined forces of the whiskey
men and the railroad forces, each
of which fought him strenuously,
his majority was very fattering.
But he is too broad minded and
big hearted to cherish enmity or
ill-will against any one for oppos
ing him, and it can be safely pre-
dicted that all the people of the
county will be represented by him
in their efforts to accomplish good
for the County and for the State.
He has h ad conferred upon him an
honor of which he should and does
feel proud. He is such a repre-
sentative of whom the people Of
the county can and do justly feel
proud.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-03-26

lot of land where Marion Dickson
now lives The civil war came on
and swept away all their property
except their home place. They
accepted the situation as it was
presented and went to work with
the vigor and determination that
the exigencies o f the occasi on
demanded. By economy and dill
gent toll they accumulated con-
siderable property. Both of them
died in the year 1896 at a ripe old
age beloved by all who knew them.
Marion, the son of the above
couple above referred to, was born
on Nov. 18th. 1869 in little log
cabin Is x 20 This cabin is en-
twined with his sacred memories of
childhood; it has been preserved
by him aud yet stands close by his
magnificent country home. At
eight years of age Marion began
attending such schools as could be
had in sparcely settled country
community. He travelled from one
to seven miles to a little log school
house, sometimes on foot some
times Oh horseback. When not i'll
school he was engaged on the farm
at such work as is ordinarily done
by regular farm laborers. AS he
grew older he was sent to graded
school at Spring Hill, Ca, at that
time the best school in this part of
the state. He was diligent in his
studies and was always to be found
in the front rank of his class. At
the age of twenty three he was
married to Miss Rebecca Russell.
He began business for himself at
first by farming and stock raising
but soon began a mercantile bust
LESS at Dorminey's Mill. Later
i he engaged in the saw milling aud
turpentinc business at which he
has been quite successful. Early
! in life he was urged to become a
candidate for Representative, and
also for Senator, but he refused
preferring the quietness of his own
private life and the enjoyment of
all his friends. of whom he had
and still has very many. For
years he was q member of the
Board of Education of Irwin Coun-
! ty and as such he would leave his
! business and drive Is miles to at
tend the meetings. NOtwithstand-
! ing the distance from his home to
the county site, he was always
on hand when the board met, and
it was partly for this reason, as
for his interest in the cause of edu-
cation, that moved the board of
education to pursuade him to &C
cept the position of County School
Commissioner against his wishes.
At the expiration of a four year