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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-11-02
CHAPTER X. 4
A Race Into the North.

That Meleese loved him, tkat she
had taken his head in her arms,
and had kissed him, was the one
consuming thought in Howlan6s
brain for many minutes aft4r SHE
had left him bound and gagged on
the snow. That she had made 20
effort to free him did not at fffsr
strike him as significant. He still
felt the sweet, warn touch Af her
lips, the pressure of her arms, the
sfnothering softnes of her hair It
was not until he again heard ap-
preaching sounds that lie returned
once more to full consciousness
of the mysterious thing that had
happened. He heard first OF all the
creaking Of toboggan ON the hard
crust, then the Tattering Of dogs
feet, and after that tie voices Of
men. The sounds, stopped on the
trail \ dozen feet away from him.
With q strange thrill he recog-
nized .Crcisset's voice. ~ . ~
"YoH miAst he sure that, you
inaalEs ns nlistasG" ne heard the
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1910-03-24
WORkONEXTENS|ON
OC|LLASOUTHERN
UNDER WAY
Application Made For
Amendment to Charter
and Actual Construction
to Begin Soon.

The work of surveying the new line
of road to be built from Ocilla north
by way of Fitzgerald, Rochelle, Hawk
insville, Vienna, and Perry, to Macon,
is now well under way.
The Ocilla Southern is applying to
the secretary Of state for an amend
ment to it's charter, allowing it to ex-
tend it's line along the route indicated
above.
The building fthis road will mean
much to the development of this terri
tory. Ocilla has always suffered on
account Of lack of convenient out
let, The Ocilla Southern running into
Macon would furnish us with the out
let we need.
The route as contemplated VIII
shorten the distance to Fitzgerald to
three and half miles.
This extension of the Ocilla South
ern has been under contemplation for
some time, and it seems that it is now
only a matter of time before it is con-
summated.- Star.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1910-03-24
HARRYSWORDLOS
Lee UNDER A.
B. "a. CAR
Married Only Two Weeks
Young Switchman Is
Manned For Life.

About II o'clock Saturday forenoon
Harry Sword, a switchman in the A. B
& A. yards, sustained a serious acct
dent by which he lost his right leg,
and came near losing his life.
He was at work in the yards with a
switching crew and in his attempt to
board, or rather step, on the foot
board of the switch engine, he missed
his footing and fell partially under the
wheels which passed over his right leg
between the knee and the ankle.
The limb was cut off just below the
knee by Drs. Ware and Ware, assist
ed by DR.. Dorminey.
Harry Sword, the victim of the &C
cident, is the son of NIr. A. J. Sword
and had been married Just ten days
and the sad blow falls heavily on his
parents and the young wife.
His friends, of course. were glad he
survived the ordeal and that the ca
lamity did not result in the loss of his
life.
He is doing well at present at the
sanitarium hospital on West Central
avenue.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1910-03-24
EASTER SUNDAY AT THE
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

$3.50 a. m.-Sunday school.
10 a. m.-Bible class.
IL a. m.-Easter services, as fol-
lows:
O "Praise God from Whom All
Blessings Flow" (2) Invocation; ca
Gloria Patri; a. Anthem, Christ is
Risen," Stebbns; Co Song No. 80;
co. Scripture reading; CD Song No.
So; (S) Piano offertory; co Sermon,
"The Empty Tomb; QO) Anthem,
Jesus of Nazareth" McGranaham;
QD Song No. 307; (12) Benediction
and occasional.
1880 p. m.-Evening services IS fol-
lows;
~ Song and prayer; (2) Trio,
Misses Harden, E'oise and Edna Te-
bau, "Close to Thee" (3J Song; az
Scripture Reading; 60 Sermon, "Im-
mortality" CO. Song; CD Benediction.
We invite you to be present at
these services.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1910-03-24
EDITOR McRAE On
THE SENATORIAL
MATTER
He Says His Paper Has Re-
fused to Become Agitaf.
ed---Thinks Dodge Didn't
Get What Was Coming to
Her.

Dodge county is especially wrought
up over the action of the senatorial
committee here last week, in which
that county was denied the right to
furnish the senator for 1911-12. From
reports, there have been "hot times"
in Eastman since the news reached
there of the committees action. This
is not surprising, when tn eattitude of
the county toward the matter is con-
sidered. All along, in the discussions
we have seen in print, and heard as
emanating from that county, every
other county has been dismissed with
a wave of the hand and regarded as
having absolutely no claim to furnish
ing the next senator, and their chargin
and disappointment is therefore nat
ural. AS is usual, there are those
who took another view of this matter
and everybody did not see the matter
in just the light our friends in Dodge
did. The somewhat dictatorial and
imperious manner shown, aroused a
fighting spirit in those who differed
with the views held by some of the
contenders for Dodge's claim, as re-
suit Dodge Jared badly in the meeting
that decided the matter. AS to the
charges Of hartprinp cheating etc
we leave that to the committeeman
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1910-03-24
ANTE-SALOON CONVENTION
IN ATLANTA NEXT WEEK

The great Southern Anti-Saloon
League convention convenes IN Attain
ia March 31st, and holds until April
4th. An elaborate and interesting pro,
gram has been mapped out and the
occasion promises to be a history
making epoch in the prohibition move
ment in Georgia and the South and
the Union.
Some of the most notable orators oil
the country will be heard.
The Enterprise hopes this section OF
the state will be we'll represented.
A rate of one and a quarter regular
fare will be made by all railroads for
the round trip.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1910-03-24
PRESIDENT URGES ALL To
ASSEST CENSUS ENUMERATION

The following proclamation con-
corning the next census and thean-
swers thereto has been issue dby Pres
ident Taft:
Whereas, by act Of congress APP
proved July 2, 1909, the thirteenth
decennial census of the United Stats
is to be taken, beginning on the ff-
teenth day of April. nineteen hun
bred and ten; and
Whereas, a correct enumeration
of the population every ten years
United States for the purpose of de-
termining the representation of the
several states in the house of repre-
sentatives; and
Whereas, it is of the utmost i'm
portance to the interests of all the
people of the United States that this
census should be complete and &C
curate report of the population and
resources of the country;
"Now, therefore I, William How
ard Taft, president of the United
States Of America, do hereby declare
and make known that, under the act
aforesaid, 1t is the duty of every per-
son to answer all question on the
census schedules applying to him and
the family to which he belongs, and
to the farm occupied by him or his
family, and that any adult refusing
to do so is subject to penalty.
"The sole purpose of the census is
to secure general statistical informa-
ton regarding the population and RE-
soprces of the country, and replies
are required from individuals in order
to permit the compilation of such
nothing to do with taxation, with ar
my or jury service, with the compul-
sion of school attendance, with the
regulation of immigration, or with the
enforcement of any national, state,
or local laWor ordinance, nor can
any person be harmed in any way by
furnishing the information required.
There need be no fear that any dis
closure will be made regarding any
individual person or his affairs. For
the due protection of the rights an
interests of the persons furnishing
information every employee of the
| census bureau is prohibited, under
heavy penalty, from disclosing any
information which may thus come to
his knowledge.
Il therefore earnestly urge upon
all persons to answer promptly. COM
pletely and accurately all inquiries
addressed to them by the enumera-
tors or other employees of the census
bureau, and thereby to contribute their
share toward making this great and
necessary public undertaking
success.
"In witness whereof, l have here
unto set my hand and caused the
seal ofthe United States to b af-
fixed
Done at the city of Washington,
this fifteenth day of March, A. D. one
thousand nine hundred and ten, and
of the independence of the United
States the one hundred and thirty
fourth VIM. II. r AFT.
"By the president:
"P. c. KNOX, Secretary of State"
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Continued en- Page Four.l
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1910-03-24
FITZGERALD TO HAVE
NEW BANK SOON

Parties interested and who mean
business are preparing to organize a
new bank in Fitzgerald. The project
will be undertaken in earnest after
the first of April.
John D. Walker, Of Sparta, one Of
the best known bankers in the state,
and P. F.. Clark, of Dallas, are behind
the movement, and will cooperate
with local parties in organizing the
bank.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1910-03-24
.10,363 BALES GEN.
SUS ESTIMATED
LAST SEASON
Figures by States GIVEN
AS Usual Georgia Ranks
Second in Number Pro-
4 duced; Texas First

WASHINGTON, March 21.-The CEN
sus cotton report shows the crop of
1918 to be 1O,363,24O bales, counting
round bales as half bales and including
linters, compared with 13,432,1S1 for
1908.
The cotton estimated by ginners as
remaining to be ginned, and included
in the statistics for 1909 is 49,4SS
bales.
TLAcrop by states, shown in the re-
&por Miss as follows;
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1910-03-24
COUNTY CAN LEGALLY
SUPPORT NATIONAL GUARDS

The following letter from the adju-
tant general to the commanding officer
of our local military company is self
explanatory:
"The Commanding Officer, Co. c., First
Infantry, N. G. Ga.
Fitzgerald, Georgia.
Sir: l am in receipt of your favor
of March 18th, in whic hyou request
information as to whether or not the
county commissioners of Ben Hill
county have the authority under the
law to make an appropriation for the
maintenance Of military organiza-
ton for police protection of the county.
In reply will site that Volume II,
Section 1874, of the Code of Georgia,
1895, conveys to the state the right to
regulate its internal affairs; and un-
der this authority the state has organ.
lied police force known as the Ma,
tional Guards. In Volume II, Section
1888, Paragraph 8, Code of Georgia.
1895, this authority Is given to the
counties; and it is within the power of
the county commissioners or the ordi-
nary of the county, as the case may be,
to make an appropriation for an ade-
quate police force for the county.
The military organization located at
Fitzgerald, in Ben Hill county, was or
ganized and is maintained solely for
the police protection, not only of Ben
Hill county, but of the surrounding Sec
ton of the state, and is considered a
part of the police protection furnished
the citizens of the State of Georgia
Respectfully,
A. J. SCOTT,
Adjutant General of Georgia.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1910-03-24
SOUTHERN TO MAKE
EXTENSIVE I'M
PROVENENTS
President F inley Makes An
nouncement Of Big Orders
Placed For Additional
Equipment.

WASHINGTON, March 21.-Presi-
dent Finley of the Southern Railway
company, made an announcement to-
day of the details of important orders
for equipment and steel rail to be Civ
en- by that company and of other i'm
portant improvements to be undertake
en- by it and by the Mobile G Ohio Rril-
road company.
The Southern Railway company is in
the market for Is new locomotives, in
GLIDING passenger, freight and switch
ing engines. The freight engines in
cIude two of the Mallet articulated
compound type. This type of engine
may be described as two locomotives
combined in one. Those to be bought
by the Southern Railway company will
weigh, in working ORDER and including
tenders, 520,550 pounds each, and will
be used for heavy freight service. The
company is also in the market for 5000
all-steel coke cars of 100000 pounds
capacity, and 10 steel underframe COM
bination passenger and baggage cars.
These passenger train cars are in addi-
ton to 40 passenger train cars re-
Gently ordered and which have nearly
all been delivered.
The company is now building for it
self, at it's Lenoir Car Works, 1000
steel underframe ventilated box cars
and 200 steel underframe stock cars.
1t is also building at these works 205
steel underframe ventilated box cars
for the Georgia Southern and Florida
Railway company. Upon the compile
ton of this work, about the first Of
August, it will commence the construc-
ton, for the Southern Railway, of l..
additional steel underframe ventilated
box cars of $4,000 pounds capacity
The Lenoir Car Works are also making
car wheels at the rate of 120 per day,
and this production is to be steadily
increased to 300 per dap, the full ca
pacity of the plant.
Orders are to be placed for $4,000
tons of steel rail, of which $4,000 tons
of steel rail, of which $4,000 tons wiz
be for the Southern Railway proper,
and the remainder for the Georgia
Southern and Florida, the Virginia and
Southwestern, the Mobile and Ohio,
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1910-03-24
KIT. EASTER SERVICE.

Pastor Guyton Fisher will preach
the Easter sermon to the knights
Templar at the Knights Temp'ar Eas-
ter service to be held in the Central
Methodist church Sunday evening at
1880 o'clock.
There will be large attendance OF
Sir Knights in full dress.
OF course the public, irrespective OF
Masonic affiliation, is expected to at
tend the interesting service.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1910-03-24
KNIGHTS OF PYTHlAs.

Tonight, Thursday gath, the lodge OF
Knights of Pythias will bod an inter
esting and important meeting at the
castle hall in the phenix building.
Refreshments will be served just al
ter the meeting, either at the hall or
at a restaurant to be selected.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1910-03-24

Round bales included are. 150,69O
Yea island 1856; Inter bales 314,497.
{he average gross weight of the bales
was 1865, and the number of ginners
1860.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-15
AUTO BORES THROUGH
MUD FOR 3O4 MILES
Car on the Franklin Trek Meets
Tough Spot on $500
Mile Run

The 304 miles from Cincinnati, O.,
to Vandalia, ILL.,, over roads deep in
sticky mud proved the hardest test the
big touring car on the Franklin trek
has met in its 3500-mile journey. This
run was made Saturday and Sunday.
1t had been raining steadily and at
last reports still is, in this portion of
the territory covered by the Trek
route, and the four men from Syra-
cuse comprising the crew were strong
ly advised against trying to continue
the Journey until road conditions I'M
proved. But they decided to keep
going, and Saturday, the sixth day of
the "Trek," they made Terre Haute,
Ind, 204 miles. The next day they
reached Vandalia, 100 miles from
Terre Haute. Monday morning the
start for st. Louis was made.
Sunday proved the most trying day
of the entire trip. In the hundred
miles covered not another automobile
was seen by the party, and in many
places even wagons were abandoned,
men and women resorting to the old
time horseback method of travel when
travel was necessary. AT times the car
sank half way to the hubs in the
ooze, and low gear was used for all
but five miles of the distance covered.
In spite of this severe test the air
cooled engine did not oVerheat ana
delivered it's power SO reliably that the
car was pulled from every mud hole
and slough into which it sank. The
light weight of the car and its large
wheels and tires were a material aid
in successfully making days run
that automobile experts in Terre Haute
declared impossible for any motor
car.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-15
PLAN TO SMASH RECORDS
ON BEACH AT GALVESTON

Preparations for the big beach races
at Galveston in August are going on
apace, and while no official program
has, of course been published, pending
the securing of the sanction from the
American Automobile association, a
list, of events and prizes has been COM
piled that will beyond doubt be Sc
lected officially at the proper time
The racing will comprise events last
ing three days. The first day will nave
four events, the second five and the
last day will be taken up with the DIG
free-for-all 200-mile dash.
Prizes aggregating several thousand
dollars have been put up. The last
days event will call for a purse or
$1000 divided among the first three
that get to the wire.
The Galveston beach course is one or
the finest natural tracks in the world
1t Is hard packed and has ten-mile
course wherein there is no limit to the
speed possible other than that of the
cars. Danger is reduced to the mini
mum, anu the beach lies in such
manner as to admit of the spectators
seeing any part of the contest
The ten-mile races will be run over
the five-mile course. The twenty-mile
events will take place over the ten
mile circuit and those of greater dis
tance over the same course. The time
of starting the races each day will be
2 o'clock, although the. promoters, be-
cause of, the tides, reserve the right ia
start the races at any time.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-15
ELLIOT MADE SCRIBE
Of AM. TOURING CLUB
Resigns as Secretary of Ameri-
can Automobile Associa-
ton to Take Job

NEW YORK, May 14.-An an
nouncement of more than ordi-
nary interest in automobile circles yes
terday was the election of Frederick
H. Elliott as secretary of the Touring
Club of America.
In accepting this office Mr.. Elliott
has rendered his resignation as secre-
tary of the American Automobile as
sociation, a post he has held for three
and a half years. During this period
Mr.. Elliott has become widely known
to motorists all over the country. His
success in organizing work, in stimu-
lating the rapidly increasing interest
in the good roads movement, supple
mented more recently by the energetic
campaign he has carried on in CO.
operation with Charles Thaddeus Terry
for a national registration law, are
we'll known to all wide awake automo-
bilists.
Mr.. Elliott. as. secretary of the Tour
ing Club of America, has also, been
elected to the board of directors and
will therefore be actively identified
with every detail of its management.
Mr.. Elliott came to New York from
Syracuse in January, 1907, to assume
the secretaryship of the American Au-
tomobile association, at which time
Hon. William H. Hotchkiss of Buff
faao, now state superintendent of in
surance was elected president. Mr..
Elliott's three and a half years stand
as a record to an elective office in the
A. A. A.
Before coming to New York Mr.. FL
liott had acquired wide knowledge
of automobile organizations. having
heen one of the founders of the Auto
mobile club of Syracuse, serving as its
secretary and treasurer for several
years. Mainly through his efforts the
New York State Automobile associa-
ton was organized in 1908, of which he
was first secretary while Mr.. Hotch-
kiss was the first president.
This well earned experience and ia
miliarity with automobile conditions
will hereafter be devoted toward en-
larging the field of the Touring Club of
America and making this body great
national touring organization similar
in scope to the large European touring
clubs having for their object the COM
pilatiou of accurate touring informa-
tion for immediate use by motorists
desiring to travel in any part of the
world
Coincident with this important
change comes the announcement that
the Touring Club of America has re-
moved from its old quarters in West
Fifty fourth street to its new home
with vastly improved accommodations
at broadway and Seventy-sixth street,
where several spacious floors have
been fitted up for the members and
exceptional accommodation provided
for studying route maps and all the
other touring facilities provided by the
club.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-15
MOTOR GOSSIP

w A. Evans, the Waverly electric
agent, delivered last week the follow
ing cars: N. W. Milligan, four -passen-
ger coupe; Chas. o. Nourse and j. r.
Martin, a two-passenger coupe to each:
to j. r. Bartle, President First Nation
al bank, Monrovia, Victoria phaeton-
So great is the demand for Waverlys
that one carload is always en- route.
The following were purchasers of the
little Hupmobiles last week: H. F.
Whitaker, Bakersfield; G. A. Reese,
Lindsay, Cal; Wells Auto and Supply
company Tucson; w. T. Lutz compa-
ny, Santa Ana; H. F. Reese, Whtttier;I
G. S. Hawn, Roswell, N. M; H. t.
Whitaker, Bakersfield; Clarence Bar
uch, Los Angeles, and the new, classy
white Hupmobile seen upon the local
streets in the past few days is the
porperty Of Mrs. E. L. Barrow-ffrench.
The Howard Automobile companys
Buick special train is gaining on its
schedule time crossing the continent
Traffic Agent Glasgow of the Santa Fe
received a telegram yesterday that the
forty-two carloads z of Bucks had
passed Waynoka, Oklahoma, at 345
Saturday morning, six hours and half
ahead of the fastest freight schedule
ever made over the line.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-15
LIVE MAP IS THE LATEST
THING FOR THE AUT0ISTS
Inventor of Speedometers, ETC.,
Out with a New Device

Automobile tourists-and that term
includes about everyone who owns a
motor car-are interested in an inven-
tion of Joseph W. Jones of speedom-
eter fame, which does away with cum
bersome route books and illegible road
maps.
Mr.. Jones, who has invented speed
ometers, odometers, taximeters, cleo
trio horns and other devices, including
disc records for talking machines. calls
his new device the Zones Live Map, 3"
which is a mechanical signpost.
The inventor believes a little later
it can be made to speak, or at any rate
that by means of an electric buzzer
the driver can be warned in advance
of his approach to a dangerous hill or
an unguarded grade crossing.
The live map is a revolving card
whose rim is divided into 100 miles
and tenths of mile (about 40 yards
to a division). On the other frame is
a hand or pointer. The map is set by
a screw when starting to the place on
the map where the trip begins. AS
the automobile moves the map re-
wolves slowly under the pointer. At
the end of 100 miles a new map is put
on which shows the continuation of
the tour
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-15
LORD COMPANY HAS NEW
GARAGE IN PASADENA
Terra Gotta Brick Structure on
Marengo Avenue to House
Machines

The new salesroom and garage of
the Lord Motor Car company at Pasa-
dena is the very latest in everything
that the name implies.
Placed back from the sidewalk on
Marengo avenue, with we'll kept
grass plot in front, it is not at all
out of place in the choice residence dis
trict it occupies.
1t is of terra Gotta brick and big
expanse of French beveled glass. The
building extends the full length of the
lot, but there is nothing in the front
portion to indicate the big garage and
repair plant in the rear. or the tact
that there is a basement larger thah
most automobile salesrooms.
The ground floor front is sales
room with a. display of vehicles, and
to the side are the general offices and
a waiting or reception room. On the
upper floor front is fiat for the super
intendent's family, a club room for the
chauffeurs and patrons, equipped with
pool table, writing desk and easy
chairs.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-15
SIMPLEX WINS 24-HOUR
RACE WITH 1145 MILES

BRIGHTON BEACH. N. Y, May IA.
Charles Basile, driving a simplex
car, won the twenty-four-hour auto
mobile race of the Motor Racing as
sociation tonight. completing 1145
miles. Ralph Mulford, driving a
Stearns, finished second, twenty-five
miles behind Basile, while Ralph de
Palma, in Fiat, was third, with 1107
miles. The record for the time is 119t
miles. Ten of the twelve cars starting
finished.
The race cost the life of one man,
the serious injury of "a second and
minor hurts to two others.
The two cars that dropped out of the
race were the Stearns No O. which
broke cylinder in the ninth hour, and
the Houpt- Rockwell which was with
drawn after completing 571 miles in
twenty-one hours
The position of the other cars at the
finish were: Fourth, Buick No. l,
1O49; fifth, Rainier, 1047; sixth, Croxton-
Keeton, 1904; seventh, Marion, 9S9;
eighth, Buick No 2, 927; ninth, Cole,
758: tenth, Selden 71S.