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Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1910-04-21
ANENT COOPER PARDON
Governor Patterson, Of TenneS-
see, Answers His Critics.
Announces FOR GOVERNOR
TennesSees Governor Says the Press OF the
Country Has Inflamed People Against Act
He Had Right to Perform

Nashville, Tenn. - Governor NAL
colin R. Patterson, announcing his
candidacy to succeed himself for
third term, subject to the democratic
primary of June 4, denounces prohl-
bition and the action of the insurg-
ent wing of the democratic party and
offers a frank, open defense of his
pardoning Duncan B. Cooper, convict
ed together with his son, Robin j.
Cooper, of the murder of former Unit
ed States Senator Edward w, Car
mack He also denounces the press
for criticising the pardoning OF
Cooper.
In opening his defense of the par
doning of Cooper, Patterson says:
my reasons for pardoning Colonel
Cooper have already been given, and
need no iteration. 1t may not be
amiss, however, to present certain
other facts which may have escaped
the public in the din and clamor
which have been raised. Outside
newspapers might be excused for mis-
statements, for their information is
partial; but there is no palliation for
those in our own state who have
sought to stigmatize me and infame
the passions of men against an act
which l had the right to perform.
Those have said that Colonel Cooper
was my friend, and one Of my chief
counselors. This is true, and it was
true long before Senator Carmack be-
came a candidate for governor. My
relations with Colonel Cooper were
IL tat 10 n
has ever been made to deny or con-
! ceal that fact. At one time so were
the relations between Colonel Cooper
and Senator Carmack."
In closing his defense of the Cooper
pardoning, Patterson says:
But l am condemned because it is
said | acted hastily and without prop
er decorum; but is it true? This case
was different from any other which
| had ever come before me. | had
read evry line of the evidence, was
! Just as familiar with the record as
any member of the supreme court !;
! had testified at the trial, and my
mind was fully made up, not only
that Colonel Cooper was not guilty,
but that he was in some degree the
victim of his association with me.
/ Those who are f1ercest in their de-
nunciation are those who wanted him
convicted because of our close friend
ship If 1 delayed action, waited for
petitions, and involved the state in
further uncertainty and unrest, these
same men would have been the first
to denounce me for cowardice and to
attribute delay to fear and weakness.
There is not man in Tennessee
who knew me but believed | would
pardon Colonel Cooper if he was CON
victed, and l knew it. Then why de-
lay? Why act a part? Why not as
sumo the responsibility and end it?
When | say this, do not want any
one to suppose I did not then and do
not now realize the gravity of my act,
for of this ] am deeply and keenly
conscious. l did not want the re-
sponsibility. l had hoped it might
never come, but when it did l met it,
Blight or wrong, l have acted, and
men may differ about it as they
please. My own conception of duty
is fulfilled. But l am willing to
stand or fall, to be judged here or
| hereafter
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1910-04-21
Newsy Paragraphs.

Good roads are regarded in Ger
many of the utmost Importance. The
one subject now receiving greater at
tention than all others over there is
the treatment of streets and roads
for the purpose of avoiding dust and
mud. The question of the building
of good roads has already been set
tied. There are no other kind of
roads in the empire.
Sixty dollars for shOemaking bus1-
ness and a wife thrown in was the
unique bargain made between Anto-
Mo s. Flourers and Cornelius Pace
of Beverly, N. j.
King Albert of Belgium has APPROX
ed the plans of the ministry OF the
colonies for reforms in the Belg1oh
congo. The changes will become eff
fective on July l, when a large area
will be open to free commerce. The
reforms include reduction in the tax
es, which will be collected in money
and not paid by labor; substitution of
native for white officials; the restric-
lions of obligatory labor.
A rush has begun for the new gold
field discovered in Calcassieu and Yer
non parishes in Louisiana. A great
vein of 62 per cent pay dirt runs
through southwest Louisiana and cas-
tern Texas. Prospector Tate declares
the field the richest south of Alaska
and the government assay verifies his
claims.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1910-04-21
The PAPER Mill FLUkE.
OCILLA AND CORDELE
HUMBUGGED.

About the first of April suit was
entered upon a note in Atlanta which
has more than usual interest to Ocil-
la people. The note is the one given
some time ago by the Southern Cotton
Stalk Pulp and Paper Company for
the purchase price of the site on
which it was proposed to build pa
per mill in Ocilla. The note was en-
dorsed by about twenty-five of our
citizens, and was purchased by the
First National Bank in Ocilla. AS it
was not paid at maturity and as no
steps were taken towards satisfying
the demands of bank, suit was en-
tered.
Much interest in the building of the
paper mill was at first manifested
by the citizens of Ocilla. 1t looked
for little as if the company intend
ed to build the mill here as they
promised, and many of us were eX-
pecting to hear the whistle blow long
before this time and see the mill turn
ing out merchantable paper But now
there seems very little prospect that
mill will ever be built here, if the
present company ever builds one.
Many different reasons have been
assigned by the company for their
failure to go ahead with the work.
First it was that the shops could not
get their machinery out on schedule
time as fast as they wanted it. 1t
now appears that the machinery was
never ordered. The next excuse Of
fered was that the directors Of the
company had discovered a lukewarm'
ness on the part Of Ocilla subscribers
to the stock of the company, and
they were holding up the matter till
this trouble could be investigated.
Now comes the startling admission
that this half million dollar corpora,
ton is about out of money, ano the
prospect of building mill here OF
elsewhere seems very remote.
1t will be recalled that this same
company operated in about the same
way around Cordele for some time,
and that they abandoned operations
at that place to come to Ocilla.-
| Ocilla Star.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1910-04-21
z KILLED I'M FEUD FIGHT.
Emanuel County, Ga, Families Settle Differ
enceS with Guns


Lyons, Ga.-Two dead, one dying
and probably one or two others slight
ly wounded are the results of battle
in an inter-family feud of long stand
ing, which took place in Emanuel
county just at the line of Toombs
county.
The dead are A S. Collins, road
oversaer for his district and a we'll
TODD farmer, and mis- son, Wilson Col
Inns, both of whom died during the
progress of the fight.
Alma Lewis is so badly wounded
that he is expected to die.
The battle was between the famt'
lies Of Collins and the family of Lew
is, and was the outcome of a dispute
over a public road crossing. The two
families reside less than mile apart
and the county line runs between
their homes. Father and sons met in
tame near the Lewis home.
Just now the battle started is not
known. The members of the Collins
family were armed with pistols while
two shot guns were used on the other
side.
A number of persons watched the
battle, which was fought in the open,
both sides standing bravely up to the
mark.
Joseph Lewis, father of Alma Lew
is, is alleged to have fired the snot
that ended the life of the elder Col
Inns.
A dozen or more shots were fired.
and the others who were wounded
besides Alma Lewis are not seriously
hurt.
Three arrests have been made Of
| survivors in the battle.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1910-04-21
EXPORT OF FOOD.
United States Shipped $33o,ooo,o
Worth of Food Last Year.

Washington, D. C.-Bxports of food
stuffs from the United States for the
fiscal year 1910 will amount to about
$33O, 100000 in value, according to
the estimate of the department of
commerce and labor for the nine
months ending March last, as against
more than $450,000,000 in 1906, $780,
100000 in 1909 and over S55O,0OO,o0O
in 1908.
The report shows that the food
stuffs were higher in prices during
the last year, while in many cases the
exports were less than half what
they were in the previous year.
The cattle exported in the nine
months ending with March, 1910,
numbered about $4,000, indicating
for the full fiscal year about $4,000
In 1904 the cattle exports were $685.
600 The value of cattle exports in
1910 will be approximately $16O0O,-
900, compared with more than $42,-
100000 in 1904.
Practically the same ratio of de-
crease prevails in all foodstuffs.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1910-04-21
DEMOCRATS WIN AGAIN.
Thirty-second New York District
Sends Democrat to Congress.


Sends Democrat to Congress.
Rochester, NJ. Whore than 10000
voters of Monroe county changed
from the republican column to the
democratic and elected the first dem
ocratic congressman that has repre-
scented the thirty-second district in
20 years James S. Ravens, demo
crat, running on a tariff reform plat
form, defeated George W. Aldridge,
for a score of years the ruler of the
county republican organization, by B.
900 votes
Monroe county, which comprises
the thirty-second congressional dis
trict, is normally republican by about
5000.
The result of the election takes
it's place by the side of the demo
cratic victory in the fourth Massa-
Foss was sent to congress from dis
publican as this one.
Mr.. Ravens rode to victory on ID
platform advocating tariff reform in
the interests Of the consumer, re-
vision of the duties on wool and
wooden goods, q removal of the tax
on hides and lumber, removal of the
tariff on iron ore, an income tax and
finally advocating independence of all
political bodies of any party.
Mr.. Aldridge, his opponent, con-
tented himself with a general procla-
nation in favor of the policies of the
republican administration. On the
tariff proposition he was regarded as
a "stand-patter"
Both candidates declared for reel
procity with Canada an employees
compensation act, parcels post and
a postal savings bank.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1910-04-21

ouently increasing Importance of the
national organization, we urge all our
state leagues to cooperate in every
possible way with the national or
ganization and to give it both moral
and financial support.
Respectfully submitted, (signed)
James Cannon, Jr., Virginia; H. B.
Care, Louisiana; R. L. Davis, North
Carolina; ]. l.. Harley, South Caro-
lima; w. P. Hamilton, Tennessee; P.
H. Todd, Georgia; 1. ]. Thompson,
Florida N. A. Palmer, Kentucky; w.
M. Pinson, Mississippi; S. P. Strong,
Texas; G. D. Conger, Oklahoma; F. E
Weed, Alabama"
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1910-04-21
USIN(; IMPORTED MEAT
Solution Of High Cost Of Living
Puzzle Discovered.
CATTLE FROM AUSTRALIA
New York Dealers Have Banded Together to
Fight Meat Trust---Price of Meat
and Potatoes Drops.

New York City.--As the price OF
meat started downward meat dealers
and importers announced that they
have discovered the solution to the
high cost of living puzzle. Tney IN
tend importing meat in great guam
titles from Australia and Argentine
Republic just as England does. Then,
instead of being compelled to buy so
called meat trust products, paying
trust prices, the dealers get meat,
which they claim is of the same quail
ity, at from 3 to cents per pound
cheaper.
The meat trust made it's first hostile
movement to check the incipient i'm
portation of beef, mutton and pork,
when plans were made to ask the
government to stop the influx OF for
eign meat on the ground that 1t was
not properly inspected.
At least a score of meat dealers IN
Brooklyn who have taken advantage
of the Australian beef started to un-
dersell the houses relying on the
beef trust. The beef trust gets its
meat from western and Mexican cat
tie, while, if Australian importations
grow, this meat will probably be
landed upon the Pacific coast and
sent east by rail While England re
lies very largely upon Australia al
Argentina for it's meat, the distance
to the United States is much less
than it is to England
1t was announced that aside from
the lower price of foreign meat the
cost of living was gradually declln
ing in Greater New York. Since April
l pork has fallen nearly 81 per bar
rel and hogs 50 per hundred weight
Sayles Zahn, owner of chain OF
meat shops, declared that the trust
could be forced to lower prices by i'm
porting foreign-grown meat.
"The Australian meat is better
than the trust beef" said he. In ad
dition to this, we are able to under
sell at the rate Of from to cents
per pound.
Pittsburg, PA drop of 40 cents
hundredweight in the price OF live
hogs at Union Stock Yards here was
an incident in the course of the mar
ket, which has been falling for sew
eral weeks The high record made
less than a month ago was $11.85 anc
the best price was $9.40.
The fall in price is said to be due
to lessened consumption.
New York City.-The present sen
sationaI drop in the price of potatoes
may mean cheaper food of all kinds
Farmers are closing out their supply
of old potatoes for as little as q
cents a bushel, which is the Lowest
price in many years. Other foods are
! also cheaDer
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1910-04-21
THE HARDING LANDS.

Friday morning, Mr.. j. L. Thrash,
surveyor, began work laying Off ten
thousand acres of land near Harding,
belonging to Mr. H. H. Tiff, which he
proposes to put on the market at
once. The lots will be surveyed into
tracts of ten acres each, and one or
two lots at a time will be surveyed
until the first block of 10000 acres
is complete.
These tracts will be known as the
Harding Fig Farms" They will be
offered for sale in single tracts. Not
more than four, or forty acres, will
be sold to one purchaser.
They will be handled by the Geor-
gia Development Co., of which Mr..
John W. Greer is secretary, and will
be offered to home people first. After
the home people have had a chance
at them and they have been thor
oughly advertised here, they will be
placed on the northern, eastern and
western markets. Detroit, Michigan,
will be given first opportunity after
they have been offered to the people
at home.
Four tracts, or forty acres, is am
pie for small farm, but as the name
indicates, it is intended to offer them
to the fruit growers of the north and
middle west as desirable lands lOr
the cultivation of figs, for which one
of the ten acre tracts will be suffi-
cient for each grower.
This is one of the first decisive
steps Mr.. Tiff has taken toward put
ting his Tiff county lands on the
market
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1910-04-21
10 CHILDREN A DISGRACE.
Suffragette Advocates Quality and
Not Quantity in Chi ldren.

MOI quantity III NnlluTcn'
Washington, D. Glen years
hence, to be the father Of ten call
dren will be as much of a disgrace
as being a confirmed drunkard Is at
present." declared Mrs. Lareine Hell
en- Baker of Spokane, Wash, SUI
fragette who will be heard along orig
inal lines of thought at the conVen'
ton of the National Women's SUI
frage association, which opened in this
city. Her studies of children all over
the world, she said, had convinced
1ler that mot more than 10 per cent
of them are children of love, and the
other 80 per cent are not wanted"
Roosevelt, poor ignorant man.
she continued, urges large families
but I tell you 1t is quality in children,
not quantity Woman suffrage Will
better children, for it will produce
better thinking. 1t Ia the mental, not
the physical, that rules progressive
action today and teaches us that the
greatest crime of the ages is too many
children.
"When they (parents) have learned
that fully nine-tenths of all the ba-
bies born every year are nothing more
or less LndH nuHdu CuhS' oS1Ao'S
the birth rate will decrease and we
shall have better and stronger race.
Before l leave Washington" said
Mrs. Baker, 81 intend to find out how
many millions of dollars are being
appropriated to stamp out diseases In
animals and to improve the breed OF
horses, pigs and live stock of all sorts;
in fact, everything but the human
species. What humanity needs is
Luther Burbank / would have been
imprisoned few years ago for advo-
eating these views, which, happily, all
progressive thinkers are now coming
to adopt"
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1910-04-21
IMPROPER USE OF FLAG.
Man Used Fac Smile of American
FIaq for Advertisement.

Newark, N. J.-George L. Hebb has
been held in $500 bail to await the
action of the grand jury on a charge
of using a fac smile of the Amer
lean flag for advertising purposes. 1t
is printed on his business envelopes.
Hebb, who had been repeatedly
warned that he was violating New
Jersey law by this misuse of the ma
tional emblem, was arrested on COM
plant of two prominent members Of
the G. A. R. Judge Hahn of the Grim
inal court, in holding him, said he
felt that substantial bail should be
demanded as a lesson to others who
might offend in like manner.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1910-04-21
HUMAN COLLATERAL.
7-Year-oId Boy is Shipped as coIIat-
eraI for Board Bill.

ST. Louis, Mo.-One seven-year-old
boy was received on a bill of lading
at the station here from Monroe, La.
He was consigned to a local bank as
collateral for a board bill to be re-
mitted to a bank at Monroe.
Mrs ]. J. Koentz, acting as agent
for w. J. Koentz, father and owner OF
the boy, called at the union station
for the consignment, but the railroad
officials refused to deliver the young
ster. The boy, still tagged, was ia
ken to the bank in a taxicab. When
the lad reached the bank the amount
due was paid, and he was turned
over to his parents.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1910-04-21
Dear Brother:

Dear Brother:
If you want to help us and do not
know how, we suggest something
like the following:
Macon, Ga, April 10, 1910.
Mr.. ]. E. Mercer, Fitzgerald, Ga.
Dear Sir:
I enclose you herein my check for
S1.0O, paying my subscription to the
Enterprise to February, 1911, l be-
lieve.
1 regret very much to learn of your
misfortune, and hope a thousand peo-
pie will come to the rescue with their
one dollar for the Enterprise. With
very good wishes, l remain,
Yours very truly,
T. w. HAWKES..
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1910-04-21

WHISKEY RULING.
Government Says Whisky Can Be
Made from Grain Only.

Made from Grain Only.
Washington, D. C.-President Tafts
board, made up of Secretaries Mac
Veagh, Nagel and Wilson, has decid-
ed to adhere to it's original ruling re-
garding the labelling Of whisky under
the pure food law made in accord
ance with the presidents decision of
what is whisky" There was con-
siderable dissatisfaction with the rul-
of the board on the part OF distiilers
who use neutral spirits. The board
held, however, that whisky could be
made from grain only, and that only
mixtures of grain distillates could be
called blends" that when the gram
distillate is mixed with distillate from
any material other than grain is COM
pound and must be so labeled. The
decision is of great Importance to the
whisky business.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1910-04-21
CHINESE RIOT.
AlI-Foreign Owned Buildings at Chang
Sha Destroyed.

Chang Sha, China.-All the foreign
owned buildings in Chang Sha have
been destroyed by fire with the ex-
ception of the British consulate. The
Chinese officials issued proclama-
ton in which they state that they
were unable to protect the lives and
property of foreigners, and, thereupon,
all foreigners made haste to leave
the city So far as is known, no for
eign resident lost his life.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1910-04-21
CARTER LOSES FORTUNE.
Government Seizes 100000 Belong
ing to Convicted officer.

Washington, D. C.-Dismissed from
the army and put into tne peniten-
tiary for his alleged connection with
the fraud on the government in the
Improvement of the harbor of Savan-
nah, Ga, former Captain Oberlin M.
Carter had a 100000 fortune swept
out of his hands as a further outcome
of that transaction. This was the
result of a decree by the United
States supreme court.
The decree was based on claim
AGAINST Carter for an equitable &C
counting for the money ne had got
ten fraudulently, it was charged, in
the Savannah harbor frauds with
Greene and Gaynor, contractors.
1t is claimed the government lost
more than 100000, of which it is
alleged Carter. got one-third.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1910-04-21
TUBERCULOSIS SUNDAY.
President Taft Writes a Letter i
Approval of the Project.

New York City.-President Taft ap-
proves of making next Sunday, April
"a, Tuberculosis Sunday in a let
ter received by Livingston Farrand
of the Association for the Study and
Prevention of tuberculosis President
Taft writes:
81 sincerely hope that the move
ment which you have inaugurated to
make Sunday, April "a, a Tuberculo-
sis Sunday may prove to be success
full. The amount that can be done in
saving human life by united effort
in community and in respect to such
a disease as tuberculosis can hardly
be exaggerated"
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1910-04-21
25O,oOO German Workmen Strike.
RarIin Garpoanv - The buildins

trades lockout, which has made
quarter of a million of workmen idle,
appears to be the beginning OF a long
struggle affecting many divisions OF
the national industry. The employ
ers have locked out the men in an
effort to put an end once and for all to
what they regard as the intolerable
demands of the latter.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1910-04-21
Raising the Maine.

Madrid, Spaln.-EI PAS, commend
ing upon the proposed raising OF the
United States battleship Maine, sug-
gests that an examination Of the
wreck be made by a mixed commits,
sion of American, Spanish and French
engineers, to determine the cause OF
the warship's destruction.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1910-04-21

The swiftest animal is the ostrich
which can do a mile minute.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-01-29
FRED SMITH. JONAH.

Fred smith. manager of the Shap-
of a Jonah. Fred was at the hotel
Thursday morning. but left on a
motorcycle to make trip to his
home on the south side. lie forgot
how to stop the continuance. the re-
suit being that when he arrived near
his home he pulled the wrong lever.
Naturally enough. that was the speed
er, SO Fred went sailing up against
the fence in front of his home the
machine being badly wrecked. along
with an expensive pair of trousers.
Some skin was also removed from his
person. That was very well, but the
Jonah still pursued. He returned
later on to the hotel. and commenced
to help the porter burn out an empty
barrel which was to be used for pick
ling purposes. He threw a match into
the barrel. not knowing that the thing
contained gasoline, and the flames
which Immediately shot up destroyed
some of Fred's hair and part of his
face. That. also, was well enough.
Then Fred adjourned to the wash
room. there to remove. some Of the
signs of war. Taking his collar and
tie off. he. carefully. hung. them on
pail. but in. the excitement follow
Ing the wash. lost a diamond. worth.
SO he says. 800. But he didn't. at
the time. discover the loss of his VAL
liable piece of jeweiry. Next he went
to one of the clothing stores. where
he already had an extra pair of trons-
ers being pressed Preliminary tn
changing into the other garment. he
removed his wallet. containing about
$40. and placed 1t on n showcase. 1t
was not until he had arrived at his
home In the evening that he noticed
the loss of his scarf pin and wal
let.
Then ensued a splendid example of
frenxied telephoning. He learned from
the clerk at the hotel that his pin
had not been found. He found SIM
liar news at the store. where he sup
posed he had left the wallet. He
didn't sleep much. naturally. but
hustled to the hotel in the morning.
there to find that his pin had been
found by Jack Hayes, who restored it.
He later was presented With his pock-
etbook. which was found where he
had left 1t. So he got out of the
scrape very fortunately. although he
had to buy.