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Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1910-02-03
1909 Was, a Notable
Year III improvements
In City of Fitzgerald

1t will probably be many yearH
before Fitzgerald will see year
that will rival 1909 in the amounk
of Improvements completed and
commenced in that year.
The list is a long one and tia
sum total of improvements o0HA.
pleted and begun last year for ttfa
city and county win run away uw
into six figures.
The sewer system, increase@
capacity of cotton mill, the ereS.
ton of the county court house and
jail, Improvements at the A., r.
& A. shops, the new A., B. & A.
depot, many new houses, etc. etc.,
all go to make up such year d9
progress and Industrial improve
ment that 1909 will hold the record
in Fitzgerald for several years rD
come.
Not that progress is going Ia
cease; no, indeed For every townfR
Wiregrass Georgia is going to coa~
tinue to develop and grow for
many years to come, and Fitzger.
aid will always be found neck an@
neck with the ''good ones::" baA
1909 just happened to be the yeaw
for all this greatly needed work a.
be completed or started in, ana
her record is in no danger of being
"smashedn soon.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1910-02-03
Central Methodist Church

Commencing next Sunday eve
ming, and continuing every Sunday
night during the month, the pastor
Rev. Guyton Fisher, will deliver
a series of talks especially for
Young Men, but ofinterest to all.
The following subjects will be
treated in their oraer: 1.-THE
Young Man when things are against
him." "rhe Young Man in Bust
ness" "The Young Man in Re
ligion." The Young Man in So
ciety."
Central Church; polite ushers,
good music, a welcome to the
stranger.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1910-02-03
Sheriff Fountain has a card On
the editorial page of this issue
which is self-explanatory.
Fitzgerald Schools Will
Observe Georgia Day. ="

Friday, February 18th will be
observed in Fitzgerald's schools as
Georgia Day"
Programs suggesting the form of
observance by all of Georgia's
schools of the first Georgia day in
history, (the holiday, February -,
having been created at the last
session of the state legislature)
went out over the state through
the mails from the state school
commissioners office at the capitol
Saturday. Miss Mildred Lewis
Rutherford, state historian of the
Georgia division, U. d. c., is the
author of the program, upon the
request of State School Commits
sioner Pound.
AS February 18th falls on Satur-
day, the holiday will be observed
by the schools on the 18th, Fri
day.
Miss Rutherford has drawn up a
very unique program for this pa
triotic holiday, which commemo-
rates the landing of Oglethorp and
his colonizers at Savannah. There
are there divisions of the program
one tor the primary, one for the
intermediate, and one for the high
school grades. The whole intent
of the program is to impress the
history of Georgia and the states
greatness upon those children who
have the good fortune to be born
or reared within it's borders.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1910-02-03
Handsome Mile Posts
To Be Erected In
Ben Hit County

Work has been started upon 135
mile posts which will be placed
upon the principal highways of
Ben Hill County.
The Official Mile Post Company,
Of brownsville, Ga, has the con-
tract for doing this work. This
company has placed mile posts
already in many other Georgia
counties, and Ben Hill is fortunate
in securing the company to do this
work.
The work does not cost the coun-
ty anything. All the commission
ers agreeing to give the company
doing the work the exclusive priv
iIege and to protect the property
from DETACHMENT for a period OF
five years.
The posts stand above ground
about six feet, are Ii feet square
and capped.
Ten enterprising merchants Of
this city bought advertising space
on the posts, and this advertising
matter will be executed artistically
making very handsome and val
liable posts.
The country roads within the
next two weeks will be covered
with these posts from county line
to county line, and that they will
be appreciated by every citizen OF
Ben Hill goes without saying.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1910-02-03
N SCLfHIhG SER-
mon FISHER CON
DENIS DANCING
Pastor of Central N1ethn,
dist Church Fires a Broad
side in Campaign to Be
Conducted Against
Dancing Here.

Pursuant to the resolutions adopt
ed by the Ministerial Alliance on
Wednesday of last week, condemn
ing the dance and urging ministers
of the city to preach against the
practice. Rev. Guyton Fisher,
pastor of Central Methodist Church
delivered a scathing sermon on the
evil at the morning service. The
sermon was in part as follows. .
Dancing is pronounced evil.
Folks say it is bad. They have
been saying it ever since you Can
remember. The talk was about it
before anybody can remember.
The sacred books Of the Pagans
called it on immoral usement:
Plato declared it was indecent and
voluptuous. Micah had a bad name
for those who danced, and referred
to them as Evain fellows and void
of shame" Job gave it black
eye as he described its existence
among these irreligious families,
where it produced increased i'm
piety and ended in destruction.
We can never forget that when
our Saviour was OH earth it did not
recognize Him.-and it never has
and that it could appreciate Meth
eE purity nor manhood passing by
the Christ and in the person d
Herodias accomplishing the bloody
death of John the Baptist, ofwhom
Jesus said, Among men born Of
woman there is none greater
Nor is it small talk and gossip that
have their announcement against
dancing, but those bodies where
Empires were made and the
geography Of the earth was chang
ed bodies where crowned heads and
mitred gowns were in evidence. We
have quotations from the Council
Aeds7'aea in 4th century Third
Toledo in A. ID. $50
+" Whsp rrulle; Roman Council
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1910-02-03
Fitzgerald May Boycott :
The Meat TrusE
Do you eat meat9

DO you eat meat?
Of course you do, but many citS-
zens of Fitzgerald may 'cut ouRs
the juicy steak and the savoy
roast before many more days 20
by.
Thousands Of people over thu
United States are abstaining irons
flesh diet, not on account of theiw
health, but for the sake~Of thu
pocketboOk, and the boycott thuD
instituted is causing the price tml
tumble every day.
And there are some hoycotterN
right here in Fitzgerald. Not
enough yet to cause any fPprecia-
BILE falling off in sales at local
butcher shops, butit is possible for
the boycott to spread sufficiently
here to cause complaint from the.
butchers.
Even if the boycott does not b
come general in Fitzgerald, Eenr
not so far off, and then we W
have few recruits to help pI
down the price of the COW, viii
is higher now than When her co
ship passed over the moon.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1910-02-03

| pldCCtS IL OuUStQC GHS AJllbS VA INV
cent amuSements, and likewise
proves 1T to be full of danger. ii
is exclusively worldly in aim and
origin. 1t claims not a vestige OF
either moral or religious influence.
1t is therefore impossible for Chris
tians to either attend or, participate
in them"
The Cumberland Presbyterian
Church in that body which cores
ponds to our general concession
said, among other things, "Resolv-
ed, by this General Assembly, as
expest by former Assemblies,
that the practice of prOmiscuous
dancing as an amusement by pro-
fest Christians as well as attend
ance upon such places of amuse-
ment, is hereby declared to be in
consistent with the Christian
profession, and the pure and
sacred obligations of our holy
religion.
The Presbyterian Church in it's
Assemblies from time to time have
emphasized the sin of dancing. u,
the form of resolution in General
Assembly (1S60) they say: ''The
practice of dancing, of giving or
attending private or public dane
ing parties-and of educating their
children in the art of dancing by
protesting Christians, is clearly
forbidden by the spirit of the Cos
pei, condemned by our Confession
of Faith, and by the decisions OF
our highest church judicatorics,
and is in violation of the covenant
obligations entered into by every
one who connects himself with the
Church of Christ.
The utterances of the solid old
Baptist Church are too volumin
Gus to quote at length; in another
connection we shall hear them
again. For the present I leave fol
consideration two sentences coming
from official source, and speaking
of duty Of church members.
j HT'he dance shonld be abandon
ed because it violates the prece
dents and rules of an organization
into which he voluntarily enters
and remains. "
The Episcopal Church is and al
ways has been opposed to dancing
The fact that some of it's members
dance is no more than some of Oul
members drink whiskey, and some
of our preachers with about two
links of backbone missing allow it
Now let me read you an extrac'
from another church setting forth
the evil of dancing, and let you
guess what church it is. Sin this
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1910-02-03

under Eugene the Second, A. D.
S26; Council of Rouen 1881; Rheims
1888; the conncil of Tours and AK
same year, forbidding dancing un
der pain of anathema. Condemned
by Council of Narhonne in 18th
Century and also by the Council OF
Trent. The significant thing about
these annunciations is that they
put down the dance as a violation
OF the commandment, 'Thou shalt
not commit adultery"
However much we would like to
excuse the dance, we have to ad
NIT there has been lots of talk
about it. Well, when there is talk
about a man you wouldn't like to
have your girls go with him; when
there is talk about a women, you
wouldn't like to have her in your
family. When the best has been
said for the dance, it is literally "a
questionable character.
Another thing, the talk has new
er died down. If it we're innocent
the centuries would have proven
it. But the talk increases; and
there is a remarkable unanimity in
in this talk. People who call each
other wrong on other things all
agree on this. The churches say
III is evil.
Now and then you hear some sill
ly girl say, ''My church is not OPP
posed to dancing" Your church
is! You may have little tomtit
for a pastor, who says it is nc
harm; or you may hold member
ship in a society which panders to
anything in order to keep up its
membership and worldly influence.
The voice Of the churches is against
it. And that without exception
And this is not a careless statement
Methodist churches, North anG
South, concur in condemnation o
it. 1868 appeal made to Bishop!
brOt this decision. cit is contrary
to the Spirit of the Discipline
to teach the art and scienc'
of modern dancing anywhere, OF t.
practice promiscuous dancing any
| where" The General Conference
of both churches-and they are oul
law making bodies-have almOs1
Identical statements:
For no less than "a representa-
tives of the Reform Church comes
protest after protest against dane
ing. "Dancing is both misleading
and deceptive. tsadvocates CLAIM
for it innocent amusement. In
nocent amusements never create
improper desires nor lead to i'm
proper relations. Dancing offer
does both, which at once forevel
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1910-02-03

/ NOhAVCulOh We COH0lAV1 ~ w UC Jul
duty to warn OUR people against
those amusements which may east
| ly become to them an occasion OF
sin, and especially against the
fashionable dances, which at pres
ent as carried on are revolving to
every feeling of delicacy and pro,
priety and are fraught with the
greatest danger to morals" The
archbishops and bishops Of the
Roman Catholic church in the
United States, assembled in the
city of Baltimore in plenary coun-
Gil.
Archbishop Spaulding, of New
York, says: "'The confessional has
revealed the fact that nineteen
twentieths of the women who fall
take their first step in dancing"
The chiefs of police condemn it.
The students Of, civic reform are
againt it.
Those who are trying to suppress
the White Slave Traffic are against
it.
The women reformers of the land
are against it. Mrs, General W.
T. Sherman writes: 1T have al.
ways given this miserable dance
silent condemnation by refusing to
allow any of my daughters to par
ticipate in it under any circum-
stances.
I don't 60 to a whist party to
learn what card playing is but to
hospital, penitentiary, asylum. If
you want to know what the dance
is, go to the dance hospital (the
chief of police will show you the
way.
Let me insist. 1t is not a ques-
tion of honesty or integrity of peo-
pie who dance, it is what effect
does dance have on church, and
sinners. The dancing member
stands in way of sinners.
And am tired of hearing peo-
pie say. "My father is not OPP.
posed to dancing, and my mother
says, it is no harm. No question
as to their honesty, but it is the
lack of sense. That is what thou
sands of the old whiskey sideboard.
ers said, but their drunken sons
couldn't stand it.
The topper thinks whiskey doesn't
hurt him, but the doctor says it
does. Whoever heard of a drunk
man acknowledging he was drunk?
After all, it only means that the
ldance has never harmed you. Be-
cause woman is pure is no reason
why she is a judge Of dancing in
it's evilsefects.
We have found that dancing is
pronounced bad, it looks bad, it
does bad, it remains to consider
that it is bad. 1t is essentially
bad. 1t is no accident that it is
bad. How could it be otherwise.
The liberties of the dance taken
anywhere else in decent society
would be sufficient grounds in an
American court for divorce.
Men do not choose with them
selves, and seldom with their own
wives and sisters.
cannot dance to the glory of
!God.
/ can't ask Christ to go with me
to dance.
| / would not want to meet death
in a ball room.
Don't care whether you believe
fin a personal Devil or not, but I
want you to believe in the per-
sonal devilishness Of dancing.
Central Methodist Church
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DES|G-
NATEC OFFICIAL
ORGAN
Sheriff Fountain Names
This Paper as Bcn's Hill
COunty's Advertising
Medium for Legal
Matters.

I hereby appoint and designate
the Fitzgerald Enterprise as my
official organ in which the adver-
tisements eliminating from the
Sheritf's Office will hereafter be
published. w. Fl. Fountain.
Sheriff Ben Hill County, Ga.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1910-02-03

Blue print maps of ths colony
from the best tracing Fer mad
for sale at the Enterprises
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1910-11-04

Number your houses with aluminium
figures They never rust nor tarnish-
always bright Only five cents each at
Haynes Gregory Hardware Co.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1910-11-04
Birthday Party.

Virginia Penick will be glad to see
her little friends at three. Bring your
scissors, stay till dark, and have a visit
to Noah's Ark
The above invitation was issued by
Mrs. d. f. Penick to fifty little people,
Friday, October %. 1910, to celebrate
the ninth birthday of her daughter.
The decorations were in pink and
green.
Annie James Morgan kept the regis
ter and Virginia Niles served punch.
After a series of childish games each
guest was given pencil and paper and
asked to draw and cut with their scis-
sors an animal that was supposed to
have been in the ark. This proved an
interesting contest in which the prizes
were awarded to Miss Carmen Parks
and Master William Turner.
The dining room was then thrown
open and the center ornament on mir
rored-table was large ark that was
beautifully made. A bird was on top
with branch in its mouth and the ark
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1910-11-04
When you want cypress
fencing and boxing don't fail to
call on ]. F. Carpenter.

The Lady Minstrel, composed OF
Union City's prettiest girls, will be given
at Reynolds Opera House next Monday
night, Nov. Z. Those taking part are
as follows: Misses Bessie Beck, Mabel
Griffin, Gladys Raymer, Mary Jane
Andrews, Agnes Coble, Genevieve Nail
ling, Mary Wallace Hayden, Ada Moi
felt, Annie Laurie Griffin, Ruth Row
land, Marie Lockhart, Dorothy Beck
Mehette Raymer, Mary Leita Webster,
Beulah Lowell, Helen Verhine, Lucille
Posey and Inez Dahnke. 1t needs moth
ing more than these names to assure
YOU that this will be the most attractive
feature of the season. The minstrel
consists Of the brightest music, latest
songs and jokes, dancing every
thing that goes to perfect minstrel.
The girls will be costumed in pink and
white and the stage will have an elabor-
ate setting in corresponding colors.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1910-11-04
FREMONT.

Mr.. Joe Green has returned from q
visit to Lake County.
]. S. Bell has returned from bust
ness trip to Cairo, Ill
j. p. Cloar and family, Of Beech,
spent the day here Sunday with rela-
! tives.
Mrs. Lizzie Hawkins and children
left Tuesday for their home in Okla
homa.
Miss Dixie Caldwell is spending the
week with her friend, Miss Dora Mich
OILS, of Troy.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A. Killion were the
guests of Matt True and family, of Pro-
temus, Sunday.
Mrs. Mabel Nichols and children, of
0bion, were here to attend the burial of
little Hazel Caldwell.
Mrs. Lou Council, Of Middle Tonnes
see, is here at the bedside Of her broth
er, Mr.. Tom Council, who is very sick.
Messrs. Ed Russell. Ben Norrid, Ed
Roberts, Clyde Maupin, Lee Norrid and
Ben Roberts are spending the week on
the lake.
Mr.. Hooper, an aged gentleman who
had just moved into this neighborhood,
died Thursday night very suddenly and
was buried Friday at the Fremont GEM
etery.
Mr.. Worley Whipple and Miss Fay
Hampton, two popular young people of
Crystal, were married here Sunday af-
ternoon, Esquire Ferrill officiating. The
groom is a son of Mr.. and Mrs Adkin
Whipple, while the bride is the only
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Hamp-
ton. We wish them many years of
sweet welded bliss
Death, with its mighty cycle, passed
this way Thursday, October ~, and
plucked the tender little bud, Leila Ha
eel, that had been planted in the home
OF Mr.. and Mrs Charlie Caldwell just
one year and five days and transplanted
the little spirit to brighter and sweeter
home above, there to live and bloom
forever in the sunlight Of the Sayiour's
love It's hard to part with these little
Jewels, but God knows just when to take
them; SO, dear parents, bow yourself to
His will and comfort yourselves with
these words, In my Fathers house
there are many mansions, if it were not
so / would have told you; go to pre-
pare place for you. +" Just in little
while you will have to pay the same
debt she has paid, and there will be one
united family around the throne Of
God where there are no separations.
Funeral services were conducted by Rev.
Matheny at Antioch Friday afternoon,
where the little white casket was laid to |
rest beneath bank Of flowers.
VIOLET.
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Teachers Meeting.

The teachers meeting at the Masonic
Hall last Saturday was a very success
full one. Superintendent j. B. Cum
mings, OF Gibson County, presided with
Miss Halle Glover, secretary for Obion
County, and F. w. Akin for Gibson
County. There were twenty-three teach
ers from 0bion, eight from Gibson,
three from Dyer and seven from Obion-
Gibson. The good people OF Mason
Hall gave US very excellent dinner,
spread out on the school grounds. Their
hospitality made the day very pleasant
to all present. Most of the discussions
were to the point and well received.
A call for $50 brings the coal wagon.
Union City Ice & Coal Co.
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CROCKETT.

Mr.. Dee Click made business trip t,
Union City Monday
Mrs. j. II. Hart is visiting her moth
er, Mrs. d. c. Young
Miss Ruth Haley spent last Saturday
night with Mrs J. G. Walker.
The aged mother of Mr.. w. D.
Smith visited in his home last week.
Our Stovall school is progressing nice
ly under the management Of Prof
Dickson.
Little Miss Mary Fuzzel has returned
after a seven weeks visit with relatives
at Mayfield.
Mr.. Lewis Wright has just returned
from trip to the lake, where he visited
his brother, viii.
Mr.. Owen and daughter, Miss Mollie,
went to Union City Monday to have
Miss Owen 5 eyes treated.
Rev. Harrison delivered 4 fine dis
course to a large audience at Obion
Chapel last Saturday evening
Our saw mill man, Mr.. Ed Matthews,
of Cairo, ILL.,, has been down rushing
his work for the last few days.
Esq. S. F. Howard, Of Union City,
visited in the home OF Mr.. Jas. Stone
last Sunday and Sunday night.
Mr.. Jas Askins, OF near Terrell,
was business visitor in our vicinity
last Monday. PAUL
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JORDAN

Is
Mr.. and Mrs W. P. Davis, Of Union
City, spent Sunday with Dir. and Mrs.
r. Y. Mcconnell.
Messrs. VIII Sowell and Walter Nc
Murray are at the CIake This week.
Mrs. w. F. Montgomery. Of Hick-
man, returned home Monday, after
visit here 10 her mother Mrs. Amanda
Murray
Mr. and Mrs. Perry Browder, OF near
Fulton, we're at Mt Zion Sunday and
were guests at the home OF Capt. and
Mrs W. A. Shuck.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. q. Alexander were
in Union City Monday
Dr. and Mrs. p. A. Moore are al
Clinton with Mrs. Moore grandmother,
who has been seriously i'll for some
time
Mr.. and Mrs. w B. Sowell Of Union
City, spent Monday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Will Sowell
Miss Virginia McMurray is still sick
with typhoid fever. KENTUCKY
Not the biggest, but the newest.
Phone us trial order-7S. r.. s God
WIN, corner Home and Grove streets y
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NUMBER SEVEN.

Mr. Dave Barton and family spent
Sunday with Mrs, Barton's mother.
Mrs Lytton, Of this vicinity,
Mrs. Mary James aud Mrs. Dickey
Oseman went to Mount Pelia last Sat
urday shopping.
Mrs. Lytton has returned home after
visit to her daughter, Mrs. Clara Bar
ton, near Terrell
Mr., Tommie Laster was business
visitor in Rives Saturday.
Mr. Geo Stafford and son, Homer,
of near Martin, are in this vicinity.
BROWNIE.
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FOUR PAIRS FOR 500
Morgan-Verhine Company.

filled with tiny animals of every kind,
tied with ribbon streamers, and the
drawing of these souvenirs was the main
feature of the afternoon.
In the refreshments, OF cream and
cake, the colors were emphasized The
large collection of lovely gifts attested
the popularity of the young hostess.