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Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1910-07-09

A person can wait and hesitate
and doubt, and consult his or her
brothers, and their uncle and cous-
ms, and their particular friends ID
til some Thursday" they find that
thew have lost much time in con-
sulting all these eminent authorities,
that the contest is over, and they
have no time left to follow the adj
vice given them. In nine cases out
Of ten the same amount OF energy
burned up in postponing a task,
would have accomplished it IN the
first place. Everyone knows how
much harder and more disagreeable
it is to do work that has been put
off,"
What would have been done at
the time with pleasure, and even
with enthusiasm, becomes a positive
drudgery after it had been delayed
for days and weeks. Letters can
never be answered so eaSily as when
first received.
Doing deed is like sowing seed.
If not done just at the right time
the crop will forever be out Of sea-
son or most likely there will never
be any crop at all.
Some one who evidently spoke
from bitter experience, has APPLY
said: The whole summer of eterni-
ty will not be long enough to bring
to maturity the fruit of delayed &C
ton" If a star or planet were de-
layed one second in its natural
course, it might mean that the whole
universe would be thrown out of
harmony. All of which is worth
considerable thought by candidates
who have determined to do every
thing in their power to win the first
prize.
The person who acts promptly
even though this person makes a
mistake, will succeed when the pro-
crastinator fails, even though the
latter has the best judgment
There is no moment like the
present. There is need for all force
and energy in the present
moment. The person who will not
execute his or her resolutions while
they are fresh upon them, can have
but little hope for them afterWard
They will be dissipated, lost in the
hurry and scurry of fresher and
more pressing opportunities.
Getting back to the contest. A
presidential election would not stem
the tide of votes that continues to
flow into the Enterprise office. Any
one of the candidates can get the
votes that mean a splendid trophy
the Overland automobile-if they
only 90 after them.
At this day and date people do
not hand you anything if you do
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1910-07-09
The Gold Brick
and the Gold Mine


Some one has said that a sucker
is born every minute. He might
have added that most Of them will
bite at any good gold mine propo-
sition
1t is great pity they do not read
Everbodys Magazine for July, in
which may be found the best thing
we have seen on the gold fakes. The
article is entirely too long for this
paper.
America is the land of the free
and the country Of opportunity for
all. Incidentally, it is free hunt
ing ground for sharpers, and land
of opportunity for the INSCRIPTIONS.
No such chances for fraudulent
business exist anywhere else In the
world. Americans are the richest
people on earth, and the most easily
parted from their money. Those
whose sole ambition is to get rich
quick very frequently help some
other man to get rich quick. Socie-
ty owes no debt to either of these.
1t is obliged to support them both.
This is wrong both, as moral and as
industrial proposition. Once, dol
lar was spent to mine dollar. To-
day two are spent: One dollar goes
into blasting powder, the other into
advertising and office furniture.
In America we place the gold brick
ahead of the gold mine. We mix
the alloy of duplicity and greed
with the virgin metal of our standard
of value.
To allow the fraudulent mining
stock is to deprecate the basis OF this
country value. Such wrong ought
not to be allowed in a country claim
ing an enlightened government.
1t is the thief who has protection
in America, not his dupe. The old law
of caveat emptor protects the seller
of fake mining stocks, not the buyer
of them. There is little or no actu-
ally enforced law to protect the lat
ter.
We offer these helpless ones freely
as victims to the greater cunning and
strength of men wholly without
sense of business honor or personal
decency. When we do this, we also
attack the whole system of saving
banks.
Take your money out of the saw
ings bank. What is three per cent a
year, when can make you .Ethree
hundred per cent. a year? - Give
your money to mel" We permit
that.
The field is one devised by nature
for the trickster. His success does
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1910-07-09

not depend altogether on human
gullibilities; part of his argument
rests on the conditions which sur
round the industry of mining.
These latter are used as bait by
men who have nothing bOna-fde
to offer, and who make their latest
profits out Of their Shallowest shafts.
THE SUCKER LIST IN WALL STREET
Methods vary among such fraudu-
lent operators, but new victims CON
tinually are found. The sucker
list" of one firm in Wall Street num-
bers 10000 names, selected as
those of persons who will bite more
than once at a mining scheme, and
whose records show they have been
bitten
There was an old negro woman in
the South who often importuned her
white friends for funds to build a
certain somewhat mythical church.
They asked her what she received
for the time spent in collecting Il
has what GETS" was her frank re-
Spouse. She enunciated a great
modern principal which has made
fortunes in Denver, Butte, New York.
Boston and many other places where
handsome ithogrophic work is done
and where advertising space can be
bought in journals considered reput-
able.
Another kind of bait offered is
that of the prominent name" A
prominent mining expert" is excel
lent bait Some good men have
been used in this way, and the bait
of their reputation in other lines of
activity has served to make ignor-
ant and innocent people of small
means swallow the hook in the ly-
ing statements which they have
perhaps innocently, certainly ignor-
antly, fathered. We are all familiar
with the literature of this class, sent
to us under the guise of personal
and intimate confidence. Always
that part of the communication is
followed by the blackfaced type
where the stinger lies. The words
AT ONCE usually come in capitals,
as do LAST CHANCE, and PRICE
POSITIVELY WILL ADVANCE
AFTER TEN DAYS. Millions upon
millions of dollars have been extract
ed from the public by these means.
There is no law against it.
Ever line of the article is good
reading and it would be an eye OPEN
er to any who have been simple
minded enough to put their money
in mining proposition in the far
away mountains of the west.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1910-07-09
Airship Scheduled To
Be Carried Out
Substitute for the Destroyed
Deutschland Will Be Built
At Once.

Frankfort, Germany, July T.
The directorate of the Passenger Air
ship company has decided that the
Zeppelin VI now at Friderchsafen be
transferred toBaden Baden to carry
out the program for passenger troops
during the summer. A substitution
for the destroyed Deutschland will
be constructed as quickly as possible.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1910-07-09

London, July Sir Howell Da-
vies has given notice of his intention
to ask fhe home secretary in the
house of commons in the interest
of public decency" to prohibit the
exhibition of biograph pictures OF
the Jeffries-Johnson fight.
? Calcutta, July 1.-THE demand
for the prohibition Of biograph pic
lures of the Johnson-Jeffries fight is
spreading in India The papers Sug-
= gest that the American authorities
DESTROY the films and compensate
the owners.
Montreal, July 7-Proprietors OF
moving picture shows in this city
say they will not exhibit pictures of
the ,Jeffries-Johnson fight. They
advocate destruction of the films.
Bristol, Tenn, July IA. H. Pat
terson, of this city, head OF an amuse-
ment company operating motion pic
ture shows here and elsewhere
throughout the south, today announ-
ed that the Jeffries johnson pictures
could not be shown on his circuit
under any circumstances. He says
he does not believe they make a
hit in the south anywhere.
Pasadena, CAL, July MAINLY
because of strained conditions that
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1910-07-09
First n. E. Church.

At the First M. E. Church next
Sabbath the morning theme will be
"Carnal VS. Spiritual Mindedness"
Evening theme will be The Worth
of a Soul. The general public,
especially strangers, will find cor
dial welcome at every service.
E. j. HAMMOND, Pastor.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1910-07-09
SIS Reward for the following Horse, Buggy and Harness

On night july 7h there stolen from ~ yearod
bay colt large black and TAIL She
shod all around little piece skin knocked off of her left hip
There also stolen Rock Hill Buggy without and nice
new set of racing with breast The bride blind one,
but the blinds had been off with knife
believe the parties stole the horse for the purpose OF putting her
on the track as supposed be of fast racing stock
We pay above reward for the of the property and
the arrest thieves for either Please look out and let us hear
from
Yours very truly
LON DcKEY,
W. H. KENDRCK
DR.. c. B. WHITE
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-08-03
TURNED DOWN BIG OFFER
Hughcy Jennings Will Not Part With
Cobb at Any Price

Boston. Aug. SIT is learned here
on the best of authority that Manager
Jennings of the Detroit American lea
que team recently turned down an Of
fer for Tyrus Cobb, which, If it had
gone through would have completed
one of the greatest deals of baseball
history.
Manager McAleer of Washington
offered Johnson and Street, his star
battery; Gray. another good pitcher,
and Milan, his star outfielder for
Cobb. At the time the trade was talk
cd of Jennings was i'm IA bad way for
pitchers and was tempted to dispose
of the greatest player in the American
league on those terms. But he finally
decided Cobb was greater than all four
men put together and too big a draw
ing card to let go under any circum-
stances.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-08-03
"THIs is MY 35TH BIRTHDAY

Marie Delna. the most celebrated
and probably the most popular con-
tralto on the French lyric stage. was
born August 3, 1876, and made her
first appearance as cafe chantant
singer. Through the generosity of
friends she was sent to the Conser-
yatoire after which she made her de-
but at the Opera Comique as Didon I'm
Berlioz's Les Troyens." Her success
was instantaneous. and a litter later
she was given a chance TO appear in a
revival of "Orphce." which had not
been in the repertoire of the Comique
for some thirty years previously. La
ter still she was engaged TO sing i'm the
Opera In Paris. In London. where she
appeared for the first time some ten
years ago. she repeated her Paris sue
ccsses. The operas in which she has
achieved particular fame are la vi
vandiere." "L'Attaque du Moulin" and
"Orphee." Nine. Delna, whose real
name is Marie Ledant. will be heard
for the first time i'm America at the
Metropolitan Opera in New York the
coming winter.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-08-03
TOO MUCH JACK JOHNSON
Preacher Tells CoIored Brethren They
Will Have Harder Battles

Pittsburg. Aug. 2.-"Too much Jack
Johnson" was the theme of a sermon
by the Rev. a. A. Virgil, the colorcd
pastor of the Warren A. NJ. l.. church.
Il believe the members of my race
have gone far enough in their jubliant
spree over the victory at Reno" he
said.
TOO much Johnson has made us
mad. The negro is still a missionary
people and will be for many years to
come. Consider that il took the white
race 1000 years to get where it is and
ii is still far from perfection. We
have harder battles to fight than those
of the prize ring. Let the sober men,
tai sides of our nature get a proper
hearing. There has been absolutely
too much Johnson on our lips and per-
haps i'm our hearts"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-08-03
NOTED YALE ATHLETE ENTERS.
j. Reed Fitzpatrick Sends in Name for
AlI-Around Championship.

Chicago. Aug. 3.-Yalc will be rep
resented in the national all-around
championships at Marshall field, Aug.
49,. Martin Delaney OF the c. A. A. re-
ceived j. Reed Kilpatrick's entry along
with y. Gish of the Seattle Athletic
club. nd Charles +. Furcy of Philadel-
phia. owing to the number of entries
from Chicago and district the Chica-
go Athletic Association will apply TO
the Central A. A. L. to hold Jointly the
central championships with the ma
tional events. President Everett G.
Brown of the A. a. u. announced the
following entrants as eligible to COM
pete.
Martin Sheridan. Irish American A.
C. G. w. Crawley and Austin Menaul
of the University OF Chicago; Il. c.
Suaranston. Sioux City: Victor Ken
nard. Harvard; Leslie Byrd, Eugene
Shobingcr Avery Brundage and w. A.
Draper all of the G. A. A.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-08-03
American League.

Chicago. ILL.,, Aug. By punching
TRIBE and two singles with an error
Philadelphia scored three runs in the
first.
Il. ii. T..
Chicago 80. ...OOOOOO2OO-2 2
Philadelphia ...3OOOOOOOO-I3 s 2
Batteries-Scott. LANCE, Olmstead
and Sullivan; Morgan, Plank and
Livingston.
Detroit. Mich, Aug. 3.-The home
team rallied I'm the ninth and scored
two runs, but Karger who relieved
Wood with one out, checked them.
r. II. e.
Detroit $50. ..OO0O1OOO2--3 s 2
Boston -. e. .1OOO2OOO1-4 10 o
Batteries Summers. WGllet and
tSanage; Collins, Wood, Karger and
Carrigan.
Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 3.--New York
took advantage OF Fanwelrs wildness
in the first to score enough runs TO
win.
RH.E
Cleveland -. .1OOOO1OOO-2 7 1
New York =. .41000OO00-5 Z 0
Batteries-Fanwell, w Mitchell and
Bemis; Hughes and Mitchell.
RH.E Il.
St Louis -. .OO131OO0x-5 IL 0
Washington O20O10OOO-3 IL 2
Battories-Kinsea and Stephens;
Gray. Reisling and Henry.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-08-03

Chicago, Aug. S.--News that Martin
Sheridan of the Irish American Ath-
letic club is to compete in the 1910 all
around championship event of the
Amateur Athletic union at Chicago
during the latter part OF August has
sent thrill of pleasure throughout the
world of the spiked shoe
II was only a few months ago that
Sheridan announced that he was
through with athletics and would set
tie down more strictly to his business
of patrolling his police beat in New
York. for Sheridan, with James ].
Flanagan and several other we'll
known New York athletes, is a police
man.
Sheridan's waving of his former
edict came at the earnest solicitation
of his many friends who wanted to see
him just once more again i'm action.
The all-around contest il always one
of the most interesting of the season.
and of late years Sheridan has been
particularly fortunate in his versatile
athletic prowess, according him al
most a walk-away in the event.
Foremost among Sheridans prospec-
tive rivals for the highest honors of
the A. A. U. Is Joe Horner. the young
University OF Michigan star. whom
Kecne Fitzpatrick. the astute ex-Mich-
isan trainer declares can beat Sheri-
dan any time the two meet. Horner
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-08-03
YESTERDAYS GAMES.
National League.

New York. n. Y, Aug. 3.-Heavy
hitting by Sheckard, 'Steinfeldt and
Schultz helped Chicago to overcome
New York's big lead.
r. ii. L.
New York -. ..4OOOOOOO-i 3 /
Chicago go. .013O10000--5 10 1
Observation-Disclosures Meyer and
Schlei; Overall, Kroh and King
Philadelphia, Pa, Aug. 3.-The home
team punched its hits with battery
and fielding errors by Pittsburg.
''''~ r. III. e.
Philadelphia ...3OOOO3OOx-6 1
PittSburg ... ..O1OOOOOOO-6 6 3
Batterics-Moore and Doom: White
Mercer and Gibson.
Boston. Mass, Aug. 3.-Every visit
ing player except Mcmillan made a
safe hit.
r. II. +.
Boston =. .. ..OOOO1OO0O-1 6 .
Cincinnati ...O11O13OO0-6 s o
Batteries Brown. Ferguson and
Smith: Rowan and Mclean.
Brooklyn, N. Y. Aug. 3.-d3rooklyn
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-08-03
MICHIGAN MADE MONEY.
Athletic Teams Successful Last Year
Loss Of Coach Only Setback

Keene Fitzpatrick. the head coach at
the University of Michigan. left Ann
ArbOr last week for his new duties as
athletic coach at Princeton. With his
going from the wolverine camp ath-
letic activities for the year came to n
complete standstill at the university.
Disastrous as last season was.
many ways II was considered to most
remarkable Michigan has had i'm an
athletic way for the last decade. Los
ing football, tennis, and frequent
drains to settle the damage suits in
stltuted after the bleacher disaster at
the Wisconsin game In 1903 had plac-
ed the treasury of the athletic assoc
cation I'm bad way, and during the
closing season or two of the regime of
Charley Baird as athletic director 1t
was all that the shrewd manager
could do to avert serious disaster.
But when Baird's successor took
charge, with the change of fortune In
FOOTBALL and the consequent enormous
swelling OF gate receipts from the
pennsylvania and wisconsin games.
the threatened financial difficulty was
aVerted, and again the athletic asso-
cation Is prosperous.
In other ways the season was big
one Michigan had n winning football
team for the first time since Chicago
humbled the Wolverine hopes in the
famous 2 TO o struggle of Thanks
giving Day in 1905. The baseball
'eam' with only n meagre remnant re-
'nalning of the championship aggre-
CATION OF the year before. gradually
rounded into shape. winning big ma
Jority OF the games. and topping off
'ne season with n bitterly contested
victory over Notre Dame In the decid-
ing game of the seasons series with
ue Catholics. And the track team,
spurred on with the knowledge that
us development was the result of
heene Fitzpatricks closing efforts
win the Wolverines. rallied from
poor start, and i'm the Eastern inter-
conegiate upset the dope and finished
'"'rd to Pennsylvania and Yale,
providing the Fasteners for third
place.
Much Is expected OF Alvin Kraen-
s'e'h' who is to succeed Fitzpatrick.
out no one expects him to take that
wonderful little mans place Michi-
gan men do not love Kraenzlein less,
ou Fitzpatrick more. and they ina
SINE that no one can All the gap left
oy his going.
=, win the outlook much brighter
""n year ago. when squad of in
experienced men gathered at the lake
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-08-03
JEFF Will NOT
RE-ENTER ring
FORMER CHAMPION SAYS HE
WILL NEVER FIGHT AGAIN.
ASSERTS HE WAS VICTIM
q OF TRIcKERY.

los Angeles, Cal, Aug. 81 am
,ositiyely through with the fight game.
shall never step into the ring again.
This Is absolutely final" According to
the Los Angeles Record today this
nositive declaration by James j. JEFF
fries was made to willie" Jacobs. a
leading sport writer of the coast and
warm friend of the boilermakers.' IL
,s the big fellows final decision In a
question that has worried him since
ne announced the day following his de-
feat that he was considering another
match with Jack Johnson and would
sh,dy the matter while recuperatin%
ot Catalina. He has just returned
from Catalina.
mo amount of money can cve'
tempt me-" Jeffries continued. mo
promoter can ever induce me ever to
take fling at the ring game. Richard
and talked the matter over long and
earnestly and this is my decision. l
have all the money need to keep my
self and wife I'm comfort and do not
want cent more
Victim of Trickey.
Jeffries today also gave his positive
support, says Jacobs, to the story that
he was drugged before the fight, a
story that was sprung by his brother
lack. Immediately after the fight, and
hacked up by the other men who help
no xx.bitn for the
bIp battle Jcffrles had intimated that
ne was not right" but today he made
this statement:
81 am positive that l was the VIC
tim OF trickery. Something was done
TO me. It would have been impossible
for me to break down In the condition
I was i'm so suddenly unless some one
got to me I'm an undetermined way.
Eight days before the fight ! went on
a fishing trip. We had breakfast be-
fore went To bed and sleep | had
supper From tht day | was never
myself. wanted to sleep all the time.
At first thought that I had been
walking too much. and that a couple
Of days rest would fix me up. But
the laziness never left me. | was also
attacked with dysentery. To show you
how strong 1t was handed me did not
recover from either the dope or the
dysentery until / had been at Catalina
two weeks. have my suspicious as
to The guilty parties and what hurts
the most is that I suspect men who
pretend to be most friendly toward
me-"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-08-03
WOULD RACE JOHNSON
Barney oldfieId Willing to Meet Fight
err in Auto Race

New York, Aug S.-Jack Johnson
the negro heavyweight champion. has
found one white chauffer who is will
ing to race against him in an automo-
bile. I'm the telegram to the Associat-
ed Press from Allentown, Pa. Barney
oldheld declared his willingness to
race Johnson.
Automobile racing is my business"
Oldfeld says, "and IL Johnson or any
other man In the world has $4,000 to
bet that he can beat me at my game
am ready to race"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-08-03
c. e. II. VERSUS MOHAWK.

The Calumet & Hecla cricket team
will meet the Mohawk aggregation
on the Calumet & Hecla pitch next
Saturday afternoon. The c. & II. line
up for the match is announced, as fol-
lows:
Il. Poll<inghorne, L. Caldwell. w.
Venning. f. Osborne. w Martin. II.
Cornellier J. Ivey. l.. Elliott. A. Ell
lott. r. Drew, e. Prisk. Reserves, r.
Ellis and =. Hosken. Scorer. Vim
cent; Umpire. Hicks.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-08-03

SPORTING EDITORS NOTES.


Abe Attell will box Eddie Green
valid I'm Winnipeg, Aug. 1.
The st. Louis Cardinals have pur-
chased Lefty" George the York. Pa.
pitcher.
kid" Eecbc, the Philadelphia boxer,
is selling ice cream at the ball park In
that city.
Stanley Ketchel is willing to meet
B'l Papke if the latter will make 154
pounds.
The Altoona team has a big load and
looks like a winner in the Tri-state
league race.
Ionus Wagner Is gaining right along
ON the leaders for the National league
batting honors.
Pitcher Karger of the Boston Red
Sox has won four games from Detroit
so far this season.
Bert Daniels is making a name for
himself by his great work with the
New York Highlanders.
Peaches" Graham of the Doves is
not only doing great work behind the
bat but hitting well over 300.
Jack O'Brien and Joe Grim are mem
toned as the opening attraction at
O'Brien's new club in Philadelphia.
Jesse Burketts Worcester team is
working hard To cop its fifth straight
pennant i'm the New England league.
But five times i'm the history of base
ball has first bascman gone through
a whole game without having a putout.
A southern scribe says that Bill
Hart, the veteran pitcher, has gone to
the dogs. Bill has become an UNI
pire.
Cleveland fans are hoping that Field
or Jones, the cx- White Sox leader, will
consent TO manage the Maps next sea-
son.
Manager McGraw claims that the
umpires are giving the Giants the
worst of it. SO Cindcrs wrote the
folks.
II Miner" Brown were pitching in
his old-t time form. the Cubs would win
the National League pennant In a
walk.
:sssssssssssssssssssessSssssssss
is now In Europe, but may return for
the competition.
Another of the candidates in the
foreground is Ellery Clark. the Boston
millionaire. who has held the honor.
but had II taken from him by the pres
ent champion. Sheridan.
Sheridan's work with the discuss
has been the talk of two contenents.
He does not approximate his brilliance
with the discuss in other events, but
he is a remarkably versatile athlete,
and II he. IIorner and Clark meet II
should mark one Of the beet matches
for individual supremacy ever COM
peted under A, A. u, colors,
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-08-03
FLYNN ISSUES CHALLENGE
Fireman" Gets Reckless and
Wants to Fight

Los Angeles, Aug. 3.-Jim Flynn
"the Pueblo fireman." today issued n
blanket challenge to Billy Papke'
Stanley Ketchei or Tommy Burns to
meet him In battle of any number
of rounds from six to forty-five. Flynn
also offers TO make u side bet of any
amount from $500 to $4,000 and WIN
agree to any division of the purse
even winner take all.
Flynn says he does not care where
he fights, but is said TO prefer Wyo-
ming