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Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1910-04-04
WE TAKE

No Advertisement less than Sl.OO
No Job printing for less than 81. 90
No Subscription for less than 81. w
No Money we do not earn
No chance on dead beats.
We sell all sorts of court and com
mercial blanks. Not less than 20
cents worth of a kind.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1910-04-04

Mr. E. X. Farmer, president of the
First National bank, is chairman of
Group No. 1 of this association. H
and Vice President Garbutt will lat
tend the meeting.
Mr. John D. Dorminey, cashier of
the Exchange National bank, will also
attend, while Mesrs G. E. Baker, casu-
Ter, and A B. Cook, vice president,
will represent the Third National
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1910-04-04

We will give you the Enterprise
one year, the Southern Agricultu-
rist three years and 500 page
book, "Practical Farming" Price
$500. ALI for $3.50
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1910-04-04

Mr.. N. N. Littlefeld has bought
half interest in the furniture business
of Sandlin & Brigham, and Mr.. Brig
man has retired. The new name VIII
probably be Sandlin & Littletield
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1910-04-04
SUPERIOR COURT
IN SESSION

The April term of Ben Hills superior
court was convened by Judge u. v.
W nipple at the new county court
house this, Monday morning.
Promptly at 10 oc:o1:l Snel:H roun-
tain, with the usual cry of "Oh, Yes"
announced to the several nunCred citi-
zens, attorneys and officers rnat The
court was open and ready for busl-
ness.
Judge Whipple's frs. observation
was on taking his Sea- that each citi-
zen could shake hands as matter of
congratulation for the splendid new
court house.
The grand jury was caiied and with
few excuses was able to organize with
out calling extra jurors, as GoIows:
J. E. Mercer, foreman.
w. R. Paulk, vice foreman.
A. A. Newcomer, secretary.
B. w. Woodham, B. T. Strickland,
w. H. Robitzsch, A. 3. Cook, w. R.
Dorminey, R. F. Robitzsch, S. S. Gaff,
]. C. Boney, T. M. Griffin, Harold
Beall, Wiley Mcmillan, l. Goldenberg,
H. A. Burkhart, w. T. Paulk, j. L.
McCarty, A. S. Dorminey, Wright Tom
berlin, R. o. Stone, j. D. Small, j. B.
Butts.
Turner Busy, bailiff.
Traverse Jury, First Week.
Walter Andrews, N. {. Chasteen, j
T. Hendrix, L. P. North, C. G.
Reeves, w. A. Adams, ]. A Parrott,
R. w. Powell, R. 1. ,i1affet, [. N.
Frey, w. l.. Babb, j. S. Mccall, Rob
ert Cooper, Norman Dorminey, Peorge
Velboon, l.. N. Chasteen, W. R. Bow
er, S. E. Booker, l.. w. Meakin, B. F
! Hanes, A. A. Hitchcock, R, R. Dor
miney. H. F. Newton, j. L. Googe,
/ L. T. Stone, E. E. Hawkes., T. w.
Swords, S. NJ. Whcnard, NJ. D.
! Young, D. B. Wesham, Jos. B. Luke,
| S. H. Hendley, w. H. Rogers, S. S.
Young, T. L. Stone, J. Z. story.
: Traverse Jurors, Second Week.
| C. E. Baker, NJ. Dickson, W. H.
Hendricks, C. NJ. Tucker, John Rob-
| itzsch, j. w. Gauldin, Perry l.. KeeI-
err, w. II. Berry, C. W. 1lim0aii, T..
P. Keefer, w. H. Marston, w. R.
Lue, w. R. McLenGon, J. L. Dor
miney, H. S. Solomon, L. O. Tisdel,
D. P. Adams, H. B. Boyd, j. E. Tur
ner, H. NJ. Carlson, T. J. Livingston,
C. M. Booker, R. w. Minshew, A. A.
Evins, r. L. Porterfeld, G. W. Calf, S,
I D. Walker, J. T. Mathis, M. H. Evans,
J. w. Bostwick, Geo. F. Gray R. t.
Lee, William Williams.
The candidates were in evidence and
the attorneys were present with more
serious business on HAND.
Judge Whipple's eHarge to the jury
was usually strong in general way
and unusually strong and lucid along
moral lines. He brought out clearly the
conflict, constant and unceasing, be-
tween the two elements of society, the
law abiding, who respect the law and
who are entitled to the protection, and
the more vicious and less 5crupulous,
unwilling to conform to the rules OF
law intended to protect all classes and
he forcibly stressed the condition
brought about by the prohibition move
ment. On et Oh side Of alnn question
two elements of society are arrayed
and the line between them distinct
ly drawn.
He impressed the jury that they had
rare opportunity to accomplish great
good at this particular time for better
citizenship and a law-abiding country.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1910-04-04

We have heard it on the streets nad
+boro NAV be something to it, that
there has been an exodus of the blind
t;Ser element, with come draw poker
floods thrown in; but they will be
fack-after the grand jury adjournS'
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1910-04-04
.ich side are
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respestr5fher, the irrepressible conflict IS
tassrorn everlasting to everlasting. On
r,1,irb side are you arrayed. 1t is more
rnenoctable and altogether as pleasant
- he on the clean side, the right slde'
do decent side, the law-abiding side
IF every question.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1910-04-04

sIrs. 0. L. Thompson and Miss Ber-
tina Thompson, of Savannah, who have
boen visiting their aunt, Mrs. L. F.
Thompson, returned to Savannah to-
day.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1910-04-04
LIBEL FOR DIVORCE.

Ben Hill Superior Cour, April Term,
1910.
Henry C. Powell VS.. Matte L. Powell
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-07-20
An Early Wall Paper.

On repapering a room in Brad
bourne Hall, Derbyshire, in 1882, I
found, partly covered by an old oak
cupboard, considerable remains OF
quite early eighteenth century wall
paper, of pale green tint, with a flow
ing pattern in darker color on it.
This paper was made. in squares OF
about twenty inches, and I was able
to rescue two or more complete
pieces. 1t had been printed on rather
thick paper from wood cut blocks,
and each square was nailed up with
coarse iron tacks about n and a
half inches apart, each tack being
run through squares or washers OF
brown leather, so that both tack
heads and washers showed all around
each square of paper. 1t is possible
that this wall paper was of late sew
enteenth century date.
B]radbourne Hall, in the lower
Peak, is a pictureque house, almost
unaltered, of the time of James l.,
having been then fashioned from the
canonical house of the Augustus OF
Dunstable. It was just the place
''far from the madding crowd
where curious details of domestic
decorations would survive .-Notes
and Queries.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-07-20
Warned in Advance.

When the pious looking lady en-
tered the bird shop and stated her
need Of a talking parrot the proprie-
tor "reckoned ed got the very
thing the lady wanted"
Course. ma'am." he said. "you
don't want a vulgar bird. This ere
one, now was brought over by a mis-
sionary. Talks like a regular 'ymn
book, e does. I wouldn't let i'm go
if 1 didn't think you'd give i'm a re-
spectacle ONE. Thirty-five shillings
that bird, mann"
You'll soon know" screeched Pol
ly. You'll soon know"
Dear me. How quaint" gushed
the lady; and t~hirty-ive shillings
changed hands. What does he mean
by you'll soon know I wonder"
cts is only blemish, ma'am,"
smiled the bird-shop man. "'E's got
into is cad that ev%eryone's wonder
full anxious to find out wot a mission
airy sez when e its is thumb with q
'ammer."-Ideas.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-07-20
To Vitalize the Synagogue,

Development of the social side OF
congregational life, we believe. would
spell improvement in every other di'
rection. 1t would make the syna-
gogue not only more popular, but also
more influential. 1t would infuse
more warmth and meaning into our
religious organizations. 1t would fos'
ter fellowship and neighborliness
which is, after all, one of the prime
purposes of all religion. Just be-
cause modern life is as intricate and
divisive as it is, every unifying effort
of the synagogue would mean sc
much more.
The minister alone cannot do it
The people must do it. 1t must come
from the people. The congregation
must be democratic. Only when the
people themselves socialize the syna'
gogue will they throw into it mean
ing, purpose, vitality
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-07-20
Human Nature and Its Changes.

"Say, Jen," said Katie, the pru-
nette. with white sidecombs IN her
hair, az see Mamie has bleached her
hair again. Amt it terrible?"
Eyes, perfectly awful" replied Jen-
ME, "She asked me If I would 90
it if I were she, and I said, Yes.
Don't she look perfectly dreadful
and it's getting streaked already. o
could tell in a minute it was bleached'
the roots are so dark"
"sure. 1 noticed that" responded
Katie. "And, say, did you see the
rag of a dress she had on yesterday!
And it's ft-gracious! Looked per-
fectly dreadful, didn't it,"
"Perfectly dreadful" echoed Jen-
ME. ,
well, she wanted a pattern, and
T gave her the one of that dark blue
silk I had three years ago. said
Katie.
You did,"
Eyes, I did"
"Oht"
"And the hat she was wearing,
continued Katie. Did you get your
optics on that?"
Yes
"Perfect sight, wasn't IT.
"Where did she get it,"
ooh, down at the Moodys.
helped her pick it out" Was katle's
reply. "Why-why-here comes
Mamie now" she continued. Hello
Mamie, you dear. sweet thing. How
nice you look-too darling for any
thing"
Eyes, indeed" added Jennie. You
do look perfectly charming. Say,
let's all go into Huyler's and get some
soda"
Il And the three friends walked away
together.-New York Times.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-07-20
Great Profits in Coffee.

A New York coffee importer told a
House committee the other day thai
the middleman's profit on coffee in
this country is approximately ffteeE
cents a pound against Germany's
seven cents profit. He said that dur
ing a period of many years the price
of coffee laid down at New York has
averaged seven and a half cents. and
the cost of roasting and preparing il
two to two and a half cents, but the
consumer pays for this twenty-five
cents a pound and upward. Which is
more interesting light On the high
cost of living.-Indianapolis News,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-07-20
a RIVER.

A glimpse of the river-it glimmers
Through the stems of the beeches;
Through the screen of the willows it SHIN
merS
In low winding reaches;
Flowing so softly that scarcely
1t seems TO be flowing,
But the reeds of the low. little islands
Are bent to its going.
And soft as the breath of a sleeper
Its hearing and signing.
In the coves where the fleets of the lilies
At anchor are lying.
1t looks as if fallen asleep
In the lap of the meadows. and smiling
Like a child in the grass. dreaming deep
OF the flowers and their golden beguiling,
A glimpse of the river-it glooms
Underneath the black arches,
Across it the black shadow looms,
And the eager crowd marches,
Where, washing the feet of the city.
Strong and swift it is flowing;
On its bosom the ships of the nations
Are coming and going.
Heavy laden, it labors and spends
In a great strain of duty
The power that was gathered and nursed
In the calm and the beauty.
Like thee, oh, my river, like thee,
May our lives in beginning and ending,
Fair in their gathering be
And great in the time of their spending.
Charlotte Becker, in the New York u
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-07-20
Found q Buried Town.

Every once in a while excavation
in southern Arizona results in the dis
covery of a buried village. The most
recent discovery of this kind was
made by Frank C. Erwin at his home,
fourteen miles from Cochise.
Three miles from his ranch Erwin
started to dig an irrigation ditch.
Only a few feet under the surface he
began to uncover utensils of a shape
and material which indicated that
they had been used by a race probably
as old as the Cibola, that strange peo-
pie whose Seven Famous Cities
was the lure that brought Father
Mia and the negro Estevanicio from
the Spanish mission at Culiacan north
along the Sonora River to the old city
of Tabac, near Tucson, which expedi.
ton was the beginning of civilization
in Arizona.
After digging deeper Erwin came
across a wall, which he followed for
twenty feet. Further Investigation
brought to light hundreds of bones
we'll preserved, n skeleton being in
tact. When an attempt was made to
take up the skeleton it fell to pieces,
Among the treasures unearthed was
a slab on which were written curious
figures representing men and birds
and animals. Erwin took several OF
the relics into Tombstone. and will
send others to the Smithsonian Insti'
tution.-kansas City Star.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-07-20

hontas brings to light the fact that
the descendants of the tribe of which
the historic Indian girl was a member
still remain on the banks of the Pa
munkey River in the wilds of north
ern Virginia. There may be found
prototypes of the girl who saved the
life Of John Smith, and there is en-
acted each. year a reproduction of that
incident. The Indians array them"
selves in costume and portray the
scenes of the early times with accur"
acy. These Indians take pride in lv
ing apart from other Indians and Ill
preserving the traditions OF thelr
f~orefathers. The tepee has given
way to the lumber-built house n
the redskins have come to live much
as the palefaces do, but the LEGENDS
of their ancestors are repeated with
reverence, and the Indians try TO live
I'm to them. The tribe has llO men,
bers.-New York Press.
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place you can possibly imagine! l let
hubby in here sometimes, though
generally Shoe him out. This Is a
woman's room, never to be profaned
by cigar or pipe smoke, unless, Oh
we'll, I do let him come in and smoke,
late in the evening. But 1 always
open the windows very wide the next
morning, and keep them open at least
a solid hour.
can electric iron on its back was
only an expedient, of course. 1 hunted
around the city until 1 found this
darling little electric heater. That's
the only part of the plant girls.
You see this table here. Well, in a
moment I can whip away the heater,
hitch on an iron instead--I keep one
handy right in the table drawer
and there I am all ready to press out
any little things that I feel Id better
not trust to Mary or Susie. / really
do a lot of ironing up here, and it's
a delight.
"I had this music cabinet down
stairs. I really didn't need Il there
It comes in ideally, up here. I've con-
verified it into a sort Of little china
closet, you see, for my own private
stock of tea things. OF course. I've
gradually picked up these cups. Inc
tea service itself's an heirloom. MY
grandmother used it.
you've already zee my tins OF
biscuits and sweet crackers in my
cabinet, and I'llIhave you notice that
these little tea packets contain nine
different sorts of tea. Sometimes
like to drink one kind, sometimes an
other. I can make tea to suit every
ones mood and taste, including my
own. I tell you, girls, I'm getting to
be a great connoisseur in tea drink
ing. ,
Gas YOU see, I can make tea almost
without getting up. It's the most
comfy way. l eve have to bother
to call a maid when I want a cup.
Sometimes a cup is very delicious late
at night.
"There's sugar always ready mere,
in this quaint little japanese covered
bowl. and about the middle OF eacn
afternoon it is a part of Susie's regu-
lar work to bring up this tiny. tiny
pitcher of milk and one lemon sliced,
and nut them away in my cabinet.
Then I'm ready for any visitors; that
is any one of my very best friends
like you. We can be 'chummy' up
here, as we couldn't possibly be down
stairs. We can tell each other Sc
crets that are real secrets.
mo, I won't call it a boudoir. It's
a girls den. Hubby has his " just
across the hall. He gives me pres
ents for mine, and 1 give him pres
ents for his. "-Newark Call.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-07-20
The Automobile Ward.

F. H. Elliott; secretary of the
American Automobile Association.
was discussing at a dinner in New
York the automobilist's we'll known
enthusiasm.
"a friend OF mine." he said, Wis
tied recently the automobile ward of
a lunatic asylum. They have, you
know automobile wards now.
"It was a large, airy ROOM, II
along the wall were ranged some TWO
dozen cots; but of the inmates rot a
trace was to be seen.
But where are the inmates? my
friend asked the physician.
1.-The inmates?' was the reply.
:'Oh, they're all here. They're under
the beds %tinkering with the springs.
Washington Star.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-07-20
Calls it a Girls Den.

at was q hotel room that showed
me how" said the wife of the junior
partner, as she proudly gathered to-
gether six of her best friends late n
afternoon in the new housewife
den" on the second floor of her sub
urban home, and made tea for them
without calling the maid. Honestly,
it was. I'd never have thought of it
if I hadn't gone on that business trip
two months ago with Nat
You certainly are cosy here re-
marked one of the girl visitors envi-
ously, as she glanced around the little
room on the second floor that was
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-07-20

The Mt. Sterling N(Ky.) Democrat
says that last year Sam Turley, a
leading farmer Of Montgomery Coun-
ty, bought three gifts, for which he
paid $27. From them he got his
meat hogs for a large family, the
value of the hogs killed being fully
S225; sold ten 219 pound shoats for
1919 and has three sows left, one
with eight pigs, and one due to pig in
q few days, all valued at SIS; a total
Of $516 from an investment of SGT
one year. Who can beat this and
what business would beat it?
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full almost to overlooking when it
had six women in it and took every
feminine heart because of its dainty
"fxings."
Gam I mott" answered its owner.
"Our house is pretty and effective and
lovely for entertaining. But it's big
hall and parlor, its almcst-as-big din
ing room, all three opening into each
other and making up the whole first
floor, didn't give me a single cazy
nook. All of it was fine for receiv-
ing formal visits and for giving din
ner parties, but when it came to chat
ting with friends like all of you, that
first floor never worked at all. l am
a woman who hates to sit in her bed
room. I felt I must have a place real
ly, entirely and solely my own. But
how to make n I didn't see until
was off on that trip.
"It doesn't matter what city we
were in, but we staid three days at
a most splendiferous hotel. On the
second day 1 anne across. by pure
chance, this dear brass teakettle. l
couldn't let it go, and I won't tell you
how much I paid for it. AS I walked
out Of the store, just hugging the ket-
tie to me, I had an inspiration. Ia
noticed an electric iron in my MOTEL
room. I'd have a cup Of tea.
$50 I bought some tea, and then I
hurried up to the room. 1t was then
about 4 o'clock, and hubby was some
where, selling some man about a mill
ion dollars worth of machinery. l
knew he wouldn't get back Till six.
I'd have my little tea party all by my
1onesome; I was just hungry for tea.
ct took the electric iroh and turned
it on it's back in a soap dish. I filled
the tea kettle, put it on the iron that
was upside down, and in no time at
all I had water boiling. My, and oh,
my; that tea was good!
"I don't need to tell any of you
girls how quickly a woman's mind
works sometimes. Before my man
got in-and he really had sold a big.
big bill-I'd planned this room all
out. 1t just came to we, and now
isn't it the finest, most convenient
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-07-20
Suggestion on Etiquette.

Special care is necessary in eat
ing fruit so that it may be done in as
delicate a way as possible. Pears and
peaches should be peeled with a silver
knife. cut in quarters and the pieces
taken up in the fingers, but if the
fruit is very juicy it would best be
eaten with a fork. Plums are taken
up in the fingers and eaten without
taking the stone in the mouth.
Oranges are cut crosswise with a fruit
knife, and the sections taken out with
an orange spoon or an ordinary tea
spoon. After eating fruit the tips Of
the fingers should be dipped in a fin
ger bowl. The moistened fingers Of
one hand may be touched lightly to
the lips. The napkin is then used to
dry the fingers and lips. One should
not lean over a finger bowl.-Mrs.
Samuel Armstrong, in the Boston
Post.
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Variant Spellings.

Among variant spellings of names
perhaps the most remarkable instance
occurs in a deed of the year 1878.
relating to the property OF the Ra-
leigh family. 1t bears the signatures
of Raleigh, senior, and his two sons.
of whom one has special interest as
being the earliest known signature of
Sir Walter. BY the father the name
is written Raleigh" by the elder o
"Rawlegh' and by Sir Walter it is
written "Rauleygh." BY Queen Eliza
beth it was written 'Rawley," as then
pronounced. 1t also appeared In his
lifetime as "Rawlye." - London
Chronicle.
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Nov thought I, if there's halt
a chance to get a foothold, I'll soon
push my way to daylight
But there wasn't. I soon found
there was rock overhead as we'll as in
front. I had crawled up under the
roof Of a shelving ledge, such a ledge
as I knew jutted out over Bowstrin2
Creek, which runs through the canon
under our camp.
Suddenly, as I was t~reading and
| digging to turn out from under the
ledge one of my feet went into a soft
slush. I felt the water oozing in
round my ankle!
81 remembered the flood that was
now roaring down on the heels of the
rain, and I realized that its tearing
! current would fill all the snow that
had dropped into the canon in almost
no time. In fact, it was already fill
ing it, and 1 was in instant danger of
being drowned in the snow.
81 just lay over on my back, clawed
| at the rocks and bored my way out
from under, all the time feeling the
rising water slushing up at my feet.
The snow was lighter than it had
been, at least above the water. and |
wormed along pretty fast till 1 could
find no rocks over my head.
"Then all at once my eyes popped
out into the open on the side of the
| drift, with the sun blazing all round
me. I yelled with JOY and wallowed
| out, sinking to my hips as I tried to
walk on the slope of the drift. i
looked about. The ledge under which
| Bowstring Creek ran was on one side.
I had Just crawled out from under it
out of a ridge of snow which had
| slumped over from the top of the
| slide. I had slumped with it.
eff I'd gone under the bottom or
the main jam I could hardly have es'
capped. But 1 o found that wasn't
out yet-far from it. I was in a
pocket, rocks that I couldn't climb on
one side, and shut in by a semicircle
of drift.
Il lay on my breast and tried to
| wiggle my way to the top. I could
only make a little Roadway by pack
ing and tramping the snow, building
a kind of leaning tower Of hard snow
as I mounted by half inches.
put thought I, I will get to the
ton some time Yet in a minute /
heard a rush of wave below, and
looked down to see my notch filling
with a whirlpool of water. The creek
had broken through that neck OF
drift and was hurting its food against
the one I was climbing.
81 stood, too scared to move, for a
minute; then I had a sensation as II
the world was moving, dropping out
from under me. The drift 1 was
mounting-it must have been a mar
row one-melted like the going of a
soap bubble, and 1 was plunging
along, fighting to keep at the top of a
rolling food.
There was just one immense FUN
ing swish of water poured out into
and owe the lately emptied creek
channel, and I found myself swim
ming in the cold Notwithstanding
for the land.
I'm glad that I am like a duck in
the water. I vas rolled under in the
rough and tumble a half dozen times.
but 1 came up spluttering. and forged
ahead till my feet hit ground, and
then I scrambled for the nearest high
land.
"It was the blast that started the
snowslide. Nobody was hurt. Quin
was lucky enough to run in the right
direction, and the cook was up above
camp on the bridge hauling up wat
er.'-Youth's Companion.