Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1910-10-11

the first meeting of the year which
was held in the parlors of the Elk
Hall. Palms, ferns and roses testl-
fled to the thoughtfulness of some
beauty loving member, and the en-
tire spirit of the meeting was one OF
evident pleasure in coming together
after the summer vacation and OF
anticipation in a great work for the
coming year.
The president, Mrs. j. B. Wall, be-
ing absent, the vice president, Mrs.
E. K. Farmer presided.
No preliminary business was con-
sidered with the exception of one
resolution which was presented by
Mrs E. j. Dorminy and unanimously
adopted. This resolution is as fol-
lows:
The Woman's Club of Fitzgerald
are sincerely grateful to the Princi-
pal and Trustees of Locust Grove
Institute for the scholarship given
our club to be bestowed, on any
worthy boy or girl of our choosing.
Therefore be it resolved; list that
we do most heartily thank the said
Institute for this liberal gift and
pledge ourselves to endeavor to be-
stow it Worthily: and End. that a
copy of these resolutions be mailed
to Prof. Claud Gray, Principal of
Locust Grove Institute and copy
placed on file with our secretary as
a record of this gift.
Mrs, E, J. DoRMINY
Mrs. R. E. LEE.
Mrs. Farmer then announced a
special meeting to be held Friday at
$3.50 D. m. in the Elk's parlors tode-
eide on a club home for the coming
year and to elect a delegate to re-
present the club in at Athens in
November.
The program for the afternoon
was then taken up, the club singing
the federation hymn, "Blest Be The
Tie That Binds" Rev. 7. M. Gallo
way followed, giving the invocation.
In the absence of the president
her address, the key of which was
Service was read by Mrs w. H,
Rogers; and was listened to with
loving sympathy and appreciation.
Summer with it's spirit of recrea-
ton and freedom from routine has
passed, and fall, with it's braceing
invigorating atmosphere has come
upon us with a new vigor; and we
are inspired almost to the point of
making New Year resolutions, so
eager are we to take up the work OF
the club year with the determination
to do the things that will tighten the
burdens of others and make their
paths brighter and more worth while.
Service is one of our grandest
words. There is a service of imper-
| iaEcommand rendered by our great
leader of state and church, but of
this service we hear through the
current publications; the lips of hero
worhsippers are ever ready to herald
the benefits of this particular gift
of service; and it is not that this di-
rect service is discredited or unap-
preciated that | do not dwell on this
kind of service but that, our lives
such service is not demanded. There
is service that is indirect, rather
than direct, a service that is hardly
applauded or even spoken, yet its
| influence is benign that its good eft.
fects flow through the lives of those
| it touches like the calm waters of 6
deep stream. Only noble souls car
shed this influence, can supply fol
the empty life and character the
great something another life and
soul lacks. When we enter sympa'
thetically into the every day cares
of another, and view their situations
as they view them, and see theil
motives for misunderstood actions
their lives become more real to us
and we discard with a shock at our
selves any indifference or contempt
or ugly feeling that had been borr