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Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-11-02

with the Federal garrison at Hatteras
merged the island, stores were swept
away and for a time it appeared that
everything was doomed. After a ter
rible night, however. the waters re-
coded.
To return to the expedition. The
feet on arriving at Port Royal found
all the channel marks obliterated and
it was necessary to make SOundings
and replace these marks under fire.
The Union gunboats and transports
We're then taken. safely over the bar.
BY the morning of the 9th the FEEDER
ais We're ready to reconnoiter the enc
my's position in force, and the Otta-
wa, Commander John Rodgers. With
the Seneca, Curlew and Smith, went
forward for this purpose.
There were two forts guarding the
channel, one on each side. being about
two and one-half miles apart. To the
south on a point known as Hilton
Head was Fort Walker, with twenty
wv suns anu Oh the OppVSliS SluS at
Bay point was Fort Beauregard. with
thirteen guns in the fort proper and
seven more in the outworks. For
three-quarters of an hour the four
Union gunboats felt out the strength
of the enemy's guns, receiving an an
swering fire through their rigging, but
suffering no other damage.
Later in the day three Confederate
gunboats under command Of Commo-
dore Tatnall, who had seen service in
the war of 1872. ventured too near the
Federal feet and were chased under
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-11-02
Made onv bv L1pFERr SCALES Co., Winston Salem NC
ANNOUNCEMENT.

ITO the Voters of the Third Congressional District have
the ambition represent the Third district congress-
my fitness and worthiness propose submit that the vo
tiers the district along with the other gentlemen who may
aspire to the honor, in democratic primary
Il am farmer born and reared farm in this dis
c and have contributed all that possibly could the ad
vancemen the farming my section of the coun
try.
the desires and purposes that have as p
citizen advancing the farming interests of the state and
county which ultimately the interest of every person. whet
merchant lawyer DOCTOR banker mechanic citizens fol-
lowing other calings
shall be glad meet the face face in every con
ty of the district before the day of election"
Sincerely,
JOHN R. MERCER
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-11-02
WOman's Exchange.

New fall samples of dress goods,
fancy good, etc. Infants clothes a
speciality. New California toilet ar
ticles, Bon Ton & Sempre Giovine,
always Young, subscriptions for
all magazines and club offers. Big
reduction in club offers for 80 days,
Flora P. SroNER, Mgr.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-11-02
By JAMES A. EDCERTON.
WConyright ~ American Press Associa
ton 1911,

a'N-fkt- 4tSA'h ~ Nh'''N' $500" ~D~
ton, 1911
~ Y Oct %. 1861, there left Hamp-
ton Roads for the south OF. th.t the
up to thar time in American
waters 1t sailed under sealed orders.
and so jealousy had its secret been
Kept that hardly one of the officers
anew it's destination. In the north
there was excitement over the move
ment and in the south apprehension
TIE widest rumors were afOat Pop
MAR gossip had the expedition headed
toward practically every port between
Natteras ard Galveston. Charleston
especially was expecting attack. Yet
ut least one man in the COnfedcracy
knew. On Nov Judah p. Benjamin.
acting secretary OF war; sent telP-
gram to those most concerned inform
ing them that the Union feet was
beaded toward Port Royal.
The Federal navy had decided that
IL must have a southern har6Or thai
would serve as cOaling and repair
station Port Royal is perhaps the
finest harbor along the southern coast
1t is at the confluence Of several
streams and is in the midst Of the rich
osast cotton plantations Of South Carroll.
na. where the famous sea island cot
ton is produced 1t is also the en-
france to Beaufort, where southern
aristocracy then congregated.
The fact that Union ships had to GU
north TO coal and repair weakened the
a0uthern blockade With harbor like
chat of Port Royal, which is about
midway bet ween Charleston and Sa
vannah, this difficulty would be in
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-11-02

Sailing of Big Federal War Fleet From Hampton Roads
Its Destination Unknown but Supposed to Be to At
tack Seaport on the Atlantic CoastThe Ships Were
Wooden and Roughly Handled In Storm OF Hatteras
Mcclellan Succeeds Scott at the Head OF the United
States Army---General Fremont Relieved of His Com
maud In Missouri - General Robert E. Lee Sent
Away South
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-11-02

the guns Of ire forts. Tatnalrs dag
ship, the Savannah. sent in one broad
vide. but received a shot which pierced
her Just abaft the wheelhouse that
sent her scurrying out of range At
fool tide on the 5th the Union flag
ship. the Wabash, which had been OF
too heavy draft to get over the bar
before. came in and joined the feet.
and a consu!ta ton was called TO pre-
pare for battle Thus matters stood
on the evening of the 5th.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-11-02
The Removal of Fremont.

A change even more troublesome to
the administration was that involving
the command of the western armies
There had long been complaint of Cen
eral Fremont. the charges against him
ranging all the way from inefIiciency
to extravaganza and lax financial man
agement. For one thing it was said
that he was inaccessible to those hay
ing business with him and for another
that he overStepped his powers on sew
eral occasions. Peculation Of some
of his under officers was also alleged
The chief objection to him had been,
however, that he had not accomplished
anything and that he had failed to re-
enforce General Lyon at Wilson's
creek in August and Mulligan at Lex
ington in September, thus being indi-
rectly responsible for the disaster at
both places. Fremont was exceedingly
popular in the west and among the
more radical anti-slavery men, and
trouble was threatened should he be
displaced Nevertheless, the president
determined to relieve him, and on
NOV. - NSnCIdl La NlO A1uAISE
rarily took command OF the western
armies
There was no land fighting of any
moment during the week ending Nov
). In western Virginia General Floyd
attempted a bombardment of General
Rosecrans' lines of communication, but
little came of it, although it brought
about counter movement by the I'm
ion commander that later forced Floyd
out of the state.
On Nov. General Robert E. Lee
was assigned to the command OF the
department Of South Carolina. Georgia
and eastern Florida. his task being the
protection of the Atlantic coast, which
the Union fleets were seriously threat
ening.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-11-02
Anxiety of the North.

The suspense before felt at the south
now shifted to the north. Days pass
ed before certain news was heard of
the fleets safety One southern paper
took it as an omcn that God was
fighting on the side of the Confeder-
ates The same storm that scattered
the Union ships also played havoc
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-11-02

approach Of night The feet became
widely sea stored. and the Gravest fears
were entertained for its safety. espe
cial apprehension being felt for the
transports II was necessary that the
officers keep the decks all night, anc
occasionally they could see through the
driving rain some Of the companion
ships staggering through the vino
dashed sea. In the driving gale the
rain whipped their faces like hail 10
add to the wildnesS of the spectacle
the sea had a phosphOrescent bright
ness observed sometimes in this lati-
tude When morning broke there was
but one gunboat in sight from the flag
ship. but in the next five days others
came Struggling to the rendezvous IL
front of Port Royal. It was found that
the transport Governor, loaded with
marines and stores. had gone down
but that all except seven of the meE
had been saved by the Isaac Smith
which was compelled to throw all her
battery but one gun overheard in order
to effect the rescue. The transport
Peerless had also capsiZed. her crew
having been saved by the MOhcar
One other transport was injured. ana
three more failed to come into port un
til after the fight. One or two trans
ports were compelled 70 put back to
Hampton Roads.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-11-02
Mcclellan General In Chief.

While this thrilling action was ong
forward at sea important changes we're
being made in the command of the Tn
ion armies On Oct. 81 General Win
field Scott. general in chief of all the
armies Of the United States. asked to
he retired because Of physical dia.'bll
ity, ana the next day Genera! George
p. Mcclellan. builder and head Of the
Army of the Potomac, was advanced
to the supreme command.
AS the conqueror Of Mexico scott
had made worldwide reputation a.
an able general. BY his refusal 70 60
out of the Union with his matt tat
Of Virginia he had endeareG - self
to the north. He was now an U.4 man.
however. unequal to the gigantic task
Of leading the armies in what was to
prove the greatest war in history. At
this time Scott was few months past
seventy-five. While Mcclellan was moi
quite thirty-five Despite the friction
between the two and the things the
young general was saying Of the Older
one In private letters, Mcclellan now
paid a tribute to Scott. There are
two or three significant passages in
McClelan's correspondence at this
time. On Oct. 81 he writes:
"'Our George they have taken 1t into
their heads to call me. l ought to
take good care of these men, for l be-
lievc they love me from the bottom of
their hearts: l can see it in their faces
when | pass among them. | presume
the Scott war will eliminate this
week"
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Section q An emergency Is hereby
declared 20 oNlsi necessary for the
preservation Of the public peace health
and safety on which account this ordln-
ance shall take effect and be in force
from and after IT'S passage. approval and
publications
Passed by the Council ana approved
by the Mayor thia 18Th dny Of october,
1911.
FRANK OLSMITH.
Mayor.
Attest. II. II. WtNsLoW.
city Clerk
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-16
RETAIL HARDWARE
 DEALERS ID MEET

Montgomery. May 15.-(Special.)-- The Retail Hardware Dealers associa tion of Alabama will convene in fifth o'clock tomorrow morning. The head quarters of the association will be a, the Gay-Tea que hotel, at which place the three days session will be held It is expected that more than 100 dele gates will be in attendance on the con vention.
 The local hardware firms will be the hosts of the convention and these well known establishments have planned q number of enjoyable social affairs for the entertainment of the visitors. The hardware firms of the city that will en- tertain the visitors are Snow -Tullis Co, G. W. Barnett Co, Loeb Hardware com pany and Teague & Sons.
 The chief feature of the convention will be the address at the Wednesday afternoon session of Sharon F. Jones, the president of the National Hard ware Dealers association.
 The opening session will be held at the Gay-Teague hotel tomorrow morn- ing at 10:30 o'clock a which time the address of welcome will be delivered by William A. Gunter, Jr.. president of the board of city commissioners. T. H. De Loach will deliver the response and Bruce Kennedy. general secretary of the Business Mems league, will then make an address. After the addresses of the morning the association will name committees and complete it's or ganization for the three days session
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-16
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The Best Refrig-
 orator Made

Before you buy refrigerator take a good look at it. Notice if it can be taken all apart to be cleaned and to let the fresh air get into the corners, and see if it has movable flues and air tight locks; but If that is too much bother just look for the name; if it reads Leonard Cleanable Refrigera- tor,' buy it, it's all right. In fact is the only one that does have all these good points. A perpetual circulation of dry, cold air keeps the food from becoming moist or musty. Natural wood, filled walls, metal ice racks and genuine bronze metal trimmings. All Leonard Refrigerators are finished in golden oak. They are the best with out a question. They are scientific. and we give you more real value for the money you pay than can be obtained elsewhere. An inspection of the Leon- ard will thoroughly convince you on these points.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-16
BEGIN DRAF TING
 WOOL SCHEDULE, Will Be Ready Within a Week-House Not in
 Session

Washington, May 15.-Democratic mern- bers of the ways and means committed of the House of Representatives today be-, gan drafting the revised stariff schedule on wool which will be submitted to the democratic caucus for ratification.
 That the wool bill would be ready for the caucus probably within the week was' the opinion of democratic leaders. Advo- cates of free raw wool were not as confi- dent today as they heretofore had ex. pressed themselves. that the revisei i. schedule would place the raw material on the free list Extraordinary pressure has been brought to bear by conservative
 leaders to secure unanimous approval of compromise bill and these leaders jn- sist that such bill would meet with caucus approval. Such a bill might prA- vide tariff of about or cents pound on raw wool, with provision of a cent re- duction each year until the raw product eventually would go on the free list and cut of 10 to 50 per cent in manufactured wooden goods.
 The House was not in sesison today. !
 The Senate finance committee resumed the hearing on the Canadian reciprocity bill and later when the Senate met, it was { to continue the dealocked effort to elect . successor to Senator Frye as president pro tenn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-16
BURGLARS ENTER
 TAYLOR DRUG STORE

Odenville, May 15.-(Special.)-Th com mencement exercises of the third annual session of the St. Clair County High school is being held This is a time always looked forward to by the people of st. Clair and other adjoining counties as well. Every town in the county was represented in the beautiful auditorium on the bright Sabbath morning of May IA to hear Dr. J. F. Sturdivant of Bes- semer, who delivered the commencement sermon. His theme being based on the line of higher and noble education for the youths of our country. Dr. Sturdi- want, by his slillful oratory, made clear to us the happiness of the educated man and the oreliness of the ignorant man,
 On Monday night the eocution class gave a grand concert The recitations and songs were enjoyed by the large audi ences.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-16
MISSION BOARD
 GATHERS TODAY

Greenville. May 15--(Special Jon all the trains tomorrow the delegates tc the midyear meeting of the Alabama conference board of missions will ar. rive in Greenville. While the meeting proper will not begin until on Wednes day morning; on Tuesday night Rev. l. P. Lathrem, secretary conference mis- sions. will preach at the Methodist church.
 The officers of the board of missions that will be here are as follows:
 Clerical: c. A. Cornell, F. A Rogers A. P. McFerrin, J. L. Jones, J. A Scales, J. E. Northcutt, M H. Holt, C. S. Talley, W. R. Bickerstaf, W. T Ellisor.
 Lay: H. L. Gaines, P. D. Jarmon, A T. Wilkerson. Mac Featherston, A. E Barnett, M. Lightfoot, w. H. Banks E. B. Malone. E. w. Thorpe. J. E. Fin ley.
 Executive board: c. A Cornell, presi dent; F. A. Rogers, treasurer. Missionary evangelists: I. w Chalke, and J. L. Sellers.
 Laymen's missionary movement ot the Alabama conference: A. E. Barnett leader; A. c. Davis, secretary; Mac Featherston, leader; J. T. Clarke, treas. urer
 District leaders: Mobile, Dr. F. A Webb; Greensboro, J. H. James; Pratt. vile, c. $. Lazenby Montgomery. A c. Davis; Troy, M. Lightfoot; Eufaula J. F. z. Riley: Dothan. G. S. Kelley Mariana, w. Rogers; Pensacola, J. B Barnett.
 Invited guests: Presiding elders ot the conference, W. M. Cox, E. C. Moore o. S. Welch, c. A. Cornell J. M Dan- nelly, $. H. Hosrier. J. E. McCann H. T. Johnson, c. w. Gavin, o. C. Me Gchee, President J. B. Cummings, H Whitehead, conference commissioner ot education J. s. Frazer. and all officers of general board of missoins
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-16
GAS PRODUCTION
 BREAKS RECORDS

The chapter on natural gas from Min eral Resources of the United States for 1909, can now be had of the United States geological survey by application to the director at Washington. The industry surpassed in 1909, both in the quantity and value of the gas produced. the record of any previous year, the estimated value being $63206,941, as against 54,640,374 in 1908. Although the returns are unusually late, it is believed that as result of CO., operation with the census bureau they are more complete than those of any previous year. The report discusses the produce ton in considerable detail and gives the output by states covering a long period of years. In 1909 Pennsylvania led with an output valued at $2,o47,2C7, West vir- ginia came next with s17,53s, ,565, Ohio was third with s9,96s,9sS and Kansas was fourth with ss, 293,S46. No other state pro- duced as much as s2,000,000 worth
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-16
NEW METHOD OF
 NUMBERING HOMES

A. correspondent from Paris, France. to Ia Chicago daily paper states that a sys- tenn of house numbering has been recom- mended for that and other European cities, by which the entire city would be divided into small squares 10 meters on a side, and the location of all buildings in the city be designated by the square it occupies, in addition to the street mum bers. This amounts to practically a sys- designated by a certain number of units of distance north or south and east or west of coordinate axes The advantage claimed by the advocate of this is that the position of any building sought rel ative to any other locality could easily be recognized and the building found, since every lamp post or street corner would carry the coordinate numbers of its par ticular locality, north and south ordinates being in red and east and west in blue. In addition, there would be an arrow point ing approximately north.
 It seems to us that this system, while it has some advantages, is more cumber- SOhiO ahu III SelleIdi leSS u6SlfaDle lHau the method adopted by some cities in this country Of numbering the houses accord ing to coordinate system, the chief ad- vantage of the proposed system being that 1t is unnecessary to know the location of the street on which the desired building IS located. as in the system of coordinate numbering On the other hand, the pro- posed system requires double address, one giving the co-ordinates and the other the street and house number The loca- tion of streets is simple matter where all are given numbers, and those in one direction called avenues, as in New York; but this system can be adopted complete ly only where the street system is almost wholly on the rectangular or gridiron plan. Where this Is not the case the ar row to designate north would doubtless be of assistance, to be placed on each corner street sign on streets running ap. proximately north and south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-16
KELLER PLEASED
 BY ROAD TRAIN

Montgomery, May Special. )--W. s. Keller. state highway engineer. is of the opinion that the Southern rail- way good roads train operated by that road for the purpose of creating a greater interest in state highways, IS doing an incalculable amount of good on it's itinerary through this state. En- gineer Keller says the people of the state have evinced the greatest pos sible interest in the movement which the Southern railway has inaugura<ad and he anticipates tbat there will be many fine results from the knowledge which the good roads train is dissem- mating throughout Alabama.
 Mir. Keller will be With the train this week in Anniston, Heflin and Pell City and on Friday the state engineer ex- poets to attend meeting of the Dal- las County Good Roads association a, Selma.
 On Tuesday and Wednesday of next week Mir. Keller will be in attenda ric, on the national good roads congress in Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-16
THE STORY
 OF ALFALFA
the Manufacturers Record.

From the Manufacturers Record.
 The Business league of Demopolis, Ala, has issued a booklet, '"The Story of AL falfa and Its Home,'' for general distribu- tion. It describes Demopolis as the metro- polls of the famous canebrake lands and its site as the ideal location in the black belt of Alabama. Information is given as to soil of that section and it's value for raising alfalfa and other crops, including corn, vegetables and fruits. The De- mopolis district is described as an agricul- tural Eldorado lumber center for hard woods as well as pine, center of mex haustible quantities of cement rock, sand and clay found in close proximity, and a location we'll fitted for stock raising, poul- try farms, etc.