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Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-06-06
PICK UP A PIANO
IT IS GIVEN AWAY
$3.50 Cote Piano Needn't Cost
You a Cent. Ask Your
Friends to Help.
VOTES GIVEN TO CUSTOMERS
For Subscriptions, Job Printing
or Advertising at The Enter
prise Office or Merchan-
disc at The Bazaar.

That advertising is now a science
is again demonstrated practically to
the buying public of this section by
the wonderful advertising system
now employed by the enterprising
business of The Bazaar, which is
going to give away absolutely FREE
to some of their customers on De-
cember 26, 1911, the beautiful Cote
Piano which is now on exhibition at
their store. The piano sells for $3.50
and is high class instrument in
every respect. Just think of it! A
$4,000 Piano to be Given Away!
A few years ago, if a merchant was
to do such a thing he would have
been considered a fit subject for an
asylum, but conditions have chang
ed, yet in the face of the enormous
sum spent in advertising the fact
of The Bazaar giving away $3.50
piano is a stupendous undertaking,
and it clearly demonstrates their
desire to be always up to and a
little ahead" of the spirit of the
times.
Every purchaser of ST worth OF
goods from any department OF their
store will receive a coupon good for
100 votes on the piano. For every
So subscription to the Enterprise
5000 votes will be given, also 100
votes for each Dollar paid on adver-
Using or job printing. The person
presenting the largest number OF
votes on December 18th will receive
the piano absolutely free. No favors
will be shown and every person will
receive an equal chance. The repu-
tation enjoyed by The Bazaar for
square dealing" insures this fact.
We think the buying people will ap-
preciate this extremely liberal offer
of Mr.. R. |. Maffett, and we predict
a lively scramble for votes. When
making purchases, or paying for
subscriptions, advertising or job
printing, ask for votes.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-06-06
Risked His Life For Badge.

, Atlanta, June 6.-Willing to risk
death rather than lose his bronze
Confederate cross of honor, J. j.
Manion, an aged veteran rushed
into burning house here yesterday
before the fremen could stop him.
and began cropping among the
flames for the bureau where he
thought he had left the emblem.
He was carried out, fainting, after
he had fallen to the floor, but the
token was clutched fast in his hand.
The old hero was unhurt save for
the being overcome by smoke, and
today is none the worse for his
perilous adventure. Three minutes
after he was taken out Of the
house the roof caved in.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-06-06
A Dead City.

Atlanta, June 6.-For the first
time in her history Atlanta has
been called a dead" city. The
author of the adjective is Seaborn
Wright, of Rome. Other critics
have complained of Atlanta for
being too much alive, for being
crudely full of energy, for having
the spirits of a too-young city, but
nobody before ever said that At
lanta was dead.
Mr.. Wright declares that the only
real life in Atlanta is the wild
money-making, money-getting fever.
That, like galvanic current rum
ming through a corpse, makes the
community seem to throb and
move, but the city is dead to the
great trinity of evils, says MIR.
Wright, which are prospecting here
gambling, the saloons and the
social evil" He says the leading
spirits of this city care very little
about the moral welfare of the
community as long as it is ma
terially progressive.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-06-06
Cotton Blooms.

The appearance of the first cot
ton blooms is a matter of general
interest anywhere in the cotton
belt.
Mr.. H. M. Warren brought sever
al blooms to the Enterprise office
yesterday from his farm about two
miles southwest of the city, and
Mr.. E. T. James brought us a
bloom the same day from his farm
west of the city, but really they
are not the first of the season.
Mr.. Joe H. Young of Irwin showed
us bloom just week ago, on a
stalk with a dozen forms.
A Baker county farmer exhibited
cotton blooms in Albany two weeks
ago.
The crop promises well in South
Georgia.
County Commissioner j. G. Min
shew and Mr.. j. D. Taylor brought
to our office today cotton blooms
from the farm of Mr.. w. O. MinsheW
in the Williamson's Mill district.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-06-06
Surprise Party.

A merry crowd of young people
surprised Miss Julia Hill with a
lovely party Monday evening.
Miss Fisher was taken into the
secret and prepared for TIE fun
makers in delightful way.
The pretty roomy porch of Mrs.
Fisher was decorated and lighted
prettily, howl of punch being placed
in a convenient nook. After an
hour or more of great fun the party
visitsd Adams Candy Kitchen where
they were delightfully."- served.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-06-06
Monkeys For the Cotton
Patch.

Atlanta, June San attempt
will shortly be made in Fulton
county by French cotton experts
to teach monkeys to pick cotton
and if the experiment proves sue
cessful a whole colony of monkeys
will be brought here this fall and
worked in the fields.
The idea grew by accident out
of the antics of a pet chimpanzee
carried by a farmer boy into the
fields. The initiative little animal
after frisking around the ground
and watching the negroes at work
finally began of its own accord to
pick the fleecy staple as Industrious
ly as any of the men, and with an
almost incredible rapidity,
AS animal trainers on the stage
have demonstrated it is compare
lively easy to teach monkeys to
perform any ordinary manual trick
or labor 1t is confidently believed
that the experiments on cotton
will prove of practical use. Small
monkeys could work almost as
efficiently as larger ones, The
cost would be infinitely less than
that of human labor, and the men
who are working up the idea al
ready have visions of turning loose
a whole horde of nimble monkeys
on a white cotton patch and having
every bowl picked clean and trans
ferred to the bags almost in the
twinkling of an eye.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-06-06
Runs AmuCk.

Atlanta, Juue GA negro named
Charles Powell was arrested yester-
day by the police for running amuck
like a mad Malay on Decatur street
Saturday night. He went the full
length of the street firing round af-
ter round of ammunition at every
white man who crossed his path,
finally wounding Office J. A. McDan-
iel through the arm and making his
escape. During his mad rampage,
the negro shot a companion named
Gordon Michele.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-06-06
His Ignorance Was Bliss.

Atlanta, June 6.-The county
police yesterday found a negro who
honestly didn't know there was any
law against crap-shooting The ne
gro's name was Charlie Jones, and
he had lived all his life in Carriers
vile, Ga, where he declared he had
ssnot under a tree in full view of the
white folks" every afternoon since
he had been big enough to know
the value of a nickel, and had never
so much as heard that there was
any law against it.
He and another Gainesville negro
waiting for a train out near West
Point, were caught by Officer lsom
shooting to while away the time.
The two darkies saw the officer
coming, recognized him as police
man, tipped their hats respectfully
and kept on shooting right beneath
his eyes. When he said they were
under arrest, they thought he was
Joking. Atlanta negroes would have
been half mile beyond the futher-
est hill before the officer had turned
the corner near Fort Mcpherson two
miles back toward town.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-06-06
Mrs. Ware EntertainS.

One of the most novel and de-
lightful affairs of the season was
a party given by Mrs. D. B. Ware
last evening in honor Of her niece
Miss Jennie Mashburn.
The guests were met by the
hostess and the four Bessie Tiff
girls of this city, Misses Jennie
Mashburn, Maize Mclaughlin, Nell
Frazer and Blossom Mercer.
Quite a number of jolly and
interesting games were enjoyed by
the young people. Even at a late
hour the guests were reluctant to
leave.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-06-06
Ashton Items

Miss Beatrice Ferrel from near
Abbeville is the guest of Miss Sarah
Jane Walker this week.
Mesdames J. A. Worth and D. T.
Bohannon from Fitzgerald spent
Thursday with Mrs. R. J. Bishop.
Mrs. D. T. MiddIebrooks has been
quite ill, but is impro wing.
Fred Walker attended the Farm
ers' Union at Pine Level Friday
afternoon.
The farmers at Ashton will fare
sumptiously this year the corn
crop is quite promising.
Miss Nellie Wilbanks spent afew
days this week with Miss Beatrice
Robitzsch.
Mr.. Andie Cone who has been in
the army for the last three years
has returned home.
Everybody is invited to attend
the Farmers Union dinner at
Frank June 9th.
Regular services at Prospect
Sunday. Everybody invited to
attend.
We regret to hear that Mr.. and
Mrs. J. R. Horton are intending to
move to town. Although it will be
Ashton's loss it will be the cityS
gain.
Mr.. Thornton of Wray passed
through Ashton enroute to Fitzger-
aid to visit friends Sunday.
Robert Hill was a recent visitor
to Mystic.
Rev. j. L. Hill has returned from
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-06-06
Treating The Drunkard

Inebriety is a disease. Men and
women who fall under the liquor
habit or cocaine or morphine habits
become wholly irresponsible in
many cases, and the State should
stand ready to take charge of these
persons just as it assumes control
of the insane.
Furthermore the State should
give these unfortunates course of
rational treatment, in which work,
fresh air and wholesome food should
replace Jail cells. The drunkard
should not be bounded by officials
and driven from one low grogshop
to another. The State should stand
ready to save the unfortunate man
before he has become a hopeless
wreck. At his own request, or at
the request of the alcoholics rela-
tives or friends, officials should
take him before a court and have
him sent to a colony where every
opportunity for recovery from the
drink habit will be afforded.
Massachusetts, and Iowa are the
only two States which now maintain
farm colonies for alcoholics, but
Cleveland, O., has such a colony and
it probably will not be long until
many municipalities and States will
establish such colonies.
The Massachusetts colony is about
an hours travel from Boston, and is
given over to alcoholics and drug
users who have lost self-contrOl, but
are otherwise of good character.
This colony consists of 100 acres,
dived into attractive fields, pastures
and woodland, where out door en-
ployment is given all the patients.
To all appearances the colony is
a home. No guards watch the pa
tents either within or without the
buildings. All appearance of a penal
institution is Stunned, but neverthe-
less the supervision is strict enough
to protect the influence. The Iowa
farm is of similar character, and
these two States have taken pro-
gressive step for the cure of the
inebriate which may well be initial
ed by all other commonwealth.
Jails and prisons would receive
fewer victims of the saloon if a
decent place were provided where
men and women alike might have
a chance to regain control of them
selves before their character have
been undermined by liquor and
Notwithstanding Tenn, Ameri-
can
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-06-06
What Others Think

Upon his return to the office OF
Fulton Enterprise Company publish
ers of the Clark Folder Booklets,
from trip through North Georgia,
Mr.. Hull Kerr, the travelling repre-
sentative of the company related
the following incident. He said:
Il was on the Southern Railway
train, Atlanta to Rome division, and
fell into a conversation with gen.
tIeman seated near me. During the
conversation the attractions and
advantages of the State of Georgia
became the tropic of discussion, and
advantages of the State of Georgia
the topic of discussion, and wound
up his remarks by saying;
Il have travelled all over the
world, and in every State of the
American Union. Have noted the
advantages of Dakota and Oklahoma
and also Canada, but | can truth
fully say that South Georgia is the
most ideal spot on the globe for the
human family This may sound
extravagant but if you had travelled
as much as | have, and seen all
that 7 have witnessed, you would
certainly agree with me-"
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-06-06
Cotton After Oats

The oats are being threshed and
farmers are in a position to
count the net results of the crop.
Mr.. J. A. Justice has figured a net
profit of $22 per acre on a As bushels
per acre crop. He is baling his straw
and will realize $12 per ton for that.
He will follow the Oat crop with
cotton with a probility Of much
more from the cotton crop than the
oats made.
Mr.. Justice is devolping into quite
a farmer. He is cultivating about
700 acres of cotton this year,
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-06-06
Prepare For The Coming
Delegates

The Farmers Union members all
over the county are deeply interest
ed in the coming state convention
in this city but they can do but
little in the matter of taking care
of the several hundred delegates.
1t is up to Fitzgerald to provide
suitable accommodations for them.
1t is an unusual and exceptional
opportunity for Fitzgerald people to
spread throughout the state a repu-
tation for hospitality.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-06-06
The Poor Dog.

Atlanta, June 5.-The five year
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. j. G.
Hill, of Rawson street, had her face
terribly torn and lacerated yesterday
by the attack of a fierce dog, which
was subsequently killed by the
police. The head of the animal will
be examined at the capital today,
and if it shows traces of rabies the
little girl will be given the Pasteur
treatment.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-06-06
Farmers Union

The County Farmers Union will
hold an important meeting at Lyn-
wood School house next Saturday.
1t will be the last meeting of the
County Union before the coming of
the State Convention and it is inn
portant to have full attendance.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-06-06
Begins Serving His Term.

Atlanta, June 5-Christopher
Columbus Wilson, convicted presi-
dent of the United Wireless Com
pany, is expected to arrive in At
lenta tomorrow morning to begin
serving his term in the federal pen
itentiary.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-06-06
Mr.. Roberts Takes Lee Grant

Mr.. j. B. Roberts, at one time
of the Aldine Hotel, who
for the past year has been running
the George Hotel at Ocilla, has re-
turned to the city and has assumed
MANAGEMENT of the Lee-Grant.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-06-06
State Wide Interest Taken In
Commencement Exercises

Atlanta, Ca, June 5.-Great inter
est is being shown throughout the
state, as we'll as over the south, IN
the coming commencement OF the
Georgia School of Technology, which
is to be held June II to Is. Not
only the friends and relatives of the
graduates, but the alumni and
friends of the college are looking
! forward with interest to the event.
The graduating class is the largest
in the history of the institution.
The personnel of the graduates
are we'll known young men OF the
south, also including representatives
of Cuba and Mexico.
The following comprise the class
of 1911: Those receiving B. S.
degree in M. E., Clifford Atwood
Cowles, Atlanta, Ga; James Davies
Dawson, Houston Tex; Val Starnes
Houston Tex; Monte Alan Ferst,
Savannah Ca; William Pope Flem-
ing, Jr., Macon, Ca; Robert Francis
Golden, Columbus, Ca; William
Louise Heinz, Atlanta, Ca; Harry
Wallace Loving, Charlotte, N. c,
Robert William Neel, Gainesville,
Ca; Stanley Matthews Oliver, Elber-
ton, Ca; Cecilio ISidio Rodriguez,
Matanzas, Cuba; Jack johnson
Spalding, Jr.;; Atlanta, Ga; Earle
Walton, Atlanta, Ga; Henry Grady
Weaver, Eatonton, Ga.
Those receiving B. S. in T. E. Au-
gustus Moody Burt, Macon, Ca;
Earle Franklin Chandler, Newman,
Ca; Durward Cuthbert Collier,
GAINESVILLE, Ca; Emile Fallaize,
Biloxie, Miss; William Conner
Wright, Cave Springs, Ca; Henry
Roy Smith, BluDdale, Ga; John
Thomas Starke, Columbus, Ga.
Those receiving B. S. in c. E.
Paul Milton Coleman, Atlanta, Ga;
William Hopson Goodloe, Macon, Ca;
John Griffith Hazelhurst, Atlanta,
Ga; Frank Ward Holt, Eatonton,
Ca; Winthrop Frank Howe, Macon,
Ca; Hayes Adlai Kroner, Winter
vile, Ca; Kenneth Collier McRae,
Atlanta, Ca; William Morrison
Robinson, Augusta, Ga.
Those receiving B. S. degree in
| E. E. Frank Swanson Adkins, Ste
vens, Ca; Claud Ellery Anderson,
Commerce, Ga; Hubert Beckwith,
Covington, Ca; Lewis Coleman
Benson, Tallapoosa, Ca; Edward
Arthur Bleakly, Augusta, Ga; Jesse
Pierce Burrus, Madison, Ga; Dewitt
Clinton Dawkins, Jacksonville, Fla;
Milton Levon Donaldson, Eastaboga
Ala; James Austin Gannt, Macon,
Ga; Clairboane Van Courtlandt
Glover, Atlanta, Ca; Bartiss Edwin
Goodman, Chipley Ga; Linwood
Fulcher Green, Waynesboro, Ca;
Pierre Charles Herault, Jacksonville
Fla; Eugene Dubose Hill, Washing
ton, Ca; Montgomery Stokes Hill,
| Washington, Ca; William Dunlay
Kellogg, Atlanta, Ga; George Jones
Kollock, Atlanta, Ga; Evan Howell
Lyon, Atlanta, Ca; German Navoa,
Mexico, City; Henry Cox Stakely,
College Park Ca. Leon Hampton
Tippins, ,BelIvilIe, Ga; Julian Walton
Atlanta, Ca; Daniel Hood Wood
ward, Atlanta, Ga.
Those receiving B. S. degree in
Arch. 1 Mcqueen Aud, Orlando,
Fla; William Pope Barney, Column
bus, Ga; R. Arch bald Burroughs,
Jacksonville Fla; John 7. Clarke,
Lumpkin, Ca; j. Eckard Crane, At
lanta, Ca; Morton Henry Levy,
Savannah, Ca; W. Arthur Markley,
Atlanta.
Those receiving certificates in
special textile course, Harry Giles
pie Cuchman, Greenville, S. C.;
= DI- n,,x,ol Turin 20
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-06-06

Miss Bernice Breedlove, of Monroe,
is visiting her brother, Mr.. Harry
Breedlove, of the Third National
Bank this week.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-06-06
a visit to friends in Macon.

a visit to friends in Macon.
Rev. Harden returned home Fri
day from Little Rock where ne
attended the Confederate Veterans
Reunion.
Mr.. Sebastion Harris and Miss
Ella Clemens of Wray spent Tues
day and Wednesday in Fitzgerald
and Ashton.
We are sorry to learn that Mr..
TN. Middlebrooks is suffering this
week from bruises caused by being
thrown from his mule Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs Lewis Dykes at
tended prayer-meeting at Rev. }.
l. Hills Wednesday night.
MTGNON.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-06-06

The past weeks hot weather has
been extreme but was by no means
local. It effected the whole country
from the lakes to the gulf and was
much more severe further inland
than in this section of the south.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-06-06
For A New County.

Editor Mercer went down to Alma
this moring in response to request
from the Board of Trade and busl-
ness men of that wide awake little
city, who will try for new county
at the coming session of the general
assembly.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-06-06

All sorts of type writer ribbons
and the best sort of carbon paper
at the Enterprise office.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-03-28
The Pretty Hog.

The hog is the most plastic Of all farm
animals. In his wild state be is Of un-
fiinching gsmeness, an intrepid fighter,
fleet as race-horse, and almost as cuu-
ming as fox. Our ancestors transform
ed him into a domestic animal, and
adapted him to their use by breeding,
selection and feeding. The intelligent
breeder can make from an animal so
plastic about what he pleases, and the
farmers have right to demand that
usefulness be the aim of every breeder
and the reason for every purchase. All
admire good looking hog, and there is
no reason why good looks should not 60
with the highest usefulness, but neither
good looks nor fancy breeding should
stand for a moment in the way Of the
hog that combines vigor Of constitution,
growthiness, and reasonably early ma
turity, with form pleasing to the eye
of either breeder or farmer. When we
come to the final test of beauty, "pretty
is as pretty does" The prettiest hog,
after all, is the one that is most profit.
able; the one that makes the most and
best pounds of gain from hundred
pounds of the most inexpensive dry mat
ter; the one that makes the largest con-
tribution toward providing for the fam
lily necessities; toward meeting the in
terest on the mortgage, and to paying
the mortgage itself; for the addition to
the house, the new carpet, the piano or
organ, the new dresses for the girls, OF
for their education at school. II the
breeders of any breed depart from thi'
practical hog they make mistake, fol
sooner or later the common-sense farmer
will demand the common-sense hog
waving any preference he may have fol
points merely fanciful. - Coburn'I
"Swine In America"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-03-28
Rest AYE of Brood S0ws.

An investigation at the Iowa Station
to discover the influence OF the age OF
sows upon their proliticacy and the
weight and growth Of pigs they pro-
dnced gave some int sresting results. II
wa. found, for example, that fifteen
sows bred at eight or nine months av-
sraged Z 2-3 pigs per litter, while IA sows
sbont pa months old averaged 0 3-5 pigs
ner litter, and aged sows averaged lo 30
psr litter. Pigs from the younger sows
rsiohed on an average 2.39 pounds per
,;g. from the two-year-old sows 2.oS,
from aged sows 2.8l pounds. When
ahont six weeks old, the pigs from the
nonno sovs made an average daily gam
~ o 32 pound, while the pigs from tne
tvo.year-old sows gained 0.40 pound.
Nc data are given on the gain OF tne
MOS from the aged sows. stated IN AN
other way, it was found tnae .ue s~U w.,
vsar-old sows farrowed "a per vens us
more pigs than the young sows, VIII Wiz
the old sows farrowed 80 per cent more'
The weight of the pigs from tne w.
.sar.old sows was nine per cent gray.
than that of the young sows, "no' .o ~, ..s
,,c. from the old sows were IL P0'
pSt ppaSSt ,arger than from the young low.
To-. Tn" n;rs from The two-year.old soW'
made = more rapid gain than tnoso 90 ''Ua, Oa,
.ns'v .ss uornS sovs. amounting to 70 pc,
VIC IN each instance the older SOW
narrowed moro pigs PEI nsse,, ,.ds th,
Mos At birth, and their p'gs .Sv,n,
most rapid growth.-Cooofn
/ In AmesicA."
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-03-28

Here is another feather for the cap OF
the New England farmer. The sweep
stake prize for flint corn has been award
ed at the National Corn Show at Colum-
bus, O., recently, to sample raised In
Berwick, Me-, while the first and second
prize samples in the world class for early
sweet corn were from Cumberland Gen.
trs and Mechanic Falls, Me-, respective
ly. Latterly, some of the Eastern agri-
cultural newspapers have been challeug-
ing the West to compete with the East
in growth of corn upon fixed acreage,
and the West does not appear as yet to
accept the challenge. There is possibly
no better corn land in the world than the
hillsides and valleys Of New England,
where the red men End their white sue
cessors have for centuries grown tho best
of the flint varieties. And better yield
than the past has shown. can, with in
teusive culture, be produced in this
eastern most section Of the United
States. Herald.