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Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-12-02
Nav Sell Red Cross Seals In
Post Offices
Treasury Department Gives Per-
mission to tuberculosis Fight
ers to Use all Buildings

Washington, Dec. 1-On the
opening of the sale of Red Cross
Seals today, permission to sell these
Christmas stickers in every post
Office in the United States has been
granted to the agent selling seals
according to an official announce
ment made from Red Cross Seal
Headquarters this morning.
In a letter to Charles L. Magee,
Secretary of the American Red
Cross, the Treasury Department
gives directions to the custodians Of
all post office buildings throughout
the country to comply with requests
of local agents who wish to sell
seals in the lobbies of these build
ings, not only for the coming
Christmas holidays, but every year
until the Department shall direct
otherwise. The order says:
The Department is in receipt of
a communication from Mr.. Charles
L. Magee, Secretary of the Ameri-
I can Red Cross, to the effect that
nearly the whole territory of the
United States is covered by their
ARRANGEMENTS for the sale of Christ
mas Seals during the coming Christ
mas holidays.
In line with the request of thf
American Red Cross, you are here.
'by authorized, in case application ,n Az
is made by a representative Of
| that Association, to permit the sale
of Christmas Seals in the corridors
of the building in your custody, not
only during the coming Christmas
holidays, but during those to follow
each year unless you are directed
to the contrary.
f The post office department. has
also approved Of the Ref Gross Seal
design. Thus official sanction of
two government departments has
been given to- the Red Cross Seal
movement against tuberculosis.
An effort Will be- made to sell
100,000,000 seals this year, and an
army of practically $4,000 paid
and volunteer workers will cover
the entire country.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-12-02
The Wiley Loan Sharks

Atlanta, Nov. 30.-For more than
a year past over 1876 alleged loan
sharks" including many of the best
known money-lenders in Atlanta
have been under criminal indict-
ment for usury. Time after time
an effort has been made to bring
the case to trial, and time after
time the money-lenders have sue
ceeded in stavins it off.
1t looks very much at present as
if the whole bunch of cases may
have to he dropped Most of the
witnesses are railroad and other cor
poration employees who can with
difficulty leave their work to testify,
Some witnesses, it is stated, have
been paid by the loan sharks not to
testify, and others have been forced
to sign a written agreement not to
prosecute.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-12-02

minded. My position is perfectly
satisfactory to all except the whis-
key people, the beer people, and the
the dodgers divided between the
beer and whiskey camp.
They say did not support Born
er, who, they say, ran ofva prohibi-
ton platform. Their claim is false,
Borner did not run on prohibition
platform, but he is a prohibitionist
and is supporting me on the stump.
They say did not support Mr.. Guer-
ry. My answer to that is, Mr.. Guer-
ry is supporting me. Why should
the dodgers kick? They claim that
the Boynton bill was a straight p TO-
hibition bill, and that | did not sup
port it. The Boynton bill provided
for the establishment of dispensar-
les and was not a prohibition bill.
Mr.. Bro wn points to his record in
Pulaski where he has fought bar
rooms for Is years. Concluding, he
says, The liquor people and beer
people are not contributing to my
campaign fund. Can each of the
other candidates ay as much?"
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-12-02
To Train Orators

Atlanta, Dec. miss Charlotte
A. DeVine,. one of GeOrgia's best
known educational workers, is pre-
pairing to visit various towns of
Georgia to train contestants for the
oratorical contests in which the
prizes will be two scholarships in
the Brenau School of Oratory and
the Riverside Military academy re-
spectfully.
These contests are being held for
the purpose of extending a wider
knowledge of speaking among the
young people Of Georgia, 1t is in
tended to awaken and develop an
enthusiastic intrest in the power of
public speech, without which al
most every individual at some time
or other finds himself at a disad--
vantage.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-12-02
Holiday Halts
f'Namara Trial
Selection OF The Jury Is Still
Dragging.

Los Angles. Nov. 30,-Progress-
ind at the rate Of one sworn juror
for every seventy veniremen drawn
from the Jury wheel, the Mcnamara
trial was stopped for a legal holiday
today with eight sworn jurors and
and two talesmen passed for cause
in the jury box.
The other two seats IN the Dox
were officially vacant, the only man
remaining from the eleventh We
nire having escaped being called
into the box by the considerable &C
ton of Judge Bordwell, who adjourn
ed court twenty minutes ahead OF
time with instructions that the ven
iremen should return Friday morn-"
ing
About fifty men comprised in the
twelfth venire were notified today
by deputy sheriffs to appear at the
same time. This venire makes the
total number of men drawn thus
far sos, of whom one in four has
reached the jury box for interroea-
ton by counsel as to his fitness as
10 try J, B, McNamera.
Judge Borden has weeded out
others for physical and personal rea-
sons and small number have not
been reached with summons This
oddly enough was the case with
I Veniremen George N. Lockwood,
drawn on the eleventh YenliFe, for
whose alleged bribery Bert H. Frank
lin, a former deputy United State
marshal was arrested. Lockwood
was represented to be out out of the
country.
Franklin spent Thanksgiving with
his family, being at liberty on a
$4,000 bail. He had a long talk in
the course of the day with his
counsel, Henry T. Gage, former gov
ernor California.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-12-02
Silver Taken to Shows

Atlanta, Dec. 2.-The state rail.
road commission has presented a
magnificent silver pitcher to Obadi-
ali B. Stevens, who retires this week
from services. The pitcher is plain
and very heavy, with the simple in
scription. Hon. o. B. Stevens, from
the railroad commissioner Georgia,
Dec. 1st, 1911" The pitcher was
sent out to Mr. Stevens home this
morning and was a surprise.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-12-02
Thanksgiving Optimism

1t is the purpose of the Enter
prise to give portion or all OF q
column of the Saturdays paper tc
articles contributed by the Public
Schools. The following is an essay
read at the Thanksgiving exercises
Thursday by Miss Ethel Hulllhen
of the 18th grade;
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-12-02
I do not know. No person does
know. Therefore is this underlying
purpose in which there are perpetu-

know. Therefore is this underlying
purpose, in which there are perpetu-
al hindrances. but more and more
asserting its own fuifilment. ms
is what God saw when he looked
upon the world. We see every now
and then breaking through the sur
face Hope" beautiful Hope" in all
its glory. The hopes, the Thoughts
of men are facts, the battle has been
won and glory and praise is ours,
Man Is growing, likewise his
sense of responsibility and his con-
ciousness of wrong. 1t belongs to
nations also. No man dare now
say, Have anything to thank God
for.
The deepest life of every human
creature, wherever it shows itself Is
found in reaching forth and in sym
pathy and acceptation in the ever
lasting presence Of optimism, the
hope that justifies itself. The sad
ness and joy OF life belong together.
The gladden. the world IS, the sadder
It is; the sa0der it is the gladden. it
is for
That God which ever lives and
loves,
One God, one law, one element,
And one far off divine event
To which the whole creation moves.
God is not one who sets the world
running like a clock. He is the
everlasting light and life.
Who is the optimist of all Opt
mists? Who stands in the center
of human history and knows what
everything really is? Christ with
his blessing and plying hands. No
one ever believed in the certain
fulfilment of human life as ne did.
Let us be among the great company
of optimists. If we may not soar
with the highest of them we may at
least look up and rejoice at their
soaring.
Our optimism is no silly thing
and its justification is by its own
hope. With endless difficulties
around us, let us not let our arms
drop and be idle. Then when we
shall have passed through all the
dark places we shall have entered
into new light, and we shall know
that God was not wrong, and that
we have not hoped in vain, Let
us then 60 on rejoicing and offering
Thanksgiving to God For His good
[
ness aud mercy endureth forever.
Let us then be up and doing
making our last days our best days
We have SO much to be thankful
for as Thanksgiving days roll rounc
in turn, that the best we can do l;
to carry our part, to bear our bur
den.
There is a stro ng necessity Il
Be strong!
We are not here to play, to dream
to drift,
We have. hard work to do and loads
to lift,
Shun not the evil, it's Gods gift
Be strong! Be strong!
1t matters not how deep intrenched
the wrong,
How hard the battle goes, the day
how long.
Faint not, fight on, tomorrow comes
the song Be strongl
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-04-01
What the Kidneys Do.
Their Unceasing Work Keeps Us
Strong and Healthy.

All the blood in the body passes
through the body once every three
minutes. The kidneys filter the blood
They work night and day. When
healthy they remove about5O0 grain
of impure matter daily. when I'M
healthy some part OF this impure
matter 10 left in the blood. This
brings on many diseases and symp-
toms-pain in the back. head ache.
nervousness, hot, dry skin, rheuma-
tism, govt, gravel, disorders OF the
eyesight and hearing, dizziness, ir-
regular heart. debility. drowsiness.
dropsy, deposits in the urine. etc.
But il you keep the filters right you
will have no trouble with your h
neys. =
William j. Travis, American Falls.
Idaho. says: For ten years l
was afflicted with kidney and blad-
der trouble and the doctors seemed
pains through my kidneys and my
shoulders and l could not stoop
withuot becoming dizzy. Ny rest wa
badly broken and my back was weak
and painful. had to get up often
at night to pass the kidney sscre-
tons and I noticed that they were
very unnatural. When Doan's Kid
ney Pills were brought to my At
tention l began their use and the
contents Of seven bones cured
l have had no recurrence Of kidney
complaint"
Remember the anme-Doan'e-
and take NO other.
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents oster-Milburn Co., Buffalo.
York, sole agents for the
United States.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-04-01
Bad Break.

BAD Break.
Beautiful girl" cried the impulsivo
young man on the shadowy deck of the
lake steamer.
"Nonsense!" laughed the pretty
maid. Beauty Is but skin Deep"
"Ah, would hat thou vert a hippo.
pCtaMus.'
"Sir!"
The tapping Of the waves grew
fainter. 1t seemed as though he wa
sitting on an iceberg. SO frig1d were
the surroundings.
That Is. | mean-welI, you know =
hippo's skin-fudge! A hippo's skin
Is thick, deucedly thick, and IL beauty
is skin deep and you had the skin al
a hippo, why-er-you'd be that much
more beautiful. Do | make mvself
plain. Miss ~Evangelinef"
Yes, sir. you make yourself out Ia
be the p~lainest Ounce l ever saw.
shall v speak to you again"
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-04-01
Conference Rates.

Via the Oregon Short Line rail-
road for April Norman Conference.
Tickets on sale from all points
north Of Ogden up to Spencer, Ida.
April 3rd to 9Th inclusive. limited
to April 18th. See agents for rates
and further particulars.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-04-01

Rockland-I.anding Stage Line.
Leaves Landing every Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday At 2 D. N.
Returning. leaves Rockland at s D.
N. Fifty cents each way. Express
packages 10 and Is cents. Edward
Quinlan, proprietor.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-04-01
International Aviation Meet,

Salt Lake City April 5th to 10th
inclusive. Excursions via Oregon
Short Line. Tickets on sale April
3rd to 9Th inclusive, limited to April
18th from stations north of Ogden
and south Of Spencer, Idaho. See
agents for rates and further par
.ticulars.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-04-01
Royal Way to Success.

Royal Way to Success.
Get the right thing-that 10. the
occupation you like-and then focua.
the best OF your powers on It. Not
once but all the time. That IL how
others have done: 1t Is the only royal
way.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-04-01

One Of LIES Best Assets.
One Of the most valuable assets
life IL a character for industry and
honesty.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-02-09

snake. Tall, strong, 1.-THE and smiling, Abe tolied
on as farm laborer. mule driver, sheep feeder
deer killer woodcutter, and, lastly, as boatman
on the waters Of the Wabash and the Mississippi
Another English writer in describing the pres
ident is still more realistic than his countryman
when he says
ITO say that he is ugly is nothing; to add that
his figure is grotesque is to convey no adequate
impression. Fancy n many six feet high, and
then out Of proportion; with long bony arms and
legs, which somehow seem to be always In the
way; with great rugged. furrowed hands. which
grasp you like wise when shaking yours; with
a long shaggy neck and chest too narrow for
the great arms at its side.
add to this figure head cocoanut shaped
and somewhat too small for such a stature. Gov
cred with rough. uncombed and uncombable hair.
that stands out in every direction at once; face
furrowed wrinkled and indented, though 1t
had been SCARED by vitrio; high, narrow fore
head and sunk deep beneath bushy eyebrows two
bright, dreamy eyes that seem to gaze through
you without looking at you; a few irregular
blotches OF black bristly hair In the place where
beard and whiskers ought to grow; close set.
thin Tipped, stern mouth, with two rows OF large
white teeth, and and ears which have
been taken by mistake from a head twice the
size.
"Clothe this figure, then in a long, tight badly
fitting suit of black, creased. soiled and puckered
up at every salient point OF the figure (and ev-
cry point OF tnlS inquire Is sdlleutD, put on large,
Uniting boots. gloves too long for the long, bony
fingers. and fluffy hat, covered to the top with
dusty, puffy Grape; and then add to this air
of strength, physical well as moral, and
strange look of dignity coupled with all this gro
tesqueness. and you will have the impression left
upon me by Abraham Lincoln"
Ward Lamon, who knew him intimately, goes
more into details. He says: Mr.. Lincoln was
about six feet four inches high. the length OF his
legs being out OF all proportion to that Of his
body. When he sat down I'm chair he seemed
no taller than average man, measuring from
the chair to the crown of his head; but his knees
rose high in front, and marble placed on the
cap Of one would roll down a steep descent to
the hip He weighed about $50 pounds, but he
was thin through the breast, narrow across the
shoulders and had the general appearance of
consumptive subject. Standing up, he stopped
slightly forward; sitting down. he usually crossed
his long legs threw them over the arms OF the
chair the most convenient mode of disposing
OF them. His head was long and tall from the
base OF the brain and the eyebrow" his fore
head big and narrow. but incning backward
II rose.
The diameter of his head from ear to ear was
Ch inches and from front to back eight inches
His were large, standing out almost at right
angles from his head his cheek bones high and
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-02-09

suaded the people that he was one of them the
moment he made his appearance on the plat
form-his LONELINESS and his intimate and apt
use of the simple speech they could understand.
There are anecdotes which are intended to show
that even In a community Of persons not noted
for manly beauty he was considered prominently
the reverse. Yet, although this was the subject
of jests at his expense, no one thought any the
less OF him for It, This homeliness-call 1t ug-
illness II you will-of his face, the awkwardness
Of his form, and the ungainliness Of his gestures
and attitudes seemed to the people to go natu-
rally with his goodness of heart and the simple
fly of his nature.
In their eyes when advocating the cause OF the
oppressed and when opposing the forces which
would destroy the nation he became to many pos
itively handsome. AS years afterward one old
man "who knowed" him said:
Lots of 'em will tell you he homely.
Seems to me that's about all some folks around
here has to tell about Abraham Lincoln Yes,
knowed him. they say. He was the homelest
man In Sangamon county Well, now, don't you
make no mistake. The folks that don't tell you
nuthin' but that never knowed Mr.. Lincoln. Meb-
be they'd seen him, but they never knowed him.
He want homely. There's denyin' he was
long and lean, and he didn't always stand straight,
and he wasn't pertkeler about his clothes, but
that night up to Bloomington in ten minutes after
he struck the platform, / tell you he was the
handsomest man l ever see"
The month after his first election the publica-
tion Once Week In London printed the follow.
ing personal sketch Of Lincoln:
Abraham Lincoln is a gaunt giant more than
six feet high strong and long lmbed Hewalks slow,
and. like many thoughtful men Wordsworth and
Napoleon for example). keeps his head inclined
forward and downward. His hair is wiry black,
his eyes dark gray. his smile is frank, sin.
cere and winning. Like most American gentle
men, he is loose and careless in dress. turns down
his tapping white collars. and wears habitually
what consider evening dress His head is
massive. his brow full and wide, his nose large
and feshy. his mouth coarse and full; his eyes
are sunken. his bronzed face is thin and drawn
down into strong corded lines, that disclose the
machinery that moves the broad jaw. This great
leader Of the Republican party-this aholitionist
this terror of the Democrats'-this honest old
lawyer, with face halfRoman, halfIndian, so
wasted by climate. SO SCARED by life's struggle,
was born In 1909 In Kentucky His grandfather,
who came from Virginia, was killed by the Ind
ans. His father died young, leaving widow and
several children. They removed to Indiana. Abe
being at the time only six years old. Poor and
struggling his mother could only AFFORD him some
eight months rough schooling; and in the clear
ings of that and unsettled country the
healthy STRIPPING went to work to hew hickory
and gum trees. to grapple with demonstrating
BEARS and to look out for the too frequent rattle
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-02-09
TOO MUCH FOR THE CORPSE
Exhibition Of Meanness That Gaivan-
lied the "Dead" lrishman Into
Indignant Life.

I Don't be mean in your offerings"
said 4. p. O'Connor. in a plea in New
York for the Irish cause. "Fhe Irish
can't stand meanness.
mo. no: the Irish can't stand mean
ness. Take O'Grady's case. You know.
in Ireland, some 60 or 20 years ago,
when a poor family lacked coffin
they made the corpse beg for 1t.
This custom, alas! sometimes led
to imposture. Thus, Thirsty O'Grady
and his friends wanted money badly
once. and O'Grady was assigned to
act the corpse. So they laid him on
a bier outside the door and they put
a pewter plate beside him for the
pennies.
"As O'Grady lay there. so still. with
closed eyes. an old woman stopped
and dropped sixpence into the plate.
Then she began to take out change.
A penny, tuppence. threepence she
took out, and O'Grady couldn't stand
such meanness. Corpse as he was, he
said
"'Arrah, now, don't mind the
change. Washington Star.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-02-09
Careless and capnx.

| We have undertaken to blend in
one the best Of the two proverbial
conditions-to be careless and happy.
hairless and cappy. We are now hap
py and cappy, and frequently careless
as well. A pretty figure may be con-
jured up-a figure in leaf-green satin
yelled with rose and silver shot gauze.
The dark hair is covered by sal
ior's cap. point and all, worn fatty
over the whole head. the point falling
at the back. Instead Of being made
OF scarlet cashmere, 1t is Of the gauze.
over silver tissue. and studded with
pink and yellow topaz. while 1t is Dor
dered with great gray pear-shaped
pearls, these, Of course, hanging
around the back of the neck and over
the soft hair In front.
We have taken to caps!
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-02-09
RESULTS OF FOOD.
Health and Natural Conditions Como
From Right Feeding.

Man, physically, should be like q
perfectly regulated machine, each
part working easily in its appropri-
ate place. A slight arrangement
causes undue friction and wear, and
frequently ruins the entire system.
A wellknown educator of Boston
found way to keep the brain and
the body in that harmonious co-opera-
ton which makes Joy of living.
1.-Two years ago." she writes, being
In a condition Of nervous exhaustion.
I resigned my position as teacher.
which 1 had held for over 40 years.
Since then the entire rest has. OF
course. been benefit but the use Of
Grape-Nuts has removed one great
cause Of illness In the past, namely.
constipation. and its attendant evils.
II generally make my entire break
fast on q raw egg beaten into four
spoonfuls of Grape-Nuts, with a little
hot milk or hot water added. ! like
Il extremely, my food assimilates, and
my bowels take care Of themselves.
/ find my brain power and physical
endurance much greater and know
that the use OF the Grape-Nuts has
contributed largely to this result.
ut Is with feelings Of gratitude that
I write this testimonial, and trust II
may be the means Of aiding others In
their search for health" Name given
by Postum Co.. Battle Creek. Mich.
Read the little book. "The Road to
wellville." in pkgs. There's a Rea-
SON."
Ever read the above Ietterf new
one appears from time 10 time. They
are gesuiss, sxae, and full OF human
Inherent.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-02-09
n Wasn't a Fire.

The principal of one of the New
York East Side night schools was en-
rolling a new pupil, who was logged
out in a suit of clothes so new that
1t hurt him. Just before the boy came
in the principal had heard the sound
Of fire engines In the street.
What is your name?" the principal
asked the lad.
Tom Dugan." was the reply.
where was the FIRE, Tommy?
asked the principal as he wrote down
the name. There was no reply; only
a scowl.
81 say. where was the fire?" repeat
ed the principal
Don't git gay wit me-" was the
somewhat astonishing answer. "Dere
wasn't no fire, see? bought dis here
suit and I paid seven-fifty for It,"