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Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-10-03
Merchants Of Georgia.

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ing a law that would protect you
from the dead-beat; also from the
losses you sustain through fraudu.
lent checks? Then join your broth
er merchant in this work; also that
of protecting each other from col
lecting agency. advertising grafters
and the host of other takers invad-
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lines of business are eligible to
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Address, Retail Merchants Associa-
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Building. Atlanta, Ga.
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a minute. The use Of the ramrod OF
cas:oned many wounded hands and
sleeveless arms. While it was pos
sible TO conceal the body behind low
breastwor!ls. the ramrod hand had to
be extended. an easy target for the
sharpshooters In the opposing army.
Jefferson Davis once said that the
habitual use of firearms by the men of
the south made up for their lack of
military training and rendered them
superior to the northern troops at the
beginning Of the war. The western
soldiers We're also familiar with the
rifle and shotgun. which may have had
something to do with the early sue
cesses of the western armies.
Origin of "Dixie."
Despite the hardships. exposure, in
sufficient food and clothing. long
marches. hard labor in digging
trenches and throwing up defenseS
and the danger to life and limb. the
soldiers life had it's bright side. Life
in the open. comradeship and adven-
lure WetC uI5, IL lhC AOVO wa
scarce and hard to chew ii was rel
ished with an appetite equal to mas
ticating and digesting anything less
formida BILE than leather or sheet iron.
One OF the beguiements of the camp
and march was singing. / have al
ready told of the northern songs, also
of "Maryland.' "DiXie" was just now
coming into it's greatest vogue.
Strange as it may seem. Dixie" was
written by northern man. Daniel De
catur Emmett. and early in the war
was used in the north almost as much
AS in the south. 1t was a favorite
with President Lincoln. Dixie" was
a minstrel song. first sung in New
York in 1850 At the very beginning
of the war it was featured in play
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-10-03

the northern armies. and nearly one
third of these were in the Army Of the
Potomac. which had now become the
largest, best drilled and most impos-
ing body of troops ever assembled up
to that time on American soil. No Won
der Mcclellan was proud of these men
and they Of him. On Sept. "a the gen
erul accompanied by President Lin
coin. reviewed the cavalry and artil-
lery of the Army of the Potomac, The
growth of these two arms of the serv-
ice was a revelation to the country.
Even as late as September the uni
forms Of the soldiers on both sides
were variegated. The zouaves-and
there We're regiments Of these in both
armies-had one kind of uniform, the
regular army another, and there We're
variations among the volunteers from
the several states, each state furnish
ing perhaps different pattern. Gen
eral McClelIan'S order that there We're
to be no more gray uniforms in the
Army of the Potomac had done some
thing to correct the trouble. but there
was still danger of confusion.
On the southern side the variety of
dress was even greater than with the
north While the Confederate con.
gress had prescribed gray, the troops
procured whatever garb they could.
Early in the war many of the southern
officers who had previously belonged
to the regular army wore their old
uniforms. At Bull Run several Con-
federate regiments were in civilian
dress. Gradually, however, the matter
of uniform was corrected. until the
Union blue and Confederate gray or
butternut became well nigh universal.
The Vogue of the Ramrod.
The arms on both sides in the begin
ming of the war were chiefly muZzle
loading. 1t was not till near the end
that the breechloader came into gen.
eral use. The Springfield rifle was the
favorite. The north imported many
rifles. most of which had to be thrown
on the junk heap. The Enfield was a
better gun than many Of these foreign
makes. however. and came into extern
sive use In the north.
The muzzle leaders made 1t neces-
sary for the men to bite their car
tridges. which were not made OF brass,
but Of tough paper. which was twisted
into a sort Of knot at the powder end.
This knot had to be bitten or by the
soldier. who needed good front teeth
The powder was then poured into the
gun and the ball rammed down. Using
this slow method the men were sup.
posed to load and Ore about three times
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said nothing. merely looked at him
and bowed He tried to avoid me
when we left. but | walked square 10
to him. looked him in the eve. extend
ed my hand and said. Good morning,
General Scott He had to take my
hand. and so we parted. AS he threw
down the glove and | took it up. |
presume that war ia declared. SO be
it. | have one strong point-that do
not care one iota for my present po-
sition." In another letter Mcclellan
said; You have no idea how the men
brighten up now when | go among
them. | can see every eye glisten.
Yesterday they nearly pulled me to
pieces In one regiment. You never
heard such yelling"
The Greatest American Army.
1t was estimated at this time that
there were more than 100000 men in
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returned to haunt the dreams of the
loyaliStS It was at about this time
that correspondent of the New York
Tribune reported direct attack on
Washington impossible. After a care
full examination he stated that the I'm
ion people did not realize the strength
OF the chain OF forts about the CAPT
tai. He surmised that the ConfeGer-
ate commanders had good idea of
these defenses, however, and for that
reason they would never attack. He
also came to the conclusion that the
army at Manassas was not intended
TO take the offensive. 1t was there
10 defend the road to Richmond. The
most it hoped to do was to provoke
an attack, not to make one. We now
know that this surmise was true only
in part, but at the time it served to
reassure the north. Color was lent
to it by the fact that on Sept. y the
Gonfederates abandoned Munson's hill.
and two days later 1t was occupied by
the Federals.
Arrest of Maryland Legislators.
Thus ended the fear of direct at
tack on Washington. fear for whlch
there had never been any considerable
ground The danger Of an invasion or
MARYLAND was more real, however, as
subsequent statements have shown.
General Beauregard many yeS"s after
the war said that his plan was to cross
the Potomac above Washington and
had he been supported by Davis and
Johnston the movement doubtless
would have been made.
In September Washington learned
that the Maryland legislature was to
be convened on the 18th at Frederick
and pass an ordinance of secession, the
southern army crossing the river from
Virginia to support this move. II nee
essary. At that time the secession ele-
ment controlled nearly two-thirds Of
both houses. 1t was because&of this
report that many Of the secession
members were arrested. On Sept IS
the Union members refused to meet
and departed for their homes. thus
practically ending the session.
General Mcclellan was active in all
these moves and regarded the danger
as imminent. Two Of McClellan's let
tiers at this time are Of interest. On
Sept. 81 he wrote:
"He Hhe PRESIDENT sent carriage
for me to meet him and the cabinet at
General SCOTS ONCE. Before we got
through the general raised row with
Mae.' I kept cool. In the course OF the
conversation he very strongly intimat-
id that we were no longer friends. I
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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. SToNER, Mgr.
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The War Fifty Years Ago

Washington Finally Guarded Efectualy by Strong De-
lenses Aea;nst Confederate Attack Secessionist
Members of Maryland Legislature Arrested~--Unon
Armies Now Number More Than 100000 Men.
Uniforms on Both Sides Still Confusing---Old Anzzle
Leaders In Universal Use---"Dixie" Song Becoming
Popular---Only Minor Engagements During Week End
in9 September, 1861.
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asv LANES A. EC6ERTON.
copyright by American Press Associa-
ton, l911.I

copyright by American Press Assocla-
ton, l911.I
~T> URING the last half of Sep
q "a tember, 1861. there were still
wild reports in the northern
newspapers that the Confed-
crates intended to attack Washington
Tue current dispatches had 1t that the
southern army in the vicinity of Ma
nassas was nearly 100000 strong.
grossly exaggerated report, and that
it designed either to assault the capt
cal ~ 10 invade Maryland, assist the
secessionists 20 take the state out or
the Union and thus cut Washington
OF from the north.
There was just enough color OF prob
ability about these stories to alarm
the Union states. Before the end OF
September both ghosts were e:fectual-
" laid, however, and never afterwad
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-06-07
Southbound
CENTRAL
June I. 191t)
THE FAST MAIL ROUTE.
Trains Leave Cairo:

1:10 a. m Daily Chicago Vestibule
limited, arriving Chicago 10;40 a. m.
2:16 a. m. Daily st, Louis Night
limited, arriving st. Louis 1920 a. IN.
Sleeping cars open at 500 p. m.
500 a. m. st. Louis Special
$500 a. m. Chicago Daily Express.
11:15 a. m. St Louis Fast Mail.
11l5 a. m. Chicago Midday Special
2.3o p. m. Afternoon Express for
st. Louis, Odin, Enngham, Nation
and Champaign.
AIS p. m. Thebes Accountability
AIS p. m. Fulton and Mayfeld &C.
commodation.
6:15 p. m. Chicago and Eastern
Express.
1910 p. m, Chicago Night Express
arriving at Chicago 7:15 a. m.
2:303 am. Memphis and Nashville.
$40 a. m. Coach section for Mem
phis and New orleans.
,. ~ a. III. SeHiluOle l1lulteu luE
Birmingham and Jacksonville, Fla.
900 a. m. Paducah and Louisville
IA .. m. Daily Memphis and New
Orleans
l.56 p. IN. Daily Nashville, Chatta-
nooga and Atlanta.
$50 p. m. Paducah and Louisville
Sleeper, Paducah to Louisville, open
at $3.50 p, IN.
5:55 p. m. Memphis and New Or,
leans Special.
For through tickets, sleeping car
accommodations and further inforna-
ton apply at Illinois Central Passen-
ger Station, Cairo, Ill.
J. n. JONES, Ticket Agt.
n. G. PHELPS,
General Pass. Aet. Northern and
Western lines.
GEO. H. BOWER,
General Pass. Agt. Sou. lines.
S. G. HATCH, Passenger Traffic Man.
ager.
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Cellini's Quick Cure.

Benvenuto Cellinl when about to
cast his famous statue Of Perseus, now
in the Loggia del Lauzi at Florence,
was taken with sudden fever. In
the midst of his suffering one Of his
workmen rushed into his sick chamber
and exclaimed: ooh, Beuvenuto! Your
statue Is spoiled. and there IL no hope
whatever Of saving itl' Cellini said
that when he beard this be gave a
howl and leaped from his bed. Dress
ing hastily, he rushed to his furnace
aud found his metal ''caked" He or
dered dry oak wood and fred the fur
mace fiercely, working 10 rain that
was falling, stirred the channels and
saved his metal. He continues the
story thus: After all was over l turn
ed 10 plate of salad on bench there
ana ate with hearty appetite and
drank together with the whole crew
Afterward retired to my bed. healthy
md happy. for It was two hours be-
FIRE morning. and slept as sweetly ns
Ii hsI never felt toinh OF i Aess
/
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-06-07

New York, June 6.-The heavy
tone characterized today's market
and trading was lifeless. stocks
moved in a hesi4ating way and in no
important instance were the losses
material but the laggfng tendency
which developed yesterday still pre-
vailed today and TO an extent which
suggested that the recent upwor1
movement had expended itself for the
time at least.
In financial as well afpecuative
circles some disappointment Us ex.
pected at the failure Of the public TO
show greater interest in the antI-
trust cases had been made there
would be a pronounced revival in
\ trading.
The hesitation of the market may
be attributed to some extent to de.
sire to awake the forthcoming gov
eminent crop report.
Securities OF the American Tobac-
co Co. moved today. the common
stocks recovered "a points on the
curb only to lose part Of that gam.
The preferred sotck and the A per
cent bonds also made gain The
American Telephone was strong,
Bonds were irregular, sales s5,o46
600 Government 2s and 40 declined
* on can.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-06-07

You talked in Your sleep last night.
Henry"
did !, my dear? Wh.what did }
say"
Henry, you are leading a double
lifew
mo, dear; don't-don't say that. I
think / must have been having a bad
dream If | said anything that seemed
to indicate
"a bad dream! / should think you
were having bad dream. You kept
yelling Robberr 'Rottenr Kill himg
Run IT out, You lobstcrr and lot OF
other things that were just as absurd.
! want you TO confess now fully aud
freely and | promise you that il It IL
anything u good woman should fpl-
give will forgive you. Chicago Rec.
ord Herald
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-06-07

MAIL. POUCHES.


They Cost From a Few Cents to Thou
sands of Dollars Each.
Uncle sam has twenty-cisht differ
rnt kinds Of matt bags in service, and
they range in cost from ~ cents to
s.. 1876 each There are mail pouches
fov almost every conceivable use, and
YOU can ship almost anything that
comes within the postal regulations
with a maximum of loss and breakage,
says Harper's Weealy Probably the
most peculiar mail bag is the one ar
ranged for carrying bees. Sending
bees by mail was difficult operation
before the bee bag was adopted
Usually the bees arrived at their des
tination dead or 50 exhausted thai
they were of little use Now thes
little honey makers can be shipped by
mail several thousand miles In
"bee bag without suffering and
obtain air and good supply Of foo.
during their transit.
Mail bags are made of various ma
rails The cheapest are of cotton nv
the most costly of leather. Those use~
on fast expresses are REINFORCED Wi,i
metal so that they can be flung ffun
| fast moving trains without damage,
Even then these bags. or catcher
pouches" DO not last much more than
year and a half. while some Of the
cotton bags used for the work will re
| main in service upward of ten years
| In parts of the west, where the mail
must he carried for many miles on
horseback. special pouches are In use
| for singing over the animals tanks.
In the far frozen north special bags
are made for sled trans 1ortatiou, and
in the cities a bag in use for pneu-
| matte tube service is made of a COM
| position called "leatheroid" The or
f! binary cotton mail bags are woven so
I closely that they are practically wa
terproof, and in the weave there are
thirteen stripes of blue Each country
marks its own mail pouches in some
individual way, SO that if one gets
lost in a far country its ownership
can be readily detected.
Nearly G5 100000 mail bags are used
each year by the whole country, and
as they are being worn out all the
time the supply has to be kept up
There are mail bag hospitals. where
| tens of thousands of them 90 every
week. One such mail bag hospital re
pairs upward of 5000 a day. These
| crippled bags are in all sorts of dilap-
| idated conditions. A railroad wreck
may injure several hundreds or thou.
sands, and these must all 90 to the
| hospital before entering active life
again. Christmas is responsible for
much damage to the mail bags. owing
| to the hard service they get, and i'm.
mediatcly after the midwiutcr holiday
| season several hundred thousand bags
| go TO the hospitals.
Mail bags are the most Travelled Of all
articles in use today, They are con
| stantly moving, and it would be I'm
possible TO estimate the number OF
miles bag ten years old has trav'
! eled.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-06-07

The Bird Table.

In tho old countries Of Europe the
bird table may still be seen In the
rural districts. A bird table Is mate
by driving a short stake into the
ground and firmly mailing a shallow
wooden box on top Of It, The box
generally measures two by three feet
ana has number of holes In the
bottom 10 drain 1t Of rain or snow
water. 1t is always high enough to
be beyond reach Of any cat that might
try to leap to ii from the ground. Care
also is taken, to select spot far enough
from fences, trees or buildings to pre-
vent cats from bouncing down on IL
when the birds are feeding Into the
bird table 90 scraps from the house
table and Kitchen. pieces Of stale
bread and cake, strips Of fat meat,
potato parings, carrot. ends, bits Of
any kind of table green's. apple skins
and cores and cabbage leaves. All
kinds of nonmicratory birds come
10 feed Mt the bird table, and many a
song bird has been saved by it from
starvation when deep snow has Gov
cred the ground and seed grasses. An
English naturalist counted twenty
seven species Of birds at the bird table
In his garden in single morning
after a heavy fall of snow.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-06-07

On one occasion Bianchi. the noted
teacher. went on the stage to see Bri
gnoli, the famous singer, whom he
found pacing up and down like mad
man. humming over his part.
why. Brig what is the matter with
you? Are you nervousy' he asked
Yes. | am nervous" was the reply
as he walked harder and faster thar
ever.
But, Brig, you ought not to be nerv.
GUS. I've heard sou sing the part 20C
times. heard you sing it thirty
years ago"
Thirty years agol Who are you
that should know so muchY"
"Who am /? You know who ! am,
and know who you are"
Very well: you know what J am
but am sure you do not know what
you are. and If you wish | will tell
you. You are u foolr'
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-06-07

These on silent mad incorruptible
witness es said Attorney Lingle TO
the jury in the Bankson case, as he
hell up the Clothing worn by Officer
French showing where the bullet
from Bankson's pistol entered
through the back and killed the man
who had wore them. In these days,
it seems, silent and incomptible
witness" do not count for as mucn as
do witnesses, who can talk ana VINO
will lie themselves black In the face,
Bf they are not already black ny
nature.
There are at least nine farmers In
Union county, who. believe that a
man killer may set up and maintain
plea of self defense, even wlen ne
has shot his victim through the back.
and there are others who, will en-
dorse that belief when 1t rains after
long dry spell and their crops neen
attention.
Readers OF the Bulletin were given
fun and impartial report or the ev1-
denee In the Bankson case, through
the painstaking efforts of Edgar A.
Davie and Edward Lee of Anna and
,Donesboro. 1t was a consistent
story and true TO the record but
those who followed it closely win
nave 70 go through a mental process
somewhat similar to that of squanng
q compound rectangular circle In any
efforts to harmonic the iury's yer
dict with the story
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-06-07
M ade NAPOLEON Wait.

On the day when the courier brought
news Of the signature Of the peace OF
Amiens, Talleyrand thryst the impa.
tiently awaited document in his pocket,
went to the emperor and engaged him
in current affairs. When these were
all disposed of he said: "Now have
good news for you Readr
"And you could not tell me this i'm.
mcdiatoiy:' exclaimed the astonlshed
Napoleon
Certainly not for then YOU would
listen to nothiag else"
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-06-07

The Hosts Youngest -- Don't your
shoes feel very uncomfortable when
you walk, Mrs Nuryche? Mrs. Nu-
ryche-Dear me! What an extraordi-
nary question! Why do you ask, child?
The Hosts Youngest-Ob, only COS pa
said the other day sluce you'd come
into your money you'd got far too big
Cor your boots
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-06-07
The Merits Of nAnnslick Snuff .


Angelck snuff, the most noble com.
position In the world, removing all
manner of disorders of the head and
brain, easing the most excruciating
pain in a moment, taking away all
swimming and giddiness proceeding
from vapours. etc: also drowsiness,
sleepiness and other letharglck effects,
perfectly curing deafness to admira-
ton and all humoHrs aud soreness in
the eyes. etc. Corroboates the brain.
comforts the nerves and rerives the
spirits Its admirable efficacy in all
the above mentioned diseases has been
experienced above thousand times
and very justly causes it to be es-
teemed the most beneficial snuff In the
world Price Is. paper, with direc-
tons Sold only mt Mr. Payn's toy
shop at the Angel and Crown, in St
Paul's cburchyard, near Cheapside.
Advertisement in London Paper, Aug
6, III.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-06-07
UNCLE WALT
THE POET PHILOSO HER

1o our stay that
die? The
For2e tha gave you l breath designed that
he vs. o z powers
THE FLIES WAC that might freely sag? because
iusst fos
your The
skeee with their lord
living deeds coed to loaf around this
the flowers when
husky y
fly, IF feel that I'd set
cigars buy uca
club When
horsand cubts high
an your
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-06-07
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

Average number Of complete ana
perfect copies of The Cairo
Bulletin printed daily and sun
day during the year 1910. .22a7
Average number OF complete and
perfect copies OF The Cairo
Bulletin printed daily and Sun
day during the month or May
1911 ........ 2221
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t.nnu Wire Snap,

The span of telephone wire Just
placed across the bay is one Of the
longest anywhere in the state Of Ore.
sgon. The wire runs from d pole near
Captain Wellander's house to one
shout 100 feet high on south beach.
and the distance from pole to pole is
$500 feet, or nearly one-half mile Its
average heights above the water Is
about i25 or t30 feet. and wilL clear
the lnasts of any vessel coming In
here At present. Newport Signal
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-06-07
A L.ona sDallo,v.

"And you give the giraffe only one
Jump OF sugarT asked the little boy
at the ZOO,
"Oh. yesF' replied the keeper One
lump goes tong way. with him.
Ionkers Statesman.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-06-07

az wouldn't be in Browns shoes just
now"
"Why noi?'
tie left them in the cellar. and they
dumped -four tons Of coal on them
before Brown was up
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-06-07

The above Is correct statement
OF the circulation of The Cairo Bull
letin for the Month Of May, 1917, and
for the year 1910.
CLYDE SULLIVAN.
Business Manager
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 3rd day Of June, 1911.
LEO. J. KLEB,
Notary Pllblic.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-06-07
DrearY Waiting.

The chap who lives on the strength
OF what he used to be has to wait
long time for the second table.--Chi.
cago Journal.