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Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-10-14

WANTEd-An experienced man to
make concrete blocks. One who
knows the business Address W.
T. Christopher,
Montezuma. Ga.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-10-14

Two in One" Tonic is guaranteed
by Peacock,s Pharmacy to cure
chiIls and fever. $50 per bottle
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-10-14
Typewriter ribbons and Carbon
paper at Enterprise Office

WANTED-A small tarm within
five miles of Fitzgerald, from
five to fifty acres. Address G. W,
E, care Of Enterprise.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-10-14

GASOLINE ENGINE FOR SALE.
Second hand International two
horse power gas engine, for sale.
Apply Coca Cola Bottling Works.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-10-14

Hardwood floors smile for JOY
when treated with Liquid Veneer
For sale by Dixie Pharmacy.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-10-14

Have you ever tried Liquid We
neer on your piano? For sale by
Dixie Pharmacy.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-10-14

Goodmans, eye water, the best on
the market, Is cents at G0odman,s
Drug store
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-10-14

Liquid Veneer used on kitchen
chairs makes the parlor chairs envi-
Gus. For sale by Dixie Pharmacy.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-10-14

Found-A bunch of keys, apply
at this Office.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-10-14

WHEN in need of Luhricating Oil
call on Adams-Roeers Hdw. Co.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-10-14

Cheer up! Dust with Liquid We
neer. For sale by Dixie Pharmacy.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-10-14

Goodman's eye water is the best,
only Is cents, At Goodmans Drug
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-10-14

Two in One" Chill Tonic cures
chills. Guaranteed by Peacock's
Pharmacy.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-10-14
BUSINESS LOCALS

Eye water, the best, IS cents at
Goodman,s.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-07-22
SOUND DOOM OF LIVELY BALI
August Hermann, Chairman OF Ma.
tionaI Commission, Sees Speedy
Retirement of Cork Center.

The slaughter OF pitchers by bat
tiers of the National and American
leagues soon will be checked by the
retirement of the new cork centered
ball, according to August Hermann,
chairman of the national commission
and president of the Cincinnati club
Of the National league.
A movement already has been start
ed for the relief of the mourdsmen,
who have faced a terrific lombard
msnt of safe hits since the introduce
ton Of the new ball A circular letter
mailed to all directors and officials OF
the American and National leagues
asking for expressions of opinion re-
garding the continued use Of the new
ball was received by Mr.. Hermann
the other day.
Il think it will be but short time
until a ball Of less lively pattern
VIII be In USE said Mr.. Hermann.
1.-THE presnt ball makes the games
too one-sided and uncertain. I think
the cork-centered ball as now manu-
featured soon will be relegated to
the shelf"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-07-22

in his merry way, insulted one Of the
lions. Just as Rube grabbed the lion
by the tail, the beast swung round
and strickland they picked up the
Rube with his sleeve ripped off and q
big red cash in his arm. And again
we were thrown out in the alley.
"'Topsy, said Rube, don't forget,
now, we had row with couple OF
guys that said Connie Mack was no
good son of a hyena, and one OF them
slashed me with a knife when I de-
Tended Comics reputation. You've
got black eye-that'll make the play
a good deal stronger. Maybe we can
touch him for $40 each If we tell 1t
good
81 never went out for social even
ing with Mr.. Waddell any more. His
ideas of diversion are too strenuous
for man like me-"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-07-22
Farmers Educational
and Cot Operative
II Union of America


No man can AFFORD to have con-
tempt for another.
Try wholesale buying for that high
cost OF living trouble.
The roorback Is a political lie with
boomerang attachment.
Remember that paint is cheaper
than checked clap-boards.
We hope for the best; and Il we get
1t, we hope for something better.
The cigarette frequently leads
man on from a cough to a coffin.
Education costs good deal; but
the lack OF 1t costs beyond computa-
ton
" enough others have little time for
him.
No matter how good your neighbors
crops may be, try to raise better
ones.
Keep everlastingly at 1t is a good
road to success-and to the under
taker.
Why is 1t that the wise farmer al
ways puts his watermelon patch II
the center Of the corn field?
Time robs us Of many things, bu
wounds our vanity first by introduc
ing wrinkles and double chin.
The breeding bull always repre-
sents half the value Of the breedin,
power Of the herd il 1t is desired t
grow calves for the dairy.
The farm history of the future VII
read either corporation" or &c
operation" either failure for the small
man or success for all fho work &c
gether.
When man sits and whistles, It
no sign that he is lazy; he may be az
lively working out plan to sell you
wind-broken farm or spawned auto
mobile.
The best farmer Is he who does Tn
best farming, not he who talks mos
about 1t, or even talks most voiubi
about the political menaces TO nj
glorious native land.
Squeezing the water out OF farl
values may be profitable for real 9
tate interests, but 1t will bring nttl
10y to men who have invested In tn
form Of moisture believing 1t to 9
solid value.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-07-22
Among t[le|
|hse5bo|E|a!
|n>lQyerJ

Babe Adams came back.
Still the cry is for an earlier start
for games.
Mathewson seems to be the only
star to last.
Bobby Wallace has picked up anoth
er slugger in Rowan.
Ernie Oyitz, the new Cub pitcher,
is another Of George Huff's. products.
That shaking up Charlie Doom gave
his team evidently was good move.
An hour and seventeen minutes for
ball game is the season record Tor
speed.
Perhaps the only way to beat the
Chicago teams is to put the men out
of commission
Incidentally, Manager Duffy's men
have played fewer games than any
team in the league.
How does 1t happen that a man who
scores all round the bases on hit Ia
given only single?
Jimmy Sheckard is having the best
year of his career. and he is like wine
he gets better with age.
Jack Coombs of the Athletics ii
making up lost time. He is trying tx
win every game he pitches.
Boston Red sox are again being
shaken up. No wonder the Red So,
never got anywhere above third
Harry steinfeldt has been forgot
ten, Jimmy Doyle is filing his shoe!
to the satisfaction Of the West Side
rooters.
| The papers are starting to Civ,
| Clark Griffith his knockout drops a
last. Many good ball player ha
| been driven from Redland in the SAM
! way
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-07-22
WHAT ARE OUR BRAINS FoR7
GARNER Should Have Library Contain
Ing Latest Agricultural Books
and Bulletins.

ny w. c. PALMER, North Dakotao
Il has been well said that q man
from his eyes down is worth dol
lar and half a day, while from his
eyes up he is worth up to hundreds Of
dollars a day The reason that SO
many people are not worth more 10
that they do not use their brains, be-
gng content to follow methods and
practices that have been handed down,
that perhaps do not meet present day
conditions-at any rate cannot meet
them as well as what has been worked
out lately It Is necessary to find out
the best that is known on any subject
that one has In hand: then with that
az starting point, work out new
methods and practices. Oftenttmes
one finds a farmer who does not have
q good library of agricultural books
and does not even take agricultural pa
pers, and no one had more time to
read and study.
Go into the doctors or lawyers Of
Ace and you will md library cost
ing from five hundred to five thousand
dollars or more, and several medical
| or law Journals. When difficult case
comes up they ransack their libraries,
going through the books that treat of
| the particular subject in hand and the
journals Then they will call in fellow
doctors or lawyers. They do not pro
pose to take any chances that 1t lies
i within their power to avoid. Does tie
i ~ fa he o..
rtcultural papers and to the expert
ment station bulletins when he has 9
problem? A good many do, but why
!. not more Of them? When crop Is to
be grown-the best that is known on
the growing of that crop should be
brought into play In preparing the soil,
In selecting the seed, In caring for the
crop. When stock Is to be raised the
best knowledge available should be
used in selecting the stock, In breed
ing them, IN feeding them, In caring
for them, end In marketing them. And
4 so on with the different operations or
the farm. This is where the man from
the eyes up comes in, and remember
that it is this kind of work that pays
The farmer should have a library
containing the latest agricultural
books, the experiment station bulletins
and the agricultural papers. This vii
bring into his home the best that Il
known on the different phases Q
farming. some hundred dollars, o.
sven twenty-five dollars would make ;
pretty good start. And if use wa!
made Of il, its teachings applied to TIL
! different farm operations, the return
wcs1Id be several times one hundret
dollars greater each year than unde
the hit and miss plan. What would b
! even more Of remuneration would b
! the interest and satisfaction tina
comes from work well done. from be
ing master Of conditions, instead Q
slaves to them We like to do Wha
we can do we'll The farmer canno
j afford to take chances any more tina
!, the doctor or the lawyer. It will b
. his own fault II he does, as the y
} formation Is to be had II he will sin
My work his brains.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-07-22
Prejudice Against Books.

Many farmers have a strong preJu-
dice against farming by books. That
Ii, they are opposed to what they call
book farming or scientific farming.
No doubt all book farmers and scien-
tifc farmers make mistakes some.
times-none of us, are perfect.
Some farmers seem to think that
science is not intended for the man
who follows the ploW. They seem to
stand Ii awe OF the word science"
Now science Just simply means know
how. The farmer who knows how to
obtain the maximum yield of corn
from his land at the minimum cost
and at the same time make his land
more productive every year Is Q set
entiflc corn grower.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-07-22
WILD MIGHT WITH WADDELL
,Topsy Hartsel Describes Pleasant a1o
TumuItous Evening He Spent
With Rube.

ut was my fortune once, says
Topsy Hartsel, Of the worlds cham
pion Athletics, ito spend a pleasant
and tumultous evening with G. Ed
ward Waddell more generally known
as 'Rube,' and, at the same time in the
zenith of his big league fame. Just
once, and only once, | never cared
for any more of the same. thank you.
1.-THE Athletics were Just swinging
into the championship of 1905, thanks
in a great measure to the glorious
pitching of the RUDE, and he was one
OF the most popular citizens OF Phila-
delphia. This particular evening he
approached me and explained that we
could have the time Of our lives, II
we felt so inclined. First Of all. said
he, we would go to supper. We old,
but the supper was interrupted to
some extent, because Mr.. Waddell,
happening to meet man Ia the d1n-
ing room whom he did not like, smote
him over the bean with Whiteflsh,
a proceeding which seemed to be
somewhat outside the limits OF the
| menu.
after supper Mr.. Waddell said ne
would take me back OF the scenes OF
| certain theater, where meiodrama Is
| the range. 1 had never been blind
| the curtain and was delighted, more
SO. when the stage hands, all recog-
| nizing Rube, treated us with great
honor and courtesy. The play was a
wild western thing, chockful OF shoot
ing. AS we came into the dim re-
cesses behind the stage, one OF the
! few quiet minutes of the show was
taking place-the hero was just look
ing into the eyes of the heroine and
4 telling her how much he loved her
Not a sound broke the tense silence
and just then RUDE, picking up gun
/ that was standing ready for the VII
lain. pulled the trigger.
i 1T cracked the love scene, and the
stage hands threw Mr.. Waddel out
And I went with him.
They are not gentlemen in there,
said Mr.. Waddell. Lets go to thu
- theater, where Howard Hall !.
playing. He's my PAL
$50 we went to another house, ant
again we got behind the scenes. Rub'
was popular-honest, he was. II yo'
remember Howard Halls old play
The Man Who Dared, yof will re
member that a den of lions furnishes
the thrills. The cage was standing
back in the wings, and MT. Waddel
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-07-22
Man
S FOUND List
FOR TWELVE WHOLE EARS 4 is
WEARY MAN HAS STAYED
IN HIS BED.
is AN INMATE OF 70 RHo US.
WIKI, an Appetite That Would Shame
4 Goat John Muncia Spends n s.
Existence III Bed laughs at Any
Suggestion of Work

JerseyvilIe, I'll. John Muncia IL the
LATEST man On earth. Further nore
he is proud DC his somewhat degrad Ling
distinction For the last z years fle
has lain On his bed III the Jersey coalnsE
Nv poorhonse, eight miles from 7 jersey
vile, and replied to every command
that BIS arise and work with peals er
weird laughter. Physicians have 8exs.
amined him time and time again and
they declare that he IS free from any
8infirmity that would incapacitate him
from active work.
Now an old man probably seventh
one years Of age he admits that hes
was born In Indiana at some point
which he calls below Fort Nayne,
and that his father died when he was
eleven years Of age, Beyond this he
refuses to be interviewed and usually
answers his questioners with burst
of gleeful laughter,
He simply is an excellent example
of what strength Of character will ac-5
complish for man. Since the day;
IL years ago that he made up his mind
to keep to his bed he has made than
his one object in life with the resulF
that he has succeeded, perhaps, even
beyond his early expectations. For A
! time the poorhouse officials tried ~
force him from bed by refusing ~
bring his meals to him but John, Y ri /
perturbed, simply giggled. turned h1s1
face to the wall, and waited. After Il
time the poorhouse people We're van
j pushed and forced to bring him foo9|
for fear that he would starye to death
He is a small, slender man with #
clean-cut intellectual looking face, yeE
j HIS appetite has been unimpaired n1
his long stay In bed. He demanda
his three meals day and upon gess
4 ting them eats every crnmb that n
4 handed to him. His average naeaa
would put to rout the most HUSKY
farmland, yet his limbs are shrunkeR
from disuse.
The only physical exercise that tEis
LATEST OF men permits himself Is tfls
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-07-22

@
fed at last. He trimmed the Giants.
That does Sallee more good than win
ming dozen ordinary games.
The rest of the st. Louis pitchers
are strong, according to Manager
Bresnahan He looks for Harmon
to have a great season, and Bob has
a rafting good start. Steele, NBresN
says, is going to be wonder, and
Guyer, Golden and Laudermilk will
win bunch of games.
Bresnahan says that Golden is the
king hard luck pitcher of baseball. :
Golden has won but one game to date
and has been beaten seven times
The Cardinals have failed to tally il
three of these seven defeats, while
Golden has held his opponents to less
than three runs just five times.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-07-22


screwing up Of his eyes, aceornpa an isaI
by a wrinkling Of the forehead "a sIeh
as though he were busily engaged aaE
solving some very difficult and lntrH
cate problem.
During his entire twenty years u a III
upon the county poor farm he has ntos
given one clue to his boyhood or IN
past Of his youth. The first that wa
known of him ysas when he turned rs
In st. Charles county, Missouri, late
removing across the river tos Iersess
county, Illinois. The last piece g
manual labor with which he has Dee
connected was bit of wood cnoppili
for a farmer OF Elgah, Ill, and seem
ingly he still regrets 1t although 81
alludes to it with a half chuckIe.
It was IL years ago that The olS
man one morning announced he WouN
stay in bed, except for the time nee
ed to go to his three square ones
day, and he kept the promise. a WI
later, wearied by the walking
necessitated, and by the exertion
dressing himself, he said that the
| after he would stay in bed. OnlyzoI
in eleven years has he violated q
| resolve. One very hot day DUR
/ the summer before last he found A
self without drinking water IN
/ airy second-f1oo apartment where
lies alone, and descended the steps
get the drink, also returning unaie
He may have thought TO do this lir
served, but he was detected, and
mates Of the place still remember
/ incident as an astonishing one.
During the 20 years which the
man has spent as an almoner OF %
sey county he never has been seen
j look at a book or paper, and the
sonable theory that he cannot
i il hard to reconcile with his int
i gent, educated, almost refined app
] ance, even when lying on q cot
q poorheuse dormitory
Despite his apparent dislike for
yersation with other people, and
disuse of books and papers, he
3 te1I the day of week, the day Of
4 month and the year with as much
i cision as though a calendar hung
j fore his bed.
Chuckling, wrinkling up his face
narrowing his eyes, occasio nally
ing just enough to tantalize per
curious about his past, Old John
ably will carry his secrets, II be
any, to the graveyard behind the
house hill. And meanwhile be Wi
4 main In the bed which has supp
his Work-hating frame for the "a
years, and consume enough dali
yender to feed harvest hand.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-07-22

Speaking Of shoes, Jimmy Doyle Of
the Cubs is passing through all the
thrills Of filling those Of a star. and
Jimmy Doyle of the Cubs is not any
more shy on filler than was Hein1e
Zimmerman of the Cubs. Doyle is
playing in Zimmy's old position, third
base. Jimmy in turn has moved
southwest on the diamond and is COW
ering ]. Eyers' old territory, second.
and neither Jimmy nor Doyle lose in
luster in comparison with the respec-
tive personages whose shoes they are
now filing.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-07-22

have finished much higher last season
had .sIass, Sel1ee. his star southpaW,
not been .sin dutch" for several weeks
sallee is admittedly as good as any
southpaw the league has seen in years
when he is on his good behavior
nSlats' has one of those I-don' t-care
dispositions and frequently has run
ms with his manager.
Ae result Stat" spent consider
able time under suspension last sea
son. This year slats" Is twirling the
Rest Sane OF his career. and Is salts
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-07-22
Jimmy Doyle, Clever Third Baseman.

Hearsay has it that the shoes of a
star are rather incoherent In shape,
and erratic in size, and generally
disseminating to any strange wearer.
But third base covered by Doyle Is
not a widely different institution to
third base covered by Zimmerman.
Doyle opened the gate for opportunity
the first time she looked Wishful and
COPIED his present position. 1t was
the first time he was given chance
this season of doing other than the
improbable pastime of officiating as
wall flower.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-07-22

A job lot of mummies. many OF
them dating back to $500 B. c., were
offered for sale in London the other
day. but the bids were so low that the
sale was declared of. There are other
signs that this is going to be poor
summer for mummies.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-07-22

A street car horse in New York
committed suicide. which shows past
Gspute that animals have reasoning
power, especially In an up-to-date age
where car horses are almost as obso
1efe as the dodo.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-07-22

The old wheeze about seeing pin
and picking 1t up and having luck for
~ certain period Is refuted by New
York woman who stopped to pick one
mn and broke three ribs.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-07-22

A millionaire has been appointed
chief OF the New York police depart
ment. However, his money ought not
to be handicap to him II he's made
Of the right stuff.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-07-22

So Says Manager Roger Bresnahan Of
st. Louis NationaIs-Has Con-
fidence In His Men.

Manager Roger Bresnahan OF the
Cardinals says that his club is going
to come close to beating the Cincin-
MATHS out ID the National league race.
Bresnahan thinks that his club would
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-07-22

No. gentle reader. The fact that
newspapers are advocating the e1-
termination of the fly does not neces-
sarily mean that newspaper men are
becoming bald-headed.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-07-22

That man who has applied for d.
sorce because his wife kicks over the
nail al hot water lie uses when he is
gcrubbing the kitchen floor will have
the sympathy of the public. She inter.
feres unwarrantably with his rights
MN a husband and as man.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-07-22

A Chicago man is going with his
family on a three-month trip to Eu-
rope on money made by tips. But they
were tips to him as waiter, not o.
the racing or stock tip variety.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-07-22

Doctor Howe says 81 per cent. OF
she criminals could have had their
careers diverted by skull operations
I'm infancy. Soma OF them even might
have become novelists.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-07-22

Feminine aviators are breaking into
print quite often, but they seldom go
any further into the game than to be
photographed In the awaiting costume.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-07-22

The sympathetic trained nurse is
being crowded in romantic history by
ehe telephone girl with the soothing
voice.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-07-22

Just at present no matter whether
the weather man hits it or not there
IS a general opinion that he Is most
decidedly not making good.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-07-22

When hay sells at s26 ton mere
ultimate consumer can rejoice that he
is less extrayagant In his tastes than
are the sybaritic horses.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-07-22
siIage for Calves.

silage may be fed to calves safely,
when they are six months old AZ q
considerable part Of their daily raf.
ton.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-07-22

Chicago housewives extolling do
nestic pursuits. classify dishwashins
as an art. Few bachelors degrees
no with 1t.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-07-22

A st. Louis man sat on his bed, shot
himself and missed, thus having bet
Ger luck than If he hadn't known II
was loaded.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-07-22

A Massachusetts man wss arrested
Cor selling his wife ~ $4.6o. OF
kourse. No man car get rid of his
wife that easily.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-07-22

DR.. Wiley has ascertained from 30
pie manufacturers that meat is not
necessary Ingredient Of mince pies
nor cherries of cherry pies.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-07-22

The reason why SO many women
don't marry is that they never get
asked; and the reason so many men
don't Is nobody will have them.