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The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1912-07-26
Insurance Is
| Growing In South
Legislature Shows Active
Interest in Southern
Companies.

Atlanta, July 25. No previous
legislature in the history of Geor-
gia has taken the active interest
that the present one is showing in
the development and regulation of
insurance in the south. The re'a-
ton of insurance with its pre-
miums and investments to the
general welfare IF a section is be-
ingemphasized in several measures.
The general Importance of in
surance development in Georgia
n,.v I've reuucrd from the fact that
at meeting of representatives of
southern FIRE insurance companies
held here recently, capitalization
of fully fifteen million dollars was
represented. Reports showed a
steady growth of all companies.
Perhaps no other organization
of southern business men is doing
more to urge the patronage of
home industries than this one.
They have advocated the ,princi-
pie of keeping money at home
constantly, and this advocacy has
had its effect not only in bringing
patronage to southern insurance
companies but to other lines of
business. The home merchant
and local industries have profted
by it in no small degree.
While the southern companies
are making strong bid for pa
tronage, they are not fighting
foreign competitors. They simply
ask for their share of business.
which have not received during
the past few years.
1t is a noteworthy fact that
proposed legislation in southern
states, particularly IN Georgia,
requiring insurance companies to
invest part of their profits at home,
is just as fair to foreign corpora
tlons as it is to those organized in
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1912-07-26
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the
July monthly term of the City
Court of Fitzgerald, which con-
venes regularly on the 18th Mon
day has been postponed and will
be held the week beginning the
End Monday of Aug. All parties
witnesses and attorneys are re-
CURED to be present on the 29th
Of July, instead of the 22nd and
the same jurors heretofore sum
moned to be present on the 22nd
are required to attend at that
time.
This the 23rd day of July,
1912 E. Wall,
Judge City Court of Fitzgerald.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1912-07-26
Tippens Bill Spells
Increase Of Taxes
Which Will be Necessary to
Make Up Deficit in
Treasury

Atlanta, Ga, July 25.-The re-
lation of the Tippins bill to taxa
ton and the state treasury, as we'll
as to the purse of the individual,
is the thing that has made it of
vital interest to everybody in this
state regardless of views on the
prohibition question.
The announcement has been
made that in the event the legisla-
ture over-rides the governors veto
and makes the bill a law, bureaus
will be organized in every county
for the equalization of taxation,
and that the burden of taxation,
falling heavier on all will catch
beneath it many classes of persons
who have heretofore been exempt
or nearly SO.
That a large additional amount
of taxes will have to be raised to
cover the deficit if the Tlppins
bill is enacted, is now admitted.
One of the first moves to this end
will be the taxation of farm lands
at their proper value, including
Iands Low turned in as wild lands
but in truth improved. Personal
property which has heretofore
escaped taxation will be taxed.
The bulk of the increase will be
made up it is believed in the coun-
try and outside the large cities
which are already carrying prsc-
tically all the burden of taxation
of the state.
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the south. All that southern bust
ness men ask is that those who do
business IN the south contribute
their pro rata share TO its growth
and prosperity instead of taking
all the profits back to the north
and east.
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The Big Three Of a
successful Shoe line are
Style - Comfort - Ser
vice. You'll find these
qualities to an unusual
degree in the Red Seal
line for this season.
The Three Big Sellers
in our new lasts are Ty
Cobb, ''Red Rock and
"Dopc." They're stylish
and have the right SIT"
And then again they look
"a dollar a pair to the
good"
Ask your dealer to
show them.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1912-07-26

Solution of the trust problem
by strict government regulation
and control through a commission
and by the abolition of all special
privilege.
Opposition to the Aldrfch finan-
cial scheme.
Unrestricted competition in
banking.
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the convention he expressed regret
because of his inability to attend
and said:
"May / through you extend my
heartiest good wishes to the con-
vention. They are engaged in the
task of bringing this government
back to what it was intended to
be, a government by the people
in the interest of the people. The
old party organizations have be-
come SO hopelessly corrupted as
to make it impossible to do any
thing with them as they now are,
and it is largely due to the fact
that party fights are not now
fought along genuine lines OF
cleavage. Our organization is IN
very truth the peoples organiza-
tion and we are trying to belp the
people to the best of our ability
and we are fighting not only on
real issues, but upon the issues
most vital to the welfare of this
republic.
HERE is HIS PLATFORM.
The platform presented to the
convention declares for Roosevelt's
presidential candidacy and sets
forth these ARTICLES of faiths"
Nomination of party candidates
for President and Vice President
by direct primaries.
Election of President and Vics
President by popular vote.
Direct election of United States
senators.
Simpler methods whereby the
people may amend state and feder'
al constitutions.
Initiative. referendum and re-
call.
Referendum and woman suf'
frage,
Government ownership and ope
ration of express, telegraph ane
telephone service.
Protective tariff limited to th'
difference in cost of production
here and abroad and downward
revision of the present tariff.
| Where competition has been de
stroyed by monopoly and the tarif
is used to exact unjust tribut'
/ from the people it should b.
abolished.
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Give us your order for a porch
swing. We make them reasonable
and can please you. F. M. Graham
& Co. Phone II. 45-tf
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The term reverend was first ap.
piled to a clergyman in 1857.
Evening star., 1912-11-03
FIRST SNOW OF SEASON
Few Flakes Drifted Down
Upon Capital Yesterday
Afternoon.

The first snow of the season was re-
snow, TO be sure, and the weather man
took no note of it-didn't even know 1t
had occurred. in fact. But it was re-
ported, just the same.
According to observers who have been
noting the seasons first snow for a good
many years, the fakes drifted down, a
few of them, late yesterday afternoon
just drifted down for couple of min
utes ana then quit The weather man,
when asked about it last night said he
had not heard of any snow in or near
W asnIuston. He also said none is in
sisnu 1or TINS part of the country at the
present time.
crisp, Draclng weather, with a tang
of real WINTER IN 1t, is the weather bu-
reau's forecast Tor TO-DAY III Washington
and surrounding territory. There VII. be
little WING. yesterday brisk breezes
having blown themselves out, and the
forecaster predicts a day just right for
cross country tramps or rambles through
the fields and woods. There probably
viii be few clouds in the skies ali day.
and the sun will be just about warm
enough to make walking real pleasure.
Last nights temperatures reached the
lowest mark of the season. AT 10 O'Clock
the mercury had sunk to So degrees and
at midnight it was down to "a degrees.
Tomorrow's weather probably will be
fair with slightly rising temperature.
and it is likely the weather will be about
the same on election day. at least in
this part of the United States.
Evening star., 1912-11-03
ON WAY TO CHARLESTON.
Tug M. Mitchell Davis to Serve as
Tender fo Dredpe

Having completed taking aboard stores
and supplies, the Taylor tug NJ. Mitchell
Davis left here Friday night for Nor
folk en- route TO Charleston, S. G. She
has been chartered for service there as
tender To a dredging machine of the
Coastwise Dredging Company of Norfolk.
At Norfolk it is expected the tug will
take two lighters in tow through the
canal and the North Carolina sounds to
Beaufort. n. c.. but from Beaufort to
Charleston, a distance Of about $50 miles,
the tug and her tow will go to sea and
skirt the coast.
The Davis will be in service at Charles
ton under her new charte until the begin
ming Of next summer and possibly lated.
Capt Frank Taylor, one of her owners, left
here aboard the tug and probably Will
make the trip aboard to the southern
port Capt. Tally Fowkes is in command
of the tug. but a sound pilot will be pro-
cured at Norfolk to take her to Beaufort
and there coast pilot will go aboard to
complete the trip. The tug for several
years. except at short intervals. has been
employed in mud-towing work at Nor
folk and Baltimore.
Evening star., 1912-11-03
PHEASANT NURSERIES.
Those in French Forest Equal Insti.
tutions for Humans.
From the Century.


To Louis XIV France is said to be in
debted for the Importation Of it's pheas-
ants. On that side of the Forest of Com
piegne nearest to Compiegne itself is a
faisanderie covering many hundreds of
acres, in which the breeding of these
birds, begun under his protection and
further encouraged by Charles X and
Louis Philippe, is now carried on by a
private person, who rents his right to do
so from the state. 1 have never seen a
place so shut in and protected by wire
fences and locked gates. stone walls and
more gates, special guards In special
houses. police dogs, guns and traps There
is even a thick kind of double Mattress
made to cover the guards, who in winter
must sleep out of doors in watching for
poachers. l have never seen institutions
for human beings better planned in the
way of nurseries and attendants, hy gienc
laws and systems of feeding. The pheas-
ants, when finally shot, must have d won
derful flavor, and in a single day as many
Evening star., 1912-11-03
ELECTION NEWS AT FAIR.
Church Members Plan to Entertain
the WASHINGTON Public.

Every afternoon and evening. excepting
Saturdays and Sundays. this and next
week, a fair and luncheon will be con-
Quoted by the congregation of the Church
of the Shrine of the Sacred Heart in
National Rifles Armory. Luncheon will
be served between noon and o'cloc &,
each day, and the fair will be open be-
tween 7:3O and IL o'clock. closing Friday
evening of next week. The proceeds will
be applied to q fund for the erection of
a new house of worship. The present
church building is at 14th street and
Park road where it has been located for
thirteen years.
Election returns will be announced dur
ing the progress of the fair, Tuesday
night. A special wire service has been
arranged for. knights of Columbus will
be special guests Wednesday night. The
Ancient Order of Hibernians and its
ladies' auxiliary will attend Thursday
night.
Evening star., 1912-11-03
Injured Men Aboard Hospital Ship
View of Experts.

Low water in the boiler undoubtedly
caused the fatal accident on the Yer
mont, navy engineering experts belie.e
The accident is believed to have been
similar to- that which occurred on the
battleship Delaware about eighteen
months ago, resulting in the loss of -four
lives In that case. although the few
survivors of the boiler room force as
serted that the glass gauge showed the
presence of ample water in the boiler, ex-
animation of the wreck disclosed the fact
that the tubes and part of the header
which conveys the water from the tubes
to the steam drum had turned blue. This
is a sure indication that they had been
submitted to almost a red heat without
water. A boiler with banked fires is
seldom as closely watched by the water
tenders as one supplying live steam
hence such accidents are more easily pos
sible in cases Of that kind.
Evening star., 1912-11-03
PATTEN ADDRESSES ALUMNI.
Northwestern University Professor
Speaks to Capital Alumni.

The Washington Alumni Association OF
Northwestern University held meeting
last night at Calvary NJ h. Church
Columbia road near 18th street northwest
About twenty-five members of the asso-
cia ton were present
Issac r. Hit, president of the local
alumni association, presented the prin-
cipal speaker of the evening, DR.. Amos
Williams Patten, professor of Biblical
literature at the university. DR.. Patten
described the growth of the university
since its founding in 1855.
After the addRss a reception TO DIR.
Patten was held, and a light collation.
was served.
Evening star., 1912-11-03
BAND CONCERT TODAY.

Fort Myer. Va. Fifteenth Cavalry
Band: Arthur s. Witcomb, direc-
tor. il am.
Guard Mount
March. Under Fire. .... Hearn
March. Under Fire" .Hearn
Inspection, "Schubert's Serenade,
Schubert
Troop the Line, "Chandlers," Hall
Review, THE Rifle Regiment"
SouSa
Sacred Concert.
Overture 'Mignon" Thomas
Nocturne. Monastery Bells" Wiley
Wiley
Ladders
March Salute to Washington,
Sanford
TOMORROW.
Soldiers Home. Soldiers Home
Band. ]. S. NJ. Zimmerman.
Director. $3.50 pm.
Program:
March, 1.-The Burning of Rome"
Overture, "Athalia" -. Mendelssohn
Adagio from Moonlight Sonata,
Op -, No. 2''... Beethoven
Selection, THE Chimes of Nor
mandy" .Planquette
Spanish Dance. 'Sobre la Plaza"
Robinson
Excerpts from THE Spring
Maid" ...................Re Reinhardt
Finale, "Happy-Go-Luck .Lampe
Tho Star Spangled Banner"
Evening star., 1912-11-03

as thousand are often shot within those
walls. each one of the thousand having
cost its owner the sum of 10 francs to
raise
From these almost royal prices 1t is
amusing TO descend to those paid to the
government for fishing in the lakes.
Twenty francs year entities a man t.
angle with a single line from June to O.
vember. 10 francs being charged for every
additional line. But man can also rent
for fifteen days or only for eight, when
the right will cost him exactly 4 francs, or
10 cents day. These little economical
shavings, so incomprehensible TO US,
find one Of the interesting features of
French life, and, when once understood,
they are seen to be wise and trouble saw
ing
Evening star., 1912-11-03
PLANS FOR BIG EVENTS.
Society of Oregon Country Arranges
Winter Entertainments.

A smelling bee. ladies' meeting,
gentemen's meeting and a dinner are
the four big events planned for the enter
tainment of the members of the Society
of the Oregon Country and their friends
this winter. Other meetings of the or
ganization will be held at the homes of
members.
The winter plans We're given considera-
ton at a special meeting last night.
held in the apartments of w. p. Borland
and Mrs. Borland in the New Berne,
Eth and Massachusetts avenue. j. ".
Robinson, vice president, at whose call
the members assembled, presided
Effort will be made to gather into the
organization residents in Washington
who hail from the Oregon country. which
comprises the states of Washington.
oregon, Idaho and parts of Montana and
Wyoming.
Evening star., 1912-11-03
Mail Handled With Care.
TWO WAGONS STRUCK BY CARS.
Taylor Baldwin Injured in Accident
m North CanitO1 Street.

Taylor Baldwin was injured In a co..
lision between a delivery wagon of til,
National Laundry Company and ca
of the Washington Railway and Electri
Company at North Capitol and Patterson
streets early last night. Baldwin, VIII
lives at 102S North Capitol street, Wa.
the driver of the wagon. He was throw
to the ground, his head being cut !
several places. He was treated AT tn,
Sibley Hospital. About $50 damage Wa!
done to The wagon and about $40 to the
car.
A few hours later wagon driven by j
j. McIlheney. was struck by cal
of the same line at North Capitol anC
Pierce streets. No one was injured and
the damage to the vehicles was slight
Evening star., 1912-11-03
THIEVES HAVE BUSY TIMES.
Losses of Overcoats and Jewelry Are
Reported to Police.

With the coming of the cold weather
last night also came reports to the po-
lice of the thefts of overcoats. o. Liese
of $40 + street had, or rather thought
ne had, a nice brown warm overcoat but
when he went to get 1t it had disappear
ed Samuel Cohen. 7O6 AZ street south
west, once had coat of gray. His also
was miss.na.
Mrs. George W. Hall, 221 E street
northwest, repo- ted the theft of a
jewelry bag containing a solitaire dia-
mond ring and other jewelry.
Clara Thornton. 2lo Sd street southwest
reported the loss of several articles OF
iewelry, which disappeared from he,
home some time since last Monday F.
X Waggaman $ id s25 worth of silver
ware had been stolen from the dining
room of his residence, 1924 II street
northwest.
Evening star., 1912-11-03

and are fit for nothing in particular.
When 1t comes to coping with the stern
realities of life, young men who enjoyed
fewer privileges and advantages. thu
critics assert, can give them cards and
spades.
Whether these views of the critics are
fully or only partly justified, the decline
of this particular class Of young men
in no way threatens the British nation!
The English people as a whole will not
lack in rugged manhood because the
pampered sons, of certain aristocratic
families are shy Sap backbone.
An English professor once said that tho
British aristocracy HAS been saved by
occasional alliances With actresses and
milkmaids The country folks OF Great
Britain are as rugged today as they ever
were. The miners and mechanics of to-
day lack none of the virtues of that
humble cotter Robert Burns immortal
lied. The men who are making history
in Great Britain today. and who will
make history in the future, are men from
among the masses, men of the type OF
keir Hardie. The qualities of strong and
fearless manhood are bred behind the
plow. in mines and factories no less than
in colleges and universities. 3,
Evening star., 1912-11-03
WAGON DRIVER ROBBED.
Assaulted and About SIS in Silver
Taken From Him,

Charles Johnson, colored, while driv-
ing a wagon of the Columbia Laundry
Company, was held up and assaulted at
6 o'clock last night by two white men,
who robbed him of about So in silver
and drove off in the wagon, according to
a report Johnson made to the police
The assault took place on Florida
avenue between 11th and 18th streets
northeast. and the wagon was found
later on Virginia avenue, in Ivy City
Johnson gave good description of
his assailants to the police.
Evening star., 1912-11-03
KILLED LIKE BROTHER-IN-LAw.
haywood, ILL.,, Marshal Shot to
Death in Railroad Yard.

CHICAGO, November 2-John w.
Camphouse. former village marshal
of haywood, a suburb, was found shot
TO death today in the railroad yard
near the village.
In the same spot less than a year
ago, brother-in-law of Camphouse
was found dead He, too, had been
shot, and the mystery OF his death
never was cleared
Evening star., 1912-11-03
Mail Deliveries Prospective.

Postmaster Merritt has also directed
all letter carriers serving delivery routes
TO report, not later than November a.
through the superintendents of their
respective stations, the number of pos
sible deliveries on their routes Build
ings in course of construction and those
not occupied are not 10 be taken into
account. In apartment houses each fam
lily is to be considered a single stop and
in office buildings where single firm oc-
cupies one or more rooms il is to be con-
sidered a single stop. In buildings which
are only partially occupied no account
is t, be taken OF the unoccupied rooms or
apartments, those rented only being en-
sidered.
Thursday, November H. the carriers
viii count and report the total number of
pieces of mail handled, ard the total
number of actual deliveries made per trip.
Evening star., 1912-11-03
BOARD TO INVESTIGATE
EXPLOSION ON WARSH|P
Bodies of Dead Held Pending
Advice From Friendship
jured in Hospital.

NORFOLK, Va, November 2.-The bod
| les of the two men who died from the
! effects of injuries received aboard the
battleship Vermont, caused by the blow
| ing out of the head of No. q boiler, as
stated in earlier reports, are being held
pending advice from their next of kin.
The dead are Michael Vincent Horan,
coal passer. and Richard Matthew Wag-
ner, fireman of the second class.
The injured are II. w. Cramer, j. w.
Newberry, NJ. w. Green and c. K. Hotel
ing. Cramer is said to be seriously in
jured.
Injured Men Aboard Hospital Ship.
The injured are yet aboard the United
States naval hospital ship Solace, to
which they were removed early today.
1t was aboard the Solace that Horan and
Wagner died after their transfer from
the Vermont in Hampton roads. The
injured men will be removed to the naval
hospital at Portsmouth as soon as their
condition will permit.
A naval board will at once investigate
the cause of the explosion.
The boiler head blew out while under
banked fires. No other damage is re-
ported to the Vermont. which will likely
be repaired at the Norfolk navy yard.
Evening star., 1912-11-03
Milkmaids and Manhood.
From the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Irlbune.
In England they are now worrying not
about slum children, but about what
might be termed the youth of quality.
According to British critics young men
of that country enjoying the highest edu-
cational advantages at oxford and else
where are nothing more nor less than
mollycoddles. They have no character
or backbone. They learn nothing useful
Evening star., 1912-11-03
Delay in Transmission.

Letters bearing special delivery stamps
which are mailed elsewhere than at the
main office or stations having special
delivery messenger under ordinary cir
cumstances are held until the mail is
gathered by the regular collectors. The
injunction now given clerks in charge of
the contract stations provides a way for
the immediate delivery of such letters
from the contract station to its local ad-
dress, provided the expense of calling
the special delivery messenger is, borne
by the sender of the letter
Evening star., 1912-11-03
NONE CAN EXPLAIN
Package Puzzles Clerks in
Auditor Grams Office.
FOUR STEEL CARTRIDGES
Bundle Arrives in Mysterious Way
and Suddenly Disappears, Leav-
ing No Trace.

The story has just leaked out that
employees in the mailroom of the audito
for the Post Office Department were
thrown into CONSERVATION last Frida!
morning over the receipt. probably in the
private mail of Auditor Charles P. Cram,
of four loaded steel rifle cartridges az
inch and half long attached to a Pc
culiar brass mechanism. 1t was at one,
concluded that some vicious person had
selected this method to even up a grudg
with the auditor. and the cartridges and
the piece of mechanism to which theZ
were attached were at once taken 20
w H. Wanamaker. chief of the divisio;,
under whose Jurisdiction the mailrco1.
comes.
Inquiry Is Futile.
Inquiries as to how they came to be il
the mail, how they had been received, O.
from what source, proved unavailin3.
The facts were carefully concealed from
the auditor. who has not been in go,
health. and efforts We're at once mad
to place the case in the hands of til,
post office inspectors. Foreman Furma..
of the mailing room said the machIn
containing the cartridges was fouEl
among the bundles of mail received tia
closed with one of the bundles by mis-
take or design he was unable to sas
Other clerks were closely questioned
about the mysterious package. but noae
seemed able to give any informatioi
about it except that it was found amona
the bundles of mail.
Chief Wanamaker. when advised of the
facts. at once dismissed the idea tha.
the machine was intended to injure Audi
tor Cram who, he said. never hand {
any of the mail until after 1t had bee
opened and removed from its wrapper
and properly distributed. The machin,
however. disappeared from the office q.
myste. iously as it had appeared, an
what became of 1t is as great a myster
as whence it came.
Mail Handled With Care.
Auditor Cram, who was reached b
telephone at his residence last nigh.
stated he knew nothing whatever of tn
incident He laughed heartily at the ide.
that it had been sent to injure him. Blu
the clerks in his mailroom have bee
handling the mail packages very care.
fully since last Friday. and both they
and the higher officials seemed much
surprised when they found the story had
leaked out.