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The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1912-08-09
House Sustains Rules
Committees Action

Atlanta, July B. Despite the
opposition of Mr.. Anderson, of
Chatham, and others. the house
of representatives Monday rallied
to the support of the rules COM
mittee, sustaining that body in
every recommendation made.
The main fight against the
committee was an effort to block
the consideration of the Cabaniss
fertilizer bill, to prohibit filters
in fertilizers. This bill is model
ed along lines similar to the SEN
ate bill by Senator A. O. Blalock.
The house uphled the committees
recommendation to take up the
bill by a vote of SO to 5.
The house voted to hold after
noon sessions this Monday and
Tuesday. The senate retolution
to request the governor to file
suit for the recovery of the Tai
lulah Falls property was set as a
special order for Monday after
noon. Debate on this resolution
will be limited to one hour.
The house, amid applause, ac-
cepted the invitation OF President
Slaton, of the senate, to attend a
barbecue at the Cold Springs cue
grounds.
The house was then resolved
into committee as a whole to
take up the general insurance
bill brought over from Sat
urday under the head of unfnish-
ed business. Five sections were
were passed with slight amend
ments and the bill will be taken
up again at this afternoons ses-
sion.
The amendments to cut down
the salary Of the insurance CON-
missioner and his deputy were
killed, but an amendment was
passed to require that the deputy
commissioner be a man of actual
experince.
Another amendment provided
that no agent or officer shall re-
ceive more than 10 per cent from
the sale of any stock, the origi-
nal bill having placed the limit
of 12a per cent.
A third amendment exempted
industrial companies from requir-
ing medical examination of appli-
cants, and the last amendments
be held as representations only,
and not as warranties.
There are 16 sections of the
bill yet to be acted on.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1912-08-09

man of the highest order.
Both bride and groom have a
host of friends in Fitzgerald who
are greatly interested in the ap-
preaching nuptials.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1912-08-09
House Brings Forth
Real Insurance Bill

Atlanta, Aug. 6. From a mean
ingless tumble of nothing the
Georgia house of representatives
has forged and wrought real
and purposeful sort Of insurance
laws for this state, placing that
business on a high plane and
Strengthening the development of
solid insurance in the south i'm
measurably.
To young Representative 0. I.
Cover, of Crisp, goes much
of the credit for this distinctive
step forward. AS chairman of
the special legislative committee
working the recess this young
man gave weeks and weeks eft
his valuable time for study and
research into the insurance laws
Of many states, within itself a
huge task. Then. when the meas
ure came into the house for pas
sage it became his duty to steer
the measure through the
breakers to ultimate success.
Amp not an amendment was made
in the original bill in the commit
tee of the whole house that did
not materially strengthen the
measure.
Thee days practically have been
spent on this bill, and it was COM
pleted in the committee of the
whole house before noon today
and then passed the house by the
record vote of 142 to 0. Mr.. Cow
er received the hearty and sin
cere congratulations of the mem
bers for his work, for no more
important piece Of legislature has
passed the house this session.
THE MEASURE IN TABLOID
Here are the salient features
of the measure, briefly stated:
l. Provides for an efficient
department of insurance.
2. Puts all fees and license
taxes into state treasury; places
insurance commissioner on salary
Of $4,000 per annum; provides
for deputy insurance commits
sioner, with experience as &C
tuary, $4,000 salary.
3. Enlarge powers of insur-
ance commissioner and gives him
authority to kill all wildcat"
concerns.
4. Prohibits board contracts,
special contracts and all other
determinations.
5. Prohibs rebates on prem
iums.
6. Prohibits income certifi-
Gates"
Z. Requires all soliciting agents
to procure licenses from insur-
ance companies before soliciting
business.
8. Regulates and controls pro-
motion of insurance companies
by limiting commissions on sale
of stocks to 10 per cent.
9. Provides for fire marshal
to prosecute incendiaries.
10. Gives the insurance COM
missioner authority to take
charge of insolvent companies.
II. Places all insurance COM
panies under the insurance COM
missioner.
The bill contains 80 sections in
all, and is considered as good an
insurance law as any state has.
Mr.. Adams, of Hall, offered an
amendment to require all foreign
companies doing business in the
state to invest Is per cent of
their reserve fund in the state,
but it was defeated. This amend
ment was in effect the same as
the Mann bill, killed in the senate
a short time ago.
"a ~ ~ II
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1912-08-09

Dress Goods Bargains
AZ inch wide Serge 75c
value SIC
AZ inch Mohairs 75c
value SOC
SO inch black Taffetta
Silk SIPS value 69c
Foulards all colors Tic
value lie
Silks all colors 35c value 10c
Dress Ginghams, lie,
and 10c value &c
Checked Bingham 10c
and TIC value 434c
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1912-08-09
Mems ReadY-to-Wear

Dress Shirts 81 value 78c
Dress Shirts SOC and
75c value 36c and 30c
Work Shirts SOC and
75c value 36c and SOC
Underwear B Y D and
other SOC and 75c value 30c
Underwear 35c value 19c
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-04
CHORDS AND DISCORDS

friends, Skeers and Chawbuck, neither
buy tickets nor help the church funds,
and yet get cash in advance business;
and il were to circulate a subscrip-
ton paper among the wholesale hous-
es, would get the laugh.
IF sell pair of pants, must treat
the whole family TO candy and cigars;
if / buy a load of potatoes, l must do
the same. Customers who are able TO
pay, hang onto their money, while |
pay per cent at the bank TO get ready
cash. / have a big business during
hard times and poor crops from people
who are willing to trade with me pro-
viding l can duplicate catalogue prices
and wait until later for my money.
MY scales weigh heavy when / sell
sugar and too light when buy butter
am a thief, liar and CRATER. II
smile. l am a soft-soapy hypocrite;
if don't, l am grump.
Yes, this certainly is a snap"
And then he looked over $4,000
worth of book accounts, all good, and
wondered how he could raise $3.50 tC
meet a sight draft tomorrow.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-04
- ~ PICNICS - 80

o'erhead until Mrs. Jones brat deliv-
ers a glancing blow upon the classic
proboscis of Mrs. Smiths Willie,
through the fundamentally of an aban-
dOned two by four. Then the old
heads draw hair pins and pull off a
combat that would make a Sioux In
dian massacre resemble a lap supper
given by the Dorcas society in the tea
room Of the Young Women's Chris
tian association.
After consuming enough dyspepsia
producing edibles to furnish potential
energy for a crew of section hands,
the juveniles usually engage in a
strenuous effort to double into a bow
knot with the stomach ache while the
mature ones prefer charges of petty
larceny against each other because
two knives and a dessert spoon do
not muster in at roll call. The return
trip is usually made in an atmosphere
which is about as Joyous as a 32nd
degree baseball fan when the home
team is losing.
When We ponder over the high
price of groceries, the frailty of hui
manity In general, the lofty sums as
sessed by the medical profession and
the constantly booming attendance al
the county poor house, we are inclin
ed TO the firm conviction that the
picnic is about as desirable as the
omnipresent hair pin in the boardine
house hash.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-04

sole aim is to gather together several
Of their kind and discuss the business
Of other people To one who does not
approve of this sort Of pastime, the
practice is a most disgusting one. In
variably those who attend 10 the bus
iness of neighbors, to the neglect OF
their own, are those who have but
very little business Of their own to at
tend to. A well-stored mind has no
room for Cabling, nor has the mind of
a busy person any space or need for
tale-bearing. II is the idler who be-
comes the gossip-peddler His or her
brain is the veritable workshop OF the
devil. Backbiting, slandering, gossip
ing and lying are not members of busy,
intelligent minds. Once in a great
while some report comes to the ears
of the person talked about, which has
gained circulation through the various
gossip shops, and when this one at.
tempts TO run TO earth the damage
that has been done, the only fact that
can be ascertained is that they say
this, that, or the other. Who is this
person known as they say?' No one
has ever yet been able to locate the
mysterious parsonage. He'll isn't hot
! enough for those who go around damn
ing honest folks under the dirty, rotter
cloak of they say"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-04
BY p 3.

OI D.
The open season for the baneful pic
mic is now on. The picnic was invent
ed by the retail grocers, aided and
abetted by certain INSCRIPTIONS ply
sicians who felt the necessity of &C
celebrating a dilatory and laggard prac-
tice.
To successfully perpetuate a picnic,
take a dozen Loquacious females, with
offspring to match. add bushel Of as
sorted sandwiches, one quart OF as
tringent olives, IS vitiated layer cakes,
one case of deviled eggs, six dozen
freckled bananas and a bucketful of
infirm lemonade Place same in a con-
gested trolley car and allow to remain
for three-quarters Of an hour Then
remove and spread promiscuously over
q yerdant expanse of COW pasture
where the mature ones can unlimbeI
their jawbones for action and delve
into the murky past Of their next-dooI
neighbor, while the kill joys" be
tween the ages Of 3 and IL can divert
themselves by taking a pot shot at the
lowing kline with an air rife. Other
youngsters sometimes derive no small
amount of pleasure by dislocating q
collar bone or otherwise maimins
themselves by attempting a 30-foot
dive from the swaying bough OF q
sturdy oak
The dove of peace usually hoverI
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-04
EVER GET YOU LIKE THIsf
Moline Dispatchl

lMOllne DlSpdtcn.)
Don't you love a symphony concert?
Without being a musician or knowing
a thing about technique, temperaments
and nuances. isn't it a perfect delight
70 go early TO a symphony concert and
watch the players caress their instru-
ments, listen TO the gentle complain
ing Of the violins, into which is pro-
5ected an occasional sweet, round note
from the ccllos and a delicious growl
from the bass viols with an underly-
ing soft scrape. scrape. the source of
which ! haven't the least idea? After
sitting and hearing this while the peo-
pie gather / feel fairly stepped In
music and ready to enjoy every bit Of
the glory Of the orchestral program
I'd hate to miss the tuning-up prelim-
inaries. They're sort of like the meas
ures of dance when you're waiting to
get Into the swing OF il before start
ing of and they give you just the
right sort Of preparation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-04
1nlrd.-Adam. the representative in

Tnlrd.-Adam, the representative In
many European languages of the He
brew name of the first man. according
to the Mosaic account of the creation
as given in the book of Genesis.
Fourth.-Iz Tor ize). the modern Eng
lish representative. through the French,
User of the Greek verbal terminal izein.
Fifth.-Ing. the English suffix of the
participle present. verbal noun, etc
The root of this word. "macadam,"
illustrates in another way the vitality
of our English speech and its ability
to draw new words into its vocabulary
whenever the need arises. The term
"macadam" is really the family name
Of the man. John Macadam, who In
1910 devised the now common method
Of paving roads with small broken
stones. etc. Celtic and Semitic had al
ready combined to produce macadam.
meaning ''son of ADAM" which the
English language then took up and
further nodded to suit its genius.
There are many such hybr!ds. but
this Is probably the worst.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-04
Dininu In Luxembourg.

Though town patriotism exists all
over the world. nowhere, perhaps. is 1t
fiercer than in the little grand duchv
of Luxembourg. The tourist can turn
it to excellent advantage. When he
arrives at the inn of any little town
he should get into conversation with
the master or. better still. with the
mistress of the house and mention that
at the last town at which he stayed
the best and cheapest meals he ever
had in his life were served. Madame
viii depart to the kitchen determined
to demonstrate to the tourist that be
has never before really had decently
cooked meal And by the time for cot
fee and cigars he will come near tO
believing it. The finest cooks in Europe
are women of Luexbourg.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-04
AIN ARMED SITTING.
1t Was a Critical Moment In the Career
of Wellington.

1t Was q Critical Moment In the Career
of Wellington.
Had Wellington not commanded the
British at Waterloo would there have
been any prisoner at st. Helena?
Whether or not some one exists COM
petent to answer this momentous
question. a story told in Rachel Chal-
ices Secret History of the Court of
Spain" indicates that Napoleon once
came nearer than he knew to being
relieved Of his enemy and future con-
queror.
When the Anglo-Spanish army drove
Joseph Bonaparte from Madrid at
tentions were showered upon the Eng
lish commander, Lord Wellington. who.
however, took little pains to be cor
dial His GOODNESS and his fancy to
have his portrait painted by GOya near
ly caused the future hero of Waterloo
TO lose his life.
For, be it known, the illustrious
Spanish painter was irascible to a de-
gree, the more so that he was COM
pletely deaf. When the great general
made his appearance in the studio the
painters son interpreted the English
mans wishes in deaf and dumb ham
guage to bis father.
The artist worked assiduously and
when he thought the portrait far
enough advanced placed it before the
general. Unfortunately the picture did
not please the commander, who
shrugged his shoulders contemptuous-
ly and said that he would not accept
such caricature as a gift
The artists son declined to translate
this deprecatory remark. but the artist
had noted the scornful gestures OF the
Englishman, and the son in alarm saw
his father turn his eyes TO the loaded
pistols which always lay ready to hand
on the table.
The young mans fear increased
when Wellington rose from his seat
and put on his hat preparatory to de-
parture. Then Goya. enraged at the
officers contemptuous manner. seized
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-04
POVERTY DINNERS.
Cheap Meals That Are Served In Some
Berlin Restaurants.

Cheap Meals That Are Served In Some
Berlin Restaurants.
There are many interesting facts re-
garding cheap food in various portions
Of the earth. Berlin is said to lead the
civilized world in the way of cheap
restaurants. There are many places
where you may secure a meal of horse
flesh. bread and coffee for % pfennig.
which is about cents In the poorer
parts of the city there are many little
restaurants where you can buy meal
for IL pfennig, which would be about 3
cents.
In some of these cheap restaurants
there is long table, and no chairs are
to be seen. but there are long benches.
Tin spoons are chained to the table,
soup plates are sunk into the table. and
the one who wants to eat meal comes
in and sits down in front of one of
these plates and lays his cents beside
it. Usually a woman is in the kitchen.
and in many of these places the kitchen
is a part of the restaurant itself. AS
soon as you have laid your money on
the table she trots forward with a
steaming hot kettle Of thick soup. al
though thin soup is sometimes served
She fills your soup plate with this hot
soup and lays a thick slice of black
bread beside the plate. and your dinner
! is complete.
This is certainly a cheap meal There
are many places in all our large cities
where a dime will provide quite a gen
( erous dinner. sometimes pot roast anC
/ a thick slice of bread and butter and s
/ cup of coffee.-Mary f. Rausch IL
/ American Thresherman.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-04
PLENTY OF TRADE, BUT

Yes" remarked a country merchant
to the newspaper man, 81 certainly
have snap. The wholesale houses
send me duns every month and draw
on me at sight; but if send a bill to
farmer, he comes in swearing mad
and quits trading at my store. While
am hard up for money, many who
owe me are sending cash in advance
to mail order concerns. If contribute
money to any cause, people say | am
bidding for trade; If l don't, they say
l am a hog.
Every day am expected to dig up
for everything that comes along, from
a rattle ticket up to a church fund, by
the people who say ought to because
they do their trading here. But my
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-04
Orators and Stimulants.

II Is believed that no modern legis-
lators keep themselves up TO the mark
in the same dangerous way as some or
their predecessors in the British par
lament. "Huskisson told me-" writes
Lord BrOughton, that Lord Castle
reagh and Lord Liverpool both took
erher to keep them going when speak
Ing. He also told me that he once ask
ed Mr. Wherefore what made his fin
gers so black, and Wilberforce told
him that he was in the habit Of taking
opium before long speech. and 10
that said he. I owe all my success az
public speaker
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-04
HORSE STILL LINGERS.
Reynolds Press }

N A. Taylor is having lots of fun
these days teaching his new gasoline
carriage to gee ''haw,' back,
whoa" and "git-ep." And yesterday
morning he went TO Frank Keim' shop
and tried to buy a new currycomb.
Frank Fowler butchered a hog Sat
urday afternoon.
Art Mitchell hauled goods from Ale
do Thursday.
il. Scranton took load of eggs to
Aledo Saturday.
Wallace Guthrie had some carpen.
ter work done last week.
George Thornton has had a new roof
put on his coal house.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-04
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO

lady friends with refreshments, etc,
and a band of music as well, and sew
cIal hours were spent delightfully."- to
all concerned.
E w. Hurst leaves for the west to-
night on an extensive business trip.
May 4-The spirit of the times has
taken hold of John Streckfus, and he
is doing some painting Oh his building,
corner Sixteenth street and Fourth av-
Caue.
\ team belonging to WeckeIs gro
Gerry started in front OF the store on
Third avenue this morning and dashed
west TO Twelfth street, where the
horses coIlided with a lamp post and
the wagon was smashed to pieces. No
enc was hurt.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-04
YOU WOULDN'T KNOW THE JEDGE

kLdcOn Journal
When the steamer Swain pulled up
to our landing yesterday morning on
its regular trip to Peoria, We saw a
man standing on the upper deck who
looked familiar, but we couldn't place
him to save our neck until he spoke,
and then we knew it was Judge T. n.
Green. The judge, as is well known,
is a handsome man, but on this occa.
sion his face was a sight to behold
and that's why we didn't recognize
him until we heard his pleasant voice
Captain Percy Swain explained that
the judge was suffering with bad
case of the BARRIERS itch, contracted in
one of the SWEETEST barber shops in
Peoria, and no doubt when the judge
reached that city he gave the proprie
tor Of the shop a lecture he will not
soon forget. The judge has been hold
ing court in Hennepin and was on his
way home.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-04
WEATHER COMPLAINTS,
reynolds Press.)

~
Ben Carlson was in the village last
Wednesday. Mr.. Carlson said he did
not like the weather around here. No
wonder, when 1t was showing so hard!
Report will have 1t that Miss Aman-
da Nelson has left for Colorado. Her
friends and relatives were sorry to
see her go. but all wish her pleasant
and healthful time.-Taylor Ridge Cor.
respondence.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-04
AN ACCOMMODATING DOG.
(Lewistown Record.)

(LewiStoWn Record.)
Some months ago 1t was mentioned
in this paper that a little white mother
dog in town had weaned her babies
and was nursing two small kittens
whose mother had mysteriously dis
appeared. The tiny ones are now full
grown cats, but don't mix with their
kind at all and are constant compan-
ions of the dogs about the premises.
The whole bunch eat from the same
dishes, sleep on the same pallets, and
the cats keep the faces Of the dogs
washed by attending to that duty ev-
cry day. 1t is an interesting picture,
indeed
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-04
A Boswell and johnson Story.

Boswell once asked Johnson if there
were no possible circumstance in which
suicide would be justified.
no" was the reply.
We'll" says Boswell. suppose a
man has been guilty of a fraud he
was certain would be found out"
why. then" says Johnson. lin that
case let him go 10 some country where
he is not known and not to the devil
where he is known"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-04
MEANT AS COMPLIMENT, DOUBT.
LESS.
(Geneseo Republic.)

(Geneseo Republic.)
A half-column article in the Chicago
Sunday Record-Herald Of April q gave
our citizen, Mr.. Kiner, what he says
is the finest compliment he ever had.
The article described a scene in An
ton Michaels saloon. on North Hal
sted street, Chicago. A very dear
friend of Michael's was dead. In the
back room a group had assembled in
honor OF the dead man. Amid pro-
found silence OF the throng, one of the
number read poem. The writer says
AT intervals the readers voice would
break, and there would be a general
shutting of feet and wiping of eyes.
The poem was written by Henry l..
Kiner Of Geneseo. H." This genuine
emotion of rough, hardfsted working.
men Is considered by Mr. Kiner TO be
the best tribute he has ever received.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-04
His Orders.

Blink 0he whOlesalerl-Well how
many orders did you get yesterday?
Gink Ohe salesman,-I got two orders
in one store. Blink-What were they2
Gink-One was to get out, and the
other was to stay out.-Cleveland Plain
Dealer
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-04
NOT KNOCKING NURSE.
(Stark County News.)

NDtuIh NUUI4NN -NUW 81
Mrs. Lonnie Moak's prospects for re-
covery are said to be very good Her
nurse left Saturday.
DR.. Roberts is getting to be quite
an expert with autos, as we have no
ticed him managing different kinds the
past week on our good roads.
The J. F. F. girls gave a party at the
home of Nina Martin Friday evening.
Quite swell affair, judging by hear,
say.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-04
OUR MOST HYBRID WORD.

Esmacadamizing" Cav Boast of hav.
ing Five Language Parents.
The most hybrid word in the English
language. according to Professor a. f.
Chamberlain of Clarke university,
writing in the Popular Science Month
ly. is 'rcmacadamizing." Professor
Clarke points out that this word is de.
rived from five languages-Latin. Gaze
lie, Hebrew. Greek aud English. He
resolves it into its factors as follows:
First.-Re. Latin prefix. signifying
n repetition or doing over again.
SecOnd.-Mac. Il Gaelic word for son
in common use as a prefix for genoa
logical purposes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-04
Cause of the FormaIitY

First Bohemian-May | borrow your
gray tie?
Second Ditto-Certainly, But ~hy
all this formality of asking permits
sion?
First Bohemian i can't find it
London Tiu-Bits.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-04

the pistols. and the general clapped his
hand to his sword
The scene might have ended in a
tragedy had not General Alava as
sured the irate Englishman that the
artist was suffering from sudden men
tai ALTERATION, and young Goya re-
strained his father by force from using
the deadly weapons.