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Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1912-01-09
Fitzserald's Fire Record

FITZGERALD, Ca, Jan 5.-FitZger-
aid has many institutions and pub
lie departments of which it is proud,
but perhaps there is no one of them
that deserves commentator more
than its paid fire department.
This department consists OF four
men and two teams, W. c. Wilker-
erson, fire chief, having been at its
head since the old voluntary fire
company was disbanded and the
paid company organized. During
the past year there were thirty-five
alarms. Property of the value OF
$28,655 was involved, the actual loss
being only $2,785. This shows a
salvage of $25,870, which is certain
ly a record to be proud of. To the
faithfulness and efficiency of the
fire chief much credit is due. -Sa-
vannah Morning News.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1912-01-09
Liquor Disappears in Court

Atlanta, Jan. 9.-Four pints of
excellent rye whiskey were produc-
ed in Judge Andrew Calhoun's court
yesterday afternoon as evidence in
a blind tiger case. They were placed
on the table in full view of every
body. but before Jude Calhoun was
able to reach the case, the four bot
ties mysteriously disappeared.
The whole detective force, the
county police. the court bailiffs and
the judge himself during a short
adjournment, began to search for
the four pints. They finally traced
the theft to four well-known Allan
ia lawyers, who pleaded guilty be-
fore anybody had chance to in
dict them.
Return the liquor and it will be
all right" the judge assured them.
But we can't return it, your hon
or" they confessed, and it was obvi-
ously true.
Well, l reckon you can swear it
was whiskey, can't you" inquired
the judge, and when they said they
could, he summoned them as wit
nesses and let the trial proceed.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1912-01-09
The MOtiO

Miss Alexander has proven that
she knows what is good for Fitz-
gerald by re-engaging Harry Raw
ley the popular tenor, who has en-
tertained many while here by sing
ing in the churches and etc, and
she is sure that the people of Fitz-
gerald will turn out in force to
help her in keeping up a good.
clean and wholesome show for all.
The picture are always of the best
and instructive, and cordial vel
come is extended to all to help sup
port a good clean picture house.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1912-01-09
Gets 1882 From Acre

Mouitrie. Ga. Jan. 6.-L. S. Turner,
the popular county surveyor of Col
quit, again comes to the front as
the champion farmer of the county.
In 1910 he cleared $245 per acre by
raising cane and Irish potatoes on
the same land, For the year just
passed he succeeded in raising the
earning capacity Of an acre of
ground to 1892. He planted three
quarters of an acre in cane in the
early spring and between the cane
rows he planted Irish potatoes. He
harvested As bushels of spuds which
he sold at 81 a buShel.
From the sale of cane and syrup
he realized $225, Or a total from the
three-fourths of an acre of $265
This is an average yield of 1882
per acre.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1912-01-09
Governors New Mansion
Will Be In Druid Hills

Atlanta, Jan. 9-Effort Will De
made to patch up the old mansion
on Peachtree street so that the
Governor Joseph M. Brown can
live in it without actual danger to
his life and limb Another great
crash of plaster Sunday night
showed the seriousness OF the STU
alton in it's true light, and when
another crashed this morning 1t be-
came evident that the old place
would soon have to be abandoned,
and could only be temporarily
rendered habitable at best.
The next Governor will probably
have a new home 1t is now pra-
tically decided that the new Cover
nor's mansion will be located in
Durid Hills. A future governor
living there will feel perfectly at
home surrounded by a large num-
of his official family.
For some years Hon, John S.
Gambler, former judge Of the SUI
preme courts. has occupied resi-
dence at the corner Of North Ponce
de Leon avenue and Moreland
avenue. Directly across the street
is the lot owned by the United
States Senator 1oke Smith, who
will shortly build a magnificent
residence there. He will probably
start the building in the spring.
In the same block is the residence
of Judge VIM. H. Fish of the SUI
preme conrt, and next to the Hoke
Smith property is that of j, r.
Smith, the Warwick of Georgia.
who makes and unmakes governors.
1t will be seen, therefore. that any
public man who is elected COVER
nor and occupies the mansion in
Druid Hills will feel perfectly at
home with his neiGhb ors from the
start.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1912-01-09
81 Bales Of Cotton
For The Picking

Vidalia, Ga. Apparently the
cheapest cotton ever known in this
section was brought into sight"
yesterday when a prominent planter
of this county offered to give away
80 bales of cotton. All the donor
required of the man who accepted
this Gift was that the cotton, which
was still in the field to be picked
and ginned and that the seed be
scattered on the land from which
the cotton had been taken. 1t is
understood that the field of cotton
has not had a lock picked out of
it so far and so far the man with
the give-away cotton has not had
his offer accepted.
At the ruling prices of picking, it
would cost in the neighborho0d Of
500 per bale to have the staple
picked, and the lint, after the rains
of last week and the long spell Of
urfavorabIe weather, will not bring
over three or four cents per pound
at the outside, which would leave
the bag 5ing and ties to be paid
for yet, so that after figuring on
the proposition for a few minutes
the few prospective receivers have
declined the planters gift. The
field will, no doubt, be sown in
oats next season and followed by
a harvesting of corn.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1912-01-09
Receipts to Jan. 6 Are
4OO,499 Bales

The 100000 bale mark was safely
passed yesterday when it was an
nounced at the exchange that the
receipts of cotton since the first day
of September, 1911, at Augusta
were 400,44 bales.
1t is confidently expected that the
receipts this year will reach 5OO,-
600. All indications point to this
mark and the cotton men and Au-
eusta will make the reaching of that
mark a time Of jubilation
When Savannah long ago reach
ed 100000 there was general cele-
bration in the city, and when still
later, the 100000 mark was reach
ed, the city fairly outdid itself in
letting the world know that a mil
lion bales of cotton was the receipts
OF the Guy dnludlly.
Different gentlemen in the city
who have been watching the steady
climb of the figures in the Augusta
receipts this season, announce that
there will be an occasion worth
mentioning when the 100000 mark
is reached in this city, they say
that it shows the increasing popu-
larity of this city as a cotton CEN
ter and that from now on the fig
ures should increase largely, as the
territory of Augusta cotton men is
yearly increasing and some of the
new territory tapped by the rail-
roads in the last year Or two is the
finest cotton land in the world. That
with settlement and scientific farm
inc methods, it can be made to pro-
duce the finest cotton in the world
and in such quantities that there
will be large addition to Augustus
receipts from now on. The terri
tory in South Georgia especially
they say, enjoys direct and short
railroad transportation to this city
and much of it is coming this way
Augusta is already known far and
wide as the second largest inland
cotton market in the world and the
receipts this year should set the re-
cord so high that there should be
no danger of any other inland city
overtaking this one in the matter of
cotton receipts-Augusta Chronicle.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1912-01-09
Pistol Tor Breakfast;
Meals Served in Cell

1t was customary in the old days
in rural districts to blow conch
shell to announce the dinner hour
to the men in the fields.
The blowing of conch shells being
somewhat obsolete, and, besides, a
rather difficult undertaking to the
ordinary man, and further still, not
city signal anyhow, there had
sprung up in Harrisburg, among
some of the negroes on the lesser
streets, the habit of shooting off a
pistol to announce the fact that
breakfast is ready. This has been
going on for some time and the po-
lice have been watching carefully
to catch some of the guilty parties.
At last one was landed and in
the police recorders court yester-
day he was given a sentence stft
enough to teach him that people
must not be aroused in this city,
even for breakfast, by pistol shots.
In addition he was sent to the
higher court on the charge of vio-
lating two state laws relative to
carrying pistols.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1912-01-09
DR.. Young Preached At
First N. E. Church Sunday

DR.. Young, representing the Anti
Saloon League, had quite splendid
congregation at the First Methodist
Church Sunday morning in spite of
the bad weather, and secured a
OF liberal contributions.
Pastor Hammond, who has been on
the sick list for more than a week,
is some better, and expects to be
able to fill his pulpit next Sunday.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1912-01-09
Great Preparations Being
Made For Coming Reunion

Macon, Georgia is making great
preparations for the coming re-
union to be held in May, 7, 8, 8,
1912. Colonel Walter A. Harris,
who is Colonel of the Georgia Mi
litia and has been selected as Gen
eral Chairman and is assisted by
an able corps of busy, business
men, who are untiring in their .ef-
forts to make this the greatest re-
union ever held in Dixie. The
Sons of the Confederacy will have
a very prominent part in the com
ing reunion, for with Comman-
dant j. Marion Dunwoody, of the
Thomas Hardiman Camp No. Is is
some great stunts for the Sons
in the coming reunion. Mrs, Wal
ter D. Lamar, head of the u. D. Cs
of Georgia, as chairman of the
Womans Auxiliary is untiring in
her efforts Cor the entertainment OF
the Daughters, and those who know
Mrs. Lamar is a guarantee that
Macon will do her share in show ing
honors to the Daughters. The Con-
federate reunion of 1912 will be
the greatest ever held in any city
in the South. Thousands and thou
sounds of dollars are pouring into
the teasurery q the the General
Committee and every citizen Of
Macon is doing his share to make
the event a success. When the
Veterans come to this, The Mag
netic Center of DiXie-they will
extended a welcome of the kind
they will remember until they
answer the last sound of Taps Ma"
, con will be theirs. Do with it what
they will. Macon's people will ex-
tend the right hand of fellowship
to the men who battle for Dixie.
Everything that she possesses will
be turned over to them while they
are her guests. A committee
of representative business men
headed by Jno. j. Mckay is in
charge for the campaign for funds.
Unlimited money is at the COM
mand of the committee and every
dollar shall be spent to give the
Veterans the time of their lives It
is estimated by E. H. Hyman, Secre-
tary of the Executive Committee,
that one hundred thousand dollars
will be used by Macon in enter
tanning her guests. Macon will not
90 out in the state Of Georgia for
a single dollar, but on the other
hand will raise the entire amount
from her own citizens, which shows
the spirit that builds up cities and
is carrying out to the letter the
promise made by Secretary Hy-
man at the Little Rock reunion.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1912-01-09
Talk 1900 Miles

Key West, Fla, Jan. 8-After
experiments of several weeks, the
local naval wireless station has es-
tablished daily communication with
the station at San Francisco. Today
a message was picked up from the
steamship Sierra in the Pacific
ocean at an estimated distance OF
$500 miles from the Key West
station.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1912-01-09
Express Rates Inquired Into
The Interstate Commission En-
gagged in Investigation

In connection with the question
of express rates which are being
discussed with interest in various
quarters, Railroad Commissioner
Joseph F. Gray yesterday discussed
the status of the question of Geor-
gia.
Seven or eight months ago" Mr.
Gray says, Chairman Murphy
Gambler and myself we're delegated
to take up the matter and prepared
a long list Of questions for the eX-
press company for the purpose of
ascertaining what the situation was,
ard called on the Express Company
10 answer them. 1850 -~-
The questions we're answered
and the information furnished. We
were told by the express company
that it took 80 clerks, working go
days to get the information, and
that it cost the company eight or
nine thousand dollars to furnish it.
This information is now on file
with the commission and while no
studied analysis has yet been made
of it a few facts stand out. One is
that 50 per cent of the business Of
the Southern Express Company in
Georgia is interstate, or that bust
ness Of the company is almost en-
tirely interstate.
There is little or no complaint
about state rates. The average ex-
press rates in Georgia are lower
than those of practically any other
state in the United States and
though number of states have Sc
cured reduced rates by order of
their railroad commission, the re-
duced rates are not yet down to the
Georgia basis
The Interstate Commerce Com
mission has called on the express
companies of the country for prac-
tically the same information as
that asked by the Railroad Com
mission in Georgia, and will have
a General hearing in New York on
January 20, to take the general
questions in the matter
THE Railroad Commission of
Georgia has delegated Chairman
Gambler and J. P. Webster, the
rate expert of the commission, to
20 to New York and attend the
hearing and come back and make
areport which will be published for
the benefit and information of the
citizens os the state.
we will probably know more
than how to proceed from the in
terstate standpoint 1t is gong to
be a long time before the Interstate
Commission gets to individual cases
because so many general questions
are to be disposed of.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1912-01-09
Atlanta Is Paralized
By Sleet And Rain Storm

Atlanta, Jan. 9-Yesterday after
n con and late into the night Allan
ia was paralyzed by sleet and
rain storm which temporarily put
good many of the wires out of
commission.
This morning, however, it is
somewhat warmer, and the worst
seems to be over.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1912-01-09
Asylum for Foreer

Atlanta, Jan. 9-Leroy Dekle, a
Thomaston merchant, formerly Of
this city, will probably 90 to the in
sane asylum instead of to Jail, as the
result of forging some checks, which
got him into trouble at Birming-
ham.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1912-01-09

The Enterprise three times per
week at $500 is cheaper than one
time per week at $1.00 or six times
Der week at $500. Either is cheap
enough.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-05-25
JUDGE TAeER HERE
Arrived Last Monday On Court eusl.
ness and Departed TUESDAY

Judge L. j, l.. Taber arrived from
Elko Monday morning and lett for
homo Tuesday afternoon after hay.
ing given attention to matters In
connection with the Sheriff Smith
embezz .ement case. The sheriff
was held under $4,000 bond by Jus.
ice Of the Peace Maynard; but the
ooAa was not produced untll af.
tsr the arrival CT Judge Taber and
Distnct Attorney McNamee. The
bond was approved by Judge Taber
Tuesday morning. The sureties are
Joe Powers and j. a. Nesbitt
Az Judge Taber has work else
where which edmands his immediate
attention, he has asked Judge som
ers of Tonopah to preside during
the term OF the district court
which eonyenes here next week.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-05-25
WILL GoCDfiElD CON,
REDUCE ITS DIVIDEND
April Earnings Of Only $3S5,oco Wers
Poorest in the History
Of Company.

That directors OF Goldfield Conso,i
dated Viii at the next meeting fol
dl'iiena aeticn dispense with the ex
IRA dividend of 20 cents per shar,
qumter'y, aad content themselye,
with ;ae declaration OF the regula
d0-ceht dividend is the report whio.
has "a ned currency during the las
Few adys Ii comes from sources
whieh are iii position to be well in
formed, aid Ga tie circulation oi
,.ns repcrt, ,.nt on the extremely dis
apihmt.ns L,ai|t .tnt OF April earn
MSS, the stock has declined 10 S.
with prospects that it viii go still
l3wtl.
April earnings Of this compan,
were, sross, $5so.GO0 from the treat
meat Of 2S,3l7 tons of ore. Net earn
Tags We're orly $780, 900. or S2os,l9i
under the months Pre- rata Of diyi
dend requirements at SO cents {;
share, II the extra Is dispensed witt
and the next dividend posted at onl
y cents 4 snare, taen April earning
fera slightly In excess Of tie mont
pro rata.
Not only In the total figures was
Aprii the poorest month in the his
Dry OF the company since the new
mill WAS placed IN operation three
ears ago last December 1t wat
'lso the poorest month In respect
per ten values realized. On the
treatment Of 2S,3l7 tons Of ore, witt
-lai earniiEs only S22s hnn tho mel
alues Iii the ore averaged onl'
I1s,50 per ton compared d with 1851
| ton In March Copper Curb.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-05-25
Virgin6-LouiSe Is
TO PUSH DEVELOPMENT WORK
Ahead Vigorously

Al a meeting of the directors Of
he Virsinia-Louise Mining company
ieid In this city Thursday evening
i. w. Rand OF Portland, Ore, was
)leeted president; Alex. Lloyd, yice
resident; Chas. Lee Horsey, sec.
etary and treasurer; who, with f. L.
'odbe OF Sat Lake and w. Cone.
md Of Portland, Ore. constitute the
oarl Ct directors.
Manager Lloyd is a son of 10
ate William Lloyd and sacccfs his
ather In the management Il q
property. That he is enli0entiy 1T
cd TO fl this position CT r>sponsl.
llity there is no doubt as he has
he advantage OF the training I'm
mining which his father gave him
se has taken deep interest IN
lie Virginia. Louise from It's very n
iepticn and is himself large share.
lo!dar III the company.
AZ the meeting 1t was decided to
'ontinue work at the property with.
'ut halt; ii being the purpose TO
'ush the shaft on down trough tho
'is body Of manganese ore to the
'OOIoot point and then do some
r2sS-cuiting with the view OF Cd.
ening the the resource preparatory
to inaugurating early shipments.
This was the plan outlined by the
senior Lloyd. The stock of the cor
oeration. it is understood, will soon
,e listed en- the Salt Lake Mining ex.
change.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-05-25
Prince Consolidated
SHIPPING AN IMMENSE TONNAGE
From blI||i0nviNc DUMB

The Prince Consolidated Mining
company has been and Is now. furn.
ishing the Salt Lake Route a large
amount OF freight business. In ad.
dition 10 the supplies and material
coming In for the mine and rail
road. the company is shipping on
an average Of Is cars OF ore daily
rrom the Eulllonvllle tai.ings dump
or practically $50 tons per day.
Fhs train crew has been making on
round trip per day between Caliente
ana Pioche; also a round trip ey.
cry day between Cahente and Bullion.
vide. Extra trains have also been
coming to fioohe Sundays.
= is understood that new time
card viii so into effect in tie near
iuture ana that there are good pros
poets OF The regular Sunday uain
being put ON again carrying both
mail and express.
Upon the completion of the Prince
railroad, the Prince company win ue-
GIN shipping regularly at least 800
tons OF ere per day from the
mine. Tie NIrginiA-Luuice win al.
SO be in the shipping class soon ana
"ilh other properties on the Prince
side, and the Highland district mines
sending forth their quota, the Phoebe
branch VIII lie kept busy, further
demonstrating that the Salt Lake
Route has NO better paying branch
on its entire system.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-05-25
GRADING ON PRINCE
ROAD ABOUT DONE

1t Is said by the engineering DE-
oartment Of the Prince Con. railroad
that the grading OF the line will be
finished within week. The road
has been practically completed AZ
far as the Phoebe Metals mine while
the track layers are hugging close
to the heels OF the graders beyond
that point.
BY the end OF the first week OF June
the entire line, It Is declared, will
be ready for operation.
The locomotive ordered by the
Prince company Ia enroute from
San Francisco and Is due to arrive
here next week when 1t will be
placed In commission. 1t Is an oil
burner and was built at the Sacramen
to sheps Of the Southern Pacific com
| pany
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-05-25
TRANS CONTINENTAL
AUTO ROUTE THROUGH ELY

The commercial bodies of Colorado,
Utah and Nevada have at iast
awakened to the Importance of
direct auto highway from Denver
through Salt Lake City, Ely, Tono.
pah and Goldfield to Los Angeles
says the Ely Record.
Such a route was under discussion
IN local newspapers last year, and the
plan has finally been endorsed all
along the line, and the work OF
putting the various roads In good
shape has been commenced. and will
be pushed rapidly to completion. It
Is new expected that the new route
wit bc opened for travel not later
than .uly
The WCrk in Colorado and Utah
is now wcll under way, and Governor
Srly OF Utah, accompanied by mem.
hers OF the board of trade Of Salt
Lake City are expected to pass over
he new line as far as Ely during
he irtsent month, This proposed
coutl south Of the iaie is not only
considerably s.,,'icr Il TN the old
route north Of the lake, but It also
Is ii lGu'h better COZ clifton, and
passes through colpuy that Is
mucl, mhe Inviting thau the salt
Hats north of The lake.
In crder to work in cmplete har
ntony with the board of commission.
rs oi White Pine. .rnpne- condition
lLor...s.' road between Ely and Tono-
rah,, w. II. Cuddy and Charles Hum
phries oI the, board OF Nye county
accompanied by Victor Barndt. OF
the Railroad Valley Saline company,
arrived IN Ely last Friday. They
found the road In fairly good con.
dltlon, and made the drive in ten
hours running time. While here
the members of the board from Nye
county met with members Of the
board from White Pine. and out
llHtu ltah WhNiSby u AhSt SihoS
road win be constructed through
Ito Tonopah from the eastern line Of
White Pine. The board Of commits,
sionGrs of Esmeralda county have
recently gotten busy, and have been
over The line from Nye county to
lnyo county, California, via Cold.
field, and will also put that stretch
of read In shape for auto travel. The
members Of the board Of Eameralda
have arranged with the board OF
| myo county to put the road from
| Esmcrnlta county to Owens river
in good shape, which will be done at
once, thus giving splendid highway
from the eastern line of Nevada to
the Ovens river
AZ soon as the stretch Of road
from Salt Lake to Deep Creek IL
completed, It Is expected that all
OF the transcontinental auto travel
from Salt Lake City to either Los
Angeles or San Francisco will come
via Ely. Secretary Hoag Of the
Ely Commercial League has put In
two years OF hard work in awakening
an interest in this line through Colo,
tado, Wyoming, Utah and Nevada,
and he has at last succeeded even
beyond his former expectations.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-05-25
NEVAG ANS MAY HAVE
ORES ANALYZED FREE

Ulder an act passed by the state
legislature, March lG, 1895, ctti-
leng OF the state OK Nevada may
send ores and minerals to the STATE
uni, crsity and have them analyzed
and assayed with-u cost lsections
140z'l405. inclusive compiled laws
OF Neyada.( Only citizens Of Ne
vada have this privilege and they
may send only such material ~
may be taken from within the
boundary lines OF the state.
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Miss Carrie A. Thompson left
yesterday for her summer vacation
viii h she will spend in the western
parl Of the state. -