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Fitzgerald Enterprize Published Every Friday. Enwrotl as socoml-< lass mail matter at the pont-otlioe at Fitzgerald. Irwin county, Cia. NETTIE C. HALL, Editor and Proprietor. TERMS OF SUUSRIPTION. (STRICTLY IN ADVA NCR) One copy one year, ... $1.00. Qno copy six month*, 60c. pne cony three month*. a6c. Advertising rates guide known on aiipll ention. Address all communications to Tub En TBrprisb, Fitzgerald, Georgia. FEBRUARY 4, 1898. ♦SOME OF THE PEOPLE WE HAVE MET. While living near 1 ho Grow Greek Reservation we became acquainted with some of the no fed “Braves’*( ?) among whom pone made a more vivid im¬ pression than “Cut-Nose” who camped with three hundred others at the foot qf the famous Wessjugton Ilills just outside the boundary lines of our home town. Nothing more pictures¬ que and weird could be im agined than the sight of the To pees of the “300” with the dark green hill a.s a back ground, —natural groye in the Ravine be side their Camps through which grove,bubbled “Spring Brook” bursting from its fountain-head up in the hill-side,-at the foot which also nestled the village in a frontier county :-the brook babbling its way through the grove, meandering on through the town, never ceasing sum ed* nor winter, its miniature water-falls lulling the writer to sleep :-the memories of its inns * i ^*29^* 'T'r' s J 'uk ,b> nsj^f , < .nesSS*^ 8 , peace . and UopW * memories of Tiayk' beside its cooling banks with Joved ones now under the sod. The fountain-head was so high that an irrigating ditch carrying the water to the gardens in the fown made the water appear to climb the hill-side. A little fake was formed at the head and many lovers and fpvoot-heavts have whispered vows of con¬ stancy as they leisurely floated about Tn the small boat while the Brook sang its way on into town widening out beside tin' main thoroughfare into an¬ other lake, the paradise of the young folks in winter for skat¬ ing and its cooling waters like an oasis in the desert during the hot summer. t t t We started out to toll of our acquaintances among the red men and the two being 1 so elos Jy associated it seemed imposs¬ ible to separate the Indian from the Medicinal Springs,-the pur¬ ling: brook,-the trees,-the hills. the big ocean of prairie which gives a stretch of vision that shows up this enchanted spot from seventy five miles distant; and Turtle Peak (the highest promontory) where lies the tin deciphered history of Indian legends, written in characters pf stone laid in the ground, rep¬ resenting a huge Turtle and an Indian squaw. t t t The one particular scene wo are describing is the fourth of July when the “good” Indians Jind come oyer from the Res prvntiou to help us celebrate, Old Glory floated from her staff \yith a triumphant glee, above the tqps of the beautiful trees, The speaking was held in the grove, and the Indian Qnar tette (educated at the,, govern ment school) sang America, As their beautiful voices echo ed through the grove “My conn try tis of thee” we said “sure; enough this is your country, was yours first of all and we j ’pelieve should still remain yours. ” While this w:is singing, u squaw in native costume, crowded her way up to the rostrum and earnestly gazed up into the face of one of the singers, a modest, refined looking young indian girl who afterward told us tins was her mother who had placed her in the government school at six yoars of age. The stoical face of this mother a daughter of the forest, never moved a mus¬ cle, but stood in grim, stolid silence so noted in her race, but in that dark eye there das¬ hed responsive pride as the ap¬ plause called her dusky daugh¬ ter to the front again, t t t And “Cut-Nose” what of him? lie stalked about in majestic silence, decorated with his in¬ signia of rank viz; a plain shirt -like garment reaching to the knees and worn outside of all else, it was made of coarse, unbleached muslin that had no doubt been clean, but above all else was “Cut-Nose” happy and proud in the narrow strip of torn muslin, something near a yard in length, sown to the tail of this shirt, that trailed out its lengjjh behind or waved in triumph according to the sport of the Dakota breeze ; eloquent in its dirt and ragged edges because it spoke of lud mn valor in capturing white scalps. With majestic strides the haughty wearer came and went among us, (ignoring his own people surrounding him) with the gravity of a city Mayor or political ward-heeler, Where “ignorance is bliss it is folly to be wise” and “Cut¬ Nose” lived in perpetual bliss beloiving himself really the big man among the Sioux, and with a self-complacent air de¬ the wild duck eggs on Musk-Rat lake, rather preferr¬ ing them just as the young ducks were peeping through the shell swallowing them wholo find mionQl oyl with .great gusto, especially if aecotnpaued x 4)n£ ; SOflP’. , ' i ------- THE GREAT PYRAMID. One of the leading granite men of this county who made a personal inspection of the (Treat Pyramid says: “There are blocks of stone in flip Pyramid which weigh three or four t imes as much as one of the obelisks. 1 saw a stone whose estimated weight was 880 tons. There are stones in it thirty feet in length which lit so closely to¬ gether that you may run a pen¬ knife over tlie surface without discovering the breaks between them. They are not laid with mortar either. There is now no machinery so perfect that it will make two surfaces thirty feet in length which meet to¬ gether as these wonderful stones in the Great Pyramid meet. It covers an area of about thirteen acres. It is es¬ timated that the Great Pyramid weighs six million tons and that to remove it would require sixty thousand steam engines, each drawing one hundred tons. In fact the wealth of Egypt is not- sufficient to pay laborers to demolish it. Prof. Smyth has concluded that it was built iu the year 2170 B. 0. reaching this conclusion first from as tromioal observations. IS IT ALL OF LIFE. To have enough to oat, a place to sleep, some covering for the body, and perhaps a polo game, a pri^e fight or blood and thunder melodrama to while away the few weary hours intervening drudgery and sloop? True even that little would be like a seventh heaven of delight compared to that the average workingman now enjoys, but can the ambition of the Amori can sovereignty rise to nothing higher than that? What are ail the beauties with which liat ure has stocked the earth and that the skill and ingenuity of man have reproduced and am- plified for, it not for the enjoy nient of man? Yot do we en joy them? We who produce the wealth of the nation and make possible the grandeur and magnificence so abundant on every hand, are ourselves content to struggle on in pov erty, live in wretchedness and die in our misery without hav ing seen, let alone enjoyed, the beautiful world that was built for us all.—The Beacon. THE OPPORTUNITY OF THE CENTURY. From the Capitol Idea. For fifty years William Booth lias been adding page to page, chapter to chapter, volume to volume, of the most heroic, triumphant, flaming history ever inscribed upon the hearts of man by a human being. He stands today upon the pinnacle of a biographical pyra¬ mid, as free from flaw as hum¬ an reason could possibly hope for mortal man to build. Now in his sixty-ninth year, when time is fast spreading her snowy mantle over his bowed head, and the autumn sun is tinging his western horizon with the golden hues of the glorious harvest morning in tne crowning glory of his brilliant warfare, it is our privilege to sit in the halo of his light and wrap around us his falling mantle, whom succeeding gen¬ erations will look back upon with supreme admiration, HE COMES. As a conquering hero gallops homeward at the close of the long hard fought battle, so our General braves the terrors of the deep, and hurries up and down our ranks, to give us one last parting cheer, and a few wise words of council from his long experience to help us in our worthy ambition to emulate his monumental example in this great war for dying souls. Ill the light of human reason we eaii never exffeCt here , again. It ti is • a miracle, -i of mercy and divine plea lire, that helms thus been sustained a gainst such trying odds. Wolf-Pit News. The pleasant weather makes 11 s think about putting in our spring crop. Mr. Pearson is clearing,—“Judge” is plowing ami “Shorty is putting on the linishing touches on the house. George Hascoll has just finished plow¬ ing for Mr. tollman. Mr. Fred Dunbar and Miss Anna Coop¬ er were united in marriage, last Sund.-v,, at the church. We wish them much joy and a long and happy life. On Friday night we were surprised to find Mrs. Goff’s smoke house on fire. It caught by a spark fiom a torch, failing into some broom straw. It burnt all of her meat and lard, some syrup and other things. Prayer m-cting was largely attended Tuesday evening, at the church,—Clar¬ ence Miller as leader. Cottage prayer meeting was held at Bro. Hopper’s Thursday evening. “Resident”. A Leaf from ‘‘Rose Hill”. W. E. Moyer, a brother of the late Marion Moyer, came in on the last excur¬ sion from Cincinnati, Ohio, and is much pleased with the country. During our late battle with forest fires, there was burning of clothes, and singeing hair. A couple of us slept in the woods, and didn't get home till morning. One lost his whiskers, and another some of his clothes. Rev. Parks gave us a good sermon, at the residence of H. Fisher, where Union 8. School meets every Sunday. lie will preach one week fyou; Sunday, at 1 p. m. Our S. School is growing and improving. The Brick yard is getting ready to burn their first Kiln. "A Rose Thorn”. Dr. Breese begs to say to readers of this paper, at a distance, who have writ ten him for information, that he has been so crowded with work, for some weeks past, that he could net command the tirm to answer them, but he will write, as soon as possible, to each one in turn. An Uncertain Disease. There is no disease more uncertain in its nature than dyspepsia. Physicians say that, the symptoms of no two eases agree. It is therefore most difficult to make a correct diagnosis. disguise No matter how severe, or under what Ritters will dyspepsia attacks von. Browns’ Hon cure if. Invaluable in all lisenses of the stomach, blood ami nerves. Browns’ Iron Bitters is sold by all dealers. Dakota breezes Monday and day—and—cold for Georgia, 1VE, BUT MO STOMACH. A Wandertal Operation Which Started the Medioal World. HOPE FOR THE AFFLICTED How The? Kay Have the Serves cf ths Most Eminent specialists and be Restored to Perfect Health. The year just passed has been re¬ markable for the great advancement made in medieal science and the in¬ troduction of new and successful methods of treating what hus hereto¬ fore been considered as incurable diseases. The daring and brilliant operation performed by Dr. Carl Schlatter, of Zurich, Switaerland, by which the entire stomach of a patient was successfully removed, has astounded the medical profession. Heretofore the stomach has been considered a vital organ, but the Zurich patient, alive and well,, re¬ futes this shop-worn theory. The case of this woman without a stom¬ ach, demonstrates that the gastric functions can be performed by other organs of the body. iCbe history of this case is of ab¬ sorbing interest. From childhood the patient had suffered from fre¬ quent attacks of severe pain in the stomach. The local doctors could afford her no relief. She Anally came under the treatment of Dr. Schlatter. He diagnosed her case and found the seat of trouble to be a tumor. This he removed with the entire stomneh, and the patient though old and feeble, has fully reco¬ vered her health. The remarkaple results obtained in this ease prove the superiority of the specialist over the general practitioner in the treatment of chronic diseases. His study, inves¬ tigation and practise are confined to one particular organ of the body and its diseases. His constant work makes him master, and success at¬ tends his eiforts. There has recently been formed in New York City the Warner Nazaro Medicine Company, which ha3 a department for the special treatment of chronic diseases of all classes. Its Board of Physicians is composed of the most successful specialists of Greater New York. object^f this company is to could Wot otherwise obtain ^ tha * 8e r V ico of suck eminent specialists, Many diseases which nave baffled the Skill of the general practitioner can thus be successfully treated and suffering humanity benefited. Among the diseases for which special treatment can be had are scrofula and all blood gnd skin di¬ seases; nervous prostration, in¬ somnia, chronic headaches, and all nervous disorders: rheumatism and gout; accuts and chronic catarrh; diseases and weaknesses of women; special diseases of men; indigestion and stomach troubles. This plan of special treatment has been devised and perfected by Mr. H. H. Warner, former proprietor and originator of Warner’s Safe Cure business some five years ago, and since that time he has given his attention to formulating and per¬ fecting the present undertaking. His years of experience in the spe¬ cial treatment of kidney diseases led him to believe chat equally good results could be obtained by offering the public, at a reasonable rate, special treatment under the di¬ rection of eminent specialists for the several classes of diseases to which mankind is liable. This plan places within the reach of all at minimum prices, the experiences of men who have devoted years of study to their respective specialties. Tho method of obtaining relief from all chronic troubles is as simple as it is inexpensive. Ail that is necessary is to write out a history of your case, making (he statement as complete as possible, and giving symptoms in detail. Send this, with five dollars, to the Warner Zazaro Medicine Company, St. Paul Build¬ ing, 220 Broadway, New York City, when a complete diagnosis of your case and medicine for thirty days’ treatment, should so long a lime be necessary for a cure, will be sent you and delivered free without fur¬ ther expense. The well known busi ness ability of Mr. Warner, and the fact that he has done so much for suffering humanity in the past, are ample assurances of the genuineness of this, his latest and greatest work, Write to day. Do You Want A — GOOD SHAVE and HASFl-CUT? Goflv .A. BUSH, Who. will give you clean a satisfactory hair-cut and shave. IT’arm and Cold Baths. Ayon Pine, next door to Bell's Restaurant. VO Til /.A V HE. ILTIII EH TIL L V FRUIT. ^ THE CALIFORNIA FRUIT STORE * furnish you with the best fresli Fruit, Vegetables, Canned Goods and Groceries at the old 3tand on .South Grant Street. ISCO SUTTON, Proprietor. m n ESQ w FRANK S. BAUDER. Pres. Wm. P. BOWEN, Cashley. m W: mesi b * I m m I 9 Sr 3 Now Open ami Dointr A General Ranking Business. Credits £ i £ < M | ^oriljerrjQxchan^e pension 0hecks M '•’Tv-fiAT PAR.-'Q^-q* iK When deposited bj' our customers. We issue Exchange on Now m 1(orlt, Savannah, Macon, Darien and Cordele at one-lialf the rates m chawed by postofiice money orders, I We lend money on nigh class security, never charging over eight per cent, per annum. m m Ouc rates and banking rules and customs aro the same as those of m i Atlanta and Louisville banks. In other words, we gvie the business men of Fitzgerald the same banking rates and privileges from the ii start that it took the merchants of Atlanta and Memphis twenty i years to get. Lack of competition will never cause us to take any l advantage of the colonists. I ii @1 H, C. SMITH, J. D. WHITTED, President. Sec. and Treas, SyecaggpRS Tg The Fitzgerald Real Estate & insurance Agency. Agents for Colony Lands, City Property, Timbered, Farm and Fruit Lands. Correspondence Solicited. Fire, Life and Accident Insurance. YOUR PATRONAGE SOLICITED. 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