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THE LEGISLATURE.
W t Yednesday, Nov.*12.
JWhe house passed the Speer bill
ffinrovidingfor the election of rail road
Beommissioners by the people and
[ fgibility, without special and defeated requirement Mr.Chappell’s as to eli
bill,(fixing the tax rate at four mills
*‘by amendment to the constitution.
I Only one new bill was introduced
|which ■; was of an important nature.
The senate vas lazy too and seemed
jft be waiting for the last days of the
session. -*»
ft | bills Twt? introduced. Jihs were passed and two new
q. I Thursday.
I The House reconsidered the tax
which was defeated yester
dav aud prised it after amendment,
aising the limit of taxation from
four to five millfe. If this bill passes
senate and receives the Cover
approval and is then ratified
bv the people, it will go into effect
lst-1905.
I Many new bills were introduced,
the most important was:
By Mr. Bryan, of Floyd, to pro
any voter who is a citizen of
any incorporated town or village
ftfrom voting in an-election for fence
no fence. ,
By Mr. Dews, of Randolph—To es
I[ tablish, maintain and regulate a dis-
1 pensary in the city of Cuthbert.Ran-
1 dolph county, Georgia, for the sale
| of spirituous, vinous and malt liquors
| and other intoxicants, and to provide
for a board of commissioners for the
proper management of said dispen
| sary id and the
Randolph a dry cotfnty
F passage of this bill will be a decided
|loss the prohibition stand
Ipoint.
- by Mr. Lane, of Early—To repeal
1 an act entitled an, ant to establish
la dispensary in the town of BlalSely,
I approved December 16, 1897.
II This bill if it passes will re-estab
j/lish the bar rooms in-Early and will
be another gain for the wets.
FITZCtljpiALD CHANCE.
I cy Mr. Hardin, of Liberty—To
festablish as a branch of.the state
a college of agricultural
mechpiiical arts and sciences in
the southern part of this state, to
appropriate money for the same.
This bill is important* especially so
*to Fitzgerald.
The Enterprise of course expects
e^ery town in the soutberan part of
the state to make claim to this
branch feollege' should Mr. Hardins
bill become a law, but when it comes
to a show down, • Fitzgerald will be
'right in'it.
The diversified and intensive
methods of farming, resulting from
the five and ten acre tract feature of
£ this colony and the varied exper
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ences of these farmers from every
I section of the United States and
I Europe salted down with the saving
f grace of,the native Georgian meth
ods serves to make this the ideal lo¬
cation for a branch state agricultur¬
al college, besides we have the build
lng ready, one of the finest in Geor
m gia.
The soil, the climate, the people
all conspire to make this the logical
point for this college.
By Mr. Brown of Carroll—To pro¬
vide for the election of county
i senool commissioners by the quali
|Med voters to prescribe of the respective the qualifications counties
requisite to the elegibility to hold
If such office.
The tendency to take the selection
of such officers out of the hands
the grand juries so long as the
lot is in the hands'of the
rabble is in the opinion of the En
terprise a mistake.
Friday.
The house adopted a resolution intro
duced by Mr. vvoodatl, of Talbot, rela¬
tive to the commercial rating^f farm
ers. Tbe resolution as follows:
“Whereas, The mercantile a.encies
I have recently begun to give the farm¬
ers of this state oormnercial rating.
§• and, whereas, no class of our people
are more reliable, substantial and more
worthy of such consideration lifm the
business word: therefore be it
“Resolved, by the house of represent
g^atives, That this body has noted with
I^Jdeasuro gF/'tbe the Increasing merchantile tendency agencies upon
part of to
r eive the farmers of Georgia a eorumer
fe cial rating.
■L “Be it furthe^resolved, That this
Knbody BfjUf believes that a further extension
this polioy will greatly encourage
|Kgb4agriouituriats of the state.
MRfclarskd senate passed a nill reducing
the state librarian from
200 per annum. The
n\Q in favoaof the pas
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FITZGKRAL % , GEORGIA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER iO, 18^9.
at $600, the amount now received by
that officilH.
The child labor bill was also fa¬
vorably reported on.
Saturday.
The legislature celebrated with
Admiral Schley.
Monday.
Another effort to make the general
prohibition bill a special order was
defeated in the house.
FRANCHISE RESTRICTION.
Mr. Hardwick’s franchise bill was
reported favorably by the commit¬
tee on constitutional amendments
today. There was also a minority
report against the measure signed
by Messrs. Harrison, of Quitman;
Willingham, of Monroe, and Laing,
of Terrell.
Another important bill was intro¬
duced by Mr. Harden, of Liberty,
providing for a uniform text book
system in this state.
The senate was in session less than
an hour today and because of the
very slim attendance several bills
which came up for passage were
tabled, among them Senator Mann’s
bill to fix the term of office of the
state geologist.
Senator Nesbitt’s child labor bill
was recommended to the committee
on immigration and labor.
Tuesday.
Many .new bills were introduoed:
Probably the. most important was:
By Mr^Bynum, of Columbia—To
amend section 341 of volume 3 of the
code of 1895, prohibiting the an$ carry¬
ing of deadly weapons in man¬
ner, whether exposed to view or not.
Wednesday.
WILLCOX COURT HOUSE QUESTION.
The entire session of the house
was eonsun**^^ consideration of
the Wilcox court house Pfemoval bill
in which Abbeville won out.
The vote was 93 to 55 in favor of
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the bill, but as a two thirds ma¬
jority was required to pass the mea¬
sure it was lost.
This bill came before the bouse
with a favorable report from the
committee on counties and county
matters, but there was a red hot
minority report against it.
In the last election held in the
county to decide the matter the re¬
quisite two-thirds vote was cast for
removal, but there were charges of
fraud the illegalities had been prac¬
ticed by ooth sides and the investi¬
gation did not warrant any change
in the result.
A Picnic in November.
“What is going on today? I see
crowds of people with baskets and
hampers; they are in bnggies, wag¬
ons, while scores are on foot, all wen
diflg their wa^ down Main street;
what does it mean?” Such were the
words that came floating adown the
telephone from the Ups of a bright
woman who was not aware of the Old
Settlers Picnic which drew that busy
throng from the farm, the workshop,
the business houses and the city and
country homes. The program was
fully carried out with credit to all.
Lack of space forbids an extended re¬
port. The music was good and the
addresses entertaining. Dr. Coe
was noton the program but he agree¬
ably surprised the audience with one
of his unique poems which we
reproduce for our readers.
E. H. Williams, the orator of the
day, charmed his audience. The fol¬
lowing short extract is a sample of
his poetical word pictures:
“You have wrought manfully in
this home of your adoption; you
have quitted yourselves like men.
You have painted on the southern
landscape an ideal picture^a “Magic
City”—framed amid the stately, som¬
bre pines, bathed in the breath of
their balsam, and flashing upon its
fair young brow, a glittering diadem
of electric fires. Behold your handi¬
work! The wilderness is blooming,
the solitudes look glad.
’Tis well that we should celebrate
and keep green the memory of the
occasion of our coming hither.
’Tho we may not all have fed on
the roses nor lain mid the lilies of
life,” in this new home of our adop¬
tion, still ’tis a goodly land and fair.
Such a prospect, metbinks, as that
on wdich the grand old Hebrew gaz¬
ed, from Pisgah,s lonely mountain;
While Jordan rolled between,
What gift of nature would you ask
of nature,s God, other than He has
lavished here? With a heaven,
bright as Italian sky, bending its
eternal blue above us; with a glori¬
ous summer, fanned by cooling
breezes, soft as,the winds that woo
the spicy bowers of Hesperides, with
a short, braoing winter, tempered by
the warm, balmy breath of the equa¬
tor; with a generous •soil forever smi¬
ling jn, the face of industry; with pine
and Bbundant water, inexhaustable
fuel, unlimited pasturage ancl.cereal
crops that never fail; with peaches
fit to blush in paradise, and grapes
that outcluster the purple beauties
that ripen on the sunny slopes of the
Pacific, or thatglo'rify the far-famed
vineyard of Franca. It not in. old
—in the golden grain and luscious
fruits, awaiting but the magic wand
of industry to smile from the dust at
your feet—more of wealth and trea¬
sure, I reiterate, than will ever be
won, on the border-land of civiliza¬
tion. from the golden-veined bosom
of the frozen ’Klondyke.”
The dinner hour overflowed with
mirth and sociability; families and
neighbors scattered in groups par¬
taking of good cheer,.the soft whis¬
pers of the swaying pines, tho laugh¬
ter and shouts of happy children and
smiling faces all made a Jiving pic¬
ture never tube forgotten. We have
not seen tho minutes conseqvently
can only report that D, B. Mull was
elected president and the writer was
continued as historian with full pow¬
er to finish and publish the history.
We hope to be able to offer it for sale
within three months providing each
of the first colony settlers will has¬
ten to bring in their memorauda of
anything interesting relative to ear¬
ly colony days.
The expenses for this year were
$8.50. Collected $12.60 with a bal¬
ance from last year of 87 cents.. In
the treasury now $4.97.
“Mother Enterprise.”
Lines suggested on the morning of
the Old Settlers’ Picnic—by Dr. Coe:
Where are all these old folks going?
Each in their best, a basket bearing,
A salute they give—a cheery face
wearing,
Contentment in sight—some pleasure
is growing—
I like to see it,
“The Old Settlers’ Picnic—Ah ha,
ah ha!
“At the south end of Main street,”—
Ah ha, ah 1 ha;
Third annual gathering of old set¬
tlers here,
At the “canning building,” and all
about near—
Mighty nice place.
Men in their wagons—groups on
foot,
Tending all southward—not going
• for loot;
Soldiers who fought each side a
bale of cotton,
Walking arm in arm over fields for¬
gotten— real nice.
Now thats
“Oid Settlers,” yes they are pretty
old,
Been here four years out of the cold,
Quit picking cow-peas and gather¬
ing rice, that’s awfully
They gather to visit,
nice—
You bet that’s nice.
Their sweet potatoes and also their
eane,
Are still growing—corn and toma¬
toes coming agaiii,
And the flower gardens glow with
roses and pinks ;
And the moon flower and the morn¬
ing glory ’till the sun makes
them wince—
And we wear summer dots.
Don’t tell it north, they might re¬
member
That in Fitzgerald on the second day
of November,
Might breed discontent when they
have bought coal
And added their flannels to hold a
. shaking soul—
Please excuse me.
There the houses are “banked”
and nothing is green
But the people, reversed, are here
seen; inquire
Still let us for some reason
why
So many colonists do northward
fly— again.
Excuse me
When geese and all beautiful
birds light here
In cold months more than the rest
of the year,
The cardinal grossbeak flits
through the brush,
The mocking bird cheers and also
the thrush
Striking your soul strings.
“Gone back north” each one has
their “saw
“A divorce” or “money’s” or a
“Mother-in-law,”
A reason for each individual ease
As thoroughly differs all through the
race—
Don’t celebrate alike.
For much color you can hate the
whole batch,
They’ve their schools and churches
and blackberry patch,
They were here first without being
consulted,
Four years, nobody molested—no
women insulted —
Not one here today.
Qauld tlie whole north look at the
class gathered here
With crowds succeeding growing larger each
cquld year,
They read the past which we
There .^ dr health u e and contentment , ,
?s
still in Fitzgerald —
And We- grow fat and lazy.
They could read in your faces that
we have brains
And appreciate the odds between
snowstorm and rains,
We are not here for wealtb-did
We never here for pretend, comfort and this
are we
defend—
Une quite at night,
We may have been early in some
But pewe? before stale with
never newness so
great,
A ^"coming 1 ” 1163 confronted our
Trees fell and the saws went hnm
ming—
Covered sidewalks now.
Cloth, bark and slab shaoktown
of 05,
Gave way to wide streets and bouR
vard diive,
Done asbtfnaagio^i^yas
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Ab “now,” now on ten houses
rises a steep biggies e.
Good roads and to suit nil
the peop e;
Water works telephones, and
electricity,
And faith cures and hypnotism for
. excentricity— whooping.
Just going
Schools and societies, as all over
the land
Can be found here though built on
sand,
They will remain. When we who
gathered “yellow here, leaf’
Are gone to the gene
to the sear,
And the presses which roll to tell
of this day
Will be rolling a century away.
Amen and Amen.
Council Proceedings.
Regular session Monday Nov.- 9th
1899. Present, Burkhart, Dunn,
Moore, Reynolds, Stalkor. Tisdel and
White. A communication from F.
Clark was laid on the table.
A petition from L, P. Taylor was re¬
ferred to the sanitary committee. A
communication from Coly Co , referred
to Jueiciary committee. Communica¬
tion from J. Crater referred to pur¬
chasing committee w ith power to act.
Report of finance committee adopted.
Bill of Crater read and referred to
purehasing committee.
HILLS ALLOWED.
Mavor ................. ..... % 8 83
Clerk................... ... . 40 00
Chief Police............. ..... 50 00
Night watch............. ..... Ill 00
Scavenger............... ..... 40.00
Supt, W. and L......... ..... 50 00
Engineer................ ..... 40.(10
Asst, engineer.......... ..... 87.96
S. Greer two months rent ..... 20.00
C. A. DeLang 22 days extra po¬ 22.00
lice........................ ..
L. B. Terlinda extra police 1.33
L. s. Lee 11 11 1 33
,1. Car pec ter ,, »1 1.-25
Jesse Paulk • I 7 ) ..... 1.25
E. C. Clark •7 7 ' ..... 1.25
Ford Ayers 7) ..... X 25
,1. B. Nicholson „ 7 J ..... 3 75
E. F. Chambliss lime ..... 16.00
Nettie C Hall stationary. ..... 3.50 1.50
Fitzgeia'a Pub. Co....... .....
C. E. sweet wood......... ..... 10.35
Sidney Clare wood...... .. .. 53.9b
Sidney Clare ,, ....... ..... 3.30
Sidney Clare ,, ....... ..... 5.17
C. M. Andrews ,, ....... 4.31
Paulk Hdw Co oil....... .75
Harley Hdw. Co. oil and goods... 411.25
Watt and Holmes W, and L, sup¬
plies............. 4.69
C. Emory drayage .65
On motion an emergency warrant
was drawn in favor of the Mayor for
$18 with which to defray the expenses
of city attorney to Savannah on a case
for the city.
On motion the quarantine against
Ocilla was declared removed.
S. Greer’s applioation far a special
electric light rate for his hotel was re
ferrrd to W. and L. committee with
power to act. Ordinance 125 and 126
adopted.
Artich<>4<-s>
Mr. W. J. Nunually, Ohickamauga, Da. s
Dear Sir— Your letter of the seventh
inst., in regard to Artichokes, received.
In reply we beg to state as follows:
X. Plant the Artichoke in the earl/
spring after there i* no danger of a
freeze.
8. Almost any land oan be planted
with success. However, rich loam land*
are preferable,
3. The land should be thoroughly
broken about 6 or 8 inches deep and
pulverized with harrows before plant¬
ing. Then plant them in drills of 3
feet, dropping the seed to 3 feet
apart, or you oan cheok off your rows 8
feet apart aud plaut in the checks. It
will take about 3 bushels to plant an
acre. You can plant the small tubers
whole and cut the larger to one or two
eyes as you would in planting Irish po¬
tatoes. You cultivate them with hoe
and plow, so as to keep them free from
weeds aud grass.
4. Any portion of Georgia oan pro¬
duce this product, but it! is like the Irish
potato, especially adapted to those sec¬
tions of the state known as the middle
and northern sections,
6. There are but few varieties. The
Jerusalem is possibly the oldest aud best
known. Some of the new varieties are
known as the “Improved White French”
and the “Red Brazilian” and are con¬
sidered superior in quality. The yield
varies with the soil and variety. In
some sections of the United States 1,000
to 1,800 bushels have been grown per
acre. Dr. Pollard, the former commis
siouer of agriculture of the state of
Virginia, refers to this crop as follows:
“The keep of my hogs, ® in warm weather, ’
. ^ * Brazilian ... Artichokes. . . , ,
18 ue g rass aat
Forty head of hogs, and their pigs, may
be kept without other food on an acre
of Artichokes, from the time the frost is
out of the ground until the first of June
and from September to Ootober until
tbe grouul i is again frozen.”
6. You may be able to find some of
these varieties in Chattanooga, Tenn.
If you oaun°t find them there I would
suggest that you write to the United
States Agricultural Department at
Washington, D. C.
i n Ohio and other western states the
XVrtiohoke is quite extensively grown,
f° r dogs, in certain localities. It has
; been shown by aualysis that tho Arti
! choke has as much flesh forming ma
terlal - and nearl { as much heat and
forming material, as the Irish potato.
7. You can use fertilizer ad libitum,
(eitfjr home raised or commercial) prei ^
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NOTICE TO COLONY STOCKHOLDE
Company have in , Fitzgerald about 375 busizr -patcl. |
The Colony t a
residence lots; and in Irwin county, 200 five-acre tracts, w<&
tracts, and 50 twenty-acre tracts; and in Wilcox county t a8eD *
ten-acre tracts, 145 twenty and 15 forty-acre tracts, all o °
be sold before the Company can close up its business. 'jy
. . , THE LAST OPPORTUNITY. .
The company is now making arrangements to give the 1
a chance to exchange their stock for colony property whicl
time before December 1st, 1899. After that date st<: "
any I
received in lieu of cash, and all persons holding colony sto|
to wait until the final settling of colony affairs.
... GRAND AUCTION SALE. ..
On December 7th, 8th and 9th, the Company will holdafl
and sell all the colony property regardless of value, includin
Hotel and to-wit: Colony One-third Headquarters, (1-3) cash, to the balance highest in three bidder equal! orrj
terms, months 7 interest. (Yo stock will be
3, (> and 9 at per cent
payment at the sale.) A discount will be allowed for all pa]
full. This discount will be made known at the time of tl
. . . A GOOD INVESTMENT. . . .
The Company is doing this to enable them to close u|^
company’s business, audit will depend on the amount ou;
colony lands bring what amount can be paid on the outstan
We say frankly to our friends that our lands are stock. more likelj 4
good dividends on your investment than the
.. . STOCKHOLDERS SHOULD ASSIS
The taxes each year together with the expenses of the n|
and such other expenses as there may be, lessens the chand
dividends on colony stock. We have property enough, if 1
prices, to pay off all ou standing liabilities and of pay a gooddl sj
sides. Ao, if the stockholders will take hold the coming
the property offered brings fair prices, their chances for realizl
investment will be greatly enhanced. On the contrary, if t]
different and the property is allowed to sell at a figure belCrl
value, they cannot expect to realize on their investment.
. . . OUR OBJECT ACCOMPLISHED^
homes) The object and parties of the undertaking who have has been here largely in good accomplisf" faith *
come anc
here, have generally accomplished their object, and those wM
or returned would North, not come, cannot and expect those who to did come the rewards anb were of not thepj sj
reap
have built up homes here. Many of the homes are judgeml eleganl
modious and all on a sure foundation, where good
dustry are united.
. . . HOMES FOR ALL. . ..
We are unable at this date to say what the stockholders
their stock. All will depend upon this auction sale.
lieve it would be well for eqery member to take lots or lam IP
stock before December 1st, in value 1899. and These will lots and much lands morj are|
will continually increase of the stock. We pay give you all due note
can expect to get non-resident out stockholders in equally
action, so that may corne lotij
on the grounds. You may state what you would wish, a
of land, which we offer at a very low price, for stock, there™ ||
membeis to obtain the same. j&ddress,
The American Tribune Soldiers’ Colony C
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