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' Dr.E J. Dorminy’s announcement for rep
'sentative appears in this issue of the Enter+
Prise. The Doctor is all right.
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Mr. George P. Northrop, of New York, has
been in the city several days. Mr. Northrop is
sole heir to the Brisbon railroad lands. Heis
manager of the Typo Mercantile Agency, of 87
Nassau St.,, New York, and is a polished gen
t'aman and seems to be little disturbed or con
cerned about the land proposition.
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. Wehave not nne word to say against the
Georgia editor who favors Clark Howell for
Governor. He is a mighty good editor and
worthy young Geeorgian. We have nothing to
say to wound the feelings of any court house or
county politician who takes his cue from that
faction, which has so long manipulated affairs
I is a part of his duty as cog in the wheel of
ring politics and any well recognized ring pli
tician knows his duty and how to perform it.
We have not one word to say in criticism of the
railroad man who opposes the electin of Mr.
Smith, it is not only his right, but most natural.
To all of these we say, this is a free fight in
which no man’s rights shall by us be denied,
but it is our hbumble opinion that the common
people have made up in thecir minds to put a
man in office that will disjoint the slate making
aparatus, aud to send men to the legislature
who will shake loose from the old ship of state
the barnacles of corporate greed and corrupting
influences. While it is tfue that Georgia has
escaped the harvest of graft and corruption that
has disgraced so many state governments very
recently, it will not be seriously denied that the
ground is fallow, if the sowing has not already
taken place, and we need at the executive head
some man who is committed against it. Mr.
Smith is not only committed but he has the
ability and the nerve.
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Mo the Democratic Voters of Georgia:—
In response to requests from many parts
~ of the State, but more especially from the people
\' of Lower Georgia, and my own desire and am
-4 bition to fill the highest cffice in your gift, I
; hereby announce that lam a candidate for the
Democratic nomination for Governor.
Between this time and the primary election,
- I shall endeavor to meet the people of the sever
. al counties and discuss with them such ques
tions as shall be uppermost in the public mind.
. My platform, other than the Constitution and
. Laws of Georgia, is the impartial enforcement
- of the laws, and the treatment of all people, and
. every interest, with justice and fairness.
i Asking your support, I am,
r Your fellow citizen,
'* J. H. Esrny,
g Savannah, Ga., Jan. 12, 1906.
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: Thereare “‘tricks in all trades,” even in the
__ political field. Candidate Howell went to the
L Columbus debate with a concealed weapon on
. his person.
; - Not a pistol, but a bomb.
] He bad what they call a bomb to explode
E under Mr. Smith’s argument.
- That is it looked like a bomb, before it was
E tested.
.. It turned out to be a sort of fusee, what
~ ever thatis.
= It was a letter from Jobn A. Sibley, of
; various notorieties, in. which he makes
. some propositions to Mr. Howell that
. Mr. Howell rejects, etc. It appears that it was
~ manufactured evidence, a sort of hand made
. bomb, and as Clark and Sib are rot expert bomb
§ff___"—makers, hence the fusee. The purpose was to
. show the democrats of the state that Mr.
?f* Howell bad the same opportunity to embrace
. the disfranchisment plank as did Mr. Smith
~ but that he refused it at the hands of the Pop.
~ Sibley.
’ . Of course, we are in the dark about Sibley’s
~ proprietorship to that piece of politics,
. " The Journal states the plot, not only a plot
_on Smith but a plot on the pecople who went to
- hear the debate, in five litile explanitory sen
~ tences, as follows:
;; 1. Mr. Smith announced this disfrancbise-
Z;;lmgnt measure as a plank in his platform on
r::Jnn/e 6th. ;
2, Earlyin July it became known that
~ Watson was inclined to favor Smith. :
.~ 3. Howell and Sibley must have so known
because it was common rumor.
4, Inthis condition of affairs Sibley and
- Howell held a personal conference. °
¥ & Thereupon Sibley went off and wrote
Howell a letter and Howell replied to it, and the
““ respondence isi.rfi%ervfid for ammunition 1o
7 State of Greornta, : :
Executive Department, .
Atlanta. & et i 8
The First National Bank of Fitzgerald, located in the City of
Fitzgera'd, having been appointed a State Depository, and having
executed and filed in this office a bond in the sum of $50,000.00,
conditional upon the faithful discharge of its duties, which has
been accepted and approved by the Governor, .it is therefore
ordered: : ‘ 3 A
That the Tax Collectors of the counties of Irwin and Wilcox
be and thcy are hereby instructed to pay over to said Bank all
moneys collected by them for and on account of State Taxes,
except such as may be paid directly into the State Treasury, and
that notice of this order be given by publication in some news
paper of general circulation published in the city where said
Bauk is located. :
This January 10, 1906. :
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| —— Governor.
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FITZGERALD
Will soon be ten years old. -
Has five thousand people.
Has an excellent graded school sys
tem, free tuition and’free books.
Has several splendid hotels. ’
A first-class system of water works,
owned and operated by the city.
An electric light plant, owned and
operated by the city.
Two large planing mills,
One novelty works.
One sash and door factory.
A score of retail grocery stores,
And as many dry goods stores.
Five drug stores, with complete
stocks and splendid furniture,
Two wholesale grocery houses.
Two broker firms.
A cotton compress.
An ice factory.
A cotton seed oil mill
A modern ginnery for long and short
staple cotton, o)
Two volunteer fire companies,
A foundry and machine shop.
A dozen lawyers.
And a dozen and a half doctors.
Three dentists. :
Three as fine cotton warehouses as
may be found in the state,
Seven saloons.
" A dozen churches,
Secret societies too numerous to
mention.
Three mill'nery stores,
Pour furniture stores.
One opera house. :
Three livery stables,
Three sales stables, from which are
distributed hundreds of fine mules every
year.
Four newspapers.
Four banks, with abont a half mil
lion deposits.
Two artificial stone plaats.
A brass band and a vmilitary com
pany.
Railroads leading ia six directions.
Avother coming.
Four barber shops.
Four hardware stores.
Two bottling works.
: Two photograph studios.
Real estate firms galore.
A steam laundry.
Two up-tc-date bi cycle skcrs,
A better cotton rate to the ports
than any of her competiftors.
Four meat markets.
Several wholesale lumber firms.
A half dozen automobiles.
A broom and mattress factory.
A wagon and buggy factory.
Railroad repair shops.
A cotton factory.
A cigar factory.
Five rural free delivery mail routes.
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And now comes Tom Watson, wholittéra]ly
explodes a b>mb, not such a bomb as Clark
thought he bad concealed about his person when
weat to Columbus. Mr. Watson says that Mr.
Smith made no overtures, that Howell is the
only candidate that intimated anything on that,
It looks like Candilate Howell bas been guilty
of bad faith. He has been overtaken in an at
tempt tossaddle oa to his chief opponent in the
gubernatorial race an iniquity and political
crime that only he himself had been guilty of.
City Couzcil Proczedings
The Council held an interest
ing meeting last night. The
wayorand full board of alder
men were present. After read
}ing and confirming the minutes,
the first matter taken up was
the purchase of a dinamo belt.
After considerable discussion,
which brought out the fact that
we had quite a number of belt
‘and leather experts on the board
iof aldlermen, the purchasing
committee werc directed to trade
with Graton & Koight for a 25
inch belt at $2.85 per foot.
Then came the question of
superintendent water and light
plant with a long list of appli
cants, viz, J. A. Stever, G. W,
Urmey, Fitzgerald. M. G. Car
hart, St. Petersburg, Fla. W,
E. Culver, Dothan, Ala. H. D,
Marshton, Wrightsville, Ga. J.
{C. Williams, Ocalla, Fla. J. L.
Thrash, Senoia, Ga. D. W,
Robverson, Lake City, Fla., and
Manning Goldsmith of Atlanta,
Ga. The matter was refered to
the Mayor and Ald. Turner and
Parrott, who are authorized to
take up the applications and cor
respondence and employa com
petent man at one hundred dol
lars or one hundred twenty five
dollarsper moath.
The question of city printieg
came up. After disposing of
the matter of job work, which
was left to the discression of the
city officers to buy from the city
job offices on best terms to be
bad after furnishing specifica
tions for any given job, the
matter of selecting a legal organ
or official paper was taken up
aad three bids were read. Artie
Jones offered to do the work at
the regular ordinance prices, the
Leader Co. offered to do the
work on the same terms as a
‘zreed upon last year, free to the
city, simply to beallowed charge,
for tax sales; J. E. Mercer offerd
to publish the legal advertis
ments in the Enterprise free of
cost to the city or any tax payer
thereof, which later offer was
accepted by the council,
The contract with the Crew
Levic Co. to furnish oil for the
W. and L. plant was renewed
for the insuing year.
Ald. Parnin offered a resolu
tion to open up Sherman St.
across Ocmulgee and the A. &
B. R.R. It was ruled that the
question would have to be set
tled by ordinance and therefore
the matter was not acted upon.
A resolution by Ald. Knapp
providing of the purchase and
erection of twenty additional arc
street lights was adopted. :
Supt. Stever of the W, & L.
plant wanted to be retained by
the Council another year. The
sentiment expressed by the ald
erman individually indicated
that be was on the hands of his
frieads. oo
A resolution by Alderman
Hooker regiring the immediate
~ Does your baking powt
contain alum? Look ufis
the label. Use only a powd
whose label shows it to®
made with cream of tartal
NOTE. Safety lies in buying
only the Royal Baking Powder,.
which is the best cream of tartar .
~ baking powder that can be had, © =
repair of the sidewalks along
sauth Grant precipitated a
general discussion on sidewalks
and street paving in which the
resolution itself was lost sight
of. '
The fire department asked for
an increased apprpriation for the
year by which they could starta
paid department later. They
asked for $2,400.00 but the Coun
cil was magpnanimous and made
it $3,000. which of course made
Walter Wilkerson smile.
The schools asked for an in
crease of appropriation, or. the.
same rate, to-wit: 3% mills, but
the council evidently thought that
the old appropriation would be
sufficient and voted $5,200 for
school purposes. Do
‘The appropriation ordinance,
as follows, was adopted:
ORDINANCE NO. 206.
An ordiance fixing the appropria
tions for the City of Fitzgerald
Georgia, for the year 1906.
SectioN (1. Be: it ordained
by the City of Fitzgerald, Georg
ia, that the following amount be,
and they are hereby appropria
ted for the respective purposes
herein mentioned, to be paid out
of the taxes levied and collected
for-the year 1906, and out of any
money derived from any other
source for the year 1906:
For the Water and
Light Piant, maio- ‘
taining and extend~ - - o
‘ipg 5ame.......... $16,000.00
Interest on the bonds.. $3,500.00
For sanitary pur-
P05E5.....0u: s oy . e $2,000:00
For potice fund........ $2,400,00
For streets and alleys. $3.000.00
For fire department. .. $3,000.00
For 5a1arie5.......... $1.000.00
For priating.......... -$300,00
For public building and ;
- gronnds: ... .. ... 0 $200,00
For the cemetery... . $500,00
For geceral fund..... $2,000,00
For schools, maintain
ing 5ame........... $520000
For the City Court.... $2.200 00
Ist reading of the ordinance
January 1, 1906. :
2nd reading of the ordinance
January 15, 1906. ‘ S
Georgia, Irwin Co. :
I C. M. Wise, Ex officer city
Clerk hereby certify that the
foregoing ordinance No. 206 was
read the second time and passed
by the following vote towit:
Ayes—Turner, Knapp, Par
rot, Grover, Parnin, Hooker,
Paulk, Mosher, Davis. Nays—
*o” total 9 votes. - 2
: = Co M. WisE,
‘ - Ex Office City Clerk.
~ The Mayor and Aldermen
‘Turner and Parrott were ap
pointed to codify and ‘have pub
lished a hundred copies of the
city charter and laws. 1
Council adjourned. ¢ 1
Golden Wedding Annive.rs_ary.i
Oa next Wedanesday F. D. Lee |
and bis wife will reach the fifti
eth anniversary of their mar
riage. The W.R. C. has decided
to hold a Golden Wedding enter
tainment in hoaor of the worthy
couple. Dinner will be served
and ail patriotic organizations
invited to attend. Mrs. Lee
knows nothing of it sowe thought
we would help keep the secret
by telling nobody but the Enter
prise recaders. The wedding!
will be celebrated at the W. R, §
C. Hall A special invitation is'
extended to a!l confedearate vet
erans and their wives, . . .|
: For Representative;
Dr. E. J. Dorminy, candidate
for representative Irwin county,
subject to the white prim&{y.
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A New Circuit, <
Col. D. B. Jay. went up to. Cor
dele yesterday to attend a “meet
ing of a bar association, which is
comprised of the attorneys of
several counties wishing“to be
created intoa new judicial circuit,
Col. Jay is very much pleased
at the action taken at the ‘meet
ing. It was determined to ask
[the legislature to Ereate at its
next session a new circuit'to be
composed of the three new:coun
ties of Crisp, Turner and Tift
and the old counties of Coffee,
Wilcox and Irwin, “This’ will
take one county each from four
judicial circuits and two- from
the Oconee circuit, to-wit: Wil
cox and Irwin, but since the new
county of Tombs has been added
to the Oconee circuit, which is
already one of the largest in the
state, it will equalize the effect
almost perfectly between five
judicial circuits, * 4 °
' We are to be congratulated on
the probability of securing this
new circuit and we most heartily
commend Col. Jay'’s efforts in
this particular. He might have
had—should have had,. thé co-*
operation, that is, the active asj
sistance of the .logal bar, - But
this ‘is ‘not the -only’instance in
which Col. Jay has laid asidé his
lpersonal duties and neglected
‘his office and business for the
‘comimunity’s’ good. The Eater
iprise congratulates Fitzgerald
lon the prospect for the new cirs
cuit. S
!Roscoe Kimball Seriously Hurt
Just before 1 o’clock this after
noon and while the noon recess
lwas on, Roscoe Kimball and Will
Boyd of Mrs. Raber’s class or
the seventh grade of ‘the city
schools, were the victims of a
serious accident. 2 0% :
"~ “Owing to the crowded condi
tion of the two ward buildings
the upper story of the N:orth
Istore building on ‘Grant street is
being used for this grade. There
is a front porch to ‘the building
which extends over the sidewalk
and about twelve feet from the
ground. This porch is about all
the play ground this class. has
and after the poonlunch the chil
dren naturally congregateon the
porch and of ceurse: lean against
and sit around on the railing.
The boys above mentioned were
against the railing today when it
gave way precipitating the boys
to the street below. . Will Boyd
'landed on bis feet and was’' not
lserxously injured; Roscoe * was
'not so fortunate,, He strucli the
‘ground insuch a manner @s to
break both arms and isjure the
spine and isnow'in a criticalcon
dition. g
He was taken to Dr. Powell's
office a half block away ahd Drs,
Powell, Ball, Dorminy and Brad
field gave him their attedtios,
. FOR SALE.
3—sacretractsin a bloci; on
north Grant St: I—6o h. p.
engine good fix, Ilarge cane
mill, steam evaporator and fix
tures. A.P. Gr‘e;%‘