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FITZGERALD ENTERPRISHE
VYolume XI
- SALE CONTINUED!
Owing to the bad weather of the past few days, the Big Sale now in progress at the Williams
Store will be continued until after Easter. As New Goods are Continually Atriving, now
is the time to do your Easter Trading, thus Saving at least Fifty Cents on the Dollar.
f - THE WILLIAMS STORE, ~
TWYMAN BLOCK, CENTRAL AVE. FITZGERALD, GEORGIA
Council Proceedings:
Call for School Bonds
The Council Proposes to Erect a
- New and Model School
. Building of Stone. -
The city council met ia regular l
monthly session at the city hall
last nizght and was called to order
at 8 o’clock by Mayor Paulk,
. Aldermen Davis, Mosher, Gro
ver, Turner, Paulk, Parnin and
Parrott answered to the roll call
and Clerk Wise read the minutes
of the last regular and special
meetings, which were adopted
without change. :
The Mayor then submitted
the following report:
To the City Council:
Fitzgerald, Ga.
" Gentlemen:—l beg to make
your Honorable Body the follow
ing report of matters disposed
ofin the Mayor’s Court of thisl
city, for the last quarter endingl
March 31, 1906, towit:
During the months of Jan
vary, February and March there
were 156 cases tried and other
wise disposed of: 34 of which
were discharged, 4 served street
sentences, 1 a jail sentence, and
87 paid fises and forfeitures to
the amount of $544.00, which has |
been paid into the city treasury.
In making this sbowing to your
honorable body, I desire to say
that the same is due to the fact
that I have at all times had the
hearty cou-operation of the entire
police force, each and every one
of them having been faithfulin
the discharge of the duties im
posed upon them by the laws of
the city; therefore the credit is
largely due to them for their
untiring efforts.
Respectfplly submitted
Drew. W. PauLk, Mayor. ‘
Street Commissioner Frank
Hager submitted his report for
past month as follows:
Team work on street.
L. Clute, team, 21% ABYS...c.e.eloeeenes .. 86450
W. Wagon. team, 74 day 8.......... .....521.75
D. W. Paulk, team 5 day5.......c.. ..... $15.00
Time of laborers:
Oliver Brown, 25 day5.......cc.cec........825.00
Fletcher Kellens, 23 days.... . ........ 23.00
Ui Lester 10day8s, . - icooie oo vev s (1008
R.C. Butler,l7 day 5...... ccccvvvneeaese 17.00
R. C. Stout, 3% days ... ..........c... 3.50
Fred Terry, 1% d«¥S........coeeeeeeeen.. 150
C. Thornton, 5% da§B....cceveeeeeee.nee. 550
PRISONER’S LABOR.
Lewis Holt, 6 days. Jim Daily 14} days
Bill for building sidewalks on Grant street.
R, V.Hanoley........coecetcencsssese cise gl 1D
L PRrmtn. . . i eesiiiiie e s s 3.00
QM HOOREY, =i csoinens oo 00
C.P. MecMilan........cco ccoccceecccsccccen 80
Hauling sand for light plant, two teams two
days and _unl&afidlqg car of lime with two
teams oné-fourtk day.
Treasurer Wise submitted
his monthly report as follows:.
AMOUNTS RECEIVED.
Mar. 1, Bal.brot. f0rward............. $2,919.830
A.J; McDonald, 5011eit0r....... ... ;" 137.40
L. A. Farnell, pound fees ............ 5.50
L. S. Osborne, Sec., tuiti0n.......... 56.49
Sou. Express Co., license tax......... 25.00
Postal Tel. Co., license tax... ....... 25.00
Standard Oil Co., license tax......... 25.00
Exclange Bank, borrowed money... .977.33
L. 8. Osborne, Co. Convict Money.... 218.3)
J. SBimon, licenses to pedd1e.......... 6.00
L. 8. Osborne, State School Money.... 381.00
D. W. Paulk, Mayor, fines la:t quar.. 514.00
F. R. Colbert, pool table license...... 30.00
Ed Hussey, colleetor....vccceeeeeeesss 2197
$6,072.60
DISBURSEMENTS.
By cash paid out acct salary fund ... $ 74.99
“ @ &« opolice % L... 0 220.60
“ “ o« o« WEL " ... 291588
A i b oSt saamibapytt. L o 90.00
“ “ «.« gtreets vee. 82875
¢4 8o A U gonerßlTt it 24.25
o o % ¢ cemetery .... 30.00
o 5 o 4 ssegehool: =t .. 08570
More e ek S g ¢ gion
S, DG e e Printingat® o 8.70
" o B PR aHd G 200
se seroose s SLeity. Conrt: o 340:00
© 84,761.51
Balance on hand Mar. Ist, 1906 $1.311,09
The Chief of Police submitted
the following monthly report:
Number of arrests for disorderly conduct 43
The Finance Committee re
ported that it bad not fully in
vestigated all the monthly claims
and the council authorized the
committee 10 examine the bills
after council meeting and have
warrants drawn for same,
Request of C. R. Elsea to re
deem lot was referred to Judic
iary Committee.
Report of committee appointed
at last regular meeting of coun
cil to look into and report on the
matter of school building, etc.,
' was read, as follows: ;
Fitzzerald, Ga., April, 2, 1906,
To the Hon. Maycr and City
Council,
Gentlemen:—Your committee
having thoroughly iavestigated
tbe matters perfaining to the
Puablic Schools, as requested by
( : .
the Counc:!, submit the follow-
Ing report:
We find from the report of the
Superintendent of - Schools, that
there were on the first day of
March 1906, 609 white, 316 color
ed pitpils. A total of 925 pupils,
T EHIRRICE:- A- W E E
FIYVZGERALD, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, A PRIL 3, 1906,
occupying 17 roomsin 6 different
buildings, and under the instruct
ion of 13 white and 3 colored
teachers. All of the rooms are
filled to their capacity, and in
one of the rooms, less than 24 ft.
square there are 95 colored pup
ils at one time with a total en
rollment of 133 for that teacher.
There have been enrolled since
then 8 white and 117 colored
‘making a total of 944. This isa
large increase over last year, and
with this increase as a guide e
will have not less than 1,050 to
1100 pupils for next year, for
which suitable rooms must be
provided. If, as seems probable
the railroad shops bring in
1200 to 1500 people, the propore
tion of school children will be
not less than 250 to 300 more,
making a grand total of 1,350
pupils. To provide for the col
ored pupils will require 5 rooms.
To provide for the whites will
require not less than 16 rooms,
and including the increase from
the shops 6 more rooms, making
a total of 27 rooms. To fill the
demand the city has now two
buildings containing 12 rooms.
To meet the demands of ihe
colored schools for this year, the
city council last year, added $5OO
to the school appropriation, but
the tax levy failed -to meet this
within $254. The colored people
have secured the lot and building
to be deeded to the city ia lieu
of the $3OO they were to raise,
aod the city has secured the 7
lots surrounding it. To make
these available and sufficient to
accomodate the numbers will re
quire the addition of 2 rooms, at
an estimated expense of $1,500,
which includes the remodelling
of the old building. To provide
for the immediate neccessities of
ithe white schools, and allow for
the normal.increase of the next
five years, will require a new
building of not less than 16 rocms.
We recommend that such a
building be built of artificial
stone, ia time for the opening of
the fall term of school. The
cost of such a building, as com
puted by competent architects,}
will be about $25,000, and to
| meet the expense of building and
furpishing these buildings, we
recommend that a bond issue of
not less than $30,000 be submit
ted to the people for their decis
ion.
l E. N. Davis
J. K. Turner.
Dr. Osborne explained the
needs of the schools.
{ Aldermen Davis and Turner
iintroduced the following resolu
tioh:
Be it resolved, by the city
council of the city of Fitzgerald
Ga., that the Mayor of said city
of Fitzgerald, Ga., is hereby
authorized and directed tocalla
bond election on the Bth day of
May, 1906, for the purpose of
voting uponthe issuing of $30,000
school bonds, for the erection
and furnishing of public school
buildings in said city of F'itzger
ald, Ga.
J. E. TUREER,
E. N. Davis.
The resolution was unanimous
1y adopted on a yea and nay vote.,
Report of the special commit
tee on discrepancy or shortage
}in accounts of the treasurer of
the Fire Department, submit
ted the following report:
. Fitzgerald, Ga., April 2, 1906.
We, the fire committee ap
pointed to investigate the condi
tion of the books of the secretary
and treasurer of the departmeant,
Jno. Schlanser, having made the
investigation beg-leave to_, report
as follows: His books are short
$26.30.
M. H. Grover,
Chairman.
J. A. Parrott.
The city treasurer was in
structed to demand the amount
of the above-reported shortage
from ex-treasurer J. J. Schlan
ser.
The resolution to authorize the
mayor and treasurer to borrow
money for immediate demands
was adopted.
The finance committee report
ed the following billsand ordered i
warrants drawn for the same: |
Drew W. Paulk, Mayor, 5a1ary........ $ 833 !
O. M. Wise, clerk and Treas , salary. .. 50.00 ‘
E. W. Ryman, city attorney, salary.. 8.33
Herman Smith, chief of police, salary.. 50.00
L. A. Farnell, day police, 5a1ary........ 40,00
W. G. Short, night p01ice................ 40.00
Arthur Collier, night p01ice,............ 40.00
Hal. R. Pollitzer, Supt. water and light 75.00 |
E. Hussey, collector,ccceee. iiiurnneens 30.00
Joe Stever, Asst. Supt. W. & L., salary.. 60.00
(. Stever, lioeman ........o ceeseeiicenns 40.00
Otho Coats, day engineer at p1ant....... 40.00
Martin Kelley, day fireman, p1ant...... 35.00
Charley Sims, night fi eman ‘ ...... 35.00
Pat Paterson, 9 days as fireman * ...... ILS
Norman Burton, sexton cemetery...... 30.00
John Gray, feeding city team.......... 25.00
LP, North, rent of school r00m........ 8.00
Lewis Holt, janit0r........ ...ccovveecenn 12.00
August Deimel, scavenger, salary...... 45.00
Thos. Hurly, * 58 S iiersene 890
Frank Hager, street commissioner..... 50.00
George Broxton, driving dump cart.... 23.50
L. Clute, work on street with team.... 64.50
W. R. wagnon, “ s s 6 o 2D
lim Paulk. o 4 s e 6te s AN
Oliver Brown * * a¢ o
Fletcher Killen* ** s s6O 080
L. Lester, workon 5treetd.............. 19.00
R. C. Butler, * * 8 T s
- e R
R.o.Btouty - ¥ o L ainl
Bred Terry, * “ “.itcoes aiice W6O
J. M. Mosher, cement for p1ant........ 94.93
Dave Wood, boarding prisoners........ 43.15
F. L. Bigham, material for p1ant........ 11.04
Paulk Hardware Cc, 5upp1ie5.......... 2043
‘Garbutt Lumber Co., W. &L. material 92.55
Georgia Supply Co., et e~ 65
R. O. Campbell Coal Co., car of coal . . 61.28
W. R. Wagnon, telephone p01e5.... .. .. 113.50
Thos. Smith, drayage, W, and L......... 200
Dr. L. S. Oshorne, professional services 5,00
Dr. J. C. Fussell, e o 3.50
g&’uaan & Bruce Cu,, Stationery, etc.. 88.10
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AFRAID OF PULITIGIANS!
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Why One of President Roose
velt’s Supporters Opposes
the Hepburn Bill,
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Washingtoon D.C. Apr. 2.
President Chas. S. Mellen, of
the New York, New Haven &
Hartford R.R ~ who isa close
personal friend of President
Roosevelt and is the only rail
road man of prominence in the
country who has supported the
President’s position in the mat
ter of regulating rates, has made
a strong attack on the Hepburn
bill now before COngress, say
ing that the bill gives control of
the $10,000,000,000 of capital in
vested in railroads in this coun-‘
try to a body of political appoin-i
tees, with no guarantee thst they
will conserve this property. }
As an illustration of the pre
judice and unfairness of the In
terstate Commerce Commission,
President Mellén referred to two
recent decisions of the Comm
ission against his road. One of
these related to the rate on Geor
gia peaches between New York
and Boston, and the Commission
erduced this rate without chang
ing the rate to other cities in
New England, which resulted in
unfairness to ail these cities.
Although not compelled to do so,
the railroad, of its own will re
duced the rates to all these points
thus saving much more to the
shippers than would have been
sived by the ruling of the later
state Commerce Commission,
and treaticy all of them fairly in
stead of fayoring one at the ex
pense of another as the commis
sion would have done,
In another case, President
Mellen said that oneof the Inter
state Commerce comissioners
J. H. Carpenter, bailiff city c0urt...... 4.00
Setting engine and work on new Bldg, 18475
M. E. Whitman, repair mains, material 2860
Johnson Hdw Co,, street supplies....... 8.72
L. F. Thompeon Co. 1ime....... ........ 118.20
A 2 € SHDEHOS .. o 0 g
J. A. Reed,blacksmithing.....cco 0...... 410
Empire Mer. Co., feed for p0und........ 4.69
Hussey & Parrott, 5upp1ie5.............. 1105
Fitzgerald Fire Dept. 4 fire 5............ %9.00
F. M. Graham & Co., lumber for street 1.55
o e st ¢ at.plant.. 1885
Fitzgerald Iron Works, labor on pland.. 5109
Watt-Holmes Co.. supplies for plant... 35.70
M. H. Grover. supplies for fire Dept.... 0
Westinghouse Elec. Co., supplies.... ... 345.65
Dr. D. B. Ware, professional services... 6.00
Luke & Clements, onr, mu1e............. 220,00
o va feed for mu1e........ 17.00
Ricker & Wise, Insurance on school
and steam bolers..ceee..coecev.... 209.00
D. W. Paulk, material for city c0de..... 320
WOO £OF PlADBeave..cveensre viriorninnsss 80203
f Couneil adjourned.
Numbi
had caused the complaint to b
brought and had announce
what his decision would be bé
fore he nver heard the argument
in the case. 1
"From this”, said Presides
Mellen, "you may perhaps uf
derstand some of the hesitatio
on the part of railroad officials
why they do not want any nt
power put in the hands of one
prejudiced; why they do not caj
that the position of detective,;w
vocate, public prosecutor, judg
jury, and executioner should '
in the same hands, althoughy
course, there are amelioratis
circumstances when the dispos
tion is to announce a decision il
a pending case so far in advane
of its hearing, it gives such af
opportunity to prepare for th
blow when it falls]” b
~ Although Interstate Comme
ice Commissioner Prouty, w
lives ln New England, has bee
trying to get sectional suppot
in that quarter for the Hepbug
bill by practically promising thi
if the bill were passed the Com
mission would reduce the rafe
on cotton goods from New Enj
land to the West at the expensé
of Southern manufacturers, it
generally belived that he has dox
more harm than good by takim)
this positiou, as he has awakene
other parts of the country to th
danger to their prosperity invel
ved in giving to a body of mej
with motives like these the pow
er to say what parts of the cb""__
try shall have favorable ratef
and what shall not. o
Camille Flammarion, the gres
French astronomer, tells ¢
lightning’s terrible jests, 1
snatches things out of people’s
hands, lifts a girl up on a sewis
machine, shaves off a man
beard and leaves him unhug
paints pictures and perform
acrobatic feats. Oae man strug
by lightning found that th
lightning had stolen his boots; |
person who had been paralyze
thirty-eight years suddenly, '@
the age of forty-four, recovere
the use of his legs after a strok
of lightning.
In cheap sausage in largi
cities, the little microscope hal
found 60 per cent of horse mea
to 10 per cent of pork or beef,
t Copperas’ turns canned pemt
and beans the delicate gree
which Dame Nature never mean!
they should be when preserve
for future use and it is respons
ble for the vivid green of Mix
Picktds,