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FITZGERALD ENTERPRISH
VYolume XI
NEW COUNTY FOR FITZGERALD
Well that’s whata good major
ity of the white voters of Irwin
county waat, and if the citi
zens of Fitzgerald had worked to
gether in perfect unison during
the last session of our general
assembly we would today have
been citizens of Northen county,
instead of Irwin.
My good friend and erstwhile
neighbor, Edward Winslow, told
me that it was talked on the
streets of Fitzgerald that I, at
the crucial moment, turned trai
tor to Northen County and
therefore Fitzgerald failed to
win out. Friend Winslow per
sistently refused to tell me who
made such a statement. I could‘
not go to him, her, or them in
person, therefore I take this op
portunity to say that any person
or persons who say, intimate,
or by inuendo insinuates that I
sold out, turned traitor or in any
way failed to keep faith in our
efforts to get a New County,
the person or persons making
such a statemeut is an unqualifi
ed, unmitigated, uncalled for
liar. At the very heel of the last
session of the general assembly
and after Northern County had
been adversely reported, I in
troduced the same bill as an
amendment to our coastitution,
providing for one more county
and describing its metes and
bounds. That bill has been favor
ably reported by the Com mittee
oan Coastitutional Amendments,
has been read a second time and
I think will pass the House with
out a speech being made against
it. With the Senate favor
able to the creation of more New
Counties and Fitzgerald and
surrounding community having
made greater material develop
ment during the last ten years
than any other section in Georgia,
I cannot see any reason why the
bill will not pass, provided its
friends get togetser and work in
harmony. - But there are other
issues ahead of us besides New
Couanty bills.
I was elected to the legisla
ture from Irwin county with the
direct understanding that I
would doevervthing'in my power
to close the saloons of Irwin
county, through the legislature,
During the last session of the!
general-assembly my High Li-l
cense bill passed the House, was
favorably reported by the main
Senate committee, to which it
was referred, The saloon men
appealed to a special committee
of three and that committee re
ported the bill favorably. It
was read a second time in the
Senate and the next day could
have been passed, but my atten
tion was called to the fact that I
had notadvertised the bill accord
ing to the very letter of the law,
and rather than risk bhaving
trouble in the courts, the friends
of prohibition decided that it
would be time saved to table that
bill, wait until next June and
come back before the legisla
ture with a similar bill properly
advertised. This [ expect to do
and we confidently heiieve that
Irwin county’s extrem= high
Jiscen<e bill will become a law
within ten days from the opening
of the next secssion of the geo
eral assembly.
At the same time as a compan
jon bill we expect to repeal
Qci'la’s dispensary Jaw. liow
ever, after thinking the matter
over, I find that we are upagainst
this obstacle. Mr. Dun« 2n Paulk,
one of our cacdidates for the leg
islature is an open saloon man.
Dr. E. J. Dorminey is our
other candidate for the legisla
ture, and I approached Dr. Dor
miney about this High License
bill, immediately after he an
nounced for the legislature and
I said in substance the following:
“I hope to pass my High
Liscense bill, during the first
ten days of the next session of
the legislature. Then I expect
to put through immed
iately thereafter, the New
County bill, and if I do both and
you are elected to succeed me,
can we depend upon you to push
the High License bill into the;
new county?”’
I Dr. Dorminey said to me ‘I
will see you later about that
matter.” Well we are now in
fifteen days of the primary, and
Dr. Dorminey has never been
back to see me about that very
important matter, and at this
stage of the game I know things
that cause me to believe that Dr.
E. J. Dorminey could not be de
pended upon to keep the npew
couunty dry.
You see, under the Joe Hall
blanket bill for new counties, if
the high liscense bill is passed
ahead of the new county bill, and
we cut the new county from two
dry counties, then the New
county will rcmain dry unless
voted back wet. Therefore we
Prohibitionists are losing what
we have gained if we fail to send
a man to succeed me ia the legis
lature who is committed and sent
there to carry the high license
law into our new county.
A very small combinatioh of
men—not over aix in number—
have laid a plan to bring whiskey
into thenew county at Fitzgerald.
A very small number of men got
together and said we will send
Mr. ——— to the house and Mr.
———to the senate. I am satis
find that one or the two of that
number were deceived and at
this time find themselves doiog
things contrary to their better
judgment, It’s a bad day, my
countrymen, whea six mea can
get together, ia secret, and
then and there elect{th: men who
shall represent two thousand
free born American white voters:
But I want to say to my tried,
true friends who, have so nobly
stood by me in the past, that
this plot to bring liquor back to
Fitzgerald will fail.
For, while I am thoroughly in
sympathy with the new county
movement, I do not intend to
work for the establishment of
the new county until I am as
sured that said new county will
have the same protection from
the liquor curse that the mother
‘county is to have.
.~ Now lam aware of the fact
that a Fitzgerald citizen remark
ed that '‘lts more importaot to
elect Dorminey and Henderson
than to have Wilcox on the floor
lof the House.” :
Another Fitzzerald citizen,
business man aand politician, I
went so far as to say that “‘The |
new county bill can be passed
without the assistance of Wilcox.{
Well possibly so, for accidents
happen vou kncw in the brsst 0”
regulated families. However,
both Messrs. Henderson and
Paulk tell me that they are ex
pecting me to pass our new
county bil’, and they go further
and say that should I fail. with
assistance of friends to the meas
‘ure, to pass the bill, they could
In:;t hope to follow me and gain
victory on the heel of two suc-
TEHRICE-A - W E E L
FITZGERALD, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1906,
' Teachers” Meeting.
The teachers of Irwin county
met Saturday, April 7, at Arbor
school building, for the purpose
of holding their regular monthly
institute,
The meeting was called to
order by President Swafford.
The election of officers was
first in order, and were elected
as follows: Prof. S. O. Swafford,
lPresident; Prof. J. W, Weaver,
Vice-President; Miss Clara Sher
ret, Secretary. 4
The Advantages of a Graded
Course of Study, were discussed
by a number of teachers.
Local Taxation was briefly
discussed, after which Prof.
Weaver gave one of his very
‘beneficial talks. ‘
~ Miss Birdie Swords Mr. J. C.l
McMillan and Mr. H. W, Gray
were appointed a committee to
arrange a program to be used at
opr next meeting, which will be!
held Saturday, May 5, at Fitz
gerald.
We wish to thank the patrons
of Arbor district for the delicious
dinner they placed at our dis
posal. It was such as only the
matrons of that community can
prepare, and words cannot do it
justice.
The following program will be
rendered at our next meeting, to
which all are invited.
Song.
Quotations—Lanier.
Elements of Civil Government
—Mr. Robert Purvis.
Outline of Plant Life—Miss
C. G. Sherret.
Methods of Teaching Phys
iology—Mr. J. C. McMillan.
Metric System of Weights and
Measures—Prof. S. O. Swafford.
. Page’s Ideas and Methods of
Punishment—Miss Anaic Mec-
Call.
Best Methods of Teaching
History—Mr. E. A. Smith.
An Explanation of Roark’s
Ten principles of Teaching—
Mr. H. W. Gray.
S. O. SwAFFORD, Pres,
CLARA SHERRETT, Sec. ;
(Fitzgerald papers please copy.)
BIG RAILROAD DEAL I
~ HAS BEEN CLOSED|
Messrs. John McLean, J. W.’
Quincey, C. E. Baker of Douglas,
George W. Deen of Waycross and |
W. M. Toomer of Jacksonville re
turned from Baltimore yesterday
where they weat toconsummatea
deal with the John Skelton Wil-l
liams syndicate for the Douglas,
Augusta & Gulf Railroad.
The Williams syndicate secured
an option on this road several
months ago and it was practically
certain tbat they would purchase
the road as soon as the samesyn
‘dicateagain secured control of the
l Szabeard which they did formally
lyesterday when Bar was deposed
as presidentand Walter waselect
)ed ia his place.
It is not known just what the
| Williams people paid for the D. A.
!& G., but it is sure that the local
lowrers made a good profit in the
|sale. Itis rumored that they paid
| ive thousand dollars a mile
! and sold it for seven., The roadis
fifty-nine miles long.
cessive defeats.
And, gentlemen, it nearly looks
just a little that way to me.
Yours to better the condition
of the masses and at the same
time ¢o no injustice to the clas
ses.
B. E. Wiccox.
Obituary.
Mrs. Laura Warren, daughter
tof Mr, and Mrs. J. W. Brocking
ton, was born in Camden County,
Georgia, in 1864. She was mar
ried to H, M. Warren in 1894, at
Brunswick, Ga. Three children
blessed this union, aged respect
ively seven, five and three years,
She was a great sufferer the
last few months of her life, but
was patient and uncomplaining
through it all. She said she was
‘ready to go, but clung to life for
the sake of her loved ones. She
‘had the children brought in at
fl 2 o’clock on the night she died
and calmly kissed them good
‘bye and breathed her last at 1:40
a, m., April 5, 1906.
- She had the kind attention of
loved ones. Miss Annie Brock
jngton was untiring and uncom
plaining. Mrs. Warren had Miss
McQueen, a trained nurse from
Atlanta, with her for several
months before she died and she
bhad every attention that loving
bands and hearts could give. We
did not know her long, but learn
ed to love her much. She was
laid to rest in Evergreen cem
etery, Saturday, April 7, 1906.
The bereaved family have our
sincere sympathy in their loss.
May Good bless them in this sad
hour. They were so grateful
for every kindness shown them.
A Lovine FrRIEND.
! EASTER.
’ Ch ristian Benevolence has the
right of way among the Church
es of Christ on Easter. The
Easter offering : are for the bene
fit of the Babies and Children in
our Orphanages in St. Louis,
Mo., Cleveland, 0., Dallas, Tex,
Loveland, Col., and Baldwin, Ga;
for the helpless Saints in our
Old People’s Homes at Jackson
vill, 111., and East Aurora, N. Y,;
for the friendless sick in our
hospitals, and for cther philan
thropies that may bz coaducted
under the auspices of the Nation
al Benevolent Association of the
Christian Church.
The children and friends of
the First Christian Church of
our city desiring to join in the
good work, propose to give an
Easter Concert Exercise, Sunday
evening ‘entitled; Easter Glory,
prepared by the veteran writer,
John W, Carpenter. Everybody
welcome.
A.B. Wad:, Miaister
Major Robert Mann Wocd, of
Chicago, Ills., was in the city
yesterday, the guest of post
master Marston. He was the
first adjutant of the Grand Army
of the Republic and assisted Dr.
Stevenson, toorganize that order.
‘He and Dr. Stevenson wrote the
original constitutioa and bylaws
of the order. The Major had
heard of the Old Soldiers colony
and came to see for himself. He
remarked tous ‘‘There is one
'thing I cannot uuderstand and
that is .the prodigality of this
Italian weather which you best
ow with such a lavish hand upon
saint and sinner, white and
Inegro.” He was delighted with
|the present situation and the
Ifuture of this city and its peéple.
Mrs. G. P. Mingledorf, took
her departure on Tuesday for
Columbia, S. C., where she will
spend several weeks with her
mother. Mrs. J. L. McCarty,
superintends the Hotel Strat
ford in the absence of Mrs.
Mingledorf. 3
Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Mahoney
and children, took the train yes
terday for Kingwood, where
they will make their home.
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