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FITZGERALD ENTERPRISH
VYolume XI
All California Shaken;
- An Appalling Disaster
San Francisco ~W' recked by Earthquake and
~ Fire-—-A Hundred Millions of Prop
erty Desttoyed and Thous
ands of Lives Lost.
The city of San Francisco was
almost destroyed and a large
part of California terribly shaken
by an earthquake early yester
day morning.
The dreadful earthquake shock
came without warning at precise
ly 5:13 o’clock this morning, its
motion apparently being. 'from‘
east to west. At first the up-l
heaval of the earth was gpadual,
but in a few seconds it inl.i(;.sed
in intensity. Chimneys began
to fall and buildings to crack,
tottering on their foundations(
People became panic-striken and
rushed into the streets, most of
them in their nightattire. They
were met by showers of falling
buildings, bricks, cornices and
walls. Many were instantly
crushed to deatb, while others
weredreadfully mangled. Those
who remained indoors generally
escaped with their lives, though
scores were hLit by detached
plaster, pictures and articles
thrown to the floor by the shock.
In San Francisco alone it is es
timated that 1,000 persons have
perished, while as many more
are suffered from injuries. The
entire business portion of the
city is in ruins and the flames,
which, owing to lack of water,
cannot be checked, except by the
blowing up with dynamite of
buildiogs in their path are still
sweeping thro the city.
_ Itis utterly impossible to esti
mate the property loss, \for the
extent of the conflagration cannot
be told until the fire has burned
itself out.
Thousands ef peopleare home
less and many are huddled in
the parks and public squares, be
side the bousehold goods‘they
were able to save.
The city is under martial law
and all the downtown streets are
patrolled by cavalry and infantry. |
Details of troops are also guard-}
ing the banks. Most ofthe prin
cipal buildings have been de
stroyed and others are in immi
nent danger. |
Over all the scene of desolation
hangs a dense pall of smoke.
Communication with outside
towns is almost entirely cut off,
but the report comes from Palo
Alto that all but one of the build
ings of the Leland Stanford, Jr.,
university bave been wrecked
and that the splendid Memorial
church, one of the finest struct
ures of its kind in the world, is a
mass of ruins. One studect is
known to have lost his life.
In Oakland five persons were
killed. San Jose and Sacramento
Berkely, Alameda and other
places heard from suffered se
verely but report no loss of life.
By J. P. Barrett, news editor
of The San Francisco Examiner,
first eye witness story of the
earthguake out of the stricken
city.
. “Amid a heap of bricks and
- mortar which heap up about the
. telegrapher, I am sending this
" story of the awful calamity that
- has befallen San Francisco; a
calamity that in seriousness and
FIVZGERALD, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1906,
Chamber of Gommerce, -
Re-organized Last Night
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: LT o 1
Col. D. B, Jay Elected Presi
dent—/—Se.wer and-School I
Bonds Urged. = .
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ANOTHER RAILROAD WWANTED?
The mass meetling “of business
men at the city hall last night rfe
organized the Chamber of Com
merce, urged the issuance of
bonds for schools and sewers
and discussed other matters of
importance to the city.
Mayor Paulk called the meet
ing to order.
Col. D. B. Jay was elected
president of the Chamber of
Commerce; J. M. McDonald, Vice
President; Col. B. J. Reid, Sec
retary, and W. R, Bowen, Treas
urer. Messrs., E. W, Stetson,
J. E. Mercer, D. W. Paulk, J. B.
Seanor and I.Gelders were ap
pointed as the Executive Com
mittee.
The matter of bonds for
schools and sewers was dis
cussed, which brought ocut the
apparent fact that there was no
opposition to eitber. The only
question raised was the extent
of the city’s bonding capacity.
The city council was urged {o
take immediate action and call
an election for sckool and sewer
bonds, to be voted on together.
Of ccurse the amount and other
details were left for the council
to determiae. :
The matter of railrocad con
nection with Eas{man or Mcßae
was discussed and a ccmmittee
composed of W, R. Bowen, B. J.
Reid and J. C, Boney was author
ized to imggediately take active
measures to secure a conference
with the people and communities
interested.
The membership fee of the
Chamber of Commerce was fixed
at $5.00 annually, payable $2 50
‘semi-annyally.
~ After a barmonious and busi
‘ness-like session the meeting ad
journed, subject to the call of
‘the president.
magnitude makes the recent
cruption of Vesuvius appear
trival,
‘Tt was exactly at 5:15 o’clock
this morning that the cily was
tossed about like a feather by
the wind. The earth seemed to
sink for a moment, and then the
buildings to rise in the air like a
balloon. Then there was a sort
of sinking, the like of which no
mortal ever experienced a sec
ond time. Then the buildings
of the town rocked and wobbled
likc a frail thing in the storm.
“As I said, no mortal man can
experience the peculiar sensa
tion that accompanied this up
heaval, for mno city.can twice
withstand such a shock.”
TEHEH ERICE-A-VW E IS
'WILCOX REPLIES TO
MERCER’'S ATTACK
" First of all I want to thank
Editor Mercer for the good
things he says about me. He
says I am “a good man,” ‘he
will stand by his word.,” He
goes still further and says that
“We believe he will be able to
pass both bills,” meaning High
License and New County bills.
Now, this being the case, why is
he so alarmed about our NEW
couNTY BILL? It strikes me that
Brother Mercer is just a little in
consistent, for he says “Every
thing lcoked propitious and re
assuring from the New Couaty |
'standpoint untilit became appar
ent that the opponents of the
New County were makiog a sys
tematic and organized effort to
induce Hoa. B. E. Wilcox to
run for Senate or House’. Now,
one not knowing the true state of
affairs might tbink from the
above statement that the great
est enemy of the New County
movement had jist entercd the
arena. iy |
Now, Brother Mercer, would
have you believe ‘‘that those whol
oppose the New County” induc-l
ed me to enter this race ‘‘that
they might see himt deteated by‘
Fitzgerald to put him out of
humor with Fitzgerald in the
hope that he will oppose the New
County bili at the next session.”
How can Brother Mercer, or
any other reasonable man,believe
for a moment that ‘‘a good man”’
and one who wounld ‘‘stand by
his word’? a‘ter having introduc
ed a bill would,because of a little
malice, work against it. Is Bro
ther Mercer the only man who
can put aside personal feelings
for Fitzgerald’s best interest?
Now I feel sure that no one|
who knows me has any such
hope. But if there bappeas to
be one entertaining such a
“hope,” I wish tosay to that one
that, if I live to serve as your
representativein the coming ses
sicn of the general assembly, Ii
wi!l vote and work for our New|
County bill, if every man in Fitz-‘
gerald votes against me and every 1
man in Irwinville votes for me,
because I believe the passage of
the New County bill will, in the
long run,prove beneficial not only
to Fitzgerald, but to the whole of
Irwin county. |
No, Bro. Mercer, I have never
claimed to be ‘‘a perfect man,”
much less to be “icfallible,”’ but
I do claim to be honest and
truthful, even in politics, and I
wish here to deny most emphat
ically that I was brought out by
“the puny opposition from the
shadow of the court house in the
woods.”” However, I highly ap
preciate the friendship and sup
port tendered me by many
friends and voters in the Irwin
ville precinct. But the mistake
of the Eaterprise is in suppos
ing that they ‘‘shut up the chick
‘ens, turned the cow and calf tc
‘ggther, called the dogs and
packed off to Fitzgerald last Sat
!urday, prepared to camp on Wil
lcox"s trail till be announced,”
‘when the truth of the matter is
;I sought their support with more
zeal than they sought me @s a
rca\_ndidate.
Further, I wish to say thatl
am not now, nor ever have been,
the representative or candidate
of Irwinville, Fitzgerald, or any
other one section, but of the
fwhole of Irwin county, and as
tyqur puplic servant I have al
ways worked for the‘best inter
est of the whole county.
! But to my miod the most in~
One Little Mistake,
Oa last Weddesday ‘“‘Hon. J.
A. J, Hendersoy, of Ocilla, Ga.,
came into my store at Fitzgerald
and in the presence of Mr. E. F.
Chambless and Miss Mary Wag
non said to me, “Mr. Wilcox I
notice one little mistake in your
article” and I asked M r. Hender
son ia what way, and he said it
was relative to my saying that he
told me that in the event I failed ‘
to pass the New Coun'y Lill for
Fitzgerald at the coming session
of the general assembly, that
then, after two successive fail
‘ures he could not hope to pass
said bill, and Isaid to Mr. Hen
derson, “Well, Mr. Jim, I cer
tainly thought you made the re
mark ot I never would have said
80,”’ and Mr., Henderson said, ‘T
don’t doubt you did, Mr. Wilcox,
but you misunderstood me,"{ard
I repeated to Mr, Henderson that
“T so understood him,’’ and went
on to tell him the time we had
the conversation, which was be
fore Mr. Paulk announced for the‘l
sen{and I said to Mr. Hender
son, @ that conversation you
mentiqned another matter thatl
Willfiot mention in the presence
of Mr. Chambless because it
might d 6 you injury in your pres
ent race. Mr. Henderson then
said, "I wish you would make a
correction,” and I said, ‘‘Welll
cannot do so before tomorrow, as
its too late now to getout an arti-
Cle‘for the papers. That same
day I went to Hon. J. E Mercer,
one of Mr. Henderson’s sirong
est supportersin Fitzgerald, and
laid the matter before him and
he said, *'l would just let it drop
where it is,”” or words to that ef
fect. Well, Mr. Hendersoa says
he does not remember making
the remark. My memory is to
the contrary.
Mr. Henderson in A Correc
tion" that he makes in thz Fi'z
gerald Enterprise and People, of
Fitzgerald, says, also: ‘T wish
to deny emphatically being one
of the caadidates whom Mr. Wil
cox says were brought oat by
«iX men in secret session.”’
Possibly Mr. Henderson did
not know about this secret con
ference, but one of the number
informed me that Mr. Henderson
was onz of their selection, and
that he spent nearly all of one
Lord’s Day with Mr. Henderson
st his home in Ocilla persuading
him to make the race. Nodoubt
Mr. Henderson now rcmembers
the day and the man.
| B. E. WirLcox.
~ [The editor of the Enterprise
is the man whospentthe “‘Lord’s
‘Day,” as referred to, with Mr.
'Henderson, but we have no
‘knowledge of a *‘secret session”
or any sort of session with ‘‘six
men’’ or any number of men.
It’s -all tommy-rot. Ras is ex
cited and is seeing things that
aint. J. E. MERCER ]
consistent part of Col. Mercer’s
argument is that he believes it
to be tha “duty” of those who
are specially interested in the
New County bill to elect Dr. E.
J. Dorminy, a man whom I am
informed twice refused to sign
our petition to the legislature
asking fofa New County, and up
to this date has never yet said
through the press that he will
favor our getting a new county.
At the same time, Col. Mercer
considersit ‘‘our duty to Fitzger
a'd to oppose with all of the zeal
of which we are capable’ the man
who introduced the New County
bill, the man whom he KNOWS
did all he could to secure its pas
sage and the man whom he now
“pelieves will beable to pass said
bill in about two months.” ;
Oh, consistencey, thou art a
jewel”
“PurL. For FITZGERALD, OR
Purr Ovur.” ;
B. E. WiLCOX.
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