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FITZGERALD ENTERPRISH
Yolume X 1
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
The City Council met in
special session last night fcr the
purpose of considering the ex
tension of the western limits of
the city, so as to include five,
five acre tracts imediately west
of the Pryor home tract and
tract No. 479 at the western end
of Central avenue. |
The mayor and allofthealder
men were present except Knapp.
The clerk read the call for the
special session just before eight
o’clock, and pending the arrival
of interested parties other busi
ness was taken up and the fol
lowing resolution offered by the
Mayor was unanimously adopted:
RESOLUTION
Be It Resolved, By the City
Council that R. C. Butler be and
he is hereby appointed Sanitary
Inspector for the City of Fitz
gerald, during the pleasure of
the Council. The compensation
of said Inspector shall be Forty
($40.00) Dollars a month, pay
able monthly. . '
It shall be the duty of the Sani—l
tary Inspector to rigidly enforce
all sanitary rules, regulations I
and ordinances which are now,
or may be in force at any time
during his term of office: to car
ry out all instructions given him
by the Mayor; to examine at
least once every twenty-four
hours back yards and alleys in
the territory known as the fire
limits, said territory being bound
ed on the north by Oconee Street,
on the East by Sheridan Street,
on the South by Jessamine Street,
and on the west by Lee Street.
It shall be the duty of the In
spector to examine into the con
dition of the yards and alleys in
all other parts of the city at
least once a week. Whenever
the Inspector shall find any yard
in a filthy condition, not up to
the standard of cleanliness re-|
quired by the Sanitary Commit
tee, it shall be the duty of the In-|
spector to notify the owner orl
person in sharge of said premi
ses to put the same in repair in
conformity with the regulations
of the sanitary laws of the city;|
and if said.-owner of occupant so
notified fails to comply with the
regulations of said notice for the
period of twenty four hours, it
shall be the duty of the lanspect
or to make complaint to the per
son so offending, and bring the
offendcr to trial forthwith in !the '
municipal court. _
The Mayor ir hereby given
authority, and it shall be his du
ty to promulgate such new rules
regulations as may be necessary
in order to preserve the public
health and keep the entire city in
good sanitary condition.
Upon failure by the Inspector
tocarry out and faithfully per
form the duties of his office, itl
shall be the duty of the Mayor to
summarily discharge him and!
appoint a substitute to act until
the next meeting of the council‘
when the vacancy shall be filled
by the council. |
Said lanspector shall be ex
officio a policeman, and shall po
gess all the powers of the regu
lar policeman of the city.
The petition of the Glenn
Development Co , was then taken
up asking for the opening of
streets and proposing to be in
corporated into the city which
was referred to a special com
mittee of five composed of Alder
men Hooker, Davis, Grover,
Panlk and Parrott.
Through Mr. W. R. Bowen,
the A. B. &A. R. R. Co. asked
for the privilege of double track
ing Ocmulgee street- from the
passenger station west to Gor
don street where the road cur
ves to the mnorthwest. The
matter will have to be treated
with an ordinance which was
prepared and put on its first
reading. The members of the
council present expressed them
selves as favorable to granting
the request, but asked Mr.
Bowen to.suggest to Vice Presi
dent Wadley that the people
along said street have already
made considerable sacrifice for
the railroad company and re
quest him to grade the street‘
including sidewalks, i. e., broa-‘
den the present grading the fulll
width of the street.
~ Supt. Pollitzer presented a new
schedule for waterand light rents
In a statement before the council
he said that there were serious
inequalities in the matter of wa
ter and light renis under the re
cent system. One drug store
was paying $3.00 per quarter for
the same privilege that another
drug store was paying $3.00 per
month; that a saloon had forbid
his installing a meter although it
was using the current for which
no charge is being made. The
matter was referred toa commit
tee composed of the water and
lightcomnrittee and the Superin=-
tendent.
Wm. McCormick asked for ad
ditional help at the cemetery to
prepare for Mewmorial Day exer
cises, and was authorized to hire
a man eight days.
The Mayor and Treasurer
were authorized to'borrow money
for immediate necessities.
- Adjourned.
The Leg of a Turkey.
No less an authority than the
Hon. Grover Cleveland, for two
terms ' President of the United
State and all his life a sportsman
with rod and gun, has told us
that the stories of fishermen
ought to be believed, because
nine times in ten they are true.
They may sound iscredible to
the uninitiated, but that is be.
cause the doubting listener
doesn’t know a great deal about
the habits of fish and their re
markable intellizence. Likewise
the stories of hunters are worthy
of belief, in the main, because
they are more than apt to be
true, unless perchance the hunt
er is ‘‘stringing” his audience,
as hunters and fishermen will
sometimes do for amusement,
The stories that are told for the
ifun of the thing nearly always
have their eark-marks, but none
of them is more wonderful than
‘the true absolutely true, stories
\of wild life that come under the
[observation of fishermen and
hunters from time to time.
There are persons, forinstance
who no not believe that the
|squirrels have a system of juris
iprudence. and practice both
'surgery and dentistry. ‘There
are others who do not believe
that snakes help each other to
shed their skins. Another fal
lacious idea, which the Washing
ton Post has been trying for
some time to disprove, is that
the rabbit is a timid creature
that won’t fight even when corn
ered. We have had cccasion to
to publish a story showing how
a rabbit whipped a rattiesnake
in a fair fight, and the Post has
told howa bunny whipped a big
TE RICE-A-WEEEK
FITZGERALD, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, MAY 15. 1806,
MANAGER GUNN SAYS AID IS
NEEDED FOR INDUSTRIAL HOME
' Rev. J. R. Gunn, General Man
ager of the Georgia Industrial
’Home, has issued a statement to
the public in which he says the
Home is very much in need of
aid. His statement is as follows:
To the Public:
Again I must appeal to the
humanity loving people of our
State in behalf of the Georgia
Industrial Home, and this appeal
is made because of a most ur
gent necessity.
This is the season of the year
when our contributions usually
drop off. Perhaps the reason
for this is money is not as plen
tiful as at other times, and be
sides, people generally begin
making preparations for their
Summer vacation. This year
there has been a greater reason
than the above. The San Fran
cisco disaster brought upon us
an additional obligation. We all
felt called upon to contribute
towards the relief of the suffer
ing people of that stricken city.
For these reasons, which “are
good, our contributions recently
have been very slim and as a re
sult we have fallen behind with
our current expenses.
Therefore, lam forced to is
hound and has made it run away
yelping with pain, Then .we
have heard innumerable stories
of the intelligence and cunning of
foxes, and the impossiblity of
catching a weasel or a mink
asleep.
Added evidence that all of these
s ories, and countless others of
their kind, are worthy of belief
is found in the account from
Virginia of the hunter who the
other day killed a wild turkey
that had a wooden leg. That
the Virginia hunter in question
is a man of probity in every re
spect is vouched for by all his
neighbors. He wouldn’t tell an
antruth for anything imagina
ble; and v.hy should he tell what
wasn’t true about a turkey’s leg?
The turkey was a big gobbler.
"The hunter had been following
and baiting it for some weeks.
He had used all of his wiles to
get a shot, but the gobbler a wise
old bird, had managed always un
til the fatal morning to keep out
of range. Thehunter had mark
ed a peculiarity in the gait of the
turkey, but he didnt suspect the
real cause. When he had got
his loag sought lucky shot the
bhunter was amazed to find the
gobbler had been going on one
leg and a peg. The peg was
rudely adjusted and rudely se
cured to the stump of the leg
that had in some manner been
amputated, but it was service
able. It possibly fell short in
the process of roosting and
scratching, but it served to keep
its wearer’s equilibrium, which
is about the best that any wood
‘en leg can do. The killing of a '
wild turkey with a wooden leg
goes to show that wild turkeys,
as well as squirrels, are adepts
in surgery. And we take pleas
ure in recording the fact.
| The city council of Wheeling,
iW. Va., invited the village clerg
‘man to offer prayer which hedid
and the first business taken up
iby the council was granting a
license to a saloon. Not very
strange after all when we remem=
ber that miunisters and saloon
men vote the same ticket,
sue this appeal, the urgency of
which calls for an immediate and
liberal response. Remember
there are 150 children under our
care who must be provided for
and remember they are depend
ent upon your voluntary, free
will offerings. In this hour of
neced and financial struggle I ap
peal to our friendsthroughout the
State for aid and will appreciate
any amount that may be sent us.
Let no one cast aside, thinking
there will be plenty others to re
spond and your contribution will
not be needed. Your contribu
tion is needed and will be missed,
if you do not send it. I most
earnestly urge everyone who
reads this to send us something.
Much or little, it will be: grate
fully received. It will certainly
come at a time when it is greatly
needed and will cheer our hearts
in this work for humanity. Don’t
put it off, but send your contri
butions right along now before
you forget it.
Praying God’s richest bless
ings upon every one who will aid
us in this worthy cause, and
thanking each and all in advance,
lam, Yours for Humanity,
J. R. Gunn, Gen. Mgr.
WITH THE PROCESSION
et
MKS. NETTIE C. HALL,
(MOTHNR ENTERPRISE)
NEWS EDITOR.
. Flush all the water mains
!often this kot weather.
' Mr. aad Mrs. R. Mathews
arrived today from New Orleaus,
La., where they have visited
ever since the Confederate re
union. :
Mr. and Mrs. W. C.- Brown,
took their departure today for
their old home in Newark, N J.,
where they will spead the hot
months.
Frack Hagar will leave the
nsorth side of the city near the
school house in a good shape
with twelve inch tiling. He also
expects to place tiling ca all
street crossings ia the city.
Oan last Saturday Mrs, W. G.
Beasley, of Cordele, returned to
her home from Ocilla, accompa
nied by Dr. J. E. Godey, of that
city, who was inattendance upon
Mrs. Beasley’s eleven month's
child which was very ill.
Miss Della Majors, took her
departure for Terre Haute, Ind.,
and will later on go from there
to Cbicago, Illinois. Mrs. Maj
ors will remain here, as they ex
pect to build and make this
tbeir home.
A very pretty sentiment was
expressed on Memorial Day at
Arlington-on-the-Potomac, by
sending adrift a boatload of
flowers down the river, as an
offering to the sailors who died
at sea during the war of the
sixties.
Rev. Turner, pastor of the
Episcopal church of this city, is
one of the busiest men in God’s
vineyard and ‘yet he never re
fuses to visit the lowly, the dis
itressed or the unforturnate in
jail or out of it. Today he
'starts for Columbus where he
will attend a church convention
and then pass thro this his home
town on his way to Douglas on
Saturday ready for his services
in that city.
f MUSIC
" G UeERGe
Bl sme T o 2 f;f
How empty, lonesome and devoid
of sweet memories, the home without
We take pleasure in showing you
our goods for we have nothing but the
best. Our Bibles are the Holman spec
ialties and International Teachers and
Scholars bibles and Testaments. =~
The Cable Co’s pianos and Chicago Cottage
organ speak for themselves. Our prices
are just as low as is consistent when the
quality of goods is considered.
We order anything in the sheet music line
and play your orders for you.
The Cigar Stand of the City.
Oxford Book and Bible Co.
PINE STREET. 3-8 FITZGERALD, GEORGIA.
Dry Goods, Groceries,
General Mdse.
These are things you need and must
have, and naturally you want the
BEST, not the CHEAPEST, but as
cheap as you can get them. I have
a new, neat line of
Dy Goods, Groceries and General Mdse.,
THAT MUST BE SOLD
And with no expensive clerk or book
keeper to be paid, you see I can af
ford to sell you goods with a small
per cent. of profit added, putting
them to you cheaper than you usu
ally get them. Give me a trial and
be convinced.
W.E. ADAMS,
Ist Door North of Kinard Co., Grant Street,
FITZGERALD, GA.
s, THE IMPORTED e
GERMAN COACH HORSE
Wil be at stud at GRAY’S STABLES, FITZGERALD, GA., fof
the season, Beginning APRIL 16. &
This horse is owned by a Stock Company at Tifton, that W
formed in the interest of improving the live stock of this sectiom
and is without doubt the finest horse that has ever been seen i
this section. He was bred by the German Government and was
imported to this country in October, 1905. Come and bring your
mares, raise your own stock and have good stock to sell instead of
sending your money to other sections foristock not as good as you
can raise at home for much less cost. This horse is under the
management of Mr. J. L. Jay, Jr., and will be handled by Mr. K
M. Monk, who is an expert horseman.
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~ Gray’s Stables, Beginning April IS,
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