Fitzgerald Enterprise, 1902-10-03

the New England markets. The financial institutions directly con concerned - cerned concerned in the enterprise will also have representatives on the board of directors. The mill owners themselves, however, will control the holding corporation under the operation of the Fries plan, which gives them a majori majority - ty majority voice in the directory, as well as all the bonds and preferred stock issued by the holding cor corporation. - poration. corporation. . All the men directly in charge of the mills will be representa representative - tive representative mill people of the south." This is the merger in which the Irwin County Cotton Mills is interested. At a stockholders meeting two weeks ago it was unanimously resolved to go into this combine and every subscrib subscriber - er subscriber to its stock will be interested to know that the combine has been consummated and that our mill will scon be apartof the great trust. 'The mill is run-} ning on full time and is now mak making-the - ing-the making-the maximum output of the]

lof the best quality of yarn. Sec DeLamar Turner with the co cooperation - operation cooperation of the executive com committee - mittee committee will look after the details of the merger and see to it that the Irwin County Cotton Mills with its new and up-to-date plant will come in on the proper basis. The Enterprise will keep its readers posted as to develop develop}ments. - }ments. develop}ments. [ Old Settlers' Picnic. i The Qld Settlers picnic last 'Thursday was taken in out of the wet before it was fully ma maturea. - turea. maturea. 'The weather man seems to have a grudge against this function but the old settlers are not easily discouraged even by the weather man and the picnic will be pulled off again next fall. It is very proper to have an old settlers day in each year to keep alive the memories of the times when the prairie schooners be began - gan began to roll into the pine forest that seven years ago grew luxur luxuriant - iant luxuriant where our business blocks and comfortable modern i'csi-[ dences now stand.

Fourth Quarterly Confercace. The fourth and last for this year - Quarterly Conference was Meld in ¢the Sunday School room of the Central M. E. Church Monday Morningat 8:30. The business for the year was review reviewed, - ed, reviewed, and encouraging reports from Pastor and S. S. Supt. were re reviewed, - viewed, reviewed, showing both depart departments - ments departments of the church to be ina healthy condition. 'The guaran guarantee - tee guarantee of the support of a Bible Wo Woman - man Woman by the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society was greeted with much favor, and viewed as a fprward movement of the society that must result in great good, The following resolutions were adopted with much feeling, sev several - eral several official members testifying to their personal appreciation of Bro. Cook's influence and help to them. Whereas: Under the polity of our beloved church, our Presid Presiding - ing Presiding Elder, Rev.J. O. A. Coof, cannot be returned to us and this District for another year,

several companics can be brought togetherto ratify agreements al already - ready already made by the accredited r.- presentatives. Philadelphia directly concern concerned - ed concerned in the enterprise yesterday confirmed the well-authenticated reportsreceived from the South as to the adoption of the IFries plan, but they declined to give out a list of the mills actually ac acquired. - quired. acquired. They stated that the control of the proposed holding corporation would be vested in representative mill men of the South. The executive officers of the holding company will also. be Southern mill men. The directory of the ncw com company - pany company will include several Dl.ila Dl.iladelphia - delphia Dl.iladelphia men who are prominent prominently - ly prominently identified with the cotton trade, as well as a number of cot cotton - ton cotton men actively engaged in the trade in New York, Boston ang

"Philadelphia, Sept. 26. - The Record tomorrow will say: The project to consolidate 60 per cent of the spinning and weaving mills in the South under the control of a holding corpora corporation - tion corporation has finally materialized, and it was announced yesterday by one of the managers of the enter enterprise - prise enterprise that the Fries plan had been adopted by enough of the Southern mills to guarantee the success of the proposition. The cash capital involved in the enter enterprise - prise enterprise now amounts to $25,000,000. This will be increased as fast as additional mills come into the combinatiQp. ~ Nearly Zh largestand most important of the modren spin spinning - ning spinning and weaving mills in the South are interested in the pro project, - ject, project, and those that have not al already - ready already signed options will do so as soon as the stockholders of the

CLOTHING DEPARTMENT. $12.50 and $14.00 Schloss Bros. all wool Black suits, this sale - : $8.50 £ 10.00 Black Clay Worsted suits, this sale - - - - 6.00 20.00 Bl'ue Blazck 2?.11 ,Wool Granite finfshed Worsted suits, 2 days sale - - 412.50 10.00 . : : . o « " " . 'i - i > 6.75 : Schloss Bros. Fancies for business suits at a great reduction. Odd pants all sizes, shapes and styles, can fit ANY body, at a redug tion these two sale days. Boys suits and odd pants, stock too large to mention prices and styles, we only ask you to come, log through. We know with the stock we have we can surely suit you. Yours for Business, - i T. S. PRICE, General Manager. EMPIRE MERCANTILE CO., &

and to show in p ; and love for him B 'erand friend,itis] ' Ist: That was of the Central S of Fitzgerald, Gag , assembled; for of s churc®membe '8 extend to Bro, Comi ing Elder a vote 8 ' : his genial manngs _ over this churel : four years; for # has shown to ; his faithful dis@ . duty; and the 'cof from the preach > faithfully by hinig 2nd: We pray i him temporal -"'; 3 : cess wherever it/ Sl to call him. : 3rd. Thata r\» solutions be spresf ' church minutes, and® ed in both city paper§ We will club the Daill News with the Entes $3.40 per annum.

_ DRY GOODS DEPT. 10c and 124¢ Outing F1anne15.................... Bic e and Ihe Tlanfiolettes. .. /. oo i 11ie e qauality Ferealon. . .. L B ooc and 75¢ all wool 2oods forskirts and suits.... 40e $2.00 per yard double faged goods for skirts.... $1.60 - R - atiip el Black silk for skirts, all kinds, grades and widths at a great reduction during this sale. . ' : REMNANT COUNTER. Be sure you take advantage of the prices on the rem nant counter. We will have everything in short lengths on this counter, from homespun to the finest sill.