Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-03-28
Tuesday, March %, 1905. =
Pull for Fitzgerald or pull out.

Full 1tZgeTdlu oT pun OuI'
What do you stand for? Civic virtue, or do
YOU stand for brothels, barrooms, gambling
dens and wide open town?
Encourage the good ladies of the Benevolent
Society by patronizing their entertainment at
the opera house, Friday night.
The strawberry growers should cooperate
should be thoroughly organized, it 10 the only
hope of protection in the matter of sales.
Editor Sweat, of the Nashville Herald, de-
mands $500 per column for wrlte-ups OF guoer-
Material candidates. At that rate his last weeks
editorial page stands him in about three VS..
Editor Mercer is after our heart. lie
is the hero of many hard fought battles against
moss-backs, thugs and peanut politicians. Same
here. Go in, Jem-we are wild yet.-Bruns-
wick Journal.
That insurance trust should receive the I'M
devided attention of the solons when they meet
in Atlanta in June. If they can break up this
combine the soons will have done the people OF
Georgia a great and lasting service.-Darien
Gazette.
The preacher made reference to civic
virtue" in his sermon Sunday, and we at once
concluded to take civic virtue as applied to local
or our municipal government, for text and
enlar@e on the thought from time to time in
these columns.
We delivered $50 strawberry crates to the
local growers last Saturday, and the probability
is that many more will be required for the pres
ent crop. This means SIS, 900 or $4,000 to pass
through the hands of the growers, the banks
and the stores within the next sixty days.
South Georgia will continue to kick until
she is recognized. The blame is with our own
section-the politicians won't stand together,
only for themselves.-Darien Gazette.
The people may stand together Bro. Grub
and land governor yet.
!. The Fitzgerald Enterprise offers a reward
to know whether we happened into brunswick
by accident? We claim the reward. We did,
Brunswick Call.
We will take Bro Small's word for it, and
extend him hearty welcome
Several times in the past we have referred
brighter than at present" and every time it was
the sacred truth-a prophecy fulfilled after
eyerv reiteraton and it is particularly true to-
day.
The Brunswick organ of the North Georgia
ringsters prints list showing that the state
house officers, pension commissioners, Eallroad
. . com missioners and supreme court justices are
evenly divided between North and South Geor-
gia-ten and ten. Funny he hasn't yet printed
a table showing how many years it has been
since South Georgia furnished a governor.
That is the issue.
Fire-Chief Wilkerson tells the Enterprise
that the fire alarm system is now in working
- order and that key will be found at each box.
With the system, it is easier to send an alarm
from one of the boxes than from the city hall
itself. Parties living in the vicinity of the boxes
should acuuaint themselves with the advantages
of the system, so as to be prepared to notify the
power house promptly, through the little red
boxes attached to electric light polls in various
sections of the city.
Editor Mercer announces that he is candi-
date-either for mayor OF Fitzgerald or repre-
sentative from Irwin county. Editor Mercer
should remember that there is difference in
! legislator and an editor. An editor sings ink
with pen and a legislator sings 1t IN whole
bottles.-Nashville Herald
Yes there's difference in legislators and
in editors. @ut we just must have an Office. We
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