Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-02-09
A TALE OF WOE.
ENTERPRISE Editors Hard Luck.


been tempted to believe that some of the old
saws are not in working order. The Enterprise
as newspaper, has always been the champion
of morality, right and justice, but for some time
Fate seems to have been frowning on it.
During the last week in December Editor
Mercer was stricken with smallpox, and we
took charge of the paper About two weeks
later we contracted severe cold, but supposed
it would run it's course, and disappear, as we'll
regulated cold ought to do. Well, it ran its
course, but it didn't disappear. Not muchly!
It started right around the track again. and by
the time it got to the wire the second time, it
had us beat three lengths and neck and half.
About this time Editor Mercer was releas-
ed from quarantine, and dreamed dreams of
a rest, and the hot things that taste good and
are supposed to cure bad cold. But before
Editor Mercer had time to pick up the reins, he
was called to Dawson by the illness of his father
and we heaved sigh, and fought off the weakness
that threatened to pat us out of business. Fri
day morning while at our desk, violent cough
, ing fit, followed by rush of blood from our
lungs, warned Us there was something doing"
We 'phoned for our family physician, DR.. J. c.
RUSSELL and, few minutes later, learned that
while on his way to our Office, the doctor had
been run away with and Gas it was feared them
killed. Later we phoned for DR.. Osborne and
received the reply that he was at home sick
with La Grip, but if we would come to his
house, he would prescribe for us, but when we
reached the house we found him i'll in bed; too
i'll to mix powders and pills. 1t was then dark
and raining and we decided to seek no farther
that night. Early the next morning we dis
patched our faithful spouse for DR.. c. B. White,
who, fortunately, had neither broken bones, La
Grip nor smallpox and was soon at our bed
side. He promptly decided that our ament
was congestion and inflammation of the lungs, and
added consolingy "Your condition is not at all
serious. If you're real careful you'll be out in
ten days or a couple of weeks"
We are much better today, and stimulated
by the benign influence of various dopes within
and numerous mustard draughts without, we
feel inspired to grind out hot editorials right
along.
So with the assistance of an experienced
local editor, faithful Office force, a patient
stenographer, and a tolerably wellbehaved
phone, we're going to manage to keep the old
Enterprise padding along some how.
Fitzgerald buyers are now offering 71S for
Gotten, and the prospects good for further
advance. 1t looks like this cotton holding agi-
tation was be ginning to bring results.
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President Roosevelt's stand upon the rail-
road rate question is purely democratic one,
and any democrat that bucks against it does SO
from pure contrarness.
Corde1e is making an effort to secure the
next annual convention of the weekly press as
sociation of Georgia. We have not learned why
Fitzgerald has not put in her bid
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If you wish to advertise city, advertise
clean city.-Thornasve Weekly Press.
If you wish to advertise acity, make it clean
Clean cities are so rare, they advertise them
selves.
Kate Twins awful fate should be another
horrible example to the devotees of the stinker.
But then, come to think of it, the young woman
who would smoke cigarettes would gladly sacra-
fee her life to create sensation.
Hon. Walter Steed is down and out. Col.
Fred B. Gordon is tearing his hair. Newt
Morris has entirely disappeared. Hon. Billie
West has broken friendship with Osborne, and
we're wondering where the next crack in the
ice will be.
We would say amen. and amen, and amen
to the Atlanta News editorial wherein it says:
Our immigration laws are not yet sufici-