Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-08-05
Saturday, August $, 1905. =

S0tUIo0ye 1AOSuSI ~ '/S~e
There should be law against carrying con-
cealed gubernatorial aspirations.
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Fitzgerald got her second bale yesterday.
From now on they'll be coming in punches.
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Nearly half million increase in tax returns
for old Irwin this year. Isn't that worth crow
ing over2
Miss Anophele Stegomyia- wealth
of beautiful giving names that will supply to fu-
ture generations of ''cullud ladies'"
Hon. J. H. Estill wants to come fourth but
can't until another candidate enters the arena.
He'd come third, you see, if he announced now.
Only man who has married an intellectual
woman can appreciate the monotony OF having
brains for breakfast 365 days in the year
y Rome Tribune.
Irwin county has been exceedingly wet re-
Gently, but there is a prospect that 1t Will ory
out presently if Hon. B. E. Wilcox's high license
bill passes the senate today.
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New York. Thursday, and from the tone of some
of his utterances it is evident that they made
fearful mistake in naming him White.
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The People evidently has not heard about
Hoke Smith borrowing that $4,000 in Wall
Street It will get onto the fact inside OF two or
three weeks, and what it will do to Hoke then
gee whiz!
The Americas Times-Recorder is Dragging
because Americas received two new bales OF
cotton in one day. Fitzgerald only got one bale
but she paid as much for it as Americas did for
her two, so we think honors are even
Uncle Jim Freeman, of the Douglas Breeze
hit the nail squarely on the head when he said:
s'Never go to those to whom you have tried to
be a friend for favor. If you do you Will be
disappointed five out of three tines"
Editor Sam Small demands to know what
right legislator has to grab his pay Z. y. D.,
and let the school teacher be shaved and robbed
by loan sharks? The right of might, Samuel,
and that's what seems to go these days.
Editor Rvman has discovered wonderful
soda water spring right here in our midst,
and proposes to make great health resort OF
Fitzgerald. Now, if he will just take another
day off and dig up brandy still out near the
spring, he'll have em coming from every direc-
ton.
People up at Griffin are kicking for sep
arate college of agriculture at Athens. and adj
vance the plea that farmers sons cannot mingle
socially with the other students. WE'LL If the
farmer bows feel so darned much better than
the other students, let em study agriculture
on the farm SPELL
Some of Fitzgerald's business men should
take valuable pointer from the recent action
of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce in appro-
priating So, 500 for the purpose of advertising
in the leading southern dailies the advantages OF
the capital city. Advertising is as essential to
to the prosperity of the modern merchant as is
honesty and fair dealing.
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Tax receiver McMi1len has made his report
to the comptroller general of the taxable values
in Irwin county for 1905. The report shows
that the increase in taxable values, outside OF
railroad property, over last year, was more than
four hundred and fifty thousand dollars. This
is q remarkable increase and puts old Irwin we'll
up in the list of counties that have reported IN
creased returns this year.
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