Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-07-06

1t looks like lie cotton before September.
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Fitzgerald did herself proud on the Fourth.
Seems like the list of Fourth of July fatal
tes is rather short this year, or else the returns
have been delayed in transmission"
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Cotton is emulating the American eagle.
4 III has SCARED and scared, and will soar some
more. Caught the infection July 4th, you see.
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If Editor Mercer don't bring that new
county home in his grip, WE'LL. But then
he will. That's what he went for, and he nearly
always gets what he goes after.
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Editor Ryman wants a new union depot.
Ali right, Colonel, get busy The Enterprise
has about got its new court house corraled,
and you ought to be able to pull off small deal
like union depot without much trouble.
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Governor Terrell has appointed Hon. 0. B.
Stevens, state commissioner of agriculture, to
succeed Hon. Pope Brown as railroad comm1s-
sioner. Hon. Thos G. Hudson, of Sumter, will
succeed Mr.. Stevens as commissioner of agricul-
ture.
The New County committee is in Atlanta
this week loaded with facts and figures to prove
the great necessity for the establishment of
/ the new county of Northen, and we confidently
expect to be able to announce the passage OF
bill creating Northen county among the very
\ first of the new county acts.
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Hoke Smith will wake the deadenings in
Southwest Georgia about July 25th From the
stump in Camilla to which place he has been in
vited, he will give the other fellow something to
think about and ponder over. The criticisms
Of his Madison speech will give him cue and
the speaker will have something to train his big
gun on.
"Hoaxmyth' is the only joke the ring sees
about Mr.. Smith. His candidacy is far too ser
ious matter for them to feel good over.-Dub-
lin Times.
Yes, there are number of people who are
working over time these days trying to find
something plausible to offer in reply to the hot
shot being poured in by Mr. Smith, and the most
convincing arguments(?) they have been able to
offer up to date are few "funnyisms" of the
above brand. But we must indulge them in
their little pleasantries now-they1 be serious
enough before long.
John Greer says:
NAV the good God send us noble governor
whom everybody could recognize and respect as
the head of the state: it would appear that the
people and the politicians do not care for that
kind of a man and Divine interference seems to
be the only hope"
Now Editor Greer is mistaken again. The
people do care for that kind of man" and very
often enact that kind of man." Georgia s
governors have, most of them at least been ex-
Exceptionally good men and such as the editor of
the Waycross Journal are largely responsible
for the fact. One thing certain, John, there will
be no Divine interference. It's in the hands of
the voters.
Two of the most brilliant and fearless edi-
tors of the Georgia Press were added to the
membership of the Weekly Press Association at
Cordele last week in the persons of John w.
Greer, of the Waycross Journal and ]. E. Mer-
GER, of the Fitzgerald Enterprise. Editor Mer-
Ger was put in nomination for president against
W. S. Coleman, of Cedartown, who has held that
Office twelve years to the credit of the same, and
was defeated by but ten votes. A fine showing
for new member.-Vienna News.
A new member, eh? We were in the con-
fention and helped to elect Walter Coleman pres
dent thirteen years ago. We have sometimes
6|nd Il Impossible to attend the convention, but
hsre held our membership right along for a