Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-02-23
THE GREAT LINCOLN AND TEDDvE.

of the greatest nation on EARTH at a celebration
in honor of the noblest man whose work has
ever blessed this country, should take upon
himself the task of quoting in pece-meal and
garbled form the sentiments of that great mar
and descantng therefrom on a subject IN con-
nection with which he has expressed sentiments
distasteful to every right-minded person IN the
United States, is a mystery we cannot under
stand.
There is not another question before the
public today that is less in need OF official inter
ference than the race problem.
So far from being question amenaDle 10
Legislative control, it is natural condition, and
will eventually be adjusted by the evolution OF
nature, and any attempt TO force this process OF
evolution beyond the development OF It's subject,
must result dsastrously to both the subject
and the presumptuous promulgator. 1t has
never been considered "a difficult and perplt X
ing problem" by any one except sentimentallsts
and nonsenscal meddlers who are wholly I'M
familiar with the conditions Of which they are
won't to pirate.
To those who exist in the midst of these
conditions, and are in closest touch with their
every phase, and are forced to submit to the
unwise and degrading legislation of an unln-
formed and visionary executive body, these idle,
mawksh vaporings are worse than disgusting.
They breed in the minds of the people dis
trust and adherence of the ruler for whom
they should feel admiration and confidence.
The state of affairs which exists between
the two races in the South is, in overwhelm-
ing measure, satisfactory to both except where
disturbed by some feather-brained dreamer.
Editor Sam Small says: Colonel Estill
promises to run against any ring candidate
for governor that may be put forth, That's the
proper caper! Well help him make life miser-
X able for any candidate of that sort who comes
inter1oping in Glynn.-Darien Gazette.
The American Tribune is offering land in
large tracts, but short distance from the
colony city of ST. George, at prices ranging from
So 50 to $500 per acre. When we're down
there a few weeks ago we were offered 1000
acre tract, with nice farm opened on it, as
good land as there is in that section of the
country, all right in the colony and near the
proposed city of ST. George, at $1.O0 per acre.
But then the Tribune probably wants some
thing for it's advertising space. Mr.. Fitzgerald
is probably not in the st. George venture for
his health.
Whatever object Osborne had in writing
his letters, and whatever the estimate of the
man. his letters have done great good. Thous-
ands of people who did not know now under
stand that the liquor ring, the railroads, lnsur-
auce companies and book concerns pay large
salaries to hired agents to bride, buy, BAN
boozle or bluff the legislators elected to repre-
sent the several counties every two years. And
those who understood tn 9se conditions before,
have been impressed with the gravity of the
situation, the bride agents have been I'M
horsed, and the legislature fortified against their
influence.
The large crops of cotton do not bring the
largest amount of money TO the cotton produe-
ers. For instance, the largest crops on record,
prior to 1904. were in 1897 and and 1898. Both
years a million more bales we're produced than
in 1898, and brought the farmers about half as
much money.
Below we give the figures for eight years:
Crop of Bales. Value
1S96,........... 9,436,416 ...... .$363. 1854
1897 ........... 11,199 1874 ....... 338. 432,499
1885,. 11,274S40 ....... 282. 772. 947
1907. 9436,416 ....... 363,773,874
1900. ......... 1O5S5,422 .:.... 494, Sol, 565
1901. ........... 106S0,3S0 ....... 452,113.15S
1902 ............ 1O727,559 ...... 492, 4O2, 1868
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