Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-05-23

cash price is Sl.OO per annum.
Let the Crackers come to Fitzgerald and
see the Yankees celebrate the glorious FOURTH
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A California state senator has been given
five years or SIS, 900 for bribery. He will prob
ably take the money.-Ex
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If there is anything calculated to drive a
woman to drink it is her failure to interest some
one in other people s troubles.-Ex
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A Missourian who had just one cigarette
paper in his possession was sentenced to oO days
in Jail. That was enforcing the law some
Mledgeville News.
John w. Greer editor of the Waycross
Journal, writes double column editorial on the
councils Mistake" John seems to under
stand that councils not lnfalibe.
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It is only by labor that thought can be made
healthy and only by thought that labor can be
made happy; and the two cannot be separated
with neutrality-suspicious. Times Journal.
It's lust as easy to have good town as 1t is
to have bad town or town with bad reputa-
ton Let it be understood that lawlessness Will
not be tolerated. Once the impression gets out
good and strong the work of the police and
deputy sheriff will be lightened.
Authorities at South Bend, Ind, arrested
trained ape for smoking cigaretts. Ii the anti
cigarette law is to be enforced, there should be
no discrimination between the apes that are
trained to smoke and those that take to the habit
without special training. Rochelle New Era
The item circulated among some OF the
papers of the state and sent out IN special
from Atlanta, that many citizens of Irwin are
bitterly opposed to the new county movement "
is not true. The only ones who bitterly OPP
pose this move are few hangers-on around the
courthouse, who see some fat pickings about to
get beyond their reach.-Tifton Gazette.
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The Milledgevi1le News hopes that the
Weekly Press Association devote few
minutes to actual business. We hope Bro.
Vaughn, or some other successful publisher Will
have plan MAPPED out, ready for the action OF
the association, by which the weekly press OF the
state can be protected in a reasonable uniform
rate and secure prompt and fair settlement tor
foreign advertising.
Sundays papers, the Atlanta Journal at
least, intimates that Hon. Hoke Smith may be-
come candidate for governor He's about as
good gubernatorial timber as the state Affords
but he's not from South Georgia, and this is
South Georgia's time But there is no man in
North Georgia or South Georgia that we could
support with greater enthusiasm than the big,
broad bIsiny Hoke Smith.
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There are a great many men in Georgia
who are averse to voting for a gubernatorlal
candidate who parts his hair or name in the mid
dle-Darien Gazette.
A man may be called by his middle name
from his youth and for the reason that the mid
die name is most common and easiest pro-
nounced and sounds best. If the friends of
other candidates can not find a more serious
objection to Pope Brown than the fact that his
parents put the Pope" after the "Jezebel," he
is sure of election.
We do not like to continually apologize, but
unusual demands on our job printing depart
ment, preparations for building a warehouse
mapping out new county campaign, as well as
Grand Jury committee work besides promoting
some local enterprises, we find our time is too
much taken to do Justice to this page of the
Euterprise Every man has his capacity and we
I've reached our limit. Some of the irons we have
The FIRE are getting little bit scorched, but
hall keep the promise to do better.