Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-04-08
URGES REDUCTION IN ACREAGE.

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sending out personal letter to every county Of
fcer of the state division in Georgia. urging
them to great activity.
The crucial time in the acreage reduction IN
Georgia has arrived, and it is absolutely impera-
tive that each officer OF the association and eacn
individual cotton grower meet the demands
made by the organization and join the move
ment, not only in spite, but in fact
The meetings held in each county last Tues
day were the means of bringing the farmers OF
Georgia face TO face with the problem that con-
fronts the south. The indications are that not
less than 3 100000 bale surplus will be carried
over from the crop of last year. This surplus
will be sold with the crop of the present year
and the prices to be procured depends upon the
extent of the reduction made by each individual
grower. Every cotton grower IN the state must
reduce his acreage at least Is per cent and the
fertilizer must be reduced accordingly. The
officers of the Georgia division are urging upon
the county officers and the farmer the 1mpor-
lance of this reduction. A practical business
campagn is on, and it will be the most active
that has yet been made
President Johnson is asking each county of
ficer to appoint or recommend some good man
or men who are willing to undertake the work IN
their county and who will do the work earnestly
and actively. In this way each county in Geor-
gia will be thoroughly canvassed and every COT
ton grower in the state will be pledged to re-
duce the acreage and join in the movement
which means higher prices for all of the surplus
and for the crop of this year. President john
son declares not moment is to be lost, and that
immediate and concerted action upon the part
of the farmers is demanded by the situation.
If you were at the city hall yesterday you
would have seen the men who are pulling for
Fitzgerald"
Bridges Smith wants all the Smiths in
Macon fair week. There is a long list of
Smiths to be sure, but only one Bridges.
The rains of last night definitely settled the
fact of a great strawberry crop and the local
growers are feeling good. We have, today, ord
cred 1000 extra crates for them.
The President is enjoying frontier life
again, riding frisky ponies and looking for the
widest game in the mountains of the southwest.
Mr.. Roosevelt seems to be strenuous in all
things.
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The greater Georgia movement seems 10
have resolved itself into state of nnocuous
desuetude while greater Fitzgerald is taking on
new life and enjoying a healthy growth that
promises to soon put it in the class of Georga's
larger cities.
Touching appeals from Christian workers
in the far east have come to prominent citizens
of the United States mploring aid for the sick
and wounded soldiers for both armies and the
multitude of destitute widows and orphans of
soldiers killed in the war.
That meeting of the Chamber of Commerce
Yesterday was immense. The several matters
of public interest had brought the people to-
gether and crystalized healthy public spirit.
Every man in the meeting seemed to have laid
aside selfish interest in order to accomplish
something for Fitzgerald.
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The late dispatches indicate that the Rus
sian admiral Roestvensky is speeding with his
baltic fleet to find Admiral Togo. Ia the light
of the past events of the it is natural for the
public to expect the conflict between the two
fleets to result disastrously to the Russians.
Such, however, may not prove true and the sea
battle may at least, have the effect of reducing
Japan's set price of peace.
The news comes from Russia and Japan