Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1906-04-19
MIR. WILCOX'S REJOINDER.


we said in the last issue of the Enterprise about
his candidacy. It's characteristic reply from
honest, earnest, impulsive Ras Wilcox, God
Bless him. We esteem him and his friendship.
We are not fighting Ras, but his political asso-
GATES in this campaign. There are few men
in the county who for personal and selfish reas-
ons would be glad to keep the county site at
Irwinville and require several thousand gooo GU
liens, who are paying their money every year
into the county's treasury, to continue their IN
sufferable pilgrimages to the old court-houze'1n-
the-woods. Now of course, the people OF the
county are not going to put up with that sort OF
thing much longer and we are so IN earnest
about it that we are opposed to anything they
do, or any man they support in this campaign.
We know Ras Wilcox we'll enough to know that
he will do exactly what he says, but they don't
believe it, or at least they believed when they IN
sisted on his announcing that he would get mad
with the people in Fitzgerald who were commit
ted and will vote for DR.. Dorm1ny and would
refuse to urge the new county measure we
have not found fault with Mr.. Wilcox except
for one thing, that is being influenced and per-
suaded by the enemies of Fitzgerald and men
who have been so far from him in past poll
tics that he knows that their motives at least
are suspicious. Mr.. Wilcox says:
Nov, Brother Mercer would have you be-
lieye that those who oppose the New County IN
duced me to enter this race that they might see
him defeated by Fitzgerald to put him out of
humor with Fitzgerald in the hope that he will
oppose the New County bill at the next session"
How can Brother Mercer, or any other
reasonable man, believe for moment that a
,o,o5o yho
word after having introduced bill would,
/ because of little malice, work against it.
4 We do not believe that Mr.. Wilcox will
work against it," but we believe that the
eIrwinyie crowd that will vote so solidly for him
believes that he will work against it." Our
objection is not to Wilcox, but to the political
company he is keeping We have said that we
would vote against brother under such condlt-
tions at this time. No man in the county regrets
his candidacy more than we do, on account OF
our personal feeling for him and our deep inter-
est in the issues involved.
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Let's Make 1t Unanimous!
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The Enterprise is for Fitzgerald, who
you for?
Our friends, the enemy, failed to make
cat's-paw of Mr.. L. o. Tisdel You can always
count on Tisde1 being for Fitzgerald
We are not trying to be medd1esome, but if
Fitzgerald can get new county, we say let her
have it, by all means.-Nashville Herald.
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In securing the big railroad shops, Fitzger-
aid is lucky above many of her surrounding sis.
ters. That enterprisiDg city will soon have to
make her dresses twice as large as now, else
they wont ft.-Broxton Journal.
Fitzgerald wants new county at the next
session of the legislature, and ought to have it.
Turner County Banner.
What have you got to do with it?-Irwin
County Courier.
The progress and development of South
Georgia demands it.-Cordele Daily News.
Auditor W. J. Swain, of the Atlantic & Bir-
mingham, was over the road with his pay car
this week for the last time After this system
of checks and vouchers to be issued through
!. the banks will be used. The new system is re-
garded as the most approved by the best man
aged lines and the A. & 3. keeps right up in
class "A".
Fitzgerald put up good, stiff fight and was
awarded the Atlantic & Birmingham railroad
shops Several other places wanted these shops
verv much, and made a pull for them? Our