Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1906-08-14


The tax assessors are needed and wanted
but we must wait year at least, Public sen1i'
ment'w will control the matter and public sen'l-
ments says assessors"
Jesse Mercer worked hard and valantly tor
til 1t new county. We congratulate hlm.-Duo-
lin Courier Dispatch.
We did our dead level BEST whatever that
was worth.
Hoke Smith has lost at least one man in
South Georgia, Editor Grubbs OF the worth
County Local has Tapped Tipped or Hunked
but Cliff used to have em occasionally when ne
4 lived in old Irwin, no harm done.
The man in dead earnest" always receive
his share of cussings.- Broxton Journal
From dead beats at that. The sorry
white men" in every community live by abusing
the busy men-the men who do things.
Editor Mercer is happy as he is now going
& to have county that he can call his own
Darien Gazette.
We would like to have Editor Grub move to
Fitzgerald and share the county with u.s. we
are not at all selfish about it, Dick
Col ]. w. Quincy a railroad attorney OF
Douglas Coffee County and red hot supporter
of the ring candidate Gas all railroad attorneys
have right to be) has been seeing things" IN
old Coffee as his letter to a New York capitalist
that appears in the Constitution of the II inst,
Indicates. Coffee will cast her vote against the
railroad attorneys and the railroad candidate
On Aug. 22nd unless all signs fail.
An interesting question is, will the high
license bill for Irwin county close the Fitzgerald
saloons? The bill vas passed after the county
of Ben Hill was created, when Fitzgerald was no
longer a part of Irwin, and it is difficult to see
low the law would apply to that city: IL this IS
the case, unless some special provision is made
Ia the BILL TWINS high license law will not erect
Fitzgerald. Gazette.
1t might be interesting to state that the
bill has already closed the Fitzgerald saloons.
Rev. J. |. Oxford has been taken to task,
(presumably by some disgruntled anti Hoke
Smith man who is unwilling to sign his name),
Tor talking politics. Rev. Oxford is an enthus-
iastic Hoke Smith man and it is probably true
that large majority of the preachers OF the
state are favorable to Mr.. Smiths candidacy.
The unsignng comp lainant has himself only to
blame for being on the unpopular side in this
campaign. The preachers are for Smith aud
khey are usually right.
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The people of Fitzgerald and that commun-
;ty should be Justly proud of their success 10
Recurring the new county of Ben Hill and F1tz-
&erald is to be congratulated upon being desig-
Eated as the county site. In this connection we
8re moved to remark that the state of Georgia
should also feel proud of this newly created coun-
<v. if for no other reason on account OF the pro-
vsion in its creation that license of $4,000 be
Dlaced on the sale of liquorin Fitzgerald. They
will start right.-Edison News.
The Fitzgerald Chamber of Commerce held
s. Important session yesterday afternoon at
uhich resolutions were passed urging the coun'
III 10 cali an election for bonds. $4,000 for sew
srs "a. 900 for schools, and $4,000 for water ana
's;cht extension total $4,000 A committee was
snno;nted to cooperate with a committee from
she council and a committee from the school
.,o.rd 70 discuss the matter of school build
|sno and improvements. The leading business
men Of the city were present and took lively
|.snferest in the proceedings. Col D. b. Jay occu'
,;ea ft,e presidents chair, and secretary b. j.
s=s@sa kent the record.