Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1906-01-27


most of the financial failures in country
newspaperdom, but make success more diff
fcult for those newspapers that attain sue
cess by intoxicating in the public mind the
public mind the idea that newspapers ought
to work for nothing. News.
This states the truth pretty fairly.
One great trouble about the country news
paper business is that too many men who
have proved to be failures in other profes.
sions or business lines engage in it. A
popular but very erroneous idea is that any
can edit newspaper Another popu.
lar and equally as erroneous idea is that
newspaper business will take care of ITSELF"
-Hawkinsville Dispatch and News.
In all kindness to the editor of the Leader,
we will call attention to the fact that while the
paper he publishes has been driven from pillar
to post and it's stock sold for few cents on the
dollar and had to do with mortgages and other
difficulties (Which, of course, the present man
agement is not responsible for,) the Enterprise
has paid annually good dividends to its stock
holders, paid off its force each week with
promptness and paid the editor and manager
splendid salary.
Three times we have arranged with that
paper a reasonable agreement on the city print
ing question. Once only have we received
settlement on that account, and we are prepar-
ing to enter suit on the last contract.
We understand, of course, that Editor
Knapp is in no wise responsible, but can not
be expected to take advice on the subject from
a paper with the record Of the one he edits.
The truth is, we do not care to take any
considerable amount of advice from any source
as to the management of newspaper. We have
had to fight the devil where his imps were in
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principle thousand times, Notwithstanding our
paper stock has always been worth two or
three to one
There will hardly be any more debates be-
tween Clark and Hoke. The friends of the
former are fixing it for him.-Moultrie Observer.
Clark says be perfers Hamp to Tom, and
Hoke perfers Tom to Hamp. 1t all depends
one taste-and which one you can get
Mou1trie Observer.
Clark can get (e)ither, but would be glad to
have (e)ither. u..
The failures, two or three winters ago, that
was made by many of our citizens in the matter
of shade tree planting has had bad effect on
the shade tree sentiment. We fear that it will
be hard matter to ever work the people up to
the point of again making the effort that was
made then to beautify the citys streets. The
exceedingly dry spring that followed the tree
planting that would have made Fitzgerald beau.
tiful this next summer, and which resulted in
the loss of at least two thirds of the trees plan
ted was indeed discouragiug, but that would
not happen once in twenty years. We say that
it is unfortunate because it has discouraged
those who were disposed to beautify their prem
Uses and the streets adjacent.
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It is childish act to answer an advocate of
civic righteousness with demand to point out
the corruptionist 1t is not opr purpose or duty
to indict the grafters, or impeach the admins
tration. 1t is enough to anticipate the con-
dtions that exist in several of the states of the
union, doubtless large mum Der of them, )sever-
al that have been brought under the lime light of
investigation and into the cog wheels of pros
ecuton.
We think pretty we'll of the present
ad administration, but we have been about the
capitol enough to know that the conditions are
ripe for the accomplishment of many ugly
things. We know, aud every well informed man
in Georgia knows, that the mpaign against
the lobby worked wonderful change in The
capitol atmosphere during the last session of
the state legislature. We quote Gov. Folk, of Mo:
Corporate domination of legislatures and
elections has been shown to exist to an amazing