Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1906-08-04
SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 1906.

This is Ben Hill County day in Fitzgerald
NM
Ben Hill county came late, but it is in line
section of Georgia. -Savannah Press.
Register by the 18th. or you can't partlcl-
pate in the selection of candidate for governor
All those who don't believe that Ras can
pass bill stand on your heads until you are
counted.
The people of Fitzgerald are happy over
the prospects of securing the new county OF Ben
Hill at the next election-Darien Gazett.
Governor Terrell will not sign the high
liscense bill until some time next week. The
bill will, of course, go into effect the day 1t is
signed.
There are more Hoke Smith people in Fitz-
gerald today than we have ever seen before, with
the single exception of the day he made his
speech here
The supply of Hoke Smith buttons we're ex-
hausted this morning long before the o'clock
train arrived There was demand for sever
al hundred more than could be found.
MM
The fellow who started the story about
Hoke Smith running independent is EMIT
led to free pass. He was probably trying to
paw for one he had already received.
Ras Wilcoxs friends seemed to be at the
train this morning. They took him from
the car steps and toted him 10 the automobile.
Indeed he has earned the applause he received.
The editor of the Enterprise has never been
much of hunter, but if we do any hunting we
like to hunt large game. We shall make
tigers a speciality and want to announce
today that we are going after EN-
Hon. Tom Eason, Mrs Eason and son are in
the city today and in a sense the guests OF F1tz-
gerald They are not only welcome, but in
the name of our people the Enterprise extends
them the heartest greeting They will return
to McRae on the five o'clock Seaboard train.
Fitzgerald seems to be assured new coun-
4y with that city as the county SITE We are
glad to know it and would be glad even If we
were not, when we remember how faithfully
those citizens 1abored for it. Mercer deserves
much credit for his part in bringing the matter
Il to successful issue.-Telfalr Enterprise.
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Dear readers, perhaps, you have heard
talk of blind tigers.-Well perhaps you have
heard some talk of zebras. Now the Enter
prise is going to make it part of its business
3 to put the zebra stripe on the blind tigers. The
blind tiger that does business in Fitzgerald
any considerable length of time and escapes the
chain gang will be slick old tiger.
Received at Fitzgerald, Ga. Aug. 3, 1906.
Dated Atlanta, Ga.
To ]. E. Mercer,
Extreme high license bill passed senate at
twelve o'clock today, now with no saloons
county and car shops section, morally and
materially, will go up with leaps and bounds.
B. E. Wilcox.
Only few weeks more and the next COVER
nor of Georgia will be named-Hoke.-Thom-
asville Press.
No, governor Hoke Smith will be inaugural
next June His election will take place the Bird
day of October. His nomination will occur at
the polls the 22nd day of the present month But
his name will be Hoke, that's no joke.
Jess Mercer is a hummer! Fitzgerald didn't
have any better chance of securing new coun-
ty than Evansville or Wiuder had, and there are
dozens of little towns in South Georgia that
/ would have stood big chance had they gone to
work like Mercer did for Fitzgerald. Fitzger-
aid got her new county, first because she had
Mercer and he had judgment enough to do those
things that caught the legislature. Then one OF
the very strongest winning cards that this new
county will have before the people of the state IN
passing the amendment is that its name is Ben
Hill after the great reconstruction orator whom
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