Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1906-05-03

thursday, May D l1Uos
Pull for Fitzgerald or pull out.
The bill collector is abroad in the land and
there is no smile on his face
A. Georgia daily makes this statement: In
the insane asylum of Gremany more than
"a third of the patients owe their condition to
strong drink"
If YOU doubt that the revolutionary action of
the state democratic committee has made tnou-
ands of votes for Hoke Smith,go ask the people.
You have something to learn
q Marcus Luke, Jr., the newly elected clerk
of the superior court, was over from the capital
TODAY minglng with his Fitzgerald friends,
which practically includes everybody here.
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There are plenty of white voters in Ga. who
will gladly accept the terms of the state COM
mittee, to put Hoke Smith up as the nominee OF
the democratic party by an overwhelming ma
1oiity.
The Young shade trees set out last winter
are dying rapidly Every one of them that IS not
dead could be saved with bucket of water and
the cutting away of the grass from around
. them.
The tax receiver of Wilcox county will be at
the Southern Mercantile & Building Co.'S store
on Pine st. May 18th, for the purpose OF recelv-
ing taxes from Fitzgerald people owning prop
erty in Wilcox County.
Yes.sir-ree we can take that pledge, and
we believe that enough of the rock-rlbbed,
true and tried will take it to snow under the
candidates who appear to be playing the second
fiddle to Hamilton McWorther in this campaign.
Alvin Brown, the hustling manager OF the
Williams Store, is enjoying the hot weather IN
trying to keep up with the demands on the bar
gain counters which are being raided daily,
while Mr.. Williams is in New York firing in
bargains by every freight.
In one or two instances the Constitution has
found opportunity for exploiting some mistake
of Journal correspondent For several ISSUES
the paper devoted almost its entire editorial
page to discussion of the matter IN box car
letters. Imagine what would have happened in
the Constitution editorial room had the Irwin
vile fake report been reversed as to gubernator-
ial candidates.
The action of the state Committee has
aroused the Hoke Smith supporters in this
section to redoubled energy and they are making
noise like determinations determination to
rebuke the men who were willing to use their
high Offices to further the interest of certain
candidates as against other honorable aspirants
in the party ranks.
Editor Pendeton denies again that he voted
for Palmer and Buckner, as has been so often
charged and as often denied. Mr.. Pendleton is
the kind of democrat that the editor ofthe En-
terprise is, at least, we were the same sort of
democrats when Palmer and Buckner were
nominated. We did not think much of Bryan
ism, but voted for him as the party nominee,
just like we are going to vote for the men nomi-
mated at Macon on Sept. 4th.
The Southern Railway Co. has blocked the
collection of the district school tax.
In Henry county seven out of fourteen
school districts voted in favor of local taxation
The McDonough school district had even gone
so far as to build handsome new brick school
house on the strength of the vote in favor of the
plan. When preparations we're made to collect
the tax an Injunction was filed by the Southern
Railway, charging that the bill was unconstitu-