Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1907-10-19
Loyalty To Your Town.

his town and can only say good word Tor IL coup
led with an apology, he ought to get out. Many
people fall into sort of unconscious habit grow
ing But it's a miserable habit. Such people
make of themselves dead weight while of course,
they imagine themselves particularly independent
The individual has about all he do to get along
under his own loads, and he wants to help and en-
enlargement from those going this way, and who
are identified with him in town. So with the in
terest it has it's interest to for and itneeds all
the pluck, all the energy all the cooperation and
hepfuness it's citizens can provide and bring to
bear. Every man is part of his town. The town
embraces the fortunes, and in some measures at
least taken On the character of the man. So 10y
atty to ones town is no more than loyalty to ones
self; and this loyalty is in the line of all well shap
ed human nature. Therefore it is right to say the
man who does not stand up for his town is in some
way dwarfed There is something wrong about
him. His fellows will pass this judgement upon
him and the changes are that while he may add to
the discomfort of others he Will not escape making
himself unhappy.-Tulsa q. TO- Democrat.
Fitzgerald Pull out.
The Country Press.
1--WE regret to learn that number of country
newspapers in various parts of Georgia are suspend
ing publication and the editors are entering more
remunerative vocations," says the Tallapoosa
journal. EThe fact is the weekly press does not
receive the financial and moral support of the PEG
pie that it should. Many people are possessed of
the incredulous belief that it does not cost the
country editor anything to produce paper each
and every week throughout the year. We are at
a loss to comprehend how they dispense with the
fact that he has to purchase paper type, ink, re
pair the machinery that he foolishly purchased,
pay his employees, rent, ETC., procure the very
common necessities of life, pay the postage to Tn
Gle Sam and numerous other expenses that .liy
occur. He purchases goods of the merchant OF his
town, pays him the regular price, and when the
merchant wants any printing done sends off to the
city to procure it and even pays more than the
local paper would have charged him and yet the
paper labors night and day to bring people to the
town to patrOnze the same merchant. Yes that
merchant is public spirited, but the only real use
that can be made of him will be to populate hades.
If the paper gets any business from him the mer-
chant actually fixes the papers prices for job work
and advertising ''-TalapOOsa Journal.
We are not sure that the Journal is right 1t
has been our experience and observation that pa
per established for legitimate purpose, rightfully
managed, and published in a town able to support
his business proves to be self-sustanlng.
1t is too often the case that newspapers are es-
tablished for reasons of spite, selshness. Such
papers can never succeed OF course legitimate
newspaper enterprises fail to pay sometimes In
fact newspapers are never gold mines at any time,
but very few of them fail when managed properly
Dublin Courier Dispatch.
A number of country papers in various parts
of Georgia ought to suspend publications. The
country press ought to be kept on high plane.
Every country paper should reflect the best senti
ment in the community in which it is published,
and be able to improve public sentiment
A publisher with a mortgage on his cheap
plant and scant patronage is not likely to with
stand the seductive influence of commercial poll
his schemes.
A publisher on the country press should be
a man of good character. and of enough to
have convictions of his own and not only have the
manhood to sustain them but be in position to
reject the suggestions of the schcmer whose pat
ronage" is based Oh the servile obedience of the
publisher to the ''wshes of his patrons
country paper should be independent first,
aud have moral stamina.
FUN f Fitzgerald Pub Out.
These are powerful good times The bursting
of multi millionaire bubble now and then only in
dicates that the water supply is short. There is
pretty plenty of prosperity and property, and
work ut good wages for ALL