Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-07-16

Banking capital in 1908. 10000
Banking capital in 1905. ... 200. 600
Banking capital in 1906. -, 100000
Banking capital in 1907. $4,000
Banking capital in 1908. ... 475,OO
That's growing some, in about five six years
and we'll show you nickel plate city of $4,000
prosperous people in Ben Hill.
oil Fitzgerald Pull Out
The Georgian referred to the three prison
commissioners as two professional office holders
and preacher.
Pull tor Fitzgerald o Pull Out.
Mr.. |. Gelders is the genius who is responsible
for the mass meeting yesterday which promises so
much for the city.
un for Fitzgerald OF Pull Out.
No Pauline, it is not this present legislature
but the next one which is to carry out
Joe Browns promise of the near-millenium,
when the public expenses are to be increased
and the taxes Acknowledgements Chronicle
Fitzgerald Pull Out
There may be some graft in connection with
the expenditure of the two hundred thous
and dollars of bond money, but the Enterprise Will
make it difficult possible for the grafters. we
have record that makes us very unpopular with
the grafters and, what is very much the same, they
would be grafte1s.
Pur o
We knew Mercer of Fitzgerald was making
amistake in tackling Pendleton of the Macon
Telegraph. 1t just WON'T do, Mercer.-Nash-
vile Herald.
1t won't Ell? May be you are right Sweat.
Editor Pendleton, doubt looks down on us small
fry of the country press since the election of can
didate in spite of his espousal fhis corporOsity
becoms too much enlarged for the cut of his panta
looms we Shall call him down. We are willing to
take all the risk in a matter of duty of the that
kind.
Pull Out.
No doubt there are some ugly things about the
convict system that the public might have known
if the publishers of the great state papers had been
disposed to get all the facts. But it takes nerve
to go boldly into matter of that nature as the
Georgian has done. Many of the papers of the
state holding their breath as it were, and hest
tating about taking a hand until the real work is
plshed then they may be depended on to
join the hue and cry.
1t is so much easier to pursue the lines of least
resistance, and then it is often profitable to keep
still Georgia has not enough unselfsh editors
who will take the chances on doing the whole duty
to the public.
EMPLOYMENT DAY In FITZGERALD "a.
1000 Men Wanted October Is 1908 For the
construction of
A $4,000 Sewer System.
A $4,000 High School Building.
A $4,000 Court House.
A $25 900 County Jail.
A $780, 600 Extension of City Water 4 Light
Plant.
A $3.50, 900 Street Railway.
Step lively. The work must be rushed to
make way for other business.
% Fitzgerald OF
The CommonerS account of the big demon
straton at the mention of the name of Bryan at
the Denver convention makes the following ref
erence to Georgia.
''The band kept up a continuous flow of mu-
sic which finally started all the delegates 10
sing, when 'Hail Hail, the gangs all here"
was struck up
'The band in the galley struck up ''Iarch
ing Trough Georgia." While the laSeer air
ringing through the hall determined
assault made by the frenzied Bryan shout
tiers upon the Georgia standard, which up to
time had been kept firmly rooted in its place
The delegation showed in firm fashion that it
as dangeTOustO march through Georgia,
as ever it had been in the days of the
''They rallied around their little white pole
bearing the name of their state in white against
background of blue and they stuck staunch-