Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-08-11

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Inquirer Sun.
Full Cor FITZGERALD Pull
Our New York letter written by J. Dana Jones
is cheering from Democratic stand point From
all over the country cheering reports of the Demo
cratic outlook are being received. 1t is altogether
possible that we will have a Democratic president
for the next four years.
Tor Fitzgerald or
The competition between Macon and Atlanta
for the State Fair is becoming quite interesting.
Macon claims the E|real thing that is the "State
Fair under the auspices of the Agricultural So
ciety. That city now has contract with the So
ciety for the fair for ten years.
Pull for Fitzgerald
Editor j. A. Bagwell has sold the Gwnnett
Journal and is looking for other pastures green.
He is one of Georgia's best weekly Editors and we
hope that he will soon find work for his pen Mr..
James G. Flanagan the founder of the Journal is the
purchaser and is himself successful newspaper
man.
Pull Fitzgerald
The premium list of the Georgia State Fair to
be held at Atlanta October g. to IA, 1908, under
the auspices of the Georgia Farmers Union is
being distributed thru out the state. The State
Fair will not have considerable competition this
season as it is sort of off year for shows of that
character and the probability is it will be largely
patronized. The influence of the Farmers Union
thru out the state, being well organized in every
district in every county in the state, guarantees
tremendous patronage from that source.
Pull for Fitzgerald Tor Pul Out
The Cedartown Standard in it's report of the
Press Excursion makes the following very pleas
ant reference to the Fitzgerald reception of the
Georgia Editors:
pleasing incident occurred at the enter
prising city of Fitzgerald on our way to Bruins
wick. Mayor Knapp, Editor Jesse Mercer and
a large crowd of citizens gathered at the sta
ton, and greeted the editors with briefspeech
melons, fruits, cigars, and generous South
Georgia welcome. 1t caught the hearts of the
editors, and this enterprising city of Ben Hill
county proved the toast of the visitors
Douglas, the plucky capital of Coffee county,
followed the example of her wide awake neigh
Dor and loaded the editorialcar with melonsan
fruits. The press convention meets next wear in
Douglas.
Pull for Fitzgerald
If the lands of Ben Hill county produced no
crops except cotton and corn it would be sufficient
W guarantee III place dG Gne Top OF the llSC OF
agricultural counties These two crops as we'll as
many others grow to perfection in this soil and
climate. We believe canddy that the pebble
ridges of this county, characteristic of the wire
grass section of Georgia, is the freest produc-
ing soil to be found in the South But there is
no limit to the list of crops-money crops that
this land will produce. If neither cotton nor
corn could be grown here the agricultural oppor-
tuntieS would be immense. There are so
many crops that grow proftably.
But it is suggested that there is another great
money crop that be produced in abundance in
this section of the State and that is cigar tobacco
the high priced tobacco that is now so largely con-
fined to Cuba and Florida and extreme southwest.
ern Georgia.
On this subject the Americas Times Recorder
in discussing the matter of cultivatng tobacco in
Sumpter county says:
The Ware Orchard people have made fair
test of the matter. They put out in the neigh
borhood of ten acres, cultivated it scientifcal-
ly, and have as fine crop can be seen in
any tobacco section of the country Any gen
tleman who is well acquainted with the best
Kentucky tobacco regions states that the to-
bacco field reminds him very much of some of
the very finest fields he has seen in that state
The crop is the equal of any raised to the
south OF here, in the tobacco belt of which
Sumter county is part
We would be glad if some enterprising Ben
Hill farmer would at least make test of the crop
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