Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-02-04

his subscription account which he had neglected
on the idea that VIC would present bill. The
new rule will help us but what of the rural sub
scriber who sells his money crop in the fall and
settles up his bills once year. If his subscrlp
ton to the Thrice Week Enterprise, Constitution,
Telegraph other paper laps six months he is cut
off by the arbitrary rule of the department. He
will naturally be more or less sensitive about it
and will in nine out of ten refuse to renew
The business of the r. f. D. carriers will dwindle
until the department. will cut many of them Off
nj for Fitzgerald OF
Yesterday we asked; care you a Trust Bus
ter" and suggested that you become one by trad
ing at home; but on second thought it has occurr-
ed to us that you moy not know with whom to
trade to get as good values as the Mail Order
Houses offer you
That starts another line of thought. When
the Apostle Peter asked the assembled disciples;
''Have you felt the influence of the Holy Ghost;'
they answered 1--WE have not even so much as heard
of the holy ghost" When Phillip an early Apos,
tie WIS walking on the public hgway and over,
took prominent officer of the Queen of Ethiopia
found him reading the scriptnre he asked; "Un.
derstandest thou what thou readest7" and the ans
wer came promptly; CHOW can understand un.
to get the information that will enable you to trade
to advantage at home7 Look at the advertise.
ments in the Enterprise. They should show you
the way. You may say "But the merchants of
Fitzgerald do not advertise generally and we fail
to get the information that we need, and as we do
get it from the mail order houses, we do what we
think best for ourselves"
Now word to the merchants of Fitzgerald;
If you wish this trade; ADVERTISE in the
ENTERPRISE
To the buying public, also word;
If you wish to do we'll for yourself; SUB.
SCRIBE FOR THE ENTERPRISE.
And trade with the patrons of its advertising
columns
Fitzgerald
Editor Mercer over at Fitzgerald, is puzzled.
For eight years. with the keen,st competition, his
newspaper and job office have been hard pres ed to
keep up with their orders and both have been
making money. Now, for four months, he has had
no competition at all, and both offices are out of
work, the employees only being kept busy by
F'extas'' which are paid for out of what should be
the firms profits. Therefore, Mercer laments that
he has no competition. But does he assign the
right cause? Being associated with those whose
political methods have been potent factor in
caus ng the country to be filled with idle men, of
course he would be the last to ascrbe the cause to
reform. Also, being healthy optimist he will
never admit the existence of ''hard times" But
let us exchanged little experience The Gazette
newspaper and job office has no local competition.
Last year. at this time we were turning down out.
Of town orders because we could get neither men
or material fast enough to fill them. Now, our
newspaper has seen it's advertising drop off one
third and the job Office is doing mere hand-to-
mouth business. Instead of being short on help,
we are running with four men less than this time
last year, and nearly every day answer one or
more letters from men wanting positions by saying
we have no VA cancy. 1t is struggle, and hard
one at that to keep one days work ahead for the
men we have. And there is probability of a
permanent improvement in these conditions, until
the hundreds of men who are now idle in this sec
tion can go to work again.-TiftOn Gazette.
Admit the existence of ''hard timesv Not
on your life
These are the best times we have ever seen,
and we've been here since time whereof
memory fails us. Every so many years Herring.
And you are no skid, :" can you tell us when they
were better7
The homes of the masses, the chulhes, the
schools, high and low, the offices of bus ness men
and the apparatus of the working men, the pallce
cars and palace ships by which the uttermost ends
of the earth can be reached with more comfort and