Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-04-14
J. o. J. Taylor, Missionary In Korea
Writes Of ftFitzgerald Spirit''
Takes Pride in Talking of Fitzgerald
AS His Home Town

INonsan, Korea, March 10, 1921.
Mr.. I. Gelders,
Fitzgerald, Ga, U. S. A.
Dear Mr.. Gelders:
l received on last night, several
copies of your paper and we had a
real big time at our house reading
them. Now this afternoon 1 have
just been bored by pesky japanese
spy with their ten million brainless
question, but you know when the ras.
cal asked me where / was from in the
U. S. A., | caught myself feeling a
little kink come in my backbone and
stiffened up little and expressed
my pride when said "Fitzgerald''
Now he didn't know whether Fitz
gerald was the name of my dog OF
the boat | came to Korea on, bu
| 1900 miles away talking in a strange
language / still feel a pride when
| say, 81 am from Fitzgerald"
Once in while an American boot
will take couple of inches of thai
pride out of me by asking, "And where
is Fitzgerald" But when they do,
just reply, why don't you know
you poor simp!" and run along a:
though he were hopeless. You know
it is no small thing to have towr
that you are always proud to own
one that has something too make yor
proud of it.
So | am always glad whenever
get shot at telling someone that
am from Fitzgerald Now don't foo
yourself, we know that the personne
of the town changes, that men como
and go, and that in the shuttle the fel
low who leaves it for long term o.
years will get lost little bit in the
| shuttle. | believe that it is Ludlow
surgeon at the Severance Hospital il
Seoul, who tells this one He sale
that when he left the U. S. A. his Sun
day School Superintendent headed I;
big party that saw him to the train
and gave him a great send off. Lud
low went back on furlough sever
years after that and met the sam,
man on the street Ludlow spoke O
course, shaking hands The reply HI
got was, why howdy do Mr. Err
Mr., Yes, have a cigar won't you. B,
the way, l haven't seen you for SOM
time, been off somewhere?" Well,
told Ludlow, "You ought to NOV
away from that town, and since yor
are the fine fellow that you are, will
give you the privilege of coming t.
to Fitzgerald" "Where is that?" h
asked. poor simp, you got just wha
was coming to you, | replied. l
seems to me that half the names Sc,
in your paper have come there sine
1916, and many of them since 1915
But we are still receiving many let
tiers from Fitz and are not being los
in the shuttle. This goes to shoy
that the old town leads all the rest ev
en- in keeping up with her far ava,
sons and daughters. And we ar
proud of you to-
| You know l never was strong in an
alysis business. | never wanted t,
know why syrup tasted good. TIL
motto that adopted soon after | 20
out of college was, Don't worry owe
why black hen can lay a white egg
GET THE EGG" But l have bee,
sitting here, this afternoon and askin,
myself, "You boob, what made yo
proud when you told that Jap 70,
were from Fitzgerald. He don
know right now what you said" An,
though l am not strong on it, I hav
been here trying to figure out jus
what there is about Fitzgerald to max
a fellow 1900 miles away from
proud of the place. To tell you tn
truth | don't know myself all the rea
sons, but l have figured out some o
them, and | have been wondering