Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-04-14
you would be interested in them.

you would be interested in them.
Now l I know what you are think
ing. You are thinking schools, rail-
road shops, etc, But they are common
to every place in the world almost,
If l had to summarize the reasons
for my being proud of of the city l
would say, Fitzgerald Spirit" Now
of course that can mean many things,
and will have to be explained. Right
here l give you suggestion. Why
don't you run column on the ques-
ton, "Why | am proud of my town."
If you can afford to give three col
umns to that bosh about junking the
A. B. & A. you ought to have a little
room left. | said when | read that,
that you were some hard up for filler,
and that some of us would have to
come to the rescue. Mrs Taylor in
sisted that my skull was thick and
that you were vying with Johnny
Spencer in getting out joke column
and had beat him to it. But there
have sidetracked.
Fitzgerald spirit in the first place
to my mind always carries the idea
that we shall never be satisfied with
anything less than doing the best job
possible in every thing we tackle and
in 1cn fta hast of -
that we do. If we have bank, she
is Honor Rolf sister and her re-
ports all show the strength of the
town, and all the state newspapers
comment on it. If we have show,
it is the best one in the whole works.
If we run Sunday school, it must be
the best. So the first thing that pops
i'll my mind when | think of Fitz is
the thing of getting and doing only
the best. Say you know that gets in
to the marrow of fellows bones. and
verify believe that it saved my neck
last year. Most of you have heard
| suppose that | came pretty near
cashing in-I am sure from the num-
Der of nice letters that l got that the
majority of you heard anyhow. Well
| thought when | got out here that
the bosh about it taking four years
to get to preaching in this Korean
language hadn't met a Fitzgerald man
yet. So I went to it. When | had
been on the field one year | had pass
ed two examinations that is had done
two years work, and was calling for
the third and fourth year exanina.
tons. ! got medical examination ;lI-
! stead of language examination. The
doctor put me to bed. Said | would
have to stay there flat Of my back foi
three months. | slipped my Korean
Bible in the room, and the next morn.
ing, he caught me reading it. He
pulled his chair along side the bed
and | thought he was going to tell me
my dog was dead, from the look or
his face. Young man, you have the
wrong idea for the mission field. You
will have to be satisfied with doing Z
little less than you are trying. Yor
have Angina Pectoris, maybe organic
| don't know yet Ut WASN'T, and you
are liable to drop dead any minute Of
your life. The slightest shock may
mean your death Very few men in
your condition ever recover. "The
majority die?" l asked. eyes" Very
sternly. THAT nails me" | said
This is no time for joking. Yod
must be satisfied to do a little less
than the best. If some one learns
language you think you have got to
learn little more than they do
Where did you get that spirit any
how" got it in my home town,
Fitzgerald, I said. That's the way
we always do things there" l replied.
1T will be your DEATH" came the
graver answer "Say dor" I said,
this thing hasn't met a Fitzgerald
man yet, did you ever hear of one
dying with it?' Don't be silly"
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