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‘ Witzocrald Enterprise.
BY THE
' ZGERALD PUBLISHING CO.
MERCER ccctens crsosneasnee Edltor and Manager.
PUBLISHED THRICE-A-WEEK:
TUESDAY, THURSDAY, SATURDAY.
ONE DOLLAR.
» Saturday, March 10, 19C6. o
PULL FOR FITZGERALD, OR PULL OUT.
Opportunities for the demonstration
of our loyalty to this community are
constantlyarising. We aporeciatethese
opportunities for the reason that we
never tire of a demonstration of our un
selfishness when the city’s good is at
stake.
Daring the presentcalendar year our
people will be called on frequently, we
believe, to demonstrate their public
spirit as against that narrow selfishness
that so frequently blights and hinders
the progress of a community.
Right now we bhave the opportunity
of all opportunit'es that have ever been
offered to Fitzgerald. We shall watch
the derelicts—not merely the drones and
dead heads who are waiting for their
-more —energetic neighbors to do the
work, but the little one-ideaded selfish
fellow that imagines he is display
ing good business judgment to skin
every dollar possible out of the situation.
It is not all of our right to commend
the public spirited, but we shall hold
that it is our right and our duty to dis
courage the purely selfish. Let every
man pull for Fitzgerald and we will soon
pull her into a greater measure of pros
perity than has ever been her good for
tune in the ten years she has been
building.
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Wallace Hanlon is getting out a good paper
at Ocilla while the old gentleman is presiding
over the grand jury and courting generally.
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They are now closing soda founts and cigar
stands in the sin-cursed saloon-ridden commun
ities of Savannab, Brunswick and Atlaota.
They are following in the footsteps of Fitzger
ald reformers of two years ago.
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The announcement of the death of Uacle
Charlie Launer yesterday saddened the hearts
of his many friends and acquaintances ia this
city. He was a man that thought more of his
honor than of worldly possessions.
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The Crystal Bottling works is doing 100%
more business this season than a year ago.
This onght to be pleasing to every business
man in the community. It not only indicates
the success of a local enterprise, but it is an in
d.cation of the city’s general advancement.
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Congressman Rucker of Mo, in a speech
delivered in Congress this week, wmakes the
statement that Mergenthaler type setting ma
chines, for which publishers pay $3,000, cdn be
produced for $5OO. The difference of $2,500 re
presents the protection given under the Ameri
can Protective Tariff Law.
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The Moultrie Observer has set the pace for
“square Journalism”’ in tbis campaiga.
Report the speeches of the different candi
dates fairly, is the slogan.
But what particularly impresses us is “the
endorsement of the sentiment by the Atlanta
Constitution. We would love to see the large
number of Howell papers in the state take the
hint of the Constitution's endorsement of the
Moultrie Observer’s insistence.
All over the state the papsrs antagoaistic to
Mr. Smith’s candidacy have garbled his speech
es, misrepresented his statements and unfairly
treated his receptions and the effect of his
speeches, the size of bis audiences, etc.
Every paper has the right to espouse the
candidate of its choice, but no paper has the
right to misrepresent the truth.
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A prominent divioe, a presiding elder of the
South Georgia conference, called to see us yes
terday. He stated that he wanted to renew his
slight acquaintance with the editor, that he had
seen apd read several copies of the ENTERPRISE,
that he liked it and wanted to commend us for
its moral tone and its influence for good. We
_;ppreé',iate commendations from such a source
and of course, we will see that this brother gets
fi‘g ENTERPRISE regularly as long as he wishes.
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f‘; § the Ocilla Star hasn’ta type-setting ma
*‘39_ has 2 hustlng compo~ing room force to
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AT THE “LICK-LLOG.”
If there is any one log we like better than
another, it is the *lick-loz.” -
The Hawkiasville Dispatch and News in
vites us up to the lick-log, and we should have
responded earlier but for the fact that the invi
tation escaped our notice.
We canoot quote fully the columa iavitation
contained in the Dispatch and News, but it will
serve our purpose quite as well to quote a para
graph.
Let’s first ad mit that all the candidates for
governor aad all the saloon men in the state
are local optionists, thea there is no issue there.
The Dispatch and News invites us to go
to Atlanta, in the following paragraph:
“Now, Brother Mercer, if you are sin
cerely desirous of getting right on this
whiskey question, and beli:ve in temper
ance and prohibition and the like, we ap
point you a committee of one to go to At
lanta. There you will find an elegant hotel,
called by name the Piedmont. This botel,
by common report, largely beloogs to Hoke -
Smith. Ia this hotel,.as above set cut and
described as to location aad ownership, -
there is a barroom—a place where whiskey ;
is so!d and at whose tables, in the grill room
and in the dining room, whiskey is sold and
served. This bar is most dazzling to we -
fellows of the sticks, and it is said to com- *
port with such like elegaat pliccs through
out the country, indicating much fore
thought in its planning. After vou have
entered this elegant barroom—for such it v
undoubtedly is—in the center you will see :
a divan, from which arises an onyx pedestal,
on the very tio of which is a marble statu
ary representing a nude woman bholding '
~—aloft a bunch of what has been decided to
be muscadines If you cannot locate her
by this description, ask the fellow with the
white apron on—the bar-keeper, and he will
tell you from waat angle vou can get the ~
best view. She is vulgarly called ‘The
Gal,” but don’t mind that. Sae’s a peach”
Is that the “‘lick log” refered to in your
iavitation, Tarver? ’
We confess that we are sincerely desirous
of STAYING right on the whiskey question. ‘We
gor right early in the game, and have always
b:lieved in temperance and prohibition.
We are largely indebed to Editor ’l‘arve'r
for our conception of the elegance of the bar
and its most attractive appointments. We have
been a guestat the hotel, enjoyed its comfortable
bed rooms, its gratifying meau and exceptional
service, but have never scen the celebrated bar,
nor the “‘gal.”” When we are in Atlanta again we:
will look up the place, more to ascertain if the
editor of the Dispatch and News has been faith
ful in his description thaa for any other pur
pose. ; ;
Now, as to Mr. Smith’s connection with the
Piedmont bar, we want to go on record as
stating that there is not an honest man in Geor
gia, unbiased in his opinions and with hulf the
intelligence of the editor of the Dispatch and
News, whodoes not know that all this Piedmont
bar talk we hear so mach of, was originated and
is kept alive for the sole purpose of exciting the
pleasure of those who dislike Mr. Smith, and
with the hope that some very ignoraat peopl_;e:
might be influenced by it. 4
Now let’s see what the facts are, and see if
the editor of the Dispatch and News is not con=
victed by his own words. :
The Piedmont hotel does not largely be
long to H)ke Samith. It is true that he owas
a minority interest, Itis also true that he pro
tested against the bar-room feature; at least his
partners have stated in public priat that he
did, and the proof that they did not say so for
political purposes is borae out by the fact stated
in the same card, that they did not favor his
candidacy for Governor. i
Mr. Smith is not responsible for the insti=
tution of the bar in the Piedmont. He ~ays so,
his partoers say 80, and no honest man
doubts it, or has expressed a doubt of it. We
insist that his action in protesting agaiast this
usual and almost necessary feature of a grand
hotel'is unusual, and there is not a prohibition
ist in the state that could bave done more than
Mr. Smith did in this matter. Everybody with
intelligence believes it, and the oaly excuse,
other than those above mentioned, for jts use in
this campaign consists in the fact that they
have nothing better to use agaiast th: winning
cancidate. .
The Dispatch and News is convigted again
by its own words when it admits that there is
no crime in owning stock in the hotel that has a
bar in it, but insists that Mr. Smith should not
have allowed the public to know that he protesied
against the salcon feature 2uod refused to accepf
the revenues from it. Editor Tarver would
have our candidate lie about it. Well, Tarver,
excuse us; we are willing to leaye all the lying
for your side and candidate. :
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Oane of the most remarkable editorials we
bave ever read in a great daily we fiod in last
Mooday'’s Sivannah News on cigarefte legisla
tion. This great southern daily takes the stand
that such legislation is not only useless but
wrong and bases its reasoning on the statistics
showing that the consumption of cigarettes is
on the increase. .The editorial itself is worth
looking up—we shall preserve it in our scrap
book as a curiosity of the times.
LESSON OF A SHIPPING TAG.
Duriug the past few days there
has been repeated in Augusta a
nusiness narrative of some inter
est—one that certainly has a
moral. :
A drummer for a porthern
bouse canvassed the city ia guest
of shipping tag orders. His
bouse is a wholesaler and a tag!
specialist, He showed splendid‘
goods and atinviting prices—pri
ces that Augusta printers can
not approximate withcut sus
taining loss.
The salesman secured a num
ber of very excellent orders,
But early in the day, in the store
of a well known hardware mer
chant, hemet with defeat. Your
prices are inviting,”’ he was assu
red, “‘and your shipping tags are
excellent, but, inasmuch as I de
sire to sell my wares to Augusta
people—including Augusta prin-?
ters-] am constrained to buy my
rags in Angusta, though for them |
I may have to pavy 30 per ceat.
more than I would bave to pay
you.n
- An Augustan in the storeat
the time heard this state ment of
‘the bardware man to the drum
} mer and repeated it along Broad
‘'way. Those to whom he told it,
ito}d it to others, with the com
‘ment, ‘‘The posiion is right.”
'O hers followed the hardware
man's lead and one storekeeper
who bhad given a tag order to the
visiting salesman caaceled it.
Shippiog tags are a small item
in a community’s make-up. Bat
when we all arrive at the same
way of thinking and adopt the
principle of the course of action
of this bardware maon, Augusta
will bave been Jaunched on a
period of more rapid growth and
commercial progress will have
been given an impetus which will
know no halting.—Augusta
Chronicle.
Business mel sometimes give
orders for printing to foreign
houses without th nking that by
so doing they are injuring them
sclves. They get the work done
cheaper in New York, and they
think they are saving money by
sendiog the work to New York,
They forget that the money they
bave sent away is never returod,
and that they are building up an
other market by patronizing a
foreign concern. The profits on
a job of work printed at home
go back to the merchant. The
money is keptat home and pever
leaves as lopg as home instituti
ons are patronized.
~ On one occasion the mana
ger of a manufacturing plant in
Ihis city insisted that the Couri
er-Dispatch meet Atlaata prices
on a certain lot of printing. The
article manufactured by this con
cern was sold by the pound. It
was a very necessary article,
and was sold for more than twice
as much as the same article was
sold in Atlanta. Our price was
not more than 5 per cent greaterJ
than the Atjantg prices, Whilel
his was twice as much.
“Why don’t you sell your pro
ducts at the Atlanta price?”’ he
was asked. ‘‘We can’t do it;”’
he said. ‘lt costs us more to
manufacture the goods here than
in Atlanta where they make so
‘many huadreds of tons more par
day.”
~ “It cost us more proportiona
tely to do business in Dublin
'with eight or ten priaters than
it does the big Atlanta house
which employs one hundred
men,” he was told. ;
He saw the point and we have
always done the printing for this
concern since that day.
We are glad to sav that as a
rule the peoplg of Dublin patron
ize bome coocerns. Now and
then, because they thiok it is
chegper, some citizens order
goods from the mailorder houses
and some of the business men
send their priatingaway in order
t 0 saye a few dimes. The citi
gens and the business men doa
great wrong to themselves and to
the town whenever they do this,
They get the goods cheaper, it is
true, but they put the mo.ey
they spend out of circulation as'
far as Dub'in is concerned.
There is less reason why a
merchant should send his priat
ing away than for acitizen to pat
ranize the mail order houses. At
best, the merchant saves but‘
fron 3 to 5 per cent, on his print
ing, while it is undeniably true
that more than this can be saved
if goods are purchased in New
York and Chicago.
It is always best to patronize
home institutions, and the busi
ness man or citizen who makes it
an invariable rule to do this will
lose mothing in the long run.—
Dublin Courier-Dispatch.
Advertised Letter List,
Following is the list of letters re
maining uncalled for in the Fitzger
ald postoffice, Mar 3: %
GENTLEMEN.
. J. 8; Currie, Eph; Dykes, 8. E;
Glass, Floyd; Maines, S. H R; Hall,
J H; Jones, AJ; McK:llar, J. M;
Odell F. D; Perdue, Phillip Roberton
Wiley Walker,
1 ADIES.
Lizzie; Brown, OCarrie; Burcey,
Alice Canty, Ella-Msy; Dixon, Ella;
Jackson, Lue; MecLocvion, Mary
Mitchell, Jane; Paulk, R. G; Walker,
POSTALS.
J. W; Brown, D. A; Cumbie.
The above 1-tters will be held in
this office fur two weeks, after which
time thev will be sent to the Dead
Letter office at Washington, D C.
Persons calling for any of these will
state advertised, give date and pay
tfee of one cent
| Wm H. MARsTON, P M.
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The ultimate resting place :the
service of the :
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
must be sought. g
- Ezxperience and high class ap
pointments enable us perform
all necessary services satisfac
torily.
Prepa.rations for burials and
final interment are carried out
with delicacy an skill,
SOUTHERN MERCANTILE &BUILDING CQ.
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HIGH CLASS
Goods are not looked for at sec
ond glass stores. “Birds of a
feather flock together,'’ and it's
so in buyiog
DRUGGIST SUNDRIES,
In buying them you go where you
knaow you can get what’s reliable,
Our drug store is that place. The
best people trade with us b-cause our
goods are A 1 and not high priced,
J. HAWKINS GOODMAN,
Next to First National Bapnk.
~ LOTS $22 50.
The South Georgia Land Co.
Are selling Business, Residence
and farm lots in and n-ar the
town of Double Run, in Wilcox
County, for the remarkably low
price of $22 50 each. Ot course
you will not know which you wijil
get until all lots are sold and the
diyisioa is had, but you can make
no mistake in buying at the price.
For Particulars, Write
The Scuth Georgia Lznd Co.,
CORDELE, GEORGIA,
Professional Cardp
fi e ÜBBUKNK, : : 7
: Phvsician and Burgeon, &
" Office:—Empire Building.
Residence sonth end of Grant Bt. Fitsgerald, **
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BELTON JAY " OLAYTON JAY
: JAY & JAY, .
Attorneys-at-Law, »
Hansen Block. Fitzgerald, Ga.
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|)¥ B V- BALL, ‘
FITZGERALD, GA
Specialist in Diseases of the
E€ye, Ear, Nose, Throat, and Chest
Hours: $a m. %05 p. m. Sunday,? %08 &. m.
OFFICE: OOR. MAIN & MAGNOLIA 67T8.
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D& E. J. DORMINY, ;
Physician and Burgeon, ;
Office upstairs in the EmFtre bulldln&. Oor,
Grant and Central itsgerald. Ga.
Bet Gl e R eTR e
j ° FUSSELL, ;
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"~ Physician and Surgeon,
Office Philips Block, over Gelders
dtore. General practice solicited
Special attention to Obstetrics and diseases
womep and children. Oharges reasonable.
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i R. BRADFIELD,
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Physician and Surgeon. -
Special Attention to Diseases of Woman and
Ohildren,
! Office in Phillips Bloeck,
FITZGERALD, - ' GEORGIA. -
U B, WARR ... : : ;
* Physician and Surgeon,
eneral Practice Solicited: Special attem
vion to Genito-Orinary and Rectal Diseases
Office in Sanitarium Block,
Fitzsgerald Georgia. .
DRQ Da B‘o THUMPSUNI
FITZGBRALD, "‘GRORGIA, .
Chronic and Nervous é
Diseases a Specia'ty.
Dr. Th mpson is equipped with the
latest ELECTRIC. HOT AIR, VIBRATORY
and other modern applisnces, for the
successful treatment of all
Chronlc and Nervous Diseases.
Jthce Rooms Now, &, s ané 5. Twyman Bloek,
Office hours -8:00 8. m. t05:00 p. m. -
Sundays and evenings by appointment.
Consultations Free.
DR.$ H, POWELL,
EYE, EAR, NOSE ZND THROAT
OFFICE 315-16 CENTURY BLDG.
ATLANTA, - GEORGIA
CURRAN R. ELLIS,
Architect,
OFFICES: 4-5-6 ELLIS BLDG
Macon, Georgia,
I.J.HENDLEY. 1. P, JONES
HENDLEY & JONES
DENTISTS.
First door west National Bank,
L B. J. ReD, - =~
Attorney-at-Law,
Orrice—Phillips Block.
FITZGERALD, - < GEORGIA.
COOK & CO..
Real Estate and Loans
Office Drew Bullding.
Fitzzerald, - QGeorgia,
TVhd . W
HAYGOOD & COTTS,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
CrricEs—=Goodman Block, . :
Mg rald. Georgia
ALex J McDoNaLD, . H J. QUINCEY,
Fitzgerald. Ga. ' Oc lla Ga.
; McDONALD & QUINCEY,
Attorneys At Law,
OFrlcEs—Drew Bldg. muéor'qd. Ga
The Ragland Clothes
Bl Hir i M T IN n e
- . Cleaning Co.,
SOUTH GRANT STREET,
Phone 148-2 calls, .
Mgs. D. V. Racranp, Prop.
EIGHT STANDS OF BEES,
IN LONGSTROTH HIVES.
SEVEN NEW HIVES, WITH
COMB FOUNDATION ALL
READY FOR USE. ALSO
SHADE and ORNAMENTAL TREES
Callat Residence. corner
Jessamine and Thomas.
: W. H. WOLCOTT.