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Fitzgerald Enterprise.
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fZGERALD PUBLISHING CO.
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{. PUBLISHED THRICE-A-WEEK:
FTUESDAY, THURSDAY, SATURDAY.
ONE DOLLAR.
Thursday, April 19, 1906,
| MR. WILCOX’S REJOINDER,
I We are publishine 4228 y a rejoinder, or re
ply from Hon. B. E.M. to several things
we said in the last issue of the Enterpriseabout
.‘;is candidacy. It’s a characteristic reply from
'.onest, earnest, impulsive Ras Wilcox, God
“Bless him. We esteem him and his friendship.
"We are not fighting Ras, but his political asso
" ciates in this campaign. Thereare a few men
in the county who for personal and selfish reas
‘ons would be glad to keep the county site at
Irwinville and require several thousand good cit
izens, who are paying their money every year
into the county’s treasury, to continue their in
_sufferable pilgrimages to the old courtshouze-in
the-woods. Now of course, the people of the
county are not going to put up with that sort of
thing much longer and we are so in earnest
about it that we are opposed to anything they
~do, or any man they support in this campaign.
We know Ras Wilcox well enough to know that
he will do exactly what he says, but they don’t
‘believe it, or at least they believed when they in
sisted on his announcing that he would get mad
with the people in Fitzgerald who were commit
ted and will vote for Dr. Dorminy and would
refuse to urge the new county measure. We
have not found fault with Mr. Wilcox, except
for one thing, that is being influenced and per
-suaded by the enemies of Fitzgerald and men
who bave been so far from him in past poli
tics that he knows that their motives at least
are suspicious. Mr. Wilcox says:
- “Now, Brother Mercer would have you be
lieve ‘that those who oppose the New County’in
duced me to enter this race ‘that they might see
_him defeated by Fitzgerald to put him out of
humor with Fttzgerald in the hope that he will
oppose the New County bill at the next session”
.. .. "How can Brother Mercer, or any other
reasonable man, believe for a moment that ‘a
' good man’ and one who would ‘stand by his
word’ after having introduced a bill would,
“f'because of a little malice, work againstit.””
"¢ ' Wedo not believe that Mr. Wilcox will
i 'work against it,”” but we believe that the
" »Irwinville crowd that will vote so solidly for him
believes that he will ‘‘work against it.”’ Our
objection is not to Wilcox, but to the political
co%pany he is keeping, We have said that we
wotld vote against a brother under such condit
tions at this time. No man in the county regrets
his candidacy more than we do, on account of
our personal feeling for him and our deep inter
~ est in theissues involved.
MR ta ™
Let’s Make It Unanimous!
M A
The Enterprise is for Fitzgerald, who are
you for?
: RO
~ Our friends, the enemy, failed to makea
cat’s-paw of Mr. L. O. Tisdel. You can always
.count on Tisdel being for Fitzgerald.
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We are not trying to be meddlesome, but if
-« Fitzgerald can get a new county, we say let her
have it, by all means.—Nashville Herald.
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+ . Ia securing the big railroad shops, Fitzger
ald is lucky above many of her surrounding sis
ters. That enterprising city will soon have to
make her dresses twice as large as now, or else
they wont fit.—Broxton Journal.
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- ' Fitzgerald wants a new county at the next
' session of the legislature, and ought to have it.
—Turner County Banner.
- What have you got to do with it?—lrwin
" County Courier.
The progress and development of South
Georgia demands it.—Cordele Daily News.
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Auditor W, J. Swain, of the Atlantic & Bir
mingham, was over the road with his pay car
this week for the last time. After this a system
‘of checks and vouchers to be issued through
‘the banks will be used. The new system is re
' garded as the most approved by the best man
aged lines, and the A. &B. keeps right upin
class “A”. ‘
sAM : .
Fifzgerald put up a good, stiff fight and was
awarded the Atlantic & Birminghrm railroad
shops. Several other places wanted these shops
very much, and made a pull for them? Our
" mext-door neighbor, Oglethorp, certainly tried
mighty hard. They would have helped us out
a lots, but as we didn’t happen to be the lucky
*’a‘# atulate Fitzgerald for ‘knowing a
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FITZGERALD'S TICKET.
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For Senator,
J. A. J. HENDERSON.
For Representative,
E. J. DORMINY.
For County Commissioners,
H. T. FLETCHER.
D.T. PAULIK; :
W. R. WALKER.
For Tax Collector,
W. R. PAULK .
W. W. D. BRANCH'%E“her'
For Sheriff, .
D. A. McINNIS.
For Tax Receiver,
ARCHIE McMILLAN.
For Treasurer, v
M. W. HOWELL.
For Clerk Superior Court,
MARCUS LUKE, Jr.
This is also Ocills’s ticket, and the
ticket for all Irwin county.—lt wiil win,
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Let’siMake It Unanimous!
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Bonds for school and sewerage purposes
are a necessity.
If we are to have school buildings for the
next school term, or the sewers before the
latter part of next year, prompt action is neces
sary. '
We have not beenimpatient about the sewer
matter, for the reason that we have not been in
position to issue sufficient bonds until now,
and we oppose breaking dirt for the sewers
bafore cool weather sets in. Last year we
thought next October, (1906,) would be a proper
time to start to work, and now we urge that it
be done. If the work is not begun early in the
winter then we must wait another year. The
risk will be great and, in view of the recent
impetus to our general progress, it would prove
disastrous to our expansion and we will runa
greater risk of fever than ever before, on
account of the great increase in population. =
The schools have been neglected all t¢o
Img. Our present school buildings have beens, .
guddenly ouf-grown, with a prospactof'much’
greater demands. The grades are scattered
over the city in buildings unsuited in character
and location. Certaizly it will not be ques
tioned that very much more room is immedi
ately necessary, and no reasonable man will
deny that we have vastly out-grown the charac
ter of our present buildings. ;
MR :
Let’s Make It Upanimous!
MR '
Why reasoning beings will congrezate and
build homes and cities dangerously near a vol
cano like Vesuvius, when there are so many
thousands of broad and fertile acres in a salub
rious climate, the healthest in the world, where
there is room for millions, and where the tele
graphic, mail and transportation facilities of the
age make it possible to learn all the facts
within a month, and easy to make the transfer
within a year, is beyond our ken. We need sev
eral thousand Italians in South Georgia and old
Vesuvius seems to want to be rid of them, at
least inclined to give them the shake.
Of course those that have been coasumed in
the rivers of lava or incinerated in the flood of
hot cinders that have burried their homes and
cities can not be expected to doa great deal in
the immigration act, but those whor have es
caped and realize that the destructionof homcs
means that in the course of events the same
thing must happen over again, might fiad it to
their advantage to investigate the advantages
that this God blessed section offers. -
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Let’s Make It Unanimous!
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A lady asks us to explain why itis that Fitz
gerald can produce fruit and vegetables earlier
than Cordele can. She simply couldn’t do it if
we had the truck farmers to developour resourc
es: in fact, we have one or two truck farmers
who have as early truck as the Fitzzerald peo
ple, but not enough to supply our city. Fitz
gerald is furnishing Cordele with strawberries
and some other vegctables, but itis not on ac
count of superior soil or climate conditions, but
becausé. we need more truck farmers. Mr,
Adams, of the Adams Market, says that Cordele
presents the prettiest field for some moere good
truck men that he ever saw.—Cordele Rambler.
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ACCORDING TO SCRIPTURE
D. W. Pope, of the Minnie district, a power
ful conservative and solid citizen of the county
says, that ‘‘according to the scripture the
eleventh hour is late—about the limit—and that
Ras came into the race at half past eleven.”
Mr. Pope says ‘‘there’s nothing promised after
that hour.” He thinks Mr, Wilcox will be dvers
LOOKS GO?D TO US.
The registered vote for the county
is as follows:
PUHERIRIA .. .. v 002800
BIGHIN . N il ciianariiaai9l2
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AN a 1
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Dormigys Mi 11...... ... 106
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WOBOHIR .. .o iiiiviithiine 29
Count two-thirds of them, at least, for
the New County, Henderson and Dorminy.
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The fellows ia the shadow of the court
house-in-the-woods are, the best of them, close
readers of the Enterprise and the Bible and of
course the very best of citizens.
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The organization of the business men last
night was timely, There is much to be ac
complished that only aa organization of this
kind can accomplish. There are business men
here who are public spirited enough to lay aside
purely personal matters long enough tocome
together occasionally for the common interest,
Only men who are willing to pay a reasonable
annual fee can be depended on for more than
spasmodic efforts when stimulated by the even
tualities brougzt on by the more enterprising.
By keeping out all semblance of factions and
issues, the new Chamber of Commerce will do
a wonderful amount of good for Fitzgerald. -
Mo
“Ras is all right, but the company he
keeps is not working for Fitzzerald’s interest.”
The above are the words of one of Fitzgerald’s
most conservative citizens, a consistent church
member, a man against whose reputation not a
word has ever becen spoken., He is advanced in
years and has no axe to grind in politics; simply
wants to do his duty to the town he lives in and
to bis neighbors. He has always been a pro
hibitionist and sees this matter just as every
good citizen must see it. We must vote for
FITZGERALD, and NOT for the MEN. All
of them arc good men That’'s why we are
going to vote for Henderson and Dorminy.
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Let’s Make It Unanimous!
Letter~from J. H. Rountree.
Douglas, A. T., Apr. 10, 1906.
FIrzGERALD ENTERPRISE,
Fitzgera'd, Ga.
Gentlemen:—Thinking perhaps
some of your readers would like
to hear what kind of a country
this is, I will write you some of
my observations.
First, this city is situated in
a valley, surrounded by moun
tains on all sides. ‘This valley is
about 75 miles long and 40 miles
wide. Douglas is a new place,
only five years old, and contains
about 15,000 people. Thebouses
are nearly all wocd and remind
me of Fitzgerald in early days
very much, The place is level
as can be and the streets are
dirt and packed very bard.
- The industries here are mic
ing and smelting. The Phelps
Dodge Company, of New York,
are the people who are working
the mines. The mires are situ
ated at Bisbee, 30 miles west of
here, and they are very large
ones. Thkey contain over sixty
miles of underground tunnels
and subways. The ore is largely
copper, though there is some
silver and gold in it. It is ship
‘ped here and goss through the
smelter and is then shipped on
east, seven cars leavinggr the
east every night®t The“ Phelps
Dodge Co. owns the railroad to
El Paso from here.
| This is what is called a “‘wide
open” town.” Gambling going
on all the time, salcons never
close day or night or Sunday.
There is to be about $600,000
in improvements put in here
this summer. This placeis 217
miles west of El Paso, Texas,
and 400 miks east of Los An
geles, Cal,, and 165 miles as the
crow flies from the Gulf of Cali
fornia.
| Yours truly,
1 J. H. ROUNTREE.
Fewer Galiens; Wears Longer,
. Fewer gallons; takes less of
Devoe Lead and Zioc than mix
ed paints, Wears longer: t‘wi’bei
95 long as Jead and 6il.
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PROF., C. RUCKER ADAMS,
OF CHICAGO,
Who has been conducting large and enthusiastic classes through
out the country in Physical Education, and whose new system is
creating widespread popularity wherever taught, is in our city
organizing classes for both ladies and gentlemen. This new
method of caring for the body embodies the ideal principies of
attaining and maintaining the highest conception of perfect man
hood and womanhood. It is unique, rational, scientific and health
producing, develops and adds new life to the entire body. Itis
nature’s law, a positive cure for coastipation, indigestion and
insomnia. No apparatus is rcquired. Every person should un
derstand how to properly care for the body. All desiring
good health and the knowledge of how to keep well or any who
wish to investigate this new method of how to secure the best
results from nature’s laws, should see Prof. Adams, who will ex
plain to you this new method of physical exercise. ’Phone 189,
..NEW §s2oo A DAY HOTEL ..
The Drummer’s Home
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ABBEVILLE, GEORGIA. ;
Conveniently located {or Fitzgerald folk changing cars
at Abbeville, hotel being on a high elevation just across
the track and exactly opposite union depot. A good meal
for 50c and a pleasant place to await your {rain. Don't
worry about the yelping negro:s at the station, but come
right over. You wiil be glad you came.
LADIES ESPECIALLY INVITED.
R For sale at Enferptige offic.
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i A CARD' FROM DR, E. J, DORMINY,
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?,i Eprror ENTERPRISE:
g% I have not found it necessary to use
w the public print since my an anpouncce
;{4; ment but, lest my silence be misconstrued,
¢ Iwill say that lam and have been in favor
sz of, and if elected will do what I can to get
$ a cew county here where it is so much
& needed. I believe it isthe wish of a large
§'} majority of the people of the county, and
™ my cooception of the duty of a represen
g tative is to carry into effect such measures
gfi as they desire. I shall be governed by
® that rule in alll do as the county’s repre-
Zfé sentative.
;%é Respectfully,
Wz E. J. DorMINY.
Let’s Make It Unanimous!
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Make it unanimous.
A good slogan for the present campaign is,
“Make it unanimous.” We will elect Henderson
and Dorminy to the senate and house and for
county commissioners, Fletcher, Paulk and
Walker. In doing so we want it as near
upnanimous as possiblee. We want every vote
possible in an honest, fair and square campaign,
a vigorous, unyielding, persistent campaign un
til the ballot box is closed.
Lets make it unanimous,
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Mr. J. C. Peavy lost a pocket book several
weeks ago with two twenty dollar bills, one ten
and one five dollar bill and other valueable papers
in it. He hasadvertised for it and it now ap
pears that it has fallen into the hands of a thief
or some person that has made up his mind that
he can afford to keep the money. We write
this hoping that it may reach the eye of the
finder and that he may be reminded that
that sort of people are never successfull in life
and that they die at last ashamed of themselves.
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Editor Mercer of Fitzgerald has two big
jobs on his hands, He is trying to carry Irwin
for Hoke and establish a new county.—Nashville
Herald.
Easy enough, brother, and so pleasant, thls
beautiful spring weather, %
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