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Pull for Fitzgerald or pull out.
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& The A. B. & A. is making its way into At
ianta.
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The democrats of the state seem to hold
Candidate Howell respoasible for the effort of
.the state committee to predjudice Hoke Smith’s
candidacy. It looks now asif Mr. Smith will
carry every couaty in the state. Of course,
that is scarcely possible, but it will be nearer
unanimous thin anything that has occured in
Georgla politics in many years and the radical
action of the partisan committee has contributed
largely to his strength.
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Fitzgerald is going to make a desperate
effort to secure a new county this time and we
hope she will succeed. She ought to bave suc
coded in her undertaking the last time she made
the effort. Fitzgerald is all right.—Darien Ga
zette.
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_We are very busy wita other affairs, but
we stop here long enough to say that we are
still for Hoke Smith, none too still, but for Hoke
just the same,
P.S. The woods are full of people who
are for Hoke Smith. :
N.B. They haven't taken to thetall timber, but
they are there and everywhere, woods full of’em.
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A very large majority of the press of Geor
gia daily and weekly, areopposed to Hoke Smith.
Can it be possible that all of these good and
wise men are wrong?—Waycross Herald.
A very large majority of the people of this
county are favorble to Hoke Smith. Can it be
possible that all these gocd and honest people
are wrong? Itis conceded by every well post
ted. fair minded man that more white men in
Georgia favor Hoke Smith than the combined
strength of the other five candidates, Can it be
possible that these good people are wrong?
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. /The democrats of Mitchel county have put
it up to the state democratic committee good
and strong. Ina hundred communities, in as
maoy different counties in the state, very strong
language has been indulged by those democrats
who resent the very unwise action of the com
mittee, although it is possible that it will break
out on the surface in many places. Cer
tainly the committee could not have done more
to insure Hoke Smith’s election, although it is
clearly apparent that it was intended to con
tribute to his defeat.
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| Hoke Smith in Quitman,
It has often been asserted and will show of
reason that the masses of the people in South
Georgia are not interested in politics. They do
not display much partisanship and do not get
wrought up over campaign as the people in the
middle and northern sections of the states do.
Therefore the attitude of the audience which
heard Mr. Hoke Smlth’s address here last
Saturday was interesting for it was distinctly
enthusiastic Many people were heard to remark
that they had never seen anything like it on a
similar occasion,—Quitm an Free Press.
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. Is there a machine that controls Georgia
politics? Yes, there is a machine. Clark How
ell is their cendidate in all those counties that
they think he stands a chance to carry; Dick
Russell is their candidate in any county that he
can carry; Col. Estill is their candidate in any
county that they think he carry, and old Doctor
Nuannally would be their candidate if there was
any county that they thought he could carry.
The Atlanta Constitution—Mr. Howell’s
paper—fully appreciates the situation, and is
continually praising all these candidates and at
the same time poursoat the vials of wrath on
Hoke.—Cordele Rambler.
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Stray mules: The Eaterprise has adver
tised as many as half dozen mules, estrayed,
within the last few weeks. There is something
wrong about this matter. People who take up
a stray mule ought to give some notice of the
fact. There is a temptation while the farm
work is pressing to take the mule aod
use it for its feed until the owner calls, but it is
all wrong, its a crime, or ought to be made a
crime, for the presumption is that the owner is
just as much in need of his stock as the fdrtu
nate finder may be, Thisis to diacourage the
habit of taking up stray stock of any kiad and
holding it even a day without giving ‘public no
tice of the fast.
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Vicar of St Chrysostom’s Bradford recently de
cided to take an active part in politics by de
nouncing the Education Bill from the pulpit.
He resolved, moreover, to make his intentions
known, aod to this end he cast about for some
striking means of advertisement—some violent
phrase or strange turn bound to attract atten
tion. Merely to announce “‘a series of sermons
on the Education Bill”’ seemed to him too mild
and insipid. He thought of inserting a mark of
interrogation after education” .but the device
was a little backneyed and not sufficiently starte
ling in effect. What he wanted was some good,
lusty, swinging word that would make the
reader open his epes.
He thought of damn. He thought of it lovinge
ly. Damn was a desirable word—it has just the
right force—it was sure to strike the eye. But
was it permissible? he asked himself;was it not
a little profane? He reagoned with himself, it
seemed to his secular understanding and the
less profane it sounded to his sacred under
standing. Accordiogly he inserted a card in
the papers announcinga series of sermons on:
THE
DAMNABLE
EDUCATION (?) BILL.
A few days later the Yorkshire Daily Ob
server published an Apology from the same
hand. The church people, it seems, bad been
mightily offended and the Vicar approached
them with a contrite heart—but not without a
p.ea in extenuation.
Theeditorof the Enterprisehasnot the honorof
theacquaintance of the Vicar of St, Chrysostoms
Bradford, but we have heard a whole lot about
that word damn. Wehave heard it a hundred
times and each time were disgusted, with a
single exception; the exception came about this
way: We were in the mountains of northern
Utah where we made the momentary acquaint
ance of a respectable family of mormass (some
mormans are respectable, Reed Smoot to the con
trary, notwithstanding.) In the family were
two charming young ladies, or grown girls: the
younger about fifteen, was named Rosella; the
elder was plain Ida. Many times we bad heard
the gentler sex in tho west use the by word
darn, Rosella did that very thing in our pres
ence. Shortly after, in conversation with Ida
we referred to the fact and stated that in the
south it is not cnstomary for girls or jadies to
use the by word, We stated that it did wvot
sound nice to hear a youog lady say “itsa darn
shame etc.” Ida frankly stated that she agreed
with us, and explained that she never used the
word darn but always preferred to use plain
damn. Bt S aETe
" But really dama is not agin the: Bible, the
decalague at least, altho it is said to be against
church discipline and certainly, is sgver in good
taste.
We particularily deprecate the use of the
word by preachers and (p)hemales. !
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Editor John Temple Graves contends, beau
tifully, logically and strongly insists that but for
the agitation by the press and public speakers
exposing and denouncing coruption in high
places and public stations that trusts of the
country would today be rioting unchecked in
their aggressive and arbitrary monopolies,
and that the insurance companies would be
going on in their old way to swindle their stock
holders, and to contribute the funds of Demo
cratic policy-holders to the supportand develop
ment of the national Republican party, and in
helping to buy the presidency from the candi
dates of the people for and in bebalf of the candi
dates of the corporations.
We feel sure that no well-balanced and dis
interested thinker can deny the general truth of
the assertion, that under the conservative and
apathetic policy of acceptance these evils would
be rampant and rioting today.
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If it be true that in our official lifein Geor
gia thereisa well-founded apprehension of po
litical error (to speak it kindly,) of too close an
affiliation of official interest with corporate
power of the use of public and official station
for the advancement of the interests of great es
tablishments aod great companies in the depart
ments of the state—if it be true or believed to
be true by honest men that there is serious dan
ger in our present conditions of the establish
meant of class and corporate interest above the
general welfare, and of ring control above the
free exercise of a power on the part of the
people, who shall eay that any man can be hon
est and true whocarries these convictions silent
ly in his heart, or that it is not his duty to take
them upon his lips and to present them earnest
ly to the attention and investigation of the peo
ple upon the principle that agitation purifies
government and in the line of that vigilance
which, by all the ‘‘Jaw and the prophets ’is the
price of our liberty and the gauge of our public
integrity? »
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“Party Integrity’’ becomes divinely impore
tant when corporation rule is in danger of being
overthrown,—Fairburn News.
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If you find a knocker, knock him aad
charge it td the BEnterprise,
of this city, the district conven
tion of the Knights of Pythis will
be heid in Fitzgerald next April
A petition from J. A. J. Header
sonand B. E. Wilcox of Irwin
Connty to the governor asks for
commutation of the sentence
against the Rawlings boys. The
petition has seventy-five signa
ture. _
Miss Reibsam and her little
kindergarten pupils, accompan
ied by a numper of other folks
are enjoying an outing today
over at Garbutt’s landing on the
Ocmulgee river.
That embroidered hat and
jacket-suit in the side winduw
of the Empire Store was done by
Mrs. L. P. Hayes of 410 N.
Main st., it is a beauty, she never
designs two just alike. 1t
A telegram was wired from
this city to Pulaski county con
gratulating them upon their re
cent prohibition victory the coun
ty baving gone dry with 400 ma
jority., The women were out in
full force working at the pollsand
praying at the church aad the
bells tolling every half hour.
With editor-in-chief at the bed
side of his sick daughter, the
formen sick gnd his assistant at
home caring far twa sick child
ren and not even one of the
smaller fry in sight, the Hoter
prise failed to materialize on
Thursday and this issue comes
to you after wading thro sim
ilar obstacles,
Bernard Graves, a rural mail
carrier at Hanover, has just un
dergone a critical operation at a
Kansas City hospital. The doc
tors cut him open and remoycd
eight inches of an intestine and
coupled itup. Graves hasrecov
ered and will soon be back oa his
route.—Fairbury (Neb.) News
Bernard Graves isa brother tq
Cyr=s Graves of this city.
Rev., J. I, Oxford lately re
turned from Leary where he as
sisted in revival meeting which
resylted in twelve additioas to
lthe “church and five baptisms,
Among the latter candidates was
Mrs. N. B, Johnsoan who Mr. Ox
ford had known since a child,
and who is a near relative of one
of Georgia's greatest sons, Chief
lJustice T.J., Simmons, now de
ceased.
Report of Meeting.
The regular W. C.:T. U.
Meeting yesterday had the re
port of the treasurer showing
over $lOO haviag passed throuzh
the hands of the society during
the past six months with a small
surplus in the treasury. This
is not a benevolent association
but wherever an open door pre
sents itself the helping hand is
reached out down, even to the
lowest depths, to lift fallen hu
wanity up to thesunlight of God’s
love.
Mrs. E. J. Dorminy was ap
pointed superintendent of the
department of Mercy. Mrs.
Armour state president, re
ported excellent work beirg
done by Mrs. E. K, Farmer as
state superintendent of Health
and heredity. A report of rail
road work and Social Purity was
given. Mrs. J. B. Steveas gave
an interesting report on Scien
tific Temperance instruction io
our public schools. The text of
the law relating to it was read
showing that the law is not in
tended to be winked at. The
next regular meeting will be held
in the Baptist church at 4 p. m.,
on May 25.
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