FITzgerald LEADER ENTERPRISE AND PRESS

HISTORY

Newspaper

  • 1896 Leader established, B.F. & J.G. Knapp, editors and publishers

  • 1896 Enterprise established, Mrs. Nettie C. Hall, editor and publisher

  • 1912 The two papers merge to become the Leader enterprise (Fitzgerald, Ga.) published by the Leader Publishing Company. Described as democratic.

  • 1915 Leader enterprise (Fitzgerald, Ga.) merges with Fitzgerald Press to form Leader-enterprise and Fitzgerald press which becomes the The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921

  • 1921 becomes Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press

  • 1964 Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press becomes Fitzgerald herald and the Fitzgerald leader when it merges with Fitzgerald herald

  • 1972 The Fitzgerald herald and leader. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1972-1980 (published by Pryor Publications)

  • 1980 Still published by Prior, changes name to Herald-leader

City

Formerly part of Irwin County

County seat of Ben Hill County (county formed in 1906)


County

Superior Court Districts

  • Cordele Circuit, Jan. 1, 1907-

Population - Census

  • 1910 11863

  • 1920 14599

  • 1930 13047

  • 1940 14523

  • 1950 14876

  • 1960 13633

  • 1970 13171

ALREADY DIGITIZED BY DLG

No papers have been digitized for Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, or Irwin County.

FILM HOLDINGS

Fitzgerald leader (Fitzgerald, Ga. : 1896) sn 89053688

  1. Jan 21, 1897; Feb 3, 1898; Jan 28, 1910 - Mar 1912

  2. Mar 25, 1897 - Nov 17, 1898

Mar 8 -21 1921 (on reel with Fitzgerald enterprise)

Fitzgerald enterprise weekly and semi-weekly sn 89053307

  1. Jan 15, 1897; Feb 4, 1898; Sep 15, 1899 - Sep 1902

  2. Oct 1902 - Nov 1904

  3. Dec 1904 - Jan 1907

  4. Feb 1907 - Nov 1908

  5. Dec 1908 - Jul 1911

  6. Aug 1911 - Apr 13, 1912

Leader-enterprise (Fitzgerald, Ga.) sn 85038489

  1. Apr 1912 - Aug 1913

  2. Sep 1913 - Jan 1915

  3. Feb 3 1915 - Nov 8, 1915

Leader, enterprise and press sn 89053306

  1. Nov 24, 1915 - Aug 30, 1916

  2. Sep 1916 - Dec 1917

  3. Jan 1918 - Aug 1920

  4. Sep 1920 - Mar 7 1921

Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press

Mar 30, 1921 - Nov 30, 1921 (on reel with Leader, enterprise, and press)