Fitzgerald Enterprise/Herald
HISTORY
Newspaper
Fitzgerald enterprise founded in 1895 and merged with: Fitzgerald leader (Fitzgerald, Ga. : 1910), to form: Leader-enterprise (Fitzgerald, Ga.) in 1912. In 1915, the Leader enterprise merged with: Fitzgerald press, to form: Leader-enterprise and Fitzgerald press. In 1915, Leader-enterprise and Fitzgerald press changed its name to Leader-enterprise and press and then again to Leader, enterprise and press. In March 1921, its name changed again to Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press.
Fitzgerald herald was founded in 1916 as a Progressive Democratic paper. The editor in 1922 was G.R. Pryor, Jr. In 1964, it merged with Fitzgerald leader, enterprise and press, to form: Fitzgerald herald and the Fitzgerald leader.
City
County Seat of Ben Hill County
County
Superior Court Districts
Cordele Circuit, Jan. 1, 1907-
Population - Census
1910 - 11,863
1920 - 14,599
1930 - 13,047
ALREADY DIGITIZED BY DLG
No Fitzgerald or Ben Hill County papers have been digitized by DLG.
FILM HOLDINGS
Fitzgerald leader (Fitzgerald, Ga. : 1896)
Jan 21, 1897; Feb 3, 1898; Jan 28, 1910 - Mar 1912
Mar 25, 1897 - Nov 17, 1898
Mar 8 -24 1921
Fitzgerald enterprise
Jan 15, 1897; Feb 4, 1898; Sep 15, 1899 - Sep 1902
Oct 1902 - Nov 1904
Dec 1904 - Jan 1907
Feb 1907 - Nov 1908
Dec 1908 - Jul 1911; Jan - Apr 1912
Aug 1911 - Apr 13, 1912
Fitzgerald herald
Nov 30, 1916 - Oct 1919
Nov 1919 - Aug 1921
Sep 1921 - Oct 1923
Nov 1923 - Oct 1925
Leader enterprise (Fitzgerald, Ga.)
Apr 1912 - Aug 1913
Sep 1913 - Feb 1915
Feb 3 1915 - Nov 8, 1915
Leader-enterprise and Fitzgerald press
Nov 10-22, 1915
Leader-enterprise and press
Nov 24, 1915 - Aug 30, 1916
Sep 1916 - Dec 1917
Jan 1918 - Aug 1920
Sep 1920 - Mar 7 1921
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press
Mar 25, 1921 - Nov 30, 1921
Mar 30, 1921 - Nov 30, 1921
Dec 1921 - Jun 1924