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

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)

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

  2. Mar 25, 1897 - Nov 17, 1898

  3. Mar 8 -24 1921

Fitzgerald enterprise

  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; Jan - Apr 1912

  6. Aug 1911 - Apr 13, 1912

Fitzgerald herald

  1. Nov 30, 1916 - Oct 1919

  2. Nov 1919 - Aug 1921

  3. Sep 1921 - Oct 1923

  4. Nov 1923 - Oct 1925

Leader enterprise (Fitzgerald, Ga.)

  1. Apr 1912 - Aug 1913

  2. Sep 1913 - Feb 1915

  3. Feb 3 1915 - Nov 8, 1915

Leader-enterprise and Fitzgerald press

  1. Nov 10-22, 1915

Leader-enterprise and press

  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

  1. Mar 25, 1921 - Nov 30, 1921

  2. Mar 30, 1921 - Nov 30, 1921

  3. Dec 1921 - Jun 1924