Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1904-07-23

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humber of comments from the
DELLA Dispatch on the. proposed
lily court bill, but having only a
lew minutes in the Office, we de-
ter answering the arguments(?)
till Tuesdays paper. The only
argument(?) offered by the Dis
patch is that it will cripple the
county court. If he will explain
how it will cripple the county
court, we will be glad to repro
duce the explanation in these
columns. There is not one iota
OF argument in the contention.
Reducing the work of the county
court can in no way seriously
injure the county"
The following clippings con-
tain the arguments of Editor
Hanlon:
Cecilia and the other towns in
the county, outside of Irwinville,
can make out for some time to
come with a ]. P. court"
After all, it seems to us that
Fitzgerald, so long as she has
the Law and Order League, can
get along very we'll without city
court"
The Dispatch desires to see
all the county towns grow and
prosper, but not at the expense
of the county, as would be the
case if Fitzgerald was successful
in getting a city court"
IF Fitzgerald needs city court,
then why not give Ocilla onei
The two towns are the same
distance from Irwinville, and
there is not a great difference ir
the size of the two places.
The amiable Mercer SAYS
mo one with the slightest con.
ception of justice will offer OBJ
lection to city court in Fitzger
add" When editor Mercer learns
the difference between selfish
ness and justice, his declaration
as to the city court will have
more weight"
IF editor Mercer wants to dc
some effective work against a
real outrage, let him assail the
law or custom or whatever it is
that compels people in the county
to leave their work and some.
times spend a week or more al
court, as witnesses, without com.
pensation. Here is a subject
our amiable brother may hurI
the walls of his wrath against tc
some purpose, instead of kick
Ing right and left and all around
against 'outrages' which exist
only in his fertile imagination"
The Dispatch has not the least
doubt as to Fitzgera1d's desire
for city court, but the question
is, does she really need it? A
city court in Fitzgerald will
seriously cripple the county court,
and to tn e extent of such injury
will injure the county. This
must be plain to the pro-
motors of the movement
in Fitzgerald and it does seem to
US that they would best subserve
Fitzgerald's interests by adopt
ing a policy that would promise
the greatest good to the greatest
number"
When we come to think about
IL, it is an outrage that Fitzger-
aid has not had a city court long
ago. Enterprise. Fitzgerald,
while in it's swaddling clothes,
made desperate grasp for the
court house, caring nothing for
the inconvenience her success
would cause over half the people
of the county. Failure to bull
dooze, bride or persuade the
people of the county to deliver
the court house to the infant col
ony was outrage number one;
outrage number two is about to
occur, when the people of the
county, outside'of the colony, de-
cline to be silent while few men
seek to cripple one of the best
county courts in the state, pre-
sided over by an able, upright
judge, whom our grasping neigh
Dor has failed resently to sup