Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-12-30
8 Saturday, December 30, 1905. "
AN IMPORTANT MEETIN ING.


pertant matters which have already been under
discussion, and any new business that seems to
deserve the attention of the business men OF the
city. All interested taxpayers are invited and
urged to be present.
The Enterprise will have something to say
on the sewerage question in Tuesdays ISSUE
II Il
Don't forget the city tax sale next Tuesday.
Chief Herman Smith will cry off the lots to the
anxious bidders, between ten and twelve o'clock
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The Cordele people have put ]. W. Blvin's
picture in the papers and are patting him on
The back, as never before. They got sueakng
motion up there that Bvns had an eye Fitz-
gerald, and they are doing their best to head
him off.
= Hoke Smith will, we believe, carry Crisp
county two to one, if not stronger.-Cordele
Rambler.
Well, we've heard it said more than once
already during this mpaign that Crisp is the
strongest Howell county in the southern part
of the state, and if the Rambler's prognostl-
4 cations are anything at all correct, Mr.. Howell
will not get smell" in wiregrass Georgia.
The Griffin News is kicking about Griffin s
streets. We will trade streets with the News
4'sight unseen. "-Thomasvllle Times Enter
prise
Griffin and Townsville are perhaps, in the
the same boat with Fitzgerald in the matter OF
nnkempt streets and alleys. AS ragged premls-
Is Indicate poor farmer unswept yards a
.sorry house keeper, trashy and filthy streets
and alleys indicate an i'm poten! administration.
Mou1trie's City Council will take steps to
prevent railroads, express companies
md other common carriers from delivering
any intoxicating liquors wi thinth limits OF the
city This will directly effect the Jug trade
Retween Fitzgerald and Moultre. The
6n1y way, it seems, to evade the law is through
he Interstate law, as city ordinance on the
snbect would be ineffective against the inter-
tate commerce act, neighbors in the
|colquitt Capital will have to order from Jackson
2ille or some other out of the state market.
Col. II. L. Holton reched the city yesterday
nth his telephone line, which gives Fitzgerald
Hirect connection with Abbeville Rochelle and
III hundred Otner points IN WILCOX, Ael1dll dhu
bther counties north and east. He is putting
Eli pay station at Polhill's drug store and will
lave several other phones in various business
houses in the city. We are glad to note this
Improvement in our telephone connections. 1t
eill prove of vast advantage to our business
nterests and to the public generally. The con-
lection is valuable one for Col. Holton's system,
Rhich is already of the largest and best IN
&Duth Georgia, outside of the Bell systsm.
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Here is an exercise in logic. reader quotes
Aom an editorial in which we SAID that man
no knowingly put in Office stealing politician
Acomes conStructively a tibet himself. lie
Rhms the reasoning correct, but asks our opln-
6n of the corollary that the man who votes tor
party that licenses saloons becomes construc-
ely bartender or saloon owner. In form the
!. ssaloOv is close. The only difference between
ssSe two cases is in substance. The important
sumption in the first is that stealing is sin,
"a also the most conspicuous, prevailing, and
..srnaful sin in the political situation. In the
&|cond case the assun ptou is that selling liquor
81 as clearly and deeply sinful A few of the
sNnhibitionistS make this assumption, but the
- Of us do not, and therefore the reasoning
1<.ssch is convincing to zealOts lacks power over
kerently balanced minds Golfers Weekly.
There are still other logical deductions per-
III ia the assum pton of the Editor of Golfers.
L. that since la, ge majority Of the intel
and educated people are OF the opinion
Tia nor traffic is harmful, if not sinful
Kst the editor finds himself in the COM
H<fant minority on great moral