Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-02-16


charge t. the Pulaski Grand Jury.
AS to carrying concealsd weapons be says
the conviction and furnishing of some prominent
man would have a more saluary effect than
would the punishment OF some insignificant per-
son for this violation.
The practice of Carrying a pistol is simply
horrible when we contemp plate the motive that
actuates the coward who deliberately puts the
man killing ins trument in a secret recess OF his
his garment Not only the motive, the purpose
of mankilling must actuate the ou'law who arms
himself to take theiife of fellow creature, but
the fact that the deadly weapon is hidden from
view discovers at once the awful purpose and
the coWardly instinct of the shocking assassin,
who seeks the life Of fellow creature hoping to
surprise him with his mankiling machine with
the same idea that the murderer suddenly
springs from behind the dark corner There is
but one thing more to be dr., AIDED than the cow
ard with pistol concealed and that is mad
dog and the same law might, with advantage to
society, be applied to both
We com mend highly the judges reference
to the viol tors Of the cigarette law who for the
small profit in the traffic furnish young boys
with the poison that destroys their manhood.
He charged the jury to inquire if there
lewd houses in the county. If they are found
your duty is plain. If you condone them from
stand point of individual judgement that taey
are necessary evils then, in plain language, you
are unfit for the duties YOU have assumed and
you plate your solemn oath"
Ii is sad comentary on southern manhood
that there meW OF respect ability and decency
who condone this necessary evil. N tcessary, or
what OF, they are bound to disappear before
public sentiment created and strengthened
by such charges as Judge Martins.
We heard a farmer say the other day that
instead of reducing his cotton acreage be intend
ded to increase. To this brother will say
that he is cutting eff his own nose to spite his
face.-Lyons Progress.
This sizes up the situation exactly. 1t is
possible, but hardly probable, that one farmer
out of every ten will reduce his cotton acreage
this year. The south is hope1essy in the grip
of cotton-phobs, and nothing less than actual
starvation aud disaster will cure the disease.
OF course we must have a city court. We
are entitled to it by every right reason. We
have been entitled to it since the first day it be-
came necessary for the lawyers, the witnesses,
and tigantS to go Ii miles through the country
to attend the County Court at Irwinville 1t
would be more convenient and cheaper tor peo-
pie living in Fitzgerald to attend court at Doug
las Abbevile, Cordele, or TIfton all more access
sab Die than Irwinve. 1t is wo-doars and half
for the round trip and 2 hours ride to the court
house. Every body knows it Is wrong to delay
a matter so imp >rtant yet for several years the
sessi rs of the legislature have ad journed with
out giving ghs. Let that it does
not do again.
Brunswick has suddenly come squarely
face to face with prob biion fight that prom
Uses to be the liveest in the history of that
city, The saloon men elected the City Council
Cas- somtlmeS happen in other communities
and at recent session of these newly elected
cOuucilmen it seems they repealed an ordinance
that prohib saloons from being made the
paw station for crews of dock laborerS, ami now
the ministers OF the city backed by many of the
very best people are the path with
petitinos to the ordinary TO order a prohibition
election for the county. They may not win
but they are eternally and Overwhelmingly right.
The saloon element has made the banter and
the good and true citizens will meet the issue.
President Roosevel's speech before the
Republican Club at the Waldorf-Astoria ia New
York City Monday evening was notable one.
The President evidently means to win the favor
of the Southern people His speech brcatbes
the spirit of a broader craftsmanship than the
people Of the South expected from the partisan
friend of the negro Crum and the host of
the negro Washington. Whatever the motive the
President IS evidently Ia earnest about being
the president of all the uuicn Of states north and