Fitzgerald enterprise., 1906-12-11

May the best man win!
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The new Warren building, is one of the
handsomest brick blocks in the city.
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We are for a white Fitzgerald, just as
strong as we were for dry Fitzgerald, and we
believe that it is coming.
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There is a race crisis in America and re-
ligious crisis in France. The crisis, like the
poor. we have with us always.
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At the present prices of naval stores, cot
ton, lumber and other products of South Georg-
ia, we may expect continuance of this era OF
prosperity.
The city papers are urging the people to do
their shopping before Christmas Eve. 1t is hu-
man nature to put off the purchase of Christmas
presents until the day before. It's good idea
to select presents and buy other necessaries be-
fore the rush is on.
A trip away from home once in a while
serves to impress the busy Fitzgeraldite that as
business community Fitzgerald stands second
to none in all this section. In truth it seems to
be in class to itself It's certainly tn greatest
town we ever saw and we've seen hundred.
If every man will vote for the candidate he
believes to be the best man at tomorrow's cleo
tion we need have no fear of next years admin
istration of municipal affairs. Uninfuenced by
false issues and unaffected by schemes and po-
litical trickery the people are apt to select the
best men to office who can be induced to make
the race.
Last weeks Golden Age contains prospec-
tus of the Life of Rev. WA. Dodge" by Mrs..
Wm. .Garputt Asbury Dodge was one of the most
eminent of Georgia Methodists and Mrs. Gar
butt has ittingly honored his memory with his"
tory of his life work. We have not yet seen
the book, but from the prospectus in the Golden
s Age, it is one that the Methodists of the state
will enjoy.
Mr.. J. M. Mcdonald is candidate for alder
man from the third ward. The Enterprise is
very much opposed to Mr.. McDonald's election
at thi time. We regard him one of the
strongest exponents of the wide open sentiment
ia this community, sentiment we have combat
ted since we started the publication OF the En-
terprise We would regard his election to the
council as mistake
Tomorrow's election, or primary rather,
will close the season of Office filing to all utents
and purposes. OF course, the city election on
the 18th and the county election on January 1st,
are to come yet, but they will be mere formali'
ties, e1ecting those men who shall have been
chosen at the primaries.
We can we'll afford to rest small politics.
It will work little hardship on the peanut poll
ticiau, but otherwise the surcease will be well
coined by those who have other duties on their
hands.
The Enterprise is opposed to idlers.
Idleness, even where the man, woman,
has ample property is great mistake and is
indefensib1e. Every healthy man (and woman
too as for that matter) should have a daily oc.
cupation. Each day they should pursue some
useful employment
The reason the law draws distinction be-
tween the vagrant and the idle well-to do is
because the vagrant is supposed to be, by reason
of his indgence more subject to crime, but every
sort of id1eness leads to crime, and after all there
il not so much difference between the poor vag-
rant and the rich man who is too lazy to work
The old law of the Bible, that "out of the sweat
of the brow shalt thou eat thy bread" is inexor-
able and can not be ignored.
Get busy at something useful.
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