Fitzgerald enterprise., 1906-10-20

Fitzgerald Dirt and Dollars,
Recently prominent citizen moved from
an adjoining county to Fitzgerald. There IS
nothing remarkable about that,it often happens,
and they are always glad to come. This partlc-
ular citizen went out to buy him home. After
talking with several parties who said that they
might be induced to SELL he stated that he would
be willing to pay price that would cover the
property with dollars, but he would baulk if re-
quired to set the dollars up edge ways.
The lesson we have learned the few
weeks of prohibition Fitzgerald has enjoyed is
a most valua BILE one.
Yesterday, one of the most prominent men
in the city, highly pected, intelligent and
honorable, but one of those business men who
have hesitated to do their duty IN the matter OF
prohibition out of fear of the hurt it might do to
Fitzgerald's business interest, said that he had
been opposed to prohibition since the opening OF
the first saloon in Fitzgerald until the saloons
were closed few weeks ago (about the mid
die of August) He declared that the few
weeks of prohibition, had been so successful,
had accom- plished so much in a moral sense,
had been positive advantage to Fitzgerald's
business, that he was not only a convert
to prohibition, but that if the supreme
court declared the law unconstitutional he would
be willing to give five hundred dollars to see the
county voted dry in prohibition election.
The citizen above quoted is not the only in
stance where our test of prohibition has made
converts of good business men. We had talk
this week with one of the largest property
owners here who has been with the colony since
it's very incipiency and who has been all the
while staunch defender of the liquor traffic,
purely on the idea that it makes business but
who now acknowledges that we are doing better
without it, and he expressed to us the hope that
the supreme court woul permit Fitzgerald to
make thorough test of prohibition We believe
he will be as strong prohibitonist as there is
in the county by the end of the year.
Who said Jess Mercer wasn't doing the
right thing in Atlanta? You See who got new
county.-Milledeville News.
Mr.. D. w. M. Whitley, or Little Wiley"
as he is Familiarity known to his close friends, is
running for the Office of clerk of the Superior
court of Ben Hill county. Mr.. Whitley is well
qualified for the Office he is seeking, and that
the voters of Ben Hill will recognize his ability
is the wish of his many Irwin county friends.-
Ocilla Star.
The Thomasvlle Press has column edi-
torial on the ''Pap Sucker" In describing the
bird he says:
He is the man who is continually hunting
public Office, that has little or no work, and
big, fat salary attached 10 it. He wants a job
where the money comes from the pocket of the
public, and the Job must be that has no
boss over him to see that his work is properly
done.
Now Fitzgerald hasn't many of this genus
homo, but within few years we fea- that an
editorial on the Pap sucker and the court house
rat will be appropriate and timely.
We are already fearfully afflicted with
town leeches.
The Enterprise is opposed 70 and will op.
pose any man for county or municipal
Office who was opposed to the CT t o n
of the new county or who failed to contribute to
the expenses necessarily incurred. We are in.
formed that several aspirants for county Office
refused to contribute to the fund. A little lat
er on we will designate them by name and urge
the people Of Ben Hill county to turn them
down at the polls. We spent considerable effort
and some money to get Ben Hill county and we
will go to considerable more trouble to cool the
audacity of any selfish Office hunter who has the
cheek to ask the people to give him Office in the
new county that he declined to assist in secur-
ing.
Liquor and Bribery.
Atlantas city council, or part of it at least