Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1906-10-25
An Object Lesson.
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The Enterprise advocates three times per
week the adoption of useful avocatlon by every
man and we especially stress the tact that
man can succeed better at honorable and leglt-
mate employment than would be possible in a
business that is not considered strictly honor
able.
Last spring there came to Fitzgerald a
handsome, intelligent and energetic young man
who made friends as fast as he made acqualnt-
ances. He had been persuaded that there was
fortune in stock bling, at least to the ope-
rator, and he opened what is called a bucket
shop, aud extended an invitation to every busl-
ness man to take upa line of speculation that
ninety nine times ia every hundred leads to
disaster.
The Enterprise stated in it's issue the week
the matter was taken up with the council that it
was opposed to the bucket shop and small FAC
ton of the council, headed by Alderman-at-
Large, J. E. Turner, opposed the motion to
grant the privilege for operating the shop IN
Fitzgerald, but the wide openers" who have
too often dominated munci pal legislation in this
citv we're in ma ority and the bucket shop was
opened like poker or faro room could have beer
opened and would have been licensed by the
same councilmen had it not been in violation of
the state law.
The bucket shop was wrong, and the
opposition offered by the Enterprise aud the
councils minority was Sustained by the action
of the legislature, making the bucket shop un-
lawful after the first of next January and fur-
Their emphasized Dy the recent failure of sthe
bright Young man, who had he come to F1tz-
gerald and opened up any legitimate business,
instead of bucket shop, would have succeeded
bey ond doubt and today would have been enjoy
ing the confidence and friendship of the best in
the community Instead, this young man, Tom
McRea, whom we still insist is above the aver
age in business integrity, by force of circum-
stances has been compelled to close his place of
business without due notice and quit the lcity
without saying good bye" to his many friends
who vet wish for him prosperous and useful
future ssEl.
Young man, get busy at something useful.
By tacit consent that portion of the city
east of the railroad tracks has been given over
to the negroes as residence sect ion, andS the
Enterprise believes they should be strictly con
fined to that locality. The occupation OF a
property by a negro, either by purchase or
rental, lowers the price of all property in that
vicinity, and for this reason and the additional
one that the intermingling of the two races in
any manner. except as master and servant, is
Objectionable from every point of view, the En-.
terprise will strenuously oppose any negroes
becoming property owner in any section ofsthe
city outside of the locality set aside for him.
Further, the Enterprise has fixed policy
for the gradual, but complete, elimination fthe
negro as property owner in any portion but
that set aside for him, and no person who has
the citys best interests at heart will fail to join
us heartily in the work.
GREATER FITZGERALD must be, not
only CLEAN city, but, WHITE city, as
we'll.
Chief of police, Herman Smith, has bee
critised somewhat in the matter of poll tax col
Letting. He says that it had been stated chat
he had not collected more than a hundred dol.
lars He showed the writer the other day re-
ceipts for considerably more. One receipt dat
ed June goth for $226.5O q.
July 21st $500
Aug 2Sth 20 50
Sept 28th ZOO .;