Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1907-06-29

nish the best plan for controlling the
liouor traffic. But after the people OF
county vote liquor out, it is not fair
to permit the daily importing Of Ii
quors by jug trains. Our platform
demands that the dry counties OF
Georgia be kept dry. l cordially IA
vor legislation to accomplish this re-
suit, and | believe it possible to re-
strain to a great extent the use OF
liquors shipped from outside the state.
| suggest also the propriety of making
the operation of blind tiger" fell
ony.
Education.
The chief object of government
should be to prevent special privileges
and to give to all equal rights and
opportunities. To this the men and
women of Georgia are entitled, and
you are preparing legislation which
insures it to them.
The relation of the State to the
children goes much further. 1t Is the
duty of the State to see that the chill
dren are given an opportunity for all
preparation which their probable life
work requires. Education from books
alone is not always of much value. 1t
should be accompanied with practi-
cal training, having in view the flu
ture of the child.
Let me refer to the negro children
in this connection. Any plan for
the negroes which fails to recognize
the difference between the white and
black races will fail. The honest
! student of history knows that the ne
gro had full opportunity for genera
lions to develop before the days of
slavery; that the negro race was i'm
proved by slavery, and that the ma
jority of the negroes in this state have
ceased to improve since slavery. Few
have been helped by learning from
books. All nave been helped who
have been taught or made to work.
1t is not the difference Of environ
ment; it is the difference of race
deep seated, inherited for generations
and genera tions through hundreds Of
years. The large majority of negroes
are incapable of anything but manual
| labor, and many taught from books
spurn labor and live in idleness. Few
negroes are willing to work beyond
| the procurement of the hardest neces-
% 1ho ch
| be taught manual labor and how to
live. The negro teacher should be
selected less by book than by char
acter of examinations. The negro
school to be useful needs less books
| and more work. l favor a complete
change in the examination of teach,
ers for the negro schools, and for
them a different plan of management;
| would have the schools help the ne
| gro-not injure him.
will not discuss the subject more
/ fully at present, but wish to be dis
| tinctly understood. l seek the in
| telligent treatment of the negro, and
| to that end radical difference be-
tween the white and negro races must
be kept in view.
Racial differences cannot be over
come by misguided philanthropists.
| They should not be disregarded by us,
| however much criticism may come
from any source upon Us.
Respect the Law.
But no one should suppose that SUI
periorfty justifies cruelty. While every
I precaution should be made to prevent
! crime, while the white men of the
| various localities of the state should
4 know and apprehend any idle, uniden-
titled negro who appears in locality,
punishment for crime belongs to the
, law, The man who breaks the law
to punish a criminal is himself q
criminal, and ask the people of the
state to help me preserve law and
order. There is no place in Georgia
| for riots and mobs. 1t is the duty
of the governor to exhaust the power
of his office to prevent lynchfng, and
[ shall perform this duty. | go fur
Their. In full knowledge of the superb
ority of the white race, recognize the
duty of the white man to be absolute
ly just, yet, he should be kind to the
pegro, The white man should exer-
else a controlling direction tempered
with kindness over the negro.
White Children,
The white children of Georgia are
prepared for the highest Development
but l 40 not mean by this that they
will necessarily obtain it through lit
erary and classical studies.
For them it is at this time most
important to improve the manual
training in agricultural schools, and
the rural schools. With q view to
progress, l ask you to consider the
unorganized condition of the educa-
tional work of Georgia.
University and Branches.