Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1907-10-03


the complete franchise contract between the city
and the street railroad company headed by DIR.
Holtzendorf The contract appeared to be all that
could be wished for from the city's standpoint,
but yesterday new contract or franchlse was
granted. We don't know the reason for the
change nor have we learned the effect of the chang
es
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Last week in local notice ofSheriff Fountains
return from Louisville with E. E Thompson, we
stated that the A. B. g. A. Conductors who had
gone his bond, had deserted him. We presumed that
since they had turned him over to the officers fthe
law that it meant that they had given him up But
it seems they have not.
Mr.. Thompson is an o. r. c. man and the
probability is the order will stand by him until he
is convicted or proven guilty of the crime Wedo
not know Mr.. Thompson and We trust that he will
come out of his troubles alright. At least the
Railway Conductors will stand by him until
proven guilty.
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Tahlequah, /. r., has just turned down Mr.
Carnegie proposition to give them $4,000 for a
public library The matter was submitted to the
people, who went to the polls and voted against
accepting the gift as the terms imposed $1,000
annual outlay to keep the institution and add to
it's stock of literature.
The Southern Farm Magazine says that it all
leads one to wonder what the philanthropist will
do with his free libraries" should it ever happen
that all the communities which have scrambled for
them shall determine that they are tired of the
onerous burden attached to the maintenance Of
the freedom.
The answer is easy, in fact it has already been
answered in many instances throughout the coun-
try.
The contract is usually no doubt entered into
in good faith by the various city governments but
they are scarcely, carried out more than one,
two or three years. new set of men take charge
in the average town every two or three years, and
the officials times repudiate such Obliga-
tions.
Mr.. Carnegie probably did not, ever, contem-
plate that any municipality accepting his terms of
sic, 900 would carry out the agreement year after
year for great number of years, althO we confess
that it would be great thing for any community
to maintain a library in that way. 1t usually re-
quires about half that amount to employ competent
librarians.
Mr. Carnegie is calculating business man and
he fixed the terms under which he would give
these $4,000 donations as they are for very good
reasons He knew that if the gift was with
out conditions, that every city, town and hamlet
in the union would flood his office with petitions
Quite number of towns in Georgia are enjoy
ing the Carnegie Library feature and they will cut
off, or cut down the 1000 annual mantenanced
fund Xyh IL Incomes Troublesome
We have had promise of $40, 900 for Fitzger-
aid, on our desk, formor than year but we knew
the people of Fitzgerald were not ready to accept
the gift as the council must pass resolution agree
ing to devote 81, 900 annually to it's maintenance
and improvement.
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We are in receipt of the following letter from
our New York friend Geo. w. Emanuel 4 Co. We
have not bought the stock yet but our guess is
quite number of our fool friends and neghbors
have.
New York, Sept. 26, 1907.
The seventh regular monthly dividend of two
per cent will be paid to the stockholders of the
Dos Estrellas Mines and Development Company on
October LIST.
We have sent you full particulars concerning
this stock; told you how these dividends of 2 per
cent, monthly GA per cent yearly are absolutely
guaranteed, and every six months.
We presume you have read book 1915
Facts and are now familiar with the unusually
favorable features of this investment.
We write this letter to call your attention to
the fact that in order to secure the October list
Dividend your order should be sent us by return
mail If you cannot reach us in time by mail