Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1907-03-12
TO ATLANTA VIA THE A. B. & A.


between Atlanta and the junction at Warm
Springs. But the Lagrange route to Atlanta is
good one, going and returning atho the ar.
rival in Atlanta is two or three hours later, and
returning it is necessary to leave Atlanta two
hours earlier than when travelling via the Cen
raj, or Southern. Leaving here at II o'clock
the train arrives at La Grange at six With
three and half hours delay at Lagrange leaving
there at 930 reaching Atlanta just before y
o'clock Returning it is necessary to lcave IT
lanta at a. m. arriving at Lagrange between
and s, leaving LAGRANGE a. m. arriving at
Fitzgerald at 4:3O p. NJ. The route is through
new and interesting section and we'll worth
the difference in time necessary to make the
trip. We recommend trial of the new route.
The people of the second ward are wrought
up over the matter of locating negro families
contiguous to their homes.
The Enterprise has always believed and cou-
sistentIy advocated separation and the com 1ete,
as possible, segregation of the races in Fitzger-
add
We believe that it is best for both races and
certainly much better for the city a whole.
We believe in absolute justice to every citi-
zen, white or black and even in the important
matter of segregation of residence we believe
in fair and square deal with every individual
effected.
But we are strongly impressed with the
Importance of the ultimate accomplishment of
a geographical line dividing the races or the
homes of the black and the whites. We are not
particular where the line should be drawn.
But draw the line.
And keep it invioate. 1t will be a great
work for Fitzgerald and need work no hardship
on any citizen.
We realize that there is bad feeling 10 the Sec
ond ward. Some of our best citizens are highly
wrought up, so much So that it is quite possi-
bic that rashness may characterize some OF
their acts. We advise strongly against that.
1t is an important matter and should be
handled deliberately and carefully, no good
citizen will permit himself to be influenced by
few dollars, where so much is at stake.
mtSM
In his address at Harvard University on
Friday night last, former Governor of Virginia
A. ]. Montague said:
II give it as my deliberate opinion shared
by the bulk of the law-abiding people of b e
Southland that there is never an occasion
where resort to lynchiaw is justified among civ
ilized people. Such practices sap the fundamen-
tai bonds of society and will eventuate in gov
erment as capricous and as relentless as that
of wild beast"
Gov. Montague is right in saying that the
great ma ority of the law-abiding people of the
South are against lynchng, but those who are
against it do not seem to be able to create pub
lie sentiment sufficiently strong to prevent it.
The ma ority isn't active and earnest enough in
insisting that 1ynchers shall be punished. If the
law were enforced few times against those
who take the law into their own hands, there
would be very few, if any, more lynchings.
Lynchings are not of course, confined TO
the South. They occur in all parts of the couu-
try. Gov. Montague, however, appears to have
confined his remarks on lynching. to the South.
He didn't overdraw the evil effects of lynch
ing. One of them is loss of respect for law.
When respect for law is gone life and property
are no longer safe.
Strong as the desire for vengeance is in
cases that sometimes occur, it should be held in
check, aud the law permitted to take its course.
In the law alone there is safety. Besides, the
punishment which the law nfcts is much more
effective than that which is inflicted by the mob.
The strong and influential men of the South
should take an open and firm stand against
lynch law, as Gov. Montague has.-Savannah
Morning News.
Papers like the Morning News, ard the
Enterprise can create the sentiment necessary;
there is no other way on earth to create it; GER
tain1y none so effectual as the press and it is n-
cumbent on every publisher in the south to cou-
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