Fitzgerald enterprise., 1907-01-19
THE ENTERPRISE BLOCK.

at the intersection of Grant and Pine streets, in
this city.
The Garbutt-Donovan, Realty Co., bought
the property from Mr.. F. J. Hansen several
months ago, with the purpose of erecting mod
ern building. The Enterprise has ordered
large cut of the structure and will, in an early
issue, give full and complete description of it.
The fact that such business men, as the Gar.
butts and Mr.. Donovan, have the confidence in
Fitzgerald, is an indication of the solidity of
Fitzgerald values, and the best guarantee of our
future.
The Enterprise Building marks a new era
in Fitzgeralds history.
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John Corrigan's Washington special dated
the 18th, on the "Anti.jug Bill'' is misleading
and but little more than whiskey argument
the plea of whiskey advocate. For instance he
says;
"The question involved, it must be un-
derstood, is not that of prohibition or tenn
perance but purely legal point. So far as
the state of Georgia is concerned, the bill
would have little, if any, effect, provided 1t
was enacted into law. The wet counties in
the state would still be enabled to supply
the dry counties with all the liquor they de-
manded or needed, whether it was shipped
into the state from outside its border or not.
The passage of the bill would simply tend
to give monopoly of the whiskey business
in Georgia to the wet counties. for then
they would have no competition from the out
side.''
Mr.. Corrigan certainly knows or ought to
know, that it is the purpose and expectation OF
the prohbitionists of Georgia to close every sa-
loon in the state, and that it is in anticipation of
this state of affairs that they ask for the inter-
state Ant-jug Bill. He then says;
Those who have given thought to the laws
regulating the liquor traffic do not see the
necessity for the proposed legislation.
Under the Wilson law now on the statute
books there would be complete prohibition
throughout the United States today if ali
the states would declare for it. The proh-
bitionists do not need any more legislation
from congress to accomplish this result.
Mr. Corrigar knows that it is not probable
that "all the states" will declare for prohibition
in the near future, at least.
The people in 125 counties in Georgia, want
laws that will prohibit the shipment of whiskey
into them, and they look to the next legislature
for protection, from the few wet counties in the
state, and they ask congress to protect them
against shipments from without the state.
Mr.. Brantley's c. 0. D. Bill will not cure
the trouble. We want no subterfuges.
The Atlanta Constitutions Washington
correspondence should ask the whiskey dealers
for years salary and take vacation.
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Atlanta, Georgia, US A., is thriving
and remarkable town. There are many
ways in which she sets the pace Notable
among the joyful and useful customs of the
town is the manner regularly adopted by
members af public boards in settling ques-
tions involving the interests of the citizens
and of the city. Let a matter arise in
which there is division of opinions among
the members of the council, say for in-
stance, the question is stated and sides taken.
Then some prominent man on one side
rises to remark and an opponent also arises
and remarks. The first remarker then as
serts that he is able to prove that the Sec
ond ditto IS liar, and that years ago he
did terrible, oh, most disgraceful thing
Second ditto takes an inning and declares,
" frankly, that all said charges are lies of the
purest ray serene, but that the double-dis-
titled and clarified fact is that the first ditto
has sold his honor and traded his influence
on occasions, and that, moreover, in b IS
younger days. he did most unspeakable
thing back in Kansas, or somewhere else
So it keeps on, charges and countercharges
OF personal nature piling up higher and
higher until, if everybody didn't know
much better, they would be bling in
expectation of bloodshed After while