Fitzgerald enterprise., 1907-01-22
FRANKNESS.


his son, who was then at school;
''Your letters breathed true spirit of
frankness; they have already given myself
and your mother great pleasure. You
must study to be frank with the world;
frankness is the child of honesty and
courage. Say what you mean to do on
every OCCASION and take it for granted
YOU mean to do right. If friend asks
favor, you should grant it if it is reason
able; if not tell him plainly why you can
not you will wrong him and your self by
equivocation of any kind. Never do
wrong thing to make a friend or keep
one; the man who requires you to do so
is dearly purchased at sacratce
Frankness is honesty, the essence of hon.
esty. dishonest man can no more be frank
than weakling can be great. The dishonest
man equivocates and vacillates. His manner
is tortuous and his methods devious.
Every honest man is not necessarily frank
but to be frank one must be honest. There
is difference between boldness and frankness.
The audacity of rascal is very unlike the
frankness of an honest man-there is differ
ence and distinction
Gen. Lee told his son in this letter what it
takes great many men an average lite time to
learn indeed many never learn, and still others
do not want to learn.
The great leaders, estimate of the worth OF
a friend that is bought is as pertinent and true
as his statement that "Frankness is the child
of honesty and courage"
Our hat is off to the man who DOES things
for the saving of home and the uplitt OF the
community. The mayor Of Lawrenceville
Georgia, supported by determined council,
which so far as we know has never been
done by any other mayor in all the land
While many other splendid communities are
writhng under the avalanche of jugs dump
ed daily in their midst by liquor men and
the express company, Lawrencevllle rises
up and smashes the whole business by one
brave blow. And when the supreme court
says you can't do this under the c1rcum'
Stances" Lawrencevlle answered. All
right, then-weyl just change the circum.
stances"
Aud the man who led in this successful
fight deserves place-the first place on
every editorial page, not only in Georgia.
but in America.
The little EDITORIAL "Plucky Lawrence.
vile" in the last issue of THE GOLDEN AGE,
has brought to Hon. L. M. Branc, the man
who did it, inquiries from anxious souls ia
many jug-cursed towns, and Mr., Brand
kindly gives the facts for the benefit of all
who wish to know.
His letter follows;
Mr.. w. D. Upshaw, Atlanta, Ga.
Dear SIR / have read your editorial in
The GOLDEN AGE on our Anti.jug law, and
for the benefit of your readers l will give
you the present status of the same.
We failed in the first effort to stop this
jug traffic, because we did not have specific
authority in our charter to pass the ord.
nance. We Immediately amended our char
ter, which gives US specific authority. (See
Georgia laws 1905.O Since passing the last
ordinance, which l enclose herewith, we
have succeeded in making the ordinance
stick so far. The liquor people say our or
dinance is illegal, but so far they have not
made any effort to annul it. They sent
their attorney to see US and endeavored to
have us repeal the ordinance, but they got
no encouragement, and we have heard nothing
from them since
think the next legislature will pass a
general law, giving the dry towns and coun.
ties authority to stop this jug traffic. The
Democratic party in their convention held
at Macon, Ga, last year, passed resolution
to this effect. Besides, our goyernor-e1ect,
Hoke Smith, is pledged to support this
measure, and am confident that he will
see that such law is passed. In case it
fails to pass in the next legislature the best
thing to do is for the dry towns and cities to
amend their charter as we did ours.