Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1907-11-14


all the clearing house certificates offered at any
point on their lines is one of the most encouraging
feature of the fight the banks are making against
business stagnation, which would surely result If
the clearing houses should for any reason fail in
the present arrangement for local currency And
now comes the large force of machlnists and other
employees at the big A. B. & A. shops here who
have expressed willingness to accept the certiti-
Gates tomorrow, pay day, which relieves the local
banks and indeed the railroad company OF the en-
barrasment of digging down into the cash reserve
several thousand dollars deep
OF course the certificates are perfectly good at
every place of business and with every professional
man in town and even with the tax collectors the
city and the state and county as well, but if the
shop force had been disposed they could have de-
manded green backs or coin and while they would
have been no better of, caused the banks to break
a rule that is better for all concerned to hold in
tact yet while.
Railroad people are all right and we are proud
Fitzgerald is a railroad town.
for Fitzgerald Out
Out of a possible seven hundred or seven hun
dred and fifty white voters in the city, six hundred
and thirty five have qualified for the city election
Out of possible three hundred negro voters only
two have qualified
What of it9
How shall we interpret such a state of affairs?
What is responsible and who is responsible
for it?
Suppose two years ago when respectable citi
zens and prominent business men were Jostled at
the poll window by drunken negro voters whose
ballots were merchandise, we had predicted such
conditions as confront us now, imagine with what
derision the prophecy would have been received.
The closing of the saloons in Fitzgerald, togeth
er with the new charter have worked won
ders in this good old town of ours. ..-. Hs.t
We call attention to these matters because
they have not been unanimously approved. Some
of the readers of the Enterprise have not agreed
with us in these important matters.
We are getting to be quite proud of this, white
mans city which is sure to elect Dec. the 18th
set of city officers who will be the choice of white
men in fair and clean election.
run Fitzgerald Out.
The Board of Commissioners of Roads and
Avenues yesterday ordered an election for County
bonds to the amount of one hundred thousand dol
lars Sixtyfve thousand for court hOnse, fifteen
thousand for jail and twenty thousand for roads
and bridges
Sixtv.five thousand ought to build modern
county capitol quite sufficient for the needs OF Ben
Hill for number of years to come safe and
modern Jail can be built for the fifteen thousand,
and twenty thousand dollars will be quite sufficient
to organize a road gang with modern road machinery
and to put in concrete culvertS aud bridge Adult.
ments wherever needed on all the public roads OF
the county.
The Enterprise congratulates the people of the
county on the progressive spirit that actuates the
County Commissioners, whose acts IN this instance
Endorsed by the last grand jury.
We had at first been inclined to the idea that
a few months of time in which to figure on our
ability to build, when and what to build, would be
in keeping with that sort of conservatism that we
promised the county campaign would
control in the new county matters, and if it had
been left to us would have in all probability de-
layed the bond election until next spring, but
since it has been ordered by the commissioners on
the Endorsement of the grand jury, the right thing
has been done and We heartily support the action
taken by the commissioners yesterday There is
perhaps reason for opposition and in all proba-
bility the vote that is cast Dec. the 90 viii be
nractieallY unanimous for county bonds.