Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1907-04-23
TUESDAY, APRIL %, 1907.

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Some people have habit of installing pro-
fciency for perfection Perfection is rarely attain
ed.
The parable of the sower furnished the theme
for an excellent sermon by Presiding Elder Read
at the Central M E. church Sunday morning.
The Florida legislature believes that the 14th.
and 18th amendments to the U. S. Consttu-
ton are no good. We never have thought so and
we never lived in Florida either.
BTontezuma and Abbeve are preparing to
build direct railroad line to be called the Able
vile & Northern. Montezuma expects by that route
to reach the Ocmulgee transportation.
The man who expects fruit without toll, who
expects perfection without preparation belongs to
that class of men who have never been properly
Impressed with the edict laid down in the great
book of divine laws 'out of the sweat of thy brow
shalt thou eat thy bread"
Waycross and Moutrie are experimenting
largely with sand clay paving, WaycrOss will buy
SO for the clay to be used on the streets We
have quite great deal better arrangementin tltZ-
GERALD, the clay taken from the excavations for
our large buildings meet all requirements. We will
BOon have many miles of the finest unpaved streets
II the world.
The local maSOns are more active than they
have been in the history of this colony The
Blue Lodge and Chapter are both in good condition
and the institution of Il commandery next Friday
Is attracting the attention of many prominent
masons of this section embracing Triton on the
sOuth and McRae and Eastman north east and
Douglas on the southeast.
ME
XOthing so stirs a southern Community as the
report of a criminal assault, or the attempt.
The contemplation of young woman, modest
and pure in the clutches of giant brute of vast
IN inferior race is as startling the thought OF an
Infant in the cold coils of hungry boa constructor
This community eXperienceda thrill of that
sort last night fortunately the victim escaped with
a bruised thread, and a sensation that will cause
the blood in her vans to chill when she thinks OF
IL years to come.
The educational spirit is alive in Georgia At
meeting of the Southern Educational Board,
ut PinehuISt, North Carolina, last Saturday, nifty
prominent Georgia business men were appointed
10 conduct the school campaign in this state
1t is designed to stir up the interest OF the
business men of Georgia in education and the con-
ference will aim at this end 1t is unquestion-
ably possible to accomplish great deal more
with business men back of such proposition as
this and such interest always means more frequent
aud larger contributions to the cause The pri-
mary object of this meeting however, is to arouse
that sort of interest which will make for the bet
ferment of education and more thOroughneSs in the
system, even upon the basis of the materials now
at hands,
The Georgia Weekly Press Association will
meet at Sandersville June ). 1t is said that there
will be many ladies present We have objec-
ton to the presence of ladies but want to insist
on the presence of enough publishers, men actu
ally at the helm, to justify business meeting OF
few hours at least. If we cannot attend to so me
business matters at these annual sessions it will
be necessary to organize business league or aSso-
citation. We have not word to say against the
social feature of these annual meetings OF the
weekly editors out it is folly for the country pub
fishers to go another year without an effective
business organization. The publishers of weekly
papers in Georgia swindled out of tens
thousands of dollars annually by advertising
@ unscrupuous advertising agencies.
Enough to say that publisher has
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