Fitzgerald enterprise., 1907-01-29

them a thing or two. Rainey is about as much
married as any man we ever saw, and we have
seen hundred.
While Southern Senators and Representa-
tives in Congress, witt but one or two exceptions
heartily approved the course of President
Roosevelt in dsmissing the negro troops engag'
ed in the murderous attack on the citizens OF
Brownsville, Texas, they just as heartily disap'
prove his efforts to force upon the country a
centralized government that would convert the
republic practically into a monarchy. South
ern Senator's and Representatives believe in the
doctrine of States rights, and will resist to the
end the efforts of President Roosevelt to place
all power in the hands of the Federal govern
ment.-Exchange,
We frequently hear criticisms of our city
court as it is organized. Before the Legislature
convenes we will look we'll into the subject and
will not hesitate to express our opinion OF 1t.
The greatest objection seems tc be that 1t is NOT
self sustaining. This is really an objection, at
least it would be better if the revenues were
equal to the expenses But the fact that 1t fails
to paw its way (f it is fact) is not an all sut'
fcient reason why the court should be condemn
ed
Before Ben Hill county was created-when
we had to go to Irwinville to attend court, we
strongly favored city court for Fitzgerald, and
we went to Atlanta, during Hon. A. 5. Dorm1-
nv's term in the legislature to beg him and Sem
ator Wilcox to give us the court But public
sentiment was not right and we came home dis
appointed with the City Court Bill in our
pocket and wrapped up with it notation OF
the failure written in the Senate Chamber. We
have the papers yet.
We came home and went to work on the one
important thing, PUBLIC SENTIMENT, and
1abored faithfully two years, through these col
umns. Then it was easy--as easy as slipping OFT
greasy log. The bill went through and we
got the court. And the probability is. we will
keep it, atho the one great reason for its estab-
lisement has been removed-we have Superior
Court at home and no longer have to get up be-
fore day and drive eleven miles to see
a case in which we are a witness, (altho we
don't know thing about it, continued, so we
can 60 back next term.
Our city court is probably alright, possibly
it is not Anyhow we shall see-and say.
From Atlanta News
The statement of President James ].
Hil of the Great Northern Railway
system, that we need more points OF ex-
port in the country is true and timely
suggestion. While we have greatly in
creased our home consumption of agrlcul-
tural and manufactured products it is the
enormous increase of our export trade
that has caused the congestion OF traffic
in these recent times on all the trunk lines
of eastward transportation.
The Eastern ports are overloaded, and
ther limited and monopolized terminal
facilities are insufficient for handling the
tremendous volume of export commodities
that is offered to them. The available
Southern ports almost IN the like case,
and their congested conditions will grow
worse as the trade of the South and West
with Europe and the Gulf and Caribbean
terminals of the Mexican railways. and
the Panama Canal begins to swell in pro-
portions. as it will do in few years more.
This question of new points of export
is one that ought to interest the people
and the railway managers in Georgia.
Our greatest port Savannah, has already
reached the point of inadequacy to handle
all the traffic that is offered TO her. Dur
ing recent months the order was sent out
from her ocean terminal controllers to
send no more freight to Savannah until
further orders.
But there is the port Of Brunswick, for
which an appropriation of 81, 100000 IS
asked from Congress, SO that the channel
may be deepeued sufficiently to allow the
continuous incoming and outgoing of the
largest ocean freighters The harbor at
Brunswick is capable of being made one of
the best and safest the Atlantic sea-
board, and all the people of Georgia, and
especially the people of the city of Atlanta,
ought to be actively interested in seeing
that our delegation in Congress shall sup
port the needs of that port with the ut