Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-03-21
SATURDAY, MARCH 81, 1908.

This is the season of the year when extra pre-
caution should be used by every housewife in the
disposition of garbage and other material thrown
away. A little care in disposition of refuse mat
ter may be the means of preventing disease and
the free use of lime is sure death to germs. By
the carelessness of one household an epidemic of
fever may result and if every will see to it that
their own individual property is kept in thuroly
sanitary condition then the whole city will be free
from disease. There is every reason to believe
that the people of Fitzgerald careful in not al
lowing filthy matter to accumulate about their
premises. Still word of caution will not we trust,
be taken amlss. 1t is the duty OF the health ofic
ers to see to it that all sanitary laws enforced
and we would respectfully call their attention to
the fact that the ordinance against splitting upon
the floors of public buildings is notas carefully COM
piled with as might be- This is an excellent Ordi
nance for the betterment ofsanitary conditions and
any one offending it should be made to understand
that it was not passed for the fun of the thing
If there are any wells in the city from which
water is drawn for drinking purposes, the surface
about them should be kept in perfectly clean
condition and all possibility of any thing ola pol
luting nature getting into them. Typhoid fever is
caused largely thru impure water and the writer
knows of one case where city of 30 600 was prac
tically helpless for several months because of an
epidemic of typhoid fever caused from impure
water. Fitzgerald is blcst with as pure drinking
water as any place in the world and this can be
said generally of the whole city, if the people who
are using wells in preference to the water furnish
ed thru the mains, will exercise due regard for
keeping the surface around the wells clean.
Fitzgerald Pull! Out
Editor Mercer is just much in politics as
before candidate Mercer announced for Prison
Commissioner. We are publishing the announce
ment of ex, treasurer Speer, who is candidate to
succeed Treasurer r. Il. Park, but we cannot be
expected to support him. Treasurer Park has
made one of the best treasurers in the states his
tory. We have nothing to say against candidate
Speer but since Mr.. Park has been criticised for
the Neal Bank failure we believe that it is due to
him that he receive the endorsement of the voters
of the state in the June primary, and we believe
that he will
Fitzgerald Pull
Macon has u population of 81 400. Phew!
Five times us Large as Fitzgerald But it is five
times as old.
Pun FoE Fitzgerald Pull Out
1t is rumored that moonshine still is in Ope
ration somewhere in the region of Red Bluff, and
that was the cause of the shooting at the Fitzger
aid fishermen a couple of weeks ago.
Pull for Fitzgerald
The Augusta Chronicle has taken up the fight
for cleaner politics in that burg God bless them.
We know just how they feel and can sympathize
for we have just emerged from red hot campaign
along the same lines.
Fitzgerald Pun Out.
Joe Brown has one original and fetching plank
in his platform. 1t is for the reduction of tax
alton. Now if he will announce for cheaper di-
vorceS, and plenty of corn, and free booze, and
twenty cent cotton and chickens and eggs in every
barnyard and rubber tired buggies, and automo-
bile whistles he'll catch em goin an comm
Joe Browns candidacy will be sport for Governor
Smith and fun for the boys-Isn't it joke'