Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-02-22

attention from the MINISTERS and ant -saloonlstS
and temperance people there.
Recently DR. A. C. Ward read paper before
the Baptist ministers of Atlanta in which he set
forth that acquaintance Of his had secured pack
ages from the express companies by giving names
OF persons furnished by third party.
He also stated that since the exposure of the
practice the Cxpress people had required that APP
picants be identified and that he had been reliab-
ly informed that any could be identified by
paying q: cents to certain parties.
The statements of DR.. Ward have created
quite tir in Atlanta and comments are strong
in urg that the matter be carefully looked into.
Steps will be taken to break the practice up,
if it ex t., which is quite likely as DR.. Ward is
not the sort of man to speak out without reliable
data to base his argument on.
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'Tax rayeg,' in the Leader, calls for our at
tenton. We do not know his identity but certain
" he cannot count for much. His misreprescnta-
tons are as ugly his plans for assaulng the city
court with a mask on. We know people who go
about our streets without mask who would look
better behind one This may be the trouble with
s!Tax Payer,n but EETax Payer" must show his
face. Our guess is he would not make the assault
he did in Thursdays Leader without sinister
No ordinary reason would warrant the misrep-
reservations contained in his letter. We will take
the misrepresentation in detail The first is in the
headlines ''Thc City Court of Fitzgerald and its
Expenses Cost IS, OH. 90 to Maintain it-Advising
its Adjustment" 1t docs not cost half or
on fourth of that amount. The probability is
that the first year of the Court under its present
loco, 81 cf
But courts are not established to make money.
They are one of the ncc>sSrry expenses of gov
eminent, and it is only the demagogues who
them for other purposcs-politcal trickery.
thousand times in the history of Georgia, city and
county courts have been used for political purpos-
es to further the end Of some political schemer who
has dirty work to do
'Tax payer' calls the tax payers attention
to thes they called upon to pay annual
ly and would have them believe the above figures
represent the true amount. In itemizing the ex
penses he says when person is put in Jail it costs
the county 81 20 and then the board at 80 cents
per day.
Is it to be presumed that if the city court is
abolished that nobody will be put in Jail, would
the prisoners not be kept in Jail to await trial in
the superior court9
Does any tax payer presume that there will
be no extra Bailitf jlil fee, board, medicines,
travelling expenses, out of the county for prisoners,
which he estimates at 81, 200? Is the loss the
people sustain attending this court greater than it
would be attending any other court7 Does Sax
payer'' presume that the people are so ignorant
that they imagine that court expenses can be
avoided by abolishing any particular COURT
A court that is held without Grand Jury,
without numerous bailiffs and with half or one
fourth of number Of petit jurymcn is cheaper, and
the city court has that advantage in point of ex.
pense.
1t is fact that the city court costs about one
fourth as much per day as tie superior court, and
does as much business.
Ifit is insisted that there would be less bust
ness for the courts, then justice must miscarry in
some instances and some criminals escape trial.
We will give some figures in these columns sa to
the cost of the city court in future ISSUE
Now not mad with ''tax payer" lie may
be good fellow but we doubt it. We are red hot
after the scheme to work petty political trick at
the expense of the city court. We know quite
some more than we have stated here and may
shoot the other barrel any day.
In the meantime we promise any candidate
who announces for the legislature on the platform
that he will be ingloriously showed under
The above is written without having mention.