Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-02-29

of Candid lte Knapp as the EAcme of GALL"
| It is not generally known that Mr.. Knapp cut
a rather sorry figure in the campaign for the Gre
alton of the county he seeks to misreprcsent
in the legislature Mr.. Knapp has never got the
habit, that any body knows of of parting with his
cash for any public or beneicent purpose. He is by
his dollars like he is by Offices he prefers to hold
to one until he gets another.
At a critical stage of thenew county campaign
it became necessary to raise small fund and most
of the public spirited men contributed from $3.50
down to $25 Mr. Knapp was induced to give
his note tor $25, afterwards he expressed his re-
grets The writer had collected the notes from
the various contributors and had them when Mr..
Knapp st tied to him tn Ut he had faith in the
movement or sympathy with it and regretted
having given his note We toll him that We had
his note and would take the responsibility of re-
turning it to him and pay the difference if any
question was raised about it, That we could get
along we thought without him. and we have about
the same opinion, can get along very nicely
without him in the legislature the first repre-
sent ,tion of county that would not be ON the
map if left to him.
Puu fol Fitzgerald Out
The trial of the damage suit Rocks VS. the FO.
g. b. II. r. 60. in the city court this week, is an
illustration of the enconomy and utility of that in
Sttution
Courts are not established as money makers,
but we are put in the attitude of defending it from
that stand point, by arrant demagngy and political
scheming. Nobody but selfseeking politician or
a man who breads arIaignment at the bar of the
court woul seek to oppose it on that ground; but
it is not the first time that city court has been
used in Georgia to further the ends of some poll
tician who could not hope to be elected on his
merits.
But let's get down to figures, while they arc
fresh and we all can remember The case was
called in the city court last Tuesday morning
and the verdict was rendered Thursday evening.
Three full days. with the actual cost to the county
of less than $780, If we had 10 city court, of
course, the case would have been tried in Super
Tor court which costs an average of $780, per day or
5000 of the county's money, net saving to the
credit of the city court of $3.50 But that is not
the main point. The parties to this suit are emit
tied to have tadudicated, and the delay of justice
is said to be the great bane of our court system.
From time immemoral it has been sped even
by infants that whatever justice comes from courts
is tardy Justice; the wheels of justice like the mills
OF gus, SFlHl SLOWLY EVEN Ill lllHo
Hamlet assigned ''the laws delay" as of the
reasons moving him to make his quietus with bare
bodkin.
With twelve city courts per annum, it is sim
pie calculation to figure that results are six times
quick via the city court as would be through the
superior court, which sets twice per annum. Law
yers who realize they have bad case pur-
posely delay postpone, continue and set out to de-
fiat the ends of Justice in that way, which is made
easy with court that he Ids b itDnia sessions The
verdict in the city court is precisely equality
with verdict from the Superior court; appeals
are taken direct to the Supreme court.
CONTRAST
A case in the Superior court, Adam Dixon vs.
s. A. L. r. r., for amount less than 5000
(thc first and possibly the only railroad suit tried
in Ben Hill Superior conrt) cost the county
S776. Whereas the case of Rocks VS. the F. o. s.
B. R. R., involving SIS, 900 in the city court, cost
the county Sl32.
Then the laws delays at the hands of the Su-
perior Court is illustrated in case of Cute VS. the
WaycroSs Airline R. r. in which he has after years
andyears of waiting just received final decree for
his damages, of Sl26.