Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-07-14

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Mr.. G. E. Crawley is now connected with the
Enterprise as solicitor, and if he calls on you this
will be his introduction. Do not allow him to
talk an arm off before you do business with him.
He will do you good if you will let him.
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The Legislature will not have met in vain If
it will abolish the convict lease system that has
long disgraced Georgia, and provide in its stead
some sane and humane plan for the confinement
and employment of the criminals of the state
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The Enterprise expected to be able to announce
today twenty-tiv or fifty cents per pound lor Ihe
first bale of cotton but have failed so far to get
the matter in shape for publication. We are
looking for the first bale about next week and eX'
pect to get big price for it.
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At the opening of the cotton season, the i'm
portant matter of baling the staple again attracts
public notice. For half century it has been
realized that hundreds of thousands of dollars are
lost bv reason of the careless baIing of cotton.
The loose wrapping and the heroic sampllng sys'
tenn leaves the bale in a ragged and unsghtly con-
dition. We believe the best method is to use
two or three more ties to the bale and heavy closely
woven baggng that can be sewed tightly.
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In another column we print today a synopsis
of the proposed amendment to the city charter to
be considered at mass meeting to be held at the
city hall Friday night The presumption is that
the mass meeting will be composed of the friends
Of the proposed changes and will endorse them.
We understand that the proposed amendment
was prepared by the city council, its committee or
attorney.
Whatever of merit there may be in the bill
the theory that the city council shall prepare
the rules of the organic law establishing it's
prerogatves and restrictions or that the mayor
shall suggest or promulgate rule for his own con-
duct is wrong just as ridiculous if the chief of
police should prescribe his duties or judge of the
superior court should set the limit of his authority
and the jurisdiction of his court; or that the legs-
lature should resolve itself into a constitutional
convention.
careful reading of the proposed changes in
the city charter discovers the fact that it is mainly
to increase the power and prerogatives of the city
council For instance it is proposed to destroy two
wise provisions of the present charter; one that
1vides an arrestng officer, marshal who is elected
by the votes of the people and is amenabe directly
to them. The mayor and council have the police
and can absolutely enforce through them any
ordinance or law. The only advantage they
could have in controlling every arresting officer of
the city would be to conceal or protect lawlessnes.
which is not presumable.
Another is the protection given by the
charter to the tax payers in permitting them toeect
their tax assessor. The present law presumes
that the city council being charged with the
disbursement of the citys money will naturally
want plenty of money to disburse and the city tax
assessor amenable to the tax payers and not APP
pointee of the city administration is suppose to be
in measure protection against whatever dispo-
sition there might be to excessive assessments, all
of which we have ample illustration in recent his
tory. Certainly there can be no ample reason for
concentrating the power in the city council or re-
moving these officers and filling their places by
council appointees. The people. can be trusted
as much in the selection of marshal and assessor
as they can in the election of mayor alderman.
AS to the city limits, it is merely matter of
opinion as to expansion, and the ward scheme is
merely matter Of politics. 1t is possible there
ARE people in each ward who are not willing TO
submit their case to the vote of the whole city
which they may aspire to represent in the city
council.
We are not alarmed at the proposition made
by tie Council we do no think they have been ia
Ken seriously by the tax payers generally.