Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-02-01
Icalles a5ally Time, either when Oh
or oH dutv

"a general notice to this effect was today
sent out by George Potter; third vice president
and head of the operating department"
Following closely on this order ''must nOt'
rules or commandments were issued by big New
York Bank:
''IOu must not enter any saloon.
''You must not enter any gambling house.
''You must not enter any pool room.
''You must not enter any bucket shop
''You must not speculate.
''You must not attend prize fights.
''You must not have vicious companions.
The time was, (not long ago. when a mans
habits had but little to do with his job, and so he
was not drunk during business hours he was at
liberty to drink all he wished and keep all sorts
accompany
But the world is growing better.
And if we can help it, in our feeble way, We
will
Fitzgerald Pull
The Enterprise could help its receipts hy agi-
tating the local political waters and securing the
candidacy ofqute number of citizens who have
a right to run for county office and many Of whom
have right to expect strong support, but we real
ze thatit would not be bcstfor the county and com
munity. We trust there viii not be the general
scramble for county Offices that is apparent in
some counties and in distant states where scores
Of candidates have announced.
so- fitzgerald o
The father of the editOrof this paper has, all
his life been opposed to capital punishment We
have never served on petit jury, and we would
not qualify if called in a murder case At the same
time we have been in doubt about the effect of a
repeal of the law providing the death penalty III
certain cases. The following from an editorial IN
the Atlanta Georgian is very strong argument and
will lead many men to doubt the wisdom Of illegal
murder"
awe are well aware that it has been the
fashion in Georgia for ages to hang men fer
certain crmes-but we believe custom does
not make thing right 1t has been the fash
ion in some countries, and has been practiccd
more years than America has been known to
the world, to put men to death by tearing
their bodies to pieces; piercing their breast
with sharp poles; pressing them to death slow
ly or cut the head off with big sword, as is
done in China; and a dozen other hideous, say
age ways-but custom has never made these
methods right. Custom will never make any
thing right even though it sometimes makes
acts legal, and shall yet live to see that, be
cause man commits an act that III is sale 10
say ne would not do it if he were normal and
in a normal state Of mind, we are not entitled
to cancel his crime by committing one great.
''This argument would be attackable the
ground that so dangerous man is menace to
the community, and must be put out of the
way; or watched for the remainder of his life,
and thus become burden-but the answer to
this is that in a prison for life he can more
than earn what it costs to keep him-and we
must maintain prisons for minor offenders,
anyway.
eff states like Michigan can exist so pros
perously and so happily without killing men
-''oficially'-why can not the state of Geor-
gia and all states do likewise? Michigan has
MT executed man in years and crime has not
increased. Michigan without capital punish
ment has but seventy eight criminals in each
one thousand, against Georgia's los, Floridas
oil, New Yorl's 1885, Massachusetts 1S7.
elbow does Michigan treat its criminals! 1t
tries to make men of them, not criminals.
It's pentitentiary is model for the world
There are degrees of honor for the men to
strive for; there are grades that they work to
like soldiers in an army-and as they by
good behavior and hard work reach higher