Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-05-02

interfered and kept the men from fighting.
By all means hold the bond election on June
4, the date of the state primary. While it may
necessitate separate ballot boxes, clerks etc. the
expense will not be any greater if as great as if sep
arate elections arc held Besides, the most i'm.
portant fact to be kept in mind is that on June 4
great interest will be taken and every voter
who will make it point to be at the polls and
if bond election is held either before after the
state primary there will be number who will feel
that they cannot afford to loose the extra time
necessary to vote. If the elections are all held on
the one day a much greater number will express
themselves regarding the bonds than would if they
had to make special trip to the polls to do so.
The good people of Fitzgerald should help the
storm sufferers. At Chipley, Griffin and other
points in Georgia, especially the storm left in its
wake a trail of dead and MANNED and the after
math is sickness, distress and want. There are
many hundreds left homeless and without either
rament for their bodies nor roofs to cover their
heads The governor has issued proclamation in
which he states that every city and town in the
state should send clothing and money People in
the storm only to be overtaken by want and ex:
posure, some of them mourning their dead The
cry for aid is from of death and desolation
Let us aid the state authorities in aiding them
Appeals like this will not be made in vain. "''
Every indication points that the State Fair, to
be held next fall at Atlanta, will be one of the
most promising exhibits ever held in Georgia.
>, The Farmers Union has taken an active part
in the arrangements thus far, and have but recent
ly appointed special subcommittee to whom all
questions in regard to the fair to be submitted.
The committee consists of L. Ell. o. Martin, G. F.
Hunnicutt and w. /. Kemp. When these men
cannot decide on any given question, it will be
submitted to the committee from the eleven
gressonal districts in the state
A prize of twelve hundred dollars is to be
offered for the best exhibit made by county union
eight hundred for the second; five hundred for the
third; three hundred for the fourth, and two hun
dred for the fifth. The sum of six thousand dol
lars will be offered as special premiums next fall.
Half of this is to be offered for the best ex
hibits made by the various county unions in the
States and the other half is to be offered for those
exhibits made outside of the union.
There will be presented before the city coun
Gil next Monday night recommendation that a
bond election be held for the purpose of bonding
the city for money to build sewerage system, to
extend the water and light system and to build a
school house.
We hope it will be the sense of the council to
accept the recommendation and pass resolution
to that effect.
Fitzgerald needs above everything else just
now a sewerage system. There is not another city
in South Georgia having the population that Fitz-
gerald has that is without sewerage 1t is under
stood that the committee of council has carefully
studied this matter and enabled thereby place
before the council plan for sewerage that is Sc
cond to none anywhere and if the council see fit
Gas it is earnestly hoped it wild to adopt the plan
Fitzgerald will stand paramount among Georgia
cities in respect to sanitation when the sewers are
completed.
While no official statement can be obtained
from any member of the committee it is pretty
well understood thatsthey will recommend an is
sue of $3.50 900 of bonds SIS, 900 for sewerage,
600 for water and light extension and $4,000 for
schools. If the bonds are voted then the work
can be commenced at once and while material is
cheap and labor is plentiful great deal more can
be accomplished now with the money than can at
any future time. The issuing of the bonds and
the CARRYING nj the work will do AWAY with anv