Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-03-07


one of them, Oxford to adopt his plan of unfolding
the state prohibition law
fol- Fitzgerald o
Midnight conferences seem to be general
Brother Mercer!-Leader
We thank you for the information, Wallace
What on earth can they be comforting about at
midnight?
Already the lesson of the school fire horror at
Cleveland Ohio is having it's effect. Macon has
ordered that all doors in school buildings opening
inward shall be at once made to open outward and
our own school board has ordered that the only two
doors in the Fitzgerald school houses that open in
wardly be re hung
Pull for Fitzgerald Out
The good ladies of Fitzgerald are awake to
the real issues in the present campaign and having
felt the effect in their homes, (Which have been
made brighter and more enjoyable by the reign of
sobriety) they of accord in expressing their
wish that the voters to it that it is continued
in Ben Hill.
TO Fitzgerald o. Pull Out
Many are the words Of commentator that
reach our ears every day with reference to the
work we are doing in the local campaign. We
do not need them althO we enjoy them for the
consciousness of knowing that are doing our
best for Fitzgerald and Ben Hill is quite sufficient
reward. Then there words Of condemnation
quite as crcditabIc to a man who is doing his duty
and no man ever did his duty or ever did any
thing else that counted for good without excit-
ing opposition. We are resting easy these nights
and living pleasantly these days.
But lest you forget, dear reader, we repeat
vote for the best man. and the ceanest.
fitzgerald Pull Out
There is q movement on foot to start car
building shop in this town. The Enterprise and
every good citizen of course would like to see it
succeed and will give it encouragement. Some
business men will suggest that times are dull for
launching such IN enterprise, but the position is
not well taken. While labor is plentiful and ma
teral is cheap and timber arrangements can be
made at bottom prices, is opportune time
for launching such an enterprise. The railroads
of this country not going to stop running trains
and they will have to have cars, thousands of
them, many years to come. Now is the time to
start to building. We do not advise eytrava-
CANT Investment, but q few thousand dollars will
start the business which can be enlarged as bust
ness increases.
for Fitzgerald
Probably the poorest paid officers in the coun-
ty are the Judge and Solicitor Of the city court,
if the actual amount of work done is taken into
the calculation.
There is no officer in the county that requires
as much ability and preparation; nc ordinary man
can ill either place. An uneducated man can
fill the office of treasurer, il he can give bond
tho he couldn't write check. An uneducated
man can Gil the Office Of sheriff; the is true Of
tax receiver tax collector and other county Offices.
Tt is not only possible, but it has been practced in
this county when it was Irwin. We do not say
that it is good practice, but the point we wish to
make is that the county officers, who receive more
pay than the city court Judge Solicitor are not
always men who have been put to the expense Of
education and preparation. Any man who can,
with competence and credit, fill either office
make as much or money in the practice of
his profession. We happen to know that Meth
er the Judge Solicitor at all eager to hold the
places. They both hesitated to accept when offer
ed the iudgeship and solicitorship
The hue and the cry raised about their salary
has one significance only and that is cheap politi
clans would use it to further their political ends
but there is an effect that is not taken into calcu
lation or that might be overlooked by the unsus-
pecting and that is cheap and incompetent men,
and possibly dangerous men might find access to tie
office by reason of the fact that good men, success
full and active in the practice OF law could not
afford to accept the Office at nominal salary.
The lawyer who accepts the Office as Judge Of