Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-04-21

| Superior Court which was 1912 3d. as follows:
| Cost of Superior Court, April Term 1908.
Amount paid petit jurors S35S.OO
Grand Jurors 2O4. 90
Bailiffs 10000
| Non resident witnesses $500
" y Clerk for issuing SO subp9nas 9.45
Sheriff for serving SO - 31.5O
Clerk for attending court 1000
Sheriff. " - % 90
Stenographer 40. 90
Enterprise and Leader 1000
for rent of opera house 80. 90
Total 1926
If the court had full term the courts estimate
that it would have cost in the neghborhoOd of
So, 10000. We do not know the number of cases
disposed of.
The court was run as economically as was pos
sible to a superior court. Judge Whipple is
most conscientious and pains taking in matters of
the kind, and the county commissioners have been
economic and scrutnizingly careful in allowing all
of these claims.
But it is impossible to conduct the superior
court as economically the city court. In this
connection the Grand Jury takes the following no
tice of the city court:
We have gone carefully the work of
the City Court with the special view of ascer
tanning it's practical and economical use to the
people, and with the further view of recon-
mending such changes as, in our opinion, would
make it more useful. We are glad to report
however, that it has dispatched as large an
amount of business, as, in our judgment, could
have been disposed of in any court for the
same length of time, and we believe that no
change is advisable in the system. We wish
to thank the Judge and Solicitor of our City
Court for the economical and efficient manner
in which they have administered the affairs Of
the City Court.
We notice these matters in passing for reason
that the City Court has been made to do service in
local politics. Let us not lose sight OF the fact
that the question will come up again
Full for Fitzgerald
Our last Grand Jury, an economical one in
the matter of issuing bonds and other things, makes
the following recommendations
We however, recommend that the salary of
the Judge of the City Court be reduced to One
Thousand Dollars per annum, and the Solici
tors salary be reduced from Twelve Hundred
to Eight Hundred Dollars per annum
Let's sec what the effect would be.
The present incumbentS would, of course re-
ceive the during their terms of Office, provided
they do not resign before the expiration of their
term. Neither of them we understand are anx-
ious to hold on at the present salaries. Nobody
knows who the next judge solicitor will be-
Then there is only thing to consider in discuss
Ing the matter, and that is the good of the county
We do not believe that it is desirable to reduce the
salaries so that it would be impossible to secure
competent and trustworthy men for the important
work 1t is quite possible for an unfit Judge or
solicitor to cost the county many times the salaries
now paid.
Fitzgerald Pull Out
Down here in Georgia cotton mills closed
down because (they claim) the price of the finished
product is so low they can't make expenses Up
in New England, cotton mills are shut down be-
cause (they claim the price of raw cotton is so
high they can't make expenses. Down here in
Georgia there is a CRY that Hokc Smith predicted
a two million bale yield of cotton thereby soaring
the price down. Up in Massachusetts there is
crowd claiming that Georgia wants and is getting
more for cotton than they will pay
Of course Hoke Smith is to blame for the low
price OF cotton in Georgia. running the farmers, and
the high price of cotton in Georgia, running the
manufacturers-ye gods didst thou ever hear such
clamorous tongues aimlessly spoutng to be heard
Yea, verify they utter words which strike against
the atmosphere but break like eggs thrown against
1o~;o opdl yoo riD at that