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. ‘E;n - fzgerald Enterprise. F BY THE EGERALD PUBLISHING CO. MERCER~EdItor and Managet. 1 paper is published three times a week and 48 worth P $2.50 PER ANNUM “Shat is our credit price. #intil further notice subscriptions will be taken f ONE DOLLAR PFR ANNUM, WHEN PAID f ADVANCE. We have no choice in the mat r and leave it entirely with the subscriber as ) whether he waits and pays $2.560, or advan -8 the dollar. The amounts are small and ex- Bnsive to collect. is why- we allow the enor ous discount for cash subscriptions paid in ad ance. IWe are entitled, under the law, to continue all ! pbscriptions until full settlement is made. 3 TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 1906, . CONTROVERSIAL. " In the Constitution of June 9 was produced " a photograph taken by a cheap kodak and a Flj cheaper kodaker, (who slipped up behind a ~ negro standing on a lumber pile to snap his ' little 30 cent instrument,) and a letter, that is E said to have accompanied the picture to Atlanta, E that was as untruthful as the picture was mis ~ leading, and as the authorof both is unreliable. f We wired the Atlanta Journal of our amaze ~ ment at the publication and that it was a lie . without excuse and unreasonable in its fabri ~ cation. i One of the mistatements contained in the let " ter was that, “But two hundred and fifty seven men were present.” In Sunday’s Constitution (10th) a signed statement, signed by a number of Fitzgerald men of alleged prominence,relieves ~usof the responsibility of proving the state . ment false. These more or less prominent ?' citizens, who put themselves on record in the ~ guessing contest, have our thanks for relieving " us of the odious duty of proving the falsehood. g As to the question of veracity, their guess or estimate being a matter of judgment and not of fact is not sufficiently definite for predi _ cating so serious a question, We were after the liar who pretends to ‘have counted the people ~ present, Now as to the truth, The speaker ; faced the intersection of two broad streets . where the sun’srays were intense. The crowd - sought protection under the awnings and pro ~ tected upper porches of the buildings on the " four corners, and the shade trees at the rear of _ the platform, after filling every seat provided in - front of the speaker. It was a crowd difficult to . estimate, but it was large enough to satisfy Mr. ; Smith and to please his supporters in this com . munity and in the county, which is sure to send - a Hoke Smith delegation to the convention, In our first account of the occasion, we dep . recatéd the conditions referred to—the hour Q immediately after dinner, excessively hot weath- E, er, no protection for the audience and but little . for the speaker. . But outside of these insignificent circum . stances, Mr. Smith’s reception here was an - ovation. He was greeted with sincere enthusi é, asm by a large number of loyal supporters who . made his visit a pleasant one, and ever intelli . gent man is astonished and every decent man is . is disgusted at the effort to put a different light - on his visit to Fitzgerald. This editor explained to Mr. Smith that ~ the greater part of the sickly opposition to him here was a result of our espousal of his cause. That on account of our personal unpopularity . with a certain class of people, to whom we are . not always comforting,he would lose some votes, but not enough to jeopardize the vote of the county. : In addition to our warfare on immoraiity, we take sides in politics, and that always creates . antagonism. We might add by way of paren theses that we have usually been on the win ~ nping side and we feel quite confident that the . present gubernatorial campaign will not prove - an exception to that rule. 5-_ The picture and the report were mislead . ing and false as hundreds of eye witnesses will _ attest. This simple statement is sufficient for every honest man who knows the writer. e - M : Get busy at something useful. : ® W f The editorials in the Macon Telegraph are broader than they used to be, mechanically.— Quitman Free Press, Yes, double-column in breadth. F O : They do say that the greatest ovation ever givena political speaker in Georgia was that given Hoke Smith at the close of the joint de bate at the auditorium in Atlanta Friday eve ning. # A Sunday’s Constitution was significantly silent on the joint debate. Clark isa good boy and he has our sympathy for allowing those ugly ring tricksters and corporation lobyists to .ush him into any such a fray. o : It issaid that there were actually over two hundred, fifty seven Smith men (estimated) in . in the auditorium in Atlanta, Friday night. It ercas not a Kibby-Hail-Ingles-et-als count, how “euper. just a plain cstimate. Logic and Tomfoolery. If our esteemed friend Jesse Mercer, of the Fitzgerald Enterprise, would remain on the ground in his discussions, we would be better able to handle him. But as he usually does ia all things, especially politics, be goes up in the air. He takes issue with us in our recent editor ial regarding the supporters of Hoke Smith, and asks us to name a single newspaper that is supporting Smith, whose editor has been defeat ed politically, and for his especial information we will gladly do so. The Fitzgerald Enterprise, Jesse Mercer, editor, It is a well known matter of history in Ir win county, that Mercer has been up against the wrong side of every political question since he hit the town, muncipal, county and state. Even his attempt to aid the workers for the new county of Northen resulted in failure. Jesse would like to be ‘‘in it’’ but he ain’t. As to the politicians who are supporting Hoke we will mention only Tom Watson, Jim Hines and Seab Wright. These all may be classed with the ‘‘also rans.” We contend still that the granting of a 2)% cent passenger rate will not result ina single article of daily consumption being reduced by the retailer, as the jobber will continue to add his profit, the retailer will dolikewise, and the com mon people will do the paying. This will merely give more money to a few, and not aid the many. Of course what Jess thinks and says in his paper does not amount to very much when it comes to the people of Fitzgerald and Irwin county voting. All these things seem to please Jess, and do not hurt anybedy, and they let him “chew the rag’’ and say what I will do, and all that, and go along and keep busy. We propounded a little query to Bro. Mer cer a few weeks since, and so far we have failed to note his answer, which we would like very much to have. Itwasthis: Ia case Hoke Smith fails to get the nomination at the democratic convention which is to assemble in Macon, will he abide the result or will he run as an indepen dent? Please answer plain YES or NO. This is the same query propounded by the Thomasvile Enterprise some time ago, and we have never seen it answered. We may wish to ask you some more ques tions at a later date.—Cordele News. How fleeting is fame! How pusillanimous is the pugnacious pudin’ head that presides over the editorial page of the News. KEditor Perry Clegg once lived in Fitzgerald, and our recollection is that he flocked with the wide open crowd, that for several years made Fitzgerald’s immorality the gossip of the state. Against that element we have battled unceassingly until the wide openers have been thinned outto a stand although they were in a large majority when the Enterprise went up against the propo sition. From these conditions remembered by Editor Clegg and his recollections of the earlier and uglier days of the Colony he has gotten his impressions. Not withstanding the great odds against us when we took up the fight, we have elected every candidate,(at least we have assist ed with the greatest enthusiasm and energy in electing every man) who has gone to the legisla ture or the senate, and almost every county of ficer, particularly the sherriff in which we were more directly interested, that has been elected in the county. We have voted for and support ed with all our zeal every successful candidate for mayor, clerk and treasurer, aldermen-af large, and our ward alderman in every city election—we cannot recall that there has been a single exception. We have not lost a candidate for Governor since we assisted in the nomina tion of Henry D. McDaniel, with the single ex ception of Dupont Guery and old Irwin went for him. We have not advocated a single reform in the county or city-and we have advocated many, but what has been accomplished, with the exception of prohibition, and considering the conditions at first existing and the immediate prospect for a change, we have every reason for congratulation on the work accomplished, If any man in any county has great.r reason for felicitation on the subject opened vp by Editor Perry Clegg, than has the Editor of the Enter prise then he has been fortunate icdeed. Now as to the new county. If Perry was not so persistently a veritable ignoramus he would know we have not lost out. We did not aid the workers for the county of Northen, they aided us, Perry you idiot. And within the next few weeks men, whoat first op posed or were luke warm on the question, will aid in putting through the bill, creating one of the best counties in the old Common Wealth (with Fitzgerald, the best of her size and the biggest to her age in the soutb, the capital.) Now Perry if you have any doubt in your mind about any claims we have made, write to some of your old time chums, of the slums, who hate the Editor of the Enterprise like the devil hates Holy Water, they will give you all the informa tion(?) you are looking for. As to the balance of your editorial quoted above, it is about as lo gical as that part of it we have answered is truthful. ; You first charge that the consumer pays the traveling man’s 2%c per mile railroad fare; you say that ‘‘when he sells the bill of goods, his house adds his railroad fare to the cost of the goods etc.” then you say that the deducting of the traveling man’s railroad fare,” will not resuit in a single article of daily consumption being re duced by the retailer, now Perry is that logic or tomfoolery? As to Tom Watson, Jim Hines and Seab Wright in this campaign. What has that to do with your damphule statement, that “Nine out of ten of the newspapers whoare with him(Smith) are either defeated politicians, or sore for some reason.’’ Now as to your little query, Perry, we de clare to you in all sincerity that we do not be lieve there is an honest man in Georgia of ordi nary intelligence who believes for a moment that Hoke Smith would even consider the prop osition of running as an independent (even if he thought he could be elected) he is too good a Democrat, besides he has intelligence enough to know that election under such circumstances would be more harmful than advantageous. But there will be no occasion for his running as an independent for he will be nominated on the first ballot. Then our answer to your query is plain NO. If you have any other question to ask, Perry, fire them in; to answer them gives us pleasure. W Clark Howell is said to have had a vision Thursday night. He saw a fizure approach his restless, sleepless couch. Clark ses ‘hel lo! Hamp, what is it?” ses’e. (With apologies to Uncle Remus, the friend of ‘“Evans son.”) And the spirit man reolied, “My name aint Hamp, any more. This is your evil genius and I will meet ycu at the auditorium tomorrow pnight’’ and the e. g. kept the date. nom - Will Princess Ena, on the Spanish throne, be any happier than the other June brides who have only ordinary rocking chairs to sit upon? —Quitman Free Press. Does the fair editress of the Free Press think for a moment that the average June bride has nothing better than a rocking chair to sit upon? If she does, she is excusable, on the ground of inexperience, bless her heart, &M ORM Immediately after the debate, Clark and Little Albert “‘lit a-rag” while Hoke held a re ception-and shcok the hands of three thousand admirers. In another column appears the anpouncement of R. V. Handley for treasurer, Mr. Handley has had the matter under considera tion several days and has yiel ded to the pressureof his friends who express to him their confi dence in his ability to fill the office and his vote getticg tact to secure it. Mr., Handley has been in the county since his boy hood, twenty cdd years, has had the office of sheriff one term, is known to nearly all the voters of the county and has their entire confidence. He has been suc cessful to a marked degree and stands to day in the foremost ranks of Irwin’s best citizen ship. He dces not do things by halves and his announcement means trouble for any other as pirant for the office. He is in the race to win. l Mrs. L. W. Meakia and chil dren are on their way to Walla halle, S. C. Mr. Ray L. Payne, Cashier of Citizen Bank, went to Atlanta Saturday night and will return Wednesday., - Mr. J. L. Waldrup has sold out his ‘mercantile business to Mr. Chas, Tullis and will go to Fitzgerald where he will open a new business.—Clinch County News. Mrs. B. T. Camp and little daughter, Aunie Mary, returncd from two weeks visit to Cordele Mr. Camp went to Cordele Sun dayand accompanied them home. R. L. King, who became con valescent and started to his home i 1 Covington, was in the wreck this side of Atlanta, receiving slight injuries, J Mrs, I, Goldenberg and chil dren are visiting in Augusta, hoping to hasten the reccvery of usual strength of the little son who has had the fever for several weeks. : H. H. James weant to Cordele Saturday night and returned Monday morning. i Mrs. James McCarty, and Miss Susie Gaddy have just returned from a short trip to White Springs, Fla. . l David Welker and family took their departure for their old heme in Ohio today where they will spend the coming year. They still have property inter ests in this city. o Don’t forget the Free Reading Room meeting tonight, There will be no collection. : Dr. Holtzendorf writes the Enterprise from Gainesville that the baby has not yet shown any sign of improvement, although he expressed hope for such a change in the next few days. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Alexander who bave been visiting with her daughter, Mrs. John Bye, for several weeks, left for Moultrie today. They had all arrange ments made for a fishing trip on the Ocmulgee, when a telegram came calling Mr. Alexander to the position of book-keeper for the Sumner & Pounds mill, Mrs, A, E. Jones, one of the best teachers of the public school, left Saturday night for Norfolk, Va. Mrs. Jones will spend the summer visiting rela tives in that state. Uncle Marcus Luke is in At lanta this week. He is probably looking for mules and horses. P.S. Ycur Uncle Marcus is back and reports that Atlanta is wild over Hohe Smith’s larrup ing of Clark. LETTER TO J. H, HARRIS, Fitzgerald, Ga. Dear Sir; Your business is, when a house burns down, to give the owper some money to build a new one. Itisa good business. Queer that the world got on s® long with out it. We paint the one that burned down And the new one too. What is bet ter, we paint the houses that don't burn down. You insure the houses that burnt;‘ we insure the houses that don’t. You have the ashes and smoke; all the houses are ours. i We paint lead-and-zinc; Devoe. ’We sell the paint to painters. we don’t paint. Lead-and oil is the old fashion paint. Devoe 18 zinc ground in with lead and linseed oil; the best paint in the world: and 3he cheapest, be cause it tajyes fewer gallons than mixed paints and it wears twice as long as lead-and-oil, Nobody wants poor paint; there’s lots of it, tho in the world. A. M. QGriffia, Plainfield, N. J. writea: ““Mr. Aar.n Higgins, of Plainoeld, always used 156 gallons of mixed paint for his house. Last Spring he bought 15 gallons of Devoe and had 4 gallons left.”’ : Yours traly : F. W. Devoe & Co. 39 New York Three Polls for Governor, ’ In Different Parts of State SMITH 23; HOWELL 0, IN POLE AT CUMMING. : Cumming, Forsyth County, Ga,, Juae 6. At a telephone meeting and marble play in Set tendown district a vote was taken for governor. Hoke Smith received 23; Russell 1; Jim Smith 0; Clark Howell 0. The people are determined to help Hoke Smith whip the ring rule, the railroad parrot, the plump little didapper. (Signed) F. H. Tallant, SMITH 20; HOWELL 0, IN POLL AT COR NELIA. Cornelia, Habersham County, Ga., June 3. I personally polled a crowd at New Hope church today, and the result is as follows: Hon. Hoke Smith 20; Howell 0; Estill 0; Russell 1; Non-com mittal 2. Old Habersham will go five to one, includ ing all four of the Howells. (Signed) E. A. Pinkston. SMITH 68; HOWELL 0; IN POLL AT NICH OLLS. Nichols, Coffee County, Ga., June 2.—A poll taken of the citizens here on the governor’s race resulted as follows; Hoke Smith 68; J, H. Estillls; Jim Smith 0; Dick Russell 1; Howell 0. Respectfully, (Signed.) J. 85 Perkina T. G. Jones, R. H. Lovett, D. Kirkiand. MM Hoke Smith devoted one hour and 15 min utes to the issues involved in the campaign and 15 minutes to his antagonist. Clark Howell devoted 1 hour 15 minutes to his antagonist and 15 minutes to issues involved in campaign, Through out the campaign Clark Howell has de voted five times as much effort to mudslinging, as bhe has to the vital questions at issue while Hoke Smith bhas devoted about one fifth of his time toClark and four fifths to political questi ons. The ratio of mudslinging is one sling for Smith to twenty-five slings for Howell, & ® : John Bow-full-ay’s paper said that ‘“Howell had the crowd with him,’’ which we construe to mean that Clark was with the crowd, that is Clark was there until immediately after the amen. ( ANNOUNCEMENTS, FOR TREASURER. At the solicitation of many friends and after deliberate consideration of the matter, I have concluded to stand for election to the office of county treasurer of Irwin county for the full term, beginning Janpary Ist, 1907, apd I hereby announce my candidagy for that office subject to whatever action may be taken by the deme eratic committee. In case they do not call a primary, my candidacy is sabject to the action of the voters at the general election. I have asked the people of the county once before for office and when they elected me I discharged my duties to the best of my ability, and if I should be suc cessfu] in this race, I will try to make the county as good an officer as I am crpaple of, Respectfully, R. V. HANDLEY. i s e FOR SHERIFF. At the request of the friends of my father, the ex-sheriff, I have deciced to stand for election to the office of sheriff to fill his unexpired term, subject to the voters of the county at the election ordered for June 20th. I have assisted for several montha in the conduct of the office and am familiar with the duties and the work in hand at present, I am greatful to my friends and the friends of my father for their assur ance of confidence and if I am elected to fill his unexpired term, I will per form the duties devolving on me with a due regard for the confidence reposed in me. - J. P. MCINNIS FOR SHERIFF, We are authorized to announ-e the caudidacy of Mr. Thos. W. Purvis for the office of Sheriff for the full term, beginning Jan. 1, 1907, subjeet to any action that may be taken by the executive committee. He will appreciite the support of the good people of the cousty. FOR TREASURER. We are authorized to announce the caudidacy of Mr. J. E. Howell for the office of Treasurer, to fill the unex pired term of M. W. Howell, de ceased. Subject to the election to he held June 20th, as ordered by the Ordinary. 5 | FOR SHERIFF, I hereby announce my candidacy for the office of Sheriff for the full term commencing Jan. Ist. next. My candidacy is subject to the action of the Democratic Executive Committee or any primary they may call. I have lived in the county eight years and served on the police force af Qcilla two years and understand gsomething of the duties of high sher iff. If elected, I will render the county the very best service I am capable of. Will thank my friends for their votes and influence. Res pectfally, - L. L. Hall.