The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-19
GOBER'S POLITICAL GRAPES.
CHAPTER ADDED TO THE CARD
WRITING CONTEST.

GOber Denies Sending Out Photo
graphs of Himself Engaged in
Packing Fruit In His Orchard and
Asking People to Vote for Him Be
cause He Is Farmer Accuses
Judge Fish of Trying to Draw Him
Into "A Mud Singing Contest.
Atlanta, Ga. June 1S.-There is another
chapter in the card writing contest be
tween Justice Fish and Judge Gober, rival
candidates for the Supreme Court.
Following Justice Fish, Judge Gober pub
fishes to-day two-colufnn article, defend
ing himself from the charges made by the
former.
He denies emphatically that he ever sent
out photographs of himself engaged in
packing fruit in his orchards, and asking
people to vote for him for justice of the
Supreme Court because he is farmer
He also accuses Judge Fish of inviting
him to u mud-slinging contest for the Of
fee on the supreme bench, which he de-
clines.
Justice Fish, he says, was elected by
combination, while he Judge Gober) was
never party to any sort of combination,
although he has been three times elected
judge of the Blue Ridge circuit. despite
opposition.
In addition to Judge Gober's card, Rev.
Sam Jones and Judge Fife also take
hand in the contest, which is to be set
tied at the ballot box next week
Several days ago the Morning News cor
respondent said that it was understood
Mr had lat In u lie nrrts
Gober and his winery. in view of the fact
that the judge had written letter TO
Judge Fife saying that he would never sell
any more wine in Cobb county.
There seems to be very decided differ
ence between the evangelist and Judge Ftte
on this point. Mr.. Jones, in his article to-
day, sustained the report sent to the Morn
ing News in the following, terse language,
while Judge Fife undertakes to discredit
1t. Mr.. Jones says: Frequent inquiries
have come to me lately asking. What end
ed the controversy between Judge Gober
and yourself concerning his winery, and so
on?
Il made no war on Judge Gober as a
man or as a candidate or as a Judge for
he is a very capable judge, no doubt.
was only making war on his wine making
and wine selling in dry county, and when
he gave out over his own signature that ne
would sell no more wine in Cobb county
henceforth and forever, my war on him
ceased, for we were warning over wine
simply and when he and his firm went
out of the business, l was out of the fight
make no war on men. 1 fight for princi-
pie"
In his complaint of the alleged Injustice
done to Judge Gober directly contradicting
Mr.. Jones, Judge Fife says: THE facts
are that on my return home from the
West, after an absence of several weeks
l learned of the controversy between Rev
Sam p. Jones and Judge Gober about the
manufacture and sale of wine by p j.
Handy & Co., in Cobb county and be-
ing warm personal friend of both gen
tlemen, l undertook to and did adjust the
matter between them. l communicated
with Judge Gober and he wrote me N
substance that he himself had not sold
any wine, and he did not raise grapes
for the manufacture of wine but failing
to sell all of his grapes last year, that
L. Handy & Co, of which firm he is a
member, made some into wine and had
been selling ii according to law, so far
as he knew or believed, and that p T.
| Handy & Co would sell no more wine
in Cobb county. l showed this letter to
Mr.. Jones and he said it was satisfac-
tory to him, and that he had no further
| fight to make on Judge Gober. 1 know
this is true and that Mr.. JONES is Judge
| Gobers friend"