Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-09-09


opened. A careful examination at Washing
ton discloses the fact that the only appointments
made by Mr.. Smith while in the cabinet were to
positions as laborers or servants.
When Mr.. Smith spoke at Reidsvllle last
week, he was confronted by young upstart who
was disposed to embarrass him by reference to
his appointment of negroes. The good people
of Reidsville seem to have resented the young
mans presumption and they sent to Atlanta the
following card signed by the mayor and other
prominent citizens which makes very racy read
ing indeed:
"RE1Dsv1LLE, GA, Sept. S. 1905.
ITO the Editor of the Journal:
"The Atlanta Constitution report of Hon.
Hoke Smiths speech here yesterday was full OF
fa1sehoods
III. H. Elders, an appointee of Terrell to a
petty Office, having previously exercised the gall
to ask Mr. Smith to devide time with him, which
request was properly ignored, arose during Mr.
Smiths address with series OF prepared ques-
tons; .,,z,
H. H. Elders, he replied.
THE audience groaned.
''Mr. Smith said: I have invited your cam
didate to meet me here and elsewhere, and can
not permit myself to be drawn into DISCUSSIONS
with everybody l.
''Mr. Smith said: What is it? Ask it,
"How about Mary Brown? Elders asked.
There was no such appointee during my
term of Office and such name is not on the
records, answered Mr.. Smith.
elders, to the disgust of everybody, at
tempted further interruption and the whole
audience began to yell to Elders, Sit down! Put
him outn This was continued by almost every.
body present, until Elders was forced to retire.
''Mr Smith proceeded without further an
noyance. No address ever made here so COM
plete1y captured the approval of our people.
The better element of the people consider the
conduct of Elders outrageous, and they did
not fail to show their sentiment in bowling him
down. =,
1.-THE people who heard Mr.. Smith yester-
day, 1000 to 10000 in number, appeared to be
unanimous for Hoke Smith, with the exception
of very few who have had railroad passes.
These are the facts and we denounce the
report of the Constitution as fabrication prob
ably prepared by Elders as the writer seemed
to know the questions Elders had in mind. The
Constitutions correspondent denies any knowl-
edge of the largest part of the report
''E. C. COLLINS, u. L. THOMAS,
"E. J. GU1LEs "WALTER F. GRAY"
Gertrude A. Alexander, editor on The
Southern Educational Journal, says of Hoke
Smith
LET Mr.. Hoke Smith come to us our gov
ernor and give us such speech as he gave the
Educational conference two years ago. and we
shall feel the inspiration always. And after all,
the greatest thing that can be done for any one
is to inspire new hope, arouse ambition, and
create faith that good shall come through intell-
gent effort
The effort should be to train for lives of
future usefulness.
He stands for the upbuiding of rural
schools, one of the greatest needs in the present
state of affairs.
It rests as a solemn duty upon every edu-
Gator in the state to use whatever influence each
has in the behalf of Mr.. Smith and that one who
neglects this opportunity will be conscious some
time that he has failed to take fortune at the
high tide"
When candidate for Office begins to play
upon the prejudices of the people he is tamper-
ing with powder. Ono who resorts to such
methods rarely will succeed.-Brunsw OK
Journal
Which is especially true Camp when pre-
JUDGES are sought to be created against the
personal character of man, especially as good
a man as Hoke Smith. Earnest you getting
right. The mud singing in this campaign
should cease.
COUSIN JOE'S TEMPER.
They charge that Joe Hill Hall and the may
or of cambridge talked sassy to each other over