Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-08-31


Brunswick Journal.
The Herald has more sympathy for Editor
Mercer than some people might suppose after
his unfounded and ungenerous attack upon us.
We attribute his crauklness to some extent TO
the fact that he may have been keeping bad COM
pany recently. We cannot understand now the
man whom we have always considered h1gh-ton-
ed and honorable, could get his own conse Mt to
strike such an unwarrented blow, and we have
an idea that his inspiration was received from
an outside source, hence our charlty.-Way-
cross Herald.
Editor Mercer is cranky enough not to de-
sire any sympathy from the charitable editor OF
the Evening Herald.
If the Herald considers our criticism OF the
effort to utilize various distinguished Georglans
as candidates merely to complicate the issues as
an "unwarranted blow" he will have to make
the most of it. If any thing we have said on that
line has disabused his mind of any impressions
he may have had as to our being high-toned and
honorable, we regret the violence done our repu-
tation in that quarter. We have not merely con-
sidered Editor Perham as heightened and hon
orable, but we know that he has borne that rep
utation for years, and nothing we can say here
will change anybodys opinion OF him. at the
same time it is evident that he has permitted his
irascibity to over-balance his better qualities,
and has been led TO say things he does not be-
lieve We respect him and we respect his
rights to fellow his own ideas and carry out his
own conceptions of duty in this campaign. We
are going to say just exactly what we think
about if, and one of the things we think about it
is this: That is that Editor Perham's candidate,
Editor J. I'll. Estill, is one of the best men men
toned for the Office of governor in recent years;
that we would love to see him honored by Georgia
democrats, but we believe, (and nothing that
Editor Perham may say will change our mind
that there is we'll defined scheme to muddy
the political waters and confuse the situation by
introducing new candidates, and that it is the un-
disputed policy of the anti-Hoke Smith element
or faction to introduce Mr.. Estil]s candidacy,
and Mr.. Halls and Mr.. Russell's, if possible.
We want to see the issue fought out on the
well defined lines that have already been drawn,
and between Howell and Smith.
We have not one word to say against Mr..
Howell he is one of the finest characters in the
south today. We love him and admire him, and
one day we expect to see him in the United States
senate or Governor of Georgia
But, between him and Hoke Smith, and
the issues in this campaign, we are for the
big, broad Hoke and the issues he represents.
Let's make the fight square so that every
voter will know the effect of his ballot.
We are opposed to deception in politics, as
in all things.
The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad has pur-
chased hundred acres of land at Waycross to
build shops and yards. These are the shops
that would have been located at Fitzgerald If
they hadn't had whisky at the latter place.
Fort Gaines Recorder
No. Not the Atlantic Coast Line. There
was talk once of Atlantic and Birmingham shops
and at the time it was thought the saloons stood
in the way.
The Darien Gazette hasn't much use for re-
formers 1t says: Some men never think Of
reform until they look down the road and see an
Office that they think would just fit them. A re-
former shouldn't be so anxious to hold Office"
Athens Banner.
The next election may disabuse the minds
of those who presume that all the reformers
are candidates. After ALL it is probable they do
not recognize reformer until he announces for
office.
INTERNATIONAL CANDIDATES AND LIQUOR.
Some of the Novelties dug up the fact that
there was bar room in the Piedmont hotel a
hostelry owned by stock company Hon. Hoke
Smith being minority stakeholder He could
no more have kept that bar room from being es-
tablished, than the lamented Grady-a minority
stockholder-could have kept the Constitution in
line for prohibition, in the days when it was a