Fitzgerald enterprise., 1906-12-06
A news item in Yesterdays Constitution at

A news item IN yesterdays Constitution at
tracted an unusual amount of local interest. 1t
was from Macon under date of Dec. 3, and
related that Judge Speer had signed an order to
require Haygood and Cults of this city to ap-
pear in federal court at Valdosta next Monday
to answer charges in disbarment proceedings
against them.
The petition was from l. Gelders of Irwin
and Emeine Hall of Wilcox, asking that these
prominent lawyers be stricken from the roll.
Both Ge1ders and Mrs. Hall are defendants in
cases brought by the Southern Realty and
Investment Company involving land titles
The general charges follow:
These attorneys engaged in bringing and
prosecuting suits for the recovery OF land ana
conspired and agreed together to form cor
poration under the laws of the state OF South
Dakota for their benefit and for the purpose OF
buying outstanding titles to tracts OF land IN
the southern district of Georgia and bringing
suits for the same in the name OF SAID corpora
tion in the circuit court of the United States
against the tenants in possession of said tracts
of land, and for the purpose of traudulently Sc
curing title to said tracts of land and holding
same for the use and benefit of citizens OF
Georgia in the name of such corporation and tor
the purpose of receiving deeds in the name OF
said CORPORATION with fraudulent and fictitious
of the consideration and thus fraudulently con-
ferring jurisdiction upon the circuit court IN
controversies upon which it would not other
wise have jurisdiction, thereby perpetratlng
fraud upon the court and a fraud and injury
upon the tenants"
Assistant U. S. District Attorney Alexander
Akerman is in charge of the prosecution.
Messrs Haygood and Cults yesterday sent
to the Constitution the following card.
Fitzgerald, Ga. Dec. 5, 1906.
Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta Ga
We note the publication IN your paper OF
this date from Macon, regarding proceedings IN
United States Court in which we are charged
with unprofessional conduct. We do not desire
to try this case in newspapers but IN view or the
very conspicuous publication OF this article we
deem it proper to state that we will be prepared
to prove those charges so far as they reflect on
us personally or professionally to be absolutely
and macious1y false, and to show the wicked
motive back of this proceeding. We simply
ask suspension of public opinion till this mat
ter is heard in court. Please publish this as
conspicuously as you did the article mentioned.
Respectfully,
J. w. HAYGooD.
ELDRIDGE CUTTs.
The Enterprise is disposed to carry out the
idea suggested in the card, not to try the case
in the newspapers, but in view of the local in
terest we feel justified in making few obser-
vations.
1t is probably true that there is wicked
motive back of the whole proceeding. The at
tornevs involved have large practice much of it
in the u. S. court, and there can be no
doubt of the fact that the instigators of the
prosecution are not the only ones who would de-
rive comfort, and probable benefit from the dis
barment, or even the Encouragement OF this
particular law firm who have charge of the unpop-
ular side of several important cases. We be-
1ieve that the people who know all the parties
and especially those who have an inkling ofthe
real animus will suspend judgment until the
matter is settled in the courts, which will cer-
tainly not be great while as the court convenes
next Monday at Valdosta.
The Raleigh Progressive Farmer prints a
notable article exposing the stock food fraud,
which it pronounces the most stupendous swim.
die now being practiced upon American farm
ers. Millions and Millions of dollars are spent
every year-several thousand dollars year per.
haps in this very county-for gaudily advertis-
ed stock foods, condition powders, ETC., for
farm animals, while the investigation and tests
made by the Experiment Stations have demon
strated that these preparations are nothing
more than common meal, bran, ETC., with little
cheap sulphur, SALT Epson salts, pepper salt
peter, ETC., added to change the taste, and the
mixture (hardly more valuable than ordinary
ship stuff put up in flaming packages, adver-
tised IN big illustrated ads in farm papers, and