Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1906-02-03
ENEMY NOT FOUND.

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mics. and their mouths may get
them into serious rouble. While
In the country, Wednesday, a
gentleman asked US how the
mall pox was getting along in
Ocilla. When we informed him
that there was only one case
well isolated-among the whites,
and two among the negroes, all
near the outskirts of the city and
all rapidly recovering, he looked
astonished. Why" said he. i
have been wanting to go to Ocilla
Tor several wee ks. on business.
but bave been afraid to do so, "a
| l have been h~aring that / Is
rotten with small pox." CtIcu
lating false reports about tn
health of a city, with reference
to contagious dises ses, is punish
BILE as for a misd meanor, and
there may be ,roubl- ahead for
someone. "-Ocilla S ar.
For The past few months the
editor of the Ocilla Star has seen
fiji to take advantage of our re-
spect for Old age, and wrote sew
eral nasty. dirt, tile lnslnuating
sGuibs; sometimes about us edit
to, and s3metlmes bout the tow
OF 1rwInville.
He Indeed has the correct con.
ception of our respect for old age.
for we were reared by as good
ch ristian mother as ever lived.
and nd taught h from Our ea1 lest daYe
20 hold 10 esteem and high res
pect all persons of older age than
Yourself. This we have always
done so far as was consistent to
our interest and the interest +
our la borS. therefore we have
thus far maintained that respec,
by having refrained f ON making
any reply to his sneering re-
marks of ourSelf, the Courier or
the town of Irwinvillle.
But of late, it seems, that in
order to deft nd ourself and the
Cou rier, we are compelled to pay
him at least little atte ntion
though a little is really more than
his petty remarks deserves. l.
the article which is taken from
the Star of last week 1t is plaiI,
lor us to see that he has refer
ence to an article which appear
{ d ia the Courier some time ago
with reference to the repo' t o.
mall-pox in Fitzgerald and 0 il
la. AS best we remember the
report published by the Courie "
stated that smallpox Of a full
Type" was reported in the two
towns, but that no newspaper re-
port bad heen made.
Immt diately after the publica
ton of the Courier of the week
containing the i'em of mention.
the S'ar appea, ed with the arti
Gle copied and made considerable
comment. In his ccmmen' ,
which we have not heretofore
took time or space to refer, he
did not do us the justice to con.
s,rue the meaning of our words
as to newspaper mention of the
smallpox as we intended. We
meant to make no criticism OF
The weekly papers for not hav'
ing mentioned the appearance OF
the disease, but bad reference
solely to the lack of mention 10
the daily papers.
We number among our very
best friends in the county people
of Della and Fl zgerald, and
nave 100 much regard for right
and justice to make an attack, as
the S;ar editor would have the
people think we would, upop
their interest or the municipal
ties in which they reside and as
sists ia the regulation of proven
tatives for the spread of such d.
sease.-Irwin County Courier
The article which the Courier
reprints from the S ar had no
reference whatever to the coun' y
organ, as the intelligent reader
will see. 1t was written to re.
flute grossly exaggerated re-
ports of small pox in Della,
which were being circulated 10
tie country adjacent to town
in the territory from which O:il-
la receives a large share OF
patronage.