Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1906-05-08

white children are. The detestable theory is
being made to do service in the present guber-
material campaign. What can be more disgust
ing or revolving to the self respecting white
man than this base argument?
We know that the negro schools are full,
that large percentage of the negro children In
Georgia are attending the public shoots, but we
have not the slightest respect for the opinion of
the man who insists that it is result of great
| err desire for education than character1zes the
| average poor white child. They are not more
eager go to school, but less eager to go to work.
! The negro is indoent by nature. They don take
| kinklv to manual labor and the school house is
convenient refuge, SHOOT houses built by white
men, school teachers paid by the taxes of the
white people afford them at least pleasant
means of escape from the pillow handles and the
hoe.
We are not guessing at theory, we know
from personal observation and experience
whereof we asseverate The forty-6ve years of
our life have been spent in section of the coun-
try where the population is evenly divided be-
tween the two races, and our opportunity for OBJ
serving and knowing the truth about the matter
entities us to opinion independent OF any
mans theory. We have no patience with the
man VINO, knowing luSSC LAutASS 10 Wu1lAS 4OI
political purposes to accept the suggestion from
theorist that the poor whites of Georgia, Gae
purest American blood on the continent) are in
different about the important question of educa-
ton as compared with the children of the
slaves brought only few generations ago by
New England slave traders from the jungles of
Africa.
The poor white children of Georgia are all
right, they are mbued with the loftiest asplra-
tons, they are eager for education and higher
attainments, and will in the future, as they have
in the past furnish history with many illustri-
GUS examples.
Those who have been silly enough to use
this argument for political rposes in the pres
ent gubernatorial campaign will be ashamed of
it before the close of the term of the governor
to be elected this year.
MM
Mr.. G. A. Cone, of Wilcox county. is in the
city today, and while he is not soliciting Irwin
county votes it is fact that he has recently an
with fair prospect of election to that RESPONSE
b1e position. He is highly respected church
man and school teacher which indicate his capa-
bilities and worthiness.
"Rrisht Benz Russell, of the Bainbrlge
Search Light, in a column devoted to the state
primary, defense of the state committee ac-
tion makes clear the one point that this is dem"
ocratic contest within the democratic household
and that as democrats they have the right to
exclude everything but democrats, but Bright
Ben" falls down in his logic when he lkens the
party to particular christian church. He says:
what would become of the Baptist church If
the doctrine of immersion was to be decided by
Methdists?" and states that they can manage
their own matters Just as the Baptlsts, Pres
bvterians, and Methodists all do" Let's carry
Bright Ben's" theory to it's last analysis and
set us ip in Georgia, sound money democratic
party, that's the Baptist church; free silver
democratic party, that's the Episcopal church;
| a government ownership democratic party, that
| thesPresyterian church; dsfranchsment dem
| ocratic party, that's the M. E. church south.
| Now will Bright Benz proceed to tell us what
| would become of the party of the people, the
| party of the white menof the south. If his Bap-
| fist, Methodist, Presbyterian and Episcopallan
| rule should be strictly adhered to?
AS Methodist, we would invite them ALL
Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian and Episco-
! palians into the great christian household.
The first complete map of the colony do
main showing the streams, railroads, roads and
school houses, corrected from the field notes
taken by MI. H. G. Taylor has just been issued
together with the corrected map of the city