Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1906-01-30
Tuesday, January 30, 1905. y

Fe do not see how any man who is honestly
&or of reform can vote against Hoke Smith
nd man can see through the efforts of the
reform forces; they wouldn't give hurrah
ghina which of the candidates is elected,
Il so Hoke Smith is beaten. All other coons
Aell alike to to them -Cordele Rambler.
Now suppose the stockholders of Fitzgerald
papers should get out an injunction against the
editors publishing complimentary notices OF
themselves, what effect would it have on those
editors who never had complimentary notice
and who eagerly grasp at any little taffy given
them in return for complimentary mention!
What effect would it have? We are curl
GUS to know?
Hon. Hoke Smith, the peoples candidate
for governor of Georgia, has been to Arlington
which is near the corner of the three counties
Of Early, Baker and Calhoun, and is trade
center for that section. Fhe Calhoun County
I Courier, with which we made our start to tor"
tune and to fame, coses~its report OF Mr.
Smiths visit and the effect of his speech with
this language:
''We feel safe in saying that Hoke
Smith will carry Calhoun, Baker and
Early counties by safe maJoritles."
It gives us pleasure to note that our old
district is all right the important question
of selecting chief executive.
n n
Walter Rogers accuses us of drawing our
lam baster on him, of actually using it. Ot
course Walter is mistaken, as usual. Possibly
a guilty knowledge that he deservedit prompted
the thought. He felt the need of it, no doubt.
His first little two liner was real impudent,
coming from boy we had tried so hard to
! raise right. We didn't raise him often enough,
possibly, but it isn't too late yet We shouldn't
have noticed it at all, but we were afraid you
might forget your raising.
Walter, you have, at least you seem to
have forgotten or proven recreant to trait we
Il tried to incucate in you.frankness, candor.
"a half truth is often worse than an untruth.
Your statement that the "Euterprise published
paper there and made strenuous efforts to OBJ
tain the ADVERTISING" was written to mlslead.
1t would have been nearer to the truth to say
that the Irwinvlle Enterprise was ruled out on
the ground that it was not PUBLISHED there and
that the effort was to RETAIN not OBTAIN the
advertising. The Enterprise had on its
merits and was robbed by technicality. Vi
course you are not responsible for either fact.
NJ we SlmPy uOlu yOu ASSPOASAOAS AVA - 800
Statement of the facts.
MM
Some time last week, or possibly two weeks
ago, we noticed statement in the Atlanta Con.
stituton, from Valdosta, to the effect that
poll had been taken in the lobby of the Valdes
hotel which disclosed the fact that majority
of those present favored Clark Howell. and that
Hoke Smiths friends we're in decided minor
ity. We did not know of any Clark Howell con-
yention in that part of the state, and as the
Statement was not signed, we took it with a
grain of salt, with about as many grains of salt
as there are Howell II en- in Valdosta. We had
not seen any such statement from any other
Quarter of the state and we just couldn't believe
ii, or at least we didn't Since then we have
noticed several specials from Veldosta, all of
them signed. Below we give two specimens
and throw in an extra from Grim Jigg's
baiwick. Here they are:
''Vadosta, Ga, Jan. 26.-In the lobby
of the Valdes hotel yesterday evening. there
were fourteen men, eleven for Smith and
of trains and hotels in southeast Georgia,
and this is the best percentage | have seen
Howell have. In most instances it it eight
or ten to one in Smiths favor.
"A. A. McCoRD,
''of Cordele, Ca"
s'Valdosta Ga, Jan. 24.-This evening
at the Hotel Valdes there were twenty-five
travelling men talking Smith and Howell.