The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-05-19
EXPULSION OF ENTERPRISE
LOCAL. 1912.

few words about the Farmers I'm
ion in Georgia in behalf of my fell
low man.
When the charges were first
brought against some of the State
officials the members of Enterprise
Local, No. 1912, passed some reso-
lutions, which they thought wise to
do. (And the majority think so
YETI A copy of which were sent to
our State organ, The Union News,
also to The Jeffersonian. The latter
published same, but our paper re-
fused to do SO. Nevertheless, they
did not pass us by unnoticed. for we
received letter that read like this:
You have broken your obligation
and perjured yourself, and unless
you rescind these resolutions your
charter will be cancelled" Some of
us Il for one) wrote to headquar-
tiers and asked that they point out
to us what section of the bylaws we
had broken, and where had we per-
jured ourselves? Did they answer
our questions as We had asked them?
No; they did not. Here is how the
reply came: 'You have, in your
resolutions, thrown out two false inn
pressiOns, and surely you ought to
be willing to do as l tell you"
(Whether we thought SO Or not, and
whether he had told lie or the
truth, he seemed to think we ought
to follow suit) Did we rescind?
No, the majority (23 to s. did not.
Why? Because we did not think
we had done anything to be sorry
for and could not see where a re-
cession would help the cause any,
= for I'm quite sure that had we di-
vulged secret in this resolution
our recession could and would not
have taken that secret back into the
Union. Last, but not least by any
means, our first letter says, you have
broken your obligation and perjured
yourselves. Later we get one stat
ing: you have thrown out two false
impressions. Now, which were we
to believe we were guilty of? Lis
ten, and I'll tell you: The twenty
three that stood agains the five have
not yet believed either. After all
this harangue, our secretary received
a letter from headquarters stating
that this (the aforementioned let
teri was positively the last letter
that he was going to write us about
the matter. and if we did not re-
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that our charter would be cancelled.
To my personal knowledge he has
written three since that one was
written. Did he tell the truth about
writing the letters? If he did not,
have we, then, any more right to
believe what he said concerning the
resolutions than what he said about
writing the letters. Now, some one
might say that he was in sympathy
for us, the reason he continued to
write. If so, frankly dispute such
an excuse. For had he been so SYM
pathetic as all that he would not
have cancelled the charter. which he
did few days ago, but in due time
to keep the above mentioned Local
from having any voice in the June
Convention. Now, I do not want
any one to be influenced by this
letter. But l will ask every Local
in the State of Georgia, who did not
see our resolutions in The Jefferson
ian, to write to H. l.. Tootle, Lew,
Ca, or to J. M. Tatom, Glennville,
Ca, inclosing stamp, and you will
be furnished copy Of these resolu-
tons. Don't take any mans word
about it, but get the resolutions and
compare with your bylaws, and see
for yourself if we Cor they, as have
resigned) have committed such