Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1910-08-30
Entered Fitzgerald Postoce Mail Matter Oh oecono O
TUESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1910.
LISTEN AT THE THUNDER.
Tom Watson is craZy!i

hewd fellow He has done number OF smart uh9S ou III '
would think he simply fool
Bit he isn't he's lzy We've heard lots of people say SO recent
He has probably sleep lying awake all night expecting 10
IaVk and his assassns and lying all day about ardck ana
ends and people, among them the editor OF the Enterprise
few wears Green to Thomson and formed copatnerSh
With Tom Watsons (who spending OF his tune an heDf
um Business dull about the time Watson received letter fro
Alabama popust had married heir to an estate that hi
een left the hands of R. and Mercer TOR dSrDuuon
the letter poor old Greene who borrowed money enough
y his way down eay where he a8ed around among the hume
us heirs Boyd sufficiently find that there was good PIC
NJ in the case by stirring up of the heirs three out OF fifteen
hem who did know the executors and L. Mercer al
,eople we had never SEEN
The crafty got the as ne learned that vi
find the way he humbugsed and finally sold out MS ellen
will be brought attention of the public to that Tom GRAZ
the following not sufficient proof in itself:
Front Jefersonan.
FSSF MERCER IS STILL SORE BECAUSE WATSON COMPELLE
HIM TO SETTLE WITH THE HEIRS OF THE BOYD ESTATE
After the late James had worked for weeks in the
town of Leah getting the evidence to show now Jesse
Mercer and pal gobbng the Boyd estate the
case went before Judge Spence who made rotten decision
it. We took the matter to the Supreme Court ana request
ed Marion Smith, Ex-Governor Smith, to represent us
before the Supreme Court Marion declined the ground
that Jesse had been such uch supporter OF MaronS
father Later while talking the Governor in his office, he
mentioned this Boyd and made the remark that ne could
not afford to have his represent the heirs because Jesse
had off his for himtha is for the Honorable Hoke
recollection that the Governor stated Jesses brothers
had done the thing
thought rather peculiar that lawyers should re-
fused just case any such grounds.
In person. argued the before thea Supreme Court for
fifteen twenty minutes late afternoon the Court being
kind enough extend its session beyond its usual hour order
that m5ht be heard
While the Court felt constrained affirm Judge Spences rot
ten decisioa-on technical grounds and recall esse law
yes did like the way which presented of those
ugly facts they began what sensation might be through
out South Georgia before Jury in packed Court
House and Numbered against Jesse Mercer and his brothers
for three hours.
Those lawyers Thomson, not long afterwards,
and we made settlement which satisfactory the heirs
who were represented by the late James Green and myself
In Fzaerad there is little weekly paper which comes out
every and then the e16cation of the enteprn5 town
in which it is printed and which fails take whack
at Yours Truly when ever it can
For instance has editorial in one of its recent issues In
which endeavors paint picture ohow HardWck skinned
the ugly Tom Watson in Thomson the 9th of August
says that Harwc produced the proof that Watson made
with the late Mark Hanna in the campaign of 1900 by
which he bargain the Popast party for price to be
used in Western State defeat the Democratic ticket and
the price to be paid in money
Of such evidence was produced
What Harwck did produce would not be sufficient evidence
authorize Justice the Peace to issue Waent for the
rest of niger for stealing hog
was from the Stand Republican, Chas Burke of
North Dakota PussyFoot Bill Howard the Deerer
who the Stand pat Republicans on March Is 1909
and gave them the rules which enabled the the
Republican party pass the Tariff bill that dis
graced Stature Books The cowardy Burke mention
ed my ALL He pretended that he knew of any
trade had been made between and Mark Hanna This
Republican Crook who applied by PussyFOo Bill simply
told stepping that he might satisfied that Wat
son had deal with Mark Hanna and got Republican money
AS of fact any who will consult the copy right
dates my Life of Napoleon will that in the year 1900
have been concentrating mind literary work.
paatory the writing this book every word of which
written by my own fingers.
Never my life did see Mark Hanna, and there
any communication between either directly indirectly
part the campaign Of 1900 was not out my
State during whole and the best my Recollection
did 90 outside of McDue during the whole
was Chicago until after Mark Hannas death, and
never attended Republican Convention either there else
When such wouldbe thieves Jesse Mercer take delight
in circulating the scandals of such political crooks Burke