Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-04-20
Commander Brown States the G. A. R.
Position On The Mob Incident.
Fitzgerald, Ca, April II, 1911.


humanity write article solely correct Of in
give the facts regards the actions of the two Fge
aid Army Posts do this because was Commander the De-
pament of Georgia and Carolina all the Depart
men for the year ending with the campmet held here last Friday
These conventions call them consists delegates
Posts but who attend because they elected
for that purpose by Posts Therefore not that these
coored delegates invited by Fitzgerald G. A. Post for
knew they coming All the delegates always entertained free
cost but it hotels and the bills paid by the two Posts
delegates at the Marion hotel and the coored
coored hotel boarding house Pine the jail The
made by committee and as no
delegates expected none us knew where these e col
ored dele9ates were taken by the committee.
Another your stating that the colored
men were dealt with that the mob then proceeded repemand
and pretty roughly the parties who entertaining the negroes
that only few men, 90 am told visited Corade
Nelson's house and of him the stopping place the negroes
he kindly offered go with them and help them
find it. AS they proceeded the crowd increased different points and Vat
one point Nelson assaulted and pety roughly and was
after escaping from the mob The mob then without
aid found the delegates the cood boarding house and be-
cause they wore Grand Army uniforms and delegate badges to
Army Encampmen the mob tore off these badges and T. A.
buttons and ordered them to the city Cooed delegates
moeaon attended former Encampmen at Atlanta
Savannah and here coored Grand Army Posts and maintained
Savannah Ca Charleston Hilton Head Beaufort and Bton
they moed those cities for belonging the Grand
Army Fitzgerald has the high high honor insulting our Order by
mng Comrades The parties who entertained the negroes
moesed stated but instead quiet peaceabe man was
ued from his and buty punished by this mob to the eveas
ing disgrace and derimen of our city
have not seen any account deporable act
with you will do fair city much harm believe that large
majority of adding citizens agree with deporng this law
spirit and this insult to the members OF the Grand Army who have
proven themselves to be good moral Iawabdng citizens
comrade TaIapooa Ga, elected Department Com
mand and invited the Encampment hold its next meeting Tai
apoosa but hold this CITY, But unless the city author
such action in this matter as will assure the comrades OF pro
quite probable that the next Department Encampment will
60 to Taapoose the Fitzgerald comrades will hesitate about
again inviting an Encammen to- come t to this city,
Yours for Ia" and good q citizenship Raae1n
Past Department Commander G. AR
Apropos we quote following from the Cordee Dispatch
Ftzserald owes her reputation get right in behind
that gang which citizen Nelson of that roughly
a few nights ago. How about it, Bro. Mercer"
There is this much about it.
We have ideals ideas and we'll formed opinions
well founded thought that this two sided question
mob spirit dangerous element and mob voeneis
The embance of social equality abhorren and that
attempt practice in this of the world arouse the
hottest passions of the dominant race
The letter from Commander in the right spirit By the
way Mr. Brown one coony best citizens and what he
ought the of reader of the Enterprise who
of this colony and CITY, The negro delegates had
perfect right the convention here and there nothing
reasonable that fact but the semblance of social inter
course three of the G. A. representatives during
the day mob organized really the disturbing element
the only excuse for the mob
The G. A. people this colony have rights that all in
respect This essentially colony and should
every southern have well understood that
they welcome South Georgia and have the protection of the law
backed by all good people the exercise of their rights
On the other hand and bigger broader question
the AneoSaxon will not social equality with the AoAmer
can whether Fitzgerald the Colony other Southern
community popular in Northern community is
evidenced by the recent Booker Washington leading
negro of all the race country other Not only the assault
New York City, but the dispatches
terday that the residents of Long Island community have
him out, in that community where he
recently bought home.
Fitzgerald law-abdng and free of the mob spirit the
average community North South and about the only thing that
provoke the ORGANIZATION mob the irritation of
race prejudice
hope the A. people will hold their meeting in
Fitzgerald and them that every delegate white or black with
the business meetings only the of social
intercourse that the spirit of resentment.