The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1914-08-03
Wesley Walkers Attack.


In another column printing letter from Wesley Walk
attacking for well known opposition his candidacy for
Representative for Ben Hill county If similar attacking
other the most humble citizen of the county,
yubication, would not allow space in columns 1t
being attack ourselves beg readers indulgence
Wesley takes task 70 advance notice of the
der of Ben Barten to the Sheriff and ntmates that
of his where abous and helped barber him. Of
else the county believes had knowledge other than
the cenof Fitzgerald and when the Sheriff informed
that Barton would be the Jail by three o'clock that he
word to the sheriff that he would surrender him by that
justified giving it the public and though Barton did
not reach the Jail until nearly five the day. was never
theless in the custody of the Sheriff m account
the rain the sheriff delayed till when he placed Barton
the Jail.
This charge foolish that we make no apologies for our
in letting readers know that the everybody
wanted arrested was in Jail
The serious CHARGE Walkers attempt to deact the
voters attention from his unne represent the county
been thashed out in the columns of the Leader Enterprise
The tax advertisement settlement of 1912
will remember Walker the Board of County
Commissioners since the has been created they
know that before the Leader became the Official Organ
erprse under Mr. j. Mercer had the public printing In 1910
printed the legal sale advertisement manner as
they had always been printed this county and Irwin Walker
was Commissioner then and paid without criticism the full
amount of our bill On the advise of the County Attorneys
the attention of the Board of having called
the law authorize buy tee tax fas the commissioners
bought the properties for that year county its
taxes and advertising fees In 1911 for which
made plain Walker refused the the county and vet
paid us the u amount OF bill for the out of the funds
OF the At the SALE County Commissioner Walker
Tor hnsef purchased forty farm, which advertised
uo ats $ 90 the Shers which amount Walker
did not John Norris until several months after Norris time
sheriff expired and than year after the made
The county lost its that year paid all of the expense
advertising and selling the property and Walker said
of gaty charges they illegal they were
an 1910 and 1911 But Walker had his the forty
tor himself and could that robng county then
When the member of the Commission took his Office
W. White, informed of scheme elect Walker as
Of oho
work during the month"; and believing the recommendation of
previous Grand Jury right and that the position we'll paid
for $ and we'll filled the incumbent at that price we
senousy objected the change and sentiment against
the change keeping Walker from the 5000 year. which had
planned to land for himself 1t is from this charges
to the county began be illegal the Walker The only
that he could beat out of legal claims sacrifice the
county interest and let the property be sold whomsoever
would buy at whatsoever they The law charges the
county commissioner with IT, duty seeing the finally
ected makes the sheriff responsible offer sale any prop
erty which due after legally advertising same
but through the direct influence af Walker Mr. White, who
new in the office joined HMM refusing buy the taxas the
protection of the The county $1,000 and
Walker enabled take revenge of for activity
keeping him from being elected clerk of heBoard $500
Walker unfit for the high position of Representative county
Tor he will readily sacrifice the public interests his gain
ambition.
At this time when the tax proposition was at is
height informed that Walker working negro Geo.
Burgess convicted and supposed be serving twelve months
s in the convict his farm. The
negro convicted the Fall of 1911 and then july 1912
We dgnt search the records the and
the Jail what paid and whom Geo. Bur-
CESS.
These records failed to disclose any information that Burgess
fine paid and Intercepted Solicitor Horn the City Court
he being the only lawful officer who in 1912 could receive such