The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-09-04
What Hon. IT. Royal, Former Schley County
Representative Says About Tom Hudson

"HUMBUGGED" farmer. You
should ask Mr.. Crisp how marry
dollars he has ever thrown in.
their way, in order to make life
sWeeter and their burden easier
He has only been able to acquire
jurisdiction of the dispensing of
two positions since his advent in
TO congress, touching affairs in
ochley county; one a post office
appointment; the other a statisti-
cal agent to count the cotton our
farmers make, and in both Of
these instances his town friends
were selected to fill the places
ne last mentioned position, that
OF cotton counter" fell into the
hands of his present campaign
manager, who is a merchant and
also Tax Receiver of the county
None Of us, however, have ever
criticised him for these appoint
ments.
Mr.. Crisp misjudges the farm
ers OF Schley, if he is of the opin-
ion that they are mad with YOU
about being able and willing to
give them those jobs while YOU
were Commissioner. In fact this
new ORDER OF THINGS were
as revolution to us all; we had
never received anything that we
could 50 completely realize from
a public office before, and sorrow
FULLY we bemourn the fact that we
have received nothing since your
retirement from public life.
That's why we are going to put
you in Congress-WORDS ARE
EMPTY, RESULTS COUNT.
have written you at length be-
cause l wanted you to more fully
realize than ever before, lust
what |, and hundreds of other
friends here think of you, and the
methods by which Mr.. Crisp is
seeking your downfall.
Mr.. Crisp wouldn't dare come
to Ellavllle, and make his usual
TRADE on your reputation and
character, like he is spouting all
over the district wherever he
thinks the people don't know YOU
so well. If he were to, some of
the few followers ne has in this
county would desert him, his
present campaign manager in
cluded, for he, in all reality. is
your friend.
We all know your IMPLICIT
HONESTY OF PURPOSE; we
know, that you never refused a
call i'll your whole life, in office
or out of office, when the>;nterest
.of a friend, or anyone efse's
friend, was hanging in the bal
qnce; we know that CHARITY,
THE SWEETEST VIRTUE
RECORDED IN HOLY WRIT,
has ever received bounteous
extended hand when knocking at
your door; we know that you
have on number of occasions gone
down i'll your pocketbook and own
E1erated the hayward son from
Drisca Wills, in order that the
oil d, broken-hearted mother
might rejoice at the return Of the
child. In Tact it is commonly
known and conceded that, WIEN
any of us in Schley county want
anything done that we can't do
ourselves, we always call on Tom
Hudson, and results follow, and
that's the thing that counts, after
all
Indeed, it would be burden
some task to convince the people
of Schley, that Tom Hudson is a
bad man, and one that the people
could not trust.
Y, hat | have, written comes di-
rect from the heart, and will re-
ceivc the sanction of our entire
citiz@nry.
You have my unqualified per-
mission to use this letter in any
way you may see fit. This is one
race, above all, in which | have no
secrets to conceal.
With best wishes for your
speedy recovery and trusting that
your majority may exceed even
your expectations, beg TO re-
main,
Your friend,
J. I ROYAL.
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