Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-07-19
An Open Letter
From G. Sam Wilcox

To The Public
| may be lowering myself by re-
plying to the three dirty editorials of
G.. Pryor, but since he has stated to
Rev. CHM that Will Halle ard myself
constitute the political. clique that he
has referred to in each article, feel
that it is my privilege and in sense,
my duty to get this great criterion of
church fellowship and civic harmony
told few things.
Now, to begin with, when G. states
that Will Halle and myself brought
Rev. Roy Davis here to put over a
political scheme to defeat the pres
ent sheriff, or that we brought him
here tor any other purpose whatevey
or had anything to do with his coming
here. he knows that he is telling a
bare-faced lie of his own manufacture
VIII Halle offers to make G. Pryor a
present of One Thousand Dollars, If
ne Will bring one single, solitary proof
OF evidence to establish his charge as
to this, or that either of us knew that
| Or. Davis was coming here until Rev.
CHM showed us letter from DR.. Dav-
is III which he accepted Rev. Ginn's in
vitation to help him in his series of
meetings.
&c" is some DREAMER. for un-
doubtedly he dreamed all about this
political clique. Joseph didn't have a
thing on G.. We do thank you how
ever q, for crediting us with the bal
ancing power in Fitzgerald politics.
We never knew this before. In fact
|, myself am not in politics at all,
neither have been since living in
Fitzgerald. But G. how can man
with the raising given you by your
good mother and father, make such a
base accusation against one of our
ministers and the church of God? Can
it be that you are so awfully preju
diced against the A. B. & A. strikers,
that because the membership of the
Kennedy Memorial Baptist Church is
made up of quite a number of these
people, you would stoop to make such
a charge against Gods minister and his
church, merely to inflame the fires OF
months ago again in our city, where
as all good citizens are trying to for
get, and whereas the A. B. & A strike
has become history in our midst?
Why this extreme pr IuAce on
your part and why your continuing
to keep the strike ever present in our
minds
WHY YOUR dream of this great DO
litical scheme of such crooks as VIII
Halle and myself. with these God
fearing people, and WHY such peculiar
interest in the reelection of Elisha
| Dorminey?
Well folks-1et me tell YOU why G.
has so much interest in Elisha's re-
election. Not that G. wants Elisha
TO stay on SO that he can raid those
that are not within the confines of the
understood and agreed ones, or that
he might continue to protect those
that he has been protecting.
No! G.. hasn't that much brotherly
love about him. His main and only
reason for being very strong Dor
mincy man is that he controls the
county advertising through the sher-
| 1T It's purely selfish motive on
G's part, he won't deny it and you can
not blame him. You know some OF
our hearts stay with our pocket books
and &. is one of them guys OF
course if he had the editorial sense
that he would like to have, he might
lead some folks to believe that in ad-
dition TO craving the countv's money
THROUGH Elisha Dorminey. that he has
found in vour midst a minister by
the name of R"v Ginn who is wolf
living in sleeps clothing and corraIed
around him was congregation of stril-
rs, who are endeavoring to grow ?
few Wines, lust to get in position &c
helm pull an undercove' political dcaI
with VIII Halle and myself. whereby
Sheriff Dorm;ney. the great martyr oil
-h" B. & A. strike would be de
feated
We Gods. what an awful thing was
about to be pulled off right here il,
Fitzgerald, right in the midst OF the
churches and civic ORGANIZATIONS when
all at once, and as by a miracle G
had vision and then showed us all
up Thanks be unto YOU c.. YOU have
saved YOUR peonle and on1e again
your name will go down as another
Moses
Again thou great leader of people
out of darkness and the wilderness.
tell 'em how YOU ever got Elisha to
turn this county advertising money to
you. Oh you criterion of good Cit