Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1926-08-19
DELIBERATE SLANlEROUS,
LIE PRINTED AGAINST
w p ERIER

(From the Coffee County Progress)
1t has been a custom of some OF
the lowest type of Georgia politicians
to SANDER opposition by criticizing at
a time when impossible to refute in
! the press slanderous lies, attacking
their opponent. Many good man
has been defeated whom should have
been elected by such methods. This
happened in rece selection.
Our friend and contemporary, Ms
w. R. Frier, editor of the Douglas
Enterprise for eighteen years, ma
tive of Berrien county, Georgia, and
for three terms chairman of. the Cof-
fee County Democratic Executive
Committee, a number of terms
member of the State Democratic
Committee, and at one time named a
delegate to the National Democratic
Convention, former mayor of
Douglas, and judge of the City Court
of Douglas, lifelong Democrat, Of
first water, allied actively with coun-
ty, state and national politics of that
party, an das sturdy patriot as any
section of Georgia affords, is the re-
cent victim. He has been handed an
affront, we do not know by whom,
that places the author of the SANDER
as one of the basest reptiles in hu-
man attire that can be mentioned.
The Atlanta Independent. a negro
newspaper, published in Atlanta, in a
masterful effort, printed ,threeNweeks
ago a contemplate slanderous lie as
ever appeared against white man in
Georgia. 1t did not have earmarks
o fbeing written by negro and was
circulated under separate cover ap-.
parently to every newspaper and
county official in the state. Claims
that Mr.. Frier was the political and
personal friend of the negro repubh-
cans" were printed. And that che
would doubtless be an Independent
candidate for office should he be de-
feated in the primary" The ram
skunk who composed the lie, every
line of it shrewdly stated that Mr..
Frier would advocate equal rights for
and in every vicious manner possible
printed, four columns wide, on the
front page of the sheet, every lie that
could be waged in.
1t quoted an article printed in the
Douglas Enterprise, contributed by a
local, ignorant negro during Mr..
Frier's absence from the city.
The Enterprise has published ar
ticles for the better element Of ne
groes. just as has The Progress, when
touching subjects that might prove
beneficial to the negro. In recent
years there has been group of me-
groes in this city who have done good
work in promoting High Schools, and
in every way have undertaken to ad-
vance the cause of their race in this
immediate section. The article ap-
pearing in The Enterprise and in the
Atlanta publication, used solely by
the latter as a political stencil, by
low-brow mixed breed politicians,
appeared in the local paper after Mr..
F'rier had entered the race. He was
away from the city at the time, other
wise the article of political nature
would not have been printed. 1t
never has been done heretofore. The
article stated only that Mr.. Frier was
a friend to the negro. The Atlanta
publication distorted the facts and
lied to disgusting degree and we
want the newspapers and the people
of Georgia to know of this Internal
attack, and will support what we say
with ten thousand affidavits if neces-
sary, proving the fact that Mr.. Frier.
has never, in any way, been alliedF
with any phase of the republican,
party, but has always been loyal
Democrat.
The people of Georgia should not
support any man who would seek
benefits to any degree by any such
method.