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The Adairsville Ledger .♦LOO PER ANNUfe IN ADVANCE. EVERY THURSPAY MORNING T. A. J. MAJORS, Editor. H. FJ. WALKBW, M V'*'' ’ Tb■ I/Kookr li niilfd t h*eric<*r. t**c (roe. at fi a year and 50 eents *or*ix 1 Arivertift.nz ralea reaaonattl* wtl! be mud'- known on application. ’ 1 iccithtted cnmmuntcatioii* will not be re* tnrned. 1 Correspondence containing import'int news and <Uscnlon nfHve topics la aolicitefi. but must bo brief to hare attention. Rcioicaoccs shaiild be made by eipreii,|K>- tal note, money order or register letter. •“ “"•’’TOE i-KDOKR. Adairsville. (la. Executors and administrator* are cau- Honed that they have the sole power to advertise their notices iu whatever paper they may select. Persons having such advurtisenicuts to insert in Tick Lkijoku should either give explicit orders to have the notice of sale sent to this paper, or they should send them direct to this office, t! FOR GOVERNOR W". J. NORTH©^. OK HANCOCK . ■*■ ■ "i "■ggs* Kvkkktt is only a Demoqrat for office. _ Evkkktt can be convicted of fa's o h©od. Fob “cheap demagogiteiatn IV W. Everett certainly takes the cake. The Alliance leaders think that their allegiance to the AHjanpe is greater than to the democratic party. The Constitution says that it will cither be Felton or Everett. In the opinion of The Ledger it will b© Felton. R. >V. EvEhKTT is not a Demo crat, nor was he nominated by Democrats. It Las been proven beyond a doubt. * i mm i— ■■ ■ wilj the Alliancemep do now sincet their candidate and con vention have both repudiated their pet measure—-the sqb-Tre,sury bill? Some day some of our good democratic Alliance friends will be aroused trom their Lallucjnatioq and will find that the Alliance is not the Democratic party. Poqq men, can you afford to loud support to a man that says if it in he would not lot you vote ?• R. \V. Eye.rett ts that pian. (>H, yes, U. 'W. ‘Kyerett is very popular at home. In the recent flection (uf (Relegates tp be only received sixty-six out of ISO—his full strength in b,is i(*ine precinct. To the esteemed \k)liumhus En <jHirer-Sun: The Democratic party of the Seventh is iu \io danger, of being disrupted, by Dr. Feltpn. There is more danger from Everett aud the Alliance than any one else. Just qbput pow, if a person Should go t# the Macon Telegraph, Augusta Chronicle, the two At lanta dairies and the Columbus Enquirer-Sun for pure Democracy, lje could not get it. It in 100 late, tor Everett and his friends to (jome to principles, In return ing it is only to catch votes, and if he should be elected he will not do he says he will. In his case * Judge the future by the past NoTwiTHSTAJiDiNOtbe secret boy cott of the Alliance against The Lkikjkk it wiil remain a thorn in side of its leaders for months come. An argamzation or set of Ut*u th. t canuot stand criticism must necessarily be rotten. The Lkogek’s circulation is increasing two for every one lost. \\% jj v. f ■} -U* .. , | HON. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES The above-named gentlemen has s v-red his connection with the Tribune ot Rome. In doing so he gives his reasons, which, according lo our hum’nle opinion, are very weak. He stated to the stockholders of the Tribune that he woull put one question to R. W. Everett, and if be did not answer it satisfactorily hp would pupport Felton. The'question was put, and the answer was what every one knowing Everett thought it would be. He answered that if the Democratic caucus repudiated the sub-Treasury bill, he would also repudiate it. This Jbili Was. the test made on all Georgia Con gressmen, and all tailed to indorse it, and only four of them were able to overcome the Alliance. In this district Everett started out en dorsing this bill, but recently, in pne of the upper pounti s, he failed to advocate it—in fact, did pot say anything when asked. Mr. Graves made a great mistake in taking the word of this demagogue, it he did have witnesses. There wore witnesses in 1876 and 1886, but "he did not do what he said he would. The leading citizens of nis county are against him—men whose character are above repr >acli and w'hose word will go farther than some of Everett’s friends’ oaths. Everett is one of the very sine I’ politicians of Georgia, one who* has a very exalted opinion of him self and damns pyeryi pe else that does not agree with .im. His whole career gives his reply to John Temple Graves a falsehood. Besides the above mentioned years in 1888, the Polk county Alliance passed a resolution, intro duced by Dr. I). M. Rusepll, for bidding the Alliance from going into politics. R. W. Everett was in the chair when it passedj but as soon as the AJliance adjourped he Commenced to got the suh-Alliances to endorse him. On hearing that QtT,L. branch, now a candidate for the legislature from Polk, was also, or would likely be, a candidate for the Legislature, he seht —or went ’ himself—to Dr. Branch, and asked him {o submit their claims, to sub-Alliqnces of the county. This Dr, Branch agreed to, but before Darning the result of their several actions, he withdrew. Not heedingjthe reso lution which had been introduced, Everett went actively to work to get the Alliance to indorse him. This is a well-known fact in Polk, end can be verified. H was in dorsed by them, but was defeated in the general ejection by a ma jority ranging from 200 to 400, and lost his home prey-inct by seventeen, majority, and only a week or two ago got sixty-six voteß out of 180 in his hopie district. The friends and supporters of Dr. Felton in the Seventh district dp npt care a cent what the papers call them. They know that they are right, and, no one can honor ably question their Democracy. Delegates were not honestly elect ed in the counties of Baitow. Floyd, Dade and Gordon, Repub licans participated. In the coun ties of Dade, Polk and Bartow> Republicans and Greenbackers were delegates to the Calhoun con vention. Is that Democracy ? If it is, God pity the party and men who are so t blind in. their ignorance to so claim it. The Eveping Liar’ alias Herald, of Rome, is the latest candidate for public patronage. No names appear at its masthead, but it is understood that Zack Hargroves, Republican candidate for Con gress, has money in the enterprise, although it is supporting Everett, the Alliance candidate. , i.Lm r - 1 IS HIS WORD GOOD? “I certainly will abide the action of i the Democratic caucus. lam a Demo crat, and so are my brother Allianeemen. “R. W. Everett.” R. W. Everett, in the above, as in all other cases, when he claimed to be a Democrat, will not stick. In 1876 he claimed he would abide by the action of the Democ rat c party of his county, biit he and and not. In 1886 he said he would abide by the action of the Democratic party, and he did not. He told Dr. Felton that be had alvfays supported him, and now he claims that he did not vote for Feltdn hut once, and it is a no torious fact in Polk that he did support the doctor. Evfrett will simply do anything for office, ||c is ohe of the most ambiU|kr;i/n in the State, and nothiHoo distastetul for him to do when ; it comes to feathering his political nest. He started out in this campaign as an Aliianceman, and asked the Allianeemen to vote for him be cause he wap an Aliianceman, and not as a Democrat. The sub- Treisury bill was his hobby, but of late he has dropped it and claims to be a Democrat. R. W. Everett is purely and simply a demagogue from bead waters. DEMOCRATS NORTH AND SOUTH. Some of the newspapers of Georgia are c o afraid of losing a few of their subscribers, and what few did oppose the Alliance for a while are now trying to gain *hem back again, are busily stulti fying themselves, and make all sorts of claims and have the har dihood *o assert still that the Alliance is the Democratic party. The Atlanta Journal is one of the papers that is busy slobbering over the leading Allianeemen, and hopes to get them, no doubt, to recommend it in the sub-A!liauce. Read thi* trpru its Monday edition : “'file folly of aiiy attempt to, draw a lino of division between tine Democrats and the Ailiuncemeu 6f thy South is shown fu the proceedings' of 'Hie present Congress. Only northern Democrats have joined Congressmen from the south iu de ieuding the rights or interests of the Al liancemen of this section. They were aided ouly by northern Democrats in opposing the high duties on cotton ties and bagging, and by few except north ern Democrats in imposing the tax on compound (or cotton seed on) lard. The south has no • political friends in the north outside the Democratic party of that section.” The Journal is fully aware of the fact that the northern Demo crats, by a large majority, have all along with the southern Democrats in tariff reform. The Journal persists in stultify ing itself to be a big dog with tne Alliance, and makes assertions that are hard to substantiate. Furthermore, the issues of the Alliance aro not being fought in the present Congress, and nothing is done tor the Alliance more than for all farmers of every section, and in fighting the tax on cotton seed oil ana cotton ties, it was not done, for the benefit of Alliance men more, than non-Alliancemen, but for all. Qn September 3 Zack Hargroves said that it was necessary for him to make a bid to the negroes to keep their vote off of Felton—un less he did Everett would not have the pleasure of going to Congress. So you, see that Hargroves is run ning, in the interest of Everett and not Fetyon, as the Cedartown Liar says. _/ The Iron City News, Cedartown, & three weeks' old paper, is making a strong fight against its county man, R. VT. Everett, The News has not been bought up with prom ised patronage from the Alliance, but is fighting for principle. If ybu wish to get all the trutn about R. W. Everett, subscribe for the News, JOHN LOCKE MARTIN. For a while a great deal of spec ulation was indulged in as to who would succeed John Temple Graves as editor of the Tribune of Rome, but those on the inside know there was hut one man for the place—a man endowed with all the ability and grace necessary to make the Tribune what it should bo - John I*oeke Martifc. The: Ledger congratulates Capt. Seay and the people of Rome on securing the services of the above nemed gentleman, and they will never have cause to regret in put ting their faith in Mr. Martin. Here’s to yon, John, and may hap piness and prosperity ever be thine. None of our exchanges excel The Adairsville Ledger ii>*,the manly courage with which it advo cates its convictions; and Jack Majors is as true to straigtout Jef fersonian democracy as the needle is to the pole. He has many friends and readers in Polk who wish him long life, prosperity and success m whatever he may under take.—Cedartown News. In bis speech at Esom Hill at the commencement of this cam paign. Everett denied every charge in The Ledger, but old man Brewster, a good old Baptist preacher, said lie knew the charges to be true, partly from personal knowledge and pertly from re liable persons, and says he would have voted for Everett gladly until denied the truth. The Cedartown Standard says that Dr. Felton had received a petition of 1,000 white voters in Bartow countv asking him not to run for Congress. We are author ized to state that the Standard published a malicious, deliberate, bare-faced lie. No such a petition has ever been received by the doctor. Before this campaign is over watch and you will find out that word has been sent out to the differ ent lodges that Everett would face about and iu his public addresses would refuse to discuss the sub- Treasury hill. If this has not been done it will be. Poor men read Mr. Everett’s ca reer and doctrine and see if you can afford to elect him to serve you in the lower house of Congress. His every act proves him to be your greatest enemy. To do yourself justice you will vote against him. The Atlanta Journal and Con stitution are proclaiming with double leads to the people to stand by the nominee, but do not say by what nominee, the Alliance or Democrats. We will support the Democratic nominee—Dr. W. H, Felton. Candidate Everett was nomina ted on the sub-treasury platform, and as an Aliianceman pledged to support that scheme against all comers. Now Candidate Everett says if he is elected to Congress he will go into the Democratic caucus and support the action of that cau cus. And Candidate Everettt knows that that caucus will not favor the absurd, unconstitutional and class-oppressive sub-treasury scheme.—Tribune of Rome. Just So. Pierce Young, who was an oppo nent of Felton at the time of his mdepedent candidacy, once said of him, when asked how his Democ racy stood the test in Congress: “That’s, the trouble,” said Pierce, “his Democratic record cannot be i impeached, and, as to his honesty, there is not money enough in the “United States ireasury to buy him off from the line of duty.”—Trib une of Rome. h • " ■ ‘ ‘ * FRIGHTENED! TRYINGTO GET THE PEOPLE! TO SAY THAT THEY WILL VOTE FOR THE BARON. WHISTLING TO KEEP THEIR COURAGE UP! With All Their Bragadocto They Are Pale Behind the Kars—Only Three MenWoatdAgree to Sign Their Manhood Away—Weak! • • Papers were being handed around in Cedartowu last Saturday asking for the signatures of men who would promise tn> vote for R. W. Everett for congress. Its a fact; you needn’t laugh. Did you ever, in these many long years past, hear bf such a transgression of law and freedom? The very idea of asking a a voter to pledge himself in such a way l It actually seems ludicrous, and it is really as ludicrous as it seems. We understand from one who was asked to sign it, but refused to do so, and he was an Everett man, too, that there were but three or four signatures on the paper which was handed to him. We heard one or two say that Mr. Everett started around these papers, but we have our doubts about it being a fact. We do not believe that Mr. Everett would use such means to test his voting strength, nor to find out who were for or against him. The movement is too previous, to say the least of it. Of course a man does not have to sign the paper; but remember, that a good many men who love and esteem Mr. Ev erett intend to vote against him, should Dr. Felton be his opponent, who do not care for their business to be the business of the public, nor for Mr. Everett to know how they voted. If they were all as independent as they should be about such matters, they wouldn’t be troubled; but some tremble with fear of hurting tlieir business. God knows, if they would build up their bus iness and serve their country well, they would vote for the Democratic sage of Bartow, and “give to the wind” their shaky fears. We doubt not but that those who were handing the papers around meant well, and thought that in so doing they were serving their candidate faithfully nr.cl pleasing him. They had no intention of intruding upon the rights of tbeir coun trymen. It beats the world for enterprise.—Ce dartown News. Are They Serfs ? It is currently reported that orders have been issued from headquarters that all Allianeemen stay away from Dr. Falton’s meetings. If such be the case and the order is obeyed, then the rank and file of the Al liance in the Seventh district are no bet ter than Russian serfs. Their manhood is a thing of the past; a mocking memory. But the Tribune does not believe that such an insolent and insulting edict would be obeyed. The Tribune has too much confidence in the grit and spunk of the hardy yeomanry of the Seventh dis trict to for one moment believe that they would not instantly and emphatically declare their freedom and assert their in dependence. And yet, wdierein lies the difference between such a command and the one which forbids an Aliianceman voting for any candidate who will pledge himself to support the sub-Treasury scheme ? The secret political organization boss seems to have a powerful pull these days. —Rome Tribune. A Jewel of Consistency. Everett said in his speech in Calhoun. “I will abide by the action of the Democratic caucus in some meas ures.” Then again in his speech at the court house in Rome • “I will abide by the Democratic caucus in certain measures.” Now since that old war horse of Democracy, William H. Felton, is after Kim,iist + s “anything, Lord— everything. I’ll swallow the At lantic ocean to go to Congress.”— Tribune of Rome. Candidate Everett is. like the Irshman’s flea; when you put your, finger on him he isn’t there. —TriW,. une of Rome.