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qOM PT ROLLER W RIGHT
makes PUNGENT REMARKS.
Also a Few Broken Observations
On The Situation.
HK CHARGES A ROJYIE EDITOR
With Double-Dealing And Duplicity And De
nounces His Charges as False £ nd Slan
derous. Makes a Statement Concerning
His Official Dealings With Tax Collector
Sanfora. A Vigorous Communication from
One cf The Bravest of Veterans And
Ablest And Purest State Officials Georgia
Has Ever Produced.
I To the voters and fair-minded citizens of
I Floyd cointy:
I have always tried to avoid
I a controversy in the public press,
and deeply deplore the fact that
I am driven into one to prevent
being censured and condemned
without a hearing. In this in
stance I come to reply to an at
tack, imide by a man, whom I
have known since he was a boy ;
and who, less than a month ago,
came into my office and repeated
his often made expression of
sincerest respect, confidence and
never faltering friendship to
myself.
In the Rome Tribune, of May
21st. inst. there appeared an
editorial, written, I presume, by
Mr. \\. A. Knowles, the editor,
in which he assails my official
and private character, in terms
which lam not willing to let
pass unchallenged. That I was a
Confederate soldier, 1 have al
ways been ready to admit; that
1 lost a limb on the field of bat
tie, is a well known fact; but,
that 1 have been chosen comp
troller general purely from sym
pathy I deny. My official record
has been reviewed by the voters
o. Georgia every two years since
1 came into office, and endorsed
't'any times by majorities over
“ the other nominees on the
democratic ticket.
1 positively deny any part in
the persecution of any official of
°yd county, or in any other
CoUl >ty in this state. I know
110t| nng whatever of the faction
contest going on iu Floyd
county, beyond the statement
inhere is such a contest rag
’“B between two or more fa.c
10l*s, in reference to county
and county matters. I
had anything to do
ind- ISU i h COnteßt « directly or
“ dlre ctly, and ,h e lugging of
M>an le aißl my ofHce , i to th . g
out ” i' lg llaS ,Jeetl done
ity, and without cause
Justification.
]l 'the discharge of my. duties
General, I have
Mr V ? COrres P°ndence with
X eoun^in
d ,“ tleßaßta collector,
WlbUtaslll » “'«<=-
Flo,d„„ “’"“V officials of
’ ith whicl? i* V 0 maUer ’
have nothing
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whatever to do. I have never
made war on any incumbent
nor attempted to do so, and no
such charge has never been made
against me by any tax collector
of this state. I know nothing of
the merits of this heated quarrel
over the offices, and certainly I
have not undertaken to interfere
in any manner or form what
ever.
Soma time about the last of
' April, Mr. Knowles, of the
Tribune, called at my office in At
lanta. and representing himself
as the friend of Mr. Sanford, in
quired about the trouble, which
he said he understood existed be
■ween Mr. Srnford and myself.
That, as a warm personal fried of
both Mr. Sanford and myself, he
wanted to understand the situation
with a view to an amicable settle
ment, etc. I assured Mr. Knowles
ihat, there was ao disposition on
my part to treat Mr. Sanford
unfairly or unjustly; that I was
only doing in his case, what I
I was required by the law in all
such cases, and by my sworn
duty as Comptroller General, to
do with every tax collector of the
State. In order to give Mr.
Knowles a complete history of
this matter, Mr. W. H. Harris
on, my chief clerk in charge of the
tax matters of this office, read ah
of the letters written by me to Mr.
Sanford, up to the date of Mr.
Knowles visit, and also Mr. San
ford’s letters to me. After they
had been thus read, Mr. Knowles
expressed his full and entire ap
proval of my course stating
that he saw no reason why
Mr. Sanford should
complain at the treatment he had
received, and that he, Knowles,
would advi«e him to go and per-,
form his duty and stop his ob
stinacy. j Mr, Knowles, ex
qresEed deep regret that Mr. San
ford shouldjhave been insulting in
’ his correspondence to me, and that
he, as Sanfords friend, would
plain matters fully and urge Mr.
Sanford to accept the whole cor
respondence in its proper light.
Mr. Knowles dare not deny bn
statement. Much else on this
hue was freely and voluntarily
said by Mr. Knowles, and the last
Words he u tered on leaving my
office, were of the most cordial
and friendly character.
As to the merits of my corres
pondence ana my official con
duct towards Mr. Sandford, my
letters, copies of which I under
stand have been published in the
ROME GEORGIA, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 30. 1893.
! Rome papers, fully ex; lain. I
finally discovered that tlie whole
I trouble arose because Mr. San
; ford got the certificates of his de
posit at Rome and kept them.
He should have kept one of the
duplicates and forwarded the
other to the state treasurer. If
he had done this there would
have been no correspondence
and no execution ; and as soon
as he did this, the correspon
dence ceased, and the execution
was ordered back to this office.
My critics seem to fail to sec how
important it is to have the cer
tificates of deposits promptly
forwarded, as these certificates
are the only official evidence
that the money is in the deposi
tory and therefore in the treas
ury, But my position gives me
full knowledge of the importance
of the above ;as by the law these
certificates are the only evidenc
es upon which the comptroller
general is allowed to give re
ceipts to tax collectors, and there
would be endless confusion in
this office, if tax collectors de
layed and refused to forward
certificates of deposits, and in
sisted that I should rely on ver
bal statements or letters that
they had made such and such
deposits.
I did not know that Mr. San
ford had any opponent when
mv letters were written. I deal
with all tax collectors purely in
an official wey, without refer
ence to politics and without in
quiring whether they are candi
dates for re-election or not, or
whether they have opposition.
Certified copies of letters writ
ten by me to Mr. Sanford, as
well as Mr. Sanford’s letters to
me, were furnished to citizens of
Floyd county, who asked if any
public official correspondence
could be had by application to
this office. As the law provides
for such certified copies of any
official matters, they were fur
nished, just as they are furnish
ed to any other parties making
a similar request, and just as
they were freely shown to Mr.
Knowles upon application near
ly a month before copies were
furnished to other citizens of
Floyd county. Had Mr. Knowles
or Mr. Sanford applied for the
correspondence or any part of
it, it would have been furnished.
Any citizen of Georgia has the
right to demand and receive a
certified copy of anything in this
office.
I desire to say that I am not
not responsible for the
uses to which any such official
documents may be applied, and
no fair-minded man will hold
me a party to any harm which
may come to any one from the
publication of copies of the of
ficial records of this office.
Please pardou a further person
al a'luslon, which should 1 ignore
I would be less than a man. In
answerjtothe statement by Mr.
Knowles, that “while we must
commend the comptroller general
for hie watchful lookout for the
dues of the state, still it does not
stand him in hand to throw stones
an any one. He, himself, has bee u
once upon a time astraddle the (
raggel edge, with the possibility
of having to disgorge, staring him •
in th* face, 'he misappropriation
of, not two, but of tens of thou
si nd« of dollars of public money, .
and ojly escaped by a technical!* ,
ty.”
I only desire to brand this 1
statement, evßry word of it and <
every syllable of it, as unqualified- j
ly falsie, and demand that the au
thor of it point out and specify
when, where and before what tri
bunal I was ever charg'd with
misappropriation of any moneys
of the state and escaped by auy i
technicality. Until he shall do
this all men who are interested
in gwd character will estimate
him as a slanderer.
Respectfully,
Ww A. Wright
VALUES!
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merit. Ihe principle upon which this business is built 1
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merchandising. Such has been our methods of winning I
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our plan for holding that confidence. We never | j
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Nor FAKE the people in any way. And while the prices
we name and the descriptions of the goods we give be= 1
low may seem unreasonable, yet they are true, and
those who come first will find some of the best values
offered in Rome in a long time. No goods charged at !
these prices. Everything strictly cash.
Ladies' Dressing Sacks Only 10 Cents Each.
There is only 75 in all, and those who come first will get them. We will,
howe' er, be compelled to limit them to one to each customer.
Ladies’ Shirt Waists. 'j
Laundered, with detachable Stand = Pretty Percale waist, worth and sold
ing Collar . . . VJC for much more, for this sale aqc
Laundered Shirt Waist, regular price ‘
was 50 cents, but for this special Fine Line Ladies’ Shirt Waists, some
sale . . . 2 2C real fine Dimities, Cham bras, Or-
Ladies’ Shirt Waist of good quality gaudies and worth up to $2.00
Percale, new standing collar, de- each, only . . . S()C
tachable . The Best Goods and Lowest Prices. |
ValuesinMuslinUnderwear I
Material is right, cut is *
\ right, styles the latest and V/Xt-V, y
/ pfv a prices are below any ever
f 1 heard of in this city. Ladies’ j j
I ''TjV* '*** \ j lull size Night Robes made
j II I I ’ I of good quality muslin, well “--i :•?'
I 'j [ I' L t|: f made and worth much more,
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\ V / / Ladies full size gowns,well
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J T** i NMa Ladies’ Fine Quality Gown, beautifully trimmed
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One lot of Gowns, handsomely and Chimese worth 75c for . .
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$1.50 each, only . . 1
uyv Corset Covers worth 25c for .
Ladies’ Night Robes of fine muslin, ,
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garment finished with pretty finish- | e nt quality muslin trimmed with
ing brade, worth twice our price, £q C embroidery'and only ,
Don’t miss this sale of Underwear. They are positively the best values shown
in Rome in a longtime, and which you will probably never be offered again.
This sale begins Honday morning and will continue until the end of the week
unless the goods are sold out in less time. Come and see and you will be well paid
LANHAM <& SOINS,
Seven Stores, Fifth Avenue, Rome, Ga z
Toin Turner,JMriwter, Raine^Ga -r 1
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