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'eighth year smoke xtra good and rebel yell cigars 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 THE ROME HUSTLER-COMMERCIAL 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! 1 > • • • I • 111 I ’ We wish to emphasize the word VALUE and define its true meaning, as it is employed in this | merit. Ihe principle upon which this business is built 1 is Value=giving. The Best Quality and Greatest Quantity for the Lowest Price consistent with modern merchandising. Such has been our methods of winning I the confidence of the public, and such will always be H our plan for holding that confidence. We never | j Sell Out at Cost 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 . . . 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I 'j [ I' L t|: f made and worth much more, V jl I / but as long as they last -»nr ’ J© l II 3 ° C t to ' \ V / / Ladies full size gowns,well \ A j j / / made of real good material, ! \X • X / with embroidery and insert- r 1 I&V 1 kLx ing, each only 4?C I J T** i NMa Ladies’ Fine Quality Gown, beautifully trimmed i with embroidery, inserting and babv ribbon only g- - I ; \ th is qown is wei_l_ worth $1.06. One lot of Gowns, handsomely and Chimese worth 75c for . . elaborately trimmed and worth up to Ladies fllH size Drawers (or $1.50 each, only . . 1 uyv Corset Covers worth 25c for . Ladies’ Night Robes of fine muslin, , with handsome embroidery and insert- La^ s " u ® l ' n Sk,rts ’ tuckeJ anJ ing collar, tucked yoke, sleeves nicely e ’ eaC " ’ ’ 1 trimmed with embroidery and the Ladies’ full wide skirts made of excel- 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 1 O CENTS PER WEEK