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THE HUSTLER OF ROME;
THIRD year.
Tin I 'll Fl O I
lb iID ilj mlbll.
qhinUhehiwFou'i'l Anclh
er Mare’s Nest.
aTK a letter
Tet Pr»wUr Who lunlTnnibkd in
toih« Third Party, and the Alias
ta Cuiistitnlion l)o<« Fa ”U ia Be
half of the family Hauler.
Generali^P fl P erß " re
nrte6 ed, indeed, when such mighty,
fheetMMbeAtlHß’aCcnsti'ullOD
canbring nothing more serious
against his opponent, Mr. Atkin
60D than, the following artic.e
w hich it published under ft “sheer,
head” this morning!
The recent letter written by Hou.
\V Y Atkinson to the Rev. G, F '
Broxton, a well known Baptist,
minister of Troup county, solicit-1
ing bis support at the Miction
of “our Baptist pastor, Dr. J. H
Hall,” ha® been going the ruundi
oftbe press of the state, and q»in
a number of the have com
mented upon the stress laid by
Mr. Atkinson noon the Baptist
feature of toe letter. Mr. Atkinson
himself not belonging to the de
nomination.”
“The Rev. Mr. Broxton has re
plied to Mr. Atkinson's letter, and
he is very emphatic in his denun
ciation of what he calls Mr Atkin
sou's attempt “to use the power of
the church to boost himself into
the governor's chair.’’
“The Rev. J. A. Hall, to whom
Mr Atkinson refers in his ’etfer, is
the father of Mr. Hewlett Hall,
Mr Atkinson's law partner,and hie
letter to the Rev, M r . Broxton was
as follows;
"My Dear Str: As n j üblic spir
ited citizen you aie doubtless in
terested in party and state matters
My friend, our Baptist castor, Dr.
J. H. Hall, who is interested in mv
success in the gubernatorial con
test, suggests that I ask your sup
port. Your quiet influence and
verbal expression in my behalf in
your town and county will be val
uable to me, and when in my power
to serve you, command me. Trust
ing to hear from you. lam yours,
with esteem.
“W. Y ATKINSON.”
The Rlv. Mk. Bkoxton,s Reply.
‘Mr. Broxton's reply to Mr. Atkin
son has been made public, and it is
red hot from top to bottom. It be
gins as follows: ’
“My D j v- . kind favor of
the Bth in. i , nie< .j.,i Has
hi.d my careful consi h ration. I have
also given jour address to t ie people
of Georgia a thorough reading. Be
ing a native Geordi in, it is hardly
necessary for me to state that I have
in the past been an ardent supp< rter
°f the democratic party, aud it would
sflord me the greatest of pleasure to
be abie to use the little influence at
o J command lor ycur succcs o , but
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for various reasons that I jvill try to
make plain to you, it will not be pos
sible for me to do so, and with all due
respect to yourself and friends I will
not only be compelled to refuse you
any aid whatever, but to use my en
tire ability to defeat you.
•‘Your party’ must be in dtsperate
straits if it has become necessary f< r
you to use the power of the church
] to boost yourself into the governor >
ichair. If I bad no other reason for
; withholding rny support from you,
iyour attempt to enlist all the preach
j era in your favor would ba sufficient.
: Such a scheme is i.n insult to th<
I church of God, although I have not
i ihe slightest idea that you meant ii
'that way. It seems very clear to me
j that your party is in great agony,
land you doubtless share its distress
1 to appeal to the influence of Dr. Hall
over Baptist ministers for their ,quiet
I influence and vtitul expressions,
accompanied by your ‘and when in
my power to serve you etc." ‘
From this Mr. Broxton branches
out into a discussion of political issues
if the day, and it is to be regretted
hat the correspondence between (
himself and Mr. Atkinson 1 rings ouf 1
the announcement that Mr. Broxton 1
is no longer a member of tie dem- 1
ocratic party, as of course Mr. Atkin- I
son thought he was when he wrote
him his now famous letter. However
ti e most interesting fetduie of M>-.
Broxton’s letter is that quoted above.
Why of course Mr. Atkinson wrote
to the minister, and to others too—
Didn’t his illustrious adversary, the
“Atlanta candidate, 1 ' set him the ex
ample?—Wont Governor Atkinson be
the governor of all the people—the
ministers of Georgia included? If the
ministers havo not the right to vote,
then how can one of them represent
Georgia in the United States Senate
and another, also from Atlanta, run ,
for Governor in this campaign?
The Constitution and its little “me
too” followers over the state, are in
mighty poor business, when they take
up s manly ale ter as the above writ
ten k»y Mr, Aikinson, and undertake,
by their colorings to drag religion in
to H e vortox of a political tight —and
breed discord and dissentii n in the
folds of the churches.
It is a duty every citizen owes to
his country, to go the polls and vote,
and it is the priviledge of every can
didate to solicit the support of every
minister eligible for the election in
which he hopes to figure as the suc
cessful man.
Another thing.it might be well
to notice that no minister, who
believes in the democratic p >rly
has, to date, felt that letters from
Mr. Atkinson <>r General Evans,
asking their support, were men!
as an insult to their religion or
th" churches of the God Hiev serve.
It remained for a third party
, pre idler and a democratic apo c
iate ro raise his voice in holy hor
ror and fur the Consti'u i >n and i
“little-me—too" follo wrs to Uik
up the third party "sore hearts"
howl and help him work his gut s
' on a veteran democrat,
But why did'nt ’he Conetitut i< n
print all of Rev. Mr Broxtone let
ter —the part in which he roasted
General Evans? Selah
FRIDAY
ffl SENSATIONAL
The Skellon Brothers of
Stevenson Alabama
ON TRIAL FOR MURDER
OfR. (’, R»ss. who had Bt»u too Inti
mat* With Flieir Beautiful Voting:
Sister Ross’ Letter* to Miss
Skelton But in Evidence,
Chattanooga, February 15.
Behind the story of the killing at
Stevenson, Ala., Sunday morning,
February 4tb, of R. C. Ross, a
wealthy banker, of Scotteborc, by
rhe four Skeltou boys, to a/engo
their sister, there is a thrilling
story, yet untold of intrigue, plot,
love, life and death,
It involves some of the most
prominent people in Alabama, aud
interesting to many others in
Little Rock, Ark,, Birmingham,
a , and Chattanooga, where Miss
Skelton, who is a striking }’ hand
_ me and uncommonly talented
young girl, has of’en vi ; i'ed ant.
be.-n feted by the fim st.
The first chapter in this don
was told today in the prelimianan
I rial of the four Skelton bovs b s
for Probate Judge Bridges. Colone
Clift, of Chattanooga, tho leading
la*j«r for prosecution, and .indg
Shelby of Huntsville was the lead
ing counsel for the defense.
The prosecution introduced
three eye-witnesses to the killing
and brought out demagr g testi
mony. The defense followed and
to f how the cause for the killing
introduced fifteen letters written
t j Annie Skelton by Ross while
the young lady was visiting her
lister, Mrs. Judge S, B. Kirby, a
prominent society Woman of little
Rock. Mrs. Kirby had suspicions,
and iuteicepted two of these let
ters. The others she purloined
from her sister’s trunk, and then
f orwarded the whole lot to hoi
brothers at pro
eipitated the tragedy.
Owing to the lateness of the
hour at which the defense opemd.
only on<3 of these letters vv ts read
in open court today.
The immense crowd fairly stood
on tiptoes, breathless. It was dated
at Scottsboro, December 15. 1593.
ind began “My S veetheart. ’ I’h
writer then unfolded bis sc lit rm
tor their mutual happiness. He
was suing for the recovery of tim
ber lands in Wisconsin, worth S2O,
0)0. he said. He though! he w<>u <■
get $75,000 out of it at I as' Now.
he added, I have always tried t<
be an honorable mm, but mv wife
is so wrafped up m her household
cares, and children that I am lit
de more than a boarder m my own
home. She is a good w mu, ' u
[ dont think she would miss no
much if I left her with p comb li
able income. My scheme is t>>
leave her well fixed ; get. my oilier
money together; get von; g> t
South Dakota; get a divorce from
my wife and marry the little
sweetheart whom I i<?vo boihr
than aaythiny in the wond. Will
EVENING FEBRUARY. 16. 1894.
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you carry out your part cUa*-?
Other letters wll be read by r e
defense tomorrow and the defense
has two written by Miss Skelton to
her brother Bob, which will aho
tome up and may 1e re d, ixi. g in
fine detail, it issiid, the story of
liar downfall,
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ANNOUNCEMENT.
The Hustler of Rome is au
i z-- I m announce the follow- 1
ii i H-.ke, fur mayor and alder— !
iit-ii oft in- city of Rome :
F >ll MAYOR.
I-O’>N J SEAY
I’-cR ALDERMEN.
Eir-l Ward—lleury Harvey.
Second Ward—H. S. Lansdelß
ihird Ward—J. A. Gammon.
F>>urib Ward—Walter Harris.
1 il l h Ward—Henry Hoskinson. *
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