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FWffl PELTON,
The Political Acrobat of the
“Bloody Seventh."
THE OIROUS AOTORB NOT IN IT.
Jthe Old Man in HU Dotage, Willing to
Advocate Any Cause to Be Re
>Jecte<l to Congress.
{From the Ringgold New South.]
The greatest political acrobat evei
Heard of in Georgia politics is known
as Flopper Felton, of the “bloody Sev
anth.” If he was not anchored to the
•tate by his worldly possessions, there
la no telling where he would be “at.”
As usual, at this season of the year,
the feebie old doctor is running for of
fice.
Fourteen years ago he ran as an Inde
pendent Democrat; 12 years ago he ran
as an Independent Republican. Font
years ago, in his own words, he ran “as
the nominee of the iron bound, steel
ribbed, rock bottom Democrats.”
In his second race against Judson
Otemeuta, in his speech at Augusta,
Ga,, he advocated the Republican’s high
'protective tariff, opposed any modiflea
tiou of the silver law at that time and
the issuing of any currency which was
not redeemable at the United States
\ treasury upon demand, instanter. Not
• only did he do this, but he went further
than the Republicans themselves in de
. wan ding the federal supervision of elec
tions, in other words the force bill.
•The present race Dr Felton is “try
in ’em a round” on the Third Party
, pta??form.
Jy a one should think for a moment
< tn.- c the doctor is wedded to the third
5 yarty, because if the people will organ
: tae another party and tell the fickle old
. flopper that he could go to congress oil .
tfie proposed platform of the new party,
• ".Parkis wonld be willing” to renounce
Che third party and join the new one to
xnarrvw. His aim in life seems to be to
go to congress at all hazards.
To the people of the Seventh congres-
- tacnul district this political acrobat
needs no introduction. He was discard
ed by the Democrats and Independents
or. amount of his fickleness and lack of
- Stabii’ ty.
Dr. Kelton joined the third party be
cause there was no other party to which
he mould take his old crippled political
hcree, with the expectation of having
"him entered in the race.
The third party has taken in many
old political hacks; but they have offer
ed the worst of the collection to the
■ voters of the Seventh district. How
any third party man can vote for Felton
J cannot understand.
To show many of the inconsistencies
- «f this old flopper, it is only necessary
to read a portion of his record which
the Ringgold New South presents for
Abe benefit of those who are desirous of
perusing his whimsical and delusive vi
tuperations.
Both in congress and in the Georgia
legislature, Dr. Felton has done many
fthinga which the people, regardless of
party, have placed their seal of condem
■iifc/tiion on.
To mention a few of his most obnox
ious actions in the Georgia legislature,
■shows sufficient reasons for the people
fc refuse to vote for him.
He was a strong advocate of the state
university at Athens, and in order to
VMUtoiD it he proposed to take the money
Sfroiu the free schools, and give it to the
.Athene school.
He wanted to take the free school
I
qpxoney from 18,750 children in Georgia, |
-the children of the poor man, in order i
'to give a college education to 186 boys; '
She sons of Georgia’s rich men.
Not. only did he do this, but he voted '
against the bill to allow counties to es
tablish six months free schools by ad
walorum taxation, upon the recommen
station of two successive grand juries.
' 'These facts are a matter of record and
can .be found In the house journal of
1889, jaage 192; and in the journal of
1888. page 564.
Dr Felton’s speech against the Olive
bill in the Georgia legislature, caused
its defeat, as can be testified to by
’thousands of widows and orphans who,
as a result, are left penniless to mourn
their less, This speech can be found in
tbc Atlanta Constitution of Oct. 11,
»- 1889.
Dr. Felton now poses as the friend of
the negro, but he cannot fool even
them, because in 1889, on page 1,460 of
' the house journal, it will be found that
he refused to vote for a normal college
■ tor the black.
Numerous other instances could be
presented where the flopper is found to
’iiave labored against the masses, but to
«how you of his lack of stability, utter
■ anoes of his owu false lips are repro
duced.
He Wonld Not Mole* the Ktot,
In the Atlanta Journal of July 15,
1890, in an interview with Claud N.
Bennett, as to whether he would enter
the race for congress or not. Dr. W. H.
Felton said in reply to a question pro
pounded by Mr. Bennett:
“I'm think, then, that by making
auffi.ieiit effort you could be elected?”
“Nc. I frankly confess 1 do not be
lieve I could get the nomination.
Things have already been pushed too
■•Warmly by the candidates. Everitt is
aiearly the alliance candidate and that
order is largely pledged to him. Clem
ent has his following fairly well worked
| up, and it wonld be hard for a new man
I to split the ranks. Besides, the Alliance
wonld oppose me because ' consider
their pet subtreasury sc... mt ridiculous.
Many outside farmers would oppose me
because of a mistaken idea that I fa-
■ vored higher education mon- than com
! mon school education. M a. T of the
good organized Democrats would use
I my former races as an inc pendent
against me. And the result is that I
would be defeated.”
“Tell me, please, about your former
Independeutism and how you stand on
that question now?”
“Well, sir; I honestly believe that I
saved the Democratic party. The party
in this district was corrupt. The or
' ganized Democracy was clique. I
purged it, defeated it, saved it. There
is now no longer any necessity for an
Independent. The Democracy is all
right. lam fully confident that I could
be elected as an Independent, but I
never expect to—nay, I never will run
independent again. The wliite people
in the south must stand together; and
I am for white supremacy and pure
Democracy forever.”
The Federal Flection lawj,
! Os this egregious infamy, Dr. Felton
j said:
“There is no need whatever for such
a law. There is not a man in the south
who cannot vote as he pleases. There
is hardly any doubt, however, about its
passing. But when it passes, it won’t
do any harm. The idea of anybody
being counted out in an election is ab
surd. There is much demagogueism in
the fuss that it is creating. Now, if
military supervision should come, we
could not stand it. We would certainly
resist by force of arms.”
I suggested, more as a leader than to
show my feelings: “In that event we
would be whipped.”
The doctor answered in tragic tones:
"Better death than slavery.”
Mrs. Felton: “All the hullaballoo rais
ed in congress over this law by both
parties is to defeat the new candidates
of the Farmers’ Alliance. They halloe,
‘Party! party! party! Stand together
and return the present officers. It will i
make a solid north and solid south.’”
Dr. Felton: “By making a solid north
and a solid south (since the north is
larger than the south), I fear that all
this strife will defeat the Democratic
party, which is the only breakwater be- '
tween the south and negro domination.
The Alliance contains the best Demo
crats we have. I am a reconstructed
Democrat, heart and soul.”
Mrs. Felton: “I am not one to hurt.”
He Declited to Kun.
Notwithstanding what he said to the i
Atlanta Journal on July 15, that under
no circumstances would he accept the
nomination. Dr. W. H. Felton is found
on September 3, 1890. less than two
months later, bowing and scraping to '
the Rome convention, in his speech of ;
acceptance of the nomination.
In that speech, in referring to the Al- '
liance, Dr. W. H. Felton paid his re- '
spects to that organization In the follow
ing toast:
The Origin of the Alliance.
“Let us see the nativity of this new '
political party, for it is neither more
nor less. Where were its platform and 1
principles originated? Where was it
born? In Georgia! No, sir; in St. Louis,
Missouri. Who composed the organiza
tion that formed? They were not all
Democrats; they were not all farmers; >
they were not all southern men. It was
a conglomerate mass, a conglomeration
of soreheads. (Great cheering.) Mark
you, in this discussion I draw a broad
Ifne, as broad as that between heaven
and the dark abyss, between the honest,
true and patriotic farmers of Georgia
who have gone into that organization
with pure motives and honest purpose,
and the leaders, cunning, crafty leaders,
the cunning, crafty lemagoues who
seek to despoil.
“The St. Louis platform has two lead
ing features. The first is that we want
the subtreasury system. That is, we
want the government to build ware- ]
houses in every rich county in the Uni
ted States. It does not read that way,
but that is what it means. I suppose
there would be two in the Seventh dis
trict. (A voice—‘Clements says five.’)
Well, may be so. I did not know there
were five rich counties in the district.
Then he argued that to build 1,000
warehouses’ would cost $50,000,000, and
put horde of federal officials under the
appointing power of the administration.
Probably Republicans would be sent
here to administer on your cotton, said
he:
“Mark,” he said, “the bill says the
owners of these products, cotton, corn,
wheat, tobacco and oats, may deposit in
the warehouses and draw 80 per cent on
their value. Richardson, the great Mis
> sissippi farmer, and the cotton speculat
ors could by up all cotton, put it in the
warehouses and draw money.*' Liver
pool would say, ‘We don’t want your
cotton. We can get our supply from
India, Egypt and Africa, but as a favor
we will give you 4or 5 cents a pound
for it.’ Dalrymple, the great wheat
man of Dakota, and Old Hutch, the
grain cornerer, could buy all the grain
and put it in the subtreasury. The
margin would be exhausted and the gov
ernment would have to redeem money
based on oats. In the meantime the
Norway rats will have done their work
and the subtxe&sury notes will have to
THE HUSTLER OF ROME FRIDAY NOVEMBER 2 1894,
be redeemed in coin, taxed out of the
people, for the collateral will have gone
down the stomachs of the Norway rats.
Thon he drew a picture of the farmer’s
home. Os all mon, who can least afford
the results of a panic that is sure to re
sult from this inflation and the contrac
tion of tno currency. Your home may
be an humble one, but it is yours; your
pillow not of down, but rest upon it is
sweet. It is the home of your wife and
your child, and let me beg of you not to
imperil that home, for all this business
is to be settled in the federal courts. It
Was not Georgia that constructed this;
it was done in St. Louis by 50 men, who
sent it here to lie crammed down the
throats of the honest, industrious farm
ers of the Seventh district as the nation
al Democratic party. Fellow-citizens, it
is my honest belief that that little crowd
assembled there at St. Louis knew
no more about, and cared no more for,
and had no more to do with national
Democracy than tjie devil has to do
with holy water.” (Great laughter and
applause.)
Dr. Felton Then and Now.
The Marietta Journal, o.' recent date,
adds the following fact as to Dr. Fel
ton’s occilating character:
“Politics makes strange bed fellows.
As the truth of this we take the follow
ing extracts from a speech delivered by
Dr. W. H. Felton in Marietta at the
courthouse, in September, 1890, when
he was a Jeffersonian Democratic can
didate for congress:
“I am the nominee of iron bound,
steel ribbed, rock bottom Democrats. I
have been a prodigal in the past and
wandered off; but thank God, I have
got back home at last. I am back in
the Democratic party to stay and I feel
comfortable in being back. Who nom
inated Everett anyhow? It was a skew
balled convention; he was put out by
sub-alliances, a secret order, a dark
lantern crowd; where they had to pay
25 cents for a whispered pass word to
get to sling a vote. God save my occu
pation as a farmer when it peters until
it required 25 cents to b$ paid for the
honor of casting his vote.”
The doctor then compared them to
the Knowuothing party, Spanish in
quisition and the star Chamber of Eng
land.
“My fellow citizens, ain’t you asham
ed to belong to such an order? If I was
you I would quit it.”
Then continued the doctor:
“These subtreasury fellows want to
get an office. If you ask them if they
are in favor of free coinage, they will
say I am for the suotreacury or some
thing better. That is their cry. The
subtreasury bill would fill this country
with a swarm of President Harrison’s
appointees, like the locusts of Egypt to
devour your substance. It is absurd
and un-Democratio. It would make the
poor fanner poorer, and the rich man
richer. It would corner wheat, oats
add corn in those warehouses in the
west, and raise the price of flour, etc.,
imposin'? burdens upon the laboring
people of this country and make the
government a pawn broker. The Nor
way rats would nest in the warehouses
and carry off the wheat and the gov
ernment would be the loser.”
Thus spoke Dr. Felton in 1890. Now
in 1884 he accepts the Third Party nom
ination for congress, swallows the Oma
ha platform, sub-treasury, Norway rats
and all.
Can you vote for such a flopper ? We
should think not.
€»n You Vote sow Him ?
Dr. Felton has denounced every cause
the Third Party advocates in the bit
terest language he could: command; he
has exhausted his vocabulary in apply
ing to them obnoxious names, that
should cause even a hardened politician
like old Dr. Felton to blush with shame.
In his lexicon of old age. he knows no
such word as shame; and he now goes
to these same people and begs that they
support him for congress.
His claim that he could give the peo
ple relief if he is elected to congress is
unfounded; because, if such a visionary
delusion as his election is to be consid
ered, he could not carry out his prom
ises. If he was elected as a third party
ite to congress he would wield no influ
ence, and could gain no recognition be
cause his party is in the minority, and
those present in the last congress did
not accomplish a single object.
If, after perusing this assembly of
facts, a man can vote for Felton, then
there is no use in trying to further ar
gue with him as to the old flopper’s in
consistency, lack of stability, and his
desertion of every political creed to
which he ever belonged.
W. Trox Bankston.
An As.aolt Near Atlanta
Atlanta, Oct. 29.—About dark on
Thursday afternoon, the 13-year-old
daughter of Mr. Matt Griggs, section
master between Atlanta and Bolton,
was met by a large negro who attempt
ed to assault her. Her screams and the
approach of a handcar frightened him
away and caused him to flee. The alarm
•was given and searching parties form
ed, but the negro made his escape.
Entombed for Forty-Three Koura.
Iron Mountain, Mich., Oct. 29.—The
work of rescuing imprisoned miners at
the Pewabic mine was accomplished be
tween 6 and 7 o’clock, and they were
hoisted to the surface as sound as a dol
lar, and without a mark, after having
been entombed for more than 43 hours.
There is great rejoicing in the commo
nity.
1320 HONEY COMB TOWELS, EACH 4Cts.
Ty are full 34 inches long and 20 inches wide. New and bright
you can buy them at the value of a wash rag at BASS BROS & cT
old store, and PARKS & Co, store.
This is but a little item of the Thousand Great Bar
gans in store for the Fall Trade. Our prices for
the next sixty days will be a revelation to
the people, Prices unmatchable, unap
proachable and phenomenal.
YOU HAVE NOTICED
The newspaper announce
ments of our purchase of the
Receiver of the Ladies’ Bazaar
Co., of Atlanta. It was a
great stock of fine Dry Goods,
Notions, &c., invoicing $39,-
000.
The price paid was nearer
nothing than that at which
such, goods never changed
hands in this broad land, if our
knowledge of such matters is a
true record—
8400 Yds, heavy yard-wide Brown Sheeting, worth 6 1-2 cat 4 1-2 c.
420“ Turkey red Damask, never before under 20c going at 12 1-2c\
8000 “ Good quality 4-quarter bleached Domestic worth 71 -2c at s(\
300 “ Cheviot shirts, with collars, priced by other s at $ 1,50 to go at 75c
80 Fine Count all wool, 10-quartQr.Bed Blankets worth $ 10. pairs3.so.
4000 Yds Dress Ginghams, lovely styles &. colorings worth 7c at 4 1-2 c
300 Pairs Ladies Fine dress button shoes, worth $ 1.75 togo at $ 1,00.
3500 Ladies Hemstitched Handkerchiefs worth from 10 to 15c at sc.
2000 Yds. High grade, fine count, Sea Island full 36 inches wide,
worth 71 -2c at 5 C
240 Pairs of that celebrated Shoe for Men, “Good wear” worth
s2.so.Until sold only $1,50
360 Suits Fine all wool Cheviot Suits single and double breaste
sacks, blacks browns. & c., worth $ 10.00. Made to sell for $ 10.00 o
more. Nothing equal to them in a thousand miles of Rome for the
money
FOR DRESSES
By far the largest stock in this
mirket.
An almost endless variety from h
single width American goods‘from
4c up to the exquisite effects of.
French Artists: extra quality. Covert
cloth. Ser/es, Novelty Mixtures,
Armures. Bengalines, Poplines,
Henrietta Cloths, Camel’s Hair,
Granites, etc.
Satin Dutchesses, Mones, Fail
es and Bengalines, China and Japan
ese Silks, Surahs, Ginghams, Prims,
Percies, Cheviots,Crepe Cloth. Ducks 1
Denims, Suitings, Stupes, etc.
46-inch Covert C oth , the latest
somer of new drees fabrics made to
sell atsl.2s ; our price .85
Beautiful Mixture Covert Cloth ,
worth 80c. at a 60
Two- toned Diagonals, 36-inch
. 19
Double fold Suitings, 36-incb,
dark and medium gray, worth twice
the price; full suit, 8 yards for sl,
10.000 yards Fancy Dress Prints,
54x64 cloth wo. th 7c 5
Trimmings & c.
AM the imaginables in Silks. Illumi
nated Surahs, two-toned, shot and
seeddot effects. Bengalines, Tff,
Velvets Velveteens, Si k Braids, Pass
ementeries Jets. Novelty Trimmings,
Ribbons, etc. Ths desirable things in
laces. Embroideries on Swiss, Nain
sook and Cambrics, all-over embroi
deries .
400 yards Hamburg Ed gi i g orth
10c yard at ,5
20c Hamburg at 10
30c Hamburg at .17
CLOTHINGf.
A choice assortment for Men, Boys and Children. Swell effects in Tweeds, Cheviots, Cas
simeres and Serges: also swell effects in the dressier Fabrics, prominent among which Clays,
and West of England Diagonals. Suits for slender people, stout people, young giantsand
little fellows. Especial attention is called to 360 Men’s all-wool Suits at $5.00. They are
simply unmatchable bargains. Our stock of clothing from lowest to best quality comes t»
us as the most brilliant haul of our victorious buyer, and we are determined bp the power
of magnetism of price to put more new clothing on men and boys this fall than ever before
in our business experience. The few prices named throughout this advertisement are mere
ly suggestive of the way other goods will be sold, 300 Overcoats less than half pries.
Fact. Superb assortment of Cloaks.
/VIII I I I\J pp? V I The Bazaar’s stock almost in its entirety was shipped to oiu
IVHL, I. IIN Cl\ I J Rome house—cost nearly nothing, and if you want anything
in this line, we will sell it to vou away down below prices of others. Coma to soe u 9 ’
BASS BROTHERS & COMPANY
For the goods go to either of our stores, excepting
that the Millinery will be found atjthe PARKS J&JCO. store,! and tn
Clothing and Hats will beatjthe old store. 25 Broad Street.
Less Than 19 Ctson $
A good percentage of these
goods has been shipped to us,
and if prices and values
count tor anything they will
go into new homes in quick
order. Our import order for
Fail Goods had L 'en placed
before this purchase w made
and the goods are arriv 'g
daily. Must have room, and
we are going to make it by
bidding adieu to a pile of mer
chandise at once.
Small Wares-
Needles, Pins, Hair-Pins, Threads.
Wha ebouee, Casings, Hooks-and
Eyes, Tapes, Dress Shields, Corsets
Laces, Shoe Daces, Buttons, Brads
etc.
A straw will show the way th»
wind blows, so in these little items
v/e will save you 50 to 100 per cent
on your purchases. Stick a pin down
here; if you have no pin, we will sell
you a whole paper of English Pins
for sc. and everything else relatively
as cheap.
Blankets and Flannels
These goods at prices that cannot
and will not be duplicated by others
We bought them away under the
market at the great auction sale of
Faulkner Page & Co. New York in
May when the mecury was up and
blankets were down.
We want you to see our full size
Bed Blanket at each—a trifle 25
Our Fine All-wool Blankets SIO,OO
value per pair 8.50
Nothing ever offered equal to
them as bargains.
Red Flannel worth 25c at 15
White Fltuinel worth 25c at 15
Red Twilled Flannel worth 40eat, 25
White Twilled Flannel worth 40c at
25
Every quality of Flannel cut almost
in two.
Gents Furnishing
Liner Bosom Shirts Laundried and
Unlaundried; Percale and Cheviot
Shirts Satine Shirts Drawers Scriven’s
Patent Drawers; Hosiery and Glove
So Price! Price!
Will do it. When the costii
small, a fraction of the worth,
our lee-way is immense-19M
cents on the dollar, a a ]i
fine goods too; most of them
Winter Goods—l 9 1-2 cents
A on nex er heard of such a pur
•cnase.
in great variety. Scarfs Ties Hom
Supporters Cuffs Buttons Collars and
Cuffs etc.; all in the bargain cata
logue.
Mer’s Fine All-Wool Shirts and
Drawees silk Stiched worth each sl,-
V 0; as long as this lot lasts our price
will be .(ID
1,900 4- Linen Collars D
Shoes
There is no equal to our Dongola
Button Shoe for Ladies at 109
Have you yet bought our special
Tap-Sole Blucher Shoes for men?
This Shoe is made excusively for u»
and cannot be sold by any one except
us. We take the bold position that
there is not Shoe on earth of equal
wear to it at the prtee
Ladies’ Cloth Top Patent tin gnat
value
Ladies’ Genuine Kid wortk
3.00 at 2.00
Ladies’ Solid Substantial Shoes
Men’s Rex Calf Shoes L
Hand Welt Calf worth $4-50 •*
Children’s Solid Shoes 50
Mieses’ Heavy Shoes
School Shoes worth SI.OO at
School Shoes worth $1.25 at 1.00
Misses’ Fine Shoes worth $2.00 at 1
For all our stores we buv as many
Shoes as any 4 houses in Rome;
buy them at headquarters with the
eash aud we buy them at lower prices
than those who buy >n smaller quanti
ties. Come to our place for