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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