Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-10-31
"Birds of Feather. ="
AIRssRs. EDITORS:

ME5SES. EDlIOHbs
In your last issue q mangy cur.
named F. Sparks, comes forward with
a lame denial of one or two minor
points in my catalogue Of charges
against the ''gentlemanly agent, Fred
r. Foote." The truth Of which
charges Mr.. FOote cOnfesses by his 81
lence, or fear Of public denial, as /
have the proof IN nv possession
But the zeal displayed b. Mr..
Sparks Ia champiOuing the cause OF
Mr. FOote IS easily explained This
Sparks i a defaulter to the Weed
Sewing Machine Company, at Nash
vile, and an expelled paTtHrr from
this Office. ] associated him In busi-
ness with myself against tine advice
Of the company ct Nashviiie-0n con-
dition that he would furnish a little
OF the capital, which he said be waS
going TO get some where, from some
body, at sometime. Neither Of which
ne ever did. He was connected with
this Office three or four months. nd
II that time he never missed a meal or
earned AGENT, but in elegant incidence
he shared the profits of the ofhcs
without mourning the responsibility.
And when he, like his eOmpecr Mr..
Foote, began to practice his "sharp
yankee tricks, was expelled from the
ASSOCIATION of this Office. Hence he
good viii % expressed in his card /;
but let us see it H. detail Mr. Sparks
says. "We, Hamilton and myself APP
piled to FoOte, and after ten days or
two weeks, induced him TO 20 to
work" Now VIII prove by Mr.. G..
T. Brady-whosc integrity no one viii
question-that Foote was not in the
city more than three or four days be-
fore he entered our emplOYment---f1Ie
No. /.
He saws again "Adr. Foete vielaied
M. cont F.a.ot VI,itr. ia our etuFi4pgmeat
and has business was perfectly salts
factory" / have tive contracts .h-fo.0
ME, written and signed by FOote,
agreeing to work till January 1875,
which he did not do; and several 9TH
er particulars in the same contract
were violated in like manner. Lie
No. 2.
Again he says "AIr. Foote left our
employment when we dissolved part
nsrship." Well what became of the
contract to work till January if he
quit in June? You say he violated no
contract Well that is lie No. 3.
He again says "Mr. Hamilton in
duced Mr.. FoOte to sell machines for
him" That is lie No. 4, for Inever in
duced anybody to sell machines for
me.
Again Sparks says, "Mr. Foote i'm
formed me that he would 90 to work
for Hamilton until he could complete
some arrangements he had in view. ="
Well, he did go to work for me again
after soliciting a situation for sever
al days, and after making another
specific contract to wOrk,till January
1875, when he had no intention of
working more than two weeks Yet
Mr.. Sparks says IF Foote is tie man
that Hamilton says he is, it is strange
/ Mr.. Barnden, the district agent, would
come to Jackson and stay three days
to induce FOOte to take a general
agency" That is lie No. 5, for Mr.
/ Barnden came to this city 10 collect
the money that Sparks had defraud-
ed the company Of, and While here
FoOte tried to get q commission to
sell machines, but would not be re-
ceived.
In conclusion l would respectfully
warn the community to be OF their
guard against these carpet bsggers
and deadbeats, and be not hunbuged
by their contracts and guarantees as
they are not reliable for anything
they say. r. HAMILTON,
Agent Weed S. NJ Co.