The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-07-22
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D. H. owen--The Dastaraly Poltroon Gagged.
TO THE PUBLIC.

). VIC lo'h' | used the following languag
=, io-oay three candidates are announced. J
~ thompson for District Attorney, w. ID. Bradta
= lvr Ilfc'Ht Judge, and w, C. McQuiston for J,
le ,sce oi the Peace. All these gentlemen are y
ID hh"Wh aS clever nien aud good LAWYERS Ia I
ie ofher candidates tpr the yarious Offices IN n
nc county we would say, the Prairie News. hmi
~ t'e largest circllaiioa Of any paper in the eonl
" - tue saoFt desirable means OF letting the ncor
!e NhoW you are candidate. Send up yonr !
a! "ouAeeGrGts-eniy five dollars in advance.
IS Ihe Peir} Of June 10th, contains II
5. following article.
:, Lea sac Trash Come though The Heavens f,J
p Our neishbor, the Prairie Neps HAVING i
creased his list of0nno,mcements of candidates
- Some haii dozen or Whereabouts. grows eyulto,
r ana presumes to tell his readers, the Ne,cs has
larger subscription in this county than any othe
paper ana II therefore the paper in which car
odateS should announce their names. MrabJ
, d'o@' Wonder the people have not found thi
ouI "Hs since The people are not asleep in re
garu To the county papers. They know very wei
whlch paper has The largest circulation IN th
county, so also, do the caadidaffs Hence the,
announce themselves in orr paper. Comnar,
your pitlable list with our column of o,no,inne
mentS and decide whether cur circulation il mo,
greater than yours. SO '''
we deny the assertion that the prairie News
has larger circulation than the Petrol in Chick
asaW aud challenge the editor of that monstro,s
sheet to prove his assertion. II is not true, We
nave three subscribers at your box where Won
nave one at ours, Deny it if You dare! I'VE
nave larger subscription at every Office in the
county IMAM you, save your own postofice. We
nave larger list at our office than you have at
ttn,,
you nave larger circulation than We
Don't get too smart
10 the above | re.orted as follows. in
the Prairie Meas of June Gath
uoCsT0N PETREL.
A friend hands us copy of this sbee. in which
the editor takes us to task for saving tLe pra;r;e
Aftcs has the largest circulation Of any paner
published IN the county. Why Il number Of the
paper was not sent as we cannot imagine. unless
twas because the editora didn't wish us to see
the article. This is a contemplate littleness. Mr.
owen, OF which we did not think You could be
guilty. and places you, in our estimation, ON n
grade winch puppy would not occupy. We
sad and conscientluusy believe our paper rircu.
iates more than any paper published in the conn.
" ana, though We do not consider it exactly nro
iessonal to give publicity to the private affairs of
printing office, we are willing to show lists with
YOU any tlhie you may see proper to call up. You
may nave larger number of subscribers at our
P0stoihce than we have at yours but we are nat
IN the habit Of sending our paper to those who do
not want it. We believe we have two iona Gde
subscribers to your oe III The general circulation
on may send out more papers in this county
nan we 90, but we doubt If, although yours claims
. pc the Official paper Of the county II is true.
the candidates list is an index of the number
y your subscribers, you have by far the largest
lFculatlon OF any paper in North Mississippi
you say you have larger list than we at every
ostohice III the county, except one. Now how |
o You know this! Have You been speaLino p.
round at every box in the county and inouirine /
lie number OF subscribers at each one or do !
o4 make The assertion with all the impudence
'o eHrohtery OF preyaricating nature? Verify
us Is good beginning, and if you keep on Won 7
u lalr 70 become among liars What Raphael was I
llouS painters, what Michael Angelo was among ;
'ulptors, what Milton was among poets !;
In The Petrol Of June Goth, was the a
blowing you're another sort of rejoinler, u
hich Mr.. Owen said, in a SUBSEQUENT A
ttcle, as will be shown, was intended to $
revoke challenge from me: fl
NO TONGUE FOR LIEINGl.)
The following we extract from the Prairie "
etrs of a late date:
To-day three candidates are annopnce,lI NJ ,7bo, al
for District Attorney, w D. Bradford for Circnit al
dge, and w { MeQuiston for Justce of The Peace b,
these gentlemen are Well known clever men and =
% lawyers 10 the other candidates for the yarous q
ices IN TINS county we would say that the Prairie News ~
VlHg the largest circulation or any paper pub.
lea III me county is the most desirable Of let 50
g the people know you are candidate Send nm IA
ur annouheemcnts-only ii, dollars In advance VI
Now Let us put the same question to MIR. Rich sd
ison that he put to US in his issue of the 23d .
draw his own conclusions: ny
Vow how do you know this7 Have vou been sneak ~
around at every box in the county and enquiing the
Gber OF subscribers at each one or do ,of nate tb
erton with all the mpudence and efrontrv of nra h
ieating naturef Verify this is a good beginning and w
on Keep on you bid fair to become among liars what NJ
phael was among painters what Mieheal Anpelo was N
ong scuiptors, what Milton was among poets ma
You have no tongue for Icing (?) Mr.. RirbaN- sn'
I never told lie in your life (l) No proba- III
~ OF your becoming noted among liars N we
v hat sort OF position do you occupy, heb
oud Tray during Puppyhood or doghood eth l,,s
have gotten himself in such phi43 eas
-et rs follow this truthful man y little frth- a.
He>says $ we are not in the habit of sendug de'
paper to those who do not want it, Won spa
not heb +! How does it happen that your pa Zee Zee
has been sent back to you by men in this re- ai'
10 you dehy Wonder if we can't mt c"N
finger on several gentlemen in Chickasaw l ,.
. have sent your paper back to YOU oir
sat the object of Mr.. Richardson is TO ins;nr oiit
that we send our paper to those that do not ~. ~
1t it. II he means to say that we send occa- lne
ally to those who send back to us. we admit en-
But II he means to say that there are per- apu
J taking our paper ministers of the GOSPEL pu,
epted), in Chickasaw county, who are not ias !
hde subscribers, me mean to say, he can't I
his finger on the man. If he cannot. is he nav
guilty of attempting to put out false impress -
Is making false impression, according aici
'r. Paley, a lie or the truth? But Mr.. Rich io'l
on, as we all know, is a truthful man az wv; w
uery Do you send your paper to any but ,'I y
.fde subscribers 7 If not why did the prai- 'efe
News say some time back that its circulation
reach a thousand if the paper had to be sent MT
is ho.
r. Richardson, instead of answering the ones. ults
IN our article-instead of putting yourself tbo
$ IN caria, you are in the mire. 'ho
,out that "httlencss' of which You accuse us of
sending you paper containing our article. tho,
40 not make up our mails, can't say of our 'no'
knowledge that the paper was sent to YOU. had
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