The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-05-20
4 DEADLY BLOW LEVELS
BOOMING BUNCOMBE.
The Louisville Tobacco News
Replies to Capt. T. Herndon,
Sup't Of the Grange Ware
house, Clarksville, Tenn.
a SHAFT that ouivers in his Heart,
Herndon Handicapped by
Frightful Figures.
AAviss 10 ciarksvillo. ).
IA s&~r
tempt not things beyond yonr reach,

rftilE A2vtrc 20 SinrksVtlo'
Attempt not things beyond your reach,
The pchDleon the sandy beaehs s,r s'f's
Tan ncer become . promontory"
In tho Clarksville. Chronicle Of 18th
inst, Mr. 4. Herndon addresses long
letter TO the editor OF thai paper, in
reply TO anlarticle which appeared in
The Tobacco Neics of March %, in
which he took occasion to notice the
brassy character OF business circnlar
which he issued March I, in which he
unfairly and unfavorably contrasted
The Louisville market with his own.
Anxious for publicity, We. had no
idea that Mr.. Herndon would remaiu
silent after our remarks, and conse-
quently are not surprised that he
should reply to them, nor that he
should misrepresent matters in SO
doing.
The very fact that he now calls his
circular of March Z, which we re-
printed, "a very modest circular"
must convince every one what n very
modest man he mast be: and such
being the case, we would be some
what afraid to venture 10 notice him
further lest we should shock his nerv-
GUS system beyond rcdemption.-were
itnot That Under his CLOAK OF mock
inodesty II is evident, as ne unfolds
himself, there exists a hide of brass,
more impenetrable thaa that of an
alligator. and bomb-Droof against lc-
Enowledging the srnih OF w'll known
facts and figures, and the plainest de-
'tictlons OF common sense. a6
FOR That reason we nave no nope
OF penetrating the mental epidermis
Of such a man, but feel 1t necessary,
this once for all, TO notice his etiusion
SO that tho readers whom he adj
dressed through the Clarksville
Chronicle should not DO fooled by
any such specimen OF charlatanry.
We want no better evidence Of the
mental weakness OF man when. he
finds it necessary, when, endcayoriDg
TO exteudhis own business, TO attempt
to injure the reputation of those in
competition with him, either by in-
sinuaiion or otherwise. He may sue
coed for q while by such base mean
ness, but in the end hseomes to grief,
and gets often badly hurt in so doing.
We never knew 1t 10 fail. His sue
cess Ia only transitory, and in that re-
spect we believe Mr.. T. Hcrndon,
superintendent Of the Grange Ware
house In Clarksyille, Tenn, will prove
no exception,
That Mr.. L. Herndon has been at
such unsavory business, his circular
of March, Z gave ample proof, when
he tried to blacken the fair name aud
vi oy nnw na, ~ sa,; ssed ,,;,h that q,
templ he reiterates it, and makes mat
ters worse by trying to bolster up his
charges with an array of what lie calls
facts and figures. but which, to put it
mildly, are in the main gross misrcp-
rance. and distorting what others
have said and done.
With the man himself personally,
We have nothing 10 do, and wish to
have nothing to do, our purpose being
| to expose the manner in which hc has
been. apparently, trying to practice
upon the credulity Of those who do
not know any better; and although
our intellec. may appear, in his esti-
nation, to be "blighted," we think il
Is quits clear enough to see through
fho nroc;oue onacitnana nf enecial