The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-02-21
THE. NESToRsHIP.

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'By common consent Col. Horn, th
veteran of Meridian Mercury, is th,
Blucher of the Mississippi Press, bu
recently he has'also set up'a claim fol
the Nestorship. His right to this dig
nifty is disputed by Col. Norment, ol
the Oktibbeha Citizen, and apparently
upon good grounds. This claim on
the part of the Veteran, if it is unjust,
has led the COMET into an error. TAX
ing 1t for granted that the Veteran
was rightly the true Nestor, and not a
spurious one, we bestowed the rank of
Vlce-Nestor upon our venerable father
in journalism, Gen. Nv IL. McCardle,
of Vicksburg. But if the veteran is
not the Nestor, then 1t follows that
the journalistic 'antiquary of Vicks-
burg cannot be the Vice-Nestor, and
we are, therefore, compelled to recall
and cancel our appointment. u
This is very serious complication,
but our doubts upon the question have
been stimulated by the subjoined re-
marks of Col. Norment in the last |
issue of his paper, the Starkville Citi-
zen, which throws flood of light upons
1t, and gives reason for the belief that
there is another Nestor in the field.
Col. Norment says: ..
I,1 Al
he 10th inst. in q short 'autobiographical,'
slightly mistaken when he supposes that
lis yeterencH and nestOship runs further
'ack than any livngeditorin the State This
'itizen commenced his editorial career in
'amdels S. c., in 1888, and succeeded c.
=. DanielJas editor and proprietorsof the
'amden journal, h very prominent and
'ading paperin thePallmetto State. After
few months pleasantly and proftably
pent in Camden, we sold out to our part
er, Mr. Thomas W. Pegues, who is still
wing i'll Camden. Joining a party of
orth CarOlinians, we mounted horse and ,
arted for jackson, Miss. which poiBf we ,
'ached and spent day or two, taking note
its surroundings, and we must confess $
lat we felt disappointed and did not think j
lckson, ut that day, very attractive, and
t out for Jacksonville, Madison county, l
e richest aafd most growing county in the :.
ate. Meeting up with an old school-hatc q
I'D. IIilD who insisted on our stopping II
that place. A printer by the name of J - Aa
Sharp had preceded us Il few weeks
tn Ramage press and al few type that a
had picked up in Vicksburg, and had
ued one number of paper he called the y,
pirit of Madison" We bought Sharp -
for 800 cash, and changed the name of f.
paper to that of Madisonville Observer w
34.) George r. PoindeXter was then the
ited States Senator. The Observer sup al
ted him with all the ability that it could a.
mand. About this time Robert J.
llker announced himself to fill PoindeX- '''
5 place in the Senate, and canvassed the
te, suhsidizing and purchasing presses.
ling on us, and ascertaining politics,
proposed to purchase our press and
c, ostcnsbly for II friend. We soon
led, and he gave us his check on the
nter's Bank of Mississippi at Vicksburg m,
81 800 which was duly honored andpaid, CT
we returned to Tuscaloosa, Ala. The
crver never appeared after we left
We may add that Col. Norment has
ted more newspapers than any HI
n in America3 and although he is or;
ting along in years, he is still full ro((
ife and hope, and good for dozen Sc
re bantlings-newspaper bantlings. to-
never misses Press Convention, ,,
is'able to cope with the most zig
thful and, vigorous Of. the brethren the
he festive banquet, Or in the tou1s lea
of debate. We hope he may con toV
10 to live and prosper. Pr