American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-03-06

THE CANON CITIZEN denounces the
Huntley troupe as swindle, and warns
the press of the State to beware of the con-
Germ. We beg to differ with the CITIZEN
so far as we are concerned, and we think
we can speak for all in Columbus who have
had dealings with the Huntley Company.
| The whole troupe, from first to last, are Ill
good artists, and deport themselves as
ladies and gentlemen of good breeding. and
pay the bills they contract without grumb-
ling. Probably our contemporary of the
CITIZEN didn't get it's iull share of adver-
| Using and job work and was sighted in
| the matter of complimentary tickets:-Co!-
| umbas Imder.
The Inder has our full permission to diff
fer from not with-the CITIZEN. In fact
it differs from this paper in several respects
notably in its readiness to attribute
mean mott !es to brother editor. and to
champion the cause of a travelling ''beat."
Huntlcy and his tool Frank-or Frank
and his tool Huntley, if you please-did
take advantage of the lateness of the hour
and til fact that nearly all their attacha-
Bile property had left town, and did refuse
to pay us fair price for job work done,
and this, too, when the price was exactly
the came as that which they paid us on
their November trip. when all kinds of
printing materials were cheaper, for work
almost identical in quality and character,
though slightly less in quantity. The
amount was mall-insignifcantlys o-but
no man likes to he robbed. These fellows.
while insolent, were eIcl careful not to
provoke us to knock him down-and be-
sides we could not we'll have done so in q
~ yo<1
they we'll knew-though our right arm ach
ed not little to do that righteous act. We
can easily credit the Inder's statement that
Huntley and his "snpe" behaved honestly
in Columbus, and we hear the same from
Other points. Indeed they are careful to
have the, fact that they don 'tswindle noUpub-
lIshed and for two lines Oh their acting they
now throw in six on their honesty(f) Wei
it was to make them act honestly and deal
squarely that we published their swlsdling
us. In this we have evidently succeeded,
and so while doing our craftsmen a service
by putting them on guard. have caused
ct cis to spend perhaps each day,
in every town they have since visited. more
than they beat this Office out of. In mat
ters of this kind, we usually succeed, be.
cause the public dcspise a swiudIer, and |
plain terms.
The Indcr Is respectfully informed
1sr. We got all that troupe's job work in |
Canton, and we don't want it again. (They |
were too snids to advertise.)
End. We got about half the number of
tickets usually given by |
irst-class showmen--for which we had |
tickets to more than half the amount of our |
bill
Sd. The editor of the CITIZE rgh |
always willing to exchange professional |
,ourtesies when he can render full value re-
solicits nor expects dead |
reading at theatres, hotels, nor elsewhere,
it both dignified and honest to
nay his ic1y or stay at home.
Can the Index man say as muchf The alac-
-ity with which he jumps to the suppose
ion expressed in his closing sentence, sug- |
PESTS "a feint suspicion that he cannot.
This is wasting powder on very small
,alEe, SO far as the exposed Snowman is
and we should not have taken |
ID so much room with him or his. But the
little fling OF the Inder deserved notice,
md we have answered it at length. Brick
on ono occasion, being annoyed
by an opposing editor said: Daily do we
thank God that we were not born hog
nor o jackassr We entertain q similar
sentiment of graft ude, but have preferred
to reply to our coHfrerc more politely,
though not SO tersely.
Does anybody else want to throw ga
fust brick last" at us.