The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-11-03
and wife. After his fellow wOrkmen had
wished a long and happy life to bride
and groom, the party adjourned.
AN OUTRAGEOUS sw1NDLE.
Perpetrated ON oanton's Business Me

Perpetrated ON Canton's Business Men.
The great special sale bill issue OF the
Repository which came to light on We'd
nesday last was a unique specimen of
journalistic art-sOmething, in fact, out
OF the ordinary run of Journalism, on
which the thirty thousand lll) read
ers of that edition gazed with mingled
feelings of wonder, surprise and dis
gust; and we'll they might, for, never be-
fore in the history of Typography has such
a heterogeneous mixture of blood and
thunder head lines and stree -takir
English been seen as was presented on
this special occasion. The famous He'll
broth cOncOcted by the three witches
in Macbeth, was nothing in comparison
with this wonderful stew. 1t far out
riValled the work of any printers devil
who ever successfully pied torn, and
the preparation of it called into exist
ence all the talent and genius directly
or remotely connected with this model
special writer, imported at an
enormous expense expressly for
this occasion. The following para
graph taken from a communication
labelled SPECIAL, which was handed
around to most of the business men of
the city, will explain the alleged object
for which this special edition of the
Repository was Issued:
"The attention of merchants and all
leading commercial pursuits of the city
is hereby directed to forthcoming
Special Edition of The Canton Daily Re-
pOsitOTy, presenting full and graphic
review of the growth, progress and de-
VelOpment of the manufacturing, job
ing and Legitimate commercial enter
prises within the borders of the city, il
Illustrated with suitable article, not
paid article, (O however.
This whole affair was one of the most
baTe-faced swindles ever sprung on an
unsuspectiDg community, and the many
victims caught can best tell whether it
was paid article" or not. We incline
to the opinion, from all that we have
seen and heard, that they paid very dear
ly for the article. The originator of this
swinGle-the so called special writer of
the RepOsitOTy-whO ia a stranger here,
called at this office some days ago and
unfolding his little scheme, tried to Sc
cure the cooperation of the DEMOCRAT
in the execution of it; but having seen
such little games worked before, and
not being quite willing to be made
cat's-paw of in any swindling operation
we very firmly and positively declined
having anything to do with it, He
then repaired to the Repository,
where he was welcomed with open
arms, ana given tQll swing OF the paper.
Now, what is to be thought of
newspaper claiming to be respectable,
that lends its aid to a stranger in per-
petrating such a base swindle as this.
But this whole thing is entirely in
keeping with the past record of the Re-
pOsitOry, the same paper having success
fully perpetTated this swindle once or
twice before.
The DEMOCRAT makes a speciality of
presenting an annual account of the
mercantile and manufacturing opera
tiOns of this city, giving complete re-
ports Of each house and shop without
the charge of single cent. This it does
in the interest of Canton and CantOn's
citizens, having the welfare of the city
al heart, and is at present publishing a
review of the industries and resources
of the city. For doing this it will not
ask any one to sign a due bill for 80 as
a recOmpense for advertising his house,
as the special writer representing the
Repository did.
The columns of the DEMOCRAT are al
ways open to legitimate uses, but it
never has. nor never will, lend them to
anybody who wants the use of them as
means of swindling the merchants
and manufacturers of Canton. 70 this
base use the Repository has pTOstituted
its pages, and the large special edition
of seven thousand copies in which it
published its shame lies mostly hid away
beneath the counters of business houses
whose prOprietOrs did not pay for their
articles, but were Obliged to purchase
$40 worth of the papers or go unadyer-
| tised.