Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-01-05
SALUTATORY.
A HAPPY NEW YEAR.


THE MANSION wishes its patrons and
everybody else in the world very happy
and prosperous New Year.
May the New Year bells ring out the bad,
ring in the good, and ring mankind into
forgetfulness of self and ignorance.
This new year, 1884, should he the grand
est in the history of civiliz alton.
Let each man and woman do his and her
full ohaee-to make it So.
With this issue commences the fifth vol
ume of the ARKANSAS WEEKLY MANSION,
aud the commencement ri Of the bird volume
of the new series, under the management
and control Of the present editor, without
we are pleased to say, losing one issue or
sending ont half sheet during the whole
time we have had control.
1t is exceedingly gratifying to us to know
that we have been thus able to so success
fully take hold of and run business that is
so difficult for those who are endowed with
both 4 cultivated brain and capital.
1t is useless for us to say in nearly every
mail we receive letters of cheer and con-
graduation from all gentlemen and ladies
of intelligence and worth, from the highest
statesmen of the land to the justice of the
peace. Those who find fault with US are
those who are more ignorant than wise,
i. e. bigots. Some letters we received,
which are left to our option to publish,
were so flattering that we feigned to pub
lish them.
The press all over the country has spoken
in commendable terms OF us, for which We
feel grateful to all.
THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE MANsIoN
is, that in the year 1880 a paper by that
name was started in this city by c. o. Jacko
late of jeff ;rson county, Miss Mollie E.
Harris, of this city, selecting the name.
We cannot, just now, say what her peculiar
object was for selecting such a name, but
it is the fact that Miss NJ. E. Harris sug-
gested that it be called the MANSION.
Jacho having the necessary vim. if nothing
else, to believe that he could run paper.
He commenced the issue of little five
column weekly and called it the ARKANsAs
WEEKLY MANSION. He got out few
issues and weakened; in order to get out
another issue he formed partnership with
II. X. Pittmoore, who had few dollars in
cash; neither knew even the frs. princi-
pies in journa nalism. They thought that they
could live high on politicians-just at that
time Col. Tenn Fletcher had a notion of
being governor, and Eel: satisfied that il he
cHu:d get the cJlored vote that his elec.ion
would be sure, henfe he offered to buy the
boys UP. .JackO being somewhat of Il
s.h, III r. too, said to his partner, Pittmore,
IBIS is ou- ,;s.- TO make money. you get all
,ou can out Of the democrats and will get
What ! can out OF The republicans.
Tn ! u,r.Gcd. cach had paper; Jacko
continued TIE MANSION. aad Pittmoore
started the - -; both the same issue
except u; n.mc.
Col. Oliver Ln;.yht Jacko's half and Col.
Tenn Fletcher bought Pit1moore's interest
for $50 %; Uic,c Tom said after Pittmocre
got his moEer he never issued another
PAPER. bat J-.cko appropriated the money
and us. d it TOR Col. divers int rest; hence
Jacko. contrary 10 promise. would not let
r.ttuicrc in tue firm again, but hired Ii. II.
J .cksuu to cheek for ili N nt 80 per week.
Jackson worked four weeks and got no
money, So Jicko sold him q half intere st
for the wages he osed him. SD, and when
they g,t to the end ot their row. they talk ed
Mr.. ID. 1. Berry out of some S,5 or 800, for
one-third interest. and that carried them
aiorg fsr two or three months more, then
Ueatn knocked | Inc uUDr again.
Attbs time up comes man hy the name
OF J. A. Jarrett with $40 or $500, and
bought an interest in the firm. and in two
or three months more they had all his capi-
tai consumed aud death was again staring
the firm Ill the face, with no resources nor
fools to take into the newspaper business.
Hence a dissolution took place: Jarrett
having invested the largest amount of
money, took the material for hi, share and
retired, assuming all liabilities.
By this time Jacko had got out what he
called his share. less $40, which Mr.. Bern y
paid him for his interest. Then they en-
ployed US to edit the paper for them and in
two or three weeks run aground; Jackson
sold out to Mr.. Berry for $40. Then Berry
had the whole bag to hold with no cash TO
run it with. just before we run ashore we
advised him Berry to sell /: Mr.. L. b. At
kinson his interest for 5000, which he did,
receiving $25 cash, balance to be paid in
installments.
Mr.. Atkinson run the paper three months
with our assistance as editor, then suspen.
ded the MANSION and paid no more. and
substituted paper he called the Rsformer
and attempted to suppress the MANSION
WHICH nc Couiu oniy uo Will Luc "TlIcTs
assistance.
Jacko bought the material from Jarrett
and started a paper called the Independent
run few weeks and failed, and sold his
interest in that paper to d.. Berry, for 9
consideration of notes Berry held against
it, W hich left him clear.
Mr.. Berry suggested that if the material
could be sold that he would take what he
could geL for it. On offering it the mana
ger of the Union Printing Co. said he would
not give 800 for the outfit.
In order to save Mr.. Berry from losses we
organized a joint stock company, to be
known and styled as the "Mansion Publish
! ing Company" commencing business Jan
| uary l, 1882, with the following stockhold
! ers:
/ D. 1. Berry paid up eight shares CT s25. Ot
/ each.
! Henry Simkens, two shares paid up.
! Winfield Scott, one share.
W. b. McNair. one share.
S. G. Garrett, one share.
! Total number Of shares, thirteen.
According to L. B., page I, Jan. l, 1888
D. 1. Berry had drawn out and reduced hil
stock to six shares.
W. B. McNair overdrew seventy-fv,
cents.
Scott nor Garrett never paid up.
Scott has one dollar to his credit.
Garrett's account balances.
Henry Simkens assumed the entire re
sponsibility and the business is now ON
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