The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-20
SOMETHING STARTLING.
MOST IMPORTANT ITEM IN TWENTY
YEARS OMITTED.
President Hadden, From His Throne,
Sternly Rebukes u First Glass News
paper for Failure to Enlighten the
Public About Flag Stations.

a more weighty subject, that the Ara.
ldnche has list of street crossings whore
flag stations have been ordered established |
-TnE APPEAL overlooked it, | reckon.
81 also noticed list in the Ardldnche |
where railroad flag stations are to be es-
tablished. ! don't think The APrEAL
published it,"
The foregoing are taken from the re-
ports in the afternoon papers oiyesterday's
police court proceedings, given as part OF
the address OF President d. p, Hadden to Il
motley crowd ofprisoners, witnesses, curios-
ity lovers and other hangers on. To these
people it was, OF course matter OF vital
importance to know Just where these flag
stations were established, and President
Hadden did the emnently wise thing in
enlightcnng them us TO where the list
might be found.
The APPEAL reporter, who attempted TO
| give the proceedings OF Thursdays coun-
| ell meeting, brea.hlcssly informed the city
| editor, after its adjournment, OF what the
| president had done IN this respect. lie
| did not overlook it-no, no; the location
| OF those flag stations is head and shout
! dcrs above anything that has occurred in
Memphis for twenty years. The reporter
was rewarded for his keen perception
when il came 10 q good item, and told 20
pursue the subject further. lie was sent
TO the office Of each railroad company
directly interested in the matter, to in
quire who would take charge Of the sta
ton, how much he would receive per
year, and what would be the size OF his
clerical force. The reporter started from
the Office at q O'Clock pm, Thurs
day, but has not yet returned. TnE
APPEAL forms were held open until
q O'Clock yesterday morning, waiting
for him. lie has not yet showed up. The
impression prevails among his friends that
the first railroad man lac encountered was
so shocked and desperate over the
ruthless attack by Mr. MADDEN that the
reporter was slain in cold blood for trying
TO obtain more inside facts. Either
that, or some good citizen who had heard
faint whisper OF the councils action, and
tried in vain TO secure from the reporter
all the information Tin advance of his con-
tcmpomrics,' became crazed at the failure,
and Drained him on the spot.
TuE APPEAL then turned its attention
toward getting out flaming hand bills, an
nouncng the location OF those flag sta
tons, 80 that the people might hurry tc
; the designated spots and secure photo
{ graphs Of them. The printers, II was
: found, had all gone home to sleep, just ~
though the city wsre not threatened with
: more deadly flag stations, and the Who'll,
staff went into delrium OF rage over the
!, operations Of n cruel tate.
4 But TnE ArpEAL will atone for lis awiu
4 failure to notify the people OF Mcmphii
n and the civilized world OF the location %
i those flag stations, lest they suddenly dis
= cover them some day and succumb To th,
shock. And then, too, they might wisl
:, 20 drive by the stations, observe that {
: train was coming and no ilagman there
and not know whether they had auihorii!
. TO summon the man Of flags from his ~
. treat to tell him Of It's approach. TIN
: possibilities growing ont Of darkness
on this subject are too awiu
., to contemplate, and Tux ArrEN
u "a before remarked, will atone 10
Ie the failure 10 illuminate. Hourly bulletin
7 OF how the flag stations are progressing
y how the nagman Is behaving himself, hO'
=, he signals vehicles and trains, how man
~ ppople are killed nj each, and other ma
D. tcrial points, will be issued. Further thai
that, reporters will be stationed at all ur
NJ railroad dcpois, with handbills scttin
" forth in detail where each new arrival cal
III find these flag stations, how they will kno,
10 IL when il looms up before their cNpccinn
y. gaze. how they must deport themselves u
~ The presence oi the spectacle, etc.
z Oh, no; THT ArrEAL didn't publisl
the location OF those ilag stations, nciiho
~ did IL overlook the startling item. IL va
ic simply one Of those Pruyidcnlial interior
II cuccs which no amount OF ltbcraliiy m
no enterprise could avert. You were right
a Mr.. MADDEN. In doing the grutuiious nd
ht yertising act, and rcbukiug fire
he class newspaper for not giving ill
es locations ol these flag station
~ oven though u necc,si,atcd III
W exclusion OF an item about the butchery
ed hundreds OF women and children by blool
in thirsty Indians, the horrible loss Of life
a railroad or steamboat accident the swa
lowing up OF Great Britain by an cart
quake, or any other secondary occurrcne
uf What do the people OF Memphis ca
vat about anything that might happen
'cr much ~ they DO tine location OF those III
>, stntions7
iu The only point whercat Tng ARA.
NC feels aggrievci aud mortified " that IN u
uu Tcbuko you contentcd yourself Win mere
X Mountaineering II from the police cot
bench. You should have had the q
bells sounded, summoning the whole pc
pic Of Memphis and vicinity togcth'
lls stated your case in trumpet tones, aud III
'rA resolutions passed conforming In langua
Gus OF the seyercst indignation the failure
TnE ArrEAL TO publish the location
those flag stations
But another phase Of the case prcsei
80, itscli. viz: Iiprcsidcnt lladden's matu
o,' nal lectures at the police court arc To
nuc made vehicles for advertising TnE ArrE
ian would like 10 know the rates.
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