The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-18
NEwsBoYs' UPS AND DOWNS
The Iurp entine Hands Their Picnic
Mr.. Plant and the Boys,

The Turpantire Hands Thsir Picnic
Mr.. Plant and the Boys,
"How's busine s, Joe =
"Oh, pretty fair. Nothing 70 complain
Of. I've done right well, Lately. Still, it
might have been better"
The speaker was ole Of TIE b-ightes; aid
sharpest newsboys employed b she Union
News Company on the Savannah. Florida
and Western railway lines, a1d his Ques-
tloner was Savannah travelling man
We had good business out If The tar-
pe1tine niggers the last two weeks in De-
cemoer. " nile they were going back u
North and South Carolina on their annual
holiday trip continued the news vender:
''t1oagh they dldH't spend as much taiS
time as usual. You saa thess fellows get
paid OH their years wages. and they start
home with a poke. fl.l OF money. Il
burns their pockets had. and they are ready
Z spend Z the first chance that oilers. The
way 20 work them the oesc Is 70 come in =
the front end Of the ca a0d attract their
attention at the start IN some WAY. Then
make a sale - the first one "a the crowd You
come to-even If yoI have 10 take half
price for the article. don't care what il IS
Then the balance OF the hands follow suit.
and nearly every one buys something.
Travelling caps, rings and watch-chaius,
prize packages, Florida views. books. fruit
and rewspap srS 20 ike hot cakes Many's
the time I've been cleaned up Of every
de-ned thing I hai BY these same turps--
tine darkles. And the best thing about il
is they seldom ask the price of ANYTHING.
but hand out bill wlta 8 grand flourish,
sud say: 'Heah tex your changer Its as
easy as falling off log 70 sell a ring. which
has been checked out to Us at p cents. 70
one q these fellows a. 81 Or 81. 80, especially
K the fellow has his girl along VITA Ann.
sud she takes 3 fancy 70 II. Oh, YOU
can bet -FOUR lie on it we bows
-ey for these turpentiners every year
Now, during the last ten or twelve DAYS
they have been coming back to Georgia.
ana there amt any trade in EN-. They've
speat all their money and are dead broke
" g had tough time Of it last summer and
fall, add don't you forget it That yellow
fever business msde il rough or the bows
and We didn't earn our salt hardly. The
local trade on these roads amt worth much.
especially as the Savannah, florida and
" estern don't allow peanuts sold on their
trains
why is THAR asked the drummer.
Makes too much Of q mess in the carr,
l guess, however. if X hadn't been for YOU
drummers during the yellow fever scare
trade with Us would have been Just moth
ing. Tee tourist trade IS IN now, and thar
IS always our best paving trade. These peo-
pie have all got II 3ney. don't YOU see and
# hey take q fancy . a book thsy would
Just 8 Son nay 81 80 Or 81 for il Is p IT
30 cents, which amt bv no means the case
with YOU druUmsTs or the local crackers
What papers do YOU sci. the most Off
"Ol, the MORNING News. by long ODDS,
% course. I've some lines sold as high as
. aud 20 copies between Savannah Gul
IE0maSyllle on one trip. OF New York
papers I think We sell more Worlds than
any other, and HsrGldS next
Blythe nay" remarked the drummer
lone Of your fellows charged me 10 Ceuts
for sunday World few days ago. How
about thatT
He oughtn't to have done that. Do YOU
remember which one Of the boys it wssF'
Mo-
Well continued the newsboy, that
fellow was too fresh; he ought never 10
have tried that on with g drummer. becau.e
drummeTs will kick. Besides. they are reg
ular customers. and good ones, too. Now
the Sunday y Grid is checked out TO
Us a. > cents, but the Sunday Her
and Of course many times we cant
make change. and We generally get 10
cents TO the Herald. Bus the y Orid is
cents straight, al the time. Say, did l
ever tell you about tha5 scrape l got
into down here at WaycToss a year or two
agol MOI Wen, III give YOU pointer that
cured me quickly OF that sort Of thing.
There was big crowd there on the plat
form one Gay, about the time all the trains
met, and had just come up on the Savan-
nah train, bound for jacksonville. | had
big lot Of papers under my arm. and was
cling EN- out to the tourists fas-'r'n you
could see straight, at 10 cents apiece for
New York papers. Business wss so lively
never paid any attention y quiet looking,
plainly dressed old gentleman VINO bought
World of me. and when l handed him Is
cents change out Of the p cents
he gave me he said; DO you
charge 10 cents for this paper, young
mani Yes, said I, regular price for New
York papers. Who's the next wants
paper He didn't say anything more to me,
but he walked straight around to the boss
Office and said SAYS he: Ny name is H B.
Plant; l guess you know who l am. Wei,
one of yolr boys has charged me 10 cents
for New York World, which is an out
rage, sir! l want that boy taken right off
OF thjs line. l won't have the public
swindled Ga nv road, do you understand"
well, - continued the irrepre ,sible news
boy, ''maybe the boss didn't give me a
raking over when l showed I'D next time,
and since that time | have been more par
ticular. Honest, though, | didn't have any
idea that that was Mr.. Plant buying the
paper. | might have known him, too, if
had looked at him, as I've seen him lots Of
times, bu- YOU sec | was too busy raking in
the money"
"Jesup!" shouted the brakeman Just then
change kears fur Macon and Bruns'ick,
Atlanta AMI Chattenoogear and the
drummer passed out with his grip, while
the lad gathered up his papers and was
soon busy selling to the crowd gathered in