The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-09
LARRYIN AND HARRY OUT
A SURPRISING TURN IN THE AL
LANCE FARMER ROW.

The Paper 20 Remain the Organ Of
the order With CAN'T as Editor.
A Committee of Three to Have
supervision of the Editorial Page.
The Ownership.
ATLANTA, GA, Sept. s.-Larry CAN'T is
On ton The Southern Alliance Farmer
VIII continue as the official organ. Harry
Brown IS out of it. Larry is editor, and
the Free Lance is a fake never to be
reality. That is the status now. The alli-
ance official organ is webbing about in a
fashion grimly suggestive of chicken with
its head off, and just what will happen next
cannot be surmised even. Only last night
Harry planted himself against a telephone
pole, tilted his hat back with the air of
bondholder, and grandly announced that
be had bought Larry's stock, that Larry
was out of it, and that he Harry was in
undisputed possession. just twenty-four
hours later, and now comes the authorita-
tive statement that Larry is editor and
Harry is out.
THE FACTS IN THE CASE.
But here's what was done. The COM
mittee of three met to-day. Harry sub
mitted one proposition and Larry another.
| They were not acting in harmony; as the
common expression goes, mot by Jug
full Harry had bought Larry's stock, it
| seems but he was already in debt to Larry
and could not pay the debt already con-
| tracted, to say nothing of paying for the
stock, so while Harry may have considered
Larry out, Larry considered himself in it
| until his pound of flesh was paid. That was
the situation as it unfolded itself to the
committee this morning.
"Gentlemen," said the committee, "go
out and settle this matter among yourselves.
| When you agree, then we can treat with
| you" So Harry and Larry went out and
talked the matter over.
HARRY WITHDRAws.
This evening, to the.astonishment Of the
committee, Harry and Larry reported that
Harry had decided TO withdraw entirely
from all connection with the paper, and
that Larry was in charge. Larry and the
committee then had another talk. Larry
refused to accept the offer of the committee
for the purchase Of his paper. IL was
agreed then that the Southern Alliance
| Farmer should continue as the official
organ, that its policy as such should be con-
trolled by the committee of three and that
Larry is to be its editor" whatever that
may mean under the circumstances.
Harry, it is understood. retains his own
stock.
AN EXPENSIVE BLUFF.
Larry is quoted as saying that he has
spent $500 on a bluff. OF course this is
taken as referring to his authority for ina
terial IT the Free. Lance, which will never
come to light Editor Larry is also said to
have made considerable outlay for big
cartoon which was to adorn the first page
of the new sheet, which represented a loco
motive running over plowshare Whether
this will hereafter be utilized for the
| Alliance Farmer is not known. Editor
Larry is also quoted as saying that he has
never written q line Of copy for the first
issue of the Free Lance, Of which the public
| expected so mu CHI.
DRY COPY.
He says the printers have been kept busy
setting up the opening chapters of Webster's
unabridged dictionary. This, of course, can
be used hereafter in some special edition of
the alliance organ and will be valuable
reading matter. No Greek history was at
tempted, but of course there is no telling
what might now be in type if. as Mr.
Gautt says, he had known something was
going to turn up which would land him
| safely ION top"