The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-05-03
a VICTIM OF A CORPORATION.
How a President and General Manager
Was Fr:,ZS-n Out by His 0iPmpanions.


Was Frozen Out by His 0sempaniOns.
Speaking of corporations" said a
prominent st. Louis banker, Il recall
with painful Renaissance the first one
of which I had the honor to be a stock
holder. 1t happened in 1865, and was
just fifteen years of age. Of course l
had no idea that it was really corpora
ton in which had invested, but as
look back upon the incident the realiza-
ton PUSHES upon me that ] was a victim
of corporation methods.
at happened in this way. At very
early age my tendency for mercantile
pursuits developed. At school noticed
very general demand for candy and
cakes and an exceedingly limited supply
in the market. Many of the children
possessed coppers and nickels, but it
was nearly mile from the school house
to the country tGwn, and the boys were
compelled to forage upon the neighbor-
ing sugar cane fields and orchards to sat
isfy the youthful stomach. After care
full survey of the market I decided that
the school was confronted by a condi-
ton, not theory.
SIN few days I had secured the CO.
operation of half dozen boys, with a
capital Of thirty cents, in which / held
ten cents o9 the stock, and was conse'
quently named as president and man
ager of the candy store which we pro.
posed to open on the grounds We found
an enormous dead and fallen tree, whose
butt end offered little resistance to ou:
penknives. At noon one day notified
the stockholders that meeting would
be held Immediately after school, and at
that meeting |, as president and man,
ager, cut an opening into the dead tree,
fashioned shelf therein and attached
door. while the stockholders looked on
in admiration. then proposed that early
in the morning each stakeholder should
bring with him five cents worth of
candy where with to stock the juvenile
store.
"To my establishment it was moved
and seconded and carried that the candy
should be purchased and delivered at
once. SO that the store might have an
early and perfect opening. Tired as /
was I repaired to the town, invested my
ten cents in cheap candy, returned to
the school grounds, where already the
twilight was making ghostly figures
among the trees, and deposited my treas
ure in the store. 1t was quite dark when
reached home, and being unable to ac-
count for my whereabouts the presl-
dent and manager went to bed supper
less and with back singing from the
effects of a switch literally applied.
Next morning FASTENED to the school
grounds in order to be first at the cere-
monies. Imagine my surprise when
found there, seated in a row, all the
stockholders. congratulated them on
their interest in the enterprise, and then
threw open the door Of the candy store
It was empty
"For moment l was speeches.. Inc
stockholders bent their heads and said
nothing. They looked suspiclously con-
tented, and when intimated that some
good man among US had gone wrong
they were all prepared to prove that a
daring burglar had, in the midnight
Il
hour, deprived the corporation OF Its as
sets.
'Ten years later one of the stockhold-
era admitted that he had helped his
brethren in disposing of the stock."-St'
Louis Republic.
More Than He Bargained FOR
when | used to travel about the
country lecturing," said retired tenn
nerance talker. 81 carried with me as a
frightful example man with brilliant
red nose, and during my remarks would
call upon him for testimony. On one
occasion we struck a small town where
we had an audience of about hundred
neop!e. Twas making fine headway with
INV lecture, and at the proper time
glanced over the crowd and said "Wlll
fhe gentleman with the red nose please
rise to his feetr' Of course my man got up
but before he could do so thirty-seven
men had risen slowly to their feet, ana
don't think 1 was ever more embarrassed