The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-11-26
TO THE PUBLIC.

The editor of the TEXARKANIA,
desires to Skin skunk" today, an
we promise our readers to not i'm
pose on them by repeating tn,
dose" as this ''skunK" has little Q
no character or money to lose, whil
we have. Just hold your nose an
read and learn of this dirty skunk
w. B. Weeks, the editor of th
News, on yesterday filed his pape
full of denunciatory squibs agains
us, and attacked our integrity {
character We hereby denounc
him as a liar, coward and cur.
Weeks told several parties tina
he was offered several hundred do
lars to make the News neutral
the fight against whisky in Bow
county; and he has said that "ever
man has his price, so a minister il
forms us, Any man who will entel
tain a proposition to sell OUT i
unfit for decent society.
Weeks denounces as "false" th
charge that he went over to th
whiskyites. Here are some extract
from his paper which shows how h
helped the whisky cause-(Remen'
Der Rev. w. 7. Burch, and w. f.
Dean took around the petition ask
ing for a vote on the whisky que}
tion):
Tho News Is frank to state that 1t !;
supremely disgusted at the action OF few
"smart alecks" in arrogating to then :
selves the right and authority to dictate
the time and manner of opening the wei
on liquor in this county, A great many
good causes have in the history of The
world been knocked out because OF The
extreme freshness and verdancy OF advC-
Gates whose enthusiasm was greater thar
their brain power News, Nov. II.
A cackling goose is said TO have once
saved Rome from the hands Of the inva
der, and 1t is inst possible that few
cackllug birds of the same variety, In The
prohibition camp, may prove the salvation
Of the saloon keepers in the coming cloC
tlon contest, News, Nov II.
With some OF our leading citizens tn
question of whether or not II Is the COZ
rect thing to vote whiskoy out Is a knott
problems some OF them doubt It's advise.
bility because Of the peculiar geograph
cal situation Of the county, and Of the city
in particular, while Others favor strlltinl
IL down lot the consequences be what theJ
may--whethcr weeds and grass "run ava !
with the town" or not, News, Nov, Is.
The commercial and business interest.
Of the people Of Toyarkana and Of Bow,
county demand the exercise OF commo
sense aud reason in all public measures
and no good citizen can, or will, afford
ignore that which Is needful for the pro-
perlty and advancement Of his country
News, Nov. Is,
A man who will vote willfully for
measure that will ratard or Injurc Il
prosperity OF his county or town Is III
worthy Of citizenship, -LNows, Nov 10.
And as to our going oyer-selllng OF
TO the whIskoyltcs," WELL really BrC
Gardner, you should not have lot yol
envy carry you TO the oStont Of maxim
such u chOrgo-of giving us away" as
were, hut don't youwsh you were ov,
on the TOSas side so you could got son
Of the "plc" though? Now, really, don
you9-LNcws, Nov, TO-
The ToxarkOniNn charges that v,
"suld In substance" last week that -
man who would vote to inJuro his tow
was q fool" and It's charge Is corroc
That IL exactly what we meant TO sa
the precise idea we desired TO conve
And we repeat ID here and In doIngso wi
adopt the exact yorbIage OF Bror Gart
ner and say with emphasis that A MAJ
VINO WILL VOTE 40 INJURE HIS TOWN IL
FooL. We for one viii never vote To-
nor will this paper ever support u moa
uro that viii operate TO lnjuro ToSarkt
na-lNows, Nov "a
These are not one fourth Of b.
utterances trying to defeat th,
move of the temperance people, ant
in aid of the whiskyites Take thes,
squibs, with his neutrality offer,
and It shows Mr., Weeks up In a bac
light,
Weeks has blackguarded US foI
several days past, attempting I,
blackeu our character, and we sim
ply show him up In self defenss
Hundreds Of our best citizens lIh,
ourselves have construed his papo
as going over to the whiskyltes
hence we say his utterances force
us to make the charges we did, il
Fridays and Saturdays issues, Il,
did help the whisky men, as show
above, and he can deny II unit
doomsday, but II will stand III
return to the temperance fold no'
10 too late, as he has damaged thee
too severely, which Is past recall