The news boy., 1895-03-16
SWEET WILLIAM.


a local paper.
While it is an unpleasant task for
us to mention this matter, yet since |
Mr.. Hunter sees fit to make per-
sonal fight against the NEwsBoY, we
feel justified in giving the public the
''inside" of why he is SO viciously
against this paper. Once before, in
these columns, we stated that "when
you found a man saying real hard
things against the NEwsBoY, just
ask him what sort of jugglery he
has been mixed up in that the News
BOY found it necessary to expose
him."
It is q well-known fact that the
NEwsBoY has exposed the question:
able methods by which certain affairs
of the county have been conducted,
and Mr.. Hunter seems to question
the authority of a newspaper to dab
BILE in public matter which certain
individuals regard as their own pri
vate snap Everybody knows the
part Mr.. Hunter played in the Scott
county affair.
Prior to the terms of Circuit court
there ;ire always more or less sher-
il S sales to be published, and the
authority of the sheriff to place his
advertisements where he pleases has
never been questioned. In fact there
has never been any one so brazen as
to question a sheriffs ability to at
tend to his own business.
Some six weeks ago several sales
were placed in the hands of Sheriff
Bats by Circuit Clerk Stubblefield,
and the sheriff brought THEM to us
with request to publish as directed
by law. We had not asked for them
neither had we ''schemed" for
them. The sheriff brought them here
of his own accord. because he consid-
cred the NEwsBoy the best and most
widely circulated paperin the county,
and never dreamed that any one
would find fault with his action.
While there is a law which says that
the plaintiff or his attorney may di.
rect where such publications shall be
printed, yet we have never known OF
case where the sheriff was interfer.
ed with, especially after he had let
the printing.
AS it is always our custom to pub
; lish the notices Week or two earlier
than is required by law, so that
, should any errors occur they may bt
corrected. we, last week, began the
publication of the sales. This was {
little more than 'de push coult
} stand, and they Immediately pu'
their heads together and concluded
r to beat the NEwsBoY out of at leas
. some Of the printing. On Wednes
r day evening we received the follow
e ing through the post-office:
s DENTON, Mo-, Mar. y, 1895.
t PHIL A. HAFNER, Esq.
0 You are hereby notified that I an
attorney for plaintiff in the case o
= Walter A. Wood Harvesting Co., VS.
:, Friend & Metz, and have charge o
L the execution in said case. You ar
=, hereby notified not to publish the ad
e vertisement in the case. but returj
b the paper to the sheriff or his deputy
WM. HUNTER.
The letter only amused US. as w
had had no dealings with Mr.. Hunt
y er, and he, nor anybody else excep
y the sheriff could have stopped tn
: publication. But we took the troubl
. to investigate, and found that on tn
! record and on the execution appeare
!, the name of ]. J. Russell as the at
. torney for plaintiff. Further inves
:, tigation revealed that Mr.. Russel
!. had written to Mr.. Hunter to loo
6 after the matter for him, and see
q there was anything to levy on, an
9 he (Russell) would divide the fec
y However Deputy Sheriff Henderso
v had already levied upon some Ian
;, and ordered the sale to appear in tn
- NEwsBoY, and all that Mr.. Hunte
: has had to do with the case was t
" try to beat the NEwsBoY out of tn
4 printing-for which he will, no doubt
+ accept half the fees in the case.
!. When Deputy Sheriff Henderso
refused to take the notice from til
NEwsBoY Mr.. Hunter said, II wal
e it put in the other paper; it S alread
q paid for over there" We can hardl
n understand how the sale could /
q paid for over there. 6cfore it al
G peared. If Mr.. Hunter, or any of h
= gang, have been advancing none
It for a newspaper, they should resol
= to some other means to get even.
$ Wednesday evening Mr.. Huntt
s wrote out Declaration of Indepen'
: ence, or something of the sort, ar
r read it to Sheriff Bats, to the effe'
+ that under no circumstances, ar
!? under all sorts of penalties, and |