The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-09-15
An Editor Run Amuek
Enron or THE TlMEs:

DEAR SIR: As the TIMES is the
foremost paper Of North Arkansas,
with tar reaching circulation,
crave the privilege to lay before your
intelligent readers two libelous arti.
eles penned against myself and the
Company in whose employ | am, by
the fellyille Republican under date
Aug. 3rd and 9th respectively, to-
gether with my statement of facts,
to vindicate myself against these
malicious assaults. Like the mid
night assassin, who plies his nefari-
Gus trade in the darkness the editor
OF that paper Withheld the names in
his hrst assault, to evade legal pun
ishment; not receiving amy answer
thereto he became holder like the
high wayman, and added the names
to the last issue. 1t reached me yes.
terday from unknown source post.
age prepaid. The first article reads
as follows
WILD CAT MINING SCHEMES.
The Republican does not pretend
to offset the influence and power Of
the New York Herald That is be.
cause Suckers give more credenee tc
paid articles in the latter than they
do to truthful statements in the
former. With the assistance of the
Herald victims were induced to pay
$50 share for stock in seyeral
mines with fancy names. The own
er did cause shaft to be sunk, the
deeper it going, the further away
IRON mineral it went, and the deeper
it was sunk the higher stock went
until this development stock rost
from 20 cents on par value of 100 tc
$50. AS this new property hes fully
so miles from the nearest railroad
| ESTIMATED with the Boston noun
tains intervening the only hypothe
sis is, that the dividends will be paiC
from the moneys deposited for "de
velopment" stock by the first run o
New York suckers. The Republican
has no war to wage on the owner:
of the two tracts of land but it doe:
desire to enter protest against {
plan that ropes in victims and re
tards the true development of tn,
field by making knockers of all who
have been bitten. There are oppor
tunities here for legitimate mining
such as hundreds of companies arr
doing, and work stock is actual,
worth money, but there is no room
for New York sharpers. 1t is under
stood that the president and owner
of the property in Marion county
referred to above cleared last yea
$4,000.
In response to the foregoing caluin
ny beg to state: The common Law
pertaining to libel and Islander ar
uniform the world over. More len
iency is extended to an individual
who utters libelous or slanderou
words orally against his fellow man
but when the editor OF a pape
abuses his position and fills the col
Sims III his paper, with apfrrneuiita'
ted libel, and sends the same broad.
cast over the land it constitutes a
crime, particularly SO in this in.
stance, when not one single sentence
has an atom of truth as foundation
As the writer does not quote in one
instance even the source of his infor.
nation but straight-out fathers the
bastard on to himself When a wit,
ness cannot supplement his evidences
by facts his testimony becomes in,
admissible, for want of truth.
Now this editor in swaddline
cloths has the effrontery to start in
with the audacious horn blast that
he is the fountain of truth ano tht
champion ofthe smokers" who were
bitten or heeced by the New York
sharpers-whom the New York Her
aid assisted in their nefarious work
In the first place who is that editori
A short 2H2 months ago he was vet
the itinerant journalistic highway
man of Chicago journal, who
wrote me letter from Jasper for g
one or two column contribution or
| the mineral resources of east New
ton Co. as the richest mineral helo
OF North Arkansas and requested
returns within 5 days, with check
for $40, which declined as / had nc
authority to expend the company's
funds for ads, and referred him tc
New York. This then is man who
retaliates my refusal TO throw W
my hands and deliver, by blackmail
A man who holds public position
and desires to right a wrong, and
appoints himself as the champion o.