The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-08-25
An Editor Run Amuck.
EnlroR or THE TINES.


foremost paper of North Arkansas,
with tar reaching circulation, |
crave the privilege to lay before y our
intelligent readers two libelous arti.
cles penned against myself, aud the
Company in whose employ am, by
the Yellville Republican under date
Aug. 3rd and Oath respectively, to-
gether with my statement of facts,
to yindieate 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 first assault, to evade legal pun
ishment; not receiving any answer
thereto he became holder like the
highwayman, 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 credence to
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
Sl.50 a share for stock in several
mines with fancy names. The OWN
er did cause shaft to be sunk, the
deeper it going, the further away
from mineral it went, and the deeper
1t was sunk the higher stock went
until this development stock rose
from 20 cents on par value of 100 to
100. As this new property lies fully
90 miles from the nearest railroad
ESTIMATED with the Boston noun
tains intervening the only hypothe-
sis is, that the dividends will be paid
from the moneys deposited for "de-
velopment" stock by the first run of
New York suckers. The Republican
has no war to wage on the owners
OF the two tracts of land but it does
desire to enter q protest against>a
plan that ropes in victims and re-
tards the true development of the
field by making knockers of all who
have been bitten. There are oppor-
tunities here for legitimate mining
such as hundreds of companies are
doing, and work stock is actually
worth money, but there is no room
for New York sharpers. 1t is under
stood that the president and owners
of the property in Marion county,
referred to above cleared last year
500, 900.
In response to the foregoing ealuln-
ny beg to state: The common law
pertaining to libel and Islander are
uniform the world over. More len
ieney is extended to an individual
who utters libelous or slanderous
words orally against his fellow man,
but when the editor of a paper
abuses his position and fills the col
umns of his paper, with premedita-
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.
fAs the WYitsrdl9es q,a4 quote in one
instance even the source of his-HIlor-
nation but straight-out fathers the
bastard on to himself. When Il wit
ness cannot supplement his evidences
by facts his testimony becomes in.
admissible, for want of truth.
Now this editor in swaddling
cloths has the effrontery to start in
with the audacious horn blast that
he is the fountain of truth an0 tht
champion ofthe suckers who were
bitten or fleeced by the New Yorl
sharpers-whom the New York Her
aid assisted in their nefarious work
In the first place who is that editor
| A short 212 months ago he was We
the itinerant journalistic highway
man of Chicago journal, wh(
wrote me a letter from Jasper for ;
one or two column contribution OF
the mineral resources of east New
ton Co. as the richest mineral fielt
of North Arkansas and requested
returns within 5 days, with a chez
| for $40, which | declined as had NJ
authority to expend the company
funds for ads. and referred him t.
New York. This then is man VIII
retaliates my refusal to throw u
my hands and deliver, by blaekmail
A man who holds a public positio
and desires to right a wrong, an
appoints himself as the champion {