The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-06-19
KIMBALI, SOUTH DAKOTA FRIDAY. JUNE 10. 1908
ADyENTURER DAVIS OF PLATTE

ADvENTURER DAVIS OF PLATTE
The Wild ASS Of the Chas. Mix Pralrles
and HIS Career
When the G. NJ. & st. p. was about
to build its Chas. Mix extension Of
ficials OF the land deparement were
approached by tramp printer from
Illinois in a borrowed suit OF clothes
and by his cheek, gall and super abun-
dance of conceit and false representa-
tions as to his abilities as builder of
commonwealths were induced to stake
him in one OF their new towns on the
proposed line. They furnished him
money to buy an outfit, gave him
pass and subscribed and paid for 1,5OO
copies Of his sheet to be sent east to
possible settlers-thus giving him
start that his natural abilities and
qualities as man could not gain for
him in life time in any respectable
community.
No sooner had this adventurer gotten
well started than he, through some
fancied grievance probably because a
special train wasn't furnished him to
go to Sioux City and tell the one-horse
newspapermen of that town what a
hi Of fellow he was-he began war
upon Supt. Beardsley of the Mil
waukee and kept it up until forced to
quit through public sentiment. Mean
while not an issue of his tad-pole
sheet appeared but what was a retiec-
tion on all the old time newspapers in
the state that had done more nboom-
ing" for the country and spent more
time and labor in building this COM
monwealth than this conceited ass at
Platte could ever hope to do In life
time. He sent out to show the news
papermen of South Dakota that they
didn't know little bit about running
newspapers and soon made himself so
odious to the press of the state that
he has never had any friends among
them since. What little respect the
newspapermen ever bad for what en-
terprise or abilities he showed was
completely obliterated by his senseless
and meaningless TRADE against in
,d!viduals with whom be has had u
personal grievance.
After he was through with Mill
waukee road and they with him, find
Ing nothing else by which to attract
attention, he conceived the idea OF
identifying himself with the parti-
cu1ar Republican faction in Chas.
Mix that bid fair to, have the best
chance OF success. The fact that he
was going back on some of his best
friends men who had been giving him
all their patronage lin some individual
cases amounting to hundreds of dol
lars did not deter a natural cut
throat and RASCAL from biting the
hands that fed him-as he had with
the Milwaukee company. He saw
more dollars ahead in one faction than
with the other and with adventur-
er's greed took up their cause. When
this faction was successful in caucuses
or elections he strutted around like a
turkey cock and talked about vindica-
tion-when the fact was that with
Davis under dung heap where he
belongs the result would have been
the same.
Month after month, this adventurer
spent half his time vilifying and
slandering those who assisted in put
ting him on his feet and the other
half in hunting a new printer none
of whom would stay with him over a
few weeks at a time-the air OF the
office was SO charged with the consum-
| ing, offensive arrogance and unbear-
t able conceit Of the tramp from Illinois
But the press OF the state kept Silent
l-on the old principle Of keeping
hands off another newpaperman's S busi-
ness. But when this blackmailer at
/ Platte in his blind rage and failure to
ruin the man he was after in particu-
lar began on the women belonging to
his family the expected happened /.
| IA. Welch proceeded to the office of
the whelp who had slurred his wife
with another man to see that Davis
conapositor did not interfere took
!. the cowardly cur by the collar and
literally wiped the floor with him:
then dragged h!m into the street and
was only prevented from covering him
with the droppings in the gutter by
/ his CRYING for mercy.
i 1t was here for the first time that
the press of the state took hand. A
large number of newspapers commend
ed Mr.. Welch for his action in resent
A ing the publication Of an item which
. Davis brought to the notice Of Platte
people for the sole purpose Of hurting
Mrs. Welch-and not because they hat
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