The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-11-19
CARMACk'S LIFE ONE LONG FtUO
Interesting Side Lights in Career Of
Tennessee lN- Senator

IGN Ing
Mr. Carmack was born in Column
bia. Naury county. Tennessee. 40
years ago As a school boy he was
known as The Red Fox" In after
life none could explain the appella-
ton as he lacked cunning absolutely.
but was full OF fight and always
ready to avenge what he considered
to be the slightest insult. The only
excuse for the name was the color
of his hair and the trimness of his
build
The outer world first knew him
when. as a comparatively young man.
he was elected to the Tennessee leg
islature. There he followed absolute
ly the dictates of his conscience and
it was hard to tell whether he was
democrat or republican.
At the conclusion of his first term
in the legislature. Walter Cain. then
the editor of the Nashville American.
but now editor of the Memphis
News-Scimitar realized the brilliancv
of Carmack. who had been editor of
a country weekly. and pursuaded
Col Duncan B. Cooper. the owner
and publisher. to emDlov him as an
editorial writer. So eager was the
future senator to get away from the
village in which he was born that
he fastened to accent and 81 hash
full was he that he could not muster
mn courage with which IN ask tho
amount of salary he was TO receive
Dressing i'm STYLE.
AT tho very etart he wrote h,i,1i-
antly. but continued to appear on
the streets of Nashville alfred in
."Columhia's latest Cain and Cooner
talked the matter over and If wa,
decided that the former should take
Carmack out to luncheon and bring
up matters sarttorial in a most diplo
matte way. The conferences bore
fruit. Carmack and Cain went forth
with to a tailor and clothes anDro-
priate for every hour in the dav
and night were ordered Carmack
had worn his hair down to his
shoulders. and it is related that he
even consented to submit TO have his
locks shorn.
"But who is TO nav for ALL Of
this?" he asked of Cain.
Don't mind that" the latter re-
piled. ''Col. CooDer saws he will take
it out of your salary
For heavens sake how much
am | getting?" asked Carmack
Down in my country. the best a
newspaper ever was known to nav
was $12 a week. and part of that was
in trade I've been working here
three weeks and have been afraid TO
ask"
| "Your salary is s35 week -
4
| Il didn't know there was a paper
| in the world that could afford TO
ipay that for the stuff I have been
turning out" said Carmack.
First Challenge to Duel.
1t was not long before the fame
Of the young Red Fox" had spread
over the state. The Memphis Com
mercial owned in those DAYS by
Gilbert d. Raine and Mai. Wesley
Crawford bid for him and got him.
That was in 1892. The rival morn
ing paper in Memphis was the Ap-
peal-Avalanche edited by Col. w.
A. Collier, as punctillious and as
sensitive person as ever welded
la pen. Crawford and Vollier were
jancient enemies and the former well
| coined the trenchant pen of Car
mack, who knew little of the quar-
rel and is said to have cared less.
In less than year he had become
the principal adversary of Collier
and a duel was arranged. 1t was to
come Off at Holly Springs, 80 miles
south OF Memphis, and an enterpris-
| ing railroad passenger agent adver-
FUSED an excursion to that point. The
newspapers Of the entire south teem-
ed with advance notices and many
Iof the larger journals sent cores
pondents TO the scene OF action. But
me governor OF mississippi greeted
the wouid-be combatants with COM
pany OF militia and the battle for
honor was OIL
Carmack borrowed trouble that
really WASH negotiable, said Col.
Conner as they returned to Memphis
Ia snort time they were good
1f1ends, put crawford and Collier
are enemies TO TINS day.
Carmack Bolts JOB.
In due time the Commercial and
the APPROPRIATENESS were CONSOLE
Qdteu. CdrmdcK was retained as