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Editor Carmack was shot down for personal reasons after he had failed to beat Malcolm Rice ("Ham") Patterson, a Wet from Memphis, for the Governorship. In his martyrdom Carmack accomplished what his campaign failed of: the 1909 General Assembly's first act was to pass
...over Governor Patterson's veto) Tennessee's first prohibition law. (A second act: to erect a heroic Carmack statue at the Capitol's entrance...
...Assembly's repealer. This deed may alter Mr. Cooper's political future, but it did not alter the legislators' minds. Crying, "We've got the liquor now: let's regulate and tax it!" they overrode Governor Cooper even as a Dry Assembly overrode Wet Patterson 30 years...
Backed by the money of Oilman Joseph Newton Pew, Publisher Patterson made over his entire magazine, high-pressured circulation from 1,000,000 to 1,350,000, advertising revenue from $300,000 to $1,150,000. All he lacked to be a huge success were the lucrative cosmetic, baby-food and home appliance ads, which instead of flocking to Farm Journal remained with The Farmer's Wife of St. Paul (circ. 1,170,000), only magazine written exclusively for farm women...
Last week Publisher Patterson announced his acquisition of The Farmer's Wife. The combined magazines will have a circulation well above the Curtis Country Gentleman's, 1,840,000, largest farm coverage...