The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-05-06
aNEWsPAPER CHALLENGE.
Orr1oE OF THE n. Y. EVENING NEWS, |
Aplil q. 1869.

L
First. That the Evening News circulates
daily more copies than the New York Herald
Second. That the Evening News circulates
more copies than TWICE THE COMBINED CIR
CuLir1oN OF ALL the other evening papers
published IN this city.
Third. That the Evening News has larger
circulation than any other daily paper publish
ed in the United States. ;.
agree to give $1,000 to any charitable nsn
tntion of this city, if either OF the above pro
nos;tions ia proved to be incorrect; $4,000 II
too NJ them are proved to be incorrect, and
$4,000 if the three should prove to DO incorrect;
nroyided the proprietors Of the newspaper ac-
cepting the challenge agres to forfeit the same
amounts in case the above statements are de-
cided in favor of the Evening News. Each
party to select the proprietor Of some first
class newspaper, and If the two should not
agree, they to select third.
BENJAMIN WOOD.
Tho Circulation OF the New York Eve
ming News-Remarlks OF the Press.
From The New York Sun, April J
MIR. Benjamin Wood asserts that the Daily
News has greater circulation than twice tne
Combined circulation Of all the other evening
newspapers, We dare say that Mr.. Wood 10
r1eht. We believe that the Evening" News has
even a larger circulation than that OF the Sun,
which, we may add, shines for all.
IRON the New York Sunday Courier, April A.
WHAT NExr!-We have had challenges for
all sorts Of championships, from b'llia1dS 10
velocipedes. and now wood. the irrepIessioe'
| of the Daily News, proposes to settle ques-
| tion who publishes the champion newspaper
in noir,t OF circulation. His challenge is issued,
| and il now remains to be seen who Will accept
IT, or whether he will be allowed to wear the
belt in peace. Time, gentlemen, tine
From the New York World, April 81
BENJAMIN Woods challenge to prove the cir
culation OF the DAILY Evening News larger than
the Herald's, and more than twice that OF all
evening papers, will not be taken up. The
| World long since took the bulk OF the Heraids
| circulation away, and the enterprlslng Evening
News undoubtedly may claim precedence over
! ta:. ouca popGiif shaat- Indeed. tae asses
sors returns prove the point concusively.
when it is recollected that for every four cents
received by the Herald for one sheet, the News
prints four and sells at cent each.
From the New York Citizen, April 1ol
In smother colnmn- Will BE- found the chal-
lenge OF Ben Wood 1nraerence 20 the circula-
-
other daily papers. Who vii. accept his chal-
leuee, and thus aid tta Charitable Institutions
|, ar the city : He offers to stake BIZ thousand
dollars on the declaration that the News has
| the largest circulation. Who will see him on
| that proposition
from the New York Ledger, April 1ol
Rem Woods plucky challenge in reference to-
the sparkling little News' circulation Is
iournalistio sensation calculated to interest the
newspaper world. The Nsws is spicy, newsy
and saucy, and Wood ID its propnet.
| From the New York Atlas, April 1o.]
BENJAMIN Wood claims for his paper the
largest circulation IN the country. ana Issues s
tinction, which will oe found elsewhere In our
columns, The Daily New has certainly
aebleYed the most wonderful success In the
history ofAmerican Journalism.
| From the New York Daily Star, April Ill
BEN woops CHALLENaEL.We print else else
where On advertisement OF the Hon. ben).
Wood. in whloh he challenges the world In
general and the Herald i'll Particular, to COM
Rare o,rculatlons with the Daily News. Desir-
inc that the people at large should know OF bis
claim 10 the greatest circulation, Mr. Wood
shrewdly puts his card In the Peopies paper,
the Star, aud bides the lesue. For our part we
sre quite willing to endorse great deal o
what MIR. Wood says. Half dozen large ar
mics OF small boys IN Ike the dly hldeous with
their shouts Of "Newses," and far into tne
weary watches Of the night the square echoes
with the shrill yells of the gamlns VINO make q
Living by the sale OF that paper. we 40 not
beleye the Nevais the best paper In the city
q how can wef SBut W. 90 believe 1t circulates
three times the combined issues OF all the
New York, Brooklyn aud Jersey City evening
journals. . ,,
r It's stories are gameY.
\ Its selections are romantic.
But its poetry is lively.
For all these apparently, Mr. Wood IS not
solicitous. He claims large, tremendous
circulation, ard no doubt he has It. II the
bill compelling publishers to swear 10 tner
actual circulation has been put through the
Ieoislature, some Of our contemporaries would
I have to slug very small tunes In very Slim
tones.
force it through next session.
But after all. it would seem that Mr. Wooo
cares only to show that he has larger circu-
iation than Mr.. Bennett. AZ yet, no notice
has been taken OF bis challenge, which ID
courteous IN phrase and fair in tone Unless
| his claim be retuted by IA, tB and hgures, IL
must be conceded that the News has the
| largest circulation. Surely lvelier, spriRht-
| lier, jolher little visitor never crossed man
threshold than the 8 me little News.
From the New York Democrat. April Ill p.
II The newspaper challenge which Mr.. Bepja-
| min Wood, proprietor OF the Evening News,
has issued, Is one which has commanded unl-
yersal attention, but not as yet commanded an
acceptance. Mr.. Wood affor g an excellent op-
portunity tor some enterprIBng cotemporary
TO deposi 5000 for the beneht OF some chari-
\ table institution.
From the New York Sun, April 96]
We're it not for tremendous crash upon our
columns this morning, we would reproduce q
number Of the capital speeches which we're de-
iIyered by the women at the ''Sorosls dnner,'
and thus give them the benefit OF q larger local
circulation than Ii enjoyed by q ~ other New
York journal, excepting the Evening News.
From the Cincinnati, Enquirer. April 26]
Ben Wood thinks his lively little paper, the
New Y ork Rvsning News. has larger cIrcula.
tion than the Herald-more than twice tnat OF
all the New York evening papers combined
and larger than that of any Other daily IN the
United States; and he therefore oh:rs to gave
$1,000 to some charitable institution it either OF
these estimates is found incorrect, or 5000
all are proved 30.
From the New York Days Doings, April 3ol
TIE CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE DAILY .'RBss.-
MIR. BENJAMIN Wood Is in the field as Champion
Journalist OF the Daily Press of merioa. His
| challenge claim. that the New York Evening
| News has twice the combined circulation OF al
the other evening papers published IN this
| city. He dares Ills coteuporar1es to the test.
aud espe tally singles out the New Yo.k Herald
70 run q tilt with the News upon the question
| of tht ir rpspectlye circulation. No one has