Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-11-01
All About the Acceptance (9) Of That
Challenge. Continued.

published card showing conolusively whose {
Davis Sewing Machines did not meet in 1
contest. IL
The g facts" are as / stated them. Tho
gentlemen did "refuse to comply with the
challenge they pretended to accept, and re-
fused to sign en- absolutely fair and square
contract"
In Sunday mornings papers they came
out with false certificate, as will hereaf-
ter show by sworn testimony, and the pitt
full whine that the contract was not fair"
Now, if the contract 'oos not fair to them, !
why did they not publish it in their de- /
fence? They had the original in their pos |
session nearly three hours, and doubtless
took copy of it. If they did not would |
| have furnished them with q copy.
I now publish the contract in full and
leave it to the unprejudiced public to decide
whether or not it was 'fair square con-
tract, whether or not it is in strict accord
with the challenge which they pretended to
accept; but which in reality they intended
only as bluff:
l. Article of agreement between T. E.
Bur9ie of the first part, and Messrs. Emory
} & Scarborough, effecting the challenging of
all agents by the said Burgie to show by
tests, reasons and philosophical principles
"Which is the best Seo1ing lNachiae," and
the acceptance of said challenge by Messrs.
Emory Il Scarborough.
, q The said challenge is substantially as
follows, which is the governing principle in
, the forthcoming contest
= | 3. Inasmuch as every so-called agent or
dealer in old, rebuilt, second, third and fourth
class machines claim that his particular ma
chine is just as good, or better, than the
: ue,o No. Wheeler d Wilson, 1 do hereby
: challenge any so-called agent or dealer in
g the district of East Tennessee to public
g contest before select committee to prove
said claim and in the event that he fail to
# establish said claim, he shall forfeit to me
r, the sum of one hundred dollars in cash, pay
le hall rent, committees fees and all inciden-
u tai expenses OF whatever kind or nature, and
forfeit to the party who procures acceptance
q of said challenge the machine he uses in said
n contest, the public being authorized to act
to as my agent in challenging; and in the
), event that he establishes that he has a ma.
chine equal to or better than the 9ae1 No. s
:, Wheeler d. Wilson, will make like forfeit
- ures to him and obigate myself to leave
= this territory. Who dares ACCEPT?
~ (SigneG L. r. BURa1E, Agt
~ ~ 1. Now, inasmuch us the said Burgie hal
y" previously put forth the above challenge,
and as the said Emory & Scarborough
have accepted the same, we hereby bin(
a ourselves to be governed strictly by the let
od ter of said challenge in the following equita
Se BILE resolutions:
r. 5. We further agree that the 800 to b
IL, forfeited by the losing party to be placed IL
disintererted hands, and after the termina
We ton of said contest, to be turned over to tn
ns managers or trustees of the Orphans an
Girls Industrial Home of this city, to b
disposed of by them as they think will &C
complish the most good
g. The committee is to comprise seve
persons, four gentlemen and three ladies
&c who shall neither be the owner of eithe
machine represented or in any way directl
or indirectly interested in its sale.
7. Said committee shall be selected &
follows: L. R. Bt,rgie is to select one gel
tleman and ole lady. The tw
gentlemen are to select eacl a ger
tleman associate, and when the six thus pro
vided for shall meet, the lady associate
shall each nominate a lady associate and tn
he six shall ballot, secretly, to see which of ii
of two ladies nominated shall be selected
is, 8. In case of tie vote on this propos
ig- ton, straws will be drawn, naming the Ion
TT straw as to be the one elected.
cts 9. 1t is hereby agreed, and we bind on
EN- selves and ask of those of the commit,
ant which we select, to keep the matter strict
can secret as to which side nominated the wi
hat ming or losing lady.
wv 10. After the committee has been pr
vided, they shall select among themselves
: a chairman, who shall preside over the CO
testt pronounce on such points as may
submitted to him without partially, and
,or all cases shall vote with the rest of the COZ
mittee.
IL. A majority of the whole shall deci
all questions, and all questions which a
t. not conceded by one of the opposing part
shall be submitted to a vote by secret sli
"a, of paper, marked, For the Wheeler
Wilson," or For the Davis"
vi -. The parties of the first and secol
are, parts shall prepare a list, setting forth thu
ted respective claims as to "aohieh is the b
,.st se,cing machine," which lists shall be Cal
fully compared and where each claims
per1ority IN the same points, one of su
points shall be erased from the list of t
AT parties of the second part, the parties
the first part taking precedent, as being
challenging party
10. When the lists shall be made up,
vised and added together, the items viii
constitute the main essentials Of sewi
machine namely: simplicity, durabil
TOM speed, ightest sewing, most powerful a
quietest in motion, shall be counted as
It, points each in making up the list of poi
gained.
TT. IA. The party who shall procure
- greatest number of points in said cont
II u shall be declared the victor.
n Is. If any points should be brought l
~ and bearing directly on the point in cont
versy, namely, ''sohich is The best seaoi
machine" it shall be stricken from the il
16 That as the said Emory & Scarb
ough have accepted the challenge" viii
provided for a HALL" and inasmuch as I
fair ground, owing to its being stock ia
and having no suitable building for the p
pose, is not proper place to hold said CT
test, and we therefore agree that we me
the place 10 Staub's Opera-house. or a sui
m. BILE room in some hotel
II. AS the challenge above provides
nv the losing parties paying committee fe
~ hall rent and all incidental expenses
hereby agree and do in each others pr
ence deposit in the hands of disinteres
party, fifty dollars each, to cover said
at penses, and in the event that they shall
> coed the sum deposited, the losing pa
~ hereby binds itself to iquidate at once,
rect. balance, and if any should remain, it 81
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