The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1891-09-26
WILD WAY OF WATTS
A Letter to Him from FairbrOther,
the PrOddist.
A Few Specimen Sheets from a Large
Scrap Book.
WAS MR.. GEORGE W. WATTS sihcERE
People Who Come and Go-Erief Brevi-
ties OF Interest to All Readers
of The Globe.

ties OF Interest to All Readers
of The Globe.
Mr.. George w. Watts, Durham, n. c.:
DEAR SIR-On this bright Saturday
afternoon | desire to address you a few
lines Of thought, and submit some of your
own words which you should again di-
gest.
Soon after coming to this town, as
sumcd control of TIE DAILY and
WEEKLY GLOBE. was received by
some people in q very cordial manner,
and | outlined policy upon the start,
which was to expose frauds, when | saw
them, and you were apparently pleased
with the paper. Indeed you wrote me
more letters in praise of the little sheet
than any other one man in the place.
really believed that you were my friend,
and am sorry that my confidence has
been so rudely shaken. If you will re-
member the following letter was written
by you to me, and the date shows that it
was in the early days, when I was pio-
neering in the wilderness. This is your
letter:
DURHAM, N. c., Oct II, 1890.
Al FairbrOther, ESQ:
DEAR SIR-THE GLOBE has failed to
materialize at my house for several days
1T Is TOO GOOD THING TO DO WITHOUT
so while you are booming Durham don't
fail to boom one copy of THE GLOBE
over to my house daily. | want it EVERY
DAY, don't forget.
OUR WELL WISHER,
GEO. w. WATTS
You were then my wcll-wisher. THE
GLOBE, you say, is too good a thing to
do without and you must, it seemed, have
1t every day. | cussed the carrier gently,
but firmly, and all seemed well for short
time. But as the date shows it was not
over month until your soul again longed
for the album of song; until you felt that
THE GLOBE was a household necessity.
SO strongly were you imbued with this
thought, as we understand it, that you
wrote me the following lengthy epistle:
DURHAM, n. c., Nov. 6, 80.
Mr.. Al Fairbrother:
DEAR SIR-I dislike to grumble, but I
wish you would insist upon your carrier
delivering THE GLOBE at my house. He
invariably leaves it at the gate, quite a
distance from my door, which is incon-
venient and unsatisfactory to me. Last
evening it did not reach even the gate,
but came this a. m. through postotfice.
CoNGRATULATING you upon the i'm
mense success of THE GLOBE and assur-
ing you that its absence ANY EVENING IS
A LOSS TO ME, | remain
Yours TRULY,
GEO. W. WATTS.
Here you say that TIE GLOBE is a loss
TO you when it is not received; you
acknowledge its immense success, and
insist that you must have it every even
ing. Of course you here admit that you
appreciated the paper and caused me to
still believe that you were friendly. But
again the paper missed, and some twenty
days after the second letter quoted, and
you wrote me again. In that letter,
which would consume space to print,
you assured me again that you must have
TIE GLOBE, that it was winner, and all
this and that and | wrote you, suggest
ing that would send it to you by mail,
and explaining the worry the carrier
boys were causing me. Then you wrote
me this letter:
DURHAM, n. c., Nov. %, 80.
MI Al Fairbrother, Durham, n. c.:
DEAR SIR-Yours received. Your po-
sition is sound and logical one and you
are forgiven with the usual amount of
blessings, etc.
Now about mailing me THE GLOBE. 1t
won't do, as | don't get my afternoon
mail until the next day. l CAN'T PossI-
BLY, wait that long for THE GLOBE, must
have it in the evening so | CAN GO TO BED
WITH A CLEAR CONSCIENCE, knowing |
am posted on Durham affairs for that
day. Send it over, brother, every day
and prevent -! Yours TRULY,
GEO. w. WATTS.
was glad to know that THE GLOBE
cleared your conscience glad to know |
that you could retire early or late salts
fed, if you had THE GLOBE, and since
that time, after "jacking-up' the boys TO |
an extreme pitch | am reasonably sure |