The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-05-18
CARR NOT IN II
He Denies That He Ever MOnkeged
With the Trust.
Proves That the Letter Being CiFeu-
lated TO That Effect
is WITHOUT FOUNDATION IN FACT
Mr.. 5. III. Austin, Jr., Vice-PresideEt of
the Blackwell Tobacco Company
Confirms the Statement.

the
| have reliable information that type
written copies of letter emanating from
Mr. B. n. Duke, managing director of
the American Tobacco company, and an
ayowed republican, charging me with in
attemrt to connect myself with that
trust, have been secretly circulated.
While this letter is being withheld from
the public generally, | am advised L,
the charges contained in it are being in
sidiouslv and systematically repeated to
delegates upon the streets of Raleigh for
the purpose of injuring my reputation.
The resort to such unfair methods com
pels me to come before the public to vim
dicate myself, or rest quietly under un-
just imputations which have been dis
seminated only by insinuations.
have not sought by private word or
public declaration or personal effort of
any kind to contest with any man the
nomination for governor before the demo
cratic convention. But now on the very
eve of the convention it is sought to de-
stroy my political reputation and impair
my business integrity in the minds of my
fellow citizens by this charge. The trust
itself, through this lifelong republican
manager, makes the attack in letter ad
dressed to a prominent democrat in Raj
eigh. Strange combination; a cutter
trust director, a life long republican,
Raleigh democrat! The charge that l
have ever desired or attempted to enter
the American Tobacco company trust,
the cutter trust, the Duke trust, or any
other trust, is absolutely false. During
the year 1891, without my knowledge
Messrs NJ E. Mcdowell, S. II. Austin, Jr.,
and M. Duncan, all of Philadelphia,
owning three fOurths of the stock of
Blackwells Durham Tobacco company,
began private negotiations with certain
directors of the American Tobacco COM
pany. After the negotiations had been
pending for week, | was summoned
to Philadelphia by telegram to attend
meeting of the directors Of Black
1
which l was president. AT that meet
! ing | was informed of the pending nego-
| tiations, whereupOn | declared emphati-
cally to my associates that if they effected
nection with the business, lock, stock and
barrel. l would not, under any circum-
stances, have any connection with the
American Tobacco company, in any ca
pacity.
AS president of the Blackwelps Dur
ham Tobacco company, and resident at
its principal factory, l did by direction
Of its board of directors, visit afterw ards
the office of the American Tobacco COM
yany, with Mr.. Austin, to give certain
information about the company's busi-
ness. Ny statement is confirmed by the
following letter recetly received from ).
II Austin, Jr., vice presidents
Col. !. ). CARR, Durham, n. c..
Dear Sir:-In reply to your letter
Tuesday last, in which you say, "Please
refresh your recollection and say whetht I
or not you recollect the fact that while
negotiations were pending with the
American Tobacco company, | stated
among ourselves if the sale was cOnsum
mated it must be upon the basis that
must be entirely relieved from any con.
nection whatever with the company
In reply to this | telegraphed you, "My
recollection, also Duncans, is exactly a:
YOU state; which | now confirm, anC
further state that not only then, but a
other times, you have expressed exactly
the same decision.
Yours very truly,
5. II. AUSTIN, JR.,
. Vice President"
declare distinctly and unequivocall.
that neither personally nor Blackwell.
Durham Tobacco company, of which
am president, has now or ever had an.
connection with the American tobacco
trust. or any other trust. l have neve
$ seen the day, and God forbid that th
dav ever come, when l could so far vic
late my own conscience and my sense o
! humanity as to enter trust OF any sor
for the oppression of the already sorel.
oppressed farmers of North Caroline
But what spectacle, my countrymen, !
furnished by this affair. / am charge
with being friendly TO trusts, and th
charge is made by trust itself. Wa
T there ever an instance before since th
world began when a trust attacked mai
y for being its friend: | am charged wit
wishing to fly in the hock of trusts, an
: being elected from that royal roost
E. Who ever heared OF trust refusing al
|. dition TO its power: Rare phenomenon
Fellow democrats OF North CarOlini
r has the disintegration of our party com
to such point that gubernatorial nom
notions can be made or marred by letter
from self confessed directors of trust