The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-02-26
PROF. HOBGOOD'S SAY.
THINKS THE GLOBE HAS WRONGEO
HIM.

The Globe Has Attacked Neither Prof
Hobgood Nor His schooI-It Ha. No
Apology to Make.
The GLOBE this morning received the
following letter
OXFORD FEMALE SEMINARY,
OXFORD, n. c., Feb % 1894
Editor Of THE GLOBE, Durham. \.
l received yesterday a marked COPY of
your paper Of February 15 sent l sup,
| pose by some friend, in which there aD .
peared an editorial which is an unlawful /
violation Of the rights of citizen OF
| North Carolina. | am conducting An
honorable business in legitimate man
ner, and no newspaper has the right to
attack my reputation or to interfere with /.
my business. The mere fact Of nv ow-
ing debt affords no more reason for
| you publishing it TO the world than docs
the owing Of such debt by one Of the
| business men Of your town; now is there
any more evidence Of fraud in the one
case than in the other. Has a private
citizen Of this state 40 right which THE
GLOBE is bound to respect? If you
claim the right to publish to the world
my private affairs, you have the same
night to publish the affairs of Mr.. A or
Mr.. B Of your town.
Now l do not owe you anything. Ny
name does not appear as an advertiser
or subscriber on the books of your paper
have never done you any harm. |
have some rights as a citizen Of North
Carolina and one of these inalicnable
right is to be let alone by you.
2 1t is true that | owe the Southport
5 Leader an advertising bill which has been
standing since September 1, 1893. Last
summer advertised Oxford Female Sem
mary in goodly number Of North Caro-
lima papers, making the bills payable
some in September and some in October.
At the time of making these contracts, l
y had every prospect OF being able to meet
them promptly on maturity. Bat like a
great many other men, | was di5appointe ed
II in my expectations, and found myself
Y unable to meet these obligations
promptly notified the parties of the fact,
assuring them that just as soon as posi-
;" BILE l would pay them | feel thankful
- that in these times when so many strong
financial institutions, as we'll as iEdiyid
uals, have been forced into assignments
J. | have been able to carry on my school
re think it would not be far from the trutl
It. to say that since last September not moro
W than one business man Of ten has beer
I'd able to meet his Obligations promptly a
Is. they matured. And shall be published
to the world as a fraud because | hav
had to postpone for few months paying
:, some two dozen advertising bills, wherea
-. during my experience of twenty thre
g. years as a teacher have paid to the pres
- Of North Carolina not less than tig
thousand dollars.
~ ! am sorry You have made it necossar
'"' for me to write in my own defence
- am peaceablc ciGzen, tying to 1--we St
- as to do wrong 10 none, and | feel yer
keenly any unjust and unrepro3chcd at
tack upon me However, | am no s,ran
ial ger to the people OF Durham | ar
ad known personally 70 very many Of then
Both while At Raleigh and at Oxford
,u have taught the daughters Of many {
m them, aad number some of them anon
my warmest friends | do not think tia
any Of them will believe it possible fo
er me to conduct fraud or perpetrate on
at on any man. F +. HoBGOoD,
President and Proprietor Of Oxford f
ter male Seminary.
ost In an official circular sent out by II
en secretary of North Carolna press assl
citation under date of February IA, the
est was printed the following commune
sed
49, tion
SoUrHPoRr, n c., Feb, /, 1891.
J. B Sheriff., Esq, Sec'y \ c. Press A
ceo socia'ion, Concord, \ c.
flt- DEAR SIR-As member Of the Pre-
ayS Association of North Carolina, We wi
- to lile with you complaint against t
Oxford Female Seminary, Of OxfOI
ck- y. c, as q nOn-paYer or observer Of co
ek. tracts for advertising, and as such, '
nee desire the same to be known for the be
n eft Of the members of the association.
be We stand prepared TO answer all que
ng- tions or inquiries made of Us reGaTdir
the the conduct Of the above seminary.
Fraternally and Respectfully,
SUUTHPoRT LEADER,
Stevens & Farrell.
! 10 In the same circular the secretary {
an nouuses five other concerns frauds, a.
that announces himself ready TO answer
0AN questions in regard 10 them.
TIE GLOBE did not say that the Q
ouS ford school was fr4u1 l. did say