The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-10-10
HOW VICTORY WAS WON.
wINSTON's BIG FIGHT WITH THE
CIGARETTE TRUST
On One Side Was Great Money
Power, u hile the Def, ndants were
Men of Limited Maans-Mr
Clement Manly's Fine Work.
he Editors of the Sentinel. |

To the Editors of the Sentinel.l
Now that the big cigarette case,
pending in the Circuit Court of the
United States, wherein the Bonsack
Machine Co., and the American To-
bacco Co. were plaintiffs and W. f..
Smith & Sons, defendants, has been
decided ia favor Of the defendants, it
behooves us to make more definite
mention of it than heretofore, and to
give due credit to those to whom the
honor Of the victory belongs.
On one side was all the power and
money of two great trusts, who en-
ployed the most learned experts as
witnesses and the most skilled gentle
men as attorneys, to carry out their
purposes of crushing out all compe-
ting cigarette companies
Opposed to these trusts, was the
Winston Cigarette Machine Co., COM
posed OF men of limited means, from
our own and adjacent towns, and yet
boldly they determined to make this
fight and break the shackleS of this
great combine, who seemed deter
mined to rule or ruin all who dared
manufacture cigarette machines or
make cigarettes
erly defend themselves, our home
company agreed to employ the best
legal talent they could, and set aside
certain funds exclusively for the pur
pose of making the fight
Only those on the inside know what
these gentlemen endured and what
sacrifices they made to carry on their
suit ana the thanks of the whole
country is due them for thus break
ing the power Of this giant comhina
tiOn.
To Messrs. w. L Brown, W. T.
Brown add w. b. Pollard, special
praise is due, for their untiring en-
ergy and faithfulneSs in carrying out
the trust committed to their hands
by their associates, for it indeed was
a great undertaking for a concern
comparative so weak, to defy corpO-
ration thad had millions at its back.
To the attorneys in this important
suit we must also give due praise.
As said before they were confronted
by the best patent lawyers the United
States could produce.
None of them save one had any eX-
perience in such litigation and yet in
preparation, skill Of management,
thorough knowledge Of the law, and
devotion to their clients interest
they showed themselves the equals.
if not the superiors of the great minds
that confronted them.
Messrs. Watson, & Buxton, and
Glenn s. Manly, of our town. and w.
d. Baldwin, of Washington, were the
attorneys, but the burden of the work
fell on Messrs. Watson, Baldwin and
Manly.
1t is said that invidious distinct
ions are always odious, but in this
case it will not so prove, for all the
gentlemen connected with this SUIT
accord the most of the glo.y Of this
great victory to our friend Clement
Manly. For months he faithfully
prepared himself, studying night and
day to master the intricate principles
of the patent law, that were present.
ed in the case, and to be able to eX
pose and refute the smart SophistrieS
of expert Newberry.
Untiringly he took the testimony,
making himself thoroughly acquaint-
ed with the law and facts, until when
he came to make his great argument
in ASheville, he was competent to
answer all that was SO ably said by
his opponents, and won from them
the tribute of having made mastery
speech.
The battle is over, the victory won
and his associates gladly give him this
praise and his clients ready to say,
well done good and faithful servant,
thou shalt have thy reward"
The Briggs Machine is one OF the
very best. 1t will be exhibited in At
lanta and New York, and now that
the litigation is ended we are satisfied
will be i'm great demand X