The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-08-07
WHY TT WAS MoVED.


hearing before Judge Graham
at Oxford on July 20, that the
present owners Of the Globe,
represented by Mr.. r. II. Cowan,
had no case against me, many
of the best and leading citizens
of Durham, who are anxious
that the Recorder should remain
in that city, have wanted to
know Of me what | meant by
moving the paper to Hillsboro.
My reason, which | believe a.
good one, is simply this:
Mr.. Conan, in his affidavit
and his attorneys in their plea,
laid great stress upon the fact
that he, Mr.. Cowan, was a very
poor man with a large and
growing family, and that unless
he could run the Durham Globe
without opposition, or rather
competition from a paper con-
Quoted by either Mr.. Fair
brother or myself. it would be
impossible for him to provide
for the helpless beings Deepen
dent on him for their daily
bread.
Mr.. Cowan further set forth
in his affidavit that neither Mr..
Fairbrother nor myself were
needed in that community, SO
far, at least, as our work was
concerned ; that there was no
necessity sor either Of us to run
n paper anywhere in the state
that every county and town in
North Carolina was amply sup
| y ied with such journals as
suited their needs and demands I;
lat the social, industrial, re-
Ill | us ard political interests Of
The state were ably defended /;
THAT there was no danger OF
"invadipg armies, and much
more TO the same purpose.
Willie the question Of whether
or mol we are needed NJ Durham
is a matter of opininn--a num-
Der III tile best men and most
prominent christion women Of
that Il \ having assured me
within the past few days that
ve were needed and urged me
TO remain, yet AZ Mr.. Cowan
thinks differently, Of course he
knows more about il than those
who have lived there all their
lives, who own property and
pay taxes in the town, and who
are thoroughly acquainted With
our work while successfully
conducting the Globe for over
three years. If, as Cowan
claims, North Carolina has all
the newspapers il needs, and all
her interests are 80 ably de-
Tended, | cannot understand
why he should, az this particu,
lar juncture, suddenly discover
that il was necessary for him "a
resurrect a paper which had
been dead for over six months,
the town Of Durham and state
or North Carolina having, Sc
far as can learn, managed tc
survive and continue 10 plunge
, ahead toward commercial great
, ness during the temporary sus
pension Of the abandoned ant
battered wreck.
But to come back to the orig
! inal proposition Of why Ichoos'
. to move the Recorder TO Hills
/, boro, I do so because Mr.. Cowar
, claims that II ! am in any way
} connected with any paper any
! where in Durham county il vii
be impossible for him 70 maxi
q living for his family, and !
! shall never be said Of me that
! intcrfered with any honest poo
: man who was struggling 4
earn a livelihood. As il appear
that the wrecked Globe news
!. paper is all that stands between
! him and absolute want, ! cheer
fully yield the field, not that
! recognize any moral obligation
! not to print a paper in Durham
|, but because I would not know
J ingly help TO starye any poo
! !, mans children.
: Hillsboro being the old HON
1 Of the Recorder, and the cit
a znns nf this highly respectabl