Semi=weekly graphic., 1896-07-04
IS WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH THE EDITOR OF THE COM. MERCIAL AND MR. HAL
 DAVID.
Breezy Correspondence Which Throws Some Light Upon the Present situa-
 ton.

lOfth the resources and business enter prises Of this city and county, and that Mir. Hal David, an expert in this line of service, had been employed to do the work, the Press Engle ans nounced that it, too, would tissue trade edition in the fall, which an- nouncement was immediately iol- lowed in turn hy tue Me Tou" Com meTial that la the course of time it would also follow the procession led by the GRAPHIC and is ue a special edition oi some character, "details ayoidad) in the Spring.
 From that day to this the Com mereial in almost every issue has waged a personal warfare against Mir. David and the GRAPnIC's enter prise, stooping to make the most eontemptitle and demagogie refer erences 10 either or both. Not con tent with personally vllifying the promoters of the enterprise in the columns of his wayward sheet, the OhAtA'i Vt thV NpHiHitiCiul littS ti tue streets and in a personal way done every thing possible to discourage and defeat the movement.
 Heretofore we have paid no atfen- ton whatever to his abuse of Mir. David or our enterprise, but there is a limit to endurance, and we feel it incumbent upon Us to expose the hypocrisy and insineerity of his words and acts.
 The iactof the business is that its q case of .sour grapes" with the editor of the Commercial. The "milk in the coeoanut" is that Mir David is doing the work for the GRAPHIC in prefer ence to the Commercial. and that the Commercial editors efforts to secure MT. Dayid's services resulted in failure.
 After Mir. David had gotten out q mammoth edition of the Galveston Tribune he wrote a letter to the edi- tor of the Commercial and the editor of the GRAHPIc seeking employment for n similar service in Pine Bluff In some manner the editor of the GRAPHIC mislaid Mir. Dayid's letter and 1t went un1answered, hut the editor of the Commercial immediate ly replied and correspondence en- sued between Ar. David and the editor of the Commercial. This cor respondence resulted in the former sending the latter n contract for the latter's signature. To this letter the editor of the Commercial re- sponded as follows:
 PINE BLUFF, Ark, May 9, 1866 MT. Hal David.
 Dear Sir:-As per request 1 return to you the papers you sent me. l will say that 1 guess 1t will be time enough to make contract with you when you come over. l must say that l don't exactly understand what you require of me. When you come over will try and meet you fairly. Very truly yours,
 CHARLES GORDON NEW MAN.
 In response to this letter, Mir. Hal David came lover" to Pine Bluff. When he arrived here Mai Newman was out of the city and his exact location could not be ascertained. Mr. David wrote Maj. Newman letter and then telegraphed him at his snp- posed address, but in the meantime the editor of the Commercial had !, fs, ,,I Hn letter and telegram were not received until duly forwarded. During that time-almost a week-Mr David re- mained in the city, and after waiting a due length of time, concluded that he had fully performed his duty and to Maj. Newman and applied to the GRAPaIc for a similar contract for the same service, which was made and signed on the 10th day of June.
 On the following day Mir David heard from Maj. Newman through the latters foreman, Mir. George Morris. On that day MT. Morris received letter from his employer him to make contract, in the name of the Commercial, with David. Maj. Newman's letter tt his foreman contained this language:
 .sIn regard to David, he is all o. K. Will probably be back by Wednesdar Make the he,t con tract you can with him."
 
 This letter was read to Alr. David | by Mir. Morris, but the former then informed the latter that 1t was too | late, because on the previous day he had just closed a contract for his services with the GRAPHIC.
 Our readers will remember that l since that time Mir. David has been | variously and ungentlemanly characterized by the editor of the Commercial. from day to day, has been bounded like wolf and the GRAPHIc's enterprise denounced.
 We had not intended to expose the hypocrisy and insincerity of the