The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-11-19
THE CAUCASIAN's EMBARRASSMENT

Inere was no paper puDllsne0 last
week owing to some financial diff
culties. These now have been ar
ranged for and the issues of Nov.
10th and Nov. Goth have been con-
solidated and the missing issue will
be made good to all subscribers.
We notice that The CAUCAs1AN's
temporary trouble Las been given
wide publication through the Demo-
cratic press, but We desire to add our
version, as we failed to note it
in any paper save the Raleigh Press
Visitor, which paper kindly t>rder-
ed US tie use Of Us columns and
from wb, n we 1 IL, the following
facts as they were:
EDITOR OF PREss-VIs1roR: Will you kind.
ly allow me space in your paper to correct
statement or two that appeared in this
to THE CAUCAsIAN's financial embarraSs-
ment
First, it is reported that Mr.. Holding,
owner of the Raleigh Paper Company has
made every effort to collect amount due.
but had been continually put off with prom
tue" In reply to this beg to state that to
my personal knowledge Mr.. Holding re-
ceived October 9th, $50; and November 18th,
SIS, 90, with the assurance that more would
be paid in a week or two, and that the en-
tire amount would be settled as soon as pos
sible.
Second, the News and Observer says
t0NhQf If 10 learned from onofhop ha<
some of the printers have three months
wages due them" This is also grossly
wrong. 1t is true THE CAUCASIAN has been
in arrears, but never more than three
weeks at any time, and the person who
stated otherwise, if correctly reported,
made false statement.
Permit me to say further that upon the
surface of the whole matter, to me, indi-
vidually, there seems to be something else
behind the move of Mr.. Holding which I
deduct from the following: On Tuesday
morning Mr.. Holding desired to sell The
CAUCASIAN 70 reams Of paper. The quality
and PACKING Of the was 1 not up to the
and that The CAUCASIAN did not care to
agree to take said lot. Mr.. Holding admit
what he ordered, but since it had
been put up in this way, ask d
me to take it at discount Of
we refused to accept, stating that We could
not use the paper at any price. This oc-
CURED at IL o'clock Tuesday;-at O'Clock
he secured judgment on amount due and
placed the matter in the sheriffs hands.
The CAUCASIAN has been purchasing "a
per from the Raleigh Paper Company Tor
the past fifteen months which amounts to
about $1,000 pounds, or AS reams. max
ing the weekly average number of OAUcAs-
| IANs published about II ,0OO. Deducting from
this the Clinton edition of the CAUCASIAN,
which is 600, leaving the Raleigh edition
10000 as the weekly average for the past if
teen months, for which Mr.. Holding has
! received good revenue during that period.
Since last August the CAUCASIAN has
promptly paid cash for all paper purchased
from Mr.. Holding and faithfully endeav-
ored to pay off the debt of previous deliv-
cry, and but for the difficulty in making
our collections, would have settled in full
| the amount due.
One more word and am fdone. The DO
| litical slurs that the News and Observer en-
| deavors to heap upon the CAUCASIAN in this
connection are uncalled for and do not M
hect sentiment Of courtesy in journal
ism. The CAUcAsIAN's embarrassment could
have been published as matter Of newr,
| If the tone and politics of the Caucasian M
at variance with the News and Obser1er
THAT does not justify it to exhault 1t itg
misfortune, thing liable to happen to any
newspaper. The resources of the Caucasian
Pu0hshlng Company are ample to meet ali
and every debt. Its friends will stand bv h
and see to it that it will still continue pub
LEGATION and keep the News and Observer on
| uneasy street." r. C. RIVERS.
Business Manager.
We make no further comment on
the above, but wish to say that
through friends arrangements have
been made whereby The CAUCASIAN
has resumed publication. We espe-
cially desire to call upon all friends
to rally to the support of The eau
cAs1AN-and every subscriber can
do this by securing at least one new
name for one year. If every friend
OF reform will do his duty TIL
CAUCASIAN will be enabled to give
to its supporters good, clean, pro-
gressive weekly.
The price of The CAUCASIAN will
be the same as it was before the
Especial offer" was made, viz: $1.O0
for one year, 60 cents for six months,
and IS cents for three months.
In the future there will be no de-
Walton from these prices.
THE CAuCAsTAN pr,pr,ouy>,, ~,