The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-07-10
THE TR|BUNE'S
CORRESPONDENTS
What Some of Their Com
munciations Disclose.
ORGAN OF TRUSTS
WHERE THEY GOT THE MONEY
THAT MADE THE MARE GO.
AND SOME POLITICAL DISCLOSURES
Many Republican Fools in AshevIlle--Keal
Editors Of the Paper--RaiI Road he
beates--Some Inside History.

h0nES
to the public 1t may be well TO state that
the letter book and press were SOLD at
auction to Mr.. +. II. Weathers and be-
came his property. As soon as the SAFE
had been made gentleman SAID TO pe
,,ambers of the News and Observer staff
who was present said: There's interest
inc reading for the public in that book.
Buy it and turn on the light. Inc
Novs and Observer man then turned to
Mr.. Weathers and said: What VIII you
take for the book?''
He said, Ten cents"
sTu take it, was the reply.
Mr.. Weathers added: III you want 1t,
YOU may have it. have no use for it. |
only wanted the letter press"
Yesterday the other side of the CORE
spondence. consisting of mass of letters
received by the Tribune, came under the
eve Of a member Of the staff. 1t is
mighty interesting stuff, and throws
some light upon the manners and meth
DDS of the Tribune and tells some facts
showing that the trusts and corporations
were very close to it, as yesterdays cor
'respondence proved.
THE DUKES AND THE TRIBUNE.
On January 14th, Mr.. B. n. Duke
wrote: Replying to your inquiry in let
ter Of 18th inst, in respect to a bill which
has been introduced in the Legislature to
prohibit the manufacture and sale OF
cigarettes in North Carolina, l noticed
that such a measure had been introduced,
but / think the members of the Legisla-
ture are men with minds too broad to al
low such a bill to pass"
On the same date Mr.. Duke also
wrote: Your letter of the 18th instant,
calling for remittance on account of my
subscription to the capital stock of the
Tribune Publishing Company is received.
/ enclose you herewith my cheque to
cover the amount, $1,000. Will thank
you to have certificates issued and for.
warded to me-"
January Doth, w. T. O'Brien wrote
from Durham, on the letter paper of Nv.
Duke Sons & Co., Branch of The Ameri-
can Tobacco co.. II herewith enclose
you check for 81 600 to cover amount OF
my subscription to capital stock of your
company. Kindly acknowledge receipt of
same and oblige."
On the third of April B. n. Duke, Of
Durham, wrote: II enclose herewith Mr..
w. Dukes cheque for one thousand dol
lars additional subscription to the CAPT.
tai stock of your company. Please have
certificate of fifty shares made out in
name of W. Duke and certificate for 50
shares in the name of B. N. Duke and
send them to me-
February End, although it was not
then doing any advertising in North Car
.olina, the American Tobacco Company,
wrote that they had decided to use an
advertisement, four inches double col
umn, six months, and would pay therefor
$157 49, The price shows lack of ord-
nary business methods. This advertise
ment could have been inserted in any
morning daily for 500 to $3.50. Why was
the Tribune paid $157.13 with no circu-
lation? Did the Cigarette Trust have the
Tribune as an organ? It's editorial col
umns give color to this suggestion.
THE SOUTHERN" TO HELP.
G. J. Harris, President of the COM
pany, writing from Asheville on Feb.
10th 1.-THE lease question was then upper
most: "You must see the Southern at
once and ask them to take four or five
thousand stock. They can take it in any
ones name they can trust. Pearson prom
ised to make a date for me to meet Col.
Andrews in Washington, but it never
came off. You and Mr.. O'Brien could see
them at once. want to do all l can for
the paper, but money just now is tight
with lis over here. You had bet
ter see the Southern, Col. Andrews, in
stead of coming to Ashevlle."
On Feb. 18th, Harris wrote again: "If
/ am needed in Raleigh, send me pass,
which you can get from Andrews easily,
and will come over. How is money with
you? / understood from Mr.. Haywood
that he had made arrangements for
them. Right now is the time to get
Southern to take some stock. They must
do il if it is possible thing"
March Sd, Harris wrote: II am sur
prised to see how few we car rely upon
to help q paper in North Ctrolina, and it
will not do to have it failure and STOP"
On March 18th, Judge Ewart closed
a letter advising the publishers to use
better paper, saying "last copies are
hardly legible," by making this solicit
GUS inquiry as P. S. "How is the Gov
ernor's liver now" Wonder if the Ser
mine-trailer" has liver cure for sale.
THE REAL EDITORS.
1t will be remembered by the readers
Of the Tribune that it was thick-and-
thin defender of corporate greed and
stood by whatever the corporations de-
sired. 1t will also be remembered that
it assumed an air of great knowledge
about railroad matters, publishing a
series Of Queries" One of the letters
examined yesterday "gave away" the
authorship of those articles. We will
not publish his name to-day. Under date
of February 9Th, he wrote to the Trib-
une: II will, if you like, give you other
queries from time to time. Keep my
identity mum as am railroad man."
etc.
The name OF this railroad man is with