The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-07-09
THE DOCUMENTS 4
- ARE IN EVIDENCE.
The Rise. and Fall of the
Daily Tribune. S. -
TOLD IN lTSLETTER BOOKS
THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY DEEP
LY INTERESTED
COL. ANDREWS BLOCK OF STOCK.
HE HAS Disseminated IN HIS
FREIGHT. RATES.
THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY DEEP
LY INTERESTED.
COL. ANDREWS BLOCK OF STOCK.
HE HAS DISCRIMINATED IN HIS
FREIGHT. RATES.
MAKING BIG MEN OUT OF NEGROES.

Up--Wanted.. to Sue the Associated
Press--Had Bargain With Barnes
About Public Printing.
Part of the Tribune material was sold
at auction yesterdays 340 worth of it
as follows: To J. III. Weathers, desk,
chair, table, iron railing around office
and letter press, $46.25; to A. Williams,
safe, $S7; to B. Jacobs, chairs, iron rail
ing, tables, water cooler, SO; to Jesse
Jones, stove, desk, chair, lounge and
iron railing, $3.50; to Josephus Daniels,
electric motor % hOrse-p0wer), pulleys
and fixtures, $3.50; to w. Seton Kent,
representing Barnhardt Bros, and Spin
.dler, Babcock press, 81 300 and Dex-
ter folder, 5000.
The job office, pony presses and news
paper outfit were not sold yesterday.
They will be disposed of at private sale.
Among the material bought by Mr..
Weathers were some letter books of the
Tribune. The News and Observer was
yesterday afternoon accorded a peep at
these-and rich find they proved
As soon as it was found out that they
had been sold and the News and Observer
man had been turning through one OF
them there was a mighty futter among
some people, The sheriff was sent for
at once and asked if he could not make
the purchaser give up the documents. He
didn't think he could, but he consented
to request their return. This he did,
but the buyer didn't buy with the inten-
ton of going out and giving away his
property.
Then a mere glance at the contents of
these books showed that they were val
liable dOcuments-to the other fellow.
The News and Observer, however, was
not yesterday able to make a careful
examination of them. 1t could do no
more than turn here and read a letter
there and make a few extracts from some
of those it came across. Those quoted
from below are merely intended to trace,
in imperfect way, the course Of the paper
and the causes that lead to it's failure.
Space forbids anything else to-day; but
there is in these books a wealth of in
format ion-of history, political history,
inside history, il you please-that some
people don't want published-and they
are not all Republicans either.
Perhaps, though. the News and Obser-
yer would like to see ut in print. 1t
would maM mighty good Sunday read
SOME OF THE STOCKHOLDERS.
These books show the following per-
sons to be stockholders in the corpor-
alton known as the Tribune Publishing
Company:
w. Duke, Of Durham.
B. N. Duke. OF Durham.
A. B. Andrews, OF Raleigh.
Chas. Price, of Salisbury.
HI. G. Ewart, of Asheville.
r. NJ. Groom, of Wilmington.
C. J. Harris, of Dillsboro.
w. T. O'Brien, of Durham.
j. L. Horne, of Newbern.
G. A. Bingham, Of Salisbury.
NJ. Hahn, of Newbern.
+. B. Rice, Of Wilmington.
r. p Miller, of Newbern.
JAS. III. Ramsey, of Salisbury.
Chas. B. Hill, of Newbern.
r. Wainwright, of Bowmans Bluff.
Jeter c. Pritchard, U. S. Senator.
G.. l.. Patterson, of Concord
J. NJ Moody, of Waynesville.
G. L. Hancock, of Newbern.
White Bros, of Mebane.
w. S. ClantOn, of Charlotte.
George z French, Of Wilmington.
1t seems, however, that there was con-
siderable trouble in getting some of the
brethren to pony up as promptly an
they ought to have done. The Rev.
Wainwright sent his in early but ex-
pressed desire ito sell out at once. 9th
ers, notably Chas. Price, Fred Rice and
others, took only half of what was ex-
pected OF them, while Milliken, J. Zeh
Waller and Sherifs Grant and Hoskins
couldn't see their way clear to take any.
On Jan. 3Oth, Waller, Hoskins and
Grant were invited to take stock. In
doing SO Mr.. Kenyon wrote:
cat present we are running smoothly
and have plenty of money"
To b. N. Duke, Durham, Jan. ID:
"The directors Of the company have
authorized me Ito collect the subscriptions
to stock in full. The paper promises to
pay running expenses and more from
the START
On the same date the following letter
went to j. M. Moody, of Waynesville;
w. S. Clanton, Of Charlotte; G. A. Bing-
ham and J. III. Ramsey, of Salisbury;
G. L. Patterson, OF Concord; White
Bros, Of Mebane, and G. L. Hancock,
OF Newbern:
"If we do not hear from you within
a very short time we will consider that
you desire us to make draft On you to the
amount Of your subscription
An even more pitiful plea was sent
some weeks later to M. Hahn, of New
bern, begging him to settle up.
1T does not appear from the cursory
"a Il I,
these gentlemen put up the stuff or not.
The Dukes did, though, on April 9th,
and to the tune of $1,000. The receipt
sent to B. N. Duke follows:
'Yours containing check for $1,000