The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-03-27

reading matter and furnish change OF
copy every week for II months, or II
times / , months. and if they wanted to
jump me with libel suit let them crack
| their whip. Nor would there be any
| stopping of the press and lifting matter
for special editions, you wilunderstand
this reference) but they should have full
| benefit of the whole edition, together
! with the advantage OF choice position in
editorial column. And have tried to
| keep my promise in this as in all other
| things.
You say this paper seems to delight
| to run a slanderous paragraph each
issue about you. deny the accusation.
| have said the Royal Baking Powder
| Company beat the GOLD LEAF out of an
honest advertising account That is the
| truth. And the truth is not slanderous.
On the other hand, charge that you have
uttered a libel against me when you say |
| have published slanderous paragraphs
| about you; that [ have endeavored to
work an eXtortion upon you; aud that |
| have attempted to brow beat and bull
doze you into paying me in full when |
was not carrying out my contract with
you. challenge you to prove this or as
honest people YOU must Ietract it.
u
| In your letter OF October 10, 1900. YOU
write: Certainly you cannot establish a
contract through any letter which you
| may have sent US. You must find, some
where, in our correspondence, authority
for running the ads. in the way in which
yOn did before you can state that your
| claim is justly due. No, | cannot find
any such authority coming from you, nor
| have | ever claimed it. Yet, in view of
| what | wrote you that | could do and
| could not do as to the question OF posi-
| tiOn and the fact that YOU sent the elec-
| trOtypes to me on the strength of that
letter, | cannot for the life of me see how
| YOU can take the position you do in this
| matter. While have no written author
| ity from YOU permitting the publication
| OF your advertisements as they Were Got
| lowed Immediately by other display ad-
vertising) you have no contract from me
covering this business which calls for the
| position you claim.
| at is we'll to say right here that the
| insertions which We're satisfactory to you
were not given because | did not think
| the other position was according to con-
tract but the electrotypes were changed
| from one place to another only to ac-
| commodate space and suit my OWN con
venlence in making up the paper.
| You seem to be unable to get away
| from the idea that in some way this bust
ness is related to the old contract for the
3 inch ad. and persist in the contention
| that the conditions under which that W as
run apply also to this. But that is not
| the fact aud whatever YOU may have
had in mind or intended at the time OF
this transaction has nothing to do with it
| whatever.
IF you can produce a contract signed
by me which in any way. touches or re-
| lates to the manner in which the 81 =
| inches OF advertisements We're to be run
asf far as page and position are concerned
| will beg your pardon most abiectly
make public apology for the injustice
| done you, and agree to reprint the entire
series of electrotypes, or their equivalent
in space, without one cent of cost to you
1T is up to you. gentlemen, to produce
your contract. Certainly yon must ba
able to find, somewhere. in 1ny cOmmuni
cations, authority for the contentious
you set up before you can claim that my
account is not Justly due-to say nothing
about charging me with being all kinds
of a rascal in the reckless and random
manner YOU have.
Very respectfully,
"TIIAD II. MANNING"
| In reply to this tn" Royal Baking
| Powder Company wrote under date
OF January -. 1902 saving that
they did not receive any letter from
Us stating that top OF column. next
ito reading matter on a good page
was the best We could do. and if this
was not satisfactory the deal might
be declared OFF The only letter they
received was the one unqualitiedly ac.
cepting their terms and ordering the
electros. quoting this letter. And
after the expiration OF more than d
year this WAS the first time they haG
said so
| But We had said if they could pro
duce proof that We had agreed to
publish their advertisements as they
claimed we would apologize. make
public acknowledgment that we were
wrong and agree to reprint the entire
series OF electrOtypes OF their equNa
lent III space without cost to them
And We meant what We said. w
have been entirely honest in this mat
ter. and while we hold that the Roya
Baking Powder Company are tt
blame for isl not being settled a
the very outset. which the intrOduc
tion of our letter-sent them by mis-
take though it waS-WOuld have done
late. though they are in doing so the,
now make it appear that they were
right and We We're wrong in the posi-
tiOns taken-amd We cannot bp les
honest and admit as much.
Under date Of February -. 1902
: the Royal Baking Powder Compan,
: write as follows III reply to ourt
acknowledging receipt of the CORES
pondence which led up to the publ
: cation OF those - special advertise
ments:
= We are very glad that you finf
we We're right, not on account OF the al
: vertising involved. but because we valu
your good opinion and have all alon.
= wanted you to know that we did no
? desire to take advantage OF you.
eve presume that you will III you
, | own way (having found that you hav
done Us grave iDiustice) square Us witt
your readers, if you have not alread.
done so. We don't ask for that 'abiec
2 apology which you promised to publish
but ii Is due to Us that you say editor
tally lin your whole edition) in your OWL
h candid and dignitied way, that you wer
/ in error, and sufficient else to remove til
9 impression you have created by you
n editorial paragraphs that we are no
J. fair and honorable and that we tried t
= beat you We feel quite assured, how
ever, that you will have hastened TO d
=, this, and request from Us was unnece:
sary.
We are giving consideration to I'll
:, matter Of repubishing or inserting ne'
ads, and will communicate with yo
e later
Very respectfully,
ROYAL BAKING POWDER co"
i Can't Keep It Secret.
e The splendid work Of Dr. Kings Ne
:, Life Pills is daily coming to light No sue