The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-01
Wa-aI, It's Mary Ann
Against Blackburn.
AND TWO PAPERS SURE
So it Appeareth to Our Greensboro
Correspondent After a Keen Squint
Over the Field. Mebbe They'll
Pull WOOI.--These Two. Got
Any Dust?
Especial to News and Observer

Especial to News and Observer.)
Greensboro n. c., May 31.-Your
correspondent received the following
request from your paper this morning:
Read The News and Observer article
concerning Buffers new paper at
! Greensboro. Consult parties in your
town whose names are there set down
as subscribers to stock, and ascertain
! if they nave withdrawn their support
of the proposed Republican paper, or
! have simply allowed themselves to be-
| come merged in the other, or are the
! two papers on one and the same pro-
! ject noW?"
Every one of the Greensboro par
! ties published as subscribers TO stock
! in the Butler paper were seen this
morning. and the above inquiry was
! shown them, with the following result:
Postmaster Tyre Glenn said: Il
| have subscribed stock in the Butler
! paper, and know nothing whatever
about a proposition TO establish any
other paper by Mr.. Blackburn, or any
| other party
United States Marshal j. II. Milli-
| kan said: Yes, l am in the indus
| trial business, and have subscribed
| stock in the paper being promoted by
| Mcssrs. Butler and McNeill l am
not at all informed about any other
paper, or the other paper, or Mr..
Blackburn'S paper, except what | have
| heard from others. Mr.. Blackburn
| has never consulted me about the mat
| ter, and, so far as / know personally,
! he is not getting up. a paper. In sub
| scribing stock for the Butler paper L
| availed myself of the very first Op-
| portunity to aid in developing the in
dustrial growth of my city and State,
! and a first-class paper here would
/ help materially in that important
work.
United States Clerk of the Federal
Court S. L. Trogden said: Il have
! subscribed stock in the Butler paper
| to be published at Greensboro, and
! know absolutely nothing definite about
| any other paper having been started" ="
| EX-Chief Justice Spence b. Adams
| said: Il am not conVcrsant with any
plan or proposition to begin Repub-
| lican paper here under the auspices
of the Tar Heel Club, Congressman
| Blackburn or any such organization.
| The Butler paper is the only one To
! which my attention has been called
| definitely, or from whom my sub
scription to stock has been solicited -
| Ex-Supreme Court Judge r. NJ.
| Douglas said: Il do not know of any
| OJner paper except the one WHICH
| MeSsTS. Butler and McNeill have been
promoting. That is the only paper
! that subscription of stock to has
! been presented to me"
Mr.. Blackburn was with difficulty
! located, and when shown the request
stated that he did not care to be inter
viewed on the subject now, but would
| probably give out statement later.
Your correspondent, however, was
| inent Republicans here were in dark
ness about the proposed Republican
paper, which it had been announced
| in all the papers months ago The Tar
Heel Club or Congressman Blackburn
were getting ready to launch, and still
! more surprised that not only they
should be in such ignorance of it, but
that Congressman Blackburn himself
should so suddenly have become
! mum" on the subject.
To find out whether there were two
| enterprises of the kind on foot or not
| some of the officers of the Tar Heel
! Club were sought, and while they de-
| clined to be quoted literally the sec
retary of the club stated that he knew
nothing whatever of Mr. Buffers
movement; that Mr. Butler was not a
member of the Tar Heel Club, and
! had no connection with it nor it with
/
had evidently selected Mr.. Butler to
| lead them in their fight against the
| Tar Heel Club and the people. An
! other officer OF the club said: 1T is
not our time to talk, just yet. We
| have sufficient stock already sub
scribed for a class Republican
! daily paper to be published in Green's
! borO and that without the financial
or other support of populists or office.
| holders who are without a political
! job or desperately trying to hold on
! to one indefinitely. We certainly have
not delegated Marion Butler to be
our leader, and have no intention of
! doing So
So it would really seem that there
are to be two papers started here
one to be an independent industrial.
one dominated or controlled by Mr..
Butler and another "dyed-in-the-wO
partisan Republican paper backed by
| Congressman Blackburn and certain
| officers of the Tar Heel Club What
| seems curious is that Mr. Blackburn
will not talk, and that men like Mr..
| Millikan and some others, who are
members Of the Tar Heel Club here,
are in ignorance of the Tar Heel Club
! Republican paper, but are subscribers
/ to stock in Mr.. Buffers 'independent
! industrial paper
There can be no question of the
! fact that there are two papers under
way, and from what can be cleaned in
! interviews above given, thcre is just
! as little doubt that in some way there
is or will be bitter rivalry between the
two plans or sets Of SUBSCRIBERS. This