﻿Memoir 
  of 
  the 
  Author. 
  xi 
  

  

  ^Evolutionist, 
  22 
  Barclay 
  street, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  ; 
  The 
  Oak 
  City 
  Item^ 
  

   The 
  Evening 
  Dispatch, 
  Tlie 
  Evening 
  Post, 
  and 
  The 
  North 
  Car- 
  

   olina 
  Prohibitionist, 
  Raleigh, 
  N. 
  C. 
  

  

  The 
  mission 
  of 
  the 
  Daily 
  Evening 
  Dispatch 
  was 
  the 
  

   vindication 
  of 
  the 
  interests 
  of 
  the 
  people 
  of 
  North 
  Car- 
  

   olina 
  against 
  foreign 
  grasping 
  railroad 
  syndicates 
  — 
  an 
  in- 
  

   veterate 
  opponent 
  of 
  the 
  sale 
  of 
  the 
  State's 
  interest 
  in 
  the 
  

   Western 
  North 
  Carolina 
  Railroad, 
  In 
  this 
  contest 
  he 
  secured 
  

   the 
  following 
  able 
  correspondents: 
  Hon. 
  VV. 
  T. 
  Dortch. 
  

   Judge 
  McRae, 
  and 
  Maj. 
  Wm. 
  A. 
  Hearne. 
  Mr. 
  Paul 
  is 
  a 
  

   bold, 
  logical 
  and 
  exceedingly 
  entertaining 
  writer, 
  and 
  as 
  

   an 
  evidence 
  of 
  the 
  strong 
  influence 
  his 
  paper 
  was 
  wielding 
  

   against 
  the 
  interests 
  of 
  the 
  B^^st 
  syndicate, 
  means 
  were 
  emr 
  

   ployed 
  which 
  culminated 
  in 
  the 
  suspension 
  of 
  his 
  paper. 
  

   Upon 
  the 
  expiration 
  of 
  the 
  lease 
  of 
  material 
  with 
  which 
  

   the 
  paper 
  was 
  printed, 
  the 
  News 
  Publishing. 
  Company, 
  which 
  

   started 
  out 
  in 
  opposition 
  to 
  the 
  sale, 
  but 
  soon 
  went 
  over 
  

   body 
  and 
  soul 
  to 
  the 
  Syndicate, 
  refused 
  to 
  grant 
  a 
  further 
  

   lease 
  ; 
  and 
  thus 
  a 
  commendable 
  enterprise, 
  with 
  as 
  fair 
  

   prospects 
  as 
  any 
  newspaper 
  ever 
  started 
  in 
  Raleigh, 
  was 
  

   choked 
  down 
  in 
  its 
  very 
  infancy 
  by 
  a 
  foreign 
  soulless 
  cor- 
  

   poration 
  ; 
  and 
  thus 
  the 
  people 
  lost 
  an 
  able, 
  staunch 
  and 
  

   fearless 
  exponent 
  of 
  their 
  rights 
  and 
  interests. 
  The 
  firm 
  

   was 
  composed 
  of 
  three 
  worthy 
  but 
  poor 
  young 
  men 
  : 
  Messrs. 
  

   Paul, 
  Collins 
  and 
  Harper. 
  

  

  The 
  next 
  enterprise 
  upon 
  which 
  Mr. 
  Paul 
  embarked 
  was 
  

   the 
  Evening 
  Post, 
  with 
  Major 
  Wm. 
  A. 
  Hearne, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   ablest 
  writers 
  in 
  the 
  State. 
  The 
  Post 
  was 
  Democratic 
  in 
  

   politics 
  ; 
  but 
  its 
  special 
  mission 
  was 
  the 
  advocacy 
  of 
  Hon. 
  

   Daniel 
  G 
  Fowle 
  and 
  Julian 
  S. 
  Carr, 
  for 
  Governor 
  and 
  

   Lieutenant 
  Governor; 
  gentlemen 
  whom 
  the 
  writer 
  believes 
  

   could 
  have 
  polled 
  more 
  votes 
  than 
  any 
  other 
  two 
  men 
  in 
  the 
  

   State. 
  

  

  And 
  last, 
  but 
  not 
  least, 
  Mr. 
  Paul 
  engaged 
  in 
  the 
  publi- 
  

   cation 
  of 
  the 
  North 
  Carolina 
  Prohibitionist, 
  which 
  had 
  an 
  

  

  