The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1873-04-16
Who is to Blame.

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thriving in 4 trading point Of view
especially, but like other busy places
it has its dull times, when no trade is
ahoat, for the farmer is either at home
minding his more important matters
it rains too much for him to venture
out; or the roads are too deep in mud
to admit Of comfortable travel-for
being it known, to the discredit o1
those whose duty it IS to see that they
are kept in order, there are bigger
holes and more mud on our county
roads than can be found in q month
Of Sundays elsewhere. All these have
their effect on trade. Men, good men:
energetic and public spirited men, who
otherwise are eDgrossed soul, mind
and body in turning one dollar into
two-only simple one per cent. YOU
know-at such periods wake up as it
were from their dreams, look around
and wonder why such and such meas
ures have not been proposed and 9TH
ers accomplished. All at once they
make q spasmodic attack on the poor
devil of an editor, and beratc him be-
cause this necessary thing or the other
has been allowed to go by default.
They forget that he can't do every
thing, and that during the busy time
while the one per cent. is being piled
up and added to; the county paper has
been trying to wake them up on some
important public matter, but all in
vain. The paper is scarcely read at
those times, and by some its weekly
is entirely forgotten. What
matters internal Improvements when
cotton is up, or stocks rising? are
railroads to be considered while the
one dollar is making two? cotton mills
taken hold of fWhen fortunes are in fu-
lures? Says one, not quite stepped in
the all-consuming fire Of traffic did
you see the Herald this week? No,
oh no, what Herald ~ absolutely for
getting the existence of his county pa
per. well, then you missed some
thing wholesome: I can tell you. ''Ah,
you don't tell me-did it say anything
about futures, or anything Of that
Sort? And so it is, and has been. but
we trust will not ever be. When the
slack time comes though, it is remcm-
oered that there is a paper whose
luty it is to represent public interests,
md the conscience is salved over by
opening up the throttle and blowing
IF steam all over the editor. Is this
:icht? was an editor ever known to be
capitalist, a big moneyed man, a
'ailroad contractor, mill builder, or
good Of any other sort. Not
lie in a thousand. He is only good
OF the one thing: to wear himself out
II vain attempt to cater to the fam
les Of hundreds Of people, who care
lot to be pleased: III trying to wake
lp rs many hundreds more, on rs
many different subjects, and in the
audible effort Of keeping body and
oul from parting company as he lives
N one part Of money, one part of air:
nd two parts Of promises to pay. And
shy is it thus ? Would you have him
axe hold Of such bull by the horns:
II build mill? surely not. And yet
Yhcn the Spasm comes Oh he Is made
accountable. Is it not plain who is to
,ia,ne?? \ few weeks since leading,
,rominert nan, up to all these kind
f things. came here from another
vunty, in the interests Of corpora
;oa orc hundred miles distant. lie
lad started out on his business. and
!e went at it, and as was expected
net with success. The reason was,
lie took the bull by the horns. All
:her considerations We're laid aside,
he present one per cent. WAS allowed
0 rest. because he saw in the future
prospect for two or three per cent.
Some looked askant at this, and grum-
led, and wondered why it was. How
ould 4 man come from abroad and
ct up stock to build factory: when
10 stock is subscribed to build one
lere? We tell you the reason. No
nan here takes of his coat and goes
or subscriptions. That's the reason.
f one waits for another to move. and
10Th continue to sit, is it reasonable
0 suppose that voluntary subscrip-
ions will be obtained? Not a bit of
t. But enough for the present. Wake
ip, go to work: and do not open your
afety valves and blow out storms of