Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-01-08
The Tribune
FOR 1874.

WI .h; "" ,", Jr;, is5, much more valuable,
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sni r :,,,; ~ ~ nnJac,;nn and tron,mis
fore It's Facilities Tor the eoeetioh , anu I .rnS' III
sion OF ihlell'schce i'oni ni l,S VI uu ~ @
been largely increased: i's staH oi euI'o,S, 'o,I
pond'ntS, ana reporters hud De'h s'Iene'nen" ny
the engagement oi some OF me aoes, in'. III tne
profession ana lhc eu'?r M's % S, y, ,, ~ op p,io
neither pans nor money III 'ne enpl' W i1S"e '"'
I1bunc the very nr' NEWSPAPER u, ~, nv ""'', ,o,
IL points 10 lhG @t's'ngS ,,;n W ;he "e' Ie y.ane
months VIII pIruon"',e pa ' c,,, ,b,, wade n
mas re1mc an T.; ,"S Snr Inx II has cXhibit.ri an
,n,n,nrisc and acmiCucsS In its news department
,rh;.h hnyc hocn tho wander of nil its old friends
pn,nam%cring , % that the chief function Of daily
lrnal is 10 give its rralcrs the fullest the best
Arranged the most tractivc and the most &c rablc
I;,r nr Mn. occnrrrnccs Of The time IL has devoted
lis b>i energies TO this business and lis sucrcss las
hccn univcrsary recognized and applaudcd. Tha
var has bcrn fruitful Of startin. events and every
incident has found In the 7jiJiac, It's prompicsi,
most a,cur a, and most pcfctly r1uptI historian.
. Trihrno cur .snun,Ient was the only civilian who
w;t,e,,cJ The sIi render of tie Viryni.s and his
uctur souc d, srription Of that transaction, tras-
mit,cl by telegraph, Is the only count the public
has vet s.,n of an incident upon which depended !"r
many weeks the question Of pace or war The Nj
bum published the only full and exhaustive account
hy Atlantic tcsraph Of the terrible Ville du iarvrc
disaster giving all In, incidents OF that catastrophe
t,n days b,fre oi her ;oIrua> received them hv the
Slow c;ursr of the mails II distaucet all comp,.vrs
In its thrilling story by cable of the adventures Of
the Polaris castaways II anticipated every o;h"r
papcr in tla country aud even thH Government
Itself, by its sr1hc narratives Oi Cust'rS battles on
tli" NcilO" stone.
TH a. rm"r' Instances "l me UNIFORM sTc,SS III
TIC most iir"r'ah, pra!ch ~ J,nrhA,Sm wien h1'
steadily atir"dr t'ir L,~n"r 'lf""Hhou' .ne year;
al" ma! ,nT' i"fc hh''. tSNr,' vs. a '",.'Ht
"ha' t'c rLD"". Is iihr! ~ Wv ~" p",-
pM III IH.2 ~ !" SuIlars ~ lI','iuH i ''r"u, "
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rri,orit! rs al nT6un W .''' m a',u
ihcII, anu hiSh "".r'! 81, I'.'"''c' Sr'n'.' anu
the arts IL VIII 'n'inuc 10 9Sn,r cS! eSia at.n,icn
W W, III. w a,I nx r,t;nS n, m,r ivcv
Industry, aud 10 books, pictursS, music, ami The
d anna.
While IT ncvcr can be n neutral IN politics Ihr
7ibanr Is entirely. independent oi all parties ana
clique cannot lc thoroughly good newspaper, ami
cannot bc trusted for impartial and just comment
upon current events But u holds itself aloof frTh
all cntangling alliances waits on no Caucus or Con-
yeniOD for its opinions, aims to Judge every politi-
cal act Of whatever party, separately it arises On
its own merits. and maintains the liberty Of candid
and impartial criticism.
That there Is apopul'r appreciation Of that sort
OF independent, rgorlls cncrprising ana hgi-toheh
journalism Of which the Tribune Is now the chiei rep
rcscntativc In TINS or any othcr country sulccn'
Thc close OF 1873 finds this paper more prosperous
and the new year opens Tor IL WIN the most brlaht
prospects III short time It's mcrhanlcal iaclltcs