The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-09-05
Wednesday, Sept. S, 1877.
What's the matter with the MARION
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Our usually good tcmncrcd hrotheF u
the Marion Siur has had his bic stirred
up. III his paper of the 29th ulti'no, with
,-loyes of he 'goes for his brethren Oh
the press, who do not choose to collauc'
business on a plan to his liking, ana VIC
regret to say that we fear he has m's'a-
ken temper and epithcts for argument.
lie seems to rejoice over the death Oh III"
Marlboro Planter, and while dancing on
it's grave cries for more new h'auc
mounds, over which to demonstrate his
-.cxcceding great joy" After he rrr"v-
crs from This first outburst Oh JOY Ill
reference to the Marlboro Fonter, he
pavs his respects TO the rest OF U.S. Ill
these words, which would seem to DC us
malicious AS it is gratu,t"us:
W wish all OF our brethren of the press
-.throucinout lair SIllc prosperity, pul We no
-Sav Coed speed the day, when every phteiit
-annt de- in the State will pass under Il
..Liuck, nall of darkness as the AfHtooTo
-. p1nntsr has. The reading and business men
-..f the country are beginning to open thelr
--,cvcS us IL the frauds and cheats prhcticeu up
Ion them by patent outside newspapers
We are surprised to SCI MS gooda paper rs
.,he Marion Ssar tGke this ground. 1icre'o-
5ur.. though There may have been exceptions
no the rule, it has Dccn notably the coi'"rs Oh
thc poerest papers in tho state WIN" nave
n turned up their noses ut 'patent ou'sidcS.
Thus fur, we have failed toscc n home prihtcu
,upcr th,t attempted TO crush out. patent "ut-
,si,les."which was edited with half the ANIL
Nv. orpriuted hni. 80 we'll, as the patent out
.ui1c,, papers. THE Charleston ana the
xu.us,a daily news rapc:s are "c-
nnowledcsIto;he the ablc-t in tho South, anu
SAC 6araswe haveSccn they have never pre-
.,umca To t,irectEheir country ncighborS how
r, cou;iuct their own business, and why little
,,,one-s of inferior ability and poor tylogra-
;,hv should presume to do "this great thing
tis mora tian we can see. We have always
Ji,cul a hiyi, regard for the star and not more
than foir .@oclIs ago gave that paper, rs VIC
Thought, a yooS notice in our local columns
!lu,t when he calls on 'God to speed inc
,day-Thcn every patent outside In the STATE
will PASS nndcr ~ black pail Of darkness,
,ve feel .r,s.Sl rnined to ask him to devote
rrorc tine 10 his own paper, when he VIII
hoyo ,eSs siase or inclination to make Slcrl-
ihsious prayers
lie thcn, .no doubt innoccntly, miscon-
-Hr1es thc.SCllewing extract from IL letter re-
~ccfved kN,ain:
-"{n case the Patent outside shall ut any
--.timc duTtnS the execution OF ms CONTRACT
-'bc >stdpIstea, this contract shall DC huiltno
"cpf+ld."
~.'Frolnrwhich the Star takes the biggest klhu
~ur cnmEor.Ia these words:
-t.nf3,on the business moi of The country
-con,tpmn these inpositionS nI"n tho pune.
t:,he.readiag community ought not VI ''esi-
'%i:tItc.".
Ilfxas-; ncirhbor will allow us. we will tell
lG,islane misintcrprets the meaning OF the
,~ss1ruyreph. 1t merely meant that the advcr-
rtiYerk,d made n contract with the publishers
.orHpetcnt outsides' to insert his advertise
.,ass..ts in all the editions sent nut ny them,
.aht.,of course the advertiser did not want to
nasI. for the. same thing on both sides ol the
,p,rpcr. Only this and nothing more.
.'Fhe Star goes into what he might term n
history of 'patent outsides," and speaks
;.tearnedly on the subject. lie failed TO tell MS
.renders however, that two thousand of the
five thousand weekly papers published IN the
united States are printed on this plan, anu
that the plan Is gaining favor with helhtcil-
ligent public.
He goes further aud gives a little law in
these words:
"SinCp the war newspaper. sPcCuL't'i"
have attempted To make these Yankee
FRAUDS local official papers, ana IN both
"Pennsyfvauia and Missouri where the cues
.'tion has been tested, judicial decisions have
...bcen rendered against them, declaring that
ga newspaper, partly or in whole, printed ~
zone locality c,lRnot be said 10 hc puoi!siico
Elm another for the purpose of complying
with the law requiring certain legal inticcS
..ta be published in thccounty gazette II there
4'be one. This Ii c0lnm0n sense ana common
..scnsc Is law, and if the decisions alluded 10
'.are sustained In this state, whom the cues
.:tion Is tested. thorc VIII be 4 general up
".hcaval Of judicial sales"
1t is a pity /" deprive tho editor OF THIS
:,luminary OF the first magnitude, OF this
sweet morsel, which he may have long rolled
under his tongue, but it Is our duty to.inform
him, that we have the best authority for say
ing that there Is not one word, based on hIct.
in tho whole paragraph. 4 year ago II nnln-
her Of newspapers thought they had found Il
mares nest, and chuetled over the statement
which this brother has just rakcd up from
among the old rubbish, and without knock
Ing the dust OFT it, presents again to the pub
lie as new.
The Star in the abOVa, IL strikes us, hints
that he would like 10 have some order OF
cnurt or perhaps Il special act Of the l.r=is-
Ialurc to Kill his competitor; but brother Mac
Eerall, that wont do. You CANT stnrr oil
competition in that way,