The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-12-12
Press and Banner.
Wednesday. Dec. ~, 1877.
Country Editor and City Editor.

1--WE have often been impressed with the
ference between the habits. OF the city edi-
Pr and the custom OF tls country editor.
HE city editor will seldom fa!l to get a line
DIN the poorest country paper received ut
office, while the country editor frequently
Ills to Dol at the paper printed In the adj
lining county, and as a rule SELDOM opens
e more distant OF his country exchanges.
3(rhe Charleston daiiieS scan their papers
ery closely and reproduce nearly all of the
Rcals from the country press, while the .Au-
sta Chronicle and Constituencies do the
Ime thing as well as the Ne,Us ana Courier
the Journal of Commerce. Such a course
4stS some little labor but 1t repays better
AN the same amount of work performed In
her ways. The people OF any one county,
3r instance, are more interested In the mat
rs pertaining to their own county and the
Fighboring county than anything else In the
kper, while the space thus required Is small
5hd never fails to interest.
Someo OF the dailies however make but little
be OF the country papers. The Gree"Viue
etos is one OF this class. That for Instance,
&ietiy takes the Daily Register as his file
ader and looks to that paper perhaps more
Ian TO any other for his news matter. The
eT. but when it does do so, makes what we
bnsidsr an excellent column or two OF read
liz matter. The Phanir, though O small pa
pr, seldom misses anything OF importance
! u country or city paper; Our friend Stokes
the Union Times, reads the Spdrtanburg
5erald and Spartan rs regularly as he looks
to his prayer book, and but little IN either
these papers escapes his eyes. He looks to
Se G%reenvllle, Columbia and Charleston dali
es for the make. up OF his paper, while he
bed to glance at the Charlotte Observer occas-
4nally. After reading the Spartanourg pa
prs. he enthusiastically glances over the
uurensviIe Herald and the anderson InteUi-
Fncer. The Abbeville papers he opens about
hree times q year. The S~partanburg papers
Fad the Union Times regularly, and open A6-
fville papers perhaps twice IL month, While
ley watch every issue of the Enterprise ana
fountaineer. The LaurensuiHe Herald reads
Pe Abbeville, Newberry, Greenville and
|inety Six papers after that he looks TO the
Ity editors almost entirely for his news.
be Newberry Herald:reads his Abbeville,
koks at the Anderson Inteiigencer and the
frington Dispatch-beyond these he seldom
lads 4 country paper. The Pee Dee Hdtch-
IAN reads every paper received at MS oluce,
lews and Heraid.glances ut a majority of his
fpers, and never fails TO make an eNcelient
Plumn extracted therefrom. The Anderson
Purnal and the Ninety-Sir Guardian SIX rlniSh
POUND considerably among their exchange.
he PickenS Sentinel reads the Anderson,
alfalfa, and G~reenville papers, after which
b looks to his city brethren. The Reomce
Purier keeps a sharp lookout Tor news IN an
harters. The Sumter and Camden papers
Fnerally read! their Abbeville papers. The
Fangeburg and Darlington papers look to
be Charleston and Columbia papers almost
kcluslvely. The Barn,ceN Sentinel reads the
|bbeville papers irregulnrly. and ook at
} looks to Augusta and Charleston. The
(igedeid Advertiser keeps an eye especially
b his Ninety-Six and Abbeville exchanges,
bit runs through all the others with q vim.
|c makes The Register his wade mccum.
IL: the future. We think the country
hitor should read every country paper re-
Fivcd at his Office. n should not depend en-
rely on the Charleston papers for his Abbe-
b noteof Abbeville affairs until the item APP
BARS in the city papers
Some time G we made mention In the 10
u columns of this paper OF a little matter
trtaining to some old land warrants, and not
single paper took notice OF II until itappeared
the "sunbcamS' Of the Nep York SIN,
here 1t was seen by some South Carolina
RitOr who copied 1t into his paper crediting
to the Sun. From that It got II 20 one OF the
Pding papers, when the country press took
in the Spring we made mention Of
be rule adopted by Col. J. E. Calhoun In ref
to renting land. No one In the state
pticed 1t until the Charlotte Observer copied
wheno our friend Stokes inserted 1t in his pa
and 1t thereafter went the rounds.
Another instance. Whom Ben WilliamS
Jed OF h%ydrophobia, both the Abbeville pa
FRS had notices OF the fact. Some Of our
rethrcn made notice OF 1t ut the time: BY
'me meaus a few lines from the Medium"
ere credited in one Of the leading papers to
ie press and Banner" and then 1t went the
funds. showing tina these country editors
ID not read either OF the Abbcville papers.
ater, we published n letter from DR.. Gary,
n tho subject OF diphtheria. Not q single
,per noticed 1t at the time. Subsequently
the same article was copied into the
News and Courier" Since then the article
rs been published in the newspapers from
.aine to Texas.