The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1878-12-18
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an estate ui which he l. assignee, Ia the
Republican Brother Barrett seems 10
he out NJ humor because the advertise
j ment WAS no; given To the Herald, of
which he Is cdi,or and proprietor.
Now, without entering into caniro-
vcrsv as 10 which paper has the largest
circulation in the vicinity 81 the prop
erty advertised, or of Mr.. Shorteli's
| idea in sending the advertisement Ia
us, we would like TO know whether
the editor of the Herald has any claims
against the estate, foe If he has not, the
| publication of the advertisement in the
/ Herald Is simply matter of profit and
loss tn lis editor. But, this aside.
/ does the editor OF the Herald have any
( special love for Mr.. Shortcll? He is
u Republican, and feels. perhaps. like
supporting paper of his own polite,
when be thinks it will 10 as well Q. il
he WAS to help paper which only
tries 10 tear him and his party down.
Mr.. Shor,ell, no doubt-bcipg "A sen
sihlc mainland having the interest of
.he creditors of the estate for which he
is assignee, nj heart, believing that an
advertisement in the Republican would
do as much good us if published in the
Herald. gave the preference, and hence
brother Barret;'s rancoriouS article.
A. 10 the intimatiOn that the Republi-
can circuiates only in Hopkins and
Webster counties. we would very res
pectfully inform the Herald msn that
our circulation is not by any means
confined 10 these two counties on the
contrary, the Republican circulates in
every county in the District. and as
general advertising medium is superior
TO the Herald or any other paper pub
lished in the Second Congressional
District.
How the little Democratic organs
do squea! because the Republican pub
fishes a few bankrupt notices. Sour
grapes, you know.-KeatUcky RcpuUi-
cCI.
In answer to the above, we have
to say that nothing in our editorial re-
Elected in the least upon the Republic
can-itS editor or proprietor. We
have never had any bat kindly feeling
for that paper, and certainly would not
fall our with its editor or publisher for
inserting ali proper advertisements
sent for publication in its columns,
where the pay is rcmunerative
Neither is Bro. Barrett out of humor
because the advertisement was not
given TO the HERALD. There was ali
outrage about to be perpetrated on the
creditors of the estate by sending the
advertisemn; TO paper sixty miles away
from the place of sale-a paper, copy
of which the assignee himself said he
lad never seen-a paper that had not
and never has had dozen bona iide
subscribers in Ohio county, and hav-
ing the advertisement inserted in said
paper at the expense of the creditors,
when he could for he same money
have had the advertisement inserted in
paper that has n circulation offorty at
the very little village where the sale
was 10 have been made-a circulation
of over three hundr d in that imme-
date part Of the county, and paper
with larger circulation in Ohio county
alone, than the whole circulation of
the Republican, larger paper, and
paper of at least an equal amount of
influence in proportion 70 circulation,
and we ielt it our duty, as a newspa-
per man regardless of The question of
individual profit or loss, to call atten-
ton TO the matter.
Mr.. Shortell could not, and does not
in his card, claim that the advertise
ment of the sale in the Republican
would have been as beneficial to the
estate rs if inserted in the HERALD.
He gets out of it by claiming that the
Judge made the order.
The Republican does not want to 90
into a controversy as to which paper
has the largest circulation in the vicin-
ity of the sale. Sensible in that, for if
be were. put under oath he would state
that at the time OF inserting the adver-
tisement the Republican only had 80
three subscribers in Ohio county. The
editor has good deal of cheek to en-
able him to say that the "Repub-
lican, as general advertising medium,
is superior 10 the HERALD, or any
other paper in this Congressional dis
trict," when in fact there are at least
a half dozen larger papers with larger
calculations, and superior to the Re-
publican in general and local news,
editorial style, and makeup. The
proprietor is . Young one; the editor
is very fair man, but he is not good
enough authority to Paln(er) that
statement off as the truth. Why is it
superior to all other papers in the dis
trict AS general advertising medium ?
The HERALD and several other papers
have a circulation two to it. one. l.
it because Of its sizeG There are at
least seven larger papers published in
the district. Is it because of its poli-
tics' The political party it advocates
is at least 5000 in the minority. l. it
because of the able manner in which it
is conducted, and the wonderful inilu-