San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1879-06-21
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EDITOR FREE Press ..
At certain revival meeting, one o'
the church members thanked God Tor
the free Gospel dispcnsation, and sa'h
II have been n member for twenty
five years. and it has not cost me TWEEN,
ty five cents" The preacher replied
by saying May God have mercy Cd
your stingy soul. :,
This seems to me to apply well to
some of your county people, who are
too close to subscribe for tie FREE
Press, but had rather borrow II iroma
neigh bor-May God have mercy on
their children, for if parents will iur'
pish them no information they are
bound to be ignorant.
This sort of people, would want the
FREE Press also to be a free paper
they have no idea that besides having
to endure many annoyances [as all Ed
tors dol you certainly deserve
compensation and living.
In fact, Mr.. Editor, it often appear
cG to me that you do not come up to
the title of your paper, Free, for you
seem cramped to express your thoughts
and arc afraid to give yonr county
people, as we'll as the people OF the
state, wholesome lectures on politics
and morals; but tho surroundings may
compel you to be silent for fear you
lose all or nearly all your subscribers
Now, Sir, l have often been sur
priscd tta at real estate should be SO
much higher than in Bastrop county
| did not want to mention this before
for fear would offend some OF my
old friends who know believe Hays
county is the county par excellence
of all counties OF this State.
L think you brought Hays county
to notice by giving descriptions OF
some of its beauties and advantages
the prosperity of its citizens IS partial
ly due to your efforts.
Bastrop county is we'll timbcrcd, has
several very large creeks and is conse
duently we'll watcred. Improved and
unimproyed lands are cheaper than in
your county. .t ,..
The Western branch Of the Central
runs through three small towns of Bas'
trop county. We have very fertile
bottom and uplands.-1n this county
there are eighty cotton gins run BY
stcam-and it is healthy, [ really believe
the death rate of the whole county
would not average more than 10 pei
month, if that much.
We had on the night of the 10th
a fine rain, it fell slowly but mus
have been near 3 inch fall.
Married, June 18th 1879 at the
Brides mothers residence by Rev: W
Wooten, Mr.. r. G. Stafford to Miss
Laura Wilbarger, both of this..city.
G. ERnARD.
with regard to passage OF tint
above We will say, that while it ma!
seem very easy to an outsider to run
a newspaper. and to weld free lance
against persons and things generally
yet the same persons, on actually as
Stunning editorial responsibilities will
if possessed of good judgment, sool
realize that it is neither desirable, prof
table nor commenGable to affect sensa
,ional "splurges'' and cultivate person
muses." We have had long anc
varied experience as an editor, an'
learned some time since to treat witt
respect the differing views, feeling, ant
even prediudicas Of others. Our ide
is to disseminate, what We believe t
be correct principles in dispassionate
impersonal manner, and this we believ
will be found far more effective tina
to rouse the cCmbatiyness of reader
by an opposite course, which we leav
to the Don Quixotes of the editoria
fraternity and amateur aspirants t,
literary honors.-ED.
WHILE condemuing some things 1
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