The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1880-01-14
FALSEHOOD EXPOSED.
The Editor Of the News Obtaining Mon.
ey Under False Pretenses.
That Circulation Business Settled.

ey Under False Pretenses.
That Circulation Business Settled.
We never have desired, but have
avoided as much rs possible, contro.
versy Of any kind with the News, not
that We feared we were unable to cope
with the published editor or any Of it,
numerous silent editors, but because we
desired to give our readers as much
fresh, valuable news as possible. We
ARE now reluctantly compelled to notice
its many falsehoOds concerning the cir
culation of the two papers, not only as
a protection of our own interests, but
also those of our readers who do more
or less advertising; and we confidently
trust reading of this article will SUI
percede the necessity Of an apology for
the space occupied. In the issue OF
the Ne~s Of June the 18th, 1879, the
following appeared at the head OF the
first local column, and has been kept
there ever since: THE Ohio County
Neus (having the largest circulation in
the county of any other paper is the
medium through which merchants
should advertise their business"
The above quotation is such poor
grammar, that, technically speaking,
it means nothing; but the intent of the
editor can be surmised. 1t Is bad
enough to publish a known falsehood
at all, but still much worse for a man
who claims to be such good newspaper
man, to commit such a murder OF Ian
guage. Advice is cheap, and il Cum
minis wants to know how to put his
falsehood in proper language, he can
do 80 by putting 1t thus: "The Ohio
County Ne,cs has larger circulation in
the county than any other paper"
The publication Of the izs.os began
March %, 1879, and the foregoing quo
tation was taken from the 18th issue of
the paper. Was Cummins not pre-
suming upon the ignorance of his read
ems pretty largely, when he expected
them to believe, that, with q patent
outside sheet, representing the minority
party in politics, he could, in Is weeks,
obtain larger circulation than n paper
representing the majority party In poll
tics could In four and a-half years
We contradicted the statement at the
time, and offered to leave it to the state
ments of the Post Masters of the coun-
ty. This, Cummins declined, i'm the
Ners of July LIST, 1879.
In the issue Of the Ners, dated Aug.
18th, 1879, at the top of the local page,
i'm large letters, appeared the following.
which has been in nearly every issue
since: "rhe Ohio County News has
larger circulation in the county than
the Hartford HERALD or any other pa
per, all assertions to the contrary, not
withstanding."
The Ne,os Of November 18th, 1879,
contained letter written by L. T. Cox,
2. NJ, at Rosine, containing the follow
ing statement: "The Ohio County
Ne,cs has the largest circulation at this
Office than any other paper that comes
to it." Mr.. Cox had evidently been
taking lessons I'm grammar under Cum
minis. Cummins called attention to
Cox's letter, as follows: 1--WE refer our
business men to the last paragraph In
our Rosine letter, written by the Post
Master, and we assure them that IL is
the same way at all other Post Offices
In the county" In the Ne,rs of Nov.
18th, 1879, Cummins said: "At all the
principal offices i'm the county, such as
Cromwell, Rockport, Rosine, Beda and
louisville, We have been notified by
he Post Masters or our agents that the |
Neics has decidedly the largest circula-
ion." After various other references,
Ill Of which he knew to be false (but by
which he hoped to obtain advertising,
for the Ne,os and curtail the
AMOUNT of same to the HERALD), he
gain springs the matter In last weeks
ssue, by publishing another letter from
Z I. Cox, p. NJ, at Rosine, In which
ne stated the circulation of the News 81
md the HERALD 6S, at that Office. Re-
erring to this letter, Cummins says
Figures don't lie. You who are in
in the subscription list of the
Ne,cs, are requested to read the letter of
he Post Master Of R0sine. We have
tated that the Nescs has the largest cir
'ulation In the county, and we have
tated nothing but what IL true, and
what we are able to substantiate, if nee
'ssary."
Cummins has presumed upon our
and modesty very safely until
low; but this last banter is the straw
hat broke the camel's back, and we have
to see him fail to substan-
late 1t, for he knows and we know,
le cannot do IL.
He said I'm quotation above, Figures
ont he." So let's see how figures
BOX. We give below the statements of
he Post Masters, SO FAR as we have been
BILE to get them, and the reader can