The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-12
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The Netcs and Courier, in the New j eur. win
have no other robjeot than 10 clip The people
OF South Carolina manage their own affairs
IN their own way. To this EN- it will encour
Sge The expression of Intelligent opinion on
subjects OF general interest, and strive TO he
the means of laying before the whole State
The views of those who have something sensi-
BILE to say and know how o say it. Tie Necs
and Courier will not be Il passive spectatorof
events. 1t will utter its opinions frankly and
freely, but, holding TINT what is wise and
true has nothing to fear from analysis and
discussion, it will never seek 10 siren gthen
It's own position by suppressing the opinions
OF those who honestly differ from it.
|. The NerS and CGUrt2r, with one exception,
IS the only newspaper in the South Atlantic
States which receives the whole Of the South
ern Dispatches of the New York Associated
Press, and this service will be suppleIn eut ed
| by special dispatches from every part of
the State and the United States.
| @ Recognizing the Importance of giving the
people the earliest aud ost accurate iutelli-
gence III State and National affairs, The News
and Cou ier will assign one Of the most trust
! ed ana capable members OF lis Staff TO perma-
! nent duty at Columbia, and has stationed O.,
| Washington the gentleman who earned golden
| opinions while on duty at the State Capital
| This will be year Of ferment and possibly
OF change in South Carolina, and what the
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out fear or favor, and no matter whom it
| helps on hurts. The Resident Correspondent
| OF Tie NeacS and C0Urter at Columbia will give
| our readers information concerning men and
things which can be obtaiaed in no other
newspaper. In like manner, the Resident
Corr cspondent Of The Ne,0s and Courier at
Washington, having no other newspaper to
serve and being nobody's henchman will be
| III position to report impartially the prog
ress OF events and the acts Of public men.
The groat effort of The NetOs and ConA,er will
be to get the most news, and to get it first
and IN the best shape. The purpose is to
nuke 1t newspaper that no business man,
no planter or farmer, no person interested in
! public affairs can afford TO do without.
In the State, The Ne,oS and Courier will ad,
| vocate honesty, justice and economy, anu will
insist that merit and capacity shall be the
| prime tests IN selecting candidates in public
| office.
Particular attention will be paid to the
wants Of the farmsrs and planters, and The
Ne'vs and Courier which formulated, mo &c
| than ten years ago, n great economic tru
| in the phrase "Bring the Mills to the Couo on"
| Will persevere in demonstrating the adyanta-
| ges and profits Of manufacturing, Of which
South Carolina already furnishes many s,:i ing
| examples. The utilization of the phosphate
| depOtits will claim our special care, with the
view OF Obtaining the largest public b ncfits
from the common inheritence of the people
THE Nescs and Courier will, indeed, be always
active In disseminating the knowledge of i'm
| proved processes in agriculture and manufac>
| lures, and will spare no pains in pointing out
| the means of turning to good account The un.
developed as well as the active resources of
| the State.
believing that the public school is the Graz
les sot al enduring Republic, and Ilnl popu
iar education is the only permanent prntcc O
against demagogism, THE News o,ta CoWr.cr
| VIII Always advocate the largest nppropria.
tons for educational purposes that the public
can bear.
In National afnirs Tie Ne!rs and Courier
wlll advocate Honest Mrney; the restriction
OF the coinage Of silver to the measure OF the
| public demands for use ns currency; tne re-
form of tho Civil Service through he pendlc.
ton o!li or any similar measure: the Srcvision
of the tariff for The relief Of the people, and
| particularly of the agricultural classes; tlr,
abolition Ut the taxes on bank Checks bank
deposits and capital and on patent mediuincs
| and the retention of the duties on whiskcy
ana tobncco IN preference to the maintenance
OF the present tariff Oh Imports; The rcgula-
loh OF Interstate Commerce hy toe National
Govcrnmcnt, 50 ns TO deprive raj lroad cor
| poratiOnS and combinations of the pow1r 10
I"Jure and opprcss the peupc; free chips;
ruhiic Improvements by the National Gov
ernmcnt for NATIONAL purposes. the aTplica-
non ot surplus revenue TO the reduction OF
taxation, instead Of the ,hcaaicng extinction
OF the public debt, and above II /, liberia! np>
propriati0ns by the National Government Tor
the reduction of the iiitel;,tc voters WHO
were imposed upon the unry by the act of
the government and who are a perpetual me-
nance 10 free institutions and honest rule.
In State and National affairs Ihe Netvs and
C0nrIcr will uphold the rights of the States
wilhln their own spheres, under the Consti-
tuition ns 1t is, and the supremacy Of the Ma
tional Government in National affairs And
me Ne'cS and Courier will devote itself to
strengthening good feeling, good will and
mutual confidence between The pt ople of The
I several States and between the STATES and
Tie National Government.
The Sunday News will retain its social and
literary character, in connection with all the
news Of the day, and the discussion of home
subjects Of local import and application will
| be continued. Hereafter none Of the news
published in the Sunday News will be pub
lished in the News and Courier.
TIE Tri>Weekly edition Of The Ncws and
Courier will be issued rs BEFORE giving the
reader the news contained in The NeCs and
Courier, with slight exceptions, at one half
the price
The Weekly Ne'oS will be greatly improved.
| The Chess column and the Agricultural de-
partmcnt will be continued. Puzzles and
Problems for young and old will be perma
nent feature, beginning with the New Year:
| aud In a few weeks we shall begin the publ.
cation Of "Ten Terrible Tales by an Enelsh
author of established reputation. Arrange
mcnts have been made likewise for a Serial
Story by II South Carolina author whose works
have attHlned great popularity in Northern
periodicals