Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1882-01-26

The News and Courier 1882.
The Me,os and Courier, iu the New
Year, will have no other object than
to help the people of South Carolina
to manage their own affairs in their
own way. To this end it will en-
courage the expression OF Intelligent
opinion on subjects of general inter-
est, and strive to be the means OF
Ia, ing before the whole State the
views OF those who have something
sensible to say, and know how to say
it. The News and Courier will not
be assive spectator OF events. Ii
will utter its opinions frankly and
freely, but, holding that what is vice
and true has nothing to fear from
analysis and discussion' IL Wlii never
seek TO strengthen its own position
by suppressing the opinions OF lho-e
who honestly differ from It.
The NcluS and Courier, with one
exception, is the only newspaper ~
Tho Sontb Atlantic States which re-
ceives the whole Of the Southern dis
patches of the New York Associated
Press, ard this service will be supple
mented by special dispatches from
every part of the State and The Uni
ted States.
Recognizing the Importance of CIV
ing the people the earliest and most
accurate intelligence in State and
National affeirs, the Neaos cnl
G5u,i.r will assign one Of the m 8;
trusted and most capable members
of it's Staff to permanent duty at It.
lumbia, and has stationed at Wash
iagton the gentleman VII, earned
golden opinions while Oh duty at the
State Capital. This will be a year
of ferment and possibly of chang
in South Carolina, and what the peo.
pie require is to have all news, with
out fear or favor, and no matter
whom it helps or hurts.
The Resident Correspondent o
the Ne,cs and Courier at Columbis
obtained in no 6ffssss 6affss infor@atlo! Information. l.
like manner, tie Resident Correspon
dent OF the Neacs on9 Comier a
Washington, having no other news
paper to serve and being nobody
henchman, will be in position to re
portimpartia!ly the progress Of event.
and the acts Of public men.
The great effort of the Ne,pS anc
Courier will be to get the most news
and to get it first and in the Les
shape. The purpose is to make it &
newspaper that no business man, nc
planter:or farmer, MCPHERSON inter
ested in public aff.i-e can afor d te
do without.
In the State the Neaps and Co,trae,
advocates honesty, justice and econo-
my, and will insist that merit aud
capacity shall be the prime tests in
selecting candidates for public Office.
Particular attention will be paid
to the wants OF the farmers and
planters, and the Neavs una Courier.
which formulated, more than ten
years ago, great economic truth in
the phrase Bring the Mills to the
Cotton" will persevere in demonstra
ting the advantages and profits OF
manufacturing, OF which South Car
olina already furnishes many strik-
ing examples. Believing that the
public school is the cradle OF an Ell.
during Republic, End that popular
education is the only permanent pro-
lection against demagogism, tie
NesOs and Courier will always advL-
cate the largest appropriations hr
educational purposes that tn, public
can bear.
The terms of the Neeos and Carrier
are as follows.
THE News AND COURIER.
One Year $1,000
Six months 500
Three months 800
THE SUNDAY NEWS.
One year 200
Six months 100
THE News AND COURIER TR1-
WEEKLY.
One year S. 90
Six months $50
Three months 150
THE WEEKLY News.
One year 200
Six months 100
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FAREWELL SERMoN.-Rev. A. w.
lamar preached his farewell sermon
o his congregation here last Sunday
light. The church was flied to over.