The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1882-02-08
The News and COurier.-1SS2.

The .Nc1cs and Courier. In the New Year,
will nave no other object than tolIelp the pee
pie of south Carolina to manage their own al
fairs in their own way. TOthiS end IL will en-.
courage the cX prcssion Of intelligent opinion
IN subjects of general interest, ana strive 10
be the means of laying before the whole state
BILE to say, and know how 10 say 1t. The NeWs
and Courier will not be Il passive spectator OF
events. 1t will utter It's opinions frankly ana
freely, bat, holding that what Is wise ana true
has nothing to fear from analysis ana discus
sion, it will never seek To strengthen its W
position by surprcssing the opinions Of those
who honestly differ from 1t.
The NeWS ant GU, icr, 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 supplemented
by special dispatches from every part OF the
State and the United States.
Recognizing the importance OF giving the
people the earliest and most accurate lhlclll-
gcncc in State and National AFFAIRS, The NeuS
and Courier will assign one OF the most trusted
and most capable members OF It's Stan TO per.
manent duty at Columbia, and has stationed
at Washington the gentlemen who earned
golden opinions while on duty at the Stale
Capital. This will he q year Of fcrnlcnt and
possibly of change in South Carolina, and
what the people require Is 10 have all the
news, without fear or favor, anu no matter
whom 1t helps or hurts. The Resident Cor
respondent OF the Ne,cs and Courier at Column
bia will give our readers information conccr;:-
ing mcn and things which can be obtained In
40 other newspaper. In like manner, the
Resident Correspondent of the NctrS ana
Courier ut Washington, haI Ing no other news
paper to serve and being nobody's heIchnaii,
will he In position to report imparlialiy tho
progress of events and the acts OF public men,
The great effort of the NcWs and Courier will
be 10 get the most news, and to get IL lrSt ana
in the best shape. The purpose Is to make II
O newspaper that no business man, no planter
or farmer, no person interested III public at
fairs can afford to do without.
The Sunday NeuS Will retain its social and
literary character, In connection with all the
news OF the day, and tic discussion OF home
subjects of local import and application Will bc
continued. Hereafter none or the new; pub.
lished in the Sunday NelCS Will bc published
in The NcWS and Courier.
The 1Ti- Ueekly edition OF The NerS ana
Courier Will be issued as before, giving the
render the news contained in the NeUx ana
Courier. with slight exceptions, at onc-hall
the price.
The Weekly Ncrs will be greatly improved.
The Chess Column and the Agricultural de.
rarlnIeat will be continued. Puzzles and
Problems for young and old will be u perma.
nent feature, beginning with the New ear
and in Il few weeks we ehall begin The publ
cation Of Ten Terrible Tales by an English
meniS have been made likewise Tor II Serlal
Story by u South Carolina author whose works
have attained great popularity In Northern
periodicals.
There is not anywhere In the South a better
advertising medium than the NeUS and C0ur-
ier, and in South Carolina it has the adHertiS'
ing field, outside of The influential weekly
press in the country, virtually to Itself. II
goes into every part of South Carolina and Of
the United States, and has reached Il conf
handing position with the reading public.
The terms OF the News and Courier arc as