The Magnolia gazette., 1882-04-21
THE TIMES AND SENTINEL.


This journal contained last week, the
contracts for publishing the proceedings
and legal notices Of the Board, and also
for the io1 work, al Of which we're cor
rect They we're published under the
caption: Look on this Picture, and
then on That We have bage been
looking most graeiously upon it, aud
occasionally we would "smole smile
that was child-nke. Bnt we must con-
Tess the pictures we're very nice indeed;
the work was fnely executed; the de-
signs Of the artist were well delineated;
his thoughts were very active during
the progress Of tie work, for his vivid
Imagination was arsistically transferred
TO the editorial canvass 80 as TO stand
out ID bold relief. Bat the finishing
touch to tlat masterpiece Of art, winch
was doubtless intended AZ the fnal
embellishment 70 attract admiration, aud
impart ecIat 70 the work, was, we fcar,
the unfortunate stroke that destroyed
the beauty, design and symmetry Of
the work. And permit rs here to say,
by way of parenthesis, that that stroke
was an arrogant assumption of danger
ous prerogatiye II was perhaps. one
Of those spashes Of the artistic brush
that compels an artist sometimes 10 re-
model bis work AMI retouch with more
delicate care. Tie embellishmeut we
have reference to was that official sigma
ture--"W. @. Vanght, Chancery Clerk,
and ex oflicio clerk Of the Board Of Su
petviors That official signature was
not authorized And Il it was not ~
thorized, we would like TO know by
what authority the Times aud Sentinel
assumes tie prerogatIve to place All oiii-
GERS name officially to a document, when
the oiIicer's signature does not appear
thereto in thnt capacity. Tue placing
Of another's name to a document is
sometimes dan eroua procedure, aud
tic records of our courts sometimes
penitentiary for signing other mems
names. Now we io not pretend TO say
that the gravity Of the impropriety COM
mite by the Times and Sentinel in re.
gard to that Official signature, is d that
character for which men are condemned
aud sent to Tie penitentiary, for we
know there was no criminal intent con
templatei; but it is infinitely safer and
decidedly more prudent to avoid such
contingencies and not become habituat
Ell to such practices.
Following the pictorial article we iud
this.
eve do not regard the Gazette rs the
Official organ Of this county and we be-
lieve nt the nest meeting of the Board
they tthe Board) will sustain us in this
4 oplulon.
We do not clam that the GAZETTE
is 'the official organ Of this couaty, "
but we do claim il ia tile oiiiclal organ
Of the Board Of Supervisors, for the pro
ceedings aud legal notices Of that body
are to be published III its coumns. As
to the opinion Of that Journal in regard
to the action Of tho Board at the next
meeting, we fully accord It the right Of
opinion, onl in doing 50, we assume the
sacred right Of opinion also, for opio-
! Jonas sake At least.
That paper claims ia italics ciroula-
tion three to one IN excess Of any paper
published in Pike c1ulty, aud adds:
"rhis Is conceded, md we suppose
/ il one Of the the reasons why county
subscriber writes us ml expresses lis
surprise that the sheriff $ tax sale was
not published in this paper"
The circulation Of that paper is a
matter We hive never questioned; for
by the absorbent process recently Lut
into operation, that is now n triumvirnte
+ jourupl--three in one and Que in three.
| We hope that the name Of the .conuty
subscriber" WHO Expresses his sur.
I prisc," has not been appropriated like
that official signature But whether il
has been Or not, suffice 70 say that the
Sheriff can give tile tax sales 10 any
paper in The county be selects lit is bis
right and he can exercise that right re-
gariless u the question q circulation,
for it las ~ legal connection with it.
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