The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1882-06-29
JOE PREN"TEN.G
JOURNALISTIC wARFARg
Greenvilte News.

| Greenville News.
r 1t is always q cause of poignant
regret to US when two Journalists
abandon the pungent pencil as
weapon in fratricidal strife, and take
up the no less pungens aud incisive
and more uuheaItnful pistol. We
regret it because it is SO useless. a
newspaper man in want Of pleasant
Excitement can so easily have him.
self shot at By an outsider that it is
sheer waste of editorial courage and
material to exchange shots with one
of his bretbern. An editor who knows
his business can have row ninety
nine times il a possible hundred By
simply distributing strong expressions
judicicusly through articles treating Of
prominent citizens with large circles
Of friends and relatives, aud can, If
he possesses that acquaintance With
his community that all editors should,
grade the exercise he proposes taking
anywhere between the @indiEidualof
| few words who redresses his grievances
with asdouble barreled shot gunsto the
more desirable antagonist whosimplyS
smites with club, or, better still,
contents himself with a simple ex-
preston of his opinion, giving the
moulder of public opinion the option
of the first whack. .ot s1s.s
HaHing all Of these advantages over
less favored men, it is bard sto UNDER
stand why Journalists can compound
with their consicences to- shoot saE
each other when they haze so many
and such. varied opportunities TO try
their skill on the scaups and dead
beats who abound outside the bounds
of the profession. We have onl5st
most severe apprehension for the ed.
itors of the New Orleans Pieayuae55
and Times Democrat. Those gen..
tlemep. it seems, resorted to a locality.
|bearing the horribly ominous name Of
the 'Slaughter-bouse.' and instead Of
pursuing their legitimate occupation
of being bored By. men With little ar
ticles, proceeded iu a deliberate and
earnest effort to bore each other with.
what, from all accounts, were unde.
sirably large articles, to wit I: dueling.
pistols with bores like asstoEe pipe
and smooth bores, which almost any
newspaper man should know better.
than to fool with. This sanguinary
we'll driViDg-whieh Major Burke
doubtless regards by this time as
very i'll driviug--coutinued until that
grntleman received bullet in both:
legs, which .is style Of bulletin that
none of his fellow craftsmen viii envy
| him, and which renders his antago-
mist liable to the iuputation Of causing
the. simultaneous suspension and pos
sible amputation Of two members Of
the Louisiana press. Major Burke
has acquired nothing BY all of this
except a couple of openings, such as
10 young man desires for his repa-
tation was already made, and the
public loses much, for whoever he
may have put in charge while he
was absent having charge put in him,
it is safe to say that the Times Dem-
oc1at will not be 50 good q newspaper,
as it is, while it feels his presence,
land he is not feeling the undesirable
!, gifts Of his adverssries.
This instance is q prominent Illus
!. tratiop of the abuse, which this article
is designed to remedy, ususlly no.
): ceedipg from the incompetence oi
abuse to relieve the feelings: 2 We
, suggest convention Of the editorial
fraternity of the country, aad submit
:. for its consideration, plank for ite
platform utilizing the pleasant idea Of
Major Burke's seconds, and requiring
| all conflicts between editors, to be
!, | settled with rifles at distance of23
feet-54 inches: This, We think
would result in permanent cessation
of active hostilities and adheraRsato %
stationery ones. For te
> begin the good Eost JUS e
enter into tFagether, the q
never to fight our esteemed q
coteuporary or anybody elseso1
those terms.