San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1885-05-28

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its editorial department has been ia
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thought in itsown wayin the interest q
the great body Of tho people. An
= herein, doubtless, has originates
most OF tho opposition 1t has met
and which We regard aS the highes
honor
As 10 the character Of the paper n
a mere newspaper, while it might NJ
doubt, be better, We assert that W,
have given the best tho market woult
afford, aud one quite creditable, W.
have not failed 10 notice the leading
topics Of tho times, general and local
and TO the latter We have always giver
special attention. BE il remembered
here, that our patronage has not war
rantcd us in hiring assistance, Not
merely tho comparatively light and
easy task OF editing, but tho entire
business OF the office, has been on our
shoulders. Ithas engrossed, literally,
nearly all our time, tying us down in
our Office, and cutting Us off mainly
from coveted leisure to enjoy general
literature and the pleasures OF society.
We love some departments of our
work, and have taken an honest pride
in the conscientious discharge of our
duty as an editor and publisher. We
have brought to it the best thought
and research within our power, aim
ing to keep little in tho lead of pub
lie sentiment, and so TO make the
press an educator OF the people,
rather than follower of the multi
tudo to do evil. Even in our selec-
tions-unavoidable inadvertences ex.
copied - we have scanned every ar
ticle and paragraph with reference
to its influence for good. AS our
readers know, We have not filled our
columns with accounts of outrage
and crime unfit to come into the fam
lily circle, nor with mere local twad-
die, such rs is the style of so many
of the public prints, but have tried
to hold up high literary as well as
moral standard.
With rare exceptions, we have
supervised personally every issue of
our paper. We have made up the
mails, kept the books, made such col
lections as we had time to make, kept up
the correspondence, etc, etc. Dur
ing nil these long years we have Civ
en- our days, and often a good part of
our nights, to this work.
We wish again to refer to the ex.
ample of some of our neighbors as
bearing on the question, is another
paper needed in San Marcos?" The
tendency of late, as is well known, is
in favor of consolidating two or more
papers in q place, instead of adding
new ones; and in towns and counties
where one respectable paper exists in
each, although said towns and coun-
ties are larger, more wealthy and pop
ulous than ours, the people stand by
their respective papers, and discount
enance projects for new ones. Such,
for instance, is the case ut Bastrop,
Gonzales and Columbus, each of
which has but one paper. If such
counties can get along with one paper
each, what need has Hays of more
than two?
We have thus "said our say" on
the question as to whether another
paper is needed in San Marcos. Our
purpose has been to show the real
nature and merits of the case. Of
course we have had no idea of influ-
encing the various projectors in that
line. Nothing is more common than
to find youthful printers aspiring to
start papers of their own, and men
who. because able to write passable !
letter, or compile column of items or
for some paper, fancying
they would shine as editors. Nothing
but actual experience is likely to Of
feet their cure. And besides, why
should they care? They have nothing
TO lose, and can afford to make such
ventures, if others can be found verd-
mt enough to furnish the "sinews
Of war Bat our appeal is to the
honest, level-headed people of this
Do you need another
Can you afford to allow
mere apprentices and pretenders to
at your expense, when
'ou already have paper, tried and
rue, which will compare favorably
With others of its class in similar
owns to this?
In the light of all that we have said,
ye respectfully submit this question
or your consideration.