The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-01-20
Wednesday, Jan. 20, 1885.
The Southern Christian Advocate.

.tdrocate should make an effort to raise lis
standard Of excellence and virtue by printing
more reading matter. and by excluding from
it's columns, all improper advertisements
We also said: ~Thc McthodiStS are able and
.'willine to pay for a first class paper, and we
trust that the printing committee may do
'"their whole duty to the people whose inter
"ests have been confided to them. The ed!to-
Trial work of the paper has been we'll done,
sand we shall expect much of the nhlc divine
..who win preside over its columns in the fu-
"ture We trust tha: he may be allowed to
'"edit not only the reading columns, but the
'"entire paper. If he, and not the publisher
"slall determine what advertisements may
"appcar in the Southern Christian Adrocate
*'t;ren we shall expect II clean advertising COL
~umn, as well as Il fautleSS reading page
To this, the Southern C'triaia" Aur9cate re-
plies as follows:
The Press and Banner thinks tho cuitor OF
this paper should have exclusive control OF It's
columns advertisements and all. lie has,
and always has had. The -A0rocmc Things
the editor of the Press o;sd B;nner should
have exclusive control of his columns, adver-
tisemcntS and all. He has not. lnasnlurh as
he uses the "patent inside" over which he has
no control whatcvcr' The Press and Bnnncr
thinks that "conSumptlon cure ADVERTISE
mcntS should bc excluded from these columns.
The hlv0c0tc is somewhat of the same opln.
Jon: and, therefore. 1t advises the PRESS tNd
Jdnncr to exclude the three flaming "con-
sumption cure" advertisements which distS'
IRE the columns Of the same issue OF inc tTeSs
and Banner which contains its structures eli
the Adrocdte ,r,,
Each others cross to bear;
Let each his friendly aid affOrn,
And feel his brothers care -
SOUR esteemed contemporary: the 16oct'nc
n. ia &c ft
the MetholiStS of South CaIOin0 some en-
tended advice with reference to the business
management Of this PAPER AS the South Car
Olina Conference is presumed to know Its own
business. and as the publication of this paper
is under the control OF acommittec or gHhte.
men who are presumed to know theirs, II
strikes us as being in questionable taste, TO
say the least of It, for the Press and Banner TO
he volunteering its advice In the matters re-
derred to. The McthouistS of South Carolina
.,icht to be very grateful to the Press ana Ban
mer for its Vigilance In looking after their In
terests, and they no doubt are-but we cannot
hely wondering why the Press AID Banners
own Church (the EpiScopal. and The othcr
Churches of the State are not also made the
objects of the Press and Banners soliditude.
It is to be hoped that If the P'exs md banner
does not become ''wcary in we'll dolns, ana
will continue its good offices to the Methodist
Church Of South Carolina, sometime III the
indefinite fnture-say the year preceding the
1nilleDnlum-South Carolina Methodism may
become sufficiently wcll-behaved and respec-
1erested supervision of the Press ant Banner.
For Il conSummntjon so dcvOutly to he wlSii-
ed let all good MethodiStS continue to pray.
That the editor of the Southern Christian 4Ad-
rocatc has always had control of its aivertis-
ing columns is news to us. We have laborcd
under the impression that the publisher the
contractor for doing the printing! had control
of the advertising columns Of that paper.
We readily acccde 10 the correctness and
Justice Of what the Adrocatc says about the
Press and Banner not having control Of the
advertising on the patent inside of our paper.
We can only exclude improper advertise
ments from the ready printed side by paying
II stipulated ar cunt of money, which Sttpula-
ted amount Of money our business will not
warrant us in paying. WeprcSumc, however,
the readers of the Southern Christian Adrocdtc
could have the medical advertisements eX-
cluded from that paper, If they would do as
the Adrocate expects us to do-pay as much to
keep them out as the advertisers pay to put
them in. Until the situation changes, 1t is
likely therefore the Press and Banner will be
compelled to publish medical advertisements
ON its patent inside, and the readers OF the
Southern Christian Bicocate will have to yield
valuable space in their church paper to give
publicity to the same improper advertise
ments. We will say this to the Adrocate:
That we consistently refuse to contract for
that class of advertisements which the medi-
cal profession denounce as humbugs. And
we would add, that large per cent. Of that
class Of advertisements which appear in the
Southern, Christian, Adrocate, are, for conscien-
tious reasons, excluded from the home print
cd side Of the Press and Banner. although we
have been offered double price for some of
them.
The Southern Christian Adrocute says:
"But we cannot help wondering why +
the Episcopal and other churches of the state
are Lot made objects oi the Press and Banners
solicitude."
In reply to this we will say that we do not
see an Episcopal paper, but If we did, and saw
in 1t the advertisements of patent medicines
we eshoud protest against such advertisements
appearing in the church paper. Further
in reply, we would say. that the associate Re
formed Presbyterian excludes medical adver-
tisements from its columns, and has done so
ever since it has been under It's present man.
asencnt. The Southern Presbyterian docs not
publish the advertisements OF patent mcdi-
cines. The Baptist Courier publishes very few
Gf them. If the editor of the -4drocute
would be convinced that it publishes advcr-
tisementS' which are excluded from some OF
the secular presses, we would ask its atten-
fion to the advertising pages of the IorkrUe
jEaquirer, to say nothing OF the many pubica-
3ions outside Of the State which do not pub.
Ash medical ad advertisements.
It was because of our high respect for the
Mcthodists that we urged the printing com
nittec to demand for them Il paper which
shall at least contain no Objectionable mat
ter. AS q people, they arc as intelligent as
rich, and as numerous as any other branch Of
the Christian church in South Carolina, and
we believe that they should have "a clean adj
yertising column" In their church paper. We
feel that we are only dlscharging our duty in
saying this. 4 large proportion of our read
ers arc Methodists, and it is in their behalf
that We speak. AS q public journalist we
should not negect the interests Of any class of
our people. We have time and again protest
ed against the publication of patent medicine
advertisements in any of the religious news
papers. There is positively no cure for Il great
number of the diseases for which the patent
medicine claims tn be q specific. We believe
.it twrong to hold out hopes which can never be
realized. 1t is certainly wrong to take the
money of suffering people to buy medicines
which will only hurry them to their graves.
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