Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-07

marked an example OF the mexnness and
merdacity which make up The tout en-.
m ole OF some people Whum the Gre
s5or made inst TO show whet He could do
when He tried right hard, as anything
ever saw In prin:
THE EDITOR REFUSES To PAT.
Special to the Gazette.
SULPHUR 1PRIEGS, TEN. Nov. &c The post
maste- a. cooper MS Displayed ais know ledge
of red tEpe" TIE Gazette News, q weekly
publ alton OF this city, sent Gu suppiements,
consisting of rtsdiEg matter and advertise
ments TO be used BY publisreYs OF papers IN
neighbor!ng loves Tneee we used by the
publisher " the Cooper HGuLer The post
master at that place put q l cent stamp on
every paper consisting one of these supple
FenIs ana charging tn amount to the Banner
edi'or. This a. .unt sagreSat a pr!Resly
stipend compared with the puree Of most coun-
try newspaper eYitole, ana tbs Banner editor
refused TO pay Tor the stamps. The postInss-
tsr's extraordinary II ason for so doing was be-
cause the supplements were Lot printed In the
Banner Office.
Tie Fort Worth GAZETTE is q CREST
paper sd cannot s50ra to missepyeeent
anyone or De the medium through which
m:llCe CT ignorance vent thtic Shiny
spleen, and L hope you will 90 ne the
Justice to allow me the spsee 70 give the
public the fScts IN the c5ss. / h&Ve no
idea WHO your reporter from Sulphur
Springs is, but do know full well that
IN this matter ne is either lamentably ig-
oorsnt, sadly mielr iorrs d or downright
mean.
rne facts In this case are SIS follows:
rhe postal laws ana regulations of 1887,
which govern all poslmessers ana
which an sworn 10 observe,
in defaing what constitutes
supplement 70 Q newspaper, or 10 second
C ass masters. fsys, in ar!icie Of section
95s: "a publication entirely distinct
tom SEd independent CT regular issue,
ous complete il isselI ap0 IL Rowise con
recteG with or german TO TIE regular
issue, csnnCt DC adopted Us . supple
ment." Article s CT the came section
says: "Suppienents must in al, cases
bear the name OF the psper with which
| :hey are folded, ard II they coatsin sd
refreshments the Bunb aod date CORE
spaEding to the regular issue" Section
S39 reads IS follows: Newspapers con-
tanning sheets or yddiiionsi matter not
Ilesallyssdmissi5le as supplements should
De treated 81 the mailing flee Is third
| Glass matter and postage = q3Iret accord
ingly"
Now Let Us see how This 30 called sup.
pleneMt fiils The bill. l. Il was publ
cation entirely distinct .Toa saG iLde-
pendent OF the regular is uF, cot CRY OF
tae paper msn.ioEed, III, Slso Of the
Delta Courier of this place. with both OF
which it Hse folded ana On both was col
lecied postage af third-class rates, 2 1t
contsined advertisements, eDd uG6er az
i:cle quoted shove, should have borne
the name OF the paper with which It wes
folded aud the NUMBER and date corre-
spending with tine regular issue, none OF
which requirements were compiled with.
3. The BSnrer editor did cot
refuse 10 pay the postage
IS stated by your correspondent.
Uncer tie law IS laid down In section
339, quoted above, ny duty WAC plain,
sna Icould net have done ot,treise th.n l
did, snd cannot conc i've how anyone net
dsrseIy and hCpelessly isuoTslf or want
only ard teckiessly malicious, could have
got his oTn ccIsert 10 outage the truth
as yvut Sulphur Springs C respondent
has done In this ins epce,
Tw3uii recommend him to resd the %
verse OF tie 81 chEpier Ct Provezbs,srd ne
will learn what the Wise m=I thought Of
his eort. Very respectfnlig,
Cooper, Texas. j N BOYD, ?. NJ