The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-12-26


before the Press and reporter was
started, and when the editor OF the
Press and Reporter was-where? we
don't know. It was simply business
transaction. We tod the officers we
would do their advertising for certain
amount. They accepted the PROPOSE
ton. That is all there is in It. AS we
said before, that which is offered Tor
the least money is not always the
cheapest. But the editor intlmates
that he has bigger circulation in the
county than either of the newspapers
at Newberry. That statement we oe-
lieve is untrue. A large proportion OF
the people Of this county have never
seen his paper.
AS matter Of fact there is a gene
rous rivalry and lively competition be-
tween the newspapers at Newberry,
but we are not controlled by sordld
and selfish motives and petty jealousles.
Then the farmers are appealed to to
break this trust because there IS 'po-
litical influence at the back OF the
newspapers st Newberry. There are
many people, politicians and editors at
this time who are trying to pose as the
friends of the farmer, and who are try
ing to get on the farmers wagon, and
that is your scheme, is it? The farm
ers are not such fools as to be gulied by
every upstart who comes along ana
tries to hop on their wagon, and when
YOU say there is political influence back
of the newspapers at Newberry, mean-
ing some faction or party within the
Democratic ranks, so far as you refer
to this paper, you say what is mall
cious falsehood, and you know 1t to be
one when you say it. The editor OF
this paper has made it point to keep
from these columns anything that
would show partiality to any candi-
date or faction within the Democratic
party. Our aim has been to keep har-
uony within the ranks, and on a former
occasion we said in these columns:
1.-THE influence Of this paper shall
never be given to further the purposes
of any party within the party while II
is under the present management, but
we shall ever strive to stand on hlgn
ground, awarding to each man his
rights and keeping an eye single to the
best interests of the whole people.
Whenever we become so blinded by par
tisanship as not to be able to Go this
we shall retire from journalism"
Can the editor Of the Press and Re-
porter say truthfully that he has done
the same thing? All, but he says
"perhaps' this is true. Yes and "per-
hapsn he has purpose in such filings.
The whole motive of all this TRADE IS
to make the people Of one section Oh
this county array themselves against
another section and to try to make the
farmers believe there is a great big
court house ring that they must crush,
and in doing it they must crush out
the papers at Newberry and support
the Press and Reporter. More than
that. It lis an unfair and contemplate
effort to injure our private business
and the newspaper that we have worked
hard to build up. By insinuating that
the trust" is something like the 'Jute
trust" it is sought to take from us the
patronage and support Of the farmers,
who have heard much recently OF
trusts. We have no objection to COM
petition, and We want The Herald and
News to stand on its merits. But such
competition as attempts to insinuate
itselfinto public favor in manner as
is attempted by the Press and Reporter
in this instance is on plane very low
indeed, and much lower than we ever
hope to descend. Only small man,
very little man, who has not the inter-
ests of the county at heart, is capable
of such action.