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

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2e, 1889
THAT "BoYCorT" AND "NEwsPAPER
TRUST"
The Press and Reporter, newspaper
published at Prosperity in this county,
has beer frothing and foaming all the
fall ct the Master and Probate Judge
because they did not see fit to do their
advertising in its columns. Heretofore
we have not thought it cur duty to pay
any attention to the vile stuff it was
.,ssdasaiGg I'd iii iGg about these officers, but the
TRADE in laseGeek's issue ST that sheet,
on Judge Fellers,>ip which the news
papers of Newbery are brought in,
makes it incumbent upon US to take
brief notice of it.
In the issue of the Press and Repor-
ter of last week Judge Fellers makes
plain and dignified statement of his
reasons for awarding the advertising
of his office as he does. In connection
with this the editor Of the Press and
Reporter makes reply in column OF
vile stuff in which he talks about
newspaper trust" "want of back
bone" 'spolitical influence" and all
that sort, and even threatens Judge
Fellers with the ballots of the people to
force him to give his advertising to
that newspaper.
In the first place We remark that
the Press and Reporter, or any other
paper published in Newberry, has no
right to demand of public officer any
explanation why that officer does not
give it his advertising. And as matter
of right it has no more claim upon the
advertising of a public officer than it
has of any individual. A public officer
awards the advertising of his office just
as an individual does, and that which
can be had for the least money is not
always the cheapest article.
The Press and Reporter and the
newspapers of Newberry are private
enterprises and why should the people
be called upon to force public officer
to give the advertising patronage of his
office to any private enterprise in order
that the profits from such advertising
may put money into the pockets Of an
Individual. There is neither rhyme
nor reason in it. He must act on the
= same principle as an individual and
give his advertising to such paper or
papers as give it the greatest pub
licity for the outlay of money.
If he can make such arrangement
with one or both the newspapers at
Newberry ne has right to do it. II
the paper at Prosperity can meet the
requirements of the case the officer has
a right to contract for his advertising
with it. But for {. newspaper pub
lished either in Prosperity or New
berry rytociisaiiaa7sssA~ to cisaiiaa7 sssA~s matter of right the
advertising of either the Probate Judge
or Master is utter nonsense.l
AS to the boycott" Of which the
editor speaks as having been placed
upon him and his paper We have only
to remark what a gentleman from the
country suggested to US the other day
in speaking of this matter, and we hope
the editor will realize the truth of the
of the remark. It was that ifa boycott
had been placed upon the editor of the
Press and Reporter it was placed there
many years ago, and that by nature
herself when she was distributing
. brains.
AS a matter of fact there is no boy
colt placed upon the Press and Repor-
ter by the Master and Probate Judge
nor by the newspapers of Newberry.
: No more than by any individuals who
give their advertising to the papers at
Newberry and do not give it to the
Press and Reporter. The people do
not pay the money for the advertising
done by the..Probale Judge and Master.
It comes out Of private individuals, and
if the parties interested, and who pay
for the advertising are satisfied, nobody
else has any right to complain. .
While Judge Fellers does not need
any defense at our hands, yet we can
not help remarking that the attack
upon him personally is uncalled for,
mean and malicious.
As to pluck and,backbone Judge Fell
l.rs has more in his little finger than
the editor of the Press and Reporter
has in his whole person if it were all
backbone and pluck. He has been
proven in times that tried men and
showed what stuff they were made of,
and he has never shirked, or stood back
when duty and his country called. He
wears upon his person now an empty
sleeve and the people amongst whom
he has moved and lived all his life
know what stuff he is made of, and un-
less we are deceived in the people Of
Newberry County the base and ground
less assertions of the Press and Repor-
, ter can never shake the confidence and
esteem in which he is held. by the peo-
pie of his native county, to the service
of whom he has given the best years of
his life. Who is the editor Of the Press
and Reporter any how that he should
make such an assault on man likeJake
Fellers? What claim has he upon the
people of Newberry?. What has he
done for them that he should presume
to ask them to use the ballot box to put
,,a-, i, ,,ff;co wbo will helm his nrivata