Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-02-09
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Again the Courier has ventilated.
Its article last week was marked
simply by traducement and men
dacity. II would have been well had
it confined it5elf to It's usual line; for
it has lamentations on tap and
would be homilies flow from its every
pore, which latter might be instruc-
tive were they not ridiculous.
The Courier says:
"Ihe editor begins with an Act of
the law which authorizes the Board
Of Supervisors to have their proceed
ing published and made a feeble
attempt to vindicate the Board Of
Supervisors, in regard to their recent
action on the county printing"
but this he failed to do"
How does the Courier know?
Does it really pretend to be compe-
tent to judge logical newspaper
article? Not long since its editor
was typo in this office and at that
time he did not know enough about
the spelling-book to enable him to
set up copy correctly and we have
not heard of his going to school
since; as far as the ideas, etc. which
its columns endeavor to promulgate
they are on par with those of a
juvenile baseballist
"Woodville COURIER, and the
Centreville Sentinel two mush-
rooms-as the editor of the Republi-
can calls them; because they showed
to the voters of Wilkinson county
the manner IN which the business of
the Board of Supervisors were being
transacted. "
"The act published is no doubt
the law; but, if it is the law, why
did the Board sail under false colors
that is a portion of the Board
and try to make one believe that
they were going to let their proceed
ing out to the lowest bidder "
This paper received the support Of
every member Of the Board excepting
the member from the 3D. District.
This is not the first time in this
matter that the Courier has traduced
these gentlemen by accusing them
of prcvaricatlon or deception: We
will take the character of any one of
them for probity and honor against
the word of the editor of the Courie,
and so will the people of their
respective districts.
"Ihe Republican claims that the
Board acted in justice to the citizens
of Wilkinson county, in this matter,
by awarding the contract to the
oldest and most reliable newspaper
and thinks that the Board would
have done the people great injus-
tice to let any one else have it at any
price"
To suit your purpose, you have
garbled and falsifed what we said
upon that point by emitting the gist,
the strength of it; which was "that
the paper with the ''largest circula-
ton" should be selected in justice to
the people provided it would do the
work for a fair price"
mo doubt somG years ago the
Republican had at least one thous-
and subscribers but of late years ii
has fallen from that handsome
number considerably. And now,
when it might he supported by as
large a subscription list, as of for
mer years, sadly is it deyiting from
that handsome number.
The above isnot merely medacious,
it is a he, unadulterated and gratu-
itous.
Not in this generation has the
REPUBLICAN had 1000 subscribers, il
it ever had, though by long and
faithful sevice it has deserved them.
Since the paper has been under its
present management its subscription
list has increased fully Qne-thud.
And thus ends the 10th verse OIL
the 2nd chapter of this great contFo,
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