The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-04-29
THE COUNTRY NEWSPAPERS.
Some Kind Words for the Press and
Banner. and Some Words Of Wis.
dom In Reference to journalistic
Ethics.
News and Courier.

Editor Wilson OF the AbbeYille Press and
Banner is all out Of sorts. We cannot imag.
Inc who il is that has given him offence or
why he should fire broadside at all the
daily newspapers because some particular
daily paper has gone out of lts way TO quarrel
with its country exchanges. Our contempo-
"While u big daily may not care o contlnen.
tai red cent about the friendship OF anybody
or any country newspaper, yet we think the
at least p as much N as their nj will, and their
kindly offices are not generally unpleasant, I,
even if,not profitable. But we presume II
will be so until the end OF the world that the
local and editorial writer's of the daily press
will show their discourtesy TO their less pre-.
tenLiOus country cousins. 1t ~ Dig thing
for some men To move under the shadow OF
Il city daily"
The News and Courier pleads not guilty to
this sweeping Indictment. We do not under.
raIe the friendship of the country press. We
have never shown any discourtesy TO our
we may be pardoned II we say that We have
received at their hands more than our fair
share of discourtesy. But we are far too busy
to quarrel with anybody, and journalism, as
we take II, consists In something far higher
and better than in keeping up continual
public does not care button for Editor
Browns personal opinion OF Editor Robinson,
or whether in Robinsons judgement he runs
Smiths or any other man. We believe that
the country newspapers OF South Carolina
are better papers than are published In any
other Southern State. Their editors, as a
rule are honest and capable men, who do far
more for the State than an equal number OF
men engaged In any other vocation. Not
many OF them are rich. few of them receive
Of them think as we'll OF their journalistic
peighbors as they ought 10 think.
Why should amy one employed on daily
paper be discourteous TO Editor Wilson. for
M un nt,hl nf fha hos
weekly newspapers in the South, he Is a
faithful and efficient worker. he IL an honest
man and gentleman, he IL moi afraid 10 say
what he thinks and Is rs much interested as
any one else In all that contributes TO the
prosperity of the State and the good of society.
His Views may not commend themselves 10
every mans acceptance, but this Is no reason
why he should be treated with discourtesy;
and so with all the other editors OF the coun.
try n newspapers in the State. We fear that
there Is q lack OF fellowship among the journ.
allsts of the State, that they have no common
standard, that they do not observe the gold
en- rule, that they set the skill OF the detec.
tive above the temper OF the Judge, that,
while striving TO serve The public, they do
injury 10 themselves and to their calling.
Many OF our contemporaries have. at sun
dry times and In divers manners, said things
about The News and Courier for which there
was no justification, In our opinion, and
which we presume our Abbevile mentor
would classify under the general terms "dis
courtesy" but really life Is too short and
time Is TOO precious 10 be eternaly ut war
with u.s. They may be rightand we may be
wrong, but at least we can De charitable
enough to one another to think that each In
his own sphere and with the lights before him
believes that he is right. The disposition to
give Roland for an oliver Is ever present
with us, but there Ia something iar higher
and better even in daily Journalism, OF which
our friend I'm Abbevil e effects n contempt
than TO go around continually with chip on
ones shoulder forso adventurous persons
nfT
suited 10 some natures, but at the best IL Ia a
very hollow and very sorry kind OF jounal-
ism which the reading public IL certain to
repudiatc in the end.