Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-03-05
AccI1S ED or nRTBERY.
Alleged Attempt TO Obtain News by thu
Purchase of Condolences.

Purchase of Confidence.
The rivalry between the Centreville
Record and the Centreville ObSerDcr and
some other papers to be the first TO pub
fish the list of homes where members
and official visitors will be entertained
during the next session of Wilmington
M. j. Conference was interesting and
long-continued and has created consid-
cradle i'll feeling.
Notwithstanding our people have
been exceedingly anxious to obtain this
local news,n the Record says, "the Rev.
G. a. Hill, the pastor of the M. b.
church here, has withheld it from the
Record for at least a week after the list
was completed. His conduct in this re-
spect is open to severe criticism, but the
Record is not disposed to criticise as Sc
vcrely as the facts seem to justify. Yet
we deem it proper TO state some facts.
The Rev. Mr.. Hill withheld the list
from local papers here for a week or
more in order to have it published in
Journal in another state, which has not,
we venture to assert, Is circulations in
this town and less than so in the county.
Our home people should be the first
notified, and they think so. The Rev.
Mr.. Hill, il seems, does not agree with
them, and exercises the eX-otficio power,
with which he is temporarily clothed, to
deprive our people of the news until it
is as stale as spoiled fish. The Record is
frank to state that his conduct in this
matter was not because of his enmity to
| this journal, but to the Peninsula
Methodist, published in Wilmington.
For reasons known to himself he de-
sired that the Conference Chronicle, a
small journal issued at Seaford, Del,
and printed at Odessa, Del, should first
publish the news. As that journal is
| issued the same day of the week as the
Record the publication here could not
possibly conflict with its interests. The
Rev. Mr.T Hill has undertaken herculean
task to down the press of this Peninsula,
and he will so find it in the end. The
Record has the official list, obtained by
honest newspaper enterprise. We hope
Brother Hill will enjoy the news along
with our other numerous readers"
To prevent beat by the Record the
Observer, which is published on Thurs
days, issued an extra on Saturday, Civ
ing list of the conference homes. The
Observer says: "Having learned last
evening that copy Of the conference
homes had been secured by the Record
and understanding that the editors Of
that journal censqre the Rev. Mr.. Hill
for not giving them the preference in
publishing the list, we desire to say tc
our readers that the names Of the minis
tiers of the Methodist Episcopal Church
of the Wilmington Conference and theil
temporary residences while the confer.
ence is in session in Centreville have
been in our possession since Thursday
February 10Th, 1891, and have not beer
published by us heretofore, because
changes might have been made in the
assignments. The efforts made by ar
individual representing the Peninsula
Methodist to secure copy of the list Of
homes by the purchase of the confidence
and honor Of the employees of this office
failed because of the refusal of our EN-
poyes to be debauched by the money
offered by the representative Of &
Religious newspaper. The Rev. @. A
Hill is not responsible for the withhold
ing of the Homes from the public; thu
copy for the matter has been in oul
possession for 10 days or more, as We
have the contract for printing the con
ference Manual which we give to the
public this morning, hoping our sub
scribers will appreciate our efforts il
their behalf"