The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-10-01
OUT OF WHOLE CEOTE.


Under the headline SIS it true?" The
Newoerry Herald and News prints an
anonymous correspondence, no-date,
nowhere, in which occurs the follow
ing:
II was in Walhalla O. few days ago,
and had conversation with one OF the
directors Of the Ocoree News. The
director told me that J. VIM. Stokes,
Of the Cotton Plant, refused to eX-
change with the Oconee News, because
the C-oDee News was an Alliance paper
snd had taken some subscribers from
the Cotton Plant"
As a matter of fact, il We have ever
refused to exchange with the Oconee
News, we do not know it. We do
know that we ordered it upon our list
of exchanges. We get the News occa-
sionly, and supposed the Cotton Plant
was going to the News office. We do
not know that the News has taken any
of our subscribers; but if it has, we
cheerfully say that we don't know any
paper we would rather benefit by our
loss. Whenever any Of our subscribers
in Pickens conclude to leave US, we
will regret to part with them, Of course;
but trust they will always take some
other true Alliance paper.
But suppose we had rated the News
as a rival (Which we certainly did not
what common sense relation would our
refusal to exchange with Gival bear to
fairnindedness. We are not surprised
the originator Of SO verdant an idea
should write from nowhere, no date,
and be ashamed to sign his naAe.
We trust The Herald and News viii
illustrate die fairness it breaches so
wei to US and answer the question 1t
asked in that headline.-COtton Plant.
Certainly, with pleasure, headline
and all. Remember now that the
headline to this article is that Of the
Cotton Plant and not of The Herald
and News. We will do more, too, and
say to the Cotton Plant, that the writer
of the squib in question lives some
where, and is not ashamed to sign his
name and that he is ready to su5stanti-
ate what be said, to wit: thata director
of the Oconee News Co. gave him the
information. His name is Warren q.
Peterson. His post office addres is
Belmont, S. c., Newberry County. He
lives some ten or twelve miles west of
Newberry, and is farmer. Further,
he is an honest, upright and truthful
citizen, means what he says and says
what he means, aud is not ashamed to
sign his name to any statement he may
make. We Go not know whether he
belongs to the Alliance or not.
But the truth Of the statement in
question is between the director Of the
Cconee News and the Cotton Plant.
Mr.. Peterson got his information as he
said from director Of the News Pub
fishing Co. That director is Mr. John
S. Floyd, of Oconee County, q member
of the Alliance, 3 strong advocate Of
the Alliance demands. The Herald
News does not know his post Office al
dress, but supposes the Cotton Plant
does, as he is a subscriber to that publ
cation, and in order to get clippings
from it for the News he has to cut them
from his paper, and be gave Mr.. Peter
son the information that the Cotton
Plant would not exchange. This was
about the 18th Of August.
The editor of Tie Herald and News
has not seen Mr. Peterson IN some time
and obtained the above information at
the time he handed Us the sQuib, as we
thought possibly there was some mis-
take.
Is the Cotton Plant satisfied with
this illustration of fairness? It's all
wool and a yard wide.
We would like to suggest that the
Cotton Plant keep cool. There is no
use getting excited. The correspor-
dents Of Tie Herald and News AVG real,
live, living beings, who live somewhere,
and write 81 some time and are not
ashamed Ct what they write. The
Herald an News not only breaches
fairness, Ius it practices i.