The Forrest City times., 1892-03-18
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 hrkansas, in accepting 'an offer from the secretary Of state to publish certain mo- tice or constitutional amendment at half price," and refers to resolution adopted py the Arkansas Press association con deinning the acceptance of legal adver. Using at less than full legal rates. Our dear brother should not rend his garments
 The notice referred to, which the Beacon accepted at the price proposed by the sec retary Of state. would amount to not ex- eeeaihg S6!.5 If set strictly as required Dy law at the legal rate. which is only si'.oo m excess Of the price proposed. In view of the length of time which the ad- vertisement is required to run this Is not an unreasonable discount. The criticism h the newspapers of the state indulged in by HE TINES is entirely gratuitous and uncalled for.-Searcy Beacon.
 Hereafter, in voting on measures of the character named above, the editor of the esteemed Beacon should rise to point of personal explanation and state that he will vote in favor of the question. in case it suits him to con- ply with it's provisions, or in case he cannot get more than one half or one. fourth the rate established by law. lheh the newspaper men of the state who are trying to place the business on paying basis will have no right to complain of his action in accepting half prices. The editor of the Beacon is the highly esteemed secretary of the press association, and should, above all others, set an example of compli. ance with the resolutions of the assOcia- ton. Aside from this feature of the case, We beg to say that he is very much mistaken as to the cost at regu- lar rates. We have been practically engaged in the printing business for upwards Of dozen years, and we certainly do know how to count a legal square. This advertisement may vary two or three lines, owing to the' leaness" or "fatneesso of the type. In ordinary nonpareil, with proper heading, it just measures seven squares. This for twcDty-seyeH weeks tthe time it must be published in THE TIMES to make it legal notice) amounts to just sos. We do not think $50 fair price for the work. It Is not as much as THE TIMES receives for similar work and other reading advertisements from citizens, and hence we could not consistently take the business as presented. We still believe we have good case against the newspapers for "unprofessional conduct and we still believe that the secretary of state is required by law to give us the ''ad' at regular rates, and that until he has given us the business in satisfactory shape his contracts with the newspapers are void.
 One would imagine from perusing the MarianRx Index's comments on this subject that THE TIMES had offered the editor of that hebdomadally pub lishcd and abominably protuberant sheet the deadlest personal insult and that the Woodruff County Vidette had seconded the motion, because, for sooth, we demanded for the publica- ton of ths proposed constitutional just exactly the sum pre- scribed by the statutes-no more and no less. It is to be supposed that the framers of the laws covering public kaew what they were about, Bro. Clark to the contrary, notwith They fixed the rate for le- gal advertising at one dollar per square for tho first insertion and fifty cents per square for each subsequent This is an equablc rate, is established by law and is all TnE TIMES demanded or had right to de- mand. Bro. Clark rages and rants and saws the air in a most distressful man. ner, and the froth which issues from his angry lips run clear down to the ground and form vast pools of indignation. If we did not know Bro. Clark so we'll we would naturally conclude he W as very violent, whereas he is quite harmless, and his case confirms our belief, w.aich has been established by long years of observation, that a man is not always an imbecile because the columns of his newspaper indicate him to be such. Bro. Clark is a real clever young gentlemen, though he don't know much about democatic usage and makes some terribly bad breaks oc- cassionlly. Not long ago he was about to read us out of the party, bag and baggage, because denial was given his positive assertion that the majority rule instead of the two-thirds rule gov erned in national democratic c0nven- Lions. Some time prior to that he placed a county judge in very awk- ward position by shrleking that "it took Judge - just two minutes" to read Long petitions and render decis- ion in I momentous case involving the interests. Yes, Bro. Clark IS all right, but he's young and extremely ignorant and indiscreet, but he will improve, we hope.
 The Vidette gets our idea correctly and if it would have joined us, as we it would, this fight would not have been single-hanied. The Vl- dette says.
 Several of our exchanges seem i'm elined to make sport of Bro. Vadakin of TIE FORREST CITY TIMES because Of the position he has taken on the publication