The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1892-07-13

his dictionary and get Webster's de6ni-
ton of the word reference" And we
would add that the editor who publishes
SANDER from another's utterance is
equally as guilty as the author of it
himself. "Ugly rumors that have been
floating about the State for years, and
which have never been contradicted,"
have nothing to do with tho question at
issue. 'sUgly rumors" person can
hear about public men and ofice-hold-
ers as well as private individuals almost
every day of tho year, and the editor of
the Advocate doubtless hears many Of
them. Let him publish few of them
and he will certainly find out what the
word reference means.
The Advocnte further says:
We did not say in our last issue what
us say, and if we had said it, any man
Who has sense enough to understand the
meaning of his mother tongue ought to
know that charge made against an in-
diyidual church member is not slander
on an entire denomination, and If he can't
c,m prehend such proposition as that
he ought to go back to college and gradu-
ate time or two more before undertak-
ing to edit paper.
AS the editor has refused to give us
the name of the Baptist who "drinks and
gambles," the natural inference is that
he is striking at the denomination. Spe-
city the individual member, and the
4tsv0case clears itself of any charge
against the entire denomination. Maybe
we have "not sense enough to under
stand the mother tongue" for the simple
reason. perhaps, that neither of the edi-
tors Of the INTELLIaENo.EE ever had the
good fortune to attend any institution Of
learning higher than common school.
But we are vain enough, at least, to think
that we know little about editing pa
per. AT any rate we need no advice In
that respect from the College-graduate-
editor OF The Advocate.
s As to the s'favored correspondent al
luded to, We are sorry to say he did con-
tribute few letters to the columns of the
INTEL11aEEcER, but as soon as we learn
ed his character we refused to allow him
any more space in our paper.
Editor Russell knows as well as he has
soul that he had some man connected
with the present campaign in mind when
he spoke of the Baptist "who CANDLES
and drinks" but that he has not the
courage or manhood to say to whom he
refers.
Why did he select only that special in
stance out of whole weeks campaign
ing for an editorials
Why is it that he still dodges our re-
quest for the name Of the "Baptist who
CANDLES and drinks"?
! Does telling the truth manifest an OWL
intention to do injury9
How much "christian courtesy to-
ward the Rey. Mr.. Richardson does the
Advocates editorial quoted at the begin
ming of this article manifest?
If the INTELL1eDNcERm madea "doscent
from the high plane of decent journalism"
it was to get down to the Advocats's edi-
torial in order to justly criticiso it..
In conclusion we would say tina; we
have no i'll will against Editor Russell,
but we think he should ''do unto others
as he would have them do unto him."
It is all right with him TO publish harsh
utterances and ISLANDERS about other peo-
pie, but the nome at his toes are lightly
tread upon, he begins to kick and make
personal matter of it. No further
apology is necessary.