The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-10-04
PrOfe ssOr JOhnson's Letter,
Winthrop Normal College,
sss. Presidents Office.

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Editor Prons and Banner: >i' ~ .>''''' ''''''l
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. Correct but one error OF your last issue.
and 1sesd ne ~ = III, iu1oi, ss,ieA here
TsYou nov assert. tsi,ou assiiraed facis. that
politics erifsre6 mo the ad vertisfnr a. this
founded ana untrss Il Il % onIy' nesssS3r1 "a f6
state that we adveftised IN the NeyTs ~ 3,oss-
rier. the State. the Rsrfsfsr. and enc (3reSs,-s
willie NeWs-daily pafers rnnreeenffnr fh]s
three sections OF the State--aff had ANY ~
sertions in the News and Courier sGud tn
Greenyille News and weekly insertioss n, ftls5
State and the Register. Your atten1nt theIis.
fore, to drag the matter into politics and a
break down the force Of the certificates sub<.
mitted with nay Communication utterly fails.
There seems to me to be no excuse for your
mistake in these facts as you exchange with
all OF the papers Of the State aud could easily
was running. .0I-.
The advertisement is not intended solely to
advertise the competitive examinations ss
necessity Of advertising In daily papers as ali
other educational institutions In The State do.
The one hundred dollars was the whole
amount appropriated for all the advertising
OF this institntion. With this one hundred
dollars it was Impossible to advertise in all Of
the papers Of the State or to advertise for the
full time In fifty. ANY one who has tried It
knows this to be fact.
those papers that could not be fully used at
this time, for want Of money, should be more
fully utilized on another occasion.
You should not nave 1elt sllgnted, tnen, pc
cause the Press and Banner Was onered only
one insertion for this time. And you did
wrong TO deprive your subscribers OF the TO
| tlce OF the competlIlye examinatlon pecause
you were not sa1asned WIN tne price one onerea
| by Mr.. Logan. Why did you not 90 with II
as you did with the Citadel advertisement,
sent you by Mr.. Logan-put 1t in and charge
more than the amount offered7
| AS newspaper man you must know that
| the first few insertions of an advertisement
cost great deal more than subsequent inser.
tions-that twenty-four insertions In the same
paper will not cost anything IKE twentyfoaf
you deliberately make the misleading state
ment that the forty.eight insertions In the
two daily papers, IN which daily insertions
one hundred and pinety-eight insertions in
the fifty newspapers. WHY did Won make
snch a STATEMENTS
| do not object To criticism of any of my
T.s as mnen ny hnnesty ~ nprnose
mhiich ynn he1e indLioad IN and that Too
without first making any effort whatever to
ascertain rom me ire facts. See yonr first
aditorjaI
There 10 nou spre,v No excuse for further
70 ni,NSnJ 10 vnn concernino the advertis
Inc conf racff ~ he Winthron College,.
| p have eiven Won The nnrnber Of pa pers III.
~ renresantiny everv conntv Of fbe State.
fssnnd vo,1 aireadv knaw their names from oh.
Servino the advsrtisement as II has been run.
nIra ie uonr e,ohanaaS Htha nnmher Of inser.
tinns y i6s anS iha amnnnt maid for service.
siO6 no SHu Se houa eent Won the Ger,
,iScates nt twn God newsnaner men certify.
nn 80 ,bese Soe,S and :" ne additional fact
ths VI oneSe IaSto auu w oood ono for this in
Stiav,inn nnvssS seIected the papers for
the odUart,ssnant onS not Mr. Logan. and
aa au oovared e,3tiraiv hv desire To accom-
r,1, s,ost hor ,bts i,,niion and the girIs of
plisS W tnos' 'T' LIZ LIZ sSn,nn that Won have no
Grornd Sor yomr mischieyous assestion that
stfoa o,Syr'ad 1oi yd Ihe dstrihntion of the adj.
| that pur ad yertIsIpg agent, Mr.. Logan, has re-
| tnrned to the College the unexpended BAL
ance. three dollars, OF the money paid him
for ad yertisipg. have the additional fact TO
add. that the advertisement seems to have &C