Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1893-01-12

advertisements for the least money" |
fail to share the sentiment Of the latter
part of this sentence, for it seems to me
.,,at the Commissioners must have known
mat they could have got the same pub
licity given the county advertisements
for less. none; at least, to read your
editorial, upon which l am now COM
menting, one would think so.
'The County Commissioners recog-
nized the fact thata newspaper cannot
give its space for the county advertising
for nothing" believe it would be more
expensive for either of our county papers
to leave off the county advertising
than it would be for them to
publish it for nothing, "a as factions
speak louder than words, it would seem
that my opinion along this inc is but a
quotation from the KEowEE COURIER,
for it did do the county advertising last
wear for rcthlng, and offered to do it
again this year for 81. take it that any
sensible man will not do and persist in
doing what he knows he cannot afford
TO DO.
when viewed from the standpoint of
economy. retrenchment and reform the
action of the Board of Commissioners
must be received with satisfaction by the
tax-paying public at large" Now don t
think at all like the COURIER along this
line. for last year both our county papers
offered by seated bids {at least, 50 l
understood) 70 do the printing for $50
(thc Ne,cs SD and the COURIER S40>,
just the amount that each is getting this
wear. The advertising was awarded TO
The Ne,rs for S25 and could have been
given to both papers, according to their
sealed bids. for S65. Now, when we
come 10 consider that the amount to be
pad this year is twice the amount that
botl. sealed bids called for last year.
fail 10 see any trace whatever of economy.
retreuchmcnt and reform about the mat
te:.
.As matter OF abstract justice there
is no more reason Cor requiring the press
To work for half rates, or less, than there
is for paving the Sheriff, Cle:k of Court,
or any other officer, the same reduced
ratio of the compensation allowed by
law I fail to see any analogy what
ever between the cases. would rather
think the county advertising comparable
with other work let by the Commission
ers. such as making roads, building
bridges. etc. Dear COURIER. speaking
about being required to do the county
advertising for half rates, etc. will say
that | am OF the opinion that they are
not required to do it at Il unless they
wish to. l don't understand that you
would be any more required to do oul
county printing for half price, or less
than Nr. Kaufman would be to build q
bridge the same way. think Mr. X
VIII not so act ii he knows it, and il yor
do act so. it seems TO me. it is your owr
fault and you have only yourself to blame
when blacksmith sharpens 2low
or .nends wagon he charges reasona
BILE compensation for his time and labor.
Correct. dear COURIER. and l, as one Of
the craft mentioned, will say that l have
never been offered more for my Work
than I charged, and Will say further thai
If the time ever should come when any
OF nv patrons will offer me for my wori
65 times as mach as the sum for which
offered 20 do il. sincerely hope the pro
per authorities Will look after the one II
error.
Because circumstances may be such
that for a season he (the press may be
forced to give his time and labor for
nothing. is no adequate reason why any
fair and just person should take advant
are of his necessities in such an extrem
itv.'' Now. in view of the fact. that the
KEowEE COURIER was actually forced las
year. bv circumstances over which it hac
no control. to do our county advertising
for nothing, thereby losing from $50 tt
500, it may be that our charitable
County Commissioners did the righ'
thing when they arranged to make 1t
present OF $6., or give 1T sixty-tvt
times as much for its work this year as
it charged: but. before l can enlist as
sympathizer with such an arrangement
should like to know how and why th'
COURIER was forced to do the work a
al. When the COURIER says, or init
mates. it was .forced to DO the advertis
Ing last year for nothing, what does l
mean? Does it mean it was compelled
bS law to do the advertising, or does i
mean that it was forced TO do the count,
printing, because of its being necesslt,
10 the continuance of its existence ant
prosperity? Ii by the former, and it b.
true, | am sympathizer with the ar
rancement Of the Board of Commission
e,s, but. if by the latter, must say tha
don't see why the COURIER shoul'
want TO charge so much for what is
necessity to its continued existence am
prosperity. If being forced to do tn
county printing for nothing is not at
tributable TO one of the above causes
please state to what it is attributable
Now, dear COURIER. pal pa'-paladiur
OF liberty" if know myself (and l tras
do. at least better than he who offer
to do jobs of work for from $50 to 30
times less than he can afford to) l hav
no desire whatever to throttle th
press. the "pal-paladium Of liberty, a
YOU have intimated, nor do | entertal
any antipa,hy to you or any of your as
socia,es aud would most respectfully II
form YOU that my being .'niggardly, pal
srmonious and narrow-minded," as yo
have put it, is not from choice, but fror
the result of my understanding Of th
matter in question, which your so-calle
explanatory editorial tailed to change
don't regard yonr explanation as bein
~ oil aynI;cit or satisfactory to all reS