The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-09-20
COMMENTS.
Some OF the Vulnerable Points I'm the
Learned Professors Leiter-Im.
Piled Threats-He Gave to one
Paper Nearly Twice ny Much as the
Combined Amount Appropriated
to Fourteen Other Newspapers.

WHAT MR.. JOHNSON "INTENDRD."
Professor Johnson in the course of his letter
says:
ut was intended that at the next adver
tisement of the com mpetitive examination, the
fourteen week lies In which the advertisement
appeared only once should exchange places
with fourteen In which 1t appeared more than
once"
The Partially which has been shown be-
tween the weekly papers, and the favoritism
tor and the daily N,ws and Courier, with
which Mr.. Logan Is connected, together with
the fact that In one county, at lenst, the Till
man county paper received an order TO pub
li>h the advertisement four times, while the
Conservative competitor had an order 10 pub
liSh IL only once, may, and We believe does
account for the withholding Of the report for
which we have been calling so long.
Prof. Johnson says:
II believe that advertising pays"
Well, now, Professor are Won coming down
to Thai? ut pays How does It pay you
except In the autOcrttlc manner of dealing II
Out: You don't seem 10 understand that The
nd' ertsement of the examinations In no way
concerns the welfare or prosperity Of the Col
lrge. That money was appropriated specific
ally, and for no other purpose than 10 inform
applicants In every part OF the State when
they would be required TO stand their eXami-
nation. The money was appropriated fer the
benefit OF the people, and not for the purpose
of giving the President chance to reward
his friends or to punish those for whom he en-
terIalns dislike, as you seem 10 think.
HE PROPOSES TO WRONG THE CONSERVATIVE
APPLICANTS ny wITIIHoLnING IN
FORMATION FROM THEM.
Professor Johnson no doubt thought TO pun
ish the Press and Banner By the threat con-
veyed In his use of the word "intended,"
which shows plainly that he proposes here
after not 10 send the advertisement OF The
va m n n
Thus. To crafty tile personal spite at the
Press and BnnnPr, he proposes to do in the
future as he did this year, deprive the conser.
vatlve faction Of the democratic party OF this
county Il fair opportunity to win the schol-
arships, which the State, and not Professor
Johnson, is giving out He and Mr.. Logan
were careful TO advertise in one county paper
for four weeks TO the TillmanlteS. and gave no
notice at all to the Conservatives.
In order, therefore that the conserva-
tive faction in this county may sustain no
loss because of Professor JOhnsOn's spite at
us. we will hereafter publish that notice for
him, free of cost, If he will send the same to
us. This offer to stand good as long S he
chooses TO exercise his present partiality and
by giving one paper i'm Charleston and one
In Columbia one fourth of all the mon
ey at his disposal, and while Spartanburg
and Grcentile are denied any notice ut all
through their own daily newspapers.
AN EYE TO Politics.
These facts lead US to believe that Professor
Johnson has an eye to politics. He gives the
Daily Register the advertisement Tor
twenty four days. and publishes not a word
of IL in the Evening Journal, or the daily
State in the same city. II there was no poll
ties why the iavOIitism: Nothing has been
said about any notice having been given In
the tireeuviie News or the Sparianburg Her
aid. Both these papers are anti-ri!man.
The cities are nearly us large as Coumbla
Bot this v!rtuou> and Indignant. principal Of
the Winthrop School dverts 10 the support
of favored papers. money which should
have been spent 10 give due and proper no.
tce 10 persons in al! parts Of che State who
might wish To become competitors for The
prize which the State. and not Professor John
sou, proposes 10 give out.
PROBABLE REASON FOR GIVING THE ADvER'
| TiSEMESr TO THE NEWS AND COUR-
TER WHILE WTrIIlIoLpISG IT
FROM THE sun.
or course. everyhndy will attribute rfa-
son for giving the News and Courier twenty
four Insertions when the Evening sun, whose
circulation Is chiefly In the city, had no order