The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-11-14
Correcting a Contemporary.

Correcting u Contemporary.
Under the caption Conformation
Wanted the Aiken Times inquiries
HWill the Greenville News or the Lsu-
rens ADVERTISER tell III by what rule
or principle they are governedp" and
makes an effort to point out q number
OF inconsistencies that this paper has
been guilty of. We take pleasure in
answering the criticisms relying on the
fairness and courtesy of the Times to
place our defence before its readers.
The Times, misrepresentation of
THE ADVERTISER we believe were
unintentional and we have no doubt
that it will hasten to correct them.
The Times begins by saying that
"They (The G%reenville News and the
A~DyERTIsER) praised Earle year
and 'cussed' him the next" 1t is not
true that the ADVERTISER "cussed"
General Earle. 1t has never abused
him nor spoken harshly of him at any
time.
Next The Times charges, and
with truth, SO as far as we are concern
ed, that "They denounced the AL
lance for teaching Populistic doc
trines and d%enounce it now because it
doesn't go into the Populist party"
We do denounce the Populistic doc-
trines and confess q contempt for the
hypocricy that permits one to advo-
cate them and yet claim to be a Demo-
crat. Does The Times admire the man
whose vote betrays his political creed?
The Times follows with this:
They claimed hat the anti option
bill kept cotton down. The anti OPP
tion bill was killed, so was the price of
cotton.
The ADVERTISER files will show that
it said nothing of the kind, that it ex-
pressed no opinion as to the effect of
the Anti option bill.
Another foundationless charge with
reference to us is this:
They attributed the panic to the
Sherman bill. The Sherman bill
have been falling ever since. They
lauded the fillibustering tactics against
the "Force Bill" but denounced the
same against the Silver bill.
Since the repeal of the Sherman act
there has beer no epidemic OF bank
failures and it is again possible to ne
gotiate loans. The panic is over. Never
has The ADVERTISER "lauded" tilibus-
tering on any account since the present
editor has been in control.
Here is a sentence that is absurdly
untrue because we denounced Hill as q
selfish demigogue in our issue of week
before last:
"They] denounced Hill last year. This
\ year they applaud him."
This charge is equally himsy:
''They honored and respected Butler,
tho vanquisher of Watson. Now he is
the vilest nan in the State"
The ADVERTISER has spoken in But
ler's defense within the last month and
not an unkind criticism of him has ever
appeared in our columns,
This caps the climax of the Times
chain of funny mistatements:
"You have denounced all the Refor-
mers repeatedly. Now you pat the
back of Farley, Shell, Harris ct al"
Within the last few weeks THE AD-
has mentioned both Farley
n Shell in terms which those gentle
men would not construe as indicating
political friendliness. Nor did THE AD-
VERTISER neglect to condemn the APP
pointment Of Harris as postmaster at
Union.
The Times closes the arrangement
thus:
'There are others too numerous to
mention. Can you explain your in
constituencies?
Gov. Sheppard, beware, they have
sung your praises and heralded your
virtues to the world; but remember
the past history of these papers, for
they will surely turn against you and
then you a find a home only in the
house of your antagonists"
To prove the defense we have made,
we challenge reference to Our files.
The Times ought to learn that it is
possible for a paper to be bold in de-
claring it's conviction and at the same
fair in it's treatment OF men and meas
ures.
These charges of The Times are no
less truthful than the average of them
made against THE ADVERTISER. We
publish them as an average sample of
Reform accusacy.
Our Contemporary, the Cotton Plant.