The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-09-12
Wednesday, Sept. IL, 1894.
Redeeming Feature.

Redeeming Feature.
News and Courier may be found in the fact
that it always devotes at least one day in the
year to the boosting Of the State, and TO the
advertising Of the business interests Of the
city Of Charleston. About the first Of Sep
tember in each year, 1t, for a day at least, lays
aside its persistent efforts to bring the people
Of South Carolina into ridicule and for that
length OF time ceases its labors to bring
the officers Of the State into public contempt
For that much of surcease from grumbling
and faultfinding the whole State ought to be
profoundly grateful.
Since that paper started its warfare against
the "Three-fora-Quarter Statesmen" 1t has
shown little sympathy with the mass Of the
people living outside Of the city of Charles.
ton. During that period the walls of wrath
have been opened on the popular candidates
for office, and even the best efforts Of the lie.
gally constituted officers of the State have
failed to escape the censure and condemna.
tion OF that paper.
For the advancement of the interests OF
that city, little or nothing has been done, ex
cept TO array the people of Charleston against
the country people, and in turn to ALLEVIATE
country friends and customers Of that paper
and OF that city.
In the trade issue the News and Courie er
proves conciusively that the city still has some
commercial importance despite the almost
daily efforts Of that paper to ALLEVIATE the pso-
pie from the city.
The report goes to show that neither Till.
man nor the News and Courier can destroy
that old city which has survived the male.
dictions Of Tlllman and the warfare OF their
own newspaper.
After the death Of Mr.. Seigling, and when
Mr.. Simons was elected President of the
News and Courier Company, the report was
gladly received that that paper would hence
forth cease its blind warfare on the people
whose friendship was worth more than their
ill-will, and whose patronage is Of advantage
both to the city and TO its newspaper.
The report being that the paper would
hsnceforth be conducted on a fair and lib
eral plain, without compromising any prin-
ciple, was grateful intelligence to public
which was tired and wearied with 80 much
faulthnding, and to whom The never-ceasing
accusations. and expressed dislike for the pub
lie officers, was alike irritating and disagree
able.
II the News and Courier Company under its
new president, has been waiting for suitable
South Carolina, or to show its friendship
for them, IL can now do SO - beginning
with the recent trade issue, which is a marvel
OF reportorial and typographical excellence,
abounding In valuable statistical and histor-
heal Information which the public could no
where else find.
The country people 90 not expect, and do
not ask the News and Courier to espouse their
cause.
But the respectable country people do desire
and have right to expect that that paper
will treat them with at least the considera-
tion that is given to lawless liquor selling
people Of Charleston.
Let the News and Courier be fair to every
one and publish newspaper for all the peo-
pie Of South Carolina.
Let the News and Courier stand to its hon.
est convictions forever, but let it not forget
that the country people are sensible and hon.
est, and will likely stick TO their convictions,
until their sense is appealed to, and until
their reason is convinced to another way OF
thinking.
Let the News and Courier not forget that
the country people are both sensiti We and sus-
ceptible. They receive malignant darts with
resentment, and they honor and love the
opposing newspaper which treats them
with fairness and clvility. Then II the News
and Courier would show itself friendly, even
those who disagree with 1t in principle,
would respect its principles and honor the
paper.
While we do not doubt that the lawless ele-
ment Of Charleston fully and thoroughly en-
dorse all that the News and Courier may say
in contempt for the dispensary law and in
rldicule Of the officers of the State, as chosen
by the people, yet We believe 1t is a fact that
it is not the best journalism TO adopt course
which is offensive to convictions of right-as
seen by the country at large, and to which the
best and most conservative element Of the
Anu-Tiliman faction cannot give hearty ap-
proyal.
Safeguarding or ridiculIng the Reform
leaders appeals to nobody's reason, and has
no other effect than to destroy the respect
for the newspaper which adopts 80 unwise and
SO suicidal q course.
II those people who differed from the News
and Courier were treated with more respect,
that paper would have more friends, and Its
power for usefulness would be increased q
thousand-fold.
The people everywhere In South Carolina
want to subscribe for the News and Courier,
and will do 50 If the new company or the old
editor-whose ability is doubted by none-will
only adopt a just. a reasonable, a sensi.
BILE, a respectful, and proper course OF
treatment toward country people and politi.
cal opponents.
No Intelligent man, with an honest heart
in South Carolina objects to an editor differ
ing from him, II the difference Of opinion IL
respectfully expressed. But the editor who is
disrespectful, losses public patronage. and be
comes a fire brand, rather than an arbiter o.
peace and counsellor OF wisdom.
Notwithstanding the fact that the News
and Courier has needlessly and uselessly Of
fered editorial insult, and added malignant
vituperation in its headlines, there are
many thousand people in South Carolins
today who wish to subscribe for the
weekly, and hundreds who wish to sub
scribe for the daily-and would do so-if the
News and Courier could rise to the dignity O.
publishing q newspaper, which is fair to all
and which would malisn none. Vituperatior
and abuse are quite different things from the
defense Of principle and the proclaiming o
good doctrine, to which none-friend or foe
would object.