The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1894-03-07
TITS NONE OF OUK QUARREL.
Bat We Give ''0re Of Your Foo E"tGTIn-
ers as He Styles Htms-li. SpaC" &" All
iiis Niewa and Have HI. Say-lhiA
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: Bat We Give "One Of Your Foo E";orm
! ers. as He Styles Htms-lf. SpaC" {" Air
His Yiesa and Have HI. Say-Ihia
l. Suppn-t6 to he "a Froe Country.
MR. EDITOR: For the first time in
my life | attempt to write a few lines
for a newspaper. ] have always re-
! gardti newspaper writing prett"
poor job. But hope if make a mis-,
take the public will excuse the, for any
Of Us is liable to make mistakes. Now
! friends. my reasons for writing these
! few lines are AZ follows:
, You are all aware that Mr.. ClperS
has been turned out Of the Press and
Reporter office as editor. Now, friends.
when the owners OF the Press and Re-
porter dis missed Mr.. Capers without a
cause, I could not stand it any longer,
! but thought would write few lines
in his defence. When we study the
matter as We should, any sane man
must come to the conclusion that Mr..
Capers was turned out for political rea-
sons only.
My solution to the question Of his
being dismissed is, that by making the
Press and Reporter an anti paper, the
Reformers Of Newberry County would
be compelled to read an anti paper or
else they would be debarred from read
ing any OF their own county papers at
ali. Now, Refornlers, study the mat
ter and see if am not right.
My dear owners Of the Reporter, yOu
must recollect that the RcfOrmers made
the Press aud Reporter what it is to-
day, and when you try such an under
handed game as that you can we'll iul-
agiDe that we will take it as an insult.
For set Of men to turn out man like
Mr.. Capers, and bring a man Out of
The State office in Columbia to edit a
Reform paper, is enough to make the
blood boil in any true RefOrner's
veins.
My dear ants, you may beat US in
the next election, but you can never do
it in such way as that. You are try
ing to deprive rs Of seeing our side
of the question; you want to keep
US in the dark. That has been your
game all the time; but when you judge
us to be set of fools, you are badly
mistaken. The very fact of your try
ing to keep us in the dark is proof
enough that we are right and you !
know it.
How long, oh Reformers, can /
We stand such as this? Our IA
theirs did not teach US to uphold any ,
such work as this. God forbid that T
because men have little money, they |
should use it in such a manner as that.
Honorable men, teach your children
to ever look down upon such work.
And now to you who have made the
change. We do not wish you or your
paper any harm. We have always re-
srected the people Of Prosperity, and
some of the owners of the
but think that you have
treated US wrong. You knew that We
were strong supporters of the Reporter,
ard you also knew that we believed
Mr.. Capers to be a true friend to the
farmers and laboring class Of people,
and l firmly believe that is one Of
your reasons for dismissiGg him. But
we would have you understand, that
because We do not own large stores
and live in palaces, is no reason that
We should be forced to read neWspa-
per that speaks against the principles
that we are fighting for. You may
sell our lands and refuse to lend Us
helping hand, but you can never buy
our principles or make US uphold
doctrine that we believe 10 be wrong.
Dur fathers who laid down their life
blood on many a hard fought battle
field were true 10 their colors. Their
heroic courage and love for principle
still cling to US. We are true 70 our
country and to our friends. Self-inter-
EST nor the greed for money ran make
Us uphold wrong cause.
Now, friends, what l have written
s simply in defence of Mr.. Capers and
he Reformers, and not because l have
any i'll will against Mr.. Whites. I
know nothing about him, but I do
know that his father has been a bitter
anti; and as long as Mr.. r. /. Whites
1as been working for The State don't
see how he could be otherwise.
Yours truly,
One OF YOUR Fool REFoRMERs.