The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1894-06-13
WE BEG PARDON.

Brother Kirkland is so puffed up in
his own conceit and with his very great
greatness that he terms it "a piece OF
impertinence" for a little country ed
itor even to have the temerity to sug-
gest man worthy to be his successor.
A couple of weeks ago The Herald and
News very modestly suggested that as
Dr. Kirkland had been called to higher
and larger field we thought that Rev.
+. Walter Daniel would make worthy
successor as editor Of the Southern
Christian Advocate. That was our
opinien then, and is our opinion now.
We did not care snap what the pub
fishing committee thought about it.
We really did not know who they were,
and do not suppose they saw our sug-
gestion, and our. good Brother Kirk
land is very careful not to mention the
name of the gentleman we suggested.
We doubt if he knows that we sug-
gested his name. Certainly we did not
tell him.
Does Brother Kirkland doubt or
question the worthiness Of the man we
suggested, and if so, why? Hear what
he says: "This may be all very true,
but why should we go to a member of
the Lutheran Church to learn who
ought to be editor of a Methodist pa
per?" It mag be true, eh? Why then
this doubt over it? Is it not true that
Brother Kirkland has some man that
he wants to take his place? If not,
why should he become so indignant at
a simple suggestion. and expression of
opinion? IF he has such great conf
dence in the publishing committee,
and is not trying to influence them in
favor of his man, why should he work
himself into such rage over a simple
suggestion? Surely he did not fear the
influence of the suggestion on the COM
mittee? We opine that if we had
struck his man there would not have
been so much fireworks and rage in
the columns of the Southern Christian
Advocate at a simple little suggestion.
But then BRO. Aull is a Lutheran,
and any suggestion from him is imPer-
tinent." Bro. Aull is member OF the
Lutheran Church, but The Herald and
News is no more a Lutheran paper than
it is a Methodist paper. And we have
noticed that heretofore and on any
other subject when The Herald and
News said kind word about Meth
odist brother, as it has often been our
pleasure to do, it was not.only not con-
sideled ''impertinent," but was copied
in the Advocate. Petty and Wood are
not Lutherans, and suggestions from
them for DR.. Kirkland's place were
considered equally ''impertinent." Bro.
Aull being Lutheran is not the milk
in the cocoanut.
The Herald and News gives Bro.
Kirkland notice that it matters very
little to US who the publishing COM
pany may select, but we also desire
him to understand that be cannot keep
Us from having an opinion and giving
expression to it, even if it be in the
matter of his successor. What his
opinion of it may be does not concern
US in the least. We rather think, how
ever, from all that Bro. Kirkland has
said in the Advocate recently on this
subject that in his opinion it will be
impossible for the publishing commit
tee to find a man in the Methodist Con-
ference or out of it who can fill his
place.
Now We most humbly beg his par
don, since we decided to make sug-
gestion, that We did not suggest the
man Bro. Kirkland is trying tc get the
publishing committee to name as bis
successor, but you know it is not al
ways true that all greoi minds run in
the same channel, and having made a
suggestion we still stand by it.