The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-03-25
"STOP AND THINK. /"
The Charleston Post Makes SugSes.
tion to the Press and Banner
And the Press and Banner Makes
Suggestion 10 the Charleston


u Suggestion 10 the Charleston
Post.
In Abbeville, S. c.. is published newspaper
called the Press and Banner. II Is one ol tne
best weekly papers published anywhere. IN
most respects it is a credit 10 ApoeNliie tnu ~, "
the Journalism OF South Carolina. let ior
some strange reason 1t Is perpeiually saying
bard things about Charleston. we are un-
able TO understand it. The editor of the Press
and Banner Is a good citizen. he rs a man OF
sense and much Information. CnarieStoli na. u =
harbored here against him or the people mo
support his paper. He ought to be aole 10 un-
derstand that the self imposed task OF pre)u'
dicing the country people Of AbbeVllle against
This city, OF inspiring them with distruSt ana
suspicion OF the metropolis OF the state' IL
not high and worthy one.
II the editor of the Press and Banner Will
come TO Charleston, he VIII ma thal no II,
feeling is cherished here againgnt the section
of the state that he represents and ne Will go
home TO cease his pesstent efforts 10 create
the impression that Charleston is center oi
outlawry. He Will find, moreover, that De
cause q people may despise the dispensary
system Is not a reason 10 coDdemn tnein as
unworthy OF The regard of their fellow Gill
izens The Press and Banner, which forever
breaches the doctrine Of political charity,
should be broad nough not to class an VINO
disagree with his views on the liquor issue as
part OF what he is pleased TO call the oar-rooih
element.
If the editor of the Press and Banner will
stop Tor moment ana consiuei, we peiieHe ,e
that he will come TO the conclusion that ne
has been wrong and unjust In using MS news
paper as an agency TO 90 tnls CITY ndrm'-
Charleston Evening Post.
In reply TO our respected brother editor we
would say that II is not the Press and Banner
that is prrjudicing the public mind. That act
has been and Is being done by the city press,
and not by the Press and Banner.
A thousand times the daily press nave
shown their disrespect for members OF the
Legislature-a majority OF whom come from
the country.
A thousand times the city press have deneo
the laws OF The State.
Daily the city press are seeking 10 orlns lhe
metropolitan police into public disfaVor.
The city press proclaim In prejudiced way
that members OF the old police have oeen re-
moved.
1t has been admitted again ana again lna'
the dispensary law was violated.
1t Is notorious fact that one hundred and
fifty citizens OF Charleston have taken United
States license. and are presumably doing thelr
iilegtimate business right uhuer !he noses VI
police that have not done thelr outy; ,o,,.
III the new polce commissioners uo @ tmeti
duty they will see that these derelict police.
men discharge thelr dnty, or eise tnat Tue ias'
one OF them is discharged from the iorce. "a, a.
honest men they cannot Keep men III Tue ser
vice who are unfaithful to their duty.
|. 1t Is moi the Press ana Banner that insists
that Charleston is the center OF outiawry. ~
Is tue udliy press Vi luc SilS sAoe hoe NoAo
this.
We wish that our friend would undersl lano
that we do not say that the daily press have
in actual words done these wicked things, out
we do assert most positively, without reSerVa
tion that the city press has made the impress
ion OH our mind which we have put In words.
In nothing Of the bitterness that we have
seen in the city has there been anything 10
excite our sympathy In their defiance OF the
whiskey law.
There has been no dispassionate appeal 10
our sense of right in ther protests. II Char
lesion Will show US wherein she Is right anu
wherein she is mistreated, that grand ola city
will have no more Jealous friend than the
Press and Banner. This paper always takes
the side of the oppressed. But Charleston oy
her unwse and impolitic exhibit Of herself
excites all the opposition possible. If Char.
lesion will obey the law and will put herse II
TO the trouble of showing to us the iniQuities
of the law, If any exist, we pledge our re-
spected friend that we will never cease TO de
lend the city until her wrongs are righted.
But when that city assumes 10 be better