The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-10-14
NEWSPAPERS.
What the Charleston. Post Has TO Say

Tho co,nmbia State OF yesterday says:
The Abbeville Press and Banner is Crying L
out for leading daily PaPd PaPedi 70 FAST to prnci
,,na; ,iie ,rnth and honor" Can't The Press ana
banner suspend its bawling and try ana give
US weekly, paper Of as tas at H.
The post presumes to interfere oet"ee
these ouarrelsome brethren, for ootn are
wrong. l.. S,,o,n,y mistaken
several very respectable daily newspapers.
Our cherished neighbor Of Broad street os is a
good newspaper. True, II mas lIs ~eahn renesrEs
some III natured poet, and the neighoor re,
ferred TO is usually spoken OF as an "olu Iauy.
She has her faults. sometimes sac ls queIuI
ions and not al ways consistent. Some peoPle
maintain that her editorial policy would De
stronger If she purchased 1t 10 Allanta lIoin
a first rate plate-matter estaoiisn anu Stt
tied It neatly with saw. Otners suann I'm No. ~,
ferently holding that her utterances are pro-
found and erudite and worthy 70 swear oy'
But She has her good points whlch az re-
cognize. She is daintily printed anu sue nev1s 1s
and many admirable clippings. rake her an
in all, she is not so bad and snould not oe run
out OF town. Many more dlsfeputa9.e per w.
sons of her sex have escaped tHe oucklns
STOOL. We receive newspapers every day ior
which less can be said and for Wnlcn our ai'
lection is not so fervent and constant. ,,
The Abbeville Press ana bahner a,, suOau
"God created men little lower than the an an,
gels" and men are required, strange as Tue
paradox may seem, to manage even le"iuine
newspapers. pr ,hot tho
Columbia State Is respectable, truth-loVlng'
aggressive and honorable newspaper. some
and "fiies of the handle" 1t has habit OF
"slipping cogs." BY listening inteutiy some
can hear the wheels in its head grinding ana
Earring in manner to spread alarm ana yer.
M tt,a fnyof frI1T
much can be forgiven in The State ana we
should not like to imagine South Carolina
without it.. The State is easily worm zen
dollars year in advance. In fact. thQse VINO
buy 1t must make a pretty profit. we are
sure of that The State is robust, bright ana
never bilious and It's readers eaten an IN
fictitious glow of moral wealth and stlmula-
tion.
The State is grievously wrong in Its fling at
the Press and Banner. The Press and banner
can be irritating in the extreme. sometimes
the Press and Banner tempts us 10 Cali lnto
the sanctum our specialist IN PAD Language.
At other times, we conclude that the Press
and Banner is an object over which the
righteous should spend hours OF prayerlui
consideration. Nevertheless, the Press and
Banner is an admirable newspaper. IL IS a.
ways interesting, always teeming Win A0.
bevile news and always enterpplslbB. II
evidences the greatest care and industry and
its editorials have drectness which many
an editor Of great daily might envy. II tue
town of Abbevlle has no good weekly paper
then no town has.
When the antidispensary editor of The
Post reads The State. he fairly chuckles with
pleasure When he reads the Press aud Ban
ner, his brow knits and his nose rises high IN
the air. When the sound money editor OIL
The Post reads The State, his brow and DIS
nose are affected in the same disgraceful man.
ner but when the anti-dispenSaay editor OIL
The Post reads The State, this office Paradise
alley filled with sunshine.
And there are scores Of good papers In
South Carolinr. weekly and daily. Our press
compares favorably with the press OF Geor-
gia, North Carolina and Virginia and the
state has no reason TO blush for 1t. True.
there are some papers In the state which dis
grace their constituencies. There may be
one daily paper with no more character than
can be obtained for aQuarter and some OF the
weekies have no possible excuse for their
sip-Shod methods and imperfections. Yet
they have their friends. Tastes differ. We
have some clippings in a scrap book going 10
prove that there are intelligent beings in ex
istence who do not consider The Post worthy
thrippence a century. who actually regard
The Post as vicious and wicked, and they
have q perfect right to their sorrowful per
verated opinions, Who shall gainsay them
Newspapers must differ They are built
differently. 1t is best that they should no,
agree Out of their controversies their read
ers frequently learn something. Inc news
paper reader is not a fool. The more sensl
bile specimens read and max up their minds
for themselves.
SO long as newspapers fight each other and
each others utterances and policies, the
general result is good to all concerned. Inc
danger Is when newspaper editors descend te
make personal their attacks on their breth
rep. The moment a name Is called In new
paper controversy, the probability rises OF :
nasty mud .fiinging and indecent Wrangle Oh
fensive 10 the public.