The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-21
Ehe Great City Charleston Against
The Country People of the State.

Ehe Great City of Charleston Against
"rhe "Conntry'' People of the State.
If the citizens of Charleston are human
they will next year have candldate lot gov
ernor mot necessarily Charleston MANI
whose competency as we'll as wishes they
may rely on and they will vote for him
the State. Charleston properly has shown q
conciliatory disposition. Now that she mas
been disgracefully imposed upon 6y Governor
Ellerbe acting from motives whose snowy
purity and sincerity are beyond suspicion.
she should at least command the respect OF
the State by resentng II in the only way sne
can. Home rule Is issue enough for Charles.
ton at least TO make the Kind OF hght that
Charleston Is capable OF when she Is thor-
oughly around."-Greenville News.
II the citizens of Charleston are crazy, they
the entire State solidfied against them and
their indiscreet adviser powerless 10 neip
them in his own county. This intlmaton
that Charleston must do this IN Srder ae 20 coh is
mand the respect OF the rest OF the State Is
moonshine. The rest of the State is not Jos
ing any sleep over Charleston's dlsaPpoint,
ments and this pushing OF Charleston lnto an
attitude Of hostility to the rest OF the S.aoe,
while well meant, Is ipjurious.-Charleston
Evening Sun.
We think the whole state OF South caro-
lima would make the cause OF Charleston
its cauee, If Charleston showed less OF a
rebellious spirit; and If that city appeared
more in sympathy with the laws OF the state,
and more in touch with the country" people
Charleston would find her truest and best
friends outside the limits of that city.
While we have no doubt of the loyalty OF
the newspapers that have in the past espoused
the cause Of Charleston-even II misrepre-
senting that city-but they have done more to
o,1d O n
that city than all else besides.
The course of the newspapers Of Charleston
have been exceptionally unwise in their
treatment Of the rest Of the state. In adopt
ing line of policy which has been irritating
TO the last degree no good has come to the
city.
The efforts Of the newspapers OF Charleston
in behalf Of the foreign born Illicit liquor
dealers-in disregarding the laws of their
adopted country-is. as far as we have been
able to learn, without precedent In the an
nails OF fnewspaperdom.
The Reform leaders have been treated by
the Charleston News and Courier in way
that has seldom been accorded to popular
leaders Of any other people.
No other city, as far as we know, has de-
clared open defiance to the laws of their
State.
The newspapers OF no other city have ever
shown as little respect for people outside OF
Charleston as we believe that Charleston's
morning newspaper has shown TO the
people Of South Carolina.
Ia the literary, the social, the commercial
or the business circles the people OF Charles
ton have no superiors. And, with all this, 1t
q octnniahino fhof fhaso ppnpla ui
allow their daily newspapers to misrepresent
them In politics and excite opposition to them
in every conceivable way.
On dead level, and when not moved by
personal dislike or contempt of others,
we believe that the people Of Charleston
are the finest and best specimens of individ-
ual citizenship TO be found in America.
The fact is-except in their contempt for
law and other people, together with SYM
pathy for dirty MISREPRESENTATION is a
city Of which all Of South Carolina would be
very proud, II they were properly treated by
those excellent people.
We quite agree with the Charleston Sun in
its opposition to the act OF pushing Charles
ton into an attitude OF hostility to rest Of the
State"
Charleston having run over this State SO
long, and having kicked up such a dust over
her determination TO break down one Of the
laws Of the State, that, speaking for this
newspaper, We are now afraid Of anything
that comes from Charleston-or is proposed
by that city.
There Is no need for Charleston to attempt
to open Illicit Italian bars In that city. The
probability is, that the people will
see to 1t that the liquor law is enforced, even
in that great and mighty city.
If Charleston could sit down little while
and behave herself, and stop the course Of the
News and Courier In stirring up strife, II
would be only short time until Charleston
would occupy her proper place In the politics
OF the State.
Under the circumstances, If Governor FL
lerbe had removed the Metropolitan police :,
he would today be looking into his open polit-
ical grave.
If Governor Ellerbe had gone back on his
friends to placate enemies who had no friend
ship for him, he would, In the minds and
hearts Of the people, be SO dead that he
would be unable to appear on the morning of
the general resurrection.
AS q native South Carolinian, who loves ev
cry part Of her soil and who Is proud OF her
history, we protest against the suicidal policy
which has been pursued by the News and
Courier In creating distrust OF a city which
is entitled to our love and confidence.
Charleston Is 80 full of herself and her
metropolitan ways that all the rest of the
State Is deemed country" In publishing
news from the more enterprlsing and wide
awake cities Of the State, the News and Cour-
Ter daily heads that information with "Our
Country Mail Bag" The idea OF the old dead
city Of Charleston, with not single prosper
GUS manufactury within its limits, deeming
letters from rtanburg as contributions by
way Of sour Country Mail Bag" Spartan
burg, Greenville, Anderson and others towns
In this State have ten times the enterprise
that Is made manifest in the city of Charles.
ton, and yet that selfsufficient city daily re.
minds the growing cities OF the Piedmont sec.
tlon that they are still In the country-coun-
try folk-and that Charleston is still the city.
Spartanburg and Greenville, with all their
thrift and enterprise are only suburban places
which contribute letters to the great metro
politan daily.
The people OF the various small cities NAV
be country folk-and they may live long
way from the battery, but in the struggle of
lie the small cities TEEN with men who are
just as able, just as good, just as manly, and
just as intelligent as the majority OF the citi.
zens who assume to sneer at and dub their
equals country" folk.