Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-05-28
"a WORD ABOUT WAR BULLETINS" -"

Here's All idea for some or our con-
temporaries who wish to seem to be
enterprising just row (no charge for
Ito: Get war bulletins and then get your
townsmen to pay for them, lean back
on your dignity and blow a little, make
the said townsmen come to the scratch
| if they get anything, and you may even
make small profits out of the transac-
tions, besides getting them to pay for
your own bulletins"
The foregoing is taken from the York
Vile Yeoman, and we 'surmise that it is
intended as hit at its enterprising local
contemporary, THE ENQUIRER, which is
one of number of papers in the state
that is getting war bulletins.
The Review is also one of the papers
receiving daily bulletins, and, though we
have no idea that The Yeoman is cutting
at us, we take this occasion to make an
explanation.
We commenced taking reports as soon
as the war began-over a month ago
and our main object in doing so was to
furnish our citizens and the public gen.
orally with the cream of the war news
while it is red-hot-right off the wires.
The recognized popularity of our bulle-
tins affords ample evidence of the peo-
ples' appreciation of our labors and ex-
pense in their behalf.
The expense, however, has not been
altogether borne by US. A number OF
citizens have from time to time yolun-
tarily contributed small sums toward
the payment of telegraphic bills, etc.
|
Ledger, has also kindly offered to help
us bear the expenses.
Still; with all the assistance that we
have received, we find the bulletin busi-
ness rather heavy tax upon us. AS an
instance of how the thing works, we had
to pay the telegraph company last Satur-
day bill of $3.50, when the total OF out
side contributions last week amounted to
only $4.25. 1t will be seen, therefore,
that the matter of getting war bulletins
is anything else but a money making
scheme on our part.-Lancaster Review.
For the benefit of The Review and
others interested, we will take occasion
to throw little more light on the subject.
Though our esteemed contemporary
will be surprised at the assertion, The
ENQUIRER has a number Of friends IN
the town who love it so we'll that they
would like to see it go to heaven, and to
their efforts to send it there, they give
about as much attention as they do to
their own business. Their laudable ef-
forts have cost them lots of money, to
say nothing of damages to conscience
but of these things they seem to take no
especial account. Just why they are so
interested, they have never said, and we
are only left to infer that they think with
THE ENQUIRER in heaven, they could
come much nearer running things their
own way on earth.
Well, however this may be, THE EN-
oU1RER has never been a squealer. 1t
has always believed that a newspaper, if
il would hold the respect of the people,
should be fearless and honest, never suf-
fering itself to be bulldozed into doing
things it ought not to do, and, above all
else, it should refrain from becoming
anybody's personal organ. Not only
these little details must it look carefully
after, if it would make legitimate claim
to the support of the people; but it must
ever be earnest, active and vigilant in
getting there first with the most news,
most intelligently, correctly and attract
lively presented. To do these things costs
much more labor and money than to
publish a personal organ, to be used as
anybody's football but a vast majority
of the people of York county appreciate
good thing and are willing to pay for it.
They do not "patronize" THE ENQUIRER
because it is "for the good Of the town."
or "the good of the county," or because
it is observing institution" but they
advertise in it, and they subscribe for it
simply because they know it can be de-
pended upon to give value received.
AS to this telegraphic news business, it
was commenced away back yonder as
soon as the war excitement seemed to de-
mand it. 1t was not as easy to get news
then as it is now. Our first dispatches
had to come long way, and they cost All
average Of one cent a word for telegraph
and two cents for the correspondent,
making total Of three cents word. BY
reference to our files, it was OH the 18th of
March when the service was commenced,
and it has been continued in every issue
since. After about month we were en-
abled to make arrangements whereby we
got Just as good service for about one
fourth that amount.
And now we come to another part OF
the story. All the subscribers to the
paper were, of course, delighted with the
enterprise shown. But there were others
who were not delighted. Some of them,
at first, told it that we were clipping our
"dispatcbes" from The Police Gazette,
New York Journal and other papers, and
setting up the dates, for it was impossible
for little county weekly to have CORES
pondents in London, Havana and else
where. Not satisfied with this, there was
an effort to get some little 'cOmpetitOn"