Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-07-20
BOTH WE'RE RIGHT.

Mr.. ]. E. Thomas, who lives few
miles from Yorkville in the direction
of Beersheba, informed the reporter
few days ago of little discussion, the
real merit of which can best be ex-
planned by THE ENQUIRER.
The subject of the discussion was
freshness of The ENQUIRIES news,
and the participants were number of
subscribers, one Of whom gets his pa
per at Hickory Grove, and the others
by the horse mail on Wednesday and
Saturday mornings.
The subscriber who gets his mail at
Hickory Grove maintained that the
latest news in THE ENQUIRER was
day behind the daily papers of the
same date, and the others maintained
that the latest news was offered in The
ENQUIRER simultaneously with the
daily papers. A daily paper was pro-
duced and also an ENQUIRER, and up
on comparison it was found that The
ENQUIRER contained summary of
the most important news features that
were recorded in the daily. To all
appearances the Hickory Grove man
had lost the argument; but, as mat
ter of fact, both were right, and in or
der that the matter may be thoroughly
understood, it is we'll to explain.
Since the beginning of the war,
each issue of THE ENQUIRER has
appeared in two editions. One of
these editions is published at about
2.30 o'clock p. M, and the other be-
tween and 6. This is because of
the necessity of catching the north
bound o. R. & G. train, and the fact
that the afternoon telegraphic news
cannot be obtained in time for that
train. During the stage of the pro-
ceedings when most of the important
events were transpiring at Washing
ton, frequently we could get tele.
graphic matter in time for the first
edition; but of late very little has
come in before 8 o'clock.
Under the present arrangement,
THE ENQUIRER goes up the o. r. &
C. railroad on Tuesdays and Fridays
with the latest important news that is
contained in the daily papers of the
same date from the south, and the
second edition, published two or three
hours afterward, contains a telegraphic
summary of most of the more impor-
tant developments that are published
in the daily papers of the day follow
ing.
If, on account of our subscribers
up the o. r. & C. railroad, we should
hold back the first edition for the
telegraphic matter, then the paper
could not be sent until next day,
and as the result there would not
only be no gain as to the latest
war news, but there would be a
disadvantage of "a hours in the
matter of news Of local develop
ments, etc.
AS the result of the telegraphic
summary we are giving, subscribers
on the star routes have an advantage
of fully 1S hours over the daily papers.
For instance. the first daily paper
QOeS nOI come uere uutll dooue
o'clock a. m. Long before this the
country mails have left the postoffices
and the daily papers must lie over
until next day for new start. Even
without telegraphic service, THE EN-
oUIRER gets to its subscribers with the
latest news along with the dailies,
and with telegraphic service we are,
as stated, some 18 hours ahead.
We are sorry, of course, that we can
not give our subscribers up the 0. r.
& C. the benefit of the latest telegraph
ic news. If the schedules were lit
tie different we could do it at far less
expense than is involved in the send
ing out of two editions of each issue
but since our latest news is as fresh as
any other that goes by the same train,
there does not seem to be much
ground for complaint.
LOCAL LACONICS.
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