The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-03-21
A STATEMENT.


Trained from noticing the mouthings aud
gross misstatements Of the alleged pub
fishers Of an afternoon paper Of this
town. with even the semblance of a
reply. but there is limit to our endur.
auce. In taking this position we have
been fully sustained aud complimented
by the intelligent portion Of the people.
However, the article appearing in the
News Of last evening under the caption
Of Contemplate Meanness, is so full Of
glaring talsehoods and not only reflects
upon the personal character Of the pub
fishers Of this paper, but upon the com
mittee having in charge the Annuncia-
tion Sunday school entertainment as well.
that we are compelled to depart from this
rule.
The article is so grossly erroneous. con
temptible and malicious that brief and
digniied statement on our part is deemed
advisable, in justice both to ourselves
and the entertainment committee Il
might not be out Of place. however. to
state right here that since the present
proprietors assumed control Of the HER
AID it has been our well defined policy
TO conduct the paper strictly upon bust
ness principles, giving to all due consid.
Grafton without regard to race. color or
creed" and the success of the paper.
financially and otherwise, is partly due
primarily to this well defined policy.
Our success, too, may be the cause of this
malicious and cowardly attack, based
upon falsehoods pure and simple, on the
part of our evening contemporary.
Now as to the facts. The Daily News.
whose accredited publishers are NJ. E.
Doyle and Martin j. Lawlor. in its issue
OF last evening, charges the publishers of
the HERALD with receiving four com.
plimentary tickets from the Annupeia.
tion Sunday school entertainment com.
mittee, having them reserved and then
disposing of them at fifty cents apiece
and pocketing the money which ought
to have gone into the box Office receipts
in the theatre"
The News publishers also charge us
with accepting the courtesies OF the com.
mittee and then refusing to give the en-
tertainment complimentary notice in
exchange We desire to state right here
that the HERALD refuses almost weekly
to extend such courtesies to shows that
appear in the theatre. If they want to
use our columns they must pay for it, as
a purely business transaction. But in
the case Of the Ahnunoation entertain.
ment we deviated from that well estab.
lished policy and gave the entertainment
on three different occasions compli-
mentary notices-exsctly the same num-
Der that the News gave them, the pub
fishers of which paper did all their
printing, and hence were well paid for
their notices, while the HERALD did not
ask for or receive one penny, and vet
gave an equal number of notices. with no
expectation whatever of any compensa-
tion,
So the HERALD it is plain to be seen,
was not the party that Disseminated.
The News further publishes deliberate
and malicious falsehood when it says:
They [the HERALD publishersl sent
them 1.-THE ticketsl to Kirlin's drug store
where the chart was open and reserved
four Of the best seats in the house. and
on Friday evening, when seats for the
entertainment were at a premium, sold
them for 90 cents apiece and pocketed
the cash,
That the above statement is un.
qualifiedly false, we publish below the
signed statement of the gentleman
referred to
sHENANDuAH, PA, March q, 1899.
EDITOR EvESISG HERALD I'm reply to
your request for information as to whether
or not any one connected with the EVENING
HERALD applied for any reserved seats or
checks on complimentary tickets for the
Annuneiation Sunday school entertainment.
would say that no such application was
made, and no such seat or check was issued
TO any one connected with the EVENING
HERALD. P. p. d. KIRLIS.
This in itself ought to be sufficient
refutation of the charges so far as the
publishers of this paper are concerned.
But if any further proof is necessary we
would add that the complimentary
tickets received from the committee are
still in our possession, and therefore
could not have heen disposed of. We
have shown these to member of the
committee to-day. Furthermore, the
HERALD contributed financially to the
entertainment, which is probably more
than did the man who penned the charges
of contemplate meanness."
We are reluctant in giving this mat
ter so much notoriety, in Difference to the
members Of the Annunciation entertain
ment committee, most of whom are warm
friends and admirers of the HERALD,
but the article in the News is so erro.
neOus and maliciously libelous upon the
publishers Of this paper, that to pass them
by with silent contempt, as is usually
our custom, might be accepted as an
acknowledgment on our part Of their
tFuthfnlness.
We know not who furnished the pub
fishers of the News with their informa-
tion-Or rather misinformaton-but this
we do know. The article in its entirety
is base fabrication. The newspaper
fraternity is indeed at low ebb when
men of the profession stoop to such dis
reputable acts as the publishers of the
News did in this instance, when they en-
deavOr to stir up race feeling which
might be used to injure more successful
contemporary and rebound to their
own pecuniary benefit. Fortunately
for the honor Of the fraternity in this
county, complaints of this kind are rare.
Newspaper ethics would teach the fair
and impartial editor to first make
inquiry to ascertain the truthfuluess of