The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-01-24
no ''DFtICIti. DI,CKIMINAlION

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| no ''nFtIClti. DI,CKIMISAIION"
| The Observer owes it to It's Suh.rrh,r,
I" explain why lis supplements of las,
| week were 50 la,r IN reaching them
| he rXpl ration is this:
When the supplements came ON Tues
| I " at midday we went at once to- the.
oSt"itirr ami inquired OF Assistant Post
| mHslrr Bowman \rtInH Postmaster BY
num no, being III il We could send the
supplements ont that might He replied
positively that we could Not that the
law did not permit il. There WAS nothing
| else for MS to DO but wait tor the rvuuLr
| issue OF Friday; and the Supplements,
lay i'll our Office until Thurs,rv night,
and were mailed with the regular FRIDAY
paper. Accidentally we discovered on
| Thursday night that, while Ihc
| Observer supplements had been refused
| admission OH Tuesday, the Herald and
| News supplements, which were also the
governor : message, We're permitted to
80 through the roStnthcc tha, night
| SO that 1t was not on fault Il, a., that the
Herald and News re-. rjcrS received their
| supplements two days earlier than ours
lrrr1Ncd theirs; ii WAS a piece Of Elvurl-
Ism ON the part Of the uostotiirc.
Such discrimination Is no, only a vic.
| tl"n OF all Otical Grvencv. There j.
| no; much satisfaction III saving this. bu,
| II Is about all the redress that we can .,,t
tor being served So Cnutrilptiblc tricl
We hope the new administration will
| administer the affairs OF the office with.
| ONT paruaiity. Observer, Jan q.
The explanation of the above article is
| TINS. TIL" Observer was hadlv beaten
| l,I I
| scribcrS the annual message of the GOV.
cInor and instead Of Arkuowlc,lyiiu It's
! defeat and resolving to dn better next
time, has fallen ont with the postmaster
about il. We have no interest in the
matter at AL except to state and to prove
| lh no tavorilSm WAS shown this paper
| by TN" pos,nItlrr, and to correct Il mis-
S,atrnrL, i'll regard to the Herald and
| News, and we are Sorry that our contrn
p"rary hclches up SO much venom
SIMPLY because "'rhc Herald and News
readers received their supplements two
| days earlier than urs received THEIRS"
| The Herald and News did not print a
supplements to it's issue nf January
| LIN. II gave the governors message to
| lis readers III an extra edition Of the pa
per dated on january iAth and mailed
the same day. The postal Law on the sub
lect of extra cditiouS is as follows: "ltx
ira editions, maEif"s,ly issued for the
purpose of communicating additional
news or impartiny additional infor-
nation Eermanc to the publication
and not for advertising purposes, or as
a Special independent issue, are mailablc
at the SeCond-claSs rate" Under this
section Of the postal law il is clear that
;he extra edition o! The Herald and News
could be mailed inst rs a regular edition
Of the paper, which it was.
| The Observer printed supplcmcn,
giving the governors message. That
supplement was dated the l7lh Of lam
nary, and was headed Supplement
t" The Newbcrry Observer" and was,
therefore, supplement to the regular
issue of the Observer Of Friday, January
II. The postal law on the subject of
supplements is as follows: Supplements
must, as the law requires, be folded
with the regular issues they purport to
supplement. If mailed otherwise DOS
tage must be prepaid at the third class
rttc.' Supplements nnst in all Eases
bear the date corresponding to the
| regular issue" From this it will be
seen that the Observers supplements
could not, under the law, have been
a "a MI lr,I