Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-03-12

The foregoing shows the charges mnde
oy the two papers for the same advcr
tisements. When The Keowee Courier
agrees to do work for half price it keeps
the agreement and does so. The Oconee
News, under its present management
does not. Is this sample of the way
the editor of the News processes to save
Oconee county thousands of dollarsp II
so, the people may well pray for deliver
ance from even his "half price" charges
Does Mr.. Earle undertake to give th,
public the true state of facts, or is h,
wilfully trying to misleadp He made {
personal examination of the records il
the County Commissioners Office las
week and knew the items of the account.
OF the two papers. He knew that hi
statement as to what Tho Courier had
received was misleading, and we'll cal
culated to deceive any person not famil
lar with the facts. He knew that oul
statement as to what was paid The Cou.
rier for public advertising last year wa,
| correct and that the remainder of the
account was for stationery sold tht
county. He knew, too, that the fore.
going advertisements of bridges, etc.
were charged for by The Courier at hal
price, while his were mostly full price
We make no hard comment. The facts
are. hard enough. If any one doubts
let him consult the records in the Com
missoners' office.
But he may again try "cuttle-fisi
performance" with the facts in order to
get out of this dilemma. Don't lot him
do it. Hold him to the record, and yor
have the proof before your own eyes
If the reader wants to test the matte,
let him consult the advertising columns
of tho paper he now holds in his hands
There will be found six of these bridp.
| notices. Get your rule and measure
them for yourself. They are set il
''solid BREWER" as the Act requires, ex
cept the caption, which cannot be counted
because not set in BREWER. 1t will bt
seen that each of these notices measures
just one inch. All six of the notices, in
Guiding the captions, measure only sever
inches. These bridge notices are giver
only two insertions. Now calculate il
for yourself. Full price, first insertion
81; second insertion, so cents. Total
$l.50, just what the Oconee News, pei
Mr. Earle, has charged, while PROCESSING
to do it for half price. Mr.. Earle has
filed only one statement of account ir
the Commissioners office since he tool
charge of the News last year. The Other
accounts were filed by Mr.. D. A. Smith
Jr., and were made out at half price fol-
the advertising done by him. His ac
counts were small, because he omitted
to publish all the advertisements, ant
sometimes he published an advertise
ment only once. Hence, when he came
to make out his accounts he could only
charge for what he had published and
that, too, at half price. He had made
the agreement and he kept it. But not
so with Mr.. Earle. He made up for lost
time and half prices when he took hold
Didn't hep Let it be remembered also
that the last item in his account is en-
tered on November 9th, 1901. All adver
tising done by him after that date will
of course, be included inf his next &C
count to be filed. The Courier filed it.
account for all advertising done by il
during the whole year. And we defy
Mr. Earle, or any one else, to find sin
gle item charged for advertising during
the whole year at more than half price
The accounts are on file, examine then
critically. 1t will also be seen that the
stationery sold the county by The Cou
rier is put at the lowest prices. They
cannot be beaten by any responsible
house in the country.
AS we have said before, this contro
versy was not of our seeking. Still it II
doubtless best that, it has come just al
this time. The public has had the bene
fit of the light shed on some matters
We believe the public is now satisfied
enough has been said, and, so far as W.
are concerned, the incident is closed.
In conclusion, we desire to return
thanks to the many kind friends in vari
Gus parts Of the county, who, by Letters
and by words, have given hearty appro
val of our course In this controversy.
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