The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-02-04
Statement.


Statement.
Tho fret that va knew 9th" ezlstsnce OF IN"
follcw'rr paragraph was upon the rcceiu"n" ~
a letter from SpaTlaGou.s. enriosinS MONEY
and subscribing for the Press and Banner,
In which letter reference was had TO Inc
attack Of tho Evening Journal.
Later. we were If receipt OF u letter from
another county, which explains Itself:
al send You the enclosed. which you may
use "a You choose
After the reception of the first letter we
hunted up the Free Lance. and nund the
paragraph, but after y hasty reading oiit' we
laid the paper down. and no notice OF u
would have been had, except for the latter
letter.
The paragraph Of the Free Lance In here re-
produced In full:
1.-THE AbeevilIe Presa and banner comea 70
the rescue OF Jim Tiiiman and deiands DIN
IN the only newspaper which has yet come 10
our notice, Which has taken such q posiuon.
In anything were needed TO prove that those
der were correct, IL 10 sbundsntly given In The
attitude OF the Abbeville crank.
vi COQSH9 Tue fEtob 0uo ~
expect to convince such newspapers IN the
Free Lance. We have nothing 70 gain BY
talking with . paper that has not discern
ment enough 10 discover the difference be-
tween .defeuding Jim Tillman for the assas.
sinaiion Of n. g. Gonzalez" and protesting
against unfair, u~pjouruai!stic and unlawful
assaults on q man whose hands are tied. and
Who In locked In iail.
Az O rule, We decline TO enter into con-
t~roversy with q man who either misrepres.
ents us or who forgots TO observe ut least D
semblance OF the methods that are current In
the intercourse between gentlemen.
ABIDE rom the Ill manners OF the Free
Lance, Il 10 pitiful 70 ind Q brother editor
Who assumes so much while he exposes MS
own lack OF understanding Of another's POSI-.
ton. We take IL. OF course, that our brother
vould not Intentionally misrepresent the
facts, but % he has don 30. we attribute his
action 70 lack Of ability 10 understand us.
We all know, and nobody has ever denied.
that it ID brave and chivalrous 70 strike o man
Who Do down..
We nil know that to charge . man with q
feiouioua crime II libelous. but then every
body knows tina 10 do Do 10 keeping up South
C~arolius's reputation for courage.
since tho anti-dueliinG law few have the
courage to show their bravery In attacking
the weak or BY insulting othsrs.
We all know thaia newspapers patriotism
In Crying out for the enforcement Of the Law
n great, especially when an editor does 20 oy
breaking the law which he would seemingly
support.
To impsril met good names and TO endsn-
ger his estate, BY breaking the laws OF his
country, INC striking those who cannot strike
back, should be- the patriotic editors highest
ambition.
To lsy ones life ON the altar Of his country
Kicking O man who's hands are lied, affords
The hignest example OF geutiemanly eoncuct'
and furnishes the best evidence OF the poabes'
sion Of q truo and safe variety OF bravery.
To be brave under tho Rnti-dueling law re-
ouires q nerve and the possession oil o spirit
Of seifabnegation which 10 70 be admired OF
all men, Il used TO be that brave men only
had 70 Join the mob.
Ono blessed thing In, that nobody has ever
bean stupid or 90 blind, a. TO believe The
attacks on Tillmen were cowaruly. hai 10
one Of the brightest stars In the constellation
o~fiournalism. They are all bravo. and South
Caroline rejoioes as the manhood and courage
Of her noble editors. Nobody han ever enter
,ained any other thought than that they were
the brayess OF the brave In calling Jim TIL
man names.
There are NO parrots In Sos,th Carolina
Journalism. II will bO observed hal the
FREQ Lance notes o single exception from
the great army OF South Carolina editors,
namely ~The Abbeville Crank."r
Remembering that without cranks oil the
machinery in this country would stop, and
knowing that to stop all the machinery OF
this country would DO calamity, We turned
to o Dictionary that lay upon our table,
which cited his use Of the word crank. as up.
piled TO persons:
~ crank IN man who does his v think.
jnR. There never was an 'dea sterteo
That woke OPP men ont OF their stupid In.
difference. but IL originator was spoken Oh
a O crank"
When our brother OF the Free Lance spoke
of IN "a crank, OF n - man who does bis
own thinkinx,'' he spoke correctly.
Ifthere 10 Q man In South Carolina Journal
lsm "vho does his OWE thinking" or who 10
far removed from the manners OF the parrot
that man II the editor OF the Press and Ban.
nor.
undsrsaand %: we do not say that South
Carolina Journalism 10 made up Of one crank
aud o great company OF parrots. We DOM
claim . know Of many parrots. We know
Of as least one crank.
We are glad Indeed tina at least one nows-
paper In south Carolina recognises In M, 20
man who does his own thinking"