The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-05-17
TUESDAY. MAY II, 1904.
Mr.. Tracy Again.

Tor he has already received more Tree
advertising than he deserves. In
view OF his statement. however. It
becomes necessary to add " I'd
We suppose that he referred /" The
Herald and News in his remark that
ii persons would use little more
common sense and 4 pencil they
could figure out few things. mas
much as it appears in the report OF
MS speech III criticism "f this paper.
Ii some people would tell the truth
and the whole truth i'll their circulars
which they issue it would not neceSSl-
tate the exercise OF pencil "r any
figuring 10 tell few things. Mr.
Tracy said in his remarks Friday
night that he had never said that he
would have a box at the door for
contributions. Possibly not The re-
port SAYS: He submitted this: His
first nand bill distributed on the
streets had said the admission was
free. meaning only for that night
How could the public know that he
meant only for the first night when
he did not say so:
That is the only point on which
The Herald and News criticized him.
We submit such an advertisement
was misleading Common sense anu
a pencil and figuring could not tell
that it was meant to charge after the
first night when the handbili stated
that the meeting was free 10 every
body and everybody was invited. We
do not pretend that it was not legitl-
mate for him to spread his tent ana
give his shows and charge for them.
but he should not come here oStenSib-
ly in a righteous cause. and give utter
ance to a public statement that his
lectures were in the cause of law
and order and temperance and then
open a stereopticon show for the
purpose OF making money, unless he
was placed on a par with other shows
of a similar character. The mayor
has set the precedent and will have
to admit other shows OF this charac-
ter without the license.
They say that the doctor has
a good show. That may be. His
circular, which was left at this Office
by Mr.. TAnson, whom the doctor
saye invited him here. gives program
OF fourteen lectures and states that
ten OF them are free and the
other four. it states, shall
a "silver offering" but nowhere
is it stated that there shall be
a certain amount taken up at the door
as an admission fee No doubt some
were admitted without paying. but
there are numerous instances where
people were told they would not BE
admitted unless they put up the nee
essary silver.
But the doctor says it is "nobodyS 5
business how much he took in. The
people got their moneys worth. II
they didn't he was sorry for them. be-
cause they wouldn't get it back. He
needed it in his business No
doubt about this. 1t does not
take a pencil or even little figuring
to understand this.
He added: Every citizen who
loves God and humanity ought to
stop quibbling and fault-tinding.
This is true, too, but we have been
taught that God loves the honest man.
Ii Mr.. Tracy is giving these shows
for the money that is III them, be-
cause che needs it, in his business.
he should come out and say so like
a man and if his show is good, as we
have been told it is, we will take
pleasure in commencing him and his
show. How much money the doctor
made is none of our business and we
do not care. We do not believe these
shows should be run on Sunday night
even if the doctor does need the mon
ev in his business. And we are told
that was the understanding with Mr..
Hanson and the pastors Of the town
when the doctor came here. And we
have said so. We do not believe it is
rioht to advertise them as Tree and III