Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1905-01-19
AS TO PUBLISHING RU y
ADVERTISEMENTS.

Our esteemed contemporary, the Sc
quachee Valley News, after passing a
eulogy on our editorial and news coll
umns, takes us to task for permitting
the whiskey ad to invade our advertis-
ing columns, and assumes that this is
done becadse we are well disposed to
firewater." Far from it. The editorial
staff Of our esteemed contemporary
must have been melted by the wicked
stuff when it composed the article com
planned of. So long as the sale Of liquor
is permitted by our government we see
no reason why the advertising columns
OF a newspaper should be closed to such.
The whiskey men pay for their adver-
Using, and are always looking for such
papers as Mrs. Grundy, with wide cir
culation in which to advertise. Increase
your subscription list and possibly you
will get an ad from some vender of fire.
water and we will go two to one that
you accept. Why? Because it is a le-
climate source OF revenue, and it 70.
quires revenue to run paper. In the
same copy Of the News that contained
the advice, ''cut it out" by casually
glancing over the same we notice thirty
five patent medicine ads, and Judging
by the prominence given them, as we'll
as their frequency, they are our contem-
porary's most prolific source of revenue.
Now, we have read, First take the
beam out o, thine own eye."-Mrs.
Grundy, Tracy City.
How easy can even the most inS
itelligent errl And especially so
when it is for revenue!
Mrs. Grundy takes us to task for
advising her to remove the un,
slightly whiskey advertising from
her columns, and says the editors
ial staff OF this paper must have
been melted by the wicked stuff
when it wrote the article. In u
measure this was true, but the in.
element was entirely on the wrong
side of the ledger to bring cheer to
the heart of the whiskey advocate,
To our mind was presented the
sorrowful looks of hundreds of
thousands of innocent children
whose young lives are being daily
marred by the curse that intemper-
ance has brought upon them. But
as for being under the influence OF
liquor so much as not to know or
be responsible for what We wrote,
the editor of this paper, whatever
may be his other failings, can take
oath-if Mrs. Grundy doubts his
word-that he has never taken a
drop of liquor knowingly or will
ingly in his entire life, and further
more, taking example from the dis
gushing appearance of those who do
get under "the Influence" does not
intend to allow any to pollute bis
mouth
And we are determined in this
matter great deal more firmly
than Mrs. Grundy in her code Of
morals, which consists of inveigh'
ing against the rum traffic editori'
ally, and aiding and abetting it in
her advertising columns. Her ar
gument is based solely on the mat
ter of revenue, and while she filings
up to us that our revenue is baseo
principally on patent medicine al
vertising we can thank the Lore
that mono of it is whiskey ad
vertisiug, tempting with allurinE
phrase and artistic typoe raph.
some poor weak mortal to depriv
perhaps suffering family of ioo'
or clothing that he may satisfy
vicious propensity by swilling dow
a gallon of liquid perditior
While we say we have never taste
drop of liquor in our life. W
have seen enough of the results
the pernicious stuff to make u
more steadiast In the unconquei
able hatred we bear for it.
Was it not Cain that said "Ar
my brothers keeper2' And ougt
we not remove every object
temptation that besets the path
our brother on this unhapp
sphere2 Mrs. Grundy would den
this, saying rather, Eat, DRINF
and be merry, for tomorrow 20
die" painting in glowing terms
in lite advertising columns u