The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1906-12-22
THE DEMOCRAT AND
THE DAILY TIMES

The criticisms of The Times, ap-
pearing in Tuesdays Democrat, un-
der the heading of "a Few Honest
Comparisons and Plain Statements
of Facts" prove the late Sam Jones'
assertion that "a hit dog howls,' for
we never mentioned the name Of the
Democrat in the paragraph and out
of all the dailies in the state who de-
vote their space to cheap advertising,
the Democrat alone yelped. But
right here, again, we repeat the state
ment made last Saturdays that when
the daily Times starts it will show
the people of Greenville the differ
ence between a daily newspaper and
an advertising sheet. If it fails, it
Will be because the city's business
cannot support a frst-class daily pa
per, the same as Jackson, Meridian,
Vicksburg and Natchez have to any
one of which we do not believe the
Democrat will try to compare.
If the editor of the Democrat
claims to be from Missouri on this
proposition, we will in a months
Tins after starting, convince him ano
the citizens Of the town the truth
of our above statement
AS to the claims for his paper and
the cuts at The Times which APP
peared in the article, we care nothing,
/ but we do deny his assertion that
| The Times has in its columns week
after week, attempted by inuendo, to
cast reflections on the Democrat as a
newspaper and as the files Of The
| Times for the past twenty-five years
are at the Court House, we ask him
to produce one that has appeared be
| fore last Saturday, in its editorials.
! We will state here that the editor
OF The Times has always entertained
I the lindliest Of feelings for the edi
tor OF the Democrats, and does yet,
and it was for that reason, that we
proposed to issue the daily Times as
morning paper instead Of an after
n6on paper in competition with the
democrat, while as newspaper man
he knows the afternoon publication
costs about a third less.
Now, when you come right down
to the milk in the cocoanut, it was
not really to the reference made by
The Times last Saturday TO which
he Democrat took exceptions. but
t does not want The Times to play
in his front yard. As long as The
Times gets out weekly and stays
in the back yard, it is a good fellow,
but when it gets over the fence ana
proposes to get OFT a daily-you read
! what the Democrat said.
Again, here is further proof OF TIE
above statement, the Democrat sert
out letter on the 10th to the bust
ness men of the city, printed on 4
yellow sheet. and from the misstate-
ment of facts il contained may be
termed yellow journal" and whose
every cut was at the proposed pub
LEGATION Of the Morning Times The
business man who called our atten-
ton to the letter, when asked for it..
stated that We would find it in his
waste basket. which we did, where no
doubt nine-tenths of them were con-
signed. This letter was followed b.
paragraph cuts at The Times, as the
lew citizens who read the Democrat
know. This, as the Democrat knows.
was after We had received our press
and started our advertising mar in
the field for morning paper, and
on the following Saturday-nof pre-
vious-appeared our short paragra 81
to which the Democrat took execp
tons. aand crowded out associated
press news to rnasse room for its =
ply