The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-27
The Press and Banner.
Published Every Wednesday.
Abbeville. 8. @.
Wednesday, March %, 1907
DiscussinS q the Press.

j.. The Columbia Record a few days ago had
something to say about the "vacuity" Of the
country press. The News and Courier made
most pleasant as well as a mort com prehen-
sive review of the country press, with INCL
dental reference 10 The Record.
The Press and Banner does not know ex-
actly what the city press expects OF the coun-
try press This newspaper knows only Abbt
VILE county, and is only incidentally ac-
ouainted with either the State or the world
beyond Its borders.
We never try to write about the Philip
pines. We don't know anything Of them.
And II we attempted to expose our ignorance
the subscribers to the Press and Banner
would not read 1t.
II we undertook 10 speak learnedly OF the
Panama canal nobody would digest 1t.
II we criticised Teddy, he would pay no sort
OF attentio to us.
II we wrote q learned article op the nature
and causes OF earthquakes, and their effect
upon The Japat ese or the Califorpiaps, the
people would laugh at us.
II we wrote u good article on the re tsops
why Col. William Billy Bryan should sit
down and Keep silent. somebody would be
vexed.
five wrote on the tari Fl and explained the
benefits TO be derived from the subsidy
the reader OF 1t might be summoned before
the Probate Judge TO show cause why he
should not be locked up in the hospital for
the insane.
If we in an able article OF great force and
wonderful power. tried TO show Senator Till
man how to do In Washington, do you think
be would appreciate II or heed The volume OF
wisdom which We might offer? Not bit OF
IL. Since be has been in Waship gton he
Thinks he is bigger man than the edit OF a
little country newspaper.
So you see that a country newspaper need
not try 10 rule the wuIl Id at long range.
But may be- y ou ask II the Newspaper Is not
a power wItbin the State lines. Newspapers
may be very useful when the Legislature Is
in session. They may tel the peoples rerre-
sentatives how 10 vote on any proposed w
But, as q rule Legislators do not read the
country newspapers, and they must d. pend
larg, ly upon the daily press for inio' nation
or instruction as to how they shalI vnte. and
you all know whether Legislator does as he
IS told by daily w-paper.
But you may say that country newspapers
exercise some imaginary II fiuence within
their. county lines. That may be true. but
when q country newspaper tries TO exercise
some Influence be too often lnds out that his
efforts are resented. and then the hardheaded
vo:ers just 60 and vote the wrong way. We
know that this is true. We have sometimes
made II plain, how the vote should stand, bu,
II didn't stand that way. The fact is, we dom,
D,- hoo iy,A
enough to secure the buiIdipg OF slGO.0OC
C,urt house right under our nose at Able
vi le.
This. t3o, when the circumstances are al
favorable. Mr.. Jones. The dispenser, we are
told, thinks that, under the new L. NJ. l. Il "
the profits on the sale of liquor will amount
Io SIS COO for this year. AT this rate the whis-
key zzlers and the whIskey soaks would
lhemse YES build fine court house In seven
years. Ii Lhe meu who drink liquor wish