The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-01
The Press and Banner .
Published Every Wednesday.
-Abbeville. 8. @.
Wednesday, May 1, 1907.
Is the Cherokee News Going Out Oi

Is the Cherokee News Going Out OF
Business?
In last weeks issue OF the Cherokee News
We fiud statement to the effect that "afler
May I5tht all who have not settled up for
their paper will be discontinued"
We take 1t that the meaning of that state
ment is, that the News will, after May 18th.
require cash In advance from all its sub
scribers. 1t occurs TO Us, as business propo
sition. that the cash.in-advance rule cam not
be enforced, and We are inclined to think
that our good brother errs In making the
declaration. II the ru lie should be en- forced
the subscription list would possibly be 80 re-
duced as to materially iujure the paper as an
advertising medium. And that injury would
reduce the amount Of advertising space
which that paper might otherwise sell.
Without circulation, the advertising In q
newspaper is worthless.
IN looking through the copy Of the News.
we do not see the name Of any advertiser
that the Press and Banner would not credit
for q dollar subscription. We have no sort
ofdoubt that any advertiser In the News can
get credit for more than a dollar from any
bank or any daily paper In this state.
Would the News cut of from its subscrip-
ton list the names OF suoh firms rs those Of
Sanders Bros.. The w q. Carpenter Co., The
Isaac Turner Furniture Co.. Thomas II
Wertrippe. The Cherokee Drug Co., The Gaf1-
ney Savings Bank, The National Bank OF
Gafiney. 8. Frank Parrott, Humphries Shoe
Co.. or Shuford & McMaster. to say nothing
of scores or hundreds OF other good m en- in
,,h1 No Nil NJ "a Nan
might be sent on an order.
flour respected brother OF The News would
allow suggestion, The Press and Banner
would note quarter-page advertisement Of
q weekly newspaper published outside Of the
State; and we miss any advertisement Of any
paper published In this State.
Z II space was given to each OF tn daiies re-
ceived at the News office TO equal the space
given to the daily coming from another
Stale, the News would have little room for
advertisements and no subscribers-for cash
or on credit.
AS rule the publication OF a country news.
paper requires all the time Of its owner.
The Press and Banner never tried the club.
war; Our recollection Is, that we couldn't
Keep tuc dCCOuuI etIhiBuI, auQ dlteT We udu
paid some subscriptions, as we thought
twice, we resolved benceforth, to let each
man run his own publication. And we soon
found out. too. that 1t was Improbable TO
ask subscriptions OF other papers when
the work done for them was about equivalent
to asking subscribers to quit our paper to
take another.
AS a rule. We think It q m istake for a news
paper TO make "a poor mouth" before the
public. It's an error 10 ex pose body's pov.
'erty. Make out like you owned the town. or
could buy II. II yeu wished 70 make an in
vestment. But better do neither way. Saw
wood and say nothing. II you are getting
rich. the world viii flnd 1t out aud help you
II you are dead poor" don't say anything
about II In the paper The bin collector Will
hnd 1t out soon enough, even II you do not
publish the fact in the paper.