The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-07-08
MANY THANKS,

some time ago we wrote short arti-
Gle mildly complaining about the diff
Guilty incurred by new reporter in
gathering news and at the same time
requesting the people to send US such
items as would interest the public, or
to talk bit more freely. Since that
time we have received much assistance
from our friends in this matter of news
items, and each week it has grown to
larger proportions. Numbers Of items
have been sent through the mails and
almost every day some one stops the
news gatherer on the street and gives
him an item of interest. For these
courtesies we wish to publicly express
our sincere appreciation and ask con-
tinuance of the assistance. AS every
body in the county knows by this time
The Advertiser is making an earnest
effort to publish LAURENS COUN-
TY NEWSPAPER, giving the news of
the entire county as well as of the city,
Our endeavors have been heartily sup
ported by our good friends and we
thank them.
Regarding our efforts to give the
news of Laurens county we wish to
state that as rapidly as possible we are
securing correspondents at every point
in the county and from these we hope
to get the news FIRST HAND. AS
all close readers can easily see there is
a vast difference in news gotten first
hand and that copied from other pa
pers. County papers are often much
handicapped in the matter of getting
news, and reprinting is sometimes a
necessity. The Advertiser endeavors
through its staff and corps of able cor
respondents to give fresh, live, reliable
Laurens county news. We are not
publishing State paper and our efforts
are simply to cover this county. Let
us remark here that all articles must
be signed by the writer if it's publca-
tion is expected.
Now as to what success we are meet
ing with in this effort to furnish n
LAURENS COUNTY NEWSPAPER
the facts of the case are evidence suffi-
clent to encourage us and warrant the
belief on our part that these efforts are
not altogether futile. Numbers of let
ters have been received in the office
congratulating the excellent news ser
wee that we have and thanking us for
a clean, respectable newspaper that
they could receive into their homes.
Another fact, one Of the same tone and
sentiment accompanied by substantial
evidence of support and sympathy, is
the remarkable growth in our subscrip-
tion list. On the first day of April the
new postal laws required us to drop
from our list many names of subscribers
who were more than one year in ar
rears; this we did, but since that time
a very large number of these have re-
newed their subscriptions, and added to
the new names on our list the growth
in the three months has been nothing
short of remarkable. For these condi-
tions we sincerely thank the people of
Laurens county.
There are many people in the county
who do not agree with The Advertiser
in its editorial policy. That is nothing
more than we expected, nor does any
sane writer expect everybody TO agree
with him. There is no harm nor any
wrong in an honest difference of opin-
ion, and when men of character and
intelligence, free from spiteful, dirty
motives and acts, and honest withal,
differ on questions of public interest
and concern, it is welcomed as healthy
sign of individual thought and an active
interest in public matters. If the edi-
tor of this paper wrote only those things
that meet with the unqualified endorse
ment of all its readers, think you that
much thought would be occasioned by
perusal of the editorial columns? If
you do not agree with us do us the JUS
tice to think that we are honest in our
convictions and we shall do likewise.
Again we wish to thank the people of
this county for their hearty co-opera-
ton in the several lines mentioned, with
the continuance and increase of this
support we hope to keep on improving
and enlarging our business and furnish
! ing better paper for our readers.