Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-02-26

SOME perplexing questions arise
some times in newspaper work ana
many times it is indeed hard for an
individual to decide which is the right
course to pursue. For more than a
year we have been perplexed on the
subject of printing the police record OF
this city. About a year ago we stated
that we had had the matter under con-
sideration for a month or more and we
decided it best to publish the police
records as they came before the record
er. Many good, law-abiding citizens
came to the editor and said we had
made a great mistake, but at that time
we could not see it in that light, for
we believed that If we published one
case we should publish all. We car
ried our promise out faithfully for
more than nine months, several times
at the risk Of the editors life. About
two weeks after we made the promise
we were warned not to publish GER
tain case, the prisoner himself saying
that if an account Of the trial appear
ed in print, the editor would not see the
sun rise the next morning. Notwlth-
standing the threat an account or the
trial appeared in the next issue OF the
Herald. We did not see the sun rise,
but we are still living in the same
per. About three months later our life
was threatened again in similar man
ner, but once again the recorders court
was published. AS we see 1t we have
not shirked our duty in the least, but
we believe we made mistake when
We made the statement that we would
publish every case that was tried IN
the city court. Circumstances Will al
ter all cases and there is no exception
to this case we are writing on. II we
can save some poor mother, or wife, or
sister, a heartache, we have accom-
plished much, and that would by far
be grander and nobler than to publish
some disgraceful thing on some one
who had fallen by the wayside, thereby
casting a shadow upon his life as long
as he lives. OF late several cases have
been tried before the recorder, the tes-
timony of same being Of such nature
that we would not dare publish 1t In
this paper Perhaps we have been CEN
sured for not publishing the cases, but
we care little for that. for a newspa-
per man is not supposed to please ev-
cry soul in the city in which the paper
is located. but we considered 1t best
not to mention the cases in the paper
and they have not been mentioned, and
they will not be, not because our life
has Deell AGAIN loi IL lietS
not been, but for the sake of the priS-
oners' mother, his wife, his sisters, we
refrain from publishing it. In the fu-
ture if we publish one case we will
publish all, but as we see our duty now
we will not publish the police court,
for we can see our mistake clearly that
was made a year ago.-Rock Hill
Herald.
A perusal of the foregoing article
will make various impressions on diff
ferent people. There are some people
who will sneer and say it is cowardly.
There are others who will see in it
quite serious situation. We do not
think there is any element of coward
ice in it. We see only a very keen ap-
probation of conditions that are omi-
nous That article itself explains the
manner in which an appreciation of
those conditions were arrived at. At
least any intelligent reader ought to be
able to gather this information from
the article. 1t is a fact that there
are many offenders against morality,
common decency, and the criminal
statutes who fear newspaper publicity
more than they do even the minor
courts. There are individual offenders