Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-09-17

A COUPLE Of years ago cranky
sort of an old man came into this or
flee and stopped his paper becaus
something in 1t did not just suit his
fancy. We have frequently met him
on the street since that time and 1t is
amusing to note the look Of surprise
on the old fellows face that We are
still in existence regardless Of the fac,
that he stopped his paper. Some day
and 1t won't be long either-that ole
gentleman will turn up his toes. HIS
heart will be stilled forever. Neigh
bors and friends will follow his life
less clay to the silent city and IN
them to rest among the flowers. Ar
obituary will be published In these
columns telling what a kind father, a
good neighbor and beloved citizen ne
was-which the recording angel Will
overlook for charitys sake, and In q
very short time he will be forgotten
AS he lies out there In the cold, colo
graveyard, wrapped in the silent
slumber Of death, he will never know
that the last kind word spoken Of him
was by the editor Of that paper which
he so spitefully stopped" Did you
ever pause Just a moment to think
that your editor, whoever he may be
will write your obituary some day.
Kings Mountain Herald.
An interesting little sermon is that
We like the tone Of it throughout. Nc
man should do anything for spite, fol-
spite never pays. OF course, every
man has a right to take any newspa-
per or not as he likes No newspaper
man should entertain any feeling
against a man who does not take his
newspaper. To entertain such feeling
Is absurd. The man, however, who
wants a newspaper, and wants II
enough to be willing to give up the
price; but does not do so in the be-
lief that he is spiting the publisher is
so small that he is to be pitied. The
same principle, Of course, applies to
all other daily transactions, with as
much force as it applies to taking
newspapers. OF course, there are nc
perfect newspaper men; but there are
newspaper men and newspaper men,
Some are as small and as narrow and
as spiteful as any subscriber who ha'
ever stopped his paper for spite. This
is necessarily the case, and 1t would
be absurd to suggest that the small,
spiteful newspaper men are connected
only with smaller papers. But never
therless, it Is fact that the average
newspaper is bound to take a broader
view of men and things than the aver
age individual. Every reader for in
stance, knows how he will say things
to one man that he would not
say to two others at the same time,
and how he will say things to even
two or three that he would not say to
a crowd. Most men are broader, more
circumspect and more careful when
they are talking to a crowd than when
they are talking to an individual. The
newspaper man is in the position of
talking to a crowd all the while, and
since what he says becomes a matter
of record that cannot be denied, he
learns to be more circumspect even
than If he were talking verbally to a
crowd And every one should know
SlOuSH W ISdliZc liioil q VIC" shoS
openly expressed to the world will, IL
1t Is important enough to amount to
anything, give offense to somebody
even though he does not intend
offense to anybody. There are few
editors who would deliberately offend
anybody through their newspapers, ex-
cept as a matter of duty to the pub
lic-that is there are few editors wor-
thy of the name who would do So
And usually the poor fellow that feels
he has been "spited," has the infor-
nation all to himself. The editcr
probably never dreamed Of giving him
personal offense. 1t Is so ninety-nine
cases out of a hundred. But after ALL
Notwithstanding the admirable way In
which the Herald has put 1t, the sub
ject is hardly worth discussing. The
poor little fellow who would stop his
paper in order to spite the editor, Is
Incapable Of realizing how far he misses
his purpose, and the editor who would
waste his time brooding over things
like this, Is hardly big enough or broad
enough for the successful prosecution
Of the profession he pretends to fol-
low.