The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-08-26
Friday, August 26, 1910.
An Unnecessary REPLY.

Herald and News, as our kind cotem-
porary is pleased to call US, is the OBJ
ject of a lengthy editorial in Tues
days Observer, the strained nlelo-
drama of which is happily relieved by
it's comic side.
This lengthy deliverance is repro
duced in another column OF The Her
aid and News today and speaks for 1T
self. AS to the reporter incident,
as it is denonlinated by the Observer
the Observers course Of action IS
matter between it and its conscience.
We must confess that our idea of
nevsnaper ethics differs from that
which it seems is held by the Obser-
yer, but possibly the Observer mas
ruled us outside the pale of newspaper
ethics. We are not interested in that,
and that is neither here nor there. We
regret, however, that the little editor
ial in The Herald and News to which
the Observer replies should have caus-
ed such an exclamation Of pain from
our cotemporary and should have re-
ouired so much of it's valuable space
for an explanation. We never like TO
cause any one pain.
In all probability we would not
have noticed the Observers editorial
at all except for the fact that we want
TO relieve our cotemporary's mind OF
any impression that it has caused US
suffering, lest that impression should
causa our kind-hearted cotemporary
much mourning and loss of sleep. The
Observer is of the opinion that It's
"darts against deadheadism and the
iouor traffic, etc., though not aimed
at so Insignificant a mark, are
ssronk7ine'' in the heart of The Her
aid and News. To say the least, tne
conceit of this utterance is somewhat
ludicrous, and possibly our cotempor-
arv meant for it to appear IN It's May
Cause a Smile column. We may be
dense, but we are forced to the admIs-
sion that we don't even know what
the Observer has reference to Dy
"darts" against the liquor traffic, as
applied to The Herald and News. Nor
are we interested. We suppore It's
darts" against "deadheadism" refer to
the efforts which the Observer has been
making to control the business trans
actions of the newspapers OF South
Carolina with the railroads. 1t will be
recalled that, after exchanging adVer-
tisins for transportation for num-
Der of years, the Observer 1uddenly
decided that it was all wrong, ana,
not satisfied with running its own
business, Immediately began cam
paign to whip all the other news
papers in line. T Observer had
changed his mind in the Obser-
ver's opinion there's ID be nothing
else for the other Newspapers to do
except to change their minds, and II
thev wouldn't do it of their own ac-
cord. then the Observer wanted the
legislature to force them to agree with
the Observer. We beg to assure the
Observer that it need not worry ABOUT
these darts ranking in our heart,
because The Herald and News knows
the enthusiasm of reformed reformers
moi TO mention their fanaticism. TO.
be plain, the. Observers warfare re-
minded US of the campaigns OF Don
Ouixote, taking harmless objects Tor
giants, but fighting hard, nevertheless,
and in his conceit never being able to
distinguish the difference.
The Observer takes occasion to tell
US that it has despaired OF ever run
ming a newspaper to suit US. mat IS
another matter which We assure the
Observer it need lose no sleep over.
The Observer suits US very we'll, and
we regret very uuCu LudI 4AS 1ASAe"A
and News does not suit the Observer
though it seems that some members
of The Herald and News force suit
the Observer exceedingly we'll. Some
of these days the Observer is going to
despair of trying to run all the news
papers of the State as the Observer is
run.
We shall not use ugly or sneering
words in speaking of our cotempor-
ary. They really don't do any good
or strengthen any position, and as the
Observer grows older it will find this
to be true. This advice is given with
out charge and in the most kindly
spirit.
With this the matter is ended, so
far as we are concerned. AS we stated