Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-01-25

possible for any other man ever t.
have to undergo the vituperation and
abuse from the press that | had. And
why did | have 1t? Because Of my
professional connection with a noted
criminal case in this State. | most
respectfully recommend that yo,,
gentlemen OF the General Assembly
pass at this session an act providing
that any newspaper editor or reporter
who shall publish, or cause to be
published, any article rejecting upon
the private character or the public
record OF any citizen of this State,
which is not true, shall be punished
by a fine and impriSonmcnt An act
OF this character, in my opinion, will
save much bitter feeling, and posi-
bly, bloodShcd, in the future OF cur
state.
beg leave in this connection to
call your attention to Il leading edi-
torial in the Ncwberry Herald and
News OF September 9, 1910. which is
as follows:
1T is Il good subject at this partic-
ular time. and its Importance has
been driven home.
"rhc people Of South Carolina are
mcnaccd.
"'rhc menace is unfair newspaper
methods.
'Thc Columbia state of Thursday
carried on its first page cartoon OF
Cole l.. Blcasc, over the label. "Thc
Menace"
"Thc Columbia State knew at the
time the cartoon was published that
it was as unfair rs it was false. The
Columbia State know when the car
toOn was designed that it was mis-
leading and false. The Columbia
state knew that the publication Of
the cartoon had for its object the
misleading OF the voters OF South
Carolina, and was, therefore. mali
| ciouSly false, and was a malicious
slander Of a man who led all the rest
| Of the candidates and received thirty
| per cent OF the votes OF the State Is
| that not an intentional and gross in
suit to onc-third OF the voters Of this
! State?
His side will have no showing in
| the Columbia State. No reply will
| be allowed.
'"rhat is the Columbia States me-
| thod.
''rhat is the menace
'''rhp ro1up,bio b,, =, ,,,,.
circulation. There are people who
read the State and do not see the
| other side. because the State does
not print the other side.
THAT is the menace.
"Before the first primary the News
and Courier, the Columbia Record
and other newspapers in South Caro-
lima were charging the Columbia
State with unfairness, and, in fact,
with malicious falsehood.
| "Simply because these newsDapers
now agree with the States policy in
the gubernatorial race, will they keep
| silent under the same conditions
which existed when they brought
| their charges against the Columbia
State--bccausr, forsooth, then the
Columbia State was going against the
grain and now it is cutting along
with it?
'Suerly the manhood of the news
| papers Of South Carolina is not a
| thing Of the past
''Thc newspapers Of South Caro-
lima have in the past welded Won
dcrful influence 1t is because they
have made for themselves a reputa-
tion OF fairness, and presenting both
sides, have urged the claims OF the
side which the newspapers thought
would he for the interests OF the
State Of South Carolina.
1.-THE course which some OF them
arc now pursuing may help the men
OF their choice in this particular race
though we doubt it--but the pro-
fcssion suffers.
"Why not give everybody a square
dcal?''
'The Columbia state, for instance,
and other anti-Blcase newspapers will
| reprint in their own news columns
comments favorable to Mr.. Feather
stone. but ignore anything Favorable
to Mr.. Blcasc. That is 'ncwspaper
business, with Il vengeance
50 far as the Herald and News is
concerned, we delight in being ign0r-
ed by the Columbia Statc-or boy