Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-09-17

I ley, writes under date Of February 10
I'VE will publish your articles, one
column length, for $25 each, publish
ed weekly, If you will consent for Vi
to conduct an open column upon th'
prohibition question, inviting botf
sides to discuss the controversy, bu
Of course giving you the better posi-
ton, and, whenever necessary, sup
plying answers to their arguments
and with editorial comment upon the
same by either you or myself, and II
a yelled way favoring you. Editorials
$25 each. Remittances with copy, and
statements made for matter furnished
by us and an early settlement OF
same"
Miss Brown adds: 1.-The drys, as
elsewhere, are not a brainy set, sc
should be accordingly Influenced by
the articles"
The Oil Mans Magazine c'The Ma
tional Oil Journar") Of Parkersburg
is evidently an influential journal. II
is edited by Herbert P. McGinnis, and
carries the announcement on It's let
terheads: Forty contributors and
special correspondents
Mr.. McGinnis writes that his paper
circulates widely in Wood, Richie
Tyler, Roane, Harrison, Wetzel, Lin
coin, Peasants, and Kanawha coun-
ties. land also some in Ohio and
Pennsylvania" He Offers his news col
ums for ten cents per line. and fifty
cents per line inch" for editorial page
Mr.. McGinnis gets down to business
1--WE do not want to hold you up with
out a gum" he writes "and would be
glad to sell you space on, up to and
through the coming general state elec-
ton, November 5. But we must have
money in advance, and we will not
consider any small amount Of busi-
ness that you could give us at any
price. We feel that our medium has
a wider circulation than most weekly
papers and an influence greater than
the leading dailies Of our state. Fol
that reason we are not prepared to be
trified with. II you mean business, al
you have to show us Is the goods. y
Then he adds:
You will, of course, appreciate the
necessity of keeping the entire con-
tents of this letter strictly confiden-
tial, and we rely upon your manhood
as such, to treat all Of our relations
in the same manner"
NeutraI-For q Price.
o. H. Barnes, editor Of the Buck
hannon Delta, says that his county has
never had a saloon, and that "there h
a strong Pecksniff attitude on the H.
quor question:; that is, the citizen
spouts prohibition and sports a Jug
He says his paper cannot afford to take
stand against the amendment, al
though personally he Is opposed to It
"At any rate, we could not, afford to
accept your proposition for $1,000
We would rather take half that and
exclude the. prohibition stuff for you
We have already made a seminal
announcement that we would take nc
sides in the matter. Being In politics
and knowing the rank and file Of the
voters as do. can do you infinitely
more good by keeping the paper neu-
tral and gum-shoeing among the vo-
ters. -. would like to have lone
talk with some Of your people, at any
place you may name. in regard to the
matter Of getting the best results In
Upshur county,"
Mr.. Barnes adds a caution: u
would advise you, in negotiating with
other newspapers in Buckhannon, to
see that they don't get your money
and fail to deliver the goods, this has
been done here"
Thomas B. Garner, manager of the
Progressive West Virginian, Inde'
pendent and Reasonable in all things
writes:
Make your terms more explicit
How much are you willing to pay II
cash for your eight months Of adver
tising use of columns for any publica'
tions you may wish to insert? We arr
right on the borders of Kentucky ant
will be in the thickest of the contest
The temperance feeling here is yer!
strong among a certain class, ant
should 1 decide to accept your offer
/ should have to be insured agains
losses"
Five Cents a Line.
| w. K. Hicks, editor Of the Putnam
Herald, Winfield, under date Of Feb
ruary 9. writes:
"I will give you from one to two
columns of space each week, from
March / to November S, for the sun
Of $1,000, payable quarterly. $400 pc
each quarter in advance, and II yo,
decide to accept this proposition vii
run over to Washington the last o
| next week and enter a contract will
you to that effect. I assure you this, 4
1 undertake the fight, that Putnam
county will vote against prohibition a.
l have never yet lost out, and feel SURE
that can win in this one. I also hav'
the county committee with me, and
will name the chairman and the elec
ton officers, and if 1 go into this fight
will have about three influential work
ers at the polls in each voting precinc
on election day, and fear no defeat
| carry a couple of liquor advertise
ments in the Herald. but always ge
double price for such advertisements.
Between February 9 and Februar.
Is Mr.. Hicks evidently got an intima
ton that Mr.. "Trevitt's" bait wa
hooked, for on the latter date he wrot
| again. This time he signed his NAM
in type.
| Il see some of the papers have TAX
en- offense at your letter." he wrot'
land have published it, stating tina
| there was no such party in Washing
| ton as c. I. Trevitt, etc, and you ha'
no authority to write the letters tina
you wrote to the newspapers of tn
| state, etc. I trust you will keep tn
contents of my letter strictly conf
| Dental, and I will treat yours tn
same, and will ask you to please re