Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-10-01

the top Of your editorial column
that The Times was Published
more than century ago." when
your own records prove the state
.ment to be ABSOLUTELY FALSE.
Now, contemporary, in the Ian
suage of the street, cut OUT, the
date at your masthead, 1897, on
which The Gazette was founded,
which you have claimed as the.
birthday Of The Times, and let's
tote" fair. The brazen and bare
faced misrepresentation of fact, such
as you claim for The lines, is un-
worthy of historic Georgetown.
Edgefeld, thank Heaven, has never
had to win honors that way. Nor
has Georgetown had to resort to
such means in the past, Do not
break the record now in this good
year of Grace 1913. Is it possi-l
ole that the inscrutable ]s OF this
year has caused you to drift from
your moorings? Then, by Her
culean effort return TO the true
Georgetown spirit and try to reflect
| it for few more short months and
then the fateful l3 will not longer
stare you in the face, dulling your
powers to discern between true and
false record.
We have on our list three bona
fde subscribers who have been
taking The Advertiser for 60 CON
secutive years. They read this
newspaper IL years BEFORE The
Times ever saw the light of day,
Bless your life, contemporary,
judging from the evident satisfac-
ton YOU find now in sending out
marked. copies of The Times,
wouldn't your hat band become
tight indeed, if you really had
such record as The Advertiser?
In a recent editorial The Times
said: while it is true the name of
the publication has changed several
times, and there have been several
hiatuses on account of fire and war,
the line of descent is direct" Ac-
eording to the volume and serial
number published until recently in
e ach issue of The Times, it is less
than so years of age, yet it refers
to the founding of the Georgetown
Gazette il 1897 and then, through
a line of Descent" lays claim to
being in it's one hundred and six,
teenth year. What it should have.
said was that had the old George
town Gazette continued publication
all down through the years, as The
Advertiser has done, it (The
Gazette) would now be ll6 years
of age. The Advertiser claims
nothing by way of descent. 1t
stands on lis own record.
Briefly stated, this is what The
Advertiser claims and has the
record to prove: Since February 9,
1885, the date of it's founding more
than 7s years ago, The Advertiser
has been published without inter-
ru ption, not even missing an issue
during the Civil war Throughout
tn is long period of nearly three
score and ten years this newspaper
has always maintained its identity,
by never changing its name or con-
solidating with any other paper.
With this record to stand upon,
we shall continue to lay claim to
the distinction of being the Oldest
ne wspaper in South Carolina until
anot her paper can produce an au-
thentic record showing that under
it's present name it has been pub
lished for longer period than The
Advertiser. Are we not right? Is
not this position tenable?
The first issue of the Georgetown
Times appeared about 1854 and we
challenge its editor, if it's own state
men Is be true, to produce copy of
The Times that is more than 49
years old. When we specify The
T;pao 1ua uaan THE TIMES and