Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-08-12
Business and Personal.

The Herald does not want pay for
boosting the county fair or any otner
movement of that nature for the COM
mon good. We have no assurance that
the public appreciates the Herald's at
titude, or places any value on its ell
forts, but this newspapers position In
this matter will not undergo change
while It is conducted by the present
management. The Herald believes that
II is a newspapers privilege to do good
even to unappreciative people, and to
aid in building up the country for the
country's welfare. Service OF this ma
ture cannot be paid for. 1t Is usually
service through sacrifice-service tnat
no honorable newspaper man Is Wllllng
to place a price upon, II buyer could
be found; and the consciousness OF
having faithfully performed his duty Is
worth more to a newspaper man OF
this character than public applause or
manifestation of appreciation.-Rock
Hill Herald.
The foregoing follows the publica-
ton in the same paper of few days
previously, a statement to the general
effect that the Rock Hill papers and
the Fort Mill Times would do what
they could to boost the Rock Hill
county fair; but nothing could be ex-
pected from The Yorkville Enquirer
except at space rates." We presume
that it is all based upon conversation
that Mr.. ]. N. Benton, of the Rock Hill
Chamber of Commerce, had with the
editor of The Enquirer a few days ago,
and before the matter goes any further
in the line suggested by the above, we
deem it advisable to state the position
of The Enquirer with regard to the
matter.
Mr.. Benton came to see the editor
on the evening of August 1, with ref
erence to securing The Enquirer's as
sistance in connection with the, pro-
posed York county fair. The editor
undertook to get Mr.. Benton to say ex-
actly what was wanted; but was un-
able to get anything more satisfactory
than an impression that 1t was desired
that we throw open our columns TO
whatever Mr.. Benton might see proper
to send us to boost the enterprise he IL
promoting. The proposition is one that
this newspaper has had to deal with
with sufficient frequency to acquire
some familiarity, and the editor made
no hesitation in telling Mr. Benton
very plainly what could be expected.
For instance, Mr.. Benton was told
that The Enquirer considered the fair
calculated to do good, and that OF
course a newspaper that did not work
for what it conceived to be to the best
interests of the people from whom 1t
derived its support was not worthy OF
the name. He was told also that there
were few papers in South Carolina
more earnest in their efforts looking to
agricultural development and that The
ENQUIRER would likely tell its readers
about all they needed to know about
this proposed fair; but when 1t comes
to printing your own boosting stuff.
sent out as secretary of the Chamber
of Commerce, boosting you as secre-
tary and the chamber as such, 1t
must go into the advertising columns
and must be paid for at advertising
rates"
All that the Herald says about a
newspapers duty and about its own
conduct is very we'll said, and If The
Yorkville Enquirer has ever departed
from any of the principleS therein laid
down, the present editor is not aware
Of the fact. We have never debauched
our editorial or news columns with
paid matter, nor have we ever been
induced to turn them over to the rep
resentative of any commercial or other
organization through intimidation or
otherwise. What is more we are not
going to do either Of these things.