The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-09-09
Tuesday, September 9, 1913.

We notice that our good trleno, A.
W. Knight, has made discovery. He
has found out that the Southern Rail
vav and possibly some other rail-
roads are sending out specially pre-
pared articles giving information
about the work the railroads are DO
ing and that these awful newspapers
that have an exchange arrangement
with the railroads are publishing
these articles and are thus fooling the
people. 1t must be terrible thing.
How weak some of the editors are,
and how strong some are.
AS a matter of fact the railroads DO
send some special articles giving in
formation as to what they are doing
and changes in their officers, and
sometimes these articles are publish
ed and sometimes they are not. We
nave received a good many of them.
When we think they have news value
TO our readers we print them and
when we. think they do not we do not
print them. The newspaper is under
no compulsion or anything else to
print them. For instance here is
one we did not print because we did
not think our readers would be inter
ested in wno represented the Southern
Railway and affiliated lines at Denver,
though it was printed in one of the
leading daiIies of the State as a spec
ial from Washington;
washington, D. c., September 8
An Office of the Land and Industrial
department of the Southern Railway
Mobile and Ohio Railroad, and Geor-
gia Southern and Florida was es-
tablished at Denver, Colo, September
1st with H. R. Buckley in charge with
the title of Travelling Agent. The
opening of the Denver ONCE will eX-
tend the work of Southern Railway
and affiliated lines in the solicitation
of immigration and industries far
ther into the Western States and
should prove of value to the entire
southeastern States. Mr.. Buckley is
an experienced man, having assisted
N the preparation of exhibits OF
Southern products made by the South
ern and affiliated lines at fairs in the
North and West and is thoroughly
conversant with conditions in the
Southeast and with the many attrac-
tons which this section offers to the
homeseeker."
We do not see anything wrong in
this item or anything in it that would
unduIy and improperly influence any
one in favor of the railroad.
We fear that our brethren who
have gotten religion have gone too far
in their efforts to protect the dear
people. 1t mas not been so very long
since Brother knight and the mem
bers of his family rode on passes is
sued by these same corporations and
we are sure he did not feel then that
he had sold his influence and that OF
his paper to the railroad. Why should
he think now that others are doing
so.
There is nothing clandestine in
these articles sent out by the rail
roads and there IS absolutely no COM
pulsion in any contract with the rail
road to print them. Sometimes they
contain good news items and they are
used. When they do not contain news
of value to our readers as We under
stand it we consign them to the waste
basket and~that is the end of it. Our
friend is unduly alarmed about MS
brethren. They are not deceiving or
deluding the public. Neither are the
railroads endeavoring to do so. The
railroads are interested in the de-
velopment of the country they ira
verse, and have done great deal in
the development Of the country.
tsNOT ERJENOTV TO STATE COL