The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1915-02-18
that OFFICIAL ORGAN.

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a. 80 SCI retain ths p5ilc9 nm
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- iu nh czs.zs that The Le~ - -
-. d.-ferated has an official caIaeIts I
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rst retains The policy u De, zii4'D'z
= ,a.-.ru--1r a. tb- Official "f-AH
= ~. p ri 4 Commissioner. = poll
~ .-rl1.st4e II nay - said. i---a'i's
% bs. raus f.--H The re-'ozuize-l c'lsl''-l
nj. rs,r..r has enjgTeI the honor,
f- nae h. considered 40 honor. - f-.in-
fa..f.----a,I the -offeial organ u Tor
r-.r Paris Il Commissioners. II ap
r.-.-.istlsI ~. distinction Il being chY~-
- ID. .rt.b t--au-.. 90 tie contest Tor
Nh ra-,.sriti0u 10 was hoD0red as the
r-.-..r 4 ths BarI's choicf-Inerely a.
.r hgr.- i--au-.. 4 the preference Il
r.ra..--l.
While the News vas the Designated
sffeisl orzau Il the Board II Commis-
.I.Uer- 20 never sought o. mi~.ead any
o-... into tLiIdsiuz that matters IL !e-
gal nature were required o. - pup-
T-b.-i TO- tn News l<au~a the News
5-s. then the Official organ u the
D H.8rI 4 COMM .siJuegs. and l=--au~e
] u the r.liry long adhered % by the
P New 10 was Instrumental IN AVOIDING
feprfYual difference and cuunict~-a
condition which has not existed since
the official of-au" title sought other
. haad- Il reHowu.
We have recently lseu CHARGED with
having q crouch bf-auSe the News Is
Id longer the official Or=an Il the
Board Of Commissioners. hut certainly
that ,-,Hteuti0u will find no favor with
the reading public. since II has been
4 over two years since the News Lost this
.ia1ial honor. and the fact 81 such a
. ~, wa never mentioned by the Ne" :
.. until IL was injected into a recent con'
troyer.y hy our contemporary. II the
;. los 4 TIL, plum has l.eeu sour
!. CRAZE" 10 the News. IL seems a. II
. they would have DEVELOPED into thi,
much I1inteI-to brand Of vinegar at
some earlier date.
di~rre-lit or disIarage the official title
u our contemporary as the Official
2 organ Il DoSotO"-it has won that
honor. and let IL wear II To- a mu"l
o ue.-,I.-l satisfaction but IL j. the pur
[ PIE Il this article to advise the pub,
2 lie FULLY a. 10 the force rights aud
effect II this official orsan' matter
aud % make IL plain. very plain indeed
u" Al . D. O.. "a
! rI Ia any other newspaper Of DeSuto
j county are inst a. officially published
~ they would l.e should such matters
. 10 published iu the designated official
! organ" And likewise while the New,
is the official organ - the Board Of
d Public Instruction. 90 has DO legal cinct
: on the legal publications appertainiu.
20 20 the schools 81 DeSoto.
In support u the contention that j
- may NOT 10 wise 10 designated q news
q PAPER u.s. the official u'-au II the opuu
d ty. and iu proof II the fact that th'
-' custom does mot prevail throughout tht
O. state iu every county the st. Peters
% burg Daily Times ~u"aks clitoriailN
d il the following comprehensive. though
j hrief. munurr. II says:
. "TLs commissioners Don some cuuutie,
Z designate 500 pf;i,ia. county paper.
: Fractional politics; which Is the wors
I Kind u ALL
- tn" term aud services If au "1ffi
niai organ can do uo Injustice To-
J.. correct ~tutu, 80 long ~ the patrons
%. ~ newspaper patronage are fuuiliu
/. with the fact that the NEWSPAPER ST
o.. designated hu, no prestige over 10
.. competitor h"cuu~" uf its supposed If