Year: 1879




The kheRifi's Advertising.


A farm in Mill Creek Hundred worth
ss, 900 was sold last Saturday at Sher-
iff's sale for "a, 900. 1t was advertised
according to Democratic law in two pa
pers which both combined have not two
Thousand circulation, one of them not
having over five hundred and probably
does not circulate q single copy to a
regular subscriber within two or three
miles of the farm that was sold. surely
such sale can be set aside for good and
justifiable reasons, and the harassed
creditor should have the money squan-
dered in useless avertising returned to
him. When Sheriff Pyle advertised his
own personal property for sale, he pa
tronized the REPUBLICAN because he
knew it was of more benefit to him for
the money expended than any other
paper in the city. This was business
like, sensible and proper, but should
not the Sheriff exercise the same good
Judgment in advertising the property
of unfortunate creditors who fall into his
hands The REPUBLICAN is not beg
giug for the patronage Of the Sheriff,
though Of course we would be glad to
have it, but we do unhesitatinglv say
that it is not the square thing for the
Sheriff to make an unfortunate creditor
pay for advertising in paper that has
no circulation whatever in the neigh


borhood where the property to be sold
Is situated, while at the same time the
advertisement is excluded from the
paper that circulates probably in one
half or more Of the families within two
miles Of where the property is, simply
because that paper Is Republican
paper. We can conceive of no better
reason that this, why all such sales
should be set aside by the court, and
We would advise those suffering from
these terrible sacrifices of property to
make use of every plea the law allows
to protect themselves from extorton
and their property from sacrifice. We
cannot see any reason or justice in com.
pelling an unfortunate creditor to pay
an advertising bill to paper with a
circulation not worth mentioning, sim
ply because that paper l. dubbed
Democratic" Before the Law was al
tered by the last accommodating Legis-
ture, the REPUBLICAN on account of its
immense circulation, had the run of the
greater part Of the Sheritf's advertising,
simply because the creditors whose
wishes were consulted almost invaria


bly, chose that paper. The Snerif act
ing for the other parties in the case OF
course chose any other paper. Without
being considered troublesome critic,
We beg leave to remind Sheriff Pyle OF
his declaration made since the preseEt I
law was passed, and that was that he
would allow the creditors still the
choice Of one paper in which to insert
their advertisements, and no matter
what paper they chose their choice
would be respected. We do not think the
Sheriff will deny saying SO, as he has the
reputation of being and We have al.
ways found him to be in the main a
truthful man. This being the case
then We would ask the Sheriff if he can
explain why before the law was amend
ed the creditors being allowed their
choice of a paper, Almost invariably
choose the REPUBLICAN, while now if the
Sheriff gives them the same choice as
he promised to do, none chose it
This is remarkably strange. year
ago creditors being allowed choice
nearly all chose the REPUBLICAN,, and
now being allowed the same choice
none choose it This is inexp.icable and
unexplainable to US. Can Sheriff Pyle
throw any light upon the subject
That the REPUBLICAN is still the choice
of the people for legal advertising is
shown by the Registers notices that
are published. The Registers Office at
New Castle is in charge Of Sewell G..
Biggs, as good Democrat as Sheriff
Pyle is, hut that officer in the distri'
button of his favors never attempts to
discriminate in favor of or against any
particular paper, and the consequence
ia that the REPUBLICAN Is chosen as the
advertising medium Of fully one
third of those who have business be-
fore that officer. The people know what
is best for their own interests ifleft free
to make an intelligent choice, and we
submit that it il unfair to divert the
patronage OF the Sheriff to support a
little paper that he carries in his
breeches pocket, and to make the poor
creditors who fall into the Sherif's
clutches pay the bill that is no benefit
to them whatever. This however IL
what is now -a-days called Democratic
reform and We suppose the people will
have tosubmit to 1t untilthey are press
ed down 80 low that at last goadet
IN resistance they will arise and strik'