EVE1tY WEDNESDAY AT
NhiRI'lKIMRY, S. C.
What Is News?
nBY (.1-;o :(PR: WIIwIAM CURTIS.
If a Inewspaper is directly chal.
lenged to declare why it publishes
certain things, its reply, e.r o ficio, is
that it is obliged to supply its read
ers with all the news, and that it is a
reporter and[ not an inventor; conse
quently that it must publish what
ever happens, however disagreeable
it may be. But this is a sophistry,
like the other theory of many news
papers that corrections of editorial
statemnelnts must not be made.
The sophistry lies in this, that all
that happens is not news, and that,
if it were, nio paper-could publish it
all, and conse<uently that every pa
per must choose. Thus the whole
category of crimes and accidents in
chlwiles innumerable incidents that by
the Iimitations of space cannot be,
amid by considerations of morality
ought not to be, published. Of all
that occurs, therefore, every newspa.
per must choose what it will print;
ati then, having chosen, it must de
Cide how it will print it. The news
paper, therefore, has the whole re
spo,nsibility, and cannot throw it
upon fate or the necessity of the
case. Fate does not compel it to
print even at very small proportion of
the ihcidents of a day, nor the neces
sity of the case force it to print what
it selects iii a way to demoralize the
puIblic mind, The newspaper may
select any spot in the city of New
York five hundrec'i feet square, and
while it, every such space there oc
cur every day and night incidents
whose mere publication would create
an uproar, the newspaper does not
publish them. It is prevented by
two reasois: one is the law of the
State, the other is the law of propri
ety'.
It is untrue, therefore, that a news
pIap er mnust publish whatever hap.
per s. It does not and it cannot.
Consequently it must choose from
the vast mass of incident that which
may be considered to be of public
inR)mrtance. 'I'his includes what Rm ay
he called general political informa
tion, facts in aill the departments of
Imman activity, and, as illustrative
of the actual condition of society,
local crimes and casualties. This is
all news, or incidents and facts in
which the general public is interested.
ut the manner in which all this
shall be published, the proper pro
portion and detail of circumstance,
is wholly at the discretion of the
newspaper, and for this the newspa
per alone is justly accountable.
The execution of a notable crim
inal, for instatnce, is a matter of
th lesec nt uI'T~ at the L;te\?".
)e respectfully Eatonl isa o aa
Depairtmeet of Atlanita, aChionn 8
a,r the hun- suit ofCe
( baulia might tion. -
olving extremcly our woen in th
encs.I ad clear T ite11 News Co"l
E1 one by thie - ..o\ of the _adi1
who would enjoy the favor of God
cannot go with propriety or safety.
God's blessing will not rest upon
them there, and great evil may befall
them there. Such places could have
been pointed out in the time of Elijah,
where the alters of idol worship had
been reared. Thither the worship
era of the true God were not to re
sort. With no consistency could
they make a part of the idolatrous
assemblies surrounding them. Those
resorts for false worship may proper
ly be regarded as representative of
some places now which should be
avoided. The right of assembling
for any purpose of professed worship
may not be denied, even though the
Witch of Endor may preside, and de
parted spirits may be advertised to
speak; but it does not follow that
those who choose to join such assem
blies are in their proper places. It
may require much moral courage to
refuse compliance with the pressing
demands of liberality, and to stem
the strong tide of reproach for big
otry and narrow-mnindedness; but it
should be regarded as no unimpor
tant question, "What is truth?"
There must be some significance in
an inspired apostle's questions
"What fellowship hath righteousness
with uprighteousness? and what com
munion hath light with darkness?
and what concord hath Christ with
Belial? or what part hath he that
believeth with an infidel? and what
agreement bath the temple of God
with idols?"
The attendance?of many places of
amusement by professors of religion
has not ceased to be properly ques.
tionable. Doubtless there is a time
to laugh as well as to weep; but it
will readily be perceived that there
must be some limitations to recre
ating indulgencies, beyond which
Christians cannot with any propriety
go. To them. there must be some
bounds set for checking the encroach
ments of the great sea;'of worldly
pleasures, and at some point they
must take their decided stand, and
resolutely say to the incoming tide,
"Hitherto shalt thou come, but no
further." Beyond all questioning,
there are pleasures which are to be
looked upon as "time pleasures of sin,"
belonging to the same class as those
which Moses rightly forsook in cast
ing in -his lot with "the people of
God"; and and such as were forsaken
by every Christian at the time of his
or her conversion, being then looked
upon as altogether incompatible with
having a hope in Christ, or bearing
His sacred name. Let it be well
that no votary of worldly pleasure
become a Christian without with
drawing from many of those circles
in which delight had been found, and
that in the days of the new-born
soul's first love there is no thought
of returning to such scenes. How
can it be otherwise, then, than that
the re- aii,U" ostritluil
0Vestiga- NervouS p'VL tP -
out 1t -v ar.1%
.n the morni9ug;
cdu1unl heaviness or acle
co nt ha of the bami - ike
address goes5of appetiteaDut diS
.e- dcliv- * t. , i-- 0f mental C
of Oconee county that they should
unite with their sister counties in so
important a matter ; and as these
counties nave appointed their com
nittees I take the liberty as Secretskry
of the Oconee Agricultural and
Mechanical Society to call a meeting
of the farmers of Oconee county on
Monday next, salesday, to consider
this matter. If our county is to imove
in thi. direction it is all important
it should be done at once.
J. S. VIRNER,
Sec'y Oconee Ag'ral and M. Society.
What thea Ut. Lebanon Shakers
Found -Ilncdent in the His
. try of a (uilet Coniunity.
S * , -. .
The Mount Lebanon (New
York) Shakers are a quiet comi
mmunity, secluded from the fret
and worry of the outside world.
They are widely known, how
ever, for their strict honor and
probity in business.
The Shakers believe that na
ture has a remedy for every dis
ease. A few have been found
the rest are as yet unknown.
Many were discovered by acci
dent. Others came to light as
the result of patient experiment
and research.
Nervous Dyspepsia is a com
paratively netw disease, growing
out of the conditions of modern
life. It is a joint affection of
the digestive organs and of the
nervous system. These two
were formerly treated as sepa
rate ailments, and it was left
for the clear-sighted Shakers
to prove that the basis of this
terrible and often fatal compli
cation lies chiefly in the disord
ered and depraved functions of
diigcstion and nutrition. They
reasoned thus:-"If we can in
duce the stomach to do its
work, and stimulate the excre
tive organs to drive out of the
body the poisonous waste mat
ters which remai affti' the life
giving elements of the food
have been absorbed, we shall
have conquered Nervous Dys
pepsia and Nervous Exhaust
1on. And they were right.
Knowing the infallible pdwer
;adache C" -
risistent
unS Ito11. ctoi
POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
This powler neVer vatres. A utaruvel of
purity, strength and hiti woeneness. Mote
economieal t han tIhi ortlintary k ins, and cnn
not be soldl In cotmipetit ion with the tutittudto
oflow test, short, weight altmtn or phosphat
piowder. Sol only in cans. IRoAL IAKINO
P'otw ita Ct>., lo0; Wall st.. N. Y. 11- 12-ly.
SERVICE AFLOAT,
Or, The Remarkable Career of the Con
federate Cruisers, Sumter and
Alabania.
By Admiral Raphael Senlmes, C. S. N.
A work superbly illustrated ,titht 15
steel eng;ravings and S cihrono-tiiited
bat tle seenes, has just been issued by
the Baltimore Pubilishing Conpany, Bal
timiore, Md., with the above title. This
is an authentic history, by the great Ad
miral himiself, of those famous Cruisers
that played such havoc with e Ameri
can shipping dining the - between
the States. Over $25,00(,0U, worth of
property was destroyed; a fact unpar
alleled in naiaval warfare. 'Thei recital is
most thrilling ; the work fills a niche in
Confederate history heretofore vacant.
The book is complete in one royal
octavo volutme of 833 pages, and is sold
only by subscription.
For tennis, etc., apply to the publisher,
or Capt. A. P. Pifer, Newberry, S. C.,
who is general agent in South Carolina.
Capt. Pifer is also general agent for the
sale of "Father Ryan's Poems." Agents
wanted.
1--3-:3m.
Ask your retailer for the Janmes Means' 3 Shoe.
Caution I Somie cealers recommfentl inferior
goods in order to make a larger proiit. This Is the
o rigin wl $3 Shoo. Bt-are of initations whieh ac
knowledge their own Inferiority by attempting to
build u pmn the repmtatn of'the original.
None ienuine uniees bearing this btamp,
JAMES MEANS'
o Gentlemen, S3 SHO E.
Made in nutton Congress and
Lace. Best Ca? Skin. Unex
celled in Durab(lity, Comf,t &
sAppeararnce. A postal enrd
anttouywhil bring you In
formation how to get this
$\ Shoo In any State or
Territory.
MES":,: J. Means&Co
41 Lincoli r
Zston,lass.
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u' i u,Iafjttg nrouttcens a argerquantity
to for rsiKse
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VIIOlM IT ( rfNIO CEBNI
We now annoumee that our took of
Fall andt irhet,
Hats,
BoOts,
Shoos, etc.
Is comnplele in every respect, superior to
any stock we have over had. This is
safing a good deal, for It is generally
concetled that no onb has ever surpassed
us in quality, style,-or otherwise. Ini
fact it is often remarked that WRIGHT 4
COPPOCK KEEP THE BEST'-:100% W.hie
this is admitted, theTQare, hose, whc
prompted by selfish mtoy4s, ould sup
plement this remark ,y.s ing, "bul
they sell them higher,"to-thi we-only
reply (hat we will in every instance glve
as full value for the amount 0harged
any living tsiness can .do. This ioill
promise and we will makogoQd the sme
It is a source of gratifleation to have out
goods and our conscientious representa
tiloit of the same thus omplmented by
those who have tested them from yeat
to year for so long a time. We respeot,
fully invite an examination of our stoel+
and values. Yours,
WRIGHT & J.W. COPPOCK,
9--22-ef Molo6hon Row
STYLE & FIT.
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tin minci that I yav got teuper hold or
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