[4][5][6] Golson also made news in 1925 when he decided to discontinue the practice of offering free advertising to public events that charged admission for entry.
[9] During Rogers’ short tenure at the paper, the Abbeville Herald was roundly criticized for its ties with the Klan.
The firm sent hundreds of stories to several thousand local media entities, focusing on weekly papers like the Abbeville Herald.
[15] In 1983, the Abbeville Herald received national attention for publishing a letter criticizing Circuit Judge Billy Joe Sheffield.
Judge Sheffield filed a 1.5 million dollar libel lawsuit against The Dothan Eagle and the Abbeville Herald.