r s <* 5 i T * I > 1 * X J ? tftff $ I tfifSilli * j x*^* | I i | J. C. G ARLINGTON*. * ? Associate Kditor. * * * * 11 STORY OF TI : I SIX YEARS OF : i : i PERSONNEL OF THE I j J NESS STAFFS At : i DEPART i * * * A town can usually he pretty well if *- Judged by its newspapers. P thesJ are blight and newsy, well made up * and printed in good style and show + a good quantity of news and whole * some reading matter and a liberal J amount of well displayed and intel* ligently written ad vert iseitients, it J can safely be guessed that the town * that supports such a newspaper is t J good town and has tint only a pres* ent, but a future. It takes monev * to issue a daily newspaper of good * quality. ?iud the very fact that it is >- being steadily issued .-hows that it ? is being palrcni/.ed sufficiently ton * * %RPAin\\\nruQ( : J t? ? aem, out soot WHiow-i^ U Ifffll ?SH 1 sssi * J pay its exp -uses. ami this amount of J patronage shows a live town, jf The Journal Is an exponent of J Spartanburg and endeavors to be sueh J a newspaper as will give a stranger * who examines it a good opinion of * Spartanburg. How well we sueJ eeed ? ur readers know, and we will J not undertake to say. We do not be* lieve, however, that anybc dy has 2 ever formed a poor opinion of SparJ tanburg by judging it by the Jour J na' jf Tlte news|>aper business iti small * II jlns! -r * % Hnnii f l J. S I N( ill AM * ? i''oroni.m Composing ll< ?Jin. j *************************** \ !++**+*++**++++*++-Q**1ck-k*itk "HE JC ecc X ^PPtl W * a^l vBl B $ J. .1. H. CREWS, jM# News Editor. IE JOURNAL | DEVELOPMENT : * J EDITORIAL AND BUSI- J ID MECHANICAL { MENT J * cities is generally looked on as somewhat hazardous, and the? journalistic graveyard in many towns is well tilled. '1 he production of a tiewipapet is an expensive undertaking. High-priced labor is necessary; SI and and upwards a day for essential expert help is not unusual, even in a town the size of Spartanburg. Careful business men and investors are a little shy of taking stock in a daily newspaper venture and their caution is well found Ml. Wh -n a newspaper gets to losing money it is a very dhiicuit proposition to change the tide. Every weeit calls for a big expenditure of eas'i to keep the business going, while it is not always hv any means easv to aisa this amount c.r money cut of DAILY JOURNAL. m u 1 Jl&L \l/ t 1j. h. mossk X Atl-nian. ??????????????????????????* the advertising and subscription patronage of the paper. Many newspapers are believed tn be financed in the interest of politicians or of public service corporations. These papers never have Mi er nfidenee of the pnbite tint! nr.! rarely successful. They may be good newspapers and *'??* people ntav patronize them to some extent, but there is likely to bo lacking that tit.res -rvi'd and liberal support which is necessary to make a newspaper a financial success. \ newspaper, especially in a town the size cf Spartanburg. needs all the support it can get, and if any that it should get Is *************<* w SI/ >1/ j . **************************** *?>>>!>>>?>>>>>?>>>>????>>*??! DURNA I 4 <4 C. E. SANDE ? City Editor >>>$?????*???????????* 3 withheld just so much is lost and 0 just so far short does tne newspaper c fall cf full success. (] One of the strong features of the li .Journal is its complete local identi- fl fication. It is owned, edited and a managed in Spartanburg and is in a complete accord with local sentiment h and temperament. Whatever it may i achieve in any way, In power, pres- e tige or material wealth, is contribut- e ed to the upbuilding cf Spartanburg, c It is responsive to local sentiment t and is wholly free from foreign in- i tluences. It is looked cn as the c "Spartanburg paper," ana what up- * pears in it is the Spartanburg view of Spartanburg happenings and Spartanburg conditions. I A UNIQUE DISTINCTION. < The Journal possesses the some- i what unique distinction among South ( Carolina dailies of being entirely i owned and controlled by its editor. Of course, it may be said in many cases that a salaried editor is given unrestricted control of a newspaper, and this may be true for the time being, but after all his course must be made satisfactory to the owners of the paper, as they retain a lively interest in their own property and in the last analysis control its operation and direct its course. Any editor who goes contrary to their wishes and desires will feel their disapproval and is to that extent less free and unrestrained than is the case where the editor is the owner and sole directing force. We mention this only as a feature. It has nothing to do with the quality or th" wisdom and correctness of the editorial direction, but only with its entire freedom and absolute independence. SIX YEARS OLD. The Journal was established Sep'I IHIIII .....I in V. n yearn old. It in in point c.f contlnu ] Ity (I ownership and management th * i oldest newspaper in Spartanburg, having l?y several times outlived itr. \ local c< ntemporaries in this respect. < It is not a violation of modesty to \ say that it lias been a phenomenal i success almost from the start, and is \ now as well established as any news- i paper in Scuth Carolina, and is do | ing a business that is exceeded bv ( only two other newspapers in this 1 state, if our estimates ns correct | The establishment of a new newspaper anywhere at any time is a venture. It may or may not succeed. It may require an enormous amount of money to be put into it before it does succeed. It may fall on circumstances which make it an immediate success, or It may strike conditions which will make it a hopeless proposition. Something?we don't know exactly what?made the Journal an early success. We worked very hard on it and put a lot of energy and determination into it, lint these things would not have made it go without a field I?> ? |II ? mr III ?lil ' 0/ i^RRsfa^flvk . _J * nil Mil II WItHI > - Ob T. J. HOPKINS. ^ Linotype Operator. >?l *********** *? * * *1 r~ANi ffS *> l i 111 ill I J Pfp' i ^^^^1 '> >'' I RS. $ MAX 1 i H??k utflt of material and machinery that ost $1,600, and was run at an ex tense of $20 a day. In six vears we lave accumulated an up to-date outIt. including two linotype machines ind a Miehle press, and are running it an expense of ?":> a uav. i<\lur laad compositors set up the Journal n the early days. Now there is set m the two linotype machines the iquivalent of the product < f 15 hand lomposltors. The circulation of he Journal is now four times wlin' t was when the paper was one year >ld, and it is steadily growing. tUN OX IH'SINESS IMilNCI I'I.ES. The paper's success has perhaps jeen largely due to the fact that it las been conducted on business principles. It does for its patrons what t undertakes to do. but they are relutred to do their part, which is to jay the price. Advertisers must and j ! M m m^ni \\ CHARLES 0 *?:?:??:?????? 3 ?* ? .?* ?* i do pay a fair and uniform rate foi what they yet and subscribers niusi and do pay the regular subscript lot rate for the paper. No free advertising is run under any guise, am no free papers ar.* sent out und-M any pretense. With its mail eircula tion, which is ahcut two-thirds c the whole, the policy of requirim payment strictly in advance and stop piny papers at the expiration of tin time paid for is invariably pursued Our Spaitanbury peopl yladly con form to these sensible and rcasc nabb reyulations and admire the spiiit o a newspaper that rc.qtiires it. X< ether daily newspaper in South Car olina, however, pursu -s this policy THE FltKK LANCE. The Free I^tnce is the weekly edi tion of the dournai am! is issu'M f f f f f f ( \i R it r > I ^ j i W&m % R. H IIOI.M AW $ Linr.ly.po Operator. ITS 2 _ s | ^ '' ' ' ^ J l BRIDGES, J ( R< -keeper. j1 Clrc ???????????????????^??????: every Friday. It contains a carefully selected asset tment rf good reading matter and is a very popular newspaper aim tig t'.trse pet pie who do not care for a daily paper. Every subscribe! to The Free Lance is paid in advance and all are stepped at the expiration cf time paid for. No ether weekly newspaper rn South Carolina pursues this policy. THE PERSONNEL The Journal is a incaest newspaper. It vaunteth net itself and dies net brag and boast. We are ourselves embarrassed at beholding the features of cur editorial, business and mechanical staff on this page. We have never committed such an offense before and will never do so again. Rut here we tire, from editor down?or up, sis the case may be. Sometimes it's tne way, and sometimes the other. ** I K | HHs L * w Tr ' y * K* i * AL * k MSflHA^ The paper was established by L Charles II. Ilenry, who was thsn and i is now its editor and manager. IT'1 - is a native of Greenville, but has I lived in Spartanburg for IS years r He was for two years connected witli - the Greenville News and was for flv< f years manager and part owner o! ; the Spartanburg Herald. There hat - been no change in th^se six years ir [? the editorial or business policy oi i, . , ?MK M uirvn IIIIIK'MII ly c( nsistont and frank and usuallt [, correct. People have known when j- to find the Journal cn any subject , as its hand was never hidden. It ha' _ never been subject to seen t eontrc or run in any selfish interest. In the ease of J. C. Garlington, as sociate editor (who Is not wrltlni this), we take pleasure in saying tha r! he got up this Industrial Edition * * i . - . t - *i a ' IkII] * HEKN'ARD RECTOR # Mailing Clerk. ????** ?????????????????**?? 1RERT SMITH, l ulatfcn Manager. I Ti :??:?:???? ? ??? ?$????? >? He originated the plan, being a man of live and enterprising nteas, and did all the work of compiling, writing and arranging the matter. It is a work that will be a permanent monSment to his energy and versatility ml he has a right to be proud of it. \ir. Uariington's regular duties consist in editorial writing, the bulk of the editorial matter printed in the Journal coining from h:s pen. He Is a newspaper man of experience and ability, i.e has lived in Spartanburg for Id years, having come here with the awakening of this city in 1890 from Laurens, where he owned and edited the Laurens Advertiser. He was for 13 years editor of the Spartanburg Herald and for a year or qiore editor and owner of the Carolina Spartan. He is the author of Men or the lime," a compendium cf prcminent South Carolinians, and has done valuable work in compiling tiie Confederate rolls. J. 11. Crews is news editor. He edits every line of matter that gees into the .1< urnal and prepares it futile printer, writing heads and shaping up as necessary to conform to the style cf the paper. He is from Laurens, but has lived in Spartanburg fcr many years and is a graduate of Woffotd College. He is the Spartanburg correspondent for a number cf out cf town papers. C. E. Sanders is city editor and gathers and writes all the local news. He is a Spartanburg boy, but served several years on newspapers in Augusta and Charleston. He knows news when lie sees it and handles Ills stories in bright and readable style. 1'e also representj a number cf outof-town papers in Spartanburg. Robert Smith, circulation manager, L-. a native cf Pickens. He has been with the Journal nearly five years, and lias worked himself up from a small position to his present responsible connection. Max bridges, the efficient and reliable book-keeper and treasurer, is from North Carolina. He has been with the Journal several years snd hits likewise worked himself up from a small beginning to an Important and responsible position. E. C. Allen, traveling agent, Is a native i f Spartanburg and is one of the best known men in the county. He travels all over the county and beyond it and to his activity Is largely due tlie liberal patronage the Journal enjoys on the road. ,1. S. Ingram is foreman of the composing room. He has a genius for order, system and speed and is a top-notcher in the typographical art. He keeps ills department 'n ' apple-pie order and goes to press 1 on time with the latest news and f best arranged make-up. Every newsi paper publisher knows what that means. i ! rr?? < , -< -3 * ( if I mi jjpi /' I feVBHHI i AniunnM. H BfiaiBKafaB^^Hi i W^WW? ^ < BhhSI iffi BB 1 TIIK 40f ***** ********************** t************************** % fttHtHtxi?\: I < CCCiCiC? V^VVV\W\XVA\^\%|V^V^V "fc. !T y-Jr-JJ-W WWw-W W'W-W-r-9 W'W-*7*L. H. Bosse Is ad. man and assls- > tant to the foreman. He puts togother the tasty and striking advertise- j ments that adorn the pages of the J [ Journal and Is a valuable man in the j' composing room. He is widely 1' known as a capable Job printer. n i? xv. i>. noiman and T. J. Hopkins ? manipulate with lightning speed the key-boards of the linotype machines > and set up the big lot of matter that \\ appears in the Journal every day. > They are swift and ca.pable opera- J [ tors and get up long "strings." Mr. j> Holman is the only man now con- *" nected with the Journal except the >. editor who was with it at the first 1' issue. j) Bernard Rector is mailing clerk 1; and peiforms the responsible and j! painstaking task of addressing and * i wrapping the large mall edition, getting it off in time to catch the mails. >Besides these there are numerous J j carrier and delivery boys, galley iboys, press feeders and assistants, J [ numbering in ull 25 persons ex- j. clusively connected with the Jour- >" nul. ] HOME OP THE JOURNAL. \\ The Journal occupies the whole of ' a three-story brick building, No. 45 South Church street, shown on this * p:?a?. The business office, press-room and mailing-room aro on the first j door. The editorial, composing and J ad-rcfins are on the second ficor and j > stcre-room und private offices are ' | op the third floor. The building Is J! admirably adapted to nowspaper ' publlcutlcn purposes, having ample {! light and ventilation, besides being > conveniently lccated on one of the jj prominent business streets of the i> oity. I; ALL OUR OWN WORK. *; It is a matter of distinct pride >to be able to suy that this Industrial j) Edition is wholly the product of our i> own office. Every line of the type was set here und every sheet printed j. on cur own presses. No outside or ' extra help wus employed on the work, but all of it was done by the > regular force. This shows what can J' be done by the men above mention- > \ ed better than anything that could ' J be said in words. The eutire work > of compilation, promotion, writing, j) and urruuging the matter and se- i curing the pictures was done in J; three months, which will be consld- j. ered a very short time by anybody who will undertake it. The printing j. of this edition was accomplished in j* i ten days without interruption to the *. regular work of publishing the Jour- * nul dally and The Free I^ance weekly. We believe it will stand as a j model of excellence in such work a just as the Journal stands as a model ? of typographical beauty as a news- J paper. ? if i^^HW 9HHRBV gj| IIIUhH BBI 'Bl WK^ b^H^J RN4L BUILDING. ]'