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11 STORY OF TI
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* A town can usually he pretty well
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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
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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
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to issue a daily newspaper of good
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jf The Journal Is an exponent of
J Spartanburg and endeavors to be sueh
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* Spartanburg. How well we sueJ
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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cf tli people, and perhaps the field
and the people were Its most valuable
asset. Spartanburg, city and
ccunty, are a valuable territory for
such a newspaper as ths Journal,
and tire in fact an important and
essential part cf the Journal. Spartanburg
litis grown and ts growing
and the Journal grows with it.
ITS MODKST START.
The Journal was started with an
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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1RERT SMITH, l
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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.
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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.
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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- >"
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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>
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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. ?
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