Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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NEWSPAPER REPORTERS "Bod'Is" cf Value in Dealiny With Members of Fourth Fstatii. HE IS Jl'ST A REGULAR FELLOW You Might as Well Come Clean With Him Because Ho Will Get the Facts Anyhow?Remember You Can't "Put Something Over." Iiy M. It. Durinagan, City Editor, The Charlotte Observer. "What has been your experience with the.pcwspaper folks?" Most people have an opinion of ] " the reporter and many of them express it. Admittedly, some of those expressions are not very compll- j mentary, but Sometimes they are. Opinions differ. In fact, a reporter may be everything to everybody. j From a reporter's viewpoint, pco- ' pie are of two general classes; those I who are after him to get something published, and those from whom he i is after to get something to publish. : These are the two extremes, lie- j tween them is a happy mean, except that, as the reporter and most ether people know, things frequently run to extremes. People frequently say that reporters are .cynical and others wonder why it is that all are not more so. If he is cynical, or apparently so, it is probably due to the fact that he is brought face to face with so many people who are trying to wput something over" on or through him, using him to further their own personal or selfish ends. The reporter must not only size up his man and pass Judgment on what he wants published, in such instances, but he finds it necessary to look for reasons, hidden meanings," and think of the results. He must have what psychologists might call an analytical mind. As an example of this, a man went into a town and had a tain wan the head of a public institution. The official was elated over his plan and heartily endorsed it. The man went to a reporter and put the same proposition, seeking publicity lor it. The reporter liked the xplan, but could not see where the man came in. As a result, he asked and was informed, finding in it valuable advertising for the company the man represented, although this did not appear on the surface. Another example is found in the instance in which a man wrote a news story, supposedly for the benefit of a number of men engaged in n certain line of activity. The story field oeen reuu uy uisuun coicu pie and passed as entirely satisfactory, and so did it- appear to the reporter at the tirst residing. However, he found that by the use of one word, the writer had taken a distinct cut at a competitor. That the public may understand some of the problems and d'.iAcuities that are faced daily by the newspaper man, a number of "dont's" are given below. Readers are invited to read these dont's and to remember them. If they suggest things that the reporters do that they should not, or things that they should not do and do, these suggestions, In the form of "don'ts for reporters," or in some such form, will be gladly received. Here are a few don'ts: ' 0 Don't ask the reporter to keep a story out of the paper about which hundreds of people are talkin . He must serve his readers just as a physician serves his patients or a lawyer nis c wen is. Don't watch an accident or help clear it up, keep your mouth shut about it and then criticize a report of it because there might be an inaccuracy. Errors creep in by repetition. " Tell it to the reporter straight. Don't say that everything a newspaper publishes*' is false because you happen to see what you think is an error. Nine times out of ten it is not an error in the first place and when one is made, 10,000 chances for making an error were passed up. Don't "bawl" out a reponer if he happens to ask you the second or third . time to repeat something. You may be balking to 100,000 ik>o pie through him and If you do not speak distinctly enough for htm to heaf, how can he tell them what you say i D^n't try to convince a reporter that1 Something you want to get in the paper is the most important thing that ever happened. Hundreijb of people try to do the same thin* D&i' t try to keep an accident or j a -<5lumity out of the paper out of conspiration for one or two people. The'jreporter has several thousand reat&s to consider and lie is paid to ldok after their Interests and give thonci the news. Don't demand, advise or offer a veiled threat to a reporter if he publishes an item that you do not want used, lie resents that kind of a thing in the first place and will try harder to get it published in the next place. Don't tell a reporter about your social, religious, business or professional standing as an argument to get him to keep something out of the paper. The more prominent you are, the more interesting it is to the public. Don't plead a widowed mother, a dependent sister, a good family, after you have done something of which you are ashamed and do not want the pai>ers to use. Y"u had the , mother, sister4 and family before you did it. Then was the tlui" to think. j Don't hesitate to tell a reporter all of your virtues and accomplishments, if you Want to convince him that you are somebody. Hundreds of people BANDIT IS KILLEE BQSptvX v::xv.x-:::. .v>Xv.-..v. xvxvxv.. .. : . '. WkWv* ? r* wa?, ire3B623^^ SB Iv^i^KvSSI '' One bandit was killed, .two car South Side bank of Chicago was f in their work and attempted a geta mandeered by some of Chicago's fit The front of the car crashed throui sergeant in the marine division, ap the neck. William O'Connor, a liei the robber car tangled iu tho fence have told him such things before. Maybe that many have convinced him. You might try. t Don't send for a reporter to come \ and interview you on something that j is of interest to not mot e than one per j cent of the reading public, keep him r taking notes an hour and make htm miss a meal. He may manage to lose j his notes. 1 Don't tell the reporter to "ho sure i to get the program tn; we want the 1 members to clip it out." The report- ( er may toll you that a job printing of. 1 lice will got out your programs at so much a thousand. Don't tell the reporter that you have a good story and that you are going to give the paper a lot of advertising soon. If it is a good news story, no need to tell him about the advertising. If it is not news, he may direct you to the advertising department anyway. Don't say that the paper gives another organization column after column of publicity and your organization can't get a line in. It is doing something to make news and yours is not. Don't tell everybody you see that another club is getting plenty of publicity, but the reporters are so biased or narrow that they will not use your ! ciuds activities, suppose you can on them occasionally and give them a few ;1 lines of real news and see. Don't, because there happens to he A a story published that riles you, call the reporter and tell him that ho Is ' ' all wrong. He might request you to ' ' point out something that Is not right ! and you might then be "up a tree." ' Don't think because you happbn to have money or influence, you are im- 1 mune from printers' ink. The report- |' or may not draw a princely salary, 1 but he is not in the right place and 1 will not remain there, if he can be 1 bought or turned from his duty to his 1 paper and its readers. Don't go on the assumption that a ' reporter, because he has to ' dig" for 1 news and ask even you questions, is a ' menial and can be "kicked" about. h He, as a reporter, is not supposed to v have friends or enemies, but even he c is "human." Don't hand the reporter a handful 1 of clippings, reprints and circulars and ' tell liim to write a nice story about |' the subject. He is not doing research ' work. Y'Ju better do the research i 1 and tell him what you want in a few words. Don't refuse to speak to a reporter j ' because lie has given you some nude- j' simbln publicity. You may want him j 1 to give you some of the desirable kind i later. Then, too, he might have a j chance to give you some more of the undesirable. Don't cause a reporter to work an hour or two on a siory and then go off and forget that he did it. in your self- | congratulation in getting it over. If . he does something to suit you, he, like ' other folks, enjoys hearing you say so. Don't tell Ihe reporter in one breath that what you did is no( worth writing, that you do not like the puhlieity oven if you have done something worth while, and tell him in the next breath to be sure to get this point straight. Ib's heard of people who do not like puhlieity, but has seldom seen them. Don't usp the reporter to further, ends in getting you or something you ! are interesteil in over, then abuse him becaifse he happens to got a good story about you that you do not like. tl< usually goes on the "give and lake" basis. Don't make a reporter hold the receiver until his hand is nuaib in re- \ porting a sermon or lecture that von could easily have written out for aim a day or two before, then ejinse him to have to write it fr >m his notes. You are busy, of course, but so is tbe reporter. Don't get mad at a reporter because [ ho may n<?t lie .able to attend the meet - ' ing in which yon are interesteil. Tie-re 1 may be half a dozen or even a dozen j going on :il the same time. Ho ran t attend ;ill and probably is not able toil - J ) WHEN BANK ROBBERY itured and one policeman seriously wc rustrated. The bandits in a high pow way. For eight city blocks the band lest had a running battle, when the dr ?h a fence and the bandits jumped ove proached the wounded robber to. offer itenaut, fired at the robber and killed I where it crashed. ret to any of them. Don't give,!! story to one paper and lion .argue to the other pr.per that It vas not right, not "played up" as it ihould have been and ask the second laper to give you a bigger story and a nore prominent head. Don't expect me seconu ui uvu p<*>ers to play up a story as big or even >igger than the first paper that used t. The reporter considers that the. >ews value of a story has been partly lestroyed when a contemporary paper as already used it. Don't abuse or criticize the reporters >n one paper to those on another pa>cr. Reporters may criticize each ither. but they belong to the same lassifieation and havo many things in ommon. They often exchange im>ressions and experiences. Don't try to keep something from a eporter that he has an "inkling" of ind asks you about. Rotter take him nto your confidence and tell him you /ill give him the story later, if it is me that will wait. That's how Score ary Jostphus Daniels came out ahead >f his villifl^rs. Don't take a reporter into your conblence on a story that is not ready or publiention and later give it to a eportcr on another paper. He will istfnlly respect your confidence, hut he vill also demand that you respect his ights. Don't misrepresant an incident in vhich somehody else is interested in ,*our desire to make it appear mere hvornhlo to your side of it at the expense' of the other fellow. You may succeed once, hut the reporter will juost'on your voracity the next lime. Don't make a hahit of selecting a eportcr on which to vent your spleen, specially without just cause. A resorter is supposed to relate facts and lothing else, hut he might let his forlngs get unto a story that woiihi have he effect of "getting even." Don't threaten to sue a paper unless he reporter makes a retraction or cor /???! t\f cm??<? el'itonionl s*<ill tnow what the libel laws are in your date. The reporter usually knows ,vhat they are anil writes, thaivh un onseiously, to avoid violating them. Don't say that a newspaper said hus and so, A newspaper seldom lays anything, except in the editorial 'olumns. It usually Rives the author ! if any statements it publishes or is in losition to do so, if it is demanded. Don't raise a mens with a reporter 'or not Retting something in the paler until you are sure that it did not ] ippear. Tie may quietly show you the J torn in the paper and you might havej YORKVILLE COTTC FIRST CU OUR ROLLER MIL condition and in charge o business, lias been throu ing, and wo are GIVING A SATISF FIRST-CLASS FLC WHEAT. OUR PATRONS test to get better satis fadion where. I'riug us your \> YORKVILLE COITC * ? / * % WWWWiftilflfMMWWWMAMWUMI IS FRUSTRATED. ^ ' unded when an attempt to rob a rered motor car wre interrupted it car and an automobile comiver of the bandit car was struck, irboard. J. W. McCarthy, a police assistance and was shot through ?.im instantly. This picture shows said something that you feel like retracting or apologizing for. Don't give a reporter a story and demand that he use it just as you have written it. He is instructed to "lead" with the most important thing. A news story is not written like minutes or made climactic like the socallod short story. Better suggest and 1 l?t? no n linnr f n lUUYC 1L IU 1113 jUUbllirill uo kv/ IIV?T fcw handle it. Don't wait two or three days after a thins happens to give a story out, then demand that it lie published immediately. It loses much of its news value in time and then takes on more of the nature of advertising. If it lias waited three days for yopr convenience, it might wait another on the convenience of the reporter. Don't worry the reporter to death about gett ing advance notices of meetings published, then forget him when something happens at the meeting that ho would like to have. He announced your meeting for ypu .and you should remember him whgp something transpires that you. fejjl .he would like to have. Don't think that because a reporter does not become a^ enthusiastic over your hobby as you are tliat he is lacking in interest. If he "enthused" with every enthusiast, his enthusiasm would soon be used up. Dont tell a reporter that if ho uses a story you don't want published you will have your lawyer see his employer. The reporter usually knows about what the libel laws are and may make all tbo greater effort to get the story and use it, if ho is threatened. Don't make a threat that you are going to mash a reporter's face because he published something you did not like. He might hear of it and then il might he necessary for you to make good your threat. Don't decide, because of all of these don'ts. that a reporter Is a heartless, soulless, lifeless, worthless kind of a "cuss." Most likely he is a most decent sort of chap. At any rate, give him half a chance. Ton are almost sure to find that he will meet you half way, usually beyond the halfway mark. xr A footpad arrested in Buenos \ nincl trnvel n ''Vin Dolor. os:t" of 4(! stations. This is done to give the police of all sections an opportunity t)f making the man's acquaintance. The prisoner is photographed, finger-printed and a careful biographical sketch made in addition to being placed "on view" at each station 12 hours. AA/WWVVWVVWWAAAAAAAIW IN OIL COMPANY | iSS FLOUR ! | 11j, aiwnys Kepi jii gumi a ?f a Miller wlio knows bis | gli a complete overhaul- f ACTORY YIELD OF ] >UR FROM GOOD ify that tlicy arc unable ! |1 Iban we give them any- ||j ,'licat. |j1 IN OIL COMPANY jjj PALMETTO GLEANINGS. Items of Interest From All Sections of South Carolina. ? Joe Tolbert arrived In Washington last Tuesday and immediately began to look around and see if he could noi hasten his confirmation as marshal Tor the western district. From what him been learned of the situation he met, with no hope whatever. On the con- J j trary oLslacles to his confirmation are t developing almost every day. Neither j of the South Carolina senators had J anything to say regarding the matter, j . but from outside sources it is learned I that it Is now very improbable, If not 1 * entirely, whether Tolbert will ever be t confirmed. As a mater of fact there have been rumors in Washington that his name might lie withdrawn, but these have not been verified yet. ? Lightning took its toll Saturday J afternoon in one of the fiercest electrical storms at Chesterfield this season. A brick house was hit and practically every door and window in the house ( shattered. The kitchen range wnsjf overturned and dishes broken. A ' t horse and a mule belonging to Tom ' Jackson, a negro farmer near Chesterfield, were instantly killed when light- j ning struck tne barn, .no insurance Was carried on tlie house or the stock. ? Announcement has just been made of the resignation of Joseph M. McC'abe, assistant secretary and treasurer of the American Cotton association. who has accepted a position as private secretary and assistant to W. M. Hanes, president of the P. II. Hanes Knitting company of WinstonSalem, N. C. ? Stockholders of the Commercial National bank of Charleston, which closed a month ago, voted favorably Tuesday to reopen the institution for business. No announcement is made of the date of reopening, but the arrangement under way will, it is be- t lleved, mean that the bank will resume functioning in the next three or four ( weeks. The stockholders voted on an assessment to replace impairment of capital and otherwise approved the re- , opening plan submitted by the direct- < Aro Tf \a iinHnt*ntAA/4 thof now motl- < ngement will have charge of the bank's affairs on reopening. A committee j will meanwhile confer with prominent ; depositors for the purpose of securing 1 their cooperation in continued business and in leaving their deposits with J the reopened bank. ? C. D. Brown of Cedar Springs, brought to Spartanburg this weeK a 1 horned frog he caught near his home last week. The frog is a native of the ( west, where it Is as common as the ; hop toad is here. It is a harmless animal. How it came to be in this see- 1 tion is not known. Another strange ' animal has been caught about live miles from Inman. G. T. Hunslnger caught the animal, which is a little , larger than a gray squirrel, according to the description of it. It has a short ' bunchy tail, and sits on Its hind legs to eat. The description would lit a prairie dog, except that it is said to house in a hollow tree. Should it be a prairie dog, it is a mystery how it came to be in this section. It has been seen by more than 100 people, nnd none of them have been able to Identify it. Don't You Believe It.?It is said that a superstition has been broadcasted among the colored croppers . and farmers, by some mischievous minded persons, to the effect that the boll weevils have been sent upon the country as a punishment, and that if anyone interferes with the plague so sent by trying to stop it, either some "spell" will be fixed upon him or some serious I HI WHAT I I ilMn i 1 \ f! 2 tnmm ? \lllllliiH j ; . 'V~ R If: i j : jjjjj I -ij0j 4i> |<X>8 <Jtk 900 jodily Injury, possibly death, will Ik? isitcd upon such persons, says the .Vaxhaw Enterprise. Several promilent farmers have mentioned this to he writer, and one has stated that hree or four negro farmers have said n his presence that they don't propose o try to destroy any of the insects. \ few of tho more superstitious legroer. have related a sensational, itory of a darkey ia (Jeorgia who was list in the act of pulling a weevil from t cotton stalk, when lie was struck lead by lightning. It is believed that lie most of the colored people are too ntolligcnt to pay any attention to the iens<jtional stories of this sort that ire told to them and that tho few who iave been frightened by such rumoru will soon get over their fright. REAL ESTATE AGENCY FOR SALE Ten Room House?On King's Mounain street in the town of Clover, on oincr lot 100x300, shady side of street, vater, lights and sewerage; surround d by cement paving. One-third cash md balance on easy terms. Two Story?Glass front trick buildng 26x90. in Clover, on lot 30x400. ino-fourth cash and balance on easy eims. Four Vacant Lota?On Main street, -lover, 25x400, joining Nicholl's garge. Four Room House?And small store tuilding, on lot 38x400 feet fronting on dain street, Clever, near the postofflce. Jne-third cash and bulance on 7 per ent credit. Good New Six-Room House?On a rood lot in town of Filbert, near Presjyterian church. Business Lot?On King's Mountain itreet, Clover. 41 1-2 Acres?With G-room house tnd outbuildings. Geo. A. McCarter lome-place. Joins S. C. Pursley and Diners. Also 25 acres near this tract, ind without buildings. Fifty acres on Clark's Fork, 20 a<y-es of which is good jottoms. Several Shares?Clover Cotton Oil Company for sale. See me when you want to Buy or Sell Real Estate, Stocks or Bonds. Tho McCall Farm.?50 acres all workable, 5-room house, barn and Jther outbuildings, 1 1-2 miles north Df Clover. One-third cash and balmce on time at 7 per centMatthews Store House?On corner lot in Clover. House 22 by 56 on lot 17 by 90. One-fourth cash balance on long time at 7 per cent. 97 Acres?New 4 room dwelling; 3 room tenant house; fine'orchard and pasture, near Charlotte road, six miles from courthouse. Five Room House?On Wright avelue; lot 80x270; water, lights and sew?rage. Fifty Acre Tract?Near New Zion ihurch and school; three-room house md barn; lot of good saw timber. Fifty Acre Tract?Near New Zion uhurch and school. Residence Phone 111 end Office Phone 74. C. F. SHERER The City Market WE HAVE NICE MEATS THIS WEEK AND EXPECT TO KEEP ONLY THE BEST FROM NOW ON ALSO CURED HAM, BOILED HAM AND BREAKFAST BACON. LET US FIX YOU UP A NICE ROAST FOR SUNDAY'S DINNER?VEAL OR THE OLDER MEAT. WE BUY HIDES. Geo. W. Sherer Geo. A. Sherer THE CITY MARKET ERE IT I: EVER YOU V IF you're lookin ^ you have sometl I results surely an J WANT ADS. \ THERE'ARE HI j waiting to make s J and many of tliei A whom yon want to \ / THE WANT ADr I itable- fairy god-mc 'J time or other, so i L \ The Yo YOUR ROOF? The quality of the roof on your various buildings is of vital .importance i to you. A good roof means protection | 10 your whole building. METAL and i SLATE arc tin* only known l-'ire Proof j materials for roofs* A first-class Tin I Hoof is almost everlasting and It can I be made leak-proof. Aud tin being at a lower level in price than a short time ago, it is not so expensive as perhaps you tnay think. GALVANIZED IRON? Makes an ideal roof?it is leak-proof and lire-proof and It sUi>s on the job. METAL SHINGLES? Either Tin ov GlUvAnized Ii-on, are very satisfactory as to lasting quality, lite-proof and leak-proof. If your buildings need Roofing see me about it. Let me give you estimates 011 Tin, Galvanized Iron or Tin, secret nailed, or Tin or Galvanized Iron Shingles. I will get your Job. S. M. LONG ROSE HOTEL BUILDING. i itiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiNiiiiiiiinniiuimiH i I i r* /t mtt/M * n *\ a A*rrt ? i lAlnULIl bUUKS i 1 I S SENT FREE ON APPLICATION. J 2 GET YOUR INFORMATION mm ? E FIRST HAND. | i C = = QUESTIONS ANSWERED BY = | MAIL. S3 2 C WRITE TO | REV. W. A. TOBIN Saint Anne'a Church ROCK HILL, 8. C. iniiiiiiuiiiiiinmmnmiiiiiiiiiiiimmiif CANE SEED SURELY, YOU, MR. FARMER, are going to make sure of plenty of forage for your stock and your cattle by sowing a part of your stubble lands in Cane. It is an almost sure crop and one that you'll have plenty of use for before the year is gone. See me for ORANGE AND AMBER CANE SEED, KING STEEL CULTIVATORS, PLOW STEEL AND ALSO FOR COTTON HOES. I ALWAYS HAVE OBELISK FLOUR The Flour that pleases and satisfies the most discriminating housewife? IT ALWAYS PLEASES. SEE ME FOR YOUR MILL FEED. SWEET FEED and also for FRESH COUNTRY GROUND CORN MEAL. r r TA DDm T j. r \jiiivivvyi^jl/ Buggies at Reduced Prices Old Dobbin an dthe snappy looking Buggy is not yet extinct in this county and you'll be several years older before these become extinct like thb dodo ?hence every now and then some man wants to buy a BUGGY, and that is the place where we can best serve you. VVR HAVE THE BUGGIES?and .our Buggies are of best qualities in workmanship and styles, and furthermore? and also to the point?WE HAVE THE l'RICKS THAT WILL, INTEREST YOU IN A MINUTE. If you want to buy q. BUGGY take time to visit our wareroom. We will be glad to talk to you about Buggies and Prices, and to be sure if you have a FORD CAR that you would like to exchange for a buggy, we will talk to you about that, too, J. H. CARROLL Sf VANT! | g for a "job," or if jj hing to sell?to get d quickly, use the |j JNDREDS of people just 6 m exchange of some sort, J n are just the ones with ? get in touch. } i HAVE PROVEN a ver- j ither to most folks at some A ivail yourself of the same { I rkville Enquirer j % '4 A