Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, January 19, 1911, Image 8
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CITY EDITOR NEEDS GUIDANCE. 1
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Barnwell People. |
In an exchange published en- \
tirely for the benefit of the news- ]
paper people we find in a speech ;
made by a country editor the }
offhand declaration that the in- ;
creasing circulation of the city j
dailies over the rural mail routes <
relieves the country editor from
the grind of writing editorials. j
From another viewpoint that
- circumstance increases the need
for country good sense writing.
The rural editor is in closer touch
with the people tha*> *-u- ' ? ..,<tn
can be and the average city
editor needs to be guided, informed.
encouraged and mind
moulded oy tne backwoods work- '
er.
In this day and time of grasping
and gathering all the news 1
and getting ahead of the country 1
gleaners the editorial is the saving
advantage that is out of reach of
the city hand and the net work 1
of wires converging there. i'
The home paper is valued more !1
or less according to the acquain- |
tan e of its readers with the
workers on its columns. !
With reluctance, because it inay '
seem t ..at we write in self praise,
which is a practice most distasteful
to us and which we avoid
whenever possible and proper,
we remark that but for the informit
g influence of the country
press our kindergarten pupils of
Charleston and Columbia might
have had this State too deep in j
ill sorts of immigrants from the
ill hives of the Mediterranean
states. We say so much to
illustrate and emphasize.
The farther from the field the
greater t he non-understanding of i
the city journals. They are :
essentially boomers and look to,
the bright side of conditions
without taking time to view the
dark side of the picture.
in their paean of prosperity
the skyscraper scribes of the j
great cities take it for granted |
that t he staple crops of the country
are all profit, thereby depressing
their market values and
encouraging adventurers t* exploit
tnem. They know nothing
of the expenses of crop makings,
nor of the daily, nightly and
continuous vexations of spirit
that worry the farmers.
Cid Age.
To him who has reached the
period of three-score and ten
years, the purpose of life is accomplished;
the changes have all
been passed through, says Albert 1
Barnes. There is no new profession
to be chosen; there are no
new plans to be formed; there is j
no new distinction to be acquired; |
there are no books to be written,
no houses to be built, no fields to
be cultivated, no forests to be
leveled, no works of art to be
entered on. Painful as the
thought may be, society, and the
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uu^iiK'ss warns ui me, nave no
place for the old man; there is
no* place in the social circles of
the gay, in the mercantile calling,
at the bar, in the medical profession,
in the pulpit, on the
bench, in the senate chamber, in
-embassies to foreign courts. Distinctions
and honors are no longer
to be divided between him and |
his competitors; and the accumu-;
lating wealth of the world is no i
more to be thesubjectof partner-1
snip between him and others. j
Without plan now except to thej
future world; his old companions, |
rivals and friends have fallen
away: and active pursuits of life, I
iuid the offices of trust and honor
now in other hands; the busy
world not eat ing for his aid, and
ffioyv.-ig nothing from him, it is;
not his now, except as far as the
friends of earlier years may have j
been spared to him, or as he may 1
have secured the respect of the j
new generation that is coming1
on the stage of action, to tread
his solitary way, already more
than half forgotten, to the grave.
He has had his day, and the
world has nothing more to give
him, or to hope from him.
Vote-selling in Ohio.
"Adams county, Ohio, must
u/v f Ua mnnf UnoinAQD-lilrA AAnrt
UC I lie lliuot uuointoo-imu win- j
munity in the United States,"
said Representative Nicholas
LouRworth a day or two apro. "I
have been greatly interested in
\the reports from the county court
where the sellers and buyers of
votes have been 'feasing up' at a
rate of a hundred a day.
"The most remarkable case1
was presented ty an old farmer
who came to court to tell 'all he
knew.' His confession was a
complicated affair, but it was
funny.
"'Yes, yer honor,' he said,
'I prot $10 from the Democrats,
hut after I'd sold out to them I
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thought I might as well make a
killin', so I took another sawbuck
From the Republicans; and after
that a feller came around an'
asked me to scratch the Republican
ticket and vrte for the
Democratic Candida ?e for sheriff.
Now, I warn't unvillin' to make
as much as thar * /uz to make, so
I took $3 fer th??~ I cleaned up
?23 on the day an', I thought it
was purty far pickins.'
" 'I will fir e you $23 for accepting
a bribe and disfranchise you
for five v.ars,' said the judge." |
riock Hill Gains 40 Per Cent.
The people of Rock Hill seem
to be satisfied with the census
returns for that city. The returns
give Rock Hill a population
of 7,210 people. This means that
its population is in reality not
less than 11,316, says the local
correspondent of The News and
Courier.
These figures are arrived at in
this way and by the most conservative
estimate: Mill villages outside
corporation, but a part
of the city, 2,800; Clinton insti- i
tute, a negro suburb, 300; Wintlirop
college, 1,000. In the census
returns of 11)00 Winthrop
college, numbering about 500,
was counted in and the figures
for the government report that j
year were 5,485. Considering;
this fact, the gain in ten years is j
in round numbers 2,216, or about
40 per cent.
The Passing of a Newspaper.
The Blackville Courier has suspended
publication, because, the
publisher states, patronage sufficient
to support it was not
given, says the Barnwell Sentinel.
This is the same old tale? j
a sad. but true one. We are
sorry to see The Courier die, but
are not surprised. It was simply f?
a case of attemnt.inir to do hnsi
ness in a field where there was
no room. It takes money to run
a newspaper as well as any other
business enterprise. If a town
or community wants a paper it
must be willing and able to support
it by liberal patronage. A
paper can be no better than the
patronage it receives, no matter
how desirous of doing better the
publisher is. No newspaper asks
alms, but all deserve and should
have the unqualified support of
the business men and citizens in
their territory ? especially the
town in which located. As this
patronage dwindles so does the
paper, and when the strain becomes
too great, the fate of The
Courier is the inevitable fate of
all.
Tbe Last Cabinet Meeting.
Cheater Reporter.
The death of Mrs. Sutherlin,
of Danville, Va., aged 83, furnishes
occasion for the statement
that it was in her house that
President Davis and his cabinet
held their last official conference.
This last official conference seems
to have been quite ubiquitous.
Washington, Ga., Abbeville and
I Pnrt TV! ill St (' orvl
?. v & * *) KS? V? t 14 11VA IIUW Cl I 1 ville,
Va., have been heard from,
and when the returns are all in,
the places claiming that honor
may be as numerous as George
Washington's last body servant.
Come to think of it, has not the
residence of the late Dr. Isaiah
Mobley, of Chester county, about
as good a claim as any of them?
Friendship.
Much of the so-called friendship
of the day is but pretense. 1
It exists only in name and as
soon as it ceases to be advantageous
it is dropped. The
friendship that continues the
same in prosperity and adversity
is to be prized, but all other
kinds are worthless. It matters
not how hard a man may struggle
to do right and make a success
of life there is always some one
ready to drag him down, to
blight his hopes and blast his
fondest ambitions. The loss of
money and property is not the
greatest loss a man can sustain
in the business world; far better
to lose money than to lose hope
and ambition.
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mills makes one trust.
10 trusts make one combine.
10 combines make one merger.
10 mergers make one magnate.
1 magnate makes all the money.
The Origii-al Step Toward Becoming a Magnate is
the Step Toward a Bank's Door to Lay by
YOUR FIRST SAVINGS.
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Mules and Horses, the best to select from we have
ever had. Come and buy your mules now. If you wait
until spring you certainly will pay more for them. The
best posted stockmen of the West tell us that the prices of
mules will be higher in the spring than ever before. Come
and get your mules before the prices advance.
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of the generous patronage of the people."
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