The press and standard. [volume] (Walterboro, S.C.) 1890-current, April 14, 1909, Image 7
COUNTRY EDITOR’S DAY.
MANY VARIED CALLS ON HIS TIME,
BUT HE MEETS THEM ALL.
The duties of the editor of a
live country weekly with a cir
culation of 5.0^0 and a,, work
ing force of fifteen or eighteen
are as the sand swept by the!
tides. - There is no end to em.
At ' 7:30 a. m. Saturday,
morning such an editor was
seated on his high stool at the
long desk in the front part of
his print shop slicing open his
mail. He checked off the
renewals on the mailing list to
his right, handed the foreman
the complaints from patent
medicine advertisers and their
changes, and with pen and ink
attended to the letters that re
quired answer. Then he
rolled up 150 papers in single
wraps, marked each one
4, sample copy” with a rubber
stamp and addressed them to
possible subscribers and adver
tisers.
Between 8 and 9 he refereed
a controversy between his
foreman and one of the job
printers, helped a printer girl
to decipher ten pages of badly
written penmanship by “Old
Subscriber” and entertained a
committee of women seeking
assistance for a church enter
prise.
It was 10 when the editor
began making out some bills
for the collector who stood by
waiting. A small gentleman
wearing spectacles came in,
deferentially removing a rusty
stiff hat
“I have some poetry,” he
said, producing a papt*r
The editor looked up appre
hensively
“I would like to read it to
you if you could spare the
time,” the visitor went on,
getting closer.
“There’s a man in the front
room who likes poetry,” said
the editor. “Read it to him.”
“But you’re the editor,
aren’t you?
“Well—yes—but—”
“Then you are the proper
party- It won’t take long.”
“This is Saturday and I'm
awful busy: couldn't you come
round Monday?”
* “I will not be in town Mon-
day. 1 live in Iowa, and I’m
here visiting my nephew, Tom
Jones. Mr. Jones takes your
paper.”
‘Oh, he does? Well, go
ahead and read it.”
The editor settled wearily
back in a chair, and the col
lector left, saying she would
return in the afternoon for the
bills. The poet got out in the
middle of the big room and
read in a tragic voice. The
printers, thinking it a free
entertainment, quit work and
gathered around. There were
ten pages of the poem and
took an hour to get rid ot the
poet.
Then the editor began again
on his bills, finished them, and,
the collector having gone, he
started to go out with th^m
himself, when another caller
was ushered in. He had a
frown on his face and the edi
tor saw trouble in his suj -
pressed manner. He wanted
to know if the paper meant to
ridicule him and his family
about a cat and a parrot story
it had printed in that issue.
He said the parrot was worth
$250 and that he couldn’t see
anything to joke about when
the cat killed it.
The editor manfully assumed
all blame for the story which
had been written by a report
er, insisted no harm had been
intended, and that he would be
more careful in ibe future.
When * the visitor left the
frown was gone and the editor
had another dollar renewal
Directly after dinner the
editor was summoned to a
private meeting of the county's
lawyera
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consider a threatened move by
certain persons who held a
large number of bonds against
the county and whom the coun.
ty had been litigating for
thirty years. It was a serious
and important meeting and
lasted until late in the after
noon.
When the editor got back to
his office he found the collector
had been there, waited an hour
and left in disgust. Then he
took the bills and went out to
collect from the merchants
during the rush hour of the
busiest day in the week.
He hated to do it, but he
knew at 5 o'clock the bread,
lirfe would form by that long
desk and that the ghost had
to dance whether it felt in a
frolicky mood or not. As the
clock was striking the hour the
editor, a bit tired, but with
light of v ictory in his eyes, was
on hand with the goods.
When the last toiler had
passed by the long desk the
telephone rang. It was a call
from the superintendent of the
public school, twelve miles
back in the country. The
Superintendent said there was
to be a declamatory contest at
his school that evening and
that the board had decided to
have the editor act as judge;
he knew the editor would be
delighted with the honor and
they would look for him at 7.30
sharp. As the paper has a
large subscription list at that
point the editor had to go and
umpire the proceedings which
lasted until nearly midnight..
Next morning at 9:30 sharp
the editor was on hand at the
Presbyterian Sunday-school,
where he taught a class, and
n >t long thereafter smiled
indulgently as the late arrivals,
excused their tardiness on the
grounds of multitudinous
duties.
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WEEKS SCHOOL CLOSING.
Week?, Apr. U, Special:—At
the florins' exercises of our an d bucile Hadey .
Watermillion, by Jessie and
Octavia Yarley, Bessie Canaday
castor 1A
Vmt Xsfcsfi asA GfcilliM.
school which was tauuht by Mis’?
Kuh Ackerman of Cottageville,
the ;;ro^am was as follows:
Gieetiuiis,— A Boy’s Lecture,
by Oaroy Canaday.
Dilo^ue,—How the Story
Grow, by Bessie Camday, Lu-
eile and Lulitia Bailey, Tilda
frosby, Jessie Yarley and
Athalie'Sinckland.
Recitation,—Goo 1-morning by
Salhe Zeigier,
Recitation,—A Hole in my
Picftet, by Jessie Yarley.
Coftipcsition—The Evils of
Tohaodo, bv Marion Patrick.
Dialogue—UotxMiog Chickens
befor<r they are Hatched, by
Carey Canaday,' Dewey Yarley,
and Marion Patrick.
. Reeitatioo—The Little Family,
by Hasey Zeigler.
Dialogno—Little Helpers, by
Josephine and Effia Bennett,
Athalie Strickland, Lavanoe
Patrick aad Heyward Bennett
Recitation—The Kentucky
Composition—The Importance
of School, by Foster Canaday .
Recitation—The Unveiling of
Lee's Monument, by Carey Cana
day.
Composition—The Evils of
Whiskey by Linnar Y ar ley*
Dialogne—The Curiosity, by
Josephine Bennett. Lutitia Bai
ley, Lavance Patrick and Dewey
Yarley. .
Dialogue—Through Children’s
Eyes, bv Jessie and Octavia
Yarley, Bessie Canaday, Marion
Patrick, Carey Canaday, and
Chalmers Yarley.
Closing; Address, by Chalmers
Yarley.
The entertainment lasted only
one and a half hors but was
thoroughly enjoyed by every one
present After the entertain
ment we went over the Kdisto
River on a violet bant, which
was delightful.
Miss Ackerman is a very com
petent theacher and we hope to
*ecure her for another year.
This has beer one of the most
mccessful sessions we have ever
had. t
8 J Patrick offthis community
has just purchased a nice piano,
suppose that means music.
J F Strickland lost a very fine
horae last week which he valued
at about $250 00, and not more
than two or three months ago he
lost a very line cow.
Easter will soon be here and
Hurrah! for egg hunts.
0Witb best wishes for The Press
and Standard.
Foster Canaday.
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