The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-07-17
The Country Newspaper.

Editorial Convention Mr., Tinsley spoke
ms follows
The life of country ueyspaper is lis
local deportment The uews al the day
sLonld receive nroner attention. of
course bnt nsnoliv m abstract Il suffi.
Gent with occasionally giving additional
snoce IN some more ;mnortant occurrence
for the present public taste Is better
snited IN short nitbv nonprnphs in refer.
enco IN snbiects AWAY from home. Poll.
tics sLonld have all FIAT BELONGS 10 them,
and In tLc heat If a canvass h may he
necessary IN ieyoie mn extra column or
two ~ ibc ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of oneis oppo.
nents letters Of trnyel. scientific specn.
jojjops corresnondence from Washington
or New York or Albany arc MI well
enough in their way, and 20 10 make up
nm aeccntablc variety and Of course
there must be n leodsr,-a shori one. for
ms n gcnernl tbing tbe people do NOT ex.
meet md do not desire of their home
paner tbe editorial solldity of the
Tribvus mr. the Journalistic brilliancy of
the World or IL tbey did, would usually
be L;sonnointad Int tley do expeci,
md tbct have a r;gLt 10 cxnect flat its
local Jcnortment Will he as complete a
reco, Il as n is possible to make, Of such
occn,rcnces in their midst as ore proper
IN Ina nnbIisLed, The country editor
must keen his ewes omen. He must not
be content wifi writing IN the items
tbot strny into his office. hit must ais.
NAV snck industry in collecting them MS
Will enlist tIe attention of ihe com.
,nunity He must note tho changes in
rcai estate the new buildings going
nm and The old ones coming down the
local Ices broken and the local ewes nut
ont t6e crops. the markets, the fires,
tho floods. the r,,naways, the elopements,
tho tornadoes and the earthauakes. He
mnst give n summary Of the proceedings
in tLe local courts with now and then n
history Of the more important causes.
Ue must interest himself in fine county
and town fairs. the schools, the churches
and The civic organizations Of his town.
and sec that eacL have proper mention
in his columns He must encourage
home institutions of every deserving
SORT and endeayor to buiid up the in.
forests of the place in which his lot is
cost. for Inv 40 doing he will build IN
his newspaper and increase his patron.
noe In short. he must possess the
w9tchfulpess of the hawk. the persistepcy
of the lmll.dog and The industry OF ne
beaver he must remember fiat the price
of success in tbis department Of journal.
ism like that Of liberty. Is eternal yjri.
lance Once inn while we find country
editor who excuses his neglect of his
Incal columns Inv pleading lbsthe "hayn't
time 10 attend properiy to them, that
hc has "otber matters on hand and
flo Ike such cycuses remind one Of
the Wisconsin farmer / read of the other
doy He wns not;fiel thot bo Ind fallen
Lo;r N fortune Of l,alf n million dollars
in Fngland and was uryrJ 10 proceed
Mt once TO tbe Old country. move his
IDENTITY. and pocket his money. He
ih.ugIt IL over awhile. and then said he
oncssed he wouldn't 20. He was now
shinglino his barn. and couldn't leave
Lomei
7 have found II n rreat advantage to
omnloy corrnsnonde,lts in the country
towns where INV noper c;rcuIates tlie
most largely who send me weekly or
fortnighflv accounts of occurrences in
tbe;r rssncctive localities The expense
Of such n correspopdence system Is not
large and lis results in increasing the
circulation NJ thc neyspnper adjoining
it are almost beyond estimation. 1t
gives subscribers IN the towns rom
which they are sent n more direct ahd
appreciable interest in their local lo'lr-
nal, to lind the local affairs OF I'M
borough duly chronicled-an interest
only second to such as they would ieel
if It were printed in their own town ;
and they are not slow to manifest 1t by
assisting in increasing It's circulation
or conrse the editor must exercise
discretion in regard 70 these local letters
He must mark out what he deems I'M
proper or too trivial for publication ;
he must mend the grammar sometimes,
flor these volunteer correspondents are
not all Lindley Mtrraysl; he must Nit
the wheat from the chat, and lie must
cut and carve us seems to him good but
he will scarcely fail to lind IN every let
ter something worth printing. inns
system oil local correspondence once
well established, Will almost manage
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