The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1871-09-22
THE LOCAL EDITOR.

preciated, of all the toilers in tn,
field ofjournalism, the Local Editor
the Hillsboro Qllinois) News Lette
comes to the defense and vindicatior
Of the abused Local, and makes gu
strong case in his favor:
"The Local Editor, as rule, is {
much better man than he gets cred
it for being. His work is littlt
known and still less appreciated by
the community. He often throws
the mantle Of charity over misfor
tunes, that would otherwise only cal
out the unfeeling criticisms of the
populace.
"The conscientious Local Editor
learns to know the deserving in the
community, and to give them the aid
that no one else can render,
"The Local Editor learns to be
the friend and promoter of every
thing that is good in the community,
and the enemy of all that is wrong,
He is almost universally the friend
of education, of mental and moral
culture, and of substantial financial
progress.
''Hc throws his columns open to
notices of church festivals, he pays
men from ten to twenty dollars per
week to set in type articles written
while others sleep that make pablo
the business advantages of the city
in which he lives, or push forward
some improvement that is necessary
to the growth and prosperity of his
community,
eff an old and valued citizen is
called to the better world, the Local
Editor with no sham sympathy
speaks of his life and services in such
a manner as to make other mon seek
to live SO that when departing, they,
too, shall leave footprints upon the
sands of time If citizen gets in
to trouble and is wronged the first
man he runs to is the Local Editor.
care the friends of any public
improvement anxious to push their
work along, they Immediately har-
ness up the Local Editor and request
him to pull.
care there any poor in the com
munity whose wants need looking
after, the Local Editor calls the at
tention of the public to the matter,
and not unfrequently takes some
thing from his pocket book to give
to the needy.
FsHas any one done a commenda-
bic or generous act, he or she is
thanked without expense to any one
except the Local Editor.
'Is there lawlessness in the COM
munity, the Local Editor at the risk
of losing the top of his head, de-
nounces it and causes it discontin-
uance.
rAnd, as to the personal mention
which the Local Editor frequently
makes, we have this to say No
publisher who has brains
and decency, will make personal
mention of citizen willfully, that
will give offense, unless it be in the
shape of cepsWre, which the editor
feels it his duty to administer
There is an occasional ass that gets
mad if he is personally noticed,
and gets little 'madder' if he is not
noticed at all. But, for the peace
of mind of the Local Editor these
fools are few and harmless. If 9
man makes himself public enemy
he must expect public censure
otherwise he can remain untroubleC
by disagreeable mention in the loca
paper.
SIN conclusion we wish to reiter
ate our statement, heretofore mad
in different language, that few NOR
considerable and magnanimous me
than the Local Editor live, and tbs
he deserves the warmest encourage
ment of the community in which h
is located"
The Press and Messenger tells til
following story
Old Mr.. Vincent, who by all az
counts must have been one of tn
most pious of men, once called 0
Judge Gene, who was considere
dangerously sick, and commence
talking to him about his eternal ii
terests. swell, Mr.. Vincent" sal