The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-05-15

A couple of hours were thus pleasant
spent when the company separated to nee
at Masonic Hall, al eight o'c'o,k, 70
the EVENING EXERCISES,
The hal IL supposed to seat, comfortably
six hundred persons, but as almost ever,
inch of available space vas occupied, AM
scores OF people were turned away for wan
o! room, there must have been nearly q
thousand persons in attendance, 4 yer,
large proportion being ladies, attracted
doubtless by a desire TO hear Mrs, Mlrri
welher's poem, and II more intelligent, attrsC
tive, we'll dressed, handsome and charming
gathering of ladies was never witnessed IN
Lebanon, or any other city. The news
paper men are a unit upon this point, and
they say, further, that it is very rare thing
for an audience Of that size to be seen,
W ere such good order is observed through.
out the entire evening. The exercises were
necessarily long but the closest attention
was paid by those present lhroug.
out the entire programme.
Thos. b. Kirby, President Of the Chatta-
nooga Times, being introduced by the Sac
rotary, X. l.. G. White Of the Lebanon
Herald, delivered the following address on
the subject Of
NEWSPAPER SUCCESS.
The elements of success in publishing a news
paper are few and simple, and yet not many men
have ever cOmprehcndGi them, while Of these
"A still smaller number have been able to keep
them constantly in mind.
The first and most important element is news.
The daily mOrning paper should be "A complete
photograph Of yesterday. The weekly paper
should be a photograph of the week, showing
each event in It's proper perspective and relations
TO others. The successful metropolitan papers
The London TtneS, New York Hcrdid, Cincinnati
Commercial and others whose names readily
suggest themselves, are daily photographs OF
the world. Successful papers IN smaller cities
and country towns are successful only III 50 far
rs they photograph the daily and weekly events
Of their immediate locality.
And by thl, mean not only That they laltl-
fully record actual occurrence, but that they
represent the tone of public sentiment. In The
effort 10 grasp This element ut success, however,
Turks the greatest danger OF failure, Popular
sentiment is not always right, and when a com
munity RECEIVERS from Il temporary drlusiOn 1t Is
apt to intlict a vicariOus punishment upon a new
paper which follows in the wrong, instead Of
iudiciOusly striving TO set ii right, Only cNpu.
ricnce can teach how to avoid such errors and
that experience Is costly.
10 be successful We must have ap Absorbing
love for our work, aud devotion to oar profession
Law is not half 81 Jealous Il mistress rs journal
ism, and those of us who have given hostages to
fortune can testify how hard IL Is 10 Reconcile
our chosen work with our domestic duties.
%,r huvr we fine Stimulus of prr,1ml fame
which inspires the successful advocate with such
iervUr, In journalism most truly the 'lndlvld-
nal withcrs, but the w0rit IS mare dal MORE
Outside the ranks Of the profession who knows
or even cares to know the name OF the unknown
msna"rr Of thr New York H,raId or the London
Times. The nnppr is NH in all. The individual
is nntLing Horace Greeley is dead, but the
T,jbnur IL no less A power in the land. Bennett
il L,ai Lui thn UgT1lIi i, sill. thr greatest news
,,,.,r ~ Ma ,y,rIJ GrurruInug Of Waiter.
hnvr IivrI and Iird Int the London Times is
.tiI iir Thuud"rrr and lis unknown editor vet
,yi,IJs , tn,,,r rrtnrr which dynati.s trrmblr
When we seek personal fame Sc destroy in our
J loT Ut nrelr poT tHa I n"op INV W., c ""', rrcnt, or
mould pubic ienlinvn lVT ,nG prG.I M ITrIrJ
the pap" 81 hitters oniG the sentiment Of an mdi,
yidual, ana not the voice Of the people,
IKE lIg tnIii ,nStS,S, MI MI,M "Gsf o pV ni"rjo nv
structures in the future. Like them, we and
our works perish II draWil from our 'uo'In "p,,
S'nrity ana exposed TO Tue oIIEhl S"'"s"' VI
publicity. A.,
We have but one l'InltIeu llyt'Ui, Wv
sense Of po"cr-a Il yet tlo moment NAV WV
boast OF tins power II HlhIHl!ts' because u ~ i"'
a. - I-l.
Ihclc are nlhcr trNehllaIS ~ H"'','N' ~ "uf
aa Sordld typo founders ana par II ul'NI,l L I
hungry printers persist III ueIl''".iE hI.ml iu
ere Tor lhtlI wares an" '. ,''ts' az" "mlu W.
ourselves can Sps'r uie n'n!cUlol 'IN.,E M't'""'
eaillg, ami Surit'} NH't' uISVtHNc WIZ" " iT
cgsily Tor clothing, no nD"'l''p a, "'MgE'' 'u'
rdl!tn, rtl succeed Nt'II I'H 4''''P'7 '''" 'I"''
and exceed is% 'uIltV'
Indeed rear uNal 700 lh"'u '''iu',, v ",
been devoted To- mAGuINiil,E W., S.',.''n'T '''
aspect OF our profession anu ~" ul''e WIN '"'
been done IN pr"tttlln- our hu'lhys1 ''r,',t,
1t Is less Important 10 Nl"INN tir "'''' n ,|u
press asa gtcet moral rhg'i' ll"h 10 ,lu"''N'.
It's honor aS Il legitimate b"'" T"l,IH' W
much OF the poinIHI mI~'uI''P''o" I"'"'
We are ourselves ~ l'3l'lUi'' r., n..
We did wen ~ Oli l's' h.'r,IhE 10 Hm',,,n Nv ~
excursion System lh,' rItlli'l 'i'~"',N W
our business success lhr pOI'i'I"i "''' i9,'' :
by these %CNrllrsl. M, mat an t"lloI F. i nun W.
plIpcr, dependent upon inc 'HaI'!' "' III ~,
rummlnity, who expects 10 ho 'd''l ",'utu
everywhere, We can never occupy our i'"pr'
position until We pay Tor whHl We E,i ana '"ll,
pei those whom We benefit TO pay loi our '''N'-
ccs. -,
our editorial uilrllnc'Nsh ouli N' W. '.'"",
able. They should represent the nom 81 'rIII'