The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-04-15
A Happy and COntented Editor.

DR.. II. F. Andrews, the genial and accom-
pllshed editor of the Washington (Ga.) Ga
zeHe, in referring to certain changes in the
proprietary management of that newspaper,
makes the following comments upon his career
in the editorial fraternity His remarks coin
eide with the experience of all well-regulated
and correctly managed establishments, whose
business is conducted upon sound principles:
Through all these changes it has remained
under the same editorial auspices. We think
it probable that it will continue under the
same editorial management for Il long time, if
we are spared life We are really fond Of the
newspaper business and love our calling as an
editor, though it has been taken up compare
lively late in life, and without any previous
training whatever. We had always had a great
aversion to writing, though our only expert
ence was in the line of ordinary letter writing,
which consisted in correspondence with friends
and business letters. We were not aware that
We had any taste or fondness for editing pa
per, but after trying it, found that we were
greatly pleased with the business, and would
soon be distinguished aud wealthy if our
readers were only one-haf as fond of reading
our productions as we are Of scribbling them
We only hope that our exertions have not been
altogether unappreciated, and that we may be
enabled to flourish the pencil editorial for
many years to come.
We have not found our editorial duties to be
the irksome drudgery which it is represented
by great many of the fraternity. We have
not met with all the trials and hardships which
seem to have fallen to the lot of others. We
have fought no duels, nor even been challenged.
We have not found men rude, rough and con-
stantly taking offence at our editorials. We
have had no huge monsters walk into our
sanctum with bludgeons and pistols and bowie
knives, looking like walking monitors or NOV
able fortfcations, and ask for the editor, or for
the man that wrote such an article. On the
contrary, our life has been serene and quiet,
placid and peaceful. We have never inten-
tionally insulted any one, and when we have
inadvertently wounded the feelings of any one,
as will sometimes happen with any editor in
his hurriedly written articles, We have been
ready to make any honorable reparation in
our power. And those who have felt aggrieved
at anything we have written have not come
with sticks and slaves and guns and pistols to
demand retraction, but have approached us
generally like gentlemen, and have met with
the treatment due to gentlemen.
Nor have we found the great pecuniary want
and hardship and embarrassments attendant
upon our business. 1t is true we have not
UldQe lOTIuUe. We ulu uO1 OAPCSo VhaU'
But we have received very fair return for the
amount of capital invested in our business.
This is not a great amount, and the amount
cleared by our paper has not been great deal,
but we'll enough for the capital. We have not
found men more unwilling to pay US for our
paper or for the advertising done in it than
they are to pay any other just debt We have
very few delinquent subscribers, and rarely
ever lose anything through our advertising
patrons Those editors and publishers who
complain so much of their hard Life, and of
the poor remuneration, should quit the busi-
ness and try something else. They are very
foolish to continue to follow an occupation
which is so very disagreeable and so very diff
cult, and which does not remunerate them.
They ought to give it up and try the life of
country doctor or that of preacher. After
following either calling for short time, they
would consider the editing newspaper as
pastime. They insult their patrons by their
constant complaints of not being paid their
dues Few men will refuse to pay so small
debt as the subscription to newspaper, pro-
vided the paper is worth even the small price
asked
For our part we have found our occupation
very pleasant, and our work by no means Sc
we're, for we have done heavy country prac-
tice as physician, and have looked upon our
editorial work more as pastime than as Ia
bor We find the remuneration for publishing
paper very fair, though we cannot and never
expected to make fortune at it. We are sat
isfed with the business and only hope that
we may be enabled and permitted to follow it
for many years to come.